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Patent GB-590138-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for positioning fish
IPC: A22C25/12
Filed: 1945-04-13
Abstract: 590,138. Fish dressing machine. ARENCO AKTIEBOLAG. April 13, 1945, No. 9317. Convention date, April 22, 1944. [Class 28 (ii)] Fish A are arranged in two groups, each group having all the heads pointing to one or other side of the machine by means of the outwardly pulling action, e.g., of rotated fluted rollers 10a, lOb in the path of the fish conveyer 1-2, such rollers engaging more readily on the gills or fins and scales than on the tail part of the fish, the rollers 10a rotating in opposite direction to the rollers 10b. The fish snouts are thus made to abut against gauge plates 15 at each side and along which they are conveyed to rotary cutters 18 which cut off their heads, the heads falling down on an inclined plate 23 at each side. The fluted rollers are driven through worm gearing, e.g., from the shaft of the conveyer sprocket 5. A top plate with rough underside or with longitudinal flutes may be provided above rollers 10a &c. the fish being introduced between the plate and rollers, such plate increasing the efficiency of the sorting or arranging. In a modification a pair of oppositely rotating brushes instead of the rollers 10a &c. engage the upper sides of the fish and move them head first to one side or the other. In a further modification a single transversely reciprocated soft brush engages the fish scales more readily in one direction than the other and so moves the fish into two similar groups. In a still further modification transversely reciprocated inclined-toothed rakes (37, 38, Fig. 10, not shown) draw the fish head first to one or other side of the machine. The two groups of fish when sorted out in opposite directions can be directed to form a single group by turning end for end each fish of one of the groups to combine with the other group. A turnover device 45, Fig. 13, at one side receives each fish of one group abutting 47 in its slot 46 and being intermittently rotated on its shaft 48 through geneva drive reverses the fish so that their heads point towards the other side 15. A jet of water 59 then drives the fish over the smoothed part of the fluted rollers lOb until they contact the flutes of the reversely driven fluted rollers 10a which feed them over to the gauge plate 15 of that side along with the fish normally fed to that side.
Patent GB-125811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Corner Fittings of Bedsteads and Cots.
IPC: F16B12/58
Filed: 1918-06-08
Abstract: 125,811. Turner, Ltd., S. F., and Mc- Caig, T. June 8, 1918. Joints.-A corner fitting for bedsteads &c. comprises two blocks 7, 18, the outer block 7 having flanges 12, 13, and the inner block 18 having a flange 20: The block 7 may be attached to the post 17 by the dovetail joint 16, and the two blocks together with the angle-iron members 14, 15 are secured together by the bolt 21, the angleiron members abutting against the flanges 12, 13, and 20.
Patent GB-764830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hose end fittings
IPC: F16L33/16
Filed: 1954-03-31
Abstract: 764,830. Hose couplings. BRITISH TYRE & RUBBER CO., Ltd., and BEAZLEY, T. A. March 31, 1955 [March 31, 1954], No. 9474/54. Class 99(1) In a hose end fitting comprising an outer part 33 gripping the outside of the hose pipe and an inner part 11 screw-threaded into the outer part 33 and provided with an outer insert 18 which is driven axially into the material of the hose and an inner insert 12 which fits tightly into the bore of the hose, the insert 12 is fixed to the inner part 11 so as to be free to rotate relatively thereto to prevent twisting of the end of the hose during screwing together of the parts 11, 33. The insert 12 has a flange 25 engaging in a recess 26 in the member 11 which flange is formed when the tube 12, provided with a groove 27, Fig. 2, forming a weakened portion, is positioned against a step 29 in the member 11 and forced or hammered until the end 28 is deformed into the recess 26. The fitting is shown applied to a hose having inner and outer resilient layers 22, 36 of rubber or plastic and a reinforcing layer 20, e.g. of braided wire, the insert 18 engaging between the inner layer 22 and the reinforcement 20. In applying the fitting the outer member 33, provided with quick-pitch screw-threads 35, is screwed on to the outer surface of the hose, the threads 35 cutting through the outer layer 36 to the reinforcement 20. The member 11 is then screwed into the member 33, whereby the member 12 is forced without rotating into the bore of the hose and the insert 18 is forced between the reinforcement 20 and the inner layer 22. The reinforcement 20 is thus trapped between the teeth 35 and the tongue 18, the end of which is bent inwards slightly by the teeth 35 to cause the inner layer 22 to be gripped between the inserts 12 and 18. Specifications 762,072 and 762,086 are referred to.
Patent GB-611247-A (GB)
Title: An improved method and apparatus for running-in or conditioning internal combustion engines
IPC: F02B79/00
Filed: 1946-03-28
Abstract: 611,247. Running in engines after assembly. AUSTIN MOTOR CO., Ltd., LORD, L. P., HOLBECHE, H. W., and COLEMAN, S. March 28, 1946, No. 9568. [Class 122 (iii)] A process for conditioning internal-combustion engines consists in mounting the engines radially on a table 10 which is rotated slowly by an electric motor 21, through a speed reduction gear 20, connected to a spur-wheel 18 secured to a socket 17, which bears in a hollow spigot 16 mounted on a base 15. The engines are driven preferably by a single motor 27, the power being transmitted through a hollow shaft 32 within the spigot 16 by bevel gearing 30, 31 and 33, the latter meshing with a set of bevel pinions 35, each of which is keyed to a driving shaft of one of a set of clutch boxes 36, the shafts of which are coupled to each engine crank-shaft by means of a clutch member 38 and a coupling 37. A chamber 39 is fed with lubricating oil from a reservoir 40 by way of the hollow shaft 32 and an oil pressure chamber 41 above is fed from a pipe 42 to which is secured a cam plate 44, the periphery of which engages the stems of a set of oil valves 45 communicating with a set of oil pipes 46 leading to pipe couplings 47 one of which is connected to each engine. To each cradle 23 there is provided an extending lever 53 having a roller 55 at its lower end in contact with a cam block 56. A link rod 57, pivoted to the lever 53 is itself pivoted to a shaft 58 which operates a fork in the clutch-box 36 to move a clutch member 60 out of engagement with a driving clutch member 61. The drive is restored by the roller 55 bearing against a second cam block. When each engine approaches the unloading position the respective roller 55 encounters the block 56 and the drive to the engine is uncoupled. The stem of the respective valve in the chamber 41 at the same time enters a recess in the cam 44, thereby cutting off the oil supply. Oil is returned to the sump from the engine crank-case by way of a recess in the cradles 23 and trays 73 and 74.
Patent GB-549905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tyre building machines and cores therefor
IPC: B29D30/24
Filed: 1941-07-29
Abstract: 549,905. Wheel tyres. DUNLOP RUBBER CO., Ltd., and WILLSHAW, H. July 29, 1941, No. 9611. [Class 144 (i)] A core or former of a tyre building machine is secured in driving engagement with the machine shaft 18 by a single central screw 36. The core preferably comprises segments each having a middle part 11 and side parts 12, 13 secured together by bolts 17, 17a providing for adjustment of the width of the core by shims or spacing rings 14. The gap 15 on the surface of the core is covered by a member 16 secured to the centre part. The segments are held together by disc-like members 19, 20, preferably coned at 21, 22, connected together by a screwed hub or sleeve 25. The machine shaft has a flange 28 with notches 29, 30 fitting over lugs 32, 33 formed in a recessed part of the disc 20 to transmit the drive, and has a reduced extension 34 threaded to receive the single screw 36. Screws 40 with washers serve as spacers between the flange 28 of the shaft and the core disc 20 to maintain constant the distance x of the centre line of the core from the machine end 27 of the shaft. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 544,745.
Patent GB-1180243-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced Concrete Vessels
IPC: F16L25/00
Filed: 1967-03-01
Abstract: 1,180,243. Concrete pipes; pipe joints. VACUUM CONCRETE (OVERSEAS) CO. ANSTALT. 1 March, 1967 [2 March, 1966], No. 9628/67. Headings F2G and F2P. A reinforced concrete container or pipe comprises an inner concrete wall layer 2 prestressed by a surrounding reinforcing metal layer 3 which is in turn covered by an outer protective layer 1 of mortar made with an epoxy resin binder. A layer of epoxy resin material may lie between the reinforcing metal layer and inner wall layer, and a layer of epoxy resin can be used to prime the reinforcement layer for the attachment of the outer protective layer to it. The concrete layer is lined with a thin steel liner 4, preferably between 1.5 and 4 mm. thick. Adjacent pipe sections may be joined by welding thicker end sleeves 5 to the lining and buttwelding adjacent sleeves. Alternatively, by forming the sleeves of a different diameter, a spigot and socket connection may be made, the co-operating sleeves being welded together. Sect. 9 reference to Specification 1,073,714 is included. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,073,714.
Patent GB-1286905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to rotary shafts and seals
IPC: F16J15/40
Filed: 1970-02-27
Abstract: 1286905 Rotary shaft seals BROWN BOVERI SULZER TURBOMACHINERY Ltd 27 Feb 1970 [28 Feb 1969] 9648/70 Heading F2B  In a seal for a rotating shaft 1 comprising two  sealing rings 8, 9 housed side-by-side in a sealing chamber 5 supplied with a barrier fluid, the facing ends of the two rings being spaced apart and the opposite ends bearing with at least one annular part against the chamber walls 10, 11, the ring 9 on the high pressure side of the seal has passages 14 therein between its ends through which passages barrier fluid flows from the chamber 5 to the space 16 between the rings and cools the ring 9. The barrier fluid is supplied to the chamber 5 through a bore 15 and flow of fluid direct to the space 16 is restricted by a flange 17 on the ring 8. The rings 8 and 9 are urged apart by springs 18 and prevented from rotation by pins 19 and 20 loosely engaging bores in a flange 6 and sleeve 7 respectively of the seal housing. The ring 9 has helical grooves (not shown) on its inner periphery handed so that they tend to return fluid between the shaft and the ring 9 to the space 16. The barrier fluid is supplied to chamber 5 at a pressure exceeding that in the interior 2 of the housing 3 and fluid flowing between the shaft and the rings 8 and 9 is collected in chambers 21 and 22, respectively. There may be ten or more passages 14 which may be provided by pores if the ring 9 is made of porous metal.
Patent GB-1386292-A (GB)
Title: Rigid transparent sheets and containers formed therefrom
IPC: A01K63/00
Filed: 1972-03-02
Abstract: 1386292 Aquarium E HUIZINGA 2 March 1972 [10 March 1971] 9719/72 Heading A1A [Also in Division B2] Edge members 10, 11 of elastomer or synthetic plastics material are applied onto edges of rigid transparent sheets 7, 8 by spraying in liquid form. After solidification of the edge members, which may be composed of silicon rubber, a layer of putty or glue or silicon rubber 13 is applied to the edge members and they are pressed together so that sheets 7 and 8 are thereby joined. This technique may be applied to the manufacture of aquaria, boxes and greenhouses where glass or any suitable transparent plastics material may be used.
Patent GB-883881-A (GB)
Title: Dewatering device and pressure feeder
IPC: B30B9/16
Filed: 1960-03-18
Abstract: 883,881. Pulp-thickening device. BAUER BROS. CO. March 18, 1960 [March 27, 1959], No. 9761/60. Class 96. In a continuously operable press for removing fluid, e.g. water, from pulp, the pulp suspension is fed under pressure (Fig. 2) through an inlet passage 32 into a base chamber 28 and is conveyed upwardly, or horizontally if the device be so arranged, into and through a passage 88 (Fig. 1) by feed screws 16, 17 comprising contrarotating, oppositely-sloping, and interfitting helicoid surfaces 68, 69 arranged on parallel shafts 66, 67, the fluid expressed escaping through vertical slots between triangularly sectioned rods 62 (Fig. 2) whose apices point outward and flat inner surfaces are scraped by the screws, of a cage-like housing comprised of arcuate sections 55, 56 clamped together, the fluid flowing downwardly into a space 29 (Fig. 2) having an outlet 34. The device is enclosed by an outer jacket comprising mating half-cylindrical members 45, 46 clamped together, and an upper closure plate 51 which supports a housing 75, of reduced cross-section to assist in compression of the pulp, and fluid removal therefrom, which terminates in a discharge duct 74. A motor 24 connected through gearing and a chain rotates cog-wheels 18, 19 on stub shafts 14, 15 at the ends of the feed screw shafts 66, 67.
Patent GB-957281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the mounting of vehicle roofs
IPC: B62D25/06
Filed: 1963-03-12
Abstract: 957,281. Vehicle roofs. DAIMLER-BENZ A.G. March 12, 1963 [March 23, 1962], No. 9818/63. Heading B7B. A roof 12 (Fig. 5) which may be provided with a stiffener 13 is secured to a closed annular frame 16 by a resilient strip 17 the web 18 of the frame 16 being secured to the vehicle by a strip 21. In Fig. 6 the annular frame 26 has a flange 27 which may be horizontal as shown or extend in the opposite direction so that the cross-section is approximately A shape. The roof comprises a pair of dished panels 29 or drainage channels 36, 37 are provided in the resilient strip 30.
Patent GB-887672-A (GB)
Title: Recharging of primary batteries
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 1959-03-23
Abstract: 887,672. Charging batteries. WARBURTON, L. March 14, 1960 [March 23, 1959; Oct. 6, 1959], Nos. 9902/59 and 33848/59. Class 38 (4). Apparatus for charging a mercury cell 11 of the kind used in hearing aids comprises a holder 12 housing a dry battery 13 and an indicating lamp 14, the holder 12 being arranged to hold the cell 11, battery 13 and lamp 14 in a series circuit so that the cell is charged by the battery 13. The voltage of the battery 13 is arranged to be less than the polarized voltage of the cell 11 when charged to prevent overcharge and subsequent damage of the cell 11. More than one cell 11 and a corresponding number of batteries 13 may be used simultaneously.
Patent GB-263927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in conversion of reciprocatory motion to rotary motion, or the converse
IPC: F16H21/36
Filed: 1925-10-31
Abstract: 263,927. Dean, G. Oct. 31, 1925. Driving-gear.-Relates to mechanism for the conversion of reciprocating motion to rotary motion of the type which comprises a crank shaft having an orbital movement around an axis intersecting the line of travel of the reciprocating member which is connected to the crank pin, the diameter of the orbital path being half the reciprocating movement and consists in the provisions of a universal joint connection between the reciprocating member and the crank pin, such as a self-aligning bearing or a connecting rod and gudgeon pin transverse to the crank pin. The mechanism is applicable to fluid pressure engines. Fig. 5 shows a two cylinder engine with pistons 30 directly connected by means of a self-aligning bearing to a crank pin of the crank shaft 28 which is mounted in a member 25 with an eccentricity equal to the crank radius. A gear wheel 27 on the crank shaft meshes with an internal gear of twice the diameter fixed on a cylinder supporting sleeve 67 to give the orbital motion. The main shaft 60 fast with the member 25 may engage planet gears 62, carried by a stationary member 65, which mesh with an internal gear 66 on the cylinder supporting sleeve 67; the consequent rotation of the cylinders in the opposite direction to that of the orbital motion of the crank shaft gives an increased number of reciprocating movements for each revolution of the main shaft. An alternative mechanism for obtaining the straight line motion of the crank pin is shown in Fig. 7 and comprises a crank shaft 45 carried by a sleeve 47 which houses a shaft 48 running at three times the speed of the sleeve 47 and gearing with the crank shaft 45.
Patent GB-314833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gramophones, talking machines and the like
IPC: G11B25/04
Filed: 1928-04-02
Abstract: 314,833. Rosen, E. E. April 2, 1928. Cases with internal horns.-A portable gramophone is provided with a horn of which the soundinlet is included in the area of, or accommodated within, the outlet, the horn being arranged, when enclosed below the turntable, to lie around the motor in approximately U-shope, and having its outlet or flare 9 directed upwardly so as to open in a plane substantially parallel to the turntable 2, and towards the end of the casing at which the tone-arm is pivoted. The tone-arm, not shown, is pivoted on an elbow 6a, which forms the sound-inlet of the horn and leads through an aperture in the curved wall 8<a> of the flare to the part 6 of the horn proper. The horn may be of rectangular cross-section, and be formed of sheet metal. As shown, it is in three main sections 6, 7, 8 joined together. The flare 9 may extend across the whole width of the casing. The elbow 6a may have a pivoted horizontal joint which enables the tone-arm, when not in use, to be accommodated within the flare, wholly or mainly below the level of the turntable. Within the lid is a sound-directing member 10, and also a flap or pocket 11 for holding records. The pocket may have a central circular opening with a flanged rim, adapted, when the lid is closed, to engage the turntable. Specification 290,404 is referred to.
Patent GB-570948-A (GB)
Title: Device for illuminating rooms
IPC: F21S8/00
Filed: 1944-05-23
Abstract: 570,948. Wall lamps. CAVIGLIA, E. S. May 23, 1944, No. 9937. [Class 75 (iv)] [Also in Group XXXVII] An electric lamp arranged in a casing A located at the intersection of the walls of several rooms is controlled by a switch J provided with an operating member 7 engaging a centrally pivoted crank K having arms 9 projecting through slots in the lamp pedestal into each room. The casing has apertures preferably glazed with opaline glass facing each room and some of the apertures may, be fitted with shutters O formed by two hinged leaves 13, 14 which may be folded back against corner members 3 on the partition walls or opened out across the apertures by levers P fitted with springs 24 to retain them in the open or closed positions. The leaves 13 are hinged to the casing A and the leaves 14 carry pins 18 engaging slots in fixed slides 17 and the levers P.
Patent GB-255822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thermo-electric batteries for converting the continuous or alternating current from the main lines into low voltage continuous current forthe supply of valves for radio telegraphy and for like uses
IPC: H01L35/00
Filed: 1926-04-15
Abstract: 255,822. Mieville, C. July 25, 1925, [Convention date]. Thermo-electric batteries.-A number of elements, each consisting of three parts, are assembled in such a manner that the joints between the two parts of each element constituting the hot junctions are clamped together against a common heating resistance. Fig. 4 shows one of the elements consisting of a bar 1 of thermo-electric alloy soldered to a bar 3 of copper-nickel alloy, the joint 2 forming the hot junction. To the other end of the bar 1 constituting the cold junction is soldered a long strip 5 of copper &c. to the end of which the adjacent element is connected. Fig. 6 shows in plan a complete battery. The rods 1 of the several elements are cemented in holes or recesses in plates 9 between which are placed heating resistances with which the joints 2 make contact. The parts are clamped together by bolts and nuts 8. The terminals are mounted on insulating plates 6. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) states that in order to increase the cooling surface at the cold junctions, the latter may be shunted as shown in Fig. 4 (Cancelled) by a copper &c. strip C or the strip may be soldered to the elements across the cold junction as shown in Fig. 5 (Cancelled). This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-782102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electron tubes
Inventor: MCCULLOUGH JACK ARLINGTON
IPC: H01J9/38
Filed: 1954-03-08
Abstract: 782,102. Discharge apparatus. EITELMcCULLOUGH, Inc. March 8, 1954, No. 9990/56. Divided out of 782,100. Class 39(1). A method of making an electron tube having wall sections 2, 3 supporting separate electrodes, including an oxide-coated cathode 7 and an anode 19, within the envelope comprises the steps of positioning the tube in a vacuum chamber 23 with the wall sections separated to allow free movement of gas from the region of the separate electrodes to the chamber, evacuating the chamber while the walls of the envelope are so separated, during the evacuation step heating the cathode, then bodily displacing the wall sections to close the envelope and to move the electrodes into their operating position with respect to each other, and then bonding the wall sections together while the tube is in the evacuated vacuum chamber. The tube shown is the double-triode disclosed in Specification 782,100 with ceramic wall parts metallized at the joints and previously coated with solder or brazing material. A metal cylinder 27 heated by induction is used for general heating. The cathode is heated to activate it by means of its own heater. The heating of the joints is by localized heating coils 29. Specification 782, 101 also is referred to.
Patent GB-572763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the fermentative production of acetone and butyl alcohol
IPC: C12P7/28
Filed: 1941-08-06
Abstract: In the fermentation of carbohydrates by Clostridium acetobutyricum or Clostridium butylobutyricum or bacteria producing mainly acids such as acetic, propionic and butyric acids, the production of acetone and butyl alcohol is increased by the addition to the mash of a small quantity of p-aminobenzoic acid.  The addition may be made to maize mash, wood hydrolysate, or mash from dried dates or in carrying out the processes described in Specifications 572,642, 572,643 and 572,664.ALSO:In the fermentation of carbohydrates by clostridium acetobutylicum or clostridium butylobutyricum or bacteria producing mainly acids such as acetic, propionic and butyric acids, the production of acetone and butyl alcohol is increased by the addition to the mash of a small quantity of p-aminobenzoic acid.  The addition may be made to maize mash, wood hydrolysate, or mash from dried dates or in carrying out the processes described in Specifications 572,642, [Group IV], 572,643 and 572,664.
Patent HK-117194-A (HK)
Title: Interconnection apparatus
Inventor: GRIEPENTROG DAI FRANK
IPC: H04N5/262
Filed: 1994-10-27
Abstract: A signal bus (8) has distributed along it distributed video components (10, 12) such as teletext decoder and a video tape recorder. A TV monitor (26) has connected directly to it other video components (14, 16, 18) which are thus regarded as non-distributed. To interconnect the distributed and non-distributed components, the monitor includes a first switch unit (32) which selectively connects the bus (8) and non-distributed components (14-18) to a signal processor (28) and a second switch unit which selectively connects the non-distributed components to the bus. A driver (36) terminates the bus in its characteristic impedance (as illustrated by resister 40).
Patent HK-131996-A (HK)
Title: Dimmer control circuit
Inventor: SZUBA STEFAN
IPC: H05B41/36
Filed: 1996-07-18
Abstract: A control circuit for a dimmer which receives all of its operating power through the control terminals from the dimmer of the fluorescent lamp to which said dimmer is connected.