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Patent GB-645053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of phonograph records
IPC: B29D17/00
Filed: 1946-04-30
Abstract: <PICT:0645053/III/1> Gramophone records are coated by means of an arrangement comprising a means for coating the records with varnish or lacquer, a drying device and an automatically operating transfer system comprising a carrier band for receiving the records at the outlet of the coating means, the band passing over the endless belt of the drying device and moving at a higher speed than the records from the coating means so that the records are separated without any seam or blister.  The carrier band at the entrance to the drying device passes over an inclined section above which it receives record supporting elements located so as to be positioned beneath the centre of the records.  These elements may be positioned automatically by a photo-electric device which may simultaneously control the transfer system which may comprise a cam drum which executes one revolution for each record.  In the drawing, the record carried by conveyer belt 1 passes underneath the coating means 2 and over roller 8 from which it is drawn off by two twin cams 3 and laid on to the carrier band 10 passing over the support 9.  The carrier band moving 3-5 per cent faster than belt 1 travels over the conveyer belt 12 of the drying tunnel. The supporting elements 16 which are piled up in a channel leading to a distributer 18 are brought on to the inclined section 15. The rotation of the cams 3 by the belt 6 is synchronized with the release of the elements 17 by a photo-electric device (see Group XXX).  A simple arrangement may be used, particularly when coating deformable records, e.g. of cardboard, in which the cams are dispensed with and, instead of the supporting member 9, a horizontal plate carrying the carrier band receives the records. Distribution of the supporting members is controlled by a photo-electric device as above.  Specifications 432,335 and 577,346 are referred to.
Patent GB-1010042-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for controlling an aircraft
Inventor: STEINER JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B64C13/00
Filed: 1964-03-26
Abstract: 1,010,042. Controlling aircraft. BOEING CO. March 26, 1964, No. 13030/64. Heading B7G. Apparatus for controlling an aircraft comprises a railplane movably mounted on the aircraft for trimming the pitch attitude of the aircraft, an elevator movably mounted on the tailplane, and means for limiting the range of movement of the elevator in accordance with the position of the tailplane. A tailplane 10 pivotally mounted at 11 on aircraft structure 12 carries an elevator 13 on a hinge 14, the tailplane having pilot controller actuating mechanism 23, 24. A rod 17 pivoted at 18 to structure 19 and by a link 15 to the tailplane carries a stop 21 which co-operates with a bracket 22 on the nose of the elevator. With the tailplane undeflected as shown in Fig. 1 the elevator has full upward movement, but when the tailplane has positive incidence to trim out a tail-heavy condition of the aircraft, the members 21, 22 limit elevator movement as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-239145-A (GB)
Title: New or improved toy
IPC: A63H23/10
Filed: 1925-05-19
Abstract: 239,145. M³ller, F. H., and Greiner, E. E., (trading as Greiner & Co., G.), (Bayerische Celluloid Warenfabrik vorm. A. Wacker Akt.-Ges.). May 19, 1925. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Floating toys; calls. - A ball a of celluloid or other transparent material which is not easily breakable is partly filled with water or other liquid c, on the surface of which figures b are adapted to float.
Patent GB-131359-A (GB)
IPC: F42B19/12
Abstract: 131,359. Vickers, Ltd., Torazzi, M. F., and Webb, G. W. C. May 16, 1918. Torpedoes, locomotive.-Consists in reducing the propulsion resistance of torpedoes by ejecting a gas in a rearward direction around the forward end of the torpedo, so that the gas forms a thin layer alongside the torpedo, thereby shielding it from direct contact with the water. In the form shown in Fig. 2, gas is generated from a. self combustible in a chamber A and led therefrom to an annular nozzle A<1> curved to direct the gases rearwardly against the skin of the torpedo. The self combustible charge used for this purpose may be the same as that used for jet propulsion as described in Specification 123,245, or it may be a separate charge. In the case of compressed air and air-jet driven torpedoes, the exhaust may be used for the present purpose.
Patent GB-131617-A (GB)
IPC: B65D6/16
Abstract: 131,617. Neuts, W. Dec. 7, 1917. Folding or knock-down boxes etc.; corner joints; lids and covers.-A collapsible box, case, &c. has sides 1, 2 hinged to ends 5, 6 at diagonally-opposite corners 3, 4, there being pivotal connexions at the other corners; half-portions 7, 8 of the lid are hinged to the end portions. The bottom is hinged to one of the sides and rests on a stop or stops. In the construction shown, the ends have, at the corners 3, 4, inside-hinge connexions with the sides, and also pin-and-slot connexions comprising pins 10 carried by the bent-over ends of straps 13 on the ends of the sides and engaging in slots formed in brackets 12 on the ends. At the other two corners are pivotal connexions formed on brackets 19 on metal straps 18. The lid portions may be attached by plates 29 turning on pivots carried by plates 25 on bars 23. The parts 7, 8 may rest on stops; in some cases, they have projections 31, 32 butting against shorter projections to ensure simultaneous opening. In recesses 33 are hooks, eyes, or staples for the attachment of a padlock &c. Strengthening-battens 36 may be provided. In a modification, the six members of the box are made solid, and the parts 10, 12 &c. .are somewhat differently mounted: the straps 18 are dispensed with, and L-shaped brackets carrying the pivots and secured in slots in the sides 1, 2 are used in place thereof. In the collapsed condition, the bottom, which is folded upwards and inwards, comes between one side and one end and into line with the other end; the lid portions become folded outwards over the respective ends.
Patent GB-313271-A (GB)
Title: Improved construction of display stand
IPC: A47F5/11
Filed: 1928-05-04
Abstract: 313,271. Hildesley, Ltd., H., and Goodchild, E. A. H. May 4, 1928. Card stands.-A collapsable display stand is formed from a blank cardboard &c. scored and cut to form a front G<1> and two side portions G, the front being cut to form arms D, integral with the side portions, which project outwardly when the side members are turned back at an angle to the front to form the stand. In the construction shown the side members G are secured when turned back by the engagement of notches J therein with notches I in a top portion B turned down about a scored line H. In a modification the top portion B is not scored at H, a separate hinged piece being provided to secure to side portions.
Patent GB-1508714-A (GB)
Title: Tunable band-stop filter with variable attenuation
IPC: H03H7/01
Filed: 1976-04-01
Abstract: 1508714 Tunable band-stop filters PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 1 April 1976 [4 April 1975] 13167/76 Heading H3U [Also in Division H1] To avoid variation of the suppressed frequency when the amount of suppression is adjusted in a band-stop filter circuit, Fig. 1, a coupling inductor 7 and a compensation inductor 19 are movable simultaneously relative to a tuned-circuit inductor 15 by a drive mechanism 43, 41, Fig. 4, so that an increase in the coupling between inductors 15 and 7 is accompanied by a decrease in the coupling between inductors 15 and 19, and vice versa. As shown in Fig. 1, inductor 7 has a centre tapping 11  connected to a shunt arm impedance 13, e.g. parallel-connected capacitor 45 and resistor 47, Fig. 4, and compensation inductor 19 is shortcircuited. The filter is tuned by a variable capacitor 17 in series with inductor 15. The drive mechanism comprises a rotary shaft 43 carrying an eccentric disc 41 which engages both inductor 19, which is constituted by a resilient wire, and an adjusting screw 39 for inductor 7, which is constituted by a spring-biased metal strip, so that upon rotation of shaft 43 one of the inductors 7, 19 approaches inductor 15 while the other is moved further away. An alternative arrangement in which inductors 7, 19 are fixed and inductor 15 is movable is also envisaged. A fine adjustment of the frequency of the tuning-circuit may be effected by rotation of a metal plate 53 on a shaft 55 to vary the inductance of inductor 15.
Patent GB-131698-A (GB)
IPC: F42B12/20
Abstract: 131,698. Thornycroft & Co., J. I., Thornyeroft, Sir J. E., and Thornycroft, T. Aug. 14, 1918. War-ships.-Relates to a boat or surface torpedo propelled by mechanism controlled from a distance, as, for example, wireless telegraphy, or by a gyroscope. According to the invention, the charge of explosive d is carried amidships in front of the motors b, and moves forward into the bow under the action of inertia when the boat a strikes an object ahead. The charge is mounted on a traveller g, on downwardly inclined rails e, and is held by lashings i which yield under the impact. A firing-pin is provided in the bow. The wireless apparatus for the electric control is indicated at m.
Patent GB-468134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in illuminated signs
IPC: G09F13/26
Filed: 1935-09-24
Abstract: 468,134. Discharge lamps. PIPER, W. B. Sept. 24, 1935, No. 13224/37. Convention date, Sept. 27, 1934. Divided out of 468,136. Drawings to Specification.- [Class 39 (i)] [Also in Group XVIII] The subject - matter is the same as that of Specification 468,136, but the invention relates to the arrangement of the electrode tubes in the rear glass plate.
Patent GB-276424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to elastic woven fabrics and the methods of weaving them
IPC: D03D15/56
Filed: 1926-05-25
Abstract: 276,424. Laurain, A. May 25, 1926. Elastic fabrics; double fabrics; fabrics with tubular portions. - A fabric having alternate plain portions and transverse ribs, as described in Specifications 146,468 and 182,560 is woven two ply with a coloured front side and a white or light coloured back by interweaving coloured front warp threads 2, 4, 6, 8, white back warp threads 3, 5, 7, 9, and rubber warps with weft threads 1 to 34, as shown in Fig. 5. The weave is completed in sixteen picks, four healds being used for the back warp threads, four for the front warp threads, and one for the rubber threads as shown in Fig. 4. The back warp threads form with the weft threads a twill weave as shown; or some other plain weave such as a shalloon or satin, so as to cover the weft completely and form a smooth white back integrally interwoven with the body without the employment, of special binding threads. In the plain parts A, the rubber threads interweave with the other warp threads, but the ribbed parts B are woven tubular as shown, leaving the rubber threads free so as to have a maximum extensibility.
Patent GB-132699-A (GB)
IPC: F01L13/00
Abstract: 132,699. Debauge, H. Jan. 8, 1919. Reversing.-In a reversible engine in which the cam shaft always rotates in the same direction. a relative rotation between the crankshaft and the cam shaft is effected automatically on reversal, in order to maintain the two shafts in the proper phase-relation. The cam shaft s is driven from a sprocket-wheel a or a pinion d loose on the crank-shaft, to which one or other is coupled by a clutch member f engaging helical keys on the crank-shaft. On reversal of the crank-shaft, the inclined faces of the clutch effect a combined axial and turning movement of the member f, which releases one of the wheels a, d and engages the other.
Patent GB-489060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the charging and discharging of retorts or cells for the treatment of fine or granulated materials
IPC: C10B37/04
Filed: 1937-05-10
Abstract: 489,060. Charging and discharging vertical retorts. METALLGES. AKT.- GES. May 10, 1937, No. 13282. Convention date, May 27, 1936. [Class 51 (ii)] Apparatus for charging and discharging a battery of vertical retorts 3 comprises a vertically movable travelling hopper 1 having a plurality of feeders 2 delivering to charging spouts 7 and carrying pivoted rams 5 which can be turned by a handwheel 11, Fig. 3, into the vertical position so that, when the hopper is lowered on to the battery at the completion of the coking operation and the bottom closure 15 is opened, they exert pressure on the charge and loosen any portions thereof adhering to the retort walls. Fig. 1 shows a construction in which the hopper 1 must be moved transversely from the charging position shown to bring the rams 5 into register with the retorts 3, while, in the form shown in Fig. 2, this movement is rendered unnecessary by the provision of a single feeder 2 for two adjacent retorts. Vertical movement of the hopper is effected by a drive 19 which operates spindles 18 engaging in lugs 14. The rams 5 may, in addition to their employment as discharge devices, also be utilized to compress the charge material after its introduction into the retorts. Modifications are described in which the rams, instead of being pivoted as shown in Fig. 3, are housed in elongated vertical passages and are raised and lowered by fluid pressure cylinders or by endless chain lifting devices.
Patent GB-836915-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for aerating liquids
IPC: B01F5/04
Filed: 1957-04-26
Abstract: 836,915. Aerating sewage &c. HARVEY, J. B. March 12, 1958 [April 26, 1957], No. 13382/57. Class 111. [Also in Group VI] Sewage and similar waste liquids are aerated by means of a device, Fig. 1, comprising an outer conduit 1, a first inner conduit 3 one end of which is situated within the outer conduit, and a second inner conduit 2 having an end closed by a foraminate member, e.g. a perforated hollow cone 4, the member projecting into the end of the conduit 2 so as to restrict the flow of sewage &c. from conduit 1 into conduit 3. Sewage flowing downwardly in the restricted space between 3 and 4 causes air to be drawn through tube 2 and perforations in cone 4, thereby becoming aerated. Turbulence in the aerated liquid is increased by curved fins 4a and 4b on the cone exterior. Fig. 3 shows the bottom of the device, sewage being pumped by line 9 into the channel between the inner and outer conduits whence it descends through conduit 3 to be deflected by a plate 10, the plate preventing deposition of solid matter. Also described and illustrated are an arrangement of such devices in parallel, and a conventional circular biological filter for the treatment of sewage, the device being incorporated in the filter.
Patent GB-135299-A (GB)
IPC: F21L19/00
Abstract: 135,299. Hinks, L. S. Nov. 22, 1918. Tubular lanterns.-In a hurricane lamp, the lower edge of a slidable and rotatable plug f carrying the gallery g is formed with inclined surfaces f<4>, f<5> engaging pins c<2> on a tubular socket e communicating with the air-tube l, m, so that rotation of the plug lifts the gallery against the pressure of a spring head c<2> and provides lighting and extinguishing apertures beneath the inclined surfaces. Preferably, the upper end of one or both inclined surfaces is additionally cut away to fonn a definite lighting and extinguishing hole h.
Patent GB-685427-A (GB)
Title: Hand brake for cycles and the like
IPC: B62L3/02
Filed: 1951-06-07
Abstract: 685,427. Control levers for cycle brakes. BURGESS, G. N. June 7, 1951, No. 13551/51. Class 136 (i) A hand brake for cycles comprises a bracket 1 of box-like section fixed to a handle bar from which it projects outwardly to provide a supporting surface for the rider's hand, a threaded sleeve 11 passing freely through the bracket and attached to the outer casing 13 of a bowden cable, a nut 5 in threaded engagement with the sleeve 11 and rotatable in a recess in the bracket from which it projects slightly to allow for actuation and a hand lever 8 pivoted to the bracket at 9 and attached to the inner wire 14 of the bowden cable. The sleeve 11 is restrained against rotation by a flat in the bracket 1 engaging a flat on the sleeve. Recesses 16 are formed in the bracket 1 to accommodate the side wings 8<SP>1</SP> of the lever 8. The bracket is secured to the handle bar by a collar 19 which surrounds the handle bar and projects into a recess in the bracket. The collar carries a threaded nut 20 engaged by a screw 21. The upper part of the bracket is curved convexly in a transverse direction and concavely in the longitudinal direction.
Patent GB-342614-A (GB)
Title: The decolourisation of synthetic resins
IPC: C08G12/24
Filed: 1930-05-02
Abstract: Aromatic sulphonamide-aldehyde resins are decolourized by treatment with absorbent decolourizing agents, preferably while in solution. The decolourizing agents are removed by filtration and the solution may be employed as such or evaporated to separate the resin. Solutions containing the resins and a derivative of cellulose may be employed as lacquers or coating compositions for metal, glass &c. or as finger-nail polishes.  Specifications 315,807, 315,808 and 317,456 [all in Class 95, Paints &c.], are referred to.ALSO:Aromatic sulphonamide-aldehyde resins are decolourized by treatment with an absorbent decolourizing agent, preferably while in liquid form or in solution.  The resins may be prepared by condensing with formaldehyde or other aldehyde or reactive methylene compound a benzene sulphonamide, a xylene sulphonamide, a toluene sulphonamide or a toluene ethyl sulphonamide, according to the processes of Specifications 315,807, 315,808 and 317,456, [all in Class 2 (ii), Cellulose &c.].  As decolourizing agents are specified bone black, carbon black, activated charcoal, Fuller's earth and silica gel, and as solvents for the resins acetone, alcohol and benzene.  In an example the resin produced by condensing equimolecular proportions of p-toluenesulphonamide and formaldehyde at elevated temperatures under a reflux, removing the water formed and heating the product to 245-250 DEG  C. until a hard resin is obtained, is dissolved in acetone and treated with carbon black or Fuller's earth at 45-50 DEG C., the decolourizing agent then being removed by filtration and the acetone distilled off.  Plastic compositions; lacquers; cellulose esters and ethers, processes for making filaments and films from; adhesives.-Resins which have been decolourized by the above process may be incorporated in coating or plastic compositions containing derivatives of cellulose, with, if desired, solvents, plasticizers, softeners, other resins, pigments and dyes. Solutions containing the resins and cellulose derivatives may be employed as lacquers, coating compositions or adhesives, or may be employed for the manufacture of photographic or other films, or spun into threads by the wet or dry method.  Reinforced glass may be prepared by employing a solution of the resins and cellulose derivatives for causing cellulose derivative sheets to adhere to sheets of glass, or by employing a plastic composition of the resin with a cellulose derivative as the reinforcing layer.ALSO:Aromatic sulphonamide-aldehyde resins, which have been decolourized by treatment with absorbent decolourizing agents, may be incorporated in plastic compositions containing derivatives of cellulose, with, if desired, solvents, plasticizers, softeners, other resins, pigments and dyes.  Solutions containing the resins and cellulose derivatives may be employed as adhesives. Specifications 315,807, 315,808 and 317,456, [all in Class 70, Indiarubber &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-826192-A (GB)
Title: Regulating mechanism to control the feeding of cartridges in belt-fed machine guns
IPC: F41A9/32
Filed: 1957-04-30
Abstract: 826,192. Machine guns; feed mechanism. DANSK INDUSTRI SYNDIKAT COMPAGNIE MADSEN A.S. April 30, 1957 [May 9, 1656], No. 13703/57. Class 92 Relates to the feed mechanism for a belt-fed machine gun as in Specification 706,166 in which two oppositely moving feed-slides (not shown) and an associated rocker arm 8 are mounted on a hinged lid 2 and actuated by a roller 24 on the end of a grooved bar 16 pivoted at 20 and oscillated by a stud on a reciprocating bolt (not shown). When the hinged lid is opened the roller 24 disconnects from the arm 8 and the latter is forced by a spring 25 to rotate clockwise as far as the edge of the lid 2 will permit. In consequence there is only one position of the grooved bar 16 when the roller will normally re-engage with its recess in the arm 8, viz., when the bolt is fully retracted. To avoid having to retract the bolt before closing the hinged lid, the end 32 of the rocker arm is turned up to form a ramp 33 which co-operates with a supporting plate 34 of the roller 24 to locate the arm 8 for re-engagement as the lid is closed. Alternatively a ramp may be provided on the end of the grooved bar to serve the same purpose.
Patent GB-148028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with parachutes and the like
IPC: B64D17/38
Filed: 1919-05-30
Abstract: 148,028. West, W. W. May 30, 1919. Interlocking parts with sheath.-A fastening for releasing an airman from a parachute when he reaches the ground comprises locking-members 2, 3 held in engagement by a tube 1, in which they are retained, against the pressure of a spring, by a cap 4 and by the weight of an airman attached to a cable passing over a sheave 6, which is mounted on a pin 7 carried by the member 2 and sliding in slots in the tube 1. The parachute is connected to the upper member 3, which is formed with lugs engaging under the cap 4. After the parachute has opened, the cap 4 is rotated to bring slots therein over the lugs on the member 3, so that, when the weight of the airman is taken off the cable due to contact with the ground, the members 2, 3 are shot out of the tube by the spring and become disengaged. In the construction described in the Provisional Specification, the cable attached to the airman passes over two pulleys at the base of the tube and two pulleys moving with the member 2.
Patent GB-735391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a method of improving soil structure
IPC: C09K17/20
Filed: 1953-05-18
Abstract: Water-soluble polymers of a vinyl ester of a hydroxy acid of the general formula <FORM:0735391/IV (a)/1> where n is an integer from 1 to 5, m is an integer not greater than n, are made either by ester interchange of a vinyl ester polymer with a hydroxy carboxylic acid. e.g. polyvinyl acetate with glycollic acid, gluconic acid or lactic acid, or by polymerizing the hydroxy acid ester, e.g. vinyl lactate, vinyl glycollate, vinyl alpha-hydroxy butyrate or vinyl gluconate, alone, or in admixture with another olefinic monomer.  Specified polymers are homopolymers of vinyl lactate, vinyl gluconate, vinyl leucinate, vinyl alpha-hydroxy butyrate, vinyl hydroxy valerate, vinyl saccharinate, vinyl glucosaccharinate and copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl lactate, and vinyl alcohol and vinyl glycollate. The polymers alone, or in admixture with water or a solid carrier such as peat moss, limestone, sand, clay, silage or other fertilizers containing basic nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements such as boron, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, cobalt, or iron, are used as soil conditioning agents.  The compositions may also include a herbicide.ALSO:Soils are conditioned by incorporating therein a water-soluble polymer of a vinyl ester of a hydroxy acid of the general formula CH2 = CHO.CO.CnH(2n+1-m).(OH)m where n is an integer from 1 to 5 and m is an integer not greater than n, or a composition comprising the polymer and a solid carrier, e.g. a fertilizer.  The polymers may be incorporated in the soil by spading, discing or harrowing.  Exemplified polymers are polyvinyl glycollate and polyvinyl lactate.  The solid carrier may be peat moss, limestone, sand, clay, silage or other fertilizers containing basic nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements such as boron, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, cobalt or iron.  The fertilizer may also contain a herbicide.