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Patent GB-346485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to time control apparatus for carrier pigeon races
IPC: G07C1/26
Filed: 1930-01-24
Abstract: 346,485. Pigeon timing apparatus. BENZING, F. E., Schwenningen-on-Neckar, Germany. Jan. 24, 1930, No. 2574. Convention date, Oct. 5, 1929. [Class 106 (iv).] Time-checking apparatus, check and token ; detached key and like; impression mechanism; travelling sheet. -Time - control apparatus for pigeon races in which the time records are stamped simultaneously on two strips 4, 5, one of which (4) is retained in the machine and the other of which (5) passes outside the machine, is characterized by separate driving means for each strip. The records are stamped by time pointers at 14 driven by clock 15, ink ribbons 11, 12 and plunger 13 operated by a cam on a shaft 18 which is turned manually by a key external of the apparatus. A mutilated gear 17 on shaft 18 meshes with wheels 16, 36 which separately wind the strips from spools 3, 3<1>. While the cam on shaft 18 is actuating plungers 13 to effect printing the untoothed part of 17 is opposite wheels 16, 36. Afterwards, further operation of the key meshes 16, 36 with 17 to feed the strips. In modifications (1) the strips are wound from a common spool and gear 36 is replaced by a drum under the influence of a spiral spring ; (2) the actuation of mutilated gear 17 is used to wind up this spiral spring at each operation ; in this case the strips are fed successively and not simultaneously; (3) the gear 36 (or its equivalent spring drum) is replaced by a friction roller driven from the wheel 16.
Patent GB-104198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Remote Control of Projectors.
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1916-02-21
Abstract: 104,198. Brockie, J., and Johnson & Phillips. Feb. 21, 1916. Search-lights, directing.-The control of a search-light from a distance is effected by means of hand-operated disks or wheels which control the electric circuits of electro-magnets regulating the admission of air to compressed-air motors. In the form shown, one or other of two oppositely-set ratchet disks or disk wheels 6, 7, Fig. 1, is rotated in correspondence with the movement of a hand-wheel 3 and controls the movement of the search-light in an horizontal plane. A similar hand-wheel 4 and disks 6<1>, 7<1> control the movement in a vertical plane. The ratchet-wheels 6, 7 are mounted frictionally upon the spindle 5 of the hand-wheel 3 and are engaged by spring-controlled pawls 10, 11, which allow motion of their respective ratchet-wheels in one direction only, so that motion of the hand-wheel 3 in one direction is taken up by the wheel 6, and in the opposite direction by the wheel 7. At each passage of a tooth, the pawl 10 or 11 breaks the circuit of one of the electro-magnets 16, 17, Fig. 3, and the pivoted armature 22 or 23 is thrown back by a spring 36 against an adjustable stop 38. The armatures 22, 23 respectively operate the valve pistons 28, 29 and 30, 31 of the compressed-air motor, so that, at each passage of a tooth on the wheel 6 or 7, a pulse of compressed air is admitted to the motor, to drive it in one direction or the other, according to the direction in which the hand-wheel is turned. The motors 40, 41, Fig. 6, operate the winding- drums 44, 45 of the search-light through reduction gearing comprising a worm 46, a worm-wheel 47, and gears 48, 49; or the gearing may act directly on the projector, instead of through a winding-drum. The circuits of the electro-magnets 16, 17 may be connected directly to the pawls 10, 11, or through relays. The connexions may also be arranged so that the controlling-circuits are made, instead of being broken, to effect the operation of the motor.
Patent GB-548199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to carbon-sheet supports for typewriters
IPC: B41J17/00
Filed: 1941-02-26
Abstract: 548,199. Typewriters. BRUMHILL, C. W. Feb. 26, 1941, No. 2586. [Class 100 (iv)] Carbon-sheet arrangements.-A set of carbon-sheet blades is so mounted on a trolley that they are in register with each other and can be removed individually. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a platform 15 mounted on a trolley 10 is provided at either or both sides with a divided block 17 formed in each part 17<SP>1</SP> with horizontal slots 19 for receiving superposed carbon-sheet blades 16, a U-shaped keeper 21 being passed through holes in the blades and the parts 17<SP>1</SP> to retain the blades. To ensure register of the holes, the blades are provided with buttons 22 which enter the gap 18 between the parts 17<SP>1</SP>. Any blade can be removed, after the keeper has been raised out of the holes therein. The keeper is held in operative or inoperative position. by spring-pins 24. The blades are preferably arranged at a slight inclination to the direction of travel of the trolley. The platform 15 is detachably secured to the trolley by co-operation of latches on the trolley with slots in dowels on the platform. The trolley runs on frame 12 connected by members 23 to the typewriter-carriage. Forward movement of the trolley is limited by leaf-spring 30 on the members 23, and rearward movement is limited by co-operation of a leaf-spring 31 on the trolley and an adjustable stop on the frame 12. The members 23 are provided with buffer-springs 35 for cushioning lateral movements. The platform 15 is provided with adjustable web-guides consisting of pillars 39 adjustable in slots 38 and secured by screws 40.
Patent GB-918714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the purification of water
IPC: C02F1/04
Filed: 1961-01-23
Abstract: <PICT:0918714/III/1> Purified water is obtained by passing steam, e.g. from a factory boiler, up a glass packed column 2, provided with a reflux condenser 3, and withdrawing water-condensate containing non-volatile impurities from the base of the column; steam is withdrawn from the top of column 2 and is led into the top of glass packed column 5, which is provided at the base with a heater 6 and at the top with a reflux condenser 4; and purified water is withdrawn from heater 6, while volatile impurities, in the form of gas or vapour, are discharged from condenser 4 via pipe 7.
Patent GB-286058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ink agitators for the inking fountains of printing machines
IPC: B41F31/03
Filed: 1927-02-01
Abstract: 286,058. Ortleb, G., and Ortleb, D. B. Fob. 1, 1927. Inking-apparatus.-In an ink-stirring device for a printing-machine, in which ink-agitating fingers are carried by a bar arranged lengthwise of the fountain and having an intermittent sliding movement imparted to it, the bar-operating mechanism is driven by a reciprocating member connected to the reciprocating driving member of the fountain roller. The fountain roller 3 is driven by ratchet mechanism operated by a rod 11 reciprocated from a suitable part of the machine. To the arm 11 is adjustably clamped a member 31 connected by a link 29 to a connecting rod 27 attached by a swivel block 25 to an arm 19 freely mounted on a short shaft 16. A pawl 21 pivoted on the arm 19 engages a ratchet wheel 18 which with a crank disc 17, is fixed to the shaft 16. A connecting rod 36 is attached to the disc 17 and to a bar 34 slidable lengthwise of the fountain and carrying one or more ink-agitating fingers 41. A spring 23 attached to the arm 19 is provided with a pair of recesses 24, 25 adapted to engage a pin 22 on the pawl 21 to hold it in the operative and inoperative positions respectively. Removable partitions 42 may be arranged in the fountain to vary its effective length. Specification 245,604 is referred to.
Patent GB-194876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in drying apparatus
IPC: F26B9/06
Filed: 1922-02-01
Abstract: 194,876. Wood, H. S. Feb. 1, 1922. Air, controlling direction of flow of. - Drying-apparatus of the type in which air is heated in an inlet pipe before entering the drying chamber and is extracted therefrom by a heated exit pipe, is constructed with air inlet and extraction ducts at the bottom and side of the chamber respectively, whereby the heated air is both admitted to and drawn out from the bottom of the chamber during the normal working of the apparatus, means being provided for varying the circulation during airing. The air entering the drying chamber by the duct a is heated by gas, steam, or electric apparatus underneath the baffle plate k, and thence passes through the main body b of the chamber in which the articles to be dried are suspended by suitable racks, and finally passes into the chimney at the point f. A similar heater to that in the duct a is fitted in the chimney at the point e to promote the circulation of the air. A damper (not shown) is arranged in the chimney above the heater to divert the ascending gases back again into the upper part of the chamber b when the chamber is being used for airing only, thus setting up a continuous circulation on a closed cycle system. A second outlet damper g can be manipulated to act in addition to the outlet f to vary the height of the exit point of the air to effect economy, when the condition of the articles permits.
Patent GB-247004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the driving of rapidly rotating parts by electric motors
IPC: B04B9/12
Filed: 1925-02-02
Abstract: 247,004. Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges., Peineke, W., and Jahnert, O. Feb. 2, 1925. Mounting and suspending.-An electric motor 2 driving a rotary machine 1, such as a centrifugal separator, has only one bearing 4, and an elastic member 6 is arranged between the bearing and its support 5. The casing of the motor is rigidly connected to the bearing so that the air gap between the two parts of the motor is maintained while the whole structure swings. In the modification shown in Fig. 2 the bearing has a flange 8 resting on an elastic ring 10 which fits in grooves in the support 9 and the flange 8. The ring may be a tube provided with a valve for admission of air and it may have projections for the prevention of twisting. The flange may be held down by a second elastic member which may be attached to a rocking lever.
Patent GB-551107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with knurling tools
IPC: B23B27/24
Filed: 1942-03-09
Abstract: 551,107. Knurling. SALMON, S. F., ELTHAM, D. C., and NAYLOR, F. A. March 9, 1942, No. 3045. [Class 83 (iv)] A knurling device for use in a lathe or other machine has a shank 1 attached to spaced side plates 2, 3 having a series of plain holes 2a in one plate opposed to tapped holes 3a selectively to receive pivots 6 for levers 4 according to the diameter of the work. The levers are curved near the pivoted ends and carry the knurls 10 by pivots that may be removable to permit of changing the knurls, or sets of levers with knurls of different kinds may be provided. Pivoted on the bifurcated end of the lower lever is an eye bolt 7 on which is loosely mounted a transversely drilled roller 8 engaging a recess 4a in the upper lever and acting as a washer to transmit pressure from a wing nut 9. An adjustable stop 14 may be provided to limit the depth of knurling.
Patent GB-1136815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spectacle frames
IPC: G02C1/08
Filed: 1966-01-24
Abstract: 1,136,815. Spectacles. MANUFACTURA DE ARMAZONES Y GAFAS S.A. Jan.24, 1966 [Feb.8, 1965], No.3111/66. Heading G2J. A spectacle frame has a rim 1 with a lug 5 thereon which is fitted into a socket in side member 3 such that holes 8 and 10 are aligned and secured by a retaining screw 11. The socket has a recess 15 to accommodate the adjacent rim. The member 3 may be articulated to an arm 4 by a hinge 17. The rim 1 may be split so as to give lugs 13, 14 which when held closed may retain the lens. Bridge members may be fixed to the rims in a similar manner Figs. 3 and 4 (not shown).
Patent GB-708040-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of metal-free phthalocyanine of the -a-modification
IPC: C09B67/00
Filed: 1952-02-06
Abstract: Metal-free phthalocyanine in the b -form is obtained by heating an alkali-metal phthalocyanine (of which the alkali metal has an atomic weight above 20) with an ammonium salt of an acid having a dissociation constant not less than 10-4.  A solvent is advantageously present.  In examples, (1) sodium phthalocyanine from sodium amyl alcoholate and phthalonitrile is heated with ammonium sulphate and benzyl alcohol, or with ammonium chloride alone, or with ammonium chloride or ammonium m-nitrobenzene sulphonate and trichlorbenzene, a -chlornaphthalene, phenetole, or xylene; (2) sodium phthalocyanine obtained from sodium cyclohexanolate or benzyl alcoholate and phthalonitrile is heated with ammonium sulphate or secondary ammonium phosphate; (3) a mixture of sodium or potassium phthalocyanine and metal-free phthalocyanine (example 1 of Specification 708,039) is heated with ammonium sulphate.  Solvents specified are benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, methyl cyclohexanol, propanol, butanol, n-heptyl alcohol, n-octyl alcohol, n-decyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, n-nonane, xylenes, naphthalene, tetralin, decaline, dichlorbenzene, trichlorbenzene, a -chlornaphthalene, nitrobenzene, anisole, phenetole, diphenyl oxide.  The products may be converted to a dispersible b -form according to Specification 687,387.
Patent GB-446358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to lamp louvre mountings, especially for motor car headlights
IPC: F21V11/00
Filed: 1935-02-01
Abstract: 446,358. Louvre mountings for vehicle &c. lamps. McNAUGHT, A. J., The Bower, Lawson Road, Thornton, near Blackpool. Feb. 1, 1935, No. 3255. [Class 75 (iv)] A louvre mounting for a vehicle or like lamp comprises two parallel side members 5 which are joined at their ends by curved members 12 adapted to fit into the lamp front 13 and which are formed with a number of inclined slots 6 each having at one side a spring 10 urged towards a bearing surface 7 on the opposite side, the translucent louvres 14 being nipped firmly in position between the springs and the bearing surfaces. The latter may be formed by bending back the metal cut to form the slots, whilst the springs may be S-shaped and engaged by bent over portions 11 of a strengthening fold 9 which is formed on the unslotted edge of each side member. In a modification shown in the Specification, the louvres extend across one half only of the lamp front, one of the side members being engaged in a diametrically disposed folded bar, and the outermost louvres being made of polished metal instead of glass.
Patent GB-385462-A (GB)
Title: A process and apparatus for the continuous production of moulding mixtures from artificial resins
IPC: B01F13/00
Filed: 1932-02-03
Abstract: 385,462. Mixing- apparatus. NOWACK AKT.-GES., A., 32, Wilthenerstrasse, and SPRENGER, K., Neustõdter Strasse, both in Bautzen, Germany. Feb. 3, 1932, No. 3256. [Class 86.] A composition comprising finely powdered and intimately mixed artificial resins, fibrous material, and/or filler, and, if desired, colouring material, is subjected to compression at high pressure and elevated temperature between two endless moving bands in a continuous process. Steel bands S1. S travelling on rollers V1 .. V5 and W1 .. W4 may be employed, the rollers being subjected to pressure by weights, springs, &c. Two or more of the rollers may be heated and scrapers M1, M2 remove the compressed material. The lower rollers may be replaced by a table, which may be heated.
Patent GB-868762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to totalisator indicators
Inventor: KITZ NORBERT
IPC: G09F9/307
Filed: 1957-02-07
Abstract: 868,762. Electromagnetic switches. BELL PUNCH CO. Ltd. Jan. 31, 1958 [Feb. 7, 1957], No. 3326/58. Divided out of 868,755. Class 38 (5). [Also in Group XXXVIII] An electromagnetically - operated switch for a monogrammic sign comprises resilient movable contacts 8 axially moved to make with fixed contacts 9 under the influence of electromagnet 10. The wafers 2 are prepared as printed circuits. Specification 868,753 is referred to.
Patent GB-661209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ship's cranes
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1949-02-08
Abstract: 661,209. Jib cranes. SCHERMULY, C. D., SCHERMULY, A. J.,and SCHERMULY, C. Jan. 13, 1950. [Feb. 8, 1949] No. 3403/49. Class 78 (iv). A ship's crane comprises a pillar adapted to be held upright by brackets or the like at a convenient part of the ship, a body provided at its lower end with a socket adapted to receive the pillar, which has a bearing adapted to coact with a bearing in the socket so that the body rests upright on the pillar for rotation about it, and a detachable jib arm near the top of the body, winding gear being mounted on the body, and tackle provided on - the arm and on the body, for raising or lowering a dinghy. In the form illustrated the pillar consists of a steel tube 1 (Fig. 5) and it is received in apertures in wooden blocks 11, 12 (Fig. 2) in the body 4, which is supported through a metal cup 15 (Fig. 5) held in a further block 13 in the body and resting on a conical plug 2 in the pillar 1. The blocks 11 and 13 are reinforced by metal plates 14. The body is of hollow square cross section with plywood walls 5, 6, 7, 8 (Figs. 2 and 3) reinforced by plates 9, 10 of an aluminium alloy or other metal. The tapering jib arm 26 (Fig. 3) is detachably supported by metal rods 23, 24 secured to the body by nuts 25 (Fig. 2) and forming abutments for hooks 32, 33 at the inner end of the jib. Alternatively, the rod 24 may be omitted and the hook 33 replaced by a lug which abuts against a cross-member 42 of the body 4. It comprises sheets 29, 30 (Figs. 2 and 3) of plywood separated by a plywood member 31 and reinforced at each end by metal plates 27, 28 (Figs. 3 and 1). Two pairs of metal straps 34 at the outer end of the jib carry, one a pulley block 35 and the other a removable bolt 36 which alternatively forms an anchor for an eyelet at the dead end of a wire cable 18 as shown, or an attachment for securing the load block 37 when the apparatus is stowed. The cable 18 passes from the jib-end tackle over a pulley 39 carried by brackets 40, 41 on the cross-member 42 to a winding drum 17 (Fig. 2) within the body and driven directly or through gearing 19, 20 from a detachable handle 22. The drum 17 may be controlled by a ratchet and pawl. The body and jib-arm may be constructed from light alloy sheet or steel tube instead of plywood, the winding gear may be housed in a gear-box mounted on the outside of the body, and the arm 26 may be capable of a telescopic adjustment.
Patent GB-1020571-A (GB)
Title: Woodworking machinery
IPC: B27G13/00
Filed: 1961-01-30
Abstract: 1,020,571. Woodworking. WADKIN Ltd., and F. W. BURROWS. April 30, 1962 [Jan. 30, 1961], No. 3454/61. Heading B5L. A planing and moulding machine has a first cutter 44, Fig. 5 (not shown), which trues the bottom of the workplace and also part of an adjacent side face so that two datum faces are provided, the side face co-operating with a shallow fence 41. The cutter 44, Fig. 1 (not shown), has an elongated body portion 10 with blades 12 for planing one face of the work and is fitted at one end with a disc 16 having blades 18 for trimming the side face. The body portion may be round, as shown, with slots 11 for the blades 12 and clamping blocks 13 or may be square with key-ways for headed clamping bolts. Additional blades cutting at the same diameter as the side blades 18 may be fitted at the other ends of the slots 11 so that a third face of the workpiece is trimmed and the distance apart of the two sets of side blades is adjustable. In addition to the first cutter 44, the machine has a top cutter 45 and a pair of vertical cutters 46, 47, Fig. 6 (not shown), and a fifth cutter may be fitted in a top or bottom position 48a or 48. The cutters may be driven by individual motors or in pairs, as by a motor 49 and a belt 50 passing round a jockey pulley 53. Rackoperated eccentric quills provide for some heightwise and fore-and-aft adjustment of the cutters. Feed rollers 40 drive the workpiece over table rollers 37 and spring-loaded side rollers press it against the fence 41. If the cutter 44 trims two side faces of the workpiece, these faces may be channelled between two fences 41 and the side rollers may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-469621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to differential mechanism
Filed: 1936-02-05
Abstract: 469,621. Differential gearing. LAWLER, F. P. Feb. 5, 1936, No. 3515. Convention date, Feb. 16, 1935. [Class 80 (ii)] A differential gear comprises a driven casing 2 in which planet pinions 12 are rotatably mounted with side compensating gears 14 and 15 for driving the axles 16 and 17 respectively. The gears 14 and 15 are formed separately from the axle ends 16a, 17a but are in driving connection therewith by means of eccentrically disposed pins 18, 19, the ends of these pins carrying gear teeth 20, which mesh with internal teeth 21 on a spider ring 6. When the resistance to both wheels and axles is the same the whole gear rotates solid but on the tractive resistance to one wheel falling off, for example the left-hand wheel, the speed of the axle 16 increases and the gear 14 and the end of the axle 16a overruns the casing 2 thereby rotating the pin 18 relative to the gear 14 and axle end 16a. The wedge shaped portions 26, 27, Fig. 2, of the end 16a of the axle 16 tend to jain between the surfaces D and E of the pin 18 and the casing 2 respectively to provide considerable frictional resistance to the rotation of the pin 18 and the relative rotation of the shaft end 16a to the casing 2 and so prevent spinning of the wheel.
Patent GB-973634-A (GB)
Title: A holder for forming braces into a package for storage or transport
IPC: A47F7/03
Filed: 1963-01-29
Abstract: 973,634. Packages. E. SCHUNKE. Jan. 29, 1963 [Jan. 30, 1962; March 15, 1962], No. 3549/63. Heading B8C. A frame for carrying braces, is of I girder form with a panel 1 with rounded ends 3, 4 and sides 2; slots 9, 10 in sides 2 secure clamping panels, one pair of clips of the braces being clamped to the panel in slot 9 and the braces then being wound around panel 1 and the other clips being attached to panel 15. The Clamping panels have cut-outs 16 or have apertures enabling the two parts of the clips to engage each other. Figs. 3, 4 (not shown). Also in Fig. 3 the inner clamping panel is integral with panel 1. The slots 9, 10 may be replaced by pairs of projections. The outer clamping panel 115, Fig. 5, has ribbed edges 116 which engage with co-operating flanges of sides 2. The outer panel in Fig. 7 (not shown) consists of a label surrounding the frame which may be of a synthetic plastics material.
Patent GB-491843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pistons
IPC: F02F3/18
Filed: 1937-02-06
Abstract: 491,843. Pistons. NICOLLE, A. V., and AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CO., Ltd. Feb. 6, 1937, No. 3616. [Class 122 (i)] A steel piston having an insert 8 forming a chamber 9 adapted to contain a cooling medium, e.g. sodium or sodium salt, is provided with an arch piece 7 extending between and receiving the gudgeon pin bosses 6 and forming a support for the crown. The insert may be formed from metal, e.g. nickel, unaffected by the cooling medium, and may terminate above or below the bosses.