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Patent GB-387646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to metal alloys
IPC: B23K35/30
Filed: 1931-05-01
Abstract: Electric contacts of switches, relays, or the like, and electrodes or clamping jaws of welding machines are made of a composite material composed of iron or steel granules or powder and a filling of a metal melting at a lower temperature, e.g. copper.  The copper is melted over the powder which is contained in a vessel the shape of the final article.  The finished article may be obtained by machining.  If steel is used the article may be hardened after machining.  Equal proportions of copper and iron are referred to.
Patent GB-989844-A (GB)
Title: Slip ring spacer for insulated conduit systems
Inventor: EATON BURTON EMERY
IPC: F16L59/06
Filed: 1964-03-26
Abstract: 989,844. Heat-insulated pipes. MIDWESCO - ENTERPRISE Inc. March 26, 1964, No. 12966/64. Heading F2P. Means for supporting a lagged pipe 12 within a tubular easing 11 comprises a corrugated space ring 18 slidably mounted between the casing and an annular sleeve 16 secured to the pipe lagging 14. The sheet metal sleeve 16, which secures the insulation, preferably of fibreglass, asbestos or calcium silicate in the form of half cylinders, about the metal inner pipe 12, is provided with stops 20 and 21 to retain and relatively position the sheet metal corrugated spacer ring axially on the sleeve. The construction permits relative expansion and contraction between the lagged pipe and casing by relative sliding of the crests of the corrugations 19 on the sleeve and casing and also permits the free flow of air and drainage in the annular lagging/casing space. The insulation may alternatively be formed from cylinders or contiguous annular segments. The outer casing is preferably constructed of spirally-welded steel strip.
Patent GB-356288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to monogrammic signalling apparatus
IPC: G09G3/00
Filed: 1931-01-28
Abstract: 356,288. Monogrammic signs. GALLEY, F. G., Nelmes Way, Hornchurch, Essex, UNDERWOOD, H. L., 16, The Drive, Edgware, Middlesex, LAMBERT, W. R. and LAMBERT, H. S., 2, Pocock Street, Blackfriars Road, London. Jan. 28, 1931, No. 13000/30. [Class 118 (ii).] Means for actuating an advertising monogrammic sign, particularly for use on motor road vehicles, comprises a roller 2, of square cross section and of conducting material or covered with metal plates, mounted on a shaft which is reciprocated by slides 3 and cams 5 secured to the rotating shaft 6 to bring insulated perforated stencil plates 1 in the form of a continuous band into engagement with plungers 8 connected to electric lamps to complete a circuit through the roller 2, which simultaneously contacts with brushes connected to a source of electric current. The roller 2 is rotated in two stages of one-eighth of a turn to present a new face and set of stencil plates to the plungers 8 bv means of the pins 13 on the roller 2 engaging with a counterweighted pawl 12 pivoted on a rod 11 reciprocated by a cam 10 secured to the rotating shaft 6. When used on motor road vehicles current may be supplied from a generator driven from the vehicle or from the accumulator.
Patent GB-913833-A (GB)
Title: Duplex aluminous metal corrosion-resistant members
IPC: F24D19/00
Filed: 1960-04-12
Abstract: A duplex material resistant to corrosion by hot water consists of a base of an Al-alloy containing 2-4% Mg and 0.5-1% Mn clad with an Al-alloy containing 1-4% Mg, 0.5-2% Zn and not more than 0.15% impurities.  The base alloy may also contain:-  .Cr.0.05-0.5% .Cu.0.1 -0.5% .Fe.0.25% .Si.0.25% .Zn.0.25% .Ti.0.2%  The material may be used in the construction of a hot water tank.
Patent GB-995721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in carburettors comprising an auxiliary starting device
Inventor: MENNESON ANDRE LOUIS
IPC: F02M17/50
Filed: 1964-03-26
Abstract: 995,721. Spray carburetters. SOC. INDUSTRIELLE DE BREVETS ET D'ETUDES S.I.B.E. March 26, 1964 [April 10, 1963], No. 13004/64. Heading F1B. In a starting carburetter comprising a rotary valve 9, Fig. 1, water condensing in the chamber 7 is removed through a connection 20 subjected permanently to intake pipe suction. The connection 20 may lead to the normal starting mixture passage 13a or, Fig. 2, may lead independently to an opening 22 between the Venturi 2 and throttle valve 4.
Patent GB-1461533-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for contacting substances having different phases
IPC: B01J19/32
Filed: 1974-03-25
Abstract: 1461533 Contacting flowing materials NOVEX TALALMANYFEJLESZTO ES ERTEKESITO KULKERESKEDELMI RT 25 March 1974 13040/74 Headings B1F and B1R Apparatus for contacting flowing materials with each other comprises an array of supports 1 and a row of finger like elements 2 pivoted on or with each support and extending so that the finger-like elements of adjacent rows interdigitate when at rest, the elements being disposed to lie substantially level with thesupports at rest but to rise on upward passage of the material to give a multiplicity of openings to cause material to flow therethrough in turbulent flow.
Patent GB-820069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in endless linked plate conveyors
IPC: B65G17/06
Filed: 1955-05-05
Abstract: 820,069. Endless articulated-plate conveyers. CLARKE, CHAPMAN & CO. Ltd., and HEMSLEY, T. B. April 27, 1956 [May 5, 1955], No. 13081/55. Class 78 (1). An endless articulated-plate conveyer comprises a sprocket chain, a trough unit mounted on each chain link, the trough unit having a bottom provided with upwardly and longitudinally extending end portions of arcuate section overlapping those of adjacent trough units and straight sides upstanding from the bottom, supporting rollers carried outboard of some of the trough units on stub axles mounted on the trough sides, and tracks for the rollers. In one form, Fig. 1, each trough unit comprises a sheet-metal bottom 2 to which side walls 3 are welded. The floor has arcuate end portions 4 and 6, the former being of larger radius so that it can overlap the other end portion of an adjacent unit. The side walls also overlap, being stepped at 12 so that the trailing end of the trough is wider than the leading end. The side walls are reinforced towards their leading ends by ribs 10 and towards their trailing ends by L-shaped strengthening ribs 14. A strengthening rib 8 is also provided in the bottom 2 and bolt holes 9 are provided in the bottom to receive chain attachment bolts. In a modification, Fig. 2, the bottom 2 projects at each side beyond the walls 3 and strengthening ribs 15 and 17 are welded to the side walls at the trailing end of the unit. In a conveyer embodying either of the above trough units, Figs. 4 and 7, the units are bolted to chain brackets 23 carried by a pair of chains 18, 19. Some of the trough units are provided with L-shaped brackets 30 incorporating stub-axles 38 on which rollers 40 are mounted. Rollers 40 run on guide tracks 48, 49 which are discontinued adjacent the driving and return sprockets. Anti-fouling guards 58 are fitted by dropping them into slots formed on the outside of the framework. A transverse flight plate 60 may be secured within each trough unit for conveying on an incline.
Patent GB-1449368-A (GB)
Title: Synthetic fibre paper
IPC: D21H13/14
Filed: 1974-03-25
Abstract: 1449368 Coated sheet materials KANZAKI PAPER Mfg Co Ltd 25 March 1974 [24 March 1973] 13111/74 Heading B2E [Also in Division C3] A synthetic fibre paper having improved printability for offset printing, is obtained by subjecting a surface of a sheet material formed of a fibrous material, at least part of which is of polyolefin fibres, to a treatment with an aqueous composition comprising a watersoluble polymer and an aqueous polymer emulsion. The fibrous substrate may be formed solely of the polyolefin fibres or it may be a mixture of polyolefin fibres with natural cellulose fibres and/or another synthetic fibre and/or two or more synthetic polymer fibres. The polyolefin fibres may be of polyethylene, polypropylene, poly-1-butene, poly-4-methyl-1- pentene or polystyrene or may be of a binary or ternary copolymer from olefins such as poly-(ethylene-propylene), binary or ternary copolymers comprising an olefin and at least one other comonomer and graft polymers or cross-linked products of these polymers. Preferably a hydrophilic component is present and suitable hydrophilic components are polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polyethylene oxide, polyethylene glycol and carboxymethyl cellulose as well as random, graft or block copolymers having a vinyl monomer unit which has a hydrophillic group therein or into which a hydrophillic group can be introduced by an after-treatment. Numerous suitable comonmers are specified. The sheet material may contain additives such as organic fillers, dyes and defoaming agents, as well as sizing agents. The composition may be applied to the substrate by tab sizing, surface sizing, spraying and coating. Suitable water-soluble polymers are protein, starch, cellulose ethers, alginates, polyvinyl alcohol, gum arabic, polyacrylamide, hydrolysis products such as styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers, hydrolysis products of olefin-maleic anhydride copolymers. The emulsion polymers present in the coating compositions may be polymers of at least one of the monomers vinyl acetate, acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters, acrylonitrile, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride and chloroprene. Aqueous compositions preferably contain a polyvalent metal salt of which numerous are specified.
Patent GB-686261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the stabilisation of aldehydes
Inventor: JONES DAVID GWYN
IPC: C10G29/22
Filed: 1950-05-25
Abstract: Aldehydes are stabilized with a small amount of a 3,31,5,51-tetra-alkyl diphenoquinone whose alkyl groups preferably have less than 8 C atoms.  Preferably from 0.001 to 1 per cent of quinone is used.  The diphenoquinones are made by oxidizing a 2,6-di-alkyl phenol, e.g. 2 - methyl - 6 - tert. butyl-, 2,6 - ditertiarybutyl - and 2 - methyl - 6 - (11,11,31,31 - tetramethyl butyl) phenol.  Nitric or chromic acids are preferred oxidizing agents. Oxidation temperatures vary widely.  The quinones obtained from the three specified phenols are new compounds, the first phenol being oxidized with mixed nitric and acetic acids at room temperature, and the second and third with boiling acetic and chromic acids.  In an example, nonaldehyde is stabilized with 3,31-dimethyl-5,51 - ditertiary - butyl - and 3,31 - dimethyl-5,51 - di - (a ,a ,g ,g  - tetramethyl butyl) - diphenoquinones.  In the Provisional Specification, ethers, e.g. tetrahydrofuran, are also stabilized.ALSO:In the Provisional Specification petrols and fatty and vegetable oils are stabilized with a small amount of a 3, 31; 5, 51 tetraalkyl diphenoquinone.  Amounts of quinone to be added may be 0.001 to 1 per cent 3, 31-dimethyl-5, 51-ditertiary butyl-and 3, 31-dimethyl-5, 51-di-(a ,a ,g ,g ,-tetramethylbutyl)-diphenoquinones are specified.
Patent GB-1020498-A (GB)
Title: Nylon composition resistant to heat deterioration
IPC: C08K5/43
Filed: 1964-03-31
Abstract: A nylon composition is made resistant to heat deterioration by incorporating therein a stabilizing amount of a cuprous or cupric salt of an organic or inorganic acid, a stabilizing amount of a metal halide, an ammonium halide or a hydrogen halide, and from about 0.025 to 3.0% by weight of nylon of an aryl sulphonamide chemically inert to nylon and having the formula <FORM:1020498/C3/1> where R is hydrogen or a C1-C8 hydrocarbon radical, n is an integer of 1 to 8 and y is 0 to 3. Specified nylons are poly-6-aminocaproic acid, polyhexamethylene adipamide, poly-2-pyrrolidone, poly-11-aminoundecanoic acid and polyhexamethylene sebacamide. Specified copper compounds are the cuprous and cupric salts of acetic, butyric, lauric, palmitic and stearic acid. Specified halides are sodium and potassium bromides and iodides, magnesium chloride and ammonium chloride, bromide and iodide. Specified sulphonamides are benzene, N-ethyl benzene, N-ethyl N-methyl benzene, p-toluene, o - toluene, N - methyl - p - toluene, N - ethyl-o-toluene, N:N1 - diethyl - p - toluene, N - t - dodecyl - p - toluene, N - n - butyl - p - toluene, N - t - butyl - p - toluene, N,N - di - n - butyl - p-toluene, 2:3 - dimethyl benzene, N - ethyl-2:3-dimethyl benzene and N-cyclohexyl-p-toluene sulphonamide.  In Example (II), hexamethylene diammonium adipate is condensed in the presence of cuprous acetate, potassium iodide and N-ethyl-p-toluenesulphonamide.
Patent GB-490027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to bomb carrying and dropping apparatus for use on aircraft
IPC: B64D1/04
Filed: 1936-05-11
Abstract: 490,027. Bomb - dropping. SHORT BROS. (ROCHESTER & BEDFORD), Ltd., and GOUGE, A. May 11, 1936, No. 13257. [Class 9 (ii)] In bomb-dropping apparatus in which the bombs are in superimposed formation, the bomb carriers of a tier are supported by a belt or chain e disposed upright and adapted to lower each bomb in turn to the dropping position and adapted to operate in the reverse direction for loading. The belt extends between pulleys f<1>, f<2> at the bottom and a pulley f at the top. The bombs a are held by carriers b of known kind, and these are attached to chocks c, c<1>, c<2>, c3 connected by pivots d to the belt e. The pivots d are guided by a race g, and further pins h on the chocks are guided in a U-shaped race h<1>. The belt may be formed in sections, and the carriers may be adapted to support the bombs at various parts thereof. The casing is provided at the bottom with hinged doors i.
Patent GB-710315-A (GB)
Title: Improved butter or icing spreading knife
IPC: H05B3/00
Filed: 1952-05-26
Abstract: 710,315. Heated knives. WALDEN. S. A. May 26, 1953 [May 26, 1952], No. 13286/52. Class 30 [Also in Groups VI and XI] In an electrically heated butter or icing knife a holder 2 for a heating element 7 is recessed at 5 to receive a tang 1a of the blade 1, a rearwardly extending portion 1b of the blade being disposed in a slot in a casing 3 one end of which encloses the heating element and the other end of which is received in a hollow handle 4. The heating. element 7 is received in a slot in. the holder 2 and is connected by electrical leads 9 in the handle 4 to a terminal box 8 which is preferably provided with a switch.
Patent GB-133588-A (GB)
IPC: B43L13/00
Abstract: 133,588. Eaton, R. Feb. 18, 1919. Scales. - A transparent scale a having one sloped edge b has openings in it gradually increasing in size and showing various cambers on their upper sides. The opposite sides of the scale and the side b may be provided with scales. According to the Provisional Specification, printing may obviate the piercing of holes.
Patent GB-543842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ammunition belts
IPC: F42B39/08
Filed: 1940-08-22
Abstract: 543,842. Cartridge belts for machine guns. BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., Ltd., and FRISE, L. G. Aug. 22, 1940, No. 13359. [Class 92 (ii)] Relates to disintegrating-link belts in which the cartridges themselves form the hinge pins, and of the kind in which each link comprises a single-arm clip 12 and a double arm clip 15 for engagement with adjacent rounds in the belt. According to the invention transverse plate-like lugs 14, 18, one on each clip portion, are secured face-to-face by a rivet or the like providing pivotal movement about an axis lengthwise of the belt. By overlapping the lugs, tension in the belt is taken by the lugs and not by the rivet. The lugs are shaped and a flanged washer plate 20 is provided, to limit the twisting movement to between 20 degrees and 40 degrees. Specification 355,767 is referred to.
Patent GB-862751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for fixing railway rails to sleepers
IPC: E01B9/30
Filed: 1956-05-02
Abstract: 862,751. Securing railway rails to sleepers. KENITRA CO. Ltd., and NERINCG, C. M. X. April 30, 1957 [May 2, 1956], No. 13596/56. Class 104 (2). A fastener for securing flange fixed railway rails 2 to sleepers 5 comprises a spring clip 11 having two bearing surfaces, one overlying the rail flange 7 and the other the sleeper 5, and a bolt 6 passing through a hole or holes at a position between the two clip bearing surfaces, the bolt 21 passing down through a hole 6 in the sleeper 5 and having at its lower end at least one radial projection 23 having one convexly curved surface about the radial axis of the projection which engages the underside of an anchor-plate 22, integral with or permanently secured to the sleeper 5 within the hole 6, for anchoring the lower end of the bolt 21 while permitting its upper end to move laterally towards and away from the rail 2, the upper end of the bolt 21 being provided with a nut 26 for tightening the clip 11 whereby the movement of the upper end of the bolt 21 allows tightening to take place without lateral constraint. The fastener 11 is provided with an upper arm 13 which engages the top of the rail flange 7 and a lower arm 14 which abuts the edge 8 of the rail flange 7. The fastener 11 is of such a width that when rotated to the inoperative position (the left-hand side of Fig. 1) parallel to the rail 2 the edges of the fastener are so spaced as to constitute location space when it is desired to replace a length of rail. The slots 6 in the sleeper 5 and a slot 24 in the anchor-plate 22 are of greater width perpendicular to the rail than parallel to the rail so as to permit the passage of the T-shaped head 23 of the bolt 21. An enlargement 28 of the hole 6 beneath the anchor plate 22 is provided with abutments 30 to limit the rotation of the bolt 21. For the purposes of insulation a rubber grommet 29, disposed around the upper end of the bolt 21, is located in the holes 15, 16 in the fastener 11 which holes 15, 16 are elongated so as to permit the bolt 21 to swing perpendicular to the rail 2. A flat rubber pad 4 is disposed beneath the rail 2 and rubber pads 20 are disposed in recesses 9 in the sleeper 5 to receive an eye 12 of the fastener 11. Specification 652,305 is referred to.
Patent GB-541103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in windscreen wiper motors
IPC: B60S1/06
Filed: 1940-03-05
Abstract: 541,103. Windscreen wipers. AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC APPLIANCES, Ltd., and WYLIE H. N. March 5, 1940, No. 13602/41. Divided out of 540,972, [Group XXIX] [Class 138 (i)] The spindle of a windscreen wiper together with its pinion is carried by a head angularly adjustable with respect to the body of the motor on which it is carried. The piston 8 is fitted with a rack 10 driving the pinion 17 which is mounted on the head 12 angularly adjustable in the body of the motor and secured by a clamp 21.
Patent GB-243399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to controlling mechanism for machinery
IPC: D01G15/36
Filed: 1925-03-04
Abstract: 243,399. Siswick, F., and Bailey, N. March 4, 1925. Operating belt forks. - Relates to emergency stopmechanism for carding, scribbling, and other belt-driven machines of the type comprising a spring-tensioned flexible connection attached at one end to a spring-biassed detent controlling a weight &c. acting on the belt fork. A chain, wire, rope, or cord A, tensioned at one end by a spring a' and supported at intervals by flanged pulleys, extends around the lower part of the machine and is secured at its other end to a spring-pulled trip a<3>, normally supporting a weight a<7> guided on a spindle a<8> and connected by a cord a<9> to the belt fork a<11>. The weight is released by a pull on the cord &c. A and is restored by a treadle B, the belt being returned to the fast pulley by a handle a<13> or a spring. The weight a<7> may be replaced by a pair of compression springs.
Patent GB-1459490-A (GB)
Title: Light fitting
IPC: F21S2/00
Filed: 1974-03-27
Abstract: 1459490 Lighting fittings VEST GmbH NACHFOLGER KG 27 March 1974 [28 March 1973] 13653/74 Heading F4R A lighting fitting comprises a pair of covers 20, 21 for a light source 15, at least one of the covers being dome-shaped as shown, a retaining ring 10 which secures the covers and has a uniform section over its entire periphery, a plurality of supporting elements 30 by means of which the covers are spaced from and secured to the ring, each cover having a peripheral flange 22 engaging the elements, and an attachment element 40, Fig. 9, which supports the fitting and engages the ring from the outside. The dome 20 is translucent and the dome 21, which is translucent, opaque or reflective, may be replaced by a flat reflector. The ring 10 is circular and is preferably flat with a rectangular section, each element 30 being a flat T-shaped plastics moulding having, at each end of the cross-bar 31, inwardlypointing projections 33 for engagement with the flanges 22 and outwardly-pointing projections 35 for engagement with the ring. The stem 32 of each element projects inwardly between the flanges 22, two of the elements being arranged adjacent one another to support a terminal box 13 carrying a socket 14 for the source 15. The fitting is attached to an adjacent similar fitting or to a supporting means such as a wall plate (61, Figs. 3 and 4, not shown) or a cable 53, Fig. 9, by the attachment element 40 which comprises two U-shaped halves 41, 42 each of which has parallel arms 43 and a base 44. Each arm 43 has a pair of projections 46, the projections on one side of the element being adapted to engage the ring 10 and those on the other side being adapted to engage the ring of a similar fitting or tongues (64) on the wall plate (61). The halves 41, 42 are clamped together by a bolt 49 and a nut or threaded sleeve 51. Arrays of fittings can be assembled (Figs. 5-8, not shown) in which some fittings may be replaced by rings supporting flat glass plates. The rings may be of U-shaped section and/or polygonal in plan.
Patent GB-1105329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to inhibition of corrosion
IPC: C10M173/02
Filed: 1965-03-31
Abstract: Corrosion of ferrous or copper surfaces is prevented by an aqueous alkaline solution comprising a water-soluble organic amine, a water-soluble organic acid, and an alkali metal nitrite. The solution may be used in paints, aerosol sprays, hydraulic systems, central heating systems, cutting oils, degreasing solutions or for impregnating paper.  In an example, a solution contains (parts by weight): diethanolamine 13.7, monoethanolamine 2.7, benzoic acid 21.1, sodium nitrite 12.0, alkyl sulphate wetting agent 0.5, water 50.  To prevent staining of copper an azimide may be added.ALSO:Corrosion of ferrous or copper surfaces is prevented by an aqueous alkaline solution comprising a water soluble organic amine, a water soluble organic acid, and an alkali metal nitrite. The solution may be used in paints, aerosol sprays, hydraulic systems, central heating systems, cutting oils, degreasing solutions or for impregnating paper.  In an example a solution contains (parts by weight):- diethanolamine 13.7, mono-ethanolamine 2.7, benzoic acid 21.1, sodium nitrite 12.0, non-ionic wetting agent 0.5, water 50.  To prevent staining of copper an azimide may be added.ALSO:Corrosion of ferrous or copper surfaces is prevented by an aqueous alkaline solution comprising a water soluble organic amine, a water soluble organic acid, and an alkali metal nitrite. The solution may be used for impregnating paper which may be backed with wax, metal foil or polyvinylidene chloride.  In an example a solution contains (parts by weight):-diethanolamine 13.7, monoethanolamine 2.7, benzoic acid 21.1, sodium nitrite 12.0, non-ionic wetting agent 0.5, water 50.  To prevent staining of copper an azimide may be added.