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Patent GB-1153291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Glucose Syrups From Starches
Inventor: RADLEY JOHN AUGUSTUS
IPC: C12P19/02
Filed: 1965-05-14
Abstract: 1,153,291. Hydrolysis of starch. JAS. BOWMAN & SONS Ltd. 15 July, 1966 [14 May, 1965], No. 20572/65. Heading C2C. [Also in Division C3] An edible glucose syrup is prepared by heating an aqueous slurry of impure starch containing at least 0À25% by wt. protein until the starch gelatinizes, reducing the viscosity of the mass by partial hydrolysis, adjusting the pH to about 4À5, treating the fluid mass with amyloglucosidase to hydrolyse the starch to glucose, adjusting the pH to neutral and separating the precipitated protein. The initial thinning of the starch paste may be effected by the addition of alpha-amylase. An example describes the hydrolysis of a wheat flour containing 10% by wt. of protein.
Patent GB-822548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electronic apparatus
Inventor: DEAKIN STANLEY THOMAS
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1955-07-15
Abstract: 822,548. Discharge apparatus. SIEMENS EDISON SWAN Ltd. July 16, 1956 [July 15, 1955], No. 20583/55. Class 39(1). [Also in Group XXXVI] A chassis for supporting heat-generating components such as thermionic valves or transistors includes ducting for the passage of cooling liquid, which ducting is shaped so as to support the component holders and be in good thermal contact therewith, while keeping the liquid out of direct contact with the components. In the embodiment shown, the ducting is in the form of a series of connected rings 4, 5. A valve with a surrounding screen 1 is secured within a ring 4 by means of washers 2, 6 and a nut 7. Specifications 752,537 [Group XXXIII] 779,578 and 780,323 are referred to.
Patent GB-148810-A (GB)
Title: Rubbing, crushing and mixing apparatus for the preparation of moulding sands in foundries and steel-works
IPC: B22C5/04
Filed: 1920-07-10
Abstract: 148,810. Danloy, J. E. Gernelle-. April 12, 1919, [Convention date]. Rotary batch mixers. - Mixing, rubbing, and crushing apparatus for treating moulding-sands in foundries and steel. works comprises a rotary vat with mould-boards and runners provided with twisted branches and supported by a frame suspended by chains so as to be adjustable. The vat 14, which may have a removable false bottom 15, is carried bv a vertical shaft 9 supported in bearings 10, 11 and driven by bevel-gearing 7, 8 from a driving-shaft 4. The runners each consist of a central disk 16 with recesses in its faces to receive the bases of twisted branches 19. The disks 16 are keyed on horizontal shafts 20 mounted in bearings 21 in frames 22 suspended by chains 24 from hooks 25 carried by the main frame 1. The hooks 25 are adjustable and held in position by transverse plugs 27 passing through their stems 26. Mould-boards 29, 30 are carried by a bar 28 secured to the frame 1.
Patent GB-1102909-A (GB)
Title: Container and method and apparatus for making same
IPC: B29C69/00
Filed: 1966-05-10
Abstract: 1,102,909. Containers. MONSANTO CO. 10 May, 1966 [10 May, 1965], No. 20644/66. Headings B8D and B8T. [Also in Division B5] A liquid dispensing container comprises a plastics circular tubular body 2, having an overlapping side seam 16, 18 and a number of alternating folds, extending axially along the body but terminating inwardly of the ends to define unfolded end portions 12, 14 to which are attached end closures 4, 6, each formed with a U-shaped side fold 34, 22, in which the respective body end is received, and including a peripheral lip 38, 26, extending over and around, or inside, the body end, the body being waisted. The upper end closure 4 is formed with stepped frusto-conical wall portions 42, 44, the upper of which defines a dispensing aperture, sealed by a plug 32, which is formed with a bead under the aperture to retain it in position. The body may have an elliptical cross-section. The body is formed from a semi-rigid plastics sheet, preferably biaxially oriented polystyrene, the folds being cold formed, and the overlapping seam may be maintained by the end closures. The end closures may be thermo-formed biaxially oriented polystyrene and assembled on the body ends and heat shrunk, being maintained in position, as the side seam may be, by solvent sealing, heat sealing, or by an adhesive. The bead is formed on the plug 32 by heated arms (104), Fig. 6 (not shown), on a member (106) which is rotated to force the arms (104) radially outwards against the plug.
Patent GB-1057416-A (GB)
Title: Anode fuses for electrolytic cells
IPC: C25C7/00
Filed: 1964-05-19
Abstract: 1,057,416. Fusible cut-outs. FRIEDRICH UHDE G.m.b.H., and KNAPSACK-GRIESHEIM A.G. May 19, 1964 [May 16, 1963], No. 20698/64. Heading H2G. In a fusible connection between the anode 1 of an electrolytic cell and a flexible conductor 8, the melting of a solder joint 10 on overload causes conducting members 2 and 7 to separate under the action of a compression spring 6, the assembly 7, 8 being thrown against the head 5 of a bolt 4 secured to and insulated from the member 2 by a housing 3, thus giving audible and visual indication of the disconnection. The housing 3 is preferably turned from insulating material and is retained in an aperture in the member 2 by circlips. The soldered connection 10 is preferably made in an oven for uniformity with similar fuses, the solder composition and the cross-section of the connection determining the fusing point.
Patent GB-319726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods and apparatus for coating fabrics
IPC: B29C67/24
Filed: 1929-07-05
Abstract: 319,726. Naugatuck Chemical Co., (Assignees of McGavack, J.). Sept. 27, 1928, [Convention date]. Coating materials in long lengths.-In a process for coating fabrics or paper with material such as rubber, balata or guttapercha, the web is fed in spread condition and under tension under a spreader, and the coating material in the form of latex is flowed on to the web on the egress side of the spreader, the web being upwardly inclined at this point. The spreader is preferably a roller B. The fabric is drawn from a roll A, and after passing under the roller B, is coated with latex from a vessel C, and then passed over a heating unit E. Alternatively the fabric may be passed around a drum which may have a porous surface and may be connected to a vacuum pump. By the method described, a thick coating may be applied in a single operation. Rubber sheet may be produced by using a latex-repellent fabric prepared by passing the fabric through a coagulant such as a mixture of methyl alcohol and acetic acid, a 5 to 10 per cent solution of aluminium sulphate, or a 5 per cent solution of calcium chloride. The rubber film may be stripped from the web after drying. Crude rubber may be prepared from latex by this latter method.
Patent GB-626809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in resilient mountings
IPC: F16F1/373
Filed: 1947-07-31
Abstract: 626,809. Mounting road-vehicle bodies on underframes; resilient mountings. FORD MOTOR CO., Ltd. July 31, 1947, No. 20741. Convention date; Aug. 28, 1946. [Classes 108 (ii) and 108 (iii)] In a vibration and sound-absorbing mounting of the kind in which a body of rubberous material is held in an aperture in a support member and the supported member is secured by a nut and bolt engaging the rubberous body, but not contacting the supporting member, the nut forms part of a second nut and bolt or similar screw-threaded clamping means which is securely tightened on to the rubberous body so that the supported member may be secured by tightening of the first bolt or nut from one side only. In the form shown in Fig. 2 a bracket 16 secured to the chassis frame 11 has a flanged aperture in which is located an annular flanged resilient member 15. A second annular resilient member 18 and the member 15 are held in engagement with the bracket 16 by means of a retaining ring 20 and a nut and bolt 25, 24. The vehicle body 28, 32 is secured to the member 15 by means of a bolt 27 which engages a threaded aperture in the bolt 24. In a modified construction (Fig. 3, not shown) the bolt 24 is replaced by an internallythreaded flanged tube. The flange of the tube engages a recess in the member 15 in the same manner as does the flange of the bolt 24 in Fig. 2. The members 15, 18 and 20 are held together by a set-screw which engages the thread at the lower end of the flanged tube. A second set-screw passes through the body 28, 32 and engages the thread of the top end of the flanged tube. The resilient members may be of rubber, fibre, plastic, or other like material.
Patent GB-183364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in spring loaded safety valves
IPC: F16K17/04
Filed: 1921-08-05
Abstract: 183,364. Hiller, E. G. Aug. 5, 1921. Safety valves. - A spring - loaded safety - valve for domestic heating and like boilers in which the valve is enclosed in a casing provided with a drainage outlet F has a loose cover D adapted to give relief should the outlet F become choked. The valve B is loaded by a spring H arranged between a loose abutment J on the spindle E and an abutment K adapted to bear against a spherical surface on a cross-bar M. The bar M is adjustably mounted on pillars N which may be provided with ferrules to prevent overloading. The spindle is fitted with means for rotating the valve on its seat.
Patent GB-1383662-A (GB)
Title: Method of deploying a parachute using a rocket
IPC: B64D17/38
Filed: 1972-05-04
Abstract: 1383662 Parachute release mechanism STENCEL AERO ENG CORP 4 May 1972 [11 May 1971] 20901/72 Heading B7G In aircraft in which the need to eject and develop a parachute at low forward airspeeds, e.g. below 50 knots as during the operation of an ejection seat during vertical take-off or take-off from an aircraft carrier, means for achieving a release sequence in a time of approximately 0À4 seconds comprises ejecting a seat 20 in a normal manner by firing gun 24 by operation of blind 26, firing seat rockets 22 to thrust the seat upwards along axis 28, sensing aircraft speed, which if below 50 knots, will cause pilot parachute 30<SP>1</SP> in its container 30 to be ejected and a tilt lock for a rocket 32 to be released, allowing the rocket to tilt downward and backward about a gimbal 34. The gimbal 34 is subsequently released and the rocket 32 ignited, Fig. 3, to extract parachute canopy 44 from its housing in the seat. When fully extracted, Fig. 5, a line 50 extracts a firing pin from a ballistic spreading gun 48 to forcibly spread the canopy and a line cutter severs the line 40 connecting both the rocket 32 and the pilot parachute from the main canopy.
Patent GB-441387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a type wheel typewriter
IPC: B41J1/32
Filed: 1934-07-18
Abstract: 441,387. Typewriters. HOFFMANN, E., 7, Weinligstrasse, Leipsic, Germany. July 18, 1934, No. 21071. Convention date, July 18, 1933. [Class 100 (iv)] Index type - wheel machines; aligning for impression.-A machine of the kind comprising a setting-member which is movable in a direction parallel to the platen and is provided with a rack co-operating with a pinion on the typewheel is constructed in the following manner. The type-wheel 10, Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted on a shaft 12 carried by a slide 13 which is mounted in a guide 14 on the base 1. A pinion 11 coupled to the type-wheel co-operates with a rack 9 secured to arms 8 on a sleeve 7 which is freely mounted on a rod 5 arranged in a housing 2. The type-drum is rotated for characterselection and moved rearwards for impression by moving laterally and depressing a setting knob 19 carried by a rod 20 which is mounted on one of the arms 8. A character-pointer 6 on the sleeve 7 is set with reference to indexplates 57, 58 which are arranged on the sloping front of the housing and are separated by a window or slot 59. When the type-wheel is moved rearwards, an aligning-pin 16 on the rack 9 engages a stationary rack 17. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises the following subjectmatter ; to increase visibility of the typing, the type-wheel is formed as an inverted, truncated cone. The framework and working parts of the machine are made from synthetic resin or the like. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted. Case-shift mechanism.-Shiftkeys 52, 53 are secured to a rocking bail 50 engaging the type-wheel 10. Letter-spacing mechanism.- On depression of the knob 19, a letter-spacing pawl 40 on the slide 13 co-operates with a rack 37 on the carriage 32. For effecting spacing without impression, the knob is turned, before being depressed, and a stop 22 in connection with the rod 20 is thereby depressed, so that on depression of the knob the rack 17 obstructs the stop and shortens the stroke of the typewheel. Back-spacing mechanism.-A pawl 42, Fig. 2, is freely mounted on a pin 44 and is coupled by a flexible member 47 to a back-spacing key 46. On depression of the key, the pawl is rocked into engagement with the rack and is then moved laterally. Sheet feeding and guiding arrangements.- An apron carrying feed-rollers is pivoted on the carriage 32 and can be rocked to release the sheets by depressing an extension which is pivoted on the carriage and abuts on the back of the apron. Ink-ribbon mechanism.-The spools are provided with gears 25, Fig. 2, co-operating with pawls 24 mounted on eccentrics on a spring- urged rock-shaft 23 having an arm 26 in the path of the type-wheel shaft 12. The rockshaft is moved longitudinally to reverse the feed.
Patent GB-142007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in glass gathering and shaping machines
IPC: C03B7/18
Filed: 1919-08-27
Abstract: 142,007. Evans, W. E., (Owens, M. J.). Aug. 27, 1919. Gathering molten metal; pressing.-Relates to the type of automatic machine in which a number of complete units or working heads are carried by a rotating framework, and in which the metal is gathered from the tank, shaped, and the finished article discharged automatically by each unit as it rotates. According to the invention, gathering and pressing mechanism are combined in one machine. Each unit or working head comprises a suction gathering cup 31, a mould 45, a shearing-blade 40, and a pressing-plunger 61. When the cup 31 arrives at the tank 57 it is swung down into the molten metal and charged by suction, the mould 45 being inverted, as shown in full lines, so as to pass over the tank. The cup 31 then swinge to the position shown in dotted lines. the excess of metal being cut off by the blade 40 as the cup 31 passes it. When the cup is clear of the tank, the mould 45 is turned to the position shown in dotted lines, and the cup 31 is opened to allow the metal to fall into it. The cup 31 is opened by a rod 23, which is connected by links 20 with the halves of the cup and is provided with a roller 24 which strikes a fixed cam 34. The plunger 61 then descends to press the ware, which is later discharged by the inversion of the mould. The suction tube 15, Fig. 3, leading to the cup is fitted with a loose mushroom valve 16, which is raised, so as to close the tube 15, by the metal as it rises and fills the cup. The operations of the parts, including the fluid-pressure operated plunger 61, are controlled by fixed cams in the usual way.
Patent GB-971944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to filing containers and rotary filing arrangements
IPC: B42F17/08
Filed: 1963-05-27
Abstract: 971,944. Filing papers. H. LAUER. May 27, 1963 [May 26, 1962], No. 21088/63. Heading B6E. A plurality of sectorshaped boxes open at the top and front edges and having upwardly directed lugs 18 at their rear edges, are mounted on a circular platform 24 and held in position by a flanged plate 25 co-operating with the lugs 18. The platform 24 and plate 25 are secured to a tube 21 rotatably mounted on a vertical shaft 20. The surface of the platform is inclined upwardly to support the boxes at an angle α or is horizontal. Bow springs 16 are attached to the inside of the side walls of each box to hold the contents of each box in position. The front edges of each box are cut away at 15 to facilitate handling of said contents. A plurality of platforms 24 and co-operating plates 25 may be mounted on the shaft 20, the platforms being independently rotatable, or otherwise.
Patent GB-1175962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in underwater lamps.
Inventor: WEMYSS WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: F21V31/00
Filed: 1966-07-12
Abstract: 1,175,962. Protective arrangements. SWIMMING POOLS (FILTRATION) Ltd. 12 Oct., 1967 [12 July, 1966], No. 21097/66. Heading H2K. [Also in Division F4] An underwater lamp, e.g. for mounting on a niche in a wall of a swimming pool, has a sealedbeam lamp with a twin-filament bulb held by electrically conducting retaining means, e.g. stainless steel rods, within a casing closed in front by a glass plate also held in place by retaining means, both sets of retaining means being earthed. The lamp may be supplied from a step-down transformer through a filament selector switch, the transformer having an. additional secondary winding 24 which keeps the filaments of the lamp 18 at 5 volts with respect to earth. The transformer primary includes two normally open relay contacts 25, 26 which may be short circuited by a two-pole switch 27. The secondaries are connected in series with a capacitor 28 and a diode 29 across the outer ends. A relay coil 30 connected across the capacitor closes the contacts 25 and 26 when the switch 27 is operated. A series resistor 31 is connected so as to monitor any leakage current, bringing a transistor 32 to a conducting state, short circuiting the relay 30 and causing the contacts 25, 26 to open.
Patent GB-811664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to crankshafts for internal combustion engines
Inventor: KELLETT ERIC
IPC: F16C3/20
Filed: 1956-07-07
Abstract: 811,664. Crank-shafts. BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO. Ltd. Aug. 28. 1957 [July 7, 1956], No. 2111.6/56. Class 80 (2).  A crank-shaft, for an internal combustion. engine, comprises two shaft portions 6, 7 having secured thereto two die-cast crank discs 10, 11 connected by a pin 15 or liner 12 about which a connecting rod 13 is free to rotate. The crank-pin 15 may lie within the liner 12 and the discs 10, 11 may be cast on to the shaft portion 6, 7 which may be knurled or otherwise roughened to provide grip. The disc may, alternatively be pressed on to the shaft ends and may have cast-in counterweights 16, 17. The discs and/or the connecting rod may be of light alloy or of a zinc based material.
Patent GB-136878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Furniture.
Inventor: PETTER JOHN
IPC: F16B12/46
Filed: 1918-12-18
Abstract: 136,878. Petter, J., and Warren, P. F. Dec. 18, 1918. Frames, joints, and connexions.-Furniture, such as a writing-table or sideboard, is built up of a number of standardized sections comprising bars assembled in a jig and covered with three-ply wood &c. In the construction of a writing-table, four vertical cross-frames c are employed of the form shown in Fig. 3, and these, are connected by horizontal frames d, i and covered by a top f. The jig employed for the assembling of the top is shown in Fig. 16, and comprises a base 1 with blocks 2 for positioning the bars 3, 4. A readily detachable means for clamping together adjacent sections comprises a bolt p having integral therewith a T-shaped head q and a cross-piece r set at right-angles. The head is inserted through a slot s in a member n into a recess u, and the bolt is turned through a right-angle. A member o is placed over the projecting part of the bolt and the nut tightened.
Patent GB-696823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to control valves for hydraulic presses
Inventor: TOWLER JOHN MAURICE
IPC: B30B15/18
Filed: 1950-08-26
Abstract: 696,823. Hydraulic presses; valves. ELECTRAULIC PRESSES, Ltd. Aug. 3, 1951 [Aug. 26, 1950], No. 21163/50. Classes 69(ii) and 135 A combined control, prefill and exhaust valve for a hydraulic press comprises a valve seat member 11 secured between pipe members 9, 10 respectively connected to a reservoir and one or more press cylinders the arms of which are upwardly acting. A prefill valve 16 is held on the seat against the liquid head by a spring member 17 and includes a cylindrical bore 21 communicating with the pipe section 10 through a small hole 28. Slidable in the bore 21 is a relief valve comprising a piston 20 having a valve face seating on the prefill valve, communicating on one side with the pipe section 9 through an opening 22 and with the pipe section 10 through passages 23. The piston 20 has a stem 26 slidable in the member 11, terminating in an enlarged head 25 between which and the member 11 is compressed a spring 24. The piston 20 and stem 26 are bored to accommodate a small mushroom valve 30 seating on the head of the piston 20 and bored to provide communication, when it is opened, between the bore 21 and the pipe section 9 through parts 39 in the stem 26. The piston 20 is reduced in diameter to provide a shoulder 29 exposed to the pressure in pipe section 10. A spindle 32 slidable in the stem 26 is connected through an adjustment 33 with the piston 1 of a control valve comprising a cylinder 2 having a pump pressure supply port 8 and mounted on the pipe section 9. A handle 3 controls the piston 1. In the position shown the supply from port 8 is connected to the reservoir via pipe section 9. In the press operating position this connection is closed and pressure acts on approach cylinders to raise the platen, the main cylinders drawing liquid through the prefill valve 16. At a given pressure in the approach cylinders an automatic admission valve admits pressure to the main cylinders through a port 8a in the pipe section 10. At the end of the operation the piston 1 is returned to the position shown and the pump and approach cylinders are by-passed to the reservoir. Pressure in the main cylinders leaks through a decompression valve to the approach cylinder line until the press is held in balance. The handle 3 is then moved to the right and the stem 32 opens the valve 30 which releases the pressure in the bore 21 and pressure acting on the shoulder 29 opens the relief valve 20. In a modification the piston 20 is parallel sided and after pressure is relieved in the bore 21 the relief valve is manually opened by the adjustment 33 contacting the head 25 of the relief valve stem 26. The control valve may be pilot operated or remotely controlled.
Patent GB-330799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to methods and apparatus for gas analysis
IPC: G01N11/08
Filed: 1929-07-12
Abstract: 330,799. Fagelston I. July 12, 1929. Gas analysis. - Apparatus for comparing the viscosity of a gas with that of a standard gas comprises two tubes having capillary portions 1, 2 and orifices 3, 4 through which the gases are drawn by suction and a manometer 12A connecting the tubes between the capillary portions and the 0.4) of the .pressure on the exit side of the orifices does not exceed 0.5 (preferably 0.4 of the pressure on the entry side. Before entering the capillaries the gases pass through scrubbers 5 - - 8 and filters 9, 10 between which a manometer 11 for equalizing the Pressure may be fitted. Suction is applied at 22 and is maintained constant by a regulator 20 in which the gas bubbles through a mercury column of adjustable height, and by capacity vessels 17, 21, the former of which is provided with an adjustable air leak 18. The standard gas may be derived from the gas under test by elimination of some of its ingredients.