baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-238605-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of constructing concrete cottages and like buildings
IPC: E04B2/58
Filed: 1924-05-20
Abstract: 238,605. Coward, W. H. May 20, 1924. Walls, ceilings, -Cottages and like buildings are constructed of cast slabs 11 of concrete, of the size of a whole wall or of a large section of a wall, and bolted to iron uprights 18 of channelsection bv bolts 19 which extend lengthwise through the slabs and are either cast therein or passed through tubes 15 cast therein. The slabs are cast preferably in a horizontal plane. Stringer courses 21, 22 formed inside and outside with suitable mouldings are placed above the slabs forming the two storeys. The lower stringer course 21 supports H-section iron joists 24, Fig. 6, which support the floor joists 25, and the ceiling, consisting of asbestos sheets 23, rests on the lower flanges of the iron joists. The pipes or bolts 15, Fig. 7, are anchored to window and door frames by casting in the slabs U-shaped shoes 16 which are secured to the members 15 bv brackets 17, Fig. 7. Metal casements are attached to a wooden frame secured to a metal frame cast in the slab. Drain pipes 33 may be housed in the channels of the uprights 18 and slabs 34 may be provided to close the channels as in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-827382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to torque transmitting means
IPC: F16D27/00
Filed: 1956-04-23
Abstract: 827,382. Positive clutches. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN A.G. April 23, 1956 [April 23, 1955; June 15, 1955; July 8, 1955], No. 12419/56. Class 80 (2). [Also in Group XXXIV] To minimize the moment of inertia of the driven (or driving) element 8 of an electromagnetically - operated claw clutch 2, 8 or brake subject to rapid intermittent operation, the said element 8 is connected to its actuating armature 3 by a thrust-ring 9 secured to the armature and rotatable relative to but axially movable with the clutch element 8. The driven element 8 is splined to a driven gearwheel 7 rotatable on a driving shaft 5 on which is fast a driving clutch element 2 and a magnet yoke 1, which latter slidably carries on pins 4 the armature 3, which thus always rotates with the driving shaft but is axially slidable to engage the clutch element 8 with the element 2. Springs disengage the clutch when the magnet is de-energized. The thrust-ring 9 may be in two parts and may, like the clutch elements, be of non-magnetic material. The clutch teeth may be inclined, for overload release. Also shown are a double clutch, a combined clutch and brake, and a clutch with teeth arranged outside the armature.
Patent GB-571015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to mouse traps
IPC: A01M23/24
Filed: 1940-08-01
Abstract: 571,015. Traps for animals. MEIK, R. H. F., and MEIK, O. A. Aug. 1, 1940, No. 12447. [Class 5 (i)] A trap of the choker type, comprising a choker bow 12, a spring 15, a manually-actuated setting member 14 integral with the spring and carrying the choker bow, and a releasable trigger 24 is provided with a tumbler lever 18 pivoted on a clip 19 or other pivot on the trap casing 10. The inner hooked end of the lever passes through a slot in the trigger. In setting the trap from the released position shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 2 to the set position shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 2 (the casing 10 may carry four traps), the user grasps the casing with one hand and with the other pulls down the member 14 which, on seating within a notch 21 in the lever 18 tilts the latter and raises the hooked inner end thereof from the position shown in Fig. 7 to the position shown in Fig. 8. The pivoted trigger 24 then swings under the hooked end and props up the lever, the trap being thus set. When the animal, proceeding towards bait on a hook 31, puts its head through the bow 12 and tilts the trigger 24, the trap is sprung.
Patent GB-125996-A (GB)
IPC: B64C25/00
Abstract: 125,996. Caproni, G. April 25, 1918, [Convention date]. Shock of landing, deadening; land wheels.-A landing-carriage comprises an axle 1 with its wheels 2 pivoted to a part 5 to which stays 3, 4, inclined in two directions, are attached. Ball and socket joints 12 connect the rear stays 4 with the longitudinals 8. The front stays 3 carry stirrups, which, together with a cross-stay 16, support rubber cables 13. Rods 17 are pivoted to the part 16 and the respective stays 3. In a modification, a leaf-spring is titted to the head of the front stays.
Patent GB-1412691-A (GB)
Title: Recovery of bacitracin
IPC: A23K20/195
Filed: 1973-03-16
Abstract: 1412691 Recovering bacitracin COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORP 16 March 1973 [1 May 1972] 12774/73 Heading C3H The antibiotic bactracin is recovered from a filtered bacitracin-containing fermentation broth by adjusting the pH of the filtered broth to about pH 7, extracting the bacitracin with butanol, back-extracting the bacitracin from the butanol extract with aqueous phosphoric acid of about pH 2, bringing the pH of the phosphoric acid extract to a pH in the range of 6À0 to 7À0 with calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate, removing the resulting precipitate of calcium phosphate, concentrating the clarified bacitracin solution to about 5000 units of bacitracin per ml., and isolating the bacitracin therefrom. The bacitracin may be isolated from the final solution by evaporation or freeze drying, or by precipitation as zinc bacitracin by addition of a solution of a soluble zinc salt (e.g. zinc chloride).
Patent GB-118676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutting or Sawing Machinery.
IPC: B23D45/04
Filed: 1917-09-06
Abstract: 118,676. Blanckensee & Son, S., and Blanckensee, S. P. Sept. 6, 1917. Feed-motions; work-holders.-An intermittent work-feeding device for cutting or sawing machines comprises a fixed holder 1 provided with a jaw 2 actuated bv a cam 6 and a lever 3 to hold the work during the cutting operation, and a slide 8 provided with a jaw 10 which is actuated by a cam 15 and a vertical rod 14 engaging a lever pivoted upon the slide 8, the slide being reciprocated by a cam 23 and levers 24 to feed the work. The movable jaws may be provided with serrated gripping-plates 17 and block 18 of resilient material between them and the plates 17. The plates have side brackets 20 fitted with adjusting-screws 19 adapted to bear on pins 21 which project from the jaws and through slots in the brackets 20,
Patent GB-890767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to protecting metal surfaces
IPC: C07F7/18
Filed: 1960-04-11
Abstract: A metal surface is protected against corrosion by wetting the surface with an aminated organosilicon compound which is a polyaminoalkyltrialkoxy silane, an alcohol-soluble hydrolysate thereof or an acid salt of either (these compounds are described in Specifications 858,445 and 889,001), and drying the metal surface. In addition to the above compound a bis (polyaminoalkyl) di-alkoxy silane may be used in amount of up to 50% mol.  The compounds may be used per se or preferably in the form of solutions in an alcohol, a hydrocarbon preferably containing an alcohol, a lower alkyl ether or dioxane, or in water.  The applied coating is preferably cured by heating with or without siloxane curing catalysts.  In examples copper strips, a copper-clad saucepan and frying pan and steel panels are coated in the above manner, the coated steel panels being further coated with a siloxane resin, as described in Specification 848,373. The aminated organosilicon compounds can also be incorporated into conventional metal cleaning and polishing compositions in the form of suspensions, solutions or pastes (based on an organic solvent system) or suspensions or emulsions (based on an aqueous system) containing optional additives such as abrasives, e.g. silica, waxes, e.g. paraffin, mineral, ozokerite and montan waxes, and emulsifying agents.  The aqueous systems may be thickened with methyl- or carboxymethyl-cellulose and the solvent systems with metal salts, e.g. aluminium stearate.  Liquid dialkyl- or akylaryl-siloxanes may also be added.ALSO:The aminated organosilicon compounds described in Specifications 858,445 and 889,001 are used for protecting metal surfaces against corrosion (see Group III) either per se or preferably in the form of solutions in an alcohol (e.g. methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, ethylene- or propylene-glycol or their ethers), a hydrocarbon (e.g. benzene, toluene, xylene or mineral spirits) preferably containing an alcohol, a lower alkyl ether or dioxane, or in water.  The applied coating is preferably cured by heating with or without siloxane curing catalysts such as metal carboxylates or materials which are reactive toward the amine functional groups.  The organosilicon compounds can also be incorporated into conventional metal cleaning and polishing compositions in the form of suspensions, solutions or pastes (based on an organic solvent system) or suspensions or emulsions (based on an aqueous system) containing optional additives such as abrasives, e.g. silica, waxes, e.g. paraffin, mineral, ozokerite and montan waxes, and emulsifying agents.  The aqueous systems may be thickened with methyl-or carboxymethyl-cellulose and the solvent systems with metal salts, e.g. aluminium stearate.  Liquid dialkyl- or alkylarylsiloxanes may also be added.  Specification 848,373 also is referred to.
Patent GB-1293636-A (GB)
Title: Electromechanical transducers
IPC: H04R11/08
Filed: 1970-03-17
Abstract: 1293636 Pick-ups FONOFILM INDUSTRI A/S 17 March 1970 [25 March 1969] 12890/70 Heading H4J A pick-up or other electromechanical transducer has two permanent magnet portions 14 (Fig. 4), like poles of which are connected by magnetically conductive members 10, 11 embraced by an output coil 12. An armature 17 is mounted adjacent the permanent magnet portions 14 so as to act as a magnetic shunt for components of magnetic flux of the permanent magnet portions 14. The armature 17 is movable relative to the permanent magnet portions 14 to alter the respective shunting effects of the armature 17 on the permanent magnet portions 14 and thereby produce flux changes, and an output in the coil 12. The armature 17 may be of magnetically soft material or may be a permanent magnet. The magnet portions 14 may be separate magnets or portions of a cylindrical magnet. A stereophonic pick-up has a housing member 1 (Fig. 1) provided with a replaceable stylus assembly comprising a plastics support 4 and a hollow guide-pin 5 (non-circular) engageable in a mating recess 6. Four rods 10 of Permalloy extend rearwardly through a passage 8, 9 to a magnetic cross-member 11. A coil 12 is mounted on each rod 10, opposed pairs being in series and connected to pins 3. A hollow cylindrical ceramic permanent magnet 14 abuts against the front ends of the rods 10. A tubular armature 14 is mounted by a rubber or neoprene sleeve 18 in an aluminium tube 16. The armature 17 is slightly longer than the magnet 14 and is disposed coaxially and symmetrically. An aluminium stylus arm 19 is attached to the armature 17 and carries a stylus 20. A magnetic screen is mounted under the member 1 and between the member 1 and the support 4. The rods 10 may be of circular, square or rectangular cross-section and are symmetrically arranged. In place of a single magnet 14, four bar magnets may be used. A mono pickup (not shown) uses only two rods 10.
Patent GB-406883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to epicyclic gears, more particularly for automobile vehicles
IPC: F16H3/66
Filed: 1933-05-03
Abstract: 406,883. Change speed epicyclic gearing. KITTILSEN, C., Lille Traag, near Porsgrunn, Norway. May 3, 1933, No. 12957. Convention date, May 3, 1932. [Class 80 (ii).] Four-speed and reversing gearing suitable for vehicles comprises stepped bevel planet gears 7, 7<1> supported on a spider 4 with a central barrel 5 which is loose on the ends of driving and driven shafts 1, 2 and has dog ends 21, 22. The planet gears mesh with a loose central gear 6 on the driving side and with two loose central gears 8, 9 on the driven side. The position shown, in which the dog ends 21, 22 are engaged by clutch heads on sleeves 11, 12 splined on the driving and driven shafts 1, 2, respectively, yields solid driving or third speed. If from this position the sleeve 12 is moved right to engage a clutch ring 28 on the gear 8, and a stop dog 13 is moved in to hold the gear 6 fast, the fourth speed or overdrive is produced. Second and first speeds and reversed drive are effected by appropriate displacements of the clutch sleeves 11, 12, the stop dog 13, and another stop dog 14. Arrangements are described for controlling these clutches and stops by sliding and revoluble multiple cams respectively.
Patent GB-395836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wrapping machine
IPC: B65B51/02
Filed: 1932-05-05
Abstract: <PICT:0395836/III/1> <PICT:0395836/III/2> <PICT:0395836/III/3> <PICT:0395836/III/4> In machines for wrapping articles in sheet materials, particularly cellulosic sheet materials coated with wax or nitrocellulose products soluble in acetone, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether or like solvents, the solvent is applied to opposed flaps of the partially wrapped article by a device extending into the space between the flaps.  The wrapping apparatus may be of the same general construction as that described in Specification 269,246, [Class 94 (i), Packing &c.]. The article is moved past the wrapping and coating devices by arms on an orbital transporter frame.  When the partially wrapped article arrives at position a<11>, upper and lower flaps g, h, Fig. 8, project at each end of the packet. Adhesive solvent is applied to the lower flap h by an arm 40, Figs. 3 and 8, pivoted at 41 and carrying a series of wicks 45 passing through perforations 44, Fig. 2, in the arm, the other ends dipping into a receptacle 46 for solvent.  The device for supplying solvent to the receptacle is similar to that described in Specification 386,011, [Group XVII].  The article is now moved to position a<111>, at which the lower flaps are folded against the article end and the under surfaces of the upper flaps are coated with solvent.  In order to effect this, a crosshead 55, Fig. 10, rises, a folder plate 59 at each end turning up the flaps h.  A solvent receptacle 60 is also carried up for wicks 63 to apply solvent to the flap g.  The disposition of the solvent-applying wicks is such that the solvent is applied only to that part of the flap which is to contact with the previously folded flap.  A horizontal rail 69 acts as a backing.  At the next descent of the transporter frame 32, plates 70 thereon turn down the flaps g. The packet is fed out of the machine past heating elements to a delivery belt.
Patent GB-346187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to flat carding engines
IPC: D01G15/78
Filed: 1930-04-28
Abstract: 346,187. Carding-engines. GEGAUFF, C., 78, Rue de Verdun, and PFLIMLIN, J., 7, Rue Gay-Lussac, both in Mulhouse, Haut- Rhin, France. April 28, 1930, No. 13002. Addition to 346,186. [Class 120 (i).] The stripping and cleaning device of the parent Specification is adapted to effect a preliminary combing or heckling of the stripped material at or near the stripping point to extract impurities before re-carding. Two rollers e, f, Fig. 2, furnished with needles are provided together with a fixed knife g, the roller e serving to strip the flats d and the knife g acting with the clothing h of the flats, Fig. 4, to retain the material which is then combed by the roller e. The fibres are then transferred by the roller f to the cylinder a the impurities being thrown through the opening i into the receiver k. The rollers e, f may be replaced by a single high-speed roller l, Fig. 3. If the flats move in the opposite direction to the cylinder a the knife g is dispensed with and the high-speed roller m, Fig. 5, rotated at such a speed that it combs the material in stripping it from the flats. The clothing of the rollers l, m is preferably in the form of widely-spaced tufts.
Patent GB-593351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to weeding implements
IPC: A01B1/16
Filed: 1946-04-30
Abstract: 593,351. Garden implements. HOBDAY, S. W., [trading as RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.], and HOBDAY, E. C. April 30, 1946, No. 13026. [Class 6 (ii)] A weeding implement comprises a handle to which the fork 1 is hinged. An offset portion 7 acts as a fulcrum. The hinge pin 3 may be mounted within a channeled socket 4. The end of the stem of the fork is shaped to provide an abutment 16 limiting movement of the hinge, and the stem twisted through a right-angle relatively to the prongs 2. Also hinged within the handle 1 or socket 4 is a member 9 for ejecting the uprooted weed. It is looped over the pivot 8 and bent at the other end to wipe along the prongs during the latter part of the hingeing movement about the pin 3. Action takes place against a restraining spring 13.
Patent GB-1022050-A (GB)
Title: Dialkyl-phosphate-containing detergent compositions
IPC: C07F9/11
Filed: 1963-04-02
Abstract: A detergent composition comprises, by weight (a) 1 part of a dialkyl orthophosphate of formula <FORM:1022050/C4-C5/1> wherein R1 and R2 are each C1-20-alkyl groups together containing 17-23 carbon atoms and X is an alkali metal, ammonium or amine (including triethanolamine radical, and (b) 2-20 parts of a detergent builder, e.g. sodium or potassium pyro- or tripoly-phosphate, sodium hexameta-phosphate, soda ash, sodium silicate, and salts of ethylenediamine tetracetic and nitrilotriacetic acids.  The dialkyl phosphates (a), of which sodium didecyl orthophosphate is the preferred example, perform synergistically when sodium lauryl sulphate or dodecylbenzene sulphonate are present and are also stated to be biodegradable. Sodium sulphate and carboxymethyl cellulose, chlorinated trisodium phosphate, alkali metal chlorocyanurates, hypochlorites and perborates, perfume and optical brighteners may also be included, and the compositions may be produced by spray-drying.
Patent GB-592814-A (GB)
Title: A process for the manufacture of an injectable iron preparation
IPC: A61K31/295
Filed: 1945-05-24
Abstract: An injectable iron preparation is obtained by preparing a solution of the ferric salt of a. g .-dihydroxy b .b . dimethyl butyric acid by a usual method, evaporating said solution to dryness in vacuo, dissolving in and recrystalising the residue from an organic solvent, and preparing a neutral aqueous solution therefrom.  According to the example ferric sulphate solution is added to a solution to the barium salt of a. g .-dihydroxy-b .b .-dimethyl-butyric acid, barium sulphate removed and the solution evaporated in vacuo to give di-(a. g .-dihydroxy-b . b . dimethyl di-butyrato)-ferric acid from which the sodium salt can be prepared by neutralisation with sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.
Patent GB-345857-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved head dress for sports and general wear
IPC: A42B1/04
Filed: 1930-04-29
Abstract: 345,857. Hair nets. JARRETT, RAINSFORD, & LAUGHTON, Ltd., Kent Street, Birmingham. April 29, 1930, No. 13125. Convention date, Nov. 20, 1929. [Class 131.] A head-dress for sports and general wear comprises a single length of net or other suitable material, gathered to a single central point at one end to form a dome part to receive the head, and divided at the other end into two portions adapted to be brought round opposite sides of the head from the back and fastened to a button or other fastening means at the central point on the dome portion at the front of the head. The free ends of the narrow portions may have elastic loops e to engage the button c. The head dress combines the advantages of a hair net and an eye-shade, the portions d being capable of being brought down sufficiently to shade the eyes.
Patent GB-664790-A (GB)
Title: Variable apertured viewfinder
IPC: G03B13/02
Filed: 1949-05-17
Abstract: 664,790. View-finders. GAINSBOROUGH PICTURES (1928), Ltd., and HILL, G. E. May 11, 1950 [May 17, 1949], No. 13155/49. Classes 97 (i) and 98 (i). A view-finder comprises a viewing lens, a housing enclosing two relatively movable and overlapping mask elements which define a rectangular aperture, each mask element having projecting pins, a plate fixed to the housing and having guide slots engaged by the pins of the mask elements to control the relative movements of said elements, and a plate rotatable relatively to the housing, and having two cam slots, each of which is engaged by one of the pins carried by each mask element, each of said plates and said housing having an aperture coaxial with said rectanguJar aperture. The device shown comprises a fixed plate 2 forming the housing and having an annular flange 6, the outer surface of which is graduated in terms of focal lengths, and two annular shoulders 7 and 8. Seated by shoulder 8 and secured to plate 2 by screws 9 is another plate 3, which has therein slots 12, 12a, 13 and 13a through which pass pins 14, 14a, 15 and 15a, respectively, which project from masks 1 that are sandwiched between the plates 2 and 3 and define a rect. angular aperture registering with the central apertures 5 in the fixed plates. The slots in plate 3 extend parallel to a diagonal of the aperture defined by the masks and the pins 15, 15a on the latter also pass through cam slots 17 and 17a in a disc 16 which is rotatably mounted on plate 2 and secured by it pin 21 and slot 20 to a plate 18 carrying a viewing lens 19. Plate 19 is provided with a pointer 23 and, in use, is rotated until this pointer registers with the graduation on flange 6 designating a particular focal length. The size of the rectangular aperture then indicates the field of a camera lens of that focal length. In a modification, the plate 18 is rigidly mounted on plate 2 and a pointer is provided on the disc 16 for cooperation with the scale on flange 6, this pointer being visible through a cut-away part of plate 18. The disc 16 is in this arrangement rotatable relatively to the plates 6 and 18.
Patent GB-1453586-A (GB)
Title: Cultivating machine
IPC: A01B49/02
Filed: 1973-03-20
Abstract: 1453586 Cultivating implement ROTARY HOES Ltd 11 March 1974 [20 March 1973] 13209/73 Heading A1B A rotary cultivator and fixed tine tractor attachment comprises a transverse frame 10 with a rotor shaft 12 on which are carried rotary cultivator tools. A releasable cultivator frame having the tines 29 fixed thereto rearward of the rotary tools is attached to the frame 10 or directly to a three-point tractor linkage. A tool bar 18 is secured at its ends to side members which are attached to the ends of frame 10. An A-frame 20, secured to bars 19, supports the attachment from the top link of the linkage. The cultivator frame comprises a transverse tool bar 25 spaced brackets 33 and upwardly converging plates 35, and is fitted to the rear of the rotary cultivator and may be adjusted by attaching at various holes 34 using bolts. An adjustable link 41 allows pivotal adjustment about the selected hole 34. Support bars are pivotally mounted to the rear of brackets 33.