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Patent GB-919468-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for stabilizing the output power of microwave generators
IPC: H05B6/66
Filed: 1961-02-23
Abstract: 919,468. Electromagnetic relays. HUSQUARNA VAPENFABRIKS A.B. Feb. 23, 1961 [March 2, 1960], No. 6738/61. Class 38 (5). [Also in Group XXXV] A snap-action multiplecontact switch comprises an electromagnet 1, 2 with a flap armature 3 to which is fastened, by means of an insulating plate 25, a spring 5 formed with tongues each having a contact 23 co-operating with an associated stationary contact 24. A leaf-spring 28 is rockably mounted between the end of each tongue of the spring and an insulating stop 27 and the tongues are differently biased so that the separate switches constituted by each tongue and its contacts are successively opened when the armature 3 becomes actuated by current in the coil 2. In a modification (Fig. 1, not shown) each tongue of the spring 5 co-operates with a roller and a lever to actuate an individual snap-action switch.
Patent GB-588969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrical discharge devices
IPC: H01J5/42
Filed: 1943-04-29
Abstract: 588,969. Thermionic valves. BHITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. April 29, 1943, No. 6702. Convention date, May 7, 1942. [Class 39 (i)] In a container 10 having an electrode 18 within and a lead-in conductor 15 extending through a metallic wall part, a two-part seal is provided for the conductor, one part composed of metal eyelet 31 and glass part 24 being highly resistant to the filling of the chamber 10 and the second part composed of a similar metal eyelet 33 and glass part 25 being resistant to air, each seal shielding the other from contact with the medium to which it is not specially resistant. In the rectifier shown as an example, the steel container 10 which is also the anode, contains caesium vapour. The seal 24 is formed of borosilicate-barium glass having low alkali and silica content and the metal part co-operating in the seal is a nickeliron-cobalt alloy. The container may be exhausted through tube 34 and the space between the seals may be exhausted through tube 35. This space may contain a body 41 of graphite, tin oxide or copper oxide to absorb caesium. In modified seals, a thin metal section may be interposed between conductor 15 and the sealing material 24 or 25 to relieve strain. Specification 545,426, [Group XXXVI], is referred to.
Patent GB-463219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric systems of remote indication of variable quantities
IPC: G08C19/26
Filed: 1936-03-06
Abstract: 463,219. Electric signalling systems. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., CHUBB, A. A., and MYERS, C. March 6, 1936, No. 6772. [Class 40 (i)] [Also in Group XXXVI] To transmit variables to a remote point a voltage, proportional to the variable, is applied to a relaxation oscillator the frequency of which is transmitted and measured. If the current is alternating it is first rectified and smoothed. As shown in the Figure the valve of the voltage 2 is to be transmitted. The input is rectified by rectifier 1, smoothed by condenser 4 and applied to the relaxation oscillator circuit 6, 8, 10, the periodicity of which varies according to the applied voltage. The impulses derived from the tube 8 are passed to the line 14 by transformer 9 and these pulses are passed through the amplifier or demodulator 31 to relay 13 which repeats them to the frequency meter 19. A system in which the voltage 2 is varied in accordance with a variable current is also described.
Patent GB-349620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in face-powder boxes
IPC: A45D33/00
Filed: 1930-03-01
Abstract: 349,620. Face-powder boxes. DAVIS, C., 22, Rue de Longchamp, Neuilly-sur- Seine, France. March 1, 1930, No. 6824. Convention date, April 18, 1929. Addition to 349,559. [Class 18.] A face-powder box according to the parent Specification comprises two parts hinged together and adapted to receive and permit of the operation of the member for compressing the powder. A box of square or rectangular shape. comprises two parts 1, 2 hinged together and provided with circular members 4, 5, respectively, screw-threaded internally. The compresser 6 holds a puff 7 and has a hinged handle (not shown) whereby it can be screwed into the members 4, 5 to compress the powder 10 and lock the two parts of the box together. The part 1 has a sliding lid 8 with a mirror on its underside. If the box is of circular shape, the members 4, 5 are constituted by the walls of the parts 1, 2. The box may be of any other shape and made of metal or other material, e.g. glass may be used for the contacting surface of the compresser.
Patent GB-125239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Cylinders of Drying Machines.
Inventor: MYCOCK WILLIAM
IPC: F16C27/08
Filed: 1918-04-24
Abstract: 125,239. Mycock, W. April 24, 1918. Self-alining bearings.-A doll-head bearing for a drying-machine cylinder comprises a bush B rendered self. alining by a spherical enlargement, and a paching-ring d held against the bush by a helical or other shaped cage D, adjusted by a screw a<1>. The cylinder trunnion C abuts against a shoulder b in the bush B, and a ring of metal may be placed against the shoulder to exclude steam from the bearing.
Patent GB-111244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plug Cocks.
Inventor: PLATT FRANCIS JAMES
IPC: F16K5/02
Filed: 1917-05-14
Abstract: 111,244. Platt, F. J., and Smith, T. G. May 14, 1917. Seats.-Plug-cocks, more particularly for use with petrol, have lead packing - rings arranged above and below the ports and adapted to be compressed by tangential or radial screwed or sliding members. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the sliding members ex are simultaneously adjusted by drawing together two semi-circular bands f bv means of screws g. Lead shot may be inserted between the sliding members and the rings. For small cocks, the sliding members are replaced by set-screws screwed either tangentially or radially into the casing.
Patent GB-1032472-A (GB)
Title: Scaffold with folding stairway
IPC: E04G5/10
Filed: 1964-02-19
Abstract: 1,032,472. Scaffolding. UP-RIGHT Inc. Feb. 19, 1964 [Oct. 7, 1963], No. 6966/64. Heading E1S. [Also in Division A6] A folding scaffold unit comprises vertical end frames 13, 14 pivoted to a platform 12 and a ladder formed of two parts 15a, 15b pivoted together at 33 the part 15a being the longer, and the ladder being pivoted at 36 to the upper tube 18 of the frame 13 and connected by hooks 38 to the lower tube 24 of the frame 14. When the unit is folded the ladder is folded at 33 and is held between the end frames. The two parts of the ladder are pivoted together by a clevis 44, Fig. 5, in each style of one section and a tongue 45 in each style of the other section, the clevis and tongue being connected by an offset pivot on which the tongue has lateral play against a spring 51 to disengage catches 48, 49 which hold the ladder extended. An upper scaffold unit is spigoted to a lower unit which is mounted on locking castors and has folding struts 40.
Patent GB-249664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bidets
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 1925-03-16
Abstract: 249,664. MallÚsie, A. March 16, 1925, Cabinets.-The front part 2 of a bed-side cabinet-table 1 is arranged to fold downwards to bring a bidet 3 into use. Pivoted legs 10 which are normally disposed within a housing closed by a door 15 are brought into position by springs 21 and are locked by a weighted plate 17. The bidet 3 is removable, and a folding back-rest 7 may be provided. The hinged portion 2 may have a door 13 giving access to shelves 11, and further shelves 4 may be inserted within the piece of furniture.
Patent GB-1015543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to stabilizers for vinyl resins
Inventor: OAKES VINCENT
IPC: C08K5/098
Filed: 1963-02-22
Abstract: Vinyl chloride resins are stabilized by incorporating therein a stabilizing composition comprising a barium soap and a cadmium soap, one of which is derived from a dicarboxylic acid or monoester thereof with an alcohol containing up to 8 carbon atoms and the other from a dicarboxylic acid, monoester thereof, aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, phenol or naphthenic acid. Specified dicarboxylic acids are phthalic, tetrahydrophthalic, hexahydrophthalic, maleic, succinic, adipic, glutaric, sebacic and oxalic acids. Specified other soaps are octoates, laurates, stearates, ricinoleates, naphthenates and alkyl phenates.  The compositions may also contain phosphites, epoxides, phenols and zinc soaps. Examples describe the compounding of compositions comprising polyvinyl chloride, dioctyl phthalate, calcium carbonate and red pigment with stabilizers comprising (1) barium and cadmium butyl succinates; (2) barium and cadmium butyl succinates and Bisphenol A; (3) barium and cadmium butyl succinates, Bisphenol A and triphenyl phosphite; (4) barium laurate, cadmium octyl maleate and Bisphenol A; (5) barium maleate and cadmium butyl maleate; (6) barium nonyl phenate, cadmium butyl succinate, 2,6-di-t-butyl p-cresol and triphenyl phosphite; (7) basic barium succinate, cadmium octoate and Bisphenol A; (8) barium butyl succinate, cadmium ricinoleate and 2,6-di-t-butyl p-cresol; (9) barium octyl maleate, cadmium laurate and Bisphenol A; (10) barium octyl hexahydrophthalate, cadmium octoate and 2,6-di-t-butyl p-cresol; (11) barium octyl hexahydrophthalate, cadmium succinate and Bisphenol A; and (12) barium butyl maleate, cadmium octyl maleate and Bisphenol A.
Patent GB-349979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tables, or furniture adaptable for use as a table
IPC: A47B1/00
Filed: 1930-03-05
Abstract: 349,979. Tables, desks, and work boxes. BONVIN, A. M., 9, Atherstone Terrace, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London. March 5, 1930, No. 7262. [Classes 52 (i) and 52 (iii).] An enlargeable table is fitted with needlework and like requisites. The Figure shows a cabinettable the lid of which comprises a hinged central part 1 and a complementary part formed by four triangular leaves 3 hinged so that they may fold over the centre 1 or be opened out to enlarge it. A square locking-piece 4 is rotatable to engage or release the apices 6 of the parts 3. The underside of the part 1 may be fitted with receptacles for stationery, and beneath this may be fitted a preferably sliding inner leaf 8, the top of which is fitted with a blotting pad, while on the underside is a series of holders for cottons &c. A sliding drawer 15 at the front and a sliding leaf at one side may also be fitted.
Patent GB-249522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for scavenging the two stroke engines of singlescrew ships
IPC: F02B25/00
Filed: 1926-03-16
Abstract: 249,522. Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- N³rnberg Akt.-Ges. March 23, 1925, [Convention date]. Pumps, rotary; cylinders, pipes for. - Scavenging air for the Diesel engine used in single screw ships is supplied by three blowers l, m, n, each capable of supplying half the air required. Two l, m are for normal running, and the third is a spare. The pumps are driven by electric motors q, r, s supplied from independent Diesel engine driven dynamos u, v, w. The air manifold a is divided by a valve partition x; the reserve pump n can be connected to either end of the manifold. In another arrangement the manifold is divided for a part of its length by a longitudinal partition.
Patent GB-617329-A (GB)
Title: New and improved grinding machine
IPC: B24B5/18
Filed: 1945-03-23
Abstract: 617,329. Centreless grinders. POTTS, F. C. (Landis Tool Co.). March 23, 1945, No. 7334. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Sept. 4, 1945.] [Class 60] A centreless grinding machine including a grinding wheel and a control wheel, has the control wheel mounted on a support having a pair of guide surfaces adapted to convey the support towards and from said grinding wheel, one of the said guide surfaces being curved about an axis parallel with the aforesaid direction of movement of the support, and means for tilting said control wheel support about said curved surface away from a vertical position, but excluding a centreless grinding machine as claimed in Specification 601,030. A grinding wheel 15 is mounted on a base 11, which is slidable to and from the work on a bed 10 by means of a screw 20, Fig. 2, worm gear 27, shaft 26 a,nd hand wheel 25. A control wheel 35 and a variable voltage motor 37, Specification 617,412, which drives the said wheel through back-lash-preventing V-belts 32, 34, are mounted on a wheel base 36. For feeding the control wheel to and from the work the base 36 is slidable on a flat surface 66 and a curved channel 65 of a member 55 by a feed screw 90 threaded in a nut 91 on the member 55 and supported at its other end in bearings in the base 36; a hand wheel 88 rotating the feed screw through worms 85, 86. For angular adjustment in a vertical plane at right-angles to the plane of the control wheel, to give an axial feed to the work, the base 36 is turned about a curved member 67, bolted to the bottom thereof and sliding in the channel 65, by a screw 77 threaded in a nut 78 in the base 36 and resting on a slide 75 slidable on the flat surface 66 of the member 55. For axial adjustment of the control wheel the member 55 is slidable on a flat bearing surface 61 and a V-surface 60 on a member 45 by means of a hydraulically operated piston 51 adjustably fixed to the member 55 and sliding in a cylinder 50 integral with the member 45. For angular adjustment in a horizontal plane, for grinding tapered surfaces, the member 45 is turned about a pivot 46 in the machine bed 10 by a threaded screw 48. The work is supported on a bar 111 mounted on the base 10 and is held by guides 112. An electrical circuit, Specification 617,412, is set up so that by the turn of a selector switch the oil pump motor only; the oil pump, grinding wheel and coolant motors and control wheel motor; or grinding wheel and coolant motors and control wheel motor only may be switched on. The grinding and control wheels are dressed as in Specification 617,411.
Patent GB-566671-A (GB)
Title: Coat construction
IPC: A41D27/26
Filed: 1943-05-10
Abstract: 566,671. Coats. GIUSEFFI, J. May 10, 1943, No. 7347. [Class 141] A coat 10 with skeleton lining, i.e. one with no sleeve and no front or back linings but only a narrow front lining and a small shoulder lining, has a yoke 15 and forepart lining 16 of single thickness with adjacent edges at the shoulder joined together along the line 19 only to the collar and sleeve head, but not to the cloth of the coat, so that alterations may be made to the shoulder seam or other part of the coat body without disturbing the adjacent lining parts. A shoulder pad 22 with usual pad covers is attached to the underside of the yoke and to the sleeve head, and the underside of the pad has a covering 26 which is attached to the yoke and sleeve head to form a supporting pocket for the shoulder pad.
Patent GB-963607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to damping valves
Inventor: DELLER JOHN
IPC: G01L19/06
Filed: 1962-02-26
Abstract: 963, 607. Pressure gauges. DUNEDIN ENGINEERING CO. Ltd. Feb. 12, 1963 [Feb. 26, 1962], No. 7351/62. Heading G1L. [Also in Division F1] A damping valve through which a pressure fluid is passed to a pressure gauge Fig. 3 (not shown) from a source delivering a fluctuating pressure output has two passages 2, 3 therethrough and one passage 3 is provided with a ball 7 which permits fluid to flow to the gauge whilst the other passage 2 is provided with a ball 6 which is normally held by fluid flow to the gauge against a seat 8 but, when the fluid pressure falls, will move to allow a metered leak back of fluid through the passage 2. As the fluid pressure fluctuates the ball 7 will move with respect to its seating and will damp the pressure fluctuations or shock waves to the gauge. In an alternative arrangement the balls are spring loaded, Fig. 2 (not shown).
Patent GB-100543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Sterilising Liquids.
Inventor: LUCIEN LINDEN
Filed: 1916-05-25
Abstract: 100,543. Linden, L. May 25, 1915, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Sterilizing liquids.-Liquids contaminated with living organisms are sterilized by rapid and vigorous agitation or beating. After a stage of such action the liquid may be further agitated by injecting into it or mixing it with air or other gases. The apparatus may be mounted on a motor-vehicle, the motor of which may serve to pump the liquid into the apparatus and to work the beating or agitating devices.
Patent GB-1291387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of a coated sintered hard metal body
IPC: C23C16/32
Filed: 1970-02-17
Abstract: 1291387 Coating with metal carbides SANDVIKENS JERNVERKS A B 17 Feb 1970 [21 Feb 1969] 7500/70 Heading C7F  A substrate containing one or more of WC, MoC or CrC and optionally one or more of TiC, TaC, NbC, VC, ZrC or HfC bound with one or more of Co, Ni, Fe or Cr is coated with TiC, TaC, NbC, ZrC, HfC, VC or TaC by decomposition of a gas which has a content of carbon less than is required for carbide formation. The substrate may also contain borides, silicides or nitrides. In an example the gas contains (per cent by vol.) 97H 2 , 2À3TiCl 4  and 0À5CH 4 .
Patent GB-1055866-A (GB)
Title: Solid state erasable and rewritable optical memory system and method of realizing same
IPC: G11C11/42
Filed: 1965-02-22
Abstract: 1,055,866. Digital data storage apparatus. BENDIX CORPORATION. Feb. 22, 1965 [Feb. 25, 1964], No. 7574/65. Heading G4C. An erasible data storage matrix comprises a panel 26 of tenebrescent material (e.g. rhodium aluminium silicate), discrete areas of which can be individually irradiated with light of either of two frequencies, one of which makes it opaque and the other " bleaches " it. A binary " 1 " can be written at a given point by selection of an X and Y line 14, 16 to energize electroluminescent panel 10 and irradiate the area through mesh M. A second panel 12 (which shares its Y address lines 16 with 10) can similarly address the area with light of a different frequency, and at one of two intensities; a low intensity for read-out on to photoconductor panel 32 and a higher intensity for " bleaching " the area.
Patent GB-828859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to blow torches
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1957-03-07
Abstract: 828,859. Gas torches. BERNZ CO. Inc., O. March 7, 1957 [Nov. 5, 1956], No. 7591/57. Class 75(1) [Also in Group XXIX] A blow torch comprises a needle valve 5 screwed into a bushing 18 mounted for axial movement within the valve housing and prevented from rotating by a pin 20, a hand knob 24 being provided for screwing the valve between a shut off and an open position and a pivoted lever 27 being provided for moving the bushing 18, and hence the valve, against the action of a spring 23 towards the open position of the valve. In operation the valve is set by the hand knob 24 to provide a pilot flame and the pivoted lever is used to open the valve further to provide an operational flame. The lever 27 is pivoted to a pin 28 on the valve housing and has a forked end 30 engaging a sleeve 26 loosely mounted on the valve stem between the hand knob 24 and the housing. The housing has a threaded recess 2 adapted to be screwed on to a portable cylinder containing L.P. gas and a stem 3 on the housing is adapted to open a closure valve in the cylinder. The torch head has radial air inlets 9 and the combustible mixture discharge through an axial nozzle 10, an annular ring of nozzles 11 and radial outlets 13 into a cylindrical sleeve 12. Specification 805,394 is referred to.
Patent GB-416582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to discharge valves for liquid containers, more particularly for drums and barrels
IPC: F16K3/08
Filed: 1933-03-13
Abstract: 416,582. Liquid &c. containers. PHILLIPS, C. S., and PHILLIPS TELESCOPIC TAPS, Ltd., 62, Pall Mall, London. March 13, 1933, No. 7595. [Class 21.] A discharge valve for a container such as a metal drum or wooden barrel comprises a shutter-valve rotatable by a handle which may fold to lie within a shallow dished member of uniform depth, the valve seat being formed on the inner surface of the dished member. The shutter-disc 10 with aperture 12 is rotated about a bolt 11 by a handle 17 foldable about a hinge 17b, and is adjustably pressed by a spring plate 14 against a washer 9 inserted in the outlet aperture 4 formed in a lamina or laminµ 1. A flange 2 turned over at 3 is formed on the lamina 1 or attached to the container. The lamina 1 may be formed by part of the wall of a metal container. For transit, the folded handle may be sealed by a thin metal cap 19. A non-return check-valve 36, laterally displaced from the outlet 4, may be provided in a partition 34 to prevent unauthorised refilling. The valvedevice is preferably fitted to the base within the chimbs, but may be fitted in a vertical wall. The shutter may be mounted in a shallow housing containing cork packing-discs, both the valve and discs being tapered to produce progressive compression of the discs when closing the valve. Figs. 9 to 11 show how the flange 3 of the body may be attached to a short neck 50 on the container, the contacting parts being first pressed outwardly by a conical tool or by a rolling operation, and then pressed flat. According to the Provisional Specification a non-folding handle may be locked in the edge of a chimb.
Patent GB-871370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to air circuit-breakers of the air-puffer kind
Inventor: HART MICHAEL NORMAN
IPC: H01H33/91
Filed: 1957-03-07
Abstract: 871,370. Air-break switches. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. Feb. 28, 1958 [March 7, 1957], No. 7605/57. Class 38 (5). An air puffer comprises a cylinder 7 carried by the moving contact arm 3 pivoted at 4, and a piston 6 on a rod 14. The latter is coupled to a crank 16 which is pivoted at 17 on the arm 3 and connected to an operating rod 12 by a link 13, the rod 12 is pivoted at 21 on the arm 3 and is moved by rotation of an arm 10 to which it is coupled through an insulator 11. As the contacts separate the piston is forced up the cylinder, its edges being shaped to allow it to tilt. The nozzle 8, the upper part of the cylinder 7 and the piston 6 may be of insulating material.
Patent GB-909478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gate-lift valves
IPC: F16K3/28
Filed: 1959-03-05
Abstract: 909,478. Valves. HAWLE, E. March 5, 1959, No. 7732/59. Class 135. A gate-lift valve has a generally V-shaped closure member operated by a spindle 15, the closure member being rounded at its lower or free end to form a sealing under surface and having a flange-like enlargement 7 formed with a sealing under surface which co-operates with the outer surface of the wall of the flow passage 2 in the valve housing, while the free end of the closure member comes into contact with the inner surface of the wall of the flow passage, these sealing surfaces being each provided with a layer of resilient material 8, 10 respectively, characterized in that these respective layers are made together in one piece; the flow passage having a substantially oval cross-section 3 at the shut-off portion, the wall used as a seating for the enlargement 7 being formed in accordance with the passage cross-section and the sealing surfaces of the enlargement and of the free end of the closure member extending when the valve is closed to a position a little above the centre line of the flow passage as indicated by Fig. 3 so that the resilient material is subjected only to compressive stresses and reliable sealing is obtained. The resilient layers are formed with sealing lands 10 separated by intervening recessed areas 11. The closure member is provided with guides 13. The spindle is secured in a bonnet 18 by a ring 17 engaging grooves in the spindle and having a flared lip 19 which engages a recess in the bonnet. This ring is provided initially with a circumferential gap and is drawn on the spindle through a sizing cone. A forced-in bushing 20 of synthetic plastic material fits within the flared lip.