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Patent GB-770745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for closing bottles by means of crown corks
IPC: B67B3/12
Filed: 1955-06-23
Abstract: 770,745. Closuring bottles. PARODI, F. A. June 23, 1955, No. 18134/55. Class 125(2). In a crown-corking machine of the rotary type in which the bottles are fed into the machine and discharged therefrom by conveyers and in which a closing die 1 is carried on a shaft 5 which can be vertically reciprocated to effect the closuring, the die 1 and shaft 5 are made of paramagnetic material and, as they pass over a crown shoot 11 located between the discharge and feed conveyers, the die is magnetized by energization of a coil 8 so as to pick a crown from the shoot. The die may be surrounded by a sleeve having a lower gasket sealing against the bottle shoulder, the sleeve being connected to a source of vacuum at the appropriate time so that the closuring can be effected in vacuo.
Patent GB-232089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pads, bandages or the like for therapeutic purposes
IPC: A61K51/12
Filed: 1924-07-30
Abstract: 232,089. Rosher, F. N. D. July 30, 1924. Light and other radiations, treating diseases with.-A bandage, pad, or the like carrying or embodying radioactive material is constructed in the form of a frame-like body so that only the healthy tissue surrounding the affected part is acted on by the radiations. The bandage &c. may be suitably covered to avoid exposure of the affected part. For example, radioactive material may be applied to annular corn-plasters, which are constructed so that the radiations act on the unaffected tissue at the margin of the corn. The radioactive material may be replaced or supplemented by substances, such as zinc sulphide, capable of emitting radiations after excitation by light.
Patent GB-348923-A (GB)
Title: Poultry feather picker
IPC: A22C21/02
Filed: 1930-06-14
Abstract: 348,923. Plucking poultry. JACKSON, L. MELLERSH-, 28, Southampton Buildings, London.-(Atlas Fowl Plucking Machine Corporation ; 347, 5th Avenue, New York, U.S.A.) June 14, 1930, No. 18313. [Class 28 (ii).] The feathers are gripped between a rotating drum-like member and a member pivoted thereto. As shown, the drum-like member is enclosed in a casing 83 and consists of two parts, one part 45 being slidable axially relative to the other part 30 in guides 37, 39. The drive is effected through a flexible shaft 100, gearing 97, 65 and a sleeve 29 encircling a stationary shaft 25 fixed to the bottom plate 20. A set screw 42 secures the part 30 to the sleeve 29 which is journalled in a bearing 69 depending from a casing 66 for the gear wheels. The axial movement of the part 45 is effected by a roller 62 engaging a cam rail 70, and a return spring 73. A resilient strip 56 coacts with the gripper and is retained in position by a plate 57. The gripper, Fig. 4, has a pin 108 which is journalled in the moving drum part 45 as shown in Fig. 8. A roller 109 runs in a cam groove 81 in the casing cover 80 whereby the foot 107 of the gripper is pressed against or withdrawn from the strip 56. In operation, the plate 20 is pushed over the bird and the feathers are erected by the comb-shaped forward edge 21 and by the suction within the casing produced by a fan in the discharge duct. The feathers are correctly positioned by a cut-away portion 49 of the drum part 30, so that when the gripper 107 comes opposite to the comb it is pressed against the strip 56 to grip the feathers. The drum part 45 which, during the gripping, is substantially in contact with the plate 20, is then raised by the cam rail 70 and the feathers are plucked by this raising and the continued rotation of the drum. The gripper is then lifted from the strip 56 and the feathers are positively-ejected by a stationary stop, and are sucked away. In a modification, the drum is made as a unitary structure, the feathers being pulled away only by the rotation thereof, the axial pull being absent. Two grippers are used in co-operation with the drum.
Patent GB-1194451-A (GB)
Title: Folding Apparatus for Sheets of Varying Size in Web-Fed Rotary Printing Presses
IPC: B65H45/16
Filed: 1968-04-18
Abstract: 1,194,451. Folding paper. SCHNELLPRESSENFABRIK KOENIG & BAUER A.G. 18 April, 1968 [18 April, 19671, No. 18348/68. Heading B8R. Folding apparatus for sheets of variable size in a rotary printing press is provided with a folding cylinder consisting of a gripper part 2, Fig. 1, a folding blade part 1 and a gripper control cam 9 which are relatively adjustable under hydraulic control. The gripper part 2 is secured to shaft 3 and is driven by main drive shaft 7 through gear-wheels 8, 5. The folding blade part 1 is rotatably mounted on shaft 3 and is normally driven by gear-wheel 5 through clutch 51, while gripper control cam 9 is driven from gearwheel 5 through gear 13, shaft 12, clutch 52 and gear 10. When it is required to adjust the position of blade part 1 with respect to shaft 3, or when it is required to adjust the gripper control cam 9, clutches 51, 52 are disengaged and hydraulic paddle wheels 4, 11, respectively, are operated to carry out the adjustment. (Also Figs. 2, 3, not shown). The clutches 51, 52 can also be disengaged and paddle wheels 4, 11 actuated in response to a potentiometer circuit detecting drift of the parts 1, 9 from their set positions for a particular format (Fig. 4, not shown). Specification 1,122,405 is referred to.
Patent GB-848062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for reproducing gramophone records
IPC: G11B3/60
Filed: 1959-05-29
Abstract: 848,062. Gramophone turntables. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. May 29, 1959 [June 2, 1958], No. 18376/59. Class 40 (2). A gramophone turntable is secured against removal by providing the hub 2 with an enlarged end 8 which in use enters but does not touch the edge of an aperture 10 of a member 9 which is flexed outwardly when the turntable is intentionally removed or replaced.
Patent GB-146418-A (GB)
Title: Improved piston for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02F3/10
Filed: 1920-07-02
Abstract: 146,418. Mõdler, F. L. Feb. 13, 1919, [Convention date]. Pistons.-Consists in securing hard metal rings to an aluminium &c. piston while both are at about the working temperature. In the example shown a hard metal sleeve e, grooved to receive the packing rings, is pressed on to the upper part of the piston, while the lower hard-metal rings c, after being placed in position, are secured by rolling grooves d into them, the piston skirt being also grooved by the same operation. In the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) it is stated that segments may be riveted in or secured in any like manner. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-699533-A (GB)
Title: An improved container opening device
Inventor: WYNER HARRY
IPC: B67B7/16
Filed: 1951-08-03
Abstract: 699,533. Bottle &c. openers. ROTHMANS, Ltd. Aug. 5, 1952 (Aug. 3, 1951], No. 18452/51. Class 125(ii) A device for removing metal caps from bottles &c. by a levering action is made from magnetized material or is provided with a permanent magnet 6 to retain the removed cap. The invention is described as applied to four different constructions of opener.
Patent GB-516143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to weaving looms
IPC: D03D47/40
Filed: 1938-06-21
Abstract: 516,143. Looms; selvedges forming and protecting. TEFAG TEXTIL-FINANZ AKT.-GES. June 21, 1938, No. 18463. Convention date, July 2, 1937. [Class 142 (ii)] Selvedgeforming mechanism comprises a gripper 7 for the transferring a weft end 6 from a shuttle to a selvedge needle or the like 8, means for moving the gripper rearwardly after the beat-up and before the transfer to tension the weft end and means whereby the tensioning movement of the gripper can be adjusted to give the tucked-in end a determined length. As shown, the gripper 7 and its supporting rod 37 are reciprocated by a lever 38 under control of a cam 14 which imparts a main movement to the lever through a cam roller 39 and an auxiliary tensioning movement through a lever 52 that is connected by a link 49 to the movable pivot 48 of the lever 38. The link 49 is supported by a block 55 on a rod 54 that is adjustable to vary the rearward tensioning movement of the gripper. During the transfer the gripper and the,rod 37 are rocked about a pivot 41 by the cam 14. The selvedge needle 8 is moved transversely and longitudinally of the fabric by cams 16, 15, Fig. 5, the pivot of the lever co-operating the cam 15 being adjustable.
Patent GB-242337-A (GB)
Title: An improved grease guard for cooking-stoves
IPC: F24C15/36
Filed: 1924-08-02
Abstract: 242,337. Brewster, A. W., and Brewster, M. M. Aug. 2, 1924. Grease guards; supports for articles to be heated.-A grease-guard for cooking-stoves comprises a back-plate E to which are hinged side plates B and a plate shelf F, the whole folding flat. When in use, the guard surrounds the back and sides of the hot-plate, the structure being kept rigid by attaching the side-plates to the shelf by means of hooks K and sockets M. The hooks K may slide in the beaded edge of the shelf in order to enable the sides to open outwards. At the back of the plate E are stays C having at the lower ends thumb-screws D for attaching the device to the hot-plates. According to the Provisional Specification, the side plates may be detachable.
Patent GB-1392363-A (GB)
Title: Double windows
IPC: C12N11/04
Filed: 1972-04-21
Abstract: 1392363 Double Glazed Unit H LANGLOTZ 21 April 1972 [21 April 1971] 18530/72 Heading E1R A double glazed unit is formed by peripherally joining together two dish shaped, transparent, plastics members by high frequency welding, at least one of the members having at least one hole B2 to allow the escape of air which is heated during welding. The holes B2 are swbsequently sealed by elastic plugs.
Patent GB-320054-A (GB)
Title: A completely closed hollow block for use in building construction and method of and means for making same
IPC: B28B23/00
Filed: 1928-06-26
Abstract: 320,054. Clark, G. M., (Bell & Co. Proprietary, Ltd., J.). June 26, 1928. Processes. - Hollow building-blocks closed on all sides are formed by moulding a box-shaped core, Fig. 2, of cementitious or like plastic material, placing it inverted in a larger mould, Fig. 6, the bottom of which is first covered with a layer 7 of the plastic material, and then filling the spaces around and over the core with the same plastic material. The core is provided with grooves 5 on its base and with wooden or like struts 6, 8. The blocks are applicable for cavity floors and ceilings in concrete buildings, and for other work.
Patent GB-815802-A (GB)
Title: Lubricant
Inventor: DODDS EDWIN MATHIESON
Filed: 1956-06-15
Abstract: A lubricating composition comprises castor oil and a minor proportion of naphthalene, e.g. 1 to 30, preferably 10 to 15, per cent weight. The compositions may also contain mineral lubricating oils, e.g. bright stocks having a viscosity of 20 to 80 cs./210 DEG  F. Optional ingredients mentioned are: alkylated phenols, e.g. 2,6 - di - t - butyl - p - cresol; phenothiazine; sulphurized or phosphosulphurized hydrocarbons (e.g. terpenes such as dipentene); hydroxy aromatic amides; metal salts of alkylated aromatic phenol sulphides, e.g. barium t-octyl phenol sulphide; metal salts of dithiocarbamates, e.g. zinc dithiocarbamate; bisphenols; metal salts of alkyl dithiophosphates; aliphatic esters containing more than 15 carbon atoms per molecule, e.g. isopropyl oleate; sulphurized and chlorinated petroleum extracts; thioethers; and a mixture of sulphur and lead naphthenate.  In examples, the lowering of the viscosity of castor oil produced by adding 12 per cent naphthalene, with and without 2,6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol is demonstrated.  According to the Provisional Specification, the castor oil may be replaced by any mineral lubricating oil and/or natural oil and the naphthalene by naphthalene derivatives. Naphthalene derivatives mentioned are hydrocarbons; phenols; alcohols; halogen compounds; nitro derivatives, e.g. 2-nitronaphthalene and/or 1-nitro naphthalene; acids, e.g. 1-naphthoic, 2-naphthoic and naphthalic acids and esters, anhydrides and amides thereof.
Patent GB-1434872-A (GB)
Title: Automatic seat back latch release
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 1974-04-29
Abstract: 1434872 Forward folding backrests FORD MOTOR CO Ltd 29 April 1974 [29 May 1973] 18602/74 Heading A4J A mechanism for locking a forwardly foldable vehicle seat backrest in the upright position when the vehicle door is closed comprises a latch 17 pivotally connected to the backrest and spring- biased into engagement with a keeper 24 on the seat rest, the latch being automatically disengaged from the keeper on opening of the vehicle door by a plate 45 which is rotated about a shaft 46 on the seat rest by a wire 32 connected to a plunger (35) Fig. 5, (not shown), spring-biased into the vehicle door opening and disengagement of the latch being effected manually by a handle (64), Figs. 1 and 3 (not shown), connected to a crank (62) rigid with the pivot shaft 18 of the latch 17.
Patent GB-1085152-A (GB)
Title: Universal coupling
Inventor: BRIGGS WALTER HENRY
IPC: F16D3/36
Filed: 1965-05-04
Abstract: 1,085,152. Universal joints. BURMAN & SONS Ltd. March 30, 1966 [May 4, 1965], No. 18666/65. Heading F2U. A universal joint consists of a forked member 11 receiving the end of a second member 12, and an encircling intermediate ring 14 connecting the members by ball pivots 15, the members 11, 12 being urged apart to avoid backlash by a spring-loaded plunger 19 inserted in a recess in the member 11 and engaging the end of member 12. The balls 15 enter circular recesses in the members 11, 12 and oppositely directed pairs of axial recesses 18 in the ring 14. In a second arrangement, Figs. 4-6 (not shown), both of the joint members are forked and a flexible casing is fitted over the joint.
Patent GB-198246-A (GB)
Title: Anodes for forming percompounds
IPC: C25B1/28
Filed: 1922-07-07
Abstract: 198,246. Chemische Fabrik Weissenstein Ges., and Baum, G. July 7, 1922. Percompounds, obtaining; electrodes.-Anodes for use in the formation of percompounds consist of tantalum partially covered with platinum or of an alloy of tantalum with platinum. The coating when used may be effected by electrolysis or by hammering, welding, rolling or the like.
Patent GB-760275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vacuum cleaners
Inventor: MEYERHOEFER CARL ECKHARDT
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 1954-06-25
Abstract: 760,275. Suction cleaners. LEWYT CORPORATION. June 25, 1954, No. 18748/54. Class 8(1) A cleaner comprises a housing 11 supported on wheels 13 having a diameter greater than half the height of the housing and supported on an axis displayed from the centre of gravity 24, the bottom of the housing having a support 16 and a hose connection 27 being disposed on the opposite side of the housing. The hose connections is downwardly directed as shown and a skid 15 is disposed below the connection. A blower connection is situated in the base and the opening is closed by a plug having a deodorant wafer. The lid 17 has a vacuum control valve. Provision is made for supporting the electric cable wound round the top of the housing. Accessories may be supported on the housing. Specifications 745,996 and 752,841 are referred to.
Patent GB-595903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to means for coupling rods, shafts or the like
IPC: F16D1/108
Filed: 1945-07-21
Abstract: 595,903. Shaft couplings. AVIATION DEVELOPMENTS, Ltd., TROTMAN, W. J., SPRINGATE, M. S., and MEWSE, C. July 21, 1945, No. 18757. [Class 80(ii)] In a disengageable torque transmitting shaft coupling, one shaft 3 carries a jaw member 9 engaging a tongue 7 on the other shaft 5, the coupling being engaged and disengaged by bringing the shafts into and out of alignment by means of a hinge 17 on the shaft 5. The shaft 5 carries a spring pressed sliding sleeve 10, the outer end of which slides over the outside of jaw 9, and holds it and the tongue 7 in engagement, a tapered mouth 16 of the sleeve 10 pressing inwards two balls 14, supported loosely in radial bores 13 of the jaw 9, to engage in recesses 15 formed in the flat faces of the tongue 7, thus locking the shafts against axial displacement.
Patent GB-1500947-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for producing an assembly wherein a plug is attached to an electric lead
IPC: H01R43/24
Filed: 1975-05-05
Abstract: 1500947 Making and attaching terminals KABEL-UND METALLWERKE GUTEHOFFNUNGSHUTTE AG 5 May 1975 [22 Aug 1974] 18757/75 Heading B3A To form an electrical lead 1 with a plug 7 attached, a lead length is cut, both ends of the length are stripped of insulation and a conveyer, preferably comprising a series of grippers, carries the length through processing stations a first station at which the grippers are forced apart and a further rotatable gripper turns the length to dispose the cores 2, 3 side-by-side, a second station at which the cores are stripped of insulation at both ends, a third station at which the stripped core ends are reinforced, e.g. by bending them and dipping them into a tinning bath, a fourth station at which the cores 2, 3 are bent as shown in Fig. 3d, and a fifth station the plug pins 4, 5 held by a bridge 6 are connected to the conductors of the cores 2, 3, e.g. by crimping. Finally either at a sixth station or in a separate machine, an insulating body 7 is moulded around the connections between the pins and the lead. The pins and bridge having first been turned through 180 degrees. Preferably, only the length of conductor to be tinned is exposed at the second station and a further insulation stripper is provided between the third and fourth stations. An optical device may be used for determining the proper orientation of the lead in the first station, particularly of three or more core leads.
Patent GB-1046445-A (GB)
Title: Article lifting attachments for tractors
Inventor: WATTS JOHN
IPC: B66F9/18
Filed: 1962-05-16
Abstract: 1,046,445. Tractor attachments for lifting articles. CAMBRO ENGINEERING Ltd. Aug. 14, 1963 [May 16, 1962], No. 18787/62. Heading B8H. An article gripping and lifting device for attachment to the front or rear hydraulic links of a tractor comprises arms 17a, 17b, Fig. 1, pivoted at 18a, 18b to a horizontal bar 11, and a double-acting hydraulic ram 23 which opens and closes the arms. Different gripping jaws may be pivoted to the ends 19 of the arms depending on the articles to be lifted. Jaws 26a, 26b are for lifting bales 29. Links 30, 32a ensure parallel movement of the arms. Fig. 2 shows jaws 34 for lifting barrels or sacks and Fig. 3 illustrates in front elevation a silage fork 38 with tines 43a, 43b.
Patent GB-697464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrical plug and socket adaptors
IPC: H01R31/02
Filed: 1950-07-27
Abstract: 697,464. Two-part couplings. CONTACTUM, Ltd., and BOLLINGHAUS, W. July 27, 1951 [July 27, 1950], No. 18792/50. Class 38 (i). A plug-and-socket adaptor of the 3-pin shuttered type comprises a rectangular insulating casing 5 open on one face and closed by a lid 6, the end faces of the casing and the lid having groups of openings to receive plug pins which engage three-arm, spring-blade contact assemblies 13, 16, 17 connected by screws to flat pins 7 . . . 9 projecting from the lowest face of the casing. Each of the groups of openings has a sliding, earth-pin-operated. shutter 19 of the type described in Specification 679,976 co-operating therewith, the shutter being held captive between the casing and an insulating backing member 24 retained in the casing by the lid and forming a barrier between the contact assemblies 16, 17. In the case of the shutters at the end faces of the casing, a spring 21 urging each to its closing position is operative between one end of a slot in the shutter and a projection 25' on the backing member; whereas in the case of the shutter mounted beneath the lid, the projection is formed on the lid.
Patent GB-1245043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pipe jointing
Inventor: DEVILLE ARTHUR ERNEST
IPC: F28F9/26
Filed: 1969-04-12
Abstract: 1,245,043. Pipe joints. SERVOTOMIC Ltd. 13 July, 1970 [12 April, 1969], No. 18855/69. Heading F2G. A pipe joint 10 comprising a pair of sockets 11 fixed to pipe ends 14 with a curable adhesive, is also provided with localized indents 25 to lock the pipe ends with the sockets during curing of the adhesive so permitting a pipework system to be installed without waiting for the adhesive of successive joints to cure. The curable adhesive, e.g. polyester resin, or acrylic resin, may be applied with a brush to the primed surfaces of the pipe and socket which are then telescoped together as shown with the adhesive 16 filling the clearance 15. The socket is indented by means of a pivoted-jaw hand tool (Fig. 3, not shown) to produce simultaneously three indents 25 spaced equally around the socket circumference interlocked with corresponding indents 28 in the pipe. The joint may be utilized especially in the installation of central heating systems (Fig. 4, not shown).
Patent GB-628953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in focussing devices for photographic cameras
IPC: G03B13/18
Filed: 1945-07-23
Abstract: 628,953. Focusing devices for photographic cameras. DODIN, L. J. E. A. July 23, 1945, No. 18875. Convention date, Aug. 9, 1943. [Class 98 (i)] The device comprises the combination of a system comprising two identical pairs of crossed refracting wedge prisms as 5, 6, 5<SP>1</SP>, 6<SP>1</SP> for producing local distortion of part of the image focused upon if the image is not in focus, arranged symmetrically about a very finely ground glass screen 9 with the prism faces remote from the screen parallel, one pair being in front of and the other behind the screen which is disposed in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the camera objective 1, which plane when the device is adjusted is made to coincide with the plane of sharpness of the image, with a system of field lenses as 2, 21 forming part of an eyepiece, the lenses being arranged in front of and behind the pairs of prisms. The prisms 5, 6 in each pair may be arranged one above the other with their parallel faces in the same vertical plane. Fig. 2 shows the view seen in the eyepiece when the objectiva is not focused on the object 8, portions 81, 8<SP>11</SP> being laterally displaced in opposite directions by the prisms 5, 6. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes also the use of single oppositely disposed prisms on opposite sides of the screen and of a single pair of crossed prisms disposed in an aperture in the screen with the vertical line contained by the two intersecting prism faces in the plane of the screen. The focusing device may be incorporated in a mirror reflex camera. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.