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Patent GB-1445763-A (GB)
Title: Data storage system
IPC: G11C19/00
Filed: 1973-02-24
Abstract: 1445763 Storage systems HONEYWELL INFORMATION SYSTEMS Ltd 24 May 1974 [24 Feb 1973] 9186/73 Heading G4C A system for storing words comprising a data portion D and a key portion K in key order includes a shift register the key contents of at least one section of which are compared in a comparator 10 (Fig. 1) with the key contents of a word to be stored or retrieved so that a desired word may be written into or read out from the section (and if required deleted), the words stored on one or other side of the section being appropriately shifted. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, counters WC, SC register word counts and shift counts respectively. In the quiescent state the words are stored in the left hand end of section RSR of the shift register. To read out, the key of the desired word is entered into the register IOR and the whole register shifted left with incrementing of counter SC until comparator 10 indicates equality between the key of the desired word and the key of the word in section MSR, the data portion D of that word then being transferred to register IOR. The register is then shifted right until shift counter SC is decremented to zero. To delete a word, after read out sections LSR and MSR are first shifted right by one word, (both counters SC and WC being appropriately decremented) so that the contents of section MSR are lost, the whole shift register then shifted right. To write, the register is shifted left until comparator 10 indicates equality or until the key contents of the section MSR exceeds the contents of IOR. Sections LSR and MSR are then stepped left by one word (with incrementing of word counter and shift counter) and the word is written in. In a second embodiment (Fig. 2, not shown) which necessitates less total storage space a closed loop uni-directional shift register is used each register section being of one word width rather than one bit width (i.e. data is shifted, serially by word, parallel by bit). Read in and read out may be performed at either of two positions of the register each controlled by a respective comparator. Head and tail counters store the addresses of the beginning and end of the sequence of stored words, the difference in their counts being monitored to prevent system overload. The shift register may be formed of flip-flops or components requiring periodic refresh cycles. The system may be modified to cope with variable length records in which case a control   shift register is included for each stage containing information concerning the nature of the byte in the corresponding stage of the main shift register.
Patent GB-1504454-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for atomizing liquids
IPC: B05B1/14
Filed: 1976-03-08
Abstract: 1504454 Spray - producers SOC LAB 8 March 1976 [21 March 1975] 09233/76 Heading B2F A device for atomising liquids comprises a hollow body 1 with a generally annular groove 4 therein, an inlet 5 to the body for injecting liquid tangentially into the groove to flow along the groove and overflow from an edge thereof to form a conical spray of fine liquid droplets, and a deflector 10 in the body for deflecting any solid particles travelling along the groove out of the groove thereby to prevent the particles completing more than one circuit around the groove. The body 1 comprises a flat hollow cylinder with openings 2 at each side. Liquid enters groove 4 at a point A of maximum depth, passes around the groove, which gradually becomes shallower, overflowing at edges 3, until a point B is reached where the groove terminates. Deflector 10 carries a triangular projection 11 which deflects any solid particles out through openings 2. Alternatively the body may have only one opening and the deflector and projection may be aligned to direct solid particles through this opening. Alternatively the deflector may have a channel member to direct the particles, the channel member replacing the projection.
Patent GB-240380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in fountain brushes
IPC: A46B11/00
Filed: 1925-04-07
Abstract: 240,380. Marks, E. C. R., (Service Products Manufacturing Co.). April 7, 1925. Reservoir brushes. -A container 1 for liquid is provided with a stopper 4 having a screwthreaded pipe 12 extended to engage a socket 9 in a ferrule 6 which carries bristles 7. The pipe 12 has a passage terminating in an orifice 15 which is adapted to be closed by a plug 10 in the socket 9 when the ferrule is screwed home on the pipe. For the purpose of allowing liquid to reach the bristles, holes 16 are formed in the socket 9 or alternatively the plug 10 has flattened sides leaving passages between the plug and the inner wall of the socket. The stopper, in a modified construction, may take the form of a sleeve surrounding the end of the container, the pipe being integral with the stopper. The container is preferably made of glass.
Patent GB-471693-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for coating the inner surface of chimneys with plaster
IPC: E04F21/14
Filed: 1936-03-28
Abstract: 471,693. Plastering chimneys. SUCHANEK, F. March 28, 1936, No. 9299. Convention date, March 30, 1935. [Class 20 (ii)] A method of coating the inner surface of a chimney with plaster consists in passing through the chimney a nozzle 6 to which the plaster is fed by means of compressed air through a length of flexible tubing 5, the nozzle being so constructed as to direct the plaster outwardly substantially all around itself and away from the axis of the chimney. The plaster supply is arranged at one end of the chimney and, in the form shown, comprises a mixing drum 1 having a flange 3 for the connection of a compressor or a compressed air cylinder. The nozzle consists of two parts 7, 8, screwed together and is formed with a plurality of outlet openings 9. A guiding and smoothing plate 12 of rubber mounted between two plates 14 is attached to the lower nozzle part 8 by attaching means comprising a bolt 10, nut 15 and distance member 11. Further smoothing plates articulated together as shown, may be provided to give a repeated smoothing to the plaster coating.
Patent GB-667650-A (GB)
Title: Lock for motor cars
Inventor: HOLMBERG HILMER KARL VALLENTIN
IPC: B60R25/10
Filed: 1950-04-17
Abstract: 667,650. Secret contact combination switches. AKTIEBOLAGET GOSTA LINDSTROM. April 17, 1950. No. 9400/50. Class 38 (v). [Also in Group XXV] A switch for the ignition circuit of a motor vehicle has electrical contacts closable by means of a cam provided on a roller which, against the action of a spring, is turnable step-wise with the aid of at least one of a number of keys, some of which are arranged, when depressed, to effect the closing of an alarm circuit and to release the roller to be restored to its initial position by the spring. The keys 14, Fig. 2, are arranged on a panel 12 secured to a casing 11, drive rods from the keys passing into the casing. The drive rods 19 of those keys effective to cause rotation of the roller 23, Fig. 5, are pivotally connected to pawls 20, each of which carries a tooth 20a to engage a tooth or teeth 21 in the circumference of the roller. The teeth are axially and circumferentially spaced on the roller so that the correct keys have to be pressed in the correct order to effect the full rotation of the roller. Rotation of the roller 23 carries a cam 24, Fig. 4, mounted thereon to displace an insulated rod 26 to close the ignition circuit contacts 27. The roller is retained against backward rotation under the action of spring 22 by a catch 28, Fig. 2, secured to one of a pair of arms 17 pivoted on a shaft 18 and carrying a bar 16. Should one of the incorrect keys be depressed, a projection 15 attached to the driving rod thereof abuts the bar 16, Fig. 6, and causes the arms 17 to rotate anti-clockwise so that a projection 36 engages a pin 35 on a pivoted plate 31 which is thereby rotated in a clockwise direction. As a result an arm 32 secured to the plate 31 engages and closes contacts 34 connected to an alarm circuit. The plate is rotated to open the contacts 34 by operation of the correct keys so that an arm 37 on the roller engages the cam surface 38 on the plate 31. Anticlockwise rotation of the arms 17 also trips the catch 28 to allow the roller to return to its initial position. The bar 16 is depressed to close the alarm circuit by Bowden cables 35, 37, Fig. 2, actuated by the opening of a door or the lifting of the bonnet.
Patent GB-636380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in locks
IPC: E05B25/00
Filed: 1948-04-05
Abstract: 636,380. Locks. LEGGE & CO., Ltd., J., and LEGGE, W. H. April 5, 1948, No. 9436. [Class 44] In a lock in which the key may be inserted either way up, and in which a wire or leaf spring 14 engages at its ends in one direction against abutments 17 of a tumbler 15 which can be rocked either way by the key to free the lock bolt, the ends of the spring 14 engage in the same direction against tongues 8 bent up from a plate 5 secured to the lock case 1. The tongues 8 are bent up from the edges of recesses 7 formed in the top and bottom of the plate 5 which extends across the full width of the case 1. The abutments 17 on the sheet metal tumbler 15 consist of bent back tongues. When the bolt is in one or other of its extreme positions a lug 20 on the tumbler engages an end of a central abutment 11 on the bolt tail 10, the tumbler 15, which is pivoted on the stump 2 rigid with the lock case, being normally maintained in its central position by means of the spring 14. If the spring 14 is of wire, the forward edges of the tongues 8 are sloped so that the wire ends ride up away from the bolt tail.
Patent GB-816730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to automatic temperature control systems
Inventor: WEST HAROLD EDWARD WILLIAM
IPC: F02C9/00
Filed: 1955-03-31
Abstract: 816,730. Automatic temperature-control systems. ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd. March 29, 1956 [March 31, 1955], No. 9472/55. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXVI] In an automatic temperature-control system two devices are influenced by the temperature to be controlled, heat is conducted away from one of them, and the difference in temperature between them utilized to modify the controlled temperature automatically. In an aircraft gas turbine 21, Fig. 1, the output of parallel-connected thermocouples 3, 5 responsive to exhaust gas temperature is connected in opposition to a cold junction compensator and stabilized direct voltage source 37 so that when a predetermined temperature is reached a solenoid-operated fuel by-pass valve 32 is energized through an amplifier 36 to prevent the predetermined temperature from being exceeded. Within a hollow blade 38, similar to a nozzle guide vane, projecting into the exhaust duct, is a thermocouple 48, Fig. 2, exposed to the exhaust gases passing through holes 41, 42, and a thermocouple 47 embedded in blade 38. These two additional thermocouples are connected differentially and since the temperature of thermocouple 47 is lower due to heat conduction to the cooler casing there is a resultant voltage which is applied in opposition to the voltage of thermocouples 35. This resultant voltage increases with altitude, since the rate of heat supply to the blade is less when the air is less dense, so that the maximum permitted temperature increases automatically with altitude. Thermocouple 48 may be dispensed with and thermocouple 47 connected in opposition to thermocouples 35.
Patent GB-711282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shuttering for casting concrete
IPC: E21D11/10
Filed: 1951-04-24
Abstract: 711,282. Tunnel &c. shuttering. WATSON, Ltd., W., & J. R., and WATSON, A. G. April 24, 1952 [April 24, 1951], No. 9506/51. Class 20 (2) Shuttering more particularly for casting tunnel walls comprises shutter members 13 mounted on arms 15 movable on a framework 10 so as to move the shutter members into and out of casting position, the framework consisting of two rows of uprights coupled together by longitudinal and transverse elements. The members 13 are swung from the collapsed position shown to the position for casting with their edges engaging and gaps at the top and bottom. The gap at the top is closed by an arcuate steel plate. The connections for the scaffolding 10 and the arms 15 are standard swivel scaffold clamps. The supporting scaffolding may be mounted on wheeled bogies and a modification is shown thus equipped for lining a tunnel having vertical side walls and comprising vertical panels slid out to casting position on horizontal arms.
Patent GB-697494-A (GB)
Title: A rocking device for use as a toy or for exercising purposes
IPC: A47D13/10
Filed: 1951-04-24
Abstract: 697,494. Amusement apparatus. BERG, N. VAN DEN. April 24, 1951.. [Sept. 29, 1950;. Feb. 5, 1951] No. 9507/51. Class 132 (i). A rocking device comprises a base frame, a seat carried on a member rockably mounted on the base frame and operating means pivoted to the member adjacent the seat and to one end of a rigid rod whose other end is pivoted to the base frame so that the occupant of the seat can rock the seat up and down. As shown, a lever 3 is pivoted on a connecting rod 9 mounted on brackets 12 forming part of a base frame 1. A seat 2 is mounted on one end of lever 3 and the other end is secured by one of the eyelets 14, to a tension spring 4 connected, adjustably by set screws 8, to a rod 5 forming part of base frame 1. Pivoted to lever 3 is a lever 16 having handle 11 and pedals 17 and pivotally connected to lever 16 and rod 5 is bar 6. Thus, by pulling and pushing on the handles 11 and pedals 17, the device may be actuated. In a modification lever 3 and spring 4 may be replaced by spring band on which the seat may be adjustably mounted. In further modifications the tension spring 4 may be replaced by rubber bands or a compression spring.
Patent GB-526849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric circuit interrupters with arc extinguishing means
IPC: H01H33/12
Filed: 1939-03-27
Abstract: 526,849. Air-break switches. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL CO. March 27, 1939, No. 9511. Convention date, March 25, 1938. [Class 38 (v)] In an electric switch, having a movable switch blade associated with a stationary contact, there is an arc extinguishing device comprising relatively movable arcing contacts, one of which is electrically connected to the stationary contact. The arc extinguishing device is operated by a rotatable member which co-operates with means on the movable switch blade so as to (1) connect the blade in circuit with the arcing contacts and (2) open the arcing contacts on disengagement of the blade from the stationary contact. On closing the switch the cycle occurs in the reverse order. In Fig. 3 a movable switch blade 23, supported on insulator 15 and operated by rotatable insulator 17 by means of crank, connecting rod and links 33, 43 and 35 co-operates with stationary contact 21 and the extinguishing device 51 supported on insulator 13. In the closed position the cam plate 129 forms an alternative path through the arm 127, flexible lead 125, and extinguishing device 51 to the terminal plate 19. On opening the switch the circuit is maintained through the cam plate and the extinguishing device until the movement of arm 109 following the contour of the cam plate breaks the circuit inside the extinguishing device. Further movement of blade 23 to the vertical position isolates the circuit. In Fig. 6 the extinguishing device consists of alternate fixed and movable discs 61, 85, consisting of insulating material which may evolve an arc extinguishing gas on being exposed to the action of an arc. Each disc carries contacts 67 or 91 (see Fig. 8) which form a circuit through the device capable of being broken by the rotation of the movable discs by means of the axle 83 connected to the arm 109. The device consists of two parts, in one of which the separation of the discs is greater than in the other and so constructed with lost motion connection 119 that the circuit is broken first in that part containing the greater separation between the discs. The whole is enclosed in casing 57 with closure caps 55 supporting terminals 99, 105, and a vitreous outer casing 53 and the discs are spaced by means of rings 63, 87. Fig. 9 shows an alternative arrangement in which the arm and cam plate is replaced by crank 137 with a V-shaped indent 141 which is operated by pin 139 on the movable blade.
Patent GB-372501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to waistcoats and like garments
IPC: A41D1/04
Filed: 1931-03-28
Abstract: 372,501. Waistcoats with brace straps incorporated. HALL, F. K. and BANKS, C. E., 54, Piccadilly, London. March 28, 1931, No. 9516. [Class 141.] Backless waistcoats are provided with straps for suspending trousers. In one form of construction applied to a waistcoat, as shown in Fig. 1, a yoke part C connects the two front parts A of the waistcoat and straps c indicated by dotted lines are attached at one end to a connecting piece # to which rear tabs bare fastened. Front tabs a are attached to the other ends of the straps c. A tab E and waistbelt D are provided for maintaining the waistcoat in position on the wearer. In a modification shown in Fig. 2, the waistcoat comprises two front flaps A continued as shoulder straps F, F<1> which interloop at any one of several positions m. This enables adjustment of the straps to be carried out. The front tabs a are attached to a strap k. Holding-down tabs j, E are also provided. One shoulder strap may pass through eyelets in the other shoulder strap. The tab ends may be detachable, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-1145971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to life saving buoyant rafts
Inventor: CAISLEY MICHAEL VICTOR
IPC: B63C9/04
Filed: 1966-03-04
Abstract: 1,145,971. Rafts. THAMES LAUNCH WORKS Ltd. 27 June, 1966 [4 March, 1966], No. 9551/66. Heading B7A. A life saving buoyant raft comprises a block 1 of closed-pore foamed plastics material of a buoyant nature in the required size and shape, an outer sheath 2 of plastics material closely enclosing the block and hand gripping means 4 looped around the sides of the block. The raft shown in Fig. 5 comprising a block 1 of foamed plastics covered with a plastics sheath 2 and having hand grips 14 is suitable for mooring in a sea bathing zone, being provided with upwardly extended sides 10 to stop the wash, handrails 11, an awning 12, a ladder 13 and an anchor 15.
Patent GB-802930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to method and apparatus for seaming thermoplastic sheet materials
IPC: B29C65/18
Filed: 1956-03-27
Abstract: 802,930. Electric heating pads. CONNECTICUT HARD RUBBER CO. Class 39(3) [Also in Group VIII] A heating pad A, for use in seaming thermoplastic sheet material (see Group VIII), comprises an electric heating element 20, 21 disposed between sections 16, 17 of silicone sponge rubber having a density of 0.1 to 0.9 grams per cc. The heating element may consist of a Nichrome (registered Trade Mark) ribbon doubled back on itself, and sections 16, 17 may be secured together by adhesive or vulcanization. In operation, overlapping edges of of thermoplastic sheets 14, 15 are pressed between pad A and a similar pad B by clamping members 10, 11.
Patent GB-422114-A (GB)
Title: An improved manufacture of metal articles from iron-carbon alloys
IPC: C21D8/00
Filed: 1933-03-31
Abstract: Solid castings of iron, containing 1,5-4 per cent of carbon, are rolled or forged at above 1200 DEG  F., preferably at 1600-2000 DEG F., and then malleabilized.  The iron should contain 0,45-1,75 per cent of silicon and under 1 per cent of manganese, 0,225 per cent of phosphorus and 0,05 per cent of sulphur, and may contain up to 1 per cent of molybdenum or 0,6 p  per cent of copper.  The cast billet or slab is cooled rapidly and reheated, or is soaked at rolling temperature and then rolled without reheating.  The sheet or strip is then kept at a temperature of 1250-1600 DEG  F. for about 100 hours or less for alloy iron.  The material may then be cold rolled, annealed at above 1200 DEG  F., and stamped to form various articles or formed into electrically welded tubes, slitting first if necessary.  The material may also be tinned, galvanized, or nitrogenized.
Patent GB-553167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gas producers
IPC: C10J3/34
Filed: 1941-07-31
Abstract: 553,167. Gas-producers. WAUGH, I. V. July 31, 1941, No. 9755. [Classes 51 (i) and 55 (i)] A fitting through which air is admitted to the fuel bed of a gas producer and through which clinkers may be withdrawn consists of a cylindrical casing 4 permanently fixed to the producer shell 5, and enclosing a water- or air-cooled jacket and extending into the hot zone of the fuel bed, inner air admission means being removed to expose the clinker and facilitate its removal. In Fig. 1, the air-cooled removable centre tube 1 is provided at its inner end with a disc 2 and cone 3, the air passing in through its open end, through holes 13 in the tube, holes 10 in the cone, and holes 11 near the inner end of the tube. A baffle 14 is withdrawn by a handle 16 when starting. Connections 12 are provided for water cooling the outer jacket, but this may be air-cooled by admitting air through the jacket to the space around the tube 1. In Fig. 4, the inner and outer jackets 21, 4 are both water cooled, and air is admitted through the tube 1 the inlet of which is controlled by a valve 27 operated by a piston 28 in a cylinder 29 connected by a pipe 30 with the intake manifold of an engine using the producer gas so that as the suction of the engine decreases, the valve tends to open and increases the air supply. In a modification and to give a larger opening, a removable liner, which may be air- or watercooled, may be inserted between the jacket 4 and the space around the tube 1. In Fig. 8, the air intake unit consists in a short tube to which are secured spaced plates 32, the inner one fitting the inner opening to the fuel bed. The plates are spaced apart by fins 33 between which are holes 34 for admission of air. A door 35, normally closed, is opened for starting purposes. The plates 32 are removed when clinker is to be withdrawn.