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Patent GB-1222129-A (GB)
Title: Rotary distributor assembly for washing machines
IPC: D06F33/06
Filed: 1968-05-09
Abstract: 1,222,129. Washing machines. INDUSTRIE A. ZANUSSI S.p.A. 9 May, 1968 [20 May, 1967; 12 Dec., 1967; 13 Feb., 1968], No. 22113/68. Heading B1A [Also in Division A4] A rotary detergent distributor for an automatic washing machine comprises at least two containers for solid or liquid detergent connected by a duct to the washing tub of the washing machine to which water is supplied through a valve controlled inlet, the rotary part of the distributor which establishes a communication between the water inlet and the containers sequentially during selected times of the washing cycle 'being rotated when the valve is closed. As shown distributor member 9 has an inlet port 5 connected to the water main through a magnetic valve 10 and outlet ports 3 connected to the detergent compartments of container (15), Fig. 1 (not shown). A bore 1 in a rotatable disc 4 on shaft 2 of the machine timer 8, connects one port 3 at a time to duct 11 the disc being held against the others by water pressure. Valve 10 is closed before movement of the disc 4 and both, may be controlled by the same cam. The ports 3, which can be slots, can be controlled by one or more cams. In another arrangement, a preferably rectangular water outlet 115 is integral with 'the frame 110 of a distributor which rests on the lid 112 of a washing machine. Beneath frame 110 is a fixed casing 117 whose bottom slopes steeply to a duct 130 discharging into the washing machine tub and has, at its centre, a support 131 on which is rotatably mounted a conical piece 132 integral with ribs l20A, B, C which divide a container 118 into sectors. Each sector is sub-divided into two radially aligned chambers 119A, 122A; 119B; 122B; 119C, 122C by walls extending to the bottom 123 of container 118. Container 118 has a central port 124 whose curled edge 125 coacts with conical piece 132 to retain detergent 134. Piece 132 is connected by a drive shaft 135 passing through sleeve 131 to shaft 137 of the machine timer. In operation, the detergents are placed in their compartments, e.g. prewashing, washing and rinsing or bleaching respectively in 119A, B and C and, as required, compartments 122A are moved beneath port 115 and the detergent is washed out. If liquid detergents are to be used, edge 125 should be raised. Another similar arrangement has four compartments two each for solid and liquid detergents.
Patent GB-929207-A (GB)
Title: Process of producing titanium tetrachloride
IPC: C22B34/12
Filed: 1961-06-19
Abstract: Titanium tetrachloride is produced by treating a mixture of an oxygenated titanium-containing material and carbon in a furnace with chlorine and oxygen separately so that the mixture is first chlorinated and then oxidized and the heat generated in the oxidation is utilized in the chlorination.  The oxygenated titanium-containing material (preferably rutile) is preferably used as briquettes containing 18 to 23% by weight of coal, and in addition from 5 to 15% by weight of loose pieces of coal, with respect to the briquettes, may be added to the furnace.  In the <PICT:0929207/III/1> Figure, air at room temperature, or a mixture of air and oxygen, is fed through inlet 2 to the heated furnace and meets a first layer of coal pieces in which combustion takes place and the resulting gases are mixed with chlorine introduced at room temperature through inlets 3 thus preheating the chlorine and coal pieces in this layer to the reaction temperature.  The coal layer in the furnace is kept constant by adding coal pieces and briquettes through hopper 6.  As the titanium-containing material is chlorinated, the unconsumed coal pieces sink to the layer below chlorine inlets 3 where combustion with air takes place, the desired level being controlled by withdrawing samples through pipes 4.  The reaction products are removed through pipe 5.
Patent GB-460427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic presses
IPC: B30B15/00
Filed: 1936-08-12
Abstract: 460,427. Hydraulic presses. FINLAY, R. P., and FINLAY CONVEYOR CO., Ltd. Aug. 12, 1936, No. 22180. [Class 69 (ii)] A hydraulic press is provided with a cistern cast separately from the cylinder and detachably secured thereto. The cistern constitutes an open-ended casting 1 with a flange 2 by which it is secured by studs or bolts. The cylinder casting has a spigot which engages and closes an opening in the casting 1. The flanges 2, 4 are of oblong shape.
Patent GB-352748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to tooth-brushes made of celluloid or the like
IPC: A46B3/16
Filed: 1930-07-23
Abstract: 352,748. Toothbrushes. LEVY, L., 41A, Kaiserstrasse, Kaiserslautern, Germany. July 23, 1930, No. 22231. Convention date, Aug. 26, 1929. [Class 19.] Toothbrushes of celluloid or similar material have one or more soft metal plates c, Fig. 1, entirely embedded in the head portion a. Bundles of bristles are inserted by the usual automatic machine after the plate has been secured in the material of the head a. Holes are made in the plate c and head a and bristles inserted in anchors f are secured in the metal plate as well as in the head a. In a modification, two metal plates c may be used one above the other.
Patent GB-1023883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to circuit-controlling systems
IPC: H02H3/07
Filed: 1963-06-04
Abstract: 1,023,883. Protective systems. WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION. June 4, 1963 [June 5, 1962], No. 22240/63. Heading H2K. [Also in Division H3] In an auto-reclosing arrangement for a circuitbreaker, reclosure control means include a time delay circuit having a series of time bases for providing different time delays between tripping and reclosure for successive reclosing operations of the circuit-breaker. In Fig. 1A, an output signal dependent on the highest line current is obtained by way of current transformers CTA ... CTC, adjustable auxiliary transformers CTA1 ... CTC1 and rectifiers DA ... DC. This signal is applied across a potentiometer RH1, R2, R3 and when an excessive line current occurs is sufficient to break down a Zener diode Z1 to turn on a controlled rectifier SCR2. As a result the voltage across a Zener diode Z7 falls below that necessary to maintain a transistor T1 conducting, so that capacitors C8, C9 are charged by the signal at a rate determined by resistors R14, R15, shunted by Zener diodes Z2, Z3 and resistors R16, R17. The charging characteristic may be varied by inserting a plug 27P into a tap block 27 to connect a desired resistor/Zener diode combination in parallel with the resistors R16, R17 and/or by adjusting variable resistors RH4 and RH3. When the capacitors C8, C9 are sufficiently charged, a Zener diode Z11 breaks down to turn on controlled rectifiers, Fig. 1B (not shown), to energize the circuitbreaker trip coil (not shown). Tripping in response to zero-sequence current is effected by means of a transformer CTG, and a rectifier DG supplying a signal to a timing circuit including a Zener diode Z9, controlled rectifier SCR1, transistor T2, capacitors C5 ... C7 and Zener diode Z11G similar to those described above. The rest of the circuit arrangement, Figs. 1B, 1C (not shown) includes a multiple-level multiple-position stopping-switch to provide the reclosing and lock-out sequence, the reclosure control means with the time delay circuit having the series of time bases and reset means for restoring the arrangement to its initial conditions should the circuit-breaker remain closed after one or more reclosing operations, the reset means having an adjustable time delay circuit. The time delay circuit with the series of time bases comprises capacitors in conjunction with a plurality of resistors chosen by a plug connector arrangement and then selected by the stepping switch.
Patent GB-723784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electromagnetic light-current contact-making relays
Inventor: TOWNER STANLEY HERBERT
IPC: H01H50/16
Filed: 1951-09-24
Abstract: 723,784. Electromagnetic relays. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. April 24, 1952 [Sept. 24, 1951], No. 22274/51. Class 38 (5). The core of a relay is formed from two U- shaped members, parts 1 and 2 of which are in close contact and carry the winding and parts 5 and 6 of which define a gap adapted to be bridged by an armature lying substantially parallel to the core. The plate-like members 1, 2 may be replaced by rod and tube members, Figs. 6, 7 (not shown). Specification 723,806 is referred to. The Provisional Specification refers to Specification 566,778.
Patent GB-984056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for facilitating access to a piece of apparatus incorporated in an assembly
Inventor: COUTANT JACQUES
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 1963-06-05
Abstract: 984,056. Facilitating access to cases. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. June 5, 1963 [June 8, 1962], No. 22325/63. Heading B8P. [Also in Division H1] A device for facilitating access to apparatus 3 comprises a cradle 1 comprising two vertical cheeks 5 spaced by horizontal ribs 4, 6 and provided on each of its side cheeks with a guiding device to guide it in vertical movement, and a locking device to lock it in a raised position. The cheeks 5 of the cradle are provided with handles 8 and holes 9 for electrical connecting wires, and are spaced by the member 6 and two ribs 4 to which are fixed frames 2 for holding the apparatus, such as printed circuits 3. Each guiding device comprises two arms 13 connected at their centres 22, one end 20 of each arm being pivoted to a side 5 of the cradle or a corresponding side 12 of the compartment 17, and the other end of each arm having a roller 21 which slides in a horizontal slot. The cradle is locked in its raised position, Fig. 1, by the engagement of the rollers 21 in recesses at the end of each slot, the cradle being unlocked by raising it slightly to release the rollers. Openings 23 in the various members reduce weight and provide ventilation.
Patent GB-860875-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetically actuated reciprocating pump
Inventor: PARKER LELAND CHARLES
IPC: F02B1/00
Filed: 1957-07-16
Abstract: 860,875. Electromagnetic interrupters. BENDIX CORPORATION. July 16, 1957, No. 22535/57. Class 38 (5). [Also in Groups XXV and XXVIII] In a reciprocating electromagnetic pump, e.g. a fuel supply pump, comprising an energizing solenoid 5 surrounding a non-magnetic cylinder 1 in which is slidable a magnetizable piston 2 urged by a yielding means 3 towards a stop 4 defining its rest position, energization of the solenoid is controlled by a pair of normally closed contacts 23, 24 and a movable magnetizable armature 27 disposed adjacent an end of the piston when the latter reaches the end of its stroke away from the stop 4, the armature comprising a lever pivoted at 28 and having fixed thereon a pin 32 engaging a blade 21 supporting the contact 23 to open the contacts when the lever is attracted to the piston 2 as the latter reaches the end of its stroke in response to energization of its solenoid. The lever is normally held retracted with its long arm 29 engaging a back stop 33 by pressure of the blade 21, this pressure being overcome by the concentration of flux when the top of the piston reaches the level of the armature. Collapse of the solenoid field permits the spring 3 to effect the return or pumping stroke of the piston and the blade 21 to reclose the contacts whereupon the operation is repeated. Check valves 12, 13 cause piston reciprocation to transfer liquid from an inlet chamber 9 to an outlet chamber 11.
Patent GB-293224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in roof rain water collectors
IPC: E04D13/04
Filed: 1927-08-27
Abstract: 293,224. Adams, M. J. Aug. 27, 1927. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Water supply, obtaining.-Rain-water is collected from roofs by means of an additional gutter C placed above the usual gutter G and delivering to a tank D arranged in the roof and provided with a gravity service pipe F; overflow from the tank passes through a pipe E to the gutter G.
Patent GB-217477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in roasting furnaces
IPC: F27B9/24
Filed: 1923-09-07
Abstract: 217,477. Geschwind, L. Sept. 7, 1923. Roasting furnaces; charges, agitating.-In a roasting furnace of the Spirlet type comprising alternate fixed and rotary circular hearths 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5 each hearth is diametrically divided by a hollow water-cooled arm fitted as a rake and mounted similarly to the hearth. In the case of a fixed hearth the arm is divided longitudinally by a vertical partition and the cooling water enters at one end and leaves at the other. A rotary hearth on the other hand has a double arm 23, Fig. 3, supplied with water through a central tube 28 from a tank 30. The water flows into a chamber 26, then outwards and around the ends of the partitions 24, 25 and returns through a chamber 27 and outer tube 29 to a cock 31 and tank 32. A sand joint is formed by a flange 36 carried by the tube 29 and depending into a channel 37. The teeth on the rakes may be shaped as described in Specification 167,464.
Patent GB-531928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to warning devices for use on motor vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/50
Filed: 1939-08-08
Abstract: 531,928. Road-traffic signals on vehicles; press button switches. SCHREUDER, B. Aug. 8, 1939, No. 22850. Convention date, Aug. 6, 1938. [Class 118 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXVII] A warning-device for use on motor vehicles, for giving either audible or visual signals, comprises an actuating device and a selector switch, the actuating device comprising a " rest contact " which is normally closed, and a "working contact " which is normally open, operation of the device either sounding a horn or changing the illumination of the headlamps according to the position of the selector switch. In the circuit shown in Fig. 1, the car battery 2 is connected by means of a press-button switch 3 and a selector 4 to the horn 1, the head 'lamps 5, and other lamps 6 of lower intensity than the lamps 5. With the selector 4 in the position shown, pressure on the switch 3 sounds the horn. In the other two positions of the selector, the horn is out of circuit and one set of lamps, either 5 or 6, is alight. Pressure on the switch 3 then causes one set of lamps to be extinguished and the other to be switched on to give a signal by change of illumination. An automatic switch may be included in the circuit of the lamps to cause the illumination to vary or flicker. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes a switch for use with the device, comprising a press-button 8, Fig. 3 (Cancelled), normally upheld by a spring 10. In this position, a contact disc 17 is pressed against a contact ring 14, the " rest contact," but pressure on the button 8 brings the disc 17 into contact with another ring 15, the " working control." The selector ring may be embodied in the switch and composed of a rotatable ring 21 of insulating material provided with contacts 22, 23 which make contact with strips 25 embedded in the circumference of the base of the switch. The ring 21 is turned to any of three positions to select the desired contact connections. The switch may be incorporated in the top of the steering column of the car, or operated by a push rod passing down through the steering column or by a Bowden cable. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-793031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in shuttleless weaving looms
IPC: D03J5/00
Filed: 1956-07-24
Abstract: 793,031. Looms with stationary weft supply. ANCET, V.M. J., and FAYOLLE, M. July 24. 1956 [Aug. 29, ,1955], No. 22861/56. Class 142(2) The weft inserter 4 carries at its fore end a thread gripper comprising a fixed jaw, formed by the underside of a threadcatching tongue 4d raised obliquely rearwardly, and a movable jaw 10a at the end of an oscillatable rod 6 and disposed beneath the tongue 4d. The movable jaw 10a is actuated by fixed cams 19 as the inserter is moved rearwardly through the shed, the cams engaging an arm 11 extending radially from the rod 6. A spring 12 serves to hold the jaw 10a in the closed position. The jaw 10a is housed in a recess provided in the base of the inserter 4. A cam-actuated cutter may be provided for cutting the weft, or in the case of light threads tension in the thread after closure of the gripper may be relied on to break the thread. The tongue 4d may extend from a flat fore portion 4b upon which, as the inserter emerges from the shredded warp, the picK 30 oil weft is pressed by edge warp threads 1.
Patent GB-596582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tube joints
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1944-11-20
Abstract: 596,582. Pipe or rod joints. GASCOIGNE CO., Ltd., G. H., and GASCOIGNE. G. H. Nov. 20, 1944, No. 23044. [Class 99 (i)] In a joint for tubes or rods, particularly for metal furniture, a captive bolt 3 having limited axial freedom is rotatably mounted within the end of the tube 1 and is adapted to be screwed into a plug 5 secured in the open end of the tube 2 by rotation of a member 6. The bolt has a flat 3c and the bore of the disc 6 is of D-section so as to be keyed to the bolt. The disc is of the same external diameter as the tubes and has spigots 6a which fit into the tubes. The bolt-head engages the rear of a plug 4 brazed or riveted to the tube 1 and a pin 7 limits the movement of the bolt so that its stem always projects from the member 6. Wrench-engaging notches 6d are provided. Instead of the block 4 and pin 7, a retaining member 14, Fig. 5, may be fitted in the tube 1 and secured therein after the bolt-head has been located behind the slotted front face 14d, movement being limited by the rear disc 14a.
Patent GB-482802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic transmission systems particularly adapted for use in indication of the level of liquid in a tank
IPC: G01F23/34
Filed: 1937-08-23
Abstract: 482,802. Indicating liquid levels. GIERS, C. A. DE. Aug. 23, 1937, No. 23088. Convention date, May 21. [Class 123 (i)] The movements of a float 10 are transmitted by links 18, 22, 26, 28 to a pair of bellows 36, 38 which are connected by pipes 41, 43 to a remote indicator, the system being filled with liquid. The bellows 36, 38 are protected from the fluid in the tank by a sealing bellows 58, and may themselves be surrounded by oil. Bellows 58 may be of heavy metal and is readily renewable by removing the cover 50. In a modification, the casing 47, 54 may be arranged within the tank. A number of such indicators may be employed in a tank which is too narrow in relation to its height to permit the use of a single indicator.
Patent GB-703725-A (GB)
Title: An improved air-pressure reducing valve
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1951-10-03
Abstract: 703,725. Fluid-actuated valves. FLIGHTY C. W. Oct. 3, 1951, No. 23094/51. Class 135 A diaphragm-actuated, pressure-reducing valve for controlling the pressure of air from a high pressure source to a low pressure container, comprises a body member 2 having inlet and outlet connections 3, 19, a chamber 1 having an opening 22 to atmosphere controlled by a weightloaded relief valve 24, and a reducing valve member 15 engageable with a nipple 7 and carried by a spring-arm 13 secured at 14 to the body 2. The spring arm is connected by a rod 11 to the diaphragm 10 and urged upwardly by a spring 16 to open the valve member 15. The diaphragm on its upper face is subjected to the pressure in the chamber 1 and on its lower face to atmospheric pressure through ports 17a, 36. The relief valve 24 is shielded by a vertically flanged seat member 21, a wire mesh filter 9 and a ported cap 26 to keep extraneous matter from the chamber 1. A restriction 28 in the outlet 19 protects the container from any excessive increases in pressure in the chamber 1.
Patent GB-424343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods, comprising the employment of adhesive, of securing together shoe parts for example securing a sole to a shoe bottom or securing achannel flap in closed position
IPC: A43B13/28
Filed: 1933-08-19
Abstract: 424,343. Adhesives. UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, 140, Federal Street, Boston, U.S.A.-(Assignees of Tetlow, M. W.; Dorchester, Boston, U.S.A.) Aug. 19, 1933, No. 23149. Convention date, Aug. 29, 1932. [Class 121] [See also Group VII] Fibres of a cellulose derivative, for example a cellulose ester such as cellulose acetate, or cellulose nitrate, are made into a woven, braided, knitted, felted or other fabric material which is placed between shoe parts to be adhesively connected under pressure, e.g. a sole and insole or welt, or in a stitch channel in a sole while the flap is raised, and rendered adhesive by treating it with a solvent such as acetone. The fabric material may consist of a ribbon or tape 36, or of one or more separate strands of yarn which can be caused readily to conform to the shape of the part to be connected, and may be treated with the solvent, e.g. by passing it through a bath, and afterwards applied upon one or other of the shoe parts to be joined together. In order to facilitate the handling of the material it may be reinforced with fibres such as cotton threads or yarn which are non-soluble in or inert with respect to the solvent employed. Specifications 289,496, [Class 17 (ii)], 363,623, [Group VII], 399,525, and 406,030 are referred to.
Patent GB-773275-A (GB)
Title: Conveyors for the lateral separation of articles
IPC: B65H35/00
Filed: 1955-08-11
Abstract: 773,275. Endless-belt conveyers. LAMB, G. E. Aug. 11, 1955, No. 23161/55. Class 78 (1). [Also in Group XVI] Sheets 14, formed from a continuous web 10 by longitudinal and transverse slitting, are spread apart by a series of diverging belts 20, 20<SP>1</SP> supported by pulleys 21 mounted on arcuatelycurved shafts 22, 22<SP>1</SP>, 23 and 23<SP>1</SP>. These shafts are rotatably mounted in bearings 24 fixed to cross-beams 25, 26 of the supporting structure. Each belt passes round a wheel 38 carried by a rod 63 which is mounted slidably in a fixed support 64 and is urged in the direction to tension the belt by a spring 66.
Patent GB-354052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in variable speed gearing
IPC: F16H3/72
Filed: 1930-08-02
Abstract: 354,052. Variable speed gearing. CORLETT, W. H., 44, Kingsley Road, Garden City, Queensferry, and HAMMOND, G. W., 12, Hawarden Way, Mancot Royal, near Queensferry, both in Chester. Aug. 2, 1930, No. 23330. [Class 80 (ii).] In variable-speed gearing the speed is controlled by arresting the rotation of bevel planet gears B on their own axes by a piston E reciprocating axially in a cylinder D in the thickness of the driving-shaft J or of the driven shaft J<1>. The pinions B mesh with wheels A, C fast on the shafts J, J<1>. An eccentric or cam F on the planet spindle B<1> reciprocates the piston E, which is double-acting, thrusting oil to and fro in a passage H past a throttle valve G. The speed is controlled by adjusting valve G from a lever Z by way of a sliding sleeve O. Oil is fed into passage H from a reservoir R with a spring piston T and one-way valve S. Reversed driving is obtained by arresting the planetary motion of pinions B by a mechanical brake M.
Patent GB-900733-A (GB)
Title: Cutter and blade
IPC: B26F1/44
Filed: 1960-07-04
Abstract: 900,733. Making machine knives. GILLETTE FRANCE S.A. July 4, 1960 [July 8, 1959; June 7, 1960], No. 23377/60. Class 83 (2). [Also in Group VIII] An endless flexible cutter blade 13 is made by pressing a flat sheet steel ring 13<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 8, between shaping dies so that portions of the ring are deflected out of the plane of the ring to the contour shown in Fig. 6, and hardening the blade thus formed.