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Patent GB-575446-A (GB)
Title: Porous filters
IPC: B01D29/41
Filed: 1943-12-15
Abstract: 575,446. Filters. STOKES, E. A., and VOKES, Ltd. Dec. 15, 1943, Nos. 21048/43 and 1318/44. [Class 46] [Also in Group V] A filter comprises fins or like elements 2 the interior of each element consisting of a. skeleton filling of the same material as, and integral with, both sides of the element. In forming the element (See Group V) ceramic material in its plastic state is placed in a mould, a perforated disc 5, preferably of filter paper or blotting paper, is placed on top and more ceramic material is placed above the paper. The parts are then compressed and heated, and during the kilning the paper is decomposed and can be removed from the space 7. This space communicates with the inner edge of the element. The elements are threaded on a perforated tube 8 between packing rings 9 and are secured between end pieces 10, 11 connected by a clamping rod 12. In the case where the flow of liquid is to be outwards the space 7 is made to open to the outside edge of the elements. Specification 560,202 is referred to.
Patent GB-138825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sparking plugs
IPC: H01T13/46
Filed: 1919-08-27
Abstract: 138,825. Bellamy, B. D., and Suburban Motors, Ltd. Aug. 27, 1918. Sparking-plugs. - In plugs of the type in which the electrodes are insulated from each other by fusible glass, cement, or enamel, a metallic liner f surrounds the insulation and is made a driving fit within the casing. At its inner end the enamel &c. is in contact with mica or like washers c, and at the outer with iron or steel washers n and a sleeve h of mica &c. which is enclosed partly within a recess in the enamel and partly by mica washers j. The outer end p of the casing is turned over a metal gasket o grooved on its inner side to receive an asbestos ring, or resting on such a ring. The inner end of the central electrode is cup-shaped.
Patent GB-517040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for the shaping of tubes or tube sections
IPC: B21D9/12
Filed: 1938-07-16
Abstract: 517,040. Angular bending ; coiling, GROSE, H. J. (Tube Turns, Inc.). July 16, 1938, No. 21139. [Class 83 (iv)] Mandrels.-In a machine for forming tubular bends, helices &c. the tubes are forced over a mandrel by a movable hydraulic cylinder which is closed at one end. A stationary ram 18 is secured to a frame 12 and the cylinder 15 is moved over a bed 10 by hydraulic pressure. The end of the cylinder is closed by a cover 20 supporting a pressure plate 22. The mandrels are anchored by tie rods 30 secured to the frame 12. The mandrel and tube are heated by a furnace 13. To load the tubes on the mandrel a split bush is released and the mandrel is swung about a roller 37 by a lever 38 into alignment with a shoot 52. On the return stroke of the cylinder an endless chain, secured to the cylinder and carrying a pusher 57 feeds the tubes on to the mandrel. In operation pressure is applied to the cylinder to move the plate 22 against which the tubes abut. The mandrel is held by the rods 30 and the tubes are forced over the mandrel On the return stroke of the cylinder the chain 58 operates the pusher 57 to feed the tubes from the shoot 52 on to the mandrel. A plurality of mandrels may be used. U.S.A. Specifications 1,353,714, 1,648,161, and German Specification 547,714 are referred to.
Patent GB-1151062-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Handling Rail Wagons.
Inventor: BELLINGER RONALD
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1965-05-19
Abstract: 1,151,062. Rotary tippler hold-down device. STRACHEN & HENSAW Ltd. 15 June, 1966 [19 May, 1965], No. 21169/65. Heading B8E. A hold-down device 42 for a rotary tippler comprises a carriage 44 running on wheels in guides 48 so that they can be adjusted lengthwise of a wagon to accommodate different wagon lengths. Each device 42 has an arm 52 with an end 54 recessed at 56 to engage over the central coupling member at each end of the wagon. Each arm is connected by a link and arm 82, 86 to a counterweight 90. To operate the tippler a motor acting through a lead screw draws the hold-down devices towards each other to position the wagon centrally in the tippler and as it rotates the wagon will come to rest against a side stop 40 and the counterweights 90 will progressively apply a hold-down force to the central couplings at each end of the wagon to hold in on the rails 32.
Patent GB-938632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to transport vehicles
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN LESLIE
IPC: B60P3/20
Filed: 1961-06-13
Abstract: 938,632. Vehicles. SUTTON & SON (ST. HELENS) Ltd. June 4, 1962 [June 13, 1961], No. 21216/61. Class 108(1). A vehicle has an insulating floor 12 to the sides of which are hinged insulating panels 13 supported on the outside by removable insulating stanchions 22 and on the inside by struts 23. The sides 13 are preferably half the width of the floor 12 so that when the sides are folded down a flat loading platform is provided. The floor 12 is provided with apertures 18 to accommodate filling and discharge conduits for collapsible fluid containers 17 which may be carried in the body. When collapsed these fluid containers 17 are preferably stored in an insulated compartment 14 which has a floor raisable to the level of the floor 12 by a winch arrangement 29. The side panels 13 may be greater in height than one half the floor width in which case a hinged extension is attached to the upper edge of the panels 13 and the hingeing axis of the panels 13 with the floor 12 is raised a distance equal to the width of the panel 13 so that the extensions may be folded under the panels 13 when they are folded down to form a platform floor. The body may also be provided with an insulating lid or cover 26.
Patent GB-1061426-A (GB)
Title: Water-soluble penicillin composition
Inventor: GOLDBERG MARTIN
IPC: A61K31/43
Filed: 1964-05-22
Abstract: Penicillins produced by fermentation in the presence of a precursor, or their water-soluble salts, are stabilized in aqueous solution by the addition thereto of a water-soluble therapeutically acceptable polyacetic acid or a polyacetic acid salt.  Typical polyacetic acids are ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid, N-hydroxyethylene diamine pentaacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,2-diamino-cyclohexen tetraacetic acid.ALSO:Penicillins produced by fermentation in the presence of a precursor, or their water-soluble salts, are stabilized in aqueous solution by the addition thereto of a water-soluble thereapeutically acceptable polyacetic acid or polyacetic acid salt.  Typical polyacetic acids are ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, diethylene triaminepentaacetic acid, N-hydroxyethylene p  diaminepentaacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,2-diaminocyclohexane tetraacetic acid.  Typical penicillins are dimethoxy phenyl penicillin, phenoxyethyl penicillin, phenoxylmethyl penicillin, phenoxy benzyl penicillin, a -amino phenyl penicillin, p-amino benzyl penicillin, a -phenoxy propyl penicillin and methyl phenyl isoxazolyl penicillin. Preferred salts are alkalimetal salts e.g. sodium.  The compositions may be used orally or parenterally.
Patent GB-242205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to music rests or stands
IPC: A47B23/00
Filed: 1925-08-25
Abstract: 242,205. Weber, R. Aug. 25,1925. Book &c. rests. - A music rest or stand adapted to be folded into the keyboard cover of a pianoforte or like instrument consists of two hinged parts a, h, the lower part being carried by pivots b sliding in slotted fittings e attached to the inside of the cover; flat springs g hold the pivots in adjusted position. The music is held on a strip k hinged to the lower desk portion. Pivoted extension fingers are carried by the top portion, which may be supported by stays l pivoted on the inside of the cover. The two portions are held open by spring means, and when closed are held by a turn-button n or the like.
Patent GB-1213099-A (GB)
Title: Sealed mechanical transmission
Inventor: WHITMARSH JOHN ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: F16J15/52
Filed: 1969-04-28
Abstract: 1,213,099. Linkwork. ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd- 28 April, 1969, No. 21464/69. Heading F2KAn inclined crank mechanism for fluid-tight rotary coupling of shafts 2, 10 on opposite sides of a wall 4 comprises a flexible bellows 31 sealed at one end to the wall 4 and at the other end to a non-rotatable shaft 20 of which one end rotatably engages an arm 16 on the shaft 10 and the other end rotatably engages within the cranked end 21 of the shaft 2 by means of a part-spherical bearing 26, said cranked end 21 lying within the bellows 31. The arm 16 carries a balance weight 32. The shaft 10 is coaxial with shaft 2 and is rotatably mounted in a bracket 14, 15 extending from the wall 4. The shaft 2 is rotatably supported in a sleeve 5 secured to the wall. A flange 30 of the shaft 20 forms an end closure member of the bellows 31.
Patent GB-1006765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the waist bands of trousers
Inventor: MENGERS JOHN PETER NICHOLAS
IPC: A41F9/00
Filed: 1964-05-25
Abstract: 1,006,765. Trouser waistbands. S. SIMPSON Ltd. Sept. 16, 1964 [May 25, 1964], No. 21527/64. Heading A3V. The outer surface of a waistband of a pair of trousers is formed with four tunnels through which passes freely a waist belt comprising a rear part joined to two front parts by tabs attached to the belt by wide strips of elastic, the tabs having buttons and buttonhole fastenings, the elastic strips lying within the tunnels and the ends of the belt being secured by means such as a hook and eye. The belt which passes through tunnel 20 comprises a rear portion 10 connected to two front portions 11 by tabs secured to the belt by strips of elastic and fastened together by buttons and buttonholes, 17, 18. Strips attached to the inner sides of the tabs interconnect them and retain the belt in position when the tabs are unfastened. The belt is guided at the rear by a tab 21 engaging a button on the belt and at the front by a tab or loop 25 attached to the front of the waistband and engaging a button 27 on the inside of the bert. Friction pads 29 are attached to the lining of the band.
Patent GB-221636-A (GB)
Title: An improved boring brace
IPC: B23B45/06
Filed: 1923-08-25
Abstract: 221,636. Curtis, R. Aug. 25, 1923. Hand and breast drills.- In boring-braces of the kind in which the crank arms may be adjusted in sockets on the knob and chuck portions to vary the throw of the crank, the crank arms C are secured in the socket A by screws D which screw into both walls of the socket and which pass through clearance holes in the crank arms. A series of spaced apertures E may be provided to receive the clamping screw. The crank arms may be of rectangular cross-section.
Patent GB-134423-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Treating Standing Grain.
Inventor: HANSON JOHANNES
IPC: A01G7/06
Filed: 1918-12-23
Abstract: 134,423. Hanson, J. Dec. 23, 1918. Plants, treatment of growing.-In order to prevent' injury by rust, frost, &c., means are provided for removing moisture and spores from standing crops of grain by agitating and wiping them by drawing across them lines or cables having wiping material secured thereto. Fig. 1 is the plan of a field showing a slack cable 2 stretched across it and passing once round a vertical supporting drum 1 at the centre. It is drawn over the crop by two animals 3, 4 connected to its two ends and driven round the boundary so as to move the cable transversely to itself. The cable rests on the grain and bends the stalks and then suddenly releases them as it passes over. In narrow fields, the animals walk along the long sides with a cable stretched right across the field between them. For wider fields, one or more animals may travel through the crop. Fig. 4 shows a cable 6 about which a piece of canvas is stitched. The canvas is slit into strips 10 to form a fringe or wiper. In another form, strips of fabric are twisted together with the strands of a twisted cable, so that the edges project.. The cable may be simply covered with pliable material. It may consist of smooth or twisted wire, rope, chain, &c. A light rod may be used. The cable is attached to a whipple-tree or any part of the harness of the draught animal by a swivel hook 11. The middle parts of the cable may be supported by wheel-like supports 5, Fig. 8, having V- shaped treads 16 and adapted to run through the crop. The cable is connected to swivel hooks 12 on an axle 13 journeled in the hub 14. A pair of such wheels may be mounted on a common spindle. Fig. 10 shows a sectional plan of the drum 1, Fig. 1, and its support. The drum 1 is adjustably mounted on a tubular standard 19 driven into the ground and provided with a laterally extending base 17 secured by stakes 18 and by anchor chains 23 and stakes 24. The bearing holes 27 in the ends of the drum are made of the shape shown, so that vibration of the drum and cable is set up as the former is rotated by the latter.
Patent GB-600455-A (GB)
Title: Structural assemblies such as pontoons, wharves bridge or girder-like units
IPC: E01D15/14
Filed: 1943-12-23
Abstract: 600,455. Floating docks. LAYCOCK, J. N. Dec. 23, 1943, No. 21571. Convention date, Aug. 12. [Class 68 (ii)] [Also in Groups X and XXXIII] Floating docks are composed of numerous box-like units which can be assembled and dis-assembled when required. These units are united in strings by longitudinal bars 15, 60 at their corners, and the strings are then closed transversely by rods 17, 18 and bars 19. The box units 6, Fig. 11, have their corners truncated by inclined plates 11, 12 and hooded by plates 11a, 12a, 14a. These hoods contain hollow wedges 119 which engage a reverse wedge and a hooked bolt 121, this hook looping over a stud 124 on the longitudinal corner bar 60. The bolt thus forces the box against the inclined lugs 123. The dock, Fig. 8, has its main pontoon formed as above and has towers 68-75 made from similar units to give stability to the dock when submerged. The spaces between the towers are bridged by catwalks.
Patent GB-1003351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to label applying machines
Inventor: SCHNEIDER KURT RUDOLPH
IPC: B65C1/02
Filed: 1962-06-05
Abstract: 1,003,351. Labelling machines. EUREKA SPECIALTY PRINTING CO. June 5, 1962, No. 21663/62. Heading B8F. In a machine substantially as described in Specifications 929,841 and 936,020 in which address labels are adhesively secured to enveloper and a label sensing device permits the rejection of labels specially provided with punched perforations, the envelopes are fed beneath a plate TP by driven rollers SR, SCR carried by a resiliently mounted stage S and a label strip is fed over the plate TP by a reciprocating shuttle bar LFB transversely to the direction of feed of the envelopes and underneath a reciprocating punch 509 operating through an aperture in the plate TP to sever a label and apply it to the envelope. To facilitate better adhesion and movement of the envelope during the dwell period of the punch 509, the latter is provided with rollers 511 which engage the label and press it against the envelope. The driven rollers SCR are aligned opposite the rollers 511 whereby in the absence of an envelope on the sensing of a label to be rejected, the rejected label is moved away from the aperture in the plate TP and is carried by further driven rollers which eject it from the machine. Specification 939,283 also is referred to.
Patent GB-1168874-A (GB)
Title: Electro-Plating of Non-Metallic Material
Inventor: ACKER-HOLT ROBERT
IPC: C25D5/54
Filed: 1967-05-10
Abstract: 1,168,874. Boots, &c. GOLDEN SHOE CO. Ltd. 8 Aug., 1968 [10 May, 1967], No. 21681/67. Heading A3B. [Also in Division C7] In a process for the preservation of an article of permeable non-metallic material, the article is impregnated with a setting composition, e.g. wax, shellac or laquer, has a conducting coating formed on the surface thereof by applying a varnish or laquer and a metal powder, e.g. bronze powder, thereto, and is electroplated to form a metallic deposit on the conducting coating. The article may be of leather, plastics material or linen and may be previously cleaned with tetrachloride or alcohol The process may be applied to shoes.
Patent GB-249402-A (GB)
IPC: C01F11/10
Filed: 1925-08-29
Abstract: 249,402. Jahl, A. April 18, 1925, [Convention date]. Barium hydrate and sulphide. - Barium sulphide is treated with a solution of a polysulphide or a caustic alkali or a suspension of an alkaline earth hydrate and the mixture is leached with hot water to obtain a solution from which, on cooling, barium hydrate crystallizes. The reagents mentioned are barium polysulphide BaS4, and milk of lime. The mother-liquor may be treated with a caustic alkali to produce more barium hydrate, or the caustic alkali may be added to the hot solution before the production of barium hydrate crystals, in which case almost all the barium hydrate separates in one operation. The mother liquor mav be treated with carbon dioxide to precipitate barium carbonate mixed with sulphur. This mixture may be heated with carbon and with barium carbonate precipitated from sugar solutions and heated to obtain barium sulphide.
Patent GB-706356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pressure gauges
IPC: G01L17/00
Filed: 1951-09-15
Abstract: 706,356. Pressure gauges. WALTERS, B. Aug. 11, 1952 [Sept. 15, 1951], No. 21700/51. Class 106 (2) In a pressure gauge for pneumatic tyres and of the type comprising a piston working in a cylinder leading to a pressure head 2, Fig. 1, the valve depressing member 5 is freely seated on the base 6 of the main recess 3 in the head 2 and positioned therein by a sealing ring 11 of rubber or like resilient material sprung into and engaging both side walls of an annular groove 12 formed in the recess 3. The valve depressing member 5 may have a flanged base 3A and the exposed surface of the sealing ring I may be of conical form. As shown in Fig. 4 the valve depressing member and the sealing ring are an integral construction having a central aperture into which is inserted a metal sleeve 19 for contacting the valve stem. The surface of the above valve depressing or contacting members may be dished to facilitate alignment with the valve stem.
Patent GB-712672-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for discharging molten metal from a receptacle or container
IPC: B22D17/30
Filed: 1949-05-26
Abstract: 712,672. Dynamo - electric machine. BIRLEC, Ltd. (Ajax Engineering Corporation). May 26, 1949, No. 21713/52. [Divided out of 712,605 under which a Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts. Nov. 11, 1949]. Class 35 [Also in Group XI] Converting electrical energy into motion of fluids by the action of magnetic fields: Successive equal quantities of molten metal are discharged from a receptacle in which metal is heated by a submerged resistor type induction unit having a secondary melting loop 16, 18 opening into the receptacle, which has a discharge tube 20 having an upper end extending outside the receptacle and a lower end extending into a channel 18 of the melting loop, said lower end having an internal restriction 24. The discharge tube 20 through which the metal is intermittently forced is of refractory material and is inclined relatively to the metal surface. The restriction at the lower end of the tube 20 comprises a tubular inset 24 secured within the tube end extending into the channel 18, the loops and induction unit being secured to the bottom wall of the receptacle. The central melting loop channel 18 is more inclined to the horizontal than the two outer channels. The receptacle is triangular in vertical cross-section as in Specification 712,605 and on an inclined wall 3 is mounted a submerged resistor type induction heating unit with a refractory block 32 having a secondary melting channel, 18 and two lateral channels extending from a horizontal channel into the receptacle, as in Specification 642,199, [Group XI]. The receptacle is tilted about a horizontal axis 30 passing through the outer end 21 of the tube 20 by a pivoted hydraulic piston 31. The primary of the induction unit comprises two coils, which may be connected singly, in series or in parallel, the metal being pumped when the coils are in parallel. The temperature of the metal may be controlled by a thermostat controlling the connection of the primary coils. The vessel may form a melting chamber, or molten metal may be fed thereto from an adjacent vessel at such a rate as to keep the metal level constant. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91, states also that the diameter of the tube restriction is less than one-half, e.g. one-third of the diameter of the tube bore. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191770-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for providing metal wires with a cover of metal, lac, insulating material and the like
IPC: C23C4/00
Filed: 1921-08-16
Abstract: 191,770. Schepeler, H. A. Aug. 16, 1921. Bronzing and the like.-In a process for coating metal wires with metal, lac, &c. by spraying, the wire, as it passes the spray, is oscillated about its longitudinal axis, the axis of the winding-off and winding-on spools remaining unchanged in position. When the wire is to be coated with fibrous substances, agglutinant may be sprayed on the wire before, or at the same time as the fibrous material is sprayed on. The wires 11 are preferably treated in a double row, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7, the wires in the two rows travelling in opposite directions past the spraying apparatus 24. The wires may be oscillated on their longitudinal axis bv apparatus as shown in Fig. 1, in which a series of bars 10, pivoted to standards 2, 3, project between the wires and are pressed into contact with them by a spring-pressed roller 13. The standards 2, 3. which are mounted on a slide 1, are caused to reciprocate towards and awav from each other, the bars 10 thereby effecting the oscillation of the wires, which pass through holes in guide blocks 22, Fig. 7, and are thus maintained in correct position relatively to the spray. In modified apparatus, each wire psases through a rotatable bush 28, Fig. 8. fitted with internal springs 31 which grip the wire sufficiently to cause it to turn with the bush, or with pulleys 33. Fig. 12, over which the wire is led in a zigzag path. Each bush 28 is fitted with spur teeth 30, and all the bushes are oscillated from a common reciprocating toothed rack or an oscillating spur wheel with which they engage.
Patent GB-183370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for controlling the supply of gas for heating water-heaters
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 1921-08-16
Abstract: 183,370. Ewart, J. W., and Stokes, A. E. Fiddes-. Aug. 16, 1921. Fluid-actuated fuel valves for water heaters.- A device for controlling the gas supply to a water heater and of the type in which the water supply acts upon a liquid seal in the gas-supply pipe comprises a U-shaped chamber for the passage of the gas in which the water supply to the heater is adapted to form a seal to shut off the gas supply when the water supply is cut off or becomes defective. The valve chamber comprises a pair of pipes b, c connected at the top by a header g having a partition h and into which the gas supply and delivery pipes e, f extend and at the bottom by a header d connected by a pipe i with a tank j through which water flows to the heater. The pipe i has an auxiliary reservoir n and has apertures k, m in a part l curved over inside the tank and extended to form the longer leg of a siphon. When the water is flowing to the heater, the aperture m is submerged and the water is siphoned out of the header d to permit the gas to flow. Should the level in the tank fall, air is admitted through the aperture m to the siphon allowing water from the tank j and reservoir n to flow into the header d and pipes b, c to interrupt the gas supply.