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Patent GB-1118821-A (GB)
Title: Oxidation of unsaturated organic compounds
Inventor: HOOPER GEORGE WALLACE
IPC: C07C37/58
Filed: 1965-02-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the oxidation of a compound contained in the grouping <FORM:1118821/C2/1> to a corresponding compound contained in the grouping <FORM:1118821/C2/2> which comprises contacting it with oxygen in the presence of hydrogen, transistion metal ions that is ions of metals capable of existing in more than one valency state, e.g. manganese, titanium, vanadium, chromium, copper, molybdenum and preferably iron, cobalt or nickel, an aliphatic alcohol preferably having up to 6 carbon atoms per hydroxyl group, a solid catalyst comprising at least one element from Groups IB or VIII of the Periodic Table as metal component and a carrier and water.  The catalyst is one capable of catalysing the combination of hydrogen with oxygen to give hydrogen peroxide and the metal component thereof is preferably palladium.  Examples are given of the production of phenol from benzene, cresols from toluene, xylenol from p-xylene, hydroxy benzoic acid from benzoic acid and napthols from napthalene.
Patent GB-777080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to blind riveting
IPC: B21J15/04
Filed: 1955-02-16
Abstract: 777,080. Blind-riveting mandrels. AVIATION DEVELOPMENTS, Ltd. Feb. 16, 1955 [Feb. 16, 1954], No. 4717/55. Class 83 (4). A mandrel for blind riveting comprises a stem 4 of a diameter to pass freely through the bore of a tubular rivet 1, an enlarged head portion at one end of said stem formed of a frusto-conical section 8 which increases in diameter from the diameter of said stem to a diameter larger than the bore of said rivet, and an annular flange 7 extending outwardly from the large end of said frusto-conical section and having a thickness axially of said stem sufficiently small to cause shearing of said flange from said frusto-conical section before breakage of said stem. In operation, retraction of the mandrel spreads the rivet tail 6 and clenches the plates tightly together. After failure of the flange 7 in shear the conical portion 8 expands the rivet stem to fill the holes in the plates and also broaches the bore of the rivet to facilitate the insertion of a sealing member.
Patent GB-263342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in printing machines
IPC: B41F31/04
Filed: 1926-02-18
Abstract: 263,342. Hoe & Co., Ltd., R., (Hoe & Co., Inc., R.). Feb. 18, 1920. Rotary machines; inking- apparatus.-In a rotary printing-press, a number of printing and perfecting mechanisms with their inking-mechanisms are arranged above a supporting framework, and the folding- mechanism and means for adjusting the ink flow from the Inking mechanism are arranged below the framework. Preferalso the supply rolls are arranged below the framework adjacent to the folding-mechanism. As shown in Fig. 1, two printing and perfecting sets are supported above a framework 5, 6 with the printing and impression cylinders in horizontal alignment. These sets are spaced apart to provide room for web guides 10 and turning bars 11 from which the webs pass to a folder 8 arranged below the framework. The supply of ink from the inking-mechanisms 21 is regulated by adjusting the duct blades 23 by devices extending below the frame 5, 6. Two forms of such adjusting-mechanism are described. In one form, Fig. 2, a number of screws 27 are threaded through the wall of the ink duct and are connected by bevel gearing 29, 30 to vertical operating rods 31. In the other form, Figs. 4 and 5, all the operating rods are arranged at one side of the press. The flexible duct blade 41, secured to a bar 42, is engaged by a number of slidable pins 45, having rounded upper ends in engagement with the bevelled ends of rods 48 movable longitudinally in one direction by springs 51 and in the other direction by means of operating rods 59 screwed through a supporting bar 55 at the side of the press and having bevelled upper ends engaging the rounded outer ends of the rods 48.
Patent GB-1086387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to refuse bins
IPC: B65F1/16
Filed: 1966-02-03
Abstract: 1,086,387. Refuse bins. E. J. CLERK. June 13, 1966 [Feb. 3, 1966], No. 4833/66. Heading A4A. A pedal mechanism 1 for a refuse bin 2 having a closure lid 7 for the open end of the bin, the pedal mechanism being operable to move the lid from the closed to the open position, comprises a pedal 10 adapted for detachable engagement with the refuse bin at or adjacent the lower end thereof so as to be capable of pivotal movement in a vertical plane between a raised and lowered position, a pull rod 11 connected by one end to the pedal at or adjacent the end of the pedal remote from the refuse bin, and means at the other end of the pull rod for engagement with means on the closure lid of the refuse bin to operatively connect the pedal to the closure lid so that the closure lid can be raised from the closure position by depression of the pedal.
Patent GB-556335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mining machines
IPC: E21C27/02
Filed: 1942-04-15
Abstract: 556,335. Mining-machines. ANDERSON, A., and ANDERSON, BOYES & CO., Ltd. April 15, 1942, Nos. 4951/42 and 2025/43. [Class 68 (i)] In a mining-machine including a loader 20 which operates transversely of the length of the coal face and an upright shearing- cutter jib 21 at the inner end of the machine and parallel to the coal face, the cutter jib is articulated to the machine so that it may be reversed without detachment from the machine. As shown, the cutter jib is rotatable on a journal 23 which is pivoted to a bracket 24 on the machine, so that the cutter jib may be turned down about a horizontal or inclined axis 26, rotated into reversed position for cutting in the opposite direction, and then returned to its vertical position. The pivoted journal 23 may be replaced by a double gimbal mounting. The mounting also permits the cutter jib to be turned down and rotated into line with the loader 20 for flitting. Rotary loader bars 27 may be provided on each side of the loader. The machine may be driven by a power unit attachable to either side thereof ; independent haulage mechanism may be provided for advancing the machine, or it may be drawn along by a coal-cutter which may also drive the machine, or a supplementary motor may be mounted on the coal cutter and drive the loader and shearing- cutter. To enable the leading edge of the shearing cutter to make a vertical cut in either operative position, the leading part of the jib may be adjustable. Thus, in Fig. 9, the leading portion 30 is pivoted at 31 to the body of the jib, arms 33, pivoted to the part 30 and guided as by feathers 34 in the body of the jib, having raceways for the cutter chain ; the portion 30 is adjusted as by a screw 35, or by a hand-driven pinion engaging a rack on one or both arms 33. In another form, the arms 33 are omitted, while in Fig. 11, the adjustable leading end of the cutter jib comprises two levers, 36, 37, pivoted at 39, 40, and connected by a link 38. The parts 30, 36, 37 may carry chain-guiding sprockets.
Patent GB-1139131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, devices for clearing vehicle windows
Inventor: HACKETT ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: B60S1/58
Filed: 1965-02-05
Abstract: 1,139,131. Cleaning vehicle windows. H. MILLER & CO. Ltd. 7 Feb., 1966 [5 Feb.. 1965], No. 5005/65. Heading A4F. A device for cleaning the internal and external surfaces of a vehicle window not readily accessible from the driver's seat comprises arms 7, 8 carrying wiper blades 5, 6 and secured to a spindle 9 (Fig. 6, not shown) to which are anchored and wound in opposite directions end portions of the wire cores of Bowden cables 11, 12, the opposite ends of the wire cores being anchored to a rotor 2 mounted near the driver's seat and oscillatable by a handle 1, operated by the driver, to oscillate the wiper blades 5, 6.
Patent GB-1171618-A (GB)
Title: Rotary actuators
Inventor: BUNYARD ALAN DONALD
IPC: F16H19/04
Filed: 1966-03-05
Abstract: 1,171,618. Pneumatic actuators. NORBRO ENG. Ltd. Feb. 20,1967 [March 5, 1966; Feb. 2, 1967], Nos. 9733/66 and 5052/67. Heading F1P. In a pneumatically operated rotary actuator comprising a toothed output member rotatable by a pair of racks meshing therewith and forming part of the oppositely acting pistons 153, 154, slidable in a cylinder 150, the pistons are also slidable along axially extending tubular guides 151, 152 passing through holes therein provided with bearing bushes. End caps 155, 156 close the ends of the cylinder and are held in position by the guides 151, 152 being screwed thereinto or bolted thereto. Compressed air for actuating the pistons is supplied through one or other of the guides while exhaust takes place through the other. The supply and exhaust is controlled by a solenoid operated spool valve 167 in the end cap 155. In an alternative, Fig. 7 (not shown) an external valve controls the supply. In a second alternative Fig. 2 (not shown), one end of each tubular guide is fed with compressed air and a rod (52) within each tube is moved by external means at the opposite end into a position wherein it prevents or permits the ingress of the air. The external means may be electrical, e. g. solenoid, mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic devices. The inward movement of the pistons may be caused by helical springs disposed in recesses in the end caps of the actuators. A rod movable with one of the pistons and extending through one of the end caps may be arranged to operate micro-switches controlling the operation of visual or audible piston position indicating devices.
Patent GB-270443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for making lined boxes or cartons
IPC: B31B7/30
Filed: 1926-02-22
Abstract: 270,443. Wellman, C. P. Feb. 22, 1926. Sheet carriers and forwarders.-In a machine for making lined boxes the lining blanks are formed from a web which is drawn from a roll B by rollers 65, 66, 67 and passes between cutter rolls 70 which sever a blank from the web; the severed blank passes to friction tapes 60 which run in channels in the underside of the cover of the feed table 100 and deliver the blank against stops thereon.
Patent GB-429640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hydraulic power transmission devices
IPC: F16H61/56
Filed: 1934-02-15
Abstract: 429,640. Reversing-gearing. LAVAUD, D. S. DE, 82, Rue de la JonquiÚre, Paris. Feb. 15, 1934, No. 5081. Convention date, Feb. 18, 1933. [Class 80 (ii)] [See also Group XXIX] A reversing-gear comprises interengaging planet wheels carried by a drum 34 ; a disc 44 may be turned so that inclines act through rollers or balls 48 to move the drum axially to engage it frictionally with a fixed member for reverse drive, or the disc may be positioned so that springs 42<a> move the drum to clutch it to a disc 40 on the driven shaft for forward drive.
Patent GB-657032-A (GB)
Title: Thermionic emitting device
IPC: H01J27/26
Filed: 1945-03-01
Abstract: 657,032. Electric discharge apparatus. KLEIN, S., and COMPTOIR DES CENDRES ET METAUX PRECIEUX. March 1, 1945, No. 5123. [Class 39 (i)] A thermionic positive-ion emitting device comprises a pair of electrodes located in a gaseous atmosphere (e.g. the air ambient to the device) at or near atmospheric pressure, one electrode having a coating of a very finely divided metal, metal salt or metal oxide capable of emitting positive ions on being heated, and electrical means for heating said electrode which means is separate from said electrode. The positive-ion emitting electrode may comprise a quartz tube coated with a precipitate of platinum and iridium to which has been added aluminium phosphate, the mixture being calcined on the tube and covered with a thin layer of pure iridium. The tube is heated from the inside by a metal filament supplied with electric current, e.g. a platinumrhodium alloy filament mounted on a quartz rod located inside the tube. The other electrode comprises a metal tube adapted to resist oxidation, for example a tube plated with gold. A grid may be placed between the two electrodes.
Patent GB-749062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrical sockets and plugs
Inventor: JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: H01R13/58
Filed: 1953-02-24
Abstract: 749,062. Two-part couplings. SIMMONDS & STOKES (NIPHAN), Ltd.. Feb. 10, 1954 [Feb. 24, 1953], No. 5127/53. Class 38 (1). In order to prevent the connecting wires to an insulating terminal block 10 shorting to the metal casing 2 of a plug or socket an insulating liner 3 is provided as shown. A gland 6 encloses cable-gripping elements 7.
Patent GB-123211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Fabrics for Ferro-concrete.
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1918-03-23
Abstract: 123,211. Greening & Sons, N., and Greening, N. March 23, 1918. Metallic fabrics.-A metal fabric for reinforcing concrete consists of plain bars a, and transverse members b formed with cradles c and pairs of tongues d pressed out of the wider face and closed over the bars a. The tongues d may be formed on the same edge, or on opposite edges, or between the edges.
Patent GB-321893-A (GB)
Title: Improved interchangeable mounting device for the mixing tools of dough and like mixing machines
IPC: B01F7/00
Filed: 1929-02-16
Abstract: 321,893. Russell, R. Feb. 16, 1929. Addition to 308,163. Sockets.-The sliding ring c for retaining the shank d of the mixing or other tool in its socket, described in the Parent Specification, is provided with means for retaining it in its upper, or release position consisting of spring-urged balls l which engage a groove o in the sleeve or socket member b.
Patent GB-291152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to controlling means for internal-combustion engines
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1927-02-24
Abstract: 291,152. Fedden, A. H. R., Butler, L. F. G., and Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. Feb. 24, 1927. Regulating.-Aircraft and other engines subjected to changes of atmospheric pressure are provided with a barometric control device acted on by the pressure in the induction pipe, and adapted to vary the effective length of a part of the linkage operating the throttle valve. In the form shown, the throttle valve is actuated by links 15 and 17 which are connected together by toggle links 20, 21 and to the pilot's lever by a rod 19, and the joint 22 of the toggle is adjusted by connections 25, 26, 27 to an automatic control comprising a diaphragm 13 subjected on the side 11 to pressure at ground level, and on the opposite side 12 to the pressure in the induction pipe of the engine by a connection 14. According to the Provisional Specification, the automatic control may be applied to a separate valve placed before or after the used throttle, or to the inlet of an air supercharger.
Patent GB-490766-A (GB)
Title: Stapling device
IPC: B25C5/02
Filed: 1937-02-22
Abstract: 490,766. Stapling hand tools. PANKONIN, W. G. Feb. 22, 1937, No. 5311. [Class 89 (iii)] A stapling hand tool comprises a magazine 1 with a driver passage E, driver and clincher arms 2 and 3 pivoted to the magazine, and an operating lover 4, pressure on which first moves the arm 3 up to the passage E to grip a workpiece and then operates the arm 2 to cause a driver 24 to drive a staple. A fullstroke mechanism is provided. The magazine comprises a U- shaped member 5, straddled by the staples S, and an enclosing housing 8, 9, 10. A plate 6 defines, with the part 8, the passage E, and the housing has staple-guiding flanges 13 provided with stops 15 for the pusher 18 and with lugs 14 for guiding the driver. The part 6 or the part 10 is so formed as to provide an ejection opening for deformed staples. The pusher 18 is slidable on a rod 17 which is arranged within the member 5 and has a handle 16 removably locked to the rear end of the member 5 by a bayonet joint. The pusher is urged forwardly by two or more telescoping springs 20, 21, the rear spring or springs encircling one or more sleeves 19 into which the forward spring telescopes. The driver arm 2 comprises a U-shaped member 23 pivoted to the magazine at P and raised from it by a spring 28. The driver 24 is carried by an arm 25 which is pivoted to the member 23 at 41, passes through a slot in the driver, and is anchored in a recess in the front wall 23e of the member. Stops 27a on the member 23 and housing 9 limit the upward stroke of the member. The full-stroke mechanism comprises a rod 31 which is slidable in openings 36 in the side walls of the housing 9 and has a bevelled tip 35 urged by a spring 33 into engagement with teeth 32 in the side wall of the member 23. If the driver makes an incomplete stroke, the tip 35 locks in the teeth. If the stroke is completed, the rod is cammed rearwardly by a surface 34 on the member 23, and so is held from engagement with the teeth until the driver has completed its return stroke. The clincher arm 3 is pivoted to the magazine at 12a, is held downwardly by a spring 38, and has a clinching die 37 in alignment with the passage E. The operating lever 4 is forked to embrace the arm 3 and magazine 1, is pivoted to the arm 3, and is connected to the arm 2 by links 40. In a modification, the lever 4 is pivoted to the arm 2. In another modification, the lever 4 is provided with cam surfaces engaging rolls on the arm 3, whereby increased pressure is applied between the driver and clincher arms during driving of the staple.
Patent GB-950434-A (GB)
Title: The construction of aerofoil blades for radial flow fans
IPC: F04D29/30
Filed: 1962-02-12
Abstract: 950,434. Centrifugal fans. MACARD SCREWS Ltd. Feb. 12, 1962 [Feb. 14, 1961], No. 5356/62. Heading F1C. In a blade of aerofoil section of the kind which are shells fabricated from sheet metal, such as are used for radial flow fans, the nose and tail of the blade terminate in inserted formations of wear-resistant material, shaped to complete the contour of the blade. A sheet metal aerofoil shell 10, provided with a series of webs 12, is completed by inserts 14, 16 welded to the leading and trailing ends of the blade respectively. Each insert is made of a wear-resistant metal, such as nickel steel.
Patent GB-1421035-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for pressure testing of containers
IPC: G01N3/12
Filed: 1973-02-02
Abstract: 1421035 Conveying bottles GLASS CONTAINERS CORP 2 Feb 1973 5382/73 Heading B8A [Also in Divisions G1 and G4] In a bottle testing machine, bottles are fed to a testing turret by means of a conveyer 2 having spring mounted guide rails 3, 3<SP>1</SP>, a worm gear 4 having spring mounted guide rails 5 and 6, and a star wheel 8, and are removed from the turret by a star wheel 12 and a conveyer 2 having spring mounted guide rails 16, 16<SP>1</SP>, leaking bottles being pushed on to a subsidiary conveyer 19 by a pusher 18. The turret comprises a support 44 mounted on a drive shaft 32 protected against broken glass by tubes 37, 38. A series of cells C is provided around the periphery of the turret, each cell being adapted to carry a bottle from star wheel 8 to star wheel 12, the bottle being pressure tested and optionally leak tested while being carried round by the turret. Each cell comprises a top wall 46, a rear wall 45, vertically movable side walls 47 a trap door base 48 and fixed base supports 66, 66<SP>1</SP>. The radially outward side of each cell is closed by a shield 28 except at a window in the shield adjacent star wheels 8, 12. Each side walls 47 normally rests on the base supports 66, 66<SP>1</SP>, but is raised adjacent the window to allow passage of the star wheels by means of a cam roller 59 running in a cam track 58, each wall being guided by means of a peg engaging grooves in adjacent rear walls 45 (Fig. 3, not shown). Each rear wall includes an arrangement of baffles 87 filled with copper wool to muffle the sound of an exploding bottle. The trap door base 48 is supported by links 71, 75 and is held in the closed position by a cam surface 43 in the vicinity of star wheels 8, 12. Away from the star wheels a spring 81 biases the trap door to the open position, but the links 71, 75 are such that the force exerted on the trap door by the pressure testing head 53 through the bottle maintains the trap door in the closed position. When a bottle bursts, the trap door is operated by spring 81, and the broken glass falls on to the bottom 35, 36 to be removed through door 25.
Patent GB-881588-A (GB)
Title: New alkyl-aryl carbinols
Inventor: PALAZZO GUISEPPE
IPC: C07C29/00
Filed: 1959-02-16
Abstract: The invention comprises compounds of the general formula <FORM:0881588/IV (b)/1> where X is a halogen atom and R is an isopropyl or butyl group and a process for their preparation by reducing the corresponding ketone, e.g. by the Meerwein-Pondorf method, or by reacting a Grignard compound with the appropriate aldehyde.  Examples describe fluoro-, chloro-, bromo- and iodo compounds.
Patent GB-600474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to combs
IPC: A45D24/30
Filed: 1945-03-05
Abstract: 600,474. Combs. GILBERT, L., and HOBSON, L. J. March 5, 1945, No. 5469. [Class 131] A comb having a hair cleansing or treating unit which is preferably removable has a swivelling closure cap. As shown in Fig. 2 the unit 12, comprising a spindle 13 with at least one triangular or rectangular end 14 engaging a corresponding depression 15 in the comb and with a covering of absorbent material 17 contacting the hair through orifices between the roots of the teeth 20, is inserted in the longitudinal axial bore 3 in the body 1 of the comb which is closed by a swivelling closure cap 5 pivotally attached to the front 6 of the comb by a spindle 8 spring- loaded at 9. After use a new setting of the unit is obtained by withdrawing it from the comb body and replacing it after rotation. In a modification shown in Fig. 13 a rotatable cap 22 is provided which receives the end of the unit in a suitably shaped socket 15 and by which rotation of the unit to its several settings may be obtained without withdrawal. The rotatable cap may be prevented from rotation between settings by inter-engaging ribs and depressions, spring and ball loading or a ratchet device. Many modified units for the treatment of the hair are described including brush units and a drum for applying powder. The closure cap may be at the handle end of the comb and the spindle 13 may be oval in shape.
Patent GB-779868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in beadings, mouldings or the like
IPC: B60J10/00
Filed: 1952-11-12
Abstract: 779,868. Binding edges of sheet material. BRIGHT, T. J. R. Nov. 3, 1953 [Nov. 12, 1952], No. 5637/57. Divided out of 779,866. Class 42 (1). [Also in Group X] A moulding comprises a continuous channelshaped clip 1 of aluminium, steel or plastic having its edges inturned at 2, and an enclosing ornamental fabric or other flexible covering 3, the longitudinal edges of which are turned inwardly and upwardly into the interior of the clip and sandwiched between the internal surface of the clip 1 and a series of spring tags 11 which are formed with pressed-out tangs 12 for frictionally engaging a support, the clip 1 having spaced staggered slots extending inwardly from its opposite edges to render the clip capable of universal bending. The moulding may be mounted on a flange of a vehicle body or on the edge of a carpet. The Provisional Specification also includes the subject matter of Specifications 779,866 and 779,867, [Group X]. Specifications 649,137 and 705,634, [both in Group X], also are referred to.