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Patent GB-1106724-A (GB)
Title: An electric wet safety shaver
IPC: B26B21/38
Filed: 1966-03-29
Abstract: 1,106,724. Razors. E. SALI. 29 March, 1966 [3 April, 1965], No. 13723/66. Heading B4B. An electric safety razor comprises an oscillatable head assembly for supporting a razor blade 14, the head assembly being oscillatable in a plane parallel to the cutting edge (S) of the blade by electromagnetic driving means arranged in a hollow handgrip member of the razor, the driving means comprising a solenoid 1 surrounding a core 2 with which coacts a driving lever or core 5 resiliently supported in a plug 7 sealing the head assembly from the handgrip member. The oscillations of the head assembly are in directions parallel and perpendicular to the cutting edge(s) of the blade. The plug is secured by means of a split ring 8 engaging a groove 9 in a cap or neck portion 6. The upper portion 5a of the core 5 engages with play in a central hole 10 of the blade holder 11 which is provided with guides 12 to slidably engage a plate 13 integral with the cap 6. The blade is clamped between the holder 11 and a cover 15 which is secured to the holder by means of a knob 16 which has a screwthreaded bore (17), Fig. 4 (not shown), engaging a screwthreaded portion (18), Fig. 2 (not shown), of the cover 15. The handle 19 is of plastics material and a cable 21 at its end 20 terminates in a current plug (22), Fig. 10 (not shown) provided with a voltage changeover switch (22a).
Patent GB-611765-A (GB)
Title: An improved drilling machine
IPC: B23B39/16
Filed: 1946-05-07
Abstract: 611,765. Drilling-machines. NIELSEN, R. A. May 7, 1946, No. 13793. [Class 83 (iii)] A drilling - machine for drilling simultaneously three holes has bearing - members for two outer spindles 9 arranged in a plane separate from that containing bearing-members for a centre spindle 4. Each outer spindle is journalled between three bearing-members 11 mounted upon a carrier slidable in a frame of U-form provided with elongated apertures in its vertical walls 1a and 1b to permit lateral adjustment of the outer spindles,. the carriers 5 and 6 being interconnected to produce simultaneous displacement of the outer spindles in relation to the centre spindle which is journalled between four bearing- members 3. Anti-friction bearings are used.
Patent GB-131464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flax-pulling Methods and Machines.
IPC: A01D45/06
Filed: 1918-08-24
Abstract: 131,464. Fibre Corporation, and Michot, G. Aug. 24, 1918. Flax-pulling machines .-In flax-pulling machines in which upward tension is applied 'to the stalks of the plants, means are provided for applying lateral forces near the roots so as to loosen them or break the stalks off near the ground. In the apparatus shown in plan and elevation in Figs. 3 and 4, the lateral forces are applied by a comb a which is reciprocated below a fixed comb a<1> by means of a spring a<4> and a roller c engaging an undulating cam surface on one of the travelling wheels. The apparatus is supported below the ordinary pulling-drums by a hinged bracket d and an adjustable ground wheel b. A stop-pin a<5> limits the movement of the comb a when the apparatus is out of action. The pulling-drums may be those described in Specification 116,522. In a modification, the lateral forces are applied by a wooden bar reciprocated longitudinally like the comb a. The action may be varied by varying the shape or character of the edge of the bar. In another modification, a wooden bar is suspended by links and is actuated by a crank and connecting-rod so as to give sharp blows to the stalks.
Patent GB-222063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with opening means of or for sheet metal boxes
IPC: B21D51/38
Filed: 1923-11-24
Abstract: 222,063. Adams, F. E., and Moon, R. B. Nov. 24, 1923. Making rip-seams.-In a machine, as described in Specification 217,953, for providing tearable bands in metal sheets, used for making boxes, the sheets are fed by a conveyer 7, Fig. 2, between scoring tools 18 and an anvil 6 which is moved by a lever 42 and eccentric 40 to press the sheets against the tools. The anvil 6 is reciprocated through a gag 42 which is normally held in operative position by a spring 46<x> acting through a lever 46 and a rod 48 supported, as shown, by a roller 62 resting on the sheet. When the sheet passes from below the roller 62 this falls, disengaging the rod 48 from the lever 46 so that the gag is pulled to one side by a spring 47 and engages a step in the anvil base 45 thus imparting only a small movement to the anvil and causing slight indentations to be made at the ends of the band 3, Fig. 5. The lever 46 is withdrawn by a cam 53 to allow the next sheet to lift the roller 62 and rod 48 and then the lever 46 is released by the cam 53 and moves the gag into its normal position. The tools 18 are adjusted and held by screws 26, 27. There are a number of groups of tools 18, anvils 6, and conveyers 7, Fig. 1, these being driven by gears 9 on a shaft 33 intermittently rotated by ratchets 32 and eccentrics 31.
Patent GB-495776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrically heated laundry irons
IPC: D06F75/26
Filed: 1937-05-18
Abstract: 495,776. Thermal switches. GREEN, G. E. May 18, 1937, No. 13857. [Class 38 (v)] An electrically heated laundry iron has a steel cover 16 fixed at one end to the sole plate 10 by a bolt 17 and the other end carries a push button snap-action switch 22 of the kind described in Specification 419,917. If the iron becomes overheated the sole plate expands relatively to the cover to cause an abutment 26 to engage the operating button 24 of the switch and open the heating circuit. The effective distance between abutment 26 and member 24 is varied by moving the abutment up or down by means of a lever 29 on a nut 28 engaging a threaded portion 27 of the abutment 26.
Patent GB-227356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in heating apparatus burning liquid fuel
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1924-06-06
Abstract: 227,356. Jõhnisch, O. June 6, 1924. Vaporizing-apparatus; oil reservoirs; flame protectors.-The vaporizer of a heating stove consists of a tube 4 containing an asbestos or other fireproof wick 7 and coiled into an annular loop 6 which is provided with a vapour discharge aperture 8 at the lowest point of its inner circumference. One end of the tube 4 expends nearly to the bottom of the fuel reservoir, and the other end is connected to the upper part of the reservoir. The filling opening 9 of the reservoir is closed by a cap 12 on a small plunger air pump 10 which is screwed into a sleeve 11 soldered to the reservoir. The pressure in the reservoir may be relieved by slightly unscrewing the pump. A flame chimney 14 is provided on the loop 6. In a modified construction both ends of the vaporizer extend from below the coiled part 6 parallel to one another through a sleeve screwed. in the top of the reservoir,
Patent GB-276738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for exhibition and advertising purposes
IPC: G09F23/16
Filed: 1926-06-02
Abstract: 276,738. Oswald, F. June 2, 1926. Clocks and watches combined with advertisements; dials, hands, and time-indicators. - A solid or pictorial figure representing the whole or a portion of a human or other body has movable parts so associated with a measuring mechanism that a measurement or indication can be read off continuously from the position of the movable parts relatively to the stationary parts of the figure. Fig. 2 shows such a figure in which the eyes rotate by clockwork to indicate, the time, the positions of the eyes of the girls giving the hours and minutes respectively, and that of the eyes of the man the seconds or the time of alarum release. In another form a rotating cigar located in the mouth of a figure gives the requisite indication in combination with moving eyes. Fig. 6 shows a line screen device in which figures having different expressions or clothing are displayed, for instance, according to the temperature as measured by a bimetallic thermometer g. The thermometer acts on a pivoted lever c carrying a snap roller h which ensures sudden movement of the screen e with complete change of picture seen on a rear tablet a.
Patent GB-611790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the manufacture of tubular members provided with projecting fins
IPC: B21C37/26
Filed: 1946-05-08
Abstract: 611,790. Making gilled tubes. BULTON & SONS, Ltd., T., NEWTON, J. W., and BERRISFORD, S. May 8, 1946, No. 13937. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] Coiling, corrugating, rolling, caulking:-In a method of making a gilled tube, an internal mandrel is used to deform or suppress interior corrugations formed by rolling a helical groove in the rotating tube to receive the gill strip. A travelling carriage 5 on a saddle 4 of a screwcuttiug-lathe adjustably supports a profiled skew-roll 11, forming a groove in a chuck-held tube 10 into which a strip 14 secured to the tube at the chuck end by a clamp 73 is fed through a guide 43, 44, and a caulking-tool 15 which closes the groove edges to grip the strip. A surface-hardened mandrel 50 is rotatably secured on the reduced end 51 of a rod 52 supported by a carriage extension 60, and is thereby maintained in fixed relation to the operating tools 11, 15. A tapered leading edge of the mandrel 50 facilitates corrugation deformation and the mandrel length is sufficient to support tube under the tools 11, 15. To form a smooth bore a round ended cylindrical or uniformly tapered mandrel 50 is used, and any external corrugations are reduced by the caulking-tool 15. The mandrel 50 may be ribbed to produce longitudinal corrugations.
Patent GB-1409228-A (GB)
Title: Synchromesh device for the reverse gearbox
IPC: F16H63/30
Filed: 1974-03-29
Abstract: 1409228 Change-speed gear FORD MOTOR CO Ltd 29 March 1974 [17 April 1973] 13942/74 Heading F2D In a four-speed and one reverse gear or a motor-vehicle, wherein 1-2, 3-4 and reverse shift forks 5, 4, 6 are selected by a finger 3 on a gate-lever-operated single selector shaft 2, which is turned to select and subsequently moved axially in either direction to establish the pre-selected ratio, and an axially fixed interlock plate 10 pivots along with the turning movement of the selector shaft 2, the upper limb 11 of the interlock plate 10 has a cam surface 16 which, when the selector shaft 2 is turned to select the reverse shift fork 6, engages the 3-4 shift fork 4 and shifts the latter axially sufficient to engage the synchronizing cone 14 of the fourth ratio, thereby braking the output shaft to rest for synchronizing the subsequent establishment of reverse. The cam 16 may have both rise and fall to release the synchronizing cone 14 before the reverse establishment movement is commenced.
Patent GB-528601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for forming a continuous tobacco rod or filler
IPC: A24C5/18
Filed: 1939-05-10
Abstract: 528,601. Cigarette-making and like machines. MOLINS. D. W., and MOLINS MACHINE CO.. Ltd. May 10, 1939, No. 13958. Addition to 514,162. [Class 130] [Also in Group XVII] In apparatus for forming a continuous tobacco rod or filler, as claimed in the parent Specification, at least one of the top walls or the side wall of the confining passage 10 is arranged to yield under excessive pressure built up by the tobacco when an obstruction occurs, and control guides 100 on the entrance side of the passage are arranged to provide a compressed stream of tobacco, in the event of a jam occurring, at a smaller cross-sectional area than that of the confining passage, in order to maintain sufficient pressure to move a yieldable wall and allow the tobacco to escape. As shown, tobacco on the conveyer 6 passes beneath a rotatable wheel 91 and a compressing shoe 90 which may be given a rapid vibration of small amplitude. From the conveyer 6, the tobacco is fed between converging guides 24 and over a bridge piece 16 to the confining passage 10, from the outlet of which it is fed by a second conveyer 11 moving more slowly than the conveyer 6. The conveyer 11 may be a paper web carried by an endless band 13. The top and side walls of the confining passage 10 are formed by a grooved member 101, Figs. 1 and 3, pivoted at 102 and adapted to be lifted by excessive pressure. The control guides 100, Figs. 1 and 4, are supported by the shoe 90 between the guides 24 and may diverge slightly in the direction of movement of the tobacco stream.
Patent GB-433565-A (GB)
Title: Lambswool duster
IPC: A47L13/38
Filed: 1934-05-09
Abstract: 433,565. Mops. REID, J. N., 8, Bishop's Park Road, Norbury, London. May 9, 1934, No. 13968. [Class 19] A duster comprises a cane or rod to which is attached a strip or strips of lamb or goat skin. A strip of skin is made to cover the end of the rod and tacked thereto. One or more strips are then wound round the rod. The skin is prepared by being scraped and soaked in soda water, rinsed and wrung. It is again scraped and washed, preferably in warm soap and water and a detergent, and wrung again twice. It is dyed and wrung again and treated on the back with alum solution and salt.
Patent GB-673517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sewing machine attachment
IPC: D05B21/00
Filed: 1950-06-05
Abstract: 673,517. Sewing-machines. GRETST MANUFACTURING CO. June 5, 1950 [June 9, 1949], No. 13978/50. Class 112. Feed by presser-foot or the like.-An attachment for zig-zag or similar stitching comprises a lever pivoted to a frame and carrying a presser-foot, a cam rotated by the needle-bar and engaging means on the lever to oscillate the latter, and means to vary the rotation of the cam relatively to the reciprocation of the needle-bar. In the device described the cam is driven in the usual way by ratchet gear, and masking means are provided to prevent engagement of the pawl periodically. In the form shown the.presser-foot 48 is pivoted by pins 47 on a lever 28 which is slotted at 29 to engage a pivot pin 27 carried in a slot 26 in a frame 13 clamped to the presser-bar; the pin 27 is movable along the slots, to vary the lateral movement of the presser-foot, by an adjusting slide 33 with finger-piece and clamping means. A pin 30 on the lever 28 projects through a transverse slot in the frame 13 to engage a peripheral undulating cam-track in a cam-wheel 19 secured on a spindle which is rotated by a needle-bar-actuated lever 60 through a pawl 63 and ratchet-wheel 62 to impart a lateral throw to the presser-foot at each step of the camwheel. To provide for forming sequences of stitches involving straight as well as transverse stitches interchangeable masking cams 69 may be clamped on the spindle by a nut 70; the cam 69 is actuated by the same pawl 63, but when the latter engages a shallow notch 72 in the cam 69 it is prevented from engaging the ratchet-wheel 62 and thus makes an idle stroke during which a straight stitch is made, a lateral stitch being produced when the pawl engages a deep notch 73 (every third stitch in the form shown). Presser-foot; cording-guides.-The presserfoot, which has a serrated under side, engages its pivot pins 47 on the lever 28 by means of notches, which are held against the pins by resilient limbs on a plate 53 fixed to the foot. This plate also provides a cording-guide 52 which co-operates with a groove in the presserfoot.
Patent GB-1368535-A (GB)
Title: Method for selectively abstracting nickel from an aqueous ammoniacal solution
IPC: C22B23/00
Filed: 1972-03-24
Abstract: 1368535 Extracting Ni and Co values from solutions LE NICKEL 24 March 1972 [29 March 1971] 14063/72 Heading C1A Ni and Co values are extracted from an aqueous solution by forming nickel hexamine and cobalt pentamine complexes in the solution, adding acetylacetone to the solution to ppt. the Ni complex content of the solution, separating the ppt. from the Co-containing solution, and then recovering Ni and Co preferably by steam treatment of the ppt. and solution. The ammoniacal solution may be that obtained by ammoniacal leaching of a laterite ore, or any other solution obtained by lixiviation to which NH4<+> ions are then added. The acetylacetone is preferably used in an amount of at least 2 moles per gm. atom of Ni<2+> and 3 moles per gm. atom of Co<3+>. The steam treated ppt. and solution liberate NH3 and acetylacetone which may be recycled to an ammonia treatment stage and the acetylacetone contact stage. The Ni ppt. may be washed with concentrated NH3 solution to remove Zn and Cu values.
Patent GB-827095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to waveguides
Inventor: CARNE ALAN
IPC: H01P1/08
Filed: 1957-05-02
Abstract: 827,095. Waveguide windows. METROPOLITAN-VICKERS ELECTRICAL CO. Ltd. May 9, 1958 [May 2, 1957], No. 14064/57. Class 40 (8). A waveguide window is cooled by supplying air or gas through a hollow inductive matching post to an aperture located in said post so as to direct a jet of said air or gas on to the window. In the arrangement shown the vacuum sealed output waveguide 1 of a klystron is coupled to a waveguide 2 open to the air by means of a dielectric window 3. Two hollow inductive matching posts 4 and 5 each containing an aperture 6, are connected to air feed pipes 7 and 8. The air flow may be turbulent, and a scanning effect may be achieved by varying the pressure of the air supply to each post.
Patent GB-442340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to combustion chambers for internal-combustion engines of the liquid-fuel-injection compression-ignition type
IPC: F02B19/00
Filed: 1935-05-14
Abstract: 442,340. Oil engines. SKODA WORKS, PLZEN, 37, Jungmannova, Prague, and REZLER, E., 9, Dvorakova, Plzen, Czecho Slovakia. May 14, 1935, No. 14141. Convention date, Jan. 26. [Class 7 (iii)] The combustion chamber 1 of a compressionignition engine is formed in a block 2 made of material of low heat conductivity such as constantan or tungsten steel, and the injector 4 is carried by an insertion 5 of good conducting material, such as copper, and is cooled by water flowing through channels 7<1>, 7<11>. Labyrinth channels are provided on the surface of the block to limit the heat transference and the insertion 5 may be separated from the block by heat insulating material 9. The passage 1<1> which connects the chamber 1 with the cylinder is formed in an eccentrically disposed extension 2a<11> of the block 2 which is preferably made in two parts united by welding or screwing.
Patent GB-959961-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for automatic mixer and dryer control
IPC: C09C1/58
Filed: 1962-04-12
Abstract: 959,961. Pelletizing carbon black. MARYLAND UNITED CARBON CO. Inc. April 12, 1962 [April 18, 1961], No. 14182/62. Heading B5A. [Also in Division G3] Apparatus for controlling the mixing and subsequent drying of powdered material to form pellets comprises a powder supply 11 which is fed to a conveyer 18 supplying a mixer 21 to which water is fed through sprays 22. A transmitter 19 sends a signal to a controller 30 in accordance with the weight of powder and a flow meter 32 transmits a signal to controller 30 in accordance with water flow, the controller 30 acts on a valve 31 to maintain a constant powder/water ratio. The mixture is fed to a heat treatment chamber 24 which is heated by burners 27 supplied with fuel through pipe 36 and valves 38. The water flow signal is also transmitted to a controller 34 which also receives a fuel flow signal, the controller 34 acts on the valves 38 to maintain a constant fuel/water ratio. A temperature transmitter 41 may be provided to transmit a signal to a controller 42 which acts on a relay valve 39, if the temperature of the material passing through the chamber 24 deviates from a range, to modify the signal in response to water flow.
Patent GB-399257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with apparatus for heating and keeping food hot
IPC: A47J39/02
Filed: 1932-05-19
Abstract: 399,257. Stoves combined with furniture. LOCKYER, E. G. F. and HOTLOCK, Ltd., 24, Holborn, London. May 19, 1932, No. 14196. [Class 126.] Apparatus for use in refreshment rooms, wards, and the like comprises a sideboard or other piece of furniture having cupboards or drawers and a portion for heating or keeping food hot, this portion comprising an upper part for holding the food, a lower part containing the heating means, and doors which close it and give the whole apparatus the appearance of an ordinary piece of furniture. In the form shown the food warming portion is arranged centrally between side cupboards and comprises a chamber closed by doors 20 for holding food, plates, &c., the top plate 18 of the chamber being apertured to receive food dishes or vessels 19, 19x. The heating means, such as a holder for slow combustion fuel or electric heating elements, is contained in a drawer 24 below the food container, the gases or hot air passing up flues at the sides and back of the latter and passing out by perforations at the top. Air-spaces are provided between these flues and the surrounding woodwork, which is further protected by a layer of cork insulation. When not in use, the food-warming portion is closed at the top by a hinged lid 14, the front being covered by wooden doors 11 and a flap 13 which is turned up to cover the front of the lid. The lid 14 is concealed by turning over it flaps 15 hinged to the tops of the side cupboards.
Patent GB-672106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to preparation of azo compounds
IPC: C07C255/65
Filed: 1950-06-07
Abstract: Azo compounds of the general formula <FORM:0672106/IV (b)/1> (wherein R1 represents methyl or ethyl and X represents a carboxyl group, free or esterified with a saturated monohydric aliphatic alcohol of not more than three carbon atoms, or especially a nitrile group) are manufactured by the action of a hypochlorite in dilute alkaline solution on a compound of the formula <FORM:0672106/IV (b)/2> at a temperature below 15 DEG  C.  Suitable hypochlorites are alkali and alkaline-earth metal hypochlorites (which should be used in a concentration not exceeding 7 per cent, e.g. 3-5 per cent, and a solution of which in dilute alkali may be prepared in situ by passing chlorine into aqueous alkali or alkaline-earth metal hydroxide solution), or alkyl hypochlorites (which may be prepared by mixing a metal hypochlorite solution with a lower alcohol, especially a tertiary alcohol, in which the amine to be oxidized may be previously dissolved).  The products are useful as blowing agents for preparing foamed rubber, and as polymerization catalysts.  Examples describe the oxidation of: (1), (2) and (5) a -aminoisobutyronitrile with sodium hypochlorite; (3) and (4) the same compound with calcium hypochlorite; (6) a -aminoisobutyric acid with sodium hypochlorite; (7) a -amino-a -methylbutyronitrile with calcium hypochlorite; (8) ethyl or propyl a -aminoisobutyrate or ethyl a -amino-a -methylbutyrate with sodium hypochlorite; (9), (10) and (12) a -aminoisobutyronitrile with tert.-butyl hypochlorite; (11) the same compound with tert.-amyl hypochlorite.  a  - Aminoisobutyronitrile and a  - amino - a  - methylbutyronitrile are obtainable from acetone and methyl ethyl ketone respectively by formation of the cyanhydrins and reaction of these with ammonia.  Ethyl and isopropyl a -aminoisobutyrates and ethyl a -amino-a -methylbutyrate are obtainable by passing hydrogen chloride into a mixture of a -aminoisobutyronitrile or a -amino-a -methylbutyronitrile with chloroform and anhydrous ethanol, or, in the former case, isopropanol.
Patent GB-495808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to absorption refrigerating apparatus
IPC: F25B15/10
Filed: 1937-05-21
Abstract: 495,808. Refrigerating. HOOVER, Ltd. May 21, 1937, No. 14239. Convention date, Aug. 8, 1936. [Class 29] Absorption machines and systems.-Condensate is delivered alternately to the rectifier D and the evaporator E of a continuous-cycle machine by a pocketed collector M, Fig. 2, balanced on a knife-edged partition K<1> in a container having outlets K<2>, K<3> to the rectifier and the evaporator respectively. In the position shown, refrigerant is being directed to the evaporator and when a predetermined amount of condensate collects in the right-hand pocket of the collector, the latter overbalances and delivers refrigerant to the rectifier.