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Patent GB-1211053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to smelting of manganiferous ore material
IPC: C22B5/00
Filed: 1968-12-05
Abstract: 1,211,053. Recovering metal values from manganese based ores. KENNECOTT COPPER CORP. Dec.5, 1968 [Jan. 8, 1968] No.57883/68. Heading C7D. A method for recovering values of at least one of Cu, Ni, Co and Mo from ore materials containing Mn as the major metal constituent (e.g. deep sea nodules) comprises smelting the air dried ore with a reducing agent (e. g. coke or natural gas), the temperature and duration of smelting and the amount of reducing agent used being such that the required metal(s) is/are preferentially reduced to form a metallic product containing little Mn, which is recovered, and a residual slag containing substantially all of the Mn. The reducing agent may be used in amounts of up to 5%, the reducing temperature may be 1150-1500C., flux material may be added to provide a fluid slag and facilitate the separation of the slag from the metal(s), reaction times of 1-4 hours are suitable and sulphur bearing minerals (e.g. iron pyrites) may be included in the change to enhance the reduction of Co and Cu.
Patent GB-1166080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pins or Dowels and Co-operating Sockets, more especially for Affixing Detachable Sides or Ends to Hand Trucks
IPC: B62B3/00
Filed: 1966-12-29
Abstract: 1,166,080. Hand trucks. H. C. SLINGSBY Ltd., and G. SLINGSBY. 28 Dec., 1967 [29 Dec., 1966], No. 58071/66. B7B. A hand truck has a wheeled base 1 provided at each corner with an open-sided depending U-shaped member 9 to accommodate a downwardly extending U-shaped member formed on the lower side parts of the detachable side frame 11. The members 9 may be braced by diagonal members secured to the base and may incorporate a plate spring to releasably retain the side frame in position.
Patent GB-1369629-A (GB)
Title: Continuous casting plant
IPC: B22D11/14
Filed: 1971-12-14
Abstract: 1369629 Continuous casting SCHLOEMANN AG 14 Dec 1971 [14 Dec 1970] 58110/71 Heading B3F  A continuous casting plant includes a pair of mould-and-guide units 23, 20 supported on a turntable 9 adjacent a fixed guide apron, e.g. of rolls mounted in sections 5, the units each comprising a mould 23 and a guide 20 assembled together so that by rotation of the turntable 9, for instance with the units swung up (as indicated in chain lines) to cover a smaller area, either unit can be moved into alignment with the fixed apron 5, 5 for casting while the other unit is accessible for adjustment for casting cross-section, for replacement, or for repair. Each guide 20 has guiding plates 21 and rollers 22. It also carries small rollers (26), at the ends, running between rails (27) on the inside of an inverted saddle 24 on which rests the mould 23. The mould-and-guide units 23, 20 each bridge a pair of arms 15 or 16 on which they are supported and which are pivoted on pins (13, 14) on opposite sides of the turntable 9 so that they can be swung up as indicated, by pairs of hydraulic cylinders (34, 35) carried by the turntable 9. Trunnions (19) of the guides 20 are received in recesses (17, 18) in the arms 15, 16. Each mould-saddle 24 is suspended at either side by a pair of upper links (28) pivoted to an arm 15 or 16 and by a pair of lower levers (29) or (30) attached to a rotatable shaft 31 extending between the pair of arms 15 or 16 and connected to the arm by an interposed pneumatic spring (33). For reciprocating a unit 23, 20 during casting, when the unit is lowered, an open slot 41 on a lever 42 on the shaft 31 engages a pin 40 on a lever 39 mounted on a platform 6 (which bears the turntable 9) to transmit the movement of an eccentric 36 and arm 38. Also, when a unit-is lowered, pipes for passing water to and from the mould 23 are automatically coupled to pipes (44, 45) on the platform 6 through valves (43) which close themselves when the unit is raised. A box-section member 2, which carries the platform 6 and to which a frame 4 bearing the guide apron sections 5, 5 is secured, has trunnions 3 for pivotal support on the framework of the casting machine, so that a mould-and-guide unit 23, 20 is not displaced relatively to the guide apron when expansion occurs.  There may be a twin-strand casting machine, Fig. 4 (not shown), for simultaneous casting of two strands. To allow a tundish carriage, running on tracks (49) on the casting platform, to run across a turntable 9, the arms 15, 16 carry track sections (48) which align with the main track when an arm is lowered.
Patent GB-1255824-A (GB)
Title: Measuring devices
Inventor: REEVE LEONARD ALFRED
IPC: G01B3/00
Filed: 1969-09-15
Abstract: 1,255,824. Linear measuring. R. H. NAMEPLATES Ltd. [trading as REPRO PRECISION EQUIPMENT.]. May 14, 1970 [Sept. 15, 1969; Dec. 1, 1969], Nos. 45382/69 and 58499/69. Heading G1M. A measuring device comprises a transparent plastics member 1 carrying a scale mounted in slides 9, 9<SP>1</SP>, in a frame F. Slide 9 includes member 10 engaging dial gauge 2, and springs 4, 4<SP>1</SP> Fig. 2 (not shown) urge members 1 and 10 away from the dial gauge. The other slide 9<SP>1</SP> is acted on by a cam 8 so that rotation of knob 8 pushes the slide towards the dial gauge. In use to measure the position of a point viewed through the member 1, member 1 is moved axially until the point coincides with a mark on the scale on member 1, the distance moved being indicated by the dial gauge. In the embodiment of Fig. 3, the position of the member carrying the scale is adjusted by screw 21 threaded into the frame and having a flange 22 engaging slide 23. A magnifying glass moves on a carriage 19 along rail members 17, 17<SP>1</SP> of the frame of the device.
Patent GB-1336586-A (GB)
Title: Metallo-organic complexes
IPC: B01J31/18
Filed: 1970-12-10
Abstract: 1336586 Ferrous halide/adiponitrile complexes HALCON INTERNATIONAL Inc 10 Dec 1970 [11 Dec 1969] 58728/70 Heading C2C Adiponitrile complexes of the formula X being chlorine or bromine, are obtained either by reacting appropriate ferrous halides with adiponitrile in the liquid phase at from 0 to 300 C., or by coupling compounds of the formula X-CH 2 CH 2 C#N in the presence of iron. The complexes may be used as promoters in the reductive coupling of #-halopropionitriles to form adiponitrile.
Patent GB-1447109-A (GB)
Title: Automatic shut-off nozzle responsive to more than one condution in a tank being filled
IPC: F16K21/20
Filed: 1973-12-20
Abstract: 1447109 Valves DOVER CORP 20 Dec 1973 [26 Dec 1972] 59107/73 Heading F2V [Also in Division G3] An automatic shut-off nozzle has a main valve 17 controlling flow between an inlet 11 and an outlet tube 14 which is sealed in a tank filling opening by a bellows 81 and a seal (82). When the valve 17 is opened by a trigger 23 flow through the valve moves a spring-loaded valve member 31 away from its seat 36 to form a throttle passage which creates a suction in chamber 52 via passage 54. Chamber 52 is connected to a conduit 45 which opens in the tank adjacent the nozzle end by a throttle valve 89. If the vapour pressure in the tank rises above a predetermined value this pressure is communicated via conduit 45 to act on a diaphragm 49 to close the valve 89. Vacuum can thus build up in chamber 52 to act on a diaphragm 53 which moves to release locking balls 67 and thus allows the trigger to move to close the main valve 17. When the tank is filled to a predetermined level the end of the conduit 45 is blocked by the liquid so that the vacuum can build-up in camber 52 to release the trigger and allow the main valve to close. In a modification the valve 31 is mounted at the inner end of the nozzle and the throttle valve 89 is mounted on the side of the nozzle.
Patent GB-1213529-A (GB)
Title: Distributor device for fluids
Inventor: MERTEN GUNTER
IPC: F16L41/03
Filed: 1968-12-12
Abstract: 1,213,529. Fluid distributing devices. INSTITUT FUR HYDRAULIK. 12 Dec., 1968, No. 59168/68. Heading F2G. A distributer for fluid comprises a casing 2 having a cavity 3 therein and an insert 1 dis-  posed and fixed axially, radially and circumferentially in the cavity, there being one or more axial bores 6 and transverse holes 7 in the insert for providing a connection between the bore or bores and an annular passage or passages 4 and a conduit or conduits 5 in the casing. The insert and casing may each consist of several parts and seals 8 may be provided at the ends of and around the insert. The latter may be circular or conical in form in which case an indexing device is provided for aligning a hole 7 with any particular passage 4, and the insert is locked in a particular position by a transverse locating device, or the insert may have one or more flats thereon.
Patent GB-1460459-A (GB)
Title: Personal verification system and method using plural code words  and secret code word
IPC: G07F7/10
Filed: 1973-12-21
Abstract: 1460459 Individual verification system ATALLA TECHNOVATIONS CORP 21 Dec 1973 59381/73 Heading G4H A system for verifying the identity of an individual comprises means for generating a compiled code word from an individual code word allocated to him and a secret code word known only to and memorised by him. In one embodiment the compiled code word is generated by the apparatus of Fig. 2 and stored. When the individual wishes to effect a transaction he enters his individual and secret code words, and a compiled code word is generated, which is then compared with the stored word. In another embodiment for use with credit telephone systems, a compiled code word is generated from the individual's telephone number (his individual code word) and his secret code word, this compiled code word being printed on the individual's telephone credit card. To use the phone, the individual dials his telephone number, his secret code word, and his compiled code word; a compiled code word is generated from the input telephone number and secret code word, and this is compared at the telephone centre with the compiled code word input by the individual.
Patent GB-1377570-A (GB)
Title: Thermosetting acrylic polymer powder coating compositions
IPC: C09D5/46
Filed: 1972-12-27
Abstract: 1377570 Coated products E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO 27 Dec 1972 [27 Dec 1971] 59632/72 Heading B2E [Also in Division C3] Steel panels primed with iron oxide pigmented alkyd resin primers may be coated, e.g. electrostatically or in a fluidised bed, with thermosetting polymer powder coating compositions of particle size of 1 to 100 microns and comprising (A) 70 to 95 weight per cent of a copolymer of (1) 30 to 83 weight per cent methyl methacrylate, (2) 10 to 50 weight per cent C 2-12  alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, (3) 5 to 20 weight per cent of C 2-4  hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate and (4) 2 to 8 weight per cent of α,#-ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, at least 50 per cent of the carboxyl groups being neutralised with an aliphatic amine of boiling point 200 to 275‹C and the copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 40 to 70‹C and a relative viscosity in 0.5 per cent solution in methyl ethyl ketone at 30‹C of 1.05 to 1.20; and (B) 5 to 30 weight per cent of an alkylated melamine/formaldehyde condensate wherein the alkyl groups contain 1 to 8 carbon atoms and the ratio of alkoxy to hydroxy groups is at least 5 to 1. The compositions may also contain up to 25 per cent by weight of the filmforming constituents of cellulose acetate butyrate, 1 to 20 per cent of the coating compositions of ester plasticisers, silicone resins, inorganic and organic pigments and finely divided silica. Examples describe the coating of iron oxide pigmented alkyd primed steel panels with compositions comprising methyl methacrylate/ethyl acrylate/hydroxyethyl acrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer neutralised with methyldiethanolamine, hexamethoxymethyl melamine, silica and (2) pigment preparation comprising carbon black, titanium dioxide, phthalocyanine blue and methyl methacrylate/ethyl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer neutralised with diethanolamine, (4) pigment preparations comprising titanium dioxide and phthalocyanine blue and green, cellulose acetate butyrate and butyl benzyl phthalate, and (6) cellulose acetate butyrate, butyl benzyl phthalate, green pigment preparation as in (4) and mica flakes coated with titanium dioxide; and with compositions comprising (5) methyl methacrylate/butyl acrylate/hydroxyethyl acrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer neutralised with methyldiethanolamine, hexamethoxymethyl melamine, silica and cellulose acetate butyrate.
Patent GB-1291713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in packaging
IPC: B65B9/04
Filed: 1969-12-11
Abstract: 1291713 Packaging pellets KERR-McGEE CORP 11 Dec 1969 [11 Dec 1968] 60468/69 Heading B8C A protective encasement for enclosing, supporting and providing cushioned edge protection for a sharp-edged configuration pellet 11 comprises a pair of sheets 18, 19, of a deformable material having preformed pockets hereon and being joined together peripherally of the pockets with the pockets in opposed relationship defining an enclosure 13 having a main body 20, end wall and bubble contour portions 28, 30 and 32, 33, the main body portion having a configuration conforming to the size and shape of the pellet 11 over a substantial portion of its exterior side wall surface for spaced relationship frame pellet edge portions, the end wall portion of the enclosure providing for pellet end wall contact in spaced relationship from pellet edge portions, the main body and end wal portions of the enclosure being joined by the bubble contour protruding outwardly from the main body portion 20 of the enclosure and defining cavities 34, 35 below the enclosure which prevent contact between edge portions of the pellet and the enclosure. As shown, the end walls 32, 33, are formed with indentures 22-28 which bear on the end wall of an encased pellet. An additional bubble contour portion 38 is formed intermediate the end walls 28, 30. Rows of enclosures 13 are provided on longitudinally continuous strips which are joined together to form a continuous sealed belt of enclosures which are subdivided by double seals 37 to form sections 40, 41. Spot welds may be provided intermediate pellet enclosures. In another arrangement, Figs. 7 and 8 (not shown), a continuous bubble border (96) is formed around each strip within the edge seals hereof to facilitate unpackaging of pellets. Specifications 1,291,714 and 1,291,715 are referred to.
Patent GB-1269820-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of hops
Inventor: MEISLER SIDNEY S
IPC: C12C3/04
Filed: 1969-12-17
Abstract: 1,269,820. Hops treatment. S. S. MEISLER. Dec.17, 1969 [Dec.26, 1968], No.61611/69. Heading C6E. Hops material, such as baled dried hops, loose field-dried hops or lupulin glands, of enhanced effectiveness in brewing is produced by contacting the material with an alkaline-acting agent in gaseous or vaporous form or finelydivided particulate form, exemplified by anhydrous ammonia, aqueous ammonium hydroxide, aqueous sodium hydroxide, also methylamine, ethylamine, hydrazine, hydroxylamine and monochloramine. The hops material may then be contacted with gaseous hydrogen chloride, vaporized hydrochloric acid, methyl chloride, ethylene dichloride, trichloroethane, chlorofluoromethane, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide to neutralize or effect removal of any remaining alkali. A vacuum may be applied before the treatment to remove readily volatile materials. The treating steps may be performed under vacuum or pressure.
Patent GB-2002837-A (GB)
Title: Soundproofing elements
IPC: E01F8/00
Filed: 1978-08-14
Abstract: A soundproofing wall, particularly for use in traffic ways, consists of self supporting sound absorbing elements, 1, stacked one upon the other, between support columns 3, each element having sound absorbing inserts, a closed vertical rear wall, a plurality of at least partly perforated horizontal sound entry walls and inclined closed sound deflecting surfaces at an angle between 35 DEG  and 50 DEG  to the horizontal sound entry surfaces, a sound absorbing insert being arranged above each of the horizontal surfaces. The elements may be double sided and the insert can comprise flowable bulk material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2010631-A (GB)
Title: Multi planar camera
IPC: H04N11/00
Filed: 1978-08-25
Abstract: Television/photographic camera arrangement includes an optical arrangement which causes the image light from the camera's main lens system to be focused on two or more planes at different distances from the main lens system, e.g. for three such planes the resulting sub-images are arranged to include in-focus objects located in the far, middle and near distance ranges respectively from the main lens system. These sub-images are then analysed and the in-focus portions thereof selected and used to form a composite image which is substantially in-focus at all points. The sub-images are analysed by television cameras e.g. three colour television cameras, and the resulting video signals (specifically the luminance signals) are analysed e.g. by digital filtering, to determine those regions of each sub-image which are more in-focus than the corresponding regions of the other sub-images. From this in-focus determination a switching control signal is formed for selecting the in-focus video signals for transmission or recording. The in- focus selection may be effected by first recording the sub-image video signals on magnetic tapes and erasing the out-of-focus portions. Cine or still photographic cameras may simultaneously record the sub- images and during the processing of the films those portions not in-focus are suppressed from each frame according to the compared television signals, the films then being combined to form a master film. Also described in an arrangement in which a single image is photographed or televised, and those regions which are determined to be out of focus e.g. by digital filtering, are mathematically enhanced under operator control to improve their sharpness so that they appear to be in focus.
Patent GB-2004741-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions for the skin
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 1978-09-21
Abstract: A composition which is useful in treating baldness, burns and various viral complaints contains cholesterol, an unsaturated fatty acid having 9 to 21 carbon atoms or an acid halide thereof and a phosphoaminolipid, in a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable solvent and, if desired, vitamin A.
Patent GB-2004927-A (GB)
Title: Jet dyeing apparatus
IPC: D06B3/28
Filed: 1978-09-27
Abstract: Apparatus for jet dyeing a textile web 3 has a duct 9a downstream of the jet 9 provided with a delivery outlet 13 which is oscillated transversely over a zone 2a of the bath 1 where the web 3 and dye liquid are delivered from the duct into the bath, so that in said zone the web is folded in a regular fashion, thereby avoiding the irregular piling and consequent entanglements encountered in known apparatus where the web is directed into the bath from a fixed duct. A longitudinal oscillation may also be imparted to the web as it is delivered into said zone by means of an oscillating deflector 21, or by reciprocating the end of the delivery duct longitudinally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2006341-A (GB)
Title: Compressors
IPC: F04C29/02
Filed: 1978-09-29
Abstract: A compressor having spaces 10, 14 in which liquid e.g. oil, can accumulate during compressor standstill is provided with passages 15, 16, 17 for draining the liquid from said spaces into a reservoir 6. The passages 15, 16, 17 are controlled by valves e.g. check valves, arranged to close automatically due to increased gas pressure in the reservoir 6 when the compressor is in operation. The compressor may be a rotary one of the sliding-vane type (as shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2008646-A (GB)
Title: Modifying Thermal Properties of Membranous Double Wall Constructions
IPC: F24S90/00
Filed: 1978-10-25
Abstract: A method of regulating the properties of radiation reflection, transmission and/or absorption of a double membrane structural unit, having inner and outer membranes, comprises adjusting the direction of flow and/or nature of a fluid flowing between the membranes and/or adjusting the spacing between the membranes. Such a method is conveniently used in connection with a building structure, such as a swimming pool, incorporating one or more such double membrane structural units, and enables regulation of the atmospheric conditions within the structure. The fluid between the membranes may circulate by forced or gravity flow and be a gas, smoke or coloured liquid a suspension of absorbing particles in liquid. The fluid may transfer heat to or from a water or rock heat stove and may heat or cool the interior of the construction. the inner membrane may be black or reflective and the construction supported by pressurised air or a framework. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2039217-A (GB)
Title: Anti-inflammatory medicaments comprising glycosides of sterols or spiroketal steroids or esters thereof
IPC: A61P43/00
Filed: 1978-12-29
Abstract: Anti-inflammatory medicaments comprise a sterol glycoside or ester thereof, and/or a spiroketal-steroid glycoside or ester thereof. Preferred active compounds include glucosides of tall oil sterols, sitosterol, ergosterol, cholesterol, 5 alpha -cholesterol, lanosterol, 24,25-dihydrolanosterol, stigmasterol and soybeansterol; the  beta -D-galactoside,  beta -D-maltoside,  beta -D-lactoside and beta -D-cellobioside of sitosterol; and the glucoside of diosgenin, hecogenin and tigogenin. The medicaments inhibit prostaglandin synthetase.
Patent GB-2013419-A (GB)
Title: Triple terminal block
IPC: H01R9/26
Filed: 1978-12-29
Abstract: Rail-mounted terminal block has terminals (2, 3) for neutral and earth conductors, substantially in line with one another at a lower level in the block, and one or more phase conductor terminals (9) at a higher level in the block, all the terminals having upwardly directed access apertures (10, 11, 12) for access to the terminals of the conductors and terminal-operating tools. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2017174-A (GB)
Title: Travelling Wave Shedding Looms
IPC: D03D47/26
Filed: 1979-03-21
Abstract: A travelling wave shedding loom has a plurality of devices for winding and loading shuttle bobbins. One such device is provided for each shuttle, the respective devices move with their associated shuttles around a continuous path within the loom, and the bobbins are removed from the shuttles for winding.
Patent GB-2019003-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measurement of distance from a metallic body
IPC: G01B7/00
Filed: 1979-04-06
Abstract: Apparatus for non-contact measurement of the distance between a detection coil (4) and a metallic body (1) includes a differential amplifier (3) having one input terminal connected to a reference oscillator (2) and the other input terminal connected to a feedback circuit (10). The detection coil (4) has a plurality of elongate magnetic members arranged therein parallel to the coil axis and adjacent to the coil inner wall. Some of the magnetic members have a positive temperature characteristic and others have a negative temperature characteristic so that a change with temperature of the permeability of the magnetic members as a whole is practically reduced to zero. The feedback signal is influenced by the impedance of the detection coil which varies with a change in the distance. Consequently the differential amplifier generates a differential output signal which is indicative of the measured distance between the coil and the body. The range of measurement is increased by the provision of the magnetic members. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2024694-A (GB)
Title: Radioactive material enclosures
IPC: G21F5/10
Filed: 1979-06-20
Abstract: A shielding container for transporting and/or storing irradiated fuel elements or other radioactive waste products comprises a cast steel or nodular-graphite cast iron in the form of a casting 1, 2, of which the inner and/or outer surfaces are provided with at least one sheet-metal jacket 4, 5 which acts as a mould during the casting process. The walls of the container are smooth and thus easy to clean. The outer jacket 5 may be provided with corrugations (not shown) or with welded-on fins 6 to increase heat dissipation. <IMAGE>