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Patent GB-1056981-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration machine
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 1965-04-06
Abstract: 1,056,981. Refrigerating. TRANE CO. April G. 1965 [May 4, 1964], No. 14621/65 Heading F4H. [Also in Division F1] In a refrigerating machine comprising a horizontally disposed cylindrical condenser 14 arranged above and in parallel with an evaporator 12 and a centrifugal compressor arranged with its central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the condenser and evaporator, the compressor motor is mounted in axial alignment with the compressor and has a portion aligned with and between the compressor and condenser. The cylindrical housing 92 of the compressor motor is disposed partly within the evaporator shell and is surrounded by a further housing 168 (Figs. 4 and 10, not shown), which defines therewith a passage for for the flow of refrigerant vapour from the evaporator to the compressor. The condenser supplies liquid refrigerant through line 36 and flow control means 38 to an economizer 40 where part of the refrigerant is flashed and returned, via an eliminator, to an intermediate point in the two-stage compressor. Economizer 40 includes a sump 44 from which some liquid refrigerant is supplied through line 46 to cool the motor, evaporated refrigerant from the latter being returned to the economizer, and the remaining liquid is supplied through line 50 and flow control means 52 to the evaporator. Flow control means 38 and 52 each comprise an apertured plate 198 (Fig. 7, not shown), upstream of an orifice 196 having smoothly curved walls, the plate 198 accounting for between 5 and 25% of the total pressure drop produced by the flow control. The refrigerant passes from means 52 to the space beneath a distributing member 74a, 74b having refrigerant outlet apertures 78a, 78b along its length. Evaporated refrigerant passes through an eliminator 90 before returning to the first stage inlet of the compressor via the passage between housings 168 and 92. The first and second stage inlets of the compressor are each provided with adjustable guide vanes.
Patent GB-304745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fasteners
IPC: F16B21/07
Filed: 1928-05-18
Abstract: 304,745. Kimbell, A. W. May 18, 1928. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Jan. 28, 1929]. Press-button fasteners are secured to the bodywork of motor vehicles by initially providing the portion 8 which is inserted in an aperture in the post &c. 21 with an internal hump 11, Fig. 2, which is then flattened out to cause lateral expansion of the inserted portion as at 9, Fig. 3. The fastener shown comprises a stud 17 with an opening 18 through which the hump-deforming tool may be inserted, and has inturned portion 15 embracing flanges on the securing member 12 provided with the hump 11 and a cover-plate 13 initially provided with a conforming hump. Member 12 has slots 20 to facilitate expansion and the plate 13 serves to exclude dust, moisture, &c..
Patent GB-404970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in knitted fabrics and in the production thereof
IPC: D04B1/00
Filed: 1932-05-24
Abstract: 404,970. Knitted fabrics. JONES, T. H., Breck Hill Road, Woodthorpe, Notting- hamshire. May 24, 1932, No. 14663. [Class 74 (ii).] A rib fabric wherein each stitch on one face contains two yarns while the other face is composed of single yarn stitchess electively employed is produced by causing all the needles of one set to knit at each feed, selected (e.g. alternate) needles of the other set knitting at one feed, the remainder at the next feed and so on. The dia needles which are not to knit a par ticular yarn at a particular feed may miss that yarn en tirely, so that it extends direct from one plain wale tc the next, as shown in Fig. 13, or may receive the yarr without knocking it over so that it passes round the rib wales without being knitted, as shown in Fig. 14.
Patent GB-1173643-A (GB)
Title: Production of Unsaturated Tetracarboxylic Acids and Their Functional Derivatives.
IPC: C07C51/353
Filed: 1967-03-31
Abstract: 1,173,643. Unsaturated tetracarboxylic acids, esters and derivatives. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK A.G. 31 March, 1967 [1 April, 1966], No. 14718/67. Heading C2C. Unsaturated tetracarboxylic acids, esters and derivatives, e.g. metal salts, nitriles, amides or anhydrides are prepared by reacting an olefine with a 1,2-unsaturated 1,2-dicarboxylic acid or corresponding derivative. Propene, butene, isobutene, isopentenes, isohexenes and α-methyl styrene are mentioned and examples describe the preparation of 4-methyl heptene-4-tetracarboxylic acid tetramethyl ester-(1,2,6,7) from di-methyl fumarate and di-methyl maleate.
Patent GB-411673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tobacco feeding mechanism for cigarette making machines
IPC: A24C5/39
Filed: 1933-05-22
Abstract: 411,673. Cigarette-making machines. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(American Machine & Foundry Co. ; 511, 5th Avenue, New York, U.S.A.) May 22, 1933, No. 14728. [Class 130.] The tobacco hopper 10 of a cigarette-making machine is provided with a series of tamping members 33 for pressing the tobacco on a rotatable feed drum 34, the tampers 33 being raised and lowered in such a manner that adjacent tampers simultaneously move in opposite directions. As shown, the tampers 33 are of angular or pointed form and in their lower positions extend closely into the space between the feed drum and a filler drum 35. The tampers 33 are carried by curved arms 30 extending over the drum 35 and secured to projections 31 of hubs 32 pivotally mounted on a shaft 14. The tampers are connected by chains 29 to a sleeve on a shaft 16, alternate chains being connected to opposite sides of the sleeve, which is oscillated by means of a link 25 connected to a crank pin on a sprocket wheel 24 on the shaft 14, and to a gear sector 26 meshing with a gear 27 on the shaft 16. Specification 343,111 is referred to.
Patent GB-1190712-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Circuit-Breaker for Direct-Current Installations.
IPC: H01H71/24
Filed: 1968-03-27
Abstract: 1,190,712. Automatic circuit-breakers. LICENTIA PATENT - VERWALTUNGS G.m.b.H. 27 March, 1968 [1 April, 1967] No. 14738/68. Heading H1N. An automatic circuit-breaker has its movable contact member 2 coupled to the armature of a magnetic trip 15 by means of an intermediate lever 6 and to a setting lever 9 by a releasable coupling 8 such that initial movement of the armature frees the contact from the coupling, continued movement causes the lever 6 to bear against the contact to separate it from a fixed contact 3, and final movement causes a latch (not shown) to be released, causing the coupling 8 to be re-engaged. The lever 6 is mounted on a fixed pivot 7 and contact member 2 is pivoted to it at 5. One end of lever 6 engages with a bell-crank 12 pivoted to the armature, one arm of the crank being coupled to an adjusting device 19 permitting adjustment of the air gap 21 without changing the position of lever 6; a pointer 22 indicates the set current. Initial movement of the armature 14 causes the pivot 5 to describe an arcuate path, tilting the contact member 2 until the coupling 8 slips; then a turned-over end 24 of lever 6 engages the contact member 2 so that the latter follows the movement of the lever 6.
Patent GB-889098-A (GB)
Title: A process for the production of medicinal and like tablet granulations
IPC: A61J3/00
Filed: 1960-04-27
Abstract: Free-flowing medicinal and like tablet granulations of substantially uniform size and shape are prepared by suspending small solid particles (e.g. of medicament, sugar "seeds" or particles comprising a medicament and an inert pharmaceutical diluent) in a gas (e.g. air or nitrogen) stream in fluidized bed form, introducing into the gas stream an atomized granulating mixture comprising conventional granulating materials in both solution and suspension and, optionally, a medicament, in a volatile liquid (e.g. water, lower alkanols, acetone or mixtures thereof) and optionally subsequently lubricating the resulting granules by similarly introducing an atomized liquid lubricating composition comprising, for example, conventional liquid lubricants or a solution and/or suspension of conventional solid lubricants in a volatile liquid.  Preferably, the gas stream is directed through one part of the bed at a velocity greater than that through another part, thereby permitting circulation of the particles in the bed.  Specified medicaments are codeine sulphate, ephedrine sulphate, vitamins, e.g. nicotinic acid, ascorbic acid, atropine sulphate, morphine sulphate, pentabarbital sodium, pheno-bartital, sodium chloride, powdered digitalis, sodium salicylate, acetylsalicylic acid, ferrous sulphate, sodium bicarbonate, nicotinic acid, p-aminobenzoic acid, sulphamerazine and quinidine salts.  A suitable apparatus for carrying out the process of the invention is described.
Patent GB-532022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to synthetic resins and to articles made therefrom
IPC: G02B1/04
Filed: 1939-05-08
Abstract: 532,022. Vinyl polymerization products. NORTON GRINDING WHEEL CO.. Ltd. May 8, 1939, No. 14810/40. Convention date, May 7, 1938. Divided out of 531,956. [Class 2 (iii)] A transparent synthetic resin, susceptible to optical grinding and polishing, is obtained by polymerizing by known methods a mixture of styrene with a miscible amount of acrylic or methacrylic anhydride or allyl or alphasubstituted allyl acrylate or methacrylate. Specified alpha-substituted allyl esters are the methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, allyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl. tolyl or furyl esters. To modify refractive index or dispersion value, a further polymerizable substance may be included in the mixture, e.g. a co-polymer of methyl methacrylate, styrene and allyl methacrylate may be formed. Other specified additional polymerizable substances are acrylic and methacrylic esters of hydroxy-quinolines, hydroxydiphenyls, nitrophenols and chlorophenols ; nitroethylene , triphenylmethyl acrylate or methacrylate; o, m, or pnitrostyrene, vinyl chloride, and vinyl acetate. The change in refractive index or dispersion value is approximately proportional to the amount of added substance. Optical elements may be formed from the polymers by moulding under heat and pressure in polished moulds. Spectacle lenses may be secured to nose pieces and bows made of similar compounds. Lenses made from the interpolymers may be combined with silicate glass lenses to produce new optical systems. Colour may be imparted e.g. for light filters or protective eye glasses, by employing acrylic acid resins which are naturally coloured or by the use of dyestuffs soluble in the monomer.
Patent GB-889080-A (GB)
Title: Method of insulating an electrical connection
IPC: H02G15/04
Filed: 1960-04-27
Abstract: 889,080. Moulding insulation on electrical connectors. GARDENER, R. H. April 27, 1960, No. 14819/60. Class 87(2). [Also in Group XXXVI] In a method of insulating the connections between cables and terminals which are mounted on an insulating base, in particular the connections between cables and the terminals of a plug mounted in a base 37, Fig. 4, a flexible ring 48 is located round the cables and a split die 49 is placed round the connections so as to embrace the base and compress the ring. Thermoplastic material 45 is then injected into the die so as to surround the connections such material, when set, locking the base and ring in position. The die may form a groove 51 in the materal 45 for receiving part of a split clamp for locking the plug in a co-operating socket. Where the plug has to withstand severe environmental conditions a coating of for example, P.T.F.E. is provided over the moulded insulation. Figs. 7 and 8 show a plug manufactured by a two stage moulding operation The pins with the cables connected thereto are first located in a jig 55, Fig. 7, and, using a mould 56, thermoplastic material 57 is moulded round the connections and round a disc 59 engaging stepped portions of the cable insulation. A second mould 60, Fig. 8, is then placed round the material 57 and round a flexible ring 62 surrounding the cables, and thermoplastic material injected to form a body 61 round the cables.
Patent GB-242903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to walls
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 1925-06-08
Abstract: 242,903. Bellamy, F. H., and Hamp, S. H. June 8,1925. Walls.-Concrete walls 3 are provided with embedded dampproof and heat-insulating sheets, consisting of corrugated slabs or plates 4 of rigid material, such as asbestos cement. Corner posts 1 and, if necessary, intermediate posts are provided with grooves 5 for the reception of the ends of the slabs. Additional studs 6 having splayed sides may be inserted intermediately of the posts. The concrete on the outer side of the slabs is composed of gravel, cement and sand, and that for the interior of the wall consists of breeze cement and sand. Posts may be dispensed with if desired.
Patent GB-1463617-A (GB)
Title: Coating composition
IPC: C08L87/00
Filed: 1974-04-03
Abstract: 1463617 Coating compositions NIHON EKONOL CO Ltd 3 April 1974 [3 April 1973] 14876/74 Headings C3R and C3P [Also in Division B2] A coating composition comprises a dispersion in a dispersion medium of an oxybenzoyl polyester and a polyfluorinated addition polymer which is thermally stable to at least 300‹ F., the weight ratio of the polyester to the addition polymer being from 10 : 90 to 90 : 10. The dispersion medium may be water, benzene, toluene, xylene or methyl ethyl ketone, and the dispersion may contain a surface active agent. The polymers used in the examples are (a) the polyesters derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, optionally with isophthalic acid and hydroquinone and (b) polytetrafluoroethylene, polychlorotrifluoroethylene and a tetrafluoroethylene - hexafluoropropylene copolymer. The coating composition may be applied to metal substrates. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,303,483.
Patent GB-129864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Windmill Pumps.
Inventor: SEDGWICK ALFRED CHARLES MONTAG
IPC: F03D9/00
Filed: 1918-09-13
Abstract: 129,864. Sedgwick, A. C. M. Sept. 13, 1918. Regulating.-A pumping windmill 2 feeding a tank 8 is turned out of the wind and braked when the tank is filled by means of a float 12 within the tank pulling a cord 4 connected to the tail 3 and brake 6. In a modification, the float 12 is guided vertically by a lever forming part of a parallel motion.
Patent GB-575060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to picture reproduction tubes especially for television
IPC: H04N5/74
Filed: 1941-11-20
Abstract: 575,060. Television; cathode-ray tubes; light-modulating screens. LIEBMANN, G., and CATHODEON, Ltd. Nov. 20, 1941, No. 14913. [Classes 39 (i) and 40 (iii)] An apparatus for reproducing pictures comprises a light-modulating screen constituted by a material of which the transparency to light changes under heat, means for heating the screen to modulate its transparency with the picture to be reproduced, and means for passing a light beam through the screen. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the screen 1 is heated by electron bombardment in a cathode-ray tube 2 and modulates the light projected from lamps 4 through the screen and a lens 6 on to a vision screen 7. In a modification, Fig. 2, the light from a lamp 8 is directed to the screen 1 by a lens 9 and a semi-transparent mirror 10. The light passes through the screen 1 and is reflected back through it again by a reflecting coating 1a and is then projected by a lens 6 on the vision screen 7. Aluminium oxide is the material preferred for the screen 1. Other suitable materials are certain tellurium compounds, coloured glasses such as amber glass (containing iron oxide and manganese oxide), and selenium ruby glass and didymium-containing glass (both suitable for filtered or monochromatic light). Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 547,075.
Patent GB-560992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to charms, pendants, and like ornamental attachments forpersonal wear
IPC: A44C15/00
Filed: 1942-10-24
Abstract: 560,992. Jewellery. MICHAELIS, G. Oct. 24, 1942, No. 14966. Drawings to Specification. [Class 43] An ornament for personal wear is made by cutting an elliptical shaped ring from a shell, painting or varnishing the ring, glueing to its back a piece of paper together with a.suspending device in the form of a loop, and mounting a cameo, minature portrait &c. in the ring.
Patent GB-603489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vacuum-tight or gas-tight seals in electric apparatusand methods of producing such seals
IPC: H01J5/24
Filed: 1946-05-17
Abstract: 603,489. Sealing metal to glass by heat. PHILIPS LAMPS, Ltd. May 17, 1946, No. 14974. Convention date, March 27, 1940. [Class 36] In evacuated or gas-filled discharge apparatus or lamps, or other electrical apparatus having one or more conductors sealed into a glass body, at least five per cent of the latter consists of fine bubbles so that the specific weight is correspondingly lower than that of the bubblefree glass. As shown in Fig. 1, glass powder 3 is placed in a mould 6 in which conductors 2 and an electrode device 1 are mounted, the bulb 4 is placed on the powder and the whole is heated in an oven or by a high-frequency coil 7. An exhaust tube 5 either in the bulb or the base ; and a substance which under heat evolves CO2 or other gas may be mixed with the glass powder. In Fig. 2, glass powder 11 is moulded to the desired shape with the aid of a binder, such as paraffin wax, which volatilizes under heat, and is arranged in a metal base 8 having a central guide-pin 9 provided with a thickening 10.
Patent GB-1463427-A (GB)
Title: Method of coating austenitic steel articles with zirconium nitride
IPC: C23C10/22
Filed: 1975-04-11
Abstract: 1463427 Coating steel with zirconium nitride; alloy steel PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 11 April 1975 [16 April 1974] 14979/75 Headings C7A and C7F An austenitic steel containing more than 5 wt. per cent Ni, and which contains at least at its surface at least 0À1 wt. per cent N, is coated with zirconium nitride by contact with a molten saturated solution of Zr in Pb at at least 800C, the solution containing no Bi or Sn. If the nitrogen content of the steel is insufficient, it is prenitrided conventionally, e.g. by treatment with NH 3 . The molten Pb may contain 0À1 wt. per cent Zr; the coating temperature may be 850-1000C; the resulting layer may be 1Á thick, and the coated  body used in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor, where molten lead is the circulating fluid; if Zr is added to this lead, the nitride coating is self-healing. The steel substrate may have one of these compositions: (1) 18 wt. per cent Cr, 11 % Ni, 0À03 % C, 0À2 % N, balance Fe or (2) 19-20 % Ni, 18À5-20 % Co, 20-22À5 % Cr, 2À5-3À5 Mo, 2-3 % W, 0À08-0À16 % C, 0À1-0À2 % N, 0À75-1À25 Nb + Ta, # 1 % Si, 1-2 % Mn, balance Fe.
Patent GB-101973-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Preparation of Benzene Monosulphonic Acid.
Filed: 1916-10-23
Abstract: 101,973. Compagnie des Produits Chimiques de l'Alais et de la Camargue. Oct. 21, 1915, [Convention date]. Benzene monosulphonic acid is prepared by passing benzene vapour through heated sulphuric acid. Using the apparatus shown, benzene is vaporized in the vessel A and passes to the sulphonating-vessel B containing sulphuric acid heated to 120-130‹ C.; excess of benzene vapour and steam pass to the condenser D and thence to the separating-vessel E; the benzene is dried in a vessel F and returns to the vessel A, fresh benzene being added by the pipe G.
Patent GB-165316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mop wringers
IPC: A47L13/60
Filed: 1921-02-11
Abstract: 165,316. Westrup, A. B. Feb. 11, 1921. Mop-wringers. - A mopwringer comprises a pair of movable rollers d, Fig. 3, rigidly secured to their spindles e, the ends of which are adapted to coact with curved'guides c, on a frame secured to a bucket, the rollers being brought together by an upward pull on the handles g attached to the spindles. Notches may be formed in the guides to retain the rollers in position when the upward pull is released. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, a common handle is coupled to the spindles by links h, the pivot j<1> in the extremity of each link sliding in a slot a<1> formed in the standard a.
Patent GB-233184-A (GB)
Title: An improvement in or relating to appliances for cooking hams and the like
IPC: A47J27/20
Filed: 1924-06-24
Abstract: 233,184. Eastwood, E. S. June 24, 1924. Pressing-and-cook. ing apparatus. - Relates to vessels of the kind adapted to be immersed in boiling water to effect the cooking of hams or the like contents. The vessel a, preferably of D-section, has a recessed bottom a<1> in which is an opening closed by a screw-plug b, a loose false bottom c being provided. The vessel carries a cover d suitably held in place, for example as shown, by means of straps e laid across it being engaged by links f pivotally attached to levers g mounted on the sides of the vessel. A threaded plunger i, operated by a hand-wheel j, passes through an opening in the cover and carries a plate k<2> adapted to press on the contents. After cooking, the cover d and the plug b are removed and the contents pressed out by means of a rod passed through the opening in the plate a'.
Patent GB-1460794-A (GB)
Title: Electrical conductors
IPC: C25D17/20
Filed: 1974-04-05
Abstract: 1460794 Electrical connection J D KINNEAR 5 April 1974 [9 April 1973] 15209/74 Heading H2E A cathode 26 for an electroplating barrel is attached to a rubber-sheathed cable 22 by a metal sleeve 34 having a tapered portion receivable in a socket 54 of the cathode. The sleeve and cable are pushed towards the cathode by die plates 62, 64. The socket 54 and tapered portion are dimensioned such that the sleeve deforms to give a smooth compressive connection 72 on the multi-strand conductor 40. In another operation (Fig. 5, not shown) a die (78) crimps the upper part of the sleeve 34 against the sheath 32 to give a sealed joint 84.
Patent GB-1471059-A (GB)
Title: Support for liquid photosensitive resin
IPC: G03F7/11
Filed: 1974-04-05
Abstract: 1471059 Polyurethane coated sheets TEIJIN Ltd 5 April 1974 [13 April 1973 2 May 1973] 15286/74 Heading B2E [Also in Divisions C3 and G2] Supports for printing plates are prepared by reacting (A) a linear polyester-polyurethane resin with (B) a polyfunctional isocyanate on the surface of a flexible, self-supporting polyethylene terephthalate film, to form an adhesive layer of a cross-linked polyester-polyurethane resin on the surface of the film. Most preferably component (A) is prepared from a polyester comprising adipic acid units and ethylene glycol or 1, 4-butane diol units and diphenylmethane diisocyanate and/or 2, 4-tolylene diisocyanate. Component (B) is preferably a triisocyanate. A non-gaseous compound having a photo-polymerizable ethylenic double bond and optionally an active hydrogen-containing group may be included in the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is preferably dissolved in a solvent, the resulting solution applied to the polyethylene terephthalate film, the solvent removed by drying with hot air and the cross-linking reaction allowed to take place. Printing plates may be prepared by applying a layer of a liquid photosensitive resin to the support (see Division G2-3).
Patent GB-242552-A (GB)
Title: Improved forming or profile template
IPC: B23Q3/02
Filed: 1925-06-12
Abstract: 242,552. Maden, A. June 12, 1925. Addition to 160,629. Outline gauges.-A profile template according to the parent Specification having blades 1, backing plates 2 and clamping bars 8, 9, is provided with tubes or bars 13 adapted to be placed against the work. These members slide in bosses 12 on the clamping frame and in use the frame is pushed over them by handles 18 to cause the blades to contact with the work. The handles have adjustable telescopic parts 17 pivoted to ears 19 on the frame. The members 13 are connected by bars 15 which embrace and support the template blades. The parts 13, 17 may be graduated, and the parts 18 may be formed to act as callipers. A spirit level 21 may be fitted.