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Patent GB-465817-A (GB)
Title: An improved device for producing optical, sound and mechanical effects
IPC: A63H3/00
Filed: 1935-08-12
Abstract: 465,817. Toy figure targets. GOODE, J. S. Aug. 12, 1935, No. 22689. Void. Convention date, Sept. 3, 1934. [Class 132 (iii)] A toy figure is provided with electrical contact means actuated by a missile to produce optical, sound and mechanical effects. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a figure 3 adapted to have a missile projected at it by hand, catapult or air gun comprises an open mouth 4 having a pivotally mounted tongue 5 adapted to be depressed by a missile to close the contacts 6 to complete through the battery 8 the circuit of a sound emitting device 7 and/or one or more electric lamps 9. The lamps 9 may be arranged in the eye openings 10, in the mouth 4 or exteriorly to effect the flood lighting of the figure. The contacts 6 or further contacts may be arranged to control the circuit of an electric motor adapted to impart movement to the figure or parts thereof which latter may be rotatably or slidably mounted on a pillar or spindle. The optical, sound and mechanical effects may be produced simultaneously under the control of one set of contacts or separately by independent sets of contacts closed by separate missiles. In a modification the tongue 5 carries on its underside a mercury switch. The head of the figure may be removable and suitable flaps, doors or openings provided in the body to provide access to the wiring and lighting or sound units.
Patent GB-1154822-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dispensing Fluids from a Pressurized Container
Inventor: KLEVELAND NELS BERNUM
IPC: B65D83/14
Filed: 1967-05-16
Abstract: 1,154,822. Dispensing liquids by gaseous pressure. EATON YALE & TOWNE Inc. May 16, 1967 [May 16, 1966], No.22756/67. Heading F1R. A pressurized dispensing container has a discharge valve comprising a resilient housing 19, e.g. of neoprene, formed with valve seats 29 and 30 engageable by valve members 35, 36 on a valve stem 32, the resilience of the housing acting through abutment 24 on the bottom of valve stem 32 to hold the valve closed, and the valve being opened by depression of an actuator button 45 having a projection 69 for depressing the valve stem. A sleeve 71 of resilient material engages projection 69 and sealingly abuts against valve housing 19, the resilience of the sleeve biasing button 45 upwardly. Cap 47 is a snap fit on the container and is detachable for cleaning, e. g. when the container is used for foodstuffs, the top of valve housing 19 and the valve stem presenting a substantially flat surface for easy cleaning. When the container is inserted, material to be dispensed enters the valve housing via ports 41 and 42. Nozzle insert 63 is replaceable by inserts of different cross-sectional shapes for shaping the material dispensed. Excess pressure in the container is released via apertures 90, annular groove 91 and between valve cup 15 and valve housing portion 18, the depth of cup 15 and portion 18 determining the maximum container pressure. In Fig. 4 (not shown), a dip tube passes through the bottom 23 of the valve housing and into an axial bore in the valve stem, a radial bore in the valve stem communicating between the axial bore and the valve housing interior. In Fig. 7, the discharge nozzle 121 has a detachable cover 122 which prevents accidental operation of button 45 by engaging an abutment 124 of cap 43. A temporary seal 125, e. g. of wax, secures cover 122 to cap 43.
Patent GB-258597-A (GB)
Title: Method of and means for the loading and stowage of briquettes, bricks, blocks, and similar shaped goods
IPC: B66C1/24
Filed: 1926-09-15
Abstract: 258,597. Naamlooze Vennootschap Continentale Handel en Transport Maatschappij. Sept. 16, 1925, [Convention date]. Tipping-carts. - For carrying a stack of bricks &c. in a lifting-cradle to and from the area served by the crane, a truck 8, Fig. 7, is used, provided with a hinged frame 9 on which the cradle 3, 4 rests as shown. The cradle is set down after transport by tilting the frame 9. In a modification, Fig. 11, the cradle is temporarily connected with the truck 8 by links pivoted at 13, 13<1> and rests between the side walls of the truck, as shown, for transport. The cradle is removed from the truck to the ground by turning about the hinges 13, 13<1>.
Patent GB-1525523-A (GB)
Title: Safety belt reel locking mechanism
IPC: B60R22/40
Filed: 1976-06-02
Abstract: 1525523 Seat belt retractor BSG INTERNATIONAL Ltd 2 June 1976 [2 June 1975] 22774/76 Heading A3V On vehicle inclination or deceleration steel ball 3 moves relative to bowl 2, pushes rod 11, in bore 10 of sphere 9 in socket 5, to pivot lever 16 so tooth 18 engages wheel 20 connected to the shaft of a safety belt winding reel. For installation with base 1 at an angle such as shown screw 7 is loosened and the weight of rod 11 causes it to pivot so its axis and the bore of sphere 9 are vertical. Screw 7 is then tightened.
Patent GB-615365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the masking of light-transmitting screens such as the screens of cathode ray tubes
IPC: H01J29/34
Filed: 1946-07-31
Abstract: 615,365. Projection screens. JOHNSON, MATTHEY, & CO., Ltd., and WALTER, D. O. July 31, 1946, No. 22856. [Class 97 (i)] [Also in Group XL (a)] The translucent screen of back projection apparatus used in kinematography and television is masked or framed by painting or spraying on it a layer comprising a mixture of a vitrifiable enamel e.g. lead borosilicate and, a black colouring base e.g. a mixture of the oxides of cobalt manganese and iron, and firing to fuse the layer and cause it to adhere to the screen. A refractory oxide, e.g. alumina or magnesia, may be added to give the fired layer a matt surface.
Patent GB-1131080-A (GB)
Title: Process for the treating of metallic powders or porous products
Inventor: BERGEZ PIERRE
IPC: B22F3/26
Filed: 1967-05-17
Abstract: 1,131,080. Porous metallic bodies. COMMISSARIAT A. L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. May 17, 1967 [May 18, 1966], No.22862/67. Heading C7U. Porous metallic products are prepared by a process including impregnating a metallic powder or a porous product (e.g. produced by sintering) with a solution of an oxygen containing compound of phosphorus (e.g. an ammonium salt of phosphorous or phosphoric acid), optionally drying the body at 100 C. and reducing the phosphorus compound with heated hydrogen followed by diffusion into the metal of the phosphorus. In the case of powders the reduction may take place during the sintering operation. Examples refer to the treatment of Ni and Cr base alloys containing Ni and Sn.
Patent GB-1284352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metal columns for lighting purposes
Inventor: MOUNSDON MAURICE HEWLETT
IPC: F21V21/38
Filed: 1970-05-12
Abstract: 1284352 Supporting lamps GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Ltd 19 April 1971 [12 May 1970] 22876/70 Heading F4R [Also in Division B8] A hollow metal lighting column supporting a lighting fitting (e.g. for street lighting) at its upper end incorporates a winch arrangement within the lower part of the column and accessible from outside the column through an opening in the column, the winch arrangement including a rotatable drum 19 carrying a hoisting cable 9 whereby the lighting fitting may be raised or lowered and a reduction gearing assembly completely enclosed within a casing 16 the input and output shafts of the gearing assembly which are connected respectively to means permitting a drive to be applied to the assembly and to the drum 19 passing through sealed-off openings in the casing. Since the reduction gearing is wholly enclosed matter falling off the walls of the column cannot interfere with its operation. In the arrangement illustrated the input shaft has a square end to which a cranking handle 25 may be attached. Alternatively the input shaft is detachably or permanently connected to an electric motor; in the latter case the motor may be fixedly mounted on the bracket 11 carrying the drum and gearing assembly or directly upon the casing 16 by means of a bell-housing. The drum may be locked in any position by means of a latch (27) having a rectangular cut-out which fits over the square end of the input shaft to prevent its rotation. A board 28 carrying the electrical gear may be mounted beneath the winch assembly. When it is desired to lower the lighting fitting the electric cable supplying the fitting is disconnected at couplings 32 and 33.
Patent GB-206947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hydro-aeroplane flying machines
IPC: B64C35/00
Filed: 1922-08-23
Abstract: 206,947. Short, H. O. Aug. 23, 1922. Hydroplane vessels.-The hull of a hydroaeroplane is constructed with a transversely flat hydroplane base fitted with skids 5, 6 at its extreme edges to enable the machine to alight on a ship's deck, the sides of the hull being sloped towards one another so that the top is comparatively narrow to give the pilot a clear view downwards on each side. A redan is provided on the under surface. A longitudinal channel 14 is formed in the base to take a bomb or torpedo 15.
Patent GB-1272925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bearing assemblies
IPC: F16C33/78
Filed: 1970-05-12
Abstract: 1,272,925. Sealing rolling bearings. TRW Inc. 12 May, 1970 [26 May, 1969], No. 22948/70. Headings F2A and F2B. A rolling bearing assembly is provided with a combination lip and labyrinth seal. An elastomeric member 30 has a bead 38 which is located in a circumferential groove 20 in the outer race 10. The member 30 has a lip 48 provided on an axially inwardly extending flange 44 which sealingly engages the inner race 13. The member 30 also has an axially outwardly opening channel. A rigid annular member 31 of the same shape as the elastomer 30, is secured to the axially outer side of the elastomeric member terminating short of the radial ends of the member 30. A rigid annulus 12 is secured to the inner race by an inwardly extending portion 51, and a radially outer portion 52 extends into the channel in the member 31, thereby defining a labyrinth seal, and acting as a flinger. In a modification (Fig. 4, not shown), the flinger (60) is fixed to the race by tabs (61) which are a force fit on the race, and the flinger may have a portion which is located in a groove (62) in the race.
Patent GB-951027-A (GB)
Title: System of communication employing the pulse-code modulation method and comprising fault-alarm means
IPC: H04B17/40
Filed: 1962-06-15
Abstract: 951,027. Testing regenerative repeaters. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. June 15, 1962 [June 16, 1961], No. 23116/62. Heading H4L. Relates to an arrangement for providing an indication of a fault in any one of a chain of regenerative repeaters in a pulse code modulation system. As shown, distorted incoming code pulses a are supplied to a limiter V providing re-shaped pulses b and with switch r in its normal position the pulses b are supplied via an AND circuit S, also receiving pulses c from a pulse generator O, to the output circuit, the regenerated signal being shown at d. The pulses c have a repetition frequency equal to twice that of the incoming signal and are compared in a phase detector Ph with the incoming signal to provide a control voltage controlling the frequency of the generator O and also energizing a relay coil R. Failure of the control voltage will cause the pulse generator O to oscillate at a frequency lower than its controlled frequency and characteristic of the repeater as shown at e. The relay coil R will be de-energized and will change over contact r so that the output frequency e after halving at T is applied as signal f to the AND circuit S, thus transmitting signal g as a fault indication to the next repeater, alternate repeaters being assumed to be attended. The circuit S may be a bi-stable flip-flop which is triggered to start an output pulse on the appearance of a pulse at S2 during the period of a pulse at S1 and terminating the output pulse on the appearance of the next pulse at S2 after the terminationof the pulse at S1.
Patent GB-425760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to illuminated signs
IPC: G09F13/26
Filed: 1933-08-21
Abstract: 425,760. Electric discharge tube signs. BRACKENSEY, A. H., and FRANCOBRITISH ELECTRICAL CO., Ltd., 25, Oxford Street, London. Aug. 21, 1933, No. 23241. [Class 3 (ii)] A sign comprises electric discharge tubes positioned at the rear surface of a glass or other transparent panel adjacent to or in register with the display matter, or with grooves, either comprised in or spaced from the display matter, sandblasted or otherwise formed in or arranged upon one or both faces of the panel. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which display matter A on a panel 1 is illuminated by discharge tubes 4 secured on a glass plate 6 and in register with parallel grooves 3 forming a surround to the display matter. In a modification, two panels, separated by opaque screens, are arranged back-to-back in a casing and illuminated by the same discharge tubes. In Fig. 9 the display matter comprises a groove 3 in the rear surface 2 of the panel provided with frosted margins 3<a>, the groove 3 being formed with bridge pieces 3<b> against which the discharge tube 4 abuts. The groove may, however, be continuous and be covered with a thin glass sheet as in Fig. 2. In Fig. 5, the display matter is etched or sandblasted on the front of the panel and illuminated by a correspondingly shaped tube 4. Alternatively, the display matter comprises chromium plated metal or other opaque material mounted upon a correspondingly etched or sandblasted background on the front of the panel. In an arrangement shown in Fig. 10, the display matter 2<a> is etched or sandblasted in the rear face of the panel so as to leave a clear strip 11 against which the tube 4 is mounted, while a groove 3 or, in a modification, a diffusing strip is sandblasted in the front face of the panel in register with the strip 11. In a further arrangement, Fig. 12, the display matter comprises parallel grooves 3 in the rear face of the panel illuminated by a correspondingly shaped tube 4 between the grooves.
Patent GB-503014-A (GB)
Title: Automatic prepayment delivery apparatus
IPC: G07F11/54
Filed: 1937-08-24
Abstract: 503,014. Coin &c. freed article - delivery apparatus. STRA, R. Aug. 24, 1937, No. 23246. Convention date, Aug. 24, 1936. Addition to 486,003. [Class 27] In an article-delivery apparatus as set forth in the parent Specification, the stop members for the coins in the shoot 41, Figs. 1 and 3, comprise toe pieces 48 projecting laterally from the cam-operated rods 49 into openings in the shoot. The rods are actuated by cams 54 on the wall 53 of the article compartments to cause one or more of the toe pieces 48 to be withdrawn from the shoot according to the price of the article in the sector 5 or 6, Fig. 2, brought opposite the delivery opening 7. The platform 4 carrying the articles, which may be arranged singly in sectors 5 or in piles in sectors 6, is rotated to select the article required by rotating a knob 16 acting through a friction roller 16a on a flange 4<1> of the platform. The knob 16 is mounted on the shutter 8 which normally closes the opening 7 and is carried by the rod 17. The coin or coins are inserted through a slot 31 and rest on a toe piece 48 so that the top coin projects out of the shoot 41. When the rod 17 is pulled, a notch 20 thereon engages the nose of a locking pawl 21 and slides this pawl forwardly against the action of a spring 26 until a pin 22 on the pawl engages the periphery of the coin, whereupon the pawl is lifted out of locking engagement with the notch 20. At its front end the pawl 21 has a pair of pegs 23 slidable in guiding grooves 24 in a bracket 25. A full stroke of the rod 17 is ensured by a pawl 19 and a rack 18. The shoot 41 is pivoted about a vertical axis 43 and, when the rod 17 is pulled out to open the delivery aperture 7, a spring 42 rocks the shoot away from the toe pieces 48 thereby allowing the coins to drop to a money box. The shoot is restored to its coin receiving position by pushing in the rod 17. The bottom article of a pile 6 is pushed out by a projection 60 on a slide 57 which has an upturned end 58 engaged by a hook 59-on the shutter 8. During delivery, the remaining articles are held up by a pivoted wire loop 63. To ensure that a sector 5 or 6 is correctly positioned in front of the delivery opening 7, a projection 30 under each sector must engage a lever 29, Fig. 3, to raise a bolt 28 thereby raising a locking pawl 27 from engagement with the pawl 21. The platform 4 is locked against movement while the opening 7 is uncovered by a notch 40, Fig. 2, in a plate 37 engaging a projection 34 on the platform provided under each sector. The plate 37 is pivoted at 38 and is rocked against the action of a spring 39 by a notch 36 on the rod 17 engaging a roller 36 depending from the plate.
Patent GB-1345461-A (GB)
Title: Ejectors
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1972-05-18
Abstract: 1345461 Jet pumps UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP 18 May 1972 [2 June 1971] 23299/72 Heading F1E In a jet pump the area A of the primary nozzle 16 and the length of the annular mixing chamber 25 are simultaneously varied by axial movement of a plug 20 of conical section, such that the ratio of the area A to the area of the mixing chamber in a longitudinal plane is substantially constant. Also the ratio of the cross sectional areas of the mixing chamber at any two stations e.g. B, C remains constant.
Patent GB-1072509-A (GB)
Title: Process for making strontium-bearing ferrosilicon
IPC: C22C35/00
Filed: 1966-05-29
Abstract: A process for preparing low calcium strontium-containing ferrosilicon, comprises smelting a mixture of quartzite, celestite and a carbonaceous reducing agent in a submerged arc furnace to provide an alloy containing .Sr.15-55% .Si.40-75% preferably containing no more than 10% of impurities such as Fe, Ba and C.  This alloy is then added to molten ferrosilicon containing at least 98.5% (Fe + Si) to provide a strontium content of at least 0.5% (e.g. 0.5 to 4%).  The ratio of Sr to Ca in the celestite and in the master alloy must be at least 10 to 1.
Patent GB-631629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cribbing machines and method of cribbing
IPC: E01B27/04
Filed: 1947-08-22
Abstract: 631,629. Excavating machines. NORDBERG MANUFACTURING CO. Aug. 22, 1947, No. 23309. Convention date, Sept. 16, 1946. [Class 68 (i)] A machine for removing ballast from between rail sleepers 1 comprises a carriage A on which is mounted a wheeled carriage B that can be moved laterally of the carriage A by a hydraulic ram 27 connected between them. The carriage B carries a pivotally mounted U-shaped boom supporting an endless chain fitted with picks and scrapers, the chain being driven through suitable gearing from an engine 25. In use, the carriage B is advanced to one side of the carriage A and the boom rotated about the pivot X, it being under control of a ram 28 so that the chain at the end of the boom commences digging out the ballast and continues to do so until the nose D of the boom is approximately horizontal so that, when the carriage B is withdrawn from the side of the carriage A, the nose D advances into the ballast. To ensure removal of all the ballast between the sleepers and leave a trench having short horizontal shoulders and sides sloping at 45 degrees to a horizontal bottom, which preferably slopes downwards from the centre of the rails, the carriage A is moved along the rails. The nose of the boom may be adjustable.
Patent GB-928745-A (GB)
Title: Abrasive roll, particularly for use in apparatus for peeling or cleaning vegetables
IPC: A23N7/02
Filed: 1961-06-28
Abstract: An abrasive cylinder, for a vegetable cleaning or peeling machine, is made from a sheet of fibrous inorganic material, such as asbestos, coated with a moisture, acid and alkali resistant adhesive, spirally wound on a mandrel, and finally coated with abrasive grains.  After rolling into cylindrical form, the sheet is coated with adhesive, preferably the same as that used in forming the cylinder, and is rotated in a mass of abrasive.  A further coating of adhesive may be applied and the roll then rotated rapidly to throw off any excess. The adhesive may be a phenol-formaldehyde resin or a phenol-urea or epoxy resin which is curable at room temperature.
Patent GB-661366-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for the secondary intensity control of cathode rays
IPC: H01J29/52
Filed: 1947-08-25
Abstract: 661,366. Electron beam apparatus. PATELHOLD PATENTVERWERTUNGS- & ELEKTRO-HOLDING AKT.-GES. Aug. 25, 1947 [Aug. 23, 1946], No. 23423/47. Class 39 (i). In a cathode-ray tube such as for use as a multi-channel pulse distributer, intensity control of the electron beam in the region between the anode of a system for accelerating the electrons and a catcher electrode, with constant electron emission at the cathode, is effected by alteration of the potential, of a saddle point. The electrode system for the intensity control comprises a retarding electrode next to the anode and a control electrode next to the catcher electrode; the potential and position of the retarding and control electrodes are so chosen that the saddle point lies between the retarding electrode and the catcher electrode. The electron beam is focused at the saddle point and the saddle point has a potential approximately equal to that of the cathode. The anode is connected with the anode of the electron beam producing system. Diaphragms constituting the electrodes of the control system may have circular apertures or slots. A multi-channel pulse distributer comprises a number of control systems which may be arranged in a circle with half the control systems constituting a transmission system and half a receiving system, the electron beam scanning control systems of each such system alternately. The control systems may be arranged in lines or columns. As shown, Fig. 10, the control systems are arranged in parallel planes 101, 102, and the planes are scanned in turn by means of the deflection systems 103, 105, plane 102 being scanned when the voltages on the deflection system 103 are periodically reduced to zero; focal distance of the main lens 106 is varied correspondingly, for example by means of an auxiliary lens 107. An auxiliary lens may also be provided to adjust the focus for the control systems located at the edges of the planes. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also a control system provided with a further retarding electrode between the first retarding electrode and the anode. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-476827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vehicle direction indicators
IPC: B60Q1/36
Filed: 1936-08-27
Abstract: 476,827. Road-traffic signals on vehicles. OSHEI, W. E., and TRICOFOLBERTH, Ltd. Aug. 27, 1936, No. 23568. [Class 118 (ii)] Movement of an electro - magnetically operated semaphore arm switches a resistance into the circuit of the operating coil and /or of a tell-tale device which may be visual or audible. When the manual switch 23 is closed the operating coil 14 of the arm 16 and the alarm device 35 are energized in parallel and the arm moves into its exposed position. As the core 15 of the solenoid reaches its lower position, a projection 32 on the core opens contacts 26, 30 to bring the resistance 33, in the form of a holding coil, into series connection with the operating coil and alarm device so that the current in the circuit is reduced. The arm is held in the exposed position by the reduced current and the alarm lamp is dimly illuminated until the switch 23 is opened by hand or by a suitable time switch. As the lamp or buzzer device 35 is energized fully during the actuating time of the arm only, its continued actuation indicates faulty operation. Instead of providing an additional winding or resistance 33, the lamp 35 may be used, the switch 26, 30 connecting the lamp 35 and coil 14 in series to provide the required current reduction. Specification 435,803 is referred to.