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Patent GB-381778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tobacco feeding mechanism for cigar making machines
IPC: A24C1/02
Filed: 1931-12-12
Abstract: 381,778. Cigar-making machines. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(International Cigar Machinery Co. ; 5520, 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.) Dec. 12, 1931, No. 34539. [Class 130.] In feeding tobacco to cigar-making machines, lengths of tobacco separated from an advancing stream are carried in succession on to the top of a column of such separated lengths contained in a stationary chamber, from the bottom of which bunch charges are removed. The tobacco contained in a swinging hopper 10, Fig. 2, and fed by a belt 12, is acted on by rotating S-shaped rakes 32 and then passes under a knurled roller 37 up to an end wall 40, the bunch being cut off by knives 41 and pushed sideways by a plunger 43 on to an oscillating drum 44, Fig. 3. This drum carries a paddle 45 which carries the bunch over to a vertical column 46 and acts as a tamper to compress the tobacco in the column under the influence of a weight 53 which oscillates the drum. The column communicates at the bottom with a transfer chamber comprising a movable bottom 65 arranged under the rolling-apron 59, and pivoted sides 57. A knife 62 cuts off the bunch in the transfer chamber, which is then lowered together with the rolling-apron, which comes into the position shown in dotted lines for rolling, the sides 57 being opened by stops 68 so as to release the bunch. The belt 12 is moved intermittently by ratchet mechanism 21 and an adjustable crank 25. The knives 41 are actuated by levers 42, rod 82, lever 79, and cam 81, and the plunger 43 by a lever 72,75 and cam 77. The weight 53 acts on the drum 44 through a lever 52, rack 49, and pinion 48, as movement is allowed by a pin-and-slot connection 54 actuated by an arm 56 and cam 85. The knife 62 is reciprocated by a bell crank 88, 92 and cam 94, and the transfer chamber is moved up and down by cams 99, 104, Fig. 2, and levers 96, 102. The mechanism may be used for making long-filler cigars by placing the tobacco by hand on the belt 12, the hopper 10 and rakes 32 being removed.
Patent GB-363093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hand winches
IPC: B66D1/74
Filed: 1930-11-17
Abstract: 363,093. Winches. BELT, F., 36, Argentinierstrasse, Vienna. Nov. 17, 1930, No. 34595. [Class 78 (v).] In a portable hand winch pressure upon the running-out end of the hauling rope is effected automatically by clamping rollers which are pressed towards the winding drum by another set of rollers, the pressure of the latter on the clamping rollers, and the pressure of the clamping rollers on the winding drum, varying automatically with the load on the hauling rope. The rope L is passed from the winding drum 2 around rollers 9, 91, and has its free end L gripped between the drum 2 and a roller 7<1> which are pressed together by the rollers 9, 9<1>. Before the load is effective in tensioning the rope, the pressure on the rollers is obtained by a spring 11 on an adjustable threaded bolt 12 engaging a sliding frame 10 to which is fixed the axle 8 of the rollers 9, 9<1>. The ends of the axles 6, 8 are mounted in slots 1<1>, 111, in the casing 1. The casing is pivotally mounted on blocks 18, carried on a bar 17, by bolts engaging eyes 161, 31 on a stirrup 16 and the axle 3 respectively, the blocks 18 and bar 17 being anchored to the ground by pegs 19. The inclination of the casing 1 may be adjusted by a bar 22 pivoted at 21 to the casing and having a clamp 23 which may be slid along a rod 20 connected to the bar 17. Pulley blocks F may be used to increase the hauling power of the winch. A gear transmission for driving the drum 2 comprises one or more pinions engaging with a spur wheel keyed to the axle 3, each pinion having a square head for the engagement of a crank.
Patent GB-957222-A (GB)
Title: A process for the preparation of 6-methyl-3-oxo-í¸-steroids
Inventor: PETROW VLADIMIR
IPC: C07J7/00
Filed: 1961-09-27
Abstract: 6-Methyl-3-oxo-D 4,6-steroids having in rings A and B the structure: <FORM:0957222/C2/1> are prepared by contacting the corresponding 6-methylene-3-oxo-D 4-steroids with an activated palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, iridium or nickel catalyst in a solvent in the presence of a weakly basic buffering salt. The starting materials may be those 6-methyl-3-oxo-D 4,6-steroids described in Specifications 929,985 and 944,050.  Examples are given.  16a , 17a -Cyclomethylene-6-methylenepregna-4, 6-diene-3, 20-dione is prepared by treating 16a , 17a -cyclomethylene-6-formyl-3-methoxy-pregna-3, 5-dien-20-one with sodium borohydride in methanol and tetrahydrofuran, heating the product in acetic acid and then treating the product of this reaction with chromium trioxide and pyridine. Specifications 870,286, 884,544, 886,619 and 929,983 also are referred to.  Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 843,353.
Patent GB-509984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fruit-stoning machines
IPC: A23N4/06
Filed: 1938-11-29
Abstract: 509,984. Stoning fruit. CHAPELLE. R. A. H. P. Nov. 29, 1938, No. 34668. Convention date, Nov. 30, 1937. [Class 28 (ii)] A machine for stoning fruit, particularly cherries, comprises a series of fruit holders comprising recessed parts 1, 4 carried by synchronized conveyers c<1>, c<2>, and continuously rotating tools 9, 21, the tool 9 being arranged to enter the fruit, through a hole in the bottom of the fruitholder, and to loosen the stone in the pulp, whilst the tool 21 is arranged to enter the fruit, engage the stone and extract it. As shown, two tools 9 are diametrically arranged to slide in a sleeve 7 on a shaft 12, rotation of the tools in the sleeve being prevented by pins 10 engaging slots 35 in the shanks of the tools. Springs 11 force the tools outward into resilient contact with the stones. The fruit-engaging parts of the tools 9 are formed as shown in Fig. 2, viz., two cutting-edges rearwardly directed with reference to the direction of rotation, and a third cutting-edge forwardly directed. The ends of the cutting-edges are cut away at an angle to the axis of the tool 9 to form a V-like notch at the end of the tool. The speeds of the conveyer C<1> and of the tool 9 are so related that before the tool reaches its vertical position, its tip is moving, as regards the horizontal component, slower than the conveyer, and when it is vertical, the tip is moving faster than the conveyer. The tool, therefore, at first retards the stone and then advances it relatively to the pulp from which it is thus loosened. A pair of extractor tools 21 are formed at the opposite ends of a bar 18, each tool comprising a pair of parallel prongs whose leading faces are bevelled to knife edges and whose tips are bent forward. The prongs are spaced to correspond with the rearwardly directed cutting-edges of the tools 9. The tools 21 hook around the stones and extract them, the stones being cleared from the prongs by a faster, slotted, rotating member 23. A fixed scraper 22 deflects the stones downwardly to a fixed member 28 arranged tangentially to the path of the member 23 which is thereby cleared from adhering stones. The stoned fruit is removed from the part 1 of the holder by pegs 31 carried on the sprocket 3 or on a separate shaft beneath the upper run of the conveyer C'. The feed of the fruit to the parts 1 may be effected manually or automatically. Each part 1 may have a transverse row of cavities, the cover members 4 having a corresponding number, and the tools 9, 21 being correspondingly increased in number. The spacing of the fruit-holders may be halved, in which case four tools 9 and four tools 21 would be provided. Four members 23 would then be required, or the rotational speed of the two members 23 may be doubled. The conveyor C' may be in chain, belt, disc or cylinder form, and the operative run may be vertical or inclined. Specification 401,157 is referred to.
Patent GB-1311734-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of ladies tights in knitwear fabric  and tights so obtained
IPC: D04B1/24
Filed: 1970-07-17
Abstract: 1311734 Tights SANTONI & SpA 17 July 1970 [18 July 1969] 34676/70 Heading A3V A pair of tights is made from an elongate tubular article which is made on a circular knitting machine and comprises two sections 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7 each having a toe-piece 1, 7 a leg zone 2, 6, and a lower body zone 3, 5 arranged symmetrically about a control zone 4 which includes elastic thread, each lower body zone having a longitudinal cut 8, 9, the tights being formed by turning one section inside out and passing it toe first through the longitudinal cut in the other section as shown by the arrows 10, 11 (Fig. 2). The lower body zones 3, 5 may be knited in yarn a stitching different from the remainder of the article. The longitudingal cuts 8, 9 may be stitched at their ends and provided with hems, to prevent ladering, and stitching may also be applied at the crutch region.
Patent GB-1349669-A (GB)
Title: Oxidation-resistant acrylonitrile copolymer composition
IPC: C08L33/00
Filed: 1971-07-23
Abstract: 1349669 Oxidation-resistant acrylonitrile copolymer compositions MITSUBISHI RAYON CO Ltd 23 July 1971 [28 Sept 1970] 34709/71 Headings C3P and C3G Oxidation-resistant acrylonitrile copolymer compositions comprise (I) an acrylonitrile copolymer or copolymer composition containing as a constituent an unsaturated monomer (1) having a polyethylene oxide chain or an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymer chain of the formula wherein n is a positive integer from 10-200 and m is zero or a positive integer from 1-100, and (II) 0À01-5À0%, by weight of the copolymer or copolymer composition, of a phenolic antioxidant of the formula wherein -X- is -S-, -O-, -CH 2 SCH 2 -, or an alkyl (C 1-20 )-substituted or unsubstituted alkylene radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R<SP>1</SP>, R<SP>2</SP>, R<SP>3</SP>, R<SP>4</SP> and R<SP>5</SP> are each alkyl radicals having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl (C 1-20 )- or hydroxy-substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radicals, or an alkyl (C 1-20 ) radical having a hydroxyphenyl or a phenyl substituent, and may be the same as or different from one another; a, b, c and d are each zero or positive integers from 1 to 4, 1 # a+b # 4, 1 # c+d # 4; and at least one of R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP>, and at least one of R<SP>3</SP> and R<SP>4</SP> are bonded to carbon atoms adjacent to the carbon atom to which the OH radical is attached. In component (I) the polyalkylene oxide-containing monomer may be copolymerized with acrylonitrile and optionally other monomers; or a polymer of said monomer may act as base polymer for the graft copolymerization of acrylontrile; or it may be graft copolymerized on polyvinylpyrrolidone and used thus in admixture with a conventional acrylonitrile copolymer; or a copolymer of said monomer and acrylonitrile can be admixed with another acrylonitrile copolymer; or a homopolymer of the polyalkylene oxide-containing monomer may be admixed with an acrylonitrile copolymer. The polyalkylene oxidecontaining monomer is preferably one that contains at least one acrylic or alkacrylic ester or amide group, or an itaconic, maleic or fumaric-type ester or amide group. Optional comonomers for the acrylonitrile copolymers include vinyl acetate, acrylic, methacrylic and itaconic acids and alkyl esters and amides thereof, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinyl bromide, vinylidene chloride, vinyl compounds containing a sulphonic acid group or salt thereof, and basic monomers having a tertiary nitrogen atom. The compositions may also include ultraviolet absorbers, e.g. benzophenone and benzotriazole compounds, and peroxide decomposers, e.g. a sulphur or phosphite compound. Solutions of the compositions in aqueous or non-aqueous solvents for acrylonitrile polymers can be used to obtain fibres or films.
Patent GB-904166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to an identification data card reader
IPC: H04L17/12
Filed: 1960-10-11
Abstract: 904,166. Printing surfaces. TELEPRINTER CORPORATION. Oct. 11, 1960 [Nov. 20, 1959], No. 34855/60. Class 100 (2). [Also in Group XXXVIII] A credit card with conventional embossed information 12 on one face has a phonographic groove 20 on the opposite face, said groove containing coded information relating, e.g. to the customer's credit standing. Notches 16, 18 enable the card to be mounted unambiguously on the table of a transducing apparatus (see Group XXXVIII), whose output is compared with information in a centralized memory system (not described) which controls red or green lights at the transducing apparatus as appropriate.
Patent GB-378304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hair-brushes
IPC: A46B15/00
Filed: 1931-12-16
Abstract: 378,304. Hair brush handles. FUNCK, R., 20, Rue Edmond Picard, Brussels. Dec. 16, 1931, No. 34887. [Classes 19 and 61 (i).] Holders with recessed-back retaining-devices for brushes.- A hair brush has the bristles attached to a flexible backing 2 of rubber provided with projections 5 for release from a grooved body portion 3. Notches 6 in a flange 7 facilitate insertion of the fingers.
Patent GB-1490927-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of pyridine and/or methyl pyridines
IPC: C07D213/10
Filed: 1975-08-22
Abstract: 1490927 Manufacture of pyridine and/or methyl pyridine IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd 30 July 1976 [22 Aug 1975] 34971/75 Heading C2C A process for the manufacture of pyridine and/or methyl pyridine comprises the catalytic vapour-phase reaction of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and ammonia in the absence of molecular oxygen (or in the presence of not more than 0À05 moles of molecular oxygen for each mole of total aldehyde reactants) and in the presence of at least 3 moles of steam for each mole of total aldehyde reactants. The molar ratio of ammonia to total aldehyde reactants is preferably at least 0À5 to 1. The reaction mixture preferably contains at least 0À2 mole of formaldehyde per mole of acetaldehyde. The formaldehyde and acetaldehyde may be introduced as such or in the form of a compound giving rise thereto under reaction conditions.
Patent GB-364265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to lock nuts
IPC: F16B39/14
Filed: 1930-11-20
Abstract: 364,265. Nut locks. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(Wilson Locknut Co.; 19, Dover Green, Dover, Delaware, U.S.A.) Nov. 20, 1930, No. 35022. [Class 89 (i).] A nut lock device consists of a threaded disc which is caused to grip the bolt threads by deformation parallel to its axis. The dished washer 1 is brought into contact with the nut and is then flattened. In a modification the disc is originally flat and is deformed over an extension 28. In a further modification this extension is separated from the washer. Specifications 207,794 and 251,278, [both in Class 89 (i), Bolts &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-371397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to combination furniture
IPC: A47C17/22
Filed: 1930-11-21
Abstract: 371,397. Bed settees. CINNAMON, J., Firmback Works, Andrews Road, Cam. bridge Heath, London. Nov. 21, 1930, No. 35148. [Class 52 (ii).] A bed-settee includes a rigid slidable frame b to which is pivoted a collapsable frame d, e, f, embodying at its rear end a rigid member c so guided as to be capable of moving backwards during collapsing of the latter frame. The link e may be supported, in extended position, by a strut j, and a rigid frame a may be pivoted to the slidable frame b. Stops w may be provided to retain the frames in extended position. Specification 338,868, [Class 52 (ii), Furniture for sitting &c. upon], is referred to.
Patent GB-1284389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to circuit breaker apparatus
IPC: H01H33/59
Filed: 1970-07-21
Abstract: 1284389 High voltage circuit breakers; electromagnetic actuation of switches VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE 21 July 1970 [24 July 1969 25 July 1969] 35162/70 Heading HlN A high voltage circuit breaker has fixed contacts 1, 2, 3 and 4 with relatively movable contacts 5 and 6 a current sensitive control device operating one or other of the movable contacts depending on the severity of the current overload. An electromagnetic actuator has two pivoted armatures 13, 14 acted upon by coil 11 wound on yoke 12. The armatures, due to the projection (19) only one of which can move at any one time, are connected via respective, linkages 17, 18 to sleeve contact 6 and contact 5 mounted on insulating rod 7, respectively. An overload within a predetermined limit detected by a current transformer connected to coil 11 causes armature 13 to pivot and move contact 6 away from contact 2 and then contact 3. The arc drawn between contacts 6 and 3 is extinguished by means of the oppositely poled diodes 8 now connected in series with the arc, Fig. 3 (not shown). A severe overload causes armature 14 to pivot and move rod 7 and hence contact 5 away from contact 1, the resulting arc being extinguished by means of an air or gas, e.g. 5F 6 , blast. Alternatively the arc may be extinguished in an arc extinguishing chamber containing oil or 5F 6 .
Patent GB-1480550-A (GB)
Title: Riveting tool and method of riveting
IPC: B21J15/32
Filed: 1975-08-27
Abstract: 1480550 Riveting GESIPA BLINDNIETTECHNIK GmbH 27 Aug 1975 [30 Aug 1974 (2)] 35286/75 Heading B3U An automatic blind riveting apparatus for applying hollow rivets 30, Fig. 4, with pins 30 which are torn off, to a workpiece F, includes a hand gun which is fed with rivets by a pneumatic tube 4 extending to a supply and separating unit 8, Fig. 3a. In the position of the gun as shown, a fresh rivet 30 has been forced along the tube 4 by pneumatic pressure, and the pin 29 of a preceding rivet has been blown through the pulling jaws 27 and ejected from the gun. The jaws have been pulled to the left by a piston 23 supplied from a hydraulic line 1. The fresh rivet is now pushed through the expanding mouthpiece 15 of the gun by movement of the jaws 27 and a central pushrod 37 to the left under pneumatic pressure. The mouthpiece is first unlocked by shifting a tube 13 (connected to a second piston 14) slightly to the right. When the gun is ready to be operated again by its pushbutton 49, the two pistons and the pushrod 37 occupy extreme left-hand positions (Fig. 2, not shown). The supply of rivets from the unit 8, Fig. 3a, synchronized by a control circuit with operation of the gun. Rivets 7 are gravity fed on a conveyer 53 to the interior of a housing 51 having an opening slot 52 on one side. In the position shown, an arm 70 has allowed a rivet to enter the housing. A spoon 54 within the housing is then rotated through 180 degrees by a pinion 60 driven by a piston mounted rack. The housng slot 52 is then closed by the spoon and the housing put in conmmunication with an air duct 56 for driving the rivet along the duct 4. Several tools may be combined to form a battery, and simultaneous riveting operations may be effected by a remotely controlled tripping mechanism.
Patent GB-371851-A (GB)
Title: Improved process for hydrogenating phenols and tar acids
IPC: C07C15/02
Filed: 1930-11-24
Abstract: The reduction of tar acids particularly those of low-temperature tar, alone or mixed with the oils, with hydrogen or carbon monoxide using molybdenum alone as a catalyst yields a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons of the same carbon content as the starting materials which can be used directly or in a blend as a motor spirit.ALSO:Phenols, cresols and tar acids are reduced to the corresponding hydrocarbon by treatment with hydrogen or carbon monoxide or gases containing them, at a temperature below 500 DEG  C. and under a pressure of 1-10 atmospheres, in the presence of molybdenum alone or adsorbed or dispersed in an inert porous support, e.g. charcoal, silica gel and pumice.  Examples are given of the conversion of m-cresol into toluene by passing its vapour with excess hydrogen at 400 DEG  C. or 450 DEG  C. and normal pressure over active charcoal which has been impregnated with ammonium molybdate and reduced with hydrogen; similar treatment of low-temperature tar acids gives a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons which can be used directly or in a blend as a motor spirit.  High-temperature tars may be subjected to the same process.
Patent GB-450386-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in device for moistening envelopes and the like
IPC: B43M11/06
Filed: 1935-12-20
Abstract: <PICT:0450386/III/1> <PICT:0450386/III/2> A device for moistening gummed surfaces comprises a receptacle 1 for liquid 6 and a tube 2, containing a wick 3 and reaching to a point near the bottom of the receptacle, the tube being so bent in opposite directions or so placed obliquely to the axis of the receptacle that its inner and outer ends are located on opposite sides of, and at a distance from, said axis.
Patent GB-300822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for separating oil from steam
IPC: B01D45/08
Filed: 1927-12-30
Abstract: 300,822. Yamamoto, H. Dec. 30, 1927. Steam separators.-A separator for removing oil from steam engine exhaust comprises a number of corrugated cylinders with small orifices at every peak of the corrugations, and so arranged within a casing 1 as to provide an annular space around each cylinder leading to a drain receiver 2. The inlet to each cylinder comprises an outer frustum 8 and an inner cone 9, the annular passage directing steam against the corrugations. In one, modification, the cylinders are arranged in three sections in a curved conduit, the drain from all sections being connected by a surrounding casing. In others, the cylinders are arranged in two or three rows, the steam passing backwards and forwards along the rows.
Patent GB-1442684-A (GB)
Title: Means for handling garments or other items on hangers
IPC: B65G47/88
Filed: 1973-07-25
Abstract: 1442684 Controlling the spacing of garment hangers on a slide rail or on a conveyer UDS TAILORING Ltd 22 Oct 1974 [25 July 1973] 35424/73 Headings B8A and B8S Garment hangers S on a rail R are released at controlled intervals by engaging one or other of a pair of separator blades 14A, 14B. The latter are both pivotally mounted on a respective slider member 6, the latter being joined (so as to move as one) by a bridging member 7,8. The slider is connected to a pneumatic actuator (not shown). If the latter is operated when the device is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the blade 14A releases the leading hanger S and a nose 15 of the blade 14B moves across to block the progress of the next hanger. A lug 17 on the blade 14A strikes a fixed stop 18 and the blade is pivoted to engage a stop 20 carried by the associated slide 6. This causes the blade 14A to adopt the tilted position (see the shown position of the blade 14B), necessary for subsequently engaging the next hanger on its return movement. A spring-loaded stop 22 prevents excessive swinging of the hangers as they pass along the rail R. Instead of the hangers being slidable on a rail R they may be carried by a slipping conveyer system.
Patent GB-1085656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to trunking
Inventor: MORRIS DAVID RICHARD
IPC: B29C65/56
Filed: 1963-09-09
Abstract: 1,085,656. Trunking. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Oct. 27, 1964 [Sept. 9, 1963], No. 35467/63. Heading H2C. [Also in Division B5] Trunking which may be used for example to house electric cables, is formed by drawing resin impregnated reinforcements through a heated die (see Division B5A). The trunking comprises a body portion 11, having grooves 16 and 17 running along the upper parts of its side walls 14, 15, and an interengaging lid 12 comprising two upper skins 18 and 19 separated by stiffening material 20 such as polyurethane or P.V.C. foam or asbestos. The sidewalls of the lid carry projections 23, 24 which are adapted to snap into grooves 17, the lid being reinforced by ribs 25 and 26. The trunking is first made as an integral body (see Fig. 3, not shown) and is then cut between grooves 16 and 17 and projections 23 and 24.