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Patent GB-300404-A (GB)
Title: Process of simultaneously cleansing various classes of articles in washing machines
IPC: D06F37/08
Filed: 1927-12-05
Abstract: 300,404. Reeps, C. O. Dec. 5, 1927. Washing-machines with rotary receptacles. - A method of cleansing articles, particularly clothes, consists in placing batches into separate perforated containers 12, Fig. 7, which are simultaneously subjected to the action of a cleansing bath by a rotary movement and includes the step of sorting each batch into various classes and collectively treating the various classes to a cleansing operation. The different classes are treated to separate cleansing baths individual to each class. The apparatus used is that described in Specification 294,045. A loading station comprises a sorting table 10, Fig. 1, adapted to receive wheeled trucks 11, Fig. 6, having arched portions 23 to accommodate a plurality of containers 12. Each container is divided into compartments 13, 14, 15, Fig. 9, to receive different classes of clothes and each compartment rotates in a separate bath of cleansing fluid divided by partitions 34, 35, &c. in a casing 25. Four containers 12 are arranged axially about a central driving shaft and are separated by radial arms 31, Fig. 7. A number of containers, two are shown, are also arranged serially along the driving shaft and are driven by spur gearing. The containers 12 are provided with sides 16, 17 constituting a hinged closure by means of a pin 18 the other edge being provided with a lock 19. The locks are numbered and correspond with keys 20, Fig. 16, individual thereto for all the compartments of one container. Tags 21 bearing proper indicia are detachably associated with the keys. The casing 25, Fig. 7, is provided with an opening 45 having a closure 46 through which opening the containers are placed in position. Each container has locking means 47, Fig. 9, to engage slots provided at spaced intervals about the periphery of discs 27-28, &c., Fig. 8, on the driving shaft. After passing repeatedly through the cleansing baths the containers 12 are removed and placed in a centrifugal extractor 50, Fig. 13, which comprises a standard 51 and a motor driven vertical shaft 57 with a cylindrical casing 52 and a foraminous container 55. The extractor accommodates four containers inserted through a hinged closure 64. The containers 12 after removal from the extractor are transported to the distributing station. During the intermediate stages the container keys are taken from the loading station to the distributing station to enable the containers to be opened and the clothes put in suitable bags for each customer.
Patent GB-423459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to flicker-producing devices for electric fires and the like
IPC: F24C7/00
Filed: 1933-11-27
Abstract: 423,459. Imitation fires. BERRY, H. H., and PAINTON, C. A., 85, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London. Nov. 27, 1933, No. 33158. [Class 126] The spinner 9 of an imitation fire is carried by a support slidably mounted in relation to the lamp, so that it may be readily removed for adjustment or to replace the lamp. In the form shown the support comprises a vertically-adjustable post 4 carried by a base frame of U -form, the limbs 1 of which slide in guides at each side of the lamp socket and are provided with curved ends 1<11> which engage the guides to retain the support in position. The spinner is carried on a pivot pin on a spring arm 6, which bears on the top of the lamp, and unintentional removal of the spinner is prevented by the enlarged end of a horizontally-bent portion 7 of the post 4. A strip 10 of muranese glass is held by clips 11 to improve the flicker effect. Specifications 281,552, [Class 126], and 401,451 are referred to.
Patent GB-1271020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to mineral mining machines
Inventor: JONES ALEC
IPC: E21C31/08
Filed: 1969-07-02
Abstract: 1,271,020. Shearer drum cowl. COAL INDUSTRY (PATENTS) Ltd. 12 June, 1970 [2 July, 1969], No. 33348/69. Heading E1F. In a shearer drum cutter-loader mining machine having at least one cutter drum cowled by an arcuate shield secured to an arm extending from a rotatable drum-hub mounted cowl ring, a cowl repositioning means comprises a rotary drive means, a drive arrangement and a driven member secured to the cowl ring. Shield 6, Fig. 1, secured to cowl ring 4 via arm 5, is repositioned about a shearer drum (not shown) by rotary drive motor 10 via drive sprocket 11 and a driven member comprising roller chain 8 attached to and extending part way around the cowl periphery. Alternatively a conventional sprocket and chain drive (Fig. 2, not shown), or a worm and wheel drive, may be used to transmit rotary motion from the motor to the cowl ring. The motor may be pneumatically or hydraulically powered.
Patent GB-303263-A (GB)
Title: Improved manufacture of desiccating material
IPC: B01D53/26
Filed: 1927-12-09
Abstract: 303,263. Wade, H., (Thomas, E.). Dec. 9, 1927. Destccemts.-A granular desiccant is composed of magnesium perchlorate associated with a carrier such as barium perchlorate. The desiccant may be made by mixing crystals of trihydrate of barium perchlorate and hexahydrate of magnesium perchlorate in the proportions of 70 to 80 per cent and 20 to 30 per cent respectively and drying the mixture at a temperature of from 250‹ to 300‹ C. either at atmospheric or reduced pressure. In a modification, anhydrous barium perchlorate, obtained by drying at temperatures up to 400‹ C., is sprayed with a solution of magnesium perchlorate or mixed with hexahydrate of magnesium perchlorate and the mixture dried at a temperature not exceeding 300‹ C. In another form, the desiccant is formed by mixing trihydrate of barium perchlorate either with anhydrous or trihydrate of magnesium perchlorate and drying the mixture either in a vacuum or at atmospheric pressure.
Patent GB-814931-A (GB)
Title: Unsaturated diesters of isopropylidenebis (dichlorophenyleneoxy) diethanols
IPC: C08G63/682
Filed: 1957-10-28
Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated monomers, particularly styrene, may be copolymerized with novel diesters of 2 : 21-[isopropylidene-bis-(2 : 6- dichloro-p-phenyleneoxy)] diethanol of the general formula <FORM:0814931/IV (a)/1> where R is a methyl or ethyl group.  In addition to styrene these diesters may be copolymerized with other ethylenic compounds such as o-, m-, or p-vinyl-toluene, vinyl acetate, 2-methyl-5-vinyl pyridine, methyl methacrylate, diallyl phthalate, triallyl cyanurate, N-vinyl phthalimide and diallyl benzene-phosphonate. In the examples: (1) a diester prepared by an ester interchange reaction between 2 : 21-[isopropylidenebis - (2 : 6 - dichloro - p - phenyleneoxy)] diethanol and dimethyl fumarate (R = Me in the formula) is copolymerized with styrene in a composition containing 50 per cent by weight of styrene and 4 per cent of benzoyl peroxide paste (1 : 1-benzoyl peroxide and tricresyl phosphate); (2) an ester prepared from diethyl fumarate (R = Et in the formula) is copolymerized with styrene in two combinations containing, respectively, 40 per cent and 50 per cent by weight of styrene and 4 per cent of benzoyl peroxide paste.  The physical properties of the resulting copolymers are given.  Specifications 497,175, [Group IV], is referred to.ALSO:The invention comprises neutral diesters of 2: 21-[isopropylidene bis (2: 6-dichloro-p-phenyleneoxy)] diethanol represented by the general formula <FORM:0814931/IV (b)/1> where R is a methyl or ethyl radical.  These diesters may be copolymerized with olefinic monomers, particularly styrene, to give useful plastics (see Group IV (a)).  The diesters may be prepared by an ester interchange reaction using at least two mols. of a dialkyl fumarate per mol. of 2:21 - [isopropylidenebis (2:6 - dichloro - p-phenyleneoxy)] diethanol.  The compounds may also be prepared by an esterification reaction using fumaric anhydride.  The reactants are heated, often to reflux, in the absence of water and in the presence of a catalyst until the theoretical amount of alkanol, i.e. methanol or ethanol, has been evolved, the excess reactants and solvent, if any, are then removed by vacuum distillation to leave the product as a residue. In the examples 2 : 21-[isopropylidenebis (2 : 6-dichloro-p-phenyleneoxy)] diethanol is heated (1) with dimethyl fumarate in the presence of toluene, p-tert butyl catechol and magnesium turnings as catalyst; (2) with diethyl fumarate in the presence of benzene and a tetrabutyl titanate catalyst. Specification 497,175, [Group IV], is referred to.
Patent GB-747276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical devices for frequency division
IPC: H03B19/12
Filed: 1953-12-03
Abstract: 747,276. Valve circuits for frequency division. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L. M. ERICSSON. Dec. 3,1953 [Dec. 19, 1952], No. 33635/53. Class 40 (6). The invention relates to frequency-divider circuits of the type in which the input frequency is applied to the control grid of a valve in series with a circuit 21, 24 tuned to the subharmonic frequency f/n supplied to it from a further grid 13 of the valve. According to the invention a resistance 20 is connected in series with the control grid circuit and the input circuit controls a relay 207 which when the input voltage falls below a predetermined value short-circuits the series connection of part of the resistance and the circuit 21, 24 in such a manner that there is no appreciable change in anode current of the valve. Further contacts of the relay may operate an alarm 205 and a filter F may be included in the input circuit so that if the input frequency changes the output voltage decreases sufficiently to operate the relay.
Patent GB-484934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to window raising and lowering mechanisms
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1936-12-08
Abstract: 484,934. Vehicle-window regulators. WILMOT-BREEDEN, Ltd., and SPICER, H. J. Dec. 8, 1936, No. 33660. [Class 20 (iii)] A window regulator for sliding vehicle windows is provided. with one or more of the rollers g spring-pressed and movable in the plane of the sash to facilitate assembly and to prevent rattling. As shown in the drawings three rollers are provided on the T-piece connector b, one engaging the upper surface and two the lower surface of the curved extension f of the bottom rail. The upper roller is mounted in a slot and pressed by a spring j. The spring may be secured beneath projections k and bear on a groove of the roller spindle g. When mounted the spring is secured against displacement by a screw m.
Patent GB-341165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for tipping and discharging railway wagons
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1929-11-06
Abstract: 341,165. Tipping apparatus. ELLSON, B. E., Abford House, Wilton Road, Victoria, London. Nov. 6, 1929, No. 33771. [Class 78 (iv).] A wagon tipping platform having hoisting and tilting means for tipping through either end door, is'provided with wagon anchoring means, clear of the swing of the wagon door, to which the wagon coupling is attached. Means for moving the wagon on to or off the platform and a platform extension for catching spilt material may also be provided. The platform D has an abutment F carrying an anchorage hook G to which the wagon coupling is attached. The anchorage N, Fig. 6, may have a detachable connection M and a pivotal connection K to the platform so that it can swing downwards to allow the wagon to run off the platform. Two hoisting ropes S, Fig. 9, may be connected to brackets A<1> on the platform and a third rope R passes round a pulley Q on the abutment and is connected to the wagon to haul it on to the platform. The platform may have end and lateral extensions A<3>, Fig. 17, to catch material spilt as the wagon door opens. The platform may rest on a railway track and have a ramp to facilitate the entry of the wagon. Specification 335,776, [Class 78 (iv), Loading &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-909777-A (GB)
Title: Fatty acid modified aldehyde-aromatic ether condensation resins
Inventor: LEWIS JOHN
IPC: C08G65/28
Filed: 1958-10-22
Abstract: Surface coating resins are produced by reacting a monohydric phenol having at least two hydrogen atoms in the phenolic nucleus in an ortho- or para-position to the phenolic hydroxyl group, or a mixture of such phenols, with an alpha-beta-alkylene oxide at an elevated temperature in the presence of an alkali metal salt of said phenol to give a hydroxyalkyl phenyl ether; condensing the ether with an aldehyde in the presence of an acid condensation catalyst to produce a polyol; and esterifying the polyol with a drying or semi-drying fatty oil acid.  Reactants specified and utilized in the examples are phenols phenol itself and the cresols: alkylene oxides ethylene, propylene and styrene oxides and mixtures: aldehydes formaldehyde, as paraformaldehyde or formalin, and benzaldehyde: catalysts p-toluene sulphonic acid and hydrogen chloride: fatty acids derived from linseed oil and dehydrated castor oil.  The resins are compatible with white spirit and metal naphthenate driers may be added to these solutions.ALSO:Hydroxy-alkyl phenyl ethers, used in the production of surface coating resins (see Group IV(a)), are prepared by reacting a monohydric phenol having at least two hydrogen atoms in the phenolic nucleus in an ortho- or para-position to the phenolic hydroxyl group, or a mixture of such phenols, with an alpha-beta-alkylene oxide at an elevated temperature in the presence of an alkali metal salt of said phenol.  Reactants specified are: phenols: phenol itself and the cresols; alkylene oxides: ethylene, propylene and styrene oxides and mixtures. Examples describe the preparation of (1) b -phenoxyethanol, (5) b -(o-methylphenoxy)-ethanol, and (6) a mixture of 1-phenyl-2-phenoxyethanol and 2-phenyl-2-phenoxyethanol.
Patent GB-1224737-A (GB)
Title: A container particularly for magnetic tape reels and the like
Inventor: WILLIAMS RONALD EDWARD
Filed: 1967-07-22
Abstract: 1,224,737. Boxes. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 31 May, 1968 [22 July, 1967], No. 33823/67. Heading B8P. A moulded box for reels of magnetic tape &c. has transparent back, front and side walls 2 . . . 4 and a hinged flanged end, Fig. 3 (not shown), the back wall extending over at least two-thirds of the height of the box. The box lid (11, &c.) has lugs (15) at the rear of its two sideflanges with holes (16) hinged on spigots 6 projecting from the side walls 4. The top edges 7 of the walls 3, 4 are stepped, as shown, to cooperate with similarly-shaped surfaces inside the lid flanges. A recessed projection 9 provides a snap-catch when engaged by a ribbed tongue (19, 20) on the lid. The lid side flanges, which are also transparent, extend only part-way down over the box walls 3, 4 when the lid is closed, and the back flange extends over a minor portion only of the back wall 2. A keyed spigot 8 accepts the hub of a reel. Ribs (42), Figs. 1, 3 (not shown), around the top and bottom surfaces of the lid and box body, separate the surfaces of like boxes when stacked. To pack a reel, the bottom panel 31, Fig. 5, of a label is placed over the spigot 8 with a message-carrying panel 32 against the back wall 2, the reel is placed on the spigot on top of the bottom panel, the top panel 33 is folded on top of the reel and the lid is closed. The message panel 32 is then visible through the back wall 2.
Patent GB-1008137-A (GB)
Title: Skinned foam plastic sheets
IPC: B60N3/04
Filed: 1964-08-19
Abstract: A thermoplastic resin sheet with parallel top and bottom surfaces comprises a foam resin core and a continuous, non-porous, unfoamed, tough resin skin integrally united to and circumscribing the core. The sheet is formed by extruding a hot tube of a foamable thermoplastic resin composition, chilling the external surface of the tube to form a non-porous, impervious, tough, unfoamed skin thereon, allowing the remainder of the tube to expand into a foam, applying pressure to opposite outer sides of the skinned tube to collapse and flatten it so that the opposite interior surfaces are fused together to form a single sheet having an external skin integrally united to a foamed core. Thermoplastic resins specified are styrene polymers such as normal crystal grade polystyrene or high impact polystyrene or a mixture of 5-95% normal crystal grade polystyrene and the balance high impact polystyrene. Other specified types of resin are copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of styrene, cellulose ethers and esters, homopolymers and interpolymers of monomeric compounds containing the <FORM:1008137/C3/1> grouping such as olefins, vinyl halides, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids, vinyl ethers, unsaturated carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, and interpolymers of above mentioned vinylidene monomers with a ,b -unsaturated polycarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof; polycarbonates, oxymethylene-alkylene oxide copolymers and polyurethanes.  The outside of the foamed tube is cooled by an air blast, an air-water mist, argon, helium, nitrogen or other inert fluid.  Specifications 1,005,477 and 1,007,389 are referred to.
Patent GB-656463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to packing ring arrangements for combustion engine pistons
IPC: F16J9/00
Filed: 1947-12-22
Abstract: 656,463. Piston packing. SOC. ANON. ALLIANCE EUROPEENNE. Dec. 22, 1947, No. 33847. Convention date, Aug. 28, 1946. [Class 122(i)] In a packing arrangement for combustion engine pistons in which two split piston - rings, urged axially and radially apart by spring means, are lodged in a channel formed in a U-section annular carrier adapted to slide radially in an annular groove of a piston provided with means enabling the carrier to be placed in position, the carrier comprises a pair of flat annuli 4, 5, each having an inner flange 6 extending over slightly less than 180 degrees so that when the two annuli are assembled to form the annular carrier the flange 6 of either annulus is diametrically opposite the flange of the other annulus and engages the non- flanged sector of such other annulus, the carrier being prevented from rotating in the piston groove 2 and each piston ring 8, 9 being prevented from rotating in the carrier, while further spring means 14 interposed between the bottom of the piston groove and the adjacent face of the flange of either annulus urge the annuli and corresponding piston rings diametrically apart. Two frusto-conical split spring rings 11 made from thin sheet steel are interposed, with their inner peripheries adjacent between the piston rings 8, 9, and urge them axially and radially apart. Each of the two springs 14 carries a pin 15 at its mid-point which passes through a hole 16 in the flange 6 of the corresponding annulus and engages in the gaps of the piston rings 8, 9, to prevent them from rotating in the carrier which is prevented from rotating in the piston groove 2 by two pins 12 secured in the bottom of the groove and engaging between the edges 13 of the flange 6 of the annuli 4, 5. The spring rings 11 fit in recesses in the inner faces of the piston rings 8, 9, and have a flat washer 21 between them to prevent the taper of either spring ring from reversing. The annuli 4, 5 are preferably made of hard light-weight metal.
Patent GB-1134387-A (GB)
Title: Method of coating metal articles electrolytically
IPC: C08F20/58
Filed: 1967-07-24
Abstract: 1,134,387. Coating electrolytically with diacetone acrylamide polymer. W.R. GRACE & CO. July 24, 1967 [Aug.26, 1966], No.33865/67 Heading C7B. A layer of diacetone acrylamide polymer is electrolytically deposited upon an article which forms the cathode in an electrolytic cell containing an aqueous solution of diacetone acrylamide using a voltage of 3-150 volts and maintaining an inert atmosphere within the cell. The electrolyte may also contain a water soluble acid base or salt eg. sulphuric acid. A hydrogen substituted peroxide, e.g. hydrogen peroxide or t-butyl hydroperoxide may be present in the electrolyte. Electrodes used, both as article to be coated and as counter-electrode may include Pt, Cd, Sn, Pb, V, Cr, Ti, W, Au, Bi, Ni, Al, Fe, Cu and Zn. The cell used may be U-shaped having anode and cathode compartments separated by a sintered glass disc, and argon may be bubbled through the electrolyte to maintain an inert atmosphere in both compartments.
Patent GB-1363606-A (GB)
Title: Self-shining treatment substances for shoes and the like
IPC: C09D125/14
Filed: 1972-07-20
Abstract: 1363606 Self-shining polish WERNER & MERTZ GmbH 20 July 1972 [23 July 1971] 33979/72 Heading C3P A self-shining polish for use, for example, on shoes comprises (a) an aqueous plastic dispersion which undergoes reversible cross-linking on drying and whose dispersed particles undergo swelling at their surfaces in the dispersion medium, (b) an aqueous solution of a resin softened with a solid plasticizer to achieve substantially optimum film formation for the selected resin, and (c) a hard wax dispersion. Component (a) may be a carboxylic acid copolymer dispersion containing a polyvalent metal, such as zinc or zirconium, which causes cross-linking which is reversible by addition of a complexing agent for the metal, such as ammonia. Commercial products, whose use in clear floor polishes is known, such as "Neocryl" KW-32 and "Primal" B505 (Registered Trade Marks) are suitable. Component (a) may also contain a plasticizer such as tributoxyethyl phosphate or dibutyl phthalate. Component (b) may be a styrene-maleic anhydride resin plasticized with #-caprolactam, and (c) may be polyethylene wax emulsion. An exemplified composition also contains ammonia, nonyl phenol polyglycolether, diethyleneglycol monoethylether, a silicone foam remover, and a fluorinated carboxylic acid wetting agent.
Patent GB-324163-A (GB)
Title: An improvement in electric accumulator plates
IPC: H01M4/56
Filed: 1928-11-20
Abstract: 324,163. Imray, O. Y., (I. G. Farbenindustrie Akt.-Ges.). Nov. 20, 1928. Electrodes.-Glycol is added to the active material of accumulator electrodes. In one example 100 parts of lead dust containing about 65 per cent of lead monoxide are mixed with 2.5 parts of barium sulphate and 20 parts of dilute sulphuric acid. Three parts of ethylene glycol are then added and the whole kneaded to form a paste. The barium sulphate may be omitted.
Patent GB-348622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for checking the degree of amplification of amplifiers
IPC: H04B1/60
Filed: 1929-11-08
Abstract: 348,622. Measuring amplification ratio ; thermionic amplifiers. TELEFUNKEN GES. FUR DRAHTLOSE TELEGRAPHIE, 12, Hallesches Ufer, Berlin. Nov. 8, 1929, No. 34159. Convention date, Nov. 10, 1928. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. [Class 37.] The degree of amplification of the thermionic arrangements shown is measured by connecting the back-coupling device 3 across a resistance 1 in the output circuit. The amount of adjustment of the coupling necessary just to maintain oscillation is a measure of the amplification factor. The backcoupling circuit may include a phase adjuster.