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Patent GB-1026990-A (GB)
Title: Machine for the manufacture of containers
IPC: B31B50/59
Filed: 1964-06-19
Abstract: 1,026,990. Stamping. S. B. FRANGHIA. June 19, 1964, No. 25436/64. Heading B3Q. [Also in Division B5] A machine for the manufacture of containers having plane faces joined at the corners by curved folded or crumpled surfaces, has extensible pleating and stamping implements which can be adjusted to vary the dimensions of the containers. The frame of the machine comprises three platforms 2, 3 and 4 perpendicular to the vertical axis which carries a shaping punch 1. The lower stamping die, which comprises four rounded corners 7 and four members 8 forming its lateral walls, is housed on the lower platform 2. The intermediate platform 3 is fixed and a strip of material 11 from which the container is to be cut can be placed on its upper surface. A cutting die 10 and lower pleating implements 13 are secured to the intermediate platform. The upper platform 4 slides parallel to the vertical axis of the machine on the four uprights 5. A cutting knife 9 is secured by its collar 9a in a groove and tongue joint under the plate 4. Four blocks 14 support upper pleating implements 12 which can vary in number. The dimensions of the container can be varied by adjusting the edges 7 of the stamping die and the blocks 14 which support pleating implements 12, the shaping punch 1, knife 9 and cutting die 10 being also changed.
Patent GB-796944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to anamorphotic devices for use in photo-composition forproducing italics
IPC: G02B13/08
Filed: 1956-08-21
Abstract: 796,944. Optical systems. ATELIERS BARIQUAND & MARRE. Aug. 21, 1956 [Sept. 23, 1955], No. 26571/56. Classes 97(1) and 98(1) An anamorphotic system' for use in photographic type composition to transform roman-style characters into italicstyle characters without altering their over-all dimensions comprises at least two lenses having cylindrical opposite active surfaces, one concave and the other convex and having their generatrices at right angles to one another, the lenses giving a magnification greater than 1 in one direction and less than one in the perpendicular direction. The generatrices of the concave surfaces in the two lenses may be perpendicular. Fig. 2 shows the image A<SP>1</SP> B<SP>1</SP> C<SP>1</SP> D<SP>1</SP> of a square object A B C D produced by such a system having a magnification in the direction XX<SP>1</SP> greater than 1 and in the direction YY<SP>1</SP> less than one. A rotatable prism may be provided to rotate the image A<SP>1</SP> B<SP>1</SP> C<SP>1</SP> D<SP>1</SP> so that its base A<SP>1</SP> D<SP>1</SP> coincides with the base AD of the anamorphorised image. In the arrangememt shown in Fig. 6 the amorphorised image of an original 14 is formed on a film 8 by the anamorphotic system 19 and a spherical objective 18, mirrors 17, 21 being provided and a prism 20 rotated about an axis Z, Z<SP>1</SP> to rotate the image for alignment.
Patent GB-656752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in ratchet braces
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 1948-09-30
Abstract: 656,752. Ratchet braces. HALL, Ltd., G. & J., and MOTTRAM, J. Sept. 30, 1948, No. 25515. [Class 83 (iii)] A ratchet brace has a socketed spindle 3 with integral ratchet teeth 9 and a hand lever 5 with an eye-end 4 which embraces the ratchet teeth, the lever being retained on the spindle in abutment with a shoulder 12 by retaining means, such as a set-screw 10, extending through the eye-end into a circumferential groove 11 in the spindle adjacent the ratchet teeth. The pawl 6 may be accommodated in a hole 7 formed in the handle part of the lever or drilled through the eye-end obliquely of and adjacent to the handle. The socket 17 is square or may be tapered and end in a slot 18 for receiving the tang of the drill or a drift. A feed nut 2 screws on the spindle, or may be externally threaded to engage with internal threads on the spindle.
Patent GB-1162924-A (GB)
Title: Vanadium-containing alloying additive for steel
IPC: C22C33/00
Filed: 1968-05-28
Abstract: 1,162,924. Vanadium alloying additives for steels. FœR ELEKTROMETALLURGIE G.m.b.H. May 28, 1968 [May 29,1967], No. 25543/68. Heading C7A and C7D. An alloying additive for steels is obtained by the solid-state reduction of vandium pentoxide (or material containing it) with carbon unier atmospheric pressure at 1200‹ -1500‹ C., and consists, by weight, of:- V 70 - 85% O 1À8 - 10% C 5 - 20% N 0À5-4%. The additive may be used in comminuted form e.g. in tin boxes or paper or plastics bags, or in the form of briquettes, pellets or porous sinter. It may contain a reducing agent such as Si, Al, FeSi, FeAl or FeSiAl.
Patent GB-677400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in anti-skid tyre tread
IPC: B60C7/00
Filed: 1950-10-20
Abstract: 677,400. Pneumatic tyres. UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. Oct. 20, 1950 [Jan. 4, 1950], No. 25577/50. Class 144 (ii). In a tyre tread 2 comprising circumferential ribs 3 spaced by grooves 4, the ribs are provided with circumferential slits 5 forming abutting narrow ribs 6, and transverse slits to break the continuity of the ribs. The slits 5 which, as shown, extend to less than half the depth of the grooves 4, may be of graded depths. Specification 449,136 is referred to.
Patent GB-1343331-A (GB)
Title: Method of growing an epitaxial layer of grou iii-v compound  semiconductor from the vapour phase
IPC: C30B25/02
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1343331 Group III-V compounds HITACHI Ltd 19 April 1971 [30 March 1970] 25590/71 Heading C1A An epitaxial layer of Group III-V semiconductors is grown by (i) passing a gaseous mixture of (a) nitrogen or a mixture thereof with a minor proportion of an inert diatomic gas having an isobaric specific heat not substantially dissimilar from that of nitrogen (b) Group V element or a gaseous compound thereof, and if (b) does not contain chlorine, (c) chlorine or a gaseous compound containing chlorine over the Group III element to produce in situ a chloride of the Group III element and thence by reaction with the Group V element or compound thereof to produce the Group III-V semi-conductor, (ii) carrying the resulting Group III-V semiconductor in the component (a) gas into contact with a silicon or germanium or Group III-V semi-conductor substrates and (iii) growing an epitaxial layer of the Group III-V semi-conductor formed in (i) on the substrate. The Group III element is gallium or indium and the Group V element phosphorus, arsenic or antimony. In Example 1, AsCl 3  and N 2  are passed over Ga, the resulting gaseous mixture reacting a GaAs substrate. In Example 2, HClAsH 3 , PH 3 , N 3  together with a minute amount of H 2 S are passed over the Ga. The vapour may also contain Zn. In Example 3, HCl, SbH 3 , AsH 3 , N 2  together with a minute amount of TeH 2  and passed over In, the resulting gaseous mixture reaching an InAs substrate.
Patent GB-1530859-A (GB)
Title: Continuous heat-treatment of steel strip
IPC: C21D9/573
Filed: 1977-06-20
Abstract: 1530859 Heat-treating steel strip CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUESCENTRUM VOOR RESEARCH IN DE METALLURGIE 20 June 1977 [23 June 1976]. 25617/77 Heading C7N Cold-rolled steel strip is heat-treated in a continuous process involving heating above the recrystallization temperature then rapid cooling in an aqueous solution containing an organic substance with less than 10 C atoms, e.g. formic, acetic, citric, oxalic or ascorbic acid. Hydrazine and a surfactant may also be added.
Patent GB-399309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in appliances for waxing or polishing floors
IPC: A47L13/30
Filed: 1932-09-15
Abstract: 399,309. Waxing and polishing floors. COURT, E. W. W., 1, Lower Loveday Street, Birmingham. Sept. 15, 1932, No. 25645. [Class 19.] A metal plate 1 formed with a chamber 2 for wax or polish is secured to a wooden board 9 provided with bristles 12 partly surrounding a pad 11 of leather or other material. The plate, board, and pad are slotted to permit the passage of wax or polish from the chamber 2 to the floor, on pressure being exerted by a plunger 6. The chamber 2 instead of being carried by a plate such as the plate 1 may be provided with a flange or one or more lugs for attachment to the board 9. According to the Provisional Specification, the base of the board 9 may be covered by an apertured felt pad, means being provided for detachably securing a cloth over the pad.
Patent GB-338901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to street railway tracks
IPC: E01B1/00
Filed: 1929-08-23
Abstract: 338,901. Lavan, T. J. Aug. 23, 1929. Foundations; rammers.-Relates to means for compacting concrete beneath the bearing plates 13 of street railway tracks, and consists in subjecting the concrete on each side of each track rail 12 to opposed mechanical pressure which is applied over a large area and directed inwardly towards and under the rail in a substantially horizontal direction by means of fluid pressure. The rails 12 are supported on the plates 13 which are connected by ties 15 so as to form a series of rectangular structures. Pressure is applied to the concrete by means of pairs of pistons 29 operating in cylinders 26 carried by a vehicle 17 having wheels 20 adapted to run on the rails 12. The cylinders 26 are mounted on plates 25 depending from a pair of channel members 23 dis-' posed at the front end of the vehicle. The pistons are operated in unison so as to cause the piston heads 30 to compress the concrete 16 by means of a control valve 31 connected with a source of compressed air and having connections 33, 34 leading to the front and rear ends respectively of the cylinders 26. The angle and movement of the heads 30 are arranged so that the latter will intercept and carry forward an amount of concrete sufficient to fill with compacted concrete the space between the plates 13 and underbed 11.
Patent GB-658391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in drill or seeding ploughs
IPC: A01C7/08
Filed: 1949-10-06
Abstract: 658,391. Agricultural implements. AXE,E. C. (Gorelik, P.). Oct. 6, 1949, No. 25714. [Class 6(i)] A ploughing and seed - sowing appliance comprises a main frame pivotally mounted behind a trailing limber 4 on a pair of land wheels 19. 20 relatively to which it may be adjusted about the pivotal mounting, and the frame includes several longitudinal beams 8, 9, 10, 11 each provided with a share 18 and disc tool 24, the frame being also fitted rearwardly with a tail-wheel 37 and a row of tines 30, and forwardly with a hopper 40 for sowing seed in advance of the shares and tines. The axles of the wheels 19, 20 are cranked and are lowered by levers 52, 53 to raise the main frame. The beams are progressively longer across the width of the frame and are joined together by a diagonal brace 16. Further braces, such as 32, secure the shaft 31 carrying the tines 30. Rotary agitators 45 within the hopper are driven by chain and sprocket 47 from 'one of the land wheels to expel the seeds through holes in the hopper base closable by a shutter 42, 43. The tines 30 are adjustable by a lever 54.
Patent GB-979566-A (GB)
Title: O-alkyl-nitrosimmonium salts and process for their production
Inventor: HUENIG SIEGFRIED
IPC: C07D295/28
Filed: 1963-06-28
Abstract: The invention comprises O-alkylnitrosimmonium salts of the formula <FORM:0979566/C1/1> wherein R1 represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical, R2 represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical, or R1 and R2 jointly complete a five- or six-membered ring, R3 represents an alkyl radical and y\sK denotes the radical of a strong mineral-acid.  The above compounds, are prepared by reacting introsamines of the formula <FORM:0979566/C1/2> with strong alkylating agents which function to introduce the R3 radical and the y\sK anion components into the O-alkylnitrosimmonium formula.  Suitable strong alkylating agents are alkyl iodides in presence of silver fluoborate or silver perchlorate and trialkyloxonium fluoborates and perchlorates. The R1 and R2 radicals may contain chlorine substituents.ALSO:O-Alkylnitrosimmonium salts of the formula: <FORM:0979566/C3/1> wherein R1 represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical, R2 represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical, or R1 and R2 jointly complete a five- or six-membered ring, R3 represents an alkyl radical and y\sKY denotes the radical of a strong mineral acid, are used to expand plastics such as epoxy resins in the presence of bases such as piperidine, triethylamine, cyclohexylamine, n-butylamine and aqueous alkali hydroxides.
Patent GB-392048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in adjustable foot arch supports
IPC: A43B7/14
Filed: 1932-09-16
Abstract: 392,048. Foot-arch supports. HOWELL, J. C., 340, Main Street, Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.A. Sept. 16, 1932, No. 25833. [Class 81 (ii).] A foot-arch support comprises an arched plate arranged on the inside of the shoe and provided with a relatively narrow extension at its forward end, and means secured to the sole of the shoe for supporting the extension. A spring metal plate 10 is shaped to the foot arch and has a raised lip 13. The forward end has a semi-circular extension under the ball of the foot which is formed with straight or curved slots 14, 15, which may terminate at holes 16. The plate 10 is secured to the insole adjacent each side edge 11, 12 by adjustable means such as described in Specification 392,275, comprising a threaded tubular member 18 sliding in a sleeve 19 and adjustable from outside the shoe by a screw 20. A similar adjusting means supports the forward end of the plate and comprises a flanged tubular member 29 with sleeve 30 and screw 35. The flange 28 supports an oval plate 27 which is positioned by the engagement of any one of a series of holes 32 therein with a stud 33 centrally of the flange, and then secured by rivets. A leather covering 34 is arranged between the plate 27 and the forward extension of the plate 10. In a modified construction, the forward extension of the plate 10 and the plate 27 have'the shapes described in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-258388-A (GB)
Abstract: 258,388. Owen, B. J. July 22, 1925. Air-heating furnaces.-Internally - heated pipes or tubes over which the air is passed are provided with external angularly-adjustable baffle plates disposed around and mounted on the periphery of each pipe to regulate. the direction of flow of the air over the pipes. As shown applied to a square heating-pipe a<1> the baffles b<1> are arranged transvervsely and pivoted to the pipe at c<1>, the series of baffles along each side of the pipe being simultaneously adjusted by rods d<1>. In a modification applied to a circular pipe the baffles are arranged longitudinally of the pipe and positioned equidistantly around the periphery, the baffles of several adjoining pipes being adjusted simultaneously. Deflecting vanes may be arranged inside the pipes, which may be lined with fire-brick and provided with external corrugations or ribs.
Patent GB-535616-A (GB)
Title: A cover for grease nipples and the like
IPC: F16N21/06
Filed: 1939-09-15
Abstract: 535,616. Grease nipple covers. NEWTON, N. B., and NADEN, J. H. Sept. 15, 1939, No. 25877. [Class 125 (iii)] [Also in Group XXXIV] A cover for a grease nipple, lubricator or the like comprises a flexible strip 2 of synthetic rubber or other material unaffected by grease provided at one end with a hole to enable it to be secured beneath the base 9 or on the neck 8 of the nipple and at the other end formed with a cylindrical stud-like part 1 having an internal cavity 3 partly closed by a tapering flange 4 to enable it to be snapped over the bulbous head 7 of the nipple. The part 1 may be provided with a ventilating hole 12 and be ribbed or grooved on its external surface. In a modification a cylindrical sheet metal pressing 13 is provided with inturned tongues 14 to grip the nipple and with claws 15 to secure the pressing to the flexible strip 2.
Patent GB-1460382-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing petroleum resins
IPC: C08F2/00
Filed: 1974-06-11
Abstract: 1460382 Petroleum resins NIPPON ZEON CO Ltd 11 June 1974 [25 June 1973] 25885/74 Heading C3P Petroleum resins are prepared by providing (1) a first feed comprising at least one C 4-5  conjugated diolefin and 20 to 80 weight per cent of at least one C 4-10  copolymerizable monoolefin and (2) a second feed comprising at least one conjugated diolefin and optionally one or more monoolefins in proportion less than that in the first feed, the monoolefins constituting 5 to 65 weight per cent of the total monomers, polymerizing the first feed and subsequently polymerizing the second feed in the presence of the reaction product of the first polymerization, the polymerizations being carried out in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst. The polymerization may be effected in solution, e.g. in hydrocarbon and halogenated hydrocarbon solvents. The resins may be blended with ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers to form hot melt adhesives. Examples describe the polymerization in benzene/toluene mixtures in the presence of aluminium chloride of feed streams comprising (1) piperylene/cyclopentene/ diisobutylene and isoprene, (2) isoprene/α- methyl styrene and isoprene, and (3-6) piperylene / cyclopentene / diisobutylene and piperylene/cyclopentene; and the blending of the products with ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers and paraffin wax.
Patent GB-367870-A (GB)
Title: Improved form of free-wheel mechanism for automobile use and for like purposes
IPC: F16D43/24
Filed: 1930-08-29
Abstract: 367,870. Free-wheel clutches. MORLEY, D. W., 10, Felix Villas, and WELLER, F. C., University, both in Hong Kong. Aug. 29, 1930, No. 25889. [Class 80 (ii).] Free-wheel mechanism for motor vehicles &c., wherein the inertia of one or more floating members is utilized to couple a driving and a driven member by a wedging action on sudden acceleration or retardation of the driving or driven member, comprises a cam member B on one of the members, such as the driving shaft A, and inertia members such as rollers C adapted to wedge between the cam and an annular member E, which may be the driven member. The rollers C are mounted in a floating cage D, and one or more springs F tend to bias the cage D, e.g. in an anticlockwise direction. In driving a car, gradual release of the accelerator pedal produces a free-wheel action, while a sudden release re-locks the mechanism and allows the road wheels to drive the engine. In a modification, the rollers C are replaced by wedge members loosely mounted on a ring such as D, a series of mutually-contacting rollers being interposed between each wedge and the corresponding cam surfaces such as G, H.
Patent GB-408518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tanks for heating water in central heating plants and the like
IPC: F24D3/08
Filed: 1933-09-20
Abstract: 408,518. Heating water. ANDERSEN, O. C., 1, Titangade, Copenhagen. Sept. 20, 1933, No. 25957. [Class 64 (i).] In heating water for central heating plants and the like by circulation of a heating medium within or around the tank 1 in indirect contact with water therein, a heating chamber 4 is provided entirely or partly within the tank 1 and contains one or several pipes 7 surrounded by the heating medium and through which cold water runs before admission to the tank. The tank 1 preferably has a heating jacket 2, and the tank 4 may extend to the further wall 14 of the tank. Cold water enters the pipe 7 at 8 and passes at 9 into the tank 1 and is withdrawn at 10. Hot water or steam from a boiler passes through pipes 11 into the chamber 4 and jacket 2 and is returned to the boiler by pipes 12, 13.
Patent GB-932548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to liquid-discharge apparatus
IPC: B67D1/00
Filed: 1960-07-26
Abstract: 932,548. Supply fittings. A. F. WIGLEY. July 26, 1960, No. 25972/60. Class 26. In liquid-discharge apparatus wherein two uncontacting liquids from different sources are led to a common discharge mouth from which a supply of either liquid, or of both liquids, can be obtained, and comprising a body 1 and two outlet ducts 10, 11, interconnecting the body 1 and mouth 12, the ducts 10, 11 are swivelable about a common axis relative to the body and are releasably fixed in chosen angular settings about the axis by retaining means. The ducts 10, 11 are of circular cross-section and are formed by providing a partition extending longitudinally of a single tube or duct and the mouth has an anti-splash fitting 12. The ends 8, 9 of the ducts 10, 11 are secured in bores in a conically - tapered plug 5 which is in sealing relationship with a corresponding seating in a body 1 with inlet pipes 2, 3 from the liquid sources. The retaining means is a hollow screw threaded nut 6 which is arranged for turning around an outlet duct 10, (co-operating with a cup nut 18), to tighten or loosen the plug 5 in the seating. A sealing ring 17 between the nut 18, the duct 10, and the nut 6 is compressed by turning the nut 18, then enclosed by a cover 19.
Patent GB-1035044-A (GB)
Title: Disc brake
Inventor: SCHILLING HUGH KEHNE
IPC: F16D55/24
Filed: 1963-07-01
Abstract: 1,035,044. Disc brakes. HORTON MANUFACTURING CO. Ltd. July 1, 1963, No. 26075/63. Heading F2E.  A brake comprises a disc 18 connected to shaft 12, a cylinder body 32 mounted on the shaft by bearings 24 and having an annular recess 40 forming a cylinder, and an annular piston 46 slidably mounted in the cylinder and provided with a friction lining 70 which is engageable with the disc to stop the shaft when fluid pressure e.g. air is admitted into the cylinder. Return springs 43 are provided between the heads of bolts 52 screwed into the cylinder body 32 and the piston 46. The cylinder is formed with a number of bolt holes whereby the brake may be secured on a machine frame and a slot 74 is formed therein for accommodating a torque arm to prevent the brake from rotating. Radially extending cooling fins 20 are provided on the disc 18.
Patent GB-1412087-A (GB)
Title: Evaporators and crystallizers
IPC: B01D1/26
Filed: 1973-05-31
Abstract: 1412087 Crystalliser/evaporator STANDARD - MESSO DUISBURG GES FUR CHEMIETECHNIK mbH & CO 31 May 1973 [20 Jan 1973] 26075/73 Heading B1B In multistage crystalliser/evaporator 1, each stage is a geometrical sector defined by radial partitions and has a heat exchanger 5 through which additional solution can be added to that stage through 16, the vapour from initial stage 6 passing via passage 4 to the heat exchanger of the next stage 7, etc, the condensed vapour being collected, vapour from the final stage 9 passing to spray condenser 10, and the passages 4 being arranged about condenser 10, and being formed e.g. by helically arranged plates in tube 4. Crystals formed can be drawn off from tubes 18. Thus salt can be crystallised from brine and spent cellulose liquors can be boiled down.
Patent GB-995849-A (GB)
Title: Oxymethylene polymer filamentary material
IPC: D01F6/66
Filed: 1961-07-19
Abstract: A liquid comprising an oxymethylene polymer containing 25 to 0.5 mole per cent of oxyalkylene units having adjacent carbon atoms is extruded through a spinning orifice and the extended material solidified.  Preferred polymers are those of trioxane with ethylene oxide, 1,3-dioxolane, 1,3,5-trioxepane, 1-3-dioxane, trimethylene oxide, pentamethylene oxide, 1-2-propylene oxide, 1-2-butylene oxide, neopentyl formal, pentaerythritol diformal, paraldehyde, tetrahydrofurane, and butadiene monoxide. A thermal stabilizer, e.g. a bis-phenol anti-oxidant and a scission inhibitor which is a monomeric or polymeric compound containing a trivalent nitrogen may also be present.  The filamentary material may be heated and stretched.  Specifications 995,848 and 986,925 are referred to.