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Patent GB-133644-A (GB)
IPC: F02M59/24
Abstract: 133,644. Robson, Ltd., J., and Salmon, E. H. June 6, 1919. Single-acting piston pumps; single-acting multiple suction pumps; regulating delivery by bypasses; suction reservoirs.-A fuel pump for an internal-combustion engine comprises a pump body 1 formed integral with a fuel tank 2, through which the piston 3 works. The fuel enters the pump through a valve 6 and also through ducts 9, 8 in the piston, and is delivered through a valve 7. During the first part of the delivery stroke, the liquid returns to the reservoir through the ducts 8, 9, and during the last part through the ducts 8, 10. The time of opening the duct 10 is controlled by a governor-actuated sleeve 11 revolubly mounted on the piston and provided with a notch 12.
Patent GB-418684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in observation mirrors for use on vehicles
IPC: B60R1/06
Filed: 1933-05-09
Abstract: 418,684. Look - out reflectors for vehicles. BURCHELL, N. L., 27, Elvaston Mews, South Kensington, London. May 9, 1933, No. 13398. [Class 103 (ii).] In order to prevent vehicle observation-mirrors from becorning obscured by rain &c. a shield D of sheet-metal, &c. is secured to the top of the mirror E by adjustable screw-and-slot devices F, the side of the shield near the driver being cut away so as to give the driver a complete view.
Patent GB-639104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to epicyclic change speed gears
IPC: F16H3/66
Filed: 1948-05-18
Abstract: 639,104. Change-speed gear. SELF-CHANGING GEAR CO., Ltd., and MILLER, A. A. May 18, 1948, No. 13442. [Class 80 (ii)] A normal type of planetary gear having three brake-controlled sun-ring-gear reducing trains A, B, C, has also a fourth similar train D to provide overdrive. Integral suns 2 of the first and second trains A, B, are fast on the input shaft 3, the planetcarrier 5 of the first, A, being fast on the aligned output shaft 6. Connected permanently for unitary rotation are the brakeable ring-gear 7 of the first train A, the carrier 11 of the second, B, and the ring 13 of the third, C ; the planet carrier 18 of which lastnamed C, is integral with the brakeable ring 14 of the second train B, whilst its brakeable sun 16 is integral with the sun of the fourth train D. The planet-carrier 25 of the train D is fast to the input shaft 3 and its ring-gear 26 is braked at 36 to produce overdrive, which is compounded in the other three trains. Direct drive is by a multi-disc clutch 29 connecting the ring 26 and carrier 25 of the overdrive train D. Reverse may be provided in a separate gear.
Patent GB-884057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to yarns
Inventor: STARKIE DAVID
IPC: D02G1/00
Filed: 1957-04-27
Abstract: 884,057. Crimping yarns; thread guides. ENGLISH ROSE Ltd. April 15, 1958 [April 27, 1957], No. 13480/57. Classes 120(2) and 120(3) A stretch yarn is made by feeding a mono- or multi-filament, synthetic, e.g. nylon or polyethylene terephthalate, thermoplastic yarn to a crimping station at a repititiously fluctuating linear speed so that the yarn assumes a crimped form, then forwarding the yarn at a speed less than the mean linear speed so that its continued travel is in such form and setting the yarn, as by heating. As shown, yarn 10 is advanced by a feeding device 11, vibrating longitudinally thereof so as alternately to grip and feed the yarn and slip thereover, to a station whereat the yarn is accepted by bands 15a, 15b (travelling at reduced speed over rollers 16a, 16b) in the resultant sinuous or crimp form and during its' passage therebetween is heated, as by heat transfer from the bands which may be of metal heated by electric, steam, hot-air, infra-red radiation or dielectric means, and then allowed to cool. The device 11 may comprise one or more tubes, as at 12, Fig. 3, each carrying leaf springs 14a, 14b, between which a yarn passes. The tube 11 may be replaced by an upright 17, Figs. 5 and 6, of spring material having a guide hole 18 and threading-up slot 19. The vibrations (up to supersonic speed) may be adjustably imparted by an electromagnetic and/or mechanical vibrator, Fig. 4 (not shown). In the crimping unit 40 of Fig. 8, hinged support structures 127, 22, for bands 15a, 15b, also support heating and cooling means 23, 23a and 24, 24a (with inlets and outlets for cold water). The bands are driven from an electric motor (not shown) through belt 131, pulley 131a, sprockets 30, 29, chain 128 and pinions 31, 32, 33, 34. Guide plates 134, 135, comprise a groove for each yarn. The unit may be mounted in upright position and/or in composite form on a common hinge pin 42, Figs. 9 and 10 (not shown).
Patent GB-135022-A (GB)
IPC: B25G3/02
Abstract: 135,022. Swift, W. H. Dec. 23, 1918. Fixing by sockets with locking and securing devices.-Handles are secured in the sockets of hammers and like tools by means of a clamping- band carried by the tool head, or a projection from it, and movable into clamping engagement with the handle by means which also secure the band to the bead or projection. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the band 11 clamps the handle 8, which is placed in the usual socket 7 of the head 6, to an arm or piece 10 projecting from the head 6. This piece 10 may be fixed in a screwed socket 9 in the head. A screw 17 with a point 19 projecting through a hole in the arm 10 into the handle 8, is screwed into a boss 15 on the band 11. A second screw 22 may be provided at the opposite side of the band and formed with a point entering the handle. As shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, the clamping-band 26 embraces the handle 8 and a U-shaped projection 25 on the head 6, the point of the screw 28 passing through a hole in the projection 25 and into the handle. A head or enlargement 31 on the projection 25 may be provided, as shown in Fig. 7, to confine the band. A projection or point on the band at 34, Fig. 8, may be provided to engage or penetrate the handle.
Patent GB-163909-A (GB)
Title: Machine for making shoe-boxings
IPC: A43D8/00
Filed: 1920-05-17
Abstract: 163,909. Frye, R. P. May 17, 1920. Coating - machines. - A machine for coating fabrics for shoe boxes comprises a pedestal 10 provided with a slot 33 wherein can reciprocate an arm 34 secured to a rod 32 and carrying a presser 92 adapted to convey liquid material from a receptacle 37 to the fabric supported by a resiliently-supported mandrel 16. The presser comprises a plate 94, Fig. 4, provided with a cushion 95 and surrounded by a shield 92 which is normally maintained above the surface of the cushion by springs 95<1> arranged on rods 96 projecting from the plate 94 and through metal strips 93 fixed across the bottom of the shield 92. The liquid contained above the cushion 95 is forced into the fabric by the upward movement of the plate 94. The rod 32 is reciprocated by a crank-disc 43 operated from a driving-pulley 49 through a foot-operated clutch 50. Specification 143,521 is referred to.
Patent GB-1089340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to web feeding apparatus
Inventor: KREISIG HANS-JOACHIM
IPC: B65H19/18
Filed: 1966-03-28
Abstract: 1,089,340. Feeding webs. PLAMAG G PLAUENER DRUCKMASCHINENWERK VEB. March 28, 1966, No. 13573/66. Heading B6B. [Also in Division F2] In web-roll changing apparatus, each web-roll spindle is hydraulically braked, selectively, under the control of a dancer roller 29 operating on a throttle valve 28 in the hydraulic first circuit to the brakes. When a web-roll change takes place a second hydraulic control circuit is switched into the mains circuit to enable the new web-roll to be braked sufficiently to maintan a constant tension in the web. This second circuit contains a pump 39 non-return valve 40, pressure reservoir 44, shutoff valve 42 and an adjustable overflow valve 41 which controls the hydraulic pressure of the second circuit which is added to the first circuit during web-roll change. The pressure required in the second circuit is dependent on the width and diameter of the new web-roll, and the setting of the overflow valve 41 is adjusted accordingly. In Fig. 2, the valve 41 is attached to a slide 46 movable in guides 47 by an endless chain 48. A lever 51 and pointer 52 are attached to shaft of reversing wheel 50 of the chain 48. The position of the valve 41 can be adjusted by the lever 51, the pointer 52 indicating on the scale 53 the web tension according to web width. An adjusting piece 56 acting on the slide 54 of the valve 41 via a spring 55 is connected by an adjusting rod 57 to a sleeve 58. The sleeve 58 is movably mounted on a pivoted rod 59 carrying a cam-follower roller 60 which co-operates with a cam 61 attached to the shaft of the spider 4. The angular orientation of the cam 61 is governed by the diameter of the new web-roll 2 when moved to the splicing position, so that the adjusting piece 56 of the valve 41 is positioned in accordance with the new web-roll diameter.
Patent GB-217579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in diaphragms for telephonic apparatus
IPC: H04R7/10
Filed: 1924-06-04
Abstract: 217,579. Lakhovsky, G. June 14, 1923, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Diaphragms. - A diaphragm for a telephone instrument is formed of a number of independent elements in contact with one another and preferably of different dimensions. The diaphragm may be formed of a disc a on which are superposed laminµ b, c of different widths. The laminµ may be unsymmetrical. Laminµ d - - h of different thicknesses may be arranged side by side covering all or part of the disc a on which they are mounted. The diaphragm is set in an indiarubber ring, the edges of the disc a and the laminµ fitting into a groove therein.
Patent GB-107313-A (GB)
Title: Driving Mechanism for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BLOMSTROM CARL HERMAN
IPC: F16H37/08
Filed: 1916-09-25
Abstract: 107,313. Blomstrom, C. H. Sept. 25, 1916. Controlling different functions by same handle or lever; setting and retaining devices.-The engine, clutch, change-speed and differential gears and controlling mechanism are formed as a singlepower unit. The change-speed shaft is fitted with a brake drum, the band of which is operated by a pedal 66, Figs. 3, which also effects the release of the clutch through a lug 74 engaging a rod; this rod operates a lever to relieve the pressure of the clutch spring. The changes of speed are effected through a sleeve 52 and a rod passing through the sleeve which are connected to a pair of levers 79, 80 pivoted on a stem 81 formed on the extension of the crank casing. The levers are provided with V-shaped recesses 85, 86 adapted to be selectively engaged by a pin 93 on a rod 87. The rod 87 passes through a guide 88 and is provided with an operating handle 92 and with a pin 91 riding in a gate 90.
Patent GB-540817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in boxes of cardboard or the like material
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1940-08-29
Abstract: 540,817. Boxes with internal fittings. CLELAND, Ltd., W. W.. and FORD, V. C. Aug. 29. 1940, No. 13611. [Class 18] A cardboard, sheet metal or like container, e.g. for collapsable tubes 13, is provided with an internal fitting for supporting the articles constituted from a blank, shown in Fig. 3, forming a lining for the box, a panel with keyhole slots 11 being folded over to form castellations in the spaces 11 between which the ends of the articles are held, while on the opposite side of the box flaps 15 are arranged on the liner to turn inwards to form stalls to take the other ends of the articles, the width of these stalls being shorter than the maximum width of the end of the article, so that the end must lie at an angle to the base as indicated. For a second layer of articles a second blank is employed which has fingers 16 engaging between the castellations of the first blank and which has at its other side slots, within which flaps 15 engage, further flaps 17 on this second blank being turned inwardly. The outer container may be collapsable and may have a display flap on its lid. An alternative to flaps 17 is described.
Patent GB-878162-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-operated clutch for selectively driving either of two coaxial output shafts from a coaxial input shaft
IPC: F16D25/10
Filed: 1959-04-22
Abstract: 878,162. Friction clutches. WEAVER, W. A. April 22, 1959, No. 13655/59. Class 80(2). A clutch comprises a double cone 33 carried by, but movable axially relative to, an input shaft 16 by pressure fluid supplied to one of a pair of working chambers 29a separated by a central annular piston 34, for the alternative engagement of either of two clutch elements 39, 45 on members 36, 43 integral with coaxial output shafts 17, 18. A pinion 22 on the input shaft 16 drives a gear-wheel pump, the output from which is controlled manually by a valve, Figs. 2 and 3 (not shown), to supply the fluid through ducts 58, 59 to either of a pair of passages 52, 53 in the shaft. The cone member 33 is held in its central, neutral position by opposed springs 48. The clutch may be employed with the reversing gearing described in Specification 855,443. In a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), members 36, 43 are arranged on opposite sides of the cone member 33, and one of the output shafts surrounds the input shaft.
Patent GB-756157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to crankshafts for high speed internal combustion engines, particularly for six-cylinder engines
IPC: F16F15/14
Filed: 1953-05-15
Abstract: 756,157. Damping torsional vibrations. DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.-GES. May 15, 1953 [May 17, 1952], No. 13692/53. Class 108 (3). [Also in Groups XXIV, XXVI and XXVII] The crank-shaft 10 of a high-speed internal-combustion engine, particularly a sixcylinder engine, carries at the output end the usual flywheel 17 and at the other end a second flywheel 18 and a torsional vibration damper 19 mounted on the periphery of the second flywheel so as to be capable of relative movement thereto. The flywheel 18 and damper 19 are shown separate in Fig. 1 for illustration purposes only. The vibration damper may comprise two masses 22, 23 held apart by a spring 21 and frictionally coupled to the flywheel by friction discs 25, 26. Alternatively, the damper may comprise masses pendulously mounted on the periphery of the second flywheel and displaceable by centrifugal action.
Patent GB-243248-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for mounting head lights on vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/124
Filed: 1925-05-26
Abstract: 243,248. Benvenuti, A. May 26, 1925. Vehicle Lamps, directing. - In means for operating vehicle lamps from the steering-gear, a Bowden wire 19 is secured at its ends to a grooved wheel 2 on the rotatable lamp stem 1 and to the steering-arm or other part of the steering - gear and a coiled spring 4 is secured at its ends to a projection 3 on the stem 1 and to a casing 5, mounted in a fixed casing 6, the tension of the spring 4 being adjusted by engaging a screw 10 in one of a number of holes 11 in the casing 5. The turning movement of the spring is limited by a pin 8 on the wheel 2 engaging a stop 8<1> on the casing 6. The stem 1 is mounted on ball-bearings 12, 13, which are adjusted and held in position by a half-race 14, a dust-cap 15 being provided. The casing 6 is secured to the vehicle by means of an integral bracket 7 or diametrically-opposite apertured bosses. The outer flexible casing of the Bowdenwire is secured to a tubular projection on a cover 16 and to a screwed sleeve provided with nuts for attachment to the vehicle.
Patent GB-1082034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a distribution valve for controlling pressure air supply to a working cylinder
IPC: F15B20/00
Filed: 1966-03-29
Abstract: 1,082,034. Operating devices for doors. CKD PRAHA, OBOROVY PODNIK. March 29 1966 [March 30, 1965], No. 13752/66. Heading B8L. [Also in Division F2] A distribution gear for controlling the supply of a pressure medium to the working cylinder 10 of a safety door 11 associated with a haulage cage opening in a shaft, comprises a distribution chamber 7 integral with a coaxial suspension cylinder 12 and mounted on a suspension 3 by means of a spring 2. The distribution chamber 7 houses a slide valve 6 biased by a compression spring 5 and having an arm extending from the chamber and pivoted to a crank arm 8. The latter is mounted on a fixed pivot and carries a roller 8<SP>1</SP> at its remote end. The pressure medium supply line 1 is selectively coupled to the space between the suspension 3 and the top of the chamber 7, through a three-way tap 4. In operation, the tap 4 is set as shown when the door 11 is not required to open as the cage passes the shaft opening, in which case a stop 9 on the cage does not contact the roller 8<SP>1</SP>. At a shaft opening at which the cage will stop, the tap 4 is set to supply pressure medium to the space above the chamber 7 whereupon the distribution chamber 7 and suspension cylinder 12 descend relative to the suspension 3 compressing the spring 2. This descending movement causes the roller 8<SP>1</SP> to be moved into the path of the cage stop 9, and when engagement occurs, the slide valve 6 is moved relative to the chamber 7 and pressure medium is supplied from the line 1 to a line 14<SP>1</SP> causing the piston of the working cylinder 10 to move the door 11 into the open position. As the stop 9 is disengaged from the roller 8<SP>1</SP> the slide valve 6 is moved to its original position by spring 5 and the pressure medium is supplied to line 14 causing the working cylinder 10 to close the door.
Patent GB-430202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric oscillating motors
IPC: H02K33/10
Filed: 1934-05-07
Abstract: 430,202. Oscillating motors. HOOGLAND, E., 19, Allerheiligenstrasse, Cologne, Germany. May 7, 1934, No. 13756. [Class 35] [See also Group XXXVII] An electric oscillating motor for driving advertising or like devices by means of a pawl has an interrupter enclosed in a holder for use with continuous-current supplies, the holder being rotated relatively to the magnet to render the interrupter inoperative for alternating-current circuits. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the pawl 18 comprises a leaf spring adjustably mounted on the armature 12 and engaging the toothed or plain flange 2 of the turntable and the electromagnet 13 is adjustably mounted on its support 10. The armature is carried by the spring 25. The interrupter consists of a movable contact 28 carried by a spring 27 deflected by the magnet and enclosed with the fixed contact 29 in a rotatable glass tube 32 mounted on the magnet 13. The turntable may be replaced by a drum.
Patent GB-700285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electrical traction and control systems
IPC: B60L50/11
Filed: 1952-06-03
Abstract: 700,285. Control of D.C. motors. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. June 3, 1952 [July 17, 1951], No. 13905/52. Class 38(3) A number of traction motors M1-M4 are supplied from an engine-driven generator G having a field winding BF in series with a rheostat FR controlled by governor GOV which also regulates the fuel-supply to the engine. Actuation of switches P or S enables the motors to be connected either individually, in parallel or in series-connected pairs across the generator. Manual operation of any one of cut-out switches CO1-CO4 removes the appropriate motor from circuit, the remaining motors being placed in parallel across the machine G. At the same time a relay OL becomes effective in the event of an overload to energize a relay OS which exerts an over-riding control upon the governor GOV to reduce the output of the generator.
Patent GB-1106958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pads for conforming to irregular shapes, particularly for boots
Inventor: WERNER FRANK DAVID
IPC: A43B5/04
Filed: 1965-04-01
Abstract: The space between a foot and a loose-fitting boot is filled with pads each comprising an outer flexible covering containing a quantity of discrete particles and a lubricant coating material mixed with the particles, the coating material causing the particles to adhere to one another and being present in an amount less than the void volume of the particles, although sufficient to form a coating over substantially the entire outer surface of the particles.  In the ski boot illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 (Figs. not shown), the upper of rigid material, e.g. fibreglass or metal, includes a side flap (18) hinged to the sole at (19) and secured by strap (20) and clamp (21). The construction shown in Figs. 3-11 includes a main boot portion (27) and a side flap (28) hinged at (29).  Portion (27) and flap (28), which are secured in closed position by clamps (40), each comprise a lower portion (30, 36) to which an ankle portion (31, 37) is pivoted at (32) and joined by flexible members (39).  Pads (42) and (43), (44) and (45), (48) and (49), and (50) are provided at the ankle, sides, heel, and instep respectively.  The material in the pads must conform to the shape of the foot and retain this shape, but must not set.  The discrete particles are preferably hollow spheres of phenolic resin preferably less than 0.125 inch in diameter, e.g. varying in diameter from 0.0002 - 0.005 inch with an average diameter of 0.0017 inch.  The coating liquid must be non-evaporating, non-toxic, non-allergenic, and odourless.  Wax, viscous liquid, or grease, e.g. silicone base grease, may be used in the ratio of 20 parts of particles to 1 part of liquid by weight.  The boot with the pads only partially filled is placed on the foot and the pads then filled through valves (57) by means of a syringe (60).  The syringe can also be used to remove filler material.  To provide a definite clamping action air bags (55) with filling valves (56), may be arranged in the pads at one side of the boot. Filler bars (75) may be slid between a pad and the boot to increase the pressure.
Patent GB-567867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric arc welding
IPC: B23K35/04
Filed: 1943-08-31
Abstract: 567,867. Uniting by fusion. BOOT, R. H. F. Aug. 31, 1943, No. 14206. [Class 83 (iv)] In a process of arc welding beneath the surface of water, oil or other liquid, an electrode coated with a flux of suitable composition and thickness is placed at an acute angle to the seam with the flux coating in contact therewith to maintain an arc between the core and the work so as to weld a seam without feeding forward the electrode. The arc may thus be maintained when the vision of the operator is interfered with by a cloudy liquid &c. In welding a seam 12 between plates 13, 14, an electrode 11 with a waterproofed coating of asbestos fibre and inorganic flux may be held at an angle of 25 degrees to the seam-with the edge of the flux in contact with the seam, and is moved down parallel to itself in a plane including itself and the seam as the core burns away so as to maintain the length of the arc constant. Welding may be effected under salt water with a voltage of 35, and current of 190 amperes with an electrode of 3/16" diameter and having a flux coating 1 /16" thick. Specifications 11079/12, [Class 83 (iv)], and 559,033 are referred to.
Patent GB-1161042-A (GB)
Title: Power-Actuated Underwater Tools.
Inventor: HENNING ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B25C1/10
Filed: 1967-01-13
Abstract: 1,161,042. Cartridge-actuated tools. OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP. 13 Jan., 1967 [20 Jan., 1966], No. 14208/69. Divided out of 1,161,041. Heading B4C. The subject-matter of this Specification is identical with that described in Specification 1,161,041, but the claims relate to the disposable barrel assembly 128 which comprises a tubular barrel 130 having a cartridge 132 positioned and sealed adjacent one end thereof at 134, a fastener element 140 mounted in the tube and means 144 for sealing the other end of the barrel.