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Patent GB-618803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to ironing equipment
IPC: D06F81/00
Filed: 1946-11-07
Abstract: 618,803. Ironing boards and stands. LEWIS, J. H. W. Nov. 7, 1946, No. 33172. [Class 138(ii)] An ironing board or stand 1 comprises an ironing surface for the work to be ironed and a support 7 for the temporary reception of the iron, the iron - supporting surface of the temporary support being disposed so as to form a smooth continuation of the said ironing surface at a small downward inclination thereto whereby the iron may be placed on the support by an uninterrupted downward extension of a sliding movement in the plane of the ironing surface. The support 7 is in the form of a sheet-metal tray having horizontal flanges 11 whereby it may be mounted in a recess near one end of the board 1. The entry end of the tray is disposed just below the ironing surface of the board and its base 8 slopes downwardly from this end towards the adjacent end of the board. The vertical side walls 9 of the tray converge towards each other in the direction of their deeper ends and are there joined by an end wall 10. A roller 13, which consists of a number of short sleeves mounted on a pin 15, extends across the entry end of the tray. A second roller 16 is mounted between lugs 17 bent up from the base 8 so that it lies parallel to the roller 13. A layer 22 of asbestos or other fireproof material is placed upon the base 8, and the upper edges of the rollers 13, 16 are disposed above the upper surface of this layer. An angle member 18 is secured to the inner face of each side wall 9 near the deeper end of the tray with one limb 19 thereof spaced above the base 8 and so shaped as to conform approximately to the rear end of the body of the iron and lie above the level of the projecting side edges 21 of the sole plate of an iron positioned in the tray. Outside the end wall 10, is mounted a box member 25 which is secured to the underside of the board 1 and the side walls 9 of the tray. Electric contacts 27, which are mounted inside the box 25, are connected by a lead with the electric supply and are adapted. when an iron of " cordless type is placed in the tray, to be engaged by the projecting contacts 23 on the iron; these contacts 23 project through holes 24 in the end wall 10. A detachable cover plate 30 in the board 1 provides access to the box 25, and a window 31 is fitted in this plate 30 to permit observation of a lamp 32 which is mounted in the box 25 in the heating circuit. If desired, the longitudinal centre line of the tray may be arranged at a small angle to the longitudinal centre line of the board, as shown in Fig. 2. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the tray is secured by wing nuts and bolts to the end of the board, bracket extensions 34, 35 being provided on the tray for this purpose. The ironing-board is mounted on a foldable support comprising a pair of hinged frames, one of which is hinged to the underside of the board, and the other, when in the open position, engages an abutment on the underside of the board.
Patent GB-962507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to domestic washing machines
IPC: C02F1/42
Filed: 1962-08-29
Abstract: 962,507. Dishwashing machines. CONSTRUCTA-WERKE G.m.b.H. Aug. 29, 1962 [Oct. 3, 1961], No. 33193/62. Heading A4F. [Also in Division D1] The housing of a dish-washing machine encloses both the washing tub and a water softener, the latter containing a base exchange medium through which water may flow into the tub. The water softener comprises a pressure tight chamber into which a regenerating agent may be introduced, a number of parallel ducts containing the base exchange medium and two inlet pipes 8, 9 with valves 10, 11 electromagnetically controlled by a programme regulator. Three embodiments each having a different arrangement for the parallel ducts are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-333113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the preheating of the air supply to locomotive water tube boiler furnaces
IPC: F23M20/00
Filed: 1929-11-01
Abstract: 333,113. Yarrow, F. E., and Gresley, H. N. Nov. 1, 1929. Air supply, heating. - In a locomotive water tube boiler furnace having an air heating jacket, entrance of rain, snow or dust with the air is prevented by extending the sides of the jacket 2 beyond the smoke box, and placing the inlets 8, 9 on the inner walls of the extension thus formed. Additional inlets 10 may be provided at the ends of the extensions, and all the inlets may be controlled by louvres.
Patent GB-154225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rigid airships
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1920-11-25
Abstract: 154,225. B.G. Textilwerke-Ges., (formerly Ballonh³llen-Ges.), D÷rr, W. E., and Muller, W. Nov. 25, 1919, [Convention date]. Aerostats.-The gas cells of a rigid airship are kept at a pressure above that of the surrounding atmosphere by elastic means or loaded cords acting upon the lower part of each cell. Fig. 6 shows two modifications wherein cords a1, a2 are secured to the lower part of a cell from which they pass upwards through gas-tight tubes s tu guide pulleys on the frame and thence over pulleys r1, r2 acted upon by springs f1, f2, the free ends of the cords being wound on winches w1, w2. An adjustable friction-device, e enables the cord a1 to slip when the desired maximum tension in the spring f1 is exceeded. For the same purpose, the winch w2 incorporates a friction-device comprising a drum with a conical bore pressed axially by an adjustable spring over a conical spindle. The springs f1, f2 may be replaced by loads acting on cords passed over a system of pulleys and connected to the pulleys r1, r2. The loads may comprise ballast, fuel containers, or luggage. Instead of winches being used, the cords a1, a2 may be connected by friction devices to the ends of the springs. Modifications are described in which cords passed under the cells, or attached to bands, netting or rods beneath the cells, are passed over pulleys arranged in basket-work guards between the cells and the cords loaded by weights outside the airship. Modifications also are described in which vertical springs within the cells draw up the lower portion, or circumferential elastic bands draw the lower portion into folds.
Patent GB-194413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gas burners
IPC: F23D14/12
Filed: 1921-12-13
Abstract: 194,413. Milne & Son, Ltd., J., and Staniforth, H. Dec. 13, 1921, No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Atmospheric gas burners. -An atmospheric gas burner is provided. with a disc or diaphragm for preventing lighting back and having a plurality of perforations, which are of a diameter not less than half the thickness of the disc, which thickness is not less than half the internal diameter of the most restricted part of the conduit through which the gaseous mixture passes. In one form, a disc 13 is provided with perforations 15 arranged in a circle around a central unperforated part 19 of a diameter not less than the diameter of a passage 16 in a nozzle 10, which passage is the most restricted part of the conduit for the gaseous mixture. The disc 13 is provided with a conical edge 14 adapted to fit in an enlarged part 12 of the nozzle. The Provisional Specification states also that the disc may be made of magnesia clay or nickel alloy.
Patent GB-777144-A (GB)
Title: An improved method and means for annealing and cooling metallic tubes or bars
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1954-11-20
Abstract: 777,144. Heat treating metals. INCANDESCENT HEAT CO., Ltd., and FALLON, J. Nov. 21, 1955 [Nov. 20, 1954], No. 33654/54. Class 72 [Also in Group XII] A method of annealing and cooling metal tubes and bars comprises traversing the tubes or bars in suspension through a series of aligned tubular chambers forming a series of furnaces and cooling chambers, the tubes or bars being driven by rolls in sealed housings which are disposed between each of the furnaces and between the furnaces and the cooling chambers to form a sealed assembly into which an inert or reducing gas is introduced. As shown, a tube is fed into a furnace A, through a pair of feed rolls B into a second furnace A, through a second pair of rolls B into a cooling chamber C and a further cooling chamber Ca. The chamber C may be cooled by a medium, e.g. water or air, passing through an annular space 18 between an inner tube 17 and a casing, and the chamber Ca may contain a gas which is circulated by a fan 22 through ducts and a cooler 21. The feed rolls, the upper of which may have some free vertical movement, may be driven synchronously and the speed controlled by a pyrometer at the discharge end of the final furnace operating a speed control device. The roll housings and the interior tubes of furnaces and cooling chambers form a gastight system which contains a reducing atmosphere.
Patent GB-485210-A (GB)
Title: A worm press for moist material
IPC: B30B9/12
Filed: 1936-12-08
Abstract: 485,210. Presses for separating liquids from solids. KRUPP GRUSONWERK AKT.-GES., F. Dec. 8, 1936, No. 33742. Convention date, Feb. 25. [Class 46] In a worm press for the treatment of moist material, such as oleiferous fruit, the diameters of the strainer and of the worm shaft 3 increase towards the outlet end 9, either gradually or, as shown, in steps, the distance between the shaft and the inner surface of the strainer being decreased. The press chamber may be of greater diameter near the inlet hopper 14, tapering or decreasing in steps towards the central portion. The worm shaft 3 may be hollow and provided with outlet apertures for the liquid. The wall of the press chamber may be perforated or formed of bars. At the transitional points where change occurs in the diameter of the chamber cams, tappets or blades may be provided to prevent the material under treatment from being carried round.
Patent GB-639075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to detachable fasteners for laminated driving belts
IPC: F16G5/16
Filed: 1947-12-22
Abstract: 639,075. Driving belts. WHITTLE, O. L. Dec. 22, 1947, No. 33759. [Class 80 (i)] A fastener for a laminated driving belt 10 has a stem 8 inclined to the lamination face and at one or both ends is at right angles to the lamination face and is screwed to receive a nut or nuts 11 with or without washers 14. The stem may be of flat or round material. The fastener may have the form of a U-shaped staple. As applied to a wide or double belt a securing staple has a long base 16, Fig. 7, and at the screwed ends the legs of the staple are connected by a long washer 14.
Patent GB-784999-A (GB)
Title: Waveform handling devices for binary coded pulse signalling systems
IPC: H04L25/49
Filed: 1954-11-22
Abstract: 784,999. Electric selective signalling systems. SOC. D'ELECTRONIQUE ET D'AUTOMATISME. Nov. 22, 1954 [Nov. 20, 1953], No. 33827/54. Class 40 (1). [Also in Group XL (c)] In a pulse code system in which a binary code expressed by "on-off " pulses is converted into one in which the pulses occur in either the first or the second half of the pulse period (for magnetic storage in a digital computer); the first pulses are differentiated and applied to one side of a trigger pair of valves, whilst a pulse train of opposite sense is derived from the first, differentiated and applied to the other side of the trigger pair from which the converted pulses are obtained. The duration of code pulses c, Fig. 2, is first lengthened to half the pulse period to provide the pulses S1, by applying the code pulses c and gating pulses T (which.are of the required duration) to diodes 3, 6, 7, Fig. 1, which are so biased with respect to the voltage levels of pulses c, T that a regenerative amplifier I conducts only when the pulses coincide. Due to the feedback over diode 4, valve I will continue to conduct until the end of the gating pulse. The lengthened code pulses S1 are differentiated at 14, 16 to form wave-train d1 and applied to one valve 20 of a trigger pair. A second train of pulses c, of opposite phase to the first (and derived from the first) is added to an auxiliary pulse train t by rectifiers 12, 13 to form a train c(-). These pulses are lengthened as above to form pulses S2, a train in which pulses occur whenever there is no pulse in train S1. The pulses S2 are differentiated at 17, 19 as at d2 and applied to the other valve 21 of the trigger pair. The output of valve 21 is passed via cathode follower V to the output. This output train C consists of pulses occurring in the first half of the period corresponding to " 1 " due to the positive spikes of d1 triggering valve 20, and pulses occurring in the second half of the period corresponding to "0" due to the negative spikes of d2 cutting off valve 21. A complementary pulse train output C is obtained from a second trigger pair IV to which the trains d1, d2 are oppositely connected.
Patent GB-1433575-A (GB)
Title: Device for dry quenching of coke and other combustible lumpy  materials
IPC: C10B39/02
Filed: 1974-07-31
Abstract: 1433575 Dry coke quenching apparatus GOSURDARSTVEN VSES INST PO PROEKTIROVANI PREDPRIYATY KOXOKHIMICHES PROMYSHLENNO 31 July 1974 33883/74 Heading F4B A chamber 2 for the dry quenching of coke generally similar to that disclosed in Specification 1,061,412 has a divider wall 12 extending diametrically and longitudinally of the quenching section 9 to check the height of the gas offtakes 5, said divider having upper cooling gas passages 14. Outer sections of said passages 14 are sloped downwardly or they may have overhanging lips (18, Fig. 2) to prevent entry of coke therein.
Patent GB-478543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to seat and/or cover attachments for water closet, bidetand other sanitary basins
IPC: A47K13/26
Filed: 1936-12-10
Abstract: 478,543. Sanitary closets. GROENIGER, W. C. Dec. 10, 1936, No. 33998. [Class 26] Means for adjustably mounting the seat or cover or both on a closet &c. comprise one or more screw-threaded bolts 18, Fig. 2, each locked in position by a nut 24, a member 29 adapted hingedly to support said seat &c. and co-operating with the bolt so as to be adjustable in the direction of the axis of the bolt, and means for bridging the gap between the nut and the member 29. The bolt may also serve to secure the closet in position and to this end, each bolt passes through an elongated aperture in a channel-iron 22 which accommodates the bolt-head, a vertical wall 11 and an upright member 16 at the back of the basin ; the nut 24 has a hollow internally-threaded extension into which the member 29 is screwed to the desired extent. The seat &c. is carried by a pintle 32 which is passed through an aperture in each member and is accommodated in a sleeve 35. In another form, Fig. 5, the member 45 has an internally-threaded hollow extension screwing on to the bolt and each member has an extension 47 carrying a separate pintle 48 which passes through lugs 51, 53 recessed at 54 to co-operate with the extension 47 to limit the backward movement of the seat &c.
Patent GB-391070-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for making foam
IPC: B01F5/02
Filed: 1932-12-01
Abstract: 391,070. Making foam. MARTIN, S. M. and THOMPSON-MARTIN CORPORATION, Ltd., 27, The Grove, London. Dec. 1, 1932, No. 34072. [Class 47 (ii).] Apparatus for making foam comprises means for causing jets of water and jets of a saponaceous or like solution, both under pressure, to impinge upon one another in a chamber in which a current of air or other gas under pressure is flowing. A current of air enters a cylinder 1 at one end. A body 9 mounted centrally of the cylinder comprises a partition 12 formed with radial passages 17, and two chambers connected by ports 13 and formed with inclined walls 14, 15 having converging jet orifices 16. Water supplied by a pipe 4 issues from the orifices 16 in jets which impinge on radial jets of saponaceous solution supplied by a pipe 3 and issuing from the passages 17. A pipe connected to the other end of the cylinder conveys the foam directly to the point of use. Mixing blades or vanes may be arranged in the foam pipe. The air, water, and solution are supplied by pumps.
Patent GB-865942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to exhaust ducts included in jet propulsion engines
IPC: F02K9/64
Filed: 1959-10-08
Abstract: 865,942. Generating combustion products under pressure. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Oct. 8, 1959 [Oct. 10, 1958], No. 34118/59. Class 51 (1). [Also in Group XXVI] A jet propulsion engine has an exhaust duct developed by the rotation of a curve about the axis of the duct, the curved wall portion so formed comprising a pair of spaced metal skins between which is sandwiched a corrugated metal sheet, the corrugations of which have axes running along the length of the duct, afford coolant passages and are transversely slotted. Fig. 1 shows a duct 10 with a convergentdivergent section 14 between two straight sections 12 and 16. An inner skin 18 extends the full length of the duct and is surrounded by a corrugated skin 20 having corrugations of rectangular or other section between which are formed passages 22. The portion of the skin 20 covering the section 14 has slots 24 transverse to the axes of the corrugations, these slots being staggered so that one cuts completely through a ridge and partially through a groove and the next one cuts completely through a groove and partially through a ridge. The section 14 is completed by an outer skin 26 which permits the transmission of coolant between the skins. The sections 12, 14, and 16 may be preformed and assembled subsequently or may be formed together and the section 14 shaped after the corrugations have been slotted.
Patent GB-190637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in toy moulds
IPC: A63H33/00
Filed: 1921-12-21
Abstract: 190,637. Minnick, H. B. Dec. 21, 1921. Moulds.- A toy mould for making building materials, preferably of cement, comprises a mouldboard 1 and moulds 2, 3 formed with rectangular and variegated recesses in opposite edges for making bricks and tiles respectively the moulds being held against an abutment 9 on the board by a lath 10 rotatably mounted on the board. The moulds can be moved relatively to each other to enabls half and quarter bricks to be moulded. By reversing the moulds various shapes and styles of pilasters can be moulded. A third mould is provided whereby pieces of a larger size can be made; this mould is formed with a long rectangular recess for making columns, the recess being provided with a loose dovetailedshaped member for forming mitred recesses in the columns.
Patent GB-863019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to an arrangement for photo-electric microscope
IPC: G02B21/24
Filed: 1957-11-05
Abstract: 863,019. Photo-electric microscopes. SOC. GENEVOISE D'INSTRUMENTS DE PHYSIQUE. Nov. 5, 1957 [Nov. 7, 1956], No. 34442/57. Class 40(3) [Also in Group XX] In a photo-electric microscope in which a scale 21 is scanned by a beam of light from a source 10, the optical system includes fixed mirrors 16b, 16c and mirrors 16a, 16d either of which can be electromagnetically vibrated to give a longer or shorter sweep of the beam over the scale. Specification 684,435 is referred to.
Patent GB-1467732-A (GB)
Title: Multi-layered colour photographic silver halide material
IPC: C07D271/113
Filed: 1974-08-05
Abstract: 1467732 Tetrazolylthiohydroquinones FUJI PHOTO FILM CO Ltd 5 Aug 1974 [3 Aug 1973] 34466/74 Heading C2C [Also in Division G2] 2 - n - Hexadecylthio - 5 - (1<SP>1</SP> - phenyltetrazol- 5<SP>1</SP>-yl-thio)hydroquinone is prepared by dissolving 2 - n - hexadecylthio - p - benzoquinone in methanol with cooling with ice, and adding dropwise 1 - phenyl - 5 - mercaptotetrazole in methanol. 2 - (1<SP>1</SP> - Phenyltetrazol - 5<SP>1</SP> - yl - thio) 3 - phenylthio - 6 - (1<SP>11</SP>,1<SP>11</SP>,3<SP>11</SP>,3<SP>11</SP> - tetramethylbutyl)hydroquinone is prepared similarly from the corresponding benzoquinone and thiophenol.
Patent GB-1342124-A (GB)
Title: External combustion power producing system
IPC: F01K7/00
Filed: 1971-07-23
Abstract: 1342124 Steam or vapour engines and plant J A BURKE Jnr E COX E COX III and J G DAVOUD [trading as EDWIN COX ASSOCIATES] 23 July 1971 [24 July 1970] 34600/71 Headings F1M and F1Q An engine comprises means for heating a condensable fluid to a vapour state, means for expanding the vapour isentropically, means for separating the expanded fluid into at least two portions without substantially changing the state of at least one of the portions, means for adding liquid to one portion of which the state is substantially unchanged, means for compressing the mixture isentropically to the operating pressure and means for re-heating the compressed vapour. The description relates to use of steam as the working fluid but other condensable vapours can be used. The engine can be a turbine or rotary engine or a single or double acting reciprocating engine. The figure shows the application to a turbine plant. The lesser portion of the steam separated at 155 is passed to a re-heater 158 and then to a lowpressure turbine 160 where it expands and exhausts to a condenser 162. The remainder of the steam from the high-pressure turbine is passed directly to the low-pressure end of a compressor 156 in which it is compressed together with water injected during compression through the conduit 166. From the compressor the steam passes to the super-heater 152.
Patent GB-1473967-A (GB)
Title: Non-replaceable spike for shoes
IPC: A43C15/16
Filed: 1975-08-20
Abstract: 1473967 Spikes for shoes A E ERIKSSON 20 Aug 1975 34687/75 Heading A3B A spike to be moulded into the plastics rubber, &. Sole B of a shoe has a steel base A with locking holes and a wear pin C of cemented tungsten carbide, a domed part of the base having locking holes to retain the spike within the sole.
Patent GB-299229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to measuring apparatus employing weighing means for measuring displacements
IPC: G01G1/30
Filed: 1927-12-23
Abstract: 299,229. Electroflo Meters Co., Ltd., (Republic Flow Meters Co.). Dec. 23, 1927. Order apparatus. - The weight of a chain or like flexible member resting on a supporting member is varied in proportion to a displacement representing the measurement of a quantity and the consequent movements of the supporting member are indicated by an electric instrument, which may be situated at a distance. In the apparatus shown, the movements of a gas-holder cause a variation in the length of a chain 15 supported in a receptacle 17 carried by a number of floats 18 arranged on cylinders 19 which contain mercury or other conducting liquid and are all connected by a pipe 24 with a cylinder 25. The liquid level in the cylinder 25 is consequently varied in proportion to the displacement of the gas-holder and the change of liquid level is indicated by an ammeter 31 arranged in circuit with a resistance element 27 wound on a core. 26 in the cylinder 25.
Patent GB-413298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric cooking stoves
IPC: F24C15/10
Filed: 1932-12-08
Abstract: 413,298. Cooking - stoves. JACKSON ELECTRIC STOVE CO., Ltd., and LATTIMER, T. J., 143, Sloane Street, London. Dec. 8, 1932, Nos. 34875/32 and 4757/33. [Classes 39 (iii) and 126.] Recesses, grooves, or slots 21, 22, Fig. 2, are provided at the upper and lower edges of the door of an electric oven to form an inlet and outlet for air. The recess 22 may be formed on the outer edge of the rim 20 instead of on the inner edge. The door and door frame of the oven are machined to provide an air-tight joint. The heating units 23, Fig. 4, are fitted to the side walls of the oven and are provided with covers 24 spaced therefrom. Baffle plates 25 are arranged between the covers and the heating coils. The heating units 27 arranged under the hob 26, Fig. 3, are inclined so that the heating coils are nearer to the hob at the centre than at the sides.