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Patent GB-1058398-A (GB)
Title: Sliding caliper
IPC: G01B3/20
Filed: 1964-05-28
Abstract: 1,058,398. Calipers. G. G. MANGANO. May 28, 1964 [July 19, 1963], No. 22067/64. Heading G1M. A caliper gauge for checking measurements of articles comprises a graduated rod or bar 1 on which a slidable shank 3 is arranged, and a dial gauge 5 so mounted on an extension 4 of the rod or bar that its plunger 6 engages a pivoted lever 10, the arrangement being such that the deviation of size of an article from standard is indicated on the dial gauge 5 due to the pivotal positioning of the pivoted lever 10 necessary to ensure that the article when abutting the shank 3 is engaged by the adjacent ends of the shank 3 and the lever 10. The pivoted lever 10 is suitably held in engagement with the plunger 6 of the dial gauge by a spring 12 and piston 13 arrangement. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 the shank 3 and lever 10 are shaped to facilitate the external measurements of articles, whereas in an alternative embodiment Fig. 2 (not shown) the shank (3) and lever (10) are shaped and provided with adjustable stops (16) to facilitate the measurement of cavities within articles.
Patent GB-875788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to footwear
IPC: A43B21/30
Filed: 1958-07-10
Abstract: 875,788. Heels. GRIFFI, R. July 10, 1958 [July 13, 1957], No. 22109/58. Class 17(2) A resilient heel and arch support 5 is bent back horizontally as at 9, to extend below the arch portion only of the shoe. It may be attached either to the insole 3 or externally to the sole by means of rivets. The portion 9 is covered with leather 6.
Patent GB-699745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sifting or straining apparatus
IPC: B07B1/38
Filed: 1950-09-07
Abstract: 699,745. Straining-machines. HURST, J., and RUSSELL CONSTRUCTIONS, Ltd. Dec. 6, 1951 [Sept. 7, 1950], No. 22118/50. Class 46 [Also in Group II]. A process of sifting or straining powders or liquids 'in an apparatus of the type in which a sifting or straining surface is mounted on a flexible support and caused to gyrate by rotating an out-of-balance weight is characterized by carrying out the operation at or near the critical speed. The zone of speed within which there is a more rapid rise of output towards a maximum than is proportional to the increase in speed is defined as the critical zone and the upper end of this zone as the critical speed, this speed varying with different materials. The sieve or strainer 25 is mounted in a carrier 24, supported on a gyratory frame consisting of three rectan-' gular bars 20. The bars 20 are supported on brackets 18 connected through rubber bushes 19 to flexible suspension rods 16, the upper ends of the rods 16 being secured through rubber mountings 17 to a ring 15 supported by four pillars 14 mounted on the base 11 of the machine. A casing 21 is bolted between the bars 20 and contains a rotatable out-of-balance weight 22 which is secured to a shaft 30 driven by a shaft 35 through a flexible coupling 33. To support the bearing for the shaft 35 a spider 36 is secured to the four pillars 14. A variable diameter V-pulley comprising a fixed upper half 37 and slidable lower half 38 drives the shaft 35 and is connected by an endless band 45 to a variable diameter pulley comprising a slidable upper half 44 and a fixed lower half 43 attached to the shaft 42 of an electric motor 41 which is carried by a bracket 40 secured to the pillars 14. A collar 50 with a cam-shaped lower edge resting upon a fixed cam 52 supports the slidable pulley portion 38 which is raised or lowered by rotation of the collar 50, and a similar arrangement adjusts the.slidable pulley portion 44. By moving a lever 66 over a horizontal quadrant, a horizontal rock shaft 56 operates rods (not shown),'which engage lugs projecting radially from one side of each collar to rotate the collars and adjust the speed of gyration of the sieve for optimum output of the particular material being sifted. It is stated that the screen can be caused to gyrate at any speed between 1,000 r.p.m. and 3,450 r.p.m. A clamping screw 69 holds the adjustment, once made, and a screw adjustment 71 slides the motor to tighten the belt. Specifications 562,210, 574,410 and 676,308 are referred to.
Patent GB-934162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for facilitating the treatment of animals
IPC: A01K15/00
Filed: 1961-06-20
Abstract: 934,162. Animal holding appliances. D. A. WILLS. June 18, 1962 [June 20, 1961], No. 22162/61. Class 81 (2). An animal treatment pen comprises a framework 11 for embracing the animal, a side member 16 pivotal about an axis 17 adjacent the base of the framework and a cradle 20 for holding the animal, an adjustable trapper member 24 being pivotal on the cradle to secure the animal in the cradle. To limit its outward pivotal movement, the side member has at its upper corners pins 18 which engage arcuate slots 19 in stop members 21 secured to the framework. The cradle is pivotal on the pins 18. The trapper 24 is adjustable in width, being pivotal in one of a series of holes 26 in an extension 23 of the cradle. A notched link 33 engages a locking pin on the cradle to secure the trapper member so that it holds the animal on the cradle. To secure the cradle against pivoting relative to the side member, a first abutment 38 of a bifurcated latch 36 attached to the side member engages a slot 41 in one of a pair of arcuate locking members 42, 48 which are carried by the cradle, the second abutment 37 of the latch engaging a guide 39 mounted on one stop 21. As the side member is pivoted outwardly the second abutment slides along the guide 39. When the side member is in its outermost position, the abutments are raised by a handle 43 to release the cradle and to bring the second abutment 37 into engagement with the outer end of the guide 39 so that the return of the side member to upright position is prevented. As the cradle is pivoted on the side member, the first abutment 38 and an abutment 49 at the other end of the side member ride along guide surfaces 44 on the arcuate locking members 42, 48 and, on engagement with stops 46, 47, limit the pivotal movement of the cradle. The framework has a sliding entry gate 12 which may be omitted and a swinging exit gate 13. The cradle has an adjustable head board 27.
Patent GB-1335612-A (GB)
Title: Composite printed circuit board
IPC: G03F7/11
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1335612 Printed circuits W KRAUSE 19 April 1971 [26 Feb 1970] 22216/71 Heading H1R A method of making a printed circuit board starting with a synthetic plastics carrier plate 1 having a layer of copper 2 on one face, a layer of other metal 3 on the copper said layer 3 being resilient and a layer of resist material 4 capable of being exposed and developed on the metal, comprises exposing and developing the resist material so that the remaining material corresponds to the desired electrically conducting portions, etching the exposed metal layer, removing the remaining copying material, etching the exposed copper and then removing the remaining portions of the metal layer. The metal layer may be chromium, nickel or lead and the copying or resist material may be such as to be developed by water.
Patent GB-451810-A (GB)
Title: An improved machine for separating gold and other heavy concentrates from finely divided ore or matrix
IPC: B03B5/32
Filed: 1935-08-07
Abstract: 451,810. Centrifugal separators. McCOY, M. O., 32, Halifax Street, Adelaide, Australia. Aug. 7, 1935, No. 22277. [Class 23] Gold and heavy concentrates are separated from finely divided ore in a rotating vessel having a saucer-like base h and a wall h<2> which slopes inwardly towards the top. The base and wall are separated by an annular recess h' which may be an integral part of the complete vessel, or which may be divided into two parts, one part being attached to the wall h<2> and the other to the base h. The base his raised slightly at its centre where it receives the ore, in the form of sludge, from the hopper j. The vessel is driven from a shaft d through bevel gearing e, and where a number of separators are used in series, as shown in the Figure, they may be driven from a common shaft. Additional water, to mix with the material, may be supplied through the pipe l. During the working of the separator the gold or other heavy constituent is thrown into the recess h<4> from which it is collected by a curved discharge pipe n, while the lighter constituent is collected by the curved pipe m, the end of which is situated close to the wall h<2> slightly above the recess h<4>. Either of the pipes m, may conduct material to another separator for further treatment.
Patent GB-508147-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for the dyeing or other wet-processing of yarns or other loose textile materials
IPC: D06B3/08
Filed: 1938-07-27
Abstract: 508,147. Liquid treatment of yarns and other textile materials. BROWN, W. B. July 27, 1938, No. 22303. [Class 15 (i)] Air is entrained by a jet of steam as it is injected actually into the liquor in a dye or other liquid treatment bath or in a chamber from which the jet or each jet of mixture of steam and air is discharged into the liquor in which yarns or other loose textile materials, piece goods or leather is being treated, to cause circulation of the liquor throughout the bath. As shown, applied to a vat 1 wherein hanks of yarn or other material are suspended from poles 16 carried by fianges 15<1> on a false lid 15 attached to a lid 14 into a dye liquor, steam from either of two nozzles 10, 11 projecting into opposite ends of a member 7 with flared ends may draw in air through openings-12, 13 respectively as the steam is injected into the liquor to setup circulation in either' of two. directions as desired.- In a modification, the member 7 may be arranged horizontally and projecting on opposite sides of a vertical partition wall extending upwards' from 'the bottom of the vat near one end. In a further construction, steam, may be passed through perforations in a steam pipe extending along the base of the vat to entrain air from an outer perforated concentric pipe and inject the air and steam into the liquor. Additional steam heating pipes may be provided if desired, and the injector pipes may be arranged in zigzag formation.
Patent GB-1083078-A (GB)
Title: A conveyor belt for harvesting machinery
Inventor: STOLL WALTER
IPC: A01D17/10
Filed: 1966-05-19
Abstract: 1,083,078. Conveyers. ALMABAL G.m.b.H. May 19, 1966, No. 22380/66. Heading B8A. A conveyer belt for harvesting machines has a carrying surface made up of transverse slats 5<SP>11</SP> with their ends secured to two side supporting bands 1, 2 wherein a portion 9, a short distance from each slat end 10 is bent at an angle to the central portion 8, the outer portions 10 adjacent the slat ends being bent the opposite way, so that the portions 8, 10 lie substantially parallel to one another, with all the portions 8, 9, 10 in one and the same plane; and wherein the portions 9 are inserted through holes (4), Fig. 1 (not shown), made at right angles to the carrying surface, in the bands 1, 2 with the portion 8 lying on one face and the outer portions 10 on the opposite face of each of the bands 1, 2. The bands 1, 2 are of resilient material reinforced by wires (3). The holes (4) pass through cross projections (6), Fig. 3 (not shown), lying opposite each other on the upper face and underside of the bands 1, 2. The projections (6) also contain transverse grooves 7 which receive the slot portions 8, 10. The slats 5<SP>11</SP> are shorter than the distance between the outer edges of the bands 1, 2 to avoid contact with flanges 12 of driving or guiding rollers 11. The bands 1, 2 are carried on the crowns of the teeth of the toothed driving and guiding rollers, again to avoid contact with the slats 5<SP>11</SP>. The ends of the slats 511 may be bent in various ways and assembled into the bands 1, 2 in various ways. The slats may have extensions (14), Fig. 10 (not shown), to counteract the braking effect of the side casing of the conveyer. The central portions 8 may also be provided with catches-either welded on, like tines (15), Fig. 11 (not shown), or consisting of bends in the central portion itself, like bows (16), Fig. 12 (not shown).
Patent GB-322486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to folding chairs and like articles of furniture
IPC: A47C4/16
Filed: 1928-08-03
Abstract: 322,486. Midland Railway-Carriage &. Wagon Co., Ltd., and Champeney, C. C. Aug. 3, 1928. Folding seats; adjustments; seats combined with shelves.-In a folding chair of the kind comprising, at each side, a parallelogrammic framework, of which the front members b extends downwardly to form a leg and the rear member b<1> extends upwardly to form a back-rest, the diagonal strut c is hinged to the front upper corner of the parallelogram, has an adjustable pin and multiple notch connection p, n at its middle with the lower member a<1>, and a lower extension forming a rearward leg. The seating surface f may be carried by the upper members a of the parallelograms, and a shelf g by the lower members a<1>.
Patent GB-630949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for cooling products in containers
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 1947-08-13
Abstract: 630,949. Refrigerators. MAGIS, A. A. G. Aug 13, 1947, No. 22509. Convention date, Jan. 15, 1943. [Class 29] A double walled jacket open at the bottom is adapted to be placed over the container, e.g., a bottle 1 to be cooled the inner wall 3 being shaped to fit closely to the container and the space between the walls 3, 4 being filled with a refrigerating agent such as ice, sup, ported on a grid 12. The bottle &c. is placed on a dish or tray 2 and the jacket has a packing ring 11 resting on the dish. The outer wall 4 is covered with heat insulating material 7. A cover 8 allows the ice &c. to be renewed and is provided with a handle 9 and a closed cap 10 screwed to the inner wall 3.
Patent GB-995133-A (GB)
Title: Seat mounting
IPC: B60N2/06
Filed: 1961-06-22
Abstract: 995,133. Sliding seats. E. D. DALL. June 22, 1961 [June 23, 1960], No. 22560/61. Heading A4J. An adjustable mounting for a seat comprises a base which includes a web 11, Fig. 4, adapted to be mounted on a floor, a portion of the web being bent to form an arcuate bearing support 13, a carriage 14 adapted to be mounted on the underside of a slot and including an arcuate bearing support telescoped over the support 13, roller bearings 33, Fig. 3, interposed between the telescoped arcuate supports 13, 14 at longitiudinally spaced points along the carriage 14, and guide members 31 for the roller bearings 33 movable independently of the arcuate supports 13, 14 and maintaining the roller bearings in transverse relation to the supports. Longitudinal movement of the guide members 33 is limited by stop members provided at longitudinally spaced points on the carriage 14. To permit longitudinal adjustment of the carriage on the base a pivoted latch is provided on the carriage (or base) to engage one of a series of notches such as 47, Fig. 5, formed in the base 35 (or carriage). The carriage and base may be adjusted relative to the floor as shown in Fig. 5. The base 35 is pivoted to a bracket 36a on the floor, a pin 45 on a part 37 of the base riding in an arcuate slot 46 in a bracket 39. A latch 41 is connected to the bracket 39 to selectively engage in one of a number of notches 40 in the part 37 of the base. In a modification shown in Fig. 10 the arcuate bearing supports 50, 51 have an angular extent of not more than 180 degrees and the ball bearings are replaced by tightly wound helical springs 58.
Patent GB-423782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a method of manufacturing metallic sign, indicator, registration plates and the like
IPC: B05D5/06
Filed: 1934-08-03
Abstract: A method of making name-plates and the like in which a metallic base is provided with a reflecting layer of crystalline metal e.g. zinc, which is partially obscured by an opaque coating applied thereto to form the characters, the unobscured portions of the crystalline surface being coated with a transparent varnish, is characterized in that the crystalline surface is pricked by a fine steel or like point before the varnish is applied thereto.  The varnish, e.g. a condensation product of phthalic anhydride with glycerine, is preferably applied in three layers, the first and third being uncoloured and the second uncoloured or coloured as desired.  French Specification 744,808 is referred to.
Patent GB-969391-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for separating currants, sultanas and the like from compressed cake of the  fruit
IPC: A23N15/00
Filed: 1962-06-14
Abstract: 969,391. Breaking-up fruit masses. L. E. J. RAWSON. Sept. 3, 1963 [June 14, 1962], No. 22910/62. Heading A4C. Apparatus for separating currants, sultanas or the like from compressed cake of fruit comprises means for breaking the cake 19 into relatively small pieces 33, a hopper 11 for receiving the broken pieces 33, an outlet duct 12 leading from the bottom of the hopper 11, and a rotatable rake 13 in the duct. The breaking means comprises a beam 23 straddling a cake 19 which is intermittently advanced on a conveyer belt 17, 18, the beam having at one end combs 24 serving as cutters, being pivotally mounted for arcuate reciprocation above a transverse horizontal axis 22 between pivoted arms 21, and being driven by a driven roller 26 to which it is eccentrically connected at 25 so that rotation of the rollers causes oscillation of the beam 23. One arm 21 carries a depending arm 27 with a roller 28 engaging a bifurcated rock arm 29 connected to a ratchet wheel 30 associated with a pawl 31, the arrangement being such that on upward movement of the beam 23 the ratchet 30 and pawl 31 are engaged to drive the conveyer 17, 18 and advance the cake 19 and on downward cutting movement of the beam the pawl 31 rides over the ratchet 30 and the cake is stationary. Cut pieces 33 and sprayed with water from a spray 32. Finally separated fruit is entrained in an air stream from a fan 14 through a delivery channel 15. Specification 846,635 is referred to.
Patent GB-457352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, screening of fine materials
IPC: B07B1/00
Filed: 1935-08-14
Abstract: 457,352. Sifting-apparatus. WELLS, J. F., Bath Street Iron Works, Sheffield. Aug. 14, 1935, No. 22921. [Class 117] Apparatus for screening fine material comprises a chamber a the bottom of which is formed of an inclined stationary screen band the top of which forms a bellows g for passing air to-and-fro through the screen for the purpose of agitating the material and causing it to pass towards the tailings discharge opening k, which is provided with an air-lock discharge valve m. As shown the screen has two sections c, d and the fine material passing through is collected in hoppers e, f. The material is fed into the chamber by a screw conveyer h from an external hopper j. A crank shank p actuates the bellows and an agitating device t in the hopper.
Patent GB-440251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to photo-electric cells furnished with shading means
IPC: H01L31/00
Filed: 1935-08-15
Abstract: 440,251. Light - sensitive cells. FALKENTHAL, E., and PRESSER, E., 72, Schildhornstrasse, Steglitz, Berlin. Aug. 15, 1935, No. 22968. Convention date, Sept. 1, 1934. [Class 40 (iii)] [See also Group XX] A photo - electric cell, more particularly for use in a photographic exposure meter is provided with a device for shading off rays falling outside of a certain angle of vision and consisting of a number of rods arranged in front of the cell and approximately vertical to the surface thereof, the rods being arranged so that chambers are avoided therebetween. As shown, a number of very flat rectangular or elliptical rods 5 are arranged in a short tube 4 in front of the cell 1. The rods are preferably crossed in twos or more as shown and may be interconnected by thin connecting mernbers, Figs. 3 and 4 (not shown). The rods may also be embedded at one or both ends or at their centres in one or more transparent discs, e.g. of celluloid or glass, or they may be embedded over their entire length in a transparent body.
Patent GB-193439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to lamps, searchlights and the like
IPC: F21V7/00
Filed: 1921-08-30
Abstract: 193,439. Smith, J. G. Aug. 30, 1921. Search-lights; vehicle lamps.-In a vehicle head-light, search-light, &c. the rays of light from a source of light 3 and a reflector 2 are intercepted by a coaxial conical reflector 4 and directed on to an annular reflector 9 which reflects them forwardly to produce the beam desired to prevent glare. The reflector 4 is secured to the front glass 5 by a bolt and nut 6, and the annular base of the reflector 9 or the cross-section of the beam passing through the glass 5 is of larger area than the opening of the reflector 2. The sides of the conical and annular reflectors are at an angle of 90‹ to each other and they may be curved slightly. In a modification, one or more annular reflectors similar to the reflector 9 may be inserted between the reflector 4 and that reflector. In a second modification, the position of the reflector 2 is reversed and the base of the reflector 9 is oppositely disposed to that of the reflector 4. In a third modification, Fig. 5, the reflector 4 is formed as the central portion of an annular parabolic reflector, this portion being within a cylindrical surface passing through the foci of the lines generating that reflector, the reflector 9 being constituted by that portion of the reflector without the cylindrical surface. To cut out any rays radiating directly from the light source 3, Fig. 1, a small hood may be fitted on the flanged ring 10 of the glass 5 or a short cylindrical portion may be provided between the reflector 2 and the annular reflector 9. The reflector 4 may be displaceable by means of Bowden wire or like mechanism, and certain portions of the reflectors 4, 9 may not be of truly circular sections to cut out undesirable rays.
Patent GB-288892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in coin-freed apparatus
IPC: G07F15/06
Filed: 1927-09-02
Abstract: 288,892. Knauer, A. M., Elster, J., G÷rz, L. Haas-, Weichelt, E., and Haas, P. (trading as Gas Messerfabrik Mainz, Elster, & Co.), and Schomburg, L. Sept. 2, 1927. Electricity, gas, and liquids, supplying by meter; coin-slit closing-devices; coin action, mechanical-connection.-A locking device for prepayment meters of the kind in which a basic charge is imposed and the coin slot is freed to receive coins, in prepayment of the commodity supplied, only after the insertion of the basic charge coin, comprises a disc l rotatable by a handle m and adapted to be coupled by a basic charge coin o co a disc f which operates a slide b normally closing the coin-slot c, Fig. la, of the meter. The coin o lying parallel to the slide b, is received m a slot h in the disc f and in a similar slot in the disc l, thereby coupling the discs for movement together. The disc f has a roller e engaging in groove d in the slide b. The disc f is returned to position to receive a basic charge coin, thereby moving the slide b over the slot c, by a projection f<1> on it being engaged by a similar projection on the disc l, the return movement being limited by a fixed stop n. The coin o is held in the device by a pin p, key or the like which is used by the official who resets the slide b. As shown in Fig. 6, a curved wire loop can be used which carries at its lower end an eye to engage the hasp of the padlock r locking the till. The coin o, may be arranged to fall into a special container. Instead of a rotat-- ing disc l, a rectilinearly movable slide may be used.