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Patent GB-260078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in collapsable baby carriages and the like
IPC: B62B7/10
Filed: 1925-09-10
Abstract: 260,078. Field, E. D. Sept. 10, 1925. Frame construction; suspending bodies.-An undercarriage for a folding baby carriage comprises upper and lower frames c, a connected by vertical struts b hinged in two parts and adapted to fold by means of control rods d. The wheels are mounted on axles j passing through the turned down ends of transverse bars i and four helical springs are provided, the top ends being attached to the frame a and the springs kept in parallel relation by bars k. Specification 152,777 is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-205793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of paper
IPC: D21H25/06
Filed: 1923-09-07
Abstract: 205,793. Dobler, L. F. Oct. 19, 1922, [Convention date]. Drying; sizing.-In paper manufacture, the paper, after drying, is passed over one or more cylinders heated to a temperature of 100-175‹ C., in order to fuse the resin or resinous compounds contained therein and thus render them agglutinative.
Patent GB-1190662-A (GB)
Title: Sintered Powdered Metal Connectors.
Inventor: LOGAN MAURUS CORUNNA
IPC: H01R4/00
Filed: 1967-05-16
Abstract: 1,190,662. Connectors. THOMAS & BETTS CORP. 16 May, 1967, No. 22646/67. Heading H2E. A connector, a connection and a method of making the connector are described. The connector 48 is made of a sintered powdered metal having one or more openings into which one or more conductors are placed and held by circumferential compression of the connector. The conductors may be insulated or bare wires or a screw in which case on compression threads are formed inside the connector. The connector, which may have a resinous coating, may have an integrally formed sleeve 50 which is compressed around a wire 58, or a wedging pin (60) (Fig. 9, not shown) may be used in making a very firm connection. The connector may also be in the form of a split ferrule having an eye-hole (Fig. 11, not shown). The connection is broken without damaging the conductors by applying localized compressive forces which result in tensile at other parts of the connector (Figs. 12, 13, not shown). Powdered iron, copper or bronze may be used for the sintering process described.
Patent GB-937089-A (GB)
Title: Sugar beet toppers
IPC: A01D23/02
Filed: 1962-06-13
Abstract: 937,089. Topping beet. H. C. OPEL. June 13, 1962, No. 22754/62. Class 6(3). A sugar beet topper comprises a plurality of cutting discs 58 each mounted on a support 26 which is pivotally attached to a shaft 25 of a mounting bracket 12 which is adapted to be secured to frame members 11 of a tractor. The shaft 25 is rotated by the power-take-off of the tractor whereby it rotates the cutting discs 58 in timed relation one with the other through chains 68 and gearboxes 46. Flexible arms 53, 56 are supported on the cutting discs to rotate therewith and operate to fling cut crop away from the discs which are arranged in staggered relationship so that the cut crop is flung from one disc to the next. Guiding shoes 33 are adjustably connected to the supports 26 by bolts 34 and turnbuckles 37 and the supports are counterbalanced by rods 40 having springs 43, 45 arranged in opposition. Shock absorbers 69 clamp vertical movement of the supports. The cutting discs are concave in configuration and the radial flinging arms have flexible parts 53 with fingers 56. Cables 75, one to each support 26 can be operated to raise the entire assembly.
Patent GB-260717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sound amplifying means embodying wireless telephonic receivers
IPC: G10K11/02
Filed: 1925-09-11
Abstract: 260,717. Graham, E. A. Sept. 11, 1925. Loud-speakers. - The upper wall of a loudspeaking telephone receiver c is formed with a screw-threaded member c<1> adapted to screw into a rubber or other bush b<1> at the end of a horn b so as to clamp the parts to a hollow base a, a washer c<3> in a groove c<2> being interposed if desired. The horn may be jointed at k as shown in Fig. 1. The telephone c can also be screwed into a rubber of like extension f of the tone arm d of a gramophone, in order to make use of the gramophone horn; and part of the casing may be extended to form feet g, which rest on the turntable i.
Patent GB-288478-A (GB)
Title: An improved system and means for transferring marine vessels to and from side slip-way berths
IPC: B63B9/00
Filed: 1927-08-31
Abstract: 288,478. Knight, W. A. Aug. 31, 1927. Slips.-Means for transmitting vessels to and from slipway berths comprise a main slipway provided with rails, a main carriage comprising a unitary structure arranged to travel on the rails and provided with short transverse rails and with keel blocks located between the transverse rails and centrally of the carriage, side slipping carriages adapted to travel on the transverse rails and form a cradle to receive the vessel, and one or more side slips provided with rails with which the transverse rails on the main carriage register. The provision of keel blocks on the main carriage enables a vessel to be hauled up on the main carriage when the side carriages are already in use under another vessel on the side slip-ways. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the main slipway a, with rails b; the main carriage c provided with short transverse rails d; the side slipping carriages e ; the side slipway rails g; and the hauling gear h. The main carriage c is a unitary structure which can be drawn up the main slipway. The side slip rails g, Fig. 8, are at a higher level than the main slip rails b, so that the transverse rails d on the carriage c register therewith when the carriage is drawn up. The side slipping carriages e comprise a number of separate units mounted on the transverse rails d, and are provided with jacks or other means for transferring a vessel to and from the concrete way or keel blocks at the side berths. Bilge blocks i are provided. Fig. 8 shows a vessel, blocked upon the side slipping carriages being transferred from the main carriage to a side slipway. On the left of Fig. 9 is shown a vessel blocked up in a side berth after being transferred thereto by the side slipping carriages. The side slipping carriage may remain under the berthed vessel; in which case another vessel may be hauled up on the main carriage c only, as shown on the right of Fig. 9, after being blocked up on keel blocks j of the main carriage.
Patent GB-638627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to method and apparatus for heating and deaerating boiler feedwater
IPC: B01D19/00
Filed: 1946-07-31
Abstract: <PICT:0638627/III/1> <PICT:0638627/III/2> Heating and deaerating apparatus for boiler feedwater comprises a tank 1, Fig. 1, fitted with steam and feedwater inlet pipes 3, 16 respectively, a gas vent pipe 20, and a water outlet 4 leading to the boilers, and located within the tank are the usual trays 2 and, between the latter and the pipe 16, a cylindrical vessel 6 having a large central water distributing opening 7.  The water pipe 16 is provided with two parallel rows of closely-spaced jets 17 extending therealong for spraying the water in two sheets upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions against an outer cylindrical and inner pairs of straight baffles 12, 13, 14 mounted on the top of the tank, the baffle 12 projecting into the vessel 6, and the lower end of the vent pipe 20 communicates with a narrow gas-receiving hood 21 so disposed above the spray pipe 16 and parallel thereto that the sheets of water issuing from the pipe will just contact the lower side edges of the hood.  The upper wall of the spray pipe 16 may be fitted with a laterally-projecting plate 18 for defining the upper sides of the issuing sheets of water, and the hood 21 with an internal pressure-equalizing baffle plate 23; the opening 7 in the vessel 6 is also provided along its two longer sides with serrated or notched strips 10 for distributing the water throughout the length thereof. The outlet of the vent 20 is restricted by a valve 22, Fig. 3, the stem 26 of which is tapered at its lower end to coact with a like seat in a passage 25 leading from the vent 20 to an atmospheric connection 24 and is secured at its other end to a flexible diaphragm 27 extending across a chamber 28 in the valve body, the diaphragm being subjected on its lower side to the combined actions of a spring 29 and the pressure within the vent 21 and on its upper side to the pressure within the tank 1 proper, these pressures being communicated through pipes 32, 33 respectively.
Patent GB-991192-A (GB)
Title: Composite laminate for upholstery
IPC: B32B27/00
Filed: 1962-06-14
Abstract: 991,192. Laminates. GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. June 14, 1962 [Sept. 21, 1961], No. 22909/62. Heading B5N. A flexible laminate comprises a flexible structural foam sheet ranging in thickness from about 0.05 inch to about 1.0 inch, both sides of which are adhered to flexible coextensive backing sheets, one of which is adhered discontinuously to the foam sheet. The foam sheet 11 may be polyurethane foam, latex sponge rubber or a silicone rubber foam. One side of the foam sheet 11 is continuously adhered to a sheet 12 of synthetic resin e.g. polymers and copolymers of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and vinylidene chloride or polypropylene, poly (ethylene-propylene), polyethylene or a flexible rubbery material e.g. resinous silicone compositions, neoprene compositions or a plastic fabric. The other side is discontinuously adhered to a flexible fibrous sheet 13 e.g. paper, knitted, woven or non- woven fabrics. The cement e.g. an epoxy resin is applied in dots 14, lines or odd shapes. The laminate may be used as an upholstery material.
Patent GB-264203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in safety razors
IPC: B26B21/24
Filed: 1925-09-14
Abstract: 264,203. Schick, J. Sept. 14, 1925. Cases combined with safety razors; contents, delivering; fittings, internal.- The handle of a safety razor is provided with a recess adapted to receive a stack of blades, resilient means being provided for feeding the blades into position to be engaged by a device which places the top blade in operative position in the guard. In one form the blades 18, which are contained within a holder 41 held in the recess 21 by a stem 24 which screws into the end of the handle 10, are ejected from a slot 36 in the handle into a slot 17 in the guard by a trigger 29 secured to a sleeve 28 which can be moved axially of the handle. In this form the guard 16 is pivoted upon a post 12 carried by the handle so that it can be swung either into operative position, as shown in Fig. 4, or into a position in which the slots 17, 36 are in alignment. Alternatively the blades 18 may be held in a recess immediately beneath the top plate 54, Fig. 10, of the guard and are placed into shaving position by sliding the plate 54 which has a shoulder on its under surface which engages the rear edge of the blade. The top plate may be operated by an arm 61 which is actuated by the engagement therewith of an eccentric slot formed within a collar 65 which has a portion 67 projecting beyond the end of the handle for manipulation.
Patent GB-630347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric sliding contact arrangements
IPC: H05B6/04
Filed: 1947-08-20
Abstract: 630,347. Hinged couplings. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., CURTIS, P. B., and BREWSTER, L. M. KING-. Aug. 20, 1947, No. 23091. [Class 38 (i)] A contact 42 sliding on a conductor, e.g. the coil of an inductor of the kind described in Specification 630,353, [Group XXXV], comprises a shaped block 45 mounted on a plunger 38 so that it may rock transverse to the conductor but not longitudinally thereof. The plunger 38 has limited travel in a tube 35 and is provided with a spring-loaded ball 43 which fits a recess 48 in a collar 47 on the block 45. The section of the plunger shown is plane but at rightangles to this it is generally V-shaped. A resilient loop of strip conductor 46 is secured to the tube 35 and to the collar 47 to hold the contact in position.
Patent GB-522831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of strip metal
IPC: B23C3/13
Filed: 1939-08-11
Abstract: 522,831. Making metal strip. GLACIER METAL CO., Ltd., and BATE, J. Aug. 11, 1939, No. 23216. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iii)] Milling-machines; cutters.-Strip, more particularly bimetallic strip produced by welding or flowing soft metal on to a backing and intended to be cut into blanks for bending or pressing into cylindrical or semi-cylindrical form, is thicknessed as part of a continuous process. The strip is fed by rollers 2 across a flat surface 3 and under a cutter such as an end mill 5 having rollers 7 that press the strip on to the surface 3 immediately after the cutters have acted upon it, the rollers being in close proximity to the cutters. To prevent the cutters from taking a second cut when they return across the strip the axis of the cutter may be inclined slightly. The strip is drawn from the machine by feed rollers 4. In a modification the axis of the cutter is perpendicular to the strip but beyond the axis the surface 3 is sloped downwards sufficiently to afford a few thousandths of an inch clearance. The rollers 7 may be spring pressed or may project a few thousandths beyond the cutters.
Patent GB-207273-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the design and construction of an extra high pressure turbine
IPC: F01D1/04
Filed: 1922-08-26
Abstract: 207,273. Johnston, W. A. Aug. 26, 1922. Axial-flow type; casings; regulating; rotors; working-fluid supply.- The casing a of an extra-high pressure turbine working with steam at say 2000 to 2500 pounds per square inch, superheated to about 900‹ Fahr., is machined from a solid or ring forging of steel or steel alloy, and the pipe connections g to the nozzle chambers f are welded into or flanged to the end cover e. These pipes g together with the ring main g<1> provide a flexible connection between the nozzle chambers and the steam chest, nozzle cut-out being effected by a hand valve or otherwise. Where only one rotor j is used, this may be forged solid with the shaft j<1>. The rotor blading h may be cut from the solid wheel forging. The exhaust pipe k<1> leads by way of a reheater to a standard normal turbine, which may be directly connected or geared to the extra-high pressure turbine. The inter-stage diaphragm b may be packed by a labyrinth packing of the deflecting type shown in Fig. 8, wherein a disc B fitted with inclined vanes rotates with the shaft j<1> between inclined deflectable vanes C secured to the diaphragm b. The shaft packing gland may comprise a number of thin inclined diaphragm discs adapted to be deflected by the leakage steam and so reduce the clearance. The governor valve may be semirotary or reciprocating, and is actuated either directly or through a fluid relay. In a modification, bearings are provided on both sides of the rotor. To reduce windage and eddy losses the clearance between the fixed and moving parts is reduced to a minimum.
Patent GB-969092-A (GB)
Title: A sand or gravel auger
IPC: E21B7/00
Filed: 1962-06-18
Abstract: 969,092. Boring earth &c. MAK KIM MOON. June 18, 1963 [June 18, 1962], No. 23338/62. Heading E1F. An auger for sand or gravel comprises a cylindrical casing 10 having a base 11 with an opening or openings 12, and a cutter disc 14 having scoop like portions 15 for each opening mounted on the base for limited turning movement about the casing axis. As the auger is turned into the ground in the clockwise direction the scoop or scoops collect material which is discharged through the opening or openings into the casing, and when the auger is turned in the anti-clockwise direction the disc turns relative to the casing so that material is retained in the casing during withdrawal of the auger from the hole.
Patent GB-662838-A (GB)
Title: Fuel supply systems for internal combustion engines or like fuel-consuming devices
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1946-08-06
Abstract: 662,838. Regulating. BENDIX AVTATION CORPORATION. Aug. 6, 1946 [Aug. 6, 1945], No. 23339/46. Addition to 662,835. Classes 7(iii) and 7(vi) In a modification of the fuel supply system of the parent Specification, which comprises an impeller 48 maintaining the pressure C upstream of a metering orifice 56 as a function of engine speed, and a valve 69 controlled by a diaphragm 72 suhject to the pressure B downstream of the orifice 56 and to a pressure A intermediate the pressure C and the inlet pressure D, the pressure A is controlled by a valve 92 actuated by a diaphragm 94 subject to the pressure C and to the pressure in the intake manifold 12 transmitted through a pipe 100. The fuel flows past the valve 69 through a pipe 58 to a distributer 60 feeding injectors 150 opposite the intake ports. A screw 53 provides for initial adjustment of the pressure A, and a valve 116 opens on acceleration to allow enriching fuel to byepass the orifice 56. The valve 116, carried by a diaphragm 122, is normally held closed by a spring 132 acting on a diaphragm 126 subjected in the chambers 128, 130 to the intake manifold pressure transmitted through a large and small orifice 142, 144 respectively. Sudden opening of the throttle valve 18 for acceleration causes a rise in pressure in the pipe 140 which is immediately transmitted through orifice 142 to chamber 128 but only slowly through orifice 144 to chamber 130 so that the diaphragm 126 is moved away from diaphragm 122 to allow the valve 116 to open until pressure equilibrium is restored in the chambers 128, 130. Specification 662.837 is referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect, 91, comprises also a distributer 60 in which a rotating disc having a radially inclined passage communicates in succession with the pipes 148, and the nozzles 150 are described as being of the type having a spring-closed valve or the type having no valve. This subject-matter does not' appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1424726-A (GB)
IPC: B65G19/10
Filed: 1973-05-16
Abstract: 1424726 Scraper conveyers GEWERKSCHAFT EISENHUTTE WESTFALIA 16 May 1973 [18 May 1972] 23340/73 Heading B8A A scraper for a scraper chain conveyer having spaced parallel chains, comprises two interengaging portions 10, 11 (in elevation respectively in Figs. 1 and 3, and secured together in plan view and elevational cross-section in Figs. 5 and 6). The member 10 has recesses 20 at each end for the whole upper surface of the respective horizontal chain link, except at the portions 26 where cut-outs are provided for the associated vertical links. The member 11 has similar recesses for engaging the lower surface of each horizontal link, but the ends of this member are not enlarged and consequently engage only the middle zone of each link. The portions 10, 11, are held together by two pairs of horizontal bolts and nuts 12, 19, and by vertical set bolts 40, 40. Projections 24, 24 and a recess 27, on the portion 10, interengage respectively with a recess 34 and a projection 28 on the portion 11. Projecting beads 23 on each side of the portion 10, provide alignment in the conveyer channel.
Patent GB-292390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fountain pens
IPC: B43K8/02
Filed: 1927-09-06
Abstract: 292,390. Kind, O. Sept. 6, 1927. Pens with felt and like marking-points;reservoir pens with special marking-points; ink-supply arrangements; ink.-A reservoir pen for use with a rapidly-drying writing-fluid, which is conveyed to the writing-point by means of a wick, is provided with a detachable and interchangeable container 2, Fig. 1, for the writing-fluid, for example alcohol and colouring matter contained in a small receptacle 10 closed by a wire sieve 11. The container 2 has an aperture at the lower end closed by a wick 9 of fabric or other absorbent fluid-conducting material, and is enclosed in a casing 1 having a pointed end with a small aperture, and a. wick 4 of felt or porous ceramic material is mounted in the pointed end. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the casing 1 is cylindrical with an open end wherein is detachably mounted a writing-point 5, and the container 2 has a, pointed end 3 containing the wick 4 and is pressed into the writing-point by means of a spring 7; the point 5 may be fixed to the container 2. Two containers may be provided in a casing pointed at both ends.
Patent GB-517654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with plaster-of-paris
IPC: C04B28/14
Filed: 1938-08-09
Abstract: 517,654. Plaster compositions. PEAKE, H. Aug. 9, 1938, No. 23429. [Class 22] Dextrin or starch is added to plaster of Paris, suitably in the proportions of 1 of dextrin to 8 of plaster, and heat is applied to produce a hard surface. The composition is suitable for the manufacture of dental and pottery moulds.
Patent GB-231089-A (GB)
Title: An improved variable machine for winding inductance coils as applied to wireless telephony receiving instruments
IPC: H01F41/06
Filed: 1924-10-04
Abstract: 231,089. Milnes, T. S. R. Oct. 4, 1924. Winding-machines; thread guides.-A machine for winding inductance coils for wireless telephony receiving-instruments comprises an expansible drum on which the material is wound, an adjustable traverse cam E<2> provided with an index to facilitate adjustment, a slide-box F<1> oscillated by the cam and connected by a rod F with the traverse guide, a variable transmission gear comprising contrate wheels connecting the spindle and cam shafts, and a revolution counter. The spindle-shaft is driven by a handle B<3> or by a pulley. The drum comprises three loose segments C<3> engaged by a taper flange C<1> fixed on the spindle and a taper flange, C<2> adjustable by means of a nut C<7>. A coil spring C<5> is mounted between the flanges, and leaf springs C<4> between the flanges and the segments, and coil or leaf distance-springs between the segments, so that the diameter of the drum may be readily reduced by slight pressure to accommodate the bobbin or former. The guide eye is drilled at an angle to the arm so as to lead the material to the drum without undue friction. The spindle and cam shafts are of such length, and bushes are provided to allow of gear-wheels of different diameters to be employed. The cam E<2> is slotted centrallv and adjustably secured to the shaft by a milled nut. and is provided with an index which co-operates with a register plate E<3> to facilitate setting. An index plate H<2> is secured to the shaft of a worm wheel driven by the spindle-shaft and co-operates with a pointer on the base plate. Specification 189,376 is referred to.
Patent GB-186807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in terminal blocks for electric conductors
IPC: H01R4/36
Filed: 1921-09-03
Abstract: 186,807. Kirk, A., and Milliken, R. C. Sept. 3, 1921. Binding-posts and terminals.-A texminad block comprises one or more open slots b inclined to its top surface and clamping-screws f intersecting the slots at an angle less than a right-angle so that conductors may be clamped in the bottom of the. slots and the screws operated from above. Such blocks mav have a vertical threaded hole intersecting an horizontal hole g in the centre of the block to take a further conductor, a clamping-screw h entering tha threaded hole at its upper end and a securing-screw entering )' it's lower end.