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Patent GB-1463236-A (GB)
Title: Hub meter for attachment to a vehicle wheel hub
Inventor: BORGSTROM C G L
IPC: G01C22/00
Filed: 1975-02-27
Abstract: 1463236 Odometers RECORD TAXAMETER AB 27 Feb 1975 [27 Feb 1974] 8197/75 Heading G1K [ Also in Divisions G4-6] An odometer for attachment to a vehicle wheel hub includes a printing mechanism for stamping on an inserted card (not shown) the distance travelled, as registered by a counting mechanism driven from an annular pendulum 8 coaxial with the hub, via a transmission 9, 16, 10. As shown the counting mechanism includes type wheels 19 for printing the distance. The printing mechanism, which includes hammers 25, a lifting arm 26, and a shaft 7, also prints an identifying number for the meter. A housing 2 is screwed to a base-plate 27, a plate 20 separating a flywheel compartment from a meter compartment. The flywheel 8 carries a weight 13 and is partly filled with lead balls 14, and is secured to a shaft 9. The front of the housing 2 is normally protected by a cover 3 carried on the shaft 7 and secured by a screw 5 engaging in a threaded bore 6 in the housing 2. A slot 4 for insertion of a card to be printed is normally closed by a shutter 23 held in place by the screw 5. When the screw is slackened off to release the cover 3, the shutter 23 is spring-urged axially and can be rotated clear of the slot 4. Pivoting the cover 3 to expose the front of the housing 2 acts via the shaft 7 to release and actuate the printing mechanism. The counting mechanism is advanced whichever way the vehicle wheel rotates.
Patent GB-609567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to flexible tube ferrules
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1946-03-16
Abstract: 609,567. Flexible tube ferrules. LUCAS, Ltd., J., TAYLOR, H. C., and HEELEY, J. E. March 16, 1946, No. 8217. [Class 99 (i)] A ferrule for attachment to the end of rubber, canvas or other flexible tubing, particularly that used as sheathing for electric cables, comprises a pair of complementary metal parts respectively adapted to be placed within and over the tube end b, one end of the inner part d having an annular enlargement e over which the tube end is stretched and the outer part a being formed with a complementary shoulder g between which and the enlargement e the tube end can be gripped when tension is applied to the tube. The end c of the outer part has a number of inwardly directed tongues h which on pulling the tube to compress it between the parts e and g, bite into the material of the tube and serve as a lock to maintain the gripping action when the tension on the tube is released. A rubber or like sheath f is shown surrounding the part a which may serve as a housing for a connector or other fitting attached to the cable.
Patent GB-218360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to steam generators
IPC: F22B13/06
Filed: 1923-03-22
Abstract: 218,360. Fitzsimons, T. F. March 22, 1923. Superheating-chambers heated by combustion gases. - The boiler, feedheater or other unit of a locomotive or the like is so supported in an outer shell that the unit may be readily slid into and out of position within the shell. A superheater may be slidably mounted within a boiler flue. A superheater 38 is placed in a large flue 40 in the boiler and is removably supported upon side rails. A large flue 48 in the feed-heater 6 allows the superheater to be removed through the fire-box without moving the feedheater. The superheater consists of a drum, traversed by smoke-tubes and fitted with plates directing the steam in a circuitous course. The fire-box end of the superheater is protected by a chamber 51 through which water is circulated.
Patent GB-964925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wire mesh screens and to the manufacture thereof
Inventor: WIDDOWSON ARTHUR EVERARD
IPC: B07B1/46
Filed: 1962-03-02
Abstract: A fine screen for cathode-ray tubes is woven from coated wire and the coating is then removed.  The wire may be stainless steel or platinum, 10 microns dia., coated with copper or silver (removed by nitric acid) or nylon or polyvinyl chloride (dissolved or burned off).  Specification 896,123 is referred to.
Patent GB-1503234-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor digital system
IPC: G04F5/04
Filed: 1975-02-18
Abstract: 1503234 Electronic counters TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc 18 Feb 1975 [19 Feb 1974] 08292/77 Divided out of 1503231 Heading G4A [Also in Divison G3] The subject matter of the present Specification is substantially the same as that described in the parent Specification, but the claims are concerned with the partitioning of an integrated timekeeping circuit including f dividers and counters into a plurality of levels of logic circuitry each comprised of a plurality of interconnected logic elements and each level having at least one logic input and at least one logic output and semi-conductor means coupling the levels in series across a constant current power source as shown in Fig. 2c, also in Fig. 2b (not shown). Diodes 800, 801 couple the logic output of one level to the logic input of the succeeding level. Lines 802, 804, 805 couple a constant current source to the respective power electrodes of the logic element levels. Each element comprises a pair of transistors including a vertical NPN transistor and a lateral PNP transistor, the lateral transistor being coupled between the first and second power electrodes of the element and to the base of the NPN transistor, for providing base injection drive into the NPN transistor.
Patent GB-1319043-A (GB)
Title: Knife edge assemblies for balances
IPC: G01G21/04
Filed: 1972-02-23
Abstract: 1319043 Knife edge bearings METTLER INSTRUMENTE AG 23 Feb 1972 8372/72 Heading F2A [Also in Division G1] In a balance, e.g. a top-pan balance with optical indication, a knife edge 9, mounted in seats 4, is formed with a recess 10 in which is positioned retaining means 14 to prevent substantial longitudinal movement of the knife edge, the means 14 having a hardened and ground portion 17 which is adjustable by rotating pin 15 relative to carrier pin 16 to vary the clearance between the portion 17 and the recess 10. The retaining means 14 has a frusto-conical and slightly spherical surface engaged in a correspondingly shaped seat in bore 22 so that if the knife edge tends to move longitudinally, the retaining means will tilt and, under the bias of compression spring 25, tend to return the knife edge to its original position. Excessive longitudinal movement is prevented by a fixed stop 11 engaging in recess 10<SP>1</SP>. The portion 17 may be rotatably mounted to reduce friction, e.g. on a spindle (26) as in Fig. 3 (not shown), or on a ball or roller bearing.
Patent GB-116365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cyanide.
Inventor: CALVERT GEORGE
IPC: C01C3/00
Filed: 1917-06-12
Abstract: 116,365. Calvert, G. June 12, 1917. Alkali cyanides.-In the production of alkali cyanides by the reaction of nitrogen and carbon on an alkali metal or alkali metal compound in the presence of iron, the metal catalyst is produced in situ from iron carbonyl, which may be prepared in admixture with nitrogen by passing producergas over finely-divided iron, or may be separately prepared and introduced into the reaction. Cyanide forming briquettes 1 are heated in a retort 2 to which nitrogen is admitted at 6 and iron carbonyl vapour through holes 5 in a distributing box 4 which receives the iron carbonyl by a pipe 3, the box 4 and pipe 3 being lagged as shown at 10 to heat-insulate them. According to the Provisional Specification, the catalyst may be produced in situ by mixing an iron compound such as oxide or carbonate with the other ingredients of the briquettes and mixing a reducing gas such as hydrogen or carbon monoxide with the nitrogen.
Patent GB-179751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid pressure engines
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1921-03-18
Abstract: 179,751. Ford, J. March 18, 1921. Pistons (main), acting as sole valve.-The piston b is arranged transversely of the shaft n and is connected to a crank or eccentric e thereon by a pin c through a universal joint. The piston is provided with passages k, which, as it oscillates and reciprocates, put the ends of the cylinders alternately into communication with an inlet i and exhaust passages g, m in the cylinder body.
Patent GB-1434899-A (GB)
Title: Molluscicidal agent
IPC: A01N25/08
Filed: 1975-03-03
Abstract: 1434899 Molluscicidal agent LONZA Ltd 3 Maroh 1975 [5 July 1974] 8738/75 Heading ASE A molluscicidal agent comprises a binding agent, a bait material, a molluscicidally-active component and perlite as carrier material. Suitable molluscicidally-active components are metaldehyde, copper sulphate and/or kainite, pentabromophenol, ordium pentachlorophenolate, 2, 4, 6-trisodophenol or 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol. The perlite is preferably present in the proportion of 30-70% by wt. An aromatising agent, e.g. aniseed, may also be present.
Patent GB-580069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for sewing buttons
IPC: D05B3/14
Filed: 1944-05-09
Abstract: 580,069. Sewing-machines. NEWTON, E. P. (International Button Hole Sewing Machine Co.). May 9, 1944, No. 8813. [Class 112] The button-clamp of a button-attaching machine has its jaws interconnected so that movement of one of them operates the others, and means are provided for automatically opening the clamp when it is raised from the work. In the form shown, one jaw 72 of the clamp is carried by a member 60 slidable horizontally on the foot of a vertical slide 21, and two other jaws such as 73 are carried by arms 61 pivoted about the axis of the -slide 21 ; the arms 61 are L-shaped in plan, being pivoted at the end of one arm, and pins at the angles of these arms engage in slots in lateral extensions of the member 60 so that as the latter member is moved to and from the button-engaging position the arms are moved correspondingly. The member 60 is pressed towards the engaging position by a spring carried on a bar 77 fixed to the slide 21, and is retracted by a toggle linkage 87, 88 which is straightened by engagement with an adjustable abutment 94 on the machine head when the clamp assembly is lifted from the work. A presser-foot 75 fixed to the member 60 engages the work when the button is to be sewn with little or no thread-shank, but an auxiliary presser-foot 100 may be screwed into the bottom of the slide 21 when a shank is required. Specification 476,079 is referred to.
Patent GB-234246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in body harness for cyclists
IPC: A41F3/00
Filed: 1924-04-08
Abstract: 234,246. Tipper, F. C. April 8, 1924. Straps and bands. - A body for harness for cyclists, to facilitate hill climbing, comprises shoulder straps a and a depending back strap b connected by an elastic band e, running over roller bands d, f to a swivel ring g. The latter in wear is hooked over a spur which is fastened to the T-piece of a saddle pillar either by a stem and nut or by a plug and screw.
Patent GB-1492538-A (GB)
Title: Keyboards
IPC: G06F3/023
Filed: 1975-03-07
Abstract: 1492538 Keyboards with coded outputs LOUGHBOROUGH CONSULTANTS Ltd 7 March 1975 [8 Dec 1973 4 March 1975] 57009/73 and 8987/75 Heading G4H A keyboard contains logic circuitry which operates in such a way that simultaneous depression of two or more keys gives rise to a signal which represents a character different from that obtained when only one key is depressed. The extra character may be indicated by marks placed between or across the keys which are arranged to facilitate simultaneous depression with one finger. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, a decimal keyboard contains four keys 1, 3, 7 and 9. Codes for, e.g. the number 2À are obtained by pressing, e.g. keys 1 and 3, while depression of all four keys gives the code for 5. Each key (Fig. 1) is connected to a circuit (Fig. 3, not shown) having complementary outputs (e.g. 1, T) which are fed to a logic circuit, Fig. 4, which produces a BCD output for the required character. The output is also fed to a 7-segment decimal display controlled by a blanking circuit (Fig. 5, not shown) which keeps the display inoperative while no key is depressed, and also for a short period following the depression of a key to ensure that only one number is displayed even though a key combination is not pressed simultaneously. Other examples of alphabetic and alphanumeric keyboard layouts are also illustrated.
Patent GB-626457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to frames and benches such as are used for growing of plants
IPC: A01G9/20
Filed: 1946-03-22
Abstract: 626,457. Garden frames. JAMESON, R. W. March 22, 1946, No. 8993. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Dec. 6, 1946.] [Class 20(i)] A collapsable frame of prefabricated concrete or metal units for growing plants comprises cross members 1 laid on the ground, on the ends of which are vertical posts 2 grooved for supporting the end and side wall panels, the base comprising tiles or drain pipes supported above the ground on bricks to allow circulation of air underneath. A covering for instance of glass may be supported on the top of the walls. The walls comprise panels 3 having angled ends fitting in angled recesses in the posts. In the case of a corner post the panels may abut in the angle of a right-angle section post. The posts 3 and cross member 1 may be integral or they may be removably connected by various means. For instance one part may have a projection 2b fitting in a hole in the other part. The post may be of H-section metal the cut-away web 13a Fig. 13 of which rests on or fits in a slot in an upstanding part 14c of a cross member and the projecting parts 14a of the flanges fit in slots in the cross member. In a modification the flanges are cut away and the web 13a Fig. 14 fits in a slot 15a in a concrete base 15 the web of the cross member 16 is cut away at the end and the flange at this end provided with a slot 16a through which the web 13a passes when the end of flange 16 is passed into a slot 15b of the block 15. A further modification comprises a post formed of a plate and angle iron riveted together, extensions of the angle iron passing through slots in a concrete base member and through slots in the end of the flange of the cross member. In a further modification the flange of the cross member is bent down to form a hook fitting in a slot in the concrete base. The frame may have a glass cover.
Patent GB-1245534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to location systems
Inventor: PICKARD JOHN MIDDLETON
IPC: B61L25/04
Filed: 1969-02-19
Abstract: 1,245,534. Selective signalling arrangements. MARCONI CO. Ltd. 3 Dec., 1969 [19 Feb., 1969], No. 8996/69. Heading G4H. A system for indicating the location of a vehicle comprises a base 21 carrying a set 23 of light reflecting elements placed at known locations along the vehicle route, the elements of each set being scanned in a vertical direction to obtain an identifiable sequence of light reflections, the vehicle carrying means for scanning the base and means for receiving and storing the corresponding signals. The scanner 2 projects a narrow rectangular beam of light through mask 3 and there are two receivers 6, 7 each arranged by suitable filters to receive only light of first and second frequencies. Each receiver directs the received light on to a photoelectric device 8, 10. The output of device 8 is connected to a code detector 9 and, via delay 15 and gate 14, to store 11. The detector 8 gives an output, when a heading code, e.g. 101, is detected, to open gates 12 and 14. The scanner is pivoted and oscillated by a mechanism 20 to make a vertical scan. The base 21 also carries a set 22 of reflective elements reflecting light of the second frequency, received by receiver 7. This gives rise to a train of electric pulses serving as a clock signal for store 11. The set 22 contains a mark for each mark or space position of set 23. After the first three bits (101) the set 23 on each base is different, defining a particular location along the route. The elements 22 and 23 are painted on the base, which may be a lamp-post, using special wavelength reflective paint. The light used for scanning may be outside the visible spectrum. It may be derived from a laser. A code corresponding to set 23 is stored in store 11 until a new base 21 is scanned. The signal from detector 9 resets the store and delays 15, 16 delay the entry of the new code to ensure that the resetting operation is complete. Means may be provided to prevent store 11 from being repeatedly reset and re-registering the same code when the vehicle is stationary or moving slowly past a base 21. The code stored in store 11 is transmitted back to a monitoring station when the transmitter 24 is keyed by a receiver 25 actuated by an interrogating signal from the monitoring station. The scanner illustrated may be replaced by an octagonal drum scanner.
Patent GB-202274-A (GB)
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1923-03-29
Abstract: 202,274. Akt.-Ges. f³r Patentverwertung. Aug. 14, 1922, [Convention date]. Addition to 198,992. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Vaporizers, external. - In a vaporizer as described in the parent Specification, in which a valve is provided for admitting alternatively light or heavy fuel mixture to the vaporizer and con- ' trolling the heating of the heavy-fuel mixture by varying the point of admission to an exhaustheated passage, a separate conduit is provided to supply light fuel to the heated mixture independently of the position of the valve. 'As shown, light fuel from a chamber 61, or heavy fuel from a chamber 60, is mixed with air and is admitted by a sleeve valve 37 to a vaporizer 36 comprising annular passages 41, 42, 43 surrounding an exhaust pipe 49 and connected by cross passages 44, 44<1>, the heated mixture passing out at 46<6> to an induction pipe 40. A conduit 63 connects the light-fuel reservoir 61 to the induction pipe adjacent the throttle valve 64. The valve 37 may be actuated automatically or by hand, and may be interconnected with the throttle valve.
Patent GB-100838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tires.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM FINLEY
IPC: B60C5/04
Filed: 1916-06-27
Abstract: 100,838. Stewart, W. F. July 3, 1915, [Convention date]. Air-tubes.-The air-tube 3 of a pneumatic tyre is formed of spring steel with continuous grooves 6', which, on inflation, open to bear on the edges of the cover 2, and a central groove 6 which is interrupted at the valve 5. The ends of the tube are joined preferably by electrical welding.
Patent GB-508413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to doors for refrigerator and other heat-insulated cabinets
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 1938-03-24
Abstract: 508,413. Doors for heating-chambers, ELECTROLUX, Ltd. March 24, 1938, No. 9076. Convention date, April 24, 1937. [Class 126] [Also in Group XIII] A door for a heat-insulated heating-chamber includes a frame formed of members each comprising iron strips 25, 26 welded together at their edges, an outer iron sheet 11 the edges 27 of which are bent around the frame, and an inner iron sheet 12 secured to the frame through the intermediary of strips 14 of synthetic resin &c. The sheet 11 is secured by screws 19 to plates 21 the lugs 43, Fig. 3, on the inner ends of which are engaged in slots in the strips 14, said strips having slots 37 engaged over tongues 36, Fig. 4, in slots 22 formed in the frame strips 25. The strips 14 are held in position by a frame 23 having tongues 24 projecting through a gasket 17 into grooves formed in edge closure strips 15 of synthetic resin &c, the inner ends of which support packing strips 20 held in position by the edges of the door sheet 12. The door is insulated by, e.g., sheets 13 of foil. In a modification, the door frame is formed of channelled strips 50, Fig. 5, and the plates 21 are riveted to the strips 14. The door sheets 11, 12 and the surfaces of the frame members may be coated with lacquer or paint.
Patent GB-472499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to buildings
IPC: E04F15/18
Filed: 1936-03-27
Abstract: 472,499. Floors ; beams. MACDONALD, A. G. March 27, 1936, No. 9188. [Class 20 (iv)] A floor comprises a plurality of hollow filler blocks 12 which are placed end to end and side by side to form a substantially plane surface and rest upon rubber pads 11 whch are seated upon transverse members 10 of the building structure so that the blocks are withheld from contact with any non-resilient part of the building structure lying external to the compartment in which the floor is laid. The floor may also include a ceiling which is formed of a material having heat and/or sound insulating properties and is attached to the lower portions of the transverse members 10, so as to provide a space between the floor and ceiling. As shown in Fig. 1, the lipped ends 13 of hollow filler blocks 12 rest upon rubber pads 11 placed upon the upper flanges of the joists 10 of a metal-frame building. The pads, which are so proportioned that the weight of the floor supported by each pad is in the order of 50 lb. per square inch, are positioned adjacent the edges of each block and intermediate the ends thereof, and each pad is adapted to project beyond the edges of the flange of the joist on which it is supported so that the blocks are withheld from contact with the joist. The blocks 12 may be of vibrated concrete and completely closed on all sides. The blocks which lie beneath a party wall are of such a length as to provide a gap 15 beneath the wall. A concrete screeding 17 is provided over the blocks 12. The ceiling may be in the form of sheets of an asbestos-concrete composition, or of the material known under the Registered Trade Mark " Thermacoust," such sheets being secured by nails to battens 19 carried by wire ties or metal hooks 20 from the joists 10. The end faces of the blocks 12 may have grooves for housing the loops of the members 20. When a ceiling structure is provided, the blocks 12 may be solid and composed of ferro-concrete or wood. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, solid concrete blocks 23 are supported upon rubber blocks 24 seated upon the lateral flanges 22 of reinforced-concrete beams 21. Cover plates 26 bridge the gaps between the blocks 23, and a screeding 17 of concrete &c. is laid over the blocks. Preformed sheets 27 of insulating material are attached directly to the beam flanges 22 either by screws or spikes or by hanger bolts 29 which pass through the sheets 27 and are secured to plates 30 projecting from the flanges 22 of the beams. The blocks 23 may be of earthenware, brick, ferro-concrete, or timber, and, if desired, may be hollow. When the ceiling shown in Fig. 4 is dispensed with, the blocks 23 must be hollow.
Patent GB-541382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to printing telegraph apparatus
IPC: H04L13/06
Filed: 1940-05-24
Abstract: 541,382. Printing-telegraphs. CREED & CO., Ltd., and THOMPSON, A. E. May 24, 1940, No. 9190. Addition to 468,839. [Class 100 (iv)] Ink-ribbon mechanism.-A printing-telegraph comprising, as described in the parent Specification, a type-wheel 81 and a hammer 86 for printing on a paper strip 102 by means of an ink ribbon 101 arranged above and movable at right-angles to the paper strips, is modified by arranging the ink ribbon in one or more folds to permit of printing on one or more duplicate strips 1021.