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Patent GB-241981-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in self-contained pot presses
IPC: B30B9/04
Filed: 1924-07-26
Abstract: 241,981. Carver, F. S. July 26, 1924. Fats, extracting by pressure.-A pot press of the type in which pots with piston bottoms are adapted to be interposed between press platens has filter means built in both to the piston bottoms and to the platens, separate filter pads being dispensed with. The press shown is suitable for extracting butter from cocoa beans. There are two pots 18 at each level, so that one is pushed aside for the ejection of the previously formed cake and to be filled with fresh material from nozzles 33, while the other is in pressing position. The pots move on slides 22, fixed on the frame work, which communicate with slides 22 supported by springs 26 from the platens 24. The filters built-in to the lower side of each platen are as described in Specification 241,980, and comprise a wire cloth 44 backed by a perforated plate 40, which is itself backed by a coarse wire mesh 38. Liquid passing through the filter is discharged through annular and radial channels in the platen. A ring 48 of bronze or fibre is let into the platen so that a tight-joint is made with the pot below when the two are pressed together. The filter 56 in the piston bottom of each pot is similarly constructed to those on the platens.
Patent GB-809376-A (GB)
Title: Means and apparatus for improving the homogeneity of magnetic fields
IPC: G01N24/00
Filed: 1956-06-11
Abstract: 809,376. Electromagnets. VARIAN ASSOCIATES. June 11, 1956 [June 13, 1955], No. 18004/56. Class 35. [Also in Group XXXVI] Flux irregularities are counteracted in a gyromagnetic resonance analysis device by means of additional coils 6 in the working air-gap between electromagnetic poles 7. The coils are mutually bucking and are mounted on the pole faces with A.C. fed sweep coils 5. They are adjustably energized from a battery 22 and rheostat 23. A resistance bridge circuit is described by means of which the functions of coils 5 and 6 may be obtained with single coils. The coils may be prevented from producing fluxes at right-angles to their plane by making them of elongated rectangular form. Other coils may be disposed at various angles round the sample.
Patent GB-134343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Tractor Ploughs.
Inventor: CRAWLEY CORNELIUS HENRY
IPC: A01B63/16
Filed: 1918-11-05
Abstract: 134,343. Crawley, C. H. Nov. 5, 1918. Ploughs.-A tractor plough, of the type in which two land wheels at the fore end are mounted on crank-axles on two parallel crankshafts carried by the frame and connected to each other so that by turning the crank-axles angularly from one side to the other of the vertical plane the frame is lifted or lowered relatively to the wheels, has a notched wheel A secured to the inner side of one of the land wheels B. A bellcrank lever C<1>, C<2> is pivoted on the crank-shaft D of the wheel B, the end C<2> of the lever being provided with a cord E which may be pulled by the driver to move the lever against the tension of a spring F until the end C<1> which is hooked at its extremity engages one of the notches in the wheel A. When the notch is engaged by the lever, the wheel B is locked rigidly with the crank-arm, and, as the plough moves on, the arm G moves about the axis of the crank-shaft, forcing the frame upwards relatively to the wheels. A stop H<1> engages the lever arm C<2> when the crankarm has been moved through the necessary angle. The plough may be lowered by reversing its movement, keeping the wheel B locked to the arm G; or a tipping-arrangement as described in Specification 122,476 may be fitted. The other land wheel is moved simultaneously with the wheel B as described in the above-mentioned Specification. In a modification, a brake band is adapted to be moved by the pull of a cord to grip a brake drum secured to the wheel B.
Patent GB-279927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cartons for sweetmeats or other articles
IPC: B65D5/62
Filed: 1926-07-20
Abstract: 279,927. Rowntree & Co., Ltd., (Pneumatic Scale Corporation, Ltd.). July 20, 1926. Opening by tearing.-A carton for sweetmeats, &c. of the kind formed from a one-piece blank into an oblong box by glueing together overlapping opposite edges, the smaller ends having two or more projecting flaps 1 which are folded over to close the ends but are not lucked inside the box, ha.s one of the larger sides weakened by scorings, indentations, perforations, &c. at 8 to outline a lid with a front tab 6 which can be torn to form a lid hinging about an edge 9. A gap 5 formed in the front wall allows pressure to be applied directly to the tab 6 to effect the tearing and serves also as a means whereby the tab may be engaged to hold the lid in closed position.
Patent GB-1420677-A (GB)
Title: Mobile aerial platform
IPC: B66F9/06
Filed: 1973-04-16
Abstract: 1420677 Luffing-arm apparatus FULTON INDUSTRIES Inc 16 April 1973 [12 June 1972] 18169/73 Heading B8H In a mobile aerial platform in which hydraulic and electrical controls are located on an operator's platform 19 mounted on a telescopic boom and in which hydraulic hoses 23 and electrical cables 24 extend from the controls to the base of the boom, a rigid arm 32, 33, 35 is attached to the outer end of the telescopic boom fly section 18 and extends parallel thereto, and a flexible non-sagging carrier track 20 comprising interconnected links 21 is attached at one of its ends to one end of said rigid arm by a mounting link 30 while the other end of the track 20 is attached to the base section 14 of the boom by a mounting link 28, the hoses and cables 23, 24 being located within the rigid arm and carrier track and are thus prevented from sagging or twisting and are also protected. When the boom is retracted the rigid arm and carrier track lie coextensive therewith, Fig. 3, and when the boom is fully extended the carrier track 20 is disposed adjacent to the boom mid-section 17. An hydraulic ram 37 is pivotally mounted at 38 within the rigid arm and is also pivotally connected at 40 with the platform 19 to maintain the latter horizontal during angular movement of the boom by means of a ram 16. The boom is mounted on a body portion 12 which is mounted for rotation on a turntable 11, the latter being attached to a wheeled base 10.
Patent GB-562311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to hydraulically operated brakes
IPC: F16D65/22
Filed: 1942-12-22
Abstract: 562,311. Internal shoe brakes. ROVER CO., Ltd., and IVERSEN, P. A. SCOTT-. Dec. 22, 1942, No. 18197. [Class 103 (i)] Applying means for the shoes of an internal shoe drum brake comprises a pair of fluidpressure cylinders d arranged on the exterior of the brake anchor plate b and provided with pistons i, j which carry thrust pieces k extending through an aperture c in the anchor plate and engaging the ends m of the brake shoes. As shown, the cylinders form part of a hollow member a which is fitted into the aperture c, each piston comprises a flexible cup leather i and a metal part j which is tapered as shown to enable the piston to rock as well as slide within the cylinder. Fixed pins p engaging slots in the pieces k resist the force component applied by the piston at right angles to that applied to the shoes. Alternative mechanical means for applying the shoes comprise a rod q having a projection r for engagement with inclined surfaces s on the pieces k. In a modification, a single pin replaces the two pins p and passes through slots in the overlapping part of the pieces k.
Patent GB-224270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bowden wires
IPC: F16C1/26
Filed: 1924-04-07
Abstract: 224,270. Webb & Co., Ltd., H. C., and Atkinson, G. L. April 7, 1924. Bowden mechanism of the kind in which the outer casing comprises an aggregation of discs formed with holes through which the cable passes. The holes in the discs are of greater diameter than axial length. The discs may further be formed with radial openings to permit of lateral engagement with the cable and projections on one disc may engage apertures in an adjacent disc to provide an interlocking effect. Simple thin apertured discs may be used. These may be flat or concave, Fig. 2, and may be formed with two or more holes to accommodate separate cable members. In Figs. 4 and 6 are shown discs b formed with radial openings b<2>, b
 and lateral lugs or projections b<3>, b<4> providing for interlocking engagement with adjacent discs of similar formation. Discs of these forms may be employed as packing members to take up slack in a cable enclosed in plain discs. The discs when assembled may be encased by guttapercha or other material.
Patent GB-504515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with stands for sports' grounds, circuses and other entertainments and for like purposes
IPC: E04H3/12
Filed: 1938-06-20
Abstract: 504,515. Spectator stands. KINGSMAN, E. June 20, 1938, No. 18268. [Class 20 (i)] A stand for spectators is built up of tubular members connected by cramps, and detachably connected seats and footboards, the footboards 12 being supported by horizontal tie members 10 disposed between adjacent uprights 5, one end of each tie member being connected to the cramp 7 which secures one upright to the inclined rail 1, while the other end is secured by a bolt 11 to the adjacent upright. The uprights 5 support cross-bars 3 at their upper ends to which are secured the seats 2 of wedge-shaped cross section to allow of drainage. The lowest upright is provided with a foot 13 to rest on the ground. Two uprights with their clamps and a tiebar constitute a unit which may be collapsed for ease of packing.
Patent GB-1049847-A (GB)
Title: Distance measuring system
IPC: G01S13/78
Filed: 1965-04-30
Abstract: 1,049,847. Pulse radar. BENDIX CORPORATION. April 30, 1965 [May 27, 1964], No. 18322/65. Heading H4D. In distance measuring apparatus utilizing response from an active distant station and timing means 21, Fig. 1, initiated by the interrogation signal and terminated by the response, there are provided calibration arrangements comprising a delay line 56 to which a signal is applied simultaneously with the initiation of the timing means to produce a simulated response signal having a standard time separation with respect to the interrogation signal, means 59 terminating the timing means after the lapse of a standard interval, means 27 for delaying the simulated response by a variable amount, coincidence means 31, 32, 34<SP>1</SP> comparing the output of the timing means with the output of means 27, and means 63 controlled by the coincidence means for adjusting the means 27 by an amount equal to the error in the output of the timing means. In the embodiment the timing means is a phantastron generating a pulse which begins at the same time as the second pulse of an interrogating pulse pair, Fig. 2, early and late contiguous gates 33, 34 being formed at the end of the phantastron pulse, the latter duration being varied by a " search " arrangement 70, 43S, 37, 44 continuously from a time corresponding to minimum range to one corresponding to maximum range, the coincidence means 31, 32, 34<SP>1</SP>, on termination of the phantastron pulse and on receipt of the second pulse of the received pulse pair from the responder, generating a pulse for each such second pulse occurring within a fixed interval after the termination of the phantastron pulse. " Track " means 36, 70, 43T, 37, 44 varies the duration of the phantastron pulse to maintain a fixed interval between its termination and reception of the second of the response pulses, and a detector 73 responsive to a predetermined number of pulses from the coincidence means switches control of the phantastron pulse from search to track. Means 50 . . . 55 periodically substitutes the simulated response signal for the received response signal and simultaneously substitutes the reference voltage 59 for the control signal of the phantastron, means 63 adjusting variable delay 27 to cause equal time coincidence of the delayed simulated response signal in coincidence circuits 32, 31. A memory circuit 78 maintains switching circuit 79, 70, 71, 43 actuated for a fixed period following disappearance of output from a detector 77. Means 80, 81, 82, 58, 57, 26 affords testing of the operation of the apparatus by substituting the simulated response signal for the received response signal, and clearing the memory circuit 78 to switch phantastron control from track to search until the simulated response signal is recognized by detector 73 as the equivalent of a correct response signal thereby causing change-over from search to track mode, the range indicator 45 showing correct apparatus operation by registering zero range.
Patent GB-799895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pneumatic signal-transmitting apparatus
IPC: G05D23/185
Filed: 1955-06-24
Abstract: 799,895. Fluid-pressure servomotor control systems. ELECTROFLO METERS CO., Ltd., and BARKER, G. H. June 20,1956 [June 24, 1955], No. 18331/55. Addition to 782,501. Class 135. In pneumatic signal-transmitting apparatus according to the parent Specification, the span of the range of measurement is changed by providing two series of distinct registers, one in or on side plate 8 which provides a mounting for the fulcrum support 21 and the other in or on a beam 9 which forms the lever of the balancing system, so that the position of the fulcrum can be adjusted therealong. As shown, the beam 9 is pivoted on a spindle 19 supported by ball-bearings in a pillar 21 which rests between side plates 7, 8, forming a fixed supporting frame, the pillar is clamped in position by means of a cross-piece 23 and clamping screws 24, and it carries a pin 27 which engages in any one of a series of indentations 26 in plate 8 so that the fulcrum will be located in a series of predetermined positions along the frame. The pivoting spindle 19 is held against the beam 9 by a clamping plate 28, and the spindle must engage in one of a series of V-notches 30 in the plate. A series of indentations differing from those in the frame 8, corresponding to different spans of the range of measurement, may be provided in the frame 7. The lower value of the range of measurement is set by adjustment of the tension in spring 51 connected to the frame by an anchorage 52 which is slidably guided on a post 53 and is adjustable in the axial direction by screw 54.
Patent GB-475374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to multi-core high frequency electric conductors
IPC: H01P3/02
Filed: 1936-07-02
Abstract: 475,374. Cables. FELTEN & GUILLEAUME CARLSWERK AKT.-GES. July 2, 1936, No. 18347. Convention date, July 2, 1935. [Class 36] A high-frequency cable comprises conductors 1 spaced from a metal sheath 3 by self supporting helical threads 2 of insulating material, such as polystyrol. Each conductor is surrounded by one of the helical threads and the internal diameter of the helix is substantially larger than the diameter of the conductor. The conductors are stranded together with the turns of the helical threads interengaging and preferably in such a manner that the conductors are separated from one another only by the thickness of the thread. The conductors may be bound together by a polystyrol thread 4. In order that the cable may be of circular cross-section, fillers 5 consisting of polystyrol helices wound in a direction opposite to that of the threads 2, may be inserted between the sheath 3 and the threads 2. Specification 469,277 is referred to.
Patent GB-599208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with seed planting devices for attachment to mechanical dibbing machines
IPC: A01C7/18
Filed: 1945-07-18
Abstract: 599,208. Seed planting machines. PARDOE, G. H. July 18, 1945, No. 18366. [Class 6 (i)] Relates to a mechanical dibbing-machine of the kind described in Specification 589,814 and consists of a seed carrying and directing appliance mounted separately on the machine and operated through the medium of a valve by the land wheel dibbers. As shown the appliance is carried by frame members h readily attachable to the dibbing machine and comprises a hopper b, seat g and a share f which may be replaced by a trailing roller. A seed tray a has an outlet above the hopper b which has a pivotally-mounted valve c controlling the rate of flow. The valve is rocked about a pivot c<SP>1</SP> by the contact of a roller e with the land wheel dibbers d. The share f is provided behind to direct and close the dibbed soil on the seed.
Patent GB-680342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to boilers, space heaters and the like using solid fuels
IPC: F23H15/00
Filed: 1949-07-13
Abstract: 680,342. Grates. GODFREY, H. E., and NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. July 12, 1950 [July 13, 1949], No. 18532/49. Class 51 (i). A grate for a domestic boiler has an oscillatable clinker and ash remover and an adjacent stationary grate portion with reciprocating raking means, coupled to the ash remover so that when the ash remover is oscillated to a position in which it receives ash, the raking means is moved towards the ash remover. The grate comprises firebars 3 sloping downwardly towards an ash removing device 5 at the rear of the fire space. The device 5 has an arcuate grate portion 6 and an ash receiver 15 formed by side cheeks 10 and radial webs 11, 12. The device is mounted on a shaft carrying an arm 21 linked by an arm 20 to a rake device 17, the teeth of which project between the fire bars of the fixed grate portion. When the device 5 is turned by a lever on shaft 8 so the receiver 15 is uppermost, the rake 17 is moved towards it pushing clinker and ash from the grate. On the return of the device 5 the rake 17 is moved to a position where it is protected from the fire, receiver 15 is emptied and a knife edge at the front of the grate portion 6 of the device removes clinker from the rear edge of the fixed grate. According to the Provisional Specification, an oscillatable clinker and ash remover mounted centrally of a grate delivers ash rearwardly to the ash pit, and a paddle is linked to the ash remover so that the ash is pushed forward into a removable ash pan when the ash remover is oscillated.
Patent GB-335177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for applying closures to bottles
IPC: B67B3/24
Filed: 1929-06-17
Abstract: 335,177. Hutchin, S. June 17, 1929. Stoppering.-A machine for applying corks &c. to bottles comprises a vertically moving tubular member 5 having resilient packing 8 for engagement with the bottle neck and resilient packing 9 at the other end for forming an airtight joint with a knob 10 surrounding the stoppering device 13. Means are provided for exhausting the member 5 so that a closure can be applied to both under sub-atmospheric pressure. The closure applying device is described in Specification 341,583, [Group XVII]. Specification 273,857 also is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 208,702.
Patent GB-238362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to needle containing envelopes or wrappers
IPC: D05B91/12
Filed: 1924-08-05
Abstract: 238,362. James & Sons, Ltd., J., and James, C. E. Aug. 5, 1924. Wrappers. - In a needle envelope, of the type in which the front section of the wrapper 4 has an aperture covered by a panel 6 of transparent material held in position by slits 7, longitudinal movement of the panel is prevented by slitting the main section of the wrapper adjacent and below the lower edge of the aperture to form a U- or V-shaped tongue 8.
Patent GB-1012427-A (GB)
Title: Sheer support stockings
IPC: D04B9/46
Filed: 1964-05-05
Abstract: A support stocking which may be either fully fashioned or seamless has the leg portion knitted of a nylon covered spanden yarn and a raw nylon mono-filament yarn of 1 to 4 ends in an alternating sequence of courses.  The spanden yarn is composed of a 70 denier multifilament yarn wrapped with two ends of 20 denier multifilament nylon in alternating reversed direction helical windings.  The nylon yarn comprises either a single monofilament or up to 4 monofilament ends totaling about 15 to 30 denier.  The spanden yarn has a stretch capacity of about 100 to 150% of its original unstretched length and the stitch density of the stocking when stretched averages 1000 stitches per square inch.
Patent GB-357619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stitch-controlling devices for knitting machines
IPC: D04B9/02
Filed: 1930-06-18
Abstract: 357,619. Knitting-machines. HOLMES, H. H., LEEDHAM, L. H., and WILDT & CO., Ltd., Adelaide Works, Leicester. June 18, 1930, No. 18611. [Class 74 (ii).] To enable the length of loop to be changed gradually, particularly in silk or artificial silk hose, reduction gearing is provided between the cam for adjusting the relative height of the knitting-cams and the needles, and the driving means therefor. The knitting-cam block is secured to a slide 11 which is adjusted by a lever 16 resting upon the adjusting cam 14. The cam 14 may be driven either directly by a ratchet wheel 23 and pawl 31, when abrupt change of loop is required, or by a second ratchet wheel, not shown, and pawl 30, when gradual change is desired. The second ratchet wheel is connected to the cam 14 by epicyclic reduction gearing. A second lever 51, controlled by lugs 50 upon a pattern drum 49, may be provided for holding the slide 11 in its highest position independently of the lever 16 and cam 14.
Patent GB-237609-A (GB)
Title: A rolling device, more particularly for metals with a high point of fusion
IPC: B21B3/00
Filed: 1925-07-21
Abstract: 237,609. Siemens & Ilalske Akt.-Ges. July 24, 1924, [Convention date]. Rolling.-In a rolling-mill, particularly for rolling metals of high fusion point such as tantalum, tungsten &c., the work 7 is heated in a furnace 6 located immediately above the rolls 1, 2, which are driven by gearing 3, 4, from an electromotor 5. To avoid chemical action the work passes to the furnace through a gas lock which may be filled with a rare gas for rolling tantalum or with hydrogen for rolling tungsten. The rolls are mounted in brackets 13, 14, and the pass is adjusted by rods 11, 12 operated from worm gearing 8. The rolls are normally pressed apart by a resilient device 15. The whole mill may be preheated, the bearings being cooled if necessary by circulating-liquid, and the mill may be covered by a hood to enable the rolling to be effected in an inert gas.
Patent GB-356655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical distribution boards, fuse boxes and the like
IPC: H01R9/26
Filed: 1930-09-30
Abstract: 356,655. Two-part couplings. SIMPLEX CONDUITS, Ltd. and McLOUGHLIN, H. F., Simplex Works, Garrison Lane, Birmingham. Sept. 30, 1930, No. 18639/31. Divided on 355,991, [Group XXXVII]. [Class 38 (i).] A terminal for receiving the service cable of a distribution board is constructed as a split sleeve a, Figs. 2 and 3, which is provided with a clamping screw d<1> the axis of the terminal sleeve being arranged parallel to the fuse carrier bar d. The cable socket b is formed with a peripheral groove b<1> in such a manner that during the assembly of the banks of fuse units within the distribution board the cable end may be held loosely within the terminal, the slackened screw d<1> lightly engaging the groove b so that the cable end does not slip out of the terminal during movement of the fuse assembly while, owing to the looseness with which the cable is held, torsional strains in the cable end do not occur. When the fuse assembly has been clamped in position the terminal clamping screw d<1> is tightened causing the sleeve a to grip the socket b firmly. Where heavy cables are employed two or more grooves b<1> may be formed on the cable socket co-operating with a corresponding number of clamping screws in the terminal sleeve.