baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-586335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in speed regulating devices with speed adjusting mechanism for power engines
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1944-09-30
Abstract: 586,335. Fluid-pressure servomotorcontrol systems. SVENSKA TURBINFABRIKS AKTIEBOLAGET LJUNGSTROM. Sept. 30, 1944, No. 18758. Convention date, Nov. 9, 1943. [Class 135] The supply of motive fluid to an engine, such as a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator, is controlled by a speed governor which is provided with manual or motor-driven means for effecting normal speed adjustments and, in addition, automatic means acting in response to sudden and great variations of the load to effect a rapid reduction or increase in the supply of the motive fluid. As shown in the Figure, a speed governor 4 controls a valve 7 to supply pressure oil from a pipe 9 to a pipe 10 leading to the cylinder 11 of a servomotor for operating the steam inlet valve 12 of a turbine, a follow-up action being obtained through a pivoted lever 14 and a control valve sleeve 8. The lever 14 is pivoted at 15 in a cylindrical block 16 which is adjustable either manually or by motor-driven means through a screwed spindle 18 in a nut 20 to alter the setting of the governor. The nut 20 is normally held in the position shown by a stop 25 which is actuated by an electromagnet 27 in the event of any sudden and great variation of the load, such as the generator circuit interrupter operating, to allow the nut 20 to be moved upwards by a spring 23 to actuate the control valve sleeve 8 to effect a rapid adjustment of the steam valve 12. In a modified arrangement the nut 20 is actuated by a sudden increase of load to effect a rapid opening of the steam valve.
Patent GB-428739-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for the dynamic supercharging of diesel engines
IPC: F02B27/02
Filed: 1934-06-26
Abstract: 428,739. Charging Diesel engines; valves. WICINSKI, A., 11, Ul. Kalecza, and BUJAK, J. Z., 11, U1. Grunwaldzska, both in Lwow, Poland. June 26, 1934, No. 18841. [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (vi)] In Diesel engines wherein an energetic charging of the cylinder with air is obtained by the production of a low pressure in the cylinder during the early part of the suction stroke, the low pressure is produced also all along the induction pipe 2 by providing at the atmospheric end of this pipe a valve 3 which is held closed during the first part of the suction stroke. The time of opening of the valve 3 may be varied by means dependent on the speed of the engine.
Patent GB-954609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes for the production of polymerisates from aliphatic alpha mono-olefins
IPC: C08F10/00
Filed: 1962-05-16
Abstract: Aliphatic alpha mono-olefines are polymerised in the presence of solvents and as catalyst an aluminium alkyl and 5-600 mg/l. of solvent of one or more compounds of metals of the B sub-groups of Groups IV to VIII of the Mendel<\>aeef Periodic Table. The olefines may be a polymer of ethylene, propylene or alphabutylene or a copolymer of ethylene and propylene. Not less than 0.1 g./l. of solvent, e.g. benzene, of aluminium alkyl may be used.  The insoluble polymers may be separated from the solvent, the filtrate heated to 110-200 DEG C. before separating the soluble polymers and the solvent returned to the polymerization stage together with additional aluminium alkyl. The metallic compounds used as catalyst may be the halides and oxy-halides of metals, e.g. transition metals, (e.g. Ti, V, Cr, Mo, W, Fe) thorium, uranium, in a lower valency than their maximum and may be activated by treatment with BF3.
Patent GB-239030-A (GB)
Title: A rubber stud for football boots or any other kind of boots and shoes appertaining to sport
IPC: A43C13/04
Filed: 1924-08-11
Abstract: 239,030. Stellings, R. Aug. 11, 1924. Studs, externally applied.-A rubber stud for football and other sporting boots has a base a, Fig. 3, trigonal in form with an upstanding trigonal centre b. The base is grooved to such an extent that the securing staples or nails will be below the general surface of the base. The stud may have a canvas backing j and is secured by nails, or by staples e, Fig. 4, having a flattened top e<1>. The nails or staples are accommodated in grooves in the base a. One groove g at the back of the stud starts at the outside edge of the base and slopes downwards towards the central projection b. Another groove h at the front of the stud is semicircular and the remaining grooves i slope downwardly towards holes c to receive the staples e.
Patent GB-638843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the treating of surfaces associated with conveyor devices
IPC: B66B31/00
Filed: 1948-07-16
Abstract: 638,843. Endless-chain conveyers; escalators. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL CO. July 16, 1948, No. 19127. Convention date, July 17, 1947. [Class 78 (i)] Apparatus for treating a surface disposed below the return run of a conveyer, e.g. cleaning the drip pan of an escalator by brushing, comprises a member which is releasably connected to the conveyer for movement therewith over the surface. The surface may also be scraped, abraded or coated. The member 25, Fig. 2, carries a pivoted brush 29 and is propelled along guides 31 disposed above the drip pan 23 by the engagement of an axle 7 'of the escalator chain 5 with pins 33. Means are provided for reversing the direction of movement of the escalator in order that the member 25 may be moved upwards as well as downwards. The guides 31 are secured to the tracks 49, 51, Fig. 4, on which run the escalator rollers 47. Two jaws such as 57, 59, Fig. 5, are rotatably mounted at each side of the member 25 and engage the guides 31. Each pin 33, Fig. 4, is slidably mounted in a cup 73 and is retracted if improper engagement occurs against the resistance of a spring 83. It is also weakened at 85 in order that it may break and prevent damage if the member 25 becomes jammed. The brush 29 is composed of separate brushes 29a, 29b, Fig. 5, each of which is mounted on a carriage 2 supported by an angle arm 99. This arm is pivoted to the member 25 by a pin 103 which has a limited vertical movement determined by a slot 104. The brush can be raised against the resistance of a spring 109 by inserting a lever 129 under the member 87 and turning it about a fulcrum 127. Latches 121 retain the brushes in the raised position. Means are provided for locking the member in the position shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-293830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cold bituminous paving composition
IPC: C08L95/00
Filed: 1928-07-02
Abstract: 293,830. Berger, O. H. July 13, 1927, [Convention date]. Addition to 257,114. Bituminous compositions. - The " cold-lay " paving composition of the parent Specification, comprising mineral aggregate, hard asphalt and a fluxing oil containing a considerable percentage of light volatiles, is modified by adding water or fresh oil, i.e. oil conaining a large percentage of light oil, to the mixed composition and mixing until a light brown colour is obtained. The amount of water or oil necessary is about 3 to 5 per cent.
Patent GB-229204-A (GB)
Title: Latch needle with interchangeable latch for knitting machines and the like
IPC: D04B35/04
Filed: 1924-08-12
Abstract: 229,204. Speidel, C. Aug. 12, 1924. Needles.-In a latch needle with an interchangeable latch b, the pivot end of the latch b is split at b<1> so as to be sprung on to the round pivot pin c. The split b' is preferably formed at an angle to the axis of the pivot pin c and the latch provided with extensions d<1> to facilitate engagement therewith.
Patent GB-445322-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for separating dust from flowing gases
IPC: B01D45/12
Filed: 1935-07-04
Abstract: 445,322. Centrifugal gas cleaners. MARTIN, J., 14, Montsalvatstrasse, Munich, Germany. July 4, 1935, No. 19152. Convention date, July 9, 1934. [Class 23] Dust is extracted from gases during their flow in a curved pipe and is conducted away by a stream of water passing over the wall of the pipe. The gases enter the straight or curved limb 2, 3 of a U-tube and pass round the tongue 5 to the outlet 6. Guides 9, 10, 11 are used in the limb 2 to subdivide the gas stream. Opposite the tongue 5 where the change of direction occurs in the flow, the dust particles, which are thrown to the outer wall, meet a stream of water passing along the wall from the gutter 7 to the gutter 13. If desired water may also flow, in the same direction as the dust, from the gutter 12 to the gutter 13. The surfaces over which the water passes may be constructed of absorbent porous material or may be corrugated.
Patent GB-635092-A (GB)
Title: Method for freshening air and composition therefor
IPC: A61L9/01
Filed: 1948-07-17
Abstract: An air-freshening composition contains a composite extractive of green plant material, that is an extract containing the components removed from the green plant material by a solvent without subsequent treatment for modification or separation of the constituents.  The preferred green plant materials are cow vetch and hickory leaves. The specified solvents are ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, petroleum ether, benzene, toluene and xylene. The solvent may or may not be removed before the employment of the extract.  In the former case the residue may be taken up in another solvent such as deodorised kerosene ethylene glycol, triethylene glycol or glycol ethers, or as an aqueous emulsion.  The composition may also include commercial chlorophylls such as the copper, sodium, magnesium, sodium-copper, sodium-iron and sodium-magnesium derivatives of p  chlorophyll or the chlorophyllins.  Vitiated air may be freshened by spraying the composition into the air, or by contacting the air with an absorptive material or wick carrying the composition.  The treatment is especially applicable to the air circulating in an airconditioning system.
Patent GB-748207-A (GB)
Title: Improved refrigerator
IPC: F25B39/02
Filed: 1954-06-30
Abstract: 748,207. Refrigerating. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. June 30, 1954 [July 8, 1953], No. 19200/54. Class 29. The sides 37, 38 and back 36 of the storage chamber 12 of a domestic refrigerator are formed of a U-shaped metallic liner and one arm 53 of a U-shaped roll-forged evaporator forms the top, the other arm 54 forming a partition shelf within the storage chamber. A further U- shaped roll-forged evaporator forms partition shelves 72, 73 in the chamber. The bottom of the chamber comprises a pan-shaped member 39. Refrigerant flows in series from restrictor tube 19 first through passages in shelf 54 and then through the base of the upper U-shaped evaporator, the arm 53, an evaporator 79 secured to side wall 38 of liner, the shelf 73 and the shelf 72. It then passes to an accumulator 68 formed in the base of the lower U-shaped evaporator, the upper part of the accumulator being connected to the suction pipe 21. Specifications 706,207, and 748,206, [both in Group XXII], are referred to.
Patent GB-1465949-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for producing glass beads
IPC: C03B5/033
Filed: 1974-05-02
Abstract: 1465949 Glass beads PPG INDUSTRIES Inc 2 May 1974 [3 May 1973] 19237/74 Heading C1M Glass beads are formed by forcibly discharging a glass melt under pressure through an orifice to form a glass jet, flow instabilities in the jet causing it to break into particles which become beads as a result of surface tension forces. Preferably the melt has a viscosity of less than 100 poises; the glass melt is discharged at a pressure of between 1 and 20 pounds per square inch and the nozzle orifice has a diameter of between 0À002 and 0À150 inch. The pressure is provided by the hydrostatic pressure of the glass melt, the vapour pressure of the glass and of an inert gas (e.g. N 2 ) or reducing gas (e.g. N 2 /H 2  mixture). The beads are quenched in a bath of silicone oil or graphite. In one embodiment (Fig. 4) a conduit 61 is provided between the orifice 7 and the bath through which is passed a countercurrent of air or carbon dioxide to provide preliminary cooling of the beads. The initial glass melt is formed in a steel jacketed, molybdenum or platinum lined furnace heated by molybdenum resistance heating coils. The temperature within the furnace is monitored by heating coils. The orifice is formed in a nozzle heated by additional molybdenum coils.
Patent GB-807048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the presentation and display of heat-exchanger gas activityinformation in graphite moderated power reactors
Inventor: CHURCHILL JOHN LESLIE WESTON
IPC: G21C17/04
Filed: 1956-06-21
Abstract: 807,048. Recording-apparatus. SUNVIC CONTROLS Ltd. May 16, 1957 [June 21, 1956], No. 19258/56. Drawings to Specification. Class 106 (4). [Also in Group XL (a)] To log the condition of fuel elements in a nuclear reactor, counters are responsive to the radiation of a wire exposed to the fuel elements for a given time. The counter signals are applied to a magnetic store together with permissable maximum values of rate of charge and absolute magnitude of the signals representing fuel element condition. To obtain the rate evaluation, successive element condition signals from the store are fed into a subtracting device, the output of which is the difference between the signals and is fed to a registering device. Permissable rate signals are supplied to the subtractor from the store and a visual indication of the comparison is produced at a register. For magnitude evaluation, element condition signals and permitted magnitude signals are fed simultaneously from the store to the subtractor, the output of which indicates the deviation.
Patent GB-1515021-A (GB)
Title: Femoral prosthesis
IPC: A61F2/38
Filed: 1975-05-08
Abstract: 1515021 Prosthetic knee joints RICHARDS MFG CO 8 May 1975 [8 May 1974] 19353/75 Heading A5R  A femoral prosthesis 13 for a tibiofemoral joint, comprises an elongate lateral condyle member 19 and an elongate medial condyle member 21, each condyle member having longitudinally convexly curved articulating surface 29 for replacement of the corresponding condoloid articulating surface of the femur and an internal surface consisting of a planar portion adjacent one end of the condyler member and a longitudinally concavely curved portion adjacent the other end of the condyler member, a connecting member 27 extending between the one ends of the condyle members so as to maintain the condyle members in a transversely spaced relationship with their elongate axes parallel and their respective articulating surfaces in alignment, and means capable of anchoring the prosthesis to the lower end of the femur adjacent the tibia with the one ends of the condyle members positioned towards the arterial portion of the joint.
Patent GB-201027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in feeding troughs for pigs and other animals
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1923-01-15
Abstract: 201,027. Hunt, L. W. Jan. 15, 1923. Feeding-appliances for animals.-An appliance for cattle, pigs, poultry, &c., comprises a hopper 3 of sheet-metal, having an outlet 7 through which food passes to the troughs 6. A deflector 8 is arranged below the outlet 7, which is itself below the level of the trough edge, and is adjusted by hand-operated discs having cam-slots for engagement with the ends of rods 5 around which the lower free edges of the hopper are lapped. The sides are sufficiently flexible to bend when pressed by the animal, food being thus liberated. The troughs c, when intended for pigs &c., are provided with hinged covers 13 which project over the edges of the troughs so that the animals can lift the covers, of which several may be mounted on a common axis. The hopper and troughs may be divided by partitions to contain various foods. Handles 15 or wheels are fitted for transport, and hinged covers with supporting stays.
Patent GB-1309912-A (GB)
Title: Synthetic fibres having lasting antielectrostatic and hydrophilip properties
IPC: C08K5/42
Filed: 1970-04-22
Abstract: 1309912 Composite and other synthetic filaments KANEGAFUCHI BOSEKI KK 22 April 1970 [22 April 1969] 19398/70 Heading B5B [Also in Division C3] Simple or conjugate fibres with lasting antistatic and hydrophilic properties are made from a composition which comprises by wt. 99À95- 60% of a thermoplastic linear polymer (P) and 0À05-40% of at least one sulphonic acid or sulphonate (S) being m 1  is 1-30; m 2  and m 3  are 1-6; M is H or an alkali or alkaline-earth metal atom; n = 1 or 2  l is the valency of M. When n = 2, R is a polyalkylene oxide group; when n = 1, R is H or  R 1 O- or R 1 O-(polyalkyleneoxide) where R 1  is H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or aryl. In R, the polyalkyleneoxide may be polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, polytetramethylene oxide, or a random or block copolymer thereof;  MW of the polyalkylene oxide may be #20,000. Also present in sulphonate (S) may be another active group, e.g. a halogen atom, an unsaturated ethylene group, or an epoxy group. (S) may be a liquid, grease or wax and may be added in the form of an aqueous solution or dispersion, before, during, or after the formation of (P) from its components. Excess (S) may be used, forming chips with high (S) content, which are then blended with chips of (P) containing no (S). (P) may be a melt-spinnable polyamide, polyester, polyesterether, polyolefin, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride, or polystyrene. Specified are nylon 6 or 6,6 polyethyleneterephthalate, polyethylene oxybenzoate, polyethylene, or polypropylene. The fibre, if conjugate, may have the components in side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core relationship. The fibre may be cold- or hotdrawn. The fibres have lasting antistatic and hydrophilic properties. The fibres may be formed by melt-extruding the composition at 270-285‹ C. and cold-drawing to 3À51 X original length at 20‹ C. under 65% R.H., or hot-drawing at 90‹ C. to 3À7-4À2 x its original length, after which it may be heat-set at 150‹ C. Conjugate filament of nylon-6 containing (S) and polyethyleneterephthalate free from (S) may be melt-spun and drawn at room temperature to 3À59 x original length.
Patent GB-407234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rubber-coated fabrics
IPC: B29C37/00
Filed: 1933-07-10
Abstract: Knitted or woven fabrics coated on one or both sides with rubber deposited from aqueous dispersions are treated with a water insoluble salt of a metal and a fatty acid having more than ten carbon atoms, such as zinc stearate in solution in an organic solvent or by dusting, and are subsequently halogenated, at least superficially, for example by treatment with sulphur chloride and bromine in an organic solvent.  The rubber coating may after treatment with the zinc stearate &c., be softened with an organic solvent such as carbon tetrachloride and scarred by means of a scraper knife to produce a crepe effect and it may be vulcanized at any stage in the process. The rubber coating may be dusted with cornstarch, potato starch, tapioca flour &c. after deposition.  In an example there is used ammonia latex creamed with alginates, pectin or Irish moss, stabilized with the product known under the Registered Trade Mark "Nekal," acidified with formal dehyde, and compounded with vulcanizing agents, accelerators, fillers and colouring materials, including amorphous carbon obtained by decomposition of gaseous hydrocarbons at high temperatures, antioxidants, soap, wax, softeners, including mineral oil and oleic acid and deodorizing agents such as hexahydrophenol.  One or more coats may be applied to the fabric, the first coating on the reverse side preferably being deposited from latex having a lower solids content.  Specification 288,268, [Class 70], is referred to.
Patent GB-1112760-A (GB)
Title: Aliphatic halophenyl ureas and their use in germicidal compositions
IPC: C07C275/30
Filed: 1966-05-03
Abstract: A detergent composition contains as an antibacterial agent a compound of the formula <FORM:1112760/C4-C5/1> where R is an n-aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 5-12 carbon atoms and X, Y and Z are H or halogen, at least one of them being halogen. The composition may also contain a compound of the formula <FORM:1112760/C4-C5/2> where X is halogen, n is 1-3 and R is alkylene of 1-4 carbon atoms or sulphur. The antibacterial agent may be used in conjuction with halogenated bisphenols.  Suitable detergents are soaps and anionic and non-ionic detergents.ALSO:The invention comprises compounds of the formula <FORM:1112760/C2/1> where R is an n-aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 5-12 carbon atoms and X, Y and Z are H or halogen, at least one of them being halogen. The compounds are prepared by reacting an aliphatic amine with a halophenyl isocyanate or by reacting an aliphatic isocyanate with a halogenated aniline.ALSO:A germicidal composition contains as an active ingredient a compound of the formula <FORM:1112760/A5-A6/1> where R is an n-aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 5-12 carbon atoms and X, Y and Z are H or halogen at least one of them being halogen.  Halogenated bisphenols or hexachloroprene also may be present.
Patent GB-1565735-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning compositions
IPC: C11D1/83
Filed: 1977-05-10
Abstract: A liquid hard surface cleaner is disclosed that is impalpable, self-opacifying, enjoys low temperature stability and has satisfactory viscosity and detergency, these being achieved by a particular combination of ingredients and proportions; namely, the composition comprising, by weight, a water-soluble, synthetic, anionic, sulphated or sulphonated detergent salt containing an alkyl radical of 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the molecule, a water-soluble alkylene oxylated nonionic detergent, a water-soluble detergent builder salt and the balance water, the weight ratio of anionic detergent to nonionic detergent being from 0:5 to 6:1 and the weight ratio of builder salt to total detergent being in the range of 1:5 to 5:1.
Patent GB-948584-A (GB)
Title: Separation and recovery of tertiary amylenes
IPC: C07C7/171
Filed: 1962-05-23
Abstract: <PICT:0948584/C3/1> Tertiary amylenes are separated from C5 hydrocarbon mixtures by absorption in 50-70% sulphuric acid, contacting the acid extract with a vaporous C3 or C4 paraffin or straight chain olefin whereby the vapours are condensed resulting in a lean acid phase and a hydrocarbon phase containing the condensed vapours and tertiary amylenes separating the hydrocarbon stream from the acid and recovering tertiary amylenes.  The hydrocarbon mixture enters by line 10 and is mixed with acid from line 23 and a circulating acid-hydrocarbon mixture in line 11 which passes through constrictions 17 and 18 adjacent to the points of introducing acid and hydrocarbon.  The temperature is maintained below 100 DEG  F. and the average contact time at 1-15 minutes. Mixture is withdrawn through perforated baffle 19 in tank 16 and acid extract is removed through line 25.  Vaporous butane, isobutane or a n-butene is introduced by line 33 at 80-135 DEG  F. and is thereby condensed, thus warming the acid and the acid and condensed hydrocarbon are circulated through lines 26 and 28.  If propane or propylene is used the mixture is not circulated (Fig. 2, not shown).  In compartment 32 of tank 29 hydrocarbons are settled out and removed by line 35, caustic washed in tower 49 and fractionated to remove C3 or C4 hydrocarbons in fractionator 51, amylenes being recovered as bottoms and higher boiling material, e.g. polymers, separated therefrom in tower 58. Condensed C3 or C4 hydrocarbons are passed to acid cooling tower 36 to which warm acid is passed through line 34. The hydrocarbons vaporize and after cooling are recycled by line 33 and acid is simultaneously cooled and recycled by line 22.
Patent GB-874283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric cells
Inventor: WILLIAMS KEITH ROLLS
IPC: C25D3/50
Filed: 1959-06-10
Abstract: 874,283. Fuel cells. SHELL RESEARCH Ltd. May 11, 1960 [June 10, 1959], No. 19865/59. Drawings to Specification. Class 53. An electrode for a fuel cell comprises a relatively non-conducting substrate (e.g. p.v.c. sintered glass or porcelain) having an average pore size of  to 25Á coated with a relatively conductive porous material of 0.03 to 50Á. Silver may be used for the coating for example, and a catalyst, e.g. palladium, may also be present. The electrode may be bipolar. The electrode may be reinforced with an applied metal grid.