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Patent GB-779470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods and apparatus for handling corrosive gases or vapours
IPC: C23F15/00
Filed: 1955-06-20
Abstract: 779,470. Storing gases under pressure. DUNGLER, J. June 20, 1955 [June 29, 1954], No. 17810/55. Class 8(2) Normally corrosive moisture-containing gases and vapours e.g. sulphur dioxide, chlorine dioxide are rendered non-corrosive by heating to such an extent that the water vapour is superheated; the heating being maintained whilst the gases or vapours are being passed to a point of discharge. In operation a reservoir 1 of iron, steel or other normally corrodable material is provided with a steam coil 6 and a blower 15 discharging into an insulated pipe 3 whereby the superheated state is maintained as far as a valve 4. A reaction vessel 2 and its connecting pipe 5 are of non-corrodable material. The pipe 3 may include an inner coaxial steam tube or it may be wound with an electric heating element.
Patent GB-746956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ladder stiles
IPC: E06C7/08
Filed: 1953-06-27
Abstract: 746,956. Ladders. MATTHEWS, C. H. June 28, 1954 [June 27, 1953], No. 17886/53. Class 20(2). Ladder stiles are of drawn or extruded tube having channels 7 in opposite faces the bottoms of which are far enough apart to allow the rungs 8 to pass between them. The channel may be of U- or V-section.
Patent GB-718431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to continuous stationery
IPC: B41L1/32
Filed: 1951-07-28
Abstract: 718,431. Manifolding-webs. WILKES, J. July 28, 1952 [July 28, 19511, No. 17931/51. Class 16 Continuous stationery or multiple sheet sets in a continuous length in which copy sheets 1 an interleaving carbon or other transfer sheets 4 are connected together at a side margin 2 between a longitudinal line of perforations 3 or otherwise weakened line and the edge of the sheets. the copy sheets and the transfer sheets are fixed together by an adhesive through perforations 5 in the latter. The adhesive which may have a latex base is supplied in spots or in a continuous line to the in spots or in a continuous line to the copy transverse weakened lines. In a modification, the copy sheets are extended beyond the left-hand edge of the transfer sheets and the extensions are perforated for use with sprocket-wheel fed punching and accounting machines.
Patent GB-129713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Supply Pumps for Aeroplane Engines and the like.
IPC: B64D37/16
Filed: 1917-02-01
Abstract: 129,713. Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Havilland, G. de, and Chapman, J. S. Feb. 1, 1917. Movable-abutment type; mounting; driving pumps.-A pump for supplying liquid fuel to the engines of aircraft is contained in the main fuel tank and comprises, as an integral structure, a gear-wheel type of pump 11 attached by a tube 13 to the cover 15 of the tank, which carries a wind-wheel 28 for driving the pump through bevelgearing in a casing 31 of streamline structure.
Patent GB-1170535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for Feeding Specimens into Evacuated Chambers
Inventor: ASPINAL MICHAEL LESLIE
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 1967-04-19
Abstract: 1,170,535. Determining gas content of copper. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 10 April, 1968 [19 April, 1967], No. 17984/67. Heading B1X. [Also in Divisions B8, Fl and F4] Apparatus for feeding specimens into a vacuum chamber, e.g. copper cubes into an induction-heated graphite crucible 11 in a furnace tube 7, Fig. 1, for measuring the gas content of the copper, comprises a piston 47 with a recess 51 for receiving the specimen, the piston being movable in a cylinder 45 from the position shown in which a specimen is placed in recess 51 through port 53 after removal of plug 55, to a second position in which a groove 75 in piston rod 57 connects the right-hand end of cylinder 45 and recess 51 to a rough vacuum through passage 63, and then to a third position, at the left-hand end of cylinder 45, in which, on rotation of the piston through 180, recess 51 communicates with a port 81, through which the specimen drops to a storage and feeding apparatus in the form of a screw 83, Fig. 2, or a rotating disc 95, Fig. 3. Screw 83 is mounted in a glass tube 31 within a stainless steel tube 32, and is rotated by a knob 89 to feed the specimens from part 81 to a guide tube 33 leading to the crucible. Disc 95 is rotated by a knob 99 acting through driving pins 101 and a notched dial 102, rotation of knob 99 through 180 aligning one of a series of specimen-receiving apertures 94 with port 81 and another aperture 94 with guide tube 33. The notches in dial 102 are numbered to indicate the position of disc 95. A crucible plug 43 is connected to an iron slug 39 movable by a magnet. A viewing window 35 is provided at the upper end of passage 33.
Patent GB-1488240-A (GB)
Title: Enclosure for magnetic memory storage device
IPC: G11B23/02
Filed: 1976-05-03
Abstract: 1488240 Housing for magnetic record assemblies CONTROL DATA CORP 3 May 1976 [23 July 1975] 17987/76 Heading G5R A rotary magnetic storage device 54, e.g. a disc pack, is mounted on a spindle 13 in an enclosure 10 comprising a shroud 12 having a substantially cylindrical wall 14 with a clean air inlet port 18 and an exhaust air port 16, 52 located respectively downstream and upstream of an opening 50 for a head arm assembly with respect to the air flow caused by rotation of the storate device 54, a clean air plenum chamber 24 having a clean air inlet duct 26 and an air outlet port 28 and communicating with the clean air inlet port 18, an air inlet (75), Fig. 4 (not shown), for supplying fresh air around the spindle 13, and a lid 30 containing a circulating air plenum chamber 36 with an inlet port 38 and an exhaust port 44 so located that, when the lid 30 is closed on the shroud 12, the inlet port 38 mates with the air outlet port 28 and the exhaust port 44 is centred over the spindle 13.
Patent GB-392006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the construction of roadways and pavements
IPC: E01C5/16
Filed: 1932-06-27
Abstract: 392,006. Roads ; metal slabs. WEDDELL, H. W., 22, Albion Row, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. June 27, 1932, No. 18073. [Classes 20 (iv), 87 (i), and 107.] Roads comprise metal plates 1 carried by supporting rails 3 which are shaped or assembled to provide a central longitudinal groove 18 for the reception of the abutting lipped edges 2 of plates in adjacent longitudinal rows. Each rail may comprise a lower flange 13, a vertical web 14, and an upper head portion 15, and such rails are arranged in pairs with the vertical webs in contact and the longitudinal groove 18 provided between the head portions 15. The head portions 15 are of hook shape in cross section for engagement with the lipped edges 2 provided at the end of the overlying plate. The plates are adapted to be positioned by inserting them on the rails at gapped parts 6, Fig. 2, of the rails, and then sliding them to correct position. The plates 1 at such gapped parts are provided with integral or separate strips 10 to fill the gap 6. The rails at the gaps 6 are provided with angular members 20 having block members 19 with tapped holes 21 for receiving screws for securing the corresponding plate 1. The block members 19 may also have upstanding lugs 22 for engaging slots in the underside of the plate 1. The rails are supported on sleepers '12 of wood, steel, &c. by means of chairs mounted on the sleepers. One form of chair 26, Fig. 3, is formed integrally with the sleeper, and a wedge 29 is forced between the chair 26 and a loose plug 27 fitting between the foot and head of the rail. The transverse edges of the plates 1 may have tongued and grooved engagement. The upper face of the plates may be covered with rubber sheets, wood blocks, &c. The Provisional Specification describes also the formation of the road of one longitudinal row of plates.
Patent GB-1263283-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of high melting metals
IPC: B60C27/04
Filed: 1969-04-09
Abstract: 1,263,283. Producing refractory metals. REDERIAKTIEBOLAGET NORDSTJERNAN AXEL JOHNSON INSTITUTET FOR INDUSTRIFORKSNING. April 9, 1969 [April 9, 1968; Feb. 7, 1969], No. 18305/69. Heading C7D. [Also in Division C1] Ores of refractory metals, such as W, U, Nb, Ta, Zr or Hf, are treated with an excess of one or more reducing agents (e.g. Si or Al) to form a refractory metal-reducing agent alloy, which is solidified, crushed and treated with Cl 2 , F 2  or Br 2  to give mixed halides which are separated (e.g. by distillation or fractional condensation), the refractory metal halides then being reduced (e.g. by melt electrolysis, or using hydrogen, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal as the reductant). W made by this process is especially suitable for making tungsten carbonyl.
Patent GB-794920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to yarn winding
Inventor: FISHER WALTER JOHN
IPC: B65H54/42
Filed: 1955-06-24
Abstract: 794,920. Winding yarns. BRITISH CELANESE, Ltd. June 22, 1956 [June 24, 1955], No. 18309/55. Class 120(2) In an uptwisting machine a body having a moment of inertia at least equal to that of the empty package support and the supporting and securing means rotating therewith is connected to and rotated with the package being wound so that if the package bounces off its driving drum, its speed is maintained and it falls back on the driving drum before it has slowed down. Other damping means, e.g. mechanical or hydraulic, may be employed in conjunction with the invention to reduce the effects of bounce. A flywheel 28 having a heavy cast-iron rim 31 and a thin web 29 is secured to a mandrel 6 on which the package supporting tube 13 is mounted The machine preferably comprises at least two tiers of spindles 4 for supply packages 5 driven by a belt 7 and at least two tiers of winding units having driving drums 17 rotated by a common shaft 18, traverse guides 19 being reciprocated by a stud on a block 21 engaging a groove 24 of a cam 25 rotated by a shaft 26 common to all the units of the tier. The block 21 slides on two parallel rods 22 by means of two pairs of grooved rollers.
Patent GB-1492359-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing morpholine compound
IPC: C07D295/027
Filed: 1976-05-05
Abstract: 1492359 Preparing morpholines TEXACO DEVELOPMENT CORP 5 May 1976 [2 June 1975] 18423/76 Heading C2C  Morpholine compounds where each R is independently hydrogen or alkyl, and R<SP>1</SP> is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl or aryl, are made by heating a compound HO.CKH.CR 2 .O.CR 2 .CRH.OH to 250-350‹ C. under sufficient pressure to maintain the starting material end product substantially in the liquid phase, in the presence of a phosphorus-containing compound.
Patent GB-329541-A (GB)
Title: An improved screwless canopy for suspending lighting glass fittings either for gas or electricity
IPC: F21V17/00
Filed: 1929-06-15
Abstract: 329,541. Small, W. A. June 15, 1929. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Globe &c. holders; securing globes &c. to holders. - A holder for the globe or like glass fitting of a gas or electric lamp comprises an inner canopy 1, the lower end of which is of larger diameter than the mouth 5 of the globe 4 and is cut away at diametrically opposite parts 2, 8 to allow it to pass into the mouth of the globe, and an outer canopy 8 which bears against the top of the globe and is locked in position by means of a screwed nut 7 in engagement with a correspondingly screwed part 6 of the inner canopy. The two canopies may be made from brass spinnings, the inner one being provided with a hook 9 for attaching to a supporting cham.
Patent GB-1015420-A (GB)
Title: Machine tool having a counter-balancing arrangement for auxiliary apparatus mounted on a reciprocating work-supporting table
Inventor: BANKO GEORGE
IPC: B23Q17/24
Filed: 1964-05-04
Abstract: 1,015,420. Grinding; machine tool details. G. BANKO. May 4, 1964, No. 18472/64. Headings B3B and B3D. A machine tool comprises a work-supporting table 14 which is reciprocatable on a base 11 and has auxiliary apparatus, such as optical viewing apparatus 19, mounted on one end, and means for counter balancing the weight of the auxiliary apparatus. As described the machine tool consists of a grinding machine having a grinding wheel 13 vertically adjustable on a pillar 12 movable towards and away from the table 14 which is reciprocable on the base 11 of the machine. A work-holding fixture 15 is mounted on the table which at one end carries a plate 22 of the optical viewing apparatus 19 having a screen 21 on which is projected an image of the grinding-wheel and workpiece. The plate 22 contains a pair of spaced sockets 34 in which are plungers 36 acted on by adjustable springs 38 to urge rollers 37 into engagement with a pair of spaced parallel rails on the upper surface of a shelf 23 of a platform 42 which is secured by bolts 32 to the base 11, the platform comprising spaced sides separated by upright stiffening walls. The springs are adjusted to support the weight of the viewing apparatus so that as the table 14 is reciprocated, the weight of the viewer does not affect the level running of the table.
Patent GB-184961-A (GB)
Title: Improved manufacture of condensation products of phenolic bodies with aldehydic compounds
IPC: C08G8/28
Filed: 1921-07-07
Abstract: A synthetic resin is formed by adding a glycerin solution of a mineral acid in a definite proportion to an initial phenol-aldehyde condensation product, the proportion being at least 900 grms. of glycerin (or aqueous glycerin containing at least 70 per cent of glycerin) to one gramme-equivalent of acid. A bleaching-agent may also be employed.  In an example hypophosphorous acid is used as bleaching-agent and hydrochloric acid as the mineral acid.  The material may be dissolved in alcohol for use as a varnish, or may be hardened in moulds for use as electric insulating-material.
Patent GB-1461348-A (GB)
Title: Surgical ligation or suturing apparatus
IPC: A61B17/128
Filed: 1974-04-26
Abstract: 1461348 Surgical ligation apparatus VSES NI I ISPYTATE INST MEDITSIN TEKHNIKI 26 April 1974 [30 Oct 1973] 18495/74 Heading A5R [Also in Division B4] A surgical apparatus for ligaturing tubular organs in deep cavities comprises three elongate members extending parallel with each other and held together at their proximal ends for insertion of the distal ends thereof into a deep cavity, a magazine 4 for U-shaped staples carried on the distal end of a first one 3 of the members, a needle-shaped die 2 against which a staple is to be clinched carried on the distal end of a second one 1 of the members, the third member 5 serving as a pusher for ejecting staples from the magazine with their ends directed towards the die, the needle-shaped die having a curved hook portion for seizing a tubular organ to be ligatured, a spring- loaded mechanism for engaging and immobilizing a portion of a tubular organ seized by the die as the first and second members are relatively moved, the spring-loaded mechanism being disposed on the distal end of the first member, a movement limiter 6 for the third member 5, and means for guiding the shanks of a staple along the needle-shaped die to the curved portion thereof against which the shanks of the staple are to be clinched. The spring-loaded mechanism may comprise a fork 7 which is biased with its ends 11 away from member 1 by spring 9 to allow seizure of a tubular organ to be ligatured by the curved portion of the die 2. Member 3 is then pushed towards die 2 whereupon projections 10 on member 1 cooperate with ends 12 of fork 7 to press the fork against the organ in a position for ligaturing. A pusher lock 37 is then rotated about pivot 38 and the pusher 5 is pressed by means of bracket 34 to push a staple from the magazine down to the needle die 2 where it is clinched about the vein. The shanks of the staple are guided by grooves in the members 1 and 3, one shank in groove 14 in member 1, the other in groove 18 in member 3, these grooves being continued by grooves 16, 17 in the needle-die 2. The device may be used inside an esophagoscope in order to ligature varicose veins in the esophagus. The interior of the esophagoscope is provided with a slot which is used to remove the vein from the die 2 after it has been ligatured.
Patent GB-967498-A (GB)
Title: Method of production of expanding pressure diaphragms
IPC: B30B1/00
Filed: 1961-05-23
Abstract: 967,498. Making diaphragms. ZAVODY V.I. LENINA PLZEN NARODNI PODNIK. May 23, 1961 [June 8, 1960], No. 18519/61. Heading B3A. A method of making an expanding pressure diaphragm wherein the membrane is produced from central sheet metal plates 2 of circular, elliptical or any other effectively re-entrant arbitrary shape, comprises circumferentially welding the plates 2 to the internal periphery of a split ring-shaped tube 1 and supporting said plates by shaped support plates 3 so that the complete unit constitutes an elastic element provided on both sides with support plates shaped to the external profile of the diaphragm to support the unit in the zones adjacent to the welds. The pressure operating medium is admitted in to the diaphragm interior via a tube 4 welded to the outer periphery of the tube 1.
Patent GB-1118728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the shaping of thermoplastic sheeting
IPC: B29C53/04
Filed: 1966-04-28
Abstract: <PICT:1118728/C1/1> Heat-softened thermoplastic sheet material is shaped by clamping it over a mould and then rotating the mould so as to cause the sheet to be pressed into conformity with it by centrifugal force. The mould may be carried by a vertically walled centrifuge or by a horizontally walled centrifuge and shot may be placed on the sheet to augment the centrifugal force.  In the embodiment illustrated in the Figure, the mould 2, for making a corrugated building sheet, is mounted on a horizontal centrifuge and carries peripheral clamp 4 for securing the sheet.  The clamped sheet is heated by a radiant heater and the centrifuge simultaneously rotated to shape the sheet in the desired manner.  Apertures are made in the finished article by spikes 3 and two sides of the article are trimmed during rotation by blades 8 carried by counter-balanced levers 7 pivoted to the mould at 10.
Patent GB-613597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to injection moulding or die-casting machines
IPC: B29C45/67
Filed: 1946-06-21
Abstract: 613,597. Hydraulic presses. E.M.B. CO., Ltd., and SMITH, S. June 21, 1946, No. 18688. Addition to 598,555. [Class 69 (ii)] [Also in Groups V and XXII] Consists in improvements in the moulding- machine of the parent Specification, more particularly in the air-operable and hydraulically controllable means for advancing the dieholder b. The holder b is advanced by means of compressed air acting upon pistons r, s within cylinders t, u. A valve-controlled closed reservoir 140 containing air under pressure is connected to the cylinders t, u so that oil passing from one cylinder to the other during movement of the pistons r, a flows through the reservoir by way of the valves x, y, thus controlling this movement. Air at the same pressure as that used in the cylinders t, u is supplied to the reservoir via a passage 141.
Patent GB-1458771-A (GB)
Title: Phototropic articles
IPC: B32B27/00
Filed: 1974-04-29
Abstract: 1458771 Photochromic laminates CARLZEISS - STIFTUNG [trading as JENAER GLASWERK SCHOTT & GEN] 29 April 1974 [30 April 1973] 18807/74 Heading B5N [Also in Division C4] A light transmissive phototropic article comprises a sequence of contiguous layers P, Q, R; P being a layer of glass or synthetic plastics, Q being a phototropic material including a copper halide and a silver halide and R being a layer of glass or synthetic plastics material which is the same or different from that of P. Layer Q may be CuCl/AgCl or CuBr/AgBr. The respective atom per cent concentrations may be 4 to 60 of Ag, 2 to 60 of Cu and 15 to 87 of Cl or Br. Layer P may be glass, R may be polyvinyl butyrate and a glass layer may be next to R. Layers P and/or Q may be coloured and at least one glass or plastics layer may be coloured. One or more layers of glass or plastics material may be included additionally to P and R. To reduce costs, layer Q may include up to 30 atom per cent secondary components. Detailed examples specify particular layer combinations, including for example glass, polyvinyl butyrate and polymethyl metharcylate, areas and thicknesses, refractive indices, expansion coefficients, pretreatment of plastics and glass layers, and application of specific phototropic materials by vapour coating at 10<SP>-5</SP> mm. Hg. Fig. 4 (not shown), also includes a ground filter glass plate. Facade glazing is instanced.
Patent GB-187298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to oleaginous emulsifying materials, and to the manufacture of edible substances
IPC: A23D7/01
Filed: 1921-07-12
Abstract: Oils containing linolic, linoleic, or linolenic acids, such as linseed, soya, cottonseed, sesame, and groundnut oils, are gelatinized by polymerization or oxidation, or both, and then dissolved in further quantities of oils or fats.  For example, air or superheated steam is blown through 100 parts of soya oil heated to 250 DEG  C., the volatile products being recovered by condensation. When gelatination occurs, the oil is cooled to 100 DEG  C., and 300 parts of cottonseed, groundnut, or sesame oil are mixed with it. The resulting solution may be used as a substitute for butter or lard for baking purposes, as an addition to oils and fats for increasing their viscosity, or in the preparation of emulsions, which may be used in the manufacture of margarine and edible fats.  Specifications 175,764, [Class 81 (i), Disinfecting &c.], 178,885, and 187,299 are referred to.
Patent GB-813563-A (GB)
Title: Improved oil burner for ceramic kilns
IPC: F23K5/06
Filed: 1957-06-14
Abstract: 813,563. Supplying fuel to burners. BUHRER, ZIEGELEITECHNISCHES BURO G.m.b.H., J. June 14, 1957 [June 16, 1956], No. 18892/57. Class 75(1) An oil burner installation for ceramic kilns comprises a plurality of burners each of which is provided with a rotary slide valve, and a relief valve 21, the former comprising two coaxial apertured parts 9, 10 driven relatively to each other by a motor 4 for periodic register of the apertures 18, 15 to connect a fuel pressure system with an injector nozzle 17 and the relief valve 21 being adapted to regulate the injection pressure and to return the fuel when the rotary valve is closed. The part 9 of the rotary valve consists of a sleeve secured to the gear wheel of a worm gear 6 driven by the motor 4. The aperture 18 in the sleeve is wedge shaped. The part 10 of the rotary valve consists of a stud disposed within the sleeve 9 and connected to a rod 11 used to move the stud axially of the sleeve. The aperture 15 in the stud consists of a radial bore communicating with an axial bore 16 leading to the nozzle 17. The rotary valve is disposed in a chamber 7 supplied with fuel under pressure by a screw or a gear or a helical pump 5 also driven by the motor 4. The relief valve 21 controls a passage leading from the chamber 7 to the inlet of the pump. and comprises a spring 23 adjustable to control the fuel pressure in chamber 7. In a modified arrangement all the burners are supplied by a single pump and the return flow line from each burner is connected to a common return line.