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Patent GB-899459-A (GB)
Title: Releasable fastening device for connecting two straps
IPC: B64D17/32
Filed: 1960-04-26
Abstract: 899,459. Stud-and-socket fasteners; buckles. ETUDES ET FABRICATIONS AERONAUTIQUES. April 26, 1960 [June 29, 1959], No. 14546/60. Class 44. A strap S2, Fig. I, is relcasably attached to a strap Sl of a parachute harness by a stud- and-socket device comprising parts I and II. Part I includes a stud portion B and a buckle portion A by which the part is releasably secured to the strap S1. The portion A comprises a slotted body 1 carrying a pin 2 pivotally mounted on a hinge 3 at one end of the slot. In order to fasten the body to the strap S1 a looped strap portion is passed through the slot, Fig. 4,-from which the pin has been swung clear-a distance L to allow subsequent swinging of the pin through the loop to engage the other end of the slot. The strap is then pulled to embrace the pin. The portion B comprises a bored cylindrical male member 14, Fig. 2, fixedly disposed in a bore 12 of a pin 17 pivotally mounted on the body I the boring of the member 14 being of three parts 20, 21, 22 in order to accommodate a locking rod 30 comprising portions 31, 32, 33 of different diameters. The rod portion 33 carries a press member 34 which is resiliently loaded by a spring 36 housed around the rod portion 32 in the bore part 20. Depression of the rod 30 by the member 34 allows retraction of four studs 25 of cylindrical and part spherical form disposed in radial slots 23 in the lower part of the member 14. Each stud has a head portion 28 disposed in. a groove 24 within the member 14 such that the stud is moved radially outwardly as the rod portion 31 moves upwardly during the spring-urged return stroke of the rod. Such return stroke effects the locking of the studs in their extended position. Part II of the device comprises a loop member attached to the strap S2 and incorporating the annulus 37 of sufficient clearance to pass over the male member 14 when the studs are retractable.
Patent GB-260648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mooring devices for airships
IPC: B64F1/14
Filed: 1925-06-04
Abstract: 260,648. Strauss, J. B. June 4, 1925. Turntables.-A turntable 6<a> for transferring a movable airship-landing-platform from circular rails to intersecting longitudinal rails is mounted on rollers 6<b>, and is rotatable through 90‹ by a motor 6<c>, which drives a pinion 6<e> engaging a rack 6f on the turntable. The rail section on the turntable is formed with two angular faces 6g on each end which engage angular faces 6h, 13h on the ends of the circular and longitudinal tracks 6, 13.
Patent GB-546234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in brakes
IPC: F16D65/22
Filed: 1940-11-26
Abstract: 546,234. Brakes. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Nov. 26, 1940, No. 14605. Convention date, Feb. 2. Addition to 545,907. [Class 103 (i)] The brake described in the parent Specification is modified in that it comprises a pair of shoes that are acted upon individually by hydraulic applying means and each of which anchors at one end or the other according to the direction of rotation of the drum. As shown, pistons 28 act upon a pair of shoes 14, 16 through caps 22 slidable on the ends of the cylinder 20 and the shoes,also anchor through these caps on the cylinder. The release springs 26 at those shoe ,ends that anchor with the drum rotating in normal direction are. stronger than the springs, 24 at the other ends so that the normal anchoring ends do not leave the anchored position except when the brake is applied with the drum rotating reversely. To cushion the shock when the shoes shift from one anchorage to the other each cylinder is provided with a fixed spacer or block 32 the edge of which has grooves opposite the inlet and bleeder passages in the cylinder wall thus providing a dash-pot action. Springs 34 that urge the pistons apart are seated in annular grooves in the spacer. The shoes are slidable lengthwise on the caps 22 and are retained in the position they assume when applied, as regards movement in this direction, by frictional engagement of the shoe rims with the backing plate 12 effected by the steady rests 18. Automatic adjustment of the shoes to compensate for wear, is effected by a block 40 of hard material slidable between guides 42 on the shoe and which contacts the drum when the shoe is applied. The block 40 has an inclined cam slot 44 engaged by a block 46 on a pin 48 projecting from a lever 52 pivotally mounted on the shoe by a circular projection 50 on the lever fitting a hole in the shoe web. Thus as the block is moved relatively to the shoe with wear of the lining, the lever 52 is angularly adjusted and the release position of the shoe is correspondingly adjusted by engagement of the lever with a stop 54 on the back-plate. The stop 54 is eccentrically carried by a pin 55 to permit an initial setting thereof.
Patent GB-1392911-A (GB)
Title: Storage battery
IPC: H01M10/39
Filed: 1973-03-27
Abstract: 1392911 Sodium-sulphur cells YUASA BATTERY CO Ltd 27 March 1973 [9 Sept 1972 (2)] 14642/73 Heading H1B In a sodium-sulphur storage cell the solid electrolyte comprises  #-alumina formed into container 1 for the sodium 9, and a metal reservoir 2 for the sodium is joined to container 1 by glass 3, reservoir 2 having an insulating coating 4, the level of the cathode reactant being such as to be always above that of the top of container 1. The cathode comprises sulphur or sodium polysulphide 5 impregnated into graphite sheet 6 wrapped round container 1 and secured thereto by stainless steel wire 8 and stainless steel strip material 7. Sodium injection tube 10 also constitutes the negative terminal. Strip 7, the battery casing 12 and end cap 13 are welded together. The sodium reservoir may alternatively have a double wall construction (Figs. 3, 4, not shown) the space between the walls being filled with insulating material.
Patent GB-166425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of casts from ferrous sulphide
IPC: B22D21/00
Filed: 1920-05-29
Abstract: 166,425. Renck, H. May 29, 1920. Printing and embossing surfaces; electrotype. -Castings from originals of any configuration are produced by means of molten ferrous sulphide. The sulphide is first melted by heat and cooled down to 70 or 80‹ C. The original is coated with oil, soap, or the like, and placed in a frame. The molten sulphide is then poured into the frame and allowed to set. In this way, castings may be made from any originals, including surface products or designs produced by painting, etching, modelling on tissues, metal, paper, wood, or the like. The resultant casting may be employed in the manner of electrotype blocks or dies, or may be made into such articles as signboards, busts, or animal figures.
Patent GB-149006-A (GB)
Abstract: 149,006. Planer, V. Oct. 15, 1917, [Con. vention date]. Drawings to Specification. Cables.-In a paper-insulated wire, a narrow unbordered paper band is wound on the wire from cross bobbins surrounding the wire, the filled bobbin being made damp before being unwound, or the band itself being damped during its travel from the bobbin to the wire. The windings of the band partly overlap, and a border may be produced by drawing the band through a corresponding former between the bobbin and the wire.
Patent GB-495207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to articulated joints for electric fittings
IPC: F21V21/26
Filed: 1937-05-29
Abstract: 495,207. Hinges; adjustable lamp supports. COOPER, H. C. May 29, 1937, No. 14963. [Class 65 (ii)] [Also in Group XI] A lamp holder 10, attached to a bracket plate 11 provided with a scoop-shaped arm 12, is connected to a supporting arm 13 by a joint consisting of a U-shaped member 14 which straddles the arm 12, and has extensions 19 which engage the supporting arm 13. Pivot pins 15, 20 attach the joint to the two arms 12, 13 of the fitting. The U-shaped member 14 and the extensions 19 may be formed from one piece of sheet metal or the extensions 19 may be provided by a separate U -shaped plate attached to the U-shaped member 14 by the pivot 15. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which two such U-shaped plates are provided and secured between one link of the U-shaped member 14 and a projection 29 of a supporting bracket 32. Spring washers may be employed on the pivot pins or the pivoting surfaces of the U-shaped member 14 and its extensions may be distorted so as to act in the manner of spring washers. The pivot pins may be tubular in form.
Patent GB-492515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to frames and fastenings for hand bags and the like
IPC: A45C13/04
Filed: 1938-05-19
Abstract: 492,515. Bag fastenings. UNITEDCARR FASTENER CORPORATION. May 19, 1938, No. 14968. Convention date, May 22, 1937. [Class 44] To facilitate assembly in manufacture, a fastening member for a handbag &c. is secured to the bag frame by means of a yielding attachment portion which is snapped into an aperture in the frame. As shown, each of the frame members 1, 2, which are juxtaposed when the bag is closed, is of channel section and comprises an outer wall 4, a lower wall 6 and an inner wall 5 with an outwardly bent horizontal flange 7 at its upper edge. One frame member has a projection 9 which is engaged, to fasten the bag, by a catch secured to the other frame member. The catch member has a flat portion 11 to which an operating knob 18 is attached and a hook-like lip 17 adapted to engage over projection 9. Alternatively, part 17 may be formed on knob 18. The part 11 has an integral depending attachment plate 10 with tongues 14 spaced therefrom so that they may yield laterally towards plate 10, Fig. 3, and also offset from the plane of plate 10, Fig. 6, to act as platesprings urging the catch towards fastening position. The catch member is secured to the frame member by pressing the attachment portion through an aperture 7a in flange 7, the legs 14 yielding and then springing outwards so that their shouldered ends 15 engage the ends of aperture 7a to secure the fastening to the frame. Release of the fastening is effected by rocking knob 18 to the left, Fig. 2, against the spring action of the legs 14, to lift lip 17 clear of projection 9. The Specification describes alternative ways of securing an ornamental knob to the part 11. A modification is described in which the knob-carrying plate has two attachment members snapping into separate apertures in the frame flange.
Patent GB-277416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to torsionmeters
IPC: G01L3/14
Filed: 1926-06-15
Abstract: 277,416. Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., and Turner, F. June 15, 1926. Dynamometers, rotary-transmission.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which two parts are fixed on the shaft at a distance apart, one part extending telescopically over the other part, the relative angular movement being measured when the shaft is under torque, and consists in suspending the extending part from the other part. Long and short split sleeves g, a are bolted together to grip the shaft at points some distance apart, the sleeves being provided with internal ranges e and edges f at the contact surfaces. The sleeve g projects over the sleeve a and the projecting part is suspended from the sleeve a by radially disposed flexible steel bands 2. In the example shown three symmetrically arranged bands are provided. Each steel band is attached to the sleeve a by a block 3 secured by studs 4. and to the sleeve g by a rectangular headed bolt 5 mounted on a guide, on a bracket 6 bolted to the flange o. The block 3 and bolt head 5 have holes 11 and slots 12 into which the eye-shaped ends of the bands 2 are passed and secured by pins 13 being driven in. Specifications 13448/06 and 166,317 are referred to.
Patent GB-938648-A (GB)
Title: Oxide catalysts
IPC: B01J23/881
Filed: 1962-04-18
Abstract: A catalyst composition for oxidizing CH3OH to HCHO consists of MoO3 and Fe2O3 in the molar ratio of from 3-8, the composition having a specific surface of from about 4 to about 15 sq. m./gm. and a pore volume of from about 0,15-0,60 ml./gm.  During its manufacture the composition may contain pore forming acids such as NH4NO3, cellulose powder, and graphite which are subsequently removed by ignition. Examples describe the preparation of catalyst compositions as above using specified salts of Fe and Mo at critical pH of solutions, and subsequent tableting of the product.ALSO:CH3OH is oxidised to H.CHO in the presence of a Fe2O3, MoO3 catalyst which has a molar ratio of MoO3/Fe2O3 of from 3 to 8, a specific surface of from 4-15 square metres per gram and a pore volume of from 0.15-0.6 millilitres per gram.  Examples describe the use of the catalyst to fill reactors through which methanol air mixtures are passed at 270-400 DEG C., 260-428 DEG C. and 363-401 DEG C.
Patent GB-949984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cooking apparatus
IPC: A47J37/06
Filed: 1961-04-26
Abstract: 949,984. Cooking apparatus. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. April 26, 1961, No. 15067/61. Heading A4D. Food placed on a grid 31 is heated by electric elements 33 which have aerofoil shaped shields below each element to deflect or absorb all downward radiation. In the apparatus, Figs. 1, 7, heating elements 33 each consisting of two strait tubular lengths which are joined by a non-heating U bend, are controlled by switches 15 mounted within a thermal barrier wall 18. Beneath the straight portions of each heating element, stainless steel aerofoil shaped shields 34 are mounted by means of tabs and lugs. These shields 34 may be pear shaped or as shown in Fig. 6. Apertures above and below the drip pan 35 at the front of the housing and aperture 27, Fig. 7, permit air to flow through the apparatus as shown by the arrows.
Patent GB-261638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in nailing machines
IPC: B27F7/02
Filed: 1926-04-13
Abstract: 261,638. Lamb, A. April 13, 1926. Loose-nailing.-A nail chuck 12 for a nailing machine, particularly of the kind in which a plurality of chucks 12 and hammers 13 are adjustable along suppotting bars 11, 5, is provided with two leaf springs 50 having dished, spade-shaped lower ends to act as positioning devices for the points of the nails. The springs readily yield when the hammer descends. The chuck is U-shaped and is held on the bar 11 by a locking plate 61 and wing- nut. The head of the hammer is similarly shaped for engagement with the bar 5. Specifications 18658/96 and 12253/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-199045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wrenches
IPC: B25B13/14
Filed: 1923-06-11
Abstract: 199,045. Gordon, W. June 9, 1922, [Convention date]. Sliding - jaw wrenches. - In wrenches of the kind in which a rotatable adjusting screw is normally held by a spring in engagement with a rack on the movable jaw, and is releasable from the rack to allow the jaws to be opened to their fullest extent by a spring, the screw is mounted in a carrier movable bodily in a straight line substantially perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the movable jaw. The sliding jaw 6, provided with a rack 8, is constantly pressed away from the fixed jaw 3 by a spring 16 and the rack is normally engaged by a worm 12 mounted in a slidable support 10 pressed towards the rack by a spring 15. Rapid closing of the jaw 6 is effected by pressing it towards the jaw 3, and a fine adjustment by turning the worm 12. On disconnecting the worm from the rack, the jaw 6 is opened by the spring 16 to an extent limited by a stop 18<a>.
Patent GB-552754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of fabrics
IPC: D04B23/10
Filed: 1941-11-27
Abstract: 552,754. Knitting ; camouflage matting. MORTON SUNDOUR FABRICS, Ltd., MORTON, J. W. F., ALLISON, G. L., and BOWKER, E. Nov. 27, 1941, No. 15271. [Class 74 (ii)] [Also in Group X] A fabric in the form of matting suitable for camouflage purposes is made by supplying a sheet A of loosely matted fibres to a warp knitting-machine which forms widely spaced threads into chains of stitches looped around successive small quantities of the fibres. The knitted fabric may comprise a series of knitted pillar warps B associated with stuffer warps C and a supporting weft yarn D which inclines from side to side of the sheet of fibres and is interlaced with the fibres in the knitted loops of the warps B. Two pillar warps may be led to each needle so as to knit a locked stitch. An open-mesh backing fabric may be fed into the machine to form a permanent support for the fibres. The fibres A are fed to the needles 10 by a number of endless bands 12 arranged side by side and the weft D is led forward by chains 15, one arranged at each side of the machine. The pillar warps are supplied to the needles by spaced fingers 24 which have the usual swinging and shogging movements and the stuffer warps C are guided tu the needles by cam grooves 27 by which they are shogged alternately from one side to the other of the corresponding needles. Catches 16 are provided on the chains 15 for positioning the weft D, and a cam 41 is provided for lifting the weft clear of the catches when the weft has been looped into the fabric. Means are provided for narrowing the loops of weft extending at each side of the sheet of fibres. The hooks of the needles may be pointed to facilitate penetration of the fibre sheet.
Patent GB-261705-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of rubber goloshes and canvas shoes with rubber soles
IPC: B29C35/00
Filed: 1926-06-17
Abstract: 261,705. Dunker. H. C. L. Nov. 20, 1925, [Convention date]. Moulding indiarubber; boots and shoes.-Rubber goloshes and canvas shoes having rubber soles are manufactured by applying one or more pieces of rubber to a fabric lining placed on a last, and enclosing the latter within a preheated pressing- mould formed in two or more parts. The golosh or shoe is then removed from the mould and vulcanized.
Patent GB-212798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to opticians' instrument cases and other containers
IPC: A45C11/04
Filed: 1923-06-12
Abstract: 212,798. Hagon, A. June 12, 1923. Lined boxes. - An optician's instrument case, spectacle case &c. A has part of its interior surface lined with a substantial lining B of plush, green baize, felt, velvet &c., a portion of the lining being cut away to expose the inner surface of the container upon which a design mark or number is impressed or upon which a label or plate bearing a design mark or number is affixed, the said design &c. lying below the level of the surface of the lining.
Patent GB-422881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metal vehicle bodies, particularly for motor omnibuses
IPC: B62D31/02
Filed: 1934-05-22
Abstract: 422,881. Vehicle bodies. DEITERS, J., 7, Achtermannstrasse, M³nster, Westphalia, Germany. May 22, 1934, No. 15342. Convention date, May 20, 1933. [Classes 103 (iv) and 108 (i)] Road and rail vehicles are constructed with frame members of hollow form but of large cross-section and of thin walls which are reinforced interiorly by insertion plates, the frame members forming a large part of the exterior and interior walls. Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal roof member comprising bent sheets 11, 19 welded together to form a box girder and having insertion plates 12, 13 welded therein. To the roof member the columns 16, 17 formed as shown in Fig. 8 are secured, insertion plates 18 being provided. The sill members are also of box girder form such as 6, Fig. 1, and the roof arch members are formed of bent plates 10, 20 with insertion plates 15. The waist rail is also formed as a box girder 3, 4, Fig. 1, and may also be prolonged downwards to form the panelling. The columns may be wide and of shallow depth as shown at 30, Fig. 11, to form a considerable area of the inner and outer surface of the body, insertion pieces 29 and a window 28 being provided together with a waist rail 31. Fig. 15 shows a railway vehicle having upper and lower box girders 51, 52, and front columns 53 to which the buffers are secured. Fig. 19 shows a box girder member 65 which is provided at the parts where the sill members are interrupted by the wheels. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also other forms of upper and lower longitudinal frame members. Fig. 24 (Cancelled) shows the lower part of a vehicle which is rounded off. The frame member at the left hand side comprises walls 92, 97, 98 riveted together and reinforced by sheet metal insertions 96 while the frame member at the right hand side comprises walls consisting of a bent member 93 and an arched member 92 riveted together and reinforced by bent over members 94 and an arched sheet metal member 95. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-553510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to motor bicycles
IPC: B62K25/28
Filed: 1941-11-28
Abstract: 553,510. Motor cycles; crank driving-gear. AERO ENGINES, Ltd., and HALLIDAY, G. F. Nov. 28, 1941, No. 15377. [Classes 79 (i) and 136 (iii)] In a motor bicycle having the rear wheel 3 driven from a gearbox 1 through eccentric or crank and coupling rod mechanism 18, 19 the wheel is carried by a fork 7 pivoted on an axis corresponding substantially with the axis of the gearbox shaft 2 from which the wheel is driven. In the construction shown the fork 7 comprises two members pivoted one on each end of the shaft 2 and united by a bracing member which may be the mudguard 12. The fork links are formed as casings which enclose the cranks 4, 5 and 13, 14 and also the coupling rods 18, 19. The crank-pins may work in slots 21 in the ends of the rods, resilient members 22 being provided between the ends of the slots and the pins. A cantilever spring or springs 15 is or are provided to control the fork movement. Alternatively a tension bar spring may be used. A plurality of coupling rods may be used at each side of the wheel.
Patent GB-715859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to phase shifting circuit arrangements
Inventor: BROWN THOMAS THEODORE
IPC: H03H11/20
Filed: 1952-06-18
Abstract: 715,859. Frequency and phase modulation; valve generating circuits. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. Feb. 10, 1953 [June 18, 1952], No. 15389/52. Classes 40 (5) and 40 (6). [Also in Group XXXV] A phase-modulating or phase-shifting arrangement comprises a pentode type valve V, Fig. 2, with oscillatory input IN applied to the suppressor grid SPG and with output taken from the junction of a resistance-reactance bridge CR connected between the anode and screen grid, the phase of the output being shifted by varying the suppressor-grid bias. For this purpose, a modulating source M may be connected in the suppressor grid circuit, or a variable tap may be provided on the cathode resistor. The phase of the output may also be adjusted by varying the capacity C or the resistor R. The gain of the valve is stabilized by negative feedback provided by the unbye-passed cathode resistor CR. In Fig. 5, two phase-shifting stages V1, V2 each similar to the Fig. 2 circuit, and each providing 90 degrees phase shift, are connected in cascade with each other and with a third stage VA giving a normal 180 degrees phase shift. Output from the last stage is fed back on line L to the input of the first stage with the result that the whole system osicllates at a frequency at which the overall phase shift is zero. This frequency is adjustable by applying control voltage at M to one or both of the suppressor grids of the stages V1, V2, or by varying the values of the resistances R1, R2 or capacities C1, C2 associated with those stages. The frequency may be varied over the audio range by ganging variable resistors Rl, R2 and providing a few steps of capacity for the condensers Cl, C2.
Patent GB-933398-A (GB)
IPC: A41C5/00
Filed: 1960-05-02
Abstract: 933,398. Girders. J. D. SERRA. May 2, 1960 [May 2, 1959 (2); July 8, 1959; Sept. 4, 1959 (2)], No. 15403/60. Class 141. [Also in Group V] A deposited latex girdle is provided over most of its surface 11 with a moulded network of small holes 91 formed during deposition. Imperforate areas 13, 14 are formed at the upper and lower edges and optionally at the abdominal region 15 and these areas may include cloth reinforcement. Each hole 91 has a rounded edge 94 on the outside of the girdle and an integral tubular collar 95 on the inside.