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Patent GB-905366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods and apparatus for cleaning small glass containers
IPC: B08B9/20
Filed: 1960-07-21
Abstract: 905,366. Cleaning glass containers. GLASS CONTAINERS (MEDICAL) Ltd. July 21, 1960 [Aug. 28, 1959], No. 25386/60. Class 138 (1). Glass containers such as ampoules A, Fig. 3, are moved by lugs 13a on conveyer chains (not shown) along rails 15 beneath a pair of nozzles 30 discharging ionized air on to the containers to eliminate at least partially the electrical charges on the container surfaces and on any glass or other foreign particles on these surfaces, and the containers are subsequently tilted and carried into engagement with a vibrating plate 42 to remove the foreign particles. For ionizing the air passing therethrough each nozzle 30 is provided with an electrode 36, Fig. 6, connected to an alternating voltage source of 5000 to 7000 volts by a lead 35 passing through an insulating part 33 of the nozzle. Each ampoule A is tilted on the engagement of its closed end with a cam 41 adjacent the plate 42. The latter is vibrated by an electro-mechanical device 43, Fig. 5. A resilient strip 45 carried by a bracket 46 holds the ampoules against the plate 42 during the vibration treatment.
Patent GB-1027217-A (GB)
Title: Method and means for securing wipers on shafts
IPC: B60S1/34
Filed: 1964-06-19
Abstract: 1,027,217. Securing windscreen wiper arms on shafts. SWF-SPEZIALFABRIK FUER AUTOZUBEHBOER GUSTAV RAUG.m.b.H. June 19, 1964 [Aug. 31, 1963], No. 25393/64. Heading F2U. A hub 1, to which a windscreen wiper arm 2 is pivotally connected, is locked on an operating shaft 3 by an extension 8 of a tension spring 6 that normally biases the arm 2 against the windscreen and is automatically released when the arm 2 is pivoted away from the windscreen to move the spring 6 through a deadcentre position to a position in which it biases the arm away from the windscreen. As shown, the hub 1 is held on the shaft 3 by a spring latch 5 engaging a groove 4 in the shaft and the extension 8 applies pressure to the latch in the locked position. When the arm is moved away from the windscreen, the extension 8 releases the latch 5 and permits the hub 1 to be pulled off the shaft. In Fig. 3 (not shown), the latch is omitted and the extension of the spring engages the groove in the shaft to lock the hub thereon.
Patent GB-279239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the combustion of heavy oils in burners
IPC: F23D11/10
Filed: 1926-10-12
Abstract: 279,239. Androvic, E. E., and Smith, H. G. H. Grant-., Oct. 12, 1926. Spray burners; flame deflectors and protectors. -In an oil burning apparatus a steam generator 10 containing wire gauge 11 and heated by the burner flame supplies steam to a nozzle 7<a> so as to induce a flow of oil from a nozzle 6 arranged at right angles. The issuing oil is atomized by the steam jet and may be ignited by a flame or electric spark. Fig. 1 shows one form of the apparatus in which a vertically adjustable pivoted baffle 14 directs the flame on to a U- shaped steam generator 10 and a three-way cock 12 in the water supply pipe 11<a> allows the water in the steam generator to be drained off when turned to the closed position. The oil supply to the jet is regulated by a needle valve 7. A burner cup 171, may be provided for preheating the steam generator and the apparatus may be surrounded by a hood 13. Fig. 3 shows another form in which the annular steam generator 10 communicates by a pipe 19 with a container 18 containing water and compressed air. A needle valve 22 in a pipe 21 communicating with the pipe 19 allows air to be passed through an aperture 21a in the pipe 21 to the nozzle 7<a> for atomizing the oil to provide a burner flame for initially heating the steam generator. Fig. 5 shows an oil stove in which the container 18 is divide bv a partition 24, the upper part forming an oil reservoir communicating with the jet 6 and the lower part, a water reservoir communicating with the annular steam generator 10.
Patent GB-1516039-A (GB)
Title: Combustible gas detectors
IPC: G01N27/16
Filed: 1976-06-18
Abstract: 1516039 Detecting combustible gases electrically ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO Ltd 9 March 1977 [18 June 1976] 25464/76 Heading G1N A combustible gas detector 1 comprises a platinum wire filament 2 embedded in a pellet 3 consisting of a homogeneous mixture of alumina and oxidization catalyst material e.g. palladium and/or platinum, the pellet being coated with a layer 4 of the catalyst material. The detector forms one arm of a bridge whose adjacent arm is formed by a compensating element 7 comprising a platinum wire filament 8 embedded in a pellet 9 consisting of a homogeneous mixture of alumina and an oxidizing inhibiter e.g. potassium hydroxide. A further resistor may be connected across element 7 to compensate for the difference in thermal emissivity of elements 1 and 7 due to difference in colour.
Patent GB-440796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to draught regulators for flues or the like
IPC: F23L11/02
Filed: 1935-09-14
Abstract: 440,796. Draught-regulators for flues. SVENSKA AKTIEBOLAGET GASACCUMULATOR, Lidingo, near Stockholm. Sept. 14, 1935, No. 25526. Convention date, Sept. 21, 1934. [Class 25] [See also Group XXIX] An automatic air-inlet valve for flues or the like comprises a disc, flap or like member 17 carried by a spindle 16 arranged to one side of the vertical centre line of the valve and mounted at a slight inclination to the vertical so that the valve member tends to close against a seating 11. The valve is intended primarily as a checkdraught damper for the flues of stoves of the heat accumulative type in which the flue depression is of the order of 0À2 to 0À4mms. water gauge. In the form shown, the valve is housed in a rectangular frame 1 adapted to be built into a chimney. A protective grating 7 and the valve seating 11 are screwed to lugs projecting inwardly from the frame. The seating 11 carries two lugs 14, 15 serving to support the pivots of the valve spindle 16. In order to prevent the accumulation of dust or the like in the pivots, the spindle is provided at the upper end with a cone centre co-operating with a hollow centre 19 adjustably mounted in the lug 14 and at the lower end with a hollow cone centre cooperating with a cone centre 20 adjustably mounted in the lug 15. The gravitational resistance to the opening of the valve may be varied by altering the inclination of the spindle 16 by an adjustment of the centres 19 and 20 which, to reduce friction, are arranged on vertical axes. The valve is carried by an arm 18 which is fastened to the spindle 16 by screws 29, 30, one of the screws passing through a slot 31 in the arm to allow an angular adjustment so as to ensure correct contact of the valve against its seating with different inclinations of the spindle.
Patent GB-518322-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for expediting the setting or consolidating of concrete and such like uses
IPC: E04G21/08
Filed: 1938-09-01
Abstract: 518,322. Consolidating concrete &c. by inserted vibrators. JOHNSON & SONS, Ltd., C. H., HARTLEY, J. A., PHILIPPOVIC, J. W. and DEARDEN, B. B. Sept. 1, 1938, No. 25548. [Class 86] A portable device comprises a vibrator c<7> detachably connected by a flexible shaft c to a power unit comprising an internal combustion engine a mounted on sprihgs a<2> and fitted with a transmission gearing b<2>, b<3> mounted in an oiltight casing closed by a disc b<1>. Specification 500,750 is referred to.
Patent GB-1126571-A (GB)
Title: Joining tubes to tube plates, for example in heat exchangers
Inventor: GIBBON RONALD BRYAN
IPC: F28F9/16
Filed: 1965-06-16
Abstract: 1,126,571. Pipe joints. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO. Ltd. 14 Sept., 1966 [16 June, 1965], No. 25576/65. Heading F2G. [Also in Division B3] A method of effecting a junction between a heat-exchanger &c. tube 2 and a tube-plate 1 comprises expanding the tube into a hole in the plate by means of an explosive 3. An electrically-fired detonator 3 may be used having a primary charge 3a and a base charge 3b, and the explosive force may be transmitted through a liquid, or a body 4 of plasticine or of polyethylene having a central recess 5, a flange 4a and a taper 4. Steel or aluminium tubes may be expanded in steel plates 1.
Patent GB-715590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in an apparatus for cleaning castings
Inventor: WEBSTER RODERICK SHELDON
IPC: B24C3/06
Filed: 1952-10-13
Abstract: 715,590. Cleaning metals. HYDRO-BLAST CORPORATION. Oct. 13, 1952, No. 25588/52. Class 82 (2) [Also in Group XXIII] Apparatus for cleaning castings comprises a universally angularly adjustable nozzle on a horizontally movable carriage mounted on a horizontal beam which is vertically movable on spaced vertical track members, motors being provided for moving the beam moving the carriage and adjusting the nozzle, the motors being controlled by control means operable from a position on the side of the beam opposite to the side on which the castings are placed for cleaning A cleaning chamber has side walls 10, one of which has observation windows 15. a roof 11 and a floor 12 formed by a grating below which is a sump 13. Castings to be cleaned are supported on a grating 14 which is preferably rotatable. A high velocity jet of water is projected by a nozzle 16 carried on a carriage 17 mounted for travel along a horizontal beam 18; the beam is supported for vertical movement on posts 19. For moving the beam vertically, chains 22, connected at one end to the beam 18 and at the other end to counterweights 24 run over sprockets on a shaft 23 driven by a motor. The carriage 17 is moved along the beam by an electric motor 31. A shaft 37 is journalled in the carriage 17 for rotation about a vertical axis; a yoke 38 spans the shaft and is pivoted thereto on a horizontal axis. the nozzle 16 being connected to the yoke. The shaft 37 is turned by a fluid motor 41, the yoke 38 is swung by a second fluid motor and the turntable- 14 on which the casting is supported is driven by a reversible motor.
Patent GB-297970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for playing table games
IPC: A63F7/00
Filed: 1927-09-28
Abstract: 297,970. Grape, H. B. Sept. 28, 1927. Table games.-Apparatus for playing a table game comprises a vertical panel c having in its lower portion a horizontal row of apertures d within which light celluloid balls f are suspended by strings g. A billiard ball k is impelled over a board i by a crue l with the object of striking a ball f, which is thereby projected into one of a series of apertures m in a ledge e. The panel c forms the base of a box a, that is provided with a hinged lid b and within which the other appliances are stored.
Patent GB-976919-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of alkali salts of cyclohexane carboxylic acid
Inventor: SMEYKAL KARL
IPC: C07C51/36
Filed: 1963-06-27
Abstract: In a process for the production of alkali salts of cyclohexane carboxylic acids by the catalytic hydrogenation of alkali benzoates in aqueous solution, the hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of catalysts containing metallic nickel and/or cobalt and at a temperature of 120-220 DEG C. preferably 140-180 DEG C. and at a pressure of above 20 atmospheres. The material used for the hydrogenation may consist of the alkali benzoate solutions obtained by direct extraction with aqueous alkali hydroxide from the crude oxidation products of toluol. The catalytic hydrogenation may be carried out continuously by conveying the aqueous alkali benzoate solutions through stationary catalysts or by causing them to flow together with suspended catalysts. Several examples are given.
Patent GB-190795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to combined number plates and direction indicators for motor road vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/34
Filed: 1921-09-28
Abstract: 190,795. Green, H. Sept. 28, 1921. Road-traffic signals on vehicles.-A combined number plate and direction indicator for road vehicles comprises a box 1 having its front 2 perforated with the registration number 5 and provided with signalling-lenses 9, 10 and the rear light lens 35. The front 2 is fitted at the rear with sheets of glass retained in grooves, and is mounted on a hinge 3 which also carries a pair of plates 25, 26 marked with arrows and provided with tail pieces 27, 28. The circuit of an electric lamp 6 and battery 7 is normally closed at a switch 8 by pressure of the box front 2. Lamps 11, 12 are arranged in parallel between plates 13, 14 and in circuit with batteries 15, 16 and switches 17, 18, and are adapted to illuminate the lenses 9, 10. A drum 19, actuated by a Bowden wire 22, carries similarly coloured glass plates 20, 21, projections 23, 24 and a rod 33. In operation, the wire 22 is pulled against the action of a spring 34 to signal " right,'' and the rod 33 engages a forwardiy inclined lever 31, which raises the plate 25 by engagement with the tail piece 27. Also the glass plate 20 is moved in front of the lamp 11 and the switch 17 closed by the projecticn 23, so that, for signalling at night, a coloured light is shown by the lens 9 and a white light by the lens 10. To signal " left," the wire 22 is released and the plate 26 is raised by the operation of the rod 33 on the lever 32. The glass plate 21 is moved in front of the lamp 12 and a coloured light is shown by the lens 10 and a white light by the lens 9. Switches 36, 37 enable the batteries 15, 16 to be out out during the day. The Provisional Specification states that the number plate lamp switch may be controlled from a hand or foot lever by a flexible connection.
Patent GB-1091523-A (GB)
Title: Composite flock-coated mats
Inventor: HAUGHTON GEOFFREY JAMES SINCLA
IPC: D04H11/00
Filed: 1963-06-28
Abstract: A composite mat suitable for car floors comprises a non-planar shaped moulded mat having a flexible base sheet with an adherent pile surface of fibrous flock and attached thereto one or more sections of moulded mat comprising a vulcanized natural or synthetic rubber composition.  The composite mat may be made by coating the surface of a flexible base sheet with a curable natural or synthetic rubber latex adhesive, electrostatically depositing flock on the adhesive, drying the adhesive, placing the flock-coated section on an electrically-heated vacuum mould and applying vacuum so that the section is drawn into position, curing the base sheet and the adhesive and attaching moulded mats comprising a natural or synthetic rubber composition to the flock-coated section.  After moulding, the mat may be provided with a resilient under-layer which can be attached to part or all of the under surface of the mat.  The flexible base sheet may comprise a thermoplastic material, bonded-fibre fabric, or a vulcanizable natural or synthetic rubber composition.  In order to avoid undue porosity, oil-dispersed quicklime may be included in the vulcanisable composition.  If, however, a cellular base is required, a blowing agent may be incorporated therein.  The base sheet may have depressions in which the ends of the flock are bonded in tufts.  The flock may be of rayon or nylon.  The moulded mats, which may be attached to the flock coated section by adhesives, stitching, or press-button means, may comprise a base layer of a vulcanised natural or synthetic rubber composition having adherent thereto a coloured surface layer of a thermoset composition containing a vulcanised oil-resistant elastomer and a polymer derived from vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride.
Patent GB-296208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to devices employed in measuring for boots or shoes
IPC: A43D1/02
Filed: 1927-09-30
Abstract: 296,208. Clarke, E. M. Sept. 30, 1927. Boots and shoes, measuring for.-A device for measuring the foot for boots or shoes comprise, essentially a frame 1, Fig. 1, and a number of feelers 2. The latter are independently slidable into contact with the foot F, are held in adjusted position by the frictional engagement of springs 7, and carry at their rear ends points 3 or cutters designed together to mark on a card carried by a pivoted holder 6 the contour of the foot as indicated by the feelers. Records of the foot at different levels are obtained by varying the height of a stand ? for the foot, or the thickness of spacing pieces 5 below the frames 1. Several superposed rows of feelers may be provided. In a preferred arrangement, Fig. 5, each feeler 2 comprises a member 2<111> slidable between abutments 11 of a pair of members 2<1> and provided with a lug 9 which engages a fixed bar 10 to set all the feelers in initial position. The member 2<111> has in its rear end a recess 12 of the form shown to accommodate a trip member 13 pivoted to the members 2<1> and formed with a lug 16 to engage a sliding bar 17. By this arrangement, the member 2<111> advances with the members 2<1> until arrested by the foot F, when the trip member 13 enters the recess 12 so that the lug 16 is disengaged from the bar 17. Hence a single bar 17 can be used to advance all the feelers 2. The bar 17 may also retract the feelers by means of lugs, not shown, on the members 2<1>. Each feeler is held from accidental retraction by a clip 19 which slides with friction on the frame as the feeler advances, but wedges against an arm 24 pivoted to the feeler if the latter is pressed back. The clips 19 must be moved back by hand before the feelers can be retracted. The member, 2<1> carry at their rear ends the marking points or cutters 3. In a modification, the points 3 are carried by separate members which have a oneway connection with the members 2<1>, so that the retraction of the feelers does not move the points. The card holder 6 is faced with cork and is held in inoperative position by a hook 27.
Patent GB-1125206-A (GB)
Title: A collapsible safety steering column assembly for automotive vehicles
IPC: B62D1/19
Filed: 1967-06-05
Abstract: 1,125,206. Energy absorbing devices. VOLKSWAGENWERK A.G. 5 June, 1967 [4 June, 1966; 24 Jan., 1967], No. 25833/67. Heading F2E. [Also in Division B7] A collapsible steering column assembly (see also Division B7) comprises a steering shaft 5, 6 incorporating a collapsible element having a plurality of pairs of strips 1, 2 each wound helically about the shaft axis, the strips of each pair being of the same pitch but wound in opposite directions, the strips of the same pitch direction being evenly spaced about the shaft axis and the strips being interconnected at their intersections. The element may comprise ribbed or flat strips slid into one another and spotwelded together or a perforated lattice sheet rolled into a tube and welded.
Patent GB-731063-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved combination of equipment for use with motor vehicles
Inventor: COLLINS AUSTIN
IPC: B60C23/16
Filed: 1951-11-06
Abstract: 731,063. Air pumps on motor vehicles. PRIMA INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Nov. 6, 1952 [Nov. 6, 1951], No. 25894/51. Class 79(3). A motor vehicle incorporates a plug pump, a compressed air reservoir connected to the pump and quick action coupling means for connecting the reservoir to conduits associated with compressed air actuated appliances, one section of each coupling means being permanently associated with the reservoir and the complementary section with the associated conduit. As shown an engine cylinder has fitted to it the plug pump A of the form disclosed in Specification 713,027, [Group XXVII], the pump being connected by a conduit 12 to the reservoir 10 preferably arranged beneath the vehicle floor. The reservoir 10 carries a pressure gauge 13, an adjustable " blow off " valve 14 and female sections 112 of the quick acting coupling means, the male sections of which are carried by the flexible conduits connected to the compressed air operated appliances such as for lifting and lowering windows, raising and lowering hoods, and applying brakes. Air may also be supplied through one of the conduits from the reservoir for tyre inflation. When not in use the plug pump may be held on the vehicle by spring clips. Specification 731,064 also is referred to.
Patent GB-335031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to arm-chairs, settees and the like
IPC: A47C7/34
Filed: 1929-08-26
Abstract: 335,031. Owen, S. Aug. 26, 1929. Cushions, attaching to other articles. - An upholstered arm-chair or settee has fixed sides and back in which are formed channels, constituted in part by a flat wooden base 3 of the chair, which are of the full depth of a spring seating element 5 and overlap the margins thereof, the channels being open at the front to permit insertion and removal of the seat element. The front seat rail 4 of the chair is provided with a stop piece 7. In a modification the base board 3 is below the rails 4 and a second spring seat element can be placed in the recess thus formed.
Patent GB-807506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lifting mechanism for friction drop hammers
IPC: B21J7/36
Filed: 1954-09-08
Abstract: 807,506. Drop hammers. MASSEY Ltd., B. &. S., WELLS, L. W., and STEPHENS Ltd., J. Dec. 7, 1955 [Sept. 8, 1954], No. 25966/54. Class 83 (4). In a lifting mechanism for a friction lift drop hammer of the kind having a friction band 17 actuated by a pull-cord 25, the latter consists of an impervious extruded ribbon of synthetic resin, such as a polyamide. The hammer tup is attached to a lifter belt 18 connected to a hollow boss 15 on a lifter arm 11 freely mounted on a driving-shaft 10. A drum 14 keyed to the shaft co-operates with a friction band 17 actuated by the pull-cord 25. The latter passes round a capstan 19 fast with the shaft 10 on which the cord is positioned by a roller-guide 27, Fig. 3 (not shown), and is connected by a shackle 26 with a spring-biased operating lever 20 mounted at 16a on a rotatable shaft 16 passing through the boss 15 and connected to the friction band 17. A shackle 39 connects the pull cord with a wire 40 attached to an operating handle.
Patent GB-1150892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements In Feed Mechanisms For Machine Tools
Inventor: NOWICKI ANDRZEJ NARCYZ
IPC: B23F11/00
Filed: 1966-06-10
Abstract: 1,150,892. Relieving gears. CHARLES CHURCHILL Ltd. 8 Sept., 1967 [10 June, 1966], No. 25993/66. Heading B3K. [Also in Division F2] In a method of making rack teeth which are relieved at the ends, teeth are initially formed on a rack 10 by a tool 14 mounted on a rotary bar 15, the bar 15 being horizontally disposed and the rack 10 being traversed from left to right as seen in Fig. 1. The teeth are then subjected to a shaving operation, the bar 15 first being tilted by raising a tailstock 17, and the rack 10 being lifted so that its axis coincides with the axis of tool 14, and the rack 10 then traversed again from left to right.
Patent GB-1270825-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for removing marking particles from non-image areas
IPC: G03G15/095
Filed: 1969-05-21
Abstract: 1,270,825. Removing toner from background areas. RANK XEROX Ltd. May 21, 1969 [May 27, 1968], No.26012/69. Heading G2H. Toner in non-image areas is removed from a xerographic drum 14 by a fur brush 11 before a developed image is transferred to a web 27. The brush 11 rotates counter-clockwise in a housing 12 connected to a suction device 13.
Patent GB-680553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sails for ship propulsion
IPC: B63H9/06
Filed: 1949-10-11
Abstract: 680,553. Sails. JAMES, T. G. Sept. 22, 1950. [Oct. 11, 1949] No. 26047/49. Class 115. A double sail has a wide arcuate sectioned leading edge batten 13 pivoted to the mast head and attached to the sail parts A, B, the clews of which have outhauls 12 attached to the end of a sprit 6. This sprit has side members 7 and cross-braces 9, hinged to the mast structure by pivots 8 so that it can fold against the mast, which is revolvable. In a modification brackets are attached to the leading edge batten to carry a roller jib.