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Patent GB-999690-A (GB)
Title: Structural members for the support of boards and the like
IPC: E04B9/06
Filed: 1962-04-19
Abstract: 999,690. Walls and ceilings; structural tubes. H. HANEKAMP. April 19, 1962, No. 15402/62. Headings E1K and E1V. A metal structural member of the cross section shown has indentations 3 in the bottom wall 1 through which screws 4, passing through plaster or insulating boards 2, are screwed. The walls 6 are continued upwardly as strips 7 secured together by screws or the like (not shown) passing through slots in the strips. In alternative forms of the structural member the walls 5 and 6 are curved and merge at a sharp curvature instead of an angle and the walls 5 are at an acute angle to the bottom wall, leaving sufficient clearance for the screws. Adjacent members are joined by a coupling member 10.
Patent GB-381519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to railway rail joints and process of producing same
IPC: E01B11/50
Filed: 1932-05-31
Abstract: 381,519. Railway &c. rail joints. KATONA, L., 18, I Bors Utca, Budapest. May 31, 1932, No. 15409. [Class 104 (ii).] A rail joint comprises a strap 3 mounted on the adjacent ends of the rails while hot, the bent-over portions being welded at 4 to the top surface of the rail flange. The heads of the rails may be welded at 5. The strap may be ribbed on the underside and may be of reduced cross-sectional area towards the ends. It may have the form shown in Fig. 7 for a pair of adjacent rails. If the rails to be joined are of different height, the web of one may be cut and the flange bent to a suitable level.
Patent GB-404534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in printing machine
IPC: B41K3/54
Filed: 1932-09-22
Abstract: 404,534. Platen printing-machines; printing-surfaces. MILLIE PATENT HOLDING CO., Inc., 288, Southern Boulevard, New York, U.S.A. Sept. 22, 1932, No. 15513/33. Convention date, Sept. 23, 1931. Addition to 404,408. [Class 100 (ii).] A platen machine for printing on bands or tapes, more especially on such as arc to be cut into tags after being printed on one or both sides, is constructed with a fixed platen and an oscillating substantially cylindrical type head 8, carried by oscillating arms 6 which are operated by connecting-rods 10 and crank pins on a shaft 5 driven by gearing from the main power shaft 2. The type head 8 is fitted with printing-plates 30 secured in position by clamps 32 adjustable by screws 33 which act against the pressure of springs 34, and guiding-pins 35 engaging grooves at the top of the clamps are provided. The type is inked by rollers 13 mounted in spring-pressed arms 27 carried by a frame 14 which is moved around the head 8 by means of a chain 16 driven from the shaft 5 and passing over a sprocket concentric to the axis of the arms 6. The rollers 13 receive ink from duct rollers 49 supplied with ink from wells 26 formed of pivoted members with feeding edges 58<1> adjustable by means of screws 62 fitted with lock-nuts 63. The side walls 59 of the wells are fitted with shoulders 60 engaged by set-screws 61 which also help control the feed of ink. The duct rollers 49 are intermittently rotated by ratchets 45 and pawls 50 on spring-controlled oscillating levers 46 mounted concentrically to the rollers 49 and operated by engagement with stationary rollers 51 on fixed arms 52 as the head 8 is raised. The rollers 13 pass over a distributing plate 25 which is reciprocated longitudinally by means of pins 37 on a rod 36 receiving an intermittent reciprocating motion from a crank operated by a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism as the head 8 reciprocates. Specifications 404,408 and 404,535 are referred to.
Patent GB-571490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the lubricating of textiles
Filed: 1943-09-22
Abstract: A lubricating composition suitable for yarns, filaments and the like which consist of or contain organic derivatives of cellulose, comprises mineral oil, a softening agent for the cellulose derivative, an alkylated phenol, a higher fatty acid and an alkylolamine.  The alkylated phenol may be wholly or in part replaced by an acylated ester of ricinoleic acid such as butylacetyl ricinoleate or an acylated vegetable oil such as the formyl, acetyl, propionyl or butyryl esters of a vegetable oil, particularly acetylated castor oil, while the alkylolamine may be in part replaced by a non-hydroxylated amine of similar boiling point and vapour pressure such as triamylamine or butyl diamylamine.  The softening agent is a sulphated alcohol or a sulphonated or oxidized vegetable oil such as sulphonated olive oil or oxidized peanut, sperm, olive or teaseed oil, while the alkylated phenol may be diamyl phenol or the dibutyl or diamyl derivatives of cresols, xylenols or monochlorophenols.  The higher fatty acid and the alkylolamine, for instance, oleic acid and triethanolamine, may be present in equivalent proportions.  If desired, a small amount of a higher alcohol, for example oleyl alcohol, may be added as a blending agent. Examples are given of lubricating compositions containing white mineral oil, oxidized peanut oil, oleic acid, triethanolamine, one or both of 2.4-di-tertiaryamyl phenol and n-butyl acetyl ricinoleate and in some instances one or more of acetylated castor oil, octadecenyl amine and the diethanolamide of coconut oil fatty acids.  Details are given of (a) materials consisting of or containing organic derivatives of cellulose which may be treated; (b) the lubrication process itself; and (c) various after-treatments to which the materials may be subjected.  Specification 346,678 is referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 refers to glycerol acetyl ricinoleate as an acylated ester of ricinoleic acid and to acetylated olive and peanut oils as acylated vegetable oils. It also contains two additional examples of lubricating compositions comprising oxidized peanut oil, diamyl phenol, butyl acetyl ricinoleate or acetylated castor oil and a Twitchell oil made up of mineral oil, sulphonated oil, vegetable oils and soap. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-110758-A (GB)
Title: Process for Soldering Aluminium.
IPC: B23K35/26
Filed: 1917-10-27
Abstract: 110,758. Soc. E. H. Moll et Cie. Oct. 27, 1916, [Convention date]. Alloys.-A solder for aluminium is prepared by melting in a crucible 55-50 parts of tin and 45-50 of zinc and adding to the mixture, when fused, 2.5 per cent of stearine, after which the solder is cast into sticks. If a still more malleable solder is required, a mixture of 20 parts of tin, 1.65 parts of fine silver, and 1.35 of yellow brass may be added.
Patent GB-256367-A (GB)
Title: Air filter and silencer for the carburetters of internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M35/14
Filed: 1925-06-18
Abstract: 256,367. Turner Bros. Asbestos Co., Ltd., and Turner, R. H. June 18, 1925. Spray carburettors. - A combined air filter and silencer consists of a light sheet metal structure which in section is of Maltese cross formation and is formed of five truncated pyramids a soldered or otherwise secured together to produce an approximately cubical structure, the fifth pyramid being at the top. The small ends are directed inwardly to a central chamber the outlet e from which is connected directly or indirectly to the carburettor air intake. The base of each pyramid has a flange a<1> which supports a filtering medium consisting for example of alternate layers of asbestos or other cellular cloth b<1> and wire gauze b held by rivets in sheet metal frames c with outside flanges c<1>. The four side frames are secured by U-shaped pieces of wire c<3>, Fig. 2, engaging doubled strips of metal c<2> and the top frame by a pin c<6>, Fig. 1, passing through metal loops c', c<5> on the top frame and two adjacent side frames respectively. Within each pyramid a baffling pyramid d, louvres or the like are secured, and such pyramids may be grooved helically. The whole structure may be supported by looped wires g and an air strangler or valve may be employed.
Patent GB-884761-A (GB)
Title: Synthesis of ª+-substituted caproic acids
IPC: C07C51/285
Filed: 1958-05-16
Abstract: 884,761. #-substituted caproic acids. MONTECATINI SOC. GENERALE PER L'INDUSTRIA MINERARIA E CHIMICA. May 16, 1958 [May 17, 1957], No. 15806/58. Class 2 (3). #-halocaproic acids of formula where X is Cl, Br or I are prepared by reacting a peroxide obtainable by reacting cyclohexanone with hydrogen peroxide with a hydrohalic acid or a halide of an alkali or an alkaline earth metal in the presence of a catalyst comprising a cuprous or ferrous compound or iron powder and in the absence of an oxidising agent. Some caproic acid may be formed. Temperatures of -20‹C. to +50‹C. are specified. The reaction may be carried out in a single phase using a suitable solvent, but is preferably effected in two phases, one comprising the peroxide and the reaction products and the other an aqueous solution of the catalyst and hydrohalic acid or metal halide. The product may be isolated by separating the oily phase and adding strong alkali. The #-halocaproic acids may be converted to #-aminocaproic acid by ammonia treatment or to #-cyanocaproic acid with potassium cyanide.
Patent GB-571444-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for making pile fabrics
IPC: D03D39/02
Filed: 1943-09-27
Abstract: 571,444. Pile fabrics. VICTOR, V. A. Sept. 27, 1943, No. 15810. [Class 142 (iv)] Pile-forming material is fed by endless belts 23, 24 to a cutting device 31, the cut tufts are gripped by jaws 56, 57 and are swung with the jaws to a position spaced from an intermittentlyfed fabric 17 having a cementitions coating, and are lowered in substantially vertical position so as to embed the lower ends of the tufts into the coating. The fabric 17 is drawn through the machine by a card-wheel and passes over a block 100 so shaped that at the point of application of the tufts the direction of the fabric changes abruptly so that more room is provided for the tuft about to be inserted. The final downward movement of the tufts is timed to occur when the fabric is stationary. The jaws 56, 57 are carried by arms 58 pivoted about a rocker arm shaft 59 and are closed to grip a tuft by a screw 90 mounted upon the cutter 31. A lever 78 actuated by a solenoid switch 76 is provided for opening the jaws when the tuft has been applied to the fabric 17. The pile fabric passes from the card-wheel to an oven or other heating apparatus in which the solvent of the cementitious material is evaporated, and from thence may pass to a vulcanizing apparatus. Finally, the pile fabric may be combed and brushed. The pile material may be wool, alpaca, cashmere, hemp, cotton, linen or silk or any artificial fibre such as viscose rayon or spun glass. The cementitious material may be a solution or dispersion of rubber, synthetic rubber, a synthetic resin or a cellulose derivative.
Patent GB-1092012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in thrust reversers for jet propelled aircraft
IPC: B64C25/42
Filed: 1966-04-12
Abstract: 1,092,012. Deflecting propulsive jets. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. April 12, 1966 [June 30, 19651, No. 15829/66. Heading B7G [Also in Division F1] In an aircraft propelled by a jet engine 14, e.g. a ducted fan engine (see Division F1) having a cylindrical casing 20 defining with a coaxial central body 21 an annular motive fluid passageway 24, a flexible panel 75, normally stored within a fairing 65 forming a smooth continuation of the central body 21, is released into the fluid issuing from the passageway 24 to thereby produce reverse thrust. The flexible panel 75 is secured at its inner end to an outer wall 51 and is supported in the reverse thrust position by a plurality of lines 82 extending from a ring 77 slidable on an inner wall 54 disposed within and secured to the outer wall 51. To withdraw the flexible panel 75 for storage in the annular space between the fairing 65 and the outer wall 51, a threaded shaft 66 is rotated to cause retraction of a threaded member 69. The member 69 carries a sleeve 70 connected to the fairing 65 and a ring 76 connected to the ring 77 by lines 79 passing over fixed pulleys 81. The material forming the flexible panel 75 may be fibre-glass or woven metal cloth or high temperature plastics.
Patent GB-574875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to sparking plug electrodes
IPC: H01T13/39
Filed: 1942-11-09
Abstract: 574,875. Alloys. PFEIL, L. B. Nov. 9, 1942, Nos. 15839/42 and 9028/43. [Class. 82 (i)] A sparking-plug electrode is made of an alloy of platinum with 1-40 per cent of palladium, with or without up to 10 per cent of tungsten or ruthenium, or both, and with or without up to a total of 10 per cent of other elements which may include molybdenum, nickel and tin. For example, a platinum alloy containing 4-10 per cent of palladium may contain either 0.5-5 or 3-8 per cent of tungsten, or 0.5-6 or 4-10 per cent of ruthenium. Specification 556,253 is referred to.
Patent GB-108966-A (GB)
Title: Improved Liquid Fuel Vaporiser.
Inventor: HARTNELL GERALD THEODORE
IPC: F02M69/00
Filed: 1916-11-07
Abstract: 108,966. Hartnell, G. T. Nov. 7, 1916. Spray carburettors. - Paraffin or other heavy fuel is sprayed by compressed air, the mixture being heated electrically at starting and by exhaust gases during normal running. An air-compressor formed in one with the carburettor comprises two pistons attached to a rod 23 which is reciprocated through a chain-wheel 24, crank-shaft 25, and link 26. The compressed air passes by way of conduits 1, 2 to the central passage 3 of the sprayer, fuel being supplied from a pipe 8 to the annular space 4 of the sprayer. The passages 3, 4 are normally closed by a spring-loaded conical valve 5, which is lifted by the air pressure to produce an inverted cone of spray, which impinges against the choke-tube 9 heated at starting by electric current through an oxidised nickel-chrome wire 10. Normally, the heating is effected by exhaust gases entering at 14 and escaping at 22. The throttle valve 21 and air valve 17 are interconnected. Additional air is admitted by an automatic valve 18.
Patent GB-441526-A (GB)
Title: An improved permanent magnet system, more particularly for electricity meters
IPC: E05F3/06
Filed: 1935-05-31
Abstract: 441,526. Eddy - current brakes. SIEMENS - SCHUCKERTWERKE AKT.- GES., Siemensstadt, Berlin. May 31, 1935, Nos. 15914, 15915, and 15916. Convention dates, May 31, 1934, Jan. 24, 1935, and Feb. 4, 1935. [Class 103 (i)] [See also Groups XXXVI and XXXV] A permanent magnet system, especially a brake magnet system for electricity meters, comprises a U-shaped permanent magnet soldered or welded to a narrow side edge of the end of one limb of an iron loop which extends along or parallel to the magnetically neutral zone of the magnet, the other limb forming a magnetic return path or carrying a counter magnet located opposite the poles of the U-shaped magnet. As shown in Fig. 1, the magnet system comprises two permanent magnets 2, 3 on opposite sides of the braking disc 5. A U-shape soft-iron member 1 is soldered or welded to the magnets 2; 3 along their neutral magnetic zones 4. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a single permanent magnet 8 has soldered or welded to its neutral zone a soft-iron member 6, the end portion 9 of which is situated opposte the poles of the magnet 8 so as to complete its magnetic circuit. In a further modification, shown in elevation in Fig. 3 and in plan in Fig. 4, two permanent magnets 1 and connected by a pair of U-shaped members 4, 5, the ends 8 of which are bent at right-angles and soldered or welded by their narrow edges 9 to ribs 2 provided along the neutral magnetic zones of the magnets 1. The members 4, 5 are spot welded to one another at 7 and are then bent apart as shown. Lugs 6 on the members 4, 5 are welded to a supporting plate 10 by which the magnet system may be mounted. An extension 12 of the member 4 is bent into U-shape and is provided with screw-threaded holes to receive an adjusting screw 13 which carries an iron cone 11 for adjusting the braking force. The profile of this is complementary to the outer end of a pole of the magnet 1. A similar adjusting iron may be provided for the opposite pole of the magnet or for one or both poles of the second magnet. The poles of the permanent magnet may be arranged at different radial distances from the axis of the brake disc so that one pole will have a stronger braking effect than the other. The adjusting devices for these poles will have correspondingly different effects.
Patent GB-545217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hydraulic motors and pumps
IPC: F01B1/06
Filed: 1941-01-05
Abstract: 545,217. Hydraulic pumps and motors. AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC APPLIANCES, Ltd., and WYLIE, H. N. Jan. 5, 1941, No. 16104/40. [Class 102 (i)] [Also in Group XXIX] In a revolving radial cylinder hydraulic pump or motor in which each plunger 12 bears on a transverse axle 22 carrying a pair of pads or wheels 29 which co-operate with an eccentric track 10, each axle rests in a slot 21 in the plunger and has a circumferential width which is less than its depth and substantially the same as the width of the slot. The bottom of the axle or the slot may be curved, or formed with a central protuberance, to permit the axle to rock transversely sufficiently to equalise the load on the two wheels. The cylinders 5 are cut away at each side, as at 27, to clear the ends of the axles, and the wheels 29 may be journalled on the axles by ball, roller, or plain bearings 28. The ,axle and plunger may be separated by a tube which is a force fit in one of them and a rocking fit in the other, and pressure oil from the cylinder 5 passes through the tube 34, ducts 32, 30, 36 and depressions 37 in the axle, to lubricate the pressure faces of each bearing 28. The depressions 37 each have an area slightly less than half the end area of the plunger.
Patent GB-724226-A (GB)
Title: Support for drum snares
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 1952-06-26
Abstract: 724,226. Musical drums. CARROLL, E. E. Sept. 28, 1953 [June 26, 1952], No. 16115/52. Class 88 (2). Snares S are held against the head of a drum by rubber or like pads E secured to a frame F. The pressure on the snares may be adjusted by means of screws G, and the frame F may consist of two sections A and B joined by resilient rubber pieces C so that its length is adjustable.
Patent GB-742741-A (GB)
Title: A lagging iron for use in mines
IPC: E21D17/086
Filed: 1953-06-12
Abstract: 742,741. Mine supports. USINES ET ACIERIES LEONARD-GIOT SOC. ANON. June 12, 1953 [July 23, 1952], No. 16238/53. Class 20(2). Lagging irons engage each other by hooks 2 at the ends each iron having a hook at each end oppositely disposed and the hooks are locked together to support one iron cantilever fashion from the other. The hooks are S-shaped and when engaged, the end of the hook of one iron pushes a pin along inclined slots 3 in the other iron and when the hooks are fully engaged the pin drops back into the turned back end of the hook, and supports the iron cantilever fashion. The pin may be subsequently removed or retained by a nut in the slot. In Figs. 6 and 6a the hooks are retained in engagement by pins 16 on a spring stirrup 15 and fitting in registering holes 14 in the hooks 2 and jaws 13 on the ends of the irons. In a further modification recesses on the outside of the hooks are engaged by a stirrup embracing both hooks. In a further modification a spring latch in one iron engages the hook of the adjacent iron the latch being accommodated in a slot from which it can be removed when props support the iron. in still further modifications a pivoted catch engages a hook by notches or a smooth friction surface Figs. 12-15 (not shown). In a final modification the irons are connected by a sliding latch, Fig. 17 (not shown).
Patent GB-562136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in gas cooking stoves
IPC: F24C15/32
Filed: 1942-11-18
Abstract: 562,136. Cooking stoves. DARBY, H. G. Nov. 18, 1942, No. 16282. [Class 126] A gas cooking stove is provided with an oven 14 heated externally by a burner 35 from which the gases flow laterally to side flues 26 provided with inclined baffles 27 and enter a flue at the top of the oven where they flow between V- shape baffles 29 to the back flue 30 and outlet flue 31. The flues at the sides, back and top of the oven are enclosed by heat insulated walls 10, 11, 15. The bottom 36 of the oven is provided with a refractory protecting plate 37 and rings 39, 40 which increase the heating surface and cause the gases to take a sinuous course towards the side flues. Compartments 16 and 17 are provided above the oven for warming plates and grilling respectively and a compartment 32 is provided beneath the oven for storage or keeping material warm. Doors 33, 25 and 43 are provided for the various compartments and the oven. The top of the stove is provided with a cover 24 which encloses the plate 19 having apertures 20, 21 arranged above the griller burner 23 and burner 22. Openings 41 are provided at the base of the cooker for the entry of air to the burner 35 which is arranged in an opening at the top of the compartment 32. A window 44 is provided for observing the burner flame.
Patent GB-633740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cultivating machines
IPC: A01B35/08
Filed: 1947-06-20
Abstract: 633,740. Agricultural machines. BROOKES, A. E., and WATKINS, S. W. June 20, 1947, No. 16282. [Class 6(i)] In a cultivating machine of the kind comprising a plurality of laterally spaced cultivating tools 22 which are mounted upon a common transverse tool carrying member 10, the tools are supported from arms 11 which extend forwardly and downwardly from the member 10 so that the tools are pushed through the ground. A wheel 34 is adjustably mounted at the end of each arm 11, said arm being pivotally attached to a plate 14 secured to a member 10 by means of a bolt 13. The tools 22 are adjustably mounted on tool stems 20, which stems are transversely adjustable on arms 11.