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Patent GB-893622-A (GB)
Title: Light sensitive transfer record member
IPC: C08F2/46
Filed: 1960-07-07
Abstract: 893,622. Light - sensitive transfer - record material. NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO. July 7, 1960 [July 16, 1959], No. 23784/60. Class 98(2). A record member is provided with a pressure-rupturable coating containing fluid droplets of marking material having a distinctive colour and capable of being rendered non- fluid when subjected to polymerizing electromagnetic radiation and the procedure therewith is exposure through an image as of indicia and then pressure on to a receiving member to make thereon a positive print of the image. In Example I a marking material comprising furfural-acetone resin, azo-blue- "B" black, iodoform, toluene and chlorinated diphenyl is emulsified in aqueous gelatin, coated on paper and dried, and exposure thereof is by ultra-violet light, if desired by projection. Example II describes a marking material of lauryl methacrylate monomer, α-chloromethyl naphthalene, lauroyl peroxide and azo-blue-"B"-black, and Example III one of α-methyl styrene monomer, N,N<SP>1</SP>-disubstituted p-quinone diimine-N,N<SP>1</SP>-dioxide as heat polymerization inhibitor with the same dye, the latter of these requiring a heating step after light exposure and before image transfer. Some further materials for use in the coating are indicated.
Patent GB-993341-A (GB)
Title: An arrangement for driving a vehicle
Inventor: MINENKO NIKOLAI GAVRILOVICH
IPC: B61C7/02
Filed: 1963-06-14
Abstract: 993,341. Turbines. TORETSKY GOSUDARSTVENNY MASHINOSTROITELNY ZAVOD. June 14, 1963, No. 23820/63. Heading FIT. [Also in Division B7] A vehicle for working in mines is propelled from the energy stored in a flywheel set in motion by an air turbine. The flywheel 1, which is rotatably mounted in a casing 5 and is connected through clutches and gearing to the vehicle wheels, is connected to the rotor 3 of the turbine which is associated with air jets 6 from a manifold 7 provided on the cover 4 of the casing which is also provided with exhaust ports 9 which are closed when the vehicle is in motion. The flywheel is set in motion from a fixed air supply in the mine.
Patent GB-1435918-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle lighting systems
IPC: B60Q1/44
Filed: 1972-05-20
Abstract: 1435918 Road vehicle luminous signals LUCAS ELECTRICAL Ltd 4 May 1973 [20 May 1972] 23836/72 Heading G4Q In a vehicle lighting system which includes a dimming resistor 18 automatically connected in series with stop lamps 19, 21 when lighting switch 12 is on (by relay 33 opening contact 34) means is operable when the dimming resistor is in use for passing a current through the stop lamps insufficient to illuminate them. Thus the pre-heating of the stop lamps affords instant illumination when stop lamp switch 17 closes thereby catering for fast traffic. In Fig. 1 the means is a resistor 41. It is arranged that current flow through resistor 41 to side and tail lamps 13, 14, 15, 16 when switch 17 is closed is not sufficient to illuminate them. The resistor may be incorporated in the relay unit. A resistor 37 ensures that total current flowing in flasher unit 22 is constant. In a modification two resistors (41a, 416) are utilized for the preheating, Fig. 2 (not shown).
Patent GB-168768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supporting arrangements for thermostats
IPC: G05D23/12
Filed: 1920-08-16
Abstract: 168,768. Heideman, r. J., Fowl, P. M., Krueger, H. R., and French, C. E. Aug. 16, 1920. Thermostats. - Thermostats of the kind which rest on a portion of the circulating conduit are provided with means whereby the conduit and thermostat interengage. A hollow ring 1 forms part of the conduit and has an inlet 6 and outlet 8 on either side of a partition 3, Fig. 2. On the flat top 4 rests the thermostat 17, Fig. 1, which has projection 18 adapted to engage the edge thereof and prevent relative movement.
Patent GB-950562-A (GB)
Title: Planetary winch
Inventor: MAGNUSON ROLAND AUGUST
IPC: F16H3/66
Filed: 1962-06-21
Abstract: 950,562. Winches. PACIFIC CAR & FOUNDRY CO. June 21, 1962, No. 23894/62. Heading B8B. [Also in Division F2] A winch drum 16 is driven from the shaft 6 of an hydraulic motor 5 through compound three-element planet gears comprising sunwheels 31, 32, planets 30, 33, and carriers 26, 27, of which carrier 26 meshes with sun-wheel 32, and both planet sets mesh with internal teeth 25 on drum 16, carrier 27 in turn meshing with a non-planetary train comprising a central pinion 36 meshing with pinions 37 on a fixed carrier 38 and also meshing with the winch teeth 25, the drive-shaft 5 being selectively engageable with either of the sun-wheels 31, 32 to give a twospeed drive. Shaft 6 is keyed to a sleeve 55 splined to an inner sleeve 54, the right-hand end of which has a toothed portion 56 engageable with internal teeth 35, 34 on the respective sunwheels, sleeve 54 being movable axially by a central spindle 53 connected to a hand lever 61. A space between teeth 34, 35 provides a neutral setting. With sleeve 54 engaging sunwheel 31 drive to drum 16 is transmitted through both planetary trains and the non- planetary train, while with sleeve 54 engaging sun-wheel 32 the first planetary train is bypassed. Carrier 26 may be locked by a disc brake 46 controlled by a screw member 42 operated by rotating hand lever 61 about spindle 53.
Patent GB-615767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pressure cookers
IPC: A47J27/08
Filed: 1946-08-13
Abstract: 615,767. Lids and covers for resisting fluid pressure. BAKARIAN, P. W. Aug. 13, 1946, No. 24020. [Class 123(i)] In a domestic pressure cooker wherein steam pressure forces a rigid, oval-shaped lid 5 upwardly against an inwardly flanged top 2 of a vessel 1, the lid 5 is preliminarily located in position by means of a straight bar 20 extending horizontally outwards from a boss 19 on the centre of the lid 5, the bar 20 being fulcrummed about an upstanding boss 9 on the vessel 1 and releasably engaged at its remote end with an arm 12 extending from the vessel 1. The lid, which has an undercut rebate 7 for receiving a gasket 8, may have straight parallel sides joined by semi-circular ends.
Patent GB-1376553-A (GB)
Title: Fuser heating system for a photocopying machine
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 1973-05-21
Abstract: 1376553 Electro-photography SPERRY RAND CORP 21 May 1973 [31 Oct 1972] 24090/73 Heading G2H A unit for fusing developer powder to copy sheets comprises primary and supplementary heating elements, power to the supplementary element being switched on automatically whenever the power supply line voltage drops below a predetermined value. The switching is effected by a triac valve in series with the supplementary heater, which valve is controlled by a photo-electric circuit in response to the light emitted by a lamp connected across the power supply.
Patent GB-869183-A (GB)
Title: Multi-spindle machine tools
IPC: B23Q39/04
Filed: 1958-07-28
Abstract: 869,183. Drilling-machine details. WITZIG, E. K., and FRANK, R. July 28, 1958 [July 31, 1957], No. 24282/58. Class 83 (3). A drilling &c. machine comprises a bed 3 with a column 2 supporting vertically adjustable, interchangeable tool heads which include their own driving and feeding means 10, 11, and an interchangeable, indexable work-table 1 on the bed and including work-holders and a table-locking device. The heads may each have one, two, four, five, six, eight &c., spindles for drilling, tapping, countersinking, facing &c., operations on work held by work-holders operated mechanically or hydraulically. In Fig. 1, two tool-heads 8, 9 are used, tool-head 8 having eight laterally adjustable drill spindles, and tool-head 9 eight laterally adjustable tap spindles. The tool-heads are adjusted vertically by mechanisms 24. The work-table is indexed in steps of 120 degrees, and may be locked by compression, and thus radial expansion, of a flexible member 13, Fig. 9, advanced through a bush 17 in the fixed part 44 of the table, into a bush 18 in the rotatable part 6 by a piston 46. The member 13 is sandwiched between a flange 16 on the piston rod and a further piston 15 in a cylinder B. Fluid is admitted beneath piston 15, through port 48, to raise member 13, and when a passage 49 is uncovered, enters cylinder B, thus expanding member 13 in the bores of bushes 17, 18. In the combination of Fig. 6a, two five-spindle tool heads are used, but only three spindles of each head are operative at the two work-stations 26, 27, work being loaded at the third station 34. Alternatively, only two of the spindles at the two stations may be operative. Two two-spindle units (Fig. 8, not shown) may be used, with a work-table indexed in steps of 60 degrees and having six stations, including four work-stations. Four single-spindle units may be provided, and the workholders on the tables may be interchangeable. Rays of light, controlling the indexing mechanism, may be interrupted by the operator while he is mounting work on the table, thus preventing the next indexing step until the mounting operation has been completed, as described in Specification 869,182. The light-emitting and receiving elements (not shown) may be interchangeably mounted on the column 2, and it is stated that the rays may also control the work-holders.
Patent GB-668099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for supporting a stack of gramophone records and for releasing the lowermost record when the preceding record has been played
IPC: G11B17/16
Filed: 1949-09-21
Abstract: 668,099. Magazine gramophones. DAWSON, T. C. W. Sept. 21, 1949. No. 24301/49. Addition to 668,097. Class 40 (ii). Apparatus for supporting a stack of gramophone records and for releasing the lowermost record when the preceding record has been played, comprises a hollow spindle 1 on which the records are stacked, the chamfered lower end of which is removably inserted in the turntable spindle (not shown) and held by releasable spring catches engaging recesses 26. A plunger 12 biassed downwardly by a spring 20 is slotted at its upper end to give clearance to a pin 9 extending across spindle 1 on which is pivoted a record supporting finger 10 carrying a pin 16 engaged in a gap in plunger 12. A stack of records normally rests on the projecting ends of finger 10 until mechanism such as that described in Specification 668,098 raises plunger 12 which through pin 16 turns finger 10 counterclockwise through a right-angle to release the lowermost record. At the same time a ball 11 engages a surface 3a of a member 3 to turn it .clockwise about pivot 2 so that the lower end displaces the next lowest record to the left so as to be supported on a ledge 7. When plunger 12 and finger 10 return to the positions shown, parts 3,11, return, allowing the remaining records to fall from ledge 7 on to finger 10. The record engaging edge 4 of member 3 comprises an insert of rubber so as to protect the centre hole of the records.
Patent GB-794948-A (GB)
Title: Production of 1,2,3,4,7,7-hexachlorobicyclo(2.2.1)-2,5-heptadiene
IPC: C07C17/30
Filed: 1956-08-08
Abstract: 1:2:3:4:7:7 - Hexachlorobicyclo - (2.2.1)-2:5-heptadiene of the formula: <FORM:0794948/IV (b)/1> or a mixture containing this as main product and boiling at 112 DEG  C. under 6 mm. Hg. pressure, is prepared by the reaction between hexachlorocyclopentadiene and acetylene under controlled conditions of temperature, pressure and contact time given by the formula: <FORM:0794948/IV (b)/2> in which P is the pressure in pounds per square inch gauge and has a value of at least 100 (preferably 175-500) p.s.i.g., T is the temperature, in the range of 100-185 DEG  C., M is the contact time in minutes and has a value of at least 60 minutes, and K is a positive number in the range 250-1500.  In examples, acetylene and hexachlorocyclopentadiene react under various conditions of temperature and pressure conforming to the formula given above, i.e. around 260-380 p.s.i.g. and temperatures 150-180 DEG  C. to give good yields of the products. Specification 703,202 is referred to.
Patent GB-324841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to endless track vehicles
IPC: B62D55/108
Filed: 1929-05-13
Abstract: 324,841. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., and Carden, J. V. May 13, 1929. Endless-track vehicles.-Comprises an endless-track vehicle in which each pair of load-supporting rollers w, z, Fig. 1, is journaled at the opposite ends of a rocking member consisting of a rigid part x carrying one roller and a flexible part y carrying the other roller. The member is pivoted to the frame at p. In the modification shown in Fig. 3 pairs of rollers w<1>, z<1> are carried by arms q, q<1> respectively pivoted to a rigid arm x<1> pivoted at p<1> and a flexible arm y<1> secured to the rigid arm.
Patent GB-1419170-A (GB)
Title: Means for retaining a load or lifting pin within the clevis  section of a hook or like member
IPC: F16G15/02
Filed: 1973-05-22
Abstract: 1419170 Retaining pin PARSONS CHAIN CO Ltd 22 May 1973 24405/73 Addition to 1366884 Heading F2H An improvement in or modification of the invention disclosed in Specification 1,366,884 in which the means for securing a chain link C or similar member within, for example, the clevis section of a hook H comprises a first component 10 having a projecting portion 11 in which is a groove for engagement with a link C, and a second component 12 for interlocking engagement with the first to retain the component assembly in position. The second component 12 may have lugs 13, 13<SP>1</SP> which may be bent from the phantom line position to that position shown to engage the ends of component 10, or one lug may be formed in the position shown. Holes B are elongate in cross-section, and component 10 in cross-section may include a major segment of a circle.
Patent GB-1331365-A (GB)
Title: Colouring an anodic oxide coating on aluminium and its alloys
IPC: C25D11/22
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1331365 Colouring anodized aluminium and alloys thereof SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO Ltd 19 April 1971 [18 March 1970] 24469/71 Heading C7B A method for colouring anodic oxide films on articles of aluminium or alloys thereof comprises direct current electrolysis using such an article as the cathode in a bath of electrolyte which is an aqueous solution of at least one acid or salt containing at least one metal ion of, for example, Ag, As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, V or Zn. Suitable electrolytes comprise at least one of boric, chromic and selenic acids; cadmium, cobalt, lead, nickel and zinc acetates; ammonium, nickel and stannouschlorides; chromic and silver nitrates; and chromic, cobalt, cupric, ferrous, magnesium, manganese and nickel sulphates. The article which may be a sheet, plate, extrusion or casting is pretreated with NaOH, anodized using an electrolyte comprising H 2 SO 4  to which naphthalenedisulphonic acid may be added, and after the colouring process is sealed conventionally. The oxide film is not changed in thickness during the colouring process and may be toughened. Its eventual colour depends upon the electrolyte used and the conditions of electrolysis and may for example be black, brown, green, yellow or white.
Patent GB-225657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to prepayment gas meters and the like
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1923-10-03
Abstract: 225,657. Wilson Gas Meters, Ltd., G., Wilson, J. H., and Poole, D. C. E. Oct. 3, 1923. Gas, supplying by meter; valves, special arrangements of.-In order to be readily removable by unskilled labour without the use of tools and without disturbing the setting of the meter mechanism, the stuffing-box E in which the operating spindle C of the inlet valve D of a prepayment gas meter works, is carried by a removable disc F of such a diameter as to permit the removal of the valve and spindle. The disc F is screwed into an orifice in the valve box A, a felt washer H making a gas-tight closure. In a modification, Fig. 4, the disc F is secured by a ring I which screws onto a flange J and bears with its inner edge K against the disc.
Patent GB-800588-A (GB)
Title: Electron discharge valves
IPC: H01J19/36
Filed: 1956-08-10
Abstract: 800,588. Cooling electron discharge tubes. SPERRY RAND CORPORATION. Aug. 10, 1956 [Sept. 28, 1955], No. 24624/56. Class 39(1). The external surface of an anode or collector electrode is provided with a large number of spines or protruberances, and is enclosed by a housing through which cooling fluid flows, a perforated baffle between the fluid inlet and the anode surface breaking up the fluid into a number of jets which impinge on the latter. Fig. 3 shows the canister-shaped anode 40 of a power valve, which is enclosed by a housing 42 with a fluid inlet 47 and outlet 48. Between the housing and the anode is a perforated canister 45, so that, since the fluid is supplied under pressure, a large number of separate high-velocity jets strike the anode. To increase the cooling efficiency, the outer anode surface is deeply diamond-knurled, as at 41. Fig. 1 shows a simpler form, in which the collector electrode 11 of a travelling-wave tube has a "waffle-iron" arrangement of projections 16 on its outer surface. The surface is enclosed by a housing 21, and the cooling fluid entering through inlet 25 is broken up into separate jets by a perforated disc 32.
Patent GB-1205339-A (GB)
Title: Device for electrical output of information from machines
IPC: G06C25/00
Filed: 1968-05-23
Abstract: 1,205,339. Selective signalling. SVENSKA DATAREGISTER A.B. 23 May, 1968 [4 July, 1967], No.24682/68. Heading G4H. To digitize the positions of a plurality of toothed wheels 4a, 4b . . . , Fig. 5, in a machine, for example a cash register, a wavy groove 41a, Fig. 5, is engraved between each pair of teeth on each wheel such that when it is traversed by a feeler 15, Fig. 4, a shutter 14 is reciprocated between a light source 20, Fig. 3, and a photocell 17 so as to produce a series of binary coded pulses representing the positions of the wheels. The feeler 15 is carried by a saddle 11, 12, Fig. 5, which is moved 34, 38 parallel to the axis of the wheels, and as the saddle moves a pinion 26, Figs. 5 and 3, on it engages with a fixed rack and rotates an apertured 24, 25 cylinder 23, Fig. 3, so that the photo-cell 17 is only responsive to the position of the shutter 14 at the appropriate bit-position sampling positions along the engraved grooves, and so that a second photo-cell 18 produces a series of clock-pulses by which the data pulses can be interpreted.
Patent GB-168775-A (GB)
Title: Improved means or appliances for securing tarpaulin coverings to ships' hatches or the like
IPC: B63B19/24
Filed: 1920-08-26
Abstract: 168,775. Powell, A. Aug. 26, 1921. Hotels.-Means for securing tarpaulin covers for ships' hatches and the like comprising a number of levers c pivoted to the hatch coaming a or a support -b secured thereto, the levers being adapted to move in a vertical plane and to be drawn against the hatch coaming, and a bar f adapted to clamp the tarpaulin o between itself and the hatch coaming, are characterized by the bar f being pivotally connected to the levers. The bar f is of channel section with a half-round wooden facing g and is iitted with brackets e pivoted to the levers. The bar may be strengthened by filling in the channel with hard wood secured bv screws. The levers are forced into the securing position by top-bolts m engaging threaded sockets k pivoted to the trackets b. The heads of the bolts may be of butterfly or ring shape if desired. Further security may be provided, as shown in Fig. 3, by screws fitted to sockets h in the channel bar f, positioned midway between adjacent lever connections e.
Patent GB-339542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cans and the like containers
Filed: 1930-08-29
Abstract: 339,542. Bentley, F. Aug. 29, 1930. Opening by cutting or tearing.-A can or like container has a double flange 2 formed near one end, adapted to seat a cardboard sealing disc 5 which is secured in place by turning the end 3 over it. The bottom of the can is rolled on to the body. An outer cover 6 may be provided.
Patent GB-518718-A (GB)
Title: Improved rubber-like compositions
IPC: C08K5/02
Filed: 1938-08-24
Abstract: 518,718. Rubber compositions. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., Ltd., W. T., TUNSTALL, H. A., and EVANS, B. B. Aug. 24, 1938, No. 24908. [Class 70] Neoprene is rendered fire-resistant by plasticizing it with 5 to 20 per cent. of a gasolinesoluble highly chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon, solid or viscous at ordinary temperature and non-volatile below 120‹C. such as chlorinated paraffin wax or chlorinated pitch containing not less than 40 per cent. of chlorine. The mix may be vulcanized.
Patent GB-1384918-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic record medium and method of treating same
IPC: G11B5/82
Filed: 1972-05-26
Abstract: 1384918 Surface treatment of magnetic recording media INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 26 May 1972 [28 June 1971] 24920/72 Heading B2E In a method of treating a magnetic record medium of the kind in which magnetic particles are dispersed in a non-magnetic binder material, a solvent is applied to selected areas of the medium for a time sufficient for the solvent to convert at least some of the magnetic particles to a non-magnetic form but insufficient for the reagent to react with the binder medium whereby differential alternation of the original distribution of magnetic particles in the medium is effected. Preferably the solvent is applied through a mask over the surface of the medium which defines selected areas. Reference is made to the use of magnetic tape or disk having a polyethylene terephthalate, aluminium or glass substrate on which is deposited dispersions of Fe 2 O 3  or CrO 2  in epoxy-phenolic or epoxy-melamine resins.
Patent GB-1431987-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for installing and detaching a rudder  plate and propeller of a large vessel
IPC: B63C5/02
Filed: 1973-05-24
Abstract: 1431987 Lift truck SASEBO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO Ltd and OSAKA JACK MFG CO Ltd 24 May 1973 [24 May 1972 (3)] 25001/73 Heading B8H [Also in Division B7] A self propelled rail mounted truck, for the installation or removal of a rudder or propeller on or from a ship in a dock, comprises a chassis 1 with pivotally mounted wheeled units 5, and jacks 12 to raise the chassis clear of the rails. Guide frames 4a-4d are vertically mounted on the chassis to provide guidance for pillars 2a-2d, and a rudder support platform secured thereto, which are moved by jacks 9a-9d. Jacks 8a-8g clamp the rudder in position on the table and by suitable manipulation control the lateral inclination and position thereof. Further jacks 11 on the table 3 provide for vertical adjustment of the rudder relative to the table and control the inclination of the rudder from stem to stem. In operation the rudder is loaded upon the truck which then moves along rails 6 set in the dock floor. When a crossing is encountered the jacks 12 are actuated to raise the chassis to allow the wheeled units to be rotated through 90 degrees into alignment with the other rails. The jacks are then lowered and the truck is advanced towards the ship. By appropriate manipulation of the jacks on the truck, the rudder is then aligned with the mounting on the ship. In another embodiment, Figs. 5A, 5B (not shown), the truck has a first pair of pillars (110a), (110b) pivotable in directions away from each other and a pair of pillars (111a), (111b) slidable on the truck towards the first pair of pillars. Propeller supports (115,) (116) extend between respective pillars for vertical movement therealong and are acted upon by jacks (117) to adjust the vertical inclination of the axis of the propeller and have jacks (121a), (121b), (120a), (120b) to adjust the horizontal inclination of the axis of the propeller. In a further embodiment, Figs. 8A, 8B (not shown), the truck is suitable for handling a rudder or a propeller and comprises guide frames (4a- 4d) with pillars (2a-2d) vertically movable relative thereto or lockable therewith. A rudder support table (3) is secured to the bottom of the pillars and propeller supports (25), (26) are releasably mounted to extend between the pillar. An hydraulic control circuit, Fig. 7 (not shown), is described which includes a safety cut-out should any of the jacks (9a-9d) get out of phase.