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Patent GB-926957-A (GB)
Title: Buttons and attachment thereof to garments
IPC: A41H37/00
Filed: 1958-10-17
Abstract: 926,957. Buttons; sewing. G. E. LETT. Jan. 15, 1960 [Oct. 17, 1958; Feb. 13, 1959], Nos. 33225/58 and 5090/59. Classes 43 and 112. A button comprises a neck formed before attachment to a garment from portions of thread which enters the button, the portions of thread being knotted and at least one length of thread extends from the neck for securing the button to the garment. A method of making the button 1 with a neck comprises passing the thread through the button so that two end portions 2, 3 protrude from the back of the button and a bight in the thread also protrudes from the back of the button forming in the bight a plurality of loops with the two end portions passing through them whereafter the two ends of the thread are pulled so that the loops are drawn close together adjacent the back of the button and are tightened on to the thread within them. The loops may be formed by passing one leg of the bight several times round the periphery of the button and then pulling the end portions 2, 3 of the thread to tighten the loops. The loops may also be formed by winding the thread on a latch hook needle which is pulled to draw the thread portions 2, 3 through the loops. The two end portions may be drawn through the material of the garment and secured by knotting the ends, or one end may be threaded through the holes of a backing button before knotting the thread between the backing button and the garment. Various methods of knotting the thread are described. Two buttons each with a neck may be secured to opposite sides of a garment by knotting the ends of each neck to the neck of the other button.
Patent GB-807116-A (GB)
Title: Metallic chlorides
IPC: C01G1/06
Filed: 1956-11-05
Abstract: Chlorides of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium, chromium, tungsten or molybdenum are obtained by chlorinating an oxide of said metal produced in situ by decomposing an oxygen-containing compound in a fused salt medium comprising at least one alkali metal halide.  The product may be a complex salt. Specified oxygen-containing compounds are the hydroxides, hydrated oxides, nitrates, nitrites, oxalates, acetates, carbonates, and basic carbonates, chlorides and nitrates of the metals; chromium nitrate and basic zirconium carbonate are exemplified.  Chlorinating agents include chlorine, anhydrous hydrogen chloride, phosgene, thionyl chloride, chlorine mixed with carbon monoxide and chlorine used together with carbon in the melt.  The fused salt medium preferably comprises a chloride such as sodium chloride.  Metallic chlorides may be recovered from the final melt by extraction with an organic solvent.  U.S.A. Specifications 1,835,025 and 1,815,054 are referred to.
Patent GB-874714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to window glasses for road vehicle doors
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID WYNN HESKETH
IPC: B60J10/04
Filed: 1958-10-22
Abstract: 874,714. Vehicle windows. PRESSED STEEL CO. Ltd. Dec. 3, 1959 [Oct. 22, 1958], No. 33729/58. Class 20(3) A frameless window glass 11 is. retained and guided within the inner and outer panels 12, 13 of a vehicle door by opposed pressure members 14, Fig. 3, each consisting of a rubber or like strip pressure pad 18 held in a metal channel retaining strip 17 fixable to a panel of the door, the pressure strip having inserted in its face a continuous strip slipper 19, Fig. 3, or a plurality of short length slippers 19a, 19b, Fig. 4, of hard plastics material such as nylon, the slippers having curved outer faces for bearing on the glass 11. As shown, the pressure pads 18 are separate units each mounted in its retaining channel 17a, Fig. 2, so that the glass is free to move in a fore and aft direction. The pressure applied to the window glass 11 may be adjusted as by a metal strip 24, Fig. 3, bearing on the back of the pad 18 and movable as by a screw 25 towards and away from the web of the channel 17. The slippers have longitudinal lugs 21 to hold them in the pressure pad. The two pressure pads may be comprised by the limbs of a channelsection strip the base of the channel bearing on the vertical edge of the glass.
Patent GB-973273-A (GB)
Title: Process and plant for manufacturing soap
Inventor: JENSEN OVE ANDREAS
IPC: C11D13/02
Filed: 1960-10-01
Abstract: <PICT:0973273/C4-C5/1> A multi-batch countercurrent process for washing crude soap curd in which there is used a single soap pan 7, comprises withdrawing the soap curd 5 (from saponification and after graining with salt) from pan 7 through tundish 9 and passing it through mixer 14 together with wash liquor L1 from tank 1 and then back to pan 7 through line 15 and diffuser 10, the rates of flow being so adjusted that all the soap is mixed with all the nearly spent wash liquor from tank 1 which has been used in (N-1) previous washing stages.  The spent wash liquor which separates in pan 7 is then sent for glycerol recovery through lines 16 and 17 while the once-washed soap curd is washed again in similar manner with wash liquor L2 from tank 2; the wash liquor which separates at the end of the second wash process is however then returned by line 16 to tank 1.  The washing process is carried out N times with wash liquor from each of the N tanks in turn, tank N containing fresh liquor.  The wash liquor is preferably maintained in the tanks 1 to N at 90-5 DEG C. by means of heating coils 28.  The wash liquors in the tanks 1 to N may be purified by passage individually through line 23 and filter or centrifuge 24.  In a modification, fat may be charged into pan 7 and the liquor in tank 1 made sufficiently alkaline to effect saponification in the first mixing stage, the resulting crude soap being then progressively washed as before.
Patent GB-618981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cooking utensils
IPC: A47J36/20
Filed: 1946-11-15
Abstract: 618,981. Cooking utensils. JOSEPH, Ltd., N. C., and JOSEPH, B. C. Nov. 15, 1946, No. 33894. [Class 66] A perforated bowl 1 for holding vegetables to be cooked in a saucepan, &c., 3 and for straining them after cooking, rests with feet 10 on the bottom of the saucepan 3 and, with a broad rim 4, for facilitating handling on the rim of the saucepan. A lid 5 fits either the saucepan or the top of the bowl 1 or a casserole into which the strainer may be placed for serving the cooked food.
Patent GB-941131-A (GB)
Title: Improved lifting table
Inventor: DOUGLAS DONALD JAMES MORTON
IPC: B66F7/08
Filed: 1959-10-07
Abstract: 941,131. Load handling machines. SALISBURY PRECISION ENGINEERING Ltd. Oct. 6, 1960 [Oct. 7, 1959], No. 34029/59. Heading B8H. A lifting table comprises a top plate 18 guided for parallel movement relative to a base frame 11-14 by a pair of scissor links 19, 20, and adapted to be raised and lowered by a pair of toggle links 34, 35 which are each pivoted at points intermediate their ends to the ends of an associated hydraulic ram 42, 45. In an alternative arrangement (not shown), one end of each ram is pivoted to either the top plate or the base frame. Rollers on the scissor links engage horizontal guides on the top plate and base frame respectively, and one roller is adapted to operate a limit switch 61 which is longitudinally adjustable along the base frame, and is arranged to de-energize pump motor 55. Pedals 60, 63 are provided to start motor 55 to effect raising of the top plate, and to open a release valve in the hydraulic circuit to cause the plate to lower. The base frame is mounted on wheels 65 and has a towing connector 67.
Patent GB-1039558-A (GB)
Title: Automatic change speed transmission
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1964-05-01
Abstract: 1,039,558. Change-speed control. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. May 1, 1964 [May 3, 1963], No. 34030. Divided out of 1,039,890. Heading F2D. The description is the same as that of Specification 1,039,890, but the claims are directed to the control of the planetary change-speed gear by an hydraulic control system incorporating shift valves actuated in dependence upon output speed and engine manifold depression, the circuit including a first TV valve operated by engine manifold depression to supply a second TV regulator valve in turn supplying a TV booster valve, pressure from the latter acting upon the shift valves while secondary regulated pressure is supplied to the main pressure regulator valve of the whole circuit to modulate the oil pressure supplied thereto from an input pump. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 912,399.
Patent GB-350370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to packing
IPC: F16J15/12
Filed: 1930-11-13
Abstract: 350,370. Joint-making packing. LECHLER, P., 50, Kronenstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany. Nov. 13, 1930, No. 34201. Convention date, Nov. 13, 1929. [Class 122 (iii).] A packing comprises a metal layer interposed between layers c, c<1> of packing material and secured thereto by projecting points or tongues b, bl, b<11>. The tongues are out turned awav from or over towards the apertures left in the sheets to form hooks by pressing or rolling their ends.
Patent GB-605232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in motion picture camera stands
IPC: F16M11/28
Filed: 1945-12-18
Abstract: 605,232. Camera trollies. COUTARD, S. R. Dec. 18, 1945, No. 34300. Convention date, Aug. 13, 1943. [Class 108 (i)] A trolley-mounted elevating stand for a motion-picture camera having orientable wheels controlled by a steering lever comprises a plurality of control members for the elevating mechanism which are so arranged that at whatever height the camera is set, at least one of the control members is located near the camera, in a position where it can be manipulated by the operator while he is looking into the viewfinder. The base of the trolley has three arms 1, 2, 3 and a central hollow boss 4 in which slides a tube 5 provided with rack teeth 6 engaged by a pinion 19, Fig. 4, having a conical spiral thread, the pinion being operated by a handle 7. A further tube 9 slides in the tube 5 and is provided with a rack 10 engaged by a pinion rotated by a handle 12 mounted on the tube 5, a recess 13 being cut in the boss 4 to accommodate the mounting of the handle 12 in the collapsed position of the tubes. A camera platform 14 is provided on the top of the tube 9. A wheel 15 mounted in a bellshaped holder 21 has a central spigot 24 protruding through the base, the spigot being slotted to receive the pivoted end of a handle 18. Similar wheels 16, 17 are mounted in the arms 2, 3 of the base and the outer circumference of each of the bell-shaped holders is provided with a helical groove 22, Fig. 6, around which an endless rope 25, Fig. 5, passes, the rope being guided by pulleys 28, 29, 30. Movement of the arm 18 rotates all the wheels simultaneously. More than two telescopic tubes may be used in which case an elevating platform or expanding ladder for the operator may be used, which moves parallel to the camera stand, the same control or controls being used for the simultaneous operation of the two elevating devices.
Patent GB-744726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric accumulators employing alkaline or neutral electrolytes
IPC: H01M10/52
Filed: 1953-12-09
Abstract: 744,726. Batteries. ACCUMULATORENFABRIK AKT.-GES. Dec. 9, 1953 [Jan. 8, 1953], No. 34319/53. Addition to 736,692. Class 53. . A gas-tight sealed alkaline accumulator is provided with a hydrogen-absorbing supplementary electrode containing silver or a compound of silver connected to the positive electrode, the supplementary electrode being disposed at a side of the positive electrode remote from the negative electrode. The supplementary electrode may be placed, for example, between two positive electrodes or between a positive electrode and the container wall. The silver material of the supplementary electrode may be enclosed in metal pockets or it may be in the form of a sintered mass which may contain powdered nickel or graphite. Electrolyte absorbent material may be interposed between the positive and supplementary electrodes and the connection between the two electrodes may be made by conducting elements let into grooves in opposing faces of the electrodes. Another method consists in winding porous threads and nickel-plated iron wire round the supplementary electrode before it is placed in the accumulator. Conductive material may alternatively be applied to the surface of the porous material between the two electrodes.
Patent GB-317689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spectacles
IPC: G02C5/22
Filed: 1928-11-22
Abstract: 317,689. Barnes, E. Nov. 22, 1928. Spectacles.-The straight sides of spectacles, of the kind which are hinged to the frame and depend upon the spring pressure of the sides to obtain the necessary grip on the head, are constructed so that they may be opened against the action of a coiled spring without straining the frame. A pair of lens holders 25 have sides 28 of the usual length hinged to lugs 27 against stops 30. Each side 28 incorporates a supplementary spring 31 enabling it to be opened further as shown. The spring 31 is preferably of coiled formation and disposed near to the hinge 29 being mounted on the rigid end 32 of the side 28. Several modifications of the construction of the spring and its supports are described and Specifications 180,210, 280,442, and 280,443 are referred to.
Patent GB-619097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the mounting of focussing magnets for cathode ray tubes
IPC: H01J29/82
Filed: 1946-11-20
Abstract: 619,097. Cathode-ray tubes. COLE, Ltd., E. K., INSKIP. F. A., CUERDEN, T. G., and ATKINSON, N. T. Nov. 20, 1946, No. 34347. [Class 39 (i)] Focusing means for a cathode-ray tube comprises a magnet such as an iron-clad solenoid A, Fig. 2, having a member I with a spherical surface B engaging a concave surface C in a fixed bracket D; the magnetic device is supported at the four corners of a square, two of the supports H at adjacent corners being resilient and the other two supports K being rigid, but each adjustable by a nut on a bolt; adjustment of one of the supports K gives purely horizontal adjustment of the image and adjustment of the other support K gives purely vertical adjustment of the image. The supports H are spring-biassed and the nuts of the supports K are knurled to facilitate adjustment. The supports K may be arranged along a horizontal or vertical side of the square, and the focusing coil need not be completely iron-clad. Prior art gimbal mountings are referred to. The Provisional Specification refers in addition to screws for adjustment.
Patent GB-959251-A (GB)
Title: Skirt or trouser hanger and stretcher
IPC: A47G25/48
Filed: 1962-09-07
Abstract: 959,251. Garment hangers. E. HOBI. Sept. 7, 1962 [Jan. 2, 1962], No. 34362/62. Heading A4U. A skirt or trouser hanger and stretcher comprises two U-ended bars 1, 2 urged to the spread position by a spring 3 and two clips 5 having grooves 7 which slidably engage the bar arms 1a, 1c and 2a, 2c whereby the tensioned spring 3 causes tilting and hence locking of the clips 5 on the bars 1, 2. A spring clip 6 engages at its ends 6a in grooves in the clips 5 to normally spread the legs 5a, 5b thereof and to frictionally grip the arms 1a, 1c.
Patent GB-324464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thermionic push-pull amplifiers
IPC: H03F3/32
Filed: 1928-11-22
Abstract: 324,464. Dicker, S. G. S., (Naamlooze Vennootschap Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken). Nov. 22, 1928. Thermionic amplifiers.-Variable resistances R1, R2 are inserted in the anode leads of valves V1, V2 connected in push-pull rotation, and the halves of the split primary of the output transformer Tu, are tapped at 1, 2, 3, to afford adjustments to compensate for badly matched valves, and thus eliminate the effects of ripple from a battery-eliminator B.
Patent GB-182736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hand saws
IPC: B27B21/04
Filed: 1921-12-22
Abstract: 182,736. Dietrich, J. C. Dec. 22, 1921. Saw h a n d l e s ; strengthened handles. -The handle 3 of a hand saw having a blade 1 provided with two rearwardly extending tangs 4, is formed with a hole in which is arranged a reinforcing- rod 7 arranged in the plane of the blade 1. The rod 7 is inserted in position before the handle 3 is secured to the blade 1 by the bolts 5, and the tangs 4 then hold the rod in position. The ends of the rod 7 preferably extend beyond the handle 3, and are slit to enable the tangs 4 to pass through.
Patent GB-844021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machine tools
IPC: B23D15/06
Filed: 1958-10-28
Abstract: 844,021. Shearing &c. presses. EDWARDS Ltd., F. J., and HAYWARD, G. M. Dec. 1, 1958 [Oct. 28, 1958], No. 34560/58. Class 83 (4). A machine-tool comprises a movable part 2 driven towards and away from a fixed part 4 by a worm-gear 12 connected to a motor-driven flywheel 8 by a friction clutch 13 which is engaged to bring the machine into operation. The movable part of a bending or die press, or (as shown) the blade 2 of a guillotine, may be driven by gear 12, through eccentrics on the ends of the worm-wheel shaft 14 and connecting-rods 17 attached to a beam 1 carrying blade 2. A brake 21 is provided, and if the drive of flywheel 8 is by belts from an electric motor, the brake and clutch 13 may be operated electrically; otherwise, they may be operated hydraulically or pneumatically. A switch, tripped by the beam 1 as it rises towards its top position or by a cam (Fig. 3, not shown), on shaft 14, disengages the clutch and applies the brake, thus stopping beam 1 without interrupting the drive to flywheel 8. Single-stroke operation of the machine is controlled by a button or foot-switch 19 which may have to be released and re-operated for each stroke. Further switches may short-circuit the singlestroke controls to effect continuous operation.
Patent GB-792406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to collapsible bath-tubs
IPC: A47K3/062
Filed: 1956-11-13
Abstract: 792,406. Collapsible baths. BLOMQVIST, O. Nov. 13, 1956 [Nov. 15, 1955], No. 34669/56. Class 26. A bath-tub comprises a stand 1, a supporting surface 2 and a frame 3 on which flexible material, which may be rubber, synthetic plastic or impregnated fabric, is attached to form the bath-tub proper 4. In use the frame 3, attached to members 5, is lowered to be at the same level as the surface 2, by means of four levers 6 and a weight 7, and then one side of a supporting frame 8, movably connected by levers 9 to the stand 1, is lowered by lifting the opposite of the two rods 10. The patient is moved over from a trolley, the frames 8 and 3, respectively, are then raised, and the latter locked in position. The bath has an outlet for draining.
Patent GB-430022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to impellers for centrifugal pumps
IPC: F04D29/24
Filed: 1933-12-09
Abstract: 430,022. Centrifugal pumps. VOITH, W., VOITH, H., and VOITH H., (trading as VOITH, J. M., [Firm of]), Heidenheim-on- Brenz, Wurtemberg, Germany. Dec. 9, 1933, No. 34739. Convention date, Dec. 24, 1932. [Class 110 (i)] In a centrifugal pump with open blading radially overhanging the impeller boss, the meridian section of a blade in the overhung part is such that the lines g, h, joining the ends of the section or the tangents t, t<1>, at that end of the section which is axially remote from the admission side, intersect the axis A, A<1> on the admission side.
Patent GB-191943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to control-switches for electrically-propelled vehicles
IPC: H01H9/26
Filed: 1921-12-29
Abstract: 191,943. Powell, P. V., and Smith, P. Frost-. Dec. 29, 1921. Systems for continuous-current motors only.- A controller for the generator and motor of a petrol-electric vehicle comprises a reversing and braking switch and a resistance controller mounted in common and provided with magnetic and other locks to ensure correct sequence of operations. In the complete apparatus shown in Fig. 6, a spindle 30 mounted in a casing carries at its lower end segmental contacts 31, 32, 33, 34 of the reversing and braking switch, and can be moved to forward, neutral, reversing, and braking positions by a handle 27 attached to a plate 28 which has positioning notches engaging with a detent 67, Fig. 12. Loose on the upper portion of the spindle 30 is a sleeve 46 carrying drum contact elements 17, 18 which wipe respectively over resistance fingers connected to the field circuits of the generator and motor. The sleeve 46 is operated by a handle 47 and has mechanical interlocks with the handle 27, which ensure that the resistance controller is brought to its zero position before the reversing switch is moved into its forward position, and also limit the amount of resistance that can be inserted in the motor field while the reversing switch occupies its forward position. A magnetic lock engaging notches in a plate 26 further prevents the handle 27 from being moved out of the forward or reverse position while the generator field is excited.
Patent GB-474710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electrical measuring devices incorporating cathode ray tubes
IPC: A43D87/00
Filed: 1936-12-21
Abstract: 474,710. Oscillographs. MULLER AKT.- GES., C. H. F. Dec. 21, 1936, No. 35122. Convention date, Dec. 23, 1935. [Class 37] A measuring device comprises a cathoderay tube on the anode voltage of which the voltage to be measured is superimposed, while a strong and constant magnetic field and an electric field simultaneously deflect the cathode-ray beam, the field strength of the electric field being directly proportional to the total anode voltage and the direction of the constant part of the deflecting force of the electric field being opposite to that of the magnetic field. The voltage to be measured is applied to the anode of the cathode-ray tube 1, through the transformer 9, and the beam is deflected downwardly by the constant field of a horseshoe or electro-magnet 7. In addition, the beam is given a second upward deflection by applying to the tube an electric field which is obtained from a tipping 8 and is proportional to the total anode voltage, so that the deflection produced by the electric field is constant throughout but that by the magnetic field varies according to the value of the voltage to be measured. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also the use of an electric field as described above, but of strength proportional only to the voltage to be measured. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-357011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tobacco feed belt for cigarette-making machines
IPC: A24C5/39
Filed: 1930-11-21
Abstract: 357,011. Cigarette-making machines. TRIGGS, W. W., 57, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.-(American Machine & Foundry Co. ; 511, 5th Avenue, New York, U.S.A.) Nov. 21, 1930, No. 35153. [Class 130.] The floor of the feeding hopper 10 consists of a belt formed from strips of carded material 148 supported on cross-bars carried by the pins of intermittently moved chains. The plane of the belt contains the pitch-line of the chain. The drive is transmitted from the shaft 160 through skewgearing 158, 159, crank 157, a link 164, and an arm 165 carrying a pawl which engages a ratchetwheel on the shaft of one of the chain wheels.