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Patent GB-1118177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to animating means for a figure toy
IPC: A63H13/00
Filed: 1966-05-27
Abstract: 1,118,177. Animated toy. MATTEL Inc. 5 Sept., 1966 [22 April, 1966], No. 39577/66. Heading A6S. An animated doll has a head moulded at least in part from a soft flexible material and animating means for moving the lips. The animating means comprises two levers 144 and 146 which are fixed to the head above and below the lips by metal clips 166, 200 embedded in the material of the head, and which pivot on a portion 180 dependent from the upper lever 144. The end of upper lever 144 is attached to the sheath of a Bowden cable which being flexible has a certain amount of movement, and the cable is attached to a fixing device at the end of the lower lip lever 146. In the embodiment illustrated, the doll incorporates a phonograph and the Bowden cable is operated by a reciprocating device driven by the turntable. A housing 212 is mounted in the head so that the mechanism is protected inside it if the flexible face of the doll is pushed. The sound producing means is not attached to the torso but is rigidly attached, either by friction or gluing to the housing 212 which is mounted to the head by means of clip 44, this clip also attaching the torso to the head.
Patent GB-950778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cartons or boxes
Inventor: ROOS HARRY
IPC: B65D1/40
Filed: 1961-11-07
Abstract: 950,778. Cartons. H. TRAMER Ltd. Nov. 6, 1962 [Nov. 7, 1961], No. 39735/61. Heading B8P. A chocolate or candy box consists of a moulded plastic tray-like component 12, the walls of which are reinforced by one or more inserts 14 of a more rigid material, e.g. cardboard, than the tray and which extend around the full perimeter of the tray so enabling the use of a slip-on lid which may be of a plastics material. The box can be round, square, oval or polygonal. The stiffening member may be inserted in the tray during the moulding process or subsequent to the moulding and the tray may also be moulded with depressions 15, 16 adapted to hold the objects in the box. The lid may be partly or completely transparent and may fit on to a flange 18 provided on the base.
Patent GB-952598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to door catches
Inventor: JAMES MICHAEL JOSEPH
IPC: E05B15/04
Filed: 1959-11-24
Abstract: 952,598. Latches. MICRO PRECISION MOULDINGS (CHELTENHAM) Ltd. Nov. 3, 1960 [Nov. 24, 1959], No. 39925/59. Heading E2A. A roller type door catch comprises a spring- loaded plunger 1 of resilient plastic material which is formed with an abutment shoulder or shoulders 19 to prevent excessive outward projection of the roller 3 of the catch from a housing 4 of the plunger, the arrangement being such that the plunger can, during assembly, be sprung into position in the housing through a guide aperture 13 in the latter through which it normally projects. As shown, the roller and housing are of moulded plastics material the roller which is sprung into position between limbs 2 of the plunger co-operates with a keeper plate 8, which is also of moulded plastics material. The shoulders 19 project through slots 17 in the housing and the inner surfaces of the limbs 2 of the plunger are parallel. In a modification, Fig. 5, (not shown) these surfaces are tapered. Specification 952,599 is referred to.
Patent GB-1158485-A (GB)
Title: Waveguide
IPC: H01P3/14
Filed: 1966-09-07
Abstract: 1,158,485. Waveguides; coaxial cables. TELEFUNKEN PATENTVERWERTUNGS G.m.b.H. 7 Sept., 1966 [1 Oct., 1965], No. 39934/66. Heading H1A and H1W. A flexible, non-circular waveguide, intended for propagation of linearly-polarized modes, consists of a body of dielectic material provided with an internal conductive coating and corrugated externally. The dielectric may be a polyolefine, e.g.. P.V.C. or PTFE and the coating copper, silver or aluminium. The corrugations may be circumferential or helical and may have a sinusoidal, parabolic or cos<SP>2</SP> profile. The specification gives details of the dimensions of the corrugations in terms of the propagated wavelength and the internal cross-sectional dimensions. The internal coating may have a thickness equal to several times the skin depth and the dielectric material may be loaded with an absorptive material, e.g. graphite. A further conductive layer may be applied to the external surface of the guide and the space between the two coatings used for propagation in a coaxial mode. The internal coating may be sprayed with a varnish and the external coating may be provided with a sheath of material which is resistant to abrasion or corrosion. The internal cross-section may have the shape of an ellipse or a rectangle with rounded corners. Other shapes described result from modifications of a circle, e.g. by flattening at one or more points or by providing one or more internal ridges.
Patent GB-957920-A (GB)
Title: Tunnel kiln for the firing of ceramic ware
IPC: F27B9/30
Filed: 1961-11-08
Abstract: 957,920. Tunnel kilns. ATON PLANUNGSUND BAUGESELLSCHAFT FUR DIE KERAMISCHE INDUSTRIE G.m.b.H. Nov. 8, 1961 [Nov. 9, 1960], No. 39967/61. Heading F4B. In a tunnel kiln for firing ceramic ware, having, on the side walls and roof of the preheating and cooling zones, plates 2 resiliently yieldable in the direction of advance of firing carriages 1 to scrape over the charge, thus causing combustion gases flowing from the firing zone to the pre-heating zone, and cool air entering the cooling zone, to flow through interstices in the charge to give even heating and cooling, the plates are prevented by stops from jerking back beyond the direction normal to the direction of carriage motion. The plates 2, of sheet metal, asbestos cloth, or the like, are supported on bars 3 and are inclined in the direction of carriage movement. Successive groups of plates are arranged at regular intervals along the kiln close enough to provide at least three seals along the length of one firing carriage but set apart enough to avoid interference between the plates.
Patent GB-1119966-A (GB)
Title: Tetrafluoroethylene polymer moulding compositions
IPC: C08L87/00
Filed: 1965-09-20
Abstract: A moulding composition comprises a polymer of tetrafluoroethylene capable of powder forming and free sintering and contains from 10 to 55 volume per cent of the total composition of a lubricant-modifier which is either (a) a non-volatile, thermally stable liquid at the forming temperature of the polymer which remains as such at the sintering temperature of the polymer or (b) a material which is liquid during the forming of the polymer, non-volatile and thermally stable at the sintering temperature of the polymer and is transformed into a solid state in the sintered solid polymer.  The lubricant-modifier may be an organic salt or a polyaromatic polymer, e.g. a polyimide, polyether or polyamide.  The tetrafluoroethylene polymer, in powder form, may be mixed with the lubricant modifier, shaped at a temperature below the sintering temperature of the polymer, and heated to a temperature above the sintering temperature. In examples, the lubricant modifiers used are (1) light hydrocarbon oil, (2) silicone fluid, (3) (1) and (2) combined, (4) potassium thiocyanate, (5) barium perchlorate dissolved in ethyl alcohol, (6) a polyimide prepolymer (pyromellitic dianhydride plus phenyl diamine) dissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, the polyimide being cured in the process, (7) polyimide prepolymer with asbestos fibres also being present, (8) novolac epoxy resin with pyromellitic dianhydride dissolved in hot toluene, (9) powdered silica and light hydrocarbon oil; colloidal dispersion of silica in water and a commercial detergent.
Patent GB-1310984-A (GB)
Title: Self-aligning bearing
IPC: F16C23/04
Filed: 1970-08-19
Abstract: 1310984 Self aligning bearings H ELGES 19 Aug 1970 [21 Aug 1969(2)] 40038/70 Heading F2A A self-aligning bearing having a convex inner ring 2 and a correspondingly concave outer ring 1 has at least one of its rings of hollow construction. The hollow ring is formed by bending sheet or similar flat material, the hollow ring so formed being resilient to take up manufacturing tolerances. The ring may be formed of two separate members (Figs. 9 to 11, not shown) and one of the rings may be provided with a surface of bearing material, e.g. P.T.F.E.
Patent GB-1445874-A (GB)
Title: Composite elements
IPC: E06B1/36
Filed: 1973-08-23
Abstract: 1445874 Frame members SAINT-MAURICE ENTREPRISE 23 Aug 1973 [1 Sept 1972] 40071/73 Heading E1J A composite member comprises two sheet metal cover members 2, 3 mounted on opposite sides of an inner element 1 and partially spaced from the element. The cover members are bent from sheet steel, the inner element is of aluminium. Apertures 10 receive elements (11, 12) securing glass panes. The element of Fig. 3 (not shown) forms part of a door and receives a pane of glass (33, Fig. 5, not shown) and a seal (35).
Patent GB-1224992-A (GB)
Title: Gyroscopic north seeking device
IPC: G01C19/38
Filed: 1968-08-21
Abstract: 1,224,992. Gyroscopic apparatus. COMPAGNIE DES COMPTEURS. Aug.21, 1968 [Aug.21, 1967], No.40073/68. Heading G1C. A gyroscopic compass comprises a gyrometer 2 with a horizontal spin axis suspended on a wire 1, the gyroscope carrying a disc 6 for rotation therewith about the axis of the wire 1 the disc having two diametrically opposed graduated scales co-operating with two photo-electric pick-up devices 3, 3A so as to generate a signal in the form of a number of pulses responsive to the angular position of the gyroscope, electrical circuitry being provided for repetitively calculatingfrom the signal numbers which are functions of the period of oscillation of the gyroscope about the meridian, and the angular deviation between the axis of symmetry of these oscillations and a reference direction defined by a photo-electric device 5B co-operating with a black/white or opaque/transparent transition line on the disc 6, the derived angular deviation being indicated on a panel. In use the gyro-rotor spin axis is set approximately in alignment with the meridian and the period of oscillation of the gyroscopic is measured by counting the number of pulses from a timing clock (not shown) occurring between successive passages of the transition line on the disc 6 past the photo-electric device 5B in the same direction, this number of pulses being compared with the number previously measured on with a number set into the apparatus dependent on the latitude. This output is divided to obtain the half-period of oscillation and is indicated on the panel and also used to control a gate circuit to allow a further counter to count and algebraically add the number of pulses derived from the graduated scales on the disc 6 detected by the devices 3, 3A for one half-period of each complete oscillation. From the algebraic sum the misalignment between the gryo spin axis mean position and the gyroscope housing can be determined and this is indicated on the panel. Electrical circuitry for effecting the necessary calculations is described in the specification. The gyroscope may be caged when not in use by rotating a knob 7 to raise a plate 10 and clamp the disc 6 between it and a further fixed plate 11.
Patent GB-1283403-A (GB)
Title: Steam trap of the disc type
Inventor: FUJIWARA KATSUJI
IPC: F16T1/16
Filed: 1969-08-12
Abstract: 1283403 Steam traps K. FUJIWARA 12 Aug 1969 40316/69 Heading F4U Either the disc 2 of a floating disc type steam trap is provided with a thickened central portion, or the inner annular valve seat F projects above the outer annular valve seat G, so that in the cold inoperative state there is a clearance between the disc 2 and the outer valve seat G. This clearance of between 1/1000 and 1/10 mm. is such that, on flexing of the disc occurring in use, due to its contact with steam at a high temperature and pressure, leakproof seals are made between it and both the annular valve seats.
Patent GB-1002230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in base fabrics for carpets
IPC: D03D11/00
Filed: 1963-10-11
Abstract: 1,002,230. Base fabric for knotted pile carpets. W. GEORGII, and H. GEORGII, [trading as FIRMA ZWEIGANT & SAWITZKl]. Oct. 11,1963 [June 10,1963], No. 40320/63. Heading D1K. A base fabric for making knotted pile carpets by hand is of double plain weave, the two sets of yarns being of different colours and being interchanged to indicate to the operator the colour of pile tuft to be applied. Pairs of weft threads 6, 7 and 8, 9 are woven into the lower ply and floated on the upper surface to receive the pile knots. The threads 6-9 may shrink less than the rest of the fabric so as to lie loose for ease of knotting. A backing of latex may be applied to the fabric.
Patent GB-973783-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for packing and weighing fibrous material
Inventor: AINSWORTH ALEXANDER GURRIE
IPC: B65B1/06
Filed: 1962-10-25
Abstract: 973,783. Weighing apparatus. CENTRAL LINE SISAL ESTATES Ltd. Oct. 23, 1963 [Oct. 25, 1962], No. 40359/62. Heading G1W. In an apparatus for packing and weighing fibrous material, material is fed by a conveyer (Fig. 1) to a trough 5 which is reciprocated by a crank arrangement 8, 9a coupled to the conveyer drive and has a bottom discharge opening to distribute material into a container 2 mounted below on rails 14 carried by a weigh platform 15 (Fig. 10). Means are provided responsive to a predetermined load in the container including a mercury switch 48 operated by displacement of the weigh platform to cause one of the rails 14 to be lowered to transfer the loaded container to an inclined discharge railway 3, also means to close a sliding door 9 of the trough discharge opening pending the arrival of an empty container below it. The containers have rollers 12 to enable them to travel when empty along guide rails 4 to the loading/weighing position and rollers 13 to run on the discharge rails 3 to a collecting station 2a. Fig. 10 shows the position of the short rails 14 during weighing and in chain dotted lines the post weighing position. One of the rails 14 is supported on a lever 19 pivoted at 20 and supported at its other end on a pivotal U bracket 21. The U bracket support is withdrawn by a solenoid 29 on a signal from the weigher (not described) when a predetermined load is attained thereby allowing the lever 19 to pivot downwards and lower the rails 14 to the level of the upper end of the rails 3. As the container runs down the rails 3 it triggers a micro switch 36 thereon which permits a solenoid to release a stop on the rails 4 and allow an empty container to run to the loading position.
Patent GB-1277281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the production of large surface area hard solids
IPC: C22C32/00
Filed: 1969-08-13
Abstract: 1277281 Metal silicides ROBERT BOSCH GmbH 13 Aug 1969 [14 Aug 1968] 40457/69 Heading C1A [Also in Divisions C7 and H1] In Example 1, W(Si x Al y ) 2  in the form of a powder with a specific surface area of 50 m.<SP>2</SP>/g. is formed by heating a mixture of WSi 2  and Al at 1600‹ C. in an inert atmosphere and boiling the product with HCl to remove excess Al. In Example 2, NbSi x Cu y  of surface area 8 m.<SP>2</SP>/g. is similarly prepared from NbSi 2  and Cu at 1800‹ C. using H 2 SO 4  to remove excess Cu. NbSi x Ag y  is also referred to. The values of x and y are not specified.
Patent GB-1089355-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal fluid cleaners
Inventor: BEAZLEY RODNEY THOMAS
IPC: B04B5/00
Filed: 1965-09-22
Abstract: 1,089,355. Centrifugal separators. GLACIER METAL CO. Ltd. Sept: 21, 1966 [Sept. 22, 1965], No. 40507/65. Heading B2P. A centrifugal cleaner comprises a rotor 14, Fig. 1, which is divided internally by an annular partition 15 into a relatively large inlet compartment 23 into which liquid to be cleaned is introduced via a hollow hub 8 and inlet apertures 22, and into a relatively small outlet compartment 24 in communication with one or more outlet nozzles 13 through which the cleaned liquid discharges thereby driving the rotor, the inlet and outlet compartments 23, 24 communicating with each other through openings 18 and a transfer passage surrounding the hub 8, and the hub carrying an annular baffle 19 which causes the liquid to flow over its outer periphery and then inwards before entering the openings 18 and the transfer passage. The transfer passage is defined between the hub 8 and an upwardly projecting tubular part 17 at the inner edge of the partition 15. The projection 17 is surrounded by a filter gauze 21. The rotor 14 is secured to the hub 8 which rotates freely in bearings 9, 10 arranged respectively in the upper part 2 and lower part 1 of a housing. The liquid to be cleaned is introduced through a passage 5 which communicates via a spring-pressed valve controlled port with a passage 7 which opens into the bore of the hub 8. The cleaned liquid discharges through an outlet passage 1A. Fig. 2 shows an oil cleaner adapted to be mounted on an engine by means of a flange 32. A hollow rotatable hub 37 is mounted on and spaced from a stationary spindle 33. The liquid to be cleaned is fed through a passage 30 formed in a bar-like portion of the housing base and communicating with a bore in the stationary spindle from which bore the liquid passes through openings 34 into the annular space between the spindle and the hub 37 and discharges into the inlet compartment 45 via apertures 38. A spring-loaded member has a radially extending baffle portion 43 and a depending axial tubular portion 43A which is spaced from a tubular portion 44 to define an upward passage for the oil which flows through openings 44A into the space between the portion 44 and the hub 37. In a modification, Fig. 3 (not shown), the hollow hub (56) is formed integral with the base part (60) of the rotor and has ports (58) at its upper part which opens into an upper tubular part (66) of the baffle member. The tubular part (66) engages the lower surface of the upper end of the rotor and has openings communicating with the inlet compartment (69) of the rotor. The part (66) is joined by a waist portion (67) to a depending skirt portion (68) surrounding the upper tubular upwardly extending portion of the partition member. The openings (70) in this upwardly extruding portion are provided at the level of the lower end of the skirt portion (68).
Patent GB-1557275-A (GB)
Title: Method and pparatus for use in detecting faint olfactory stimuli
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 1976-09-29
Abstract: An animal cage and means for passing an air current therethrough at a rate which will permit such air to be sampled by an animal in the cage which is sensitized to detect specific scents of relatively low concentration entrained in the air and is also conditioned to respond observably thereto.
Patent GB-963889-A (GB)
Title: Stabilised stannous salts of carboxylic acids
IPC: C08G18/24
Filed: 1960-11-25
Abstract: Stannous salts of carbocyclic and aliphatic carboxylic acids are stabilised against degradation, when exposed to air, by incorporating therein at least 0.02% by weight of 4-tert.-butyl-catechol, preferably 0.05-0.2% by weight.  The stabiliser is preferably added to the salt at 80 DEG C., or at such higher temperature as is required to obtain the salt in a molten state, with agitation in an inert atmosphere, e.g. nitrogen. Stannous salts specified are those of the following acids: formic, acetic, butyric, caproic, caprylic, capric, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, linoleic, ricinoleic, sorbic, oleic, 2-ethylhexoic, 3,5,5-trimethylhexoic, oxalic, fumaric, maleic, succinic, sebacic, itaconic, glycolic, diglycolic, 12-hydroxy-stearic, lactic, malic, tartaric, citric, gluconic, levulinic, thioglycolic, trichloroacetic, cyanoacetic, oleyl sarcosine, ethylenediamine tetraacetic, naphthenic, abietic, benzoic, p-aminobenzoic and salicylic.
Patent GB-1063980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in earth working vehicles
IPC: B62D37/00
Filed: 1965-09-23
Abstract: 1,063,980. Motor vehicle propulsion. POCLAIN. Sept. 23, 1965 [Sept. 25, 1964], No. 40688/65. Heading B7H. An earth working vehicle chassis is in two parts 1, 2 connected together by a telescopic device 2a provided with locating splines. Each chassis part has a pair of supporting wheels and a ground-engaging hydraulic jack provided with teeth 10. The chassis parts may be moved relatively to one another by an hydraulic ram, 8, 9 for locomotion under conditions where the driving wheels slip, one ground-engaging jack holding one chassis part stationary while the other chassis part moves. In a modification, the ground-engaging jacks have groundengaging spikes and are pivoted to the chassis so as to meet the ground at an angle, and so as to be pivotable in a vertical plane.
Patent GB-1529064-A (GB)
Title: Nozzle
IPC: F23D11/38
Filed: 1975-10-06
Abstract: 1529064 Spray-producers CLEAN AIR CO INC "CASCA" 6 Oct 1975 [9 Oct 1974] 40841/75 Heading B2F [Also in Divisions Fl, F2 and F4] A nozzle for atomising a liquid, for example fuel in a carburettor or a burner, (not illustrated), comprises a nozzle housing 1, and a nozzle body 4 having a flange which is received in an annular groove in the nozzle housing and an orifice 15 which is opened and closed by a spring-loaded valve 14, said nozzle body being freely movable in said groove in a lateral direction so that the valve is always centred in relation to the orifice when in the closed position. The nozzle body is pressed against a resilient sealing ring 3 when the valve is pressed against the orifice. Fuel to be atomized is supplied through a pipe 7; the fuel may be supplied as a pulsating flow in which case the valve is actuated by the pressure of the fuel, or as a steady flow in which case means are provided for effecting vibration of the valve. Air entrained by the flow of fuel is sucked in through apertures 9 in the carburettor housing 8 and the air controls an adjusting device 21 which sets the tension of a spring 20 attached to the upper part of the valve, thereby controlling the fuel flow relative to the amount of air. In a modification Fig. 2 (not shown), springs (23, 24) are attached one on either side of the valve head.
Patent GB-1241316-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of chromia-alumina catalysts
Inventor: HAYES JOHN CHANDLER
IPC: B01J23/26
Filed: 1968-08-27
Abstract: 1,241,316. Chromia/alumina catalyst. UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS CO. 27 Aug., 1968 [1 Sept., 1967], No. 40910/68. Heading B1E. A process for the manufacture of Cr 3 O 3  Al 2 O 3  catalysts comprises digesting Al in an acidic solution of a compound selected from oxides and halides of Cr, admixing the resulting sol below gelating temperature with an NH 3  precursor decomposable with time and temperature to NH 3 , dispersing the resulting admixture as droplets in a hot oil suspending medium, gelling the droplets in said suspending medium, aging the resulting gelled spheres at an elevated temperature thereby effecting substantial decomposition of residual NH 3  precursor contained in said spheres, drying and calcining the resulting aged spheres, and recovering the resulting CrO 3 -A1 2 O 3  catalyst. The usual NH 3  precursor used is hexamethylenetetramine. Various surface areas, pore volumes and pore diameters are specified in the Examples.
Patent GB-1436427-A (GB)
Title: Preventing decay of buried materials
IPC: B27K5/00
Filed: 1973-08-31
Abstract: 1436427 Preventing decay of buried materials PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 31 Aug 1973 [4 Sept 1972 22 March 1973] 41026/73 Heading A5E A method of combating attack by oxygenconsuming organisms of organic materials in the soil and at least partly above the groundwater level, in which an anaerobic zone is created around the threatened maternal by injecting a gaseous hydrocarbon into the soil. The hydrocarbon may be methane, ethane, propane, butane and mixtures thereof and may contain an incombustible gas such as nitrogen, a rare gas or carbon dioxide. Apparatus for injection of the gas is described. The method finds application in preventing decay of timber piles and cable sheaths.