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Patent GB-260582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cash registers
IPC: G06C11/02
Filed: 1926-10-22
Abstract: 260,582. National Cash Register Co., (Assignees of Shipley, B. M.). Oct. 31, 1925. [Convention date]. Cash registers with several item - value totalizers. - In a machine provided with different classes of totalizers, the indicating-mechanism is automatically disabled by the movement of certain of the totalizers into engagement with the actuators. In the example given, a machine of the Shipley type has cost - price totalizers on one line and selling - price totalizers on the other lines and whenever the first line is drawn into actuating engagement the tablet - lifting mechanism is automatically disabled. The selectively - positioned tablets 98 normally are raised into view by the rocking of a lever 112 slotted at 114 to engage a link 117 pivoted to the tablet-lifting arm 118. The link is pressed to the left by a spring- influenced arm 126 pivoted at 125 so that a stud 116 on the link is engaged with an offset 115 of the slot 114. The cost-price totalizer-line engagement shaft 39 is straddled by a forked arm 136 connected with a cam-slotted arm 137 controlling the position of a pivoted arm 140. When, therefore, the totalizer line is advanced to engage the actuators the arm 137 cams the arm 140 to the right so that a pin 142 upon it displaces the link 117 to remove the stud 116 from the offset and thus break the driving-connection for the lifting-mechanism. Specifications 8119/15 and 8120/15 are referred to.
Patent GB-1534928-A (GB)
Title: Douche equipment
IPC: A47K3/00
Filed: 1976-06-24
Abstract: 1534928 Shower baths H A V JOHANSSON 24 June 1976 26411/76 Heading A4N [Also in Division E1] An invalid shower bath having a built-in water closet comprises a tub 1 having a shower device such as apertures 14 for washing a person sitting on a holed seat such as 20, the tub 1 having (a) a shower water discharge 15 in a bottom portion 16, and (b) an adjacent upstanding portion 17 having a platform 19 with a hole 23 below the seat hole 24, there being below the platform 19 a water closet device 26. The w.c. device 26 comprises a bowl 27, trap 31 and a flush pipe 28 feeding an annular flushing channel 33. The tub 1 has a removable front door 10 and is shown supported by U-shaped members 46-47 leaving three sides open to accomodate the undercarriage of a wheel chair, Fig. 3 (not shown) which has a holed seat (21) which can be manoeuvred by an elevating column (40) to a position corresponding to that of the (now removed) seat 20.
Patent GB-444248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to temperature sensitive electric switches
IPC: H01H37/76
Filed: 1934-09-14
Abstract: 444,248. Thermal switches. PAYNE, M., 50, Hook Road, Surbiton, Surrey, and BRITISH THERMOSTAT CO., Ltd., Windmill Road, Sunbury, Middlesex. Sept. 14, 1934, No. 26491. [Class 38 (v)] . A thermally-operated switch suitable for use in fire alarm apparatus comprises a biassed lever b held in inoperative position by a rod or wire g inserted in a thin tube h and united thereto by wax or solder which melts when a given temperature is reached, the wire g and tube h being situated in an open chamber separated from the contact chamber. In the form shown, the lever is controlled by a spring f which acts on a slide x to cause the lever to move so that a contact d engages a contact e. Resetting is effected by manual depression of the slide x. In modifications, a circuit is opened instead of closed.
Patent GB-686201-A (GB)
Title: Conveying apparatus for milk-cans and other containers
Inventor: WURDEMAN WILHELM LUDWIG HEINRI
IPC: B08B9/08
Filed: 1950-10-31
Abstract: 686,201. Step-by-step conveyers. POSTMA, S. S., FEENSTRA, B., and HEYDE, B. VAN DER, (trading as VENNOOTSCHAP ONDER FIRMA POSTMA & FEENSTRA). Oct. 31. 1950. No. 26503/50. Class 78 (i). Milk cans 3 are supported on a stationary rail 2 and are moved step by step therealong so that jets formed in said rail may swill the can and the liquid may drain into gutter 10; the movement being effected by the reciprocating movement of carrier 4 actuated by crank 9 from driving shaft 10 and by the reciprocating movement of forks 18 secured to shaft 14 actuated by eccentric 17 through follower 16 secured by arm 15 to said shaft ; the container going forward with the carrier and being pushed off onto rail 2 as the carrier retreats. Guard 21 prevents splashing.
Patent GB-485144-A (GB)
Title: Process for manufacturing ornamental, colour varnish decorated metal articles
IPC: B44C1/22
Filed: 1937-09-30
Abstract: 485,144. Making ornamental metalwork. LEVY, F. Sept. 30, 1937, No. 26517. Convention date, Feb. 27. [Class 83 (ii)] [Also in Group XV] Metal articles such as goblets, trays, cases, caskets, boxes and lids are patterned and provided with a colour-varnish decoration by forming a pattern in a plane blank by photomechanical means and deep-etching, forming the blank to its final shape by stamping, coating the entire surface with a colourvarnish, and then cutting out the varnish from the recessed, engraved parts, which operation may be done with the use of a stencil. Patterns for a number of articles may be formed on the initial blank.
Patent GB-241942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sanitary flushing devices
IPC: E03D3/10
Filed: 1925-10-24
Abstract: 241,942. Kokemper, B., and Rehn, G. Oct. 25, 1624, [Convention date]. Safety cut-off valves.- In an air-pressure flushing- cistern, the sliding discharge valve 10 is lifted by means of a weighted lever 20. and thereby releases a pivoted flap 21, which closes the outlet 25 and the bifurcated end 22 of which bears against a flange 15. The discharge valve is held open by the pressure of the water on the flap 21 until the cistern is emptied, and then returns by gravity.
Patent GB-416190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mascots for vehicles
IPC: A63H33/40
Filed: 1933-09-28
Abstract: 416,190. Mascots for vehicles. HARE & SON, Ltd., C. H., and MORTIMORE, C. H., King's Road, Tyseley; Birmingham. Sept. 28, 1933, No. 26667. [Class 132 (iii).] A mascot in the form of a bird for road vehicles, boats &c. has a propeller actuating mechanism for-producing a flapping movement of the wings. A hollow bird body a preferably of sheet metal, has fixed centrally within it a frame b secured to the upper end of a supporting rod c upstanding from a suitable clip c<1> adapted to embrace a handle-bar, &c. The frame b carries a rotatable shaft d to the end of which is attached a tail e in the form of a propeller. Fixedly mounted on the shaft d is an eccentric d<1> upon which is loosely mounted a casing f having an extension f engaged by a pin g slidable in slots b <1> in the frame b, the arrangement being such that upon rotation of the shaft d the pin g is reciprocated in the slots b<1>. This reciprocatory movement is utilized to flap the wings h fulcrumed in slots a<1> in the body a, the inner extremities a2 of the wings being bent freely around the pin g. In a modification, instead of utilizing the tail e as the propeller, a separate propeller is mounted at the fore part of the bird upon a forward extension of the shaft d.
Patent GB-1501684-A (GB)
Title: Seat frame
IPC: A47C5/04
Filed: 1976-09-20
Abstract: 1501684 Seat frames ACCLES & POLLOCK Ltd 20 Sept 1976 [25 June 1975] 26868/75 Heading A4H A vehicle seat frame is formed from a single piece of tubing, e.g. of metal, whose ends are joined, e.g. at 19, after the tubing has been bent to provide a seat supporting portion comprising a pair of end members 10, 11 and a front rail 12, and a back supporting portion comprising a pair of side members 13, 14 and a top rail 15, the tubing being crimped around both the inside and outside of each bend 16, 17 which joins an end member to a side member to form around each bend a pair of oppositely disposed fins 18. The fins at each bend lie in a substantially vertical plane.
Patent GB-1095045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in terrain avoidance radar
Inventor: KAZAKEVICIUS ALGIMANTAS HENRY
IPC: G01S13/935
Filed: 1964-06-29
Abstract: 1,095,045. Pulse radar. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION Inc. June 29, 1964, No. 26882/64. Heading H4D. In an aircraft terrain avoidance system, a normal mono-pulse radar system is employed in conjunction with a P.P.I. display, Fig. 4, to provide bright patches, 67, indicative of areas lying above a clearance plane, 55, Fig. 3, ahead of the craft 52. Additionally, a further area of the C.R.T. screen displays a reproduction, 73, of the terrain profile transverse to the flight direction above and blow the clearance plane 70. The signals forming the profile are derived from the radar elevation warning signal γ, Figs. 1 and 2, in an auxiliary circuit, Fig. 5, which causes the C.R.T. beam to traverse a further radial distance over the screen after the termination of each P.P.I. range sweep, and a point of illumination is formed at a further distance corresponding to the maximum signal, γ, for terrain above the clearance plane. The reference base, γ = 0, is established by the manually adjustable potentiometer 114. The peak detector 87, measures the maximum angles γ provided by the radar and applies them, after storage, to the flip-flop 90 to control the conduction time. The differentiated output from 90 provides the time controlled signals, following the P.P.I. sweep, which supply the profile markings.
Patent GB-945688-A (GB)
Title: Protection of expanding and contracting fluids contained in reservoirs against the action of oxygen and moisture
IPC: H01F27/14
Filed: 1960-08-03
Abstract: 945,688. Transformers. H. JOSSE. Aug. 3, 1960 [Aug. 7, 1959], No. 26961/60. Heading H1T. In a liquid immersed transformer 1 the insulating fluid is protected from oxidation and moisture by an inert gas above the liquid. Heat expansion of liquid and gas is allowed for by letting the gas expand in a flexible container 3 against external springs 7 or internal springs, Fig. 2, not shown. A dryer 2 absorbs moisture derived from insulation or leaks. The strength of the springs is such that the volume of the container is half its maximum volume when the internal pressure is equal to atmospheric, the internal pressure normally varying slightly above and below atmospheric.
Patent GB-493479-A (GB)
Title: Piston ring
IPC: F16J9/06
Filed: 1937-10-05
Abstract: 493,479. Piston-rings. McFALL, T. E. Oct. 5, 1937, No. 26972. [Class 122 (i)] A split or segmental ring 3 is expanded by leaf springs 7 having their ends bent over to engage the bottom of the groove. The springs are arranged in pockets 6 between abutments 4 and the springs adjacent the ends of segments are of stronger construction. In a modification the end springs are of the form shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-1322319-A (GB)
Title: Continuous casting
IPC: B22D11/06
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1322319 Tundishes PROLIZENZ AG 19 April 1971 [15 April 1970] 26973/71 Heading F4B [Also in Division B3] For continuously casting strip (e.g. of Al or Al alloy 20 mm. thick and at least 1500 mm. wide), a machine has two endless, driven sets of articulated mould blocks 10 which sets cooperate to define between them a moving mould cavity, a tundish 12 with an outlet nozzle (20), a cooling system 24 (e.g. as described in Specification 1,186,466) and withdrawal means 25, all mounted on a tiltable frame 26 so that casting can be started with the mould cavity between 0 and 5 degrees to the horizontal, then when the leading end of the strip is formed, the machine can be set in motion and the casting continued with the cavity at a greater inclination, i.e. 4 degrees or more to the horizontal. The frame 26 is tilted by an hydraulic jack 29 which adjusts the height of a horizontal bearer 28. The angle of tilt may be as high as 45 degrees. A flexible channel 14 supplies the tundish 12 to maintain the melt level.
Patent GB-270487-A (GB)
Abstract: 270,487. Williams, G. B. Nov. 5,1925. Floors of reinforced-concrete garders side by side; girders.-A floor construction comprises a series of T-shaped slabs 1 arranged side by side and extending from support to support, and the edges of the flanges 2 of the slabs are bevelled, either outwardly or inwardly, to provide V-shaped recesses 16 between adjacent slabs for the reception of grouting. Wire mesh 20 coated with cement and extending into the recesses 16 may be arranged to connect the edges of adjacent slabs as in Fig. 3. Wooden strips 18 may be anchored in the upper edges of the webs for supporting the flooring 21. Concrete 22 may be cast between adjacent webs, and the reinforcement 23 for such concrete may be anchored in the V-shaped recesses and extend over the tops of the webs as in Fig. 5. Nailing strips 18a, Fig. 7, may be embedded in the concrete covering 123 for supporting a wood flooring. A floor may be constituted by two opposed series of slabs arranged in staggered relation as in Fig. 9, and reinforcing material 14 projecting from the webs is embedded in the grooves between adjacent opposite slabs. The slabs are supported at each end on a sill 27, Fig. 11, which rests on T-shaped wall slabs, and concrete 133 is moulded on the sill and between adjacent webs 3b. Specification 216,856 is referred to.
Patent GB-748669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of rivets and the like
IPC: B21K1/58
Filed: 1953-10-02
Abstract: 748,669. Forging rivets and the like. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Oct. 2, 1953 [Oct. 7, 1.952], No. 27123/53. Class 83(4).' In the manufacture of rivets, bolts, cotters and the like with small tolerances from metals such as silver, soft copper, or aluminium which are readily deformable at room temperature, a length of metal rod 8 whose volume slightly exceeds that of the finished rivet is placed in a die aperture 3, and a heading punch 6, having a recess 7 corresponding to the head of the rivet, is closed against the die 2,thereby forming the rivet to the shape defined by the closed cavity. The die 2 slides across a stationary plate 1 and when the die aperture 3 is aligned with an opening 4 in the plate, metal rod stock 5 is fed into the die aperture 3. The die is then moved to the right thereby shearing the length 8 from the stock. After forming the rivet the punch 6 is withdrawn and the die aperture is moved under an ejector 11 which removes the finished rivet. The recess 7 is highly polished and this imparts a high lustre to the rivet heads.
Patent GB-379883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to methods of hermetically sealing electric conductors into vitreous vessels
IPC: H01J5/42
Filed: 1931-09-29
Abstract: 379,883. Scaling leading-in wires into vitreous envelopes. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Inc., 120, Broadway, New York, U.S.A.- (Assignees of Allgemeine Elektricitats Ges. ; 2, Friedrich Karl-Ufer, Berlin.) Sept. 29, 1931, No. 27129. Convention date, Sept. 30, 1930. [Class 39 (ii).] An electric current conductor 2, Fig. 1, of large cross-sectional area is sealed hermetically into a vessel 5 of glass or similar vitreous material by sealing a thin walled seamless metal tube 1 through the glass by fusion at a point 3, and passing through the tube the conductor 2 which is in the form of a metal rod of slightly smaller diameter than the bore of the tube and is welded to one of the extremities of the tube, the welding in the example being effected at the inner end 4 of the tube. In a modification the welded joint is avoided by forming the lower end of the metal tube 7, Fig. 2, into a solid conducting-rod 6 into which a metal rod 8 of smaller diameter than the bore of the tube is secured, as by screwing at 9. The tube may consist of any metal such as copper or iron which can be drawn into a seamless tube, a thin coating of chromium preferably being applied to protect it from chemical action. Specification 104,758, [Class 39 (ii), Electric lamps, Incandescent], is referred to.
Patent GB-444813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the bleaching of fatty acids, oils and fats
IPC: C11B3/08
Filed: 1934-09-21
Abstract: In the bleaching of animal, vegetable, and fish oils, fats, and fatty acids by repeated treatment with aqueous hypchlorite of an alkali or alkaline earth, in each stage the oil or fat is first heated to above its M.P. but not above 212 DEG  F., cooled by the addition of the hypochlorite solution or prior thereto as by cooler water, allowed to stand to allow reaction, agitated to complete reaction, settled, preferably heated to above 160 DEG  F., and agitated and settled several times, and then reheated for the next addition of hypochlorite.  The aqueous liquid may be run off after each hypochlorite treatment or after all hypochlorite has been used; the hypochlorite preferably contains or is mixed with 10 per cent or more of sodium chloride; after any stage or stages the oil or fat may be acidified, e.g. by treatment with sulphuric or hydrochloric acid at 200--212 DEG  F.; and the oil may be finally dried at 215 DEG  F., or by passing superheated steam through it. Specified fats &c. are coconut, peanut, corn, cottonseed, linseed, sesame, palm, palm kernel, fish and whale oils; tallow; animal greases; fatty acids of the above or of the hydrogenated oils, obtained, e.g. by splitting as described in Specifications 4741/98, 27244/11, 19676/12, 10199/13, and 149,748, [all in Class 91]; stearic, oleic, palmitic, lauric, and linoleic acids, or mixtures thereof; fatty acids obtained by acidifying " foots "; and synthetic fatty acids.  Calcium hypochlorite is the preferred bleaching agent; sodium hypochlorite is also specified.
Patent GB-499421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for controlling electrically driven reciprocating machines
IPC: H01H43/28
Filed: 1937-10-07
Abstract: 499,421. Dashpots. SCHWEITZER, W. Oct. 7, 1937, No. 27292. Convention date, Oct. 7, 1936. [Class 108 (iii)] [Also in Group XXXVII] Continuous automatic reversals of a motor are effected through a switch drum k rotated in alternate directions through spring operating means, a member m secured to k alternately engaging each of two hollow pistons o<1>, o<2> working in oil-filled cylinders p<1>, p<2> so that in each case rapid movement of drum k effecting disconnection of the motor is followed by slow movement when port t is closed and oil is being forced through the small orifice in the cylinder end cap s, further rapid movement of the drum k taking place when the port u in the piston registers with the port t in the cylinder and effecting reverse connection of the motor. An additional port may be provided in each cylinder so that further slow and rapid movements of the drum k are effected to provide further control operations. The pistons and cylinders are arranged in an oil bath and the orifices in the end caps s may be of different sizes.
Patent GB-1525722-A (GB)
Title: Multiple flash lamp units
IPC: G03B15/04
Filed: 1975-06-27
Abstract: 1525722 Flash-lamp units GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 27 June 1975 [3 July 1974] 27303/75 Heading G2X The connector tabs 18, 18' of a flash-lamp array have a protective terminal 31, 31' which, as the array is inserted in a camera socket, shorts the socket contacts before they engage the connector terminals for the flash-lamp circuitry. This prevents inadvertent firing of the lamps due to stray residual voltages across the socket contacts. The protective terminal may be electrically connected to or integral with one of the connector terminals and may also be electrically connected to a reflector for the flash array to provide a large stray capacitance to ground. In an alternative embodiment the protective terminal is T-shaped. The flash sequencing circuitry is such that the group of lamps further from the tab are fired, while the group near the tab may be short-circuited (Fig. 4).
Patent GB-790116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pumps, compressors and the like
IPC: F04C18/44
Filed: 1954-09-21
Abstract: 790,116. Rotary pumps. DEAN, F. J., and AUTO UNION GES. Sept. 15, 1955 [Sept. 21, 1954], No. 27307/54. Class 110 (2). In a pump of the flexible vane type the vanes 3, 4 are made of spring steel or phosphor bronze, are provided with wear-resistant tips 10 and are secured tangentially to a rotor 2 which is eccentrically mounted within a cylinder 1 having two rows of inlet and outlet ports 14, 15 (see also Fig. 2, not shown). A bypass pipe 16 is arranged across the inlet port 14 as shown unless three vanes are provided (see Fig. 3, not shown). The pump may constitute a charging pump for a two-stroke internal combustion engine in which case the crankshaft of the engine constitutes the rotor of the pump (see Fig. 4, not shown). The pump may be mounted on and driven by an electric motor and serve to supply cooling air thereto (see Fig. 6, not shown) or be adapted to supply a fuel/air mixture to a burner (see Fig. 5, not shown). Again the pump may be mounted in a duct and be adapted to draw gas past its casing by a suction effect (see Fig. 7, not shown). The tips 10 may be made of polyurethane or nylon and the end covers of the cylinder may be fixed to the rotor. Finally, the pump may serve as a supercharger for a four-stroke internal combustion engine.
Patent GB-839492-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for the production of bulky yarns
Inventor: MARTYN HAROLD LEWIS
IPC: D02G1/16
Filed: 1957-08-30
Abstract: 839,492. Texturing yarns. COURTAULDS Ltd. Aug. 29, 1958 [Aug. 30, 1957], No. 27329/57. Class 120(3) A jet, for bulking continuous filament yarn by passage thereof through a turbulent fluid zone, comprises a hollow body portion 7 having an inlet 4 for air under pressure into which yarn exit and entry tubes 1 and 2 project with axes XX<SP>1</SP> and YY<SP>1</SP> inclined at an angle α (20 minutes to one degree) and intersecting at an air gap 3 (0.001 to 0.005 inches) between the tube ends. The yarn may be fed to the jet at a higher controlled rate than it is withdrawn therefrom. Specifications 732,929. 762,630 and 839,493 are referred to.
Patent GB-963239-A (GB)
Title: Gear pumps
Inventor: GODDARD BRIAN WALTER
IPC: F04C3/04
Filed: 1962-07-17
Abstract: 963,239. Gear pumps. JOSEPH LUCAS (INDUSTRIES) Ltd. June 27, 1963 [July 17, 1962], No. 27360/62. Heading F1F. A gear pump comprises four inter-engaged bevel gears 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d mounted for rotation respectively about the arms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d of a cruciform member 4 and in close proximity of the central portion of the member 4 and of an enclosing casing 1 having limbs 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d. The limbs 1b, 1c, 1d are fitted with annular dished discs 10 and closing covers 2 to support the arms 4b, 4c, 4d respectively whilst the limb 1a is fitted with annular discs 14, 15 urged apart by a spring 16 and supporting the lengthened hub of the bevel gear 5a which is internally splined for connection to a drive-shaft 3. At each side of the casing are diametrically opposite inlet ports 6 and diametrically opposite outlet ports 7 with the ports 6 on one side substantially aligned with the ports 7 on the other side and with the four inlet ports connected to a common inlet and the four outlet ports to a common outlet. Passages 7a connect the outlet ports 7 to spacers behind the discs 10 and the disc 14 to prevent axial outward movement of the gears along the arms of the cruciform member.