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Patent GB-1507445-A (GB)
Title: Process
IPC: A23L21/18
Filed: 1974-08-01
Abstract: 1507445 Encapsulated foodstuffs UNILEVER Ltd 18 March 1975 [20 Dec 1973 1 Aug 1974 21 Jan 1974] 59208/73 34028/74 and 10750/75 Divided out of 1484562 Heading A2B [Also in Division B8] A process comprises dropping or throwing an object having at least a coating of an alginate or low methoxy pectate sol into an aqueous setting or hardening agent, the agent being foamed where the coated object enters. (By 'foaming' is meant the formation of bubbles in the liquid and also the constant breaking of the liquid surface). The liquid setting or hardening agent is preferably a calcium or other alkaline earth salt solution. The process may be directed to the preparation of a simulated berry fruit and the object coated may contain fruit flavour, pulp or pureÚ. The process may be carried out in the apparatus shown in the accompanying drawing wherein objects 1 are dispensed from a foaming nozzle 2 and fall into a hardening liquid 3, which  liquid is foamed by bubbles released from holes 5 in tube 4.
Patent GB-605158-A (GB)
Title: Means for supplying to internal combustion engines a supplementary charge of liquid fuel to facilitate starting
IPC: F02N99/00
Filed: 1945-12-17
Abstract: 605,158. Pumps. EMMS, P. H. Dec. 17, 1945, No. 34075. [Class 102 (i)] [Also in Group XXVII] A manually-operated pump for supplying a supplementary charge of liquid fuel to an induction pipe to facilitate starting, comprises a body part a having a cylindrical bore b with an inlet k and outlet adjacent the inlet and a manually-operable plunger d slidable in the bore and having the end adjacent the inlet closely fitting the bore, the delivery stroke being effected by a spring e and the plunger under the action of the spring holding an inlet valve m of the pump closed when the pump is not in use. The suction stroke of the plunger is effected by a hand lever h forming part of a bell-crank lever, the short arm of which is connected to the plunger. A spring j is provided mainly to prevent rattling. A packing ring g of cork or other material compressed between washers f under the force of the spring e seals the upper end of the pump bore. The delivery of the pump passes by means of a port n and passage o to a delivery valve p and after passing through this valve passes to a delivery connection through a passage q. A stop i on the hand lever h limits the upward movement of the plunger. The pump may be arranged so that one or more strokes are sufficient to supply the amount of fuel required for starting. The lower end of the plunger may be coned or rounded. The pump may be secured to the float chamber or any other convenient part of a carburetter.
Patent GB-303474-A (GB)
Title: Automatic centrifugal controlling device for clutches
IPC: F16D43/10
Filed: 1928-11-20
Abstract: 303,474. Defays, V. J. J., and Lefebvre, P. J. L. Jan. 4, 1928, [Convention date]. Driving-arrangements. -A centrifugal clutch arranged within a pulley J, comprises free massive balls B acting to separate converging surfaces of revolution S<1>, S<2>, of which the surface S<1> is on the cone clutch member P, directly driven by a motor while the surface S<2> is carried by the loose pulley J, provided with a coacting clutch cone F<2>. The cone clutch may be replaced by a disc clutch. The surface S<2> may, as shown, be the plane face of a cover-plate C secured in the pulley J. A disengaging-spring R acts to balance the balls at low speed. The clutch is particularly applicable to facilitating the starting of motors under load, as the balls B initially lag by inertia and then roll on the surfaces S<1>, S<2> at a speed intermediate between those of the driving and driven parts, so exerting little friction and less than the maximum centrifugal force, while considerable overload is required to cause slip on full engagement. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect 91 (3) (a) comprises also statements that the masses B may be spheres of the same or different diameters, rollers, conical frusta, or other solids of revolution, and that they may be held spaced apart but independent of the driving- member. When applied to the clutch shown, the driven part J, instead of being a pulley, may be connected by coupling-pins G to a flange P<2> on a driven shaft A<2>. A second member P and pair of cones may be provided in place of the cover C, one member P being axially slidable, and clutches of types other than cone and disc may be used. The clutch is stated to be particularly applicable for use with short-circuited asynchronous electromotors. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-915968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to plate heat-exchangers
Inventor: DARNELL ROYSTON
IPC: F28D9/00
Filed: 1960-10-05
Abstract: 915,968. Plate-type heat exchangers. MORRIS MOTORS Ltd. Nov. 7, 1961 [Oct. 5, 1960], No. 34090/60. Class 64 (3). In a plate heat exchanger of rectangular pack construction having sandwiched between the plates 1, thin corrugated metal sheets 2 forming fluid flow ducts arranged so that the ducts formed by the corrugations between any two successive plates are at right-angles to those located between the next pair of plates, interfitting spacing bars 3 and 4 are provided to seal the flanks of the outermost flow ducts between adjacent plates, each bar 3 having a groove 5 at each extremity and each bar 4 having two pairs of lugs 6 extending substantially half the width of bar 3, and the slot 7 between lugs 6 equalling in width the section 8 left by the groove 5 in bar 3. Interlocking assembly of the bars is effected in the manner shown in Fig. 2 before the matrix is brazed.
Patent GB-1267482-A (GB)
Title: Defoaming agents
Inventor: BOEHMKE GUENTHER
IPC: B01D19/04
Filed: 1970-07-14
Abstract: 1,267,482. Defoaming compositions. FARBENFABRIKEN BAYER A.G. 14 July; 1970 [16 July, 1969], No. 34109/70. Heading C1C. A de-foaming composition comprises a solution of a non-ionic emulsifier and a hydrate of a fatty acid mixed salt in a hydrophobic organic solvent. The hydrate is a mixed salt of polyvalent metals, e.g. Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Zr, Ce, Mn, Cr, Zn and/or of lower dibasic amines, e.g. ethylene or propylene diamine, piperazine, or 3-dimethylamine-propylamine, with a C 10 -C 22  fatty acid, converted by the addition of water. The emulsifier is oil-soluble and hydrophilic, but not water-soluble, particularly nonylphenylhexaglycol ether, stearyl alcohol hexaglycol ether, stearic acid octaglycol ester or an alkoxylated fatty acid mono-, di- or tri-glyceride. The solvent may be a hydrocarbon, e.g. a paraffin oil, tetralin, decalin, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, xylene, or an alkylnaphthalene, a natural fatty oil, e.g. olive, soya bean or rape seed oil, a silicone oil, or an organic phosphate. The composition can be made by dissolving the salt or emulsifier in the solvent, preferably with heating. Alternatively, the salt is produced in situ from the fatty acid and the amines, or metal oxides, hydroxides or carbonates.
Patent GB-618849-A (GB)
Title: A quantity indicator for draw benches
IPC: G06M1/10
Filed: 1946-11-18
Abstract: 618,849. Measuring continuous lengths. BRITISH TUBE MILLS (AUSTRALIA) PROPRIETARY, Ltd. Nov. 18, 1946, Nos. 34130 and 34131. Convention dates, Nov. 19, 1945, and April 12, 1946. [Class 42(ii)] [Also in Group XXII] A quantity indicator for a draw or push bench comprises switch means actuated by a movable member associated with the die, a measuring member engageable by a driver member driven at a speed proportioned to the speed of drawing and electrical interconnection between the switch means and the measuring member to engage the latter with the driver member when pressure is exerted on the die. A switch 10 comprises a fixed contact 11 carried in the fixed frame 15, and a movable spring-loaded contact 12 carried on a movable die plate 17 which carries the die 20 and which is held off from the frame 15 by springs 19. Commencement of drawing forces the die plate 17 towards the frame 15 against action of the springs 19 and the contacts 11 and 12 engage to close the switch 10. This causes a solenoid 9 to become energized and a measuring wheel 2 mounted on a hinged member 6 is thereby brought into engagement with a driver 1 driven by the drawing mechanism, the wheel 2 then revolving once for each foot of draw. A pin 3 on the wheel 2 causes a switch 4 to close once in each revolution of the wheel 2 and to give an impulse to the footage counter 25. A unit counter 26 is placed in circuit by the closing of the switch 10 and is given an impulse by the discharge of a condenser 39 across a gaseous discharge tube 38 which provides a suitable time lag to ensure that there is not a false start to the draw and actuates the solenoid 28 which closes switches 27 and 40 shunting the condenser and discharge tube so that the counter 26 receives only one impulse for each closing of the switch 10. The switches 27 and 40 remain closed for the complete time of draw and enable a record of the drawing operation to be recorded on a treated, moving strip 42 by a current flowing between the contacts 46 and 47.
Patent GB-342682-A (GB)
Abstract: 342,682. Washing coal, ores, &c. HARRIS, W. A., 12A, The Hawthorns, Regent's Park Road, Finchley, London. Oct. 4, 1929, No. 30124. [Class 82 (ii).] Jigs ; materials, discharging.-The discharge of intermediate products from jigs and like concentrators and classifiers is effected by the provision above the screen level of a series of side or end chambers, independent of one another and closed at the top, communicating with the main washing compartment and with controlled outlets. Material to be washed is introduced with water through a shoot L into a washing compartment A, Figs. 2 and 5, in which pulsations are produced in known manner. Screens B1, B2, B3 are provided, separated by transverse obstacles E1, E2, the apparatus below the screens being divided into three hoppered compartments C1, C2, C3 with outlets D1, D2, D3. A floor with controllable doors or slides is provided in the compartment C1 between the screen and the outlet. End chambers F1, F5 and side chambers F2, F3, F4 closed at the top and communicating with the compartment A through adjustable doors G1 .. G4 with plain or notched edges are provided above the screen level, the discharge outlets of these chambers being controlled by valves. A valve which may be used, Fig. 4, comprises a hinged flap with a hardwood or rubber face, held in position by a spring S acting round a semicircular rod T and actuated by a lever U which may be loaded to assist the closing of the flap. An overflow M controlled by a baffle N is provided. In a modification, Figs. 6 and 8, an extra sub-compartment X is provided below the screens for discharge of shale &c. through the passage Y and a shale discharge opening, controlled by the cover W, is provided in the chamber F1. Transverse gratings Z1 .. Z5 and longitudinal gratings in front of the doors G2 .. G5 in the compartment A prevent passage of oversize material through and out of the compartment and the doors G1 .. G5 are formed with serrated bottom edges. The outlets of the chambers F1 .. F6 may be controlled by sliding doors actuated by looped chains and eccentrics. A removable grid O is provided for deepening the working bed of material and the screen B1 is held unsymmetrically in a reversible frame to provide progressive deepening of the material.
Patent GB-1359513-A (GB)
Title: Case closing jig
IPC: B65B43/26
Filed: 1972-07-13
Abstract: 1359513 A jig for closing hinged flaps on cases GOLDEN WONDER Ltd 13 July 1972 [23 July 1971] 34584/71 Heading B8C A jig for closing two adjacent flaps being the leading flap and an adjacent side flap on the lower end of a case of the kind comprising a tubular body of rectangular cross-section provided, at said end, with two pairs of closure flaps each pair hinged to a pair of opposed sides and comprising two fixed ploughs 11, 12 for inwardly closing respectively the said leading flap and side flap is characterized in that the jig is a shaped plate wherein the ploughs are joined at their downstream ends by a base portion 17 of the plate which extends rearwards to support the case and maintain the flaps in their closed position during filling of the case on the jig. A third plough 30, supported by a stanchion 3, is adapted to turn up the other side flap beneath the plough 11. The plate 17, made e.g. of metal, is forked to provide the two ploughs 11, 12 and is inclined, at an angle of 12 degrees to the horizontal, towards a caseretainer flange 20 along one of its sides. In operation an operator, facing across the jig in the direction of the arrow 50, grasps the upper edge of the leading side of the case with one hand, folds up the trailing flap within the case as he, or she, grasps the diagonally opposed bottom edge of the case, and then slides the case on to the jig in the direction of the arrow 51. As the folded-down edge 13 of the plough 11 begins to fold up the leading flap simultaneously the leading part 31 of the plough 30 guides the case on to the jig and the edge 14 of the plough 12, which is twisted anti-clockwise through an angle of 90 degrees from the plane of the plate 17, begins to close the said side flap upwards into the case. When the latter is slid completely on to the jig, the leading and trailing flaps and said one side flap are all folded into their closed positions, the other side flap being folded up, after having co-operated with the curved, rearward, portion 32 of the third plough, to lie beneath the plough 11. After the operator has packed the case with contents, he or she, moves it in the direction of the arrow 50 on to a conveyer, or other surface 4, a chamfered surface 16, and a lug 15 on respective opposed edges of the ploughs 12, 11 ensuring that the leading edge of said side flap is kept clear of the plough 11 as the case is slid on to the member 4. During the latter transfer movement, the side flap not completely folded, is folded up by the plough 30 as the case passes over it. The jig may be made of moulded plastics, or fibreboard. The trailing flap of the case may be erected by a fourth plough before the case is slid on to the jig, and the continuous wall 20 may be replaced by spigots.
Patent GB-1131103-A (GB)
Title: Controlling nuclear reactors
Inventor: RAVEN ANTHONY DAVID
IPC: G21C7/24
Filed: 1965-08-13
Abstract: 1,131,103. Controlling reactors. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. 12 Aug., 1966 [13 Aug., 1965], No. 34714/65. Heading G6C. A method of controlling a liquid-metal cooled reactor comprises mixing with the coolant a proportion of a neutron-absorbing material. The invention is described with reference to a fast reactor in which long-term reactivity control to compensate for the gradual effect of fuel burn-up and variations in xenon level is achieved by mixing with the liquid-metal coolant one per cent by volume of a neutron-absorbing material to form a homogeneous mixture. The preferred material is lithium, but other materials may include boron or boron or lithium compounds. Short term control is achieved by control rods and by passing a neutron-absorbing fluid in a closed circuit through the core.
Patent GB-619994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to artificial fishes
IPC: A01K85/18
Filed: 1946-11-22
Abstract: 619,994. Artificial bait. OFFICE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONAL O.T.I. Nov. 22, 1946, No. 34767. Convention date, March 7, 1945. [Class 48] A fish-like lure comprises two articulated hollow bodies 1 and 5, each having in its underside a wide aperture 12 and at substantially mid height apertures 9 and 10 respectively, the arrangement being such that, when the lure is submerged, a pocket of air is retained in each body above the level of the latter apertures. Each body comprises two parts screwed together, a washer 3 formed with a vane 4 being interposed between the parts of the front body. A stiff wire 7 carried by the front body is formed at one end with an attachment eye 13 and is linked at the other end with a wire 8 carried by the rear body. Fishing hooks 16 and 17 are attached respectively to the wires.
Patent GB-934880-A (GB)
Title: Method, mould and apparatus for centrifugal molding
IPC: B29C44/04
Filed: 1960-10-11
Abstract: 934,880. Centrifugally moulding foamed plastics material. OSBORN MANUFACTURING CO. Oct. 11, 1960 [March 15, 1960], No. 34804/60. Class 87(2). A body of foamable plastics material is moulded by confining it during the foaming stage in a rapidly rotating mould, and venting radially inwardly the major portion of any excess gas from such plastics material. A mould for use in the process may comprise two plates 1, 2 having interposed therebetween a spacing ring 3 and secured together by a central bolt 6 and nut 7. The gas is vented through apertures 8a in a bushing 8 surrounding the bolt 6 and either through radial passages to a central passage 6d in the bolt 6, or past flattened surfaces on the bolt 6 and through radial passages in the nut 7. The mould is attached for the moulding operation to a rotatable table. The moulding of an abrasive wheel of a polyurethane composition containing abrasive grains is described.
Patent GB-772829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fountain pens
IPC: B43K5/04
Filed: 1955-12-05
Abstract: 772,829. Reservoir pens. WILSON, A. M. Dec. 5, 1955, No. 34846/55. Class 146(3). A reservoir pen comprises a barrel 1 enclosing an open-ended ink sac 9, one end of which communicates with a feed structure through which ink is fed to a writing point, whilst the other end communicates with a tube 10 having a fine bore 11, a rotatable cap 12 being provided on the rear end of the pen to co-operate with the tube to control the flow of air into the sac and thereby the flow of ink from the sac to the writing point. As shown, the writing point is a needle 5 formed of two steel or corrosion resistant steel alloy pins of semi-circular crosssection provided with a fine longitudinal groove 7 and a transverse groove 8. Alternatively, the pins may be of hard gold alloy with an iridium tip. The needle 5 fits in a sleeve 3 carried by a sleeve 2 that fits tightly within the barrel 1. Ink flows from the sac 9 through an extension 2a of the sleeve 2, an annular space 4, and a passage 6 to the grooves 8 and 7 to the writing point. Filling is effected by dipping the tube 10 in ink with the cap 12 removed, and then actuating a lever 17 carrying a presser bar 16. A screw cap 19 having a blind bore 20 protects the writing point when not in use.
Patent GB-209283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric heater elements for electric radiators
IPC: F24C7/06
Filed: 1922-12-22
Abstract: 209,283. Ide, G. H., and Railing, M. J. Dec. 22, 1922. Wire resistances, mounted on grooved surfaces, corcd. - A heating-element for radiators comprises a coiled wire C wound in a helicoidal groove on a hollow spherical or ovoid core A having an inward flange G at the base to which is clamped a metal plate H carrying insulated terminal pins I. The wire is secured by staples L passed through holes in the core and bent under. The core is preferably as thin as possible and follows the conformation of the grooves.
Patent GB-1518552-A (GB)
Title: Edge for curtain coating
IPC: B05C5/00
Filed: 1976-08-09
Abstract: 1518552 Slide coating hopper CIBA-GEIGY AG 9 Aug 1976 [22 Aug 1975] 34949/75 Addition to 1429260 Heading D1L Slide hopper of Parent Specification for coating film base with photographic emulsion wherein the source of liq. supplied to the edges of the curtain is separate from that supplied to the central region is modified in that the edge guides 4, 5 which control the width of the falling curtain converge upstream of the discharge lip 7 of the hopper to narrow the width of the liq. in the edge regions 9a, 10a. In the case of the central region 8 being composed of several layers the liq. therein is maintained separate from the liq. in the edge regions by thin plastics or metal vertical walls 14, 15 which terminate below the lowest-discharge slot of the central region.
Patent GB-1056397-A (GB)
IPC: H04L25/497
Filed: 1965-08-16
Abstract: 1,056,397. Data transmission. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. Aug. 16, 1965 [Sept. 10, 1964 (2)], No. 34953/65. Heading H4P. A system for correcting distortion resulting from the transmission of data at greater than Nyquist rate comprises means for developing on undistorted output in accordance with the level of the received signal and the digital values of one or more previously received digits. When the digit rate is twice the Nyquist rate the binary data transmitted is received as a 5-level signal. In one embodiment threshold units separate the signal to five channels feeding a logic arrangement, which comprises toggles storing the previous two digits, and which develops the undistorted signal. In the other embodiment, Fig. 7 (not shown), the received signal passes to an analogue subtractor # which is fed by the combined outputs of toggles # 1 , # 2 . storing the two previously received digits and which feeds the first of these toggles. The toggles are gated by a clock signal derived from the received signal.
Patent GB-1485076-A (GB)
Title: Safes
IPC: E05G1/00
Filed: 1975-08-22
Abstract: 1485076 Safes; permutation locks CHIU TSUEN MU 22 Aug 1975 35008/75 Headings EIA and E2A A safe comprises an outer protective casing 1, an inner storage case 2, hydraulic lifting means adapted to elevate the inner case to an outer position (as in Fig. 2) wherein access to the interior of the case is available and to retract the case into the protective casing to prevent access, and. lock means adapted to complete or interrupt a hydraulic fluid path to the lifting means. The lock preferably comprises two combination locks 6, 7 having hydraulic fluid passages 411, 611, 412, 711, 413, adapted to allow hydraulic fluid to flow when the correct combination is set. An alarm system.
Patent GB-1343871-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for sealing a tubular container
IPC: B65D59/00
Filed: 1972-07-27
Abstract: 1343871 Tubular containers K G HANSSON AB 27 July 1972 [2 Aug 1971] 35169/72 Heading B8P [Also in Division E2] A tubular container 1 which may be of PVC has a cap 2 which may be of metal secured to the container by a locking member 9 that is broken to remove the cap. The entire container can be made of resilient PVC. The cap and container each have an aperture 5, 6 which are not concentric when the cap is in position and insertion of the member 9 deforms an edge 8 of aperture 6, the member 9 moving towards edge 7 after insertion and edge 8 flexing back to its original position. Instead of the cap abutting a shoulder 13 on the container it can fit over or inside of a plain end of the container. The large head of member 9 may carry an identification mark. More than one locking member may be provided and the members may be inserted by a press.
Patent GB-1468626-A (GB)
Title: Control valve
IPC: G05D16/10
Filed: 1975-08-26
Abstract: 1468626 Valves BORG-WARNER CORP 26 Aug 1975 [25 Sept 1974] 35186/75 Heading F2V [Also in Division G3] In an I.C. engine cooling system the pressure at port 42 of a control valve is regulated according to coolant temperature over a predetermined temperature range by a thermosensitive element 25 acting on a spool 71 which moves to connect the control port 42 to the inlet 41 or the exhaust 43. The temperature range minimum is adjusted by screwing the seat sleeve 54 relative the housing. Below this temperature minimum the maximum pressure in the control port is controlled by the spool moving against the bias of spring 78 which is adjustable by screwing the plug 79 relative the sleeve 54. The spool has a central annular groove 76 connected by a port 77 to the open end of the sleeve and is operatively connected to the actuating member 52 of the thermosensitive element by a spring 84. In use the control pressure acts on a spring-loaded piston of a variable speed drive for a cooling fan. Alternatively air control shutters on a cooling tower may be actuated.