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Patent GB-152197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in serving-hatches for houses, flats and the like
IPC: A47G29/22
Filed: 1919-10-02
Abstract: 152,197. Jellicoe, G. A. Oct. 2, 1919. Delivery-devices for doors and the like.-A cylindrical hatch D is rotatably mounted in a housing C in the partition A between two rooms, such as kitchen and living room, to facilitate serving dishes &c. The hatch consists of a central partition D<5> mounted on spindles D' in bearings on plates C<a>, C<4>, in the partition, and has cylindrical parts D and a circular shelf D<7>.
Patent GB-661525-A (GB)
Title: Control mechanism for change speed gears of motor vehicles
IPC: F16H59/04
Filed: 1949-09-20
Abstract: 661,525. Change-speed control. OPEL AKT.- GES., A. Sept. 20, 1949 [Oct. 1, 1948], No. 24112/49. Class 80 (ii). Selection and execution of speed changes in a motor vehicle gearbox 4, Fig. 1, are effected through a single connecting link 29 by longitudinal sliding and rotation respectively of a striker rod 7 mounted parallel to the steering column 5 and operable by a hand control lever 8 adjacent the steering wheel. Welded to the lower end of the rod 7 is a bracket 23, Figs. 4 and 6, carrying a bolt 24 having a ball tip 25 received in the enlarged end 28 of the link 29. Also pivoted on a pin 30a in the end 28 is a rod 32 passing through a longitudinal slot in the rod 7 and having a ball tip pivoting 'in a rod 22 fast with a column bracket 21 and having a spherical end 34 slidably guiding the rod 7. The other end 35, Fig. 5, of the link 29 carries a striker fork 36 pivoted about a pin 37 in a member 38 itself rotatable on a shaft 39 freely journalled in a sleeve 40 itself journalled in the gear box casing 42. The members 39, 40 carry ratiochanging segments 44, 46 and plates 43, 45 notched to receive alternatively a co-acting member 47 on the rod 36. The arrangement is such that longitudinal sliding of the rod 7 pivots the rod 36 about the pin 37 to select between the shaft 39, rotation of which controls reverse gear/first speed changes, and the sleeve 40, rotation of which controls second/third speed changes; subsequent rotation of the rod 7 causing such rotation of the selected member. A cylindrical locking member 48 yoked to the rod 36 is slidden along a spindle 49 to engage a recess in the inoperative plate 43 or 45 and prevent movement thereof. The hand lever 8 is of the kind pivoted on a column bracket 9 and receiving with spring loading the ball tip of an angled end of the rod 7, the rod being itself formed with a spherical enlargement slidable in the bracket. In neutral, a spring 57, Fig.. 1, biases the rod 7 into a position in which the sleeve 40 is selected.
Patent GB-749680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to treatment of polymeric substances
Inventor: CHARLESBY ARTHUR
IPC: C08J3/28
Filed: 1952-09-26
Abstract: Polymers containing chains of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms having substituents attached to the silicon atoms are cross-linked by subjection to ionising radiations, e.g. gamma rays, high energy neutrons, deuterons, helium ions, protons and electrons.  Irradiation doses of 0.1 to 5 units may be used, the unit dose being 1017 thermal neutrons per cm.2 or 50 X 106 roentgens.  In an example a liquid methyl silicone is irradiated in a thermal nuclear reactor operating at a power level of 3.5 megawatts and a thermal neutron flux of 1.2 X 1012 cm.2/sec. for four days to form a slightly elastic solid. Specification 732,047 is referred to.
Patent GB-481112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to collars for personal wear and apparatus for use in the manufacture of the same
IPC: H02K23/24
Filed: 1936-09-03
Abstract: 481,112. Pleating collars. ATLAS AGO CHEMISCHE FABRIK AKT.-GES. Sept. 3, 1936, No. 24162. Convention date, Feb. 28. [Class 141] A double collar a made with a paper, pasteboard, or like base, and preferably coated with a cellulose ester varnish, is formed in the band portion with one or more rows of crimping extending along and closely below the upper edge of the collar, by means of apparatus comprising a milled roller b and a counter roller c of elastic material; which apparatus serves also to bend the collar to a shape to fit the neck.
Patent GB-749470-A (GB)
Title: Means for introducing a predetermined amount of a poisonous material beneath the surface of the soil
Inventor: HARTLEY GILBERT SPENCER
IPC: A01M17/00
Filed: 1953-09-01
Abstract: A device for use in introducing a predetermined quantity of a systemic insecticide beneath the surface of the soil, comprises a shaft strong enough to be thrust into the soil, provided with a head of a solid material surrounding one end of the shaft, the head consisting of or containing the predetermined quantity of the systemic insecticide, and being coated with a petroleum, vegetable or insect wax of a melting point of at least 100 DEG F. having distributed therein one or more water-soluble or water-swellable organic substances e.g. water-soluble starch, methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, mixed methyl-hydroxyethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate or sodium cellulose acetate-phthalate in a finely divided state and of low bulk density, which will dissolve or swell within a reasonable time in the moisture of the soil so as to cause the coating to disintegrate.
Patent GB-168916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric circuit breakers
IPC: H01H33/16
Filed: 1921-09-12
Abstract: 168,916. Paul, M. Sept. 12, 1921. Interrupters, mechanical. - A circuit-breaker for heavy currents comprises a rotating electrode a with a series of members or sets of members c1 - - c4, d1 - - d4, Fig. 3, co-operating with a stationary electrode h positioned as shown in the container and electrolyte. Alternatively the electrode h may similarly be movable. In a modification, Fig. 5, the members c, d are parallel to the shaft b carrying the electrode, and these members may be provided with points l, l<1> at their lower ends, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-402205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in forming hollow ingots
IPC: B22D7/04
Filed: 1932-08-30
Abstract: 402,205. Casting-machines. JONES, E. F., and MAUSS, W., Victoria Station House, Victoria Street, London. Aug. 30, 1932, No. 24230. [Class 83 (i).] Cores; castings, extracting.-In making hollow ingots as described in Specification 402,096 the formation of a vacuum during the withdrawal of the plunger, between it and the hot metal is prevented by introducing air or other fluid. This may be done by making the plunger hollow and with perforations 16, compressed air being supplied by a valve 19 controlled, like the other parts of the machine, by a drum 14. The holes 16 are small enough externally to prevent ingress of the molten metal. When the plunger has been somewhat withdrawn a hole 24 is uncovered to allow air to escape and cool the plunger. The plunger may be split and jointed.
Patent GB-1292940-A (GB)
Title: A thermostatic device particularly for controlling fluid flow in a nuclear fuel assembly
IPC: G21C3/322
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1292940 Valves BELGONUCLEAIRE SA 19 April 1971 [19 March 1970] 24239/71 Heading F2V [Also in Division G6]  In a sodium cooled fast nuclear reactor, the fertile blanket assemblies are provided with thermostatic valves for regulating the sodium flow as a function of temperature. Flow through, the fuel assembly, 1, is regulated by the relative adjustment of the collar, 14, and the aperture 17, 18 by the bellows 7, 12. The vessel, 10, comprising 7 and 12, contains an expansible mixture of sodium and potassium. An initial temperature rise causes the bellows 7 to move as far as the stop 9 and a further temperature rise causes the extension of bellows, 12, against spring 15 with adjustment of 14 relatively to the aperture 17, 18.
Patent GB-446562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric tumbler switches
IPC: H01H23/12
Filed: 1935-08-30
Abstract: 446,562. Tumbler switches. SCHNEIDER, R., MILFERSTEDT, K., and WALTER, A., 10, Hindenburgplatz, Frankforton-Main, Germany. Aug. 30, 1935, No. 24292. Convention date, Sept. 1, 1934. [Class 38 (v)] Operation of the dolly 9 of a tumbler-switch moves down against the action of a spring 5 a disc 6 mounted on the U- shaped frame 3 of a rocker 1 carrying a contact 2 until a central position is passed whereupon the interaction of the cam-shaped end of the dolly with the disc 6 causes the frame 3 and rocker 1 to move rapidly into their other position. The frame 3 is mounted on the rocker 1 by means of a pin 4 which passes through a hole in the rocker and also through the frame, the spring 5 causing the pin to press upwards against the rocker.
Patent GB-1057153-A (GB)
Title: Snap switch
IPC: H01H35/34
Filed: 1964-06-11
Abstract: 1,057,153. Fluid actuation of switches. W. BECK. June 11, 1964 [July 11, 1963], No. 24296/64. Heading H2B. A condition-responsive snap switch with a contact spring 11 projecting between contacts 8, 9, and controllable by a control tongue 12 and a snap spring 13, is operated in one direction by an external control element, such as a pressureresponsive diaphragm 5, and in the other direction by a set-screw 33 adjusting the position of resiliently mounted contact 9 and its support 32. Diaphragm 5 acts through a metal plate 6 and push-rod 7 on the switch tongue 12, which may have a biasing spring 25 acting thereon. The switch may be multi-pole.
Patent GB-742280-A (GB)
Title: Expansible bolts
Inventor: PERKINS JOHN MERVYN
IPC: F16B13/06
Filed: 1953-09-03
Abstract: 742,280. Bolts &c. PERKINS & SMITH, Ltd., J. M. July 15, 1954 [Sept. 3, 1953], No. 24361/53. Class 89 (1). An expansion bolt comprises a stem 5, a wedge-shaped member 9 threadedly engaging the stem, a two-part sleeve 7 surrounding the stem and forming a V-slot receiving the member 9, the included angle of the slot being greater than that of the member. The sleeve parts are of cast iron or other brittle material and have weakening notches 8 whereby when expansion of the parts is resisted, they break and dig into the wall of the hole 10 as shown in Fig. 2. In a modification the member 9 forms the stem-head and a nut is screwed on to the stem end to expand and break the sleeve parts.
Patent GB-659608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to scissors
IPC: B26B13/00
Filed: 1949-09-23
Abstract: 659,608. Scissors. DABROWSKI, W. Sept. 23, 1949, No. 24515. Convention date, July 2. [Class 30] In a pair of scissors each pivoted member is formed by a tempered steel stamping to which a covering of plastic material is applied by a moulding process. As shown the handle loop 11 is completely enveloped by plastic material 2 which forms a backing only, for the blade portion 1. A narrow strip of the blade, at the cutting edge, is left free of backing and the plastic material overlaps the opposite edge of the blade to form a supporting shoulder 21. The cutting edge may be ground before or after the application of the plastic material and a metal bushing is provided to receive the pivot pin.
Patent GB-462135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gas producers
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1935-09-04
Abstract: 462,135. Gas producers. WOLLASTON, T. R. Sept. 4, 1935, No. 24618. [Class 55 (i)] The length is double or more of the breadth of a gas producer for use with wood, fibrous refuse, peat, or the like, and the fuel is contained in a shell with rounded corners and considerable depth, the fuel hoppers being arranged to give even distribution, and the air blast being controlled in zones to give even gasefication. Air is supplied through side passages c, and a central passage d, from a fan f a valve n controlling the primary air, and a valve o the secondary air to ducts e and m. The primary air passages are divided into three sections C1, C2, C3 in which are branches u1, u2, u3 leading from a conduit u, each branch being controlled by a water seal, the level of which can be raised. to cut off the air supply. The fuel is fed from hoppers p and q, the former for granular fuel and the latter for a mixed fuel of lumps of wood and fibrous material. Gases are withdrawn through an outlet t.
Patent GB-1261158-A (GB)
Title: Phosphorus-containing isoxazole derivatives
Inventor: BOYCE CLIVE BERESFORD CHALLIS
IPC: C07F9/653
Filed: 1970-05-21
Abstract: 1,261,158. Phosphorus-containing isoxazole derivatives. SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. 21 May, 1970, No. 24632/70. Heading C2P.  The invention comprises phosphorylated isoxazole derivatives having the general formula wherein R 1  is alkyl, R 2  is alkyl or alkoxy, X is O or S, A is a saturated divalent aliphatic hydrocarbyl group, Y is halogen, alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl and n is 0, 1 or 2. They may be obtained by reacting a compound of formula wherein Q is halogen, e.g. Cl, or an alkylphenylsulphonyl group, e.g. tosyl, with an alkali metal salt of an acid of the formula The reaction is suitably carried out in a solvent such as a ketone. The products have pesticidal properties and may be used in admixture with liquid or solid carriers and/or surface active agents. The compositions may be in the form of wettable powders, dusts, granules, solutions, emulsifiable concentrates, emulsions, suspension concentrates or aerosols.
Patent GB-255685-A (GB)
Title: An improved adjustable trouser stretcher, creaser and hanger
IPC: A47G25/66
Filed: 1926-05-05
Abstract: 255,685. Tucker, T. May 5, 1926. Trouser-stretchers; coathangers.-A combined trouser-stretcher, creaser, and hanger comprises two converging strips 1, preferably of flat spring steel, connected at their ends by right and left handed screws 2, 3 pivoted to the strips and co-operating with turnbuckles 4 to stretch and crease the trousers after insertion therein. Pivotal connection of the screws with the strips 1 is effected by rivets, the strips being recessed at 8, Fig. 3, and formed as stops 9 to limit the movement of the screws. To act as a hanger, an arch shaped hook 5 is applied to the screws projecting from the trouser end.
Patent GB-1497022-A (GB)
Title: Concretes
IPC: B28B1/00
Filed: 1976-06-15
Abstract: 1497022 Concrete mix C DUSSEL 15 June 1976 [26 June 1975] 24664/76 Heading C1H A concrete mix comprises an agglomerate of at least one porous mineral filler in a binder which contains both a polyester resin emulsified with water and an hydraulic cement, the content of water and cement in the mix being such that at least part of the water in the emulsion is necessary to hydrate and harden the cement. The porous mineral filler may be volcanic granules or cinders, e.g. pozzolana granules. The hydraulic cement may comprise alumina cement.
Patent GB-878360-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L9/24
Filed: 1960-07-15
Abstract: 878,360. Swivel connections. ELECTROLUX CORPORATION. July 15, 1960 [July 20,.1959], No. 24696/60. Class 99(1). A swivel connection 28 is disposed at an intermediate point in a flexible hose connecting a cleaning tool 36 to a vacuum cleaning device 10 for permitting one end of the hose to turn on its axis relative to the other end thereof. As shown the connection 28 comprises a sleeve 42 within the hose 32 and having an outward flange engaging a flange 44 of an element 40 secured to the hose and formed with an interrupted screw-thread ; ribs 46 are rolled in the sleeve 42 for biting into the material of the hose. Rotatably mounted on a coupling element 48 affixed to the hose 30 is a ring 50 also provided with an interrupted screw-thread 52 so that axial engagement of the ring and element 40 and partical relative rotation of these members couples the hoses 30, 32 together. A similar arrangement is used for providing a swivel connection of the hose 30 to the cleaning device.
Patent GB-1323197-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for the continuous manufacture of rein forced profiles of extrudable material
IPC: B29C48/12
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1323197 Moulding belts BRECO KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNGS GmbH & CO KG 19 April 1971 [20 March 1970] 24706/71 Heading B5A [Also in Divisions B8 and F2] A plastics or elastomeric material belt or band 12, Fig. 1, e.g. a driving belt, "V" belt, toothed belt, or conveyer belt, reinforced with longitudinally extending yarns, or wires 18 of plastics or metal, is produced by continuous injection of the material from a nozzle 17 into a cavity 10 defined between opposed endless chains of co-operating interconnected mould sequents 4, which are driven by the injection pressure and respectively move into, and diverge from, a closed cavity defining location as shown at 6, 7 and 8, 9, a seal being effected between the closing segments 4 and the injection nozzle and around the reinforcements 18 which are fed into the cavity in the direction of injection. In the Figs. 1 and 3 embodiment, the sealing is effected by a sealing strip 21 which seals around the nozzle 16 and the reinforcements 18, as at 20 and 24, and against contacting projections 22, 23 of the segments 4 which, in the moulded belt or band 12, respectively define teeth 13, and projections 14 which may be provided with transverse holes 28, formed by hydraulic cylinder 27 actuated cores 26 carried by the segments 4. Two or more of the belts or bands 12 may be joined in parallel by bolts extending through the holes 28 to form a grating or sieve belt defined by the spaced apart bolts, or a conveyer or cooling band when the bolts support the material to be transported or cooled. An enless belt or band may be formed from a length 12 by overlapping or joining the reinforcements bared at both ends, and injecting therearound, e.g. in a vulcanizing mould, to the required toothed configuration of the band. Alternatively, the ends of the length 12 may be cut obliquely and joined in abutment by bolts through the holes 28. In the Fig. 6 embodiment, a pair or more of interconnected belts or bands 29, 30, each comprising a plane upper, and a toothed lower face, are moulded in parallel, each with reinforcements 18, employing a similar sealing strip, and with the injection being into a channel defined between the segments 4 and communicating with each belt cavity by spaced slots defining longitudinally and transversely extending interconnecting strips 33, 34 in the moulded belt or band, which may serve as supports for material being conveyed. Holes may be formed, similarly to the Fig. 1 and 3 embodiment, through each lower belt tooth and through which bolts may extend to function in place of the teeth 13, in engagement with teeth of a band driving gear. Alternatively, the bands 29, 30 may be separated by cutting of the strips 34.
Patent GB-223039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to variable transmission mechanism
IPC: F16H23/02
Filed: 1923-10-04
Abstract: 223,039. Lavaud, D. S. de. Oct. 4, 1923. Variable - speed gearing comprises ratchet gearing 5 driven by a swash plate 3, the centre of which is displaced axially of and relatively to a driving-shaft 1 to vary the speed. The shaft 1 is shaped to engage the rotary hub 2 of the swash plate and through an axial slot 6 in the shaft passes a trunnion 8 at the centre of wobble. Constraint is applied to tilt the swash plate as it slides by a second trunnion 9 working in an inclined slot 7. The swash plate 3 is kept from rotating by a gimbal mounting G and automatic variation may be produced by yielding means Y acting through a thrust member T. Specification 220,640 is referred to.
Patent GB-537954-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of adiponitrile
Filed: 1939-08-29
Abstract: 537,954. Adiponitrile. MAY, P. (Soc. des Usines Chimiques Rhone-Poulenc.). Aug. 29, 1939, No. 24821. [Class 2 (iii)] Adiponitrile is prepared by passing gaseous ammonia through molten adipic acid in the presence of orthophosphoric acid or an ester thereof. Examples are given of the use of the acid itself and of the tributyl tri-o-cresyl, tri-o-xenyl and di-o- or p-xenyl esters and a list of the other neutral and acid esters is included. Specification 477,463 is referred to.
Patent GB-599976-A (GB)
Title: Improved method and apparatus for the coating of wire
IPC: C23D5/00
Filed: 1945-09-25
Abstract: 599,976. Coated wires. BRITISH INSULATED CALLENDER'S CABLES, Ltd., RICHARDSON, A. B. F. G., HANCOCK, D. C., and LORCH. H. R. Sept. 25, 1945, No. 24876. [Class 140] A wire 1, to be coated, is passed upwards through a pool 15 of coating liquid having a free upper surface, the pool being contained in a tiny cup 14, formed of two parts 16 and 17 which are separable in a vertical plane and urged together by a flat or coiled spring 21, and having in its walls a lateral passage 23 for the inflow of the coating liquid and, for the entry of the wire, a relatively long passage 18 formed partly in the face of one part of the cup and partly in the face of the other part and extending upwards into about the centre of the bottom of the cup, the bore of the passage and the length thereof being such that, without the aid of a sealing washer or gland, coating liquid when under atmospheric pressure is prevented from escaping through the annular space between the wire and the wall of the passage by the upward movement of the wire. The rate of flow of liquid through the lateral passage 23 into the cup is accurately adjusted by a screw 25 so that the liquid, which may be filtered by passing through a device 34, is supplied to the cup at the rate at which it is drawn from the upper free surface of the pool by the wire which passes out of the cup through an opening too large for its wall to have any wiping action on the coating. The spring 25 allows both parts of the cup to separate momentarily when a knot passes. The coating liquids may be enamel or latex or polyvinyl chloride.
Patent GB-153159-A (GB)
Title: An improved pressure-tight coupling
IPC: F16L55/132
Filed: 1919-10-11
Abstract: 153,159. Faviell, D. Oct. 11, 1919. Stuffing-box joints.-The joint or closure is designed more particularly for use in the testing of tubes such as condenser or boiler tubes in situ by fluid pressure, and is of the stuffing-box type. The Figure shows a pipe P, under test, provided with a closure at one end and a coupling to the source of pressure at the other. In each case the pressure-tight joint is obtained by expanding the india-rubber sleeve R by screwing up the sleeve C which exerts its pressure through the sliding collar D. A fixed collar E, screwed on the body portion A or A' of the coupling, takes the end thrust on the rubber sleeve. The faces of the collars D, E have each a female chamber cooperating with a male chamber on the end of the india-rubber sleeve. The pump is coupled to the fitting B. Flats are provided at G to enable the body portion to be held against rotation. A flat at b enables a jack to be employed to take end thrust when large pressures are employed. The cock B<1> permits of the release of air. In some cases a thrust collar may be provided between the end of the sleeve C and the collar D.