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Patent GB-1173561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in On-Off Control Valves.
Inventor: LEWIS WILLIAM
IPC: F16K5/04
Filed: 1966-03-23
Abstract: 1,173,561. Valves. SAMUEL JONES & CO. (ENG.) Ltd. 23 March, 1967 [23 March, 1966], No. 12772/66. Heading F2V. An on-off valve has an integrally formed cylindrical barrel 1, Fig. 1, with one end closed and the other end open, a cylindrical plug 5 entered in the open end of the barrel and fitted with circumferential sealing rings 8, 9 above and below ports 6 therein and keep means 11 interengaging the inner wall of the barrel and an annular face or groove 10 of the plug in a manner permitting rotary movement but preventing axial movement of the plug and its removal from the open end. Instead of a grubscrew, a chordally arranged pin 13, Fig. 5, may be used to engage the groove 10 or a circlip 15, Fig. 6, held by a groove 14 in the barrel may bear against the upper annular face of the plug. The barrel may be an internally machined brass casting with oppositely directed internally threaded unions to engage the outlet of a foam, powder or liquid fire extinguisher and a nozzle. A lug 12 may cooperate with lugs on the barrel to limit plug rotation to 90 degrees.
Patent GB-492978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for the removal of dust from gases by contact with wetted surfaces
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1937-05-05
Abstract: 492,978. Washing gases. SIMONCARVES, Ltd., and ADAMS, V. H. May 5, 1937, No. 12803. [Class 55 (ii)] Apparatus for removing dust &c. from gases discharged from boilers, furnaces, &c. comprises a chamber 1 through which the gases pass from an inlet 8 to an outlet 9, a number of horizontal porous tubes 4 supplied with water under pressure, and an outlet 3 at the base for drawing off liquid. Baffles 10 direct the gas initially downwards. The tubes may be of canvas or porous earthenware with a perforated central tube 5, each having a regulating cock. The chamber itself may be lined with pervious material and supplied in sections with liquid.
Patent GB-129619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saw-filing Machines.
Inventor: LIPS JAKOB
IPC: B23D63/10
Filed: 1918-06-29
Abstract: 129,619. Lips, J. June 29, 1918. Saws, sharpening.-The file or files 21 in a saw-sharpening machine, especially of the kind described in Specification 129,412, are adjustably mounted, and set by auxiliary devices which may be constructed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to hold the file frame 14 between centre-screws 72, when the frame 14 is removed from the machine, while the files 21 are positioned by notches 76 in the base 75. In a modification, Fig. 8, the file 21 is placed in notches in the clamping-devices 77, 78 on the arms of the carrier 14. In another form, removable gauge-pieces 80, Fig. 9, fitting in holes 81 in the file frame 82, position the files 21. In another form, the gauge 85, Fig. 10, is removably and adjustably fixed to a portion 40 of the machine frame, and has a. V-notch 92 to engage and set the file.
Patent GB-773329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in side delivery rakes and/or swath turners
Inventor: BAMFORD HENRY VINCENT
IPC: A01D78/00
Filed: 1953-05-08
Abstract: 773,329. Side delivery rakes. BAMFORDS, Ltd. May 10, 1954 [May 8, 1953], No. 12836/53. Class 6(3). A side delivery rake comprises at least two longitudinally spaced rows of reels 11, 12 with the axes of the mutually adjacent reels of any one row spaced apart so that mutually adjacent reels in any one row do not overlap, each reel in any one row being rotatable independently of each of the reels in the remaining row or rows, the reels 11 of a more rearward row in the direction of travel of the machine being positioned in relation to the adjoining reels 12 of a relatively forward row so that their lowermost peripheral portions lie on lines extending in the direction of travel and which pass through the gaps between the lowermost peripheral portions of mutually adjacent reels of the forward row. Each reel is mounted on a cranked axle B. The machine may be converted to a swath turner by providing a supplementary frame 18, the two rear-most pairs of reels or the two fore-most pairs of reels being mounted on the frame 18 as shown in dotted lines. The frame 10 may be constructed in two parts in such a manner that the rear or front portion of the frame carrying two of the four pairs of reels can be swung into a position spaced laterally of the remaining two pairs of reels. The machine is provided with a fixed wheel 19 and two castor wheels, provision being made for adjusting the wheel 19 about a vertical axis and for fixing the wheel in the adjusted position. The front end of the machine is arranged to be coupled to a tractor by means of drawbars 20, 21. Specification 712,992 is referred to and Specification 753,478 is also referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-803309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carburetters for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M19/10
Filed: 1957-04-23
Abstract: 803,309. Carburetters. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. April 23,1957 [April 30, 1956], No. 12843/57. Class 7(3) A cylindrical sleeve 62 communicates with one end of a rich mixture passage 36 which is in communication with a fuel delivery nozzle 38, the other end 40 of the rich mixture passage opening into the induction passage, and the sleeve 60 has therein a flow restriction nozzle 70 which terminates downstream of the junction of the sleeve and the rich mixture passage. The nozzle 70 is preferably removably mounted in the sleeve 62 so that nozzles having different flow characteristics may be utilized. In this way it is possible more closely to match nozzle characteristics with a particular engine.
Patent GB-431228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the coating of sweetmeats or biscuits with chocolate or the like
IPC: A23G3/22
Filed: 1934-04-30
Abstract: 431,228. Coating confectionery. BAKER, G. R., WILSON, G. D., and.BAKER PERKINS, Ltd., Westwood Works, Peterborough, and ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENTS A. SAVY, JEANJEAN, ET CIE, Avenue Dubonnet, Courbevoie, Seine, France. April 30, 1934, No. 12955. [Class 28 (i)] Curtain - forming means for coating goods with chocolate or the like comprises a delivery pipe or conduit 6, extending transversely of the travel of the goods and provided with a slot 11 in the upper part of its wall through which the chocolate wells up and overflows or. to an inclined plate or apron 12, 15 from the lower edge of which the chocolate falls freely as a curtain on to the goods. The width of the slot 11 is variable by adjusting either or both of the plates 8, 9, and the longitudinal extension of the apron may be adjusted by releasing the screws 16 and sliding the part 15 to a new position in which it is again clamped. The apron, in the vicinity of the slot 11, is curved to form a rounded weir-like lip 13, and the margins of the apron are flanged at 14 to confine the chocolate. The inclination of the apron may be varied by providing a pivotal mounting adjacent to the slot 11, or the pipe 6 may be capable of limited rotation. The chocolate is admitted to the pipe 6 at one end, and the opposite end of the pipe may be closed, but, to prevent chocolate from solidifying in the pipe, it is preferred to ensure a continuous circulation through the pipe 6 by providing a valve controlled return pipe. Also the pipe 6 may be provided with an internal rotating stirrer or worm to keep the chocolate moving. The apron may be provided with temperature regulating means, e.g., an electric heater or a water coil may be mounted on the underface of the apron.
Patent GB-1490505-A (GB)
Title: Stamp pad
IPC: B41K1/54
Filed: 1976-03-31
Abstract: 1490505 Inking TEH-TSAO YANG 31 March 1976 13033/76 Heading B6C  An ink pad 2 is contained in a vessel 1 and comprises a substrate 3 which is formed with soft and hard fibres 31 upstanding therefrom. A ring 4 holds the substrate 3 in place.
Patent GB-397613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the manufacture of warp beams, or the like used in the textile trade
IPC: D02H13/28
Filed: 1932-05-06
Abstract: 397,613. Securing flanges to warp beams. BRITISH ALUMINIUM CO., Ltd., Adelaide House. King William Street, London, WHITELEGG, J. R., 15, Badminton Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and PROCTOR, J. H., Springvale Works, Haslingden, both in Lancashire. May 6, 1932, No. 13056. [Class 142 (ii).] The flanges e of a warp beam are adjustably secured by mounting them on split sleeves d each of which is formed with a tapered outer surface d<3> and a screwed portion d<2>, the application of a nut f causing the internally tapered flange to be forced against the sleeve and the latter to be clamped to the beam. All parts, including the beam, are preferably made of aluminium, or an alloy thereof, but, if desired, the flanges and their securing means may be mounted on a wooden beam having a thin metal sleeve at each end.
Patent GB-132486-A (GB)
IPC: B23Q27/00
Abstract: 132,486. Walker, K. G. Sept. 10, 1918, [Convention date]. Attachments for boring and drilling. - In an apparatus or attachment for drilling or boring non-circular or angular holes or openings, the support for an adjustable pattern is rigidly and adjustably secured to a part of the machine and forms a closed housing for driving and driven members coupled to rotate together and capable of relative lateral movement. The apparatus described is of the type in which there is no relative axial movement between the tool spindle or tool and the pattern. The feed may be given to the work instead of the tool. The pattern support 20 which forms a closed housing to protect the moving parts and to exclude dirt or grit is secured to its support by bolts passing through curved slots 23 so as to be capable of angular adjustment, and carries at its lower end the pattern 21, which is adjusted by a right and left handed screw 24 and clamped by screws 25. A split collar 26 is clamped by a screw round the support for strengthening purposes. The shank 3 of the driving-member 2, which is closed by a retaining-plate 5, is secured to the spindle of the drilling or other machine. The rotation of the driving-member, which is housed within the support 20, is communicated to the drill or tool spindle 7 by a replaceable driving- block secured at 18<A> to the slotted flange 10, Fig. 4, the block engaging a lug 12, Fig. 10, on a tongued piece 8 to which the spindle is screwed so as to allow of the lateral movement of the spindle 7. An oscillating thrust-piece 14 with an annular ridge 15 is placed between the piece 8 and a wearing plate 16 secured to the member 2, to allow for slight mis-alinement in use.
Patent GB-1210956-A (GB)
Title: Transmission shift control linkage mechanism
IPC: F16H61/26
Filed: 1968-03-19
Abstract: 1,210,956. Change speed control. BORGWARNER CORP. 19 March, 1968 [30 March, 1967], No. 13303/68. Heading F2D. In a gear shift mechanism wherein levers 14, 15 carrying pins 25 of shift forks (24) are selectively rotatable about pins 20 to establish the gear ratios, an interlock plate 11 pivoted on a pin 13 is urged by a spring 40 to the neutral position shown in which the pins 25 lie between cam surfaces 35, 36 on the plate 11 so that during rotation of one lever 14 (or 15) its pin 25 coacts with one of the cam surfaces 35, 36 and rotates the interlock plate 11 to lock the other lever 15 (or 14) in the neutral position by engaging its pin 25 in a recess 37 of the plate 11. Detent recesses 33, 34 on the plate 11 hold the levers 14, 15 in their ratio positions.
Patent GB-473770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to method of and apparatus for treating liquid materials, particularly egg whites
IPC: A47J43/044
Filed: 1936-05-11
Abstract: 473,770. Whipping and drying eggwhites &c. INDUSTRIAL PATENTS CORPORATION. May 11, 1936, No. 13321. Convention date, Dec. 6, 1935. [Class 86] [Also in Group VI] Liquid materials such as egg-whites are passed continuously upwardly into a whipping chamber, the whipped material being discharged at the top. As shown, the egg-whites, stored in a vessel 17, are fed by a pipe 21 into the bottom of the whipping vessel 12 in which works a planetary tool 5 driven from a motor 4. The whipped material passes down a spout 23 at the top of the vessel into a funnel 24 to a pump 25 which forces it into a distributing pipe 27 by which it is spread on a screen &c. 33 for drying.
Patent GB-998223-A (GB)
Title: A reversing mechanism
IPC: F16H15/02
Filed: 1963-04-04
Abstract: 998,223. Reversing gearing. J. FOUFOURIS. April 4, 1963 [April 12, 19621, No. 13370/63. Heading F2D. A reversing gear comprises driving or driven wheels 1, 2, respectively engageable with the outer and inner surfaces 4a, 5a of a recess formed in a driven or driving plate 3 to give forward and reverse drive. The various radii are such that the gear ratio is the same for both directions of rotation of the driven shaft. The contact between the wheels and the surfaces of the recess may be frictional, and aided by rings 4, 5 of rubber or plastic material lining the surfaces of the recess, alternatively a sleeve of this material may be provided on the wheels 1, 2. In another modification the wheels and the surfaces of the recess are toothed.
Patent GB-1183004-A (GB)
Title: A method of producing Hollow Needles
Inventor: LAURITZEN ERIK
IPC: C23C18/20
Filed: 1968-03-20
Abstract: 1,183,004. Hypodermic needles. N. BAYSCHMITH. 20 March, 1968 [28 March, 1967], No. 13443/68. Heading A5R. [Also in Divisions B3 and C7] In a method of making a hollow needle, e.g. a hypodermic needle, a metallic layer 16 is applied by electrodeposition, chemical precipitation or spraying to a glass or plastics member 15. One or more metal layers 16 e.g. nickel are applied internally or externally to a glass or plastics tube 15 or to a solid plastics rod. In the latter case, after deposition of the metallic layer the plastics rod is axially bored or totally removed by melting. The member 15 may be provided with notches to prevent axial displacement of the metallic layer 16 when there is poor adherence between their surfaces. In an alternative embodiment Fig. 4 a plastics tubular member 18 is coated internally or externally with a metallic layer along its whole length or restricted to the needle portions 20. The member 18 is cut at positions A, B, C to form needle portions, each of which has its free end sharpened and is mounted e.g. by heat sealing on an injection syringe. The portions 19 of the member 18 may alternatively be. so dimensioned that they serve as syringe cylinders. A compressible syringe ampoule (Fig. 5, not shown) may be formed with an integral discharge tube (22).
Patent GB-854847-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved garden cloche
IPC: A01G13/04
Filed: 1957-04-26
Abstract: 854,847. Cloches. HUGHES, 1. O. April 28, 1958 [April 26, 1957; Sept. 11, 1957], Nos. 13460/57 and 28645/57. Class 20(1) A cloche comprises arched frame members 3 pivotally engaging shallow walls 1, 2 so that the frame may be collapsed and a covering of flexible transparent material 5 carrying support bars 10 but being fixed by the bar 6 to the wall 2 and releasably fastened by bar 7 and spring 8 to wall 1. The cover can be rolled back to open the cloche and is held by the spring 8 when in its fully open position. In a modification the bar 7 is held in position by a clip. Specification 799,213 is referred to.
Patent GB-466064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to absorbable wadding
IPC: A61L17/08
Filed: 1936-05-12
Abstract: 466,064. Preparing tanned fibres. FREUDENBERG GES., C. May 12, 1936, No. 13462. Convention date, May 20, 1935. [Class 76] [Also in Group IX] A process for the preparation of absorbable wadding, particularly for surgical purposes, is characterized in that animal hides or sinews are first subjected to a swelling treatment, e.g. in milk of lime, sulphurous acid solution &c., or a thermal loosening treatment, the swollen or loosened material being then subjected to a mechanical coarse shredding operation in crushing - rollers, hollanders, &c., such that the individual fibres are preserved ; the resulting coarse fibrous mass being thereafter subjected to a waterdisplacing treatment with organic liquids miscible with water, particularly acetone or 60 per cent to 100 per cent alcohol, regulated in accordance with the required degree of softness of the finished wadding, the material so treated being then finely shredded or teased out by treatment with carding combs, &c., so as to liberate the individual fibres. The starting materials may be subjected to partial hydrolytic decomposition under the action of heat simultaneously with or prior to the swelling treatment. The treatment with organic liquids may be effected in stages, the material being preferably freed from the main aqueous liquids by draining, expressing, centrifuging, &c. Formaldehyde &c. may be used to tan slightly the wadding during or after its preparation. Treatment with hot alcohol or alcohol containing iodine or Rioanol may be employed at the last immersion to sterilize the fibres. Specification 446,533 is referred to.
Patent GB-134675-A (GB)
IPC: G09B21/00
Abstract: 134,675. Barr, A., Stroud, W., and Albe, E. E. F. d'. Dec. 13, 1918. Blind persons, communicating with.-In an optophone of the type depending upon the action of intermittent beams of light of different frequencies reflected from a printed page upon a selenium or other light-sensitive preparation in a telephone circuit, a second light-sensitive element is provided for converting the instrument from " white - sounding " to " black-sounding." The second element is exposed to a portion of the intermittent light intercepted before it reaches the paper, and is arranged and adjusted in relation to the first element and the telephone circuit so as to give a balance as regards the effects of the two elements on the telephone circuit, when the first element is receiving light reflected from a white portion of the paper, Fig. 1 shows the usual arrangement of light 2, revolving perforated disk 1, optical system 4, 5, 6, light-sensitive element 7, and papersupport 8. Light may be reflected upon a second element 17, from the beams entering the optical system 4, 5, 6, by a plane plate of glass or a. lens 10, or by an opaque mirror of small dimensions; or, as shown in Fig. 9, lateral light which would not enter the optical system 4, 5, 6 may be utilized. The intensity of the light falling upon the second element may be adjusted in several ways, for example, by varying the obliquity of the light, the effectiveness of the reflector, or the distance of the element, or, as shown in Fig. 9, by interposing a screen 25. In another arrangement, a light-sensitive element of small transverse dimensions is exposed in the intermittent light, and can be oriented for adjustment. Balancing can also be effected wholly or in part by variations in the electrical resistance of the circuits, for example in a wheatstone-bridge arrangement, or as shown in Fig. 7, by shifting one terminal of the telephone 20 along a resistance 23 and the other terminal along the cells of the battery, the two elements 7, 17 being in series.
Patent GB-514443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to improving the resistance of metals to corrosion
IPC: C23C22/18
Filed: 1938-05-05
Abstract: 514,443. Coating metals. PYRENE CO., Ltd., and CLIFFORD, W. J. (Parker Rust. Proof Co.). May 5, 1938, Nos. 13475/38 and 13265/39. [Class 82 (ii)] The resistance of iron, steel, zinc or other metals to corrosion is improved by treating the metal with a phosphate coating solution to which a nitrate accelerator has been added. and in which owing to generation or addition of nitrite the ferrous iron in the bulk of the coating solution is largely or wholly oxidized. The nitrite may be wholly added or wholly generated, or nitrite may be added initially or at intervals to cause autocatalytic generation ; further, generation may be such as to leave a substantial residual nitrite content, e.g., 100 parts per million calculated as NO2, after oxidizing all the ferrous iron. High NO3 : PO 4 ratio, high temperature, high total percentage of nitrate and phosphate and high acidity facilitate generation. Nitrates of Na, Zn, Mn, Cd &c. or mixtures thereof may be used with a bath of Zn or Mn phosphate. Numerous examples of solutions are given. Specification 386,739 is referred to.
Patent GB-202051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in movable supports for electric light, gas and other purposes
IPC: F21V21/14
Filed: 1922-05-13
Abstract: 202,051. Dugdill, J. May 13, 1922. Rod couplings and joints.-In fork-jointer fittings for supporting lamps &c., forked tubular elements, one or more of which are rendered expansible, are sleeved or socketed together, and provision is made for limiting axial rotation between them. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a tube b, forked at one end, is slit at the other end to engage frictionally a forked member a sleeved thereon and pin-and-slot means a<3>, a<4> is provided to limit axial rotation between the tube and the member a. A plain or internally-screwed thimble c, adapted to be pushed over or to screw upon the member a, is provided on the tube b for masking the means for limiting axial rotation. In a modification, Fig. 5, the forked tube a<5> is socketed in a tube b<6> secured to a base d, and is provided with a tongue a' adapted to engage a projection b<7> on the tube b<6> for limiting rotation. Where rotation through more than 250‹ is required, an intermediate tube b<10>, Fig. 7, is provided between the tube a<8>, b<8>, rotation between the tubes b<10>, b<8> being limited by the tongue b<11> engaging the projection b<9>, whilst rotation between the tubes b<10>. a<8> is limited by pin-and-slot means a<9>, b<12>. In another modification, Fig. 12, the tube a<10> is slit as at a<12>, so as to form two spring tongues a<13> which are caused to bear upon the inner tube b with a variable amount of friction by a sleeve e slidable upon the tube a<10> and forced upwards over the tongues a<13> by a nut f or by the masking- device for the pin-and-slot arrangement a<4>, a<3> for limiting rotation between the tubes a", b.
Patent GB-639211-A (GB)
Title: Thermal power plant
IPC: F02C1/10
Filed: 1947-05-20
Abstract: 639,211. Gas turbine plant. AKT.-GES. FUR TECHNISCHE STUDIEN. May 20, 1947, No. 13532. Convention date, June 8, 1946. Drawings to Specification. [Class 110(iii)] A plant comprising at least one compressor turbine and at least one useful power turbine, the compressor and useful power turbines running at mechanically independent speeds and being arranged in series or parallel as regards the supply of working fluid, is characterized in that the ratio of the angles made by the vectors representing relative inlet velocity and absolute outlet velocity of the working fluid in the majority of the rotor stages of either the compressor turbine or the useful power turbine is fixed so that when the speed of the chosen turbine increases the compressor turbine takes a smaller proportion of the total energy produced, and when there is a reduction of speed of the chosen turbine the compressor turbine takes a larger proportion of the total energy produced.