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Patent GB-1214120-A (GB)
Title: Method of splicing yarn
IPC: B65H69/06
Filed: 1968-05-08
Abstract: 1,214,120. Joining yarns. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES Inc. 8 May, 1968 [25 May, 1967], No. 5871/70. Divided out of 1,208,366. Heading D1W. The subject matter is the same as Specification 1,208,366 but the claims, are directed towards the method of joining the yams.
Patent GB-725442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to actuating mechanism for band brakes
Inventor: MILLER ALBERT ARTHUR
IPC: F16D49/10
Filed: 1953-03-03
Abstract: 725,442. Bandbrakes. SELF-CHANGING GEARS, Ltd. Feb. 1, 1954 [March 3, 1953], No. 5891/53. Class 103 (1). Band brake actuating mechanism for use in band brakes of the type described in Specification 220,021, [Class 103 (3)], wherein a primary band acts upon a secondary band so as to provide a brake band arrangement of the self wrapping or self energizing type which renders the brake more capable of controlling rotation of the drum in one direction than in the other, is modified so that such a brake may be made effective, without reversing the disposition of the band, for the opposite direction of rotation of the drum to that appropriate to the band brake shown in Specification 454,149, [Group XXIV]. This is arranged by so positioning the fulcrum parts 18 and 26 and the pivot parts 22 for the thrust lever 19 of the mechanism that substantially greater movement is imparted by the nose part 18 of the lever through the intermediate double hook member 16, to cause downward applying movement to the non-anchored end 13 of the brake band than is imparted by the projection 26 and pull rod 27 to the anchored end 9. Downward movement of the intermediate member 16 is allowed for by arranging it to engage pins 24 on the links 20 through slots 23.
Patent GB-250725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to machines for cutting bread and spreading material thereon
IPC: B26D7/34
Filed: 1925-03-05
Abstract: 250,725. Thorling, F. J., and B. & B. Machine Co., Ltd. March 5, 1925. Drawings to Specification. Cutting slices in succession. - The machine described in Specification 198,021 is modified by placing the adjustable plate of the bread-holder on the side remote from the knife axis, and the gravity feed is replaced by an ordinary positive feed.
Patent GB-877150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electro-magnetically operated valves for controlling the flow of compressed air
IPC: F16K31/06
Filed: 1959-02-23
Abstract: 877,150. BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION, DELL, R., and HIGGINS, S. L. Dec. 3, 1959 [Feb. 23, 1959], No. 6187/59. Class 135. An electromagnetically-operated valve controlling a compressed-air motor or other device incorporates two non-circular armatures 38, 39, each with a pad 40 of deformable material that co-operates with seats 14, 15 on opposite ends of a plug 13 in a soft iron body 10, the plug leading to a motor connection 19. The armatures are housed in stainless-steel guide sleeves 27, 28, the outer ends of which sleeves are associated with inlet and outlet fittings 24 and 42, respectively, the latter incorporating a filter gauze 43. Soft-iron magnet-yoke straps 21 are clamped to the body 10 by screws 22, and studs 41 of non-magnetic material are provided on the upper faces of each armature. The coils 34, 35 may be connected in series or separately connected to one or more sources of electrical current. Normally the valves are in the position shown with the connection 19 open to exhaust via seat 15 and the space between the armature and guide sleeve; upon energizing the coils 34, 35 the armature 39 moves first to close seat 15 followed by armature 38 which is lifted from the inlet seat 14 against the pressure of the supply fluid which then flows to the connection 19 by the space between the armature 38 and its guide sleeve 27.
Patent GB-1033711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to holders for paint brushes
IPC: B44D3/12
Filed: 1964-02-14
Abstract: 1,033,711. Brush holders. M. G. A. WILLIAMSON. May 13, 1965 [Feb. 14, 1964; Sept. 29, 1964; Jan. 11, 1965], Nos. 6201/64, 39668/64 and 1235/65. Heading A4K. A device for supporting paint brushes in a bath of liquid when not in use has a supporting member 10 formed from a strip of resilient metal bent to form a V-shaped groove 13 and the receptacle 11 for the liquid comprises a sheet of metal bent to form a V-shaped trough with a rounded bottom and two end members secured thereto. In a modification a strip of resilient metal is bent zig-zag fashion to form a plurality of brush-receiving grooves.
Patent GB-611534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to yarn take-up devices in knitting machines
IPC: D04B15/38
Filed: 1946-02-28
Abstract: 611,534. Knitting-machines. HEMPHILL CO. Feb. 28, 1946, No. 6252. Convention date, March 20, 1945. [Class 74(ii)] The tail 8 of a pivoted yarn take-up lever 1 extends beyond the pivot 5 and is engaged by a pivoted arm 9 that is controlled by a spring 23 and also by a pattern drum cam 15 which, by engagement with a projection 14, renders the arm 9 inoperable to swing the take-up arm 1 upwardly. When the lever 1 is raised by the arm 9 under the action of the spring 23 the point of engagement of the arm 9 with the tail 8 moves away from the pivot 5 to increase the effective leverage and thereby maintain or increase the tension on the yarn. The arm 9 is L-shape and is pivoted at 12. The spring is attached at the bend 22 of the arm, the tail engaging end of which is formed with an eye 10 through which the tail 8 passes. A yarn trapping device, comprising a movable jaw 35 and a fixed jaw 36, is provided, the movable jaw being attached to the yarn lever so that when the lever is raised above a predetermined height the jaws engage the yarn and prevent further delivery.
Patent GB-741378-A (GB)
Title: Compositions enhancing plant growth, and processes for their production
IPC: C05D9/02
Filed: 1953-03-06
Abstract: A composition for enhancing plant growth, for application to seeds, grain, tubers, bulbs, roots of a seedling or plant to be transplanted, cuttings or shoots prior to sowing, is composed of at least 9 "macro" trace elements and at least 4 "integrating" trace elements together with at least some optional trace activators dispersed in a finely divided form on a carrier in specific proportions defined in the specification.  The "macro" trace elements are Ca, Cl, Mn, K, S, B, Cu, Na, N, Mg, Fe, Zn, P, Si.  The "integrating" trace elements are I, Cd, Ba, Sr, V, Co, F, Mo, Li, Au. The optional trace activators are the remaining elements in the Periodic table.  The composition preferably comprises at least 57 trace elements and suitably 70 or more.  Suitable carriers are calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, lime or magnesium oxide; adhesives may also be incorporated in the composition, such as finely divided talcum or silica gel or silica sol and up to 10 per cent of natural resins may also be included.  Optional ingredients are yeast containing natural or added bios factors, antibiotics such as terramycin, cultures of microorganisms capable of assimilating nitrogen, dextrines, glucose, acid phosphates or sulphates, and soil improvers of the high polymers type.  The compositions may be applied as a dust for example in the proportion of 1/8 to 1 lb. of the compositions per 10-200 lbs. of seed, which may be previously made damp, or an aqueous suspension or solution of the preparation may be made and the roots of plants and cuttings may be immersed therein. Alternatively, a suspension or a solution of the compositions may be poured into furrows or holes near to established shrubs and trees or the foliage may be sprayed with solutions or dispersions of the composition.
Patent GB-860155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to universal joints and like couplings
IPC: F16D3/78
Filed: 1958-02-26
Abstract: 860,155. Universal joints. LEMFORDER METALLWAREN G.m.b.H. Feb. 26, 1958 [March 1, 1957], No. 6260/58. Class 80 (2). In a universal joint having driving and driven shafts each provided with three radial arms 1, 2 respectively, the arms are secured to a disc 3 cast or moulded from polyurethane and having axially directed projections 4 engaged by frusto-conical metal caps 10 through which are passed bolts 7 carried by the arms, bushes 6 of lesser length than the bolts allowing the axial projections 4 to be prestressed on tightening the bolts.
Patent GB-1396294-A (GB)
Title: Mooring and marker buoys
IPC: B63B22/18
Filed: 1971-06-08
Abstract: 1396294 Buoys A H BARCOTT 7 Sept 1972 [8 June 1971] 6303/71 Heading B7A A buoy has a pillar which is supported by a floatation member whereby the pillar can support identification elements above the water surface, the floating member having means which orientate the buoy in response to a flowing tide so that predetermined parts of the buoy may indicate the direction of flow of the tide. In a preferred embodiment the buoy comprises a hollow circular member 1 having an annulus 30 of expanded polystyrene therein with a hollow piece 4 opening into the interior of the member 1. Fitted within the hollow piece 4 is a leaden weight 7 which has apertures 8 registering with those in hollow piece 4 for receiving a pin 9 which forms a pivot for a yoke 11. Mounted in the yoke 11 is a swivelling eye 15 for attachment of a mooring chain. Rods 26 which are tapped into or integral with the weight 7 extend through chamber 21 of the annulus 20 and through interlocking members 30, 31, 32, 33, the member 30 being screwed on a flange 23 of the member 1. The rods 26 pass through apertures 34, Fig. 5, in the members 30-33 and have threaded over their upper ends a retaining cap 35 with a transparent dome 36. Nuts 40 having opposite threads at each end engage with the upper end of the rods 26 and portions 42 of a handle 43. The members 30-33 have pairs of L-shaped slots 50, Fig. 5, for slidably receiving identification plates 52. The members 30-33 may alternatively be formed as a single unit and may include a sealed buoyancy chamber. A bulb 61 connected to battery 60 via a control switch 63 serves for illuminating the dome 36 and members 30-31 if they are translucent. Control of the bulb 61 may alternatively be effected by a time switch, a solar photo-electric cell, or a radio. A keel vane 5 causes the buoy to turn into line with the tide which is indicated by a vane 6. A pennant 46 indicates wind direction.
Patent GB-862892-A (GB)
Title: A high-vacuum ion-getter pump
IPC: D01G15/94
Filed: 1958-02-27
Abstract: 862,892. Thermionic-cathode tubes. DUNKEL, M. M., [trading as LEYBOLDS NACHFOLGER, E.]. Feb. 27, 1958 [Feb. 27, 1957], No. 6431/58. Class 39(1). A high-vacuum ion-getter pump comprises within a pump vessel an ionizing device having one electrode that serves as a hot cathode and an electrode adapted to be kept at a positive potential in relation to the cathode, a getter substance applied for its evaporation to one of the. said electrodes, and a surface for receiving a deposit of the evaporated getter substance. The arrangement shown comprises a cathode 2 connected by wires 21 and 22 to a heating battery 23. A helical grid 3 is connected by wires 31 and 32 to a heating battery 33 and is maintained at a positive potential of 200-300 volts with respect to the cathode by a battery 34, and acts as an electron collector. Getter material 4 in the form of wire or strip wound around the grid wire 3 is vaporized by passing current through the grid wire and is deposited in the form of a layer 5 on the glass wall 1. The layer 5 is connected by a wire 51 to a battery 52 and is maintained at a potential of 20-50 volts negative with respect to the cathode 2 and acts as an ion absorber. A magnetic field produced by a coil 6 increases the length of the electron paths. The apparatus is evacuated and the grid 3 and getter metal outgassed before putting the pump into operation.
Patent GB-764793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cycles having an auxiliary engine driving a wheel of the cycle by means of a driving roller
Inventor: MENNESSON BERNARD RENE
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1955-03-04
Abstract: 764,793. Engine assisted cycles. SOC. D'APPAREILS DE CONTROLE ET D, EQUIPMENT DES MOTEURS S.A.C.E.M. March 4, 1955 [March 6, 1954], No. 6496/55. Classes 79(2) and 79(3). [Also in Group XXIV] An engine assisted cycle is driyen by a roller 1 engaging the tyre of a wheel 2 and is characterized in that the transmission between a shaft 15 of the engine 3 and a shaft 8 of the roller 1 comprises a belt 5 running over an expanding driving pulley 6 of variable effective diameter and a driven pulley 7 mounted on a movable arm 9, the arm 9 being so mounted that driving load tends to move the pulleys 6 and 7 apart against the action of a spring 17 in pulley 6 so as to automatically adjust the transmission ratio. In the embodiment the engine 3 is mounted on the front fork of a bicycle to which the arm 9 is also attached by means of an intervening pivoted link 11 which is pressed downwards by means of a spring 20. The pivot between arm 9 and link 11 is set skew so that as the roller 1 is displaced to the right it is also displaced outwards away from the wheel to compensate for the outwards displacement of the belt 5 as it moves to a smaller diameter of the pulley 6. Alternatively the belt may be kept parallel to the wheel 2 by making both pulleys of variable diameter. The driving pulley 6 has one frusto-conical portion 14 fixed to the shaft 15, the other portion 16 being pressed inwardly along driving fingers 19 by a spring 17.
Patent GB-783114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to drying apparatus
IPC: D06F58/10
Filed: 1955-03-04
Abstract: 783,114. Drying cabinets. SEMAN, O. M. Feb. 14, 1956 [March 4, 1955, Aug. 8, 1955, Nov. 28, 1955], Nos. 6515/55, 22836/55, and 33979/55. Class 34(1) Domestic apparatus for drying clothes, crockery, &c. comprises an air-tight cabinet having a lid 2, Fig. 1, resting on a rubber seal, centrally-apertured upper and lower partitions 6, 8 respectively defining a space for the clothes &c., and an electrically-driven air pump 12 and an electric heater 13 disposed in a base compartment. In use the pump draws air through the heater and the pipe 15 to the space above the partition 6 and thence through the drying space, finally discharging the moisture-laden air through the pipe 16 to the atmosphere. In a modification, the clothes may be supported upon hollow rails 21, Fig. 2, having outlet slots on their undersides and connected to tubing 15 through which air from the heater 13 is drawn by the pump 12. A spinner or tumbler may be provided in the cabinet.
Patent GB-953615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to artificial flowers or plants
IPC: A41G1/00
Filed: 1962-02-20
Abstract: 953,615. Artificial flowers. D. TONG. Feb. 15, 1963 [Feb. 20, 1962], No. 6569/62. Heading A4X. An artificial wreath or garland has a ring-shaped base 2 of polythene of channel section and provided with holes 4 passing through the channel and through studs 6 located within the channel, into which holes 4 are engaged plugs 18 of flower or leaf and berry units, the plugs 18 having thorn-like spines which engage the sides of holes 4. The portion of hole 4 contained in studs 6 is of rectangular crosssection so that the end of plug 18 is deformed and gripped tightly.
Patent GB-1463466-A (GB)
Title: Flasher circuit for vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/38
Filed: 1975-02-17
Abstract: 1463466 Direction-indicator flashers SWFSPEZIALFABRIK FUR AUTOZUBEHOER GUSTAV RAU GmbH 17 Feb 1975 [25 May 1974] 6572/75 Heading G4Q [Also in Division H3] Relates to a flasher circuit comprising a relaxation oscillator T1/S, s with its frequency controlled by the capacitor C and a switching stage T2 for direction-indicator lights connected through the direction-indicator switch to terminal 49a. According to the invention stage T2 is controlled by the drop across resistor R3 and a voltage derived from a voltage divider containing a negative temperature coefficient reresistor, e.g. diode D2. The flasher thereby operates reliably over a large range of temperature and voltage. If a flasher lamp fails the switching frequency is increased since the drop across resistor R3 is no longer sufficient to block stage T2 during pulsing.
Patent GB-1221294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in casings for service conduits
Inventor: BAILEY KENNETH JEFFREY
IPC: H02G3/04
Filed: 1967-02-13
Abstract: 1,221,294. Pipe casings. NORTH WESTERN SPECIALITIES Ltd. 7 May, 1968 [13 Feb., 1967], No. 6699/67. Heading F2P. [Also in Division H2] A casing A, B, C for carrying wire around a door upright 12 from a hollow skirting on one side to one or the other side fits into a cut-out in the bottom of the upright 12, with sections A, C engaging the ends of the skirtings. A threshold unit comprised of a main tray 16 and cover 17 is used to take wires 15 across the door opening and assist in retention of casing A, B, C.
Patent GB-711347-A (GB)
Title: Process for protecting heat resistant metal parts against damage by high temperatures
IPC: C10L1/12
Filed: 1951-03-21
Abstract: In order to prevent corrosion of heat-resistant metal parts by combustion gases, ash components and the like of a furnace, provision is made for the presence in the combustion chamber of at least one normally solid inorganic halogen compound, other than sodium or aluminium chloride, which converts the corrosion-forming substances into volatile halides.  In an example, in the case of an oil fuel containing 0.2 per cent. of vanadium pentoxide, 5 grams of calcium chloride are present for each kilogram of oil p  burnt.  The halogen compound may be mixed with the fuel.
Patent GB-951283-A (GB)
Title: Combustion air system for continuous re-heating furnace
IPC: C21D9/70
Filed: 1962-02-21
Abstract: 951,283. Continuous metal heating furnaces; supplying combustion air. LOFTUS ENGINEERING CORPORATION. Feb. 21, 1962 [June 8, 1961], No. 6792/62. Heading F4B. In a method of feeding combustion air to a continuous re-heating furnace having a plurality of combustion zones each with a plurality of burners, the combustion air is propelled through a heat exchanger and taken in two parallel streams longitudinally of the furnace in ducts which deliver the air into transversely extending headers spaced longitudinally of the furnace, the headers being connected to manifolds each feeding a bank of burners. In the form shown the furnace has combustion zones 2, 3, 4 fired respectively by burners 8, 9 and 10, 11 and 12. The burners are respectively connected to combustion air manifolds 31, 31A ... 31D by pipes 37. The air manifolds are respectively connected by longitudinal connector ducts 30, 34, 35 to the mid-portions of transversely extending longitudinally spaced headers 28, 29, 33 which connect with upper and lower transversely spaced ducts 26, 27 extending longitudinally on each side of the furnace. The ducts 26, 27 are fed with air which enters at an inlet 17 from a blower and passes to a cold air manifold 16 whence it flows through a number of heat exchanger sections 13 arranged in the form of a recuperator in two ducts carrying the waste gases from the furnace to an uptake stack to two manifolds 20 arranged one on each side of the furnace from which vertical headers depend and connect with the ducts 26, 27. The manifold 20 is provided with a pressure bleed off valve 23 to ensure a sufficient flow of air through the heat exchanger elements to keep the metal temperature therein at safe limits when the required air demand at the burners is low. The connector ducts 30, 34, 35 are provided with air-flow metering orifices and on the downstream side of the orifices with air control valves 36, 36A ... 36D thus enabling the air flow to each burner manifold to be measured and controlled in accordance with the desired firing rate. The pressure of the air delivered to the system is controlled by means of a butterfly valve mounted in the duct 17 or set of movable louvres (not shown) mounted either side of the inlet or outlet of the blower feeding air into the duct 17 and controlled by a suitable pressure control apparatus.
Patent GB-268119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to shirts and other garments with which a neck collar is intended to be worn
IPC: A41B1/16
Filed: 1926-03-12
Abstract: 268,119. Birago, J. March 12, 1926. Shirts.-In self-adjusting neckbands for shirts and other garments which are made up of separate sections 1, 2, 3, pockets 8 are formed therein for enclosing strips 11 of celluloid or the like. The shoulder part of the shirt is preferably provided with slits or openings 10 to allow of the expansion and contraction of the neckband.
Patent GB-753616-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of amino nitriles
IPC: C07C255/24
Filed: 1954-03-10
Abstract: Amino-nitriles are prepared by catalytically hydrogenating dinitriles in the presence of an organic solvent therefor and terminating the reaction before more than 65 per cent (preferably 40-60 per cent) has been reduced.  Methylal is a suitable solvent and is preferably used in an amount of 1-3 parts by weight of dinitrile.  Suitable reaction conditions are 90-130 DEG  C. and 500-1500 p.s.i.g. using Raney nickel as catalyst.  Anhydrous liquid ammonia is also preferably present.  Other ferrous metal group catalysts may be used, e.g. cobalt.  Other suitable solvents are dioxane, tetrahydrofurane and methylcyclohexane.  The process is especially suitable for hydrogenating aliphatic dinitriles having at least 4 carbon atoms between the nitrile groups. Examples are given of the production of 6-amino-capronitrile and -7amino-heptanonitrile from adiponitrile and pimelonitrile respectively.  Other suitable starting materials are succinonitrile, azelaonitrile, suberonitrile, brassylonitrile, b -methyl - adiponitrile, b  - amyl - adiponitrile, 1 : 9 - dicyano - nonane, 1 : 10 - dicyanodecane and 1 : 18-dicyano-octadecane.  The products of the reaction are separated from unchanged dinitrile by fractional distillation or extraction.
Patent GB-733921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in top and bottom margin control mechanism for the platen rollers of typewriters
IPC: B41J29/44
Filed: 1952-03-19
Abstract: 733,921. Typewriters. JARDINE, Ltd., J., and HARDY, F. S. June 18, 1953 [March 19, 1952], No. 7055/52. Class 100 (4). Margin stops.-A. mechanism to control the width of the top and bottom margins of a sheet of paper in a typewriter comprises a pointer 8 attached to a quadrant 7 geared by gears 6, 3, 2 to the typewriter platen 1 so that when the pointer is set to a particular mark on a scale 9 the sheet of paper is fed until a projection 10 on the quadrant 7 engages a stop 14. The numerals 1-4 on the scale 9 may indicate inches or line-spaces and the area between the zero mark and the line 12 corresponds to the amount of feed of the paper necessary to bring the leading edge up to the printing position. After the stop 14 is engaged, the quadrant 7 is axially moved, against the bias of a spring, to disengage it from the gear 6, in which position it is held by the projection 10 overlying the stop 14. The width of the bottom margin may also be controlled by a lever 19 which is moved into engagement with teeth 20 of a carriage slide rack 21 by a pin 18 on a dial 16. The dial, calibrated in inches or linespaces, is frictionally coupled to a gear 14 meshing with the gear 6. The pin 18 is mounted on a pivot arm 23 so it may be moved out of range of the lever 19. In a modification, a pawl; which may be shifted to an inoperative position, is provided on the end of the lever 19 for engagement with the rack 20.