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Patent GB-1455116-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical compositions
IPC: C07C239/00
Filed: 1973-09-17
Abstract: 1455116 Pharmaceutical compositions IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd 30 Nov 1973 [15 Dec 1972 17 Sept 1973] 57970/72 and 43478/73 Heading A5B [Also in Division C2] A pharmaceutical composition comprises a diluent or carrier and, as active ingredient, an alkanolamine derivative possessing #-adrenergic blocking activity of the formula:- wherein A stands for a C 2-12  alkylene radical, R' stands for hydrogen or for an alkyl, hafoalkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl radical, each of up to 10 carbon atoms, or for an aryl radical of the formula:- wherein R<SP>2</SP>, R<SP>3</SP>, R<SP>12</SP> and R<SP>13</SP>, which may be the same or different, each stands for a hydrogen, or halogen atom, a hydroxy, amino, nitro or cyano radical, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy or alkanoyl radical, each of up to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl, aryloxy or aralkoxy radical, each of up to 12 carbon atoms; or wherein R<SP>2</SP> and R<SP>3</SP> together, and/or R<SP>12</SP> and R<SP>13</SP> together, form the trimethylene, tetramethylene, 1 -oxotetramethylene, propenylene, but-2-enylene or buta-1, 3-dienylene radical, such that together with two adjacent carbon atoms of the benzene ring they form respectively the lindaryl, 5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydronaphthyl, 5-oxo-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydronaphthyl, indenyl, 5, 8-dihydronaphthyl or naphthyl radical; wherein R<SP>4</SP> stands for hydrogen or for the hydroxy or hydroxymethyl radical or for an aralkoxy radical of up to 12 carbon atoms; wherein R<SP>14</SP> stands for hydrogen or for the amino radical or for a dialkylamino radical of up to 12 carbon atoms; X stands for the carbonyl (-CO-) or sulphonyl (-SO 2 -) radical; and Y represents a  direct link, or an alkylene, oxyalkylene, or alkyleneoxy radical, each of up to 6 carbon atoms, or for an amino, alkylamino, amino alkylene, aminoalkyleneoxy or aminoalkylerecarbonyloxy radical, each of up to 6 carbon atoms, or (except when R<SP>1</SP> represents hydrogen) for the oxygen atom; or an acid-addition salt thereof The composition may also contain one or more drugs selected from sedatives, e.g. phenobarbitone, meprobamate, chiorpromazine and the benzodiazepine sedative drugs such as chlordiazepoxide and diazepam; vasodilators, e.g. glyceryl trinitrate, pentaerythritol tetranitrate and isosorbide dinitrate; diuretics, e.g. chlorotlhiazide hypotensive agents, e.g. reserpine, bethanidine and guanethidine; cardiac membrane stabilizing agents, e.g. quinidine; agents used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. and other tremors, e.g. benmhexol; cardiotonic agents, e.g. digitalis preparations; α-adrenergic blocking agents, e.g. phentolanine, and sympathominetic bronchodilators, e.g. isoprenaline, orciprenaline adrenaline and ephedine. The composition may be in the form of a tablet, capsule, aqueous or oily solution or suspension, emulsion, injectable aqueous or oily solution or suspension, dispersible powder, spray or aerosol formulation.
Patent GB-1448365-A (GB)
Title: Strong boxes
IPC: E05B65/00
Filed: 1972-09-20
Abstract: 1448365 Latches INDUSTRIES PREVENCO Ltd 18 Oct 1973 [20 Sept 1972] 43617/72 Heading E2A The gravity-opened, sliding door 13' of a cashier's strong-box is secured by a sliding latch-bolt 39 whose rearward, releasing movement by handle 58, 60 projecting from the underside of the box, is obstructed by a cam 52, Fig. 2, until this is rotated to the position shown in Fig. 3 by a solenoid 5 and link 55 within the box itself. The solenoid is operated by a remote delay circuit (Figs. 8 and 9, not shown). The nose of the latch bolt has a step such that when the remotely controlled solenoid operates, the bolt is partly retracted by a spring 49, allowing the door to drop down slightly thus indicating that manual opening is now possible.
Patent GB-1485456-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable band brake device
IPC: A61B5/22
Filed: 1974-10-08
Abstract: 1485456 Band brakes A B SVENSSON 8 Oct 1974 43621/74 Heading F2E In an adjustable band brake device for producing a defined braking action and intended especially for ergometer cycles, the brake band extends for more than one turn around the brake drum 3, the total angle of wrap 5 being chosen so that the force F2 at one end, 2, is negligible; the other end, 1, of the band is not immovably fixed but is secured, e.g. to a lever pivoted in the cycle frame, so that a predetermined force F1 may be applied to the band, e.g. by a slidable weight 4. As shown, the angle of wrap 5 is just over one-and-a-half turns, and may be chosen to take into account friction losses in bearings and transmission 6.
Patent GB-890670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to spinning bait for fishermen
IPC: A01K85/12
Filed: 1959-12-28
Abstract: 890,670. Anglers' spinners. EDGINTON, B. Dec. 19, 1960 [Dec. 28, 1959], No. 43966/59. Class 48. A spinning bait comprises a metal or plastic fish split longitudinally into two halves a, b which are held together by caps or rings c, d. The bait revolves on a wire e which may have a weight e<SP>1</SP> moulded or clinched thereon.
Patent GB-1305078-A (GB)
IPC: B60S1/34
Filed: 1970-09-16
Abstract: 1305078 Mounting hubs on shafts SWFSPEZIALFABRIK FUER AUTOZUBEHOER GUSTAV RAU GmbH 16 Sept 1970 [17 Sept 1969] 44125/70 Heading F2U A metal hub 20 integral with a hinge part 22 (e.g. for a windscreen wiper arm) is mounted on a shaft 25 and has a plastics cap 10 covering the hub and the hinge part. The cap may have cut-outs 19 to give axis to the hinge pivots 18 and have integral claws 14, 15 to retain it on the hub.
Patent GB-1363483-A (GB)
Title: Means for indicating a balance position between the channels of a four channel stereophonic system
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 1971-09-23
Abstract: 1363483 Volume controls MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO Ltd 23 Sept 1971 [29 Sept 1970] 44497/71 Heading H4J The balanced listening position for a 4- channel stereophonic system is provided by a visual display on an indicator. Fig. 2 shows four amplifier channels. Output 11 supplies a front left speaker (1), Fig. 1 (not shown). Output 15 supplies a front right speaker (2). Output 19 supplies a rear left speaker (3) and output 23 supplies a rear right speaker (4). The two front channels are interconnected by a potentiometer 24 having a variable tapping to earth. This variable tapping is ganged to the earthed variable tapping of a potentiometer 25 interconnecting the two rear channels. The adjustment of the earthed tappings is controlled by a slide knob 31 (Fig. 4) movement of which adjusts the sound output level from left to right. In a similar manner potentiometer 26 interconnects the two left channels and potentiometer 27 interconnects the two right channels. The earthed tappings of potentiometers 26 and 27 are ganged and movement of a slide knob 30 adjusts the sound output level from front to rear. Slide knobs 30 and 31 are secured to rods 33 and 34 respectively which extend through holes in an L-shaped member 35 carrying a lamp 36. Lamp 36 has an opaque cover 38 provided with a hole 39. This provides a light spot which is projected on the underside of a grid-like indicating board (40), Fig. 3 (not shown). The position of the light spot on the grid indicates the balance position in the listening room.
Patent GB-1434629-A (GB)
Title: Yarn spinning apparatus
IPC: D01H4/32
Filed: 1973-09-21
Abstract: 1434629 Open end spinning device J M NOGUERA 19 Sept 1974 [21 Sept 1973 1 March 1974] 44501/73 and 9479/74 Headings DID and D1N An open end spinning device comprises a hollow opening roller constructed so as to permit a gas flow from the inside to the outside of the roller, and a rotatable impeller, driven by a member of the device, which generates an increased gas pressure within the hollow roller. This arrangement assists in removal of separated fibres from the opening roller. The impeller can be formed by the rotor 1 (as shown), a fan attached to the rotor (Fig. 2 not shown), a fan within a stationary .housing in the opener roller (Figs 3 and 4 not shown) or a separate fan mounted on a shaft driven by the rotor drive (Fig. 5 not shown) the opener roller may be perforate or porous.
Patent GB-1243383-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing adsorbed vaccines
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 1968-09-19
Abstract: 1,243,383. Vaccines. INSTITUT PASTEUR. 19 Sept., 1968 [26 Sept., 1967], No. 44534/68. Heading A5B. In a process for the preparation of a vaccine, an antigen is introduced into an aqueous solution of dibasic sodium phosphate, a calcium chloride aqueous solution is added to the mixture formed, the pH is adjusted to a value of 6.-87 and the precipitate carrying the adsorbed antigen is collected.
Patent GB-962066-A (GB)
Title: Liquid separator for gravity-free environment
IPC: B01D46/02
Filed: 1962-11-28
Abstract: 962,066. Centrifugal. separators. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. Nov. 28, 1962 [Nov. 30, 1961], No. 44917/62. Heading B2P. A centrifugal separator 8 mounted in the stream of a liquid-laden gas deposits the liquid upon one surface of a porous plate 14, another, e.g. the opposite, surface of which is maintained in a wet state by a control system for the discharge of the liquid so as to draw the latter through the porous plate by capillary action. The separator is mounted for rotation in the gas-conveying duct 2 and consists of a cone made of hydrophobic material which allows only the gas to flow through it. The lower end of the cone projects within a recess 4 in the duct above the plate 14 which is made of porous metal. The water passing through the plate 14 collects in a trough 16 which is connected by a conduit 18 to a chamber 20 having a moving wall constituted by a flexible diaphragm 24 attached at its edge to one wall of a chamber 30. An outlet conduit 34 is connected to the chamber 20. Interconnected valves 32, 36 are mounted in the conduits 18, 34 so that when one is open the other is shut so that the trough 16 is always filled with liquid to wet the under-surface of the plate 14. A pressure equalizing valve 42 senses the pressure in the conduit 18 and maintains a supply of gas, e.g. nitrogen, to the chamber 30 to maintain the pressure therein equal to that in the chamber 20. The liquid from the chamber 20 may be supplied to a space vehicle connected to the conduit 34.
Patent GB-1358020-A (GB)
Title: Fluid control device
IPC: F16K31/06
Filed: 1972-09-29
Abstract: 1358020 Valves NORTHEAST FLUIDICS Inc 29 Sept 1972 [4 Oct 1971] 45082/72 Heading F2V In an electro-pneumatic control device a valve member 5 is maintained on its seat between an inlet 2 and an outlet 3 by inlet fluid pressure in chamber 4, the inlet fluid pressure in chamber 7 which communicates with chamber 4 via passage 8 being vented by a nozzle 14 at the end of a magnetizable core 12. When a solenoid 15 is energized an armature disc 16 is moved down to close the nozzle 14 to cause the pressure to build-up in chamber 7 and to act on diaphragm 9 to move the valve member 5 off its seat, valve member 9a simultaneously closing communication between outlet 3 and a vent (3a). When the disc 16 is seated on the nozzle 14 a continuous magnetic circuit is formed by core 12, end wall 17 and cylindrical side wall 18 which contacts the disc at its end 19. The disc is formed by a central portion 16a joined by curved arms (16c) to a peripheral portion (16b) and is overlaid by a resilient diaphragm (21) so that the nozzle 14 may alternatively be closed by the admission of fluid pressure to control post (26).
Patent GB-1167874-A (GB)
Title: A Thermal Copying Process.
IPC: B41M5/42
Filed: 1966-10-10
Abstract: 1,167,874. Thermographic processes. MEMOFAX A/S. Oct.10, 1966 [Oct. 28, 1965], No.45098/66. Heading G2C. A thermal copying process comprises the step of subjecting one side of a heat-sensitive register paper to heating action, said register paper having a thin layer of metal foil adhered to the other side.
Patent GB-1057789-A (GB)
Title: A passive-tank ship stabilization system
IPC: B63B39/03
Filed: 1965-10-25
Abstract: 1,057,789. Stabilizing ships. JOHN J. McMULLEN ASSOCIATES Inc. Oct. 25, 1965 [Oct. 27, 1964], No. 45110/65. Heading B7M. A passive-tank ship-stabilizer comprises an elongated substantially-rectangular tank (14), Figs. 2 and 3 (not shown), having its longitudinal axis orientated in a direction athwartships of a hull (10), Fig. 1 (not shown), and containing liquid, e.g. water or fuel-oil, in a free-surface condition, the motion of said liquid from one end of the the tank to the other in response to rolling of the ship being impeded by a broadcrested weir (20) whose sill or uppermost surface may be rendered rough. The proportions of the weir are such as to minimize the quantity of liquid at the centre of the tank, in which region the liquid has little effect in stabilizing the ship, whereby the total weight of liquid necessary to achieve stability is diminished. The weir may contain drainage pipes (36) and an associated valve (38) which is normally closed to prevent liquid passing from one side of the weir to the other through said pipes. The tank may also contain a plurality of vertically-orientated tubes (30) on each side of the weir to further impede the motion of the liquid. Partitioning plates (32) may be situated between and attached to pairs of adjacent tubes. The top and bottom of the tank may be formed by decks (21, 22).
Patent GB-1063020-A (GB)
Title: Reciprocating pump for semi-iiquid materials
IPC: F04B7/00
Filed: 1964-11-05
Abstract: 1,063,020. Reciprocating pumps. E. L. SHERROD. Nov. 5, 1964 [Nov. 8, 1963], No. 45150/64. Heading F1A. A reciprocating pump for semi-liquid materials, e.g. concrete, comprises a feed chamber 10, cylinders 11, 12, 13 housing pistons reciprocated by double-acting hydraulic assemblies 17, 18 and valve members 29 and 30 provided with delivery passages 31 therethrough which are in continuous communication with and rotatable about the axis of delivery ports 32 in the feed chamber which communicate with a delivery line 15. The valve members 29 and 30 are oscillated relative to cylinder ports (11', 12', 13'), Fig. 3 (not shown), in the feed chamber by means of double-acting hydraulic actuators (42, 45) and (52, 53) respectively, in synchronism with the reciprocation of the pumping pistons, to connect the cylinders alternately to the feed chamber and the delivery passages (31). In a further embodiment, Figs.4 to 8 (not shown), a single valve member (60), controls communication between the cylinder ports (74, 75, 76) of three angularly equispaced cylinders (73) with a feed chamber (65) and a passage (87) through the valve member in communication with a delivery line. The valve member (60) is rotated by means of a ratchet (90) fixed thereto, actuated by a pair of fluid-pressure actuators (94, 96) and (95, 97) operating in opposite phase and moving the valve member through 60 degrees of the 120 degrees of rotation between one cylinder port and the next. It is stated that the pumps may have one, two or four cylinders.
Patent GB-1281478-A (GB)
Title: Turning device for deflecting moving webs
Inventor: UPMEIER HARTMUT
IPC: B65H23/32
Filed: 1970-09-25
Abstract: 1281478 Guiding webs WINDMOLLER & HOLSCHER 25 Sept 1970 [17 Oct 1969 29 June 1970] 45830/70 Heading B8R A turning device for deflecting a moving web 1 comprises a curved surface 7 defined by a plurality of supporting elements formed from helically curved shafts 3 each having a rotatable covering 4, the shafts being mounted in a frame 5 having semicircular ends 6. The covering 4 for each shaft 3 may comprise a flexible tube (9) supported on the shaft by rollers (10), Fig. 3 (not shown), or it may be formed from a plurality of closely juxtaposed convex rolls (18), Fig. 5 (not shown). In a second embodiment, the shafts 3 are semicircular in, shape and are mounted on a rotating cylinder to extend circumferentially thereto, the shafts being; alternately arranged on opposite sides of the cylinder (Fig. 4, not shown).
Patent GB-1073951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to blenders for blending two or more liquids
Inventor: BROWN STANLEY GRAHAM
IPC: G05D11/13
Filed: 1962-12-06
Abstract: 1,073,951. Controlling fluid flow. PLENTY & SON Ltd. Dec.3, 1963 [Dec. 6, 1962], No.46140/62. Heading G1N. [Also in Division G3] The mixture ratio of two liquids, such as heavy fuel oil and diesel oil, supplied from two pumps 10, 12, Fig. 1, to a common main 52 is maintained constant by adjusting at 74 the capacity of the pump 12 in response to variations in the capacity of pump 10. The outputs of moving core transformers 56, 76, associated with capacity adjusting devices 21, 74 for the pumps 10, 12 are compared at 58, and the error signal is used to control the adjusting device 74. The primary winding 80 of the second moving core transformer 76 is supplied from a fixed source. Variation of the input 70 to the primary 66 of the transformer 56 effects a change in the mixture ratio by varying the error signal. A potentiometer may be used instead of a transformer in each case Fig.4 (not shown). Each pump Fig.2 (not shown) consists of a cage (46) carrying a rotor (44), the combination being movable up and down relative to the shaft (38) which carries sliding vanes (40) thus varying the capacity of the pump. The moving cores of the transformers are each operated by the cage (46), and associated with the pump 10, Fig. 1, there is a piston arrangement 24, having either a hydraulic accumulator 28 coupled thereto or else a spring (34), Fig. 3 (not shown) in the upper cylinder, the position of this piston controlling the actual rate of flow through pump 10, and hence, via the control arrangement, through the whole system. The liquids are thoroughly mixed at 86 and variations in viscosity specific gravity, pH value, etc., may be detected at 84 and used to modify the mixture control 70. A flow adjusting device 48 controlled by the device 74 may be pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical or electrical.
Patent GB-1417962-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent polyurethane foams and their application as surgical dressings
IPC: C08J9/36
Filed: 1971-10-05
Abstract: 1417962 Surgical dressings P M LOCK 20 Dec 1972 [5 Oct 1971] 46252/71 Heading A5R [Also in Division C3] Surgical dressings, adhesive plasters and swabs are comprised of a non-reticulated polyurethane foam material, the foam cells adjacent at least one surface of which are irreversibly partially collapsed relative to foam cells remote from the surface, the partially collapsed cells having the effect of rendering the surface absorbent to aqueous based liquids. The materials are preferably used as surgical dressings, in which case they may be sterilised by means of a steam autoclave, gamma radiation or ethylene oxide treatment and a medicament may be incorporated therein. Adhesive plasters made from the foam material would have a thin plastics film laminated to one side thereof and on the other side an adhesive layer protected by a strippable sheet. Swabs made from the material may be rendered radio-opaque by impregnation thereof with a radio-opaque agent. Examples describe the use of surgical dressings made from the foam material and show how the dressings are advantageous in (i) speeding up the healing process, (ii) having non-adhesive properties which simplify the removal of dressings and (iii) having the ability to accommodate generous amounts of blood and/or extrudate from the wound.
Patent GB-1536534-A (GB)
Title: Devices for providing data
IPC: G07F7/02
Filed: 1975-11-17
Abstract: 1536534 Selective signalling TELEVISION SYSTEMS & RESEARCH Ltd 17 Nov 1975 [15 Aug 1974] 46273/75 Divided out of 1536532 Heading G4H The disclosure is as in the parent Specification, but the claims relate to a data scanner.
Patent GB-1237691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cooling-gas circulators for nuclear-reactor power stations
Inventor: CAIRNS WALTER JOHN
IPC: G21C15/253
Filed: 1967-10-12
Abstract: 1,237,691. Cooling reactors. JAMES HOWDEN & CO. Ltd. 7 Oct., 1968 [12 Oct., 1967], No. 46803/67. Heading G6C. [Also in Division F1] A circulator for a gas-cooled nuclear reactor comprises a centrifugal blower in a gas space within the concrete wall of the reactor pressure vessel, the blower including an impeller coupled to the driving shaft of a motor in a horizontal cylindrical pressure housing 14 mounted in a through-opening in the concrete wall, and an impeller casing with annular radially extending inlet and outlet passages. The inlet passage which is adjacent the concrete wall contains a peripherally spaced series of pivotally mounted vanes. The vanes are mounted on spindles 32 rotatable by actuating means to adjust the vanes angularly and thereby vary the gas flow through the reactor. The actuating means consists of radial arms 34 on the ends of the spindles 32, a ring 35 oscillatably mounted and having an upper rim portion 36 in the form of a rack engaging a pinion 37, and links 38 connecting the ring 35 with the outer ends of the arms 34 so that rotation of the pinion 37 effects adjustment of the vanes 31. A stub shaft carries the pinion 37 and is driven through meshing toothed wheels and a driving shaft by an electric motor mounted on the rear end of the circulator motor and connected to the driving shaft by gearing. Manual actuation is possible by means of a handle outside the housing 14. The spindleactuating means being protectively housed in the housing 14, is subjected to relatively low temperatures, e.g. 50 C. as compared with 300 C. in the gas space, and can be oil-lubricated.
Patent GB-1356393-A (GB)
Title: Composite structures
IPC: B29C70/86
Filed: 1970-10-06
Abstract: 1356393 Composite pipe and shaft couplings; composite pipe BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORP Ltd 1 Oct 1971 [6 Oct 1970] 47528/70 Headings F2U and F2P A composite structure (e.g. a pipe or shaft) comprises a metal portion 2 having left and right handed intersecting grooves 5, 6 along which are wound filaments (e.g. of carbon) reinforcing a plastics (e.g. epoxy resin) portion 1, whereby torsion and axial loads can be transmitted. There may be a metal portion at each end of the plastics portion. The structure may be formed by winding the resin-wetted filaments round a core comprising the two metal portions connected by a mandrel, the mandrel being melted out after curing the resin. If bending resistance is desired, axially extending filaments entering axial grooves may be included.
Patent GB-1492805-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for heating shaft furnaces with fuel gas
IPC: F23D14/00
Filed: 1974-11-04
Abstract: 1492805 Burners SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ BV 4 Nov 1974 [6 Nov 1973] 47597/74 Heading F4T A burner for a lime-burning shaft-kiln comprising concentric tubes 6 and 8 in a cylindrical housing 4 which define passageways 1 and 3 for air and 2 for gas and distribution chambers with outlet orifices for each passageway placed one above the other is characterized by the tubes 6 and 8 and their respective supply lines 14 and 15 being partially formed by corrugated tubes 10 and 11 and 16 and 17. Such an arrangement reduces stress due to temperature fluctuations. The air and gas mix in the lime kiln to produce a slow-burning zone over a comparatively large volume of the kiln.
Patent GB-1072768-A (GB)
Title: Dessert composition mix and process for preparing same
Inventor: THOMA MARTHA ELSIE
IPC: A23L29/281
Filed: 1965-11-10
Abstract: A powdered dessert composition adapted for dispersion in an aqueous medium comprises gelatin in an amount effective to set the composition on dispersion, a dried emulsion of fat encapsulated in a hydrophilic edible proteinaceous material, for example non-fat milk solids or sodium caseinate, and an emulsifier for the fat. Carbohydrate material may be mixed with the proteinaceous material. The emulsifier may be an edible partial ester of a glycol and a C12-C22 saturated fatty acid, and may additionally contain lecithin. The composition may be prepared by drying an aqueous slurry of the fat, emulsifier, and encapsulating material, the gelatin being added either before or after drying.