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Patent GB-885198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ball and socket joints
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 1960-09-13
Abstract: 885,198. Windscreen wiper mechanisms. BOSCH G.m.b.H., ROBERT. Sept. 13, 1960 [Sept. 25, 1959; June 10, 1960], No. 31473/60. Class 138 (1). [Also in Group XXV] A windscreen wiper drive connection comprises a ball joint, the ball 10 of which has a stud 13 extending oppositely to the mounting stem 9 and enlarged at its free end 14, and the socket 11 of which is of resilient synthetic material and has an aperture 15 to receive the stud. The joint is assembled by pushing the ball into the socket until the enlargement 14 projects through the aperture 15. The margin 16 (Fig. 2) of the aperture may be comparatively thin and the enlargement of greater diameter than the aperture if the joint parts are not intended to be separated, and radial slots 17 (not shown) may be provided in the margin to assist its temporary dilation during assembly of the joint. In a modification (Fig. 7) the aperture is slot-shaped and its minimum width corresponds approximately with the diameter of the enlargement so that when the axes of the ball and socket are coincident the parts of the joint may be separated. When, as shown, the axes are inclined a portion of the enlargement covers an area of the comparatively thick margin 19 and separation is prevented. The joint parts pivot through an angle of from 8 degrees to 10 degrees.
Patent GB-932421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ignition devices
Inventor: STOCKDALE ERNEST
IPC: F24C5/14
Filed: 1958-10-03
Abstract: 932,421. Electric igniters. ELECTROMECHANISMS Ltd., and E. HURST. Oct. 2, 1959 [Oct. 3, 1958], No. 31723/58. Class 75 (3). A burner ignition device comprises an electrically heated ignition filament which is supported on a movable mounting between two legs 48 provided with feet 62, the feet resting on a kindler or wick of the burner when the filament is in its ignition position without penetrating therein. The legs 48 pass through an insulating block 50 removably secured to a member 42 pivoted at 54 to an upright support 28 on a base 26. The filament moves to ignition position with its feet resting on the wick 10 by operating a lever 30 pivoted to the support 28 and having a projection 58 which moves in a slot 56 in the member 42 and a slot 60 in the support 28. In igniting position the current is supplied to the filament by a spring contact arm mounted on an insulating block on the lever contacting one leg 48 and by the other leg contacting an electric contact 70. The nose 34 of the lever passes through a slot in a guide member 36 attached to the base, and guides a bracket carrying a cradle 40 which tilts and raises the hood of the burner when the lever is operated. Specification 929,563 is referred to.
Patent GB-1430364-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-carrying pipe assembly
IPC: F16L21/025
Filed: 1972-07-07
Abstract: 1430364 Pipe couplings STD SERVICES Ltd 15 Aug 1973 [7 July 1972] 31903/72 Heading F2G A sealing sleeve 17 seals against the part of metallic tubing (10), from which an external polymeric protective coating (11) has been removed and projects beyond coupling nut 13 to overlap coating (11). On inserting the sleeve 17 in the nut, external ribs (20, Fig. 3, not shown) are squeezed inwardly to provide sealing members 20a. The tubing is flared at 22 to form a metal-to-metal connection.
Patent GB-306427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pistons for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02F3/00
Filed: 1927-11-28
Abstract: 306,427. Dyment, W. J., Rays, H., and Dyment, W. F. Nov. 28, 1927. Pistons.-A cast iron or aluminium alloy skirt a is fastened to the head c by fulcrum pins b set at right angles to and with their axes above the gudgeon pin. The pin heads point inward. The pins are held by aluminium caps d secured by screws e locked by spring washers.
Patent GB-426421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in drop-box motions of looms for weaving
IPC: D03D43/00
Filed: 1933-11-16
Abstract: 426,421. Loom change-box motions. DIEDERICHS, G., Rue des Missionaires, Ste. Colombe-les-Vienne, Rh¶ne, France. Nov. 16, 1933, No. 31957. [Class 142 (iii)] The weight of the shuttle boxes is counterbalanced by a flat spring i, Figs. 1 and 2, connected by a link g to a lever d, the other arm of which is connected by a strap e to the lever f for operating the lifting-rod T. The effect of the spring is adjusted by a nut h on the link g, and by adjusting the position of the pivot of the lever d in a slot on its supporting bracket b. The boxes are operated from a camshaft K, Fig. 3, through crank wheels G, I, connected by rods F, H to the lever f pivoted to the lifting-rod T. The shafts for the crank wheels are mounted on swinging arms S, S<1> and carry rollers O adapted to be engaged by the cams N, while detachable rakes J are adapted to mesh with the crank wheels. The arms S, S<1> are connected by a spring Y and are normally held in the position shown by shoulders X on pattern-controlled levers L, L<1> that pass through slots in the arms. In operation, the cams N move the arms S, S<1> to free the pattern levers L, L one or both of which on being raised allow engagement between the rake and crank wheel devices to effect the required change, while spring-connected rods P mounted on the arms S, S<1> engage notches in the crank wheels to prevent accidental rotation.
Patent GB-372697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to absorption refrigerating apparatus
IPC: F25D23/00
Filed: 1931-11-18
Abstract: 372,697. Refrigerating. ELECTROLUX, Ltd., 153, Regent Street, London.- (Assignees of Platen-Munters Refrigerating System Aktiebolag ; 2, Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm.) Nov. 18, 1931, No. 31977. Convention date, Nov. 20, 1930. [Class 29.] Absorption machines. - In machines having an air-cooled absorber 14 located in a flue 12 at one side of a refrigerating cabinet, as shown in plan view, the gills or fins 17 on the absorber are set parallel to the axis of the absorber and to the walls of the flue, so that the depth of the flue is substantially no more than the narrowest dimension of the absorber. The machine may be of the inert gas type with a generator 13 within the flue and a gas heat exchanger 15 extending into the cabinet. The fins may be of copper soldered on to the iron absorber vessel, or of aluminium and clamped to the absorber, or formed as part of an aluminium casting mounted on the absorber.
Patent GB-656532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines adapted to carry out a twisting operation onyarn, threads or the like
IPC: D01H1/36
Filed: 1948-12-10
Abstract: 656,532. Building motions for yarn twisting &c. machines. BRITISH NYLON SPINNERS, Ltd., and SMITH, F. A. Dec. 10, 1948. No. 32038. [Class 120(ii)] A builder-motion, preferably for a ring frame, of the kind having an oscillatory lever connected with means for reciprocating a lifter rail and carrying a screwthreaded member, has a block threaded on the member and means for controlling the direction of rotary movement of the member by the block as it approaches either end of the member. A connecting rod 19 coupled to an oscillatable sector member associated with the lifter rail has a pin and slot connection 21 with a block 25 on a screw-threaded rod 27 rotated by a ratchet and pawl mechanism 43, 47 actuated by oscillatory movement of the lever 29, which rocks about pivot 31 under the influence of a cam bearing against a cam roll 39, Rotation of the rod 27 moves the block 25 downwards until an abutment 59 contacts a block 57 to rotate a rod 51 and bring another pawl into operation, resulting in the raising of the block 25. As the block 25 moves, the pin of the pin and slot connection 21 bears against a cam plate 63, thus preventing the end portions of the yarn packages having arcuate shapes. In another embodiment the block 25 is coupled to the rod 19 by a chain passing over a pulley located towards the upper end of the lever 29. Specification 359,834 is referred to.
Patent GB-1432774-A (GB)
Title: Underwater beacon locator
IPC: G01S3/808
Filed: 1972-07-07
Abstract: 1432774 Sonic direction finding GRASEBY INSTRUMENTS Ltd 6 July 1973 [7 July 1972] 32046/72 Heading H4D The direction of an under-water sonic beacon, specifically one emitting 9 kHz pulses at ¢-2 second intervals, is determined by a hand-held locator, Fig. 1, comprising piezoelectric hydrophones 12, 13 spaced apart a distance much greater than one wavelength and connected to control light sources 6a, 6b through amplifier circuits 14, 15, Fig. 2, interconnected through inhibit paths 16, 18. According to the invention, the inhibit paths include delay circuits 17, 19 of delay substantially less than the travel times of sound between the hydrophones. The effect of the arrangement is that a single appropriate light source is illuminated when the beacon is off axis, but both sources are illuminated when the beacon is on axis.
Patent GB-790519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the inhibition of vibration in flowing gas
Inventor: COPLEY DONALD WILLIAM
IPC: F16L55/053
Filed: 1955-11-09
Abstract: 790,519. Damping vibrations in gaseous currents. SMITH & SONS (ENGLAND), Ltd., S. Nov. 8, 1956 [Nov. 9, 1955], No. 32086/55. Class 7(2) In a system in which a gas flow occurs in a pipe 1 and which is susceptible to unwanted vibrations in the gas flow, a chamber 4 is provided which is in communication with the gas stream but is otherwise gas-tight. No substantial proportion of the flow of gas through the pipe passes into the chamber, and the latter incorporates a flexible wall 7 to inhibit the occurrence of substantial pressure differences between the interior and exterior thereof. As shown, a section of the pipe adjacent to a heater installed in a passenger coach has a stub pipe 2 which with the interposition of asbestos packing 5, fits within a stub pipe 3 of the chamber. 'The diaphragm 7 of rubber or other flexible material is retained in'position by a cap 8 having a wall 9 of steel wire gauze. A further wall of wire gauze carried by a member 10 within the chamber permits the free flow of gas through the pipe 3 but prevents direct impingement of the gas on the diaphragm. Specification 715,835 [Group XIII] is referred to.
Patent GB-263299-A (GB)
Title: A folding plate rack
IPC: A47J47/16
Filed: 1925-12-19
Abstract: 263,299. Sharp, T. Dec. 19, 1925. Plate racks.-A folding plate rack comprises an outside rectangular frame a, b, c adapted to be fixed to a wall, a frame d, e pivoted to the outside frame at f, and a bottom frame g, h pivoted to the outside frame at j, the members g being extended behind the pivot j to abut against the cross-piece e in the unfolded position. The frame d, e is turned out and rests upon the edge of the lowered frame g, h. Rods k are provided in the two pivoted frames to support the plates.
Patent GB-997013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pneumatic braking installations for vehicles
IPC: B60T13/40
Filed: 1961-09-07
Abstract: 997,013. Pneumatic brakes. FABBRICA ITALIANA MAGNETI MARELLI. Sept. 7, 1961 [Sept. 8, 1960; April 1, 1961], No. 32187/61. Heading F2F. To facilitate assembly and maintenance of regulator and/or relay valves in compressed air braking systems of road vehicles, each valve has openings at one side arranged to mate with apertures in a mounting member which is secured to the framework of the vehicle and is permanently connected with lengths of piping forming part of the system. As shown, Fig. 1, a compressed air system for a tractor-trailer vehicle comprises, on the tractor, a compressor K, a distributer valve 10 detachably mounted on a support H, reservoirs S 1 -S 4 , a regulator valve 16 detachably mounted on a support H<SP>1</SP>, front and rear brake cylinders EFA, EFR, and piping interconnecting the units. A further distributer valve 27 is detachably mounted on a support H<SP>11</SP> on the trailer, piping connecting the support with trailer brake cylinders EFR, a reservoir S 5 , and a coupling 28. The valves 10, 27 are conventional relay valves excepting that each of its internal conduits emerges at a plane surface which engages a corresponding surface of the support H or H<SP>11</SP>. The support is formed as a casting H 2 , Fig. 2(a), which is provided with sockets 33, 34, 35 &c. for the pipes Which are to be permanently secured thereto and with apertures 38 for bolts to secure the support to the vehicle framework. Bolts 39 secure the valve to the support, a gasket 40 being interposed between the two plane surfaces. In an alternative form of mounting, Fig. 5, openings 56 in the valve body register with annular grooves 57 in the support H 5  which is secured to the body by a bolt 62, sealing rings 60 preventing leakage. In a further embodiment, Fig. 6, the support H, embraces the valve body and includes separate fittings 65 at each of a number of levels where internal conduits of the valve emerge. The regulator valvo is secured to its support by bolts 45, Fig. 3(b), to a bracket 43 adapted for mounting on the vehicle framework by bolts passed through apertures 46.
Patent GB-1285741-A (GB)
Title: Probability error corrector
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 1969-06-26
Abstract: 1285741 Digital transmission systems POST OFFICE 26 June 1969 [28 June 1968] 32348/69 Heading H4P Each received n-bit signal is correlated with a set of code signals containing all the permitted n-bit signals, and two k-bit signals (n>k) are generated corresponding to those signals of the set which result in the best and second best correlations with the received signal. A block of such k-bit "best" signals is checked for error and, if error is detected, it is assumed that the error has occurred in that signal whose correlation differed least from the corresponding second best signal's correlation. The error is corrected by replacing the k-bit signal in the block by the k-bit signal corresponding to that second best correlation. As described, a block of 16 8-bit orthogonally coded signals, each representing a 4-bit data signal, is received and passes to a correlator. Each signal is correlated with a set of 16 signals, resulting in an output on each of 16 leads, each output having a magnitude representing the degree of correlation with the corresponding signal of the set. A selector circuit (Specification 1,285,742) determines on which leads the greatest and second greatest magnitudes appear, representing the best and second best correlations, and 4-bit data signals equivalent to the corresponding 8-bit signals are generated. The data signals are fed to respective shift registers so that at the end of a received block, the first register contains a block of most likely signals and the second register a block of second most likely signals each. For each received signal the difference between the greatest and second greatest magnitudes from the correlator is determined. The difference is stored and a circuit determines which is the smallest of the 16 differences determined during reception of the block. The block of most likely signals is checked for error. If error is present, of the two signals having the smallest correlation difference, the best (in the first register) is replaced by the second best (from the second register). The first register now contains the corrected block.
Patent GB-160910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the method of making balls
IPC: B29D99/00
Filed: 1919-12-24
Abstract: 160,910. Roberts, F. T. Dec. 24, 1919. Balls.-Relates to a process and apparatus for making golf and other balls of the type in which rubber strands are wound upon a resilient core and consists in alternately stretching the strands and relaxing them for a considerable period before finally winding them upon the core at a tension exceeding that at their original elastic limit. The apparatus for carrying out the process comprises a spool 5, Fig. 1, having a brakeband 8 and upon which the strands are initially wound and an expansible spool 15 upon which the strands are wound in thin layers from the spool 5 by means of the handle 25. The expansible spool 15, Fig. 4, is composed of sectors held together by rubber bands 24 and is mounted upon a shaft 16 having conical collars 20 for expanding the spool after the strands have been wound upon it. The expansible-spool is removed from the apparatus and the conical collars are forced inwards at intervals so as to extend the strands to their final limit after which the spool is mounted upon a winding-shaft 30, Fig. 6, and the strands wound upon the core. When one expansiblespool is exhausted it is removed from the apparatus and another spool is put in its place so that the process is continuous. The resilient cores may contain compressed air.
Patent GB-737841-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of and machine for the spacing, opening and conveying of tubular cartons
IPC: B31B120/30
Filed: 1953-11-23
Abstract: 737,841. Setting-up collapsed cartons. JAGENBERG-WERKE AKT.-GES. Nov. 23, 1953 [Nov. 27, 1952], No. 32418/53. Class 94 (1). Folded cartons 1 are removed from a stack 2 by suction nozzles 5, opened, re-folded reversely to break the creases, and fed to the cells 36 of a conveyer, the portion of the carton projecting on one side of the nozzles 5 being bent by a lever 16 in the same direction as the forward motion of the carton, and the other portion bent by a stop 21 in the opposite direction to open the carton. The suction nozzles 5 are carried by arms 6 on a hollow shaft 3 rocked through 90 degrees by an arm 11 and connecting rod 10 driven by a crank pin 9 on a gear wheel 8. Fixed to the hollow shaft 3 is a pair of lever arms 14 carrying pivotally the bending lever 16 with a roller 17 pressed by a spring 18 against a fixed cam 19. so that as the arms 6 rotate the lever 16 is rotated with the arms and additionally'rotated in advance of the arms about the pivot 15, thus bending forward the short portion of the carton about stops 38 adjacent the suction nozzles 5'as shown in Fig. 4. Further motion of the arms 6 brings the portion of the carton projecting on the opposite side of the suction nozzles against a fixed stop plate 21 and bends the carton in the opposite direction to open it. The narrow side of the carton opposite to the narrow side gripped by the suction nozzles is, upon further movement, supported by the stop plate 21 and the suction is cut off. A lever 22 carrying pressure rollers 20 then engages the narrow side released by the suction nozzles, and resilient stops 39 on the lever 22 contact the adjacent wide side of the carton to prevent the carton from folding back into its original flat condition. Further swinging movement of the rollers 20 folds the carton towards its opposite flattened condition and presses it against continuously rotating discs 32 which move it beneath draw rolls 35. A curved surface 34 on the lever 22 guides the leading edge of the carton between the draw rolls 35 and the discs 32 which transfer it into the cell 36 of the conveyer 37.
Patent GB-1057886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to titanates having positive temperature coefficients of resistance
Inventor: SCHOMBERG STANLEY
IPC: C04B35/468
Filed: 1962-08-23
Abstract: A material having the composition <FORM:1057886/C1/1> where x is from 0.001 to 0.003 and y is 0.10 to 0.45, is formed as a titanate from starting substances which include barium titanyl oxalate, lanthanum oxalate, strontium carbonate and titanium dioxide, the titanate being sintered in air for at least one hour at a temperature in the range of from 1300 DEG  to 1420 DEG  C.  The starting substances are dry mixed, then the mixture is calcined at 900 DEG  C. to 1050 DEG  C., the comminuted calcined mixture is mixed with water or an organic liquid as binder, the mixture is compacted at a pressure in the range 3 to 300 tons per square inch, the compacted mixture is sintered in air at 1300 DEG  C. to 1420 DEG  C. for at least one hour, and the compact is allowed to cool at a uniform rate.
Patent GB-937566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to meat-like products
IPC: A23L27/26
Filed: 1961-09-12
Abstract: A meat-like food product is prepared by slurrying an edible, fluid, hydrophilic film-forming composition with an edible lipophilic fluid, beating the slurry to form the hydrophilic composition into a continuous cellular phase and to disperse and to entrap particles of the lipophilic fluid within cells of the hydrophilic film, and heating the dispersion thus formed.  The amount of water used should not be excessively more than is required to hydrate the film-forming composition selected.  The dispersion, once it has been formed, may then have its viscosity reduced by adding additional water to render the product more spreadable, or increased to render the product less spreadable, or even sliceable, by heating until the product becomes as viscous and bodied as desired.  According to an example, a spread product was prepared by blending together 50 parts ground dried yeast, 50 parts ground dried wheat germ, 10 part salt, and 120 parts corn oil.  The blend was vigorously agitated with 52 parts fresh egg albumen and 80 parts water for several minutes to form a stable dispersion comprising a continuous cellular proteinaceous aqueous phase and a dispersed oil phase, the particles of which were entrapped within the cells of the aqueous phase.  Finally, a flavouring and colouring mixture comprising 113 parts relish, 10 parts of a proprietary brand of sauce, 5 parts onion powder, and 100 parts water, was added and the entire stable gel-like dispersion was sterilized by retorting in sealed containers at 250 DEG  F. and 15 lb. per sq. inch gauge pressure for 1 1/2 hours.  In other similar examples: (2) luncheon loaf was prepared by vigorously agitating a blend of cottonseed oil, dry ground wheat germ, dry powdered yeast, and salt, with fresh egg white and water, and subsequently adding barbeque flavouring; (3) another luncheon loaf was prepared by vigorously agitating a blend of melted shortening, ground yeast, salt, and barbeque flavouring with soy protein and water; and (4) a powdered meat-like product was prepared by spray-drying a dispersion obtained by vigorously agitating a blend of corn oil, dry ground wheat germ, dry powdered yeast, and salt with oyster nectar and water.  The continuous phase may otherwise be composed of wheat protein, reconstituted egg white solids, and hydrocolloids such as gelatine, agar, and carboxymethyl cellulose.  Many other flavourings are mentioned. Specifications 922,751, 937,564, and 937,565 are referred to.
Patent GB-506249-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement of bearing for separators and other machines fitted with a vertical quickly rotating spindle
IPC: F16C27/02
Filed: 1938-11-10
Abstract: 506,249. Bearings. KONE JA SILTA O. Y.-MASKIN OCH BRO AKTIEBOLAG. Nov. 10, 1938, No. 32665. Convention date, Nov. 24, 1937. [Class 12 (i)] A bearing for high speed vertical spindles has contacting inner and outer members O, F, collectively movable and buffered radially in relation to the frame A, and similarly movable and buffered between themselves, the first-mentioned buffering being stronger than the latter. As shown, a bearing bush O has radial play in a sleeve F, and has conical end faces K, J, engaging the sleeve F and a ring H respectively. A weak spring M acts on the ring H. A series of plungers D acted upon by strong springs E surround the sleeve F.
Patent GB-426312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hand lamps
IPC: F21L14/02
Filed: 1934-11-13
Abstract: 426,312. Electric hand lamps. ALLMANNA SVENSKA ELEKTRISKA AKTIEBOLAGET, Võsteras, Sweden. Nov. 13, 1934, No. 32669. Convention date, Dec. 19, 1933. [Class 75 (iv)] In an electric hand lamp in which the outwardly bent edge 4 of the globe 3 is pressed into a hollow or groove 2 in a rubber handle 1, that part 5 of the wall of the groove which surrounds the outer side of the globe is made of rubber which is more elastic than the rest of the handle, and a wire guard 6 has a conical part 8 which presses the rubber wall against the globe when the guard is secured to the handle, for example, by means of a screw carrier 7.