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Patent GB-1185710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Welding
IPC: B23K9/18
Filed: 1967-04-28
Abstract: 1,185,710. Welding by fusion. UNION CARBIDE CORP. 28 April, 1967 [29 April, 1966], No. 19706/67. Heading B3R. [Also in Division H2] In submerged arc welding using a leading 54, a middle 48 and a trailing electrode 38 fed to a common weld pool 5, 6, the middle 48 and one (38) of the other electrodes are connected to a multiphase supply A, B, C, through two Scottconnected transformers 10, 12. The remaining electrode may be connected to any of the phases of the supply A, B, C or to a separate direct current source.
Patent GB-880550-A (GB)
Title: Electrical contact breaker assembly for engine ignition systems
Filed: 1959-06-09
Abstract: 880,550. Interrupters. ELECTRIC AUTOLITE CO. June 9, 1959 [June 13, 1958], No. 19733/59. Class 38 (5). An ignition contact breaker comprises a bracket 20 carrying a fixed contact 16 and pivotable by means of a fixed bushing 18 about a post 12 secured to the distributer plate 10, adjustment of the contact position being provided by a cam 29 and opening 28. The breaker arm 17 consists of an insulating body having a hub 35 which pivots about the bushing 18, an intermediate portion 37 of I-section and a bumper projection 34 engageable by the operating cam, the moving contact 15 being carried by a centrally-ribbed metal arm 51 secured to one side of the portion 37 by rivets 56, which also secure on the other side one end 62 of a spring 63 whose other end 67 is fixed to an insulated support 14 on the plate 10. The ratio of the distance between the centre of the projection 34 and the centre of the post 12 to that between the centre of the contact 15 and the centre of the post 12 is at least 65% and may range up to 75%. The longitudinal axes of the spring ends 62, 67 are slightly displaced to produce a downward force on the arm 17 and so maintain contact alignment. The arm 17 is non-detachably mounted on the bushing 18 and its insulating body is of nylon or other suitable plastic.
Patent GB-790502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dual range free piston pressure gauges
Inventor: CADMAN GEORGE
IPC: G01L7/16
Filed: 1955-07-08
Abstract: 790,502. Pressure gauges. BUDENBERG GAUGE CO., Ltd. July 9, 1956 [July 8, 1955], No. 19753/55. Class 106 (2). A dual-range free piston pressure gauge has a cylinder C housing a first piston A capable of restricted movement under pressure, and a second piston B arranged coaxially within the first piston and carried by a weight-applying stem b projecting from the end of the cylinder C, the stem b also engaging the first piston A when this latter is floating. Fig. 1 shows the gauge being used to measure low pressures. The first or low-pressure piston A is mounted in a cylinder d<SP>1</SP> in the casing C and connected to a source of pressure through a passage c<SP>2</SP>. The platform bl has skirts b<SP>2</SP> to indicate the positions of the pistons. The second piston B is mounted on the stem b and comes into operation when a high pressure forces the piston A against a shoulder d<SP>2</SP> on the casing C, a sealing ring a<SP>1</SP> preventing leakage between the piston A and the shoulder d<SP>2</SP>. The stem b is prevented from being forced out of the cylinder by means of a shoulder b<SP>3</SP> engaging a cap c.
Patent GB-1529745-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for effecting intermittent measurements in the melt in a crucible and/or taking samples from the crucible
IPC: C21C5/30
Filed: 1976-05-14
Abstract: 1529745 Sampling melts FRIED KRUPP GmbH 14 May 1976 [16 May 1975] 20059/76 Heading G1B A process for intermittently taking measurements in a melt in a crucible 3 and for withdrawing samples from the melt comprises lowering a measuring cartridge (39) preliminarily stored in a magazine 61 or 62 and picked up for use on a lance 35 at the lower end of shaft 14 vertically into crucible 3 which remains upright in its working position and subsequently withdrawing the cartridge, the lowering and withdrawing being so rapid that the lower end of shaft 14 remains within the crucible for not more than a few seconds. The measuring cartridge which in use seats on a cardboard tube, 43, Fig. 8 (not shown) may have a thermal element for measuring the temperature of the melt and may also sample the melt, the lance on withdrawal being cooled by air jets from nozzles 45, scraped by tools 48 and freed from cardboard tube 43 then, sample in cartridge 39 is detached by a cutting tool (56) and falls into funnel 60. A pulley system is used to raise and lower the lance.
Patent GB-412422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to friction testers
IPC: G01N19/02
Filed: 1933-07-15
Abstract: 412,422. Testing friction. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, Inc., 1427, Railroad Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.- (Assignees of Tilden, S. G.; Stewart Manor, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) July 15, 1933, No. 20077. Convention date, July 15, 1932. [Class 106 (ii).] A device for determining the coefficient of friction between two materials, adapted among other uses for direct application to the surface of brake linings of a motor-vehicle, comprises a rotatably driven member 19 having its end 34 pressed into frictional contact with the surface to be tested, and an inner driving spindle 11 carrying a transverse shaft 13 which carries a collar 16 adapted to follow a cam slot 22 of varying slope in the driven member 19. The axially-movable spindle 11 may be driven at a uniform velocity by a hand-drill or drill-press, and as it rotates, the roller and cam effects the rotation of the member 19 and contact tip 34 on the surface to be tested, the position taken up by the roller in the cam slot serving to indicate the coefficient of friction, which value is shown by the projecting scale 18 on the spindle 11.
Patent GB-675332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for drying, washing, dry cleaning or otherwise treating materials
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: D06F37/20
Filed: 1950-08-14
Abstract: Work agitating apparatus comprises a generally drum-form casing provided with end plates and an outer wall having a <PICT:0675332/III/1> <PICT:0675332/III/2> charging opening, the drum being mounted to swing about a horizontal axis, and a combined work agitator and conveyer mounted within the drum for swinging motion as a unit therewith, comprising end heads, an endless belt having two end loops spaced apart to provide a gap opposite the charging opening, and outer and inner stretches, the latter mounted upon and travelling with the peripheral portions of the end heads and a series of parallel shaft members supporting the end loops and outer stretch of the belt.  In the arrangement shown, as applied to a clothes washing machine or a dry cleaning machine, a pair of circular sprocket members 12 is rotatably mounted on a frame 10 and supports the inner stretch of an endless belt 18, the outer stretch and loops of which are supported by sprockets 17 carried on shafts 16 which are journalled in the outer ends of spokes 15 of a pair of end members 13.  The sprockets 12, 17, at each end of the machine are on the same plane and the spokes 15 and shafts 16 support a casing comprising end walls 19 and an outer wall 20 which encloses the belt shafts and sprockets.  An opening 21 provides access to a work feeding gap between the end loops of the belt 18.  Radially extending ribs 22 on each end sprocket 12 extend in staggered formation from each end of the machine to form lifters.  Guards 23, 24, one of which is hinged, partly cover the loops of the belt and the sprockets 12.  The casing is provided with a treadle operated drain valve 25.  The belt which for washing or dry cleaning is perforate or foraminous is driven through one of the upper shafts 16 from a reversible electric motor 32.  The casing is biassed to the loaded position shown by a spring 34 and is rotated through about 90 degrees to a loading and unloading position by means of a fluid pressure servomotor 36 connected between the frame 10 and one of the spokes 15.  In operation, washing detergent or volatile solvent is admitted to the machine after loading and the belt driven in alternate directions for a washing or cleaning period.  The drive is then stopped, liquid is drained off, the casing is returned to the loading and unloading position and the motor is run continuously to eject the work through the opening 21. In a modification, Fig. 3, (not shown), in which the machine is adapted for use as a drying tumbler, the drain valve is omitted and openings at the top and bottom of the casing are adapted to register respectively with hot and cold air inlets and a suction fan.
Patent GB-786535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hook- or eye- fastening tape and to woven tape for its manufacture
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1955-07-12
Abstract: 786,535. Fastener tapes. BECKMANNSHAGEN, F. July 12,1955, No. 20183/55. Class, 141 [Also in Group IX] Tape for hook and other fasteners for garments has an off-centre stripe B' of pile so that it can be folded as shown to receive the anchorage portions of the fasteners between a plain edge B and a turnedunder edge 11 along which the assembly is stitched. The operative portions of the fasteners lie on the pile surface 10, and the wearer is further cushioned from the pressure of the fasteners by pile on the underside 13 of the tape.
Patent GB-1059466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pressure detection devices
Inventor: FORTMANN WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F02D1/14
Filed: 1964-05-15
Abstract: 1,059,466. Valves. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. May 15, 1964, No. 20260/64. Heading F2V. [Also in Division G3] A device for reproducing a pressure gradient existing in a fluid flow pipe on a reduced scale comprises a housing 10 having inlets 14, 16. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 leading to an arcuate chamber formed by the housing and a rotatable cylindrical valve member 54. The chamber is provided with a series of orificed plates 50 of which two plates 52 between the inlets 14 and 28 have no orifices. The inlets are connected to tappings in the flow pipe spaced at distances proportional to the distance between the inlets thus providing a pressure gradient in the arcuate chamber which duplicates the pressure in the pipe. The valve 54 has arms 58 leading to a hub, one of the arms being provided with a passage 64 leading to a passage 80 while another of the arms has a passage 72 leading to a passage 70 whereby rotation of the valve allows measurement of the pressure gradient between two points or provides a signal for adjusting the flow. The inlets may be provided in the top of a rectangular housing in which case the valve is a slide valve.
Patent GB-335638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in television transmission systems
Filed: 1929-07-02
Abstract: 335,638. Western Electric Co., Ltd., (Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.). July 2, 1929. Tevevision.-Relates to television systems in which the object is scanned by a spot of light, and consists in the use of photoelectric cells sensitive to light of two or three primary colours; for the transmission of coloured pictures. At the transmitter (Fig. 1, not shown) three groups of photoelectric cells which either are naturally responsive to. different colours or are. screened by different colour-filters, feed three signal channels in the manner described in Specifications 288,234 and 288,238. At the receiver the picture currents modulate locally-generated oscillations which are applied to multiple-electrode glow-lamps through three distributors, the arrangement for each of the three channels being similar to that described in Specification 288,239. Construction of receivers. In the form shown in Fig. 2 three grid-like groups of parallel tubes 195, 196, 197 are filled with three gases adapted to yield glow-discharges of the required colours or alternatively a single tube with coloured screens may be employed. The. signals are applied to an internal spiral electrode 202 and in succession to internal electrodes 203 arranged in groups of three, the members of each group being arranged to form a square and contributing illumination of the three primary colours. To obviate time-lag a constant auxiliary excitation is applied by a common internal electrode 205. The gas is purified by discharge between magnesium electrodes 213 in purifying chambers 212. The glow produced in the tubes may be viewed directly or by way of a ground-glass screen. In an alternative arrangement, Fig. 14, three glow discharge lamps 350, 360, 370, contributing the primary colours, are viewed through semi-transparent mirrors. 362, 372 and a scanning-disc 381. In a modification two primary colours may be used instead of three.
Patent GB-427703-A (GB)
Title: Cathode ray tube
IPC: H01J29/84
Filed: 1933-07-19
Abstract: 427,703. Cathode-ray tubes. RADIOAKT.-GES., D. S. LOEWE, 10, Wiesenweg, Steglitz, and SCHLESINGER, K., 39, Friedrichstrasse, Friedrichshagen, both in Berlin. July 19, 1933, No. 20333. Void [Abridged as open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Jan. 20, 1934]. [Class 39 (i)] In television tubes in which the screen is scanned by deflecting a cathode ray in perpendicular directions by main deflecting plate systems 10, 11 and 15, 16, the ray is predeflected to enter these main systems at an angle to the axis of the tube and the systems 10, 11 and 15, 16 are biassed to return the ray to the centre of the screen when no scanning potentials are applied. The ray may be predeflected by a rectangular box-like device consisting of two opposed angle-shaped plates 5, 6. The deflecting devices may be so formed that a single auxiliary potential is required for application to the plates 5, 6 and also as bias to the main systems, all deflecting plates being connected to two leads 7, 8 directly or, in the case of one plate of each of the main systems, through a generator of scanning potentials. The auxiliary potential applied to the leads 7, 8 is sufficient to remove from the image the bright cross normally appearing at its centre in gas-filled tubes. In a modification avoiding lateral displacement of the ray in passing through the deflecting devices, two box-like devices predeflect the ray, the second being twice the length of the first and reversing the deflection due to the first. Instead of deflecting the ray electrostatically, it may be deflected by coils arranged at an angle to the sides of the image.
Patent GB-250452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to collapsible or folding hoods for vehicles
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1925-08-13
Abstract: 250,452. Corder, J. H. Aug. 13, 1925. Hoods for the rear or dicky seat of a motor vehicle and of the kind constituted by a length of material, which may form an extension or continuation of the front-seat hood and be attached thereto, are supported on two frames each comprising a telescopic upright and a telescopic longitudinal member hinged to the upright to support each side of the hood. As shown, the supporting frames comprise two telescopic tubes B'. B<2> mounted on the dicky seat back, and hinged to the tube B<2> is the longitudinal member comprising telescopic members B<3>. B<4>, and if necessary B5. The hood A supported by the frames is connected to the front-seat hood C by a piece C' which may be secured thereto or may constitute a flap thereof, the hood A preferably being secured to the flap C' and adapted to be rolled up and secured by straps A<1>, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-301524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in collapsible, or folding, gates
IPC: B66B13/30
Filed: 1927-08-03
Abstract: 301,524. Chaudoir, E. Aug. 3, 1927. Gates.-In the type of collapsable gate in which subsidiary vertical pickets B are secured to the lattice links C, C<1>, C<2> that are pivoted between channelled double main pickets A, the central portions of the distance pieces A<1>, A<2>, A<3> between the two channelled sections of the main pickets are flattened so that, in the collapsed position, the subsidiary pickets lie wholly within the main pickets. The fixed pivots a, a<1>, a<2> and sliding pivots a<3> connecting the lattice links to the main pickets and the fixed pivots b connecting the lattice bars to the subsidiary pickets are also formed with flattened or reduced central portions. The subsidiary pickets are of a length to drop into the channelled track D of the gate when extended and the lower distance pieces A<2> of the main pickets also project into this channel. Some of the upper distance pieces A<3>, beginning with that on the first main picket, are extended upwardly to form bearings for the shafts of the rollers &c. E which run in the upper track F.
Patent GB-275626-A (GB)
Title: Flexible conduit and method of making the same
IPC: B29D23/18
Filed: 1927-08-03
Abstract: 275,626. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., (Assignees of Kimmich, E. G.). Aug. 3, 1926, [Convention date]. Flexible pipes. - A corrugated flexible pipe is provided with reinforcement 15, 16, Fig. 4, at both the crests and troughs of the corrugations. The pipe is formed upon a mandrel 10, and a rope 11, of suitable diameter to form conductions in the hose, is wrapped around said mandrel in the form of a helix. A ply of rubberized fabric 14 is then wrapped loosely over the helix 11 and pulled tightly into the spaces between the successive convolutions thereof by the reinforcing wire 15. A second wire 16 is then applied to the crests of the corrugations followed by another ply 17 of rubberized fabric, after which a helical wrapping of fabric 18, held in place by a rope 19, is wound tightly upon the pipe and the assembly subjected to a vulcanizing temperature. The outer rope 19 and fabric 18 are then removed and the mandrel 10 and rope 11 withdrawn from the completed pipe.
Patent GB-777301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to display shelf supports
IPC: A47B96/06
Filed: 1955-07-15
Abstract: 777,301. Display stands. PICARD, F. July 15, 1955 [July 17, 1954; Aug. 30, 1954] No. 20503/55. Class 52 (3). Relates to a display stand made up of shelf-supporting elements comprising an outer tubular element 1 having a notch 2 for the reception of the edge of a shelf, an inner sliding member 6 having a notch 7, and a clamping tube 5 threaded on to the sliding member 6 so that rotation of the clamping tube causes axial movement of the sliding member and clamps the shelf edge between the notches 2 and 7. The invention consists in making the clamping tube so as to project beyond the edge of the tubular element 1, thus to co-operate with an adjacent tubular element for end to end connection of the elements. The tubular element 1 is formed preferably of a transparent plastic and is square in section, while the sliding member has a square central portion with circular tubes projecting from each end. The upper tube is threaded at 8 to engage the circular clamping tube 5 which has shoulders 4 resting on stops 3 on the interior of the tubular element 1, its axial movement being thereby restricted. A removable sheath 11 of opaque material having a notch 12 may be provided.
Patent GB-1002942-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle seat
Inventor: THORPE REGINALD PETER
IPC: B60N2/04
Filed: 1963-05-23
Abstract: 1,002,942. Adjustable seats. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. May 15, 1964 [May 23, 1963], No. 20560/63. Heading A4J. A seat hight adjustment mechanism comprises a pair of parallel vertical walls 1, a link 3 pivotally mounted at one end of each wall, an inclined slot 5 having a plurality of vertically extending recesses 7 of different depths in the opposite end of each wall and a seat mounting comprising two pairs of brackets 11, 13 to which a seat is attachable. The brackets 11 are pivotally connected to the links 3 and the brackets 13 are mounted on a rod 15 forming projections 17 located in the slots 5. The height of the seat is adjustable by moving the projections 17 out of one pair of recesses 7 in the slots 5 into another pair of recesses. A pivoted lock bar 21 is spring biased towards the rod 15. Notches 23 are formed in the bar 21 to engage the rod 15 and lock it in one of the recesses 7. The bar 21 may be moved clear of the rod 15 by a lever 28.
Patent GB-226257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for loading vessels
IPC: B65G69/00
Filed: 1923-08-13
Abstract: 226,257. Mitchell, F. G. Aug. 13, 1923. Feeding-devices for endless-belt conveyers; suspending endless-belt conveyers from overhead supports; shoots.-In means for loading ships of the kind comprising a shoot d suspended from a crane, &c. and delivering to a trimming conveyer i, the motor driving the conveyer i is actuated only when the shoot is full. The head d<1> of the shoot contains a movable plate y which moves and thereby breaks the motor circuit as soon as the level of the material falls below it. The shoot d can be rotated about a vertical axis by the motor s, and the conveyer i can be moved longitudinally by gearing driven by the motor x.
Patent GB-650088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to impregnants for cables or condensers
Inventor: THOMPSON ARCHIBALD WALTER
IPC: H01B13/30
Filed: 1948-08-05
Abstract: A composition for impregnating the paper insulation of cables and condensers is prepared by dissolving or dispersing polyisobutylene in a volatile organic solvent, incorporating the solution or dispersion in an insulating oil and removing the volatile organic solvent.  The polyisobutylene preferably has a molecular weight of over 20,000 and the solvent may be white spirit, toluol, xylol or trichlorethylene. The insulating oil preferably has a viscosity between 80 seconds and 1000 seconds Redwood Universal at 60 DEG  C. and the volatile solvent may be removed from the composition by distillation with steam stripping followed by vacuum treatment.  A proportion of rosin, which may have been refined by the process of Specification 583,312, [Group VIII], or naphthalene may be incorporated in the insulating oil or in the final mixture.  An oxidation inhibitor may be included, and the insulating oil or the impregnating composition may be treated with activated fuller's earth.
Patent GB-835187-A (GB)
Title: Control line regulator
IPC: B64C13/30
Filed: 1958-06-27
Abstract: 835,187. Control wire compensators. PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC AEROPRODUCTS. June 27, 1958 [July 11, 1957], No. 20735/58. Class 105. A dual transmission line tension regulator, e.g. for a rudder or elevator from a control stick, comprises, carried on a shaft or trunnions 5, a pair of oppositely rotatable sheave sectors 19, 191 respectively receiving the ends of the control cables 22, 221 and therebetween a regulator body 3 connected to the sectors by force transmitting means such as a rocket-lock arm 12 slidable under the action of springs along the shaft 14 carried on the body 3 to urge the sectors to turn oppositely to maintain the cables under rig tension and slack take-up spring means constituted by a pair of bell-crank levers 17, 171 pivotally carried by the rocker lock arm 12 each having one end pivotally connected as at 18, 181 to a sector 19, 19<SP>1</SP> and the other end engaged by slack take-up springs 25, 25<SP>1</SP> carried by the body 3. The springs 25, 251 within sleeves 10, 10<SP>1</SP> are held in position against the free ends of levers 17, 17<SP>1</SP> by springs 9, 91 within sleeves 8, 8<SP>1</SP> secured to the body 3, the springs 9, 9<SP>1</SP> operating on flanges 11 of the sleeves 10, 101 to press them against the arm 12. The springs 9, 9<SP>1</SP> are thus connected to the sectors through the levers 17, 17<SP>1</SP> whose pivot pins 16, 16<SP>1</SP> on the arm 12 ride in slots 28, 28<SP>1</SP> in the levers 17, 17<SP>1</SP> to accommodate the movement of one of the levers to take up slack in one cable, e.g. 221 when control stress is applied to the other cable, viz. 22, thereby causing the lock arm 12 to jam or lock on the shaft 14 and cause rotation of the sectors 19, 191 and body 3 together and hence the trunnions 5 to actuate the desired control. The cable 22<SP>1</SP> tends to be slack and spring 25<SP>1</SP> acts to turn lever 17<SP>1</SP> clockwise thereby to move sector 191 anticlockwise to take up any slack that may have developed in cable 22<SP>1</SP>. Specification 821,468 is referred to.