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Patent GB-192580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods and apparatus for pumping fuel residue from oil-burning vessels, and other purposes
IPC: B63B57/00
Filed: 1922-01-12
Abstract: 192,580. Wheeler, H. J. Jan. 12, 1922. Vacuum apparatus.-A method of transferring viscous material, such as the fuel residue of oilburning ships, from the ship to an overside receptacle, consists in creating a vacuum in the receptacle, which is connected to the fuel tank by a pipe with a restricted inlet, and admitting air into the suction end of the pipe to break up the thick liquid. Apparatus for the purpose comprises a series of tanks F connected by valved pipes F<1> to the suction side of an air-compresser D driven by a motor C. The tanks F are connected by valved pipes G', G<3> to a hose-pipe H passing over the ship's side to the fuel-tank from which the residue is to be transferred. The suction end of the pipe H carries a nozzle H<1> of smaller diameter than the pipe, and the nozzle ends in a flat mouth of smaller cross-section than the body of the nozzle. A small inlet h<1> with a regulating valve H<2> admits air to the nozzle to break up the thick liquid and facilitate its flow.
Patent GB-681427-A (GB)
Title: An improved process for the extraction of pectic substances from vegetable matter
IPC: C08B37/06
Filed: 1949-01-14
Abstract: A sol of pectic substances is prepared by extracting vegetable matter with a hot or cold solution of a hydroxide or an alkaline salt of an alkali metal or ammonium, e.g. sodium carbonate, and adding a gel or sol of pectic acid or an acid salt of pectic substances to convert part or all of the unreacted alkali into a pectate sol.  Hot extraction may follow treatment of the vegetable matter with water and/or a relatively concentrated solution of a hydroxide or an alkaline salt of an alkali metal of ammonium.  The sol of pectic substances may be bleached and spray dried e.g. after being concentrated by evaporation.  The pectic acid may be obtained by adding a mineral acid to part of the extract and washing and dewatering the precipitated gel.  The acid salt of pectic substances may be made by treating part of the vegetable matter with dilute acid, then with a relatively concentrated solution of a neutral salt, e.g. the chloride, of an alkali metal or ammonium, and finally extracting the treated matter with cold or warm water.
Patent GB-848254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tables and like supports
Inventor: GENT RICHARD THOMAS
IPC: A47B3/12
Filed: 1958-01-13
Abstract: 848,254. Tables. GENT Ltd., R. Jan. 6, 1959 [Jan. 13, 1958], No. 1172/58. Class 52(3) [Also in Group XXV] In a table or similar legged support the leg or legs is, or are, of telescopic form comprising an upper and outer member 4 telescopically receiving and engaging a lower and inner member 6, the outer member being shaped internally to provide a flared, frusto-conical or other tapered section 5, and the inner member being equipped with a ring 8 of resiliently deformable material which grips therearound at an adjustable position therealong and is dimensioned so as to be received within the tapered section of the outer member when the two are telescoped together, thereby to be deformed and grip the inner member more tightly and at the same time to form a coupling between the members. As shown, the pairs of outer members 4, 4 are pivotally and slidably attached to the table top for convenience in collapsing the table. A shelf 10 is releasably supported between the corresponding pairs of inner members 6, 6 by means of struts 9 which resiliently engage brackets 11 on the underside of the shelf.
Patent GB-606372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sewing machines
IPC: D05B71/00
Filed: 1946-01-14
Abstract: 606,372. Lubricating systems. UNION SPECIAL MACHINE CO. Jan. 14, 1946, No. 1189. Convention date, Jan. 13, 1945. [Class 12 (iii)] [Also in Group VII] Oil in a reservoir in the base of a sewing- machine having a substantially oil-tight hollow frame is splashed by means of plates 101, indented at 103, on a rock-shaft 80 to form an oil mist which lubricates all the parts of the mechanism within the frame. A blower on the shaft of the motor driving the machine maintains a slight vacuum within the frame, so that leakage of oil from the frame is reduced and the machine is cooled by air drawn in through various ducts and bearings and, if desired, through a special filtered opening.
Patent GB-1156288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrels for Storing Alcoholic Liquors
Inventor: HORLANDER LEO A
IPC: B65D25/14
Filed: 1968-01-09
Abstract: 1,156,288. Barrels. BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP. 9 Jan., 1968, No. 1192/68. Heading B8D. [Also in Division C6] A barrel, e.g. for storing and ageing whisky, is made from oak &c. staves 6, which have raised and depressed areas alternating over at least part of their inner surface. These areas may be formed by corrugations. The staves are internally charred to form charred and red caramel layers. The outer surface of the barrel may also have alternating raised and depressed areas. The alternating raised and depressed areas may also take other forms, e.g. castellations.
Patent GB-523749-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing chlorinated rubber and product thereof
IPC: C08C19/14
Filed: 1939-01-13
Abstract: 523,749. Chlorinated rubber. JACKSON, L. MELLERSH-. (Hercules Powder Co.). Jan. 13, 1939, No. 1239. [Class 70] A process for producing chlorinated rubber of high permanent flexibility consists in treating the rubber before chlorination with hot aqueous alkali, washing and drying. Crude rubber in thin sheets is heated in a closed vessel with 2-15 per cent. hydroxides or carbonates of sodium or potassium for 1-8 hours at 140-235‹C., cooled, washed with hot water and dried at about 140‹C. It is dissolved in carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethane, ethylene dichloride, chloroform or benzene, and chlorine gas passed in till 62-70 per cent. has been absorbed. Latex or artificial dispersions of rubber may be treated, the material after treatment with alkali being allowed to cream and the rubber precipitated in acetone, or being coagulated.
Patent GB-563140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in resilient torque-transmitting couplings
IPC: F16D3/68
Filed: 1943-01-27
Abstract: 563,140. Flexible couplings. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., and BINNEY, E. A. Jan. 27, 1943, No. 1362. [Class 80 (ii)] In a resilient torque transmitting coupling a projection 1 on one of the coupling. members 2 abuts the end of a tappet 3 secured to the other coupling member 6a by a layer 4 of rubber so that the driving force is transmitted through the rubber 4 which is primarily in shear. As shown, the tappet 3 and rubber 4 are each in two'parts separated by a gap so that for small loads only one half of the rubber is strained, but when larger loads are transmitted the adjacent ends' of the tappet contact and the load is shared by both rubber parts. Overstraining of the rubber may be avoided by a flange 3b on the tappet which can abut the member 6a. The end of the tappet may be bonded to the projection 1 by a layer of rubber which may be in two parts 9, 11, Fig. 3, separated by a rigid member 10. In a modification the rubber parts 4 are surrounded by a metallic sleeve which is connected by a rubber bond to the member 6a. The tappet 3 may be T-shape, channel-shape or of hollow box-shape. Specification 473,839 is referred to.
Patent GB-346781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shoes
IPC: A43C11/22
Filed: 1930-01-14
Abstract: 346,781. Shoe fastenings. BARRATT, A., Penbryn, Greenway, Weston Favell, Northampton. Jan. 14, 1930, No. 1367. [Class 17 (ii).] Relates to the provision of detachable bars or straps for " Court shoes, and consists in attaching the bars to short elastic strips 5. The strips 5 are secured in the shoe between the upper and lining, and project through slits 7 in the lining. The strips are doubled, and their free loop ends carry metal fittings 2 on to which the bar 3 is slipped. The bar extends through slits 1 in the upper, and is preferably in two parts connected by a button or other fastening. The bars may be provided in sets having various fastenings, sizes, and ornamentations.
Patent GB-1141589-A (GB)
Title: Spark ignition systems for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02P7/03
Filed: 1968-01-10
Abstract: 1,141,589. Ignition systems. MOTOROLA Inc. Jan. 10, 1968 [Feb. 14, 1967], No. 1472/68. Heading F1B. A capacitor discharge ignition system comprises a plurality of ignition coils 47 responsive to the discharge of the capacitor 17 for producing high voltage ignition pulses, the charging circuit for the capacitor including a blocking oscillator 11. A triggering circuit is coupled to the capacitor and is responsive to discharge thereof to energize the blocking oscillator for charging the capacitor. The blocking oscillator may include semi-conductor amplifying means 20 coupled to first and second windings of the transformer. The charging circuit may include the transformer which has a third winding 16 coupled to the capacitor, the circuit being reponsive to oscillations in the blocking oscillator to charge the capacitor. The triggering circuit may include a semi-conductor switching device. The preamplifier 48 includes a pick up coil 54. Magnetic members move past the coil 54 to induce pulses therein.
Patent GB-674649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to display or advertising devices
IPC: F21V8/00
Filed: 1950-01-20
Abstract: 674,649. Signs. HEBBLETHWAITE, L. C. Jan. 19, 1951 [Jan. 20, 1950], No. 1569/50. Class 3(ii) A display device comprises a transparent plate 1 having indented markings 14, which is illuminated edgewise by a concealed light source 7, the part of the plate carrying the markings being contained in an enclosure 2 which effectively conceals the edges of the plate while exposing the markings so that these appear to be suspended by invisible means. The light source 7 is concealed in a casing 6 bolted to the top edge of the plate and the enclosure 2 consists of a transparent plate bent into a cylindrical shape its edges touching the plate 1 on opposite sides near the top, and the bottom of the plate 1 touching the enclosure 2. The ends of the cylinder are closed by opaque or clear discs 5 which also touch the sides of the plate 1. The markings 14 are indented into the front face of the plate 1.
Patent GB-272410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the handling of coke discharged from coke ovens
IPC: C10B39/04
Filed: 1927-01-19
Abstract: 272,410. Naamlooze Vennootschap Silica en Ovenbouw Mij, and Fr÷hlich, O. Jan. 19, 1927. Discharging.-In a coke. oven installation, of the kind in which the coke is discharged from the oven a into a truck b with an inclined bottom b' and passes thence, after quenching, on to an inclined wharf g, the latter is inclined in a direction opposite to that of the truck bottom to enable the endless conveyer i, which finally receives the coke, to be disposed beneath the track c on which the truck b runs. Gates b<2>, h are provided to control the discharge from the truck b and wharf g respectively. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which there is arranged, between the wharf g and conveyer i, a shoot k divided into compartments by partitions which are inclined downwardly in the direction of travel of the conveyer, this arrangement ensuring a continuous sliding movement of the coke without any direct fall. A further modification is described in which, in addition to the shoot k, a similarly partitioned shoot is arranged on the wharf g.
Patent GB-924631-A (GB)
Title: Artificial eyelashes and method of manufacture thereof
IPC: A41G5/02
Filed: 1960-01-15
Abstract: 924,631. Artificial eyelashes. E. D. K. TURNER. March 21, 1961 [Jan. 15, 1960], No. 1636/60. Class 131. Artificial eyelashes are formed from a strip 3 of a fur-bearing pelt, the lash filaments 5 being provided by the hairs of the pelt which are bonded together at the ends attached to the leather base 4. The strip, cut transversely from a section removed longitudinally from a pelt so that the hairs extend beyond one edge of the strip, is stretched lengthwise to space the hairs and adhesive is applied on one or both surfaces to bond the hairs on the leather. The adhesive forms a filament to form a base for the lashes when the leather 4 is trimmed as shown in Fig. 6 or removed. In modifications, the base is formed by a pliable strip of self-adhesive material applied to both sides of eyelashes or the strip 3 is placed on a strip of backing material with the hairs projecting over one edge of the backing strip and a line of adhesive, applied to each side, bonds the hairs to the backing. The hairs are curled after the adhesive has set and before trimming. A selfadhesive liquid may be applied over the bonding adhesive.
Patent GB-807977-A (GB)
Title: Bottle shipping container with internal yieldable supports
Inventor: BERGSTROM HAROLD AUGUST
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1957-01-17
Abstract: 807,977. Boxes. CONTINENTAL CAN CO. Inc. Jan. 17, 1957, No. 1825/57. Class 18. A fibreboard container for a bottle or the like has a removable closure 13, a lower support L resting on the bottom 12, a yieldable cushioning sleeve S embracing the bottle and fitting against the container wall, and an upper support U fitting below the closure to surround the bottle's neck and abut its breast. The upper support U comprises two centrally crossed vertical elements 14 and 15, notched to interlock. The lower support L is similar, and the sleeve S is formed by rolling a sheet or sheets of corrugated fibreboard. In a modification, Figs. 7 and 8 (not shown) the sleeve S is formed from corrugated fibreboard rings stacked one upon another.
Patent GB-1019941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to atmosphere de-odorising and re-odorising devices
Inventor: JONES ARTHUR SYLVANUS
IPC: F24H9/18
Filed: 1961-01-17
Abstract: 1,019,941. Deodorising devices. ARTHUR DOUGLAS Ltd. April 17, 1962 [Jan. 17, 1961], No. 1856/61. Heading A5G. A device for deodorising and/or reodorising the atmosphere of a room comprises an external casing (forming a duct for a flow of air and having a vent in it out of which the air can flow); a detachable reservoir for a body of solid deodorant and/or reodorant chemical, inserted into an opening in the casing, the detachable reservoir being of such a size as to permit free flow of air around it in the duct; heating means within the casing situated near the detachable reservoir whereby the whole body of solid deodorant and/or reodorant chemical is heated, when the device is in use, to vaporise some of the deodorant and/or reodorant chemical from its surface; and fan means to expel the vapour from within the casing through the vent into the air of the room. The heating means is usually an electrical heating element which may be controlled by a switching device which also controls the operation of the fan; the switching device may be automatically or manually operated. The Figure shows a preferred device of the invention comprising a metal casing 1, heating means 10 in the form of a grille, impeller fan 8 driven by an electric motor 5, a reservoir 12 for the deodorant material, in the form of a wire cage container, an open end 3 and a protective wire mesh grille 4 at the opposite end. The grille 10, which serves to vaporise the deodorant material, is so positioned such that if the reservoir 12 were withdrawn the device would function as a space heater. In another device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings accompanying the provisional Specification (not shown), the detachable reservoir is in the form of a tray which is mounted over an electrically heated coil and beneath an impeller fan and grille vent assembly.
Patent GB-848005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to conveyor, elevator or transmission belting
IPC: B65G15/38
Filed: 1956-01-19
Abstract: 848,005. Belting fabrics. LEWIS, J., and RUBBER IMPROVEMENT Ltd. Jan. 16,1957 [Jan. 19, 1956], No. 1865/56. Class 142(4). [Also in Group VIII] A fabric used in lamination belting comprises a warp at least partly of high tensile continuous filament viscose rayon and a weft at least partly of  jute. The weave may be plain or broken twill. An example describes a plain fabric having a warp of sevenfold 1650 denier high tensile viscose rayon, 15 per inch, and a jute weft, 14 per inch. Alternatively both warp and weft may consist of threads of the rayon yarn doubled with jute, of not less than 1000 denier, the warp having two parts of rayon to one of jute.
Patent GB-1106461-A (GB)
Title: Welding flux
IPC: B23K9/18
Filed: 1966-01-14
Abstract: A granular welding flux comprises auxiliary ingredients consisting of 4-6% calcium fluoride, 4-6% of one or more of Si, Mn, B, Ti or Al and 10-15% of sodium or potassium silicate binder, percentages being based on the weight of flux, and essential ingredients consisting of silicon dioxide and manganese oxide and, as emitters, one or more of the oxides of Al, Mg, Ca and Ti, the silicates of Al, Mg, and Ca (the silicate of <PICT:1106461/C6-C7/1> Ca not exceeding 65% of the total weight of emitters), and the carbonates of Mg and Ca, these essential ingredients being present in amounts such as fall within an area 40 shown in the coordinate graph of Figure 5 and defined by the co-ordinates 45, 46, 47, 48 expressed as weight percent of total essential flux ingredients:- .Co-ordinate.Sio2.MnO.Emitter .a..60.5.35 .b..60.23.17 .c..46.23.31 .d..46.19.35 With Al2O3 as the emitter the area on Figure 5 is defined by co-ordinates 55, 56, 67 and 68 to give the following weight percent:- .Co-ordinate.SiO2.MnO.Al2O3 .d..58.11.31 .e..58.21.21 .g..35.21.44 .h..45.11.44 ZrO2 may be substituted for up to 65% by weight of the emitter and additionally the flux may also contain up to 2% of the flux weight of the oxides or carbonates of K, Rb, Cs, Sr and Ba. In modified compositions manganese oxide may be omitted from the essential ingredients and specific examples of these modifications are given.  The flux ingredients are mixed and ground together tumbled with an aqueous solution of the binder, dried at 755 DEG C. and granulated to a size of minus 16 plus 100 A.S.T.M. mesh.  The flux is used in the submerged arc welding of steel in which the meltoff rate of the electrode is in excess of 20lbs/hour.
Patent GB-942966-A (GB)
Title: Photographic objective of continuously variable focal length
IPC: G02B15/14
Filed: 1962-01-08
Abstract: 942,966. Variable focal length objective. CARL ZEISS-STIFTUNG,[trading as C. ZEISS [Firm of]]. Jan. 8, 1962 [Jan. 7,1961], No. 1911/62. Heading G2J. The objective comprises two collective lens groups A and D enclosing a dispersive lens group B and a dispersive lens C, the focal length being varied by movement of the dispersive lens group B and the image position corresponding to a fixed object being kept stationary by simultaneous movement of the front collective lens group A and the dispersive lens C. Focusing for objects at different distances may be effected by movement of collective lens group D. Preferably, the power of the front surface of lens C is less than that of its rear surface whereas in each of the lens groups A and B the power of the front surface of each component is greater than that of the rear surface of that component. The rear collective lens group D has a dispersive middle component enclosed on each side by two collective components, the front collective'component LVIII including one or more surfaces for reflecting the image into a view-finder. Optical data are given for one example of the objective shown.
Patent GB-325356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in talking machines
Filed: 1929-01-19
Abstract: 325,356. Gramophone Co., Ltd., Thompsett, H. A., and Buckle, H. L. T. Jan. 19, 1929. Cases. - In a portable gramophone, the upturned mouth 7 of the horn 5 is continued by the back 18 of the opened lid and a front plate 21 which hinges forward about an axis on a fixed part of the machine. The plate 21 is provided with side pieces and stops 23 guided in slotted plates 24 provided with a chain of notches 25 to give a wider or narrower mouth opening to the horn. The sides of the lid are deeper about the middle than at the ends to give a better shape to the horn mouth. The plate 21 hinges in and out as the lid is closed and opened, and its hinge lies just under the lid when closed. Fig. 2 shows a plan layout of the horn 5 with corner pieces 9; the tone-arm 15 is connected through a bearing joint 14. The motor can be located in the middle space 8.
Patent GB-266511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rear sights for small arms and machine guns
IPC: F41G1/24
Filed: 1926-01-22
Abstract: 266,511. Vickers, Ltd., and Tucker, L. Jan. 22, 1926. Sights.-Relates to backsights for smallarms and machine guns, of the kind having a racked sight stem which is raised and lowered by a pinion operated by a rotary member with which is associated a clicking device to give an audible indication of the adjustment. According to the invention, the pinion C is carried by a disc E formed with an eccentric hole in which is a ball e or the like adapted at one side to engage recesses ax in the fixed sight body A and at the other side to engage the inner surface of an actuating drum D which is so formed that normally it locks the ball in one of the recesses but when angularly displaced first releases the ball by receiving it in a recess D<2> and then turns the disc. As shown, the drum D is mounted on the body A by a split ring d and is yieldingly connected to the disc E by a spring F engaging a stud D' on the drum and a projection E<2> on the disc. The inner face of the drum is formed with two recesses D<2> close together, one on each side of the part which normally engages the ball and holds it in one of the recesses ax. When the drum is displaced, the spring F is compressed but the disc remains locked until one of the recesses D<2> comes over the ball. The pressure of the spring then forces the disc round, the ball riding out of its recess and into the next with an audible click. The recesses ax may be unequally spaced to give equal increments of range, and may be arranged in a spiral path.
Patent GB-329187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in stays for doors and windows
IPC: E05C17/34
Filed: 1929-10-14
Abstract: 329,187. Portess, E. F., and Hultum, r. Oct. 14, 1929. Stays.-A jointed-folding stay for windows and doors is provided with a spring-pressed or gravity pin f for engaging holes or recesses e in a disc d forming part of the stay-arm b, the pin being housed in a boss g secured to the circular disc at the jointed end of the other stay-arm a. The stay arms are secured to the fixed and movable members by bracket arms a<1>, b<1>.
Patent GB-740377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tubular fibrous bodies
IPC: B28B21/52
Filed: 1953-01-23
Abstract: 740,377. Heat insulation. ALGEMEENE KUNSTVEZEL MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. Jan. 23, 1953 [Jan. 28, 1952], No. 1974/53. Class 64(2). [Also in Group XXVIII] A tubular body of glass, slag, rock or asbestos fibres bound together by artificial resin, gum bitumen, cement or gypsum is provided during the manufacture thereof with internal, longitudinal slits, the outer layer of the body being cut through at one of the slits thereby allowing the body to be opened out and laid around a pipe.
Patent GB-418504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cup-shaped articles such as pistons and the manufacture thereof
IPC: B22D15/02
Filed: 1933-01-20
Abstract: Pistons &c. with a close grained head and an integral wrought skirt are made of aluminium or magnesium base alloys with specific proportions of the following: (1) Aluminium with (a) copper, iron, silicon and magnesium, with or without titanium and nickel; (b) copper and magnesium with silicon or nickel, or zinc and manganese; (c) magnesium and silicon.  (2) Magnesium with aluminium and manganese.  Specification 415,422, [Group XXII], is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 248,720, [Class 83 (iv)].