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Patent GB-1517104-A (GB)
Title: Fluidised bed apparatus
IPC: B05C19/02
Filed: 1977-02-17
Abstract: 1517104 Control of fluidised bed PLASTIC COATINGS Ltd 17 Feb 1977 [5 March 1976] 08834/76 Heading B2L A fluidised bed apparatus comprises an open top vessel 10 for a dip-coating powder agitator means for producing a fluidised bed of the powder, and a sensor for signalling a reduction or increase in the surface level of the fluidised bed to a level adjuster, the adjuster comprising a displacement member 35 arranged to be lowered or raised in the bed upon receipt of a signal from the sensor so as to restore by displacement the surface level 15 of the fluidised bed. The sensor may be a float 25 mounted on arm 27 bearing plate 29 with aperture 31, the arm being pivoted nearer the float, vertical movement of aperture 31 being detected by light source and receiver 30, 30. A signal is sent to a means 36 which lowers membet 35 into the bed; when 35 is at its lowest position, a signal is sent to activate hopper 20 to feed further powder to the bed via 21. Baffle 16 extends along the bed but not to the bottom, to reduce surface turbulence due to moving of 35; articles 41 to be coated, e.g. with P.V.C. are mounted on holder 40 and dipped in the bed so that only part thereof is coated.
Patent GB-492873-A (GB)
Title: An improved bobbin for use in textile machinery
IPC: B65H75/30
Filed: 1938-03-23
Abstract: 492,873. Bobbins. FIELDEN, F. March 23, 1938, No. 8878. [Class 120 (iii)] A bobbin for use in yarn winding and other textile machines, consists of a unitary casting of aluminium or other light metal or alloy, and has a hollow cylindrical part a with recessed flanges b, c at its ends having reduced bores d to fit upon the spindle. The bores d may be provided by bushings of bearing metal inserted in the central bosses b<2>, c2 or by hard metal cast in position. A rib f in the recess of the bottom flange c is engaged by the usual driving pegs when the bobbin is mounted on the spindle. A balancing weight h, which may be of lead, may be dovetailed into the rim of the flange b.
Patent GB-602227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in coffee mills
IPC: A47J42/04
Filed: 1946-03-22
Abstract: 602,227. Coffee mills. KULA, W. March 22, 1946, No. 8880. [Class 59] A coffee mill comprises a cylindrical casing 10 of a size convenient for holding in the hand, a fixed annular cutter 11 mounted transversely therein and a rotary cutter 13 carried on a spindle 14 which projects through the end-cap 20 of the casing, the cutter 13 being adjusted vertically by means of a nut 18 held by a lock-nut 19 and bearing against a cross-bar 17 inside the casing. The handle 15, 16, may be removed from the operating position and placed on the side of the mill, the spindle fitting into a socket on the knob 16 and a peg 22 on the side of the casing fitting in a key-hole slot 23 in the arm 15. The peg 22 may be used in conjunction with a detachable fitting or bracket for supporting the mill, when in use, on the edge of a table.
Patent GB-1234753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tiles or panels
Inventor: TEROY JEAN-PIERRE
IPC: E04F13/16
Filed: 1967-02-24
Abstract: 1,234,753. Laminate. JEAN-PIERRE TEROY (DECOR) Ltd. 23 May, 1968 [24 Feb., 1967], No. 8911/67. Heading B5N. [Also in Division B6]  A tile or panel comprises a backing sheet 2 of expanded polystyrene, asbestos or cork, at least one face and two edges of the said backing sheet being wholly or partly covered with an adhered woven or non-woven fabric 4 e.g. of hessian. The upper edges of the backing sheet may be rounded or chamfered. In a preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the backing sheet is provided with one or more cut-outs 6, the cut-outs having one or more inserts 8 made of the same material as the backing sheet and covered with woven or non-woven fabric, which may differ in colour from the fabric covering the backing sheet and/or other inserts, said inserts terminating flush with or above the surface of the tile or panel to produce a design or pattern.
Patent GB-164553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with laminar and like springs
IPC: F16F1/20
Filed: 1920-03-27
Abstract: 164,553. Taylor, J., and Holt, R. March 27, 1920. Laminar springs. -In a laminar spring, some or all of the intermediate leaves have mounted in them at or near their ends rollers or balls which bear against the leaves at each side of those in which they are mounted. Rollers h, Fig. 1, are carried. in slots in the intermediate leaves b - - e of a laminar spring. The outer leaves a, f are separated from the adjacent intermediate leaves b, e bv rollers j, best shown in Fig. 2, and similar rollers m separate the leaves at their centres. Rollers such as h may be used instead of the rollers m. In a modification, alternate intermediate leaves carry rollers o, Fig. 5, at their ends. The Provisional Specification refers also to the use of balls between adjacent leaves, or projections on the leaves such as studs, pins, or ribs.
Patent GB-651530-A (GB)
Title: Improved potato drill
IPC: A01C9/04
Filed: 1948-12-01
Abstract: 651,530. Potato-planters. BIRDSALL, T. R., and BIRDSALL, D. Dec. 1, 1948, No. 9034. [Class 6(i)] A potato-planter comprises a wheeled main frame carrying an upper hopper G and a lower hopper E with the axle C of the land wheels passing through the lower hopper and being rotated by the wheels through ratchet clutches. The upper hopper is sectioned, and each section feeds a corresponding section of the lower hopper through a spout fitted with a manuallyoperable flap-valve H. Each section of the lower hopper contains a rotary disc D carrying arms D<SP>1</SP> fitted with cups D<SP>2</SP>, the disc being secured to the axle C. The cups carry the potatoes round and drop them into a delivery shoot F, the lower part of which is hinged to the upper part and carries a furrow-opening shoe L. Each shoot F is mounted on a standard K to which is pivoted an arm R<SP>1</SP> carrying a furrow-closing plate R, the lower part of the shoot and the plate R being raisable out of ground engagement by a lever and linkwork (Fig. 4, not shown). Adjustable bracing rods O, P connect the standards to the main frame. Manually-operable spring-loaded flaps close the upper ends of the shoots F when they are not in use. Seats W are provided for operators.
Patent GB-590105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to drawing material
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1945-04-12
Abstract: 590,105. Drawing material. HALL. HARDING, Ltd., and BEESON, A. April 12, 1945, No. 9126. [Class 97 (iii)] A network of equidistantly arranged intersecting rows of graduations is marked on sheets of material adapted for drawing upon or to form backing sheets for transparent drawing material. Each row,may comprise two sets of graduations along an imaginary datum line and the rows may form a rectangular mesh or, as shown in Fig. 2, an oblique mesh to facilitate isometric drawing. The graduations may be printed in coloured inks, which may be translucent to actinic light.
Patent GB-926574-A (GB)
Title: Integral main drive member for sewing machines
IPC: D05B69/30
Filed: 1962-03-09
Abstract: 926,574. Sewing-machines. SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. March 9, 1962 [March 17, 1961], No. 9174/62. Class 112. A sewing-machine upper arm shaft, formed with a crank for actuating the looptaker and provided with a crank-pin for actuating the needle bar, is adapted to be passed into operative position through one of the bearings in which it is journalled. The journal in said bearing may be of a diameter greater than the diameter of a circle encompassing the axial projection of the shaft from said journal to the inner extremity of the shaft, to enable the shaft to be passed into position axially. Alternatively, said journal may be of a diameter at least as large as the diameter of the smallest circle which will encompass the axial projection of any section of the shaft, between said journal and the inner extremity of the shaft, equal in length to that of said journal. The arm shaft 60 has an end portion 61 supporting a hand wheel 83, a journal 62 supported in a bearing 80, a looptaker-actuating crank 63, a feed advance-actuating cam 64, an offset portion 66 counterbalancing crank 63 and cam 64 a large diameter journal 67 supported in a bearing 81, and an enlarged end portion formed with a bore 69 for a crank-pin 71 and with a counterbalancing portion 70 for crank-pin 71. A weight-reducing counterbore 72, extending into journal 67, may be concentric with the axis of rotation of the shaft, or eccentric thereto for counterbalancing purposes. The shaft, which is formed as a single casting from grey cast iron or from aluminium alloy, is passed into operative position through bearing 81. Stitch forming.-Crank-pin 70 is connected by a link 19 to the needle bar 15 slidable in bushes 16. A take-up lever 20 is suspended from the frame by a link 21 and is pivoted on crank-pin 71. Crank 63 is connected by a pitman 37 to an arm 36 on a rock frame 35. A fork 32 on the latter slidably embraces a block 33 pivoted on an arm 32 rigid with a shaft 31 adapted to drive an oscillating shuttle 30. Feed.-A cam 44, rigid with rock frame 35, is embraced by a cam-follower fork 45 rigid with a feed-lift shaft 43. A pitman 48, connecting cam 64 to an arm 47 rigid with a feed-advance shaft 46, has pivoted thereon a block 50 slidably embraced by a fork 51 which is pivoted on the machine frame and is provided with a feedadjusting handle 52.
Patent GB-925843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to magazines for recording tapes
IPC: G11B23/107
Filed: 1962-03-09
Abstract: 925,843. Record tape cassettes. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. March 9, 1962 [March 13, 1961], No. 9188/62. Class 40 (2). A lever 15 grips the rim 22 of a tape reel 1 and a threading mouse 12 on the end of the tape 9 when the cassette is removed from a record/playback apparatus. On loading the cassette to the apparatus, a locating pin, entering the hole 7, displaces the lever to release the reel and mouse, while the hole 14 locates the mouth of the cassette relative to a tapethreading guide (not detailed). Prongs 21 may engage teeth 23 on the reel rim in the gripping position to allow the reel to be turned in a tapetightening direction only.
Patent GB-414463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wardrobe trunks
IPC: A45C13/03
Filed: 1933-03-27
Abstract: 414,463. Wardrobe trunks. BOSQUE, J. V., 15th Street, Vista Alegre Borough, Santiago, Cuba. March 27, 1933, No. 9225. [Class 52 (i).] A wardrobe trunk comprises a turntable, upon which it may be rotated, with a central upstanding pivot, set in a recess in the end of the trunk as shown, the recess 1<1> is fitted with a disc 3 on a central pivot 4. Ball cups 6 are fitted on the plate 3, and a ball race 8 on the bottom of the recess. The disc is kept in place by a spring 13, and a brake is provided consisting of a spring-pressed plunger 16 which in use presses on the disc 3, but may be withdrawn, and held withdrawn by a transverse pin 19 which is removed from recesses in the upper end of the casing 18. A felt ring 21 prevents the access of dirt, damp and vermin. The trunk comprises two compartments formed by a vertical partition; one forms a hanging-compartment, the other contains drawers.
Patent GB-703303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in current-limiting high capacity electric fuses
Inventor: EDSALL WILLIAM SHERMAN
IPC: H01H85/143
Filed: 1952-04-10
Abstract: 703,303. Fusible cut-outs. CHASE-SHAWMUT CO. April 10, 1952, No. 9265/52. Class 38 (1) A multiple-unit fuse comprises a pair of spaced terminal elements 12<SP>1</SP>, 14<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 1, connected by an insulating shell 38, the opposing faces of the terminal elements having recesses therein receiving the end caps 18, 20 of a plurality of cartridge fuse units 10 to be connected in parallel. The end caps are loosely applied to the fuse unit bodies 16 and are held in position by the terminal elements thereby permitting the escape of gases produced on rupture of the fuse. Each fuse unit 10 has a fuse-link 28 formed with a plurality of holes 30 producing pairs of necks 32 at which fusion occurs and the insides of the fuse units and also the spaces between adjacent units inside the shell 38 are filled with granular arc-quenching material 40. Two sorts of material are provided in each fuse unit, one 34, such as quartz, surrounding each end of the fuse link and the other 36, of thermally insulating material such as gypsum, surrounding the centre of the link, the materials being separated by discs 37. Thus, on fusing of the link, fulgurites formed in the material 34 are separated by the material 36. Also, the material 36 prevents excessive heating of the centre portion of the casing 16. The terminal elements may be circular as shown in Fig. 1, or rectangular, Fig. 8 (not shown), the shell in the latter case comprising four plates bolted to the elements. The granular arc-quenching material in the shell may be replaced by a solid dielectric body formed with holes for the fuse units, Fig. 3 (not shown) or by dielectric which is poured into the shell in liquid form and then allowed to solidify. Fig. 5 shows a modification wherein a pair of fuse units 10 are connected in series between terminal elements 48. One end cap of each unit is received in a recess 58 in an insulating member 56 inset in each terminal element, said end caps being connected together by an insulated conductor 62. Series-parallel connection of a number of units may be effected by combining the features of the Figs. 1 and 5 embodiments.
Patent GB-1242645-A (GB)
Title: Fruit harvester for shaking off fruit
Inventor: PILJUGIN LEV MIKHAILOVICH
IPC: A01D46/26
Filed: 1969-02-20
Abstract: 1,242,645. Harvesting fruit. NAUCHNOISSLEDOVATELSKY ZONALNY INSTITUT SADOVODSTVA NECHERNOZEMNOI POLOSY U.S.S.R. 20 Feb., 1969, No. 9266/69. Heading A1F. A fruit harvesting device comprises a flexible forked element, e.g. of polyurethane, whose base 3 envelops an axle 4 secured on a lever 11 oscillated by a vibrator 2, the ends 5 of the forked element 1 being fixed to the body 7 of the device. An insert 8, e.g. of bronze, may reinforce the element 1, and tension is adjustable by means of a screw mounting 10. The vibrator comprises an electric motor 13 driving a shaft 16 through gears 14, 15, a cam 17 operating a slide block 18 to oscillate the lever 11. (For Figures see next page.)
Patent GB-106551-A (GB)
IPC: A61F2/54
Filed: 1916-07-03
Abstract: 106,551. Anderson, W. P., Clarke, N. C., and Whitelaw, J. F. July 3, 1916. Spades; forks; rakes; hoes.-To enable a spade, fork, rake, hoe, brush, or other article to be manipulated by a. person with an artificial arm provided with a hook or equivalent device, a swinging link is pivotally secured to the spade or like article. In the form shown, the link 6 is pivotally attached by a removable bolt to a clamp secured on the handle of the spade. The clamp comprises two handle-engaging members 1, 2 drawn towards each other by bolts 4. In a modified form, the clamp is provided with a simple link pivoted at one side and adapted to engage an abutment to prevent the link from swinging beyond a predetermined position.
Patent GB-1204362-A (GB)
Title: Plastic foil ceiling
Inventor: GIBSON MALCOLM MILNE
IPC: B44C7/00
Filed: 1967-02-28
Abstract: 1,204,362. Ceiling or wall coverings. N. E. L. BERGSTROM. 27 Feb., 1968 [28 Feb.,- 1967], No. 9390/67. Addition to 914,430. Heading E1W. The method claimed in Specification 914430 is modified in that areas of the plastics sheet covering the ceiling are formed with multiple perforations.
Patent GB-1042987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rollers for use at high temperatures
IPC: B65G39/00
Filed: 1964-03-05
Abstract: 1,042,987. Rollers. COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN. March 5, 1964 [March 5, 1963], No. 9428/64. Heading F2U. A tubular silica roller 1 for use in a furnace conveying sheets of glass or plastics, has a smooth covering of refractory material 2 sprayed on by a gun. The refractory material may be: alumina, zirconium oxide or silicate, used separately or in combination.
Patent GB-613067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a hangar structure for suspending drill pipe or casing tongs in well derricks
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 1946-03-27
Abstract: 613,067. Well drilling plant. BYRON JACKSON CO. March 27, 1946, No. 9440. Convention date, March 20, 1945. [Class 85] [Also in Group XXIII] Relates to hanger-structures for supporting drill-pipe or casing tongs in a well derrick and comprises means for adjusting the balance of the tongs as, for example, when the tong jaws are changed for jaws of a different size. In Figs. 1 and 2, the tong lever 2 has pairs of apertured bosses 7, 10, whereby the tong may be reversibly connected by pivot 6 to an arm 5 provided with lateral boss 12 through which passes a screw 14 adjustably engaging the web 13 of the tong lever to limit pivotal movement of the latter. The upper end of the arm has a forked head 15 in which is mounted a bolt 18 to which a sleeve 19 may be fixed as by a pin 20, the sleeve having a helical groove engaging a twisted link 22 carried by the suspension line 24, rotation of the sleeve 19 causing lateral adjustment of the arm 5 relative to the suspension line. In Fig. 5, a link 5b pivoted at 66 to the tong arm 2a, is adjustably connectible to any of a series of points 5c on the arm 5a. Specification 545,322, [Group XXIII], is referred to.
Patent GB-1110876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cutting-drums for coal-mining machines
Inventor: CAMDEN WALTER
IPC: E21C25/10
Filed: 1965-03-06
Abstract: 1,110,876. Mineral-mining cutter drums. TODWICK MINING MACHINERY CO. Ltd. 4 March, 1966 [6 March, 1965], No. 9602/ 65. Heading E1F. A mineral-mining cutter drum construction toallow of reduction in weight comprises supporting a pick box-carrying helical strip on the outer ends of hollow members, e.g. rods, extending radially from and disposed in a helix about a central sleeve with the spaces between adjacent rods, the strip, and the sleeve being filled in by flat plates to form a scroll conveying surface to the drum at the outer end of which boxes for sumping picks are mounted on an apertured plate or radial arms secured between a circular rim and the sleeve to form the end surface of the drum.
Patent GB-1068369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ship stabilization
Inventor: HAIGH CHARLES ROY
IPC: B63B39/03
Filed: 1964-07-23
Abstract: 1,068,369. Ship-stabilizers. JOHN J. McMULLEN ASSOCIATES Inc. July 23, 1964, No. 9621/66. Divided out of 1,068,368. Heading B7M. A passive-tank ship-stabilizer comprises a rectangular tank (10), Figs. 1 and 2 (not shown), charged with a liquid in a free-surface condition whose motion in response to rolling of the ship is impeded by vertically-mounted tubularbodies (34, 36) situated at each end. of the tank so as to form flumes or nozzles (38), the sides of the tank being orientated athwartships. The liquid flowing through said flumes is guided by pairs of horizontal parallel-plates (40, 42) which are attached to said bodies and have rounded or curled edges (44) to minimize turbulence. The motion of the liquid is also impeded by two parallel rows of vertically-mounted tubularbodies (26) which define a plurality of flumes (28) at the centre of the tank.
Patent GB-575986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to signalling apparatus
IPC: G08B9/00
Filed: 1944-05-19
Abstract: 575,986. Order-telegraphs. CHADBURNS (LIVERPOOL), Ltd., (formerly CHADBURN'S (SHIP) TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd.,), and PIGOTT, S. T. May 19, 1944, No. 9641. [Class 118 (ii)] A telegraph order-receiver and an indicator operated by the apparatus to which the orders apply, for showing the effect of carrying out the orders received (both visible to the person carrying out the orders), have pointers traversing a common or neighbouring paths whereby they may be readily maintained in register. As shown, a ship's telegraph "revolutions required" receiver 13 having an index 19 mounted on a rotatable toothed ring 15 is incorporated in a propeller speed indicator 10 having a pointer 12, so that to ensure the required propeller speed the engines must be controlled to maintain the pointer 12 in register with the index 19. The shaft 14, rotated by the transmitter on the bridge, sets the ring and index to the required position through rotation of a wheel having a single tooth 18 and geared 1 : 1 to the shaft 14.
Patent GB-665161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to spectacle frames
IPC: G02C5/22
Filed: 1949-04-08
Abstract: 665,161. Spectacle frames. HADLEY CO., Ltd., and ROSSER, G. D. April 5, 1950 [April 8, 1949], No. 9659/49. Class 97 (i). A spectacle frame side-piece made of a plastic reinforced by a wire core attached at its end to a hinge member is characterized in that the hinge member consists of a metal stamping formed with two holes and bent into U-shape to bring the holes into register so that the arms of the U form two hinge barrels, the end of the stamping so bent being united to the end of the core and encased in the plastic. As shown, the side-piece consists of a reinforcing wire 2 which is butt-welded to the end 11 of a metal stamping 10 that has been bent into U-shape to provide hinge lugs 3. The wire and the base of the stamping are encased in plastic which is preferably transparent.
Patent GB-185445-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for accurately positioning the printing plates on the plate holders of photographic printing apparatus
IPC: G03B27/06
Filed: 1921-04-02
Abstract: 185,445. Huebner, W. C., and Huebner-Bleistein Patents Co. April 2, 1921. Printing-apparatus.-Relates to auxiliary apparatus for placing a negative or transparent printing-plate or a series thereof accurately in required position on the detachable plate-holder or plate-holders of a photographic printing-machine, and consists in a support on which a plateholder may be placed in predetermined position, corresponding to the position which it will occupy in the printing-machine; means on the plateholder for adjusting the position of the printing- plate; a registering-device carrying a master image adapted to be superimposed on the printing-plate; and a second registering-device, separately adjustable over the printing-plate, and carrying scribing-tools for making marks on the printing-plate to facilitate future registration. The negative or printing-plate A is carried in a holder B mounted on an inclined support C on a stand c, the negative being adjustable in the holder by screw devices 12 carrying registering marks 13. The holder B is pressed by screw devices 17, 18 against fixed stops 14, 15 on the support C, and in identical arrangement is adopted for mounting the holder B in the printing-machine. Hinged to the support C is a framework 19 carrying pairs of adjustable bars 21, 23, between which is stretched a master image or registering sheet E. The framework 19 may be swung round to superimpose the sheet E upon the negative A, when this may be adjusted to register its image with that on the sheet E by manipulating the screw devices 12. The hinge 31 of the framework 19 is displaceable at right-angles to the plate-holder B, and an adjustable stop 42 is mounted on the framework, to enable the sheet E to be adjusted so as to lie flat on the negative A. Hinged at the opposite side of the support C so as to be rotatable into position over the negative A is a second registering-device F comprising an open frame 50 having horizontal and upright guide-bars 52, 53, upon which are adjustably mounted carriages 54, each carrying a registering element 55 and a. scribing-blade 59a adjustable perpendicular to the plane of the framework 50. A plate A which already carries register marks, can be adjusted on the holder B by employing the registering device F alone; and a plate which carries no register marks can first be registered with the master on the sheet E, and then have register marks inscribed upon it to facilitate future registration by means of the blades 59a on the registering-device F.