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Patent GB-180155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to rubber heel lifts
IPC: A43B21/06
Filed: 1921-04-12
Abstract: 180,155. Alexander, A. E., (Oakley, C. H.). April 12, 1921. Protectors, construction of.-A resilient heel pad has a central flat shoe-engaging part 1, and edge 9 in the same plane or slightly lower, and a groove 2 surrounding the part 1. The upper and lower surfaces of the lift are substantially parallel; but, preferably, the thickness is slightly greater adjacent the nail holes to compensate for the compression of these parts when the heel is attached and thus produce a flat tread surface. The correct form may be obtained by securing a parallel pad to a shoe, grinding the tread surface flat, and then detaching the pad. The nail holes 4 may be inwards of the centre of the groove 2, to allow for trimming an oversize pad.
Patent GB-549066-A (GB)
Title: A device for connecting flush pipes to water-closet pans and for use in making like joints
IPC: E03D11/17
Filed: 1941-08-21
Abstract: 549,066. Flushing-pipe joints for water closets. HERBERT, H. C. Aug. 21, 1941, No. 10667. [Class 99 (i)] The usual red lead joint between the flushing pipe 11 and the nozzle 12 of a closet-pan is covered with a split conical sleeve 4 which is drawn together by a screw and nut or other connection not shown. The sleeve has a rounded end 5 which engages a rim 14 on the nozzle. To enable the sleeve to be reduced in length if necessary, the ends, which may be broken off, are scored at 15.
Patent GB-123917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: H01T13/34
Filed: 1918-06-28
Abstract: 123,917. Hopps, B., Lodge, A. M., and Lodge Sparking Plug Co. June 28, 1918. Sparking-plugs.-The electrode is surrounded by a mica wrapping e and is secured within the gland or casing a by a sleeve g, preferably of aluminium, forced tightly in and retained either by the turned over end of the casing or by a nut. The inner part of the electrode may be surrounded by an additional bush of mica washers d and a mica wrapping h both supported on a shoulder in the casing.
Patent GB-1078482-A (GB)
Title: Energy absorbing device
Inventor: BRAITHWAITE ROBIN JOHN
IPC: E01F15/04
Filed: 1965-03-12
Abstract: 1,078,482. Crash barriers. KINS DEVELOPMENTS Ltd. Feb. 14, 1966 .[March 12, 1965], No. 10692/65. Heading E1G. A crash barrier comprises a front barrier 14, having a rail 15 mounted on levers 16 secured to torsion bars 17 to absorb minor impacts. and a rear barrier 10 of rigid posts 11 and girders 12. The torsion bars are such that the larger portion of energy is absorbed in plastic deformation. Light units 13 may be mounted on the rear barrier.
Patent GB-106967-A (GB)
IPC: F16D13/18
Abstract: 106,967. Bridge, R., and Bradshaw, E. Feb. 2, 1917. Clutches, friction. - A friction clutch comprises an outer shell d, a boss a with arms b carrying either hinged segments c or a flexible ring, and operating pawls f hinged to the boss actuated by the axial movement of a wedge - shaped member k. Springs e normally hold the segments out of engagement with the shell. The pawls f carry adjustable studs h to engage the segments, or the studs may be arranged to bear on the inclined surface j of the member k. To obtain a reversing, differential, or two speed motion, two clutches are placed face to face on a shaft and are actuated alternatively by a member k having inclined surfaces j at both ends.
Patent GB-470718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotary screening drums
IPC: B07B1/18
Filed: 1936-04-15
Abstract: 470,718. Sifting-apparatus. WOOD, G. April 15, 1936, No. 10818. [Class 117] A rotary screening drum comprises perforated inner and outer shells connected by open-ended distance boxes or tubes forming the bounding surfaces of the discharge passages. The drum structure is built up of longitudinal bars 7 and circumferential rings 8 to which perforated panels are I attached to form the outer and inner drum shells 1, 2. Tubular members 3 connect the perforations 4, 5 in the shells and form discharge passages 6 of considerable radial depth. The inner and outer boundary edges of the discharge passages may be rounded off. The drum may be cylindrical, oval or polygonal in form. The discharge passages may be of outwardly divergent form. Steam may be introduced into the space between the inner and outer drum shells.
Patent GB-902808-A (GB)
Title: Hair-setting composition
IPC: A61K8/41
Filed: 1961-03-24
Abstract: A hair-setting composition comprises (1) a water-insoluble methacrylate ester copolymer containing tertiary amino groups and quaternary ammonium salts thereof, or water-insoluble copolymers of vinyl esters with vinyl pyrrolidone and (2) at least 2% based on the copolymer of a cationic surface-active agent, in solution in a volatile organic solvent there being 0,5 to 10% of the solution, of the copolymer.  Specified copolymers are those of vinyl pyrrolidone with vinyl acetate, with vinyl stearate, with vinyl propionate, with methyl acrylate and a copolymer of lauryl methacrylate and diethylaminoethyl methacrylate which may be reacted with an allyl halide or sulphate.  Specified cationic surface-active agents are stearamido-propyldimethyl - beta - hydroxyethyl - ammonium chloride, cetyl dimethyl-benzyl-ammonium chloride, cetyl dimethyl ethyl ammonium chloride, cetyl trimethyl ammonium stearate, lauryl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride and diisobutyl phenoxyethoxy ethyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride. Preferred amount of surface-active agent are from 10 to 25%. Specified solvents are methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl alcohols, ethyl acetate and methylene chloride. Propellants such as 1,1-difluoroethane, 1-2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trichlorotrifluoroethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, monochloro-difluoromethane, monofluorotrichloromethane, 1-morchloro-1-1-difluoroethane and mixtures thereof.  The composition may be applied from a pressure-tight container having a valve-controlled outlet.
Patent GB-985191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tractor-trailer arrangements
IPC: B62D53/04
Filed: 1960-03-28
Abstract: 985,191. Tractor/trailer combination. H. G. POOLE. March 27, 1961 [March 28, 1960], No. 10844/60. Heading B7T. A tractor/trailer combination modifies the apparatus of Specification 823,584 which is referred to, by arranging that the short shaft 48, Fig. 3, about which the trailer may tilt is disposed at a level above the rear end of the forked beam 25 joining the goose necked trailer to the tractor at pivot points 30, which points lie on an axis below but parallel to the tractor rear axle 33. In another embodiment, Fig. 6, the beam 60 is rearwardly and upwardly cranked and carries a block 61 which includes rigid members 62, 63 carrying bearings 64 for the shaft 48. The shaft is secured in a bored boss at the end of the pillar 37 by a bolt 67. Further embodiments are also described and shown for mounting the shaft above the rear end of the beam.
Patent GB-938179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor fuel element charging arrangements
IPC: G21C11/02
Filed: 1960-03-28
Abstract: 938,179. Servicing reactors. SOC. INDATOM, and COMPAGNIE DES ATELIERS ET FORGES DE LA LOIRE. March 28, 1960 [March 27, 1959; Feb. 24, 1960], No. 10863/60. Class 39 (4). A shoot for inserting through a selected reactor standpipe 1 to serve a group of fuel element channels 4 in the core comprises a pair of coaxial tubes 7, 8 having teeth (not shown) at their upper ends permitting their rotation by a fuel element charging machine, the lower end of the tube 8 having a shoulder 9 abutting a flange on the tube 7. A tube 16 pivoted at 17 to the tube 7 is pivotally connected by a rod 18 to a sleeve 10 having a pivotal connection 19 with the rod. The sleeve 10 is keyed at 11 to the tube 7 and has an external thread 14 co-operating with a nut 13 formed by a tube 13 rigid with the tube 8 ; thus by rotation of the tube 8 with the tube 7 stationary the sleeve 10 is moved axially on the tube 7 and the tube 16 is displaced laterally by the desired amount. A resilient shield 21 preserves the continuity of the coolant gas passage between the tubes 7, 16. In another embodiment (Figs. 4-11, not shown) each tube 7, 8 is in two parts connected by a cardan joint and the lower end of the tube 7 is axially extended to engage the centre one of that group of channels 4 which is to be served by the tube 16. Further, the tube 16 is pivoted directly to the sleeve 10 and the rod 18 is connected between the tube 16 and the lower extension of the tube 7.
Patent GB-1172655-A (GB)
Title: A process for Continuously Oxidising Cyclohexane
Inventor: KAWAGUCHI TAKEO
IPC: C07C35/08
Filed: 1968-03-06
Abstract: 1,172,655. Oxidation of cyclohexane. TOA GOSEI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO. Ltd. 6 March, 1968, No. 10894/68. Heading C2C. Cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone are obtained by continuously oxidizing cyclohexane in the liquid phase in a plurality of reactors connected in series with molecular O 2  or an O 2 -containing gas, under elevated pressure and at an elevated temperature in the presence of a transition metal catalyst, the O 2  consumed in the first reactor being in a range from about 0À010 to about 0À045 mols of O 2 /mol of cyclohexane supplied to the first reactor and supplying to at least the first reactor water in an amount defined by the following expression wherein X = the sum of the amount of O 2  consumed in first reactor/mol cyclohexane supplied to the first reactor and the amount of H 2 O carried by waste gas from the first reactor. The operating temperature may be from about 100‹ C. to about 180‹ C. and the pressure may be from about 5 to about 100 kg./cm.<SP>2</SP> An apparatus suitable for carrying out the process is described and the results of numerous runs are given.
Patent GB-136084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Bearings.
Inventor: ELLIS LLEWELLYN MILFORD
IPC: F16C33/54
Filed: 1919-05-02
Abstract: 136,084. Ellis, L. M. May 2, 1919. Roller bearings.-A cage for roller beari n g s comprises a sleeve 2 flanged at 7, 8 and formed with holes 3 to receive the rollers. Spigots 6, either pointed or rectangular, engage recesses 9 in the ends of the rollers. The spigots do not act as pivots when the bearing is running, but merely allow the cage and rollers to be handled as a unit. To insert a roller in the cage, a rectangular spigot is bent to one side and then straightened so as to enter the recess 9 in the roller. A flange 12 is formed at one end of the inner race 11.
Patent GB-540273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for periodically interrupting electric currents
IPC: H05C1/04
Filed: 1940-06-27
Abstract: 540,273. Induction coils. CRABTREE & CO., Ltd., J. A., and McLOUGHLIN, H. F. June 27, 1940, No. 10942. [Class 38 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXVII]  An induction coil, the secondary winding of which may be used for electrically charging wires for preventing animals &c, from straying, has a core consisting of a central limb c on which the coils are wound, a side limb d forming an unbroken iron circuit with the central limb and a side limb f broken at e to form a gap opposite which is disposed the armature l of the interrupter. The core is composed of two E-shaped laminated members placed with their limbs directed towards each other and touching excepting for the gap e. The armature operates an interruptery device as in Specification 540,274, [Group XXXVII].
Patent GB-562503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to upsetting mechanism
IPC: B21J13/14
Filed: 1942-08-07
Abstract: 562,503. Forging. WILCOX, R. L., and WATERBURY FARREL FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. Aug. 7, 1942, No. 11053. [Class 83 (iv)] Upsetting machines of the kind described in Specification 562,237 when fitted with hollow punches, have these fitted with ejector mechanism to prevent damage to the machine due to the blank remaining in the punch instead of in the die as normally. In the example shown, two punches 24, 23 act in succession in conjunction with the die 25 to upset a blank 44, first to form a conical head 45 and then to transform this head into an intermediate collar 47. The punches are fitted with ejector pins 32 and are hollowed at 27 to receive arms of bell-cranks 31 pivoted on lugs on the panel holders. In the upsetting position the thrust on the ejector pins is transmitted directly to backing plates 28. The cranks are normally moved to hold the pins in the work-ejected position by spring-loaded pins 35, the spring pressure being adjustable by nuts 37. In the event of the spring pressure failing to cause the blanks to remain in the die 25; positive ejection near the ends of the stroke of the punch, transfer slide is effected by contact between lugs 41 on the cranks and abutments 40 carried by levers 38 pivoted at 39 on the main upsetting slide and adjustably positioned by screws 42. If shorter punches are to be employed in the machine make-up pieces 48 are interposed between the punches and the plates 28, the'pieces being slotted at 49 to admit the ends of the bell-cranks.
Patent GB-694533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to air conditioning
IPC: F24F3/044
Filed: 1951-05-11
Abstract: 694,533. Air conditioning. HEIDE, H. C. (Carrier Corporation). May 11, 1951, No. 11184/51. Class 137. In a method of air conditioning a building having a plurality of enclosed areas a constant volume of conditioned air from a first source is supplied to each enclosure and at such a temperature as to compensate for the heat gain or loss due to heat transfer between the interior and exterior of the enclosure, and also a volume of conditioned air from a second source at a constant temperature low enough to compensate for sensible heat factors, the volume of secondary air being varied according to the conditions within a particular enclosure. The primary air may consist of conditioned fresh air and the secondary air of conditioned recirculated air, or mixture of fresh and recirculated air may be used. As shown fresh air is admitted to a conditioning plant 2 comprising a filter 4, a heater 5, adjustable dampers 23, a dehumidifying cooler 6, a re-heater 7 and a fan 8 which supplies the air through a conduit 9 to enclosures 12 through branch conduits 10 and distributers 11. Air withdrawn from the enclosures 12 through the conduit ,19 is cooled in a plant 13 by a cooler 14 and supplied by a fan 15, the line 16, branch conduits 17 and distributers 11 or 35 to the enclosed areas 12, the amount of air so supplied being controlled by thermostats 32 or 36 or other means situated in each enclosed area 12. The two air streams may be discharged through the same distributer or through separate distributers. The heaters and coolers in the units 2 and 13 are controlled by suitable controls 37, 38, 39 and 40. A conduit 20 having a valve 24 and a conduit 21 having a valve 26 enables air withdrawn from the enclosures to be used as part of the primary air and fresh air entering the unit 2 to constitute part of the secondary air.
Patent GB-215761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the art of recording and reproducing sounds
IPC: H04R21/04
Filed: 1924-05-07
Abstract: 215,761. Dyer, F. L. May 7, 1923, [Convention date]. Record tracks, form of; electric sound-boxes; sound-boxes, supporting; indicating, parts of records.-Relates to records from which sound is reproduced electrically by means of a microphonic sound-box. The record is made with the sound groove of substantially smaller width, amplitude,. and pitch than ordinary. The proportions are, however, the same as usual, and the surface speed, both in recording and reproducing, is also proportionally reduced. By this means the capacity of the record is greatly increased. For example, by making a groove with a width of 0.001 inch and a pitch of 0.002 inch, running the recording turntable at a speed of 16 revolutions per minute, a record is obtained which, if of standard size, may have a duration of more than an hour. The necessary reduction in amplitude of the recorded vibrations' may be effected in various ways, preferably by suitably adjusting the leverage of the cutting-stylus arm. In reproducing, a very light microphonic sound-box is used. Thecurrent variations caused by the operation of the stylus on the microphone may actuate a telephone directly, or, through one or more amplifiers, may work a loud-speaker. The records may be either of the lateral-cut or hill-and-dale type, the groove in the latter case being preferably made with a wedge-shaped cutter. The Figures show a suitable form of microphonic reproducer and the means for mounting it. The needle 4 is carried by a bar 10 which is pivoted in a casing 12 and is controlled by an adjustably stretched wire 14, The microphone, actuated by the bar 10, and' comprising carbon granules 16 and buttons 17, is arranged as shown. An arm 19 carries the reproducer, and is mounted on pivots 20 in a ring- 21 which is arranged on a vertical pivot 22. A counterbalancing spring 23 acts on the arm 19. Preferably a pointer 25, moving over a scale, is attached to the ring 21, and serves to enable, the needle to be placed on any desired point of the record. An electromotor, adapted to run at the. required slow speed, may be operated, for driving the turntable, from a storage battery or lighting circuit. The whole mechanism may be compactly stored, together with the telephone batteries, in a case having a hinged front in addition to the lid. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), states also that direct soundreproduction from the records may be effected by means of a. sound-box having a small sensitive diaphragm, in conjunction with listening-tubes. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-404923-A (GB)
Title: Device for measuring or controlling the intensity of rays
IPC: G01J1/46
Filed: 1932-04-20
Abstract: 404,923. Resistance measurements. MULLER AKT.-GES., C. H. F., 24, Rontgenstrasse, Hamburg, Germany. April 20, 1932, No. 11342. Void [Abridged as open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, April 23, 1932]. [Class 37.] Apparatus for measuring the intensity of rays, for example X-rays, or for use as a photometer, comprises a condenser 1, resistance 3, and glow discharge tube 4 in which relaxation oscillations occur, the discharge circuit including a member the resistance of which varies with the irradiation and produces a change in the periodicity of the oscillations. The member 12 comprises an ionisation chamber sensitive to X-rays, but this member may be a selenium, or other photo-electric cell. The resistance and capacitance are housed in a container provided with openings for the discharge tube and member 12.
Patent GB-1520625-A (GB)
Title: Touch-activatable electrical system
IPC: H01H3/02
Filed: 1977-03-17
Abstract: 1520625 Touch-responsive circuit H BARKAN 17 March 1977 11406/77 Heading G1N A touch responsive-system for causing initiation or cessation of supply of power to a lamp includes a touch element which is a plant e.g. a tree, shrub, bush, herb, vegetable, fruit or flowering plant. The plant must be electrically conductive in that its impedance does not exceed 100 megohms and is preferably living. Dried flowers may be used provided they have been treated to render them conductive by permitting them to dry with their cut stems contacting an electrolyte which passes into the leaves and blossoms to leave them conductive upon evaporation of the water. An electrode connected to the control terminal 20 of the touch-activated switch 14 may be disposed in the soil in which the plant is supported or may extend through a drainage opening in the bottom of the plant pot into contact with the soil. Or the container for the plant may be placed on a conductive foil with an interposed dampened sponge which enters the drainage openings to form a conductive path with the growth medium.
Patent GB-115208-A (GB)
IPC: F25B1/00
Abstract: 115,208. Marks, E. C. R., (Isko, Inc.). Jan. 2, 1917. Refrigerating, compression machines for; refrigerators, domestic and like.-A compressionmachine suitable for sulphur dioxide and adapted for mounting on top of or at the side of a domestic refrigerator is provided with an air-cooled condenser around which a current of air is induced or directed by a fan or blower. The fan may be driven independently of the compressor and either or both may be driven intermittingly. Preferably they are driven alternately from an electric-motor of comparatively small power, through an automatically-operated clutch. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the compressor 23 and its driving-motor 24 are supported on a shelf 31 at the side of a refrigerator 10 in which the evaporator 12 is located, and the condenser 18 is arranged below the. shelf in an open-bottomed casing 33 connected with the suction side of a fan 34 discharging the air away from the condenser. The arrangement for alternate driving is shown in Fig. 8, the fan and compressor being mounted on top of the refrigerator. The motor shaft 43 is fitted with loose pulleys 39, 41 connected by belts with the compressor and fan respectively. Between these pulleys is a clutch 48 engaged by an arm 47 on a rod 46 moved at intervals by a connecting-rod 50 driven from the motor shaft through reducing-gear.
Patent GB-1026260-A (GB)
Title: A new compound of the gitoxigenin series
IPC: C07J19/00
Filed: 1965-03-18
Abstract: The invention comprises 16-formyl-gitoxigenin-mono -(diformyldigitoxoside) and its preparation by formylation of gitoxigenin monodigitoxide or its 16-formyl derivative.  The compound of the invention has cardio-active properties.
Patent GB-566374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to metal-glass seals
IPC: H01J5/26
Filed: 1942-08-17
Abstract: 566,374. Uniting metal to vitreous materials. MULLARD RADIO VALVE CO., Ltd., and MYERS, L. M. Aug. 17, 1942, No. 11542. [Class 36] A multiple metal-glass seal with aligned alternate metal and glass cylinders is made by inserting the end of each metal cylinder 1, Fig. 1, inside the glass cylinder 2 to which it is to be sealed and heating the assembly under non-oxidising conditions to cause the glass to melt and adhere to the metal. Each metal cylinder 1 is gripped by a divided clamp 3 received in recesses in a divided frame 5, the glass cylinders 2 being axially located by nickel or steel pins 4 carried by the clamps. The free end of the outer glass cylinder is held by a divided clamp 7. The frame 5 is mounted to rotate, on a shaft 8, within an eddy-current coil 9 or multiple gas-jets surrounding the assembly. The frame 5 may be contained within a glass housing containing nitrogen or other inert gas. The clamps may be mounted on rods parallel to the shaft axis instead of within the frame 5. The assembly may be held internally by a silica rod, or by a rotating mandrel 11, Fig. 5, having supports 12 for the metal cylinders 1, recesses being provided at 13 to prevent the glass sections 2 from contacting with the mandrel. This may also be prevented by providing the mandrel with a duct 19 connected to a source of air or other gas under pressure, the supports 12 having inclined channels 20, or by increasing the speed of rotation of the mandrel as the glass softens so that the glass is moved out by centrifugal action. Each metal cylinder may be reinforced after the seal is made by external electrodeposition or by an internal tube spot-welded to the cylinder.
Patent GB-497535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the lubrication of telescopic shafting
IPC: F16D3/06
Filed: 1938-04-14
Abstract: 497,535. Shaft couplings. HASLER AKT.-GES. WERKE FUR TELEPHONIE UND PRAZISIONSMECHANIK. April 14, 1938, No. 11567. Convention date, May 3, 1937. [Class 80 (ii)] Lubricant is introduced between the relatively sliding members of telescopic shafting from outside the external member through the wall of that member. In the form shown, the external tubular member 2 has a ring of holes 4, at about the centre of its length, through which lubricant can flow to the contact surfaces of the sliding members 1, 2 from a hollow collar 3 on the member 2 with a forcedlubrication nipple 5. Packing 7 at the end of the member 2 retains lubricant and wipes dirt off the member 1. The telescopic shaftmembers 1, 2 may be of circular, quadrangular or polygonal crosssection.