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Patent GB-186913-A (GB)
Title: Brake mechanism for the steering wheels of motor vehicles
IPC: B60T11/04
Filed: 1922-09-26
Abstract: 186,913. Serex, C. Oct. 7, 1921, [Convention date]. Brakes, arrangement and disposition of; controlling-apparatus, arrangements of transmission gear in conjunction with.-Brake mechanism for the steering wheels of motor vehicles which is not effected by the steering movement of the wheels comprises a nut member 6 engaging a screwthreaded part 5 of the steering pivot 4 so that it is given a longitudinal movement when turned by an arm 8. The nut 6 has a cap 7 in contact with a lever 14 which engages a member 17 connected by pusher rods 22 to the ends of the band 18. The member 17 can rock and move laterally with respect to the end of the lever 14 to equalize the thrust on the rods 22. The band is anchored by a pin 20<a> fixed in a socket 20b in the band and passing through a fixed stud. The band is released by a spring 21.
Patent GB-1279027-A (GB)
Title: Mixing device
Inventor: RICHARDSON HERBERT HENRY
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 1970-05-29
Abstract: 1279027 Mixing solids with flowing liquids H H RICHARDSON 28 May 1971 [29 May 1970] 26026170 Heading B1C The mixing device of the referred to Specification 973046 is modified in that the soluble solid-receiving chamber 3 is now pivotally instead of slidably connected with the tapembracing member 2 of the device. The pivotal connection, preferably a hinge 7, allows of the chamber 3 being swung down from an inoperative position clear of the outlet from a tap 1 to a position where an opening in its tap is directly below the tap outlet and is sealingly engaged against the bevelled lower end of the member 2 so that liquid flowing from the tap will pass down through the member 2 into the chamber 3 to flow about the soluble solid and become a solution before leaving the chamber through openings in the bottom thereof. The hinge 7 is a thinned connection between the integrally moulded chamber 3 and a collar 8 snap fitted on the member. In the operative position the chamber is locked to the collar by a stud and socket connection 22 to lie clear of the outlet of the tap.
Patent GB-616219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to article holders and mounting means therefor
IPC: F16B47/00
Filed: 1946-08-30
Abstract: 616,219. Friction grips. BUCHANAN, J. R. Aug. 30, 1946, No. 26100. [Class 44] A holder for articles such as towels, of the kind comprising a hollow body and integral tongues of resilient material such as rubber, is removably mounted on a mounting means by being pushed into engagement with it from the front thereof. The hollow body 1, Fig. 2, may have an internal groove 8 for engagement with a wire mount 9 having a screwed end 12. The mount may alternatively consist of a pressed metal disc having a raised beaded edge and secured by screws. In another form, Fig. 8, the body part has an external groove 31 to engage a rim 27 on a piece of furniture or separate mount. In a further form, Fig. 11, the body part has an external rim 34 engaged in a socket 38 and shaped to serve as a lead-in surface. The hollow body may be provided with a sucker surface for direct contact with a mounting surface or the mounting means may be provided with such a sucker cup. The mounting means may be secured by a bayonet joint fastening.
Patent GB-747107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a method of manufacturing cast-coated paper
Inventor: LEIGHTON PHILIP SHELDEN
IPC: D21G9/00
Filed: 1953-09-22
Abstract: 747,107. Cast-surface, mineral coated paper. WARREN CO., S. D. Sept. 22, 1953, No. 26100/53. Class 96. Paper 1 is mineral coated as by a roll 6, air-doctored at 7, applied by a roll 11 to a casting drum 10, whilst the moisture content of the coating is 15 to 50 per cent, peeled after drying, from the drum 10 by a roll 12 and wound up at 13. A pool of aqueous liquid which has been spread by a baffle 15 is maintained against the coated surface at the nip between the rolls 10, 11 to prevent air bubbles from being occluded beneath the paper on the drum 10. Such liquid may contain soap &c., e.g. ammonium stearate, or sulphonated oil to facilitate pulling the paper off the drum, or may contain a wetting agent, formaldehyde, tannic acid, zirconium salts, or a substance to adjust the pH value, or to reduce foaming. The mineral coating may include clay, calcium carbonate, starch, or casein, dimethylol urea, soap, sulphonated castor oil or beef tallow, pine oil, or tributyl phosphate.
Patent GB-1248921-A (GB)
Title: An improved perambulator hood
Inventor: LOPEX DONALD EMILIO
IPC: B62B9/14
Filed: 1968-05-31
Abstract: 1,248,921. Perambulator hoods. GILCHRIST & FISHER Ltd. 10 March, 1969 [31 May, 1968], No. 26132/68. Heading B7B. A perambulator hood of synthetic plastics material has three or more sections welded together each section comprising a roof part and two side parts.
Patent GB-862642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to labelling machines
IPC: B65C9/02
Filed: 1956-08-28
Abstract: 862,642. Labelling machines. LISSIMORE, J, P., and SOUTHALL, J. Nov. 28, .1957 [Aug. 28, 1956], No. 2622/56. Class 73. A labelling machine comprises in combination a conveyer 10 with means 32-33 for holding articles 41 to be labelled at a labelling station 16, a labeller with backing means supporting the label over its front face so that its leading margin contacts the article tangentially and means for establishing relative rolling-motion, perpendicular to the plane in which the articles are held, between the backing means and the article so that a pressure line moves from the leading margin of the label towards its trailing margin; either adhesive labels or an adhesive applying device are provided. The conveyer has a rotatable vertical spindle 25 mounted in a base 19 that houses an electric motor 58 and gearing 52, 53, 59. Positioning plates 26, 27 and 29 are attached to the spindle. The top plate 26 can be adjusted vertically by a handwheel 47 to adapt it to different sizes of article. The centre plate 29 has supporting slots 31. The plate 26 carries spring loaded clamps, 32 which co-operate with disc clamps 34 on the lower plate 27 that are raised and lowered by a cam-race 38 to receive and hold the articles which are moved on and off slat conveyers 11 and 12 by star wheels 13 and 14 geared to the spindle 25. A synchronized shaft 69 turns a gumming disc 62 dipping into a gum box 64 to transfer gum to two gumming discs 60. The box 64 is pivoted at 73 and is urged by a spring 74 on to a stop 76 (Fig. 1) that can be adjusted to alter the intrusion of the discs 60 into the path of the article which they gum. The labeller consists of a rectangular box 77 open at the top and also at one end except for plates 81 and 82 that support the trailing and top edges respectively of the foremost labels. A Bowden cable 105 operated from a bar pivoted on shaft 69 and moved by a cam 94 rocks the cradle 85 about the post 86 so that, the leading margin of the label is presented to the article, and the label is rolled round its gummed surface, as its station on the conveyer moves past the labeller. A part 80a of the box moves backwards against a spring 80b and plunger 80c to avoid interference with the forward edge of the label. At the same time the whole cradle 85 on a slide 87 moves back in the support 8 against a spring 88. The trailing edge of the label is then rolled on by a smoothing roller 115, which is a part of a spring-biased wiper assembly 17 (Fig. 1) pivoted at 117. Preferably, the pivot post 86 of the labeller 16 should be situated on the centre line of the magazine and at a distance from the nearest part of the article equal to the radius of the label receiving surface. An alternative label applying arrangement is described (Fig. 12, not shown) in which the Bowden cable 105 is dispensed with and the cradle 85 is rocked against the force of a restoring spring by pressure from the article as it passes the labelling station.
Patent GB-735411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for removing pit props
Inventor: CARLTON QUINTIN HEALEY
IPC: E21D15/60
Filed: 1953-09-23
Abstract: 735,411. Hydraulic jacks. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO., Ltd. Sept. 23, 1954 [Sept. 23, 1953], No. 26242/53. Class 78 (3). In a hydraulic jack for pulling out pit props the working chamber is put into communication with the reservoir by movement of the pump actuating handle beyond its normal working stroke. Pressure fluid is transmitted from a reservoir 25 via a conduit 28 to the working space 29 by a double-acting differential type pump having a stepped piston 22, 24 which is reciprocated in a cylinder 18 by a hand lever 19. During normal pumping an annular space 31, conmunicating with reservoir 25 through a duct 32, is covered by the piston portion 24, but when the lever 19 is moved to the stowed position shown, the space 31 is uncovered and the chamber 29 is exhausted. A spring catch 35 retains the lever in the stowed position where it forms a carrying handle. An overload valve 33 is provided. The jack has a chain connector 16 and an anchoring lug 15.
Patent GB-329923-A (GB)
Title: Wedge for the handles of hammers and other tools
IPC: B25G3/28
Filed: 1929-08-29
Abstract: 329,923. Huber, J. Aug. 29, 1929. Wedge expanding- devices for socket fixings. - A hammer &c. handle fixing wedge a with the pointed end c adapted to be bent so as to act as a barb when the wedge is driven in has a transverse indentation or depressions b to facilitate the bending and determine the bending point.
Patent GB-858872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to safety lamps
Inventor: BISHOP WILLIAM NORMAN
IPC: F21L23/00
Filed: 1958-08-16
Abstract: 858,872. Miners' safety lamps. WOLF SAFETY LAMP CO. (W. MAURICE) Ltd. Aug. 17, 1959 [Aug. 16, 1958], No. 26412/58. Class 75(3). A flame safety lamp with battery operated filament ignition has two batteries mounted in spring clips upstanding from a carrier plate which fits on the spirit container inside the locking ring of the lamp, the plate having a hole for the passage of the wick tube and a second hole for the filament operating stem, clips being also provided to form battery contacts in a circuit completed by mounting the filament carrier on the operating stem. In the form shown, the glass 10 is sealed by a washer 11 around the periphery of a disc 12 of fibre on top of the fuel container 13 when a ring connected by pillar rods to the bonnet of the lamp is secured to a locking ring 16 on the container. The disc 12 carries spring clips 18 in which are mounted a pair of batteries 19. End clips 22, 23 engaging respectively the sheath of one battery and the central pole of the other terminate in contacts 24 on a fibre housing 25 so as to be engaged by the supports 26 of the filament 28 when this is rotated by a stem 38 operated by a lever in a recess in the base of the lamp, a spring 44 being provided to return the filament to the position in which the circuit is broken. The opposite poles of the two batteries may be connected by a bridge clip or may engage separate clips having contact arms for completing the circuit to a metallic strip 36 on the surface of the glass 10 as described in Specification 858,870. Specifications 853,152 858,871 and 858,873 also are referred to.
Patent GB-285939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the method of preserving fodder
IPC: A23K3/03
Filed: 1926-10-22
Abstract: 285,939. Marks, E. C. R., (Flubacher, M.). Oct. 22, 1926. Disinfectants.-Fodder is sprayed with a 3 per cent solution of a mixture of 50 per cent sodium chloride, 10 per cent calcium chloride, 10 per cent sodium phosphate and 30 per cent ferrous lactate. Each layer of fodder after being sprayed is preferably subjected to pressure under a weighted cover to drive out the air.
Patent GB-1429249-A (GB)
Title: Device for packing pipes provided with sockets
IPC: B65D85/20
Filed: 1973-06-04
Abstract: 1429249 Stacking pipes STEINZEUGGmbH 4 June 1973 [5 June 1972] 26524/73 Heading B8C Layers of pipes, e.g. pipe elbows 12-19, each having a socket portion at one end, are separated by ladder-like grids of which side members (1, 2), Fig. 4 (not shown), embrace abutting sockets of pairs of pipes in one layer, the sockets of reversely arranged pairs in an upper layer lying between the sockets of the layer below. The lowermost layer rests on a pallet 20. The grids are formed with transverse rungs 3-7 and feet 8, 9 at least at one end of the side members 1, 2 and may have hooks 10<SP>1</SP>, 11<SP>1</SP> for engaging a lower grid where present. The socket ends of alternate layers of pipes need not abut, Fig. 6 (not shown), and the grid feet may extend upwardly.
Patent GB-532904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to safety devices for hoists
IPC: B66B1/08
Filed: 1939-09-23
Abstract: 532,904. Control mechanism for lifts. DON BROS. BUIST & CO., Ltd., and THOMSON, F. M. Sept. 23, 1939, No. 26529. [Class 78 (iii)] The handing-rope of a lift is locked by mechanism in series with cage and well switches so that (1) the gate at any landing can only be opened when the cage is at that landing ; (2) the cage cannot be moved from a landing until all cage and well gates are closed, and (3) the handing-rope is locked automatically whenever any gate is opened. The hand-rope 1 is locked normally by a cam 3 which presses a movable shoe 2 inwards to force the rope against a fixed shoe 11. Depression of the hand-lever or treadle 8 against the action of the spring 10 releases the rope. The weight of the core 16 of a solenoid 15 overbalances a weighted lever 13 and causes it to register with a spur 12 on the cam shaft thus preventing operation of the treadle. When all gates are closed a circuit is completed through the solenoid, the core is lifted and the lever 13 tilts by gravity to release the spur. The treadle can then be operated to release the rope. Electric switches 17, Fig. 4, for example rockable mercury switches, are arranged at each floor and are all wired in series with the cage gate switch 19 and the coil 15 of the solenoid. Also at each landing a catch 21 in the well is engaged by a projection 24 on the well gate to lock the latter in the closed position. A striker plate on the cage moves the member 21 out of engagement with the member 24 as the cage arrives at the landing. A lamp 25 may be in circuit with the gate switches.
Patent GB-1181752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coke
IPC: C10L5/16
Filed: 1968-06-04
Abstract: 1,181,752. Fuel briquettes. BERGWERKSVERBAND G.m.b.H. 4 June, 1968 [21 June, 1967], No. 26564/68. Heading C5G. Briquettes are made from fine carbonaceous material comprising coke and/or hard coals, brown coal, or oxidized coal by mixing the coke &c. with an oil-in-water emulsion containing a water-soluble adhesive, e.g. sulphite lye, adding a binder which includes a coke former, briquetting the mix, and oxidatively treating the briquettes at 280‹ to 330‹ C. for 1¢ to 4 hours. The binder may be petroleum, bitumen or coal tar pitch, and the briquettes may be impregnated with a solution or dispersion of a plastics material, e.g. a solution of polyvinyl alcohol.
Patent GB-689927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cold pressure welding
IPC: B23K20/02
Filed: 1950-10-31
Abstract: 689,927. Jointing. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., and SOWTER, A. B. June 11, 1951 [Oct. 31, 1950], No. 26571/50. Class 83 (iv). In a method of cold welding two members in a butt joint, each member is held in a clamp so that its end projects therefrom but insufficiently to allow lateral distortion, and the two members are forced together so that the material of both members flows out laterally. For butt welding two “ inch diameter aluminium rods 14, 15, each rod has the end to be welded trued and cleaned by scratch brushing. The rod is then clamped in a two-part tool member having a bore of 0.242 inch diameter with a chamfer at the end, the rod projecting from the bore by about <SP>3</SP>/ 16  inch. The two tool members are then placed in a press and forced together by a load of about four tons so that the metal of the rods is forced out as shown in Fig. 4 to form a flash 16 about <SP>3</SP>/ 32  inch thick and ¢ inch diameter. The flash may afterwards be trimmed off. In a modified form of tool, Fig. 6, the bore 19 leads into a welding shoulder or face 23 surrounded by an annular recess 22, the main face of the tool serving as a stop face to prevent the welding flash being compressed too much and so causing a back flow of metal along the axis of the rods. The tool, as designed for butt welding wires of 0.059 inch diameter has the recess 0.015 inch deep and of “ inch diameter and the shoulder 23 forming the welding face is 0.006 inch below the face 21 and <SP>3</SP>/ 32  inch in diameter. The method may be used for cold butt welding rods of different metals, e.g. aluminium and copper and rods of different diameters, in which case the larger diameter rod may be tapered at the end.
Patent GB-390504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes for carrying out chemical reactions
IPC: B01J8/02
Filed: 1931-09-24
Abstract: <PICT:0390504/IV/1> In effecting the catalytic oxidation of alcohol to acetaldehyde, heat is removed from the reaction zone by the vaporization of a liquid in heat-exchange with the reaction gas, and removing the vapour generated by a path passing downwardly through the body of liquid.  The reactants may be preheated by the vapour of the cooling liquid before it passes through the body of liquid, and the reaction products may be cooled by heat exchange with the liquid before it reaches the reaction zone.  The liquid employed should preferably have a boiling point lower than the temperature of reaction, for example, water.  According to the arrangement shown, the reaction vessel 1 is provided with a number of heat-exchanging elements 2, preferably vertical, consisting of two concentric tubes 6, 8.  Water is supplied to the bottom of the tube 6 by inlet 13 and maintained at a suitable level which is shown by the sight glass 11. The vapour generated passes out by the inner tubes 8 and the exit 12. The reactants are introduced through pipe 4, are preheated by the steam at the top of the tubes 6, pass through the catalyst bed 3, and the reaction products are cooled by the water in the lower part of the tubes 6 and pass out by exit pipe 5.  The steam and/or the heat of the reaction products may be used to vaporize the alcohol to be subjected to the reaction.  Specification 390,186 is referred to.ALSO:<PICT:0390504/III/1> In effecting exothermic chemical reactions, heat is removed from the reaction zone by vaporization of a liquid in heat exchange with the reaction zone and removing the vapour generated by a path passing downwardly through the body of liquid.  The reactants may be preheated by the vapour of the cooling liquid before it passes through the body of liquid and the reaction products may be cooled by heat exchange with the liquid before it reaches the reaction zone.  The process is especially applicable to catalytic exothermic reactions in the gaseous or vapour phase, e.g. the oxidation of alcohol to acetaldehyde.  The liquid employed should preferably have a boiling point lower than the temperature of the reaction, for example, water.  According to the arrangement shown, the reaction vessel 1 is provided with a number of heat-exchanging elements 2, preferably vertical, consisting of two concentric tubes 6, 8.  Water is supplied to the bottom of tube 6 by inlet 13 and maintained at a suitable level, which is shown by the sight glass 11. The vapour generated passes out by the inner tubes 8 and the exit 12. The reactants are introduced by pipe 4, are preheated by the steam at the top of the tubes 6, pass through the catalyst bed 3, and the reaction p  products are cooled by the water in the lower part of the tubes 6 and pass out by exit pipe 5.  The steam and/or the heat of the reaction products may be used to vaporize the alcohol or other organic compound to be subjected to the reaction.  Specification 390,186 is referred to.
Patent GB-1152023-A (GB)
Title: Sliding Clasp Fastener
IPC: A44B19/10
Filed: 1966-06-15
Abstract: 1,152,023. Sliding clasp fasteners. WILLIAM PRYM-WERKE G.K. 15 June, 1966 [22 June, 1965], No. 26731/66. Heading E2S. A sliding clasp fastener stringer comprises a tape 12 and a row of coupling elements formed from a single filament, each element comprising a coupling portion 15, and attaching leg portions 19, 20, said coupling portions of said elements being spaced in the longitudinal direction of the row and each of said attaching leg portions extending transversely of the row to one side of the coupling portions, a first portion 17 of the tape extending in the longitudinal direction of said row being secured by stitches 23, 24 to said attaching leg portions, the tape being folded back on itself with. the vertex 14 of the fold in the region of the coupling portions to form a second tape portion 16 concealing the coupling elements and extending away from the coupling portions, wherein at least some of the coupling elements include a supporting leg portion 22 connected to one of the attaching leg portions 19 by at least a deformation 29 facilitating folding of the supporting leg portion so that it extends between the said tape portions. As shown each element is S shaped looked at in elevation and has a single deformation 29 between the supporting lug portion and the attaching lug portion 19; in a modification each element has the shape of a figure six in elevation, the supporting lug portion being connected to the attaching lug portion 20 via a connecting portion and two deformations. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,032,554.
Patent GB-652615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods of effecting the purification of sludge-containing liquids in centrifugal separators
Inventor: JORGENSEN NIELS MARTIN
IPC: B04B11/04
Filed: 1947-10-06
Abstract: During the purification of a liquid in a centrifuge the temperature of the fluid in the space between the bowl and the surrounding casing is continuously measured to estimate the thickness of the sludge deposit within the bowl, and the bowl is stopped and the sludge removed just before the sludge layer impairs the efficiency of purification.  The temperature is measured by a thermometer inserted into the casing, or into an outlet from the casing where there is a continuous current of air passing through the space.  Where the temperature of the liquid fluctuates, the temperature of the inflowing liquid is also measured, and the difference between the liquid and fluid temperatures is used as an index of the sludge thickness.
Patent GB-372674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to decoudun ironing machines
IPC: D06F67/00
Filed: 1931-09-28
Abstract: 372,674. Ironing-machines. TULLIS, D. K., Kilbowie Iron Works, Clydebank. Sept. 28, 1931, No. 26926. [Class 138 (ii).] In a multi-roller Decoudun machine wherein the goods are conveyed from roller to roller by tapes or like members 5 passing round the ironing roller and over a grooved guide-rod 6 having stripping plates 8 attached thereto between the grooves 7, the guide-rod is journalled in brackets 10 of the machine frame and may be rocked within limits by a handlever 11. The stripping plates may thus be swung out of their normal operative positions between the tapes into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, so that they may not interfere with the movement of a new tape along the guide-rod to its appropriate groove, the tape being assembled over the existing one adjacent to one that is to be replaced.