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Patent GB-222412-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing a table game
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1924-04-26
Abstract: 222,412. Melville, J. H., and Hicks, W. J. H. April 26, 1924. Table games.-In a table football apparatus wherein propelling devices representing players are operated from the ends of the " field " each controlling means simultaneously operates a forward projector of its own respective player and a rearward projector of an opponent's player. The playing surface rises from the goals 4 to the centre and has arranged thereon two sets of ballpropelling devices representing players one set in each half of the field. The playing surface is surrounded by an inclined banking 2 and a rectangular wall 3. Each propelling device comprises two parts, viz. a spring plunger 14, Fig. 3, and a bent lever 17. Each trigger 18 actuates the corresponding plunger 14 to project the ball towards the opponent's goal. and simultaneously actuates a bent lever 17 in the opponent's half of the field, to project the ball in the same direction. The propelling devices are arranged adjacent depressions in the playing surface and each depression has side runs 12 with splayed ends. Each goal 4 is defended by a dummy figure 7 mounted on a pivoted tube 5 containing a spring- pressed plunger actuated to project the ball, by means of a knob 10.
Patent GB-758131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ventilators and ventilating devices for windows
IPC: F04D25/12
Filed: 1954-04-08
Abstract: 758,131. Turn-button fastenings. GREENWOOD'S & AIRVAC VENTILATION CO., Ltd., and HUGHES, B. D. April 7, 1955 [April 8, 1954], No. 10363/54. Class 44. [Also in Group X] A ventilator 1 of the kind described in Specification 662,498, [Group X], is characterized in that it is secured at each end in a window frame 5 by means of a lug 2 which is releasably secured thereto by means of a screw 31 and a nut 3<SP>2</SP>. Before fitting the ventilator into the glazing aperture 4 of the window the nut 3<SP>2</SP> is loosened and the lug 2 is swung inwardly. When the ventilator is in position the lug 2 is swung outwardly over the edge of the frame 5 and the nut 3<SP>2</SP> is tightened. Instead of employing the lugs 2 integral lugs may be pressed up from the body of the ventilator. Alternatively a lug 7<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 4, may be welded to the ventilator. In either case, after the ventilator has been positioned the lug is turned outwardly to engage the frame 5.
Patent GB-564542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to strip serving machines
IPC: B65H20/02
Filed: 1942-07-24
Abstract: 564,542. Strip serving machines. KRUEGER, T. H. July 24, 1942, No. 10401. Contention date, Aug. 19, 1941. [Class 18] A machine for serving gummed packaging tape or other strip from a roll 14 comprises feed rolls 30, 31 driven through gears 37, 39 from a handle 42, the lower roll 31 being mounted on a pivoted support 50 in such a way that a spring 56 and brake washer 57 provide frictional resistance to rotation of roll 31 so that initial movement of the upper roll 30 in strip-feeding direction causes the support 50 and roll 31 to rotate solid about pivot 52 till rolls 30, 31 contact when both rotate together.. The strip is fed over guides 16, 18 and beneath an eccentrically pivoted weight 26 which acts as a ratchet to prevent backward movement of the strip. A moistening brush 21 and cutter 24 are provided. Alternative methods of mounting the adjustable roller are described. The handle is spring-returned.
Patent GB-218413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the control of doors or gates for mining and other purposes
IPC: E21F1/10
Filed: 1923-04-26
Abstract: 218,413. Brown, D. F., and Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co., Ltd. April 17, 1923. Operating doors and gates electrically and pneumatically and by treadles and the like. - In apparatus for the control of doors and gates for mining and other purposes, a door or gate is arranged to be closed automatically after a predetermined number of vehicles have passed a control point beyond the door on the track. The arrangement is described in its application to the operation of a series of doors across an inclined track when the doors constitute an air-lock in a colliery. Each of the doors 1, 2 is electrically controlled and pneumatically operated by mechanism under the control of electromagnets 3, 4 and relays 5, 6 respectively. A pair of detector devices is also provided for each door, of which the member 7 or 8 is operated to effect the completion and interruption of certain electrical circuits when the door is fully closed, whilst a member 9 or 10 is similarly operated when the door is fully opened. Stops 27, 13 are provided in front of the doors 1, 2 respectively, and on the track behind the doors are axle counters 12, 14 adapted to control the operation of the doors. A door is fully closed before the opening movement of the other door is commenced, and a stop is not lowered until its door is fully opened. In :the arrangement shown, the door 1 is first opened and the stop 27 is then lowered to allow a series of nine trucks to enter the air lock. By means of an axle counter 12 on the track the stop 27 is raised again to stop the tenth truck, and the door 1 then commences to close, as shown in Fig. 5. The stop 13 engages the front truck in the air-lock until the door 1 is fully closed, and when the door 2 is fully opened, the stop 13 is lowered to allow the train of trucks to run down the track and out of the air-lock The exit axle counter 14 then completes the circuit for closing the door 2, and the closure of this door completes the circuit for the door 1 to be opened and the cycle of operations to be continued. The stop 27 is operated by a controller 11 that is actuated by fluid pressure and electrically controlled.
Patent GB-473342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of hydrogen peroxide
IPC: C25B1/30
Filed: 1936-04-09
Abstract: <PICT:0473342/III/1> In obtaining hydrogen peroxide by a cyclic process in which solutions comprising ammonium sulphate and sulphuric acid are electrolyzed and the resulting solution is distilled to liberate hydrogen peroxide, all or part of the residual solution from the hydrogen peroxide distillation is subjected to a separate, rapid, thin layer distillation in the presence of water or steam at a high temperature in order to evaporate ammonia and sulphuric acid which are condensed and cooled for return to the electrolysis step. Residual lye from the hydrogen peroxide distillation containing ammonium sulphate and sulphuric acid flows from a tank 1 down a quartz tube 3 which is externally heated by combustion gases to 300--400 DEG  C.  The vapours pass through a pipe 8 to a washing tower 9 which is irrigated by a circulation of washing liquid passing through a cooler 11, pump 12 and spray 13.  The circulating liquid has the same composition as the distillate coming from the pipe 8. The undistilled residue passes through an outlet 6 to a receptacle 7 and may consist of 10 per cent of the original liquid.  It contains all the catalytic impurities of the original liquid.  If the residue consists of 30 per cent it may be returned continuously to the tank 1 until it has been sufficiently concentrated when it can be neutralized to precipitate catalytic impurities and evaporated.  This step is preferable if non-volatile compounds such as sodium or calcium sulphates are employed during the electrolysis.  The residue may be treated with water and allowed to stand in order to hydrolyze the pyrosulphates it contains prior to the neutralization step.  It is preferable to maintain, by the addition of water, a water concentration of not lower than 30 per cent in the liquor proceeding to the tube 3. Alternatively, the distillation may be effected by flowing the liquors down a quartz filled tower up which passes steam, superheated to 500 DEG  C., the vapours being treated as before; or the residue from the distillation set forth in the Figure, can be subjected to a steam distillation, a common condensing plant being employed.  The distillation may be conducted at atmospheric or diminished pressure.
Patent GB-610415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pillows
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 1946-04-04
Abstract: 610,415. Pillows. McDONNELL, J. April 4, 1946, No. 10455. [Class 52(iv)] A pillow 13 is provided with a re-entrant recess 11 to fit and accommodate the lower shoulder of the user. The filling is preferably denser nearer the shaped edge and, in the case of a stuffed pillow, an internal partition may be provided to separate the lighter filling from the denser.
Patent GB-513485-A (GB)
Title: An improved process for producing protective coatings
IPC: C25D13/04
Filed: 1938-04-05
Abstract: 513,485. Coating by electrophoresis. WYERMANN, R., and WEDEKIND, C. L. April 5, 1938, No. 10459. Convention date, April 5, 1937. [Class 41] Corrosion resistant coatings on the interior of pipes and hollow bodies are deposited electrophoretically from an aqueous bitumen dispersion not containing soap and are dried in an air current or by vacuum treatment ; the temperature may be raised during drying. The coatings are then heated to fuse the bitumen particles. Metal articles are connected as anode with an internal cathode. In coating cement pipes an anode of metal sheet or net surrounding the pipe is employed.
Patent GB-1432737-A (GB)
Title: Portable powered pruning tool
IPC: A01G3/08
Filed: 1974-03-08
Abstract: 1432737 Pruning, portable cutters HEE YONG FOO 8 March 1974 [26 Sept 1973] 10467/74 Headings A1E and A1F A portable powered pruning tool Fig. 1 comprises: a hollow handle bar 13; a driving shaft 10 supported within the handle; means for converting rotation of shaft 10 to translational reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the shaft axis; a casing 1 fixed to the handle and housing the conversion means; and a cutting blade 21 mounted on a support 20 disposed externally of the casing and reciprocated by the conversion means. The blade has a cutting edge 21a. The conversion means may comprise a cam shaft 4, driven by bevel pinions 7, 11, having cams 5, 6 co-operating with cam follower push rods 16, 17 biased by springs 18, 19 towards the cams. Alternatively the conversion means may comprise a cranked shaft and connecting rods. The driving shaft may be driven by a portable power unit carried on the back of an operator and comprising an internal combustion engine and a flexible P.T.O. shaft.
Patent GB-471268-A (GB)
Title: Gas-filled electric incandescent lamp
IPC: B01D17/02
Filed: 1936-04-09
Abstract: 471,268. Electric incandescent lamps. BURGESS, A. F. (Vereinigte Gl³hlampen und Electricitõts Akt.-Ges.) April 9, 1936, No. 10503. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Oct. 10, 1936.] [Class 39 (ii)] An electric incandescent lamp bulb with a gaseous filling consisting preponderantly of krypton or xenon, or a mixture of these gases, is shaped in the form of an ellipsoid or ovoid and has a volume of less than 0À5 4##(2Lm)<3> cubic centimetres, where Lm denotes the lumens emitted by the lamp when operated at its prescribed voltage. The filament 9 of the lamp is of compact form, either in the form of a coiled coil or a coil wound on a mandrel having a diameter in the ratio greater than 5 : 1 relatively to the diameter of the wire. In order to prevent irregular heating of the wall of the bulb, the filament is mounted centrally within the bulb upon anchor wires 7 which are fixed upon the end 6 of a glass rod 5 located outside the prolongation of the axis of the stem 2. The rod may be disposed obliquely relatively to the axis of the stem, or may be cranked or bent. In the example, the pinch 4 is of V-section, with the leading-in wires 8 located at the outer extremities of the limbs of the V.
Patent GB-722834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to toilet powder boxes, compacts and the like
Inventor: CURRY FRANCIS JOSEPH
IPC: A45D33/00
Filed: 1952-04-26
Abstract: 722,834. Powder compacts. JARRETT, RAINSFORD & LAUGHTON, Ltd. April 2, 1953 [April 26, 1952; Feb. 3, 1953], Nos. 10567/52 and 2997/53. Class 18. In a powder compact having a wiper bar 22 which is traversed across the mirror 13 by the opening of the lid 19, the ends of the bar 23 are bent around and slide along the back of the. mirror (as shown), or a backing frame holding it. In both embodiments the ends 23 are cut to provide pivots 27 for links 28 connecting body and lid. Projections 32, pressed out of the body frame, pivot the other end of the links. The bar passes beneath the bezel 14 and may be masked behind a lateral projection on it (not shown) when the compact is fully opened.
Patent GB-542658-A (GB)
Title: Process of improving the adhesion of polyvinyl esters to other materials
IPC: C03C27/00
Filed: 1940-06-20
Abstract: 542,658. Coating surfaces. FRANKFURTHER, P. June 20, 1940, No. 10619. [Class 95] [Also in Groups IV, VIII and X.] The adhesion of a water insoluble polyvinyl ester to another material is improved by subjecting the polymer before or after applying to the surface of the material to the action of tannic acid, by treating the polymer with the tannic acid so as to cause the polymer to harden at the surface of adhesion, or by applying the polymer to the surface in admixture with at least six per cent. of its weight of tannic acid. The polymer, e.g. polyvinyl acetate may be applied by coating the surface of the material with a solution of the polymer in a volatile solvent, or it may be applied in solid form, e.g. in sheet form, and brought into an adhesive state by means of a solvent or heat or both, pressure being applied if desired. The treatment with tannic acid so as to cause the polymer to harden at the surface of adhesion may be effected by (a) applying a solution of tannic acid to the surface of the material, and, after drying, applying a solution or sheet of the polymer, or (b) applying a coating of polymer to the material and then treating the coating with tannic acid so as to harden it throughout, e.g. by applying the tannic acid in the form of a solution in a solvent for the polymer. When the polymer is applied in admixture with the tannic acid, the mixture may take the form of (a) a solution of the polymer in a volatile solvent containing the tannic acid, or (b) solid polymer, e.g. a sheet, having tannic acid incorporated therein. The polymer may form the base of a lacquer or varnish, and may have softening agents, e.g. castor oil, dibutyl phthalate, or diphenyl or benzyl benzoate incorporated therein. The process may be applied to the coating of fabrics, paper, wood, rubber, metal or glass, in adhesively uniting the surfaces of the same or different materials, and to the manufacture of composite glass. It may also be applied to the protection of glass against splintering, with or without the use of reinforcing material, e.g. fabric netting or wires, which may be embedded in the polymer, and with or without an under layer of rubber latex.
Patent GB-279714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrical connectors
IPC: H01M50/528
Filed: 1927-04-20
Abstract: 279,714. Campion, D. T. April 20, 1927. Two-part couplings; connectors. - A connector that can be used with storage batteries comprises a member 5 having a. tapered threaded portion 7, 8 at each end, the taper being in the same direction and the pitch of the screws the same, so that the member can be screwed into two battery lugs &c. 4 simultaneously. The central part 9 of the member 5 may be rectangular providing a grip for a wrench in addition to the provision of a screw-driver slot 6 for turning the member.
Patent GB-1045114-A (GB)
Title: Box or carton
IPC: B66F9/19
Filed: 1965-03-12
Abstract: 1,045,114. Boxes; packaging; masted lift trucks; pallets. LAKE ASBESTOS OF QUEBEC Ltd. March 12, 1965 [March 18, 1964], No. 10689/65. Headings B8C, B8H and B8P. Boxes for compressed blocks or packets of asbestos are each made from three scored blanks 10, 11, 12 and have projecting lips 14 at their front edges, so that when they are stacked on top of one another the lips can be gripped by pincers on the fork of a masted lift track, to draw the individual boxes on to the fork. The relatively heavy corrugated or cardboard base blank 10 of each box has its edge flaps 15 glued, taped or stapled to the side walls of the blank 12, which is of lesser weight cardboard &c., and its tabs 16 are tucked through slots 31 to leave the lip 14 projecting. The box is then mounted inside a metal jig (not shown), and the asbestos blocks &c. are packed in through the open rear wall. When the box is full, the back blank 11 is similarly glued &c. to the other two blanks, and finally top flaps 21, 25, 26 are secured. Masted lift trucks.-A fork 40, Fig. 6 (not shown), may be raised &c. by a mast 42 on a lift truck, and carries an horizontally-movable head 45 provided with pincers 43, 44, Fig. 7 (not shown). To remove a stacked box A from a pile, the pincers 43, 44 are projected forwards to grip the box lip 14, and then withdrawn to pull the box on to the fork 40.
Patent GB-436539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the lasting of shoes
IPC: A43D9/00
Filed: 1934-04-13
Abstract: 436,539. Lasting boots and shoes. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd., Belgrave Road, Leicester.-(United Shoe Machinery Corporation; 140, Federal Street, Boston, U.S.A.) April 13, 1934, No. 11139. [Classes 17 (i) and 17 (ii)] The toe portion and the side portions of a shoe upper substantially as far rearwardly as the ball line are lasted in successive stages, e.g. in a bed lasting machine, after the upper has been lasted and secured by a step-by-step lasting machine, e.g. of the kind described in Specification 294,640, [Class 17 (i)], along the shank portions. The shank portion of the upper may be secured in lasted position by permanent metallic fastenings such as staples, and the toe and ball portions by cement. If the kind of cement employed to secure the upper renders it desirable, an upper holding device as shown in Fig. 4, and which is similar in many of its features of construction and in its application, to the device described in Specification 338,558, [Class 17 (i)], is employed. The device has pivoted at 26 at the rear ends of the horse-shoe shaped toe member 18, members 20 and 22 which are swung inwardly over the upper as far rearwardly as the ball line and held by tacks in holes 321 in similar manner to the member 18 to apply pressure to the upper whilst the cement is setting. If quick setting latex cement is applied in a uniformly thin film to the surfaces to be united the upper holding means is unnecessary.
Patent GB-1079020-A (GB)
Title: Fluid controlled indicia sensing apparatus
IPC: G06K7/02
Filed: 1966-03-15
Abstract: 1,079,020. Sensing records. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. March 15, 1966 [March 29, 1965], No. 11190/66. Heading G4M. In pneumatic sensing apparatus, e.g. of the type disclosed in Specification 1,071,128, a distributer 37, coupled to the card feed, prevents undesired columns being sensed by removing the pressurized air supply from those sensing modules 18 which are temporarily aligned with an undesired column. The distributer 37 comprises a pair of discs having perforations corresponding to columns of a card and between which a selectively perforated disc, e.g. of paper or plastics material is sandwiched. As the discs rotate, a perforation extending through all three discs successively vents the channels 38 to atmosphere in synchronism with the movement of an undesired column of the card past modules 18.
Patent GB-125290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: KING CHARLES FREDERICK LAWRENC
IPC: B66F1/00
Filed: 1918-07-10
Abstract: 125,290. King, C. F. L. July 10. 1918. Jacks of the pawl-and-ratchet type. The pawls are acted upon, and alternately thrown out of engagement by trip members carried by a rocker which can be held in either an operative position for lowering, or in an inoperative position for lifting. The pawls 5, 6 are pivoted to the handle 1 on opposite sides of its fulcrum 2 and are kept in engagement with the rack 7 on the lifting pillar 8 by springs 9, 10. The trip levers 13, 14 are pivoted to a rocker plate 15 which is mounted in the casing 3 by a pivot 16. The levers are forced against stops 19, 20 on the rocker by springs 17, 18. The rocker is held in position for lowering, Fig. 4, by the engagement of the nose 22 of the detent 21 with the tooth 23. In the lifting position, Fig. 1. the tooth 23 rests on the nose of the detent. The levers act on pins 11, 12 on the pawls. In a single-acting jack having a retaining pawl 24, Fig. 6, for holding the load when the lifting pawl is withdrawn, a double-armed leaf or wire spring 25 is placed between the pawls and is mounted on the rocker 15 carrying a trip lever 14. The pawls have pins 11, 12 which co-act with the arms of the spring 25.
Patent GB-471726-A (GB)
Title: An improved process for concentrating aqueous formaldehyde solutions
IPC: D21J5/00
Filed: 1937-04-20
Abstract: Aqueous solutions of formaldehyde are concentrated by distilling under a pressure greater than atmospheric in the presence of a salt or acid or acid salt, preferably in an apparatus comprising a distilling vessel, a fractionating column, a dephlegmator, and a cooler.  The salts &c. used may be sodium chloride, potassium sulphate, alum, calcium chloride, sulphuric acid, formic acid, benzenesulphonic acid &c.
Patent GB-710685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tidal power installations
IPC: F03B13/08
Filed: 1952-05-05
Abstract: 710,685. Hydraulic turbines. ESCHER WYSS MASCHINENFABRIK GES. May 5, 1952 [May 12, 1951], No. 11339/52. Class 110(3) [Also in Group XXIX] In a tidal power installation wherein turbines having intakes and discharges arranged symmetrically to their axes of rotation and so shaped that the axes of flow from the intakes to the corresponding discharges of the turbines have substantially S-shaped paths, the turbines are of the axialflow "tubular" type (i.e. having the blades surrounded by a ring which serves as the rotor of an electric generator) and a hinged flap 7 or 8 is provided at both the intake and discharge side of each turbine so that, by changing the position of the flaps, the turbines are traversed in the same direction, with the same direction of rotation, by both ebb and flow tides. In plan views, Fig. 2 shows turbines 2 with horizontal axes and the intakes 3. 4 and discharges 5, 6 with axes in a single.horizontal plane; Fig. 4 shows similar turbines 11. 12. and the discharges 13, 14 of turbine 11 disposed below the intakes 15, 16 respectively of the adjacent turbine 12; Fig. 6 shows turbines 21. 22 with vertical axes and the intakes 23-26 disposed above their corresponding discharges 27-30.
Patent GB-989642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to reciprocating metering pumps
Inventor: HOWE CHARLES
IPC: G01F11/02
Filed: 1962-03-24
Abstract: 989,642. Reciprocating metering pump. SIMON-CARVES Ltd. March 4, 1963 [March 24, 1962], No. 11345/62. Heading F1A. In a reciprocating metering pump, a crank 17 is rotated to reciprocate a piston 32 through a link 21 and a platform 24 sliding on a rod 26 and a valve chamber 36 is in communication with a combined liquid inlet and outlet 33 in the cylinder 30. Liquid is supplied through a pipe 41 and fed through a pipe 42 to a container for a second liquid or added to a flow circuit. The piston stroke may be varied by adjustment of a screw 18. The cylinder may be graduated and of glass to facilitate sterilization.