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Patent GB-1385544-A (GB)
Title: Suspension arrangements for motor vehicle power units
IPC: B60K5/04
Filed: 1972-05-10
Abstract: 1385544 Mounting engines HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KK 10 May 1972 [10 May 1971] 21979/72 Heading B7H A mounting arrangement for a power unit 1 of the type having an output shaft 2 parallel to the crank-shaft 4 of an engine 3 incorporated in the power unit 1 includes an elastic supporting member 6 which is positioned below the central axis of vibration a (engine idling condition) of the unit 1, a face of this member 6 being parallel to the central axis a, and a tie rod 7 pivoted to the unit 1 and the vehicle body 5, at least one of these connections including an elastic bush 10 or a gap, the arrangement being such that the tie rod is swung towards the unit 1 about its connection 8 to the vehicle body 5 by the torque reaction generated during acceleration. As described the unit is transversely mounted in the vehicle. The elastic member 6 is bonded to a plate 11 fixed to the unit 1 and is bonded to a plate 13 fixed to the vehicle body 5, movement of the unit 1 being limited by a flange 12 on plate 11 and a pair of flanges 14, 14<SP>1</SP> on plate 13. In use during unloaded rotation of the engine, the unit 1 is vibrated about the central axis a and the member 6 bears only shearing force. The elastic bush 10 (or gap) absorbs this vibration and therefore the tie rod 7 remains stationary, the member 6 absorbing the vibration. During acceleration the torque reaction tilts the unit 1 rearwardly and the tie rod is rotated inwardly (anti-clockwise about pivot 8) so that the torque reaction is transmitted to the member 6 as a compressive force. The unit 1 is also supported by a bracket 15 which is connected to the vehicle body 5 through an elastic body 16.
Patent GB-1090752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to washing machines
Inventor: BURT JOHN BERNARD
IPC: D06F37/30
Filed: 1963-05-31
Abstract: 1,090,752. Washing machines. HOT POINT Ltd. June 1, 1964 [May 31, 1963], No. 22018/ 63. Heading D1A. [Also in Division F2] A "twin tub" washing machine has a single electric motor 1 permanently in driving connection with clothes agitating means 3 in the washing tub and connected with the drying tub by a belt drive 4 of adjustable tightness. Belt 4 passes round a jockey pulley 5 carried on one arm 6 of a pivoted bell crank lever 7 whose other arm 10 has a cam surface 11 engaged by a follower 12 carried by arm 13 mounted on a shaft 14 having an operating handle. The drying tub spindle carries a brake drum 15 engageable by brake shoe 16 carried by a pivoted lever 17 biassed to swing shoe 16 against drum 15. The other end of lever 17 is secured to a Bowden cable 20 whose other end is anchored to arm 6. Thus, when the belt 4 is tightened to drive the drying drum, the brake is released.
Patent GB-806985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cooling systems for heterogeneous nuclear reactors
Inventor: BOWEN JOHN HENRY
IPC: G21C3/38
Filed: 1956-07-17
Abstract: 806,985. Nuclear reactors. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. July 15, 1957 [July 17, 1956], No. 22021/56. Class 39(4). A cooling system for a heterogeneous reactor in which a coolant gas is supplied to the central region of the moderator structure whence it flows outwardly to a heat exchanger, comprises a graphite core 1 having vertical channels 2 each receiving a stack of fuel elements 3, each element being surrounded by a tube 4 carried thereby (Fig. 1a (not shown). The tubes 4 define an annular gas entry passage 2a between their outer surfaces and the surface of the channel 2 and an annular gas exit passage 2b between their inner surfaces and the elements 3, the gas being supplied at 36 to both ends of the channel 2 and reaching the passage 2b through apertures 4a in the central tube 4, the heated gas 37 leaving through tubes 5, 7. Gaps 4b between the tubes 4 permit gas leakage between the passages 2a, 2b. The coolant gas also enters control rod channels 9 connected by holes 10 to the channels 2. The channels 2 are arranged in square-shaped groups of sixteen channels, the tubes 5 of each group being connected to an upper header vessel 6 connected at 14. for limited vertical movement, to a charging tube 13 in the pressure vessel wall 15. Adjacent header vessels 6 are connected together through ports 18 having flexible joints 19 permitting limited lateral movement. The control rod tube 16 of the group is located by a pressure seal 17, and the tubes 7 of each group are connected to a lower header vessel, Fig. 4, (not shown) somewhat similar to vessel 6. A circulator 29 feeds gas 30a into the pressure vessel 15 through a duct 30, the heated gas 31a from the vessels 6 being conducted to a heat exchanger 32 through a duct 31 within the duct 30. A pressure shell 33 surrounds the exchanger 32. A further circulator (not shown) feeds gas to a duct 34, the duct 35 receiving heater gas from the lower header vessels whence it flows to a further heat exahnger. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 6, (not shown) the fuel elements are longitudinally finned each element having a sleeve (which may be double-walled) functioning in lieu of a tube 4. The cooling system may also be applied to a heavy-water moderated reactor.
Patent GB-900713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in direction-sensitive binary code automatic position control system
IPC: G05B19/29
Filed: 1960-06-23
Abstract: 900,713. Electric selective signalling systems. U.S. INDUSTRIES Inc. June 23, 1960 [July 2, 1959], No. 22060/60. Class 40 (1). A shaft 10, Fig. 1, is rotatable through a number of discrete positions by means of a reversible motor 11, and carries a coded disc 13 from which a 3-digit binary coded position signal is obtained, this signal being supplied to a set of relays 17 having contacts which are arranged so that motor 11 is energized whenever the position of shaft 10 does not agree with the position set on switch 16,-motor 11 being energized in the reverse direction if the reverse path to the ordered position is the shortest. A solenoid-actuated detent 15 locks disc 13 when the ordered position is reached, and at the same time magnetic clutch 12 is de-energized to disconnect the motor from shaft 10. Coded disc 13 may comprise conductive and insulating portions sensed by brushes, but as particularly described, comprises three inner tracks provided with raised portions at the 6 discrete positions in accordance with the simple or reflected binary code, the raised portions co-operating with micro-switches 14 which are normally open but are closed when positioned above a raised portion. Disc 13 also is provided with an outer track which is raised between the discrete positions, and the associated micro-switch WS, Fig. 3, is then closed so as to energize clutch 12 whenever shaft 10 is in an intermediate position. Micro-switches XS, YS, ZS control respective relays XR, YR, ZR having contacts arranged in two sets 29, 30. Switch 16 operates three switch units shown in block 23 and contacts 29 are arranged so that contacts 1-6 of the first switch unit 24 are isolated when shaft 10 is in the corresponding positions, all other contacts being connected to the positive supply. Clutch 12 is thus only released when the ordered position is reached. The direction in which shaft 10 is rotated is determined by the remaining two switch units in block 23 and contacts 30 which are arranged so that respective leads 1-6 of group 41 are connected to the positive supply when shaft 10 is in the corresponding positions. Leads 41 are connected to the contacts of the two switch units in such manner that relay 28 is energized to reverse the energizing circuit of motor 11 if the reverse path is the shortest.
Patent GB-216030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the projection of cinematograph pictures
IPC: G03B9/10
Filed: 1923-01-12
Abstract: 216,030. Milne, J. S. Jan. 12, 1923. Addition to 201,602. Kinematograph apparatus.-A shutter, for use when the auxiliary light described in the parent Specification is not used, has one or more blades of which the masking blade comprises an uncoloured clear transparent material having an irregular rippled surface on one or both sides; the masking blade may be formed of wire net or perforated opaque material with a covering of the transparent material, and the flicker blades may be made of material having large perforations with or without a covering of rippled or plain transparent material. The Figure shows examples of blades according to the invention, A<1> and A<2> showing respectively wire net and perforated material to which a covering of transparent material is applied, and A showing a blade of transparent material alone. The shutter may have an outer rim which, in the case of a shutter having only one blade, may be supported by spokes. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 107,839, 118,904 and 138,737.
Patent GB-1313801-A (GB)
Title: Balance
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1313801 Price indicating balance SHARP KK 19 April 1971 [23 Feb 1970(2)] 22096/71 Headings G4A and G4H A price indicating balance includes a means for performing weight calculations in response to variations in the weight data. General.-The weight data which may be Gray code signals derived photoelectrically are stored at 11 and the stored data and new incoming weight data are compared at 12, inequality causing a calculation start signal 5 to be generated. The weigh signals are then converted at 13 into binary coded decimal signals and stored in register 15. Unit price information is fed into register 14 by means of a keyboard, which also includes a tare weight function key. Depression of this key causes the contents of tare register 16 to be subtracted from those of register 15 and the result stored in register 20. The contents of the unit price register 14 are transferred to register 21 and the net weight information is transferred from register 20 to register 15. The price x weight calculation is then performed by repeated addition (in adder 17) of the weight data to itself, the addition occurring a number of times corresponding to the unit weight price data, and shift (see Fig. 14). The resulting price data appears in register 19 and the unit price and weight are transferred to registers 21 and 20. The contents of all three registers 19, 20, and 21 are then visually displayed on a number of digit display tubes. Weight detection.-A photoelectric sensor detects the passage of a coded pattern which is moved by the balance system. A number of photoelectric cells may be used each connected in a MOSFET circuit which synchronizes the data with timing pulses. The data is applied directly to a comparator and to the input to shift register 11 so that present and previous values may be compared by means of an exclusive OR operation. Articles heavier than the maximum capacity of the balance cause a signal to be generated which inhibits the operation of the system. In a modification the coded signals from the photoelectric detectors are converted to binary coded decimal and the least significant bit of the data is passed to a differentiating circuit which detects charges in that bit and thereby generates the calculation start signal 5. Further details.-The Specification describes the code conversion, calculation, and display circuits in some detail.
Patent GB-803553-A (GB)
Title: Improved machine, of great power, for injection moulding of thermoplastic materials
IPC: E21B17/042
Filed: 1955-08-02
Abstract: 803,553. Injection-moulding machines. F.I.M.S.A.I. SOC. r. L. FABBRICA ITALIANA MACCHINE STAMPAGGIO AD INIEZIONE. Aug. 2, 1955 [May 12, 1955], No. 22146/55. Class 87(2). The cylinder-piston assembly 20, 21 that clamps two mould parts closed is movable as a whole and carries the movable mould part 10. In the mould-closing action first the cylinderpiston assembly 20, 21, with its mould part, moves towards the fixed mould part under the action of piston and cylinder 33, 30 until the mould is nearly closed, then the assembly is locked in position and finally the piston 20 is moved to clamp the mould parts together. The drawings show a horizontal-type machine having a fixed bed 14 and fixed crossheads 16, 17 (not shown) carrying four fixed rods 15. The movable mould part 10 is secured to a large piston 20 slidable within a cylinder 21 having four arms 23 ending in sleeves 24 which slide on the rods 15. The parts 10, 20, 21 form a unit slidable on the rods 15, this unit being pushed rightward towards the fixed mould part by small hydraulic pistons 33 secured to the cylinder 21 at 34 and pulled leftward, after injection, by small hydraulic pistons 36 also secured to the piston 20. When the unit has been pushed to nearly-mould-closed position it is locked on the rods by hydraulic pistons 44, 47, Fig. 48, which tighten jaws 41, 42 in grooves 40 on the rods 15. The cylinder 21 incorporates a pressure-regulating and pressuremultiplying device comprising a cylinder 54, Fig. 6, having a double piston comprising a larger part 52 slidable in 54 and a smaller part 50 slidable in a bore in cylinder 21. When hydraulic pressure is introduced into space 53, part 50 advances into space 51 in cylinder 21 and so raises the pressure in the latter. The axial movement of the double piston is restricted by a plate 55 adjustable by a screw 58.
Patent GB-1395048-A (GB)
Title: Mechanisms for transporting and stacking flexible cards
IPC: G06K13/12
Filed: 1972-05-11
Abstract: 1395048 Feeding and delivering sheets EASTMAN KODAK CO 11 May 1972 [15 May 1971] 22184/72 Heading B8B A stacking and unstacking device for flexible cards 17 (e.g. aperture cards-see Figs. 2, 3, and 4-not shown) comprises a card transport channel 6, a stacking chamber 1 disposed in the channel and communicating therewith through openings 2a and 3a, first means (e.g. transport rollers 9 and 11 and counter pressure rollers 10 and 12) arranged to support the stack with each card inclined to a plane intersecting openings 2a and 2b and second means (e.g. positioning members 13, 14, 15 and 16) operable to deflect the ends of the stack towards and away from the adjacent openings 2a and 2b. Thus electromagnetically operated positioning member 15 displaces the rear edge of the stack one card thickness as a fresh card enters chamber 1 and transport roller 11 rotates anticlockwise to move the card across the stack. Both positioning members 15 and 16 are then retracted in directions C and D respectively. The roller 10 is held electromagnetically in a retracted position whilst electromagnetically operated pusher 14 retains the front edge of the stack away from the path of the card as it traverses the chamber. A guide 14a intercepts the front edge of the card and aligns it with the stack. A card entering from the other side of the chamber will be stacked in a manner similar to that described above but with the roles of the components reversed. Support roller 12 is also electromagnetically retractable for this purpose. Feeding sheets.-The device may be employed to feed cards from the stack in either direction by utilizing either roller 9 or roller 11 as a friction separator. The biasing means 14 and 16 respectively then serving to align the endmost sheet of the stack with a respective supply channel.
Patent GB-336316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mechanical loading shovels
IPC: E02F3/34
Filed: 1929-07-19
Abstract: 336,316. Smith, S. R. C. July 19, 1929. Vehicle fittings and attachments; lever loadhandling appliances.-A mechanical shovelling appliance for loading material into a truck comprises a tipping frame carrying the shovel and mounted on the axle of a pair of ground wheels, a ring being mounted near each end of the axle and carrying a pawl adapted to engage studs on the inside of the wheel rim to cause the forward movement of the wheels to raise the shovel to discharge its contents. The tipping frame D carries the shovel E provided with angularity adjusting means E<2>, the frame being fixed to the axle A on which wheels B are loosely mounted. The frame carries forwardly arranged counterweights F fitted with arms G carrying rollers H. A ring J with holes j is mounted near each end of the axle and has an arm K carrying a spring- pressed pawl N engageable with studs C on the wheel rim, the arm also carrying a spring M engaging with the tipping frame In operation a pin is inserted in one of the holes j and the appliance is backed so that the frame is lowered until the shovel strikes the ground. On further backing the pin strikes the frame and the shovel is loaded. When the appliance is drawn forwards the pawls engage the studs and the frame is lifted until the rollers engage the ground and the contents of the shovel are discharged into a truck which may be connected to the loading appliance so as to effect the necessary movements thereof.
Patent GB-903559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fountain pens
Inventor: SILVER DERRICK JOHN
IPC: B43K5/02
Filed: 1957-07-12
Abstract: 903,559. Reservoir pens. MENTMORE MANUFACTURING CO. Ltd. July 9, 1958 [July 12, 1957; Feb. 18, 1958; April 28, 1958], Nos. 22219/57, 5295/58 and 21543/58. Class 146 (3). A reservoir pen of the kind in which capillary action alone is utilized for filling the ink reservoir, for retaining ink therein and for feeding ink from the reservoir to the writing surface when the pen is in use has the barrel portion of the reservoir filled with contacting layers of a fabric formed from non-absorbent and non- coated fibres. As shown, a barrel 1, Fig. 1, is closed at one end by a plug 2, while a nibsection 3 carrying a nib 4 is screwed into the other end. The nib section 3 which may be moulded from polystyrene has longitudinal flutes and a front end provided with an axial passage 7 and a slot 8 of crescent shape crosssection to receive the nib 4. Projections 8a (Fig. 8, not shown), engage notches 4a, Fig. 6, in the nib 4. The barrel 1, Fig. 1, has a reservoir 11 connected to an air chamber 13 having an air inlet 14. Discs 16 formed from tricot nylon fabric are held compressed between two retaining rings 17 in the reservoir 11. A roll 10 of similar fabric is fitted in the nibsection 3, while a highly compressed cotton or nylon wick 9 extends from inclined grooves 4b, Fig. 6, in the nib 4 around the rear end of the roll 10, Fig. 1. Specification 903,560 is referred to.
Patent GB-637126-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and method of filleting fish
IPC: A22C25/16
Filed: 1947-08-11
Abstract: 637,126. Filleting fish. ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES CO. Aug. 11, 1947, No. 22300. Convention date, Sept. 20, 1946. [Class 28(ii)] Instead of cutting off fillets from each side of the backbone of a fish by upper and lower pairs of circular saw knives and by ribbing knives as in Specification 452,688, the cutting is done by a single pair of circular knives 10 which cut from the back right up to the belly side, leaving the fillets attached temporarily to the ribs only and subsequently severed by ribbing knives. Rotating cut-off knives 300 completely sever the fillets from the belly membrane. A stripper 312 helps fillet removal. A fish, tail leading and back down, is fed between a pair of circular slitting knives 10 and an upper pair of hold down discs 70 which can yield under adjustable spring pressure 104 to accommodate variations in the fish contour. Through cuts are thus made longitudinally on each side of the back-bone from the tail fin as far as the beginning of the belly cavity and thereafter the cuts are made in the back but not yet along the ribs. The high speed of the knives and hold down discs project the fish on to fixed longitudinal ribbing knives 160. Sharp ends 176 on these knives detach any adhering skin at the tail. The fillets are supported by hinged guides during detachment from the ribs. A hold down 178 may be provided comprising a belly fin guide, rib guides and the fillet supports all mounted to allow simultaneous or independent adjustment to suit the fish contour. The knives 10 and discs 70 are yieldingly mounted at the outer ends of pivoted arms 82, Fig. 2. When the slit fish is projected on to the fixed ribbing knives 160 the hold down mechanism which may be provided comprises a pair of plates 178, Figs. 7 and 9, pivoted to yield by a fork 186 and bell crank 194 and spring biassed to press lightly on the fish and also to yield at one end independent of the other end. The hold down mechanism also includes yielding pivoted rib guides 240 which press the fish against the ribbing knives. Fillet supports 280, Fig. 15, also help to press the fish towards the ribbing knives. Fixed variably curved shields 171 support the fish by entering the back slits when the fish is projected from the knives 10 on to the ribbing knives. Specification 589,509 also is referred to.
Patent GB-631430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sliding windows
IPC: E05F11/46
Filed: 1947-08-11
Abstract: 631,430. Windows. BECKETT, LAYCOCK, & WATKINSON, Ltd., and PERNETTA, C. Aug. 11, 1947, No. 22310. [Class 20(iii)]  In a vertically sliding window with a spring-operated lazytongs balance mechanism, the spring-box is horizontally pivoted to the lower edge of the sliding panel and the pivot-plate at the other end of the lazytongs is horizontally pivoted to the fixed structure of the pocket into which the panel slides. As shown lugs 14 on the spring-box 3 are connected by pivot-pins 13 to lugs 12 on the window 1, and the bottom plate 10 is similarly secured to the fixed structure 11, whereby the lazytongs may tilt, e.g. when mounted in a curved vehicle wall. According to the Provisional Specification the connection between the spring-box and panel is removable, and the upper links 5 each have a short arm projecting beyond the pivot 4 and coupled by a tie rod to an abutment for the compression spring.
Patent GB-436813-A (GB)
Title: An improved apparatus for maintaining constant the current in an electric circuit
IPC: G05F1/12
Filed: 1934-07-31
Abstract: 436,813. Automatic regulators. LANDIS & GYR AKT.-GES., 1, Hofstrasse, Zug, Switzerland. July 31, 1934, No. 22319. Convention date, Aug. 31, 1933. [Class 38 (iv)] An apparatus for maintaining constant the current in an electrical network includes a device which is controlled by two members with velocities which are constant and dependent on the value of the current in the network respectively. The resistance drum 1 of a regulating resistance 2 is driven by a synchronous motor 3, and the contact brush 5 in the same direction, the resistance drum being connected in the circuit 6 by slip rings 7, 8. As the current in the circuit 6 alters, the speed of the I<2> hour meter changes so that the brush 4 is moved in a direction to restore the value of the current in the circuit 6 to a constant value. In Fig. 2 a differential gear 20 is employed, the sun-wheel 21 being connected to a synchronous motor 3 and the sun-wheel 22 to an I<2> hour meter 5 arranged in the circuit 6. The wheel 23 is mounted on the spindle of the planet wheel 24 and is in mesh with a further gear-wheel 25, the shaft of which is connected to the contact brush 4 of the regulating resistance. Specifications 1159/08, [Class 38], and 307,833, [Class 38 (iv)], are referred to.
Patent GB-1322468-A (GB)
Title: Device for removably securing a header cover to a tube end plate  of a heat exchanger
IPC: F28F9/02
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1322468 Headers SOC ANON DES USINES CHAUSSON 19 April 1971 [24 Feb 1970]  22411/71 Heading F4S  A header cover 5 is removably secured to the  end of a heat exchanger core 1 comprising tubes  2 and fins 3 extending between tube plates 4 by means of a band 9, e.g. of steel. Two opposite side portions of the band are urged against shoulders 10 formed at the ends of side plates 6, 7 which serve to interconnect the tube plates 4. The two remaining side portions 11, 12 are urged towards one another and are interconnected by a fastener 13 in the form of a strap whereby a force is applied to the cover to ensure that a fluid tight seal between the cover 5 and end plate 4 is achieved through a resilient gasket 8. In a modified embodiment (Fig. 3, not shown) the band (9) also passes around projections (14) provided on the side plates adjacent their ends.