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Patent GB-762568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rotary printing presses
IPC: B41F13/14
Filed: 1954-12-22
Abstract: 762,568. Rotary printing machines. MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NURNBERG AKT.-GES. Dec. 22, 1954, [Feb. 19, 1954], No. 37067/54. Class 100(2) Adjustments for register:-In a rotary printing press lateral register adjustment is effected by simultaneous axial displacement of the plate cylinder and the cylinder co-operating therewith and circumferential adjustment is effected by simultaneous angular displacement of these cylinders in opposite directions. In the case of an offset machine the plate and offset cylinders are moved relative to the impression cylinder, while in the case of other machines the plate and impression cylinders are moved together the invention is shown applied to an offset machine. Axial adjustments:-The lateral adjustment is made by rotation of bushes 11, 20 threadedly engaged in the wall of a casing 14. The ends of the shafts of the plate cylinder 3 and offset cylinder 2 are held axially in bearings in these bushes 11, 20 and are slidable in bearing in the side frames 4, 5. The bushes carry equal gears 17, 19 and are connected by gear 18. As bush 11 is rotated by handle 10 to shift cylinder 3 axially the bush 20 is similarly rotated and gives to cylinder 2 an identical axial shift. Circumferential adjustment:-The offset cylinder 2 is driven from the impression cylinder by means of helically toothed gears 6, 7. Gear 7 is mounted on a sleeve 23 axially slidable but not rotatable on the shaft of the offset cylinder. Axial movement of gear 7 causes a circumferential adjustment of the offset cylinder relative to the impression cylinder 1. Gears 8, 9 connect the offset and plate cylinders so that there is no relative adjustment between them when gear 7 is displaced. A lever 26 is rotatably engaged at one end with the end of the axially slidable sleeve 23 and at the other is connected by a screwed rod 27 with a hand wheel 29 on the same side of the machine frame as handle 10. Rotation of this hand wheel effects the circumferential adjustment.
Patent GB-754927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for mixing gases and liquids
IPC: B01D47/16
Filed: 1954-12-23
Abstract: 754,927. Gas-liquid contact apparatus. AJEM LABORATORIES, Inc. Dec. 23, 1954 [Dec. 23, 1953], No. 37195/54. Class 55(2). [Also in Group XXIX] Gas-liquid contact apparatus comprises a rotary cage which is positioned above a spray nozzle which delivers liquid to the cage for atomization in contact with the gas. An air washer is described, which in the form shown, embodies a spray nozzle 2 as described in Specification 724,617, [Group XXIX], includes within a casing 10 a spray-generating cage 4 comprising spaced vertical rods 20 extending peripherally between an upper disc 18 and a lower ring 22, the assembly being suspended from a shaft 6 supported in upper and lower bearings 24, 26 and driven by a motor 8 which also drives a fan 16 drawing air through the washer. The rods 20 are spaced apart at a distance of between one-half and three times the diameter of the rods. Nozzle 2 produces a conical spray of the same width as the cage which uniformly distributes a high-velocity spray in an annular passage defined by a baffle 36. After traversing a set of eliminator baffles 38 the air is ejected through an outlet 14. Water collecting in the conical bottom of the casing drains into a remotely placed settling tank 44 whence a pump 34 may return the classified water to nozzle 2. Several washers may be associated with one tank. The rods 20 may be circular, square, hexagonal, or elliptical in section and may taper downwardly to produce a heavier spray near the top of the cage. Nozzle 2 incorporates a deflector 32 which may be adjustably supported and be fluted to impart a slight rotary motion to the water. Vanes may be positioned between the ring 22 and the nozzle 2 to give the spray a slight rotary motion as it enters the cage 4.
Patent GB-935876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hacksaws
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE ARNOLD
IPC: B23D49/10
Filed: 1961-10-17
Abstract: 935,876. Handsaws. ABBOTT, BIRKS & CO. Ltd. July 31, 1962 [Oct. 17, 1961], No. 37228/61. Class 61. A hacksaw frame comprises a bar 11 of metal or other solid material having a groove 12 open at the periphery of the bar throughout at least the major portion of the length of the bar, one or more clamping screws 21 extending into the bar transversely of the groove and having their inner ends projecting into the groove, and one or more screw studs 22 extending in the bar substantially parallel to the groove, the inner ends of the studs extending into the bottom of the groove. The bottoms of the screw studs engage the back edge of a hacksaw blade 17 and are adjustable to vary the amount the blade projects from the groove and hence the depth the blade will cut, the screws 21 clamping the blade in its adjusted position. The bar extends into a recess in a handle 24 of electrically-insulating material and is retained therein by a screw 26. The saw may be used for cutting through the sheathing of armoured cables without damaging the insulation.
Patent GB-881124-A (GB)
Title: Method of packing railway tracks, also packing tools and machines for carrying out the method
IPC: E01B27/16
Filed: 1958-11-20
Abstract: 881,124. Railway track packing machines. PLASSER, F., SCHUBERT, E., and THEURER, J. Nov. 20, 1958 [Dec. 23, 1957], No. 37394/58. Class 104 (2). In a method of packing railway tracks a packing tool 3 rotating about a vertical axis or an axis inclined to the vertical is introduced in the axial direction of rotation into the ballast between the sleepers or at the end faces of the sleepers. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, in which the machine is mounted on running gear 1<SP>1</SP> and is propelled along the track by handles 6, 6<SP>1</SP> the rotary packing tool 3, at one end of the machine, is driven by a motor 2, at the other end of the machine, through a shaft 4 and transmission 5. In a further embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the rotary packing tools 3 are driven by a V-belt transmission 11 and universal joint shafts 12 and are mounted on a frame 10 vertically movable on guide bars 9. In a further modification. Fig. 3, a tubular casing 16 surrounding the shaft 3<SP>1</SP> driving the packing tool 3 is provided with a bearing foot 17 which bears on the ballast to prevent the ballast from swelling up during the packing operation. This tube may also have a vibratory or stamping movement imparted thereto. Various dispositions of packing tools, Figs. 4a to 4f (not shown), are described, ranging from its use of one to eight packing tools per rail of a double rail track. The tools are constructed as a downwardly tapering body having an upper hemispherical end and are provided with a helical or vane-shaped outer surface, Fig. 5 (not shown). In addition to the rotary movement of pairs of tools the tools may move relative to one another, e.g. by pincers-like or stirring movement. The rotary movement of tools arranged in pairs is preferably carried out in opposite directions to one another. An axial pushing, beating or stamping movement may also be imparted to the tools. The tools may also be driven hydraulically. The tools 3 are interchangeably mounted on their shafts 3<SP>1</SP> by screw threads or wedges and may be replaced by other tools for driving and extracting rail fastening screws or drilling holes in sleepers.
Patent GB-326775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to crawling traction mechanisms or trucks
IPC: E02F9/02
Filed: 1928-12-18
Abstract: 326,775. Withers, J. S., (Marion Steam Shovel Co.). Dec. 18, 1928. Endless-track vehicles.-Power-driven endlesstrack mechanism, particularly for excavating machines, comprises a main frame 32 provided with equalizing cylinders 31 connected together, a truck unit below each equalizing cylinder and comprising a truck frame 5 having a plunger 30 movably mounted in the cylinder, and an endlesstrack 16 supporting the truck frame and capable of a tilting movement. In the construction shown the frame 5 has longitudinal trunnions 11 for a rocking member 10 provided with transverse trunnions 12, 13 on which two track frames 14 are independently mounted. Tracks 16 pass around the frames 14 and are driven through a universal joint 19, gearing 20, 21, 26, shaft 25, gearing 28, 29 and sprockets 15. The plunger 30 can slide and rotate in the cylinder 31 so as to permit both equalizing and steering movements, the truck frame being swivelled for steering by means of screw gear 39 and an arm 37.
Patent GB-1235313-A (GB)
Title: A coin validator
Filed: 1968-08-07
Abstract: 1,235,313. Coin sorting and validating device. VENDO CO. 7 Aug., 1968 [29 March, 1968], No. 37623/68. Heading G4V. A coin sorting and validating device comprises a vertical coin passage 76, Fig. 6, communicating with paths 44, 54, and a pivoted coin guide 64 mounted for movement between a normal position wherein non-magnetic coins are allowed to pass into the lower path 54 and an operative position (Fig. 7, not shown) blocking the passage and disposed to direct magnetic coins along the upper path 44, by means of a magnet 70 mounted on the guide which is attracted to a magnetic coin in the passage to shift the guide. A coin C inserted at 32 is tested for weight and diameter in a pivoted cradle 34, Fig. 1, before passing to the paths 44, 54. A coin directed along the path 44 passes around a magnetic end-piece 52 which imparts a particular trajectory to acceptable magnetic coins, defined between a separator member and an edge of the device to an accept track, while ferromagnetic slugs curl right round the end piece and misdirected non-magnetic coins rebound from an anvil past the opposite side of the separator member to a reject track. Coins allowed to enter the lower path 54 pass between a magnet 46 and a spaced magnetic disc whereby eddy-current coin braking is effected to impart to acceptable non-magnetic coins a trajectory to the accept track, while unacceptable coins are braked to a lesser or greater extent and either rebound from a second anvil or from the separating member, respectively, and pass to the reject track. Misdirected magnetic coins in the lower path 54 are arrested by the magnet 46 and are cleared by a conventional scavenging lever 92. In an alternative embodiment (Figs. 10, 11, not shown), the coin paths (44a), (102) are disposed in a common vertical plane. A shoulder (108) is provided to guide non- magnetic coins into the lower coin path (102) and an additional magnet (104) associated therewith forms the non-magnetic-coin validating means. A further coin cradle (100) may be provided at the entrance to path (102), or the coin rail defining path (102) may be extended upwardly to guide non-magnetic coins into the lower path.
Patent GB-1214639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the printing of cheques
Inventor: PEACOCK JACK
IPC: B41F17/02
Filed: 1967-08-16
Abstract: 1,214,639. Selective printing. McCORQUODALE & CO. Ltd. 16 Aug., 1968 [16 Aug., 1967], No. 37806/67. Heading B6F. A method of preparing personalized cheques and preparing a cheque book therefrom includes bulk printing information and background pattern on a continuous web, cutting the web into individual cheques, automatically reading record data representing personalizing information to be printed on the cheques, setting adjustable printing members at successive stations of an in-line printing machine in accordance with the sensed information, feeding the cheques with other documents to be inserted in the cheque book in order from station to station of the printing machine so that the cheques and other documents move in the direction of their longitudinal axes, stacking the documents which pass through the machine, and collating and binding the documents: Bulk printed cheques bearing security background patterns, the name of a bank, a stamp duty medallion and lines indicating areas to be written on are stored in a feed hopper, further documents such as paying-in slips and cheque book order forms being stored in further compartments of the hopper. Information in the form of edge-punched cards is read by a reader 10 and stored at 13, the information including the number and form of cheques required and the personalizing information to be printed. Print wheels 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 are automatically set, and the cheques are fed successively past each such printing station. At each station, the cheques are stopped by synchronized end stops and impressed by means of synchronized hammers. Serial numbers are applied at a station 24. A station 26 detects delayed feed, and in such a case stops the feed from the hopper and diverts subsequent cheques to prevent doubling. The branch name is applied at a station 12, and the cheque may be crossed and perforated if required at 30. The cheques are finally stacked and collated at 32 and made ready for binding. A checking station 28 reads information off printed cheques and compares it with the required information in the store 13. The name and account number printing stations 14, 16 and 20, 22 are doubled to permit long names to be printed on two lines if necessary. If a one line name is being printed by one of the name printing stations, the other is simultaneously prepared for the next batch of cheques, the second account numbering station operating is a similar way. Documents fed in order through the machine not requiring personalizing information bear marks detected photo-electrically at each station to inhibit the operation of the respective hammer.
Patent GB-1338990-A (GB)
Title: Ball vavle apparatus
IPC: F16K5/06
Filed: 1972-08-14
Abstract: 1338990 Valves KITAMURA VALVE MFG CO Ltd 14 Aug 1972 [18 May 1972] 37870/72 Heading F2V In a ball valve, the retainer member 30 with sealing means 37 is supported in the housing with a slight gap therebetween, the member 30 having a radially outwardly and axially inwardly extending inclined surface 32 and the housing having a cylindrical surface 16 and a generally radially outwardly extending surface 15, which surfaces define a space in which is disposed a resilient packing member 40 to effect a seal between the housing and the member 30; the surface 16 having a diameter larger than the mean diameter of the seal means 37. The retaining means is biased by a spring 50. The surface 15 may be as shown in Fig. 1 or may be entirely radially extending The sealing means 37 may be integral with the member 30. With excess pressure in the chamber 11 the seal 37 moves from the valve closure member 20 to effect pressure relief.
Patent GB-1458457-A (GB)
Title: Impregnated paper insulated electric cable and impregnated  paper for use in insulating an electric cable
IPC: H01B13/30
Filed: 1974-08-29
Abstract: 1458457 Electric cables SIEMENS AG OSTERREICH 29 Aug 1974 [31 Aug 1973 (2)] 37884/74 Heading H1A Electrical cable insulation comprises layers of paper tapes wound in the form of spaced helices, the paper having previously been dried, then impregnated with insulating material, e.g. oil and then coated with a molten insulating material which has subsequently solidified. The paper, which may be a paper-plastics composite, can be cut into tapes from a sheet either before or after coating. The insulating coating, which may have a base of wax, paraffin, asphalt or a mixture of two or more of polyethylene, polybutylene, hard waxes, microcrystalline waxes and copolymers covers the whole of the tape if cut before coating, or the two major sides if cut after coatings. The tape is wound with a controlled spacing between the helices at a controlled tension causing the coating on the minor sides of the tape, if present, to rupture, releasing the impregnant into the voids between the turns of the tape allowing bending of the cable without damage, there being no need to add further impregnant. This method is particularly suitable for high voltage, heavy current cables.
Patent GB-862422-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of alloyed or unalloyed steels with a low content of non-metallic oxide inclusions
Inventor: MULLER CHRISTIAN ALEXANDER
IPC: C21C7/06
Filed: 1957-02-12
Abstract: A process for the production of alloyed or unalloyed steel with a low content of non-metallic inclusions comprises adding a deoxidizing agent other than aluminium and then adding to the molten metal, at a temperature at least 150 DEG C. above the liquidus temperature, an amount of aluminium sufficient to give in the solidified metal an aluminium content of 0.5% to 0.50%.  The deoxidizing agent may be Mn or Si and the Al may be added in liquid form to the metal at a temperature 180 DEG C. to 200 DEG C. above the liquidus, preferably during tapping.  The Al content of the steel may be seven times the nitrogen content.  It is stated that heat treatment of the metal does not produce any grain growth.
Patent GB-915518-A (GB)
Title: Radiation screens for windows
IPC: A47H23/10
Filed: 1959-11-09
Abstract: 915,518. Laminates; coated fabrics. LUEDER, H. Nov. 9, 1959 [Nov. 12, 1958], No. 37953/59. Class 140. [Also in Groups II and X] A light-diffusing heat-insulating screen for a window of a room comprises a polyethylene or polyester foil light transparent band 1 having thereon a gold, platinum or nickel layer 2, e.g. vapour deposited which reflects the heat rays and is partially permeable to the visible light rays, the thickness of the layer increasing in the longitudinal direction of the band which in use is adapted to be stretched between the top and bottom of the window as on rollers 9, 10, Fig. 5, so as to be movable longitudinally with respect to the window. Two such screens may be stuck together on their metal coated sides by adhesive 6 or with a transparent carrier film 7 in between their metal coatings.
Patent GB-1435228-A (GB)
Title: Methods of disinfection
IPC: A61K45/06
Filed: 1973-08-10
Abstract: 1435228 Disinfection in two stages W HURKA 10 Aug 1973 [24 April 1972] 38003/73 Heading ASE A two stage method for disinfecting human or animal skin or an object to be used in a sterile state, comprises first applying a disinfectant or disinfectant mixture, (disinfectant B), which has a longlasting remanent disinfecting action, and, subsequently and prior to use, a disinfectant or disinfectant mixture, (disinfectant A), which is either volatile or free from active residue, which decomposes into volatile decomposition products, leaves behind a neutral residue, or decomposes on the skin into volatile products compatible with the skin, the application if disinfectant A additionally removing any remanent disinfectant B. Disinfectant A may be an alcohol, an iodophor, diethyl pyrocarbonate, a peroxy compound, propiolactone, sodium or potassium dichromate, glutaraldehyde, a hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, chloramine-T or iodine; and disinfectant B may be a salt of a quaternary ammonium base, a chlorhexidine salt N-(2-[2dodecylaminoethyl)amino] ethyl) glycine, N-hexadodecylglycine, 3, 5-bis(((2-[(2-dodecylaminoethyl)amino] ethyl)-amino)methyl) salicyclic acid, N-(2[(2- octylaminoethyl) amino] ethyl) glycine, N-(3- dodecylaminopropyl)-#-aminobutyric acid or N-(3-dodecyloxypropyl)-#-aminobutyric acid. Disinfectants A and B may be used as solutions or as impregnated towels (from sealed bags made of aluminium foil). The method may be applied to cows' udders, hands surgical instruments, bottles and foodstuff machinery.
Patent GB-1345140-A (GB)
Title: Inoculation device
IPC: A61B17/20
Filed: 1972-08-15
Abstract: 1345140 Inoculating appliances SCHWEIZ SERUM-& IMPFINSTITUT UND INSTITUT ZUR ERFORSCHUNG DER INFEKTIONSKRANKHEITEN 15 Aug 1972 [31 Aug 1971] 38057/72 Heading A5R An inoculation device comprises a head 2 having at least three (e.g. four) projecting elements 8 which taper collectively towards the front into a tip. The elements are separated by slots 7, which are substantially perpendicular to one another when there are four elements 8, for the reception of inoculant. A cap 9 protects the filled device before use.
Patent GB-1142319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carburetters
Inventor: O'NEILL CORMAC GARRETT
IPC: F02M7/16
Filed: 1966-08-26
Abstract: 1,142,319. Spray carburetters. ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. Ltd. Aug. 11, 1967 [Aug. 26, 1966], No.38371/66. Heading F1B. The subject matter of this Specification is similar to that described in Specification 1,142,318 but the claims are concerned with valve means 64, Fig. 3, actuated by temperature-responsive means 68 to increase, with increasing temperature, the flow area of passages 61, 62 for the air flow into the mixing chamber 22 additional to the air flow through the throat (16), Fig. 1 (not shown). A nut 75 with a spherical abutment surface 76 sets the position of the bi-metallic spring blade 68 to give a minimum flow area. An adjusting nut 72 sets the blade spring-load. In another embodiment Fig. 2 (not shown) stud 74 and nut 75 are omitted. In a modification the diaphragm (24), Fig. 1 (not shown) may be replaced by a piston.
Patent GB-1463517-A (GB)
Title: Rotary electrical step switch device
IPC: H01H19/58
Filed: 1974-09-03
Abstract: 1463517 Rotary switches EBE ELEKTROBAU-ELEMENTE GmbH 3 Sept 1974 [4 Sept 1973] 38423/74 Heading H1N In a rotary spindle electric switch a rotor plate 6, Fig. 1a, carrying at least one bridging contact 7 has a boss 5 extending through a hole 4 in the contact plate 1 and is fastened axially by an apertured securing member 14, Fig. 2, placed over a flanged end 11, Fig. lb, of the boss having flats 13 and rotated to lock the member 14 behind parts of the flange 11. The rotor plate 6 and boss 5 have a rectangular crosssection aperture 9 for the passage of an actuating shaft 10 and recesses 16 in aperture 15 of the securing member 14 are aligned with the aperture 9 after assembly so that the shaft 10 when inserted locks the member 14 against rotation.
Patent GB-321354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in advertising signs
IPC: G09F13/14
Filed: 1928-12-29
Abstract: 321,354. Libeck, A. Dec. 29, 1928. Endless chain and like carriers, apparatus with.-Daylight &c. is reflected by an inclined mirror 13 through a moving endless display band 5 mounted on rollers 2 one of which is driven through a pulley &c. 4. The band 5 is a steel or like strip provided with apertures 6, Fig. 4, and with studs 7 which engage holes 9, Fig. 5, in stencil plates 8. A sheet of coloured glass 11 is disposed behind the visible portion of the band 5, and a sheet of plain glass 12 may be arranged in front. Two or more travelling bands 5 may be provided, and stationary perforated signs may be located near the bands.