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Patent GB-1166978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Suspension of the Steerable Wheels of a Motor or Other Vehicle
IPC: B60G7/00
Filed: 1968-05-22
Abstract: 1,166,978. Independent front suspensions. DAIMLER-BENZ A.G. 22 May, 1968 [26 May, 1967], No. 24440/68. Heading B7D. A joint connecting a wheel carrier 10 to a transverse suspension link 11 in the suspension of a stearable wheel includes a rubber ring 19 arranged to provide greater flexibility longitudinally of the vehicle than transversely. The rubber ring 19 is bonded to an outer sleeve 22 carried by the link 11 and to an inner sleeve 20 attached to a ball housing 17. Recesses 27 extending wholly or partly through the ring 19 are aligned longitudinally of the vehicle to provide increased flexibility in that direction. Horizontal deflection of the ball housing 17 in relation to the link 11 is limited by co-operation of a stop pin 29 with a rubber stop ring 31 and vertical deflection is limited by co-operation of the stop ring 31 either with a stop face 34 or a stop plate 32. A plastics bushing 15 in the ball housing 17 seats a ball pin 14 secured to the wheel carrier 10. A flange 23 on the outer sleeve 22 is secured to the link 11 by bolts 25 two of which engage elongated holes 26 providing for castor adjustment.
Patent GB-172081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle lamps
IPC: F21V11/00
Filed: 1920-08-24
Abstract: 172,081. Kent, G. V. Aug. 24, 1920. Lantern obturators.-A lamp 1 is provided with an extension or hood 2 hinged thereto and containing a plurality of louvers 3 mounted so that each louver is slightly in front of the one below and has a curved front edge. The undersides of the louvers are polished and the upper surface gives a dull white or matt surface or vice versa, and the louvers are angled slightly so that direct rays of light issue from the lamp. The louvers may be mounted so as to be movable, and in the Provisional Specification mechanical and electrical means are described for actuating the louvers.
Patent GB-1113139-A (GB)
Title: Thermal safety switch
Inventor: MACKAY HUGH JOHN
IPC: H01H37/76
Filed: 1966-06-02
Abstract: 1,113,139. Thermal switches. BRUSH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CO. Ltd. 2 June, 1966, No. 24540/68. Heading H1N. A switch 7 is held closed by a rod 1 of a fusible metal alloy having one end bearing against the switch operating member, the other end of the rod 1 being located in a clamping plate 4 and in thermal contact with a surface 5. When surface 5 is overheated, the end 2 of the rod melts and the rod releases its pressure on the operating member and allows switch 7 to open.
Patent GB-1530546-A (GB)
Title: Device for measuring the concentration of gas
IPC: G01N21/03
Filed: 1977-06-13
Abstract: 1530546 Measuring gas concentration W ADRIAN 13 June 1977 [14 June 1976] 24601/77 Heading G2J In a device for measuring optical absorption in a gas to determine its concentration, the path length of the light is increased by using a curved tube to contain the gas, the tube having a highly reflective inner surface to repeatedly reflect the light which is projected along the axis of the tube. The apparatus may be for testing alcohol level in the breath.
Patent GB-1479661-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for detection and purification of proteins and antibodies
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 1974-06-04
Abstract: 1479661 Detection of protein; slide device GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 4 June 1974 [30 July 1973] 24688/74 Addition to 1443181 Heading G1B A method of testing a solution for the presence in it of a protein comprises depositing by evaporation on to a wafer of a light transmissive substrate material a metal having high atomic mobility and poor surface wetting characteristics, immersing the wafer in a solution of a protein specifically reactive with the protein to be tested for to coat the wafer with a monomolecular layer of the specifically reactive protein, immersing the coated wafer in the solution to be tested, removing the wafer from the solution, placing it with the protein-coated surface in contact with a surface of a light-reflecting liquid such as mercury and examining the wafer to determine whether it has on it a bimolecular or a monomolecular protein layer. A device used in detecting protein in a liquid comprises a substrate having a gold surface, a layer of another metal such as indium between the gold surface and the substrate and attached to the gold surface a monomolecular layer of a protein specifically reactive with the protein to be detected. The substrate may be a glass slide. The other metal may be indium as mentioned, or gold, silver, tin or lead. The method and device described may be used in direct or indirect testing. Diagnosis of hepatitis is described, and there is a reference to pregnancy testing.
Patent GB-337843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to piston slippers for crankless engines
IPC: F16H23/10
Filed: 1929-08-13
Abstract: 337,843. Crankless Engines, Ltd., (Assigness of Sherman, T. L.). Nov. 2, 1928, [Convention date]. Engines with main shaft parallel to axis of cylinder; driving-gear.-In an engine of the wobbler and swash-plate type, in which slippers 16, 17 engage the swash-plate 15 and make a ball-and-socket joint with the pistons 10, 11, rotation of the slippers is prevented by means of tail-rods 25, 26 engaging guides in the yoke 12 connecting the pistons. The tail-rod 25 may slide in a ball 31 moving in a cylindrical bore 32 in the yoke 12, the rod 25 passing through a slot 30. Alternatively, the bore 40 may be rectangular, the ball 43 engaging sockets in a rectangular block 47, formed in halves connected by pins 48, 49. The bores 32, 40 may be lined as shown. In a modification the ball 43 is made integral with the rod 26 and the block 47 oscillates in the bore 40, the upper surface of the block being curved. Specifications 118,098 and 236,895 are referred to
Patent GB-1098558-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for inhibiting soot fallout from ship's smoke stack
IPC: B63H21/34
Filed: 1966-06-02
Abstract: 1,098,558. Ships' chimneys. T. T. LUNDE. June 2, 1966, No. 24719/66. Heading F4J. Fall-out of soot, from the smoke column 12 emerging from the inner smoke stack 11 of a ship, is prevented by forming an annular column of air of varying cross-section therearound, the thickest part of the annulus being arranged between the stack and the area to be particularly protected. The column of air is discharged through annulus 13 formed at the top of the stack 10, which houses a plenum chamber supplied with air from the ship's ventilation systems and maintained at the desired pressure by having adjustable outlets 17, supplementary blowers being provided in the plenum if necessary. An electrical vibrator 18 is periodically activated to loosen carbon deposits within the stack.
Patent GB-399968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to saucepans and like vessels
IPC: A47J36/08
Filed: 1932-09-05
Abstract: 399,968. Saucepans &c. BETTERIDGE, F. and BETTERIDGE, H., 5, Woodlands Grove, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. Sept. 5, 1932, No. 24741. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Oct. 3, 1932.] [Class 66.] A strainer lid for saucepans &c. has a plate 14 turning about a collar 16 mounted on a rivet 15 upstanding from the centre of the lid and adapted to cover or uncover a group of perforations 3. The plate carries a manipulating handle 18 and by turning it beyond the position for exposing the perforations until it engages a stop 19, plate and lid are caused to turn together to effect the attachment of the lid to the vessel by the engagement of a pair of oppositely-disposed bayonet catches 9, 13. The plate is held in place by a spring locking strip 22 engaging depressions 26 and may be removed by turning the strip at right angles, to lie over the openings 17a.
Patent GB-685695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tobacco feeding apparatus
IPC: A24C5/39
Filed: 1949-09-27
Abstract: 685.695. Magnetic separators. MOLINS. D. W.. POWELL, G. F. W., and MOLINS MACHINE CO., Ltd. Sept. 27, 1950 [Sept. 27, 1949]. No. 24769/49. Class 72 [Also in Group VI] An apparatus for removing paramagnetic material from cut tobacco comprises a conveyer 3 arranged to convey a relatively loose stream of tobacco, a multipolar electromagnet 4 arranged above the stream and rotatable so that the poles pass in succession very near the surface of the stream, and a switching device 8 for connecting the poles to a source of current when they are near the stream and disconnecting them when the poles are remote from the stream, the particles of paramagnetic material being removed from the stream by the magnetic poles, released from the poles when remote from the stream, and collected by a further magnet, e.g. a bar magnet 11. The electromagnetic poles may be enclosed in a non-magnetic casing 10 which may press lightly on the surface of the stream of tobacco and may be' driven by a pulley at a speed 10 per cent faster than the stream. The permanent magnet 11 may be removed for cleaning.
Patent GB-634533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to wire spring mattresses
IPC: A47C23/145
Filed: 1947-09-09
Abstract: 634,533. Mattresses. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP DEVENTER MATRASSEN-ENLEDI-KANTENFABRIEK VOORKEEN A. J. HOLTKAMP. Sept. 9, 1947, No. 24781. Convention date, Feb. 20. [Class 52 (iv)] A wire fabric mattress comprises two parallel rigid metal bars 5 spanned by the mattress fabric 1, each bar having an inwardly turned hook-shaped part 6 over which the fabric 1 is folded and secured by means of a U-sectioned marginal binding strip 2.
Patent GB-655701-A (GB)
Title: An improved isothermal food and liquid carrier
IPC: A45C11/20
Filed: 1948-09-22
Abstract: 655,701. Boxes. OLIVEIRA, G. P., DE. Sept. 22, 1948, No. 24802. Convention date, April 5. '[Class 18] [Also in Groups XI and XIII] The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises frames for supporting food dishes in a thermally insulated box (see Group XIII). In the form shown, a metal or other frame is formed with longitudinal channel-shaped runners at the bottom and at 30 to receive lateral projections at the bottom of a dish 33 and lateral projections on the sides of a basket partitioned to hold bottles. In a modification, the frame is made of steel-metal with longitudinal corrugations to form the runners. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-310260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to steam generators
IPC: F22G1/06
Filed: 1928-08-29
Abstract: 310,260. Superheater Co., Ltd., (Superheater Co.). Aug. 29, 1928. Controlling and moderating superheat.-Steam generators having one or more of the furnace walls 6 equipped with a water-tube screen 7 between which and the wall a superheater 17 is located are provided with a partition 24 of adjustable, size between the water-tubes and superheater. The partition is built up of a variable number of refractory blocks upon a ledge 25 and supported laterally by the tubes so that the appropriate degree of superheat may be obtained.
Patent GB-227167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to driving belts
IPC: F16G5/18
Filed: 1924-06-10
Abstract: 227,167. Coyne, A. E., and Frolich, H. June 10, 1924. Belts.-Relates to extensible V-shaped driving belts of the type comprising links connected by springs the ends of which are contained in spaces between the sides of the links, and comprises an arrangement in which the sides of each link are. connected by a bridge portion 3 providing spaces or a space between them as in an H or channel formation and each link is connected to the adjacent one by two springs 8 the ends of which are separated by the bridge portion, the inner spring at least being disposed in the space between the sides of the link. The springs 8 are formed with eyes or hooks 11 secured to the bridge portions by bolts and nuts 9, the eyes 11 or their extreme ends being bent to function as spring washers and also being arranged so that the longitudinal axes of the springs are normally in alignment. Alternatively, the eyes may be formed in headed shanks around which the ends of the springs may be coiled in conical fashion. When the link is of H formation the upper spring is normally housed between the sides thereof as shown, but when of channel shape the upper springs are unenclosed. The links mav be formed by riveting or bolting, as at 16, side plates 1 of leather, fibre, rubber, or the like to the bridge pieces 3 which may be of similar material or of metal. Alternatively, the side plates and bridge piece may be moulded integrally in rubber, or cast in aluminium or an allov thereof. When the links are of metal, facings of leather, reinforced felt, rubber, &c. may be secured to the side plates preferably by means of stud like projections on the links which are upset over washers combined within suitable recesses in the covering material, or the metal links may run in a lined or faced pulley groove.
Patent GB-188461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for measuring or delivering predetermined quantities of liquids
IPC: B67D7/16
Filed: 1921-09-20
Abstract: 188,461. Bowden, W. Sept. 20, 1921. Liquid-meters. - Relates to liquid meters, of the kind comprising a measuring vessel provided with a valve controlled inlet and outlet, as described in Specifications 113,949, 114,207, 119,299 and 163,356. In order to ensure a constant change of liquid, a conduit 15, Fig. 1, leads from the lower float chamber to a point at or about the level of the outlet valve 7. A cock 16 allows the meter to be emptied when required, and a cover 17 provides for access to the float chamber. In order to prevent premature operation of the upper float 13 by a quick inrush of liquid during filling, a light disc 21 is provided to close apertures 22. Further, to prevent opening of the inlet valve 6 by the liquid supply, the supply pipe 23, Fig. 2, is provided with an extension 23<a> connected to a return pipe 24 through a valve 25 adapted to open under less pressure than the inlet valve. The valve 25 may be dispensed with if the connection between the pipes 23a, 24 is above the liquid level in the meters. A connection 26 serves to empty the meter in the event of the supply being cut off during filling. The float chambers and the measuring vessel may be made of glass or porcelain.
Patent GB-498700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pressed sheet metal doors for vehicles and in production thereof
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 1937-09-13
Abstract: 498,700. Vehicle doors. DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.-GES. Sept. 13, 1937, No. 24882. Convention date, Sept. 14, 1936. [Class 103 (ii)] [Also in Group XXII] A pressed sheet-metal door for vehicles includes top and side frame members 10, 11, 12 having outer flanges constituting the outer edges of the door and inner flanges 20 constituting the edges of the window opening, the inner flanges 20 lying on the outside of and parallel to the plane of the window 18 and being fixedly connected e.g. spot-welded, to similarly-directed flanges 21 of the external sheet-metal door-panel 14, the connected flanges being directed inwardly of the window opening 22. An upper flange on a cross-bar 24, Fig. 2, stiffening the bottom edge of the opening 22, is also secured, e.g. spotwelded, to the flange 21 at the bottom of the window-opening. The door frame may be formed from a sheet metal blank comprising a number of flat strips welded together, the blank then being pressed into shape, or the individual components may be pressed separately and then welded together. To facilitate assembly of the frame and panel 14 the final trimming of the coinciding edges is effected after the parts have been secured, and the trimmed edges and welds on the flanges 21 are covered by an ornamental strip 27 having a hook-shaped beading 28 bent back on itself to embrace the edge of the window opening. The portions 37 of the frame members 10, 11, 12 forming the outer edge surfaces of the door are bent to cover the gap between the door and door-opening and are connected, e.g. spotwelded, to the inwardly-bent edges 38 of the panel 14, the connected edges being adapted to engage packing 41 in channels 40 fixed around the door-opening, as described in Specification 491,306. In order to support the interior fabric facing 43 of the door, the vertical portion 44, Fig. 5, of the bottom, Z-shaped, frame member 13, is stepped inwardly at 45 and the internal sheet-metal panel 15, which is secured to the frame members 10, 11, 13, is connected with the unstepped part, providing a channel 46 for the reception of the facing 43 which is introduced into a recess formed by the members 10, 11.
Patent GB-961787-A (GB)
Title: Initiating explosive compositions
Inventor: LESLIE JAMES PATERSON MCNICOL
IPC: C01B21/08
Filed: 1962-06-28
Abstract: Lead azide suitable for use as a primary initiating explosive in a detonator is prepared by precipitation in an aqueous solution containing at least 0.4% by weight of a substance in the colloidal state of which at least a portion is gelatine treated with an anti-foaming agent, the gelatine concentration in the solution being at least 0.015% by weight.  The lead azide formed contains 2-5% by weight of the colloid and is of low sensitivity and has good cohesive and binding ability.  The colloidal solution may also contain dextrin, having for example a content by weight of 0.02-0.05% gelatine and 0.5-0.75% dextrin.  A suitable anti-foaming agent is n-octyl alcohol.  Optional ingredients are phenol, o-phenyl phenol or its sodium salt as a preservative, and finely divided aluminium. In examples, a strong aqueous solution of lead nitrate and a strong aqueous solution of sodium azide, Rochelle salt, and caustic soda are run simultaneously in stoichiometric proportions into the aqueous colloid solution; the precipitate is filtered off, washed, and dried. Specification 142,898 is referred to.
Patent GB-608611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the concentrating or dehydration of pharmaceutical and other liquids
IPC: F26B5/04
Filed: 1945-09-26
Abstract: 608,611. Dielectric heating. RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Sept. 26, 1945; No. 24972. Convention date, Oct. 3, 1944. [Class 39(iii)] Apparatus for degassing a fixed amount of liquid of the type, such as penicillin, that effervesces when subjected to heat or to vacuum comprises a bottle holder with means for rotating it about a central vertical axis, a bottle balding the fixed amount when at rest and oversized in respect thereof, so that on rotation the surface of the liquid is increased, the liquid being subjected meanwhile to heat or vacuum of an intensity normally sufficient to cause the liquid to effervesce. In the example, a fluid to be treated is introduced into a number of dielectric containers 3 supported and rotated between concentric cylindrical electrodes 7, 9, by dielectric holders 4 with driving means 21, 23, 25, the liquid spreading in a thin film on the walls of the containers. An enclosing metal chamber 1 is connected through a condenser 35 to a vacuum pump. The electrodes 7 and 9 are connected respectively through a metal support 13 to earth and a terminal 17 to a high frequency electric source, e.g. at 30 megacycles per second to heat by dielectric losses. Drying may be continued in a vacuum drying oven.
Patent GB-875575-A (GB)
Title: Pleating process for fabrics containing thermoplastic fibers
IPC: D06J1/00
Filed: 1959-07-21
Abstract: 875,575. Pleating fabrics. CHEMSTRAND CORPORATION. July 21, 1959 [Aug. 13, 1958], No. 25028/59. Class 141 In pleating fabrics containing thermoplastic fibres or filaments, the fabric 10 to be pleated is dampened and secured between pleating patterns 2, 3 comprising folded sheets of paper, paperboard &c. extended to between 80 % and 90% of their maximum extensible length, the pleating patterns are then extended to their maximum length so that the dampened fabric is placed under tension, and the pleating assembly is folded or rolled up and wrapped and bound. The wrapped and bound assembly is heated at a temperature of at least 200 F. in a steam box or autoclave to dry the fabric and then slowly cooled at a rate not exceeding 6F. per minute until the temperature inside the assembly is not greater than 90F. The fabric may be dampened with water alone or containing in solution from 0À5 to 1À5% by volume of a wetting agent, the dampening taking place before or after securing the fabric to the lower pattern 3.
Patent GB-1193950-A (GB)
Title: Kinetic Intense Neutron Generator Reactor
IPC: G21C1/24
Filed: 1969-05-16
Abstract: 1,193,950. Reactors. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. 16 May, 1969 [6 June, 1968], No. 25075/69. Heading G6C. A nuclear reactor core is formed by the passage of liquid fuel along the passage 1A, 1B and an intense neutron flux is formed, for test purposes, in the zone 15. The liquid fuel, uranyl sulphate, is urged upwards, inside the reflector 13, by the pump 5 and radiolytic and fission product gases are collected in the chamber 3. A helium-oxygen gas mixture enters 3 through the annulus 8 and the apertures 9, entraps and the gases present in 3 and carries them through the condenser to the gas combiner 11. Fission product gases are continually bled from the gas circulating system.
Patent GB-1119698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of bangles
Inventor: TAYLOR TREVOR ANTHONY
IPC: B21D53/44
Filed: 1966-06-06
Abstract: 1,119,698. Making bangles; bending. RIGBY & WILSON Ltd. 13 April, 1967 [6 June, 1966], No. 25079/66. Headings B3A and B3E. Apparatus for aligning the ends of a segment of a spiral of tubular material having an elliptical cross-section in the manufacture of a bangle comprises a mandrel 21 for supporting the segment, a spring-loaded forming tool 12 having a working face the contour of which corresponds to the required contour of the segment, a motor (not shown) for relatively moving the mandrel 21 and tool 12 towards and away from each other so as to deform a portion of the segment 22, Fig. 4, and means for effecting relative movement between the mandrel 21 and tool 12 whereby the whole of the segment may be deformed portion-by-portion into the required shape. The tool 12 is resiliently mounted by resilient blocks 14 between side guides 17, 18 and an upper guide 19 on a slide 11, the upper guide assisting the tool to deform the segment. Alternatively, the tool may bear on a spring-pressed lever. A pivot 23 on which the mandrel may be turned to expose different portions of the segment, projects from a plate 28. The pivot passes through an oval hole in the oval mandrel so that the operative thickness of the mandrel is constant. A further pivot 29 supports the plate 28 on a base 10 on which the motor moves the slide. The plate 28 may be turned about the pivot 29 by a handle 38, having a pin 40 engaging a cam-slot 41 in the plate, to retract the mandrel for indexing. A knob (26), Fig. 2 (not shown), connected to the mandrel by pins 27, may index the mandrel, or this may be done by ratchet means, or by a motor operating synchronously with the slidemotor.
Patent GB-1240365-A (GB)
Title: Improved manufacture of sugar confections
Inventor: WOOKEY NORMAN
IPC: A23G3/38
Filed: 1969-05-16
Abstract: 1,240,365. Sugar confections. RANKS HOVIS McDOUGALL Ltd. 15 May 1970 [16 May, 1969], No. 25086/69. Heading A2B. Firm sugar confections are made by mixing an aqueous fluid, for example fruit such as plums, strawberries, raspberries, pineapple or oranges, preferably comminuted, milk, or water, with a solid sugar consisting of 40-80 wt. per cent. of alpha anhydrous dextrose, the remainder being substantially beta anhydrous dextrose, and allowing the mixture to stand. Flavourings may be present. The aqueous fluid may also contain melted fat or oil.