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Patent GB-862312-A (GB)
Title: An improved adjustable wrench
IPC: B25B13/14
Filed: 1958-10-15
Abstract: 862,312. Wrenches. NORDGREN, S. N. Oct. 15, 1958, No. 32896/58. Class 61. A wrench comprises a head 1 with a fixed jaw 2 and a tongue 6 projecting into a groove 7 in the plane of rotation of a handle 4 which is pivoted to the head, also an adjustable jaw 3 slidably mounted in the head to that on rotating the handle 4 in one direction (A of Fig. 2) the jaws grip workpiece 24 and on rotating it in the other (B of Fig. 3) they slip round it. The jaw 3 is adjustable by a worm 15 which is free to slide on its pivot against a spring 19 within the limits of a slot 14 in the head 1. A ferrule 17 with anti-rotation lugs 18 on either side of the rear of the opening 14 is engaged by a tongue 23 on the handle 4 to retain the jaw 3 at the clamping position when the handle is turned in the direction A, Fig. 2, but is released in the direction B, Fig. 3. The handle is normally held as in the primer position with its end faces 9 and 10 against similar stop-faces on the head 1 by a spring 21 in a triangular recess in the tongue 6. The tool can be locked clamped by a catch 31 on the handle which turns a half round stud 25 in a shaped slot 28 in the tongue 6.
Patent GB-537690-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of derivatives of [1,3,5-triazinyl-(6)]-aminophenyl-arsonic acids
IPC: C07F9/80
Filed: 1939-12-27
Abstract: 537,690. Organo-arsenic compounds. FRIEDHEIM, E. A. H. Dec. 27, 1939, No. 32910. Convention date, Dec. 23, 1938. [Class 2 (iii)] Derivatives of (1 : 3 : 5-triazinyl -6)-aminophenylarsonic acids, which have therapeutic properties, are made by reacting halogen or amino derivatives of 1 :3 :5-triazine with phenylarsonic acid amino or halogen derivatives, the products, when containing halogen, being further treated if desired with ammonia or alkylamines. Ir. examples (1) sodium paminophenyl-arsonate is reacted with cyanuric chloride, and the resulting p-(2 : 4-dichloro- 1 : 3 : 5-triazinyl-6)-aminophenylarsonic acid is treated with ammonia to replace one or both chlorine atoms by an amino group, and (2) sodium-p-amino-phenyl-arsonate is reacted with chlorocyanuric-diamide, and the product reacted with methylamine to produce p-(2: 4- dimethylamino-1: 3: 5-trazinyl-6)-aminophenylarsonic acid. Melamine may also be reacted with halogenophenyl-arsonic acids to yield the same products, and the p-aminophenylarsonic acid may be replaced by its substitution products or isomers, such as 4-hydroxy-3- aminophenylarsonic acid or 2-hydroxy-4-aminophenylarsonic acid.
Patent GB-1515401-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of hydroquinone
IPC: B01J23/00
Filed: 1975-08-07
Abstract: 1515401 Manufacture of hydroquinone HOECHST AG 7 Aug 1975 [7 Aug 1974] 33068/75 Heading C2C A process for the preparation of hydroquinone comprises treating cyclohexane 1,4-dione with a catalyst comprising a Group VIII noble metal or a compound thereof. Especially suitable dehydrogenation catalysts are the noble metals palladium, platinum, ruthenium and rhodium. The catalyst are generally employed on support material such as, e.g. carbon, aluminium oxide, silicic acid, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, titanium oxide and asbestos, especially palladium on carbon. The most useful concentration of catalyst varies from 0À02 to 20% by wt. calculated on the weight of the support material. The process may be carried out discontinuously or continuously, advantageously at temperatures of from 160 to 350 C. and pressures of from 0À5 to 20 atmospheres. The process may be carried out in the presence of a solvent.
Patent GB-366566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric motors
IPC: H02K7/118
Filed: 1930-11-04
Abstract: 366,566. Motors. HEASMAN, H. J., 5A, Ferndale Road, Leytonstone, London. Nov. 4, 1930, No. 33087. [Class 35.] Motors with unwound iron armatures.-In a synchronous motor having a permanent-magnet rotor, the stator is divided into two parts, one for fixing to the support, and the other, which carries the polepieces and winding, is free to rotate through a small angle. In the form shown, the stator of a gramophone motor which has imbricated poles is formed in two parts, a base d, Fig. 2, and the part e mounted on bearings h and free to move through a distance not greater than the width of a stator polepiece. This movement is limited by the engagement of a projection e6 in a felt-lined slot in the base d. The rotor a may be given a starting impulse by the lever j1, Fig. 1, which, when released from the catch k3, is swung back to the position shown by the spring and carries the rotor with it, a pawl and ratchet or similar device connecting the rotor to the arm j1. The arm j1 may also control the energization of the magnet coil f1 by arranging switch contacts n, n1 in its circuit so that they are closed by the roller o1 connected to the hub of the arm j1 only when the rotor has been given its starting impulse. The rotor, which has pairs of magnets b, may be started by hand or in any other way. Specifications 366,942 and 366,943 are referred to.
Patent GB-857661-A (GB)
Title: Breathing apparatus
IPC: B63C11/22
Filed: 1956-10-30
Abstract: 857,661. Respiratory appliances. HAMPTON, T. A. Oct. 16, 1957 [Oct. 30, 1956], No. 33114/56. Class 81(2) Breathing apparatus comprises a mask or mouthpiece, a housing 4 divided by a flexible diaphragm 6 into a supply chamber 7, which is connected to a source of compressed gas, and a pressure balance chamber 8, which is connected to an exhalation valve 19 and to an air reservoir 18, and a valve 13 biassed to prevent entry of gas to the supply chamber and operatively connected to the diaphragm. The pressure balance chamber and the gas supply chamber are connected to the mask or mouthpiece by flexible exhalation and inhalation tubes 10, 9 respectively. On inhalation of the wearer, the diaphragm 6 is moved inwardly of the gas supply chamber 7 and moves the element 13 which is pivotally mounted against a spring 15 to allow compressed gas to enter the supply chamber. The air reservoir comprises a corrugated tube, which may be radially expansible and contractible and which is disposed between the mask 1 and the exhalation valve 19 to compensate for fluctuations in pressure due to expansion or contraction of the inhalation and exhalation tubes as the wearer moves his head.
Patent GB-398145-A (GB)
Title: Free or coaster hub for cycles and other purposes
IPC: F16D41/24
Filed: 1931-11-30
Abstract: 398,145. Cycle &c. free-wheel arrangements. HOVEN, M., 22, Avenue Ferrer, Herstal-lez-Liege, Belgium. Nov. 30, 1931, No. 33117. Convention date, Nov. 28, 1930. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. [Class 136 (ii).] A free-wheel hub for cycles &c. comprises a hub shell 1 mounted at one end by a ball bearing 1a on the spindle 3 and at the other end by a ball bearing 8 on a member 4, which is mounted by a ball bearing 15 on the spindle 3 and is provided with the sprocket wheel 5 and with one-way clutch mechanism adapted to engage the internal periphery of an enlarged part 2 of the hub shell 1. As shown, the clutch mechanism comprises spring-pressed balls or rollers 10 engaging recesses with inclined bottom surfaces formed in the periphery of a shoulder on the member 4, the balls or rollers being retained in position by notches in a sheet-metal cage 13. In a modification, the clutch is formed of one or more spring-pressed pawls engaging a toothed ring secured to the inner periphery of the hub-shell.
Patent GB-174802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture and production of bands, or rings, for strengtheningmotor tyres and for other purposes
IPC: B60C15/04
Filed: 1920-11-24
Abstract: 174,802. Bullivant, F. A., and Selby, G. M. Nov. 24, 1920. Addition to 123,453. Bands.-A band or hoop of flat or other crosssection is formed by winding an unstranded wire or wires a around a shaped former and connecting the convolutions by another wire or wires b passing from edge to edge of the band. The wire or wires b may be interlaced or stitched, and the ends of the various wires may be joined by soldering or otherwise. Fig. 2 shows the application of such a band c of angle section for reinforcing the edges of a tyre d.
Patent GB-172647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to water-turbine wheels with adjustable blades
IPC: F03B3/14
Filed: 1921-12-09
Abstract: 172,647. Storek, I. [Firm of]. Dec. 10, 1920, [Convention date]. Regulating.-Relates to water turbine wheels having adjustably mounted blades, and consists in reducing the force necessary for regulating the blades by mounting them in ball or roller bearings A, B in a casing which is water-tight under pressure, and which is then secured to the wheel. Each half of the Figure shows a different form of the invention, packing D, S being provided.
Patent GB-871468-A (GB)
Title: An improved method of and means for cleaning dried fruit
Inventor: BURGESS LESLIE NORMAN
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 1958-10-17
Abstract: 871,468. Cleaning dried fruit. BURGESS ENGINEERING STOKE-ON-TRENT Ltd. Jan. 14, 1960 [Oct. 17, 1958], No. 33156/58. Class 49. In cleaning dried fruit, e.g. currants, raisins, sultanas, the fruit is broken down on a table 10, carried by a conveyer 11 to a vibrating screen 12, through which lighter contaminating particles, e.g. stalks, fall and thence to a washing-tank 13 in which a constant level of water is maintained and which contains a series of weirs 135 of zig-zag end elevation over which water is circulated by a pump 14, entering the tank through an inlet 133 in the same horizontal plane as the tops of the weirs 135 and leaving through an outlet 134, heavier contaminants, e.g. stones, grit, falling from the floating fruit through gaps between the weirs. The suspension of fruit and liquid is then conveyed by a pump 141 to a cyclone separator 15 having a tangentially disposed inlet 151 to create swirling, thus facilitating further cleansing, before being delivered, via a pipe 153 to the hopper 161 of a drying machine 16, whence the fruit is transferred by a screw conveyer 162 and a shoot 163 to a further vibrating screen 17 and thence by a conveyer 18 to a hand-sorting table 19. Water from the fruit in the hopper 161 is returned via a pipe 20 to the pump 14 and topped up with fresh mains water. The cyclone 15 may operate in conjunction with, or may be substituted by, an air-operated cyclone separator (not shown), the water being returned either to the liquid cyclone separator 15 or the tank 13, as the case may be, the fruit being tangentially projected by compressed air jets into such an air-operated cyclone separator and screwconveyed therefrom to the-hopper 161.
Patent GB-955688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a rectifier circuit arrangement
Inventor: BICHARA ROBERT
IPC: H02M7/06
Filed: 1960-09-27
Abstract: 955,688. Rectifying. LICENTIA PATENTVERWALTUNGS-G.m.b.H. Sept. 27, 1960; No. 33161/60. Heading H2F. A polyphase rectifying system includes a first series - connected R/C circuit R, C<SP>1</SP> connected to each phase line, and a second R/C circuit, Csk, Rsk, connected at one end to the cannon junction CP of the first R/C circuits and at the other end to a D.C. terminal TL. The common junction may also be connected to the starpoint of a transformer s .pplying the rectifying elements as shown dotted. In other embodiments arrangements are disclosed which are applicable to a polyphase bridge arrangement of rectifiers and to a six-phase arrangement which includes two star-connected transformer windings interconnected by an interphase transformer. The resistor Rsk may be non- linear. The arrangement tends to damp unwanted oscillations.
Patent GB-1249003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a valve for use in pressurising equipment
Inventor: HULL IAN
IPC: G01L27/00
Filed: 1969-07-03
Abstract: 1,249,003. Valves. PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS Ltd. 25 June, 1970 [3 July, 1969], No. 33516/69. Heading F2V. A valve for use in isolating a pressure gauge in a system for inflating tyres with a pulsating pressure supply has a resilient valve sleeve 20 with an end bead 24 disposed in an annular chamber 13 to normally allow the outlet 14 to be connected to a gauge outlet 8. A pressure pulse at the inlet 18 acts through inclined lateral passages 19 to bulge the valve sleeve outwards to close outlet 8 and thereafter moves the bead 24 away from spigot 12 to connect the inlet to the outlet 14.
Patent GB-959396-A (GB)
Title: Escapement lever for watches, timepieces and the like
IPC: G04B15/14
Filed: 1960-09-29
Abstract: 959, 396. Escapements. ETA A. G. EBAUCHES-FABRIK. Sept. 29, 1960 [Sept. 30, 1959], No. 33543/60. Heading G3T. The pallets 8 and 9 of a lever 11 are fixed in slots 7 in the upper faces of the rounded ends 6 of the arms 5 and 4 and the slots are interrupted by bores 10.
Patent GB-282101-A (GB)
Title: Means for attaching glass plates, mirrors and the like to walls or other supporting surfaces
IPC: A47G1/16
Filed: 1927-12-12
Abstract: 282,101. Ceuppens, N., and Ceuppens, M. Dec. 10, 1926, [Convention date]. Hooks fixed to walls and flat surfaces.- Flat articles are secured to walls by J- shaped hooks 2, 7 having attaching screws the heads of which are recessed in cushions 4 of rubber or other resilient and easily compressible material. The upper hooks 7 are slotted to permit displacement of the securing screws when the article is to be inserted or removed.
Patent GB-361100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to bandages such as surgical bandages
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 1930-11-08
Abstract: 361,100. Bandages. WHITE, A. E., 5, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London.- (Bay Co. ; 304, Bishop Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.) Nov. 8, 1930, No. 33710. [Class 81 (ii).] Surgical and like bandages are formed with non- ravelling selvages produced by crushing the fibres of the material into a plane so that they are united at their intersections 5 and do not unravel when pulled. The crushing may be .effected between rollers or between a roller and a plane surface.
Patent GB-1353407-A (GB)
Title: Continuous curing apparatus
IPC: B29C35/02
Filed: 1971-07-19
Abstract: 1353407 Vulcanizing apparatus INDUSTRIE PIRELLI SpA 19 July 1971 [7 Aug 1970] 33738/71 Heading C3E An apparatus for applying pressure to a travelling curable article which is of elongated form and which is being heated to its curing temperature comprises means operable to sandwich said article to apply pressure thereto, said means consisting of a rotatable heating cylinder and two or more superimposed smooth flexible bands which are kept under tension and which extend around a part of the circumferential surface of said cylinder, the arrangement being such that, in use of said apparatus, the article is pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder as a result of being sandwiched between the outer surface of said cylinder and the inner surface of the radially inner or innermost of said bands. Preferably each of said bands is closed in the form of a ring, said bands being kept both under tension and in rotation by drums-spaced from said cylinder. Alternatively, each of said bands may be alternately wound up on and paid off from two drums, the drums for said bands being arranged in two groups of which one group is located upstream and of which the other group is located downstream of that portion of said outer surface of said article with which the article is, in use of the apparatus, in contact. In one embodiment (Fig. 1) the apparatus for curing the article 1 comprises a rotatable cylinder 2 a portion of whose surface is heated by heating panel 4. The article extends around an auxiliary drum and over and in contact with portion 5. Said article is pressed against the cylinder 2 by means of a plurality of superimposed bands 7,7-bis, 7-ter, each of which is kept under tension by the two respective groups of drums 9 and 10, 9-bis, 10-bis, and 9-ter, 10-ter. The groups of drums are operated by reversible motors. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate further embodiments.
Patent GB-1410879-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for preparing timbers for impregnation  with liquid
IPC: B23D61/02
Filed: 1973-07-16
Abstract: 1410879 Preparing timber for impregnation DESOWAG-BAYER HOLZSCHUTZ GmbH 16 July 1973 [19 July 1972] 33811/73 Heading B5L [Also in Division D1] Sawn and squared timber is prepared for impregnation with liquid by incising surfaces of the timber with tracks of grooves such that the grooves of each track are offset relative to adjacent grooves of that track in one of two substantially parallel planes (see Fig. 3) when viewed along that track, the distance between the two planes defining any track being substantially the same as that between the two planes defining any other track. Preferably each groove and track is orientated parallel to the grain, the grooves are of equal length and are spaced at equal intervals in the direction of the track. A suitable apparatus, Figs. 1, 2, comprises set grindable teeth 2 mounted in radial arrangement on a plurality of discs 1 of at least one unit and arranged to incise surfaces of timber with the tracks of grooves. Alternate teeth of each disc are oppositely directed. The discs may be keyed to the shaft in one of two angular positions defined by radii r 1  and r 2  to produce an offset in the setting of the teeth of adjacent discs. The discs of each unit may be separated by spacer discs 5 and fixed to the shaft by clamping plates 7 and nuts 8. Impregnating means may be associated with each unit. In use, each perforation unit may be drawn or pressed forcibly against the timbers by means of a thrust from a spring, or hydraulic or pneumatic elements. By use of several units, preferably two to four, the upper, lower and both side surfaces of a timber may be incised in a single operation. The timbers may be guided through the apparatus by means of suitable feeders, or each unit may be arranged to feed to timber. The impregnating means may comprise a spray tunnel. Alternatively, the impregnating liquid, which may be a preservative, may be applied by a brush or dip coating or an immersion process. Difficultly impregnatable woods such as pinewood and planed timbers, e.g. manufactured wooden structural components, may be treated.
Patent GB-425846-A (GB)
Title: Process of and electrolyte for electroplating
IPC: C25D3/58
Filed: 1933-12-05
Abstract: The invention described in the parent Specification is extended to cover the electrodeposition of bronze having a tin content of 3-35 per cent, the balance being substantially copper. A preferred range is 13-16 per cent of tin.  A specified alloy contains 15 per cent of tin.  The soluble anodes of copper-tin alloy employed in the electrodeposition are heat-treated to obtain maximum softness by casting in a metal mould, cooling in the mould, heating to 1000 DEG F., for 15 minutes, and quenching in water.  Specification 409,001, [Group XXXVI], is referred to.
Patent GB-1536807-A (GB)
Title: Machines for blast cleaning pipes and similar cylindrical objects
IPC: B24C3/06
Filed: 1977-08-15
Abstract: 1536807 Blasting WORLDWIDE BLAST CLEANING Ltd 15 Aug 1977 34162/77 Heading B3D  A machine for blast cleaning a pipe or similar cylindrical object P comprises means 2 for supporting the pipe horizontally and so that it can be rotated about its axis, an enclosure above the supporting means and having an opening 5 in its lower side for confronting the upper side of the pipe, a centrifugal blast wheel 7 for projecting a stream of abrasive particles in a downwardly inclined direction on to the area of pipe exposed through the opening, and conduit means 14 for returning the rebounding abrasive particles to a reclaim and storage means, the enclosure in the region of the opening having adjustable or interchangeable components by which the size of the opening can be varied or adjusted to accommodate pipes of different diameter. The supporting means consist of rollers 2 on which the pipe is located and rotated by means, not shown. A frame 4 is supported by hydraulic or pneumatic jacks 3 for vertical adjustment relating to the rollers and has a duct 6 down which abrasive particles received from a hopper 10 are projected by the centrifugal blasting wheel 7 to the opening 5 to clean the pipe P. The rebounding particles pass along the conduit 14 which decreases in cross section to assist the passage of the particles which is augmented by air drawn through a conduit by a fan 15, air entering the conduit through a brush 12 along one side of the opening 5, the other sides having a rubber strip 13. The particles from conduit 14 fall into a chamber 16, dust being extracted by the fan, the particles then falling into the hopper 11, a further flow of air into a second chamber 17 removing any remaining foreign matter. The lower part of conduit 14 has a hinged section 14b adjustable relative to duct 6 and adjustably secured thereto by a bolt-and-slot connection 21 to provide the means for varying the size of the opening 5. Alternatively, the section 14b may be replaceable by other similar sections for defining the size of the opening 5. In an alternative embodiment, the supports 2 are adjustable relative to the frame 4.
Patent GB-636677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the reduction of iron oxide ores in rotary furnaces
IPC: C21B13/08
Filed: 1946-11-18
Abstract: 636,677. Rotary furnaces. TITAN CO., AKTIESELSKABET. Nov. 18, 1946, No. 34171. Convention date, April 30, 1942. [Class 51 (ii)] [Also in Group II] A method for the reduction of iron oxide consists in feeding the oxide and sufficient carbonaceous material to serve as fuel and as reducing agent into one end of a rotary furnace, introducing air for combustion of the fuel into the furnace at intervals along the length thereof and removing the reduced iron at the other end of the furnace whereby a progressive heating and then reduction of the oxide is effected along the length of the furnace and in which method air is admitted at positions at intervals along the region of reduction and the region of heating and in amounts sufficient to burn to carbon dioxide substantially the whole of the carbon monoxide produced by the reduction. 'As shown in the Figure, air is admitted to a rotary furnace through tubes c provided with exterior valves d, each tube having an opening e disposed so that the entering current of air does not hit the wall of the furnace and cause local overheating, gases passing from the furnace to a chimney h. The charge of ore and fuel enters the furnace at A and leaves it at B. In a modification the tubes may be provided with gravity-operated control valves. Specification 343,954 is referred to..
Patent GB-1472856-A (GB)
Title: Rack stall indicator for roller transport web processor
IPC: G03D3/13
Filed: 1974-07-16
Abstract: 1472856 Feeding webs KODAK Ltd 16 July 1974 [18 July 1973] 34198/73 Heading B8R [Also in Division G2] A roller-transport web processor, e.g. for photographic film or paper comprises a rack support block 16 having a groove 17 to receive a support spigot 12 extending from the side of the rack, a spring-biased wedge 18 being slidably mounted to move in the groove to move, in the event of a rack stall (i.e. the jumping of the rack so that its drive gear moves out of mesh with the common gear drive) from a preset spring-biased position to a position under the respective rack spigot. The rack is thereby supported in a raised position and an electrical switch is triggered by the movement of the wedge and may operate an alarm device or cause the machine to shut down. A reed switch operated by movement of magnet 21 secured to the wedge or a microswitch can be used. The spigot is relocated in the groove by retracting the wedge using reset bar 23.