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Patent GB-753481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to edge sensing or detecting means
IPC: B65H23/02
Filed: 1953-05-22
Abstract: 753,481. Feeding webs. SPOONER, W. W June 15, 1954 [May 22, 1953], No. 14402/53 Class 100 (1). An apparatus for sensing the edge of a moving web of material, e.g. textile web being fed to a stenter, comprises two closely spaced selvedge uncurling devices 12 and 13 which engage a marginal portion of the same surface of the material, a tensioning rod 14 disposed between the uncurling devices to engage the opposite side of the material, and a feeler 16 disposed to engage lightly against the edge of the material and displaceable, by the material, in a direction transversely of the direction of movement of the material. A web of material 10 passes around an entry roller 11, under an uncurling roller 19, over a rod 21, over the device 12, under the rod 14, and over the device 13 to a stenter not shown. The device 12 is, as shown, a roller provided with a right-handed helical groove 17 rotated counter clockwise so as to remove curl from the marginal edge of the material. The device 13 may be identical with the device 12 or may have a groove 18 of opposite hand and be rotated clockwise. The roller 19 has a left-handed helical groove 20 and is rotated clockwise. The rod 14 has a slot 15 to permit transverse movement of the feeler 16 and may control a transversely displaceable tenter chain. The rods 14 and 21 are adjustable vertically to vary the angle of contact of the material with the uncurling devices and the pressure therebetween. Specifications 652,773, [Group VIII], and 690,056, [Group XL (b)], are referred to.
Patent GB-316365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to v-section belts
IPC: F16G5/20
Filed: 1928-05-16
Abstract: 316,365. Roderwald, R. May 16, 1928. Belts.-Relates to V-belts of the kind described in Specification 256,990 in which a strip a of rubber-impregnated fabric is rolled up, compressed to V-form, and vulcanized, teeth b being then produced by stamping parts out of the solid belt. To avoid loose thread-ends at the edges of the stampings, the belt is dipped in rubber solution, rubber filling-pieces d, Fig. 3, are forced into the tooth spaces, and the belt is vulcanized in a mould in which blocks with projecting edges so engage in the tooth spaces to to produce bevel surfaces f<1>, Fig. 7, at the outer edges of the bottoms of the tooth spaces.
Patent GB-1515282-A (GB)
Title: Electronic number selectors
IPC: G06F7/58
Filed: 1975-04-10
Abstract: 1515282 Random number generators C F McCRORY 10 April 1975 [2 April 1974] 14518/74 Heading G4D A random number selector comprises a multi-stage counter 10a-n counting between preselected minimum and maximum values from a clock pulse generator 11 started by a push button 25 and stopped by a voltage applied at 32. The generator operates at 15kHz; the stopping voltage may be applied by a switch having an unpredictable time delay such as one with a suction holding device with an air leak. The counter counts up to a value set by switches 16a-n whereupon it is reset to a lower value set on switches 15a-n, repeatedly. A switch 33 provides zero setting. The oscilator 11 using feedback around a gate 12 may be replaced by a similar oscilator (Fig. 2a, not shown) which produces a 15kHz pulse train interrupted at intervals by much longer pulses whereby some numbers will be displayed by the counter display 14a-n during the selection process.
Patent GB-586485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to cattle sheds and similar structures
IPC: A01K1/00
Filed: 1944-07-31
Abstract: 586,485. Cattle-sheds. GASCOIGNE, G. H., and GASCOIGNES (READING), Ltd. July 31, 1944, No. 14588. [Class 20 (i)] [Also in Group XXXII] A mobile shed is of trapezoidal shape in plan view. Cattle sheds so formed may be interconnected, thereby constituting a train which may be formed into an enclosure, e.g., for milking purposes. A milking apparatus 4, Fig. 1 which may be powered or drawn by a motor car or tractor, is connected by hinged joints 7 to trailer sheds 19 the sheds having doors 10 opening outwards in their slant walls. The sheds may have a central platform 9 over the axle, dividing the shed into two stalls, and providing cupboard space 8 for storage purposes. The sheds may be mounted on their axles by screw gear 12, 13, Fig. 4, so that the sheds may be lowered on to the ground when in required position. The sheds may be provided with single or double leaf extensions such as 17, Fig. 6 hinged to the upper edge of their longer sides so that a shelter may be provided over the enclosure formed by the train of trailers. The trailer doors may be controlled by a bar 11 from the enclosure, so 'that cows may be released after being milked.
Patent GB-560723-A (GB)
Title: Improved propeller
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1942-10-19
Abstract: 560,723. Propellers. FARESO, J. Oct. 19, 1942, No. 14599. [Class 114] A propeller comprises a conical boss 1 and blades 2 which extend lengthwise along the conical surface in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis of the cone, and with their narrowest ends 7 at the front. Each blade has a truly elliptical inner edge 3 and increases in depth to its opposite end 9 which is straight and coplanar with the base 10 of the cone. The rear surface of each blade is flat or slightly concave and is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cone, whilst the front surface is so inclined that the blade is thickest at its base and tapers to its outer edge 6. Each blade may be hollow and strengthened internally by longitudinal ribs.
Patent GB-741366-A (GB)
Title: Method of and means for sealing gelatine capsules containing volatile liquid
Inventor: CORK ARTHUR LEANORD RALPH
IPC: B29C65/00
Filed: 1952-06-10
Abstract: 741,366. Capsules. CONDUCTAIR (LONDON), Ltd. Sept. 1, 1953 [June 10, 1952], No. 14634/52. Class 81(1). Preformed gelatine capsules containing a volatile liquid are sealed by pinching the tube T, Fig. 2, with which the capsule C terminates, subjecting the inside of the portion of the tube within or immediately above the pinch to the action of heat so as to cause the inner wall to coalesce, cooling and cutting off the attached tube either during or after the sealing operation. The heat may be applied by radio-frequency electrodes P which may also pinch the tube. Alternatively the tube may be cut off to a suitable length and a drop of liquid (e.g. water, acetic acid or carbon tetrachloride) may be applied above the pinch and the heating carried out by a point or line source of heat such as an electric resistance wire H, Fig. 4. The capsule may be supported in a carrier or well W which is caused to travel on rails R beneath the source of heat. Volatile liquids will evaporate from above the pinched portion during sealing, whereas water may be removed by a jet of compressed air.
Patent GB-458563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to stanchions for temporary fencings
IPC: E04H17/06
Filed: 1936-05-25
Abstract: 458,563. Stanchions for barriers &c. GLEAVES, S. T., 10, Valet Street, Heavily, and WATTS, G., 48, Worsley Crescent, Dialstone Lane, both in Stockport. May 25, 1936, No. 14673. [Class 45] Metal standards for temporary barriers to exclude the public during road making &c. operations comprise a base portion 1 having a hardened steel point 3 for driving into the ground, and a socket 5 to receive the lower end of an upper part 2. The part 2 may be provided with an open eye end 8 into which a guard rope may be slipped and supported without being tied to the standard, and the end 8 may have an extension 9 on which to hang a signal lamp &c. A pin 6 passed through the socket 5 may engage an annular groove 7 in the part 2, tc secure the parts of the standard together but tc permit free angular move. ment of the upper part According to a modification the upper end of the part 2 may be provided with a cross-piece 10, Fig. 4, having double hooks 11, 12 to support a rope &c., and a slot 13 to receive the hook of a signal lamp. The spiked end 3 is preferably driven into the ground by a drift 15, Fig. 6, which engages with the base of the socket, thus preventing damage to the top.
Patent GB-1214630-A (GB)
Title: Electrical switch assemblies
Inventor: BALDWIN JOHN GRANVILLE
IPC: B60R16/00
Filed: 1967-03-31
Abstract: 1,214,630. Preventing injury to vehicle occupants. JOSEPH LUCAS (INDUSTRIES) Ltd. 15 March, 1968 [31 March, 1967], No. 14732/67. Heading B7H. [Also in Division H1] A switch 17 and its operating member 18 are mounted in a sleeve 11 mounted on the facia panel 23 of a road vehicle, springs 25 urging switch 17 and member 18 rearwardly (rightwards) so that member 18 projects into the passenger compartment for normal operation during which there is no relative movement between parts 17 and 11. Should an occupant be thrown against the facia panel in the event of a crash, switch 17 and member 18 will be moved forwardly (leftwards) against springs 25 so that member 18 is flush with panel 23. Springs 25 restore parts 17 and 18 when the forward force is removed.
Patent GB-670993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to magnetic sound recorders
Filed: 1949-06-01
Abstract: 670,993. Photographic sound records. FARBENFABRIKEN BAYER. May 17, 1950 [June 1, 1949], No. 14741/49. Class 98 (ii). [Also in Group XXXV] Magnetic and photographic sound records may be combined on the same support by applying a magnetic layer less than 2 microns thick, say 0.3-1 micron, by evaporation in a high vacuum or by cathodic sputtering to one side of a film prior to or after application of the photographic emulsion.
Patent GB-139977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the manufacture of fuel from anthracite duff
IPC: C10L5/10
Filed: 1919-06-12
Abstract: 139,977. Steel, C. H. June 12, 1919. Composition fuel.-Anthracite duff, lime or chalk, and pitch are mixed together, oxalic acid solution being supplied from a tank to the mixture in the mixing-pan; high-pressure superheated steam is introduced into the mixture and heats it ready for the moulding process. The percentages of ingredients used may be 80 of anthracite duff, 2 of slaked lime or chalk, 16 of pitch, and I/1500 of oxalic acid, or 93¢ anthracite duff, ¢ lime or chalk, 6 of pitch, and I/4400 of oxalic acid.
Patent GB-584687-A (GB)
Title: Improved interlayer plies for use in the production of laminated articles and laminated articles produced therefrom
IPC: C09J133/12
Filed: 1944-08-04
Abstract: A mixture of 65-35 per cent methyl methacrylate, 5-15 per cent of tetrallyl or tetramethallyl silicate and 30-60 per cent of a plasticizer is polymerised into a block and a ply sheared from this block is used as an interlayer between glass and polymethyl methacrylate plies.  Plasticisers specified are dibutyl phthalate, triethylene glycol dihexoate, dibutyl sebacate and cyclohexyl phthalate.  The polymethyl methacrylate plies may be copolymers with styrene or vinyl acetate.  Specification 581,507 is referred to.
Patent GB-200072-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in paper folding machines
IPC: B65H45/12
Filed: 1923-06-07
Abstract: 200,072. Independent Paper Mills, Inc., (Assignees of Arelt, C.). June 27, 1922, [Convention date]. Delivery apparatus.-A paper web is drawn by feed rollers from a supply roll through a device which provides it with a plurality of longitudinal folds, after which it may be cut and folded transversely for the production of paper napkins &c. The longitudinal folder, arranged between the supply roll 43, Fig. 1, and the feed rollers 37, 38, Fig. 4, comprises two members 21, 22. The member 21 consists of a central part a, Fig. 10, and side parts b at an angle thereto. The other member 22 consists of a central triangular part d, Fig. 9, and side parts f, spaced from the part d to provide slots 23 and pivoted at 26 so that they may be swung away from the part d to facilitate the insertion of the web at the beginning of the folding operation. A guide roller 24 is mounted at the free end of the member 21, and rollers 25 for completing the folds, are journaled at the converging ends of the parts d, f. This construction of the folding members causes the web to receive three longitudinal folds as shown in Fig. 14. By providing two additional angled surfaces b<1> on the member 21, as shown in Fig. 17, and two additional spaced parts f<2> on the member 22, the web may be provided with five longitudinal folds. For producing paper napkins, the folded web is cut transversely into sections, which are then folded transversely into the folding rollers 74, Fig. 4, by means of a blade 70 carried by an arm 67 oscillated by a cam 72. Cutting-apparatus.-The transverse cutting of the folded web 42 is effected by a cutting blade 57 carried by a roller 58, Fig. 4, coacting with grooves 56 in the drum 46. Gripper mechanism.-The front end g of the web section h being cut, and the end of the web immediately behind the cutter 57, are held against the drum 46 by grippers such as 48, Fig. 8. These grippers are mounted on pins at the edges of the drum, the pins carrying pinions 55 engaged by racks 54 on spring plungers 50 fitted with runners adapted to engage stationary earns 53 on the machine framing 20, whereby the grippers are moved to their open position. A rubber &c. strip 58<a> mav be provided on the roller 58 to press resiliently on the grippers 48 so as to hold the web more securely during the cut.
Patent GB-1215416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to buildings
Inventor: LARSSON NILS HUGO CHARLES
IPC: F24D13/02
Filed: 1969-03-21
Abstract: 1,215,416. Heating, cooling and ventilating buildings. N. H. C. LARSSON. 21 March, 1969, No. 15004/69. Headings F4U and F4V. A building includes a foundation consisting of a bed 13 of granular material, e.g. sand or gravel, and a floor 12 in heat conducting contact with the bed. A heated liquid or gas may be circulated through pipes 15 within the bed or electric heating cables, energized at off-peak times, may be embedded in the bed. Air may be circulated between the bed, or a heat exchanger within the bed, and the interior of the building, and fresh air may be supplied to the building via the bed. The bed may serve to filter the air and may be moistened to humidify the air.
Patent GB-111830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles.
IPC: A44B11/24
Filed: 1917-10-17
Abstract: 111,830. Walker, Ltd., T., and Walker, T. Oct. 17, 1917. Buckles.-A frame c is provided with a separate cross-bar b made from a length of wire, the opposite ends b<1> of which are bent round the sides of the frame and turned down so as to lie within the prong sleeve a<1>. The sides of the frame may be provided with recesses to receive the ends of the wire. The sleeve a<1> is made of sheet metal integral with the prongs a, and is bent round the wire b after it has been secured to the frame.
Patent GB-520278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cartridge belts for automatic firearms
IPC: F42B39/08
Filed: 1938-05-20
Abstract: 520,278. Cartridge belts for machine guns. BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO., Ltd., FAULKNER, H. A., and WACKROW, R. D. May 20, 1938, No. 15043. [Class 92 (ii)] A cartridge belt link formed of bent sheet metal blanks is in two parts 5, 11 held assembled by the insertion of a cartridge 14 and disintegrated when the cartridge is withdrawn by the gun breech mechanism. The outer part 5, Fig. 3, is of part cylindrical form embracing about twothirds of the cartridge and bent as shown to form a part 2, an eye 4 and a clip 6. The inner part 11, Fig. 4, is bent to form a pair of eyes 10, and a part cylindrical portion embracing about one-third of the cartridge. The inner part fits within the outer part and is retained by the inserted cartridge and the links are connected by hinge pins 13 passing through the eyes 4, 10. The assembled cartridge belt is shown in Fig. 5. The cartridge rims engage between a stamped-up ridge 16 and a stamped-up portion 17 supports the front portion of a cartridge which occupies an inclined position on the link.
Patent GB-1379697-A (GB)
Title: Metering device for liquids and pastes
IPC: G01F11/08
Filed: 1973-03-29
Abstract: 1379697 Reciprocating pumps SIG SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE-GES 29 March 1973 [27 April 1972] 15058/73 Addition to 1335007 Heading F1A A pump for dispensing liquids or pastes, e.g. foodstuffs into cups 72, comprises one or more bellows 56 having an inlet 58 controlled by a valve 59, and an outlet nozzle 66 controlled by a valve member 62 engaging a seat 65 and connected by a stem 61 to a pneumatic piston 67. Bellows 56 is connected at one end to a stationary plate 51 supported by frame 53, and at the other end to a plate 52 which is reciprocated with valve-actuating cylinder assembly 73 by a pneumatic actuator 75. An adjustable stop 82 limits the bellows stroke. A bellows 83 may be provided around valve stem 61 to prevent entry of contamination via bush 60. Valve member 62 acts to crush any solid particles on seat 65 when closing. Rotary inlet valves 59 of a plurality of pumps may be actuated by a common device.
Patent GB-409516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to interlocking sheet piling
IPC: E02D5/04
Filed: 1933-05-24
Abstract: 409,516. Sheet piles. WINBY, L. P., 39, Grosvenor Place, London, and CASWELL, G. F. C., Iron Gates, Copsem Lane, Esher, Surrey. May 24, 1933, No. 15062. [Class 68 (ii).] A sheet pile consists of a flat member 1 and a flange 3<1> which has in its outer face 3<11> a halfdovetail section recess 6 adapted to interlock with a correspondingly-formed part 5, which is offset on the other edge so that the adjacent faces are in one plane. The recess 6 may be formed by rolling either of the parts 21, 3<1> in the form and position shown in dotted lines, and closing them up. One or more additional flanges may be formed on the web 1 on either side parallel to the flange 3<1>.
Patent GB-285705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for automatically indicating the head or height or measuring the volume of liquid in a container
IPC: B60K15/06
Filed: 1927-06-07
Abstract: 285,705. Rodman, J. B. June 7, 1927. Indicators actuated by pressure of head of liquid. -In a liquid level or volume indicator of the kind described in Specifications 259,661 and 279,688, the pressure of the liquid is transmitted to a gauge through a liquid seal A which may contain a liquid such as glycerine, or the liquid may be the same as that in the tank, e.g., petrol. The pressure is transmitted through a small opening D<2> to a chamber D and thence to a pipe E, chamber F containing cotton wool or the like, and pipe G to the indicator. The vessel A is first filled with the sealing liquid, which rises in the chamber D to the same level, and the pipe system to the gauge is then closed and the tank filled. The air in the system does not escape through the opening D<2> which is always sealed, and surging of the liquid is prevented. The cotton wool F<2> may be replaced by a flexible diaphragm. A filling device K may be provided for the liquid seal. In a modification (Fig. 3, not shown) the vessel A may be omitted, and the opening D<2> may communicate with a U-tube having a flared end terminating at the normal level of the sealing liquid, so that only a small surface of the sealing liquid is exposed.
Patent GB-574478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gas turbine cooling arrangements
IPC: F01D5/08
Filed: 1941-11-25
Abstract: 574,478. Gas turbines. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. (General Electric Co.). Nov. 25, 1941, No. 15202. [Class 110 (iii)] The nozzle-box 12 of an exhaust gas turbine is separated from the driven air compressor 13 by a partition 17. Cooling air is admitted by a conduit 21 and part passes between the compressor and the partition. The rest is directed by a curved trough 20 to the turbine wheel disc and escapes between the nozzle-box and a curved screen 15 to the space on the nozzle-box side of the partition 17.
Patent GB-958620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to uranium alloys
Inventor: SLATTERY GERARD
IPC: C22C43/00
Filed: 1962-04-19
Abstract: A uranium based alloy comprises Fe 400-435 p.p.m., Al 525-935 p.p.m., the balance being uranium apart from incidental impurities. The uranium may be induction melted under vacuum with iron strip and a 3% Al-U master alloy, and cast into alumina lined steel moulds. The bars so formed are grain refined by quenching with water from above the iron-aluminium solution temperature, e.g. 720  DEG C. and annealing in argon at 500-600  DEG C. for 1-48 hours.  Specification 863,492 is referred to.
Patent GB-631027-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for making chocolate confectionery
IPC: A23G1/04
Filed: 1947-06-11
Abstract: 631,027. Chocolate. TRIGGS, W. W. (Beich Co., P.'F.). June 11, 1947, No. 15366. [Class 129] Dry ingredients, including sugar, are pulverized to minute particle size in a single continuous operation, and are then mixed with the liquid ingredients. The cacao ingredient is either (in the form of nibs) one of the dry ingredients or (in the form of chocolate liquor) one of the liquid ingredients. Sugar and other dry ingredients are pulverized in a single operation in a hammer-type pulverizer 10, Fig. 1, and the product is blown through a pipe 16 to a cyclone separator 17. About 85 per cent. of the material passes direct to a pipe 18, and the remainder is blown through a pipe 21 to a dust collector 22 and is subsequently conveyed to the pipe 18 at desired intervals by means of a screw 23. The material passes to two mixing tanks 19, 20 by way of branches 26, 27 under the control of sliding shutters 28, 29. Chocolate liquor and other liquid ingredients such as favouring, lecithin and cocoa butter are added by way of supply lines 31, 32, 33 and 34. In a modified process, the cacao nibs are pulverized together with the other dry ingredients, the temperature being maintained sufficiently low to keep the cocoa fat dry and unmelted. For this purpose, cooled air is supplied by way of a duct 41, Fig. 3, to a casing 37 which encloses the pulverizer. Some of the air is admitted to the interior of the pulverizer through suitable openings in the housing 38. A supplementary supply of cool dry air enters the pulverizer through a duct 43.
Patent GB-739550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a method of manufacturing cathode ray tubes
IPC: C03C27/04
Filed: 1954-05-25
Abstract: 739,550. Glass-metal seals. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. May 25, 1954 [May 28, 1953], No. 15380/54. Class 36. In making a cathode-ray tube in which the glass window is sealed to an iron cone, at least the sealing zone of which is nickel-plated, the sealing zone is previously subjected to a heattreatment during which it is so intensely heated for a certain period of time that at least part of the nickel layer forms an alloy with the underlying iron, after which the remaining nickel layer is removed from the sealing zone and the glass window sealed thereto. The nickel layer may be electrolytically deposited on the iron to a depth of 15 microns and may be heated to 1100 C in air or a nitrogen-hydrogen mixture for from 3 to 5 minutes. The remaining nickel layer may be removed by chemical or mechanical methods to a depth such that the sealing surface finally consists of an alloy containing 50 per cent nickel and 50 per cent iron.
Patent GB-1457202-A (GB)
Title: Device for measuring pressure and acceleration
IPC: A61N1/05
Filed: 1974-04-08
Abstract: 1457202 Measuring body fluid pressure THOMSON MEDICAL-TELCO 8 April 1974 [9 April 1973] 15391/74 Heading A5K [Also in Division H1] A body fluid pressure measuring device comprises means 16 defining a chamber 11 which communicates with the ambient via a passage 9, and an integrated circuit semiconductor wafer 1 including at least one deformation sensitive FET and having one end embedded in a support 8 and the other end against a movable element 19 whose other end contacts, an elastic membrane 17. The element 19 slides freely inside a support 14 and the membrane 17 is made of natural rubber and is bound to the support 14 by a plastics filament 18. The wafer 1 has dimensions of 1.8 mm x 0.9 mm x 40-200 microns except near the middle where it is thinned to about 30 microns. In an alternative embodiment, a movable element (34), Fig. 4, (not shown) has a larger face for providing increased sensitivity. A pressure-measuring device may be incorporated .in a single catheter 16.