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Patent GB-357334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for playing games
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1930-08-05
Abstract: 357,334. Games. MANNIN, F. H., 29, Cleveland Mansions, Chapel Street, Brixton, and MANNIN, B. G., 141, Newington Causeway, both in London. Aug. 5, 1930, No. 23402. [Class 132 (ii).] In apparatus for playing a putting game comprising a platform adapted to be laid on the ground and provided with one or more hazards and a hole or equivalent, the hazards consist of pieces of rigid material normally sunk in the platform but capable of being raised and supported to upstand therefrom to form obstacles. The platform 1 is formed of wood and covered with coco nut matting, imitation grass carpet or other material 2. Flaps 4 .. 8 pivoted by the covering material and normally lying flush with the surface of the platform may be raised to form obstacles between a teeing ground and a hole 3, the latter being formed in a ramped collapsable part 9. The obstacles may be mounted on a sunken turntable.
Patent GB-442739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wireless receiving apparatus
IPC: H01Q1/20
Filed: 1934-08-14
Abstract: 442,739. Aerials. GRAY, M., 12, Edgworth Crescent, Hendon, London. Aug. 14, 1934, No. 23437. [Class 40 (v)] An aerial and /or earthing device comprises a length of wire, resistance, metal plate &c. embedded in a sheet of rubber, cork, wood, &c. The associated receiver may be supported on the sheet which may also extend upwardly at the rear of the cabinet or may be incorporated in the cabinet as an integral part. The aerial may be used in a motor vehicle, being arranged on the floor or roof or under a seat. Electrostatic screening members, condensers and other devices may also be embedded in the sheet.
Patent GB-1475127-A (GB)
Title: Valves for dispensing molten metal in casting machines parti cularly in battery grid casting machines
IPC: B22D37/00
Filed: 1974-05-28
Abstract: 1475127 Metal pouring apparatus WIRTZ MFG CO Inc 28 May 1974 [23 Jan 1974] 23489/74 Heading B3F [Also in Division F2] A casting machine, e.g. for casting battery grids, has a mould fed from a ladle 28, Fig. 6, tipped during each machine cycle, to an extent which retains metal in the ladle at all times but which delivers a predetermined charge. A pump 12 in a heated pot 10 operates continuously to feed molten lead up to a valve 24 for replenishing the ladle 28. Excess metal returns through a line 20 and inert gas may be provided through a fitting 30. The valve 24, Fig. 3, for periodically dispensing predetermined quantities of molten lead into the mould-filling ladle, has two telescoping housings; the fixed upper housing 82 bears a threaded fitting 90 for connection with a lead feed line and a valve seat 102, while the movable lower housing 84 has a sloping floor leading to an outlet 26 and a pedestal 108 surrounded by pins 114 forming a cage of a ball closure member 112. The valve is normally held closed by a weight 72, Fig. 2, acting through a lever 68 and a link 76 to raise the housing 84. The valve is opened by a pin 62 raising the weight against loading by a spring 118. The pin is moved by compressed air fed from a cylinder 42 operated in turn by a time-controlled solenoid valve (52) switched on by movement of a mould part. A limit to the movement of the lever can be adjusted by a threaded bushing 54 and the position of the valve seat 102, Fig. 3, can also be adjusted. A port 124 is provided for the introduction of an inert gas into the housing, to prevent the formation of dross in the molten metal.
Patent GB-1396605-A (GB)
Title: Variable displacement holder
IPC: A01G5/04
Filed: 1972-05-18
Abstract: 1396605 Flower holders L E GREEN 18 May 1972 [23 Dec 1971] 23526/72 Heading A4U [Also in Division B6] A holder for supporting flower stems in water comprises marbles 11 loosely confined by a net 12 so as to be displaced by and provide support for, the stems when passed through the meshes of the net. The marbles are preferably transparent and the net formed as a tubular extension of clear plastics e.g. nylon or polypropylene, (Registered Trade Mark) the net being rolled to form a torus and the upper and lower ends gathered and secured together by a clamp 15, or heat-sealed together. The device may be used as a pencil holder.
Patent GB-987034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in power plants comprising an internal combustion engine provided with a governor and a variable ratio transmission
IPC: F02D29/02
Filed: 1963-06-13
Abstract: 987,034. Regulating I.C. engines. SOC. INDUSTRIELLE GENERALE DE MECANIQUE APPLIQUEE. June 13, 1963 [June 26, 1962], No. 23556/63. Heading FIB. [Also in Divisions B7 and G3] In an internal combustion engine power plant having a governor 13, Fig. 1, and a variable ratio transmission interposed between the engine 1 and a driven part 5 e.g. vehicle wheels, the governor is controlled in accordance with the position of a movable element 29 Fig. 3 subjected to a resilient force applied by the throttle control 14 and to a force varying in accordance with the speed of the driven part, so arranged that for a given setting of throttle control 14, the speed of the driven part tends to remain constant. Diesel engine 1 drives a pump 2 which supplies hydraulic fluid to a motor 4 driving wheels 5. A fuel injection pump 10 is controlled by a governor mechanism 13 in which a centrifugal governor 15, Fig. 2, acts through disc 16 and lever 25 to move the fuel injection pump control rack 12. Movement of disc 16 is balanced at idling speeds by a spring 17 abutting an adjustable ring 20 and at normal running speeds by both spring 17 and a spring 18 interposed between a fixed ring 22 and a sliding ring 23 which is engaged by disc 16. Lever 25 is pivoted on a journal 26 secured to shaft 27 which has a fixed arm 30 sliding in a ball 31 engaged in a seating 32. Throttle control 14 moves piston 33 through a shaft 28 and a forked arm 35 acting through a sliding collar 36 and spring 37. A pump 38 driven by shaft 9 at wheel speed draws fluid from reservoir 8 through pipe 38 and returns it through pipe 40 having a throttle 41. A shunt pipe 40a directs fluid to cylinder 34 and piston 33 is subjected to the pressure existing upstream of throttle 41 and to the force exerted by spring 43. In a modification, piston 33 may be replaced by a flexible diaphragm. Operation. When engine 1 idles and wheel 5 is fixed, either the pump 2 has a zero flow rate or a shunt pipe is opened between pipes 6 and 7 or a clutch between engine 1 and pump 2 is disengaged, forked arm 35 is against abutment 42a, spring 43 maintains the eccentric journal 26 in the idle position and only spring 17 regulates the system. Under normal running conditions lever 14 acts through spring 37 to move piston 33 to the right which causes shaft 27 to pivot journal 26 to cause an increasing fuel flow. If, for a given position of lever 14, the speed of wheel 5 changes this causes a corresponding change in the pressure in cylinder 34 which in turn causes movement of piston 33 and a change in fuel flow rate effective to maintain the wheel speed constant.
Patent GB-404395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in radio receivers
IPC: H04R1/02
Filed: 1932-08-23
Abstract: 404,395. Wireless receiving-apparatus. GRIMDITCH, W. H., Glensido, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Aug. 23, 1932, No. 23579. Convention date. Dec. 19, 1931. [Class 40 (v).] In a wireless receiving-sot embodying a loud-speaker mounted behind a baffle, the receiver is located in an upper chamber 1 and the loud-speaker 4 and baffle 3 are in a lower chamber 2, the loud-speaker being arranged centrally of the baffle, which is tilted rearwardly. The axis of the sound-reproducing diaphragm is thus set at an angle to the horizontal, so that the sound is projected in an upwardly inclined direction. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 312,031, [Class 40 (v), Wireless signalling &c.].
Patent GB-183066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the delivery of railway tickets and the like from storage receptacles
IPC: G07B3/04
Filed: 1921-09-05
Abstract: 183,066. Prosser, C. R. Sept. 5, 1921. Tickets, issuing.-In apparatus for issuing railway and like tickets singly from the bottom of a stack in a receptacle, a construction is provided whereby the insertion of used or spurious tickets into the stack and unauthorized access to the receptacle are prevented. The stacks of tickets 6 are contained in compartments 3 of the receptacle, and the bottom ticket is adapted to bc engaged for issue by a catch-piece 18 on a slide 13 mounted in dovetailed guides in fixed side plates 11 attached to a bottom plate 7. A stud 19 on the slide passes through a slot 8 in the bottom plate 7, the front end of the slot forming a stop for the slide. The bottom part of the front of the compartments is fitted with a plate 21 secured by bolts 22, the flat shanks of which are riveted to the plate. in the middle of each compartment the plate is formed with cut-out tongues which are rolled over to form bearings for the hinge-pin 31 of a flap 30, the tongue 29 between the cut-away portions being bent to serve as a stop for the flap. The flap is normally held closed by a plate spring 32 secured thereto and bearing against the plate 21. The flap opens when the ticket is pulled forward and closes as soon as the ticket passes it. The flaps and springs are protected by a front plate 38, detachably secured, together with recessed distance members 34, to the plate 21 by screws 33. The slides 13 are formed with pull handles 14 and are returned to the closed positions by springs 16. Preferably the receptacle has a drop front 39 hinged at 41 to the plate 21, and a hinged lid 42 with a fillet 43 and a lock 44.
Patent GB-886386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for sorting documents or other articles intoseparate categories
IPC: B07C3/00
Filed: 1959-07-09
Abstract: 886,386. Endless conveyer systems for delivering articles at desired positions. AMALGAMATED WIRELESS (AUSTRALASIA) Ltd. July 9, 1959 [Aug. 11, 1958], No. 23649/59. Class 78 (1). Carriers 21 for documents or other articles to be sorted are supported between a pair of parallel endless belts 10, 11 and are conveyed from the input station X by the belts 10, 11 to an outlet Y or by the belts 10, 11 and belts 29, 30 to an outlet Z, the outlet at which the carriers are discharged being determined by the positions of indexing projections 25 on the carriers. The carriers 21 are provided with support arms 22 which rest on the belts 10, 11 and if a carrier is to be conveyed to outlet Z it is provided with an indexing projection 25 which engages a fixed guide 28 in a selecting gate 26 thereby moving the carrier to the right, Figs. 1, 2, to bring projections 40 over the lower runs of belts 29, 30 which convey the carrier up to outlet Z where it engages plates 41, 42, Fig. 5 (not shown), which engage the projections 40 of the carrier thereby discharging the carrier from the belts 29, 30 on to a further pair of belts (not shown). The belts 10, 11, 29, 30 are driven at the same speed by means of a handle 20 or motor connected to the drive shaft 16 of belts 10, 11, the drive shaft 33 of belts 29, 30 being driven from the shaft 16 through gears 31, 32.
Patent GB-408138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in safety hats or caps
IPC: A42B3/28
Filed: 1933-08-25
Abstract: 408,138. Hats &c. STRAUSS, A. A., Hartje Building, Pittsburg, U.S.A. Aug. 25, 1933, No. 23671. Convention date, Feb. 6. [Class 63.] A hat for protecting the head of the wearer and providing ventilation, comprises a crown portion 26, Fig. 1, provided with a number of upstanding hollow flutes 29 open at their outer ends, and radiating from an upstanding hollow boss 28. The portion 26 is provided with a downturned peripheral edge portion 27 which fits over the outer surface of the upper edge of a body portion 10, the two portions being connected together by lacing 31. A dome member 32 covers the central part of the crown portion 26. To adjust the portion 10 to fit heads of different size, stiff cross bands 17, 18, Fig. 3, are each secured at one end to the body portion 10, the remaining ends being adjustably secured to the opposite body wall. In a modification, the means for securing the crown and body portions together, comprise tabs struck out from the body portion, and extending through the crown portion. In a further modification, the upper margin of the body 10 is tapered inwardly at 10<a>, Fig. 12, at the same inclination as the lower margin of the crown, and the crown is adapted to rest upon a ledge 10<b> formed in the body 10, the two portions being secured by lacing 31. The means for adjusting the portion 10 to fit heads of different size comprise two flexible members 40, 41, Fig. 11, secured at their outer ends to the tapering margins of the crown and body portions, and having their inner ends adjustably laced together.
Patent GB-1090153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to chart position indicating apparatus
Inventor: ROBERTS GRAHAM ESTYN
IPC: G01S1/02
Filed: 1965-06-03
Abstract: 1,090,153. Indicating-apparatus. DECCA Ltd. May 17, 1966 [June 3, 1965], No. 23770/65. Heading-G1L. Apparatus in which the chart position of a vehicle can be indicated in response to signals provided by a navigation system comprises motors 142 for moving two translucent strips 202, 206 relative to a chart 200 in accordance with the signals, each strip bearing an indicating line 211, 212 disposed at an angle to the direction of movement of the strip and the two lines 211, 212 extending in orthogonal directions across the surface of the chart 200. The chart is translucent with opaque markings and rests on a transparent plate in a frame 201 of insulating material. The strips 202, 206 are supported in their passage under the chart by a plate 213 with a light toned metal surface to enable the lines 211, 212 and the chart markings to be seen without illumination from below. A hyperbolic phase comparison radio navigation system as described in Specification 620, 479 provides three patterns of signals and each chart has a pattern of cut outs 219,220 to permit or prevent, selectively, conduction between pairs of contacts 214, 215 whereby control signals are provided for selecting the two sets of hyperbolic co-ordinates appropriate to the chart. The corresponding sets of signals are applied to digitizers (26), (27) whose first and second outputs are accumulated in two eight bit bi-directional counters (121), (122) Fig. 2 (not shown) as described in Specification 1, 022,186. The totals in the accumulators (121), (122) represent changes in the hyperbolic co-ordinates in the form of the number of sign changes (in the sin and cosine of the phase angle between the radio transmissions received from a master and the slave station selected) that have occurred since a previous comparison was made. A clock pulse energizes a control unit (137) and the motors 142 drive the strips 202, 206 in appropriate directions whilst rotating a disc with contact-segments feeding reset signals to the accumulators until they reach zero and stop the motors. Adjustments of scale may be made independently in the two co-ordinate systems by selectively suppressing different numbers of signals in each phase cycle in the digitizers (26), (27).
Patent GB-207280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to metallic sheets or plates
Filed: 1922-09-01
Abstract: 207,280. Terry, E. Sept. 1, 1922, Compound forms ; plates.-Armour and other metal plates having more than two hardened sheets are built up of laminµ, each of which is first hardened on one or both of its faces, and is then dipped in a molten alloy, such as an alloy of lead and tin, the assembled coated laminµ being finally subjected to pressure till the binding material has solidified. Each lamina is rolled &c. to give it a definite grained structure, and is assembled in the finished plate with its grain disposed transversely of that of the adjacent laminµ.
Patent GB-1015354-A (GB)
Title: Separation of mixtures of fats and fatty acids
Inventor: SINGLETON WILLIAM ALBERT
IPC: C11B7/00
Filed: 1962-06-20
Abstract: Mixtures of saturated and unsaturated fatty triglycerides are separated into saturated and unsaturated fractions by the fractional crystallization of a solution of the triglycerides which contains as a crystal promoter 0.01-1% of a compound having a nucleus to which are attached 4-700 saturated or partially saturated C12-C22 fatty acyl chains; on cooling, preferably through 75 DEG  F. within 1 minute, the crystal habit of the more saturated fraction is so modified as to permit easy separation by filtration. The weight ration of solvent to triglycerides is generally 1-2 : 1 and suitable solvents are acetone and a 9 : 1 (vol.) acetone/methanol mixture. Suitable crystal promoters are polyvinyl fatty acid esters, methyl glucoside tetrastearate, 2-hydroxypropyl sucrose palmitate, aluminium stearate in an oil suspension, sucrose fatty esters, polymerized triglycerides obtained by heating to 260-280 DEG  F. in the presence of air and an iron powder catalyst, and polyamides obtained from di- or tri-merized saturated and unsaturated fatty acid mixtures and alkylene diamines.ALSO:Mixtures of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids are separated into saturated and unsaturated fractions by fractional crystallization of a solution of the fatty acids which contains as a crystal promoter 0.01-1% of a compound having a nucleus to which are attached 4-700 saturated or partially saturated C12-22-fatty acyl chains; on cooling, preferably through 75 DEG  F. within 1 minute, the crystal habit of the more saturated fraction is so modified as to permit easy separation by filtration.  The weight ratio of solvent to fatty acids is generally 1-2: 1 and suitable solvents are acetone and a 9: 1 (vol.) acetone/methanol mixture. Suitable crystal promoters are polyvinyl fatty acid esters, methyl glucoside tetrastearate, 2-hydroxypropyl sucrose palmitate, aluminium stearate in an oil suspension, sucrose fatty esters and preferably polymerized triglycerides obtained by heating to 260-280 DEG  F. in the presence of air and an iron powder catalyst, and polyamides obtained from di- or tri-merized unsaturated fatty acids and alkylene diamines.
Patent GB-1373287-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for converting the pushing action of a hydraulic ram into  a pulling action
IPC: B21D1/14
Filed: 1973-05-14
Abstract: 1373287 Restoring to Shape J B HICKMAN 14 May 1973 [19 May 1972] 23803/72 Heading B3Q  Apparatus as described in Specification 1,332,498 is improved by a yoke 28 extending around the pulling end of the cross-member 7 and locking elements 38 so that the tensioned element 16 may be locked to yoke 28 by an element 38 while the cross-member is being returned towards the yoke and then re-locked to the cross-member by another element 38 for further tensioning without release of the initial tension. The post 1 may be mounted in a floor-recess or in a socket 8 and has a pawl and ratchet or holes 4 for height adjustment of the cross-member. A slide 6, Fig. 2, on which the yoke 28 is pivoted has a vertical opening for the post and a lateral opening for the crossmember. If required, chains 33 for resisting the pull are connected to the slide and to a bar 34 having an opening 35 for a central chain 36. The slide may be mounted with its lateral slot downwards and a support plate positioned above the locking pin 5; the post may be of round or box section.
Patent GB-339300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the treatment of fabrics
IPC: D06Q1/02
Filed: 1929-08-02
Abstract: 339,300. Dreyfus, H. Aug. 2, 1929. Carbonizing fibres &c.-Mixed fabrics containing cotton or other cellulose fibres together with other) materials: such as cellulose derivatives, wool, and silk are heated in a solution of a mineral acid, a mineral acid salt or salts having a mineral acid reaction, the solution being sufficiently diluted to have no substantial deleterious effect on the fibres used in association with the cellulose, and the treatment being continued until the cellulose fibres are rendered removable without drying in presence of the carbonizing chemical. Suitable acidic substances are aluminium chloride, aluminium sulphate, hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, or ferric chloride. Ornamental effects such as lace, brocade, or raised figure effects may be produced by first treating the fabric with a coloured or other reserve while the mordant metal salt such as aluminium chloride or sulphate, or ferric chloride may mordant the reserved fibres, which may be subsequently dyed with mordant dyestuffs. Delustring of cellulose acetate materials, when present, may be prevented by keeping the temperature of the treating bath below the delustring temperature, or by the addition of sodium sulphate or other neutral or other salts or sugars as in Specifications 246,879 and 260,312. The process may be applied to the removal of the cellulose acetate or other cellulose ester from fabrics by first effecting local saponification of the cellulose derivative by the process of Specification 302,363, [Class 42 (i), Fabrics, Finishing &c.]. Specification 274,074 also is referred to.
Patent GB-224340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in horse shoes
IPC: A01L7/02
Filed: 1923-09-24
Abstract: 224,340. Robertson, F. C., and Rooney, P. P. Sept. 24, 1923. Renewable calks and treads; hoof-supporting packing. - A horseshoe comprises a metallic body having a cavity with a filling 2 of cushioning material which extends beyond the lower surface of the shoe body and which has on its surface beadings 12 forming a number of suction cups 13. The filling 2 is enclosed between a comparatively wide outer rim 3 having radial sockets 14 with which the filling forms interlocking keys 15 and a thin inner rim 4 which may have only half the depth. The filling also extends through holes 9 in the upper surface of the shoe and forms a covering 10 thereon. Calk sockets 6, 7 are provided in the shoe body. Fig. 15 shows a form in which the filling interlocks with the nail seatings 22 and also has a portion 43 extending across the heel. In this modification the metal body is entirely enclosed. The shoe may be used with a heel pad 17, Fig. 12, having a web extending over the shoe on the upper surface thereof. The heel-piece may be intgral with the filling. In this modification the shoe preferably tapers upwardly towards the heel.
Patent GB-242052-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for sharpening razor blades
IPC: B24B3/48
Filed: 1924-10-08
Abstract: 242,052. Lamarque, J. Oct. 8, 1924. Stropping-apparatus.-In a machine for sharpening razor blades the blades are mounted on a frame comprising a multiple-blade carrier slidably mounted to reciprocate upon a slide carrier and also arranged to reciprocate in a direction at right angles to the direction of movement of the blade carrier. The sharpening rollers f, g, h are carried on removable shafts mounted on columns i carried by the frame a and girded together by a cross-bar j, the main shaft b turning freely in the roller e. The rollers are rotated by gears d<1>, d<11>, d<111>, d<2>, from a pinion d on the shaft b. Mounted on the shaft b and at each end of the roller e are cams k which by means of rollers l cause a reciprocating movement of a slide carrier m having slides n, the carrier m sliding vertically on the columns i. In a helicoidal groove o integral with the shaft b moves a roller p mounted at the end of an horizontal arm integral with a column q of a multiple-blade carrier comprising rules or guides r upon which are mounted by means of slides the blade-carrying clips t, the rules r sliding on the slides n. In operation the rules r are reciprocated horizontally by the movement of the roller p in the groove o thus bringing the upper bevelling of the blades u in contact with the rollers f, h. At the same time by rotation of the cam.s k the slide carriers m are lowered so that the rules r descend thus bringing the lower bevel of the blades in contact with the rollers e, g. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 10000/14.