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Patent GB-315480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with apparatus for washing tumblers, bottles and the like
IPC: A47L15/00
Filed: 1928-11-07
Abstract: 315,480. Scott, W., and Marjoribanks, B. Nov. 7, 1928. Bottles and drinking-vessels, cleaning.- A device for cleaning tumblers, bottles, &c., comprises a washing chamber 1 into which a tumbler or other vessel is inserted bv hand to depress a rod 15 whereby a valve is opened to permit liquid to drive the vanes 3 of a water wheel and impart rotary motion to brushes 13, 14, or other cleaning elements s carried by a tube 9 which provides an outlet for the water utilized to drive the water wheel. The upper part of the chamber 1 is separated by a partition from the bottom part 2 which contains the water wheel and is adapted to be put into communication with a source of water supply. Depression of the rod 15, against the action of a spring 18, removes a valve member 6 from its seating, allowing liquid to flow through the tube 9. In a modification the valve member is secured to the rod 15 and is provided with a downwardly projecting stem which is guided in a recessed member and is surrounded by a spring tending to keep the valve closed.
Patent GB-1481643-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for applying a decoration to the inside of a piece of crockery
IPC: B41F17/00
Filed: 1975-03-19
Abstract: 1481643 Printing on hollow articles VILLEROY & BOCH KERAMISCHE WERKE KG 19 March 1975 [26 March 1974] 11346/75 Heading B6C Apparatus for decorating the inside of pieces of crockery, such as cups, comprises an inflatable transfer roller 16 which picks up an image 35 from a cylinder 34 is moved into the cup 9 and inflated to transfer the image. The transfer roller 16 and cup 9 are moved perpendicularly to one another by respective pneumatic cylinders 6, 7 and the cup is held on a carriage 5 by a lever-release vacuum. A cam and roller mechanism determines the rotational orientation of the roller 16 at transfer. A sequence switching control governs the working of the apparatus.
Patent GB-581566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric cables
IPC: H01B7/12
Filed: 1941-09-06
Abstract: Buoyancy elements or floats comprise a longitudinally flexible helix resistant to radial compression enclosed in a flexible waterproof covering and divided along its length into a plurality of closed compartments by plugs of rubber expanded in situ to make joint between their peripheral surfaces and the internal surface of the waterproof covering as described in Group XXXVI.  A suitable mix comprises, in parts by weight, rubber 76.23, zinc oxide 4, stearic acid 4, petroleum jelly 11, antioxidant 7, sulphur 1.9 mercaptobenzothiazole .6, tetramethylthiuram disulphide .07 and diazoaminobenzene 1.5 The heat treatment may consist of warming the covered helix with steam at atmospheric pressure for 30 minutes, gradually increasing the pressure to 40 lbs. per square inch during 60 minutes, maintaining this pressure for a further 10 minutes, and then gradually releasing the pressure.  In another form, the plugs may comprise hollow drums containing a substance such as ammonium nitrate which liberates gas under heat.
Patent GB-1182599-A (GB)
Title: Self-dipping Mirror for Road Vehicles
Inventor: CARRINGTON ARTHUR HUMPHREYS
IPC: B60R1/08
Filed: 1966-03-16
Abstract: 1,182,599. Photo-electrically controlled mirror. JACHONIC Ltd. June 15, 1967 [March 16, 1966], No.11469/66. Heading G1A. A self-dipping mirror system includes a photocell mounted on or in a road vehicle to view the area to the rear of the vehicle and adapted when illuminated by the headlights of a following vehicle to actuate pneumatic means to tilt the rear view mirror of the vehicle so as to prevent dazzling of the driver. In the embodiment described, the mirror 5 is pivotally mounted at 7 inside a casing 1 supported on or in the vehicle by an L-shaped adjustable bracket 3. A glass front 2 to the casing is provided. A bellows-form resilient sac 9 of rubber or plastics is attached to the mirror and is connected through resilient tubing, to a source of suction, such as the engine manifold, via a solenoid-controlled valve. Illumination of a photo-cell 12, mounted on the mirror, by the head-lights of a following vehicle, causes the photo-cell output amplified by transistor circuitry, Fig. 3 (not shown), to energize the solenoid (S) of the electro-magnetic valve (11) which is opened. The bellows is evacuated, tilting the mirror. The driver is now not dazzled and can still see a "ghost" image of the following headlights reflected in glass screen 2. After cessation of the illumination of the photo-cell 12, the valve closes and the natural resilience of bellows 9 returns the mirror to its normal position.
Patent GB-449494-A (GB)
Title: An improved form of electrical contact
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1935-04-13
Abstract: 449,494. Couplings. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., Ltd., W. T., 11, Holborn Viaduct, London, and BREEZE, H. W., 132, Wrotham Road, Gravesend. April 13, 1935, No. 11472. [Class 38 (i)] [See also Group XXXVII] An auxiliary contact comprises a blade portion 2 and a base portion 1 having a slot 3 which is passed over a main contact blade 6, and depending tongues 4 which make good contact with the main blade. The base 1 is held down by screws 10 in a plate 8 passing through a slot in the blade 6. As shown, the blade 6 is a cable contact in a disconnecting box and is connected by a fuse 16 to a busbar contact (not shown), which is also provided with an auxiliary contact. This facilitates connection of an instrument such as an ammeter bv means of clip contacts 20 on an insulating holder 21.
Patent GB-544040-A (GB)
Title: Improved method of and machine for curling the ends of sheet metal containers
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1940-07-10
Abstract: 544,040. Discharging cans. CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., Inc. July 10, 1940, No. 11473. Convention date, Sept. 9, 1939. [Class 78 (i)] [Also in Group XXII] Can bodies having a neck as shown in Fig. 9 are supplied automatically from a hopper to a machine which curls the edge of the neck in two stages 83, 91 and then flattens the curl as shown in Fig. 10. The cans proceed by gravity down a shoot 95, Fig. 12, to vertical channels 97, 98 where they are retained by springs 101. Arms 113 are rocked by links 121, rock-shaft 69, Fig. 2, and a lever 38 operated from a cam-shaft 15, to cause fingers 114 therein to seize two cans 44a, 45a and lower them past the fingers 101 to the positions 44, 45 of Fig. 12. Mandrels 42, 43, Figs. 2 and 5, on a slide 41, are then advanced by a lever 48, operated by cam-shaft 15, to enter the cans and force the necks into dies 77, 77<SP>1</SP>, to produce the curls 83, Fig. 9. The mandrels 42, 43 are then cam-retracted, the cans being retained thereon by arms 132, Figs. 2, 5 and 12, on a spring leaf 131, and a slide 62 is moved vertically upwards by linkage 66, 75 operated by cam-shaft 15, to place second dies 84 opposite the cans so that on the next advance of the mandrels the curls 83 are forced into dies 84 to produce the curls 91, Fig. 9. The mandrels are next partially retracted again, the slide 62 is lowered to an intermediate position, and the mandrels are again advanced to press the curls. 91 against flat anvils 87, Fig. 2, to flatten the curls as shewn in Fig. 10. The mandrels are then completely withdrawn from the cans, which drop into a discharge shoot. During the first partial withdrawal of the mandrels the levers 113, Fig. 12, are rocked outwardly from the cans, the slides 117 carrying the levers are raised, and the levers are again rocked to engage the fingers 114 with the next pair of cans which are held by the springs 101. The cam shaft 15 is driven from an electric motor 23 (Fig. 1, not shown), through a friction clutch 27 operated by an-air piston 29, and a brake, also operated by an air piston, is applied simultaneously with opening of the clutch. The dies 77 &c. are axially adjustable by screws on the slide 62, and the cam followers are adjustable on their levers.
Patent GB-303705-A (GB)
Title: Improved mountings for rocking half axles of motor vehicles
IPC: F16H1/14
Filed: 1928-04-18
Abstract: 303,705. Gatter, W., April 18, 1928. Axles. - In vehicles having rocking half axles the axle casings 1, 1<1> are forked and formed with telescoping sleeves 3, 4, 3<1>, 4<1>. The sleeves 3, 3<1> carrying driving pinions for the central disc wheels.
Patent GB-1500013-A (GB)
Title: Deicing devices for aircraft
IPC: B64D15/12
Filed: 1975-03-19
Abstract: 1500013 De-icing aircraft FEICHENAUER 19 March 1975 [21 March 1974] 11507/75 Heading B7W Aircraft parts, particularly the leading edges of lifting surfaces 1, are protected from ice formation by double-walled shells 3 encasing the parts, the walls of the shell defining a small space therebetween which contains electrical resistance heaters 5 and is filled with a thermal transfer medium 4 such as an oil or solid. A thermal insulating material 2 is provided between the shells and aircraft parts. Some of the heaters 5 may be switched on at will to provide background heating while others are automatically controlled by sensors 6. The shell may be constructed from a light metal or from fibre-glass reinforced plastics. An exemplified heater 5 consists of a chromium-nickel resistance wire within a nickel tube filled with magnesium oxide powder.
Patent GB-219734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with atmospheric or bunsen burners
IPC: F23D14/48
Filed: 1923-04-30
Abstract: 219,734. Radiation, Ltd., Sherburn, W. H., and Slack, J. W. April 30, 1923. Atmospheric gas and vapour burners. - An atmospheric burner comprises a nipple regulator 4 and an air regulator disc 6, screwed on a nipple 3 and adapted to be rotated towards or away from the inlet end 2 of a mixing-tube 1 by means of an elongated pinion 7, which engages teeth 6' on the disc 6 and is provided with a stem 8 passing through a bearing in a part 10 of the gas-supply fitting 5, the nipple regulator 4 and the stem 8 both being adapted to be operated by a screw-driver or other tool from the same position.
Patent GB-610754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to collapsible wooden packing cases
IPC: B65D6/00
Filed: 1946-04-15
Abstract: 610,754. Collapsable boxes. CALDERS, Ltd., and HOWARD, E. W. April 15, 1946. No. 11587. [Class 18] A collapsable box has the four sides pivoted at the corners so that they may fold together when the bottom and top of the box are removed. As described, one opposite pair of sides consists of battens 3, 4, 5, 6 nailed to corner posts 1, 2 and the other pair comprises battens 9, 10, 11 nailed to top and bottom horizontal cross-bars 7, 8. The ends of the cross-bars 7, 8 have holes into which are fitted the extremities of the corner posts 1, 2. The bottom consists of battens 14 joined by cross-members 13 to form a frame which fits inside the box walls with the battens 14 merely resting on the lower cross-bars 8 to keep the side walls in the opened out position, the outer battens 14 engaging against the cornerposts 1, 2. The top, formed of battens 16 joined by cross-members 15, is fitted to the box by the sliding engagement of the ends of the battens 16 under the cross-bars 7, when the cross-members 15 rest on the top battens 3 of the sides.
Patent GB-243238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to anti-glare headlight fitments for motor cars, motor cycles and the like
IPC: B60Q1/14
Filed: 1925-05-05
Abstract: 243,238. Gibbes, F. G. V. May 5, 1925. Lantern gratings.- In an anti-glare device for vehicle lamps comprising a series of flat rings of different diameters placed one within the other in substantially the same plane or a spirally wound flat band A of metal or other material kept in position by distance-pieces B, bolts C, and nuts D, and fixed in the lamp by lugs E or the like, the distancepieces on one side of the device are smaller than those on the other side. The Provisional Specification describes the use of rivets instead of bolts and nuts.
Patent GB-802182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in driving and tension control arrangements in yarn winding machines
IPC: B65H59/12
Filed: 1956-04-17
Abstract: 802,182. Yarn winding machines; tension control. GRANGIE, P. R. C., and BIANCO, L. E. April 17, 1956 [April 19, 1955], No. 11646/56. Class 120(2) In a multiple yarn winding machine all the bobbin carrying spindles are driven in unison from a common drive shaft and a non-variable mechanical connection is provided between these spindles and the associated yarn guides, the spindles being driven through the medium of a common variable speed gear which is responsive to, and varied as a result of, the changes in the sum of the tensions in all the yarns to be wound, relatively to a predetermined value of this sum, whereby the speed of the spindle is reduced when the sum of the tensions exceeds this value, and vice versa. In the arrangement shown, the yarn feeding cylinders 40, the take up spindles 20 and the traverse yarn guides 29 are driven from a common shaft 22; the cylinders 40 by direct contact; the spindles 20 through gearing 23, 24, variable speed mechanism 41, 42, 43, shaft 25 and chain drive 26, 27, 28; and the yarn guides 29 from the shaft 25 through gearing 32, 33, cam 31 and lever 35. The yarns pass from cylinders 40 over fixed rollers 47, around rollers 48 on a sliding carriage 44, over further fixed rollers 47 and thence to the traverse guides 29 and on to the bobbins 21. The carriage 44 is connected to the centre roller 43 of the variable speed device and the effect of yarn tension on the carriage 44 is counterbalanced by a weight 45. Variations in yarn tension moves the roller 43 thus changing the speed of shaft 25, and hence spindles 20 and traverse guides 29 so as to counter the variation and thus maintain the tension at a substantially constant predetermined value.
Patent GB-1145992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tufted fabrics
Inventor: LUND ERNEST KENNETH
IPC: D05C17/02
Filed: 1965-03-19
Abstract: 1,145,992. Tufted fabrics. SINGER-COBBLE Ltd. 17 March, 1966 [19 March, 1965], No. 11649/65. Headings D1G and D1K. A tufted fabric comprises longitudinal tuft lines, each of which is formed from a plurality of yarns, all said yarns being caused simultaneously to form a tuft, the successive tufts formed by one yarn being displaced longitudinally relatively to the corresponding tufts formed by the remaining yarns, said corresponding tufts lying longitudinally between said succeeding tufts, and each yarn floating at the reverse side of the fabric between the formation of successive tufts therefrom. The fabric is produced by the machine described in Specification 1,067;502 which a single looper co-operates with two or more needles.
Patent GB-898576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the thermal treatment of pitches and similar binders
Inventor: THOMAS BRIAN EDWARD ALSTON
IPC: C10C1/19
Filed: 1959-04-07
Abstract: 898,576. Treating pitch. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WILTONS Ltd. July 7, 1960 [April 7, 1959], No. 11691/59. Class 55 (2). A method of thermally treating pitches and similar binders for carbonaceous bodies such as carbon electrodes comprises the step of heating the binder by submerged combustion to between 150‹ and 450‹ C. to increase the content of high molecular weight resins, especially the quinoline-insoluble resins. To produce a pitch with the desired softening point, oil may be added initially and/or a pitch of lower softening point may be treated, or oil may be added afterwards. The said binders may be treated with or without the addition of catalysts or condensing agents. In the form shown, the heating means comprises a fluid fuel burner 5 totally submerged in the said binder, fed into a vessel 1 (through a conduit 2), and supplied with air or oxygen and fluid fuel under pressure. The burner 5 is adapted to use some of the said binder as a fuel in the presence of the supplied gas. The products of combustion pass through a pipe 6 to a condenser 7 for scrubbing, successively, in an oil scrubber 8 and a water scrubber 9 before discharge to the air or burning to waste. The treated pitch is piped out through an overflow pipe 3 and a vapour seal 4 to a storage tank (not shown). The oil scrubbing medium, as it contains quinoline-insoluble carbonaceous matter, is added, after use, with said binder to the vessel 1 or to the pitch afterwards.
Patent GB-1184834-A (GB)
Title: Weighing Scale
IPC: G01G3/00
Filed: 1967-03-13
Abstract: 1,184,834. Weighing apparatus. TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. March 13, 1967 [March 15, 1966], No. 11755/67. Heading G1W. A weighing apparatus comprises a load receiving weighing element connected by a substantially vertical flexible member or other movable pivot to a second weighing element of predetermined mass connected by a fixed pivot to a frame, and spring means for exerting a torque to control the movement of the weighing elements when the load to be weighed is placed on the first weighing element, the system being such that the torque of said spring means is substantially zero when the required load to be weighed is on the first weighing element and a substantially balanced mass moments system in a horizontal and/or, a vertical plane is achieved. In the illustrated embodiment the first weighing element 5 includes a weigh bucket 10 supported on lugs extending from a cross member 7 and connected by two vertical flat springs 55 and two horizontal flat springs 56, forming two cross flexure pivots a, to a second weighing element 6, connected by two similar cross flexure pivots b, comprising vertical and horizontal flat springs 70, 71, to frame posts 3, said element 6 comprising a transverse bar 22 from which extends a lightweight beam 25. Poise weights 21 are carried by the element 5, and balanced tension springs 40, 44 act on the beam 25 and element 5, respectively. When the weigh pan 10 is empty, the moment about the pivot b of the weight of the element 5 acting through the pivot a, i.e. the weight of the element 5 multiplied by the distance between the points a and b, is equal to the moment of the element 6 about the fixed pivot b. In the weighing operation poise weights 21 to the value of the weight of material required to be fed into the weigh bucket 10 are removed from the element 5, and the material is fed to the basket 10 until the balance is restored as indicated by a signal generated by a differential transformer actuated by a member 26 carried by the beam 25, the signal being utilized to stop the flow of material to the basket 10. Alternatively if the scale is used for check weighing the signal could be utilized to accept packages which have a predetermined weight within certain limits and reject others. The oscillations of the weighing elements are damped by a dash pot cylinder 36 containing damping fluid and a piston 37 connected to the beam 25. The tension of the spring 44 is adjustable in order to obtain the initial balance of the weighing system.
Patent GB-373361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with headgear shaping appliances
IPC: A42C1/04
Filed: 1931-04-21
Abstract: 373,361. Hats. OVERHILL, A., Surona, Ludlow Avenue, Luton. April 21, 1931, No. 11785. [Class 63.] Stretching in manufacture.-An appliance for stretching a felt or hood over a crown block comprises a substantially annular brim part 2, to the exterior of which the felt or the like is adapted to be secured, a crown block 1 accommodated at one end in the annular brim part and shaped at its other end to the required configuration of crown, and a relatively movable member inside the annular brim part engaging one end of the crown block for forcing the block axially outwards to effect a stretching action on the hat body. A bar 23 secured to the base of the crown block may be engaged by a pair of cranks 22 operated by handles 24 to effect the stretching. To retain the brim portion on the bench, a nose 25 on an arm 26 having a weight 27 at its other end may, normally, engage over the brim portion 2. The arm 26 is pivoted by a pin 28 to a slide 29 adjustable radially of the crown block. In modifications, the block may be moved axially to effect the stretching by a screw and nut or by a footoperated lever.
Patent GB-1046718-A (GB)
Title: Recording medium in the form of a circular disc for sound recordings
IPC: G11B13/02
Filed: 1965-03-19
Abstract: 1,046,718. Recording and playback. TELEFUNKEN A.G. March 19, 1965 [March 19, 1964], No. 11794/65. Heading G5R. A recording medium consisting of a circular disc for two sound recordings which are recorded along a spiral, is characterized in that the medium consists of a magnetizable material in at least one surface layer, and one recording is not erasable and is formed by means of a lateral groove recording 4, while the other is erasable and is formed by a magnetic recording covering parts of the surface 5 either side of the groove. The width of the magnetic recording B is at least equal to the sum of the groove width R and the maximum lateral deviation A of the groove. A guide web 6 may be provided on the surface. The disc may be used in an educational system, in which questions are permanently recorded in the groove recording, and answers may be erasably recorded magnetically.
Patent GB-1094729-A (GB)
Title: Reciprocating piston pump
IPC: F16N13/04
Filed: 1965-03-19
Abstract: 1,094,729. Cams. STEWART-WARNER CORPORATION. March 19, 1965 [March 20, 1964], No. 11801/65. Heading F2K. [Also in Division Fl] The suction stroke of a pump plunger is effected by a face cam 174, rotatable through reduction gearing 172, 173 by means of an electric motor 168. The face cam 174 is engaged by a tapered roller follower 184 which is biased by a compression spring within the pump body 73. The follower may be positioned in any one of three bores (181, 182, 183), Fig. 12 (not shown), spaced along the length of the plunger, to vary the stroke of the plunger.
Patent GB-287740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in domestic water heating apparatus
IPC: F24D17/00
Filed: 1927-05-03
Abstract: 287,740. Bailey, M. I., and Burgess, W. May 3, 1927. Heating water.-Cold water supplied directly to a boiler 1 from an external main 2, is controlled by a valve 15 operated by a float 12 in accordance with the level in the hot water tank 4. Circulating connections 3, 7 and a vent (i are provided.
Patent GB-834168-A (GB)
Title: Friction material
IPC: F16D69/02
Filed: 1958-04-15
Abstract: A friction material, e.g. for clutches and brakes, comprises a sheet formed from a water-laid mass of natural fibres, cork and an oil-resistant synthetic rubber, and impregnated with a phenol-formaldehyde resin compatible with the rubber.  Preferred amounts are 30 to 70% fibre to 70 to 30% cork; up to 20% (relative to the cork plus fibres) of the rubber and a rubber resin ratio of 1 to 1 to 1 to 4.  Specified are:-fibres-asbestos and cotton linters; and rubber-55: 45 butadiene acrylonitrile.
Patent GB-721314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus and method for controlled deposition of material
IPC: H01B1/00
Filed: 1952-05-12
Abstract: 721,314. Ohmic resistors. KRUFT CORPORATION. May 12, 1952 [June 8, 1951], No. 11956/52. Class 37. [Also in Group V] A resistor comprises an insulating base-plate 20, e.g. a ceramic tile, having printed thereon seven silver conducting terminals 60 ... 66 bridged by six resistor elements 70... 75.