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Patent GB-167889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with agricultural ploughs
IPC: A01B63/28
Filed: 1920-05-31
Abstract: 167,889. Caley, E. C., and Caley, G. E. May 31, 1920, Ploughs.-In single and multiple furrow ploughs in which the plough units are adapted to follow undulations in the ground so as to plough furrows of even depth, the plough bodies are linked to members which are free to rise and fall in guides on the frame. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a link E is pivotally connected to the plough body and carries a cross-spindle F on which are mounted pinions G engaging with teeth h on one side of slotted guides H fixed on the longitudinal members A of the main frame. In a modification, the shaft F is mounted in the frame and the toothed guides pivoted on the plough body. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the link E is connected to a slide F free to move vertically between guides J. Specification 151,416 is referred to.
Patent GB-872927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in welded frames for internal combustion and other piston-type engines
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1958-05-08
Abstract: 872,927. Frames and casings. HEDEMORA VERKSTADER A.B. May 8, 1958 [May 8, 1957], No. 14790/58. Class 7(2). [Also in Group XXVI] Cross walls 11, Figs.. 1 and 2, carrying main bearing seats 12 are slotted to take plates 10, and support a cylinder-carrying beam 13, cylinder-head retaining bolts 18 which screw into the plates 10 serving to maintain pressure between the members 10, 11 and 13, between which welds are also provided. As shown applied to a Vee-engine having mountings 32, plates 29, 30 seal off the crank-case from cooling-water. jackets 20. A pipe 25 distributes oil to the main bearings, the split sleeves 33 of which are secured by arcuate wedges 34. Further cylinder-locating box frames 36, 37, Fig. 4, may be provided supporting cooling jackets (not shown) passing with the cylinder liner through the beam 13. The invention is shown in the Specification as applied to a modified Vee-engine and to an in-line vertical cylinder engine having detachable lower main bearing caps. Specification 851,560 is referred to.
Patent GB-1090062-A (GB)
Title: Propulsion system for marine or amphibious craft
IPC: B63H1/04
Filed: 1965-04-07
Abstract: 1,090,062. Propelling ships; air-cushion vehicles; hydrofoil craft; amphibious craft combined road and paddle-wheels. M. W. BEARDSLEY. April 7, 1965 [April 16, 1964], No. 14846/65. Headings B7A, B7C, B7K and B7V. A paddle-wheel 20 for a marine craft comprises a plurality of blades 21 having substantially radially - orientated leading surfaces, arcuate trailing surfaces and a substantially V-shaped profile in regions intermediately of their lateral edges, Fig. 2a (not shown), said edges being orientated substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel. A curved vane 28, or a similarly shaped portion of the hull of the craft, is situated astern of the wheel to suppress a standing wave generated by the action of the blades and effect an additional propulsive thrust on the craft. The wheel is immersed to a depth ho that is substantially equal to the radial length of the blades. The wheel may be lodged at the stern of the craft, Figs. 3 and 4 (not shown), a rudder (40) being provided adjacent the bow; otherwise, two of such wheels (20, 20a), Figs. 5 and 6 (not shown), may be situated in a forward portion of the craft. Alternatively, the wheels may be located in fore and aft portions of the craft. The craft may be provided with hydrofoils (41), Fig. 7 (not shown), which are situated ahead of the wheel 20 and adjacent a stern rudder (42), respectively. The speeds of the wheels (20, 20a) may be variable so as to effect steering of the craft. The craft may be amphibious, a paddle-wheel (20, 21), Fig. 10 (not shown) being attached to either side of each road-wheel (50). A wedge-shaped body or surface (51) may be placed in front of each road-wheel to minimize drag and produce a wave (51a), Fig. 9 (not shown), which is directed on to the paddlewheels. In a modification (not shown in the drawings), pairs of road-wheels are provided on the craft with a paddle-wheel lodged between the wheels in each pair. The paddle-wheel may serve as a road-wheel of an amphibious craft and be provided with a tyre (54), Figs. 10 to 14 (not shown), which has a tread constituting a plurality of paddle-blades (21a). In another modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), the blades 21 are attached to an endless band or track (31) carried by a plurality of wheels or bogies (32, 33, 34), the wheel 34 being situated at the stern of the craft. The paddle-wheel 20 may be lodged in an air-cushion vehicle (B), Fig. 8 (not shown), which comprises a chamber or plenum (45) and an air-impeller or fan (46) that is driven by a motor (47) uppermost thereof, the paddlewheel being supported by arms (43) that are hinged at one end (44) so that the vehicle can travel over irregular surfaces. The paddlewheel is driven by an independent motor (39) that is mounted on said arms. The peripheral walls (49) of the chamber (45) may be flexible.
Patent GB-681230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to methods of making electron emitting coatings
IPC: C09K11/02
Filed: 1950-06-14
Abstract: 681,230. Cathode materials and processing. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. June 14, 1950 [June 25, 1949], No. 14872/50. Class 39(i) An electron-emitting coating composition comprises 100 parts by weight of at least one alkaline earth carbonate, 1-10 parts of a binder comprising a polymer of acrylic acid esters, vinyl acetate or styrene or mixtures thereof and 150-500 parts of solvent, the coating being subsequently heated to remove the polymer and convert the carbonate to oxide. Polymers or copolymers of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl or isobutyl methacrylate may be dissolved in benzine, toluene, nylene, or in diacetone or benzyl alcohol or in ethyl, anyl or butyl acetate in specified proportions, to which is added specified quantities of one or more carbonates of barium, strontium and calcium. The composition may be ball-milled screened and applied to the cathode by spraying, dipping or brushing. The coated cathode, when mounted in the tube, is activated by a surrounding furnace or by a heating current therethrough; decomposition of the resin into gases is completed at 350‹C whilst reduction of the carbonates commences at 825‹C whereby large pores in the coating are eliminated.
Patent GB-119238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for the Electrical Treatment of Gases.
Inventor: BRADLEY LINN
IPC: B03C3/36
Filed: 1917-06-21
Abstract: 119,238. Bradley, L. June 21,1916, [Convention date]. Gases, electrically precipitating suspended particles from.-In the electrical separation of suspended matter from gases in apparatus having a number of treater tubes in parallel, the gases are passed through the. tubes downwardly, so that any increase in velocity in a particular tube would result in increased resistance to the flow owing to the smaller density of the gas. The gas may be subsequently passed through treater tubes in an upward direction. Constricting means and means for maintaining uniform temperature may be employed as described in Specification 107,389; the gas may be maintained under pressure, and its conductivity may be increased by adding water, steam, or other agents as described in Specification 119,236; and the treater tubes may be of square or rectangular section as described in Specification 119,237. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) states that the tubes may be of polygonal section. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-738696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for inspecting and sorting stockings
IPC: D06H3/16
Filed: 1953-05-29
Abstract: 738,696. Measures of length. COLLINET, A. May 29, 1953 [July 8, 1952], No. 15024/53. Class 106 (2). [Also in Group VIII] A measuring apparatus for the inspection and sorting of stockings according to (a) length, and (b) height of heel reinforcement (see Group VIII) comprises a transparent plate 3 on a table 1 ; a stocking is laid with its foot and heel against the contoured edge 8 of a template 7 so that its length can be measured by means of graduations 10 on plate 3 or the height of its heel reinforcement by graduations 11 on template 7. Template 7 is transparent and is formed with studs which engage holes 5 in plate 3, so that the template can be adjusted relative to plate 3 according to the size of stockings to be sorted, the position of the template being indicated by a scale 6 on the plate and an index 9 on the template. The scales 6, 10 and 11 may be of different colours. A sheet of coloured, white or black material may be interposed between the table and plate 3 according to whether the stockings are light or dark, and a light may be located beneath the plate or sheet.
Patent GB-228427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pie-crust supports
IPC: A21B3/13
Filed: 1924-06-23
Abstract: 228,427. Baylor, E. A. C. June 23, 1924. Dishes.-The rim of a pie-dish a is formed with slots b to receive the downturned ends of a piecrust support c.
Patent GB-499120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric lamps
IPC: H01J5/54
Filed: 1938-05-20
Abstract: 499,120. Two-part couplings ; uniting metal to vitreous material by heat. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. May 20, 1938, No. 15132. Convention date, May 22, 1937. [Classes 36 and 38 (i)] [Also in Group XL] A tubular lamp of the general type described in Specifications 428,414, [Group XI], 452,191, and 485,329, [Group XL], has the end caps made in two or more concentric portions insulated from one another and having their outer surfaces forming a substantially smooth continuation of one another, so that a filament electrode can be connected from one to another of the portions, or, for a multiple filament lamp, filaments may connect the corresponding portions at opposite ends of the lamp. The portions consist of a disc 11 and ring 12 of a chromium iron, or iron nickel cobalt alloy sealed together by a ring 15 of glass and sealed to the end of the tube 10 of the lamp. Supports 16, 17 attached to the disc and ring carry a coiled coil tungsten filament 18 with the primary mandrel in place and coated with barium or strontium oxides. An evacuation orifice 19 is sealed by glass 20. The tube may contain neon or argon and a small quantity of mercury 21, and may be coated with fluorescent zinc or cadmium silicate, or calcium tungstate. The disc 11 and ring 12 may be stamped from a single sheet, the glass from the end of the tube 10 serving to seal them together, and a ring being stamped out between their adjacent edges so that when they are arranged as a smooth surface the insulation bridges the gap between them. Specification 439,593, [Group XI], also is referred to.
Patent GB-978343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pipe couplings
IPC: F16L19/10
Filed: 1963-04-17
Abstract: 978,343. Pipe couplings. HOKE MANUFACTURING CO. Inc. April 17, 1963, No. 15133/63. Heading F2G. A pipe coupling comprises a threaded pipe 2 having a tapered opening 5, a pipe 1, two ring- like ferrules 8, 11, slidingly encircling the tube 1 and a nut 4. The first ferrule 8 is tapered at 13 and has the forward end 14 rounded, while the rear end 15 is thickened and contains a concave spherical portion. The second ferrule 11 has a convex spherical forward portion having a radius less than that of the concave portion of the first ferrule 8, and has a rear surface 23 at an angle to the contacting surface 24 of the nut 4. On tightening the nut 4 the second ferrule is easily tilted to bite into the pipe 1 and the first ferrule 8 is forced by the taper 5 of the pipe 2 to bite into the tube to produce a seal. The nut 4 is provided with a shoulder 28 to limit the depth of penetration of the second ferrule 11. In a modification, Fig. 7, the first ferrule is provided with two teeth at its tip.
Patent GB-1102412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tanks for the transport and storing of liquefied gas
IPC: G21C13/02
Filed: 1965-04-09
Abstract: 1,102,412. Storing liquefied gas. TECKNIGAZ. 9 April, 1965 [13 April, 1964], No. 15174/65. Heading F4P. A container for storing and transporting a liquefied gas at low temperature and at atmospheric pressure has an outer supporting wall 1 separated from an inner corrugated wall by a layer of insulating material, and is provided with an access aparture defined by a corrugated member 8 connecting the inner and outer walls and having an outwardly extending flange 10 to which may be bolted an insulated cover 4. The inner wall is corrugated in two perpendicular directions and the corrugations are connected to the corrugations in the member 8. The cover 4 may be arranged to support accessories such as pipe-lines, pumps, level gauges, ladders &o.
Patent GB-151876-A (GB)
Abstract: 151,876. Orville, T. L. R. d'. Jan. 6, 1920. Lighting burners by electric devices. - An electrically - controlled combustion system applicable to steam-generators for vehicles &c., comprises a liquid fuel burner blower and electrical means for automatically supplying a rich mixture for starting, igniting and then reducing the fuel supply for normal combustion. Oil is supplied to the nozzle through the orifice 20 which is normally only partially restricted by the valve 18 owing to the collar 18<1> on its stem. But in order to supply a rich, readily ignitible mixture for starting, the valve is raised by the solenoid. Air is supplied to the tube 4 by a motor-driven blower. On the motor shaft is a centrifugal contact-breaker 8 adapted to open when the motor reaches a predetermined speed, thus cutting off current to an induction coil 15 and at the same time interrupting the current to the solenoid. On closing the switch f, situated convenient to the operator, the blower motor is started, the valve 18 is raised to supply an excess of oil, and a spark is caused at the plug 15 by the induction coil 14 to ignite the mixture. By the time the burner is ignited, the blower motor has attained such a speed that the centrifuga lcontact breaker 8 opens and interrupts the current to the induction coil 14 and to the solenoid, thus stopping the spark and allowing the valve 18 to fall and reduce the fuel supply.
Patent GB-1046732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to packaging stands
IPC: A47G25/56
Filed: 1963-04-17
Abstract: 1,046,732. Stands, S. P. SMYTH and W. H. SMYTH, [trading as E.P.C. ECONOMY POLYTHENE CO. (FINCHLEY) and L. J. DAWKIN]. July 17, 1964 [April 17, 1963], No. 15203/63. Heading A4H. [Also in Division B8] A rod 14 (Fig. 1), slidable in a fixed tubular column 12, has a hook 16 which a garment may be hung while it is being packaged in a bag. The rod may be pulled to an upper position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 where it is held by a spring biased detent 20 (Fig. 4, not shown) engaging an adjustable collar 36 on the rod. The detent is released by a treadle 26 (Fig. 1) acting through a release rod 34 (Fig. 4, not shown) to permit the rod 14 to fall under gravity. A resilient block 32 (Fig. 1) deadens the fall.
Patent GB-134260-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Knife and Fork.
Inventor: EDWARDS GEORGE
IPC: A47G21/06
Filed: 1918-09-19
Abstract: 134,260. Edwards, G., and Jenkins, H. I. Sept. 19, 1918. Table knives and forks.-A combined knife and fork operable with one hand comprises a knife a and a fork b, slots g, e in the knife being engaged by pins in the fork so that the knife-edge may be reciprocated across the prongs of the fork. Loops are provided on the members a, b for engagement with thumb and finger.
Patent GB-1366464-A (GB)
Title: Speechsynthesis system
IPC: G10L13/047
Filed: 1972-03-30
Abstract: 1366464 Speech synthesis THOMSON-CSF 30 March 1972 [2 April 1971] 15221/72 Heading H4R [Also in Divisions G1 and G2] A speech synthesis system for synthesizing acoustic messages made up of a succession of elementary acoustic signals under the control of information data including addresses for each of said acoustic signals comprises holographic storage means including a plurality of elementary fringe patterns arranged side by side on a support and illuminating means controlled by said addresses for directing toward any one of said fringe patterns a beam of monochromatic radiant energy, image analyser means having an input face positioned for receiving from any one of said fringe patterns a reconstructed image representative of a respective acoustical signal and electroacoustical means having an electrical input coupled to the electrical output of said image analyser means for delivering said acoustic messages. In a first embodiment (Fig. 2), the acoustic signals are stored photographically as microdot transparencies 20 formed into a 6 x 5 matrix 11 and illuminated by an array 15 of gallium arsenide diodes 21. Positioned between the matrix 11 of microdots 20 and an optical-electrical analyser 14 employing a matrix of photo electric diodes is a further matrix 2 of holographic lenses 22 which in known manner project a real image of the corresponding illuminated microdot on to the target 13 of the optical electrical analyser 14. The optical electrical analyser, then provides an electrical signal which is amplified and fed to a speaker 26. The order of illumination of the transparencies is controlled by a computer 19 which also energizes the scanner of the analyser 14 when a transparency is illuminated. If the transparencies each represent a phoneme an audio speech message can be synthesized. To get a suitable quality of reproduction each phoneme has to contain about 8,000 bits and the optical electrical analyser should read out the bits at a rate of about 100 ns. per bit. The individual transparencies may represent whole words or phonetic elements which are constituted by the association of at least two phonemes. A vidicon tube may be used as the analyser 13, 14. In the embodiment of Fig. 3 the phonemes or words are stored as holograms 31 which must be illuminated in a given manner by a coherent monochromatic source, e.g. laser 28. A computer 19 is used to control a deflector 30 for successively illuminating the holograms and for initiating the scanner of an optical-electrical analyser, e.g. a vidicon, when a hologram has been illuminated. A lens may be interposed between the hologram and vidicon depending on whether the hologram when illuminated produces a real or a virtual image. There is described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 (not shown) the optical system to be used in producing suitable holograms for use in the arrangement of Fig. 3 (see Division G2).
Patent GB-408110-A (GB)
Title: Lifeguard for motor vehicles and the like
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1933-05-26
Abstract: 408,110. Life - guards for vehicles. BALSA, B., and DEHAVAY, J. J., 1401, Lavalle Street, Buenos Aires. May 26, 1933, No. 15245. [Class 103 (ii).] A vehicle life-guard comprises an extensible trellis 16, 17 normally held compact against a supporting-bar 21 by the hooked ends 12 of two vertical levers 10 engaging a shaft 23 fixed to the lowest cross-bar 16 of the trellis, the levers 10 being pivoted at 11 to brackets 9 fixed to the vehicle bumper 2 and supporting at their upper ends a horizontal buffer bar 14 adjustably pressed forwardly by leaf-springs 15, so that when the bar 14 is struck or is pulled rearwardly by a cable 45 connected to a lever 50 operable by the driver, the levers 10 are moved clockwise, Fig. 4, to release the hooks 12 from the shaft 23 and the trellis drops under the combined action of gravity and springs 29. The bar 21 is fixed to supports 22 secured to the bumper 2 and having inverted U-shaped ends which guide the trellis to its compact position. To obtain rapid expansion of the trellis and to maintain its rigidity when expanded, two arms 25 are provided each pivoted at 26 to one of the supports 22 and connected at its upper end to one of the springs 29, its lower end being slotted at 21 to engage a pin 28 on the lowest bar 16 of the trellis. An adjusting-screw 31 contacting with the stud 28 permits adjustment of the distance through which the trellis drops. To prevent obstacles from striking the upper parts of the vehicle a bar 32 is supported above the bar 14 by arms 33 pivoted to the brackets 9 and pressed forwardly by compression springs 34. Rubber-covered rollers 24 on the bar 23 prevent the trellis when fully extended from contacting with the gr ound.
Patent GB-279740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in whistling balls
IPC: A63H5/00
Filed: 1927-06-08
Abstract: 279,740. Diebold, C. J. June 8, 1927. Sound - producing toys.-A ball 1 contains a bellows 8 normally held in collapsed position by a coiled spring 14 and attached at its lower end to a whistle 6. The bellows and whistle are assembled externally, inserted through a hole 2 into the ball and frictionally retained therein by engagement with the walls of the hole. The lower end of the spring is secured to the whistle, while the upper end extends through the closing disc 13 of the bellows and is connected to an elastic cord or string 16 that passes through a hole 3 in the ball and serves to suspend and operate the toy.
Patent GB-210013-A (GB)
Title: An improved valve
IPC: F16K1/12
Filed: 1923-06-12
Abstract: 210,013. Buehle, E. June 12, 1923. Fluid-actuated valves; casings; shocks, preventing.-A valve comprises two fixed oppositely disposed cones arranged axially in a casing, and an annular member sliding on the fixed members under fluid pressure, to open or close the passage between the fixed members and the casing. The casing is formed in two parts 3, 4 having radial ribs 5, 7, supporting the conical members 6, 8. The annular member 10 is adapted to slide over surfaces 11, 12 on the members 6, 8 to close the passage 9 by means of pressure fluid admitted by a valve 19 to the spaces 16, 17. The member 10 may be provided with a piston 20 adapted to enter a cylinder 21 having a small opening 22, to ensure a slow seating of the valve. A simpler form of the valve is also described, in which the sliding member slides on two surfaces of the same diameter, and the buffer chamber 21 is omitted.
Patent GB-682075-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in planting potatoes and the like
IPC: A01C9/00
Filed: 1949-06-09
Abstract: 682,075. Agricultural implements. NODEN, R. Sept. 7, 1950 [June 9, 1949], No. 15344/49. Class 6(i) A tractor-drawn, two-furrow plough is provided with two extra tools, one for each mouldboard, the first tool R<SP>1</SP> forming a ledge L, Fig. 7, as the associated mouldboard R opens furrow S and the other tool F<SP>1</SP> simultaneously covering over a previously-formed furrow and ledge which will have been planted with potatoes P, by operators, in the interim. The operators follow the plough and place the potatoes on the ledges L. Manure may be spread over the potatoes, on the next traverse from a hopper A on the tractor feeding, through a spout D, on to the ledges.