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Patent GB-164586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to portable bulkheads or partitions for ships, huts or other structures
IPC: B63B3/56
Filed: 1920-04-27
Abstract: 164,586. Hay, W. G. April 27,1920. Cabins. - In removable partitions for ships, huts, or other structures of the type described in Specification 112,864, angle-pieces l are attached to the lower and upper edges of the partitions and engage respectively a socket m secured to the deck or floor and a second socket n slidably mounted on a stem o secured to the ceiling. The arrangements for connecting the abutting edges of the partition comprise sheet-metal fittings of the configuration shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the tongue f on the fitting a engaging the cross-piece g of the fitting b whilst the cross-pieces h of the fittings c are inserted behind the tongues i, j of the fittings a, b respectively. The fittings are further provided with hooks r which support the angle-iron frames s of the berths, the outside edge of the berth being held up by a fitting of channel section. To connect two partitions only at right-angles, the fiting d, Fig. 12, is attached to the edge of one partition formed with a longitudinal groove equal in width to the other partition, the latter being recessed adjacent to the fitting a so that the portion p of the fitting d can engage with the notches q.
Patent GB-1013513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hopping beer
Inventor: BISHOP LAWRANCE ROBERT
IPC: C12C3/08
Filed: 1963-03-25
Abstract: Lupulin segregated from hops either in accordance with the process described and claimed in Specification 961,506 or otherwise, is milled in a liquid medium to increase the availability of the essential oils and/or to separate the oils from resin.  Closely spaced abrasive wheels, rotary colloid mills or ultrasonic vibrations may be employed for the milling. Aqueous liquid media such as sugar solution or beer are suitable. The resulting milled suspension of lupulin and aqueous medium may be added to beer after fermentation or, alternatively, the lupulin resin content may be separated from the essential oils before the latter are thus added, by solvent extraction or steam distillation with the exclusion of oxygen.  The resinous active principle obtained may then be isomerized by treatment with alkali, before being added to wort prior to boiling. According to an example, 275g of lupulin was mixed with 120 ml. of ethyl alcohol and 50 ml. of 6% aqueous sulphur dioxide (preservative), and the mixture was made up to 1 quart with beer. This was then passed through a colloid mill operating under specified conditions in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide. The resulting milled dispersion could by the addition of sugar be converted into a paste stable in air.
Patent GB-114104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Children's Harness.
Inventor: PARSONS HERBERT ARTHUR
IPC: A47D13/08
Filed: 1917-08-14
Abstract: 114,104. Parsons, H. A. Aug. 14, 1917. Straps and bands.-In children's harness of the kind having a waist belt A, two side straps B<1>, B<2> for attaching to a perambulator &c., connecting rings 2, and a pair of shoulder straps C', C<2>, the shoulder straps are crossed both at front at 10 and at back at 12.' These straps may be permanently connected to the belt, or detachably connected at one end. Adjustability is obtained by buckles or the like in the shoulder straps, belt, and side straps.
Patent GB-284900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in process of electro-depositing chromium
IPC: C25D3/04
Filed: 1927-05-02
Abstract: 284,900. Eaton, W. S. May 2, 1927. Chromium, depositing; metals, removing; metals, pickling; preparing surfaces.-Chromium is deposited from a bath containing chromic acid and an alkaline content consisting mainly of sodium hydroxide. A suitable alkaline content consists of sodium hydroxide 94 per cent, sodium sulphate 2 per cent, sodium carbonate 2 per cent, and sodium chloride and impurities 2 per cent; one ounce of the alkali material in a dry state is added to 1 gallon of water and one pound of chromic acid crystals. The cathode is cleaned before plating by immersion in an alkaline bath while connected to a carbon plate, graphite rod or an iron member to form a couple. It is then rinsed and immersed in the plating bath while still wet. The plating temperature may be 110‹-130‹ F., the voltage 5-10 and the current density 1-2 amps. per sq. inch. The chromium surface may be removed by connecting the article as anode.
Patent GB-703564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lifting and lowering apparatus
Inventor: LEECH JOHN WESTON
IPC: B66B9/10
Filed: 1951-05-21
Abstract: 703,564. Elevators. BRITISH WEDGE WIRE CO., Ltd. May 21, 1952 [May 21, 1951], No. 11780/51. Class 78 (1) An endless elevator is provided with horizontally projecting supports disposed at spaced intervals and a hinged ejection member associated with each support, said member being arranged to encounter an actuating means whereby articles carried by the support are ejected therefrom at a predetermined position. As shown, platforms 42 are supported by bars 40, 41 on cross bars 38 interconnecting chains 36, 37 which are driven intermittently by a motor 17 through a Geneva mechanism 16, 24. For upward conveying, bottles B<SP>1</SP> fed along a belt conveyer 52 are displaced by a pusher 53 operated by a pair of pivoted arms 54, on to a platform 42 against a back rest 43, this transfer taking place whilst the elevator is momentarily at rest. When the platform 42 momentarily comes to rest opposite a reception platform 61, the bottles are discharged over this platform to a conveyer 62 by a pusher bar 63 of an ejection member 64. This member 64 extends through the space between the chains 36, 37, is pivotally attached thereto at 65 and has a projection 66 which engages a striker bar 67 moving in the opposite direction on a pair of endless chains 68. A similar action obtains for downward conveying when the bottles B<SP>3</SP> are loaded on a platform 42 by a pusher 73 so as to rest against a backrest 44 and the ejector member 64 is engaged by an upwardly moving striker 88 to discharge the bottles over the platform 81 to a conveyer 82. The platforms 42, 51 may have intermeshing fingers. Fig. 4 shows an arrangement for spacing the bottles on the conveyer 72 comprising a star wheel 101 which rotates synchronously with the chains 36, 37 and has teeth shaped to pass each bottle B through a guide 102. With this arrangement vertical guides 103 are preferably provided on the platform 71. A fixed striker means in the form of a roller may be used.
Patent GB-568303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the casting of metals
IPC: B22D18/02
Filed: 1943-07-22
Abstract: 568,303. Casting. PROCTOR, W. F., and WEBB, G. W. July 22, 1943, Nos. 11919 and 19741. [Class 83 (i)] Casting-machines ; moulds; castings extracting.-Slabs, parts of aeroplanes, boats, wheels, or other castings of aluminium or magnesium alloys, &c., having a surface area of over 12 square inches, are cast by forcing molten metal through a conduit system 3 ... 7 to exits 8a ... 8e and through them and a fixed die member 1 which has a uniform thickness where it defines the casting C. The molten metal is delivered by a piston to the conduit system at 3 and 4 while 5 is connected to a supply of nitrogen, chlorine, &c. by a pipe 5a so that, when the casting has solidified and the piston is returned, the metal in the system 3 ... 7 is returned to the forcing cylinder followed by nitrogen &c. which fills the conduits ready for the next operation. The die 1 conforms to or, as shown,' forms the wall of a chamber 2 in which a conduit system, which may be similar to that described in Specification 549,238, is arranged and which contains molten salt, fusible metal or other liquid heated to the best temperature for casting the particular metal being used, e.g. 640‹ C. for " Y " aluminium base alloy. The casting will, therefore, freeze first at, and adhere to, the movable die 13, this being ensured by arranging hollow inserts 14, Fig. 2, supported by hydraulic rams 14a, in said die 13. Casting composite articles.-The gates 10 are formed in inserts 9 arranged in the exits 8a &c. of the die 1, all the inserts 9, 14 being shaped to adhere to the casting when the die is opened and the casting ejected by hydraulic rams 14b engaging the inserts 14. The inserts are made of a metal having a higher melting point than that of the metal cast. The outside form of the inserts 14 allows them to be inserted in the part 13 by rams 14a after closing the die and, after casting, they are at such a high temperature that they are readily deformable and can be pushed up by the rams 14b out of their housings. In a modification, each gate insert 17, Fig. 3, is connected to an ejector insert 19 either integrally or by a screwed rod 24 of the same metal as that cast. If the metal is cast at under 650‹ C., aluminium inserts 9, 14, 17, 19 may be used. If the inserts are of heatresisting iron they may be re-used. In any case, they are severed from the casing when cold.
Patent GB-807621-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of cheese
Inventor: KRAFT NORMAN
IPC: A23C19/06
Filed: 1956-04-19
Abstract: In the manufacture of cheese, curd particles from which the whey has been drained are immersed in an acid solution having an acidity equivalent to between about 0,2 and 1,5 per cent. by weight of lactic acid, are maintained therein at a temperature of between about 90 DEG F. and about 120 DEG F., preferably between about 102 DEG F. and about 110 DEG F., for a period of 6 to 40 minutes, such that the acidity of the solution is reduced by an amount equivalent to about 0,2 per cent. by weight of lactic acid, after which they are drained, salted, hooped and pressed to form cheese that can be blended with other cheeses in the manufacture of process cheese, or which can be cured and used alone.  The acid solution is preferably lactic acid solution but acetic, tartaric, citric, and phosphoric acid solutions may also be used.  The drained particles for immersion in the acid solution are prepared by adding a lactic acid starter to milk in a vat, allowing the acidity to develop, adding rennet to set the milk, heating to between about 95 DEG F. and 106 DEG F. and allowing the curd to firm and acidity to develop further such that the acidity of the last whey subsequently drained from the curd particles is equivalent to between about 0,25 and 0,37 per cent. by weight of lactic acid.  In an example the drained curd particles and the acid solution in which they are to be immersed are at approximately the same temperature.
Patent GB-352974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to train braking systems
IPC: B60T7/12
Filed: 1930-04-15
Abstract: 352,974. Fluid-pressure brakes. GLOSTER, G. F., Chief Engineer's Office, Ebute Metta, Nigeria, West Africa. April 15, 1930, No. 11961. [Class 103 (i).] In a train-braking system of the type wherein trip means are associated with the train pipe to permit communication between the train pipe and the atmosphere so as to cause braking on derailment of the whole or part of the train on either side of the rail, the trip means comprises a suspended pipe or pipes connected to and in communication with the train pipe, each suspended pipe having at its lower end a flanged portion 4 provided with a facing 5 containing in a recess 7 a resilient washer 6 adapted to engage normally with a corresponding washer 8 in a recess 9 in a closing member 10 pivotally mounted at 11 on the flanged portion 4. Associated with the member 10 is a bent member 12 which serves by its own weight to maintain the closing member 10 in its normal position, and which has offset portions 13 occupying a position above one of the rails 14 so that in the event of derailment the portions 13 engage the rail or the track and separate the members 10, 4 as shown in Fig. 6. In this position the washers 6, 8 project outwardly thus ensuring an effective joint when in normal engagement.
Patent GB-794118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to reversible counting apparatus
IPC: H03K29/00
Filed: 1955-04-26
Abstract: 794,118. Counting-apparatus. LINK AVIATION, Inc. April 26, 1955 [April 26, 1954), No. 12080/55. Class 106 (1). In reversible counting apparatus comprising a lower and a higher order counting stage each operable to count in either direction in response to applied signals, the lower order stage comprises a pair of counting devices coupled to operate together but out of phase, one counting device lagging for addition and the other for subtraction, and the higher order stage being stepped under control of a corresponding one of the lower order counting devices. Fig. 5 shows the first decimal order of a counter employing two dekatron-type tubes GT-1, GT-2 each comprising a central anode and a circular array of cathodes K-0 to K-9 separated by pairs of guides connected to terminals G-1, G-2. Guide sets G-1, G-2 of GT-1 receive waveforms B, A, Fig. 3, respectively, which are 90 degrees out-of-phase, B or A leading according to whether stepping in an adding or subtracting direction is required. As shown in Fig. 3, waveform B leads so that additive stepping of the discharge in GT-1 occurs as indicated, the shaded pulses representing positive potentials on the cathodes of GT-1. The transfer of the discharge from a cathode to an adjacent cathode, e.g. K-0 to K-1, comprises four steps or quarter-cycles: (1) one guide set, e.g. G-1, is made more negative than the cathodes; (2) the other guide set (G-2) is also made negative; (3) the first guide set goes positive again; and (4) the second guide set also goes positive. The guide sets G-1, G-2 of tube GT-2 receive waveforms A<SP>1</SP> (the inverse of A) and B respectively, whereby this tube has a ¥ cycle lag (see unshaded pulses for K-0 to K-9 in Fig. 3) or lead (for subtraction) with respect to GT-1. Selected cathode outputs from the two tubes are combined and connected through buffer diodes to leads An, A<SP>1</SP>n and Bn, B<SP>1</SP>n connected to opposite inputs of " A " and " B " bistable devices, e.g. transistor flip-flops, or Eccles-Jordan-type circuits (Fig. 6, not shown) which devices provide output waveforms An + 1, A<SP>1</SP>n+1 and Bn+ 1, Fig. 4, for operating the next higher order comprising a further pair of dekatrons. For addition, the bistable devices are operated by pulses from leading tube GT-1 and similarly, for subtraction, by pulses from GT-2, the same output waveforms being produced. Further higher orders may be similarly operated. The counter may be reset by a multi-step switch (Fig. 7, not shown). The registered count is indicated on neon tubes (0-9, Fig. 5). The counter may be used in combination with fast lower-order hard-valve counters and slow-speed higher order mechanical counters. Reference is made to counting to bases other than 10, e.g. 8 or 7, and to predetermined counting by means of relays with series-connected contacts.
Patent GB-432455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to television systems
IPC: H04N3/12
Filed: 1934-04-21
Abstract: 432,455. Television. COMMUNICATION PATENTS, Inc., 60, Broadway, New York, U.S.A. April 21, 1934, No. 12095. Convention date, Sept. 28, 1933. [Class 40 (iii)] In a television system the scanning for transmission or reconstitution is effected by producing sequential discharges directly from point terminals arranged in the form of a screen. The terminal members 6 of the screen 5 are individually connected by conductors 7 to probes 8 located between rail electrodes 10 across which a discharge is produced by a voltage source 15 and a Tesla coil 28. The arc is caused to traverse the probes 8 by a winding 11 and light from the sequential discharges at the terminals 6 is passed through an aperture 30 and focused on the object 0. Light reflected from the object operates a photo-electric cell 35 connected to an amplifier 36 of which a portion of the output is fed back to a transformer 38 to control the speed and intensity of the arc in accordance with the picture signals which are utilized at the receiving end to control the are in a similar manner. To enable lower voltages to be employed, an earthed screen 25, constituted by a gauze, a sheet of glass sputtered with metal, or an envelope containing a transparent electrolytic solution is used. The moving arc may be replaced by a mechanical distributer Fig. 5 (not shown). A modified form of screen, Fig. 6, has rail electrodes 65 with projections 66 having small relatively staggered protuberances 67. In front of the arc path is a plate 78 of glass or insulating material having metal spots or electrodes 79 positioned to form unit areas of the screen. The electrodes 65 are connected to a source of A.C. potential and a Tesla coil 69, a field coil 73 being employed to bias the movement of the arc to successive points 67 which determine the point electrodes 79 from which the corona discharge is effected by the oscillator 68. Specifications 360,470 and 360,941 are referred to.
Patent GB-111818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capes, Aprons, Overalls and the like to be Worn while Human Hair is being Cut.
Inventor: MCLEOD DONALD
IPC: A45D44/08
Filed: 1917-08-23
Abstract: 111,818. McLeod, D. Aug, 23, 19i7. Hair - cutting appliances, barbers' and like.-A device for collecting human hair as it falls during cutting consists of a kind of cape 3, either collapsible or foldable, having a collar, and a gutter 16 provided with a shoot 21 under which is placed a collecting receptacle 22. The cape is formed either of flexible material or of hinged rigid segments, and has an elliptical base, a circular head opening, fastenings 6, and, when rigid material is used, flaps under the chin which may fall inwardly on the chest. The gutter may form the lower port of the cape, or it may be secured to the chair. In the latter case, it is provided with a removable front portion to allow the person to get in and out of the chair. An inner collar is used with the rigid form of cape and comprises rigid sections hinged at 8, Fig. 6, having inclined sides 9 forming a. groove 10 to go over the top edges of the segments and an upper rounded edge 11. The outer collar, which is always used, is of flexible material, such as of cloth, and has an inner vertical fold 12, Fig. 7, and an outer inclined fold 13.
Patent GB-927673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metering devices for liquids
Inventor: HAMBLETT LAURENCE SIDNEY JAMES
IPC: G01F3/28
Filed: 1961-04-05
Abstract: 927,673. Rotary meters. TYLORS OF LONDON Ltd. March 21, 1962 [April 5, 1961], No. 12267/61. Class 110 (2). [Also in Group XXIX] A metering device for liquids has a rotatable drum 2 with at least two compartments disposed relative to the axis 4 of the drum so that, when a predetermined quantity of the liquid has been delivered through a valve 20, the member 2 rotates to a position at which the liquid is discharged into a container 8 and another of the compartments is positioned for filling. When the uppermost compartment is full, a float 17 in it rises to lift an arm 16 about a pivot 14 on the drum 2 so that a stopelement 12 disengages from an adjustable abutment 11. The drum 2 is then free to turn about the axis 4 under the weight of the liquid until a roller 25 abuts the inwardly cranked end 28 (see Fig. 4) of a lever 26 on a fixed pivot 24. The roller 25 then raises a lever 23 on the same pivot 24 and opens the spring-loaded poppet valve 20. A leaf-spring 31 engages a pawl 30 to prevent rebound of the member 2. A float 32 on an arm 33 pivoted to the casing at 34 has a cranked portion 36 which engages the other pawl 30 and prevents the drum 2 from rotating fully into the emptying position if the liquid remaining in the container 8 is above a given level. Rollers (Fig. 3, not shown) on the outside of the rotatable drum turn the wheel of a totalizing device as each increment is emptied.
Patent GB-316595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to gramophone records
IPC: G11B23/00
Filed: 1928-04-27
Abstract: 316,595. Cooper, W. F. April 27, 1928. Records.-Moulded gramophone records are of truncated conical or similar tapering shape to facilitate nesting and manufacture by the process claimed in Specification 316,596. The records are made of a hard composition and with a deep groove. The angle of taper is preferably 18¢‹ or 20‹ and may lie between 12¢‹ and 30‹. The minimum diameter is preferably from 8 to 12 inches and the length 10 inches. The stylus groove may be formed on the inside or outside of the record.
Patent GB-566276-A (GB)
Title: Metal washers
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1943-08-03
Abstract: 566,276. Washers. JONES, W. D. Aug. 3, 1943, No. 12502. [Class 89 (i)] [Also in Groups II and XXXVI] Washers, particularly for use in making electric connections, are made from porous metal such as copper, silver, or alloys such as brass and bronze. Pure iron, nickel or aluminium or a soft alloy thereof may also be used. The washers are made by pressing powdered metal cold in a mould to form a compact in washer form, and sintering the compact in a protective atmosphere. The washers may also contain particles of non-metallic materials, including abrasives such as carborundum, or graphite to prom te electrical conductivity. A corrosion inhibitor may be present. Three specific ,examples are given. ,
Patent GB-917854-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of thiophene-carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Filed: 1959-04-13
Abstract: Compounds of the formula <FORM:0917854/IV (b)/1> where R1 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms, aryl, carboxy or carbalkoxy, R2 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms or aryl, and X is OH, OR3 or NHR1 where R3 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms and R4 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, are prepared by reacting a compound R11CH= CYCOR2, where R11 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms or aryl or carbalkoxy, and Y is halogen, with a compound HSCH2COZ, where Z is OR3 or NHR4, in the presence of an alkaline condensation agent; and if desired, saponifying an ester so obtained. Suitable condensing agents are alkali metal alcoholates having 1-4 carbon atoms.  Examples are given.
Patent GB-591103-A (GB)
Title: A device for containing a reel or reels of textile thread and for preventing undesired unwinding thereof
IPC: B65H49/08
Filed: 1944-07-03
Abstract: 591,103. Holders for reels of thread. COLE & CO., Ltd., W. H., and HOLDER. E. T. July 3, 1944, No. 12617. [Class 18] One or more reels of thread are mounted within a frame or casing so as to rotate only when a frictional resistance has been overcome by, for example, pulling on a thread. The frictional resistance is exerted by a friction sleeve interposed between a reel and its spindle. The sleeve may be formed from a thin metal strip having parallel slits extending between two unslitted edge portions which fit tightly on to a spindle while the slitted portion of the sleeve is expanded against the central passage of a reel. In one modification, Fig. 2, a spindle 2, suspended from the cap 3 of a casing 4, carries a friction sleeve 5 to hold a reel 1. An end of the thread is passed through a slit 8 in the casing to a shallow slitted dome where the end may be held between a leaf-spring 13 and the dome and severed at the dome slit 11. An inspection window may be provided. In another modification, Fig. 6, spindle 14 is mounted horizontally and non-rotatably in a frame 15, 16 and carries a friction sleeve 33 to retard movement of the reel 1. The upper part 15 of the frame carries a slitted holding strip 26, a severing dome 37, and a thread-holding pressure finger. Several reel-bearing frames may be mounted in a workbox or cabinet. In a further modification, Fig. 12, reels 53 are mounted on friction sleeves 51 on fixed spindles 50 carried in a moulded casing 47 having a central post 49, bearing a common severing dome 54a and slitted holding means, and a removable cover 48.