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Patent GB-132243-A (GB)
IPC: B63B5/22
Abstract: 132,243. Leparmentier, F. A. F. Sept. 6, 1918, [Convention date]. Concrete vessels; bulkheads; compartments, tanks, and bunkers; hulls. -A concrete barge or other vessel having a cylindrical hull is constructed with the interior subdivided into compartments by conical surfaces f, Fig. 1, constituting bulkheads, the bulkheads being piaced preferably apex to apex so that the interior of the vessel is triangulated. The spaces h constitute ballast chambers and are traversed by longitudinal bulkheads with drain holes s. The hatchways i are reinforced at the ends by the bulkheads. This arrangement is suitable for the construction of the vessel of reinforced concrete. Specification 108,860 is referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Act also describes the construction of the vessel of reinforced concrete without the employment of moulding boards, by using an external covering of cloth n round the. outside of the rein. forcing hoops k and longitudinal bars l, as shown in the cross-section Fig. 4 of part of the hull. Longitudinal elements m are fixed, as shown, to form the skeleton of the bracings extending from end to end of the vessel. Supports of wood o are placed to form the lower surfaces of the bracings. Concrete is then introduced, and the surfaces are shaped by smoothing-tools. When the casting operation is finished, the wood and cloth supports are removed and the accessory parts, such as the external rails, placed in position.
Patent GB-957472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to liquid-pressure regulating devices
Inventor: BERTHOD LOUIS
IPC: F16L55/052
Filed: 1961-04-13
Abstract: 957,472. Pressure-relieving devices. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. April 13, 1961 [April 29, 1960], No. 13315/61. Heading F2V. A device for maintaining a given pressure in a water pipe 3, consists of a tank 1 connected by a tube 2 to the pipe 3, which tube extends beyond the maximum water level Nm and embodies orifices 4 and a deflector 5. Metal grids 7 are disposed between the upper end 6 of the tube and the maximum water level Nm. Electrical heating coils 8 at the bottom of the tank maintain the water at saturation temperature. In normal operation the tank contains a given water volume, the free surface N being in contact with saturated steam in the upper part of the tank so providing a given pressure balance. Any decrease in the water volume in the pipe 3 is made up by discharge from the tank via the orifices 4, the falling level in the tank resulting in a decreased steam pressure which causes evaporation and so restores the pressure balance, the energy being provided by the coils 8. An increase in the water volume in the pipe 3 causes water to be supplied to the tank largely through the upper end 6 of the tube 2, only a small fraction entering the tank via the orifices 4; the water jet at the end 6 is dispersed by the deflector 5 whilst the grids 7 keep the water droplets in suspension thereby increasing the water-steam exchange surface which results in rapid condensation of the steam and a restoration of the pressure balance. If the volume increase in the pipe 3 is small the water enters the tank through the orifices 4 only. In a modification, the introduction of water into the tank takes place through an external tube opening laterally into the tank above the maximum water level; a short tube incorporating a pair of orifices also enters the lower part of the tank from the water pipe. The inside walls of the tank may be covered by a heat screen and honeycomb guide vanes may be associated with the grids to reduce movement of the free surface. The orifices may be replaced by valves.
Patent GB-861563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to commercial motor-vehicles
IPC: B62D33/06
Filed: 1956-05-02
Abstract: 861,563. Road vehicle bodies. TUCK, W. C., and ESTOP, J. H. April 26, 1957 [May 2, 1956], No. 13457/56. Drawings to Specification. Class 108(1). A commercial motor vehicle is fitted with a safety barrier for arresting movement of a load towards the driving cab, the barrier being located adjacent to and behind the cab and comprising a vertical plate ribbed or corrugated and spanning the width of the body and having buttresses secured by brackets to the chassis. The barrier may be formed of a single plate or fabricated from a number of plates.
Patent GB-528395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric air-break power and isolating switches
IPC: H01H33/00
Filed: 1939-05-05
Abstract: 528,395. Air-break switches. BRITISH THOMSON - HOUSTON CO., Ltd. May 5, 1939, No. 13475. Convention date, May 7, 1938. [Class 38 (v)] In an air-break switch of the power and isolating type and having each of a pair of cooperating contacts 3 carried by an individual supporting insulator 1, the mounting of the insulators and/or contacts being such as to enable the latter to execute relative swinging movements in a horizontal (as shown) or vertical plane or relative sliding movements, each insulator is mounted on a base member 5 consisting of a concrete, brickwork, or like non-metal structure formed in situ for maintaining the insulator in erect condition for switch-operation. The base members 5 are in the form of boxes containing parts 6 of the driving mechanism for rotating the insulator 1 in bearings 4, the members being set as deeply as necessary in the ground. In order to prevent relative movement between the members by subsidence, an interconnecting box-like wall 7, of the same material as the members, is provided, and houses a driving rod 8 and motor, to which access is had by inspection covers 9 on the side or top. To allow for inequalities in foundation-building, the contacts may be adjustable horizontally or vertically in the heads 2, or the latter may be adjustable in the insulators. The foundations of the phases of a polyphase switch may be linked up by walls similar, and at right-angles, to those 7, extending between members 5. Compressedair vessels for arc-quenching and operating mav be accommodated in the members 5 and walls 7 of power switches.
Patent GB-468009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to feed mechanisms for drilling machines
IPC: B23B47/18
Filed: 1936-05-13
Abstract: 468,009. Drilling - machinea. ARCHDALE & CO., Ltd., J., and FEATHER, G. May 13, 1936, No. 13518. [Class 83 (iii)] In a drilling - machine the spindle b is fed by a rack and pinion e, f, rotated through bevel gearing d from a shaft a which is rotatable by means of a hand lever i, and a clutch h. A collar g keyed to the shaft a is surrounded by a portion of the clutch h which is split longitudinally at j, and the lever i is pivoted to a lug t on one side of the split and carries an adjustable screw k engaging an inclined stop pin l on the other side. Rotation of the lever in the feeding direction causes the screw k to close the split j and contracts the clutch for feeding the spindle b, whereas release of the lever allows the clutch to expand and be returned, together with the lever, by means of a spring n attached to the clutch h and a stationary sleeve o. A stop q in the clutch engages the end r of a recess in a stationary sleeve p to limit rotation of the shaft a in the feeding direction. The friction surfaces of the clutch may be engaged by relative axial movement, or may be replaced by a pawl and ratchet, the pawl being put into operation by pivotal movement of the lever and the ratchet teeth being provided on the periphery or face of a collar secured to the shaft a.
Patent GB-239276-A (GB)
Title: A composition for staining and filling mahogany
IPC: C09D5/34
Filed: 1924-07-09
Abstract: 239,276. Pilkington, E. July 9, 1924. Fillers; stains, wood.-A composition for staining and filling mahogany prior to polishing comprises a colouring matter such as vermilion, whitening, coal-tar, coal-tar naphtha and creosote.
Patent GB-580637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in railway vehicle brake mechanism
IPC: B61H13/02
Filed: 1944-07-17
Abstract: 580,637. Brakes. LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CO., and WILLIAMS, H. J. July 17, 1944, No. 13596. [Class 103 (i)] A railway - wagon brake comprises a member 19 which is reciprocated to apply and release the shoes, the member 19 being carried by a pull-push rod 18 running substantially the whole length of the wagon and furnished at its ends with connections to hand-application levers 33, 34. The member 19 is slotted vertically to receive a lever 17 having a pin 22 which engages other slots 21 in the member 19. The lever 17 is mounted on a cross shaft 10 which is connectel by links 15, 16 with the brake shoes 11, 12. The hard-application levers 33, 34 may be arranged to move horizontally to move the rod 18, but, as shown, they are arranged to move vertically, the connection between the levers and the rod 18 being by links 37 and bell-crank levers 38. The upper end of the lever 17 is toothed to engage a pivoted rack 26 which may be spring-pressed towards the lever 17. The brake shoes are held in the applied position by the toothed lever 17 and the rack 26 and remain held until, when either of the levers 33, 34 is raised, the ends of the slots 21 engage a pin 23 on a bell-crank which is thus swung to lift the rack 26 from the end of the lever 17. The shoes are released by the spring 41. Three racks 26 may be pivoted side by side, the teeth of the racks being relatively staggered to permit a finer operation of the locking device. The teeth on the lever may be designed to give the finer operation and to ensure against the release of the brakes by the breakage of a single tooth.
Patent GB-611589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bleaching processes
IPC: D06L4/00
Filed: 1946-05-06
Abstract: Cellulose textile fabrics containing vat-dyed yarns or fibres, e.g. towelling, are submitted to a pre-bleaching treatment by saturating the fabric with a scouring solution having an alkali equivalent of 0.5 to 5.0 per cent NaOH and a pH between 11.5 and 13.5, reducing the liquid contained in the fabric to 80 to 110 per cent of the weight of the fabric, and steaming with a steam-air mixture containing at least 10 per cent by weight of air, to heat the fabric to 150 to 250 DEG F.  Bleeding or marking-off of the vat dye is thereby avoided.  The fabric is passed through the vessel 1 containing the alkali solution, which may contain sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium silicate, wetting agents and/or buffering agents, then through squeeze rollers 5 and 6 and through tubes 9 and 10 supplied with a mixture of steam and air from the injector 23.  Condensed water is removed from the steam-air mixture by the baffles 19.  The temperature of the fabric is controlled by means of the thermostate 21 operating the steam valve 27.  The fabric is passed into the temporary storage conduit 29 from which it is withdrawn and <PICT:0611589/IV (c)/1> forwarded to conventional washing and bleaching devices.
Patent GB-916625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stranding machines
IPC: D07B7/00
Filed: 1961-04-17
Abstract: 916,625. Machines for making cords. DICK, F. April 17, 1961, No. 13690/61. Class 109. A machine for making cords comprises a plurality of tubular members 5, each of which rotates about its own axis whilst rotating at the same time about a common axis 2. Each tubular member 5 contains at least one pivoted cradle 9 held by gravity against rotation, and bobbins 11 carried by said cradle or cradles and from which threads F 1  are drawn via pulleys 14 to guides 13, 15 on the axis of rotation of the tubular member 5 such that as the threads emerge from each guide 15 they are twisted together as at 16d and these twsted threads are then jointly twisted with the twisted threads 16a-16c, issuing from the' other tubular members 5, to form a cord.
Patent GB-689614-A (GB)
Title: Radiopaque composition
IPC: A61K49/04
Filed: 1951-06-08
Abstract: An X-ray contrast media for extravenous injection comprises a water-soluble salt of 3-acetylamino-2,4,6-triiodobenzoic acid and hyaluronidase in aqueous solution.  The water-soluble salts specified are the ammonium, trimethylammonium, but particularly the sodium salt.  A statement of prior knowledge refers to mixtures of hyaluronidase with either disodium N-methyl-3,5-diiodochelidamate or diiodo-pyridone acetic acid diethanolamine.
Patent GB-1056364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for the application of a self-adhering band to a surface
IPC: B65H35/00
Filed: 1965-04-01
Abstract: 1,056,364. Applying adhesive tape. H. ROTHENBERGER. April 1, 1965 [April 10, 1964], No. 13830/65. Heading B8F. Apparatus for applying adhesive tape to surfaces comprises a supply roll K, a fixed applying pressure roll 5 and a pivotally mounted roll 7 with a knife 6 mounted between them. During tape application the roll 7 is locked by a pawl 15 in the position shown with the knife 6 just clear of the tape T. On operation of a release lever 10 the pawl 15 is moved to allow the tension of the tape T to raise the roll 7 to allow the tape to contact the knife 6 and be severed thereby. Operation of the lever 10 also actuates a flap member 19 to clamp the tape against a guide roller 9 and prevent return movement of the tape. A recess 21 allows the flap 19 to be held back while the tape is threaded through the apparatus.
Patent GB-417436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of capping electric incandescent lamps or thelike
IPC: H01J5/60
Filed: 1934-05-08
Abstract: 417,436. Discharge apparatus ; arc lamps. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, London.-(Assignees of Patent-Treuhand-Ges. f³r Elektrische Gliihlampen ; 11, Ehrenbergstrasse, Berlin.) May 8, 1934, No. 13896. Convention date, June 2, 1933. Drawings to Specification. [Class 39 (i).] In a method of capping discharge lamps, enclosed arc lamps, and thermionic valves without the use of cement, rotation of the cap is prevented by forming flutes in the neck of the device which engage corresponding notches in the cap, while longitudinal motion is prevented by stretching a leading-in wire tightly between the device and the cap. The leading-in wire may be of a metal or alloy having a higher specific tensile strength than copper, or of copper having a diameter greater than 0.35 mms.
Patent GB-434411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for testing sparking plugs for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02P17/12
Filed: 1935-05-14
Abstract: 434,411. Ignition testing. PANTON, R. R., 18, Allenby Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool. May 14, 1935, No. 14081. [Class 7 (iv)] In a device for observing spark -plug behaviour under pressure, the plug is mounted in an adapter screwed in the usual spark - plug hole in the cylinder, and a piston 6 works in the bore of the adapter between the combustion chamber and the chamber 10 in which the terminals 14 are visible through a window 15. The piston comprises a guide rod 7 which may be grooved, and the plug socket is oblique to the main part 1. A branch socket may be provided for a pressure gauge.
Patent GB-235127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes and apparatus for the purification of gases
IPC: C10K1/08
Filed: 1924-06-10
Abstract: 235,127. Koppers Co., (Assignees of Sperr, F. W.). June 6, 1924, [Convention date]. Sulphur.-In a process of purifying gases, particularly for removing hydrogen sulphide from fuel gases, of the kind in which the impurities are transferred to a stream of air which is purified with a washing liquid regenerated by treatment with air, the air from which the impurities have been removed is recirculated back to the stream of air to which the impurities from the gases are transferred. Most of the hydrogen sulphide is removed by treating the gas in a primary scrubber 1 with a solution of sodium carbonate, the gas entering by an inlet 2 and passing through an opening 4a in a partition 33 into a secondary absorber 30 in which the gas is washed with an alkaline solution containing an iron compound freshly precipitated in accordance with Specification 235,126, thereby removing the last traces of the hydrogen sulphide. The fouled solution from the absorber 1 passes by pipes 5 into an actifier 7 in which it is regenerated by air and passes to a sump 9 from which it is circulated through a pipe 3 to the absorber 1. The fouled air is drawn off by a pump 12 and supplied by a pipe 51 to a scrubber 14 in which it is purified by the liquid containing an iron compound previously employed in the absorber 30. The foul air and purifying agent pass through the scrubber 14 in the same direction, as described in Specification 235,125, and the purified air passes into the scrubber 7 and is recirculated. The fouled liquid containing the iron compound is passed to a sump 19 where the revivefication is completed and sulphur received in the manner described in Specification 241,248. The pump 12 may supply the air under pressure instead of using suction.
Patent GB-224825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fasteners of the stud and socket type
IPC: F16B21/06
Filed: 1924-06-10
Abstract: 224,825. Carr Fastener Co., (Assignees of Carr, M. F.). Jan. 22, 1924, [Convention date]. Press-button fasteners for securing a fabric to a structure, of the type in which separation of the stud and socket may be affected by relative tipping in one direction only, have a socket constructed with a casing 9 provided with inwardly projecting portions 15, 16 to retain the spring 12, and prongs 24 passing through the fabric and clenching a back plate 25, The back plate 25 has an opening 26 closely contacting the stud on three sides but with a clearance on the fourth to allow tilting and a bearing surface 28 for extending first rearwardly and then forwardly. The projections 15, 16 are supported by lugs bent up from the body of the casing, or in the case of the projection 16 by a central lug 22, integral therewith, which also forms an aligner for the spring.
Patent GB-1509721-A (GB)
Title: Process for making preformed baked potatoes
IPC: A23L19/12
Filed: 1975-04-07
Abstract: 1509721 Baked potato products M J WILLARD 7 April 1975 [10 April 1974] 14111/75 Heading A2B A re-heatable baked potato product is made by forming an outer layer of a cohesive mixture containing baked potato solids around a core of cooked potato mash. The mixture may be made by grinding baked potato skins and combining with dehydrated mashed potato, cooked potato, thickeners or egg solids and the core may comprise the interior of a baked potato, to which milk, butter and seasoning may be added. The product may be formed by extrusion and the outer layer may be firmed by frying in oil or baking prior to freezing the product for storage.
Patent GB-474961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in freezing trays
IPC: F25C1/24
Filed: 1937-05-21
Abstract: 474,961. Ice-making. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. May 21, 1937, No. 14190. Convention date, May 22, 1936. [Class 29] A freezing - tray 10 for domestic refrigerators is provided with a removable grid 15 comprising a relatively rigid central longitudinal member 16 and a flexible partition member 17 mounted thereon and adapted to be raised and stretched by the action of levers 30 pivoted to the grid. The tray is preferably of seamless drawn metal and has end flanges 13 forming hand grips. The partition member 17 is preferably made by folding a strip of stainless steel or other metal to form longitudinal portions fitting on each side of the rigid member and doublewalled transverse partitions 20. Preferably it is secured to the rigid member, at the middle only, by spot welds 21, so that the ends may be raised and stretched equally by the levers. A lug 25 is secured to each end of the rigid member and a pair of lugs 41 to each end of the flexible member. Eccentrics 43 mounted in recesses in the lugs 41 have rectangular or like bosses 45 adapted to fit into slots in the forked ends of the levers 30 so as to rotate with the levers about pivot pins 27 passing through the whole end fittings. When the levers are lifted, the ends of the flexible parts are first raised, whereby the grid and ice are separated from the tray, and then the grid is stretched, by the further opening of the levers, to detach the ice from the grid.
Patent GB-316707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the constitution of lined or backed wood veneer and processes of manufacture thereof
IPC: B27D1/04
Filed: 1928-05-15
Abstract: 316,707. Debains, R. May 15, 1928. Veneers.-Wood veneers are lined or backed with an open mesh fabric, which may be attached thereto by an adhesive including or consisting of rubber, gutta-percha, white lead, paints ground in oil, thick paint to which may be added oil varnish, or paint containing a small addition of rubber solution. The outer surface may be varnished or treated with paraffin.
Patent GB-847785-A (GB)
Title: Racemisation of optically active lysine
Filed: 1959-04-27
Abstract: Optically active lysine is racemised by heating it or an acid addition thereof in the presence of sulphuric acid between 150 DEG and 200 DEG  C.
Patent GB-771602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to water pipe connections
Inventor: GROSS LOTHAR
IPC: A45D19/04
Filed: 1954-05-17
Abstract: 771,602. Supply fittings for wash-basins. GROSS, A., [trading as HASCH, C.]. May 17, 1954, No. 14385/54. Class 26. [Also in Groups XXVIII and XXIX] . A portable wash-basin stand 3 is connected to a stationary fitting 11 having supply and discharge pipes therein, a removable unit 8 engages axially with the fitting 11, and valves open and close automatically when the connection is made and broken respectively. A discharge pipe 5 and pipes 6, 7 for cold and hot water are enclosed in a hose 4 terminating in the unit 8, and when the coupling is made each of the pipes 6 communicates with a supply pipe 15, and the end 35 of the pipe 5 enters a discharge pipe 13. A sleeve 14 fixed to each pipe 15 has a conical seat 16 for a valve 17 fixed to a rod 21 slidable in a guide 22 having radial arms between which are passages for flow of water. A similar valve 39 is mounted in a sleeve 37 fixed to a pipe 38 connected to each supply pipe 6. On bringing the parts together a rod 21<SP>1</SP> on the end of the valve 17 engages the valve 39 which opens against the action of a spring 44, and then the valve 17 opens against the action of a stronger spring 25. The forward end of the sleeve 37 enters a chamber 18, a ring 45 providing a seal, and engages a rubber plug 19. Water collecting in the chamber 18 drips through a pipe 26 into a channel 36, air being admitted to the chamber by a groove 46 in the sleeve 37 before uncoupling is complete. The sleeve 27 is rotatable on the fitting 11 and has slots 33, 33<SP>1</SP> which engage pins 47 on the unit 8 to effect the final coupling operation. The walls of the pipe 5 may be flat or concave to suit the space inside the hose.
Patent GB-293538-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable shade to protect the eyes of vehicle drivers from the glare of the sun, and other brilliant lights
IPC: B60J3/00
Filed: 1927-06-18
Abstract: 293,538. Bazeley, J. June 18, 1927. Anti-dazzle. screens.-In an anti-dazzle screen for the protection of vehicle drivers of the kind which is capable of horizontal, vertical and angular adjustment, the screen 1 is constructed of flexible material such as silk, coloured celluloid, canvas, leather cloth or the like and is supported at both ends in brackets 2 which also permit the ends of the shade being set in relative angular relation. In the construction shown each bracket comprises a clip 5 adapted to embrace a wind-screen pillar or like support b, a lazy-tongs 3, 4 one arm 4 of which is extended at 11, and a rod 13 slidably and rotatably mounted at 12 on the extension 11. The screen 1 is supported at its ends on the rods 13 by means of rings 17 carried by the screen engaging grooves 14 on the extremities of the rods.