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Patent GB-436740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic power transmission apparatus
IPC: F16H61/56
Filed: 1934-05-07
Abstract: 436,740. Hydraulic transmission of power. SALERNI, P. M., 23, Carlton House Terrace, Westminster. May 7, 1934, No. 13786. [Class 69 (ii)] In a hydraulic torque converter, the impeller vanes A<1> are turned backwards from a point A<4> which is at or near the major radius of the circuit so as to deflect the liquid backwards by an angle of at least 20‹ relatively to the direction in which it approaches this point. The vanes may be radial up to this point, and the turbine vanes may be radial throughout. The reaction member C may be as described in Specification 425,538.
Patent GB-553410-A (GB)
Title: Improved box or receptacle for holding balls
IPC: A63B47/00
Filed: 1941-10-27
Abstract: 553,410. Locks. BRYANT, R. V. Oct. 27, 1941, Nos. 13801/41 and 16189/42. [Class 44] [Also in Group XVII] A receptacle for table tennis' and other playing balls adapted to permit withdrawal one at a time, comprises a wood back 1 and a D-section front 2 of transparent material such as celluloid or synthetic resin apertured at 7 to give access to the front and sides of the lowest ball, which rests in a hollow and in a base 6. The ball is removed by gripping it and withdrawing it. A plug lid 10, locking bar 11 and padlock 12 prevent unauthorized removal. Modified forms include a container of triangular section, an aperture in one face permitting withdrawal of the lowermost ball. When this face is opaque sight openings are provided. In another form the front aperture is smaller than the ball and this rests on a resilient foot of celluloid or spring metal which gives when the ball is drawn outwards. In a further form the front portion only'of the base is flexible and the base has side wings which hold the lowermost ball laterally. In another form the cup of Fig. 1 is constituted by lateral and front wings on the base. In a further modification a resilient tongue projecting downwardly from member 2 over the front aperture prevents accidental release of the lowest ball. In a modification of the base shown in Fig. 1 the front aperture is obturated by a D- section slide which can move downwards in grooves in the back. In an alternative to this the front is extended downwards and a slide on this can be made to cover the withdrawal aperture. Specification 552,925, [Group XIV], is referred to.
Patent GB-1140931-A (GB)
Title: Therapeutic massage assembly
IPC: A63B21/06
Filed: 1967-03-28
Abstract: 1,140,931. Seats. NIAGARA THERAPY MFG. CORP. 28 March, 1967 [11 April, 1966], No. 13923/67. Heading A4J. [Also in Division A5] An armchair has an upholstered back-rest supported by frame members 111, 112, 113 and within which a support frame 40 for a reciprocable massage carriage 1 (see Division A5) is adjustably inclined. The support frame includes guide rails 41 on which the massage carriage is reciprocated. The back-rest upholstery is supported by sinusoidal springs (120), 121 mounted on the support frame members 111, 112, 113 and has a backing of flexible fabric 118 and webbing (119), against which the springs bear, a flexible liner 130 against which the massage carriage is pressed, and padding 127. A heating pad 131 is located at the base of the back-rest beneath the upholstery cover 128. The side portions of a head-rest bulge include supplementary padding (126, Fig. 7). For access to the massage carriage reciprocating mechanism, the back of the back-rest is covered by a detachable panel (132, Fig. 2) covered in upholstery fabric.
Patent GB-626179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric switches having arcing contacts
IPC: H01H9/38
Filed: 1947-05-23
Abstract: 626,179. Sparking-preventing in switches. MEASUREMENT, Ltd., and HEWLETT, S. J. May 23, 1947, No. 13929. [Class 38(v)] The movable main and arcing contacts g, f respectively of a switch suitable for use with an electric meter, are carried on a conducting strip e and located and urged by a spring m into engagement with fixed main and arcing contacts a, b respectively. When an opening force is applied to the end o, the strip e pivots about the contact b, to separate contacts a, g until the other end of strip e engages an abutment k on the base c, whereupon the strip e pivots about said end and the contacts b, f separate. The screwed stem of contact b may be of high resistance material so as to reduce the current to be broken by contacts b, f.
Patent GB-362827-A (GB)
Title: Ozonising apparatus
IPC: A61L9/015
Filed: 1931-05-11
Abstract: <PICT:0362827/III/1> <PICT:0362827/III/2> In an ozonizing apparatus, the motor 5 driving the fan 4 is detachably secured to a support 2, made of insulating material if desired, which is detachably mounted on a baseboard 1.  The support also carries the ozonizing unit, which may consist of a spirally coiled glass tube 10 wound with wire, and also a semicircularly bent plate, preferably perforated, which forms the lower half 7 of the air supply passage.  The apparatus is completed by a casing 13 containing the upper half of the air supply passage in the form of a plate 12.
Patent GB-143571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to motor vehicles
IPC: B60K5/00
Filed: 1920-05-21
Abstract: 143,571. Maybach-Motorenbau Ges. April 22, 1919, [Convention date]. Motor-cars.-The usual change-speed gear and clutch are dispensed with, an engine being used of such dimensions that it develops sufficient power at low speeds to drive the vehicle. The engine is stated to be such that the power developed from, say, 600 to 2400 revolutions per minute remains approximately constant in consequence of the relative proportions of the engine parts and a contraction in the carburettor area. The areas of the carburettor passages for the air, fuel, and mixture may be varied by means of governing members depending upon the low pressure existing in the carburettor.
Patent GB-316705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to advertising display and like signs
IPC: F21V8/00
Filed: 1928-11-21
Abstract: 316,705. Woods, R. S. Nov. 21, 1928. Signs; name and number plates.-A sign comprises two superposed sheets of glass with a stencil between them, one face of the rear sheet formed with ribs, lens-shaped markings, or the like, the rear sheet being backed by a separate sheet of crinkled or crumpled tin foil acting as a reflector. Daylight is renected from the foil through the transparent letters of the stencil, while artificial light is provided at one edge to pass through the sheets of glass and emerge at the transparent portions of the stencil. Fig. 1 shows the stencil formed in the back face of the front sheet a, and e is the sheet of crinkled tin-foil. The electric lamp h is surrounded by a reflector g and metal casing f. In a modified form the sheets are set up in a metal frame and are secured by an additional back member bearing on rubber corner pieces.
Patent GB-911630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in acid resistant alloys
IPC: C22C27/00
Filed: 1959-04-24
Abstract: In a method of producing an article (e.g. a vessel or pipe-line) resistant to the corrosive effect of fluorine-containing fluids, there is alloying of 10 to 50 atomic per cent W and/or Mo with Ta and/or Nb only, the alloy being then shaped as desired.
Patent GB-1373573-A (GB)
Title: Stair carpet anchor
IPC: A47G27/06
Filed: 1973-03-26
Abstract: 1373573 Securing carpets L HILES 26 March 1973 [25 March 1972] 14129/72 Heading A4S A stair carpet anchor comprises a strip of sheet metal having end parts extending at an angle to a central part such that in position on a stair the central part is parallel to the stair edge and the end parts extend across the stair width, teeth or tines on the end parts pointing towards the centre part which also has teeth or tines. Holes are provided in the anchor for fixing nails or screws. All the teeth or tines point in use towards the stair riser and they engage in but do not project through the backing of a carpet. The teeth or tines may be punched out of the material of the strip.
Patent GB-135785-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Alcohol-reduced Beverages.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: C12G3/08
Filed: 1919-06-04
Abstract: 135,785. Wade, H., (Heuser, H.). June 4, 1919. Fermenting; materials for making beverages.- To produce a beer of low alcohol-content, ordinary beer is boiled, treated with fermenting wort to restore the flavour, and carbonated. The treatment by fermenting wort is carried out at a temperature of about 48 F. for two or three days, and the beer is then stored at about 38 F., under which circumstances it is stated that lactic acid fermentation proceeds to a suitable extent without undue production of alcohol. Other fermentable liquids may be used instead of wort.
Patent GB-1055387-A (GB)
Title: Biological sterility indicator and method for using same
IPC: C12Q1/22
Filed: 1964-04-07
Abstract: A biological sterility indicator for submerging in water after sterilizing by a sterilizing medium comprises a sealed semi-permeable envelope containing a quantity of a test organism, said envelope being permeable to the sterilizing medium and to water but impermeable to the test organism and to bacteria in gas and liquid. A water-soluble growth medium may be sealed within said envelope for metabolizing by said test organism, or it may be outside said envelope and permeate therethrough, after sterilization.  The envelope is preferably translucent and made of a semipermeable plastic composition.  A dye, responsive to the presence of metabolizing bacteria of said test organism by a colour change, for indicating sterility may also be sealed in said envelope.  In operation, the said envelope containing said test organism is subjected to a sterilizing medium for a sterilizing period, and is then submerged in water, for a test period, while in the presence of a water-soluble growth medium.  Specified sterilizing media are steam, dry heat, boiling water, radiation, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and methyl bromide.
Patent GB-468475-A (GB)
Title: An improved cabinet for cigars, cigarettes and the like
IPC: A24F15/02
Filed: 1936-05-20
Abstract: 468,475. Cabinets. SOROKO, L. May 20, 1936, No. 14291. [Class 52 (i)] Clockwork mechanism, preferably that of a musical box is arranged to open simultaneously doors 14 ... 17 in the sides of a cabinet when released by operation of a push-button 38.
Patent GB-388355-A (GB)
Title: Tool holder driving gear in drilling, milling, surfacing and boring machines
IPC: H01K1/18
Filed: 1931-05-14
Abstract: 388,355. Combined turning and boring machines. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP OERKRACHT EERSTE NEDERLANDSCHE FABRIEK VAN MACHINES VOOR WEGENAAMLEG, EN BOUWBEDRIJF, Overschie, Holland. May 14, 1931, No. 14293. Convention date, Dec. 12, 1930. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. [Class 83 (iii).] In a machine for boring, milling, and surfacing, the face-plate d and sleeve e to which the boring spindle f is splined are provided with clutches c, g, so that the face-plate and spindle may be rotated together either at a high speed or a low speed, or each may be rotated independently at its own particular speed.
Patent GB-1351357-A (GB)
Title: Flying toys
IPC: A63H27/04
Filed: 1971-05-11
Abstract: 1351357 Toy helicopters &c U C SEEFLUTH 11 May 1971 [12 May 1970] 14326/71 Heading A6S A flying toy simulating a helicopter or gyroplane is fixed to a mooring string and kept hovering by a rotor having a continuous lift surface 2 mounted on the fuselage 1, upon which is also mounted on a tail unit which stabilises the toy aerodynamically with regard the direction of pull of the string. The rotor consists of a thin plastics foil of polygonal shape which is stretched over spars 6 on whose ends are mounted small tilted members 4 which cause rotation of the foil in an air current. The foil has a central aperture (it is stated that this improves flow conditions) and is transparent apart from a pattern 7 representing rotating helicopter blades. The rotor may alternatively be shaped like a triangle with truncated apices, when slightly tilted cross struts 11, Fig. 2 (not shown) replace the members 4, or it may be circular in shape. The tail unit comprises a V-shaped horizontal stabiliser together with a vertical stabiliser; alternatively the V may be inverted and/or the vertical stabiliser may be omitted (Figs. 3a-3c, not shown), but in any case the unit may be laterally and vertically adjustable. The mooring string 22, Fig. 5a is attached to a lever 25 which can be rotatably adjusted to compensate for manufacturing tolerances, which would otherwise lead to instability. To suppress pitching motions in gusty wind, the string may also be connected to the front part of the fuselage by a branch piece 23, Fig. 5 (not shown).
Patent GB-819889-A (GB)
Title: Towel for shaving, hairwashing and the like
Inventor: SCOTT-MILLER PATRICK GORDON
IPC: A47K10/02
Filed: 1957-05-07
Abstract: 819,889. Protective garments. MILNS CARTWRIGHT & REYNOLDS Ltd. May 6, 1958 [May 7, 1957], No. 14510/57. Class 141 [Also in Group XIV] A protective garment for use during shaving &c. has a neck aperture 12 and a slit 13, a single length of binding material 16 being applied to the edges of the aperture and slit so that a double thickness thereof extends along the edge of the aperture. Preferably, the binding of soft knitted fabric is folded longitudinally and lies half on each surface of the garment, the centre of the length of binding being secured at the end of the slit remote from the aperture and each of the ends of the binding being attached along one side of the slit and round the aperture and forming one of the ties 17, 18. A girdle may be provided for securing the garment at the waist.
Patent GB-442113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to operating handles for manually propelled floor cleaning tools
IPC: A47L9/32
Filed: 1934-06-28
Abstract: 442,113. Handles. APEX ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING CO., 1067, East 152nd Street, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.-(Assignees of McCabe, J. J., and Seyfried, A. W.) June 28, 1934, No. 14529 /35. Convention date, June 30, 1933. Divided out of 441,060. [Class 61 (i)] [See also Group XXVIII] The operating-handle of a suction sweeper or like tool is elongated, is angularly inclined to the tool, and is connected thereto for movement about two non-intersecting axes. One axis is perpendicular to the tool motion, and the other is at right angles thereto. The handle is made in two parts connected by bevel gearing so that a twisting motion of the handle effects the turning of the tool. The suction sweeper, Fig. 1, comprises a casing with a vertical electric motor which operates a fan and is connected by a belt to a sweeper at the front of the tool. A filter bag is connected by a spring 3 to the handle 4 which has a pistol grip 8 with a resilient knob 10 and a switch 11. The handle comprises a substantially vertical part connected to the bail which is mounted on a pivot 14 in the casing, and a part inclined thereto. Slots 13 are provided to permit freedom of movement, and the handle extension carries a roller 15, Fig. 6, which moves normally between the bent arms 17, 18 of a spring. The spring tends to maintain the arm vertically or horizontally, and offers resistance whereby the front of the tool may be raised. The tops of the handle 4 is secured to a part 24 provided with teeth 30. Similarly the part 27 in the lower end of the handle is provided with teeth 28. A conical toothed wheel 32 mounted on a pin 31 gears with the teeth 28, 30. The handle grip 8 is offset downwardly to facilitate turning. Rotation of the handle may be prevented by a longitudinally movable slide 36 which locks the parts 21, 27. Electrical connection between the motor and the switch is effected by conductors 38 connected to an element 40 of a separate plug connection. The co-operating attachment plug cap 41 is connected to an armoured cable 42 connected to the motor winding.
Patent GB-185181-A (GB)
Title: A two cycle internal combustion engine having one or more pairs of opposed cylinders
IPC: F02B25/14
Filed: 1921-05-25
Abstract: 185,181. Sorriguieta Ú Ibarra, P. May 25, 1921. Two-stroke-cycle engines.-In an engine using crank-chamber compression and having one or more pairs of cylinders arranged as shown in Fig. 1, admission of charges to the crank chamber is controlled by a cam-actuated beat valve C and the burnt gases are exhausted through mechanically-actuated valves in the cylinder heads. More than one exhaust valve may be located in each cylinder and more, than one admission valve. C may be used in the crank chamber, all the valves being actuated by cams on an extension of the crank-shaft. Charges enter the cylinder through piston-controlled terminal ports J. The exhaust valves open when the crank has reached a position 92‹ from its inner dead-centre and close 43‹ beyond the dead-centre. The ports J open when the crank has moved through 133‹ from its inner dead-centre and close 47¢‹ beyond the lower dead-centre.
Patent GB-227721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric jet-wave commutators and interruptors
IPC: H02M1/30
Filed: 1924-06-16
Abstract: 227,721. Hartmann, J. F. G. P. June 16, 1924. Mercury interrupters.-In mercury jet-wave commutators and interrupters which may be used for rectifying, as described in Specifications 102,977 and 166,654, the device located between the lower electrodes for cutting the jet bend consists of one or more, knives or wedges made of a conducting material, preferably of high melting point and of such shape and position that the interruption takes place between the jet and a part of the knife or wedge remote from the knife-edge which is thus screened from commutation and interruption sparks. The preferred material is tungsten. As shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate wave-cutting wedge between the electrodes E1, E2 employed in the constructions of the prior Specifications referred to is dispensed with and the electrodes are formed with shaped tips A, B of tungsten. These tips are so shaped that the interruption takes place at the base portions remote from the knife-edges a, b. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, a knife-edge V0 for cutting the jet bend is insulated from and adjusted in the middle plane of a double electrode E1, E2 made up of a number of conducting wedges the inner ones of which are of tungsten so as to break the circuit in the manner described. A number of intermediate wedges between the main electrodes may be used to divide up the spark.
Patent GB-501826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to match stands
IPC: A24F27/26
Filed: 1937-05-26
Abstract: 501,826. Smokers' ash-trays. PULL- _ MATCH, Inc. May 26, 1937, No. 14611. Void. Convention date, May 26, 1936. [Class 130] [Also in Groups XVII and XVIII] A stand to hold a package 10 of pull-matches comprises an ash-tray base 20 formed with cigarette-rests 22, a pillar 30 formed at its upper end with a cup 35 and screw stud 37, and an inverted cup 40 which screws on to the stud 37 and encloses a pull-match package comprising a spiral or several adjacent strips of cardboard adhesively secured to a corrugated strip with the matches housed in the pockets formed by the corrugations and the ignition material on one of both of the adjacent surfaces of the two strips. The base of the cup 40 is provided with two semicircular openings 41 through which advertising matter on the disc 15, or on a separate disc 60, can be seen.
Patent GB-561321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to packings for seals, stuffing boxes, pistons and the like
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 1942-11-02
Abstract: 561,321. Stuffing-box packing; piston packing. HALL & HALL, Ltd., and DRYSDALE, A. Nov. 2, 1942, Nos. 14644/43 and 14645/43. Divided out of 561,189. [Classes 122 (i) and 122 (v)] A stuffing-box or piston packing comprises a flexible member 15 mounted on a rigid member 11 adapted to be spaced axially apart from another rigid member, e.g. a rigid ring or the side of the packing groove, by a spacing means 10. The latter may comprise the axial flange of a T-shaped member and may be castellated or perforated for the passage of pressure fluid. Alternatively pillars arranged annularly and extending between rigid rings may be used as spacing means. In another form the axial flange 12 of an L section ring, Fig. 13, forms the spacing means and this flange may be provided with flexible packing rings 31 to engage the wall of the packing groove.
Patent GB-443197-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatic densimeter
IPC: G01N9/26
Filed: 1934-05-16
Abstract: 443,197. Specific-gravity estimating- apparatus. TEATINI, D., Hougaerde, Belgium. May 16, 1934, No. 14812. Void [Abridged as open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Nov. 19, 1934]. [Class 97 (iii)] A partial vacuum causes columns of liquid to rise in two transparent tubes immersed in cups containng the liquid to be tested and standard liquid respectively and the specific gravity is determined by measuring the heights of the columns by means of magnifying glasses and vernier cursors sliding along a graduated scale. In the form shown, the two tubes 6, 7 are connected at their tops through a flexible U-tube to a mercury container, connected by cords to a counterweight and adapted to be moved up or down to create a suction. Each of the cups 4, 5 has a lateral branch pipe 4b, 5b of the same diameter as the tubes 6, 7. By means of micrometer screws 22, 23, the levels of liquid in the pipes 4b, 5b, and the zero of a graduated scale may be brought into coincidence. A magnifying lens 24 is provided. For reading the heights of the columns of liquid in the tubes 6, 7, two cursors 18, 19, with vernier and magnifying glass are adapted to be slid along the scale 17 by micrometer screws 20, 21. If desired the column of standard liquid may be brought to the same height at each measurement and the images of the two liquid surfaces brought to the same eyepiece by a system of reflecting prisms.
Patent GB-1033665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to refuse receptacles
Inventor: MORGAN JOHN FRANCIS
IPC: B65B67/12
Filed: 1962-04-17
Abstract: 1,033,665. Refuse receptacles. CARTEM ENGINEERING Ltd. April 8, 1963 [April 17, 1962; Aug. 22, 1962], Nos. 14857/62 and 32234/62. Heading B8C. A holder for a paper refuse sack comprises a frame member around which the mouth portion of the sack is caused to engage, a pair of arms shaped to embrace the frame member and operable to clamp the sack thereto, and a vertically disposed plate-like mounting bracket, a pair of metal straps fixed at their rear ends to said mounting bracket and at the forward end to the frame member, the clamping arms being pivotally mounted at one end in sockets provided on said brackets such that they can swing into and out of operative position. The frame member 1 is held by straps welded to both the frame and the bracket 3 which also has two sockets 4 to receive the rear ends of the clamping arms 5 shaped at the forward end to form handles 6 joined by a releasable fastening 7, the arms being received in a V or similar groove 8 when the sack is in position. The bracket 3 may be screwed to a vertical support and it has a rib 10 to reinforce the bracket and to locate it when mounted on a vertical post, a second plate being used to abut the rear face of the post. A lid 11 is hinged to the frame holding straps and the frame member may have a resilient rim to provide a substantially air-tight closure as well as reducing noise. The frame member may be provided with projecting spikes on to which the sack is impaled before clamping. The holder may have any other desired shape such as circular, Fig. 6 (not shown).