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Patent GB-1302502-A (GB)
IPC: F21V21/30
Filed: 1971-06-16
Abstract: 1302502 Two-part couplings A REININGHAUS 16 June 1971 [18 June 1970] 28213/71 Heading H2E Lighting apparatus comprises a carrier rail A, at least one connecting box B and a lamp C e.g. a spotlight or reflector lamp. The carrier rail A can be connected directly on to a surface e.g. a ceiling or to supports carried by the surface by means of hook portions 28 of cable carrying channels 29 at the top of the rail. Two conducting bar carriers D are removably clipped in the rail, each carrier D holding a pair of conducting bars 11, 13 and 12, 14 respectively, each pair of bars forming the live and neutral conductors of independent circuits. An earth rail 15 is housed in a channel facing downwards from the rail. The connecting box B has a control knob 23 which enables clamping pins 19, 20, neutral connectors 17, 18 and a line connector 16 to be moved in and out of a projecting part B<SP>1</SP> of the connecting box body. On insertion of the connecting box B into the rail (Figs. 4 and 7, not shown) and rotation of the knob 23, the clamping pins 19, 20 engage in recesses 33, the two neutral connectors 17, 18 engage the neutral conductors 14, 13 and the line connectors contacts either live conductor 11 or 12 depending on in which of two 180 degree separated orientations the connecting box B is inserted. Either earth pin 21 or 22 contacts the earth conductor 15 depending on the orientation, the non contacting earth pin being pushed into the connecting box body against the action of a spring 39.
Patent GB-159160-A (GB)
Title: Safety contrivance for motor vehicles automatically locking the change-speed lever in the neutral position in the absence of the driver
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 1920-10-06
Abstract: 159,160. Sabattier, C. F. G. Feb. 10, 1920, [Convention date]. Stop-gear operated by driver leaving his seat or releasing a lever.-Means for automatically locking the change-speed or control lever 1 of a motor road vehicle when the driver leaves his place, comprises a disc 3, fixed on the shaft 2 of the lever, a spring 9 tending to move the lever to its neutral position, and a locking lever 12 adapted to retain the control lever in any desired position unless the driver leaves his place when, under the action of a spring 24, it first releases the control lever and then locks it in the neutral position. As shown, the lever 12 carries a roller 28 adapted to enter recesses in the disc 3, when the lever 1 is in any of its functioning positions. The other end of the lever 12 is pressed downwards by a rod 20, passed through the lever, but connected therewith by a spring 18. The rod is connected with either the driver's seat or a foot lever, and is pressed upwards during the driver's absence by the spring 24 placed between a fixed part 26 of the frame, and a washer 22 on the rod. In the raised position of the rod a latch 29, on the locking lever, engages a notch in a sector 5 on the disc 3, when the control lever has moved into the neutral position. When the driver is in his driving position the locking lever is automatically pressed downwards by the rod 20 acting through the spring 18 and thereby disengages the latch 29 from the notched sector, and frees the control lever.
Patent GB-807165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pipe connections to tanks containing gas under pressure
IPC: F17C13/04
Filed: 1955-10-05
Abstract: 807,165. Pipe couplings ; junction pieces. SOC. FINANCIERE ET INDUSTRIELLE POUR LE FABRICATION DE L'ACIDE CARBONIQUE PUR ET AUTRES PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES, PAR ABREVIATION : L'ACIDE CARBONIQUE PUR. Oct. 5, 1955 [Oct. 12, 1954], No. 28340/55. Class 99(1). A tube 12 connected to a pipe 18 leading to a consumer device extends from a cock 1 connected at 5 to a gas cylinder or is fitted to the cock or itself forms a cock, flow of gas being controlled by a device comprising a fixed valve 7 and a seat 6 which is moved to the right against the action of a spring 13 to open the valve, a sealed connection having first been formed between the seat and the pipe 18 whereby escape of gas during the opening of the valve is precluded. As shown, a cone 15 is pressed against a conical surface 14 on the seat 6 by a flange 16 on the end of the pipe 18 to form a seal. When the connection is made a flat washer may be used instead of a cone. The valve 7 is secured to a rod 9 connected to a perforated disc 8 wedged in the tube 12, the pressure of the spring 13 on the seat 6 is greater than the total pressure of the gas on the seat, and the seat 6 is sealed in the tube 12 by packing or by means of a flexible diaphragm.
Patent GB-1241893-A (GB)
Title: Solutions of curing catalysts for polysiloxanes
IPC: C08K5/098
Filed: 1969-06-04
Abstract: 1,241,893. Finishing textiles. CIBA-GEIGY A.G. 4 June, 1969 [13 June, 1968], No. 28354/ 69. Heading D1P. [Also in Divisions B1 and C3] Textiles may be treated with an organopolysiloxane emulsion containing a curing catalyst composition for the polysiloxane which comprises (a) a Zn, Cd, Ti or Zr salt of a carboxylic acid of water solubility, at most 4%, (b) an alkylbenzenesulphonate of a metal of atomic weight at most 138 from Groups Ia, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IVa or IVb of the Periodic Table, the alkyl group(s) having at least 8 C atoms in total per benzene ring, and (c) a water-soluble compound containing 18-80 ethyleneoxy groups and at least one hydrophobic residue produced by removing a reactive hydrogen atom from an organic compound per molecule, dissolved in (d) a liquid optionally halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon of molecular weight at most 134. The catalyst composition preferably comprises 15-67 wt. % of (a), 1-15 wt % of (b) plus (c) and 18-84 wt. % of (d), the weight ratio of (b) to (c) being 2:1-3. In Example 1 zinc 2-ethylhexoate (370g.) is mixed with a 70% isobutanol solution of calcium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (30g), tributylphenol condensed with 30 mols of ethylene oxide (20g.) and toluene (280g.); 6g. of this solution is added to 75g. of a 38% aqueous emulsion of linear methyl end-blocked methyl hydrogen polysiloxane and diluted to 1000 ml. with water; the liquor is used to impregnate a cotton/polyester fabric. In further Examples component (c) is replaced by various polyoxyalkylenated derivatives of nonylphenol, hydroabietyl alcohol, stearyl plus palmityl alcohol, oleic acid, stearic or oleic ethanolamide, or hydroabietyl, stearyl or fish oil amines; the ratio (b):(c) is varied; varied metal sulphonates are used for (b); (d) is replaced by xylene, benzene, ethylbenzene, cymene or tetrahydronaphthalene; (a) is replaced by Zr, Cd, Ti dibutyl or Ti diacetate dioctoates or mixed with Sn dibutyl dilaurate, dibutyl diacetate, or dioctoate; the fabric is varied; and dimethylol dihydroxyethyleneurea + AlCl 3  or dimethyl pentamethylol melamine is added to the treating liquor.
Patent GB-763974-A (GB)
Title: Electro-acoustic transducer of the moving coil type
Inventor: HUETTMANN ERIC
IPC: H04R9/04
Filed: 1953-10-14
Abstract: 763,974. Moving-coil transducers. VEB FUNKWERK KOPENICK. Oct. 14, 1953, No. 28358/53. Class 40 (4). A diaphragm system for an electro-acoustic transducer has a domed portion made in one with the driving portion, at least the driving portion comprising an insulating layer to which is secured a layer of conducting material having selected portions removed so that the remainder provides an electric current path. A copper foil is pressed into the shape of a dome, Fig. 3, and the upper surface is coated with lacquer on which a layer of aluminium is deposited by evaporation. Layers successively of aluminium oxide, aluminium, and lacquer follow. The copper foil and lacquer are then dissolved and the winding is made by dissolving off certain areas of the two layers of aluminium. The combined diaphragm and coil former 2 is mounted in a magnet 1, Fig. 5, and protected by cover-plates 5, 6 which have apertures 8 to damp resonances. The back of the cover-plate 6 is additionally damped at 7 by a wadding plug. In Fig. 6 the coil is included in the base of the diaphragm dome.
Patent GB-789378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to cathode-ray tube manufacture
IPC: H01J29/07
Filed: 1954-10-01
Abstract: 789,378. Glass-to-meta! seals. CORNING GLASS WORKS. Oct. 1, 1954 [Oct. 2, 1953; Oct. 2, 1953; Oct. 2, 1953], No. 28361/54. Class 36. [Also in Group XL (a)] An intermediate sealing member for two glass surfaces comprises two annular metal strips sealed at an outside edge to each other and at the inner part each to one of the glass surfaces, with or without an intervening buttwelded annular metal member, a corrugation extending around the broad sealing surface of at least one metal strip. The annular periphery may be circular, elliptical or square. In Fig. 2 the two glass parts 21, 25 of a C.R.T. are each butt sealed to thick portions 22, 221 of metal rings, the thin portions 23, 23<SP>1</SP> being hermetically joined by welding. An annular gasket 28 of a soft metal reduces strip loading between portions 22, 22<SP>1</SP> and corrugations 24, 24<SP>1</SP> permit paralleling of the seals. An inner marginal part of the thin strip may be bent over to form the thick portion. Strip 22<SP>1</SP> is extended inwardly as projection tabs or lugs 26 to which are welded studs 27 supporting a viewing assembly 20. There may be an angle of 3 degrees between the thick and thin portions to compensate for expansion during sealing. In Fig. 3 (not shown) the thick portion is a separate ring as wide as the seal. The separate thin and thick portions are welded along the edges or intermediately. In further modifications, the thick portions and the adjoining part of the thin members may be arcuate, and in Fig. 8 the upper seal 82 portions are curved and the lower seal portions 821 are flat, compensating any variation in the diameter of the sealing elements. The use of a sealing gasket is optional in this modification. The extension inwardly for supporting the screen structure may terminate in a shallow annular tube giving added rigidity, Fig. 9 (not shown). The inner portion may comprise spaced sections or pads as supports for studs to which the screen structure is attached, and parts may be bent back or upwardly for added strength.
Patent GB-188193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to gas purifiers
IPC: C10K1/22
Filed: 1921-10-26
Abstract: 188,193. Dempster, Ltd., R. & J., and. Broadhead, R. W. Oct. 26, 1921. Lids and covers.-The cover b of a gas purifier is held down by means comprising two members c, g, the former pivoted on the purifier body a at d and the latter pivoted at h on the member c so that when the member c is moved inwardly the member g is pressed on to the cover and, by reason of the points i which contact with the cover on each side of the longitudinal axis of the member c, is not readily displaced. A clamping ring n or pin o may be employed to maintain the members c, g in juxtaposition. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 there is one contacting point j only, the member c being provided with a stop r and the edge. of the slotted part of the cover b providing a stop to the inward motion of the member c. In a modification the member g may be replaced by a cam.
Patent GB-981841-A (GB)
Title: Brake
IPC: F16D65/09
Filed: 1963-07-18
Abstract: 981,841. Internal-shoe drum brakes. BENDIX CORPORATION. July 18, 1963 [Aug. 10, 1962], No. 28473/63. Heading F2E. An internal-shoe drum brake has, supported on a backing plate 10 and arranged end-to-end, shoes 12, 14 with one pair of adjacent ends 24, 26 normally held by return means 44 against the opposite sides 32, 34 of an anchor block 30 rotatably mounted on a fixed pin 28, one of the said ends and the side of the block it engages having complementary surfaces 34 and 38 so shaped that on applying the brake movement of the shoe 14 into or out of engagement with the brake drum 48 causes the shoe end 26 to rotate the block 30 on the pin 28 as in Fig. 5, the bearing edges 36 of the other shoe end 24 being so shaped as, when the brake is released, to cause the block to return to its normal position as in Fig. 1 and to retain it there. Fig. 5 shows how, with the brake applied, the end 24 of the primary shoe 12 moves out of contact with the block whilst consequent radial movement of the secondary shoe 14 causes the block to turn through an angle F degrees whilst the shoe end 26 moves up it by a distance " e " to put the lining 15 into contact with the brake drum. The other ends of the shoes are held on to an adjustable connector 16 by a spring 18. A retainer plate 40 is secured to the pin 28 and springs 46 hold the shoes against the backing plate 10. Alternatively to a single return spring 44 two springs, each with one end attached to the pin 28, may pull off the shoes. The shoes are applied by a fluid motor 20 fixed on to the backing plate. The block shown in Figs. 1 and 5 has convex sides 32, 34 of similar radius mating with complementary concave surfaces 36 and 38 on the shoe ends. In other embodiments the radii of the sides may be unequal or the sides may be concave (Figs. 7 and 10, not shown). In Fig. 9 the side 88 of the block opposite the end 81 of the primary shoe 80 is flat whilst the other is convex. In this embodiment the complementary shapes are limited to edges 84 and 82 of the ends of the shoes.
Patent GB-484781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the tanning of hides and skins
IPC: C14C3/06
Filed: 1937-01-28
Abstract: 484,781. Tanning. CHEMISCHE FABRIK J. A. BENCKISER GES. Jan. 28, 1937, No. 28552. Convention date, Oct. 29, 1936. Divided out of 478,773 and addition to 481,635. [Class 76] Hides &c. are tanned by treatment with polyphosphoric acids, or their salts with metals, ammonia or organic bases, together with water-soluble silicates which are applied separately or simultaneously. The treatment may be applied in combination with tanning by mineral, vegetable, formaldehyde, and synthetic tanning materials. According to an example a sodium polyphosphate of the composition Na12 P10 O31 is employed in conjunction with waterglass, the pH of the solution being gradually brought to 2À5 by addition of acid.
Patent GB-713726-A (GB)
Title: Building construction
Inventor: DENHAM JAMES GLOVER LAYTON
IPC: E04B2/28
Filed: 1952-11-12
Abstract: 713,726. Walls. ARMSTRONG, Ltd., T. Feb. 23, 1953 [Nov. 12, 1952], No. 28558/52. Class 20 (4) Ciinker concrete blocks 2, 3 are used preferably above the damp course for external double walls and are water-proofed by the application after erection of a number of layers comprising splatter dash, cement, sand and grit. L-shaped blocks 3 are used to break joint at the corners and concrete slabs 4 project to form an eaves soffit. Specification 140,926, [Class 20 (iv)], is referred to.
Patent GB-601002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to controlling aircraft
IPC: G05D1/08
Filed: 1938-10-05
Abstract: 601,002. Fluid-pressure servomotor-control systems. MEREDITH, F. W. Oct. 5, 1938, No. 28884. [Class 135] The elevators of an airplane are regulated automatically to maintain the pitch of the plane by a servomotor 19, the piston 16 of the control valve of which is operated through a lever 17 pivoted to a spring-loaded link 15 connected to a metallic bellows 10 supplied with pressure fluid, e.g. air, through a restricted pipe 11, the pressure in the bellows being regulated by a valve 5 loaded by a diaphram 2 one side of which is exposed to static pressure through a pipe 13 and the other to the pressure in a compartment 8 of a box 1 connected by a restricted tube 9 to a compartment 7 connected by a pipe 12 to the usual Pitot tube. The compartments are separated by a diaphragm 3 coupled to the diaphragm 2. The servomotor piston is connected to a follow-up lever 22 pivoted to the adjustable control valve cylinder 20 so as to restore the relative positions of the piston 16 and the cylinder after displacement of the piston. The end 23 of the lever is connected to the piston of a dash-pot 24. The spring 14 loading the link 15 is, e.g. of the kind described in Specification 476,671, [Group XXXVII], in which the stiffness is proportional to the load. In a modification, in which only Pitot or static pressure is employed, the diaphragm 2 is replaced by an evacuated capsule, one side of which is anchored to the box 1 and the other to the diaphragm 3.
Patent GB-691414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gas sealing devices for vertical rotary shafts
IPC: F16J15/40
Filed: 1950-11-25
Abstract: 691,414. Stuffing-box substitutes. DRYSDALE & CO., Ltd., and YOUNG, J. Nov. 23, 1951 [Nov. 25, 1950], No. 28885/50. Class 122(v) In a gas-sealing device for a rotary shaft 1, comprising a reservoir 2 containing sealing liquid 3 through which the shaft passes and into which depends, an air-bell 4 secured to the shaft above the liquid level, a stationary tube 6 within the airbell, coaxial with the shaft and rising from the bottom of the reservoir to which it is sealingly secured, the vortex formed in the liquid 3 when the shaft 1 rotates is minimised by a stationary perforated or apertured sleeve 7 surrounding the air-bell with a small radial clearance. The reservoir 2 is provided. with cooling fins 10 and cooling air is directed thereon by an axial fan 13 attached to the shaft.
Patent GB-467631-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of a medium for disinfection, wound treatment and the like
IPC: A01N59/16
Filed: 1936-10-23
Abstract: Antiseptics and therapeutic agents for treating wounds or for treating the skin after shaving are prepared by causing an aqueous solution of tannin and a silver albumen compound, such as argentum proteinicum, to react on an aqueous solution containing a cresol and soap, e.g. "Creolin" (Registered Trade Mark), a water soluble salt of glycero-boric acid, formaldehyde, and a double salt of antipyrin such as antipyrinum caffeino citricum.  A protective colloid such as gum arabic may also be added and the water used as a solvent may contain a little alcohol or glycerin. The aqueous product may be diluted for use as a lotion or the solutions may be made with as little solvent as possible and separately added to a salve base such as lanolin.
Patent GB-911597-A (GB)
Title: Process for production of methyl acetylene and allene
IPC: C07C4/10
Filed: 1961-08-10
Abstract: Allene and methylacetylene are obtained by pyrolysing a mixture containing isobutylene and at least 40% mol of steam at above 1,000 DEG C. for 0.001-0.06 second and cooling rapidly.  The heating is preferably effected by mixing the isobutylene, which may be preheated, with superheated steam at 2,000-2,500 DEG C. Alternatively a mixture of steam and isobutylene is heated by adding a hot gas, e.g. nitrogen, passing through an electric arc, burning a portion of the isobutylene or contacting with hot powdered particles, e.g. carbon.  The total pressure may be 0.9-1.2 atmosphere and cooling, preferably to below 500 DEG C., is effected by shock cooling or with a cold liquid or gas.  The products may be separated by distillation.
Patent GB-175342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in underfeed stokers
IPC: F23K3/10
Filed: 1920-10-13
Abstract: 175,342. Hare, W. A. Oct. 13, 1920. Mechanical stoking.-In a fuelfeeding device for underfeed stokers of the kind comprising a reciprocating pusher and slide arranged at the base of the fuel hopper and fuel retort respectively, the fuel falls from the hopper 6 in front of the pusher 13 on to a plate 18 hinged at 19 and bearing at its forward end 20 on the slide 10, the front face of the pusher being slotted at 15a to allow for the passage of the plate 18. A block 21 loosely mounted at the back of the front wall of the pusher prevents the passage of fuel through the slot 15<a>. The throat of the fuel-hopper is provided with inclined sides, which are undercut to engage with ribs on the edges of the upper surface of the pusher, and with a recess to receive a loose block 17 which acts as a scraper. The upper surface of the slide 10 is inclined to its plane of reciprocation.
Patent GB-370366-A (GB)
Title: Rotary drawworks
IPC: E21B19/00
Filed: 1930-09-30
Abstract: 370,366. Brakes. NATIONAL SUPPLY CO., 3220, Bishop Street, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Sept. 30, 1930, No. 29273. Convention date, Aug. 8. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. [Class 103 (i).] In a well-drilling plant the draw works drum comprises a spool 36 with integral inwardly inclined flanges 37, hubs 38, outwardly extending flanges 41 and webs 40 ; brake rims 42 have internal flanges 47 which bear against annular abutments 50 on the flanges 41 and are fixed by rivets 51, while keys 53 riveted at intervals to the flanges 41 enter recesses in the flanges 47. The brake bands 102 have linings 103 secured thereto by rivets or bolts 104 countersunk in the linings, the latter also being slotted at intervals on their inner periphery. The dead end of each brake band is secured to an eye-bolt 109 engaging a threaded collar 112 supported in a bracket 111 ; after adjustment, the collar is locked by a link 113 pivoted at 114 and having a shaped recess engaging the hexagonal upper end of the collar. The brake bands are supported by cables 117 passing through clips on the bands to an anchorage on the derrick floor, the upper ends of the cables 117 being adjustable by turn-buckles 118.
Patent GB-860903-A (GB)
Title: Steering and traction unit construction
Inventor: ULINSKI BRONISLAUS IGNATIUS
IPC: B60B37/10
Filed: 1959-08-27
Abstract: 860,903. Electrically propelled vehicles. YALE & TOWNE MANUFACTURING CO. Aug. 27, 1959, No. 29303/59. Class 79(3). A steering and traction unit for an industrial truck has a motor 21, a casing 19, a hollow dome-shaped chamber 36, an axle 30 extending below the chamber and having one end rotatably mounted in the lower part of the casing, gearing 22, 23, 25, 26 and 34 for transmitting power from, the motor to the axle, a wheel 15 mounted on the axle and extending into the chamber, and a hollow cylindrical bearing 17 whereby the unit is mounted for angular movement about a vertical axis relative to the remainder of the truck, the arrangement being such that the chamber 36 is of sufficient size to allow removal of the wheel from the axle by tilting the wheel after some axial movement thereof away from the axle. The unit is mounted just forwardly of a battery compartment on the truck which has a rearwardfy extending load platform. When the wheel 15 is to be removed, a bolt 38 and a series of screws 39 are removed and a plate 37 is reversed so that a lug 40 is in contact with the end of the axle 30. The screws 39 are re-inserted and tightened until the wheel is drawn from a tapered portion 33 of the axle until it may be tilted sufficiently to clear the lower edge of the chamber 36 and hence be removed. Specification 817,979 is referred to.
Patent GB-804706-A (GB)
Title: Cargo vessel for the transport of loose materials
IPC: B63B25/02
Filed: 1956-09-25
Abstract: 804,706. Cargo vessels. WESER, A. G. Sept. 25, 1956 [Sept. 26, 1955], No. 29305/56. Class 113. In a cargo vessel for the transport of loose materials of the kind in which a water ballast space M is enclosed between the hull B of the vessel and the walls K and bottom F of the hold, the water ballast space totally surrounds the hold as far as the hatchway coamings D and the hold has smooth walls which have inclined portions C, G at the two upper corners and the two lower corners of the cross-section of the hold.
Patent GB-1023304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to engine test benches
Inventor: WEEKLEY EDWARD ELIJAH
IPC: G01M15/02
Filed: 1961-11-17
Abstract: 1, 023, 304. Measuring engine thrust JOHN CURRAN Ltd. Nov. 14, 1962 [Nov. 17, 1961; June 7, 1962], Nos. 29335/65 and 29336/62. Divided out of 1,023,303. Heading G1W. The subject matter of the Specification is included in the Specification (1, 023, 303) but the claims are directed mainly to the supporting arrangement of the engine and a carrier by means of flexible straps including a crossed link flexure pivot.