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Patent GB-322191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to display devices for holding articles of merchandise
IPC: A47F1/08
Filed: 1928-08-29
Abstract: 322,191. Shirley, F. J. Aug. 29, 1928. Boxes made from special blanks; drawer-andshell boxes; specially-shaped boxes; boxes formed of separate bodies combined side by side; contents, facilitating access to.-A device for holding and displaying articles of merchandise of the kind comprising upstanding containers 25, 26, Fig. 3, or 56, 57, Fig. 5, of cardboard, pasteboard, sheet metal &c. for containing articles fed under gravity to delivery apertures at or near the bottom is constructed from a blank in one or more parts, as shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 4, which is folded to form a container as shown in Fig. 3 or Fig. 5. Trays 60, Fig. 6, may be provided within the receptacles. In a further modification, four containers back to back, as shown in Fig. 7, are provided from a blank 75, Fig. 11, which folds to provide four inner walls and a blank 76, Fig. 12, which folds to provide four container bodies, tongues 86 on the inner walls serving to keep the outer walls in their proper positions. Gum, staples &c. are employed to hold the parts together, and detachable top and bottom caps are provided. Trays and display apertures may also be employed. The blanks 75, 76 may be integral with each other.
Patent GB-835806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to connectors for pressure fluid
Inventor: HISTON ROBERT
IPC: F16K31/56
Filed: 1957-08-07
Abstract: 835,806. Pipe connectors. WILD & CO. Ltd., A. G. Aug. 28, 1958 [Aug. 7, 1957], No. 24849/57. Class 99(1). In a quick-acting connector for controlling the opening and closing of a valve 14 in a pressure fluid inlet fitting 11 and arranged to be connected between the fitting and a stop valve 40 which controls the supply of pressure fluid to the connector, the latter comprising a plunger rod 17 slidably mounted in a casing 18 and operated by a hand-lever 20 through a toggle linkage 22, 24 the arrangement being such that when the plunger rod is moved in one direction it operates to open the valve in the inlet fitting 11 against the action of a spring 16 which again closes the valve when the rod is moved in the opposite direction, the stop valve 40 is incorporated in the connector and one of the two complementary parts of the valve is fixed to and moves with the rod 17 so that when the rod is operated to open the valve 14 the stop valve part fixed to the rod moves away from the complementary part thereof and the stop valve is thereby opened. As shown, the casing 18 comprises symmetrical halves bolted together and having guide grooves in which a pin 21 is engaged, which pin mounts the forked ends of the lever 20 pivotally connected to the links 24 pivotally carried on pins 24<SP>1</SP>. The lower end of the rod 17 extends into a valve casing 25 formed with chambers 26, 27 between which extends bores 28, 29, the bore 28 being screw-threaded to receive the rod 17 ; a fitting 30 for a valve seat 31 and having a flange 32 is fixed in the smaller bore 29. A collar 33 screwed on to the end of the casing 18 slidably receives the casting 25, and a spring 9 on the rod 17 bears against a shoulder 9<SP>1</SP>, and a circlip 9<SP>2</SP>. Formed within the chamber 27 are two diametrically opposed grooves 34, 341 which continue as passages 38, 381 in the casing 25 to slidably receive valve tappets 39. The floating disc stop valve 40 co-operates with the seat 31 and is formed with apertures 41. For ready connection to the fitting 11, the casing 18 is provided with internal flanges 46 which slid on shoulders 47 of the fitting. In operation, when the lever 20 is raised to open the valve 14, the casing 25 and seat 31 move with the rod 17 and the tappets 39 are lifted by the pressure of the fluid flowing into the inlet 43 ; the tappets abut the collar 33 and the valve 40 bears on the tappets so that fluid passes through the apertures 41 therein and the bores in the seat 31, fitting 30 and rod 17. When the lever is moved downwardly to close the valves, the flange 32 of the fitting 30 bears against shoulders formed by grooves 45 in the tappets to move the latter away from the collar 33.
Patent GB-1287698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to safety harnesses
Inventor: PRAGNELL JOHN JAMES MUIR
IPC: A62B35/00
Filed: 1970-05-22
Abstract: 1287698 Safety harness IRVIN GREAT BRITAIN Ltd 24 May 1971 [22 May 1970] 24969/70 Heading A3V [Also in Division F2] A safety harness comprises a number of elongate flexible tension members, at least one of the members being folded to form a loop 20, Fig. 2, and having a shock absorber 21 bridging the open end 22 of the loop, the shock absorber comprising a strip of woven material consisting of two layers of material 23 and 24 woven face-to-face with pile threads interconnecting the two layers, the two layers being parted for a short distance to give two free ends one of which is firmly stitched to the member on one side of the open end of the loop and the other to the member on the other side of the open end of the loop. In use, the load on the member is transmitted through the pile threads of the shock absorber and under normal conditions no tearing of the pile threads occurs, but under a shock load caused by an accident the pile threads tear progressively thereby absorbing energy and limiting the load transmitted to the wearer of the safety harness. The shock absorber 21 is disposed within the loop 20 and the loop folded back against the member and held in this position by an easily breakable connection, e.g. by light stitching or by a plastics clip or alternatively the shock absorber may be disposed outside the loop 20 and the loop and shock absorber enclosed in a plastics covering. The safety harness may be of the lap-diagonal type for motor car use, Fig. 1, comprising a strap 11, 12 passing through one part of a buckle 14 and forming a shoulder strap 11 and one lap strap 12, another lap strap 13 connected to the other part of the buckle 14, the buckle being locked to the strap 11, 12 when under load thus defining the boundary between the shoulder strap 11 and the lap strap 12, a length adjuster 18 in the shoulder strap 11 and a loop 20 formed in the strap 11 adjacent to the anchorage point 15 of the strap on the car and containing the shock absorbing device. Alternatively the safety harness may be of the lap-diagonal type with a shoulder strap passing through a running connection attached to a strap secured to an anchorage point on the vehicle and thence to an automatic retractor device mounted on the floor of the vehicle, the loop and shock absorbing device then being located in the strap carrying the running connection. A further embodiment provides for a safety harness comprising a waist belt having a buckle and being connected to a flexible safety member which includes a loop and shock absorber and has a spring hook at its end remote from the waist belt.
Patent GB-288656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to hair driers applicable for other purposes
IPC: A45D20/44
Filed: 1926-10-08
Abstract: 288,656. Suter, E. F. Oct. 8, 1926. Air and vapour douches.-Apparatus for drying the hair comprises a casing 1, Fig. 2, fitting loosely, or by means of a packing member 2, airtightly upon the head, and having a, perforated plate 13 fitting closely over the hair and spaced therefrom by stops 30. A second plate 14 covering the plate 13 encloses a space 17 communicating through a pipe 18 with a suction fan or exhauster. Air drawn off through the pipe 18 is replaced by air flowing into the casing through a pipe 7 and passing over a lamp 5 or other electric heating element. Tubes 15 passing through both of the plates 13, 14 provide a passage for the heated air to the hair and thence through the plate 15 to the pipe 18. The cold air may be supplied to the pipe 7 by a pump and may be heated by means outside the casing. The plate 14 may be replaced by one leaving a.n annular space around it within the casing, the tubes 15 being dispensed with. In this case the air beneath the plate 13 is not substantially disturbed but is heated by conduction and radiation and is dried by the passage of heated air in proximity to it. The casing 1 may be replaced by a smaller portable casing 14', Fig. 8, adapted to cover the whole or only a portion of the hair. The casing 14' has a perforated plate 22<1> placed in contact with the hair. a plate 22" spaced therefrom and partly covered by a plate 22"', the space thereby enclosed being connected with the suction device. Heating coils wound for example on mica strips are placed on each side of the plate 22<111> and connected by leads 18 to a plug 21<1>. Air is drawn in through holes in the casing 14', which is heat insulated, over the heating coils and through holes in the plate 22" into contact with the plate 22<1> and thence through holes 24' into the suction pipe 25<1>. In other constructions the casing is divided into two or more chambers closed at the bottom by a single or by separate perforated plates. Heated air is supplied to one or some of the chambers and thence beneath the plate or plates either direct or through nozzles and is withdrawn through the other chamber or chambers. The air withdrawn may be passed through a, condensing or other moisture removing device and this device together with the air supplying and withdrawing device may be mounted upon a mobile stand. The casing 1 may be suspended from a stand and connected with the air supplying and withdrawing means by flexible tubing. Combs may be provided on the under eide of the casing 1 in order to raise the hair and facilitate drying. Several casings such as 1 may be connected with common air supply and withdrawing means. The apparatus may also be employed for treating the hair with medicinal vapours.
Patent GB-339612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for playing games
IPC: A63F7/04
Filed: 1930-05-15
Abstract: 339,612. Rowlands, T. May 15, 1930. Outdoor games; skittle alleys. - Relates to apparatus for playing games such as court bowls, skittles, floor billiards, &c., of the kind comprising a table mounted on a substantially central axis and normally supported in a horizontal position but capable of being tilted to return the balls, and consists in the provision on both sides of the axis of supporting discs rotatable about an eccentric axis and provided with a spring control tending to hold the table to the discs as the latter are turned to lower their supporting surfaces. As shown, a table 10, Fig. 1, is tiltable about a fulcrum 11 and is supported at each side by discs 14 eccentrically mounted on shafts 15. Blade springs 19 are pivoted to the discs and are normally caused to bear upwardly against the underside of the table by the abutment of pins 21 projecting from the discs. The table may be caused to tilt towards either side by rotating the discs at that side by means of a handle 22, the springs on the rotated discs being disabled and the springs at the other side effecting the tilting. In modifications, the table is tiltable about two fulcra 30, Fig. 4, rolling on surfaces 31, and the eccentric discs are mounted on the table and react upon the ground. The table may be provided with a cloth cover permanently or detachably secured to the table at one end and stretched by a roller at the other end. The tilting of the table serves also to cause rain to run off the playing surface.
Patent GB-737097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to variable pitch marine screw propellers
Inventor: HARVEY GEORGE COLLINS
IPC: B63H3/04
Filed: 1952-10-07
Abstract: 737,097. Variable pitch propellers. SLACK & PARR (MARINE), Ltd. Oct. 7, 1953 [Oct. 7, 1952], No. 25064/52. Class 114. The whole of the control gear for a variablepitch marine screw propeller is enclosed in a short casing 22 secured directly to the front of a reduction gear housing 12: a control rod 18 slides within the propeller shaft 10 to move the blades and carries a thrust bearing 25 secured in a housing 32. Bolted to the housing is the nut 33 of a screw jack 34, the screw 37 of which is mounted stationarily coaxially with the control rod 18 in an extension 35a of an end cap 35 for the casing 22. To rotate the bearing housing 32 to displace the control rod 18 axially, the housing is splined to the hub 38a of a worm wheel 38 adapted to be rotated from outside the casing 22 by a worm (not shown). Oil may be fed through a bore 48 in the screw 37 to a bore in the control rod 18 to lubricate the propeller. In a modification the nut 33 is stationary and the screw 37 secured to the bearing housing' 32. A bolt projecting from both ends of the bearing 25 may limit the displacement of the control rod 18 in either direction. In another form, the exterior of the bearing housing 32 is threaded to engage a nut fixed in the casing 22, the housing having a forward extension carrying the worm wheel.
Patent GB-304300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in steam generators
IPC: F22B1/22
Filed: 1928-08-31
Abstract: 304,300. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. Jan. 19, 1928, [Convention date]. Generating in jackets around explosion chambers.-Steam is generated in a jacket around a closed chamber 1, in which a mixture of air and liquid, gaseous or powdered fuel is exploded. and around tubes 5 through which the explosion products escape at a high velocity. The explosive mixture may be supplied by a pump 16 driven by a turbine 17, operated by the escaping products. The valves 4, 22 at the inlet and outlet of the explosion chamber may be operated mechanically. The highly heated water and steam in the jacket passes through tubes 21 into the water in a drum 10 surrounding the jacket. The water is circulated from the drum through the jacket by a pump 19. In a modification, the jacketed explosion chamber and tubes are arranged vertically, and water flows from an upper drum into the lower part of the jacket through an external downcomer. The water or other liquid in the jacket may circulate in a closed system through heating tubes in the boiler water.
Patent GB-906198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to top weighting rollers for textile drafting machines
IPC: D01H5/76
Filed: 1961-07-11
Abstract: 906,198. Drafting-rollers. SKF KUGELLAGERFABRIKEN G.m.b.H. July 11, 1961 [July 12, 1960], No. 25134/61. Addition to 791,145. Class 120 (2). In the top roller of the parent Specification, the coupling-member has, adjacent its end remote from the circumferentially beaded end 6, a retaining portion which is radially resilient and engages a channel formed in the other part of the two parts, i.e. the sleeve 3 and outer ballrace 5, to be coupled together. The retaining portion may be a flange 8 with circumferentiallyspaced resilient projections 10 fitting in a channel 9 on the sleeve, the bead 6 engaging the race. On the end remote from bead 6 the member may have a flange 12 with or without a similar concentric flange, axially-split at 11 and bearing against a shoulder on the sleeve. In another form, Fig. 4, the members 10 are of dovetail shape and a flange 15 is provided with axially-resilient parts 12<SP>1</SP>, alternate ones of which are split partially or wholly through in a radially direction (11, 14), the parts bearing against a shoulder on the sleeve. In a further form, resilient parts at the end remote from the bead engage a pin on the sleeve.
Patent GB-815417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to expansible link strap
IPC: A44C5/08
Filed: 1957-08-09
Abstract: 815,417. Bracelets. RODI & WIENENBERGER A.G. Aug. 9, 1957 [Aug. 9, 1956], No. 25160/57. Class 43 An expanding bracelet comprises hollow open-ended main links 1, each one having a curved lug 31 engaging in a recess 3<SP>11</SP> in the end, of the adjacent link and connected to an open ended intermediate link B by a hinge pin 4, a tension spring 8 extending through the links and secured to the pins 4, and removable end links each having an independent spring 14 abutting a closed end 13 of each intermediate link B<SP>1</SP> and a spring abutment 9 removably secured by a screw secured to the link 1<SP>1</SP> and passing through the open bottom of the intermediate link. The bottom of the intermediate link B<SP>1</SP> may have a central slot with an aperture at one end for the spring abutment which rests on a collar. The link B has a nose 6 which engages in a slot 7 and the link 1. Alternatively the intermediate link B<SP>11</SP>, Fig. 7, has a bottom wall 16 on which rests a spring strip 17, one end of which engages the end 20 of the link 1 and the other hooked end engages the free end of the spring the other end of which abuts an end wall 18 of the link B<SP>11</SP>. An aperture 21 in the link B<SP>11</SP> aids assembling the links. The intermediate link B<SP>111</SP>, Fig. 9, may have one end shaped as a hook 24, which engages in a slot in the end of the next main link. The ends of the tension spring 14 abut the end walls 1<SP>11</SP>, 23 of the links 1 and B<SP>111</SP>. The bottom wall of the link B<SP>111</SP> extends as far as the length of the contracted spring and projects in the form of a fork 26<SP>1</SP>, beyond the wall 23. The fork engages below the hammer-head 24<SP>1</SP> of the hook when the links are contracted. The links 1, 1<SP>1</SP> are enclosed by an ornamental shell 2.
Patent GB-443641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tin boxes or like containers intended to be vacuumised
IPC: B65D25/00
Filed: 1934-08-31
Abstract: 443,641. Hinges. BARLOW, R., 28, Kingsway, and STUCHBERY, A. L., Chequers Works, North Circular Road, Palmers Green, both in London. Aug. 31, 1934, No. 25173. [Class 65 (ii)] [See also Group XVII] A box or like container 1 comprises a lid 2 constructed to close the container hermetically, formed with a flange 8 and hinged to the body of the container along a line outside the seal formed between the lid and the container by means of a hook or tongue 13 formed on said flange and enclosing an outside curl 7 formed on and extending partly or wholly round the body of the container, the inside edge of the curl on the body of the container, where this curl is embraced by the hook 13, being formed with a slot 14 so that the curl is open in nature to permit tilting of the lid by the end of the hook 13 passing up between the inside edge of the curl and the body of the container during the tilting movement whereby the tongue is guided by the side walls of the slot when the lid is tilted. The slot in the curl 7 may be obtained by forming slits in the curl 7 and forcing out the portion 7a of the curl between the slits, or the metal forming the curl in the region of the hinge may be cut away, the cuts being continued if desired into the curl to facilitate forcing out of the curl to accommodate hooks of varying radii on the lid.
Patent GB-837096-A (GB)
Title: Work-driving device for a turning lathe
Inventor: SHARP DOUGLAS
IPC: B23B33/00
Filed: 1955-09-01
Abstract: 837,096. Lathe &c. drivers and carriers. SCOTTISH MACHINE TOOL CORPORATION Ltd. Sept. 3, 1956 [Sept. 1, 1955], No. 25197/55. Class 83 (3). A lathe-driver comprises a bracket 1, supporting a carrier 3 rotatable about trunnions 4 parallel to the base of the bracket, and a workengaging member 5 rotatable about a shaft 6 at right-angles to the trunnions 4. The periphery of the member 5 may be arcuate, the centre of the arc being eccentric to the axis of the shaft 6. A spring 11 urges the member 5 in the direction of rotation of the work. The member 5 may be serrated and the serrations may be helical or straight. A wheel 19 is gripped by a number of drivers clamped to a face-plate, when the wheel is moved axially towards the faceplate, and continued axial-pressure pivots carriers 3 about trunnions 4 and urges the members 5 against the wheel. Movement is arrested when the wheel contacts a serratedabutment 9 on the carrier, and a stop 7 on the carrier meets a stop 7 on the bracket 1. A tommy-bar, insertable through an aperture 16, may be engaged with a socket 15 in shaft 6 to rotate the member 5 against the spring 11 and increase the grip. Similarly, cutting-reaction increases the grip. Stops 17, 18 on the carrier and bracket limit inward movement of the carrier.
Patent GB-1422182-A (GB)
Title: Moisture sensing element and method of making same
IPC: G01N27/12
Filed: 1973-05-25
Abstract: 1422182 Measuring moisture content electrically THUNDER SCIENTIFIC CORP 25 May 1973 25197/73 Heading G1N [Also in Division H1] A moisture sensing element comprises a pair of electrodes 12 embedded in spaced apart relationship in a crystal lattice 11 produced by baking a mixture of V 2 O 5  and Cr 2 O 3  and defining interstitial spaces between the electrodes, the interstitial spaces being such that molecules in an atmosphere being monitored drift randomly into and out of the spaces, the volumetric electrical resistance of the material between the electrodes thereby varying as a function of the per cent of water vapour in the atmosphere. The element is formed by mixing a one-to-one ratio by weight of Cr 2 O 3  and V 2 O 5  to form a paste, ageing the mixture for at least two weeks, shaping a predetermined quantity of the mixture, placing a pair of platinum-iridium electrodes a predetermined distance apart and overlapping by a predetermined distance on the shaped mixture, shaping the mixture around the electrodes as shown in Fig. 5b, air drying the element for at least 12 hours, baking the element in a furnace in the presence of Al 2 O 3  doping chips for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature, cooling the element to a predetermined temperature, and further cooling the element to ambient temperature by quenching. A glass frit may be formed over a body portion of the element. In use the element is placed in circuit with a fixed resistor and an A.C. source, the voltage across the fixed resistor being a measure of the humidity of an atmosphere in which the element is placed, Fig. 9 (not shown).
Patent GB-884245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in textile carding machines
IPC: D01G15/72
Filed: 1960-07-20
Abstract: 884,245. Carding-engines. STREIFF, F. July 20, 1960, No. 25288/60. Class 120(1) In a carding machine in which the clothing of the main cylinder and or the doffer is stripped pneumatically and the strippings are passed back for recarding, the stripped material is delivered by compressed air to the region in which the uncarded fibre fringe is presented to the licker-in. Stripping of the main cylinder 11 is effected by a nozzle 20 connected to a blower 23 that blows the stripped material through a duct 10 to a mouthpiece 24 let into the taker-in cover 8. Compressed air is able to escape through perforations 25 into a filter box 26. Long fibres are stated to be retained by the fibre fringe fed to the taker-in 4 and by the taker-in pins, whereas short fibres and impurities are blown on to mote-knives 7 and grid 18. The nozzle 20 is traversed across the cylinder 11 slowly in operative direction by an endless chain driven from the feed roller through a free wheel clutch that allows a rapid return traverse movement under the influence of a weight and cord.
Patent GB-847387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for attaching lamps to vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 1957-08-10
Abstract: 847,387. Brackets. SELLARS, F. M. Oct. 30, 1958 [Aug. 10, 1957], No. 25302/57. Class 52(5) [Also in Group XXV] A bracket for mounting a lamp on a vehicle comprises a boss 11 secured to the ehicle by a fixing screw 17, a swivel member 12 having a spigot 20 rotafably adjustable in a bore 15 in the boss and having a socket 24 in which a support arm 10 for the lamp is rotatably adjustable, and a sleeve 25 abutting the boss and apertured to accommodate the passage of the arm 10, a bolt 18 passing through the boss to engage a threaded bore 21 in the spigot to draw the swivel member into the boss and clamp the support arm between the swivel member and the sleeve. A locking screw 22 projects into a recess in the support arm 10. In a modification the socket does not pass completely through the swivel member 12. According to the Provisional Specification the arm 10 is longitudinally slidable in the socket and an end plate screwed on external threads on the spigot which projects through the boss assists the bolt 18 to clamp the swivel member to the boss.