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Patent GB-1052852-A (GB)
IPC: B60V1/00
Abstract: 1,052,852. Air cushion vehicles. HOVERCRAFT DEVELOPMENT Ltd. Sept. 4, 1963 [Sept. 5, 1962], No. 52562/65. Divided out of 1,052,851. Heading B7K. An air cushion vehicle has, within the cushion chamber and spaced from the lower wall of the body a panel composed of rigid or flexible sections 11 interconnected by flexible portions 16 and supported on the vehicle by flexible supports 15 so arranged that cushion air may flow through the space between said lower wall and panel.
Patent GB-1053483-A (GB)
IPC: F16K11/16
Abstract: 1,053,483. Valves. LEONARD VALVE CO. June 19, 1964 [July 24, 1963], No. 25399/64. Heading F2V. In a thermostatically regulated hot and cold fluid mixing device, a single handle controls fluid inlet valves and also positions a thermally sensitive device to control the temperature of the mixed fluid. Hot and cold water inlet valves H and C are simultaneously opened upon rotation of handle 150 and spindle 51 threadedly engaged with yoke 125 whereby spindles 132, 142 fixed to the yoke 125 are displaced within fixed sleeves 90, 101 to move packing 135, 145 out of engagement with seats 100, 112. Hot and cold water flows respectively, via passages 98, 93 and 110, 104 to outlets 120 and 121 of a sleeve 115 and into a mixing chamber therearound for discharge through a mixed fluid outlet. The outlets 120, 121 from sleeve 115 are controlled by a thimble 123 slidable thereupon by a ball 124 and socket 82 engagement with a member 80 which is rotatable upon spindle 51 and within a slot 79 of which is attached one end of a bimetallic coil 76 connected at 77 to another bimetallic coil 75 attached within slot 75 to a member 62 fixed to rotate with spindle 15. The thimble 123 blocks the hot water outlet 120 during initial rotation of the handle 150, from engagement with a stop 153, to the open position of valves H and C until it is further rotated to a desired temperature setting position indicated by pointer 151, whereupon outlet temperature is regulated by the bimetallic coils.
Patent GB-1104220-A (GB)
IPC: A61B7/02
Abstract: 1,104,220. Stethoscopes. CARDIOSONICS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION. 23 May, 1966 [23 Aug., 1965], No. 22895/66. Heading A/R. The sound receiving head of a stethoscope comprises a plastic diaphragm 13 secured over a concave surface 15 on an aluminium body 11, a tubular member 12 being bonded into a bore 22 in the body so that the bore of the tubular member communicates with an opening 30 formed centrally in the surface 15 of the body 11, the tubular member being used to attach the head to the remainder of the stethoscope by resilient tubing. The opening 30 and the bore 22 are formed in the body 11 by drilling.
Patent GB-1131436-A (GB)
IPC: B44F1/12
Abstract: 1,131,436. Workmen's time recorder. SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER CO. 21 March, 1966 [21 July, 1965], No. 12324/66. Heading G4T. A workmen's time recorder includes a first slot for receiving a workman's time-card and a second slot for receiving a workman's identity card (called a " badge ") and is characterized in that in addition to time stamping the timecard in the usual way it also produces, for subsequent use in an automatic accounting system, a punched paper tape record of the workman's identity, obtained by sensing his badge, the time of day and the day of the week, obtained by counting pulses produced by the clock, the number of the workman's shift and an on-duty/off-duty indication, obtained from keys depressed by the workman, and the identity of the recorder itself, obtained from preset switches in the recorder. The workman's badge comprises a card, Fig. 10, punched in accordance with his identity. It is sensed by mechanical feelers by conventional equipment (Figs. 11 to 13, not shown). The time of day is printed on the time-card in hours and minutes, but on the paper tape it is recorded as hours and decimals of hours. Conversion from minutes to decimals of an hour is achieved approximately by counting pulses that occur at a frequency of 1 per minute in a counter formed from two 10-position stepping switches and correcting the count to 0À75 at 45 minutes past each hour.
Patent GB-1143818-A (GB)
IPC: G01N33/98
Abstract: 1,143,818. Gas analysis. W.L. DUCIE and T.P. JONES. Aug.24, 1967 [Sept.2, 1966], No.39261/66. Heading G1B . Breath alcohol is detected by means comprising a transparent open-ended tube 1 containing an alcohol sensitive indicator 2 formed by coating silica gel particles with concentrated sulphuric acid, drying the coated particles and then mixing the dried particles with an aqueous solution of a chromate ion producing substance e. g. chromium trioxide. The tube 1 contains two columns of the indicator 2 separated by a plug of glass wool 3 and held in place by porous inert plugs 4. In this way the tube may be used twice by passing exhaled air through from one end and then the other. A single column of indicator 2 may be used if desired. To protect the indicator during storage silica gel crystals 6 are inserted at both ends of the tube which are closed by stoppers 5. These stoppers and the crystals 6 are removed before use of the tube.
Patent GB-1231264-A (GB)
IPC: B44C3/12
Filed: 1968-06-24
Abstract: 1,231,264. Ornamenting. A. F. A. DEPARDAY. 24 June, 1968 [22 June, 1967], No. 30035/68. Heading B6G. A system for producing a decorative panel comprises as shown in Fig. 1 a support formed by a sheet of wide-mesh fabric 2 of the canvas type and consisting of threads 6, 6<SP>1</SP> and 9, 9<SP>1</SP> following each other in pairs, crossed at right angles to form alternately square holes 10 and rectangular holes 11 between them, and a series of decorative elements 1 each formed by a square-base head and a shank intended to penetrate into the square holes. The shank is formed as shown in Fig. 2 by a cone frustum 7 joined with its small base to the head 3 and with its large base to the base of cone 8 to form an enlargement of greater diameter than the width of the square holes at an intermediate point of the length of the shank. The head 3 may have the form of a square-base pyramid. The decorative elements may consist of moulded plastics, transparent or translucent. The decorative panels may simulate tapestry or stained glass windows.
Patent GB-1233211-A (GB)
IPC: B26D1/20
Filed: 1968-09-13
Abstract: 1,233,211. Winding webs. LES PLASTIQUES DE ROUBAIX, and ANCIENS ETABS. REPIQUET. 13 Sept., 1968 [19 Sept., 1967], No. 43580/68. Heading B8R. A machine for winding up on mandrels successive segments cut from a continuously delivered strip of material, e.g. of paper or fabric, comprises a revolving winding frame 9 carrying a first rotary mandrel 8a on which the material is to be wound, a second empty rotary mandrel 8b occupying initially a rest position prior to taking the place of the first mandrel by rotation of the winding frame, and a rotating bladecarrier 7 over which the strip 3 entrained by the first mandrel passes; the roller 7 has a sleeve 11 of soft elastic material into which the blade 12 is sunk and from the surface of which the blade can project, the roller being carried by a mechanism adapted to displace it relative to the rest position of the empty mandrel 8b whose surface layer, at least, allows the penetration of the edge of the blade 12 thereinto, so that during the application of the roller 7 on to the empty mandrel 8b the projection of the blade 12 from the surface of the roller and its penetration into the surface layer of the mandrel 8b effect the cutting of the strip 3 which is then kept clamped between the roller 7 and the empty mandrel 8b to ensure the engagement of the strip on the mandrel which may have adhesive applied to it by way of a perforated cylinder 41. The mechanism carrying the roller 7 and effecting its displacement and cutting actions is described with reference to Figs. 2 to 6 (not shown). An electrical contact C5 co-operating with a cam 43 carried by a roller 6 over which the strip passes produces pulses proportional to the length of the wound up strip and a counter for these pulses initiates the cutting of the strip. Other electrical contacts C4, C6, C10, C11, C14, C15 and C18 serve to signal the movements and various positions of different parts of the machine. Empty mandrels are fed on to the frame 9 from a magazine 44, and a discharge ramp 46 is provided for the finished rolls. A schematic control circuit for the motors (not shown) driving the various components of the machine is described with reference to Fig. 7 (not shown).
Patent GB-1233840-A (GB)
IPC: D03D47/00
Filed: 1969-11-03
Abstract: 1,233,840. Thread tensioning device. LIN DAUER DORNIER G.m.b.H. 3 Nov., 1969 [26 June, 1969], No. 53691/69. Headings DID and D1E. A thread is tensioned by wrapping it helically round a smooth rod 1 which is cranked at 9 so that the thread approaches the effective part of the rod in an axial direction through an eyelet 11. An outlet eyelet 8 is gripped by spring washers 6 so as to maintain its setting, but can be turned about the rod without slackening the nuts 4 to alter the number of turns that the thread makes about the rod. When used as a weft brake in a shuttleless loom or in other cases where the thread movement is intermittent, the tenden e.g. for the thread to over-run and become slack at the input end of the rod is counteracted by a hood 18 lined with felt and loaded by weights placed on a magnet 20.
Patent GB-1234511-A (GB)
IPC: G01R19/02
Filed: 1969-02-25
Abstract: 1,234,511. R.M.S, measurement of irregular waveform. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Feb. 24, 1970 [Feb. 25, 1969], No. 9962/69. Heading G1U. In order to obtain the r. m. s. value of a signal of irregular waveform, the signal is applied 90 to the base of a transistor 1 having a network 2-9 in its emitter with a characteristic that approximates to a square law by a plurality of straight line segments, so that the emitter-collector current is proportional to the square of the instantaneous amplitude of the input signal, the A. C. component of this current is shorted to earth by a capacitor 34 and the D. C. component, which is also proportional to the square of the instantaneous amplitude of the input signal, is applied to a second network 12-17 with a characteristic that approximates to a square law, so that the potential across the second network represents the root of the mean of the square of the input, and this potential is indicated on a meter 35. The emitter circuit of the transistor 1 includes a biasing resistor 10 to which is applied a temperature compensated 26 Zener 24 stabilized supply voltage. The collector circuit is similarly biased.
Patent GB-1239208-A (GB)
IPC: C03B9/41
Filed: 1967-11-15
Abstract: 1,239,208. Glass-forming machine. U.G. TABLEWARE Ltd. 6 Nov., 1968 [15 Nov., 1967], No. 52001/67. Heading C1M. A machine for forming glass articles, e.g. tumblers, bottles and beakers, comprises a plurality of moulds 1, which may be mounted on an intermittently rotatable turret, and means, at successive stations, for charging molten glass into a mould, for shaping the glass, e.g. a plunger or blowpipe, and for removing the shaped article, the mould moving from station to station, the machine being provided with a control unit comprising memory means for each mould, the said memory means being actuated when an I.R. detector 6, situated after the removal station and before the changing station, detects the extra heat of a full mould (due to failure of the removal means), the memory means causing either the charging means or shaping means not to operate on the full mould, while not affecting the other moulds, which continue to operate. The memory means may comprise pins 8 mounted on wheel 2, which wheel rotates whenever the moulds move, a pin being moved from its non-operative (Fig. 2) to its operative (Fig. 3) position by solenoid 7 in response to a signal from detector 6, the raised operative pin then contacting a microswitch 11 to prevent the charging or shaping means operating on the full mould. An audible signal such as a siren 13 may be operated also by the I.R. detector 6.
Patent GB-1251823-A (GB)
IPC: B01J23/84
Filed: 1968-09-30
Abstract: 1,251,823. Dehydrogenation catalysts. PETRO TEX CHEMICAL CORP. 30 Sept., 1968 [28 Sept., 1967 (2)], No. 46241/68. Heading B1E. [Also in Divisions C2 and C5] A process for the oxidation dehydrogenation of organic compounds uses a manganese ferrite catalyst formed in the presence of halogen and/or under reaction conditions such that the manganese present retains a balance predominantly of +2 during the formation of the ferrite, is contained on a carrier or support comprising Al 2 O 3 , SiC or pumice. Additives may also be present in the manganese ferrite such as P, Si or mixtures of these, employed in the form of their compounds such as phosphoric acid, phosphorous pentoxide, ethyl phosphate or Si halides.
Patent GB-1252610-A (GB)
IPC: A01K9/00
Filed: 1969-10-03
Abstract: 1,252,610. Animal feeding appliances. G. P. ROSE-MILLER. 20 March, 1970 [3 Oct., 1969], No. 36825/70. Divided out of 1,252,609. Heading AIM.  A device for feeding an animal comprises a body 1 which has a threaded recess 2 for connection to a liquid-food containing vessel (not shown), a rubber teat 5 being held by a flange 4 on the body 1. A rod 9 extends through a bore 8 and has at its upper end an enlarged metal portion 10 on which a rubber head 11 is mounted, and a rubber member 13 is mounted at its other end. When an animal sucks on the teat 5, the member 13 is pushed upwards, displacing the head 11 from the spherical seat 12 thus allowing liquid to flow through the bore 8 into the teat 5. The position of the member 13 may be varied by the engagement of a rib 16 with a selected one of the grooves 15.
Patent GB-1256803-A (GB)
IPC: B43M3/00
Filed: 1969-02-03
Abstract: 1,256,803. 17α - (1 - Propynyl) - steroids. SANDOZ Ltd. 3 Feb., 1969 [19 Feb., 1968], No. 5593/69. Heading C2U. The invention comprises the 3-methyl, 3-ethyl and 3-n-propyl ethers of 17α-(1-propynyl)- estradiol, and the preparation thereof (a) from the corresponding 17-ones by reacting with Li 2 C = C = CLi 2 ; or (b) from the corresponding 17-ones by reaction with CH 3 C#CMgX (X is Br, Cl.or I); or (c) from the corresponding 17α- ethynyl compounds by protection of the 17#-OH group, methylation of the 17α-ethynyl group and liberation of the 17#-OH group; or (d) from the corresponding 17α-propargyl compounds by protection of the 17#-OH group, base isomerization of the 17α-propargyl group and liberation of the 17#-OH group; or (e) from the corresponding 3-ols by alkylation. The compound 3 - (n - butoxy) - 17α - (1 - propynyl) - estra - 1,3,5(10) - trien - 17# - ol is also disclosed. 17α Ethynyl - 17# - (tetrahydropyran - 2- yloxy) - 3 - methoxy - estra - 1,3,5(10) - triene and 17α - propargyl - 17# - (tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)- 3 - methoxy - estra -1,3,5(10) - triene are prepared from the corresponding 17-ols, and each is converted into 17α - (1 - propynyl) - 17# - (tetrahydropyran - 2 - yloxy) - 3 - methoxy - estra- 1,3,5(10)-triene. The compounds of the invention are said to possess deciduogenic, estrogenic and progestational activities, and may be made up with carriers into pharmaceutical compositions for oral or parenteral administration. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 841,887.
Patent GB-1267110-A (GB)
IPC: H01B12/10
Filed: 1969-12-22
Abstract: 1267110 Super-conductors; super-conducting cable COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE 22 Dec 1969 [26 Dec 1968] 62463/69 Headings H1A and A4D A super-conductor comprises a ribbon of pure A1 or Cu in which are buried longitudinally extending super-conductor elements, the ribbon having one face covered with a thin layer of copper which is itself covered with a layer of super-conductor material. As shown, Fig. 1, wires 41 or strips of superconductor material such as Nb-Zr, Nb-Ti or Nb- Sn alloy are embedded in a ribbon 40 of refined Al or electrolytic Cu having on one face a layer 42 of Cu covered with a layer 43 of super-conductor material. In use the wires 41 carry the mean D.C. component of the current while the layer 43 carries the ripple or A.C. component. Two such conductors are produced by coating one face of both of two strips of super-conductor material with a thin layer of Cu, placing the uncoated faces of the strips together, extruding around the strips a layer of refined Al in which are buried superconductor wires and removing the side portions of the Al layer to separate the conductors. A plurality of wires of high mechanical strength, e.g. steel or Al alloy, can be embedded in the extruded layer simultaneously with the super-conductor wires. Cable construction.-As shown, Fig. 4, three conductor assemblies 10, 11, 12 are pressed together by a wire or tape 16 and are immersed in liquid helium circulated through a stainless steel tube 20 and through the central passages 5 of the conductor assemblies in the same direction. The tube 20 is surrounded by a porous thermal screen 22 cooled by means of conduits 23 through which liquid nitrogen is circulated, thermal insulation 24 surrounds the ducts and the whole assembly is enclosed in an outer stainless steel tube 30, the space between tubes 20 and 30 being evacuated. Spacers 27, 28 of thermal and electrical insulating material centre the inner tube 20 and thermal screen 22 within the outer tube 30. Each of the conductor assemblies 10, 11, 12 consists of an insulating tube 3 having layers 1 and 2 of super-conductor conductors on its internal and external surfaces. Each layer consists of a plurality of conductors constructed as previously described wound helically with their superconductor layers in contact with equi-potential sheets (15) on the surfaces of the tube and covered with protective layers (17). The conductors form an angle with the generatricos of the cylinder of approximately Arc sin #K, where K is the ratio of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the conductor and insulator to reduce thermally induced stresses. In operation, the two superconductor layers of each assembly carry equal and opposite currents, the outer super-conductor layer (2) being at neutral potential.
Patent GB-1288704-A (GB)
IPC: F01B15/00
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1288704 Piston and cylinder assemblies; telescopic tubes NEW-INVENT SA 19 April 1971 [20 Feb 1970] 22177/71 Headings F2P and and F2T [Also in Division F1] A telescopic piston and cylinder unit for use in a reciprocating fluid machine or as a swivel coupling, comprises a hollow piston 12 telescopically slidable in a cylinder 10, the open outer ends of the piston and cylinder being engageable with seating bodies 18, 20 at least one of which has a spherical seating surface 22 or 24 for engagement with an internal conical surface 28 or 30 on the cylinder or piston. The circular line of contact 32 between the respective seating and conical surfaces is chosen such that pressure within the assembly produces a resultant axial force which combines with a spring 44 in maintaining the surfaces in contact.
Patent GB-1288841-A (GB)
IPC: C07C59/72
Filed: 1970-04-14
Abstract: 1288841 Phenoxy-aliphatic carboxylic acid derivatives SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO Ltd 14 April 1970 [16 April 1969 (2) 2 May 1969 (2) 19 May 1969 21 July 1969 (2) 22 July 1969 2 Sept 1969 3 Oct 1969 (4) 6 Nov 1969 15 Nov 1969 (2) 24 Nov 1969 19 Dec 1969 23 Dec 1969] 17679/70 Heading C2C Novel compounds of formula wherein R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> each is hydrogen, C 1 -C 8  alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, or phenethyl, or R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> may form cycloalkylidene together with a carbon atom bonded therewith; R<SP>3</SP> and R<SP>4</SP> each is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4  alkyl; Y is hydroxyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, phenoxy or an amine residue of the formula -NR 5 R 6  wherein R<SP>5</SP> and R<SP>6</SP> each is hydrogen, C 1 -C 4  alkyl, unsubstituted or halogen-, alkyl- or alkoxy-substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or halogen-, alkyl- or alkoxysubstituted aralkyl, unsubstituted or halogen-,' alkyl- or alkoxy-substituted cycloalkyl; A represents hydrogen or a group of the Formula B wherein R<SP>3</SP>, R<SP>4</SP> and Y have the same meanings as defined above; and D and E are the same and are hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms with a proviso that R<SP>4</SP> is C 1 -C 4  alkyl when both R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> are methyl groups and that when A is a group of Formula B above wherein Y is OH or alkoxy and BO groups are pto the bridge, R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> are neither both H nor both methyl, are prepared by one of the following methods: (a) a component of Formula II with a ketone of formula R<SP>3</SP>COR<SP>4</SP> and chloroform in the presence of an alkali; (b) a compound of Formula II above is reacted with a compound of formula wherein X is a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group; or (c) by esterification of amidation of the free acids of Formula I above. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for lowering cholesterol and lipid levels in the blood being in conventional forms for oral administration comprise a compound of Formula I above and a carrier or diluent.
Patent GB-1289241-A (GB)
IPC: G03G5/09
Filed: 1971-01-13
Abstract: 1289241 Photoconductive element GAF CORP 13 Jan 1971 [14 Jan 1970] 1716/71 Heading H1K A photoconductive element comprises a photoconductive layer including a binder having dispersed therein zinc oxide and a sensitizing dye of formula wherein R and R<SP>1</SP> are halogen, R<SP>11</SP> is Cl, Br or I and n and in are 1 or 2. The embodiments use octabromo(tetrabromo-bromo phenol blue), hexabromo, tetrachloro-tetrabromo, and dichloro-tetra-iodo sulphonphthalein. The dye may be added dissolved or undissolved to a suspension of ZnO, polyvinyl acetate and triethylamine in toluene. Alternatively an alcoholic or toluene solution of the dye may be mixed with zinc oxide and the dyed zinc oxide added to a solution of the binder. The photoconductive layer may be supported on a sheet of Zn, Al, brass, plastics or paper optionally impregnated with KCl or vinyl benzyl trimethylamine chloride. Other binders are specified.
Patent GB-1310512-A (GB)
Title: Preservation of flavours
IPC: A23L27/00
Filed: 1969-06-25
Abstract: 1310512 Preservation of flavours IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd 17 June 1970 [25 June 1969] 32070/69 Heading A2D A oil- or fat-free protein containing food or flavouring material which is also free of a dehydrated alkyl metal phosphate or ascorbic acid or the sodium salt thereof, is preserved by the addition thereto of a 4-alkoxy 2, 6-di tert alkyl phenol. The preferred additive is 4 methoxy 2,6-di tert butyl phenol.
Patent GB-1314360-A (GB)
Title: Device and process for the closure of casks drums and other  container
IPC: B65D45/32
Filed: 1970-11-24
Abstract: 1314360 Closure retaining device ETABS BERNARD OURY 24 Nov 1970 55924/70 Heading B8T A flexible sealing ring is cut and shaped as shown in Figs. 1, 2. A flexible handle (6), (7), Fig. 3 (not shown), is inserted into a hole 5 in an elongated projection 4, the strip 1 then being shaped into a circle, the projection 4 overlapping the opposite end projections 2 and extensions 8 extending under the adjacent projections 2. After disposing the assembly astride a flange (10), Fig. 5 (not shown), of a lid (11), the projections 3 are turned under the rim of a container (13).