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Patent GB-1078944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to safety harnesses
Inventor: SPOUGE ERIC HERBERT
IPC: B60R22/36
Filed: 1965-02-03
Abstract: 1,078,944. Safety harness. TELEFLEX PRODUCTS Ltd. May 3, 1966 [Feb. 3, 1965], No. 4762/65. Heading A3V. [Also in Division B7] In a safety harness suitable for a land vehicle and of the kind in which the harness is payed out from a reel 12, the reel locked by operation of normal vehicle control such as the brake or accelerator pedal. As shown the vehicle brake pedal 16 is fitted with a cushion 15 and when the brake is applied air is displaced therefrom into inflatable bulbs 10 which move the bob weights 11 of inertia reels 12 to prevent paying out of the harness. The reel is also locked by vehicle acceleration which moves the bob weights 11 or by angular acceleration of the reel above a predetermined value. In other embodiments (not shown) the inflatable bulb acts on the locking mechanism responsive to angular acceleration of the reel, or the operative correction between the vehicle control and the reel is by hydraulic, electric or mechanical means.
Patent GB-610006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of cutting garments
IPC: A41H3/00
Filed: 1940-03-15
Abstract: 610,006. Cutting-out garments. SZABO, A. E. March 15, 1940, No. 4895. [Class 141] In cutting out coats, the waistline is used as a basis, and the two principal measurements are from the seventh cervical vertebra via the junction between the shoulder seam and collar to the front centre of the waistline and to the waistline at the side in line with the front of the armpit. The carriage of the body, determined by placing straight wooden strips under the armpits and measuring their distance apart in front and behind, is used to correct some of the measurements, a compensating figure being added according as the difference between the front and back measurements is greater or less than normal, i.e. whether the carriage is upright or bent. A correction is also applied according to the protuberance or otherwise of the stomach. In drafting the coat pattern, Fig. 5, an armpit line 3-8, waistline 4-19 and bottom edge line 5-21 are drawn and the marginal points of the back and front parts of the coat are marked on the line 3-8 according to factors based on the front and back chest measurements. A proportionate measurement on the waistline defines a point A. The two length measurements are used to define the triangulated points A, B, C, from which other lines are drawn to define the centre front line 8-16, breast seam lines 17, 15, 15a &c. The inclined line A-C becomes the front waistline. Further measurements, based on factors specified in the Specification, from the lines already obtained, define the neck, shoulder, armhole, &c. lines. Finally, the outside lines of the front and back parts of the coat, allowing for necessary turnings, &c. are drawn in with the help of the ruler shown in Fig. 12, which embodies suitable curves for the purpose. If stomach measurements are abnormal, the triangulation A, B, C is tilted clockwise or anti-clockwise so as to adjust the shoulder line and bottom front point of the coat upwardly and rearwardly or vice versa. The difference in the two length measurements taken from the neck may be used also for determining the height of the trouser waistline at the front relatively to the back. It is stated that the cutting-out method described is particularly useful with striped fabrics, since the allowances which it makes for carriage obviate the need for distorting the fabric, particularly at the collar and other shaped parts. At the collar, an underply is shaped as necessary, and the outerply is secured to it without stretching or shrinking at its margins.
Patent GB-387136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the production of leather substitutes
IPC: D06M15/693
Filed: 1932-02-18
Abstract: A substitute for leather is made from a vegetable fibrous material such as cotton or jute, which is degreased, carded and prepared in sheet form and then immersed in an aqueous solution containing rubber latex, a resin such as colophony, ammonia, aniline and phenol after which it is washed, pressed and dried. In a modification phenol is omitted from the bath and the material is subsequently treated with dilute acetic acid.
Patent GB-111230-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Filtering and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: PULLIN CYRIL GEORGE
IPC: B01D35/02
Filed: 1917-04-05
Abstract: 111,230. Pullin, C. G. April 5, 1917. Filters having sheet filtering materials; grids and gratings.-A filter applicable especially for filtering oil fuel for internal-combustion engines, comprises a sump A having a projecting cup B terminating in a fine edge c, and a ring E adjustably supported so that a long narrow filtering-channel is formed between its edge and the edge c. A similar filtering-channel is formed between the ring E and a dished disk F, and additional rings may be added to increase the area of the filtering-surface. To arrest fibres or hairs, an internal row of prongs W, Fig. 9, is arranged around the ring E so as to be situated close behind the filtering-channels. Normally, the liquid passes from a supply branch P through a valve arranged in a seating J and through a passage M to the sump A, where the solids collect while the filtrate passes through the passage N and through a side delivery branch. By turning the valve, the filter may be cut out so that the unfiltered liquid passes directly from the sump A to a drain R, and in another position of the valve, the liquid is passed in the reverse direction through the filter, entering by the passage N and leaving by the drain passages O, R, thereby cleaning the filter. A cap I can be removed from the sump A to facilitate washing out the solids.
Patent GB-685740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in washing machines
IPC: H02K5/00
Filed: 1951-02-28
Abstract: 685,740. Washing-machines. BOTHNER, M. E. Feb. 28, 1951. [March 4, 1950 ; Aug. 9, 1950; Sept. 9, 1950] No. 4939/51. Class 138(ii). A washing-machine tank has four sides 2, 3, 4, 1 lying tangential to a spiral curve, Fig. 2 (not shown), drawn from the centre of a, motor driven agitator 9 fitting closely within an offset aperture in the base 6 of the tank, deflecting members 5 being interposed between adjacent sides of the tank, and inclined members 7 interposed between the base 6 and the sides 1, 2, 3, 4 and members 5. The upper surface of the agitator9 is flush with the base 6 of the tank and has a ring of smoothly rounded depressions 20 formed in it. The agitator 9 has a bevelled periphery 21 which is a, close fit in a similarly shaped part 22 of an agitator housing 11. The agitator 9 has a driving spindle 8 connected to an electric motor 47 through a flexible coupling 41. The spindle 8 also carries a pump impeller 27 which rotates in a pump housing 14 having an inlet opening 33 and an outlet pipe 34 leading to a flexible or other pipe 35. The pump is used for discharging the washing liquid through a drain pipe 31 having a plug 32. A disc 48 fixed to the motor shaft 46 protects the motor from drops of water or oil. Fig. 7 shows a modified agitator 61 having peripheral rings of depressions 62, 63, 64 in its surface, these depressions decreasing progressively in size from the outermost to the innermost ring. The depressions may be circular, elliptical, oval, or polygonal, and of inverted-conical or concave section. In Fig. 7 each depression is made cylindrical near its mouth (as at 65) and rounded off at the top surface of the agitator.
Patent GB-886398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sheet, card or like gripping mechanism
Inventor: WELVAERT CLAUDE ALEXANDRE CHAR
IPC: B31B50/04
Filed: 1958-02-15
Abstract: 886,398. Sheet-grippers, ROSE BROS. (GAINSBOROUGH) Ltd. May 14, 1959 [Feb. 15, 1958], No. 4992/58. Class 100(1) A gripping mechanism for transferring sheets or the like from one position to another, e.g. in a cartonning machine of the type described in Specification 879,025, comprises a pair of jaws 14, 16 carried by a movable member 11 which carries the jaws towards and away from a gripping position, one jaw being mounted for pivotal movement in relation to the other, an articulated toggle-link 22 pivotally attached at one end to the jaw 14 and at the other end to the member 11, the toggle-link being resiliently urged in the direction tending to close the jaws, and a cam-actuated operating link 24 pivotally connected to the joint 23 of the toggle-link 22 which opens the jaws. The member 11 is horizontally slidable in a guide 12 and is reciprocated therein by a cam-operated bell-crank lever 13. The jaw 16 is rigidly mounted on the member 11 while the jaw 14 is pivoted at 17 on a pair of side frames 18 secured to the member 11. The toggle-link 22, also pivoted to the side-frames 18 at 21, has an extension 37 which is biased by a spring 40 in a direction in which it tends to keep the two parts of the toggle-link in alignment, the jaws 14, 16 being then closed. The link 24 is connected at its other end to an arm 26 of a bell-crank lever 26, 27 pivoted on a bracket 29 which is secured to the member 11. The arm 27 of the bell-crank lever 26, 27 carries a roller 28 which is engageable by a bar 31 pivotally mounted on bell-crank levers 32, 33. The levers 32, 33 are pivoted on the guide 12 and are connected by a link 34, the lever 33 being pivotally connected to a cam-operated link 36. As the member 11 is reciprocated the grippers seize a carton 38 and position it over a mouth 39 in readiness for a further operation. The link 36 is worked in timed relation with the member 11 so that the bar engages the roller 28, rocks the bell-crank lever 26, 27 so as to collapse the toggle-link 22 and open the gripper jaws, and subsequently moves away from the roller 28 to allow the jaws to be closed again under the influence of the spring 40. The pivot 21 is constituted by an eccentric bush rotatable by means of a knurled flange 42 whereby the gripping pressure of the jaws 14, 16 may be adjusted.
Patent GB-505238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to ventilation particularly as protection against poisonous gas and the like
IPC: A62B13/00
Filed: 1938-02-17
Abstract: 505,238. Pipe joints. CLEVELAND, F. J., and S.I.C.A.A. SOC. ANON. (S.I.C.A.A. Soc. Anon.) Feb. 17, 1938, No. 5026. Addition to 396,624. [Classes 8 (ii) and 99 (i)] [Also in Groups X and XXIX] In the ventilation of 'enclosures by natural, filtered, or regenerated air by the apparatus described in the parent Specification, conduits 1, 2 are connected above to a distributing valve 3 and below to connections 5, 7 to regenerating units 6 and charcoal filters 8. The regenerating units 6 are held between spiders 16, 17 and are connected by pipe 18 to the distributing valve, a flange 19 coacting with a packing ring 20 on a tubular member 21. The member 21, Fig. 6, is held against rotation by a pin 22 slidable in a groove in the mouth of pipe 18. A collar 23 is screwed on to member 21 and fits over the end of pipe 18, a pin 25 engaging a circular groove on the pipe. A sleeve 26 bears at one end on the collar, and at the other end against packing 27, so that by rotating the collar 23 the member 21 is moved downwards until the 'packing ring 20 engages the flange 19, a slight upward movement of the collar being sufficient to press the sleeve 26 against the packing 27. Each branch of the top spider 17 is connected to the respective element 6 by a screw connection of the kind shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-1160973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spinning Machines
Inventor: MACKIE JOHN KAY PRINGLE
IPC: D01H1/30
Filed: 1966-02-04
Abstract: 1,160,973. Friction clutches. JAMES MACKIE & SONS Ltd. 7 Dec., 1966 [4 Feb.. 1966], No. 5073/66. Heading F2C. [Also in Division D1] Drive may be transmitted from a driven pulley 111 to a shaft 34 in which it is rotatably mounted via an air actuated clutch. Rotatable with shaft 34 is a part 119, a plate 118 and a easing 117. On the inside of casing 117 is a rubber gland 115 carrying an inner friction material 114. To actuate the clutch the gland is inflated to urge surface 114 against a drum 113 on pulley 111; thus drive is transmitted. An interchangeable throttling device 123 is provided in the air line to the clutch so that the rate at which the clutch is actuated may be varied.
Patent GB-151579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to extrusion machines for mincing and otherwise treatingfood
IPC: B02C18/30
Filed: 1920-02-19
Abstract: 151,579. Leibbrand, W., and Knoblauch, F. G. Sept. 22, 1919, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Extrusion machines.-A kitchen appliance of the " mincer " type has the cylinder a and extrusion worm b arranged vertically, so that the appliance is suitable for treating juicy vegetables and for the moulding of macaroni. For moulding macaroni a pair of disks f, g are inserted below the worm, the disk f carrying pins s projecting into the centre of circular holes in the disk g.
Patent GB-371991-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of and apparatus for street lighting
IPC: F21V5/00
Filed: 1931-02-18
Abstract: 371,991. Reflectors for street lamps. HOLOPHANE, Ltd. and ENGLISH, S., Holophane House, Elverton Street, Vincent Square, London. Feb. 18, 1931, No. 5170. [Class 75 (ii).] A reflector entirely covered with reflecting prisms and adapted to cut off the direct view of the lamp filament for about 15‹ below the horizontal, is enclosed in a light diffusing envelope 5 adapted to be illuminated by the light which passes through the reflector. The reflector may be elliptical in horizontal section so as to reflect the major portion of the light in two main beams. The envelope may be of opal or frosted glass, or of clear glass with diffusing prisms 6 on the interior or exterior, and rests upon a flange 2 of the reflector, a washer 3 rendering the joint dustproof. For use at cross-roads the envelope may be coloured or a colour screen may be inserted between the two pieces of the unit. Specification 111,986, [Class 75 (ii), Lamp chimneys &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-826836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid heat exchange units
IPC: F22G1/16
Filed: 1956-03-08
Abstract: 826,836. Forced flow steam boilers; superheaters. BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd. March 8, 1956 [March 10, 1955], No. 5179/57. Divided out of 826,835. Drawings to Specification. Classes 123(2) and 123(3) The subject-matter of this Specification is identical with that pertaining to the heat exchange units described in Specification 826,835 but the claims are concerned with the arrangement and form of the heat exchange tube platens within the pressure vessels.
Patent GB-554749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the heat treatment of the insulating coverings of electric wires and cables and other materials
IPC: B29C48/05
Filed: 1942-04-18
Abstract: 554,749. Vulcanizing indiarubber. BRITISH INSULATED CABLES, Ltd., WALTON, G. H., QUAYLE, J. C., and JONES, P. April 18, 1942, No. 5192. [Class 39 (iii)] Wire covered by an insulating rubber coating and by an outer coating of rubber heavily loaded with carbon black is continuously vulcanized while passing through successive coils c each of a few turns of spaced copper tubing, which are connected to an oscillator working at a frequency of 20-200 million cycles per second and are approximately in resonance with it. A strong magnetic field is produced, which generates eddy currents in the outer conducting layer thereby heating it. while an electric field between the different parts of the coil c extends through the inner insulating rubber and heats it by dielectric losses. The coils are enclosed in a metal casing d with a diametral insulating separator p, and insulating bushes f through which the ends of the coils are passed. A rubber gland j has a small clearance over the insulated wire, and a similar gland is provided at the opposite end of the casing or at the end of a series of adjacent casings. The wire is subjected to gas or vapour under pressure, admitted at 1.
Patent GB-1101861-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for separation of melamine
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 1965-02-05
Abstract: Melamine is separated from a gaseous mixture containing melamine, ammonia and carbon dioxide by diverting and accelerating the gaseous mixture into a downwardly restricted flow path by means of a gas baffle which is at a temperature above 610 DEG  F, and projecting an aqueous liquor transversely into the gaseous mixture below the downwardly restricted flow path, to form a slurry of solid melamine in the aqueous liquor.  The gaseous mixture is usually at 650-800 DEG F. and is that obtained in the catalytic conversion of urea to melamine.  It is preferred to use an aqueous liquor containing 1-10% by wt. solid melamine which has been used in a previous cooling cycle and which is at 150-170 DEG  F.  The rapid quenching gives a solid product which is free from the usual melamine contaminants.  The process is illustrated by reference to drawings (not shown) of a suitable apparatus.ALSO:An apparatus, which may be used for condensing melamine from a gaseous mixture, comprises a vertical vessel provided with a gas baffle extending across the vessel and having a central aperture, a vertical passage extending downwards from said aperture to define a gas flow path and a projector positioned below said vertical passage to project aqueous liquor transverse to the gas flow path.  In a preferred embodiment the vertical vessel is cylindrical, the gas baffle is horizontal and forms a disc with a round aperture, the vertical gas passage is cylindrical and the projector comprises a downwardly converging side wall terminating at a lower outlet disposed below the vertical gas passage, the lower outlet of said wall being defined by a horizontal projection lip.  For use in the separation of melamine, the gas baffle is insulated and/or provided with heaters, e.g. electric resistor elements, to maintain the upper surface of the baffle at a temperature above 610 DEG F.  The apparatus is described with reference to drawings (not shown).
Patent GB-764676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to x-ray apparatus
IPC: A61B6/00
Filed: 1955-02-22
Abstract: 764,676. X-ray apparatus. WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL CO. Feb. 22, 1955 [March 3, 1954], No. 5220/55. Class 98(1) X-ray apparatus comprises an X-ray examination table embodying an X-ray tube movably supported with respect thereto, an optical image reproducing device associated with the X-ray table and adjustable support means including counter-balancing means for said device, the support means being independent of the examination table and the X-ray tube support. As shown in Fig. 1, a tiltable table 2 has mounted thereon a known arrangement comprising a tower 5 supporting an X-ray tube (not shown) for movement under the table and a shelf 7, suipporting a fluorescent screen, for movement along and towards and away from the table top. The image intensifier tube is contained by a housing 16 fixed to a plate 17 which can replace the fluorescent screen in a recess in shelf 7, wherein it is secured by a handle 18. A housing 21, rotatably mounted on housing 16, contains an optical system comprising two mirrors and a lens for forming a magnified image of the image on the output screen of the intensifier tube, which magnified image is viewed in an adjustable mirror 19. The housing 16 is pivotally connected to an arm. 25 depending from a yoke 26 suspended by cables 22 from a carriage 23. The carriage 23 is movable in two directions at right-angles by means of an intermediate carriage 27 and ceiling rails 24. This movement, together with the pivotal support of housing 16, enables the intensifier tube assembly to move on the table, and the table to tilt, while the assembly is still suspended by cables 22. As shown in Fig. 5, the cables wind on pulleys 31 on a shaft 32 journalled in carriage 23. Shaft 32 also carries a drum 33 to which one or more steel ribbons 37 are attached. The ribbons have been tempered and hardened while wound into a tight spiral, and so have a tendency to wind up on spools 36. This tendency results in a torque applied to shaft 32, which is arranged to balance approximately the weight of the intensifier tube assembly. The plate 17 may be released to allow the assembly to be raised out of the way and replaced by a fluorescent screen so that the apparatus may be used for ordinary fluoroscopy. As shown in Fig. 4, the housing 16 consists of upper and lower portions 41, 42 enclosing a pair of metal shields 43, 44 attached to clamp rings 45, 46 which grip an annular metal seal 47 protruding from the intensifier tube 11, with a sealing gasket between the surfaces. The upper housing portion 41 also engages the gasket tightly and has a top ring 48 for rotatably supporting the housing 21 for the optical system, and a gas-tight partition above the output screen 15 of the tube 11. The terminals 51 for the lens assembly of the tube 11 are thus enclosed in a gas-tight space which may be filled with nitrogen or other insulating gas.
Patent GB-139218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for securing articles on taper shafts
IPC: B02C2/00
Filed: 1920-02-20
Abstract: 139,218. Kennedy, J. E. Sept. 5, 1916, [Convention date]. Crushers with gyratory heads.-A gyratory crushing-roll or other part is pressed frictionally on a taper shaft S by a screwed sleeve M secured by one or more keys or the like k to a cylindrical part s<1> of the shaft and engaging a nut N bearing against the roll H or provided with lugs loosely engaging slots in the roll, zinc z filling the space between the nut and roll. A layer of zinc z<1> may be interposed between the shaft and the roll, which may be of chilled iron or, as shown, may have a cast-iron core h<2> and a manganesesteel cover h<3> separated by zinc z<2>.
Patent GB-279308-A (GB)
Title: A method of, and apparatus for, wrapping foodstuffs
IPC: B26D7/27
Filed: 1927-02-25
Abstract: 279,308. Berkel, C. F. M. van. Feb. 25, 1927. Scale pans.-Relates to a method of and means for wrapping-up slices of meat and other foodstuffs, for use in connection with weighing-scales. The food C, as it is cut by a slicing- machine, falls upon a portion 5 of a wrapper. The wrapper is disposed above and below a plate 3, preferably with the longer portion 6 underneath. The plate 3 is provided with a handle 4, a downward extension of which fits into an aperture in a platform E, which may be the platform of a weighing-scale. In use, after the food &c. has been received on the portion 5 of the wrapper, the plate 3 is removed or swung aside so that the portion 6 may be folded over the top and the wrapping completed.
Patent GB-555535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to props for use in mines and the like
IPC: E21D15/12
Filed: 1942-04-21
Abstract: 555,535. Pit-props. McGUIRE, T. April 21, 1942, No. 5333. [Class 20 (ii)] A pit-prop comprises two members, a, b, with corresponding inclined abutting faces a<SP>1</SP>, depending arms e with a lower cross bolt f pivoted to the upper member b and adapted to bear against a face of the end of the head portion, an angle shaped retaining member h, h<SP>1</SP> pivoted to the lower main member a adapted to engage the cross pin f of the depending arms, and a pivoted locking member i adapted to engage the lower end of the retaining member. An extension h<SP>2</SP> of the retaining member bears against one face of the web of the head portion and is provided with a projection h<SP>3</SP> to engage an aperture in the web of upper member b and a chain m is provided to prevent complete separation of the prop members. A cross bolt n may be used to lock the locking member i.