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Patent GB-623528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vehicle seats
IPC: B60N2/30
Filed: 1947-05-14
Abstract: 623,528. Vehicle seats. RADFORD & CO., Ltd., H., and RADFORD, H. May 14, 1947, No. 12988. [Class 103 (ii)] In a vehicle seating arrangement for a dual purpose station wagon of the type in which the foundations 4, 5 of the seat squabs and back squabs respectively form a flat load carrying surface when the squabs are pivoted forwardly, the seat foundations 4, 5 are hinged at 6 to transomes 7, 10 longitudinally spaced to form wells 15 and attached to a decking 2. Frames 8, 12 are provided to support forwardly pivoted seat foundations 4 and transome 10 respectively.
Patent GB-463838-A (GB)
Title: Coiler top contrivances for sliver can mechanism used in textile trades
IPC: B65H54/76
Filed: 1936-05-08
Abstract: 463,838. Coilers. TAYLOR, WORDSWORTH, & CO., Ltd., and BOOTH, F. May 8, 1936, No. 12997. [Class 120 (iii)] In a coiler top the hinged cover a, Fig. 3, and the hinged structure d carry- 'ing the calender rollers are provided with catches which operate to ensure automatic locking on opening and provide for unlocking from the outside. The cover a carrying the sliver-guide and inlet mouth is hinged at a<1> to a pivotal bar b<1>, Fig. 1, carried in a fixed bracket b<2> secured to the base plate b. A cranked locking catch c is pivoted at c<1> to the underside of the cover a and when the cover is fully lifted the nose c<3> of the catch c will lock behind a notch c<4> on the bracket b<2>. The catch c is weighted or spring-actuated to take up the locking position and is disengaged by depressing a trigger c<5> which projects through a slot c<6> in the cover a. The structure d which supports the calender rollers and driving gear therefor is mounted by lugs d<x> on the stud b<1> and when fully opened is supported by a lever e notched at e<1> mounted on a pivot stud e<2> having an outside handle e<5> and which is weighted or spring-actuated to take up the supporting position when the structure d is sufficiently lifted. To disengage the lever e the member d is raised slightly and then the lever e is moved back from the plane of Fig. 1. When supporting the member d, the near end of the base of the lever e rests on the bracket e<3>.
Patent GB-830107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gauge members for measuring deformations in structural materials
IPC: G01L1/22
Filed: 1958-04-24
Abstract: 830,107. Electrical measuring devices. STAMICARBON N.V. April 24, 1958 [April 24, 1957], No. 13086/58. Class 40 (1). A device for measuring deformations in concrete, stone, &c. comprises a strain-sensitive resistance wire in series with a temperature compensation wire whose temperature coefficient of resistance is opposite in sign from that of the strain-sensitive wire so that the total resistance of the two wires remains substantially unaffected by variations of ambient temperature, insulating material surrounding the wires, and an outer envelope of moisture-proof material. The device, which is strip-like in form, may be incorporated in a concrete slab which is subsequently incorporated in the teststructure. As shown, a strain-sensitive wire 1 of resistance R 1  and temperature coefficient, preferably negative, a 1  is connected in series with a, preferably copper, compensation wire 2 of resistance R 2  and temperature coefficient a 2 , such that R 2 =a 1 R 1 /a 2 , the wires 1, 2 and connecting leads 3 being fastened between two strips of paper and wrapped in a sleeve of silver foil 8 which is squeezed into a strip and heated to polymerize base materials on the paper and inside the foil to form an epoxide resin filling 9.
Patent GB-1404393-A (GB)
Title: Non-linear digital-to-analogue converter for servo circuit
IPC: H03M1/00
Filed: 1973-03-19
Abstract: 1404393 Non-linear digital-to-analogue conversion AMPEX CORP 19 March 1973 [3 April 1972] 13098/73 Heading H3H In non-linear digital-to-analogue conversion, appropriately weighted parallel resistors R 1 -R p  in a ladder network are switched in circuit according to the individual bits of a binary coded input signal M, the resistance between terminals 12 and 14 decreasing monotonically as M increases. Theory is given on the resistance values to produce an output current I proportional to M<SP>n</SP> where n is between 0 and 1, e.g. ¢. To compensate small errors in the Fig. 2, arrangement, two such ladder network giving impedances proportional to M<SP>(1-n/2)</SP> and M<SP>(1+n/2)</SP> respectively may be combined to give an output current proportional to M<SP>n</SP>, Fig. 4 (not shown). Alternatively, a ladder network and a parallel network may be combined to give a current proportional to M/M<SP>1-n</SP> which is then averaged with the current from the Fig. 2 arrangement to cancel the errors, Fig. 3 (not shown).
Patent GB-131003-A (GB)
IPC: A01B63/06
Abstract: 131,003. Kec, F. April 27, 1914, [Convention date]. Ploughs.-In a motor-plough having a share frame adjustable vertically by the power of the motor, the share frame is pivoted to the main frame at one end only and is adjustable vertically at the, other end by mechanism which is thrown into action by means of a clutch mechanism operated by hand. The front end of the share frame z is pivoted to the main frame 1 in front of the axle 4 by a pin 5. The rear end is connected by a link 66 to a pivoted lever 65 linked to an adjusting-screw 62 which is actuated by bevel-gearing 60, 61 and a shaft 22 adapted to be clutched to a pulley 21 driven from the motor y by a belt 21<1>. The clutch mechanism shown in Fig. 2 comprises two clutches, the continuously-driven members 10, 12 of which constitute a casing 20 enclosing the other parts. The casing 20 is fast with the pulley 21 which is mounted loosely on the shaft 22 The other members 11, 13 of the clutches are connected by reversing-gearing 15, 35, 35<1>. The member 11 slides on keys 30 on the shaft 22 and is moved by levers 33 keyed on a rocking shaft 34 and engaging a sleeve 32. The bevel pinions 15 are carried by a hollow shaft 40 which is movable longitudinally but is prevented from rotating by keys 41. The clutch member 13 is free to revolve on the shaft 40. The rocking shaft 34 is connected by arms 50, 51, rods 50<1>, 51<1>, and springs 56, 57 to arms 50<11>, 51<11> on a rock shaft 54 on which is fixed the hand-lever 58 for controlling the mechanism. The springs 56, 57 move the clutches into the inoperative position when the hand-lever is released.
Patent GB-569225-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved adjustable gauge for taking internal measurements
IPC: G01B5/08
Filed: 1943-08-13
Abstract: 569,225. Gauges. WILLETT, V. W. Aug. 13, 1943, No. 13150. [Class 106 (ii)] An adjustable gauge for internal measurements comprises a body part 10, Fig. 2, from which extend two or more springy fingers 11 with protuberances or surfaces 12 constituting measuring feelers, an actuating member or rod 14 passing through the body and between the fingers and formed with screw-threads 16 engaging internal threads 17 on the body, and a manipulating head 20 to impart a longitudinal movement to the rod 14 to splay the fingers in opposition to their spring action. A conical head 21 on the rod engages inclines 13 on the surfaces 12.
Patent GB-1064007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic couplings
IPC: F16D33/06
Filed: 1965-03-29
Abstract: 1,064,007. Hydrodynamic couplings. FMC CORPORATION. March 29, 1965 [April 1, 1964], No. 13156/65. Headings F2C and F2D. A variable fill hydrodynamic coupling is controlled by a " splitter " assembly 100 adjustable beneath a metering orifice 130 formed in a tank T and having a partition 122 dividing the liquid draining through the orifice 130 into two parts, liquid to the right of the partition being directed to the working circuit and liquid to the left of the partition being directed to a sump 64. The hydrodynamic coupling has an impeller 26 fast with a motor shaft 30 and having a shroud 50 fast therewith. Bleed ports 58 are formed in the periphery of the shroud 50 and discharge liquid to the sump 64. A slinger 66 is bolted to the impeller and has a lip dipping into the sump and picking up oil from a channel 72 extending up one side of a housing section 22 to form a return channel whence the liquid is returned to the tank T; any liquid picked up by the slinger that is not discharged to the return channel 72 is directed back to the sump by a splash guard 84 mounted on the housing. The coupling runner 34 drives a centrifugal pump (not shown), the delivery pressure of which is maintained at a desired value by varying the filling of the coupling. The " splitter " 100 is mounted on an arm 102 pivoted at 104 to the housing and adjusted by a diaphragm 110 in a control chamber 111 subject to the pressure of the centrifugal pump discharge, the arm 102 also being loaded by a spring 118 which can be adjusted by a knob 18 which can be set to cause the coupling to provide the desired pressure in the centrifugal pump delivery. Liquid flowing under gravity through the discharge orifice 130 and passing to the right of the partition 122 of the splitter is directed to a sheet metal shoot 90 which directs the liquid through a mouth 62 in the shroud 50 into the working circuit. Variation in the discharge pressure of the centrifugal pump varies the position of the arm 102 and hence of the partition 122 to vary the proportion of the liquid directed into the working circuit to vary the filling of the coupling. As a modification the coupling may be of a double runner and double impeller construction, and in this case the shroud 50 is dispensed with.
Patent GB-567692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to automatic record changing mechanisms for gramophones
IPC: G11B17/16
Filed: 1943-08-13
Abstract: 567,692. Magazine gramophones. MANN, T. L. T. Aug. 13, 1943, No. 13158. [Class 40 (ii)] [Also in Group XXIV] The supporting column 4 on which a magazine of records is piled above the turntable 2 is formed with a continuous, i.e. non-stepped, inclined portion 6 which causes lateral displacement of the two lowest records in the pile. When record-changing is to take place, pivoted supporting arms 20 connected by a link 32 are moved outwardly by operation of a lever 33 to release the lowest record 10, and at the same time lever 15 raises a pin 12 within the column 4 whereby a finger 13 engages the next record 9 to support the pile. When pin 12 is released, records 8, 9 slide down the inclined part 6 of the column and arms 20 return to take over support of the pile. To ensure positive movement when dealing with records of different thicknesses, the underside of the inclined part 6 may be fitted with resilient means such as spring-pressed balls to engage with the central aperture of a record and thereby force the record into engagement with the upper side of the inclined part 6. A holding-down arm 35 normally in the position shown to permit the addition of records to the pile during playing is linked to a plunger 37 carrying a conical member 41 which is connected through a compression spring 45 with a sleeve 43 having a ball-race 42. During record-changing, lever 46 releases plunger 37 so that the arm 35 falls under gravity to hold the record pile. Any attempt to lift arm 35 manually forces conical member 41 against balls 42 fitted in the sleeve 43 to lock the coupling. One of the supporting arms 20 is pivoted on a bail-member 27 which is in turn pivoted at 29 on a supporting plate 30. The bail-member is normally locked but is released momentarily at the end of playing a record. If at this instant there is no further record in the magazine, weight 28 tilts the bail-member to stop the mechanism.
Patent GB-918366-A (GB)
Title: Azo dyestuffs
IPC: D06P1/02
Filed: 1961-04-12
Abstract: 2-Amino-benzene-sulphonic acid-N-phenyl-N-benzenesulphonyl imide is obtained by reacting 2-nitrobenzene sulphonic acid anilide with benzene sulphonic acid chloride and subjecting the product to catalytic hydrogenation.  The product is used in azo dye preparation (see Group IV(c)).ALSO:The invention comprises azo dyestuffs of the general formula <FORM:0918366/IV (b)/1> wherein R denotes a radical of the benzene series to which the substituent -SO2- and -N=N- are linked ortho with respect to one another, X denotes a carbocyclic aryl or cycloalkyl radical, Y is a carbocyclic aryl radical and Z a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, carbocyclic aryl or aralkyl radical and the salts thereof and a process for the production thereof wherein the diazonium compound obtained by the diazotisation of an aromatic amine of the general formula <FORM:0918366/IV (b)/2> in which R, X and Y have the same meanings as above is coupled in an acid medium with a compound of the general formula <FORM:0918366/IV (b)/3> wherein 2 has the same meaning as above.  The components specified in examples yield compounds of the first general formula above in which Y is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted with a chlorine atom, a methyl group or -NHCOCH2Cl, X is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one or two chlorine atoms, or a methyl, isopropyl, phenoxy or phenyl sulphonic group and Z is hydrogen, methyl, butyl or phenyl. The coupling is preferably carried out in aqueous acetic acid solution or suspension. Organic solvents such as formamide and dimethyl formamide may also be used.  The products are red to bluish-red dyestuffs suitable for dying wool and polyamide fibres from an acid bath.
Patent GB-132364-A (GB)
IPC: B23D45/04
Abstract: 132,364. Incorporated Soldiers' & Sailors' Help Society, Ouzman, C., and Hand, T. E. Sept. 17,1918. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Circular-saw machines.-A machine for severing lengths from metal and other bars and rods comprises a circular saw a carried by a frame d pivoted upon a vertical driving-shaft e to enable the saw to be moved to and from the work, as by means of a handle j or by mechanism operated from the shaft e, and a gripper m, l adapted to hold the work q during the severing operation and to allow the rod to gravitate to an adjustable stop r when a severed piece has fallen away. The gripper is normally closed by a spring, and is opened by a tappet t mounted on the saw-guard k operating a lever n.
Patent GB-1521806-A (GB)
Title: Method of monitoring a network of peripheral elements handled by an electronic control unit
IPC: H04Q3/54
Filed: 1976-04-01
Abstract: 1521806 Automatic exchange systems THOMSON-CSF 1 April 1976 [4 April 1975] 13330/76 Heading H4K An arrangement for scanning n groups of m peripheral elements, e.g. subscriber lines, comprises n pulse generators 27 feeding respective ones of n lines LEi with pulses, the pulses occurring at different times on each of the n lines and each of the lines LEi including means TIi for decoupling D.C. potentials. In response to an interrogation pulse the peripheral element causes a transistor circuit Dj to loop a corresponding one of m two wire lines αRjif it is in a first state and to leave the line unlooped when in a second state. Receivers Rj are provided for each of the m lines αRj, the receiver being pulsed at EW 4  simultaneously with the application of the interrogation pulse such that an output pulse is produced at Sj if the line αRj is unlooped i.e. the peripheral element is in its second state, at the time of occurrence of the interrogation pulse. The subscribers lines are coupled to an nÎm matrix with each line feed circuit comprising a capacitor Cx, a diode 20 and resistor 21. A 5 volt interrogation pulse is transformed into a 48 volt pulse by amplifier 29, the pulse being coupled via capacitor Cx and diode 20 to operate transistor T 1  if the subscriber line is looped. Hence an output pulse is produced at each output Sj corresponding to the free subscribers of the group of m in response to a pulse applied to the receiver pulse inputs EW 4  in time coincidence with an interrogation pulse for the group.
Patent GB-134672-A (GB)
IPC: A24F13/10
Abstract: 134,672. Sveinbj÷rnsson, S. Dec. 10, 1918. Cigar and cigarette holders. - A ring 1 adapted to fit outside the holder a is connected by legs or struts 3 to an ejecting disk 4 or the like. An inner ring 2, fixed inside the holder, prevents the removal of the disk from the holder.
Patent GB-540957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in washing machines
IPC: D06F13/02
Filed: 1940-08-26
Abstract: 540,957. Centrifugal machines. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Aug. 26, 1940, No. 13485. Convention date, Aug. 25, 1939. [Class 23] [Also in Group VIII] A washing machine comprising a perforated receptacle mounted in a casing above the liquid level therein, and having means for oscillating an agitator in the receptacle for washing and for rotating the receptacle for extracting the liquid, driven for example as described in Specification 452,402, is provided with a tub movable between a raised position embracing the receptacle when washing and a lowered position below the receptacle when extracting, means being provided for pumping liquid from the casing to the receptacle. The casing 2 carries an annular trough 8 and encloses a tub 45 which rests on the trough when lowered but can be raised to embrace' the receptacle 9 by cords 55 passing over guide pulleys 58, 56 to a ring 54 slidable on the exterior of the casing and adapted to be held by pivoted hooks 60, the aperture in the base of the tub being then sealed by a packing ring 49 bearing against a disc 51 secured on a sleeve embracing the driving shaft 12 and extending into the hub 11 of the receptacle. When in this, the washing position, liquid is pumped by a pump 61 through pipes 63 from the casing to the receptacle. The agitator 30 is oscillated through its engagement with the splined end, of the driving shaft 12 and liquid can pass through the perforations in the receptacle into the tub. When liquid is to be extracted from the clothes and receptacle the tub is lowered and the shaft 12 is driven at a suitable speed in one direction and drives the receptacle through a lug 27 in the hub 11 thereof which is engaged by a lug on a disc 23 arranged between friction sides 21, 22 supported on a flanged sleeve 18 engaging the spline 19 on the driving shaft and retained in assembled relation by a split ring 28 engaging a groove in the sleeve and bearing on a washer 17 secured in the hub and resting on the combined thrust and sleeve bearing 15 by which the receptacle is supported from the shoulder 25 on the shaft. The extracted liquid falls into the trough 8 from which it may be directed back to the casing or to a drain. Bearings 14 and 43 on the hub and the sleeve 40 respectively serve to steady the receptacle.
Patent GB-121725-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Levoglucosan.
Inventor: PICTET AME
IPC: C08B37/00
Filed: 1918-08-20
Abstract: 121,725. Pictet, A. Dec. 27, 1917, [Convention date]. Glucose.-Levoglucosan is obtained from carbohydrates (cellulose, starch, dextrin, &c.) by dry distillation in vacuo. According to examples, cellulose or starch is distilled at 200-300‹ at 12-15 mm. pressure, or sawdust is distilled at 300‹ C. at 30 mm. pressure; the product is isolated from the distillate or in converted to glucose by boiling with dilute acid and the liquid then fermented to alcohol. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) refers to moderate heating or dry distillation of carbohydrates, not necessarily under reduced pressure. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-968031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to massage apparatus
IPC: A61H15/00
Filed: 1961-04-14
Abstract: 968,031. Massage apparatus. R. G. BAULARD-COGAN. April 14, 1961 [April 23, 1960; Feb. 22, 1961], No. 13602/61. Heading A5R. Massage apparatus comprises a motor connocted to a driving shaft and a support carrying shafts for massage elements, the shafts being located in planes cutting the driving shaft and extending along the generating lines of a cone the apex of which is located on the axis of the driving shaft. An inverted cup 11 of resiliently deformable material is rotated by an electric motor located in a housing at one end of a handle 4. The electric motor is connected to the cup by a rotary spindle 6 which passes through the handle. The exterior surface of the cup is frusto - conical and the interior surface has undulations, each crest and trough of which extends from the periphery to the centre of the cup and diminishes in depth towards the centre of the cup. In each crest is an opening 15a in which an ovoid or pyriform massage member 16a is freely rotatable on a spindle 18. A brush 19 is located in each trough. In an alternative construction, massage members 52 (Fig. 5) are freely rotatable on spindles 53 projecting from a rotary support 54. An electric motor 67 resiliently mounted in a two-part housing 61 has a shaft 66 carrying a roller 64 which engages the rim of a cup 62 connected to a hollow spindle 56 mounted in bearings 58, 59 in the handle 57. Rotation of the roller rotates the cup, spindle and support. The motor shaft also rotates a fan 72 which drives air over a heater 75 and through the cup and spindle to an aperture 76 in the support. The motor may also drive a smaller cup (not shown) connected to a spindle which extends through the hollow spindle and which rotates a massage brush centrally located between the massage elements. The massage elements are made of hard wood or hard rubber of may be hollow and inflatable and made of semi-rigid rubber or synthetic resin.
Patent GB-1373571-A (GB)
Title: Tube connection
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1973-03-20
Abstract: 1373571 Tube couplings G A HARVEY OFFICE FURNITURE Ltd 20 March 1973 [23 March 1972] 13639/72 Heading F2M [Also in Division E2] . To. enable screw 8 to be inserted between the ends of tubes 1 and to force coupling members 4, 5 apart to grip the tubes internally, the abutting ends of the tubes are recessed at 3. The tubes, which may be for metal table legs, each have ribs 6 for engagement in grooves 7.
Patent GB-955445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in convertible settees
Inventor: STANTON FRANCIS ARTHUR
IPC: A47C17/16
Filed: 1962-04-10
Abstract: 955,445. Bed-settees. VONO Ltd. April 5, 1963 [April 10, 1962], No. 13676/62. Heading A4J. In a bed-settee the back portion 11 is detachably secured to the seat portion 10 by means of a pair of projecting fingers 18 associated with the back portion 11 and a pair of brackets 19 associated with the seat portion 10, each finger 18 being adapted to engage between two projections 22, 24 associated with a flange portion 20 of the bracket and being parallel to and in contact with a second flange portion 21 of each bracket.
Patent GB-430817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of cigarettes
IPC: A24C5/52
Filed: 1933-09-21
Abstract: 430,817. Mouthpiece cigarettes. MOLINS, W. E., 2, Evelyn Street, Deptford, London. Sept. 21, 1933, No. 13701/35. Divided out of 430,742. [Class 130] In a machine for making mouthpiece cigarettes, cigarettes are fed one at a time from a hopper 14 to an endless tape 20 above which is disposed a rotating member 21 adapted to co-operate therewith and move the cigarettes so that spaces are left therebetween, and mouthpieces or stubs are fed by a conveyer 30 from a hopper 22 to these spaces. The cigarettes and stubs are then conveyed in alignment by the tape 20 to a conveyer constituted by belts 34, 35 where wrapping material, e.g. cork tips, from a supply spool 42 is applied for uniting said cigarettes and stubs. The cigarettes and, if necessary, the stubs are moved positively from the tape 20 to the belts 34, 35 in correct spaced relationship by a device, Fig. 8, which comprises a drum 37 provided with apertures 38 accommodating spring-urged fingers 39 which engage the ends of the cigarettes. The said fingers are pivoted on a flange within the drum and contact with a stationary cam 40 which is so shaped that the driving face of each finger remains perpendicular so long as it is in engagement with a cigarette. Specifications 430,742 and 430,818 are referred to.