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Patent GB-920409-A (GB)
Title: Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
IPC: A24C5/47
Filed: 1959-03-25
Abstract: 920,409. Making mouthpiece cigarettes. AMERICAN MACHINE & FOUNDRY CO. March 25, 1959 [Oct. 27, 1958], No. 10428/59. Class 130. In a machine for attaching uniting bands to assemblies of a mouthpiece with one or two cigarettes, the transverse speed of each assembly is reduced while the uniting band is being rolled thereabout and then increased back to initial value, the speed changes being effected by two oppositely moving surfaces each moving at constant speed and engaging diametrically opposite sides of each assembly, the speeds of the two surfaces being predetermined to set the time of rolling and the speed of transfer through the rolling operation. Uniting cigarettes and mouthpieces.-Uniting band material 10 (Fig. 1) is coated with adhesive by a wheel 24 and fed on to a suction drum 36 at a speed lower than the peripheral speed of the drum 36 so causing lengths of uniting band material 42 to separate after cutting by a device 40. The leading cut edge of each length 42 extends across a series of suction holes 46 which also retain a cigarette and mouthpiece assembly fed from a suction assembly drum 74. As each assembly approaches a rolling drum 108, which drum has a slightly lower peripheral speed than the drum 36, it is spun while passing slowly between the two drums 36 and 108 and then picked up again by the suction holes 46. More than one assembly may be rolled at a time. Either of the drums 36 and 108 may be heated and both are provided with scrapers 110. The rolled and united assembly 112 is transferred to a suction drum 114, aligned, the double length cut in half by a knife 120, and the cut lengths discharged down a shoot on to a collecting belt. Shallow grooves may be provided parallel to the axis of and in line with the holes 46 of the drum 36, or both drums 36 and 108 may have such grooves. In another embodiment the drum 108 is replaced by a drum 104 (Fig. 5) with flutes 142, both drums rotating at the same peripheral speed but in opposite directions. Each assembly is rolled without progressing through these drums and then falls into one of the flutes 142 in which it is carried through a cutting device 150. Assembling cigarettes and mouthpieces.-Sextuple lengths of mouthpiece material 50 are fed to a drum 58 on which double mouthpiece lengths 86 are severed and transferred by a suction drum 70 to the assembly drum 74 between pairs of spaced cut lengths of cigarette rod 82, these cigarette lengths 82 having been fed by a conveyer tape 84 and deflected laterally by blades 76 and held thereto by suction. The double mouthpiece 86 and the cigarette rods 82 are pushed into abutting contact on the assembly drum 74 by a pin 88. The pin 88 is pushed inwards against a spring 90 by a swash plate surface 96 which is rotatably mounted on a bearing 98 carried by an adjustable screw 100. An alternative simpler embodiment of the assembly drum 74 is also described. Specifications 833,998 and 912,503 are referred to.
Patent GB-495568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in variable velocity ratio transmission gear
IPC: F16H9/22
Filed: 1937-04-12
Abstract: 495,568. Variable-speed gearing. VINCENT, P. C., CLARKE, G. A. E., CLARKE, W., and WALKER, F. E. April 12, 1937, No. 10429. [Class 80 (ii)] A change-speed gear comprises driving and driven shafts, one or more intermediate shafts, a number of driving trains each comprising driving members independently loose on the driving, driven, and intermediate shafts, the driving members of each train being in constant driving connection, and means for selectively clutching any of the driving members to the shafts carrying them. As shown, the gear comprises a driving shaft 30, a driven shaft 33, and intermediate shafts 31, 32. Each shaft carries three chain sprockets loose thereon and the sprockets are connected by chains 40, 44, 48, the arrangement of the sprockets 34, 37, 38, 39 and chain 40 being shown in Fig. 1 and. the gear being shown in extended form in Fig. 2. Clutch members 57 for connecting the sprockets to their shafts are actuated by striker arms 61 on sliding rods, each having a right-angled end 63 engaging a slot 80 in one of the cam discs 70 ... 77 on a shaft 65. The cam disc 70, Fig. 4, is shown as an example. The shaft 65 is turned by means of a handle 66 into twenty-seven positions giving different gear ratios, the positions being indicated by the numerals 1 ... 27 in Fig. 4. Instead of chain gearing, pulleys and driving belts or intermeshing toothed gearing may be employed, idler gears being included in the gear trains if necessary. A friction drive may be provided to ensure that the intermediate shafts are in constant rotation, or the clutch members may be provided with friction surfaces coming into engagement before the clutch teeth engage. The Provisional Specification describes also a four-speed gear in which driving, driven and intermediate shafts each carry two pulleys or gear-wheels and the pulleys or wheels on the intermediate shaft are fixed; one of the pulleys or wheels on either the driving or driven shaft may be omitted to provide a two-speed gear.
Patent GB-540271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to land vehicles
IPC: B60G9/02
Filed: 1940-06-15
Abstract: 540,271. Road vehicle undercarriages. MECH. ANIZATIONS & AERO, Ltd., and LANDSTAD, H. F. June 15, 1940, No. 10434. [Class 108 (ii)] The steerable axle b of a trailer or other vehicle is connected to the vehicle frame or chassis by means of two members c, d interconnected by a vertical or substantially vertical steering pivot f, the member c being part of or fixed to the vehicle frame and the member d being so connected to the axle that the latter can rock in a vertical transverse plane. In the construction shown applied to a trailer the axle is received in a channel g in the member d the ends and top of the channel being shaped as shown to permit the axle to rock. End movement of the axle is prevented by collars h formed or provided thereon and bearing against the ends of the channel. The axle is prevented from accidental displacement from the channel by a pin l or other means. A draw-bar (not shown) is attached to the ends of a rod j on the member d. In the case of a motor vehicle steering gear is provided for the axle. A modification is described in which the axle is connected to the member d by a horizontal longitudinal pivot.
Patent GB-104295-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Surgical Wrist-splint.
Inventor: MURTON DOUGLAS ORMEROD
IPC: A61F5/058
Filed: 1916-07-25
Abstract: 104,295. Murton, D. O. July 25, 1916. Wrist and hands, supports for. - A wrist and hand support comprises an aluminium plate a secured to the wrist by straps c and hinged to a plate d bearing on the palm of the hand. Springs f on the hinge press the plate d against the palm to support the hand, but yield to permit some movement. A plate l carrying a fingersupport k is adjustably connected to the palm-plate d. The plates d, k are padded and covered with chamois-leather &c.
Patent GB-254430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in golf clubs and the like
IPC: A63B53/10
Filed: 1925-04-22
Abstract: 254,430. Kings Patent Agency, Ltd., (Horne, A. B.). April 22, 1925. Shafts.-The torsional resistance of a golf-ball shaft is increased by embedding compressed animal or vegetable fibres in longitudinally disposed channels or grooves in the surface of the shafts. Fibres of hemp, ramie, or other plant, silk, or the intestines of animals, properly grouped and bonded with glue, cement, vulcanized rubber, bakelite, or other adhesive, may be used. The fibre 16 is compressed into grooves 2 and is finished flush with the external surface of the handle 1. The insertion of the fibre into the grooves is completed before the binding material has set or has been vulcanized. The grooves are preferably undercut to retain the fibre in place. The shaft may be additionally strengthened by strips of steel 14 which may be flat, triangular, or T-shaped in cross-section. The steel strip is positioned first and the grooves filled with fibre. As shown in Fig. 4, strands 18 of fibre are joined together through a transverse groove 19 in the lower end of the shaft and are again united at the upper end of the shaft and clamped by a plug 22. The fibres may be twisted and disposed in such a manner that the twist is increased by the torsion of the shaft. According to the Provisional Specification the invention may be applied to the handle of cricket bats, tennis and badminton rackets, and the like.
Patent GB-1267871-A (GB)
Title: Shirred casing stick
IPC: B65D30/06
Filed: 1970-03-05
Abstract: 1,267,871. Food preparations. UNION CARBIDE CORP. 5 March, 1970 [5 March, 1969], No. 10580/70. Heading A2B. [Also in Division B8] To prevent breakage and/or premature deshirring of hollow stick 10 of shirred casing material e.g. for sausages is sheathed and lined with flexible, reticulated tubular binding 12. In one embodiment (Figs. 2-5) the binding 12 is applied by feeding the free end 28 of a binding supply 18 through a hollow mandrel 16 and over the outer surface of the stick which is mounted on a shirring mandrel 14. The stick 10 is subsequently slid off the mandrel 14 onto the hollow mandrel 16 to allow the binding 12 to line its interior 11. The tubing 18 forming the lining is cut adjacent the stick end 24 to form a second end 26 to the binding whereupon the two ends 28, 26 are pulled to tension the binding 12, a clip then being applied therearound. In a second embodiment a cylinder (30, Figs. 8-10) coaxially surrounds the hollow mandrel 16 so that the tubing 18 may be applied over the outer and inner surfaces of the stick simultaneously. The binding 12 may be formed of knitted, woven or braided fabric, perforated thermoplastics film or non-woven net e.g. polythene.
Patent GB-218416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pressure gauges
IPC: G01L27/00
Filed: 1923-04-18
Abstract: 218,416. Bryant, C. W., and Peter Brotherhood, Ltd. April 18, 1923. Pressure gauges.-In gauges used with oxygen or other gases, explosion risks due to the oxygen combining with oil are minimized by providing the pressure chamber with a controllable blowthrough outlet for scavenging purposes. The interior of the free end of the pressure tube a is connected by. a flexible tube b with the block c. on which the pressure tube is mounted, and the valve controls the outlet from the duct f leading from the tube b. The parts of the gauge which are exposed to pressure are contained in a strong case u provided with an opening v covered with varnished linen or some material that can readily be burst. The indicating finger and dial are contained in a separate compartment z, from which gas is excluded, and which is in free communication with the atmosphere. The dial may be illuminated from behind by a lamp 3. In use the plug d is moved clockwise in Fig. 3 so that the duct f is placed in communication with the duct e and the gas passes to the atmosphere via ducts h, i, g, tubes a, b, ducts f, cavity k and duct e. Any oil &c. in the tube a is thus blown out. By slowly rotating the plug d through a further 180‹ the gauge is connected to the gas supply and is cut off from the atmosphere. In a modification, two Bourdon tubes mounted side by side have their free ends connected together and the gas' enters one tube, traverses the other and enters the duct f where this second tube is connected to the block.
Patent GB-106553-A (GB)
IPC: B60C15/02
Abstract: 106,553. Muggison, T. J., and Greasley, L. H. July 7, 1916. Circular machines.-Relates to circular machines of the kind in which a rotating cam box or rubber arm carries a controlling-member adapted to effect various changes in the operation of the machine, and comprises a stop-motion actuated by the failure of the controlling-members to act at the proper time. The invention is illustrated in connexion with the machine described in Specificaton 8631/08, in which a member 8, Fig. 1, controls the upper and lower transfer cams through levers 15, 2<a> respectively. Stoppage of the machine is effected by a lever 19, Fig. 2, adapted to be moved against the action of a spring 25 by a constantly rotating cam 21 engaging a pin 17 slidably mounted in the lever 19. The pin 17 is normally raised out of range of the cam 21 by a catch lever 11, but is released by the engagement with a cam-portion 12 of a pin 9 depending from a lever 7, in which is mounted a pin 28 furnished with a head 29 adapted to be engaged by a block 40, Fig. 1. on the end of the lever 2<a>, or by a member 43 pivoted on the block 40 and connected to the lever 15 by a link 45. Failure of the members 8 to withdraw the transfer cams at the proper times causes the members 40, 43 to project and engage the head 29. The lower end of the pin 28 rests upon a portion 39 of a lever 30, the end 36 of which is engaged by a lug 32 on the pattern chain 33 to lower the head 29 out of the path of the members 40, 43 whilst the transfer cams are in action.
Patent GB-854106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in blinds and the like
IPC: E06B9/302
Filed: 1957-04-02
Abstract: 854,106. Window blinds; shutters. LOEWENSTEIN, H. G. April 2, 1957 [Oct. 18, 1956], No. 10668/57. Class 20(3) [Also in Group XXV] A blind, shutter or like shielding assembly comprises a pair of retractable side members 1, each in the form of connected links 3, 6 supporting slats 2 extending between them with the links 3, 6 pivoted at 7 about axes parallel to the length of the slats 2, at least one collapsible strut 8 hinged at 9 to the upper and lower portions of the link and slat assembly 2, 3, 6 with the axes of the strut hinge pins 14 positioned substantially at right angles to the length of the slats 2, and counterbalancing means such as a spiral spring 11 connecting the parts 12 of each strut 8, Fig. 6, or a tension spring (not shown) connecting the hinge pins 14 of respective struts 8 on the top and bottom of each half strut 12, on a weight mounted on an arm projecting from a half strut 12. To lock the blind in any desired position, a spring-loaded plunger (not shown) mounted on one hinge leaf 13 and projecting through a hole therein is inserted into one of a ring of holes 17 in the other hinge leaf 13. To withdraw the plunger, a cranked arm 20 is rotated on which is wound an operating cord 18. An alternative form of strut shown in Fig. 9 has telescoping tubes 23, 24, friction-engaged to dispense with a locking device. Instead of the form shown in Fig. 2, the slats 2 may be supported between alternate links 3 and 6 and have longitudinal weather excluding extensions or may be hinged directly together adjacent their front and rear edges alternately, the links 6 being optionally omitted.
Patent GB-515619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rewind mechanism of motion picture projectors
IPC: G03B21/43
Filed: 1938-04-08
Abstract: 515,619. Kinematograph apparatus. KODAK, Ltd. April 8, 1938, No. 10831. Convention date, May 11, 1937. [Class 97 (i)] In apparatus capable of being set in a rewind-. ing position by means of a single hand-actuated member which, when moved, changes the engagement of clutches alternatively driving the film reels, the actuating member extends into the film path adjacent to the gate, in the rewinding position, to prevent the possibility of threading the film. In the projector shown, a main shaft 23 driven by a motor through a belt 26 drives a shaft 28 through gears in housings 24, 25. The shaft 28 carries a worm 29 engaging worm wheels 30, 31 on the shafts 20, 20<1> of sprockets 21, 21'. The wheels, 30, 31 each carry a clutch element 32 alternatively engageable with clutch elements 34 secured to pulleys 33, 33', free on the shafts 20, 21<1>, and connected to pulleys on the reel spindles by belts 36, 38'. Each clutch element 34 is engaged by a fork 41, 46, respectively formed on one arm of bent slidable members 38, 43 carried by slots 44 engaging over studs 40, 45 extending from a wall of the mechanism housing. The members 38, 43 are connected by a lever 48, mounted on a fixed screw 49, so.that when the elements of either clutch are engaged those of the other are disengaged. The engagement is controlled by a hand-operated actuating member 54, slotted to slide over the studs 40, and having a slot 56 engaging an ear 57 extending from the member 38. A portion 58 of the member 54 is bent at right angles, is pointed to enter a recess 59 in the front of the lamp house, and extends in the film path, above the gate 14, during rewinding, to prevent the possibility of film threading, the rewinding being effected directly fromone reel tothe other. One arm 60 of a spring engages an ear 62 on the member 54 to urge it into the projection position, as shown, and the other arm 64 of the spring engages a notch 65 in the member 54 to hold it when it is in the rewinding position. The ear 57 engages opposite ends of the slot 56 in the two end positions of the member 54,'and the slot 56 is of such length that the member 54 may move a distance sufficient to place it in or remove it from the film path while moving the ear 57 only the distance necessary to change the clutch engagements.
Patent GB-372909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to bearings
IPC: F16C35/067
Filed: 1931-04-13
Abstract: 372,909. Ball and roller bearings ; cycle pedals. PUGH, J. V., Meriden House, Meriden, Warwickshire. April 13, 1931, No. 10877. [Class 12 (i).] A bearing for relatively rotatable members comprises a ball bearing and a roller bearing spaced apart with at least one of the races of each bearing formed in the said members, the inner or outer race of the ball bearing being split with the parts abutting tight against each other. As shown for a bicycle pedal, a spindle 3, Fig. 1, of about half the usual length has rollers 6 at its end 5 positioned in the centre of the pedal sleeve 1. The sleeve end adjacent the crank has an enlargement forming a ball race track 10, the inner race ring for the balls being in halves which abut one another. A bicycle wheel hub has a ball bearing 14, Fig. 2, at one end and rollers 16 at the other end the outer races being formed directly in the hub sleeve. A spoke flange 19 has a portion 20 which surrounds the roller bearing and to which is attached a dr ving or free wheel. Alternatively the portion 20 may be adapted to the free wheel arrangement described in Specification 342,773, [Group XXXI]. In a bearing construction for a wheel of a motor vehicle the races for both ball and roller bearings are formed in the hub sleeve 21, Fig. 3, and in the axle 26. The roller bearing may be at the outer end of the hub and the ball bearing at the inner end. In this modification the outer race for the ball bearing may be in two parts 40, 41, Fig. 5, or the portion 40 may be integral with the hub sleeve.
Patent GB-329774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric testing appliances
IPC: G01R31/50
Filed: 1929-04-09
Abstract: 329,774. Runbaken, J. H. April 9, 1929. Vacuum tubes. - An electrical testing device comprises a solenoid type voltmeter having an iron core h provided with an indicator b which moves in a slot c in a casing a, a lamp socket d, terminal connections f at the bottom of the casing and a switch m for connecting in circuit a neon lamp e, or an adapter may be inserted in the socket d. The neon tube may be connected in shunt with the voltmeter coil j.
Patent GB-851272-A (GB)
Title: Oil-burning space heaters or stoves
IPC: F24C5/08
Filed: 1958-04-08
Abstract: 851,272. Oil burning heaters. SANKEY & SONS Ltd., J. June 26, 1959 [April 8, 1958], No. 10940/58. Class 126. In a gravity feed oil heater with a reflector 20 through which a burner unit 17 projects, the burner is shielded from excessive draught by an imperforate screen 25 which is mounted on the base 22 of the heater casing and surrounds the burner unit below the reflector 20, a combustion air inlet 26 being left between the front edge of the base 22 and the screen 25, but the part of the base within the screen being imperforate. A double-walled partition 11 insulates the tank compartment from the burner compartment and both compartments and the air space within the partition 11 are supplied with cooling air through apertures 21 in the base 22.
Patent GB-948021-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for continuously coating strips or webs
IPC: B32B15/08
Filed: 1961-03-24
Abstract: 948,021. Coating webs and strips. DEUTSCHE GOLD-UND-SILBER SCHEIDEANSTALT. March 24,1961 [March 25, 1960], No.10941/61. Heading D1L. A process for coating one side of webs or strips 1 of metal or heat-resistant textile material comprises passing the heated web in a non- horizontal path through a fluidized bed of powdered, thermoplastic material 5. The web 1 may be metal, which may be pretreated by a phosphating, chromating or pickling process to promote adhesion, or a woven or knitted fabric or a fleece, e.g. of glass or asbestos fibres. The web, which is preheated by infra red radiators, is fed by rollers 2, 2<1> to a chamber 3 containing the material 5 through which it passes in a preferably curved path, withdrawal rollers 4, 4<1> rotating faster than the rollers 2, 2<1> to maintain tension in the web. The chamber 3 has adjustable lateral scaling strips 6, which may be heated or cooled, and sealing chambers 7 which include means, e.g. a slotted nozzle, for blowing air or gas towards the apertures in the chamber 3. The coated web may be passed through a heating and then a cooling chamber. The web forms one wall of the chamber 3 and is thus coated on one surface only. In a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), the web passes through the chamber 3 from side to side in a curved path with one lateral edge vertically above the other.
Patent GB-737709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric fuse box terminals for main cables
Inventor: COCKROFT WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1953-04-22
Abstract: 737,709. Distribution boxes. DORMAN & SMITH, Ltd. April 15, 1954 [April 22, 1953], No. 11020/53. Class 38 (1). In a distribution box 4 wherein fuse bases 5 are mounted on and connected to bus-bars 6 as in Specification 737,708, each bus-bar is detachably supported at its ends on U-shaped metal members 7 secured within insulators 9 mounted in the box. One of the members 7 has a seating 14 to receive a main cable which is clamped by a block 15. The connection of the main cable can thus be effected with the bus-bar and fuses removed from the box.
Patent GB-1245171-A (GB)
Title: An improved gate and like fastening
Inventor: ROGERS WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: E05B65/00
Filed: 1969-03-01
Abstract: 1,245,171. Latches. TUEBCLAMPS Ltd. 27 Feb., 1970 [1 March, 1969], No. 11030/69. Heading E2A. A fastening comprises a gravity bolt comprising a pair of arms 18 pivoting on a post 11 of a hinged door 10 and engageable with a fixed door post 16 and locked by a pin passing through holes adjacent the free ends of the arms. The pin 19, which is connected by a chain 20 to the pivot 17 of the arms 18, has a hole for a padlock hasp. A peg 22 connected to the post 11 limits downward outward movement of the arms which when inoperative hang vertically downward. In d modification, the fastening arms 18 are combined with a sliding latch bolt 26 which projects through door post 12 into aligned holes in a fixed door post 14 and a sleeve 32 thereon to retain the door closed or when opened in either direction through 90‹. The bolt is connected to the arms 18 by pivoting links 24. The bolt is released together with the arms 18 by rotating the handle 36 clockwise, the handle is returned to its original position to latch the door in either open position. The arms 18 may be urged to the closed-position by a spring.
Patent GB-226095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dustless rock drill
IPC: E21B21/01
Filed: 1924-05-05
Abstract: 226,095. Marks, E. C. R., (Ingersoll-Rand Co.). May 5, 1924. Percussive tools.-In order to prevent leakage of air into the clearing water, the fluted shank F of the piston fits a collar D<1> free to rotate inside the front cylinder washer D. The collar has a groove and an air vent e, and an air vent f is also provided in the tool holder. The collar D' may be provided with fibrous or cup-leather packing q, mounted at the end of the collar, or between the ends, as shown.