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Patent GB-759368-A (GB)
Title: Improved method of lace manufacture
IPC: D04C3/14
Filed: 1953-07-20
Abstract: 759,368. Bobbins. DOUBLERS ASSOCIATION, Ltd., and MITCHELL, L. J. Oct. 18, 1954 [July 20, 1953], No. 20004/53. Class 120 (3). [Also in Group VIII] One flange 12 of a bobbin has diametricallyopposed holes 15 for engagement with driving pins of a doubling frame and a pressed-in metallic reinforcing ring 16 which forms a partial boundary for each hole. The other flange 11 has a central recess 13 surrounded by a flat friction surface 14.
Patent GB-678171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to machines for slitting and coiling sheet metal
Inventor: PICTON JOHN BURLEY
IPC: B21C47/32
Filed: 1949-07-30
Abstract: 678,171. Winding and reeling. BIGWOOD & SON, Ltd., J. July 31, 1950 [July 30, 1949], No. 20051/49. Class 83 (iv). In a machine for winding &c. sheet metal the sheet is anchored during winding by a slide, housed in a longitudinal slot in the drum, which is slid longitudinally out of the slot during the axial unloading of the coil. The drum 17 has an axial slot 20 housing a slide 21 with inclined slit 25 in which the end of the sheet is engaged. In unloading an annular plate 36 is moved by hydraulic mechanism to push the coil axially off the drum and a spaced flange member 38 engages a head 22 of the slide simultaneously to move it axially from the drum. In a modification, Fig. 5, not shown, one side of the slot is formed with hand-actuated cams which secure the sheet. In a further modification, Fig. 7 (not shown), one side of the slot is carried on a pivoted portion of the drum and the sheet is gripped by movement of the pivoted portion by hand-operated screws. Specification 678,169 is referred to.
Patent GB-347542-A (GB)
Title: Process for increasing the fermenting power of yeast
IPC: C12N1/38
Filed: 1930-07-02
Abstract: The fermenting power of yeasts is increased by adding to the yeast, cholesterine, cholesterine compounds, and substances similar to cholesterine such as phytosterine, paracholesterine, ergosterine or any other sterine.  The process may be applied to pressed yeast, brewer's yeast, yeast for fermented fruit juices or for making bread. The cholesterine is added in an extremely fine state of subdivision, preferably as an emulsion or colloidal solution in a suitable fat. Phosphates or perphosphates may also be added.  The yeast may be first kept for some time in dilute malt extracts and then purified in known manner with charcoal.
Patent GB-1335484-A (GB)
Title: Method of treating carbon fibres
IPC: F16C33/66
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1335484 Epoxy resin carbon fibre composites GREAT LAKES CARBON CORP 19 April 1971 [11 Feb 1970] 20204/71 Heading C3B [Also in Division C1] Resin composites comprise carbon fibres formed from acrylic polymers by being in contact with an aqueous solution containing 15 to 45% by weight of sulphuric acid and 5 to 20% by wt. of sodium dichromate or an equivalent chromic acid producing chromium compound. The fibres are preferably treated by being refluxed under ambient atmospheric pressure conditions for 10-60 mins. Composites of increased shear strength are obtained when the treated fibres are incorporated into a cured resin matrix in an amount of 45 to 65 volume per cent. The exemplified resin is an epoxy resin.
Patent GB-1524245-A (GB)
Title: Colour television picture tulbe envelope
IPC: H01J31/20
Filed: 1976-05-17
Abstract: 1524245 Colour television tubes CORNING GLASS WORKS 17 May 1976 [23 May 1975] 20257/76 Heading H1D During the sealing together of the skirtless faceplate 11 and the funnel 12 of a colour television tube, accurate alignment is ensured by the provision in at least three corners of the funnel, adjacent the seal, of glass projections 12g, 12f, Fig. 5, which form channels for the snug receipt of the upper ends of the shadow mask support pins 14 which are disposed at the corners of the faceplate. The support pins may be of the form disclosed in Specification 1,519,037.
Patent GB-708222-A (GB)
Title: Device for the recording and the reproduction of magnetic sound records
IPC: G11B15/02
Filed: 1952-08-14
Abstract: 708,222. Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. LOEWE OPTA AKT.-GES. Aug. 14, 1952 [Aug. 20, 1951], No. 20414/52. Class 40 (2). In a magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus a "recording/reproducing" switch in the. recording portion effects locking of a "tape travel" switch for all movements of said "tape travel switch except those directed towards the "OFF" position. The embodiment shows an apparatus with a "tape travel" switch 3 having a central "OFF" position H, and positions N, AU and S each side, corresponding to Normal, Automatic Reversal and High Speed movements, respectively, movement to one side or other of the central position corresponding to the direction of drive. A "recording/reproducing" switch 4 is movable to a recording position A, or a reproducing position W. Beneath the base plate 1 a bar 11 is pivoted at a point 12 and has at one end a notched portion 16, whose notches 26-32 inclusive are engagable by a tongue 8 on the body 9 of the "tape travel switch 3. The said notches are provided with tongues, Fig. 7, whereby the tongue 8 is only prevented from moving in a direction away from the central notch 29. The other end of the bar 11 has an aperture with notches 14, 15 engagable by the end 21 of a member 22 mounted on the end of shaft 10 of the "recording reproducing" switch 4. The bar 11 is biased in a counterclockwise direction by a leaf spring 19 so that one of the notches 14, 15 is normally pressed against end 21 of the member 22. Owing to a projection 13 between notches 14, 15, the switch 4 cannot be moved from one position to the other unless at the same time a button 5 is pressed to tilt the bar 11 against spring 19. The notch 15 is made considerably shallower than notch 14 so that when switch 4 is in the "reproduce " position the end 16 of bar 11 is held clear of the tongue 8 and switch 3 may be moved freely in either direction. When switch 4 is in the " recording " position the end 16 of the bar 11 is lowered and engages the tongue 8 so that the switch 3 may only be rotated towards the " OFF " position.
Patent GB-911322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gymnastic apparatus
IPC: A63B9/00
Filed: 1960-06-13
Abstract: 911,322. Gymnastic apparatus. OLYMPIC GYMNASIUM CO. Ltd., and ALLEN, R. R. June 5, 1961 [June 13, 1960], No. 20655/60. Class 132 (1). Gymnastic apparatus of trestle form comprises a series of four bars 10a, 10b, 11a and 11b secured together in converging coplanar pairs, in spaced relation with one bar of each pair parallel to a corresponding bar of the other pair, each pair of bars being spaced apart at each end and having a block 12 secured between them adjacent their more narrowly spaced ends to define with these ends a trapezoidal recess 16, the more widely spaced ends of the bars being formed as feet 15 capable of being trapped in such a recess against movement lengthwise of the bars and means to prevent lateral displacement of a foot so trapped from the recess. A trapezoidal metal plate 13 secures each block and a pair of legs together. A pole may pass through holes 17 provided in the blocks and plates of two units. Rungs 14 may interconnect pairs of legs. The inner corners of the upper ends of the bars may be cut away. The block and plate may comprise one element of diecast aluminium having webs to provide the recess and supports for the bars. The feet 15 may have rubber shoes and a number of units may be stacked together. Specification 901,400 is referred to.
Patent GB-520025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to refractory alloy compositions
IPC: C22C27/04
Filed: 1938-07-12
Abstract: 520,025. Electric incandescent lamp filaments. LAISE, C. A. July 12, 1938, No. 20696. Convention date, July 13, 1937. [Class 39 (ii)] [Also in Group II] An alloy suitable for use as X-ray targets, electric contacts, electrodes, and incandescent lamp filaments, consists of over 90 per cent. tungsten, less than 10 per cent. of rhenium, and up to 1 per cent, of vanadium. The alloy may be made by mixing tungsten oxide with a solution of potassium tungstate and an alkali vanadate, drying, powdering, reducing the product in hydrogen, and mixing finely divided rhenium therewith ; or the rhenium may be introduced as a solution of a soluble salt. The resulting powder is pressed into slugs and subjected to working and heat treatment which may include heating in hydrogen at white heat, and, in the case of a filament, may be applied to the filament in coiled form.
Patent GB-257291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to toe caps for footwear
IPC: A43B5/00
Filed: 1926-08-23
Abstract: 257,291. Zwicker, B. Fuchs-. Aug. 22, 1925, [Convention date]. Stiffeners.-A process for making rigid and waterproof the toecaps of footwear, more particularly sports footwear, consists in the insertion between the upper and toe cap 2 before the upper is applied to the sole, of a toe piece 3 cf leather or packing cloth, saturated with a mixture of glue and oil of citron. Glue is heated in water until dissolved, and the solution is mixed with oil of citron in the proportion of 10 grammes to 200 of glue. Some 10 drops of oil of almonds may be added. The toe piece 3 is dipped in the hot mixture and inserted in place. An additional toe piece of rubber-proofed canvas may be inserted between the part 3 and theupper.
Patent GB-459035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to magnetic sound recording and/or reproducing apparatus
IPC: G11B15/44
Filed: 1936-07-27
Abstract: 459,035. Electromagnetic sound recording and /or reproducing apparatus. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., Crown House, Aldwych, London. July 27, 1936, No. 20782. Convention date, July 26, 1935. [Class 40 (ii)] An arrangement for driving the record carrier band b in magnetic sound recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a separate motor for driving the take-off and take-up reels 1, 2 in a direction such that the band is pulled in opposite directions thereby, a third motor having a uniform rotation being employed to drive a roller 4 to impart a uniform speed to the band at the recording or reproducing point. The motors driving the reels preferably have a series characteristic and are of less power than the third motor, whilst the reel motor which is, for the time being, pulled reversely to its normal direction of rotation has a series resistance connected thereto. Each of the reels 1, 2 is provided with a magnetically operated band brake 5. When the machine is used for recording or reproducing, the band is pressed against the roller 4 by an electromagnetically operated idler pulley 3 which, however, is moved away from the roller when re-winding or searching for any desired part of a record by accelerated forward winding. The motors may be controlled by a pressbutton switch with three positions.
Patent GB-614359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle couplings
IPC: B60D1/06
Filed: 1946-07-12
Abstract: 614,359. Vehicle couplings. WEAKLEY, F. J., and DEAN, C. R. July 12, 1946, No. 20826. [Class 103 (v)] A vehicle coupling comprises a ball member 1 adapted to be mounted on one vehicle and held between two spherical seating members 9, 13. Member 9 is mounted in front of a rubber cushion or metal spring 10 inside an adjustable screwed plug 11. The other seating member 13 is held by a pivoted lever 16 locked in its clamping position by a spring loaded plunger 21.
Patent GB-206118-A (GB)
Title: A method of and apparatus for deodorising air and other gases
IPC: F26B25/00
Filed: 1923-08-16
Abstract: 206,118. Donkervoort, M., Voorden, J. L. van der, and Donkervoort, A. Oct. 27, 1922, [Convention date]. Deodorizing air and gases.-Fumes from the treatment of animal products such as bones are deodorized by passage through a chimney or other conduit containing one or more grids or networks formed of helically wound wires heated to in. candescence by elec. tricity or by gas flames. In the form shown, a ventilating chimney 2, through which the fumes are forced by an electric fan 4, is fitted with two horizontal wire nets 6 attached to the walls of the chimney by insulators 7 and heated by the passage of an electric current. The wires are helically wound to give an increased surface of contact with the gases. The nets may be in the form of grids or of other construction, and need not be horizontally arranged. The wires may be heated by gas flames from a burner of similar shape to the wire net. The chimneys or conduits may be arranged vertically or horizontally, with or without fans, and may be placed directly over the 'boilers or other source of the fumes, or may be placed in the roof of the boiler room, storage shed &c. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) refers also to the use of wires arranged in the form of a flat spiral and not helically wound. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-276823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric furnaces
IPC: F27B5/14
Filed: 1926-08-24
Abstract: 276,823. Rennerfelt, I. Aug. 24, 1926. Resistance furnaces. - A furnace is built up from a number of refractory sections 1, the contacting faces of which are flat and at right-angles to the longitudinal axis of the furnace, each section being equipped on its inside edge with one or more heating elements 3 in the form of a ribbon, wire or coil running round the longitudinal axis and having its ends 10 brought out of the furnace at right-angles to said axis. The sections are embraced by iron-hoops 8, nichrome rings or the like and are surrounded by heat insulation enclosed by a sheet iron jacket 13. A hole in one side of the jacket enables each section to be removed. A muffle 2 and pyrometer 7 are provided. In a modified furnace there are top and bottom sections, each in the form of a half ring, the ends of the heating elements being brought out at the sides of the furnace. The heating elements are of nichrome and are held in place by hooks or wires engaging holes in the sections. The inner rim of the sections may be grooved to receive the elements.
Patent GB-983931-A (GB)
Title: Method of and instrument for objective measurement of atmospheric cloudiness
Inventor: MUCKET GUNTER
IPC: G01J1/16
Filed: 1961-06-09
Abstract: 983,931. Photo-electric measurement of fog or mist. DEUTSCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN ZU BERLIN. June 9, 1961, No. 20931/61. Heading G1A. In an arrangement for measuring atmospheric visibility by switching to an annular photo-cell 9 having a blue-sensitive layer a reference ray from a high-pressure mercury lamp 1 modulated at 100 c/s alternately by rotatable prism 2 with back-scattered light collected by parabolic mirror 11, the reference ray is directed to the photo-cell via a rotatable analyzing filter 7, an attenuator 8 and a polarizing reflecting surface of diaphragm 10, the photo-cell output is amplified in unit 12 which incorporates a 100 c/s filter, rectified in unit 13 and switched alternately to capacitors C1, C2, and the output of differential amplifier 15 actuates a relay to so rotate filter 7 by motor 16 that the photo-cell output is constant; the extent of filter rotation is indicated at 17 and repeated remotely on indicator 20 by the output of motordriven wiper of a potentiometer 18. A cam 14 provides for the necessary timed operation of switches K 1 ... K 4 . Replacing attenuator 8 by one of a different density permits the test range of the apparatus to be changed. The whole arrangement may be fitted to a universal head to afford training in horizontal and vertical planes.
Patent GB-1142117-A (GB)
Title: Emergency release for ironing machine
IPC: D06F65/06
Filed: 1967-05-05
Abstract: 1,142,117. Ironing machines. ELECTROLUX A.B. 5 May, 1967 [6 May, 1966], No. 20935/67. Heading D1A. In an ironing machine wherein a shoe 2 is movable automatically towards and away from a roller 1 when it starts and stops rotating, the shoe 2 is carried on a supporting arm 3 swingably mounted on the ironing machine in association with the roller driving mechanism and a turnable eccentric disc 11 is positioned between the arm 3 and an operating member 6 so that the shoe may be disengaged from the roller 1 independently of the mounting of arms 3 on the machine. As shown, arm 3 is rotatably mounted on a tubular support 4 within which is a shaft 5 actuated by a driving member. Disc 11 is carried on a manually operable arm 9 mounted in bearings in a yoke (8), fig. 3 (not shown), attached to the arm 6 which is carried on shaft 5 and biassed by spring 13.
Patent GB-357313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to rotary spray producers or sprinklers
IPC: B05B3/04
Filed: 1930-07-11
Abstract: 357,313. Spray-producers. ALFIERI, B., 77, Duke's Avenue, New Malden, Surrey. July 11, 1930, No. 21024. [Class 69 (iii).] A cylindrical rod D<1> having a single spiral fin D which merges into a part D<11> at right-angles to the issuing water is rotatably mounted in a socket A having apertures to direct water on the fin so as to rotate it and distribute the water in a spray. The fin may be slotted and bent to form a series of small blades following the path of a single spiral. The socket may be provided with a spike B for insertion in the ground a hose &c. being screwed in the socket A. In a modification the socket may be tapered, the rod on which the cylinder D rotates being attached to the inside of the socket which may be connected to a hose union by a bayonet joint. In a further modification the socket is mounted in a cast-iron base so as to serve as a lawn sprinkler.
Patent GB-956397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in roofs for buildings
Inventor: LEWIS EVAN MELFYN
IPC: E04D3/38
Filed: 1961-07-22
Abstract: 956,397. Roofs; roof sheeting. KIN'S DEVELOPMENTS Ltd. July 12, 1962 [July 22, 1961], No. 21028/61. Headings E1B and E1V. A strip 18 of resilient material, for example of solid, expanded or foamed rubber or of solid or expanded neoprene is bonded in sealing relationship with the upper surface of a first roofing panel 11 and is compressed between the panel 11 and a second overlapping panel 10 to form a weather-excluding seal between the panels. The strip 18 may be bonded to the surface of the panel 10. The overlapping panel 10 is urged towards the panel 11 to secure the panels and to compress the strip 18 by means of nuts screwed on to, or caps clinched on to, the upper reduced ends 24, Fig. 2, of studs 22 welded to the purlins. Resilient washers may be provided on the studs 22 on each face of the panel 10. The longitudinal edges of adjacent panels also overlap and are secured together by screws. Sealing strips may be provided between such overlapping longitudinal edges. The strip 18 may be formed with portions of reduced thickness to lie along the inclined sides of the troughs 14, and may also be preformed to allow for the extra thickness of the panels at the intersection of transverse and longitudinal joints of four overlapping panels. When made of solid rubber the strips may be extruded with a TT shaped cross section. An alternative fixing for the panels, not illustrated, comprises vertical transverse apertured plates secured to the underside of the upper panels which are engaged by hook members secured to the purlins, the arrangement being such that as the panels are slid longitudinally into position, a camming action exerted by hook members causes the required pressure between overlapping panels. In another alternative construction panels are each formed by a corrugated sheet with a flat sheet of slightly larger superficial dimensions welded on top of it, but each projecting beyond the other along one transverse and one longitudinal edge. The sealing strip between adjacent panels is located between overlapping portions of the flat sheet.
Patent GB-232485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to reheating furnaces
IPC: F27D3/02
Filed: 1924-09-06
Abstract: 232,485. Siemens, F. C. Sept. 6, 1924. Ingot tracks.-Water-cooled tracks for ingots are formed of a number of inverted U-shaped sections, the horizontal track portions a of which are supported clear of the floor d by the. vertical limbs b. The sections may be formed by making loops in a continuous tube, or as shown in Fig. 1 separate inverted U-pieces formed by connectors f may be used. The sections preferably overlap one another, and the horizontal portions may all be parallel to the length of the furnace, or may be parallel to one another and at an angle to the length of the furnace, or as shown in Fig. 3 adjacent sections may be at an angle to one another and to the length of the furnace.
Patent GB-861469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pneumatic springs for vehicles
IPC: F16F9/04
Filed: 1957-07-04
Abstract: 861,469. Pneumatic springs. CONTINENTAL GUMMI-WERKE A.G. July 4, 1957 [July 10, 1956], No. 21127/57. Class 108(3). A pneumatic spring with a rubber bellows has a tension resistant ring 5 between folds 4 and is characterized in that the median perpendicular 12 to the line 11 which joins the edges of the freely deformable part of a fold 4 intersects the plane defined by the ring 5 in the region included by the ring and makes an angle with this plane which is not greater than 30 degrees. Reinforcing cords 3 are anchored to wire cones 2 embedded in the ends of the bellows 1. The bellows are attached to members 7, 8, by clamping rings 6. The angle # is preferably between 10 degrees and 20 degrees.
Patent GB-512655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the preparation of a shoe for the fitting of a heel thereto
IPC: A43D8/48
Filed: 1938-02-02
Abstract: 512,655. Heel seat shaping. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd., and HAZELTON, G. Feb. 2, 1938, No. 21178/39. Divided out of 510,533. Addition to 482,287. [Class 17 (i)] A machine for severing stitches at the rear end of the sole, to allow the shoe to be positioned in a heel seat fitting machine, comprises a driven shaft 1215 carrying a pair of eccentrics 1219, 1221. These reciprocate a pair of curved slides in guides, each slide carrying a knife 1231 in contact with a curved masking plate 1235. This plate is urged forwardly by springs 1239 to a limit determined by stops 1241. A heel end gauge is provided, which may be adjusted by the same mechanism as that which adjusts the gauge of the heel seat fitting machine to correspond with the size of the heel, as described in Specification 306,192, [Class 17 (i)]. In operation, the shoe is positioned so that the masking plate enters between the shoe and sole, and the shoe is pushed rearwardly until it contacts with the gauge. Should a stitch be encountered the plate yields, allowing the knives to sever those stitches which would interfere with the positioning of the shoe in the heel seat fitting machine. The eccentrics are spaced 180 degrees so that the knives move in opposite directions. Specifications 482,287 and 510,533 also are referred to.
Patent GB-763392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pistons for compression ignition internal combustionengines
IPC: F02B3/00
Filed: 1954-07-21
Abstract: 763,392. Compression ignition engines. HERCULES MOTORS CORPORATION. July 21, 1954 [April 22, 1954], No. 21237/54. Class 7 (3). The piston of a compression ignition engine is provided with stepped recess 21-8, Fig. 4, having a lower portion 21-9 and an upper portion 21-10 which breaks into the corner of the piston head. The engine described is identical with that described in Specification 732,938, apart from the recess 21-8 in the piston, which recess is arranged opposite the outlet P, Fig. 1, of the combustion chamber C at top dead centre and prevents the build up of deposits on that part of the piston. The upper portion 21-10 of the recess is of the same width as the combustion chamber outlet P, the lower portion 21-9 being of greater width and also of greater depth than the upper portion. Specifications 425,892, 426,125, 440,452 and 745,635 also are referred to.