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Patent GB-1268540-A (GB)
Title: An installation for and method of making multi-layer cakes
Inventor: LUNIN OLEG GRIGORIEVICH
IPC: A21C15/00
Filed: 1969-06-27
Abstract: 1,268,540. Making layer cakes. VSESOJUZNY ZAOCHNY INSTITUT PISCHEVOI PROMYSHLENNOSTI. 27 June, 1969, No. 32564/69. Heading A2A. In an apparatus for making multi-layer cakes composed of a plurality (three, as shown) of cake blocks superposed with intervening layers of a pastry mass and having their sides also coated with pastry mass and later with crumbs, an intermittently driven conveyer 2 is provided which includes apertured plates 3 on which square cake blocks are carried singly and by which they are presented successively to: orienting device 6 which ensures that the sides of the blocks are parallel to those of the plates 3, a weighing device 7 associated with a syrup impregnating device to indicate when they have absorbed enough syrup, a device 8 for supplying pastry mass to the top faces of the blocks such that the pastry mass overhangs all four edges, a device 9 for elevating blocks to different heights where they are temporarily retained by ledges 28 and then released to superpose the desired number of blocks, a device 10 for rolling the overhanging portions of the pastry mass over the sides of the thus assembled cakes and finally a device 11 comprising hoppers 61 and vibrating shoots 62 for applying crumbs to the coated sides of the cakes. The device 8 for coating the top faces of the blocks consists of a single slit shaped nozzle 19 which is oscillated transversely of each block as the latter comes to rest beneath it, the slit being slightly longer than the length of the. block. A valve 22 controls the supply of pastry mass to the nozzle and is operated in timed relation with the transverse oscillation. The device 9 comprises an elevating device projecting up through the apertures in the plates 3 and driven by a suitably contoured cam. The device 10 comprises a pair of rollers 30 and a pair of rollers 30', the two pairs of rollers moving respectively in transverse and longitudinal directions so that all four sides of the cake are rolled to spread out the overhanging portions of the pastry mass. Either conical rollers 30, Fig. 3, which are hollow and supplied with hot water, so that the water continually runs from apertures 39 down the sides of the rollers to lubricate the pastry mass, or cylindrical rollers (Fig. 5, not shown) which are periodically dipped in hot water by periodically raising and lowering a hot water tank (42), are used, the rollers 30 and 30' being lifted off the cake at the ends of their respective transverse and longitudinal movements by respective cams (48, Fig. 6, not shown) against the action of springs (38), a further cam (50) being provided for turning the cake between the two rolling operations.
Patent GB-486025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotatable fastening devices
IPC: F16B5/10
Filed: 1936-11-27
Abstract: 486,025. Fastenings. CHOBERT, J. F. G. Nov. 27, 1936, No. 32585. Convention date, Nov. 28, 1935. [Class 44] A fastening for the doors &c. of aeroplanes &c. comprises a socket 2 fixed to one of the two elements 4, 10 to be pressed together, a stud 1 mounted for rotatable and longitudinal movement in the socket and provided with wings &c. 15<1>, 152 for engaging a plate 11 on the member 10, and a spring 5 between a pin 7 on the stud and a washer 6 engaging the bottom of the socket, for pressing the stud downwards. To release the member 10, the stud is turned by a screwdriver &c. inserted in the head 8 until the wings 15<1>, 15<2> register with slots in the plate 11, and during this movement a cam 13 in the socket engaging lugs 14 on the stud lifts the latter clear of the plate 11. In the form shown in Fig. 15, the movable member 43 to be fastened to the fixed member 50 carries a socket 42 in which slides a spring-pressed bolt 44 passing through the bottom of the socket and carrying two arms 47<1>, 472 adapted to engage recesses 48<1>, 482 in a plate 48 fixed to the member 50. A ramp 51 on the bottom of the socket engages a pin 49 on the bolt, so that when the latter is turned through 90, the bolt is lowered and disengages the arms 47<1>, 47<2> from the plate 48. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also the form shown in Figs. 15 (Cancelled) and 16 (Cancelled), in which the two members 30, 37 are fastened together by means of wings 34<1>, 342 on a bolt 35 slidable in a socket 26 rotatable in the member 30. The wings slide in longitudinal grooves in the socket and press the member 37 towards 30. Release is effected by depressing the bolt 35 and turning the socket by means of a screwdriver &c. until the wings 341, 34<2> register with slots in the member 37. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1018080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to grouting and similar materials for use in connection with tiles and the like
Inventor: CHILD WILLIAM
IPC: C04B26/04
Filed: 1963-08-17
Abstract: A tile grouting material comprises a minor amount of elastomer and a major amount of inert mineral filler together with small amounts of a stabilizing agent, an anti-foam agent and a fungicide.  Specified elastomers are butadienemethyl methacrylate and butadiene styrene while molochite, ground silica, ground glass, ground fused quartz, ground pottery and calcium carbonate are specified inert fillers, which may also contain colouring media or pigments e.g. titanium oxide.  Methyl cellulose, and the condensation product of ethylene oxide and nonyl phenol are specified stabilizers, and an organic mercury compound the fungicide.
Patent GB-1516545-A (GB)
Title: Flame retardant polycarbonate composition
IPC: C08K7/14
Filed: 1975-08-06
Abstract: 1516545 Drip resistant flame retardant polycarbonate compositions GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 6 Aug 1975 [9 Aug 1974] 32792/75 Heading C3R A flame retardant composition comprises a polycarbonate, glass fibres in an amount to render the composition non-dripping and from 0À01 to 10% by weight, based on the composition, of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of an organic sulphonic acid or of a halogenated non-aromatic carboxylic acid. The glass fibres are preferably present in an amount of from 1 to 50% by weight based on the composition. Many salts are specified, e.g. sodium 2,4,5-trichlorobenzenesulphonate.
Patent GB-1087802-A (GB)
Title: Water-retaining recreational structure for swimming pools and the like
IPC: E04H4/00
Filed: 1966-07-21
Abstract: 1,087,802. Water retaining recreational structure for swimming pools. COLECO INDUSTRIES Inc. July 21, 1966 [Sept. 3, 1965], No. 32839/66. Heading A4N. [Also in Division A6] A water retaining, above ground, prefabricated recreational structure adapted to be disassembled and having a curvilinear peripheral configuration defined by a plurality of generally circular components intersecting at apices (C and D, Fig. 1), the chords extending between the said apices being of lesser length than the diameter of the intersecting circular components, said recreational structure having a liner member 2 of flexible relatively waterproof sheet material providing a bottom wall portion 4 and a side wall portion 6 extending about the periphery of the said bottom wall portion; a relatively rigid, generally vertical support panel 8 extending about the periphery of the said liner side wall portion and closely adjacent thereto to provide a relatively rigid horizontal support therefor on said curvilinear configuration; a plurality of elongated horizontal support members 14 extending in end to end relationship about both the top and the bottom of said liner member and vertical support panel in curvilinear configuration, said horizontal support members retaining said vertical support panel in assembly therewith; vertical support members of said apices and at a multiplicity of points about the circumference of said circular components extending vertically of the outer surface of the said support panel; coupling means engaging the adjacent ends of said top and bottom horizontal support members with said vertical support members diverging outwardly from said vertical support members at said apices; and means at said vertical support members at said apices compensating against pressure thereon. In one embodiment said compensating means includes a portion on said vertical member extending substantially below said vertical support panel and adapted to extend into the ground, a tension member 168 extending between said portions of said vertical support members at opposed apices below said liner member and a compression member 160 extending therebetween adjacent the lower ends thereof. In one embodiment the vertical support members are held in place by a stabilizing bar 118, braces 122 and a tension bar bracket 124. The structure is adaptable to variations in design to provide cross-sections of various curvilinear patterns thus enabling separate diving and wading areas to be included.
Patent GB-1344177-A (GB)
Title: Phonograph record playing apparatus
IPC: G11B17/00
Filed: 1971-07-13
Abstract: 1344177 Record stack stabilizer MAGNAVOX CO 13 July 1971 [13 July 1970] 32859/71 Heading G5R An assembly for stabilizing a stack of records S on the centre spindle 13 of a record player comprises a stabilizing element 24, 25 which maintains the plane of the records at an angle, e.g. 6 degrees, to the turntable plane and which in use is guided for vertical movement in a support 20. The element includes a first arm 24 terminated at its free end by ring 31 which is biased into engagement with the top record of the stack by spring 27 and a second arm 25 which is formed with a slot 26 through which a roller 23 of the support extends and with an abutment 25c and guide part 25e with which a second roller 22 of the support co-operates. Records can be loaded on the spindle 13 when the stabilizing element is lifted and pivoted until abutment 25c engages on roller 22. In use the element is guided for vertical movement by roller 23 in slot 26 and the engagement of guide part 25e with roller 22. When the last record has been played the arm 24 pivots to a horizontal position in which it is held by a bridge member 21 of the support. The downward and outward movement of the end 25c of arm 25 moves an element 29 whereby operation of the player is brought to a halt at the next record change sequence. The shelf supporting the records on the spindle 13 is formed at the same angle, e.g. 6 degrees, to the turn-table plane.
Patent GB-1469981-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic cylinder
IPC: F16J15/56
Filed: 1974-07-25
Abstract: 1469981 Pistons ISHIKAWAJIMAHARIMA JUKOGYO KK 25 July 1974 [26 July 1973] 32881/74 Heading F2T In an hydraulic actuator, the force exerted by fluid pressure P1 on the top of seal ring 3 is counterbalanced by a force acting on the underside of the ring, due to the pressure P1 being transmitted, via duct 23, to the area between the packing rings 19 and 20. Wear due to lateral loads, when the actuator is used as a roll support, in a hot steel rolling mill, is thus reduced. An additional seal ring 16 may be provided.
Patent GB-1007134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in optical instruments
IPC: G01C5/00
Filed: 1960-09-26
Abstract: 1,007,134. Sighting levels. E. R. BROOKE. Sept. 22, 1961 [Sept. 26,1960], No. 32920/60. Heading G1F. [Also in Divisions G2 and F3] A sighting level comprises a housing 1 with entrance windows 2, 4 for light passing to reflectors 21, 22 within the housing, these reflectors directing the light to crossed reflectors 17,18 for viewing through a window 5 in the top of the housing. Reflectors 17,18 intersect in a line contained in a vertical plane extending centrally of the window 5 and in a horizontal plane extending parallel to a platform 12 supporting the reflectors. In use, therefore, a sighted object diposed in this horizontal plane in front of the instrument will form coextensive visual images in the vertical plane, but if the sighted object is offset from the horizontal plane the visual images will be disposed in opposite sides of the vertical plane. Platform 12 has upstanding lugs 13 forming ears 14 in which knife edged apertures are formed and embrace an M- shaped wire 9 (supported on blocks 8 of the housing) so that the platform is pendulously supported. When the instrument is not in use, the knife edges are lifted clear by ears 14 being engaged by conical recesses 24 in the heads of slidable studs 23 which are screwed to plates 27, these plates being guided by studs in the bottom of the housing and being spring pressed together. By attaching the instrument to a tripod head 34, the plates 27 are moved apart and release the ears 14 so that platform 12 becomes pendulous. In an alternative arrangement, platform 12 is fixed in the housing and a bubble level is provided for setting the instrument in a horizontal attitude. Also, the four reflectors may be replaced by a single transparent block having plane faces for internal reflection of the light rays.
Patent GB-1442853-A (GB)
Title: Ankle joint
IPC: A61F2/66
Filed: 1973-07-10
Abstract: 1442853 Artificial ankle joints J PRAHL and DR K PRAHL [trading as IPOS Ges FUR INTEGRIERTE PROTHESEN ENTWICKLUNG UND ORTHOPADIETECHNISCHEN SERVICE mbH & CO KG 10 July 1973 [1 Aug 1972] 32934/73 Heading A5R An ankle joint for an artificial leg comprises a foot support element 1 having an ankle pivot bearing pin 2 an which is mounted an eye of a first eye bolt 5 for attachment to the artificial leg, pivotal movement between the eye and the pin 2 being limited by a second eye bolt 8, the eye of which is threaded on the shaft of the first eye bolt 5, the shaft of the second eye bolt being supported for limited axial movement in a bearing in the support element 1, and bearing elements being provided between the eyes of the bolts 5, 8 and the pin 2 and the shaft of the first eye bolt 5, respectively. The shaft of the second eye bolt 8 supports a plate 10 which is movable as the ankle pivots between limits defined by further elements 11, 13 mounted in the support element 1. A brake 14 in the support element 1 is pressed against the outer surface 17 of the eye of the first eye bolt 5 by a spring 15, the outer surface 17 being part-spherical.
Patent GB-1332385-A (GB)
Title: Multiple-tool carrier holder
IPC: B23B29/24
Filed: 1971-07-14
Abstract: 1332385 Tool holding apparatus CHARLES WILLEN & CIE 14 July 1971 [4 Sept 1970] 32953/71 Heading B3T  A multiple tool-carrier holder comprises a body portion 1 having a shank 2 extending therefrom to facilitate its attachment to a lathe part, the body having external means for securing thereto a plurality of individual toolcarriers 9 and having a tapered recess 3 coaxial with the shank for the reception of a coaxially mounted tool-carrier. The externally mounted carriers 9 are located on respective surfaces of the body portion by pins 16 and are secured by screws 12. Each carrier 9 is provided with a bore 10 which extends parallel to the axis of the shank, each bore being adapted to receive a shank of a cutting tool (not shown). The cutting tools are each clamped by a locking rod which extends tangentially and transversely to the respective bores 10, through a bore 11.
Patent GB-1447717-A (GB)
Title: Manual automotive transmission
IPC: F16H59/02
Filed: 1974-07-26
Abstract: 1447717 Change-speed control NISSAN MOTOR CO Ltd 26 July 1974 [31 July 1973] 33034/74 Heading F2D Gear disengagement forces in a manual gearbox are resisted by abutments, additional to spring-biased locating means coacting with a slidable selector, brought into engagement with each other by a force produced in interengaging gear means and released on operation of manual means to slide the selector to a gear-disengaged position. As shown, a reverse gear idler 18 is slidable on a shaft 22 into and out of mesh with a wheel 12 by a fork 34 carried by a selector shaft 24 and actuated by a manually operated lever 36. The shaft is so mounted in supports 26, 28 that, in response to any rightward movement of the wheel 18, it is tilted about the support 28, acting as a fulcrum, to compress the spring 46 of a locating ball 42 and bring a surface 50 into abutment with a surface 52. Clockwise movement of the lever 36 produces a moment on the shaft-fork assembly which lifts the shaft to allow it to be moved to its neutral position, defined by a recess 40, in which the wheel 18 is disengaged from the wheel 12. In a modification, the abutment surface 50 is formed by the provision of a reduced-diameter eccentric portion of the shaft 24.
Patent GB-485994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to books and the like
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 1937-11-30
Abstract: 485,994. Books. CRADDOCK, E. A. Nov. 30, 1937, No. 33038. [Class 16] A multiple book construction comprises a cover a<1> foldable along a hinge line b, and two or more booklets d, d<1> having their spines attached to the cover along the hinge line thereby enabling the pages of one booklet to be compared with that of another. The cover a<1> can be extended and provided with several hinge lines, and two or more booklets can be secured on each alternate hinge line. The hinges allow the cover to be folded up in zigzag fashion. The book may be used for educational purposes by providing maps, diagrams, and printed matter on the pages of the booklets.
Patent GB-923902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to condenser systems
IPC: F28B9/04
Filed: 1959-09-30
Abstract: <PICT:0923902/III/1> In a condenser system such as a steam condenser in a ship, wherein coolant is pumped into the condenser through pipe 3 and is discharged through pipe 4, the amount of coolant, e.g. sea water, supplied per unit of time is controlled, in accordance with the temperature of the coolant or the absolute pressure in the condenser, by means of valve 6 in a by-pass 5 joining pipe 4 to pipe 3, while the amount of coolant discharged from the system per unit of time is maintained constant by auxiliary valve 7.  Valves 6 and 7 may be adjusted manually, or they may be of the motorized type controlled by a temperature-sensitive device or an absolute pressure indicator on the one hand and by a flow meter on the other hand.
Patent GB-1156175-A (GB)
Title: Change-Over Valve
IPC: B65G53/56
Filed: 1966-07-22
Abstract: 1,156,175. Pneumatic conveyers. BUHLER GEB. 22 July, 1966 [6 Aug., 1965], No. 33187/66. Heading B8A. [Also in Division F2] A change-over valve at a junction between two pneumatic conveyer pipes comprises a pivoted flap member 10 which, at its pivot end in the angle 9 between pipe connections 6, 7, sealingly engages a seating within the valve housing and which is adapted to be removed through an aperture in the valve housing. In the embodiment shown, the aperture 33 is provided in the angle 9 and is normally closed by a member 40 the inner end of which rests on a part cylindrical surface of a rearwardly projecting portion of packing 15 which extends between the two portions 11, 12 of the flap member 10. In further embodiments, Figs. 3, 5 (not shown), the closure member is held in the aperture in sealing engagement with the flap member by a tightening screw. In a further embodiment, Fig. 4 (not shown), an aperture is provided whereby the flap member may be withdrawn laterally. The closure member supports a bearing for the pivot shaft of the flap member and is provided with an adjustment screw whereby the flap member seal may be urged against a seating in the angle 9 of the housing.
Patent GB-1235915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of polyurethane foam
Inventor: PETZETAKIS NICHOLAS GEORGE
IPC: B29C44/28
Filed: 1968-07-01
Abstract: 1,235,915. Continuous casting of polymeric foam. HELLENIC PLASTICS & RUBBER INDUSTRY N. & M. PETZETAKIS S.A. 1 July, 1968 [1 July, 1967], No. 33226/68. Heading B5A. Polymeric foam is continuously cast on a conveyer and the sides of the foam are restrained by a lining which moves and rises with the foam so that the top surface of the foam, after setting, is substantially flat. The lining surfaces move over side surfaces and are stretched longitudinally in the area where the foam rises so that there is no substantial relative movement between the top of the foam and the lining surface. The lining surface 96 is stretched between idler rolls 11 and pinch rolls 12, the idler rolls comprising two non-parallel rollers around which the sheet runs, the rollers being rotatable about the vertical to increase the stretching and the angle of rise of the sheet. The positions of the rolls 11, 12 are longitudinally adjustable.
Patent GB-387794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to packing cases
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1931-12-01
Abstract: 387,794. Pacldng-cases for bottles. BROWN, H. J. STUART-, BROWN, C. STUART-, and BROWN, G. STUART-, 204, Polmadie Road, Glasgow. Dec. 1, 1931, No. 33255. [Class 18.] A case for bottles in which the bottles are packed neck to neck is provided with a diaphragm through apertures in which the necks of the bottles are inserted ; the diaphragm comprises a series of plates 1 superposed edge to edge and composed of multi-ply strawboard, corrugated paper, &c., and the individual sheets 2 of each plate are cut before assembly to form notches 4 of slightly different sizes so that, when the sheets 2 are united, two superposed notches present a substantially conical surface conforming to a bottle shoulder.
Patent GB-995693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to composite trough conveyors
Inventor: BRAUN ERNST
IPC: B65G19/28
Filed: 1963-08-22
Abstract: 995,693. Endless scraper conveyers. E. BRAUN, H. HALBACH, and G. BRAUN. Aug. 22, 1963, No. 33295/63. Heading B8A. An endless scraper chain conveyer comprises sheet metal trough sections 4a, 4b, 4c &c. which have lateral flanges 10a, 10b with rows of holes, 11a, 11b, 11a<SP>1</SP>, 11b<SP>1</SP> therein extending from either the side walls of the trough or from superimposed sheet metal pieces 10, the rows of holes of adjacent trough sections or superimposed sheets 10 thereof overlapping one another and being connected by hinge bolts 21 inserted into the holes. Each flange of each trough section has two holes at one end and one hole at the other end, the two holed end of one section engaging with the one holed end of the adjacent trough section. Thus by passing the bolts 21 through various arrangements of holes 11a 11b, 11a<SP>1</SP>, 11b<SP>1</SP> the conveyer can be caused to curve to either right or left, Fig. 8, and to rise or fall, Fig. 9, the bolts being secured by a locking device 21a. The flanges slope relative to the sides of the trough so that the contact lines of the flanges are approximately parallel with the troughs. Recesses 4e in the sides of the trough sections house stabilizing pins in the trough joint area, and incorporate washers 10m for screws 10k by which the sheets 10 are secured to the trough sections.
Patent GB-474797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cathode ray oscillographs and like devices
IPC: H01J29/92
Filed: 1936-12-05
Abstract: 474,797. Cathode-ray tubes. ZEITLINE, V., ZEITLINE, A., and KLIATCHKO, V. Dec. 5, 1936, No. 33436. Convention date, June 26. [Class 39 (i)] In means for producing metallic coatings on the inner surface of cathode-ray tubes and making contact therewith comprising a spring arm C carrying metal to be volatilized to form the coating and held in position parallel to the axis of the tube by a wire F which is afterwards fused to allow the arm to make contact with the coating, the fusible wire F is secured to one of the deflector plates and the metal G to be volatilized in the neighbourhood of this plate, so that the metallic coating is thickest in the portion of the tube opposite the deflector plates.