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Patent GB-858351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical storage batteries
IPC: H01M50/264
Filed: 1958-05-22
Abstract: 858,351. Batteries. SOC. DES ACCUMULATEURS FIXES & DE TRACTION. May 22, 1958 [May 25, 1957; Feb. 20, 1958], No. 16490/58. Class 53 Accumulator cells 1 are supported clear of the bottom of an outer container 3 by projections 16 on the cells engaging in openings 18 in supports 17 which are removably attached to the sides of the container. As shown in Fig. 2 and 3 the supports are held between ribs 8 formed on the container and which may be continuous throughout the height of the container, or discontinuous as shown. Strips 19, 20 engage the upper edges of the two opposite side walls of the container and bear on the upper edges of the supports 17 to keep them in place, the strips having lugs 23, 24 which engage in slides formed on the end walls. Instead of separate supports 17 for each cell. a single plate extending the length of the container may be provided, the plate having suspension devices for the cells, and ribs for spacing adjacent cells. The container may be strengthened by cross bars extending between opposite sides. In order to exert a clamping action on the cells the dimensions of the container may be such that when the cells are placed in position the side walls are pressed outwardly.
Patent GB-374269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to non-return valves
IPC: F04B53/10
Filed: 1931-06-05
Abstract: 374,269. Non-return valves. CUSTANCE, H. G. and SMITH, F. C., Meadowcourt Road, Lee Green, London. June 5, 1931, No. 16530. [Class 135.] A non-return valve for the suction pipes of. petrol pumps comprises a valve member and a valve seating member a peripheral portion of which is clamped between the open end of a pipe or fitment thereon and a loose coaxial distancepiece or between two such distance-pieces, the valve seating member and the distance-piece or pieces being wholly external to the pipe or fitment. In the Figure two such valves are mounted in series external to a fitment 3 of the pipe 4. The construction comprises interchangeable valves 2, 7, interchangeable seating members 1, 6, and distancepieces 5, 9. The lower distance-piece is ported to admit petrol laterally and has a surrounding gauze 10. The seating members 1, 6 and the distance-pieces 5, 9 are clamped by bolts 12 extending from the fitment 3 and passing through an endplate 11. The lower valve 7 may be loaded by a spring and both valves may be held off their seats by an adjusting screw 11a. A second gauze 13 may also be provided.
Patent GB-1271764-A (GB)
Title: Mobile stand for positioning a pouring ladle over tundishes
Inventor: SOLVEICHIK PETR MIKHAILOVICH
IPC: B22D41/13
Filed: 1970-04-07
Abstract: 1,271,764. Continuous casting machines. URALSKY ZAVOD TYAZHELOGO MASHINOSTROENIA. 7 April, 1970 [7 April, 1969], No. 16535/70. Heading B3F. [Also in Divisions B7 and F4] A ladle teeming carriage comprises a main frame 1 driven by motors 5 connected by gearing to bogies 4 and carrying a rotatable support frame 7 in which rests the ladle 6. The support frame 7 is carried by free wheels 8 engaging a circular rail 9 and has a pair of toothed ring sections 10 engaged by gears 11 driven by motors 12. By thismeans pouring nozzles 13 are dispoed over tundish filling holes 15 and if one nozzle fails, the other may be utilized instead by rotating the ladle.
Patent GB-399609-A (GB)
Title: Improved method of and means for the hydraulic transmission of power
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 1932-06-11
Abstract: 399,609. Hydraulic transmission of power ; valves. VICKERS, H. F., 7752, Dubois Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. June 11, 1932, No. 16554. Convention date, June 12, 1931. [Classes 69 (ii) and 135.] The speed of a hydraulically actuated member is controlled by passing the discharge through a regulable orifice, and maintaining constant the pressure difference across said orifice. The controlling device may be positioned, as shown in Fig. 1, in the outlet from a cylinder 21, so as to govern the speed of the piston 22 in one direction only, it may be arranged in the outlet, as shown in Fig. 5, to govern the piston speed in both directions, or it may be on the inlet side, as shown in Fig. 6. The device comprises an adjustable throttle valve 6, having a chamber 4 in front of it, supplied from a chamber 3 under the control of a valve 5. The latter is acted on by a spring 11, and is carried by a piston 9, one face of which is acted by pressure from the chamber 4 through a conduit 13 and the other by pressure conveyed through a conduit 15 from behind the throttle valve. The diameter of the valve stem at 10 may be equal to the effective diameter of the valve 5 ; it may be greater or less than that of the valve when it is desired to vary the speed with increase of load, or to compensate for slip in the actuated member, The effective diameter of the valve may be varied by using seats or valve heads of different sizes.
Patent GB-255212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in appliances for holding keys
IPC: A44B15/00
Filed: 1925-06-27
Abstract: 255,212. Gaunt, C. F. June 27, 1925. Key holders.-A device for holding keys comprises one or more rows of pivoted spring hooks and a plate associated with a thickened edge serving as a handle and restricting the movement of the hooks. The owner's name and address may be engraved on the plate. The simplest form is shown in Fig. 1, where the hooks 1 are pivoted on a length of wire embraced by bent-over tongues 6 on the plate 5 having a thickened edge 3. The plate may comprise a middle part 13. Fig. 4, separating the hooks, with side parts 9 supporting the wires 7, 8 on which the hooks are pivoted. Further side parts 23, secured to the plates 9, may be added to restrict the movement of the hooks. The composite plate 9, 13 is thickened at its edge by the beading 12. The plate 13 may be replaced by a leather flap. The side portions 23 may cover the supporting plates 9 and separating plate 19, Figs. 6, 7, in which case the plate 18 forming the parts 23 has a pair of lugs 24 to which the handle 25 is pivoted. Instead of the hooks being mounted on wires, they may be mounted on eyes 20 formed on the central plate 20<a>, Fig. 10.
Patent GB-419542-A (GB)
Title: Customer's call indicator for use in tea rooms and similar places
IPC: G08B5/02
Filed: 1933-06-09
Abstract: 419,542. Restaurant - table signals. OTTINO, C. L. V., 28, The Walk, Potters Bar, Middlesex. June 9, 1933, No. 16587. [Class 118 (ii).] A restaurant-table signal comprises a plunger 7 normally held concealed within the casing 5 by jaws 14 and released to move into the exposed position (shown in Fig. 2) when the jaws 14 are forced apart by lever 22 which is actuated by keys 21 and passes between the jaws 14. The plunger is forced into the exposed position by spring 12, movement being damped by washer 11. The indicator is reset by pressing the plunger back into the cylinder. The indicator may be coloured red and the base may be formed as a combined cigarette holder 25, ash tray 24 and matchbox holder 23, or as a holder for a menu card or advertisement.
Patent GB-1312201-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing agglomerated food product
IPC: A23F5/38
Filed: 1971-05-24
Abstract: 1312201 Agglomerated edible products GENERAL FOODS CORP 24 May 1971 [15 June 1970] 16733/71 Headings A2B and A2E An enhanced agglomerated food product, for example an instant coffee or tea, is obtained by separately forming an enhanced food powder and a spray dried unenhanced food powder, grinding the unenhanced powder to a particle size of less than 100 microns, blending a major portion of the ground powder with a minor portion of the enhanced powder, and agglomerating the blend. In the case of coffee, other materials such as lighteners and sugar, may also be added. The coffee enhancers may be natural or synthetic, such as steam or vacuum distilled volatile aromas, or mercaptans or diacetyls.
Patent GB-333331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of rubber or like articles
IPC: B29C41/14
Filed: 1929-05-31
Abstract: 333,331. Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ltd., and Owen, E. W. B. May 31, 1929. Moulding by dipping; moulding indiarubber.- Seamless multi-compartment articles, such as purses, handbags &c., are made by dipping formers, composed of relatively adjustable parts, into aqueous dispersions of rubber or the like, and then coagulating the matter deposited on the former. On entry into the dispersion the parts of the former may be sufficiently far apart to allow the dispersion to flow between 'them, but they are then adjusted to a distance equal to the desired thickness of deposit. Dispersions obtained as described in Specifications 290,313 or 326,210 may be used. After removal from the dispersion, the exposed parts of the deposit may be subjected to evaporation or to coagulation by heat as described in Specification 324,104, [Class 70, Indiarubber &c.], or to treatment as described in- Specification 303,544, 324,988, 326,282, or 328,015, [all in Class 70, Indiarubber &c.]. The unexposed parts are coagulated by heat, for example as described in Specification 324,104, [Class 70, Indiarubber &c.]. The articles may be vulcanized either before or after removal from the formers. Formers of porous material, such as unglazed porcelain or earthenware, or of non-porous material, such as metal, glass, or glazed porcelain, may be used. The formers may be partly porous and partly non-porous. The Figures show a former suitable for the simultaneous production of two purses. It comprises two aluminium plates 2 and a distance piece 3 with set screws 4. Horizontal-projecting portions 5 of the plates are detachable to facilitate removal of the article formed. The edges 8 of these portions are chamfered. The composite product is divided in the part formed on the central parts of the plates. The method is stated to be applicable for the production of multi-compartment tubes, of rosettes and other ornaments for attachment to bathing caps and of articles for the division of boxes into compartments. For the last-mentioned application a former comprising a number of aluminium cubes is used.
Patent GB-390675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in stropping apparatus for razor blades and the like
IPC: B24D15/08
Filed: 1932-06-14
Abstract: 390,675. Stropping razors &c. BROWN, G., 87, Grasmere Road, Woodside, South Norwood, London. June 14, 1932, No. 16824. [Class 60.] A device for stropping razor blades &c. consists of a pair of rollers a mounted on spaced parallel spindles a<1> in a housing b at one end of a handle c. Between the rollers is mounted a platform d which may have projections d<1> for engaging the holes in a double-edged blade, and the blade is held on the platform by a spring finger e carried by the handle and having a longitudinal hump e<1>. The spindles a<1> are so positioned that when the device is placed on a strop a roller a rests on the strop just clear of the blade edge and holds the strop flat, the hump e<1> also resting on the strop. The rollers may be covered with leather &c. The strop may be of curved cross section, convex upwardly, being maintained in this form by shaped ends or inserts, the strop being flexible. As applied to stropping single-edged blades, one roller only is employed.
Patent GB-1213889-A (GB)
Title: Digital data storage circuit for data recording and transmission systems
Inventor: WEBB RICHARD C
IPC: G11C11/28
Filed: 1968-04-08
Abstract: 1,213,889. Data storage. COLORADO INSTRUMENTS Inc. 8 April, 1968, No. 16880/68. Heading G4C. A data store comprises an element having different energization and de-energization threshold levels, switch means for energizing the element, and unidirectional holding means connected to the element. Fig. 3 shows a neon-tube register in which momentary closure of a selected switch S . . . S-L ignites a corresponding neon-tube N . . . N-L which is kept on, after opening of the switch, via a respective holding diode Dh until another of the switches S . . . S-L is closed when the tube goes out. Closure of a scan switch 17 diverts the holding current from diode Dh to a corresponding transfer diode Dt to pass the stored state over data lines via transistor amplifiers and a coder matrix to magnetic or punched tape or punched cards. The amplifiers &c. may be common to a plurality of such registers scanned in turn. Some states of the register control lamps, motor control relays, logic circuits or arithmetic or verification means, via respective amplifying transistors Q 3 , Q 4 , Q 5  and the "control lines" shown.
Patent GB-831663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electric lighting fittings
Inventor: COOK SIDNEY ARTHUR
IPC: F21V19/00
Filed: 1957-05-28
Abstract: 831,663. Mounting tubular lamps. SIEMENS EDISON SWAN Ltd. April 17, 1958 [May 28, 1957], No. 16914/57. Class 75(4) A lighting fitting for a tubular lamp, especially a fluorescent lamp, consists of a central unit 1 and a pair of spinal members 13, 14 supported thereby to extend in opposite directions, one or both being removable and held at the inner end by frictional engagement between opposite surfaces of a passage-way 6 formed in the central member so that they can be adjusted to vary the distance between the lamp holders 22, 23 held by their ends. The central member 1 may comprise an opentopped open-ended sheet metal structure with a channel 6 formed in the base to receive the spinal members 13, 14 and may house the control components 3, 4, 5, for a fluorescent lamp, these components being carried by a bracket 15. The member 1 may be closed by a mesh cover 24. A spring plate 7 is secured over the channel 6 and has a hole 10 to receive a screw to secure the spinal member 13, a hole 9 for the passage of the electric connections and a slot 11 in which a screw 20 on the member 14 can move lengthwise. Depressions 12 in the plate 7 serve frictionally to engage the members 13, 14.
Patent GB-485342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mattresses and spring interiors for overlays, cushions or the like
IPC: A47C23/053
Filed: 1937-06-17
Abstract: 485,342. Spring upholstery. FRASER, H. A., and CRIGHTON, P. F. June 17, 1937, No. 16934. [Class 52 (iv)] Longitudinal stays 4 running between adjacent rows of upholstery springs 1 are formed with S-bends which are encircled by the clips 3 which secure the stays to the end turns of the springs.
Patent GB-130515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH HARRY
IPC: F01M9/06
Filed: 1918-10-17
Abstract: 130,515. Smith, H., and Wild, M. Oct. 17, 1918. Lubricant conveyed by mechanical means.-An internal-combustion engine crank casing is furnished with oil troughs 6 of triangular slotted tube, or other section which provides a broad base and a narrow slit at the top to receive dippers 7 formed on the connecting-rods 8. The upper edges of the troughs may be curved to correspond to the paths of the connecting-rods, and the ends of the troughs may be roofed in. Oil is supplied by a pump 11 to a pipe connected to all the troughs.
Patent GB-380413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vehicle bodies
IPC: B62D31/02
Filed: 1932-06-15
Abstract: 380,413. Vehicle bodies and suspensions therefor. DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.- GES., Untert³rkheim, Stuttgart, Germany. June 15, 1932, No. 16956. Convention date. June 15, 1931. [Classes 108 (i) and 108 (ii).] In vehicle body metal frames of the kind comprising transverse frames and longitudinal supports the supports are of tubular formation and pass through openings in the transverse frames. The framework comprises pressed U-shaped transverse supports a with a high web which together with the vertical pillars b of U-section and having lateral flanges and with roof members c form closed frames. The transverse supports a which are arranged parallel with each other at definite distances apart are connected together by two continuous longitudinal steel tubes d which are passed through bores in the supports a and are secured by suitable means such as threaded sockets e. Additional longitudinal rails f, g, h and bracing k, i are provided. The springs for the wheel axles are attached to the tubes d by shackles l embracing the tubes d, distancing bars m being provided between the shackles on opposite sides of the vehicle.
Patent GB-753227-A (GB)
Title: Polyisocyanate modified polyesters
Inventor: JOHNSON PHILIP COWEY
IPC: C08G18/42
Filed: 1953-06-19
Abstract: A rubber-like material is obtained by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a copolyester formed from ethylene glycol, succinic acid and an aliphatic alpha-omega-dicarboxylic acid containing 5-10 carbon atoms, the molecular proportions of the acids being from 1.2 to 4.0 of succinic acid to 1 of the other acid. Preferably the copolyester has a molecular weight of 1,500-10,000 and the amount of polyisocyanate used is such that there are 1.0-2.0 isocyanate groups present for each end group of the copolyester.  The reaction may be modified by the addition of water, glycols or diamines.  Specified polyisocyanates are tetramethylene-, hexamethylene-, p-phenylene-, m-phenylene-, toluylene-, diphenyl-4 : 41-, diphenylmethane-4 : 41-, diphenyl ether-4 : 41-, and naphthylene-diisocyanates, and toluene-2 : 4 : 6-, triphenylmethane-4 : 41 : 411-, and diphenyl-2 : 4 : 41-triisocyanates.  The copolyesters used in the examples have hydroxy numbers of 22.6-62.5 and acid numbers of 0.2-1.1 and are made (a) by heating together under reduced pressure a low polyester of ethylene glycol and succinic acid with a low polyester of ethylene glycol and adipic acid, or (b) by heating a mixture of ethylene glycol, succinic acid and adipic acid first at normal pressure and then under reduced pressure.  In examples: (1) and (2) the dried copolyester is heated with naphthylene-1 : 5-diisocyanate and then a jet of steam is directed on the surface of the mix which breaks down to a crumb which is passed through a mill and moulded; (3), (4) and (5) the dried copolyester is heated with adipic acid and naphthylene-1 : 5-diisocyanate or diphenyl-4 : 41-diisocyanate under reduced pressure, and the mixture poured into a mould and further heated; (6) the copolyester is heated with toluylene-2 : 4-diisocyanate and the product heated on a rubber mill with naphthylene-1 : 5-diisocyanate and dimethylcyclohexylamine and cured.  The invention of Specifications 719,539 and 721,896 are disclaimed.
Patent GB-987228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric control apparatus
IPC: G05B19/02
Filed: 1961-05-10
Abstract: 987,228. Sequential switching systems. W. HOLZER. May 10, 1961 [May 10, 1960], No. 16992/61. Heading H2H. A printed circuit switch 1-17 controlling sequences on say a washing machine has its contacts relieved of making and breaking current by a set of cam-operated switches 35-40 driven from the same motor 18, which also drives another cam-operated locating switch 19-23. The motor may be of non- synchronous A.C. type and a rectifier 34 provided to pass D.C. to its windings giving dynamic braking when contacts 22, 23 are open. One or more sections of the programme may be by-passed by closing appropriate self-holding switches 24-29. A pair of contacts (not shown) shunting contacts 22, 23, controlled manually or on completion of a section, restart the motor 18 moving the switch to the next section.
Patent GB-1461267-A (GB)
Title: Lamp reflectors
IPC: F21V7/22
Filed: 1973-04-10
Abstract: 1461267 Lamp reflectors LUCAS ELECTRICAL Ltd 5 April 1974 [10 April 1973] 17033/73 Heading F4R A lamp reflector comprises a dished body having a reflective coating on its inner surface, the body being formed of a cured, low profile polyester moulding composition containing glass fibres and a compatible internal lubricant chemically bonded to a filler. The preferred composition has the following constituents by weight:- 0À5 parts of tertiary butyl peroctoate (an aliphatic peroxy catalyst); 20À0 parts of a styrene solution of an unsaturated polyester resin; 15À0 parts of 0À25 inch length chopped glass fibres; 59À0 parts of a material consisting of a calcium stearate lubricant chemically bonded as a surface coating to a calcium carbonate filler; 4À0 parts of polypropylene adipate; 1À5 parts of finely divided polystyrene. The composition is mixed to disperse the glass fibres and placed in a hopper connected to a vacuum source to remove any air trapped in the mixture. It is then injected into a mould and cured at a temperature between 270‹ F. and 330‹ F. for 0À5 to 3À0 minutes. The body thus formed is coated with a base lacquer, preferably a polyester, epoxy, acrylic or alkyd resin, followed by a vacuum deposited aluminium reflective film and, if desired, a further protective coating of lacquer.
Patent GB-506103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to freezing trays for refrigerating machines
IPC: F25C1/24
Filed: 1938-06-08
Abstract: 506,103. Ice-making. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. June 8, 1938, No. 17062. Convention date, Juno 8, 1937. [Class 29] Ice blocks are mechanically released in separate pairs from a freezing-tray 13 by a pronged hand lever 26 which straddles a longitudinal partition element 18 and, bearing on the ice blocks, engages a flange 19 on a transverse partition clement 17 to move the latter vertically together with the attached element 18. A lip 22 at the lower end of the element 17 tends to shift the ice blocks. Fig. 5 shows a modified lever 33 bearing on an adjacent partition element 17. In another form the lever rocks on the rim of the tray before engaging the ice blocks. The series of partition elements may be retained in assembled relation by inter-connecting them by links 44, Fig. 8, by rods 71 and slots 73, Fig. 12, or by flexible strands. When pivoted links are used, they may be arranged at both ends of the transverse elements 17. The lever 26 may be used to lift the freezing-tray from the supporting surface of the cooling unit, by engaging recesses in the base of the tray.
Patent GB-444281-A (GB)
Title: Ball running swivel hinge
IPC: E05D11/04
Filed: 1935-06-13
Abstract: 444,281. Hinges. BELFERMEN, M., 4, Charles Road, and THURSTON, A. V., 8, Wyatt Road, both in Forest Gate, London. June 13, 1935, No. 17073. [Class 65 (ii)] [See also Group X] A hinge for a door, frame, gate, casement, or the like, which permits the door &c. to rotate through 360‹ or to operate as a sliding door &c., comprises an outer tube A to which is rigidly attached a projecting wing d for fixing the hinge to the door &c., and an inner tube B arranged concentrically within the outer tube and mounted on ball bearings so as to be freely rotatable relatively thereto and having a ball F situated at one end of the inner tube adapted to engage a surface G upon which the ball runs when the door &c. is made to slide. The ball bearings S1, S2 are arranged respectively in recesses formed in flanges provided on the tube A and on a member C which is screw-threaded to engage the inner tube B, further flanges e, b fixed to the inner and outer tubes respectively forming covers for the sets of ball bearings. The member C is held in position by a nut D and is grooved to engage flanges h on the member G. The ball F is pressed into engagement with the member G by a spring E.
Patent GB-1204068-A (GB)
Title: Integral heat exchange component
Inventor: KEITH NORVAL A
IPC: F28F1/18
Filed: 1968-04-09
Abstract: 1,204,068. Tubular heat exchange elements. OLIN CORP. 9 April, 1968 ]12 April, 1967], No. 17074/68. Heading F4S. [Also in Division B3] In a process of manufacturing a finned tubular heat exchange element a metal sheet has placed thereon a pattern of weld-inhibiting material to define the paths of conduits 20, 21 and edge portions, and bonding thereto, as by hot or cold rolling, a second metal sheet at portions 22, 23, 24, the conduits being formed by inflation and the edge portions being bent or rotated to form longitudinal heat exchange fins. The fins may be serrated as shown to form desired configurations 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d and 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d and bent or rotated as in Figs. 5 to 8. The elements may comprise any desired number of conduits and the length of the elements may be bent into a spiral or figure eight form.