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Patent GB-216357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to spills
IPC: A24F27/14
Filed: 1923-06-19
Abstract: 216,357. Cook, B. S., and Cook, R. M. June 19, 1923. Spill stands.- A group of wooden or other spills 1 are secured together at one end by a base block 4 of wax, tar &c., forming a pedestal supporting the spills on end. The block is cast about the spills within a mould 3 disposed round one end of the group. The block may be suitably coloured and carry advertisements.
Patent GB-119666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wrenches, Pipe-tongs and the like.
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 1918-10-01
Abstract: 119,666. Aktiebolaget Malcus Holmquist, (Assignees of Askman, J. E.). Sept. 14, 1917, [Convention date]. Wrench-jaw faces; ratchet and rigid-jaw wrenches.- A wrench in which a part 3 of one of the jaws is movable in a circular path, so that the wrench may be turned back on the nut for engagement with another pair of faces, is provided with a guide 4 for the movable jawpiece 3 having an abutment 5 which limits the movement of the jaw-piece and against which it is pressed by a spring 6. The spring 6 preferably engages a hole in the fixed jaw 2 in which it is held by a screw-plug 7. The guide 4 is preferably rectangular in section, and engages a similarly shaped groove in the jaw 3 as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-1409596-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of cermaic articles
IPC: B28B11/08
Filed: 1973-04-04
Abstract: 1409596 Sponging pottery JAMES SADLER & SONS Ltd 3 April 1974 [4 April 1973] 16019/73 Heading C1J Apparatus for sponging ceramic articles comprises an endless belt, having a foam sponge surface 22, which is carried by the rollers 16 and 18 which are mounted one above the other and means for moistening the spongy material and squeezing excess moisture and clay fragments from the sponge. The roller 16 is driven by the motor 12 so that a ceramic article 32 (e.g. a teapot), which has been formed in a mould and removed from the mould but which is still in the unfired clay state, can be sponged using the downwardly moving portion of the belt whilst held by the operator. The belt suitably comprises a backing 20 of natural or synthetic rubber and a detachable sponge facing 22.
Patent GB-970603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ice making apparatus
IPC: F25C1/04
Filed: 1963-04-23
Abstract: 970,603. Toothed gearing. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION. April 23, 1963 [May 2, 1962], No. 16039/63. Heading F2Q. [Also in Division F4] In an ice-making assembly (see Division F4), rotation of a shaft 22 on which an ice-mould is mounted is effected by gearing including a rack 85, a transfer rack 87 having a slot 88 with internal teeth 89 and a drive member 91 having a portion 96 which is disposed within slot 88 and has teeth 90 engaging teeth 89 of the slot. The rack 85 is raised on admission of water to a chamber 74 and at first causes transfer rack 87 to move vertically so that teeth 89 cause drive member 91 to rotate, the drive member having a slot 99 which is engaged by a spring-biased pawl 103 on a member 100 which is fixed to the shaft 22 so that rotation of member 91 causes rotation of shaft 22. After 100 degrees of rotation of the shaft the portion 96 of member 91 abuts the bottom 97 of the slot 88 and the rack 85 engages the lower teeth 86 located on the curved outer edge of transfer rack 87 so that the drive gear 91 and the transfer rack 87 are rotated simultaneously by rack 85 to provide an increased rotational force on shaft 22. After a further 25 degrees to 28 degrees of rotation, pawl 103 is disengaged from slot 99 and shaft 22 is rotated in the reverse direction by a spring. The water in chamber 74 is subsequently delivered to the ice-mould and the rack 85 is lowered to rotate drive member 91 in the reverse direction and cause pawl 103 to re-engage slot 99.
Patent GB-145047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to conveyors chiefly for use in mining and the like
IPC: E21D9/12
Filed: 1920-06-15
Abstract: 145,047. Siemens-Shuckertwerke. Jan. 22, 1918, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Conveying from working-face in mines.-The front 25 of the end section of a conveyer for use with a heading-machine in mines is of the same width as the bottom of the heading and the remainder of the section is tapered so that at the rear 26 it is of the same width as the other sections 27 of the conveyer. The sections are suspended by chains 30 from jack-like devices 28, 29 arranged horizontally between the walls of the heading. The conveyer is reciprocated by a connecting-rod 41 and crank 37 driven through worm gearing by a motor 31. The return stroke is accelerated by a spring 42. The cutting-tool 17 and its actuating- motor 18 are supported by an horizontal pivot 15 in the forked end 13 of a hand-lever 14 which is mounted on a vertical pivot 12 carried by a rod 1. Stops 47, 48 ensure equal movement cf the lever 14 either in the vertical or horizontal direction. The rod 1 is supported parallel to the axis of the heading by bearings in jack-like devices 7, 8 arranged horizontally between the walls of the heading, and can be moved endwise as the working face advances by screw-and-nut mechanism.
Patent GB-1590154-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing low dusting granulated dyestuffs
IPC: C09B67/44
Filed: 1977-04-19
Abstract: Process for preparing water-soluble dyes, in particular reactive dyes, which are obtained in a granular form and which have a low dust content. To an aqueous paste of the dyes is added, prior to the spray-drying, an anionic surface-active agent and a water-soluble polymer, the granules containing from 0.1 to 20 % by weight of the anionic surface-active agent and from 0.1 to 4 % by weight of the water-soluble polymer.
Patent GB-581292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to typographical composing machines
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1944-08-26
Abstract: 581,292. Type - bar - making machines. LINOTYPE & MACHINERY, Ltd. (Mergenthaler Linotype Co.). Aug. 26, 1944, No. 16213. [Class 100 (iii)] In a typographical composing machine of the type in which the spacebands, suspended in the magazine by their upper projecting ears, are released by escapement mechanism cooperating with their lower ends, the escapement mechanism comprises a pin 3, Fig. 5, which moves the leading spaceband 7 edgewise to clear a stop 1 and allow it to'swing into contact with a second stop 2, and a second pin 4 which then moves the spaceband in the opposite direction clear of the stop 2 to allow it to fall down the delivery chute H. The pins are operated in unison by means of a slide 7, Figs. 5 and 8, moved in one direction by a rocking arm 13 and in the other direction by a spring plunger 11.
Patent GB-544167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to clutches
IPC: F16D41/07
Filed: 1940-11-08
Abstract: 544,167. Manual turning-gear. AVIMO, Ltd., and STEVENS, H. C. M. Nov. 8, 1940, No. 16269. [Class 7 (v)] [Also in Group XXIV] A uni-directional clutch mechanism particularly for use in a hand -operated engine starter comprises means whereby transmission of reverse movement of the engine, due, e.g. to back-firing, to the hand-operated member is prevented. The actuating shaft a has secured thereto a two-arm member b thus forming the driving element of the clutch the driven element of which comprises a shaft c, the end of which nearer the arms b is formed as a hollow cylindrical member d which extends over the arms. The shaft a has a bearing in the end of the shaft c which is supported by a ball bearing f in a fixed casing g. An intermediate clutch element comprises two co-axial end parts h secured together and to a pair of arcuate spacing pieces i by pins j and screws or rivets k. The spacing pieces i are arranged to provide gaps n between their ends in which the arms b have limited movement. Helical springs o are arranged between the ends of the arms b and the pieces i, which latter are recessed at p to accommodate rollers q. To prevent reverse rotation of the intermediate and driving elements, h and b respectively, a cylindrical extension r is formed on one of the end parts h and rollers u are interposed between the extension and wedge-shaped recesses in a boss s of the casing g.
Patent GB-691290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fire-extinguishing apparatus
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 1950-06-28
Abstract: 691,290. Fire extinguishers. C-O-TWO FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. June 28,1950 [Nov. 21, 1949], No. 16273/52. Divided out of 691,262. Drawings to Specification. Class 47(ii) The subject-matter of this Specification is identical with that described in Specification 691,262 but the claims differ.
Patent GB-219149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hoods for motor vehicles
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1923-06-23
Abstract: 219,149. Calso Hood Co., Ltd., Dixon, T. E. Cottom, W. J. June 23, 1923. Hoods. - In m o t o r vehicle hoods of the type in which the extension and collapse of the hood as the main standards rise and fall respectively is effected through the agency at each side of the vehicle of a rod or bar the lower end of which is pivoted in the vicinity of the pivoted mounting of the main standard whilst the upper end is connected with the hood mechanism, the rod or bar is arranged close alongside, parallel, and in vertical alignment with the main standard. The lower end of the rod or bar 18 is pivoted on a short arm 19 fixed on the pivot 6 of the main standard 2, whilst the upper end is slightly cranked and pivoted to the extending link 17 of the hood mechanism. The main standards are provided with short extensions 7 to which are secured one end of springs 3, the other end being secured to the vehicle, so that the springs 3 effect the extension of the hood automatically. The lifting link 17 is connected to the main standard and to the intermediate hoop stick 14. The hood frame comprises a rear hoop 9, main side members 12, and a front hoop 13.
Patent GB-1359394-A (GB)
Title: Method of investigating the condition of underground objects
IPC: G01N17/00
Filed: 1972-04-11
Abstract: 1359394 Electro-physical testing E G L ZETTERSTROM 11 April 1972 [19 April 1971] 16569/72 Heading G1N Ruptures etc. in the anti-corrosion conducting and insulating layers of a steel cistern, pipe etc. buried in the ground are detected by measuring the insulating properties of the anti-corrosion layers and comparing the readings with those obtained when the cistern was first buried. Any changes in the readings indicate that the layers have been ruptured and that corrosion may have started. A cistern is connected via a battery and resistance measuring device to a conductive bar sunk in the ground, an electrolyte being used to wet the ground before taking the measurements.
Patent GB-1499379-A (GB)
Title: Turbomachines
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 1975-04-23
Abstract: 1499379 Turbomachines GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 23 April 1975 [27 Nov 1974] 16783/75 Heading F1T A turbomachine comprises a rotor disc 12 Fig. 1, with axial grooves 22 shaped to mate with the roots 20 of blades 14, each blade being retained axially in its groove by locking means comprising a key 24, shown seperately in Fig. 2, having a stem 32, extending through blade platform 18, and integral with a rectangular block 30 seated in a slot 26 in platform 18 while the blade root 20 is being inserted into its groove 22 and which is caused to drop into a slot 28 in disc 12 and is rotated to tightly engage the slot, to secure the blade axially, by means such as a screwdriver engaging a groove 35 in the outer end of stem 32. Block 30 has two diagonally opposed corners 40 rounded to facilitate rotation. Subsequent to locking of the blade on the disc, stem 32 may be staked by deformation to platform 18 to prevent rotation of the block 30 out of its locked position. Removal is effected by reversing the above, alternatively, the stem may be sheared by applying a sharp blow to root 20.
Patent GB-862569-A (GB)
Title: Fire retardant compositions
Inventor: QUELLE GERRIT
IPC: D06M15/433
Filed: 1957-05-27
Abstract: An intumescent fire-retardant lacquer comprises a condensate of urea, a phenol and formaldehyde, dissolved in methanol or ethanol, and an alkanol soluble ammonium- or aminoamino-organophosphorus compound. Suitable phosphorus compounds are the products obtained by neutralizing, partially or completely, with ammonia or with a lower alkyl amine, mixtures of mono- and di-butyl phosphates containing some free orthophosphoric acid.  They may be formed in situ.  The compositions may include fillers or pigments, e.g. rutile, anatase, asbestine, mica, vermiculite and/or antimony oxide, or plasticizers, e.g. glyceryl-a -tolyl ether or glyceryl di-tolyl ether.  A water-resistant, water insoluble film-forming resin may be included as a further addition.  If desired, the alcohol solvent may be used with an aromatic hydrocarbon, e.g. xylene.  In examples, the compositions contain (I) urea, phenol, paraformaldehyde, ethanol, mono- and di-butyl phosphoric acid, ammonia, glyceryl-a -tolyl ether and p-chloro-m-xylenol.  (II) Butylated U/F syrup in butanol/xylol, mono- and di-butyl phosphoric acid, monomethylamine, ethanol, p-chloro-m-xylenol, glycerol-a -tolyl ether and if desired tris-b -chloro-ethyl phosphate.  Specification 632,844 is referred to.
Patent GB-242199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cooking utensils
IPC: F24C15/10
Filed: 1925-06-30
Abstract: 242,199. Dehn, F. B., (Reilly, F. C.). June 30, 1925. Bottoms; heating-surfaces, increasing. - A cooking vessel comprises a bottom plate 1 of steel k, surmounted by a plate 3, preferably of copper and corrugated in directions at rightangles, the whole being covered by an aluminium or other body plate 2 the marginal edges 4 of which are fashioned into the side wall of the vessel and then turned down and folded to underlie and support the bottom plate. The bottom plate 1 is preferablv perforated at 7 to permit air circulation into the marginal air space 6. The invention is shown as applied to the construction of a frying-pan or griddle.
Patent GB-911711-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for controlling the supply of heat to an enclosed space
Inventor: GARTSIDE MAURICE JAMES
IPC: G05D23/275
Filed: 1960-05-12
Abstract: 911,711. Automatic temperature-control systems for space heating. RHEOSTATIC CO. Ltd. March 22, 1961 [May 12, 1960], No. 16817/60. Class 38 (4). An automatic temperature control device for a space heating system comprises two thermostats 1, 5, the thermostat 1 being arranged outside the space and the thermostat 5 inside the space, each thermostat being provided with a supplementary electric heater so arranged that the heater 4 of the outside thermostat 1 is only energized when the outside thermostat is made on the " cold " contact 3 and the inside thermostat 5 is simultaneously made on the " hot " contact 8 whereas the heater 9 of the inside thermostat 5 is energized only when the inside thermostat is made on the " cold " contact 7, the supply of heating current for the space being controlled by a relay 10. A further supplementary heater may be provided in the thermostat 1 to bias its operation.
Patent GB-871553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vibrating wire accelerometers
Inventor: BOWIE STANLEY
IPC: G01V1/18
Filed: 1958-05-27
Abstract: 871,553. Vibrating wire accelerometer. ROE & CO. Ltd., A. V. May 19, 1959 [May 27, 1958], No. 16822/58. Class 40 (1). A linear accelerometer comprises a frame 1 in which two vibrating wires 6 and 7 are aligned under a common tension provided by a magnetic force between two seismic weights 2 and 3 carried on adjacent ends of the wires, Fig. 1 (part longitudinal section). The wires vibrate between magnetic systems 8 and 9 providing output signals of frequency corresponding to the wire tension. Any acceleration causes one frequency to be increased and the other to be reduced and the difference frequency varies linearly with acceleration provided that the sum of the frequencies remain constant. To ensure this, such sum is compared with a fixed frequency and any error is used to vary the current in coil 15. As shown in Fig. 2, the other poles 10 and 11 of the magnets 4 and 5 are attached to the weights 2 and 3 and are supported by hinges 12 and a magnetic return path is provided by the surrounding members 13  and the frame member 14 which is made of iron or other " soft " magnetic material. The gaps between 13 and 10 and 13 and 11 are made large compared with that between weights 2 and 3. The tension in the wires may be adjusted initially by varying the m.m.f. in 14 by means of coil 15, or by insertions of a permanent magnet or a predetermined amount of saturation in the return path. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), a variable air gap is used to vary the flux in the return path. An acceleration sensitive weight on the frame member varies the air gap in the latter as the acceleration changes.
Patent GB-702004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to furnaces fired by gaseous or atomised fuels
Inventor: JANSSEN MARTINUS WILHEMUS JACO
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1951-07-16
Abstract: 702,004. Supplying water vapour to furnaces. DIRECTIE VAN DE STAATSMIJNEN IN LIMBURG. July 16, 1951, No. 16860/51. Class 51 (1) A process for counteracting the formation of carbonaceous deposits in heating appliances, e.g. furnaces, employing liquid or gaseous fuels containing 'carbonizable constituents comprises introducing water vapour into the fuel feed pipe in a quantity of from 0.05 to 0.2 grm. mols. per grm. mol. of hydrocarbon in the fuel.
Patent GB-169331-A (GB)
Abstract: 169,331. Glover, W. R., and Whimster, J. I. July 17, 1920. Gas, supplying by meter; coin action, mechanical-connection.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification 25272/94, backward rotation of the toothed quantity-wheel is prevented by a ball 9 in an angular track 4 slotted at 7 and carried by a radial strip 5, the ball engaging peripheral undulations 2 on the quantity-wheel corresponding to the teeth 14. Pivoted to the casing is a lever 10, having at one end a claw 8. the other end 11 acting as a stop to the coincarrier arm 12 so that the claw 8 is pressed into the slot 7 and jams the ball 9 into engagement with the quantity-wheel to prevent greater forward movement of the wheel than that intended. At the same time the ball 9, by obtaining a proper bearing in one of the undulations, positions the quantity-wheel correctly for the coin-insertion slot to coincide with the space between two teeth 14.
Patent GB-418243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rafts or floats for bathing purposes
IPC: B63C9/08
Filed: 1933-06-16
Abstract: 418,243. Bathing - rafts. GREEN, T. L., Market Road, Rye, Sussex. June 16, 1933, No. 17186. [Class 113 (i).] A bathing-raft is constructed with an end pair of inflatable bags 1 made of rubber or having a separate inflatable bladder. The bags are provided with pockets 1<c> into which are inserted the ends of a pair of poles 3 which serve to keep the bags 1 apart. The poles 3 support a seat 5.
Patent GB-1066353-A (GB)
Title: Punched cards for recording data
IPC: G06K21/04
Filed: 1964-04-24
Abstract: 1,066,353. Record cards. F. FREIDL. April 24, 1964 [Oct. 4, 1963], No. 17201/64. Heading G4M. A record card has a small lattice hole at each index position and larger holes, overlapping the lattice holes, are punched to represent data, so that the card can be sorted by machine or manually using needles.
Patent GB-165725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to influence electrical machines
IPC: H02N1/08
Filed: 1921-06-24
Abstract: 165,725. Vogel, L. July 2, 1920, [Convention date]. Atmospheric electricity, utilizing; frictional and influence machines.-In an influence machine comprising two oppositely rotating discs provided with conducting sectors, the disc subjected to induction is stated to collect electricity through salient poles either directly from the atmosphere or by means of one or more sets of antennµ. An initial charge is obtained bv the friction of the brushes 8 on the disc 2 collected by the sectors 7 and induces charges on the sectors of the oppositely rotating disc. These sectors are provided with poles 11 and brushes 12 which collect electricity from the air directly and by induction from conductors 21, 22 connected to antennµ earthed through condensers and provided with safety spark-gaps x, as shown. The electricity collected is transferred during rotation to conductors 14, 15 and passes to conductors 18, 19 and sparks across to balls 38, 39, between which a transformer 37 is connected to reduce the tension of the oscillatory current produced.
Patent GB-849215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in valves, cocks and the like for controlling the flow of fluids
Inventor: GREGORY REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: F16K1/10
Filed: 1956-06-06
Abstract: 849,215. Valves. EVERED & CO. Ltd. June 5, 1957 [June 6, 1956], No. 17417/56. Class 135. A valve comprises a hollow body 10 of substantially T-shaped formation provided with an integral seating 20, suitably on a tubular extension from the inlet 12, and an interiorly screw threaded housing 13 to receive on an operating member 17 of cup-shaped formation integrally formed valve member 21 and sealing skirt 25. The operating member is also formed with an annular grip portion 18 which surrounds the housing 13 and is fitted with a stop-screw 24 which engages a flange 23 on the housing in the fully open position of the valve to prevent accidental removal of the operating member. The valve parts may be cast in a synthetic resin such as nylon. The sealing skirt 25 may be omitted and the valve member may be provided with a plug-like projection; the tapered side of which engages with the seating.
Patent GB-546456-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved substitute for glass and method of producing same
Filed: 1940-12-09
Abstract: 546,456. Compound fabrics. LUMSDEN & MACKENZIE, Ltd.. GARRETT, C., and ADDIE, J. A. Dec. 9, 1940, No. 17461. [Class 140] A glass substitute for glazing windows is formed from a base of fabric net made of linen, cotton, silk, jute, metallic wire &c. coated so as to fill the interstices by dipping in a solution of an incompletely polymerised synthetic resin such as urea formaldehyde, melamine formaldehyde, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl acetate dissolved in an organic solvent such as alcohol, benzene and xylene, the solvent being then evaporated and the resin heated to about 260‹F. to render it stable; the base so treated and a similarly coated film of regenerated cellulose of good transparency are then caused to adhere by first applying to one or both of them a solution of an incompletely polymerized resin or natural resin such as copal, damar and styrene resins and pressed together by means of a mangle &c. or the base may be enclosed between two cellulosic films.
Patent GB-1253948-A (GB)
Title: Metal halide discharge lamp
Inventor: SPEROS DIMITRIOS MANDAMADIOTIS
IPC: H01J61/12
Filed: 1970-04-13
Abstract: 1,253,948. Metal-vapour lamps. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. 13 April 1970 [19 May, 1969], No. 17467/70. Heading HID. An arc lamp comprises a filling which includes an inert gas (20 torr argon, for example), AlCl 3  and Al in which as stated the aluminium getters free chlorine and oxygen and also combines with chlorine from the thermal dissociation of AlCl 3 . Preferably included in the filling are Hg, and AlI 3  which reduces attack on the tungsten electrodes. The lamp envelope 2 is made of sintered high density polycrystalline alumina or of fused silica or quartz with an internal protective layer of Al 2 O 3  formed for example by exposing the hot tube to a mixture of AlCl 3  vapour, CO 2  and argon. The ends of the envelope are closed by niobium caps 3, 3<SP>1</SP> hermetically sealed to the alumina by an alumina-calcia sealing composition 4. A niobium tube 5 which supports one electrode 6, penetrates into the cap 3 for evacuation of the lamp after which the tube is closed off. The lamp is mounted in an evacuated outer jacket (not shown).