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Patent GB-283250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to axles or mountings for the wheels of ploughs and other implements or machines
IPC: A01B71/04
Filed: 1926-09-28
Abstract: 283,250. Howard, Ltd., J. & F., and Steinmetz, A. B. S. Sept. 28, 1926. Axles.-In a plough or other implement or machine having a removable wheel axle extending at right angles from a fixed bar or rod, the axle consists of a sleeve or bush shaped at one end to fit around the supporting bar or rod and to surround the inner end of the wheel hub to form a dust cover or protector, the outer end of the hub also being provided with a dust cover or protector. The axle B shown in Fig. 2 is socketed to fit on the bar A and is secured by a bolt D passing through it. The securing nut E, in conjunction with a plate or washer F, retains the hub C in position. The plate F is shaped to fit over the end of the hub C and to fit on the squared end of the axle B. The inner end of the axle is flanged to fit over the inner end of the hub C. The axle B shown in Fig. 4 is slotted to fit on the bar A and is adjustably secured on it by two bolts G and a clamping plate G<1>. The head of the hub-retaining bolt D is located within the slotted part B<1>, and the retaining plate F bears against the end of the hub C and a sleeve or liner C<1>. A cap A is screwed on the hub C.
Patent GB-809399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to photographic assemblages
Inventor: LAND EDWIN HERBERT
IPC: G03B17/52
Filed: 1957-07-29
Abstract: 809,399. Photographic assemblages. INTERNATIONAL POLAROID CORPORATION. July 29, 1957, No. 23957/57. Class 98(2) In Fig. 1 a disposable self-contained exposing and developing assemblage comprises a light-tight envelope with frontface 22 and rear face 24 defining a chamber 26 which contains reverse-folded strip 50 with photosensitive portion 38 lying behind a dark slide 39 and an optical path 36 of the front face 22, and reversefolded strip 52 with image-receiving portion 58 adjacent rear face 24, which strip 52 is connected to a rupturable container 54 of processing composition 56 at the point where strips 50, 52 meet after being folded over a pair of sheet metal arcs 44, 46 constituting pressure applying elements. After exposure strips 50, 52 are pulled through opening 35 of envelope 22, 24 to cause rupture of the container 54 and face to face meeting of photosensitive portion 38 and image-receiving portion 58 with processing composition therebetween, and such portions are allowed to remain centrally in the envelope 22, 24 for processing, normally to produce a positive silver image in receiving portion 58, but operation by ferric salt, diazotype and bichromate methods is referred to also. After processing, strips 50, 52 are completely withdrawn from the envelope and separated. Fig. 2, not shown, illustrates a similar assemblage but which omits the dark slide and may have an intensifying screen for X-radiography. Fig. 3 shows a re-usable magazine for attaching to the rear of a camera and containing continuous folded strips operable in the manner of the assemblage of Fig. 1 for six exposures. Figs. 4, 5, not shown are similar to Fig. 1 but are concerned particularly with re-usable, accurately made pressure applying members to rupture the container, and with a container to be operated by squeezing with the fingers, respectively. In broader aspects the invention includes assemblages in which features such as the imagereceiving portion and the container are omitted. Specifications 684,592 and 703,231 are referred to.
Patent GB-677867-A (GB)
Title: Casting process for fluid coupling parts
IPC: B22D19/00
Filed: 1950-10-02
Abstract: 677,867. Casting composite articles. FORD MOTOR CO., Ltd. Oct. 2, 1950 [Sept. 30, 1949], No. 24056/50. Class 83 (i). [Also in Groups XXVI and XXIX] A torque converter or fluid coupling part is made by casting inner and outer shroud-rings on to perforated tabs integral with preformed blades 10. These may be stamped to the required curved form and with perforated lugs 11, 11a, of which lugs 11 are engaged in corresponding slots of a core-box 13 having a central plug 14. A core-box annulus 16 with slots to engage the upper lugs 11a is then applied and the box is filled with liquid lime-silica plaster 17 to enclose the blades, leaving only the lugs 11, 11a projecting. The core is then arranged in a mould 22, 23, Fig. 5, and the shroud rings 19, 20 are cast. Knock-out pins 24 may be provided.
Patent GB-904114-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for maintaining the charge weights constant in charging machines operatingon the volumetric principle
IPC: G01G13/00
Filed: 1960-07-11
Abstract: 904,114. Automatic weight control systems. HESSER, MASCHINENFABRIK-A.G., FR. July 11, 1960 [July 16, 1959], No. 24096/60. Class 38 (4). In an automatic weight control system, filled containers 3 from a filling machine 1 are conveyed by a wheel 2 to a weighing pan 4 of an electro-mechanical control weigher 5 which emits a positive or a negative electrical impulse when a package is overweight or underweight respectively. The impulses, through an amplifier 6, energize an underweight winding 7 or an overweight winding 8 to move a ratchet-wheel 13 or 14 coupled to a differential 15 so that a driven shaft 17 is rotated clockwise or anticlockwise. A contact finger 16 carried by the shaft engages a contact 18 or 19 when the transient sum total of the impulses reaches a predetermined positive or negative limit and energizes a coil 28 or 29 of a relay 20 through a time relay 22 having a circuit maintaining contact 23 and a contact 24 energizing a solenoid 25 resetting the driven shaft 17 through a heart-shaped cam 27. The relay 20 energizes a motor 21 driving a worm controlling the volume of the filling machine so as to maintain constant the weight of filling in a container. In a modification, the motor restores the weight of filling by adjusting the telescopic measuring chambers of a continuously rotating filling machine.
Patent GB-442896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shoe-upper conforming machines
IPC: A43D21/12
Filed: 1934-08-22
Abstract: 442,896. Boot - making machines. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd., and ROBERTS, W. T. B., Belgrave Road, Leicester. Aug. 22, 1934, No. 24174. [Class 17 (i)] Lasting.-Relates to machines of the kind described in Specification 423,026, and consists in the provision of mechanism whereby, at a predetermined point in the wiping movement of the wipers, the wiper carrier is caused to advance an adjustable distance. The wipers are so adjusted that prior to their upwiping movement, a gap exists between them and the toe end of the shoe. During the overwiping, this gap is closed without the usual corresponding closing of the wipers. The wiper holder has a cylindrical sleeve 27 extending into bearings in a casting pivoted at 32 and adjustable by a handle 34 to vary the inclination of the wipers about this horizontal pivot. A ring 33 is clamped on the sleeve 27 between two bearing members 29 and limits movement of the holder longitudinally of the shoe to about a quarter of an inch. A ball headed rod 57 engages a socket on the wiper holder, and is screwed, for adjustment, into a sleeve bifurcated to engage a pivot 53 in a slide block 45 adjustable along a T-groove in one arm 35 of a bell-crank lever pivoted at 39 to one of the bearing members 29. The block is held in adjusted position along the arm by a spring pressed ball 47 engaging one of a series of holes 49 in the arm. The other arm of the lever is slotted to co-operate with a roll 63 on a plate adjustable about the pivot 25 of the actuating handle 7 described in the prior Specification, a bolt 69 clamping the plate after angular adjustment. The slot in the arm is shaped to advance the wiper holder as the roll passes a portion 67 of the slot. A second handle 31 adjusts the wiper holder about the axis of the sleeve 27.
Patent GB-381673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tennis, badminton, and like racquets and their manufacture
IPC: A63B49/12
Filed: 1931-08-28
Abstract: 381,673. Tennis &c rackets. ACCLES & POLLOCK, Ltd. and HACKETT, W. W., Paddock Works, Rounds Green, Oldbury, near Birmingham. Aug. 28, 1931, No. 24181. [Class 132 (ii).] A tennis, badminton, &c. racket is provided with a frame consisting of a tube, the crosssectional area of which gradually decreases from the throat a<6> to the tip a<4>. The ends a<1> of the tube form the handle. The throat may consist of a tube welded in position or of a flanged or channelled bracket of triangular shape placed between the parts a<2>. The frame and handle may consist of a single length of tubing or of two pieces joined together at a<4>. A liner may be inserted to strengthen the junction. The throat piece may be beaded at b5 to allow for contraction of the frame. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the frame is tapered in steps in order to obtain the reduction in cross section. The tubing of the handle may be of uniform or tapering section or, according to the Provisional Specification, of D-shape with the two flat faces in contact. The Provisional Specification also states that a wood handle may be placed over the metal handle for gripping purposes.
Patent GB-297569-A (GB)
Title: New or improved apparatus for utilising tidal effects to produce mechanical energy
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 1927-09-14
Abstract: 297,569. Ibbitson, A. V. Sept. 14, 1927. Tidal energy, utilizing.-The apparatus comprises a float having a sealed upper compartment 1, Figs. 1 and 3, and an open lower compartment, with a valve-controlled air-pipe 1<b>. The float carries racks 8 engaging pinions 9 mounted on a platform 7, and has rollers 3 engaging guide-rods 4 on vertical members 5.
Patent GB-690097-A (GB)
Title: An improved clip for fastening an electric light-bulb to a hollow transparent or semi-transparent article or ornament
Inventor: KUBLIN WALTER WOOLF
IPC: F21V17/04
Filed: 1949-09-20
Abstract: 690,097. Electric light fittings. NOMA ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. Sept. 18, 1950 [Sept. 20, 1949], No. 24194/49. Class 75(ii) A clip for fastening a hollow transparent or semi-transparent ornament to an electric light bulb, e.g. as in the manufacture of a fairy light, comprises a centrally apertured metal plate 1 having tongues 2 arcund the aperture for receiving a ring 3 of insulating material formed with a notch 4 (not shown) through which a projection on the base of the bulb 6 is passed and then moved out of alignment therewith to lock the bulb to the clip, the plate 1 being pro-. vided with resilient means such as spring fingers 5 to grip the ornament 7. Alternatively the internal periphery of the ring 3 is serrated to enable it to grip the bulb cap.
Patent GB-727657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of laminated, resin-impregnated hollow articles such as boat-hulls
IPC: B29D22/00
Filed: 1951-10-17
Abstract: 727,657. Compound sheet materials. GREEN, D. SALISBURY-. Oct. 10, 1952 [Oct. 17, 1951], No. 24270/51. Class 140. [Also in Group XXXIII] A boat hull or other article having an open hollow form is made by building up, on a mould shaped externally to the internal form of the article, layers of sheet material impregnated with a thermosetting synthetic resin, each layer comprising a small number of pieces each constituting a large fraction of the area of said layer and the said pieces being shaped to conform to surfaces having double curvature by notching them from the edges and bringing the sides of the notches together, applying a coating of thermosetting synthetic resinous adhesive to each inner layer of sheet material before the next outer layer is applied, and placing the mould with the sheet material thereon in an oven for a time sufficient to cure the impregnant and the adhesive, both the impregnant and the adhesive being capable of being cured at low temperature and pressure. The mould may be of wood, sheet metal, or of the same material as the hull to be moulded, suitably stiffened with battens, and coated with wax to prevent adhesion of the moulded hull. The pieces, which may be of resin-impregnated asbestos felt, are laid edge-to-edge without overlap except along the centre line 10 of the boat where chamfered joints are made in each layer. The joints in successive layers are offset. After curing, the portions of each layer projecting beyond the mould are trimmed off and wooden fittings such as a keel 11, gunwales 12, and a transom, are secured to the hull by copper fastenings. The boat is finally painted.
Patent GB-228808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in door stops
IPC: E05F5/06
Filed: 1924-10-14
Abstract: 228,808. Smith & Davis, Ltd., and Smith, H. F. Oct. 14, 1924. Stops.-A door stop for use upon a floor comprises a buffer member 1 of rubber or like material that rests upon its lower end and is partly enclosed in an inverted sheet metal casing 3 of cup-like form, the member 3 having a flange 6, Fig. 1, or spikes 13, Fig. 6, for attachment to the floor. A portion 9 that is less than half of the side of the casing is cut away to allow the buffer member to project therefrom.
Patent GB-247623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in high frequency electric discharge tubes and generators, for medical purposes
IPC: A61N1/40
Filed: 1924-10-14
Abstract: 247,623. Gratze, E. V. Hayes-. Oct. 14, 1924. Transformers.-Relates to self-contained high frequency electrotherapeutic apparatus of the kind commonly known as violet ray apparatus, and consists chiefly in the use of a movable iron core in the inductive circuit, or in the use of a variable condenser, or of both these means, for adjusting the intensity of the discharge. The electrode is preferably filled with a gas and may be directly combined with the oscillator by assembling the secondary thereof inside the tube and the primary outside, or both may be inside or outside. In the form shown a casing a serving as an electrode holder encloses a kicking coil b, interrupter d, condenser e, and oscillator or transformer f, f<1> arranged in the circuits shown. The core b<2> of the coil b makes contact with a fixed pole piece b<3> and is adjustable by means of a sliding knob b<5>, or may be moved automatically by the magnetic pull due to the current in the coil. The condenser may be of variable capacity as indicated in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-745821-A (GB)
Title: Hydrofoil system for water craft
Inventor: BURTENBACH HANS FREIHERR SCHER
IPC: B63B1/30
Filed: 1952-10-01
Abstract: 745,821. Hydrofoil craft. SUPRAMAR AKT.- GES. Oct. 1, 1952 [Oct. 12, 1951], No. 24641/52. Class 113. In a hydrofoil system for water craft, each foil 1, its supporting elements 2 and a rigid girder 4 are combined to form a unitary framework which is adapted to resist bending and torsional stresses and the position of which may be varied relative to the hull 15 of the craft. The foil framework is pivotable about an axis 6 which is adjacent the axis of the girder 4. In the embodiment of Fig. 1 the framework includes lift producing fin portions 3 connecting the foil 1 to the girder 4. The axis 6 is movable in a guideway 7 (Fig. 2) and the end 10 of an arm 11 of the girder 4 moves in a guideway 7a to maintain the framework parallel when it is being raised or lowered by the hydraulic piston and cylinder device 24, 25. The angle of attack of the foil is altered by inclining a guideway. In the embodiment of Fig. 8 the aft foil 1, the rudder 17 and the tubular, girder 4 form a unitary framework pivotably suspended on the axis 6 and movable in a rail 7 on the stern 18. One end 20 of the propeller shaft 19 is articulated to the rudder 17 at 10, and the other end is connected via a cardan joint to the shaft from the engine. The framework is moved relative to the hull 15 by means of a hydraulic cylinder 31 which pivots an arm 30 attached to a strut 28 and the bearing 27 slides along the shaft; thus in operating the cylinder to retract the foil the shaft will swing up in the direction of the arrow.
Patent GB-533652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to weighing apparatus
IPC: G01G3/04
Filed: 1939-08-29
Abstract: 533,652. Weighing - apparatus. BERKEL AUTO SCALE CO., Ltd. (Maatschappij van BERKEL'S PATENT N.V.). Aug. 29, 1939, No. 24752. [Class 143] In a weighing-apparatus having automatic load counter-balancing means, such as springs 11, shock is absorbed by a pair of arms 17, 19 pivoted at 17a on a bracket 13 flexibly mounted on the scale beam 5. The arms are urged towards one another by a spring 18b and the arm 19 is urged towards a lug 14 on the bracket by a spring 21b. The arm 17 supports a rack 15 actuating a drum chart 3 situated between the limbs of the scale beam. When a load is suddenly placed on the scale pam 2, or is suddenly taken off, the spring 21b or the spring 18b yields and absorbs the shock. The bracket is constrained by a link 23 to undergo a parallel motion, and a correspond ing movement is given to the rack which being nearer to the fulcrum of the scale beam permits of a compact construction.
Patent GB-763863-A (GB)
Title: Snap-action electric switches
Inventor: BROOKES MAURICE MERIDYTH
IPC: H01H50/20
Filed: 1954-08-25
Abstract: 763,863. Snap-action switches; electromagnetic switches. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., Ltd. May 20, 1955 [Aug. 25, 1954], No. 24777/54. Class 38(5) A switch comprises a bowed spring having a stable position on each side of an unstable position and a rocking operating member pivoted in an axis in, or near and parallel with, the mean plane of the spring. In one form, Fig. 1, the spring 1 is clamped at 5 and engages a V-notch 6 and is embraced by beads 19, 20 on a member 16 pivoted at 34. The lever 16 has V-notches 21, 22 engageable by a resilient member 30 on a plunger 27. The latter is secured to a disc 29 and is urged downwards by a spring 28. One energization of a coil 25 causes the plunger to move upwards and the member 30 to tilt the lever 16 and spring 1 in one direction, the next energization causing them to be tilted back again. In a modification, Fig. 2, the pivot 34 of lever 16 is parallel with plunger 27 and the lever 16 carries pins 31, 32 embracing the spring 1. The plunger 27 may be manually operated.
Patent GB-1335615-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector assemblies
IPC: H01R13/64
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1335615 Two-part couplings MOLEX Inc 19 April 1971 [10 July 1970] 24782/71 Heading H2E To mate multi-terminal plug and socket elements 12, 14, four identical U-shaped clamp elements 16, 16a, 18, 18a, embrace the plug and socket respectively and are brought together by jack screws 20, 20a. The clamps slide on flanges 48 and are held on by conductor wires passing through holes 108 in each clamp. Nylon is a suitable insulating material for the assembly, and resilient mounting ears 166 are provided for mounting the assembly on a panel.
Patent GB-1395689-A (GB)
Title: Sun visor
IPC: E04F10/00
Filed: 1973-05-24
Abstract: 1395689 Sun visors HAPPICH GmbH Gebr 24 May 1973 [31 May 1972] 24794/73 Heading B7J A sun visor has a body 6 mounted on a base 1, with swivel pins 3 received in bearings 2 by which the body may be swivelled into desired positions relative to the base, the pins 3 and bearings 2 being made of a synthetic plastics material, and the pins 3 have circumferential undercuts 4 engaged by complementary projecting rings on the bearings 2 whereby the body 6 is located axially of the pins relative to the base 1. The pins 3 are formed integrally with either the base 1 as in Fig. 1, or a reinforcing insert 5 of the body 6 as in Fig. 2, the bearings 2 being integral with either the body 6 or the base 1 respectively. In order to define an inoperative position of the sun visor body, parts of the pins may be of non-cylindrical cross-section, for example by the formation of opposed flats (9), Fig. 4 (not shown), which register with complementary parts of the bearings. The body 6 is moved to an operative position by distortion of the synthetic plastics material of the pins and bearings to rotate the parts out of register.
Patent GB-890043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hydraulic pumps or motors
Inventor: THOMA OSWALD
IPC: F01B3/00
Filed: 1958-08-01
Abstract: 890,043. Swash-plate pumps. DOWTY HYDRAULIC UNITS Ltd., and UNIPAT A.G. July 29, 1959 [Aug. 1, 1958], No. 24885/58. Class 102(1). [Also in Group XXIX] A rotating cylinder block swash-plate pump is provided with a central recess 21 ir the cylinder block into which extends a stem 22 engaging the valve plate 4. A bearing 29 is provided between the stem and the valve plate and liquid from the high pressure line is fed to the recess through passage 24 of the stem. Two rotating seals are provided between the stem and block to form an effective area such that the liquid urges the block and valve plate into contact. In the embodiment shown the seals are provided by the valve plate 4 and a seal 25 between the recess and a head 23 of the stem, the seals allowing transverse movement to any bending of the stem. The seal 25 is of the type described in Specification 824,945 but may be in the form of an 'O' ring or annular seal. The bearing 29 may be situated in the head 23 and an annular seal may be provided between the stem and the valve plate end of recess 21. A spring 26 provides initial engagement of the block and valve plate. Specification 850,010 also. is referred to.
Patent GB-913426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to truck bodies
Inventor: BADER SAMUEL MAX
IPC: B62D53/06
Filed: 1961-07-10
Abstract: 913,426. Loading ramps. BADER, S. M. July 10, 1961, No. 24931/61. Class 78 (4). [Also in Group XXXII] A vehicle body (see Group XXXII) has, below flat bed 18, a storage space for a ramp 68 having side channel members 66 which are engaged by rollers 72 on the end of the ramp. Stops 71 at the outer ends of the channel members 66 allow the ramp to be pivoted about the rollers 72 to form a tailgate.
Patent GB-701663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a wire driving mechanism
IPC: A46D3/04
Filed: 1951-10-25
Abstract: 701,663. Shearing. CARLSON TOOL & MACHINE CO. Oct. 25, 1951 [Nov. 30, 1950], No. 24960/51. Class 83 (4). [Also in Groups VII and XXIII] In wire feeding means for a brush-making or other machine in which pieces of wire are severed from a continuous length and are fed by grippers into position below a driver, the grippers 41, 44 are mounted on pivots 42, 47 respectively, on a member 31 which is pivoted at 30 on a carrier 16 reciprocated horizontally between the severing and driving positions. The grippers are connected together by a link 50 whereby when the lower gripper 44 is struck by the driver the upper gripper is raised against a spring 54 to release the wire. The carrier 16 is mounted on two pivoted arms 13, 14 controlled by a cam 17 and a spring 20. The wire 45 is fed to the grippers by feed rolls 71 (not shown), 72 connected by gears 74, 75 and rotated step by step by a spring-pressed ratchet 89 operated from an eccentric 80 through an arm 82, rod 85 and arm 88. The eccentric also actuates through an arm 83, crank lever 100, link 108, and rod 107, a cutter 112 which co-operates with the end of a passage 76 in a block 77 through which the wire is fed from the feed rolls. An adjustable stop 115 is provided for the end of the wire. The pieces of wire may be in the form of slugs or be bent to form staples.