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Patent GB-133455-A (GB)
IPC: H04M15/30
Abstract: 133,455. Reubenstone, A. Oct. 11, 1918. Meters; mouthpieces.-A device for metering the incoming and outgoing calls consists in providing the transmitter with a shutter which is normally closed and is opened by the removal of the receiver from its hook and by depressing the lever of the incoming call meter or the outgoing call.meter; and means are provided for cancelling an incompleted outgoing call. A casing b, Figs. 4 and 6, is attached to the transmitter a<2> by means of lugs b<2> and a bolt b' which forms the pivot of a lever e. A link e<2>, attached to one end of the lever e, is provided with a bifurcated end c<3> adapted to receive the receiver arm e<3>. The other end of the lever e passes through a slot in the casing band is connected by lugs e<5>, Fig. 7, and a pin to a plate e<6> provided with curved projections c' and with arms e', e<8>. The projections c<9> engage projections d<5> on the hinged portions d of a shutter and normally hold the portions d closed against the action of a spring d<3>, Fig. 4. The portions d of the shutter are provided with rearwardlyextending projections d<7>, Figs. 4 and 6, which are normally engaged by pawls h, h<2> provided with rearward projections h<3>, h<4>, Fig. 5, which engage the slotted ends m<5>, m<6> of levers m, m<2> mounted on pins n. The inner ends of the levers m, m<2> are connected by a pin-and-slot coupling m<3>, m<4>. The operating-levers f, g of the meter are provided at the inner ends with rearward projections f<3>, g<3> which engage shoulders i<8>, i<9> in plates i, i<2>. The levers f, g are also provided with arms f<4>, g<4> which engage the arms c', e<8> when the receiver is on its hook, so that the lever f or g cannot be operated until the receiver has been removed. The plates i, i<2> are drawn downward by springs k and are pressed inwardly by springs k<2>. To make or receive a call, the receiver is removed from its hook when the arms c<7>, c<8> are lowered to unlock the levers f, g while the portions of the shutters d are placed under the tension of the spring d<3> by the disengagement of the projections e' and the projections d<5> on the shutter. The shutter is still held closed by the pawls h h<2> until the lever f or the lever g is depressed to raise its plate i or i<2>, thereby operating the correct meter. The depression of the lever f or g operates its retaining-pawl h or h<2> and, through the levers m, m<2> allows the other retaining-pawl to be operated, thereby opening the shutter under the action of the spring d<3>. The arm e<8> is connected to a link p the upper end of which acts as a stop for a button O, adapted, when depressed, to cancel the metering of a call which is not completed. The link p is guided by a slot p<2> engaging a pin n on the lever m<2>, and the button o and levers f, g cannot be depressed unless the receiver is off its hook and consequently the arm e<8> is in its lower position.
Patent GB-558573-A (GB)
Title: Improved concrete units for use in building construction
IPC: E04B2/02
Filed: 1942-09-24
Abstract: 558,573. Building-blocks. HORN, H. J. Sept. 24, 1942, No. 13437. [Class 87 (i)] Building blocks are of semi-circular, U-shape, angular or other outline and have an external projection 5 with recess 6 at the top to receive projections 4 on the limbs 2 of adjacent blocks arranged in staggered formation in the next course above.
Patent GB-1383536-A (GB)
Title: Hot or cold pack
IPC: F24V30/00
Filed: 1972-03-22
Abstract: 1383536 Heating and cooling appliances KAY LABORATORIES INC 22 March 1972 13442/172 Headings A5R and A5X [Also in Division F4] A pack for adding heat to or absorbing heat from an object e.g. the body, comprises first and second chemicals 47, 49 within an outer container 13 which are reactive on mixing to give off or absorb heat, and a rupturable container 45 which separates the chemicals so that on rupturing the chemicals are mixed, the outer container including a moisture impervious layer 41 for preventing leakage of the chemicals from the outer container, a layer 37 of said poor heat-conducting material and an outer layer 31 of moisture absorbent material. The moisture impervious layer is of a heat scalable material such as polyethylene. The rupturable container 45 contains the first chemical 47, is made from low density polyethylene with an outer layer of polyethylene terephthalate, and is preweakened to facilitate rupturing. A further layer 39 of moisture impervious material between the poor heatconducting layer and the outer layer 31 may be included. The poor heat-conducting material may be polyurethane foam, and the outer moisture absorbent layer tissue paper. A flexible intermediate container 43 may be included to assist in confining the reaction. For an exothermic reaction the chemical 47 may be water and the chemical 49 calcium chloride. For an endothermic reaction the chemical 47 may be water and the chemical 49 ammonium nitrate. The pack may be used for medical purposes or for warming the hands.
Patent GB-402062-A (GB)
Title: An improved apparatus for recording the condition of railway permanent way
IPC: B61K9/08
Filed: 1932-05-10
Abstract: 402,062. Recording-apparatus. GOWTHORPE, R. C., Lawton Mere, via Rode Heath, Stoke-on-Trent. May 10, 1932, No. 13493. [Class 106 (iv).] Apparatus for recording the condition of railway permanent way comprises means for recording the relative movements due to change of horizontal curvature gradient and super-elevation occurring between two adjacent sections of an articulated vehicle travelling over the permanent way. An upright 5, Fig. 5, secured to one part 1 of the vehicle has hinged to it an arm 6 slidably supporting a rod 12 pivoted at 11 to a rod 10 slidable in an upright 8 secured to the other part 2 of the vehicle. When the vehicle traverses a part of the track which is not a straight line, the centre lines of the two articulated parts are not collinear and relative movement occurs between a flexible sheath 28 secured to the arm 6 and a wire 26 secured to the rod 12. An arm 18 is secured to the rod 10 and if the angle of superelevation changes relative movement occurs between a sheath 25 secured to the arm 18 and a wire 24 secured to the upright 8. The arm 18 slidably carries a rod 16 connected by a link 20 to a lever 21 pivoted to an extension of the arm 6. Changes in the track gradient cause relative movement between the lever 21 and the rod 16, this movement being transmitted to a wire 23 and sheath 22. The wires 23, 24 are connected directly, and the wire 26 is connected through a pulley 47, Fig. 4, block 46 and wire 45, to carriages 38 carrying pencils 39 recording on a sheet wound from a drum 32 on to a drum 34. A fourth pencil is actuated by hand through a lever 43 and wire 42 to mark the sheet at (e.g.) every mile. The drum 34 is driven from the vehicle through a telescopic connecting rod and a ratchet mechanism actuating a flexible shaft connected to a wormwheel 58 meshing with a worm 56 on a shaft 54 having a slotted end 53. The drum spindles rest in slots in plates 30 so that the drums can readily be removed, the spindle of the drum 34 having an end shaped to engage the slot 53. In a modification, Fig. 8, one part 1 of the vehicle carries an arm 106 to which are pivoted levers 115, 115<1> connected by a pin-and-slot connection 116, the lever 115 being pivoted to a rod 120 secured to the part 2 of the vehicle. Gradient changes thus affect a wire and sheath 131, 132, the former being connected to the part 2 and the latter to the lever 115'. When the vehicle passes into a curved portion of the track, a lever 136 pivoted at 137 to the part 2 is rocked by a cable 133 secured to the part 1 and pulls a wire 140. Superelevation changes affect a wire and sheath 129, 130, the former being connected to the part 2 and the latter to the part 1.
Patent GB-364482-A (GB)
Title: A bag fastener
IPC: A45C13/06
Filed: 1931-05-08
Abstract: 364,482. Bag fastenings. NAHAS, M., 29, Boulevard de Magenta, Paris. May 8, 1931, No. 13648. Convention date, Oct. 18, 1930. [Class 44.] In a bag having a pair of frame members 1, 2 hinged together at 3, the frame members .have slots 4 to form loops, one of which is gapped to leave horns 8, 9, and a filling-piece 7 is provided on the other to fill the gap when the members 1, 2 are in closed position.. The piece 7 may be separately made or may be the actual piece removed from the gap. The bag is fastened by longitudinally movable rings adapted to engage the horns 8, 9. Fig. 9 shows slidable rings 10, 11, held in fastening position, when moved on to the horns, by studs 14 carried by a leaf-spring housed within the piece 7. Modifications using only one ring, and various forms of ring, are described. The ring may have a helical slot engaging a fixed stud so that movement of the ring is effected by screw motion. Fig. 5 shows such a ring 12 made from a coil of wire and engaged by a stud 19. In other forms, the rings are extensible to allow them to pass over fixed rounded retaining projections. Such rings may be formed of rubber, or of spiral springs, and may have coverings in the form of leather &c., or of rigid tube bent into semi-circular segments held together by the enclosed spring band. Fig. 8 shows each ring formed of five spiral springs 13 attached to a plate 21. A retaining stop formed by punching up a spring tongue on the piece 7 is also described. The slot 4 may be wide enough to allow insertion of the fingers to provide a. carrying handle as in Figs. 5 and 9, or narrow as in Fig. 8, rings 26 being provided for attachment of a separate handle.
Patent GB-827914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to transfer sheet materials
Inventor: DAWE JACK RAYMOND
IPC: B41L1/16
Filed: 1958-04-30
Abstract: 827,914. Carbon papers. CARIBONUM Ltd. April 30, 1958, No. 13773/58. Class 100(4) [Also in Group XV] Carbon or other transfer sheets are protected during transit and storage by binding them together by adhesive along one edge to form a pad 11, and securing the pad in a folded cover 15 of stiff cardboard or the like so that the free edges of the sheets opposite the bound edge are disposed at or near the centre of the cover. The sheets may be bound by adhesive to a linen strip 12 secured under a baseboard 10 which is itself secured to the cover 15, a sheet 14 of greaseproof paper being interposed between the board 10 and the pad 11. The cover is foldable about parallel score lines 16. A sheet 17 of thin card is secured by adhesive between the lines 16, this sheet and the adjacent side of the cover serving as a storage space for partly used transfer sheets. Specification 585,978 is referred to.
Patent GB-697157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hot-gas engines
IPC: F02G1/05
Filed: 1946-12-09
Abstract: 697,157. Hot gas engines. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN. Dec. 9, 1946 [Aug. 25, 1943], No. 13828/52. Divided out of 697,082. Class 7 (i) In a closed cycle hot gas engine the power output of which is controlled by varying the weight of the working medium contained in the working space by bring- ing a reservoir containing working medium at variable pressure into momentary communication with the working space of the cylinder means are provided in association with the reservoir for varying the temperature of the medium in the reservoir whereby the pressure in the reservoir is correspondingly varied. As shown a crankcase 36 comprises a reservoir for working medium and in the lowest position of the engine piston 32 the working space communicates with the crankcase through a passage 44. The temperature and pressure in the crankcase are varied by either supplying combustion gases from a burner 95 through a coil 99 or by supplying cooling medium from the engine cooler 96 through a coil 100. Alternatively working medium from the hot space can be supplied to the crankcase to increase the pressure or communication with the cold space can reduce the temperature in the crankcase. The gases leaving the coil 99 may flow to a chimney or other members to be heated. U.S.A. Specification 2,272,925 is referred to.
Patent GB-1276978-A (GB)
Title: Combined wheel chock and non-slip device for vehicles
Inventor: PETERSON HOWARD
IPC: B60B39/12
Filed: 1970-03-23
Abstract: 1276978 Chocks H PETERSON 23 March 1970 13846/70 Heading F2E [Also in Division E1] A wheel chock comprises an arched tread plate 11 overlying and being secured to two arched frame strips 10 to form an arched unit, the ends of which are interconnected by a flat rigid base-plate 12. As shown, the arched unit comprises a rounded portion A and a straight portion B extending tangentially to the rounded portion A, and the arched unit is supported by a triangular strut 18 extending between and secured to the straight portion B and the baseplate 12. The tread plate 11 and base-plate 12 are formed with perforations 14 having upstanding flanges 15 and with perforations 16 having downwardly extending flanges 17. A carrying handle 19 is provided. The chock is also usable when inverted as an anti-slip device for aiding removal of a wheel from a mud hole (see Divisions E1-E2).
Patent GB-999146-A (GB)
Title: Production of photographic prints
Inventor: TOWNLEY EUSTACE RAYMOND
IPC: G03C5/26
Filed: 1963-04-08
Abstract: 999, 146. Photographic processes. ILFORD Ltd. March 19, 1964 [April 8,1963], No. 13910/63. Heading G2C. A photographic silver halide material containing a developing agent such as hydroquinone is exposed, developed by applying with a roller an alkaline solution which contains a thickener so as to give the solution a viscosity at 20‹C. of 5 to 15 centipoises, and then treated with a stabilizer solution. The thickener may be sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose or an acrylamide/ acrylic acid copolymer. In an example, the alkaline solution comprises sodium hydroxide, sodium sulphite and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. Specifications 308,803, 884,390 and 902,313 are referred to.
Patent GB-352145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in machines for polishing or grinding cam tracks and like sinuous surfaces
IPC: B24B19/02
Filed: 1930-05-06
Abstract: 352,145. Grinding and treating screw threads and other helical surfaces. DOUGLAS, J. G., Lansbury, The Avenue, Leagrave, Luton. May 6, 1930, No. 13938. [Class 60.] A machine for grinding or polishing the tracks or grooves of worms or cams of variable pitch comprises means for rotating the work and for supporting it, so that it is fed along the polishing &c. wheel by its engagement therewith. The polishing - wheel 2. to which emery &c. powder is applied, is carried by a shaft 1 adjacent to a pillar 3 adjustably carried by a base 4, and having mounted thereon, for vertical and angular adjustment, a collar 6. The collar carries, for adjustment about a pin 7 by studs 8, a U-shaped frame 5 supporting, on a shaft 11 thereon, arms 12 united by a sleeve 13 which may contain ball bearings, whereby the arms may move readily along and around the shaft. The arms respectively carry a work support 14a driven by a flexible shaft 20, and a spring- pressed work engaging member 14, to engage the ends of the work 15, which is held by gravity, and, if desired, additionally by a spring, in engagement with the wheel; the arms 12 carry a rod 30 adapted to be engaged by a slot 29 in a pivoted arm 27 to hold the arms 12 in a raised position for removal and replacement of the work. The polishing- wheel may operate on one side of the groove, or may have two working faces, so as to operate at the same time on both sides of the groove. In a modification, the arms 12, instead of being slidable on the shaft 11 are mounted by means of parallel links.
Patent GB-869173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to cardboard and like boxes
Inventor: PORTER BRIAN
IPC: B65D5/68
Filed: 1959-04-24
Abstract: 869,173. Cartons. ALLIANCE BOX CO. Ltd. Feb. 17, 1960 [April 24, 1959], No. 14002/59. Class 18. A carton, or a lid therefor, of corrugated paper or card is formed of two blanks, Fig. 1, one comprising four sides 4-7, a securing flap 8, and two flaps 9, 10, the other comprising three panels 1-3, the panel 3 being stapled over the panel 5. The carton or lid is erected as shown in Fig. 3 the panel 1 being tucked in to lie inside the side 7. If used as a lid, finger grips are provided in the sides 5, 7. The lid is turned through 90 degrees with respect to the carton so that a closed carton has walls of treble thickness and the top and bottom are of double thickness.
Patent GB-1269914-A (GB)
Title: An elevator provided with a worm gear type speed reduction device
IPC: F16H1/16
Filed: 1970-03-23
Abstract: 1,269,914. Worm and wheel gears for lifts. HITACHI Ltd. 23 March, 1970 [26 March, 1969; 17 Oct., 1968], No. 14028/70. Heading B8L. [Also in Division F2]  In a lift in which power is transmitted to the winding gear through a worm-wheel the worm shaft is resiliently supported so that axial displacement of the shaft is possible. In a first embodiment, Fig. 6, the shaft 52 is supported by four resilient bushes 54 which are bolted to the motor shaft 61 by bolts 55. Fig. 7 shows a second embodiment in which an annular resilient member 72 is bonded to members bolted respectively to the drive and worm shafts by bolts 74, 73.
Patent GB-137005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coke Ovens.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: C10B5/02
Filed: 1919-06-04
Abstract: 137,005. Thompson, W. P., (Fours et ProcÚdÚs Mathy Soc. Anon.). June 4, 1919. Coke ovens.-The combustion flues are packed with porous refractory material, amongst which a mixture of gas and air is burnt. Two superposed conduits are arranged beneath the sole of each half of an oven, and communicate with the combustion flues 3 on both sides through apertures 15. 19. Gas and air are supplied to the conduits from mains 10, 16 respectively, the air being heated in its passage thorugh a recuperator 2. Combustion is effected in the refractory filling of the flues 3, and the products are exhausted through the down flues 4 and the waste gas passages of the recuperator.
Patent GB-396516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the production of spot carbon papers
IPC: B41L1/00
Filed: 1932-05-18
Abstract: 396,516. Printing-machines. RUTKOSKIE, G. A., 166, Morris Avenue, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A. May 18, 1932, No. 14155. [Classes 100 (ii) and 100 (iv).] The printing-press for the production of spot carbon papers described in Specification 396,490 is provided with automatic means for controlling the temperature of the various heating elements. The heating elements 3, 11 of the reciprocating lock-up base 2 and ink plate 10 are controlled by an automatic device 33, while the element 14 for the ink fountain 13, the element 22 for the vibrator 17 &c., and the element 26 for the forme rollers 19, 20 are separately controlled by similar devices 38, 39, 36. The automatic temperature controls are set to the required temperature which is accordingly maintained.
Patent GB-977128-A (GB)
Title: Improved method and apparatus for forming solid granules
IPC: B01J2/02
Filed: 1961-04-19
Abstract: <PICT:0977128/C1/1> <PICT:0977128/C1/2> <PICT:0977128/C1/3> Organic and inorganic salts are granulated by passing them in a molten state through a coolant 10 in the vapour phase and subsequently into the coolant 10b in the liquid phase, the coolant being at a temperature in the liquid phase below the melting point of the material and contained in an enclosed zone. The molten material is fed to a heated container 2 from which it falls through perforations in a vibrated plate 3 into the coolant, and the granules so formed pass along a conveyer 15 and elevator 16 to a screen 20 to be dried and classified.  The liquid may also be divided by passing it through two identically perforated plates, one rotating above the other (Fig. 5, not shown), or, by oscillating solid rods 47 in and out of holes in the plate 3, Fig. 8, or, by oscillating hollow rods 53 with apertures 54 so that the liquid passes through the apertures 54 only when they are above the holes in the plate 3, Fig. 11.  The vapour 10 is liquefied by passing it through an air-cooled condenser 13 and it re-enters container 8 along pipe 25. To ensure that the coolant has no contact with the atmosphere the liquid at the top of the elevator 16 may be covered by a lighter and less volatile liquid 17.
Patent GB-1505294-A (GB)
Title: Feeding insects to aquatic animals
IPC: A01K61/80
Filed: 1975-04-07
Abstract: 1505294 Trapping insects for feeding to aquatic animals G N NEFF 7 April 1975 14234/75 Headings A1A and A1M Aquatic animals are fed on insects which are collected by a device 20 and trapped in the enclosed air space 29 above a body of water, the insects being attracted by the lamp 24, preferably a toroidal blacklight lamp emitting near UV radiation, such that the airborne insects fly downwardly into the opaque frustoconical housing 22 until the down-draft produced by a fan 27 mounted below a baffle plate 28 draws them through the housing exit 23, and the aquatic insects move towards the water surface. The aquatic animals may be kept in a cage 10 with a platform 44 for amphibians, and the device 20 is mounted in a cover 16 supported on a float ring 18. Alternatively, a device 52 comprises a houring with vertical end walls 58, 60 and sloping side walls, a linear lamp 66 at the bottom of the housing and a fan 68 to direct insects along a pipe 54 to the surface of a body of water, (Fig. 3). A fuel burning lamp or spherical bulb may be used and the fan may be omitted. The device may be adapted for use as an insect trap.
Patent GB-1077076-A (GB)
Title: Novel imidazole derivatives and a process for the manufacture thereof
IPC: C07D233/91
Filed: 1966-03-31
Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula <FORM:1077076/C2/1> wherein X represents the methyl or acetyl group or a lower alkoxycarbonyl, carbomoyl, N-(lower alkyl) - carbamoyl, N,N - di - (lower alkyl)-carbamoyl, nitrophenyl or halo-phenyl group, and acid addition salts of those compounds which are basic, are obtained by reacting 2-nitro-imidazole with an alkylating agent of the general formula X-CH2-A (wherein X is as defined above and A stands for a halogen atom or lower alkylsulphonyloxy, phenylsulphonyloxy or (lower alkyl)-phenyl-sulphonyloxy) or with an appropriate alkylating agent which contains a sulphate group and, if desired, converting any basic reaction product into an acid addition salt.  Pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds, and active against yeasts, protozoa and bacteria, are administered enterally, parenterally or topically.
Patent GB-496925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to marine steam engine plants
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1938-05-13
Abstract: 496,925. Motor power plant. BAUER, G. May 13, 1938, No. 14326. [Class 110 (iii)] A marine steam power plant shown in plan and rear end view in Figs. 2 and 3 comprises a three-cylinder reciprocating engine, with Klug valve-gear 23, 24, 25 and with the highpressure cylinder 2 at the front end and the lowpressure cylinder 4 at the rear end with the steam from the high-pressure cylinder reheated in a counterflow heat-exchanger 27 by the live steam from the boiler on its way to high-pressure cylinder, and an exhaust turbine 5 which lies partly behind and partly at the side of the low-pressure cylinder 4 with its reduction gearing 29 behind the engine and which is directly mounted on the condenser 7 this latter lying beside the engine but being supported independently of the cylinder-supporting standards 13, 14, 15. The re-heater 27 is on the same side of the engine as the condenser 7. A compact arrangement without lengthy steam pipes is obtained and the cylin. der-vibration is not transmitted to the turbine. The condenser has channel beams 10 by which it is mounted on supports 11 but the condenser is free to expand downwardly. An oil-separator 28 is included in the conduit 8 leading to the turbine.