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Patent GB-654043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to water sterilizers
IPC: C02F1/02
Filed: 1945-05-10
Abstract: 654,043. Water sterilizers. MANLOVE. ALLIOTT & CO., Ltd., and HODGES, J. M. May 10, 1945, No. 11719. [Class 49] [Also in Group XXIX] For the delivery of sterile water at any desired temperature within a particular range from a water sterilizer wherein the sterilization is effected by heating under pressure, the outlet is connected to a mixer over two paths of which one includes a cooler, and means are provided for regulating the relative rates of flow over the two paths. In the apparatus of Fig. 1 the sterilizer consists of a vessel 1 having a domed head provided in the upper part with a water inlet 2 and in the lower part with a steam coil 3, a steam pressure of 15 pounds per square inch being maintained within the vessel. The sterile water draw-off 4 leads through a 3-way cock 7 to a delivery pipe 6 which branches through pipes 6a and 6b to a mixing valve 8, the branch 6b passing through a cooler 9 supplied with cold water through an inlet 10. Operation of lever 15 on the valve 8 causes opening or closing of a valve 25 on the cooling water inlet 10, and the degree of turning of this lever adjusts the relative proportions of hot and cold sterile water entering the valve from the respective branches 6a and 6b. Specification 579,292 is referred to.
Patent GB-740808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in plug cocks
IPC: F16K5/04
Filed: 1952-05-09
Abstract: 740,808. Rotary cylindrical valves. GLENS ENGINEERING WORKS (PTY.), Ltd. May 9, 1952 [May 19, 1951; July 11, 1951], No. 11797/52. Class 135. A plug cock comprises a body 1 of rigid material having inlet and outlet passages 2, 3, a hollow plug 4 also of rigid material rotatable in the inlet passage and having its hollow interior open to the outlet passage 3, one or more apertures 10 in the wall of the plug, a sleeve 11 of rubber or similar resilient material surrounding the plug, an annular chamber surrounding the sleeve, and an aperture 15 in the sleeve adapted to register with the aperture or apertures 10 on rotation of the plug. The sleeve 11 has flanges 12, 13 between which is fitted an apertured cage member 14. In Fig. 1 the assembly comprising the plug 4, the sleeve 11 and the cage 14, are mounted at an angle in the cock body 1, the flange 13 abutting a seating 17 and the flange 12 abutting a screwed cap 7 in which is rotatably mounted the stem 6 of the plug. The stem 6 has an operating handle 16. The port 15 is open to the inlet 2 through the cage 14. Inlet pressure presses the sleeve 11 tightly against the plug 4. To avoid damage to the rubber sleeve, the outer edges of the apertures are slightly rounded. In Fig. 3, the plug assembly is arranged with its axis parallel to but offset from the axis of the cock body 1, the open bottom of the plug 4 engaging a counterbore in a lower inset 20 and the stem 6 of the plug passing through a projection 21 provided on an upper insert 19. The stem 6 extends into a radial chamber 22 and carries a pin 23 projection out of the chamber 22 and through a circumferential slot 24 in the cock body. The plug 4 is rotated by a ring 25 adapted to engage the end of the pin 23. The insert 20 is locked in place by a ring nut 27.
Patent GB-490000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in key-boards of calculating machines
IPC: G06C9/00
Filed: 1938-04-20
Abstract: 490,000. Calculating - apparatus ; typewriters. HOFGAARD, R. April 20, 1938, No. 11802. Convention date, April 22, 1937. [Class 106 (i)] [Also in Group XVI] A keyboard for a calculating or similar machine has an arrangement of keys in a number less than the number of digits to be represented and positioned relatively to each other so that one key or a combination of keys can be actuated, by means of one finger, to enter any one of the digits. In the form shown in Fig. 1, four keys 1 to 4 for the digits " 1 " " 8," " 2 " and " 4 " are provided. The key 1 is formed with a cross-piece 12 and the remaining digits " 3," " 5," " 6," " 7 " and " 9 " are arranged in the manner shown so that when a certain numeral is pressed upon a single key or a combination of keys will be actuated. The keys 1 and 2 are at a lower level than the keys 3 and 4, as shown in Fig. 2, but the cross-piece 12 is on a level with the keys 3 and 4. Each key is formed with a pin 5 having an extension finger 8 for co-operation with a contact, spring 9. A spring controlled locking plate 10 with oval shaped apertures co-operates with conical restrictions 11 on the pins 5 to hold the keys in depressed position.
Patent GB-895594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in opposed piston diesel engines
Inventor: JACKSON PERCY
IPC: F02B75/28
Filed: 1958-04-14
Abstract: 895,594. Two-stroke engines. DOXFORD & SONS (ENGINEERS) Ltd., WILLIAM. April 14, 1959 [April 14, 1958], No. 11833/58. Class 7(2). In an opposed piston diesel engine having the upper piston 15 connected to the same crank-shaft as the lower piston 14 through a cross-beam 20 and rods 21, a scavenging pump piston 28 is attached to the cross-beam 20 and slides in a cylinder 30 having opposed guideways 31 in which engage guide extensions 32 of the cross-beam, the guideways being sealed by the extensions 32 or by projections on the piston 28. The piston 28 is rectangular and scavenge air enters the pump 30 through valves 38 and is delivered through valves 39 into a space 35 connected by passages 41 to the receiver 43 supplying the engine inlet ports 11.
Patent GB-258200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to automobile signals
IPC: B60Q1/44
Filed: 1926-05-06
Abstract: 258,200. Osgian, J. M. May 6,1926. Selective signalling apparatus.-A signal device for indicating the intention of a driver of a motor road vehicle to slow down or stop comprises a cylindrical casing 3 carried by an arm 1 attached to the vehicle and provided with a cut-away portion covered by a transparent plate 4. A pair of eccentrically arranged partitions 7, 8 joined at the ends is mounted within the casing to form a crescent-shaped chamber and the casing is closed by a stencilled plate 9 and a cover plate 11 of coloured glass. A tail light 14 is positioned within the partition 7 and other lamps' 16, 17 are located between the partitions and between the partition 8 and casing respectively. The lamps 16, 17 are controlled by switches 23, 20 on the brake and clutch pedals 24, 21 respectively and the tail light 14 is in circuit with an auxiliary switch 25.
Patent GB-866814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in boxes with self-sealing closures
Inventor: PEARCE JAMES
IPC: B65D5/02
Filed: 1958-04-15
Abstract: 866,814. Boxes. SHIRLEY & WARBEY BOX CO. Ltd. April 10, 1959 [April 15, 1958], No. 11947/58. Class 18. A four-sided tubular box has two opposite walls 2 having, at one end of the box, extensions 5, 6 which are folded inwardly with extension 6 overlapping extension 5 to form a closure having a layer 7 of self-sealing adhesive, preferably latex, on each contacting surface and which can be applied to extensions 5, 6 in one operation on the same side of the collapsed tubular box, Fig. 2. To close the box, first laps 4, then the extension 5 and finally the extension 6 are folded inwardly so that the layers 7 coincide. The adhesive may be applied to the extensions 5, 6 by stencilled bars or in continuous strips by rollers. In a modification, Fig. 4, a line of perforations which can be broken to form a hinged lid 9, is provided.
Patent GB-310843-A (GB)
IPC: H01B7/14
Filed: 1929-04-17
Abstract: 310,843. Siemens - Schuckertwerke Akt.-Ges. May 1, 1928, [Convention date]. Armouring cables.-A submarine cable, for use at great depths, is formed with a pressure resisting sheath which is placed between the lead sheath and the cable core, and comprises one or more layers of shaped wires. The wires are alternately of high, and of low, pressure resistance, e.g. of steel, bronze or hard aluminium alloy, and of zinc, copper aluminium, lead or their alloys respectively, and the total crosssection of the wires of high resistance is greater than the total cross-section of the wires of low resistance. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, wires 1, 2 of trapezoidal section are stranded over a cable core into a tubular cover, steel wires 1 alternating with zinc wires 2. A lead coating 3 completes the cable. In the form shown in Fig. 2, steel wires 11 are recessed at the side to engage zinc wires 12. In modified constructions, the steel wires are formed with longitudinal grooves into which the zinc wires are forced; or the steel wires may be in direct side contact, the zinc wires fitting into recesses in the steel wires. The steel wires may touch each other only at the core side of the cable, the jinc wires being placed in the open recesses thus formed. Each open recess may contain two wires of soft material, the wire lying near the core being harder than the outer wire.
Patent GB-745391-A (GB)
Title: An improved fastener
Inventor: FERNBERG ERIC BIRGER
IPC: F16B5/06
Filed: 1953-04-30
Abstract: 745,391. Spring-clip fasteners. F. T. PRODUCTS, Ltd. June 14, 1954 [April 30, 1953], No. 11977/53. Class 44. [Also in Group XXII] A fastener formed by shearing and bending a strip of metal has a pair of arms 29, 30 integral with and upstanding from a head 34 bowed concavely on the side carrying the arms 29, 30 which have prongs 31, 32 directed inwardly and towards the head 34. The tips of the arms 29, 30 are splayed outwardly. The fastener is rust-proof and resilient. The Provisional Specification describes three other modifications. The first is similar to that described above, but has outwardly-directed prongs. In the second, Fig. 7, a strip is bent and sheared to form a fastener similar to that described above but the head 34 is formed of a double thickness of metal and instead of being bowed has spring projections 25, 26. In the third, Fig. 10, a single arm 41 having a hooked end 42 is integral with and upstands from a bowed head 40.
Patent GB-377279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for operating upon hides or skins or similar pieces of work
IPC: C14B1/02
Filed: 1931-04-23
Abstract: 377,279. Machines for operating the surface of hides and skins. UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, 140, Federal Street, Boston, U.S.A.-(Assignees of Connor, J. H.; Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) April 23, 1931, No. 11997. Convention date, Feb. 17. [Class 76.] A machine particularly adapted for putting- out hides and skins but suitable for other operations comprises a tool having a spirally formed operative rib wtich is rotated in engagement with the work. The tool co-operates with a work support the central portion of which can be displaced to present part of the work first to the action of the tool. The too], as shown, consists of a circular plate 52, having thereon a spiral rib 54, mounted slightly eccentrically on a shaft 56 so as to avoid leaving an unworked portion at the centre of the work. The shaft 56 is driven through a belt 90 and universal joint mechanism 102 and passes eccentrically through a bearing block 60 which is rotated by toothed gearing so that the tool as a whole is moved in a circular track. The work support 10 is supported by a stem 14 and is raised into operative position by a treadle 16. A central plate 2 is projected above the plane of the support by a spring 40 the pressure of which is adjustable ; pressure of the tool on the work depresses the plate 32 into the plane of the work support. Means may be provided for removing the pressure of the spring 40 from the plate 32 as soon as the work support is in full operative position, these means including a latch which locks the plate in the plane of the work support and retains it on retraction. The work support may be made self-aligning by the provisior. of a ball portion 172, Fig. 5, engaging a corresponding socket carried by a spider 176 which also carries adjustable spring buffer devices 180 .. 188. A modified construction for presenting the central part of the work first to the tool comprises a pneumatic pad 200, Fig. 6, inflatable through a tube 208, 210, release valve 212, stop valve 214 and reduction valve 216 from a source of pressure. The valve 212 is operated by a chain 230 connected to the work table so that as this reaches its full operative position the valve is opened and the pad deflated.
Patent GB-753626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in accumulators for hydraulic systems
IPC: F15B1/24
Filed: 1954-04-26
Abstract: 753,626. Stuffing-box substitutes. ELECTROL, Inc. April 26, 1954 [May 1, 1953], No. 12025/54. Class 122(5) [Also in Group XXIX] A hydraulic accumulator comprises a cylinder formed of sections 16, 17 screwed together and having O-ring seals 29, 30 in grooves adjacent their adjoining ends. A piston 12 is provided and is of sufficient length to engage both seals 29, 30 for all positions along the cylinder. A porous packing 31 is mounted within a groove at the join between the threaded sleeves to permit air to leave or enter the space between rings 29, 30, via a leaky joint between the sleeves and/or a bore 33. This ensures that the pressures on opposite sides of each ring 29, 30 are kept unequal, to give maximum sealing effect. Specifications 573,596 [Group IV] and 603,364 are referred to.
Patent GB-808943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in oil-tight rolling bearings
IPC: F16C33/78
Filed: 1957-04-12
Abstract: 808,943. Bearings. RIV-OFFICINE DI VILLAR PEROSA S.p.A. April 12, 1957 [June 14, 1956], No. 12083/57. Class 12 (1). [Also in Group XXVI] A seal for a ball or roller bearing comprises a metallic screen 5 bonded to a rubber diaphragm 1 the outer edge of which is adapted to be fixed in a radial groove 9 in the outer race 1 and the inner edge having annular ridges 2, 3 adapted to engage a chamfered surface 10 of the inner race 6. An annular rib 4 is adapted to bear against the inner shoulder of the groove 9 to facilitate sealing. In a modification shown in Fig. 3 the seal is flat.
Patent GB-198186-A (GB)
Title: An automatic lubricator for the ball bearing of a flyer spindle for a self doffer type of spinning frame
IPC: D01H7/20
Filed: 1922-05-01
Abstract: 198,186. Smith, A., and Wilson, J. May 1, 1922. Channels in ball bearings. - In a spinning- frame with self-doffing or mechanical doffing mechanism wherein the flyer spindle is supported at its upper end in a rail by a ball thrust bearing and a sleeve bearing, a lubricant reservoir A surrounds and extends above the ball bearing housing B so that, when the spindle is tilbed during doffing, lubricant flows into the bearing. A lid D is provided.
Patent GB-182969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to reticules books and other articles adapted to be carried by hand
IPC: A45C3/06
Filed: 1921-11-18
Abstract: 182,969. Flint, A. W. Nov. 18, 1921. Covers.-A book or book cover opening to a substantially flat rectangular shape is provided with eyes 9, 9a at the corners and at the middle points of the sides through which passes an endless chain 11 of substantially the length of the periphery, so that when the article is open the chain is out of the way of the contents and when closed serves as a carrying-loop as shown.
Patent GB-820110-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for producing mixtures of combustible gas and air in predetermined proportions
Inventor: HOLLOBAUGH ROBERT CORNELISON
IPC: B01F15/04
Filed: 1958-04-18
Abstract: A standard gas, such as propane, is released from pressure cylinder 5 through a puncture caused by point 4 and flows through valve 2 into the receiver 9 (Fig. 2) when the connecting pin 10 opens valve 2. The plunger 15 rises and at a predetermined rise the dispenser 1 is disconnected and a volume of gas at atmospheric pressure is obtained in chamber 9.  This predetermined volume can be transferred to mixing cylinder 26 by raising piston 27 and flushing <PICT:0820110/III/1> <PICT:0820110/III/2> <PICT:0820110/III/3> the combustible gas from 9 with air through vents 13, 15 and seal 22 (Fig. 3).  The mixture of known composition can then be transferred to a gas analyser.  In a modification (not shown) the gas receiver and mixing cylinder can be permanently connected.
Patent GB-625607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mountings for slidable or foldable doors for garages and the like into which pass electric vehicles having overhead trolleys
IPC: E05D15/06
Filed: 1947-05-08
Abstract: 625,607. Overhead conductors for electric vehicles. GIBBS BROS. & LUCAS, Ltd., LUCAS, S. C., and TATE, A. J. May 8, 1947, No. 12483. [Class 104 (iii)] A mounting for slidable and folding doors for garages and other structures which admit electric vehicles having overhead trolleys, comprises a combined door-guide and trolley track element with the door guide component disposed transversely relative to a trolley track element of insulating material to the outer ends of which live electric cables are anchored to form a continuous track for the trolley arm, the door guide being disposed above the level of the bottom edge of the trolley track element which has a vertical slot for the passage of guide stems upstanding from the door. The trolley track element consists of a flat plate 10 of insulating material with strainer tip fittings 12 at the ends for the attachment of live cables 11 which are connected electrically by an insulated bridging-conductor 13. The plate 10 is secured between the lower inset ends 14 of a pair of clamping plates 15 which are secured to the cheeks of a pair of brackets 17, the latter being formed also with inverted channel portions 18 which seat upon the door roller guide channel 19. As shown, the guide channel 19 has inwardly offset lower portions 21 providing a narrow passage for vertical stems 26 carrying rollers 27 at the upper edge of the door 25. The bottom of the door is supported by a floor track, and the guide channel 19 is supported from the main structure by means of brackets. The bottom of the insulating plate 10 forms a dead section in the trolley track, sufficiently short to be overcome by the kinetic energy of a vehicle passing through when the door is opened.
Patent GB-197528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to press-buttons
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1922-05-04
Abstract: 197,528. Prym, A. May 4,1922. Press-button fasteners.-A press-button socket is provided with a double-bent edge b, e in which the supporting fabric d is secured by an open removable annular spring ! i which retains the button. The upper loop g of the spring c serves to press the fabric against the dome h of the socket.
Patent GB-436167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric lighting fittings
IPC: F21V25/12
Filed: 1934-04-26
Abstract: 436,167. Electric - lamp holders. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., and RICHARDS, S. W., Magnet House, Kingsway, London. April 26, 1934, No. 12614. [Class 39 (ii)] [See also Group XXXVI] A fitting for connecting two lengths of supply cable and for supporting a lamp connected to the supply, comprises a pair of double-ended socket contacts 8 for the power line, and a third double-ended socket contact 10 for a pilot line controlling a remote switch. The plug member 23 attached to each cable end 28 carries corresponding pin contacts 25, the pin for the pilot line being longer than the pins for the power lines and the socket 10 of the pilot line being short so as to break contact with its pin before contact is broken between the longer power sockets 8 and their pins 25. Breaking of the pilot circuit opens the remote switch so that the power couplings are not live when their contacts separate. A lamp-holder body 13 is fixed in a recess 11 in the insulating body 7 of the coupling by screws 14 that enter central blocks 9 integral with the power sockets 8 and form the lamp-holder contacts. The lamp 16 is held against these screws 14 by a spring ring 15. The screw ring 19 that secures a glass bell 17 over the lamp may grip the bell against a fixed ring 20 as shown, or against a spring- mounted platform that carries the lampholder 12 so that if the bell is removed the springs press the holder downwards, severing contact between its terminals and the contact studs then provided on the body 7.
Patent GB-572606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to heels for footwear
IPC: A43B21/00
Filed: 1943-08-05
Abstract: 572,606. Heels for footwear. COLLINS, S. L. Aug. 5, 1943, No. 12624. [Class 17 (ii)] A heel comprises a hollow shell 1 of moulded plastic material with strengthening ribs 6 extending between the walls and cavities in the upper and lower portions to receive plastic composition or other material to receive the securing means by which the heel is attached to the shoe and by which the tread piece is attached. The cavities are in communication through holes 7.
Patent GB-667452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to steam generators
IPC: F22B17/14
Filed: 1950-05-19
Abstract: 667,452. Water-tube steam boilers. FRASER & FRASER, Ltd., and ANGUS, A. R. May 19, 1950, No. 12637/50. Class 123(ii) In the steam boiler described in Specification 500,030, rows of auxiliary steamgenerating tubes 12, 13 are disposed within the upper parts 1a, 1b of the boiler shell between the headers 4 of the main tubes 3 and the steam-and-water drum 8. The 'side walls of the combustion chamber 2 may also be lined with tubes 9 extending between upper and lower headers 17 connected, respectively, by upcast and downcast pipes 10, 11 to the steam and water spaces of the drum 8, these headers 17 each preferably comprising a pair of hydraulically pressed angle plates secured together to define a box section having flat jointing surfaces for the said tubes and pipes 9, 10, 11. Feedwater is supplied to the boiler through a pipe 15 which discharges into a trough 14 located within the drum 8, the trough being fitted with a blow-down valve 16.
Patent GB-418829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tool and work holders for hand use
IPC: B25B1/24
Filed: 1933-05-01
Abstract: 418,829. Punching and stripping tools. RAWNSLEY, R. V., 1, Hill Top Avenue, Harehills, Leeds. May 1, 1933, No. 12659. [Class 31 (ii).] In a tool and work-holder for hand use, a vice is combined with a screwing-die carrier, and a work-holder therefor, and the jaws of the vice also carry further tools for shearing, punching, and bending metal or other sheets, rods, tubes &c., and cutters for stripping the insulation from electric cables. The vice jaws 10, 11 are provided with apertures 52, 53 for the reception of auxiliary tools or appliances, such as reversible pipe grips 54, Fig. 3, adapted to hold a pipe vertically or horizontally, or a shear blade 56 and block 57, Fig. 8, for cutting cables, rods &c., or a punch 58 and die 59, Fig. 8, for punching sheet metal, fibre, brake linings &c. The tools are secured in the jaws by set screws. The upper face of the jaw 10 is formed as an anvil 62, and is provided with a recess 63 to receive a cutter 64 for stripping the insulation from electric cables.