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Patent GB-428379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vehicle brakes
IPC: F16D51/06
Filed: 1933-11-11
Abstract: 428,379. Band and shoe brakes. BAISCH, C. F., and WHITE, J. W., 3600, Military Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Nov. 11, 1933, No. 31511. Convention date, Nov. 14, 1932. [Class 103 (i)] Adjusting means for a friction member engaging the internal surface of a brake drum, comprises a screw and nut mechanism disposed between an operating plunger or piston and the friction member and a gear wheel engaging the nut and operable from the exterior of the anchor plate of the brake. Pistons 9 slidable in the cylinder 6 each abut on a nut member 10 which slides on the cylinder. The nut turns on a screw 11 the forked end of which engages a bracket 7 secured to the end of the brake band 3. The other end of the screw 11 enters freely a recess in the piston. The nut is turned to effect the adjustment by a toothed wheel 18 gearing with teeth 17 on the nut 10 and mounted on the anchor plate 5. The wheel 18 is held against the plate 5 by a spring to prevent undesired rotation. The central part of the band 3 is urged against the drum by a member 13 which is rocked about a fixed pin 14 when the band contacts with the drum.
Patent GB-1361045-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of pheno-aldehyde foamed plastics
IPC: C08L61/08
Filed: 1971-07-06
Abstract: 1361045 Foamable sulphonated phenolformaldehyde resins VLADIMIRSKY NAUCHNO-ISSLEDOVATELSKYINSTITUT SINTETICHESKIKH SMOL 6 July 1971 [6 July 1970 (2)] 31532/71 Headings C3C and C3R  A foamable plastics composition comprises a mixture of a liquid resole-type phenol-aldehyde condensation product and/or an aldehyde and a nucleus-sulphonated novolak-type resin having on average less than one sulpho group per nucleus. The term "nucleus-sulphonated novolak-type resin" is defined as a material prepared by (a) direct sulphonation of a dehydrated novolak resin or a dihydroxydiphenylalkane by any suitable sulphonating agent; (b) mixing a novolak-type resin with the sulphonated novolak resin or sulphonated dihydroxydiphylalkane prepared as in (a); and (c) mixing a liquid novolak-type phenolaldehyde resin with the product obtained by condensing an arylsulphonic acid and an aldehyde and optionally, urea in such proportions as to obtain an average of not more than one sulpho group per nucleus in the novolaktype resin. The preferred arylsulphonic acids, may be selected from naphthol-, anthracene-, phenol-, benzene, toluene- and naphthalenesulphonic acids. The composition may be foamed by merely mixing the ingredients previously specified at a suitable temperature or by mixing in the presence of a low boiling blowing agent. Suitable blowing agents are petroleum ethers and fluorohydrocarbons. Nitrogenous compounds such as melamine, urea, acrylonitrile, dicyandiamide, m-phenylenediamine, aniline and thiourea may also be added. In the examples foamed plastics are formed from the following binary mixtures:- formalin and a sulphonovolak (11, 29, 34); benzaldehyde and a sulphonovolak (12); trimethylolphenol and a sulphonovolak (7, 8); trimethylolphenol and sulpho - dihydroxydiphenylmethane (9); and a resol and a sulphonovolak (10). Ternary mixtures disclosed in examples are trimethylolphenol, a novolak, and a condensate of phenolsulphonic acid and formaldehyde (1); formalin, a novolak, and a condensate of naphthalenesulphonic acid and formaldehyde (2); benzaldehyde, a novolak and a sulphonovolak (3); trimethylolphenol, dihydroxydiphenylmethane and a condensate of benzenesulphonic acid and acetaldehyde (4); trimethylphenol, a novolak and a condensate of phenolsulphonic acid, urea and formaldate (5); paraform, a novolak and a sulphonovolak (6); a resol, a novolak and a condensate of phenolsulphonic acid, urea and formaldehyde (13-23); and formalin, a novolak, and a condensate of phenolsulphonic acid, urea and formaldehyde (24-28). The preparation of the novolak, sulphonovolak, and resole resins used in the examples is described.
Patent GB-227601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in coin-controlled mechanism for gas meters or the like
IPC: G07F15/02
Filed: 1923-12-17
Abstract: 227,601. Sutherland Meter Co., Ltd., and King, F. H. W'. Dec. 17, 1923. Coin action, thrust. - In prepayment, mechanism for gas meters, a coin 17, Fig. 5, inserted through a slot in a price-change disc into a rotary coin carrier 5 engages the top 18 of the coin mechanism casing and depresses a cam plate 13 in the bottom of the carrier. The carrier is formed from a strip of metal doubled on itself and has on its outside a sliding plate 8 connected to the cam 13 by a pin 15 which works in slots 7 in the sides of the carrier. The plate 8 has a tooth 9 to engage between the teeth of a wheel 12 to set this forward when the carrier is rotated,. the tooth being normally kept out of engagement. with the wheel by a coiled spring 16, Fig. 4, connected to the pin 15 and to a pin 6 on the carrier passing through a slot in the plate 8.
Patent GB-753823-A (GB)
Title: Recirculating and supply valve
IPC: F23D11/28
Filed: 1954-11-02
Abstract: 753,823. Supplying liquid fuel to burners. ORR & SEMBOWER, Inc. Nov. 2,1954 [Feb. 17, 1954], No. 31630/54. Class 75(1). [Also in Groups XII and XXIX] Oil at 10, Fig. 1, passes via pump 12, heater 13, pipe 14, constant pressure or flow control valve 15 and pipe 24 to an oil supply and recirculation valve 21, for a liquid fuel burner 22. Steam for the heater is controlled by a thermostatic valve 31 responsive to the oil temperature at 37 and the valve 15 has a by-pass 18 to the pump inlet. The valve 21, Fig. 2, has shuttle lift valves 113, 125 operated by a piston 131 moved by compressed air via pipe 146 under the control of a thermostatic valve 94 responsive to the temperature maintained by the burner. As shown in Fig. 2 the valves allow oil to pass from inlet 24 to outlet 28 leading to the pump inlet. When valve 113 is seated and valve 125 opened, oil from inlet 24 passes to burner tube 25 surrounded by atomizing tube 148 into which air or steam is passed from pipe 147 under the control of burner thermostatic valve 151. Specification 744,747 and U.S.A. Specifications 2,000,733 and 2,489,823 are referred to.
Patent GB-229799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in table and like spoons
IPC: A47G21/04
Filed: 1923-12-18
Abstract: 229,799. Drury, B. E. Dec. 18, 1923. Sports.-A spoon of the kind in which the handle D is bent to the side of the bowl A is so formed that a line passing through the centre of gavity of the spoon and the middle point of the handle end falls within the handle for a distance greater than half the length of the handle to ensure a balance of the spoon. The spoon may be made either for use with the right or the left hand.
Patent GB-737643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical connectors
Inventor: HOFFMAN NORMAN EDWIN
IPC: H01R4/20
Filed: 1953-11-16
Abstract: 737,643. Wire terminals; sleeve couplings. AIRCRAFT-MARINE PRODUCTS, Inc. Nov. 16, 1953, No. 31696/53. Class 38 (1). In a wire connector having a ferrule 4, the wire end 14 is prevented from extending too far into the ferrule, when inserting it therein prior to crimping or soldering, by a pair of stops 10, 12 formed by slotting the end of the ferrule transversely across the seam 6 and curling the strips so formed inwardly across the end of the ferrule. The stops may be joined as shown at 10A, 12A, Fig. 4, particularly in the case of a seamless ferrule. Fig. 5 shows a sleeve for joining two wires wherein stops 10B, 12B similar to those shown in Fig. 3 are formed at the centre of the sleeve.
Patent GB-630476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to locking means for use with supporting devices
IPC: A61B6/10
Filed: 1947-12-01
Abstract: 630,476. Locking means for X-ray apparatus. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., and CALDWELL, J. T. Dec. 1, 1947, No. 31704. [Class 98 (i)] In a device of the kind in which an object is supported in an adjustable position by holding means movable relative to a supporting member or members movable relative to a base whereon the device is located, a locking means is provided which moves with the supporting mem - ber'or members and includes in combination a flexible member fixed at one end to the supporting member or members and connected at the other end to means which lock the supporting member or members to the base when flexion, or increased flexion, is applied to the flexible member to bring the ends thereof closer together, the flexible member having a length not less than the distance of travel of the holding means, and clamping means comprising two co-operating jaws, one fixed relative to the holding means and one movable relative thereto, engageable with any part of the flexible member to fix the clamping means relative to the fixed end and to flex the flexible member to lock the supporting member or members to the base. As shown, a support for an X-ray tube slides vertically on columns 1 mounted on a foot 3 travelling on base rails. A flexible metal ribbon 9 is fastened at one end to a cross-piece 2 at the end of columns 1, and extends through the foot and is connected to a lever 11 pivoted to the foot. A plate 14 on the tube support has a fixed clamping member 15 against which a part of the ribbon 9 is pressed by a member 16 of complementary shape, urged toward member 15 by an eccentric cam 17. The member 15 has a surface providing high friction, and is so shaped that the ribbon first contacts a part thereof, and is then flexed by the action of member 16, the ribbon being finally held between members 15, 16. At the same time the lever 11 is raised against the action of a spring 10 so that a projection 12 thereon engages a rack 13 on the base on which the foot 3 moves. Specification 522,133 is referred to.
Patent GB-152239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in portable spirit stoves and the like
IPC: A47J36/26
Filed: 1919-12-18
Abstract: 152,239. Marris, G. S. Dec. 18, 1919. Asbestos pad and like burners.-The casing 1 of a portable spirit stove has a perforated cupped upper rim 2 and a central opening 3 and contains a saturated cotton-wool or like pad 4 covered with a domed gauze cap 5. A space 6 is left between the pad 4 and rim 2. The perforations 7 in the rim 2 allow air to escape when filling the stove and provide auxiliary jet flames during burning.
Patent GB-896321-A (GB)
Title: Method for forming a pipe fitting
Inventor: RAMSEY HAROLD WILLIAMS
IPC: B21C37/29
Filed: 1960-09-16
Abstract: 896,321. Making pipe fittings; stamping. BAKER & CO. Inc., R. H. Sept. 16, 1960, No. 31987/60. Classes 83 (2) and 83 (4). [Also in Group XXVIII] A method for strengthening the intersection of an elbow, tee or other pipe fitting comprising two intersecting pipes each having cylindrical walls of thin ductile metal of uniform thickness between the ends is characterized by plugging the ends of the fitting and confining said ends against stretch and distortion while the walls of the fitting between the ends remain unconfined and then while the fitting is unheated introducing hydraulic pressure into the fitting to cold work the walls of the fitting to simultaneously stretch and harden the metal thereof. In an embodiment the fitting comprises tubes 5 intersecting along elliptical joints 6 and the ends of the fitting are provided with annular channels 8 for accommodating sealing gaskets which engage with connecting pipes. The ends of the fitting are constrained in split housings 10 and hydraulic pressure is introduced to the interior of the fitting through a pipe 16 attached to one of the housings. The hydraulic pressure expands the fitting and imparts a tapered configuration to the pipes (Fig. 3) the thickness of the metal at the ends 7 remaining unchanged whilst the metal at the joints 6 is thinned and hardened.
Patent GB-447059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of titanium pigments
IPC: C01G23/053
Filed: 1934-11-07
Abstract: Titanium nuclei to be added to titanium salt solutions to initiate or assist hydrolysis are obtained by dissolving orthotitanic acid in an aqueous solution containing sulphuric acid and a salt of an alkali metal or of magnesium, and heating the solution obtained to precipitate the nuclei.  The salt employed may be sodium sulphate, chloride, or nitrate, or magnesium sulphate, and the solution may be heated between 60 and 100 DEG  C. for periods up to four hours.  The solutions to be hydrolyzed may be titanium sulphate solutions, and hydrolysis may be effected in the presence of barium or calcium sulphate to obtain composite pigments.  Specification 388,978 is referred to.
Patent GB-794554-A (GB)
Title: Improved fluid pressure system
IPC: F15B13/02
Filed: 1956-10-22
Abstract: 794,554. Hydraulic systems. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Oct. 22, 1956 [Oct. 25, 1955], No. 32069/56. Class 69 (2). [Also in Group XXXI] In an hydraulic system including a plurality of motors, one motor has a control valve which ensures a supply of liquid from a pump to the motor, and the other motor or motors are operable by liquid from an accumulator, the accumulator being chargeable by the pump when the motor is inoperative. As applied to a vehicle power steering system, a steering motor 64 is connected by lines 40, 42 to a control valve 16. In the neutral position of valve spool 18 both motor lines communicate with an exhaust line 44, and a pump 12 supplies liquid through passages 14, 28, 34, 36 to an unloader valve 50 for an accumulator 52. Accumulator 52 supplies a windscreen wiper motor 60 through a control valve 62. Displacement of the valve spool 18 to either side of its neutral position cuts off communication between the pump and the accumulator and opens one of the motor lines to the pump supply. The pressures in the motor lines are communicated through passages 84, 86 in the spool 18 to the ends of the spool so that the resistance sensed at the steering-wheel is proportional to the actual steering resistance.
Patent GB-937854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for spraying insecticides and the like
IPC: A01M7/00
Filed: 1960-09-19
Abstract: 937,854. Crop sprayers. L. C. PEARCH. Sept. 19, 1960, No. 32107/60. Addition to 844,318. Class 69 (3). The spraying unit of the parent case is so modified that when mounted on a tractor or trailer its air entry faces rearwardly so that the air travels in a forward direction through the unit. As shown, the fan tunnel 11 of the unit has its air entry 26 adjacent a tank 29 on a trailer 28, the other end of the tunnel is secured to a gear-box 12 driven via a shaft 13. The annular air outlet 18 at the forward end of the unit is associated with spray nozzles 20 supplied by a vane pump 22.
Patent GB-1293477-A (GB)
Title: Solidified product from high fructose corn syrup and process for the preparation thereof
IPC: A23L21/25
Filed: 1971-07-08
Abstract: 1293477 Fructose corn syrup solids product FOOD TECHNOLOGY Inc 8 July 1971 [20 Aug 1970] 32116/71 Headings A2B and A2D [Also in Division F4]  A solidified product in the form of a flowable powder, free of gummy, sticky and lumpy characteristics which retains its stability against hygroscopicity consists of: parts by wt. High fructose corn syrup solids 40-70 Partially gelatinized starch of a type having a gelatinization  temperature of at least 150F. 60-30 Honey solids 0-60 Water 0.5 - 4.0 Emulsifier 0.1 Anti-humectant 0.1 High fructose corn syrup refers to a syrup in which the solids content is a minimum of at least 40% by weight fructose, at least 40% by weight of dextrose, the remainder being higher saccharides, i.e. maltose. The emulsifier may be hydroxylated lecithin, and the antihumectant calcium stearate. The starch is preferably wheat starch. The product may be prepared by mixing high fructose corn syrup with an ungelatinised starch having a gelatinization temperature of at least 150F to form a slurry, heating the slurry at a temperature 15 to 30 below the gelatinization temperature of the starch until the starch is conditioned to the extent that it will only partially gelatinize when subsequently heated above the gelatinization temperature, and subsequently heating the slurry above said gelatinization temperature to dehydrate the slurry and partially gelatinize the starch, the quantity of starch and degree of gelatinization being sufficient to give a product which when ground forms a flowable powder, free of gummy, sticky and lumpy characteristics. The slurry may be dehydrated and the starch partially gelatinized by forming the slurry into a thin film and heating said film, i.e. between two counter rotating heated rollers.
Patent GB-173724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for effecting the fractional condensation of mixtures of the vapours of volatile bodies
IPC: B01D5/00
Filed: 1920-07-05
Abstract: 173,724. Selden Co., Selden, J. M., and Selden, C. G. July 5, 1920. Anthraquinone; phthalic anhydride; naphthalene; anthracene.-Apparatus for the fractional condensation of mixed vapours, for instance anthraquinone and anthracene, or phthalic anhydride and naphthalene, comprises a plurality of communicating chambers through which the vapours pass successively, containing perforated screens pivotally mounted so that they can be swung against stops to shake off deposits. In one construction, separated chambers 3, 4, 5, Fig. 3, are connected by conduits 8. Doors are provided in the chambers and conduits. Perforated screens 17 are hung from bars 15 and are attached to rods 20 having handles 21, so that the screens can be bumped against stops 19. In each chamber is a cooled baffle consisting of an open flat vertical tube 7, extending nearly to the sides of the chamber. The screens 17 may be arranged on each side of the tube 7 except in thefirst chamber 3. In another construction, a casing 23, Fig. 5, is stepped at the top so as to demarcate chambers of increasing capacity from the inlet 29 to the outlet shaft 31, which may contain screens 32 and be provided with a trapdoor 33. Heating gases may be introduced by a pipe 34. The casing may be externally cooled by water flowing from nozzles 35 over the top of the casing and guided over the sides by deflector plates. The perforated screens 47 are centrally pivoted and may be swung against blocks 46 by means of handles 49. Between some of the chambers are louvres 41, partly interconnected and capable of adjustment by means of shafts which are guarded by semicylindrical covers near the walls of the casing.
Patent GB-359217-A (GB)
Title: Fire extinguisher
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 1930-10-27
Abstract: 359,217. Fire-extinguishers. DU-GAS FIRE EXTINGUISHER CORPORATION, 11, West 42nd Street, New York, U.S.A. Oct. 27, 1930, No. 32274. Convention date, Nov. 11, 1929. [Class 47 (ii).] In a powder extinguisher, the gas cylinder 22 is housed within, and spaced from the interior surface of, an open-ended well 13 that is hung within the neck 12 of the extinguisher 1 by means of a ring 15 and screwed sleeve 31. The cylinder is screwed to a valve 23 that is connected by a fitting 25, 26 to a flexible hose 27. The latter, at its other end, is connected to the outer end of the gas pipe 34, which is arranged at its lower end 36 to deliver the gas in a swirling, tangential stream. The well 13 is held in definite position in the neck 12 by means of a groove 18 and lug 19, and a pivoted fork 20 engages flats on the valve 23 to prevent it, and the cylinder 22, from rotating. A ring 30 carried by the sleeve 31 protects the hand-wheel 24 of the valve 23. The extinguisher stands on a cylindrical extension 5 that houses the conical bottom 4 and the discharge pipe 10 of the extinguisher.
Patent GB-1055685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gas turbine engines
Inventor: III ALBERT HARVEY BELL
IPC: F01D25/24
Filed: 1965-07-28
Abstract: 1,055,685. Gas turbine plant. CHRYSLER CORPORATION. July 28, 1965, No. 32277/65. Headings F1G and F1T. In a gas turbine engine for an automotive vehicle, a turbine wheel 16 drives a compressor 20 discharging through a heat exchanger to a combustion chamber. The combustion products pass to a spiral collecting chamber 22 and thence to the wheel 16 via annular passage 23 and guide blades 49. A second stage turbine wheel (not shown) may be connected through reduction gearing to the driving wheels of the vehicle. To provide reasonable consistency in the actual output h. p. of mass produced engines of the same design, the cross-sectional area of the upstream end of the flow passage 23 formed between smooth shrouds 31, 42 is such as to cause the meridional flow velocity at this end to be less than 0À7 of the maximum meridional flow velocity at the leading edges of the blades 49. The shrouds 31,42 and blades 49 together with a support 34 may be formed as one integral unit, the support 34 extending substantially axially and acting as a heat transference member to minimize radial disturbances due to thermal effects. Moreover, the shrouds 31, 42, blades 49 and support 34 are of similar thickness or otherwise compatible thermally if of different materials so as to expand and contract at approximately the same rate. The support 34 is secured to a member 13 by a nut 38 and locking tab 39. The member 13 carries bearing 24 and bearing assembly 19 for shaft 15. Bearing 24 receives a cooling and lubricating fluid from an engine driven pump via channel 54 and ports 53, and a labyrinth seal 26 receives cooling air, as from the compressor 20, via channel 56 and ports 55, the fluids being returned via a duct 57 to a sump. Thermal insulation 52 is provided. In Fig. 4 (not shown), the side wall 29 of the chamber 22 is positioned further to the right, and the support 34 is replaced by a flange extending radially outwardly from the downstream end of shroud 42 and bolted to the turbine casing.
Patent GB-1188562-A (GB)
Title: Method and Equipment for Seed Dressing
Inventor: UJEVIC IVAN
IPC: A01C1/08
Filed: 1967-07-13
Abstract: 1,188,562. Treating seeds. MINISTERSTVO ZEMEDELSTVI A VYZIVY. 13 July, 1967, No. 32308/67. Heading A2Q. In dressing seed e.g. barley or wheat, against smut, the seed is fed via inlet 2 into tank 1, the pressure is reduced in tank 1 by compressor 4 through multiway valve 5 and steeping aqueous liquid is drawn into tank 1 from source 7 via valve 8, the seed and liquid are retained in tank 1 for up to 45 minutes, the temperature of the liquid being such that the seeds attain a temperature of 4-47‹C., pressure is then supplied to tank 1 by compressor 4 via valve 5 and the excess liquid is drained off via vale 8, and the seed is then hermetically sealed in tank 1 (or another tank) so as to cause the wetted seed to be treated under anaerobic conditions at the attained temperature. The tank 1 is provided with a fermentation closure or trap 9 and seed outlet 11.