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Patent GB-1518631-A (GB)
Title: Shoulder prosthesis
IPC: A61F2/40
Filed: 1977-01-12
Abstract: 1518631 Shoulder prostheses J H STROOT 12 Jan 1977 [14 Jan 1976] 1176/77 Heading A5R A shoulder prosthesis comprises a glenoid component 10 having a concave articular surface 14, and a humeral component 12 comprising a part-spherical head 20 and a shaft 22 for insertion in the medullary canal of a decapitated humerus, the radius of curvature of the surface 14 being substantially greater than that of the head 20, thereby giving a freedom of movement approximating that of a natural shoulder. The ratio of said radii of curvature is preferably 1.5:1 to 3:1. The humeral component has two opposed V-shaped notches in the lower edge of the head 20 and a plurality of holes 28 along the edges of each notch for the attachment of tendons.
Patent GB-226380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in tobacco pipes
IPC: A24F1/08
Filed: 1924-01-16
Abstract: 226,380. Moreton, R. S. Jan. 16, 1924. Addition to 165,532. Tobacco pipes. - The stem is cut away at F to form an open chamber and the mouthpiece C fits into a tubular wooden section B which is internally threaded and screwed on to the bowl section A.
Patent GB-920879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in horizontal boring machine tools
Inventor: SPARKES CURTIS ALBERT
IPC: B23B31/26
Filed: 1960-01-14
Abstract: 920,879. Chucks. H. W. KEARNS & CO. Ltd. Jan. 14, 1960, No. 1394/60. Class 83 (3). A boring machine spindle 1 rotatably mounted in a headstock by a bearing 3 comprises a liner 4, having a conical socket 5 for a spigot 6 of a tool arbor 7. An adapter 10 screwed into the arbor co-operates with a bayonet fitting 13 of cruciform shape, screwed into a bow bar 14. A split collar 15 secured to the draw-bar, is engaged by a spring 17 which urges the spigot 6 into socket 5. A splined bearing 18, non- rotatably supports the drawbar, and the latter is moved axially against the spring to release the arbor by fluid pressure supplied through a connection 22 and acting on a piston 19 secured to the drawbar.
Patent GB-783154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods and control circuit arrangements for the regulation of reproduction of sound records
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 1956-01-16
Abstract: 783,154. Binaural and directional systems. SEIFFERT, M. Jan. 16, 1956 [Jan. 31, 1955], No. 1455/56. Class 40 (4). The speech coils 7 of a plurality of electromagnetic (i.e. mains-energized, not permanent magnet) loudspeakers are continuously supplied with the speech current while the electromagnet coils 12 are selectively energized in accordance with a control signal received with the speech current. The control signal may consist of currents of different low frequencies which are separated, rectified and applied to the corresponding loudspeakers by means of high-pass filter 4, low-pass filter 5, and band-pass filters 13-16. In a modification, Fig. 3 (not shown), a step-by-step switch is associated with each loud-speaker and connects the electromagnet coil to a source of direct current through a number of resistors dependent on the setting of the switch, which is controlled by incoming impulses of current of the corresponding frequency. Alternatively, Fig. 2 (not shown), the loud-speaker electromagnet coils may be selectively energized through a single step-by-step switch in response to incoming impulses. The step-by-step switches may be replaced by relay arrangements.
Patent GB-1102837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the jointing of electric cables
Inventor: GILBERT PETER DEREK
IPC: H02G15/192
Filed: 1966-01-13
Abstract: 1,102,837. Enclosing cable joints. PIRELLI GENERAL CABLE WORKS Ltd. 15 Nov., 1966 [13 Jan., 1966], No. 1624/66. Heading H2E. A cable joint is enclosed by wrapping tape round the sheath to form end members 4, 5 spaced axially apart on each cable, sliding a plastics material sleeve 6 over the inner two end members 4 and filling the space between end members 4, 5 with a plug 8 made of resin impregnated tape. Sleeve 6 is sealed to end members 4 by adhesive tape 7, the seal being covered by plug 8, which itself has a covering 9 which may be made of aluminium foil and P.V.C. tape. For use with fluid-filled cables, a valve may be fitted to sleeve 6 or alternatively may be attached to a pipe fixed to the cable and passing through the end members. In a modification, the end members 4 may be placed wholly on the bare conductor or partly on the conductor and the sheath.
Patent GB-255332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to frames or casings for combined electric motors and gearings
IPC: H02K5/04
Filed: 1926-01-20
Abstract: 255,332. Uggla, W. R. Jan. 20, 1926. Casings and frames.-The casing of a combined motor and gearing is divided longitudinally so that each seating for the bearings of the spindles in the material of the casing is situated partially in one part of the casing and partially in the other and the bearings are accessible after removal of one part of the casing. Fig. 3 shows in end view a casing adapted for toothed gearing and Fig. 2 is a plan of the lower part after removal of the upper part. The casing is divided longitudinally into two parts 1, 2 and has a transverse wall 6 which divides the motor chamber 7 from the gear compartment 8. The bearing housings 9, 10 for the motor driving shaft, 12, 13 and 14, 15 for the intermediate gear shafts and 18, 19 for the driven shaft are formed partially in the upper and partially in the lower members of the casing so that removal of the upper member 2 leaves the bearings freely accessible for repair. The bottom member 1 has feet 20 at each end and is undivided transversely between the feet, thereby giving a rigid casing.
Patent GB-121028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pens.
Inventor: SWANN HARINGTON
IPC: B43K1/01
Filed: 1918-01-29
Abstract: 121,028. Swann, H. Jan. 29, 1918. Reservoir nibs.-A flexible container a open at both ends and made of indiarubber &c. is attached to a pen-nib b by passing the point of the nib through a slit e in the rear wall and then under the front wall; the container may be circular, oval, triangular, &c. in crosssection. To increase the flexibility, a slit g may be provided also in the front wail. The container may be out from an indiarubber tube by parallel sloping cuts, Fig. 3; or, as shown in Fig. 7, the cuts h may be so disposed that the rear wall in which the slit e is formed is of greater height than the front wall.
Patent GB-177288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for supporting brine pipes and meat rails in cold storage chambers
IPC: F16L3/237
Filed: 1921-01-11
Abstract: 177,288. Williams, H. R. Jan. 11, 1921. Cold-storage rooms.-The brinepipes and meat-rails of cold-storage chambers, particularly on ships, are supported by removable bolts arranged with their heads in the chamber or cargo space and their threaded ends adjustably engaging intermediate members, such as nuts or eye-bolts, which are themselves adjustable in relation to the wall or roof structure. In the case of a chamber of a ship, the brine-pipe D and meat-rail E are supported by bolts K adjustable in eye-bolts J, Fig. 1, or nuts P, Fig. 5, or tapped holes in a bar S, Fig. 6, secured to an angle-iron or to the flange or web of a beam F. The eye-bolts J are preferably formed with the head displaced from the axis of the shank, whereby a limited extension of the adjustment of the bolt K may be obtained by reversing the head. Lateral or swivelling adjustment of the bolts K is obtained by screwing or turning the bolt J in the hole in the beam F. The nuts P have two threaded apertures, one to receive the bolt K and one to receive a stud R fixed to or passing through the beam F. These apertures may be in different planes, whereby adjustment of the bolt K to either side of the axis of the stud R is permitted, by reversing the nut. The bolts K in the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 pass through holes or slots in a bar f and the bar S may be of halfround section and be reversed to permit of a slight rocking or swivelling adjustment of the bolts K.
Patent GB-151881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in reinforcement corners and edgings for boxes, lids, trays and the like
IPC: B65D6/36
Filed: 1920-01-20
Abstract: 151,881. Stratton, M. S. Jan. 20. 1920. C o r n e r strengthening- pieces.- Reinforcing-pieces for box &c. corners comprise side-portion a at rightangles having turned-over extensions or wings c, d, each formed with an indented annular rim j, k, the latter parts engaging or interlocking when the wings are in the overlapping position. A rivet passed through the holes e, g and one or more passed through holes in the side portions secure the device in position. When applied to lids &c., the sides may each have a flange h to fit under the lid edge.
Patent GB-451755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to envelopes
IPC: B65D27/16
Filed: 1936-01-21
Abstract: 451,755. Envelopes. VOGEL, M., 315, Mainzerlandstrasse, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. Jan. 21, 1936, No. 1892. [Class 146 (ii)] In an envelope of the kind provided with self-sealing adhesive the closure flap has an extension which is free from adhesive and arranged, during the storing of the envelope, to cover or to lie between the adhesive strips on the back and the closure flap, so that the strips cannot contact and seal the envelope prematurely. As shown, the closing flap b, served with dry adhesive d, is provided with an extension h<1> foldable along a line e of perforations to cover the adhesive d and the dry adhesive f on the back of the envelope when the envelope is to be packed. To seal the envelope, the flap b is folded about the line g to bring the two adhesive surfaces into contact, and the extension h<1> is then separated from the flap along the perforated line e. In a modification, the adhesive on the back of the envelope is in two separated bands extending across the envelope the top band being of smaller width than the bottom band and foldable thereover along an intermediate fold-line, and adhered thereto prior to the folding and sealing of the closing flap. This first folding brings the upper part of the front of the envelope over the mouth of the pocket to provide an initial closure. The adhesive on the closing flap is then pressed into contact with the remaining portion of the adhesive on the back of the envelope to complete the closure. The extension of the closing flap is substantially longer than in the previous construction, for example it may cover the back of the envelope, and can be used for notes, or as a receipt where the envelope is used as a wages' envelope. In a further modification, the extension of the closing flap is short, and, when folded about a line of perforations as before, only covers the adhesive on the closing flap, and the closing flap is then folded on to the back of the envelope, the folded extension separating the two adhesive surfaces.
Patent GB-458628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to water softeners
IPC: C02F1/42
Filed: 1936-01-21
Abstract: 458,628. Softening water. KERRISON, O. C., Windsor House, Kingsway, London. Jan. 21, 1936, No. 1956. [Class 46] A screen formed by coiling wire is associated with a base - exchange water softener to strair either the hard or the softened water, and is so arranged that it can be inserted into or withdrawn from its operative posi. tion without interference with the water connec. tions to or from the softener and without breaking any external joint As shown in the Figure hard water from a pipe 2 is delivered through a pipe 4 to the bottom of a container 1, and passes upward through base-exchange material 5, soft water passing through a wire-coil strainer 10 to a delivery pipe 16. The strainer is attached to a ported sleeve 17 which screws into a housing 9 which is itself screwed into a socket 8 in the top of the container. The sleeve has a sliding fit with the housing below the ports. The pipe 16 and a pipe 14, which has a valve 13 and leads to the pipe 2, are connected to the housing. When regeneration of the base exchange material is necessary, the sleeve and strainer are removed and salt charged through the opening. Water is then admitted through the pipe 14, a connection being made to drain through a valve 7. The strainer may have a tapered member 24 at the lower end, which penetrates into the salt, when the sleeve and strainer are replaced.
Patent GB-1475276-A (GB)
Title: Slotted strip-line
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 1976-01-19
Abstract: 1475276 Strip transmission lines MOTOROLA Inc 19 Jan 1976 [6 March 1975] 01958/76 Heading H1W A strip transmission line comprises parallel co-extensive ground planes 11, 12 and a conductive strip 13 embedded in a solid dielectric between the planes, one of the planes having a slot 17 overlying the strip 13 throughout its length. The slot may have the same width as the strip, or may be narrower. The distance between the strip and the slotted ground plane may be half that between the strip and the other ground plane. The various conductive portions may be made of copper and the dielectric may consist of glass epoxy.
Patent GB-396411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in flash-light lamps
IPC: F21K5/08
Filed: 1933-01-21
Abstract: 396,411. Flashlight lamps. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN, 13D, Eminasingel, Eindhoven, Holland. Jan. 21, 1933, No. 2025. Convention date, Feb. 4, 1932. [Class 75 (i).] Sodium azide is inserted in electrically ignited flash lamps such as are described in Specifications 391,298 and 391,594 to increase the intensity of the yellow light emitted. The material may be applied by connecting the current supply wire terminals by two adjacent parallel wires and dipping the assemblage in a preferably boiling solution of sodium azide. When the water evaporates a film of sodium azide is left between the wires.
Patent GB-1114915-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting device for remote control manipulators
IPC: B25J3/00
Filed: 1967-01-13
Abstract: 1,114,915. Manipulators. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. 13 Jan., 1967 [18 March, 1966], No. 2049/67. Heading B4Q. The rest position of the slave tongs of a manipulator is made adjustable, i.e. the distance between the tong fingers in the rest position can be suited to the size of the article to be handled so as to reduce operator fatigue. As shown, a tape 1 transmitting an operating force to the tongs (not shown) from an actuating device passes over rollers 7, 8 rotatable in a cage 6 secured to a shaft 2. The shaft 2 is rotatable in brackets 3, 4 by a handle 16 and is held in its adjusted position by a releasable ratchet head 11. Thus by rotating the cage 6 from the position shown the length of the tape path between the tongs and actuating device may be. increased or decreased .so that the tong fingers may be brought further apart or closer together in their rest position.
Patent GB-923031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to work-supporting bases of coil annealing furnaces
IPC: C21D9/673
Filed: 1958-01-22
Abstract: 923,031. Heat-treatment furnaces. JOHN SUMMERS & SONS Ltd., and J. F. R. JONES. April 22, 1959 [Jan. 22, 1958], No. 2109/58. Class 51 (2). A coil-supporting base 5, Fig. 1, of an annealing furnace comprises superimposed plates 8, 9, the lower of which seats on the base and has a depression 15 which accommodates an impeller 16 and a system of ducts leading therefrom. The outer peripheries of the ducts are swept upwardly so that gas which is introduced through a pipe (not shown), in the base into and through ports 10, 12, Fig. 2, in the plates 8, 9 respectively and which is exhausted through apertures 11, 14 in the plates and a discharge pipe in the base (not shown) is projected vertically upwards from the ducts and circulated within a cylindrical muffle 13 embedded in a sand layer 6. The walls of the ducts diverge outwardly and the upper plate has depending duct-defining ribs 21 of triangular shape which seat on the upper surface and upswept marginal zone of the plate 8. Recesses 22 are formed between the ribs 21 at the outer periphery of the plate 9 for the entrance and exit of gas to and from the ducts.
Patent GB-662450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to devices for assembling batches of cigarettes for packing
IPC: B65B19/10
Filed: 1949-01-26
Abstract: 662,450. Packaging cigarettes. KEMP, W. J., and MOLINS MACHINE CO., Ltd. Jan. 17, 1950 [Jan. 26, 1949], No. 2136/49. Class 94(i) A device for assembling a batch of three rows of cigarettes, the middle row whereof has one cigarette less than the other rows, in nested formation, comprises means for feeding cigarettes on to a surface 14 as a - loose batch comprising a group of three rows with an equal number of cigarettes in each row and two further cigarettes one resting on the other at one side of the group. Means 19 are provided for supporting said further cigarettes so that the top surface of the upper one is substantially at the same height above the surface 14, as the top surface of the finished nested batch, a pusher for conveying all the cigarettes fed to the surface 14 through guides 20, 21 wherein, at B, they are gathered in laterally, a recess 22 in one guide, 21, into which the lower of said further cigarettes can move as the middle row of the group is shifted laterally by a rib 25 on the other guide, 20, the supporting means 19 for said further cigarettes terminating substantially at the end of said recess 22 which leads to a further recess 23 which slopes downwards and leads the said lower cigarette down to said surface 14. Further lateral movement of the middle row of the group due to the shape of the rib 25 causes the cigarette of that row which is nearest to the recess 23 to move beneath the upper of said further cigarettes and support it. A rib 24 formed on the guide 21 and extending above the recess 23 assists in supporting the upper of said two further cigarettes. The cigarettes are fed from a hopper to the surface 14 through slots formed by partitions 9 at the base of the hopper, the two outer partitions extending down to approximately the height of the batch of cigarettes and the inner partitions extending down to about two-thirds of a cigarette diameter from the bed 14. Detector fingers 26 may be provided operative by the absence of a cigarette. Cover plates 29, 30, are provided over the channel between the guides 20, 21.
Patent GB-588982-A (GB)
Title: Supporting device for bottles and other receptacles on filling, stoppering, capsuling and the like machines
IPC: B67C3/24
Filed: 1945-01-27
Abstract: 588,982. Bottle filling &c. machines. DETREZ, R. Jan 27, 1945, No. 2187. Convention date, Jan. 22, 1944. [Class 125 (ii)] In filling, stoppering and capsuling machines in which the bottles are given an ascending motion towards the filling spouts or stoppering or capsuling heads, the platform carrying the bottle is mounted on the lower end of one arm of an inverted U-shaped member, the other arm forming a sliding guide which is arranged outside the field in which the circulatory and translational movements of the bottles take place. The bottle-carrying platform 2 is mounted on the depending arm 3 of the U-shaped member, the other arm 4 of which slides in a bearing 7 and sleeve 8, being prevented from rotation by a pin 11 working in a groove 12. The pin 11 carries a roller 10 which follows a cam track 9. Either the arm 4, as shown in Fig. 1, or the arm 3, as in Fig. 2 may pass through a shoulder in a substantially vertical partition 5, which serves to keep any spilt liquid from the moving parts and deflects it down the skirt 13 into the collecting trough 14.
Patent GB-724400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in surface treating devices
IPC: A47L11/08
Filed: 1953-01-26
Abstract: 724,400. Floor treating machines. HASTRUP, K. E. V. O. G. Jan. 26, 1953 [Feb. 2, 1952], No. 2226/53. Class 138 (1). A manually operated surface treating apparatus comprises a plane surface treating member, a carrier member supported by the treating member and connected thereto so as to permit the treating member to rotate freely relatively thereto on an axis normal to the treating member and a handle member connected at one side to the carrier member, the treating member being caused to rotate by being reciprocated over a surface in the direction of the handle member,' wherein the carrier member has a weight member on one side of a vertical plane containing the axis of rotation and the handle, whereby the centre of gravity of the apparatus is laterally displaced from said plane. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the carrier member 12 is formed with an elongated portion, having a longitudinal web 13, and an enlarged portion 14 of relatively great weight. The carrier member is secured to a casing 24 by screws 21, 22 and 23. A vertical shaft 10 is screwed into a thickened portion 11 of carrier member 12 and rotatably supports a disc 3 having a bearing 9. A holder 2 for brush bristles 1 has an elongated opening 5 so that the holder may be detachably retained on the.disc by a turn buckle 4 pivotally supported in a leaf-spring 6 fixed to the disc. Rotatably mounted in bearings, in a lug 17 of the elongated portion of the carrier and a wall 19 of the portion 14, is a transverse shaft 20 to which is centrally secured a rod 28 carrying a ferrule 29 for the elongated handle 30. A depression 26 in the casing 24 allows for the up and down pivoting movement of the handle relative to the carrier 12. By the above arrangement of parts the centre of gravity of the device is displaced to one side of the axis of the shaft 10 so that as the device is moved to and fro over a surface in line with the handle, more pressure will be exerted on the side of the device containing the portion 14 than on the other so that the brush will be rotated. The casing may be dispensed with and a fixed handle may be provided. The displacement of the centre of gravity may be produced by other means than the portion 14 e.g. the casing may be provided with a thickened portion for the same purpose.
Patent GB-336899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in economizers or boiler feed water heaters
IPC: F22D1/10
Filed: 1930-01-23
Abstract: 336,899. Robertson, T. E., (Foster Wheeler Corporation). Jan. 23, 1930. Feedwater, heating. - An economizer having a flue of oblong crosssection consists of a bank of tubes extending transversely of the flue in the direction of greater dimension, and anorher bank of tubes in the direction of lesser dimension, the fluid passing through the groups in series. Water flows from the lower bank of tubes 16 through the rightangled tubes 20 to a manifold 21, and passes to the second bank of tubes 22. The uppermost return tube bends 23<a> connect to tubes 24 which communicate with the drum 11. The latter connects with the boiler system 10. Products of combustion leave the boiler by way of the flue 12 and escape at 13 to the stack. Gilled tubes may be used and a row of a bank of tubes may be staggered with respect to an adjacent row.
Patent GB-418654-A (GB)
Title: Device for the operation of internal combusion engines with a heavy volatile and a light volatile liquid fuel
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1933-01-25
Abstract: 418,654. Spray carburetters ; vap orizers. RADENKOVIC, V., 87, Rennweg, Vienna. Jan. 25, 1933, No. 2451. Void [Abridged as open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, July 26, 1933]. [Class 7 (iii).] A throttle 9 for light-fuel combustible mixture from a carburetter 4 is controlled by a pedal or lever 12 independently of a throttle 10 for heavy fuel combustible mixture which is operated by a pedal or lever 11. Before air from an inlet 6 mixes with the heavy fuel, the fuel is vaporized by passage through sinuous tubes 29, Fig. 3, connecting tubes 27, 28. These tubes have inlet and outlet pipes 25, 26 and form therewith a unit which is interchangeably disposed in a two part casing 21 provided with flanges for connection in the exhaust pipe 2. The tubes may be replaced by vertical passages in a block having horizontal passages, interposed between the vertical passages, for the exhaust gases, or the vertical passages may be formed in vertical plates spaced a short distance apart from one another.