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Patent GB-463767-A (GB)
Title: Profile grinding machine
IPC: B24B17/02
Filed: 1936-07-08
Abstract: 463,767. Grinding. RAMMIN; H. July 8, 1936, No. 18928. Convention date, July 9, 1935. [Class 60] A profile-grinding machine for gauges, punches, &c. comprises a mounting 1 in which is carried a bevelled grinding-wheel 2, driven by an electric motor 3 or by a belt and supported by a slide 5 reciprocated in a guideway, which may be set by means of a scale 7 so that the slide moves either in a vertical or an inclined plane ; the mounting 1 is adjustable by cross slides 9 and may be turned through 180‹ about a vertical trunnion 10 having its axis in the plane and in the axis of the wheel 2. The work 31 is carried by a holder 11 supported by a double parallelogram device 12, 12<1>, 16, 16<1>, the arms of the device being pivoted to the work-holder, to a disc 13, and to a standard 18, and the holder is moved by its pivotal connection to a rod 27, which is secured to a pin 26 passing freely through a disc 21 rotatable in a standard 20. The rod 27 forms part of the rod 23 of a pantograph having an arm 25 pivoted to the rod 23 and an arm 24 pivoted at the centre of the disc 21, and the arm 25 carries, at its free end a style 29, movable over a drawing, to an enlarged scale, of the profile mounted on a table 30. In operation, the work and the wheel 2 are brought into engagement at a predetermined point on the work by the use of a microscope 32 carried by an arm 33 adjusted by screws 34, 35, and the style is moved along the profile on the drawing, the work thus being moved correspondingly in contact with the grinding-wheel. When the shape of the profile requires it, the grinding-wheel is turned through 180‹ about the pivot 10 ; in place of a style, a tracer having the form of a replica of the grinding- wheel profile, enlarged to the scale of the drawing, may be used.
Patent GB-1383205-A (GB)
Title: Telephone handsets
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 1971-06-04
Abstract: 1383205 Telephone handset B P F HOWARD 30 Aug 1972 [4 June 1971] 18950/71 Heading H4J Telephone handset 1 has a groove 3 in its body to receive the connecting cord for the handset, preferably in the form of an extensible coil. As described the handset has push-buttons 16 or a conventional dial mounted in its surface, protuberances 10, 11 with slits or apertures to convey sound to or from the transmitter and receiver, and the groove 3 has a grommet assembly 8 through which the cord passes to the handset interior and a dummy socket 7 as a parking position for a plug on the free end of the  cord. The groove is of almost full circular crosssection and the handset is moulded in two parts of abs which are held together by an interlock 8 and a screw 9.
Patent GB-1459146-A (GB)
Title: High frequency voltage generator
IPC: H03B5/10
Filed: 1974-04-30
Abstract: 1459146 Oscillators HEURTEY METALLURGIE 30 April 1974 18966/74 Heading H3F In an oscillator comprising an active element and a tuned circuit 4, 5, e.g. in an inductance heating arrangement, the oscillation being coupled to the tuned circuit via an aperiodic transformer 2 and cable 3 and oscillations maintained by a feedback transformer 11, a further transformer 6 is used to match into the impedance of the tuned circuit. The transformers 6, 11 may have two separate windings, instead of being autotransformers, as shown.
Patent GB-397282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in collapsible and other boxes, cartons and like containers
IPC: B65D5/62
Filed: 1932-07-05
Abstract: 397,282. Boxes &c. BERKSHIRE PRINTING CO., Ltd., BROOKE, N. and BODDINGTON, C., 254, King's Road, Reading. July 5, 1932, No. 18968. [Class 18.] The blank from which a box, carton, or like container is made is provided with a transparent covering blank which has a label or other display marking provided in its inner surface so as to be visible from the outside of the box &c. and printed or impressed on the covering blank in reverse position so that it occupies its proper position when viewed from outside the box and is protected from becoming dirty or damaged. The box may be collapsable and the transparent covering blank b shown in Fig. 2 is adhesively connected to a superposed box blank at the end portions of the flaps c and at the flap d and the printed matter e, f applied to the inner surface of the blank b in reverse position, is visible in its proper position when viewed from the outside as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-702694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in carburation devices for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M3/045
Filed: 1951-08-13
Abstract: 702,694. Spray carburetters; ignition systems; stopping. SOLEX. Aug. 13, 1951 [April 6, 1951], No. 13064/51. Classes 7(3), 7(4) and 7(5) A valve for cutting off the idling fuel is operated by electrical means connected in parallel with the ignition circuit, which means are arranged to keep the cut-off valve out of action when the engine throttle valve is in the idling position and the ignition circuit 20 closed, and mechanical means operative by the throttle valve hold the cut-off valve out of action when the throttle valve is opened beyond the idling position and simultaneously break the circuit of the said electrical means. The cut-off valve 24 is actuated by a solenoid 27 in parallel with the ignition circuit and during normal running a spring-loaded rod 28, co-operating with the throttle valve lever 31, engages a notch 25 in the valve to hold it in its inoperative position, the solenoid being de-energized by the breaking of contacts 33, 34. When the throttle valve moves to its idling position the rod 28 is moved down to free the valve 24a and close the contacts 33, 34, whereby the solenoid 27 is energized to hold the valve 24a open. To stop the engine the switch 36 is opened, which simultaneously breaks the ignition circuit and cuts off current to the solenoid 27 to allow the valve 24a to be moved by a spring 26 to block the idling passage 9a.
Patent GB-1464336-A (GB)
Title: Toy vehicle and associated track
IPC: A63H18/12
Filed: 1975-05-07
Abstract: 1464336 Toy vehicles on tracks AURORA PRODUCTS CORP 7 May 1975 [3 Feb 1975] 19097/75 Heading A6S An electrically-powered toy vehicle, e.g. a car receives power from ferrous supply rails 22 on a track 20, the electric motor having a pair of permanent magnets 44, 46 positioned close to the rails to provide additional downward force on the vehicle. The car comprises a body (not shown) mounted on a chassis that carries the working components. The chassis comprises a main frame 26 and a cover plate 38 held by a clip spring 42, the cover plate carrying a gear train 40 that connects the motor to the rear drive wheels 18 which are covered with foam material. The motor comprises magnets 44, 46 spaced lengthways of the chassis and mounted within the frame 26 with their lower faces exposed to the rails 22. The magnets 44, 46 enclose an armature assembly 48 having a commutator 62. Two articulated pick-up shoes 58 are connected via conductors 60 on the cover 38 to spring-loaded graphite brushes (not shown) that engage the commutator 62. A guide pin 32 on the car engages a slot 24 between the rails 22.
Patent GB-376491-A (GB)
Title: Process of and apparatus for burning substances of low combustibility, such as asphaltum, tar, acid-resin, pitch, masut or the like
IPC: F23G5/14
Filed: 1931-07-02
Abstract: 376,491. Liquid fuel furnaces. METALLGES-AKT.-GES., 45, Bockenheimer Anlage, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. July 2, 1931, No. 19131. Convention date, July 12, 1930. [Class 51 (i).] Substances of low combustibility such as asphaltum, tar, acid-resin, pitch, masut or the like are burnt in a rotary furnace having a gasification zone and adjacent thereto a combustion zone furnishing heat to effect the gasification. The Figure shows the rotary furnace having a gasification zone 1, main combustion zone 2, and secondary combustion zone 3. The combustion zones are provided with agitating devices 7, 8 and air-supply nozzles 9. A scraper 6 is provided to remove coke from the gasification zone 1 to the zone 2. A chamber 10 with a grate 11 is provided at the end of the rotary furnace for the combustion of unconsumed gases and burning coke that remains unconsumed.
Patent GB-758147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wringers
IPC: D06F45/24
Filed: 1954-06-30
Abstract: 758,147. Screw fastenings. BERNING, H., and BERNING, H. June 30, 1954 [July 1, 1953], No. 19254/54. Class 44. [Also in Group VIII] A wringer which is pivoted to a supporting frame so that it may be swung into an out of use position is secured in its erect working position by means of a wedge movable into engagement with an abutment surface to press a stop on the wringer against the supporting frame, the movement of the wedge being effected by a threaded bolt. The wringer may also be secured in its out of use position. The wringer is pivoted at 18 to the frame 17 and a bolt 21 is threaded into a bearing 29 and has a conical point which can be screwed into offset countersunk holes 30 or 31 to force stops 19 or 20 on to the frame 17. Two bearings to take a bolt 21 may be provided, one on the wringer and one on the supporting frame, each bearing being used to secure the wringer in one position. In a third embodiment the bolt may have a conical point at each end and be set transversely to the pivot axis 18 and at a small distance below it so that for each position of the wringer one or other end of the bolt may engage the same countersunk hole 34 set in the frame 17 at the same level as the pivot axis, (see Fig. 8).
Patent GB-879504-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of removing fusible patterns in the production of precision castings
IPC: B22C9/04
Filed: 1960-06-02
Abstract: 879,504. Moulding-processes. DLEZEK, J. June 2, 1960 [June 6, 1959], No. 19501/60. Class 83 (1). In the " lost wax " process, the pattern is melted and by providing in the pattern, shell or backing material a substance having polar molecules, free ions, or free electrons and subjecting it to dielectric heating. The substance may be water already present in the mould mix or backing or applied later by dipping, spraying or steaming.
Patent GB-1000249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to method and apparatus for manufacturing hollow plasticarticles
IPC: B29C49/58
Filed: 1962-05-22
Abstract: 1,000,249. Blow moulding hollow plastic articles. A. DI SETTEMBRINI. May 22, 1962 [May 26, 1961], No. 19647/62. Heading B5A. In a method of blow moulding hollow thermoplastic articles a tubular blank, in the plastic state, is placed in a mould and is pinched at a predetermined point to weaken the thermoplastic material in the pinching region, and subsequently a jet of fluid under pressure is injected towards the weakened region to perforate it and so penetrate into the blank and blow the article to shape. Two mould portions 1, 2, are moved together to clamp a tubular blank of thermoplastic material between the two pinching devices 3, 4, provided in mould half 1, and the joint plane 2d of mould half 2. This forces thermoplastic material into recesses 5, 6 of the pinching devices 3, 4. Fluid under pressure is injected through passages 8, 9 in devices 3, 4, which open through orifices 8a and 9a respectively into the narrow portion le of the neck portion of the mould. The pinching devices 3, 4 each consist of the extension of 1c of the joint plane ld projecting into the neck portion 1b of the mould. Each pinching device includes a V-section rib formed between the recesses 5, 6. In an alternative form of the pinching devices, the upper recesses, nearer the edge of the mould, communicate with each other at their upper portion. A further alternative form comprises a single pinching device formed at the upper portion of the neck 1b and at the limit of the mould half, the V-section rib axis being in the longitudinal plane of the mould.
Patent GB-1119437-A (GB)
Title: Automatic locking mechanism for a safety belt or harness
Inventor: BURLEIGH DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: B60R22/405
Filed: 1966-05-04
Abstract: 1,119,437. Safety belts. BRITAX (LONDON) Ltd. 4 May, 1967 [4 May, 1966], No. 19648/66. Heading A3V. An automatic locking mechanism for a safety belt includes two independent inertia mechanisms which lock the belt in response to belt acceleration or vehicle acceleration. The belt is wound on a spring loaded reel 1 which can be locked by means of a ratchet 5 fixed to the reel 1 and a pawl 20. The mechanism for locking the reel 1 in response to belt acceleration consists of four bob weights 7 which are pivoted to the ratchet wheel 5 and which are biased radially inwards by a rubber spring 10 passing round pins 11 on the bob weights 7. When the strap acceleration exceeds a predetermined value the bob weights 7 move outwardly (shown dotted) and a face 13 on the bob weights 7 engages the pawl 20 to move it into engagement with the ratchet 5. This mechanism can be rendered inoperative by a cam 30 which when moved to the position shown dotted in Fig. 1 causes the bob weights 7 to clear the pawl 7. The mechanism for locking the reel 1 in response to vehicle acceleration consists of an inertia ball 40 in a dished support 41 and an actuating plate 42 pivoted on a knife edge 43. When the inertia ball 40 moves it lifts the actuating plate 42 and an arm 45 on the plate moves the pawl 20 into engagement with the ratchet 5.
Patent GB-750483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to centrifugal pumps
IPC: F04D29/62
Filed: 1953-07-15
Abstract: 750.483. Centrifugal pumps. GIRTON MANUFACTURING CO., Inc. July 15, 1953 [Sept. 22, 1952], No. 19656/53. Class 110(1) [Also in Group XXIV] A centrifugal pump comprises impeller drive means in a housing, and rotatable impeller means pivoted to the drive means eccentrically of the axis of rotation of the latter, the housing having substantially parallel face portions substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and the impeller means having opposed side faces substantially parallel to the respective adjacent face portions of the housing. The casing of a milk pump comprises parts 15, 16, Fig. 1, which are clamped together against an annular groove in a support 5 by means of a clamp comprising a clamping screw 71 and a bracket 66 which is pivoted at 67. An annular gasket 28, preferably of circular cross-section as shown, is interposed between the parts 15, 16. The impeller blades 50, Figs. 1 and 3, are pivoted on pins 48, so that they take up an angular position which depends on the opposing effects of centrifugal force and fluid forces, and are releasably secured on the pins 48 by means of a spring clip 58 which engages grooves 49 in the pins. The hollow impeller shaft 30 is slid over the shaft 3 of the driving motor 1 and is releasably held in place by a spring clip 42 which engages a cam 45. A collar 40 bolted to the shaft 3 carries the spring clip 42 and transmits the drive to the shaft 30 through the engagement of a shoulder 39 with a shoulder 37 on the shaft 30 The force exerted by the spring clip 42 holds a flange 31 on the shaft 30 in sealing engagement with a seal ring 59 which is formed of hard rubber nylon, the material known under the Registered Trade Mark "Bakelite", or other anti-friction material. The seal ring 59 is seated within a conical flange 18 formed in the casing part 16 and is prevented from rotating by a key 65 which engages a slot in the seal ring. The spring clip 42 and cam 45 may be replaced by magnets 83, Fig. 7, carried by the collar 40 directly ooposite flanges 81, 82 on the shaft 30. Specification 750,489 is referred to.
Patent GB-369829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for teaching swimming
IPC: C09D5/02
Filed: 1931-07-08
Abstract: 369,829. Swimming appliances. OLSSON, H., 12, The Paragon, Bath. July 8, 1931, No. 19687. Convention date, Sept. 8, 1930. [Class 77.] Apparatus for teaching swimming comprises a main support raised from the floor and supporting the trunk of the pupil, leg supports, and a head support upon which the forehead rests. The leg supports 6, 7 are connected by a cord 8 passing over a pulley 9 pivoted on a bracket 10, so that as one leg moves up the other moves down. Knots in the cord 8 limit the movement. Resistance to the leg stroke is provided by an extensible band 19 carried by an adjustable frame 17, or by making the pulley friction tight and roughening the cord, or by applying some form of brake mechanism to the cord. The forehead rests on a band of webbing 15 passing around a shallow receptacle 16 containing water. The receptacle 16 is slidable between guides, and the bracket 10 can be put in different positions in holes 11. The leg supports may alternatively be carried at the two ends of a transverse lever, and the head support may be a padded shaped bar, adjustable separately from the water receptacle.
Patent GB-703546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to motor attachments for driving mowers
IPC: A01D34/47
Filed: 1950-08-08
Abstract: 703,546. Lawn-mowers. TRACTORS (LONDON), Ltd., and REACH, J. C. July 19, 1951 [Aug. 8, 1950], No. 19741/50. Class 6 (2) A motor driving-attachment for a hand-propelled lawn-mower is carried by a plate of plates horizontally pivoted to the handlebar or handle frame and drives rubber rollers frictionally engaging the ground wheels or roller and kept in engagement by the weight of the motor. In one form, the motor 20 is carried by a base plate 19, Fig. 2, pivotally mounted on the handlebar 16 of a lawn-mower of the type in which the cutter rotor is driven from the ground wheels 10. The motor drives, through chain gearing 21, a shaft 22 carrying rubber friction rollers 23 in driving -engagement with the ground wheels. The drive may be disconnected by means of a hand lever 27 connected to the plate 19 by a link 28. In a mower of the roller type, the motor is supported by side plates 42, 43, Fig. 4, connected by a stretcher bar 44 and a cross bar 49. The cross bar engages slots 50 in links 40 each connected at one end to the handle frame 34 and at the other end, through a slot 37, to a cross bar 38 on the mower frame. The side plates support a shaft 48 driven by chain gearing 55 from the motor and carrying rubber friction rollers 51 engaging the ground roller 31. The drive is disconnected by a lever 58 and rod 59 connected to the side plate 42 which turns on the cross bar 49.
Patent GB-662900-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for the liquid treatment of running materials
IPC: D06B3/24
Filed: 1949-07-27
Abstract: A process of treating filamentary material of indefinite length is characterized by the steps of repeatedly immersing the material in a bath of liquid as the material passes through a helical path about a rotating surface which is partially submerged in the bath, working the material between immersions while it carries a portion of the liquid out of the said bath by <PICT:0662900/IV (c)/1> <PICT:0662900/IV (c)/2> passing it about a rotating member having spaced axially extending ridges, and removing most of the liquid from the material before the next immersion.  An apparatus for treating filamentary material by the above process is characterized by the provision of a pair of spaced canted rolls 5 and 6, one at a higher level than the other, and the upper roll may be fluted whilst the lower roll is smooth, an immersion trough 32 beneath the lower roll for receiving a bath of treating liquid therein, a pivotal bearing 21 for supporting said immersion trough with its inside surface adjacent the periphery of said lower roll, said bearing being positioned above the liquid level of the immersion trough at one side of said lower roll and having an axis generally parallel to that of the lower roll. The pivotal bearing 21 is provided with a central liquid-feeding conduit terminating in a lateral discharge opening communicating with said trough.
Patent GB-531012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to core-drying ovens and the like
IPC: B22C9/12
Filed: 1939-07-08
Abstract: 531,012. Furnaces for core-drying ovens. McKEAN, J. G., and JONES, R. F. July 8, 1939, No. 19950. [Class 51 (i)] In a core-drying oven 1 supplied with hot gases from a furnace 3 fired by an underfeed stoker 5 the furnace gases are diluted by admitting air to the furnace 3 at the upper part thereof at the end remote from the oven flue 2. Air is led from the blower pipe 12 of the stoker to a chamber 8 located between inner and outer roofs 6, 7 of the furnace which it enters through the port 10. The chamber 8 may be provided with baffles 11 to cause the air passing through the chamber to follow a zigzag course. The air may be supplied to the chamber 8 by an independent fan and when the stoker is controlled by a thermostat the independent fan may be wired in series with the motor of the stoker unit.
Patent GB-786957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lever-operated electric switches
IPC: H01H23/16
Filed: 1954-07-08
Abstract: 786,957. Tumbler switches. PARSONS, Ltd., C. H., and HANDLEY, G. B. July 7, 1955 [July 8, 1954], No. 19984/54. Class 38 (5). A switch comprises a cruciform-shaped insulating contact-carrier 17 biased upwardly by a spring 30 in a recess 11 in the base 10, a U- shaped stirrup 20 on the carrier having slots 19 receiving the dolly pivot pin 16 mounted in a bridge 14 spanning the recess. A roller 29 on the dolly 15 engages a cam surface 28 formed on a plate 26 slidably mounted in slots 27 in the carrier 17 so that in the " off " position the carrier is depressed and the contact bars 25, mounted in bores 23 therein, are moved away from the respective pair of fixed contacts 12. Movement of the roller into the depression 31 permits the spring 30 to close the contacts. The auxiliary springs 32 serve to maintain the plate 26 against the roller 29 to prevent slackness of the dolly in the " on " position.
Patent GB-912605-A (GB)
Title: Tools with economical handle movements
IPC: B25B7/12
Filed: 1960-06-07
Abstract: 912,605. Pliers; wrenches. STEINER, L. June 7, 1960 [June 16, 1959; July 29, 1959], No. 20026/60. Class 61. Tools such as pliers, cutters and spanners having economical handle movement comprise hand-grip levers 10, 11, pivoted together at 7, the hand grip 10 being rigidly fixed or formed integrally with an operating lever 2 which is pivoted at 4 to the head of the tool, the hand grip 11 being connected to the head through a link 3 which is pivoted at 5 to the head and at 9 to the hand grip 11. As shown, the operating lever 2 and link 3 are of equal length between pivoting points and the distance between pivoting points 4, 5; 7, 9 are equal. The tool shown is provided with slidably adjustable nut-engaging jaws 12, 13, the jaw 12 being rigid with the head and the jaw 13 slidably retained on guideways 14. The end 6 of the operating lever 2 engages a cut-out in the jaw 13. The clamping faces of the jaws are of V- formation. A hole 20 is provided in the base of the jaw 13 to facilitate in reaching nuts on protruding bolts. In a modification, the handle 10 is integral and in alignment with the lever 2 and in this case the length of the link 3 is not equal and the distances between pivot points 4, 5; 7, 9 are also unequal. Means for locking the handles in gripping position comprise a cam incorporated in the pivot 7 and a finger operated engaging cam pivoted adjacently on the handle 10.
Patent GB-195001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to picker-buffers for looms
IPC: D03D49/36
Filed: 1922-07-22
Abstract: 195,001. Feather, W., and Ogden, W. July 22, 1922. Checking pickers.-Cross brackets L, M are slidably mounted on the picker spindle N and upon two flanged parallel spindles each carrying two springs such as P and G. When the picker, shown dotted, strikes the raw hide collar V, the bracket L moves to the left, compressing the spring P, which acting on the flange F, carries the spindle D to the left, thus compressing the spring G. The compression on the spring G is adjustable by moving the collar K. The amount of play between the spindle and the brackets permits a certain amount of oscillation. The arms C supporting the spindles are carried by a frame secured to the front of the shuttle box.