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Patent GB-697100-A (GB)
Title: A valve for liquid heating systems for motor vehicles and the like
Inventor: HILTON JOHN LESLIE
IPC: F16K7/16
Filed: 1950-08-10
Abstract: 697,100. Pipe joints. PLESSEY CO., Ltd. Aug. 9, 1951 [Aug. 10, 1950] No. 19905/50. Class 99 (i). [Also in Group XXIX]. In a valve for liquid heating systems, e.g. for motor vehicles, comprising a valve casing 1 having 'an opening 3 at one end adapted to receive a pipe 16 and containing a flexible sealing member 5 adapted to slide over the pipe and prevent leakage of liquid from the casing, a diaphragm 8, actuated by cam means 13, 14, mounted in a casing cover 10; controls the end opening of the pipe. When a bush 11 in the cover is manually rotated a dimple faced cam 13 co-operates with a complementary cam 14 on the cover to allow the valve operating rod 12 and the diaphragm valve 8 to move away from the end of the pipe. A ported annular member 6 clamps the sealing member and diaphragm in the casing.
Patent GB-709051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pallets
IPC: B65D19/00
Filed: 1952-08-07
Abstract: 709,051. Pallets for handling loads. AKTIEBOLAGET SVEAEXPORT. Aug. 7. 1952 [May 6. 1952], No. 19928/52. Class 78 (4) The base and the load platform of a pallet are secured together and spaced apart by threaded tubes or bolts 12-20 formed with stops or collars 21, 22 welded to or otherwise secured or formed on the tubes or bolts. As shown, the collars 21, 22 engage metal reinforcing members 23-27 which enclose the ends of the boards 11 forming the base and of wooden bearers 1, 2, 3 forming part of the platform. Boards 4, 6, 8 of the platform are secured by the nuts 31 on the ends of the bolts while further boards 5, 7 are secured by screws 30. The nuts 31 are circular so that they fit into counter sinks in the boards. The ends of the boards and the hedges of the outer boards 4, 8 project beyond the edges of the bearers 1, 2, 3 to lie flush with the flanges 24, 25 and 26 of the reinforcing members. The boards 11 forming the base are preferably bevelled to facilitate the entry of the forks of a lift truck. In an alternative construction; tubes replace the bolts 17-20 and the circular nuts 31 are replaced by counter-sunk hexagonal nuts bearing on washers.
Patent GB-969737-A (GB)
IPC: B60P1/16
Filed: 1963-05-20
Abstract: 969,737. Tipping vehicles. LINKE-HOFMANN - BUSCH WAGGON - FAHRZEUGMASCHINEN G.m.b.H. May 20, 1963 [May 21, 1962], No. 19928/63. Headings B7B and B7L. A container 2 is pivotally attached by a link 9 to the chassis 1 and when the jack 7 is extended the rollers 4 at the end of the container near the discharge orifice move longitudinally along the chassis.
Patent GB-825980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rear wheel suspensions for motor vehicles
IPC: B60G9/02
Filed: 1957-06-25
Abstract: 825.980. Road-vehicle spring-suspensions. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. June 25, 1957 [June 25, 1956], No. 19953/57. Class 108(2) The invention relates to a motor vehicle wheel suspension comprising longitudinally extending arms 38, 39, each pivotally connected at one end to the vehicle frame 12 and at the opposite ends to a rigid transversely extending axle 33 interconnecting a pair of road wheels 11, 11, and a relatively short link 41 having its opposite ends pivotally connected to the frame 12 and to the transverse mid point of the axle 33. According to the invention, the geometry of the suspension is such that on upward deflection of the wheels from their normal position relative to the vehicle, their path is substantially linear and inclined rearwardly to the vertical. The link 41 is connected by a rubber bush joint 58 (Fig. 6) to brackets 61 secured at 62 (Fig. 5) to a chassis frame member 18. The joint 58 permits lateral movement of the link 41 so as to allow roll movement of the axle 33. Each arm 38, 39, pivotally connected at its forward end to a transverse frame member 16 and has a universal connection at its rearward end with a bracket 47 rigid with the axle 33. A bracket 48 rigid with the rearward end of the arm 38 provides a connection for a telescopic shock absorber 49 which extends upwardly and inwardly to a connection with the respective chassis frame side member 13. A pneumatic spring (Fig. 1, not shown) extends between each arm 38 and the corresponding frame member 13. As shown, the entral points of the connections of the arms 38, 39, to the axle 33, are disposed below, and in a vertical plane containing, the axis 37 of the road wheels 11, 11. The upper end of the link 41 is disposed beneath the axis 37. In a modified construction (Fig. 8, not shown), the centres of the joints connecting the arms 38 to the axle 33 lie to the rear of the axis 37.
Patent GB-1458601-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in decomposing alkali metal amalgams and a method  therefor
IPC: C25B9/00
Filed: 1974-05-07
Abstract: 1458601 Alkali manufacture VYZKUMNY USTAV ANORGANICKE CHEMIE 7 May 1974 [11 May 1973] 19959/74 Heading C1A An amalgam of an alkali metal is decomposed to yield alkali metal hydroxide by passing the amalgam downwards through baffle means which comprises horizontal grids of a material wettable by the amalgam having thereon horizontal layers of a material unwettable by the amalgam, the horizontal grids and layers alternating vertically and the baffle means being capable of catalysing the decomposition of the amalgam, and contacting the amalgam with water in the baffle means. Apparatus may comprise a container having an inlet at the top and an outlet at the bottom, surrounding the said baffle means. The grids of material wettable by the amalgam may be metal, suitably steel or nickel, and the material unwettable by the amalgam may be a carboncontaining material, preferably graphite or titanium carbide.
Patent GB-1346468-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor track switch actuated by a linear induction motor
IPC: B61L23/00
Filed: 1971-06-10
Abstract: 1346468 Conveyer switches; linear induction motors MERLIN GERIN 10 June 1971 [15 June 1970] 19987/71 Heading B7L [Also in Division E2] A switch tongue 34, in a conveyer system, is rotated about a pivot 36 between two end positions, in which it directs trucks 24, running on track 18, into either of tracks 20 or 22, by a linear induction motor comprising a polyphase wound stator 42, stationary relative to the tracks, and a conductive armature plate 40 integral with the tongue; a selector switch (not shown) is also provided to connect the stator to a polyphase supply to cause the magnetic field generated by the stator to travel in such a direction so as to move the armature and thus the tongue to a desired one of its two positions. Latch means, to lock the tongue in either of its two positions, comprise, in one embodiment of Figs. 3, 5, a ferromagnetic latch 44 having a finger engaging in one of two apertures 46, 48 in a locking plate 49, the travelling field of the stator withdrawing the latch 44 from aperture 46, to allow the armature to be moved until a second position, Fig. 5, is reached where the stator is de-energized and the latch 44 is dropped by gravity, into the aperture 48. A second embodiment of latch means comprises latches 54 and 56, Fig. 7, engageable in recesses 58 and 60 in the armature plate and withdrawn therefrom by electromagnets 62 and 64 connected to the stator supply. The trucks 24 may be propelled by linear induction motor means,
Patent GB-792654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for producing a magnetic field of constant strength
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS PHILIP
IPC: G05F7/00
Filed: 1956-06-28
Abstract: 792,654. Electromagnets. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. June 28, 1956, No. 20006/56. Class 35. A constant flux, independent of variations in supply voltage and frequency, is produced by coils 6, 7 producing unequal opposed fields, the difference between them being maintained constant by supplying them through a saturated reactor 1 and an unsaturated reactor 2, respectively. Coils 6, 7 may have the same or different numbers of turns. If the frequency is constant the reactor 2 may be replaced by a resistor.
Patent GB-320131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to aircraft
IPC: F01P7/02
Filed: 1928-07-10
Abstract: 320,131. Townend, H. C. H. July 1(), 1928. Fusclages,. propelling. - For reducing the resistance of aircraft having projecting cylinder heads B or other excrescences, a narrow ring or segment or a polygon or part-polygon of streamline or aerofoil section J or J* working at a substantial lift coefficient is arranged to encircle or partly encircle the aircraft body or engine nacelle. The chord of the ring section is arranged at such an angle to the airflow as to produce a downwash towards the body. The invention may also be applied to any groove formed by juxtaposed elements on aircraft. For example a streamline or aerofoil strut may be arranged across the angle between the fuselage and the main plane for reducing eddy formation. The ring shown partly overlaps the cylinder, but it may be coplanar with or behind the cylinders. The ring or polygon may be in parts which are adjustable in incidence separately or together by the pilot or automatically, and may be adjustable along or about the fore and aft axis of the body. A number of rings may be employed overlapping or in tandem. The ring may be made hollow to act as a silencer for the exhaust gases and as a preheater for the air or mixture.
Patent GB-1206366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to separators for electric power sources
IPC: H01M50/50
Filed: 1968-04-26
Abstract: 1,206,366. Separators. SOC. DES ACCUMULATEURS FIXES ET DE TRACTION. 26 April, 1968 [28 April, 1967], No. 20036/68. Addition to 1,165,183. Heading H1B. An electrode separator is manufactured by punching flat spacers out of plastics sheet and fixing them to a carrier sheet. The plastics material may be polyethylene. The carrier sheet may be semi-permeable, e.g. an ion exchange membrane, paper or a woven or felted fabric. A solvent may be applied to the carrier sheet so that when the spacers are pressed on they soften and stick. Alternatively they may be welded on. Spacers may be applied to both sides of the sheet in corresponding or staggered positions. When they are in staggered positions the carrier sheet is deformed when the spacer is pressed between two electrodes (Fig. 8, not shown). The electrode may also have spacers on it (Fig. 9, not shown). The spacers may be used in an inert zinc-silver cell actuated by adding electrolyte.
Patent GB-771719-A (GB)
Title: Method of regenerating quaternary ammonium anion exchange resins
Inventor: WHEATON ROBERT MILLER
IPC: B01J49/00
Filed: 1955-07-11
Abstract: A salt of a strongly-basic quaternary ammonium anion exchange resin (comprising the reaction product of an insoluble cross-linked vinyl aromatic resin containing haloalkyl radicals on the aromatic nuclei and a tertiary amine) having monovalent anions attached to the nitrogen atoms of the quaternary ammonium groups, is regenerated by first contacting the resin salt with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal carbonate, phosphate or sulphate to replace the monovalent anions by polyvalent anions, and thereafter contacting the resulting resin salt with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide to replace the polyvalent anions by hydroxyl ions.
Patent GB-333017-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for burning pulverised fuel
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1929-06-29
Abstract: 333,017. Robinson, G. H. June 29, 1929. Pulverulent-fuel burners. - In a burner for burning pulverized coal or other powdered or finely divided fuel the fuel mixture is discharged through a plate, frame, or other member formed with a number of apertures c of circular, rectangular or other section arranged so as to direct the streams of mixture to converge towards a centre, centre-line, or central plane. The plate, frame, or other member a is preferably curved to a saucer-like or trough-like form and the centre or centres d<1> to which the streams converge are situate at a less distance from the member than the radius of curvature of the member, thus securing ignition.of any fuel which crosses the face of the burners without becoming ignited. The apertures c are preferably Venturi-shaped and may be so closely adjacent as to leave only knife edge between them. The apertures may be drilled in the plate a or be formed by shaped bars arranged in a frame.. In the trough-shaped burner shown in Fig. 7 a pivoted flap valve h may be turned into contact with division plates g so as to shut off the fuel supply to one or more divisions of the burner and a series of directing plates k is provided to prevent segregation of the fuel. Additional air may be supplied to the fuel mixture either before or after its passage through the plate &c.
Patent GB-918195-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
IPC: A47L9/10
Filed: 1961-06-05
Abstract: 918,195. Suction cleaners. ELECTROLUX CORPORATION. June 5, 1961 [June 22 1960], No. 20145/61. Class 8(1). A suction cleaner comprises a dirt receiving chamber connected by a plurality of conduits to a plurality of filters, and air is drawn through said chamber and through the conduits and filters in parallel flow. In the illustrated mach ine, air is drawn by a fan 34 through the suctior inlet 98 into a removable dirt receiving container 70 in which a coarse screen 84 is mounted at the base of a substantially cylindrical wal 82 depending from the container lid 74. The dust laden air is drawn through the screen 84 which retains the larger dust particles so that they fall into the container 70, while the finer dust is carried by the air flow through conduits 52, 54, 56 into three fillers comprising dust bags 44 supported in perforated cages 22, 24, 26. Lamps 108, 118 are energized by fluid actuated switches in response to the pressure drops across the screen 84 and a filter 44, respectively, to indicate when the container 70 or the bags 44 require to be emptied.
Patent GB-896011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cartons
IPC: B65D5/06
Filed: 1957-06-26
Abstract: 896,011. Cartons. WADDINGTON Ltd., JOHN, GAUNT, T. A., and YOUNG, L. C. Sept. 16, 1958 [June 26, 1957], No. 20165/57. Class 18. A carton made by forming a tube from a carton blank and consisting of an outer cardboard casing and an inner layer of heatsealable material 23, has a primary closure providing a stable base for the carton and formed by interfolding and heat-sealing the cardboard and the heat sealable material. In the embodiment shown the heat-sealable material is a tube 23 of polythene adhered to panels 16, 17 of the blank 10. The primary closure is formed by pushing the centres of the bottom ends of panels 15, 17 towards each other to bend the cardboard about crease lines 21, 22, flattening the bottom ends of panels 16, 18 on to panels 15, 17 and applying heat and pressure to the bottom of the carton. The top closure is of the " peak-roof " type and is sealed by applying heat and pressure so that the tube 23 is sealed to itself and also to the cardboard. In a modification the polythene may be in the form of a flat sheet secured to the blank. The sides of the carton may slightly taper towards the bottom. Specifications 630,622 and 648,419 are referred to.
Patent GB-1360537-A (GB)
Title: Rotary annular cooler
IPC: F27D15/02
Filed: 1972-05-01
Abstract: 1360537 Cooling granular material U VON KRITTER 1 May 1972 [6 Sept 1971] 20165/72 Heading F4B A rotary annular cooler for the compressed air cooling of hot loose bulk material comprises outer, inner and middle support rings 1, 2 and 4 interconnected by radial spokes 3, 3<SP>1</SP>, 3<SP>11</SP>, a material container 7 incorporating support surface 5<SP>1</SP>, 5<SP>11</SP> with louvred grid bars 9 for the passage of the air said surfaces being hinged to the ring 4 at 6<SP>1</SP>, 6<SP>11</SP> and rollers 10 attached to each support surface and running on guide rails 11 which are shaped at a discharge point to lower the surfaces 5<SP>1</SP>, 5<SP>11</SP> discharging cooled material. The spokes are formed of members 3, 3<SP>1</SP> and 3<SP>11</SP> arranged to taper inwardly so that the support surfaces 5<SP>1</SP>, 5<SP>11</SP> may be rectangular in shape. Each spoke has an angled cover (14, Fig. 3) above it and formed at its apex with air slots (15). The cover is spaced slightly from the spoke for the passage of cooling air. The support surfaces 5<SP>1</SP>, 5<SP>11</SP> have sufficient clearance between the spokes and the side walls 22 and themselves to allow for thermal expansion. The outer support ring 1 has lateral guide rollers 20 engaging a guide rail (not shown) and the cooler is driven by a friction wheel engaging an outer rail 21. Packing strips 18 on the support rings 1 and 2 engage stationary packing rings 19 to seal a compressed air chamber (not shown). (For Figures see next page.)
Patent GB-531903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electron discharge devices
IPC: H01J19/42
Filed: 1939-07-11
Abstract: 531,903. Thermionic valves. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd., and VANGEEN, A. I. July 11, 1939, No. 20211. [Class 39 (i)] In thermionic valves two parallel electrodes are supported by leads sealed into opposite ends of the envelope and are aligned by attachment to flexible insulating plates, the points of attachment being widely spaced so as to permit relative movement of the electrodes resulting from thermal expansion. The drawing shows an electrode arrangement such as described in Specification 360,433 comprising, co-planar plates 4, 9 carrying respectively the grids 3, and anodes 8 of a valve adapted to be used as a push-pull amplifier as described in Specification 489,289. Two flexible mica plates 12 are secured to the plates by rods 13, 13a which are spaced a substantial distance apart so as to allow relative displacement of the electrodes due to temperature variations in their lead-in supports 5, 10. Preferably the plates 9 and anodes 8 are cut away as shown at 15, and the plate 4 may be similarly cut away. The envelope consists of a bulb 1 and flat base 2 and the leads 10, 5 are passed through the bulb and base respectively. The cathode 6 is supported by lead-in wires 7 passing through the base and is indirectly heated by a heater one terminal of which is connected to the cathode and the other through a choke 11 to a leading-in wire in the base. In a modification, the anode may be cylindrical with oppositely extending flanges each shaped and mounted like the plate 9 and the grid may be of wire wound about two rods which extend through the insulating plates.
Patent GB-1448921-A (GB)
Title: Engine stop gear
IPC: F01P11/16
Filed: 1974-05-08
Abstract: 1448921 Engine stop gear VALMET OY 8 May 1974 [11 May 1973] 20215/74 Heading F1K An engine stop gear includes an electric circuit comprising switches in series one of the switches 4 being controlled by a device responsive to engine oil pressure and another one of the switches 5 being controlled by a device responsive to the engine coolant temperature, and the circuit includes a control unit 8 for stopping the supply of fuel to the engine. The control unit 8 comprises a solenoid 13 with an armature which is loaded by a spring 14 and which can be moved by an external force against the spring action into an operative position in which the supply of fuel to the engine is maintained and in which operative position the armature is held against the spring force as long as all the switches remain closed and the solenoid is energized, whereas when the solenoid is deenergized and the external force is absent the spring 14 will move the armature to a released position in which the supply of fuel to the engine is stopped. The illustrated stop gear is for a tractor diesel engine and for a pump, e.g. an irrigation pump driven by the tractor engine. The circuit includes a switch controlled by a stop push button 3, a switch controlled by a device 6 responsive to irrigation pump output pressure and a switch controlled by a clock mechanism 7. If a switch opens, the armature may be actuated to enable the engine to be operated in an emergency.
Patent GB-1354240-A (GB)
Title: Photographic materials
IPC: G03C8/02
Filed: 1972-05-01
Abstract: 1354240 Supersensitized silver halide emulsions; dye developer materials FUJI PHOTO FILM CO Ltd 1 May 1972 [30 April 1971] 20226/72 Heading G2C A photographic material comprises a silver halide emulsion containing a green supersensitizing dye combination of at least one dye of Formula I and at least one dye of Formula II, a dye developer being incorporated in the emulsion or in a layer adjacent thereto; Formula I is in which R 1  , R 2 , R 3  and R 4  are a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl, or allyl, at least one of R 1  and R 2  being alkyl substituted by -CO 2 H or -SO 3 H; Y 1  and Y 3  are H or halogen; Y 2  and Y 4  are H, halogen, alkoxy, amino, acylamido, acyloxy, alkoxycarbonylamino, -CN, -CF 3 , alkylsulphonyl, sulphamyl, alkylaminosulphonyl, morpholinosulphonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or piperidinosulphonyl, X 1 <SP>-</SP> is an anion and n is 0 or 1, the dye forming an intramolecular salt when n is 0; in which Y is S or Se, Z and Z 1  each complete a benzene ring which may be substituted, R 5  and R 6  are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or allyl, at least one of R 5  and R 6  being alkyl or alkyl substituted by -CO 2 H or -SO 3 H, X 2 <SP>#</SP> is an anion and p is 0 or 1, the dye forming an intramolecular salt when p is 0, the case in which Y is S and Z 1  is substituted by an aryl group being excluded. The dye developer may have a hydroquinonyl, o-dihydroxyphenyl, or an o- or p-amino substituted hydroxyphenyl as a developing group and an azo or anthraquinone dyeing moiety. The material is used in mono-chrome and multicolour diffusion transfer processes.
Patent GB-291345-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for energising thermionic valves
IPC: H04B1/16
Filed: 1927-07-30
Abstract: 291,345. K÷r÷s, L. May 30, 1927, [Convention date]. Thermionic amplifiers.-Thermionic valves are supplied with current converted to a frequency outside the audible range from a supply network, undesirable fluctuations in the network current being suppressed by filtration. The Figure shows a generating-valve 1 having a highresistance filament 10 connected in series with the plates of the valves to be energized. The heating current of the filament circuits is supplied by the transformer winding 8. A variable resistance 11 is provided to start the oscillator and is increased or disconnected after starting. In a modification a second transformer winding is provided to supply the high tension current to the valves. Specification 164,721 is referred to.
Patent GB-148345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to contact fingers for electric motor controllers
IPC: H01H1/24
Filed: 1920-07-09
Abstract: 148,345. Soc. Anon. Constructions Electriques de Belgique, (formerly Compagnie Internationale d'ElectricitÚ). March 18, 1919, [Convention date]. Contacts. - A contact-finger for electro-controllers is constructed so that it may be moved into a position suitable for inspection or entirely removed from the controller. A spring finger 1 is riveted to a handle 7, a stop plate 6, a U- shaped fixing-member 3 and a bent contact blade 8. The arms of the fixing-member 3 are formed as hooks which engage with a pivot 12 carried by the finger support 9 which also has a knife contact 11 for engaging the contact-blade 8 to carry the current. A spring-actuated stop 17 is pivoted to the finger support 9 and, engaging beneath the stop-plate 6, causes the spring finger 1 to hold the hooks 9 of the fixing-member 3 firmly in engagement with the pivot 12 when the contact-piece 2 is in engagement with the controller. By drawing-back the stop 17, the contact finger may be rotated into the position shown in Fig. 5, in which it is held by the stop 17; but by means of the handle 7, it may be drawn out of engagement with the pivot 12 and detached from the controller.