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Patent GB-1427583-A (GB)
Title: Egg poachers
IPC: A47J29/06
Filed: 1973-04-11
Abstract: 1427583 Egg-cooker L C T FAIRHEAD 23 April 1974 [11 April 1973] 17474/73 Heading A4D An egg poacher comprises a part-circular member 2 mounted on a circular base 1, the member carrying a cylindrical housing 8, open both towards and away from the base, for containing above the base an egg to be poached, a circular aperture 3 being provided in the base into alignment with which the housing may be moved by relative movement of the member and base to permit the egg to drop from the housing. As shown, member 2, of lesser diameter than base 1, has three housings 8 arranged on a circle around the member's axis of rotation. A flange 6a of a handle 6 bears against the underside of base 1 when the poacher is lifted. The base has a central circular hole 5 receiving a cylindrical portion of the handle. A square portion of the handle fits into square aperture 7 at the member's axis of rotation. An outward taper on housings 8 each side of member 2 retains them, other retaining methods are described. A 0.015 inch high ridge 10 ensures only part of each housing 8 touches the upper plastics coated surface of the base, the insides of housings 8 may also be coated. Member 2 is rotated by handle 6 relative to base 1 until no part of any housing is directly over aperture 3, eggs are dropped into the housings and the poacher placed in water to just cover the housings. After cooking, the housings are successively aligned with the aperture so the eggs drop through the base on to a plate, water having drained away via the aperture or other holes (not shown). In the embodiment of Figs. 3, 4 (not shown), the base is extended upwardly forming a wall supporting a handle (9), handle (6) is shorter being for rotation not lifting, has no flange (6a) but merely a cylindrical end passing through an aperture (5) of a raised portion of the base. Other handles are described.
Patent GB-1417706-A (GB)
Title: Switching circuits for energising a load
IPC: H03K17/725
Filed: 1972-04-15
Abstract: 1417706 Reversible rectifiers; control of DC motors INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS Ltd 13 April 1973 [15 April 1972] 17475/72 Headings H2F and H2J In a circuit for energising a load, such as D.C. motor 10, from A.C. 17, with selectively different polarity, a triggerable gate, such as triac 19, is arranged in series with the load 17. The direction of current in load 17 is determined by switching means 36, 38 arranged to determine which of unidirectional elements 28, 29 is in circuit between the trigger electrode of the gate 19 and the junction of gate 19 and load 10. As shown, for forward rotation of a tape drive motor 10, switching transistor 36 is turned on so that, during negative half cycles at the top of transformer 16, current in diode 28 will trigger triac 19. If full wave operation is required, current in diode 33 during positive half cycles will trigger triac 20. The rotation is reversed by turning on transistor 38 which allows current via diode 34 or 29 to trigger the triacs 19 and 20 during the opposite half cycles. Transistor 36 or 38 may be turned on continuously or by double frequency pulses. Pulses at half this rate provide half-wave rectification. Operation from a three-phase transformer is envisaged.
Patent GB-613229-A (GB)
Title: Fluid separating means
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 1946-06-11
Abstract: <PICT:0613229/III/1> <PICT:0613229/III/2> Fluids are brought into contact with each other in a container 1, heavy and light fluids entering from pipes 7, 8, respectively and flowing in counter-current past a smooth rotor 2, and being evacuated through outlets 37, 15. The container 1 may rotate and the part 2 remain stationary.  Sleeves 40, 45 prevent or reduce the shear in the fluid mixture in the vicinities of the outlet ports.  Flow controllers 9, 10, are provided on the inlet lines. The heavier fluid may enter through one of the pipes 11, 12, 13. Outlets 17, 37 lead into settling tanks 20 or 30. The former tank has a light fluid outlet 22 and a re-circulating line 23 leading back into the container 1.  Tank 30 has lines 33, 34 for recirculating lighter fluid and a line 36 to prevent vapour lock in the lines 33, 34.  A main outlet 32 is provided including a valve which is controlled by either of level-control means 21 or 31.  The sleeve 40 extends to a level above that of the line 34 and below line 8.  The sleeve 45 may be dispensed with.  The heavier fluid entering through the pipe 7 is dispersed into small droplets falling through the lighter fluid which passes upwards. The two or more fluids may include a fluid (liquid gas or powdered material) and a fluid-contacting agent such as acid-reacting substances, basic-reacting substances, salts; reducing, oxydising, halogenating or solutizing agents or other materials used in various processes. The sleeve 40 may be raised clear of the bottom of the container 1. It may be spaced from the rotor 2 and may be rotated, at a different speed from that of the rotor 2. Fig. V shows another modification, wherein a settling tank 90 surrounds the stator opposite the sleeve 85.  The withdrawal port 87 may be mounted on a slide 91 operated by means 92 so that withdrawal of the fluid may be made either at, above, or below the interface level 89.  A re-circulating line 84 and a light-fluid outlet 88, are provided.  The surface of the contact zone, on the periphery of the rotor, may be stepped curved or tapered.  The apparatus may be jacketed to control its temperature and one or more further bearings may be provided for the rotor. Baffles may be provided in the settling tanks and cups formed by sleeves spaced from the rotor.  Materials which may be used are listed in the Specification.
Patent GB-499406-A (GB)
Title: Suspension rope railways
IPC: E01B25/18
Filed: 1937-06-23
Abstract: 499,406. Endless-rope conveyers rope railways. HUNZIKER, F. June 23, 1937, No. 17515. [Classes 78 (i) and 104 (ii)] In an overhead inclined rope railway each load carrier is hingedly secured to the rope in such a manner that it is capable of swinging freely relatively thereto in both longitudinal and transverse direction and can travel around end guide pulleys. The hanger 15 for the load carrier is pivotally mounted on a shaft 12, Fig. 4, which extends horizontally from a member 11 rotatably mounted on the rope a. The oscillation of the hanger in the direction of travel is damped by an adjustable friction brake 17 mounted on its hub between the part 16 and the member 11. The member 11 is rotatably mounted on a sleeve 6 which is screwed into two ball seats 5, and is also secured thereto by pins 7. The seats 5 receive hemispherical members which are connected by bolts 3 to end caps 4 on the rope. Lubricant is forced by grease guns through bores in the pipes 7 into the bearing surfaces. Pistons 8 in the sleeve 6 are forced towards each other as the lubricant is inserted, with consequent compression of the air between them. When the guns are withdrawn, the pistons are forced apart by the expansion of the air, and press the lubricant into the bearing surfaces. Guide rails or ropes 21, Fig. 5, are provided near each guide pulley 19 on to which run rollers 20 mounted by means of a support 22 on the part 16. The support 22 is held normally in its mid position by an angle iron 31 secured to the member 11 and by springs 32. Its lower part is formed as a guiding shield 22a. A roller 33 at the end of the shaft 12 bears against a resiliently mounted rail 34.
Patent GB-1446807-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for connecting a floating conduit to a mooring-buoy
IPC: B63B22/02
Filed: 1974-04-22
Abstract: 1446807 Hinged pipe joint INDUSTRIEELE HANDELSCOMBINATIE HOLLAND NV 22 April 1974 [26 April 1973] 17515/74 Heading F2G A coupling for connecting a floating conduit 18 with a mooring buoy 1, the mooring buoy comprising a movable platform 2 and a conduit 3 having a clamp coupling 6 with hinged jaws, comprises a cardan ring 11 attached by pivots 10, 12 to supporting girders 7, 8, 9 which are connected to platform 2 and portion 4 of conduit 3; a crosshead 15 secured at one end to cardan ring 11 by pivots 13 and (14), Fig. 1 (not shown), and having at the other end a buoyancy tank 16; a remotely controlled clamping mechanism 17 having hinged jaws which is attached to crosshead 15 for holding conduit 18 and a means, e.g. a rope 25 secured at 27 to crosshead 15 for swinging the crosshead downwards. Conduit 18 is connected by pipe section 9 to hose 20 which has a connecting piece 21 for coupling it to conduit 3. Connection between conduit 18 and buoy 1 is made by pulling crosshead 15 downward by rope 25 as shown in Fig. 4 while conduit 18 is pulled towards the buoy by rope 28 until connecting piece 21 reaches coupling 6 which is open. Rope 25 is then slackened to allow crosshead 15 to swing upwards to lie against and support pipe section 19 of conduit 18 which is held to the buoy by closing clamping mechanism 17 onto pipe section 19. Connecting piece 21 is now held against the end of conduit 3 thus allowing clamp coupling 6 to lock conduits 3, 18 together. Alternatively conduits 3, 18 may be locked together while supported by crosshead 15 but before closing clamping mechanism 17.
Patent GB-229930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the coating of tin, terne and like plates
IPC: C23C2/22
Filed: 1924-07-22
Abstract: 229,930. Evans, J. July 22, 1924. Tinning, galvanizing, and coating by dipping. -In the process of coating tin &c. plates the delivery rolls 1 are wiped by wipers, each consisting of a block 9 of metal or asbestos, carried by a horizontal bar 8 which is secured to a weighted arm 6 rotatable about a fixed fulcrum constituted by a longitudinally disposed rod 5 mounted on plugs 5<*>, Fig. 1<a>. fixed or rotatably mounted in the housing 4 of the end frame 2 of the grease pot. The rods 5 may be movably laterally, and the weights 7 on the arms 6 may be adjustable in amount.
Patent GB-477335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to dust separating apparatus
IPC: B04C7/00
Filed: 1936-06-24
Abstract: 477,335. Centrifugal dust-separators. DAVIDSON & CO., Ltd., AGAR, A. A., and GIBSON, J. W. June 24, 1936, No. 17559. [Class 23] Dust - separating apparatus includes a vortex separator 1, of the type described in Specification 223,786, [Class 23], with a clean gas outlet 5 exhausted by a fan 2 and connected by a duct 7 to the chimney 6. The separator has a tangential outlet 8 which diverts the separated dust with a small quantity of gas to a second centrifugal separator 9 from which the separated dust drops to the receiver 12. The clean gas from this separator is drawn off by the fan 10 and passed through the pipe 11 directly into the furnace 3 or into the gas circuit within the boiler upon which the apparatus is arranged.
Patent GB-434898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in shelves or tables for use in motor cars
IPC: B60N3/00
Filed: 1934-06-14
Abstract: 434,898. Tables, shelves, or trays. SPENCER, J. R., c/o Reeves & Sons, Ashwin Street, Dalston Lane, London. June 14, 1934, No. 17631. [Classes 52 (i), 52 (iii), 52 (v), and 128] A small table or shelf for use in motor cars consists, as shown, of a tray-like surface a with side bearers e and stepped shoulders b which engage with the lower edge c<1> of the cubby holes c in the dashboard d. It is suspended by detachable chains f. In modifications, the shoulders b are replaced by rubber buffers, the height of which may be adjusted; the bearers e are replaced by rubber-covered arms pivoted to the underside of the tray, on the rear edge of which are rubber buffers bearing against the dashboard.
Patent GB-273763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dust suction apparatus
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 1927-07-02
Abstract: 273,763. Elektriska Aktiebolaget Volta. July 3, 1926, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Vacuum cleaners.-The motor of an electric vacuum cleaner is cooled by a stream of air other than that drawn in through the filter by the fan &c. Fig. 1 shows the casing formed with regulable openings 11, which may be covered by filters, through which air is drawn to cool the motor by the fan 5. The fan delivers the air to a tangential discharge passage 7. The dusty air is drawn in through the filter bag 3 and passes to the upper side of the fan which delivers it to the same discharge passage. The fan may be furnished with vanes on both sides as shown, or on the upper side only. In modifications, the outlet passage 7 may be divided into two parts for the two air currents, or separate suction devices may be employed to produce the two air currents. Fig. 8 shows a discharge channel formed of coacting flanges 24, 25, containing liquid against which the escaping dusty air &c. impinges. This apparatus may be used to clean ovens &c., without employing a filter bag. Fig. 9 shows the air discharge taking place through a space surrounding the motor, the air escaping through passages 30 or a tube 36 when the apparatus is used as a blower.
Patent GB-867349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to eye-shades
IPC: A61F9/04
Filed: 1956-06-07
Abstract: 867,349. Eyeshades. PARMENTER, E. H. Aug. 30, 1957 [June 7, 1956], No. 17671/56. Class 97(1) An eyeshade or visor includes a shade of translucent or opaque material with or without a frame, and members extending rearwardly from the shade or its frame for engagement with the ears and for frictional engagement with sides of the head, these members being made partially or wholly of pliable or deformable material capable of being bent at will to suit individual requirements. The eyeshade shown in Fig. 1 comprises a frame 1 enclosing a translucent or opaque sheet 7 and formed with a bridge piece 5 and a nasal recess 9. The frame 1 is deformable, being made, for example, of copper wire while the shade 7 is flexible and may be made of celluloid or of textile material provided with slots for the wearer to see through. The shade 7 can be attached to the frame as by stitching or an adhesive or a binding of a flexible or rigid character. Extending rearwardly from the frame 1 are side members 4 which are flexible and which can be bent to engage frictionally with the sides of the head and to embrace the ears. The eyeshade may have other forms; for instance, the shade 7 may be crescent shaped and be provided with side extensions to ensure protection for the eyes against light from the sides. Two similar shades 7 may be hinged together at the temporal ends of the side pieces 4. And, as shown in Fig. 4, the eyeshade may consist of a flat portion 12 which is either translucent or opaque and is built out from a portion of a frame 13 which extends along the wearers brow and is formed integral with or secured to pliable side members 4. Hinged to the shade is a transparent visor constituted by a front piece 14 and two side pieces 15. The shade may alternatively be as shown in Fig. 5a consisting of a flap 26 hinged to the front edge of the shade 27, this flap being of rigid material or of a flexible substance. The end portions 28 of the flap can be bent round to provide side screens. The side pieces 4 may be formed with additional arms or spurs to give extra support round the ears and on the sides of the head. They may be also formed with slidable extensions, preferably flexible, to allow for adjustment of a longer or shorter side piece. Those parts of the eyeshade, including the side pieces, which are in contact with the wearer's skin may incorporate rubber sleeves or pads to provide frictional resistance to any slipping.
Patent GB-817544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for cutting shapes from sheet material
Inventor: COLLINSON RALPH JAMES
IPC: A43D27/00
Filed: 1956-06-08
Abstract: 817,544. Cutting-machines. COLLINSONS PATENTS Ltd. May 31, 1957 [June 8, 1956; Oct. 30, 1956; March 16, 1957], Nos. 17709/56, 33025/56 and 8718/57. Class 31 (1). [Also in Group XXX] In a machine for cutting shapes, e.g. cut soles from sheet material, of the kind comprising a cutting member having knives arranged to form a multiple pattern of the shapes to be cut, a pressing member and means for effecting relative traversing movement between the cutting and pressing members, the shapes as they are cut are acted upon by a moving belt or rotating roller which feeds the shapes forwardly to a conveyer or collecting means whilst holding and maintaining them in the orderly rows in which they have been cut. As shown, the pressing member comprises a belt 10, Fig. 1, which passes over an upper roller (not shown) and a lower roller 11 and has a portion 10a which passes over further rollers 12, 13, the portion 10a being spaced above a fixed ramp 14 and serving to direct cut soles to a conveyer 15. The rollers 12, 13, one or both of which are spring-loaded, are carried by and between two pivotally-mounted angularly-adjustable plates 16, After leaving the conveyer 15. alternate rows of cut soles, i.e. left-foot cut soles are directed by means of a driven rubber-covered roller 20, Fig. 2, and the teeth of a comb 21 and taken by an upper conveyer 23 and its associated rubber-covered roller 22 whereas the remaining rows of rightfoot cut soles pass between the teeth of the comb 21 and on to a lower conveyer 24. The separated rows of cut soles are delivered to bins located at the ends of the conveyer belts 23, 24. The rollers 20, 22 are carried by spring-loaded arms 25, 26, respectively. Specifications 579,343, 678,270, 678,284, 678,289, 678,348, 702,324 and 731,015 are referred to.
Patent GB-236952-A (GB)
Title: Aerial system for transmission of wireless on short wave lengths
IPC: H01Q19/12
Filed: 1925-07-10
Abstract: 236,952. Bethenod, J. July 11, 1924, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Aerials; directive signalling. - The oscillator in a wireless transmission system is arranged at a relatively great height above the ground. The oscillator may comprise an aerial 2 and counterpoise 3 which may be more distant from the ground 8 than the aerial 2. Leads 5, 6 are taken to a high frequency supply which may be on the ground or on a platform on the masts. The leads 5, 6 may be arranged as a transmission line and given suitable characteristics. In a modification, Fig. 2, the oscillator is formed by a wire or system of wires 9 and provided with reflector wires 10 to obtain a directional effect.
Patent GB-1041335-A (GB)
Title: Gas filter
IPC: B01D46/10
Filed: 1965-04-28
Abstract: 1,041,335. Gas filters. M. E. PARSER. April 28, 1965 [June 24, 1964], No. 17854/65. Heading B1T. A fine mesh filtering screen 4, whose casing 1 is located in a gas supply line, is cleaned by a pair of brushes 10 which are periodically rotated in contact with the screen by a handle 11. The brushes 10 are mounted on a common shaft 9 to engage the opposite sides of the screen 4, and are arranged at 90‹ to one another (Fig. 1 not shown) in order that the rotation of the brushes causes agitation of the screen. The impervious peripheral frame of the screen 4 is resiliently urged into contact with a shoulder 5, which may bear a felt sealing gasket, by springs 8. The screen 4, brushes 10, and handle 11 are removeable from the casing 1 as a single unit with the cover 7. Screen 4 is eccentrically located towards the top of the casing (Fig. 1 not shown), in order to leave a space at the bottom of the casing where debris removed from the screen may be collected. The unions 2 may have replaceable nipples to adapt the filter to various pipe diameters, and the handle 11 may be replaced by the pinion or pulley for mechanical operation.
Patent GB-591783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the electro deposition of metals
IPC: C25D5/18
Filed: 1944-09-19
Abstract: 591,783. Electrodeposition of metals. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL CO. Sept. 19, 1944, No. 17874. Convention date, Oct. 16, 1943. [Class 41] A steady direct current on which is superimposed from an independent source a pulsed current having interrupted periods between pulses is employed ; by this means an average current density higher than the normal safe maximum may be employed without ill effects. The pulsed current is preferably in the same direction as the steady current. The peak value of the pulses may be double the strength of the direct current. In the arrangement shown, the direct current is supplied by a battery 17 and the pulses by a thyratron 24, each provided with control means. The grid 26 of the thyratron is connected to a phaseshifting device 27. In an example. the method is applied to the deposition of silver from a bath containing 2.0-2.3 oz. silver, 2.0-3.0 oz. free sodium cyanide, 3.0 oz. sodium carbonate and 15-20 oz. potassium nitrate per U.S.A. gallon.
Patent GB-1014612-A (GB)
Title: Separation of gaseous mixtures
Inventor: ARREGGER JOHN EDWARD
IPC: F25J3/04
Filed: 1963-05-07
Abstract: 1,014,612. Cold separation of gas mixtures. AIR PRODUCTS Ltd. Aug. 7, 1964 [May 7, 1963], No. 17948/63. Heading F4P. Cooling of a compressed gas mixture, e.g. air prior to rectification, is effected in first and second zones 11a, 11b of a heat exchanger 11 cooled by reverse-flowing separated oxygen and nitrogen and the feed air is cooled in a refrigerator 14 between zones 11a, 11b and a portion of the feed air is withdrawn prior to zone 11b and cooled at constant pressure at 26 to a temperature equal to that of the feed air leaving the record zone 11b and with which it is recombined; the cooling at 26 of said withdrawn portion serving to compensate for the cold lost by the separated products during passage through the exchanger 11. Cooling of said withdrawn portion of feed air in coil 26 is effected by a closed nitrogen circuit comprising a compressor 30 an aftercooler 32, an expansion engine 34 and a turbine 35 followed by the shell side of an exchanger 27 in which are embedded coils 26, 32. The so cooled portion of feed gas is joined by feed gas leaving zone 11b and is freed of carbon dioxide in absorbers 18. In a modification the carbon dioxide is removed prior to passage through zone 11a.
Patent GB-179487-A (GB)
Abstract: 179,487. Greenwood, J. E. Oct. 3, 1921. Indicators actuated by floats.-The float chamber a of an oillevel indicator for motor-vehicles is attached to the sump casing r at the flanged joint d by a bracket b preferably formed integral with the chamber a, and at the bottom by an oil tube q. A detachable upper extension i has an adjustable indicator-plate o and the needle m on the float is partly enclosed in a tube l fitting between the lug k and the base of the extension.
Patent GB-204409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in transparent panels for use as windows, wind screens or the like
IPC: B60J10/02
Filed: 1922-06-30
Abstract: 204,409. Garner, H., and Garner, J. P. June 30, 1922. Vehicle windows; frames; glazing.-A flexible window panel such as described in Specifications 180,115 and 199,145 is used for a fixed or pivoted window, windscreens, &c. A thin flexible sheet 1 of transparent substance, such as celluloid, &c., has strips 2 of the same or other rigid or resilient material secured to its edges by cement &c., and is secured in a frame 3 having a resilient packing 4 of spongy rubber &c. interposed. A construction of frame for a fixed side curtain is shown in Fig. 4. The panel 5 has strips of the same material 6 cemented on, and split tubes 7 are applied to some or all edges and covered with celluloid 8; corner pieces 9 are joined to one end of each tube. The frame is carried by brackets or spigots entering the open ends of suitable corner brackets. The stiffening metal members used at some or all edges are freely housed in the celluloid covering. The frame may be composed of two metal parts riveted together and to the hood material. Specification 198,623 also is referred to.