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Patent GB-2467738-A (GB)
Title: Portable electronic bank account tracking device with dedicated credit and debit keys
Inventor: GILLIGAN BRENDA
IPC: G06F15/02
Filed: 2009-02-11
Abstract: A portable electronic bank account tracking device 10 comprises a numerical keypad 16 and screen 14 displaying indicia relating to one or more accounts. The keypad 16 includes a dedicated account key 20 for accessing at least one bank account balance permanently stored in the memory. A dedicated pay-in or credit key 22 and pay-out or debit key 24, respectively enable the addition and subtraction of an amount keyed in using the numerical keypad. The screen 14 may display bank account number and account balance. The device 10 may include a cancel entry key 26, and may be connected via USB to a computer for data transfer. The device 10 may be solar powered, include a wrap-around cover 28 and pocket 36, and have large keys 16. An account balance may accessed via the account key 20 and numeric keypad 16, and may be PIN number protected. Transactions may be viewed.
Patent GB-2468651-A (GB)
Title: Lance for cleaning the shell side of a heat exchanger core
Inventor: WATSON MICHAEL
IPC: B05B1/02
Filed: 2009-03-16
Abstract: A lance 50 for high pressure jetting of tubes of a heat exchanger core, comprises two or more tubes 52, 54 having an outer diameter sufficiently small to fit between the tubes of the core. A coupling 56 connects both tubes 52, 54 to a common high pressure supply line. Nozzles 62 on the tubes emit jets of water for cleaning the outer surfaces of the tubes. The tubes 52, 54 may have an outer diameter of no more than 6mm, and bracing elements 58, 60 may be welded between them to connect them together.
Patent GB-2458232-A (GB)
Title: Suturing device
Inventor: PANG AH SAN
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2007-11-06
Abstract: A suturing device is disclosed. The suturing device comprises a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a passage extending therebetween disposed on a longitudinal axis. A rod is disposed within the shaft passage and is capable of moving axially along the longitudinal axis. A loop-forming opening extends partly along the shaft and into the shaft passage, and is disposed proximal to the distal end. A stop is disposed between the rod and the distal end. A resiliently flexible wire is coupled to the rod and to the stop. In use, movement of the rod towards the distal end compresses the wire against the stop to form a suture-receiving loop extending from the loop-forming opening and wherein movement of the rod towards the proximal end retracts the suture-receiving loop from the loop-forming opening to move the wire into the shaft.
Patent GB-2456995-A (GB)
Title: Safety system
Inventor: SMITH GORDON
IPC: E04G21/18
Filed: 2007-12-05
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing edge protection for timber kit erections is provided in which fixing brackets (103, 105) are attached to a floor cassette (71) or to the top of a wall panel (67), into which a guard assembly (121) is inserted. When edge protection is no longer required the guard assembly is subsequently removed, for example by use of a sling and shackle. Typically, the edge protection is put in place before the floor cassette is lifted into position on the timber kit erection. Vertical members, horizontal members, and fixing brackets for the same are also provided. In addition, an edge locating apparatus, and a corresponding method for locating an upper section of timber kit onto a lower section of timber kit, is provided having a sloping portion to guide the upper section onto lower section.
Patent GB-2471101-A (GB)
Title: Eraser for blackboard
Inventor: YU MING-FENG
IPC: B43L19/00
Filed: 2009-06-17
Abstract: A blackboard eraser includes a housing 20 having a receiving chamber 21, a collection zone 23 and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 26, a mounting board 30 mounted on the housing, a cleaning member 40 mounted on the mounting board, a support bracket 50 mounted on the housing, a door 60 removably mounted on the housing to cover the collection zone, a hollow separation member 70 mounted in the housing to separate the receiving chamber from the collection zone, and a control valve 80 movable to open the separation member so as to connect the receiving chamber with the collection zone or to close the separation member so as to interrupt a connection between the receiving chamber and the collection zone, and two decorative covers mounted on the housing and each abutting the reinforcing ribs.
Patent GB-2474011-A (GB)
Title: Attachment system
Inventor: ROUSE COLIN JOHN
IPC: F16B41/00
Filed: 2009-09-14
Abstract: An attachment system includes a hollow screw threaded member 1 having a recessed head 4 which containing a means where the screw threaded member is operated 6 and a bore. A locking pin 7 (see figure 2) has an end that is insertable into the bore at the head 4 such that the locking pin 7 covers the means where the screw threaded member is operated 6. The locking pin 7is provided with a layer of adhesive to bond the pin 7 to the screw threaded member 1.
Patent GB-2474889-A (GB)
Title: Toaster with browning detection
Inventor: STEER WILLIAM ANDREW
IPC: G01N27/90
Filed: 2009-10-30
Abstract: A method of detecting a degree of browning of a foodstuff comprises; heating the foodstuff to release organic particulate matter from the food, generating ions from the particulate matter and then detecting the abundance of the ionised matter. This method can be applied in a grilling or toasting device and prevents over cooking of food, such as burnt toast. Organic particulates released from the food form part of the air flow from the toaster that is drawn into a browning sensor. Here a heated electric conductor or filament generates ions by thermionic emission which ionise the organics particles allowing them to be drawn across a potential difference to an ion current detection electrode. The detected ion current is used to monitor the degree of browning or cooking of the foodstuff and can be used to control the operation of the toaster.
Patent GB-372510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to circular knitting machines
IPC: D04B9/10
Filed: 1931-04-02
Abstract: 372,510. Knitting-machines. SPIERS, Ltd., W. and SPIERS, W., XL Works, Walnut Street, Leicester. April 2, 1931, No. 10005. [Class 74 (ii).] The top plate or equivalent of a superposed cylinder machine is displaceable both axially and laterally with respect to the plain needle cylinder. The invention is described in connection with a rotary needle cylinder machine. A slotted sleeve 2 is provided upon the top plate 1 and is fitted upon one of the pillars 3 of the machine. A pin, screw, &c. 5 upon the pillar 3 engages a slot 4 on the sleeve 2 to retain the sleeve in its normal angular position. A lug 11 is preferably provided upon the plate 1 for engagement with a second pillar 3 to facilitate replacen.ent of the top plate in the operative position
Patent GB-860302-A (GB)
Title: Slip joints for well drill strings
IPC: E21B17/07
Filed: 1958-03-28
Abstract: 860,302. Boring earth. LE BUS, F. L. March 28, 1958, No. 10090/58. Class 85. A sliding joint in a drill string comprises a housing 10, 14, 18 secured to the upper part of the string, projections 20 on the inside of the housing, a tube 36 telescopically disposed within the housing and secured to the lower part of the string, grooves 40 in the outside of the tube co-operating with the projections, and stops 28 on the tube preventing disengagement of the tube and housing during telescopic movement. During drilling a constant pressure is maintained on the bit by lowering the kelly so that the projections are just clear of the edges 48 of the grooves, rotation of the bit being maintained by the engagement of the projections with the edges 62 of the grooves. When the kelly approaches the bottom of its feed stroke, the upper part of the string is lowered, turned so that the housing takes up position shown in Fig. 2, and lifted until the projections contact the stops 28 so that additional drill pipe may be added without removing the bit from the bottom of the hole. The vertical parts 30 of the stops permit rotation of the string during release of a stuck bit, the joint being fully extended. In a modification (Figs. 5-6, not shown) a pipe for drilling mud fixed to the upper part of the string passes downwardly through the joint, this pipe carrying one part of a clutch which engages the other part carried by the tube to prevent disengagement of the housing and tubes when the joint is fully extended.
Patent GB-178825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in picture strip toys
IPC: G03B23/12
Filed: 1922-04-10
Abstract: 178,825. PathÚ Cinema, Anciens Etablissements Fathe FrÞres. April 22, 1921, [Convention date]. Optical toy.-A toy device, for viewing or projecting photographic views on a flexible band, comprises a box 1, divided into three chambers 2, 3, 4 by partitions 1<a>, 1<b>. The middle, chamber carries an actuating- roller 8, which may be toothed or may have a rubber rim for engaging the perforated edge of the band, and is connected to an actuating-knob outside the box, so that the band may be moved in either direction past an aperture 6. The band is viewed through a lens 7, and the aperture 6 may be covered with ground glass. The end chambers 2, 4 are rounded at a, b to cause the strip to curl upon itself on entering either chamber. The ends of the band may be rolled upon themselves at 11, or provided with a cylinder of cardboard, to prevent them from passing the roller 8.
Patent GB-754958-A (GB)
Title: Combined pumping, metering and air separating unit for gasoline dispensing pumps
Inventor: BILLS PHILIP HOWARD
IPC: B67D7/64
Filed: 1954-04-08
Abstract: 754,958. Variable speed gear. GILBERT & BARKER MANUFACTURING CO. April 8, 1954, No. 10338/54. Class 80(2) [Also in Groups XVIII and XXVIII] A petrol pump of the piston and cylinder type is driven through an infinitely variable speed gear 9 controlled automatically by the presssure in the delivery conduit 113 of the pump. The arrangement is such that as an operator closes a valve (not 'shown) in the delivery conduit the consequent rise in pressure causes a piston 165 in a cylinder 166 to move downwardly against the pressure of a spring 163. so moving downwardly a cylinder 155 containing steel balls 153. 154, the former contacting the face of a driving member 152 urged by a yoke 145 and springs (not shown) against the ball, and the latter engaging the rim of a driven wheel 144 coupled to the pump. The speed of the pump is thus progressively reduced and becomes zero when the valve is fully closed.
Patent GB-541937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to photoelectric cells
IPC: H01J40/16
Filed: 1940-06-14
Abstract: 541,937. Photo-electric cells. BAIRD TELEVISION, Ltd., WEST, A. G. D., and TOMES, G. A. R. June 14, 1940, No. 10358. [Class 39 (i)] Photo-electric cells comprise a cylindrical envelope 1, with the photo-sensitive surface 9 disposed at one end of the envelope so that for a given direction of the incident light, it is substantially shielded. A reflecting surface 10 is disposed at another part of the envelope so as to direct substantially the whole of the incident light on to the photo-sensitive surface. The reflecting layer may be formed on a domed or re-entrant conical end 2 of the envelope, as shown ; or the end of the envelope may be otherwise formed and the reflecting surface constituted by an independent member. The metal forming the photo-sensitive surface is evaporated from a pellet mounted in a heater coil 7 ; deposit of the metal on the cone is prevented by a shield 8. The anode is a ring 4 supported by rods 5 with shields 6 to prevent deposit of metal on the surrounding parts of the envelope. In the modified form, Fig. 2 (not shown), in which the envelope has a domed end, the anode is formed of a wire passing axially through the domed end. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 190,218, [Class 39 (i)].
Patent GB-917189-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible holders for mops
IPC: A47L13/253
Filed: 1961-03-22
Abstract: 917,189. Mop holders; mops. CALLAWAY MILLS CO. March 22, 1961 [Jan. 9, 1961], No. 10395/61. Classes 19 and 61. A collapsible holder for a pocketed mop comprises a rigid frame consisting of wings 13, 26 and a cross-bar 11, a handle universal joint 39 being rigidly fixed at one end to a central part of the bar 11. The legs 14, 15 of the wing 13 are rigidly fixed as by welding to the ends of the cross-bar 11. The legs 28, 29 of the wing 26 are looped at 32, 33 around the cross-bar 11 so as to be slidable and rotatable thereon. The legs 28, 29 extend beneath the extremities of the legs 14, 15 and are stressed so that they tend to spring outwardly. Terminal upstanding pins 36, 37 are provided at the extremities of the legs 28, 29 which can be squeezed towards each other to release the latching action and permit the wing 26 to swing downwardly. The universal joint 39 includes an upper pivot axis 52 parallel to the cross-bar 11, a lower pivot axis 44 at rightangles thereto and brake means for resisting movement about each axis. In a modification, Fig. 6 (not shown), the legs of the first wing are provided with annular members receiving the ends of the cross-bar and held thereon by pins passing through the annular members and cross-bar.
Patent GB-772011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to silos
IPC: B65D88/74
Filed: 1954-04-09
Abstract: 772,011. Silos. GRAEPEL; F. April 9, 1954, No. 10462/54. Addition to 745,215. Class 20 (1) [Also in Group XIII] The silo of the parent Specification embodying a perforated wall has a perforated centrally disposed tubular member connected with a blower for distributing air to grain or nther crops in the silo and a non-perforated member extending from the silo wall and over the perforated member for preventing drying and ventilating air escaping upwards through the silo. As shown in Fig. 3, warm air is delivered to perforated silo a through a perforated tube b and the top of the silo is closed by a sealing member comprising a tubular portion g closed at the top and a plate portion f extending to the silo wall. The sealing member f-g deflects air outwardly to wet grain on the silo wall after dry inner grain has been delivered from the silo and also scrapes wet grain off the wall during its downward passage, for which latter purpose the plate portion may have a serrated edge. A rubber ring h may be attached to the plate f and the tubular portion g may be hinged to plate f to provide a filling opening k (Fig. 6, not shown), when the sealing member is in raised position. The base of the silo is perforated to permit escape of air when the member f-g is iri its lowest position.
Patent GB-566540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric signal amplifiers having selective input circuits
IPC: H03G5/26
Filed: 1943-06-29
Abstract: 566,540. Wireless receiving circuits. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. June 29, 1943, No. 10489. Convention date, June 29, 1942. [Class 40 (v)] An electric signal amplifier comprises an electron discharge tube having a selective input circuit including a uni-directionally conductive device arranged so that its conductivity controls the selectivity of said circuit and impedance means common to the space current paths of said unidrectionally conductive device and a further electron discharge tube arranged to amplify signals fed from the first tube, said further tube having gain control means which regulate the space current therein, whereby the selectivity of said input circuit is caused to vary upon operation of said gain control means. In the embodiment illustrated, a radio-frequency signal collecting, unit 4 feeds a tuned input circuit 5, 7 coupled to an amplifier 1, the output of which is fed through a tuned circuit 9, 10 to a second amplifier 2 which feeds subsequent stages (not shown) through a third tuned circuit 9<1>, 10<1>. The circuits 5, 7 ; 9, 10 ; and 91, 10<1> are all tuned to the carrier frequency. Volume control is effected by connecting the cathode of valve 2 to a variable tapping 23 on the supply potentiometer. A diode 30 is connected between the high-potential side of tuned circuit 5, 7 and the positive end of section 20 of the supply potentiometer, so as to provide damping for circuit 5, 7 which depends on the delay voltage on diode 30, that is, on the voltage across section 20. Since the space current of valve 2 passes through section 20, the delay voltage depends on the position of the volume control tapping 23. With a loud signal, tapping 23 is set to minimum gain, which gives a minimum delay voltage for diode 30 and maximum damping. Conversely with a weak signal, there is minimum damping of circuit 5, 7 and thus maximum selectivity. The volume control may be exercised on the cathode circuit of an I.F. or A.F. amplifier, and selectivity control diodes may be connected across more than one tuned circuit.
Patent GB-105462-A (GB)
IPC: F02P7/00
Abstract: 105,462. Morgan Crucible Co., and Holland, G. S. June 19, 1916. Rotary distributors for high-tension magnetos are formed with radially - arranged carbon terminals b, which project into the interior of the distributor casing, the rotating carbon brush e either wiping over the inner surfaces of the terminals or passing within sparking distance of these surfaces. The brush and the terminals b may be made adjustable.
Patent GB-106794-A (GB)
IPC: B64D27/00
Abstract: 106,794. Royce, F. H., and Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Jan. 2, 1917. Propelling.-In toothed reduction gearing for use on aeroplanes, &c., a toothed wheel 2 is formed on or secured to a hollow shaft 3, which is connected to the engine crank or other driving shaft 9 by a universal joint comprising a spherical bush 4 and toothed interengaging parts 7, 8. The wheel 2 gears with a toothed wheel on the shaft 14 driving the propeller &c. The shafts 3, 14 are both carried in adjustable roller bearings. To ensure exact alignment of the shafts 9, 3, the bearing of the shaft 3 is adjusted by radial screws 12 until a gauge piece 11 can be freely inserted between the shaft 3 and an extension of the shaft 9. The shaft 14 is adjusted by the use of eccentric bearing housings 15, 17 provided with serrations 16, 18 so marked that the housings may be equally rotated. The housing 15 may be locked by a serrated ring 19 and retained by a nut 20; a serrated nut 21 engages the housing 17, a locking-plate 22 being provided.
Patent GB-514513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to self-filling fountain pens
IPC: B43K5/04
Filed: 1938-04-07
Abstract: 514,513. Fountain pens. MABIE, TODD, & CO., Ltd., JOHNSON, L. W., and SEARS, E. S. April 7, 1938, No. 10691. [Class 146 (iii)] Self-filling fountain pens. with ink inlet at the end remote from the nib, have an air tube to evacuate the contained air during filling. The reservoir consists of a tube 5, Fig. T, and collapsable sac 4 surrounding an air tube 13 having a vent 17 and extending into a sleeve 10 which with a nut 11 secures the sac 4 to the nipple 6. A plug valve 8 with extension 14 is carried by cap 7 to maintain a tight joint. A spring 19 between sleeve 10 and a shoulder 21 on tube 13 causes the parts to return to normal position while drawing-in ink after their collapse for expelling the air. In a modification, Fig. 4, with piston filling, tube 13 is connected at one end to a sleeve 25 carrying a piston 23 working in a tubular extension 36 of the nipple 6. Spring 19 is normally held depressed by a stem 26 carried by a knob 27 screwing into cap ,3. The barrel cap 7 is threaded on to the plunger nut 32. Tube 13 is plugged at 24, the air being expelled through vent 17 on the return movement of the plunger. In a further modification, Fig. 7; filling is effected by a collapsable sac 42 secured to a bush 43 formed with a left-hand thread and receiving the secondary cap 45. Tube 13 terminates within a bore 41 closed by a seal 15 carried by a cap 47.
Patent GB-422382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to precombustion chambers for diesel engines
IPC: F02B19/14
Filed: 1934-04-09
Abstract: 422,382. Precombustion chambers. DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.-GES., Untertiirkheim, Stuttgart, Germany. April 9, 1934, No. 10704. Convention date, April 8, 1933. [Class 7 (iii)] The cone angle of a fuel jet issuing from a nozzle g is substantially the same as that of a cone i in a precombustion chamber, so that the fuel flows along the surface of the cone. The cone i is carried by a core piece d connected by ribs to an insertion piece e, which is provided with vertical or helical ribs k, and separated from the cylinder head by spaces l, either completely shut off from the precombustion chamber or main combustion chamber, or in communication therewith. A widened part a<1> of the precombustion chamber, lined with an insertion m which is spaced from the wall by annular insulating spaces n<1>, n<2> surrounds the cone i, which may be made of catalytic material. The fuel nozzle is supplied with different fuels through passages h<1>, h<2>.
Patent GB-535765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to belt conveyors for use in connection with the transportation, disposal or distribution of materials
IPC: B65G41/00
Filed: 1940-06-22
Abstract: 535,765. Conveyers. WHARTON, W. June 22, 1940, No. 10738. Addition to 522,950. [Class 78 (i)] The standards on the vehicles, which support the sections of the conveyer belt that deliver from one to the other in the parent Specification, each have a supporting framework comprising a tower composed of a plurality of extensible elements arranged to extend outwardly from each other in succession. In Fig. 1 the standard 9 is formed with three concentric telescopic extensions operated by screw-and-nut gear actuated by power from the worm gear 14, 19. The highest extension carries guy ropes 78 anchored to the ground and tensioned by the winches 79. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the telescopic extensions are of square cross-section and are raised by pulley-tackle operated by the winch 85.
Patent GB-944584-A (GB)
Title: Turnnion bearing
IPC: F16C13/06
Filed: 1960-03-28
Abstract: 944,584. Bearings; lubricating. METALLURGICAL PROCESSES Inc. March 28, 1960 [April 28, 1959], No. 10894/60. Heading F2A. In a trunnion bearing having a number of bearing shoes 14, 15, 16, each shoe is supported on a member 12 which carries a universal mounting pivot 21 and is vertically adjustable by means of a nut 24. A shoe may therefore be lowered from the journal 11 on to cradle bars 61 on which it may be slid longitudinally and removed without disturbing the other shoes. Grooves in journal flanges 37, 11b and sealing means 50 prevent the egress of oil and the entry of foreign matter. In a modification, Fig. 5, the shoe supports are vertically adjustable by screw-actuated wedges 174. Lubricating system. There is a low pressure oil supply, Fig. 8, to the shoes from the reservoir 65 via a low pressure pump 67 to conduits 76, 77, connected to the leading edges of the shoes. Pressure switches 82, 84 are electrically connected to a relay 86 in the mill motor starter to prevent starting in the event of insufficient oil flow to the shoes. An alternative high pressure supply is made via a pump 91 feeding a manifold flow restrictor 100, from which conduits 104 connect to conduits 106 in the shoes. A pressure switch 102 is also connected to the relay 86. Dirty oil is collected in the sump 60, returned to a compartment 111 in the reservoir and pumped back to the main reservoir 65 through a strainer 112 and filter 119.