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Patent GB-182968-A (GB)
Title: A self-propelled floating support for bathers
IPC: A63B35/10
Filed: 1921-04-27
Abstract: 182,968. Collins, E., and Moncrieff, A. H. April 27, 1921. Bathing-appliances.-A bathing-appliance comprises a framework 2 carrying a strip of convas 1 for supporting the bather and having at its forward end a pair of paddle-wheels 7 mounted on a crank-shaft 8 adapted to be operated by the bather, buoyancy being ensured by floats 6 disposed on either side of the frame work and secured thereto by stays 5. A rudder 12 having an oper. ating-rod 15 adapted to be engaged by the feet of the bather may be provided at the rear end of the framework. According to the Provisional Specification a screw propeller may be provided in lieu of, or in addition to, the paddle wheels.
Patent GB-1392022-A (GB)
Title: Alligator shears
IPC: B23D31/00
Filed: 1973-03-13
Abstract: 1392022 Shearing J L CHAZEN 13 March 1973 12100/73 Heading B3W A double cut alligator shear to which material particularly large scrap may be fed from either side has a blade beam 14 pivoted to the shear bed 11 at 15 and actuated by a piston and cylinder unit 33, 34 to bring spaced blades 19 on the beam into shearing relation with two spaced fixed plades 21, Fig. 4. The piston-rod 33, pivoted to the beam at 38, is confined throughout its stroke by a guide 27 which is of U-section in plan and rearwardly open. Wear blocks 32 on the beam engage wear strips 31 on each side plate of the guide throughout the shearing stroke and plates 25 brace both sides of the guide. The blades 19 are reversible and consist of sections 19b disposed at an angle to the horizontal greater, preferably by 8 degrees, than sections 19a.
Patent GB-761765-A (GB)
Title: Microwave transmission line
IPC: H01P3/08
Filed: 1953-05-01
Abstract: 761,765. Microwave transmission lines. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. May 1, 1953 [May 8, 1952], No. 12114/53. Class 40 (8). A transmission line of the strip type described in Specifications 704,050, 708,601 and 761,764 is provided with means for adjusting the line wavelength of a short section of line. The transmission line comprises a " line " conductor 1 separated from a " ground conductor 2 by a layer of dielectric 3 a small fraction of a quarter wavelength thick. Overlying a narrowed portion 4 of the conductor 1 are two conductive strips 5, 6 which can be moved towards and away fron each other by means of a two cam-and-pin mechanisms 12, 15 which are geared together by an endless cord 17. The strips 5, 6 are maintained in contact with the line conductor 1 by straps 21, 22. Adjustment of the strips 5, 6 causes variation of the effective width of the line-section and hence of the line wavelength. In a second method of actuating the strips 5, 6 (Figs. 7, 8, not shown) a rack- and-pinion mechanism is used. The pinion engages the dielectric layer by means of a screwthread and penetrates to an adjustable degree into the 'dielectric as the position of the strips 5, 6 is adjusted. It is stated that the degree of penetration effects to some degree the wavelength of the section. In the modification of Fig. 5, the " ground " conductor 29, the " line " conductor 28 and the dielectric layer 30 are of the same width and adjustment of the wavelength of the section is effected by securing additional strips of dielectric 33, 34, 35, 36 to the edges of the layer 30, e.g. by means of pins 31. These strips may have conducting layers on one or both sides. The wavelength may also be changed by changing the dielectric material in a section of the line. To this end a card made up of strips of different dielectric materials may be slid between the " line " and the " ground conductors (Fig. 9, not shown). Where the dielectric comprises a foamed material it is necessary to increase the density of the material towards the ends of the strip in order to prevent mismatch. Interchangeable strips of dielectric 50, Fig. 10, shaped as shown to produce a gradual transition, may be used to effect the desired change of wavelength.
Patent GB-1033803-A (GB)
Title: A system for stopping a diesel engine in a vehicle having an anti-theft device
Inventor: HADEKEL RUBEN
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 1963-03-27
Abstract: 1,033,803. Preventing unauthorized use of I.C. engines. TRICO-FOLBERTH Ltd. March 16, 1964 [March 27, 1963], No. 12135/63. Heading F1B. An electrical system for stopping a compression-ignition engine in a vehicle having an anti-theft device is arranged so that when the steering is locked switch C is opened and switch D is closed to allow current flow through solenoid S, contacts R 1  and cut-off switch E, contacts R 1  being closed since current flows through relay R via contacts R 1  and switch E. The solenoid S moves a spring-loaded stop or throttle member to stop the engine. Switch E operates as a thermal cut-off switch to open the circuit after a 5 second delay. In normal use the current flowing through switch E is not sufficient to operate the thermal cut-off. In another embodiment, when the steering is unlocked switch C, Fig. 2, (not shown) is closed, relay Q is energized and contacts Q 1  are in the dotted line position to form a closed circuit through relay R causing contacts R 1  to close. When the steering is locked, switch C opens, relay Q is de-energized and contacts Q1 move the other position, current then flowing through the control solenoid S, contacts R 1  and cut-off switch E which opens after a delay. The entire system is then open-circuit because contacts R 1  are open and cannot close again until relay Q has been energized so as to permit current to flow through relay R. The anti-theft device may be arranged with an "off" position in which the usual ignition key can be withdrawn, an "on" position in which the key is left when the engine is running and a spring-loaded position beyond the "on" position in which the engine starter is operated.
Patent GB-412736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ash-trays and like receptacles for the use of smokers
IPC: A24F19/14
Filed: 1933-04-26
Abstract: 412,736. Ash-trays ; cigarette extinguishers. ASTON, C. P. T., 64, Valley Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and WILSON, T. J., 42, Sheen Common Drive, Richmond, Surrey. April 26, 1933, No. 12213. [Class 130.] An extinguisher consists of a conical vessel closed at the smaller end which is of such dimensions that the end of a cigarette &c., forms an airtight closure, and moulded in a central boss of a tray of synthetic resin. The surface may be corrugated, fluted, or roughened.
Patent GB-983276-A (GB)
Title: Charging apparatus for baling presses
Inventor: SCHONDUBE OTTO
IPC: B30B9/30
Filed: 1963-03-28
Abstract: 983,276. Baling apparatus. SCHWERMASCHINENBAU ERNST THALMANN VEB. March 28, 1963, No. 12303/63. Heading B5F. Apparatus for feeding natural or synthetic fibres to a baling press comprises two reversible conveyer belts 7 arranged one above the other so as to provide a tapering feed passage between a filling shaft 6 and a filling box 8 of the press. While the fibres are being pressed by a ram 9 the conveyers 7 are reversed and then stopped. The apparatus also includes a fibre opener 4 and an endless conveyer 1 in a shaft 3. Specification 879,422 is referred to.
Patent GB-1511446-A (GB)
Title: Dental amalgam
IPC: A61K6/847
Filed: 1976-03-26
Abstract: 1511446 Dental amalgam alloy G M WEIKEL 26 Mar 1976 [28 April 1975] 12344/76 Heading C7A An alloy, suitable for amalgamating with Hg to give good intra-oral corrosion resistance, consists of The preferred Cu alloy is Cu 54 Ag 46, and the preferred particulate eye is 0À001-40À0 microns.
Patent GB-928788-A (GB)
Title: Rice product and process of preparing the same
IPC: A23L7/196
Filed: 1960-04-07
Abstract: Porous gelatinized rice, easily cooked to a fluffy preparation in which the grains stand apart, is made by cooling gelatinized rice at a temperature sufficiently low and for a period sufficient to freeze the inter-stitial water and the gel-bound water and removing a substantial part of this water by sublimation within a temperature range between that of the frozen gelatinized rice and 32 DEG F.  For the preliminary gelatinization, 1 lb. of rice may be steeped in 1-2 gal. of water, and then cooked for 20-45 min. at 170-212 DEG F.  The freezing may be at 20 to -30 DEG F.; it may be effected by direct action of an expanding gaseous refrigerant such as carbon dioxide. Sublimation may be effected under pressure reduced to 0,05-4,5 mm. of mercury.  The porous product may be further dried at above 32 DEG F.
Patent GB-395127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to condensing lenses for cinematograph and like projectors
IPC: G03B21/20
Filed: 1932-04-30
Abstract: 395,127. Condenser lenses &c. ELLIOTT, E., 315, Summer Lane, Birming- ham. April 30, 1932, No. 12459. [Class 97@(i).] Lenses which are exposed to heat, such as condenser lenses in kinematograph projectors, are formed in two or more parts assembled so as to be separately free to expand and contract. As shown, the lens is formed in three parts a, b having plane contiguous faces parallel to the optical axis of the lens. The parts may be freely held together by a divided circular rim d having parts engaging each lens surface, the ends of the rim being connected by a clip e having depressions f engaging apertures or recesses g in the rim.
Patent GB-1531971-A (GB)
Title: Textile machines
IPC: F16P3/08
Filed: 1976-03-23
Abstract: 1531971 Machinery safety devices JAMES MACKIE & SONS Ltd 23 March 1976 [25 March 1975] 12471/75 Headings F2J and F2K An electrically controlled, or otherwise, e.g. hydraulically controlled, power-operated textile spinning machine is controlled by a switch 21, or similar device, e.g. valve, which is either enclosed (Figs. 5 and 6, not shown) with the machine's driving mechanism, e.g. gearing and chain drives &c. (not shown) by a protective casing 10 having one or more hinged covers 11 or, as shown, is externally mounted on the casing 10, the switch 21 having a plunger 20, or lever (not shown), operated by a circular cam 18 carried by a manually movable cross-bar 14, 15 pivoted at 16 each side of the casing 10 whereby the covers 11 can only be opened when the cross-bar 14, 15 is raised clear of the covers 11 to stop the machine via the cam 18 and switch 21. The arrangement is such that the cross-bar 14, 15 is turnable between the lower position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the switch plunger 20 is freely located in a recess in the circular cam 18 whereby the switch 21 is conditioned for normal operation of the machine and the hinged covers 11 are obstructed by the surrounding cross-bar 14 to prevent the covers 11 being opened, to the upper position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the plunger 20 of the switch 21 is depressed by the cam 18 to stop the machine and the cross-bar 14 is raised clear of the covers 11 which can now be safely opened for maintenance access to the now stationary drive of the machine. In this latter condition, i.e. when the covers 11 are opened, the cross-bar 14 is prevented, by the covers 11, from being manually lowered whereby the machine cannot be started when the covers 11 are open. A screw 25 serves to secure the hinged covers 11 in their closed position and additionally provide a time-delay effective when the cross-bar 14 is raised to delay manual opening of the covers 11 until the machine drive mechanism is fully at a standstill. In the embodiment of Figs. 5 and 6 (not shown) the cross-bar 14 has cranked ends (31, 32), at each end, to embrace pairs of hinged side covers (35, 36) each end of the casing 10, a top cover (40) interfitting with the side covers (35, 36) in such manner that the top cover is closed prior to closing the side covers to ensure all the covers are closed to allow manual lowering of the crossbar for normal operation of the machine.
Patent GB-266946-A (GB)
Title: Reed weaving machine
IPC: D03D41/00
Filed: 1926-05-17
Abstract: 266,946. Lloyd, M. B. May 17,1926. Cane and like fabrics.-A reed fabric having warp strands which are formed into sheds to receive stakes has plain parts D<1> and also patterned parts C<1> wherein groups of alternate and intermediate strands are all disposed in a single plane.
Patent GB-584451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the mounting of stabilised platforms on moving vehicles
IPC: G01C21/18
Filed: 1944-06-30
Abstract: 584,451. Radiolocation. HUGHES & SON, Ltd., H., SPROULE, D. O., and HUGHES, A. J. June 30, 1944, No. 12522. [Class 40 (v)] [Also in Group XXXIII] In a stabilised platform for supporting, in an aircraft &c., a reflector 1 of a radar scanning system, the reflector is pivoted in a bridle 2 so that it can be tilted about the horizontal axis 3 and the bridle is carried by a bracket 4 mounted on a shaft 4a driven by a motor 5 and carried by a carriage 6. The carriage 6 is adjustable on circular tracks 7, rollers 8 contacting a smooth part and pinions 9 engaging the racks 9a and driven through gearing by an electric motor 13a controlled from " roll " pick-offs of the vertical gyro 14 ; the centres of the tracks 7 are on a line parallel to the " roll " axis of the aircraft and pass through the centre of the reflector. The tracks 7 are connected to plates 15 adjustable on circular tracks 16, rollers 17 contacting a smooth part and pinions 18 engaging the racks 19 and, driven through gearing from the motor 24 controlled from the " pitch " pick-offs of the gyro 14 ; the centres of the tracks are on a line parallel to the " pitch " axis of the aircraft and pass through the centre of the reflector. The axis of the shaft 4a also passes through the centre of the reflector. A directional gyro 25 is provided to enable the angular rotation of the shaft 4a to be compared. Alternatively, the rollers 18 may be fixed to the aircraft and the tracks 7 may be carried by the carriage 6.
Patent GB-1500164-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection pumps for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M59/48
Filed: 1975-03-26
Abstract: 1500164 Fuel injection pumps ROBERT BOSCH GmbH 26 March 1975 [1 April 1974] 12547/75 Heading F1A In a fuel injection pump comprising a housing 10 defining a bore 12, a cylinder liner 15 secured in the bore 12 by bolts 45 passing through slots 44 in a flange 14 attached to the liner or a sleeve receiving the liner, and a piston 17 reciprocable in the liner and having a control edge 24 co-operable with a spill port 22 in the liner 15, the precise angular position of the liner in bore 12 is adjustable by a tool 47 engageable with a slot 48 or toothed portion provided at the periphery of the flange 14 at a position radially outwardly of the bolts 45. A pressure valve 35 is clamped against a shoulder 37 in the liner 15 by a connector 38 screwed into the end of the liner 15. This allows the liner adjustment to be made during operation of the pump. The housing 10 may include a plurality of parallel bores 12 each receiving a cylinder etc. to form an in-line pump, Fig. 2 (not shown).
Patent GB-948379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in light distribution system
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 1961-04-07
Abstract: 948,379. Illuminating clocks. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. April 7, 1961 [April 8, 1960(3)], No. 12553/61. Heading G3T. [Also in Divisions F4 and G1] An illuminating system especially for illuminating a clock face comprises a light transmitting panel having a central opening, a reflector surface adjacent the rear face and a plurality of reflecting indentations formed in the front face, a light source and means for transmitting the light rays from the source in a direction generally parallel to the faces of the panel. The indentations may be partspherical and of increasing depth and/or more closely spaced as the distance from the light source increases. Similar identations may also be provided on the rear face and the edges of the panel may be made reflecting to return the light. In the form shown, the light source 17 is carried in a holder 3 connected to the panel by a light conducting member 6. The front surface of the panel is formed with depressions 10 increasing in depth in a direction away from the member 6 and the rear surface is provided with or formed as a reflector 11. The edges of the panel are bevelled as at 12 to reflect the light. A mask 15 is provided between the front face of the panel and a translucent dial.
Patent GB-281168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to advertising devices
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 1927-05-10
Abstract: 281,168. Petter, E. W., and Petters, Ltd. May 10, 1927. Forms and models with characteristic movements; actuating.- in vibration - operated devices wherein parts a of an advertising design are rotated, the mechanism comprises. a loaded spring j to which is pivoted a rigid rackshaped pawl f which rests by gravity only on a ratchet wheel d fixed to a shaft b.
Patent GB-993396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to safety belts
IPC: B60R22/34
Filed: 1964-03-25
Abstract: 993,396. Safety harness. VOLVO A.B. March 25, 1964 [March 30, 1963], No. 12586/64. Heading A3V. A safety belt for vehicles comprises a hip belt and a breast belt forming a continuous loop detachably connected to one of three load bearing points and a lockable belt reel on the belt. The belt is connected by extensions 3 and 4 to a reel 13 and passes through freely pivoting eyes 11, 12 at connecting points 5 and 7 on the floor and at the top of a door panel to lie against the panel or be enclosed when not in use. When in use, the locking detent of the reel is withdrawn and the belt is pulled out and a clasp 10 on the belt is engaged with an anchoring mounting 9 on the vehicle floor or with a rigid or flexible connection on the floor. The detent is reengaged, the belt providing a breast belt 1 and a hip belt 2. Various relative positions of the fixing points and reel are described. The reel may be situated below the point 7 or at the upper point 5. The reel and the clasp may be combined. The ends of the belt may be attached to a door panel. The belts may be attached to a rear seat as shown in Fig. 9 or to the sides of the vehicle with the mounting points 9 centrally situated.
Patent GB-400674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in knitted stockings or like articles and the method of making the same
IPC: D04B1/06
Filed: 1932-05-02
Abstract: 400,674. Stockings &c. HEMPHILL CO., Central Falls, Rhode Island, U.S.A.- (Assignees of Baugh, J. H. ; 2214, Allen Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.) May 2, 1932, No. 12605. Convention date, May 23, 1931. [Class 141.] In the production of hosiery, a single wall of loops L of any ordinary kind knitted on any suitable machine is finished by a no-run stitch portion or course formed from a thread T or in any other suitable manner. Knitting is then resumed, to produce a portion, some of the loops La of which are longer than others. This portion is removed, after boarding, by unravelling or otherwise. The end loops are thus left free and present the appearance of a picot edge. The thread T may be put in by hand.
Patent GB-256707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in submarine mines
IPC: F42C15/44
Filed: 1925-05-14
Abstract: 256,707. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Ltd., Sir W. G., and Hadcock, Sir A. G. May 14, 1925. Mines, marine.-Relates to submarine mines of the kind in which the mooring cable d, Fig. 2, is attached to a spindle c mounted on a spring h in a firing plate b and connected to a safety switch e, the spring h normally holding the spindle inwards and the switch in the safe open position, but yielding to the pull of the mooring cable due to the buoyancy of the mine when the spindle is released by a soluble plug f, Fig. 4, after the mine is moored, whereby the spindle c is drawn out and the switch closed to arm the mine. A diaphragm g is attached to the spindle c and to the firing plate b to seal the joint between these parts. At great depths, the hydrostatic pressure on the diaphragm added to the action of the spring h tends to overcome the pull of the mooring cable, thereby disarming the mine. According to the invention, this is prevented by providing an additional diaphragm, the hydrostatic pressure on which is made to balance that on the first diaphragm. In Fig. 2, a second diaphragm o is attached to the top of the spindle c against a water-chamber q in communication with the outside of the mine by a duct r. In Fig. 3, the second diaphragm j is attached to the bottom end of the spindle c over an air-chamber k in communication with the interior of the mine by a duct through the spindle c. In both cases, the downward hydrostatic pressure on the second diaphragm balances the upward hydrostatic pressure on the first diaphragm g. In Fig. 3, the mooring cable is attached to a bridle m secured to a crosshead n fitted to the spindle c between the two diaphragms.
Patent GB-378405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in brakes
IPC: B60T13/74
Filed: 1931-04-30
Abstract: 378,405. Electrical brakes. BARKER, G. G., 59, Chancery Lane, London.-(Bendix Brake Co. ; 401, North Bendix Drive, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A.) April 30, 1931, No. 12752. [Class 103 (i).] Brakes particularly for motor vehicles comprise an electrical power device which upon the closing of a circuit containing the device develops automatically an increased effort to apply the brakes. The power device comprises a series of axially arranged electric coils 25 increasing successively in strength, surrounding a rod 51 connecting the brake pedal to the brakes. A magnetizable core 18 carried by the rod is adapted to be drawn into the coils by actuation of the rod by the pedal and the coils are progressively energized in advance of the core. Brushes 22 carried in an annular groove in a cylinder 52 of insulating material are adapted progressively to complete the circuits of the coils in advance of the core 18. The circuit through the coils is also controlled by a switch on the brake pedal, Fig. 9. The outer ends of the coils are electrically connected to the casing 43 which is connected by a lug 44 and screw 46 to a bracket 45. The inner ends of the coils are connected to strips 23 adapted to be engaged by the brushes 22 which also engage a conducting strip 21 connected by a connection 40 to a binding post 41. A source of current is connected to post 41 and the bracket 45. An annular spring 56 forces the brushes 22 apart. The brake pedal, Fig. 9, has attached to it by rivets 62 a shell 61 having an upper part 70 hinged at 76. Two contact plates 63, also held by the rivets 62 are connected to two armoured wires 67 which are brought down to the pedal pivot before leaving the pedal. The plates 63 are insulated from the shell 61 and the rivets 62 and are adapted to be engaged by a contact plate 71 carried by the hinged part 70 when this part is moved by the pressure of the operator's foot. A return spring 81 is arranged between stampings 79 riveted to the parts 61, 70 of the shell. The part 70 telescopes over the part 61 an opening 82 covered by a plate 83 allowing this movement.