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Patent GB-416977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for feeding forward strip or like material particularly for tensioning bale and other ties
IPC: B65B13/02
Filed: 1933-01-26
Abstract: 416,977. Strapping bales &c. ABBOTT, G. J., 16, Mordaunt House, Larkhall Estate, Albion Road, Clapham, London. Jan. 26, 1933, No. 2503. [Class 45.] in a bale-strapping machine wherein at the tensioning end two grippers are provided, one comparatively stationary and serving to prevent reverse movement of the strap whilst permitting movement thereof in the tensioning direction, and the other, which is manually oscillated, gripping and tensioning the strap when swinging in one direction and passing freely over the strap when swinging in the other direction to obtain a fresh purchase, the oscillating gripper comprises an anvil 17, Fig. 1, extending forwardly from the lower end of an arm 16 on a bush 22, Fig. 6, rotatable within apertures in bearing plates 2, 2<1> and biassed in an anticlockwise direction by a spring 25. A handle 27 is secured to a shaft 4 rotatable within the bush and a plate 18, Fig. 1, is secured to the front end of the shaft. A pawl 20 is pivoted on the plate 18 eccentrically of the shaft 4 and is provided with a shoulder 21 which is shaped as shown to engage the under edge of the plate 18 but allowing a limited swinging movement of the pawl in either direction. Movement of the anvil is limited by stops 23, 24. The comparatively stationary gripper comprises a pawl 9 secured to a shaft 5 and coacting with a foot 8, being biassed in an anticlockwise direction to gripping position by a spring 15, Fig. 6. The shaft 5 is provided with a collar 11 having a tangential projection 12 which when the lever 27 is swung into full vertical position (which is higher than the normal limit of its motion during the straining operation) is engaged by a lug 30 on the lever 27 so that both pawls are released from gripping engagement with the strap. The free end of the strap is held by a gripper 35, Fig. 1, and, after tensioning, the strap may be cut and secured by the mechanism indicated at 40 which may be that described in Specification 383,401.
Patent GB-984358-A (GB)
Title: Method for the manufacture of synthetic masses by copolymerization of unsaturated polyesters with one or several vinylidene or vinyl monomers capable of being polymerized
IPC: C08L67/06
Filed: 1962-01-23
Abstract: An unsaturated polyester is copolymerized with one or more vinyl or vinylidene monomers, the process being characterized in that a first mixture (a) is prepared consisting of an unsaturated polyester resin and a vinyl or vinylidene monomer and a second mixture (b) is prepared the main constituents of which are a vinyl or vinylidene monomer and an accelerator, said second mixture being heated to a temperature beyond ambient and below boiling temperature under the influence of oxygen, oxidizing substances or light, and cooled down again.  The second mixture (b) is then mixed with the first mixture (a) to form a mass which, after the addition of a catalyst, is worked up into the desired coating or article, the filler materials having been added to the mass in any stage of the process.  Mixture (b) is preferably exposed to ultra-violet light while it is heated to 40 DEG to 80 DEG  C.; this heating resulting in the partial polymerization of the vinyl or vinylidene monomer.  Waxy hydrocarbons, preferably paraffin wax, may be added to mixture (b) and preferably mixture (a) contains two unsaturated polyester resins of different hardness.  The filler material is desirably of at least two different particle sizes; fillers mentioned are quartz sand, quartz powder, dolomite powder, hard porcelain powder, calcined flint, calcined alumina and corundum. Thixotropic powders and pigments e.g. titanium dioxide may be added.  Conventional polyesters, comonomers, catalysts and accelerators are used.ALSO:Wood, plywood, chip board, hard and soft fibre board, asbestos-cement plates and articles, concrete pipes, concrete containers and concrete parts, metallic surfaces, roofs and ceilings may be coated with a polyester resin composition formed from a mixture (a) consisting of an unsaturated polyester resin and a vinyl or vinylidene monomer and a mixture (b) the main constituents of which are a vinyl or vinylidene monomer and an accelerator. Mixture (b) is heated to a temperature beyond ambient and below boiling temperature under the influence of oxygen, oxidizing substances or light, cooled and then mixed with mixture (a) to form a mass which, after the addition of a catalyst, is worked up into the desired coating, filler materials having been added to the mass in any stage of the process. Paraffin wax may be added to mixture (b) and preferably mixture (a) contains two unsaturated polyester resins of different hardness.  Fillers, e.g. quartz, dolomite, porcelain powder, calcined flint, calcined alumina and corundum; thioxotropic powders and pigments may be added.
Patent GB-384120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tube rolling mills
IPC: B01D46/00
Filed: 1932-01-27
Abstract: 384,120. Rolling tubes. MANNESMANNRÍHREN-WERKE, 1B, Berger Ufer, D³sseldorf, Germany. Jan. 27, 1932, No. 2535. Convention date, May 4, 1931. [Class 83 (iv).] Skew-rolling.-Thick walled tubes have their walls thinned on a mandrel b which moves along with them, by rolls a, working through the slots of an encircling sleeve d, or the equivalent which determines the final tube diameter. The sleeve d is flared at each end and can be adjusted longitudinally hydraulically &c. The roll axes may be at an obtuse or acute angle to the axis of feed. The sleeve may be in two parts. The rolls, Fig. 2, may form a reducing cone followed by a narrow transition cone and then an expanding cone. Such tubes may be further machined in a "joint finishing lathe" o r i n a n expanding mill followed by a reducing mill.
Patent GB-111595-A (GB)
Title: Rate Setting Device for Stoking Regulators.
Inventor: HUTT ARTHUR CYRIL
IPC: F23K1/00
Filed: 1917-02-21
Abstract: 111,595. Hutt, A. C. Feb. 21, 1917. Indicators.-A rate-setting device for use with a stoking regulator comprises a revoluble drum bearing spaced markings indicative of three sets of data on which the required rate of stoking depends, and a pointer movable longitudinally of the drum and adapted to be operatively connected to the stoking regulator. As shown, the drum displays a number indicative of the number of boilers in use, and a set of curves corresponding to the number of revolutions per minute, and the number of oil burners in use when combined coal and oil firing is employed, there being a set of such curves below each number indicating the number of boilers in use. A pointer or cross arm 6 on a screwed rod is adjusted to the desired point on one of the curves, and a pointer then indicates on a scale 11 the required intervals in minutes between successive firings. The drum is set by the milled wheel 5 and the pointer 6 by the milled wheel 7.
Patent GB-524266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle wind screen wipers
IPC: B60S1/16
Filed: 1939-01-25
Abstract: 524,266. Windscreen-wipers. LUCAS, Ltd., J., HUYTON, A., PURDEN, R. H., and IVERSEN, P. A., SCOTT-. Jan 25, 1939, No. 2561. [Class 138 (i)] Screen wiper operating mechanism comprises a reciprocating member the effective length of which can be varied to move the arm to an unobstructive position. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a crank e operates a connecting rod j connected to the rack a by the member of variable length, which comprises two sliding members m, n connected respectively, to the rod j and rack a, and interconnected by a pivoted slotted link p. The member n is connected to the link by a pivot r ; the pin q connecting the member m with the rod j passes through a slot s in the link p, the slot having lateral recesses t, u at its ends in which the pin q engages to vary the effective length of the connection. The link p is under the influence of an over-centre spring v connected to a pin x on a pivoted member y, the pin projecting into a wedge-shaped gap 4 in a pivoted member 5 under the control of the core 8 of an electromagnet. With the member 5 in the position shown, the pin q, is in the recess t and the wiper is operated normally. When it is desired to move the arm to its unobstructive position the magnet is energized to move the part 5 about its pivot. This, in turn, effects the pivoting of the part y and the link p is thrown over its dead centre to allow the pin q, to enter the recess ". In a modification, a hand-operated lever oscillates a slotted connecting link and the sliding parts m, n are separated to effect the movement of the wiper to its out-of-use position.
Patent GB-575493-A (GB)
Title: Portable radio receiver
IPC: H04B1/08
Filed: 1944-02-11
Abstract: 575,493. Wireless receiving apparatus. PHILCO RADIO & TELEVISION CORPORATION. Feb. 11, 1944, No. 2563. Convention date, Feb. 11, 1943. [Class 40 (v)] [Also in Group XXXVI] The tuning scale of a portable wireless receiver is recessed into the top surface of the carrying handle, which may be divided longitudinally into a fixed and a detachable part to permit of ease in assembly of the scale and drive. The tuning and other controls of the receiver may also be recessed into the ends of the carrying handle. In Fig. 2, the handle 2 of a portable receiver 1 is formed with a recess in the top edge, in which rides the tuning indicator 38. This is attached to the drive cord A, B which passes over pulleys or sleeves 34, 35, 36 and 40, the shaft of the tuning knob 30 and the driving wheel 15 on the shaft of the condenser. The tuning and volume control knobs 30, 31 are recessed into the handle 2. Fig. 4 shows the construction of the handle 2. The section 16 is fixed to the case by bolts at 17 and contains the drive A, B, &c. and indicator 38, while the section 18 is attached to the section J6 by bolts at 28, 28a, completing the handle. The scale is retained in the handle by suitably shaping the walls 22, 22a of the recesses 21, 21a.
Patent GB-137626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the manufacture of ore briquettes
IPC: C22B1/24
Filed: 1919-02-01
Abstract: 137,626. Hills, H. G., and Wheeler, E. Feb. 1, 1919. Briquetting processes.-Iron sand or other fine ore is briquetted to facilitate subsequent smelting, by mixing it with bituminous matter and coking the mixture in shallow open trays divided into compartments of the size and shape of the required briquettes. A weight is placed on top of each compartment, or a weight may be used which affects all the compartments simultaneously; or a power press may be applied to the material before or after the dissipation is completed. The trays are heated in an oven which may be of the kind described in Specifications 3284/13 and 18576/14, [both in Class 55 (i), Coking &c.]. Lime, salt, manganese, &c., may be mixed with the material before briquetting. Specifications 2984/74, 7129/90, 9442/92, 10321/98, 22825/99, and 22835/10 are also referred to.
Patent GB-869821-A (GB)
Title: An improved heating arrangement for rooms
Inventor: OSTERMAN KARL
IPC: F24D19/04
Filed: 1960-01-25
Abstract: 869,821. Heating air. SVENSKA AKTIEBOLAGET GASACCUMULATOR. Jan. 25, 1960, No. 2612/60. Class 64(3) A water tube heater 5, 6 is placed below the sill 3 of a window 1 and plates 7 and 8 are arranged to form two vertical ducts, one for cold air passing downwards from the window and the other for heated air passing into a room from the heater. The partition 8 which is formed of a heat-insulating material is lengthened by a vertically adjustable screen 12 having a flap 13 which closes the duct 9 when the screen is retracted. A flap 14 may allow air from the room to be circulated and the duct 9 may be incorporated in the wall itself.
Patent GB-780163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in punches, drifts, cold chisels and like hammer-operated tools
IPC: B25D3/00
Filed: 1954-01-29
Abstract: 780,163. Tube expanders. STOTT, N. Jan. 31, 1955 [Jan. 29, 1954], No. 2677/54. Class 83 (4). [Also in Group XXIII] A tube expander of the kind disclosed in Specification 648,652 comprises a hand grip portion 14 of hexagonal, octagonal &c. crosssection, one end of which is fitted with the cylindrical plug 15 of an impact member of hard or toughened steel. The plug has a head 16 which lies against the head of the hand grip 14. The inner and outer parts are held together as by pinning, welding or by shrinking the outer part on to the inner part.
Patent GB-721817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic braking systems
Inventor: SCHNELL STEVE
IPC: B60T13/16
Filed: 1953-01-30
Abstract: 721,817. Reciprocating pumps. WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION. Jan. 30, 1953. No. 2712/53. Class 102 (1). [Also in Group XXXIV] An injector pump 52, used in conjunction with a master cylinder system for a motor vehicle or the like, is in communication with the bore of the master cylinder by means of a conduit 51. Braking fluid is forced through conduit 51 and past spring-loaded check-valves 63, into passageways 66, 67 to enable the pistons 58, operated by cam 60, to increase the pressure of the fluid being forced through spring-loaded check valves 69, so that a higher pressure is transmitted through conduit 53 and past valve 47 to assist the braking pressure transmitted to the actuators 74.
Patent GB-713121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ski fastenings
IPC: A63C9/24
Filed: 1952-02-01
Abstract: 713,121. Ski-bindings. VEREINIGTE BAUBESCHLAGFABRIKEN GRETSCH & CO., GES. Feb 1, 1952 [June 25, 1951; June 25, 1951], No. 2721/52. Class 132(1) The tensioning . lever for the heel strap of a ski-binding is articulated to a longitudinally adjustable slide having a coarse adjustment locking member which can be turned about a longitudinal axis to disengage and re-engage with spaced racks on a guide for the slide to adjust the heel strap. The slide is formed by parts 11, 12 sliding in a guide 10 formed by cheeks 22, 23 mounted on a base plate. A lever 14 is pivoted on part 12 and carries tension springs 16, 17 for a cable 18 which forms the heel strap. A screw 13 passes through threaded bush 24, fixed in a guide element 27, which with flanges 25, 26 forms part 11, and into part 12 forming a fine adjustment between parts 11 and 12. The coarse adjustment locking member 32 engages any of five pairs of notches 33, 34 in guide cheeks 22, 23 which form the racks. Thus adjustment of the heel strap is effected by the use of the two adjustments with the lever raised, lowering of the lever protecting the adjustments. Further adjustment may be effected by an element 36, which is secured to springs 16, 17 and slides in hookshaped slots 35 in lever 14, Fig. 1. In a modification, the ends of springs 16, 17 are attached to a pivoted joint device which engages a loop of cable 18. Alternatively, Fig. 6 (not shown), a stirrup arm is pivoted to lever 14 by element 36 and engages a cable in which there is a tensioning spring. In Fig. 8, slide part 112 is extended forwards at one side 112<SP>1</SP> to engage the end of fine adjustment screw 113, the lever 114 being attached to the rear end 112" as before. Between the ends, part 112 has a recess 136<SP>1</SP> to accommodate the bolt -136 to which the heel strap is secured. In a further modification, Fig. 10, the lever 114 is pivoted by short pins 236, 236<SP>1</SP> to two links pivoted to a joint piece 240 carrying springs 216, 217 connected to cable 18 and separated by a cross member 243. Member 243 may be a perforated iron strap or bent wire.
Patent GB-549787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to refrigerating apparatus
IPC: F25B39/02
Filed: 1942-03-06
Abstract: 549,787. Refrigerating. BRITISH THOMSONHOUSTON CO., Ltd. March 6, 1942, No. 2933. Convention date, March 8, 1941. [Class 29] In a refrigerator cooled by an evaporator having a cylindrical header 14 fitted with a vapour-separating baffle 47 and connected with refrigerant conduits 15, as described in Specification 494,865, a temperature sensitive capsule 22 of the thermostat controlling the circuit of the motor of the refrigerating machine is located on the wall of the evaporator just above the quiet zone of the header, so that it responds to the temperature of the evaporator and also to the temperature of the air circulating in the storage space of the cabinet. The evaporator has a part 37 extending above the header to provide a flange 38 by which it is secured to the top of the cabinet, with the interposition of a cork &c. layer 45. The capsule is secured in position by a clamping plate 35. Specification 308,773, [Class 29], also is referred to.
Patent GB-1285992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pipe flanges
Inventor: MANTON DOUGLAS NORMAN
IPC: B21D39/06
Filed: 1969-01-18
Abstract: 1285992 Making flanges D N MANTON 26 Jan 1970 [18 Jan 1969] 3017/69 Heading B3A A pipe flange, Fig. 1, having an annular outer part 10 and an annular liner 13 of a corrosion resistant material such as titanium or stainless steel is made by forming an annular member of a strip or sheet of corrosion resistant material and arranging the annular member within the annular outer part so that its inner periphery forms a bearing surface concentric with the bore of the annular outer part and a portion of the member registers with a face of the annular outer part and deforming the member to secure it against axial movement relative to the annular outer part. The member is preferably a flanged bush the flange of which fits into a recess 12 in the annular outer part. It may be secured by deforming part of the bush 15 as shown in Fig. 1. Alternatively the flange may be made frustoconical 25, Fig. 5, with a bevelled edge which can co-operate with an undercut part 23 of the recess in the outer part 20 on deforming the flange to a planar configuration, Fig. 6 (not shown). In a third embodiment the outer part is formed with a frusto-conical bore and the bush formed with a cylindrical outer surface and a frusto-conical inner surface of slope equal and opposite to that of the bore so that by passing a tool through the bush it is deformed to engage the bore of the outer part, Fig. 7 (not shown). The bore of the outer part may be knurled to prevent rotation of the liner or the liner may be allowed to rotate completely or through a predetermined angle.
Patent GB-104510-A (GB)
IPC: C23C2/00
Filed: 1917-03-01
Abstract: 104,510. Paetow, C., (Firm of), and Lippmann, H., (Firm of). Feb. 26, 1916, [Convention date]. Tinning.-Sheets are tinned on one side only by connecting two superposed sheets together at the edges or elsewhere by autogenous or electric soldering or welding or otherwise, and subjecting the pairs of plates to the ordinary tinning operations. The pairs of sheets may be left open at one side.
Patent GB-607620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to navigation aiding radio systems
IPC: G01S13/937
Filed: 1946-01-30
Abstract: 607,620. Radio navigation. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd., and THOMPSON, F. C. Jan. 30, 1946, No. 3060. Drawings to Specification. [Class 40 (vii)] Information received from one or more radar installations watching a navigable area, e.g. a harbour mouth is added at a central station to a chart of the area, e.g. by models of ships, and a representation of the chart so marked is broadcast over the area by television or facsimile telegraphy. A vessel receiving such a picture is able to identify itself by a special marking applied as the result of an identifying signal received by the radar equipment, e.g. from a responder beacon on the vessel. The receiver on a vessel may be arranged to reproduce only a relevant and variable part of the complete picture broadcast, and radial scanning instead of the normal rectangular scanning may be used.
Patent GB-799119-A (GB)
Title: An air cleaner for internal combustion engines, more particularly for vehicle engines
IPC: F02M35/02
Filed: 1957-01-29
Abstract: 799,119. Air filters. KNECHT GES. Jan. 29, 1957 [Feb. 23, 1956], No. 3089/57. Class 8(2). A two-part filter casing 1, 4 connected by a duct 11 to the air intake of an I.C. engine and serving to house an inward flow dry filter cartridge 5 has in one end one or more air inlet openings 3, and in the opposite end and at the upstream side of the filter cartridge air outlet vents 12 through which pass periodic pulses of back pressure air from the engine after having traversed the filter cartridge 5 in the reverse direction and thereby effected cleaning thereof. The filter cartridge 5 is of paper having radially extending pleats with their opposite ends secured to plates 8 and 9. The air inlets 3 are formed by stamping out deflector vanes 2 but a single air inlet duct 13 may suffice. The size of the vents 12 is determined with reference to that of the inlets 3 and the operating condition of the engine.
Patent GB-372346-A (GB)
Title: Device for ironing and pressing clothes and the like
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1931-01-30
Abstract: 372,346. Creasing tubular clothing. KITZ, J., 5, Spichernstrasse, Berlin. Jan. 30, 1931, No. 3106. [Class 34 (i).] An ironing device for producing creases in tubular portions of articles of clothing consists of two longitudinal barshaped members 1 adapted to be inserted simultaneously into the same tubular portion, and capable of expansion and contraction in a plane for stretching purposes, e.g. by means of links 9, 10 actuated by a screw spindle 8, as shown in Fig. 1, or by means of links 14 held under tension by a spring 15 and operated by levers 16, as shown in Fig. 2. The members 1 are provided with electric heating means 2.
Patent GB-563512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in chain gearing
IPC: B62M9/04
Filed: 1943-02-26
Abstract: 563,512. Variable-speed chain gearing. ROSE, A. G., and ROSE BROS. (GAINS- 130ROUGH), Ltd. Feb. 26, 1943, No. 3153. [Class 80 (ii)] A chain sprocket formed in segments which can be moved so as to form a larger sprocket with a correspondingly greater number of teeth comprises toothed segments 61 slidably mounted on a hub 62 for movement over an arcuate path determined by keys 63 on the hub engaging keyways 64 on the segments. A plate 70 holds the segments against the hub, and the radial position of the segments is determined by spring-pressed pins 67 carried by the segments and each entering one of a series of holes 66 in the hub. To increase the size of the sprocket, a knob 67 on each pin 67 is pulled to free the latter from a hole 66, the segment is moved outwardly, and the pin 67 is then engaged with another hole 66. In a modification, means is provided to adjust the position of the segments without stopping the drive. In this case cam means, operated by a control handle, is provided to retract piiis, similar to the pins 67, and move the segments outwardly. In all cases spring- loaded tensioning devices for the chain are provided.
Patent GB-119394-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Manufacturing Pneumatic Tyres for Automobiles.
Inventor: YOSHIDA SEIKICHI
IPC: B29D30/36
Filed: 1918-02-22
Abstract: 119,394. Yoshida, S. Feb. 22, 1918. Moulding wheel tyres.-Relates to the manufacture of automobile tyres by the expansion of a cylindrical tyre body upon an expansible inner mould, and comprises a mould composed of separate portions 5, Figs. 4 and 6, between which, after expansion by a suitable expander 6, accurately-fitting filling-pieces 5' are inserted, the mould being self-supporting apart from the expander. As shown, the parts 5, 5' are shouldered to lock together. After expansion and removal of the expander, the beads are clamped between rings 7, Fig. 8, which are forced together by buckles 8 and secured by clamps 9, and the tyre is then vulcanized.