baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-1220755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to weighting bands for curtains or the like
IPC: A47H23/01
Filed: 1968-08-08
Abstract: 1,220,755. Weighted cords. GARDISETTE G.m.b.H. 8 Aug., 1968 [12 Dec., 1967], No. 37869/68. Addition to 1,130,529. Heading D1T. [Also in Division A4] A weighting strip for curtains comprises spaced, individual pieces of lead 3 secured on a plastics strip 1# by an adhesive coating, the coating being applied to the strip as a single band of substantially the same width as the strip or as three spaced bands 4, 2, 4 and the strip subsequently folded into a tube-like casing which is held together by the seam formed by the coating 4, 4. In manufacture the lead pieces are cut from a lead wire fed to a cutting machine, and deposited on a plastics strip fed therebeneath, the spacing of the pieces being determined by the speeds at which the lead wire and plastics strip are fed and/or the frequency of the cutting device. A textile outer casing may be provided.
Patent GB-1147709-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for continuous extraction of fats from organic matter
IPC: A23L5/20
Filed: 1967-08-17
Abstract: 1,147,709. Extracting fats. ASTRA NUTRITION A.B. 17 Aug., 1967 [25 Aug., 1966], No. 38014/67. Heading C5C. An apparatus for continuously extracting fats from organic material comprises at least one vertically disposed pre-extractor vessel 10, having a stirrer 12 and outlets for removing fatrich solvent 16, which is connected by at least one conduit at its lowermost end with one end of an inclined counter-flow extractor vessel 17, said conduit permitting the passage of solvent from the counter-flow extractor to the preextractor vessel and permitting the flow of organic material from the pre-extractor to the counter-flow extractor, said extractor having inlets for the solvent 20, 21 and means for transporting the organic material in counter flow to the solvent, and being connected at the other end to centrifuge 26 which is connected to at least one counter-flow evaporator 28, having an inlet 35 for steam to dissolve the solvent residue, an outlet 32 for the steam and dissolved solvent mixture and means for transporting the organic material through the counter-flow evaporator. The means for transporting organic material in counter-flow to the solvent in the extractor may comprise a rotatable shaft 18 having a helical blade 22 extending the length of the shaft having a plurality of apertures therein permitting the passage of organic matter and solvent through the apertures.
Patent GB-1058170-A (GB)
Title: Amides
Inventor: SPENCER KENNETH ERIC VINCENT
IPC: C07C233/16
Filed: 1964-09-18
Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula <FORM:1058170/C2/1> wherein R = H or CH3 and "Hal" is a halogen atom are made by reacting ephedrine or N-norephedrine with a p-halophenoxyacetylating agent, e.g. a phenoxyacetyl anhydride such as the mixed anhydride formed between a p-halophenoxyacetic acid and isobutyl chloroformate, or by reacting an N-(2-haloacetyl)-ephedrine or N-nor-ephedrine with a p-halo-phenol.  Pharmaceutical preparations having anti-depressant activity comprise the above compounds in association with a carrier either in solid forms such as tablets, powders, dispersible granules, cachets and suppositories or as solutions, suspensions or emulsions, especially sterile solutions in aqueous media or in oils, for injection.
Patent GB-1482119-A (GB)
Title: Scarifier for use with asphalt concrete roadway refinishing apparatus
IPC: E01C23/14
Filed: 1974-09-02
Abstract: 1482119 Scarifiers; asphalt resurfacing machines CUTLER REPAVING Inc 2 Sept 1974 [6 May 1974] 38203/74 Heading E1G A road scarifier assembly comprises a plurality of multi-blade units 32 mounted, as by respective trailing pivotal arms 33, for separate selective raising and lowering relatively to a support frame 30 movable over the road surface, individual fluid pressure means such as an air bag 40a being provided directly over each blade unit to provide a downward pressure. The assembly shown comprises an array of twelve arms 33 which each carry rows of staggered blades 70 and are pivoted on a common transverse axis 34 on a height-adjustable pull bar 36, each arm being biased upwardly by a leaf spring 57 and loaded downwardly by a respective air bag 40 on a height-adjustable and transversely tiltable pressure bar 39. The air pressure manifold, Fig. 7 (not shown), allows a different pressure to be applied to the two outermost arms from that applied to the intervening ten arms. The outermost arms 33 carry height-adjustable plough blades 46 for jointforming. Each blade 70 has a hard metal tip and is clamped between a pair of support plates by two different diameter bolts, Figs. 4, 5 (not shown), providing a pivotal shear mounting. The scarifier assembly is preceded by a surface heater 24 and is followed by a height-adjustable levelling rotor 53. The scarifier assembly is incorporated in a continuously advancing asphalt resurfacing machine, Fig. 1 (not shown), wherein the old road surfacing is heated by operator-controlled radiant heaters (24), scarified by rows of staggered blades in the assembly (25), augmented by fresh asphalt conveyed from a forward hopper (17), and levelled by a transverse rotor. The machine has large motorised pneumatic tyred wheels (13).
Patent GB-847475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to power-driven cultivators
IPC: B62D51/00
Filed: 1957-12-09
Abstract: 847,475. Walk type tractors. SHAY Ltd., J. E., ARNOT, A. E. R., and WILLIAMS, I. J. Dec. 9, 1958 [Dec. 9, 1957], No. 38234/57. Class 79(1).  A walk-type tractor having a frame 19 in which are mounted a power unit, a pair of ground wheels 14 and a forwardly projecting rotary cultivator 16 is provided with a rearwardly and upwardly extending handle comprising two connected side members pivotally mounted one on each side of the frame so that the handle can be swung into a stowed position over the power unit until it touches the cultivator head, locking means being provided for restraining the pivotal movement when not required. The handle comprises side members 20 welded to a tubular bail 24. and each having a forked lower portion 25 fitting over the axle of the ground wheels. A bolt 27 having a wing nut 28 engages an arcuate slot 21 in the frame 19 to lock the handle in a desired position for operation. An extension at right angles of the slot 21 permits the fork 25 to be drawn from its pivoting position and the handle to be moved- and locked in its stowed position, shown in broken lines. The power unit and handle may be so arranged that in the stowed position the tractor may stand upon the power unit and the forked ends of the handle with the cultivator shaft 15 being vertical. Specification 847,474 is referred to.
Patent GB-322911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in boiler furnaces fired with pulverised fuel
IPC: F23K3/00
Filed: 1928-12-28
Abstract: 322,911. Yarrow, H. E. Dec. 28, 1928. Fuel, feeding.-In a boiler furnace, apparatus for drying and pulverizing the fuel is closely associated with the boiler so as to be substantially a part of the furnace structure. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus applied to a Yarrow boiler the dryer F and pulverizer G being of the revolving drum pattern driven by a motor I which also drives a fan J for feeding the fuel to the burner K. The dryer and pulverizer are arranged in the path of the furnace gases on one side of the steam drum but the dryer may be arranged on one side and the pulverizer on the other. Dampers control the passage of the gases which may be byepassed. The dryer and pulverizer drums may be provided with vanes to increase the heating effect and furnace gases or air or both gases and air may be led through the dryer and pulverizer.
Patent GB-1466340-A (GB)
Title: Method of treating whey and its byproducts
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 1974-09-03
Abstract: 1466340 Converting lactose CORNING GLASS WORKS 3 Sept 1974 [4 Sept 1973] 38397/74 Heading C2S A method of converting the lactose in whey into glucose and galactose comprises reacting the whey, which may be ultrafiltered, with a composite comprising beta-galactosidase covalently bonded to a high surface area porous inorganic material, e.g. glass, preferably zirconia coated, by means of an intermediate silane coupling agent. The whey conversion is preferably carried out by passage through a plug flow-through column containing the composite and preferably containing an additional composite of glucose isomerase similarly covalently bonded to one of said materials whereby on passage sequentially through the two composites the lactose is converted firstly into glucose and galactose and some lactose which are then further converted by the glucose isomerase into a mixture of fructose, glucose, galactose and lactose.
Patent GB-1201486-A (GB)
Title: Multiple connector for low-voltage electric cables
IPC: H02G3/16
Filed: 1967-08-21
Abstract: 1,201,486. Electric couplings. SOC. DE CONSTRUCTIONS ELECTROMECHANIQUES JEUMONT-SCHNEIDER. 21 Aug., 1967 [24 Aug., 1966], No. 38452/67. Heading H2E. Phase and neutral conductors 2a, 2b respectively of a branching cable (2) are connected to corresponding phase and neutral conductors 1a, 1b respectively of a larger diameter main low voltage cable (1) by means of mechanical gripping connectors 3 and 4. The connected phases are insulated from one another by interfitting partitions 6a and 6b and the joint is enclosed in moulded resin (7, Fig. 1, not shown) or bitumen. Several cables may be connected to the main cable at the joint. Wedges force the conductors la, 1 apart during the fitting and are afterwards removed.
Patent GB-929080-A (GB)
Title: Film packaging machine
IPC: B65B35/22
Filed: 1961-10-27
Abstract: 929,080. Packaging machines. VERSAPAK FILM & PACKAGING MACHINERY CORPORATION. Oct. 27, 1961 [Aug. 3, 1961], No. 38477/61. Class 94(1). A package placed on the table 40 actuates a micro-switch 41 to  operate a pneumatic ram 51 having a pusher 43 connected to it, thereby advancing the package into a wall 56 of heatsealable packaging material formed by sealing the transverse edges of upper and lower films 22, 32. The package 65 carries sufficient film to enclose it and when the package 65 is in the position shown the electrical impulse cutting a sealing unit 60 is moved downwardly to contact the part 59 by the ram 62 thereby forming an open-ended sleeve and joining the transverse edges of the films 22, 32 to reconstitute the wall 56. The runners 66 on which the package 65 rests may be vertically adjustable to effect sealing at various positions with respect to the package and if sealing at the side edges is required the cutting and sealing units 75, 76 are operated at the station 73. The films 22, 32 are fed from rolls 22, 32 supported on driven rollers 23, 33 and idle rollers 24, 34 and they are passed over dancing rollers 29, 38 which are counterbalanced by angularly adjustable weights 28. When the rollers 29, 38 rise they operate micro-switches which controls the drive to the roller 23, 33. If desired when the packages have passed through the station 73 they may be propelled by a pusher 93 to a shrink tunnel if the film used is of the heatshrink type.
Patent GB-1017523-A (GB)
Title: A shoe heel, particularly for men's footwear and ladies sports footwear
IPC: A43B21/00
Filed: 1963-10-01
Abstract: 1,017,523. Heels. P. RIGON. Oct. 1, 1963 [Oct. 27, 1962], No. 38527/63. Heading A3B. A heel comprises a shell 1 of plastics materials such as polypropylene, covered at the sides with leather 8, and a top lift 7 secured by nails 6 or by glueing. The shell 1 may have ribs 2 and thickened portions 5 to receive the nails 6 and the nails 10 used to secure the heel to the shoe. The covering 8 may be a single piece of leather with its grain surface visible or may be formed from thin strips of leather disposed edge to edge to simulate a normal leather heel.
Patent GB-1484465-A (GB)
Title: Devices using low loss dielectric material
IPC: H01B3/12
Filed: 1974-09-04
Abstract: 1484465 Dielectric material; barium titanate WESTERN ELECTRIC CO Inc 4 Sept 1974 [4 Sept 1973 1 July 1974] 38583/74 Headings C1A and C1J [Also in Division H1] A low-loss dielectric material suitable for use in microwave apparatus comprises 18À0 to 19À0 mol. per cent of BaO and 0 to 0À4 mol. per cent of a divalent metal other than BaO, the remainder of the composition being made up from TiO 2  and from 0 to 7 mol. per cent of a tetravalent metal oxide other than TiO 2 . A preferred composition comprises 18À1 to 18À3 mol. per cent divalent oxide, the rest being tetravalent oxide. The compositions have the approximate formula Ba 2 Ti 9 O 20 . The divalent metal oxide other than BaO may be MgO, CaO or SrO and the tetravalent oxide other than TiO 2  may be ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , SnO 2  or SiO 2 . Ingredients which yield the oxides may be mixed together and reacted at a temperature of 1000 C. to 1200 C. for 1 to 48 hours in an oxygen atmosphere, the preferred temperature being 1125 C. to 1175 C. and the preferred time 2 to 6 hours. The reacted mixture may be densified by hot pressing at a pressure of 1000 to 6000 psi and at a temperature of from 1150 C. to 1400 C. for a period of from 0À5 to 10 hours. Alternatively, the mixture may be sintered by pressing at from 2000 to 10,000 psi and heating to a temperature of from 1300 C. to 1420C. for 1 to 24 hours. The densification may take place in an oxygen enriched atmosphere. The reacted material may be acid leached using acid with a dissociation constant greater than 10<SP>-5</SP>, and preferably greater than 10<SP>-2</SP>, in a concentration between 0À1 M and 18 M. Nitric or hydrochloric acid may be used, e.g. nitric acid having a concentration between 10 and 15 M for 2 to 4 hours at room temperature.
Patent GB-1081364-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring the electrical resistivity of pulverulent materials
IPC: G01N27/04
Filed: 1964-09-22
Abstract: 1,081,364. Measuring resistivity at pulverulent materials. METALLGESELLSCHAFT A. G. Sept. 22, 1964 [Sept. 25, 1963], No. 38662/64. Heading G1N. Apparatus for determining the resistivity of a pulverulent substance, suspended in e. g. an exhaust gas stream, comprises two metal electrodes 5 having interdigitating blades 6 between which are equal sized gaps. Earthed wires 7 are disposed on either side of the electrodes 5 which themselves are connected together to an H. T. source for precipitating the pulverulent substance thereon. When the blades 6 are covered with the pulverulent substance, the electrodes are disconnected and the resistance between them is measured using a conventional ohmmeter. Hence the resistivity is deduced. Changes in resistivity, due to changes in temperature or dew point of the gas can be recorded.
Patent GB-1115383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for joining metal strip
Inventor: HILL GILBERT GEORGE
IPC: B23K9/025
Filed: 1964-09-23
Abstract: 1,115,383. Joining metal strips; welding by fusion; shearing. ALUMINIUM LABORATORIES Ltd. 20 Sept., 1965 [23 Sept., 1964], No. 38850/64. Headings B3A, B3R and B3W. Strips, e.g. aluminium, copper, brass or silicon steel strips, 0À006-0À06 inch thick are joined end-to-end by shearing the ends of the strips, butting the clean ends and welding with an inert gas shielded non-consumable electrode, e.g. 2% thoriated tungsten, connected to the negative side of a D.C. welding supply. Highfrequency arc starting is provided. A machine located in a continuous strip processing line has a clamp 24, Fig. 1, for braking the trailing end of a strip. The ends of the strips are secured by pneumatic clamps to spaced tables 7, 10 movable longitudinally of the strips by rams 12, 14. A pair of blades 2 on a frame 1 are raised by a ram 6 and locked by pins 31 actuated by rams 32. A co-operating pair of blades 3 are lowered by a ram 5 to shear the ends of the strips. The frame 1 is lowered and the tables 7, 10 are moved to butt the ends of the strips with the seam aligned with a guide 20 for the welding torch 15. The welding torch 15 is traversed by a pneumatic ram at a constant speed along a precise path with an arc gap maintained between 0À015-0À09 inch. A pointed electrode is used. The torch is tilted by a ram for the reverse non-welding traverse and is adjustable angularly and vertically. A backing bar 17 raised by a ram 16 engages the reverse side of the seam during welding.
Patent GB-800335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to toys or models
Inventor: GLASER LEWIS HARRY
IPC: A63H23/00
Filed: 1956-12-20
Abstract: 800,335. Toys. REVELL, Inc. Dec. 20, 1956, No. 38895/56. Class 132(3) A toy battleship assembled from a kit of moulded thermoplastic parts includes a gun turret comprising a battery of guns joined at their breech ends by a bar 23. The sides of openings 22 in a housing 11 engage mould ridges 25 formed on the guns but allow the guns to be elevated and lowered. A smaller turret 30 includes guns 13 which are not joined together and which may thus be elevated and lowered separately, each  gun engaging the sides of an opening in a wall of the turret 30. Both turrets are rotatable, a support 16 of the main turret engaging in a hole 17 formed in a base 14,  and a support 31 of the smaller turret passing through a hole 32 formed in the top plate of the main turret. The base of each support is heated and flared to lock the supports in the holes 17, 32.
Patent GB-1038848-A (GB)
Title: Electrically insulating supporting means for a railway rail
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1964-09-24
Abstract: 1,038,848. Insulators. ELEKTRISKA SVETSNINGSAKTIEBOLAGET. Sept. 24, 1964 [Sept. 25, 1963], No. 38935/64. Heading H2C. An insulating support for a railway rail is in the form of two synthetic rubber layers 17 and 19 separated by a steel plate 18 so that by measuring the insulation resistance of each part of the support its total resistance can be found even though other supports are in parallel. The rubber layers are vulcanized to the steel plate and to the base-plate 19 and mounting plate 15. The lower rubber layer 19 has internal vertical holes to increase the resiliency of the support. Several rubber layers and more than one intermediate member may be used.
Patent GB-1444416-A (GB)
Title: Stoppers
IPC: B65D50/04
Filed: 1973-08-17
Abstract: 1444416 Safety stoppers GEIGER PLASTIC KG 17 Aug 1973 [24 Aug 1972] 39032/73 Heading B8T A safety device consists of a cylindrical sleeve 5 having an internal annular ridge 10 and an internal resilient annular band 11. The ridge 10 and band 11 snap fit into an external annular recess 3 about the neck of a container 1 so that part of the sleeve 5 extends beyond the neck of the container to conceal the grip edge 7 of the top 6 of a stopper 4. In order to remove the stopper 4 the sleeve 5 is pushed axially towards the base of the container 1 so exposing the grip edge 7 of the stopper 4 which is subsequently pulled out of the container. Elastic memory of the resilient band 11 returns the sleeve to its normal position which will conceal the grip edge of the replaced stopper. A second embodiment, Figs. 2 and 3 (not shown), replaces ridge 10 and band 11 by a ring (22) coaxial with and of the same diameter as the sleeve (20) and attached to one end of the sleeve by a plurality of integral flexible rods (21).
Patent GB-1018450-A (GB)
Title: New guanidine derivatives and process for preparing the same
Inventor: BAVIN PATRICK MICHAIL GUY
Filed: 1961-02-15
Abstract: The invention comprises compounds of the general formula <FORM:1018450/C2/1> (wherein Ar is a phenyl group optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms or C1-3 alkyl groups and B is an alkylene group containing 2, 3 or 4 chain carbon atoms) and acid addition salts thereof, pharmaceutical preparations containing them, and their preparation by reacting an amine of the formula Ar-S-B-NH2 with an isothiouronium salt having in its free base form the formula <FORM:1018450/C2/2> (wherein Alk is a C1-3 alkyl group), optionally followed by conversion of the resulting acid addition salt to the corresponding free base or a different acid addition salt. The amine starting materials are prepared by standard methods.  The compounds of the invention block the peripheral sympathetic nervous system and may be administered orally or parenterally in the form of pharmaceutical preparations (e.g. tablets, lozenges, capsules or suspensions) containing them in association with a carrier.
Patent GB-1092267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic machines for pumped storage water power plants
IPC: F03B3/10
Filed: 1965-09-14
Abstract: 1,092,267. Hydraulic turbines and pumps. CKD BLANSKO, ZAVODY JIRIHO DIMITROVA, NARODNI PODNIK. Sept. 14, 1965 [Sept. 19, 1964], No.39137/65. Headings F1C and F1T. A pump-turbine for pumped storage water power plants working in the same direction of rotation in either mode comprises a turbine runner 2 carrying a pump impeller 3, with a common spiral casing 1 for both. The runner 2 and the impeller 3 can be isolated from the casing 1 by means of adjustable guide blading 4 and a cylindrical gate 5, respectively. A common draft tube 6 is divided into two separate parts by an annular partition 7, each part being connectible to a common downstream part 8 through a flap valve 9. The impeller 3 may be preceded by axialflow blading, Fig. 3 (not shown). In a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), the common draft tube (6) is undivided, and the runner (2) and impeller (3) can be isolated from the draft tube by a conical gate (10) and a cylindrical gate (11), respectively. The machine is operable alternatively as a pump or a turbine or simultaneously as both.
Patent GB-859707-A (GB)
Title: Device for checking forecasts of football or similar matches
IPC: B02C13/22
Filed: 1957-12-18
Abstract: 859,707. Checking football pools. WING- FIELD, A. T. March 17, 1959 (Dec. 18, 1957], No. 39385/57. Class 16. A device for checking football pools comprises a pair of relatively movable members, one bearing the actual results of the selected matches and the other adapted to constitute a " plan " or reduced permutation having masking squares or perforations arranged in side by side columns, the number of masking squares or perforations in each column being a fixed proportion of the total number of matches selected, whereby on relative movement of the said member the matches other than those pertinent to a particular column are masked by the column, so that the total number of points obtained in each column may be readily determined. A back card 10 having turned over edges 12 to guide a front card 11 has sixteen squares arranged in a single column in which the actual results of sixteen selected matches are entered. The front card having thirty side by side columns each with eight perforations, is moved longitudinally in the guides to register each column in turn with the actual results. As shown in Fig. 6, the front card is circular and is pivoted at 32 to the backing card 30, the results being entered on the backing card through radial slots 34 in the front card 31 and the columns of perforations 35 being arranged diametrically. The backing card is provided with a pointer 36 which overlaps the front card and together with stops 37, 38 on the front card limit the movement of the front card relative to the back card to 180 degrees, thereby avoiding incorrect readings. In a third embodiment, the sixteen results are entered in a column on a transparent front card which slides in guides on a back card constructed in a similar fashion to the back card 10, the back card in the present embodiment having blocked out portions to form 30 columns each having eight blocked out squares and eight blank squares to constitute the reduced permutation. To facilitate entry of the results on the transparent front card, the back card is provided at one edge with a blank column of 16 guide lines.