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Patent GB-737927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to decorticating apparatus
IPC: D01B1/10
Filed: 1952-09-04
Abstract: 737,927. Decorticating fibrous leaves. BONOMO, P. Dec. 1, 1953 [Sept. 4, 1952], No. 22288/52. Class 120(1). Decorticating apparatus for sisal &c. leaves comprises two rotary beaters 12, 13, a pair of rope wheels 18, 19 disposed between beater drums 12, 13 one above the other for rotation about a common axis, a single endless conveyer rope or band 22 and a plurality of pulleys around which and rope wheels 18, 19, rope 22 passes to grip one end of each leaf against the upper wheel 18 while the other end is decorticated by drum 12 and then to grip the decorticated end against the lower wheel 19 while the untreated end falls into position to be decorticated by drum 13. In an embodiment rope 22 is made of metal, e.g. steel or phosphor-bronze, and is disposed as shown in Fig. 4. Leaves fed along a conveyer 23 are gripped at the butt ends between three strands of rope 22 ; two strands pass from a pulley 24, and the third from a pulley 25 under a guide roller 26. The leaves are conveyed by the rope between upper rope wheel 18 and a wheel 27 where the butt ends are crushed between toothed crowns 28, 29 on the wheels. As the leaves pass around wheel 18 their tips are scutched by beater drum 12, Fig. 2, acting against a saddle member 14. The first two strands of rope pass from wheel 18 to lower rope wheel 19 via wheels 30, 31, while the third strand passes around wheel 18 and a pulley 35. The leaves are thereby released from wheel 18 and their tips gripped by the two rope strands passing around wheel 19 where the butt ends are decorticated by beater drum 13 and saddle 15. The two rope strands convey the fully decorticated leaves to an outlet point X ; one of the two strands then passes around pulley 25 and the other, together with the third strand from pulley 35, passes around a pulley 33, over a tension pulley 34 back to pulley 24. Each drum 12 or 13 is provided with an end ring 16, Fig. 3, and L-shaped knives 17 each having a tapered end-engaging portion d-h, a curved crushing portion h-e, and a straight decorticating portion e-f. The co-operating saddle has two surfaces a-b, b-c, tangential to the corresponding ropewheel ; each saddle may be a block of cast-iron faced with a lining 20 of bronze and provided at its top with a replaceable wearing piece of stainless steel. Drums 12, 13 may be independently driven by motors 51, 38 respectively, Fig. 2, rope wheels 18, 19 and conveyer 23 being driven from a shaft 41 which is in turn driven through a clutch and a belt 39 from motor 38 ; alternatively all the parts can be driven from a single motor 51 or from a shaft 53 driven from an outside power source.
Patent GB-929311-A (GB)
Title: An improved fastener
Inventor: SECKERSON CLIFFORD ALEXANDER
IPC: F16B9/02
Filed: 1960-06-24
Abstract: 929,311. Upholstery. F.T. PRODUCTS Ltd. June 19, 1961 [June 24, 1960], No. 22289/60. Class 52 (4). [Also in Group XXV] A resilient fastener 10 comprises a stud 12, a shoulder 13A adjacent the stud and a body 11, wherein the body is inclined to and integral with the stud and has an axially extending stopped bore 15 of non-circular transverse section. As shown the fastener is a single plastics moulding used to secure a wire 17 between apertured panels 19 of a vehicle, the wire supporting a headcloth for the roof of the vehicle. According to the Provisional Specification the fastener is of metal, the body being a split cylindrical tube which is integral with a flat stud portion.
Patent GB-842212-A (GB)
Title: A radio receiving set for motor cars
IPC: H05K11/02
Filed: 1958-07-14
Abstract: 842,212. Radio receiving sets. PICCININI, A. July 14, 1958 [Oct. 15, 1957], No. 22450/58. Class 40(5). A car radio is separate from the loudspeaker but includes a self-contained ferrite rod aerial, being made small enough - by the use of transistors - to be fixed behind the windscreen or other window so as to avoid the screening effect of a metal car body. It may be combined with the driving mirror 7, Fig. 1 (also Fig. 2, not shown), the tuning and volume control knobs 5, 6 being at either side of the mirror and the whole supported from the top of the windscreen by an arm with a universal joint, 2. In another embodiment, the receiver is enclosed in a circular box 8, Figs. 3, 4, and is attached to a window by means of a rubber sucker 14 which also forms the licence holder. Yet another embodiment (Figs. 5, 6, not shown) takes the form of a rectangular box located to the rear of the windscreen and supported by a permanently attached bracket from the instrument board of the car.
Patent GB-1392232-A (GB)
Title: Can closure device
IPC: B65D45/28
Filed: 1972-05-12
Abstract: 1392232 Can closure S J BLAZER and M C JACOBS 12 May 1972 [13 May 1971] 22463/72 Heading B8T A closure for resealing an opened "pop-top" can 10 consists of a plug 24 held in the opening in the can by a spring clip 26. The plug 24 has a lower stopper 28 with a bottom 30 and flange 32 which comform to the shape of the opening. The bottom 30 is slightly smaller than the opening, and the flange 32 slightly larger. On top of the flange 32 is a shoulder 38 on which is provided a handle 40 comprising a lower annular section 42, a prismatic collar 44, and an upper annular section 46. The section 42 may be omitted. The spring clip 26 has a sleeve portion having the same shape as the collar 44. though being somewhat smaller, which can be fitted tightly around the collar 44, and a portion 76 which extends downwardly exerting a compressive force on the top of the section 46 of the closure. The sleeve portion of the clip 26 has in one of its sides a gap which can be pulled open in order to insert the collar 44. Two upwardly biased arms 60, 62 extend from the sleeve portion and have at their ends hook means 72, 74 which hook into the rim of the can holding the plug 24 in place.
Patent GB-1428424-A (GB)
Title: Hooks valves
IPC: A44B1/22
Filed: 1973-05-11
Abstract: 1428424 Buttons and button fastenings ITW LTD 9 May 1974 [11 May 1973] 22640/73 Heading A3H [Also in Divisions A4 and E2] A hook forming part of an upholstery button comprises a one-piece plastics moulding including a head 10, a shank with a body 12 extending axially from the head contained in a terminal portion 14 extending back towards the head, the radially inner part of the terminal portion extending as a tongue 20 towards the head, and a stop 22 projecting from the head and lying radially outward of the tongue to define a gap 23 which is narrower than the thickness of the looped end of a tufting cord to be passed into the hooked shank. The shank has a protuberance 26 past which the tufting cord is snapped to be retained in the hook.
Patent GB-1125910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to artificial finger nails
IPC: A45D31/00
Filed: 1966-05-20
Abstract: 1,125,910. Displaying articles. A. M. MENDOZA. 21 Aug., 1967 [20 May, 1966], No. 22726/66. Heading A4T. [Also in Division B5] Artificial finger nails 7, which are moulded in a sheet 5 of thermoplastic material, are mounted for display purposes by bonding the sheet 5 to a backing sheet 14 having protuberances which internest with the nails and backwardly projecting pegs 17, cutting out each individual nail assembly and finally mounting them on an apertured card by pressing the pegs through the apertures. Alternatively the nails are cut from the sheet 5 so as to leave a flat flange around each nail, the flange subsequently being sandwiched between an aperture facing card and a backing card.
Patent GB-244842-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for lowering ships' life boats
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1924-09-26
Abstract: 244,842. Welin, A. Sept. 26, 1924. Boat-lowering gear.-Two points on the davit arm are caused to follow predetermined paths one of which e.g. the track 6 on the which the guide roller &c. on the davit works, is steeply inclined. The davit arm 3, which is provided with fixed chocks 2 for the boat 1 carries rollers 5 which work in guides in fixed tracks 6 supported by frames 7. The lower end of the davit arm is controlled by a link 9 pivoted at 10 to the frame 7. The davit is held in its inboard position by a gravity catch 18 engaging with a stud 19, and is lowered under the control of the falls 15 which pass over fair leads 17 to a winch, the davit being constrained to follow the path determined by the roller 15 and the link 9. The outreach of the davit is varied by means of a rope 14 which is secured to the davit, the free end passing round a winch barrel 13 controlled by a worm and worm wheel 11, 12.
Patent GB-398337-A (GB)
Title: Metal pot cleaner fastening
IPC: F02N9/04
Filed: 1932-08-15
Abstract: 398,337. Scouring-pads. ANSELMSCHMUCK-WœNSCH GES., Weissenburg, Bavaria, Germany. Aug. 15, 1932, No. 22859. Convention date, Aug. 20, 1931. [Class 28 (ii).] A scouring-pad formed by rolling up a tubular woven or knitted fabric of scouring material is characterized by the inner parts of the rolled-up pad being secured by staples k<1>, k<2>. In the case of a circular pad, crossed staples are used, but in the case of an oval pad, staples disposed at right angles to the inner meeting edges only are employed.
Patent GB-648500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in paper cutting machines
IPC: B26D7/01
Filed: 1948-08-30
Abstract: 648,500. Cutting-apparatus. KERR, J. Aug. 30, 1948, No. 22862. Convention date, Aug. 28, 1947. [Class 31 (i)] A paper - cutting machine having a cutting knife and a back gauge and a hand wheel for moving the back gauge is characterized by the provision of locking means for the hand wheel 5 comprising a pair of levers 7, 8, pivoted intermediate their ends to a bracket 6 and adapted to clamp the wheel between their ends, a pair of links 9, 10, pivoted to each other and to the. ends of the levers so as to form a toggle joint and an arm 11 connected to the lever 10 and swingable to make and break the toggle joint to respectively clamp and release the wheel. The arm 11 is held in clamped position by spring 16 and is operated by a pedal on link 12. In a modification, not shown, the link 10 is provided with an arm engaging the manual operating-lever of the machine so that when the lever is moved to operate the cutting mechanism, the hand wheel is clamped.
Patent GB-658512-A (GB)
Title: Detergent liquids
Filed: 1947-08-18
Abstract: A non-cloudy, non-freezing liquid detergent having good lathering power not destroyed by the addition during washing of more detergent comprises a mixture of (1) a gel-forming synthetic detergent selected from long-chain fatty acid taurides and their N-alkyl derivatives, long-chain fatty acid sarcosides, and long-chain fatty acid esters of hydroxy alkyl sulphonic acids; (2) an agent to transform the gel structure into a freely flowing liquid comprising a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether; (3) an "ion sequestering agent" for preventing cloudiness due to deposition of calcium and magnesium salts, selected from the group ethylene - bis - iminodiacetic acid, trimethylamine - a ,a 1,a 11 - tricarboxylic acid, iminodiacetic acid, o-carboxy-N-phenyl iminodiacetic acid, C-phenyl-nitrilo-triacetic acid, C-iminomethyl-nitrilo-triacetic acid, and similar tertiary and secondary amino polycarboxylic acids such as are disclosed in U.S.A. Specification 2,240,957; alkali hexametaphosphates; the sodium tripolyphosphates (see U.S.A. Specification 2,239,284), and tetra-sodium and tetra-potassium pyrophosphates; and (4) water.  The preferred proportions are from 5 to 25 per cent of the tauride or sarcoside, from 1.25 to 12.5 per cent of the micelle-transforming agent, from 0.5 to 5 per cent of the ion sequestering agent, and from 57.5 to 93.25 per cent water.  Examples comprise water solutions of sodium oleyl methyl tauride or the potassium salt of cottonseed oil fatty acid ethyl tauride, butyl carbitol, and ethylene-bis-(iminodiacetic) acid or sodium hexa-meta phosphate; sodium b -oleyl ethane sulphonate, carbitol, and tetra-potassium pyrophosphate; sodium oleyl methyl tauride, butyl carbitol, and tetra-sodium pyrophosphate; sodium oleic acid sarcoside, butyl carbitol, and ethylene-bis-(iminodiacetic) acid.
Patent GB-662601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to power transmission gearing
IPC: F16H3/00
Filed: 1949-09-05
Abstract: 662,601. Gearing varying in ratio as drive is applied to one or other end shaft; ratchet clutches. BRITISH THOMSON - HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Sept. 5, 1949 [Sept. 10, 1948], No. 22914/49. Class 80 (ii) Gear pairs 20, 37 and 36, 19 of different speed ratio transmit power from the shaft 18a of a startergenerator or like dual-purpose accessory to a shaft 28 connected by gears 30, 41 to an aircraft engine shaft, and vice versa, respectively, according to which of the shafts 18a, 28 is the driver. The gears 19, 20 are fast with the shaft 18a and the gears 36, 37 co-act with the shaft 28 through oppositely-acting one-way clutches 32, 33, each having spring-connected sprags 35, Fig. 2, with cylindrical extensions 35a supported on a non-torque-transmitting cage 34. The gears 36, 37 have bearing on the shaft 28 through collars 39 engaging rebates 37b on the gears and bolted thereto. The gearing is enclosed in a casing 2 supporting through a mounting member 4, the starter-generator 18 and itself supported on the power plant casing 6, to which is secured a member 21 supporting the shaft 28 through bearings 22, 23. The member 21 locates in an opening in the casing 2 which is large enough to permit passage therethrough of the gears 36, 37 on removal of the casing 2 from the casing 6. The clutches 32, 33 are lubricated from a conduit 42 via a passage 43, nozzle 44, the interior 29 of the shaft 28 and bores 45 therein, a lubricant retaining shoulder 46 being provided.
Patent GB-301539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to centrifugal spinning machines or the like
IPC: B04B9/12
Filed: 1927-09-01
Abstract: 301,539. Rushton, J. L., and Hartley, W. Sept. 1, 1927. Spindle apparatus. - A centrifugal spinning-cup 24 is supported by a shaft 23 the point of flexure of which is situated near that end of the bearing for the rigidly supported shaft 17 which is remote from the cup. The shaft 17 is hollow and is supported in bushes 15, 16 held in lugs on the casing 10; it is driven through worm gear from the shaft 11. The lower end 20 of the shaft 17 is spherical and rests upon the abutment 21 carried by the casing. The lower part 22 of the shaft 23 is reduced in diameter and fits tightly in the lower part of the shaft 17; it is also secured by a cotter pin 25. The reduced portion 22 of the cup shaft provides the desired flexibility and sufficient play is allowed by the bore of the shaft 17. A laterally movable bearing 26 for the cup shaft may be provided at the top of the casing.
Patent GB-962302-A (GB)
Title: A process of producing malt and apparatus for use in said process
Inventor: POPP HERMANN GEORG
Filed: 1962-06-15
Abstract: <PICT:0962302/C6-C7/1> Cereals undergoing steeping, germination and heating in their conversion to malt, are subjected to a sudden blast of air or other inert gas injected into the processing vessel at such a location and pressure as to elevate and tumble the mass of cereal in the vessel, breaking up any coagulated particles.  Cereal 3 on a grid 4 in a processing vessel 1 receives a blast of compressed air from perforations 24 in a pipe supplied from a compressed air reservoir 21.  Cereal is admitted to the vessel through an inlet 2 and is discharged at outlet 5; to facilitate discharging, the grid 4 is adapted to be tilted downwardly towards the outlet 5. The vessel is closed by a removable cover 6 of which the peripheral skirt is immersed in a liquid-filled trough 26.  Steeping, germination and heating may be effected in the same vessel; for this purpose, there are provided spray nozzles 10 for fresh water, a ventilation line 52, and an air circulation system including air blowers 34, 49, an air cooler 35 and an air heater 48.
Patent GB-813379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in manually controlled portable hydraulic presses
IPC: B30B1/32
Filed: 1955-08-11
Abstract: 813,379. Jointing by stamping. SALVI, A., and TORRE, M. T. S., [trading as SALVI & C GIA I.F.I., A.]. Aug. 11, 1955 [Aug. 18, 1954], No. 23230/55. Class 83 (4). [Also in Group XXIX] A portable, manually-operated press for making joints in high-voltage cables and for applying terminals comprises a cylinder 1 formed integrally with a block 3 housing a hand pump 6, with shoulders 2 forming guides for a piston 21 sliding in the cylinder, and with a flange 4 by which the unit is supported on a reservoir 5. The pump supplies liquid through a duct 25 for the working stroke of the piston, the piston being returned by a spring 29, which extends between the bottom of the cylinder and the piston, when a discharge duct is opened by a manually operable ball valve. A die 30 is carried in slots in the piston and a die 31 is removably mounted on the shoulders 2. To prevent distortion of the shoulders a closing bar 33 is hinged to one shoulder and embraces the other one and is retained by a ball catch. For a press having a relatively large diameter piston, two pumps may be provided, a large-capacity one for bringing the die up to the work, and a smaller one for obtaining the final pressure.
Patent GB-490103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in devices for controlling the various movements of radial drilling machines
IPC: B23Q5/54
Filed: 1937-08-24
Abstract: 490,103. Drilling &c. machines. ATELIERS G. S. P. GUILLEMIN, SERGOT, & PEGARD. Aug. 24, 1937, No. 23240. Convention date, June 14. [Class 83 (iii)] In a radial-arm drilling-machine the feed of the rotating drill towards and from the work, the upward and downward movement of the arm, and the rotation of a reversible electric motor which drives the drill and also effects the movements, are controlled by a single hand lever movable about two pivots at right-angles and automatically restored from any of the operative positions to a neutral position in which the motor circuit is broken. The lever may also control a brake for the tool-spindle rotation in its neutral position. An electric motor 19 on the tool-head a drives the spindle (not shown), through a shaft 22 and raises or lowers the arm through a gear 28 engageable by a gear 27 splined at 24 to the motor shaft. The motor is controlled for rotation in either direction by pairs of contacts 17, 18, Fig. 3, and a slidable switch 16 which is normally maintained in the open position shown by a spring 14. The rotation of the tool and elevation of the arm are controlled by a single hand lever 1 pivoted at 3 on a yoke carried by a shaft 4 rotatable about an axis perpendicular to that of the pivots 3. An arm 26 on the shaft 4 carries a pin 25 engaging a collar 23 on the gear 27 for axial movement thereof and a cam 8 on the lever 1 engages a roller 9 on the switch 16 so that oscillation of the lever about the axis of shaft 4 will engage or disengage the arm traversing gear and oscillation about the pivots 3 will actuate the switch 16. A gate 7 is attached to the tool-head and when the lever 1 is in position F the motor is stopped and the gear 27 is raised to cause a friction cone 29 thereon to engage a stationary cone 30 for braking the spindle rotation. In the idle position PM the motor is stationary and the brake and gear 27 are both disengaged, in positions PC and R the motor is started in forward and reverse directions respectively for rotation and upward or downward feed of the tool-spindle, and in positions MD and MA the gear 27 is engaged and the motor started for raising or lowering the arm. More than six positions may be provided for the lever 1 in order to control other operations from the same lever, which are then mutually interlocked.
Patent GB-295141-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved boot and shoe holder or tree for cleaning and other purposes
IPC: A47L23/18
Filed: 1927-09-06
Abstract: 295,141. Lea, R. H. Sept. 6, 1927. Trees.-A tree for holding boots or shoes for cleaning, of the kind consisting of two members relatevely adjustable by means of a screw, comprises a fixed member b having a heel-engaging portion b<1>, and lever a pivoted to the member b at a<1> and pivotally carrying a toe-engaging member a<2>. The tree is expanded on the boot by means of a screw c and wing-nut d acting against a spring e. The member b is secured to the front of a cabinet f secured to a wall or the like and formed with shelves and compartments for holding brushes, polish, &c. The screw c passes freely through the member b and is pivoted to a metal plate secured in the cabinet. When not in use, the toe piece a<2> may be turned up out of the way and retained by an arm of the nut d. The toe piece is suitable for right and left boots, and may be interchangeable for different sizes of boots. In a modification, the tree is secured to a wall bracket, the cabinet being omitted.
Patent GB-892820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to disc changing devices for gramophones
IPC: G11B17/14
Filed: 1958-07-21
Abstract: 892,820. Automatic gramophones. STAAR, M. July 21, 1958 [July 22, 1957], No. 23372/58. Class 40 (2). A centre-post record-changer of symmetrical type has means to obviate malfunction due to variations in record thickness. Springs 8 normally hold cruciform member 5 in the direction of the pins 9. Movement of a member in the hole 6 causes the pins 7 to retract the members 10 and to release the members 4, pivoted on the pins 9 such that they are urged outwardly by the spring 15. The members 4 hold all but the lowest record in the pile which is released by the retraction of the members 10. The indents 20 in the members 4 are arranged to ride up over the bevelled edges 21 in the slots 13 in the members 10 so that as in Fig. 7, which represents an intermediate position in the cycle, the tip of the member 4, on release from the inner cylindrical surface of record D is immediately able, under the influence of the spring 15 to enter the gap I. In a further embodiment (Figs. 9-11, not shown), the indents 20 are not used but the step 12 is bevelled so that during the cycle, the gap I becomes available to the tip of the members 4 as the stack of records descends when the bevelled step is retracted.
Patent GB-1424708-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming a magnetic layer on a photographic film
IPC: G03C1/00
Filed: 1973-05-16
Abstract: 1424708 Magnetic coating FUJI PHOTO FILM CO Ltd 16 May 1973 [16 May 1972] 23423/73 Heading B2E [Also in Divisions G2 and G3] A magnetic layer is formed on a photographic film by applying a suspension of ferromagnetic powder to the backing layer of a polyethylene terephthalate support, the liquid content of the suspension being at least 70% by weight methyl ethyl ketone. The liquid may also comprise an alcohol (1-4C), ester ether, glycol ether, glycol acetate, an aromatic hydrocarbon or chlorinated hydrocarbon. The backing layer preferably comprises a cellulose ester e.g. cellulose acetate and a polyester e.g. a condensate of ethylene glycol, trimethylene glycol and terephthalic acid.