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Patent GB-318729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to portable containers for toilet requisites and other small articles
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 1928-08-13
Abstract: 318,729. Montgomery, D. N. Aug. 13, 1928. Brooches.-A casing for a toilet article such as a lipstick, powder puff, eyebrow pencil, or other small article comprises two or more detachable parts, one carrying a pin and the other a catch adapted to co-operate therewith. A hollow casing 10, Fig. 2, has hinged at one end a pin 12, the free end of which co-operates with a catch 13 on the other detachable part of the casing. In Fig. 3, a casing comprises a central portion 14 and two end portions 15, 16 carrying the pin and catch. The portion 16 is adapted as a holder for an eyebrow' pencil or lipstick fitting into the carrier or socket 17 slidable within the portion 16 by means of a stud 18. A short recess 19<a> is provided in the central member 14 to receive the stud 18. 21 represents rectangular mirror. The whole forms a brooch. In a modification, Fig. 6. the casing 10 comprises only two parts 15, 16. Part 15 is mainly of channel or U shape, the opening of the channel being closed by the extending wall 22 on the tubular part of the end 16. A slot 19 receives a stud 18 of the carrier 17, To separate the two end portions, they are slid away from one another until the restricted end 23 of the part 16 is clear of the socket end of the part 15 when the remaining part of the end portion 16 can be moved through the opening of the channel or U of the portion 15. Wall 22 may be a mirror. The parts of the casing may be ornamented with enamel.
Patent GB-854843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to furnace doors, dampers or like means
Inventor: OSCARSSON AXEL HELMER
IPC: F27D1/18
Filed: 1959-07-07
Abstract: 854,843. Furnace dampers and doors. FABRIS AKTIEBOLAGET FABRIKSSKORSTEN. July 7, 1959, No. 23346/59. Classes 51 (1) and 51 (2). A furnace damper, door or other movable flat partition comprises an assembly of refractory elements 6 mounted within a water-cooled frame 1, 2. The inner sides of the frame have longitudinal grooves 7 of semi-circular crosssection which, together with transverse grooves 9 of semi-circular crosssection in the adjoining elements, form a channel through which rods 11 are passed to interlock the elements and frame. The elements interlock within the frame by means of grooves 9 and ribs 10. In a modification, the cross-section of the groove 7a in the upper frame portion 1 is in the form of a segment greater than a semicircle, while the groove 9a in the adjoining members is given a cross-section which is less than a semi-circle, so that a circular rod or wedge 11a can remain in the groove 7a even if it is unsupported by any members 6.
Patent GB-1346946-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable rearview mirror assembly for heavy vehicles
IPC: B60R1/06
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1346946 Look-out reflectors for motor vehicles G AVRIL 19 April 1971 [6 March 1970] 23381/71 Heading B7J An adjustable rear-view mirror assembly comprises a mirror casing 1, formed of a bent sheet metal element 8 clamped by screwthreaded rods 5 (not shown) and female screws between two plastics end-pieces 4, in which is clamped a mirror element 2 (not shown), two arms 9 and 10 being connected to opposite ends of the casing by rods 8 having balls 7A and 7B at each end forming lockable swivel joints in the end-pieces 4 and arms as shown. At the ends remote from the rods 8 each arm is resiliently clamped in an indexed position in a forked portion 16 of a cranked member 31 or 32 by means of an elastomeric ring 17 axially forcing a notch 22 in the arm to engage a tooth 23 on a ring member 24, the tooth being set in the desired position by means of teeth 25 in the ring 24 engaging castellations on a shoulder 27 in the forked portion 16, a bolt 15 acts as a pivot rod. The cranked members 31 and 32 are pivotable about bolts 33, at right angles to the bolts 15, mounted in 34 and 35 respectively which are attached to a vehicle body and conform to its shape but leave bolts 15 free to be adjusted and locked such that they are parallel and/or coaxial. The mirror may be positioned as desired and locked in place by tightening the various locking means.
Patent GB-944670-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow control gate valves
IPC: F16K27/04
Filed: 1961-06-28
Abstract: 944,670. Valves. MISSION WEST MANUFACTURING CO. June 28, 1961 [July 11, 1960], No. 23429/61. Heading F2V. A gate valve comprises a wedgeshaped valve closure member G having one face slidable along a face 12 of the housing H, which face is inclined to the axis of the through passage, and an opposite face 24, preferably at right-angles to the passage axis, sealingly engageable with the face of a sealing ring 16. A valve member G is preferably housed in a receiver R in the open position having an inclined face 23 continuing the face 12 of the housing. The valve is actuated to a closed position by first pushing the valve member through the rod 7 until the inclined face closes the passage and then rotating a screwed knob 8 to engage a screw 25 so that the valve member is advanced to compress and seal with the ring 16. The valve member is preferably bevelled at 31 to prevent seal damage. The inclined surface is formed on a part 11 of the housing which is preferably integral with a part 22 of the receiver while the sealing ring is located in a part 10 integral with a part 21 of the receiver.
Patent GB-384359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to windscreens for automobiles
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1931-08-20
Abstract: 384,359. Pinless hinges. HENDERSON, L., 7, St. Bernards Road, Olton, Warwickshire. Aug. 20, 1931, No. 23433. [Class 65 (ii).] A windscreen hinge comprises a member 7 on the screen having a limb bent backwardly and upwardly and provided with a straight part 8 engaging a recess in the curved end of the fixed member 9 and moving with a wedging action to one or other side in the open and closed positions. The outer surfaces of the members 7, 9 may be covered with stainless steel, preferably rolled on when shaping them.
Patent GB-337749-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft
IPC: B64C33/02
Filed: 1929-08-02
Abstract: 337,749. Dean, G. Aug. 2, 1929. Propelling; balancing.-An aircraft is provided with planes set at an angle of incidence and horizontally reciprocated transversely to the line of flight without fore and aft movement, the leading edges of the planes being automatically maintained normal to the resultant air stream. On each side of an aeroplane having a main plane 3 upper and lower planes 4, 5 are mounted on spindles 15 and provided with fins 18 to keep their leading edges normal to the relative wind. The spindles 15 are mounted in arms 11 having spindles 12 pivoted in arms 10 which are mounted on a shaft 7 driven from a propeller 20. Sprockets 13 on the spindles 12 are geared by chains 14 to fixed sprockets 9 of twice the size so that the spindles 15 reciprocate harmonically in transverse straight lines. Alternatively the planes may be slidably mounted on a frame. When there is no main plane with ailerons, the moving planes on the two sides of the machine may be driven at different speeds for preserving lateral balance. Fig. 3 shows a. modification wherein planes 37, maintained with their leading edges normal to the wind and mounted on axes maintained vertical are carried by arms 34 oscillated about longitudinal axes 35. The oscillations of the individual arms may be synchronous or asynchronous. In another modification planes with directive fins are carried by slides oscilated by pairs of crossed hinged rods oscillating respectively in vertical and horizontal planes. Figs. 5 and 6 show planes 47, 48 mounted on members 49 pivoted on parallel links 50, 51 which can slide in sleeves 59, 58 separately oscillated in bearings 55 by shafts 61, 60 so that one plane is moving at maximum speed when the other is at the end of its travel. Links 64, 70 connect the links 50, 51 to pairs of sleeves 63, 62 sliding on the shafts 61, 60, these sleeves being connected by rods 67, 69 to sleeves 68 sliding on the rods 51. A rod 71 moves the sleeve 62 to cause the members 49 to execute a straight line motion. A modification is described comprising a similar linkage in a plane at right angles for actuating two front and rear planes.
Patent GB-570982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wheeled vehicles
IPC: B61D11/00
Filed: 1943-02-05
Abstract: 570,982. Hopper wagons. ARMSTRONG, J. J. V. (Sanford Investment Co.). Feb. 5, 1943, No. 23762/44. Divided out of 570,955. Drawings to Specification. [Class 103 (iv)] The Specification differs from that of Specification 570,955 only in respect of the statement of claim and corresponding parts of the Specification
Patent GB-321719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to lawn mowers
IPC: A01D34/47
Filed: 1928-08-18
Abstract: 321,719. Garrard, C. G. Aug. 18, 1928. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lawn-mowers. -A motor lawn-mower comprises a rotary member carrying the blades and having combined with it, so as to rotate therewith, the cylinder system, crank chamber, and silencer of the engine. The machine shown comprises side frames 7, handles 6, an adjustable front roller 8, a rear roller 11, and a magneto 9. The two latter are driven by a chain 19, with or without a clutch and speed gear. The handles may carry a fuel tank or may be made hollow to contain the fuel. The rotary member 16 carrying the blades 20 is mounted on hollow sleeves 13, 15 fixed in the side frames 7. It consists of a casting having bolted to it an end member carrying a sprocket 18 for driving the chain 19. The casting has cooling ribs 22 and includes a cvlinder 21 for a two-stroke engine provided with an inlet passage 23 and exhaust ports 24 leading to a silencer 25. The cylinder 21 and inlet passage 23: open into a closed crank chamber 26 into which air and petrol are drawn through a valve 28, the supply of petrol being controlled by a needle valve 31. An inclined pin 34 is mounted to rotate in an extension of the holder sleeve 15 and carries at right angles to it a pin 35 on which is a, sleeve 36 pivotally connected to the rod 37 of the piston 38. The pin 35 extends into a guide block or roller 39 working in a guideway 40 in the casting 16. Air ducts 41 open into a central passageway 42 communicating with the interior of the sleeve 13. A sparking plug 43 projects into this passageway the connection 44 to the magneto permitting rotary motion. The engine may have two or more cylinders, and may have a four-stroke cycle.
Patent GB-455727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in synchronized alternating current electric motor drives
Filed: 1935-08-27
Abstract: 455,727. Control of several motors. NATIONAL PNEUMATIC CO., 420, Lexing- ton Avenue, New York, U.S.A. Aug. 27, 1935, No. 23975. Convention date, Oct. 12, 1934. [Class 38 (iii)] A synchronized alternating-current motor drive comprises a multi-phase main motor 10, 11 energized from a source 1, a multiphase dynamoelectric machine 3, 5, and a second multi-phase motor 4, 6, means for connecting corresponding multi - phase windings 3, 4, of the dynamo - electric machine and the second motor in series with the source 1, connections between the corresponding windings 5, 6, and means for mechanically coupling the motor of the main motor to that of the dynamo-electric machine. The main motor may be coupled to either of the interconnected machines, and additional motors similar to the motor 4, 6, may be similarly connected to the machine 3, 5, and the supply 1. These additional motors have a winding connected either in parallel or in series with the winding 4 of the motor 4, 6. The main motor has rotor controlling resistance 12. The number of poles of the motor 4, 6 may differ from that of the machine 3, 5. The connections between the machines 3, 5 and 4, 6, and the supply 1 are effected by a switch 2 and a separate switch 7 is provided for connecting the main motor 10, 11 to the supply. The motor 4, 6, may drive mechanism applying insulation in a helical wrap to wire as the latter is fed by a capstan driven by the motor 10, 11. Additional layers of insulation may be applied by the additional synchronized motors. The machine 3, 5, and the motor 10, 11, may be combined in a single unit.
Patent GB-1186607-A (GB)
Title: Covering Elements for Motor Vehicle Bodies
Inventor: MATEJCEK FRANZ
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 1967-05-23
Abstract: 1,186,607. Upholstery, floor coverings. SCHAEFFLER TEPPICHBODEN G.m.b.H. 23 May 1967 [23 May, 1966], No. 23979/67. Headings A4M and A4S. [Also in Divisions B2 and B5] Covering elements, for the interior of vehicles, for example floor coverings and arm rest coverings, are made by shaping a laminate composed of a fibrous fleece needled at least twice and a thermoplastic supporting layer, the fibrous fleece being turned between each needling operation. The laminate is shaped by first heating it to render the thermoplastic layer soft, then drawing it, using vacuum blow or matched mould techniques, and then cutting it to size. A sound and heat insulating layer of e.g. wool felt, cork matting, bitumenised pulpboard, rubberised coconut matting, polyurethane foam or foamed P.V.C. may be first applied to the mould and bonded by the backing layer to the laminate. The fibrous layer may be of natural fibres such as wool, silk, cotton, linen and flox, or of synthetic fibres such as regenerated cellulose, cellulose derivatives, polypropylene, polyamide polyesters or acrylonitrile. The thermoplastic layer may be applied by powder sprinkling or applied as a preformed film and may be high or low pressure polyethylene, polypropylene, or hard and soft P.V.C. In the particular example a needled fleece of nylon fibres is sprinkled with polyethylene powder, heated to sinter the powder, and the composite then passed through cooled rolls. In the example an arm rest cover is formed between matched moulds from a laminate comprising a needled fleece of nylon fibres arid a backing layer of polythene applied by the powdering sintering method.
Patent GB-821145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rail track backshunts
IPC: B61K7/02
Filed: 1956-08-03
Abstract: 821,145. Propelling vehicles; starting and stopping appliances for vehicles. QUALTER HALL & CO. (SALES) Ltd., and HALL, T. July 24, 1957 [Aug. 3, 1956], No. 24026/56 Classes 103(2) and 103(3) [Also in Group XXX] A rail track back-shunt has a pivoted platform 6 with rails 10 to receive a mine car from an incoming rail track and movable into a position to despatch the mine car and reverse over a shunt rail track by the operation of a hydraulic or a pneumatic ram 11,13, engaged by the mine car as it moves on to the platform, catch mechanism, that is, keep horns 19 hold the car as it moves from receiving to dispatch points. The car is brought to rest by pivoted retarding horns 16 contacting a dummy axle, the horns 16, 19 are mounted on catch boxes 14 which travel along guides 15 and are connected by tie rods 20 to the cross head 12 of a piston rod 11 of the ram, the cylinder 13 of which is between the catch boxes. The pivoted keep horns are actuated by a ramp. The car contacting the retarding horns forces the piston rod into the cylinder where it is temporarily retained. The platform is pivoted by a lateral pneumatic or hydraulic ram or by electrical means, the platform having rollers 8 guided on an arcuate track 9. All operations are automatically controlled by suitable valves or other means. The retarding horns may be held in inoperative position to allow stores cars to pass over them.
Patent GB-1467336-A (GB)
Title: Actuation and deceleration of swingable members
IPC: E02F3/43
Filed: 1974-05-30
Abstract: 1467336 Excavators BIRD-JOHNSON CO 30 May 1974 [17 Sept 1973] 24075/74 Heading E1F An earth-moving machine comprises a boom 5 pivotally mounted on a support 8 between two buffers 30, each buffer having a plunger 33 mounted on a piston 32 which is slidable within a cylinder 37 having graduated orifices 39. On engagement of a plunger 33 with the boom 5, the piston 32 is displaced inwardly and displaces hydraulic fluid in the cylinder 37 through the orifices 39. Resistance to the inward movement of the piston 32 progressively increases due to the orifices 39 being progressively closed as the piston moves inwardly. After displacement of the piston 32, the piston is automatically returned by a biassing spring 38 when inward thrust is released from the piston.
Patent GB-1262907-A (GB)
Title: Covers for ingot moulds
Inventor: HUGHES LIONEL SHEPPARD
IPC: B22D7/10
Filed: 1969-05-12
Abstract: 1,262,907. Ingot moulds. BRITISH STEEL CORP. 12 May, 1970 [12 May, 1969], No. 24136/69. Heading B3F. A cover 1 for an ingot mould, comprises a metal frame 3, 3<SP>1</SP>, refractory bricks 7 mounted in the frame and, in use, forming the face of the cover directed towards the mould contents 13 and a heat-insulating material 11, 12 covering the face of the bricks in use, remote from the mould contents. The bricks are suspended on pipes 8 and the heat insulating material comprises a layer of sodium silicate bonded vermiculite 11 backed by loose vermiculite 12. Lifting lugs 5 are provided. After an ingot is cast into a mould 14 anti-piping compound 17 is spread upon the top of the ingot. The cover, having been preheated by use in a previous casting operation, is lowered on to the mould.
Patent GB-407365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cigarette and like cases
IPC: A24F15/18
Filed: 1932-08-30
Abstract: 407,365. Fastenings. KROPMAN, S. M., The Crossways, Leicester Road, Broughton Park, Manchester. Aug. 30, 1932, No. 24174. Addition to 368,377,[ Group XVII]. [Classes 44 and 65 (ii).] In a cigarette &c. case according to the parent Specification, the means on the cover which releases the lighter mechanism also serves to hold the cover closed. In an embodiment, the free end of a spring strip i secured to the cover b of the cigarette &c. compartment is of hook-like formation. and is provided with a slot h and a bevelled face. As the cover b is closed, the hook forces back a pin f carried by a blade spring with a hooked end g and releases the lid e<1> of a friction lighter which flies open under the action of a spring e<2> and ignites the lighter in the usual manner. When the cover b is fully closed, the pin f springs back into the slot h and holds the cover closed until the catch i is depressed by a finger - piece j. A second finger-piece j<1> engages an ordinary spring catch. The spring with the hooked end g is part of the lighter or is fixed to the wall of the lighter compartment. In a modification, a spring h<1>, Fig. 9, and the hook formed thereon are provided in the cover b opposite the hinge c and a spring-pressed catch j<2> with a finger-piece is provided in the body part of the case. When the finger-piece j is pressed, a widened end of the spring of the catch j<2> presses on the spring h<1> and releases it from the pin f. In this form, the catch j<2> may be on the partition wall of the lighter compartment and the finger-piece j may extend through the lighter or between the latter and the side wall of the case. The catch h, Fig. 11, may be operated by a sliding pin k, the inner end of which is situated in a tube l and is pressed outwards by a spring. The inner flange of the cover b, Fig. 14, may be bent back and carry a wire spring m which, when the cover is opened flexes past the pin f, but, as the cover is closed, the spring is supported by a pin n so that it pushes back the pinf. In a further modification the cover b, Fig. 17, is connected to a member o<1> of the hinge c through a spring o so that after the cover has been slid against the spring to release the catch h from the pin f, it can pivot about the hinge c. The lighter may be integral with the case, detachably connected thereto, or located in a separate compartment. The invention is applicable to cases which stand on a table.
Patent GB-1048259-A (GB)
Title: Spinning machine utilising centrifugal force and flow of air
IPC: D01H1/08
Filed: 1963-06-18
Abstract: In spinning apparatus, a guide tube 12 (Fig. 1, not shown,) reciprocates in a rotating cylinder 1 whereby roving fed into the tube is deposited as yarn on the inner surface of the cylinder; a casing 18 surrounds the cylinder, a driving-shaft for the cylinder, and an exhaust pipe 24 with a blower communicates with the space between the cylinder and the casing.  Air is introduced into an injector 13 and the top of tube 12 so that roving delivered by drafting apparatus 14 is drawn into the tube and thence to the cylinder.  The casing 18 embraces four spindles, and air passes up the cylinders to be deflected downwardly into the casing; and thence into the exhaust 24.  This is connected by a flexible part 29 to a main 26 serving a number of casings and widening in diameter towards its end; a number of mains communicate with a blower and each is provided with a flow meter, a filter and a damper.  As the blower exhausts outside the spinning-room, the temperature and humidity inside the room are preserved, minimizing breakages in the material fed to the cylinders.  To cool the inside of the cylinder, the rate of exhaust at the reduced pressure established by the blower is adjusted by the damper to exceed the rate at which air is introduced into the cylinder.  The rate of exhaust is progressively increased as spinning proceeds to compensate for the increase in tension as the cake increases in diameter.  The exhaust conduits may be made of sound-proofing material and the tube 12 may carry a re-wind tube 11 on a loose liner 10.  A form is described in which the tube reciprocates in the upper part of the cylinder, the lower part of which communicates with a conduit connected to the exhaust and which is rockable for doffing.
Patent GB-1330287-A (GB)
Title: Transient voltage protection circuit
IPC: H02H9/04
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1330287 Protective arrangements VLN CORP 19 April 1971 [12 March 1970] 24319/71 Heading H2H A circuit arrangement for the protection of electronic devices connected to the output terminals thereof comprises a Zener diode 10 which breaks down when a transient voltage above a predetermined value is applied to the conductors 27, 29, breakdown of the Zener diode causing a transistor 12 to become conductive which, in turn, causes transistors 22a, 22b to turn on whereby a load is applied to the transient voltage so as to reduce its amplitude, the circuit components reverting to the quiescent states, in which there is no current drain in the supply 18, 20 after the transient voltage has been dissipated. A resistor 14 is provided for current limiting purposes and if desired, only one transistor 22 may be used.
Patent GB-655333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in almanacs and/or calendars
IPC: G09D3/08
Filed: 1948-09-16
Abstract: 655,333. Calendars. STEELE, T. H. Sept. 16, 1948, No. 24339. [Class 106 (iv)] A face-plate L is apertured to display the name of the month, inscribed on a rotatable disc A, and the date numbers, which are inscribed on two pivoted sectors B, C mounted between the disc and the face-plate L. The front sector C bears numbers for the first 28 days and is apertured to display any or all of the numbers 29- 31 inscribed on the rear sector B. Projections D, E on the disc are so disposed that the sectors B, C are engaged thereby and rotated to the requisite extent as the disc is turned to bring the name of the month into register with the aperture P. On further rotation of the disc the projections move clear of the sectors, which have a longer radius, and these are rotated anticlockwise by springs to an extent determined by slots I therein, ready for engagement with the next pair of projections. The disc, or an outer annulus thereof bearing the projections and month indications, can be replaceable. Additional display apertures J, K can also be provided.