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Patent GB-1420505-A (GB)
Title: Flavour and eating quality in formulated potato crisps made  from dehydrated potato flakes
IPC: A23L19/18
Filed: 1973-05-23
Abstract: 1420505 Potato crisps PROCTER & GAMBLE CO 23 May 1973 [24 May 1972] 24581/73 Heading A2B Potato crisps are prepared by (a) cooking raw potato slices without tempering or precooking, (b) ricing the cooked potatoes, (c) drying the granules formed, to convert them into flakes, (d) pulverizing the flakes, (e) adding water to the flakes to form a dough having a water content of 25-55% by wt., (f) shaping and then (g) frying the dough. The raw potato slices are preferably cooked at a temp. of 190-212‹F for 6-45 mins. The granules may be dried using a rotary drum dryer to a moisture content of 7% by wt. Dehydrated non-tempered or pre-cooked potato granules may be added to the dried flakes in an amount of from 2:1-1:2. The dough, at a temp. of 80-200‹F may be rolled into sheets having a thickness of 0.005- 0.1 in. The dough is preferably fried at a temp. of 275-400‹F for 5-60 secs.
Patent GB-877298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to charge regulators for electric accumulators
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 1958-08-01
Abstract: 877,298. Fluid actuation of switches; switches partly magnetic. SOC. DE L'ACCUMLATEUR FULMEN. Aug. 1, 1958 [Aug. 5, 1957; June 18, 1958], No. 24893/58. Class 38 (5). [Also in Group XXXVI] An accumulator charge regulator responsive to the rate of evolution of gases to control the charge-rate, comprises a flexible diaphragm 17 open to the cell-interior through duet 12 and adapted to pivot a lever 19 to separate a contact 20 from a further contact 21 on a lever 23 pivoted at 24. Contact 20 is biased closed by a magnet 22, and contact 21 is urged against 20 by an adjustable spring 25 and follows it up until arrested by a stop 28 so as to provide a wipe action. The response of the switch is modified by a removable capillary tube 38 leading to atmosphere. In the form shown, the regulator is adapted to screw into a filling orifice, but the device may alternatively be integral with the accumulator cover and independent of the filler device. Diaphragm 17 may be held by an elastic ring which can serve as a safety valve, Fig. 8 (not shown).
Patent GB-346249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for shaking-down chocolate and similar masses in moulds
IPC: A23G1/24
Filed: 1930-08-20
Abstract: 346,249. Moulding confectionery &c. in shaking-machines. GABEL, G., 39, Josefstrasse, Dresden, Germany. Aug. 20, 1930, No. 24907. [Class 87 (ii).] A shaking machine for receiving filled chocolate &c. moulds from the delivery belt h of a filling- machine is formed with two tiers of tracks which are fed alternately. Preferably the two tracks b<1>, b<2> are connected rigidly, for example by stays e, and driven by a single mechanism, but they may be mounted and driven independently. The bridge member i is oscillated between the full and dotted line positions by cam-and-lever mechanism l, p worked in synchronism with the filling-machine by a connecting-rod k. The filled moulds thus are delivered alternately to the upper and lower tracks. Three or more superposed tracks may be provided, each receiving a filled mould in turn.
Patent GB-1038057-A (GB)
Title: High frequency electron discharge device
IPC: H01J29/84
Filed: 1964-06-16
Abstract: 1,038,057. Klystrons; ion-getter pumps. VARIAN ASSOCIATES. June 16, 1964 [July 8, 1963], No. 24969/64. Heading H1D. A high-frequency electron discharge device, e.g. a klystron, has an ion-draining electrode 21 asymmetrically disposed with respect to the beam axis within the beam collector structure 3. The electrode is composed, at least in part, from the group of reactive materials consisting of titanium, strontium, zirconium and any other transition elements of the 4th, 5th and 6th groups of the Periodic Table including the rare earths. Bombardment of the electrode by electrons or ions causes sputtering and a gasabsorbing substance is formed which vacuum pumps the device. Secondary electrons produced within the collector by beam bombardment are prevented from leaving the collector structure by the asymmetric field 34 produced by the negatively biased ion-drain electrode. The collector structure has an inclined bore 15 communicating with an exhaust tubulation 16.
Patent GB-465393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to brakes for bicycles
IPC: B62L5/00
Filed: 1936-09-14
Abstract: 465,393. Cycle brakes. HEROLD, A. Sept. 14, 1936, Nos. 25001, 25002, and 25003. Convention dates, Sept. 13, 1935, June 26, 1936, and Aug. 28, 1936. [Class 136 (i)] In brake mechanism for bicycles comprising two independent brakes on the rear wheel hub, both brakes are operated from the pedal-crank axle by back-pedalling ; for example, one brake is operated in the usual way through the driving-chain, and the other is operated through a roller free-wheel clutch mounted on the crank axle. In one form, the crank axle 15, Fig. 2, is provided with a free-wheel clutch of the roller type comprising an inner ring 18 integral with the inner race ring 3 of a ballbearing 2 for the axle, and an outer ring 23, which is mounted on a ball-bearing 4 and is driven by the wedging rollers on back-pedalling, an arm 6 on the ring 23 being connected by a wire or linkwork to the operating-arm 54, Fig. 5, of a drum &c. brake 53 on the end of the rear hub 12 remote from the free-wheel sprocket 50, 51, which is provided with a back-pedalling brake of the usual chain-actuated type. A return spring is interposed between an eye 55 and the frame. The brake 53 may also be adapted to be operated by hand from a handlebar lever. Front and rear brakes may also be operated simultaneously from the back-pedalling roller clutch by means of a continuous cable or other connection 36, 37, Fig. 3, which passes around guide rollers &c. 33 on arms 30, 31 projecting from the outer ring 23 of the clutch, and around a part of the ring 23, whereby an equalizing or compensating effect between the action of the front and rear brakes is obtained. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes also a construction in which a brake on the rear hub is actuated through the chain by back-pedalling, while a brake on the front wheel hub is actuated from the backpedalling roller clutch. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-819203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to coated leather
IPC: C14C11/00
Filed: 1955-09-02
Abstract: 819,203. Coating leather with vinyl resin. LEWIS, J., and RUBBER IMPROVEMENT Ltd. July 26, 1956 [Sept. 2, 1955], No. 25248/55. Class 87(2). [Also in Group VIII] A vinyl coating is moulded on leather by applying a paste containing a vinyl polymer or copolymer, plasticizers, stabilizers, and pigment with or without a solvent to the leather, and affixing the coating 2 by heat fusion under pressure applied between the leather 1 and a plate matrix 3 by means of a resiliently compressible pressure member e.g. a pad or sponge 8 supported by a platen 7, or a bag 4 which may be expanded by increasing the air or gas pressure within it, acting on the uncoated surface of the leather. The surface of the leather may be slightly buffed and may be given a preparatory coating with a latex of a vinyl polymer or copolymer, containing a stabilizer and plasticizer. The coated leather may be heated and cooled prior to the release of the pressure by means of press platen 5, and a glossy surface may be obtained by using a polished metal plate or matrix e.g. of stainless steel. The vinyl polymer or copolymer may be one or a mixture of two or more of the substances polyvinyl chloride, butyral, formal and vinyl chloridevinyl acetate, which may be plasticized with dioctyl phthalate, and stabilized with lead carbonate or stearate.
Patent GB-600156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to engine cylinders
IPC: F02F1/10
Filed: 1945-09-28
Abstract: A lead bronze alloy for lining the cylinder of an internal combustion engine is sintered or cast on to a steel shell and comprises 2 to 12 per cent tin, 3 to 40 per cent lead and the remainder copper, the copper content being correspondingly reduced if 1 to 5 per cent zinc and/or 1 to 3 per cent nickel be introduced.
Patent GB-1160483-A (GB)
Title: Motive Power Transmission Means.
IPC: F16H33/02
Filed: 1967-06-01
Abstract: 1,160,483. Momentum power-storage apparatus. E. M. MICHALITSIANOS. 2 Feb., 1968 [1 June, 1967], No. 25293/67. Heading F2X. A motive-power transmission comprises a flywheel 1 having an even number of bellshaped weights B pivoted thereon and a triangular member 8 driven through gearwheels 6, 7 by an electric motor 5. The member 8 contacts a roller 12 on a weight after passing over resiliently mounted roller 11 when the weight is in advance of the position 3.1. The member 8 thereafter rotates the weight about its pivot during the time just before and after top dead centre. The weight being above its pivot thereafter pivots under gravity while roller 11 slides along surface 14 until the roller disengages with the member 8 at its apex 15. The weight is prevented from pivoting further about its pivot and so remains at a radial distance greater than the weights on the opposite side of the flywheel which weights are held by the resiliently hinged end portions 4<SP>1</SP> of rods 4 at an angle of 90 degrees to the radius through the pivot. The flywheel is thus unbalanced and rotates to drive an output shaft. A curved tray 17, positions the weights to abut the rod ends 4 at bottom dead centre.
Patent GB-871046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in control mechanism for change-speed gearing on motor vehicles
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE SAMUEL
IPC: F16H61/18
Filed: 1958-08-07
Abstract: 871,046. Change-speed control. BLOXWICH LOCK & STAMPING CO. Ltd. Nov. 9, 1959 [Aug. 7, 1958], No. 25310/58. Class 80 (2). Gear-shift mechanism mounted upon the steering column of a motor car comprises a hand lever 10 turned about its pivot pin 11 to slide a rod 15 axially for the selection of one or other of three channels corresponding to four forward ratios and reverse in a changespeed gear (not shown), a spring-biased plunger or, as shown, a ball 24 engaging in an axial slot 25 in the rod of sufficient length to permit the rod to be slidden freely between the positions corresponding to the selection of the two channels for the forward ratios, the selection of the channel for reverse requiring additional effort upon the hand lever 10 to force the ball &c. radially outwards of the slot against its spring bias. Having selected the appropriate channel, a ratio is then established by pivoting the hand lever 10 in-and-out of the plane of the Figure, a bracket 12 turning in a support (not shown) affixed to the steering- column to permit this movement. In the form shown, the ball 24 is engaged by a recessed pad 23 at the end of a plunger 22 biased by a spring 26 to engage the ball in its groove, a screw 28 closing a bore containing the plunger &c. The hand lever 10 has a forked end 13 coacting through a pin 16 with the ratio selecting &c. rod 15, and is held by an anti-rattle spring- biased plunger 17. As a modification, the ball 24 is omitted, the head 23 of the plunger 22 being of part-spherical configuration and engaging directly with the slot 25 in the rod 15. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 701,166.
Patent GB-190544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to printing presses
IPC: B41L15/02
Filed: 1921-09-23
Abstract: 190,544. Bullock, C. A. H. Sept. 23. 1921. Sheet registering-devices and carriers; delivery apparatus; gripper mechanism. - Relates to sheet feeding and delivery devices for printing-machines of the kind in which inking and impression rollers are carried by a pair of endless chains or belts rotating about a fixed form or chase. A pair of endless chains 4, Fig. 1, passing round sprocket wheels 3 carry inking-rollers 7 and an impression roller 9 and are rotated round the type bed 15 by a crank handle 5 on the shaft of one of the wheels 3. The sheets to be printed are fed from a table 1<a> into a clip 23, comprising two members pressed apart bv a light spring. A stronger spring on the shaft of the clip normally holds the clip bodily in a downwardly extending position out of the path of the inking-rollers 7, but after the passage of these rollers, the clip is turned into the position shown in Fig. 1, by the engagement with a lip 31 on the. clip of the end of a rod 24 operated by a cam 26 on a gear wheel 27. The sheet is fed into the clip against a registering-tongue 23<a>, whereupon the lower member of the clip is engaged by the impression roller 9 to grip the sheet and turn the clip over bodily into the plane of the type bed 15. in which position a projection 34 on the clip is engaged bv a spring latch 35. As the roller moves clear of the clip, the latter is opened by its spring and, upon the release of the latch 35 by the engagement of the roller 9 with a bell crank 65, it returns bodily to its normal position. Prior to this return, the rear edge of tha sheet is engaged by a spring clip 39, Fig. 6, pivoted to a carriage 38 carried by the chains 4, the carriage being provided with an arm 41 which upon engaging a shoulder 42 on a rail 43 turns the carriage into the position shown and the clip 39, by means of the connection 44, lifts the sheet, which is then carried forward into the nip of delivery discs 37 and conveyed to a delivery tray 36.
Patent GB-729887-A (GB)
Title: Interchangeable supporting elements for shelves or like articles
IPC: A47B96/06
Filed: 1953-09-14
Abstract: 729,887. Brackets. VEREINIGTE DEUTSCHE METALLWERKE GES. Sept. 14, 1953 [Oct. 8, 1952], No. 25361/53. Class 52 (5). A wall mounting lug for supporting shelves or the like is made of thermoplastic synthetic resin and has a vertical limb f with a hollow stub b for insertion into a hole in the wall c and subsequent expansion by driving in a pin d and a horizontal limb e on which the end of the shelf can rest.
Patent GB-772264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to garment pressing machines or appliances
IPC: D06F71/40
Filed: 1954-09-01
Abstract: 772,264. Ironing. KEY, J. R. Aug. 18, 1955 [Sept. 1, 1954], No. 25367/54. Class 138 (2). A garment holding device for use with a pressing machine comprises a plurality of pliable tapes or cords 11 which can be passed transversely in spaced relationship over a garment laid upon the buck member 2 of the pressing machine, and means for tensioning the tapes or cords sufficiently to hold them down on the garment while enabling the tapes or cords to be lifted individually over any part of the length overlying the garment during the arrangement of pleats or folds thereof prior to the pressing operation. The tapes or cords pass over upper and lower pulleys or guides 7 and 8 and are provided with weights 12 at one end and balancing weights 13 at the other end. In the example illustrated cords 9 are connected by coupling elements to tapes 11 which pass through guides 10. Spring or other resilient tensioning means may be used in place of the weights 12 and/or 13.
Patent GB-233242-A (GB)
Title: Draw cut scissors
IPC: B26B13/28
Filed: 1924-10-25
Abstract: 233,242. Feddersen, H. L. Oct. 25, 1924. Scissors.-In scissors in which relative longitudinal movement of the blades during cutting is obtained by a toothed pivot pin engaging teeth in one wall of a slot in one of the blades, means are provided to maintain the movement of the pivot along the centre of the slot by a sliding or rolling action. As shown in Fig. 3, the pivot pin 5, which is fixed in the blade 2, has a single tooth 11 ar.d a shouldered portion 6 which engages both sides of the slot 9 in the blade 1. When the pivot pin has more than one tooth and also preferably when only one tooth is used, the shouldered portion 6 is reduced and a plate 14, Fig. 6, is placed thereon and engages the sides of the slo@ 9; a roller may be used in place of the plate.
Patent GB-933154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to steroidal lactones
IPC: C07J41/00
Filed: 1960-07-21
Abstract: The invention comprises steriodal C17-C18 lactones of the general formula <FORM:0933154/IV(a)/1> wherein R3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy or keto, R4 represents hydroxy, acetoxy or keto, R5 represents hydrogen, methyl, fluorine or hydroxy and R6 represents hydrogen, methyl or hydroxy, the values of R3, R4, R5 and R6 being such that when R3 and R4 are both b -hydroxy or both keto, R5 and R6 are both hydrogen, the 5-hydrogen atom is in the b -configuration, and the preparation of steroidal C17-C18-lactones by heating steroidal betaines of the general formula <FORM:0933154/IV(a)/2> wherein R1, R2, and R7 are alkyl containin 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is hydrogen, hydroxy or keto, R4 represents hydroxy, acetoxy or keto, and R5 and R6 have the above significance.  Specifications 805,604, 933,155, 933,156 and 933,157 are referred to.
Patent GB-785497-A (GB)
Title: Cellulose acetate having improved color fastness and process of producing the same
IPC: C08L1/12
Filed: 1955-09-06
Abstract: The colour-fastness of films, yarns, filaments and like products having a basis of cellulose acetate is improved by incorporating in the casting or spinning dope a minor proportion, e.g. 0.04-5 per cent, preferably 0.04-2 per cent, by weight of the cellulose acetate of a vinylpyridine or polymer thereof having in the monomeric form the formula <FORM:0785497/IV (a)/1> where R is hydrogen or methyl, n is 1 or 2 and alkyl groups not having more than 12 carbon atoms may be attached to the heterocyclic ring.  Homopolymers of such compounds and copolymers with other compounds having a vinyl group and particularly with conjugated diolefins having 4-6 carbon atoms, such as butadiene, may be used.  The preferred compound is poly-2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine, but many other such compounds are specified.  The casting or spinning solution generally comprises a 5-35 per cent solution of the acetate in acetone, but other solvents such as acetonyl acetone, dioxane, methyl acetate, ethyl lactate, furfural or chloroform may be used.  If a dull yarn is required titanium dioxide is added to the solution.  Dye may also be added, but generally the product is dyed after casting or spinning. Specifications 656,727, 691,965, 692,016, [Group III], 744,244 and U.S.A.  Specification 2,491,472 are referred to.
Patent GB-1099537-A (GB)
Title: A panel retaining assembly
IPC: E06B3/60
Filed: 1965-06-16
Abstract: 1,099,537. Glazing &c. assemblies. M. ARND. June 16, 1965 [June 17, 1964], No. 25560/65. Heading E1R. In a panel fixing or glazing assembly comprising a glazing &c. bar 3 and pane &c. fixing beading strip 16, the bar 3 has at least two perpendicularly related faces 5, 6 one of which is rebated and functions as a stop and for supporting the pane and this face 5 has a V-shaped groove 4 extending parallel with and adjacent the junction edge of the two faces 5 and 6, the beading strip 16 has on one hand a part 8 projecting towards and terminating short of the pane 1, an inner projection 10<SP>1</SP> terminating in a chamfered edge 10 directed inwardly of the beading strip and engaging in the groove 4 where it is held by a resilient strip G engaging the pane 1 and the part 8<SP>1</SP> of the beading strip 16 opposite the pane and on the other hand a part 13<SP>1</SP> contacting the glazing bar on the other side of the V- shaped groove 4 relative to the edge junction of the two perpendicularly related surfaces 5, 6. The mounting bar may be a hollow bar of quadrangular cross section, at least one face having at each edge a groove 4 as above and the pane &c. being held between two beading strips 16, and the assemibly on the opposite face may be similar to mount two panes at 180‹ (Fig. 3).
Patent GB-427099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to circular knitting-machines
IPC: D04B9/38
Filed: 1933-09-15
Abstract: 427,099. Knitting-machines. BENTLEY, P. A., GODDARD, J. H., DEANS, F. E., and MANGER, C. F., Komet Works, New Bridge Street, Leicester. Sept. 15, 1933, Nos. 25595/33 and 11877/34. [Class 74 (ii)] Needle - selecting mechanism for circular knitting-machines comprises a jack 128 having two butts 135, 136 arranged to straddle a cam block in the cam box 76, a cam surface 137 thereon serving to raise the jack and position the needle or needle slider 127 in the path of the usual cams. The jack is rocked to remove the butt 135 from the cam 137 by the action of a selector 124 on a cam incline 139 and is repositioned by the action of the cam surface 138 on the butt 136, a third cam surface 141 serving to restore the raised jacks to normal level. Each selector is movable in its needle trick under control of a pattern drum 88-90, the absence of a pattern peg 114 from the latter permitting the inclined end 122, Fig. 10, of a lever 120 to remain in the path of a selector butt 123 and thereby raise the selector and the jack, the raised selector being subsequently returned to initial position by the action of a cam 131 on a butt 129. A pattern drum may be provided at one or more points of a multipoint type of machine, a cam assemblage being used for repositioning or reversing the jacks before they reach the second or subsequent feed points. The pattern drum shown in Fig. 7 is rotatably mounted on a stud 84, projecting upwardly from a bed plate 70, and is held against unwanted movement by a spring 94. In a modification, Fig. 11, the selectors 124 are mounted in a conical bed which moves with the needle cylinder, and are controlled by an inclined pattern drum 82. Fig. 2 shows a cam assemblage for reversing the jacks automatically, jacks such as 18, which have been removed from the cam block 50 by the selectors, being repositioned, by the action of a cam block 26 on the lower butt 30, to bring the upper butt 12 into the path of a cam surface 32. Such jacks are then raised by a cam incline 40 and restored to the original level by the cam block 16. Jacks, such as 17, which have not been rocked, are raised by cam inclines 42 52 to bring the needle sliders within range of the operating cams after which they are rocked inwardly by a cam 54, lowered by the combined action of cams 60, 62 and restored to initial position by a cam on the under side of the cam block 16. The outer faces of the butts 12 are inclined downwardly and inwardly to prevent jacks such as 17, 23, 25 from engaging the cam 32 in the course of their downward movement. Specifications 15008/00, [Class 74], 24290/12, 171,483, 337,766, [all in Class 74 (ii)], 351,046 and 400,623 are referred to. The first Provisional Specification also refers to Specification 416,351.
Patent GB-407343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to yarn beaming apparatus and the like
IPC: D02H13/00
Filed: 1932-09-14
Abstract: 407,343. Stop-motions for yarn-beaming machines. SPOWAGE, A. E., Portland Works, Portland Road, Nottingham. Sept. 14, 1932, No. 25607. [Class 142 (iv).] A yarn-beaming machine is provided with dropper elements 6 which are slidably accommodated in a bar 8 movable in unison with a transversely reciprocating sley 2 through which the yarns are threaded, each dropper element, on breakage or undue slackening of the thread associated therewith, making contact with a bar 9 to complete an electric circuit and effect stoppage of the machine. The bar 9 is provided with a series of notches 10 or lugs 11 to assist in maintaining a fallen dropper in engagement therewith and to prevent breakage of the engaged dropper the bar 9 is constrained by a spring 16. Each thread engaging element 6 is formed of wire, the lower end thereof being bent back on itself to provide a shoulder to coact with a bar 15 and thereby limit its upward movement. Specification 407,342 is referred to.