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Patent GB-812036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to diving boards
IPC: A63B5/10
Filed: 1957-03-28
Abstract: 812,036. Spring boards. MATTHEWS, E. F. (Patterson, J. A.). March 28, 1957, No. 10224/57. Class 132(1) [Also in Group X] A metal diving board comprises a deck with a hollow closed reinforcing section extending below each of the longitudinal edges of the deck, the reinforcing sections being spaced apart from one another and connected solely by the deck. Diving board 10 consists of two open extrusions 12, 14 each having outer and inner flanges 16 and 18 and central ribs 20. The flanges and ribs are tapered from about the centre 22 of the board to its front tip. Flanges 16 and ribs 20 are L-shaped having respectively vertical parts 26, 28 and horizontal parts 30, 32 to which latter bottom plates 34, 36, 38 are riveted, parts 28 being slightly offset at 40 to accommodate the plates. The taper is produced by cutting along parts 26, 30 so that, at the front of the board, the horizontal parts 28, 32 are cut away and angle irons 42 are provided to secure plate 34 to parts 28; plates 36, 38 do not extend over this portion. At about the centre of the board all these plates are overlapped. Strips 24 may be bolted on the insides of flanges 16 above plate 38 to stiffen the board. Aluminium angle irons 46, 48 may enclose the front and rear ends of the board and additionally at the front a member 50 with a curved surface 52 may be provided. A mat 54 is provided on top of the board. Specification 724,788 is referred to.
Patent GB-436155-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for degreasing metal and like non-absorbent articles by means of volatile solvents
IPC: C23G5/04
Filed: 1934-04-05
Abstract: <PICT:0436155/III/1> Apparatus for degreasing metal, &c. articles comprises a plurality of chambers adapted to act as vapour degreasing zones and each provided with means to control the height of the vapour layer, the chambers being so arranged that solvent - laden air displaced by the rise of vapour in one chamber can pass over into another chamber in which the level of the vapour is falling or which is already free from vapour.  As shown, a table 1 is divided by a partition 6 into two compartments 4, 5, fitted respectively with work supports 16, 17, upper condensing coils 8, 9, and lower cooling coils 11, 12 which are connected to a water supply through a 3-way cock. The partition 6 extends below the level of the solvent liquid 3, e.g. trichlorethylene, which is vaporized by burners 14, 15, the vapour rising in one chamber to the level of the condensing coil and in the other only to the level of the cooling coil.  The chambers are put into operation alternately through the 3-way cock which may be interconnected to the burners and to the water supply for the condensing coils.  A sliding cover for the operative compartment may be provided.
Patent GB-349216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to motion picture cameras
IPC: G03B1/56
Filed: 1930-04-02
Abstract: 349,216. Kinematograph apparatus; roll film containers. SIEMENS & HALSKE AKT.-GES., Siemensstadt, Berlin.-(Assignees of Projector Ges.; 48, Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin.) April 2, 1930, No. 10511. Convention date, April 2, 1929. [Classes 97 (i) and 98 (i).] Kinematograph cameras are provided with a guide surface for the film, co-operating with a pressing - on plate mounted on the case containing the roll of film, so that the film is located at a fixed distance from the objective. In the form shown, the case 1 comprises compartments 2, 3 for the film, connected by a channel 16, 17, the film passing through the channel and over the face of the pressure plate 4. The plate 4 is mounted on a shaft 5, normally pressed outward by a spring 6 acting on a collar 8, the plate being retained in retracted position by a bolt 12. On insertion of the case in the camera, the bolt 12 is retracted, the plate 4 then pressing the film on the fixed guide surface in the camera.
Patent GB-443058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to skinning apparatus
IPC: A22B5/16
Filed: 1935-04-05
Abstract: 443,058. Skinning-apparatus. SCHMID, R., and WEZEL, W., 18, Holderlinstrasse, Maulbronn, Wurtemberg, Germany. April 5, 1935, No. 10605. Convention date, Feb. 26. [Class 31 (ii)] A skinning-tool comprises two rotary toothed disc knives a which are oscillated in opposite directions by a slidable member g connected by a wire f to a motor d whereby it is reciprocated. In one form, Fig. 1, the upper end of the member g is forked and its branches l have oppositely inclined slots m to co-operate with pins or rollers n on the outer faces of the knives a. In a modification, the slots are formed in the knives and the pins or rollers are carried by the member g. In another form, straight or L-shaped links are pivoted at their ends to the member g and to eccentric points of the knife discs. In another form, Fig. 7, racks p formed on the forked upper end of the member g co-operate with teeth q on the knife discs a. The member g, Fig. 1, is slidable in a handle c and may be pressed outwards by a spring k.
Patent GB-1253646-A (GB)
Title: O-chloro- or o-bromo-alkyl-s-benzyl-s'-alkyldithiol-phosphoric acid esters
Inventor: HOFFMANN HELLMUT
IPC: C07F9/20
Filed: 1970-03-05
Abstract: 1,253,646. Dithiophosphoric acid esters. FARBENFABRIKEN BAYER A.G. 5 March, 1970 [19 March, 1969; 30 May, 1969], No. 10633/70. Heading C2P. The invention comprises compounds of the Formula I: where R 1  and R 2  are hydrogen, halogen or C 1-4  alkyl, R 3  to R 8  are hydrogen, C 1-3  alkyl or chloromethyl, R 9  is C 1-7  alkyl or haloalkyl, X is chlorine or bromine and n is 0 or 1, which may be prepared by (a) reacting a compound of the Formula II: with a suitably substituted benzyl mercaptan in the presence of an acid binding agent or (b) reacting a compound of the Formula IV: with a mercaptan R 9 SH in the presence of an acid binding agent. The compounds of Formula I have fungicidal, insecticidal and acaricidal properties, and may be employed in pesticidal compositions with the usual diluents or carriers and other additives. The compounds of Formulµ II and IV may be prepared by reacting a 2-chlorodioxaphospholane-(1,3,2) or 2-chlorodioxaphosphorinane- (1,3,2) derivative with the appropriate alkyl or aralkyl sulphenic acid chloride.
Patent GB-742073-A (GB)
Title: Method of printing fabrics of siliceous fibers and printing pastes for use therein
Inventor: O'FLAHAVAN JAMES MICHAEL
IPC: C03C25/475
Filed: 1953-04-20
Abstract: An aqueous paste for use in colour printing siliceous fibre-fabrics (see Group IV (c)) contains a water-soluble cellulose ester or ether or water-soluble salt thereof, a butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer, an organic pigment and a salt of a starch derivative containing carboxylic and sulphonic acid groups capable of insolubilization by reaction with a Werner complex compound and an aldehyde.  Specified cellulose derivatives are carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl cellulse and ammonium carboxy-methyl cellulose.ALSO:Siliceous fibre-fabrics, e.g. glass, rock wool or asbestos fabrics, are printed with an aqueous paste containing a salt of a starch derivative containing carboxylic and sulphonic acid groups capable of insolubilization by reaction with an aldehyde and a Werner complex compound in which a trivalent nuclear chromium atom is co-ordinated with an acyclic carboxylic acido group containing more than six carbon atoms, the paste also containing a water-soluble cellulose ester or ether or water-soluble salt thereof, a butadieneacrylonitrile copolymer and an organic pigment, the printed fabric then being dried by heating to an elevated temperature and treated with the Werner complex compound and the aldehyde.  Specified cellulose derivatives are carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose and ammonium carboxy-methyl cellulose. As the organic pigment numerous types of pigment dispersions, lakes and vat dyes are specified.  The aldehyde and Werner complex compound may be applied separately or together, specified aldehydes being formaldehyde, paraldehyde, glyoxal and pyruvic aldehyde and a specified Werner compound being stearato chromic chloride.  The fabric is finally dried at an elevated temperature and washed in a slop-washer.
Patent GB-1101501-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow control valve for swinging a boom
IPC: E02F3/38
Filed: 1965-03-15
Abstract: 1,101,501. Valves. BORG WARNER CORPORATION. 15 March, 1965 [23 March, 1964], No. 10887/65. Heading F2V. [Also in Division F1] In a manually actuated hydraulic system for the swing operation of a boom and bucket, shock loads due to the delay in opening of the system relief valve are avoided by combining the relief and exhaust valves. A bucket boom 53 is pivoted upon arm 52 by connection with rods 50, 51 of pistons 48, 49 which are operable within cylinders 44, 45 respectively and the respective piston and rod ends whereof are interconnected by conduits 65 and 66 connectible via annular chambers 14a, 14 with annular valve chambers 13a, 13 of spool valves 11, 10 which are supplied from a pump 56 in the retracted position of the valves and, in the manually depressed position of either valve, the appropriate cylinder piston and rod end are connected, via either annular chamber 15a or 15 and conducts 64, 63, 61, to a sump 62 so that the boom 53 is displaced in the required direction. In the retracted position of either valve the chambers 13, 14 are interconnected by groove 40 of a spool 20 which is connected to move with a plunger 30 and is urged into contact with an inner plate 29 by a spring 31 acting on manual operating arm 27 which is connected to plunger 30 and pivotable about fixed arm 28; a head 24 of a cylindrical member 22 within bore 21 of spool 20 is urged on to a seat 25 thereof and, upon depressing member 30 together with spool 20, communication between chambers 13, 14 is interrupted by spool 20 and a projection 26 of member 22 simultaneously abuts the base of valve chamber 15 to unseat head 24 to permit exhaust of fluid from chamber 14 to chamber 15, via spool ports 43. The independent pressure relief function of head 24 is provided by an annular reaction surface 23. In an alternative embodiment, pressure fluid flows between chambers 71, 72 via ports 89, 90 to the interior of displaceable spool 78 and, in the depressed position of spool 78 against spring 88, ports 89 are closed by valve housing land 75 whilst communication is simultaneously established between chambers 72, 73, via ports 91, as valve head 82, comprising plastics washer 84, is unseated and the ports 91 are exposed. The pressure relief function of head 82 is exercised via an annular reaction surface 81.
Patent GB-569734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to prepayment type gas and like meters
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1943-07-05
Abstract: 569,734. Prepayment mechanism for meters. BEGWACO, Ltd., and BUTTERWORTH, E. July 5, 1943, No. 10893. [Class 27] [Also in Groups XXIV and XXIX] In a coin-freed gas or like meter the gas &c. valve is closed at a slow rate as the prepayment is exhausted, so that the user will be warned that further prepayment is necessary, whilst when prepayment is made the valve is opened at a rapid rate, the opening and closing of the valve being effected by a Geneva motion b, c. The radial slot a of the Geneva wheel b which is in action when the valve is being opened and closed, is formed with a cam or curved contour so that the pin c which moves in the slot to turn the wheel, imparts a reduced rate of movement to the wheel compared with the rate it imparts in the straight or radial slots, the said pin when moving away from the slot to open the valve imparting a more rapid rate of movement. The pin c is carried by a driving disc d interlocking with the wheel b, which is fixed to a disc f having a slot engaged by a pin g on the valve-operating lever h.
Patent GB-142107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the starting of rotary internal combustion engines
IPC: F02N9/02
Filed: 1920-04-20
Abstract: 142,107. Bosch Akt.-Ges., R. Sept. 30. 1918, [Convention date]. Addition to 142,101. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Systems, electric; contacts, arrangement of; external.-In systems as described in the parent Specification, the auxiliary distributor for the secondary current from the starting magneto is replaced by a switch or similar control member inserted in the primary circuit of the starting magneto. An earthed brush F rotates with the armature of the main magneto and by means of contacts G<1>, G<2> short-circuits the primary coil a of the starting magneto A at periods when the brush E is in circuit with a cylinder on its suction stroke.
Patent GB-699740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in constant voltage supply systems
IPC: G05F3/06
Filed: 1950-05-04
Abstract: 699,740. Automatic regulation. FOSTER TRANSFORMERS & SWITCHGEAR, Ltd., and JENNINGS, R. E. May 3, 1951 [May 4, 1950], No. 11018/50. Class 38 (iv). Two inductances, one variable with load current, and a capacity, are arranged in series with the supply from a saturable core type constant-voltage transformer to a load to provide voltage compensation for changes of supply frequency and load current. In Fig. 1 a saturated core transformer CVT, e.g. as described in Specification 616,286, is supplied from an A.C. source and produces, through a frequency compensating circuit comprising an inductor L and a capacitor C in series, an alternating voltage which is substantially independent of voltage and frequency changes of the A.C. source. To compensate for changes of load, a saturable reactor Z, connected in series with the output to load terminals 1, 3, is controlled by a winding energized from a rectifier W in dependence on load current. The resultant reactance of L, C and Z is inductive at normal frequency. In one modification saturable reactor Z is connected in parallel with inductor L and in another rectifier W is supplied through a transformer connected across capacitor C. Specifications 555,589 and 573,438 also are referred to.
Patent GB-1181836-A (GB)
Title: Derivatives of Ergolene
Inventor: KOBEL HANS
IPC: C12P17/18
Filed: 1967-03-09
Abstract: 1,181,836. Ergoline derivatives. SANDOZ Ltd. 9 March, 1967 [10 March, 1966], No. 11092/67. Addition to 1,067,513. Heading C2C. 6-Methyl-#<SP>8</SP>'<SP>9</SP>-ergolene-8-carboxylic acid is prepared by cultivating a mutant of the strain of Claviceps paspali Stevens et Hall NRRL 3080, prepared by irradiation with ultraviolet rays and/or X-rays and/or treatment with ethylene imine, in a nutrient medium and isolating the acid therefrom. Lysergic and isolysergic acid are obtained by isomerizing the above compound by treatment with a base followed by acidification.
Patent GB-180851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hood fittings for road vehicles
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1921-04-16
Abstract: 180,851. Wilkes, J., and Wilkes & Sons, Ltd., S. April 16, 1921. Hoods.-In a hood for a road vehicle comprising a middle and rear pillar pivotally connected by a cant-rail and provided with a rail extending forwardly from the middle pillar, one of the rails extends beyond its pivot and is there pivotally connected by a link to the end of the other rail so that when the front rail is moved from its extended position the link imparts a thrust to the cantrail in a direction transverse to the line joining the pivots of the rails. An extension 10 of the front cant-rail 3 above its pivot 6 on a plate 4 secured to the top of the middle pillar and an extension 9 of the rear cant-rail beyond its pivot 5 on the plate 4 are pivotally connected by a link 11. The top of the plate 4 may be cranked to keep the rails 2, 3 and the lower part of the plate in one plane.
Patent GB-586323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to drilling machines
IPC: B23Q17/22
Filed: 1944-06-10
Abstract: 586,323. Drilling-machines. BARLOW, B. V., PACKMAN, J. R., and PLESSEY CO., Ltd. June 10, 1944, No. 11132. [Class 83 (iii)] In a drilling-machine the work table and saddle which supports the table are adjustable in directions at right angles to each other by two screwed spindles operating in conjunction with indicating mechanism, each spindle comprising a coarse pitch screw and a fine pitch screw actuated by independent hand wheels. The machine consists of a spindle head 3 vertically movable on a pillar 2 supported on the base 1 which has horizontal ways 4 for the saddle 7. The work table 25 is movable on transverse ways 4<1> on the saddle by means of a screwed spindle 9a, Fig. 3, rotatable in bearings 5a, 6a on the saddle 7 by means of a hand wheel 10a and having a coarse pitch thread 12 engaging a nut 21 on a bracket 22 attached to a housing 23. A fine pitched screwed sleeve 13 is rotatable on the spindle 9a and engages a nut 24 secured to the table 25, the sleeve being rotatable by a hand wheel 11a through a splined sleeve 18 rotatably mounted on the spindle 9a. Rotation of the screw 12 in the nut 21 transmits motion through the housing 23 and thrust bearings 36, 37 to the sleeve 13 and thence through the nut 24 to the table 25, thus giving a coarse adjustment, and rotation of the sleeve 13 in the nut 24 moves the table directly for a fine adjustment. The coarse adjustment is indicated by a graduated drum 26 rotated in synchronism with the movements of the housing 23 by bevel and pinion gearing engaging a rack secured to the saddle 7 and the fine adjustment is indicated by two drums 33, 35, whereof the latter is keyed to the sleeve 13 and the former is rotated therefrom by a toothed Geneva mechanism so that the drum 33 is rotated through a small distance for each complete revolution of the drum 35. The drum 26 may indicate inches of table adjustment, the drum 35 hundredths and the drum 33 thousandths of an inch. The table 25 may be locked in a position corresponding to an exact number of inches of adjustment by means of a pivoted plunger 40, Fig. 1, on the housing 23 engaging one of a series of bushes 39 on the saddle 7. The drums 26, 33, 35 are observable through windows 36 in the housing 23 and the saddle 7 is adjusted on the base 1 by similar screw and nut mechanism 9, 47 actuated by hand wheels 10, 11. Datum bars 44, 45 arranged perpendicular to each other or at a different angle may be secured near the edges of the table 25 to locate the work in a zero position thereon.
Patent GB-943809-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for applying coatings to continuous webs
Inventor: HAMPDEN WILFRID
IPC: D06N3/00
Filed: 1961-03-27
Abstract: 943,809. Coating webs. ILFORD Ltd. Feb. 26,1962 [March 27, 1961], No. 11135/61. Heading D1L. A method of applying a liquid coating to a moving web comprises applying to one side of a continuous web a layer of a coating liquid, causing the web so coated to pass through a narrow gap between two juxtaposed surfaces one of which is a fixed surface of low friction characteristics contacting the uncoated side of the web or is a roller rotating with its peripheral surface travelling in the direction of the web and having a resilient surface contacting the uncoated side of the web, and the other is a roller having a smooth polished surface and rotating with its peripheral surface travelling in a direction opposite to the web, and applying coating liquid to said smooth surfaced roller whereby the liquid is transferred by said roller to the side of the web already bearing a liquid coating. As shown web 4 passes around the rubber surface 2 of roller 1 and passes through the gap between roller 1 and a smooth polished metal roller 3 in juxtaposition thereto, the rollers rotating in the direction indicated by the arrows. Coating liquid 9 is applied to web 4 from trough 5 so that the web carries a liquid coating as it passes through the gap between the rollers. Further coating liquid 9 is applied from trough 6 to roller 3, the quantity being metered by blade 7. A second coating liquid 10 is applied, e.g. from a slot applicator 8 and the thus superposed liquid layers are carried round by roller 3 and are transferred to the web 4, thus applying to the web a double coating 9,10. Successive or superimposed coatings from successive coating stations may be applied to the smooth surfaced roller.
Patent GB-796099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to single-phase electric induction motors
Inventor: CARPENTER KENNETH LENIN
IPC: H02K17/08
Filed: 1955-04-18
Abstract: 796,099. Core constructions and securing coils of induction motors. HOOVER, Ltd. April 17, 1956 [April 18, 1955], No. 11163/55. Class 35 A single-phase split-phase capacitor-run type of induction motor comprises a stator 10 having an annular laminated field stack affording an annular yoke 21 from which project inwardly integral salient poles, each pole 22 of one phase having a narrow neck of substantially less circumferential extent than the part thereof adjacent the air gap while each pole 23 of the other phase is substantially parallel-sided throughout is radial length, windings of which those 17 of one phase are connected directly to supply terminals whilst those of the other phase are connected to such terminals in series with a capacitor not shown, and a rotor 12 affording the same number of poles as each phase of the stator. As described, the main and capacitor windings 17, 18 are on the necked and parallel-sided poles respectively, and in each phase the windings may be connected in series, parallel or seriesparallel with each other. The main windings 17 are wound in situ possibly simultaneously whilst the capacitor windings are prewound on formers and later fitted to the poles 23, both sets of windings being insulated and retained by liners 24, the ends of which are bent together and are retained by insulating strips 25. Opposed surfaces of adjacent poles have grooves 27 receiving magnetic wedges 26 to distribute the flux and help retain the windings 18. Specification 685,121 is referred to.
Patent GB-892252-A (GB)
Title: Multi-speed mechanism
IPC: H02K17/06
Filed: 1960-03-30
Abstract: 892,252. Washing-machines. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. March 30, 1960 [April 6, 1959 (2)], No. 11207/60. Class 138 (2). [Also in Group XXXVII] An electrically-driven clothes washing machine comprises a cylindrical drum 24 horizontally mounted on a base 12 by means of springs 26 and shock absorbers 28, the drum 24 having mounted therein a perforated tub 32 by means of a bearing 38 fixed to the rear wall of the drum 24, the tub having a front access opening 42 with a rubber member 44 placed between the drum 44 and the front wall 18 of the washing machine. The machine is driven at low speed for washing and at a high speed for drying by a two-speed electric motor 46 by way of a twospeed gear-box 48 and a belt 54, an out-ofbalance switch 62 being provided and the sequence of washing and drying events being controlled by a timer 58. The motor 46 also drives an evacuating pump 60.
Patent GB-375468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to curved guards for rotating members
IPC: B27G19/02
Filed: 1931-04-16
Abstract: 375,468. Machinery guards. ROBINSON & SON, Ltd., T., ROBINSON, C. J., and TWEEDALE, J., Railway Works, Rochdale. April 16, 1931, No. 11227. [Class 80 (iv).] Guards for circular saws, gearing, pulleys, and other rotating members are formed in two parts 13, 16, of which the back part 13 is flat or is flanged on its upper edge and the front part 16 is flanged to pass over the saw edge and the edge of the part 13 or to butt against the flange on the part 13. The guard-parts are provided with lugs 14, 18, respectively, engaging a non-circular supporting-bar 11 vertically adjustable in a standard 6, and the lugs 18 are bushed to enable the part 16, which is secured in place by a screw 15, to be swung to permit access to the saw. A spring buffer such as 22 may serve to cushion the guard-part against rattling, either in the open or closed position. An adjustable extension-piece 21 may be secured to the part 16.