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Patent GB-1463473-A (GB)
Title: Herbicidal compositions and pyrazole derivatives
IPC: C07F9/6509
Filed: 1975-03-14
Abstract: 1463473 5-Hydroxy-(or mercapto-)-4-benzoylpyrazoles SANKYO CO Ltd 14 March 1975 [28 March 1974] 10788/75 Heading C2C [Also in Division A5] The invention comprises compounds (I), where R<SP>1</SP> is hydrogen or alkyl; R<SP>2</SP> is alkyl or alkenyl; X is halogen, nitro, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkanesulphonyl, cyano, alkylthio, benzoyl or aliphatic carboxylic acyl; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 and Y is oxygen or sulphur, except that X is not 2-chloro or 4-nitro when R<SP>1</SP> and R<SP>2</SP> are methyl, n is 1 and Y is oxygen, and their salts and esters including diesters of thiophosphoric acid their preparation by reacting a compound (VII) with an acyl halide (VIII) to give a compound (I), where Y is oxygen, or by reacting a halopyrazole (IX) with an alkali metal hydroxide or hydrosulphide and, if desired, converting the resulting compound into a salt or ester thereof. 5 - Chloro - 4 - (2,4 - dichlorobenzoyl) - 1,3- dimethylpyrazole is made by reacting 5-chloro- 1,3-dimethylpyrazole with 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl chloride and AlCl 3 . The compounds of the invention have herbicidal properties, and may be used in the form of herbicidal compositions (see Division A5).
Patent GB-236873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in transmission gearing
IPC: F16D21/04
Filed: 1925-04-25
Abstract: 236,873. Bryan, A. C., and Durston Gear Corporation. April 25, 1925. Variable-speed gearing; clutches, claw; combinations of two variable-speed gears. - Twospeed countershaft clutch gearing is designed to be used in series with other change-speed gearing such as the epicyclic gearing used in Ford cars. A toothed pinion 19 fast on the driving- shaft 8 is connected by a sleeve countershaft 23 to a wheel 20 loose on the driven shaft 16. A double claw clutch 27 splined on the shaft 16 may engage the gears 19, 20 alternatively for fast and reduced speeds. The clutch teeth are preferably circumferential, some of them 44, Fig. 4, being longer than others 45, to facilitate engagement. The clutch 27 is operated by a fork 29 secured to a sliding rod 30 controlled by a ball-mounted lever 33. The rod 30 is adapted to be held in gear positions by a spring-pressed ball 36, Fig. 2. The rod 30 is locked in neutral to prevent theft &c. by a ball 40 maintained in locking position by a rod 42. The rod 42 can be freed by a key and then turned until a recess 43 upon it releases the ball 40 from its locking position.
Patent GB-240506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicles for service on roads and rails
IPC: B60F1/04
Filed: 1924-05-01
Abstract: 240,506. Roadrails, Ltd., and Dutton, r. H. May 1, 1924. Rail-and-road vehicles, guiding by rails. - A power driven reversible locomotive or tractor for service on roads and rails and having one or more pairs of driving wheels or endless tracks running on the road and a rail bogie at either end for steering on rails, is composed of readily separable units preferably connected to one another by a transverse axis and each separably connectible into a road unit for transport on ordinary roads. The complete vehicle, Figs. 1 and 2, is composed of a power driven section 1 and a non-propelling section 2 pivoted to the section 1. The power driven section 1 is supported upon road wheels 5 or endless tracks and upon a bogie 3, the bogie connection consisting of a ball on the bogie and a socket on the main frame. The bogie 13 at the other end supports the frame 2 carrying a tank 29 connected to the end of the frame 1 by a transverse axis 17 which consists of a squared axle 18, Fig. 3, clamped between the lower ends of brackets 19 and cups 23, the ends of the axle 18 being cylindrical and carried in bearings in hangers 15 on the frame 1. For road transport, the bogies are replaced by two wheeled units having a dropped axle 26 and a central ball 27, Fig. 6, below the centres of the wheels and engaging the socket on the main frame. When the frame 2 is disconnected from the frame 1, a two wheeled road unit with a squared axle is clamped in postion in place of the squared spindle 18. Buffers 41 are rigidly connected to the main frames by means of U-shaped straps 43 and ties 42. Draw bars 44 with tension and compression springs 45, 46 are provided. The bogies, Fig. 9, are constructed with one axle carried in bearings rigid with the inverted channel frame 32 and another axle 38 connected by a longitudinal pivot 36 with the frame 32 so as to ensure contact of all four wheels with the rails without the use of bearing springs. Specifications 114,880 and 170,196 are referred to.
Patent GB-567324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tool chucks
IPC: B23B31/16
Filed: 1943-07-02
Abstract: 567,324. Chucks. ARON, E., and VIDAL, C. H. July 2, 1943, No. 10811. [Class 83 (iii)] Chucks with radially moving jaws, particularly self-centering chucks, have the operating key arranged to engage parts of the mechanism with different mechanical advantage to provide for a rapid adjusting movement and a powerful tightening movement. Jaws 10 are guided by ribs 13 in radial slots 11 and are formed with arcuate teeth to engage worms 15 combined with pinions 16 meshing with a common crown wheel 20. The pinions 16 are pinned at 18 on spindles 17 formed with squared recesses 19 for a key. Also meshing with the wheel are a number of pinion shafts 25, the pinions 24 having a less number of teeth than the pinions 16. Squared recesses 27 are provided for the key. When the key engages any of the recesses 19, the jaws are moved more rapidly than when a recess 27 is engaged. In a modification, the pinion shafts 25 are replaced by recesses to receive a pinion key directly engaging the wheel 20 and the recesses 19 are formed with internal teeth to engage the pinion key.
Patent GB-925658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the extrusion of plastic netting or sheeting
Inventor: MERCER FRANK BRIAN
IPC: B29C48/09
Filed: 1959-03-31
Abstract: 925,658. Extruding tubular nets-sheeting. PLASTIC TEXTILE ACCESSORIES Ltd. March 11, 1960 [March 31, 1959; May 6, 1959; Oct. 1, 1959], Nos. 10863/59, 15497/59 and 33329/59. Class 87(2). In apparatus for extruding tubular netting, tubular ribbed or plain sheeting, wherein relatively rotating die members 1, 2 have circularly contacting slideways 14 and the plastic material is fed from a feed chamber 3 to the dies through ducts 14a formed in the slideway 14, an annular groove 18 is provided through the slideway to act as an intermediate reservoir for the material and by reason of the relative rotation, to cause a turbulent or smearing action in the material. The lands between the ducts 14a may be greater than the width of the ducts 14a or the ducts in each member may be oppositely helically inclined to prevent " meshing " and, in the case of ribbed sheeting or net the ducts 14a may discharge into the groove 18 intermediate of the rib orifices to prevent a direct through passage for the material. The slideway 14 may be oppositely inclined to act as a thrust bearing to resist the pressure of plastic material and the orifice members may be interchangeable. The ducts may by-pass the slideway, Fig. 8 (not shown), and the rib orifices 16a may converge, with or without meeting, Figs. 3a, 3b. Specifications 836,555 and 925,657 are referred to.
Patent GB-101096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Compression or Self-healing Inner Tube for a Double Tire.
Inventor: DOSS NOBLE CAMP
IPC: B60C5/04
Filed: 1916-08-02
Abstract: 101,096. Doss, N. C. Aug. 2, 1915, [Convention date]. Air-tubes. - An air-tube, the material of which is in compression when inflated within the outer cover 16, is formed with rows of outwardly bulging portions 11 separated by concave annular portions 13 which may be indulated as at 14, 15. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively sections at 3-3, 4-4, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-610300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in suction apparatus for raising milk
IPC: A01J11/00
Filed: 1946-04-09
Abstract: 610,300. Vacuum apparatus for raising liquids. AKTIEBOLAGET MANUS. April 9, 1946, No. 10920. Convention date, April 24, 1945. [Class 102 (ii)] Apparatus for raising milk by suction from a container located on a lower level, through a tube 6, to a cooler placed on a higher level, consists of a cylinder 1 placed in a vertical position and communicating by a conduit 5 with a pulsator, suction pump or the like, which serves to draw the milk into the cylinder, containing a float valve 9. The float, the downward movement of which is limited by a transverse pin 10, is provided with a central passage 12 which branches into two passages 13. The outer diameter of the float is only so much smaller than the inner diameter of the cylinder 1 as is required for allowing the float to move freely vertically. A valve body 11, supported by the float 9, serves to close the conduit 5 should the milk rise to too high a level in the cylinder 1. When the suction produced by the pulsator is interrupted the milk present in the cylinder opens the lid 7 and flows out.
Patent GB-1339503-A (GB)
Title: Food sterilisation
Inventor: THOMASSEN E J
IPC: A23B4/20
Filed: 1971-04-23
Abstract: 1339503 Sterilisation THOMASSEN & DRIJVER-VERBLIFA NV 23 April 1971 [26 April 1970] 10972/71 Heading A2D In a method of sterilising food products in a closed container, there is added to the container before it is closed, a small quantity of a liquid which completely evaporates at the sterilisation temperature and pressure, the liquid being capable of being mixed with, or soluble in, substances present in the product, being not injurious to health, and does not substantially alter the taste of the sterilised product, the liquid being such that the liquid and or its vapour effects a preserving action on the food product. The liquid is preferably ethanol. The method is particularly applicable to the treatment of poultry.
Patent GB-270681-A (GB)
IPC: B60G11/04
Filed: 1927-04-25
Abstract: 270,681. Soc. Anon., des Anciens Etablissements Panhard et Levassor. May 6, 1926, [Convention date]. Springs, arrangement of: equalizing load on springs and wheels. - Suspension springs of a motor vehicle are disposed between the side-members of the vehicle, frame and operate between the frame and the thrust tube of the rear axle. The springs 6 are connected at their ends to transverse frame-members 2, 3 by shackles 4, 5 and are supported on a member 8 rotatable on the thrust tube 9 between abutments 12. The member 8 comprises a two-part collar held together by bolts 10 and springs 11 so that oscillation of the member on the tube is frictionally damped. The springs mav be arranged transversely or at an angle to the side-members of the frame, or a single central spring may be used. The longitudinal position of the spring or springs. may be varied.
Patent GB-1338480-A (GB)
Title: Amines and process for their preparation
IPC: A61K/
Filed: 1971-04-23
Abstract: 1338480 Phenylethanolamines DR L ZAMBELETTI SpA 23 April 1971 [12 June 1970] 11071/71 Heading C2C Compounds of the general formula (R=H, Me; R<SP>1</SP>=Cl, Me, Pr<SP>n</SP>, Pr<SP>i</SP>, allyl; R<SP>2</SP>= H, Cl, OEt, Pr<SP>n</SP>, allyl; R<SP>3</SP>=Me, Pr<SP>i</SP>) and their salts are prepared by reducing a compound of the formula optionally followed by salt formation. The above compounds have vascular activity, and may be administered in the form of pharmaceutical preparations containing them in association with a carrier.
Patent GB-1185583-A (GB)
Title: Fuel Element for Use in Thermionic Nuclear Reactors
Inventor: BUSSE CLAUS-ADOLF
IPC: G21C3/40
Filed: 1968-03-07
Abstract: 1,185,583. Nuclear power plant. EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY. 7 March, 1968 [14 April, 1967], No. 11145/68. Heading G6C. In a nuclear reactor thermionic fuel element, heat is removed by a heat pipe in which the thermionic elements are mounted. The thermionic units 10 are supported in the heat pipe 11, in which sodium vapour flows from the fission zone 16 to the condensing end 18. The condensate is returned to 16 through the capillary structure 19. Each thermionic unit is formed of nuclear fuel 12 in emitter envelope 13 which is supported in the heat pipe by the electrically insulating ring 17 which engages the emitter screen and cover 14, 15. The thermionic collector is formed by the pipe 11. With fuel elements stacked vertically, the emitter covers 15 of one element are connected in parallel by the heat pipe 11 of element above. In a further embodiment, the thermionic units have planar electrodes and are mounted in the upper surface of a heat pipe.
Patent GB-257534-A (GB)
Title: Golf putting device
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 1926-04-28
Abstract: 257,534. Brooks, L. D. April 28, 1926. Golf-practising apparatus. -A device which may be used as a substitute for the usual golf hole comprises an integral structure of sheet metal, having a polygonal periphery 1 and an elevated flat surface 4 surrounding a hole 5, whilst a number of contiguous inclined plane surfaces 2 extend from the periphery to the flat surface, these inclined surfaces intersecting on radii 3 from the centre of the hole.
Patent GB-1206473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric power cables
Inventor: EDNEY KENNETH
IPC: H01B12/16
Filed: 1968-03-07
Abstract: 1206473 Cooling cables BRITISH INSULATED CALLENDER'S CABLES Ltd and CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD 7 March 1969 [7 March 1968]  11179/68 Headings H1A and A4D A super-conducting cable installation comprises two or more coaxial conductors 1 maintained in the super-conductive state by a cryogenic fluid e.g. helium, flowing in a first direction through or around or between the conductors in spaces as 2, and by one or more heat shields 4, surrounding the cable in which the fluid, possibly together with further fluid-flows in the opposite direction at a higher temperature as part or all of the cooling fluid for the heat shield(s). The heat shield is a metal tube divided into two thermally insulated parts 5, 6, one of the parts being cooled by the fluid flowing in the second direction through ducts 7, and the other by the further fluid returning in the first direction through ducts 8. When more than one heat shield is involved, the outer shield may be separately cooled or the same fluid flowing in the inner shield made to pass through the outer shields in opposite directions and having different temperatures. Fig. 2 (not shown), indicates an arrangement involving three refrigeration stations for supplying the fluid at the required temperatures.
Patent GB-202928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in thermo-electric pyrometers
IPC: G01K7/02
Filed: 1923-04-25
Abstract: 202,928. Daynes, H. A., and Cambridge & Paul Instrument Co., Ltd. April 25, 1923. Pyrometers.-Errors due to variations in the cold-junction temperature of a thermo-couple are avoided by using a pair of compensating leads, at least one of which is composed of a number of strands of wire of at least two different metals or alloys and of suitable gauges. In the case of a platinum, platinum-rhodium couple one lead may consist of three strands of 20 S.W.G. iron wire and the other of two strands of 20 S.W.G. iron wire and one strand of 22 S.W.G. copper wire. Alternatively, for a similar couple, one lead may be made of stranded copper wire and the other of different copper-nickel alloys, one or more having higher E.M.F.'s against copper than the platinum couple and one or more with lower E.M.F.'s, the respective gauges of the alloy wires being selected to give a stranded lead of the required' E.M.F. against the copper lead.
Patent GB-211039-A (GB)
Title: Process for heating metals or alloys in an electric furnace
IPC: F27D11/04
Filed: 1923-04-25
Abstract: 211,039. Aktiebolaget Ferrolegeringar, (Assignees of Kalling, B. M. S., Andersson, O. G. S., and Danieli, S. D.). Feb. 14, 1923, [Convention date]. Alloys.-In a process for making alloys in an electric furnace containing molten slag, one end of a metal rod is immersed in the slag and a, current is passed therethrough whereby the end of the rod melts and becomes superheated, other metal being charged into the furnace in a solid or fluid form either before or during the supply of current to the rod, or when the supply is interrupted. Ferro-chromium is made in an electric furnace containing 1500 kg. of molten iron containing .03 per cent of carbon and covered with a molten slag composed of lime, chromium ore, and quartz, by immersing the end of an iron rod of carbon content 0.05 per cent in the slag and passing a current therethrough, 550 kg. of solid ferro-chromium containing 65 per cent of chromium and 0.07 per cent of carbon being gradually added. This gives a yield of 2¢ tons of alloy containing 14 per cent of chromium and less than 0.05 per cent of carbon. If desired, the rod may be of ferro-chromium and the charge of molten iron may be introduced during the melting or afterwards.
Patent GB-591215-A (GB)
Title: Improved method and apparatus for the manufacture of firelighters
IPC: C10L11/00
Filed: 1945-05-03
Abstract: 591,215. Firelighters. SEDGWICK, R. G. G. May 3, 1945, No. 11242. [Class 50] In making firelighters comprising absorbent sheets impregnated with oil &c. and fastened together in a pack or pile as described in Specifications 407,361 and 559,620, the outer strip or strips 4, 9, of the sheet material passing to feed rollers 11, 12 and to stapling means are diverted from the impregnating tank 1 through which the inner strips pass under a roller 7. The outer strips on both sides of the finished 'pack thus remain dry until the impregnant eventually seeps through.
Patent GB-689531-A (GB)
Title: Improved distributor means for fertilisers or like discrete materials
IPC: A01C17/00
Filed: 1951-05-15
Abstract: 689,531. Distributing fertilizers &c. DAVIDSON, J. C. May 15, 1951 [May 15, 1950], No. 11310/51. Class 6(i) [Also in Group XXX] Fertilizers and like discrete materials are distributed by apparatus comprising an apertured base plate 20 secured to a tractor, a hopper 21 fitted to the base plate over the aperture, an apertured cylindrical shoot 26 adjustable about its axis fitted centrally beneath the aperture, and a valve plate 44 pivoted at 46 to the base plate for controlling the rate of discharge. The material is distributed by a fan having blades 36 and driven by a powerdriven spindle 38, the central part of the fan being arranged around the shoot. Further, the spindle carries agitating means located both within the hopper and within the shoot. In the construction shown, the agitating means within the hopper comprise flexible members acting like flails and mounted in holes 42 of a sleeve 41; inclined stirrer rods 40 are also mounted within the hopper. The material passes through the aperture 23 of the base plate, as adjusted by the plate 44, and into the shoot where it mixes with air which is drawn in by the fan through the gap which exists between the flanged top of the shoot and the base plate. The position of the shoot about its axis is adjusted by a handle 30 in order to control the position of the discharge aperture 28 in the shoot, and the material which is again agitated by vanes 39 on the spindle passes through the aperture 28 to be distributed by the fan. As shown in the inverted plan view, Fig. 6, a casing covering 53 ensures that the material is thrown only to the rear of the machine. The hopper is filled by a bucket 56, Fig. 1, (not shown), pivotally mounted at 57 on frames 58 which are connected to the hydraulically-controlled lever arms 54- of the tractor. When the arms are raised, the bucket is tilted, to discharge its contents into the hopper 21, by encountering a bar 59 extending across the rear of the hopper.
Patent GB-1117554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the galvanization of iron and steel
Inventor: CLARKSON MAURICE ROLAND
IPC: C23C4/08
Filed: 1966-03-15
Abstract: A steel or iron article is coated with a zinc containing galvanizing composition by giving the article and the galvanizing composition which is in finely comminuted solid or liquid form, electrostatic charges of opposite polarity, pre-heating the article to 775 to 820 DEG F., applying the composition, e.g. by suction or spraying, and then allowing the article to cool.  A flux, e.g. zinc ammonium chloride, may be applied to the article or included in the composition.  The article may be cleaned by shot-blasting, sand-blasting or pickling in hydrochloric acid. The zinc may contain Al and Sn.
Patent GB-591926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cycle frames
IPC: B62K19/02
Filed: 1945-05-04
Abstract: 591,926. Cycle frames. EMBOUTISSAGE INDUSTRIEL V. SIMON. May 4, 1945, No. 11412. Convention date, July 26, 1941. [Class 136 (iii)] A cycle frame is formed of a sheet metal blank suitably cut and folded about two parallel lines Y, Fig. 5, adjacent its axis of symmetry with the edges folded towards one another to produce a main upper inclined frame element 1', of rectangular cross section with its lower side longitudinally open on a part of its width. An element 2 extends from the steering pillar to the crank bearing and an element 4 extends from the crank bearing in the direction of the saddle support, both being of rectangular cross section and made of two U-shaped members connected along the sides by welded or riveted tongues. The saddle is supported by a pillar 12 which is locked by a locking collar 16 fixed to the main element 1 by means of a bracket and by a split member within the member 4. The saddle pillar is in the form of a long tube of large diameter with an upper end of smaller diameter. The fork comprises two U-shaped branches disposed with the U facing each other, the branches being fixed to a common fork head.
Patent GB-114254-A (GB)
Title: A New Self Driving Motor.
Inventor: GRAINGER THOMAS
IPC: F03G7/10
Filed: 1917-08-09
Abstract: 114,254. Grainger, T. Aug. 9, 1917. S e l f driving machines.-Relates to machines of the type described in Specifications 18185/14 and 2367/15. Each tooth of the bevelled wheels is divided into parts by cross slits as shown. Guide-rollers are provided for the driving-wheels J, and these wheels are mounted with ball races on their shafts and the shafts themselves turn in ball races. The driven wheels H are made double, and another set of driving-wheels is provided.
Patent GB-114786-A (GB)
IPC: F16N21/04
Abstract: 114,786. Piquerez, E. Nov. 24, 1917. Fluid-actuated valves.-A non-return lift valve 12 mounted within a removable fitting 7 is used for charging a Stauffer lubricator with grease. The valve is in the form of a loose piston 12 with an aperture 13. Grease forced in at 8 depresses the valve 12 and also a ball 5 and enters the lubricator. On drawing back the plunger of the charging device the ball 5 and the valve 12 are sucked upwards and the opening 13 in the valve is then closed by a plug 14.
Patent GB-558693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for adjusting the capacity of electrical condensers
IPC: H01G4/255
Filed: 1942-08-17
Abstract: 558,693. Condensers. HUNT, Ltd., A. H., and REINHARDT, E. Aug. 17, 1942, No. 11537. [Class 37] In a condenser, the capacity of which can be adjusted by means of disconnecting sections of an electrode in grid form, a second grid electrode is provided adjacent to the first and preferably at one end of a condenser stack. The capacity of one section of one of the grids to one of the adjacent full electrodes of opposite polarity is less than that of any section of the other grid to the nearest full electrode of opposite polarity. Preferably the grid electrodes 21, 22 are of the same polarity and the two nearest full electrodes are of opposite polarity, and the grid sections are arranged to cross one another as shown. By disconnecting sections of one or both grids, a fine adjustment of capacity can be obtained. A pressure plate may be interposed in the stack between the grids and their associated full electrodes and the remainder of the electrodes.