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Patent GB-391165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to knitted fabrics and their manufacture
IPC: D04B21/00
Filed: 1931-10-19
Abstract: 391,165. Knitted fabrics. BRITISH CELANESE, Ltd., 22, Hanover Square, London, WELCH, S. A. and SILLS, T., c/o British Celanese, Spondon, near Derby. Oct. 19, 1931, Nos. 29058 and 31681. [Class 74 (ii).] In a warp fabric made from two or more sets of warps 5, 6 one or more sets 6 are periodically laid in at the points 9, 10 after lapping white the remaining warps are being knitted. The laidin warps are floated across the back over at least two wales in opposite directions before and after being laid in and are knitted in only at alternate courses. Fabrics produced in this way resemble woven fabrics and have a more or less grained appearance. Natural or synthetic yarns may be used.
Patent GB-728391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to presses for carrying out marking operations
Inventor: MAUNDER CLAUDE ALFRED
IPC: B41G1/00
Filed: 1951-12-12
Abstract: 728,391. Embossing-machines. MASSON SEELEY & CO., Ltd. Dec. 12, 1952 [Dec. 12 1951], No. 29115/51. Class 100 (2). In an embossing-machine of the kind in which there is effected a transfer of pigment, dye or the like from a foil to the work, which is in the form of a ribbon or strip, means are provided for rotatably supporting a ribbon supply spool, a foil supply spool and a ribbon take-up spool and means are also provided for feeding the foil and ribbon together in steps through the press in time with the working of the machine. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the foil and ribbon supply spools 9, 10 are mounted on spindles 6, 7 in front of the machine, the superimposed foil 14 and ribbon 15 passing round pulleys 16, 17 attached to the upper platen 3 and between nip rollers 18, 19 adapted to feed the foil and ribbon through the machine. At least one of the rollers 18, 19 is serrated to improve the grip. The spent foil is wound onto a take-up spool 13 mounted on a shaft 12. The ribbon 15, returning to a take-up spool 11 mounted on a shaft 8 in front of the machine, passes through a channel 21 provided in a platform 20 mounted on the lower platen 4 and carrying a bed 20a for co-operation with the die 29 on the upper platen. The rollers 16, 17 are mounted on spring-loaded arms 30, 31 adapted to spread outwardly as the die descends and to return as the die lifts to remove the foil from the die and allow it to advance to the next position. The nip rollers 18, 19 are driven through a ratchet mechanism actuated by a link from a slotted arm attached to a rocker shaft forming part of the driving mechanism for the upper reciprocating platen 3. The position of connection between the link and the slotted arm is variable to alter the stroke and consequently the amount of advance for each step of the foil and ribbon. A gear connection between the rollers 18, 19 and the spindle 12 is provided to drive the take-up spool 13. Spindles 12 and 8 are connected by a chain and sprocket. The rotation given to the spindles 12 and 8 is greater than is necessary and slipping means are provided between each take-up spool 13, 11 and its spindle so that the tension in the foil and ribbon remains substantially constant. The channel 21 formed in the platform 20 has bevelled edges to the entrance and exit.
Patent GB-759172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to chains for vehicle wheels
IPC: B60C27/20
Filed: 1953-10-22
Abstract: 759,172. Anti-skid tyre attachments. BATES, W. Oct. 13, 1954 [Oct. 22, 1953], No. 29166/53. Class 144 (2). For use on soft ground a tyre " chain ladder " comprises two series of pivotally .connected plates a, interconnected by angle pieces f pivoted at their ends to the plates a so that in use the two series of plates a are disposed on opposite sides of the tyre and the angle pieces extend across the tread each with one limb bearing thereon. The arrangement is such that on reverse rotation of the wheel the angle pieces pivot to bring the tread-engaging limbs into ground-gripping position and vice versa. As shown, the angle pieces f are welded to pins or spindles g received in holes in opposed plates a, the plates being of triangular shape pivotally connected at their base angles, either directly or through links. The " chain " is detachably connected around a tyre by a nut and bolt d through the two end plates c of each series, a number of holes e being provided. In a modified arrangement the angle pieces may be curved to bear on a greater area of tread surface.
Patent GB-775198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stools, seats or the like
IPC: A61G5/00
Filed: 1954-10-11
Abstract: 775,198. Seats. DODD, A. F. Oct. 11, 1955 [Oct. 11, 1954], No. 29195/54. Classes 52 (2) and 52 (3). A seat or stool, to be carried by the user and fall into usable position as the user sits down, consists of a storage container 1 having a top cushion 9 and oppositely located headed studs 7, 8 to which are attached adjustable straps 14, 15 fitted with end hooks 22, 23 attachable to a belt worn by the user or to the top band of a skirt or trousers. In a modification, the container 1 is replaced by two smaller containers fixed together in side by side relation.
Patent GB-159307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tractors as used in hauling, ploughing and the like
IPC: A01B3/66
Filed: 1919-11-24
Abstract: 159,307. Cox, F. J. Nov. 24, 1919. Ploughs; power cultivation of land.-Comprises an arrangement of tractor plough which hauls itself along a fixed rope tensioned by spring winches, by means of a driven pulley around which the rope is coiled. A frame b fitted with three running wheels, of which two wheels, a, a<1> are steerable simultaneously in opposite directions, carries the motor and accessories. The frame is lengthened at one end to form a beam c which carries two oppositely-acting ploughs g, g', the rope-engaging pulley d driven from the motor shaft e, and guide pulleys f. Each end of the rope is connected to a spring winch fitted between two earth-loaded compartments on a vehicle mounted on flanged wheels to bite into the soil. The rope passes round a guide-pulley k<1> to a drum k on which it is wound by worm gear l. When the tension on the rope is in. creased to such an extent that the worm wheel will no longer rotate, the continued rotation of the worm will move it bodily round the wheel and thus move the pivoted arm m to compress the spring o to the limit fixed by the stop n. A pin p then is placed in a hole on the drum and the worm slacked back until the pin takes the load of the spring. The arm m then takes up a position in which the pull in the rope and the tension in the spring balance one another.
Patent GB-660762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to draught-excluding means for doors and windows and the like
IPC: B60J10/08
Filed: 1949-11-15
Abstract: 660,762. Draught excluders. BUDD, CO. Nov. 15, 1949 [Dec. 9, 1948], No. 29207/49. Class 20(iii) A border member 14 is fixed by screws 19 around the edge of a closure 11 for a door, window, or like opening and is adapted when the member 11 is closed, to engage a frame 12 within the opening so that a resilient and flexible strip of material 16, which is held stretched across a recess 20 defined by the outer edges of the member 14 by means of the screws 19, is pressed inwardly by a projection 15 on the frame 12 when it enters the recess 20 to seal the opening against draughts. Alternatively the member 14 and the strip 16 may be fitted within the opening and a corresponding projection may be formed on the closure. The enclosed space behind the member 16 is ventilated.
Patent GB-445571-A (GB)
Title: Delustring of lustrous textile materials and articles made therefrom
IPC: D06M11/79
Filed: 1934-10-12
Abstract: Textile materials are delustred by applying an insoluble dulling agent in a medium comprising a dilute caustic alkaline solution of a cellulose derivative of the kind incompletely soluble in caustic soda at normal temperatures, but capable of being brought into solution by subjecting a mixture of the said derivative and sodium hydroxide solution either to temporary cooling until crystals of ice are formed or to the action of a colloid mill or of dispersing agents or soluble colloids, and thereafter treating the textile materials with an acid or acid gas.  Examples of such cellulose derivatives are described in Specifications 389,534, 410,152, 410,153, 416,590 and 420,529.  In a modification, the dulling agent is applied in the form of a soluble compound and is subsequently precipitated as insoluble dulling material in or on the textile material.  Examples of suitable dulling agents are zinc oxide, titanium oxide, stannic oxide, tin phosphate, china clay, barium sulphate, and antimony oxide.  The textile material or article is passed through the alkaline solution containing the dulling agent and the cellulose derivative, passed through rolls or the like, and then treated with a dilute acid such as sulphuric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, formic, or acetic acid, or with a mildly acid gas such as carbon dioxide.  In an example, a glycol cellulose of the kind described is brought into solution in caustic soda in the presence of a dispersing agent, according to the method of Specification 410,152, and zinc oxide and a softening material are added. Viscose artificial silk fabric is passed through the bath and then treated in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide.  In another example, the dulling agent used is titanium dioxide, and the precipitating agent sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-459396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in multiple filament incandescent electric lamps
IPC: H01K1/46
Filed: 1935-10-24
Abstract: 459,396. Two-part couplings. HOESSLE, A., 98, Roteb³hlstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany. Oct. 24, 1935, No. 29339. Convention date, Oct. 26, 1934. [Class 38 (i)] The cap of a multiple filament miniature electric lamp is provided on its end face with separate fixed contacts connected to the respective filaments the contacts being of different heights and disposed adjacent to one another so that they are all adapted in turn for engagement with a common counter - contact, the height of the highest contact being reduced by the removal of a part or the whole of its material to enable the next contact to be brought into use. In the example the leading-in wires of two filaments b, c are connected to two contacts i, h, with a common leading-in wire d connected to the screw-threaded metal shell e. The higher contact h is the first to make contact with the common centre contact when the bulb is screwed into its socket. The contact or contacts not in use may be provided with a removable coating of insulating material. The contacts consist of soldering tin or other soft metal.
Patent GB-171594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in car brake controlling means
IPC: B61H13/04
Filed: 1920-10-18
Abstract: 171,594. Rochambeau, C. E. Oct. 18, 1920. Guarding against unauthorized use.-Relates to locking means for vehicle brakes of the kind operated by winding apparatus, more particularly to prevent tampering with the brakes after they have been set. The winding apparatus is disposed within a casing 12, and the pawl 20 which engages a ratchet wheel 19 on the spindle of the drum 17 is engaged by a weight 23 freely mounted for both vertical and horizontal movement upon a fixed bar 24. The weight can be traversed from the position shown in which it holds the pawl in engagement, to the position for disengagement by means of a link 26 which can be locked, as by a padlock P, to a lug 29 on the casing.
Patent GB-1320792-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing sintered non-stoichiometric oxides
IPC: C04B35/64
Filed: 1970-06-17
Abstract: 1320792 Substoichiometric oxides of uranium and plutonium COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 17 June 1970 [27 June 1969] 29417/70 Heading C1A [Also in Division G6] A sintered non-stoichiometric oxide of uranium and/or plutonium is prepared by sintering a powdered oxide of U and/or Pu with sufficient C to provide the desired stoichiometry by removal of O as CO, grinding the product and sintering again, both sintering steps being performed in the absence of an oxidizing atmosphere. One or both sintering steps may be performed at 1500-1800 C., at 10<SP>-4</SP> torr or in a reducing atmosphere. 3-5% unsintered mixture may be added at the second stage to provide a dense product, or 0À2-5% organic binder may be added to provide a low density product. For the first step the particles are preferably <30 Á whilst for the second step the size should be within the range 30-350 Á.
Patent GB-636279-A (GB)
Title: A process for absorbing volatile hydrocarbons from mixed gases
IPC: B01D53/14
Filed: 1947-11-04
Abstract: <PICT:0636279/III/1> The efficiency of the process for absorbing volatile hydrocarbons from a mixed gas by passing the gas countercurrently to an absorption oil in an absorption zone is improved by first forming and separating a liquid condensate from the mixed gas and then introducing the separated condensate into the absorption zone at a point between the points of entry of the uncondensed gas and the absorption oil.  The mixed gas may be submitted to a plurality of cooling stages to produce a plurality of condensates of progressively greater volatility and the condensates may be combined or fed separately at different points to the absorption zone, the most volatile condensate being introduced at a point nearest the point of entry of the uncondensed gas.  The mixed gas is fed at 31 or at 32 through compressor 7 to cooler 1 to form a condensate which is separated in separator 11, the uncondensed gas being submitted to further compression and cooling effects in compressors 8, 9, 10 and coolers 2, 3, 4, and the condensates so obtained being separated in separators 12, 13, 14.  The final uncondensed gas at the desired pressure is introduced at 33 to the absorption zone of column 26.  Lean absorption oil is fed to the column at 34 and the condensates from separators 11 to 14 are optionally cooled in heat-exchangers 15 to 18 and introduced into the column at 35, 36, 37, 38 respectively.  The column contains a stabilizing zone heated by steam oil 27 and fat absorption oil is withdrawn at 42, passed through heat-exchanger 19 and into distillation column 28 wherein the recovered constituents are vaporized and the lean absorptive oil is drawn off through valve 44. The vaporized constituents are cooled at 6 and collected at 30, and the lean absorption oil is passed through heat-exchanger 19, cooler 5 and re-introduced to column 26 by pump 20.  Rates of introduction of materials to the column are regulated by valves 39, 40 and feed-pumps 20, 21, 22, 23.
Patent GB-1111649-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for melt spinning of synthetic filaments
Inventor: SIBA KAMEKICHI
IPC: D01D5/084
Filed: 1966-06-30
Abstract: 1,111,649. Melt spinning apparatus. FUJI BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA. 30 June, 1966 [8 July, 1965], No. 29433/66. Heading B5B. An apparatus for melt spinning synthetic filaments, comprises at least one ring-shaped infra-red ray heater 3, which is circular in cross-section and is disposed in the upper part of a spinning shaft 2, and an inverted truncated conical tank 10, for cooling liquid arranged below the spinning shaft and coaxially therewith. As shown, filaments extruded from spinneret 1 are momentarily heated and fused by the ring-shaped heater 3, and passed through the cooling liquid tank without any alteration in their direction of movement, wound around the stretching roll arrangement 14 and then passed under idler roll 17 to a wind-up roll 16 which is driven by a driving roll 15. The infra-red ray heater 3 suitably consists of an annular quartz tube having a circular cross-section and containing a "Nichrome" (Registered Trade Mark) wire hermetically sealed therein. As indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1, a plurality of such heaters may be used. The inner wall of the spinning shaft 2 surrounding the heaters 3 is formed with a large number of exhaust ports 4, which communicate outwardly through circular perforated baffle plates 5 to an exhaust duct 6 (Fig. 2). On the bottom of the cylinder is provided an air intake plate 7, and a jacket 8 for heat insulation is mounted on the top of the cylinder. A ring-shaped heater has a far lower drag against exhausting gases than the hollow cylindrical type of heater conventionally used, so that the volatile gases developed on spinning are exhausted effectively without causing sticking among the filaments, thus prolonging spinneret life. Further, the filaments in the unsolidified state are cooled solid by water or other liquid without any alteration in the direction of movement thereof and said cooling liquid reduces or eliminates undesired sideways vibration of the filament and permits the use of a shorter spinning cylinder. High molecular weight substances useful in the process of the invention include homopolymers e.g. polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, and polyethylene, and copolymers and mixtures thereof. Examples describe the spinning of polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene, polycarbonate, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins.
Patent GB-464798-A (GB)
Title: Portable apparatus for automatically detecting, signalling and stopping gas leakages rom gas conduits and containers
IPC: F17D5/00
Filed: 1935-10-25
Abstract: <PICT:0464798/III/1> A gas detector comprises a double wire gauze cage, the inner one 6 containing an oxidation catalyst, such as platinum asbestos and the outer one 8 containing a catalyst, such as silver oxide on silica gel, which oxidizes carbon monoxide.  A thermometer 2 is embedded in the inner catalyst and may be provided with rings 9 of catalytic material and with heat conductors 10.  The thermometer has electric contacts 4, 4a, 4b operating an indicator or alarm.
Patent GB-689857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for measuring thickness or weight per unit area by means of ionizing radiations
IPC: G01N23/16
Filed: 1950-12-04
Abstract: 689,857. Radioactive thickness gauges. BALDWIN INSTRUMENT CO., Ltd., and SYKES, G. Jan. 2, 1952 [Dec. 4, 1950], No. 29669/50, Class 40 (iii). In a thickness or density gauge of the type in which radiation from a radioactive source passes through the material under test to an ionization chamber or other detector, both the emitter and detector have associated with them a radiation absorbing device which transmits the radiation with much greater facility in the direction of the detector. Thus, the rays are " collimated " on leaving the source and pass through the test material where some are absorbed and others dispersed. The second absorbing device eliminates all the dispersed rays and the reduction in the radiation reaching the detector is muchincreased. As shown, a source of Alpha, Beta or Gamma rays is deposited in a recess 12 behind a window 15. A wire gauze guard protects the window. The radiation absorbers consist of a number of parallel strips 17 separated by spacers 19 on bolts 18. The rays, after passing through both absorbers and the test material 10, enter a sealed ionization chamber 33 in which is an electrode 23. The connections are made to the electrode and the chamber 33 through pressuretight insulator bushes. The absorbers may consist of bundles of parallel strips, corrugated strips soldered, cemented or clamped together, or parallel tubular channels of rectangular or circular cross-section. Alternatively, a number of parallel strips may be slotted at equal intervals and engaged with a series of strips similarly slotted at right angles. In a modification described with reference to Fig. 8 (not shown), the thickness of a deposit on a strip is determined by means of two gauges of the type described above, one situated before and the other beyond the depositing position. The output of these two gauges are then compared.
Patent GB-874735-A (GB)
Title: A panel assembly for forming a horizontal or approximately horizontal ceiling, roof or the like
IPC: E04B9/20
Filed: 1958-09-17
Abstract: 874,735. Suspended ceilings. GREGOROVIC, D. Sept. 17, 1958 [Oct. 7, 1957], No. 29703/58. Classes 20(4) and 87(1). A suspended ceiling comprises flanged metal or plastic panels 1 of which two opposite flanges 3 are formed with incurled edges 4a which are received by inverted U-section rails 29 suspended from a support 42 by hangers 47, 49, 53, the lowers ends 53a of which engage under strips s bent up from the tops of the rails 29. Parallel rails 29 are connected together by angle strips 34, 35 provided with tongues 36 to engage under the strips s. The lower edges of the rails 29 may be incurled at 33, Fig. 3, or the limbs of the rails may be bent inwardly as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-1430684-A (GB)
Title: Prolonged release lozenges
IPC: A61K9/22
Filed: 1973-06-22
Abstract: 1430684 Prolonged release lozenge H LOWEY 22 June 1973 [26 June 1972] 29731/73 Heading A5B A shaped and compressed pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically active ingredient incorporated in a carrier material which is hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose or a mixture of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, the carrier material having been humidity- and heat-treated at a temperature between 110 and 120‹F at a humidity of 85 to 90% for a minimum of 24 hours and the carrier and pharmaceutically active ingredient having been compressed into shape at a pressure of from 7 to 13 kg/sq. inch, the composition having a longlasting slow disintegration rate to give a prolonged and regular release pattern. The active ingredient may be gastric mucin, aluminium hydroxide, magnesium trisilicate, nitroglycerin. amyl nitrite, ascorbic acid, chlorpheniramine maleate, benzocaine, phenolphthalein and dextrose, or mixtures thereof.
Patent GB-1195864-A (GB)
Title: Shock Absorbing Device.
IPC: B60R19/34
Filed: 1967-06-28
Abstract: 1,195,864. Collapsible steering columns. bumpers. NISSAN JIDOSHA K.K. 8th June, 1967 [25 Aug., 1966; 8 Oct., 1966], No. 29741/67. Heading B7H, B7J. [Also in Division F2] In a shock absorbing device (Division F2), a tubular member A (Fig. 1) having a reduced diameter portion D 2  and a large diameter portion D 1  is adapted to be deformed by a die member C contained in the end of an outward cylinder B when a force P is applied to the end thereof. Fig. 3 illustrates an application of the invention, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, to a vehicle steering column arrangement wherein an outer cylinder 9 and an inner cylinder 10 support the steering shaft 7, 5 and the cylinder 10 is adapted to be deformed by a die member 16 housed in the outer end of the cylinder 9 when an undue force is applied either in the direction Y or in the direction X to the steering mechanism. The outer cylinder 9 is supported by a bracket to the structure 11 of the automobile and the upper steering shaft 5 is adapted to be moved downwardly by forcing the splined portion 5a to slide along a splined cylinder 7a in order to shorten the total length of the upper and lower steering shafts 5 and 7 respectively. Alternative steering column arrangements are disclosed in the specification, e.g. Fig. 5 shows an alternative arrangement wherein the lower steering shaft 7 is adapted to be connected to the steering box 15 by means of a universal coupling 18 and the shaft itself is adapted to be deformed upon impact by a die member 22 associated with the cylinder 24. Fig. 16 is typical of many vehicle bumper arrangements disclosed in the specification wherein an outer cylinder 42 is secured to the framework or chassis 41 of the vehicle and a die 43 is affixed to the opposite side of the outer cylinder 42 and are adapted to deform an inner cylinder 45 to which a bumper 46 is attached such that the inner cylinder 45 is adapted to be contracted by the die upon occurrence of shock. Fig. 18 (not shown), illustrates a further embodiment wherein two dies 43 and 44 are provided in order to deform the inner cylinder 45 into two reduced diameter portions. In an alternative arrangement (Fig. 28, not shown) the space between the laminated portions of the inner and outer cylinders 10 and 9 respectively is filled with a suitable resin 60 so as to ensure that the inserted portion of the inner cylinder 10 is kept in register with the outer cylinder 9.