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Patent GB-1478202-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic pencil
IPC: A45D40/20
Filed: 1974-07-11
Abstract: 1478202 Cosmetic pencil FABBRICA ITALIANA LAPIS ED AFFINI (FILA) SpA 11 July 1974 [12 July 1973 5 April 1974 4 June 1974 28 July 1974] 30741/74 Heading B6P A sharpenable cosmetic pencil 10 has a flattened cross-section, either oval or rectangular, and comprises an elongate, flattened cosmetic core and a wood or plastics cover. The materials of core and cover are chosen to facilitate sharpening of the pencil to a chisel edge 16, so that thin lines and broad shading can be applied with the same pencil, e.g. in applying eye make-up. The pencil may have a decorative outer layer 17, and its point may be protected by a removable cap 19.
Patent GB-1399900-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus suitable for removing particulate material from a moveable electrostatorgraphic member
Inventor: BECKER G E
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 1972-06-30
Abstract: 1399900 Cleaning sensitized plates XEROX CORP 30 June 1972 [2 July 1971] 30751/72 Heading G2H Residual toner is removed from a xerographic plate 10 by passing the plate between a stationary brush 24 and a rotory brush 12. The housing 14 of the brush 12 is connected to a vacuum source or blower. The housing 20 of the brush 24 is movable vertically upwards against spring force such that when the plate 10 engages cams 21 the housings are separated to allow passage of the plate Fig. 2. In the absence of the plate the brushes become enmeshed for self cleaning, Fig. 1. A flicker bar 27 is also provided.
Patent GB-1009722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to drafting devices for textile spinning machines
IPC: D01H5/26
Filed: 1961-08-26
Abstract: 1,009,722. Drafting-apparatus. J & T BOYD Ltd and M. WARNOCK. Aug. 27, 1962 [Aug. 26, 1961], No. 30843/61. Heading D1D. Drafting-apparatus comprises at least one apron on guide rolls each of which consists of stationary cylindrical end parts e.g. 12B, (Fig. 3) and a coaxial rotatable centre part 12A, the length of which is less than the width of the apron. The end parts can have nylon bushes for the gudgeons of the centre part. In a form, Fig. 1, with upper and lower aprons,the lower apron is driven at 5 andtensioned at 6, and passes around rolls 3 and 4 of the construction stated. The end-members of the lower rolls 3 and 4 are carried in a frame 2 which is bolted at 9 to the fixed part 1. The end parts of the upper rolls are carried by a frame 10 having pins 14 engaging selected notches 8 of a series provided at each side of frame 2. To load the rollers, an arm 15 bears on a spring between the arm and the frame 10. When only a lower apron is used, the end parts of the upper rollers may be carried directly in the notches 8. For cleaning, frame 10 may be removed together with rollers 11, 12, and apron 13.
Patent GB-620610-A (GB)
Title: Method for the manufacture of brittle treacled sandwich wafers
IPC: A21B5/02
Filed: 1946-10-16
Abstract: Brittle treacled sandwich wafers are made by rolling out dough thin (about 0.02 inch) stamping it into cut-out shapes, baking them until brittle on a baking plate joining two shapes together by a filling substantially of treacle, the total thickness being approximately that of an ordinary treacled sandwich wafer.  The shapes may be cut out on the baking plate.  The tough treacle filling enables the brittle wafers to be packed and handled with less breakage.  The shape may be round, oblong, lozenge or square with or without rounded corners.
Patent GB-731459-A (GB)
Title: Wheel balance testing apparatus
IPC: G01M1/12
Filed: 1952-12-05
Abstract: 731,459. Testing balance.of wheels. BOOTH, M. B. Dec. 3, 1953 [Dec. 5, 1952], No. 30869/52. Class 106 (2). Apparatus for testing the static balance of wheels comprises a base 2 with a central pillar 1 on which a balanced carrier 5 is pivotally mounted in such a way as to be capable of inclination from the horizontal in any direction, the carrier normally being in a horizontal position. The wheel is centred on the carrier by a conical shaped wedge 20 and any deflection from the horizontal is indicated by a spirit level 12, held adjustably against a spring 31.
Patent GB-484810-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for providing luminous backgrounds for displays
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1936-11-12
Abstract: 484,810. Signs; displaying. BEUTTELL, A. W. Nov. 12, 1936, No. 30891. [Class 3 (ii)] A luminous background to a trans parency b such as a photographic plate, or to letters or other dis play matter to be seer in silhouette, is formed by transparent reflect ing sheets e which are so shaped that light from lamps d impinges or them at comparatively small angles of incidence and is reflected from each sheet towards an observer viewing the display through the other sheet, so that when the observer's position is such that his line of vision is perpendicular to the display or nearly so, light from the source-d is seen in and distributed over the surface of the remote sheet e. Stencils backed by opal sheets h may be provided. Specification 294,723, [Class 3 (ii)], is referred to.
Patent GB-426255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to multiple contact electro-magnetic relays
IPC: H01H51/06
Filed: 1934-10-27
Abstract: 426,255. Light current relays. HALL, N., Westgarth, Lyndhurst Grove, Low Fell, Gateshead. Oct. 27, 1934, No. 30910. [Class 38 (v)] A multiple-contact electromagnetic relay for use in organs or telephone systems has a base of insulating material on which are mounted in one plane and side-by-side the spring contacts and in another plane the electromagnet or electromagnets, the said planes being arranged one above the other and substantially parallel with the said base. As shown in Fig. 1, the relay is secured within a box-shaped base 1 formed of insulating material, the U-shaped operating electromagnet being adjustably secured therein by a brass plate 3 extending across the poles and a screw 4. The armature 5 is fulcrummed near its angular point on the edge of the base and is retained in a cut-away portion of the edge by a springy plate 6 secured to upstanding pillars of the base. Below the plate 6 is an insulating cross-bar 11 on which rest the ends of relatively fixed contact strips 8 clamped between a block 10 and an upstanding projection 1d of the relay base. On attraction of the armature an insulating strip 7 on a bent-up projection 5a of the horizontal portion 5a of the armature engages beneath a series of relatively-movable contact springs 9 and brings their bent-up ends into engagement with the relatively fixed strips 8 to complete the controlled circuits. Alternatively, Fig. 5, (not shown), the armature itself may act as a movable contact member by carrying a contact rod which is raised to engage the fixed contact strips, current being led to the armature through a flexible lead. The strips 9 rest on a projection 1e of the base when the armature is released. The armature may carry a leather pad 15 to silence its movement on release. Similar pads may also be provided between the ends of the contacts 8 and the insulating strip 11 and on the portions of the armature opposite the poles of the electromagnet. The electromagnet core 2 may carry a winding on one only of its limbs, the unwound limb being moulded in or otherwise secured to the base so as to have its polar end coplanar with that of the wound limb. Rigid contact bars may, alternatively, replace the relatively fixed contact springs 8.
Patent GB-601141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to printing machines
IPC: C09B23/10
Filed: 1945-11-19
Abstract: 601,141. Printing-machines. LINOTYPE & MACHINERY, Ltd., SPENCE, F., and JAKEMAN, J. W. Nov. 19, 1945, No. 30983. [Class 100(ii)] A cylinder printing-machine is constructed with a reciprocating bed 2 and a continuously rotating impression cylinder 8 formed with an impression surface 12, a sheet-transfer surface 13, and a surface 14 which is cut away to avoid contact with the printing-surface 1 on reversal of the bed. With the cylinder 8 coacts a transfer 11 with grippers 45 which take the printed sheet from the grippers 19 of the cylinder 8 and finally transfer it to the grippers 26 of the transfer surface 13 from which it is taken by grippers 24 of a delivery device 25. The grippers 19 are operated by a tumbler device 21 and pins 23, 22 at the sheettaking position adjacent the feed board F and adjacent to the transfer cylinder 11. The grippers 26 are operated by cams 30, 31. The cylinder 11 is driven by gears 17, 18 from the cylinder 8 and makes three revolutions for each one of the cylinder 8, but the shaft 33 on which the cylinder 11 is freely mounted is driven by an epicylic train of gears 38, 39a, 39b, 40, 41 so as to make one revolution for each revolution of the cylinder 8. A grooved cam 62 on shaft 33 causes a pair of cams 53, 54 to slide in a bracket 63 so as to move into and out of operative engagement with a roller 51, Fig. 6, not shown, on an arm of the gripper shaft 42, which is moved by the cams so as to cause the grippers to open at the correct times to take the printed sheet from the grippers 19 and deliver them to the grippers 26.
Patent GB-781778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to supports for shelves and the like
Inventor: JONES CHARLES BERNARD
IPC: A47B57/42
Filed: 1954-10-27
Abstract: 781,778. Wall coverings. CHURCH & CO. (FITTINGS), Ltd. Oct. 27, 1955 [Oct. 27, 1954], No. 31022/54. Class 20(4) [Also in Group XIV] A column for supporting a bracket comprises a pair of parallel vertical channel slots each for the reception of a flange carried by a bracket and has means for connection to the columns, to hold thereto facia boarding, to leave the channel slots exposed. The column C comprises sheet metal shaped to give two channel slots 15 joined by a web 17 and having outturned flanges 18 spaced rearwardly from the web 17 to receive and position the ends of facia boarding B. The columns may be secured to the wall or the backboard by fixing screws through the web 17 and a wood fillet 20 or by other means. Each bracket 10, used for supporting shelves or the like, has an upturned outer end 11 and a pair of flanges 12. As shown, the flanges are welded to and slightly offset from the sides of the bracket and have triangular shaped ends, to bear against the back of the slots 15, with a groove 14 and hook 13 to engage a pair of apertures 19, a number of which are spaced at the rear of the slots 15. In a modification, the flanges 12 are continuations of the sides of the bracket, with downturned ends to engage the rear of the slots 15 and a pair of hooks extend from the inner sides to form a single hook which engages a slot in the vertical web 17. As shown in Figs 1 and 2, the facia boarding B is held in position by a plate 21 having a pair of prongs 22 to engage in the slots 15, the plate 21 being secured by a screw through the web 17 and wood fillet 20. As shown in Fig. 5, a U-shaped member 23 is secured over the web 17 and held by hooks 24 engaging the apertures 19 and the plate member 25 is secured thereto by nut and bolt 26, 26a, side flanges engaging the edges of the boards B and spaced from the web 17 by lugs 27. The prongs 22 and sides of the member 23 serve to space the board edges clear of the slots 15.
Patent GB-1508457-A (GB)
Title: Converters
IPC: C21C5/48
Filed: 1975-07-24
Abstract: 1508457 Converter bottoms CREUSOTLOIRE and E SPRUNCK 24 July 1975 [20 Sept 1974] 31040/75 Heading F4B In a bottom blown metallurgical converter of the kind comprising a plurality of blast pipes 4 extending upwardly through a bottom plate 1 lined with refractory material such as tarred dolomite, leakage of flowable substances such as tar and hydrocarbons through the refractory bottom is prevented by the provision of an upstanding cylindrical retainer sleeve around the bottom plate 1 and sealing means around each of the blast pipes. Each blast pipe 4 consists of two concentric tubes, oxygen being supplied to the central tube and hydrocarbons being supplied between the two tubes As shown in Fig. 1 the cylindrical sleeve is welded to the circumference of the bottom plate, and the sealing means each comprise a short tube 5 welded to the bottom plate; an umbrella shaped baffle 7 covers the tube 5 to obstruct entry of hydrocarbons into the tube 5 which is filled with grout 14 before the dolomite lining is placed in position. In the alternative embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the cylindrical sleeve 10 is connected to a circular disc 9 laid on top of the bottom plate 1, and the sealing means comprises a ring 11 welded to the outer tube of each of the blast pipes. The ring 11 is recessed to receive an asbestos seal 12 held fluid tight by means of a clamp-nut 14. Suitable materials for the retainer sleeve 10 and disc 9, when provided, are steel or aluminium sheet, cardboard, paper or plastics material.
Patent GB-445758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to seats
IPC: B60N2/70
Filed: 1935-11-11
Abstract: 445,758. Seats. TAN-SAD CHAIR CO. (1931), Ltd., Foundry Lane, Birmingham, and GABB, A. H., 3, Western Road, Horfield Common, Bristol. Nov. 11, 1935, No. 31099. [Cla,ss 52 (ii)] The back rest a of a seat is coupled to an upright b by means of two links c which are normally horizontal and are pivoted at one end to the upright b and at the other end to a bracket a<1> secured to the seat back a. The back rest a is supported by a tension spring d attached to the upper end of the upright b and is pivotally comiected through a member e<1> to the seat member e. When weight is applied to the seat member e the back rest a moves downwards with e. The inclination of the upright b can be adjusted by slackening a clamp b<1>. In a modification the tension spring d is dispensed with, its function being performed by a compression spring supporting the rear end of the seat part e. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the function of the tension spring is performed by the resilient frame f<1>, f<2>, f<3> which supports the seat part and is attached to the back rest a through the pivot f<4>.
Patent GB-299846-A (GB)
IPC: B65H9/16
Filed: 1928-10-26
Abstract: 299,846. Spiess, G. Nov. 2, 1927, [Convention date]. Sheet-registering devices.-The frame 11 carrying the rollers of an inclined-roller feedtable for feeding sheets from one set of buckling- folders 5 to a second set 5<1> perpendicular thereto, is pivoted about a vertical axis so that the inclination of the rollers to the registering guide can be adjusted. In one form where the guide consists of a belt 15, the frame 11 is pivoted at one corner about the driving shaft 12 of the belt, and is guided by pin-and-slot arrangements 13 at the other corners. The shaft 12 also serves to drive the inclined rollers through bevel gearing 18 and a belt 21. In a modification wherein a rigid adjustable side-guide is employed, the frame 11 is pivoted near the centre of one end so that the rollers can be inclined to the guide in two directions, arrangements being provided for the reversal of the direction of rotation of the rollers thus necessitated so that the sheet is delivered to either side of the machine.
Patent GB-488852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotary ovens for the heat treatment of coal
IPC: C10B1/10
Filed: 1936-11-14
Abstract: 488,852. Rotary retorts. S O C . FINANCIERS DE TRANSPORTS ET D'ENTREPRISES INDUSTRIELLES (SOFINA) SOC. ANON. Nov. 14, 1936, No. 31141. Convention date, Dec. 12, 1935. [Classes 51 (i), 51 (ii), and 55 (i)] In a rotary retort 1 for the heat treatment of finely divided coal for obtaining a globular transformation of the coal particles, ribs or flanges 18 extending longitudinally of the retort are used for agitating the material, and are inclined in relation to the direction of rotation, being also inclined in a longitudinal direction to control the rate of progress of the material along the retort. The ribs 18 are secured by bolts 19<1> to hoops 19 at an angle of, for example, 50‹ to the median plane of the retort, and may be inclined longitudinally, as in Fig. 4, to accelerate or retard the progress of the material through the retort. The tube is divided into compartments 15, 16 by a partition 17 which allows passage of the material but prevents passage of the distillates by being provided with a helicoidal channel 20, the entry to which is caused by a deflector 21, Fig. 6, and the exit from which is through an aperture 23. When coal is being heated, steam, carbon dioxide, and some hydrocarbons are removed through an outlet near the head of the retort from compartment 15, and globulation of the mass is facilitated in compartment 16 from which tar vapours and other distillates are removed. The retort is externally heated by burners 5, and a combustion chamber 4, the hot gases from which, after admixture with recirculated combustion products, pass at increased speed through a narrow heating chamber 2 around the retort. A fan 11 draws off some of the combustion products from a flue 6 and passes them back through a nozzle 9 into the stream of hot gases, so that over-heating of the retort is prevented. Specifications 356,236, 357,330, 358,181, 369,976, 445,207, 445,208, and 460,394 are referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 refers also to the treatment of solid materials other than coal, but this subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-704321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to furnaces
IPC: C03B5/235
Filed: 1949-12-05
Abstract: 704,321. Open-hearth furnaces. UNITED STEEL COMPANIES, Ltd., and CHESTERS, J. H. Nov. 28, 1950 [Dec. 5, 1949], No. 31197/49. Class 51 (2) In an open-hearth furnace in which roof failure is alleviated by supplying one or more curtains of air over and in contact with the affected areas, the air, heated by recuperator, passes from a duct 11 into vertical passages 12 on either side of a waste gases port 7, said passages 12 being united at their upper ends by a transverse passage 13 with which they merge to form an inverted U-shaped air inlet 14 supplying the air around and in opposite direction to the flame and waste gases issuing from a burner 6. In a modification suitable for a larger furnace, Fig. 5, some of the air is introduced through the inlet 14 and the rest through two series of holes or slots 20 positioned in the roof 15 further towards the fuel entry end of the furnace.
Patent GB-391881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to explosives
IPC: C06B29/08
Filed: 1931-11-11
Abstract: 391,881. Explosives. SCOTT, A. C., Davington House, Faversham, Kent. Nov. 11, 1931, Nos. 31285/31 and 12562/32. [Class 9 (ii).] An explosive for use in heaters of carbon dioxide blasting-cartridges is prepared by mixing an oxygen carrying salt such as potassium chlorate or perchlorate with a non- explosive or non-inflammable cellulose ester such as cellulose acetate to which may be added a resinous substance such as a synthetic resin of the phenol-formaldehyde type, and inert substances such as asbestos fibre, talc, mica, French chalk or Fuller's earth. The synthetic resin may be treated with a solvent which does not attack the cellulose ester, for example alcohol containing a small amount of acetone. When no synthetic resin is used, the mixture may be moistened with acetone and rolled into sheets, which are subsequently broken up to granulate the mixture.
Patent GB-1222327-A (GB)
Title: Compact electrochemical fuel cell assembly
Inventor: LEONARD RONALD JAMES
IPC: H01M8/24
Filed: 1969-06-20
Abstract: 1,222,327. Fuel cells. ALLIS-CHALMERS MFG. CO. 20 June, 1969 [21 June, 1968], No. 31355/69. Heading H1B. In a fuel cell unit for stacking to form a battery a pair of porous electrodes spaced by an electrolyte-containing matrix are held in an aperture in a frame 10, a single fluid-distribution plate 35 overlies one face of the frame and contains slots 40 to distribute the fluid to the adjacent electrode, a manifold groove 20 to supply fluid to the slots 40 and a similar groove to collect fluid from the slots 40 are formed in the surface of frame 10 adjacent plate 35. Each frame has a pair of inlet ports, one of which is connected by a feeder slot to the feeder manifold 20, and a pair of outlet ports, one of which is connected to the outlet manifold. The units are stacked so that each plate 35 feeds a pair of electrodes of like polarity in adjacent cells.
Patent GB-817994-A (GB)
Title: Thermo-plastic containers
IPC: B65D25/42
Filed: 1955-11-02
Abstract: 817,994. Portable containers. TARRASCH, W. M. Nov. 2, 1955, No. 31366/55. Class 66. A synthetic thermo-plastic container 6 for pourable contents has one wall with an opening therethrough, and an outwardly tapering reinforcing member 1 of synthetic theremoplastic material sealed to said wall and having a bore in register with the opening, the member 1 being adapted to receive a closure and to reinforce the container around the opening. The member 1 may taper to a feathering edge with a constant slope or, as shown, it may taper outwardly in a number of annular steps. The member 1 may have a neck 2 threaded to take a screw cap. Alternatively the neck 2 may terminate at its upper end in a further outward flange, this flange being formed with a pouring lip and a non-drip profile. The neck 2 may have two separate openings, one for filling and emptying and the other for venting.
Patent GB-636464-A (GB)
Title: Door-lock with self-blocking lock bolt
IPC: E05B59/00
Filed: 1946-10-22
Abstract: 636,464. Locks. KORESKA, R. J., and GARTNAS, A. Oct. 22, 1946, No. 31405. Convention date, Dec. 4, 1943. [Class 44] In a lock having a self-locking bolt adapted to be held in shot, retracted, and intermediate positions, the bolt is blocked by a lever or oscillating member actuated at will by a key lock or by a finger catch, this oscillating member blocking the bolt on movement in one direction, and a slam bolt is provided having an oscillating member pivoted thereto which is adapted to hold the main bolt in the intermediate position when the door is open and the slam bolt projects, but which is withdrawn when the slam bolt is forced back on the door being slammed, allowing the main bolt to move to its fully shot position in which it is locked again by the oscillating member. The arrangement comprises a casing 1, in which is mounted a spring pressed latch bolt 3, retracted by means of a follower 5, and a lock bolt 7 pressed outwardly by a spring 27. The bolt 7 has a shoulder 8 which abuts the casing when the bolt is shot. An aperture 9 in the bolt tail has lateral notches 10, 10a, 11, and a pin 12 on one end 13 of a double armed lever connected to the barrel of a cylinder lock 14 coacts with the notches. The other arm 15 of the lever abuts the side of one arm 16 of a second lever, the other end of which makes contact with a projection 6 on the latch bolt 3. Below the bolt 7, and sliding on a pin 18 is an auxiliary bolt 19 which carries a pivoted arm 21 constrained by a spring 22. The head 23 of the arm 21 abuts the casing when the auxiliary bolt is fully shot and arrests the bolt 7 as shown in Fig. 2 by contact with the shoulder thereon. When the door is closed, the bolt 19 is pressed back and the arm 21 is guided downwardly out of engagement with the shoulder of the lock bolt. In this position the latter is blocked against. retraction by the pin 12 on lever arm 13. If by reason of partial choking of the recess in the striking plate, the bolt 7 is not fully shot, pin 12 can engage in recess 10a in the bolt tail. To unlock, the arm 13 is lifted by key operation of the lock 14, and the bolt withdrawn by contact of the pin 12 with the end of the aperture in the bolt tail, and at the same time the latch bolt is retracted by the lever 16, 17. As the door is opened, the auxiliary bolt 19 is shot, and the head of the arm 21 moves into the blocking position. On releasing the key, lever 13, 15 rotates until pin 12 strikes the lower edge of aperture 9, and both bolt 7 and latch 3 are arrested in the intermediate position of Fig. 2. On the closing of the door, bolts 7 and 19, and latch 3 are all pressed back ; bolt 7, being longer, is pushed in slightly before the others, releasing the bolt 19. As soon as the door is fully closed, bolt 7 and latch 3 shoot forward into the striking plate, in the position of Fig. 1. Preferably the aperture in the tail is symmetrical about its longitudinal axis so that it may be inverted for right and left hand locks.