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Patent GB-546261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in telemetric indicating systems
IPC: G01L9/02
Filed: 1941-09-19
Abstract: 546,261. Pressure gauges. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Sept. 19, 1941, No. 12049. Convention date, Dec. 4, 1940. [Class 40 (i)] [Also in Group XIX] An electric pressure gauge comprises a chamber communicating with the oil manifold of an internal combustion engine and closed by a corrugated diaphragm acted on by spring fingers 51 projecting from a ring 48. A contactelement 114 sliding over a resistance 116 is carried by a pivoted framework which carries an adjustable stud 138 co-operating with a stud 56 on the diaphragm. Engagement between the two studs is maintained by a spring 100. The framework carrying the contact-arm can readily be bent to provide an initial adjustment in addition to that given by screwing the stud 138.
Patent GB-329126-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing a game of chance
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 1929-04-19
Abstract: 329,126. Hajek, F. M. April 19, 1929. Games of chance. - An apparatus for playing a race game comprises a rotatable disc or member A representing a greyhound, horse, motor, cycle or like race course with or without surroundings, with a hole or slot S against the "winning post " P, the disc being pivotally mounted over another member C bearing representations of greyhounds &c., one of which viz. the winner, is visible through the slot when the upper disc comes to rest after being spun. The spinning may be effected by a knob E. In a modification the slotted disc is stationary and the other disc is movable. Radial lines separate the racing figures and facilitate determination of the winner. The apparatus is made of metal, wood, cardboard or other suitable material and may constitute the lid of a confectionery, toy, or like box or may be made as a show or advertising card. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 28042/03, 20854/07, and 220,553.
Patent GB-1291581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to dispensing apparatus
Inventor: WHATMORE ROBERT
IPC: F42B12/70
Filed: 1969-03-07
Abstract: 1291581 Projectiles F BENDER Ltd 24 Feb 1970 [7 March 1969] 12193/69 Heading F3A [Also in Division B8] A projectile for dispersing articles such as aluminium and copper needles or leaflets, comprises separable parts 11 and 12 housing tubular containers 15, 16 and 17 for the articles 13, and an elongate flexible member 20 wrapped around part of the periphery of a mass of the article, whereby the articles are ejected from their respective containers when the member is straightened out in consequence of the separation of the separable parts 11 and 12 of the projectile. The member 20 is an aluminium or textile tape, the ends of which are attached to the separable parts of the projectile. Cardboard discs 23 and 24, separating the containers, can be attached to the elongate member 20. The articles can be held in bunches by paper bands.
Patent GB-423702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electron discharge devices
IPC: H01J21/02
Filed: 1934-04-23
Abstract: 423,702. Discharge apparatus. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., Crown House, Aldwych, London. April 23, 1934, No. 12199. Convention date, April 22, 1933. [Class 39 (i)] The cathode 1 is in the form of a thick, short wire, the cooling of which by its supports is sufficient to render only the centre emissive ; divided anodes 3 assist in forming the emission into a plane, control electrodes 4, 5 diverting the stream over a number of receiving anodes 6-10. In modifications, the electrodes 5 may be in the form of plane annular discs or rings. A grid between the cathode and the screen anodes or grids to each receiving anode may control the electron flow. Resistances which may form the supports for the electrodes may connect the anodes 6-10 and thereby need only one lead in for all the anodes.
Patent GB-1254374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to packaging containers
IPC: B31B50/64
Filed: 1969-03-07
Abstract: 1,254,374. Seaming non-metallic sheet material. FR. HESSER MASCHINENFABRIK-AG. 7 March, 1969 [7 March, 1968], No. 12215/69. Heading B5K. [Also in Division B8] A packaging container constructed from a multi-layer packaging material has an overlap seam 16 protected by a cover band 18 composed of a carrier foil 21 and at least one plastics layer 19 weldable to the inner layer 13 of the container body, the arrangement being such that a part 24 of the band 18 lies between the overlapping seam margins 17, 25 of the container body and the band 18 passes around the edge of the inner margin 17 to lie on the inside of the container and abut against the inner side of the margin 17, the abutting part 22, 23 of the band 18 being folded through 180 degrees on to itself. The packaging material may comprise outer polyethylene layers 12, 13, an aluminium foil layer 14 and a paper layer 15. Preferably, the band 18 comprises an aluminium foil layer 21 sandwiched between plastics layers 19, 20 of the same material as the layers 12, 13. Adjacent plastics layers of the band and the container body are joined by welding. In one embodiment, Fig. 1, the parts 22, 23, 24 of the band 18 are of substantially equal width. The band 18 may be extended outwardly around the edge of the margin 25 and folded around itself and welded to the layer 12, shown in broken lines. In a second embodiment, Fig. 2 (not shown), the part (23) is wider than the parts (22), (24) together. To make a tubular container having the seam of Fig. 1, the band 18 is fed from a supply and passes between rollers which form two longitudinally extending grooves defining the parts 22, 23, 24. The part 22 is folded on to the part 23 and the part 24 is folded on to the part 22 and then outwardly again, Fig. 7 (not shown). The strip is applied by rolls to the edge 17 of a web of packaging material, is welded thereto by warm air heated by electrical resistors 31 and discharged through a nozzle 32, Fig. 10, is pressed by rollers (33), Fig. 11 (not shown), and is cooled by an air blast, Fig. 12 (not shown). The web is formed into a tube-like structure 26, Fig. 13, so that the edges 17, 25 are adjacent to each other. Hot air is applied by an air jet and the edges (17), (25) are pressed together by rolls (35), (36), Fig. 14 (not shown). The tubular web is subdivided into individual containers. In a modification, the web is subdivided into sections 11a, Fig. 17, prior to being formed into a tube and, after heating of the edges, is formed into a tube about a mandrel 45 by a resilient pressing tool 41 secured to a drive 40 on which are positioned two folding tools 42, 43 which are moved against the mandrel 45. The edges of the section 11a are pressed together by a tool 46.
Patent GB-423834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the treatment of paper
IPC: B31F7/02
Filed: 1934-04-25
Abstract: 423,834. Softening paper by mechanical treatment. TAYLOR, L., 3, Broughton Lane, Manchester. April 25, 1934, No. 12417. [Class 96] In a process for softening paper to increase its pliability, and capability for absorbing moisture of the type wherein the paper is passed over a series of stationary straight edges acting successively on both sides of the paper, the straight edges are arranged in one or more pairs, the two straight edges of each pair being parallel, and having their operative edges oppositely arranged so that the paper having been operated on the face by one edge passes between the two members of the pair and has the other face operated on. In Fig. 1 two straight edges A<1>, A<2>, are arranged as a pair transversely of the paper B, which travels under a roller a<1> over the top of the straight edge A<1>, underneath the bottom of the straight edge A<2> and over the roller a<2>. The rollers a<1>, a<2>, keep the paper taut and ensure maximum bending. The pairs of straight edges may be inclined to the direction of travel of the paper, and if desired as shown in Fig. 2, two pairs may be symmetrically inclined in opposite directions to the direction of travel of the paper, a third pair being preferably provided between the other two and transverse to the direction of travel of the paper. The guide rollers are shown in this case arranged in pairs. If the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is modified by putting the transverse pair of straight edges A<3>, A<4> after the second inclined pair, it will be necessary to arrange the second straight edge A<2> of the first inclined pair, and the first straight edge A<5> of the second inclined pair to one side of the normal path of the paper to prevent undue side strain on the paper. The straight edges are preferably formed as narrow steel strips. If desired the paper may be treated after softening by the above processes according to the process described in Specification 423,828.
Patent GB-528006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to sheet metal drums, cans and like containers
IPC: B65D21/032
Filed: 1939-04-26
Abstract: 528,006. Can, drums &c. GELDERMAN, C., and METAL CONTAINERS, Ltd. April 26, 1939, No. 12461. [Classes 21 and 66] The raised top d of a can or drum is formed with a generally flat upper portion adapted to fit within the recessed base of a superposed similar container, the neck being disposed in a depression e formed with an outwardly sloping floor portion. A second depression h provided with an inclined draining channel i and accommodating a collapsable handle g may be provided, the handle being preferably fitted with a rotatable grip portion j of flattened form.
Patent GB-510675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to appliances for the treatment of floors
IPC: A47L13/24
Filed: 1939-04-27
Abstract: 510,675. Brushes etc.; hand-tool handles &c. MUCKENHIRN, O. April 27, 1939, No. 12647. [Classes 19 and 61 (i)] A device for mopping, waxing or brushing floors comprises a handle with a resilient-connection a, Fig. 1, to engage undercut ribs e on a brush &c. d. The resilient part a has a socket a‹ for the handle and a spring band b to assist its resiliency. A waxing cloth i may be secured as shown by the part a. Stops may be provided on the ribs e to prevent end movement of the part a. A handle f, Fig. 3, may be held in the socket a‹ by a spring g. In a modification, Fig. 6, a resilient upper part a is retained in the overturned edges e<3> of a plate d' attached to a pad d. Notches r in the plate d' prevent end movement of the part a. A handle f, Fig. 7, may be retained in a hinged socket a<2> by a U-shaped member m notched at n' and provided with a thread or wire n to give resilient locking. In another modification, Fig. 9, a dusting cloth is held between a metal plate d<2> and. resilient part a. An impregnated inlay p may be used to afford moist dusting.
Patent GB-546612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bearings mountings
IPC: F16C33/04
Filed: 1941-10-03
Abstract: 546,612. Bearings. O. & S. BEARING CO., and SCHROETER, B. Oct. 3, 1941, No. 12778. [Class 12 (i)] A bearing shell 12 containing lubricated bearing material has an annular bead 14 between its ends to locate the shell with respect to its support, the central bead 14 being clamped between rubber rings 15, 17 carried within a cup 16 secured to the support 18. Specification 429,403 is referred to.
Patent GB-292321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical contacts
IPC: H01R13/115
Filed: 1927-05-13
Abstract: 292,321. Waite, R. T., and Electrical Appliances (Blackpool), Ltd. May 13, 1927. Plug couplings.-A resilient socket 13 is formed in one with a sleeve 12 housed within a block 6 and to which a cable is attached. The recess in the block may have a lateral opening 8 through which passes the stem 10 of the socket element, the socket and sleeve being formed of a sheet of metal bent to an S-shape. The cable is secured in the sleeve 12 by a screw 9 that also retains the sleeve in the block 6. The coacting spigot member 5 is rigid and may be solid or hollow.
Patent GB-290284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to slicing machines
IPC: B26D1/143
Filed: 1928-05-02
Abstract: 290,284. Maatschappij tot Vervaardiging van Snijmachines Volgens van Berkel's Patent en van Andere Werktuigen. May 13, 1927, [Convention date]. Motors, gearing for.-In a slicing machine the shaft 10 of the motor 8 carries, at one end, a pinion 12 which meshes with a toothed ring on the back of the knife. The other end of the shaft 10 is secured to the portion 15 of a bicycle three speed hub, the variable speed portion 16 of which carries a rope pulley 17. The shaft 20 of the hub is held stationary by an arm 21 projecting from the casing 19. The speed changing is effected by a lever 24, movable into positions a, b, c and connected by a pin and slot connection 23 to a rod 22 passing through the shaft 20. The. pulley 17 drives the reciprocating carriage. The lever 24 may be connected to a clutch or a switch which permits the gear changing to be effected whilst the driving-power is interrupted.
Patent GB-437384-A (GB)
Title: Improved process for obtaining colour effects on terry fabrics
Filed: 1934-04-30
Abstract: To obtain coloured lettering, pattern or border effects in the ground weave of a Terry fabric, leaving the Terry loops uncoloured, the weft threads or, alternatively, the binder warp threads as distinct from the warp threads forming the Terry loops, are treated, prior to the weaving, with dyestuff intermediates or dischargeable dyestuffs, and the fabric is subjected, after the weaving, to the action of a developing or discharging agent to develop or discharge the colour in selected areas of the treated threads.  Specified intermediates are azoic coupling components, such as the sodium salt of a 2 : 3-oxynaphthoic acid arylide or of a diacylacetic acid arylide to be developed with diazonium salts, leuco esters of vat dyestuffs to be developed by hydrolysis and oxidation and Primuline to be developed with hypochlorites or by diazotization and coupling, e.g. with b  - naphthol.  The following examples are specified: (1) The weft or the binder warp yarn is impregnated, e.g. in hank, cheese, cop, warp or beam form, with the sodium salt of an arylide as above, dried and woven with untreated binder warp or weft yarn to form the Terry fabric and the latter is treated in selected areas with a diazonium salt such as that from p-nitro-o-anisidine.  (2) The weft or the binder warp yarn is impregnated, dried and woven as in (1) and the fabric is printed with a discharge agent such as potassium sulphite or stannous chloride (or, according to the Provisional Specification, zinc nitrate), and treated in a bath containing a diazo compound, and scoured, bleached or otherwise finished.  (3) The weft or the binder warp yarn is impregnated, dried and woven as in (1) and the fabric is printed in one pattern with a diazo compound and subsequently in one or more additional patterns with one or more other diazo compounds; the residual coupling component may be removed, as by scouring, or may be developed with a further diazo compound.  (4) The weft or binder warp yarn is impregnated with an Indigosol, e.g. Indigosol 04B, and woven with untreated binder warp or weft yarn to form the Terry fabric and the latter is printed with sodium nitrite; the colour is then developed in an acid bath and the undeveloped Indigosol is removed, e.g. by washing or soaping.  (5) The weft or the binder warp yarn is impregnated, dried and woven as in (4) and the fabric is printed with a resist such as zinc oxide or a hydrosulphite and treated in a bath containing sodium nitrite and acid to develop the colour.
Patent GB-1165671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Curing of Rubber or Plastics Articles.
Inventor: DAVIS EDWARD PAUL
IPC: B29D30/06
Filed: 1966-03-25
Abstract: 1,165,671. Determining state of cure. DUNLOP CO. Ltd. 17 March, 1967 [24 March, 1966], No. 12969/66. Heading C3E. A method of determining the state of cure of a part at least of a rubber or plastics article during the curing thereof comprises sensing at intervals of time the temperature of cure at at least two boundary surfaces of the article, calculating from each set of sensed boundary surface temperatures the corresponding temperature at a point at which an adequate state of cure is desired, said point being located between the boundary surfaces, assessing the relationship of the calculated cure temperature with a predetermined reference temperature of cure, and accounting for the elapsed time of cure to determine the state of cure at said point in the article.
Patent GB-149603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tennis racquets and the like
IPC: A63B49/12
Filed: 1920-05-12
Abstract: 149,603. Wells, A. W. J. May 12, 1920. Rackets.-The frame of a tennis badminton or like racket is made from a strip of metal 1 reinforced by a wire 3 enclosed within the inturned edges of the strip. The ends 4 of the frame, together with an inverted U-shaped metal filling piece 8 are secured by nailing or otherwise to a wooden handle 5. Tongues 9 on the filling piece pass through holes in the frame, and are bent over to secure the parts together. A covering 10 of leather and a finishing band 11 are added to the handle.
Patent GB-131540-A (GB)
IPC: B21L11/00
Abstract: 131,540. Johnson, J. Jan. 24, 1919. Swivels. - In the manufacture of weldless swivels, the bow a and the barrel b are formed integral from a solid piece of steel by drop forging or like methods, the bow a is then bent aside as shown in Fig. 3, to allow the bolt d, which has previously been provided with an integral head, to be inserted in the barrel, the bow is then straightened, and the eye e is formed on the bolt by drop forging or stamping.
Patent GB-1095143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of single crystal material
Inventor: HURLE DONALD THOMAS JAMES
IPC: C30B13/32
Filed: 1964-03-31
Abstract: A single crystal rod is formed by passing a thin liquid alloy zone from a seed crystal through a charge rod at constant temperature and pressure.  Passage of the molten zone is effected by utilising the difference in structural energy level between the seed and the charge; but may be reversed by application of an external thermodynamic driving force.  The single crystal may be of alumina, grey tin, diamond, or epsilon cobalt.  Tin may be alloyed with mercury.  The growing surface may be a 111 plane.
Patent GB-514338-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cleaning tanks and the like
IPC: B08B9/093
Filed: 1938-05-03
Abstract: 514,338. Spray-producers. RICHARD, C. C. May 3, 1938. No. 13198. [Class 69 (iii)] [Also in Groups XVII and XXXIV] Apparatus for cleaning tanks wherein the cleaning liquid is fed through a feed pipe inserted into the tank comprises a reaction nozzle rotatably mounted relatively to the feed pipe and means operated by rotation of the nozzle for intermittently turning the nozzle about the axis of the feed pipe. The nozzle 33, as it turns about an axis 11-11, engages with an extension 42 of a shaft 40, and rotates this shaft, which, via an eccentric 43 and a rod 46, rocks a bell crank 48 which engages with a ratchet wheel 50. The ratchet wheel is fixed on the upper (fixed) section 21 of the feed pipe, but the bracket 49 which carries the bell crank 48 is secured to the lower section 29 of the feed pipe, this lower section being rotatably mounted at 25 on the upper section; the bell crank pulls itself around the ratchet wheel and the section 29, which carries inter alia the nozzle, is rotated step by step. In a modification (not shown) the ratchet wheel is engaged by a pawl eccentrically mounted at the upper end of a vertical shaft rotated by bevel gearing from the hub of the nozzle. The speed of rotation of the nozzle is automatically governed by centrifugally-acting weights 71 mounted in a plate 67 rotated from the nozzle hub via shaft 63 and sprocket-and-chain gearing 60. 61, 62. When the weights move outwards against springs 75 and, via rods' R, turn the diamond nut 66, the nut rubs against the bearing 64 and retards the system. Visible rotation-indicating means comprise an indicator 59 fixed to the end of a shaft 5.7 rotating with the section 29 and vertically reciprocated from an eccentric portion 55 on the shaft 40. A deflecting cone 89 directs liquid into the dome C. A pinion 18 engagning rack teeth 20 on the section 21 allows of vertical adjustment of the apparatus which may be clamped in position by means of a threaded bolt and contracting split collar 15. Steam-admitting openings with caps 82 are provided. A cover member 11 is clamped by rotating a wing 87 on a screw 84 into contact with a flange F, and clamping the screw by a nut 88.
Patent GB-485158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to arc lamps
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1936-11-11
Abstract: 485,158. Arc lamps. OPTICOLOR AKT.- GES. Nov. 11, 1936, No. 13221/38. Convention date, Dec. 24, 1935. Divided out of 485,093. [Class 39 (i)] The outer surface of the positive electrode is protected by a cooled sleeve extending up to the burning surface of the electrode and a convergent current of air is blown through the sleeve so as to surround the arc and restrict it to the end surface of the electrode. The sleeve 3 surrounding the electrode 1 is provided with an air-chamber 5 from which air issues through a convergent nozzle 6 ; the sleeve also contains a chamber 4 through which water is circulated. Current is supplied to the electrode by brushes 11 passing air-tight through passages in the sleeve arranged as near as possible to the burning surface. A magnetic coil 8 may be arranged to assist in concentrating the arc as described in Specification 486,204 and the air current may be received in a tube 13 enclosing the negative electrode 2 as described in Specification 486,093. In a modification the cooling chamber extends into the conical portion of the sleeve 3 and an outer cooling chamber replaces the coil 8, water being supplied through conduits at the end of the sleeve remote from the arc. Specification 465,452 also is referred to.