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Patent GB-332968-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for collecting and transporting, in a dry condition, urban or industrial waste
IPC: B65F5/00
Filed: 1929-05-07
Abstract: 332,968. Gandillon, H. E. May 7, 1929. Street orderlies.-Urban dry waste is collected and transported by the intermittent propulsion of air through a system in which a partial vacuum is maintained. The displacement of the waste is effected in a closed network in small quantities as they are produced by displacements of air effected periodically. The system comprises waste receiving vessels such as D1, Fig. 2, connected to a conduit A, stop valves being provided. G is one of a number of automatic air inlet apparatus controlled by clockwork wound up by the vacuum created in the system. A number of conduits such as A form a network completely fluid-tight leading to a final receiving station. Each receiving vessel is constructed so that when it is opened for the reception of waste it is closed to the conduit A and vice versa; it comprises a chamber 1, Fig. 4, in which moves a cylindrical member 4. with a hemispherical bottom, guided by the cylinder 5 rigidly attached to the top 6 of the chamber. The member 4 and the flared coupling member 2 with its rubber packing 3 on which rest the flanged walls of the chamber 1, constitute a valve which is opened by a handle 11 inserted in a socket 10. This handle first lifts the needle valve 16 against the compression spring 15, the member 4 is then lifted until the neck 13 coincides with the collar 9 when the inrush of air carries the waste from the vessel into the conduit A where the partial vacuum is maintained. The edges of the orifices 21 and 23 are bevelled so as to shear waste of too great a length by rotating the top 19 over the top 6. The number of automatic operations in any apparatus is proportional to the volume of waste passing under it and it is arranged that its times of operation do not coincide with those of any other thus maintaining a constant vacuum. At the collecting station when the vacuum pump 0, Fig. 3, puts the system under depression, the valves M1, J1 are opened, M2, J2 being closed, and the waste collected in the tank K1, from which it is dropped on to the travelling apron P for disposal.
Patent GB-311241-A (GB)
IPC: D01H1/00
Filed: 1929-05-07
Abstract: 311,241. British Celanese, Ltd., (Assignees of Williams, F. J., Robinson, R., and Dreyfus, C.). May 7, 1928, [Convention date]. Creel arrangements; thread-guides ; tensionarrangements; moistening and treating yarns in winding machines.-In winding a number of yarns from packages 4. Fig. 1, as a single end of parallel yarns on to a package 15 the individual yarns A are caused to follow substantially similar paths whereby equal tension is maintained between all the yarns. The bobbins 4 are supported on spindles 3 arranged on the circumference of a plate 1. The yarns A are led through guide members 7 and guide holes 9 in a dished plate 8, and pass thence between a pair of tensioning discs or washers 11, along the spindle 10, Fig. 3, over guide-rods 11<a> to the package 15. The washers 11 are preferably of felt or like material and may carry a liquid for lubricating, softening or conditioning the yarns. The invention may be applied to the winding of silk, cotton or reconstituted cellulose, but is stated to be particularly suitable for winding yarns of organic cellulose derivatives.
Patent GB-1204941-A (GB)
Title: Door and door mechanism for use in vehicles
IPC: B61D19/00
Filed: 1968-03-25
Abstract: 1,204,941. Door mounting arrangements for vehicles. VAPOR CORP. 25 March, 1968 [20 April, 1967], No. 14225/68. Heading B7J. [Also in Division E2] A railway passenger car comprises a door 24 which when closed is flush with the side wall 22 and sealed in its frame 26; wherein the door 24 is guided and supported at its leading edge 36 by a roller carrier 92 pivoted thereto and engaging a guide 80 suspended from the vehicle ceiling 50; the door 24 is guided at its trailing edge 38 by rollers 106, 108 mounted thereon and engaging upper and lower channels 96, 98 on the vehicle ceiling 50 and floor 100; and the door 24 is supported at its trailing edge 38 by links 64, 66 on a shaft 68 carried by a sliding frame 44 guided in the plane of the frame 26 and moved by an electric motor 120 acting thereon via an overcentre linkage, to open and close the door. A roller 112 is on the side wall 22 at the top and/or bottom of the frame, and a cam plate on the leading corner(s) of the door 24, or vice versa, to engage the closed door 24 with the flexible seal 110. A manual energenoy unit 142 can be used for moving the linkage back through its overcentre. In the embodiment shown, the frame 44 is suspended at 54 from a track 48 on the ceiling 50 and also guided by a roller 109 engaging in the lower channel 98. The motor 120 drives a gear-box 122 having an output shaft 124 on which is mounted a crank arm 126 pivoted to a rod 128 (so forming the overcentre) connected to a lever 130, 136 having a roller 138 rolling in a channel 140 on the frame 44. In a further embodiment, the wall 22 is curved in transverse cross-section, and the motor is mounted on the inside of the wall 22 between top and bottom of the door frame. The crank arm 126 has a roller at its free end, which roller engages directly in the channel 140. In another embodiment, the sliding frame is of reduced height so as to move below a window in the side wall, and is supported in the track 48 which is now on the floor and guided by rollers engaging the channel 98 now just under the window. The motor is mounted on the floor and the crank arm has its free end pivoted to one end of a rod pivoted at its other end to a lever, carrying at one end the roller 138 and pivoted at the other to the floor, at a point between its ends. In yet a further embodiment, the motor is mounted beneath the floor, and the crank arm is connected by way of a rod, a double-armed lever, a rod a doublearmed lever, and a rod to a bell-crank carrying the roller engaging the frame channel. The manual emergency unit can be operated from outside the car as well as inside. A motordriven folding step assembly is retractable into, and extendable out of, the car.
Patent GB-1453662-A (GB)
Title: Dialkylaminomethylphenols as catalyst deactivators for stereo regular polymers
IPC: C08L21/00
Filed: 1974-04-02
Abstract: 1453662 Removal of polymerization catalyst residues GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO 2 April 1974 [2 May 1973] 14453/74 Heading C3P [Also in Division C2] At least one compound conforming to the general formula is added to a stereo regular polymer containing transition metal catalyst residues prior to subjecting the polymer to oxidizing conditions in order to remove the catalyst residues, said compound preventing oxidative degradation of the polymer. In said formula, R<SP>2</SP> and R<SP>3</SP> are selected from C 1-4  alkyl groups, C 2-4  hydroxy alkyl groups or can be joined via either -CH 2 - or -O- to form with the nitrogen atom a heterocyclic group; R and R<SP>1</SP> are selected from H and C 1-8  alkyl groups; n is an integer of from 1 to 3; and wherein the total number of substituents in the benzene ring in addition to the OH is 1-5 with the proviso that when the benzene ring contains 4 or 5 substituents the -CH 2 NR<SP>2</SP>R<SP>3</SP> groups are in ortho or para positions with respect to the OH group.
Patent GB-577060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tubular heat exchange apparatus
IPC: F28F9/02
Filed: 1944-07-28
Abstract: 577,060. Cooling radiators for motor vehicles. SERCK RADIATORS, Ltd., and HEMS, F. W. C. July 28, 1944, No. 14465. [Class. 64 (iii)] In heat-exchange apparatus, e.g., radiators for internal-combustion engines, of the kind comprising thin-walled internally-reinforced tubes a, Figs. 1, 2, secured in the tube-plates of upper and lower headers, the tube-plates are reinforced by metal strips i soldered to the plates and formed with flanges j having corrugations adapted to engage the ends of the flanged tube springs. The strips help to prevent the fracture of the soldered joints between the tubes and the plates. Similar strips may be secured to the plates in the spaces between the rows of tubes. Further, the flanges j may be flat, and may be provided along both edges of the strips.
Patent GB-122602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Lubrication of Engine Gudgeon Pins and Pistons.
Inventor: DUFTY NOEL EVELYN
IPC: F01M1/06
Filed: 1918-09-06
Abstract: 122,602. Dufty, N. E. Sept. 6, 1918. Channels in connecting- rods. - The gudgeon pins and pistons of high-speed aeroplane engines and Diesel engines are supplied with lubricant by means of the oscillation of the connecting-rod. Lips I', I<2> on the connecting-rod C move towards and from a fin F formed on a crown piece fixed to the piston. The air in chambers E', E<2> is compressed and forces oil which has drained into the chambers through holes 0', O<2> leading to the gudgeon pin G. Holes through the gudgeon pin and piston may con 'ey oil to the outer surface of the piston.
Patent GB-965793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric hand driers
IPC: A47K10/48
Filed: 1961-04-21
Abstract: 965,793. Hand driers. SIEMENS-ELECTROGERATE A.G. April 21, 196] [April 22, 1960], No. 14556/61. Heading A5R. A hand drier, incorporating an electricallydriven fan assembly, has the heater element mounted in the air intake, to avoid the possibility of a user touching it. In the form shown, the motor 5 drives a centrifugal fan 2 having an air inlet duct 6 and an outlet duct 3 leading to an external orifice 4. The heater element 8 is mounted on a ceramic former 7 within the duct 6 and the shape of the former is preferably conical so as to distribute the heat more effectively. Specification 955,277 is referred to.
Patent GB-1079745-A (GB)
Title: Transporter unit for live poultry or similar livestock
Inventor: STOCKWELL JOSEPH CHARLES
IPC: A01K31/00
Filed: 1965-04-06
Abstract: 1,079,745. Poultry cages. DAIRY SUPPLY CO. Ltd. April 5, 1966 [April 6, 1965], No. 14558/65. Heading A1M. A transporter unit comprises a framework 2, 15 supporting rows of cages 1 arranged in tiers the partition forming the rear wall of a cage being movable towards the front of the cage for ease of unloading the birds. As described the rear wall (17) is formed integrally with the floor of the cage and a closure (18) for the cage is pivotally attached to the floor. Cages are omitted from the bottom row to provide a space 13 to accommodate the wheels of a transport vehicle. Two rows of cages are provided back-to-back in each tier and a collapsible walkway is provided along the front of each row. Tarpaulins or sheets 11 are attached to upper rails 10 of the framework and the front end of the framework is clad with panels 6 having a ventilating panel which can be opened. The cage floors are held in place by abutments (20) on the framework rails 15 and the closures (18) are prevented from opening by the engagement of rod 21 in U-bracket 22.
Patent GB-1328932-A (GB)
Title: Rankine cycle power generating systems
Inventor: MORGAN D T
IPC: F01K25/06
Filed: 1972-03-29
Abstract: 1328932 Vapour power plant THERMO ELECTRON CORP 29 March 1972 [1 April 1971] 14596/72 Heading F1Q A vapour power plant employs a mixture of trifluoroethanol and water as the working fluid. In one preferred system a reciprocating piston and cylinder expander is employed. Lubricants either miscible or immiscible with the working fluid may be used. One group of suitable lubricants is highly refined petroleum-derived hydrocarbon lubricants, lubricants heavier than the working fluid which yield favourable results are synthetic fluorine containing lubricants. As shown a vapour generator or boiler 12 heats the working fluid fed thereto by a pump 10. The working fluid is then fed to an expander 14 which expands the vapour to produce shaft power. The working fluid then passes to a separator 18 for removal therefrom of intermixed lubricant and thence to a regenerator 20. From the regenerator the working fluid passes to a condenser 26 where it is fully condensed.
Patent GB-1060545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to silicon carbide
IPC: C01B31/36
Filed: 1964-04-09
Abstract: Pigmentary SiC is produced by reacting an oxygen-containing Si compound with carbon particles 0.005-1.5 microns in diameter, in a flowing inert gaseous atmosphere.  Reaction is effected at above 1150 DEG  C., e.g. up to 3000 DEG  C., at pressures of 0.25-3 atmospheres. The inert gas may be He, Ne, A, CO, methane, ethane, propane, ethylene or propylene, and may flow over or through the carbon particles with a velocity of 50-2000 cm./min.  The Si compound preferably has a particle size of 0.005-0.5 microns, and may be SiO2, SiO, Ca or Na silicate, aluminosilicates, bauxite, ethyl methyl propyl or phenyl silicate, mono or di-methoxy or phenylloxy silane, sand, quartz, feldspars, diatomaceous earth, amphiboles, pyroxene, micas, olivines, pegmatite, granite, or clays. 1-15 moles carbon are used per mole Si with an additional mole of carbon for each mole of oxygen.  The reactants may be mixed by dispersing in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and ethanol, and drying the slurry.  Alternatively, SiO may be formed by heating a mixture of silica and carbon at above 1150 DEG  C. and passed, e.g. in admixture with the inert gas, through a bed of carbon particles.  The product may be cooled to 25 DEG  C., then ball milled in kerosene and mixed with water; SiC concentrates in the water layer.  It is then heated to 350-800 DEG C. to oxidize residual carbon, and Si oxide is removed by treating with acid, e.g. HF or HBF4, with alkali, e.g. NaOH, Na2CO3, NaHCO3, Na2O2, KOH, or tetramethyl or benzyltrimethyl ammonium hydroxide, or with acid salts, e.g. NH4HF2, or KHF2 b -SiC is produced as spherical particles having a mean number particle size between 0.05 and 0.4 microns and a particle size distribution of 0.005-1 micron. The a -form may be obtained by heating at above 2100 DEG  C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.  The product may be incorporated as a filler into rubber, oil-based paints, or surface coating or moulded resinous compositions (many resins are exemplified).ALSO:Pigmentary silicon carbide (see Division C1) is incorporated into the alkyd resin obtained by condensation of phthalic anhydride, linseed oil, and glycerol, by mulling under pressure with a solution of the resin in mineral spirits; small amounts of lead and cobalt naphthenates are also added (Example 4).
Patent GB-110036-A (GB)
Title: Electrolysing Apparatus.
IPC: C25B9/19
Filed: 1916-10-16
Abstract: 110,036. Mueller, R. J. J., and Universal Oxygen Co. Oct. 16, 1916. Drawings to Specification. Hydraulic-seal safety apparatus for preventing and minimizing explosions.-In an electrolytic gas-generator, a safety-device consists of an inverted cup notched at its edge and resting loosely in an annular liquid seal around a hole in the cover of the generator.
Patent GB-455056-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for treating the charges of internal combustion engines
IPC: F02K9/00
Filed: 1935-05-20
Abstract: 455,056. Charge - forming devices. HAWKINGS, F. J., 203, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London. May 20, 1935, No. 14727. [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (iii)] An electrolytic - gas generator supplies gases for the combustible mixture, to be applied to an internal - combustion engine, through a backfire safety device com - municating with the atmosphere. Gases produced at electrodes c in one limb of a U- tube a pass through a tube d dipping into the other limb before reaching a nozzle j disposed in a funnel g opening at its constricted end into the induction pipe f or the carburetter of an internal-combustion engine, the arrangement of nozzle and funnel avoiding damage from a backfire. The outer end of the funnel may be closed by a gauze or cover having a relief valve. The electrodes may be coupled to a battery l through a switch m which is disconnected by the accelerator pedal n when the throttle valve approaches its extreme positions or the circuit may be controlled by a governor-operated switch in series with a switch successively reversing the current through the electrodes. In other forms, a valve in the pipe e leading to the nozzle is controlled by a solenoid, or a valve in the funnel g by the pedal n.
Patent GB-957041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to quick release fastening devices
IPC: F16B21/16
Filed: 1960-04-27
Abstract: 957,041. Cotters. AERPAT A.G. April 27, 1960 [April 28, 1959], No. 14747/60. Heading F2H. [Also in Division E2] Contiguous members 11, 10, e.g. a missile body and a nose cone, are connected to prevent relative sliding movement therebetween by a quick-release fastener 12 which comprises telescopically interconnected receptacle 13, tubular body 14 and plunger 15. The body and plunger are urged to the right to extended positions by respective springs 18 and 19 located between the receptacle and the body and plunger respectively. The receptacle 13 is force-fitted in an opening in the member 11 such that the receptacle bore 25 may be aligned with an opening 26 in the member 10. Balls 29, 30, laterally movable in respective openings 31, 32 are carried on the body 14 to either project outward therefrom to engage a receptacle shoulder 33 or to project inward to engage a plunger groove 34. Movement of body and plunger at their respective extended positions is limited through engagement of a flange 37 with the shoulder 33 and a flange 38 with a part of the body 14, respectively. In use, the body 14 is pushed to its retracted position, Fig. 1. Then the member 10 is placed in position and the plunger 15 is depressed manually permitting the balls 29, 30 to move inwardly into the groove 34. By suitably sliding the member 10 relative to the member 11 the openings in both are aligned, whereupon the body snaps into place, Fig. 3, under the action of the spring 18. The fastener may be released by pushing on the body to move it to its retracted position, Fig. 1. In a further embodiment the fastener is removable from the members 10 and 11 and balls 53, 54, Fig. 4, are provided for detachably fastening the receptacle 13 in place to hold the members together face to face. The receptacle is a sliding fit in aligned openings 45, 46 in the members 10, 11 and a conical head 47 on the receptacle fits into a countersink 48 in the member 10 to provide a flush surface. In use, the fastener is inserted into the openings 45, 46 by pushing to the left on the body 14, Fig. 4. The body carries the receptacle and the plunger to the left through the balls 53, 54 and 29, 30, respectively. When the receptacle is fully inserted, Fig. 5, the fastener is looked to hold the members 10 and 11 face-to-face through the outward movement of the balls 53 and 54 by the sliding body 14 and the outward movement of the balls 29, 30 by the plunger 15 moving to the right under the action of the spring 19. The fastener is released by pressing the plunger to the left against the spring which will effect alignment of the groove 34 and balls 29, 30 to allow the compressed spring 18 to re-act and thrust the body 14 to the right such that its outer end protrudes, as is shown in Fig. 4, from the receptacle head 47. The balls 53 and 54 may then move inwardly as the receptacle is withdrawn from the openings 45 and 46.
Patent GB-235713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in portable buildings
IPC: E04B1/344
Filed: 1924-06-18
Abstract: 235,713. Fleming, J. G., and Edgar, D. K. June 18, 1924. Portable buildings. - A portable building of the kind formed of a plurality of arched sections adapted to be secured together by purlins and ties and braces, each arched section comprising a plurality of members hinged together, is characterised by forming each arched section of semi-octagonal shape comprising two members hinged together at the apex. Each member is formed of two parts a, b hinged together at c and stays d, e, are provided at the hinged joints. S-shaped clips h for supporting the corrugated metal or other covering are carried by the purlins. Each member may be used independently to form bivouacs. By inserting a further side of the octagon a larger building with vertical sides may be formed.
Patent GB-101880-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toaster.
Inventor: SABELBERG THOMAS
IPC: A47J37/08
Filed: 1916-10-17
Abstract: 101,880.. Sabelberg, T. Oct. 8, 1915, [Convention date]. Heat distributors.-A toaster for bread, which may also be used for boiling milk and is intended for use over a flame, is made of three parts, namely :-(1) a rectangular wire frame a the sides of which are bent upwards as shown at m, (2) a lower wire-gauze sheet c having side metal rims d and tongues e which are folded over the frame, and (3) a grid b formed of bars g bent for strength, say to a U-section, which are engaged by the turned-over edges of side strips f, these side bars being provided with tongues h bent around the frame. The free ends of tho wire frame are bent outwardly at right-angies to form the handle i, which is strengthened by the strip of metal l, bent over the sides and the innermost end of the handle.
Patent GB-457180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in stringed musical instruments
IPC: G10D3/08
Filed: 1935-05-21
Abstract: 457,180. Stringed musical instruments. SIMPSON, H. H., 44, High Street, Bushey, Hertfordshire. May 21, 1935, No. 14794. [Class 88 (ii)] Melody strings 2, bass strings 3, and chord string-groups 3<1> are mounted for plucking on a soundboard 1 with transverse bars 4 which, when depressed against spring action, stop the melody strings chromatically and simultaneously damp out certain of the harmony strings. The melody strings sound a note and its octave and may be in tricord. The chords free to be sounded may be indicated on the surfaces of the respective bars 4. The bars 4 carry, on their underside, brass strips (felted at the upper side) for stopping the melody strings, and felt strips for damping the harmony strings. Free vibration of the melody strings is checked by a small damper bar which may be held out of action during tuning. The lid 9 serves as a music rest.