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Patent GB-513240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to steam accumulators
IPC: F01K1/00
Filed: 1938-04-04
Abstract: 513,240. Steam regenerative accumulators. BRITISH BOILER ACCESSORIES, Ltd., and GOLDSTERN, W. April 4, 1938, No. 10307. Convention date, April 28, 1937. [Class 123 (ii)] A boiler 1 is used as a steam regenerative accumulator by allowing the boiler water to circulate through an external, relatively small container 5 into which the charging steam is admitted through a nozzle 4. The water circulation may be effected by a pump or by the injector action of the steam issuing from the nozzle. The converted boiler may also be heated by waste gases conducted through the flues. Specification 319,108, [Class 123 (ii)], is referred to.
Patent GB-141716-A (GB)
Title: Appliances for playing a race game
IPC: A63F9/14
Filed: 1920-04-13
Abstract: 141,716. Clorius, A. V., and Clorius, O. T. Feb. 5, 1917, [Convention date]. Addition to 101,647. Race games, mechanical. - The constantlydriven pulleys described in the parent Specification for disconnecting the horse-driving pulleys g 'from the hand-operated shafts m are replaced by -centrifugal regulators s. If the shaft m is rotated at an excessive speed the regulator s moves a hub u to the right against the action of a spring y and thus allows the pulley g to move to the right out of engagement with its driving-pin p. The corresponding horse then receives a retrograde movement as previously, under the influence of a counterweight until the speed of the driving shaft m is reduced sufficiently to allow the spring u to restore the pulley g to its driving position. The influence of the spring u may be varied by a nut q.
Patent GB-586927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in straight-bar knitting machines
IPC: D04B11/00
Filed: 1944-05-27
Abstract: 586,927. Knitting-machines. LACEY, S. W. B. May 27, 1944, No. 10326. [Class 74 (ii)] [Also in Group XXIX] The draw mechanism of a straight-bar machine is actuated by a fluid pressure operated piston B reciprocated by fluid supplied by a pump G through a pressure controlling valve H and switch valve L. In one form the draw mechanism is connected to a slide moving with the piston, and in a modification the piston is connected to a lever pivoted at one end having its other end connected to the slide. Two valves J control the passage of the fluid to the two sides of the piston. Relays K, K' are provided so that when the switch valve L is operated by either of two abutments D', D<2> reciprocating with the piston at the end of the piston stroke, the relay operates only after a predetermined pressure is reached so as to provide a delay in the operation of the valves J sufficient for the knitting of the course drawn on the needles during the previous stroke of the piston. A main cut out N is provided so that the draw mechanism is put out of action during fashioning.
Patent GB-1421202-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable plate mould for continuous casting
IPC: B22D11/05
Filed: 1973-03-02
Abstract: 1421202 Continuous casting CONCAST AG 2 March 1973 [3 March 1972] 10381/73 Heading B3F An adjustable plate mould has side walls 3, and end walls 4 clampable between them, in a supporting frame 1, the side walls 3 being borne slidably on plates 5 to allow for expansion and contraction; there is a device such as a screw spindle 8, or 21, Fig. 4, for adjusting each end wall 4 with the aid of stop gauges 11 and stop surfaces 19 on the support frame 1, there being means such as an unrotatable but axially movable threaded disc 18 by which the spindle 8 is mounted and which is loaded by springs 14, or a bolt 22 releasably coupling the spindle end to the wall 4, which permits the end wall 4 to move in the direction 15 with thermal change after the wall has been adjusted and clamped, the disc 18 because of spring resilience and the bolt 22 when released. The bolt coupling may be between an otherwise unanchored nut for mounting the spindle and the supporting frame 1. Between the plates 5 and the mould walls 3 and 4 there are cooling passages 7. The end walls 4 are clamped between the side walls 3, e.g. of Cu, by piston-cylinder units 12.
Patent GB-166353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to convertible motor-car bodies
IPC: B60P3/42
Filed: 1920-04-14
Abstract: 166,353. White, H. R. April 14, 1920. Bodies; hoods; vans. - A pleasure car convertible into one for commercial use has the hood fittings c, Fig. 2, engaging in keyhole bearings f in the body a by studs which are raised and sprung outwards to release the hood, the back canvas of which is secured by turn-buttons h. The back of the body is covered by a boot top j made in two parts connected by a lap joint, each part having a stud fitting in holes l, l<1> in the body and the top part having locks in a recess n. To fit a commercial body top r, Fig. 1, the hood and boot-top are removed and the top r secured to the body by forked lugs s which are engaged by hinged wing bolts on the body, a clear space being left at the back of the vehicle from the roof to the floor level. A further bolt u passes through the hole l in the body and through an overhanging portion v of the wooden top. Interposed rubber pads w prevent rattling.
Patent GB-751040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to protecting devices for tennis racquets and the like
IPC: A63B49/14
Filed: 1954-04-09
Abstract: 751,040. Rackets. CRAYMER, F. L. Dec. 14, 1954 [April 9, 1954], No. 10445/54. Class 132(2) A protector for tennis racket heads comprises a channel-section bow-shaped clip 1 of resilient mouldable material, such as a plastic, retained in position by its own resilience. Its cross-section corresponds to that of the racket to which it is to be applied. According to the Provisional Specification the protector may include metal spring clips.
Patent GB-413450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rope driving gear
IPC: F16H7/04
Filed: 1933-04-08
Abstract: 413,450. Rope gearing. WHITE, J. W., c/o White & Sons, Railway Works, Widnes, Lancashire. April 8, 1933, No. 10535. [Class 80 (i).] A rope 3 is pressed down the conical surface of a pulley 1 by an idler rope or ropes 5, either against a flange 4, Fig. 2, or, when a double taper pulley is used, Fig. 3, against another idler rope 5<a>. The idler ropes may be tensioned by a displaceable guide pulley. Annular discs may be interposed between the idler ropes and the rope 3.
Patent GB-610449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric supply devices comprising a transformer and an induction regulator
IPC: H01F29/12
Filed: 1946-04-05
Abstract: 610,449. Electricity supply. SOC. INDUSTRIELLE DES PROCEDES LOTH. April 5, 1946, No. 10607. Convention date, Jan. 7, 1941. [Class 38 (iv)] Transformer arrangements.- An induction regulator used in the primary circuit of a single or multi-phase transformer for supplying anode voltage to valves in a radio transmitter is cut-out after the valves have been run up to full voltage so that the leakage inductance of the regulator is removed from the supply circuit and cannot cause wide variations in anode voltage with varying anode current. In the arrangement shown, closure of switch 5 connects the primary winding of transformer D across the induction regulator 1, 2, the primary section 1 of which is energized from the mains by closure of switch 7. When the regulator is run up to full voltage a switch 6 is closed to connect the mains directly to a section 4 of the transformer primary, the switches 5, 7 then being opened to remove the regulator from circuit. The three switches may be operated automatically upon the regulator reaching its final position.
Patent GB-913742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fuel element charging apparatus for nuclear reactors
IPC: G21C19/06
Filed: 1960-03-25
Abstract: 913,742. Servicing reactors. SOC. INDATOM, and COMPAGNIE DES ATELIERS ET FORGES DE LA LOIRE. March 25, 1960 [March 27, 1959], No. 10642/60. Class 39 (4). Apparatus for loading and unloading fuel elements in a gas-cooled reactor comprises two sealed compartments 1, 2, the compartment 1 receiving new fuel elements which are subsequently delivered to the reactor and the compartment 2 receiving spent fuel elements which are subsequently discharged therefrom. The compartments are interconnected through a compressor C and valves 3 . . . 6, the arrangement being such that when the gas pressure in one compartment is atmospheric that in the other compartment is equal to the gas pressure in the reactor. In operation, initially, the gas pressure in compartment 1 is atmospheric and all the valves, except valves 7, 9 are closed whereby new fuel elements may be loaded into the compartment 1 through conduit 11. Simultaneously, spent fuel elements may be passed through the conduit 12 into the compartment 2 which is at the reactor pressure. Valves 7, 9 are then closed and valves 4, 5 opened to equalize the pressure in the compartments whereupon valve 4 is closed and valve 6 opened and the compressor C is started to drive the gas and make the pressure in compartment 2 atmospheric and that in compartment 1 equal to the reactor pressure. The new fuel elements may now be transferred to the reactor through conduit 13 by opening valve 8 and the spent elements may be removed through conduit 14 by opening valve 10. Finally, initial conditions are restored by operating the compressor C with valves 5, 6 closed and valves 3, 4 open. In actual instructions of the compartments 1, 2, described with reference to Figs. 2, 3 (not shown), each compartment is movable on wheels and has a fuel element receiving magazine stepped round on a vertical axis by a motor, the elements in compartment 1 being heated by a heating resistance and fan prior to their introduction into the reactor whereas cooling means are provided in the compartment 2 to cool the fuel elements prior to their removal therefrom.
Patent GB-889981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ribbing thin metal cylinders
Inventor: STUCHBERY ARTHUR LESLIE
IPC: B21D17/04
Filed: 1959-03-26
Abstract: 889,981. Making hollow ware; corrugating. METAL BOX CO. Ltd. March 17, 1960 [March 26, 1959], No. 10644/59. Classes 83 (2) and 83 (4). A method of ribbing a thin metal cylinder for the production of cans comprises placing the cylinder over a peripherally ribbed mandrel of slightly less diameter than the interior of the cylinder and rotating the cylinder and mandrel whilst applying opposed radial pressures to shape the cylinder to the ribbed pattern of the mandrel and causing the cylinder to assume a constantly changing oval cross section the minor axis of which corresponds to the diameter of the mandrel. Cylindrical cans are formed with reinforcing ribs which may be annular, helical, longitudinal or of multiple diamond pattern. Cans are disposed on mandrels M having a corresponding rib pattern and mounted by spring-biased arms 10 pivotally on a member 11 freely rotatable about the shaft 12 to a rotating roll 1, the member 11 being driven through gearing by the shaft 12. The mandrels M are simultaneously rotated about their axes by pinions 18 engaging a gear-wheel 19 fixed to and rotatable with the shaft 12. In operation the mandrels M are moved along an arcuate path between the rotating roll 1 and a curved member 4 which is spring-biased to give the necessary ribbing pressure and also to accommodate the longitudinal rib on the can. The mandrel is slightly smaller in diameter than the can so that the cross-section of the can passes through a constantly changing oval form during ribbing. In a modification pivoted spring- biased rollers replace the member 4 and are carried on the rotating member 11. In a further modification small pivoted spring-biased rollers attached to the rotating member 11 engage diametrically opposed points on each container, the mandrels being moved in a rigidly fixed path by the member 11.
Patent GB-610472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to zeroizing mechanism for revolution counters
IPC: G06M1/30
Filed: 1946-04-08
Abstract: 610,472. Zeroizing mechanism. CARTER & CO., Ltd., B. & F., and CARTER, B. April 8, 1946, No. 10707. [Class 106 (i)] Zeroizing mechanism for counters which have transfer pinions between each juxtaposed pair of numeral wheels, each pinion co-operating with a multilated gear on one wheel and meshing with a complete gear on the other, has each pinion formed with alternate teeth recessed such that when they are moved clear of the wheels, each pinion engages a roller mounted on a resilient plate, the diameter of the roller being such that it enters one of the recesses in the pinion teeth and co-operates with two adjacent unrecessed teeth. The units wheel 5a is formed as a drum with a notch 14 with projections 15 on one side and a complete gear 16 on the other, motion being communicated. thereto through a driving shaft 8. The other wheels 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e are of similar construction and between each wheel is a loose transfer pinion 17 on a spindle 12. Normally, each pinion is in mesh with a complete gear 16. Alternate teeth of the pinion 17 are cut away 17a so that no movement is transmitted until a tooth 17a engages a projection 15, the next long tooth falling into the notch 14 and being itself carried round by the second projection 15 until the next short tooth is presented to the flange, the movement of the pinion being transmitted to the next wheel. A rock-shaft 13 with a zeroizing handle 19 has a set of levers so that when the shaft is oscillated the transfer pinion 17 is moved clear of the numeral wheels and the wheels are returned to zero by the action of the levers 21 on cams 25 associated with the wheels. A resilient plate of metal 26 attached to the frame has a spindle 28 parallel to that carrying the transfer pinions. A plurality of discs or rollers 29 are mounted on the spindle 28 and each is arranged so that as the adjacent pinion 17 is swung out of mesh with the numeral wheel the roller enters the recess in one of the short teeth and engages the two adjacent long teeth, thus preventing the spindle 17 from turning.
Patent GB-569667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for obtaining reciprocating motion
IPC: H02P23/00
Filed: 1943-07-02
Abstract: 569,667. Dynamos. BROOK MOTORS, Ltd., and BAILEY, J. July 2, 1943, No. 10739. [Class 35] [Also in Group XXXVII] A reciprocating member, such as the table of a planing machine is driven during its forward stroke by a motor a and during its return stroke by a motor b integral with the motor a, a reversing switch j actuated by dogs or cams on the reciprocating member being provided to change over the drive from one motor to the other when the member reaches either end of its stroke. The motors, which are of the induction type have a common casing for their two stators, are wound to provide the desired forward and return speeds of the reciprocating part, final speed adjustment being obtained by resistances g, g<SP>1</SP> permanently connected in the rotor circuits a<SP>2</SP>, b<SP>2</SP>, respectively.
Patent GB-1299682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in control systems for sewing machines
IPC: D05B69/22
Filed: 1971-04-22
Abstract: 1299682 Sewing machines UNION SPECIAL MACHINE CO 22 April 1971 [23 April 1970] 10758/71 Heading D1G In a motor driven sewing machine, operation of a work clamping means 36 and of a clutch 19 between the motor and a main drive shaft 19c is controlled by a pneumatic cylinder 13 connected to rock a rockable member 22 which has rod or cable connections 26 and 25 to the work clamping means 36 and the clutch 19. Air supply to the cylinder 13 is controlled by a pedal 30 and a valve 12. In the automatic machine controlled by a programme cam (40) (Fig. 2, not shown) and shown at the end of a cycle in Fig. 1, when a member 35 is pivoted clockwise disengaging the clutch, applying a brake 35a to the pulley half 19a and opening a valve 16, pressure air from a line 10 communicates through the valve 12, line 15, valve 16 and line 15b with the cylinder 13 to hold the piston to the left. This pivots the member 22 clockwise which through linkage 28 raises the work clamp 36. The line 14 is connected with an exhaust port 12e of the valve 12. On depressing the pedal 30 to position 2, the line 15 also is connected to the exhaust port 12e. On further depression of the pedal 30 to position 3, the valve 12 directs pressure air through the line 14 to the cylinder 13 to pivot the member 22 anticlockwise and thereby permit the spring 39 to apply the clamp 36 and to engage the connection 25 which pivots an arm 27 which in turn starts the motor and pivots the member 35 anticlockwise releasing the brake 35a and engaging the pulley half 19b firmly with the belt to engage the drive. Pivoting of the member 35 permits an arm 18 of the valve 16 to close the valve so that should the pedal 30 be released the machine does not stop until the end of the cam determined programme when the member 35 is pivotted clockwise and the position 1 is reassumed. In a simplified embodiment (Fig. 3, not shown) the valve (12') is connected directly to the pneumatic cylinder so that the machine stops when the pedal (30') is released.
Patent GB-215932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carving knives
IPC: B26B3/03
Filed: 1923-04-21
Abstract: 215,932. Glossop, R. April 21, 1923. Knives, gauging-attachments for.-In a carving or like knife provided with a detachable and adjustable guide or gauge for determining the thickness of the slices cut, the guide bar f is mounted at the ends on screws e so that the screws can rotate in the bar and the screws project laterally through threaded holes in clamps c, h detachably secured at the ends of the blade a. The ends of one or both of the clamps may be slit and provided with transverse screws by which the screws e may be locked in the adjusted position; the bar may be solid or tubular or a tube mounted upon a spindle.
Patent GB-581028-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for heating water and warming rooms
IPC: F24H9/18
Filed: 1944-06-07
Abstract: 581,028. Hot-water boilers; heating air. FABER, O., and KELL, J. R. June 7, 1944, No. 10945. [Classes 64 (i) and 64 (iii)] A combined hot water and air heater for a house comprises a furnace with a refractory lining 1, a hot water cylinder 8 supported and heated by the furnace, a smoke flue 9 passing through the cylinder, a heatradiating casing 14 enclosing and spaced from the cylinder, inlet means for admitting air to the space between the cylinder and the casing, and outlet means to discharge the air from the casing into, a duct leading to other parts of the house. The outlet may also be connected to a grating in the room containing the heater. The casing 14 may also partly surround the furnace. A fan may be provided in the air inlet or outlet. The part of the flue 9 above the cylinder 8 may have fins 10, or may be enlarged, conically or otherwise, to present a greater heating surface to the air. The flue 9 is arranged eccentrically, and a second flue passing through the air space only may be provided. The flue 9 may have a jacket containing water or other heat transfer liquid. The furnace may be of the magazine type, or burn oil or gas. An electric immersion heater may be provided. According to the Provisional Specification, the outer casing may be square in section.
Patent GB-101099-A (GB)
Title: Sewing Machine Looper Mechanism.
IPC: D05B57/02
Filed: 1916-08-03
Abstract: 101,099. Singer Manufacturing Co., (Assignees of Hemleb, M.). Aug. 3, 1915, [Convention date]. Multiple-needle machines. - The invention is designed particularly for application to machines having needles arranged tandem-fashion and in which the needle-thread loops are seized and enchained beneath the work by a common looper. The looper 14 is mounted on a carrier 16, which is pivoted at 17 transversely of the looper-supporting rock-shaft 19 in substantially endto-end relation with the main shaft. The loop seizing and shedding movernents of the looper are derived from a shaft 38 which is connected to the shaft 19 bv an arm 37, link 34, and arm 33, and is actuated through an arm 40 and cam-groove 42 on a disk 43 on the main shaft. The needle-avoiding movements of the looper are derived from an elbow-lever 25, one end of which is pivoted at tl e back of the machine frame, and the other end cf which slides on the bed 32 and carries a ball stud 23 and divided slide block 22 engaging a segmental groove 21 in the looper-carrier. The lever 25 is operated by a roll 29 disposed at the bend and engaging a peripheral cam-groove 30 on the disk 31 carried by the main shaft. The timing of the operating-parts is such that the looper describes an L-shaped path, the endlong and sidewise movements occurring alternately, and the descent of the needles taking place during the sideways movements of the looper.
Patent GB-699454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pneumatic stowing machines
IPC: E21F15/10
Filed: 1950-05-03
Abstract: 699,454. Pneumatic conveyers. NATIONAL COAL BOARD, and LANSDOWN, R. F. May 3, 1951. [May 3, 1950] No. 10964/50. Class 78 (i). In pneumatic stowing machines for use in mines of the kind in which the material passes from a hopper into the top pocket of a, rotary member mounted in a closely fitting casing and which is blown from the bottom pocket into the delivery pipe by a horizontal blast of compressed air, the rotary feeder 2 and the driving motor 1, which may be pneumatic, are mounted side-by-side with their axes parallel on a common sledge 3 and are connected by a flexible coupling 4 and driving chain.
Patent GB-457255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for dispensing pasty or liquid substances
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 1936-04-16
Abstract: 457,255. Collapsable containers. INGA COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DE PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES SOC. ANON., 22, Fronwagplatz, Schaffhouse, Switzerland. April 16, 1936, No. 10985. Convention date, March 23. [Class 66] In a device for dispensing pasty or liquid substances and comprising a rigid container 1 within which is disposed a bag 2 of flexible material, containing the substance, and adapted to be twisted or wound up to express the contents by the rotation of an appliance disposed within it, the bag is fastened to the lower end 8<1> of the appliance, which is spaced some distance from the bottom of the container, a portion of the bag extending downwardly from the fastening point and serving to compensate for the shortening in length which occurs when the bag is wound up. The lower part of the appliance consists of a rod 7<1>, the lower end 81 is of reduced, flattened form, the upper part 6<1> being tubular and serving for the eduction of the contents through an aperture 101 when the cap 131 is removed, an air vent 11<1> being provided. A capsule 12<1>, formed with ribs 141 and bearing on the neck of the container, is provided. for rotating the appliance. In a modification the lower rod portion, which is of square section, is formed separately and guided in the lower part of the tubular portion of the appliance. Specification 457,256 is referred to.
Patent GB-473620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to taps, bibcocks and the like
IPC: F16K1/36
Filed: 1936-04-16
Abstract: 473,620. Elastic valves. HUGHES, H. S. April 16, 1936, No. 10998. [Class 135] In a tap, bibcock, stopcock, faucet, globe, or pillar cock, or the like of the kind having a cylindrical rubber or like valve member 30 arranged to close an axial orifice 16 and subsequently, by lateral expansion of the rubber, the lateral orifice to the spout 14, the valve member is fixed to a jumper 29, 28 which is held rotatably in the screw-down operating-spindle 21 by a setscrew 34. To enable the operating-fluid to assist in the expansion of the valve member, the latter may be formed on its lower face with a hemispherical, cylindrical, or other recess of diameter nearly equal to that of the orifice 16. The member 30 may enter a cup in the diaphragm 18 at the bottom of which lies the valve seat, and an annular recess may be provided between the outer edge of the seat and the inner surface of the cup. Specification 416,052 is referred to.