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Patent GB-219323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for utilising tidal and wave energy
IPC: E02B9/08
Filed: 1924-07-16
Abstract: 219,323. Cattaneo, F. July 16, 1923. [Convention date]. Tidal and wave energy. utilizing.-The meancomprise a chamber 5, turbine 6 and reservoir 14. the sea, chamber and reservoir being connected as shown by conduits 7, 12, 9, 15 provided with one-way valves 10, 13, 11, 16. The reservoir is also directly connected to the sea by a conduit having a one-way valve 18 and a valve 19 operable by means 20.
Patent GB-221190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hydraulic couplings and change speed gears
IPC: F16H39/24
Filed: 1924-07-16
Abstract: 221,190. Wingquist, S. G. Aug. 29, 1923, [Convention date]. Clutches and speedvarying mechanism.- In hydraulic variablespeed gears comprising two or more pump elements or groups of pump elements, the controlling valves 19, Fig. 1, are provided with pistons 20 so that they may be operated hydraulically with manual or automatic control. Automatic control is obtained by means of an auxiliary valve 26 controlled by the pressure in the gear, centrifugal force, or both, and serving to connect a chamber in front of the piston 20 with the pressure or suction chamber of the gear. In a modification, the valve 19 and piston 20 are of the same diameter, and the valve is normally closed by a spring. In a further form, in which the valve 19 serves also as a relief valve, it is of greater diameter than the piston, and is normally closed by a spring 32, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-355838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stop cocks
IPC: F16K3/24
Filed: 1930-06-04
Abstract: 355,838. Stop cocks. ALBERA, C., 20, Via Jenner, Milan, Italy. June 4, 1930, No. 17208. [Class 135.] Double-beat valves. -A stop cock for high pressures comprises a closure member having a main cut-off in the form of a central plug 6 and a subsidiary cut-off in the form of an annular member 3 ; the plug 6 closes the central opening in the seat in advance of the closure by the annular member 3 which seats upon packing 5 in a groove 4 on the outlet side of the valve seating.
Patent GB-110643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flanged Steel Tanks.
IPC: B65D90/02
Filed: 1916-12-01
Abstract: 110,643. Barker, T. P., and Piggott & Co., T. Dec. 1, 1916. Tanks.-A flanged metal plate forming a box or tray or for use in the construction of tanks and other structures is formed by bending or folding a blank and affixing inside the corners three-faced members R
Patent GB-647253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the dehydration of foodstuffs
IPC: F26B5/04
Filed: 1947-07-01
Abstract: 647,253. Drying chambers. DAVID, V. M. July 1, 1947, No. 17277. [Class 34(ii)] [Also in Group VI] Food is placed in a retort 14 which is surrounded by a water jacket 18 and is in communication by a pipe 22 with a condensate reservoir 21, Fig. 1, a vacuum is established in the retort and reservoir, e.g. by repeatedly filling with water and emptying a 32 feet high tank 1 in communication by pipes 16 and 30 with the retort and the reservoir, the food is heated to drive off the water as vapour and simultaneously the wall of the retort is cooled by passage of cold water through the jacket 18, and periodically the condensed water draining from the retort by way of the pipe 22 into the reservoir 21 is, after shutting off communication between the retort and reservoir by closure of a valve 28 in the pipe 22, emptied through a drain pipe 24, the reservoir 21 being re-evacuated before it is again opened to the retort by re-opening of the valve 28. A shelving unit, Fig. 2, for supporting the food, preferably run into and out of the retort on rails 37, comprises hollow shelves 51 which are secured in the required positions on racks 44, Fig. 4, by pins 50 and are heated by passing steam from a header at the end of one shelf, through the channels of a corrugated plate 60, Fig. 6, welded to the top and bottom plates of the shelf, to a header at the other end of the shelf, and then by a pipe 54 to the next shelf. For preparing dehydrated food in round form there may be employed a tubular holder 61 having vent holes 63, Figs. 6 and 7, which holder is surrounded by a steam heated jacket 62 and is provided with spring plungers 64 for compressing the food as it shrinks on dehydration, the holder being supported within the retort on tracks 67.
Patent GB-458408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for excavating and dumping earth and like material
IPC: E02F3/64
Filed: 1935-06-15
Abstract: 458,408. Excavators. DOE, E., Hill View, Ulting, near Maldon, Essex. June 15, 1935, No. 17295. [Class 68 (i)] In an excavator in which an openfronted scoop, pivotally mounted transversely in a chassis frame and operated by a hydraulic ram for dumping the spoil, is provided with a rear flap normally held closed by catches and automatically released when the scoop is moved to the dumping position, the hydraulic ram operates the scoop through a linkage system. In Fig. 1, a chassis built of profile irons has steering wheels 3 and rear wheels 4 within the width of the chassis and carrying pneumatic tyres. The scoop 8 is pivoted at 9 to the chassis and extends across the full width thereof, while its downward movement is limited by stops 23 co-operating with lugs on the chassis or with stops 22 on plates 20 adjustably secured to the chassis. The scoop is tilted to carrying or dumping position by a pivoted hydraulic ram 33 acting through arms 27 and adjustable links 29 ; as the scoop reaches dumping position, rollers 18, carried by pivoted arms 16, engage plates 19 and act through links 17 to release latches 14 so that a rear door 12 may open to allow passage of the spoil. On lowering the scoop, the door closes by its own weight or by contact with an abutment. In Fig. 6, the chassis has only two internal or external wheels 40 and the scoop 45, pivoted at 44, is adjusted by a hydraulic ram 46 acting through links 48, 49, 51 ; the scoop is emptied either by forward tilting or through the rear door. A scraper blade, inclined transversely across the frame and adjustable vertically and angularly, may be provided behind the scoop for levelling the ground. The machine may be drawn by a tractor or may be self-propelled.
Patent GB-479892-A (GB)
Title: Carburettor for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1937-06-22
Abstract: 479,892. Spray carburetters ; chargeforming devices. GYSI, R. June 22, 1937, No. 17318. Convention date, Jan. 25. [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (iii)] The mixing chamber 2 of a carburetter converges from its air intake end 4 towards its centre and then diverges towards its discharge end where it communicates with one end of a coaxial vaporizing chamber 3 which converges towards its other end, this end being adapted for connection to the intake manifold; the mixing chamber 2 is provided with a nozzle 12 which delivers a whirling spray of fuel and the vaporizing chamber 3 has stationary means for compelling the mixture to follow a tortuous path. The nozzle consists of a cylindrical member 13 having a bore closed at its delivery end where it is formed with a radial port communicating with a spiral channel 13a which opens into the converging bore of the nozzle body 12, the outer end of the body being formed with a flared delivery mouth. Alternate cones 6 and frusto-conical members 7 compel the mixture to follow a tortuous path through the vaporizing chamber. In modifications, these are replaced by a helical plate or a series of wavy plates. In operation, after the air inlet has been adjusted by a slide valve 11a, interconnected valves 8, 9 control the air and mixture passages.
Patent GB-347522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fish frying and like ranges
IPC: A47J36/38
Filed: 1930-06-05
Abstract: 347,522. Frying ranges. CLAYTON, W., 107, Meadow Lane, Leeds. June 5, 1930, No. 17352. [Class 126.] In fish-frying and like ranges having a cover 3 and an outlet 4 for the fumes over the cooking pan, a suction device, such as a fan 5 driven by a motor 6, is arranged in the outlet 4, which is immediately over the pan. In a multi-pan range, one or more of the outlets may be provided with a suction-device. When only one is so provided, the fumes pass into the furnace flue 7 by a duct 8 extending some way up it, thus creating sufficient draught to draw the fumes through the outlets from the other pans, which communicate directly with the flue 7. A centrifugal fan with an outside motor 6 is preferably used and is preferably detachably mounted for cleaning purposes, for example by providing it with a tube 9 sliding into the detachable outlet pipe 4.
Patent GB-347523-A (GB)
Title: A process for colouring concrete
IPC: C04B41/65
Filed: 1930-06-05
Abstract: A mottled colour effect is produced on concrete by saturating the partially set concrete with water, applying a ground coat of water-mixed colour having a white cement base, and then applying a number of sprayings of water colour having a white cement base, each spraying resulting in a series of detached spots of colour merging into the ground coat or into spots from previous sprayings.
Patent GB-1016416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to containers
IPC: B65D5/70
Filed: 1964-04-27
Abstract: 1,016,416. Releasable cartons. E. J. BOWLES (Continental Can Co.). April 27, 1964, No. 17414/64. Heading B8P. In a carton 10 having a pouring aperture opened by pulling upon a flap 37 to remove a portion 39 adhesively secured thereto from one of the side wall panels, there is provided a locking tab 51 which can be engaged within the opening to reclose the carton, as in Fig. 8. The flap 37 has a pull tab 46 at one end, and a cut line 47 defines the locking tab 51. The carton is formed from a single blank, Fig. 9 (not shown).
Patent GB-219802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in haulage winches and the like
IPC: B66D1/22
Filed: 1923-07-05
Abstract: 219,802. Patterson & Co., Ltd., R. H., and White, R. H. P. July 5, 1923. Blocks acting on drums, cone and disc; compensating for wear.-A pair of brake blocks T are pivoted to adjustable blocks V and connected at their free ends by a bolt surrounded by a spring Y. To apply the brake, a cam Z mounted on the bolt pushes the nearer block while pulling the remote one, by moving the bolt axially against the action of the spring. The planet carrier of an epicyclic gearing is held by a brake comprising a disc N and cone P, the latter being recessed to clear the end of the shaft A and being moved on gimbals R by screw-andnut mechanism S.
Patent GB-384999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the production of dyestuffs and intermediates of thebenzanthrone series
IPC: C09B3/02
Filed: 1931-06-16
Abstract: Benzanthrone derivatives; dibenzpyrenequinones.--The mixture of alkali soluble products obtainable by condensing o-halogenated benzoic acids or their salts with benzanthrones (for example, according to the process of Specification 358,426) is (i) extracted with an inert organic solvent such as acetic acid, benzene or other liquid in which benzanthrone is readily soluble, (ii) the undissolved portion separated by filtration, (iii) the resulting filtrate diluted with an inert liquid in which benzanthrone is substantially insoluble but which is miscible with the above inert organic solvent, (iv) the precipitated solid separated, and if desired (v) residual dissolved matter recovered. The fractions so separated may be halogenated and also treated with acid condensing agents before or after such halogenation. In examples, (i) the alkali-fusion product of sodium o-chlorbenzoate and benzanthrone is extracted with glacial acetic acid at the boil and on cooling a violet residue separates out which is a blue vat-dye; the filtrates are diluted with water and a light-green precipitate filtered off; this appears to be a benzanthronylbenzoic acid; evaporation of the aqueous filtrates yields a yellow substance; the glacial acetic acid may be replaced by benzene in which case instead of water, petroleum ether or petrol is employed; (2) the light-green precipitate of (1) is brominated in glacial acetic acid; the brominated product is treated with concentrated sulphuric acid to give a dibenzpyrenequinone (dyes yellow to orange); (3) the light-green precipitate of (1) is treated with phosphorus pentoxide in nitrobenzene to give a dibenzpyrenequinone; alternatively boric acid with sulphuric acid may be used as condensing agent; (4) the light-green precipitate of (1) is chlorinated in glacial acetic acid; (5) the yellow residue of (1) is chlorinated in glacial acetic acid; (6) the violet residue of (1) is chlorinated in acetic acid.
Patent GB-632601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to members of structures or machines which are subjected to pre-stressing
IPC: F16C5/00
Filed: 1947-07-02
Abstract: 632,601. Bolts. SULZER FRERES SOC. ANON. July 2, 1947, No. 17471. Convention date, July 3, 1946. [Class 89 (i)] i[Also in Group XXVI] To enable a bolt, that is hollow for the passage of fluid, to be tightened initially to a predetermined stress, it is fitted with a comparator member 1, also hollow to permit the fluid to pass, and permanently secured at one end as by welding at 2. A dial gauge 6 temporarily attached to the bolt at 7 and bearing on the end of the member 1 indicates the stress by measuring the elongation. The member 1 may be screwed into the bolt or may be expanded into grooves in the bore. In a modification the member 1 extends initially beyond the end of the bolt becommg flush therewith when the desired stress has been applied.
Patent GB-1431234-A (GB)
Title: Data processing apparatus
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 1974-04-22
Abstract: 1431234 Selective printing NCR CORP 22 April 1974 [25 April 1973 26 April 1973 15 March 1974] 17484/74 Heading B6F A data processing apparatus comprises a typewriter 10 having a print head 18 arranged to print on a sheet 27, a carriage 16 for transporting the print head along a print line, and sensing means 22 for reading data on a sheet (28, Fig. 2, not shown) which replaces the sheet 27, the sensing means being arranged to be carried by the carriage 16 when reading data, and the print head being rendered inoperative when the sensing means is operative. The typewriter may include a fixed support 70, the print head 18 and sensing means 22 being interchangeably mountable on the carriage. A switch on the support 70 is operated when the sensing means is mounted thereon to render the print head operative. Alternatively a support (88, Fig. 9, not shown) may be provided for the sensing means (89) which is attachable to the carriage 16 when the sensing means is to be operative, such attachment rendering the print head inoperative. In a further alternative, the sensing means and print head are mounted on the same carriage, the sensing means being slidable between operative and inoperative positions.
Patent GB-771788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in envelopes and packages
IPC: B65D75/54
Filed: 1953-06-24
Abstract: 771,788. Envelopes. SPURR, J. June 14, 1954 [June 24, 1953], No. 17517/53. Class 146(2). In an envelope 8 having a covering of adhesive for sealing the envelope and/or a hinged closure flap 4, the outside surface of the front or back panel is substantially or entirely coated with adhesive. The envelope is secured, by this adhesive, to a carton &c. 7 and is accessible from the outside for the insertion of a message even if the carton is closed to retain its contents. The envelope may be secured to the outer surface of the carton, as in Fig. 3, or passed through a slit 9 in the carton and secured to the inner surface thereof, as in Fig. 4. In the latter arrangement an address label 10 may be stuck on the outside of the carton. Specification 771,789 [Group XVII] is referred to.
Patent GB-1507785-A (GB)
Title: N-polychloroallyl-amido-thiophosphoric esters
IPC: C07F9/24
Filed: 1976-04-29
Abstract: 1507785 N - Polychloroallylamido thiophosphoric esters MONTEDISON SpA 29 April 1976 [2 May 1975] 17527/76 Heading C2P Novel compounds have the formula where Ar is a substituted phenyl group; R is CH 3 O-, C 2 H 5 O-, iso-C 3 H 7 O-, or optionally substituted phenyl; Z is H, methyl, ethyl, or a group -CH 2 -C(Y) =C(Cl) 2 ; Y is H or Cl. The compounds are prepared by reacting a compound of formula Ar-O-P(S)(R)-Cl with an amine of formula Z-NH-CH 2 -C(Y)=C(Cl) 2  in the presence of a base. The compounds are used as insecticides. The intermediates of formula Ar-O-P(S)(R)-Cl in which R is CH 3 O-, C 2 H 5 O- or iso-C 3 H 7 O-, are prepared from compounds of formula Ar-O-P(S)(Cl) 2  and the appropriate alcohol. Intermediates in which R is optionally substituted phenyl are similarly prepared from compounds of formula R-P(S)(Cl) 2 .
Patent GB-722063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sheet feeding devices, particularly for printing machines
IPC: B65H9/06
Filed: 1952-07-11
Abstract: 722,063. Feeding sheets. FABER & SCHLEICHER AKT.-GES. July 11, 1952 [Aug. 22, 1951], No. 17545/52. Class 100 (1). Sheet-registering devices.-In a sheet-aligning mechanism for sheet-handling machines, particularly printing machines, uncovered preliminary stops 3 are employed for presenting the sheets below cover members associated with front stops 12 of the device, the preliminary stops 3 being movable at a diminishing speed in the feed direction so as to engage the sheets after they have advanced a short distance below the cover members which are independent of the preliminary stops. The sheets 2 are fed over a table 1 so as to engage the stops 3 which are mounted on a slide 5 reciprocated by means of a cam 11, cam follower 10, lever 8 pivoted at 9 and a link 7. The stops 3 after engaging a sheet 2 slow down the sheet, which is held by control nozzles 17 on the stops 3 until it is moved into contact with the abutment face of the front stop 12. The preliminary stops 3 continue their travel at an increased speed so that the sheet 2, which has been seized by grippers on the printing or other machine, can be moved past the front stop 12. The front stop 12 is moved in known manner in the sequence of feed into the working position and out of the path of the outgoing sheet by means of a cam 13, cam lever 14, rod 15 and lever 16.
Patent GB-746344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bias cutting and wind-up mechanism
Inventor: KAGAN RALPH
IPC: D06H7/12
Filed: 1954-06-15
Abstract: 746,344. Cutting tubular material on the bias. LEVER BIAS MACHINE CORPORATION. June 15, 1954, No. 17567/54. Class 31 (1). [Also in Group XVI] A machine for cutting tubular material on the bias comprises a rotatable turntable 21, Fig. 4, supporting a container 33 for flattened tubular material 34 which is pulled spirally over an expansible mandrel B by means of windup rollers 96, 97, Fig. 5, driven at a constant speed by means of an electric motor 103, Fig. 1, the speed of the turntable being adjustable to be in synchronism with the speed of movement of the material around the mandrel by means of a variable-speed transmission 29, Fig. 4, driven by a constant-speed motor 30 and adjustable by a handle 31. The material is cut by a disc cutter 61, Fig. 1, driven by a motor 60 and adjustable angularly (about a vertical axis), longitudinally and laterally of the mandrel. The wind-up rollers are mounted on a frame carried by a plate 81, Fig. 5, which is angularly adjustable about a bolt 84 relatively to a fixed supporting plate 80, the frame and windup rollers being movable laterally of the mandrel by rotating a handle 93 on a screw-threaded bar 90 engaging a screw-threaded collar 82. Associated with the wind-up roller 97 are a plurality of slitting disc knives 123 adjustably mounted on a cam-operated spring-influenced pivoted supporting member. The mandrel comprises fixed top bars 35, 36, a gravity-operated lower bar 56, and side bars 39, 40 which are angularly adjustable about shafts 43, 44 by means of a handle 55 operating a shaft 49 provided with worms engaging worm gears 45, 46 on the shafts 43, 44. The wind-up unit may be used separately by angularly adjusting the wind-up frame to be perpendicular to the mandrel and moving it laterally away from the mandrel by operating the handle 93. Specifications 471,903, [Group XVI], 471,962 and 575,215 are referred to.
Patent GB-109176-A (GB)
Title: An Alloy.
IPC: C22C5/04
Filed: 1916-12-08
Abstract: 109,176. Electro Metals Products Co., (Assignees of Cooper, H. S.). Sept. 29, 1916, [Convention date]. Alloys.-An alloy for dental and laboratory uses consists of about 40 per cent of gold and about 60 per cent of palladium.
Patent GB-583994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to chairs
IPC: A47C5/06
Filed: 1944-09-15
Abstract: 583,994. Chairs and tables. KINGFISHER, Ltd., and CHATWIN, A. Sept. 15, 1944, No. 17719. [Classes 52 (ii) and 52 (iii)] The tubular arms 15 of a chair are each provided with tubular pull-out extension 18 which is guided and limited by a headed guide rod 20 secured within the arm 15. The extensions may support a table 26 in the form of an open fronted box with ribs 27 to rest upon the extensions. The ribs are arranged out of centre so that the height of the table can be varied by reversing the box.
Patent GB-1144464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to dynamometers
IPC: G01L1/04
Filed: 1966-04-22
Abstract: 1,144,464. Dynannometers, weighing apparatus, indicating apparatus. S. A. TELL and A. B. TELL. April 22, 1966 [April 27, 1965], No. 17760/66. Headings G1J and G1W. In a load indicating device comprising a casing 1 attached to a dial indicator 51, a draw-rod 7, when under the action of a load, is displaceable in the casing 1 against the action of a plurality of annular, conical, disc springs 12 and is connected through a transmission member 23 and an axially movable spindle 30 to effect rotation of a pointer 41 of the indicator by an amount proportional to the load. The axially movable spindle 30 which is supported by bearings 32 in a fixed tube 53 which inter-connects the indicator 51 and casing 1 is provided with a screw-threaded end portion 31 which engages a rotatable sleeve 39 fixed to the pointer 41, the spindle 30 being biased by a spring 38 away from the indicator 51. The transmission member 23 which effects axial movement of the spindle 30 proportional to axial displacement of the draw-rod 7 under the action of a load comprises, in the embodiment shown, a holder 21 attached to the draw-rod 7 and provided with a pivotally supported, sloping arm which is spring urged towards an adjustable abutment 26 on the holder 21 and which is arranged to abut a roller 29 mounted on the end of the spindle 30 remote from the threaded portion 31. In an alternative embodiment, Figs.3 to 6 (not shown), the transmission member comprises a vertical bar (93) which is movable in holes in an extension (53a) of the tube (53) and which is spring urged towards the draw-rod (7), the bar (93) being attached to an adjustable plate (93a) which is provided with an abutment surface (24) for engaging the roller (29) on the spindle (30). In both embodiments a spring 16 acts as a resilient protective stop. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 743, 288.