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Patent GB-451393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bottle capping machines
IPC: B67B3/02
Filed: 1935-10-16
Abstract: 451,393. Capping bottles. A.-B. ALKA ALUMINIUMKAPSLAR, Link÷ping, Sweden. Oct. 16, 1935, No. 28610. Convention date, Oct. 17, 1934. [Class 125 (ii)] A bottle-capping machine having separate motions for raising the bottle to the capping position and for performing the capping operation, is provided with a capping head adjustable in height according to its height of the bottle and with a transmission mechanism adjustable according to the position of the head, and further provided with one or more buffering springs to relieve the bottle of excess stresses during the capping operation. With this arrangement the normal level of the platform on which the bottle is placed, remains undisturbed by the adjustment of the head. A power machine, Fig. 1, is provided with a standard 32 on which the head 2 can be raised or lowered by rack-and-pinion mechanism 35, 36, 37, and clamped by a lever 33; the main drive shaft 10 driven through a friction clutch 41, actuates through cam or crank mechanism and a buffering spring 14a, the bottle support 3, and also a lever 4 mounted in the head 2 and connected to the capping plunger 1, the connecting rod 26 being screwthreaded at the upper end and being provided with a hand-adjusting nut 31 and with a buffering spring 30. A machine for hand actuation has an actuating lever 55, Fig. 2, mounted on the head 2 which can itself be raised or lowered on the standard 5 and clamped by a lever 33 ; the lever shaft 49 carries cams 47 which actuate the capping lever 4, and a roller arm 53 actuating a second lever 51 connected by an adjustable rod 50 to the bottle support 3, intermediately through a buffer spring 14a.
Patent GB-219855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in paving blocks
IPC: E01C5/22
Filed: 1923-11-13
Abstract: 219,855. Burt, E. J. Nov. 13, 1923. Paving blocks; compound blocks.- The rubber cap of a concrete paving block is provided on the skirt c and web or webs d with beads e which may extend only partly along the edges and the edge f of the skirt is sloped downwards and inwards. Felt g may be placed between the body and cap. Metal rods h project into holes in the skirt and are held thus in position while the block is being cast; the rods may be tied with twisted or other wires, cables, or chains j. The underside of the concrete blocks may be grooved or indented and bear on felt or like material.
Patent GB-655518-A (GB)
Title: Automatic device for starting motor cycle engines
Filed: 1948-11-05
Abstract: 655,518. Turning-gear. RUNDLE, L. A. Nov. 5, 1948, No. 28768. [Class 7(v)] In engine-starting apparatus comprising a disc 8, Fig. 2, which is freely mounted upon the hub or axle 6, Fig. 1, of a motor cycle wheel 5, a push-rod 4 pivotably connected to the outer face of the disc 8, a horizontal shaft 21, Fig. 2, which is slidably supported in proximity to a part of the framework of the vehicle, the shaft being moved forward from the disc by means of a crank 9 which is pivotably connected to the outer face of the disc 8 and a straight-toothed rack 18 on the under side of the forward part of the shaft 21, the rack is arranged to engage a ratchet wheel 11 in order to rotate the crankshaft of the engine; engine starting being initiated by the action of the push-rod 4 upon the disc 8, crank 9, shaft 21, rack 18 and ratchet wheel 11 under the impact received by the push-rod 4 from the ground when the motor cycle is pushed off its parking stand 7, Fig. 1. The shaft 21 is loaded by a spring 13, and when the shaft has moved fully to the right, and hence rod 4 is fully elevated, the parts are held in this position by a spring stud (not shown) so that rod 4 will not foul the road when the motor cycle is moving. When the stud is released the compressed spring 13 will return the parts to the position shown in Fig. 2 to ensure that the rod 4 moves upwardly beyond the tread of the tyre, the rear wheel 5, Fig. 1, is arranged in the stand 7 at an angle to the vertical.
Patent GB-637167-A (GB)
Title: Covering of woven filaments for the electrodes of electric accumulators
IPC: H01M50/429
Filed: 1946-09-26
Abstract: 637,167. Batteries. COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE. Sept. 26, 1946, No. 28819. Convention date, June 7. [Class 53] An accumulator plate is enclosed in a tubular covering of woven material made of two different kinds of thread. The threads which embrace the plate transversely are of a material which shrinks on heating such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, nylon or polystyrene, the vertical threads being of unshrinkable material such as wool, rayon or cotton. After the plate has been covered it is immersed in hot water, placed in an oven or otherwise heated to cause the transverse threads to shrink and tightly grip the plate. Fig. 8 shows a finished plate in which the end portions 7 and sides 6 of the covering are of closer weave than the rest of the covering to render them impermeable. Glass wool may be placed between the plate and the woven covering. The unshrinkable warp threads 3 may be made of a material which dissolves in the electrolyte leaving the shrunk weft threads binding the plate transversely.
Patent GB-1277725-A (GB)
Title: A data dispensing device
IPC: B65B61/02
Filed: 1970-06-15
Abstract: 1277725 Electric selective signalling MAATSCHAPPIJ VAN BERKEL'S PATENT NV 15 June 1970 [18 Nov 1969] 28826/70 Heading G4H [Also in Division B8] In a system in which goods are weighed and packaged data relating to the goods is recorded on the packaging material before the goods are wrapped. As described unwrapped articles 5 are carried on conveyer 4 to a weighing machine 1 linked to a calculator 9 which, with the unit price set up on keyboard 15 computes the total price, a printer 2 printing the total price, the unit price and weight on packaging foil 23 or on labels attached to the packaging material. The weighed goods are then put in preformed containers 6 (formed by vacuum drawing a plastics strip 7 into the required shape) to which the packaging foil is attached in a unit 10. The printing may be in the form of visually readable characters or colour coding. Alternatively magnetic coding may be used. Instead of the preformed containers plastics or cardboard containers may be used.
Patent GB-439587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to shelters for animals
IPC: B60P3/04
Filed: 1934-10-09
Abstract: 439,587. Feeding - appliances for animals. GLANVILLE, E. O., and GLANVILLE, G., Station Works, Bovey Tracey, South Devon. Oct. 9, 1934, No. 28855. [Class 5 (ii)] [See also Group X] A transportable animal shelter 1 comprises two axles 14, each cranked at either end 15 and carrying a loose wheel 16 at the extremity of each cranked portion so that by turning the axles the wheels may be raised or lowered about the ends of the shelter, and means for clamping the axles against turning. The clamping means comprise struts 17 pivoted at 18 to the cranked ends 15 of the axles and having slots 19 coacting with pins on the shelter, such pins carrying clamping nuts 20. The axles carry sockets 21 in which handles may be inserted to rotate the axles. The shelter also comprises feeding troughs 6 pivoted at 9 and entrance grilles 23 comprising bars mounted in angle members 24, 25, the upper of which is clamped in position by means of thumb screws 26, to provide for adjustment of the spacing of the bars.
Patent GB-988687-A (GB)
Title: Upsetting machine
IPC: B21J9/06
Filed: 1961-08-11
Abstract: 988,687. Upsetting machines. EUMUCO A.G. FUR MASCHINENBAU. Aug. 11, 1961 [Aug. 12, 1960], No. 29085/61. Heading B3H. An upsetting machine has a movable workpiece-clamping jaw 5 carried by a pivoted yoke 2 with locking means 33 which, during the actual upsetting, engage a co-operating locking means 34 on the machine bed 1 for reducing elongation of the yoke due to the upsetting pressure. The jaw 5 co-operates with a fixed jaw 6 on the machine bed 1 for clamping workpieces whilst they are upset by a plurality of punches 7 carried by a ram 8. This has the form of an elongated yoke slidable along surfaces 20, 21 and actuated through a connecting rod 18 by a crank-shaft 16. The pivoted yoke 2 is mounted on a spindle 3 and actuated from the crank-shaft through a pair of rods 4, toggle levers 28, push rod 27, bell crank 24, and link 22 pivoted at 23 to the connecting rod 18. During 180 degrees of the crank-shaft rotation the jaws are closed and during this period projections 33 of the yoke 2 engage behind projections 34 upstanding from the machine bed 1. These projections may have plane or curved mutuallyengaging surfaces. The crank-shaft 16 is driven by a motor 9 through a belt 11, flywheel 12, shaft 13, gearing 14, 15 and clutch 17. A brake 32 is provided.
Patent GB-658254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the regulation of internal combustion engines
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1947-10-31
Abstract: 658,254. Regulating; two-stroke engines. AMERICAN BOSCH CORPORATION. Oct. 31, 1947, No. 29091. Convention date, Nov. 9, 1946. [Classes 7(ii) and 7(vi)] The air pressure in the engine cylinder at a point in the compression stroke is used to control the fuel air ratio. A fuel injection pump may be controlled manually and the air supply be controlled automatically or vice versa. As shown a twostroke cycle engine 1 includes a valve 7, which may be a rotary valve, as shown, or of other suitable type such as a poppet, piston or sleeve valve. The valve is operatively connected to the crank shaft or other suitable portion of the engine whereby it is opened for a determined time to connect the engine cylinder 1a during the compression stroke to a space 29 in a mixture control mechanism 2. The mechanism 2 varies the fuel-air ratio according to the pressure transmitted to the space 29, a diaphragm 28 carrying a rod 27 being interconnected through linkages described below with a pair of air throttle valves 11 and a fuel pump control shaft 19. The throttle valves 11 are carried by a shaft 12 having an arm 13 connected by a link 14 with a lever 15. The. lever 15 is pivoted at 16 to a lever 24 which turns about bearings 25 on a cover 42. One end of the lever 24 is connected to the rod 27 of the diaphragm. An end 17 of the lever 15 is connected by a link 18 to a lever 23 fixed to the pump control shaft 19. A calibrated spring 32 bears at one end against a member 33 which is pivotally mounted on a lever 34 at 35. An L-shaped lever having arms 36, 37 is pivoted at 38 and the arm 37 has its free end pivotally connected to the lower end of the rod 27 at 39. The spring 32 has its opposite end engaging a member 40 which is provided with a thermostatic or bimetallic strip 41 for temperature compensation and is adapted to shorten the spring lever arm 36 with increased temperature by lowering the member 40. The fuel injection pump is manually controlled by the operator through a lever (not shown) connected to the shaft 19. The throttles are automatically controlled by the apparatus described. In a modification the throttle 'valve 11 is arranged to be manually controlled the shaft 19 being connected to the injection pump to control the fuel supply automatically. The injection pump will be controlled according to the air pressure in the engine cylinder. Various types of engines are shown as being operated by the control. The valve 7 may be used with only one cylinder of the engine or with each cylinder. An opposed piston two-stroke cycle engine is described, Fig. 8 (not shown), having opposed pistons of different diameters and fuel injection into the combustion chamber formed between the pistons. A twin-cylinder two-stroke cycle engine having opposed cylinders and crank case compression, Fig. 6 (not shown), is also described.
Patent GB-1476579-A (GB)
Title: Auger mining machine
IPC: E21C35/20
Filed: 1975-07-10
Abstract: 1476579 Mining machines NORTH AMERICAN GALIS CO 10 July 1975 [12 July 1974] 29100/75 Heading E1F A mining machine comprises a frame 22 movable along the main passage 12 of a mine, a plurality of oppositely positioned auger units mounted on the frame for transverse movement relative to the longitudinal axis of the frame, the auger units including drilling auger units 38 and conveying auger units 40, conveyors 68 positioned below the ends of the drilling and conveying auger units adjacent the frame for transferring material from the drilling auger units to the conveying auger units, and conveyors 102 positioned below the ends of the conveying auger units distant from the frame for transferring material from the conveying auger units to conveyors 112 positioned in recovery passages 18, (20, Fig. 1B not shown). Additional auger units 42, which are used to increase the length of the drilling auger units as they cut through pillars 14, are mounted on the frame for transverse movement and are stored in previously drilled holes, e.g. 118. The frame 12 is movable along the main passage 12 by means of hydraulically actuated skids 24 and may be elevated by hydraulically actuated roof and floor jacks 36. In operation, the material dislodged by teeth 48 of the cutter heads 46 is passed by the helical vanes 50 to the conveyors 68 where it is conveyed on upwardly inclined, flighted, endless chain conveyors to actuate plates beneath the conveying auger units. The conveying auger units then convey the material to the carriage mounted, flighted, endless chain conveyors 102, the latter discharging the material onto the conveyors 112.
Patent GB-229378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mechanism for discharging the contents from retorts used in the manufacture of gas
IPC: C10B33/08
Filed: 1923-11-19
Abstract: 229,378. Drakes, Ltd., and Drake, J. W. Nov. 19, 1923. Discharging. - In a discharging machine of the kind described in Specification 2553/08, [Class 55, Gas manufacture], in which a jointed ram is so constructed that, when wound on the operating-drum, the links of the second lap lie between those of the first, each link is formed of two parallel plates 6<b>, 6<c> spaced apart to accommodate teeth on the drum, and the series of links forming the sides of the ram are connected in alignment so that each will take the thrust directly from the succeeding link in the chain. The ram tapers uniformly towards the pusher end, and over part of its length the two side chains are connected by plates 7<a> secured to angle-pieces carried by the sides. Hardened-steel rollers 5 are mounted between the pairs of plates forming the links, and steel shoes are detachably secured thereto for taking the wear. The operating-drum is heptagonal in form and each face carries teeth spaced to correspond with the spacing of the links when the ram is wound up. Each tooth has a curved leading edge and a tapered point.
Patent GB-1067632-A (GB)
Title: Ravel resistant textile products
IPC: D06M23/18
Filed: 1964-07-15
Abstract: Compositions suitable for treating woven fabrics to render them ravel-resistant comprise (a) 4.5% cellulose acetate, 81.1% methylene chloride, 9% methanol and 5.4% tris-(b -chlorethyl) phosphate, (b) 55.2% polyvinyl chloride, 41.4% di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, 1.1% mineral oil and stearic acid, 1.2% barium ricinoleate and 1.1% cadmium stearate or (c) 51% polyvinyl chloride, 20.4% di-(2-ethyl hexyl) adipate, 5.1% dioctyl phthalate, 1% mineral oil, 1% barium ricinoleate, 1% cadmium stearate and 20.5% mineral spirits, the percentage compositions being by weight.ALSO:Unhemmed cut edges of woven textile products, e.g. diapers and towels, are rendered ravel resistant by impregnating the fabric adjacent the cut edges with spaced deposits of a substance to seal the yarns adjacent the edges and thereby resist ravelling of the fabric thereat.  The main portion of the article may have a Birdseye weave and the edge portions a closely woven plain weave and the edges may be pinked.  Examples of suitable compositions of substances for use in the treatment are (1) cellulose acetate, methylene chloride, methanol and tris-(b -chlorethyl) phosphate, (2) a solution of a polyamide in ethanol, (3) a solution of ethyl cellulose in ethyl acetate (4) a solution of ethyl cellulose in ethanol, (5) a solution of ethyl cellulose in methylene chloride, (6) ethyl cellulose, methylene chloride, ethyl alcohol and tris (b -chlorethyl) phosphate, (7) an aqueous dispersion of an acrylic copolymer, (8) polyvinyl chloride, di(2-ethyl hexyl) adipate, mineral oil, stearic acid, barium ricinoleate and cadmium stearate, (9) polyvinyl chloride, di-(2-ethyl hexyl) adipate, dioctyl phthalate, mineral oil, barium ricinoleate, cadmium stearate, and mineral spirits, and (10) a hot melt of polyethylene.
Patent GB-469872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to metal drawing apparatus
IPC: B21C3/12
Filed: 1936-10-28
Abstract: 469,872. Rolling tubes. LIVSEY, D. M. (Brinkman, L. H.) Oct. 28,1936, No. 29277. [Classes 83 (iii) and 83 (iv)] A tube 30 is reduced in diameter and thickness by pulling it between a rotated ring of balls 19 and a mandrel 29, the ball cage 20 having a spring 24 to allow the cage and balls to yieldingly move back (to the left). The pass between the balls and the mandrel is adjusted by screwing the tapering sleeve 18 axially in or out in the rotated casing 5. The slope of the frustum 29 is the same as the slope 18 of the annulus. The ball cage 20 carrying the balls 19 and apertures 21 has an adjustable stop ring 23 to limit the movement of the balls 19 &c. to the right while the stop 22 thereon and spring 24 acting against the thrust bearing 10 yieldingly limit movement of the balls &c. to the left. The axes of the ballcontaining apertures are at right angles to the slope 18 of the sleeve. The tube is prevented from rotating by a fixed grooved tapered plug 42, Fig. 8, pressed into the back end of the tube. The casing 5 is screwed on a rotating shaft 1 of a machine. The mandrel rod 40 may be polygonal.
Patent GB-340315-A (GB)
Title: Lever controls on handlebars
IPC: B62M25/04
Filed: 1929-09-27
Abstract: 340,315. Motor cycle control mechanism. TRIUMPH CYCLE CO., Ltd. and SYKES, A. A., Triumph Works, Priory Street, Coventry. Sept. 27, 1929, No. 29303. [Class 136 (i).] A mounting for a control lever on a motor cycle &c. handle-bar having a Bowden wire transmission located in the interior thereof comprises a pair of spaced plates united to the handle-bar on opposite sides of a hole therein, the control lever being pivoted between the plates. As shown, each control lever 4 is pivoted between the limbs 2 of a U-shaped abutment of approximately triangular form in plan, and the edges 3 of the limbs are welded &c. to the handle-bar on opposite sides of a hole therein through which the Bowden wire 7 passes, the yoke 12 of the U being away from the handle-bar. The end of the Bowden wire casing is fixed in a radial hole in a plug 9, which removably engages coaxial holes in the limbs 2 and is longitudinally slotted for the passage of the inner cable. Two control levers 4 may be mounted on opposite sides of each half of the handle-bar and lie substantially in the same plane, the levers on the rear of the bar being nearer the centre than those on the front. Friction may be applied at the pivot pin 5 of any of the levers 4, as by means of a tapered seating 14, or by a spring washer &c. Specification 334,731, [Class 136 (i), Cycle &c. accessories], is referred to.
Patent GB-379139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to course indicating devices for dirigible craft
IPC: G01C19/34
Filed: 1931-10-23
Abstract: 379,139. Gyroscopic apparatus. GRAY, P. W., c/o. Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex.-(Sperry Gyroscope Co. Inc. ; Man. hattan Bridge Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.) Oct. 23, 1931, No. 29498. [Class 97 (iii).] A course-indicating device comprises a gyro with three degrees of freedom mounted for movement about a vertical axis in a casing and a combined locking and setting means for locking the gyro in any position and turning it around the vertical axis with respect to the casing. Means may also be provided for simultaneously locking the gyro about its horizontal axis. In the form shown the rotor 20 is mounted on a horizontal axis 21 in a frame 22, supported in horizontal bearings 23 in a ring 24, which pivots on a vertical axis 25 in the casing 12. The rotor 20 is driven by air drawn through the lower bearing of the ring 24 and emitted through jets in an extension 53 carried by the ring 24. The latter carries a cylindrical scale 14 co-operating with a pointer 15 fixed to the casing 12 and visible through the window 13. Means for locking the gyro about its vertical. axis, comprise a gear wheel 60 fixed on a shaft 62 and adapted to be moved axially into engagement with a rack 61 carried by the ring 24. Turning of the shaft 62 by the knurled wheel 66 enables the ring 24 to be rotated about the vertical axis to any desired new setting. Axial movement of the shaft 62 is also adapted to move a rack geared to a collar 73, vertically slidable on the lower bearing 31 of the ring 24. Pin-and-slot mechanism causes the collar 73 upon rotation to rise and engage a projection 72 on a caging member 70 pivoted at 71 to the ring 24. The member 70 when in the raised position engages the frame 22 and locks the gyro about the axis 23. A spring-pressed detent 65 co-operating with grooves 64 in the shaft 62 may be provided to retain the latter in either the locking or inoperative positions.
Patent GB-1517295-A (GB)
Title: Rotor of an electrical machine provided with a cooling system for an exciter winding of the rotor
IPC: H02K9/19
Filed: 1975-07-14
Abstract: 1517295 Cooling of rotors with superconducting windings SIEMENS AG 14 July 1975 [21 Aug 1974] 29518/75 Heading H2A The exciter winding 10 located in slots 5 in a rotor 2 is cooled to render it superconducting by passing a coolant through ducts 17 defined between radially spaced apart portions 12 of the winding in each slot 5, the coolant being supplied to and from ducts 17 by means of axially extending supply and discharge lines 30, 31, connected to the ducts 17 via radial lines 22, 23. The slots 5 are defined between radial partitions 7 and each winding portion 10 comprises layers 12 on concentric cylindrical surfaces, each layer 12 being formed by four conductor strips 13. In each slot 5, adjacent layers 12 are radially spaced by longitudinally spaced-apart webs 15, Fig. 1, (25), (26), Fig. 2 (not shown) leaving cavities 17, Fig. 1, (28), (29), Fig. 2, which form said cooling ducts. Coolant from an annular supply manifold (44), Fig. 3 (not shown), flows via the pipes 30 and radial pipes 22 into the radial supply lines 22, which are defined by bores or recesses in partitions 7, and then circumferentially across cavities 17, (28), (28) into the radial discharge lines 23, also defined by bores or recesses in the partitions, which lead via pipes 23 and 31 to an annular discharge manifold (45). Pipes 30, 31 may be replaced by bores in an inner cylindrical member (not shown). Bores through partitions 7 may interconnect the ducts 17 (28), (29) in adjacent slots 5. The winding may be of niobium-titanium or niobium-tin alloy.