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Patent GB-771818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to autographic registers
Inventor: CASTLETON ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: B41L5/00
Filed: 1955-09-30
Abstract: 771,818. Autographic registers. LAMSON PARAGON, Ltd. Sept. 30, 1955, No. 27959/55. Addition to 738,499. Class 16. [Also in Group XVI] In a modification of the parent Specification, the printing plate carrier is mounted for sliding movement in a substantially horizontal plane transversely of the register casing, into and out of printing position beneath the stationery webs. The side walls 1, 2 of the register casing support a printing head 3 hinged by a pin 5 to a lug 4. The printing plate 13 is removably mounted on a carrier 14 mounted to slide on a guide plate 15 and having one end extending out from the casing through a slot 16 and turned up to form a handle. A lug 17 on the inner end of carrier 14 slides in a slot 18 in the plate 15 and abuts the end 18a of the slot to prevent removal of the carrier. The plate 13 is shown in the printing position beneath stationery webs a, which are fed through the register, under a window in a cover plate 19, by any known means, such as in the parent case and which may be prevented from operation unless the slide 14 is in the inward position by means as in the parent case. The printing head 3 comprises an impression roller 6 mounted on arms 7 pivoted on a pin 8. A hand lever 9 is pivoted at 10 and joined by a link 11 to the arms 7, with a spring 12 urging the parts into inoperative position. A pin 20 pressed upwardly by a light spring 21 holds the head 3 in raised position. Initial downward movement of lever 9 moves the head 3 downwardly so that roller 6 is in contact with the forms a and further movement of lever 9 actuates the link 11 to rock the arms 7 and cause the roller 6 to traverse over the forms a on the printing plate 13, the roller being ink impregnated to imprint on the top form a, the lower forms being imprinted by the carbon-webs between. Means may be provided for automatically securing the carrier 14 in its inward position, releasable automatically when an imprinting operation has been completed. The guide plate 15 may be reinforced by uprights 22 to take the pressure of the roller 6.
Patent GB-1480135-A (GB)
Title: Rail crossing frogs suitable for railway tracks designed for trains travelling at very high speeds
IPC: E01B7/14
Filed: 1974-06-25
Abstract: 1480135 Railway crossings SOC DES ACIERIES DE PARIS ET D'OUTREAU 25 June 1974 28056/74 Heading E1G A crossing frog suitable for high speed trains is characterised in that the fixed and moving parts 2, 3 are housed within a rigid cradle 1. The cradle may comprise several lengths joined end to end and is of a U- section. The point 2 is fixed in a channel 6 in the cradle base and the wing rails 3 slide transversely on flat surfaces 7 located on either side. The wing rails 3 have their feet machined off at the throat to increase their flexibility, and are moved by rods 11 connected to the switch control linkage. In a modification; Fig. 6 (not shown) the point is omega sectioned with the horizontal flanges forming the flat surfaces in which the wing rails slide. In a further embodiment Figs. 7 to 11 (not shown) the point 2 slides transversely within the cradle the edges of which are box sectioned and form the running rails of the frog. The positioning of the point within the cradle in this embodiment is determined by co-operating detents on the point and the cradle.
Patent GB-788104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to rock drilling bits
Inventor: SHEPHERD ROBERT
IPC: E21B10/26
Filed: 1954-10-01
Abstract: 788,104. Drills. MODERN HARDMETALS, Ltd. Jan. 2, 1956 [Oct. 1, 1954], No. 28286/54. Class 83 (3). A rotary rock-drilling bit comprises main cutting tips 16 of tungsten-carbide &c. extending to the full radius of the hole to be drilled, a pilot drill 12 with tips 18 of only a small fraction of the radius of the main tips, and flutes 21 in the pilot drill leading directly into flutes 17 between the main-tips. The pilot drill, secured in a parallel or tapered socket in the main drill 10 as by a cotter 14, may be formed entirely from high-speed, or alloy, steel or have an inserted tip 19 separated into two cutting tips 18 by a central, or off-centre, notch 20, a driving shoulder on the pilot engaging a slot 15 in the drill 10. The tips 18 are out of axial alignment with the main tips 16 and may be rounded adjacent the notch 20, Figs. 8 and 9 (not shown). Liquid, e.g. water, is fed through a central passage to exit holes 25 in the drill 10 and to holes 23 located adjacent the tips of the pilot, and elsewhere along the pilot if required.
Patent GB-352323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tubes
IPC: F16L9/16
Filed: 1930-09-23
Abstract: 352,323. Metal tubes. BUNDY TUBING CO., 4815, Bellevue Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.- (Assignees of Quarnstrom, B. L.; 4802, Nottingham Road, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, U.S.A.) Sept. 23, 1930, No. 28358. Convention date, March 12. [Class 99 (ii).] A non-corrodible tube is made from flat strip stock, Fig. 9, of ferrous metal 1 which is provided on both sides first with a coating 2 of copper and then a coating 3 of solder. After the stock has been rolled to form the tube it is subjected to heat to sweat the parts together, additional solder being poured over the completed tube if desired. In a modification the coating of solder is applied to the tube after its formation. The edges of the stock may be copper coated or not, and they may be lap- or butt-jointed or interlocked in the finished tube. Figs. 11 and 12 show the invention applied to double-walled tubes made from a single strip and from two separate strips respectively.
Patent GB-520688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric forging machines
IPC: B21J9/08
Filed: 1938-09-29
Abstract: 520,688. Forging-machines. OMES, Ltd., and MORA, G. Sept. 29, 1938, No. 28371. [Class 83 (iv)] The machine comprises two sets of upsetting- devices each including means for electrically heating a workpiece and hydraulic means for applying upsetting-pressure, and control means interlinking the two sets of pressure means and constructed to effect alternate operation thereof. The cylinders 3 for applying end pressure to the work-pieces 14 and the cylinders 16 for operating the movable jaws 11 of the vice electrodes are so connected with one another and with pipes 24, 25 leading from the valve 26 that when. upsetting is being effected in one set the workpieces are released in the other set for removal and insertion of new pieces. The valve is connected to a pump 29 and sump 30 by pipes 27, 28, and is operated by a pivoted lever 31 having a snap action and coupled by springs 42 to levers 41 pivoted to uprights 40 and connected to the cross-heads 5 by rods 52. One end of the lever is retained in its lower position by a latch 45 until the latter is pulled away by a rod 47 fastened to the lever 41. The axis of the machine is inclined at about 10 degrees to the vertical. Specification 511,295 is referred to.
Patent GB-427395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to telegraphic apparatus for the transmission of current impulses
IPC: H04L21/02
Filed: 1933-10-14
Abstract: 427,395. Copying-telegraphy. SIEMENS & HALSKE AKT.-GES., Siemensstadt, Berlin. Oct. 14, 1933, No. 28487. Convention date, Feb. 3. [Class 40 (iii)] In a transmitting arrangement for a telegraph system in which the selecting impulses transmitted correspond to the analysis of the character into elemental areas, a cylinder 1 comprising tappet discs, corresponding to the characters, is rotated continuously during the sending of signals and the disc representing a character is operatively associated with the contacts 2 by the movement of an intermediate link 4 to a position between the cylinder 1 and the contacts 2. The link 4 is secured to a member 5 provided with a curved slot 5<b> co-operating with fixed pins 6 and having a pin 5<c> engaging a U-shaped recess 12<a> in one arm of a pivoted bent lever 12 which is connected to a key lever 7. To prevent the transmission of impulses until the cylinder is in its appropriate position with respect to the contacts, each key 7 is provided with a pin 7a which co-operates with a groove in a disc 13 geared to the shaft 1<b> to hold the key depressed until the signal has been transmitted and to lock the keys which are not depressed. The movement of the link 4 may be effected under control of a perforated tape as described in Specification 427,321. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes an arrangement in which a contact assembly is carried on a pivoted anglelever directly connected to the associated key and is rocked into engagement with the corresponding tappet disc of the rotating cylinder. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-754912-A (GB)
Title: Device for visual representation of variable data
IPC: G09F7/00
Filed: 1954-10-04
Abstract: 754,912. Indicator boards. GRUNDELL, C. E. Oct. 4, 1954, No. 28551/54. Class 118(1) [Also in Group XV] In a device for visually representing variable data comprising a plate, cylinder or the like having a surface provided with a number of parallel channels 1 to receive elongated movable marking means 2, the latter consist of strings, preferably round, of an elastic material, e.g. an synthetic plastic material, the cross-section of which is such that the strings are deformed when being pressed into the channels from the front thereof, and are retained therein through their elasticity so as to substantially fill the channels. The strings may be solid or tubular and may be provided in various colours. String pieces 3 with heads 4 bearing text 5 may be used, and the plate, &c. surface may be provided with scales such as 6, 7, 8, and card holders 9. The side edges of the channels may be parallel or slightly outwardly divergent. The plate may be of transparent material with channels provided on both sides, all the marking means being visible from either side.
Patent GB-969103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to closures
Inventor: HADLEY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B65D41/04
Filed: 1962-07-25
Abstract: 969,103. Stoppers &c. METAL CLOSURES Ltd. June 21, 1963 [July 25, 1962], No. 28555/62. Heading B8T. A liner for a screw-threaded container closure comprises a moulded disc of resiliently deformable plastics material, such as polyethylene, having a series of closely spaced concentric ribs F on at least one face thereof for engagement with a top sealing surface H around the mouth of a container and having a thickened peripheral rim A. The thickness of the liner through the ribs is 0.065 inch and is substantially equal to the thickness through the peripheral rim. The disc is 1.2 inches in diameter and the rims lie on that part of the liner extending from a diameter of 0.68 inch to a diameter of 0.98 inch.
Patent GB-475539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to magnetic deflecting systems for cathode ray tubes
IPC: H01J29/76
Filed: 1936-10-21
Abstract: 475,539. Cathode-ray tubes. FERNSEH AKT.-GES. Oct. 21, 1936, No. 28568. Convention date, Oct. 24, 1935. Addition to 475,527. [Class 39 (i)] The magnetic deflecting device described in the parent Specification, for use with a cathode-ray tube, comprises at least one pair of coils, the side conductors of which lie substantially upon the inclined surfaces of a truncated square pyramid while the end conductors are arranged to lie further from the position of the deflected rav than the side conductors. Fig. 1 shows a coil before bending to shape, and Fig. 2 a plan of the coil after bending. The inclined sides 3, 4 are of greater cross-section than the ends 1, 2 and in the preferred form the cross-section increases towards the ray emergent end 2. This may be effected by inserting insulating wedges between the winding turns. When deflection in two co-ordinate directions is required, two pairs of coils are employed, one pair being shorter than the other in order that the ends of the shorter coils may pass between those of the others. The ferromagnetic member surrounding the coils may be provided with pockets to contain the end conductors. The coils may be wound on a former of thermoplastic material.
Patent GB-188647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ships for transporting river or canal boats
IPC: B63B25/00
Filed: 1922-10-20
Abstract: 188,647. Tiburtius, C., and Schnittger, H. Nov. 7, 1921, [Convention date]. Vessels for carrying ships.-A ship for transporting by sea vessels such as barges &c. is U- shaped in cross-section with a ship-like bow a, the stern being closed by a gate g mounted on horizontal pivots h at the bottom and provided with apertures l to equalize the water levels inside and outside the space f. The vessel e is floated into a space f, the gate g closed, and ballasttanks forming the bottom b and side walls c of the dock partly emptied, so that the vessel rests on the floor b of the dock. In order to prevent stresses on the vessel e owing to surging of the water in the space f, and to steady the vessel, vertical hinged partitions i located on the inner faces of the side walls c are adjusted by means of mechanism m to bear against the sides of the vessel e.
Patent GB-192169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to domestic tables
IPC: A47B35/00
Filed: 1921-10-28
Abstract: 192,169. Macarthy, R. H. Oct. 28, 1921. lroning-boards.-A domestic table is furnished with movable ironing-boards 1, 2 pivoted to a flap 8 of the table top 5 which is supported by movable side-bars 16 connected by parallel motion links 19 to the under-structure 23. The flap 8 is mounted on parallel-motion links 13 and may be inverted to store the ironing-boards under the table top when out of use.
Patent GB-983828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tape driving mechanisms
IPC: G11B15/56
Filed: 1963-07-19
Abstract: 983,828. Feeding record tapes. COMPAGNIE DES COMPTEURS. July 19, 1963 [Oct. 9, 1962], No. 28663/63. Heading G5R. A quick-start mechanism, particularly for magnetic tape, in which compliance arms 3, 14 take up positions either side of 16, 19 according as capstans 5 or 12, or tape snubbers 7 and 10 are activated to drive the bight of tape in the region of a head 9 in either direction or to halt it, the reels 1, 2 being braked according to the position of the arms 3, 14, has a pair of brakes for each reel alternately operative as the particular reel is acting as a feed or take-up reel. The reel motors 24 are constantly energized and the shaft 32, carrying the arm 14 carries brake shoes 27, 28 engaging drums 25, 26 acting on reel drive-shaft 41 through oppositely-directed freewheel devices (Fig. 3 not shown) which are so arranged as not to impede the rapid winding or unwinding tending to centralise the arm and to apply appropriate braking if the reel movement tends to increase the arm deviation. Shocks in the system are avoided by sliding members 43 operating the rods 38 through adjustable springs 33, 34. When stopping, a spring 30 urges the arms back towards their central positions so the stored loops 4, 15 can anticipate any following feed condition.
Patent GB-662044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical resistance units
IPC: H01C3/12
Filed: 1949-11-10
Abstract: 662,044. Metal grid resistances; mountings for resistances. LAINE, R. Nov. 10, 1949 [Nov. 30, 1948], No. 28867/49. Class 37. In a resistance grid structure of the type wherein alternate grid strips are splayed apart by a centrally-disposed threaded through supporting member 8, Fig. 3, to produce two series of resistance strips, one series 6 above and the other series 7 below the supporting member 8, there is provision of an outer insulating strip 11 for each series of resistance strips and each of these strips 11 is formed with projections 13, Fig. 5, which engage in the spaces between the adjacent individual strips in the same series, for example, as shown, Fig. 5, the projections 13 on the top insulating strip 11 engage only into the spaces between the adjacent individual strips in the top series 6. In Fig. 3, the supporting member 8 comprises a pair of sheet-iron strips arranged against each other and each provided with a longitudinal outwardly-directed rib 9. To insulate the sheet-iron strips 8 from the grid strips 6, 7 separating insulating strips 10 are provided. In Fig. 3 and 5 each of the outer insulating strips 11 is shown covered on the outside by a soft metal strip 12. A stamping operation, Fig. 5, shapes the strips 10, 11, 12 and 6, 7 to the contour of the ribs 9 and produces the projections 13 on the insulating strips 11, which projections 13 pass respectively between adjacent resistance strips in each series 6 and 7. U-shaped cross-bars 14 providing aircirculating channels 19 are placed on the metal strips 12 and the assembly is held by screws and nuts, as shown. In the completed assembly, Fig. 2 (not shown), the ends of the upper strips 6 are twisted upwardly and the ends of the lower strips 7 are twisted downwardly. It is stated that the insulating strips 11 may be mouldings formed with the projections 13 in the moulding process.
Patent GB-686745-A (GB)
Title: Speed governor means for regulating the fuel supply for compression ignition engines
Inventor: WALKER DANIEL NORMAN
IPC: F02D1/04
Filed: 1948-11-08
Abstract: 686,745. Speed governors for controlling fuel injection pumps. ISO-SPEEDIC CO., Ltd. Nov. 4, 1949 [Nov. 8, 1948], No. 28985/48. Class 57 In a compression ignition engine controlled by a centrifugal governor, operatively connected to the fuel injection pump, having a helical main spring which opposes the governor weights above a predetermined low speed, an auxiliary spring urges the control member of the fuel injection pump towards an excess fuel delivery setting whereby excess fuel is supplied automatically when the engine is being started or when it is running below the predetermined low speed, the fuel pump being returned to the normal setting when the engine speed exceeds the predetermined low speed. The governor, Fig. 2, comprises a pair of fly weights 23, pivoted at 19 to a carrier secured to the engine timing wheel 22, and having arms 18 in engagement with a slidable operating rod 26 engaged by a lever 33 secured to a shaft 32 which extends through the wall of the governor housing 16 and carries at the outside thereof a lever 35, 36, Fig. 1. The latter lever is loaded by the auxiliary spring 37, adjustable by a screw 38, and its arm 35 is coupled to a rod 15 secured to the rack 14 of the fuel injection pump 11 through a lost-motion connection which comprises a ferrule 42, carried by the arm 35, slidable on the rod 15 and maintained against an abutment 47 on the rod by a spring 46. The main governor spring 28, Fig. 2, abuts a slidable collar 29 which engages a shoulder .31 on the carrier so that a limited amount of " free movement" is provided before the head 25 of the operating rod engages the collar 29 to effect loading of the governor by the main spring. During this " free movement " the fuel injection pump supplies the excess fuel.
Patent GB-483824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in variable pitch airscrews
IPC: B64C11/42
Filed: 1936-10-26
Abstract: 483,824. Screw propellers. RUBBRA, A. A. Oct. 26, 1936, No. 29023. [Class 114] A variable-pitch screw propeller in which the blades are adjusted by a double-acting hydraulic motor and wherein a controlling piston valve is provided, there is further arranged a connection between the suction and delivery sides of the pump whereby the two may be put into communication when the motor is not acting and the delivery pressure is greater than that required for adjusting the pitch. The control valve F is mounted in a sleeve B having leads H, H<1> to the respective ends of a double acting hydraulic motor. The valve casing also includes a lead E<2> back to the pump sump. The sleeve B surrounding the valve embodies one gear wheel member of the gear pump, and is driven by the other member B<1>. A passage E connects the suction and delivery sides of the pump which is under valve control, the valve D<1> being loaded by a spring D<3> approximately of the value of the delivery pressure. The valve F is continued to carry a governor J, the spring seating of which is adjustable by means of a slidable member L actuated by a rack and pinion L', L<5>.
Patent GB-411022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to caps for self-lubricating wheels and axles
IPC: B61F17/00
Filed: 1933-10-20
Abstract: 411,022. Axle-caps. FINLAY, R. P., Lincombe, Llanwern, near Newport, and FINLAY CONVEYOR CO., Ltd., Transporter Bridge, Newport, Monmouthshire. Oct. 20, 1933, No. 29028. [Class 12 (iii).] An axle-cap M has its oil-hole H closed by a ball E carried in a circular orifice of a blade spring F. The latter is secured to the inside of the cap by a screw G, or rivet. The head L of the cap is cylindrical, and the cap is screwed into place by the engagement of a pin spanner with holes K.
Patent GB-1094080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hoppers
IPC: B65G53/00
Filed: 1966-06-29
Abstract: 1,094,080. Pneumatic conveyers. PULLMAN Inc. June 29, 1966 [July 26, 1965], No. 29105/66. Heading B8A. [Also in Division F1] A hopper 8, Fig. 1, for pulverulent or granular material or liquids, has pressurized fluid supplied to its bottom portion through conduits 30, 32, the conduit 32 supplying fluid to a fixed, vaned, annular member 70, Figs. 2, 3, which defines with the bottom wall of the hopper an annular passage 80 of decreasing cross-section and produces a vortex within the bottom of the hopper, e.g. for breaking up packed material, and the conduit 30 supplying fluid to a nozzle 96 for discharging fluid and material or liquid through a conduit 38. There are two hoppers 8 within a tank 4 having inlets 6, a common fluid pressure source, e.g. an air compressor 20, being provided for supplying the conduits 30, 32 and a conduit 24 feeding the tank 4 to provide a pressure head on the material or liquid in the hoppers 8. The conduits 38 lead via a conduit 40 to a storage container (not shown), and the inlets of the conduits 38 adjacent the nozzles 96 are shaped to give a Venturi effect. In a modification, Figs. 8, 9 (not shown), the passages between the vanes of the member 70 are slanted alternately upwardly and downwardly. In a further modification, Fig. 10 (not shown) the member 70 is formed from two rings, one being superposed on the other, the passages between the vanes of the top ring slanting upwardly and those of the bottom ring slanting downwardly.
Patent GB-965404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to edge finishing machines for soles and heels
IPC: A43D87/00
Filed: 1963-07-23
Abstract: 965,404. Grinding. ALBEKO SCHUHMASCHINEN G.m.b.H. July 23, 1963 [July 23, 1962], No. 29169/63. Heading B3D. [Also in Division B4] In a machine for edge-finishing unattached shoe soles and heels comprising a carrier for a workpiece and a template whose outline is to be traced, a tool 15, Fig. 1, such as a grinding wheel, rotatable about a vertical axis, and a guide means 16 coaxial or substantially coaxial with the tool, the tool is mounted in a head 7 which is pivotable about a horizontal axis 9 and is adapted to be held stationary in its working position and at least one other position. The support 1 for the tool and guide means is movable towards and away from the carrier for the workpiece and template by spring means and is formed with a slide for the head 7 which is vertically movable by a spindle 2 having a handle 6. The slide has a plate 10 on which is a screw 9 for pivotally supporting a plate 8 on the head 7, the plate 8 having a cut-out which abuts a stop 11 on the plate 10 to determine the vertical position of the spindle of the tool. A clamp 13 secures the head in its vertical, working position, and spring washers on the screw 9 hold the head in inclined positions when it is desired to change the tool and/ or the guide means 16 when the latter is mounted on the spindle of the head, as shown in Fig. 2. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the guide means 16 is mounted by a pin 22 on a rail 20 which is adjustably secured to a bracket 19 adjustably mounted on the support 1.