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Patent GB-142582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to domestic heating and cooking apparatus
IPC: F24B1/28
Filed: 1919-02-25
Abstract: 142,582. Billing, N. Pemberton-. Feb. 25, 1919. Open fire-places; cooking-stoves; baffles; supports for articles to be heated.-An open fire-place has, in front of the vertical grate front, a chamber through which the combustion products circulate. Fig. 2 shows, in plan, an open fire-place the grate A<3> of which is surrounded by a jacket C, at the lower end of which is the vertical grate front A<2>. In front of the bars A<2> is a chamber B, which has a flat upper surface serving as a hob, and is fitted with baffles D pivoted so that the combustion products may pass either round them, as shown, to vertical side flues E<1>, and thence to the chimney, or directly to the flues E<1> when one or both of the baffles are moved to the positions shown by chain lines, in which event the hob, or one side of it, is not heated. The baffles D may be replaced by boilers or ovens or cupboards. The improvements may be adapted to the stoves described in Specification 142,179 and 142,667.
Patent GB-109939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographic Disc Record Cabinets.
Inventor: HAAG ALFRED HENRY
IPC: A47B81/06
Filed: 1917-04-02
Abstract: 109,939. Haag, A. H. April 2, 1917. Contents, delivering and facilitating access to.- In a cabinet for phonograph disk records, the records are received in a frame having front and rear plates 1, 12, in which are formed slots 2, 13 wider at the centre than towards the ends. Partition frames 9 are held by the flanged edges of the slots. The framing is completed by means of side plates 16, a top plate 21, a bottom plate 25, and a track plate 32, and has mounted therein a series of ejecting-fingers 29 pivoted on a rod 38. A felt stop 47 supported by a frame 43-45 is provided for the large records, and a stop 51 is supported by a frame 53 for the smaller records.
Patent GB-305998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to casting and rolling copper
IPC: B22D7/00
Filed: 1929-02-12
Abstract: 305,998. United States Metals Refining Co., (Assignees of Eppensteiner, W. F., and Green H. M.). Feb. 13, 1928, [Conventiiin date]. Sheets.-Ingots of copper for rolling into sheet or strip, are cast on end in cooled moulds with slight or no taper and then passed through rolls with the oxidized face in advance. Molten copper from a furnace A runs into a ladle; B which is tipped to fill a jacketed mould C with hinged and counterweighted bottom E adapted to be opened to discharge the ingot I into water G. The jacket D is supplied with water at a temperature between 220‹-270‹ F. and under a pressure of 15 pounds per square inch, preferably by means of a closed circulating system. If de- :sired oil &c. may be used in place of water. The ingot may measure 30in. x 20in. x 3.5in. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also the application to other easily oxidized metals or alloys and modifications in which a jacketed mould c', Fig. 5, opening diagonally is used or a number of moulds are carried by a turntable past pouring and discharging stations. This subject-matter does rot appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-511361-A (GB)
Title: Anti-theft device for bicycles and the like
IPC: B62H5/06
Filed: 1938-02-16
Abstract: 511,361. Preventing unauthorized use of cycles &c. NEIMAN, A. Feb. 16, 1938, No. 4817. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Aug. 17, 1938.] [Class 79 (iii)] In anti-theft locking devices for bicycles &c. of the kind comprising a lock barrel which can be withdrawn with the key, leaving only an empty lock-casing permanently attached to the cycle, the lock 8 is provided with a fixed guiding projection 9 and a movable locking projection 10, the casing 1 being provided with corresponding recesses and being secured to a junction socket of the cycle frame in such a position that the lock when inserted therein engages and immobilizes a part of the steering mechanism. The casing shown in Fig. 1 is formed of sheet metal, comprising a cylindrical portion with flanges 2 spaced apart to receive the projection 9, and is welded &c. to the bottom tube socket 6a and steering head tube 3, an oval or oblong hole 13 being formed in the steering head 12 to receive the bolt end 11 of the lock barrel 8. A slot or recess, is formed in the casing to receive the rotatable locking lug 10 which secures the device in position when the key 31 is withdrawn. A second slot or recess may, if desired, be provided in the casing to enable the lock to be left secured therein in an inoperative position. In a modification the lock casing 1, is formed integrally with the junction socket 6a. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, the lock casing passes diagonally through the junction socket and is provided with a hinged cap 19, a closure plate 21 and drainage hole 22 being provided in the bottom tube to prevent accumulation' of rain, dust &c. therein. In a further form, Fig. 6 (not shown), the lock casing passes downwardly through the junction socket, the projecting lock bolt-being adapted to engage a thimble-like socket in one of the shoulders of the steering-wheel-fork crown.
Patent GB-1524735-A (GB)
Title: Portable shelter for example for angiers
IPC: E04H15/00
Filed: 1976-02-05
Abstract: 1524735 Collapsible portable shelter R G PURSSORD 7 Feb 1977 [7 Feb 1976] 04870/76 Heading E1A A collapsible portable shelter for anglers comprises a supporting frame having an upwardly extending main support 10, 11 with three arms 15, 16, 17 extending divergently from the top and a cover supported on the frame and having two side curtains interconnected in the region of the main support and being directly or indirectly connected over the diverging arms so as to form a triangular plan. The cover may be open at the front or have a front covering releasably attached to a side curtain and/or the top covering. The covering may be of plastics or canvas and the frame may be of aluminium tube. The main support may be telescopic and the diverging arms foldable downwardly parallel to the support: The arms may be braced apart by a pivoting locking bar 18. The main support may have legs or a ground engaging spike and the cover may have ballast pockets.
Patent GB-206768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in starting handles for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02N1/00
Filed: 1923-02-20
Abstract: 206,768. Wilkes, J. J. Feb. 20, 1923. Turning-gear.-In a starting-device in which the starting-handle is disconnected if the engine turns backwards, a boss n secured to the handle l carries a free-wheel ring p having lugs k engaging slots in a pulley d, which is rotatable in one direction only, a ratchet x on the pulley being engaged by pawls on the engine casing. Within the pulley d is a sleeve b pinned to the engine shaft a and having a left-hand screwthread engaged by a threaded member f centred by an extension g pinned to the shaft a. A washer e is interposed between the members d, f. The member f is engaged and tightened up for starting by a hexagonal socket in the boss n of the handle. If the engine starts normally, the ring p overruns the boss n. If the engine turns backwards, the pulley d is held by its pawl and member f unscrews and releases the washer e.
Patent GB-867195-A (GB)
Title: A method for the preparation of nitrilo-triphosphoric acid esters
Inventor: RUDY HERMANN
IPC: C07F9/24
Filed: 1959-02-12
Abstract: Nitrilo-triphisphoric acid esters of the formula:  <FORM:0867195/IV (b)/1> in which R denotes alkyl or aryl groups which can be the same or different, are obtained by reacting an appropriate amino-phosphoric acid diester with twice the molar quantity of an appropriate chloro-phosphoric acid diester in the presence of the calculated stoichiometric quantity of sodium or sodium hydride in an inert organic diluent.  The sodium or sodium hydride is preferably used in the form of a dispersion or suspension in the inert organic diluent e.g. xylol.  The sodium chloride formed is preferably removed by dissolving the products in an organic solvent which is not miscible with water, e.g. chloroform, and agitating the solution with water whereby the sodium chloride passes into the aqueous phase. Examples are given for the production of nitrilo-triphosphoric-hexaphenyl, -hexa-ethyl, and -diethyl-tetrabutyl esters respectively.  The products are useful as water softeners and as complex-forming compounds.ALSO:Nitrilo-triphosphoric acid esters of the formula <FORM:0867195/I/1> in which the R's denote alkyl or aryl groups which can be the same or different (see Group IV(b)) can be used as water softeners.
Patent GB-1073471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sealing strips
Inventor: DIXON BERNARD
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1964-02-19
Abstract: 1,073,471. Sealing strips. BERNARD DIXON & PARTNERS Ltd. May 19, 1965 [Feb. 19, 1964], No. 4938/64. Heading E1J. An edge surface contact sealing strip comprises an elongated rigid hollow element 1, which may be an element to be fixed to a door &c., frame or may be the frame itself, having a longitudinally extending slit opening into the hollow interior, a parallel flanked elongated seal element 2 slidable in the slit and retained therein by a wider section 8 within the hollow and being resiliently pressed outwardly as by the resilience of the material 8 bonded to the hard rubber seal element 2 so as to present at its tip a sealing surface which may be a soft rubber tip 10. The resilience pressing the element outwards may be produced by resilient material in a tubular end of the element 2, or a hollow tubular element closed at its end and filled with compressed air, or a tubular element with open ends in a larger hollow space. The hollow space may be of circular section or of rectangular section and the sealing element may be an H-section metal strip with a soft rubber strip between the upper flanges of the H, the lower flanges being bonded to a resilient rubber tube.
Patent GB-266715-A (GB)
Title: Automatic braking apparatus for railway vehicles
IPC: B61K7/04
Filed: 1927-02-22
Abstract: 266,715. Marchais, G. Feb. 27, 1926. [Convention date]. Addition to 257,260. Friction apparatus on permanent way; applied by weight of vehicle.- Modifications for improvements in the brake apparatus for railway vehicles described in the parent Specification consist principally in the provision of braking members for engaging both sides of the wheels simultaneously. As shown in Fig. 2, the cranked arm 7 carrying the brake shoes or bars 52 for the inner side of the vehicle wheels is pivoted at 6 to the chain 1 which carries the track rail R and which is pivoted at 3 on the fixed support 4. The arm 7 is pivotally connected at 8, also to a lever 37 pivoted at 38 on a fixed support and at 40 to a cranked arm 41 carrying brake bars for the outer side of the wheel. Thus when the rail R is depressed by the weight of the vehicle, the arm 7 is at first turned about the pivot 8 to apply the brake bars to the inner side of the wheel and then the lever 37 is turned about the pivot 38 to turn the lever 41 about the pivot 43 and apply the brake bars 49 to the outer side of the wheel. The adjacent ends of the brake bars 52 are shown as connected to the arm 7 by an arrangement of vertical and horizontal pivots 11, 12 to give the necessary freedom of movement in a similar manner to that described in the parent Specification. The member 10 of the joint is however secured to the arm by a bolt 34 so as to allow of the insertion of a washer 36 to compensate for the wear of the brake bar. An alternative means of connection for the brake bars is shown for those on the outer side of the wheels and comprises a vertical pivot 47 passing through the ends 49, 50 of the bars and convex washers 51 which allow rotation of the bars about a horizontal axis. Springs 31, 45 assist the return of the parts to the normal position. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the brake bar S for the outer side of the wheels is carried by a cranked arm C pivoted at K and connected to the chain A of the track rail R, the brake bar L for the inner side of the wheel being however mounted on a fixed support M. The sliding rod carrying wedges for putting the brake partly or wholly out of action as described in the parent Specification is arranged to run on spring- mounted rollers.
Patent GB-254996-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle wheels
IPC: B60B23/10
Filed: 1926-02-22
Abstract: 254,996. Rubsam, C. F. Feb. 22, 1926. Detachable-rim attachments to wheels.-A channelled fixed rim 9 is formed with flanges 11, 12 to seat a split tyre-carrying rim 13, the flange 11 having cut-away arcuate clearances 15 to permit of transverse tilting of the rim 13 in mounting. The rim 13 is clamped in position b.y lugs 22, bolts 20, and nuts 24, as shown in Fig. 2. A plate 30 locks the ends of the rim 13 and is notched to straddle a bolt 20, thus forming a driving connection between the rims. The valve stem fits a hole 18 in the rim 13, adjacent the plate 30. Specification 157.016 is referred to.
Patent GB-595202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for regulating the temperature of internal combustion engines
IPC: F01P7/02
Filed: 1945-02-28
Abstract: 595,202. Automatic control systems for engine cooling apparatus &c. JARVIS, W. M. Feb. 28, 1945, No. 5057. [Class 38 (iv)] Temperature.-In regulating the temperature of air-cooled bodies, such as aircraft engines, in which a temperature responsive element controls through a relay or relays an electric motor 55 adjusting shutters, or flaps 53 controlling the flow of cooling air and in which a variable resistance 19, Fig. 2, coupled with the flaps 63 is included in a bridge circuit to affect the bridge balance, at least one moving coil relay 24, 25 is interposed between the bridge circuit and the motor controlling relay or relays 37, 40, 41 and the winding and wiring contacts of the moving coil relay(s) are included in the energizing circuit of the motor-controlling relays. This energizing circuit is taken through normally closed contacts of a time-delay relay 49 which is energized to open its contacts by the closing of the motor-relay contacts, thus causing flap adjustment to occur in steps until the variable resistance 19 has rebalanced the bridge. The bridge circuit may be double and include resistances 13, 16 responsive to the respective temperatures of two bodies or two parts of a body, e.g. two cylinders of an engine, and the motor-controlling relays may be arranged so that the flow of cooling air is increased when either resistance 13, 16 responds to temperature increase but only when both resistances respond to temperature decrease will the motor be actuated to reduce the flow of air. The bridge(s) may include a resistance 20, Fig. 3, adjusted in accordance with throttle setting.
Patent GB-843522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to poultry cages
IPC: A01K31/17
Filed: 1958-02-17
Abstract: 843,522. Poultry batteries. GROSSMITH, N. Feb. 12, 1959 [Feb. 17, 1958], No. 5064/58. Class 5(2). A poultry battery, constructed as described in Specification 843,521 is provided with droppings boards 17 of asbestos sheet of sufficient width to overhang those food and/or water troughs 20, 21 which are supported below the level of the droppings boards. The spacing between each droppings board and the floor 12 above is sufficient to allow the insertion of a rake or like tool for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-433472-A (GB)
Title: Improved degreasing apparatus
IPC: C23G5/04
Filed: 1934-02-15
Abstract: <PICT:0433472/III/1> In an apparatus for degreasing metal and other non-absorbent articles with solvent vapours, the articles are submitted during vapour treatment to streams of solvent derived from movable jets whereby particles of insoluble matter are removed.  A degreasing tank 1 is provided with a sloping floor 18, a heated sump 16 for solvent and a condenser 2 below which is mounted a trough 3 to collect the condensed solvent.  Two pairs of pipes 4, 5 having jets are mounted at each corner of the tank 1 and are rotated through an arc of 90 DEG  by rods connected by cranks to a disc 11 rotated by a handle 10.  Solvent which may be heated, is supplied to the jets from a tank 22 by a pump 19 through pipes 20, 14 and junctions 12. Solvent vapours rise through openings in the floor 18 to the articles suspended in the tank or supported on a perforated plate 27 above the floor 18.  Condensed solvent falls on the plate 27 and passes through a strainer 28 removing solid particles to the floor 18 and then flows through a pipe 15 to the tank 22.  The sump 16 is supplied with solvent from the tank 22 through an overflow pipe 21 or the pump 19. When the solvent jets are in use a flexible shutter 35 is drawn over rollers 37 to prevent loss of solvent.  A straining device may be provided at the suction side of the pump.  In a modification, the solvent jets are rotated by the action of the issuing liquid.
Patent GB-149932-A (GB)
Title: Power transmission systems and mechanism
IPC: H02P9/00
Filed: 1920-02-21
Abstract: 149,932. Tanner, H. L. Aug. 21, 1919, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Controlling handles associated with hand steering-devices.-In electric power-transmission gearing especially designed for motor-vehicles, the controller is mounted on the vehicle at C, Fig. 13, and is operated through bevel gearing 41 by a handle 47 attached to a tubular shaft passing through the steering-pillar 45. The handle can be depressed independently of the turning movement so as to operate the reversing-switch, which is placed at the side of the steering-pillar but is not shown in Fig. 13. Guides and notches for the handle 47 are provided at the top of the steering pillar.
Patent GB-1048534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to plain bearings
IPC: F16C33/10
Filed: 1964-02-07
Abstract: 1,048,534. Bearing linings. KARL SCHMIDT G.m.b.H. Feb. 7, 1964 [March 15, 1963], No. 5341/64. Heading F2A. The finished machined metal shells 15, 16, 17 of a multi-shell plain bearing, Fig. 3 (not shown), are a press-fit in an undivided or divided bearing case 14, and their thickness varies since the centre of curvature of the inside surface of each shell is eccentrically offset from the centre of curvature of the outside surface thereof. The bearing is supplied with lubricant through ducts 18, 19, 20 and lubricant pockets (Fig. 2, not shown) may be provided in the inside surface of the shells. The peripheral lengths of the shells may be equal or unequal and their abutting ends may be accurately located by pins provided in the bearing case. The shells may be separated by spacers which do not constitute part of the bearing surface. The shells may be contained in a taper bush 73, Fig. 7 (not shown), having threaded ends 74, 75 engaged by nuts 77, 76, the adjustment of which causes a case 78 to apply pressure to the bush 73 and thereby adjust the bearing clearance. One end of the bore of the bearing case 14 may be increased in diameter and one edge of the outer surface of the bearing shells may be reduced in diameter to facilitate the forced assembly of the shells into the bearing case. In an alternative method of assembly the shells are forced by a ram through the tapered bore of an assembly aid into the bore of the bearing case.  ------
Patent GB-1533881-A (GB)
Title: Stepped strand structure and method of forming same
IPC: D07B5/10
Filed: 1976-02-11
Abstract: 1533881 Joining strands end to end AMERICAN CHAIN & CABLE CO INC 11 Feb 1976 [2 April 1975] 05394/76 Heading D1T A strand, Fig. 1, is made by bonding, as at 22, a first core element 12 to a second core element 14 of smaller diameter than the core element 12; and bonding as at 40, one or more strand elements 32 extending around the first core element 12 to corresponding one or more strand elements 34 to be stranded around the second core element 14, the strand elements 34 being of smaller diameter than the strand elements 32. As shown in Fig. 1 the locations of the bonded joins 40 may be staggered relatively to each other and be out of alignment with the join 22. The resulting strand may be radially compressed. A plurality of the above cables may be stranded together and then radially compressed to produce a cable.
Patent GB-575537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in devices for suspending curtains and the like
IPC: A47H1/18
Filed: 1944-03-23
Abstract: 575,537. Springs. PARKINSON, N. W. March 23, 1944, No. 5401. [Class 108 (iii)] [Also in Group XIV] A coiled wire spring curtain rod A is enclosed in a cover or sheath B of rubber or similar resilient material so that the curtain hem does not contact with the metal. Each end of the rubber tube B is covered by a cap C of aluminium or synthetic resin pressed or screwed on to the rubber.
Patent GB-751877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to high-voltage electric switchgear
Inventor: CHRISTIE JOHN
IPC: H02B7/00
Filed: 1954-02-24
Abstract: 751,877. Switchgear structures. REYROLLE & CO., Ltd., A. Feb. 23, 1955 [Feb. 24, 1954] No. 5458/54. Class 38(5) In a high-voltage, three phase duplicate - busbar switchgear housed in a building and employing live tank feeder circuit-breakers 4, air insulated busbars 6, 7 and double-break busbar isolators 8, 9, each alternative set of busbars has three phases, A, B and C, housed in three separate compartments and corresponding phases of the two sets housed in adjacent compartments 1, 2. Each pair of adjacent compartments 1, 2. may have a common partition 3 provided with windows so that one of the compartments may be used, when its busbar is dead, as an inspection chamber for the adjacent live busbar. Each circuitbreaker 4 is housed in a separate compartment 5. Isolators 8, 9 are provided for each pair of busbars 6, 7 and the bridging conducter of each isolator is carried in a pivoted insulating bushing 11 extending through the ceiling 12 of compartment 5. Fixed alternative main and reserve busbar isolator terminals 13, 14 are carried by insulating posts so that they can be engaged by the bridging conductor of the associated isolator 8 or 9 and thus connected to the associated busbar 6 or 7. Each busbar isolator is also movable to an open position in which the bridging conductor is earthed. Each compartment 5 houses a line terminal 15. A line isolator 17 is permanently connected to the lower terminal 19 of the circuit-breaker and the terminal 13 is permanently connected to the upper terminal 20 of the circuit-breaker. In the open position the isolator arm 18 engages terminal 13. The terminal 14 is connected to a by-pass isolator 22 having an arm 23 which connects terminal 14 to either of terminals 13 or 15, in the latter position by-passing the circuitbreaker 4. A metal screen 24 can be moved to divide compartment 5 into two enclosures, enabling the circuit-breaker to be examined when it is by-passed. A voltage transformer 25c is housed in compartment 5c. In alternative arrangements the by-pass and line isolators may be replaced by permanent connections, no screen 24 then being provided, or each phase of the circuitbreaker may be of the air-blast type provided with a sequentially operated seriesbreak isolator which also serves as the line isolator.
Patent GB-772601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the assembly of ball bearings on the steering columns of steering gear mechanism
Inventor: JUKES LEONARD WILLIAM
IPC: B62D3/06
Filed: 1954-02-25
Abstract: 772,601. Ball-bearings. KENT, Ltd., G. Feb. 25, 1955 [Feb. 25, 1954], No. 5637/54. Class 12 (1). The assemblage of the parts of a ball-bearing, comprising a cone portion 9, a cup portion 10 and balls 8, on a steering column 1 is facilitated by a rubber ring 13 disposed on the column 1 adjacent the ring 10. This prevents the balls from falling between the bore 11 of the ring 10 and the shaft 1. In a modification, the ring 13 has a spigot portion 14, Fig. 3.