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Patent GB-705311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in resilient shaft hangers
IPC: F16C27/06
Filed: 1951-08-28
Abstract: 705,311. Shaft hangers. GUY, F. M. Aug. 28, 1951 [Nov. 24, 1950], No. 20289/51. Class 12(1) A resilient hanger for motor vehicle propeller shafts &c. comprises a bracket 14 bolted to the supporting structure 10, resilient split rubber bushes 32 carried on the ends of a rod 22, a shaft bearing housing 40 having studs 42, 44, carrying similar bushes, and spring steel depending arms 28, 30 clamped at their ends around the bushes. In a modification the upper bushes are each formed by pairs of annular discs and are clamped to a joggled bracket and cranked arms. Specification 586,319 is referred to.
Patent GB-658598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in method of and means for severing and sealing metal tubes
IPC: B23D21/00
Filed: 1949-08-04
Abstract: 658,598. Pipe-end closing. IGRANIC ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. Aug. 4, 1949, No. 20307. Convention date, Aug. 4, 1948. [Class 83 (iv)] In severing and sealing a tube, the tube is first flattened adjacent the severing point by pressure applied thereto, then severed, and the tube end is then sealed before removal of the applied pressure. Tube 12, Figs. 1-3, is flattened by two pairs of superposed, relatively movable jaws 10, 11 and 13, 14, the upper pair 10, 11 having a fixed jaw 10 and the lower pair 13, 14 including a knife 16 which is movably mounted on jaw 14 to enter a recess 15 in jaw 13. After severing, the jaws 13, 14 and knife 16 are retracted and the tube end is sealed by producing a welding arc between the two severed portions of the tube. In a modification the jaw 14, Figs. 4 and 5, is omitted so that the resulting sealed tube is left with an unflattened end bead 18, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-689506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tension controlling brake means for apparatus for paying out flexible material
IPC: D03D49/06
Filed: 1950-08-16
Abstract: 689,506. Letting-off warps. BRADLEY, W. July 23, 1951 [Aug. 16, 1950]. No. 20332/50. Class 142(ii) [Also in Group XXXIV] A cylindrical brake shoe 14 is urged against the grooved periphery of a brake drum 8 so as to prevent rotation under the condition of static friction, but to permit rotation under the condition of dynamic friction produced by oscillating the shoe about its axis under the control of a movable back rest 7. The shoe is loaded by a spring 17 and a chain 9, which gears the brake drum to the beam 5 and passes round a jockey sprocket 18 mounted on the brake shoe carrier 15. The shoe is oscillated by an arm 22 linked to a pin 24 which projects into a triangular frame 25 oscillated by the slay through a link 27; an increase in tension of the warp A displaces the back rest 7 and, through a lever 30 pivoted at 31, moves the pin 24 to the left so as to increase the amplitude of oscillation of the brake shoe. In order that cyclical movements of the back rest 7 due to shedding shall not effect the brake, the pivot 31 is carried by a bellcrank lever 34 which is oscillated by the slay through a link 36. The lever 30 is loaded by a weight 33 and its movements are damped by a plate 46 sliding between a pair of pads 49, the plate 46 being also oscillated by a link 45. Specifications 439,843 and 463,336 are referred to.
Patent GB-1443655-A (GB)
Title: Device for dispensing heated fluent products
IPC: B65D83/14
Filed: 1974-05-09
Abstract: 1443655 Fluid heaters SCHICK Inc 9 May 1974 [10 May 1973] 20408/74 Heading F4A [Also in Divisions F1 and H5] A dispenser comprises a housing 11 having means to receive a product dispensing container 14 and a heating probe 13 for heating the product before it is discharged at an outlet 40. The housing has a recess 18 for receiving the probe and the recess has channels 35, 36, 37, 39 formed in its surface, the channels 37, 39 being linked by an end channel 38 and the channel 35 being connected by an end channel 34 to a passage 33 leading to a recess 32 receiving the nozzle 31 of the container. As shown, the open sides of the channels are closed by a sleeve 21 having an end flange 22 so that a continuous passage is formed between the recess 32 and the outlet 40. Alternatively the sleeve 23 and body of the probe 13 may form the closure for the channels. The probe comprises the sleeve 23 which encloses an electrical heating element 26 and a thermostat 27. The body 24 encloses a neon indicator 29 and a high temperature fuse 28.
Patent GB-1021005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to nitrogenous polymers, and to methods of preparing thesame
Inventor: SILLION BERNARD
IPC: C08G73/06
Filed: 1964-05-15
Abstract: Polymers of the formula <FORM:1021005/C3/1> in which the 4 central carbon atoms form part of an aromatic grouping, Z is H or a hydrocarbon group, Ar1 is aromatic and n is greater than 1 may be produced by interaction of <FORM:1021005/C3/2> and Z-CO-CO-Ar1-CO-CO-Z Reactants of type I specified are: 1,2,4,5-tetraaminobenzene, 3,31,4,41 - tetraaminodiphenyl, 3,31,4,41 - tetraaminodiphenylether, 3,31,4,41-tetraaminodiphenylsulphide, 3,31,4,41 - tetraaminodiphenylmethane and 2,3,6,7 - tetraaminonaphthalene. Compounds of type II specified are 1,3- and 1,4-diglyoxylbenzenes, 4,41 - diglyoxyldiphenyl, 4,41 - diglyoxyldiphenylether, and 4,41 - diglyoxyldiphenyl sulphide. Z may be alkyl or aryl, e.g. methyl. The reactants may be molten or in an inert solvent at between 50 DEG  and 300 DEG  C.  Solvents specified are dimethyl formamide, dimethyl aniline, ethanol/dioxane mixtures, N-methyl pyrrolidone hexamethyl phosphor-triamide and metacresol. The reactants may be in equimolar proportions or one may be in large excess.  An inert atmosphere may be used.  The polymer may be filtered off and heated to 300-450 DEG  C. in an inert atmosphere, e.g. nitrogen or argon or under reduced pressure, e.g. 1 mm. Hg. The product can be moulded and may be made into rocket nose-cone fairings.
Patent GB-773922-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of derivatives of polyethylenes of high molecular weight
IPC: C08F8/46
Filed: 1955-07-14
Abstract: Halogenated, succinic anhydride substituted polymers of ethylene and copolymers with other olefins are prepared by reaction with a halogen, e.g. chlorine or bromine, in the presence of maleic anhydride.  The reaction may be conducted in an inert diluent, e.g. carbon tetrachloride or hexachloroethane, in the presence of a catalyst, e.g. benzoyl peroxide, lead tetraalkyls or azo-di-isobutyric acid dinitrile, or actinic light, e.g. sunlight or light from mercury vapour or tungsten lamps.  The products may be recovered by driving off the solvent with steam or heating in vacuo, and washing with water or methyl alcohol.  They may be reacted with alcohols, e.g. methyl or stearyl alcohol, or amines, e.g. cyclohexamine or N-dibutyl-amine.  The rubber-like amido derivatives may be compounded with the usual additives and vulcanized.
Patent GB-280304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fastenings for suit-cases, trunks, boxes and the like
IPC: E05B65/50
Filed: 1926-08-24
Abstract: 280,304. Winning, J. F. F., Torr, F. P.. and Hilton, A.., (trading as Bag Frame & Components Co.). Aug. 24, 1926. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hasp fastenings; multiple-bolt fastenings; hasp locks.-A fastening for an extensible suitcase has one member carried by a slide block 5, Fig. 4, sliding in a channel 6 let into the material of the case and retained therein bv a bolt or catch engaging perforations 22 or ratchet teeth in the sides of the channel, the bolt being manually operated bv an external member. Two bolts 23 are actuated by a centrally-pivoted lever 31 engaged by a web 29 on a plate 26 having a slot 27 engaged by a pin 28 on the cover and a a pin 25 passing through a slot 24 in the cover and connected to a knob 7. The bolt ends may be bevelled to provide for automatic retraction to reduce the volume of the suit-case. This form is preferably associated with the hinge while, the hasp is associated with a lock, F'igs. 6 and 7, comprising a cover-plate 35 carrying a sliding knob 40 connected to a latch member 41. The bolts 50 are actuated by a lever 47 engaging a finger 43 on the latch 41 which has a stud 44 bearing against a spring 45, so that lever 47 is moved by the knob 40. The lock comprises a guide 64 which carries a key-tumbler 53 and a slide 56 to block the lever 47 and latch 41.
Patent GB-855412-A (GB)
Title: Improved process and machine for the manufacture of profiled and bent workpieces, starting from a length of strip material
IPC: F04C2/344
Filed: 1958-06-30
Abstract: 855,412. Angular bending; unwinding. PEUGOT & CIE. June 30, 1958 [June 28, 1957; May 29, 1958], No. 20895/58. Class83 (4). Metal strip is bent between a rotated former, to which it is secured at one end, and a pressure-roll while maintaining the strip under tension. One end of a metal strip H is clamped to a frame-like former 15 having a profile 16, e.g. of a car bumper, by a U-shaped clamp 171 with one leg having a profile 173 complementary to the profile 16, the end of the strip H having previously been given this profile by a press or as a result of the bending of a previous length of strip. The clamp 171 is operated by a screw 174, a spring 175 serving to aid in the loosening of the clamp. The former 15 rests on a table 1a and is moved between a pressure roller 30, pressed thereagainst by a jack 51, of a complementary profile to the profile 16, and a counter-roller 31 by a cable 155 secured to a bracket 153 on the former 15 to pass therearound in a groove 156, then over a pulley 159 to be secured to a rod 163 of a double-acting jack J. Movement of the former 15 consequent on operation of the jack J causes the strip H to wrap around the former and conform to its profile, the strip being kept under tension by braking means K. This comprises hydraulic cylinders 184 carried on a slide 181, pivoted on a carriage 179 movable transversely in guideways 178, and supported at one end by rollers 182. Rods 185 of the cylinders 184 are secured to a slide-block 186, apertured to allow the passage of the strip H and carrying a gripper 188 adapted to engage the strip. The strip is unwound from a coil 8 on a drum 7 on a vertically adjustable rotatable shaft 11 to pass through rollers 152 which exact a slight braking action and then through rollers 191 to the braking means K. The slide 181 and drum 7 may be so moved that the direction of feed of the strip H is altered. When a section of the strip H has been bent it is removed from the former 15 and severed from the source of strip supply. The strip may alternatively be braked by braking the drum 7, e.g. by an electrical braking generator driven by the drum.
Patent GB-443411-A (GB)
Title: Improved method of manufacturing contact members for electric discharge tubes
IPC: H01J9/28
Filed: 1935-07-23
Abstract: 443,411. Making contact members for thermionic valves &c. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN, Emmasingel, Eindhoven, Holland. July 23, 1935, No. 20926. Convention date, Oct. 4, 1934. [Class 83 (ii)] Contact members for the caps of electric discharge tubes are manufactured from a profiled rod or wire blank F and the various operations necessary are carried out without rotating the blank. The blank has a rib portion which is slotted by a milling cutter, the projections thus formed are made circular by a hollow cutter and then drilled ; a form cutter shapes the side of the bar prior to the contact members being severed by a saw.
Patent GB-1393464-A (GB)
Title: Tractor counter weight assembly
IPC: B62D49/08
Filed: 1972-05-05
Abstract: 1393464 Tractor counterweights MASSEYFERGUSON Inc 5 May 1972 [7 May 1971] 20940/72 Heading B7H [Also in Division E1] A vehicle counterweight assembly includes a weight 20 and a support member 16 and a clamping device 34 which are adapted to be fixed to the vehicle, the centre of gravity of the weight being forward of a support lip 30 when the assembly is in use. The lip 30 and a notch 50 on the weight respectively engage the member 16 and a locking flange 54 of a clamping member 36. A further clamping member 38 has wedging surfaces 56, 60 which engage wedging surfaces 48, 58 respectively on the weight and clamping member 36. A nut 42 and bolt 40 mounting the clamping device on the tractor is adjustable to effect clamping of the weight. The weight is provided with an opening 60 for lifting.
Patent GB-1068764-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of densified urea formaldehyde moulding powders and pellets
IPC: B29B9/00
Filed: 1965-05-18
Abstract: Densified urea-formaldehyde moulding powder is produced by compacting undensified powder by pelletizing means at a temperature between 10 DEG  and 90 DEG  C. over a period of 1 to 60 seconds.  Preferably, quasi-spherical pellets, of a diameter 0.1 to 0.75 inches or quasi-cylindrical pellets, of diameter 0.1 to 0.75 and length 0.1 to 2.5 inches, are produced.  The preferred compaction process (see Division B4-B5) comprises extrusion through a perforated rotated cylindrical drum in contact with the interior surface whereon rollers rotate hypocyclically to produce compacted quasi-cylindrical columns which are cut into pellets by a stationary knife and may subsequently be ground to moulding powder in a hammer mill, the temperature of the pelleting process being controlled by an externally applied cooling air stream. The undensified urea-formaldehyde comprises a 1.3:1 molar ratio urea-formaldehyde solution mixed with 30% of a -cellulose filler which is dried, ball milled and then further ball milled after the addition of 1.0% trimethylphosphate, 0.2% zinc oxide, 0.5% zinc stearate, 4.0% lithopone, 1.0% hexamethylenetetramine and black pigment.  The prior art granulation process described comprises stirring the above composition with 15% water at 50-55 DEG  C. for 1-1 1/2 hours.
Patent GB-439130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tensioning devices for electrical conducting cords or the like
IPC: H02G11/02
Filed: 1934-07-18
Abstract: 439,130. Devices for taking-up slack of flexible conductors. MICHELSON K., 25, Lembitu, Tallinn, Reval, Esthonia. July 18, 1934, No. 21004. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, March 29, 1935.] [Class 36] The hollow barrel 2 of the spring drum is provided with a peripheral slot 10 the edges of which are provided, at the middle portion of the slot with guides 10<b> to take a slide 10<a>. The slide 10<a>, after removal from the guides, is passed through a loop on the cord 11 and then again inserted in the slider in the drum. The spindle 4 is carried in a frame 5 which supports guide rollers 6, 6<1>, 7, 7<1> between which the cord passes. The frame, which is of electrically nonconducting material, is provided with reinforcing ribs 15, 16 at its bent portions 13, 14, and with fibres at the bent portions 17. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also a modification in which the loop of the cord passes round a hook attached to the barrel of the drum. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1437886-A (GB)
Title: Double-sided printed circuit connection board and an assembly incorporating such a connection board
IPC: H01R12/72
Filed: 1974-05-13
Abstract: 1437886 Printed circuit assemblies A FRANCES and J BROCHON 13 May 1974 [8 June 1973] 21025/74 Heading H1R [Also in Division H2] A member 10 to be electrically and mechanically secured to a circuit board 100 to provide a male connector for plugging into a mating female connector has sets of equally spaced parallel conductor strips 11, (12) (Fig. 2, not shown) on opposite sides and two parallel rows of holes 10f, 10g extending transversely of the strips, strips 11 or one side leading only to holes 10f and strips (12) on the other side leading only to holes 10g and passing between holes 10f. As shown, circuit board 100 has printed conductors 101, 102 on its opposite surfaces, conductors 102 leading to a row of holes 100g registering with holes 10g, and conductors 101 passing between holes 100g to reach row of holes 100f. Holes 10g, 100f are metallized or contain metal rivets, whereas holes 10f, 100g are unmetallized. The board and connector are secured together by rivets 40a &c., with an insulating board 30 between them. Solder-coated rods 13, 14 inserted into the registering holes interconnect the appropriate conductors. In the case where the circuit board carries components interconnected by non-printed circuitry, the rods are long enough for making wire-wrapped connections (Figs. 4 to 6, not shown).
Patent GB-149247-A (GB)
Title: Process of chloridising roasting of burnt pyrites and the like and furnace therefor
IPC: C22B1/08
Filed: 1920-07-12
Abstract: 149,247. Simon, J. Aug. 2, 1917, [Convention date]. Shaft furnaces; discharging.-In a shaft furnace for roasting burnt pyrites in a countercurrent of air, the material is charged through a hopper e and air from a pipe a passes up the furnace through stationary and revolving inclined stepped grates g, h. The gases escape at f and the treated material is removed from a rotary channel b to a shoot d by a fixed scraper c.
Patent GB-152318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fire-escapes and the like
IPC: E06C5/16
Filed: 1920-07-12
Abstract: 152,318. Magirus Akt.-Ges., C. D. July 10, 1915, [Convention date]. Portable wheeled ladder escapes.-A telescopic ladder which may be extended and inclined is provided with means by which changes in the rates of extension and of inclination are automatically made at appropriate times, these being under the control of the operator, and the change in speed of extension or inclination may be made suddenly at a required point, thus effecting a saving of time. The motors, which may be hydraulic, and the associated reversing gear 2 are mounted upon the platform 1, Fig. 1, of the ladder. The driving shafts 3, 4, for operating the extension gear 5, 18 and inclining gear 11, 12, 13 carry cams a<1>, b<1>, Fig. 2, which bear against rollers on the levers 24, 25, the outer ends of which carry pins engaging slots 29 in the lever 28. The lever 28 is pivotally connected to the rod 30, the other end of which carries a cross-piece 31 bearing against crank pins 32 carried by the cocks 19, 20 by which the inclination and extension of the ladder is regulated. For securing a quicker or slower operation in the erection or depression of the ladder, a combination of levers, Fig. 5, is provided controlled by a cam 34 mounted on the shaft 4. This cam is formed for a part of its circumference with a double curved guiding path formed concentric with the spindle 4 and the remaining part open. This serves as a guide for the roller 35 of the bell-crank 36, which is connected by a link 37 and through a slotted member 40 to a second bell-crank 38 which operates the crank-pin 32 of the cock 19 through a link 39. By this means, when the ladder is extended to a certain amount an automatic increase in the rate of inclination is effected.
Patent GB-458191-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical rake for use on greensward and such like
IPC: A01D76/00
Filed: 1935-07-25
Abstract: 458,191. Bakes ; cultivators. HARGREAVES &, CO., Ltd., W., Old Road, Cheadle, and HARGREAVES, W., Glendaruel, Thorley Lane, Timperley, both in Cheshire. July 25, 1935, No. 21097. [Classes 6 (i) and 6 (iii)] A wheel supported rake adapted to be pulled or pushed by a handle b<1> comprises side frames c pivoted on the axle a of wheels or rollers a<1> and spaced apart at their front ends by a bar c<1>; an adjustable weight d is preferably secured to these frames. The raking members consist of stout wires f of which the front ends are looped to engage a cross-bar e provided with spacing pieces e<1> while the rear ends are bent downwards to engage the surface to be raked. A comb bar g with wires g<2> interspaced with the raking wires may be pivoted at the front of the frame, the combing wires being normally held out of action by a spring g<3> ; they may be brought into operation by pulling a cord h attached to a lever g<4>, further pulling on this cord lifts the rake teeth out of action. The ends of the raking wires pass through holes in a spacing bar c<2>. In a modification, the teeth project from bars pivoted on the axle a, a bent strip preventing these bars falling too low and springs below a cross-bar pressing them downwards. The teeth may be sufficiently stout to give a scarifying action. In another modification, the combing device is mounted on a shaft driven by a pawl-andratchet gear actuated by a cam driven from the ground wheels. A number of rakes may be coupled together laterally.
Patent GB-779456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the measurement of temperatures
Inventor: BURTON ERIC JOHN
IPC: G01K13/02
Filed: 1954-07-20
Abstract: 779,456. Thermocouples. LAND PYROMETERS, Ltd. July 4, 1955 [July 20, 1954], No. 21124/54. Class 40 (1). [Also in Group XX] The temperature of a gas is determined by drawing a sample of the gas through a tube 12 (Fig. 1) containing a thermocouple 13 which is covered by a refractory shield consisting of a ceramic cylinder 25 with a central, axial passage 26a for locating the thermocouple 13, surrounded by a series of parallel passages 26 for the gas, the shield reducing the heat transfer by radiation between the thermocouple and the surroundings. The complete assembly is covered by a water jacket 20, giving protection against overheating and mechanical shock. Reserve lengths of the thermocouple wires 16 may be stored on reels 18a at the cold end of the pyrometer.
Patent GB-212414-A (GB)
Abstract: 212,414. Highfield, J. S., and Highfield, W. E. March 10, 1923. Controlling and moderating superheat. - To reduce the temperature of steam taken from a high temperature main for supply to auxiliary plant, the steam is passed through or around tubes through which water is passed, and the wet steam generated is mixed with the high temperature steam inside the chamber containing the tubes. The high temperature steam may pass through a pressure-reducing valve before entering the chamber. High temperature steam is admitted through a valve 2, Fig. 1, into a chamber 3 containing tubes 4 opening into a water-supply chamber 9. Wet steam issues through perforations in the upper ends of the tubes. The water-supply valve 14 is automatically operated in accordance with the temperature of the steam leaving the chamber. The expansion and contraction of a section of the steamdelivery pipe 24 operates through levers a relief valve 22 on the cylinder of a piston device controlling the water-supply valve. The upper part of the cylinder is connected to the water-supply pipe by a tube 20. When the relief valve 22 is closed, the water pressure acting on the piston presses the supply valve down upon its seat. In a modification, the water is supplied through nozzles 37, Fig. 3, projecting into the upper ends of tubes 4 having perforated bottom ends. The wet steam generated in the tubes passes into an upper compartment 40, then downwards through perforations in the tube plate 33, and mixes with the high temperature steam passing around the tubes.
Patent GB-153709-A (GB)
Title: Motor scooter frame
IPC: B62K11/04
Filed: 1919-08-29
Abstract: 153,709. Harvey, G. Aug. 29, 1919. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Foot cycles.-The steering-head h is carried by supports f, g, bolted to the baseboard a, and forming a tripod frame as shown in Fig. 2. The baseboard a extends without other support or framing to the rear of the vehicle, where the engine-frame d is secured by means of brackets c and hooks e.