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Patent GB-1167106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to an Illuminating System, chiefly for Kinematographic Cameras.
IPC: F21V29/00
Filed: 1968-01-23
Abstract: 1,167,106. Cooled illuminating system. PAILLARD S.A. 23 Jan., 1968 [24 Feb., 1967], No. 3389/68. Heading F4R. An illumination system is cooled by air entering through slots 8 in a plastics casing 1, passing upwards on either side of a partition 7 and out through slots 9. A reflector 2 is secured to the casing by a bolt 5 but is otherwise not in contact with the casing 1. A quartz-halogen bulb 4 passes through a hole 12 in reflector 2 and is mounted in ceramic socket 3, an opening 11 being provided for air to cool the socket. Supporting wires 14 allow the illumination system to be placed against a surface without actually damaging the surface. In an alternative arrangement the socket 3 may be attached to the reflector 2 by an intermediate member which reduces heat transmission between the socket and the reflector. Alternatively, the socket may be mounted on the casing through an intermediate member having fins.
Patent GB-704253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to temperature controlled valves for water heaters
Inventor: JORGENSEN EMANUEL
IPC: F24H9/12
Filed: 1951-02-13
Abstract: 704,253. Heating liquids by direct contact with steam; temperature-responsive actuating-elements. MIDLAND INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Feb. 13, 1952 [Feb. 13, 1951], No. 3430/51. Classes 64(1) and 64(2) [Also in Group XXIX] A temperature-controlled valve for a water heater comprises a chamber 11 with water inlet and discharge ports 15, 16 respectively, connected to a tank 14 so that water can circulate from the port 15 through the chamber to port 16, and a thermal element 20 responsive to the temperature of the circulating water and connected to a closure member 23 coacting with a seat 24 to control the admission to the chamber of steam to maintain the temperature of the water in the tank at a predetermined value. The chamber is divided by a partition 32 having a tube 35 attached thereto to carry the steam into the discharge port to aid circulation and prevent the steam acting directly on the element 20. The steam is supplied through a non-return valve 29. Hot water drawn from the tank is replaced by cold' water through an inlet 31 and incoming water impinges on the element 20 to cause its. immediate response. The thermal element is made of U-shaped bimetal strips 22 joined at adjacent ends. The closure member may be of the type described in Specification 577,025.
Patent GB-1303105-A (GB)
IPC: B05B13/06
Filed: 1970-01-23
Abstract: 1303105 Kegs; washing barrels C A NEUBECKER 23 Jan 1970 [31 Jan 1969] 3453/70 Headings B8D and B8T [Also in Division B2] A keg to be coated with wax is first washed out with either hot water and/or steam which acts to remove any wax from a previous application. After washing the keg passes along a conveyer line to a station at which the keg is heated by infra-red means and dried by a vacuum pump the nozzle of which is seated against the bunghole of the keg. The vacuum is then released and sterile air injected. The keg is then waxed internally by a spray of molten wax supplied under pressure from a pump and reservoir, the wax being kept in molten condition by steam heating means. After coating the bunghole is cleaned by mechanical means, e.g. by a cutter which cleans the thread of the bunghole and the frontal surface thereof. Another bunghole cleaning device is shown in Fig. 4 and comprises means for feeding compressed air through a feed-pipe 30 and jet outlets 28, 29 and for feeding steam through an inlet pipe 31 to outlets 29 and outlets 34 in a ring 33 facing the external surface of the bunghole. The ring 33 is pivoted at 35 and upwardly urged by means of a spring 36.
Patent GB-1284995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in swash-plate type variable-capacity hydraulic motors and pumps
IPC: F04B1/12
Filed: 1970-01-23
Abstract: 1284995 Reciprocating pumps REGIE NATIONALES DES USINES RENAULT and AUTOMOBILES PEUGEOT 23 Jan 1970 [29 Jan 1969 20 March 1969] 3510/70 Heading F1A In a variable displacement swash-plate pump or motor the rotary cylinder block 1 abuts a valve plate 20 the ducts through which communicate with inlet and outlet ports 40, 41 in the housing through ducts 38, 39 in an intermediate member 33, the arrangement being such that communication is maintained for all angular positions of the block. The block may be pivoted past the zero displacement position to effect reversal of flow. In the maximum displacement position shown, Fig. 2, the intermediate member 33 is urged by spring 44 against a housing stop 45. As the cylinder block is pivoted through the zero displacement position a stop 46 on valve plate 20 contacts the intermediate member and moves it against the action of the spring thus ensuring maintenance of the flow paths. The pistons and ball-ended piston rods 10 have lubrication passages, the rods being held on swashplate 11 by retaining members 14, 15, 16. Figs.3- 6 (not shown).
Patent GB-410922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to weather exclusion fittings for doors
IPC: E06B7/16
Filed: 1933-02-06
Abstract: 410,922. Weather-excluders for doors. ROBERTSON, W., 60, College Street, Dumbarton. Feb. 6, 1933, No. 3535. [Class 20 (iii).] A weather-excluder for doors comprises a channel strip 1 on the opening edge of the door 3 and a strip 4 preferably of ogee-shape on the door-post adapted to enter the channel when the door is closed. Both parts are preferably made of metal.
Patent GB-280074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the moulding of parts of buildings and structures in situ
IPC: E04B2/86
Filed: 1927-02-08
Abstract: 280,074. Ogg, I. M. Feb. 8, 1927. Walls; floors; roofs; columns.-Relates to the moulding of walls, partitions, columns, floors, and roofs in situ by means of a shuttering comprising a skeleton framework covered on the outer sides first with an asphalt or similar sheeting and then with wire-netting, the shuttering after the filling in with cement or aggregate being suitably faced on the exterior. According to the invention, the skeleton framework built up of two spaced apart rows of wooden frame members 2 has the members arranged in staggered relation. The surface coating 4 on the netting 1 may be rough cast or floor finished cement, or a lining of wood fibre panels, wall board, &c. may be applied, tar or pitch being sprayed over the surfaces prior to applying the coating. Referenee has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 19867/11.
Patent GB-438099-A (GB)
Title: Soap cake
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 1934-02-03
Abstract: <PICT:0438099/III/1> A soap cake c is made with a stiff core having parts b projecting outside the cake and bent over to form lugs on which the cake is supported and allowed to drain after use.  Or separate supporting members such as pieces of sponge rubber or curved resilient frames e may be secured to the projections b.
Patent GB-554953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical systems for transforming direct current into alternating current
IPC: H02M7/62
Filed: 1942-03-18
Abstract: 554,953. Converting. STEVENS, A. H. (Electronic Laboratories, Inc.). March 18, 1942, No. 3619. [Class 38 (ii)] In a system for converting D.C. into A.C. reeds 2, 3 carrying an armature 10 are vibrated by a self-interrupter consisting of an electromagnet 11 and interrupting contacts 16, 17 and the vibration of the reeds serves to charge a condenser 12 in series with the primary 13 of a transformer 14 or like device alternately in opposite directions from a D.C. source 18. This is achieved by means of contacts 4, 5 on the reeds which alternately engage contacts on opposite sides of them. The natural frequency of the reeds is preferably slightly different from the natural frequency of the oscillating circuit 12, 13 to prevent sparking. The transformer 14 may be replaced by an alternating current motor, Fig. 3 (not shown).
Patent GB-196723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to wind and weather screens for use on side cars, light cars and like vehicles
IPC: B62K27/16
Filed: 1922-02-08
Abstract: 196,723. Read, W. Feb. 8, 1922. Windscreens. - In windscreens for motorcycle side-cars and like vehicles of the type in which a front screen a, Fig. 1, is combined with side screens b having longitudinal slots c which co-operate with clamping devices d to allow a combined longitudinal and pivotal adjustment of the screens, the clamping-bolt h, Fig. 6, is provided with an extended slide arm j fitting within the slot c, and the edges of the slot are gripped between a broad head k of the bolt and an elongated clamping-plate l movable on the bolt. Preferably the clamping-plate l is formed in known manner with a boss o having a square central aperture and a serrated surface p which engages a corresponding serrated surface p<1> on the supporting bracket q. In order to prevent sliding movement of the screen when the clamping-screw m is loosened and a pivotal adjustment is being effected, an additional screw n may be provided for clamping the plate l against the edge of the slot c. When the screen is tilted to its extreme backward position the edges of the side-members abut against padded or cushioned members r mounted, preferably pivotally, on the brackets q. The frames of the screens are formed of wire w, Fig. 4, embraced by metal strips x, y with inner metal strips 4 for holding the celluloid z in place. The front and side screens are hinged together by the strips x, y cn these screens embracing the same wire w.
Patent GB-289190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in detachable wheel and similar mechanism and implements for the same
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1927-02-09
Abstract: 289,190. Gilbert, W. V. Feb. 9, 1927. Locking nuts; bolts; nuts.-Securing devices for detachable vehicle wheels of the kind described in Specification 273,362, are provided with locking means consisting of a split ferrule 38 having flanged ends 40 adapted to lie in the recesses between the interrupted threads of the wheel-securing nut 34 and the permanent hub 13. The conical end of the ferrule engages an opening in the dust cap 46 under the action of the spring 43 and by pressing in against the spring the ends 40 are freed from the threads to permit rotation of the nut.
Patent GB-669548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of a cork composition
IPC: C08L97/00
Filed: 1948-02-09
Abstract: The process of the parent Specification in which moulded cork compositions are formed by mixing a synthetic rubber latex, e.g. of polymers of butadiene or chloroprene, or copolymers of butadiene with styrene or acrylonitrile, with cork particles of 5-50 mesh, coagulating the resultant mixture and subsequently moulding, is modified by effecting the coagulation of the latex without removal of water from the mixture.  Coagulation is preferably effected by agitation for 2-10 minutes, and a part of the water may be removed after coagulation and before moulding. In examples, ground cork or reground composition cork of 10-30 mesh was added in a mixer to a composition containing latex, sulphur, zinc oxide, tetramethyl thiuram disulphide, methyl zimate, polymerized organic salts of alkyl aryl sulphonic acids, casein, ground bentonite, and ammonium hydroxide, and substances chosen from the sodium salt of the sulphate mono-esters of a mixture of higher fatty alcohols, di-alkyl esters of sodium sulpho-succinic acid, the sodium salt of a condensed aryl sulphonate, light mineral oil, clay filler, coumarone indene resins, asphalt, natural resins and hydrogenated methyl abietate, whereby the cork particles were coated with the binder and the latex was coagulated.  A mat was formed from the composition by moulding whereby the binder was vulcanized.
Patent GB-727840-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of 16:17-oxido-pregnene compounds
IPC: C07J75/00
Filed: 1953-02-10
Abstract: 16 : 17-Oxido-D 4-pregnene compounds are obtained by treating a D 4 : 16-pregnadiene-3 : 20-diketone with hydrogen peroxide in an alkaline medium, e.g. hydroxides of the alkali or alkaline earth metals or their carbonates as far as they are soluble.  The reaction may be effected in alcohols.  Examples disclose the treatment of D 4 ; 16 - pregnadienol - (21) - diene - (3 : 20) with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sodium methylate or caustic soda and of 16-dehydroprogesterone with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sodium methylate or potassium carbonate.
Patent GB-1469735-A (GB)
Title: Cap for a container
IPC: B65D51/18
Filed: 1975-01-29
Abstract: 1469735 Container closures FIDENZA VETRARIA SpA 29 Jan 1975 [8 Feb 1974] 3915/75 Heading B8T A closure assembly for hermetically sealing a container comprises a ring nut 1 provided with an internally threaded side wall having a window 3 in the form of a slot, a stopper 12 and a sealing gasket 11. The stopper is formed with a shoulder 8, an upper groove 9 and a lower groove 10. When assembled, the gasket fits in groove 10 and the ring nut in groove 9. To unseal a container where the contents are under vocuo, the ring nut is partially unscrewed, a knife or similar tool inserted through the window 3 to lift the gasket 11 and after equalization of internal and external pressures the closure can be unscrewed completely from the container, the component parts of the closure remaining assembled. Preferably, the ring nut is made of plastics, the stopper of glass and the gasket of rubber.
Patent GB-230609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to leaf springs
IPC: F16F1/24
Filed: 1924-02-15
Abstract: 230,609. Morley, A. A. C. Feb. 15, 1924. Laminar springs.-In a laminar spring comprising a series of laminae b grooved longitudinally at b<1> and held together by a bolt a grooved longitudinally at a<2> to give lubricant easy access to the separate laminae, a grease cup c of the Stauffer type, provided with a screw cap d, is formed as a nut for holding the laminae together on the bolt. The bolt is squared at a<1> and may be extended to receive a lock-nut. Specifications 27379/08, [Class 12, Bearings &c.], and 197,442 are referred to.
Patent GB-683361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electrical cables and processes of manufacture thereof
IPC: H01B7/00
Filed: 1951-02-19
Abstract: 683,361. Coating wires &c. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Feb. 19, 1951. [March 9, 1950] No. 3921/51. Class 140. [Also in Group XXXVI] An apparatus for impregnating a fibrous core 50 with carbonaceous material comprises a tank T1 containing a carbonaceous suspension together with a binder and a wetting agent, and an oven O in which the material absorbed by the core is baked, pulleys being provided in the tank and the oven for directing the core through the tank a number of times, each pass through the tank being followed by at least one pass throug the oven, and motor driven capstans being provided for engagement by the core before each pass into the tank. The core 50 is led through the tank T1 and oven O as shown. and after the impregnating process it is passed through tank T2 containing a coating solution of latex, wipers, 71, 74 being provided to remove surplus solution before the coated core passes into the oven. The speed of the various capstans is adjusted so that the core 50 is kept taut without being stretched.
Patent GB-695204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the application of plastic substances to biscuits and the like articles
Inventor: DERBYSHIRE ALFRED
IPC: A21C15/00
Filed: 1950-02-16
Abstract: 695,204. Coating confectionery. VICARS, Ltd., T. & T. Dec. 14, 1950 [Feb, 16, 1950], No. 3942/50. Class 28 (i). In an apparatus for applying a layer of plastic material such as cream, jam, or jelly to articles of confectionery, such as biscuits or cakes, the articles are displaced, by dogs on a moving conveyer, engaging their rear edges along laterally spaced ramps, which support the articles over a minor area alone of their surfaces, and progressively past a stencil moving in synchronism therewith through the stencil openings in which a layer of plastic material is applied to the upper surfaces of the articles, the articles being supported by individual spring fingers in contact with the stencil, as they come into range of the stencil. In Figs. 1 and 2 biscuits 1 stacked in hopper 2 are removed by dogs 3 on a belt 4 and conveyed on ramps 8, 9, 10 and 11 to the rotating ported cylinder 12 from which the plastic material is applied to the biscuit. The biscuit then moves down the inclined portion 21 of the ramps, and, if desired, a biscuit may be removed from the bottom of the hopper 24 in order to form a sandwich biscuit with an intermediate layer of plastic material. In Fig. 3 the ported cylinder 12 with stencil openings 16 is mounted on a hollow shaft 13 from which the plastic material emerges into the delivery funnel 15, the biscuits 1 being supported against the surface of the cylinder by means of the spring fingers 19 on to which they are guided by the flexible guide 20.
Patent GB-1160355-A (GB)
Title: An Extrusion Die Assembly.
IPC: B21C25/02
Filed: 1968-01-25
Abstract: 1,160,355. Extruding. KABEL-UND METTALWERKE GUTEHOFFNUNGSHUTTE A.G. 25 Jan., 1968 [26 Jan., 1967], No. 3990/68. Heading B3P. An extrusion die assembly comprises a die holder 2 housing an extrusion die 1 with a frusto-conical entrance surface 3 engaged by a corresponding surface 5 on an insert sleeve 4. The latter has a conical external surface engaging a holder 6 mounted within a clamping part 7. Die holder 2 is aligned with a pressure plate 9 by a guide 8. The die 1, sleeve 4 and guide 1 are easily replaced. Die 1 may be of nickelchrome steel, high speed steel or of cast or sintered carbide. The holders 2, 6 may be in one piece.
Patent GB-1021431-A (GB)
Title: Film-forming composition
IPC: C08L75/08
Filed: 1964-01-30
Abstract: A film-forming composition comprises 90 to 10 wt. per cent of a soluble partial metal (e.g. alkali metal) salt of a styrene-maleic acid copolymer having a pH of 4 to 9 in aqueous solution and 10 to 90% of a water-soluble polyurethane which is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a polyalkylene ether glycol. The isocyanate may be an arylene, alkylene, alicyclic or nitro- or halo-arylene diisoyanate and the glycol may contain mixed alkylene groups.  The polyurethane may be modified by terminal reaction with a C2- 6 alkylene oxide or an aldehyde as described in U.S.A. Specification 3,044,898.  The compositions may be dry mixtures or aqueous or organic (e.g. alcohol) solutions and may be used for packaging films, e.g. for detergents and bleaches where package and contents are dissolved in water, or as warp sizing materials, e.g. for rayon taffeta or polyethylene terephthalate.
Patent GB-971111-A (GB)
Title: Producing films and coatings
IPC: B29C31/02
Filed: 1961-02-02
Abstract: 971,111. Coating surfaces; coating-apparatus. INDEVCO Ltd. Feb. 2, 1961 [Feb. 12, 1960 ; Nov.11, 1960 (2); Nov. 28, 1960], No. 4019/61. Heading B2B. [Also in Divisions B5 and D1] A coherent layer is produced from particulate material by maintaining a supply of the material in a laterally and downwardly confined space, producing an even screen of falling particles by allowing particulate material to escape through a substantially horizontal gap in the confinements of the space, the gap being below the surface of the supply, passing an upwardly directed surface through the screen of falling particles at a rate so adapted to the rate of flow of the screen that a predetermined thickness of particulate material is applied to the surface, and maintaining conditions suitable for fixing the applied particulate material into a coherent layer. If the material is thermoplastic, this may be accomplished by heating ; otherwise the surface may be pre-coated with an adhesive. Sheet or strip material, e.g. metal, may be coated, or the coherent layer may be stripped from the surface to provide a film. As shown in Fig. 1, the particulate material is aerated by air or gas passing through a support 1 into an aerating space 2 provided with a gas-pervious lid 6. The material passes through a horizontal slot 7 on to the smooth surface of an adjustably sloping ramp 8, to provide an even screen of falling particles 11. In a modified apparatus, the lips of the slot are provided by rotating rollers. In Fig. 2 strip material 12, e.g. galvanized sheet metal, is fed from a roll 13, if required through a pretreatment zone 15, where it may be, e.g., degreased, acid dipped or pickled, sand blasted, or primed, as with a nitrile rubber or epoxy resin solution which may be applied by brushing, rolling or spraying. It then passes through a pre-heater 16 where it is heated by, e.g., hot gas, flames, infra-red radiation, or electrical induction or resistance heating, and around a heated roller 17, on the upper portion of which it receives a screen of falling particles 11 from an apparatus as shown in Fig. 1. Particles which do not adhere slide over adherent particles providing a wiping action, and are removed by suction at 19, or fall into a gutter 18, and are returned to the aerating space 2. The coated strip may next pass through a fusing zone 21, which may be integral with the pre-heating zone 16, through a quenching zone 21a, through an after-treatment zone 22, which may comprise, e.g., imprinting rollers or a means for applying further particulate material, and through a final cooling zone 23. Modified apparatus is described for coating individual sheets and for producing unoriented films of thermoplastic material. As particulate materials, polyvinyl chloride and cellulose acetate-butyrate are mentioned.
Patent GB-115021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machine Guns.
Inventor: HENRI PHILIPPE ERNEST SIEGLER
IPC: F41A19/05
Filed: 1918-03-07
Abstract: 115,021. Siegler, H. P. E. March 16, 1917, [Convention date]. Void [Published ueder Sect. 91 of the Act]. Fire between aircraft propeller blades, controlling and synchronizing. - Consists in operating one or more guns from a shaft driven by the propelling motor, the usual recoil or gas operation of the gun being dispensed with. The invention is shown applied to a short recoil Vickers' machine gun having a breech block a connected by a rod c to a crank mounted on a shaft d which is carried by recoil plates f extending rearwardly from the barrel c. The motordriven shaft drives through worm gearing (not shown) a shaft 2 carrying a cam 8 on which bears a roller 12 on a spring-controlled lever 13 pivoted at 7, Fig. 2. The arm 14 of the lever 13 engages a roller 15 on the crank-shaft d to open the breech of the gun at properly timed intervals, the breech being closed by the usual fusee return spring. A hand-operated cam 28 engaging an extension 29 on the lever 13, Fig. 2, serves to move the lever 13 to inoperative position when desired. The arm 16 carrying the roller 12 is connected with the lever 13 by a pin 17 which shears under abnormal resistance. The shaft 2 carries a cam 9 operating a safety sear 21 engaging the recoil plate f, and an eccentric 10 operating, through rod 23 and firing-lever 25, on the usual sear 22 carried by the lock of the gun. A spring-controlled hand sear similar to the sear 21 may be actuated by the gunner through a Bowden wire. The shaft 2 may carry two or more sets of cams 8, 9, 10, for operat. ing and timing the firing of two or more machine guns.
Patent GB-716284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to plug and socket connectors for electrical apparatus
Inventor: SIMMONDS HENRY
IPC: H01R13/629
Filed: 1953-02-13
Abstract: 716,284. Two-part couplings combined with switches. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO.,. Ltd. Feb. 13, 1953, [Feb. 15, 1952.] No. 4091/52. Class 38(1). A plug and socket connector for a combined switch and contactor unit comprises insulating blocks 9, 10 secured to the switch casing 1 and contactor unit 8 respectively, the latter unit being detachably secured to the casing by bolts 18. Block 10 carries contact pins 14 with ferrules 13 in which cables are secured by screws 13a, whilst block 9 carries ferrules 11 each having a screw 12 at each end. One set of screws 12 secures cables in the ferrules whilst the other set secures the pins 14 therein. The screws for the cables in both blocks are covered by plates 19, 20 which may carry identification marks.