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Patent GB-793264-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved brake pedal mounting for motor cycles and like machines
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM DOUGLAS JAMES
IPC: B62K19/38
Filed: 1955-08-25
Abstract: 793,264. Brakes for motor-cycles. JAMES MOTOR CYCLES, Ltd. Aug. 16, 1956 [Aug. 25, 1955], No. 24431/55. Class 136(1) [Also in Groups XXXII and XXXIV] In a brake mounting for a motor cycle, spring means, comprising a coil spring disposed within a housing, is adapted to be compressed radially upon actuation of the brake pedal and to expand radially on release of the pedal and engage the wall of the housing to limit the restoring movement of the brake pedal to its inoperative position. In the embodiment illustrated, the brake pedal 17 is pivotally mounted on the outer end of the spacer tube 15 mounted on footrest bar 10 projecting from frame member 11 of the motor cycle. Welded to the spacer tube 15 is a cup-shaped housing 23 within which is disposed a coil spring 20; one end of which (21) is secured to the brake pedal 17 and the other end (22) is secured to the housing 23. The normal uncompressed diameter of spring 20 is slightly greater than the internal diameter of housing 23 so that when the brake pedal is released and the spring 20 allowed to expand radially, the coils will engage frictionally with the inside face of housing 23 to limit the return movement of brake pedal 17. The pivotal "at rest" position of pedal 17 with respect to the foot-rest hanger 16 may be adjusted to suit the requirements of the rider by the rotation of spacer 15 and housing 23 welded thereto with respect to bar 10 after the lock nut 14 has been slackened. This adjustment however, does not serve as the adjustment for the brakes themselves which may be adjusted in known manner by means of a suitable adjuster associated with the operating cable 19.
Patent GB-1462619-A (GB)
Title: Magazine bar exchange mechanism
IPC: D04B11/24
Filed: 1973-05-22
Abstract: 1462619 Knitting-machines WILLIAM COTTON Ltd 29 April 1974 [22 May 1973] 24432/73 Heading D1C A magazine bar exchange mechanism for a V-bed rib machine includes a working station 52 at which a magazine bar can be supported, a loading station 58 from which new bars can be advanced and an unloading station 53. The mechanism 2 comprises units 10, 12 for supporting and advancing the bars, and defining the stations. The units are movable across the bed width and relatively adjustable to accommodate bars of different width. Each unit comprises a lever 28 carrying a plunger 40 against which the bars are urged at station 53, and a lever 26 carrying a stud 45 on which the bars rest. The bars are moved by blocks 64 carried on chains 62 driven by a motor 70. When a predetermined number of rib borders have accumulated on a bar at working station 52, and if unloading station 53 is sensed as empty, the blocks 64 will be driven round the circuits of the chains. The blocks first strike the upper ends of levers 26, and so withdraw studs 45. The magazine bar is then pushed to station 53 where it can be removed. A new bar is then pushed from station 58 up to the plungers 40 at the working station. The blocks force its rear end inwards above the peak 46 of a track block 42; plungers 40 apply the bar to studs 45. A new bar is placed at station 58.
Patent GB-190236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in carburettors
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1921-09-14
Abstract: 190,236. Constantinesco, G. Sept. 14, 1921. Spray carburettors.-A carburettor of the type described in Specification 155,001 has the main fuel nozzle g placed symmetrically with reference to the axis of the butterfly throttle valve r and in a direction at right-angles to the valve when in its fully open position. The nozzle g is screwed into the lower edge of a central rod h which screws into the bottom of a sleeve c the upper end of which extends above the fuel level. The float consists of cork k attached to the free end of a hinged member l having an upwardlyprojecting tongue m which bears against the needle valve n. A sleeve e depending from the cover d contains a petrol filter f and its interior is in communication with the induction passage b through a conduit o and orifice p a disc valve q limiting the suction within the sleeve by admitting air from the float chamber, which communicates with the atmosphere through an adjustable slotted plug t.
Patent GB-791935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metal containers
IPC: B65D25/32
Filed: 1956-08-09
Abstract: 791,935. Making bucket-type containers. CONTINENTAL CAN CO. Inc. Aug. 9, 1956 [Sept. 26 1955], No. 24471/56. Class 83 (2). In making bucket-type containers a method of connecting a domed bail-attaching ear to a body blank comprises flattening a peripheral bead, formed at the base of the ear into interlocking engagement with a concentric beadengaging wall formed in the blank. A tubular bead 5 formed at the base of a domed ear 2, Fig. 2 is flattened by a press-tool 18 to deform the cylindrical side wall 13 of recess 11 in a container body blank 4, to effect an interlock between the ear and the blank Fig. 3. A boss 14 may be formed in the bottom 12 of the recess 11 to locate the ear concentrically. Curved fillets 16 and 17 are provided to permit slight movement between the rigid ear and the blank during subsequent bending. The bend 5 may be formed outwardly as in Fig. 2 or alternatively may be formed inwardly. In a modification the side wall 13 of the recess may be preformed at an acute angle to the bottom 12 of the recess, in which case on flattening the bead as before there is no appreciable further deformation of the side wall.
Patent GB-658089-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved article of furniture
IPC: A47B83/04
Filed: 1949-09-23
Abstract: 658,089. Furniture combination. EARLE, E. E. Sept. 23, 1949, Nos. 24522 and 27127. [Class 52 (iii)] An article of furniture comprises a unit including an accessory or accessories such as drawers, dressing table or wardrobe in which a bed is provided for use on top of the unit and storage space is provided within or below the lower part of the unit for a bed or beds. As shown the upper part a of the unit comprises a bed provided with a hinged cover d<SP>111</SP>, head board g and sides and ends d<SP>1</SP>, e<SP>1</SP>, e<SP>11</SP> the end e<SP>1</SP> being arranged to be turned down to provide access to the bed. The middle part b of the unit comprises shelves h with drawers above, a hanging cupboard or wardrobe and a dressing table i having a mirror. The lower part c is provided with runners I to support for stowage foldable beds which may have extension pieces if desired. The part behind the mirror may be provided with recesses to which access may be obtained from the side. The parts a, b, c of the unit may be detachable and the lower part c may be provided with a roller shutter closure. A bed table may be provided.
Patent GB-1166586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cooling Apparatus
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1968-05-23
Abstract: 1,166,586. Cooling systems. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. 23 May, 1968 [26 June, 1967], No. 24576/68. Addition to 1,126,180. Heading F4U. In cooling apparatus of the type described in Specification 1,126,180 the superimposed second liquid is cooled by a heat conducting member which extends into the liquid and dissipates heat to a fluid surrounding the container. As shown, the member comprises a lower set of fins 32 depending into the liquid 16 and an upper set of fins 36 over which ambient air is blown by a fan 38, air inlets 40 being provided in the walls of the container 22. In a modification (Figs. 3 and 4, not shown) the fins extend vertically and are arranged in rows, each row being encased in a rectangular housing which communicates at its lower end with the ambient atmosphere. Air thus flows by convection through the spaces between the ajdacent fins of each row and leaves the container through apertures in the top wall thereof.
Patent GB-599766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in metal containers for fluids
IPC: B65D25/42
Filed: 1945-09-24
Abstract: 599,766. End-closures for metal containers. BARNES, F. J. T. Sept. 24, 1945, No. 24691. [Classes 21 and 66] An end-closure 13 for the bottom of a metal container for fluids is provided with a drain channel 12 the outer end-wall 14 of which is upright and formed with an aperture 15 for connecting the drain channel to a bung-hole tube 16 extending outwardly from the end-wall 14. The drain channel may, as shown, be formed integrally with the end-closure or it may be formed separately and be flanged on some or all of its sides for attaching it to the end-closure. Further, the drain channel may have the bunghole tube formed integrally therewith or, as shown, attached thereto. Specifications 428,703 and 534,628 are referred to.
Patent GB-791605-A (GB)
Title: A method of polishing
IPC: C09G1/16
Filed: 1955-08-29
Abstract: A liquid composition, for polishing smooth surfaces, particularly cars and furniture, comprises (a) an organopolysiloxane mixture consisting essentially of (1) 1 to 90 per cent by weight of the total siloxane content of a toluene-soluble methylpolysiloxane composed of trimethylsiloxane and SiO2 units in such proportions that the CH3/Si ratio is from 1.0 : 1 to 2.4 : 1; and (2) 10 to 99 per cent by weight of a liquid organopolysiloxane having a viscosity not exceeding 500,000 cs. at 25 DEG  C., soluble in organic solvents, having from 1.5 to 2.1 organic radicals per Si atom, the radicals being saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals, there being an average of not more than one aromatic hydrocarbon per Si atom and at least one of the defined radicals attached to each Si atom, and (b) a hydrocarbon solvent and/or emulsifying agent and water. Siloxanes (1) may be made by cohydrolysis of the corresponding silanes or by the process of Specification 706,719.  Siloxanes (2) are well known and may contain as silicon-bonded radicals methyl, ethyl, propyl, octadecyl, phenyl, xenyl, benzyl, tolyl or cyclohexyl radicals. Solvents specified : naphthol mineral spirits, xylene and stoddard solvent.  The compositions may be solutions or aqueous emulsions preferably containing from 0.15 to 15 per cent by weight of the defined siloxanes and up to 5 per cent of emulsifying agents and other additives, such as finely-divided silica, e.g. diatomaeous earth and tripoli silica, and organic waxes.  Examples are given.
Patent GB-893479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to printed circuit boards
Inventor: GEORGE HENRY JOHN
IPC: H05K3/28
Filed: 1957-08-06
Abstract: 893,479. Printed circuits. PYE Ltd. July 28, 1958 [Aug. 6, 1957], No. 24773/57. Class 37. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board consists of forming the conductors on one side of the board, and applying a layer of insulating material, e.g. an epoxy resin, over the whole surface of the board by a silk screen technique, except in those places to which it is required to solder components to the circuit.
Patent GB-269408-A (GB)
Title: Means for use in transporting artillery
IPC: F41A23/26
Filed: 1926-10-06
Abstract: 269,408. Fornaca, G. Oct. 6, 1926. Addition to 234,745. Field carriages.-The wheeled-axle transport carriage, referred to in the parent Specification, which supports the entire gun carriage clear of the ground, is according to the present invention, furnished with an appendage to enable the wheeled-axle to function also as a limber. For this purpose, the springs 2 form a support for a pyramidal frame 12 furnished with a rod 15 for coupling to a tractor and a universal joint 13 for connection to the gun trail 7, which is thereby raised higher than usual to clear ground obstacles during transport.
Patent GB-796049-A (GB)
Title: Process for the recovery of iodine from hydrogen iodide
IPC: B01D57/02
Filed: 1956-08-14
Abstract: Iodine is recovered from gases containing hydrogen iodide byspassing the gas over amorphous carbon, which may be active, at elevated temperatures, preferably between 100 DEG  and 700 DEG  C., and particularly above 300 DEG  C.  The hydrogen iodide is catalytically decomposed.  The iodine may be extracted from the product, e.g. by freezing out or by absorbing in a suitable medium.  Specification 796,048 is referred to.
Patent GB-1183573-A (GB)
Title: Rolling Mills
Inventor: BOND HARRY LAURENCE FRED
IPC: B21B31/04
Filed: 1966-06-03
Abstract: 1,183,573. Rolling. DAVY & UNITED ENG. CO. Ltd. 7 June, 1967 [3 June, 1966], No. 24880/66. Heading B3M. A rolling mill stand of a 2- or 4-high mill comprises bearing chocks 15, 16 with spacer blocks 14 between the chocks, each block having adjustment means to vary its effective length to alter the roll gap and a foot 14A so that the stand is supported by the blocks. The chocks are held together by tie rods 33 which pass through the chocks and may pass through the blocks. The lower end of each tie rod has an hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly 35, 36 to prestress the stand. The prestressing may be constant or vary with the rolling load. Between each chock and block is a roller or rollers 26 between bearing blocks 27, 28. The axes of the rollers lie in the same plane as the axes of the rolls in the chocks to allow pivoting of the chocks when the rolls bend under rolling load. Between the spacer blocks 14 and the bearing blocks 27 is a wedge 32 which is adjustable to alter the effective length of the spacer. The lower wedges may be used for coarse adjustment and the upper wedges for fine adjustment. The wedges of each spacer are interconnected to ensure the same adjustment to each one. The adjustment could be alternatively achieved by packers between the rollers and the blocks or screws. Load cells 38 may be provided between the chocks and spacer blocks to control the adjustment. A fixed cramp bar may be provided between the blocks 14 of the two ends of the stand. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), a 2-high rod mill has the chocks (15), (16) of the work rolls spaced by the spacer blocks (14). There may be only one adjustment wedge in each block to automatically give concentric adjustment. If only small changes of roll gap are required the prestressing bolts may be replaced by stiff springs. In a third embodiment, Figs. 4 and 5 (not shown), the hydraulic cylinders are at the top of the stand and the lower end of the tie bars held by cotters (41). Each spacer block (14) carries a symmetrically operating screw-jack which engages the upper and lower chocks (15), (16). The four spacer blocks are coupled together by ties (50), (52) and each spacer block has a foot (53) secured to bed plates (55). The rolling stands enable easy roll changing without upsetting the adjusting means. Further the support blocks constitute mounting posts for coolant equipment and guides.
Patent GB-158609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spring forks for motor cycles and the like
IPC: B62K25/16
Filed: 1919-10-11
Abstract: 158,609. Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd., and Poole, H. Oct. 11, 1919. Spring devices.-In link-mounted spring front forks for motor-cycles &c., the links 2 are provided on their inner faces with bearing-sleeves 3 which are arranged to enter the ends of tubular transverse sleeve parts 4 on the fork members 6 and the steering-column (not shown) respectively, and to constitute the pivot or joint members carrying or supporting the load. The links are held in position by transverse locking-bolts 8, an annular space 12, adapted to contain lubricant, being left between each pair of bearing-sleeves. Instead of being of the same diameter throughout their length, the bearing-sleeves may be tapered to engage with a correspondingly tapered recess in each end of the sleeve parts.
Patent GB-964400-A (GB)
Title: Walker and lifting device
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 1963-06-24
Abstract: 964,400. Apparatus for lifting invalids. SEVEN E. CORPORATION. June 24, 1963 [Oct. 2, 1962], No. 25047/63. Heading B8H. [Also in Division A6] A lifting and transporting device for incapacitated persons comprises a wheeled supporting frame, vertically spaced pairs of support arms 28, 32 and 29, 33 mounted in transversely journalled bearings, and gearing intercoupling said pairs of arms in a manner in which the load is equally distributed between the upper and lower arms. The inner ends 30, 34 and 31, 35, Fig. 4, of the arms are mutually retractable and extensible in square sectioned tubes 22, 25 rotatable in circular sectioned tubes 13, 14. The upper square tube 22 is rotated from the bottom shaft 36 by step-down sprocket and chain gearing 40, 21, 21, 23, while the lower tube 25 is similarly rotated from shaft 36 by gearing 39, 18, 19, 26. Shaft 36 is driven by worm gearing 45, 46 from shaft 47 which in turn may be driven optionally by a reversible electric motor 58, Fig. 2, through worm gearing 70, 68, Fig. 4, and clutch 60, or may be driven manually, when dog clutch 60 is in the upper position, via a bevel gear 52 and hand crank 56, Fig. 1. The inner ends 30, 34 of the arms 28, 32 are extended or retracted to a desired position by a bellcrank 80, 82 via a link 84 and rods 85, 86. The opposite arms 29, 33 become equally extended or retracted via gears 76, 77, Fig. 4, which have a fixed location in tubes 22, 25. Spirally wound leaf springs 73 acting on shaft 36 are arranged to act in a direction countering the load to take the strain when the motor or manual lifting means is inoperative. Electrical circuit diagrams are described with reference to Figs. 22, 23 (not shown).
Patent GB-600131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for cutting or slicing vegetables
IPC: B26D7/18
Filed: 1945-09-28
Abstract: 600,131. Vegetable cutters. PEMBERTON, J. T. Sept. 28, 1945, No. 25165. [Class 5(i)] The invention relates to cutting and delivery elements for hand-operated vegetable cutting and slicing machines of the type in which a reciprocating motion given to one member by operation of a lever forces the vegetables to be cut against the cutter blades, the portions falling into a delivery shoot. The present invention provides means for cutting thin slices and blocks of square section simultanously, the slices and blocks falling into separate shoots. The rectangular cutter frame 5 has narrowlyspaced strands 20 of piano wire stretched across its central portion from front to back passing through grooves in the rear wall of the frame round equally-spaced anchor pins 19 on an anchor block 18 at the back of the frame and carried round similar anchor pins 21 mounted on a tension adjuster plate 22, which is adjustably mounted in projecting lugs 17 at the front of the frame. On each side of the wires 20 transverse cutter blades 29 are set vertically in equally-spaced slots in the side walls of the cutter frame, the spacing between the slots being substantially greater than between the wires. Each set of transverse blades 29 terminates at a longitudinal blade 30 parallel to and closely adjacent the outermost cutter wire 20. By passing bolts through lugs 31 at each side of the frame it can be fixed in the platform 3 of the cutting-apparatus above the delivery shoot assembly 4, which consists of an outer shoot 42 registering with and having the same cross-sectional area as the aperture through the cutter frame and an inner shoot 43 the top of which coincides with the spacing between the longitudinal cutters 30. The outer shoot 42 extends vertically downwards to a receptacle 16 and the lower part of the shoot 43 is cranked to lead to a receptacle 15. A pusher block 8 is mounted vertically above the platform 3 on a platen 7 which is given a reciprocating motion by operating a lever 9. The block 8 has projections 37, 38, 39 on its under surface so constructed that they pass right through the cutter frame 5 when the block is pressed down until the underface of its end flanges rest on the top surface of the cutter frame. The outer projections 37, 39 have slots 40 to register with the transverse blades 29, clearance between the several projections 37, 38, 39 is sufficient to allow the longitudinal cutter blades 30 to pass between them and the central projection 38 is grooved to accommodate the cutter wires 20. A cover plate 34 may be provided to prevent accidental contact with the tension adjuster plate 22. In a modification, the cutter frame is recessed to take the cutter wires and the tension adjuster plate 22 is hinged to downturned lugs instead of slidably mounted in slots. In a further modification, the transverse blades are mounted in a separate frame from the cutter wires 20 provision being made for assembling the two parts.
Patent GB-144539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in duplex mirrors
IPC: A47G1/04
Filed: 1919-10-15
Abstract: 144,539. Calvert, A. Oct. 15, 1919. Mirrors.-Two mirrors are connected together by means allowing their distance apart to be adjusted while at the same time the angle between the mirrors is automatically varied so that the head and body of a viewer may be reflected in different positions. The connecting means shown is in the form of a lazy-tongs having folding operating handles 16 and connected to mirrors 1, 2 by collars 9, 12 surrounding the posts 5 which carry the mirrors. The collars 9 have set-screws 10 engaging circumferential grooves in the posts; the collars 12 have setscrews engaging spiral grooves 13 in the posts so that, as the collars 12 rise and fall owing to the operation of the lazy-tongs, the posts are caused to rotate.
Patent GB-511100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to shoe-trees
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1938-08-27
Abstract: 511,100. Shoe trees. GOLDSCHMIDT, P. Aug. 27, 1938, No. 25237. [Class 17 (iii)] A spring member, preferably of volute form, is convexly curved in the longitudinal direction of the shoe and is pivotally attached to the upper part of the rear edge of a hollow toe piece of a shoe tree so as to pivot relatively to the toe piece in a longitudinal direction until it contacts with the sole of the shoe nearer to the toe than the point about which it pivots. The outermost turn 9 of the volute spring 5 may be riveted to a lever 4 which is pivotally secured by a pin 3 to a pair of lugs 2 on the toe piece 1 which preferably is of synthetic resin material. The part of the spring 5 which contacts with the sole may be of convex surface.
Patent GB-1431204-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning of containers prior to filling the containers prior to filling the containers
IPC: B08B9/20
Filed: 1973-05-25
Abstract: 1431204 Washing containers HOLSTEIN & KAPPERT MASCHINENFABRIK PHONIX GmbH 25 May 1973 [26 May 1972] 25242/73 Heading B8T A method of, or apparatus for, cleaning containers prior to filling them, wherein cleansing and/or cooling water is fed to the containers, collected and fed through a heat exchanger which is cooled by flow of a liquid with a lower temperature than the temperature of the water entering the heat exchanger, and wherein the cooled water is reused for cleansing and/or cooling containers. In the embodiment, a pump 10 circulates water from a container 9 to a heat exchanger via a conduit 12 and from there via a conduit 15 to a washing zone 5 which draws into the container 2. The heat exchanger is cooled by the liquid to be bottled which is pumped along a conduit 20 to a bottling machine 22 by a pump 21. A valve 16, controlled by the temperature of the liquid leaving the heat exchanger 14, can provide a by-pass circuit for the water across the heat exchanger 14.  A second valve 18 is used to divert water from the 15 for cooling or cleaning and may be temperature controlled. The heat exchanger may also extract heat from the coolant used in a vacuum pump 25 and circulated from and to a reservoir 28 via conduits 30 and 27.