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Patent GB-1123448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for applying liquid adhesive to workpieces
IPC: A43D25/18
Filed: 1966-05-03
Abstract: Apparatus for applying liquid adhesive has a pump chamber 22 for holding liquid adhesive for delivery, by gear pump rotors 24, 26, in determinable quantity to an applicator roll 12.  In one form, solid rod adhesive is fed into inlet passage 32 by a pair of opposed rolls 62, 64 movable relative to each other, one at least being yieldable relative to the other.  A sizing die 108 may be situated between the rolls 62, 64 and the inlet 32 to the pump chamber, and has a tapered passage 110 and heating cartridges 113 so that rods of slightly varying size may be accommodated and reshaped to the required size and cross-section of inlet 32.  The pump chamber 22 is housed in a block 20 which also has a recess in which the transfer roll 12 is located so that its peripheral edge surface in eccentric in respect of the inner surface 42 of the recess.  The roll 12 has a portion projecting from said recess for transferring adhesive supplied to a portion within the recess, to a workpiece held against the projecting portion thereof by a feed roll 14.  The said recess is connected to the outlet from the pump chamber by a short passage 34 having a valve 45 for shutting off the flow of adhesive when the machine is stopped. Heating elements 38 are mounted in the block 20 for keeping the block, rotors and applicator roll 12 heated and melting the adhesive rod fed into the pump chamber.  The workpiece feed roll is rotated at a constant speed but the speeds of the pump and the adhesive feed rolls may be varied.  The apparatus can be adapted to use granular adhesive by a hopper feed device or premelted adhesive.
Patent GB-144135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in garages or storage buildings
IPC: E04H6/10
Filed: 1919-08-06
Abstract: 144,135. Higgins, E. Aug. 6, 1919. Garages.-A garage or like storage building has two helical tracks or driveways, from one of which opens a series of compartments also helically arranged. The building is preferably of circular shape, and in one form the two driveways 4, 7 are separated by a partition wall 2 having connecting-openings 14 at intervals, and the compartments 12 are arranged on the outer side of the " up " driveway. The partition walls 13 forming the compartments are preferably arranged tangentially to the driveway. The central well is divided into compartments bv horizontal floors, access being obtained through doorways 16 opposite the openings 14. In a modification, the "up" driveway has compartments on both sides, and in another, the compartments are arranged between the " up " and " down " driveways.
Patent GB-812179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of electric discharge devices
Inventor: THWAITES GEORGE PERCY
IPC: H01J19/42
Filed: 1956-06-22
Abstract: 812,179. Discharge tubes. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. June 22, 1956, No. 19416/56. Class 39(1). In a method of electrode assembly, the ends of the electrode 26 and the support rods 20, 21, 23, 24 are each held by one of a plurality of independently operated tool members. Fig. 1 shows such a tool 1, with jaws 7 ... 11 moving in slots 2 ... 6 and actuated by pins 12 ... 16. Each jaw can be opened, as at 8, and then retracted, as at 7, to grip an electrode support rod. In assembly, an insulating disc is placed on the tool 1, the bottom ends of the electrode supports passed through holes in the disc, and then held by the respective jaws in tool 1. A further tool 29 having a number of spring-loaded jaws 31 ... 35 is moved against the top ends of the grid supports, which are collected and guided into the correct relative positions, and held against an opposing plate 28 while a further insulating disc is placed in position. The plate 28 may be replaced by a member also having a set of movable jaws. Specification 728,692 is referred to.
Patent GB-134085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Suspension and Adjustments of Brakes for Motor or like Vehicles.
IPC: F16D65/42
Filed: 1918-11-26
Abstract: 134,085. Brown, G. W. A., Grinham, E. G., and Arrol-Johnston, Ltd. Nov. 26, 1918. Blocks and the like acting on drums.- Each of the shoes C, D of an internal expanding brake has a fulcrum E bearing against the tapered point F<2> of a screwed rod F, the axial movement of which separates the fulcra to compemsate for wear of the shoes. The fulcra have heads of semicircular cross-section with cylindrical stems E<3> guided in the sides of an arm B<2> on the bracket B, the rod F screwing along this arm and having a hand-wheel G with notches engaged by a detent H. The free ends of the shoes are operated by links J from pins K projecting axially from a rotary spindle.
Patent GB-426031-A (GB)
Title: Method of delivering liquified gases
IPC: F17C5/02
Filed: 1934-07-02
Abstract: 426,031. Storing liquefied gases. RUHRCHEMIE AKT.-GES., Holten, Oberhausen, Germany. July 2, 1934, No. 19508. Convention date, July 17, 1933. [Class 8 (ii)] [See also Group XVIII] Liquefied gases such as gaseous fuels are supplied to cylinders &c. clamped on vehicles &c., from a high-pressure source through a charging vessel mounted on scales ; the delivery to the cylinders from the charging vessel is effected by a reversible pump which first draws the residual liquid from the cylinders. The movements of the scale beam, and thus the charging process, may be recorded automatically on an unwinding roll of graph paper, or by counters that print on cards. The movement of the beam may automatically interrupt the supply to the cylinders when the desired weight has been supplied.
Patent GB-260664-A (GB)
Title: Improved method and apparatus for extruding metal and the like
IPC: B21C23/30
Filed: 1925-08-01
Abstract: 260,664. Western Electric Co., Ltd., (Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.). Aug. 1, 1925. Multiple-delivery piston pumps.-A machine for extruding metal and other materials and described particularly with references to sheathing an electric-cable 30, comprises an annular chamber 15 provided with a flared inlet 19 into which metal &c. in a fused state is continuously and directly charged by a plurality of pumps. The pumps 74 are disposed approximately equidistant from each other and from the cable-axis and have ball inlet and discharge valves of density lower than that of the material worked. The pump-plunger guides are carried by the pumpbarrels and the plungers are driven by roller - bearing eccentrics mounted on intergeared shafts arranged in the form of a square about the cable-axis. The pumpplungers work through cooled glands which cause any material leaking past to solidify, thereby packing the glands. The pumps are supplied from a single, heated tank by a pipe in which a valve is provided.
Patent GB-274905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in scavenging the residues of combustion deposited on the sliding surfaces of internal combustion engines operated by pulverulent fuel
IPC: F02B45/02
Filed: 1927-07-25
Abstract: 274,905. I. G. Farbenindustrie Akt.- Ges. July 26, 1926, [Convention date]. Powdered fuel engines; cylinders, ports and internal passages of.-In engines using powdered fuel, the sliding surfaces of the cylinders and pistons are scavenged by combustion air, which may be mixed with an atomized liquid, vapour or gas-e.g. steam. An annular space 6 is left between a smooth piston and the rotatablymounted combustion chamber 2, the piston being packed by piston rings 3 in a fixed guide sleeve, and the scavenging medium, admitted through a ring of ports 4 in a sleeve valve 5, flows towards the cylinder head as an annular stream having high velocity. The cylinder has a fuel inlet valve 8, a starting valve 9, and a large exhaust valve 7. In the case of a two-stroke-cycle engine, the sleeve valve is omitted, the port being formed in the cylinder walls. Specifications 816/91, 17549/94. and 236,756 are referred to.
Patent GB-405548-A (GB)
Title: Improved box or case for toilet preparations and appliances
IPC: A45D33/00
Filed: 1933-07-13
Abstract: 405,548. Toilet cases. WHITE, N., 11, Canterbury Road, Brixton Road, and THOMPSON, J. DENTON-, 16, Deveraux Court, both in London. July 13, 1933, No. 19779. [Class 18.] In a toilet case comprising a shallow body and lid hinged together, the body is provided with a central compartment 5 for powder, &c. surrounded by a number of shallow receptacles 8, and with a closure member 9 or members over the receptacles ; and either the receptacles or the closure(s) are rotatable so that access can be had to the contents of the receptacles. As shown, the closure comprises an annular plate rotatable under the beaded edge of the body part and provided with a flanged aperture 10 which can be positioned over any receptacle 8 ; these receptacles being secured or stamped in a fixed plate 4 similarly to the compartment 5. The inner edge of the plate 9 may engage under a flange on the centre portion of the case ; or the plate could be replaced by a number of segments with a gap between. The compartment 5 may be provided with a hinged lid 6 and with an aperture in its base communicating with the space under the receptacles 8. In a modification, the plate 9 is fixed and the plate 4 rotates underneath it in a groove in the upper edge of the body part, and a portion of the edge of the case is cut away to allow the milled edge of the plate 4 to project for manipulation purposes. The lid accommodates a mirror 11 and toilet articles 13. If the case is non- circular, additional receptacles or holders may be provided. The plate 9 may be made of metal or transparent material, e.g. glass or mica.
Patent GB-1040674-A (GB)
Title: Automatic correlation of spectral sensitivity with exposing light
IPC: G03B7/00
Filed: 1965-05-11
Abstract: 1,040,674. Colour filter arrangements for cameras. EASTMAN KODAK CO. May 11, 1965 [May 11, 1964], No.19798/65. Heading G2A. The positioning of colour filters for altering the spectral composition of light received by a camera is controlled both by the spectral sensitivity of the film in the camera, and also by the attachment thereto of an artificial lighting unit. As shown, the optical axis 8 of the camera passes through the taking lens 18 and a diaphragm 19. A photo-cell 21 controls the position of the diaphragm according to the incident light. A filter-carrying unit 29 is mounted for horizontal movement in a channelled portion of a slide 31 which can itself move vertically. In the position of Fig. 2, the unit 29 has been moved to the left, against spring 33, by the cam 27, which itself has been actuated by a feature 25 on the film magazine 23; this feature is indicative of the spectral sensitivity of the film, in the present example outdoor daylight film. Under daylight conditions, no artificial lighting unit is attached to the camera, so that the filter unit moves to its highest position, in which no filters are aligned with either the lens 8 or the photo-cell 21. If, however, it is desired to use this film under artificial illumination, a light gun 11 (Fig. 1, not shown) is attached to the camera, the act of attachment causing a lever 35 to pivot and push down the slide 31 into its lower position (Fig.2). This brings filter 36 into alignment with lens 18, modifying the spectral composition of the light passing therethrough in accordance with the spectral sensitivity of the film in magazine 23. At the same time, the neutral density filter 37 moves into alignment with the photo-cell to compensate for the light loss through filter 36. If a light bar 13 (Fig. 1, not shown) is attached to the camera by a screw 17, the same result is obtained by means of a shaft 39 which engages lever 35. If indoor film is being used in magazine 23 under outdoor conditions, feature 25 is a recess, so that rotation of cam 27 allows unit 29 to move to the right, bringing filters 41 and 42 into alignment with lens 18 and cell 21 respectively, having a similar correcting effect to that above described. If one of the lighting units 11 or 13 is attached, the slide 31 is again pushed down to its lowest position, so that the filters are out of alignment, being unnecessary since artificial light is being used with indoor film. Fig. 3 (not shown) is a simplified arrangement having only one colour compensating filter and Waterhouse stops in place of the neutral density filters. Whereas Fig. 2 is largely diagrammatic, Figs. 4 and 5 (not shown) show details of an actual camera construction.
Patent GB-583281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrically heated flat irons
IPC: D06F75/24
Filed: 1944-10-13
Abstract: 583,281. Electric irons. OSBORN, H. J., and BIO ELECTRICS, Ltd. Oct. 13, 1944, No. 19801. Drawings to Specification. [Class 39 (iii)] An electric flat iron comprises three heating elements wound on flat rectangular formers lying side by side substantially in the same plane, wherein the two outers are control resistances having a higher positive temperature coefficient than the centre main element. The cover may be arranged as an internal parabolic reflector so that the heat from the main element is suitably reflected to maintain the temperature over the sole substantially uniform. Four studs projecting upwards from the sole support the handle and four bridge members each bearing on the centre and one of the outer elements. Specification 490,481 is referred to.
Patent GB-275961-A (GB)
Title: Electric motor particularly for dental purposes
IPC: H02K17/06
Filed: 1927-07-26
Abstract: 275,961. Siemens-Reiniger-Veifa Ges. f³r Medizinische Technik. Aug. 16, 1926, [Convention date]. Motors, controlling. -A single-phase induction motor, particularly for dental purposes, operable at two or more speeds, is provided with a stator working winding for each speed; one or other being put in circuit as required, and has a single auxiliary starting winding in parallel with the working winding for the lowest speed. The motor is provided with a low-speed winding b and a highspeed winding c. An auxiliary starting winding d co-operating with the winding b is switched out of circuit by a centrifugally operated switch e when the rotor approaches the lower synchronous speed. According to the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), the controller f is so constructed that the winding c is switched on before the circuit of the winding b is opened. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-761452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pallet trucks
Inventor: ARNOT ALFRED ERWIN REGINALD
IPC: B66F9/12
Filed: 1954-01-20
Abstract: 761,452. Lift trucks. KAYE, E., and SHARP, J. R. April 20, 1955 [Jan. 20, 1954], No. 20099/53. Class 78 (3). A pallet truck is adapted for temporary attachment to the lifting carriage of a masted lift truck so that it can be raised in a loaded condition and deposited on an elevated platform, e.g. a lorry floor. A plate 77, secured to standard 21, is provided with a downwardly opening tapered recess 78 adapted to interfit with an upwardly pointing tapered member 76 on the lifting carriage 18, a plate 79 being provided to guide member 76 into engagement with recess 78 as the carriage is raised. The lifting mechanism of the pallet truck comprises a pair of hydraulic rams 32 pivoted at 33 to the standard and at 36 to a cross-head 35 which carries a steerable wheel 23 and a pair of wedge members 61. When the standard is raised relative to wheel 23 by extension of rams 32, a corresponding lifting movement is transmitted by wedges 61, through rollers 57, rods 55 and bell-cranks 50, to rollers 24. Steering movement of wheel 23 is effected by a rod 25 which passes through a bush 41 secured to the standard, and a further bush (not shown) on the cross-head. A handle 26 is pivoted to rod 25 at 44 and is provided with catch mechanism 46, 48 for locking it in either a vertical or horizontal position. The truck is provided with a hydraulic system actuated by a pump lever which may be pivoted to a stowed position within the standard.
Patent GB-195907-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of blasting detonators
IPC: C06C7/02
Filed: 1922-07-24
Abstract: 195,907. Eschbach, W. July 24, 1922. Explosives. - A primer c partially or wholly comprising fulminate of mercury is enclosed in an inner casing b of brass, copper, or celluloid situated above a main detonating charge d of tetranitromethylaniline or trinitrotoluene in an aluminium outer casing a. The fulminate primer may be surmounted by an initial priming charge f of lead azide, lead trinitroresorcinate, or lead hexaminate; and there may be a touch hole in the top of the inner casing covered by a disc e of nitrocellulose or celluloid.
Patent GB-1080810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a spray control valve
IPC: B05B1/30
Filed: 1965-05-13
Abstract: 1,080,810. Valves. H. D. HUDSON MANUFACTURING CO. May 13, 1965 [May 15, 1964; Jan. 11,1965 (2)]. No. 20349/65. Heading F2V. A control valve for an agricultural spraying apparatus comprises an inlet 24 and an outlet 34, a closure member 38 adapted to seat at 36 and actuated by a lever 46 and spring 40. The lever 46 is connected to a valve spindle through a U-shaped fitting 58 which permits the lever to be shifted between two extreme positions with lost motion, and provides for actuation of the spindle in the same direction upon movement of the lever past either of the extreme positions. The outermost end of the spindle is supported in a bush 42 to prevent a seal 42a from being subjected to lateral thrust.
Patent GB-669930-A (GB)
Title: Improved fluid operated speed governor
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1949-08-05
Abstract: 669,930. Speed governors. SUMMERS, J. D. Aug. 5, 1949. [Aug. 17, 1948] No. 20380/49. Class 57. [Also in Group XXIX] A fluid-operated speed governor comprises a a rotary impeller, the output from which acts on a rotatable body, and the latter actuates means controlling the speed of the device driving the impeller. As shown, a shaft 10 driven by the device of which the speed is to be controlled has secured thereto a disc 18 carrying radial vanes 17. Fluid entering at 39 is forced outwardly by these vanes to impinge on vanes 24 extending from a disc 23 carried by a sleeve 21 freely rotatable on shaft 10. Sleeve 21 is formed with an arm 33 which abuts against a spring 36 so that as the speed of shaft 10 increases. disc 23 will move against the resilient loading provided by the spring. Disc 23 carries a crown gear 26 which meshes with a bevel gearwheel 27 on a shaft connected through a lever 30 to means to control the speed of the device coupled to shaft 10. After passing the second rotary vane wheel, the fluid returns to the inlet 39, past a valve 42 by which the datum of the governor can be set. In a modification, the outlet from the vane 24 is situated adjacent to outer edges of the vanes.
Patent GB-275272-A (GB)
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 1927-08-02
Abstract: 275,272. Jones, E. H. July 31, 1926, [Convention date]. Tees.-A golf tee comprises a ball-supporting head and a shank for insertion into the ground, and is provided with a leash attached to the upper end of the shank, the head being moulded so as completely to surround the connections between the shank and the leash. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, one end of a leash 2 is firmly held in a cleft 8 in the upper portion of a sheet metal shank 5, and the connection is surrounded by a head 1 formed of indiarubber and cupped to receive a ball. The other end of the leash is preferablv secured in like manner to a similar tee. The leash is formed of metal wire or cable and has a covering 10 of braided silk or indiarubber. The shank is pointed at its lower end and is either straight or waved in form. In a modification, Fig. 3, a shank 11 has a lug 13 and eye 12 bent outwardly in opposite directions. The leash is secured to the eye prior to the moulding of the head.
Patent GB-1094393-A (GB)
Title: Improved washing apparatus for vehicles
IPC: B60S3/04
Filed: 1965-05-14
Abstract: 1,094,393. Washing apparatus for vehicles. H. DOLITZSCH. May 14, 1965 [May 15, 1964; April 3, 1965], No. 20439/65. Heading B7J. A washing apparatus for motor vehicles comprises a bridge 10 supported on running wheels 13, 13<SP>1</SP> and having a sprocket wheel 17 engaging a chain 16 fixed in a guide 15 provided on the ceiling or side wall of the washing room for movement parallel to the vehicle, and a horizontal and two vertical detergent and water-fed washing brushes 23, 30, 30<SP>1</SP>, the horizontal brush 23 being raised and lowered and the bridge being moved in response either to the horizontal force applied by the vehicle to the brush 23, or to the braking torque applied by the vehicle to the brush 23. In an embodiment, Fig. 1, a motor 18 drives the sprocket wheel 17 to move the bridge 10, and the braking torque on the brush 23 is detected by a current limiting relay (not shown) responsive to variations in the current drawn by the motor 28 (driving the brush 23) caused by the variation in the pressure exerted on the brush 23 by the vehicle, the relay controlling the lifting and lowering of the brush 23 by cables 24, 24<SP>1</SP>, winding drums 26, 26<SP>1</SP>, propeller shafts 29, 29<SP>1</SP> and a self-retarding motor 27, the movement of the bridge by the motor 18, and the swinging movement of the brushes 30, 30<SP>1</SP> by rotary cylinders 32, 32<SP>1</SP>, and operation of the vertical brush motors 33, 33<SP>1</SP>. The frame uprights 11, 11<SP>1</SP> comprise reservoirs 19, 19<SP>1</SP> for detergent and rinsing compositions communicating with the water supply line (not shown), and support guide rails (20), see Fig. 2 (not shown), between which are carriages 21 or 21<SP>1</SP>, guided by rollers (not shown), and resiliently supporting the bearings of the driving shaft 22 of the brush 23 via a rubber padding 25. The brushes 30, 30<SP>1</SP> are swingable on their arms 31, 31<SP>1</SP> about the uprights 11, 11<SP>1</SP> so as to follow the brush 23 when the bridge 10 moves in either direction and the motors 33, 33<SP>1</SP> are also reversible. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), the running wheels are driven by an electric motor (14). In another embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), the bearings (21<SP>11</SP>) of the horizontal brush 23 are held in guides (40) and are liftable by pressure cylinders (41) between the guide rails (20), the bearings (21<SP>11</SP>) being connected with the guides (40) so that the shaft (22) of the brush 23 is below the suspension pivot of the bearing. The bearings 21<SP>11</SP> are movable horizontally by the vehicle acting on the brush 23 between two hydraulic or pneumatic elements (43), (43<SP>1</SP>) controlling the cylinders (41), the bridge driving motors 14, 18 and the brush motors 23, 30, 30<SP>1</SP>. In a further embodiment, Fig. 4 (not shown), the arms 31, 31<SP>1</SP> are arranged so that the verticle brushes are swingable around the outside of the uprights.