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Patent GB-1506676-A (GB)
Title: Spray nozzle assembly
IPC: B05B15/02
Filed: 1976-02-24
Abstract: 1506676 Spray-producers GRACO INC 24 Feb 1976 [19 May 1975] 07216/76 Heading B2F A spray nozzle assembly for use with a spray gun 13 for spraying paints, lacquers, enamels, mastics and varnishes comprises an elongated nozzle member having a generally spherical ball portion 15 at one end, a passage through the ball portion transverse to the length of the nozzle member, and a handle 16 at the other end of the nozzle member, a nozzle holder 10 partially enclosing the nozzle member, and a sealing member 20 partially inserted into the nozzle holder and having a part - spherical seating surface contacting the surface of the ball portion. A spray tip 25, having an elliptical orifice, is inserted into the passage and has a sleeve 28 with an internal diameter less than that of a passage through the sealing member 20. The assembly is fitted to the spray gun by a threaded tip - nut 11, which on tightening presses the sealing member against the ball portion, thus preventing leaking of spray - liquid out through a slot 27. In order to clear the orifice of the spraytip 25 of any solid obstruction, the tip nut 11 is loosened, handle 16 is rotated about a vertical axis to reverse the spray tip, tip nut 11 is tightened again, and the spray-gun is operated to force the obstruction out through sleeve 28. The handle may be rotated, without first loosening the tip nut 11, by means of a wrench, the seal of the sealing member 20 being maintained in this case.
Patent GB-625335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to gas-turbine-engines
IPC: F02C7/262
Filed: 1947-03-17
Abstract: 625,335. Liquid fuel burners. ROBINSON, N. R. March 17, 1947, No. 7346. Drawings to Specification. [Classes 75(i) and 75(iii)] [Also in Group XXVI] In a gas turbine plant, ignition is started by means of a torch burner and a sparking device which are automatically put out of action when the gases reach a predetermined temperature and are brought in again if combustion fails. The control solenoid of the torch burner and the primary of the spark coil are in parallel in a circuit which includes a switch controlled by a temperature sensitive device subject to the gases in the jet or exhaust tube or in a combustion chamber. The control is suspended when the plant is not in operation by means of a switch controlled by the engine speed, for example, through the pressure of the fuel supply, which is open when the turbine is not running and a switch on the pilot's control lever which is open when the lever is at " Stop." When the temperature-responsive device operates through electrical means, the supply circuit also includes the last-mentioned two switches.
Patent GB-190399-A (GB)
Title: An improved shock absorber for vehicles
IPC: F16F7/04
Filed: 1922-03-14
Abstract: 190,399. Gandolfo, M., and Rocca, A. March 14, 1922. Vibration-dampers. -In a vibrationdamper for vehicles comprising two levers pivotally connected together by a controlled friction device, one of the levers being secured to the frame and the other to the axle, fibre friction-discs 3 are secured to the ends 4, 5 of the levers 1, 2 and a metal disc 12 is loosely mounted between them, an annlar chamber 6 for lubricant being provided. The ends 4, 5 are pressed together by a bolt 16 and nut 9 which act through cup-shaped springs 23, a fibre disc 22 and a metal washer 7. The metal washer 7 is keyed at 7<1> in a longitudinal groove 21 in the bolt 16, the groove supplying lubricant to the disc 22. Holes 24 connect the central disc 12 with the chambers 6. To allow for lateral displacement of the vehicle parts, the lever 2 is formed of three springs, the outer ones 2' having a narrow central portion and the inner one 2<11> a central slot 2<111>.
Patent GB-1064769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the deposition of copper
IPC: C25D3/38
Filed: 1965-02-22
Abstract: A hard copper plate is formed from an acid copper plating bath to which is added a mixture of ethyl alcohol 40-60% by wt, glacial acetic acid 30-40%, gelatine 0.2 to 0.4%, casein 0.5 to 0.7%, and H2SO4 10 to 20%.  An acid solution of copper sulphate of pH 0.4 to 1.5 is used, and up to 4 per cent. by volume of the mixture is added. The hard copper surface is suitable for eletrodes, commutators, and other friction-bearing parts.
Patent GB-687239-A (GB)
Title: Tubular gas heater
IPC: F28D7/06
Filed: 1951-04-02
Abstract: 687,239. Tubular gas heaters. NAUCLER, J. 0., and INDUSTRI-KEMISKA AKTIEBOLAGET. April 2, 1951 [April 3, 1950], No. 7585/51. Classes 64 (i) and 64 (iii) In gas heaters of the kind having headers connected by gas tubes, or pairs of tubes, vertically arranged in a heat-exchange chamber having inlet and outlet passages for a heating gas, at least one end of each tube or each pair of tubes is connected to the appropriate header by means of a flexible metal hose. In the form shown applied to a gas heater as described in Specification 630,184, the combustion heating gas from a burner 7 enters the centre portion of a cylindrical heat exchange chamber 1 through a passage 6 and leaves through a passage 14 leading to a flue 15. The gas to be heated enters an upper header 45 and passes downwardly through a ring of vertical pipes 37 to a lower exit header 52. The heating chamber 1 comprises a plate jacket 2 with an insulation layer 5 and a refractory lining 3 which extends downwardly to a floor 17 and the outlets 14, 15. The floor, reinforced by wings 10 is supported on beams 11. A refractory roof member 21 is suspended from a beam 23 by hangers, and the pipes 37 are free to move, during heat expansion, in enlarged holes 33, 35 in the roof and floor respectively being suspended by rings 38 from the beam 23 and being connected to the headers by flexible metal hoses 43, 47. The holes 35 are packed by refractory gravel 18 to prevent escape of heating gas. The flexible couplings permit of ready withdrawl of the tubes upwardly for replacement after cutting the welds 42, 50. Fig. 6 shows a U-tube 83 connected to headers 52, 45 by a rigid pipe 77 and a flexible pipe 43. The flexible hose is connected to the tube by a clamp 70, the tube being suspended by a spring 65. A removable plug 87 permits of lifting the tube for removal. Fig. 7 shows a lever 60 for lifting a tube 37, against the action of a spring 57, by a projection 62 which escapes from a projection 64 on the tube to allow the tube to spring back with a jerk sufficient to dislodge soot from the tube.
Patent GB-490246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cooking or grill pans
IPC: A47J45/06
Filed: 1937-03-16
Abstract: 490,246. Cooking pans and grids SIM, W., and McERLANE, D. A. March 16, 1937, No. 7638. [Class 28 (i)] [Also in Group XVII] A cooking or grill pan is mounted on a pivoted-frame supporting-structure, such as is described in Specification 450,327, which is adjusted, to regulate the height of the pan, by a rotary member mounted on, or forming part of, the handle and connected by a link to the pivoted-frame structure. As shown, the pan 2 is supported by the pivoted-frame structure 4, 5 which is adjusted by a sleeve 9 rotatable on the handle 1 and having a helical slot 10 which is engaged by the downturned end 11a of a link 11 having a forked end 17 pivoted to the frame member 4. The end 11a is guided in a longitudinal slot in the handle 1. The sleeve 9 is accommodated between collars 13, 14 on the handle 1 and is provided with a knurled band 15 for turning. In a modification, the handle 1 is pressed or otherwise formed with a screw which receives a correspondingly threaded cap. The link 11 is revolubly secured to the centre of the cap.
Patent GB-198471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means or appliances for attaching electric wires to sparking plugs
IPC: H01T13/04
Filed: 1922-03-16
Abstract: 198,471. Temple, E. March 16, 1922. Wire terminals.-An end-piece for the attachment of a wire conductor to a sparking-plug or like terminal is formed from one or more sheetmetal blanks or from a sheet metal tube by pressing or folding to the required shape as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, or Figs. 9, 12 and 15, or Figs. 17 and 31. The blank a, Fig. 1, is bent and folded so that the end a<1> forms a tube to grip the wire g or its insulation h, the neck c forms a spring loop, and the end portion d, closely folded, is adapted to fit between the sides j of the folded portion a<4>. By gripping the spring c the rectangular or triangular holes e, e<1>, e<2>, e<3> are engaged with the terminals, and the spring c, being released, effects a grip on the terminal. The modification shown in Fig. 15 is formed from two blanks p, Fig. 9, and b, Fig. 12, similarly bent and folded', connected by a pivot pin r, and fitted with a springs. The end of the wire g may be passed through a hole p<6> in the portion p to ensure a good electrical connection. In the third modification, a metal tube, Fig. 17, is divided into two unequal lengths, t', t<2> which are flattened, shaped, and cut away to form the two parts of the end-piece, and these are similarly connected by a pivot pin v and provided with a spring u. The electrical connection of the wire g is obtained in this case by passing its end through holes t<7>, t<8> in the part t<1>.
Patent GB-277718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of stockings and socks on circular knitting machines
IPC: D04B1/26
Filed: 1926-03-20
Abstract: 277,718. Gibson & Son, Ltd., W., and Jones, T. H. March 20, 1926. Drawings to Specification. Stockings and socks.-Hose and half hose are produced with continuous change-over or reverse plating effects in the leg and instep other than horizontal and vertical stripes and with a plain heel, sole, and toe. The sole is composed of different yarn from that used in the leg and instep, The articles can be knitted on the plain circular machine described in Specification 276,380, [Class 74 (ii), Knitting &c.].
Patent GB-799566-A (GB)
Title: Machine for shaping containers
IPC: B21D22/12
Filed: 1957-03-08
Abstract: 799,566. Stamping. FORGES ET ATELIERS DE CONSTRUCTIONS ELECTRIQUES DE JEUMONT. March 8, 1957 [March 15, 1956], No. 7742/57. Addition to 725,854. Class 83 (4). [Also in Group XXIX] An improvement in or modification of the machine for shaping tubular containers as disclosed in the parent Specification is characterized in that the impulse of high-pressure fluid for further inflation of the bag 10 to effect the shaping of the container or blank 4 against the wall of the mould 1 is produced by a piston 19 actuated by a power hammer 50, which delivers a single blow, the striking mass and its speed being chosen in such a way that this mass, in rebounding, comes back approximately to its original starting position. The hammer is secured to a pressure fluid operated piston 51 in a cylinder 52 electrically controlled by a coil 55. On rebound the hammer closes control contacts 54 in the circuit of the coil 55. In operation, after a container 4 has been introduced into the mould 1 the breech 2 is closed thereby closing contacts 35. The check valve 11 is opened by means of valve 30 and the valve 31 is opened to inflate the bag 10 at low pressure whereupon a manometer 33 closes its contacts to complete an operating circuit from supply terminals 34. The valve 30 is now closed and the spring-loaded piston 12 closes the check valve 11. By pushing a control button 37 the coil 55 is energized and the hammer operated to strike the piston 19 and thus develop a high fluid pressure impulse for final shaping of the container. The hammer rebounds to approximately its starting position where it is retained by means not shown.
Patent GB-1493438-A (GB)
Title: Seat including a device for adjusting the height and inclination thereof
IPC: B60N2/16
Filed: 1975-02-25
Abstract: 1493438 Adjustable seat BREMSHEY AG 25 Feb 1975 [28 Feb 1974] 7765/75 Heading A4J  A mechanism for adjusting the height and/or inclination of a vehicle seat I comprises toothed segments 6, 11 rotatably mounted on a support frame 2 and pivotally connected to the seat through links 4, the segments 6, 11 being engaged by pawls 13, 14 which are both simultaneously or alternately slidably disengaged from their respective toothed segments by rotation of a single hand lever 20. The pawls may be superposed and provided with recesses 21, 22 in which a pin 19 mounted on the hand lever is disposed such that rotation of the hand lever in one direction causes disengagement of one of the pawls and rotation of the hand lever in the other direction causes disengagement of the other of the pawls. In a second embodiment Figs. 5 and 6 (not shown) pin 19 is replaced by a rectangular block and the hand lever is rotatable about the centre of the block such that both pawls are disengaged on rotation of the lever in one direction. In a third embodiment Figs. 8 and 9 (not shown) the pawls are disposed side by side and the hand lever is pivotally connected on the support frame at a point (42) above the pawls and has a pin (47) engaging the recesses in the pawls. Alternatively the pin may be replaced by a rectangular block.
Patent GB-479643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hatch covers
IPC: B63B19/16
Filed: 1937-03-17
Abstract: 479,643. Hatches. EINDMARSH. J. March 17, 1937, No. 7811. [Class 113 (i)] To facilitate the handling of hatch covers, they are provided in the case of wooden covers with recessed metal plates 2 having elongated openings 4. The plates are secured by screws 3 &c. over still deeper recesses cut in the hatch cover. In the case of metal hatch covers, elongated openings such as 4, Fig. 5, are cut in the ends. Ingress of water is prevented by metal cups, partitions, &c. welded beneath the openings. The covers are handled by first inserting through the openings 4 and then turning through 90‹ hook-shaped members on lifting handles.
Patent GB-819711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to capacitors for gauging liquid contents
Inventor: EAKINS KENNETH ARTHUR
IPC: G01F23/26
Filed: 1956-03-13
Abstract: 819,711. Electric tests. SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES Ltd. April 25, 1957 [March 13, 1956; Oct. 18,1956], Nos. 7827/56 and 31732/56. Addition to 795,189. Class 37. The flexible capacitor claimed in the parent Specification for measuring the contents of a liquid container and which consists of flat ribbons on a dielectric support is fastened to the wall of a container for a dielectric liquid or the wall of the container 5 of dielectric material and forms the support for the ribbon elements. The ribbons may be of beryllium copper and may be secured by a suitable adhesive material on the inner side of the wall of an aircraft fuel tank made of plastics material, e.g. " Terylene " or " Hycar " (Registered Trade Marks). The ribbons are covered by a layer of liquid repellent lacquer. An electrical screen is provided on the interior wall of the tank over the area carrying the ribbons. The electrode ribbons may be applied to the wall by printing, spraying, or vaporizing metal on the wall in the desired pattern, by applying a transfer or preformed strip to the wall, or by bonding a foil to the tank and etching it by scoring the lacquer coating with parallel lines. The wall and electrodes may be formed by wearing a cloth from metallic filament. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which the flexible strip 11 is provided, at each side, with teeth 18 which co-operate with further teeth on the tank wall to form zip-fasteners which hold the capacitor in place. Specification 819,712 is referred to.
Patent GB-536600-A (GB)
Title: Lever escapement for time-pieces
IPC: G04B15/08
Filed: 1939-03-10
Abstract: 536,600. Escapements. AEBERHARDT. H. March 10, 1939, No. 7830. Convention date, March 14, 1938. [Class 139] In a lever escapement for timepieces having the axes of the balance and the lever at right angles to one another, the movement being adapted to be used in a vertical position, the balance wheel is horizontal at right angles to the main frame plate behind which the lever escapement is mounted. The axis of the lever 3 is carried between the plate 1 and a bridge 2. The integral fork 4 is bent at right angles to the lever and coacts with the impulse pin 5 on a plate 6 rigid with the balance 8. The safety pin 7 on the lever coacts with a notch 7a in the rim of plate 6. The balance staff 9 is mounted between an offset part 10 of bridge 2 and a bridge 11 which is fastened to plate 1. The rim of the balance oscillates in a slot 12 formed in the plate 1 and the dial. 13 are banking pins for the lever. In a modification, Fig. 5, the safety pin 7b is at right angles to the lever and coacts with a notch 7a in a second plate 6b rigid with the balance staff 9. In another construction, Fig. 6, the fork 4a is parallel to the lever and coacts with an impulse pin 5a set radially in plate 6c on staff 9. The safety pin 7c is substantially parallel to the lever 3 and co-operates with notch 7a in plate 6d on staff 9. In detail modifications (1) a separate steel fork is attached to the lever, Fig. 8 (not shown), (2) the impulse pin is integral with a plate rigid with the balance staff, Fig. 9 (not shown).
Patent GB-368987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for securing blankets on the cylinders of printing machines
IPC: B41F27/12
Filed: 1931-03-13
Abstract: 368,987. Printing processes. WILSON, J. F. and MUNRO, Ltd., R. W., 103, Cornwall Road, South Tottenham, London. March 13, 1931, No. 7842. [Class 100 (ii).] Blankets.-A blanket is secured to an impression cylinder 1 at one end by a rotary element and at the other by a clamping-bar 5, provided with clamping-bolts 8 having hooked or otherwise shaped ends 10, which embrace eccentric portions 11 on a rotatable rod 12, housed in the cylinder and having means for retaining it in the adjusted position. The rotary element comprises a slotted rod 21 enclosed in a split tube 22, into which the end of the blanket is inserted, and the rod 21 is formed with an eccentric portion 23, so that on rotation thereof the blanket is drawn into the tube 22 until gripped between the portion 23 and the adjacent side of the tube, when continued rotation winds the blanket on the tube. Ratchet devices 17, 24 hold the rods 12, 21 against backward rotation, and both rods may be formed with squared ends. The tube 22 may be provided with means to hold or rotate it independently of the rod 21, and if desired the tube 22 and rod 21 may be rotated in the opposite direction to that indicated to wind the blanket on the tube after the end has been nipped, the ratchet wheel being modified accordingly.
Patent GB-249563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in turning buttons
IPC: F16B5/10
Filed: 1926-03-22
Abstract: 249,563. Raymond, A. F. March 23, 1925, [Convention date]. Stud-and-slot fastenings in which the studmember carries a swivelling head for securing it in the socket, are formed by stamping from sheet metal with a shouldered part at the end of the shank of the head to retain this in the stud member without rivetting. The swivelling part c has a square shank b retained in its two positions by springs d<1>, d<2>, and a shouldered part f which engages the underside of the springs to prevent its removal. The springs d<1>, d<2> may be formed with bent parts, Fig. 3, or may be straight, Fig. 6, in which case a retaining plate g is used. Lugs i<1>, i<2> are bent up from the plate g to permit passage of the shouldered part f and are then bent back bearing only the circular hole h. A spiral spring k and recesses on the part a, Fig. 9, may be used instead of flat springs.
Patent GB-1378687-A (GB)
Title: Microwave oven interpose system for control of environmental radiation
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 1972-02-21
Abstract: 1378687 Microwave ovens MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO Ltd 21 Feb 1972 [16 March 1971] 7923/72 Heading H5H Opening of a mirowave oven door 52 causes a deflector device 74 to divert energy from the feed wave-guide 24 away from the oven cavity through slots 76, 78, where it is absorbed by termination means 118 comprising two blocks 120, 122, of silicon carbide. Opening of the door causes a pivoted metal plate or blade 82 of device 74 to insert arcuate strip portions 86, 88, into the waveguide 24, Fig. 4 (not shown), via a mechanical linkage 106, which also actuates a microswitch 114 in the magnetron energizing circuit.
Patent GB-1416733-A (GB)
IPC: A01N1/00
Filed: 1972-02-21
Abstract: 1416733 Tissue medium G A HEYDEN 20 Feb 1973 [21 Feb 1972] 7931/72 Heading A2D A transport or storing medium for tissue biopsies contains a bis-biguanide of formula: wherein each A is the same or different and is a phenyl radical optionally substituted by alkyl, alkoxy or nitro groups or by halogen; each R is the same or different and is hydrogen or an alkyl or aralkyl radical; each X is the same or different and is a direct linkage or an alkylene radical of not more than 3 carbon atoms; m is an integer of from 2 to 12 inclusive; and wherein the polymethylene chain (CH 2 ) m  may be interrupted by oxygen atoms and/or by aromatic nuclei, or a salt thereof. The bis-biguanide is preferably chlorhexidine. The medium may additionally contain a buffering agent to maintain the pH at 7.0 to 7.8. A suitable buffer is a cacodylate buffer. An agent capable of maintaining hypertonicity with respect to the tissue e.g. polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol or a glucose solution may be added to the medium. The medium and tissue are preferably stored together at 0‹C to 8‹C.
Patent GB-512942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in method of preparing urea derivatives suitable for use as vulcanisation accelerators
IPC: C08K5/00
Filed: 1938-03-15
Abstract: 512,942. Vulcanization accelerators. WING- FOOT CORPORATION. March 15, 1938, No. 7978. Convention date, July 15, 1937. Samples furnished. [Class 70] [Also in Group IV] Materials suitable for use as vulcanization accelerators are prepared by the reaction of a mercaptoarylthiazole or a selenium analogue thereof, formaldehyde and urea or thiourea, characterised in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of an acidic catalyst, particularly an acid such as hydrochloric acid. Other suitable acids and acidic substances which can act as catalysts include benzene sulphonic, trichloracetic, oxalic, hydrobromic, phosphoric and sulphuric acids, also thionyl and sulphuryl chlorides and phosphorus chlorides and oxychlorides. The compounds are prepared by interaction in a suitable solvent at raised temperature and examples of suitable conditions are given. Mercaptoarylthiazoles mentioned include 2-mercapto-benzothiazole, 2-mercapto- 6 - nitro-, 2-mercapto-6-chloro-, 2-mercapto-4- phenyl-, 2-mercapto-4.-methyl-, 3-mercapto-6- ethoxy-, 2-mercapto-6-methoxy-, 2-mercapto- 6-chlor-5-nitro-, 2-mercapto-6-hydroxy-benzothiazole, the mercaptonaphthotbiazolest the 2-mercaptoarylthiazoles, the 2-selenoarylthiazoles and the 2-selenoarylselenazoles. Specification 470,791 is referred to.
Patent GB-178673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the packing of needles
IPC: B65B15/04
Filed: 1921-03-14
Abstract: 178,673. Wharrad, L. A., Hawker, F., and Savage, W. O. March 14, 1921. Carding-apparatus. - Needles, prior to packing, are sewn automatically on to a tape or between a pair of tapes &c. to minimize contact with the hands. In one arrangement the needles c are fed from a hopper f, Fig. 1, between two tapes a, b. A pressure foot e, preferably of resilient rubber or rubberfaced, moves up and down with the needle d of any standard machine capable of producing one or two rows of stitching. A controlling-device may be arranged in conjuction with the lower end of the hopper, or other provision be made, so that gaps occur at intervals between the needles c. When needles are to be sewn on in groups of assorted sizes, the different needles are placed in compartments h of a hopper, Fig. 2, and are transferred one at a time by notched drums i which are simultaneously rotated step by step to deposit a selection of needles on a pair of rotating screws k, the pitch of the threads of which diminishes towards one end. Narrow or broad tapes, or two or more pairs, may be applied. When a single tape is used, the needles are held to it by the loops of thread produced by the sewing-machine.