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Patent GB-264976-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for therapeutic treatment
IPC: A61F7/00
Filed: 1925-12-02
Abstract: 264,976. Gerdes, T. R. N. Dec. 2. 1925. Light and other radiations, treating diseases with.-A cabinet 10 of substantially rectangular or circular section containing sources of radiant heat 16 is surmounted by a conical roof 12 at the apex of which is arranged an electric fan 14 adapted to drive cooling air downwardly past baffles 24 over the part of the body under treatment. The cabinet is raised from the ground bv legs 11 to allow escape of the cooling air. The sources of radiant heat may consist of lamps or electric resistances wound on refractory tubes; they are arranged in staggered relation.
Patent GB-1048398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to agricultural apparatus
IPC: A01B3/42
Filed: 1963-08-01
Abstract: 1,048,398. Agricultural implements. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. Aug. 1, 1963 [May 3, 1963], No. 30538/63. Heading A1B. A reversible plough for attachment to the three point linkage of a tractor is provided with a rocker 6 connected to the upper link of the linkage and to a support 9 connected to the lower links of the linkage, the rocker rotating the plough beams by means of a rod 7 which engages in a ring 10. A pin 18 engages in a slot 16 in the rocker and determines the limits of movement of the rocker and a notch 17 is provided for the pin 18 so that the rocker is locked in the working position of the plough. Slots are provided in the rocker for a pin 21a and the rocker can be moved upwardly to release the pin from the notch 17.
Patent GB-651957-A (GB)
Title: Canisters and the like
IPC: A24F23/02
Filed: 1948-11-25
Abstract: 651,957. Canisters with hinged lids. COSTELLO, F. J. Nov. 25, 1948, No. 30653. Convention date, Nov. 25, 1947. [Class 66] The lid 21 of a canister 10 is hinged to the body by inter-engaging curled edges 25, 24 along one side of the rim of the body, the remainder of the edge of the lid being of inverted U section to fit snugly on a doubled-over rim of the can, and to extend downwardly beyond such doubled rim. A rib 29 strengthens the body, and reduces the chances of the lid being accidentally opened, e.g. in transit.
Patent GB-440055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the decomposition and composition of pictures particularly in television
IPC: H04N3/08
Filed: 1934-10-26
Abstract: 440,055. Television. TRAUB, E., 34, Dartmouth Road, Cricklewood, London. Oct. 26, 1934, No. 30748. [Class 40 (iii)] A mirror drum 5 co-operates with a series of fixed mirrors 8 to scan the screen 10, the light from a source 1 being reflected to and from the drum and mirrors so that it is reflected from the drum four, six or more times. The arrangement is also applicable to transmitting, the source 1 being replaced by a cell and the screen by the picture to be transmitted. Specifications 419,120 and 425,552 are referred to.
Patent GB-1275214-A (GB)
Title: Oscillator circuits with fluidic elements
IPC: F15B21/12
Filed: 1970-06-25
Abstract: 1275214 Vibrators H KOPPERN and H SCHAFER [trading as MASCHINENFABRIK KOPPERN & CO KG] 25 June 1970 [26 June 1969 (2)] 30817/70 Heading F2X [Also in Division G3] A fluid-operated vibrator 15, 16 has connected thereto a fluid-supplying circuit comprising a pump 18, a switch-over valve 24, an amplifier 11 and an oscillator circuit 1. The oscillator circuit, as shown in Fig. 1, comprises three cascadeconnected fluidic elements 2, 2<SP>1</SP> and 2<SP>11</SP> each providing a logic NOT-function, and a resistive and capacitative or R-c element having a fluidic volume 4 and an adjustable, frequencydetermining choke 6, the elements being connected in series with the output therefrom preferably being taken at line 8. The cascade may be composed of conventional double membrane relays and may include any number of elements providing such number is odd and greater than three. The oscillator output functions to actuate an amplifier 11 such that a line 13 leading to an actuating-pressure space 28 of valve 24 is connectible alternatively with a pressure source 30 and a vent 32. In consequence, the switch over valve, which valve is subjected to the bias of a spring 26, selectively connects each of the two ends of the vibrator drive arrangement 15 with the pump 18 or a reservoir R. In modifications, (Figs. 4 to 6, not shown), the vibrator drive may comprise a single acting piston and the fluid-supplying circuit may utilize gas or liquid. Furthermore, the amplifier may be connected to a converter such that the amplifier output, in the form of pressure signals, may be converted into electrical signals which then functions to actuate the switch-over valve 24.
Patent GB-1179513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mobile Jib Cranes
Inventor: MAGDEBURG EIKE
IPC: B66C23/74
Filed: 1967-07-04
Abstract: 1,179,513. Jib cranes; counterbalancing apparatus. SCHWEKMASCHINENBAU S.M. KIROW VEB. 4 July, 1967, No. 30836/67. Heading B8B. A mobile jib crane comprises an upper carriage 4, supported on an undercarriage 2 and having mounted thereon a counterweight 1, the latter being movable between its mounted position and a position in which it lies on the undercarriage 2, by rams 5 disposed on the upper carriage 4. In the latter position the counterweight equalizes the axle loads for crane travel, the crane being disposed so that the driver's cab 3 is above the counterweight. The rams 5 are disposed one on each side of the carriage 4 and have connected thereto wedges 6 which co-operate with bars 7 mounted in the counterweight. The bars 7 have rollers 9 for engagement with the wedges 6 and projections 10 for engagement with shafts 12 fixed in the counterweight. The wedges have slopes 13 for lifting the bars 7 and slopes 14 for retaining the bars in their lifted positions. In operation, the bars 7 are lifted manually so that the rollers can be engaged by the wedges 6, when the counterweight is to be lifted, and the bars drop back on retraction of the wedges when the counterweight is lowered. The bars 7 are guided by members it and a catch member is provided for engaging cover-plates 8, Fig. 4 (not shown).
Patent GB-618078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in moulds for moulding material on to flexible members
IPC: B29C45/14
Filed: 1946-10-16
Abstract: 618,078. Moulding coverings on to flexible members. BELLING & LEE, Ltd., and HURREN, C. Oct. 16, 1946, No. 30867. [Class 87 (ii)] A mould has means 14, 15, Fig. 1, for engaging a flexible member 6, e.g. a coaxial electric cable, for retaining it in position in the mould during the injection of viscous molten material, e.g. polythene, or polyvinyl chloride. The mould shown is used for insulating soldered joints 7, 8, Fig. 3, between two branch cables 4, 5 and the inner and outer conducting members of the cable 6, and comprises two parts 10, 11, each part being grooved to receive the cables. A hole 16, Fig. 3, is provided in the part 10 for the injection of molten material. Air is allowed to escape from the mould by a bleed hole.
Patent GB-853809-A (GB)
Title: Production of unsaturated cycloaliphatic compounds
IPC: C07C1/20
Filed: 1958-09-26
Abstract: Unsaturated cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons are prepared by the condensation of two or more molecules of an epoxy-aliphatic or -cycloaliphatic compound in the presence of an acid.  The epoxy-compound feed may be prepared by epoxidising a paraffinic or naphthenic hydrocarbon, a naphtha, a fuel oil or a kerosene by catalytic or non-catalytic oxidation with oxygen.  Other conventional methods of forming the epoxides may however be used. The acid condensation catalyst may be phosphoric acid which may be supported on kieselguhr, sulphuric acid or p-toluene sulphonic acid. Temperatures of 0-200 DEG C. are used.  In an example 2, 5-epoxy n-hexane was heated with phosphoric acid to 150 DEG C. for a total of 11 hours, the hydrocarbon layer of the aqueous distillate obtained being returned to the reaction flask.  The product contained C12 and C18 cyclic olefines with some higher boiling material in a yield of 87,4%.  U.S.A. Specification 2,725,344 is referred to.
Patent GB-1516741-A (GB)
Title: Ozone generating apparatus
IPC: C01B13/11
Filed: 1975-07-23
Abstract: 1516741 Ozonisers MITSUBISHI DENKI KK 23 July 1975 [28 Aug 1974 5 Nov 1974] 30880/75 Heading H5H An ozoniser has concentric tubular electrodes 2, 4 with respective cooling liquid chambers at least the inner of which is connected with deionizing resin 15 for recycling a non-conducting cooling liquid. Electrode 2 is a metal cylinder, earthed in use; electrode 4 in contact with dielectric tube 3 is at high voltage. Tube 3 is sealed to the cooling fluid inlet and outlet tubes (31, 32, Fig. 2 not shown). Alternatively (as in Fig. 5, not shown) the high voltage electrode may be sealed to the inlet and outlet tubes and covered with a layer of dielectric material. The cooling liquid for the high voltage electrode is deionized water, or deionized water mixed with glycol for low temperature cooling. The earthed electrode may be cooled with untreated water.
Patent GB-448753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to autographic registers
IPC: B41L5/06
Filed: 1935-11-08
Abstract: 448,753. Memorandum appliances. UNITED AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER CO., 5000, South California Avenue, Chicago, U.S.A. Nov. 8, 1935, No. 30953. Convention date, Nov. 17, 1934. Addition to 435,516. [Class 16] [See also Group XIX] The autographic register of the parent Specification is modified in that the feed-means comprises a feed-wheel journalled in the casing frame and adapted to be rotated by a fingeroperable ratchet-means centrally disposed near the front of the platen. The feed-wheel 68 has two flat portions 69, and is secured on a shaft 67 on which also a U-shaped member 76 is journalled. The member 76, which is pressed upwardly by a spring, has a spring-pressed pawl which is in engagement with a ratchetwheel secured on the shaft 67, and is also provided with a finger-piece 77. On depression of the finger 77, the ratchet-wheel is rotated to rotate the shaft 67, and the feed-wheel 68 co-operates with a presser-roll 45 to feed the stationery strips a sufficient distance to enable them to be grasped by hand. Two cams mounted on the shaft 67 have flat faces which engage depending arms 72 of leaf springs 73 on which the stationery register pins 70 are mounted to control the movement of the pins. The shaft 67 is also provided with a further cam acted on by a leaf spring to urge the feedwheel into a position wherein one of the flat faces thereon faces the presser-roll 45, in which position the register pins are allowed to spring upwardly. The register casing comprises a lower portion 35 and an upper hinged portion 36 adapted to overlap the former to grip the free ends of transverse carbon strips supplied from a roll situated in a compartment at the side of the casing. In addition to the supply compartment 52 for the stationery 41, a compartment 56 is provided wherein used stationery may be stored. An extension 59 hinged at 60 to the rear of the platen carries a guide roll 62 around which the stationery strips pass. A narrow tray-like guide member 63 is placed in the compartment 52 to facilitate insertion and removal of the stationery, and a portion 64 of the member 63 co-operates with the guide roll 62. Carbon-protecting aprons 66 are supported on bars 65 on the frame.
Patent GB-987743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to folding machines for laundered articles
Inventor: KANNEGIESSER HERBERT
IPC: D06F89/00
Filed: 1963-08-06
Abstract: 987, 743. Folding piece goods. KANNEGIESSER & CO.MASCHINENFABRIK G.m.b.H. Aug. 6, 1963 [March 2, 1963; May 16, 1963], No. 30959/63. Heading D1S. A machine for folding piece goods comprising a series of narrow belts 10 which carry the article 14 from, e.g. a calendar 11, beneath a bridge or bridges 12 provided with clamping means 13. Underneath the belts 10 lifting plates 16 controlled by feelers 15, 22 engaging the article leading edge lift the belts to form an ascending track to direct the leading edge above the clamping plates 13. A feeler 19 is then actuated to lift the plates 13 to clamp the edge against a fixed abutment and the lifting plates 16 are then lowered. A compressed air feed at 27 then forms the fold in the article in a known manner, the clamping being released by feelers engaging the trailing edge of the article. A number of separate lifting and clamping plates are arranged across the width of the machine and only those corresponding to the width of the article are actuated. The lifting and clamping operation may be effected electrically, mechanically or preservatically. The clamping plate 13 may be fixed and clamping effected by a movable clamping rail lowered on to the leading edge of the article.
Patent GB-1435149-A (GB)
Title: Record players
IPC: G11B19/265
Filed: 1973-06-29
Abstract: 1435149 Change-speed friction gear GLENBURN ENG (UK) Ltd 1 July 1974 [29 June 1973] 30974/73 Heading F2D In a record player in which a jockey pulley 10, which transmits drive from a stepped motor shaft 6 to the turntable 5, is rotatable on a speed change arm 11 mounted on a pin 12 so as to be pivotable and axially slidable thereon to change speed, and each different diameter portion of the shaft 6 is tapered to provide for fine adjustment of each speed, speed change is effected by a member 16 having cam surfaces 17 coacting with a projection 15 on the arm and connected by coupling means with a speed change knob 32. A support bracket 14 has holes 13 to receive the pin 12, a hole 20a to receive the lower end 19 of the member 16, and a hole 20b to accommodate a fine speed adjustment knob 21, a bore 22 of which receives the upper end 23 of the member 16. A drive element 26 in which the knob 21 is rotatable is positioned below an upper portion 25 of the bracket 14 and is coupled to the speed change knob by tapered pins 31 and split sockets 30 and to the member 16 by projections 28, 29. A plate 38 provides an abutment for a spring 36 urging the member 16 upwardly so that its end 23 engages an abutment screw (not shown) in the bore 22 of the knob 21, and stops 44 on the plate 38 coact with a projection 43 on the member 16. Thus, rotation of the knob 32 rotates the member 16 through the drive element 26 and abutments 28, 29 to position the pulley 10 on different diameter portions of the motor shaft 6, determined by co-operation of a spring-loaded detent ball (not shown) carried by the drive element 26 with holes 34 in the bracket 14, and rotation of the knob 21 causes axial movement of the member 16 for fine adjustment in each speed by co-operation of a projection 24 with a helical surface 41 of the drive element 26. The fine adjustment facility may be dispensed with by omitting the knob 21 and providing a modified drive element 26 with an upwardly extending cylindrical boss.
Patent GB-831500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a.c. single phase induction motors
IPC: H02K17/06
Filed: 1956-10-11
Abstract: 831,500. A.C. electric motor control systems. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Oct. 11, 1956 [Oct. 11, 1955], No. 31011/56. Class 38 (3). [Also in Group XXXV] In a single-phase induction motor arranged for two or more speeds, the stator has two or more sets of windings, one set 3, Fig. 2, developing a fixed number of pole pairs, and at least one other set 10 comprising two sections 11, 12, one section being reversibly connected to give the same number of polepairs on starting, or, a different number for running. In the arrangement shown, both windings are used for starting and are connected to a rotor-operated centrifugal switch 33, 37, Fig. 4, and a manuallyoperated speed selector switch 29-31. In the high-speed position 29, both sets of windings are connected to give four poles, as shown in Fig. 2, winding 10 having a series capacitor 25 or other device for phase displacement. Operation of the centrifugal switch disconnects winding 10. In the low-speed position 31, the machine starts as before, but operation of the centrifugal switch disconnects winding 3, and reverses connections 21, 22 of section 12 to give a six-pole field system, capacitor 25 being by-passed. Other arrangements giving different numbers of poles may be employed.
Patent GB-421918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in spring controlled latches
IPC: E05B55/00
Filed: 1933-11-08
Abstract: 421,918. Spring latches. TONKS, E., 47, High Street, Sedgeley, Staffordshire, and ISAACS, A., Lathom House, Singleton Road, Salford. Nov. 8, 1933, Nos. 31027 and 33251. [Class 44] A spring - controlled latch A is withdrawn from the striking plate by the depression of the plunger D arranged at right angles to the stem A<1> of the latch; it is held in its latched position by key operated locking means. In the form shown in Figs. 2, 4, a spring d secured to the plunger D engages the turned-up end a<2> of the stem A<1>, and after the locking slide G has been disengaged from the latch by means of a key, the latch may be withdrawn by the plunger. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the plunger D has a wedge shaped end which enters a slot in the stem to withdraw the latch. In the further modification shown in Fig. 12, the inner face A<2> of the stem A<1> is inclined and is engaged by the plunger which may have a square or inclined end. The plunger in each modification may be retracted by a spring.
Patent GB-1383452-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seats
IPC: B60N2/50
Filed: 1973-06-29
Abstract: 1383452 Resilient mountings GERU SA 29 June 1973 31105/73 Heading A4U A vehicle seat 1 is connected to a support 4 by rocker arms 2, 3 and is biased upwardly by a spring 19, the arms 3 resting on a lever 7, whereby the seat can be moved to an upper out-of-use position with the arms 3 lifted off the lever 7, and the upper end of the spring being supported on the lever 7 for adjustment towards or away from the common pivot 7a of the arms 3 and the lever whereby the spring resistance can be adjusted to suit the weight of the user. The arm 2 is disposed centrally of the seat 1 and the arms 3 form a U-shaped part 5 rigidly connected to a part 6 pivoted at 7a. The support 4 is U-shaped with its mouth towards the seat 1 and it is disposed in a U-shaped guide 8, arched portions 9, 12 on the support 4 engaging complementary portions 10, 11 on the guide and a screw 13 in the support engaging an upwardly extending slot in the guide and being engaged by a clamping member 15 so that the support 4 can be clamped in adjusted position to the guide 8. The guide 8 is carried by a base 17 which is slidably mounted on a runner 18, a locking device (not shown) being provided to lock the guide 8 in adjusted position on the runner 18. The spring 19 has a lower dome-shaped member 20 mounted on a spherical head 22 of a shank 23 secured to the support 4, and has an upper saddle member 25 engaging a cylindrical bearing support 27 which is of plastics material and is slidably engaged with the web 31 of the U-shaped lever 7, an adjusting screw 29 being engaged with the support 27, bolts 33 on the lever 7 engage curved slots 34 in the support 4 to limit the upper movement of the spring 19. A shock absorber 37 is provided.
Patent GB-1017828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric lamps
Inventor: BOWTELL JAMES NORMAN
IPC: H01K7/02
Filed: 1962-08-14
Abstract: 1,017,828. Incandescent electric lamps. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. Nov. 13, 1963 [Aug. 14, 1962], No. 31122/62. Heading H1F. An incandescent lamp incorporating or associated with a reflector consists of a sealed evacuated or gas-filled envelope and a filament coiled in the form of a hollow body open at one end and closed or nearly so at the other, adjacent turns of the coil being spaced so that their distances are not more than twice the diameter of the filament and the maximum width of the open end of the coil being not more than 20% of the distance between the ends of the coil, the filament being located within the reflector which is so disposed as to return a considerable proportion of the heat and light rays emitted from the outside of the coil to the coil and being mounted with its open end directed towards an aperture in the reflector so that the light emitted from the lamp emanates mainly from the interior of the coil. The aperture may be provided on its inner or outer surface with a light-transmitting heat-reflecting filter which may be in the form of a multiplicity of alternate layers of high and low refractive index. Alternatively, a layer of metallic oxide e.g. stannic oxide, or metal e.g. gold which may be sandwiched between layers of bismuth oxide may be used. The gas filling may comprise argon and iodine. One or more additional reflectors may be mounted in the envelope. The reflecting coatings may be in the form of close-fitting jackets enclosing the bulb. Fig. 1 shows a lamp 1 of conical shape enclosing a conical filament 4 supported by lead-in wires 5 sealed through a pressed glass disc 6. The outer conical surface of the bulb is coated with a reflecting layer of aluminium, platinum or silver and the front with a dichroic layer 9. In a modification, the bulb is cylindrical, the filament being also a cylinder with one end closed by a series of turns of gradually decreasing diameter. Alternatively, the envelope may be spherical and coated on its inner surface with a metallic reflecting layer except for a circular window opposite the base of a conical filament disposed centrally of the envelope. The window may be coated with a dichroic filter layer.
Patent GB-744169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to domestic fireplace installations
IPC: F24B1/19
Filed: 1952-12-09
Abstract: 744,169. Open fireplaces. HADDOCK, L. A. P., and HOULT, H. Feb. 23, 1954 [Dec. 9, 1952], No. 31168/52. Class 126. A domestic fireplace installation comprises a conduit located beneath the firehearth and in communication at its end distant from the fireplace with the space beneath the floor of the room in which the installation is fitted, said conduit having an outlet located at the rear of the fireplace above the level of the firehearth and beneath the grate and an outlet located in front of the fret of the fire, a draught generating device located in said conduit, and valve mechanism within said conduit such that the flow of air through said outlets may be controlled as desired. As shown a tapering inclined conduit 10 is located beneath the hearth air from the space beneath the floor 11 being blown by a fan 21 either to the space beneath the grate 13 through casing 12 and opening 14 or through an outlet 18 in the conduit to the front of, the fret 20 depending upon the setting of the Y- shaped valve mechanism fitted in the conduit. The valve mechanism comprises upper plates 23, 24, and lower plate 25, plates 23, 25 being formed with openings 27, 28 respectively, closable by hinged plates 29, 30 respectively. A hinged grilled plate 33 is provided at hearth level at the top of a short conduit 19 leading from opening 18 movement of this plate controlling by means of a Bowden cable secured to plate 30 and an arm 31 attached to plate 29 the openings 27, 28 in the valve plates 23, 25 such that when the former is open the latter is closed and vice versa. In a modification, Fig. 4, the casing 12 is extended below the conduit 10 to form a pocket 39 to collect any ash that may accumulate in the conduit. The invention is applicable to domestic hot water boilers.