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Patent GB-963154-A (GB)
Title: A transporter assembly
IPC: B61B1/00
Filed: 1960-12-21
Abstract: 963,154. Conveyer systems. TRANSPORTKONSULTA.B. Dec. 21, 1960 [Dec. 22, 1959], No. 43928/60. Heading B7L. [Also in Division E1] In a transporter assembly in which wheeled vehicles run on at least a pair of spaced parallel tracks the wheels are rotatable about an axis arranged perpendicular to the supporting surface and the wheels engage the track supporting surface at points eccentric of the rotational axis. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a vehicle 1 is suspended below the lower downwardly inclined flange 6 of channelshaped spaced apart rails 7 by wheels 3 having a concave running surface 5 and rotatable about vertical disposed axles 2. The vehicle 1 can be moved on tracks 10 until the wheels 3 reach the position shown in Fig. 2 from which position the vehicle is moved sideways along tracks 11, 12 in the direction of the arrow until it reaches the end of the tracks 11, 12 where it is then moved rearwards. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), the vehicle is supported above the flanges of L-shaped rails by wheels of a similar configuration to those shown in Fig. 1. In a further embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the vehicle is supported above tubular tracks 20 by concave wheels 21 rotatable about vertical axes 22. In the switching arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the vehicle is moved along tracks 25, 26 until it reaches a position in which the vehicle wheels can move along rails 31, 32 and 33, 34. When the vehicle reaches the above position two of the four vehicle wheels bear, respectively, on track sections 27, 28 rotatable about pivot pins 29, 30 and such track sections 27, 28 are pivoted through 90 degrees by hydraulic jacks 35, 36 to the position shown in Fig. 7, thus enabling the vehicle to move along the tracks 31, 32 and 33, 34 arranged at right angles to the tracks 25, 26. In this arrangement the distance between the centre of the vertical axis 22 and the running contact of the wheel 21 with the rail 20, Fig. 4, is the same as the distance between the pivots 29, 30 and the running contact of the 27, 28 with the wheels 21.
Patent GB-969795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to piezoelectric gauges
IPC: G01L23/10
Filed: 1961-12-11
Abstract: 969,795. Piezo-electric transducers. H. LIST. Dec. 11, 1961 [Jan. 2, 1961], No. 44179/61. Heading G1N. The annular gap 9 between the casing 1 of a piezo-electric gauge and a member 5 which transmits pressure to two crystals, 3, 4 is closed by an annular flexible membrane 10 having a section in the area of the gap which is in the shape of a torus bounded by two parallel sides. The output signal from the crystals 3, 4 when subjected to pressure, e.g. from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine is obtained by electrodes 6, 7 via a lead 8 and the casing 1. The transducer is cooled by the flow of coolant around the gap 9 admitted and discharged through-ducts 11. Coaxial rings 13, 14 pressed or shrunk on to a sleeve 12 and the member 5, clamp the membrane 10 against elastic gaskets 15, 16 located in grooves 17,18 recessed in the sleeve 12 and the member 5. The membrane 10 is arched over the entire annular gap 9, the arch centre of curvature being approximately in the plane of the points of contact between the membrane and the sleeve 12 and member 5. The walls of the membrane 10 in the region of the sleeve 12 and member 5 are parallel and thicker than at its arched portion and the edges 21, 22 rest on those of the sleeve 12 and member 5 which are rounded, the peripheral edges 23, 24 of the rings 13, 14 being sharp. Alternatively the membrane 10 may be welded to or produced integrally with the rings 13, 14.
Patent GB-1458690-A (GB)
Title: Nuclear reactor internals arrangement
IPC: G21C19/02
Filed: 1974-10-14
Abstract: 1458690 Nuclear reactors WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP 14 Oct 1974 [15 Oct 1973] 44352/74 Heading G6C A nuclear reactor comprises : a reactor vessel 41; a removable closure head 42; a core 10 containing nuclear fuel elements 11; a plurality of control rods 45 carried by the closure head for movement into and out of the core; and a cylindrical member 16 which is connected to the closure head and extends beyond the lower ends of the retracted control rods to protect the rods from damage upon removal of the head and to support the head when set down during refueling of the reactor. The control rods are contained in pipes 15. Various pins are provided for correctly aligning the closure head when it is re-connected to the reactor vessel.
Patent GB-965444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic pump device and method for the construction of said pump device
IPC: F04B19/12
Filed: 1960-12-29
Abstract: 965,444. Screw pumps. G. NEIDL. Dec. 29, 1960 [Jan. 13, 1960; Jan. 22, 1960; Feb. 19, 1960], No. 44574/60. Heading F1C. An Archimedean screw pump comprises a rotor arranged, with play, within a trough which is provided within a vessel having an inlet, liquid drawn into the lower part of the trough being conveyed out of the upper part thereof and delivered into a discharge channel. In the pump shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a worm rotor 7 operates within a concrete trough 5 disposed on the sloping side 2 of a concrete vessel 1. Before the material of the concrete trough 5 has set, a semi-cylindrical shell 6, formed by cutting in half a commercially available pipe of concrete, steel, plastics or other material, is embedded into the trough 5. Alternatively, the shell 6 may be supported in place by wedges before casting concrete around it to form the trough 5. If the rotor 7 is so long that deflection occurs, the deflection may be allowed for by applying a finishing coat 8 of plaster, the rotor being rotated to convey the plaster upwardly in the shell 6 and spread it over the inner periphery of the shell. A cover plate 67 may be provided to catch splashes of plaster. The threads of the rotor may be cast from, say, light metal, in portions each comprising, say, a quarter or half turn, the portions being welded to each other and to the hollow supporting tube, which may also be of light metal.
Patent GB-1385869-A (GB)
Title: Safety device actuating arrangement
IPC: B60R21/16
Filed: 1973-09-24
Abstract: 1385869 Crash restraint bags NISSAN MOTOR CO Ltd 24 Sept 1973 [26 Sept 1972] 44600/73 Heading B7B The inadvertent actuation of a crash restraint bag in a motor vehicle is inhibited by a normally closed mechanical detecting switch 33 in parallel with at least one actuator 12 1 , 12 2 , 12 3  and in series with a normally open deceleration detecting switch 11. In operation, switch 11 closes upon detecting a deceleration above a predetermined magnitude, but as switch 33 does not open the actuators 12 &c. are not operated, thereby erroneous operation is prevented. However, when the vehicle collides with an obstruction, the switch 33 opens, so that a voltage is applied across the actuators 12, etc. The switch 33 may be bumper mounted and comprise a casing 40, Fig. 4, which receives an outwardly urged rod 42 connected to a line 34. Inward movement of the rod 42 disconnects line 34 from a line 35.
Patent GB-1447460-A (GB)
Title: Non-toxic non-corrosive odourless gas generating composition
IPC: C06B35/00
Filed: 1974-10-16
Abstract: 1447460 Gas generating compositions THIOKOL CORP 16 Oct 1974 44905/74 Heading C1D A gas generating composition comprises sodium azide, lithium azide, or potassium azide and anhydrous chromic chloride in a ratio of 2À8 to 3À2 moles of the azide to 0À8-1À2 moles of the chromic chloride. From 5-15% by weight of aluminium oxide may be present as a coolant. The composition may be used for the inflation of protective crash bags for vehicle passengers. On combustion, low-temperature non-toxic nitrogen is generated at a rapid rate and the solid residue is non-corrosive.
Patent GB-1005066-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of polychlorobenzonitriles
Inventor: FALBE JURGEN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1961-12-14
Abstract: Polychlorobenzonitriles are made, preferably in the vapour phase, by reacting at an elevated temperature a polychlorobenzyl or a polychlorobenzal chloride, or mixtures thereof, in particular 2, 3, 6-trichloro benzyl and/or benzal chlorides, dichloro, especially 2,6-dichloro benzyl and/or benzal chlorides, with ammonia and oxygen in the presence of an adsorptive material of surface area 0.01 to 2.00 sq. metres/gm., e.g. coke, boiling stones or boiling chips, preferably above 180 DEG  C. 2,6-Dichlorobenzyl and benzal chlorides are made preferably by chlorinating p-toluene sulphonyl chloride in the presence of a nuclear chlorination catalyst, hydrolysing, and splitting the sulphonic acid group by heating in an acid medium, and side chain chlorinating the 2,6-dichlorotoluene, of which details are included in the examples, which describe the syntheses of 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, 2,3,6-trichlorobenzonitrile, and 2,5-dichlorobenzonitrile, for the last of which the starting material is obtained by high temperature photochlorination of 2,5-dichlorotoluene. Specification 953,554 and Belgian Specification 590,257 are referred to.  Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 947,167 and 947,864.
Patent GB-1445681-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connectors
IPC: H01T13/05
Filed: 1972-09-29
Abstract: 1445681 Connector SMITHS INDUSTRIES Ltd 7 Dec 1973 [29 Sept 1972] 45006/72 Heading H2E To couple an insulated cable to a sparking plug via a suppressor 13, elastomeric connector body 10 carries contacts 16, 17 urged towards caps 14, 15 of suppressor by body ridges 18, 19 slightly forced apart by contacts and suppressor. Contact 17, with castellated flared end and longitudinal slot engaging respectively inward castellations and longitudinal rib 26 in body, accepts the sheath of an insulated cable end, with conductor engaged by tags 24. Teeth 25 pointing towards suppressor 13 and twisted into arcs of helices of the same sense retain cable sheath when it is screwed into contact 17. Body extension 28 provides a seal and cable guide. At the other end contact 16 receives a sparking plug terminal, while the body extension seals round or beyond the convoluted part of the plug insulator.
Patent GB-1194652-A (GB)
Title: Heat Treatment Furnace
Inventor: BIELEFELDT IRVIN PAUL
IPC: C21D1/74
Filed: 1968-09-23
Abstract: 1,194,652. Interconnected door operating mechanisms. ALCO STANDARD CORP. 23 Sept., 1968. 'No. 45120/68. Heading E2M. [Also in Divisions F3 and F4] A heat treatment furnace of the type disclosed in Specification 1,128,769, having an inner heat insulating door and a co-operating outer vacuum sealing door, closing its charging aperture is modified so that the inner door starts to open a little after the outer door has started to do .so, whereby the sealing gasket 26 around the periphery of the outer door is always shielded from the direct furnace heat. Movement of 'the outer door 25 is derived from an "hydraulic actuator (not shown) and transmitted through, .rod 33. This 'rod is attached to rectangular 'frame 35 which runs in vertical side channels 39 and is itself attached to door 25 through pivotable parallel linkages 40. Door 25 from its open position is closed and sealed against furnace walls 19 around aperture 21 by downward vertical .movement of rod 33, frame 35 and door 25 until the bottom edge of door 25 abuts stops 45 secured below aperture 21. Further downward movement of rod 33 and frame 35 then causes linkages 40 to pivot clockwise about pins 41, and in the manner of a toggle to press door 25 and its gasket 26 against the walls 19. Opening of the door 25 effected in the reverse sequence. The inner insulating door 24 is secured to door 25 through U-shaped lost motion connecting members, the short limbs 47 of which are secured by screws 49 to door 24, and the longer limbs of which are .attached to door 25 by screws 51 which pass 'through elongated upright slots 52 in the longer limbs. When in response to initial upward movement of rod 33, door 25 is drawn horizontally away from aperture 21, door 24 is therefore likewise drawn away from the aperture 22 which it covers. The initial upward movement of door 25 however 'leaves door 24 unaffected since the screws 51 secured to the door 25 merely slide 'upwardly in the .grooves 52 of the U- shaped members. After a predetermined .upward movement of door 25 however, screws 51 abut the top edges of the grooves 52, so that the U- shaped 'members and door 24 are then lifted with door 25 to (he open positions uncovering apertures 21 and 22. Both doors 24 and 25 will move downwardly together on initiation of the closing operation, until the lower .parts 48 of the U-shaped members abut the bottom edges of aperture 21, when they and the inner door 24 will stop .moving, the screws 51 'sliding downwardly in the grooves 52 as outer door 25 completes its downwards movement. Both doors then move in unison horizontally to press against the edges of their respective apertures 21 and 22.
Patent GB-1202427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to magnetic devices for control of type or character selecting elements in printing mechanisms of calculating and accounting machines
IPC: B41J7/48
Filed: 1967-10-04
Abstract: 1,202,427. Selective printing. TRIUMPHWERKE NURNBERG A.G. 4 Oct., 1967 [5 Oct., 1966], No. 45268/67. Heading B6F. [Also in Division H1] In an electromagnetic device for operating a printing mechanism, a permanent magnet 1 is provided with yoke plates 2 and 3 having an air gap 6. On energization of coil 7 a flux is induced in one of the yoke plates which together with the flux from magnet 1 moves armature 8 to the right. The armature has a fork 17 which engages a non-magnetic thrust rod 12 and acts upon the saw-toothed segment 15. When the device is used in a printing mechanism for a calculating machine the bar 16 raises the segment which is then allowed to drop until it reaches a position corresponding to a specific value whereupon the coil is energized and the rod 12 engages the segment. The armature is arranged so that when the rod 12 is deflected by the rising segment beyond its central position, it is drawn to the left by the magnet 1. It is possible to return the armature by opposite energization of the coil. A multiplicity of the devices can be assembled in staggered rows (Fig. 2, not shown).
Patent GB-969796-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for heating fluids and tubes for disposal therein
IPC: C10G9/20
Filed: 1961-12-19
Abstract: <PICT:0969796/C4-C5/1> <PICT:0969796/C4-C5/2> A furnace for steam cracking hydrocarbons comprises tubes heated by radiant heat and which are of uniform cross-section having rounded channels on the inner surface parallel to or at not more than 45 degrees to the longitudinal axis.  The tubes may have internal ridges corresponding with the channels and a smooth circular outer surface (Fig. 4) or an undulating surface corresponding with the inner surface (Fig. 5). There may be 2-50 channels, preferably a number 2-8 times the outside diameter in inches, and the height of the convexities is preferably 25-200% of the wall thickness thereby providing 5-100% more internal surface area than a cylindrical tube having the same external diameter and average wall thickness.  A typical tube would have an average wall thickness T of 0.5 inch for a tube of external diameter 4.75 inches, the maximum thickness MT being 0.625 and the minimum mt 0.375 inch with 16 grooves.
Patent GB-1138080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to superconductive devices
Inventor: BALDWIN JOHN PATRICK
IPC: G11C11/44
Filed: 1966-10-12
Abstract: 1,138,080. Superconductive circuits. MULLARD Ltd. 13 Dec., 1967 [12 Oct., 1966], No. 45542/66. Heading H3B. [Also in Division H1] A superconductor device for storing persistent currents comprises input and output conductors joined by a loop containing a Josephson junction which can be switched from the superconductive state to the normal state by a current flowing in a control conductor, the loop comprising two superimposed strips of superconductor material separated by insulating material, an end of one of the strips being connected to the other strip through the Josephson junction. As shown, Fig. 1, a superconductive bridge 2 forms two Josephson junctions 3, 6 with a superconductive strip 5 which joins input and output conductors 1, 1. A control conductor 4 passes over one of the junctions 3 at right angles to the strips 2 and 5 so that when a control current flows in conductor 4 junction 3 switches from the superconducting state (tunnelling with no voltage drop) to the normal state (quasiparticle tunnelling) and develops an initial voltage of 2D/e where 2D is the band gap of the superconductor material and e is the electronic charge. Information is stored by passing a writing current through the device between the input and output conductors 1, 1, energizing control conductor 4 to drive junction 3 normal so that all the writing current passes through strip 5, removing the control current to return junction 3 to the superconductive state, and removing the writing current so that a circulating current is set up in the loop due to the trapped flux. The device is read by driving junction 3 normal whereupon a voltage is developed across the junction with a polarity dependent on the direction of the stored current. The device may be produced by depositing a niobium ground plane (8) on a substrate (7), oxidizing the surface to form an insulating layer (9), vapour depositing a strip (10) of niobium through a mask to form the input and output conductors together with their connecting strip, oxidizing the surface and etching or otherwise reducing the thickness of the oxide layer to about 10 Angstroms where the Josephson junctions (12, 13) are to be formed, depositing a strip (14) of niobium to form the bridge between the junctions, building up the oxide, depositing niobium strips (16, 17) at right angles to the other strips (10 and 14) and above each of the junctions (12, 13) to form control conductors, and covering the control conductors with an insulating layer (18), Fig. 3 (not shown). Only one Josephson junction and its associated control conductor are utilized during operation of the device. The bridge between the junctions may be of lead instead of niobium as it is difficult to maintain thin niobium oxide layers during deposition of niobium. A plurality of devices may be produced on a substrate to form a computer storage matrix.
Patent GB-1091674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to agricultural and horticultural appliances
IPC: A01C3/06
Filed: 1963-11-19
Abstract: 1,091,674. Manure spreaders. W. T. TEAGLE. Feb. 19, 1965 [Nov. 19, 1963], No. 45617/63. Heading A1D. A manure spreader comprises a container 1 mounted on an L-shaped frame 4-7 adapted for attachment to a tractor lift linkage, and a rotary spreader 23 journalled in a frame 13 detachably secured to the container and supporting a shaft 19 adapted to be connected to the tractor power shaft. The rotor 23 is belt-driven from shaft 19 and comprises flails mounted on a shaft which drives a shaft 30 carrying a cam 31 co-operating with a follower 32 rotatably mounted on a lever 33 pivoted at 34 on an end plate 25. The lever 33 carries a pawl 35 which engages a ratchet wheel 36 to the hub of which are attached cables 37 secured to a movable wall 3 of the container, the arrangement being such that as the spreader is rotated the ratchet wheel 36 is rotated intermittently to wind in the cables and move the wall 3 in a direction to empty the container.
Patent GB-1434945-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring of the continuous production of a product
IPC: G07C3/14
Filed: 1973-03-28
Abstract: 1434945 Recording apparatus B ZUMBACH [trading as ZUMBACH ELECTRONICAUTOMATIC] 28 March 1973 [10 April 1972] 45732/75 Heading G1J The subject matter of this specification is substantially the same as that described in Specification 1434944 with reference to Figs. 1- 9 thereof, but the claims relate to a method of, and apparatus for monitoring the continuous production of a product such as insulated wire. A stylus is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of advance of a record tape or sheet by a number of steps equal to the number of defects detected on the product during a recording period, so that a record is obtained the total length of which in the transverse direction corresponds to the number of defects, a detecting member (a test pulley) being continuously moved by the product passing a fault detecting station, and a failure record being produced by the stylus whenever the detecting member is not moved, this failure record being different from any record obtained by recording of defects. The failure record is obtained by advancing the stylus the same limited number of steps during each recording period.
Patent GB-1404778-A (GB)
Title: Television supports
IPC: A47B81/06
Filed: 1972-10-05
Abstract: 1404778 Television supports A G BROOMAN 4 Oct 1973 [5 Oct 1972] 45865/72 Heading A4H A support for a television receiver comprises a support platform 1, on which a television receiver can stand, and a framework 3 carried by the support platform, which framework includes means for mounting a curtain or curtains so as to be drawable around at least the sides and front of a television receiver when in position on the support platform. The framework 3 includes a curtain rail 6 with draw cords carried over rollers 13 for controlling the curtains, which may be of glass fibre, and a pelmet 7 at the front and possibly also at the sides. A rear fluorescent light 9 is fed by a cable 10, a front translucent diffuser 12 being provided. The framework 3 also mounts a translucent or transparent decorative glass sheet 11, or a member with a window opening.
Patent GB-969544-A (GB)
Title: A process for preparing sulpholane and homologues thereof
IPC: C07D333/48
Filed: 1961-12-21
Abstract: Sulpholane and alkyl homologues thereof are prepared by adding sulphur dioxide to a 1,3-diolefine, treating the product with hydrogen peroxide or other peroxy compound from which hydrogen peroxide is liberated under the reaction conditions, neutralizing the product to a pH of at least 5 before, concurrently with or preferably after this treatment, and finally hydrogenating the product. Specification 969,545 is referred to.