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Patent GB-884546-A (GB)
Title: Method of cleansing dishes
IPC: C11D1/722
Filed: 1960-01-14
Abstract: A method of cleansing soiled dishes comprises the application to the dishes of liquid cleansing agents which comprise (a) a sparingly soluble mixed ethylene and propylene oxide adduct of a compound containing a lipophilic group of at least 4 carbon atoms and also having a labile hydrogen atom, preferably an alkylaryl hydroxy compound in which the alkyl group has 4-10 carbon atoms and the aryl group is benzene or naphthalene, and (b) a solution promoter, preferably an adduct of ethylene oxide with a hydroxy compound.  (a) may be derived from a fatty alcohol of 6-14 carbon atoms, but it is preferred that it be an alkylphenol, such as nonylphenol, condensed simultaneously or successively with 3-8 molar proportions of ethylene oxide and 1-5 molar proportions of propylene oxide; (a) may also be derived from amines, mercaptans, carboxylic or sulphonic acids, amides and alkanolamides.  (b) is usually an ethylene oxide condensate of phenol, such as nonylphenol, but may also be a condensate with an aliphatic compound containing 6-20 carbon atoms; such compounds may advantageously be esterified with sulphuric, phosphoric, or boric acids, or be carboxymethylated with chloracetic acid, and subsequently neutralized.  To obtain a clear solution, ethanol may be incorporated.  The compositions used in the invention are especially suitable for use in automatic dishwashing machines.
Patent GB-931265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to transport stub rollers for industrial furnaces
IPC: F27D3/02
Filed: 1962-01-15
Abstract: 931,265. Furnace rollers. A. SCHMIDT-KRAYER, [trading as SCHMIDT & CLEMENS]. Jan. 15, 1962 [Jan. 18, 1961], No. 1353/62. Class 51 (2). A stub roller having a double conical shell has one end face 5a connected to a trunnion 2 and the other, 5b, formed with a central aperture turned inwardly to form a collar 6a subdivided by radial slots into segments connected with the insides of said shell by radial ribs 8a. Further ribs 8b extend from a central segmented collar 9 to the end face 5a. Discs 13 are inserted in the trunnion to provide heat insulated chambers. The roller and trunnion may be formed of a heat-resistant steel and fixed together by means of welding 11 and pins 12. In a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), the stub roller is cylindrical.
Patent GB-675711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mechanical toys
IPC: A63H18/04
Filed: 1951-01-18
Abstract: 675,711. Mechanical toys. ERNST, M. Jan. 18, 1951, No. 1359/51. Class 132 (iii). A mechanical toy, comprising two oppositely disposed sloping tracks and associated clockwork operated lift members for carrying a toy vehicle to the highest points of the. tracks, has the clockwork mechanism so engaged with the lifts that they rise and fall on receipt of the vehicle on first and second lifts respectively. In the toy shown in the Figure, a disc 14 with a pin 15 is rotated by a clockwork mechanism 13, and causes a lever 17 to move upwardly carrying a lift member 11 on which rests a freely running vehicle 30. On reaching an opening 5 of a housing 3 the vehicle is tipped on to a track 29 which runs down to and joins a second housing 4 having an opening 6. A lift member 12 is carried upwardly simultaneously with member 11 by an arm 24 and receives the vehicle after it has rolled down the track 29 and a movable plate has been raised clear of opening 6 by a portion 43 on the arm 24. Lift members 11, 12 then fall downwardly under the action of the disc 14 and arms 17, 24, rails 39 in member 12 are tipped by a device 40, 41, and the vehicle rolls down a sloping track 27 on to member 11 after which the cycle is repeated.
Patent GB-380688-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for simultaneously operating the valves in internal combustion engines
IPC: F02F1/42
Filed: 1932-01-16
Abstract: 380,688. Lubricating internal-combustion engines. FIAT SOC. ANON., 250, Via Nizza, Turin, Italy. Jan. 16, 1932, No. 1387. Convention date, Jan. 17, 1931. [Class 12 (ii).] The hollow cam. shaft 5 is formed with radial lubricating bores 10, and is filled with oil by a pump through conduits 9a, 9b.
Patent GB-1020675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a barber's razor
IPC: B26B21/08
Filed: 1965-01-12
Abstract: 1,020,675. Razors. B. A. HOLOHAN. Jan. 12, 1965 [Oct. 8, 1964], No. 1403/65. Heading B4B. The blade holder A of an open razor comprises a stock D and a clip E having a U-shaped shank F secured to the stock by rivets 15 and a hollow head G formed with opposed resilient lips 1 for frictionally clipping a blade H, the blade being provided with opposed notches 6 which are engageable respectively by a flange 7 at the outer end of the head G and by a spring- pressed locking pin 8.
Patent GB-1456094-A (GB)
Title: System for counting work cycles at an electrically powered device
IPC: B23Q17/00
Filed: 1974-01-11
Abstract: 1456094 Counting apparatus CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO 11 Jan 1974 [12 Jan 1973] 01458/74 Heading G4D The number of operations of a machine tool or the like are counted by detecting variations in the power consumed during an operating cycle of the machine. The invention is described in association with a twin head milling machine with three motor drives, one for each head and one for the worktable. The powers consumed by the two head motors 28A, 28B are derived from respective current and voltage signals and control a respective relay 76A, 76B to de-energize relays CR1, CR2 when the power exceeds predetermined levels. When the power has been above the threshold for a predetermined time respective time delay relays TR1, TR2 energize self holding relays CR6, CR7. When both CR6, CR7 are energized a count pulse is recorded in a counter 64 which automatically prints out the total count together with the time and date. Various switches 31-37, 38 controlling operation of the three motors also control the supply to the relays improving scruity of the system against cheating. The power consumption must pass through a predetermined pattern of variations before a count is registered. Various indicator lamps L1-L4 light if an incorrect pattern is detected. The counter can be caused to print at any time by push button 86 and reset by 91. The printing function may be omitted (Fig. 3, not shown).
Patent GB-556803-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic isomerization of saturated hydrocarbons
IPC: C07C5/27
Filed: 1942-02-04
Abstract: 556,803. Isomerisation of hydrocarbons. SHELL DEVELOPMENT CO. Feb. 4, 1942, No. 1467. Convention date, Jan. 21, 1941. [Class 2 (iii)] Saturated hydrocarbons containing 4 to 9 carbon atoms such as butane, pentane, metyl cyclopentane and dimethyl cyclopentane are isomerised in contact with a catalyst containing a minor proportion of an anhydrous aluminium halide and a major proportion of " activated alumina," which consists largely of y alumina monohydrate and y alumina in various proportions, e.g., the '' activated alumina of commerce " which is formed in the precipitation tanks and discharge pipes in the Fickes- Sherwin modification of the Bayer process, or which may be made from hydrargillite by acid washing and careful heating. Examples are given of the isomerization of butane, hydrochloric acid being also present.
Patent GB-346716-A (GB)
Title: An improved driving arrangement for power driven switching apparatus
IPC: H01H67/06
Filed: 1930-01-15
Abstract: 346,716. Automatic exchange switches. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd., Columbia House, Aldwych, London.-(Deakin, G. ; 67, Broad Street, New York, U.S.A., and Schreiber, L. J. J. ; 18, Rue Boudewyns, Antwerp, Belgium.) Jan. 15, 1930, No. 1481. [Class 40 (iv).] Switches mounted in parallel groups, e.g. talking circuit selectors and their sequence switches are driven from a main driving shaft without the use of intermediate shafts. The invention is described with reference to the selectors of trip spindle type described in Specification 335,579, [Class 40 (iv), Telephones &c.]. The main driving shaft 38 is coupled to the selector by the flexible gear wheel 36 and to the sequence switch by the flexible gear wheel 40. In a modification there is an idler wheel between the wheels 40, 31.
Patent GB-803331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in extensible supports for drawers, shelves and other slidable structures
IPC: A47B88/493
Filed: 1956-01-17
Abstract: 803,331. Drawers &c. AUTOSET (PRODUCTION), Ltd., and TOWNSEND, C. M. April 17, 1957 [Jan. 17, 1956], No. 1509/56. Class 52(1) A telescopic drawer or shelf sliding support with a strip 1 secured to the housing and having upper and lower parallel rails 7, 8, a main slide 2 having upper and lower rollers 12...16 to engage the rails and a drawer supporting slide 3 with a flange 11 running between and supported by the rollers has spring-biased pivoted catches 20, 21 for limiting the extension of the slides. Strip 1 has slots 30, 31 and slide 2 has slots 32, 33 which are engaged by latching arms 24, 25 of the catches when the supports are extended and slots 34, 35 are engaged selectively by hook 29 of catch 21. When the drawer is closed cam-shaped tips on the catches are engaged by slide 3 to rotate and release the catches. Specification 801,255 is referred to.
Patent GB-1025365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the distillation of sea water and the like
IPC: C02F1/04
Filed: 1963-01-14
Abstract: Sea water or other water containing dissolved magnesium salts, after being pre-heated to near boiling point, is intimately mixed with a small amount of entrained steam and the mixture of steam and saline droplets is then heated in an evaporator tube, resulting in a mixture of steam and saline concentrate.  The mixture is discharged from the evaporator tube into a cyclone separator; and the steam is condensed to form the distillate.  The evaporator tube is surrounded by a steam jacket; and a condensation promoter such as oleic acid or dodecanethiol may be applied to the outside of the tube.  Gelatinous scale which forms on the inside of the evaporator tube is loosened at intervals by the passage of steam (see Division F2).
Patent GB-1125241-A (GB)
Title: Direct conversion chemical processing arc heater
IPC: B01J19/08
Filed: 1967-01-12
Abstract: 1,125,241. Treating gases with electric discharges. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 12 Jan., 1967 [16 Feb., 1966], No. 1679/67. Heading H5H. [Also in Division C5] An arc heater for converting a process gas, such as methane, to a' product such as acetylene comprises annular electrodes 11, 12 adapted to be connected to a source of potential 153 to produce and sustain an arc 13 between electrodes 11, 12, means 14, 15 for generating a magnetic field which continuously moves the arc in a closed path, fluid cooled walls for the arc chamber including cylindrical fluid cooled heat shields 81, 82 having portions which shield the supporting portions of electrodes 11, 12, exhaust nozzle 86, and conduits: for introducing the process gas at at least one annular region where the gas flows across the arc path to reach the nozzle. Electrodes 11, 12 and nozzle 86 are fluid cooled. The chamber includes end plug 84, rings 51, 52 separating the electrodes and optional heat shield 80, all fluid cooled. End plug 84, heat shield 82, electrode 12, ring assembly 51, 52 electrode 11, heat shield 81, heat shield 80 and exhaust nozzle 86 are all electrically insulated from each other and a process gas, auxiliary gas or quenching gas can be introduced between them and also through passageways 136, 137 in shield 80 which may also be used for seeding or sampling. Tables and graphs show the results of three test runs where CH 4  is the process gas and three test runs where C 3 H 6  is the process gas, the composition of the product gas being analysed with respect to the three different flow rates and three different input powers and the product values obtained being shown with percent reference to the production of total carbon.
Patent GB-113272-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Alloys Containing Nickel and Zinc.
IPC: C22C1/02
Filed: 1917-11-05
Abstract: 113,272. Stabilimenti Biak-Ing. A. Pouchain, (Assignees of Peynetti, P.). Oct. 28, 1916, [Convention date]. Alloys.-In the production of alloys containing nickel and zinc in which the nickel and zinc are alloyed with the other constituents in the form of a nickel-zinc alloy, the nickel-zinc alloy is made by melting the nickel in the vapour of the zinc. The zinc is vapourized in a closed vessel, after which the temperature is raised and the nickel added, which melts in the zinc vapour.
Patent GB-595671-A (GB)
Title: A combined kitchen cabinet and refrigerator
IPC: F25D23/12
Filed: 1944-01-31
Abstract: 595,671. Refrigerators. RUSSELL BROS., Ltd., and RUSSELL, H. B. Jan 31, 1944, No. 1729. [Class 29] A combined kitchen cabinet and refrigerator comprises an upper cupboard portion A containing drawers F below the cupboard and a space G below the drawers, and a lower portion B that extends beyond the front of the cupboard and has a pull-out table top R, the lower portion containing at one side compartments H, J for the refrigerating mechanism and at the other side a cold storage chamber M for food. Drawers Q may be provided beneath the chamber M, which may be fitted with a dooractuated lamp. Specifications 581,121 and 595,679 are referred to.
Patent GB-997973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to methods and arrangements for cutting a mass of plastic material and bodies produced according to said methods
IPC: B26D7/20
Filed: 1964-01-15
Abstract: 997,973. Block cutting. DUROX FABRIEK VAN LICHTE BOUWPRODUCTEN N.V. Jan. 15, 1964 [Jan. 16, 1963 (2)], No. 1756/64. Heading B5A. A plastic mass, e.g. a block of lightweight concrete, is supported upon a plurality of spaced longitudinal bars 4, which lie freely upon transverse support members, and is cut by moving cutting wires, passing vertically between the bars, relative to, and through, the block. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 the block and bars are initially supported upon a pallet 1a, similar to the pallet 1 in Fig. 1, and are raised clear of said pallet by fingers 10 of a support 9, which is mounted by means of eccentrics 8 upon a vertically reciprocable table 7. The eccentrics 8 are then driven in a clockwise direction so that the block is moved through cutting frame 26, 27 in a motion shown in phantom lines at A. The bars and cut block are received by a second support 9, which is then lowered to place the block upon a pallet 1b which is removed from the machine along rollers 5. Pallet 1a is moved along the rollers to the discharge end of the machine, an uncut block on another pallet moved to the entry end, and the process repeated. In the embodiment in Fig. 4 (not shown) the bars and block are supported during the cutting by rollers, over which they are pushed through a cutting frame. In further embodiments, in which the block is stationary during cutting, the bars are supported and lifted clear of the pallet by transverse members which are either lowered (see Fig. 5, not shown) or pivoted (see Figs. 6, 7, 8, not shown), successively, out of the path of the advancing cutting frame.
Patent GB-866665-A (GB)
Title: An improved shaft seal
IPC: F01L3/08
Filed: 1960-01-18
Abstract: 866,665. Stuffing-boxes. SKINNER, R. L. Jan. 18, 1960 [Feb. 5, 1959; Aug. 17, 1959], No. 1782/60. Class 122 (5). A shaft seal comprises an annular housing 26, a sealing ring 34 having a sloping outer surface 42 and an inner face 36 adapted to engage the shaft, a garter spring 46 which encircles the sealing ring and urges it both radially inwardly and axially, and two support surfaces 30, 48 slidably supporting the sealing ring and garter spring respectively. The ring 34, which is of a material having good sliding properties such as nylon or preferably polytetrafluoroethylene, is formed with a radial shoulder 40 that abuts the flange 30 of the housing and a reduced diameter portion 38 which enters with clearance through an aperture 32 in the flange 30. The garter spring 46 is located by the support surface 48 which is a washer retained by a flange 50, and that part of the spring engaging the surface 48 may be ground flat. The seal is shown applied to the valve stem 16 of an internal combustion engine. In the free condition of the seal, Fig. 3, the spring 46 exerts substantially no force on the ring 34. When the seal is seated in its operative position as in Fig. 2, the spring urges the face 36 and an annular lip 44 into contact with the stem 16 and presses the ring against the bottom of a counterbore 24 in the valve guide 12. In a modification the washer 48 is replaced by an integral flange on the housing 26 forming an acute angle with the cylindrical wall 28. In a further modification, Fig. 7, for use on existing engines, the seal 138 and spring 46 are mounted in a cup-shaped housing 128 sealed to the valve .guide 12 by a rubber or the like washer 150 compressed by a spring 152 acting between the housing 128 and a retainer cup 155.
Patent GB-745977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in expansion valves for refrigeration plants
Inventor: HALES RICHARD THOMAS
IPC: F25B41/06
Filed: 1954-01-21
Abstract: 745,977. Electromagnetically-actuated valves. HALL, Ltd., J. & E. April 9, 1954 [Jan. 21, 1954], No. 1805/54. Class 135. An expansion valve for refrigeration plants comprises a spherical valve member 24 coacting with a seat 5, e.g. of nylon, polytetrafluoroethylene or stainless steel, and surrounded by an armature 25 carrying.a thin, bowed disc 28 of steel by which the valve member is raised from its seat against a spring 32 when the armature is attracted by an electromagnet 6. A sealed cover 14 through which the electrical connections pass contains a moisture-absorbing substance 18. Specification 639,682 is referred to.
Patent GB-746976-A (GB)
Title: Shoes and process of making same
IPC: A43B13/38
Filed: 1954-01-21
Abstract: 746,976. Boots &C. MACCARONE, F. Jan. 21, 1954 [Oct. 22, 1953], No. 1849/54. Class 17 (2). In making a force-lasted shoe the lasting allowances 10, 11 of the upper are sewn by over-edge stitches 12 to a resilient centre piece 2 so that their edges abut. The piece 2 is initially smaller than its dimension in the finished shoe and has the general contour of the last bottom at the ball of the shoe with the addition of a tongue 13. A toe piece 1, bound at 4 for an open toe shoe, and a heel and shank piece 3, which has a slot 7 forming a strap 8 are first tacked at 5 to the last, and the upper and attached centre piece are then positioned on the last, thus stretching the centre piece and conforming the upper to the last. To avoid pleats in the upper round the centre piece 2, V-shaped cut-outs are formed in the edges of the lasting allowances, two of which are sewn up at 17 before the centre piece is attached and two of which are subsequently drawn together, tacked and cemented to the shank piece at 18. The number of V-shaped cut-outs can be varied and, with a closed toe shoe, its toe part is bed lasted. A steel shank 14 is provided and attached at its forward end through the strap 8 and tongue 13, the latter also being cemented to the shank. An outsole is finally attached by cement. Specification 745,335 is referred to.
Patent GB-828093-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved rotary fluid-flow meter
Inventor: ALLEN ERIC HAROLD WILLIAM
IPC: G01F1/12
Filed: 1957-01-17
Abstract: 828,093. Rotary meters. KENT Ltd., G. Jan. 17, 1958 [Jan. 17, 1957], No. 1852/57. Class 110(2). Two rotors 9, 10 are mounted coaxially in a housing 1 adapted to be mounted in a pipe-line. The helices on the rotors are of opposite pitch so that the rotors turn in opposite directions. The upstream or " compensating " rotor 9 is retarded by the reaction of the magnet 15 mounted on the shaft 7 with adjustable ferromagnetic stationary members 16. At low flowrates, movement of the rotor 9 is thus greatly restricted so that the emergent fluid has a lefthanded (as illustrated) spiral tendency which reacts on the " measuring " rotor 10, enabling it to develop a relatively higher torque to oppose friction and load, and hence to maintain a linear calibration down to low flow-rates. A magnet 24 on the output shaft 8 co-operates with a conventional counter-mechanism. In a modification (Fig. 2, not shown), a fixed magnet reacts with a hysteresis disc on the shaft 7 to provide the drag on the rotor 9.
Patent GB-955301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to polyepoxide resins
IPC: C08G59/40
Filed: 1962-01-18
Abstract: A curable composition comprises a polyepoxide and 2-50% of its weight, of a thioborate-B(SR)3 in which R is a saturated alkyl radical of 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl radical, or an aryl radical with one or more alkyl substituents of 1-12 carbon atoms. Suitable thioborates are trimethyl-, tri-iso-propyl-, tri-n-amyl-, tri-n-octyl-, tri-n-dodecyl-, tri-n-octadecyl-, triphenyl-, tri-b -naphthoyl-, or tri-p-tolyl-thioborate, and tris-(2, 4-diisopropylphenyl) thioborate.  The compositions may include conventional additives, e.g. glass, mineral or metal fibres, mica, asbestos, iron oxide, bentonite, silica, titanium dioxide, or cadmium yellow.  Examples describe the curing by heat of particular combinations of an epoxidized butadiene; a glycidyl polyether of bisphenol A; an ester of 2-methyl-4, 5-epoxy-1-hydroxymethyl cyclohexane and 2-methyl-4, 5-epoxy cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid; or an epoxidized soya bean oil with a thioborate selected from the above list.
Patent GB-1224602-A (GB)
Title: Spherical valve plug
IPC: F16K27/10
Filed: 1969-01-13
Abstract: 1,224,602. Making valve plugs. ETABS. THEVIGNOT. 13 Jan., 1969 [30 Jan., 1968], No. 1955/69. Heading B3A. [Also in Division F2] A spherical valve plug is made by welding together two identical, truncated hemispheres 1, 2 formed from sheet steel blanks and a steel conduit 3 forming a through-passage of the plug. Each blank is so shaped (Fig. 1, not shown) that each hemisphere 1 formed therefrom by a punch and die includes four sectors 17, 18, 17<SP>1</SP>, 18<SP>1</SP> lying on a great circle 19 of the sphere and two pairs of parallel semicircular openings 11, 12 and 14, 15, which pairs are arranged perpendicular to each other and to the great circle 19. The ends of the conduit 3 are welded at 32 and 35 to the hemispheres 1, 2 which are welded to each other along the adjoining sectors 17, 27; 18<SP>1</SP>, 281; 17<SP>1</SP>, 27<SP>1</SP> and 18, 28. A guide member 4 and a drive member 5 are welded to the conduit 3, the former being provided with a centreing hole 44 and the latter with holes 54, 55 to enable the plug to be handled in known manner. Finally the inner surface of the conduit 3 is reamed and the external surface of the sphere lightly machined.
Patent GB-113002-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Preventing Overflow of Surface Bubbles in a Fermenting Tun.
Inventor: ABERCROMBIE ROBERT GRAHAM
IPC: C12C11/00
Filed: 1917-02-09
Abstract: 113,002. Abercrombie, R. G. Feb. 9, 1917. Fermenting.-To prevent the overflow of bubbles or " fancy " from a fermenting tun, a moving layer or stratum of fluid or gaseous medium under pressure is formed directly above the surface of the contents of the tun. As shown, one or more air-delivery devices 2 are disposed around the tun 1 above the surface of the liquid, and are adapted to deliver a diverging stream or film of compressed air which overlies the surface of the liquid. The delivery devices 2 may each consist of a pair of superposed concaved disks having the concave faces adjacent one another to form a cavity which is in communication with a source of compressed air, the disks being separated over part of their periphery by a narrow horizontal delivery gap.