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Patent GB-134326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Peat Fuel from Damp Peat as Dug from the Bog Strata.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
IPC: C10F5/00
Filed: 1918-10-31
Abstract: 134,326. Davidson, S. C. Oct. 31, 1918. Composition fuel. - Damp raw peat, as taken from the bog, is intimately ground and mixed with a coagulating-agent consisting of about 60 per cent by weight of pitch and 40 per cent of slaked lime, with or without a small quantity of other substances, such as powdered coke or coal. The mixing is continued until the peat-mass is distinctly alkaline, homogeneous, and somewhat like putty in consistency. By the action of the coagulating-agent, the gelatinous and other constituents of the peat are coagulated. The peatmass, after standing some time if necessary, is moulded under pressure in suitable moulds, whence the water issues from the peat-mass as a nearly colourless liquid.
Patent GB-137761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in direct acting steam pumps
IPC: F01L25/06
Filed: 1919-07-17
Abstract: 137,761. Pickstone, H. July 17, 1919. Cylinders for direct-acting steam pumps are made double the usual length to accommodate a double-headed piston which divides the cylinder into two end working spaces and a central space through which the steam exhausts from the passage o to the outlet o<1>. Steam is supplied to the steam-chest by a passage m.
Patent GB-631496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for applying surface decorations
IPC: B05C9/02
Filed: 1947-07-07
Abstract: 631,496. Printing-machines. BRITISH HARTFORD-FAIRMONT SYNDICATE, Ltd. July 7, 1947, No. 17940. Convention date, July 5, 1946. [Class 100 (ii)] A screen device for printing bottles &c. on more than one side is described for printing one face of four bottles at each intermittent rotation of a carrier 17, the bottles being rotated 90 degrees at each :movement of the carrier, 17, Fig. 3, which rotates about a vertical shaft 16. The bottles B are held between a lower chuck 19, rotatable upon a spindle 50, and an upper chuck 20 which is yieldably mounted and is automatically raised when the printed bottle returns to the loading and unloading position 1, Fig. 4, the printing positions 2, 3, 4, 5 being all arranged at 72 degrees apart. The bottles are also held by a forked device 67. The carrier 17 is rotated by an oscillating lever arm 32, Fig. 2, which is oscillated by a pneumatic motor C, Fig. 2, a pin 33 on the arm 32 engaging a tube 34 on the carrier. The carrier is held in printing position by a pin 38 carried by the piston rod 35 of a motor C3. At each intermittent movement of the carrier 17 the bottles are rotated a quarter of a revolution by gears 52, which engage a fixed segmental gear 53. During the final movement from position 5 to position 1 the the position of the bottles is controlled by pins 58, 59 on the gears 52 and cams 56, 57, which are arranged so that the chucks do not rotate on their axes as they pass to position 1. The machine is controlled by pneumatic pressure devices arranged as shown in Fig. 13, in which a pressure line 200 supplies the source of power, and V" is a valve controlled by a pedal 201 for starting the operations. The piston rod 28 of motor C operates valves V, V<SP>6</SP>, and piston rod 35 controls valves V<SP>8</SP>, V<SP>9</SP>, and the driving-pin 33 controls valve V<SP>13</SP>. The movement of the chuck 20 is controlled by the piston rod 77 of a motor C<SP>4</SP>, a projection 78 on the rod engaging a slide 62 in which the holder is mounted against the action of a spring 72, Fig. 3. The rod 77 is normally held raised by a pivoted latch 83 which is tripped by a motor C<SP>5</SP>. Each screen printing device, Fig. 7, comprises a squeegee 26, a frame 24 and a screen 23. Each screen frame 24 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the bottle by a motor C<SP>2</SP>, and the scraper is given a traversing movement over the bottle surface by a motor C<SP>1</SP>. The squeegees are pivotally mounted and at its bottom position each squeegee receives ink from a reservoir 123. The squeegees are mounted in pivoted holders which can be held by catches 135 to hold the squeegees out of action. The squeegees are automatically rotated at the end of each movement so as to operate with their trailing edges. A safety device prevents operation of a motor C<SP>2</SP> when no bottle is in position to be printed by closing a safety valve C', Fig. 4 : one valve is arranged adjacent to each chuck.
Patent GB-186437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for applying drag or tension to or cleaning yarn, thread, cord, twine or the like being wound in winding, warping or other machines
IPC: B65H63/06
Filed: 1921-07-02
Abstract: 186,437. Holt, F. A., and Kershaw, G. July 2, 1921. Yarns, warping &c.-Relates to tension devices for yarn &c. for use in warping-machines &c. and of the kind in which discs are mounted to revolve round fixed pivots. A disc a, Fig. 1, revolves round a pivot b and is provided with an annual groove e co-operating with a rib d in the supporting-surface c. The lower surface c may also be in the form of a disc; the rib d may be on the disc a, or ribs may be provided on the surfaces of both the disc a and the surface c. The disc a, Fig. 9, is formed with a rib q surrounding the lower bearing-surface p. A hole r is provided for the escape of dirt, &c. The face t of the supporting-disc f, Fig. 11, is made protuberant or bulging, and the lower face u of the disc i is provided with a recess v. The lower face 2 of a downwardly-pressing disc z, Fig. 12, is provided with radial ribs 1.
Patent GB-1320441-A (GB)
Title: Drafting apparatus
IPC: B43L13/04
Filed: 1971-05-28
Abstract: 1320441 Drafting apparatus ALBERT NESTLER GmbH 28 May 1971 [11 June 1970] 18023/71 Heading G1X For a drafting machine having a table 10 which can be adjusted from a horizontal to an inclined position, a counter-balance assembly comprising a weight 50 movable along a bar 48 is provided for removable attachment to a drafting head carriage 22 and its guide bar 20 so that the drafting head 24 can be counter-balanced when the table is in its inclined position. The weight 50 may be varied in magnitude by attachable plates 70 and is connected by a cable 54 which is trained over pulleys 56, 58 to a member 60 which can be secured to the carriage 22. The bar 48 on which the weight 50 is movable is securable at its ends to the bar 20 to be parallel therewith and to a carriage 18 which supports the bar 20 and provides adjustment thereof along a further bar 16. Scales 26, 28 to facilitate the correct positioning of the drafting head 24 relative to the table 10 may be provided on the bars 16, 20. A foot controlled arrangement may be provided for adjusting the tilt of the table 10.
Patent GB-874005-A (GB)
Title: Soot blower construction
IPC: F28G3/16
Filed: 1960-05-23
Abstract: 874,005. Soot-blowers. DIAMOND POWER SPECIALTY CORPORATION. May 23, 1960 [June 3, 1959], No. 18077/60. Class 99(2). A soot blower construction includes an inner tube 25 connected at the rear end thereof to a valve 16, an outer tube 26 in concentric spaced relation with the tube 25, the tubes being sealed and secured together at their forward ends by, for example, a well 32 and a number of supporting elements 33 being disposed between the tubes to permit relative longitudinal movement therebetween, and a lance tube 12 surrounding the tube 26. A packing 44 carried by the tube 12 slidably engages the outer surface of the tube 26. As shown, the rotary lance tube 12 is supported within a wall box 17 adjacent a boiler wall 14 and by a trolley 18 on an I-beam track 19. The rear end of the tube 26 is provided with keys 35 which engage in keyways 34 of a ring 28 securing the tube 25 to a bracket 24. A gap 36 between the end of the tube 26 and the ring permits the circulation of air in the annular space 31 between the tubes 25, 26.
Patent GB-145748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in suction sweepers
IPC: A47L9/00
Filed: 1920-07-02
Abstract: 145,748. Kirby, J. B. April 12, 1919, [Convention date]. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-The fanshaft is operatively connected with the supporting wheels of the cleaner during the forward stroke of the cleaner by an energy-storing device which continues to have a driving effect upon the fan-shaft after the forward movement of the cleaner has ceased. As shown, the body 30, Fig. 4, carrying the shaft 33 upon which the supporting wheels are mounted, is secured to the lower wall of the fan chamber, and the fan-shaft 35 is threaded to engage with a worm-wheel 38 mounted loosely upon the shaft. The worm-wheel is actuated by a spring-motor consisting of a sleeve 44 freely mounted upon the shaft between the fixed sleeves 42, 43 and having an enlargement 45 which engages with a driving-cam 45 secured to the sleeve 43. A spring is secured at one end to the worm-wheel and at the other to a finger 50 on the enlargement of the sleeve 44. A cam 52 secured to the hub 48 of the worm-wheel is adapted to engage with the finger 50 if the spring breaks. In a modification, the part 45a, Fig. 10, of the sleeve 44a is formed with teeth which engage with a pawl 81 carried by the body 30, and the worm-wheel 38<a> is connected by a spring with a sleeve 83 freely mounted upon the shaft and engaging with the sleeve 44a. In a further modification, the supporting wheels 34a, Fig. 12, are freely mounted upon the shaft 33<a> and connected to it by spring 85. In this case, the worm-wheel 38<a> engages with a friction-clutch 46<a> secured on the fixed sleeve 43a. As shown in Fig. 1, the lip 7 of the nozzle-mouth extends rearwardly to form a dustpan 9 which communicates through an aperture 5 with the fan chamber to which the dust-bag is secured by clips 71. The arms 66 of the handle are pivoted to the fan chamber so that the cleaner can tilt rearwardly when raised by the handle The brush is operated through adjustable friction rollers 13, 24 mounted in the lower wall of the fan chamber, and engages with teeth 11 formed 'in the lip 7.
Patent GB-773572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to target electrodes for electron discharge devices
Inventor: MCGEE JAMES DWYER
IPC: H01J29/39
Filed: 1952-07-19
Abstract: 773,572. Television pick-up tubes. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. June 26, 1953 [July 19, 1952], No. 18294/52. Class 39(1). A method of making a storage target for a television pick-up tube comprises bonding e.g. fusing, together two glass sheets and a signal electrode arranged between them. One sheet is then reduced in thickness e.g. to less than 0À002 inch, by grinding to form the storage target, while the other sheet is robust so that the target can be readily handled. This sheet may also be subsequently reduced in thickness. The signal electrode may be formed by spraying one or both sheets with a hot solution of stannous chloride, or by applying a grid of conducting metal lines to one or both sheets. The sheets may be fused together over the whole area or over the marginal area only. In this latter case a weight 5, Fig. 2, in the form of a ring may be applied, during the fusing process, to the sheets 1, 2 over the marginal area where the signal electrode 3 does not extend. In Fig. 3, an arcuate sheet 2 bends, on heating, into contact with the other sheet 1. Lime-soda or borosilicate glass may be used for the sheets. An auxiliary signal electrode 8, Fig. 4, may be provided on the remote side of the target. Signal electrode 7 may be of high resistance, as a result of the fusing of the glass sheets 1, 2, which may lead to high thermal noise. The signal is taken off from auxiliary electrode 8 which is of low resistance and has a large capacity to electrode 7. The invention is described in connection with a C.P.S. pick-up tube in which a mosaic of photo-sensitive conducting elements are provided on the surface of the target electrode. In other types of tube the thin glass sheet itself may form the storage element.
Patent GB-1188363-A (GB)
Title: A method for Producing Condiments
IPC: A23L27/23
Filed: 1967-04-21
Abstract: 1,188,363. Flavours; condiments. TAKEDA YAKUHIN KOGYO K.K. 21 April, 1967 [22 April, 1966], No. 18389/67. Heading A2B. A method of producing a condiment or flavour composition wherein one component is smoothly coated with one or more other components, comprises (1) mixing a component to be coated with one or more coating components in the presence of solvent, the components being selected from a flavorous amino acid or water-soluble salt thereof, a flavorous 5<SP>1</SP>-nucleotide or water soluble thereof, and sodium chloride (2) contacting the resulting mixture with a hot moist gas under such conditions that a dynamic equilibrium is substantially maintained between the amount of solvent vapourised from the mixture and the amount of liquid condensed from the hot moist gas and (3) drying the treated mixture my heating e.g. with a hot gas. The coating may be applied in solution, suspension, or dry form to the dry or moistened material to be coated. The component to be coated, the coating components and the solvent may be mixed prior to entry into a column and/or at the top of a column, through which column hot gas introduced from the bottom of the column, is flowing such that steps (2) and (3) of the process are carried out in the middle and bottom portions of the column respectively. The component to be coated and coating components may be monosodium glutamate and aspartate, alanine, glycine, threonine and disodium salts of 5<SP>1</SP>-inosinic acid and 5<SP>1</SP>-guanylic acid. The solvent may be water, methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and acetone. The hot moist gas may be air, nitrogen or carbon dioxide moistened with water or other liquid.
Patent GB-116654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ring Spinning Apparatus.
Inventor: GIBSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1917-12-12
Abstract: 116,654. Gibson, W. Dec. 12, 1917. Spindle apparatus.-In apparatus for the wet or dry spinning &c. of flax or cotton &c. of the kind in which the yarn causes a loose ring d to roll eccentrically in an annular groove d' formed by or between a fixed ring f and the builder plate c, the ring f is extended upwards so that its inner surface f which may be plain, corrugated, or covered, acts as an antiballooning, anti-splash, and drag surface, and the upper edge f<4> is thin to cause the gummy or wet deposit from the yarn to pass down the outer sloped surface f<3>. Threading-slits f<5> and c<1> are provided to facilitate piecing, &c., and there are two oppositely-inclined notches g<1> in a disk g on the spindle to catch the yarn so that it may be threaded while the spindle is running in either direction. The inner top and bottom edges of the slit f<5> are backed off at f<7>, f<8>, Fig. 5, to prevent the yarn from catching thereon. A non-corroding washer h may be used between the ring f and the plate, and it may be inverted when worn on one surface. A brake can be applied to the spindle at k.
Patent GB-331367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in carburettors for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M69/00
Filed: 1929-06-15
Abstract: 331,367. Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co., Ltd., and Blackburn, H. June 15, 1929. Spray carburettors.-In a carburettor of the type in which fuel is raised to a suction nozzle by a rotating wheel a part of which is immersed in a constant-level fuel bath, valves are provided for controlling the main and secondary air supplies and also the flow of fuel or rich mixture from the nozzle. Fig. I shows a sectional plan of a carburettor in which a fuel-raising wheel 14 is driven by a vane wheel arranged in the main air intake. The wheel 14 supplies fuel from a constant-level container 13 to a suction nozzle 15, the outlet, end 17 of which is provided with a regulating valve, 21. The fuel wheel, nozzle 15, and container 13 are enclosed in a portion of the body casting 18 to which air is admitted through a passage 19 leading from the main air passage 2. Normally the air passes to the induction pipe 4 past the fuel nozzle 17 through a substantially horizontal passage 3 leading from the vertical main air passage 2, but for slow running a butterfly throttle valve 20 in the passage 3, is closed, sufficient air being drawn through the passage 19 into the suction nozzle 15, the bore of the suction tube 16 being large enough to accommodate the air and fuel. For operation at high altitudes a supplementary air valve 23 is opened to admit air direct to the induction pipe without passing through the vane wheel.
Patent GB-1208206-A (GB)
Title: Corneal contact lenses
Inventor: BARON HENRY JOSEPH
IPC: G02C7/04
Filed: 1968-04-18
Abstract: 1,208,206. Contact lenses. H. J. BARON. April 18, 1968 [Dec. 1, 1967], No.18483/68. Heading G2J. A corneal contact lens having a concave inner surface 22, Fig. 2, and an optically active outer surface 24, has the outer surface of at least a portion of a circumferentially extending edge, 24a, of the lens of a smaller radius of curvature than the inner surface to provide a thickened edge portion. As shown, the potiorn, 24a, is wedge-shaped and tapers to a knife edge. In a modification the portion has a convex bead shape in cross-section.
Patent GB-119349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Riveting and Punching Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B21J15/32
Filed: 1917-12-13
Abstract: 119,349. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, (Mente & Co.). Dec. 13, 1917, Fastenings.-The ends of bands or bale ties are punched and riveted in a single machine. The ends of the band are inserted in slots in the bed 166 and against a stop 188. The press head 36, Fig. 18, which performs one stroke when the treadle 43 is depressed carries the stop 188, cutters 187 to trim and punches 190 to pierce the ends of the band and also a. hammer 196 to head the rivets when inserted. The rivets are contained in a hopper 79 and are fed by a notched rotating member 95 to a shoot 112 which conveys them to notches in a wheel 58. The rivets are retained in the notches by a ring 68 until they reach the highest part of the wheel. The vertically projecting stems of two adjacent rivets are then engaged by the band ends which are moved laterally to withdraw the rivets from the wheel and bring them into grooves 122, below the hammer. The wheel 58 is driven from the shaft 23 through a chain 73 and pinion 48 and the member 95 through a chain 117.
Patent GB-314219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the treatment of iron and steel
IPC: C23C8/26
Filed: 1928-06-26
Abstract: 314,219. Pelterie, R. Esnault-. June 26, 1928. Balls; bearings; rollers. - Iron and steel, particularly in the form of balls, rollers, and/or races therefor, are subjected to a mechanical hardening process followed by treatment with gaseous ammonia or a body liberating ammonia or nitrogen under the application of heat. An initial tempering may be performed. The final step is effected at a temperature of 200-700‹ C. and the degree of hardness may be regulated by varying the time of exposure, the temperature, the pressure of the gases, or combination of these factors. The mechanical hardening of balls and races may be effected by running them under excess load.
Patent GB-993026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for guiding the cast strand in plants for continuous casting
IPC: B22D11/128
Filed: 1962-05-15
Abstract: 993,026. Continuous casting - machines. GEBR. BOHLER & CO. A.G. May 15, 1962 [May 16, 1961], No. 18598/62. Drawings to Specification. Heading B3F. In a continuous casting-machine one or more guiding rollers are rigidly connected to the mould at the outlet end, i.e. fixed to the mould bottom, carrying frame or lifting linkage.
Patent GB-969278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to supervisory/alarm circuits for electrical equipment
Inventor: SMAZELL GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: H02H3/04
Filed: 1962-05-15
Abstract: 969,278. Protective systems. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. April 9, 1963 [May 15, 1962], No. 18712/62. Heading H2K. In an apparatus, e.g. a rectifier equipment, having a plurality of fuses which may fail independently, the fuses have switching contacts S1 . . . Sn connected in a circuit across which is connected a parallel branch circuit containing means RL for providing an alarm. The failure of one or more fuses and the consequent operation of the associated switching contacts causes the ratio between the resistances of the parallel circuits to vary, the alarm means RL being operated when the ratio reaches a value corresponding to the failure of a predetermined number of fuses. The combined resistance of the parallel circuits also varies so that the total current taken indicates the number of failed fuses. In the arrangement shown the contacts S1 . . . Sn open when the associated fuses fail to remove the short circuits from resistors R2. A milliammeter M may be directly calibrated to indicate the number of failed fuses. Several circuits containing switching contacts may be associated with a common parallel branch circuit, half-wave rectifiers being provided to prevent interaction between the several circuits, Fig. 2 (not shown).
Patent GB-613662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of metallic copies of sound-on-disc records
IPC: G11B3/70
Filed: 1946-06-25
Abstract: 613,662. Building up articles by spraying. EDWARDS & CO. (LONDON), Ltd., W., and BARRETT, A. S. D. June 25, 1946. No. 18942. [Class 83 (iv)] [Also in Groups II XXXVTTT and XL (a)] An original wax sound record or a metallic master record is copied by applying to it a substantial coating of metal either by condensation of metallic vapour or by sputtering or by both. The record is initially smeared with an oil of low vapour pressure to facilitate removal of the coating. A thin layer of hard material such as chromium is applied and is followed by a layer of zinc or cadmium to a thickness of <SP>1</SP>/ 20  inch or more. The record 21 is rotated on a spindle 22 in a vacuum chamber 12. In the vaporisation process, the chromium is vaporised on a tungsten filament or in a molybdenum boat (neither shown) situated above the vaporisation chamber 15. The zinc or cadmium of the thicker coating is vaporised in the chamber 15 by a heating coil 16 and the vapour impinges on the record through ducts 17 of substantially triangular section. The body of the record is protected by a water-cooled shield 18, 23. The record may be held in contact with the shield 23. In the sputtering process, the shield 18 is replaced by a watercooled cathode which sputters. The two processes may be used together or in sequence.