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Patent GB-426918-A (GB)
Title: Studs for studded thoroughfares and the like
IPC: E01F9/553
Filed: 1934-09-27
Abstract: 426,918. Road surface markings. AMAND, R. A., 2, Rue d'Herchies, Baudour, Belgium. Sept. 27, 1934, Nos. 27755 and 27756. Convention dates, Nov. 28, 1933 and Aug. 28, 1934. [Class 87 (i)] Traffic-indicating studs for roads consist of a concrete block a made with white cement and reinforced at the upper end by a metal frame b, Fig. 4 ; fragments of white or coloured marble are embedded in the top face. The frame b surrounds the block and has inwardly directed arms integral with an inner frame part b1. The block may be cylindrical, and the frame b may have depending arms c to reinforce the lower part of the block which may be hollow. The frame may be copper, white metal, aluminium, or other metal. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the frame is embedded in a rectangular block and projects above the road surface ; it is filled in with fragments of marble to show up the rounded part, and carborundum crystals may be added to the mass.
Patent GB-1147496-A (GB)
Title: Galvanometer
IPC: G01R11/02
Filed: 1967-06-16
Abstract: 1,147,496. Electric meters; indicating apparatus. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ELECTRIC CORP. June 16, 1967 [June 17, 1966], No.27789/67. Headings G1J and G1Q. The coil 1 of a moving coil galvanometer is torsionally suspended, at least one end (as shown the top end) of the coil being secured to the inner end of a torsion band or wire 2 whose outer end is secured to a fixed support 3. The latter has a curved portion which is tangentially engaged by the torsion band at a point on the coil's axis of rotation, the band beyond this point being wrapped around the curved portion and secured to a portion off the axis: the band is secured to the coil by wrapping the band round a cylindrical pin 7 Figs. 2 and 4 (not shown), carried by a fitting attached to the coil. The other (lower) end of the coil is preferably secured to a second torsion band in a like manner. The or each support 3 is made of resilient material so that the suspension may be pre-tensioned before securing the band to the support, and the upper and lower supports may be relatively rotated to impart torsional pre-tension to the suspension. The coil rotates in the space between a hollow cylindrical yoke 11 and a core magnet consisting of a diametrically magnetized cylinder 12, Fig. 5, to which are secured polepieces 10, 10'. The gaps 35, 36 between the edges of the polepieces are disposed in line with ferromagnetic screws 20, 20' which are a clearance fit in respective radial holes in the yoke 11 and are gripped between insulating members 17, 19. These members are held tight against screws 20, 20' by the screws 15, 18 which also hold the assembly together. The screws 20, 20' are radially adjusted to vary the instrument sensitivity. The pointer 21 has a detachable tip in the form of a plastic sleeve and carries balance weights 24, 25 (not shown, but diametrically opposite weight 24) and 26. Each of these weights is a wire helix adjustable by rotation in the manner of a screw thread, a projection 33, Fig. 3, on each of the weight-carrying arms being gripped between adjacent turns of the corresponding helix.
Patent GB-659043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in method and apparatus for brazing beryllium
IPC: B23K1/00
Filed: 1949-10-31
Abstract: In joining beryllium or beryllium base alloy to copper &c. by placing between them a thin layer of more fusible metal and applying heat and pressure, this layer may comprise copper containing under 5.1 per cent of beryllium preferably 1.95 to 2.25 per cent.  The beryllium base alloy may comprise beryllium containing under 2 per cent of titanium or zirconium as described in U.S.A.  Specification 2,306,592.
Patent GB-1009087-A (GB)
Title: Fluid coupling
IPC: F16L37/34
Filed: 1962-07-19
Abstract: 1,009,087. Pipe couplings. AEROQUIP CORPORATION A.G. July 19, 1962 [July 24, 1961], No. 27879/62. Heading F2G. A fluid coupling includes a pair of body members 10 and 74 with attachment means 68 and 114 for interconnection, each having a pair of concentric passages 16 and 36; 80 and 86 each connectable to its corresponding passage with valves 30 and 94 whereby each of the pairs of passages are closed when disconnected from those in the other body member, but opened when interconnected. The passages of each pair may be interconnected through holes 72 and 110 when the valves are closed. Connectors 26 and 88 feed the outer annular passages 16 and 86, and 28 and 90 the inner ones. The passages 36 and 80 are axially aligned when connected and branch into multiple ports 34 and 82 at their front ends. The valves which close the passages are urged on to their seatings by springs 46 and 104. Sealing rings are provided where appropriate. A ring of balls 108 are retained in an extension 106 of the member 74 by deformed edges (not shown) of their radial seating holes so as to allow them limited radial movement. A ring of balls 56 in the outer circumference of the member 10 are located in their seating holes by spring- loaded sliding elements 64 and 58. When the body members are offered for interconnection the head of the member 78 surrounding the passage 80 engages a recess in the head of valve 30. The balls 108 then ride over a shoulder 54 on the valve sleeve 48 and a shoulder 114 on the extension 106 abuts and moves the ball retainer 58 clear of the inner end of the seating holes of the balls 56. This enables the balls 54 to move inwards and lock behind the shoulder 114 as in Fig. 4, urged by a cam surface 68 on the slider 64 which is moved by the spring 66. The valves 30 and 94 have meanwhile been pushed back until they seat on the annular seals 44 and 102 respectively so that the passages 16 and 86, 36 and 80 are interconnected. A skirt 40 on the valve 30 closes the holes 72 and a skirt 112 on the valve 94 closes the hole 110 so that the main passages of each member are no longer interconnected. The members are disconnected by pushing back the slider 64 to permit the balls 54 to move outwards into the cam recess 68. Figs. 5 and 6 (not shown), illustrate an embodiment in which holes 72 and 110 are omitted together with the corresponding skirts on the valves so that the passages in each member are permanently separated.
Patent GB-1341584-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for trimming blow moulded plastic articles
IPC: B29C49/74
Filed: 1971-06-15
Abstract: 1341584 Trimming blow-moulded articles OWENS-ILLINOIS Inc 15 June 1971 [15 June 1970] 28018/71 Heading B5A Apparatus for severing flash from blow-moulded articles comprises a cutter-carrying block aligned with the longitudinal axis of the article, a plurality of levers pivoted to the block intermediate their ends, one end of each lever having cutting means thereon and cam means to actuate and pivot the levers into engagement with the flash on the article. As shown in Fig. 2, a bottle 30 having flash 30d to be severed at line 30e is carried by rotating supports 40 and locked thereto by levers 64. The severing device is advanced until adjustable stop nut 128 abuts flash 30d when inner rod 150 is further advanced to move cam 145 against spring 147 and diverge one end 138 of levers 135 medially pivoted to block 125, thereby closing arms 137 of levers 135 and cutters 140 thereon on to the flash. The device is retracted with cutters 140 in their cutting position so as to retain the severed flash. On faster retraction of rod 150, the cutters release the flash.
Patent GB-872867-A (GB)
Title: Process for burning hydrocarbon fuel in an internal combustion engine
IPC: F02B5/02
Filed: 1957-09-06
Abstract: 872,867. Fuel injection engines. SEGGERM, VON, E. A., and SEGGERM, VON, H. E. Sept. 6, 1957, No. 28255/57. Class 7(3). In a fuel injection engine the fuel is sprayed from a nozzle 34 on to the wall of a passage 23 connecting an ignition chamber 18 to the main combustion space 17 and situated at right angles to the end portion 20 of a passage 24 leading to the engine cylinder. The flow of air from the passage 20 during compression is arranged so that one portion flows directly into the chamber 17 without vaporizing the fuel whilst a second portion forms a whirl in a space 47 and vaporizes a portion of the fuel to form an ignitable mixture which flows up passage 23 into the ignition chamber 18, the resultant flame after ignition flowing back through passage 23 over the remaining fuel which is vaporized and burns in the chamber 17. The passage 24 has a tangential groove 81 where it joins the passage 20 so that the portion of the air which flows therethrough is given a helical swirl and directed into the space 47 immediately above the beginning of the patch of fuel 36 formed on the wall of passage 23. The portion of the air which does not enter the groove 81 flows directly into chamber 17 and there sets up swirls which do not vaporize the fuel in the fuel patch 36. The wall 43 opposite the outlet of passage 20 is curved and provided with projections which assist the formation of the whirl in chamber 47 and directs the reflected stream of air in desired directions into the chamber 17 so that the fuel patch 36 is not vaporized until the flame issues from the ignition chamber 18. The mixture may be ignited by a sparking plug 25 or by self ignition. The angular position of the fuel nozzle is adjustable to vary the position of the fuel patch 36 and hence the amount of fuel vaporized by the whirling air in chamber 47. The mixture flowing through passage 23 enters chamber 18 with a whirling motion and is succeeded by air after all the fuel beneath chamber 47 is vaporized, which air keeps the sparking plug terminals clean. In a modification, Fig. 8, a separate air supply passage 94 is provided leading to an annular recess 93 in the chamber 18. A carburetter may be used at starting.
Patent GB-1282216-A (GB)
Title: Switch, particularly for motor vehicles
Inventor: KNEUSELS MAX BERNHARD
IPC: H01H13/02
Filed: 1970-06-11
Abstract: 1282216 Indicators for switches GENERAL MOTORS CORP 11 June 1970 [27 June 1969] 28269/70 Heading H1N In a switch the light from source 22 is reflected by a light conducting body 13, 14 to a switch operating member 11, 12 having an identification marking 18, 19, a tinted plate 26 being brought into the path of the light by actuating the switch operating member 11, 12. As shown, a clear plate 24 and a tinted plate 26 are on the sides of each body 13, 14. In the "off" position, when the push is not depressed, body 14, the light from bulb 22 shines through the clear plate 24 and illuminates indicia 19 with a white light, but in the "on" position, when the push is depressed, body 13, the light from bulb 22 passes through tinted plate 26 to illuminate indicia 18 with a coloured light. The switch is intended for use in cars, the left hand switch operating a fog lamp and the right hand switch operating the rear window heating.
Patent GB-174137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric switches
IPC: H01H15/18
Filed: 1920-10-07
Abstract: 174,137. Painter, F., and Ide, G. H. Oct. 7, 1920. Switches, quick-action, for use in lamp-holders are operated by a transversely sliding member a involving a central U-shaped portion c carrying a spring plunger d, below which is disposed a two-armed member e pivoted at g. To one arm of the member e is secured a contact which cooperates with a fixed contact in the switch base b. Each limb of the portion c of the sliding member a has a claw f adapted to co-operate with a shaped projection of an arm of the pivoted member e in such a manner that the pivoted member e is restrained until after the spring plunger d has moved beyond the centre, and now the pivoted member e being released the spring plunger d displaces the member e with a quick make-or-break action.
Patent GB-195115-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for moulding concrete structures
IPC: E04G17/04
Filed: 1921-10-26
Abstract: 195,115. Goold, L. W., (Blaw-Knox Co.). Oct. 26, 1921. Casting walls in situ.-In shuttering comprising a plurality of mould panels secured together by liners, the horizontal liners are secured to the panels by removable hooked clips C, each of which engages the panel flanges by a hook 12, and has a recess 13 to, receive the liner. The liner is retained in the recess by a wedge 16 entering a slot in the clip, and by a lip 15 on the clip. The vertical liners are secured to the horizontal liners by removable clips 21 having recesses 22 to receive the liners which are secured therein by wedges 24. The liners may be arranged in overlapping relationship on the panels. The tie-rods for the two sides comprise slotted taper flat bars 17 secured by wedges 19 which may also serve as yokes.
Patent GB-1211814-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing cottonseed oil
Inventor: BASHKUTSKAYA IRINA ANDREEVNA
IPC: A23L11/30
Filed: 1969-06-05
Abstract: 1,211,814. Cottonseed cake. VSESOJUZNY NAUCHNO-ISSLEDOVATELSKY INSTITUT ZHIROV. 5 June, 1969, No. 28407/69 Heading A2B. [Also in Division C5] Cottonseed cake is obtained by decorticating the cottonseed; crushing and heating the meats to not more than 90‹C. at a moisture content of 6-9 % by wt.; and extracting the cottonseed oil containing 60-80% of the total gossypol to leave a cottonseed cake containing 0.2-0.4% of combined gossypol and not more than 0.01% of free gossypol. Prior to the heating step the crushed meats may be humidified and maintained at not more than 35‹C. to swell the gossypol glandules and thereafter the meats structurised without expressing the oil. The cottonseed cake may be further extracted with benzine or hexane. Gossypol-free phosphatides obobtained by treating the cottonseed oil solutions may be incorporated in the cake in amount 1-10%.
Patent GB-452500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for cracking and coking hydrocarbon mixtures
IPC: C10B55/00
Filed: 1934-11-19
Abstract: <PICT:0452500/III/1> Hydrocarbon oils or mixtures thereof with solid carbonaceous material, e.g. coal are coked in a series of ovens and the vapours evolved are washed free from solids and fractionated in a fractionating tower, the temperature of which is controlled by fractionating the vapours into light and heavy fractions and bottoms and refluxing the fractions and the bottoms or an extraneous hydrocarbon oil back into the tower after their temperatures have been regulated by passage through heating or cooling means.  The coal-oil mixtures are coked in ovens a and the vapours passed through a collecting main b provided with a valve b<1> into a fractionating column c containing bubble trays c<11> and baffles c<1>.  Fractions are withdrawn from the top of the column and through lines 1 and the condensates are collected in receivers f<1>, m<1> from which the condensates are returned as reflux.  The bottoms collecting in the tower are (1) recirculated through a heater o; (2) pumped by a pump g through a heater h back to the tower through a line g<1> or through a line n to the ovens a; (3) collected in a receiver k and pumped through a line k<1> so as to wash down the plates c<1>, through the line k<11> to the ovens or through the line k<111> to wash the main b.  An external supply of oil may be passed through a preheater j<1> through a line j<11> into the bottom of the tower.  Specifications 311,689, [Class 32], 385,610, 422,899, and 440,181 are referred to.
Patent GB-685746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to welding cable heads
IPC: H01R9/11
Filed: 1950-02-07
Abstract: 685,746. Cable terminals. WREFORD, F. S. Feb. 7, 1950, No. 28489/51. Divided out of 685,705. Class 38 (i). A terminal for insertion in the flexible tubular casing 35 of an electric welding cable comprises a pair of approximately semicylindrical members 17, 18, having thin flat inner surfaces 27, 28 separated by an insulating strip 29, the terminal having a rear part which can be mounted within the casing 35 and electrically connected to the cable conductors 32, 33, and a front part which at no point has a diameter greater than that of the rear part, so that the casing 35 can be drawn over the whole terminal. The front part has flattened outer surfaces 19, 20, for connection to a welding apparatus, and aligned holes 23, 24, 34 to receive clamping bolts to secure the terminal to the welding apparatus. The rear part of the terminal is provided with recesses 37, 38 into which the ends 39, 40 of the conductors 32, 33 are inserted and secured as by soldering. Passageways for the supply of cooling liquid to the cable are provided by transverse bores 45, 46 which extend in opposite directions (Fig. 3) and which open into longitudinal bores 47, 48 which lead into the recesses 37, 38. Specification 685,705 is referred to.
Patent GB-376575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in feeding devices for percussive tools
IPC: E21B44/08
Filed: 1931-10-15
Abstract: 376,575. Feeding percussive drills. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(Ingersoll-Rand Co. ; 15, Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A.) Oct. 15, 1931, No. 28653. [Class 124. ] A percussive drill which is fed forward or backward by the jar caused by the reversal of the piston has a screw-bar c fixed to the support and engaging a nut Z carried by the drill head. Gear teeth h on this nut engage teeth on a wheel j, an extension o of which bears ratchet teeth engaged by pairs of pawls r, s. These are disengaged in pairs by the members z of a sleeve 2, thus allowing the nut Z to rotate in one direction or the other as desired, and thus feeding or withdrawing the tool. An eccentric engages a block which presses on the nut to act as a brake.
Patent GB-159019-A (GB)
Title: Machine for caulking deck or floor joints and the like
IPC: B63B5/06
Filed: 1919-11-19
Abstract: 159,019. Bremner, H. Nov. 19, 1919. Caulking.-Relates to a method of and a machine for caulking or packing seams &c., more especially deck seams or floor joints, in which a resilient or compressible packing, such as oakum, is fed into comparatively narrow joints. The packing is supplied to an extension of the seam containing the reciprocating caulking-tool, the extension being normal to the seam and open above, the walls being tapped towards the seam and flush therewith. The seam extensions 4 comprise a pair of parallel plates 3 between which the caulking-tool 5 is reciprocated, the whole being carried by a carriage mounted on wheels 27, 28, the carriage also being fitted with an electricmotor 18 for operating the tool 5 and the wheels 27, 28 to effect traverse of the machine. Packing 25 coiled on a bobbin 23 is led automatically into the extension 4 and compressed by the tool 5, at the same time as the machine guided by wheels 46 which enter the seams is moved by the wheels 27, 28. The tool 5 is of variable stroke, the variation being effected by the handle 22 moving the link 20 which is connected to the joint of the links 14, 15 by which the tool is operated. The tool may also be of the drop-hammer type controlled by springs or weights.
Patent GB-603801-A (GB)
Title: An improved brush
IPC: A46B15/00
Filed: 1945-10-30
Abstract: 603,801. Combination articles removably attaching sand-paper &c. EMSA-WORKS & HERBERT FOOT APPLIANCE, Ltd., and LOEWENSTEIN, H. Oct. 30, 1945, No. 28739. [Classes 19 and 60] A brush having rubber bristles at one end and a piece of sand-paper or glass-paper at the other end, and intended mainly for the cleaning of suede shoes, consists of a handle a with two sets of rubber bristles at one end and having at the other end two cheek pieces c each extending beyond one edge of the handle so as to form a groove to receive a removable wedging member d to hold in place a strip e of sandpaper which is passed around the outside of the cheeks and a part of the handle, the two ends of the strip being folded inwardly to engage the inner surfaces of the cheeks. The edges of the cheeks may be rounded to prevent tearing and the handle may be of wood or other material. The cheek pieces may be secured to or form part of one end of the handle.
Patent GB-428685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric discharge devices
IPC: H05B41/04
Filed: 1933-10-17
Abstract: 428,685. Momentary-contact switches. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., Crown House, Aldwych, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, both in London.-(Assignees of Spanner, H. J. ; 117, Chausseestrasse, Berlin) Oct. 17, 1933, No. 28743. Convention date, Oct. 17, 1932. [Class 38 (v)] [See also Group XL] A contact switch consists of a toothed wheel Z having its teeth successively in contact with a fixed tongue K and operated by pulling a cord B wrapped on the spindle A against the force of a return spring F. In the position of rest the tongue K is opposite a recess in the wheel. A stop may prevent more than one revolution. The cord B may be operated by an arm or wheel or may be replaced by gear wheels or the like. Specifications 364,393, 367,477, and 397,162, [all in Group XL], are referred to.
Patent GB-162596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in motor controllers
IPC: H02P3/20
Filed: 1920-10-12
Abstract: 162,596. Igranic Electric Co., Ltd., (Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co.). Oct. 12, 1920. Electric braking; systems for alternating- current motors only.-Motor controllers for alternating-current motors are designed to reverse the connections of two out of three phases in order to change from the running to the braking condition, and to interrupt the braking connections automatically in order to prevent the motor from restarting in the opposite direction. The change over is effected by a double-pole switch 1 released by an electromagnet 1a when a stop-button 3 is momentarily depressed. When the motor has come to rest, current in a relay coil 5a falls to zero and opens the circuit of an electromagnet 2a, which releases a double-pole switch 2, so disconnecting the switch 1 and with it the motor M from the mains L<1>, L<2>, L<3>.
Patent GB-1049982-A (GB)
Title: Laundering machines
Inventor: TARAN JOHN ZACHARY
IPC: D06F37/30
Filed: 1965-07-07
Abstract: A washing machine comprises a laundry chamber including a stationary partition and an endless belt which tumbles the laundry against the surface of the partition adjacent the chamber, the partition being formed with an orifice and suction means communicating with the orifice at the opposite side of the partition from the surface.  The suction means communicates with a water and air separating chamber and a blower motor is provided for recirculating air from the separating chamber to the laundry chamber.  The endless belt is guided by rollers which also support rotatable discs which form the remaining two sides of the laundry chamber.  A water sump containing a heater element and a water level float is provided below the washing chamber.  A centrifugal dirt separator is provided to remove dirt from the washing water as it is recirculated.  After washing and rinsing the sump is drained and the blower motor is used to dry the clothes in conjunction with the heater element and a water spray is provided to condense the steam thus produced.  The water air separating chamber is used during this drying process. p
Patent GB-999840-A (GB)
Title: Optical display means for an all weather landing system of an aircraft
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 1963-07-22
Abstract: 999,840. Aircraft instruments. BENDIX CORPORATION. July 22, 1963 [July 25, 1962], No. 28977/63. Heading B7W. In an optical display system for an aircraft all-weather landing system comprising a cathode ray tube 12 (Fig. 1) on which is displayed, for example, a representation of beacons disposed along a runway, a collimating lens 10 and a partially reflecting or dichroic mirror 14 for superimposing the representation on the pilot's field of vision, the image on the cathode ray tube is multiplexed as shown in Fig. 5 by a mosaic of prisms and lenses. The optical axes of the elements of the mosaic may be inclined to one another to further increase the angle of view and allow for movement of the pilot's head. The pilot may view the image through the mosaic and the mirrors and telescopes shown in Figs. 6 and 7. A colour filter may be interposed between the cathode ray tube and the mirror to distinguish the image from the scene viewed through the windscreen. The prisms may be replaced by optical fibres.