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Patent GB-1404381-A (GB)
Title: Piezo-electric igniters for lighters
IPC: F23Q2/28
Filed: 1973-03-19
Abstract: 1404381 Piezo-electric generators BRAUN AG 19 March 1973 [21 March 1972] 13015/73 Heading H2A [Also in Division F4] In a piezo-electric igniter for cigarette lighters which comprises a striker 3, a spring 2 and a manually operable control key 4, the striker is permanently connected to that end of the spring which is moved to store energy in the spring and to the control key. In the embodiment of Fig. 3, the control key pivots about point 5 to extend spring 2 until stop 16a prevents further movement. The key 4 is then released and the spring drives the striker against the piezo element 1. In a simpler embodiment, Figs. 1, 2 (not shown) the control key connected to the striker is slidable in a slot in the cigarette lighter casing to compress the spring. Again, the key is then released to permit the spring to drive the striker against a piezo element. In the embodiment of Fig. 5, the control key 4 is connected to a crank mechanism 6, 7, the end of the connecting rod 7 being connected to the striker. The control key is moved in direction B to compress the spring 2 and then released to allow the spring to drive the striker 3 against piezo element 1. The gas value 9 is opened by a lever 8 in response to movement of control key 4 in direction B.
Patent GB-131371-A (GB)
IPC: A61M16/10
Abstract: 131,371. Davis, R. H. May 27, 1918. Inhalers &c.-In apparatus for the supply of oxygen or air to an airman or patient of the type in which compressed gas is passed through a reducing valve, a control valve, and a device for indicating the amount of gas passing to the face piece, the meter or output indicator employed is of the type, known per se, which comprises a float caused to rise and fall in a tapered graduated tube by the flow of the gas through the tube. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a pressure gauge b and reducing valve c are in communication with a nozzle d connected to the gas cylinder. Gas from the valve c passes through a graduated control valve g preferably of the type described in Specification 128,309, to a meter comprising a downwardly tapering graduated glass tube h within which a light bobbin i is caused to rise by the flow of the gas so as to give a visual indication of the amount of gas passing through the meter to a non-return vave l<1> and thence to the face piece. The pressure gauge and reducing valve may be arranged directly on the gas cylinder and a flexible breathing bag may be interposed between the meter and the face-mask. In further modifications, the reducing valve, or pressure gauge, or both may be dispensed with, a fine adjustment control valve being connected directly to the gas cylinder.
Patent GB-697599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric discharge devices
Inventor: KLEPP GEORGE FRANCIS
IPC: H01J19/42
Filed: 1952-05-23
Abstract: 697,599. Thermionic valves. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. May 23, 1952, No. 13138/52. Class 39(i) The mica spacer 4 for positioning the electrodes of a discharge tube is itself spaced from the envelope by wire members 1, which have washers 3 between them and the spacer 4 to prevent damage to the latter. The washer may be part of a component serving some other purpose, e.g. a capacitance end shield.
Patent GB-131569-A (GB)
IPC: B26D1/18
Abstract: 131,569. Dicker, S. G. S., (Cooke & Co., J.). April 22, 1919. Circular-saw machines.-A sawing- apparatns for splitting dead-meat carcasses comprises a circular saw E mounted between and in alinement with a pair of motors A, A', the whole being suspended and provided with coun. terweights D to provide vertical movement. Curved and hinged members F act as handles for manipulating the apparatus and to embrace the carcass to steady the saw. To permit the saw to be easily dismounted and replaced, it is clamped between coupling-members 7, 8 respectively fixed to and slidable upon the adjacent ends of a split shaft 5. A boss 11 upon the member 7 projects through a central hole in the saw and into the member 8, when this is clamped against the saw, to ensure alinement of the two parts of the shaft. Holes 6 are provided for the clamping-bolts.
Patent GB-131612-A (GB)
IPC: B07C3/08
Abstract: 131,612. Royston, E. R., (Gehring, C.). July 21, 1917. Pile supports for sheet feeds; separators; carriers.-In a mail sorting and distributing apparatus the letters are fed from a magazine 7 to a guard rail 34 by a plate 35 and chains 29 driven by a shaft which is unclutched from its driving-gear when the front letter presses back a finger 33. The first letters rest on a belt 94 driven by the shaft 50 through gearing 98, 99 and a shaft 97; this belt actuates the chains 29 and conveys the letters to the set of delivery rolls, which are driven through mitre wheels from the shaft 97. Of these rolls, the starter 38 rotates counterclockwise, and it is so mounted on a lever as to be swung into and out of contact with the front letter by the operation of a cam E on the shaft 50, which is coupled by a rocker 436 and link 432 through a link connexion to the said lever. The letter moves into the bight of separating rolls 42, 43 rotating counter-clockwise, the former at high speed to feed the front letter forward against the stop 44, and the latter slowly so as to force other letters back to the magazine 7.
Patent GB-171123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, electrically operated cranes, hoists, and the like
IPC: B66C15/00
Filed: 1920-05-12
Abstract: 171,123. Scott, W. H., and Bentley, J. May 12. 1920. Addition to 164,784. Electric braking; systems for continuous-current motors only. -Consists of an automatic control of the switch C, Fig. 1, by a " load discriminator switch " J. In lowering, when the master controller K has been moved on to the first lowering stud k<2>, coils B<2> and C<2>, respectively acting to close switches Band C, are energized. This makes the connection described in the parent Specification. The action of the load discriminator is, if sufficient current circulates in the rheostatic braking circuit b, to make a contact which shortcircuits the coil C<2> and thus opens the switch C. The operation of the coil j with the main may be, as shown, at a midway tapping point, or at the terminal of the coil adjacent to the motor armature D.
Patent GB-131985-A (GB)
IPC: B65D8/06
Abstract: 131,985. Altenberg, G. P. July 31, 1918. Cold and heat retaining vessels. - A vacuum insulated metal container for food &c., for military or other use, comprises inner and outer vessels 10, 11 connected at the top by a web 15 supported at intervals by stiffening pieces 24, secured to the outer wall, but spaced from the inner wall. The walls of the vessels are reinforced by rings 21, 22, and these rings and the pieces 24 are secured by welding. The space between the vessels may be exhausted through an aperture in a nipple 34, Fig. 5, secured by screwing and soldering in a ferrule 31 seated in a flange 32 in the bottom. Glass or like fusible sealing tube 36 is connected to the nipple by a flexible rubber or like sleeve 37. The bottom of the outer vessel is dished inwardly to accommodate the nipple, which is protected by an outwardly dished detachable plate 41. The fusible tube may be detached and replaced when the vacuum is to be renewed. The walls of the vacuum space are coated with nickel or other metal by electro-deposition, and the container is enamelled or otherwise coated on the outside. A hollow cover 56 filled with an insulating material such as straw, hay, or mineral wool is held in position by hooks 66, the web 15 and lower face of the cover having an engaging rib and recess 63 with a packing-ring 64 between them. An inner vessel 51 with a separate cover 54 contains the food &c. The bottom of the outer wall is provided with a depending flange 81 adapted to take over the top of the cover of another vessel to enable the containers to be stacked one above another. Drop handles 83 are provided, and the containers may be carried by a strap secured to these handles or by a pole passing through them.
Patent GB-378043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for dropping articles from aircraft
IPC: B64D1/02
Filed: 1931-05-05
Abstract: 378,043. Parachute equipment. ANDERSON, D. F., 1, (Indian Wing) Station, Royal Air Force, Kohat, India. May 5, 1931, No. 13246. [Class 4.] An apparatus for dropping food or other supplies from aircraft comprises a pack for stowing an attached parachute and two cables, webbing straps or like flexible means connected to the centre of the pack for harnessing the pack to one side of a package or case of supplies. Fig. 1 shows a case of supplies to which a pack 2 is attached by means of cables 3, 4 and securing clamps 5, 6, 7 of the type shown in Fig. 6. Cable 4 is arranged with a loop 4c to which is clamped a suspension strap 8 by which the case may be sung from a bomb rank or the like, a batten 33 engaging the bomb crutches serving as a steadying device. The pack 2 comprises a base portion 9 stiffened by a piece of three-ply wood or the like and side flaps 10 .. 13. An anchor plate 14 having a doubly perforated boss 18 through which pass the cables 3, 4, and an inwardly extending boss 15 perforated for attachment of the rigging line connecting shackle is secured to the centre of base 9. The flaps are secured by a loop 21 passing through eyelets 22, 23, 24 and by a securing pin attached to a static line. Flap 10 is split to allow for the direct pull of the static line on the apex of the parachute to which it is attached by a frangible cord. A linen bag for carrying the apparatus may be stitched to the inside of the pack serving to prevent entanglement of the rigging lines with the adaptor 15 or shackle and bolt. A cord 31 secured to base 9 may be attached to a wing nut of clamp 7 to prevent the pack from swinging. Fig. 10 shows a modification in which webbing straps are employed ; these are secured to the pack at x by means of clamping plates and bolts, the inner clamping plate having a perforated boss, such as 15, Fig. 5, welded to it for receiving the rigging cord shackle. A self-locking suspension clamp 8 is employed comprising fixed bars 8a, 8c and a roller 8b movably mounted in slots 8d. A selflocking clamp for use with wires, Fig. 11, comprises a cylindrical shank 8e mounted in a ring 8f, both of which are bored to receive the wire c which is free to slip through the clamp until locked by pull of the load on the cable. The Specification contains instructions for folding and packing the parachute.
Patent GB-761692-A (GB)
Title: An improved device for use in lifting granite and like setts, also road foundations of stone and like materials, including surfacing thereon
IPC: E01C23/12
Filed: 1954-05-06
Abstract: 761,692. Lifting paving setts &c. LILLEY, F. J. P. May 3, 1955 [May 6, 1954], No. 13292/54. Class 107. A device for lifting granite setts &c., from a road comprises an arm 10 adapted to be secured to a jib 13 of a crane, by a pivot 12. Pulleys 16, 20 are secured to the crane to provide control of the arm in known manner. The blade 34 is driven under the sett, with the base plate 25 acting as a depth control.
Patent GB-402339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in control devices for electrically driven following mechanisms
IPC: G05D3/14
Filed: 1933-05-08
Abstract: 402,339. Control of motors. ZEISS, C., [Firm of], Carl-Zeiss-Strasse, Jena, Germany. May 8, 1933, No. 13306. Convention date, May 11, 1932. [Class 38 (iii).] Following movement of control member.-In a system in which an electrically driven following member 15 copies movement of a control member 52 and in which two sets of contacts are provided, one (21, 22, 23, 24, 26) for slow following speed when the relative displacement of the control and following members is small, and one (33-37) for rapid following speed when the relative displacement exceeds a certain value, a spring system 58, 38, which connects the control and following members, is tensioned as soon as the members are relatively displaced and influences the contacts associated with the rapid movement. Motors 9, 13, act by means of parallel screwed shaft 2, 3, and 8, 10 and a grooved shaft 12 to position the following member in a plane in accordance with the position of the control member which is positioned by means of a measuring or similar instrument acting through corresponding parallel screwed shafts 41, 42, and 47, 48 and a corresponding grooved shaft 50. Movement of the control member 52 from its zero position, in which it is shown in Fig. 2, causes a pointed pin member 55 to move out of alignment with a pivot 27 whereby a disc 25 is rocked to move a contact ring 26 into engagement with adjacent contacts of the group 21-24 whereby the motors 9, 13, are supplied through resistance to run in the appropriate direction, and correspondingly position the following member. If long and rapid movement is given to the member 52, the member 55 leaves a boss 28 carrying the pivot 27 and passes on to a plate 20, and an annular spring 58 moves a contact ring 33 to bridge adjacent contacts of the group 34-37 whereby the resistance in the motor circuit is removed.
Patent GB-686031-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of metallised polytetrafluorethylene and products thereof
Inventor: BURGER FRANCIS JOSEPH PETER JULIUS
IPC: H01B1/00
Filed: 1950-05-26
Abstract: Polytetrafluorethylene is coated with copper by evaporation in a vacuum.  A further metallic coating may then be applied by evaporation or electrolytically e.g. of silver or nickel respectively, or the copper-coated material may be further coated with a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin.ALSO:Polytetrafluoroethylene is coated with copper by evaporation in a vacuum.  A further metallic coating may be applied by evaporation or electrolytically e.g. of silver or nickel respectively.  Two strips, copper-coated and, if desired, silver-coated, except at their edges and ends, may be rolled to form a cylindrical condenser.  Alternatively, copper-coated foil may be coated with a phenolic resin and two foils, so treated, secured together by curing the resin.
Patent GB-144080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in processes and apparatus for drying vegetables and other materials
IPC: F26B15/20
Filed: 1919-05-27
Abstract: 144,080. Goubert, A. A. May 27, 1919. Fixed trays and the like.-In the dehydration of vegetables &c., air is passed in contact with, and in counter-direction to, the material to be dried, the air being taken from the atmosphere and heated to a substantially constant temperature depending upon the material under treatment, and the moisture-content of the outlet air is maintained substantially at saturation point by varying the volume of flow of the air current. Preferably, the volume of air is regulated by a humidistat or hygrometer controlling an inlet valve. As shown, the material is held in a stack of superposed trays 20, Figs. 2 and 5, which are moved in succession towards the outlet for the heated air. The air pressure is regulated so as to keep the drier portions of the material in a somewhat floating condition to secure effective drying of each piece. The trays 20 may have perforated bottoms 31, and their sides and end walls 29, 30 are provided with downwardly-extending flanges 32 to permit each tray to rest upon and engage the tray next below. The frame 16 within which the trays are housed comprises upright corner-members 21 between an air chamber 17 and a chamber 25 leading to an uptake 28. The lowermost tray rests upon a flange 36, and the sides and ends of the stack of trays form the side and end walls for the frame 16. Heated air from a heater 12, Fig. 1, is forced by a fan 10 along a duct 15 fitted with a damper 19, into the chamber 17, and passes upwards through the trays 20 to the outlet 28. The trays, which are introduced at the upper part 22 and removed from the lower part 23 of the frame 16, have metal casings 46, Fig. 5, in their sides containing bars 45. To remove the lowermost tray, hooks 44 on chains 43 secured to wheels 42 are attached to the pins 45 of the tray next above, and the trays above the lowermost are raised by turning the handle 39 of a shaft 37 connected by worm gearing to the shafts 40 of the wheels 42. In a modification, with a number of frames 16, the chambers 17 beneath the frames are connected to the air-supply conduit by valved branches.
Patent GB-955525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid circulating systems
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 1962-04-06
Abstract: 955,525. Closed liquid circulating systems for heating or cooling. DRAYTON CONTROLS Ltd., and P.D.H. COTTRILL. April 1, 1963 [April 6, 1962], No. 13404/62. Heading F4U. A fluid circulating system comprises a first fluid circuit 1, 2, including an impeller 5 and heat-exchanger such as a boiler, or other heat or cold source (not shown); and a second fluid circuit 3, 4, including an impeller 6 and radiators or other heat or cold utilization apparatus (not shown) and a valve 12 providing an adjustable flow of fluid between the first and second circuits thereby to vary the temperature of the fluid flowing through the second circuit. In the form shown the valve 12 is a diverter valve which diverts a variable amount of fluid from the output side of the utilization apparatus to the input side of the heat exchanger. Alternatively the valve may be a mixing valve (Fig. 2, not shown) which varies the ratio of fluid entering the impeller 6 from the output 4 and from the heat-exchanger output 1. The system may also contain a by-pass connection from the inlet to the outlet of the impeller 6, in which is an adjustable valve for varying the flow of liquid therethrough.
Patent GB-1502301-A (GB)
Title: Therapeutically active d-glucosamine salts
IPC: C07H19/20
Filed: 1975-04-02
Abstract: 1502301 Glucosamine salts of nucleotides MARXER SpA 2 April 1975 [2 April 1974] 13459/75 Heading C2P Novel D-glucosamine salts of Formula I where R and R 1  are H or are prepared by reacting an aqueous solution of D-glucosamine with the nucleotide under a nitrogen atmosphere at not more than 7 C. and isolating the product of reaction, preferably by freeze-drying the product. N-6,2<SP>1</SP>-Dibutyryladenosine-3<SP>1</SP>,5<SP>1</SP>-monophosphate, required as a starting material, may be obtained by treating the sodium salt with a suitable cationic exchange resin activated in acidic form. The salts of Formula I may be used as active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy.
Patent GB-248969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to devices for use in removing the valve springs of internal combustion engines
IPC: B25B27/26
Filed: 1925-05-25
Abstract: 248,969. Galt, Ltd., J. H., and Galt, J. H. May 25, 1925. Cramps.-A device for compressing valve springs comprises rod, 38, 39 which are screwed down by a handle 44 to force the collar 22 against the spring so that the split tapered washer 25 may be easily removed. The rods 38, 39 move in holes in a plate 33 which is temporarily clamped between a distance tube 45 and nut 47 on the stud 46 which normally retains a cover for the valve mechanism. The device may be swung round and have alternative holes to enable removal of the four valve springs with one clamping. The screw 41 may be replaced by a cam or pivoted member to force the rods down.
Patent GB-1202096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a process for the formation of polyphenylene ethers
IPC: C08G65/48
Filed: 1968-03-21
Abstract: 1,202,096. Polyphenylene ethers. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. 21 March, 1968 [22 March, 1967], No. 13607/68. Heading C3R. The molecular weight of 2,6-diaryl substituted polyphenylene ether obtained by reacting a 2,6-diaryl substituted monohydric phenol with gaseous oxygen in the presence of an oxygencarrying copper-amine complex catalyst, is increased by including in the reaction mixture a second phenol having an oxidative coupling capability greater than that of the 2,6-diaryl substituted phenol in an amount sufficient to form a polymer with an intrinsic viscosity measured in chloroform at 30‹ C. of at least 1À0 decilitre per gram. Also, a low weight 2,6- diaryl substituted polyphenylene ether may be further polymerized by reacting with gaseous oxygen in the presence of a catalyst as above, the reaction mixture also containing a phenol of greater oxidative coupling capability than that of the phenol from which the polymer was formed. In examples oxygen is passed into benzene solutions of 2,6 - diphenylphenol containing a catalyst prepared from cuprous bromide and N,N,N<SP>1</SP>, N<SP>1</SP>-,tetramethylene diamine, the solutions also containing phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol, 2,6-xylenol, 2,5-xylenol, 3,5-xylenol, 3,4,5 - trimethylphenol, 2,5 - diphenylphenol, 4,4<SP>1</SP> - dihydroxybiphenyl and 4,2<SP>1</SP> - dihydroxy- 3,5,3<SP>1</SP>-triphenyl biphenyl to obtain polymers with intrinsic viscosities greater than 1À0  decilitres per gram in chlorofo m at 30‹ C., also, the molecular weights of a poly-(2,6- diphenyl- 1 ,4-phenylene) ether is increased by reaction with oxygen of a benzene solution of the polymer containing the same catalyst and with 2,6-xylenol added to the solution.
Patent GB-290222-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement in turbine aggregates, especially for high steam pressures
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1928-05-09
Abstract: 290,222. Aktiebolaget Ljungstr÷ms Angturbin. May 10, 1927, [Convention date]. Motor power plant; driving mechanism; special applications of.-In a turbine aggregate, especially for high steam pressures, consisting of two or more turbines 2, 3, arranged on different shafts 5, 7, which are connected by pinions 6, 8 to a common gear wheel 10 on a power shaft 11, one or more of the toothed wheels is provided with deepened tooth spaces. Fig. 3 shows the gear wheel 10 so provided. The pinions may be made in one with the shafts in which couplings may be arranged. The casings of the turbines are mounted on the cap of the gear-box, and the turbines may work in series. Specification 214,256 is referred to.
Patent GB-681692-A (GB)
Title: Mounting and protecting device for cathode ray tubes
IPC: H04N5/65
Filed: 1951-06-08
Abstract: 681,692. Cathode-ray tubes. FISCH, R. A. June 8, 1951 [July 25, 1950], 13680/51. Class 39(i) [Also in Group XL(b)] A mounting and protective device for a metalwalled cathode-ray tube comprises a flexible insulating member 20 which surrounds the end of the tube and has a first pair of continuous interior flanges 21, 22 to straddle the flanged area 11 of the tube, a second pair of continuous flanges 41, 42 to support a transparent protective plate 54, and a group of flange members 31, 32, 33, 34 and 36 to hold the rim 52 of a mask 51. The member is clamped to the tube by a cable or cord 50 accommodated between exterior flanges 25, 26, and an extension is provided on one end of the member to fit into a corresponding cut-away portion at the other end so that a continuous ring is formed. Ridges 24 are provided on flange 21 to increase the length of leakage path from the tube metal wall. As shown plate 54 is tilted with respect to the tube screen so that external light is reflected from the eyes of a viewer. In an alternative embodiment Fig. 2, (not shown) the plate is supported parallel to the screen. The tube is secured to a chassis by a cable attached to the chassis at each end and passing over the tube between flanges 25, 26.