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Patent GB-1193017-A (GB)
Title: Starch-Containing Products
Inventor: BAKKEREN HENDRINUS WILLEM
IPC: A23L7/109
Filed: 1968-05-31
Abstract: 1,193,017. Starch food products. UNILEVER Ltd. 31 May, 1968 [2 June, 1967], No. 26129/68. Heading A2E. Particulate starch-containing products of the type requiring hydration by cooking in water before consumption, for example pasta products, rice, or barley, are conditioned by slowly drying such that substantially no fissures or cracks are formed in the surface of the particles, the drying being sufficient to ensure that during the following pre-heating treatment the surface of the particles does not become gelatinised, although the centre may do so to some extent. The particles are then preheated, such that after cooking, pasteurising or sterilizing treatments the product is firm and non-sticky. The drying may be effected at 20-70‹C. for 10 days - 5 hours, preferably in an air stream. The preheating may be effected at 90-275‹C. for 120 hours - 10 seconds, for example in oil or air. The products may be employed in the manufacture of canned foods, for example by introducing the product with water into a can, sealing, heating, preferably with agitation, whereby the product is sterilised and cooked, and cooling the can. Examples relate to the production of canned nasi goreng from rice, canned macaroni with ham and cheese, canned vermicelli soup, canned groats, and canned bami. In all these products the components retained their discrete character.
Patent GB-908385-A (GB)
Title: System for testing articles by vibration
Inventor: TERRY GORDON JOHN
IPC: G01M7/04
Filed: 1959-07-30
Abstract: 908,385. Testing physical qualities. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. May 6, 1960 [July 30, 1959], No. 26140/59. Class 106 (2). A system for testing articles by vibration comprises a rigid load carrier beam, mounted at one end on a hinge, a torsion bar for returning the beam to its original position after displacement, means for altering the effective length of the torsion bar, and a vibrator for producing resonance oscillation of the beam. The load 19 under test is mounted on the free end of the beam 1 which is fixed to a shaft 3 rotatably supported in a bearing 4. A torsion bar 5 of square cross-section is fixed at one end to the beam 1 and is held at its other end in a slidable clamp 7, thus allowing the effective length of the bar 5 to be altered. The beam 1 is oscillated by an electrical vibrator 12, which may be actuated by a feed-back electrical system so that once the beam has been set in oscillation it will be driven at the resonant frequency of the system, a pick-up being mounted on the beam to provide a signal in phase with the oscillation thereof. To avoid centrifugal effects the load is supported from the beam on a pivoted platform. A further torsion bar 9 may be brought into use to assist in the accurate adjustment of relatively high frequencies.
Patent GB-732073-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle steering mechanisms
IPC: B62D3/02
Filed: 1952-10-18
Abstract: 732,073. Cam steering mechanism. BURMAN & SONS, Ltd., and BRIGGS, W. H. Oct. 8, 1953 [Oct 18, 1952], No. 26197/52. Addition to 622,005. Class 80 (3). In a cam steering mechanism for vehicles as in the parent Specification the spherical-headed pin b engaging the helically grooved member d is rotatably supported in the lever arm a by means of a front ball bearing e and a rear ball bearing f, the latter bearing being axially loaded by a spring h acting upon a slidable outer race g of the bearing to take up any slackness due to wear. A cam surface j on the lever may also co-operate with a stationary abutment k for maintaining the contact between the pin and groove.
Patent GB-227795-A (GB)
IPC: D04B1/02
Filed: 1924-11-03
Abstract: 227,795. Sereville, L. de. Jan. 14, 1924, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Circular machines with latch needles and webholders are caused to knit pile fabrics by the use of the cams shown. The needles rise at each feed to take the ground yarn 18, which may be of inferior quality, and are depressed at 1<c>, but not sufficient to cast off the old loop, the webholders being withdrawn as at 2a. The needles rise again at 1<d> and are depressed at 1<e> to take the pile thread 21, which is fed over the tops of the web holder ribs as shown at 2<c>. The two loops are cast off together at the next feed. By employing long and short butted web-holders 2, Figs. 5 and 6, and a stepped cam 13 the pile effects may be interrupted at intervals.
Patent GB-801806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for use in catalytic processes
Inventor: FRAIN JOSEPH LEO
IPC: C01B21/26
Filed: 1955-09-14
Abstract: <PICT:0801806/III/1> Apparatus for use in gas phase exothermic catalytic processes comprises a catalytic gauze 14, or a catalyst-supporting gauze, in the gas inlet chamber of a multi-tubular heat exchanger adjacent the tube inlet plate 2, the gauze being supported from the tube plate by a series of heat-resisting elements 16 arranged between the tube holes.  The supporting elements may be metal bars connected together in groups or cruciform shapes made of fire clay.  A refractory insulating layer 15, through which the heat-exchange tubes pass at 4a, may protect the tube plate from hot gases.  Bearer bars transverse to the elements may be arranged between the tube plate and the supporting elements to provide a space for mixing of the gases leaving the gauge.  The space around the tubes is supplied with water from an external drum used for the generation of steam.  Methanol is converted to formaldehyde at 500-650 DEG  C. using a silver gauze or ammonia to nitric oxide at 800 DEG  C. or more using a platinum-containing gauze.
Patent GB-264902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in telephone systems
IPC: H04Q3/00
Filed: 1925-10-21
Abstract: 264,902. Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., (formerly Western Electric Co., Ltd.), and Cameron, A. H. Oct. 21, 1925. Automatic exchange systems.-In a system employing register-controllers of the code-translating type, the third conductor outgoing from the first code selector is not connected through to the third conductor of the succeeding first local group selector. Both the first code selectors and the final selector, which may be respectively of the kind shown in Specifications 250,381 and 264,565 are provided with feed arrangements, and the interruption in the third conductor is stated to give a more positive release to the final selector, which release might otherwise be interfered with owing to the talking condensers at the first code selector discharging through the line relay of the final selector. The third conductor from the first code selector may be completely suppressed or it may terminate as shown at a point K on the shelf jack of the first group selector, the local third conductor being connected to a different point J, so that, if required, a jumper across the points J, K will permit the group selector to be used in the usual way. The group selector shown is substantially of known type, provided with eleventh rotary step contacts S which connect up busy flash and tone arrangements. The battery feed to the release relay B is connected through a supervisory relay which gives an alarm in case of a short-circuit across the loop and an alarm lamp in parallel with the release relay is permanently lit under these circumstances. Meters may be connected to the tenth and eleventh test contacts of a level to record, respectively, traffic congestion and traffic overflow. A meter may also be operated during release to indicate the number of times the seelctor is used.
Patent GB-950247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in trainer-leads for animals
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 1962-07-10
Abstract: 950,247. Trainer-leads for animals. A. J. WILLIAMS. July 10, 1962, No. 26367/62. Heading A1M. A lead for use in training animals comprises an outer tube 5 in which slides an extension tube 9 held in position by a stud 13 on tube 10 passing through one of a number of holes drilled in the tube 9. A bar 11 is attached to a rod 12 secured to a trigger 4 such that when the trigger is pulled, bar 11 is turned through 90 degrees and may be brought into contact with the back of an animal being trained. The trigger includes a spring mechanism so that rod 12 and bar 11 are returned to their original position when pressure on the trigger is relaxed.
Patent GB-534940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supporting devices or hangers affording a constant supporting force for objects subject to movement
IPC: F16L3/215
Filed: 1939-09-21
Abstract: 534,940. Supporting pipes. GENERAL SPRING CORPORATION. Sept. 21, 1939, Nos. 26370 and 26371. Convention dates, Sept. 23, 1938 and Dec. 10, 1938. [Class 99 (ii)] [Also in Groups XXXV and XXXII] To enable a pipe, in a line subject to expansion and contraction, to move in relation to its supports while the supporting force remains constant a contact device 3 subject to the changes in length of a supporting spring 9 control any type of reversible electric motor 6 driving, for example, a nut on a screw 4 by which the pipe 2 is supported from an anchorage 10. The switches may be mercury type, and may have a toggle or snap action, or may be replaced by photo-electric cells. The pipe support may include levers &c. giving mechanical advantage, and uncontrolled springs may be arranged to take a portion of the load. Equivalents may replace the screw and nut. In modifications a fluid pressure cylinder is used, instead of a spring, which is supplied through arrangements whereby the fluid pressure in the cylinder which may be sub-atmospheric, is maintained constant. In one form a valve is actuated by length changes of a supporting spring to control the supply and exhaust of pressure fluid to and from a supporting piston.
Patent GB-270242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electrical condensers
IPC: H01G4/224
Filed: 1926-10-22
Abstract: 270,242. Dubilier Condenser Co., (1925), Ltd., (Assignees of Dubilier, W.). April 29, 1926, [Convention date]. Condensers comprise a body 1 which is shown as being of the wound type with terminal strips 2, 3 soldered or otherwise attached at each end to the projecting edges of the turns. A sheath 4 of, for example, cloth, paper or pasteboard may be disposed over the body 1 which may also be compressed by clamping members 7 held by screws or other means 8. The body is impregnated with an insulating material which is liquid at ordinary temperatures, for instance oil, and is then placed in a casing 5 which is then filled with wax 6 such as paraftin or sealing-wax which solidifies at ordinary temperatures. The casing may be of pasteboard and has openings through which the terminals extend.
Patent GB-1106640-A (GB)
Title: Conversion of tea
Inventor: GRAHAM HAROLD NATHANIAL
IPC: A23F3/08
Filed: 1967-06-08
Abstract: Tea is oxidized by means of molecular oxygen, for example in the form of air and/or oxygen, in the presence of hot aqueous alkali at a pH of at least 7.5.  The temperature is preferably 50-130 DEG C.  The leaf may be moistened with the aqueous alkali and dried after the oxidation, if desired after having reduced its pH. Alternatively, the soluble solids may be extracted.  In another form the soluble solids are extracted from the unoxidized leaf, and the solution oxidized, either before or after removing the extracted leaf.  The oxidized solution may have its pH reduced preferably to between 4.5 and 6.5, for example by an ion exchange resin or by addition of acid.  The solution may be dehazed by means of the addition of a calcium salt, and may then be dried, preferably with the addition of malto-dextrins, to give an instant tea.  The starting material may be green tea or oolong tea.
Patent GB-946483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tile-faced partitions
Inventor: BULLIN LAWRENCE
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 1961-07-21
Abstract: 946,483. Panels; partitions; door jambs. RICHARDS TILES Ltd. Sept. 20, 1962 [July 21, 1961], No. 26442/61. Headings E1B, E1J and E1V. A partition held in channels 32, 33, 34, 38, comprises panels of building board 10 faced with glass or ceramic tiles or mosaic 11 united horizontally by dowel pin and hole connections. In an embodiment the panels are also united vertically, in a similar fashion, about an intermediate H-sectional vertical support member (Fig. 4, not shown). For a lavatory the partition also includes a door stile 31 and a bottom channel 34 adjustably mounted on legs 36, or in embodiments the channels 32, 34 are provided in the adjacent wall and floor.
Patent GB-1300540-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle rear-view mirrors
Inventor: STERN DAVID
IPC: B60R1/08
Filed: 1970-06-02
Abstract: 1300540 Rear view mirrors COMBINED OPTICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd 28 May 1971 [2 June 1970] 26530/70 Heading B7J [Also in Division G2] A vehicle rear-view mirror is made of plastics material, e.g. polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate, and is formed of part of a Fresnel-type lens having an optical centre which does not coincide with the geometrical centre of the rear-view mirror, the lens being silvered on or behind the Fresnel-type grooves 60. The arrangement is optically equivalent to a convex mirror.
Patent GB-1243483-A (GB)
Title: An ion source
IPC: H01J27/08
Filed: 1970-06-02
Abstract: 1,243,483. Ion sources. HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. 2 June, 1970 [12 June, 1969], No. 26582/70. Heading H1D. An ion source comprises a chamber 22, an ion optical system 24, 54, 48 for extracting ions from the chamber, a hollow open-ended cylindrical anode 28 supported within the chamber, a first cathode 72 positioned within the anode and consisting of a wire which, when heated, emits electrons, and a second cathode 74 formed with a sharp edge located adjacent one end of the anode, the arrangement being such that upon establishing a potential between the anode and the second cathode an electric arc is struck between the two and electrons are formed in the arc. The ion optical system includes an apertured decelerating electrode 48 and an apertured accelerating electrode 54 each supported by three insulating parts 16 from a ring 18 which also supports a tube 20 forming the wall of the chamber 22 and closed at one end by an apertured screen electrode 24 forming part of the ion optical system and at the other end by a plate 60 having a port 62 for the supply of a fuel gas. Anode 28 is supported from the tube 20 by three insulating assemblies 30. An axial magnetic field is provided. The source can be used with any fuel since cathode 74 can be used with fuels such as BCl 3 , BF 3  and PH 3  which would deposit on the hot cathode 72. The latter is made of W or Ta and is suitable for use with fuels such as N, A, Cd, Xe, S and C. Cathode 74 can also be used with fuels such as A, N, Ne and Xe to provide a back-up source for the hot cathode operation. The ions produced can be used in an ion implantation process.
Patent GB-1188311-A (GB)
Title: Windscreen Wiper Arm and Blade Assemblies
Inventor: DIEBEL RAYMOND AMANDUS
IPC: B60S1/40
Filed: 1967-06-08
Abstract: 1,188,311. Windscreen wipers. TRICO PRODUCTS CORP. 8 June, 1967 [10 June, 1966], No. 26605/67. Heading A4F. In a windscreen wiper comprising a blade assembly 26 releasably connected to a connector pin on a pivot block 36 of an arm assembly, the arm assembly comprises a main member 34 connected at one end by a pivot 38 to the block 36 and at the other end to a pivot shaft 20, and a drag link 40 connected to the block by a pivot 42 spaced from but parallel to the pivot 38. The blade assembly is provided with a pressure distributing harness which comprises a pair of primary channel-shaped levers 68, 70 pivotally connected together and supporting an auxiliary lever 72 connected to a yoke 74, the levers 68, 70, 72 and the yoke 74 being provided with claws which grip a backing plate 76 provided on a wiping element 82. The arm assembly which is provided with a head portion 22 mounted on the motor driven pivot shaft 20 is provided with a spring 32 to urge the blade assembly towards the windscreen and with a latching member 50 which secures the drag link to a pin 44 spaced from but parallel to the pivot shaft 20. One or more tubular members 84 interconnect the levers 68, 70, 72 and are releasably engaged with the pin on the block 36, a coiled spring (88) (Fig. 6, not shown) being arranged to releasably engage the pin 54 and to bias the remote ends of the levers 68, 70 towards the windscreen. A manually actuatable push button (94) may be provided for disengaging the spring (88) from the pin for disassembling the wiper arm assembly from the blade assembly.
Patent GB-423959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to separating solid materials
IPC: B03B4/06
Filed: 1933-09-27
Abstract: 423,959. Separating solid materials. SINNATT, F. S., 16, Old Queen Street, London, SLATER, L., and WOOD, W. L., Coal Survey Laboratory, Portobello Street, Sheffield. Sept. 27,1933, No. 26650. [Class 117] In apparatus as described in Specification 372,759, the screen 2 forming the base of the container is rectangular in shape, and the feed shoot 6 is also of rectangular cross-section and is so dimensioned as to feed the material evenly over the width of the screen. The feed shoot is preferably vertically adjustable in the casing 5 and has an adjustable feed regulating plate 8 carried by rods 9. The discharge shoots 11, 13 extend the full width of the screen, and may be provided with adjustable regulating weirs. They may be disposed at one side, or both sides. In a further modification, the discharge shoot 13 for the heavy materials is disposed in the position midway between the sides. An air-lock discharge device 14 rotated by a ratchet mechanism 15 may be associated with the shoot or shoots 13. The bottom side of the container may be enclosed to form a duct 16 to collect fine particles passing through the screen. The sides of this duct may be solid or of filtering fabric and connected to a dust collector. A multiple series arrangement of the apparatus is described in which the light product from one apparatus is fed for further treatment to the next in the series.
Patent GB-1470251-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for performing in vivo measurements
IPC: G01N27/30
Filed: 1974-06-17
Abstract: 1470251 Electro-chemical measurement apparatus A ELLIOTT 17 June 1974 26673/74 Heading G1N Electro-chemical measurement apparatus comprises an electrolyte containing tube 102 sealed at one end by porous member 108, a reference electrode 110 in the tube and at least one measuring electrode outside tube 102 and adjacent the porous member sealed end thereof. The apparatus is intended for in vivo measurement and may be fixed by sepoxy ring 106 into syringe 104 with the tube 102 extending into needle 122 which has a hole adjacent the porous member. Several electrodes, each for measuring a different parameter may be disposed around tube 102 with only the section adjacent the porous member being uninsulated. As described the porous seal is fibrous, tube 102 is glass and the reference electrode is calomel.
Patent GB-223739-A (GB)
Title: An improved knife for cutting wool for rug-making
IPC: B26B27/00
Filed: 1923-10-25
Abstract: 223,739. Stephenson, G. W., and Eldridge, E. A. J. Oct. 25, 1923. Pile fabrics. - An apparatus for cutting rug wool into short equal lengths in the process of rug making comprises a rectangular strip f of wood grooved along one edge at e and a block b of wood incased in cardboard walls c and carrying a triangular knife a. The wool is wound spirally on the block f and is cut by passing the blade a along the groove e.
Patent GB-142747-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved mechanical toy
IPC: A63H29/04
Filed: 1919-10-30
Abstract: 142,747. Hazelton, G. Oct. 30, 1919. Mechanical toys; machine tools and the like.- A toy crane or the like comprises a base or support 1, a jib 2 and housing 4 rotatable on a shaft 3 fixed to the base, a suspension member such as a cord 7 passing over a pulley 8 on the end of the jib and provided with a hook 9 on which a weight, such as a bucket 10, may be hung, and a spring 11 secured at one end to the shaft 3, and at the other end to the housing 4, so that when the downward movement of the weight 10 causes the cord 7 to be unwound from a drum 6 secured to the shaft 3, the housing and jib are rotated, winding up the spring 11, and when the weight is disconnected, the spring rotates the housing and jib in the opposite direction and rewinds the cord 7 on the drum 6. The housing 4 has a counterweight 5, and the hook 9 has a weight 12 so arranged that, when the downward movement of the weight 10 is arrested, the hook is tripped to disconnect it from the weight 10.
Patent GB-1368879-A (GB)
Title: Waveguide antenna
IPC: H01Q5/00
Filed: 1972-06-08
Abstract: 1368879 Aerials STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd 24 May 1973 [8 June 1972] 26760/72 Heading H4A An aerial arrangement comprises a radiating element or radiating elements each in the form of an open-ended waveguide which is so terminated as to be able to operate at a frequency below cut-off, an evanescent mode being then sustained, as well as at a frequency above cutoff. In one embodiment, a rectangular waveguide 1, Fig. 3, is divided over part of its length by a metal septum 8 (on E-plane bifurcation) into two waveguides of reduced height, each of which is fed by a respective input 6 or 7. The input at 6 has a frequency below cut-off (e.g. 1À3 GHz, in the L-band) whilst the input at 7 has a frequency above cut-off (e.g. 3À6 GHz, in the S-band). In each reduced height waveguide there is a respective tuning screw 9A or 9B, and a respective matching obstacle 10A or 10B. The obstacle 10A prevents coupling of higherfrequency towards the lower-frequency input 6, whilst lower-frequency fields rapidly decay in the reduced height waveguide containing the higher-frequency input 7. The open end of the waveguide 1 terminates at a ground plane 3 in which there is an aperture 2. A dielectric material plug 4 is contained in the said open end, and provides a conjugate reactance match for the waveguide at the lower frequency. A plurality of such radiating elements may be arranged in rows and columns, using a common ground plate, to form an array (Fig. 1, not shown). Electronic scanning can be effected by introducing progressive phase differences in rows and/or columns. In another embodiment, Fig. 2 (not shown), a length of rectangular crosssection waveguide has a common input at one end for signals of two different frequencies, and has a radiating aperture at the other end which is backed by a dielectric material slice. The width of the waveguide is such waves at the higher of the two frequencies are propagated normally, whilst the length of the waveguide and the thickness of the dielectric material slice are such that waves at the lower of the two frequencies are propagated in an evanescent mode. Specifications 1,129,185 and 1,312,506 are mentioned.
Patent GB-1416098-A (GB)
Title: Polyurethane elastomer compositions notably for the manu facture of flexible moulds
IPC: C08G18/76
Filed: 1973-06-05
Abstract: 1416098 Polyurethane elastomer compositions REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT and AUTOMOBILES PEUGEOT 5 June 1973 [16 June 1972] 26833/73 Heading C3R A low-shrinking, non-abrasive and quicksetting polyurethane elastomer composition comprises, by weight, 85 parts of a polyether diol (I) of M.W. 1500-2500, 10-20 parts of a primary aromatic amine (II), 1-3 parts of an organo-metallic salt (III), 5-60 parts of fillers (IV) and 20-25 parts of a diisocyanate (V). I may be dipropylene glycol or diethylene glycol polyether. II may be methylene di-orthochloroaniline, 4,4<SP>1</SP>-phenylenediamine or 4,41- diortho-toluidine. III may be lead or stannous octoate or dibutyltine dilaurate or diacetate. IV may be organic, e.g. polyethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinyl chloride or polyformaldehyde or inorganic, e.g. carbon black or MoS 2 . Examples of V are crude 4,41-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, polymethylene polyphenyl isocyanate, 2,4- and/or 2,6-tolylene diisocyanate. The compositions may additionally contain a plasticizer, e.g. dioctyl, dinonyl, didecyl phthalate, sebacate or azelate. Uses.-Flexible mouldings, sealants for vehicle windscreens.