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Patent GB-779543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to convertible bed-settees
Inventor: MILTON WILLIAM FRANK
IPC: A47C17/16
Filed: 1956-01-20
Abstract: 779,543. Bed-settees. PRICE BROS. & CO., Ltd. Jan. 20, 1956, No. 2081/56. Class 52 (2). A convertible bed-settee has a seat frame 1 to which is pivotally connected a back-rest frame 2 by a rounded tongue 4 on the frame 2 engaging in a groove 5 on a seat frame 1 so as to be locked in the upright position against vertical displacement but releasable therefrom when the frames are coplanar, arm rests 3 being detachably supported at each end of the seat frame by grooved battens 8 engaging over rails 9 secured to the underside of the seat frame by brackets and members 12 on the arm rests engaging behind the back-rest frame 2 in the upright position between lugs 13 to support the frame 2. A locking pin 15 passes through apertures in the lugs and member 12. The device is convertible to a double bed or to two single beds by detachment of the back frame.
Patent GB-178210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in writing pens, nibs, stylographs, fountain pens and other writing implements
IPC: B43K8/20
Filed: 1921-01-15
Abstract: 178,210. Stevenson, J. I. D. Jan. 15, 1921. Cyclostyle pens.-In order to prevent forging of cheques and other written documents a reservoir or other pen is provided having associated with the nib a pricking-device so that an inked and perforated copy of the original inked and perforated writing is simultaneously produced on a duplicate sheet. In one form the pricking- device comprises a wheel formed with sharp projections and mounted between the points of the nib of the pen. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the pricker comprises a needle c located above the nib b and reciprocated by means of a rack g and a spring d, the rack being connected to a spring h which follows the movements of a head l resting against the palm of the hand during writing. The parts are contained in a casing k attached to the penholder a by bands m. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the pricker c is attached to a rack r, depressed against the action of a spring d by a pinion-wheel o which is driven by a wheel p in contact with the paper. The prickers may be tipped with a non-corrodible metal and may be operated electrically. According to the Provisional Specification. the pricking-devices may be applied to pencils.
Patent GB-996423-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for tempering of sheets of glass
IPC: C03B27/052
Filed: 1964-01-17
Abstract: <PICT:0996423/C1/1> <PICT:0996423/C1/2> In a method of tempering glass sheets a hot sheet of glass is vertically suspended along its top edge solely by tongs and jets of fluid, preferably oil, are downwardly directed against opposite faces of the sheet, the gas passing from between the quench heads at the bottom edge of the glass.  A sheet of glass 19 is suspended by tongs 20 from a track 21 between an opposed pair of quench heads 10, 11 shaped to open male and female pressing dies.  The dies are operated by pneumatic rams 17, 18. The die surfaces are faced with a smooth material having a low coefficient of heat transfer, e.g. a smooth refractory gypsum cement or a material of 99% fused silica plus binder.  The pressing surfaces of the dies have a multiplicity of downwardly pointing orifices 24, spaced in staggered rows and columns about 1 1/4 inches apart, through which air under pressure from the quench heads 10, 11 is directed on to the sheet faces.  The orifices are downwardly inclined at an angle of not more than 45 degrees to the horizontal and preferably at 10 degrees thereto.  The jets of air issuing therefrom impinge on the glass directly opposite another jet.  The quench heads may be moved with an orbital or circular motion during tempering.  The heads 10, 11 have adjustable stops 30, 31 to limit their movement during pressing.  If it is not desired to temper the whole surface the orifices 24 may be omitted where tempering is not desired.
Patent GB-157649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to steam boiler and other furnaces
IPC: F23C5/00
Filed: 1920-01-23
Abstract: 157,649. Berry, J., and Colville & Sons, Ltd., D. Jan. 23, 1920. Steam-generator &c. furnaces.- In a steam generator or other furnace, a bed of refractory material A, such as incombustible ashes or boiler scale, is maintained incandescent by blast furnace, producer or other gas supplied by the pipe C. Pitch or pitch tar is fed on to the bed through the door E which also admits air to support the combustion of the gas and pitch.
Patent GB-750500-A (GB)
Title: Process for the desalting of salt solutions by electrodialysis
IPC: C08J5/22
Filed: 1953-01-26
Abstract: Diaphragms consisting wholly or in part of ion-exchange material are made by the following methods: (1) 1 mol. of phenol is heated with 1.2 mols. of concentrated sulphuric acid at 100 DEG  C. for two hours.; 5 c.c. of this reaction mixture are mixed with 5 c.c. of a 30 per cent formalin solution and heated to 70 DEG  C. so that a clear cherry-red solution is obtained.  The solution is poured into glass dishes which are covered and heated in a drying chamber at 90 DEG  C. until gel formation and solidification takes place.  The membranes produced may be afterwards sulphonated; (2) freshly distilled styrene is mixed in one case with 6 per cent and in other cases with 9 per cent and 12 per cent by weight respectively of divinyl benzene and polymerized after addition of 0.2 per cent by weight of benzoyl peroxide in a vessel placed in boiling water.  The polymerisate sets as a rod which is cut into discs which are afterwards sulphonated; (3) 4.3 gms. of anhydrous polyethyleneimine is dissolved in 10 c.c. of methanol and the solution is mixed with varying quantities of epichlorhydrin.  The mixtures are poured into glass dishes and condensed in a drying chamber.  Specification 694,223, [Group XXXVI], is referred to.
Patent GB-179983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in spring suspensions for wheel axles of baby carriages
IPC: B62B9/18
Filed: 1921-01-17
Abstract: 179,983. Fackham, J. W. Jan. 17, 1921. Sprigs, arrangement of.-In a spring suspension for the wheel axles of a baby-carriage in which the axle is carried by a block adapted to slide vertically in a slotted box under the action of springs which control its movements in both upward and downward directions, the block 2, Fig. 1, which is arranged in a box 1 having a removable front cover and non-removable - rear cover, lies in sliding contact with the covers only and is held between four springs 7, two being arranged beneath and two above it at each side of the place where it is engaged by the axle 3. As shown in Fig. 4, the device is applied between the members of the frame 9 which supports the body of the baby-carriage.
Patent GB-786136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in shuttering for casting beams, columns, walls, etc. in situ
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN PETER WILLIAM
IPC: E04G11/12
Filed: 1956-01-24
Abstract: 786,136. Shuttering for casting concrete structures. UNION JOINERY & IMPORTING CO.. Ltd. Jan. 24, 1956, No. 2282/56. Drawings to Specification. Class 20(2) Shuttering for the face of a wall, column or beam having a width which is an element of the arithmetical progression a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d &c. is built up of an exact number of narrow panels hava a ing widths of - or - + d. In the example 2 2 described a = 6 and d = and the panels are 3" and 4" wide. The shutters are of channel section and bolted together and shuttering for a column is surrounded by clamps engaging notches on the corner angle irons, and supported by telescopic stays and opposite shuttering walls are tied together by hoop iron in slots in the shuttering.
Patent GB-646471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fertilizer distributors
IPC: A01C15/10
Filed: 1948-01-27
Abstract: 646,471. Fertilizer distributers. BAMFORD. C. J., and BAMFORD, H. V. Jan. 27, 1948, No. 2381. [Class 6(i)] A fertilizer distributer of the type having a hopper, the bottom of which comprises an upper plate 10 having apertures 15 delivering material to a grid 13 having apertures 17 below which is a lower plate 11 having apertures 16, either the plates 10, 11 or the grid 13 having a reciprocating motion, is characterized in that no aperture in the top plate and adjacent aperture in the bottom plate is in register with the same aperture of the grid at the same time. As shown, the invention is applied to a machine as shown in, Specification 327,965, [Class 6(i)], and two sets of upper and lower plates are provided, each set being joined by a spacer 12 and reciprocated, the grid 13 being stationary. Specification 467,174 also is referred to.
Patent GB-396061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to stuffing-box substitutes
IPC: B29C48/06
Filed: 1932-01-26
Abstract: 396,061. Vulcanizing long lengths. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., Bush House, Aldwych, London.- (Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. ; 463, West Street, New York, U.S.A.) Jan. 26, 1932, No. 2416. [Class 70.] In means for sealing a vulcanizing-chamber of apparatus for the continuous vulcanization of rubbercovered wire, one or more flexible, perforated discs are held around the wire by a retaining - member yieldingly urged against the discs by fluid pressure supplied to an operating piston under a remotely situated control. The wire with a freshly applied vulcanizable rubber compound thereon, is passed through a chamber 12 comprising a pipe 10 supplied with pressure steam, a steam jacket, and an insulating- covering 24. The wire then passes through cooling and drying steps to take-up reels. A tube 30 threaded on the end of the pipe 10 supports a cylinder 31. and is recessed to receive rubber discs 33 which are clamped by a member 34. An internal hollow tubular member 36 engages a spring-metal sealing-disc 60, Fig. 4, intermediate the centre and circumference of the discs 33. A piston 43 operates the member 36 through a bell-crank 37 with a forked end which bridges the wire. The compressed air which actuates the piston 43 is supplied through a pipe with a reducing-valve, a restricted aperture, a cock for connecting the cylinder 31 to supply and exhaust, a pressure gauge, and pet cocks to effect a temporary control. The discs 60, 61, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, have radial slits out of register and central apertures 65, 66. The aperture 65 is larger than the wire, and the apertures 66 smaller. The escape steam or vapour is confined to a chamber 67 with an exhaust 68. The wire passes over a pulley 70 to the take-up reel. In a modification a discclamping sleeve, adjusted by an arrangement of pivoted bolts and nuts, is arranged to slide on the end of the tube threaded on the pipe 10. The vertical arm of the bell crank is articulated to facilitate cleaning the wire passage. The upper part of the arm is normally retained in position by a spring-pressed detent. Adjustable tappets are provided in the lower arm to limit the movement.
Patent GB-307165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of boots and shoes
IPC: A43B7/14
Filed: 1928-01-25
Abstract: 307,165. Pochin, H. S. Jan. 25, 1928, Foot-arch supports. - A foot-arch support is moulded to the shape of the last during the lasting operation and is then secured to the edges of the upper and insole, preferably by sewing. The arch support preferably comprises a base of fabric material impregnated with a stiffening compound. As shown in Fig. 1, it may comprise a number of layers 6, 7, 8 of serim or other material of open weave impregnated with celluloid or other medium and arranged with a common sewing edge 11 and all gradually diminishing in size at the other edges. A backing of duck or other closely-woven material is stuck to the outside of the layer 8 and a layer 9 of croydon is stuck on the layer 6 of serim. The impregnated projecting edges of the layers 6, 7, 8 of material adhere to the upper to retain the support in position during the lasting operation, after which the support is sewn at the edge 11 between the upper 15 and lining 17, Fig. 3. The last may be cut away to allow for the several thicknesses of the arch support.
Patent GB-915581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to blanks for display devices and maps
Inventor: GATHARD ROLAND THOMAS
IPC: G09F1/04
Filed: 1960-01-22
Abstract: 915,581. Maps. G.O. EQUIPMENT Ltd. April 14; 1961 [Jan. 22, 1960], No. 2479/60. Class 146 (2). [Also in Group XVIII] A display card or - map comprising a pair of cover panels coupled together by crossed bands so as to permit the covers being hinged open from a flat position about one or other of a pair of contiguous edges 43, 44 is constructed from a blank divided by three transverse score lines 25, 26, 27 into four equal panels and slit longitudinally at 32, 33 across the centre score line as shown. Adjacent panel sections 37-38, 39-40 and 41-42 are then glued together with the edges 43, 44 brought into contact with one another (see Figs. 4-7, not shown). Specification 850,051 is referred to.
Patent GB-572061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cloth shrinking machines
IPC: D06C21/00
Filed: 1944-02-10
Abstract: 572,061. Shrinking fabrics. BROOKES, N. E. (Cluett, Peabody, & Co., Inc.). Feb. 10, 1944, No. 2480. [Class 42 (i)] In a cloth-shrinking machine of the type including an inlet roll 13, a heating cylinder 14, a belt 12 running on to the roll 13 and a plurality of curved steel pressure members 11 carrying electric heating elements Y and pressing the running fabric on to the belt 12, the pressure members 11 are hardened and drawn to a spring-temper at least at their tip portions 11a. A thermal switch S in series with each element Y is provided to control the temperature of the pressure members so that the temper thereof would not be removed. The number of heating elements Y is such that the heat generated near the tips 11a is less than that generated adjacent to where the fabric enters beneath the pressure members. The memmers 11 are biassed by springs 28, 33a, b about an adjustable tappet 30, the springs 33a, b being attached to an equalising lever 33d pivoted to the bracket 32. Specifications 370,814 and 518,706 are referred to.
Patent GB-994304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to book binding machines
IPC: B42C13/00
Filed: 1962-01-24
Abstract: 994,304. Drying apparatus. MARTINIBUCHBINDEREIMASCHINENFABRIK. Jan. 24, 1962 [Feb. 28, 1961], No. 2555/62. Heading F4G. [Also in Divisions B6 and B8] A high-frequency drying installation for use with a bookbinding machine includes means for transporting books past the drying installation comprising guide walls 2 extending radially from a rotating shaft 1 and flaps 3 secured to the lower edges of the guide walls on which the books are placed. The flaps rest on a support 4 forming the H.F. heating elements and are made from a material having a low diaelectric loss, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene plastic. The support 4 has a segment 3<SP>1</SP> cut-away, so that as a book passes thereover it drops on to another conveyer or table. Alternatively, guide walls 5 depend from a moving belt or chain 6 and rigid flaps 7 are hinged to the lower ends of said guide walls. Pins extending from the flaps engage a guide rail 9. The latter is interrupted along its length whereby the flaps are released to drop the books downwardly.
Patent GB-371827-A (GB)
Title: The manufacture of a new carbazole compound
IPC: C07D209/88
Filed: 1931-01-26
Abstract: 2-Hydroxycarbazole-7-sulphonic acid is obtained by treating carbazole-2 : 7-disulphonic acid with caustic alkali at a high temperature or with aqueous alkali at superatmospheric pressure. Examples are given of both these methods.  Specification 358,056 is referred to.
Patent GB-722194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in power transmission devices incorporating hydraulic torque converters
IPC: F16H47/06
Filed: 1952-01-31
Abstract: 722,194. Hydromechanical variable-speed gear. SVENSKA ROTOR MASKINER AKTIEBOLAG. Jan. 31, 1952 [Feb. 9, 1951], No. 2595/52. Class 80 (2) [Also in Group XXIX] In a power transmission device incorporating an hydraulic torque converter having a pump member 2, a turbine member 19-20, a direct drive clutch 7 between the pump and turbine members, a rotatably mounted reaction member 4, a reversing gear 5 providing connection between the reaction and turbine members, a friction clutch or braking device 6 for release or engagement of said gear so as to allow transmission of power alternatively in one' or other direction from the reaction member to the turbine member thereby enabling the converter to be used as an hydraulic brake, and a braking device 8 for the reaction member, the direct drive clutch 7, the clutch or braking device 6 of the reversing gear, and the brake 8 for the reaction member are independently engageable. When clutch 7 only is engaged, direct drive is established between the engine-driven shaft 9 and the turbine shaft 22. When the brake 8 only is engaged, the reaction member is secured to the stationary housing 27 and normal torque converter drive is obtained. When brake 6 only is engaged, the planet wheel carrier ring 26 of the reversing gear is secured to the housing 27 so that the reaction member rotates in a direction opposite to that of the pump and turbine and double rotation system converter drive is obtained. When clutch 7 and brake 8 are engaged together, direct drive with hydraulic braking due to the stationary reaction member is obtained. When clutch 7 and brake 6 are both engaged, direct drive is obtained with increased hydraulic braking due to the contra-rotating reaction member. When brakes 6 and 8 are engaged simultaneously, the turbine member is held stationary, thereby facilitating changing gear when a gear box is attached to the turbine shaft. In another embodiment the turbine member is provided with a " split torque " device for transmitting the torque from the engine simultaneously to the turbine member and to the output shaft. An alternative arrangement of reversing gear in which the planet wheels are bolted directly to the stationary casing and having a different brake arrangement is described.
Patent GB-538286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to coffee urns
IPC: A47J31/50
Filed: 1940-02-10
Abstract: 538,286. Coffee urns. BOOTH, R. S. Feb. 10, 1940, No. 2613. [Class 129] A coffee urn comprises a water vessel 1 adapted to be placed over a heating element 4, and an inner pot 7 to contain the coffee and provided with an integral spout passing through the wall of the vessel 1 to a tap 14. The pot, lid, spout and tap are of non-metallic material or are lined with such material.
Patent GB-1405545-A (GB)
Title: Method of joining wires, strands and cords
IPC: F16G11/00
Filed: 1973-01-18
Abstract: 1405545 Twisting wires together BEKAERT SA NV 18 Jan 1973 2640/73 Heading B3E Two wires of diameter 0À10 to 0À30 mm., or two strands or cords composed of such wires, are joined by arranging the wires alongside one another, holding them fast with respect to one another at two spaced apart locations, and twisting them between the locations. Suitably for wires the locations are 19 mm. apart, and three or four complete turns are imposed. The cords may be intended for reinforcing tyres or hoses. The wires may be twisted by a disc having a wedge-shaped cut-out.
Patent GB-113486-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production of a Blended Yeast.
Inventor: STEVENSON JOHN ATHERTON
IPC: C12N1/18
Filed: 1917-02-23
Abstract: 113,486. Stevenson, J. A. Feh. 23, 1917. Yeast.-Brewers' yeast and distillers' yeast are separately refermented and are then blended to produce bakers' yeast. The yeasts are washed to remove bitterness, &c., pressed, and refermented with grain wort, the grain used in the preparation of which contains at least 50 per cent. of malted barley. When fermentation ceases, the yeasts are put through a separating machine to get rid of surplus wort and are run out in a gruelly condition. The yeasts are then blended in the proportion of about 40 per cent. brewers' yeast to 60 per cent. distillers' yeast, and the product is pressed.
Patent GB-1200972-A (GB)
Title: Process for polymerizing and copolymerizing vinylchloride
IPC: C08F2/00
Filed: 1968-01-18
Abstract: 1,200,972. Polyvinyl chloride. WACKERCHEMIE G.m.b.H. 18 Jan., 1968 [20 Jan., 1967], No. 2722/68. Heading C3P. Homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride are prepared by the polymerization of an aqueous monomer dispersion, which is prepared prior to polymerization, wherein during part of the polymerization the .reaction mixture is refluxed. Preferably the reflux condensation is so adjusted that the ratio between the reflux cooling surface and the cooling surface in contact with the liquid phase of the polymerization batch is at least 1: 100 for identical heat transfer, coolant and coolant temperature. The coolant liquid may be used both for the reflux cooling and the polymerization batch cooling surface, and the reflux cooling device may be connected with a conventional cooling jacket for a polymerization autoclave. The reaction may be carried out at 30-80 C. and at a pH of 4 to 10. In the examples, vinyl chloride is homopolymerized in the presence of lauroyl peroxide and either an ammonium salt of oxidized oleic acid or sodium lauryl sulphate, and optionally in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol.
Patent GB-879698-A (GB)
Title: Shoe holding means
IPC: A47L23/18
Filed: 1959-01-26
Abstract: 879,698. Holder for use in cleaning shoes. MILNES, A. H. Jan. 26, 1960 [Jan. 26, 1959], No. 2747/59. Class 17(3) [Also in Group XXIII]. In a device for holding a shoe while it is being cleaned, a shaped member 16 is attached substantially perpendicularly to an arm 12 which in turn is attached to, and kept apart from, a second arm 11 by means of a spring 13 which is attached to the arm ends. To grip the shoe, the arms which are of circular cross-section and which taper inwardly from their free ends, are urged towards each other manually, inserted into the shoe, and released, the shaped member being urged into the toe portion of the shoe while the end of the member 11 is urged against the inside of the heel of the shoe by means of the spring 13. The shaped member 16 is secured to the arm by a screw and the spring 13 engaging in slots in the ends of the arms 11, 12 is secured therein by means of bolts 14. The arms 11, 12 and shaped member 16 may be made of wood or plastic.
Patent GB-729821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to control of textile fibres during drafting operations
Inventor: BIRD WHITWORTH FONTAINE
IPC: D01H5/24
Filed: 1952-02-01
Abstract: 729,821. Textile drafting arrangements. COLLINS & AIKMAN CORPORATION. Feb. 1, 1952, No. 2769/52. Class 120(2). In a drafting device including a porcupine roller, a guide is provided for supporting a strand along a portion of its length adjacent to and acted upon by the porcupine roller, the guide being adjustable toward and from the roller. In the preferred form, a guide 102, stationary during drafting, is mounted on anti-friction collars on the shaft 110 of the porcupine 109. A bent member 97, projecting from the guide 102, has a turnedin portion that passes through a slot in a bracket 95 for adjustment of the guide. For supporting the strand as it leaves the porcupine 109 a nose bar 113 may be provided which may be adjustable with the guide 102. Both horizontal and vertical adjustments of the porcupine 109 may be arranged and it may be positively driven. The porcupine pins are short, staggered, dense and disposed at an angle. Anti-friction collars 108 prevent the guide 102 from making contact with the pins. Specification 663,573 and U.S.A. Specification 2,471,056 are referred to.