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Patent GB-310336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to refrigeration apparatus for vehicles fitted with cold-storage rooms, more particularly railway refrigeration cars
IPC: F25D11/00
Filed: 1929-04-22
Abstract: 310,336. Silica Gel Corporation, (Assignees of Miller, E. B.). April 23, 1928, [Convention date]. Refrigerating, vacuum machines for; refrigerating.-chambers.-A railway or other refrigeratorcar is cooled by the evaporator 21, Fig. 15, of a refrigerating system comprising adsorber elements 22, 22<1>, containing silica-gel or like adsorbent, which are alternately heated by burners 25 supplied from a pressure fuel reservoir 30 and cooled by air currents induced by the movement of the car. The adsorbers are carried by a rigid transverse bulkhead of the vehicle and are mounted so as to resist stresses due to swaying motion of the vehicle. The burners are controlled through valves 39, 39<1> by a timing mechanism 47 driven by the pressure fuel itself under the control of a thermostat 56 in the storage chamber 20. as described in Specification 309,868. The adsorber elements are connected at the top to valve casings 24, 24<1> containing check valves which put the elements into communication alternately with a condenser 27 and with the evaporator 21. The condenser discharges into a trap 28 containing a float valve controlling the flow of liquefied refrigerant to the evaporator through a pipe 29. The evaporator consists of parallel closed-ended tubes 64, Fig. 4, extending from a central transverse header. The outlet tube 23 extends from a vertical branch of the header and the inlet pipe 29 passes through the outlet tube and within the vertical branch. Drip pans may be placed below the evaporator tubes. The condenser is formed by two groups of sinuous tubes 72, Fig. 5, supported on the roof of the car and protected from the sun's rays by slats 78 spaced to allow a circulation of cooling-air over the tubes. Vapour passes to the condenser from the valve casings 24, 24<1> by branches 132, 132<1>, Fig. 3, to a single inlet pipe 76, and condensate flows by separate pipes 77 to the trap 28. A safety valve 36 vents into the evaporator feed pipe 29 as shown. The adsorber elements comprise banks of vertical tubes 101 connected at the top through transverse subheaders 102 to main header tubes 105 leading to the valve casings 24, 24<1>. The sub-headers are supported between notched clamping plates mounted on the edges of heat-insulated casings 89 surrounding the elements, and the lower ends of the tubes are connected by tubes spaced by cross-bars 117, Fig. 4, connected by links 120 to the side of the casing, whereby the tubes are prevented from swaying but are free to expand and contract. The casings are stiffened by diagonal bars and are supported by angle bars 99 and plates 100 resting on angle bars carried by a bulkhead 86 and on a cross girder 83 secured to a central longitudinal girder 82. Air for cooling the adsorbers enters at the bottom through a flared inlet 128 fitted with a cellular baffle 129, and leaves by a cowl 124. Frames 88 are provided for doors of the adsorber compartment at the. end of the car.
Patent GB-377713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to counters
IPC: G01F15/07
Filed: 1931-04-28
Abstract: 377,713. Counting-apparatus. UNITED GAS INDUSTRIES, Ltd., 51, Lincoln's Inn Fields, SMITH, E. W., 186, Kennington Park Road, and CHARLES. A., The Meter Works, Rowan Road, Streatham Vale, all in London. April 28, 1931, No. 12565. [Class 106 (i).] With snap action. -The meter movements are transmitted from the test index spindle to the Geneva gear f, g, driving the counting spindle c, through bevel pinions d, e. The boss of pinion e is extended and cut away at e to form a loose coupling with a similarly mutilated boss of a star wheel j fast with the gear f, g. Engaging the star-wheel is a spring-influenced lever k so that when a point of the star-wheel passes under the lever the gear f, g and units pinion are suddenly advanced, the loose coupling permitting such movement. As in Specification 356,263 the first pinions of the counting and transfer trains are fixed to their respective spindles.
Patent GB-403000-A (GB)
Title: Means for supporting bowls and similar receptacles over sinks, basins, tables or benches
IPC: A47G29/093
Filed: 1933-05-01
Abstract: 403,000. Supporting lavatory basins over sinks, basins, tables, or benches. SEAWARD, G. F., 1, Neville Road, Luton. May 1, 1933, No. 12601. [Class 26.] A device for supporting a bowl &c. over a sink, basin, table, or bench, comprises a circular or polygonal carrier-ring having at two or more positions around its perimeter bearing legs or saddles, one of which constitutes a fulcrum on which the ring is both hingedly and pivotally mounted so as to have movement in vertical and horizontal planes and the other (or others) so disposed as to engage the article above which the ring is carried, means for securing the fulcrum saddle in position and means for retaining the ring in a raised position. In a form in which the device is disposed above a sink, bearing and fulcrum saddles 8, 2, in the form of T-pieces are accommodated in cranked portions of a ring 1 during the process of bending the rod from which the ring is constructed ; each saddle has an internally-tapped leg engaging the threaded stem of a plate 5 or of a jawed member 11. The plate 5 is secured to a sill 6 and the jaws of the member 11 are spaced apart by a distance greater than the thickness of the edge of the sink 7 and have a resilient lining 12. The coacting legs and stems permit of the adjustment of the device as regards height, a locking-nut 14 being provided in the case of the bearing saddle ; further, in the case of the fulcrum-saddle, the co-acting leg and stem permit movement of the device in a horizontal plane. The device is maintained in raised position by the engagement of a pin on the ring 1 with a slot in the member 2. Where the device is used above a table or bench each bearing leg terminates in a padded flange.
Patent GB-798154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in coin mechanisms for savings clocks and similar savings automatons
IPC: G07F17/00
Filed: 1957-04-17
Abstract: 798,154. Coin-freed savings clocks. DANSK SPARE-SELSKAB. April 17, 1957 [Nov. 15, 1956], No. 12605/57. Class 27 A savings clock has a stopping wheel 10 which is advanced stepwise by a coin lever 8 away from the position in which a pin 6 rotates a resilient lever 12 to stop the balance wheel 3 of the clock and which is returned in the opposite direction by pins 18 on the barrel wheel 2 rotating a star wheel 15 having a projecting arm 17 directly engaging the stopping wheel. A gap 25 in the teeth of the stopping wheel limits the number of coins that can effectively be inserted and the number of pins in the barrel wheel can be varied to alter the rate of return of the stopping wheel. The arresting pawl 16 of Fig. 1 engages directly with the star wheel 15 but, where a star wheel 19, Fig. 2, having a large number of teeth is used, a separate ratchet wheel 20 is provided for the pawl 16. The am 17 is preferably resilient to prevent jamming if a coin is inserted just as the arm is rotating the stopping wheel and the teeth of the ratchet wheel 20 may have a gap 21 at the point where the arm rotates the stopping wheel so that the engagement of the resilient pawl 16 in the gap 21 will rotate the wheels 19 and 20 an extra amount and thus move the arm 17 quickly into and out of engagement with the stopping wheel, a similar gap is provided in the teeth of the star wheel at the point then lying in the path of the pins on the barrel wheel.
Patent GB-106737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Demountable Unit Power Plants for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: MUELLER FRANK
IPC: B60K5/10
Filed: 1916-09-06
Abstract: 106,737. Mueller, F. Sept. 6, 1916. Secondary frames; frame components, sections and forms of. - In a motor-vehicle having the engine, radiator, gear-box, clutch, and control devices readily removable as a single unit, the removable parts are carried by a frame comprising side members 36 of Z-section, the upper flanges 36<a> of the parts 36 being bolted to the side members 12 of the vehicle frame. The parts 36a, 12 are provided with inter-engaging projections 36<a>, 12<a> to prevent relative longitudinal movement. The front ends of the side members 12 are secured together by a buffer-bar 14. The members 36 are secured together by bolting them to lugs 37<a> projecting from the rear end of the engine crank case, and by an irregularlyarched frame, from which the forward end of the engine is pivotally suspended.
Patent GB-792710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to couplings for lubricators
IPC: F16N21/04
Filed: 1955-05-02
Abstract: 792,710. Pipe couplings. NEUMAN, C. J. May 2, 1956 [May 2, 1955], No. 12685/55. Class 99(1). In a coupling for lubricant pipes, a spigot 32 is formed with an external recess 33 which, when the spigot is fully inserted into a socket 23, is engaged by a ring of balls 31 held in such engaging position by a spring-loaded, locking- ring 28 slidably mounted externally on and adjacent the open end of the socket. The ring has an internal annular recess 38 and is manually movable against the pressure of the spring 30 and further on to the socket for the purpose of releasing the balls and allowing disengagement of the spigot and socket; the latter incorporate valve members 35, 26 which coact to open when the spigot is locked in the socket. Specification 786,515 is referred to.
Patent GB-479514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to loose leaf books, indexes and the like
IPC: B42F13/30
Filed: 1936-05-05
Abstract: 479,514. Loose-leaf binders. POWER, R. F. May @5, 1936, Nos. 12736 and 30713. [Class 146 (i)] A sheet for use in loose-leaf binders has shoulders 20, Fig. 1, for engagement by the sheet-retaining means of the binder formed by making wide re-entrants 2 in the top and bottom edges 3 near where these edges merge into the back edge 4. The binder comprises telescopic sheet-retaining members 16, 17 carried by clamping-plates 8, 9 joined by telescopic posts 12, 13 and drawn together by springs 14. Eyes 10, 11, 11a on the plates 8, 9 are slidabte on rods fixed to the binder back, springs on the rods causing the plates 8 to move towards the plates 9 so that the members 16, 17 retain the sheets by gripping the shoulders 20 thereon. The edge of the member 17 is bent over at 19 so as to form a continuation of the sheetengaging surface of the member 16 and thus ensure that the sheets are held when the members 16, 17 move relatively to one another. A tray 29, Fig. 11. is provided with mechanism for operating the binder to release the sheets, and has bars 21 for engaging the clamping- plates 8, 9. and bars 22 at right-angles thereto for engaging the eyes 11 or bearing pieces thereon. These bars are connected by links 25. 26 to a central disc 27. The disc 27 may be replaced by a cam operating on members connected to the bars 21, 22. When the disc 27 is turned by a handle 30, the plates 8, 9 are moved outwardly by the bars 21 to take the clamping-pressure off the sheets. and the retaining members 16, 17 are subsequently moved by the bars 22 to release the sheets. In modifications, the telescopic retaining- members 16, 17 may be carried by short plates slidable on or pivoted to the plates 8, 9. Further, the parts may be arranged so that inward movement of the bars 21, 22 causes the release of the sheets from the binder. The side walls of the tray may be movable over the base-plate in which case they would be provided with devices equivalent to the slide bars 21 for engaging the binding plates 8, 9. Specification 257,324, [Class 146 (i)], is referred to
Patent GB-666905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wheelbarrows and the like
IPC: B62B1/24
Filed: 1949-05-12
Abstract: 666,905. Hand trucks. FURLEY, R,. G. May 12,1949, No. 12738/49. Class 108(i). A hand truck or wheelbarrow comprises, a detachable body 6 and a frame or chassis consisting of side members- 1, 1, spacing stays 2, legs 4, and an axle 7 provided with wheels 8. The body is equipped with hooked lugs 14 and lifting handles 15, and may be pivotally mounted on the frame by engaging the lugs with a horizontal stay 2a. When it is required to transport loads, the body may be retained rigidly in non- tipping relation on the frame by engaging the upper edge 5 with ends 10, of a member 11 sliding in brackets 9 secured to the frame.
Patent GB-1503882-A (GB)
Title: Pivoted-armature electromagnetic relay or contactor
IPC: H01H9/44
Filed: 1976-03-30
Abstract: 1503882 Electromagnetic relays SCHALTBAU GmbH 30 March 1976 [15 April 1975] 12742/76 Heading H1N A pivoted armature relay has a synthetic resin body portion a and a head-piece c also made of synthetic resin and containing vented arc chambers (26, 27) (Fig. 2, not shown) and contact mounting recesses (not shown), the body portion a having a substantially rectangular flange 1 with walls 7, 8, 9, 10 and recesses 11, 12 for electrical contact means (Fig. 3, not shown) as well as recesses 13 for guiding the armature assembly b. The armature assembly b has a plate armature (not shown) and a synthetic resin body 20 supporting contact bridges 21, 22 and having an extension 24 for optional manual operation. The operating coil (Fig. 3, not shown) is mounted between flanges 1, 2 of the body portion a with coil connectors in recesses 5, 6.
Patent GB-1591688-A (GB)
Title: Coupling for pipelines
IPC: F16L21/04
Filed: 1978-03-31
Abstract: Coupling for replacement or repairs in pipelines of all categories and of specific utility in vertical submarine pipeline risers so designed for rapidity and simplicity of installation in restricted areas because of its reduced size in addition to its effective sealing characteristics. A coupling that can be readily and simply disconnected and reinstalled without special tools or procedures.
Patent GB-815468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrical phase control generating circuit arrangements
Inventor: DAWSON EDGAR FREDERICK
IPC: H03K3/351
Filed: 1955-05-03
Abstract: 815,468. Rectifying. BRITISH THOMSONHOUSTON CO. Ltd. May 3, 1956 [May 3, 1955], No. 12837/55. Class 38 (2). Unidirectional voltage pulses are derived from a resistor RL connected in the circuit between an A.C. source and the trigger electrode J and a base electrode B<SP>1</SP> of a trigger diode semiconductor device TD. Voltage from potentiometer VR connected across a D.C. source is applied between the base electrodes B, B<SP>1</SP>, and its value determines the point in each cycle at which current flows from the A.C. source through the trigger diode TD, and consequently the phase of the pulses and their average value. This control may alternatively be exercised by varying the value of an alternating voltage of input frequency connected through a condenser in parallel with the unidirectional voltage across the diode TD. Specification 786,876, [Group XXXVI], is referred to.
Patent GB-1105863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to pot burners
Inventor: BOYLE ALEXANDER STEWART
IPC: F23D5/12
Filed: 1966-03-23
Abstract: 1,105,863. Pot burners. STEWART AUTOMATIC BOILERS Ltd. 15 March, 1967 [23 March, 1966], No. 12842/66. Heading F4T. A pot-burner with a pot or trough (1) with an oil fuel inlet pipe (2) has a baffle system which may be inserted into the trough to cause vaporized oil fuel to rise nearer to the walls of the pot than to the central portion thereof. The baffles consist of a base section 15 having a flat asbestos wick 30 on the underside and vapour flow holes 16, a central stem 14, a V-sectioned part 18 and a hollow superstructure 20 of diamond shape.
Patent GB-474810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to vertical steam boilers
IPC: F22B13/02
Filed: 1936-05-07
Abstract: 474,810. Vertical steam - boilers. LLOYD, L. N. May 7, 1936, No. 12889. [Class 123 (ii)] In a vertical boiler having cross watertubes 3 in the combustion chamber, the load on the furnace crown 4 is transferred to the shell 7 around the steam space by extending the sides of the combustion chamber beyond the crown and riveting the extension to the shell 7. The extension has upper and lower rings of steam and water ports 9, 10. The bottom of the outer shell 12 is secured to the wall of the combustion chamber by an ogee ring extension 26 or by a dished annular plate 25. Baffle plates 31 between the water-tubes direct the furnace gases in a tortuous course.
Patent GB-1412624-A (GB)
Title: Fluid heating units
IPC: F24H1/28
Filed: 1972-03-20
Abstract: 1412624 Fluid heaters BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd 20 March 1973 [20 March 1972] 12898/72 Heading F4A  A fluid heater comprises a combustion chamber 6 surrounded by a fluid jacket 14, smoke tubes 18 extending through the jacket between a front gas turning space 26 and a rear flue gas outlet chamber 32, and a burner (24, Figs. 3, 4, not shown-omitted from Figs. 1, 2) which is mounted on a door (22) hinged to the front of the heater adjacent space 26. Fluid enters at 34 and is directed by a system of 34 and is directed by a system of baffles in the jacket along a sinuous path to outlet 46; baffles 38 exdending to define a path in register with the inlet and stopping short of the front end of the jacket, baffles 42 extending from the front end to short of the rear end and baffles 44 extending from the rear end to short of the front end. A circulatory downcomer 48 is provided which discharges fluid, via injector 50, into the inlet 34 and a drain pipe 74 leads from the base of the jacket. An outer casing 70 contains a layer 72 of insulating material, a refractory lined door 30 closes the end of the chamber 32, and the combustion chamber casing is supported at its rear end by stay bars 16 which extend to wall 10 of the chamber 32. The burner (24) is mounted in an eccentrically positioned aperture in the front door to discharge at a level above the central region of the combustion chamber, and the door is provided with a closing latch (68) which incorporates an electrical connection allowing the burner to be fired only when the door is closed. Gas flow retarders (not shown) may be positioned in the smoke tubes 18 to regulate the combustion gas flow rate.
Patent GB-834305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the production of ammonium nitrate
IPC: C05C1/02
Filed: 1957-04-23
Abstract: Granular ammonium nitrate having a particle density of 1.5-1.65 gm./c.c. and a bulk density of 0.9-1.0 gm./c.c. is produced by spraying molten ammonium nitrate containing not more than 0.5% moisture into the top of a cooling tower in countercurrent to a stream of cooling gas, e.g. air at atmospheric or lower temperature. The ammonium nitrate may be cooled from a temperature of above 350 DEG  F., preferably 355-360 DEG  F., to one of not greater than 280 DEG  F., preferably below 200 DEG  F.  The cooling gas may flow at a velocity of up to 700 ft./min., preferably less than 650 ft./min. Using air at ordinary temperature and a velocity of 625 ft./min. a temperature drop from 400 DEG  to 195 DEG  F. may be effected in a tower of height 50 ft. and a temperature drop from 400 DEG  to 280 DEG  F. may be effected in a tower of height 25 ft.  In the latter case the granules are preferably cooled to below 200 DEG  F. while maintained in motion on a vibrating conveyer. The ammonium nitrate may be sprayed at a pressure of 1.0 p.s.i.g. through orifices of diameter 0.025, 0.035 and 0.037 inch, respectively.
Patent GB-439240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to aircraft
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1934-04-30
Abstract: 439,240. Composite aircraft. HOLLER, H. P., Poplars, Maryland, U.S.A. April 30, 1934, No. 13000. [Class 4] In an aircraft of the type comprising an elliptically-shaped aerostat combined in a unitary structure with aerodynamic lifting means associated with a cabin body the aerostat A, Fig. 1, is divided into vertical compartments adapted to contain hermetically sealed ballonets and is built up from transverse frame rings 2, Figs. 1 and 5, secured to vertical members 5, of which there are four or more sets, by means of horizontal and diagonal members 6, 7 respectively. Members 5 extend upwardly from body B as shown in Fig. 5, the aerostat and body thus forming a unitary structure. The aerostat covering may comprise a wire netting and transverse bulkheads may be constituted by coverings stretched on either side of the frame rings. The ballonets may be wheel-shaped or globular and each is connected by a pipe 16 and a valve to a common filling pipe 15, Fig. 1. The aerostat carries fixed fins 14 and a rudder 17. Tandem wings 25 shown in inverted plan view in Fig. 3, but omitted from Fig. 1, extend transversely between aerostat A and body B and are formed with downwardly foldable wing tips 27 which can be locked in the extended position. Elevators E may be used as sails when the craft is afloat. Body B is of boat shape and is provided with amphibious alighting gear comprising floats P and wheels 32. A railed platform is fitted above the body. Forward propelling means are carried at each end of body B and helicopter screws are arranged above the aerostat. The latter may be electrically driven.
Patent GB-1221751-A (GB)
Title: A method of treating textile materials to impart wash-and-wear properties thereto
Inventor: BERGMAN GERHARD
IPC: D06M15/423
Filed: 1969-03-12
Abstract: 1,221,751. Cross-linking textile materials. HOESCH-CHEMIE G.m.b.H. DUREN CHEMIE. 12 March, 1969 [16 March, 1968], No. 13085/69. Heading DIP. Cellulosic textile materials in wet, moist or dry condition are treated to improve their wash and wear properties with a nitrogen-conteining methylol compound using a thermally unstable acid catalyst viz. trichloroacetic acid either alone or in combination with a salt thereof, or salt of trichloroacetic acid together with a conventional cross-linking catalyst, the catalyst being thermally destroyed when the reaction has been completed. The process may be combined with a dyeing operation in which case the catalyst components are chosen so that the textile material will be alkaline on completion of the heat treatment.
Patent GB-580687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in radiolocation apparatus
IPC: H01J31/62
Filed: 1943-08-13
Abstract: 580,687. Radiolocation; cathode-ray tubes. EDWARDS, B. J., and PYE, Ltd. Aug. 13, 1943, No. 13133. [Classes 39 (i), 40 (iii) and 40 (v)] The intelligence received at a radiolocation station is recorded on a mosaic screen of a cathode-ray tube by a rotating radial scan of an electron beam modulated by the intelligence, and the intelligence is retransmitted by a linear scan of the mosaic by a second electron beam. The two electron beams may operate on the same side, Fig. 3, or on opposite sides, Fig. 1, of the mosaic screen. When the two scans are simultaneous, discriminating means are provided to eliminate spurious signals produced when the beams cross. The mosaic screen 3 for Fig. 1 may as shown in the magnified part of Fig. 2 comprise a fine copper wire mesh 4 coated with glass insulation 5 leaving small apertures 6 which are filled with zinc sulphide subsequently reduced to form discrete metallic particles. The tube of Fig. 1 has a collecting electrode formed by a graphite coating 7 on the side of the screen subjected to the linear scan. The mosaic screen for Fig. 3 may as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 comprise discrete metallic particles 15 deposited by evaporation on one side of a mica plate 16 having a metallic backing 17 to act as a collecting electrode. In addition, the margin 18 of the plate may be left free of metallic particles and may be coated with a fluorescent material to facilitate focusing of the electron beam. The tube of Fig. 3 has a final anode formed by a graphite coating 14 on the same side of the screen as the electron guns.