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Patent GB-307184-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for supplying liquid fuel to the cylinders of internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M55/00
Filed: 1928-02-09
Abstract: 307,184. Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., and Plumb, A. E. Feb. 9, 1928. Multiple-delivery piston pumps; valves, arrangement of.-A fuel pump for supplying a multi-cylinder engine comprises a rotary valve 2 provided with radial passages 12, 120 which connect the delivery port 13 of the pump successively to ports 4, 5 leading to different cylinders of the engine. The valve may rotate in a liner 6 provided with ports in line with the ports 4, 5, 13. The valve is driven from the pump shaft through gearing 14 - - 17. The inlet valve 11 may be of the kind described in Specification 295,697, [Class 122 (i), Engine and like cylinders &c.]. The pump may be fed by another pump 18.
Patent GB-747392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to hydraulic couplings
IPC: F16D33/08
Filed: 1952-02-15
Abstract: 747,392. Axial-flow blowers. VOITH GES., J. M. Feb. 15, 1952 [Feb. 28, 1951], No. 4101/52. Class 110(1) [Also in Group XXIX] An axial-flow blower is driven through a hydraulic coupling 2, 3 which is housed within the impeller hub 5. The blower speed is varied by varying the degree of filling, and hence the slip, of the hydraulic coupling. For this purpose, oil is supplied to the coupling through passages 20, 21 from a reservoir 4, and the radial depth of oil in a chamber 13 containing the coupling is controlled by a scoop tube 14 which returns oil to the reservoir 4 through the hollow driving shaft 1. The radial position of the scoop tube is controlled by turning a spindle 17, preferably by means of a thermostat.
Patent GB-1217942-A (GB)
Title: A transverse-flow fan
IPC: F04D17/04
Filed: 1968-01-26
Abstract: 1,217,942. Transverse-flow fans. A.G. KOROVKIN. Jan. 26, 1968, No.4159/68. Heading F1C. In a transverse-flow fan having guide blades 5 to 9 arranged within the impeller 1, the length of the chord b of the rotor blades 10 is between 3À5 to 4À5 times the deflection f and 1À5 to 2À0 times the vane spacing t, the angle # between chord b and radius r is between 15 and 20 degrees, the angle y is not greater than 90 degrees, and the length of the arc m is 1À5 to 1À6 times the length of the arc n.
Patent GB-806472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electromagnetic solenoids
Inventor: HALL RICHMOND ERNEST
IPC: H01F7/16
Filed: 1955-02-11
Abstract: 806,472. Electromagnets. PLESSEY CO. Ltd. Jan. 31, 1956 [Feb. 11, 1955], No. 4189/55. Class 35. [Also in Group XXXVII] The stationary magnetic member of a plunger type electromagnet consists of a block of rectangular section bored out to a diameter slightly less than the shorter side of the section, the bore ending short of the rear end of the block and accommodating the winding. As shown, the block 1 is so bored that the core consists of four corner pieces 3 interconnected by thin webs 4 and inside the coil former 8 are a fixed core 6 and a plunger 10, the motion of which is transmitted to a contact device by an arm 15. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 773,045.
Patent GB-124033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Mill Scrapers.
Inventor: SCHMIDT ADOLPHE WILLIAM
IPC: B02C4/40
Filed: 1918-03-09
Abstract: 124,033. Schmidt, A. W. March 9, 1918. Roller mills.-Two scrapers 11, adapted' to engage a single roller or a pair of rollers 1, are secured at the ends to arms 9 which are pivoted on arched bars 3 secured to the end walls of the mill chamber. The arms 9 may be. formed with heavy lugs 10 to receive screws 13 which pass through slots in the scrapers. The bars 3 areformed with slots 5 for the securing-bolts 6.
Patent GB-731981-A (GB)
Title: Device for the storage of piece goods
Inventor: GRETENER WALTER
IPC: B62B3/16
Filed: 1953-02-16
Abstract: 731,981. Wheeled trolleys. WIEDEMAR, R. H., and WIEDEMAR, H. A., [trading as WIEDEMAR, A. & R., [Firm of].]. Feb. 16, 1953, No. 4211/53. Class 108 (1). A wheeled trolley has a base 2 and sides 3 supported in a frame 4 mounted on a pair of wheels 9 and a pair of castors 10. Secured to the upper edges of the frame 4 are supports 6 which accommodate the wheels of a superimposed trolley the extensions 6a and bars 7 preventing displacement. To ensure that the castors 10 are correctly placed to engage the support 6 the shaft 13 supporting the castor wheel is provided with a radial pin 17 which coacts with the inclined surface 14a so that when the trolley is lifted the shaft 13 and castor wheel rotate under their own weight to the aligned position. Depending extensions 6b on the supports 6 serve to locate the abutments 20 of a lifting-mechanism.
Patent GB-698069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pressure sensitive electrical apparatus
IPC: G05D1/06
Filed: 1948-11-12
Abstract: 698,069. Automatic control systems. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL CO. Nov. 12, 1948 [Nov. 14, 1947], No. 4222/52. Divided out of 698,035. Drawings to Specification. Class 38 (iv). The subject-matter of this Specification is included in Specification 698,035 but the claims relate to apparatus, responsive to rate-ofchange of pressure of a fluid medium, in which a flexible casing having an orifice therein moves the armature of an electromagnet to control an electric current which energizes the electromagnet to bias the armature in opposition to movement by the casing. Specification 698,032 also is referred to.
Patent GB-199070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in treads for boots and shoes and means for the attachment thereof
IPC: A43B13/28
Filed: 1922-02-14
Abstract: 199,070. Mote, E. Feb. 14, 1922. Protectors, securing.- Attachable soles c, Fig. 2, and heels are formed with holes d, to receive a series of groove-headed screws b<1>, or spring clips k<2>, Fig. 7, on a plate k, attached to a permanent sole a. In the case of the screws the. attachable sole is retained by a continuous spring wire e, Fig. 1, engaging the grooves in the heads of all the screws. In case of unequal wear, heel parts i, Fig. 6, are made with curved inside edges so as to be reversible and fit the outside curve of the heel. The wire e may fit outside the screws or inside, and may be straight or curved. The springs clips k<2> are engaged by a single plate m, Fig. 9, attached to the removable sole or heel. It is also stated in the Provisional Specification that springs may be hinged to the screws or plate and engage opposite members like safety pins, and that a similar result by this means is also obtained by the use of an auxiliary plate on which the spring rests inside the treads, and the said auxiliaries may have suitable extensions, thereby lessening the spring. Also the spring or springs for holding the treads may engage in pockets or holes made in the soles or heels and with or without plates or screws across the treads and engaging in the pockets or recesses.
Patent GB-1094682-A (GB)
Title: An automatically closing valve for an air inlet pipe or an air outlet pipe of an air-raid shelter
IPC: F24F13/10
Filed: 1965-02-01
Abstract: 1,094,682. Ventilators. EWERS & MIESNER HARTGUSSWERK und MASCHINEN FABRIK G.m.b.H. Feb. 1, 1965 [Jan. 31, 1964; July 11, 1964; Dec. 17, 1964], No. 4374/65. Addition to 1,022,058. Heading F4V. A ventilator for air inlet or outlet pipes to air-raid shelters and adapted to automatically close the pipe under the influence of shock waves comprises a stub pipe arranged to introduce the wave into a valve closure cup whose axial length is less than its diameter and which acts as, or operates on, a valve member to close the pipe. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the cup 9 is held in its normal position by springs 66 and co-operates with a wall 8 to provide a long normal air flow path through the ventilator. The free end of the stub pipe 2 and the ventilator outlet are provided with strengthening webs 4 and 12. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the cup 9 seats against a wall 74 and operates a plane valve member 70 through a rod 62. The cup may be arcuate or part arcuate in axial section, Figs. 12 and 3 (not shown), or may be of closed ended cylindrical form, Fig. 8 (not shown). A plurality of stub pipes and associated closure members may be arranged in one ventilator, Figs. 4-6 (not shown). Alternative forms of spring loading and preferred relative dimensions are disclosed.
Patent GB-104245-A (GB)
Title: Tumbling Machines and Electroplating Barrels.
Inventor: SCHULTE LOUIS
IPC: C25D17/20
Filed: 1916-03-25
Abstract: 104,245. Schulte, L. March 25, 1916. Rumbles and tumbling-barrels.-In the curved wall of a tumbling barrel is provided an opening 37, over which can be fitted a receptacle 35 shaped, for instance as shown, so that during revolution of the barrel, preferably in the normal direction, the whole or a part of the work enters the receptacle and can be removed therewith. Perforations 38 may be made in two sides of the receptacle to drain off liquid. The receptacle, which may be provided with a handle 39, is held by prongs 36 passing within the barrel at one side of the opening 37, and by a catch 34 at the opposite side of the opening. Normally, the opening 37 is closed by a curved plate, Fig. 3, similarly secured. On the flat ends of the barrel are external annular flanges 21, each supported internally by two rollers 6 mounted on arms on plates 4 attached to the opposite edges of a tank 3 containing the barrel, which can thus be two-thirds submerged. One of the flanges is toothed externally to gear with a pinion on a shaft provided with a handoperated clutch for coupling a belt-driven pulley to the shaft. The shaft and clutch lever are carried by a frame on one of the plates 4. An arm on the same plate bears a pawl for stopping the barrel when required.
Patent GB-621303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in gas blanketed arc welding torch
IPC: B23K9/29
Filed: 1947-02-15
Abstract: 621,303. Fusible cut-outs. LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. Feb. 15, 1947, No. 4442. Convention date, March 8, 1946. Drawings to Specification. [Class 38 (i)] [Also in Groups XI and XXII] In a liquid-cooled gas-blanketed arc welding torch (see Group XI or Group XXII) the liquid is returned from the head of the torch over an underrated thermally responsive fuse through which the current for the arc flows, the rupture of the fuse being prevented by the cooling action of the fluid. Either a failure in the cooling system or an excess current will thus cause the fuse to rupture.
Patent GB-333140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in glass rolling trains
IPC: C03B13/04
Filed: 1930-02-10
Abstract: 333,140. Brancart, Y. Feb. 14, 1929, [Convention date]. Rolling.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which the glass is rolled by stationary rollers, and the sheets so formed are received on a table moving beneath the rollers. According to the invention, the sheet-forming and stretching rolls, as well as their driving and cooling devices, are mounted on a frame which can be rocked about an horizontal axis in order to vary the slope of the path followed by the sheet between the upper and lower rolls. In the construction shown, the side members 1 of the frame of the rolling apparatus are formed with curved shoes 5 which rest on curved guides 6. By moving the frame on the guides, the rolling apparatus can be tilted to any desired inclination.
Patent GB-364388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to clamping devices
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1931-02-13
Abstract: 364,388. Clamp fastenings; hinges. BARNES, E., Newton Works, Eyre Street, Sheffield. Feb. 13, 1931, No. 4519. [Classes 44 and 65 (ii).] A clamp has two gripping members and pressure is applied by a cam journalled on adjustable supports while a spring tends to move the members apart. The clamp shown on the right of Fig. 2, supports a rod 10 on the pillar 11. The gripping members 12, 13 have rounded or V-shaped jaws which are held apart by springs 17 arranged over studs 15 projecting from the member 12. The studs carry screws 16 projecting through the member 13, and the supports 23 which carry the operating cam 20 are held on the screws by nuts 24. The position of the supports 23 is determined by distance pieces 25. A stud 27 projects from the gripping member 12 and carries a nut 28 to apply pressure to a member 26 for the purpose of clamping the rod 10. Springs 30 tend to keep the gripping members apart. The end of the rod 10 carries a screw clamp which supports an article 35 so that it can be adjusted in any desired position with regard to the pillar 11. The rod 10 carries a gripping member faced with fibre in cup-shaped member 41 and this engages a fibre disc in a cup 39 on the member 36. The engaging members are held in the desired angular relation by a clamping screw 43, and a spring tends to keep them apart. A similar clamp held by the screw 48 permits direct angular movement of the article 35.
Patent GB-906142-A (GB)
Title: Light sensitive materials and photographic plate production
Inventor: SCHWERIN ANDRE KURT
IPC: G03F7/031
Filed: 1960-02-10
Abstract: 906,142. Light-sensitive photographic materials. GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION. Feb. 10, 1960 [Feb. 13, 1959], No. 4774/60. Class 98 (2). A base is coated with a colloidal carrier containing a vinyl monomer and an alkali metal salt of an anthraquinone sulphonic acid as photopolymerization catalyst. A cross-linking agent may be present as well. Printing plates may be made therefrom by exposure under a pattern and development by washing away unpolymerized areas, or the latter may be transferred by contact with a receiving sheet and there hardened by exposure. In Example I, an aluminium sheet is provided with a coating comprising gelatin, acrylamide, 2,7-anthraquinone-disulphonic acid sodium salt, N,N<SP>1</SP>- methylene-bis-acrylamide as the catalyst and saponin, exposed under a negative and washed with warm water to leave a water receptive " resist " which may be dyed. In Example II, a PVM/MA subbed paper base is similarly coated but with use of calcium acrylate, the 1,8-anthraquinone acid salt and N-methacrylamide; exposed under a line positive, washed and dyed similarly. Numerous other vinyl monomers, anthraquinone sulphonic acid salts and catalysts are quoted. Specifications 858,037 'and 906,141 are referred to.
Patent GB-694158-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the treatment of fabric
IPC: D06B3/12
Filed: 1952-02-25
Abstract: <PICT:0694158/IV (c)/1> In a machine employing two sets of rollers, one above the other, with the textile passing zig-zag between them, the upper driven rollers 4, 5 have conical surfaces while the lower rollers are free to rotate.  The strip of textile passes from roller 7 round lower and upper rollers, Fig. 1 (not shown), and leaves the machine via compression rollers 8.  The strip, initially passing half-way down the conical surface 4 tends to pass further down if shrinkage occurs or up if stretching occurs.  Guide rods 11 allow the tension to be varied in two strips and may be adjusted by device 12 and at points 13, 14.  More than two sets of conical surfaces may be used and the speed of the feeding roller 7 may be adjusted relative to the speed of the upper rollers 4, 5.  The apparatus may be employed for treating textile in a gas or vapour medium.
Patent GB-266898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to luggage carriers for motor vehicles
IPC: B60R9/06
Filed: 1926-02-20
Abstract: 266,898. Auster, L. W., and Davies, A. H. Feb. 20, 1926. Luggage racks. - A foldable luggage-grid or carrier for a motor-vehicle has pivotally connected thereto a number-plate provided with means whereby the plate is automatically turned relatively to the carrier into a substantially vertical display position either when the carrier is being extended for use or being folded up into an inoperative position. In the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the carrier is formed of two frames 1, 2, of which the outer frame 1 is adapted to fold on to the inner frame 2 before the whole is swung into an out-of-use position, Fig. 5, against the back of the vehicle body, and the number plate 15 is arranged to be actuated, through the medium of bars 12 sliding through eyes 13, by movement of the guard-rail 6 of the carrier into or out of its operative position. The eyes 13 are arranged in brackets 14 on the inner frame 2, while the bars 12 are pivoted at their forward ends to a transverse bar 10 extending between extensions 9 of the guard-rail, and at their rear ends carry the number-plate which is fitted with angle-irons 17 pivoted at 20 to links 21 hinged to a frame 2. When the guard-rail 6 is folded down on to the carrier, the plate 15 turns to an horizontal position beneath the carrier, and is moved with the carrier to the final vertical position shown in Fig. 5. A modified arrangement in which the plate is actuated by movement of the guard-rail is shown in Fig. 6, in which links 21 are pivoted at their forward ends to the transverse rod 10 and at their rear ends to hinged brackets 18 carrying the number-plate. Further arrangements of linkages are described by which the number plate is controlled by the folding of the outer part of a two-part carrier upon the inner frame, or by the movement to the vertical or folded position of a carrier formed of a single frame only.
Patent GB-179333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in valve apparatus for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02B75/26
Filed: 1921-02-11
Abstract: 179,333. Almen, J. O. Feb. 11, 1921. Values. - In an engine having the cylinders arranged around and parallel to the crank shaft, and rotary valves at the heads of the cylinders, the valves are maintained at an operating temperature by mounting them within a surrounding manifold through which fresh fuel charges are delivered to the engine. Fig. 1 shows an engine having two sets of seven cylinders 3 arranged around the crank shaft 8, valves 25 being arranged one at each end of the engine and formed with inlet passages 38. and exhaust ports 39. The inlet passages are continuously open at the periphery of the valve to the chamber in which the valve rotates, this chamber being fitted with a fixed ring 40 forming an annular inlet manifold 41 serving to cool the valve. Equally spaced ports 43 are formed in the ring 40. The inlet passages 38 are shaped as shown in Fig. 4 and open at their inner ends on the face of the valve so as to communicate with cylinder ports 21. The exhaust ports 39 are provided with baffles 44<1> to prevent pocketing of the discharge gases, and communicate with a series of ports 23. The valves are fitted with packing-plates 35 provided with ports in register with the cylinder ports. Three spark-plugs 50, Fig. 4, are provided in the valve and operate in the manner described in Specification 180,278. Valve-gear.-The valves 25 are bolted to pinions 28 which are mounted on eccentric journals 30 on the crank shaft and gear with internally toothed gears 31 fixed to cylinder casings. The gears 28, 31 are such that the valves are rotated at one-sixth speed of crank shaft and in the opposite direction, as well as receiving a wobbling motion due to their eccentric mounting.
Patent GB-220666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fire-proof doors, partitions, shutters and the like
IPC: E06B3/70
Filed: 1923-02-21
Abstract: 220,666. Buckley, E. W., Taylor, A., and leather &. Platt, Ltd. Feb. 21, 1923. Walls; partitions. -The cores of fireproof doors, partitions, shutters, &c., are formed of metal plates a crossing each other and forming a cellular structure which may be filled with heat-insulating material. The crossing strips are preferably joined by halving. The core is covered by metal or asbestos sheets d, or both, and joined by riveting &c. at the edge to a frame c. The edges of the plates a may be flanged alternately at j to support the sheets and an internal channelpiece m may be provided to support the sheets at the edges. In a modification, a sheet of asbestos is placed between two cellular cores. The outer sheets may be embossed to provide panels &c.
Patent GB-202589-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved method of and means for mounting diamonds and other white stones in articles of jewellery
IPC: A44C17/02
Filed: 1923-02-21
Abstract: 202,589. Griffith & Sons (Birming- ham), Ltd., W., and Wiltshire, E. Feb. 21, 1923. Mounting and setting gems and the like.-One or more diamonds or other white stones b are mounted in a faceted surround a of platinum, palladium, white gold alloy, or similar substance, resembling in colour the stones to be mounted, to give the enhanced appearance of a stone of increased size.
Patent GB-690407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to purifier machines for cereal products
IPC: A01F12/44
Filed: 1951-03-02
Abstract: To facilitate inspection of a purifier machine for cereal products in which an air current is drawn upwards through a sieve over which the stock is fed, the purified stock passing through the sieve and light impurities being lifted up and deposited on trays above the sieve, a parallel beam of light is projected longitudinally and horizontally just above the trays at right angles to the line of observation.  The space above the trays is enclosed by a hood divided into compartments by partitions which are transparent or cut away to allow the beam to pass.
Patent GB-452291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to floor and ceiling constructions
IPC: E04B5/10
Filed: 1935-02-19
Abstract: 452,291. Floors &c. GRIESEL, H., 8, Heilbronner Strasse, Berlin. Feb. 19, 1935, No. 5342. Addition to 380,601. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Aug. 20, 1935.] [Class 20 (iv)] A floor and ceiling construction according to the parent Specification is modified by slotting the abutment blocks 3 at their lower ends to receive strips 2 which rest on the joist-flanges and which carry the ceiling plates. The floor blocks 5 have oblique surfaces engaging similar surfaces 6 on the abutment blocks 3. The strips 2, Fig. 4a, are reinforced by bars 2<1> and carry wires 8 on which a ceiling lining 9 is threaded and secured by turning over the ends of the wire loops, the turned-over ends forming keying members for the plaster ceiling 10. Distance pieces 11, Fig. 4c, and service conduits 12 may be interposed between the ceiling 10 and the under layer 9. The loops may be formed as strips with pointed ends 88, Fig. 4d, to pierce the lining 9, which is secured by wedges inserted in apertures 7a in the strips, the pointed ends of the loop then being turned over to secure the wedge. The blocks 5 have longitudinal reinforcements 24 which project beyond the blocks and are tied end to end and also laterally. The abutment blocks may be of various widths so that blocks 5 may be used between joists having various spacings. The abutment blocks may have one or more recesses to engage either or both of the flanges of the joists and may have grooves and projections to interlock side by side. The oblique faces may be serrated. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 described, further, a construction in which the ceiling plates were carried on the under surface of trough-shaped floor-carrying blocks supported by abutment blocks on the joists, the troughs in the floor-carrying blocks being filled with sand &c. on which the floor was laid. In a further construction loadcarrying blocks with longitudinal reinforcement were adapted to be carried by abutment blocks on the joists, the longitudinal reinforcements being coupled end to end, and this construction was adapted to be erected beneath an existing floor. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.