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Patent GB-302260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fastenings more especially for jewellery
IPC: A44C5/02
Filed: 1927-09-09
Abstract: 302,260. Kuhnle, A. Sept. 9, 1927. Stud-and-socket fastenings.-A fastening for use in connection with articles of jewellery or other purposes comprises a spring stud the parts 5, 6 of which are carried on the two parts 1, 2, of a hollow body, which parts are pivotally connected together by an axle 4 and are adapted to turn, to lock the fastening, under the action of a spring 7. Projecting parts 10, 11, one on each part 1, 2, are provided to limit the relative rotation. The spring stud is engaged in a non-expanding socket. e.g. in an adjacent hollow body, or, alternatively,. the fastening may have a non-expanding plug and an expanding socket. A modification of this latter kind is shown in Fig. 4, the sides of the socket being arranged on the vertical meeting edges 16 of the parts 1, 2. The hollow bodies may be of any form other than the spherical form shown, and the pivot axle 4 need not be centrally arranged on the body. The fastening may be used for connecting a number of spherical elements to form a string or a hollow body having one expand. ing socket only may be used as a safety device for scarf or hat pins.
Patent GB-402898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shampooing apparatus
IPC: A45D19/04
Filed: 1932-08-25
Abstract: 402,898. Shampooing-apparatus. BERKOVI, L., 5, Dean Street, Soho, London. Aug. 25, 1932, No. 23780. [Class 131.] Apparatus for washing the hair and head comprises a stand 1 having a bracket 4 which supports, on one or two telescopic arms 5 and a vertically adjustable rod 7, a basin 8 which may have a neck support 9. The outlet 11 from the basin passes through an aperture 10 in the stand, or is connected to a fitting thereon embodying a universal joint, and leads to a can 12. The upper end of the stand carries as on a bracket 13, a pair of containers 11, or a centrally divided single container, holding hot and cold water, heating being effected electrically or otherwise. Discharge pipes lead from the containers to a rose 16A and are controlled by cocks 15, 18, or a mixer valve. A container 17 on the stand holds shampooing material and the discharge pipe leading therefrom passes through the hot-water vessel and is controlled by a cock 15. Additional brackets such as 19 to support other appliances may be provided.
Patent GB-1223064-A (GB)
Title: Assembly of collapsed buildings for shipping
Inventor: BIGELOW FLOYD E JR
IPC: E04B1/343
Filed: 1969-05-09
Abstract: 1,223,064. Stacked assembly of collapsed buildings. F. E. BIGELOW Jnr. 9 May, 1969 [1 July, 1968], No. 23816/69. Heading B8C. An assembly of buildings for shipping comprises a plurality of collapsed buildings 10 each having a skid 13 with the walls and roof of the building supported there on a plurality of stacking racks 14 secured to and extending upwardly from, each skid to a level above the collapsed building, the buildings being stacked with an upper skid supported on the stacking racks of a lower skid, and the associated skids and stacking racks including engageable surfaces at least one of which provides a wedge 28 which extends at an angle to the horizontal, and means, such as a bolt 26 and nut 27, for fastening together the skids and the stacking racks to limit movement of the skids, in a vertical direction, away from the stacking racks. Preferably each skid has four stacking racks 14 each comprising an I-beam 15 which has a U-shaped retainer bracket 19 welded to its upper end and is itself welded to the upper flange 16 of an I- beam forming one of the runners of the skid, the other flange 17 having its ends inclined upwardly in the manner of a sleigh runner. The hole 25 for the bolt 26 in each flange 17 is elongated, any relative horizontal movement between a beam 16, 17 and a supporting bracket 19 causing a wedge-shaped bracket 28, welded to the base of the bracket 19, to climb the neighbouring inclined end of the beam flange 17 and place the bolt 26 under tension, instead of shear, stress. Complementary wedge surfaces between the stacking racks and the flanges 17 could extend either upwardly, as shown, or downwardly, and could be either in front of, as shown, or behind, a bolt 26.
Patent GB-170977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with motor bicycles
IPC: B62M9/00
Filed: 1920-08-16
Abstract: 170,977. Smith, H. Aug. 16, 1920. Foot-rests.-In a pedal cycle fitted with a motor, a footboard 36 is provided on each side, the front end being supported from the front of the engine-carrying bracket 1.
Patent GB-323247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with lifting jacks for motor vehicles and other vehicles
IPC: B60S9/04
Filed: 1928-08-21
Abstract: 323,247. Kruse, M. Aug. 21, 1928. Stands or supports.-A plate a is connected with a bracket o clamped to an axle t by toggle levers d, m, e, l, which are adapted to be operated by a screwed spindle y. The plate is held in the raised position by coiled springs r. The preliminary lowering of the plate a is effected by temporarily locking a sleeve 4 to a collar k which unites the levers d, m. For this purpose the sleeve has serrations 8 adapted to engage a spring-pressed detent 9 on the collar. After the collar has been pushed inwards until the plate touches the ground, the spindle is turned by means of a handle 3 or a spanner until the axle is sufficiently raised.
Patent GB-470439-A (GB)
Title: Film box
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1936-09-03
Abstract: 470,439. Storing photographic films. ZORN, W. Sept. 3, 1936, No. 24143. Convention date, Sept. 14. 1935. [Class 98 (ii)] [Also in Group XVII] A box to hold a kinematograph, &c. film comprises a body 1, Figs. 1 and 3, and a cover each formed as a circularly flanged casing slidable the one on the other, and a stand which allows the box to stand on edge and comprises a foot piece 2 and a vertical '' back '' 6, the stand being either a separate member or formed integrally with the body or cover. A finger recess 9 by which the box can be tilted is provided and a similar recess may be formed at the bottom of the back. A title label is held in a recess 8 in the back, or an aperture is provided through which the title on the side flange of the box can be seen. When the stand is a separate member, corresponding recesses and projections are formed in the stand and the box. To keep the film moist, a moistening pad 10, Fig. 6, of blotting paper, asbestos, &.c., is placed loosely in the box or held in the body or cover either by pasting or clamping by a ring 11 or securing by press stud fastenings, the pad being removed by inserting a finger through a hole 13. The pad is preferably of a material whose colour varies with its degree of moistness. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91, states also that the " back " and the foot piece may be separate members a and only a foot piece need be provided. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1124375-A (GB)
Title: Purification of gases
IPC: B01D51/02
Filed: 1966-05-31
Abstract: 1,124,375. Centrifugal separators. INVENTA A.G. FUR FORSCHUNG UND PATENTVERWERTUNG, ZURICH. 31 May, 1966 [28 May, 1965], No. 24248/66. Heading B2P. Agglomeratable particles are separated from a gas stream by passing the particle-l a d e n stream downwardly into a zone in which it is caused to flow without turbulence into a helical path to form a rotating agglomerating ring in the outer region of which due to centrifugal effects, the particles become concentrated and form agglomerations dispersed in the gas stream, the gas stream and the dispersed agglomerations being then withdrawn from the bottom of the zone and the agglomerations subsequently separated from the gas stream. In one embodiment, Fig. I, the particle-laden gas, e.g. fine aerosol of ammonium sulphate is introduced at the top of a glass tube 1 in which is mounted a rotatable shaft 2 carrying discs 3 and a fan 4. The tube 1 opens into a collecting chamber 5 having a central clean gas outlet tube 6. In operation, agglomerating rings are formed in the spaces between the discs and, as the gas flows down the tube 1 from one agglomerating ring to another agglomerated particles are carried down and finally thrown out into the collecting chamber 5 from the bottom of which they are discharged, preferably continuously, while the clean gas passes out through the tube 6. The fan 4 prevents separation of coarse particles by imparting a turbulent motion to the gas stream before it enters the agglomeration zones between the discs. An auxiliary flocculating agent, e.g. very finely divided asbestos wool, may be introduced in the gas stream as an agglomeration nucleus when the particle concentration is very low. In another embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), a discharge screw is provided at the bottom of the collecting chamber for removing the separated particles. In a further embodiment, Fig. 2 (not shown), a number of separators are connected in series and the fan in each separator is eliminated. Instead of a central gas discharge tube a side tube extends from the centre of the collecting chamber of each separator into the disc-containing tube of an adjacent separator. In this case, periodic discharge of the particles from the tube into the collecting chamber of each separator is effected by temporarily reducing the speed of rotation of the discs in each separator in turn and subsequently increasing it back to normal.
Patent GB-1079166-A (GB)
Title: Toggle fastener construction
IPC: E05C19/14
Filed: 1965-06-09
Abstract: 1,079,166. Toggle fasteners. HARTWELL CORPORATION. June 9, 1965 [June 12, 1964], No. 24341/65. Heading E2B. [Also in Division F2]  A toggle fastener comprises a screwthreaded shank 13, a nut member 18 engageable with the shank and having a journal sleeve 20 extending axially thereof, and a perforated member 22 journalled on the sleeve 20 and projecting axially therebeyond, being retained in position by a flared end 26 to the sleeve, the perforated member having a bearing surface 25 for engaging a keeper. As shown, the shank 13 is in the form of an eyebolt pivoted to a handle 10 which is itself pivoted to a bracket 1 whereby the member 22 may be engaged with a slotted part 7 of a structure 5. The nut member is secured in position by a locknut 28.
Patent GB-302392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to holders for thermionic valves
IPC: H01R33/76
Filed: 1927-09-15
Abstract: 302,392. Collinson's Precision Screw Co., Ltd., and Collinson, F. E. Sept. 15,1927. Vacuum tubes.-In a valve-holder in which two sets of spaced contacts are arranged so that the valve is mounted by a movement in a direction lengthwise of the pins and a subsequent movement transverse thereto, the contacts are shaped so that the pins slide over the contacts which bear against the side surfaces of the pins. As shown, the holder is in two parts 10, 20, and spring contacts 13 are mounted on an upstanding support 11 on the part 10, clip contacts 23 being mounted on a support 22 carried on the part 20 by insulating legs 21. The valve is mounted by inserting the pins at one end within the contacts 13 by a longitudinal movement, and subsequently moving the other pins into engagement with the contacts 23 by a movement at right-angles to the first movement. A screen for a screened-grid valve consists of two parallel plates fitting around the valve, one plate 31 being secured to the holder and the other plate 30 being formed with an elongated aperture so that it may be moved along the valve or transversely in planes parallel with the fixed plate. The aperture in the fixed plate is large enough to permit movement of the valve when mounting in the holder.
Patent GB-1153182-A (GB)
Title: Phenolformaldehyde Resin
IPC: C08L61/10
Filed: 1966-06-01
Abstract: 1,153,182. Stable aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resins containing free formaldehyde. MONSANTO CO. 1 June, 1966 [2 June, 1965], No. 24363/66. Heading C3R. A stable aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resin having a free CH 2 O content of at least 3À0 wt. per cent and a free phenol content less than 5À0 wt. per cent of the total, and a pH of 6À8- 8-2 contains an equilibrium mixture as set forth in the following chemical equation wherein each R is H or -CH 2 OH and X is 1-4 and equal to the number of hemiformal groups formed; it is prepared by reacting 2À0-3À2 mols. CH 2 O with 1 mol. of phenol in presence of at least five parts per hundred of phenol of a basic catalyst until less than 5 wt. per cent free phenol remains, then adding CH 2 O sufficient to bring the content of free CH 2 O to at least 3À0 wt. per cent of the total resin solids.
Patent GB-209139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to steering gear for mechanically propelled vehicles
IPC: B62D3/02
Filed: 1922-09-08
Abstract: 209,139. Marles Steering Co., Ltd., Egerton, H. W., and Bishop, R. Sept. 8, 1922. Non-reactive steering-mechanism.-A single ball bearing is arranged at the base of a steering column to function as a thrust bearing in both directions. A casing, fitted into the base of the steering column, contains the thrust bearing and a pair of oppositely-acting one-way roller clutches. The casing a is screwed into the base of the steering column and fixed against rotation by screws c. A clamping ring i is adjusted by bolts g to fix the outer rings f, f<1> of the clutches; and to hold the inner movable rings d, d<1> loosely in position. Pressure is placed upon these inner rings, which also form the races for the thrust bearing, by two nuts l, m which clamp the casing and bearing between a spring washer o and plain washer n, thus enabling a downward thrust to be taken up by the pressure of the member j transmitted through the washer n, and an upward thrust by the extension sleeve k transmitted through the nuts l, m and washer o. When the steering-gear is operated from the hand wheel, one or other of the roller clutch members revolves, thus allowing the ball bearing to function, but when the gear is influenced by the road wheels, any relative movement must occur betwen the plain outer surfaces of the washers @, o and the members j, l, thus making the gear non-reactive. In the illustrated form the invention is shown applied to cam-and-roller operating gear of the type described in Specifications 25573/13, 169,011, 182,634, 183,961, and 199,094.
Patent GB-655347-A (GB)
Title: Card files
IPC: B42F17/28
Filed: 1947-09-05
Abstract: 655,347. Filing paper and like sheets. BRUEN, S. E. Sept. 5, 1947, No. 24568. Convention date, Aug. 8, 1942. [Class 146 (i)] A card file comprises a frame or deck mounted on a base for rotation about a vertical axis, and a set of card-mounting structures carried on the margin of the frame, each structure carrying a generally vertical block of cards with the block of cards cut into two parts by a radius from the axis which is at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the block. According to Figs. 3, 4, a modification thereof, three card mounting structures are used and according to Fig. 11, four. In Figs. 3 and 4, a metal frame 21, journalled by a hub 30 on an axle 31 on a base 22, is shaped to provide three card section seats 25 arcuately concentric with a pair of card-carrying parallel rails supporting the cards 24, each rail having a head 23a to fit slots 24a in the cards and a depending flange 23b passing through a slot 34 in the seat 25. The ends 27 of the seats 25 are upwards inclined to act as rests for the cards and one end has a recess 36 into which fits a transverse stop at the end of the rail which prevents the cards falling off when the rail structure is removed. The other end 27 has holes 37 into which the other end of the rail head 23a fits, upward movement of the rail being prevented by a spring urged latch 39 having tongues 40 fitting holes in the rail flanges 23b and released by a push button 43. In a modification, the frame 21 is built from wood and the arcuate seat 25 is provided with cut out slots 34, the latch 39 being secured to the top of the seat 25 and engaging over the top of the end of the rail 23a in a recess in the end wall 27. According to Fig. 11, straight rails 63 are used, the seatings 55 being laterally tilted outwardly and arranged on the sides of a square frame 53, with an optional upper frame 54 carrying two further structures. The rails 63 may be mounted in the seats 55, but are in this form, mounted in trays 58 which are mounted in the seatings 55, each tray having feet to fit in depressions in the seatings 55 and having inclined end walls 60 fitting against inclined end walls 56 of the seatings. One rail end, extending beyond a wing stop 64 for the cards, is anchored in a hole in the tray end 60 and the other end is received in a slot 66 in the end 60 and engaged by a leaf spring 67 which may be flexed to remove the rail. The upper frame 54 may be mounted to rotate independently if required. A handle 47 or 71 may be provided for moving the file. A brake is described in which a cammed ring is rotated on the axle of the device to co-operate with a cammed surface on the base. The rail structures and cards when removed may be set in a suitable desk tray for inspection or in another similar file or a rotary file such as are disclosed in Specification 454,169.
Patent GB-334362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in carbon manifolding packs and apparatus for use therewith in typewriters
IPC: B41J15/18
Filed: 1929-08-12
Abstract: 334,362. Lamson Paragon Supply Co., Ltd., and Nixon, E. G. Aug. 12, 1929. Ink-ribbon mechanism carbon papers; webfeeding arrangements.-In a method of duplicating, an original, one or more duplicates, and carbons, each consisting of a web folded into a pack 13, Fig. 2, are placed in a holder 9, Fig. 1, arranged upon or adjacent to a typewriter, and the free ends of the packs are associated and passed to the platen 5. The holders may have partitions for separating the packs, and guiderollers 12, 8 may be mounted on the holder and the carriage 6. When a set of originals and copies has been typed it is torn off with the carbons, along the folds. The folds may be perforated or scored. To facilitate removal of the carbons from a set, the original and duplicates or the duplicates only may be cut away at one corner 14 or side, and the carbons may be cut away at the opposite corner or side. To produce two duplicates from one carbon, transparent paper is employed for one of the duplicates and is superposed on a double-sided carbon.
Patent GB-723482-A (GB)
Title: Incinerator
IPC: F23M5/08
Filed: 1952-10-01
Abstract: 723,482. Refuse burning stoves. BUCKLE, E. P. Jan. 1, 1954 [Oct. 1, 1952; Aug. 24, 1953], Nos. 24603/52 and 23247/53. Class 126. The furnace of an incinerator with electric heating elements 3 is spaced from the outer casing 1, and supported on a lagged metal framework 9. Air is drawn through passages 4 to cool the outer casing by a fan 8 which also blows air through a duct 5 into the flue 7 so as to withdraw the combustion products from the furnace. The heating elements 3, which are curved forwardly at the bottom to form a sloping grate, and the electric fan 8 are energized by opening a sliding door 13. A time-switch is arranged to cut off the current a predetermined time after the door 13 is closed. In a modification, the fan blows air into a venturi attachment leading from the rear of the furnace. and the cooling air flows out through an annular opening surrounding the furnace outlet.
Patent GB-1023842-A (GB)
Title: Device for limiting the transference of heat between two surfaces at different temperatures
IPC: F25D23/06
Filed: 1963-06-20
Abstract: 1,023,842. Laminates. COMPAGNIE DES ATELIERS ET FORGES DE LA LOIRE (ST. CHAMOND - FIRMINY - ST. ETIENNEJACOB HOLTZER). June 20, 1963 [July 16, 1962], No. 24630/63. Heading B5N. [Also in Division F2] A mattress, which is used for limiting radiant heat transmission and which may be faced with thin metal sheets, comprises alternating sheets of fine mesh gauze and gauze of a larger mesh.
Patent GB-763529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of iron
IPC: C21C1/00
Filed: 1954-08-24
Abstract: A process for the production of high duty cast iron comprises melting an iron charge in a cupola furnace with coke, at least a part of which is a synthetic coke having a porosity of 20-40 per cent and which may contain chalk, dolomite, alkali metal compounds or materials containing clay or boron, at least a part of the synthetic coke having incorporated therein a finely divided metal, metal alloy, or metal carbide.  The metal or metal alloy may be manganese, ferro-manganese, ferro silicon, aluminium, ferro aluminium, a metallic deoxidizing agent, magnesium or cerium. Some or all of the charge (metal and synthetic coke) may be given a protective coating, e.g. waterglass, pulverized slag, or clay. The metal or metal alloy may be in a size not greater than 3 m.m. and may be in amount 5-15 per cent of the synthetic coke.  When magnesium or cerium are included in the synthetic coke, the graphite in the cast iron may be spheroidal in character.  German Specification 912,453 is referred to.
Patent GB-1281313-A (GB)
Title: Devices for measuring oxygen concentration in a metallic bath
IPC: G01N27/411
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1281313 Electro-chemical analysis CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES 19 April 1971 [7 April 1970 16 July 1970 31 Aug 1970] 24655/71 Heading G1N A solid-electrolyte probe for determining oxygen in molten metal comprises a STEM formed of three coaxial metal tubes 1, 2, 3, acting as leads and insulated from one another, and a PLUGIN MEASURING HEAD comprising the solid electrolyte 10, contact electrode 16, thermocouple 11, and surrounding protective tubes 14, 15. A plastics collar 12 on the head plugs into a recess 7 in the stem.  Details:-The tube 14 is cardboard; tube 15; inner temperature resistant; contact electrode; wire or mesh of Pt, W, Mo, stainless steel, or a cermet; solid electrolyte:- disc in a quartz tube which is an interference fit in a collar 12 on the body part; Thermocouple:- powder provides thermal contact between the junction and the body part. Modifications (i) the probe may be supplied with reference gas through tube 1, or have an internal metal/metal oxide generator, (ii) the tubes 2, 3 may also make an interdigetated connection with annular grooves in the head, Fig. 4 (not shown), (iii) a fugitive cap (not shown), may be provided.
Patent GB-277967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to relays for the protection of electric circuits
IPC: H02H3/40
Filed: 1927-09-20
Abstract: 277,967. International General Electric Co., Inc., (Assignees of Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.). Sept. 22, 1926, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Cut-out arrangements; induction relays. - In order to obtain selective action of time-lag relays in the event of a short-circuit on a line two induction-type impedance relay systems 13, 14 are employed each consisting of two-induction discs 15, 16 and two magnet systems of which 18 is energized by the current in the line and by the inductive voltage drop and the other 19 by the current on the line. The relav system 13 is adjusted so that it will operate and close its contacts 20 at a value somewhat smaller than the inductive resistance of the line and the system 14 is adjusted to operate on a somewhat greater resistance and close its contacts 21. These contacts are in a local tripping circuit for the circuitbreaker trip coil 27. Contacts 22, 23 are also located in the tripping circuit and these are closed after predetermined time-intervals by an overload relay 24 provided with a damping device. A reverse-current relay 28 may control additional contacts in the tripping circuit.