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Patent GB-1261499-A (GB)
Title: A stirring apparatus
IPC: B01F33/40
Filed: 1971-01-04
Abstract: 1,261,499. Stirring apparatus. NAUTAMIX PATENT A.G. 4 Jan., 1971 [9 Jan., 1970], No. 3671/71. Heading B1C. A stirring apparatus especially for wetting or aerating powders has a stirrer as at 2 rotatable about the vessel axis and about its own axis and with its lower end spaced from the vessel axis, a device to produce a vortex on the material in the vessel nearer the vessel axis than the lower end of the stirrer, and means 17 to inject a gas or atomized liquid into the vortex. As shown the vortex producing device comprises a disc 19 having upward projections 20 and carried by the injection pipe 17 which is rotatable independently of the stirrer assembly. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown) the injection pipe carries a baffle plate (48) having vortex-producing wings (51, 52), and further wings (49, 50) are carried by a separately rotatable coaxial bush (37), the lower ends of the screws (23) being unsupported. There may be a plurality of injection pipes and vortex-producing devices spaced from the vessel axis.
Patent GB-224406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for applying adhesive to labels and the like
IPC: B65C9/10
Filed: 1924-01-07
Abstract: 224,406. Cobbin, H. R., and Bucknall, S. P. Jan. 7, 1924. Coating - machines. - In machines for applying adhesive to labels &c. in which the labels 4, Fig. 1, are supported within a container on a spring-pressed membe.r 5, and are withdrawn singly and intermittently by a picking roller 8 and fed over an adhesive applying roller 17 the labels are retained in the container by a presser member 7 normally pressed on to the surface of the top label by a spring 11, and intermittently raised to release the labels. The spring-pressed member 5 may be raised or lowered by means of a lever 4, Fig. 2. The presser is adjusted horizontally by screws 13 so as to press on the rear edge of the labels, and is intermittently raised either automatically by a pin 30, projecting from a wheel 31, which engages a bevelled end 32<a>, Fig. 2, of a pivoted lever 32 and lifts the forked end 32<b> of the lever and thereby the nut 32<c>, or manually by a lever 37 having a fork 37<a> disposed beneath the nut 32<c>. The gumming-roller 17 receives its adhesive from a roller 18 revolving in a trough 19. The gum supply may be varied by arranging the rollers 17 and 18 out of vertical alignment, Fig. 5, and pivotally mounting a roller 60 to press against the roller 17. An adjustable scraper is also provided. Roller 16 has circumferential ridges 22, and is provided with a wiping pad 23. The gummed labels are delivered on to inclined bars 26, and are buckled up to facilitate removal by contact with projecting pins 28. In conjunction with the picking roller 8, a stamping or printing device 39, Figs. 3 and 4, contacting with an inking roller 41, supplied by a roller 42 having an ink-container 43 mounted thereon, may be provided. Means for automatically affixing the gummed labels upon boxes, bottles, &c. comprises a table 70, Fig. 7, upon which the box 71 is placed, a spring-pressed roller 72 carried by pivoted arms 73, and bars 78 sliding in guides 79. The labels are conveyed from the gumming- machine by a conveyer 77 on to the bars 78, which by means of a chain 76 and links 81 are drawn over the box. The bars 78 automatically spring apart and deposit the label, which is pressed on to the box by the roller 72 on the return movement.
Patent GB-1536581-A (GB)
Title: Energy absorbing apparatus for a vehicle
IPC: B62D19/00
Filed: 1976-01-06
Abstract: 1536581 Energy absorbing devices; bolts MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KK 6 Jan 1976 [14 Jan 1975] 00400/76 Headings F2S and F2H An energy absorbing apparatus 6 for a vehicle comprises first and second mounting members 32, 21, a die 61 pivotably mounted on the first mounting member 32 and a drawable energy absorbing bolt 63 engaged with the die 61 and connected with a support member 62 pivotably mounted on the second mounting member 21 so that upon relative horizontal movement of mounting members 32, 21 the bolt 63 is drawn through die 61 to absorb energy, the die 61 and support member 62 pivoting with respect to their respective mounting members 32, 21 during such movement. As particularly described a plurality of such apparatuses 6 are connected between a frame 2 and a load carrying structure 31 of a truck (1) (see Fig. 1, not shown). In the apparatus 6 of Fig. 2 the mounting members 32, 21 are in the form of brackets for attachment to structure 31 and frame 2 respectively. The die 61 has a downwardly facing hemispherical surface bearing against a complementary surface of a horizontal flange of bracket 32, and the bolt 63 also passes through a bore in a support member 62 having an upwardly facing hemispherical surface bearing against a complementary surface of a horizontal flange of bracket 21 the surfaces on the horizontal flanges being formed by pressing. A nut 64 is screwed on to bolt 63 so that die 61 and member 62 are held firmly in engagement with their respective brackets 32, 21. When the truck (1) collides with an obstacle retainers (4) shear and the load carrying structure 31 and bracket 32 move forward with respect to frame 2 and bracket 21. The die 61 moves forward with respect to support member 62, the bolt 63 is drawn through die 61 and the die 61, support member 62 and bolt 63 turn anticlockwise so that the bolts 63 are not subjected to bending or shear forces but only to axial tension forces. In the variant of Fig. 3 the horizontal flanges are not pressed and apertured support plates 34, 23 provide the concave surfaces for die 61 and support member 62. A disc spring 66 and a retaining washer 65 are held between member 62 and nut 64, the spring 66 being compressed before drawing of bolt 63. The die 61 and support member 62 may have cylindrical or part-cylindrical support surfaces engaging part-cylindrical bearing surfaces of brackets 32, 21.
Patent GB-886352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the selective transfer of magnetically stored data
IPC: G06F7/22
Filed: 1959-01-06
Abstract: 886,352. Magnetic data-storage apparatus. DIRKS, G. Jan. 6, 1960 [Jan. 6, 1959], No. 455/59. Class 106 (1). Data from a magnetic tape 1 is selectively transferred to a track 31 on a magnetic drum 32 via a shift register 15 and a track 10 on a second drum, the register 15 providing for  variations in the clock rates of the tape and drum (track 13) in a manner similar to that  described in Specification 879,295. A counter 17 receives " add " pulses from the tape  (clock pulse line 9) and " subtract " pulses from clock track 13 of the drum, so that input data passes through one of the gates 16/1-5 to register 15, whence it is shifted out by the drum clock pulses for recording by one of heads 26-28. Should tape speed increase relative to drum, shift register 15 provides a 5-bit buffer store; should it decrease counter 17 will be counted down from 17/1 to 17/5 and this produces a pulse on line 29a to switch to  the next " downstream " recording head, ready for the time when input data, now entered into 15/5, will be read out of 15. Data words on track 10 are transferred to a synchronous drum 32 if comparison of four bits in a selected position with a desired set of four bits previously entered in register 33 indicates identicity; the position is obtained by pre-setting counter 36 which interrogates the comparator 39 when returned to zero (its capacity equals the number of bits per tape word, and it receives tape clock pulses from line 9). Identicity produces a pulse on line 40 to set a flip-flop 41 which is reset over line 42 when the word (recorded on drum 10) reaches a read head 46, a counter 45 counting drum pulses to effect this. Resetting of 41 produces a pulse to set flipflop 47 and gate the word to head 50 on drum 32; it is stated that head 50 may be arranged to move so as to successively fill a number of tracks on 32, and a second drum 32 may be provided so that one may be used for writing selected words and the other for read-out of words previously written, for re-recording on an output tape 85. Fig. 2, not shown, illustrates a modification of the means for transferring data on to track 10 in which the drum clock pulses may lead tape pulses to an unlimited extent. Specification 817,596 is also referred to.
Patent GB-605823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the connection of flanged plates such as are used in the construction of storage tanks and the like
IPC: B65D90/08
Filed: 1946-01-07
Abstract: 605,823. Tanks. BRAITHWAITE & CO. ENGINEERS, Ltd., WHITEHEAD, G., and SYKES, J. E. Jan. 7, 1946, No. 493. Addition to 559,885. [Class 69 (i)] [Also in Group XXV] A U-shaped clip 1 for connecting the adjacent flanges 5 of plates of tanks and the like, as described in the parent Specification, has associated with it one or more wedges 4. The contacting surfaces of the limb 2 of the clip and of the wedge have corresponding tapers so that as relative movement occurs between them, the distance between the inner faces of the limb 3 and the wedge decreases so compressing the rubber packing 6. The motion of the wedge is limited by a boss 7 sliding in a slot 8 formed either in the limb 2 or on the top 9 of the clip. This boss and a boss 10 formed on the clip enable a pair of tongs to cause relative movement between the wedge and the clip.
Patent GB-413272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to connecting rods for internal combustion engines
IPC: F16C7/02
Filed: 1933-01-07
Abstract: 413,272. Connecting-rods. GLACIER METAL CO., Ltd., MELHUISH, M., 368, Ealing Road, Alperton, Middlesex, and ASHBY, A. F., 9, Watford Way, Hendon, London. Jan. 7, 1933, No. 601. [Class 122 (i).] A connecting-rod of H or X cross-section is provided with one or more ribs or flanges 5 of constant thickness extending completely around the big end to minimize the effects of distortion and to facilitate heat radiation. The rod 1 is of increasing width, the end 3 is split and provided with bolt bosses 4 separated from the flanges 5 by deep grooves 6 which also separate the centre member 1 of the H- rod from the flanges 5, Fig. 8. One or more additional strengthening ribs 9, Fig. 4, may be formed on the cap and connected to the flanges 5 by curved ribs 9a. The side sections 1a of the body may merge into the flanges 5 and be connected thereto by additional flanges 5a. In a modified form of the rod, the side members of the H-section body lie in planes at right angles to the journal axis and merge into the big-end flanges. In a further modification, the webs of an X-cross-sectioned rod merge into the flanges. The ribs and flanges are tapered to dissipate heat. The little end may be similarly flanged.
Patent GB-930473-A (GB)
Title: Glass bodies of varying composition and methods of making same
IPC: C03C3/102
Filed: 1961-01-06
Abstract: 930,473. Pressing glass; compositions. BAUSCH & LOMB Inc. Jan. 6, 1961 [Jan. 7, 1960], No. 635/61. Addition to 930,472. Class 56. A glass body is produced by heating and pressing a mass of glass particles of different sizes, in accordance with the parent Specification, the particles having different coefficients of expansion also in order to produce a distributed strain in the body. Details are given of suitable particle sizes, temperatures and pressures for producing bodies from mixtures of particles of the following compositions by weight: and also of the following compositions: Specification 913,175 also is referred to.
Patent GB-149308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in engine-starters
IPC: F02N15/06
Filed: 1920-01-08
Abstract: 149,308. Eclipse Machine Co., (Assignees of McGrath, W. L.). Aug. 2, 1919, [Convention date]. Turning-gear.-An electric or other starting. motor 1 carries a housing 3 provided with a bearing 18 for a driving-head 12 connected to the motor shaft 2 and to a screw shaft 16 on which the starter pinion 19 is mounted for longitudinal and rotary movement. In the form shown, a drive spring 13 connects the head 12 with a head 10 bolted to the shaft 1. The shaft 16 is screwed into the head 12 and has a collar 17 forming a stop for the pinion. The housing 3 may be secured in a socket in the crank-case by a screwbolt 6 having a coned end 7 entering a hole 8 in the housing. In a modification, the housing is supported by the motor only and the screw-shaft is integral with the head 12.
Patent GB-793886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sealing means between relatively movable parts
IPC: C08G8/28
Filed: 1956-01-09
Abstract: 793,886. Stuffing-box substitutes; elasticfluid turbines and compressors. SOLAR AIRCRAFT CO. Jan. 9, 1956 [Jan. 24, 1955], No. 672/56. Classes 110 (3) and 122 (5). A sealing element 10 between two relatively movable parts comprises a cellular structure or honeycomb 12 secured to a relatively rigid backing member 14 so that the cells 16 are closed at one end by the member and open at their other ends, the backing member being secured to one of the parts. The honeycomb is preferably made of sheet metal having a thickness of 0.001 to 0.012 of an inch and secured to the backing member by welding, brazing or resin bonding. The walls of the cells 16 may be either normal to or inclined to the member 14 and may be secured together for only about half of their length, as shown in Fig. 3, in order to provide greater flexibility of their outer ends which are easily worn or deformed if contacted by one of the relatively movable parts. To seal a rotating shaft 22 the sealing element may be arranged either as a sleeve, Fig. 4, secured to the shaft housing 24 with the honeycomb closely surrounding the shaft or as a ring, Fig. 6, secured to the housing with the cells 16 extending axially and cooperating with a sealing ring 28 on the shaft. In both these arrangements the sealing element may, alternatively, be secured to the shaft and co-operate with the housing or a sealing ring thereon. Fig. 7 indicates the sealing element used as a casing ring for sealing the tips of compressor or turbine blades 30. In any of the above arrangements, particularly where laminar flow is desirable, as with blade tip sealing, the cells 16 may be partially or wholly filled with an easily wearable friable, preferably porous, material, e.g. magnesium oxide or plaster of paris.
Patent GB-136933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fluid Pumps.
Inventor: KANE WILLIAM HUGH
IPC: F04B43/06
Filed: 1919-01-10
Abstract: 136,933. Kane, W. H., and McClements, T. Jan. 10, 1919. Diaphragm - pumps. - Two diaphragms a, b are arranged to divide the casing into three parts, namely, an inner pump chamber c<2> with inlet and delivery ports, and two communicating outer chambers c', c<3>, to which the actuating-fluid is admitted. The arrangement may be reversed and the outer chambers used as pump chambers.
Patent GB-231257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to brush holders for electrical apparatus
IPC: H01R39/39
Filed: 1924-01-11
Abstract: 231,257. Martin, C. S., and Briant, A. G. Jan. 11, 1924. Brush-holders.-Relates to brush-holders particularly for Ford car distributing-mechanism and of the kind in which a boss secured to the timing-shaft is formed with a radially disposed brush-guide in which the brush is held by a curved leaf-spring entering the guide through an opening therein, and consists in providing an additional opening 11 in the brush-guide 9 to allow greater clearance for the brush-spring and to facilitate cleaning. The brush is provided with an inclined inner contact face 13, and the brush-holder is preferably an aluminium casting.
Patent GB-1352272-A (GB)
Title: Combined door checking and door hold-open mechanism
IPC: E05F3/22
Filed: 1972-01-07
Abstract: 1352272 Door closer with hydraulic check REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES INC 7 Jan 1972 [11 Jan 1971] 831/72 Hewing E2M [Also in Division F2]  In a door closer, of the type in which the door is biassed to a closed position and in closing exhausts hydraulic fluid from a chamber through a restricted passage to check the closing speed, a valve is included which can be electrically actuated to completely block the fluid outlet and stop the door closing. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the device is mounted beneath the door, a rotatable shaft 14 engaging at 18 the lower door pivot. A spring (24, Fig. 1 not shown) acts on a cam 20 fast with shaft 14 to close the door and as it does so the cam pushes piston 30 to the right in cylinder 34 to the closed position shown, exhausting hydraulic fluid first through passages 42, 44 and regulating valves 46, 50 then through 44 alone, as needle 52 enters 42. The fluid outlet passage 48 can be closed at any time by the actuation of solenoid 62 which acts via lever 70 on valve 56 to prevent the door closing. The seating of the valve 56 can be adjusted by spring 74 to allow the fluid to be forced out and the door to close if a force greater than normal is exerted on the door. The solenoid valves of a number of doors can be actuated simultaneously (Fig. 8 not shown) in order that all the doors will remain open until closed by a time delay or temperature or smoke sensitive devices acting to deactuate the valves. Switches can be provided on one or more doors of such an interconnected group to allow normal closing when required. A further embodiment (Figs. 3-7 not shown) shows a version of the device of the type which is mounted on the face of the door and connected by a linkage to the top of the door frame.
Patent GB-488858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a process for the manufacture of fertilisers
IPC: C05F7/00
Filed: 1937-01-11
Abstract: A humus fertilizer is obtained from sewage sludge by preparing a fibrous mixture of a divided character from sewage sludge and a substantially smaller quantity of one or more fibrous absorbent cellulosic materials sufficient to absorb the free liquid, allowing the mixture to ferment aerobically within a pit or cell until a temperature in excess of 50 DEG  C. is attained, controlling the alkalinity by adding to the mixture, either before or during fermentation, a suitable acid-neutralizing material, e.g. hydrated lime, and subjecting the partially fermented mass to a current of air to effect oxidation and dehydration.  Suitable cellulosic materials include raw fibrous cellulosic materials, fibre pulp, peat preferably air-dried, or mixtures thereof with or without paper or cardboard. These may be employed in proportions of one part to five parts of sewage sludge.  The required fibrous divided character of the material to be fermented can be obtained by teasing, opening up or loosening the cellulosic material when it is in admixture with the sewage sludge.  The addition of alkaline material is preferably such that a final pH of about 7,4 is attained.  A substance which will absorb ammoniacal vapours, e.g. calcium sulphate, and/or a suitable carbohydrate nutrient, e.g. sugar-beet tailings, may be added to the mixture before or during fermentation.  The fermentation may be conducted in an apparatus as described in Specification 487,837.  The oxidizing step may be effected in a tunnel having an agitating conveyer mechanism for moving the fermenting material through the tunnel.  Preferably the tunnel is divided into a number of sections, the conveyer mechanism in each successive section being operated at a higher speed than in the preceding section.  An air stream is passed through the tunnel, preferably in counter-current to the material.
Patent GB-251904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to turning-lathes
IPC: B23B5/00
Filed: 1926-01-12
Abstract: 251,904. Lang, W, B., and Lang, J. N. Jan. 12, 1926. Turning.-The loose headstock 1 of a lathe such as a multiple-tool lathe is carried on a supplementary bed 2 which is inclined to and is independent of the usual saddle-supporting bed 3, thus allowing the saddle 4 to be moved past the loose headstock. The supplementary bed is secured to the main bed through brackets 5 and bolts 7 and is provided with T-slots 10 for the attachment of the loose headstock. The bed 3 has narrow forward guide surfaces 13, 14 so that the brackets 5 may be brought close to the main bed. Lifting of the saddle is resisted by plates 16, 17 and a wedge 18 provides an adjustment for wear.
Patent GB-274726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for attaching motor road vehicle wheels and the like to axles
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1927-01-11
Abstract: 274,726. Ellis, F. G., and Chantry, H. R. Jan. 11, 1927. Securing flywheels, propeller bosses, &c. on shafts.-A flywheel, propeller boos, &c. is formed with an eccentric portion to fit over a similar portion on the shaft, a nut being threaded on the shaft, and having abutments to engage the wheel boss for pressing on. or drawing off, the wheel from the shaft. The invention is shown applied to a vehicle wheel. The axle 1 is formed with a flanged eccentric part 2, ever which the eccentric hub 4 is fitted. The hub 4 is secured to the axle by a nut 8 which is threaded on a spigot 9 of the axle and has abutments 10, 14, the abutment 10 being adapted to press the hub 4 on to the axle, and the abutment 14 engaging an annular ledge 15 on the hub 4 to withdraw the hub from the axle. A locking nut 12 is preferably fitted on an extension 13 of the spigot 9.
Patent GB-1010676-A (GB)
Title: A method of reinforcing concrete floors and the like, and a reinforcing element therefor
IPC: E04C5/06
Filed: 1964-01-08
Abstract: 1,010,676. Reinforced concrete floors. S-E BJERKING. Jan. 8, 1964 [Jan. 9, 1963], No. 885/64. Heading E1V.  The top reinforcement in concrete floors, placed above supporting walls 11, or columns, is comprised by substantially rectangular, closed elongated stirrups or loops 16 each having at least one of its end portions 17 bent down to form a foot capable of supporting the elongated part of the stirrup or loop 16 at the required level near the top of the floor when the foot rests on the bottom reinforcement 13, 14 or upon low spacers placed on the formwork 10. The Specification discloses several alternative forms of stirrup or loop, and adapted for use over intermediate and end supporting walls and over columns and cast-in-situ beams.
Patent GB-226981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid-operated reciprocating machine-tools
IPC: B25D9/20
Filed: 1924-01-11
Abstract: 226,981. Holman, J. L., and Holman, A. T. Jan. 11, 1924. Fluid-actuated gears. - In rock-drills and like tools with spool valves, the valve 17 is hollow, slides free of a central bolt 14 securing the assembled parts, and its ends which control a branched inlet 5 and a central flange 18 thereon which controls an exhaust passage 19, are a sliding fit in bushings 2 and the. chest 1 respectively. The valve-motion is limited by stops 15 which act as seats for the valve, and the flange 18 moves between the ends of the bushings 2 and engages the valve-chest. The bushings 2 are similarly constructed, and contain cavities 3 connected at 4 with the inlet 5 and at 6 with the cylinder ports 8, and are spaced apart to clear ports 10, 11 connected to the main-cylinder exhaust ports 12, 13 intermediate the inlet ports. The valve is reversed by the cylinder compression and fluid passing from the cylinder through ports 12, 13 and acting on either side of the flange 18 prior to exhaust. In a modification, the bushes 15 which are provided to prevent leakage along the bolt and against which the valve abuts, are dispensed with, and the bushings are provided with internal collars engaged by the valve. The exhaust ports may pass direct to the cylinder and the inlet ports crossed. Specifications 193,357 and 207,036 are referred to.