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Patent GB-743616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to waterproof sheets convertible for use as wearing apparel
Inventor: SCHAEFER FRANZ
IPC: A41D15/04
Filed: 1953-10-26
Abstract: 743,616. Waterproof sheets; capes. TRUCKENBRODT, O., and BEICHHOLD, H., [trading as SALZMANN & CO.]. Oct. 26, 1953, No. 29555/53. Class 141. A tent panel or waterproof sheet 2, is adapted for wearing as a cape by providing in its central region an aperture to the edge of which is attached a tubular sleeve 1 whose free end is provided with a draw-cord. The sleeve after passage therethrough of the wearer's head, may form a collar or the rear part of the sleeve may be pulled up over the top of the wearer's head to form a hood, the draw-cord, in either case drawing up the mouth of the sleeve into sealing engagement with the wearer. The sleeve is of softer material than the tent panel &c.
Patent GB-1003112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stabilization of halogenated polyolefin compositions
IPC: C08K5/524
Filed: 1963-07-25
Abstract: An halogenated polyolefin is stabilized with a polyhydric alcohol, an organic phosphite and optionally an alkaline earth metal salt of an alkyl phenol + a polyvalent metal salt of an alkanoic acid or a benzenoid monocarboxylic acid.  The metal salts may be used in the form of a hydrolysed mixture.  Other ingredients which may be present are plasticizers and conventional stabilizers (e.g. dioctyl phthalate, dibutyl sebacate, tricresyl phosphate, di-ethylhexyl phthalate and epoxidized soybean oil). Specification 1,001,304 is referred to.
Patent GB-909484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thermocouples
IPC: B22F7/06
Filed: 1959-08-31
Abstract: A sintered thermocouple limb comprises a thermoselectrically active substance such as compounds of elements of the IVth, Vth and VIth groups of the Periodic system, e.g. Bi2Te3 or Sb2Te3/Bi2Te3, with the contact faces coated with a sintered layer of a mell solderable material such as Al, Si, Cu, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Ge, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Au, Tl, Pb, Bi or the Pt group elements so that an intermediate electrically barrier free diffusion layer is formed. The intermediate layer may also be formed by a metallic layer of one of the above elements introduced between the solderable layer and the thermoelectrically active material.  Separate layers of the respective powdered materials are charged into a die pressed and sintered at 380 DEG  C. in hydrogen.  The sintered compact may be further cold-pressed or hot-pressed at 450 DEG  C.  Alternatively the cold-pressed "green" compact may be directly hot-pressed.
Patent GB-1334496-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for indicating decompression pauses for underwater divers
IPC: B63C11/32
Filed: 1972-06-26
Abstract: 1334496 Pressure gauge C ALINARI 26 June 1972 [3 Aug 1971] 29794/72 Heading G1L In a decompression stage indicator for divers, a rubber chamber or bellows 5 is connected by a calibrated tube 6 to a rigid walled cylinder 8 and as a diver ascends the hydrostatic pressure on bellows 5 alters and liquid in a chamber 7 passes through a calibrated tube 6 into the bellows 5 and a piston 9 is moved by a spring 10 to move an indicator 11 relative to a scale 12 which is graduated to indicate the depths at which decompression pauses must be effected by the diver. In the arrangement shown in Fig.9, a battery of indicators having different calibrated tubes 6a-6d and different spring-loading are grouped together to provide indication of different ascend rate for different tissue absorption rates.
Patent GB-602670-A (GB)
Title: Method and means for the heat treatment of refractory arches for furnaces
IPC: F27D1/18
Filed: 1945-11-08
Abstract: 6 0 2,6 7 0. Furnace roofs. RYBERG, J. P. M. Nov. 8, 1945, No. 29803. Convention date, July 23, 1943. [Class 51(ii)] Refractory arches, particularly silica arches for melting furnaces, are heat treated by placing them in an intermediate position in a furnace and applying heat to both sides simultaneously. The silica arch 1, assembled in a frame 3, is placed over a base 4 having flues 9, and covered by a further arch 5, having openings 6 for the introduction of hot gases or burners, the hot gases passing out through suitable openings 2 in the arch 1 into the flues 9. Electrical units may be used for heating and the upper arch 5 may be used as an insulator for the arch 1 when the latter is in its working position.
Patent GB-533481-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for reconditioning and preserving grain, legumes, vegetables and the like
IPC: A23L3/28
Filed: 1939-11-10
Abstract: 533,481. Irradiating grain &c. HORVATH, E. VON. Nov. 10, 1939, No. 29808. Convention date, Nov. 10, 1938. Drawings to Specification. [Class 1 (i)] Grain, vegetables &c. are irradiated with rays of wave lengths between 250 and 266ÁÁ to remove or prevent a musty smell or taste. Specification 335,455, [Class 58], is referred to.
Patent GB-169634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to cinematograph camera stands
IPC: F16M11/08
Filed: 1920-10-21
Abstract: 169,634. Rigby, R. Oct. 21, 1920. Stand heads.-Relates to revolving heads, for cinematograph camera and like stands, of the type in which the camera is mounted on a plate, rotatable by hand or gear, and in which the driving and driven members of the gear, respectively mounted on the rotatable plate and the fixed head of the stand, are permanently in gear, the driven member being adapted to be clamped at will to the fixed head. The rotatable plate c is provided with a depending boss c<1> bearing directly on the boss of the fixed head a and also carries bearings c for the usual worm f which engages the worm wheel b provided with a large central opening in which is located a clamping- device g loosely connected by a screw h to the stand head a and overlapping the inner part of the worm-wheel h.
Patent GB-229412-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of forming metal tubes
IPC: B21C37/09
Filed: 1923-11-28
Abstract: 229,412. Bundy, H. W. Nov. 28,1923. Tubes, particularly of the lock seam type for radiators &c. are soldered at the seam and coated with solder, by passing them longitudinally through a chamber for heating them to soldering temperature and then flowing a stream of solder on to the seam and round the tube. Sorder coated or bare strip metal is fed from a spool a through a fluxing bath b, then through rubber roll d for removing excess flux, and is then converted into a lock-seam tube by a series of dies q and pairs of rolls h. The tube then passes through one or, as shown, two chambers j, k which are heated by burners m so as to heat the tube to 425‹ F. Solder strip n is fed by rol's o and melted in the chamber k and flows into the seam and over the tube. The tube then passes through a series of dies u which remove surplus solder and reduce the tube to size, and then passes through a water jacket 3 supplied with water from a reservoir 6 by a pump 7 so as to set the solder. The dies u are kept hot by flames burning at the ends of tubes 1 supplied with combustible gas and air, the combustible gas being introduced through a perforated tube x and the air through openings z.
Patent GB-811132-A (GB)
Title: New quaternary salts
IPC: C07D451/06
Filed: 1956-10-02
Abstract: The invention comprises quaternary salts of pseudo-tropine esters of the general formula: <FORM:0811132/IV (b)/1> (wherein X represents the anion of an acid, n is the valency of X, and Y represents an organic carboxylic acyl group), and the preparation of the compounds in which X is a halogen by reacting a phenacyl halide with an organic carboxylic ester of pseudo-tropine.  The halide ion may be replaced by other anions by the methods described in Specification 798,648. The products are useful as ganglion-blocking and hypotensive agents. In an example, phenylacetyl-pseudotropine is refluxed with phenacyl chloride in methyl ethyl ketone, and the quaternary salt is precipitated by addition of ether.  Benzoyl- and isobutyryl-pseudo-tropine may be similarly quaternated.ALSO:As hypotensive agents may be employed, aqueous solutions of quaternary salts of pseudotropine esters, of the general formula: <FORM:0811132/VI/1> wherein X represents the anion for an acid (especially a halide ion, preferably Cl), n is the valency of X, and Y represents an organic carboxylic acyl group (e.g. phenylacetyl, benzoyl or isobutyryl).  The salts are conveniently supplied in ampoules (preferably amber coloured) containing a solution of at least 5 per cent w/v, which, after appropriate dilution, may be administered as an intravenous drip.  Specification 798,648 is referred to.
Patent GB-250634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to methods of and apparatus for annealing glassware
IPC: C03B25/04
Filed: 1924-12-13
Abstract: 250,634. Frink, R. L. Dec. 13, 1924. Annealing-furnaces; tunnel furnaces. - Glass articles are conducted singly and spaced apart through a number of inclined heating and cooling chambers in an atmosphere travelling through the chambers under the tendency of the heated gases to rise, the direction of flow of the gases being in some chambers the same as and in other chambers opposite to the direction of travel of the articles. The chambers 1 - - 7 are arranged side by side or one above another and are connected by inclined curved runways 11 - - 16, the articles being carried by conveyer belts 8 supported by guides 9 in each chamber. The delivery end of each chamber is arranged above the receiving end of the next chamber and the runways are sufficiently inclined to allow the articles to slide down them by gravity and be picked up by the conveyer belt of the next chamber, the articles travelling through the chambers and runways 1, 11, 2, 12 - - 6, 16 to the chamber 7 from which the final discharge takes place. Doors or valves 10 are provided along each chamber to control the rate of flow of air into or out of the chambers and burners 17 regulate the temperature within the chambers. The flow of gas in the chambers 1 - - 4 is in the same direction as the travel of the articles while in the chambers 5 - - 7 it is in the opposite direction, the rate of this flow may be separately adjusted in the several chambers so that it is greater than equal to or less than the rate of travel of the articles. The air admitted to the chambers 5, 6 may be preheated and the chambers may be lined or covered with insulating material.
Patent GB-1220413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gas analyzers
Inventor: AGEIKIN DMITRY IVANOVICH
IPC: G01N27/74
Filed: 1968-06-25
Abstract: 1,220,413. Paramagnetic gas analyzers: force balance arrangements. SAMOSTOYATELNOE KONSTRUKTORSKO - TEKHNOLOGICHESKOE BJURO "MEDFIZPRIBOR". June 25, 1968, No. 30161/68. Heading G1N. In a paramagnetic gas analyzer of the type in which the torque on a body suspended in a non- uniform magnetic field in a space containing the gas being analyzed is counteracted by an electrical force balance arrangement, the input of the force balance is derived from at least one magnetoresistive element mounted on the body and connected in a bridge circuit. As shown in Fig. 1, two magnetoresistive elements 7 of bismuth or indium antimonide are connected in an A. C. bridge circuit including resistors 9. The bridge output is amplified (11), rectified (12) and fed to a coil 5 to produce a restoring torque on the body 4. The plane of coil 5 is perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field. In a second arrangement, Fig. 4, that part of the bridge circuit including the magnetoresistive elements 7 also serves as the coil 5<SP>1</SP>, A. C. being used to detect rotation of the body 4 and D.C. for restoring the body to its zero position. In a further arrangement Fig. 5 (not shown) four magnetoresistive elements are used in the four arms of the bridge which also serves as the restoring coil. Alternatively Fig. 7 (not shown) for magnetoresistive elements are connected in pairs in two arms of the bridge.
Patent GB-1036216-A (GB)
Title: A method for preserving rubber latex
Inventor: RITCHIE ALAN HENRY
IPC: C08C1/06
Filed: 1963-07-30
Abstract: Natural rubber latex, prior to being concentrated, is preserved by a method which comprises precipitating a copper-containing prosthetic group of an enzyme from the latex by means of a reagent capable of reacting with copper in the presence of ammonia.  The exemplified reagent is zinc diethyldithiocarbamate. The precipitate and excess reagent are removed from the latex before concentration.
Patent GB-1038550-A (GB)
Title: Improved can construction
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 1964-07-30
Abstract: 1,038,550. Portable containers; container closures. H. A. L. VENNER (National Can Corporation). July 30, 1964, No. 30241/64. Headings B8D and B8T. A cylindrical container body 11 has a seamedon upper end wall 14 which can be removed by a can-opener, and a collar 31 having a vertical wall 32 whose top end 33 is secured in the seam and an annular sloping part 34 which terminates in a neck 37 which is closed by a replaceable snap-fitting flexible plastics cap 41. The top 14 comprises an annular bead 19 and a bulge 23 which during stacking nests in a recess 26 in the bottom 14a of a superimposed container 11a. The cap has projections 61 on the under surface of a part 42 resting on a curl 36 on neck 37, and projections 44 on a skirt 43 engaging under the curl 36. An inward annular projection 53 overhangs a central depression 59 and facilitates the removal of the cap. The caps 41 are stackable, with a step 57 resting on the projection 53 of the cap below. The inside of the container, which may or may not include the headspace above the cap 41 and the collar 31, may be vacuumized, nibs 61 acting as air vents. The headspace may contain directions, additives etc. In a modification, the part 42 extends further inwardly of the neck, the depression in the cap thus being of a smaller diameter.
Patent GB-900566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the reduction of pulse interference in radio reception
Inventor: WHITE ERIC LAWRENCE CASLING
IPC: H03G11/08
Filed: 1957-09-27
Abstract: 900,566. Transistor amplifiers; valve non- linear circuits. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. Sept. 18, 1958 [Sept. 27, 1957], No. 30285/57. Class 40 (6). A method of reducing pulse interference in which a potential, substantially proportional to the rate of change of signal, is derived and applied to operate a limiter during intervals in which the signal level exceeds a predetermined value. In the embodiment shown, an intermediate-frequency valve amplifier 1 feeds a detector circuit comprising a diode 4 and a lowpass filter formed by the inductor 7 and the capacitor 8. Audio-frequency current from the detector is fed through a further inductor 9 to the base of a transistor 18. The voltage developed across the inductor 9 is proportional to the current through it, and when this voltage exceeds the bias on the rectifier 10, due to a pulse interference signal, the rectifier conducts and thereby limits the amplitude of the interference signal at the loud-speaker 12.
Patent GB-243545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to instruments for drawing, marking out, and measuring or like purposes
IPC: B43L7/00
Filed: 1924-12-17
Abstract: 243,545. Haywood, A. E. Dec. 17, 1924. Tools for setting-out work.-An instrument for drawing, marking-out or measuring comprises a beam compass or adjustable trammel combined with a graduated rule on which is mounted an adjustable arm adapted in conjunction with the rule to serve as a protractor, bevel, square, and depth gauge. A base adapted to receive the rule is also provided to allow the latter to be used as a height gauge and also to facilitate the use of the instrument or a part thereof as a centre gauge. The graduated rule 1 is formed with a longitudinal undercut slot 3 to receive a tongue 4 on a slide 5 carrying the movable point 8<1> of the trammel and adapted to be clamped by a nut 7; a fine adjustment slide 17 may also be provided and the slide 5 may carry a vernier scale 16. The fixed and movable points 8, 8<1> are carried by plates 10 having stems 11 secured in blocks 13, 14 mounted on the slide 5 and rule respectively. The plates 10 may be replaced by calliper jaws which may be made interchangeable between the blocks 13, 14 so that the device can be used for either inside or outside measurements. A longitudinally-slotted arm 20 is attached to the rule by a screw 21 and co-operates with angular graduations 22 to allow the instrument to be used as a bevel, square or protractor. The slot 23 allows the arm 20 to be used as a depth gauge, and a block 49, in the form of a right-angled triangle., may be attached to the rule to steady the instrument when gauging depths. The base 31, Figs. 3 and 4, is a right-angled member having in one limb a level 32, and near its corner a slot 34 to receive the rule which can be clamped by a screw 35. A recess 36 is provided to receive the block 14 and a groove 52 may also be formed to engage a rib 56 on the rule. The limb carrying the rule is also formed with a guideway 37 for a block 38 operated by a screw 39 and adapted to carry a protractor 40 and also an angularly-adjustable block 41 adapted to engage the slot in the rule, or the arm 20. By adjusting the slide until the edge of the rule passes through the angle of the base, and adjusting this edge to 45‹ on the protractor, the device can be used as a centre gauge. The protractor may have on its under face positioning pins 43 engaging the block 38; these pins also facilitate turning the protractor through 180‹. A clamping-device shown in connection with the bolts 7, 18, Fig. 1, which mav also be applied to the bolt 42, Fig. 4, comprises a fork 45 having inturned pins 46 engaging a collar or nut 47 on the bolt. The pins 46 are of cam shape so that they bear on the collar to clamp the bolt when the fork is turned down parallel to the rule.
Patent GB-432157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicle suspensions
IPC: B60G3/18
Filed: 1934-10-24
Abstract: 432,157. Vehicle spring-suspensions. GIRLING, A. H. G., 24, Sherard Road, Eltham, London. Oct. 24, 1934, No. 30507. [Class 108 (ii)] Relates to independent wheel suspensions for motor, &c. vehicles of the kind in which the movements of the wheel-carrying bracket C are controlled by upper and lower transverse links F, G pivoted at their inner ends on the chassis, in combination with a longitudinal arm or torque rod D also pivoted to the chassis at a point E. In order to provide the necessary flexibility or freedom of movement of the links and wheel-carrier the joints between the links F, G and the wheel-carrier and chassis and between the rods D and the chassis A are of a rubberbushed or universal type, while, as shown in Fig. 3, the axes of the pivots between the links F, G and the carrier C pass substantially through the pivotal axis of the joint E between the arm D and the chassis. In addition, the upper and shorter link F is disposed nearer to the axis E than the lower link G, preferably being to the rear of the road wheel axles while the link G is forward thereof, the carrier C consequently being inclined to the vertical. For adjustment purposes the link F may be made in two parts F<2>, F3, Fig. 7, screwed together for varying the length of the link. The springs J, which are preferably of helical form but may be laminar, are disposed between seatings J<1>, J<2>, Fig. 4 on the link G and on chassis bracket H respectively, these seatings being somewhat inclined to each other under normal loading, and adapted to assume a parallel relation under heavier loading. At their inner ends the links G are supported by means of ball-joints K in a housing K<4>, to the centre L of which is also pivoted a central arm P of the steering mechanism, while wedge-shaped blocks of rubber M are mounted on the chassis to limit the upward movement of the links G. In substitution for the joints with rubber bushings the links may be pivoted directly to brackets which are mounted with interposed rubber pads on the chassis or other support. The invention may be applied to the rear wheels in addition to the front steering- wheels.
Patent GB-645925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to chairs or seats
IPC: A47B91/10
Filed: 1948-11-24
Abstract: 645,925. Seats. G. B. KALEE, Ltd., and BELL, C. H. Nov. 24, 1948, No. 30548. Addition to 638,508. [Class 52 (ii)] The theatre &c. seat forming the subject-matter of the parent Specification is modified so that the two parts of each side standard have complementary part-cylindrical bearing surfaces, that the two parts have relative movement about a pivot bolt and that the two parts may be drawn together laterally for locking purposes. The lower part 16 which is secured to the floor has a web 28 with a part-cylindrical bearing surface 30 which the upper part 20 has a complementary bearing surface 32 and is provided with a tongue 34 through an aperture in which, and another in the web 28, passes a pivot bolt 36. The tongue 34 is also provided with a bolt 40 which protrudes through a slot 44 in the web 28 and which when tightened draws the two parts together laterally so that serrated parts 46, 48 interengage and lock the two parts together in their adjusted position.
Patent GB-212209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spirit levels
IPC: G01C9/30
Filed: 1923-12-06
Abstract: 212,209. Watts & Son, Ltd., E. R., and Weston, S. Dec. 6, 1923. Levels. - In a spirit level of the kind having an air reservoir B communicating by a small passage B1 with the liquid A<1> in the main body A of the level, the proportion of the volume of air to the volume of liquid in the reservoir and in the main body of the level is at least one to six.
Patent GB-229425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with bagging or sacking apparatus
IPC: B65B43/50
Filed: 1923-12-07
Abstract: 229,425. Avery, Ltd., W. & T., and Walters, E. Dec. 7, 1923. Sack - holders. - Relates to bagging or sacking apparatus. A resilient packing ring is adjustably mounted within the base of the supply hopper so as tc surround the outlet and to constitute the joint between the hopper and a turntable with sack holders. As shown, a ring 3 of felt is mounted within .a recessed metallic ring 4 free to move in a guide 5 and adjustably and resiliently held in contact with the top surface of a turntable 13. The sack holder 14 is formed integral with the turntable 13. A locking-catch is used to lock the hopper outlet 6 relatively to the sack holder in use.
Patent GB-210885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supports for perches for poultry and other birds
IPC: A01K31/12
Filed: 1922-11-10
Abstract: 210,885. Willoughby, H. J. Nov. 10,. 1922. Poultry houses; cages.-A perch support comprises a flanged cup to hold insecticide and a pillar or stem extending upwardly from the centre of the cup and terminating in a fork or member of L-shaped section to receive the perch. The lower part of the support shown in Fig. 1, is in the form of a right-angled bracket 4 having an annular or other shaped recess 5 to receive the insecticide and a side flange 6 to enable it to be attached to walls &c. The recess surrounds a hole or bearing 3 into which fits a stem 2 on the L-shaped upper part or socket 1. The upper part may be turned in the lower part. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the flange 9 is of trident form. The support may be made of porcelain, metal, &c.