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Patent GB-640034-A (GB)
Title: An improved arrangement of tuned electric circuit elements
IPC: H03H7/01
Filed: 1947-08-08
Abstract: 640,034. Transformers and inductances. UNITED INSULATOR CO., Ltd., and BAUER, A. J. P CHLUMECKY-. Aug. 8, 1947, No. 22105. [Class 38 (ii)] [Also in Groups XXXVI and XL (c)] In an arrangement of an inductor and a capacitor the inductor is mounted between two insulating end-plates and in a cage formed by four spaced longitudinal wires extending between, passing through, and being attached to, the end-plates and interconnecting the inductor and capacitor, and the capacitor is formed in one of the end-plates, the capacitor terminals being connected directly to two of the wires at their passage through the end-plate. As shown in Fig. 1 an I.F. transformer comprises coils 1 and 2 arranged on a cylindrical insulator provided with insulating end-plates 4 and 5 supporting the wires 9, 10, 11 and 12. Fig. 3 shows the upper end-plate 4 which includes a capacitor element 6 comprising a sheet of mica provided with two equal silvered portions 15, 16 on one side of the sheet and two similar silvered portions on the other side to form two capacitors, each silvered portion being connected to one of the wires 9, 10, 11, 12. The element 6 is carried between two plates 7 and 8 held in position by an eyelet 28 at each corner, a strip of metal foil 29 apertured at one end to receive the eyelet being bent around the edge of the plate and brought into contact with the metallized layer to be connected to that eyelet. Wires 9, 10, 11, 12 are secured in the eyeletholes by means of soldering. The capacitors may be finally adjusted by removing part of the silvering exposed by the apertures 26 and 27 in the plate 7. Fig. 8 (not shown) illustrates a construction whereby increased capacity may be obtained without substantially increasing the size.
Patent GB-187389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in racks for retaining or holding umbrellas, billiard cues and the like
IPC: A47G25/12
Filed: 1921-08-20
Abstract: 187,389. Salter & Co., Ltd., G.. and Batstone, S. C. Aug. 20, 1921. Clip brackets; racks for light articles. -- In. umbrella, billiard-cue, &c. racks comprising a series of dividing members 2 separated by openings 3, the entrance to each of which is restricted. by a pair of spring influenced arms 5 or rollers 4 carried thereby, each pair of arms being mounted on a common pivot 6, the adjacent arms of adjoining pairs are arranged overlapping. Bridgepieces 9, secured under the dividing member 2, act as stops tn limit the closing of the arms. The inner extremities of the arms may be formed with heels which engage the rear face of the attachment plate &c., thus acting as stops.
Patent GB-935994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to disc brakes
Inventor: WELLS KENNETH JOHN
IPC: F16D65/095
Filed: 1958-07-10
Abstract: 935,994. Disc brakes. GIRLING Ltd. Sept. 7, 1959 [July 10, 1958], No. 22130/58. Class 103 (1). In a disc brake of the kind comprising a rotary disc 11 and a fixed calliper 10 which straddles a portion of the periphery of the disc and carries friction pads 13 that are adapted to be urged into engagement with opposite sides of the disc by pistons 15 working in fluid pressure cylinders 16 arranged on both limbs of the calliper, the spacing between the inner faces of the calliper at one or each end of the calliper is at least equal to the sum of the thickness of the brake disc and the friction pads and the latter may be inserted or removed through the end of the calliper in a substantially circumferential direction without disturbing the mounting of the calliper. Figs. 1 and 2 show an arrangement wherein backing plates 14, carrying friction pads 13, have at one end thereof a rectangular notch to engage a lug 17 integral with the calliper 10. At the other end of each backing plate 14 is a partcircular notch 18 co-operating with a removable torque-taking pin 19 screwed to a limb of the calliper 10. On removal of the pins 19 the friction pads and their backing plates can be removed in a circumferential direction through the end of the calliper for replacement purposes. The disc normally rotates in the direction of the arrow so that the braking torque is taken by the lugs 17; the pins 19 take the torque when the disc rotates in the opposite direction. In a modification, Figs. 3 and 4 (not shown), notches 18 and pins 19 are located on both sides of each pad. Specification 742,338 is referred to.
Patent GB-918601-A (GB)
Title: A rotatable load-supporting or lifting device
IPC: B66C1/34
Filed: 1959-06-29
Abstract: 918,601. Hooks. BRESLAV, J. June 29, 1959 [July 17, 1958], No. 22179/69. Class 89(2). [Also in Group XXX] A hook device comprises a frame of sides 10, 11 and base 15, there being means, e.g. pulleys 12, by which the frame may be suspended, and a vertical shank 16 rotatable in base 15 and having a hook 20 pivoted thereto by a horizontal pin 21. The shank is fixed to a gearwheel 22 meshing with a pinion 23 driven via a chain 38, sprocket 33, worm 28 and worm-wheel 27 by an electric motor 40 mounted on a plate 41 secured beneath base 15. Side 10 is cut away to clear the chain &c., and sprocket 33 is connected to the spindle 30 carrying worm 28 by spring-loaded clutch plates allowing slip if the hook is stopped or turned in the opposite direction. An electrical take-off point 55 is mounted on wheel 22, to supply, if necessary, an electrically-actuated apparatus suspended on hook 20, and is connected to a supply junction-box 59 by cables 52, 58 and collector rings and brushes 46, 48. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 815,314.
Patent GB-413131-A (GB)
Title: Box or container for sugar or other like powdered materials
IPC: A47G19/34
Filed: 1933-08-09
Abstract: 413,131. Powder distributers; delivering measured quantities. LEEMPUT, H. J. VAN DE, 157, Van Diemenstraat, The Hague. Aug. 9, 1933, No. 22274. [Class 18.] In a container for powder or granular material of the kind provided with a sliding member 9 adapted to deliver the powder in either a controllable stream or in a measured quantity at each actuation thereof, a handle 14 is provided adjacent the operating button 12 of the slide so that the device can be held and operated by one hand. The slide comprises a chamber with an open bottom and an inlet 10 which, in the inner position of the slide, registers with an opening 5 in the sloping bottom of the container. A spring 13 normally holds the slide in its inner position where it fills with powder from the container, the bottom of the slide being closed by a channel 7 in which the slide works. When the slide is pushed out to its full extent, only the powder which it contains falls out as the apertures 5, 10 go out of register, but for intermediate positions, a stream of material can flow through the apertures and out through the bottom of the slide. A hinged flap 6 covers the aperture in the container through which the slide moves.
Patent GB-597966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the construction of motor road vehicles
IPC: B62D31/02
Filed: 1945-08-29
Abstract: 597,966. Vehicle bodies. SOC. ANON. DES USINES CHAUSSON. Aug. 29, 1945, No. 22293. Convention date, Nov. 19, 1942. [Class 108 (i)] A chassis-less vehicle body is built up of separate annular sections, each section comprising ribs.,1, 2, Fig. 1, transverse members 5 and. floor 3. A roof plate. 6 and side plates 4 complete the section. The edges of the plates may overlap the section and may be folded over one another and covered with a butt strap. In a modification Fig. 3 the sections may each comprise only one annular rib 7, connected to floor, roof and side plates 3, 6, 4, the free edges of the latter being connected to the'adjoining annular rib 9 with or without the use of lugs 8. In a further modification two complete annular members as in Fig. 1 are .bridged by a floor, side and roof plates of the same length as the annular sections. Shaped front and end sections may be provided and certain sections may be recessed to accommodate the wheels.
Patent GB-1419999-A (GB)
Title: Monoazo compounds and textile materials dyed therewith
IPC: C09B29/00
Filed: 1973-05-10
Abstract: 1419999 Disperse monoazo dyes EASTMAN KODAK CO 10 May 1973 [12 May 1972] 22348/73 Heading C4P New disperse monoazo dyes, free from acidic water-solubilizing groups of formula wherein R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> are H or halogen atoms or alkyl or alkoxy groups which may be substituted and A is a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinolino- or benzomorpholino group are prepared by azo coupling using diazotized 3-amino-2,1-benzisothiazole and are used to colour synthetic fibres such as polyester, cellulose ester and, in particular polyamide fibres, in red to blue shades. Cationic dyes obtained by alkylation of the N atom in the benzisothiazole ring, which are used to colour, in addition, polyacrylonitrile fibres are specified.
Patent GB-718720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in towing hooks
Inventor: BONNAUD HUGH MARATELLI
IPC: B60D1/04
Filed: 1951-09-25
Abstract: 718,720. Couplings for vehicles. NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Sept. 25, 1952 [Sept. 25. 1951]. No. 22364/51. Class 103(5) [Also in Group XXV] Relates to towing hooks in which a frame member carries both a hook and a moving member relatively movable between closed and open positions and in which the movement is controlled by an actuator through a toggle device that is moved just beyond the dead centre when the hook is in the closed position and consists in providing an abutment to limit the movement of the toggle past the dead centre. The hook 2 is pivoted at 4 between the sides la of the frame an is moused by a projection 3 from the frame. Toggle links 5, 6 are pivoted to the frame at 8 and to the hook at 9 and an extension of the link 5 is pivoted to a spring-loaded plunger 13 that biases the toggle into the position shown in which the hook is closed and the toggle has snapped just over the deadcentre position to rest against a shoulder 11 on the hook. The hook is opened by manual actuation of the arm 16b of a cranked lever, the other arm 16a using the shoulder 11 as abutment. A second cranked level is pivoted to.the hook at 18 and projects therefrom at 17b for contact -by a coupling shackle 10 raising the arm 17a to break the toggle and raise the hook permitting the shackle to enter after which the spring recloses the hook and coupling is completed. The arm 17b may also be operated manually to release the load.
Patent GB-155349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for the froth-flotation process
IPC: B03D1/16
Filed: 1919-09-11
Abstract: 155,349. Wood, L. A., and Minerals Separation Ltd. Sept. 11, 1919. Surface-tension separating apparatus.-Apparatus of the type described in Specification 21650/13 for carrying out the froth-flotation process comprises a mixing-vessel, an horizontal rotary agitator near the bottom of the vessel, an air inlet below the agitator, and a horizontal grid above the agitator. In the form shown, a number of mixing-vessels K are provided in series, each having an air inlet N, a rotary agitator L and a grid 0 consisting of series of horizontal bars, alternate series being at right-angles, and the bars of parallel series being staggered. The vessels K communicate through holes in short partitions K<1>. The uper part of the series of ves. sels has outwardly tapering sides J forming on each side a spitzkasten, which may be common to the series, separated from the vessels K by inclined walls P. The froth rises between the walls P and passes over the liquid in the spitzkasten to launders Q, with the aid, if necessary, of a paddle U, and particles which shower from the froth fall to the agitators for re-treatment. The apparatus may be combined with a preliminary mixing vessel, a further aeration apparatus without the spitzkasten top, and a settling box for residues having a float-controlled discharge. A small apparatus suitable for tests comprises a single mixing-vessel provided with a spitzkasten at one side only.
Patent GB-170140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the distillation of hydrocarbon oils, asphalts, and the like
IPC: C10G7/00
Filed: 1920-07-27
Abstract: 170,140. Engelke, E. F. July 27, 1920. Mineral and tar oils.-In distilling mineral oils, tars, asphalts, &c. the yield of light distillates is increased by passing heated gases containing free hydrogen into and over the surface of the liquid in the still from a main 3 leading to perforated pipes 4, 5. The liquid is passed through a succession of stills arranged in cascade. Superheated steam is passed into the last still to raise the flash point of the residue. The gases and vapours from each still are led to separate dephlegmators D, condensers C, and gas separators F. The gases may be passed by a main 11 to a gas holder, and after being compressed and heated be returned to the stills, or they may first be passed through a vessel A containing a high-boiling gas-oil tq remove gasoline vapours, or they may be purified by passage through a series of vessels containing reagents, such as concentrated sulphuric acid water, and a desulphurizing reagent such as alkaline litharge solution or basic iron oxide, the purified gases being treated with heavy naphtha or compressed and cooled to separate gasoline. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 165,230.
Patent GB-442146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carbonising chambers, ovens or retorts
IPC: C10B27/06
Filed: 1934-08-01
Abstract: 442,146. Hydraulic mains. GAS CHAMBERS & COKE OVENS, Ltd., KEMP, A. V., and RITSON, F., Artillery House, Artillery Row, 'Westminster. Aug. 1, 1934, No. 22486. [Class 55 (ii)] The intermediate part of a gas offtake pipe of a carbonizing chamber leading to a gas main is arranged to hold liquid when supplied therewith to form a liquid seal, a valve-controlled conduit being provided for the discharge of the sealing liquid to the main if desired. In one form of the invention, the intermediate part 3 between an offtake pipe 1 and a main 2, consists of a U- or V-shaped tubular chamber and is filled with liquor, such as foul gas liquor, from pipes 5, 6, provided with spray nozzles. During gas making, the sealing liquid is continuously run off into the gas main through a valve-controlled conduit 13. The seal is closed during the charging of the carbonizing chamber and smoke or fume from the latter is sucked through a bridge pipe 7-8 by means of an ejector 9, the actuation of which simultaneously opens a disc valve 10. In a modification, the intermediate part comprises a box 3<a>, Fig. 2, which is filled with liquid and into which depends a central, fixed or adjustable curtain plate 15.
Patent GB-149635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dish washing machines
IPC: A47L15/28
Filed: 1920-07-28
Abstract: 149,635. Lutole, J. April 27, 1918, [Convention date]. Plates, dishes, and the like, washing.-Baskets containing the articles are placed in frames 7 which may be vertically reciprocated in washing and rinsing tanks 1, 2 by eccentrics 15, 16 on a driven shaft 10 and may be raised out of the liquid for re-loading, by means of hydraulic cylinders 18. A three-way valve in one position admits the fluid to the cylinders and in its other position allows the spent fluid to pass into the rinsing tank 2. A trough 4 receives the greasy overflow from the latter. A roller 32 facilitates the transfer of the baskets from the washing tank to the rinsing tank.
Patent GB-230736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pneumatic player actions for player pianos
IPC: G10F1/02
Filed: 1923-11-01
Abstract: 230,736. Brown, T. P. Nov. 1, 1923. Player-pianos; actions, pneumatic.-An action for a player-piano comprises tiers of units 32 secured to the front side of a suction-chest 42, each unit, including a striking-pneumatic, whose upper leaf operates the wippen 24 by rods 28, 25 and a rocker 26, and a valve 36 so arranged as to be gravity-assisted in operating when an aperture crosses the tracker-box 44. The valves 36 are moved simultaneously into their normal upper position on the application of suction in commencing playing.
Patent GB-1128212-A (GB)
Title: Method for the manufacture of vulcanizable polymer compositions
Inventor: PALMER MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: C08J3/205
Filed: 1965-05-28
Abstract: 1,128,212. Polymer compositions. DUNLOP CO. Ltd. 17 May, 1966 [28 May, 1965], No. 22688/65. Headings C3P and C3Q. Polymer compositions are made by a method which comprises mixing one or more compounding ingredients with an organic solvent for the polymer and/or with water to form a dispersion, adding to the dispersion a polymer in the dry state and an organic solvent for the polymer if not present in the dispersion and mixing the dispersion with the polymer until the polymer has dissolved in the organic solvent. The polymer may be natural rubber, cis-polybutadiene, cis -polyisoprene, trans -polyisoprene, butadiene/styrene copolymer, isoprene/isobutylene copolymer or copolymer of ethylene and propylene with or without a polyene. Specified compounding ingredients are carbon black, rubber crumb, whiting, vulcanizing agents and antioxidants. The solvent may be hexane, benzene, toluene, chloroform or carbon tetrachloride. Mixing and dissolution may be effected under conditions of high shear, if desired at elevated temperatures, and extender oils and processing oils may be added to assist dissolution of the polymer. The compositions of the invention may be used as coatings or adhesives for fabrics, textile or metal cords, and metal and wood surfaces, or may be foamed. In examples compositions are prepared by (I) dispersing carbon black, sulphur, zinc oxide, N-cyclohexyl-2-benzthiazyl sulphenamide, stearic acid, N-phenyl-N<SP>1</SP>-isopropyl p-phenylenediamine, 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethyl-6-ethoxy quinoline and mineral oil in hexane and adding a butadiene/styrene rubber; (II) dispersing carbon black, sulphur, zinc oxide, N-cyclohexyl-2-benzthiazyl sulphenamide, stearic acid and N-phenyl-N<SP>1</SP>-isopropyl p-phenylenediamine in water and adding a butadiene/styrene copolymer and a hexane solution of antioxidant and mineral oil; (III) dispersing pelletized carbon black in toluene and adding a butadiene/ styrene rubber; and (IV) dispersing the compounding ingredients of Example I in toluene and adding a butadiene/styrene rubber.
Patent GB-786113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in liquid densitometers
Inventor: BERNSTEIN HAROLD ABRAHAM
IPC: G01N9/00
Filed: 1955-08-08
Abstract: 786,113. Specific-gravity estimating apparatus. SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES Ltd. Nov. 16, 1955 [Aug. 8. 1955]. No. 22791/55. Class 97(3) [Also in Group XL(c)] The density of a liquid is determined by measuring the frequency of vibration of a hollow container which is filled with the liquid and is mounted on a support which is flexible means being provided to produce an electrical signal having a characteristic dependent on the frequency vibration. In the form shown, in plan, in Fig. 1, the hollow container 1 is carried on two tubes 2 mounted one above the other in a rigid support 4. Alternatively the tubes 2 may project from opposite sides of the container 1. The container is made of magnetic material or carries armatures, of magnetic material. The yokes 5 and 6 which are mounted adjacent opposite faces of the container and may be made in part of material which is permanently magnetic carry coils 11 and 12 connected in a triode oscillator shown in Fig. 3. An output is taken, for example, from the anode of the triode, for the purpose of frequency measurement. The output may be obtained with a fixed frequency to provide a sum or difference frequency, or may be fed to a device comprising a meter sensitive to the volume of liquid flow so that the mass flow is registered. In modified embodiments the energizing coils are arranged to produce longitudinal oscillations in the tubes 2. The frequency of oscillation may be reduced by mounting the tubes in solder plugs in the support 4 or by replacing them by extensible metal bellows or coil springs.
Patent GB-1012159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tractors and tractor driven apparatus
IPC: E02F3/30
Filed: 1964-06-02
Abstract: 1,012,159. Shovelling machines. A. MOUSTGAARD. June 2, 1964 [June 5, 1963], No. 22830/64. Heading E1F. [Also in Division B7] A tractor carrying an excavator, shovel loader, crane or boring frame is provided with a turntable support arranged beneath the tractor chassis 1 such that upon retracting the rear wheels 8 or, alternatively, upon lowering the turntable support relative to the chassis 1, the front of the support contacts the ground ahead of the centre of gravity of the tractor and continued retraction of the wheels 8 or lowering of the support results in rearward tilting of the tractor to raise the front wheels 12 and subsequent lifting of the rear wheels 8. In Figs. 1, 3 and 4 the rear wheels 8 are carried on bearings 7 supported by arms 6 independently pivotable about bearings 5 on the chassis 1 by hydraulic cylinders or motors supplied by the hydraulic system of the tractor. A support frame 2 secured beneath the chassis 1 is rotatable on a base member 13 supported on spaced feet 9, 10 by means of a hydraulic motor 15 driving a pinion 16 engaging a toothed rim 17. In a modification (Fig. 8) the rear wheels 8 are carried by bearings 21 slidable in vertical guides 22 on the chassis 1. In one form (Fig. 6) of the alternative arrangement the rear wheels 8 cannot be retracted but are raised by pivoting the support frame 18 about bearings 19 on the chassis 1. In a modification (Fig. 10) the base member 13 is secured directly to a piston rotatable in a hydraulic cylinder 24, and to improve load distribution on soft ground hinged feet 26 or a single transverse plate are attached to pivots 25 which may be used for mounting interchangeable grading, vibrating or road rolling attachments. In another modification (Fig. 12) the support member 30 is slidable in oblique guide rails 32 on the chassis 1 and rotatable on a base member 27 including legs 28, 29. In further modifications the support member 30 is connected to the chassis 1 by pivoted arms or toggle links and lowered by extensible hydraulic cylinders.