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Patent GB-707871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the heat and sound insulation of buildings
IPC: E04B1/74
Filed: 1949-08-03
Abstract: 707,871. Wall and roof linings; partitions. BEAN & CO., Ltd., J. H., and KNOTHE, H. Aug. 3, 1950 [Aug. 3, 1949; Oct. 31, 1949], Nos. 20255/49 and 27889/49. Class 20 (4) A protective covering for a heat and sound insulating lining 5 comprising part of a partition, a wall or roof consists of panels 1 of expanded metal, wire netting or the like and cover strips 3 of channel or top-hat section arranged over the edges of adjacent panels, the edges of the panels being bent downwardly as at 4 to secure the panels to the cover strips 3. The cover strips may be secured to the insulating lining 5 by bolts 45 and be spaced therefrom by corrugations 2 formed in the material of the panel or in the case of a roof by bolts which attach the insulating lining to hangers dependent from the roof purlins. Wooden or other spacing strips may be fitted in the channels of the cover strips to give additional support to the insulating lining. The partition shown in Fig. 9 has a facing of expanded metal panels 20 and cover strips 21 arranged as described above, the two facings being maintained in spaced relationship by bolts 23 and distance pieces 24. In between the facings 20 a heat and sound insulating quilt 25 is positioned being sewn to the corrugations 2 of the facings 20 and also secured to the facings by bolts 26 engaging with threads in washers 27. The quilt 25 is in two parts and an air space 28 is provided between them, the upper ends of the two parts being bent over as shown to lie on top of the ceiling at the corresponding side of the partition. Specifications 634,251, 637,880, 637,887 and 652,071 are referred to.
Patent GB-436320-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in purification of tar acids
IPC: C10C1/20
Filed: 1934-07-11
Abstract: Tar acids are purified by treatment in the liquid phase with a metal which will cause the evolution of hydrogen on contact with an aqueous mixture containing tar acids, alkaline solutions or mineral acid solutions such as aluminium, zinc, iron, nickel, tin, magnesium or calcium.  The tar acids may also be treated with gelatinous metal hydroxides such as iron hydroxide before or after treatment with the metal.  In examples an alkaline solution of tar acids or a mixture of tar acids and sulphuric acid are treated with zinc dust.  The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 refers to the purification of tar acids by the use of gelatinous metal hydroxides alone.  This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-925141-A (GB)
Title: Swimming accessory
IPC: A63B31/14
Filed: 1959-06-16
Abstract: 925,141. Swimming appliances. J. L. DAVIDOVICI. June 16, 1959 [June 17, 1958], No. 20551/59. Class 77. A swimming aid for attachment to the forearm comprises leather or plastic members 1, 2, hinged at 4 and adapted to be secured to the arm by straps and buckles 5, 6. The member 2 carries a metal fin 3 whilst the member 1 has a lining strip 7 of a spongy or rubber material. The aid may be completely lined with such a material and each member 1, 2 may carry a fin 3 such that when the aid is on the forearm the fins lie in the same plane.
Patent GB-724096-A (GB)
Title: Process for the dimensional stabilisation of cellulose fabrics
Inventor: BROWN BRINDLEY JACK
IPC: D06M13/11
Filed: 1951-09-01
Abstract: In the process of the parent Specification, according to which cellulose fabrics are impregnated with epichlorhydrin (or a substance which is hydrolysed by caustic alkali to release epichlorhydrin) and then with caustic alkali at a temperature in excess of 70 DEG  C., an alkali metal carbonate is added to the aqueous caustic alkali solution.  The materials treated may be fabrics of cotton, linen or viscose or cuprammonium rayon or mixtures thereof, and during treatment the fabrics may be stretched beyond the loom state dimensions in both warp and weft directions or in either direction only, or they may be stretched in the warp direction whilst held in the weft direction to their loom state dimensions.  The fabrics may be impregnated with an aqueous solution of glycerol 1,2- or 1,3-dichlorhydrin and a wetting agent at a temperature of 30 DEG  to 40 DEG  C., and then with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and sodium chloride at temperatures up to 100 DEG C.  This treatment may be followed by washing in water at 70 DEG  C. or in a saturated brine solution, followed by further rinsing and drying in relaxed condition.ALSO:In the process of the parent Specification, according to which cellulose fabrics are impregnated with epichlorhydrin (or a substance which is hydrolysed by caustic alkali to release epichlorhydrin) and then with caustic alkali at a temperature in excess of 70 DEG  C., an alkali metal carbonate is added to the aqueous caustic alkali solution.  The materials treated may be fabrics of cotton, linen or viscose or cuprammonium rayon or mixtures of these materials, and during treatment the fabrics may be stretched beyond the loom state dimensions in both warp and weft directions or in either direction only, or they may be stretched in the warp direction whilst held in the weft direction to the loom state dimensions.  The first impregnating solution may comprise an aqueous solution of glycerol 1,2- or 1,3-dichlorhydrin and a wetting agent at a temperature of 30-40 DEG  C. and the second solution may comprise sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and sodium chloride and may be at temperatures up to 100 DEG  C.  After the caustic alkali treatment the fabric may be washed in water at 70 DEG  C. or in a saturated brine solution, followed by further washing and drying in relaxed condition.
Patent GB-1274409-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of human or animal tissue products for the surgical treatment of human beings or animals
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1,274,409. Tissue products. B. BRAUN. 19 April, 1971 [2 Feb., 1970], No. 20725/71. Heading A2D.  A process for the production of human or animal tissue products for use in surgery comprises introducing a tissue part into a concentrated sodium chloride solution for preservation and removal of enzymes, washing in water or treating with a dilute hydrogen peroxide solution, followed by slow deep-freezing and subsequently lyophilizing and sterilizing. The tissue part is preferably nerve tissue. The sterilization may be carried out under vacuum with ethylene oxide or alternatively the dry lyophilized preparation may be placed in a bag of polyethylene-aluminium laminate, followed by sealing, and irradiating with gamma rays.
Patent GB-661517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to an oil well derrick
IPC: E21B15/00
Filed: 1949-08-11
Abstract: 661,517. Masts for portable oil-well derricks. MOORE CORPORATION, L. C. Aug. 11, 1949. [Sept. 25, 1948] No. 20908/49. Class 78 (iv). The mast of an oil-well derrick comprises a lower section 18 pivoted at 8 to a substructure 1, and an upper section 17 which, when the mast has been lowered, may be disconnected at 19 from the lower section and telescoped into it. The mast is wider at the front than at the back and the front, at least of the lower section, is open so that the upper and lower sections may be nested, as shown in Fig. 9, by movement of rollers 23 on the lower section along tracks 21 on the back of the upper section. After its front legs have been removed the mast is swung, with the aid of the usual gin pole 16, to the prone position shown in Fig. 3 with the upper section resting on a truck. A bridle line passing over pulleys 31 on the upper section is connected at 28 to the lower section and to a line 32 from a winch 33. The truck is then backed toward the substructure 1 with the winch 33 in operation so that the rollers 23 pass up an inclined track 26 (Fig. 8) leading to the straight tracks 21 on the upper section. In the final position the front faces of both sections rest on the truck. A hook 27 at the end of the track 26 limits the movement of the rollers 23 when the mast is being assembled. The pivot 8 is mounted on a pair of arms 6 pivoted at 7 to the substructure and normally flush with its upper surface. A platform on the substructure and near the points of attachment 12 of the front legs may be removed to leave a well for receiving parts of the prone mast.
Patent GB-503013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tins and other similar containers
IPC: B65D41/44
Filed: 1937-07-29
Abstract: 503,013. Tins &c. LIST, B. H. F. July 29, 1937, No. 21039. [Class 66] A tin of cylindrical, oval, rectangular, or other sectional form is provided with a cutting wire B arranged in a groove formed at the inner side of the wall, the sides of the groove being preferably clamped or pressed over the wire, which is spot-welded to the wall at either the attachment end b<1>, the emergence end b<2>, or if desired, at both ends. The protruding end of the wire may be bound with smooth wire and formed into a finger loop. In the case of a cylindrical tin provided with a screw-threaded cover, the wire may be disposed between the thread on the body of the tin and the closed upper end, below the thread, or intermediate the thread as shown in Fig. 5. Where the cover when in place overlies it, as in Fig. 5, the looped end of the wire may be disposed in a recess F formed in the body portion.
Patent GB-573649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to raking means for the screens of apparatus for treating sewage and the like
IPC: E02B8/02
Filed: 1943-12-15
Abstract: 573,649. Strainers. FARRER, Ltd., W. E., and DAVIS, C. Dec. 15, 1943, No. 21072. [Class 46] A screen for sewage or the like is cleaned by a raking member which is carried by endless chains and is cleaned by a bar or member carried by angularly-movable arms exposed outside the chains, the cleaning bar being engaged by the raking member and thereby caused to move over the raking member and remove screenings therefrom. In the construction shown a screen 1a is cleaned by raking members 2 carried by a pair of endless chains 6 which are driven by an electric motor. The prongs 5 of the members 2 are cleaned by means of a bar 8 which is carried by two pivoted counterweighted arms 9. As each member 2 engages the bar 8 the toothed edge of the bar moves along the prong 5 removing the screenings to a chute or hopper (not shown). According to the Provisional Specification the cleaning bar may be operated by pawls on the endless chains.
Patent GB-382310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to holders for globes, reflectors and the like
IPC: F21V17/06
Filed: 1931-07-23
Abstract: 382,310. Securing globes &c. to lamp holders &c. EDISON SWAN ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., 123, Queen Victoria Street, and STENT, T. F., 17, Montpelier Rise, Golders Green, both in London. July 23, 1931, No. 21093. [Class 75 (ii).] A globe, shade, reflector, or the like is secured to a gas or like burner or to an electric lamp holder 1 by means of two or more pivoted two-armed pawls 9 which are biased by means of plate springs 11 to have two stable positions, in one of which the pawls project to engage the inwardly-projecting flange of the globe and in the other allow the removal or attachment of the globe. The pawls are disposed in recesses 8 and may be locked in the securing position by hinged wire loops 12.
Patent GB-575759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in leading-through insulators
IPC: H01B17/30
Filed: 1944-10-30
Abstract: 575,759. Insulators. ALLMANNA SVENSKA ELEKTRISKA AKTIEBOLAGET. Oct. 30, 1944, Nos. 21094 and 21095. Convention dates, Oct. 29, 1943, and Oct. 14, 1944. [Class 36] In a lead-through insulator, the leads 2, Fig. 1, are well-insulated and are detachably fixed to a common connecting arrangement 8 on the insulator. The leads are soldered to the metallized portions 5 of the insulator body, and in the part of the lead in the groove 4, a fuse 6 is inserted by soldering it to the lead 2 at the point 7. The grooves are protected by a ring 12. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the fuses lie in axial holes instead of grooves, and in another form the holes open into the grooves 4 at different heights. Fig. 7 shows another modification in which the body consists of two parts 1, 2 separated by rubber packing 3. The fuses 13 are inserted in the holes 11, and joined at 12 to the leads 8. The leads may be secured to the insulator body by vitreous means instead of soldering.
Patent GB-441688-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing a ball game
IPC: G07F17/38
Filed: 1934-07-19
Abstract: 441,688. Coin-freed game apparatus. TAYLOR, H. J., 17, Cranham Street, Oxford. July 19, 1934, No. 21115. [Class 132 (ii)] [See also Group XVIII] Game apparatus in which balls are projected by a spring gun through a rotatable ballguiding nozzle to roll over a playing table into scoring pockets has means for tilting the table to cause the balls to run into a magazine. The apparatus shown includes a ball race or track 20, Fig. 1, up which balls 18 are projected by a spring gun 17 and which is in communication with a U-shaped trackway 21 connected by a pair of parallel walls 24 of flexible matal to a rigid open-ended channel member 22 carried by a plate 23, rotatable through toothed gearing 25 by a rod 26. The balls travel down the table to scoring pockets 27 from which they are ejected by depressing the coin-freed handle 16 to tilt the table 3 about a hinged connection with a fixed platform 4 which causes pegs 28, Fig. 2, on a plate 29 floatingly suspended from the table 3 on pins 30 to enter the pockets 27, the plate 29 being held against descent by a stop-bar 31. One or more of the pegs 28 may be independently mounted on an arm 32 pivoted on the plate 29 and supported by a stop 33 so that the corresponding pocket 27 can accommodate two or more balls. The downward movement of the table 3 is buffered by an air dash-pot 34, Fig. 3. The balls on ejection from the pockets 27 roll down the table 3 under the fixed wall 3<a> to the inclined magazine 5 from which they are fed by gravity to the track 20 by operation of the spring-controlled pivoted shutter 19, Fig. 4. The handle 16 actuating the table 3 is freed by insertion of a coin 11 into a holder 9, Fig. 5, and operation of the knob 10 so that the coin pushes the plate 12 to the left against the action of the spring 15 to cause disengagement of notched ends thereon from notched tongues 14 carried by the table 3.
Patent GB-136290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators.
Inventor: CANADA SOMERS TAYLOR
IPC: F24H3/00
Filed: 1918-12-18
Abstract: 136,290. Canada, S. T. Dec. 18, 1918. Electric radiators. - In a radiator of the type comprising an electrically heated water chamber, quick reheating is facilitated by connecting the water-containing chamber 2 to the radiator sections 11 through openings 9 which can be opened or closed as desired by hinged flap valves 18 or like means. The insulation is effected by withdrawing the air from the space 3 between the casing 1 and the chamber 2. At its upper surface the chamber 2 is connected to the casing by a number of sleeves 10, which form the openings 9 and are of a rectangular shape so as to allow the passage therethrough of the rectangular heads 15 of long rods 14, but so as to prevent their withdrawal when rotated through 90 degrees. The rods 14 are used for the purpose of detachably securing the sections 11 of the radiator to the casing 1, suitable packing 13 being clamped between the two to ensure a water-tight joint. The water is preferably heated by a longitudinal electric heater 5 inserted through the end of the chamber 2, and the valves 18 are attached to a rotatable rod 16 having an external operating-knob. The water may fill either the chamber 2 only, or both the chamber and the radiator sections.
Patent GB-1459310-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing cellu
IPC: D01F11/02
Filed: 1974-05-14
Abstract: 1459310 Ferric salt catalysts for grafting of cellulose derivatives MOSKOV TEXTIL INST 14 May 1974 21189/74 Headings C3G and C3P A cellulose derivative containing dithiocarboxylic or aldehyde groups is grafted with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an acidic aqueous medium in the absence of peroxy compounds, the graft polymerization reaction being initiated by oxidizing the said groups with a water-soluble ferric salt. Examples are given in which (a) cellulose sulphate is dithiocarbonated and grafted with acrylonitrile in an aqueous medium containing ferric sulphate and sulphuric acid; (b) cotton is reacted with sodium periodate and grafted with methacrylic acid in an aqueous medium as in (a); (c) fibres produced from viscose solution grafted with methyl sulphate-N-methyl-2- methyl-5-vinylpyridine in an aqueous medium as in (a); (d) viscose rayon is dithiocarbonated and grafted with styrene in an aqueous medium containing ferric nitrate and nitric acid; (e) cotton reacted as in (b) is grated, with acrylic acid in an aqueous medium containing ferric chloride and sulphuric acid; (f) viscose rayon is dithiocarbonated and grafted with acrylonitrile and styrene in an aqueous medium as in (a); (g) cotton treated as in (b) is grafted with acrylamide in an aqueous medium as in (b); and (h) dithiocarbonated viscose rayon is grafted with methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate in an aqueous medium containing ferric acetate and perchloric acid.
Patent GB-431297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in built-up hollow wooden studs for use in building construction
IPC: E06B1/08
Filed: 1934-07-20
Abstract: 431,297. Wooden studs for walls. BERGMAN, F. M. S., 48, Andra Langgatan, Gothenburg, Sweden. July 20, 1934, No. 21199. [Classes 20 (ii) and 20 (iv)] A built-up hollow wooden stud for use in building constructions is formed of wooden slats arranged parallel to each other in staggered fashion and separated by other wooden slats so that the stud is hollow and longitudinal grooves are provided on opposed faces. The slats 2 ... 6, Fig. 4, are arranged in parallel relationship and are separated by intermediate slats 7 ... 10, so as to form hollows in the studs and also rebates on opposite sides for the reception of the wall covering 16, and the doors and windows 11, 12, 13. Hollow spaces may be provided behind the edges of the door and window frames and packing material 14 may be inserted therein. Portions of the slats are omitted in the studs at the positions of door and window frames to provide recesses for the ends of lintels 19, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-512285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in safety devices for trip-lock pistols
IPC: F41A17/46
Filed: 1938-07-16
Abstract: 512,285. Pistols. BERLIN-SUHLER WAFFEN UND FAHRZEUGWERKE GES. July 16, 1938, No. 21199. Convention date, . July 22, 1937. [Class 1191 Pistols are placed at " safety " by withdrawing the abutment of a helical firing spring so that the spring is unstressed. The spring e for-rotating a hammer c about the pivot b when released,by a sear controlled by the rod o, is coupled to an arm g which swings about a pivot h to tension the spring only when a bellcrank i is rocked by a cam surface m on a handle l. When the spring e is unstressed, the handle l is in a position in which it blocks movement of the trigger n.
Patent GB-734732-A (GB)
Title: Bleaching of textile materials
IPC: D06L4/24
Filed: 1953-07-30
Abstract: Textile material is impregnated with a substantially neutral aqueous solution containing from 1 to 10 per cent of an alkali metal chlorite or alkaline earth metal chlorite but not containing an activator, excess solution is removed from the material by squeezing, centrifuging or drying and the material is subjected to the action of steam at 110-140 DEG  C. for a period not exceeding 15 minutes.  The textile material may be composed of fibres of a polyamide, polyacrylonitrile, a copolymer of acrylonitrile and acrylic acid amide, or cotton or viscose rayon, and the chlorite may be sodium chlorite.  Sodium dibutyl naphthalene sulphonate may be added as a wetting agent.  The steam may be superheated.
Patent GB-821252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vehicle door aligning devices
IPC: E05F7/00
Filed: 1956-08-09
Abstract: 821,252. Doors. WILKS, G. L., and ROVER CO. Ltd. Nov. 8, 1957 [Aug. 9, 1956], No. 21238/56. Class 20(3) A device for preventing sagging in doors comprises an arm 8 pivoted at 9 within a frame 4 secured to the door post, the frame having a horizontal abutment member 3, and a wedge 1 with a horizontal upper edge carried by the door. The arm 9 is spring biased to an upright position from the side away from the wedge and when the door is closed the lower side of the wedge engages the upper end of the arm which is contoured, on the arm pivoting, to lift the door until the upper side of the wedge abuts the member 3. The positions of the frame and wedge may be reversed.
Patent GB-1204447-A (GB)
Title: 2,2-dichloro-vinylphosphoric acid ester amides
Inventor: SIRRENBERG WILHELM
IPC: C07F9/564
Filed: 1968-05-06
Abstract: 1,204,447. Nitrogen-containing phosphorus esters. FARBENFABRIKEN BAYER A.G. 6 May, 1968 [6 May, 1967], No. 21356/68. Heading C2C. [Also in Division A5] Compounds of the general formula where R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, and R 1  and R 2  are hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or aryl radical, or R 1  and R 2  together with the nitrogen atom form a heterocyclic ring which may be interrupted by other hetero atoms, are prepared by reacting an O,O-dimethyl- or O,O-diethyl-O- (2,2-dichlorovinyl)-phosphoric acid ester with PCl 5 , or with thionyl-chloride in the presence of dimethyl formamide, and reacting the resulting O - (2,2 - dichlorovinyl) - phosphoric acid ester dichloride stepwise with a substituted or unsubstituted alcohol or phenol and with ammonia or a primary or secondary amine. Compounds of the above formula where R 1  is hydrogen and R 2  is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, or R 1  and R 2  form a ring with the nitrogen atom, are claimed per se. The compounds have pesticidal properties.