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Patent GB-691690-A (GB)
Title: Grating apparatus
IPC: A47J43/25
Filed: 1950-04-05
Abstract: 691,690. Graters. SOC. DE MATERIELS INDUSTRIELS ET AGRICOLES DE RAPAGE G.U.I.R.A.P. April 5, 1950 [April 5, 1949], No. 8540/50. Class 28 (ii). A grater comprises a rotary disc R with one or more grating blades coiled in a spiral S on its face. A distancing strip or strips may be provided to hold the spiral turns in position. The material to be grated may be resiliently pressed against the grating blades by a non- rotary disc F which receives the material from a feed spout G. The spiral may terminate as an inner circle fixed on the centre of the disc R forming a circular chamber to collect stones &c. The spout G may feed some of the material into and then through a short tube forming a chamber C<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 5, which may telescope into the inner circle G of the spiral S.
Patent GB-120858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1918-05-23
Abstract: 120,858. Schroeder, F. W. May 23, 1918. Incandescent gas burners; mantle supports. - The mantle ring fits closely on the massive burner mouth of an inverted burner, and upwardly extending passageways in the f o r m of shallow grooves are formed along the inner wall of the mantle ring or along the outer wall a<4> of the burner mouth, or on both, so that the combustion products escaping from inside the mantle are divided into a number of streams which flow in contact with, and so effect the heating of, the burner head. The upper part a of the burner mouth is coned or tapered and' arranged to project beyond the lower part a<1>, which is of smaller size and tapers downwardly. The upper part a may be grooved on its outer surface, and has integral depending lugs a<2> with which engage external lugs on the mantle ring.
Patent GB-435318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supporting attachments for cameras, projectors, and the like
IPC: F16M11/12
Filed: 1934-03-19
Abstract: 435,318. Stand heads. SCHALIE, H. VAN DER, 224, Laan van Poot, The Hague. March 19, 1934, No. 8594. [Class 52 (v)] [See also Group XX] A mounting, for attachment to a stand, to support a camera &c. is provided with gearing whereby the camera &c. can be rotated about three separate axes. In the form shown one of these axis is vertical and the other two are horizontal axis at right-angles to each other. The base 1, to be screwed on to a stand head, is integral with a worm wheel 3 embraced by a casing comprising parts 4, 5 secured together by bolts 6, 7. A worm 10, journalled in the casing and operated by a knob 12, gears with the wheel 3 to enable the casing to be turned about a vertical axis. The upper parts 15, 16 of the members 4, 5 have spherical external surfaces, and internal surfaces which are partly spherical and partly vertical. Within the parts 15, 16 a member 17 is rotatably mounted on the bolt 6 and is formed with grooves 18, 19, one on each side of an upstanding part 20 the upper surface of which is arcuate and toothed. The lower side of the member 17 is also provided with a toothed part 21 lying in a plane at right-angles to that of the part 20. The upper part of the mounting consists of parts 25, 26 connected together at their upper ends by a nipple 27 and having portions 29 engaging the external spherical surfaces of the members 15, 16. The members 25, 26 are also provided with downwardly-extending parts 30, 31 which enter the grooves 18, 19 and are pivotally attached to the member 17 by screws 32, 33. A worm 35 journalled in the members 25, 26 and having a knob 37 gears with the toothed segment 20 and a worm 22, journalled in the casing members 4, 5 and having a knob 24, gears with the segment 21. Rotation of the knob 24 causes the member 17 to turn about the bolt 6, and rotation of the knob 37 causes the upper part 25, 26 to turn on the lower part 15, 16 about the screws 32, 33. The camera &c. is attached to the nipple 27.
Patent GB-199477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to kinematograph apparatus
IPC: G03B1/18
Filed: 1922-03-24
Abstract: 199,477. Lane, C. J. March 24, 1922. Kinematograph apparatus. - Kinematograph pictures are exhibited by means of a casing containing mechanism for intermittently feeding a picture strip and also a switch whereby the lamp circuit is closed only when the strip is stationary; the casing is adapted to be fitted to an electric torch or other portable electric lamp. As shown the casing 28 has a threaded socket 30 which is. screwed on to the casing 11 of an electric torch in place of the cap normally keeping the lens 26 in place. The casing 28 has an aperture 32 in a wall 31, which may be inclined at about 60‹ to the wall containing the socket 30. The picture strip is fed under an outer wall 34, secured at one edge only, and across the aperture 32, by means of two or more rollers 40, 42, the rollers having toothed or milled edges or edges covered with rubber, and being on shafts geared together. The roller 42 is mounted in slots 49 in pivoted arms 44, which are spring-pressed towards the roller 40. A driving shaft 35 rotatable by a handle outside the casing is provided, and carries a mutilated gear 37 which intermittently drives a gear on the shaft 39 carrying the roller 40. The gear 37 engages a contact button 56 on a conducting strip 55 when it is not in driving connection with the gear 40. The strip 55 is integral with, or connected to, a strip 27 which passes through a notch in the edge of the lens 26 and contacts with the reflector 20. A circuit is thus established which, when the usual switch 22 is closed, is closed only when the rollers 40, 42 are stationary, the normal lamp circuit being 'broken by the provision of an insulating ring 21 between the usual metal end-piece 13 and the reflector 20. The casing 28 has a viewing aperture opposite the aperture 32, and the viewing aperture is provided with a shield 33. The shield may be fitted with a projection lens at its inner end and a ground glass screen at its outer end to receive the projected picture.
Patent GB-748682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a pipe connecting method and means
IPC: E03C1/122
Filed: 1954-03-24
Abstract: 748,682. Pipe-joints; repairing pipes. BOWLES, A. H. Oct. 29, 1954 [March 24, 1954], No. 8641/54. Classes 99(1) and 99(2). In means for effecting a connection between a first pipe 10 and a socket 11 on the end of a second pipe comprising a connecting piece 13 having a socket 14, connected to a spigot by an intermediate portion which presents an internal shoulder 15 at the base of the socket 14 the latter being engaged over the first pipe 10, and the spigot being located in  the socket 11, the socket 14 has a depth greater than that of the socket 11 whilst a sleeve 12 is inserted into the socket 14 to facilitate caulking the joint; the invention also relates to a method of making such a connection. The shoulder 15 of the cast-iron connecting piece 13 is conical whilst the brass sleeve 12 has a flange 16 that is passed over the pipe 10, which pipe is then moved out of alignment with the socket 11 to allow the socket 14 to be passed thereover ; the pipe 10 is realigned with the socket 11 to permit the lower end of the piece 13 to enter the latter. The sleeve 12 is next lowered so that the flange 16 is supported by the seating 15 whereupon the two joints are caulked by yarn 17 and lead 18. The piece 13 may be used to replace a defective portion of an existing pipe system.
Patent GB-596601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hand operated presses
IPC: B29C43/00
Filed: 1945-04-09
Abstract: 596,601. Mechanical presses. DIXON & CO., Ltd., T. H., and ENTWISLE, J. April 9, 1945, No. 8742. [Class 87 (ii)] Apparatus for the simultaneous moulding of a number of articles comprises a number of hand operated presses disposed upon a hot plate or plates B, each press including a fixed lower platen a, and an upper platen d movable with but adjustable relatively to an upper plate e adapted to be depressed by a cam n operated by a handle p, connections being provided between all the presses for common operation from any one of them and said connections being releasable to enable the presses to be operated independently. The connecting means comprise bars q extending along each side of the series of presses and having slots r engaging over pins s extending from each side of each plate e. Dogs t slidable on the pins s are moved into engagement with the bars q to lock the pins to the bars, so that the whole series can be operated from any one of the handles p. The upper platen d and plate e of each press are slidable on uprights c and the platen is adjusted for different thicknesses of work by rotating the screwed sleeve h. The cams n act directly on the plates e and are mounted on a shaft o through which pass studs k connected to each plate e and carrying springs m which open the presses after a moulding operation. The hot plate and lower platens are heated by steam or electricity; the presses may each be mounted on a separate hot plate and the upper platens may be individually heated. According to the Provisional Specification the handles p and not the plates e are interconnected, so that all, or any number, of the presses can be operated from one handle.
Patent GB-126186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Odometers.
Inventor: COWEY LEONARD EUGENE
IPC: G01P3/02
Filed: 1918-05-28
Abstract: 126,186. Cowey, L. E. May 28, 1918 Odometers. - In an odometer adapted to show total and daily mileages, the daily mileage is indicated by a pointer carried on a rotated ring and set to zero by movement on the ring in one direction only. The channelled ring A is internally toothed and driven from the primary shaft F by reducing gearing including an eccentric-operated pawl engaging a ratchet wheel on the units counting shaft E. In the channel c of the ring A is arranged a pointer B, the inner end of which is formed as a spring. One arm b<1> of this spring prevents movement of the pointer with respect to the ring in an anticlockwise direction, while the other end b<2> is tangentially arranged and allows clockwise movement for zeroizing. The pointer is reset by rotating the outer casing d carrying a spring D which engages the pointer B in the clockwise direction, but slips past it if turned in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-526953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with lamp reflectors, globes or such like
IPC: F21V17/12
Filed: 1939-03-22
Abstract: 526,953. Bolting. THORPE, Ltd., F. W., and THORPE, E. G. March 22, 1939, No. 9026. [Class 89 (i)] A support 1, Fig. 1, for a lamp reflector, globe &c. of material such as vitreous enamelled metal, glass, or other substance in which holes for gallery screws 6 cannot well be tapped, is provided with rectangular or elongated apertures to receive clinch nuts 8 having tongues 11 bent up parallel to the axis of the nut, for insertion in the hole, and afterwards clinched as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-1457381-A (GB)
Title: Penicillin derivative and microbiological and semisynthetic methods for its production
IPC: C07D499/62
Filed: 1975-03-06
Abstract: 1457381 Penicillin derivative RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES 6 March 1975 [7 March 1974] 9245/75 Heading C2C The invention comprises the D-compound of formula  and its salts with pharmaceutically acceptable cations. If may be made by (1) cultivating Scremonium chrysogenum ATCC 20389 in a medium containing assimilable sources of C, N inorganic salts, L-lysine and L-carboxymethylcysteine under submerged aerobic conditions. or (2) reacting D-cysteine with 6-haloacetamidopenicillanic acid. Method (2) may be adapted to make the L- and DL-analogues of the D-compound. The said organism, which is claimed per se, is made by ultraviolet radiation of Cephalosporium sp. BROTZU strain, ATCC 11550. Therapeutic compositions having antibacterial activity comprise the above compound and may be administered orally or parenterally.
Patent GB-347830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pyrophoric lighters
IPC: G04B47/00
Filed: 1930-03-22
Abstract: 347,830. Igniters combined with watches. BOBOLLIER, G., 85, Hatton Garden, London. March 22, 1930, No. 9258. [Class 75 (iii).] In a pyrophoric igniter in which a watch is carried in a side wall, the body of the watch 5 fits in a depression 4 and the operating stem 8 for the winding and setting is pivoted to a forked pin 9 screwed through the end wall 7 into a slot 6 so that the watch can be swung outwardly to allow of relative movement between the igniter and watch for winding and setting the watch. A screwdriver 13 may be provided on the plug 14 for adjusting the screw which regulates the spring holding the flint against the friction-wheel.
Patent GB-849675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pneumatic tyres
IPC: B60C17/06
Filed: 1957-03-21
Abstract: 849,675. Centrifugally moulding tyre parts. ALWEG-FORSCHUNG G.m.b.H. March 21, 1957 [March 27, 1956], No. 9280/57. Class 87(2). [Also in Group XXXIV] An emergency running ring of thermoplastic material (see Group XXXIV) is centrifugally cast into an envelope 16 within a pneumatic tyre 9, by locating the beads of the tyre respec - tively on two axially spaced cylinders 26, 29 which are attached (bolted) as shown, directly and by arms 30 respectively, to a rotatable disc 24 the plastic material being introduced through the space between the cylinders. The cylinders 26, 29 carry bead locating rings 28, 31 respectively.
Patent GB-941494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for use with flying helmets
Inventor: LOBELLE MARCEL JULES ODILON
IPC: A62B17/00
Filed: 1961-03-14
Abstract: 941,494. Pressurised suits. M. L. AVIATION CO. Ltd. March 9, 1962 [March 14, 1961], No. 9312/61. Heading A3V. [Also in Division B7] The helmet 1 of a pressurised flying suit is held against sudden movement upwards when the suit is pressurised by a cord 10 attached to the back of the suit and through an adjusting strap 15 to a piston arm 16 which is moved down when the increased air pressure from the helmet is fed to a valve system (Fig. 3, not shown) in a box 19.
Patent GB-559171-A (GB)
Title: Multi-wheel bogie for heavy trailers
IPC: B60G5/02
Filed: 1942-07-07
Abstract: 559,171. Trailer vehicle suspensions and fore-carriage turning-arrangements. NORTH, O. D., HUGH, P. G., and SCAMMELL LORRIES, Ltd. July 7, 1942, No. 9380. [Class 108 (ii)] A multi-wheel bogie for a trailer comprises a turntable 2 or main body provided fore and aft on its longitudinal centre line with two co-axial, independent, horizontal trunnions 17 and midway between its ends with two co-axial lateral trunnions 18, a quadrilateral frame formed by four beams 19, 20 universally jointed to each other and articulated midway between their ends to the trunnions, and wheel axles, to which the road wheels 1 are connected, carried by a parallel pair of the beams. In the eight-wheel, dirigible bogie shown, the trunnions 17, 18 are carried by brackets 17a, 18a welded to the turntable 2, and the beams are connected together by ball and socket joints 23, 24 which may incorporate toughened rubber to compensate for the arcs of travel of the ends of the beams, or short links or other means may be provided for this purpose. Alternatively, one pair of beams may have a limited sliding movement on their trunnions to accommodate the arcuate movement of the other pair of beams. The axle housings 27 of each pair of road wheels 1 have projecting parts 27a journalled on longitudinallyextending trunnions 28 secured in transverse webs 26 of the side beams 20 so that the four wheel axles have independent freedom of oscillation in transverse planes. Laminated springs, rubber shock-absorbers, &c. may be interposed between the axle housings and the turntable to limit oscillation of the beams. For steering purposes the turntable 2 is adapted to turn on a king-pin 3 fixed centrally in a cross framemember 5 at the end of the trailer chassis 6, a ball and socket connection 3a, 7 between the turntable and king-pin allowing limited universal movement of the turntable. This movement is damped by compression springs 8 each interposed between the member 5 and a plate 11 pivoted on brackets 10 thereon, a rod 13 held by a nut 12 on the plate 11 passing freely through the spring and the member 5 and having at its lower end a ball and socket connection 13a with a block 14 which bears on an annular anti-friction rail 15 fixed to the turntable. In a modification applied to a four-wheel bogie, the beams 19 are replaced by transverse axles on the ends of which the wheels are mounted.
Patent GB-712294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vertical hot water boilers
IPC: F24H1/26
Filed: 1952-04-16
Abstract: 712,294. Hot-water boilers. PLAISTER, A. J. April 8, 1953 [April 16, 1952], No. 9499/52. Class 64(1) In a hot - water boiler in which a water space 10 at least partly surrounds a fuel chamber 11 which in use is normally full of burning solid fuel, a cylindrical or prismatic body 16 is located in the centre of the fuel chamber. The body may be of circular or octagonal 1 crosssection, solid or hollow, and of cast iron or other heat-resisting material. If it is hollow, at least its upper end is closed. It is supported by a cross-bar 17 or by two crossbars.
Patent GB-1205663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to an appliance for inspecting, closing the toe portions and pneumatically conveying stockings or the like
Inventor: SALTIEL JOSEPH PEPO
IPC: D05B23/00
Filed: 1968-02-27
Abstract: 1,205,663. Making hosiery. J. P. SALTIEL. 27 Feb., 1968 [7 Nov., 1967; 15 Nov., 1967], No. 9501/68. Heading A3V: [Also in Division D1] An appliance for inspecting hosiery, closing the toes on foot portions thereof and for pneumatically conveying such goods is characterized in that it has at least two testing forms 1 and 2 mounted on a rotatable support 5, a pneumatic conveyance circuit 12, 40, and a system of automatic assembly 61 (see Heading D1G), each form may occupy successively at least two positions, one wherein the stocking is inspected the other wherein the stocking is closed by the automatic assembly system and wherein said stocking is evacuated by the pneumatic conveyance circuit.
Patent GB-314569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tubular couplings
IPC: F16L37/12
Filed: 1928-03-29
Abstract: 314,569. Anglo-Persian Oil Co., I.td.., (Woolley, A.). March 29, 1928. Couplings, disconnectible. -Two pipes are coupled by means of a tubular member a which is bolted to a flange on one of the pipes and is provided with clamping dogs e adapted to engage a flange on the second pipe. The clamping dogs are supported in trunnion blocks l which are positioned in spiral-shaped slots j<2> formed in a cam plate j which is mounbed on a carrier plate i. The latter is threaded on a rotatable tubular boss f, surrounding the member a and provided with handles g, and is provided with radial slots i<2>, through which the dogs e project while a cover plate k, supported on the carrier plate and bearing against the cam plate, is provided with like radial slots k<1>. The coupling member is completed by a thrust plate d screwed on the end thereof and also having radial slots d<2>, to accommodate the dogs e and prevent rotation of the carriar plate when the boss f is rotated. In operation, rotation of the the cam plate j by means of a handle j<1> thereon will cause the clamping dogs to move radially inwards or outwards, while rotation of the bush f will move the carrier plate i and said dogs in an axial direction.
Patent GB-1060974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to seat safety belt shockabsorbers
IPC: B60R22/28
Filed: 1964-03-06
Abstract: 1,060,974. Safety harnesses. H. VON UBISCH, B. ODELGARD and E. NESSE. March 6, 1964 [March 6, 1963], No. 9549/64. Heading A3V. [Also in Division F2] A seat safety belt shock absorber comprises shock damping means in the form of a coiled element of substantially non-resilient strip material which is adapted to be connected to the safety belt at one of its fixation points and which, when unwound by shock retardation forces exceeding a predetermined minimum value, is straightened out with plastic deformation to allow the effective length of the safety belt to increase continuously and at the same time to dampen the shock. One end of a coil of rigid metal strip 5 is attached to an end of the vehicle safety belt 8 and passes through a slot 4 in a mounting 1 secured to a vehicle or through a slot in the vehicle body. The width of the metal strip increases towards the inner end of the coil. At a predetermined retardation the metal strip is drawn through the slot and permanently straightened. Alternatively two metal strips superimposed one on the other and secured to the vehicle are wound into separate coils and the external free ends are welded together and secured to the safety belt.
Patent GB-965383-A (GB)
Title: Hot air generator
IPC: F24H3/06
Filed: 1963-03-11
Abstract: 965,383. Air heating stoves. LA COUVINOISE S.A. March 11, 1963 [April 25, 1962], No. 9594/63. Heading F4S. A hot air generator comprises an outer sheath 1 which carries in its lower end a burner 3 the gases from which rise through a hollow metal heating body 4 and through the hollow and radially arranged elements 7 of a heat exchanger 6 surmounting the body, which heat exchanger is capped by a smokebox 12 provided with a lateral or upwardly directed outlet. A fan 2 introduces the air to be heated which flows over the outside of the body 4 and heat exchanger 6. The heat exchanger is secured to the heating body below and to the smoke box above by coaxial rings 5 and 11. A deflector 10 deflects air into the recesses between the elements 7, which are of sector shape and formed from stamped sheets welded together.