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Patent GB-351164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to metallic vapour rectifiers
IPC: H01J13/10
Filed: 1930-05-02
Abstract: 351,164. Metallic vapour rectifiers. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Inc., 120, Broadway, New York, U.S.A.-(Assignees of Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. ; 2, Friedrich Karl- Ufer, Berlin.) May 2, 1930, No. 13591. Convention date, May 3, 1929. [Class 39 (i).] The cathode receptacle is insulated from an iron or other metal container by one or more rings of aluminium, magnesium, or an alloy thereof, with an oxidized surface.
Patent GB-823309-A (GB)
Title: Improved process for making fibres and filaments of poly (4-methyl-1-pentene)
IPC: C08F10/14
Filed: 1957-04-30
Abstract: Filaments and fibres of poly-(4-methyl-1-pentene) are made by polymerizing monomeric 4-methyl-1-pentene in the presence of a catalyst consisting of a mixture of titanium trichloride and from 0.5 to 12 mols. of triisobutyl aluminium per mol. of titanium trichloride to form a polymer having a melt index of from 0.1 to 40 and extruding the molten polymer at a temperature between 260 DEG  and 350 DEG  C. to form a continuous filament or fibre.  The polymerization may take place in an inert organic diluent, at between 0 DEG  and 170 DEG  C. while the extruded filaments or fibres may p  be stretched from 2 to 8 times their original length at between 50 and 220 DEG  C.
Patent GB-819251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rotary washing and like machines
IPC: D06F21/04
Filed: 1955-05-12
Abstract: <PICT:0819251/IV (c)/1> <PICT:0819251/IV (c)/2> <PICT:0819251/IV (c)/3> A garment dyeing machine in which liquid is passed through a rotary work container 5 either as a continuous recirculation of a selected volume of liquid or as a continuous flow of fresh liquid which passes once only through the container and thence to a drain, is characterized in that one or each end of the container 5 is divided into angularly spaced compartments 28, which have no communication with the actual work chamber 26, or chambers, otherwise than externally of the periphery of the container, the liquid contents of a stationary casing 6 around the container having entry to the compartments 28 through the work chamber 26 or chambers, and the compartments 28, as the container rotates, successively lifting quantities of liquid and eventually discharging them into a stationary collector 42 provided in or on the adjacent end wall 6a of the casing.  The chamber 26 is separated from the compartment 28 by a diaphragm 25, these compartments being separated from a central cavity 29 by substantially chordal partitions 27.  Each of the compartments 28 has a liquid inlet duct 35 by means of which it is connected to a longitudinal slot or perforated area 34 of the peripheral wall of the chamber 26.  Each compartment 28 is also provided with two liquid outlets 38 located within pockets 37.  As each pocket 37 reaches its highest position during rotation of the container 5 a discharge pipe 39 connected with the outlet 38 moves past an arcuate slot 41 in the end wall 6a and liquid is discharged into the collector 42.  Any liquid escaping between the pipes 39 and the stationary slot 41 returns to the casing 6 to be picked up and discharged later.  As the container 5 rotates, liquid in the casing 6 is directed into the work-chamber 26 through longitudinal slots 31 provided with double-sided scoops 32 and perforated lifters 33.  The liquid collector 42 is provided with glazed observation openings and an outlet port (Fig. 4, not shown) connected to either a drain or recirculating means.  The container 5 is mounted on a solid trunnion 7 journalled in bearings 8 located in the hubportion 9 of a spider 10 whose arms are bolted to the end wall 6a of the casing 6.  An extension 12 of the spider 10 carries a lay shaft 13 connected to the trunnion 7 by enclosed reduction gearing 14, 15.  The lay shaft 13 carries a pulley 16 driven through V-ropes 17 or a belt from the pulley 18 of an electric motor 19 mounted on a bracket 20 on the end wall 6a.  In a modification the liquid collector 42 may be in the form of an open through arranged internally of the casing 6. Specifications 688,076 and 765,358 are referred to.
Patent GB-659225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for producing analgesia
IPC: A61M16/01
Filed: 1949-05-23
Abstract: 659,225. Inhalers. SIEBE, GORMAN, & CO., Ltd., and STEEL, G. C. May 23, 1949, No. 13754. [Class 81(ii)] Hand portable analgesia apparatus in which the patient inspires a mixture of air and vapour inhalant comprises a casing having air connections to a face mask and to the atmosphere and containing a supply of liquid inhalant in an ampoule wrapped in an absorbent material for absorbing the entire contents thereof and which is fractured immediately prior to use. As shown the wrapped ampoule unit 5 is placed in a casing 2 which comprises the handle of the apparatus the heat of the patient's hand causing evaporation of the liquid inhalant. Air drawn in through the holes 21 in the base of the cap member 7 and also through the annular space 16 and holes 24 in the casing wall, entrains with the inhalant vapour and passes through the disc inhalation valve 22 to the chamber 3 where it may further be mixed with air entering through the hole 25. The mixture then passes to the mask. The ampoule unit is held in the of. the patient the mixture is expelled to the atmosphere through a valve disposed in the mask. 1 via the inlet 19 and on exhalation casing 2 by a holder 6 which is rigidly secured at its base to the member 7 and is provided at its upper end with four gripping prongs 12. Holes 26a formed in the holder 6 prevent the evolution of a deliberately increased vapour concentration, which could be achieved by dipping the casing in hot water, by allowing the water to soak the ampoule wrapping thereby diluting the liquid inhalant.
Patent GB-469697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to spring forks for cycles and like vehicles
IPC: B62K21/20
Filed: 1936-05-16
Abstract: 469,697. Spring forks. ROBERTS, R. May 16, 1936, No. 13882. [Class 136 (iii)] A fork for cycles and like vehicles is made entirely separate from the steering - column, and is connected with the top and bottom ends thereof through the intervention of cushioning - devices, such as rubber bushes, which are arranged coaxially with the steering- column and are clamped in position by screw mechanism adapted to be adjusted by turning a control member to vary the cushioning effect. The steering column A is rotatably mounted by ball bearings B, C in the head D, and is fitted in its top and bottom ends with rubber or other resilient bushes G, the outer parts g<1> of which are conical to engage conical holes in bridge members e connecting the limbs of the front fork E. The intermediate parts g<3> of the bushes are of softer rubber to provide the required resilience, and enable the fork to move in any direction. The bushes G are clamped in position and adjustably compressed by means of a screw H (with wing-nut h) passing through a tubular lining in the upper bush and screwing into a tube g<4> in the lower bush, the head of the screw bearing against a metal cap g<7>. A lower screw g<9> bears against a metal cap g<8>. The upper bridge e is formed with a projecting lug to carry the handle-bar.
Patent GB-1353383-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic coated articles
IPC: C04B35/46
Filed: 1971-05-10
Abstract: 1353383 Zirconia coated articles UNION CARBIDE CORP 10 May 1971 [11 May 1970 (2)] 13909/71 Heading C1M [Also in Divisions F2 and B1-B2] A zirconia-coated article in which zirconia is bonded to a metal surface of the article with porcelain enamel is made by contacting the enamel-coated metal surface with zirconia, fusing the enamel and then solidifying it. The zirconia may be fibrous in the form of loose fibres, yarn, rovings, paper, felt, mats or woven or knitted textile, usually stabilized with yttria, and may especially be fibrous zirconia in a matrix of mioroporous zirconia, this latter coating being applied to the article by contacting the enamel-coated metal surface with fibrous zirconia impregnated (and optionally reimpregnated one or more times) with a mixture of a liquid containing a zirconium compound and a refractory powder and heating to convert the zirconium compound to zirconia. The zirconium compound may be the chloride, hydroxychloride, acetate, citrate or oxalate and the liquid may also contain Al or Mg and a metal compound such as yttrium acetate, YCl 3 , CeCl 3 , CaCl 2 , MgCl 2  or rare-earth metal chloride which will yield a stabilizing oxide. The refractory powder may be zirconia, hafria, ceria, thoria, yttria, zircon, barium titanate or strontium titanate. The metal to which the zirconia is bonded may be various irons and steels, chromium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, zirconium or alloys thereof such as "Inconel", "Hastelloy", "Nichrome" (Trade Marks) or Haynes Alloy. The procelain enamel may be one comprising SiO 2 , BaO, B 2 O 3 , CaO, ZnO, Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Cr 2 O 3  and enameller's clay, this enamel being fused by heating for 3-10 minutes at 1875-1880 F. In Examples, (2): a stainless steel pipe plugged at one end and threaded at the other is cooled with the above specific enamel by dipping, the enamel is baked and the tube wrapped with two layers of yttria-stabilized zirconia-impregnated zirconia tape in a spiral winding, the tube then being rolled between rubber rollers to compact the coating, to provide a thermocouple protection tube; (3) a "Hastelloy" (Trade Mark) fuel injection nozzle is similarly wrapped with zirconia tape; (4) an "Inconel" (Trade Mark) tube is wrapped with four layers of the impregnated tape, the tape being compacted by spirally wrapping rayon yarn under tension over the wet tape.
Patent GB-240893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shop-fixtures, show-cases, filing-cabinets, book-cases, wardrobes, cupboards and the like
IPC: E05F5/00
Filed: 1924-06-10
Abstract: 240,893. Boards, R. C. June 10, 1924. Fastenings for sliding doors; locks, square key and like.-A show-case or cabinet is closed by two vertically sliding panels connected together to move simultaneously in opposite directions and sliding in grooves placed one behind the other. As shown in Fig. 2, the panels D, E are connected at each side by chains passing over pulleys f, g at the top and bottom of the cabinet respectively. To secure the panels when closed sliding rack bolts o, o<1> operated by toothed wheels which can be rotated by means of a key T are used. The bolts are positively held in both extreme positions by the engagement of a pin l<2> projecting from the bolt casing, with either of two holes m<3>, m<4> in the end face of, the wheel M which is turned by the key. This wheel is movable axially, against spring pressure, away from the pin upon insertion of the key, as shown in Fig. 10.
Patent GB-497424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to rotary electric switch devices
IPC: H01H1/00
Filed: 1937-05-19
Abstract: 497,424. Mechanical switches without quick action. CRUWYS, J., KEITH, J. P., and RICHARDSON, G. May 19, 1937, No. 13983. [Class 38 (v)] A rotary switch has its fixed contacts carried by two discs which constitute the ends of a cylindrical casing composed of two or more parts removable independently of each other, which enclose the co-operating contacts. Two circular insulating discs 1, 2 carry a number of fixed contacts 3, 4 respectively, each contact being associated with a terminal post 26 or 27. A spindle 9 passes through a panel 20 and two bushes 5, 6 held centrally in the discs 1, 2 by nuts 7, 8 respectively, and carries at one end an operating knob 23 and pointer 24, and between the two discs two members 12, 13 of insulating material. Laminated brushes 16, 17 engage the contacts 3, 4 respectively, and a number of spring indexing plungers 35 are provided. The discs 1, 2 are located by horseshoe shaped washers 18, 19 in grooves in the spindle 9. The contacts are enclosed by two semi-cylindrical covers 28, 29 which are fixed to the discs 1, 2 by screws 30, and interengage by overlapping at their ends in a manner which allows independent removal of either.
Patent GB-310205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to knot tying devices
IPC: B65H69/04
Filed: 1928-05-12
Abstract: 310,205. Earle, E. V. May 12, 1928. Knot-tying devices.-A hand-operated rotary bill device for tying reef knots has an arrangement for twisting the strands on one side of the bill two or more times, so that when smooth strands are used, the knot will not slip. The device has the usual side plates 1 and thumb lever 3. The strands 11, 12 are placed in notches in the side plates, one on each side of the bill 4, Fig. 6. On one side, the strands are in notches 15, 16 of a member 13 and on the other side, the strand 12 engages in a cut away part 18 of a member 14 and the strand 11 in a notch 17 therein. When the thumb lever is depressed, it operates a pin 28 by a slot 27 to cause a member 19 to move forward, pushing the strand 11 outwards and rocking the member 13 to cross the strand 12 over the strand 11. At the same time the pin 28 rocks a toothed segment 21 by engaging the slot 30, which rotates the member 14 through two or more turns by the pinion. 23, so twisting the threads 11, 12. When the threads are crossed once on one side of the bill and more than once on the other side, the pin 28 leaves the slot 27 end rides idly over the surface 27<a> of the thumb lever while a bifurcated projection 5 rotates the bill by engaging the part 6 to tie the knot and cut the strands. The end 3a of this member then engages the leg 34 of a lever 31 which is rocked to cause its hooked end 36 to remove the knob from the bill and tighten it.
Patent GB-1334484-A (GB)
Title: Tape cassette
IPC: G11B23/087
Filed: 1972-03-24
Abstract: 1334484 Tape cassettes SONY CORP 24 March 1972 [31 March 1971] 14047/72 Heading G5R A magnetic tape cassette includes two reels 12, 13 each having a single flange 30, 31, the flanges being disposed at opposite ends of hubs 22, 23 in overlapping relation and the tape being contained between the flanges 30, 31 and outstanding wall portions 14a, 15a, the lower wall portion 15a having a layer 32 of smooth, lowfriction material such as P.T.F.E. To avoid drag on the tape, the wall portion 15a includes a depression 33 extending over the range of paths followed by the tape between a guide 21 and the reel 13. The depression 33 is bounded by radii 33a, 33b and the depth thereof increases radially outward, and circumferentially towards its centre, Figs. 5, 6 (not shown). A similar depression may be provided in the wall portion 14a.
Patent GB-391980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to machines for boring metal
IPC: B23B29/034
Filed: 1932-05-18
Abstract: 391,980. Boring-bar machines. KELLENBERGER, L., (trading as KELLENBERGER & CO., L.), 28, Heiligkreuzstrasse, St. Galleno, Switzerland. May 18, 1932, No. 14104. Convention date, June 20,1931. [Class 83 (iii).] Cutter-bars.-In a boring-machine wherein a spindle carrying a concentric boring-head with a radially adjustable cutter is rotatable on its axis in a bearing detachably secured to a rest, adjusting means comprising a scale on the rest are provided which act on a rod passing concentrically through the spindle for radial adjustment of the cutter without lost motion. Either the rest or the work-table may be moved longitudinally relatively to the other. The spindle d is mounted in one or more bearings e, e<1> in a sleeve c which is removably attached to a slide a vertically adjustable on a pillar b. The spindle is driven by gearing f and the cutter i is radially adjustable by means of a wedge h moved axially by a concentric rod g the spindle and bearings being interchangeable with others of different size whilst using the same driving and adjusting means f, g. The boring head o may be interchangeably secured to the spindle d. A graduated hand-wheel r, Figs. 1 and 3, on the slide a, carries a bevel gear u engaging teeth on a ring v formed as a nut to cause axial displacement of a screwed segment w carrying a central pin p engaging the rod g for adjustment thereof, the axial thrust being taken by a stationary ring l, and segment 2. In a modified construction, the pin p is connected to a co-axial screwed spindle carrying the graduated hand-wheel r. The wedge h acts on an inclined surface of a holder n which carries the cutter i and is slidable transversely in guides on the head o against the action of springs which maintain contact with the wedge. The cutter may be adjusted during operation of the machine to produce counterbores or conical bores, as shown in Fig. 9, and the wedge h may be replaced by a lever, as shown in this Figure. By using a curved wedge, bores with a curved surface may be produced. The boring head o may be secured to the spindle d by a bayonet slot, or other detachable connection.
Patent GB-561300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with tooth brushes
IPC: A46B15/00
Filed: 1942-10-09
Abstract: 561,300. Tooth brushes. COSBY, E. L. H. Oct. 9, 1942, No. 14192. [Class 19] A tooth brush comprises a handle 1 with bristles 2 at one end, forming one brush, say for morning use, and bristles 3 projecting on the opposite side at the other end, forming a second brush, say for night use. Specification 430,712 is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 19,408 /96, [Class 19], and 471,387.
Patent GB-580929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in adjustable stays for vehicle windshields or other hinged panels
IPC: E05C17/26
Filed: 1944-07-27
Abstract: 580,929. Windshield stays. WORCESTER WINDSHIELDS & CASEMENTS, Ltd., and JONES, A. E. E. July 27, 1944, No. 14321. [Class 65 (i)] A compound stay for a windshield 1 is formed of a main stay 5, pivoted at 4 to a fixed member and having a pin-and-slot connection 6 at the other end, and an auxiliary stay 9, pivoted at 10, and having a slot 11 through which passes a clamping screw 12. The slot may be kinked at the bottom. The stay 9 may be pivoted to the main stay 5, and secured in position by a screw 12 to the back-plate 3. The pin 6 may be on an eccentric to permit of adjustment. In a modification, the auxiliary stay is pivoted at its lower end to the bracket 3 at a point vertically below the main stay pivot 4. A further arrangement shows the two stay parts 5, 9, with curved slots through which the clamping screw passes.
Patent GB-854193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shoe welding machines
IPC: A43D25/06
Filed: 1958-05-05
Abstract: 854,193. Sole attaching press. COPPOLABIANCHI, V. L. A. May 5, 1958 [May 7, 1957], No. 14334/58. Addition to 848,937. Class 17(1) In a modification of the sole attaching press claimed in the parent Specification, inflation of the cushion 21 actuates a piston 50 which acts via the pivoted lever 53 to move the ram 19a downwardly to exert additional pressure on the sole of the shoe.
Patent GB-299275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for folding sheets of paper and the like
IPC: B65H1/04
Filed: 1927-08-03
Abstract: 299,275. Cogswell, A. G. Aug. 3, 1927. Divided on 299,118. Drawings to Specification. Folding paper.-In apparatus for folding paper or the like, the sheets are stacked in a magazine shaped so as to form the commencement of the first fold. The magazine is identical with that from which the sheets are fed in the machine described in Specification 299,118. Specifications 299,276, [Class 100 (i), Feeding and delivering webs &c.], and 299,277 also are referred to.
Patent GB-989138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to liquid level gauges
Inventor: CLARE GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: G01F23/68
Filed: 1963-04-10
Abstract: 989,138. Liquid level indicators. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. April 3, 1964 [April 10, 1963], No 14465/63. Heading G1H. A liquid level gauge comprises a vertical tube 1 of non-magnetic material containing a dielectric fluid 2 and a small quantity of iron powder 3, and a float 4 containing a magnet surrounds the tube 1 and the arrangement is such that the iron powder 3 tends to concentrate in the fluid 2 in the field of the magnet 4 to short circuit conductor wires 6, 7 of known resistances so that by attaching a suitably calibrated ohmmeter in the circuit with the wires 6, 7 the liquid level 14 can be read.
Patent GB-593006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with hydraulic testing machines
IPC: G01N3/10
Filed: 1945-07-08
Abstract: 593,006. Testing physical qualities of materials. AVERY, Ltd., W. & T., and HINDE, P. B. July 8, 1945, No. 14477. [Class 106 (ii)] A hydraulic testing machine, in which a constant load is maintained, includes a vernier valve located in a pipe circuit fed by -an auxiliary pump, said valve being operated by a reversing motor including in its circuit a contact arm associated with a load indicating pointer. The specimen is located between straining and stationary cross-heads a, band the auxiliary pump (not shown), which is located in a shunt circuit c, and supplies oil either directly or through the vernier needle valve g to the main pipe circuit c<1> according to the setting of a pointer d coupled to the pump. A small reversing motor e operates the valve by means of a worm gear and includes. in its circuit a contact arm associated with a load indicating pointer (not shown) such that, when the arm is in contact with the pointer, the valve g is slowly closed but when the contact is broken, the valve is opened. In this manner the pressure in the hydraulic system is varied to maintain the load constant. The valve is provided with a hand operated setting device h. Specifications 566,379 and 593,005 are referred to.
Patent GB-421540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, apparatus or appliances for the production of protective gases for use in the heattreatment of metals
IPC: C21D1/76
Filed: 1933-05-19
Abstract: 421,540. Metal-heating furnaces. BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC FURNACES, Ltd., and LOBLEY, A. G., Tyburn Road, Erdington, Birmingham. May 19, 1933, Nos. 14504/33 and 13329 /34. [Class 51 (ii)] Gases, supplying. -In a metal-heating furnace, a gas produced by the combustion of a mixture of air and hydrocarbon under such conditions that the combustion products return on themselves to the region of the mixture intake before leaving the combustion chamber, is used as a protective or work-enveloping atmosphere. In the apparatus shown, a fuel-air mixture is delivered tangentially into the cylindrical combustion chamber d through the nozzle e, and the products, after swirling round the chamber, pass through the axial opening h to a superposed chamber i containing catalytic material, and are delivered to the metal-heating furnace through the outlet j. Butane, towns' gas, or vapourized liquid fuel may be used as the combustible, and the catalytic filling may consist of firebrick, firebrick treated with a nickel or other salt, or metallic nickel.
Patent GB-733735-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for producing carbon black
IPC: C09C1/50
Filed: 1953-05-26
Abstract: <PICT:0733735/III/1> In the production of carbon black by injecting a hydrocarbon oil in atomized form into a heatinsulated furnace and surrounding the same by a turbulent zone of combustion produced by burning in a surrounding stream of air a fuel gas which is injected into the furnace from a plurality of orifices around the oil inlet (see Specification 699,406), the reaction chamber is provided with an annular portion 14 dividing the reaction chamber into two sections, the position of the partition being such that the burning gases rebound therefrom and concentrate upon the atomized p  oil, the reacting vapours thereafter proceeding to the second section where the reaction is completed.  The partition may be formed as a separate unit so as to enable adjustment of the distance thereof from the furnace inlet.