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Patent GB-578216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to storage racks as employed in engineering workshops and the like
IPC: A47B53/00
Filed: 1944-08-04
Abstract: 578,216. Shelves. K. & L. STEEL-FOUNDERS & ENGINEERS, Ltd., and PENDLEBURY, W. E. Aug. 4, 1944, No. 14945. [Class 52 (i)] A storage rack suitable for rod &c. stock in engineering stores consists of a framing 3 to support horizontal rails 2 on which the rods rest these rails being provided at least at one part of their length with antifriction rollers 6 to facilitate withdrawal of the rods towards the front of the rack which is preferably provided with a ladder 25 and vertically adjustable platform 23 mounted for transverse movement along rails 11, 16.
Patent GB-150405-A (GB)
Abstract: 150,405. Beauchamp, A. J. May 28, 1919. Jib cranes; staiths and elevated structures.- Comprises a portable crane having a telescopic post structure formed by a series of interlocking hollow sections, the lowermost being pivoted on a carriage, while the top section carries a jib which may be telescopic, the whole arrangement being collapsed and stored on the carriage when not in use. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 a platform 1 is mounted on four wheels, the front axle being pivoted for steering. The bottom section 7 of the post is supported on a central well 6 of the platform by four telescopic legs 8 pivoted to the section and to the platform. The section 7 has a bottom plate 40 with a central hole 14 through which passes a bearing part of the second section 16 the top of which bears on a crown ring 15 on the top of the section 7. Telescoping sections 18, 19 fit into the section 16. Cables 20 passing over pulleys 21 and fixed to the sections at 23 may be hooked to ropes 24 from a winch 26 on the platform for the purpose of extending the sections which are then secured by removable bolts 27. In the topmost section is pivoted a collapsible jib 31 which is supported and raised and lowered by cables 32 from a winding drum 35 of the winch 26. The section 16 is rotated by a cable 42 passed around a pulley 43 and leading to two drums 44. After erection, stability is secured by four legs 45 pivoted to the bottom section 7 and to arms 48 pivoted to the platform 1, the ends of the arms 48 being fitted with sole-plates 54 and jack screws. Struts 57 pivoted to the arms and attachable to different points of the platform space the arms 48. To collapse the apparatus, the sections are first brought within the section 7, then the screws of the legs 8 are operated to lengthen them and raise the section 7, which is then tilted and the legs shortened to bring into the position shown in dotted lines. The apparatus may be arranged as shown in Fig. 4 for distribution of concrete. In this case the post 7 does not rotate. The top section supports a post 71 for a jib crane 76, the post being rotatable by a pulley 77. Rails 88 may guide a skip 85 which is filled at 89 and tipped at 97 into a hopper 98 carried in the top section. The concrete passes to a shoot 99 and funnel 100 on the post 71, through a bend 102 secured to the pulley 77 and along a shoot 104 to a second shoot 111 suspended from the shoot 104 by a pivot pin 112, a plate 113 and circular collar 114 permitting the shoot 104 to rotate about the axis 115. The support for the crane post 71 is adjustable so that the axis of the post may shift around the top section. In a further modification shown in Fig. 8, the platform 213 is arranged to rest on the ground when the apparatus is erected. Screwed feet 214 are provided, while the steering fore-carriage 204 is pivoted to the lowermost section and is detached when the apparatus is erected. Lateral platforms are provided, and struts secured to them and to the lowermost section serve to secure stability when erected.
Patent GB-1109184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cigarette-making machines of the continuous-rod type
Inventor: MOLINS DESMOND WALTER
IPC: A24C5/18
Filed: 1964-04-13
Abstract: 1,109,184. Cigarette making machines. MOLINS ORGANISATION Ltd. 13 April, 1965 [13 April, 1964], No. 15139/64. Heading A2C. In a machine for forming a cigarette rod, by feeding tobacco up a suction duct 17 to the underside of an air pervious belt 22, of the kind described generally in Specification 764,551, a stream of tobacco is directed by a winnower drum 13 obliquely into the inlet 16 of the duct 17 from one side, while the suction air stream enters obliquely from the other side via a duct 24, the tobacco stream meeting the air stream at the region where the air stream changes direction. The air stream, travelling at its fastest adjacent the point of entry of the tobacco stream, entrains and carries away light particles of tobacco. The momentum of heavier particles carries them into the slower moving part of the air stream remote from the point of entry of the tobacco stream where they fall back into a container 26. A shorts recirculation device 11 as described in Specification 1,101,071 may be provided. The level of tobacco in the region 2 may be controlled by a photo-electric device.
Patent GB-382910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in floor polishers and containers for employment therewith
IPC: A47L13/314
Filed: 1932-05-30
Abstract: 382,910. Reservoir polishing-pads. GLEN, T., 20, Smithfield Avenue, Coogee, and LANGDON, L. N. B., Kintore Street, Wahroonga., both in New South Wales, Australia. May 30, 1932, No. 15283. [Class 19.] A floor-polisher of the type described in Specification 355,458 comprises two parts 1, 2 hinged together, the upper part having a sliding plunger 6 for feeding polish held in the lower part in a perforated rotatable receptacle 17. In operation, the parts are opened out on a hinge 3, and perforations 19 in the part 2 are closed by turning the perforated receptacle 17 by a tongue 21 to put the perforations out of register. A polish container from which the lid has been removed is then inserted in the receptacle with a false bottom 24 uppermost. The receptacle 17 is then rotated a part turn to allow polish to reach a felt pad 26. The parts 1, 2 are then closed and secured by a hook 4. Polish is fed in by pressure on a handle 9 provided with pins working in guideslots 12.
Patent GB-544555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to suction cleaners
IPC: A47L5/32
Filed: 1940-10-16
Abstract: 544,555. Vacuum cleaners. HOOVER, Ltd. Oct. 16, 1940, No. 15313. Convention date, Oct. 19, 1939. [Class 8 (i)] The rear wheels of a suction cleaner are supported on a U-shaped bracket 11 pivoted on the casing and supporting the casing by springs 15 which may be of helical form with the coils of largest diameter at the middle. During propulsion the springs are compressed by the thrust on the handle 5 located over the rear wheels and the nozzle of the cleaner rises in proportion to the thrust. The form of the spring however allows an increased thrust on the handle, deliberately applied to move a lug 14a on one of the bracket arms out of a notch in a conduit 8 leading to the fan, and so to allow insertion of a converter hose connection into the conduit. Each spring may be replaced by a pair of springs of which one only acts during normal propulsion, while the other resists the extra thrust applied to free the converter conduit.
Patent GB-373411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to saddles for vehicles and the manufacture thereof
IPC: B62J1/00
Filed: 1931-05-26
Abstract: 373,411. Saddles. DUNLOP RUBBER CO., Ltd., 32, Osnaburgh Street, London, LIVINGS, G. J., 2, Cambridge Street, Manchester, and TRUESDALE, R., of Dunlop Rubber Co., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham. May 26, 1931, No. 15369. [Class 136 (iii).] In a saddle top of the type formed of a combination of rubber and canvas or other woven textile fabric moulded and vulcanized to shape, the fabric sheet or blank is provided with one or more bands or zones of increased strength between the peak and cantle part, produced by weaving the threads closer together, or by weaving in threads of greater thickness or tensile strength, or by both these methods. As shown, the warp threads 2 are woven closer together at 2a to produce a strengthened band extending longitudinally. The closeness or thickness of the threads may be graduated from the centre of the band towards its edges. The transverse threads may be curved or waved to facilitate the shaping of the top. A number of the blanks may be cut from a sheet of fabric, and the surplus material may be re-sheeted to produce further blanks, or may be used to form secondary blanks adapted to be applied as reinforcing layers to the primary blanks. Coloured &c. threads may be incorporated to act as guides in the cutting out of the blanks.
Patent GB-689010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical precipitators
IPC: B03C3/88
Filed: 1951-06-28
Abstract: 689,010. Electrostatic filters. RESEARCH CORPORATION. June 28, 1951 [Dec. 5, 1950], No. 15369/51. Class 39(i) In an electrostatic filter the inclined walls of hoppers 42, 43 for directing precipitated matter to discharge outlets 44, 45 are flushed with cleaning liquid supplied from conduits arranged below the electrodes. The supply conduits may be in the form of troughs 59 fed by leader pipes 60, with or without aprons 78 for guiding the liquid, or in the form of horizontal pipes 70 apertured to provide upwardly directed sprays. The liquid is pumped from the tank 47. The discharge conduit 46 from the hoppers 44 and 45 terminates below the level of the liquid in the tank 47 to form a liquid seal. The supply of liquid to the tank 47 is regulated by a float-controlled valve 49. In modifications the washing liquid may be directed against the side walls of the hopper, and the bottom of the hopper may slope to one side rather than towards the centre as shown.
Patent GB-312077-A (GB)
Title: Anchoring pin
IPC: A44B9/00
Filed: 1929-05-16
Abstract: 312,077. Sarton, S. C., (Assignee of Bonneville, (nÚe Guermeur, A.). May 18, 1928, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Hooks.-A pin adapted to be secured into fabric is formed with a cross-piece a offset from the plane of the arms e, these latter having shoulders d to prevent withdrawal from the fabric. The cross piece a may be straight or may be formed with a loop to receive a stud, or carry an ornament.
Patent GB-1008007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to sound recording and reproducing apparatus
IPC: G11B15/44
Filed: 1963-04-18
Abstract: 1,008,007. Recording and playback; teaching music. G. B. FRANKLIN, and P. H. PHILLIPS. April 9, 1964 [April 18, 1963; July 10, 1963], Nos. 15389/63 and 27408/63. Headings G5R and G5X. Recording and playback apparatus, for learning a foreign language or learning to play a musical instrument, of the kind having a recording medium with a first track on which phrases or musical sounds are permanently recorded and a record track on which the students imitation of the phrases or sounds is recorded, has means to sense the end of a phrase and the apparatus is reversed automatically at the end of the permanently recorded phrase and at the end of the time allowed for the student's attempt so that in the absence of manual control the apparatus repeatedly plays back the permanently recorded phrase, followed by the student's attempt. A film having two tracks filmed in opposite directions may show pictures associated with the recorded phrases. The film may be separate from the sound record and driven synchronously, or a single record member may have two films and two sound tracks. A third sound track may have the permanently recorded sounds running also in the direction of the student's record so that he may hear the permanently recorded sound while making his own attempt. A head 14 (Fig. 1) responding only to the subaudio control signals is connected through a - normally closed manual switch 15 to a relay 16 which energizes the solenoid 18 operating a three-bank rotary stepping switch S1A, S1B, S1C and a solenoid 19 (Fig. 2) which drives a plate 32 to one end or the other of its linear travel. The plate 32 carries the tape drive motor (Fig. 3, not shown) and the friction drive wheels 28, 29 one of which bears on the spool 26 or 27 which is taking up the tape at the time in question. Lugs 45, 46 on the plate 32 briefly operate brakes on both spools as the plate moves from one position to the other.
Patent GB-552326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for setting tools upon lathes and the like
IPC: B23Q17/22
Filed: 1941-12-01
Abstract: 552,326. Turning. VALE,.E. W. Dec. 1, 1941, No. 15437. [Class 83 (iii)] In an apparatus for setting tools at the correct centre height in lathes, horizontal boring machines &c. a member b rotatably mounted between lathe centres or in a chuck is provided with a pivoted arm a fitted with a spirit level h and having a surface g, Fig. 3, in a plane containing the lathe axis and against which a tool j may be adjusted to the same height as the centres. The level h may be calibrated to indicate variations from the centre-height when the surface g is against the tool j. The bar a may be about four inches in length and may be turned to the Fig. 1 position when the device is not in use. In some cases the device may be fitted with a protective strip of celluloid or the like held up by a spring plunger q. The plunger q, Fig. 6, may also serve to secure a template strip t for setting screwcutting tools to notches v, the template being located so that one edge lies against the bar b. If a tail centre is not available one of the end cylindrical parts x may be gripped in a chuck. Also one of the projections x may be fitted with an extension piece to adapt the device to lathes having greater minimum centre distance.
Patent GB-632333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to caulking compositions
IPC: C04B28/02
Filed: 1947-06-11
Abstract: A caulking composition comprises by weight 62 1/2 -70 per cent cement, preferably Portland cement, 19-26 per cent asbestos fibres, the staples of which are preferably not less than one inch nor more than 1 1/4 inches in length, 1 1/3 -2\ba2/3 per cent of an accelerator, such as calcium chloride or sodium carbonate, to accelerate the hardening of the cement, 4 1/2 -7 per cent of a substance, such as hydrated lime, to improve the waterproofing qualities of the cement, and 1 1/2 -7 per cent. of a suitable colouring agent, preferably powdered bitumen, ferrous oxide or carbon black.  The composition may be utilised for caulking purposes in a bag or sleeve-like container or loosely woven cotton or asbestos yarn or may be spun to produce a cord or rope-like formation.
Patent GB-240237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vapour generators intended particularly for vaporising mercury
IPC: F22B27/12
Filed: 1924-06-26
Abstract: 240,237. British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., and Collingham, R. H. June 26, 1924. Vapour engines.- A mercury-vapour generator of the revolving tube type has the static heads H<1> - - H<3> of mercury maintained equal by feeding the mercury from the condenser into the highest part of a feed chamber divided into separate compartments, each connected to a corresponding tube. The condenser A of the mercury turbine has a sump D connected by tubes E, Q to the end compartments G, K, the partitions F having pipes R leading to the middle point of the compartments. The upper and lower parts of the sump have baffles to damp the surging of the mercury. Each compartment connects with its tube S by a feed pipe P.
Patent GB-574912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to hoods for vehicles
IPC: B60J7/16
Filed: 1943-09-24
Abstract: 574,912. Hoods. BENSON, J. J. G., and HOWE, H. Sept. 24, 1943, No. 15662. [Class 108 (i)] Hoods for perambulators and other vehicles are made in two portions pivoted about a common axis, the main portion 1 being capable of being turned counter-clockwise into a curved recess formed for it in the vehicle body, and the other portion 2, which can serve as a front or windscreen, being capable of being turned into a special recess for it in the body or of being turned so as either to be contained within the main hood portion 1 or within the body recess provided for the latter. A spring fastening bolt 4, Sheet 3, for hood portion 1 passes through an aperture in a metal strip 6 medial of the hood into a socket 5 on the body and is withdrawn by a wire release. The windscreen portion 2 is turned into its bodyrecess by pinion 8 acting on a rack carried by the windscreen, a return-spring 10 being extended at the same time.
Patent GB-130504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exhaust Silencers.
Inventor: NICHOLLS GEORGE
IPC: F01N1/08
Filed: 1918-09-26
Abstract: 130,504. Nicholls, G. Sept. 26, 1918. Exhaust-silencers.-A silencer comprise two end plates 4, 5 formed with curved surfaces 8, 9 and carrying a central inlet pipe 1 and alternate sets of concentric tubes 2, 3, forming a series of annular chambers in open communication at their alternate ends and an annular outlet 16. The tubes are spaced apart by distance-pieces 10 and held in position bv screws 12 securing the outer tube 2<a> to the end platel 5.
Patent GB-1121237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for generating signals dependent on varying mean values of fluctuating compression forces
Inventor: BJEREUS SVEN RAGNAR
IPC: G01L1/02
Filed: 1967-04-06
Abstract: 1,121,237. Axle-box guides. SVENSKA BROMSREGULATOR A.B. 6 April, 1967, No. 15749/67. Heading B7L. [Also in Divisions F1 and F2] A bogie frame 12 is supported by the axle box 11 through coil springs 9, 10 having their upper and lower ends seated on flanged sleeve members. The compression forces are transmitted by a hydraulic apparatus 1 (see Division F1) to a recording apparatus carried by the vehicle.
Patent GB-1185827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Temperature and Moisture-Indicating and Control Apparatus
Inventor: IRVINE JOHN ANDERSON
IPC: G01N27/12
Filed: 1966-04-07
Abstract: 1,185,827. Combined moisture and temperature sensing apparatus, electrical. FINDLAY IRVINE Ltd. March 22, 1967 [April 7, 1966], No. 15789/66. Heading G1N. An apparatus for sensing the approach of icing conditions on a road, railway points &c. and which may control heating elements to prevent ice formation, comprises a temperature sensitive transistor VT3 Fig. 1 the collector-heater current of which is a function of temperature, and may be connected to a relay RL1 in a heater control circuit and/or to a warning lamp, and a moisture sensitive means MP coupled electrically to the transistor whereby the base current of the transistor is decreased when moisture forms on the moisture sensor, thus increasing the collector/emitter current and operating the relay, say at 37 F. Thus an apparent indication of freezing conditions is given in good time before freezing occurs, when the conditions are also wet, and could cause ice formation. As shown, the probe MP is connected to a bi-stable circuit VT 1 , VT 1 . With the probe dry the potential at the junction of RV 4  and R 3  will be relatively more +ve and VT 1  will conduct and VT 2  remain non-conducting. The collector current of VT 1  passing through a resistor R 11  adds to the voltage drop across R 11  thus making the base of sensor VT 3  more negative and increasing the collector current thereof. The amplified output from VT 3  is fed to a relay RL/1 which operates to control heaters or warning devices. When the moisture on the probe exceeds a predetermined amount, VT 2  conducts and VT 1  is non-conducting, therefore current through R 11  is not supplemented by current from VT 1  as before and the relay RL 1  will operate at a higher temperature than when probe is dry. Thus by adjustment of RV 4  it can be arranged that relay RL 1  operates at a few degrees above freezing during wet conditions and at a few degrees below freezing point of water when the probe MP is dry. For dry snow the moisture probe MP or another probe SP is provided with a heater to melt the snow and ice thereon. The moisture probe MP Fig. 2 comprises brass cylinders 18, 19 the space between which is filled with epoxy resin up to the upper edges of the cylinders, and heaters 11 to 15 are omitted if the probe is for moisture only. Figs. 3, 4 (not shown) illustrate an assembly of three probes MP, SP, VT 3 , embedded in a road surface.
Patent GB-663515-A (GB)
Title: Antiseptic paper products and process of making same
Filed: 1947-06-16
Abstract: 663,515. Antiseptic paper. INTERLAKE TISSUE MILLS CO., Ltd. June 16, 1947, No. 15816/47. Class 96 and 140. Tissue paper, or wax-coated paper, &c. is treated, e.g. by spraying before or after drying in manufacture, with an odourless sterilizing compound, e.g. ortho-hydroxy-phenyl-mercuric chloride, and a hygroscopic substance, e.g. a glycol, glycerol, polyglycol, polyglycerol, sorbitol, or mannitol. There may be one part of ortho - hydroxy - phenyl - mercuric chloride in 50,000 to 200,000 of water and 50 to 5,000 of glycerol. Excess solution may be removed by squeeze rolls and the paper dried at up to 250 F.
Patent GB-555480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the sizing and lubricating of textile yarns, and the production of fabrics therefrom
IPC: D06M13/224
Filed: 1941-12-09
Abstract: 555,480. Lubricating compositions. AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION. Dec. 9, 1941, No. 15854. Convention date, July 1. [Class 91] [Also in Groups IV and V] A twisted yarn is impregnated with a substantially non-aqueous solution comprising an ester of an anhydropolyhydric alcohol with a saturated fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms and the ester is caused to solidify on the yarn and thus set the twist. The twist-set yarn is formed into a fabric, and the ester is then removed. The ester used is of a firm unctuous, soapy or waxy nature, and is of such a low melting point that it is readily fused superficially by friction to provide effective lubrication of the yarn as it passes through weaving, knitting, or other machines, and yet it does not give such a low coefficient of friction as to permit excessive slippage of the yarn. The ester may subsequently be removed from the fabric by a mild aqueous scouring bath. An ester of glycide, sorbitan, mannitan, dulcitan, mannide, or sorbide, or of an anhydro derivative of a pentol, hexane pentol, arabitol, or erythritol, with myristic, palmitic, or stearic acid may be used. A mixture of such esters may be used. Mannide dipalmitate is obtained by heating mannitol with two molecular equivalents of palmitic acid in 'presence of phosphoric acid at 200-240C. or above for several hours. A mixed ester may be used, e.g. mannide myristate palmitate. Esters in which all the hydroxyl groups of the anhydro polyhydric alcohol are esterified may be used. The twisted yarn may be impregnated with the ester while it is in the form of a wound package on a bobbin or other carrier. In an example, the yarn package is dipped into a solution of mannide dipalmitate in Stoddard solvent ( a petroleum hydrocarbon fraction of boiling range 150- 210C.). After centrifuging, the volatile solvent is evaporated from the yarn package at a slow rate. The package may be stored in an atmosphere containing the vapour of the volatile solvent. Knitting or weaving may be carried out in an atmosphere of high humidity or the yarn may be steamed or stored in a moist atmosphere prior to the knitting or weaving operation. The ester may be removed from the fabric by a hot aqueous scouring liquid or by treatment with a non-aqueous volatile solvent. The treatment may be applied to cotton, wool, silk, regenerated cellulose, cellulose acetate, and other yarns. Instead of applying the ester solution 'by dipping the yarn package in the liquid, the solution may. be applied to the travelling yarn by spraying or by means of moistened rollers.