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Patent GB-918742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to recording apparatus
Inventor: SPARLING STANLEY CAPEL
IPC: G01S7/60
Filed: 1960-07-28
Abstract: 918,742. Echo-sounders. KELVIN & HUGHES Ltd. July 26, 1961 [July 28, 1960], No. 26343/60. Drawings to Specification. Class 40 (7). [Also in Group XIX] In a pulse-echo fish-finding echo-sounder comprising a rotating arm which carries a recording member traversing a recording zone, a rotatable scale member associated with the arm, and means for triggering a transmitter whenever the arm passes a predetermined point on the scale member, a visual indicator is mounted on the arm and is adapted to provide an indication of the reception of an echo signal irrespoective of the angular position of the arm, and means are provided for rotating the scale member whereby the recording range over the recording zone can be shifted. Thus if an echo signal is received from fish lying outside a recording range a visual warning is given and transmitter phasing means can be manipulated to so adjust the recording range as to include the fish-echo distance. An audible alarm may be added. Specification 576,295 is referred to.
Patent GB-425993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in skirts, trousers, breeches and like wearing apparel
IPC: A41D1/06
Filed: 1933-09-25
Abstract: 425,993. Wearing - apparel. CHAPPUIS, J. A., 4, Rue de la Gare, Peseux- Neuchatel, Switzerland, and LIGHTNING FASTENERS, Ltd., Imperial Chemical House, Millbank. London. Sept. 25, 1933, No. 26366. [Class 141] Skirts, trousers, breeches, and the like are provided in the waistband or like close - fitting portion of the garment with a separable fastener 4 of the self-locking kind as described in Specification 369,923, [Group XXV], and with a narrow portion 9 of elastic webbing located, preferably, opposite the separable fastener 4. A gusset piece or inner flap 7 of flex ible material is provided adjacent the fastener 4.
Patent GB-835204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for charging glass melting furnaces
Inventor: GELL PHILIP ANTHONY MAUNSELL
IPC: C03B3/00
Filed: 1955-09-15
Abstract: 835,204. Charging glass melting furnaces. ELEMELT Ltd. Dec. 14, 1956 [Sept. 15, 1955], No. 26396/55. Class 51 (2). In an open-topped tank furnace for melting glass, for instance that disclosed in Specificaton 835,20 1 or 835,203, charge material is controllably deposited over the surface of the melt by a trough 16 mounted on a carriage 12 which is traversed on rails 13 over the furnace by a motor 51 through chain and sprocket gearing, the carriage having arms 58 engaging the sprocket chain 49. The front wall 17 of the trough is formed at the bottom with a number of adjustable gate elements 53 defining with a movable base plate 24 a discharge opening 57 for the raw materials. The base plate 24 is of arcuate formation, is provided with side members 27 pivoted at 28, and is oscillated by a variable throw eccentric 35 driven from a motor 30 through couplings 32, 33 and reduction gearing 34. Distribution of the charge material may be varied by varying the frequency or the amplitude of the oscillations given to the base plate 24, varying the terminal positions occupied by said plate, or adjusting the gate elements 53. Alternatively, the speed of the carriage at different points may be varied, by controlling the speed of the motor 51 or its transmission.
Patent GB-1158888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sputtering and Evaporation
IPC: C23C14/54
Filed: 1968-06-04
Abstract: 1,158,888. Sputtering and vapour deposition. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. June 4, 1968 [June 15, 1967], No.26534/68. Heading C7F. An apparatus for sputter-cleaning surface portions of an article and evaporating material on to the cleaned surface portions comprises an ionization chamber with means for evacuating the chamber and means for inserting an ionizable gas therein, article support means mounted in said container for holding at least one article for successive sputter-cleaning and evaporation operations and arranged to be negatively biased during sputtering with respect to shield means located on opposite sides of said article support means arranged to shield said article support means from undesired sputtering and evaporation operations, said shield means being located within the "dark space" created during sputtering, heating means for heating the articles to a desired temperature level to permit evaporated material to be deposited on cleaned surface portions of said article, and material evaporation means for evaporating material on to the cleaned surface portions of said articles. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, part-spherical section 32 constitutes the holding means for articles 42, and the two shields are constituted by apertured sheets 22 and 74, which latter has in its apertures quartz plates 76 which permit radiation from heater assembly 78 to heat the articles. A tungsten holder 98 bearing the material 96 to be evaporated is heated by A. C. source 105. A specific type of substrate holder is described, and the deposition of Cr-Cu-Au on a semi-conductor is given as an example.
Patent GB-1207638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to web aligning apparatus
IPC: B65H23/02
Filed: 1969-05-27
Abstract: 1,207,638. Guiding webs. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. 27 May, 1969 [29 May, 1968], No. 26610/69. Heading B8R. A web-aligning unit comprises two multi-roll assemblies 3, 4 mounted parallel and in tandem to provide an 8-shaped path for a moving web, each roll assembly including a plurality of rollers equally spaced about the central axis of the assembly and having one end 12 fixed and the other end, i.e. end plate 26 for assembly 3 and end plate 27 for assembly 4, movable in journals 28 or 29 about said axis so that the rollers 23 can be inclined with respect to the axis, the entrance roller 22 above being maintained in a position perpendicular to the path of the web by a ball-joint 35 which holds the end plate 26 at that point; a carrier 2 for the assemblies 3, 4 pivoted about an axis 16; an actuator 31 responsive to a web-sensing feeler detecting web misalignment (Fig. 5, not shown) for pivoting the carrier 2 in the direction of the desired correction; and a connecting rod 30 joining the end plates 26, 27 which thus rotate slightly in response to the pivotal movement of the carrier 2 so that the rollers of the assemblies 3, 4 incline simultaneously, whereby the travel of the web is corrected, the web following a true helical path through the unit. Disturbance of the cylindrical geometry of the roll assemblies caused by skewing of the rollers is controlled by flexing the rollers 23 slightly at their mid points, pairs of wheels 40 being provided for this purpose. In a modification (Figs. 6 and 7, not shown), the unit is controlled by a position sensing system, e.g. of the fluidic, optical, radiation, inductance or capacitance type, so as to cause the web to traverse slightly from side-to-side as it leaves the unit to be wound into a package, thereby to prevent uneven build-up of the package in the vicinity of gauge thickness variations.
Patent GB-420250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to temporary protective coatings for articles and applying or removing the same
Filed: 1933-09-28
Abstract: 420,250. Packing articles with finished surfaces. ARMSTRONG, J. J. V., 12, Church Street, Liverpool.-(Copeman Laboratories Co., and Copeman, L. G. ; 212, Smith Street, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.) Sept. 28, 1933, No. 26669. [Class 94 (i)] Temporary protective coatings are applied to the surfaces of articles having finished surfaces such as motor cars, furniture, refrigerator boxes and the like, by spraying a coating substance such as an aqueous dispersion of rubber or lacquer, adapted to set with a flexible, non-tacky coating, and a backing material such as wood flour, ground rubber, cotton dust, plaster of Paris, cereal flour or the like, which is bonded to the first coating so that the whole can be removed by peeling when desired. As shown, the article 2 has a finished surface 3 which is coated by spraying or dipping with a layer 4 of an aqueous dispersion of rubber, which may be bonded with clay. A layer of wood flour, &c., 5 is added while the layer 4 is still wet and a final layer of latex 6, which may be combined with suitable accelerators, is added to complete the coating. U.S.A. Reissue Specification 18734 is referred to. When upholstery is to be protected, it is initially treated as described in U.S.A. Specification 1,417,587 to prevent bonding with the coating.
Patent GB-383358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tip-up seats
IPC: A47C7/56
Filed: 1931-09-25
Abstract: 383,358. Tip-up seats. AUSTIN, SIR H., Lickey Grange, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Sept. 25, 1931, Nos. 26749 and 33484. [Class 52 (ii).] In a set of tip-up seats means are provided whereby each arm, which is common to two seats, is positively moved down by the downward movement of either seat if said arm is not already down, but moves up only when both seats are moved up or when one is moved up while the other is already in its upward position. Such an arrangement is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the seat B, pivoted at a<3> and weighted at b<4>, being connected to the arm C, pivoted at a <2> and weighted at F, by a telescopic link E. Modifications are described in which the seat back is pivoted, at its lower end, to the seat proper, and in which the seat back is connected to the seat standards by pivoted links.
Patent GB-1393611-A (GB)
Title: Shaving device
IPC: B26B21/00
Filed: 1972-06-08
Abstract: 1393611 Shaving device KKK KROYER 6 June 1973 [8 June 1972] 26749/72 Heading B4B A shaving device comprises a plate having a plurality of projections 1, 2, Fig. 3, which, at their free ends, are undercut so as to form cutting edges. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a profiled metal layer 1 is attached to a layer 2 of plastics material which is attached to a second layer 3 of plastics material. The surface of the metal layer is ground thereby removing leaving exposed portions of the first plastics layer. The device is then subjected to an etching process which dissolves the exposed portions of the first plastics layer but not the second layer as shown in Fig. 3. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, a metal plate 4 having a plurality of projections 5 is secured to a plastics layer 9, the interior spaces defined by the projections being filled with a plastics material 7 which can be removed by dissolution by means of a suitable solvent after grinding the tops of the projections away; the layer 9 is resistant to attack by the solvent. The profile on the metal plate may be formed by pressing the latter against a suitably shaped die; the die may be formed by closely packed steel balls thereby forming rounded projections the tops of which being ground away, Fig. 5 (not shown). In a further method of construction, a chromium layer is deposited in discrete areas on a steel plate and the plate then heated so as to diffuse the chromium into the steel. The plate is then etched with acid, e.g. nitric, which dissolves away the steel adjacent the chromium areas thereby leaving sharp under-cut edges of the chromium; the chromium may then be polished.
Patent GB-773225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the preparation of unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM OWEN
IPC: C07C5/05
Filed: 1954-09-15
Abstract: Cyclo-octatrienes are produced by reducing cyclo-octatetraene using as reducing agent zinc dust or aluminium powder or tin in conjunction with a solution of an alkali or of a mineral acid in water or an organic solvent or a mixture thereof at a temperature of 20-120 DEG C., and preferably 70-100 DEG  C.  Activating agents such as platinum chloride or copper sulphate are preferably added to the mixture.  In Example 1, 1 : 3 : 5-cyclo-octatriene is produced by the action of zinc dust, potassium hydroxide and ethyl alcohol on cyclo-octatetraene at 100 DEG  C. in an atmosphere of nitrogen.  1 : 3 : 6-Cyclo-octatriene is produced in Example 2 by the action of zinc dust on sodium hydroxide solution in the presence of ethyl alcohol and platinum chloride, and in Example 3 by the action of zinc powder on hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid in the presence of ethanol, acetone or tertiary butanol, and in Example 4 (by the action of zinc dust and aqueous hydrochloric acid on cyclo-octatetraene.  U.S.A. Specifications 2,644,848 and 2,644,849 are referred to.
Patent GB-1555233-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of planographic printing forms
IPC: G03F7/00
Filed: 1976-06-28
Abstract: In order to minimise the image defects without adversely affecting the print run performance of the flat-bed printing forme, the surface of the plate after developing, but prior to heating, is treated with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic substance and/or a water-soluble inorganic salt. Afterwards, any contamination precipitated on the background areas during baking can easily be removed by washing with water or aqueous solutions.
Patent GB-277278-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for controlling the circuit of an intermittently operated device, for example, a flashing lamp
IPC: G08B5/38
Filed: 1926-10-27
Abstract: 277,278. Radio Patents Corporation, Inc., (Assignees of Dubilier, W.). Sept. 11, 1926, [Convention date]. Holders.-Relates to thermal interrupters for lamps &c., the constructions described being characterized by an insulating disc adapted to be inserted in a lamp holder and provided on its two sides with metal caps or equivalent terminal devices to engage respectively a contact of a lamp and a contact of the lamp holder. In circuit between the caps is the thermal interrupter. Fig. 2 shows one form with metal caps 23, 24 and bimetallic interrupter 7 arranged in a cavity in the insulating disc 22 between the caps. Fig. 10 shows a, form in which the upper cap 38 is a bimetallic disc provided with an extension 31. Figs. 12 and 14 show a form for a lamp socket having two contact prongs 48. The prongs are inserted respectively through an eyelet rivet 41 and in a metal thimble 42 and the two contacts 52 of the lamp engage respectively the one prong 48 and a metal cap 43 insulated from the thimble 42 by a layer 44 but electrically connected with the thimble through the bimetallic thermal interrupter 3. Fig. 16 shows a form in which the bimetallic strip 3 is heated by current passing through a series of carbon blocks 59, the strip then bending to bring together contacts 4, 5 and thereby short-circuiting the carbon blocks. A heat-insulating block 67 is arranged between the bimetallic strip 3 and the carbon heater 59 to cause the lamp to flash less rapidly. A similar heat-insulating block 67 is used in the construction shown in Fig. 17, being arranged between the strip 3 and the heating winding 71. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) also describes other forms of bimetallic interrupters in which there is no insulating disc. Fig. 5 (Cancelled) shows an arrangement for causing the intermittent. flashing of a " stop " signal on a vehicle and also of a " left " or " right " signal according to the position of a switch arm 17. Fig. 8 (Cancelled) shows an arrangement in which the bending down of the lower strip 7 to make contact is helped by the bending down of the upper strip 7. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-925159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in heat recovery installations
Inventor: TILLEQUIN JEAN FREDERIC
IPC: F22B37/24
Filed: 1961-07-25
Abstract: 925,159. Supporting steam generators. BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd. July 25, 1961 [July 28, 1960], No. 26883/61. Class 123 (2). In an installation for the recovery of heat from a fluid under pressure, especially the gas coolant from a nuclear reactor, a number of heat exchange units 1, for example steam generating units as described in Specification 909,557, each including a vertically elongated pressure vessel are distributed around the axis of a cylindrical concrete structure 2 which forms a biological shield. The heating fluid enters an axial distributer vessel 7 and flows therefrom through radial pipes 12 to the inlet nozzles 8 of the heat exchange units, passes downwardly therethrough and through radial pipes to a lower axial collector vessel, not shown. The heated fluid, for example, steam, leaves the units through pipes such as 23. The distributer vessel 7 is supported on a platform 14 resting on shoulders 15 provided on the structure. To allow for movements of the units 1 towards and away from the centre axis which occur in operation due to the thermal contraction and expansion of the horizontal lengths 12<SP>1</SP> of the pipes 12, each unit is suspended by its inlet nozzle from a carriage 10 which rests on rollers 11 running on the edges of a radial passage 4 in a peripheral corbel 3 projecting from the wall of the structure 2. The heat exchange units are introduced into or removed from the structure 2 through doorways 5, 6, the units being handled within the structure by a winch on a carriage 19 running on a turn bridge 18 supported from rollers 17 engaging tracks 17A below the platform 14. In modifications, the platform 14 is dispensed with, the vessel 7 being supported on a roller bearing resting on the turnbridge, the ends of which rest on rollers running on tracks on the shoulders 15. The lower end of the vessel 7 extends below the turn bridge and is connected to the units 1 by radial pipes and elbow pieces, Fig. 3 (not shown), or by radial pipes and an intermediate ring distributer, Fig. 5 (not shown). Alternatively, the pipe 12 pass around the ends of the turn bridge before connecting to the units 1.
Patent GB-385043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supports for overhead electric lines
IPC: H02G7/20
Filed: 1931-09-29
Abstract: 385,043. Post attachments. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., Ltd., W. T., 11, Holborn Viaduct, London, and BAWTREE, E., Derrynane, Homefield Rise, Orpington, Kent. Sept. 29, 1931, No. 27036. [Class 20 (i).] Overhead electric cables are supported by post attachments comprising a central vertical metal bar and one or two pairs of outwardly extending arms, the arms being formed wholly or in part by splitting either or both ends of the bar and bending apart the separate limbs thus formed. According to one construction, the bar 1, Fig. 1, is of channel section and is attached to the post 9 by bolts 10. The arms 2 which are strengthened by a metal strip 8, are bent in to substantially semi-circular shape and have lateral extensions 3 which are drilled at 4 to receive the supporting pins of the insulators. An extension 5 of the web of the bar at the top is turned over and welded to the flanges to form a support for a third insulator pin. These supports may be lengthened if the post is to carry a duplicate set of insulators. In a modification, the arms are similarly formed but extend laterally from the upper end of the bar. In a further modification, the arms 22, Fig. 3, of a channel-section bar 21 are welded to a V-shaped angle-section metal bar 13. The bars 13, 21, together form the supporting arms 11 for the overhead cables and are secured to a flattened portion 16 of the post 29 by bolts 14, 15, respectively. Three insulator pins are supported in a similar manner to the attachment shown in Fig. 1. When more than a single pair of arms are required, the bars are split at both ends and the upper arms of one bar are joined to the lower arms of the bar above.
Patent GB-377498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lubricating means suitable for use with road and other vehicles
IPC: B60R17/02
Filed: 1931-09-29
Abstract: 377,498. Lubricating nipples. THORNYCROFT & CO., Ltd., J. I., Thornycroft House, Smith Square, London, and NEWMAN, R. F., of Motor Vehicle & Engine Works, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Sept. 29, 1931, No. 27095. [Class 12 (iii).] In a road or other vehicle, a number of nipples I connected by tubes to the parts to be lubricated are mounted on a plate 2 secured to the chassis and are grouped in one or more circular rows within a casing 5 provided with a rotatable cover 8 which is provided with one or more holes 8a, 8b and which co-operates with a tongue 6a projecting from the casing in such a way that the holes are normally obturated by the tongue so as to protect the nipples against access of dirt while the cover mav be turned to one or other of several definite positions in each of which the hole or holes come opposite a nipple or nipples so that a grease gun or like device can be applied thereto. The open cylindrical casing 5 has another tongue 6 at its other end and is secured to the plate 2 by means of a bolt 5a and by the stud 7 to which the cover 8 is secured and which passes through the two tongues and plate 2. The cover, which has an operating rib 9, has markings thereon which co-operate with a pointer 5b on the casing 5 so as to afford an indication of which nipples are uncovered.
Patent GB-1353103-A (GB)
Title: Mobil machine running on the rails of a railway track for carrying  out track work to be performed at intervals
IPC: E01B27/17
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1353103 Railway track working machine FRANZ PLASSER BAHNBAUMASCHINEN 19 April 1971 [28 Aug 1970] 27125/71 Addition to 1347013 Heading E1G A machine running on the rails of a railway track comprising rails 1 and sleepers 3 for loosening or tightening screw fastening elements 4 securing the rails to the sleepers comprises screw wrench tools 9, a first control device 15 on the machine influenced by selected components of the track which are indicative of longitudinal position i.e. sleepers or rail fastenings to produce a signal when such a component is detected to control automatically the advance of the machine and the lowering of the tools, and a pulse generator 16 operating in response to a signal from the first control device to transmit to an indicating and control device 17 pulses corresponding to the distance travelled by the tools along the track, whereby the control devices cooperate to ensure that the tools are positioned accurately and automatically relative to the screw fastening elements. As described the tool position control system is that forming the subject of Specification 1347013. The screw wrench tools may form a set of similar tools arranged along the vehicle length (Fig. 2 not shown) for simultaneous operation on the screw fastening elements on adjacent sleepers, or as shown may form part of the track fastening releasing tool assembly of the vehicle of Specification 1344270 for track fastenings consisting of nuts, clamp plates, and threaded rail fastening bolts. In each case each tool may have its own first control device 15 and pulse generator 16 and the tools may be relatively displaceable along the length of the machine.
Patent GB-518105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to dust extracting and collecting apparatus
IPC: B01D46/02
Filed: 1938-09-17
Abstract: 518,105. Dust extractors. LISTER, R. B., LISTER, W. P., and LISTER, J. P., [trading as LISTER & SONS, J.]. Sept. 17, 1938, No. 27134. [Class 23] Dust extracting and collecting apparatus consists of a vertical cylindrical container a with a conical top a<1> having inside it a cylindrical hood b also with a conical top b<1>, and a dependent cylindrical filter c. The rim of the hood b is flanged so that a coiled spring c<1> in a hem in the filter supports the latter in a detachable manner. The filter is similarly attached by a spring c<2> at its lower end to the flanged rim of a conical ring a<3> secured to the casing. The space below the ring constitutes a dust box a<4>. The inlet pipe b passes through the casing and makes a tangential connection with the interior of the hood b, and carries for instance, dust laden air from a fan associated with a grinding machine. A cyclonic settling and filtering action occurs and the dust drops to the box a<4> while the clean air passes upwards inside the casing to the outlet pipe a<2> in the casing top a<1>. A shallow annular tank d containing liquid, and a cowl d<1> may be provided to serve as a dust trap at the clean gas outlet. Doors a<5>, a6 are provided in the casing and dust box respectively, and the filter c may be provided with a canvas handle whereby it may be shaken.