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Patent GB-367934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thermostat devices for automatically controlling the shutters of motor vehicle radiators
IPC: G05D23/185
Filed: 1930-12-03
Abstract: 367,934. Radiators for motor vehicles. ROYER, G. G., 7, Impasse St-Ouen, Paris. Dec. 3, 1930, No. 36512. Convention date, March 25. [Class 29.] In thermostatic control devices for the air admission shutters adapted to be disconnected when the engine stops so as to allow the shutters to close, the thermostatic element 1 is moved bodily into and out of the operative position. The element may be carried by a piston 6 in a cylinder 7 connected by a port 9 with the engine induction, so that the piston is raised by the vacuum when the engine is running so as to bring the stem 2 of the thermostat into engagement with a pivoted sector 3 connected to the shutters by a cable 5. The shutters are urged to the closed position by the usual spring, and a spring 10 in the cylinder 7 may assist the vacuum. The element may be held in the raised operative position by means of a hand screw 12 even when the engine is stopped. The element may be mounted on a piston in a stepped cylinder, of which the larger part is located within the radiator itself, or may carry a cupleather piston in a cylinder connected in the oil pressure system of the engine.
Patent GB-1509270-A (GB)
Title: Absorber rod drive for a nuclear reactor
IPC: G21C7/14
Filed: 1975-09-04
Abstract: 1509270 Screw-and-nut mechanism KRAFTWERKE UNION AG 4 Sept 1975 [6 Sept 1974] 36537/75 Heading F2Q [Also in Division G6] An absorber rod drive in a nuclear reactor comprises a threaded spindle 8 and a travelling nut 1 having rollers 5, 6, 7 engaging the roller thread and being supported with their axes disposed radially and substantially at right angles to the spindle axis by means of low friction bearings.
Patent GB-1510930-A (GB)
Title: Composition and method for dissolving polymeric flocculating agents in water
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1976-09-03
Abstract: 1510930 Clarifying waste water CHEMED CORP 3 Sept 1976 [3 Sept 1975] 36644/76 Heading C1C [Also in Division C3] Industrial or waste water is clarified by adding thereto a feed liquid which has been made by adding to an amount of water at least sufficient to dissolve the polymer of a surfactant-free composition comprising a particulate, polymeric flocculating agent which dissolves only slowly in water (as defined), a solid particulate diluent which aids in reducing agglomeration of the polymer particles in water by physically separating them and 0À1-20% by wt. of the polymer of a bonding agent which is an ethylene, propylene or diethylene glycol, or acetic acid. The polymer may be an acrylamide polymer, polystyrene sulphonate or polyethylene oxide. The diluent may be sodium chloride, sulphate, sulphite, bisulphite or hydrosulphite, magnesium sulphate, soda ash or lime.
Patent GB-837391-A (GB)
Title: Vapour jet pump
IPC: F04F9/00
Filed: 1958-11-14
Abstract: 837,391. Diffusion pumps. NEW YORK AIR BRAKE CO. Nov. 14, 1958 [Nov. 22, 1957], No. 36666/58. Class 71. A diffusion pump comprises a cooled outer casing 11, Fig. 1, spaced from a chimney 15 provided with a series of circumferential spaced jet openings 16, 17 and 18. Each jet opening has an associated nozzle 23 for directing the vapour from the chimney to the space between the chimney and casing and radial baffles 25 are provided extending from the casing into the spaces between adjacent nozzles 23. The baffles 25 are in heat-conducting relationship with the casing and preferably extends from the pump inlet 12 to the outlet 13 which is connected with a fore pump, The baffles 25 may be of thin sheet metal but are preferably of prismatic shape having their longitudinal sides parallel to the side of the adjacent nozzle, Fig. 5 shows the invention applied to a conventional ejector pump having an inlet 38, an outlet 39 and a cooled Venturi section 41. The vapour jet issues through nozzles 45 similar to the nozzles 23 above and the Venturi section 41 is provided with radial baffles 46.
Patent GB-340111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in gear wheel pumps
IPC: F04C2/14
Filed: 1929-12-02
Abstract: 340,111. Drysdale & Co., Ltd., and Drysdale, J. W. W. Dec. 2, 1929. Movable-abutment type; mounting and supporting; inspection of internal parts, facilitating; bearings, arrangement of; compensating for irregularity of flow.-The casing of a vertical gear-wheel pump with only one external shaft e which is directly driven by a motor m is formed in two parts, being divided in a vertical plane passing through the axis of the driving shaft. The back part a includes the support for the motor and is formed with the suction and discharge ports s, t, whilst the front part b is of a half drum shape to extend over the idler gear d. The shafts of the gear wheels c, d are carried in " binocular " frames n, n which are located by fitting into grooves o formed on the' casing halves. Different capacity pumps can be obtained by fitting gears of different axial length, the frames n, n, being also varied in thickness but with the portion received in the casing grooves o unaltered. Fig. 2 shows a readily removable relief valve, v which can be interchanged to the other side of the casing by removing the caps w. The idlergear shaft is supported by a thrust bearing r.
Patent GB-1463749-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in producing a  fluidised bed of granular  material
IPC: B01J8/24
Filed: 1974-08-21
Abstract: 1463749 Fluidized bed coating BRITISH LEYLAND UK Ltd 18 Aug 1975 [21 Aug 1974] 36839/74 Heading B5A [Also in Division B1] A fluidizing tank 12 used for coating a dipped pattern with granular refractory material has a porous conical tile 17 supported on and forming the upper wall of a circular chamber 18 into which air for fluidizing is introduced by inlet 19. Particles which are an impurity in the fluidized bed tend to settle out and collect at the sides of the tank and are discharged through the gap between chamber and the bottom edge 12a of the tank when the actuator 20 displaces the chamber.
Patent GB-1181008-A (GB)
Title: A Lottery Mechanism
Inventor: ERNST MAX
IPC: G07C15/00
Filed: 1967-08-14
Abstract: 1,181,008. Lottery mechanism. M. ERNST. 14 Aug., 1967 [16 Aug., 1966], No. 37201/67. Heading A6H. A lottery mechanism comprises a hollow rotatable lottery drum 9, 10 generally spherical and having polar axles, one axle being provided with a delivery means 12 to discharge balls from the drum via a delivery opening, the other axle being adapted 13 to permit balls to be returned to the drum, the drum being rotatable in one direction to mix the balls and being provided with a curved channel 20 which extends from the equator of the drum to the delivery means to feed balls to the delivery means when the drum is rotated in the other direction, the delivery means comprising a ring 19 having an axially tapered inside surface 22, the ring being closed at one end by a partition 17 which defines the delivery opening eccentrically of the axis of the ring, the curved channel joining the other end of the ring on the opposite side of the axis to the delivery opening so that a ball fed to the delivery means is temporarily retained therein and then discharged through the delivery opening as the drum is further rotated. The balls are of a size so that only one ball as delivered for each rotation of the drum. The mechanism is provided with a ball collecting container 24 mounted on guide rails 26 and transported by ratchet means operated by lever 32. A battery driven motor rotates the drum in either direction by operating buttons 45 and 47.
Patent GB-792503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to combine harvesters
IPC: A01D41/02
Filed: 1954-12-23
Abstract: 792,503. Combine harvesters. ALLIS-CHALMERS MANUFACTURING CO. Dec. 23, 1954 [Jan. 11, 1954], No. 37248/54. Class 6(3). A self-propelled, easily steered combine harvester, Fig. 1, comprises a chassis 1 carried on driven front wheels 2, 3 and rear steerable wheels 33, an engine 46, a thrashing cylinder 98 with an underlying concave, a transverse straw rack 99, cleaning mechanism, a header 114, a grain bin 79 mounted on the chassis directly above the engine, helical conveyers 81 and 82 for unloading grain from the bin, an operator's station 55 located above the wheel 2 and selectively engageable and disengageable power transmitting devices connected in driving relationship with the engine to control the operation of the header, the thrashing, separating and cleaning mechanism and the helical conveyers. The header is pivoted about a horizontal axis 116 and comprises a reel 128, cutting mechanism 127, a helical conveyer with left and right hand flights 133 and 132, and a raddle conveyer 120 which feeds cut crops to the thrashing mechanism. The header may be raised or lowered by a hydraulic ram. The chassis is disposed generally symmetrically about a longitudinal axis A-A, Figs. 3 and 6, and the other parts are similarly disposed about a vertical plane containing this axis and passing substantially mid-way between the wheels 33. The longitudinal centre lines of the engine and the grain bin lie substantially in this plane. The combine harvester's centre of gravity X lies close to the said plane and is closer to it when the grain bin is full than when the bin is empty. The sides of the chassis have longitudinal parts 7 and 8 and converging rear parts 11 and 12. A longitudinal helical conveyer carries cleaned grain into an elevator 109 feeding the grain bin. The discharge end of the straw rack is provided with strawspreading mechanism 101.
Patent GB-1338295-A (GB)
Title: Method of and system for maintaining a drilling fluid near a reference level in a well shilst trippiing
IPC: E21B21/08
Filed: 1971-08-10
Abstract: 1338295 Boring earth &c L W LEONARD 10 Aug 1971 [28 Aug 1970] 37586/71 Heading E1F While tripping a pipe string out of, or into, a well containing drilling fluid, the loss of drill fluid into the formation, or the entry of formation fluid into the well, is detected by comparing the volume of the pipe string leaving or entering, the well with the volume of drilling fluid added to, or withdrawn from, the well to maintain fluid in the well at a reference level. During a withdrawal trip the number of pipe stands 44 passing a detector 50 are shown on a counter 52, and the volume of the stands, or the quantity of fluid theoretically required to maintain the reference level 60<SP>1</SP>, is shown on a counter 56. A signal from the counter 56 cause a valve controller 55 to actuate a valve 30 to direct fluid from a pump 18 through a fill line 25 and via a meter 32 to the well. When the fluid reaches the reference level a signal from a detector 60 cause the valve controller to stop supply to the well. Signals from the meter and the counter 56 are fed to a comparator 64 which operates warning light 70, 72, 74 for normal, fluid loss and fluid entry conditions. A sudden flow into the well is indicated by a warning light 71 actuated by a detector 61. In a modification (Fig. 2, not shown) suitable for both withdrawal and insertion trips, the pump circulates the fluid between suction and discharge lines (24, 23) connected to the valve, a further valve (80) is connected to the valve, the valve controller and fill and return lines (25, 24), and the detectors 60, 61 are respectively below and above the return line. The modification can also be used to maintain constant level in the well.
Patent GB-1099093-A (GB)
Title: Alkene derivatives
Inventor: RICHARDSON DORA NELLIE
Filed: 1965-09-03
Abstract: The invention comprises cis and trans isomers of compounds of the formula <FORM:1099093/C2/1> wherein R1 and R2 stand for alkyl radicals containing not more than 4 carbon atoms, or the -NR1R2 group stands for the morpholino radical, R3 and R4 stand for phenyl radicals, and X stands for a halogen atom, and the acid-addition salts thereof.  The cis and trans isomers may be obtained by separation of the mixed isomers by known methods, for example, (1) by fractional crystallization of the mixed isomers or their acid-addition salts, from an organic solvent or mixture of solvents, or (2) by chromatography.  An example, also describes the preparation of the mixed isomers of 1-(p-b -dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl) - 1,2 - diphenyl - 2-bromoethylene by reaction of 1-(p-hydroxyphenyl) -1,2-diphenyl-2-bromoethylene with b -dimethylaminoethyl chloride. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions comprise at least one of the cis and trans isomers of alkene derivatives of the above formula (other than a mixture of a cis isomer and its corresponding trans isomer) together with a pharmaceutically-acceptable diluent or carrier.  The compositions are useful for the modification of the endocrine status in man and animals and may be used for the control of hormone-dependent tumours or for management of the sex-cycle and aberrations thereof.  The trans isomers are preferred for anti-oestrogenic effects and the cis for oestrogenic effects.  The compositions may be in the form of tablets, capsules, aqueous or oily solutions or suspensions, injectable aqueous or oily solutions or suspensions, dispersible powders or pre-mixes.
Patent GB-344794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 1929-12-10
Abstract: 344,794. Motor casings. ELECTROLUX, Ltd., 153, Regent Street, London.- (Assignees of Inventia Patent-Verwertungs- Ges.; 10, Herrenacker, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.) Dec. 10, 1929, No. 37837. Convention date, Dec. 10, 1928. [Class 35.] In a vacuum cleaner of the type wherein the motor and the fan form a unit surrounded by the casing, the coupling member 22 and the switch 25 are mounted adjacently on a strip 20 secured to the motor housing 27. The motor unit is arranged to be slid in and out of the casing and the members 22, 25 are arranged outside the casing and covered by a hood 24.
Patent GB-1060293-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for cleaning pipelines conveying fuel oil
IPC: B08B9/032
Filed: 1963-09-26
Abstract: 1,060,293. Conveying solids in liquids. BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd. Sept. 26, 1963 [Sept.26, 1962], No. 38028/63. Heading F1R. Conveying apparatus for solids in liquids comprises a pipe line extending between a loading station and a terminal station, pumping means delivering crude oil to the pipe line at the loading station, feed means adding a solid granular fuel to the oil and separating means to separate the oil from the fuel. The fuel and residual oil is delivered to a furnace. Instead of fuel, iron ore or quartz sand may be conveyed. The solid materials prevent or lessen the deposit of oil sludge in the pipe line.
Patent GB-1429990-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for filling a container
IPC: B67C3/26
Filed: 1973-08-13
Abstract: 1429990 Container filling machine AMERICAN CAN CO 13 Aug 1973 [14 Aug 1972] 38172/73 Heading B8T A machine for filling containers 22 with gaseous liquids, so as to avoid foaming, consists of a tank 24 containing the liquid L and gas G at above atmospheric pressure, a flexible conduit 84 which supplies the liquid to a hollow cylindrical plunger 30 openable at its lower end by a stem valve 74 and sealed at its upper end. The plunger 30 is vertically moveable by means of a cam 64 and roller 66, the stem valve 74 being actuated by means of a cam/roller assembly (not shown). An annular sealing head 26, concentric and in sealing engagement with the plunger 30, is vertically moveable by a cam 38 to seal the open top of the container. A conduit 36, 36<SP>1</SP> supplies gas G from the tank 24 to the filler head via a three-way valve 28 which can be set for purging the can of air prior to filling or for providing pressure equalizing means with the atmosphere when the containers are full. A float chamber 32 integral with the sealing head 26 prevents spillage and permits fine adjustment of the amount of fluid dispensed by means of a floating ball 110 housed in a plunger 98 vertically adjustable inside the float chamber 32 by means of an adjusting bolt 106. Containers are positioned on the stand 124 and the plunger 30 lowered through the head 26 into the container, then sealing head 26 is lowered into partial engagement so centering the container by means of a bevelled lip on the container centring sleeve 48. After the container is purged of air using gas G supplied via conduit 36 and valve 28 the head 26 is fully sealed on to the container counter pressure gas G continuing to enter the space until pressures balance between the space and storage tank L. Valve 74 is then opened so that liquid flows by gravity to fill the can displaced gas returning via valve 28 and conduit 36, until the level of liquid actuates the float valve 32. The plunger is withdrawn filling the container with liquid and valve 74 closed. Valve 28 is turned to its second position which closes conduit 36 and opens conduit 60 to atmosphere so equalizing the pressure in the container. The sealing head is then lifted and the container passes on to a closing station.
Patent GB-1157666-A (GB)
Title: A Method for the Production of a 5'-Ribonucleotide
IPC: C07H1/02
Filed: 1966-08-25
Abstract: 1,157,666. Ribonucleotides. TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 25 Aug., 1966 [26 Aug., 1965; 27 Aug., 1967], No. 38243/66. Heading C2C. 5<SP>1</SP>-Ribonucleotides are prepared from the corresponding ribonucleosides by reacting the latter with a phosphorylating agent in the presence of an ester of an organic carboxylic acid having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms or a nitrohydrocarbon having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the molar proportion of ester or nitro compound to ribonucleoside being from about 40 to about 600, and subjecting the resulting compound to hydrolysis. Specified phosphorylating agents are PCl 3 , POCl 3 , PCl 5 , pyrophosphoryl tetrachloride, partially hydrolysed POCl 3 , PCl 3  or PCl 5  or partially alcoholysed POCl 3 , PCl 5  or PCl 3 , and the amount of phosphorylating agent used is from about 1 to 30 moles per mole of ribonucleoside. Specified ribonucleosides are adenine, hypoxanthine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, thymine, inosine and nicotinamide.
Patent GB-1048568-A (GB)
Title: Automatic valves and poultry waterers embodying the same
IPC: A01K39/022
Filed: 1963-09-30
Abstract: 1,048,568. Valves. FOX PRODUCTS CO. Sept. 30, 1963 [Oct. 1, 1962], No. 38395/63. Heading F2V. [Also in Division A1] The supply valve 1 of a poultry waterer comprises a body 5 mounted on an end wall 32 of the receptacle 30 and having a valve seat 8. A valve member 9 is carried by an operating lever 2 pivoted to the body. One end of the lever to which a suspension chain 42 is attached, extends close to the end wall 32 so that bending moments on this end wall are reduced and no reinforcement is required. A spring 4 biases the lever in the valve-opening direction. As shown, the trough-shaped lever 2 has a bottom opening in which is disposed a flat arm 16 carrying the valve member which is surrounded by an antisplash nozzle 26. The spring is adjustably anchored at 21, 22. A bridge 27 fixed to the top of the lever carries a screw 29 whereby the valve may be locked in closed position. In another embodiment, Figs. 8 and 11 (not shown), the valve member 75 is carried on a resilient arm 66 integral with the lever. A catch 78 pivoted on a bracket 53 is engageable In a notch 79 of the lever to lock the valve closed and normally is retained under the head of the adjustable spring anchorage nut 72. A strainer 93 is fitted in the inlet.
Patent GB-303447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in coin testers for automatic delivery machines
IPC: G07D5/04
Filed: 1928-12-31
Abstract: 303,447. Echowerk Ges. Jan. 3, 1928, [Convention date]. Testing coins.-In a coin testing device for coin-freed apparatus of the kind wherein the coins are received by an adjustable weighted lever, which trips only when the coins have a given weight, a pivoted flap is provided which is swung over the lever to discharge light coins therefrom. A coin inserted through a, slot 6, Fig. 1, between a pivoted flap 13 controlled by a spring 12 and an arm 14 offset therefrom. rests on the arm 7 of the adjustable counterbalanced lever 3 and, if of correct weight, tilts the lever to drop to a shoot 30 leading to the release mechanism. Light coins fail to tilt the lever 3 and are discharged laterally to a shoot 20 by pressing a button 15, Fig. 2, carried by the arm 14. The shoot 30 comprises a fixed wall 18 and a pivoted flap 22 held by a spring 21 in normal position, determined by an adjustable nut on a bolt 24, which is carried by the flap 13. The coins run on a ledge 28 on the wall 18, the ledge being made narrow at the middle so that coins which are too thin fall through and are discharged. If a thin coin sticks, it is discharged by pressing the button 15 which acts on the flap 22 through the flap 13 and bolt 24. A tube 17 connected to the arm 14 holds a magnet to retain iron discs.
Patent GB-1406662-A (GB)
Title: Electrical contacts
IPC: H01H1/0233
Filed: 1972-08-17
Abstract: 1406662 Sintered two layer electric contacts SIEMENS AG 17 Aug 1972 [1 Sept 1971] 38522/72 Heading C7D Sintered electric contacts are made by placing a green two layer metal powder compact on a profiled ceramic plate with the lower melting point layer in contact with the ceramic and sintering at a temperature intermediate the melting points of the two layers. One layer may be W, Mo, Re, or Ni, a mixture or alloy of W-Mo-Re or an intermetallic compound of W-Mo-Re or Wc or Mo2. The second layer may be Ag, Cu, or Ag alloy or a Cu alloy and the green compact may be formed either by compacting the two powder layers in a die or by compacting one layer prior to charging the second powder layer and recompacting. In the case of a two layer Ag-W compact sintering is effected at 1100‹C in H 2  or cracked NH 3 . During sintering the Ag melts and impregnates the W to form a W-Ag intermediate layer. The Ag remaining on the carrier side is easily attached to the metal carrier by soldering or welding.
Patent GB-805164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the starting and carrying out of processes using electrical glow discharges
IPC: G05D16/18
Filed: 1954-12-09
Abstract: 805,164. Discharge apparatus. BERGHAUS, B. Dec. 9, 1954 [Dec. 9, 1953; Nov. 6, 1954], No. 38545/57. Divided out of 805,163. Drawings to Specification. Class 39(1). A method of carrying out technical processes by means of an electrical glow discharge of high current strength at electrode surfaces to be treated in a discharge vessel is characterized in that the glow discharge is stabilized on the surfaces taking part in the process, while at the same time transition into an arc discharge is avoided, by means of a starting operation in which at the outset a voltage suitable for producing a glow discharge of low intensity on all possible energised structural members is supplied to the electrodes, with low gas pressure, whereupon the gas pressure is then increased, and the electrode voltage changed, in distinct steps, and each of these adjustments is maintained until such time as all those defects in the surface layer of the structural elements in question which cause irregularities in the discharge have been removed, and this procedure is continued until an extensive homogenization, from the point of view of discharge technique, of the surfaces of these structural elements has been established in the operational end state of the discharge. The apparatus described in the specification is identical with that described in Specification 805,163.