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Patent GB-127254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syllabic Type-writers.
Inventor: TIOLI LICURGO
IPC: B41J7/90
Filed: 1919-05-19
Abstract: 127,254. Tioli, L. Sept. 15, 1915, [Convention date]. Type-lever machines.-A syllabic type-lever machine is arranged in two or more sections each comprising a complete set of letter keys and typelevers having printing-points at letter-space intervals, for example three sections 1, 2, 3, Fig. 1, with printing-points 7, 8, 9. The sections may be identical, except that the left-hand section-may have provision for numerals and signs, as well as capital letters, for use in conjunction with carriage-shift mechanism having two shift positions. Each section has a space-key 10, 11, 12 and cooperates through the key-levers with a variable letter-spacing mechanism, described below, so that each section has a corresponding letter-space movement, for example, one, two, and three units for the three sections 1, 2, 3 respectively, and the sections can be operated separately with the corresponding spacing, or in combination with the total spacing corresponding to the section on the right of the series. Keyboards.-The keys are developed in depth instead of width, for example in seven rows of three and four keys alternating, as shown in Fig. 1. The keys 4, Fig. 2, when depressed, enter recesses 5 in an inclined top plate 6. Letter-spacing mechanism.-The key-levers of the sections 1, 2, 3, Fig. 3, co-operate with a. universal bar 26 which is offset in sections 38, 39, 40 to give three degrees of lift. The universal bar raises, through a connexion 28, a member 31 carrying fast and loose dogs co-operating with an internally toothed escapement-wheel 13, which runs in guides 16, 17 and is connected by a bridge 15 to a pinion shaft 14. According to the lift given to the member 31, the loose dog engages with one or other of three steps on one limb of a U-shaped member 25, the other limb of which serves as the stop for limiting the return movement of the loose dog The member 25 is depressible on a support 30 against the returning action of springs, so that it can drop with the loose dog in the downward movement of the member 31.
Patent GB-750320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to step ladders
IPC: E06C1/20
Filed: 1953-05-06
Abstract: 750,320. Step ladders. HARRISON, H. May 6, 1953, No. 12617/53. Class 20(2). A stop ladder comprises a pair of supporting legs 5 pivoted to the ladder part 2 and held in operative position by a linkage comprising a primaty frame E pivoted to the ladder and a pair of secondary frames D. F. each pivoted to one leg 5 by pivots 13 and to the frame E by pivot pins 9 which are at such an angle that when unfolding the ladder the legs 5 move laterally and rearwardly to operative position. A chain 18 holds the frames in operative position. The axes of the pivots 13, 9, 14 of the linkage on both sides of the ladder intersect at points on opposite sides of the ladder on a line passing through the hinges 14. The frame E is pivoted to the ladder by brackets 17 which allow it to fold flat against the ladder. A shelf 23 for tools is pivoted on the legs 5 and has braces 24 engaging a step. The steps 1 are of parallelo. gram section metal tube Fig. 1A riveted to metal channel uprights 2. A modification is show-n in which the ladder and legs are made of wood and the legs when folded swing into the middle of the ladder with their ends above the ends of the ladder, and the linkage is of metal. The legs 5 may cross one another.
Patent GB-1405361-A (GB)
Title: Time-piece casing
IPC: G04B37/00
Filed: 1973-03-15
Abstract: 1405361 Watches R SOGUEL 15 March 1973 [16 March 1972] 12636/73 Heading  A watch glass 12 and back 65 are fixed in a case band 64 by means of resilient rings 39, 40 contained in registering grooves in the respective parts, one groove of each pair being larger than the other to receive the ring during assembly, and the inner parts being capable of being pushed right through the case band. The edges of each smaller groove press into the resilient ring to provide a water-tight seal. As shown the back supports a movement mounting frame 71, but the back may support movement 31 directly Fig. 3 (not shown). A skirt 28 provided on the back, or alternatively on the mounting frame, is pressed outwardly to engage the rim 14 of the glass by a reinforcing ring 29. This ring engages the dial 30 and, to facilitate its removal, contains a peripheral groove 86 for engagement by tools inserted through axial slots (87), Fig. 10 (not shown) in the skirt 28. Rotation of the back in the case band is positively prevented by a spring- loaded pin 68 which enters an axial groove 70 in the back. Similar functions may alternatively be performed by one or more tongues extending axially from the glass, Fig. 2 (not shown) or from a resilient plastics ring (59, Fig. 3) held between the glass and the back. Various embodiments are described, including the use of a movement mounting frame in two coaxial parts (75, 76), Fig. 8 (not shown) held together by a resilient ring in facing grooves. Such a ring may also be used to hold a closed capsule (2), Fig. 1 (not shown) containing a watch movement in one of two possible axial positions with respect to a case band (1). The use of interchangeable capsules/case bands is envisaged.
Patent GB-418419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in devices for use in climbing poles
IPC: A63B27/02
Filed: 1934-04-26
Abstract: 418,419. Pole-climbing apparatus. CASTELLI, C., 9, Via G. Sacchi, Milan, Italy. April 26, 1934, Nos. 12679 and 12680. Convention dates, April 26, 1933 and Dec. 7, 1933. [Class 132 (i).] A climbing device for hard poles of metal, cement, or the like comprises a foot-plate fitted with a friction pad to engage the pole and an arm having a helical portion embracing the pole provided with a facing strip or covering of a material having a high friction coefficient. As shown, the foot-plate 1 has a dovetailed guide 5 on which slides a member 8 with an opening 9 in which is held by the screw 12 the end 10 of the arm 11. Pivoted to the member 8 is a lever 14 urged by the spring 15 so that the end of the lever engages with one of the notches 18 in the guide 5. The foot-plate 1 has a foot-strap 4 with buckle 3, and has a dovetailed groove 19 carrying a rubber pad 20. The square or polygonal arm 21 has a rubber sheath 22. In a modification the arm 21 may be of channel section to receive a rubber strip. In a further modification the foot-plate has a fixed rubber pad and an adjustable pad held by a screw engaging one of a number of threaded holes.
Patent GB-905421-A (GB)
Title: Process for simulating a "wood-grain" design on thermoplastic covering materials
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 1961-04-10
Abstract: 905,421. Making patterned thermoplastic sheets. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION April 10, 1961 [Sept. 19, 1960], No. 12759/61. Class 87(2). "Wood-grain" design is simulated on thermoplastic covering material, such as synthetic resin or asphalt, for floors, walls and counter tops, by the addition of a fluid, e.g. water, to a surface of a sheet of the material either during or before calendering. As shown in Fig. 1, heated thermoplastic material 2 from a mixer 1 is sheeted between rolls 3, 4, constrastingly coloured splash particles 2a being added from a container 19. The material forms a slab 5 which is doctored off roll 4 to yield a sheet 6 on a conveyer 7. Water 14 from a container 13 is sprayed irregularly on to sheet 6 which is then calendered by rolls 8, 9 and emerges as sheet 6a with " wood-grain " design on the upper surface. Heaters 12 remove ripples from sheet 6a which is then calendered by rolls 15, 16 to a desired thickness. Alternatively the water may be sprayed as a fine mist on to roll 8 so as to form a continuous bead across the nip. In this case heaters 12 are redundant. The resultant sheet 6b, about 70 mils. thick is cooled and cut into tiles 6 inch square.
Patent GB-816672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to door-locking devices
IPC: E05C3/14
Filed: 1955-05-03
Abstract: 816,672. Latches. THOMAS, A. E. April 27, 1956 [May 3, 1955], No. 12844/55 Class 44 A door locking device comprises a catch 1 to be fixed to the door frame 4, a latch 10 to be pivotally mounted on the door so as to be engageable with the catch 1 and to extend through the door adjacent the catch, and a locking member 6 to be fixed to the door and to project from both sides of the door and to which the latch can be padlocked. As shown, the locking member 6 consists of a flat Z-shaped strip fixed to the door by screws 9 and is provided with holes 14 and 16 which when the door is closed are coincident with holes in the latch 10 for a padlock (not shown). The latch 10 which is also of flat strip is operable from either side of the door and is pivoted to the locking member 6 by means of a rivet 11. A hole 20 is provided for stowing the padlock when it is not in use. The latch may be spring-loaded.
Patent GB-1491763-A (GB)
Title: Transfer moulding insulation unit
IPC: B29C45/00
Filed: 1975-03-27
Abstract: 1491763 Transfer moulding insulation unit UNIROYAL AG 27 March 1975 [29 April 1974 (2)] 12861/75 Heading B5A An apertured insulation unit 18 is disposed between a transfer unit 10 and a mould cavity 50 and comprises a first plate 22 of flexible thermalinsulating material, e.g. asbestos fibres and thermosetting resin and an upper reinforcing plate 26, e.g. iron, steel, copper and/or steel alloyed with beryllium. Each aperture 20 has a divergent portion 28 and preferably also includes a cylindrical portion 32 and an upper divergent portion 34. A second plate 24, e.g. asbestos/resin mixture may be bonded to the plate 22. The aperture itself may have a p.t.f.e. lining (Fig. 2, not shown).
Patent GB-215959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ball bearings
IPC: F16C25/06
Filed: 1923-05-14
Abstract: 215,959. Naamtooze Vennootschap Union Rijwielfabriek Voorheen Fa- B. J. van den Berg, and Baltus, P. N. May 14, 1923. Dust, excludind.-Dust is excluded from a ball bearing hub 25, employing coned inner race rings 28 with non- circular end-portions 29, by means of flanged discs 30 fitting on to the non-circular portions 29 and coacting with inwardly-directed flanges 26 formed on the ends of the hub or on members fitting therein, the flanges 26 bearing apertures sufficiently large for the rings 28 to pass through. The discs 30 are hexagonal, whereby they may be turned to adjust the rings 28 on the axle. Specifications 2831/90, 16213/95, 1538/06 and 19741/97 are referred to.
Patent GB-1118023-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for causing stored pulverulent or fibrous materials to become fluent
Inventor: ALLEN ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B65G53/18
Filed: 1965-03-26
Abstract: 1,118,023. Pneumatic conveyers. HENRY SIMON Ltd. 11 March, 1966 [26 March, 1965], No. 12878/65. Heading B8A. An air diffuser 4, 5 at the base of a hopper 1 1 is connected alternately to a source of compressed air or to atmosphere by a cyclically operated two-way valve 9. The valve is provided with ports 7, 15, 16 connected to the air diffuser., .the compressed air source and, atmosphere, respectively. In a second embodiment, Fig. 2 (not shown), the valve is provided with an additional port (18) connected to the 11 air diffuser of a second hopper, the arrangement being such that the operational cycles of the two hoppers are identical but in antiphase. In a further embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), the valve is adapted to be connected to a pair of manifolds connected to two banks of hoppers. The valve 9, Fig. 5 .(not shown), comprises a vane (25) provided with resilient sealing elements adapted to engage radial projections (26) on the inner wall of the valve housing.
Patent GB-239261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to knitted fabrics and means for making the same
IPC: D04B39/06
Filed: 1924-05-26
Abstract: 239,261. Sarti, G. May 26, 1924. Knitted fabrics. - Unknitted warp threads with or without weft threads are disposed relatively to the knitted thread as shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6. The wefts may be elastic or otherwise. The fabric may be made flat or tubular and ribbed or plain. The warp threads may be imprisoned by the double loops of a plated fabric and may be suppressed at intervals to leave passages for corset &c. busks. Circular machines. - Plain fabrics with warps or warps and wefts are made on a machine with a revolving needle-cylinder fitted with long and short butt latch needles 3 arranged in alternation After a row has been knitted the long butt needles are first lifted by an amount sufficient to allow a weft thread to be laid in their hooks and the short butt needles are then lifted. In multi-feed machines the needles are. operated by the cams shown in Fig. 19, the long butts 3<1> being raised in advance of the short butts 3" at one feed and lowered at the next feed and so on. The warps 25 are taken from drums 24, mounted on a circular holder 15, rotated synchronously with the needle cylinder and pass over spacing rods and between teeth 27 to the needles. The knitting yarns and wefts 34, 31 are fed from stationary bobbins 38, 36 and pass through guides 29, 32 mounted respectively inside and outside the warps 25. If the guides 29, 32 are close together a plated fabric imprisoning warps is obtained. If the guides are arranged in alternation at successive feeds the fabric shown in Fig. 6 is obtained. Either yarn 31, 34 may be used as a weft. the other being knitted and the weft may be linked in the knitted loops as shown in Fig. 1 or be held between them and the warps as shown in Fig. 5. Patterns may be formed by the use of design wheels and differently coloured yarns. The warps are held clear of the yarn guide 29 by a toothed wheel gearing with the needles. Parallel machines.-The fabrics described above and also ribbed fabrics with warps or warps and wefts are knitted by using one or both needle beds.
Patent GB-814505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to means for suspending curtains
IPC: A47H1/144
Filed: 1957-04-23
Abstract: 814,505. Suspending curtains. DUNCAN, A. G. Aug. 16, 1957 [April 23, 1957], No. 12900/57. Class 52(5) A curtain suspension includes a flexible tubular track 1, having a longitudinal slot 6 with reinforcing ribs 7 and an upwardly protuberant reinforcing rib 9 opposite the slot, and a one-piece track supporting bracket 4 having a groove 18 to receive the rib 9, a horizontal part 12 apertured at 24, 27 to receive screws 'for fixing to a vertical or to a horizontal surface, and jaws 13 conforming to the outer surface of the track. Spherical rollers 42 of of runners 5 are formed as complementary halves 42a, 42b, force-fitted together so that their spigot and socket joints pass through apertures in a plate 45 which has an eye 47 for a curtain-engaging element. End stops 48 have a cylindrical part 49 fitting into the track and a wedge support 52 receiving a separate wedge 55. The bracket 4 is apertured at 23 to receive a part 33 of a valance bracket and, when necessary, an extension 29 is inserted between the bracket and a vertical supporting surface. In a preferred form the track is of extruded synthetic plastic and the other parts are formed of a synthetic plastic by injection moulding. Specification 661,478 is referred to.
Patent GB-256547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in kilns
IPC: C04B7/43
Filed: 1926-05-20
Abstract: 256,547. Balz, G. May 20, 1926. Addition, to 245,348. Roasting-furnaces; air, supplying; cleaning.- In the roasting-furnace described in the parent Specification, in which cold air is supplied adjacent a central drop opening 9 in one of the alternately fixed and rotary superposed hearths 4, devices are provided for levelling the charge on the hearth with the central drop opening, and modified forms of air distributor are used. The levelling devices consist of blades which depend from the hearth above that with the opening 9, and which smooth down the heaps left by the rabble blades 6, and so facilitate the distribution of the cold air. The distributor consists of a perforated cylinder 38 arranged vertically in such a position that the air is delivered partly into the drop open. ing and partly above the hearth. The supply pipe 36 may depend freely from the casing of the outlet flue 30 or may pass to the distributor from the side of from below. A furnace is described having three pipes passing to the distributor through different parts of the furnace, each pipe having a valve so that the three can be used separately or simultaneously. A modified form of distributor consists of a cage-like structure 35, Fig. 3, having at its lower end an opening closed by a ball 40. which can be broken when it is desired to clean the interior of the cage.
Patent GB-1381399-A (GB)
Title: Articles of furniture
IPC: A47B21/00
Filed: 1972-03-20
Abstract: 1381399 Furniture combinations G BURGIN 20 March 1972 [18 March 1971] 12932/72 Heading A4H [Also in Division F4] Office equipment comprises booths formed from columns 30, Fig. 2, each column comprising a hollow support 50 on which are removably mounted supporting sleeves 32 and spacing sleeves 34, fixtures, such as panels 54, 58, 64, benches (38), Fig. 1, 7, (not shown) or chairs (202), Fig. 6 (not shown) counters (40), 56, 66, lighting appliances 42 (212), Figs. 6-8 (not shown) accommodating air-conditioning, desks 62, telephone consoles (208), Figs. 6-8, T.V. appliances (210) Figs. 6, 7, indicator boards 52, being mounted on the supporting sleeves 32 and on cross-members 70, (82, 80) connecting the supporting sleeves 32, electric wiring 100, Fig. 5, being run through the supports 50 to the fixtures. Supports 50 may include insulated bushings. The support 50 also receives a pneumatic tube 104 and cartridge 106. The sleeves are divided and can be rotated on the support.
Patent GB-834417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to earth working implements
Inventor: ROGERS IVOR CLARENCE
IPC: A01B61/04
Filed: 1956-04-27
Abstract: 834,417. Agricultural implements. MASSEYFERGUSON Inc. April 27, 1956, No. 12952/56. Class 6(1). A resilient mounting particularly for a cultivator tine 46 comprises a tool shank 40 pivotally mounted on a support 13 and a pressure transmitting member 50 also pivoted on the support 13 and provided with an abutment 57 which contacts the shank 46 and with two spring strut units 60 connected to the support 13. As shown the spring strut units each comprise a compression spring 69 surrounding two telescopic members 62, 65. A U-bolt 72 fixed on the support 13 determines the lowermost position of the member 50 and shank 40. The shank 40 is resilient and can bend to clear obstructions and if the tool encounters a serious obstruction the spring strut units will yield to allow the tool to rise.
Patent GB-818764-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of methylol aminoalkanes
Filed: 1957-04-23
Abstract: An hydrogenation catalyst comprises activated nickel such as Raney nickel or Raney nickel/aluminium to which has been added small quantities (i.e. 0.3-2.0 per cent) of platinum metals or salts thereof (e.g. platinum chloride).ALSO:Methylol aminoalkanes are prepared by reacting a nitroalkane with formaldehyde or a polymer thereof in an alkaline medium and hydrogenating in the presence of a catalyst other than copper, cobalt or palladium, the methylol nitroalkane so formed, without purification and in the presence of the aqueous mother liquor formed during its production.  The hydrogenation may be conducted at ordinary or moderately elevated hydrogen pressure (i.e. 10 to 40 atm.) using a water-miscible aliphatic alcohol solvent such as methanol in a quantity sufficient to prevent precipitation of solid methylol aminoalkane.  Suitable pH values of 6.5 to 7.5 may be maintained by addition of ammonia to the hydrogenation medium. Activated nickel catalysts such as Raney nickel or Raney nickel-aluminium catalysts are specified, preferably in admixture with small quantities of platinum metals or salts thereof (e.g. platinum chloride).  The process may be adapted to continuous or intermittent working.  The examples describe the preparation of trimethylol aminomethane.
Patent GB-104123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Rasping or Scraping off Skins of Potatoes or Tubers Preparatory to Cooking.
Inventor: PAYNE JACOB
IPC: A47J43/25
Filed: 1916-09-14
Abstract: 104,123. Payne, J. Sept. 14, 1916. Peeling potatoes etc.; removing eyes and the like.-A wooden handle d, preferably of the shape shown, is connected to a piece of sheet metal a so as to leave a space g between it and the plate, which is perforated by punching so as to form jagged edges c. A hook-shaped cutter e having a sharp edge f is connected to the handle. The potato &c. is scraped by the jagged edges, the portions removed passing into the space behind, from which they can be removed by dipping into water. Eyes &c. are removed by the cutter e.
Patent GB-391317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means of selection applicable to and for use in conjunction with all systems of mechanical handling, and more particularly to means for effecting selection by belt conveyors and pneumatic tubes
IPC: B65G47/49
Filed: 1932-05-05
Abstract: 391,317. Separating solid materials. KRIEGER, L., 120, Avenue d'Orleans, Paris. May 5, 1932, No. 13028. Convention date, Oct. 23, 1931. [Class 117.] In apparatus for conveying objects to different stations, the objects are provided with means, such as coloured indicators or reflecting surfaces of different kinds, whereby the station at which each object will be delivered is determined according to the reaction to light rays of the said means. In a pneumatic tube system, a window 7, Fig. 1, is provided in the tube ahead of the shunting station 3, and is covered by a coloured screen 8 which transmits only the rays emitted by a monochromatic light source 9. The diverter 5 is actuated through a system of levers by an electromagnet 6 which has its circuit controlled through a relay by a photo-electric cell 11 placed to receive the rays reflected by the carrier 2 as it passes the window. If the rays are absorbed by the carrier, the diverter remains in its retracted position, and the carrier continues to travel along the tube 1. A blackened chamber 10 absorbs the rays emitted by the source 9 when a carrier is not in front of the window. In a modification rays are reflected by rings 2a, 2b, Fig. 2, on the carrier on to two photoelectric cells 11a, 11b, the impulses from which actuate relays 12, 13. The actuation of these relays causes the operation of a relay 14 which controls the movement of the diverter 5 and flap 4. The discharge at any particular station is brought about by adjusting the distance between the rings so that each cell will be affected. The discharge systems shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be combined, and may be used for the discharge of articles carried by belt conveyers or elevators.
Patent GB-568057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in caps for wear
IPC: A42B1/06
Filed: 1943-08-12
Abstract: 568,057. Caps. BYARD MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., MARDER, E. P., and GREEN. W. N. Aug. 12, 1943, No. 13037 [Class 63] [Also in Group XIV] A cap for wear particularly by munition workers comprises a part 1 encompassing the crown of the wearer's head connected by a piece of fabric 5 shaped to extend downwardly to the nape of the neck in the form of a snood to a peak 6. Drawstrings extend from each side of the peak to the nape of the neck so that the cap may encompass the wearer's hair. The cap is preferably made of net or open-work material.