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Patent GB-893178-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine
IPC: F02B61/04
Filed: 1960-04-12
Abstract: 893,178. Outboard motors. LUNDGUIST, W. G. April 12, 1960 [May 14, 1959], No. 12956/60. Class 114. [Also in Groups XXIV and XXVII] In an outboard I.C. engine (see Group XXVII) having two crankshafts rotating in the same direction, crankshaft extensions 77, 78 power contra-rotating . ,propellers 98, 102 via bevel reversing-gears 91, 92 92<SP>1</SP> and 109, 107, 107<SP>1</SP> the dog clutches 95, 105 of which are conjointly controlled by a linkage 116. One of two housings 81, 82 for the extensions 77, 78 encloses an engine cooling water pump, and the engine exhaust pipes discharge under water by delivering to a casing 83 which incorporates a cavitation plate (not shown) through which the pump intake passes.
Patent GB-272668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to looms for weaving tufted fabrics
IPC: D03D39/02
Filed: 1926-05-21
Abstract: 272,668. Carpet Trades, Ltd., and Osborne, C. May 21, 1926. Pile-fabric looms. - In order that jacquard Axminster looms may be used for weaving carpets of a smaller width than the normal weaving width of the loom without the necessity of removing the grippers and the reeds which are not required, a bracket-like member 7 is disposed at the end of the breast beam for receiving and retaining temporarily the weft 8 as it is beaten up until the grippers 3 have descended. The member 7 has a downwardly inclined guide 7<b> leading from a projection 7<a> situated in advance of the plane of intersection of the grippers 3 and the teeth 6<a> of the breast comb. In operation, the idle portion of the breast comb is lowered and the advancing lay carries the weft 8 until it is engaged by the projection 7<a>, the tension of the weft retaining it until the grippers have positioned the tufts. The weft then slides up the guide or lead 7<b> into its normal position, and the needle 9 shoots across the top of the grippers to bind the tufts into the ground. The correct positioning, of the needle is ensured by a guide recess 7<d> in an extension 7<c> of the member 7.
Patent GB-1098401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to packs for collapsible bottles and like containers
Inventor: CHAPMAN MICHAEL CLIFFORD
IPC: B65D5/76
Filed: 1965-03-26
Abstract: 1,098,401. Boxes for liquids. REED PAPER GROUP Ltd. Jan. 6, 1966 [March 26, 1965], No. 12994/65. Heading B8P. An outer protective carton to support and protect a collapsible bottle or container has an apertured member which serves to receive the neck of the bottle, and a reinforcement extends across the apertured member and engages the box so as to locate the apertured member positively at the top of the box against upward or downward movement. The apertured member 43, Figs. 1 and 2, is folded from the box blank to form a reinforcing step 50 whose ends are received in cut-outs 53, 54 in the box sides and closure flaps. A tab 60 may be pressed away from the aperture for ease of insertion of the bottle neck and then restored, and the side flaps have tear-off portions 62 so that the pouring spout maybe exposed without undoing the flaps. In a modification made from a single blank, Figs. 3, 4 (not shown), the apertured member (73) has an extension flap (81) which is folded to the parallel to and spaced from the member (73) extension (85) being received in slots in the box sides. An opposing flap (71) is similarly folded so as to overlie and bend under the flap (81) as an additional reinforcement. The neck of the bottle is inserted through a wide aperture (77), and slid into the aperture (75), the wide aperture (77) being then closed by the tab (78) to maintain the neck in position.
Patent GB-1392083-A (GB)
Title: Actuating mechanism for actuating simultaneously a plurality  of individual electric switches
IPC: H01H5/00
Filed: 1972-03-20
Abstract: 1392083 Actuating mechanism; time switches COINMECHS Ltd 16 March 1973 [20 March 1972] 12997/72 Heading H1N An actuating mechanism for simultaneous actuation of a plurality of switches, especially microswitches, in a time controlled switching arrangement for prepayment television, comprises a pivoted setting lever 7 movable by camming action of an operating member 16 associated with a timer motor to stress a spring 8 carried on a spigot 9 attached to the free end of a co-pivoted actuating lever 5, the lever 5 being arranged to engage the operating members, e.g. 3, 4 of individual switches 1, 2, and to cause operation of the switches substantially simultaneously when the operating pressure exerted by the setting lever 5 exceeds the opposing forces. To ensure a closer degree of simultaneity especially when more than two switches are to be actuated the embodiment of Fig. 2 incorporates a cranked latching lever 11 spring biased in a clockwise direction to the position shown whereby the lever 5 is initially held against the bottom edge 14 of a slot 13 whilst spring 8 is being stressed and is then released by further motion of the operating member 16 acting on an extension 15 of the lever 11. Other spring arrangements such as leaf springs or torsion springs may be used between the two levers 5 and 7.
Patent GB-507869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric supply systems supplying current to d.c. motors
IPC: H02P7/34
Filed: 1937-09-17
Abstract: 507,869. Exciting dynamo - electric machines. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., BASTON, C. E., and BINNEY, E. A. Sept. 17, 1937, No. 13045/38. Divided out of 485,312. [Class 35] [Also in Group XXXVII] A generator 6 has a field winding 6a fed from an exciter 5 which, by being provided with a field winding 5a in series with the generator armature and a biassing field winding 5b, energizes the generator field 6a in accordance with any deviation of the armature current from a predetermined value and in a sense to oppose such change, one or more additional field windings 6c being provided on the generator energized solely in direct dependence on and producing an excitation varying as a continuous function of the voltage of the generator or of the power supplied thereby, so that on any change of excitation produced by the exciter, the field or fields 6c continue the change until the generator current is restored to substantially the predetermined value. The field winding 6c may be connected across the generator armature. Where the generator is driven by a motor 1 connected to an external source, the field winding 6c may be connected as shown in series with the motor 1. The generator may supply a motor 7 and control it both for acceleration and regenerative braking. The operation of the equipment is substantially the same as described in Specification 485,312 except that the variation of energization of the generator in accordance with power is provided by the additional field 6c instead of by the changes in operating speed. The exciter 5 need not be coupled to the generator, An additional field winding on the exciter 5 may be provided connected in series with the motor 1 and a shunt field on the generator may be additional to the field 6c connected in series with the motor 1. The biassing of the exciter may be provided in part by a shunt field winding. When the motor is up to full voltage it may be transferred to an external source as described in Specification 485,312.
Patent GB-1091572-A (GB)
Title: Radiant gas fire
Inventor: BENNETT ALEC RAYMOND
IPC: F24C15/36
Filed: 1964-03-31
Abstract: 1,091,572. Air heaters. SIDNEY FLAVEL & CO. Ltd. April 6, 1965 [March 31, 1964], No. 13085/64. Heading F4S. Hot gases from the combustion space 10 of a radiant gas fire pass to the flue 12 through a heat exchanger comprising two passes 13, 14 one on each side of a partition 23, the passes being interconnected by ports (31) in the partition. Air flows by convection upwardly through chambers 39 formed at the sides of the combustion space (see also Fig. 1) and over the heat exchanger, the warmed air subsequently being discharged to a room. As shown, a downward extension of the partition 23 forms the back of combustion space 10 in which are housed the fire radiants 11. A guard comprising a wire grid 44 extends across the front of the fire.
Patent GB-611460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to earth electrodes
IPC: H01R4/66
Filed: 1946-05-01
Abstract: 611,460. Electric earth connections. MOWLEM & CO., Ltd., J., and BENNETT, A. P. M. May 1, 1946, No. 13139. [Class 36] An earth electrode a comprises a hollow conductive tube perforated as at a', a colloidal suspension of graphite in water being pumped under pressure, e.g. by means of a pump b, into tube a and forced out of the perforations a<1> into the surrounding soil c, thereby increasing the effective diameter of the electrode.
Patent GB-131691-A (GB)
IPC: A61C17/02
Abstract: 131,691. Schamberg, M. I. Aug. 8, 1918. Tooth-cleaning appliances.---A receptacle 1 receives a stream of water under pressure through the tubular extension 4. The water passes through a shell 20 containing a medicament and inserted into the receptacle by the aperture closed by the cap 2. The water outlet consists of the tubular stem 6, which has perforations at 9 and carries at its lower end the valve part 7, for which a seating 8 is provided on the wall of the receptacle. The stream of water is controlled by depressing the stem 6 and is stopped by action of the valve on releasing the stem 6. A further stem, delivering a fine jet of water, is angled at its upper end and detachably connected to the stem 6. It ends in a nozzle 10 to which alternative types of " brush " can be fitted. The brush may be of bristles, or may be a pliable rubber cup, or may consist of a rubber disk with projecting teats 19, any one of these forms being used in conjunction with a high-pressure jet of water delivered through the nozzle.
Patent GB-537808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a process for producing perforated films or sheets
Filed: 1940-08-19
Abstract: 537,808. Films. INTERNATIONAL LATEX PROCESSES, Ltd. Aug. 19, 1940, No. 13186. Convention date, Aug. 22, 1939. [Class 2 (ii)] [Also in Group V] A perforated film is made by applying a fluid film-forming composition to an air-impermeable backing having cavities or pits in the deposition surface thereof, the composition being of such viscosity that it bridges over the cavities, and reducing the pressure on the exposed surface of the composition while it is undergoing solidification. The composition may be cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate or synthetic resins or varnishes. The backing may be of the type described in Specification 419,015 or 535,925, [both in Group V]. As shown, the process may be made continuous by means of an endless belt 20, and the vacuum is produced in the hooded portion 23. A heater 30 is provided to solidify the composition.
Patent GB-132072-A (GB)
IPC: F16H1/20
Abstract: 132,072. Clifford of Chudleigh, W. H. Clifford, Lord. Sept. 20, 1918. Toothed gearing. - Speed-reducing gearing comprises a countershaft 5 supported in a fixed casing 6 and carrying secured to it a wheel 4 meshing with a pinion 2 fast on a driving-shaft 1. A driven shaft 13 in line with the shaft 1 has secured to it a wheel 12 meshing with a pinion 7 loose on the shaft 5. The pinion 7 is adapted to slip relatively to the shaft 5 when the load is excessive. For this purpose, a friction clutch face 8 on the pinion 7 is engaged by a clutch face on a member 9, which is keyed to the shaft 5 and is pressed against the face 8 by a spring 11 and nut 10.
Patent GB-132813-A (GB)
IPC: D06M11/22
Abstract: 132,813. Arent, A. Sept, 20, 1918, [Convention date]. Varnishes consist of a hydrolyzable compound of antimony or bismuth in a volatile ncn-aqueous solvent, such as carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, carbon bisulphide, &c., and varnish, or a varnish base such as resins, rubber, gutta-percha, cellulose esters, &c. Compounds specially referred to are antimony trichloride and antimony triiodide.
Patent GB-587310-A (GB)
Title: Improved process and apparatus for the manufacture of lubricating greases
Filed: 1943-08-16
Abstract: Lubricating grease is manufactured by a continuous process in which (a) a soap and a mineral lubricating oil are mixed at a temperature substantially below the grease-cooking temperature and the homogenous thick slurry thus formed is passed into a supply tank (b) slurry withdrawn from the supply tank is mixed with additional mineral lubricating oil and the resultant mixture is heated to a temperature within the range 200-500 DEG F., (c) the heated mixture is then passed to a surge tank in which it remains till the soap is completely dispersed in the oil and all gases or vapours are released and (d) the mixture is finally cooled to a temperature within the range 100-180 DEG F. to form the grease structure.  The final cooling may be carried out rapidly and the cooled mixture passed into one or more storage zones where it remains quiescent until it acquires the desired grease structure. Sodium, aluminium, lithium, calcium, barium, lead or zinc soaps, including aluminium naphthenate and aluminium soaps derived from fatty acids produced by the oxidation of paraffin wax may be employed.  Mixtures of soaps may also be employed and additional modifying agents such as naphthenic acid, oleic acid or other organic acid, alcohols, glycols, glycerine esters, phenols, aliphatic or alkyl aryl amines or alkanolamines may be present. The products of the saponification of fats or fatty acids may be used as the source of soap and may be fed directly into the mixing equipment for blending with the oil.  Apparatus for carrying out the manufacture of lubricating grease is described and, if desired, the whole equipment may be maintained and operated under a pressure slightly above atmospheric in order to prevent evaporation of water during the manufacture of a lime soap grease. The examples describe the preparation of aluminium stearate greases.  The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes a process for manufacturing grease which comprises mixing a soap and oil at a temperature substantially below the grease cooking temperature to form a slurry, diluting said slurry with additional oil to give the proportions of soap and oil desired in the finished grease, mixing to a substantially homogenous mixture, passing said mixture to a heating zone of relatively large heating surface per volume, and cooling the resultant grease stock at least to a grease structure forming temperature.  Batch processes are mentioned.  This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-821582-A (GB)
Title: An improved machine for washing clothes
IPC: D06F17/04
Filed: 1957-04-26
Abstract: 821,582. Washing-machines. FERMOR, A. J. April 18, 1958 [April 26, 1957], No. 13322/57. Class 138 (2). A washing-machine has a central vertical tube 8 sealed at its top end and adapted to direct radial jets of washing or rinsing fluid under pressure from a pump 1 to penetrate without swirling or agitating the articles, the jet holes 14 being arranged spirally around tube 8. An immersion heater 11 may be included in the tube 8 in addition to any heaters that may be inserted in the channel or sump 5; while a rotatable sleeve 15 may be fitted for closing unwanted jets near the top of the tube when the machine is only partially filled. As shown, the suction side of the pump 1 is connected via a branch fitting 3 to the outlets 4 in the sump 5; a two-way valve 6 in the pump delivery pipe 7 allows wash liquor to be led either to the jet tube 8 for the pressure washing, or to the drain pipe connection 9 for rinsing and for finally emptying the washing container. Alternatively rinsing can be effected by continuously running in fresh water, the pump maintaining its circulation through the clothes and the surplus rinsing water leaving by adjustment of the outlet valve which would be fully opened to empty. The connection from pump to jet tube may be made in the side of the latter, as shown at 17, Fig. 2, particularly when a heating element 11 is used.
Patent GB-1201848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fastenings
IPC: H01R13/629
Filed: 1968-03-19
Abstract: 1,201,848. Clamps. LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORP. 19 March, 1968 [17 April, 1967], No. 13341/68. Heading E2B. [Also in Division H2] A latch mechanism for releasably securing an electric plug to a receptacle or the like comprises an actuating lever 13 pivoting on a pin 15 supported by a pair of side flanges on the plug and a pair of spring links 21 pivoted at one end to the lever 13 and with an end cross bar 25 engageable with a hook 55 on the receptacle 51, the links having a curved surface for slidably engaging stops 31 on the plug so that upon moving the lever the links and lever end portions move in an arc, the links moving towards the hook. A pair of bosses 45 on the plug supports a hinge pin 49 engageable on a notch 53 in the receptacle. A cover plate 12 for the plug has a pair of flanges 41 with a cross pin 43 slidable in slots 47 in the bosses to hinge the cover, to closed or open position.
Patent GB-862834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dust guard and oil seal
IPC: F16C33/74
Filed: 1959-04-20
Abstract: 862,834. Axle-boxes. UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. April 20, 1959 [June 20, 1958], No. 13350/59. Class 12 (1). A dust-guard and oil-seal for axle-boxes, comprises an oval metal disc 27 with a central aperture, carrying at its inner periphery a circular resilient seal 28 and at its outer periphery an oval resilient seal 30. The seal 28 has a lip 29 projecting angularly and inwardly towards an axle 15. The seal 30 has angularlyprojecting lips 31, 32 directed inwardly and outwardly, respectively, and has flanges 33, 34 thereon. The seal is mounted in a casing 18 which is inserted in a dust-guard slot 11 of an axle-box 10, and is guided and prevented from rotating by a pin 20 carried by the casing 18 and engaging lugs 35 attached to the disc 27. The casing 18 is formed in two parts 22, 23, which are flanged at 24 and have a seal 25 bonded thereto. Excessive axial movement of the axle may cause the flanges 33, 34 of the seal 30 to engage the casing 18 and serve as a cushion.
Patent GB-1427669-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring the lateral position of a railway track in relation to an adjacent track
IPC: E01B35/00
Filed: 1974-03-26
Abstract: 1427669 Indicating track condition FRANZ PLASSER BAHNBAUMASCHINEN-INDUSTRIE GmbH 26 March 1974 [9 April 1973] 13377/74 Heading B7N [Also in Division G1] A wheel 3 of a trolley 5 is held against a rail 32 of a set of rails or track 1 and supports a piston and cylinder 7 liftably connected to an outrigger 6 having a roller 12 pressed by a spring 11 or a piston and cylinder against a rail 22 of an adjacent track. A scale 14 and pointer 15 which may be a rheostat indicating on a recorder 17 and connected to an electrical indicator or controller 18, indicates changes in the distance between tracks and the member 18 controls hydraulic pressure to the drive of a track aligning gear 19 which transmits a correcting force to the rails of track 1 through rollers. The outrigger 6 is kept at the correct height by a supporting slider 13 which however allows a passing vehicle to run over the rail 22 without disturbance. Figs. 2-5 (not shown) illustrate two different arrangements for the roller 12 and employ electromagnets and permanent magnets to assist a spring in holding the roller against the rail. In a modification the cylinder 7 can be employed to guide the roller and hold it against the rail, or a cable winch or a lead screw and nut could be used.
Patent GB-290663-A (GB)
Title: Hydro pneumatic reservoir for petrol fuels and the like
IPC: F23N1/00
Filed: 1928-05-07
Abstract: 290,663. Baccich, M., and Filippi, C. de. May 7, 1928. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, May 21, 1928]. Direct air-pressure apparatus, non-automatic.- Apparatus for delivering petrol &c. to burners &c. comprises a petrol chamber 3 provided with a filling aperture 6, a delivery pipe 10, and a gauge tube 14. Pressure water from a main is admitted to a lower chamber 3<1> by a tap 12 and compresses the air, which passes into the chamber 3 through a pipe 4, port 16 and pipe 8, and forces the petrol through the pipe 10. When the chamber 3 is to be refilled, the tap 12 is closed and a run-off tap 13 opened to empty the chamber 3<1>. After filling, the aperture 6 and tap 13 are closed, and the tap 12 is opened. A valve 7" operated by a float 7<1> in the chamber 3<1> closes the port 16 if, through the aperture 6 being accidentally left open, the water rises excessively in the chamber 3'.
Patent GB-134720-A (GB)
IPC: B63C7/16
Abstract: 134,720. Gordon, R. Feb. 13, 1919, Shackles.-A device for attaching articles to ships or vessels, for example for attaching the chains of the salvage floats described in Specification 135,321, [Class 68 (ii), Subaqueous buildings &c.], to submerged ships, comprises a pawllike member 1 having a tooth or projection 2 adapted to engage beneath a strake 7 of the ship's side or other projection on the ship, and provided with a shackle 5 at the upper end for attachment to the chains &c. The device is secured to the ship's side by a screw or jagged bolt 8.
Patent GB-135026-A (GB)
IPC: B65H7/04
Abstract: 135,026. Pollak, J. E., (Toronto Type Foundry Co.). Jan. 2, 1919. Tripping and throw-out arrangements.-In an arrangement for tripping the combing-wheels of a sheet-feeding apparatus by a detector finger engaged by the front edge of the sheet, such as described in Specification 93/14, a pivoted trigger device is operated by the reciprocating rack-bar, when the detector finger is lifted by the sheet, to release the sliding-bar which operates to lift the combing-wheels. As shown, the combing- wheel 1 is on a bell-crank lever 2 operated by a lever 4. This lever 4 is normally operated by a roll 20 and cam 19, and also by a sliding-bar 5 lifted by the spring 6 when released by the trigger device. An arm 8 pivoted at its upper end has a notch or shoulder 9 held by a spring 7 in engagement with a pin or projection 10 on the bar 5, and the trigger-pawl 11 is pivoted on the arm 8. A finger 13 when engaged and lifted by the sheet operates an arm 14 to press the balanced pawl 11 down into engagement with the teeth of the reciprocating rack-bar 12, whereupon the arm 8 is' moved to the left to release the pin 10 and bar 5, and wheel 1 is lifted as shown in Fig. 2. A finger engaged by a cam prevents the finger 13 from trailing on the sheet as it is removed after the lifting of the combing-wheel. The parts are re-set by a projection 17 on the cam-shaft 16 engaging a roller 18 on the bar 5 and depressing the bar.