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Patent GB-841953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gymnastic boom appliances
IPC: A63B4/00
Filed: 1957-05-20
Abstract: 841,953. Gymnastic apparatus. OLYMPIC GYMNASIUM CO. Ltd., and ALLEN, R. R. May 20, 1958 [May 20, 1957], No. 15988/57. Class 132(1). A gymnastic boom appliance comprises inner and outer pillars 10, 11 rigidly connected by an overhead bar 12 and having channelled guideways 14, 15 in which beams 16, 17 are slidable and securable at different levels, the inner pillow being hinged to a wall so that the appliance can be swung between an inoperative position against the wall and an operative position perpendicular thereto. The beams 16, 17 are secured at different heights by pins engaging holes 18 and are suspended from ropes 19 passing over pulleys 20 connected to counterweights 21, movable in compartments 22 of a box 23, connected to pillar 10, and hinged to the wall 24. The outer end of the boom is held in position by a bolt 26 at the lower end of pillar 11 which engages a floor socket and by ropes 27 attached by a pin 28 on the pillar whose other ends are secured to the wall by cleats. Pivoted to the lower end of the pillar 11 there is a bell crank lever 31 carrying a wheel 30 on which the weight of the boom may be taken, by turning the lever, when the boom is to be swung towards or away from the wall. During swing- ing, beam 17 should be lowered to the bottom of the boom where it is secured to form a rigid tie and a locking device may be provided to prevent wheel 30 from being moved into operative position until beam 17 is at its lowest point. The guideways 14, 15 are cut away at 41 so that the beams may be swivelled to bring their flat bases uppermost if required. Specification 779,837 is referred to.
Patent GB-492469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to light modulating devices
IPC: H04N5/66
Filed: 1937-06-10
Abstract: 492,469. Modulating light ; piezoelectric crystal mountings. SCOPHONY, Ltd., JEFFREE, J. H., and SIEGER, J. June 10, 1937, No. 16098. Drawings to Specification. [Classes 40 (iii) and 40 (v)] In a light-modulating cell comprising a liquid in which waves of supersonic frequency are generated by a piezo-electric crystal assembly, as described in Specification 439,236, the crystal closes an aperture in a metallic end wall of the cell, the end wall serving as one electrode for the crystal. The inner surface of the crystal may be in direct contact with the liquid of the cell or with a suitable intermediate layer between the liquid and the crystal. The crystal may be coated on one or both sides with a thin layer of conducting material such as aluminium or silver.
Patent GB-700969-A (GB)
Title: Electric starter and battery charger for internal combustion engines
IPC: B60R16/023
Filed: 1952-06-26
Abstract: 700,969. Electromagnetic switches. PIUMI, U. June 26, 1952, No. 16154/52. Class 38(5) [Also in Group XXXV] A 4-pole electromagnetically operated switch for connecting two batteries in series or parallel (see Group XXXV) comprises movable contacts F1, F2 connected to terminals by flexible leads T1, T2 and mounted on a carrier P which is slidable, under the action of a pot-type electromagnet R, S, on a pair of guides G projecting from the base B. In the de-energized position shown, the top part of movable contacts K1, K2 engage fixed contacts F1, F2 under the pressure of a return spring M. When coil N is energized, the carrier is pressed down against the spring to engage the larger contacts Cl, C2.
Patent GB-1424508-A (GB)
Title: Tobacco feeding apparatus
IPC: A24C5/32
Filed: 1974-04-11
Abstract: 1424508 Endless conveyers LOEWS THEATRES Inc 11 April 1974 [12 April 1973] 16191/74 Heading B8A Cut tobacco is fed to a bank of suction tubes 30 by an endless belt 12 carrying pins 14 and excess tobacco is pushed by the pins 14 along a plate 32 substantially co-extensive with, and uniformly spaced from, the return run of the belt. The ends of the plate 32 carry arcuate portions 36, 38 flared at 40, 42. A doffer 26 comprising pins 28 is rotated to level the tobacco carried to the tubes 30. A delivery belt 10 forms the bottom of a hopper and carries tobacco to the belt 12, the belt 10 being advanced when a photocell indicates that the supply of tobacco lying between the belts 10, 12 has diminished.
Patent GB-886326-A (GB)
Title: Improved multiple speed power transmission mechanism
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1959-05-12
Abstract: 886,326. Change-speed control. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. (Ford Motor Co). May 12, 1959, No. 16195/59. Class 80 (2). [Also in Group XXXI] A change-speed gear providing ten forward ratios, two reverse ratios, neutral and park, comprises four planetary gear trains 14, 16, 18, 20, controlled by hydraulically-actuated brakes and clutches. The hydraulic control system is the same as that described in Specification 886,327. The epicyclic train 14 has its planet carrier 70 splined to an input shaft 10 and connected through a one-way clutch 74 to a sun 72 which is stationable by a band-brake 86. A ring gear 82 of the train 14 is fast with a sun 88 of the train 16 which has a planet carrier 90 fast with an intermediate shaft 92 and a ring gear 94 fast with a sun 116 of the train 18. The ring and sun gears 94, 116 are stationable by a brake 106. The train 16 can be locked solid by a clutch 96 between the planet carrier 90 and the ring gear 94. The intermediate shaft 92 is clutchable through a clutch 126 to a planet carrier 128 of the train 18, the planet carrier 128 being stationable by a brake 136. A ring gear 138 of the train 18 is fast with a sun 144 of the train 20, the intermediate shaft 92 is clutchable through a clutch 146 to the sun 144, and a planet carrier 160 of the train 20 is fast with an output shaft 12 and a ring gear 156 is fast with a stationary housing 32. The trains 16, 18 provide five forward and one reverse ratio. The train 14 provides an optional overdrive for each ratio while the train 20 provides a fixed reduction on all ratios. A power take-off shaft 22 is clutchable to the output shaft 12 by a clutch 226 to drive the power take-off at speeds proportional to ground speed, and a two-speed constant-mesh gear 62, 184, 64, 186 is clutchable by a fluid-pressureoperated clutch 28 to drive the power take-off at speeds proportional to the engine speed. Movement of a clutch member 60 to the left or right of the neutral position shown causes one or other of the gear trains 62, 184 or 64, 186 to become operative for driving the power take-off at one of two speeds from the shaft 10. The member 60 is moved by a fork 254, Fig. 3, carried by an axially-slidable shaft 248 having three recesses engaged by a spring-loaded ball 258 and a recess for engagement by an operating lever 246, Fig. 4, connected by a shaft 242 to a manually-operable lever 240. A spring 260 normally urges the lever 246 out of engagement with the shaft 248 and towards engagement with fork 230 for operating the clutch 226. A gate 276 permits the fork 230, which is provided with a two-position detent mechanism, to be engaged only when the clutch 60 is in its neutral position.
Patent GB-1151861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Fixing of Wall Claddings to Building Structures.
Inventor: FINDLAY GEORGE KENDRICK
IPC: F16B5/02
Filed: 1965-04-15
Abstract: 1,151,861. Grommets; resilient bushes. G. K. FINDLAY. 9 June, 1966 [15 April, 1965], No. 16212/65. Headings F2H and F2S. A grommet used to resiliently mount a building panel on a structure, comprises a synthetic plastics sleeve 7, having a flange 8, lined with a steel tube 11 having a flange 12. In use, the tube 11 limits the amount by which the sleeve 7 can be compressed by a securing screw 3.
Patent GB-1188605-A (GB)
Title: Process for Preparing Water-Soluble Dyestuffs of the Diphenylindoylmethane Series
IPC: C09B11/26
Filed: 1968-04-04
Abstract: 1,188,605. Diarylindolylmethane dyestuffs. FARBWERKE HOECHST A.G. 4 April, 1968 [5 April, 1967], No. 16266/68. Heading C4P. Water-soluble dyestuffs of the general formula wherein R 1  is C 1 -C 4  alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy or OH, R 2  and R 3  are H or a sulphonic acid group but are not the same, R 4  is C 1 -C 4  alkyl and X(-) is an anion are prepared in a single reaction vessel by (a) reacting p-chlorobenzotrichloride with chlorobenzene in presence of aluminium chloride, boron trifluoride, iron trichloride or another Friedel-Crafts catalyst at - 20‹ to + 10‹ C. to form as a main product 4,4<SP>1</SP>- dichlorobenzophenone dichloride, crystallized in the form of a double salt optionally separating this product from the mother liquor; (b) condensing the above product with an indole compound of general formula wherein R 4  is C 1 -C 4  alkyl at 60‹ to 110‹ C. in presence of a condensing agent, e.g. phosphorus oxychloride, and (c) reacting the product of (b) with at least 2 mols of an amine wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 3  are as above, at 100‹ to 140‹ C. optionally in presence of a di-or polyhydric alcohol as solvent, the product dyestuff being isolated and sulphonated if free from sulphonic acid groups. The dyes dye wool and silk in clear blue shades.
Patent GB-515382-A (GB)
Title: Multi-unit electric condensers
IPC: H01G4/38
Filed: 1938-05-31
Abstract: 515,382. Condensers. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd., and LENO, J. A. May 31, 1938, No. 16244. [Class 37] Connecting terminals for the units of a condenser are moulded into a terminal plate forming one wall of the casing and provided with internally-extending partitions forming cells by which the units are separated from each other. The casing 1 may be of metal and the partitions 5 on the terminal plate 2 may extend inwardly only a short distance as in Fig. 4, the plate 2 being held in position by bent-in lugs cut from the casing. In a modification, Fig. 5, the casing, except for the bottom, is moulded in one with the terminal plate and the partitions are larger than the condenser units 6, the ends of the cells being closed by metal caps 14.
Patent GB-559132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for spraying growing crops
IPC: A01M7/00
Filed: 1942-11-17
Abstract: 559,132. Crop sprayers. TEAGLE, W. T. Nov. 17, 1942, No. 16246. [Class 69 (iii)] A spraying unit comprises an upright frame adapted to seat at its lower end upon a rigid part of a tractor, a supply tank and a multiple spraying device adapted to be positioned at the rear of and supported by said frame and one or more ties extending forwardly from the frame and adapted releasably to engage the front end of the tractor. The frame comprises an upright 1 at each side of the tractor seated at the lower end on the rear wheel casing 3 by means of a socket 2, supports 4 secured to the tank 5 which is also secured to the upper ends of the frames by ties 6 and a flexible tie comprising a chain 9 passing around the front end of the tractor and connected by its ends to the top of the uprights 1. The pump 18 driven by the tractor engine is connected on the inlet side to a twoway valve 24 whereby liquid may be drawn either from the tank 5 or a water supply and on the outlet side to a two-way valve 28 whereby the tank 5 may be filled or water delivered to the sprayers 15, 16 by connections 31. The sprayers 15, 16 are mounted on a swivelling bar 12 so that the height of the sprayers and their position may be adjusted. Extensions 12a of the bar are provided to hold additional sprayers which extensions may be telescopic with respect to or hinged to the bar 12 to facilitate turning of the tractor or travel on a road.
Patent GB-1174592-A (GB)
Title: Cutting Inserts for Machine Tools
Inventor: HARGREAVES JAMES
IPC: B23B27/06
Filed: 1966-04-14
Abstract: 1,174,592. Cutting tools. WICKMAN WIMET Ltd. 10 April, 1967 [14 April, 1966], No. 16344/66. Heading B3T.  A cutting tool comprises a tool holder 15 and a cutting insert 11, the insert having a pair of opposite faces which intersect with peripheral sides, one face of which rests on the tool holder and the other face 13 forms, by intersection with an irregularly shaped side 14 of the insert, an irregularly shaped cutting edge 12. The insert has a hole 19 therein which extends from said one face and in which a pin 22 engages and by the action of a screw 23 effects clamping of the insert between the pin and an abutment on the holder.
Patent GB-829986-A (GB)
Title: Fluid pressure servo motors
IPC: F15B17/00
Filed: 1958-05-21
Abstract: 829,986. Hydraulic brakes. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. May 21, 1958 [May 21, 1957], No. 16368(58. Class 103 (1). In a fluid pressure servomotor for hydraulic brakes, a primary master cylinder operates a control valve through conduit 18 to supply atmospheric pressure to one side of a vacuum suspended piston of a booster to move rod 12 to first close passage 42, then passage 44 and then move piston 10 against spring 58 to pressurize chamber 34 and apply the brakes, initial movement of piston 10 moving its annular extension 52 from seat 54 to connect chamber 38 with a reservoir via passage 56 to avoid the creation of a vacuum behind piston 10. On failure of the booster the primary master cylinder applies the brakes via passages 18, 42, chamber 38 and passage 44.
Patent GB-1402072-A (GB)
Title: Swimming flippers
IPC: A63B31/14
Filed: 1973-04-05
Abstract: 1402072 Swimming flippers H F COURAGEUX 5 April 1973 [20 Nov 1972] 16368/73 Heading A6D A one-piece, preferably moulded rubber, swimming flipper is in the form of a skirt surrounding the foot of the swimmer and is aranged to spread out when the foot is pushed outwardly from the body. It is preferably provided with integral strengthening ribs (11) and channel portions 12 to space the flipper part from the surface of an internal shoe part.
Patent GB-864022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to yarn winding machines
IPC: B65H57/00
Filed: 1957-05-23
Abstract: 864,022. Yarn guides. REINERS, W., [trading as SCHLAFHORST & CO., W.]. May 23, 1957 [May 30, 1956], No. 16384/57. Class 120(2). In a yarn winding frame utilising caps as supply packages, there is provided, between the tips of the cops k, Fig. 1, and the front yarn deflecting points c<SP>1</SP>, a guide rail g deflecting the course of the yarns out of the straight and having guide grooves each of which is of at least two different depths, of which shallower stages are in each case situated on either side of the deepest stage which lies on the shortest path of running of the yarn. The rail g may be a round rod, each groove having a deep stage 1 flanked by two shallower stages 2, Fig. 3, or by a plurality of stages, Fig. 5; alternatively, the rail may be half-round with similar shaped grooves.
Patent GB-806071-A (GB)
Title: Forging process
IPC: B21K1/64
Filed: 1956-05-28
Abstract: 806,071. Making nuts and the like. HOLOKROME SCREW CORPORATION. May 28, 1956 [Aug. 29, 1955], No. 16387/56. Class 83 (4). Forging; shearing; working at specified temperatures.-An apertured article, particularly a nut blank or a ball-bearing race, is made by forging a steel or other forgeable ferrous metal slug heated to a temperature above 150‹ F. and not allowing the temperature to exceed 650‹ F. during forging. In the manufacture of hexagon nut blanks, steel stock 10 coated with a lubricant such as aluminium stearate or molybdenum disulphide suspended in oil, is fed through a water-cooled induction heater 12 operating at a frequency of 500,000 to 2,000,000 c.p.s., and heated to about 250‹ F. Slugs are then severed from the stock by a knife 14 and fed successively through punch and die sets 16-24 where they are formed in steps, Figs. 3-7 (not shown), into nut blanks. The blanks are turned end for end by the transfer mechanism between successive forging stations except between 22 and 24. At the last station, a wad of metal, Fig. 7c (not shown), is punched out of the blank. The apertured blank may alternatively be formed in two successive operations in the same or different dies. The temperature of the slugs is prevented from exceeding 650‹ F., preferably 600‹ F., for example, by regulating the speed of forging.
Patent GB-1373015-A (GB)
Title: Fabrication of structures for example furnace linings
IPC: F27D1/06
Filed: 1972-05-24
Abstract: 1373015 Furnace construction B J WILCE 24 May 1972 [25 May 1971] 16557/71 Heading F4B A structure, such as a furnace lining, is constructed by assembling a number of vertical rows of blocks, connecting the lowest blocks 6a in at least some of the rows with a support member or frame 7 by means of load bearing members 20 connected to rods passing through the blocks 6a and lifting the assembly so as to place the load bearing members under tension, placing the assembly into position, and removing the load-bearing members, which are located externally of the blocks. The frame 7 comprises transverse I-beams 13 formed of back-to-back channel sections and resting on a row of hexagonal blocks forming part of the lining of a soaking pit. Long I-beams 16 extend over each longitudinal wall and are bolted to the cross-beams 13. An upper cross-beam 17 at the end of the frame is bolted to the beam 16 and carries short longitudinal beams 18 below it. Main longitudinal beams 30 carry short transverse beams 14 on the same level as the beams 16, and resting on dummy blocks 15, Fig. 3. A lifting frame 19 with attachments 28 for engaging a crane hook, is located inside the frame and connected to the beams 13. Lifting rods 20, 21 are secured one on each side of a row of blocks, and the rods pass between the channel sections making up each beam of the frame, or through extension pieces 31, Fig. 4, secured to the beams 13 and receiving outer lifting rods 21. Eyes 22 at the lower ends of rods 20, 21 receive bolts 24 passing through bores 6b in the lower blocks 6a. Wire ropes 25 strung between the frame and attachment plates 26 at the bottom of some of the rods 20 are tensioned by turn buckles 27. The assembly, forming part of the four walls of a soaking pit is placed in position, and the connecting bolts 24, rods 20, 21 and tensioning wires 25 are released and removed with the frame 7, and make up blocks and the top seal blocks are added individually. The use of hexagonal blocks only necessitates alternate vertical rows of blocks to be connected to the lifting frame.
Patent GB-145460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gyroscopic apparatus for measuring the lateral oblique position of aircraft
IPC: G01C19/44
Filed: 1920-06-18
Abstract: 145,460. Ansch³tz & Co. June 9, 1916, [Convention date]. Gyroscopic apparatus.-A clinometer for aircraft comprises a gyroscope a, with vertical axis of rotation, pivoted pendulously in a ring d which is pivoted in a ring g forming part of the casing i secured to the aircraft. The ring d has an extension l to which is secured a disk m divided along its horizontal diameter into two differently coloured portions m1, m2. The protective casing k carries a transparent disk n on which are a picture of an aeroplane and a scale of angles. The inclination of the aircraft is indicated by the motion of the disk n relatively to the disk m. The gyroscope is damped by means such as those described in Specification 10382/08, the said means comprising air nozzles o, p controlled by an auxiliary pendulum q pivoted on an axis r, s, which is parallel to the transverse axis of the aircraft. The apparent vertical may be indicated by a short-period damped pendulum or by a liquid level comprising a circular tube t, which is halffilled with liquid and surrounds the disk n.
Patent GB-529682-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for eliminating the asymmetrical determination of the binaural point in the operation of a sound locator
IPC: G01S1/72
Filed: 1939-06-06
Abstract: 529,682. Locating sounds. TEPAS KOMANDITNI SPOLECNOST HARLAS A SPOL V PRAZE, and SCHEINER, A. June 6, 1939, No. 16587. [Class 118 (ii)] Relates to a method of adjusting a sound locator in order to ensure that the binaural point is symmetrical in the operator's head when the device is directed correctly. According to the invention, sounds of identical intensity and phase are produced within the receivers, and the position of the earphones is adjusted, relatively to the receivers until the binaural point is symmetrical. The sound receivers 1, 2 are connected to the earphones 5, 6 by means of conduits 3, 4 to which the earphones are connected telescopically. The earphones are joined by a stirrup 12 which can be displaced towards either receiver and is provided with a pointer moving over a scale 15. A sound reproducer 9 is mounted in each receiver, and is connected to an oscillating generator 11 and adjusted so that both reproducers emit sounds identical in phase and intensity. During adjustment of the device, the operator moves the earphones towards one or other of the receivers until the sound appears to be symmetrical in his head, and the indication of the pointer 16 can then be used for subsequent settings of the earphones.
Patent GB-778338-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for cutting a web of material transversely
IPC: B26D1/20
Filed: 1955-06-09
Abstract: 778,338. Cutting-apparatus. SALOMON, J. May 25, 1956 [June 9, 1955], No. 16630/55. Class 31 (1). [Also in Group XVI] Apparatus for cutting a printed or other web W transversely comprises a hollow rotatable drum 1 provided with an axiallyextending slot 14 through which protrudes a knife 15 carried by an axially-reciprocable rotatablymounted holder 16, apertures 40 by means of which the web is held by suction against the drum in the neighbourhood of the slot 14, and strippers 34 for stripping cut portions of the web from the drum. The knifeholder 16 is rotatably mounted on a member 161 secured to a flexible rope 17 which passes round rollers 20 and has its opposite ends secured either to one of a number of pegs 21, Fig. 4, on a rotary member 22 or to a peg on a driven endless belt. The knife-holder may, alternatively, be reciprocated by pneumatic or hydraulic means. The apertures 40 communicate with a hollow shaft 7, Fig. 2, provided with an attachment 9 adapted to be secured to suction apparatus ; alternatively, each aperture may communicate with a separate suction duct. The strippers 34, which are adjustable, are disposed between upper and lower backing rollers 38, 28 respectively. The knife 15 may, as shown, be a two-edged razor blade or it may be triangular or circular. In a modification, Fig. 11, the knife-holder 16 is pivotally mounted so as always to be inclined in the direction in which it is moving. For this purpose, the knife-holder has at its lower end a roller 43 adapted to roll on a track 44, the knifeholder at each end of its stroke striking a pin 46 so that its inclination is reversed.