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Patent GB-756553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hook fastenings for wearing apparel
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1953-04-17
Abstract: 756,553. Hook-fastenings. HOOK-FLEX CORPORATION. April 17, 1953 [April 29, 1952; Dec. 22, 1952], No. 10580/53. Class 43. A hook assembly for use in fastening together flaps of clothing, particularly the waistband of trousers, includes a hook formed in two generally parallel plate-like parts, namely a tongue 10 and a base 17 spaced apart to receive an eye therebetween, and a stay plate 25 having at least one opening therein, the base 17 having at least one depending fabric-piercing prong arranged to pass through the opening in the stay plate after piercing the fabric, and the tongue 10 extending in any direction at least as far as the base 17. The tongue and base are bent about an axis termed the " axis of bending," and the fabric. piercing prong is preferably arranged to be bent about an axis parallel with the axis of bending. Preferably the hook comprises an integral sheet metal member with a plurality of fabric piercing prongs which are received in complementary openings in the stay plate, and the latter has at least one upset portion which provides a pressure area for pressing upon the fabric to anchor the fabric and prevent it tearing about the prongs. As shown in Fig. 2 a pair of aligned prongs 19 on the hook member are arranged to be inserted through apertures 26 in the stay plate 25 and bent rearwardly into upset portions in the form of recesses 28 adjacent to the apertures, whilst a single central prong 21 inserted through an aperture 30 is bent forwardly into a recess 31. In addition, one edge of each aperture 26 is formed with an integral lug or ear 27 which, prior to the assembly of the parts, projects downwardly from the plane of the plate 25 and is forced upwardly during the clenching of the prongs, so that it locks against the fabric and also against the base of the prongs, Fig. 6. In a modification, Fig. 8, the hook member H has a tongue 110 extending substantially beyond the base portion 111, which has a centrally extending and slightly downturned ear 112 and a downwardly projecting pair of prongs 114, whilst the stay plate S has a pair of prongreceiving slots 120 each located between an upset or recessed panel portion 121 and a lug 122 initially offset in a direction away from the hook.
Patent GB-801260-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic cream
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 1956-04-06
Abstract: A cosmetic cream base suitable for use in shaving creams, hair creams, tooth paste, make-up removing cream, cleansing cream, skin cream and sunburn preventing cream comprises an aqueous emulsion of one or more fatty alcohols, oleic acid oleyl ester, fatty alcohol sulphonate, oleum hyperici, urea and citric acid. Specified alcohols include stearyl and cetyl alcohols.  Glycerine and a perfume may also be added.  An example is given.
Patent GB-171654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for securing the lids of railway and other milk cans
IPC: B65D45/02
Filed: 1921-04-12
Abstract: 171,654. Gillings, R. H. April 12, 1921. Lids.-The flanged lid of a milk can is apertured at one side to take over a stud A<1> on the neck, the opposite side being formed with a catch C<3> adapted to engage beneath a shouldered spring B situated in a recess in the neck. A ring D is actuated to enable the spring to be retracted to permit the lid to be opened.
Patent GB-106951-A (GB)
IPC: B65H54/54
Abstract: 106,951. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, (Altemus, J. K.). Dec. 8, 1916. Winding - machines. - The cone 50 is secured upon the spindle 1 by gripping- members 21 carried by arms 17 pivoted to the base 2 and controlled by the flange 14 of a cam 12 rotatable independently of the spindle by a handle 8. A steadying-member 26 supported by a spring 25 engages the upper portion of the cone and raises it when it is released from the member 21. A collar 3 secured to the spindle limits the movement of the member 26. The handle 8 moves in horizontal slots in the basepiece 2, which is also provided with a vertical radial slot to allow the member 7 carrying the cam 12 and handle 8 to be removed.
Patent GB-568444-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic boats
IPC: B63B7/08
Filed: 1943-07-05
Abstract: 568,444. Inflatable boats ; centreboards. MIGGE, B. July 5, 1943, No. 10852. [Classes 113 (ii) and 114] An inflatable boat has sides which in plan are arcuate or otherwise curved, with or without short, straight sections, and a double bottom which comprises an inner floor 12 or 19 and a downwardlv curved outer bottom 13 or 18 which is deepest at its centre. The buoyancy tubes may be circular or substantially oval in cross-section, with slightly elevated ends. They may be made in sections longitudinally, each may contain a number of inner tubes 5, and the non-return inflation valves may be grouped together for connection to a common supply. Canvas strips or ropes 11 may pull in the ends to stiffen the boat. The bottom may be doubly convex, or it may present concave curves when seen from front and sides, and it may be inflatable. It may be formed with a slot with a movable sleeve 16 to accommodate a centreboard 33 or a sectional mast 32. Alternatively, beneath the floor 19 may be secured a separate keel portion 18 with reinforced edges 21 and water-entry holes 22, an air valve 23 being provided in the floor. A sharper stem or stern may be obtained by means of struts 25 and form-pockets 26, whilst struts 28 may support a deck 29. The hull may be protected by a separate skin, or all the pneumatic parts may be removably accommodated within a complete skin 31. The mast 32 and centre-board 33 may be used as an oar or rudder, and the centre-board may be pivotally attached to the mast so that it may swing upwardly in shallow water.
Patent GB-354225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a method and means for lapping wire drawing and other dies
IPC: B24B5/48
Filed: 1930-04-05
Abstract: 354,225. Grinding. HADDOW, W., 17, Eastern Avenue, Ossining, New York, U.S.A. April 5, 1930, No. 10879. [Class 60.] Round holes, enlarging and trueing ; gems, treating.- Wire-drawing dies, and other dies having a hole therethrough, have the hcle trued by means of a copper or steel wire 18, of a diameter sufficient to fill the hole, which is reciprocated through the die carried by a rotating hub 32. The wire is carried from a spool 19 between tensioning discs 22 to a hook 21 pulled by a spring 20, the discs and the hook being reciprocated in unison by levers 14, 15 carried by a post 3 and oscillated by a cam 28 and a spring 29. The hub 32 is adjustably mounted on the post 3. In place of the hook 21 and spring 20, a drum rotated by a spring may be employed at the lower end of the wire. In operation, the wire, as it wears, is pulled slightly through the die by the spring 20 or by the drum ; the initial portion of the wire threaded through the die is thinned down, wire of larger diameter coming into operation as the wire is fed. Finely powdered abrasive is supplied to the wire to perform the grinding.
Patent GB-207473-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for boiling water
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 1923-04-23
Abstract: 207,473. Colliss, J. W. April 23, 1923. Internally-fired boilers.- Water enters the annular boiler-section E from the feed-tank A and a lower tank C, and. passes to the upper section G by a pipe H crossing the combustion chamber F; the heated water then passes to the tank K by pipes J, L and through a perforated connection or " silencer " M to the storage tank N which is connected by a pipe P to the feed-tank for pre-heating the water.
Patent GB-370193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to roller mills for cereals
IPC: B02C4/28
Filed: 1931-04-14
Abstract: 370,193. Roller mills. ROBINSON, W. N. and ROBINSON & SON, Ltd., T., Railway Works, Rochdale. April 14, 1931, No. 10975. [Class 59.] In a roller mill, the feed gate with its adjusting and control means is arranged as a unitary structure adapted to be removed from the mill without disturbing the setting or adjusting means or the mill top boards and spouts. The feed gate k, Fig. 2, and adjusting means and door hinge 5 and catch f are mounted on a channel d supported by bolts c in a slotted bracket a fixed to the mill frame b. The gate k is suspended at its top end from arms o, o<1> loose on a shaft j, the arm o being angularly adjusted on the shaft by a screw q which bears against an arm p fixed on the shaft. A lever t, Fig. 3, fixed to the shaft is provided with a screwed stop v for raising or lowering the gate and a spring u for maintaining the stop in contact with the edge 3 of the channel d. One end of the shaft j is mounted in a block h<1>, Fig. 1, slidable in a bracket h by a screw h<2> in order to align the free edge of the gate with the roll s. Pressure is applied to the gate by a roller m<1> on one arm of a bell-crank lever m the other arm being provided with a spring x and adjusting screw y. The door catch f is pivoted at 6 to a bracket 4 secured to the channel, this bracket also carrying the hinge pin 5 of the door e.
Patent GB-610929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle lamps
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 1946-04-10
Abstract: 610,929. Vehicle lamp supports. LUCAS, Ltd., J., and FLAY, J. R. April 10, 1946. No. 10976. [Class 75 (iii)] A vehicle lamp support comprises an annular seating f, Fig. 1, and a clamping member j which extends round the rear side of the lamp but is adjustable from the front. The member j may be riveted at k to the seating f and may be adjustable by a screw m passing through a nut n, or if the member is not sufficiently flexible to allow it to be adjustable when riveted the lower end of the member j may be pivoted to the seating. The lamp body may be provided with a stud p having a flanged nut q, the stud extending through a vertical slot r in the member j and through a horizontal slot u, Fig. 2, in the lamp - body a. To adjust the lamp angularly in a 'horizontal plane, the nut q is loosened to allow the stud p to be moved along the slot u, and to adjust the lamp in a vertical plane the screw m is turned to advance the member j to release the pressure between the seating f and the lamp body a, and the nut q is then loosened to allow the stud p to be moved to the desired position along the slot r. A blade spring o may be arranged between the lamp body a and the member j, and the stud p may have a head v abutting against a washer w arranged between the head and a disc x.
Patent GB-436722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tin cans
IPC: B65D17/50
Filed: 1934-04-12
Abstract: 436,722. Opening - arrangements for cans. RAKOWITZKY, G. H., 31, Starhemberggassc, Vienna. April 12, 1934, Nos. 11027 and 11028. Convention dates, July 10, 1933 and Feb. 15, 1934. [Class 66] [See also Group XXII] The wire 8 by the aid of which an end is removably soldered to the body of a can or, as shown, a part 1 of an end is removably soldered to the remainder 6, so that in either case the can may be opened by pulling out the wire, is encased in a solder sheath 10 Fig. 6, applied in solid form, for instance as a helical winding, which only becomes attached to the wire after this is placed in position and heat applied to secure it to the can. The wire may consist of a number of fine wires appropriately twisted or stranded, as indicated in Fig. 8, which shows a desirable form of relatively wide gap at the bottom of the groove 4 in which the soldered wire lies. The wire may be tinned and coated with a flux prior to the application of the solder covering.
Patent GB-348823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wireless receiving apparatus
IPC: H03J1/10
Filed: 1930-04-07
Abstract: 348,823. Adjusting wireless apparatus. ROUTIN, J. L., 2, Rue du Capitaine Olchanski, Paris. April 7, 1930, No. 11031. Addition to 316,985, [Class 37, Electricity, Measuring &c.]. [Class 37.] The indicating and adjustment mechanism of the parent Specification is constructed so that the sheets on which the calibration curves are plotted, the cylindrical members on which these sheets are mounted, and the co-operating reference scales are all removable as desired from the tuning apparatus. In one construction, Fig. 1, the cylindrical member 1 is coupled to a friction cone 8 driven by chain gear with the condenser spindle. The member 1 is resiliently mounted in a lower bearing 4 and may be depressed to release it from its friction engagement and allow of its removal. The chain drive passes through a slot 14 in the casing and terminates in a hook member 16 which can engage one or other holes 10<1> in a band 10 for tensioning purposes. In another construction, Fig. 2, the mechanism serves for the simultaneous adjustment of several condensers, the cylindrical member 1 being mounted in bearings 2, 3 and having spring hooks 7, 5, Fig. 4, for detachably carrying the calibration charts. Indicator plates 18, Fig. 8, cooperating with the calibration charts are detachably mounted in grooves 17, 18 in a rotatable framework 9, 10, ball stops 21 being provided to position the mechanism at a desired wavelength range. One of the adjustable condensers is shown at 25, and in order to take up any driving backlash from the indicator the individual condenser, drives are provided with counter-balance springs 27 or weights. In modifications, the indicator plates co-operating with the chart cylinder may be rectangular or disc shape.
Patent GB-1468881-A (GB)
IPC: B41J2/125
Filed: 1974-03-12
Abstract: 1468881 Ink jet printers NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE PUBLIC CORP and SHARP KK 12 March 1974 [12 March 1973] 11052/74 Heading G4H The phase relationship between ink drop formation and charging in an ink jet printer 1-6 is monitored by means of a charge sensitive means 8 which does not require physical contact with the drops. Means 8, which may be located in close proximity to charging electrode 3, may comprise an electrically insulating body 81 together with detection and shield electrodes 82, 83; the drops pass through an electrostatic field 85. Means 8 may be cylindrical (Fig. 6, not shown) or may be merely a panel or wire electrode positioned adjacent the ink drop stream 2.
Patent GB-920122-A (GB)
Title: The production of bis-(2,2,4-trimethyl-pentyl)azelate
IPC: C10M105/36
Filed: 1959-04-02
Abstract: The invention comprises bis-(2,2,4-trimethyl-pentyl)azelate It may be obtained by esterifying 2,2,4-trimethyl-pentanol with azelaic acid and an example is given in which the esterification is carried out under reflux in the presence of xylene with removal of the water formed.  The product is useful as a synthetic lubricant and in high temperature hydraulic fluids.  2,2,4-Trimethyl-pentanol is obtained by the hydrogenation of 2,2,4-trimethyl-4-pentenal.  In an example the hydrogenation is carried out over Raney nickel at 125 DEG C. and 2000 p.s.i. pressure in the presence of methanol.
Patent GB-126857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Gas Through Pipes and the like.
Inventor: AYRTON HERTHA
IPC: F24F7/007
Filed: 1918-07-08
Abstract: 126,857. Ayrton, H. July 8, 1918. Moving through passages by oscillated blades and the like. - Gas is propelled through pipes, ventilating shafts, passages, &c. by giving to it impulses by the impact of flexible or semi-flexible blades, flaps, &c. upon suitable surfaces as or before it enters the pipe &c. and during its passage therethrough, or only during such passage; means may be provided for exhausting the gas at the delivery end. The impulses may be imparted to the gas by the apparatus described in Specification 8541/15, the apparatus being disposed in a chamber at the entrance to the pipe &c. and in communication with the gas to be propelled. Other chambers provided with impellina-apparatus may bo disposed at intervals along the pipe &c. and are preferably connected therewith so as to present no step or obstacle to the flow of gas. According to the Provisional Specification, the impulses may be produced by other means such as piston pulsations or by delivering the gas intermittently through jets from orifices disposed within the pipe around the circumference or otherwise.
Patent GB-784139-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic bright nickel plating
Inventor: PASSAL FRANK
IPC: C08F18/08
Filed: 1954-04-15
Abstract: 784,139. Electrodeposition of bright nickel. METAL & THERMIT CORPORATION. April 15, 1954, No. 11253/54. Class 41. Bright nickel levelling platings are electrodeposited, e.g. on steel, iron, copper, brass, bronze, from an aqueous acid bath containing at least one nickel salt and a secondary brightener and ductilizing agent comprising a (-SO 2 -) -containing radical linked by the sulphur atom to an aromatic ring, to which bath is added as a primary brightener 0.004 to 0.05 gm/litre of an indazole derivative in which a radical containing a nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, carbon or halogen atom is linked by said atom to the six-membered ring. The indazole substitution radical may be in one or more or all of the four possible positions and may be any one or combination of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic groups such as furyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, aryloxy, carboxy, carbalkoxy, acyl, acyloxy, bromo, chloro or preferably nitro, amino, or substituted amino such as acylamido, sulphonamido, e.g. p-toluene sulphonamido, hydroxy, sulphonic acid, or sulphonic acid salts preferably of sodium, potassium or nickel, the hydrocarbon portion of each radical containing not more than 10 carbon atoms. The secondary brightener may be sulphonic acids, salts or halogenated derivatives or sulphonamides of benzene or toluene, benzene sulphohydroxamic acid, saccharin, 6-chloro saccharin, naphthalene sulphonic acids, their alkali metal salts and their chloro and alkoxy substitution derivatives. 0.25 to 2 gms/litre of sulphated fatty alcohol wetting agents may also be included in the bath. Typically a bath contains per litre 300 gms. nickel sulphate or 210 gms. nickel fluoborate, 45 gms. nickel chloride, 38 gms. boric acid, 20 gms. of the sodium salt of 1,3,6-naphthalene trisulphonic acid, 0.015 gm. of a primary brightener such as 5-nitro, 5- amino, or 6-sulphonamido indazole, and 0.5 gram of a commercial sodium lauryl sulphate wetting agent, and is used at pH 3.5 at 130‹ F. at a cathode current density of 30 amps/sq. ft. with cathode agitation if desired. By these additions, the presence of contaminants such as copper and zinc can be tolerated.
Patent GB-973544-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric composition
IPC: C08L61/20
Filed: 1963-03-21
Abstract: A novel terpolymer contains (A) 70 to 85 mole per cent of methyl methacrylate, (B) 5 to 10 mole per cent of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, wherein the total mole per cent is 100. This terpolymer may be reacted with 0.1 to 1.5 moles of a polymethyl ether of a polymethylol melamine per mole of hydroxyethyl methacrylate. The exemplified catalyst is the triethanolamine salt of p-toluene-sulphonic acid.  The copolymer may be made in solution using benzoyl peroxide as catalyst.
Patent GB-641895-A (GB)
Title: Control apparatus for hydraulic machines
Inventor: MUIR WILLIAM PAINE
IPC: F15B11/042
Filed: 1947-04-28
Abstract: 641,895. Regulating the delivery of pumps. DOMINION ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd. April 28, 1947, No. 11340. [Class 102(i)] [Also in Group XXIX] The invention relates to a control apparatus in which stepped speed variation of an hydraulic machine is obtained by sequential operation of a series of pump uplbader valves controlling the delivery of a plurality of pumps through which pressure liquid is supplied to the working cylinder or cylinders of the machine..As shown, hydraulic pumps 5, 6, 7 deliver via non- return valves 9, 10, 11 into a main 8 leading to the working cylinder of a hydraulic press or other hydraulic machine. Each pump is provided with a valve 23 in a housing 24, opening of the valve connecting the output side of the pump with the liquid reservoir from which the pump draws. The valves 23 each carry a piston 28 acted on, on its under side, by the output pressure of the pump and on its upper side by the pressure in a space 30. Valves 37 controlled by means of cams 47 on a shaft 48 control the supply to and exhaust from the spaces 30 of the pressure from a conduit 55 connected to a hydraulic accumulator 64 and pump 56. When the valves 37 are in the position shown at the lower part of the figure pressure from the line 55 passes to the space 30 and holds the valve 23 closed against the output pressure of the 'pump. When however, the valve 37 is moved to the position shown at the upper part of the figure, the pressure in the space 30 is released liquid passing back to a reservoir 12 through ports 41, 43 and a conduit 59 and thus enabling the valve 23 to open. The shaft 48 may be operated by a handlever 66 orautomatically. In one extreme position of the shaft 48 all the valves 23 are open and 'in the other they are all closed. There may be a separate reservoir 12, 13, 14 for each pump or a single reservoir common to all the pumps.
Patent GB-120014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brassieres.
Inventor: KOPS DANIEL
IPC: A41C3/00
Filed: 1918-07-12
Abstract: 120,014. K.ops, D. July 12, 1918. Breast pads.-A brassiere of the type described in Specification 113,256 is provided with devices which apply tension to the pad during adjustment. The garment is symmetrical right and left, and the reinforced pad or strip 38, Fig. 2, is secured on the inner side of the garment, by stitches 39, 40, to the centre of the front section 10, which is connected to the side sections 14, by lacing 24 passing through eyelets in their stiffened adjoining edges. These laces are looped and connected to a tie tape 25, the other end of which passes through a tape hole 35 in a reinforcing-strip 34. The pad member includes a series of straps 41 which converge and are connected to one end of a strap member 43 whose other end is provided with eyelets through which one of the laces 24 passes. By pulling the two tapes 25, not only are the front and back sections of the brassiere adjustably brought together, but the desired tension is communicated through the members 43 and straps 41 to the pad 38. In a modification, the pad 56, Fig. 4, is only secured at its top edge to the garment, its lower edge being free and provided with eyelets through which the tape 25 passes, whereby the lower edge of the pad is simultaneously but separately adjusted. The further end of the strap 43 is con. nected to a loop in the lace 24 by separable clasp members 60, 61. The brassiere may be prevented from moving upwards by a strap 36 and a tie member 37 connecting it to a corset or other garment. Specification 113,257 also is referred to.
Patent GB-167227-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for holding record cards so that large numbers are available from onepoint
IPC: G11B33/04
Filed: 1920-04-26
Abstract: 167,227. Sargeant, A. E., and Moody, S. A. April 26, 1920. Revolving files.-In filing-apparatus consisting of one or more drums A divided into compartments C for holding record cards and rotatably mounted on an axle A', a flanged disc is fitted at the ends of each drum and adapted to be canted to prevent the cards from falling out when inverted. The flanged discs D are mounted on the axle A<1> to rotate with the drums, and are held in place by collars D<2>. The discs are actuated by rollers D<1> so that the lower edges are moved into engagement with the inverted card s and the upper edges are moved away to allow free removal of the cards. Springs C<3> secured to the partitions C' are provided to aid in holding the cards in place and' to form parallel sides to the compartments; a fixed cover-plate E may be pro vided underneath the drum as additional security. In place of the discs, a fanged member hinged to the side of each compartment may be provided, adapted when open to enter a recess in partitions between the drums, the recess being provided with sloping sides to ensure the member being moved into position when the drum is rotated. A sliding cover G, which may be in sections, one for each drum, is provided to close the apparatus. The apparatus may be mounted on a table. A series of the drum units may be mounted around a rotatable skeleton frame.