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Patent GB-624420-A (GB)
Title: Light automobile vehicle
IPC: B62D23/00
Filed: 1945-12-05
Abstract: 624,420. Motor vehicles. PERMENTIER, P. R. DE. Dec. 5, 1945, No. 32838. Convention date, Aug. 27. [Classes 79 (iii) and 79 (iv)] A light automobile comprises a chassis of boxlike form having triangular elements extending forwardly and rearwardly of a pair of inclined steering heads, arranged one on each side of the chassis for receiving the forks of steering road wheels. A rear wheel or a pair of wheels driven by an engine is attached to the chassis rigidly or through spring suspension. As shown in Fig. 1 the vehicle comprises a chassis frame built up of tubes having a pair of inclined fork sockets 1 at the front and provided with fork members 33 at the rear end. The front wheels 23, Fig. 2, are mounted in forks 34 such as are used in known motor cycle construction which are interconnected the vehicle being steered by a steering wheel 22. The rear wheel 17 is located in the fork ends 33 and is driven by a power unit 28 located in the rear of the vehicle. The unit may be liquid or air cooled, there being louvres 26, 27, 32 provided therefor. Access to unit is obtained by lifting the cover 30, which is hinged to the chassis tube 13. The front of the vehicle may be used as a luggage boot the cover 18 being hinged for accessibility. The rear wheel may be sprung with springs or by an oleopneumatic system.
Patent GB-506182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metallic barrels and like containers
Filed: 1937-11-29
Abstract: 506,182. Sheet - metal barrels &c. DEFAUW, M. F. M. Nov. 29, 1937, No. 32854. Convention date, Nov. 30, 1936. [Class 21] [Also in Group XXII] A sheet-metal barrel &c. whose curved wall is between 0À4 mm. and 1À0 mm. thickness is made with at least four transverse continuous or discontinuous corrugations of a uniform depth not less than 7 mm. in such a way that the thickness of the wall remains uniform. The bottom and cover may be reinforced by means of radial and annular corrugations, the radial corrugations extending to the periphery. Joints as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, may be employed or a deep corrugation may be formed in the wall adjacent the seamed rim.
Patent GB-1131095-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for producing a shower
Inventor: SETTLE GEORGE ERIC
IPC: G01N33/36
Filed: 1966-07-22
Abstract: 1,131,095. Spray-producers.WOOL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION. 29 June, 1967 [22 July, 1966], No. 32947/66. Heading B2F. A shower device for producing uniform drops of water for testing the rain resistance of fabrics comprises a water reservoir 12a formed by an aperture in a transparent plastic plate 12, from which reservoir water trickles through a disposable permeable member 10 and a perforated plate-like member 11 with a hydrophobic surface. The permeable member 10 may consist of a filter paper disc. The plate-like member 11 may be formed of a metal plate coated with paraffin wax, or may be made of polytetrafluoroethylene. The permeable member and plate-like member may be formed as a single unit by partially coating one surface of a permeable element with a hydrophobic substance, leaving uncoated regions corresponding to the perforations in the plate. Water is supplied to the reservoir either through a narrow tube 15 from a funnel 14 or through a polytetrafluoroethylene stopcock (not shown) fitted with a fine control screw. A constant level device (not shown) may be incorporated in the funnel 14. The flow rate of the water may be varied by using more than one filter paper disc, filter papers of different permeabilities and narrow tubes of different length and diameter.
Patent GB-367924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to screw fan and pump installations
IPC: F04D19/00
Filed: 1930-11-03
Abstract: 367,924. Screw fans and pumps. ADAMCIKAS, M. (known as ADAMTCHIK, - M.), and MASSERA, G., Astor House, Aldwych, London. Nov. 3, 1930, No. 32983. [Class 110 (i).] The inlet conduit 2 of a fan on pump 1 enters the outlet duct 3-perpendicularly, or at any desired angle-and after passing a certain distance through it, is connected to the annular duct 4 which reverses the direction of the flow. The fan shaft 7 is driven by a motor 5 arranged outside the conduits and supported on a base 9. A fairing 6 is arranged in front of the fan hub so that the fluid flows freely. The annular duct 4 acts as a diffuser. In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the inlet and outlet ducts run in a vertical direction and the motor 5 is supported on brackets 9<1> attached to an angle 9<2>.
Patent GB-1466752-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchangers
IPC: F22B37/20
Filed: 1974-07-25
Abstract: 1466752 Tubular heat exchangers; steam generators SIEMENS AG 25 July 1974 [25 July 1973] 33011/74 Headings F4A and F4S A bundle of heat exchange tubes 8 (shown as U-tubes) is supported within a housing 1 by at least one tube-locating framework 10 utilizing a plurality of tongue-and-groove pairs by way of which the framework is connected to the housing so as to permit relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the tubes between the framework and the housing and also to permit radial expansion of the framework, whilst preventing turning movement between the framework and the housing in a plane transverse to said longitudinal direction. As shown, there are a plurality of the frameworks 10 and each consists of a ring 11 encircling a tube-locating grid of rods or strips 12, 13. At spaced locations on the periphery of the ring 11 are tongues 18 slidably received in grooves 19 in the housing 1 or, as shown, in a guide jacket 6 connected by webs 6 to the housing 1. Alternatively (Fig. 3) the groove may be in the ring 11 and the tongues on the guide jacket 6. The heat exchanger shown is a steam generator wherein heated coolant from a pressurized water reactor flows through the tubes 8. Above the tubes is a space 9 for a water separator and a steam drier.
Patent GB-510698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of hydrogenated oils and semi-solid fats, and the products thereof
IPC: C11C3/12
Filed: 1937-11-30
Abstract: 510,698. Hydrogenated oils. JACKSON, L. MELLERSH-. (Intermetal Corporation). Nov. 30, 1937, No. 33060. [Class 1 (i)] An. edible liquid hydrogenated oil having a substantial resistance to flavour reversion is obtained from low quality oils such as soya bean and fish oils, by hydrogenating with less than 0.15 per cent. of a selective catalyst at a temperature of 280-380‹C. with a superatmospheric hydrogen pressure of less than 5 lb. per sq. in., these conditions being controlled so that the iodine number falls not sustantially more quickly than by 15 per hour, the hydrogenation being continued to an iodine number of 110. Suitable nickel catalysts may be prepared according to Specification 414,536 ; nickel-chromium aggregates preferably in the proportion 6NiO:CrO3 may also be used. The liquid hydrogenation product may be further hydrogentated to produce an edible semi-solid fat, using either the same or a different catalyst. In this second stage the conditions, may be such that a more rapid hydrogenation takes place.
Patent GB-211608-A (GB)
Title: An improved carbo handling device
IPC: B65D19/44
Filed: 1922-12-04
Abstract: 211,608. Whyte, A. St. C. Dec. 4, 1922. Lifting-cradles. - A cargo cradle 2 is suspended from a crane hook by detachable ropes 5 to which is secured a canvas or other hood for protecting the cargo. The ends of the cradle are collapsable on themselves. The ropes 5 are kept apart by spreaders 16 and include short lengths of chain 5<a> passing through rings which are placed over bollards 3 on the cradle. In a modification, the ropes 5 end in hooks engaging eyes on the cradle. The hood comprises side portions 12, a top 13, and end portions 14 which cover the sides of the cargo outside the ropes. The collapsable end shown in Fig. 3 comprises angle bars 19 secured by pin- and-slot joints to a cross-bar 21 on the cradle and connected by a link 22 with a pin-and-slot joint at one end. The bars 19 are held upright by stops 23, but when raised clear of the stops the end may be folded against the bar 21. In another form, Fig. 5, members 25a, 25b, pivoted to the bar 21 are forked at their lower ends and provided with fittings 26 so as to be held upright by engagement with the sides and the top or end surface of the bar 21. A link 27 pivoted to one member 25<a> has an eye which may be passed over the member 25b, and when this link is disconnected from the latter the parts can be folded against the bar 21. In both forms the end may be provided with canvas 24 or with chains to prevent movement of the cargo endwise.
Patent GB-1272315-A (GB)
Title: Device for processing workpieces by vibratory barrelling
Inventor: ALTENSTADTER GEORG
IPC: B24B31/06
Filed: 1969-07-01
Abstract: 1,272,315. Finishing. KOMBINAT ZENT- -RONIK VEB. 1 July, 1969, No. 33124/69. Heading B3D. A device for finishing workpieces comprises a work container 1 which is oscillated by a vibrator and receives a grinding or polishing medium 19 and possibly workpieces to which a progressive circulatory motion is impartial through the transmitted oscillations, and an auxiliary device 7 having attachments 13 for receiving workpieces 12, the attachments being rotated by the grinding or polishing medium or positively through a separate drive. The container may be divided by partitions 3 having slides 4 at their bottoms and its end walls 2 support a shaft or stub shafts 6 on which the auxiliary device is mounted. The device consists of three pairs of wheels 10a ... 10f driven by chains 8a ... 8f from a shaft 11 which may be arranged to drive the pairs of chains at different adjustable speeds. The chains carry the work receiving attachments 13 which may be in the form of eyes, springs, angle members or bars 13a, screen drums 13b or magnets 13c. Flight grids 14 serve to separate small workpieces from the grinding media 19. The screen drums receive small or miniature workpieces and are rotatably mounted on the chains. Spraying and drying devices 15, 16 may be provided. In another embodiment, the auxiliary device consists of a frame rotatable on the axles 6 and having radial and transverse rods for receiving the workpiece attachments, the frame being rotated by the grinding or polishing medium or by a separate drive. The container 1 may be surrounded by a sound-absorbing jacket. For debarring plastic workpieces, the workpiecea are cooled so as to be brittle and placed in the screen drums 13b which are double walled so as to be insulating. The inside of the drums may be lined so as to have a surface like a file cleaner, a reaming tool or sandpaper. In a further embodiment, the auxiliary device 7, Fig. 8, runs over tension members 31 in the container 1 and is guided by rollers 30, the workpieces being carried by the receiving attachments 13 which are indexed by stops 40. Prior to the container, the device 7 runs through a shaker conveyer 32 having a guide 38 for grinding medium 19 and small workpieces. A similar shaker conveyer is provided at the exit of the conveyer and has a discharge 52 for the workpieces which pass to a conveyer 37. The medium in shaker conveyer 33 passes through a screen 53, guide 34, conveyer 35 and device 36 to the shaker conveyer 32. A processing container 27 may also be mounted on stub axles in the container 1 and can be raised to empty its contents into the shaker conveyer 33. The container 27 may be replaced by a horizontal cylindrical tube having a spiral insert for conveying workpieces along its length. Alternatively, the cylinder may have a helical strip on its inner surface and the workpieces are placed in a cylindrical container having a helical groove engaging the strip.
Patent GB-1049578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to agricultural implements
IPC: A01C3/08
Filed: 1963-08-21
Abstract: 1,049,578. Haymaking machines. FELLA-WERKE G.m.b.H. Aug. 21, 1963 [Aug. 22, 1962], No. 33134/63. Heading A1F. A tractor-drawn haymaking machine, which is, in use, wide compared with its dimension longitudinally of the direction of travel, is provided with two sets of groundwheels 5 and 20, 34, whose planes of rotation are mutually perpendicular. the machine being adjustable from an operating position (Fig. 3), in which it is supported by one set of ground-wheels 5 so that its haymaking elements 3 lie transverse to the direction of travel, to a transport position (Figs. 1 & 2) in which it is supported by the other set 20, 34 and is relatively narrow transversely to the direction of travel. The haymaking machine has a series of rake-heads 3 rotatable about substantially vertical axes and supported by wheels 5 mounted centrally within the heads, the heads being mounted on a common transverse beam 1 and being driven from the tractor by a longitudinal shaft in a housing 6 and by bevel gearing (not shown). The housing 6 has pivoted to it, at 12, an arm 9 carrying a retractable extension 13, the extension being extensible by a threaded crank 16 and mounting a wheel 20 on its lower end. The arm is movable about its pivot 12 by a further threaded crank 26 connected between an upward extension 10 of the arm 9 and the main beam 1. The wheel 34 is mounted on an arm 32 pivoted, at 31, to the main beam and held in a lowered (Fig. 2) or a raised (Fig. 3) position by a catch 35. During operation, the arm 9 is raised till nearly horizontal and a clevis 28 can be slid along the arm 9 to engage the tractor drawplate 46. The wheel 20 is removed and lodged in brackets 45 (see Fig. 1) on a drawbar 38 which is used only during transport. For transport (Fig. 1) this drawbar 38 is swung into the full-line position and supports one end of the machine when connected to the tractor.
Patent GB-333069-A (GB)
Abstract: 333,069. Maunsell, G. A. Aug. 30, 1929.' Piles; piles, driving.-A, foundation pile to be sunk through water consists of a steel tube a, in one length or in sections spliced together, which is driven into the ground g under the water w, but not to its final depth; a protective covering of cement or reinforced concrete is then placed on the upstanding end of the pile, which is then driven until the protected part of the pile reaches and enters the ground. The pile shown in Fig. 3 consists of two plates riveted to two channel-section bars a; the shell s is rectangular in section, and the annulus r is filled with quick-setting cement. The soil in the interior of the pile may also be excavated, and the pile filled with cement. In a modification, Fig. 4, a cylindrical tube a has a coating b, built up by means of a cement gun. The piles are driven by a hammer h. A strengthening band m is riveted, welded, or shrunk on to the bare and of the tube a, and fits into a groove n on the underside of the cap k, which has a composite steel or wooden bead or anvil l on which the hammer h rests and strikes. Guides t for the hammer are attached to the cap k, which preferably is of conical form.
Patent GB-1388426-A (GB)
Title: Pipeline pigging station
IPC: F16L55/46
Filed: 1972-07-17
Abstract: 1388426 Pig launching and receiving station GENERAL DESCALING CO Ltd 17 July 1973 [17 July 1972] 33352/72 Heading F2N Between coaxial pig receiving and launching traps 2 and 4 is a station 6, at which a pig basket (e.g. 24) may be removed from trap 2 or 4, opened, unloaded (crane 42 carrier pig 38) or loaded, closed, and reinserted in trap 2 or 4. The baskets are withdrawn from and introduced into their traps by an hydraulically operated drawbar, Figs. 3 and 5 (not shown), having two perpendicular, hook-ended arms pivotal as a unit through 90 degrees from one position, in which a first arm is operative in connection with trap 2, to another position, in which the other arm is operative in connection with trap 4. Such pivotal movement is hydraulically effected, Fig. 6 (not shown). The drawbar unit is movable along rails 52 of station 6. Rails 40 for the baskets are aligned or alignable with corresponding rails (not shown) in the traps. Each basket, Fig. 4 (not shown), has two arcuate side sections pivoted to an arcuate base section. Pivoting of the side sections to open and close the basket (and, in the case of closing, to compress the pig) is effected by arms 30. A base frame 22 mounts a subframe 20 for station 6 and two subframes 18 for the respective traps. Each trap has a cover 8 or 10 movable hydraulically axially and laterally with respect to its associated trap.
Patent GB-1270168-A (GB)
Title: Screw extruder
IPC: B29C48/03
Filed: 1969-07-02
Abstract: 1,270,168. Screw mixers. BARMAG BARMER MASCHINENFABRIK A.G. 2 July, 1969 [2 July, 1968], No. 33368/69. Heading B1C. [Also in Division B5] A screw extruder, particularly intended for the working of thermoplastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyamide, when of high viscosity, comprises a discharge zone C which has a section C 2  from 1-8 times the length of section C 1  wherein the thread depth is greater, preferably two to five times greater, than in section C,. As shown, the greater thread depth is achieved by a reduction in the screw core diameter and such a reduced core may have a constant diameter or taper downstream, see Fig. 3 (not reproduced). Alternatively barrel 1 may increase in internal diameter, see Fig. 4 (not reproduced), the thread increasing in depth on a constant diameter core. To further reduce shearing forces in section C 2 , the thread may be spaced a greater distance from the interior of the barrel than in section C 1 , see Figs. 2-4 (not reproduced). The thread pitch is preferably varied so as to give a constant throughput; in particular the pitch is less in section C 2  than in section C 1  see Figs. 2-4 (not reproduced). Alternatively with constant pitch in section C 2 , the thread may be provided with breaks or perforations. Camlike projections or other mixing elements may be attached to the screw core. Melting of the thermoplastic material in zones A-B is both by frictional working and by supplying heat. Independently operable heating and/or cooling devices may be associated with section C 2 , as at (9), Fig. 4 (not shown).
Patent GB-631153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in painter's field box-easel
IPC: A47B97/08
Filed: 1947-12-18
Abstract: 631,153. Easels. JULLIAN, R. Dec. 18, 1947, No. 33393. Convention date, April 9, 1946. [Class 52 (iii)] In an artist's field easel, a box 1 containing a drawer 3 having a lock and an abutment to prevent it falling out, is supported on hinged telescopic legs 4, 5 which engage slots in the side of the box when erect and a hinged telescopic rear leg 13 which is also hinged intermediately. An inclined, adjustable frame 23 having extensible side supports 24, an upper channel member 34 on an extensible T-member 33. sliding on a cross-member 30 and a lower channel member 42 slidable on side members of the frame, is hingedly attached to the box by means of pivots 21, 22. When not in use the frame 23 in which are clamped the canvasses, and the legs fold flat on to the box which may then be carried by a handle 48. The cross-member 30 has on its lower face a cleat 39 which, when the frame is folded up on the box, engages a corresponding aperture 40 in the upper wall of the box thus preventing any transverse displacement of the frame and also securing the drawer in place.
Patent GB-604989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to collapsible chairs and like seats
IPC: A47C7/18
Filed: 1945-12-11
Abstract: 604,989. Collapsable chairs. LOFGREN. S., and MADRASSFABRIKEN DUX AKTIEBOLAG. Dec. 11, 1945, No. 33469. [Class 52 (ii)] In a chair wherein the back, seat, and side frames are detachably connected together the seat 10 has a tongue and groove connection with the side frames and can slide rearwardly therein until it rests on a rail 9 on the seat back 5 thereby preventing upward movement of the back causing separation of the back from the side frames. A catch 18 on the seat prevents its unintentional forward movement.
Patent GB-176103-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for developing washing and fixing photographic plates
IPC: G03D13/06
Filed: 1920-11-26
Abstract: 176,103. Kahr, E. Nov. 26, 1920. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Containers with transfer arrangements for daylight developing, &c. - Consists in the combination of (1) a container having an outlet at its lower end, and two framed openings adapted respectively to receive the dark slide, and a hand insertion device to enable the operator to remove the exposed plate from the dark slide, with (2) a tang removably secured to the lower end of the container, and (3) a rod passing through the upper end of the container and provided with means for gripping the plate, this rod serving to lower the plate into, or to raise it from, the attached tank for developing, fixing, or washing. The dark slide and hand insertion device mav be subsequently replaced by ruby glass to permit examination of the plate during development. In the form shown a container a is grooved at f , g to receive a dark slide c and a hand insertion device h, and at i to receive a plate carrier which may be clipped at n to a push-rod l in order that it may be depressed into, or elevated out of, a developing-bath b which may be secured to the base of the container in a light tight manner. A fixing-bath, adapted to hold several plates, may replace the bath b, a slide d being provided to close the base of the container during interchange of baths. When the plate is in the bath b, the parts c and h may be replaced by ruby glass windows, so that the plate may be inspected when raised by the rod l.
Patent GB-621591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tamping machines
IPC: E01C19/28
Filed: 1946-11-11
Abstract: 621,591. Road rollers. GODENIR, A., and NEELANDS, A. R. Nov. 11, 1946. No. 33503. [Class 6(i)] [Also in Group X] Apparatus for consolidating concrete road surfaces comprises a number of units each consisting of a resilient ring F which is carried by adjustable roller bearings G mounted on a frame E loosely carried on a rotating shaft A that is common to all the units. For each unit there is mounted on the shaft an eccentric B which, through a spring D, causes a tamper K to strike the resilient ring. The apparatus may be dragged or rolled forward during use and the frames of the units may be joined together by tie rods I.
Patent GB-618703-A (GB)
Title: Hand drill
IPC: B25H1/00
Filed: 1946-11-11
Abstract: 618,703. Drilling-machines. BENBOW, B. W. Nov. 11, 1946, No. 33504. Convention date, Feb. 19. [Class 83 (iii)] A portable drilling-machine comprises a motor, the casing of which carries a reel for a chain, which is secured to the work and is tensioned by a hand lever, also carried by the motor casing. As shown, the chain 16 is wound on a spring reel 15, the shaft 18 of which is furnished with a ratchet wheel 24 engaged by a spring pawl 23 carried by a spring returned lever 22 pivoted on the shaft 18 and arranged to be grasped together with the tool by one hand. As the lever is moved upwards to the limiting position shown, the pawl is released by a fixed projection 36. In another form, the chain is led over a sprocket to a reel, the sprocket being fitted with a ratchet wheel engaged by a pawl on a lever pivoted on the sprocket shaft, the tool and lever requiring both hands for operation.
Patent GB-348100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the removal of tar acids and other tarry substances from gas-works waste liquor
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 1929-11-04
Abstract: <PICT:0348100/IV/1> Tar acids and phenols are recovered from gas liquor by passing benzol in countercurrent flow to the descending liquor in a tower 1, the benzol and absorbed substances passing off to a still or vaporizer 2 in which the solvent is driven off from the tarry substances and re-circulated through the liquor via pipe line 7. Gas works light oil may be used in the still.  The incoming benzol is prevented from going off with the outgoing waste liquor and entering waste liquor from going off with outgoing benzol by partitions 8, 9.