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Patent GB-896350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to marsh vehicles
Inventor: MORRIS RICHARD PHILIP WILDEY
IPC: F04B1/107
Filed: 1958-07-07
Abstract: 896,350. Reciprocating pumps. INTEGRAL Ltd. July 6, 1959 [July 7, 1958], No. 21740/58. Class 102(1). [Also in Groups XXIX and XXXI] The variable displacement pump 10, Fig. 6, comprises a rotary cylinder block 60 having four sets of six radial pistons 61 co-acting with a ring 64 mounted in roller bearings 65 in a track ring 66 oscillatable about a pivot 67 to vary the output of the pump. In the central position of the track ring 66 there is no output from the pump. Passages 62, 63 serve for inlet or outlet.
Patent GB-287392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in presses for drawing sheet metal and the like
IPC: B21D24/02
Filed: 1927-08-18
Abstract: 287,392. ritzpatrick, H. D., (Marquette Tool &; Manufacturing Co.). Aug. 18, 1927. Cupping.-In a drawing-press a crank-reciprocated die 13 co-operates with a stationary die 16 and a work-holder 17 supported by pins 18 on a plate 19 attached to a plunger 24. When the holder 17 is depressed the plunger 24 expels liquid from a cylinder 23 through an adjustable valve 37 and a cylinder 29. The upstroke. of the die 13 raises rods with adjustable cams 81 to compress springs 42 attached to pistons 41 forcing the liquid through flap-valves 33 to raise the piston 24 and the holder 17. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), a. stationary piston and movable cylinder are substituted for the parts 29, 41. In a further modification, Fig. 3 (not shown), the liquid returns to the cylinder 23 by a separate pipe. The invention may be applied to a double acting press.
Patent GB-743032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrically heated textile appliances
Inventor: SWINDELLS VICTOR EMANUEL
IPC: H05B3/34
Filed: 1953-08-06
Abstract: 743,032. Electric heating. THERMEGA, Ltd., SWINDELLS, V. E., and,BLACKBURN, J. E. Jiily .26, 1954, [Aug. 6, 1953; Dec. 7, 1953], Nos. 21792/53 and 34033/53. Class 39(3). An electrically-heated textile appliance, e.g. a blanket, includes a heating element comprising a resistance 3 of ribbon form wound on a sheath 2, e.g. of polythene, which has a conductive core 1 extending therethrough. An outer covering 4, e.g. of polyvinyl chloride, is provided. The melting temperature of the sheath 2 is below that of the scorching temperature of the blanket &c., so that, if the resistance 3 overheats, the sheath is melted and a short circuit created between the resistance and core, and the current supply interrupted through a fuse. Indicating lights may be arranged in the supply circuit, and the core may comprise one or more wire strands. In Fig. 4 two cores 1, 1a extend through the sheath and are secured to the opposite ends of the resistance 3 so that if the sheath melts the resistance engages the cores to cause an overload or short circuit which interrupts the supply.
Patent GB-1187965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Relays.
Inventor: BIRDSEYE LAURENCE FRANCIS
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 1966-05-18
Abstract: 1,187,965. Non-contact making relays. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 18 May, 1967 [18 May, 1966], No. 22054/66. Heading H3B. [Also in Division H1] A thermal relay in printed circuit form ineludes a heating element in the form of a film and a switchable element in the form of film of material which displays over a relatively small temperature range a transition in electrical conductivity, said transition occurring without melting of said material, wherein said heating element film lies over or under said switchable film but is electrically insulated therefrom and said films are formed over a substrate of material of good thermal conductivity. An aluminium plate 1 has porous layer 2 of Sb 2 S 3  bonded by ethyl silicate on it. This layer serves to insulate electrically a film 3 of "Nichrome" (Registered Trade Mark) which forms a heating element having terminals 4 and 5. A layer 6 of alumina (which is shown as being transparent) is deposited and then a switchable element 7 of VO 2  or AgS by sputtering or evaporation, which is connected to terminals 8 and 9. The relay may be incorporated into a "two" gate, an "OR" gate, a two state device and a inequality gate (Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively not shown). The heating and the switchable elements may be formed through a mask.
Patent GB-1585823-A (GB)
Title: Soldered multiple glazing unit
IPC: E06B3/663
Filed: 1977-05-25
Abstract: The metal spacer (5) which is interposed and welded to the metallised edges (4) of the two panes (1, 2) comprises a web (6) and two flanges (7, 8). The web extends from one side to the other of the intermediate space and the flanges (7, 8) are welded to a peripheral metal area (3, 4) of an adjacent pane and are obtained by bending a metal strip whose modulus of elasticity is at least 5000 kg/mm<2>. Copper spacers of this type are very useful in double glazing or multiple glazing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-387382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to slicing machines
IPC: B26D7/32
Filed: 1931-08-05
Abstract: 387,382. Slicing-machines. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP MAAT - SCHAPPIJ TOT VERVAARDIGING VAN SNIJMACHINES VOLGENS VAN BERKEL'S PATENT EN VAN ANDERE WERKTUIGEN, and BERKEL, W. A. VAN, 33, Boezemsingel, Rotterdam, Holland. Aug. 5, 1931, No. 22164. [Class 28 (ii).] The slice deflector of a slicing-machine is pivotally mounted to swing out of the operative position away from the knife-supporting bracket instead of, as is usual, towards the bracket, to facilitate cleaning of the back of the knife and the deflector itself. As shown in Fig. 1, the deflector 20 has a pivot member 23 which coacts with a member 24 secured to the base 10. The deflector is formed integrally with a knife guard 21 and a skin support 22 which also swing away from the knife when the deflector is displaced. The hinge bracket 24 is secured to the base 10 by a bolt 26 and longitudinal adjustment is permitted by sliding along a guide 37. The bracket 24 has an extension carrying a spring-pressed detent 30 which engages an aperture in an extension on the hinged part 23. These extensions interlock so that the deflector cannot be removed when in the operative position. When the deflector 20 is swung away from the knife, the interlocking extensions are disengaged and the hinge 23 may be removed vertically from the hinge pin 25 which is carried by the part 24. The position of the deflector 20 relative to the knife is adjusted by a set-screw 34 against which a facing 35 on the back of the hinge 23 bears.
Patent GB-262503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in weighing scales
IPC: G01G1/00
Filed: 1925-09-04
Abstract: 262,503. Marks, E. C. R., (Toledo Scale Co.). Sept. 4, 1925. Weighing-apparatus. - Relates to weighing apparatus of the type in which the weighing-mechanism is locked by means releasable by a member, which is actuated by a manually operable releasing member acting through the medium of a coin or like object. According to the invention, the complete discharge of the coin is effected by mechanism actuated by movement of the weighing mechanism. The draw-rod 8, Fig. 2, is normally locked by a toothed pawl 19 pivoted at 20 and engaging a toothed bar 17 on a lever 13<1>, which is connected by a pin 15 to the drawrod and is pivoted at 14 to a bracket 12. The lever 13' is released by a lever 28<1> acting on the pawl 19 through a flat spring, the lever 28<1> being actuated, after the insertion of a coin in a slot 42, by pressing in a plunger 33<1>. The movements of the levers 13<1>, 28<1> are controlled by dash-pots. Coin action, mechanical-conne, ion.-The coin enters a slot 34, Fig. 7, in the plunger 33<1> and rests on a pin 68<1>. When the plunger is pushed ir the coin raises a lever 48' which actuates the lever 28<1>. Coin-discharging mechanism.-The pin 68' is carried by a pivoted piece 65<1> connected to the lever 13<1> by a link 71<1>. When the lever 13' is moved by the draw-rod 8 the pin 68<1> is withdrawn and the coin drops to a tube 52<1> leading to a money-box.
Patent GB-731897-A (GB)
Title: Security apparatus intended to ensure the stable fixing of any movable body
IPC: F16B1/00
Filed: 1953-08-12
Abstract: 731,897. Adjustable links; locking rods. BIANCHI, V. L. A. C. Aug. 12, 1953 [Aug. 12, 1952; Nov. 13, 1952], No. 22203/53. Class 80 (3). An adjustable link between elements 47 and 48 comprises a piston 31 in a cylinder 36 filled with liquid, communication between the chambers 42 and 45 of which is normally prevented by a valve 38 closing a passage from one side to the other of the piston. On opening the valve by means of a rod 39 passing through a hollow piston rod 32 to external operating means 49, 50 the piston can move within the cylinder to increase or decrease the length of the connection between elements 47, 48. The lower piston rod 33 may be omitted if desired in which case an auxiliary or balancing chamber is preferably provided, also controlled by the valve 38, to compensate for the difference in displacement on either of the piston due to the single piston rod 32.
Patent GB-877919-A (GB)
Title: Pulse code modulation communication system
IPC: H04L27/10
Filed: 1959-06-29
Abstract: 877,919. Pulse modulation systems. HYCON EASTERN Inc. June 29, 1959 [Dec. 15, 1958], No. 22314/59. Class 40(5) In a pulse-code modulation system or other system employing coded groups of pulses such as a tropospheric-scatter system in which cyclic fading occurs, for example with an interval between fading peaks of the order of <SP>1</SP>/ 10  second, each successive information pulse is converted into a pulse of duration at least equal to the interval between fading peaks. One embodiment described is a time division multiplex system in which mark, space signals, M 1 , S 1  in channel I are transmitted respectively as frequencies # 1 +#, # 1 +2#, signals S 2 , M 2  in channel II are transmitted as frequencies # 1 +3#, # 1 +4# and so on, Fig. 2B. Signals M 1 , S 1 , M 2 , S 2  &c. are converted to overlapping signals of duration T 1 , equal to the fading period, In Fig. 4, the multiplexed mark, space signals control the selection of mark or space oscillator 30 or 32 operating at 18À5 or 18À0 kc./s. respectively and supplying mixer 34 which is also fed by the output of a stepping oscillator 36 whose frequency is varied in steps of 1 kc./s. from 2 kc./s. to 120 kc./s. in synchronism with the channel selection. The output of mixer 34 is applied to recording head 56 of a pulse stretching device PS comprising a capstan 52 over which a magnetic recording tape 50 is driven by a shaft 54, the tape making one complete revolution per second and head 56 being rotated about capstan 52 by shaft 58 at a rate of 100 revolutions per second. A stationary pick-up head 60 supplies the elongated pulses to a single sideband transmitter 8<SP>1</SP>. Head 56 is tracked across the tape once every hundred revolutions by a screw so as to avoid distortion of the successively recorded signals. The receiver comprises a pulse compression device PC which is similar to device PS except that the functions of heads 56<SP>1</SP>, 60<SP>1</SP> are reversed and head 56<SP>1</SP> is not tracked across the tape 50<SP>1</SP>. The signals picked up by head 56<SP>1</SP> are supplied to a mixer 34<SP>1</SP> together with the output of a stepping oscillator 36<SP>1</SP> which is operated in synchronism with oscillator 36. The output of mixer 34<SP>1</SP> is fed to one of two envelope detectors through narrow band-pass filters 42 or 44 tuned respectively to 18À0 and 18À5 kc./s. so as to provide channel separation and mark, space recognition. The original multiplexed mark, space train is reproduced by means of a decision circuit 24<SP>1</SP> and a pulse regenerator 46.
Patent GB-616380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in flyers for spinning and like machines
IPC: D01H7/30
Filed: 1946-07-26
Abstract: 616,380. Spinning and like flyers. HATTERSLEY, C. H., HATTERSLEY & SON, Ltd., J. July 26, 1946, No. 22325. [Class 120(ii)] [Also in Group XXII] A flyer for a spinning machine, made by cold pressing from a metal blank (see Group XXII) comprises a transverse top member 9 having a cupped centre portion with marginal ribs 11, slotted tubular legs 13, 14 and a presser arm 115 supported by a rod 16 fixed to a collar 24 engaging on a collar 23 fixed to the leg 14. The other leg 13 is weighted with lead to balance the weight of the presser arm. The driving socket 1 is of the type described in Specification 593,173 and in a modification the lower portion of one leg carries instead of the presser arm, bushes of the type described in Specification 593,588. In a further modification, Fig. 7, the ends of the transverse top member are open, the vertical ribs 30 extending parallel to each other until they merge into the legs, and the presser arm 32 is supported by collars 33, 34 on the lower part of the leg 14.
Patent GB-707439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to plate racks
Inventor: MARKES DOUGLAS HENRY
IPC: A47L19/04
Filed: 1952-09-05
Abstract: 707,439. Plate racks. METAL BOX CO., Ltd. June 9, 1953, No. 22439/52. Class 28(2) A pair of shelves 10, 11 with slots 12 for plates, can be hinged up about their back edge rods 13 so as to lie flat against the back 1 of a shallow cupboard fixed to a wall. When the cupboard doors 6, 7 are opened the shelves can be pivoted down to rest on stops 14 fixed to the doors. Safety chains 15 are also provided.
Patent GB-693635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in containers having a pedal operated hinged lid
Inventor: MELSHER FRANCIS GEORGE
IPC: B65F1/16
Filed: 1950-09-13
Abstract: 693,635. Lids for hollow-ware. PATON, CALVERT & CO., Ltd. Sept. 4, 1951 [Sept. 13, 1950], No. 22484/50. Class 66. A container 10 of the type having a pedaloperated hinged lid 11, for example, a refuse bin, has fixed to the lid 11 in the region of the hinge an outwardly and downwardly curved cam element 19 adapted for abutment with the upper end of a bell crank lever 17, 17a pivoted adjacent the lower end of the container 10 beneath the cam 19, one arm 17a of which lever extends upwardly for operative engagement with the cam 19 and the other arm 17 extends more or less diametrically across or beneath the container 10 so as to protrude at the opposite side thereof. The arrangement is such that when the lower arm 17 is depressed by engagement of the foot with the protruding end thereof the upstanding arm 17a is drawn towards the container 10 to press the cam 19 with an inward and downward sliding movement, thereby opening the lid 11. The hinge may be formed as described in Specification 621,918, in which case the rearward lug thereof is shaped to constitute cam 19. The bell crank lever 17, 17a is formed of sheet metal bent into channel form, the flanges thereof being directed towards the container 10 and being notched at the upper end to enable portions to be bent inwards to partially embrace the cam 19, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby keeping the lever 17a in engagement with the cam 19. The bottom rim of the container is cut away at diametrically opposite points to allow the lever 17 to pass under the container and protrude in the form of a pedal. A lug 18 is rivetted to the container to depend in the rear rim cut-out and act as a pivot for the bell crank lever by passing through a transverse slot 17b (Fig. 5) cut in the web of the channel at the bend where arm 17a merges into arm 17; the lug 18 is notched on each side at 18a so that the portions of the lug beneath the lever may be bent to retain the lever thereon. The cam 19 and lever 17, 17a may be strengthened by the provision of longitudinal corrugations therein. The lid of the container is preferably provided with a handle 16 disposed slightly behind the hinge of the lid so as to keep the lid closed when the container is carried by the handle and to facilitate emptying by holding the handle with one hand and tilting the container with the other, as indicated by the chain-dotted lines.
Patent GB-375121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to poppet valves, and a method of making the same
IPC: F01L3/14
Filed: 1931-08-08
Abstract: 375,121. Valve accessories and components. STEVENS A. H., 5, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London.-(Wilcox- Rich Corporation ; 9771, French Road, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.) Aug. 8, 1931, No. 22516. [Class 135.] Cooling ; making. -A poppet valve is formed with two separate chambers 14, 15 in its stem, the chamber 14 nearest the valve head being provided with liquid which, by its turbulent action during operation of the valve, transfers heat from the head along the stem, the other chamber 15 being an air space which transfers the heat more slowly so as to maintain the outer end of the valve guides and the valve spring cool. The valve may be formed by swaging a blank having enlargements 16, 17, as shown in Fig. 1, so that internal projections 20, 21 are formed as shown in Fig. 2. After insertion. of the liquid 26, the chambers are sealed by a tapered plug 27. A hard end 29 may be welded in place. In a modification, the two chambers are formed by placing a hollow member in the end of the stem after insertion of the liquid, this member having a closed inner end, the outer end being afterwards closed by swaging the outer end of the stem. The cooling medium in the chamber 14 may be sodium, or a mixture of potassium and sodium nitrates, which have a melting-point lower than the normal working temperature of the valve.
Patent GB-1145541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to semi-pantographs for collecting current from overhead electric lines
IPC: B60L5/28
Filed: 1966-05-20
Abstract: 1,145,541. Current-collecting semi-pantographs. ETABS. L. FAIVELEY. 20 May, 1966 [21 May, 1965], No. 22555/66. Heading B7L. A current collecting semi-pantograph (of the type described in Specification 805,084) for overhead electric lines comprises a collector carried by a rod pivoted to a rocker beam 4 and a counter-rocker beam 9 pivoted at 1 and 2 to a frame 3 mounted on a locomotive roof, and to a member secured to a safety lever 15, respectively, the collector being urged against the electric line by a tension spring 6, the safety lever 15 being pivoted at 17 to the frame 3 and being movable when triggered in response to abnormal forces on the counter-lever 9 to effect the retraction of the collector. In an embodiment the free end of the lever 15 carries an unsymmetrical socket 19 in which engages a ball 36 carried by a lever 13 pivoted at 14 to the frame 3, the lever 13 being connected to the spring 6, wherein abnormal forces on the lever 9 pivot the lever 15 out of engagement with the ball 36 so relaxing the spring 6. In another embodiment, the lever 15 is held by a member on the frame, comprising a shearable pin 32, and is engaged by a roller on the lever 13 at its free end. In a further embodiment, the lever 15 has a disc engaged by a roller, and is restrained by two variable springs so that the disc can clear the roller, or limit switches are provided which are actuable by the lever 15 to close circuits which actuate an electromagnetic valve controlling the venting of a pneumatic motor urging the collector against the wire. Alternatively, an extensometric gauge may give electrical information about stress in the counter-rocker beam.
Patent GB-380565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in extruding machines for plastic material
IPC: B29C48/09
Filed: 1931-08-10
Abstract: 380,565. Extruding rubber &c. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., 1144, East Market Street, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. Aug. 10, 1931, No. 22629. Convention date, Dec. 10, 1930. [Class 87 (ii).] An extrusion machine having one or more feeding screws arranged at right-angles to the extruding die is provided with a mandrelsupporting member with a curved front end co-operating with the curved walls of the casing to provide a smooth curved path for the material right from the screw chambers to the entrance to the die. The Figure shows a construction in which two diametrically-opposed screws 30, 32 deliver simultaneously into a curved passage 54 leading to a member 61 provided with equalizing baffles and having a central orifice leading to the die 65. The die is adjustable laterally by screws 68 and is secured against axial movement by the collar 67 fixed by studs 72 to the front of the main casing. A member 76 fitted into the rear portion of the casing supports the core 90 when tubes are to be formed, thereby rendering the employment of a spider unnecessary for this purpose. The forward end of the member 76 is curved to the contour of the passage 54 which it assists to form.
Patent GB-1468432-A (GB)
Title: Roll of manifolding paper for loading into a printing machine
IPC: B41J15/02
Filed: 1974-05-21
Abstract: 1468432 Threading webs COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS CIT ALCATEL 21 May 1974 [21 May 1973] 22629/74 Heading B8R A manifolding web threading device comprises a triangular feeder 3 having an apex portion 4, an intermediate portion 8 and a base portion 6, the portions 4 and 6 being adhesively bonded to a copy web 1 and carbon transfer web 2, respectively. The intermediate portion 8 may be provided with a line of weakness.
Patent GB-858523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pipe connections particularly for water closets
IPC: E03D11/16
Filed: 1958-07-16
Abstract: 858,523. Pipe joints. ROBERTS, W. H. July 13, 1959 [July 16, 1958], No. 22746/58. Class 99(1). In a joint between ar outlet pipe b<SP>1</SP> of a water closet b and a soil pipe d a lead or cast iron tubular connector has ar enlarged part a em bracing the pipe bl and a part a<SP>1</SP> of reducec diameter extending with in the pipe d, the joint being consolidated by cement or putty intro duced between the inner face of the part a and the outer face of the pipe bl and between the outer face of the part a<SP>1</SP> and the inner face of the pipe d.
Patent GB-342282-A (GB)
IPC: B60K17/06
Filed: 1929-07-24
Abstract: 342,282. Motor vehicle change-speed gearing. VORAN AUTOMOBILBAUAKT.-GES., 68, Potsdamerstrasse, Berlin. July 24, 1929, No. 22784. Convention date, March 8. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Addition to 342,281. [Classes 79 (ii) and 79 (iii).] The countershaft i of the change-speed gear is fitted with a pulley y for the fan belt and with a starting handle x.
Patent GB-1098217-A (GB)
Title: Titanium-base alloys
IPC: C22C14/00
Filed: 1966-05-23
Abstract: A titanium base alloy comprises in addition to titanium:-<TABS:1098217/C6-C7/1> and may also contain:- <TABS:1098217/C6-C7/2> and Ni, Co, Cr and Mn such that there is no more than 7% in total of Hf, Cr, V, Mn, Ni, and Co.  The alloy may be cold rolled, solution treated at 1450 DEG F., cooled in air and aged at 900 DEG -1000 DEG F.
Patent GB-771983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to locomotive compressed air brake equipment
IPC: B60T15/04
Filed: 1955-08-08
Abstract: 771,983. Fluid-pressure brakes. VERWALTUNGSGES DER WERKZEUGMASCHINENFABRIK OERLIKON. Aug. 8, 1955 [Aug. 10, 1954 ; March 26, 1955; May 4, 1955], No. 22819/55. Class 103 (1). A driver's valve installation for compressed air brakes on locomotive comprises, in addition to the usual bell-shaped member 8, rotated by the control handle 10 to selectively open valves 25, 26 or 27 according as to whether the full service application position, as shown in Fig. 1, of the release, emergency application, or running positions, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, are to be selected, a relay valve 6 and an auxiliary valve , 7. The recharging of the brake pipe 29 from the main reservoir 55 after an application is controlled by the relay valve 6 which is subject to the difference between a control pressure continuously variable by adjustment of the driver's handle 10 and the pressure in a chamber 54 connected to the brake pipe, the relay valve having an additional pneumatic control tending to open the valve in that a diaphragm member 42 is subject to the pressure in chamber 49, the duration of supply of fluid pressure thereto from the auxiliary valve unit 7 increasing with the pressure in a timing reservoir 66 the charging of which is effected from a chamber 64 in throttled connection with the brake pipe 29.