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Patent GB-502314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for feeding book signatures to stitching machines
IPC: B42B2/02
Filed: 1938-06-22
Abstract: 502,314. Signature gatherers. SCHRAMM, C. June 22, 1938, No. 18591. [Class 100 (i)] [Also in Group VII] Mechanism for opening out signatures as they are fed to a stitching machine comprises suction cups which engage the outer leaves of the signatures and a mechanical device which is thrust between the inner leaves while the suction cups are functioning. Each signature 1, as it is fed from a stack by a cylinder 2, passes between suction cups 3 carried by arms 4 on hollow rock-shafts 5. The shafts are carried in bearings on arms 7 adapted to be rocked by a cam 11 to carry the cups downwardly with respect to the saddle 24, and the shafts are themselves rocked, to carry the cups into and but of engagement with the signature, by arms 14 and the cam 11. Suction is applied at the cups through hose 19, 20, valve 21, pipe 22 and pump 23. A cylinder 25 mounted in line with, and just above, the apex of the saddle houses a piston with a stem 28 having a spear head 29. The stern is adapted to be projected from the cylinder by air pressure from the pump 23 applied through a valve 32 and hose 31, and to be retracted by a spring. The gear and the valves are so timed that the cups engage and part the outer leaves of the signature, the stem 28 is then projected to separate the inner leaver, the cups are carried down to convey the signature to the saddle, and the stem is retracted.
Patent GB-1217163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to underwater vehicles
Inventor: DANIELL ALAN FRANCIS
IPC: B63G8/00
Filed: 1967-04-22
Abstract: 1,217,163. Underwater vehicle. CAMMELL LAIRD & CO. (SHIPBUILDERS & ENGS.) Ltd. 10 April, 1968 [22 April, 1967], No. 18607/67. Heading B7A. An underwater vehicle comprises a buoyant body with wheels 26 on one side which are movable out of axial alignment with wheels on the other side, to facilitate movement on uneven sea beds. The body comprises an inner hull 11 with convex ends inside an outer hull formed of hollow plastics boxes 24. The wheels 26 are rotatable on hubs carried on links 27 pivoted to the body at 28. The wheels are driven by respective hydraulic motors (29, Fig. 7, not shown) in the hubs, and the pivoting of links 27 is controlled by hydraulic rams (30). To sink the floating vehicle, a sinker (32) is lowered from the vehicle on to the sea-bed, wheels 26 flooded, the vehicle is winched down to the seabed, and the sinker raised into the vehicle.
Patent GB-239337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to concrete kerbstones
IPC: E01C11/22
Filed: 1924-08-07
Abstract: 239,337. Pickerill, J. Aug. 7, 1924. Paving blocks. - The lower portions of the ends of a kerbstone are cut away so that when the stones are assembled end to end, the recesses abut to form a common passage C, with recesses or frogs B on the inner walls. The passage C is filled with concrete, mortar, or cement which engages the frogs
Patent GB-266210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pyrophoric igniters
IPC: F23Q2/06
Filed: 1926-07-28
Abstract: 266,210. Hilse, G. July 28, 1926. Cigar cutters.-In an igniter comprising two casing parts 1, 2 pivoted together at 24 and acted upon by a spring 23 to overlap and form a closed casing, which may be opened at the upper end by pressing together the lower ends of the casing parts, the latter form a cigar cutter, the part 1 carrying a cutting edge 27 and the part 2 being provided with an opening 28.
Patent GB-373817-A (GB)
Title: Electric discharge lighting tubes with rare gas filling, in particular for illuminated advertising purposes
IPC: H01J61/16
Filed: 1931-06-29
Abstract: 373,817. Discharge lamps. SKAUPY, F., 27, Paulinenstrasse, Lichterfelde, Berlin. June 29, 1931, No. 18792. Convention date, July 14, 1930. [Class 39 (i).] Positive-column discharge lamps are filled with a neon-helium mixture with a preponderance, for example 75 per cent, of helium, to produce approximately white light and are provided with a coloured glass casing or a coloured coating. Coloured light for advertizing is thus obtained or daylight may be obtained by using a blue casing. Cold or incandescent electrodes may be used. In television, current impulses are applied to two main electrodes and a continuous auxiliary discharge is passed between the cathode and a third electrode. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also the use, with a casing of uncoloured glass, of a filter disc of coloured glass, horn &c. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-372993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rear windows for motor vehicles
IPC: B60J1/20
Filed: 1931-06-30
Abstract: 372,993. Vehicle bodies. LAURIE, I., Scotia Works, Walsall Street, and TRUSSELLE, S. J., 4, Hall Street, both in Wolverhampton. June 30, 1931, No. 18815. [Class 108 (i).] The rear light of a closed vehicle body is provided for ventilation with one or more slots C or sets of holes which are protected from the weather on the exterior by an inclined plate D of glass or other material. The plate D is provided with a chamfered upper edge adapted to be secured to the light A or to the upper part of the body and is also secured at its edges by triangular pieces E preferably of glass.
Patent GB-515655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to devices for preparing perspective drawings of objects and scenes
IPC: B43L13/14
Filed: 1938-06-24
Abstract: 515,655. Drawing-appliances. KRUCZKIEWICZ, J. June 24, 1938, No. 18822. [Class 11] [Also in Group XX] Apparatus for drawing from natura objects or scenes o the kind in which a tracing - member is guided to pass along the contour: of the object, and its. movements are transmitted to a drawing - member which reproduces the lines on a drawing. board, comprises upper and lower sets of rings I, J, Fig. 1, across which pass a cord K and a spindle M, so as to form parallel chords, which guide the tracing and drawing members respectively Each set of rings consists of two rotatable rings supported on a fixed ring. Each upper movable ring is geared to a lower movable ring, and the two pairs of rings can be rotated by worm-shafts operated by hand-cranks A, E, so that the chords can be adjusted intc any corresponding positions across the rings, whilst remaining parallel to each other. The two worm-shafts can be geared together, so that both chords move parallel to themselves. The cord K passes over rollers secured one to each of the rotatable rings, and, after passing around weighted pulleys Q<1>, Q<2>, is attached at its ends to a slide N<1>, Fig. 3, on the spindle M. The cord carries a tracing-bead K', which is observed through a fixed viewing-ring O. The slide N<1> operates a pencil-holder N, which is supported by a ball-joint O<1>. The slide is traversed along the spindle M by rotation of a crank-handle L, and the bead K<1> makes a corresponding movement' along the upper chord. The bead can thus be caused to follow an outline of the object, and the pencil reproduces the line on a drawing-boards T. The pencil is projected from its holder by an electromagnet operated by a pedal, in order to start and finish a line. Scales are provided for indicating the length and position of the chords, and the position of points thereon.
Patent GB-932264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors
Inventor: NERATNE PIYATILLEKE PERERA GU
IPC: G01K1/14
Filed: 1961-05-24
Abstract: 932,264. Nuclear reactors. UNITED KING- DOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. May 16, 1962 [May 24, 1961; May 4, 1962], Nos. 18835/61 and 17160/62. Class 39 (4). In a nuclear reactor fuel element having a thermocouple cable extending from a thermocouple hot junction for measuring fuel element temperature, the cable has a portion of reduced cross-section at which the cable breaks, preferentially on pulling the cable. In Fig. 2 the cable 39 has a portion 43 of reduced diameter produced by swaging or by machining a longitudinal V or U groove. This portion may be protected by a sleeve 42 which is attached to the cable on the side towards the fuel element by crimping, as at 44, or by brazing. Thus before unloading a fuel element the cable can be broken at point 43 by pulling on it, and the cable can be removed from the reactor so that it will not interfere with the unloading operation. In another arrangement, Fig. 4, the cable 10 passes through a cylindrical aperture in a body 14 attached to a splitterfin 4 of the fuel element, and is provided with a slack portion (not shown) taken up by linking between the body 14 and the actual thermocouple (not shown). A ferrule 21 is secured to the lower part of the cable 10 (i.e. on the part nearest the thermocouple) as by brazing or crimping and has flat sides, which are engaged by rivets 20 in the body 14, and a circular head 24. The portion of the cable above ferrule 21 is reduced in cross-section at 25 and above that a second ferrule 26 is fixed to the cable. This ferrule has flat sides which twist through about 120 degrees over its length and which are engaged by rivets 19 in the body 14. Thus, on pulling the upper end of the cable, the cable is twisted by the rotation of ferrule 26 and shears at 25, the lower part of the cable being restrained against rotation by the ferrule 21. That part of the cable remaining on the fuel element has no loose end, which could interfere with discharging of the fuel element, since the ferrule 21 is prevented from leaving the body 14 at either end by the two pairs of rivets 19, 20. A safety wire 29 may be provided between the ferrule 26 and the body 14 to prevent inopportune or premature operation of the device. Specifications 806,490 and 844,211 are referred to.
Patent GB-220324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to explosive projectiles
IPC: F42C1/14
Filed: 1924-08-08
Abstract: 220,324. Pantoflicek, B. Aug. 8, 1923, [Convention date]. Projectile fuzes.-A bomb 5 is provided with a detachable rigid or flexible tube 2 connected to a percussion fuze 1 and adapted to transmit ignition to the charge of the bomb through a cap 4 forming the nose of the bomb, so that the bomb explodes at a certain height above ground. This height may be varied, for example, when the tube 2 is flexible, by connecting the percussion fuze 1 to the bomb by a cord of the length desired. The tube 2, when flexible, may also be coiled in a socket from which it is released when the bomb is dropped. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) also states that the ignition may be conveyed directly from the fuze to the explosive charge of the bomb. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-263205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to door hinges
IPC: E05D3/06
Filed: 1925-07-27
Abstract: 263,205. Garrett, F. G. July 27, 1925. Double and multiple hinges; pivoting-adjustments. - A concealed hinge suitable for hinging safe doors, windows, and other members has a cross-link H connecting the spur G with an intermediate part of the pivoted link C, remote from the spur, in order to hold the spur in contact with the cam surface of the link D in both the opening and closing movements. The arrangement provides also a check action for the hinge in the opening and closing movements. The plates A, F are attached to the door post and door respectively, and these parts are connected together by links C, D, E, as shown. The member F carries a spur G, and the link H connected thereto and to the link C passes through a slot in the link D. The parts of the hinge are so arranged as to provide that the pivot of the link H and spur G moves in an arc which conforms with the cam surface d<1> of the link D. By the action of the spur on the surface d<1> and of the link H, the links C, D move together. When the door is nearly opened the end c<1> of the arm C binds against the inner face of the plate B to give stiffness to the further opening movement and also near the beginning of the opening movement. The plate B is detachably secured to the plate A.
Patent GB-686654-A (GB)
Title: Cartridge chamber seals for automatic firearms
IPC: F41A3/76
Filed: 1951-08-13
Abstract: 686,654. Automatic firearms. VERWALTUNGSGES DER WERKZEUGMASCHINENFABRIK OERLIKON. Aug. 13, 1951 [Aug. 23, 1950], No. 19060/51. Class 92(ii) Each of the cartridge chambers 12 on the rotary drum 3 of an automatic firearm has a forward recess 13 containing a seal consisting of several parts, the rearmost part 14 of which moves forwards when the firearm is discharged and, by part-conical. faces 16, radially expands an adjacent part 15 into tight contact with the wall of the recess. By this means the escape of gas around the seal is prevented. In Fig. 2, the seal consists of two parts 14, 15, only, and in a modification, Fig. 3 (not shown), a ring having two sloping faces is arranged between these two parts. Gas pressure acting on the rear wall 17 of the part 14 moves the latter forwards when a round is fired. As shown in Fig. 1, gases from the barrel 1 act on a piston 6 serving to actuate a slide 4 which, by curved grooves; engage rollers 5 on the drum 3 to rotate the drum step by step. A cartridge feed star wheel 9 is coupled to the drum and the cartridges are fed to the drum from the star wheel by lugs 10, 11 on the slide 4.
Patent GB-440789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to heating radiators or stoves for use in rooms, halls and the like
IPC: F24D19/06
Filed: 1934-07-05
Abstract: 440,789. Gas radiator-stoves. GAS LIGHT & COKE. CO., MASTERMAN, C. A., ANDREW, L. W., and RAINS, E. R. H., 84, Horseferry Road, Westminster. July 5, 1934, No. 19236 /35. Divided out of 442,433. [Class 126] In a heating-radiator comprising a hollow metal casing having a front upright metal heat-radiating panel 10 which is directly heated by the combustion products from a gas burner 34 disposed near the bottom of the casing, the lower part of the heat-radiating panel 10 is formed from two sheets of metal spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 4, while the upper part, Fig. 5, is formed from a single sheet of metal, to prevent the lower part of the panel 10 from becoming more highly heated than the upper part. The inner sheet is composed of two parts, a lower plate 39 of metal having good heat-reflecting properties, e.g. aluminium, and an upper plate 41 which is spaced further from the outer wall than the plate 39 is. The construction of the radiator is the same as that described in Specification 442,433. In addition, the recess behind the back plate 12 is filled with lagging, e.g. aluminium foil.
Patent GB-229581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to toys
IPC: A63H7/02
Filed: 1924-08-13
Abstract: 229,581. Walker, J. E. Aug. 13, 1924. Mechanical and like toys. -A toy figure adapted to walk when drawn over a flat surface by a cord is provided with a pair of pivoted limbs 4 having broad flat feet 6 with their adjacent edges close together and outwardly inclined surfaces. The front inner edges 7 of the feet are curved upwardly and the limbs are provided with counterweights 9.
Patent GB-1449082-A (GB)
Title: Pile driving and drawing apparatus
IPC: E02D7/18
Filed: 1974-05-02
Abstract: 1449082 Pile driving and drawing TOYODA KIKAI KOGYO KK 2 May 1974 19278/74 Heading E1H A pile driving and drawing apparatus 12 comprises a guide member 57 adapted to be secured to the head of a pile 44 and a weight assembly movably mounted on the guide member to exert downward or upward force on the pile. The guide member consists of a rod 56 provided with upper and lower flanges 55a and 55b respectively and the weight assembly includes an excitor and a casing 32 provided with a bore portion 62 adapted to receive rod 56 in sliding engagement. Upper 64 and lower 66 shoulder portions are positioned on opposite sides of the bore portion to impinge on upper flange 55a in pile drawing and on lower flange 55b in pile driving. Resilient body 46 is interposed between the weight assembly and hook 26 from which the assembly is suspended, and second 74, 76 and third 70, 72 resilient bodies are placed respectively between the lower flange and lower shoulder portions and between the upper flange and upper shoulder portions of the casing. In the embodiment shown the excitor consists of motor 52, rotors 54 and eccentric weights 60.
Patent GB-1002461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sun visors
Inventor: WEIMAR ERICH
IPC: B60J3/02
Filed: 1963-05-15
Abstract: 1,002,461. Sun visors. DRAFTEX G.m.b.H. Dec. 18, 1963 [May 15, 1963], No. 19317/63. Heading B7J. A sun visor 1, Figs. 1 and 3, moulded from expanded polystyrene or similar soft mouldable material incorporates a separately formed moulded-in supporting arm in the form of a rod 2 having a ball 3 at one end for universal connection with a ball socket type mounting 4, the rod being provided with flats 6, or being cranked as described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 (not shown), in order to prevent it from rotating in the visor. The other end 5 of the rod projects from the visor for finger operation. The mounting 4 comprises two part-spherical parts 8, 9 secured together and to a vehicle body by screws 11 the two parts together providing a part-spherical seating of the ball and forming therebetween a slot 7 through which the rod projects for swinging movement through, for example, 105 degrees. The port 8 has a recess to receive a rubber or like tapering plug 10 which frictionally engages the ball 3. The mounting joints may be made of metal or synthetic resin.
Patent GB-1272176-A (GB)
Title: Sand-lime bricks and process for making them
Inventor: SCHNEIDER-ARNOLDI ALFRED
IPC: C04B28/20
Filed: 1970-04-22
Abstract: 1,272,176. Sand lime bricks. KNAPSACK A.G. 22 April, 1970 [23 April, 1969], No. 19325/70. Heading C1H. Sand lime bricks consist of 6-15% of a binder of which 5-95% is phosphorus furnace slag, the balance being burnt lime or lime hydrate. The slag, mainly less than 100 Á particle size, is composedof Cu0 45-55 % ; SiO 2  40-50%; and Al 2 O 3  1-5%. The bricks are steam hardened for 3-20 hours at 4-25 atmospheres pressure.
Patent GB-1031063-A (GB)
Title: Device for applying and removing watch crystals
IPC: G04D1/02
Filed: 1963-05-15
Abstract: 1,031,063. Watchmakers' tools. STANDARD UNBREAKABLE WATCH CRYSTALS, Inc. May 15, 1963 [Jan. 14,1963], No.19353/63. Heading G3T. A device for applying and removing watch crystals comprises upper and lower cup-like casing members 2, 3 in telescopic relation. A stem 8 is threaded in the upper member and engages non- rotatably in the base 4 of the lower member. A frusto-conical follower 15, loose on the stem, is connected to the upper member 2 for movement therewith. Gripping fingers 11 have nose portions 11 x 12,12, the inner nose 11 being pivotably confined between abutments 10, 20 on the stem and the outer nose being confined by a ring member 14 secured to the follower 15. An inner stem 22 is movable to engage the crystal.
Patent GB-600416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric immersion heaters
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 1945-07-30
Abstract: 600,416. Thermal switches. BEST PRODUCTS, Ltd., and BEST, F. L. July 30, 1945, No. 19478. [Class 38 (v)] In a safety device to prevent overheating of an immersion heater. and of ratchet-and-pawl construction with fusible connection and connection-plug ejecting plunger 24 as described in Specifications 528,682 and 600,282, the pawl 21 is formed with a tail-piece 29 which overlies the ratchet teeth when the pawl is withdrawn as shown, so preventing fouling when the pawl is relatched.
Patent GB-1200682-A (GB)
Title: A container-carrying vehicle
Inventor: MEYER HANS
IPC: B60P7/12
Filed: 1968-04-25
Abstract: 1,200,682. Securing load in bulk on wagons; floors; removable bodies. SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE-GESELLSCHAFT. 25 April, 1968, No. 19564/68. Heading B7L. A container-carrying wagon has means for retaining mobile containers (only wheels 11 of adjacent containers are shown) on the wagon floor 1, the means comprising floor beams 5, pivoted at 7, and which when raised serve as retainers for the wheels 11 of containers, the beams 5 being lowerable into floor cavities 9 so as to be substantially flush with the floor 1. The floor beams 5 are connected by pivoted rods 41, 42, to levers 38 fixed on a rotatable shaft 39, in turn connected by pivoted levers 25, 34 and 26, 35 with slotted plates 22, 23 on rods 19, 20 provided with lifting handles 16, 17. The beams 5 are also connected to balancing springs 52 and the shaft 39 has fixed thereto a rocker lever 47 of an over-dead-centre mechanism 49, 50, 54, 56, 57. The parts are shown in position after pulling the handle 17, wherein the beams 5 are looked in the raised position since the rods 41, 42 and levers 38 are aligned. The beams are lowerable by pulling the handle 16. Both handles 16, 17 are received in floor recesses (not shown).
Patent GB-228459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in soaps and other saponaceous compounds, detergents, bleaching compounds and the like
IPC: C11D9/16
Filed: 1924-08-20
Abstract: 2-10 per cent of sodium pentaborate is incorporated in soaps, soap powders, or other detergents, or in bleaching and similar compounds.ALSO:Sodium pentaborate is prepared in any one of the following ways, (1) 62 lb. of orthoboric acid or 44 lb. of metaboric acid or 39.5 lb. of pyroboric acid are added gradually to a solution of 8 lb. of sodium hydrate in 40 lb. of water, and the mixture is heated to 160 DEG F. until the liquid is almost clear, settled, and run into crystallizers; (2) 38.2 lb. of sodium biborate and 8 lb. of sodium hydrate are dissolved in 20 lb. or more of water at 165 DEG F., and 99.2 lb. of crystal orthoboric acid and 20 lb.of water are added slowly; the mixture is then treated as in (1) above; (3) 62 lb. of orthoboric acid and 8 lb. of sodium hydrate are fused together.
Patent GB-1082036-A (GB)
Title: Electronic building set
IPC: H01R13/514
Filed: 1966-05-04
Abstract: 1,082,036. Circuit assemblies. INTERTRADING CORPORATION ESTABLISHMENT. May 4, 1966 [May 7, 1965], No. 19718/66. Heading H1R. [Also in Divisions G5 and H2] In a circuit assembly, individual components, sub-assemblies, and portions of circuit lines are housed in modules, and electrical connection between adjacent modules is effected by surface contact plates held together by the attractive force of permanent magnets associated therewith. In the acoustic warning device shown in Fig. 5, the majority of modules 33 are of square plan form and of basic dimensions, while others 34, 35, 36 have sides which are integral multiples of the basic dimensions, and each module bears on its upper face a diagrammatic representation of its content. The modules are held on a ferro-magnetic base plate 30, which is disposed in a plastics frame 31, by magnets located in the lower faces of the modules; a grounding connection to the base plate 30 is also effected where appropriate. Fig. 2 (not shown) depicts the construction of a typical module (10); a plastics frame (12) constitutes the side walls of the module, to which are added a base (13) and cover (14). In each face where a contact is to be provided, a recess (18) accommodates a disc-shaped support (19) which holds a circular permanent magnet (21). A contact plate (22) of non-magnetic material extends across the magnet (21) at the surface of the module, and is connected to a component (15) within the module by a lead (25). The magnet (21) has its magnetic axis extending along a diameter, the magnet being mounted so as to be freely rotatable in its support (19). Alternatively (Figs. 6, 7, not shown), each magnet may be fixed in position by a projection (42) in its recess (37), and have its magnetic axis coincident with its geometrical axis, it being arranged that adjacent modules have opposite poles at abutting surfaces. The contact plates (44) have lugs (45) projecting through slots (46) in the module walls (47), each lug (45) comprising a barbed press-out (48) to secure the magnet and contact plate in position. Virtually any electrical component may be housed in a module, and a module may comprise external adjusting means, or plug contacts for connection to external apparatus. Modules may be of polygonal plan form other than square.