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Patent GB-845924-A (GB)
Title: Interchangeable suspended roof construction for refractory furnaces
IPC: F27D1/02
Filed: 1957-09-26
Abstract: 845,924. Furnace roofs. LACLEDE-CHRISTY CO. Sept. 26, 1957 [Oct. 12, 1956], No. 30217/57. Class 51 (2). Runner bars 42 carrying tile hangers 58 are suspended by rods 30 from beams 16 secured to the furnace girders 12. The rods 30 supporting the ends of one runner bar 42 are suspended from different beams 16, and the ends of rods 30 are bent to pass through holes in the runner bars 42 and secured by cotter pins. The lower edge of the runner bars is stepped to follow the required contour of the roof, and channel members 44 are welded to the lower edges of the webs of the runner bars to provide upstanding flanges to receive the hooked upper ends of the hangers 56. Each hanger, Fig. 8, has a flat shank and cylindrical lugs projecting in opposite directions at the lower ends. These lugs engage blind holes 62 in tiles 64 which are pivotally suspended from the hangers 56. The tiles are made in two lengths, differing by the spacing between adjacent steps on the runner bars 42. The pivotal axis of the tiles is parallel to the runner bars 42, and each hanger supports two tiles. Each runner bar 42 supports two rows of hangers spaced apart by the width of a tile. Specification 829,201 is referred to.
Patent GB-239756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the manufacture of carpets and the like
IPC: D03D39/02
Filed: 1924-12-17
Abstract: 239,756. Youngjohns, W., and Cooke Bros. (Kidderminster), Ltd. Dec. 17, 1924. Pilefabric looms. - In machines for manufacturing Turkey and Persian carpets, rugs, &c., the worsted to form knotted tufts is first fed through a passage 20, Fig. 1, seized by tweezers and then laid across a pair of chain threads, then a cam-operated knife pivoted at 22 descends to cut off a tuft 7, Figs. 2 and 4, of the required length, after which a dipping lever 4 having an inverted channelshaped or yoke-like head 6 with side cheeks and a saw cut or other roughened yarn-gripping underside is caused by a cam 3 to dip upon the tuft and embrace the two chain threads 23. The lever 4 then dips further whereby the chain threads are downwardly deflected and the side cheeks are caused to enclose the two chain threads and also the free ends of the tuft depending from the head and beneath the ground chain. Nippers or tweezers 8 then advance between the embraced pair of chain threads, seize the tuft ends, and then drawn them up between the chain threads to form the knot. The nippers &c. 8 are arcshaped and are pivoted at 9 to an arm 10 operated by lever mechanism from a cam 17. The rear jaws of the nippers 8 have studs 11, which strike against a projection 12 upon a lever &c. 13 pivoted at 14 to a bracket 15, whereby the nippers &c. are opened against spring action.
Patent GB-465176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to automatic volume control in radio receivers
IPC: H03J7/02
Filed: 1935-11-05
Abstract: 465,176. Valve circuits for wireless reception. COLE, Ltd., E. K., and BRADFIELD, G. Nov. 5, 1935, No. 30522. [Class 40 (v)] For facilitating accurate tuning the selectivity and/or A.V.C. time constant are temporarily increased. Thus a switch 5 may be opened to cut out the coupling condenser 4 between the tuned circuits 2, 3 of an I.F. coupling transformer, and a switch 12 may be opened to throw a large resistance 8 into the A.V.C. feed circuit. The switches 5, 12 are preferably operated by the movement of the tuning knob. Specification 438,831 is' referred to.
Patent GB-155234-A (GB)
Title: Caliper gauge
IPC: G01B3/22
Filed: 1920-10-29
Abstract: 155 234. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Dec. 5, 1919, [Convention date]. Indicating. - An external calliper gauge comprises a fixed contact member (not shown), a movable contact member B, and a bolt C adapted to actuate an indicating pointer J through an adiustable two-part lever E, E<1>, the parts being rotatable relatively to one another. The part E, which is acted upon by a spring D, is supported by a knife-edge c<2> on the bolt C engaging a notch e<2> therein; the part E' is forked at its ends e<3> and is provided with knifeedges e<4> which engage notches in a member a<5> secured to the casing a'. The knife-edges and base-lines of the notches are arranged in parallel and the knife-edges e<4> are at a slight distance from the base line of the notch e<2> which causes the lever E, E<1> to oscillate about the said knifeedges when the bolt C is transmitting the move ment during a gauging operation. To adjust the distance between e<2> and e<4> the parts E and E<1> are rotated about a bolt F by means of a set screw G and locking screw H.
Patent GB-333795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to reels for winding hanks or skeins of yarn or thread
IPC: B65H49/30
Filed: 1929-10-09
Abstract: 333,795. Verstijnen, C. F. M. Oct. 9, 1929. Reeling-machines; skein holders and swifts.- In reels for artificial silk &c. where one or more thread-supporting bars are normally resiliently maintained in the outer position, spiral springs are contained in sleeves to which the bars are secured and which fit round radial arms, and the sleeves are interconnected by a cross member constituting a handle for moving the bar or bars, thus allowing the hanks or skeins readily to be taken off the reel. In the form illustrated, four bars are fixed on arms 3, Fig. 1, and two bars 5 have sleeves 6 fitting the ends of arms 4, pairs of sleeves being joined by members 7 shaped suitably for grasping by hand. The stroke of the spiral springs 8, Fig. 2, is limited by a slot 9, Fig. 1, and a pin 10. In an alternative form two bars are fixed, and each sleeve carries a cross-piece which holds a bar at each end.
Patent GB-847059-A (GB)
Title: Method for the preparation of pigmented polyesters and articles manufactured from these polyesters
IPC: C08K5/098
Filed: 1958-09-25
Abstract: In a method for the preparation of pigmented polyesters, suitable for the manufacture of staple fibres and made by the reaction of glycols of the series HO (CH2)n OH, where n = 2-10, with terephthalic acid (or an ester-forming derivative thereof) in which a pigment dispersion is added to the mixture of polyester forming reactants or to a low molecular weight product formed therefrom, a homogeneous distribution of the pigment in the polyester is obtained by effecting pigmentation of the polyesters in the presence of one or more metallic soaps, such as the aluminium, calcium, zinc, lead, manganese, barium, magnesium, cadmium or antimony salts of naphthenic acid or higher fatty acids p  (e.g. stearic, palmitic, lauric, oleic or montanic acid).  The pigment may be titanium dioxide, barium sulphate, aluminium oxide, carbon black or a mixture of carbon black and copper phthalocyanine and may be dispersed in water or in a glycol of formula HO (CH2)n OH, where n = 2-10, if desired using sodium dibutyl naphthalene sulphonate as a dispersing agent. Examples describe the pigmenting of a polyester made by reacting dimethyl terephthalate with ethylene glycol in the presence of antimony oxide and zinc acetate as catalysts.
Patent GB-341087-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the adhesion of rubber coatings to aluminium
IPC: B05D7/16
Filed: 1929-10-10
Abstract: Aluminium containing small quantities of iron and silicon is coated with hard rubber by first treating the aluminium with a hot pickling liquor consisting of an aqueous solution of a hydrogen halide of medium concentration until on removing the aluminium, washing and drying it, a dark powder remains on the surface, and then applying directly to the prepared surface rubber in any desired form.  The whole is then cured.  The presence of a small amount of aluminium in the pickling solution facilitates the reaction.  Example.  Equal proportions of commercial concentrated hydrochloric acid and water are mixed and 2 grams of aluminium per litre is dissolved therein. The aluminium articles are thoroughly cleaned, and immersed in the acid heated to 60 DEG  C. for 1 minute. The articles are then withdrawn, washed in water and dried, care being taken not to remove the brown coating.  Rubber is now applied in any known manner and cured.ALSO:Aluminium containing small quantities of iron and silicon is coated with hard rubber by first treating the aluminium with a hot pickling liquor consisting of an aqueous solution of a hydrogen halide of medium concentration until on removing the aluminium, washing and drying it, a dark powder remains on the surface, and then applying directly to the prepared surface rubber in any desired form. The whole is then cured.  The presence of a small amount of aluminium in the pickling solution facilitates the reaction.  Example.  Equal proportions of commercial concentrated hydrochloric acid and water are mixed and 2 grams of aluminium per litre is dissolved therein. The aluminium articles are thoroughly cleaned and immersed in the acid heated to 60 DEG  C. for one minute. The articles are then withdrawn, washed in water and dried, care being taken not to remove the brown coating.  Rubber is now applied in any known manner, for example by the dipping method described in Specification 317,435, [Class 70, Indiarubber &c.], and cured.
Patent GB-653960-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle wheels
Inventor: READ FREDERICK
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1949-12-01
Abstract: 653,960. Vehicle wheels. RUBERY, OWEN, & CO., Ltd. Dec. 1, 1949, No. 30822. [Class 144 (i)] A detachable wheel of the kind provided with circumferentially-spaced headed studs 17 for snap-on engagement by the inturned edge 20 of a hub-cap 21 is formed or fitted with other projections 22 intermediate the studs 17 to resist flattening of the edge of the cap. As shown, the projections 22 are pressed out of the wheel-disc 12, but they may be separatelyapplied studs of metal, rubber, or other material.
Patent GB-305302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the pasting of electric accumulator plates
IPC: H01M4/04
Filed: 1927-11-17
Abstract: 305,302. Vandervell & Co., Ltd., C. A., Paterson, R. C., and Beddous, P. J. Nov. 17, 1927. Tamping-machines.- Accumulator grids are filled with active material by placing a mass of the material on the grid and subjecting it to a rapid percussive action. The grid b may be supported by a felt pad c, a layer of active material a in a plastic state being placed on the grid as shown in the Figure. The material a is pressed into the grid by a plate d which is subjected to a rapid percussive action by an electrically operated hammer e. The grids may be brought into position by a conveyer band f and the active material may be applied to both sides of the grid simultaneously by the employment of two percussive devices acting on opposite sides of the grids.
Patent GB-713623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to disc brakes
IPC: F16D65/12
Filed: 1952-12-05
Abstract: 713,623. Disc brakes. HILGER, O. and BUSCH, W., [trading as BERGISCHE STAHLINDUSTRIE]. Dec. 5, 1952 [Dec. 7, 1951; March 1, 1952], No. 30911/52. Class 103(1) [Also in Group XXII] A disc brake has discs d, which are preferably of cast iron or steel, having between them cooling ribs b of a light metal or alloy which are wholly or partly secured to the discs by a method of compound casting such as the Al-Fin process whereby the steel or iron part is wholly immersed in a melt of aluminium until a layer of FeAl 3  of about 0.02 to .03 mm. is formed, the part provided with the layer then being set in a sand mould and a part of aluminium or aluminium alloy cast thereon. As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the cooling ribs b are cast on to the two separate brake discs d which are secured to the hub e by bolts i. Strengthening ribs a link the two castings. In a second arrangement in which the two brake discs are integral with the hub, cooling ribs b, as shown in Fig. 6, are formed on a single casting having a wavy shape strengthening rib a as shown. In another arrangement, shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the cooling ribs b again form part of a unitary casting but extend right across the gap between the discs. The ribs b, a guide rib f, and a carrying body or ring g surrounding the hub e are formed as one casting.
Patent GB-1390190-A (GB)
Title: Mixing apparatus and method
IPC: B01F11/00
Filed: 1971-07-01
Abstract: 1390190 Mixing apparatus E WISZ 26 June 1972 [1 July 1971] 30918/71 Heading B1C [Also in Division F2] A mixer and reactor has a rotor E, 15, 17 and a stator A having respectively blades G and projections J which interdigitate, the rotor being given by a drive C (see Figs. 2-4, not shown, and Division F2) a combined rotary and reciprocating motion such that the locus of any point on it is a cycloidal curve; whereby each blade will as shown in Fig. 5 pass between and wipe adjacent stator projections in one sense of linear motion of the rotor, and pass between rows of projections in the other. A heat exchange fluid may be passed through the hollow rotor and the stator jackets 19, 20.
Patent GB-149881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to mechanical signalling apparatus for use in mines and other places
IPC: B66B19/06
Filed: 1919-12-11
Abstract: 149,881. Armstrong, H., and Thompson, J. W. Dec. 11, 1919. Mechanical telegraphs.-Relates to a signalling- device for coal mines &c., such as that described in Specification 5148/15, in which a separate plate e bearing the word " men " is brought into view when three impulses are given and is locked in position until either more than three impulses are signalled or until released by the winding- engine mechanism. According to the invention, a spindle a fixed on or rotating with the indicating-member carries a finger b which on moving three steps engages a finger c and brings the plate e into view. The corner g of a latch h engages a notch f and holds the plate e in position. Travel of the finger b through more than three steps moves an arm m which disengages the latch h. When the engine indicator reaches a pre-determined position it trips a member r, which also releases the latch h.
Patent GB-286380-A (GB)
Title: Convertible rail highway wheel structure
IPC: B60F1/02
Filed: 1926-12-08
Abstract: 286,380. Thomson, S. G. Dec. 8,1926. Road and rail wheels.-A road wheel is detachably secured to rail wheel, the interengaging surfaces being disposed entirely within the rim of the rail wheel. The two wheels may be adapted to rotate together or independently. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the road wheel H has tongues 15 pressed out of its disc body to engage the web 4 of the rail wheel, and is secured by a spring-pressed pin 16 engaging one of a series of holes 19 in the threaded extension 5 of the rail wheel hub. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the road wheel is clamped against coned webs 36 on the rail wheel by a plate 34. The latter is jammed home by means of a hand-lever 32 actuating a bolt 24 having a cam-head 26 bearing on a cam-bed 28 in the rail wheel hub. To obtain a positive drive, set-screws may be passed through the road wheel into the rim of the rail wheel. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which the road wheel is screwed directly on to an extension of the rail wheel hub and locked by a cap-nut 56. Fig. 10 shows a pneumatic-tyred wheel H secured by a plate 72 and nuts 69, the fail wheel hub having driving-pins 82 engaging slots 81 in the road wheel hub. Fig. 18 shows a road wheel hub 107 screwed by a left-hand thread on to the rail wheel hub, the latter having an internal right-hand thread to receive a bolt 107a. The parts are locked by a pin 108 carried by the road wheel engaging a toothed flange on the bolt. The part 107 may be replaced by a separate flanged nut engaging the web of the road wheel. The above constructions are typical of a large number of modifications described and illustrated in the Specification. Specification 270,527 is referred to.
Patent GB-974189-A (GB)
Title: Inductive apparatus
IPC: H01F27/32
Filed: 1962-08-14
Abstract: 974,189. Transformers. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION. Aug. 14, 1962 [Sept. 29, 1961], No. 31132/62. Heading H1T. A coil for inductive apparatus such as a transformer comprises an insulating tube carrying a winding on which is a second insulating tube carrying a second winding, the windings being wound with an insulated conductor having a coating 204 (Fig. 5) over the enamel insulation 202, the coating being non-tacky at ambient temperatures but becoming soft at higher temperatures and flowing to bond the turns of the windings together and improve the dielectric characteristics of the coil. A transformer coil wound with rectangular and circular wire as described above is shown in Fig. 1. The low voltage winding has inner layers 12, 16 on a paper former 10 with thermally stabilized paper insulation 18, 20 and outer layers 42, 44 with paper insulation 40, 46, 48. The paper interleaved high voltage winding is in three sections 28, 36, 38 separated by ducts 32 formed by corrugated fibrous sheet 30. Between the low and high voltage windings is paper insulation 26, 40 and ducts 24 formed by spacers 22 for a liquid dielectric. The paper insulation except the paper layers between the high voltage winding layers which are crimped at the ends has a discontinuous coating on one or both sides of material similar in action to the outer coating on the wire. After winding the coil is heated under pressure to 150‹ to 175‹ C. which causes the coatings on the paper and wire to become soft and flow. The coil is then cooled and the coatings permanently harden to form a solid unit. A transformer coil is described (Fig. 3, not shown) with only one section of low and high voltage windings. The coating material may be epoxy resin, phenolic, epoxy phenolic, high molecular weight vinyl formal, vinyl formal plus epoxy resin or other suitable resins. The enamel insulation may be urea formaldehyde plus vinyl formal plus epoxy resin enamel.
Patent GB-465209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to rubber latex or similar elastic threads or filaments
IPC: B29D99/00
Filed: 1935-11-12
Abstract: The accumulation of electrostatic changes on indiarubber threads or filaments is prevented by treating the thread with a solution containing a hygroscopic salt, e.g. magnesium chloride, or containing a salt and a hygroscopic material, e.g. glycerine or a protein.
Patent GB-333454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in roll gates
IPC: E06B9/18
Filed: 1929-10-15
Abstract: 333,454. Ammirato, G. Oct. 15, 1929. Metallic fabrics. - A roll-up shutter or gate, particularly for shop windows, comprises cranked bars 1 arranged horizontally with the cranked portions adjacent .and pivotally connected by rings or welded ties 2. Horizontal straight strengthening bars 4 are interposed between some or all of the adjacent cranked bars and are secured thereto by the ties 2. The ends of the cranlied bars are pivoted together and to the ends of the straight bars as at 3. In order to prevent side play, the end ties are formed with projections 7. The ends of the shutter are guided in vertical grooves in the side posts of the shutter opening.
Patent GB-664239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the treatment of paper with liquids during its manufacture
IPC: D21H23/28
Filed: 1949-12-06
Abstract: 664,239. Sizing paper. FROEHLICH, E. G. J. Dec. 6, 1949, No. 31265/49. Drawings to Specification. Class 96. Natural or artificial resins, vegetable, animal, or mineral waxes, e.g. carnauba, bees', montan, or paraffin wax, or bitumens, distillation residues, such as petroleum, asphalt, or stearic acid, or artificial waxes or fats &c., dissolved in mineral oil fractions of specific gravity 0.70 to 0.90 are introduced into a moist paper web subsequently to the last wet press, e.g. just before or after the commencement of drying. The sizing solution may be applied by coating rolls, by spraying, or by a wick extending across the paper, and may be applied locally to produce watermark effects. The invention is applicable to hand-made paper.
Patent GB-535040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for feeding cigarettes and other rod shaped articles
IPC: B65B19/10
Filed: 1939-12-04
Abstract: 535,040. Packing rod-shaped articles. FOALE, A. A., and MOLINS MACHINE CO., Ltd. Dec. 4, 1939, No. 31412. [Class 94 (i)] [Also in Group XXX] In apparatus of the type in which cigarettes or other rod-shaped articles are delivered in vertical rows from a hopper between a series of partitions, the lower portions of some of the partitions move relatively to and substantially in the plane of the partition to facilitate the orderly delivery of the articles on to a support beneath the partitions. As shown, a hopper 8 delivers cigarettes between partitions 10 to a reciprocating pusher 11 carried by a conveyer 12 and arranged to move three rows of cigarettes from between the partitions. The upper parts 14 of alternate partitions are pivoted at 15 and actuated by cams 18 on a shaft 19 as described in Specification 513,717. The outer partitions 16 terminate above lateral pressing members 44, 144, and the two central partitions extend into slots 13 in the pusher 11. The lower parts 50 of the intermediate partitions 10 are pivoted at 51 and actuated in timed relation with the pusher by a cam 56 on the shaft 19. As the pressers 44, 144 are moved inwards by a cam 38, the auxiliary partitions 50 are raised to clear the pressers and to allow the batch to be laterally compacted. To adapt the apparatus to the collation of three rows of 7, 7 and 6 cigarettes, the presser 144 is provided with a ledge 58 excluding one cigarette from the bottom row; a single cigarette may afterwards be allowed to drop from the middle row. The cigarettes in the hopper may be stirred by apparatus described in Specification 471,521.
Patent GB-881937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to suction cleaners
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 1959-09-15
Abstract: 881,937. Suction cleaners. HOOVER Ltd. Sept. 15, 1959 [Sept. 29, 1958(3)], No.31432/59. Class 8(1). A motor-fan suction cleaner 12, Fig. 2, of the cavity type is controlled by the operator through a switch control 133 mounted on the suction hose handpiece 81, Fig. 5, which when moved to the on-position completes a low voltage circuit containing the secondary of a transformer 37 and the energising coil 75 of a relay 42, closing the relay contacts 70, thus completing the circuit of the motor 27. The motor driving the fan 24 has bolted to it the transformer-relay unit 35, which unit and the motor carrying the only high voltage connections in the cleaner are supported between resilient mountings 29, 31 in the lower hemispherical casing 10, divided from the upper casing 13 by a bulkhead 22, hinged at 14 and held closed by a latch ; the joint between the two halves being protected by an annular bumper 17. The upper compartment is readily accessible to the user for purposes of cleaning the filter 21 and has a secondary fine filter 26 mounted on an open mesh 25 over the fan ports 23 in the bulkhead 22. The section hose 18 has an elbow 80 with spring contacts 87 connecting with current carrying members carried down said hose within the corrugated tube 82 to a terminal block 103 and thence by wires to the switch housing 109 containing switch control 133 the wires being insulated from the tube and user by an insulating layer and the polyvinyl covering 108 respectively. The suction cleaner has a handle 16, on the casing 13 and is supported on an annular base 11 into which the fan exhausts through ports 33 to provide a cushioning effect in the chamber 34 formed between said base and the floor on which it stands. The suction hose may be cleaned by inserting the elbow 80 in the aperture 33 and pivoting the switch ring lever 150 about the bolt 149, mounted on the suction inlet, to energise the low voltage circuit and, in turn, the motor circuit ; said switch ring forming the suction inlet until moved back to its off position. By swinging-up casing 13 and tilting the bulkhead 22 against it, conductors 72, 74 and conductors 62, 63 may be pulled away from the terminals 56, 49 and 53 allowing the motor-fan unit to be lifted out of the lower section. Specification 844,413 is referred to.