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Patent GB-949654-A (GB)
Title: Multiple ship propulsion system
IPC: B63B35/66
Filed: 1962-01-15
Abstract: 949,654. Multiple ship propulsion systems. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. Jan. 15, 1962 [April 14, 1961], No. 1419/62. Heading B7V. [Also in Divisions G4 and H1] A multiple ship propulsion system comprises a mother ship 70 containing a power source of the nuclear fission electric generator type, at least one satellite vessel, e.g. 72, 74, 76 or 78, containing a means for utilizing the power for propulsion, e.g. an electric motor, and a flexible means for transferring the power from the mother ship to the satellite, e.g. a buoyant electric cable 82, 84, 86 or 88. The power transferring means also transfers communication information between ships. The ships are provided with cable support booms, transmission gear, propellers and rudders. The satellite ship is provided with a power source for independent propulsion, e.g. a diesel powered generator. Communication between the ships may be by microwave apparatus. The satellite vessel may be of the submersible type. Specification 907,816 is referred to.
Patent GB-1159112-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Synthetic Detergents
Inventor: EVANS RODERICK JAMES DARLEY
IPC: C07C305/06
Filed: 1966-01-12
Abstract: 1,159,112. Sulphates of saturated secondary alcohols. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 6 Jan., 1967 [12 Jan., 1966], No. 1420/66. Heading C2C. [Also in Division C5] The sulphates of saturated secondary alcohols are prepared by reacting saturated secondary alcohols having 10-20 carbon atoms with an adduct of sulphur trioxide with dioxan at a temperature of 10‹ C. to 15‹ C. The adduct may be made by adding sulphur trioxide to a stirred mixture of dioxan and an inert solvent and the secondary alcohol is then added to this stirred suspension which is maintained at - 10‹ to 15‹ C. Suitably the adduct contains from 0À5 to 1À5 moles of sulphur trioxide per mole of dioxan and an excess of up to 25% of the adduct is present in the reaction mixture. Suitable solvents include dioxan, carbon disulphide, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ethylene dichloride and tetrachloroethane. The crude reaction product can be mixed with alkali to neutralize any unreacted sulphur trioxide and evaporating any solvent and spray drying the product. Alternatively sufficient alkali can be added during neutralization to form a salt, e.g. the sodium or potassium salt, of the sulphate. The products are used as detergents.
Patent GB-413355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in anti-splashing devices for use on automobile vehicles
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1933-01-16
Abstract: 413,355. Mudguards. HURLOCK, W. A. E., 53, Effra Road, Brixton, London, and A.C. (ACEDES) CARS, Ltd., High Street, Thames Ditton, Surrey. Jan. 16, 1933, No. 1426. [Class 136 (i).] A vehicle mudguard b is provided with one or more inner screens a of wire meshwork or perforated metal so disposed as to retard and break up the stream of mud and water thrown upwards by the wheel, thus preventing or reducing splashing of the vehicle body. The screen may be carried by brackets c, and may be provided with baffles of similar perforated material extending inwards. The screen is galvanized or otherwise rendered non-corrosive.
Patent GB-597646-A (GB)
Title: Door and window frames for buildings
IPC: E06B3/96
Filed: 1945-01-17
Abstract: 597,646. Window and door frames; glazing. BYWATER, W. C. C. Jan. 17, 1945, No. 1428. [Class 20(iii)] A door or window frame is formed of metal bars whose ends are detachably connected by means each comprising a projection on one bar which engages a groove in the adjacent bar, and a screw which passes through one bar into a threaded hole in the adjacent bar. The bars may be die-cast in aluminium or light non-ferrous alloy, and as shown in Fig 4, the sill 8 and head of the outer or fixed frame have angular projections 15 which are screwed to webs forming the bases of grooves in the jambs 6. The door or movable window frames are similarly joined at the corners, and glazing bars 24, Fig. 5, may be secured thereto by screws 25, all the screws being inaccessible when the door or window is closed. At intersections of the glazing bars, horizontal bars may pass with a close push fit through holes in the vertical bars, or (according to the Provisional Specification) the vertical bars may have holes to receive studs projecting from the horizontal bars. The glass may be held in a rubber gasket 28 and the tops A, Fig. 5, of the walls of the glazing grooves may be level with the tops B, Fig. 4, of the sill head or jamb flanges to provide a similar sight line for both fixed and movable frames. The hanging style of a movable frame may be supplied already hinged to its adjacent jamb. When a fixed glazed frame is situated adjacent to a movable glazed frame, a frame member similar to the jamb 6, Fig. 4, with a glazing groove 9, may be attached to the right-hand side thereof by screws which enter a threaded sleeve disposed in the intermediate gap, Fig. 2 (not shown), the flanges interfitting by means of rebates 11. Fig. 7 shows an alternative corner joint wherein a projection 32 engages a groove 31, and a further flat projection 39 preserves an uninterrupted surface, the parts being secured by a countersunk screw 34 with a hexagonallyrecessed head.
Patent GB-1412941-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatic pressure measuring arrangements
IPC: G01L9/00
Filed: 1972-01-12
Abstract: 1412941 Pressure sensitive resistors STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd 4 Jan 1973 [12 Jan 1972] 1444/72 Heading H1K An arrangement for measuring hydrostatic pressure comprises a pressure sensitive element consisting of monocrystalline N-type semiconductor with a pair of spaced ohmic contacts thereon connected to a measuring circuit comprising a source of constant voltage or current. The semiconductor is one having an occupied conduction band at the centre of the Brillouin zone and exhibiting a linear resistance/pressure response throughout the range 0-15 kilobars. A preferred element consists of a 0À5 mm. cube of N-type gallium arsenide with a doping of 10<SP>18</SP> atoms/cc. with tin contacts on opposed faces and protected by a thin layer of epoxide resin. Alternative semiconductors are indium phosphide, indium arsenide and gallium nitride.
Patent GB-157753-A (GB)
Title: A method of and arrangement for the heating of liquids
IPC: D21C9/10
Filed: 1921-01-10
Abstract: 157,753. Aktiebolaget Vaporackumulator. Jan. 9, 1920, [Convention date]. Steam regenerative accumulators.-The contents of a bleaching Hollander, dye vat, or like intermittingly heated receptacle are heated bv steam from an accumulator containing water and receiving steam from a turbine or other steam consumer. The injector &c. for supplying the liquid to the receptacle may be operated by steam from the accumulator. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also apparatus in which the liquid in a vat &c. B is heated by steam from an accumulator A receiving steam directly from a boiler P. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 6894/14, 129,272, 135,474, and 135,479.
Patent GB-246828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements on or relating to shock absorbers for vehicles
IPC: F16F7/06
Filed: 1926-01-19
Abstract: 246,828. Contri, G. D'O. Jan. 31, 1925, [Convention date]. Addition to 229,698. Vibration-dampers.- In the one-way frictiondisc apparatus described in the parent Specification, the braking effect is adjusted by means of a cover screwed on to the casing. The casing A is fixed to the vehicle frame and the relative movement of the axle oscillates a lever L secured to a central member which acts on the disc E through a one-way or ratchet clutch H. G, the arrangement being such that rebound of the vehicle frame rotates the disc E against the frictional resistance of discs D. The pressure on the disc D is adjusted by the cover B, which is screwed on to the outside of the casing A against a locking ring C having a thread of opposite direction to the thread for the cover B. Felt packing J prevents escape of lubricant.
Patent GB-606719-A (GB)
Title: Improved device for attaching a handle to a brush, mop, or the like
IPC: B25G3/04
Filed: 1946-01-16
Abstract: 606,719. Handle fixing. JACKSON CO., Ltd., H. D., and WHITE, F. Jan. 16, 1946, No. 1573. [Class 61 (i)] A socket device for attaching a handle to a brush, mop, &c., provided with a fixing bar or tube 11 comprises a fixed jaw 14 integral with the socket 10 and a movable jaw 15 riveted to the fixed jaw 14 and so mounted that the jaws are normally apart. The movable jaw 15 is forced towards the jaw 14 to clamp the bar &c. by a pivoted lever 18 having a curved cam portion 19 bearing on the back of the jaw 15.
Patent GB-1139213-A (GB)
Title: Production of welted footwear
Inventor: ASHBY ALBERT REGINALD
IPC: A43B9/06
Filed: 1965-01-14
Abstract: 1,139,213. Boots &c. HUTTON OF NORTHAMPTON Ltd. 14 Jan., 1966 [14 Jan., 1965], No. 1655/65. Heading A3B. A welted shoe is made by first securing a strip of flexible material 5, e.g. leather, to the edge of an insole 4, e.g. by lockstitching 6, securing the lasting margin of the upper 7 to the strip 5 by stitching 11 and/or adhesive, securing the welt 8 to the overlaid portions of the lasting margin and strip 5 by stitching, adding a bottom filler 9 and finally adding an outer sole 10, the shoe then being finished in the usual manner.
Patent GB-1304501-A (GB)
IPC: B25B13/32
Filed: 1971-01-13
Abstract: 1304501 Spanners R J FROMELL [trading as WARECO ROLF FROMELL] 13 Jan 1971 [28 Jan 1970] 1658/71 Heading B3N A hexagon spanner comprises a handle 10 and a head 11, the handle has pins 12, 13 which engage in slots 14, 15; the end of the handle has a cam form 17 and co-operates with a hexagonal hole in the head to engage a fastener. In operation one of the pins acts as a pivot whilst the other slides in its arcuate slot depending if the spanner is operated clockwise or anticlockwise. In an alternative embodiment the handle is bent so that its major portion is at an angle with the plane in which the head lies. Also the arcuate slots are replaced by an opening having arcuate sides. The pins may be on the head and the handle may have the slots or opening.
Patent GB-837999-A (GB)
Title: A coil structure and method of making same
IPC: F16D27/14
Filed: 1958-01-17
Abstract: 837,999. Friction clutches. EATON MANUFACTURING CO. Jan. 17, 1958 [Feb. 4, 1957], No. 1676/58. Class 80 (2). [Also in Group XXXIV] A coil structure for use in an electromagnetic clutch comprises annular pole housing members 14 and 18, which are secured together to form a U-section construction, the open face of which is closed by an annular or disc of friction material 28. A coil 20 is inserted in place in the enclosed space being positioned by its seating in insulated clips 22. The ends of the coil are connected to terminals indicated generally at 34 and 36, having nylon insulated sleeves 42 and 44 and projecting through holes 38 and 40 in the ring member 12. Epoxy resin material is row discharged from a suitable nozzle through hole 30 in the void surrounding the coil until it starts discharging from hole 32. The resin is allowed to harden and is then trimmed away from the holes 30 and 32.
Patent GB-373183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to boot or shoe upper-conforming machines
IPC: A43D75/00
Filed: 1931-01-19
Abstract: 373,183. Boots &c. ; nailing. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd. and ROBERTS, W. T. B., Union Works, Belgrade Road, Leicester. Jan. 19, 1931, No. 1690, [Classes 17 (i) and 89 (iii).] An upper-conforming machine of the " inverted " type is provided with means for separating a fastener from a supply while its point hangs downwards, and then inverting it and introducing it point upwards into a driver passage at a position below the upper end of the passage but above the driver when the latter is in lowered position. The fastener-supplying mechanism is shown applied to a machine of the kind described in Specifications 16398/15 and 150,424, [both in Class 17 (i), Boots and shoes, Apparatus for making &c.], and comprising a swinging arm 29 provided with driver passages 39 and movable to and from fastener-inserting position in timed relation to the operation of upper-conforming grippers, and comprising also a plungerpump for blowing separated fasteners to inserting position. Tacks separated from a supply fall, point downwards, through a plurality, in this case three, of tubes 1. The latter are clamped by screws 8 to a fixed block 7 formed with tack passages 10 which communicate with curved passages 19 formed by grooves in a member 13 and cover-plate 17. The member 13 is removably secured to the block 7 by co-operating grooves and slots and by a spring bolt 23. The swinging arm 29 is formed with a flat face 47 designed to abut a flat face 16 on the member 13 when the arm is away from fastener-inserting position. When this is the case, the passages 19 communicate with passages 45 formed in the arm 29 and opening into the driver passages 39 at a point above the lowered drivers 33, Fig. 4, but below the usual spring tack-locating fingers 41. In operation, tacks are separated from raceways and fall down the tubes 1 into the member 13. When the arm 29 has moved back from fastenerinserting position, a puff of air from the plunger pump blows the tacks through the passages 19, thereby inverting them, up the passages 45, and into the driver passages, where they fall back on to the drivers. To avoid the possibility of tacks falling back into the passages 45 after striking the fingers 41, a valve 49, Fig. 4, is rotated by a spring 57, Fig. 1, to a position where it closes the passages 45, as the arm 29 swings in to inserting position. A fixed arm 59 opens the valve when the arm 29 returns to tack receiving position. Passages 61 branched from the passages 45 allow any tacks which do, for any reason, fall back, to escape from the arm 29. For work on the toe end of a shoe, where only a single tack has to be supplied and driven, the passage 45 can be arranged to lead into the side of the driver passage. The valve 49 can then be omitted. Specification 373,125 also is referred to. The Provisional Specification describes the passages 19 as formed within the member 13.
Patent GB-724655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to hydraulic power steering for motor vehicles
IPC: B62D6/02
Filed: 1953-01-21
Abstract: 724,655. Driving auxiliary parts. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Jan. 21, 1953 [Jan. 29, 1952], No. 1722/53. Class 79(2). A hydraulic pressure generating system for power steering mechanism of a motor vehicle comprises an engine-driven pump whose output pressure varies inversely with vehicle speed. As shown the invention is applied to a hydraulic steering mechanism comprising a valve 25 controlled by the steering wheel 18, the valve controlling the supply of hydraulic pressure to a cylinder 20, whose piston 21 is connected to a racked rod 22, the rack engaging a toothed wheel 15 also engaged by a racked nut 13 operated mechanically by the wheel 18 and the wheel 15 being linked to the steerable wheels. Hydraulic pressure is supplied by the pump 26 from a reservoir 27, the pump having a pressure relief valve. The pump 26 is driven by the engine 28 through gears 35, 36, 37 and the sun gear 34 of planetary gearing 33. Planet pinions 40 mounted on a carrier are connected to the pump by a shaft 38. An annular gear ring 41 meshing with the pinions 40 carries a gear 43 which meshes with a gear 42 on the output shaft 32 of the change speed gear so that the pump speed is inversely proportional to the vehicle speed. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), the planetary gearing is replaced by a differential gear having bevel gearing.
Patent GB-372309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic jacking systems for motor vehicles
IPC: B60S9/10
Filed: 1931-01-19
Abstract: 372,309. Jacking apparatus on motor vehicles. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(Auto Electric Hydraulic Jack Co., Ltd. ; Tennyson Street, Napier, New Zealand.) Jan. 19, 1931, No. 1757. [Class 79 (iii).] Relates to hydraulic jacking systems on motor vehicles of the kind wherein jacks located adjacent to the respective wheels are selectively operated by fluid conveyed from a reservoir to a distributing valve chamber by a pump operated by the electric-starter motor, and comprises improvements in the form of pump and in the distributing valve arrangement. The pump, Figs. 3 and 4, comprises a, spring- returned plunger 17 driven by a cam or eccentric 14 on the end of the starter-motor spindle 13 and operating in a cylindrical chamber 10 with inlet and outlet valves 15, 16 drawing fluid from a reservoir by means of a pipe F and conveying it to the valve chamber through a pipe J. The pump cylinder 10 extends radially from a circular casing 11 which is open on one side and formed with a flange 12 for attachment to the end of the motor casing A to enclose the spindle end and cam. To prevent over-actuation of the jacks, the delivery end of the pump chamber communicates with an enlarged cylindrical chamber 19 closed at its outer end and containing a piston 20 forming an air cushion which, in the event of the development of excess pressure, is compressed until the resistance is sufficient to stop the motor. The distributing valve arrangement, Figs. 6 and 8, comprises a casting having four tubular arms 21 radiating from a centre, the connection J from the pump entering the extremity of one of the arms. Pipe connections G to the respective jacks lead from the sides of the arms, and a return connection to the reservoir from the centre. The pipe connections are made to nipples 22 by means of screwed unions 24a, the openings into the chamber serving as valve seatings adapted to be closed by ball members 25 carried by the ends of screwed operating spindles 23 mounted in sleeves 24 with packing glands 26 threaded into the opposite sides of the arms. The heads 27 of the spindles 23 may be formed as indicator knobs. Any. individual jack is extended by opening the appropriate valve 25, the fluid being locked therein by reclosing the valve. To retract any jack it is placed in communication with the reservoir by opening the central valve.
Patent GB-889214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for the removal of dust
IPC: B65H54/70
Filed: 1959-01-16
Abstract: 889,214. Cleaning spinning &c. machines. PARKS-CRAMER CO. Jan. 16, 4959 [April 1, 1958], No. 1770/59. Class 120(3) [Also in Groups XXVIII and XL(b)] Dust-laden air is drawn from the vicinity of a textile machine 10, Fig. 1, through each of a plurality of suction hoods 8-8<SP>111</SP>, Fig. 2, and through an associated filter 12-12<SP>111</SP> and a valve 11-11<SP>111</SP> into a manifold 1 connected to a motor driven suction fan 3; the valves being magnetically actuated in sequence but with an overlap between the opening and closing of adjacent valves whereby the air flow through the fan remains substantially uniform during the sequential operation of said valves. The valveactuating magnets 15-15<SP>111</SP>, Fig. 4, which are arranged in parallel are excited when contactors 21-21<SP>111</SP> are closed by current fed from segments 19-19<SP>111</SP> over which is rotated by a motor 17 a distributer brush 18 connected to an A.C. supply; the spacing of the segments being such that the brush 18 overlaps adjacent segments for a predetermined short period. The motor circuit includes contact makers 25-25<SP>111</SP> and photo-electric cells 24-24<SP>111</SP> of decreasing sensitivity in parallel and also resistors 26-26<SP>111</SP> in series whereby the motor speed increases with increasing dust concentration. In a modification the suction hoods are located below the machine; the exhaust being above.
Patent GB-246499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the art of carding cotton or like fibres
IPC: D01G15/80
Filed: 1926-01-22
Abstract: 246,499. Gegauff, C. Jan. 24, 1925, [Convention date]. Carding. engine s.-In order to sort out the shorter fibres from the fleece of cotton or analogous material prepared on the carding-engine before it is passed to the calendar rollers and formed into a sliver, a drum is provided which acts with the doffer or the cylinder. The fibres are spread as a thin fleece on such drum and the shorter fibres are thrown off by centrifugal force into a suitable receptacle whilst the longer fibres are carried forward and formed into the sliver. The speed of rotation of the drum will govern the length of the fibres thrown off. The drum G, Fig. 2, which may be clothed with wire or bristles may be arranged below the doffer E and throw off the shorter fibres into a receptacle M, from which they are transferred by a belt J between compressing rollers L to another receptacle Ma. The longer fibres are collected from the drum G by a second drum H and passed back to the doffer from which they are removed and consolidated in the usual manner. A second drum G may be provided to take the fibres from the first drum, which may be provided with dirt knives or a grating or grid of wire mesh or perforated metal, whereby any dust may be separated, and such dust may be collected in a separate receptacle. The fibres thrown off by the two drums G, which may rotate at different speeds, may be collected in separate! receptacles. The drums G. H may be arranged above the doffer and the fleece of longer fibres be taken directly from the drum H or the doffer may be dispensed with and the drum G act directly on the main cylinder A. The drum G may in such a case be provided with a grid or dirt bars so spaced that whilst the short fibres may be projected through it, the longer nbres are conserved and passing along with the drum. The drum G may be arranged to act on the fibres on the main cylinder before they reach the doffer. The fibres are stripped from the main cylinder A by a drum G<a>, Fig. 7, and are removed therefrom by a drum G. The shorter fibres are projected from its surface into a receptacle M and the longer ones carried round and returned to the main cylinder. The fibres may be stripped from the main cylinder by the drum G and returned by means of a drum H situated above the drum G.
Patent GB-1369611-A (GB)
Title: Whippable composition
IPC: A23L29/10
Filed: 1971-01-14
Abstract: 1369611 Whippable compositions GENERAL FOODS Ltd 12 Jan 1972 [14 Jan 1971] 1946/71 Heading A2B A powdered, free-flowing, whippable composition having improved low temperature tolerance is prepared by dispersing fat, protein, carbohydrate, and a mixture of a lactylated glycerol ester as primary emulsifier and a partial or complete ester of a fod acid as defined and a mono- and/or di-glyceride of a saturated or unsaturated fat-forming C 12-22  fatty acid as secondary emulsifier, in an aqueous medium, and drying the resulting emulsion, preferably by spray drying. The total amount of primary and secondary emulsifier is up to 20 wt % dry solids, and in a ratio of 5:1 to 1:1.
Patent GB-489298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the centrifugal moulding of concrete pipes
IPC: B28B21/94
Filed: 1937-01-22
Abstract: 489,298. Moulding concrete pipes. HUME PIPE CO. (AUSTRALIA), Ltd., and HALKYARD, C. C. Jan. 22, 1937, No. 2008. [Class 87 (ii)] The inner surface of the socket end b of a spun concrete pipe is shaped by trowelling cement on the inner wall, while the pipe is still in the mould a, by means of a finishing former m, relative rotation being effected between the pipe and the former as by rotating the mould. The cement or a mixture thereof with stone dust is passed in powder form through apertures n in the former m. The edges of the apertures may be bevelled. The former may be provided with a handle p so that it can be rotated or can be held stationary as the pipe rotates. The centrifugal mould a comprises end-pieces c, held by tie-rods e and having runner faces f. A socket former is detachably secured as by screws on one endpiece and the pipe is moulded. Spaces occur between the former and the pipe and these are filled by replacing the former by the finishing former m and introducing and trowelling cement thereby. Specification 409,527 is referred to.