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Patent GB-439140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pipe clips
IPC: F16L33/04
Filed: 1935-01-15
Abstract: 439,140. Band clips. HILL, S. D., 66, Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield. Jan. 15, 1935, No. 1315. [Class 44] In a band clip for hose-pipes &c. of the kind in which a screw clamping device is adapted to act on any one of a number of abutments provided along the length of the band to allow a preliminary adjustment of size, the abutments are provided by means of transverse slots 19 in an upstanding arched bead or beads 14 formed centrally along the band, leaving lateral strip portions 15 which bears on the hose-pipe 16. The bead preferably tapers longitudinally so that when the ends overlap, one may rest on the other. As shown, one end of the band is bent up and dished to form a lug 11 with a bush 13 against which the head of a tightening screw bears. The screw engages in a tapped lug member 21 having a hook 24 which engages the selected abutment. The hook is formed on a part which is hollowed at 23 to bridge the bead, the side portions 25, which may be rounded, bearing on the strips 15 to keep the hook clear of the pipe 16. Alternatively, two hooked members may be provided, one replacing the lug 11. The clamping screw may have a left-hand thread and its end may be upset to prevent removal. Modifications are described in one of which the screw engages a threaded sleeve extension carried by the lug, and in the other the screw is fixedly carried by one lug and carries a wing nut bearing against the other. According to the Provisional Specification the abutments may be formed by transverse beads.
Patent GB-137382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to razors
IPC: B26B21/40
Filed: 1919-01-18
Abstract: 137,382. Thomas, J., and Platt, F. Jan. 18, 1919. Brushes combined with razors; brush-wipers; brush sheaths.-A brush, such as a shaving-brush, is combined with a razor. In the arrangements shown, the brush bristles d are carried by a plug c adapted to slide in a hollow stem a constituting the razor handle. A projection e, engaging in a hole e<1>, extends through a slot f in the stem, and this slot may be curved and is formed with a lateral extension f<1> and a short upward extension f<2>; the brush is thus held when in its extended position and is prevented from rotating. The projection e may screw into the hole e<1>, and thus permit of a complete removal of the brush. A rubber ring may be provided in the handle a to squeeze water &c. from the bristles as the brush is drawn into the handle. The end of the handle may be closed by a cap or plug.
Patent GB-796616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mounting arrangements for electrical components
Inventor: REESE CYRIL VALENTINE
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1956-01-14
Abstract: 796,616. Mounting electrical equipment. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE & ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. Dec. 24, 1956 [Jan. 14, 1956], No. 1340/56. Class 37. In a mounting arrangement for electrical equipment comprising a plurality of units containing thermionic valves mounted in tiers in a rack, the thermionic valves 10 are mounted at the rear of the units and at an angle so that they overhang the rear edge, the space at the rear of the units providing a chimney through which cooling air is drawn bv convection from beneath the lowermost units, as shown in the Figure. Further cooling air enters the chimney through the spaces between the units as indicated by the arrows 12. The units are mounted on panels 8 forming the front surfaces of the rack assembly and are enclosed by covers except for the valves which are provided with individual screening cans. The valve holders are mounted upon washers made of a poor heat conductor to prevent heat transfer between the valves and the remainder of the units. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), the rack assembly comprises a single, instead of a double, bay, the rear of the assembly being enclosed by a coverplate.
Patent GB-703531-A (GB)
Title: A direct reading transmission dynamometer
IPC: G01L3/10
Filed: 1952-01-17
Abstract: 703,531. Dynamometers. THILLAIMUTHU, J. Jan. 17, 1952 [Jan. 20, 1951], No. 1344/52. Class 106 (2). [Also in Groups XXXV and XXXVIII] Apparatus for measuring the horsepower output of a rotating shaft comprises a tachometergenerator for measuring the speed combined with a torsion meter for determining the torque, the latter affecting the position of the brushes of the tachometer-generator, whose output voltage is thus proportional to speed x torque, i.e., H.P. Torsion meter. This has a flange member b (Fig. 1) keyed to the input shaft a and facing a smaller flange member d and connected thereto by a single turn spring e, one end of which is screwed to b and the other to d. The periphery of flange b is threaded to receive a sleeve g whose back end is attached by screws i to a plate h which, together with flange d, is keyed to the output shaft j, but with plate h free to move axially on shaft j. Thus, when the shafts a, j transmit torque, the torsion causes shaft j to lag on shaft a, and the rotation of plate h unscrews sleeve g to move the assembly to the left, the axial movement, through a shaft m, being proportional to the torque. Tachometer. This is assembled on the shaft j, comprises a combined armature-commutator n (Fig. 3) and permanent magnets r, the brushes t being carried on a cylindrical sleeve u rotatably mounted in a bearing v, and having a shaped groove w on its surface which engages a finger y carried by the torsion meter shaft m. Thus the movement of the shaft m, produced by the torque in the shafts, alters the position of the brushes t, and the output voltage of the tachometer is proportional to both speed and torque. In another embodiment (Fig. 8) the torsion meter has a rigid sleeve b2 over the transmission shaft a2 and clamped to it at one end c2, the free end being attached by levers e2 to a collar g2, whose rotatory motion with torsion in the shaft is transmitted via a cam q2, shaft r2, and gears s2, t2, u2 to the brush rocker mechanism of the tachometer. The latter is driven from the transmission shaft a2 by a chain n2.
Patent GB-565476-A (GB)
Title: A process and apparatus for drying substances
IPC: B01D1/18
Filed: 1943-01-27
Abstract: 565,476. Spray evaporators. BERK & CO., Ltd., F. W., SIX, G. J., and SIX, C. G. Jan. 27, 1943, No. 1381. [Class 32] Dilute solutions, vegetable pulps, clay slurries and heat sensitive materials, e.g. white precipitate of mercury (HgNH2Cl), corrosive solutions, e.g. cupric chloride, are dried by spraying the solution &c. by means of a compressed gas, e.g. air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, &c., to form an upwardly directed non-rotating cylindrical stream, which is surrounded by an upwardly directed stream of hot gas, e.g. air free from longitudinal vortices, the velocity of the sprayed solution being much greater than the velocity of the surrounding stream of hot gas. Nozzle speeds of 100-150 ft. per sec. for the surrounding air stream and from 600-2,400 ft. per sec. for the inner stream are specified. The non- rotating blast is obtained by placing thin strengthening blades or vanes in the conduit supplied with hot air from a fan. The solution or slurry is fed by a roller pump through a pipe 9 and injected upwardly by compressed air from a pipe 10 into a conduit 8 through which the surrounding stream of hot air is pumped. The conduit, Fig. 3, is provided with radial blades 15 mounted on a cylindrical ring 16 and a pipe 17 which receives the pipe 10. The streams are sprayed upwardly into a duct bag 1 mounted on a wooden frame 3 supported by a rope 4. The dried powder is removed through hoppers 6. A hydrometer 7 is provided to determine the humidity of the air, and the surface area of the filter bag is maintained in determined relation to the volume of damp air leaving the bag.
Patent GB-730815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for the treatment of fibres
Inventor: BRANTON HAROLD
IPC: D01D10/04
Filed: 1953-01-19
Abstract: 730,815. Conveyers. COURTAULDS, Ltd. Jan. 18, 1954 [Jan, 19, 1953], No. 1461/53. Class 78 (1). In a process for the liquid treatment and drying of a mass of fibres such as fibres of wool, cotton, rayon staple and asbestos, the fibres are deposited in heaps 12 on an oscillating grid conveyer 9 as described in Specification 332,003, [Class 78 (i)], between beams 10, 11 and are spaced into a substantially even layer 13 by one or more discs 7 fixed to a rod 4 rotating in bearings 5, 6.
Patent GB-1496421-A (GB)
Title: Supervision circuit
IPC: G01R31/02
Filed: 1975-01-14
Abstract: 1496421 Detecting current failure PHILIPS ELECTRONIC AND ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 14 Jan 1975 [14 Jan 1974] 1540/75 Heading H2K [Also in Division H3] A circuit for detecting failure of the current through a load 5 comprises a capacitor 10 which is normally kept charged via a diode 9 and load-current transformer 1 so as to add a negative bias to an auxiliary A.C. signal applied (14, 15) across resistors 6, 11 and capacitor 10 in series. Should the load current fail the negative bias disappears, causing the auxiliary signal to trigger SCR 16 on positive half cycles and thereby provide an alarm signal via relay 17. A contact 13 in the auxiliary signal path may be coupled to a current-interrupting switch 7 in the load path (e.g. a temperature-controlled switch if load 5 is a heater) to disable the detecting current when the load current has been deliberately interrupted.
Patent GB-1499678-A (GB)
Title: Soldering iron for simultaneously soldering a plurality of wires to respective metal liners each of which is located in a respective channel of a connector
IPC: H01R43/02
Filed: 1975-01-14
Abstract: 1499678 Soldering; stripping and soldering conductors BUNKER RAMO CORP 14 Jan 1975 [25 Jan 1974] 1568/75 Headings B3A and B3R A soldering iron for simultaneously soldering a plurality of conductors 22 to metal liners 24 in channels 26 of a connector 20 comprises a plate 34 of heat conducting material, a plurality of projections 38 on an end face of the plate, each having sides converging towards the extremity of the projection and plated with a solder wettable oxidation resistant material. In an embodiment the iron comprises a copper plate 34 having a main body 36 and projections 38 which are triangular in end view with sides 40 converging into points. The sides of the projections are plated with electroless nickel 44, and the remainder of the plate is plated with hard chromium 46. A number of wires from a multi wire cord 4 attached to a stand 6 are placed individually into grooves of a jig 10 with the ends of the wires held by a holder 12. A cutting blade 14 and stripping blade 16 are lowered to cut the wires to length and strip them of insulation. The stripped wires are then inserted, while the cord is still held by stand 6, into metal liners 24 in channels 26 in the connector 20 and flux cored solder (60 tin, 40 lead) 5 is placed over the top of the liners. The heated projections of the plate are then lowered to melt the solder and cause soldering between the liners and stripped wires. The projections may be shallower than shown, may be spaced by recesses, may be curved in end view at their ends remote from the plate or may be curved to form together a sinusoidal curve. The whole of the projections may be plated with electroless nickel and the resin of tension may may be plated with hard chromium. A known soldering iron with a plurality of rectangular projections is described.
Patent GB-1263895-A (GB)
Title: Sliding radially clamping grip
IPC: D01H7/92
Filed: 1970-01-13
Abstract: 1,263,895. Clips. ELECTROSPIN CORP. 13 Jan., 1970 [14 Jan., 1969], No. 1571/70. Heading E2B. [Also in Division D1] A twisting or false twisting device comprising a radially clamping grip, consisting of a bundle of flexible filaments disposed around the grip axis and arched to form a funnel, has a damping means 16a which box in the bundle and damp radial vibrations thereof and a clamping member 11 which imparts a resilient radial clamping action which tends to keep the filament bundle tight. The clamping member can be O-rings (as shown) a pair of resilient filaments (20, 21) extending either side of bundle 4 in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the grip (Figs. 3, 4), or a plurality of further filaments (4) disposed as a sheath around the bundle 4 (Fig. 5). The clamping member may form also the damping means by virtue of the material of which it is made, or by rubbing of the resilient filaments (20, 21), or further filaments (40). Separate damping means 16 can also be provided. This separate damping means can be alongside or ensheathed by the clamping member (as shown).
Patent GB-676210-A (GB)
Title: Electrical condenser
IPC: H01G4/22
Filed: 1949-01-20
Abstract: 676,210. Condensers. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Jan. 20, 1949 [March 19, 1948], No. 1638/49. Class 37. [Also in Group V] A condenser comprises coiled strips of metal separated by interleaved insulating strips, one of the metal strips 15 projecting beyond the insulation at one end being connected at 23 to a conductor 21 encircled by the coils, and the other metal strip 18 projecting beyond the insulation at the other end being connected by a metal strip 26 to a metal support 30 comprising a perforated metal clip plated with tin or cadmium encircling the coils. The assembly is impregnated with and encased by an insulating plastic material 25<SP>1</SP>, through which protrudes one end 31<SP>1</SP> of the clip 30 as a terminal. The central conductor 21 is a wire with its end strands fanned out and soldered to a projecting end of a metal coil. The condenser is wound with double strips of paper either on the wire 21 or on a mandrel which is later replaced by the wire. The assembly is finally impregnated in vacuo with a plastic, e.g. styrene and a polyester catalysed by lauroyl-peroxide and dyed violet in a mould (see Group V) formed by a pair of abutting blocks having parallel cylindrical recesses with filling openings and intersecting other parallel cylindrical recesses closed by removable plugs.
Patent GB-568505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in auxiliary rotors for fixed wing aircraft
IPC: B64C27/02
Filed: 1943-02-01
Abstract: 568,505. Aeroplanes with auxiliary rotors. HAMMOND, E. V. Feb. 1, 1943, No. 1650. Addition to 499,632 and 524,913. [Class 4] An aircraft with fixed wings and fitted with an auxiliary rotor or rotors, as described in the parent Specifications has means, for discarding or jettisoning its rotor or rotors during flight. The rotor has a main blade 1 hinged at 4 to a rotor head 3 to which a much shorter blade 2 is pivoted in place of the balance weight described in the parent Specifications, the blade 2 being sufficiently heavy to balance the main blade 1. Means such as an interrupted screw-thread connection may be provided between the main blade or both blades and rotor head for jettisoning the blade or blades, or a split nut connection may be used for that purpose. The means for slowing down the rotor as described in the parent Specification may be used, or other braking means employed. The blade 2 may be of hard wood, plastic, or metal and the blade 1 built up on a square or round tube 9 with balsa wood or plywood ribs 10. The inner end of the tube 9 is squared and secured to straps 7.
Patent GB-246477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fuel pumps for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M67/00
Filed: 1926-01-20
Abstract: 246,477. Boehm - Vergaser Ges., (Assignees of Boehm, R.). Jan. 21, 1925, [Convention date]. Eccentric-actuated pumps; valveless pumps; pipes.-A pump for delivering atomized fuel and air to an engine comprises a cylinder 1 provided with inlet ports 5, 6 for fuel and air respectively adapted to register with a, passage 3 in a piston 2 at the end of the suction stroke so that fuel remains in the passage 3 while air passes into the cylinder through a passage 4. During the compression stroke, the air is compressed, and at the end of the stroke the passage 3 registers with the delivery port 7 in the cylinder, and the compressed air carries the fuel in an atomized state into the engine cylinder. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the air passage in the piston is separate from the fuel passage 3 and is connected thereto at the end of the delivery stroke by a channel 15 in the cylinder wall. During the suction stroke they are temporarily connected by another channel 17 to create a vacuum in the passage 3, and at the end of the suction stroke they register with separate inlet ports. The fuel inlet port may be controlled by a needle valve 18.
Patent GB-736298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to belt weighing machines
Inventor: PETERY ACHIM V
IPC: G01G11/12
Filed: 1952-01-21
Abstract: 736,298. Automatic feed-weighing systems. SCHENCK MASCHINENFABRIK GES., C. Jan. 21, 1952, No. 1688/52. Class 38 (4). [Also in Groups XXXVII and XXXVIII] In a conveyer-belt weighing-machine the belt is driven by a Ward-Leonard set M, G, in which the generator field 9 is set by a rheostat 14, to give the required rate and the motor field is controlled by deflections of the weighbeam to maintain the set rate of feed per unit time. The motor field regulator (operated by the weigh-beam) comprises a rotary multicontact switch (see Group XXXVII and Fig. 2, not shown) connected to a tapped resistance. Indication of the delivery rate may be given by a voltmeter 17 or integrating meter 18 connected across the motor armature or energized through a rheostat 16 ganged to the generator field " rate-setting " rheostat. Specification 736,346 is referred to.
Patent GB-1293523-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for optimizing cure time of elastomeric articles
IPC: B29C35/02
Filed: 1970-01-13
Abstract: 1293523 Moulding tyres MONSANTO CO 13 Jan 1970 [14 Jan 1969] 1698/70 Heading B5A [Also in Division G1] The state of cure of a rubber composition being moulded into a tyre is determined by embedding a probe 28 into the composition, moving the probe in a predetermined mode and measuring the energy required to effect the movement. The probe may be oscillated laterally (as shown) or longitudinally at a frequency of 1 to 1000 cycles/minute and the energy required measured by a load cell 24 or a strain gauge, the output being displayed on a chart recorder. As shown, the probe is pivoted at 27 for lateral movement and sealed to a housing 20 by an 0-ring or a diaphragm. More than one probe may be used. Mould 11, 12 is heated and a bladder 14 inside the tyre is filled with steam or other heat transfer fluid to aid even heat distribution.
Patent GB-367128-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for sizing single threads of textile fibres, especially artificial silk
IPC: D06M23/00
Filed: 1931-01-19
Abstract: 367,128. Sizing, tinting, softening, and drying threads in bobbin-winding machines. PARCOFIL AKT.-GES., 20, Peterstrasse, and SCHWEIZER, E., 10, Neumuhlequai, both in Zurich, Switzerland. Jan. 19, 1931, No. 1766. [Class 120 (ii).] A bobbin-winding machine, especially for artificial silk, in which the spindle speed is influenced in order to obtain a uniform rate of feed of the thread, is provided with a sizing trough and a short drying tube surmounted by an exhaust hood. Tinting of the thread may be combined with the sizing process either by adding a tinting medium to the size or by tinting in a separate operation. Dyeing and softening operations may also be similarly combined with sizing. A thread 2 drawn from a doubling bobbin 1 passes over a guide roller 3 and a carrier roller 6 which revolves in a vessel 4 containing a sizing composition 5 comprising readily volatile constituents. The sized thread then passes over a guide roller 7, is dried by passing through a drying tube 8 provided with hot air from a tube 9 and surmounted by an exhaust hood 12 and finally wound as a bobbin 11 by a winder 10 giving a uniform rate of application of the thread.
Patent GB-474072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in reciprocating pumps for lubricants
IPC: F16N13/16
Filed: 1936-01-20
Abstract: 474,072. Lubricating-pumps. MARRIOTT, H. L. (Aro Equipment Corporation) Jan. 20, 1936, No. 1811. [Class 102 (i)] [Also in Groups XVIII and XXVI] In a lubricating-apparatus a low-pressure cylinder 156 discharges into a high-pressure cylinder 194 and effects the upward stroke of the high-pressure plunger 196. If the latter is not being operated it is maintained in the raised position by the lubricant pressure, the lubricant being discharged to the hose 210 at low pressure. The low-pressure bucket 166 is operated by a piston 158, the lower face of which is constantly exposed to the pressure of compressed air admitted to a chamber 176 by a pipe 174. Air is distributed to the upper faces of the piston 158 and a piston 212 which operates the plunger 196, by two valves 186, each operated from the corresponding pistonrod through toggle mechanism 238. The air passes through a hollow bolt 178 or 178a to the corresponding valve 186 and, in the lower position of the valve, passes through a hollow bolt 190 to the corresponding cylinder. In the raised position of the valve the air exhausts from the cylinder through the bolt 190 and passages 236. The passage to the high-pressure motive cylinder 214 is also controlled by a stop valve 192, operated by a cam plate 216, which can be turned by means of a thumb piece 224. The pump mechanism is carried by the cover 256 of a casing, which is mounted on wheels and encloses the container 10a. Specification 461,213, [Group XVIII], is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 459,937.
Patent GB-508772-A (GB)
Title: Improved friction wheel pocket lighter
IPC: F23Q2/08
Filed: 1939-01-19
Abstract: 508,772. Frictional pocket igniters. KORNER, E., and LENNEIS, F. Jan. 19, 1939, No. 1838. Convention date, Jan. 19, 1938. [Class 75 (iii)] In an igniter in which a pivoted cover 2 is opened by depressing a pivoted U-shaped side wall 6 and actuates the friction-wheel 3 during an opening movement, the cover 2 is connected to the wall 6 by means of a U-shaped link 7 having an apertured end wall 10 slidable on the flint tube 12. The link 7 is, pivoted by lugs 9 in eccentric holes in the cover and has curved slots 13 engaging bolts 14 in the sides of the wall 6. A return spring 15 may be provided on the flint tube.
Patent GB-482162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in feed-back circuits for high-frequency signalling apparatus
IPC: A24F7/02
Filed: 1937-01-21
Abstract: 482,162. Valve generating circuits. HAZELTINE CORPORATION. Jan. 21, 1937, No. 1864. Convention date, Feb. 15, 1936. [Class 40 (v)] In an electron-discharge oscillator feed back is effected over a pair of paths coupling different electrodes to the frequency determining circuit, each being effective to feed back energy over a different portion of the frequency range. The valve 1 has control grid 4 connected to the frequency determining circuit 11 comprising inductance 12 and condenser 13, the cathode 2 is tapped up on the inductance at 15. An inductance 26, designed to resonate below the low frequency end of the tuning range, which is connected to the anode 3 by a blocking condenser 27 and tightly coupled to inductance 12, is operative to supply energy over the lower portion of the frequency range. Inductance 25 is tightly coupled to inductance 12 and connected to its low potential terminal and to the suppressor grid 6. This inductance is arranged to resonate above the upper limit of the operating band and provides the feed back path over the higher frequency portion of this band. This path is coupled by condenser 28 to the screen grid 5. In a modification, Fig. 1 (not shown) the condenser 28 is omitted and the first feed back path is directly connected to the high potential terminal of coil 12. Fig. 3 (not shown) shows the application of the circuit to the local oscillator of a superheterodyne, the double feed back arrangement operating on the shortest wave band to increase the frequency coverage obtainable with stable operation and constant output. Specifications 271,851 and 303,008, [both in Class 40 (v)], are referred to.