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Patent GB-598876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in brassieres
IPC: A41C3/00
Filed: 1945-09-21
Abstract: 598,876. Brassieres. GLUCKIN, E. W, Sept. 21, 1945, No. 24531. Convention date, Sept. 30, 1944. [Class 141] A brassiere includes a pair of breast pockets, the central lower portion of each of whichcomprises relatively movable parts having free edges and strap members extending therefrom, one strap member being ' attached to the outer side edge of the pocket and the other strap . member being attached to the upper central portion of the opposed pocket. The breast pockets 10 and 11, joined together by the central seam 12, are provided with darts 19 and 20 extending downwardly to points 21 and 22,-thus leaving the edge portions 23, 24, Fig: 3, free to move relatively to each other. A pair of elastic members 26 are arranged on the outer surface of the brassiere, one being attached to the free portion 23 of pocket 11 and the other to the equivalent point on pocket 10, and each is secured at its other end to the appropriate seam 27 where a pocket joins a band 14 or 13. Attached to each of the other free edge portions 24 is a wide tab 28 having a strap 30 or 29 attached thereto. The straps, after extending outwardly through apertures 32, 31 and crossing each other, are attached to elastic straps 35, 36 respectively, the latter being attached to the upper corner portions of the pockets.
Patent GB-423695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to stranded electric conductors
IPC: B61D29/00
Filed: 1934-01-24
Abstract: 423,695. Conductors. NORDDEUTSCHE SEEKABELWERKE AKT.-GES., Nordenham, Oldenburg, Germany. Jan. 24, 1934, No. 2511. Convention date, Jan. 24, 1933. [Class 36] To improve the filling factor in a conductor of the re-entrant or litzendraht type, cords of thermoplastic or soluble material, such as polystyrol, alone or in admixture with guttapercha, paragutta, or balata, are stranded together with the wires of the conductor, the cords being subsequently softened by heat or a solvent and the stranded conductor then subjected to drawing or rolling. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, a conductor 6, before rolling, comprises conductor groups 5 cabled together and each consisting of cabled elements 4 which are formed by stranding together wires 2, 3 and a thermoplastic cord 1. In another construction three conductor groups each comprising six wires laid about a thermoplastic cord, are stranded together about a central wire. Fig. 3 shows another construction in which six conductor groups, consisting of wires 23 stranded about thermoplastic cords 22, are cabled around a central core comprising a wire 21 and thermoplastic cords 20. Such a conductor after rolling, takes the form shown in Fig. 4, the thermoplastic material then being evenly distributed in the spaces between the wires and, when the conductor is used in a submarine cable, constituting a pressure equalizing medium.
Patent GB-123151-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Transforming Heavy Petroleum Products into Lighter Products.
Inventor: DEAKIN FRANK BOYDEN
IPC: C10G9/42
Filed: 1918-02-12
Abstract: 123,151. Deakin, F. B., (Roth, P., and Venturino, M. E.). Feb. 12, 1918. Addition to 106,042. Hydrocarbons, cracking. - In transforming heavy petroleum products into lighter hydrocarbons by spraying them into a retort containing heated petroleum residue, asphalt, &c., as described in the parent Specification, the temperature of the mass in the retort is gradually raised during the operation. For example, the temperature is raised from 360‹ C. to 420‹ C. at the rate of 2‹ C. per hour.
Patent GB-161357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to filing cabinets for gramophone records and other likearticles
IPC: A47B81/06
Filed: 1920-01-27
Abstract: 161,357. Cullum, H. J. Jan. 27, 1920. Cabinets. - A cabinet for storing gramophone records in alternately staggered arrangement comprises a number of partitions b dividing the cabinet into compartments, at the base of each being a block c or pair of supporting - studs arranged alternately at two different levels to support the records. Index strips f, g are arranged at the bottom and top of the cabinet to receive the titles of records of odd and even numbers respectively.
Patent GB-665103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrical circuits for use with discharge devices
IPC: H05B41/04
Filed: 1948-01-28
Abstract: 665,103. Supply systems for space discharge lamps. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Jan. 28, 1948 [Jan. 28, 1947; July 24, 1947], Nos. 2582/48 and 2583/48. Addition to 658,750. Drawings to Specification. Class 38 (iv). In a starting circuit for a discharge device of the kind described in the parent Specification, wherein the heating circuit for the thermionic electrodes is separate from the discharge circuit and is arranged to be open-circuited upon the initiation of the discharge by an automatic switch actuated by at least part of the main discharge current, the circuit includes means comprising a glow discharge or resistance heated thermal switch, arranged to apply under delay a starting voltage upon closure of the heating circuit across the supply. When the starting voltage is applied to an auxiliary external electrode on the device this may be connected to an additional winding, in auto-transformer connection, on the heating transformer through the normally open contacts of a thermal switch resistance-heated from an additional winding on the heating transformer, Fig. 1 (not shown) ; alternatively the auxiliary electrode may be connected direct to an auto-transformer, the primary of which is connected across the electrodes of the device through a glow discharge switch and the actuating coil of the automatic switch, Fig. 2 (not shown). When the starting voltage is obtained by interrupting the current in a ballast choke a glow discharge switch may be connected across the electrodes of the device through the actuating coil of the automatic switch, Fig. 3 (not shown), or in the case when the automatic switch includes a voltage holding coil as described in the parent Specification this switch connects the choke and current actuating coil across the supply through a glow discharge switch which is disconnected when the automatic switch operates, Fig. 4 (not shown).
Patent GB-136024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Catches for Stands for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CROFT CHARLES LEIGHTON
IPC: B62H1/00
Filed: 1919-02-03
Abstract: 136,024. Croft, C. L. Feb. 3, 1919. Supports, clips or fastenings for. The rearwheel stand D is fastened in its raised or inoperative position by means of a special fitting bolted to the mud-guard. The cross-bar C of the stand snaps past a spring-controlled pivoted cam-piece E and is held between the two forks B, B<1> of the member A, a spiral spring (not shown) being fitted into a recess at the junction of the forks to prevent rattling. The piece E is pivoted between two cheeks of the fork B<1>, and is held in position by a spring S. By depressing the trigger part T, the cam E is moved out from the forks and allows the stand D to fall into its operative position.
Patent GB-103713-A (GB)
Title: Carrier for Valuables, for Wear on the Leg.
Inventor: BOCH LOUISE HENRIETTA
IPC: A45F5/00
Filed: 1916-02-24
Abstract: 103,713. Boch, L. H. Feb. 24, 1916. Attaching purses &c. to the person.-A device for carrying valuables and adapted for wear round the leg consists of pockets 5, each having the inner wall overlapping the outer to form the closure. Fastenings 7 secure the flaps. The pockets are arranged at each side below the knee, and are connected by a broad band or by spaced bands 8, 9. The tension on the bands holds the flaps closed.
Patent GB-564705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pneumatic tire and wheel assemblies
IPC: B60B21/12
Filed: 1943-02-20
Abstract: 564,705. Securing pneumatic tyres on wheels. WINGFOOT CORPORATION. Feb. 20, 1943, No. 2858. Convention date, Sept. 2, 1942. [Class 144 (ii)] The beads of a tyre cover, even when deflated, are gripped firmly between the flanges 20, 24 of the usual ring and the side flanges 62 of a flanged contractible ring 36 having abutting but unsecured ends 38 connected by a double pivoted link 46, one pivot 44 of which is secured substantially at one end of the split, the other pivot 48 being substantially the length of the link away from the other end of the split. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 shows the position of the ring and link when contracted. The body of the ring is recessed outwardly at 54 to accommodate the link and pivots when the ring is in expanded position. One hinge plate 40, Fig. 3, extends beyond the split to prevent the other abutting end of the rim from moving radially inwards. The circumferential contraction of the ring is approximately twice the length of the link. The link is cranked or offset to lie clear of the ends of the ring when contracted. A counterweight 84 is provided on the ring to counterbalance the link &c.
Patent GB-1207867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to internal shoe drum brakes
Inventor: PARKER SYDNEY MACDONALD
IPC: F16D51/30
Filed: 1968-01-18
Abstract: 1,207,867. Internal shoe drum brakes. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO. Ltd. 13 Nov., 1968 [18 Jan., 1968], No. 2872/68. Headings F2E and F2F. A fluid pressure braking system includes an internal shoe drum brake assembly 12 of the two leading shoe type arranged having the two shoes 16, 17 operated each by a separate motor cylinder 13, 14 connected to a separate source of fluid pressure, a rigid abutment to support inwardly acting load on each shoe when the shoe is retracted and means 23 to adjust the shoe relative to the abutment, the arrangement being such that if only one shoe is operated, the other shoe produces drum distortion causing it to engage with the second shoe. Each motor cylinder comprises a block fixed to a back plate of the brake and a piston 21 into which is screwed a thrust member 23 carrying a slotted block 26. In the retracted position member 23 abuts the fixed block and the position of the shoe is adjusted by screwing member 23 into or out of the piston. When pressure is not applied, springs retract the shoes and their ends abut the closed ends of the cylinder blocks and blocks 26. The pistons have tapered ends to permit entry of fluid from a master cylinder having two pistons in tandem. Shoe adjustment may be automatic.
Patent GB-478091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metering apparatus
IPC: G01R11/60
Filed: 1937-02-01
Abstract: 478,091. Supply meters. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Feb. 1, 1937, No. 2893. Convention date, Jan. 31, 1936. [Class 37] [Also in Group XIX] A supply meter provided with one or more counters for metering the consumption when the average load is within one of a number of predetermined ranges has a maximum demand indicator, arranged to be driven from the meter and periodically zeroized, which actuates a selector for connecting one or other of the counters for operation corresponding to different load ranges, the counters being operated according to the consumption by the discharge of an energy accumulator which is charged up during the recording period. An electricity meter drives a maximum demand indicator 7 through gearing 1, 2, 3, 4 and an actuating index 6. A cam 23 driven from a synchronous motor periodically lifts a plate 25 thereby lifting the spur-wheel 3 out of engagement with the spurwheel 4 and allowing the index 6 to return to zero under the influence of a weight 5. Two levers 8, 9 are linked by a rod 10 which operates a detent 11. In the position shown, a projection on the index 6 strikes the lever 9 and causes this to be thrown over by a spring so that the detent 11 is disengaged from a sun-wheel 12 and engaged with a sun-wheel 13. On its return to zero the index 6 strikes the lever 8, thereby returning the detent 11 into engagement with the sun-wheel 12. Each of the sunwheels 12, 13 drives a counting-mechanism 14, 15. They are loosely mounted on the shaft 16 that carries the planet-wheel 17. Fixed on this shaft is a spur-wheel 19 which engages a detent 18 during forward motion of the index 6. When the member 25 is lifted by the cam 23, the wheel 19 is engaged with the wheel 4 and is driven thereby during the return motion of the index 6, causing the planet-wheel 17 to roll on the sun-wheel 12 or 13 that is locked by the detent 11 and drive the other sun-wheel and its associated counter. The counter 14 is driven at the end of a time interval if the consumption in that interval has exceeded that at which the index 6 strikes the lever 9. The counter 15 is driven if the consumption is less than this amount. The lever 9 may be adjusted for different consumption limits. A pawl 27 engaging a ratchet-wheel 26 prevents return movement of the wheel 4 until engagement with the wheel 19 has been effected, the pawl then being lifted by a pin 28. In a modification the return of the index to zero is effected by a spring which is wound by the timing mechanism, the pawl 11 being operated by an electromagnet.
Patent GB-962143-A (GB)
Title: Insulators with insulating fittings
IPC: H01B17/02
Filed: 1962-01-25
Abstract: 962,143. Insulators. COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRO-CERAMIQUE. Jan. 25, 1962 [Jan. 26, 1961], No. 2930/62. Heading H2C. An insulator comprises a ceramic part 1 with a recess 6 into which a pin 7 is cemented, the pin consisting of bonded inorganic fibres. As described, in a cap and pin type insulator the pin 7 is of fibres 10 of glass or ceramic or strands 11 of fibres 10 bonded together by thermosetting polyester or epoxy resins. Ends 8 and 9 of the pin 7 are made bulbous, e.g. by introducing in each a body 17 before bonding the fibres, or by bonding the splayed end 9 (Fig. 4, not shown) to a metal bulb containing thermosetting resin. Alternatively, a loop 18 may be formed at the end 9 by folding the fibres, before bonding, around a metal insert 19. The end 8 is cemented inside the head 2 of a ceramic cap type insulator, which is in turn cemented to a metallic cap having an eye 4<SP>1</SP>, which is hung from the end of a fin of a similar cap and pin assembly.
Patent GB-888432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, combined pumps and fuel-flow control fittings for internal combustion engines
Inventor: CURRAN PAUL HENRY
IPC: F02M37/16
Filed: 1957-01-28
Abstract: 888,432. Priming; fuel injection systems. KIGASS Ltd. Jan. 28, 1958 [Jan. 28, 1957], No. 2993/57. Classes, 7(3) and 7(5). In a combined pump and fuel flow control fitting for internal-combustion engines, the fitting comprises a body to which the pump is assembled, the body having a transfer passage into which at least one inlet passage .opens and from which a primary discharge passage extends, a manually-operable valve being installed in the transfer passage to control, flow from the inlet passage or passages to the primary discharge passage and to a branch passage communicating with the valve controlled intake of the pump, and a secondary discharge passage in the body communicates with the valve controlled outlet of the pump. As shown the body member 1 consisting of a die casting has two inlet passages 2 and 3 which open into and are perpendicular to the innermost end of the transfer passage 4 and two discharge passages 5, 6. A pipe (not shown) connected into the tapped outer end of the primary discharge passage 5 is connected to the fuel injection pump of the engine and another pipe also (not shown) connected into the tapped outer end of the secondary discharge passage 6 is connected to an atomizer or atomizers in the induction manifold of the engine. Provided that the nose 12d of the needle valve is seated upon and is closing the adjacent end of the restricted passage 8 no fuel is able to flow from the tank through either of the inlet passages. However, upon rotating the needle valve by the handle 12c in the direction which causes the valve to move axially away from the restricted passage the valve nose is unseated to allow fuel to flow from the tank into the transfer and restricted passages. As soon as the fuel has access to the restricted passage it may flow to and through the primary discharge passage to the fuel injection pump of the engine and/or through the branch passage 7 and intake passage 27 to the interior of the diaphragm. If the level of fuel in the tank should be allowed to fall to the top of the pipe 10 it is necessary in order to maintain the flow of fuel to the injection pump to rotate the needle valve in the direction which withdraws its nose 12d from the restricted passage a distance sufficient to take the sealing ring 16 into the larger diameter portion 4b of the passage. Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the flexible valve plate 26.
Patent GB-538907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in instruments using a fluid-pressure operated diaphragm
IPC: G01L7/00
Filed: 1940-02-16
Abstract: 538,907. Pressure gauges. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES), Ltd., S., and DAVIS, W. O. Feb. 16, 1940, No. 3019. [Class 106 (ii)] Relates to elastic diaphragm instruments in which the operating mechanism including an indicating or control member is provided with a stop to prevent excessive movement of the indicating member and consists in providing a lost motion device in the transmission mechanism which comes into play when the limiting stop arrests part of the mechanism. The diaphragms 10 have a post 13 provided lengthwise with a slot to receive one end of a link 15 which is connected to the post 13 by pin and slot 17,16. The other end of the link 15 is connected to a crank 19 fixed to a rock shaft 20 transmitting movement to an indicating pointer. A spring 22 urges the crank towards a limiting stop 21 and when this is reached the pin 17 can still traverse the length of slot 16.
Patent GB-873681-A (GB)
Title: Bread handling apparatus
IPC: A21C15/00
Filed: 1959-01-28
Abstract: 873,681. Endless-belt conveyers. LANHAM, W. E. Jan. 28, 1959, No. 3062/59. Class 78 (1). Loaves of bread arranged in a plurality of rows a, b, c, d, on a conveyer belt 8 are rearranged into a single row for feeding to either or each of two wrapping machines (Fig. 1, not shown) by an arrangement comprising three endless conveyer belts 14, 16, 18 arranged in contiguous alignment with the conveyer belt 8, the conveyer belt 14 being driven at a speed slightly faster than that of the conveyer belt 8, while the conveyer belts 16, 18 are driven at approximately double the speed of the belt 14, and a number of guiding and deflecting devices adapted to direct the loaves in rows b, c between the loaves in rows a, b, respectively. The guiding and deflecting devices comprise a pair of endless bands 39 arranged on opposite sides of the conveyer and driven at speeds slightly greater than that of the belts 16, 18, pairs of upper and lower endless bands 44, 45 driven at the same speed as the band 39, discs 62, 63 driven in clockwise and anticlockwise directions respectively, discs 72, 73, each equipped with blades 82 and driven in clockwise and anticlockwise directions, respectively, and inclined endless bands 76, 77 arranged opposite the bands 44, 45 and driven at the same speed as the latter. In addition deflector plates 83 are arranged to deflect the loads away from the pulleys 46 supporting the adjacent portion of the bands 39, 44, 45. Rollers 53 guide the operative runs of the bands 39, and rollers 51 guide the operative runs of bands 44, 45. The arrangement is such that, if the loaves are not arranged in orderly manner in the rows a, b, c, d, they are orientated by the discs 62, 63 in co-operation with the band 39 into parallel relation with the direction of travel of the belt 14, 16, 18, and thereafter the loaves on the slower belt 14 are directed into the spaces between the loaves on the belts 16, 18 to dispose the loaves in two single rows. These two rows are received by a lattice-type conveyer band 84, operating in synchronism with a pair of intercepting blades 89 which are reciprocated vertically by cam drives 92 so as to intercept and space successive loaves in each row. The rows of loaves then pass to two further conveyer belts 96, 97 each driven through reversing gear so that, either the loaves can be delivered in opposite transverse directions for feeding to each of the wrapping machines, or all the loaves can be fed in one transverse direction to one of the wrapping machines.
Patent GB-1036151-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for forming slubs in continuous filament yarn
Inventor: FIELDMAN ARNOLD
IPC: D02G1/16
Filed: 1963-01-24
Abstract: Continuous filament yarn 11 supplied from a freely rotatable bobbin 16 is slubbed, as at 62, by passage through and out of an enclosed turbulent chamber 18 into which compressed air is directed, via one or more openings 36 in a shell 30 and openings 51 and 50 in a jet member 40, counter to the direction of travel of the withdrawn yarn through the fluid inlet.  A yarn 100 may also be fed under tension in to chamber 18 to form an unbulked carrier in the resultant composite yarn.
Patent GB-661414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ships' fittings
IPC: B63B25/24
Filed: 1949-02-04
Abstract: 661,414. Ships' fittings. RILEY, A. May 3, 1950 [Feb. 4, 1949], No. 3085/49. Class 113 (i). In a rack for storing dunnage in the hold of a ship, comprising two or more spaced supports such as metal bars of narrow rectangular section, each of which bars is adapted to be attached to the ship structure by a bolt secured to the ship framing, each bar has a longitudinal slot therein and a short curved transverse continuation slot at the lower end of the longitudinal slot, the bolt being engaged in the slot so that each bar is movable into a position to hold the dunnage and is also movable into a non- operative or stowed position in close proximity to the ship's side. The end portions of each bar are twisted over with respect to the middle portion so that one face of one end portion lies flat against the ship's side when in the operative position and the other end portion provides support surface for the dunnage.
Patent GB-1183024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Engine Test Beds
Inventor: SPOLDING ALAN JACK
IPC: F16M5/00
Filed: 1968-01-20
Abstract: 1,183,024. Springs. ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd. 20 Jan., 1968, No. 3136/68. Addition to 1,125,242. Heading F2S. [Also in Division G1] In the engine test bed claimed in the parent Specification the supporting lamina 10 is provided with at least one concentric, coaxial circular stiffening member 40 (41) between its central portion 12 and peripheral portion 11. The members 40, 41 may be formed integrally with the lamina 10 and each may be formed by a separate machining operation on a lamina of uniform thickness thus also forming thickened central and peripheral portions. Preferably the ratios between the external and internal diameters of the respective annular portions 42, 43, 44 are equal.
Patent GB-211676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in seat sticks or umbrellas
IPC: A45B5/00
Filed: 1923-02-02
Abstract: 211,676. Williams, A. H. Vaughan-. Feb. 2, 1923. Handles.-The strap g, which may form the seating surface of a folding seat of the walking- stick type, may also be used as a carrying loop or handle when the seat is closed.