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Patent GB-186375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to retorts for the treatment of carbonaceous or other materials
IPC: C10B1/10
Filed: 1921-05-24
Abstract: 186,375. Marshall, F. D. May 24, 1921. Continuous and automatic discharge apparatus, rotary.-A rotary retort for drying carbonaceous or other materials comprises a shell A having an inlet E for heating gases, a spiral feeder D for the material treated having a hollow interior D' serving as a gas outlet and an outlet F for the residue. Depending shelves G are provided corrugated or formed with pockets and inclined to a radius of the retort so that in rotation the material treated is lifted and showered. Devices H, which serve as baffles and also to impart a whirling movement to the gases, are constituted by plates from which the centre portion has been cut away, leaving propeller blades h' having twisted ends h<2>. Further baffles I are constituted by a propeller of the type comprising a central conical portion i around which are spiral vanes i<1>, these baffles not only impart a whirling motion to the bases but also serve to arrest the dust. In a modification, the shelves may extend from end to end of the retort, or may be perforated.
Patent GB-831332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to step ladders
IPC: E06C1/393
Filed: 1956-05-10
Abstract: 831,332. Step ladders. MATTHEWS, C. H. May 9, 1957 [May 10, 1956], No. 14502/56. Class 20(2) In a step ladder provided with a tray 6 having extensions 9 pivoted to the side members 10 of the ladder strut, abutting under a tread 13 and connected by limbs 15 to the ladder side members 14 so that when the ladder is folded the tray is moved to a position against the back of the ladder parallel with the side members, the link pivots are mounted in close fitting bearings in the links.
Patent GB-150816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to nails, screws or studs, and sockets for the same
IPC: A43D86/00
Filed: 1919-06-07
Abstract: 150,816. Pollock, R. W. June 7, 1919. Studs; screw sockets.-A screwed stud for boots, shoes, wheel tyres, &c., is employed in connexion with a socket so that it can be adjusted in height to compensate for wear. As shown in Fig. 5, the socket c is secured in the material by bending or flanging over the end, or it may be provided with driving-prongs at the end. The stud a is provided with slots in the sides so that it can be manipulated by a suitable tool. In a modification, the socket is provided with a left-hand wood-screw thread so that it can be screwed into the material. As shown in Fig. 7, the socket is in two parts, the part c* screwing on to the part c, or the part c* may screw upon the stud a.
Patent GB-747767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sound recording and reproducing devices
IPC: G11B5/11
Filed: 1953-05-26
Abstract: 747,767. Magnetic sound recording and reproducing apparatus. COLE, Ltd., E. K., and SAUNDERS, E. G. T. May 25, 1954 [May 26, 1953], No. 14554/53. Class 40(2) In a device for translating a magnetic sound recording into electric signals or vice versa, a magnetic sound recording and reproducing head unit coil 7 has connected in series with it a humbucker coil 21, which is readily adjustable to a physical position in which the effect of electrio currents induced in the head unit coil 7 from an alternating interference field is reduced. The humbucker coil 21 is radially mounted on a former secured to a spindle 22 angularly adjustable by a head having a screw-driven receiving slot 23, the movement being limited by an extension of a bolt 24. The device embodies also an erasing head unit 6 having a coil 8, and the laminated cores 9, 10 of the two heads have extremities which extend through openings 11, 12 in a cylindrical casing 1 to engage the magnetic sound recording stripe of a kinematograph film not shown which passes over a guiding track 13.
Patent GB-419868-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and application of pyrophosphoric acid esters
IPC: C11D1/34
Filed: 1934-05-14
Abstract: Pyrophosphoric esters of aliphatic alcohols containing at least eight carbon atoms are prepared by heating the alcohols with pyrophosphoric acid.  Examples are given of the preparation of pyrophosphoric esters of hardened sperm oil alcohol and of the alcohols obtained by reducing cocoanut oil fatty acids.  The products and their alkali salts have washing and cleansing properties, and may be used in the treatment of textiles.
Patent GB-1241622-A (GB)
Title: Highly radiation-sensitive amides
Inventor: ALELIO GATTANO FRANCIS D
IPC: C08G69/48
Filed: 1969-03-20
Abstract: 1,241,622. Laminates. PPG. INDUSTRIES Inc. 20 March, 1969, No. 14653/69. Heading B5N. [Also in Divisions B2, C2 and C3] Acrylyl low molecular weight polyamides which may be applied as laminate adhesives and addition polymerized by irradiation have the formula:  where: A is NH or O at least one NH group being present in each molecule, R‹ is C 4-10  alkylene, R is a direct link or a C 1-10  aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, R<SP>1</SP> is a C 2-10  aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, R<SP>11</SP> is H or CH 3 , R<SP>1111</SP> is H or a C 1-18  aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, X is H or R<SP>1111</SP>CO, n is 1-14 and n<SP>1</SP> + n<SP>11</SP> is 1-14. In Example 25 a printed sheet having a woodgrain design is impregnated with a mixture of polyamides of formulµ (n= 1-15), the impregnated sheet is laid on a woodchip board and the polyamide cured by irradiation.
Patent GB-475802-A (GB)
Title: An improved carpet fastener
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1936-05-25
Abstract: 475,802. Press - button fasteners. FERNBERG, E. B. May 25, 1936, No. 14662. [Class 44] The socket-member of a snap fastener particularly for securing carpets to floors comprises a dished disc with a central aperture 14 having radial marginal cuts 15 to provide tongues, alternate tongues 16 being dished as shown to provide, in conjunction with the other tongues, a housing for a spring ring 18 adapted to snap into engagement with a headed stud f member secured to the floor by stud. or rivet. The socket member is secured to the carpet by a ring 22, placed over the carpet, and having prongs 21 which pass through the carpet and apertures 20 in the socket member, and are then clinched. Alternatively, prongs may be struck up from the socket member to be passed through the carpet from below, and clinched. The stud may be in the form of a screw or rivet provided with a button 24 and a washer 25 which is a press-fit on the screw shank, forming a grooved head to engage with spring 18. The Specification describes alternative methods of stud formation by the application of collars to cheesehead and countersunk screws.
Patent GB-599727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the game known as "battledore and shuttlecock"
IPC: A63B67/18
Filed: 1944-08-01
Abstract: 599,727. Games. HANNA, G. P. Aug. 1, 1944, No. 14689. [Class 132 (ii)] In a game using a transverse net 4, in the manner of badminton, the playing area to one side of the net is shorter than the area on the other side and a second net 22 is arranged at the base line of the smaller area. The game is played with a shuttlecock and wooden bats as used in table tennis. A shuttlecock striking the second net 22 is regarded as " In." The playing area is marked out by a made-up tape 1 by suitable spikes. The posts 5, supporting the net 4, may be hinged at 6 for folding when not in use.
Patent GB-599204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lid fasteners
IPC: E05C19/14
Filed: 1945-06-11
Abstract: 599,204. Hook fastenings ; hinges. BASSICK CO. June 11, 1945, No. 14712. Convention date, June 12, 1944. [Classes 44 and 65 (ii)] A toggle hook fastening for box lids and the like which may also, in the fastened position, serve as a hinge, comprises a pin carried by the lid and seating, when the lid is closed, on a member fixed to the box body, the pin being held on its seating by an extensible spring hook member operated by a rigid lever. As shown, a plate 16 secured to the lid B by screws 17 has depending spaced lugs 18, bent away from the lid and having their ends curled round a pin 15 bridging the space 20 between the lugs. The pin is rotatable in the lugs, endlong movement being prevented by pin-heads 19. When the box is closed the pin 15 seats in notches 14 provided in the upwardly extended ends of side flanges 13 upstanding from the base 10 of a channel-sectioned fixture secured to the box body. The rigid operating lever is of channel section, its side members 24 being extended and pivoted on a pin 26 between the flanges 13. The pin 15 is engaged and retained on its seats 14 by the hooked free end 28 of a member 22 of leaf spring material pivoted on a pin 30 between the lever flanges 24, the member being bowed at 22a. The base 23 of the operating lever channel is extended and outwardly curved at 27 to facilitate manipulation by finger. When the lever is depressed into contact with the box to effect fastening, the member 22 is extended somewhat as the lever passes over dead-centre to retain it resiliently in fastened position.
Patent GB-816722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tampons
IPC: A61F13/20
Filed: 1957-05-09
Abstract: A tampon comprises layers of wadding or cotton wool corrugated or compressed after the manner of a closed fan, the layers being enveloped in a knitted sleeve, one end of which is tucked into the layers and the other end serving as extraction means for the tampon, the arrangement being such that when that end of the tampon into which the sleeve is tucked is wetted it swells so that the tampon becomes funnel-shaped.  The sleeve is tucked into the layers by using compressed air.  Medicaments may be introduced during the tucking-in operation.
Patent GB-965432-A (GB)
Title: The combination of an inflatable structure and a vehicle for the transportation thereof
Inventor: BAINES EDMUND FRANCIS
IPC: E04H15/20
Filed: 1959-05-01
Abstract: 965,432. Convertible vehicles. GOUROCK ROPEWORK CO. Ltd. Aug. 2, 1960 [May 1, 1959], No. 14918/59. Heading B7B. An inflatable structure mounted on a vehicle 18 comprises an outer gas impermeable skin 1 and a horizontal surface 3 attached directly thereto, Fig. 4, or to an inner skin 6, Fig. 1, so as to define a chamber 4 of segmental shape in cross-section, blowers 12 or 16 driven by the vehicle engine being provided to inflate the chamber 4 and the space between the skins 1, 6. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the interior 5 of the structure is also inflated through a fixed aperture 17. In a modification, Fig. 5 (not shown), the vehicle is arranged within the interior 5 of the structure when erected. Specification 965,431 is referred to.
Patent GB-118500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Axles of the Wheels of Aeroplanes.
Inventor: HAWKSLEY ARTHUR FREDERICK
IPC: B64C25/64
Filed: 1917-10-16
Abstract: 118,500. Hawksley, A. F. Oct. 16, 1917. India-rubber springs.-The wheel axle or transverse member supporting the floats of an aeroplane is secured to the chassis by disks or radiallyplaced ribbons or cords of rubber in tension which allow movement in any direction. Figs. 2 and 3 show disks of rubber G secured as shown to a flanged sleeve E surrounding the axle and to an oval frame F having a central flange f. The disks G may be dished as shown or flat, or both forms may be used together, and their edges and centres are strengthened by canvas vulcanized to the rubber, or a bead may be formed by a, strip of rubber, cord, wire, &c. moulded in or vulcanized to the edges. Each disk may be formed in two parts to enable it to be placed in position without removing the wheels. Where rubber cords or ribbons are employed they are stretched radially between the sleeve E and frame F.
Patent GB-1149110-A (GB)
Title: 1-(thiazolyl-5-alkyl)-4-(pyridyl-2)-piperazines
IPC: C07D277/22
Filed: 1968-03-28
Abstract: 1,149,110. 1 - (Thiazolyl - 5 - alkyl) - 4- (pyridyl-2)-piperazines. E. MERCK A.G. 28 March, 1968 [20 April, 1967], No. 14989/68. Heading C2C. Novel compounds of the general formula wherein R<SP>1</SP>, R<SP>2</SP> and R<SP>3</SP>, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen atoms or alkyl radicals containing up to 4 carbon atoms and A is a straight or branched chain alkylene radical containing 2-6 carbon atoms, and the acid addition salts thereof, are prepared by numerous methods, examples of which are as follows: (a) a compound of the general Formula II wherein X is chlorine, bromine or iodine, is reacted with a compound of the general Formula (b) a compound of the general Formula IV is reacted with a pyridyl derivative of the general formula (c) a compound of the general Formula VI is reacted with a compound of the general formula wherein X<SP>1</SP> is a halogen atom or wherein the two substitutents X<SP>1</SP> together represent an oxygen or sulphur atom; (d) a compound of the general Formula X is reacted with a dihalo ethane of the formula X-CH 2 -CH 2 -X; (f) a compound with unsaturation in the chain A is hydrogenated to give the corresponding compound wherein A is a saturated chain; or (g) a compound of the general formula wherein B and D represent sulphur or oxygen atoms is reacted with an agent generating sulphur and an agent which strips off the elements of hydrogen sulphide, for example, phosphorus pentasulphide. Halides of the Formula II above are prepared by halogenation of the corresponding omegahydroxy compounds. Intermediates of general Formula IV above are prepared by reaction of the intermediate halides above with a piperazine. Amines of general Formula VI above are prepared by amination of the halides mentioned above. Diamines of general Formula X above are prepared by reaction of an amine mentioned above and ethylene imine followed by reaction with a 2-bromopyridine. Pharmaceutical compositions in conventional forms for oral, parenteral or topical application and having blood pressure lowering, narcosisprolonging, narcosis-potentiating, tranquillizing and/or neuroleptic activities comprise an above novel compound and a suitable medicinal carrier therefor.
Patent GB-112137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Poultry and like Feeding Appliances.
Inventor: WATSON WILLIAM MITTON
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1916-10-23
Abstract: 112,137. Watson, W. M. Oct. 23, 1916. Feeding-appliances for animals. - Relates to poultry &c. feeding devices of the kind in which the food is released automatically after a predetermined time, and comprises an arrangement in which the food receptacle is released by the overbalancing of a pivoted trough into which water or sand is allowed to flow at a regulated rate. As shown in Fig. 1, the food hopper f, hinged at g<1>, is released and its contents discharged, when the trough a in overbalancing, strikes the catch lever h. The trough a is pivoted on trunnions b in a casing -, beneath a reservoir d from which water &c. drips at a regulated rate through a passage e. The water &c. discharged into the bottom of the casing when the trough over-balances, may be used again. or may serve to replenish a drinking trough. Instead of the pivoted catch h, a double-headed pin sliding in keyhole slots may be provided. A modification is described in which the food receptacle is arranged beneath the casing c and the retaining- pin passes through the floor, being retracted by a lug on the bottom of the trough when this overbalances. A series of such devices as shown in Fig. 1 may be arranged one above the other, the water &c. passing through each in turn. A lamp may be provided to keep the food warm and to prevent freezing.
Patent GB-772650-A (GB)
Title: Light-sensitive metal foil for the production of printing plates
IPC: G03F7/016
Filed: 1955-05-25
Abstract: Sparingly soluble salts of diazo sulphonates of aromatic or heterocyclic amines with aromatic, hydroaromatic or heterocyclic amines are made, as specified in Example 1, by treating an aqueous solution of the sodium salt of the diazo sulphonate from 3-aminocarbazole dropwise and with stirring with an aqueous solution of benzidine hydrochloride, when the salt separates out. Further salts quoted are those made analogously from the sodium salt of the diazo sulphonate of the first named compound by treatment with salts of any of the amines which follow such. 3-Aminocarbazole treated with 3.31-dimethoxy benzidine, 21.51 : 211.511-tetramethoxy - 41.411 - diamino - triphenyl - methane, b -amino-naphthalene, aniline, or 2-amino carbazole.  2.5.41 - Triethoxy - 4 - amino-diphenyl treated with benzidine, 3.31-dimethoxy benzidine, p-phenylene diamine, 2.4.6-triamino-toluene or 2-amino diphenylene oxide.  2.5-Diethoxy - N - benzoyl - p - phenylene - diamine treated with benzidine, p-p1-diamino-diphenyl-methane, 21.51.211.511 - tetramethoxy - 41.411 - diamino - triphenylmethane, 2.5 - dimethoxy - phenylene - 1.4 - diamine, 2 - amino - diphenyl ether, benzylamine, hexahydro-aniline or 3-amino-carbazole. 2-Amino-diphenylene-oxide treated with 2-ethoxy a -naphthylamine or b -naphthylamine.  N - 2.6 - dichlorobenzyl - p - phenylene-diamine treated with 1.5-diamino-naphthalene or 21.51:211.511 - tetra - methoxy - 41.411 - diamino - triphenylmethane.  N - p - Methoxy-phenyl-p-phenylene-diamine treated with p-ethoxy-aniline or 2.5-di-methoxy-aniline.  N - benzoyl - o.o - dibutoxy - p - phenylene - di - amine treated with benzidine. 41-Methyl-3.6 dimethoxy-4-amino-diphenyl-sulphide treated with 1.5-diamino-naphthalene or 21.51: 211.511-tetramethoxy - 41.411 - diamino - triphenyl - methane.  p - Amino - diphenylamine treated with aniline.  N-p-Toluene-sulphonyl-o.o-di-ethoxy-p-phenylene diamine treated with p-diamino-benzene or p-ethoxy-aniline. 2.5-Diethoxy-4-chlor-aniline treated with benzidine, p-amino-benzoic acid ethyl ester or 1.2.3.4.-tetrahydro-2-amino-naphthalene.
Patent GB-342975-A (GB)
Title: Improved gate or door operating mechanism
IPC: E05F1/02
Filed: 1930-05-16
Abstract: 342,975. Operating sliding gates. DARBY, J. H., Newton House, Newton, Rugby. May 16, 1930, No. 15056. Addition to 321,623, [Class 65 (i), Door and gate operating appliances &c.]. [Class 65 (i).] In apparatus for operating sliding gates by tilting the rails on which they run by .means of treadles, similar to that described in the parent Specification, the treadles 9, 10 are pivoted at the ends remote from the gates 1, 2, and their other ends are carried by a pair of levers 16 pivoted at 17. The levers are normally held by a detent 22, so that the gates cannot be moved until one of the trips 25,27 has been operated, as by an approaching vehicle, to release the detent. When one of the treadles is then depressed, the end 19 of the pair of levers raises the inner ends of the tracks 5, 6 on which the gates run, so that the gates open by gravity. When the treadles are released, the weight returns the apparatus to the normal position, and the gates run down the tracks and close.
Patent GB-463843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in adjustable hydraulic brakes
IPC: B64B1/58
Filed: 1936-05-29
Abstract: 463,843. Hydraulic brakes. SCHENCK EISSENGIESSEREI UND MASCHINENFABRIK DARMSTADT GES., C. May 29, 1936, No. 15151. Convention date, June 29, 1935. [Class 103 (i)] Hydrodynamic brakes of the type comprising stationary and rotating members having juxtaposed pockets within which liquid circulates and in which the braking effect is regulated by varying the degree of filling of the brake are provided with one or more transverse partitions which divide the housing into two or more compartments and whereby the external surface of the rotating member subject to frictional action by the liquid can be varied. The stationary member or housing a, Fig. 1, having the pockets t co-operating with pockets in the rotating member b is provided with a partition d and when the compartment e is filled liquid flows through a slot d<1> to compartment f which by adjustment of an outlet valve h can be more or less filled to vary the braking effect of the liquid on the outer circumference of the member b. This effect can also be varied by sliding the partition axially. In Fig. 2, pockets tare provided at both ends of the rotating member s and the diameter of this member and also that of the pockets differs at the two ends. Inlets and outlets such as p, q, r may be provided for each compartment m, n, o formed by the partitions i, k or inlets only for compartments m, o and an outlet only for compartment n and by adjusting these the several compartments can be more or less filled to vary the braking effect. Further regulation may be effected by covering the pockets more or less by sliding members. The slots between the partitions and the rotating member may also be adjustable.
Patent GB-261642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for purifying steam, vapours and gases centrifugally
IPC: B01D45/12
Filed: 1926-06-17
Abstract: 261,642. Alexander, W. June 17, 1926. Density separators.-A steam separator of the vortex type has a number of convergent admission openings 5 between fixed vanes extending between an extension 6 of the wall 11 of the separating chamber 9, and the side 7 of an end plate 20. The vanes may be flat or curved and may have varying thickness. An outlet 13 is provided for the separated water and the chamber 9 may be of slight conical form as shown, or it may be cylindrical. A form suitable for connection in a steam main is shown in Fig. 1, the inlet 3 and outlet 4 being coaxial and at opposite ends of the separator. The form shown in Fig. 2 is suitable for connection inside the boiler 19 and the inlet and outlet are arranged at the same end. A bell mouth lip 21 diverts any liquid that drips downwards. A modified form suitable for an evaporator has the inlet and water outlet at one end, and the steam outlet at the other end. In each case the inner side of the end plate 20 is flat or convex.