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Patent GB-324226-A (GB)
Title: Sparking plug for internal combustion engines
IPC: H01T13/54
Filed: 1929-01-18
Abstract: 324,226. Pernot, E. Jan. 18, 1929. Sparking-plugs.-The electrode f is bent towards the wall of the chamber s, adjacent to a sharp-edged and obliquely-cut opening p. Sparking-plugs.-The electrode f is bent towards the wall of the chamber s, adjacent to a sharp-edged and obliquely-cut opening p.
Patent GB-606842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fittings for use in supporting appliances over sinks,tanks or the like
IPC: A47J47/20
Filed: 1946-01-21
Abstract: 606.842. Supporting mangles from sinks &c. COCKETT, J. A. Jan. 21, 1946, No. 1942. [Class 138(ii)] [Also in Group XXIII] A U-shaped clamp 1 for supporting an appliance, such as a mangle, over a sink, tank or the like 2 is provided with a clamping screw 4 and is adapted to fit over the upper edge of the sink or the like, an L- shaped arm 11, which is hingedly mounted on one limb 5 of the clamp, being arranged so that one end 12 is adapted to engage under the sink or the like in order to prevent tilting of the clamp when in use. The L-shaped arm 11 has a short right-angled extension 13 for rotatably engaging a hole 14 in the limb 5. A slide 8, which has an elongated slot 9 engaged by a screw 10 entering a slot 10' in the limb 5, is arranged to engage the arm 11, and, when the end 12 of the latter engages under the sink, the screw 10 clamps the slide and arm in position. The slide 8 and arm 11 are adapted to be positioned on either side of a triangular projection 5<1> on the limb 5. The inner face of one limb 5 of the clamp is provided with one or more studs 6 of rubber &c. for engaging the surface of the sink, and the other limb 3 is engaged by a screw 4 having a rubber or other head 7 for securing the clamp in position. According to the Provisional Specification, the arm 11 is secured in the desired position by means of a lever which is pivoted on the outer limb of the clamp, slidably engages the arm 11, and is adapted to be angularly adjusted to provide the correct mounting for the arm 11.
Patent GB-491422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of forming insulating fil s on conducting surfaces more particularly in mosaics for cathode ray tubes
IPC: H01J29/43
Filed: 1938-01-20
Abstract: 491,422. Insulation. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. Jan. 20, 1938, No. 1943. Convention date, Feb. 27, 1937. [Class 36] [Also in Group XL] An insulating film is formed on an electric ally conducting surface by evaporating invacuo and on to the surface boron oxide or a meta borate such as calcium strontium, barium tungsten, titanium, lead, bismuth, nickel manganese, lanthanum or copper borate. Ir making a mosaic electrode for use in a cathode-ray tube, a conducting plate 1 is mounted in an evacuated tube in which is a platinum filament 4 carrying boron oxide beads 3 and a second filament 6 with silver beads ; by passing a current through the filament 4 the boron oxide is vaporized and deposited on the plate 1, after which the silver is deposited on the insulating film. The boron oxide or borate may be held in a cup heated by induction or in coils formed of tungsten &c. wire ; when a double-sided mosaic is to be made, a supply of borate &c. is mounted on each side of a metal conducting plate and vaporized therefrom. In another form a container 24, Fig. 6, for the borate &c. is mounted in the tube 2, a spring 28 holding a lid 26 closed, while the tube is evacuated and the borate fused ; current through the spring 28 fuses it and allows a second spring 31 to lift the lid after which the borate may be vaporized by inductive heating.
Patent GB-143946-A (GB)
Title: An improved supporting device for overhead electric trolley wires
IPC: B60M1/23
Filed: 1919-08-19
Abstract: 143,946. Fawdry, F. W., and Dawson, P. Aug. 19, 1919. Rope grips.-An electric trolly wire is secured to a catenary wire 5 by a clip comprising a stirrup 1 and a removable cam member 3, the member being so shaped as to permit its withdrawal when parallel to the wire 5, but to prevent its withdrawal when it has been rotated. As shown, the cam member has trunnions 11 working in slots 8 in the stirrup, and can only be withdrawn by turning the cam until the trunnions 11 and lugs 12 are in line with the grooves 9. The cam and stirrup are so shaped as to form a threepoint contact, namely, at the ends of the stirrup and between the cam and centre part of the bent portion of the wire. The member 3 has a slot 13 for securing the dropper wire, and also for engagement with a key used to rotate the cam.
Patent GB-557208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to reciprocating pumps
IPC: F04B53/00
Filed: 1942-02-14
Abstract: 557,208. Reciprocating pumps. LE CLAIR, C. C. S., and TECALEMIT, Ltd. Feb. 14, 1942, No. 2003. [Class 102 (i)] In a reciprocating pump, suitable for pumping de-icing liquid on aircraft, movement of the piston is automatically arrested if the delivery pressure exceeds a pre-determined value, whilst the piston-operating mechanism continues to operate. There may be a single piston, or a number of separate units, each containing one or more pistons, may be joined together for a single or multiple delivery. In the form shown, a cylinder 3 has inlet ports 4 communicating with the interior of a cylindrical casing 1 serving as a reservoir, a non-return outlet ball valve 8, and a hollow rubber air ball 39 to secure a regular delivery. The piston 2 has a collar 10 which is forced by a spring 11 into contact with a roller 13 carried by the free end of a two-plate rocking lever 14, the extremity of which engages an arcuate guide 30. The other end of the lever 14 is pivoted to a plunger 15, the ends of which operate in hollow bosses 1A, 19 in the casing 1, a shoulder 20 on the plunger being forced by a spring 23 into engagement with a piston-stroke adjusting nut 26. The two springs 11, 23 hold a roller 31, carried at the middle of the lever 14, in contact with a cam 32 on an operating shaft 33. If the delivery pressure becomes excessive the movement of the piston 2 is arrested and the cam 32 rocks the lever 14 about the pivot 13A.
Patent GB-717735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical signalling systems
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE THOMAS
IPC: H04Q3/42
Filed: 1951-07-25
Abstract: 717,735. Automatic exchange systems. BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, Ltd. July 10, 1952 [July 25, 1951; July 25. 1951], Nos. 2291/54 and 2292/54.' Divided out of 717,688: Drawings to Specification. Class 40 (4). In the sending of digits registered on a high speed register device such as a magnetic drum, or cathode ray tube, arranged for the registration of a plurality of different groups of digits, as described in Specification 681,360, control arrangements cause the transmission over different outgoing circuits of trains of impulses corresponding respectively to the digit registrations in the different groups, scanning arrangements being provided to associate the device with all the outgoing circuits at least once during the transmission of a single impulse. The subject-matter of this Specification is identical with that of Specifications 717,687, 717,688, 717,734 and 717,736, but the claims differ.
Patent GB-489438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the method of and apparatus for making lavatories, sinks, wash or the like basins
IPC: B21D51/00
Filed: 1937-01-26
Abstract: 489,438. Making lavatory basins. BRIGGS MANUFACTURING CO. Jan. 26, 1937, No. 2304. Convention date, Jan. 27, 1936. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] [Also in Group I] Stamping; trimming; punching.-A wash basin is formed either with a raised back 30, Fig. 1, or with a flat back 31, Fig. 2, the shaping of similar parts being shaped in the same dies. The cupping of a blank is performed in the same dies after which separate dies (not shown) are used to form and trim the basin with splash back and other dies to trim the basin without splash back. Thereafter the dies shown in Fig. 7 pierce the overflow hole 21 in all of the basins, the punch 54 and die 55 piercing the hole and 53 being the stripper. An abutment 56 and bracket 57 locate the basin properly in the dies. Forming the depending aprons, 28, of each type is done in separate dies, Fig. 8 for the splash back type in which a number of lower die sections 66 and a punch 68 for countersinking the drain hole co-operate with top die sections 65. Dies for forming the apron of the basin without splash back are not shown. The front apron corners 35, Fig. 13, are then retrimmed as at 35 in the same dies, Fig. 11, in which the inclined face cam 76 pushes inwards slides 77 carrying lower cutters 78 against the upper cutters 75, the blank being held between pressure pads 73, 79, with springs 73a, 79a carried respectively by the punch holder 71 and the cam slide. The trimmers for the rear corners are not shown. The back flanges 30c of the splash back are then formed in dies not shown. Fig. 14 shows dies with interchangeable inserts for flanging the front and side aprons 27a which comprise blank holding spring pad with insert 83a, cam slides 87, 84 co-operating with inserts 88, 89 for forming the flanges, when operated by cams 86 with inclined faces. The inserts 83a, 89a are replaced by others suitable to flange on all four sides of the basin without back. As the holes for the taps are located differently in each type of basin, separate dies are used to pierce and offset such holes. In Fig. 15, the drain hole of both pipes may be punched by punch 93 and the hole is offset by an upper sleeve 96 co-operating with 97 while blocks 98 locate the work.
Patent GB-725156-A (GB)
Title: Means for controlling the movement of a looped hose, electric cable, or like flexible element
Inventor: ELSDON MICHAEL BISHOP
IPC: F16L3/24
Filed: 1953-01-27
Abstract: 725,156. Supporting pipes. BRITISH OXYGEN CO., Ltd. Jan. 20, 1954 [Jan. 27, 1953], No. 2334/53. Class 99 (2). [Also in Group XXXVI] A flexible hose 26 disposed in a loop and having one end connected to a moving body 10 and the other to a stationary member 29 is connected by two guide tracks 15, 16 which are generally parallel to the direction of motion of the body 10, each of which is provided with at least one retaining side wall 20, 22 and which engage respectively the parts of the hose at opposite sides of the loop. The track 15 may comprise a series of transverse rollers 17 and the track 16 a series of transverse bars 21, the tracks preferably being at different levels. A second hose 27 connected to a moving body 11 traversing a path which overlaps that of body 10 may be guided by the same pair of tracks, the loop of the hose 27 extending in the opposite direction to that of hose 26. The supply point 29 is preferably positioned opposite the middle of guide rails 12 on which the bodies 10, 11 move. Where connection is required to three or four moving bodies having overlapping paths, three guide tracks are provided, the first being engaged by the parts of the three or four hoses between the loops and supply point 29, the second by the other parts of two of the hoses and the third by the other parts of the remaining hose or hoses.
Patent GB-935641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pit props
Inventor: REYNOLDS DESMOND HENRY JAMES
IPC: E21D15/51
Filed: 1959-01-22
Abstract: 935,641. Hydraulic pit props. B.R.D. CO. Ltd. April 8, 1960 [Jan. 22, 1959], No. 2356/59. Class 20 (2). In an hydraulic pit prop, as described in Specification 768,446, the detachable valve and pump unit 10 is provided with a quick-setting valve 15 which is actuated by a manual control 13, 17, 18 and establishes communication between the pressure chamber and the reservoir by way of a flexible pipe 28 extending to the bottomof the reservoir. Specification 890,111 also is referred to.
Patent GB-124506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling by Electro-magnetic Waves.
Inventor: ARTOM ALESSANDRO
IPC: H01Q21/00
Filed: 1916-02-17
Abstract: 124,506. Artom, A. Feb. 17, 1916. Directive wireless signalling; aerials and like radiating and receiving conductors; multiplex wireless signalling.-Directive propagation and reception is effected by connecting a number of coplanar aerials to condensers arranged in series or in parallel, or to intermediate points of an inductance coil. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement with groups of condensers c<1>, c<2>, &c. in series in the generating-circuit and with the aerials a<1>, a<2>, &c. connected to the end plates of each group. The aerials may be placed symmetrically as shown. or unsymmetrically. In Fig. 8 the condensers c<1>, c<2> &c. are shown in parallel in the generating- circuit and the aerials a<1>, a<2>, &c. connected in pairs across the condensers. Loop aerials may be used instead of the open aerials shown. Figs. 6 and 7 show modifications in which inductance coils are substituted for the condenser battery. Fig. 9 shows a switch mechanism for varying the connexions of the generating or reception circuit to the aerials. The condenser plates are arranged radially and are connected to contact bars d over which insulating switch arms i<1>, i<2> may be adjusted separately by a knob n. Leads from the generating or reception circuit are connected to terminals x, y on the ends of the switch arms. The aerials a<1>, a<2>, &c. are coupled to terminals e which lead to intermediate points on the ring of condenser plates. All the aerials may be tuned to one wave length, or multiplex reception may be effected by tuning different aerials to the various wave lengths used. The currents in the various aerials may differ in strength and phase.
Patent GB-908236-A (GB)
Title: Thermo-electric control apparatus
IPC: G05B6/02
Filed: 1959-01-22
Abstract: 908,236. Automatic control of temperature. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. Jan. 22, 1959 [Jan. 22, 1958], No. 2424/58. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXXIX] To avoid overshoot by the control of a constant temperature device such as a liquid bath. The main control signal derived from a temperature sensing element in the bath is combined with an auxiliary signal from a thermal delay device. One form of device comprises two heating elements 8, 9 mounted on metal bolts 6, 7 fixed to a metal bar 5. The energy fed to the bar 5 is related to the energy fed to the bath. The output is taken from thermistors 10, 11 which are also mounted on the bolts. The bar is screened from drafts by a container 15 which is left open at the top to provide an atmospheric heat sink. An output signal dependent upon the temperature difference between the thermistors 10, 11 is derived by a bridge circuit as shown in Fig. 3. In Fig. 3, the brass bar 16 is surrounded by thermal insulation 19, 20 and a metal rod 21 serves as a heat sink. The delay device may comprise a copper tube or a thermally conducting sphere 1, Fig. 1. The sphere 1 has temperature sensing elements 2, 3 and is heated by immersion in the bath itself. Specification 234,175 is referred to.
Patent GB-470958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sliding clasp fasteners
IPC: A44B19/04
Filed: 1937-01-28
Abstract: 470,958. Sliding - - clasp fasteners. HORA, J. Jan. 28, 1937, No. 2520. Convention date, Jan. 31, 1936. [Class 44] Sliding-clasp fasteners with the elements cast directly on the stringer tapes have at least one interlocking projection on both the upper and lower faces of the elements and each projection extends across half the width of the element and is flush with one side face while the upper and lower projections are staggered transversely. A recess may extend across the remaining half width on each upper and lower face, being open at the side of the element and bounded at the other end by the projection. Fig. 8 shows a fastener having elements b with a projection c and a recess c<1> in transverse line on the upper face and with a projection d and recess d<1> on the lower face, the upper projections c being at the front and the lower projections d being at the rear of the fastener. Fig. 6 shows an element having on the upper face two projections c, d which are transversely and longitudinally staggered, while the lower face has two projections e, f staggered relatively to the upper projections. Fig. 3 shows a similar arrangement of the projections c, d, e, f but with corresponding recesses c<1>. d<1>, e<1>, f<1> also provided. The elements can be cast-on by using simple two-part moulds without cores. The casting burrs are removed by brushing. With elements of non-metallic material, such as synthetic resin, a dipping in a solvent is necessary before the brushing.
Patent GB-900235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactor core support structures
Inventor: BUTLER ALAN HENRY
IPC: G21C5/10
Filed: 1960-01-25
Abstract: 900,235. Nuclear reactors. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Jan. 23, 1961 [Jan. 25, 1960], No. 2634/60. Class 39 (4). In a nuclear reactor core support structure of the kind comprising a core supporting platform, a grillage beneath the platform, and a peripheral support on which the grillage is mounted, the grillage comprises a symmetrical arrangement of beams welded to a common hub member at a central point and extending radially therefrom, the beams being supported towards their outer ends on the peripheral support. In Fig. 1, each beam 4 is a composite unit comprising upper and lower beam members, the lower beam member (not shown) being of catenary type. The two beam members are welded together at one end and to the central hub member 6 at the other, and are connected together by vertical columns (not shown); the lower beam members are preferably braced at their midpoints by transverse bracing members forming a hexagon concentric with the grillage. Considering the upper grid as composed of six 60 degrees sectors defined by every fourth beam, each sector includes a number of equally spaced parallel subsidiary beams 2 lying transversely to the radial beams and fixed to them. At the inner portion of each sector a rhombic plate 1 is jacked at four positions to one of the beams 2 and the hub 6, these positions being at the corners of a rectangle; two further plates 1 are next positioned in butting relationship to the first plate, these also being jacked at four positions 3 to two subsidiary beams 2, and so on until the platform has been built up. The central hub member 6 may be a cylindrical column having radial stubs to which the upper and lower radial beam members are welded. Diagonal bracing members may be provided between each pair of upper and lower radial beam members, and in this case. the central hub member may be conical. The outer ends of the radial beams are mounted on the peripheral support skirt 7. In a modification, the grillage comprises a single grid of deep sectional beams. Each beam 10, Fig. 2, is flame cut in one piece to provide upper and lower portions joined by diagonal portions. The central hub 14 is conical and is provided with upper and lower circular plates into which the inner ends of the beams 10 are slotted and welded. The annular support skirt 15 is slotted and the beams are located in these slots. A flat ring beam 16 is welded round the circumference of the grillage to strengthen it, to provide a surface on which to jack the outer support plates, and to provide an anchorage for a gas seal. Gusset plates 21 are provided between the ring beam and the radial beams and are fixed to the support skirt. As in the previous example, the radial beams support transverse beams to which the support plates are jacked. In addition the beams 10 are braced together by tie-rods, Fig. 3 (not shown). Specification 852,839 is referred to.
Patent GB-930202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for washing bottle caps or other hollow generallycup shaped articles
IPC: B60T8/26
Filed: 1959-01-26
Abstract: 930,202. Rotary conveyers. BURROWS & STURGESS Ltd., and J. P. LISSIMORE. Jan. 26, 1960 [Jan. 26, 1959], No. 2715/59. Class 78 (1). [Also in Group XXIII] A conveyer wheel rotatable about a vertical axis for carrying bottle caps through washing and rinsing apparatus comprises a circular girder 22, Fig. 1, to which are bolted, or otherwise attached, groups of fingers 31, 32, Fig. 4, forming pockets 30 into which the caps are fed radially via a shoot 41 from a hopper 40. The latter may be vibrated or provided with other means for impelling the bottle caps. After treatment the caps are discharged from the rotary conveyer by a baffle 19 on to an output conveyer 79. To provide the necessary time intervals for loading the pockets 30 the conveyer is driven intermittently by an electric motor 11, through a reduction gearing 44, and a worm 44, Fig. 8, engaging peg table 24 on a circular girder 23. The teeth 24 are engaged in a track 45 in the worm 44 having two helical portions 48, 49 joined by an arcuate portion 45 providing the required rest intervals for the conveyer.
Patent GB-1116157-A (GB)
Title: Stands particularly for hair curlers
IPC: A45D6/00
Filed: 1966-01-20
Abstract: 1,116,157. Stand for hair curlers. S. M. BORSTON. 19 Jan., 1967 [20 Jan., 1966; 21 Dec., 1966], Nos. 2728/66 and 57318/66. Heading A4V. A stand for hair curlers comprises at least two upwardly facing annular plane surfaces (3 and 5) arranged in inwardly ascending tiers, each surface being supported on a cylindrical portion (2 and 4) and each smaller diameter cylindrical portion extending upwardy from the inner edge of the plane surface of the larger diameter cylindrical portion below, said plane surfaces having concentric rows of holes (7 and 8) extending vertically downwards therefrom, the inner free edge of the uppermost surface defining a circular central aperture 6, which extends vertically downwards therefrom. The stand is made of a synthetic resin or a metal and may have a core of foamed polystyrene or polyurethane. The stand may also have a bottom portion which is upwardly concave and which has drainage ridges around the edge.