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Patent GB-828804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for spinning fibrous materials
IPC: D01H4/00
Filed: 1956-07-02
Abstract: 828,804. Spinning yarns. MEIMBERG, J. July 2, 1956 [July 2, 1955(2); July 12, 1955; May 8, 1956; May 17, 1956], No. 20344/56. Class 120(2) [Also in Group XXV] A spinning device has a rotary combing member upon which fibres form a web and a member rotated at a different speed to withdraw continuously the fibres at an angle to the plane of rotation of the combing member. Many embodiments are described; in one, Fig. 1, a sliver is fed by rollers 17 to a porcupine 3 from which fibres are removed by withdrawal through a tube 8 which may rotate on its own axis and is carried round the porcupine by an arm 7 at a speed which is preferably lower than that of the porcupine 3. A bridge member 14 rotates with the tube 8 around the porcupine 3 to lift the sliver delivered by the rollers 17 clear of the tube 8. Rotation of the arm 7 imparts twist to the fibres as they pass towards the delivery rollers 19. Instead of the sliver being fed by a pair of rollers, supplementary porcupines may be employed, either singly or in pairs. In several embodiments, e.g., Fig. 22, porcupines are used to feed slivers to internally toothed members. These internally toothed members may have the teeth carried on bars 204 which are provided with extensions that engage a cam-groove in the supportng body 197 so that the teeth may be moved out of the fibres as the latter pass the withdrawing device 198 carried by the rotatable supporting body 197. The bars 204 may be provided with outwardly directed fan blades to create a suction to draw fibres into the teeth, radial holes being bored in the member that carries the bars 204. Constructions are described wherein internally toothed members have slivers fed to them by pairs of aprons. In one embodiment, a toothed apron feeds sliver through a bore of a casing corresponding to the tube 196. Various devices are described for providing differential rotation between toothed members and withdrawing members, in Fig. 36, the withdrawing member 298 is carried on an arm 299 on which is mounted a gear 300 meshing with a gear on the inner face of the porcupine 295 and also with a gear 302 fixed to a flywheel 303. In others, free-wheel arrangements are provided between the withdrawing and toothed members. Instead of the porcupines or toothed members being pinned, they may have saw-tooth type teeth. The combing device may be made in part of electrostatically chargeable synthetic material, for instance, having an acetate base.
Patent GB-860605-A (GB)
Title: A calculating-recording apparatus
IPC: G06C11/08
Filed: 1958-06-25
Abstract: 860,605. Mechanical switches, without quickaction. COMPTOMETER CORPORATION. June 25, 1958 [July 9, 1957], No. 20349/58. Class 38 (5). [Also in Group XIX] A calculating-machine (see Group XIX) has switches associated with its numeral wheels for data-transmission purposes. During the entry of a number, the numeral wheels are advanced correspondingly under the control of keys, the power for the rotation of the wheels being derived either from the depression of the keys or from a motor. Each numeral wheel 60, Figs. 4 and 6, carries an insulating disc 86 to which is secured eccentrically a contact-element 88 having contact-points 96, 98 which respectively co-operate with an inner ring contact 100 and ten contacts 102. The contacts 100 and 102 are carried by a fixed insulating disc 84. Thus for each position of the wheel, the contact 100 is connected to a corresponding one of the contacts 102.
Patent GB-1091980-A (GB)
Title: Loading apparatus for vehicles
Inventor: LUGASH MAX JACK
IPC: B60P1/48
Filed: 1966-05-09
Abstract: 1,091,980. Vehicle load-lifting platforms. MAXON INDUSTRIES Inc. May 9, 1966, No. 20352/66. Heading B8E. A load lifting platform 60 is pivotably mounted by means of arms 50, 55 on ears 47 of a framework pivoted on a vertical axis on a framework secured under the vehicle. The platform is raised and lowered by an hydraulic cylinder 68, the piston 67 of which is connected to an arm 65 rigidly secured to a cross-member 66 rigidly secured between the arms 55. The pivoted platform supporting framework can be swung 90 degrees from the operative position shown to a stowed position under the vehicle where the platform is held in a semi-raised position. The framework is held in its extreme positions by a pin 73 releasable by an arm 75. The platform 60 is secured to the framework at an intermediate position to provide a portion 81 which equalizes the load forces on the platform and brings it adjacent the vehicle platform when raised.
Patent GB-1482292-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for continuously crimping and cutting at least one continuous yarn
IPC: D02G1/06
Filed: 1975-05-14
Abstract: 1482292 Texturing and cutting continuous yarns RHONE-POULENC-TEXTILE 14 May 1975 [10 June 1974] 20467/75 Heading D1F In a method of impinging and cutting at least one continuous yarn, a yarn is introduced by means of a fluid into a tube surrounding and coaxial with a rotating spindle so that the tube is wound about the spindle the fluid is allowed at least partly to escape from lateral tube orfices, a piled-up wad of material is formed within the tube, the wad is cut within the tube and the cut material is removed from the tube. In the device shown, a spindle has a small-diameter part 6 rotating within fixed sleeve 10, and a largediameter part rotating within fixed tube 5. The filaments of yarn 1 are fed, separated and crimped by hot-fluid injector 2, and pass through rotating part 7 to be woundabout and passed along the sleeve within the tube. Some fluid escapes via orifices 12 and pipe 13, which may be restricted. A piled-up wad of wound crimped filaments is cut by rotary blade 14, which may have its own sharpening device, and the cut fibres are collected by rotatable wheel 15 and sucked' into a box. Several cutters may be used. The filaments may be partially cut and then twisted, e.g. as a continuous process. Several yarns can be processed simultaneously, and a monifilament introduced with platicising fluid may be processed. A gas or a liquid, e.g. a dyestuff, size or antistatic or plasticising agents, may be introduced between the sleeve and tube. Heating or cooling means may be provided over the length of the device, or the spindle can be heated internally. The texturing and cutting of a multifilament polyamide yarn is described.
Patent GB-441078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the driving and control of auxiliary apparatus employed with steam boilers
IPC: H02P7/34
Filed: 1934-07-12
Abstract: 441,078. Control of several D.C. motors. YOUNG, J. W., The Croft, Meadow Road, Urmston, Manchester, and ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd., Crown House, Aldwych, London. July 12, 1934, No. 20497. [Class 38 (iii)] Varying E.M.F.-The auxiliary apparatus used for supplying air and fuel respectively to the furnace of a steam boiler plant is driven by motors, each motor or set of motors being in Ward-Leonard connection with a separate generator, and means are provided for controlling the generators individually from their respective control elements, or simultaneously from a single control element. Additional motors, controlled by separate generators, may be provided for driving other parts of the plant. In the arrangement shown, the motors 1 ... 6 driving fans and blowers for regulating. the draught and air supply are connected in parallel to a generator 13, the field windings 7... 12 of the motors being regulated by resistances 29 ... 34. Another generator 20 is connected to a motor 18 driving the stoking apparatus, a third generator 37 supplies motors 35, 36 driving centrifugal pumps for the feed water, and a fourth generator 45 supplies a motor 44 dealing with the air heating. The generators are all driven from a motor 22 which also drives an exciter 23. The field windings of the generators 13, 20, and 45 can be regulated individually by adjustable resistances 25, 27, and 47 connected in parallel across a potentiometer 28. The field winding of the generator 37 is controlled by a resistance 39 which may also be connected to the potentiometer, or may, as shown, be directly connected to the terminals of the exciter 23. The movable members of one or more of the adjustable resistances may be coupled mechanically with the movable member of the potentiometer. In plant comprising two or more boiler units, those generators of each unit which are subject to simultaneous control may be excited. from a common exciter 49 connected to bus bars 53, 54, the operation of the auxiliary apparatus of all the boiler units being controlled simultaneously by adjusting the field resistance 51 of the exciter 49, while the individual units can be controlled by their respective potentiometers 28. Relays 57, 58 are provided which transfer the excitation from the exciter 49 to the individual exciters 23 of each unit if the voltage of the exciter 49 falls below a predetermined value.
Patent GB-320419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to suit and like cases
IPC: A45C7/00
Filed: 1928-07-14
Abstract: 320,419. Barlow, J. B., and Hirst, A. H. July 14, 1928. Cases designed to be of variable capacity; handles. - An expanding suit-case or the like, particularly of the kind referred to in Specification 308,911, [Class 44, Fastenings, Lock &c.], is provided with a handle the position of which may be varied. The handle is adjustable to either of three positions and is attached at each end to a block 2, conveniently of T cross-section, which slides in a slot 3 formed in a plate 4, which is attached to the case 5 and extends in the direction of its depth. The lower face of the plate 4 is provided with stops 8 which co-operate with the lateral flanges 9 of the block 2, to maintain the handle in the desired position. The block is conveniently provided with a flat metal spring 7, which engages the casing 6 and presses the block into position.
Patent GB-314963-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for applying packing rings to the ends of seamed tins such as used forpreserves and the like
IPC: B21D51/46
Filed: 1929-07-05
Abstract: 314,963. NestlÚ & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. July 6, 1928, [Convention date]. Seaming. - In apparatus for applying packing rings to the ends of tins which are subsequently seamed, the packing rings are cut from an automatically fed rubber or like tube and are immediately applied to the tin ends. The packing tube 2 is arranged over a vertically reciprocated mandrel 3. On lifting a lever 16, the mandrel being in its lowest position, an attached spring-pressed cam ring 19 is lowered and actuates rollers 13 on radial slides 12 which press the tube against the mandrel, and a cam 33 is lowered to allow a bevelled end to contact with a roller 32 on a pivoted cutter 31 adapted to sever a ring 42 from the tube 2 while the tube is supported vertically by a ring 11 on a conical head. The cut ring 42 falls on to grippers 10 connected by links to independently reciprocated rods 8. The lever 16 is slightly lowered to withdraw the cutter 31 and the mandrel 3 is raised independently an amount equal to the thickness of the cut ring, the tube remaining stationary owing to the pressure of the rollers 13 until the lever 16 is fully depressed to withdraw slides 12. The rods 8 are raised to withdraw the grippers 10 from within the cut ring 42 and on the next downward movement of the rods, the grippers 10 push the cut ring on to a chuck 41 of the ring applying machine. The cutter is rotated from a bevel gear 27, and the lever 16, mandrel 3 and rods 8 may be actuated from the ring-applying machine.
Patent GB-1008970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to paint tin tidies
IPC: B44D3/12
Filed: 1963-05-23
Abstract: 1,008,970. Brush scrapers. F. G. GIGGINS. May 21, 1964 [May 23, 1963], No. 20671/63. Heading B8D. A device to be secured over the interior of a paint tin comprises an open-ended tubular member A, oval at the top and tapering downwards to an oval slit, such that when a loaded brush is stirred around its inside wall excess paint drips back inside the tin, and such that it allows access across the aperture of the tin outside the device for loading the brush. An arm B straddles the tin wall and a clamping screw D secures the device to the tin. The device can be part of the structure of the tin and disposed within it, allowing a lid to close the tin, the device being bent or lifted into position for use.
Patent GB-601052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical condensers
IPC: H01G5/06
Filed: 1943-12-11
Abstract: 601,052. Making electric condensers. WELLBURN, E. R., and PLESSEY CO., Ltd. Dec. 11, 1943, No. 20766. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] [Also in Group XXXVI] Welding.-Rotor vanes and stator vanes are each secured in sets for an electric condenser by forming on either the vanes or the supports, at the points at which they butt, projections through which initial contact is made on passing a welding current between the butting parts. As shown, a rotor vane 1 has projections 3 in a cut-away part 2 which will ultimately house a semi-circular section support, and a stator vane 5 has projections 6 at ends that will be welded to support plates or brackets.
Patent GB-201042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in automobile vehicles
IPC: B62D49/00
Filed: 1922-07-31
Abstract: 201,042. Reece, S. B. July 31, 1922. Buffers. - In an automobile tractor particularly adapted for shunting railway vehicles in goods yards a triangular framework 3, 4, 5 is attached at each side of the tractor to the transverse draw-bar or frame plate 2 which takes the pull of the load, and the two triangular frames are connected at the front and rear by cross-bars 9 on which are mounted directly or through springs wooden buffing blocks 11, 12. The members 5 of the frameworks are substantially vertical but converging slightly towards their lower ends, while the front ends of the horizontal girders 4 and inclined girders 3 are supported by a yoke 6, Fig. 4, pivoted about a pin 7 on the front axle 8.
Patent GB-122403-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Atomizing Materials in a Melted State.
Inventor: ODAM EUGENE
IPC: B22F9/08
Filed: 1918-12-17
Abstract: 122,403. Odam, E. Jan. 18, 1918, [Convention date] Gas-pressure sprayers.-Metals and other fusible materials are heated by the products of combustion under pressure of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel, and are atomized by the expansion of the combustion products into the atmosphere. In the apparatus shown, a blowpipe burner d supplied with gas and air through pipes e, f is mounted in a chamber a, through which passes a feed-pipe k for the molten material to be treated, additional air being supplied through pipes g, i. The nozzle m of the pipe k projects into an outlet n from the chamber a. In a modification, the burner d and the pipe k are in separate communicating compartments of the chamber a.
Patent GB-1120596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to flame monitoring apparatus
Inventor: DUMPLETON OWEN WALTER
IPC: F23N5/08
Filed: 1966-05-12
Abstract: 1, 120, 596. Photo-electric burner control. BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd. May 12, 1967 [May 12, 1966] No. 21099/66. Heading G1A. Flame monitoring apparatus of the type which determines the ratio of the fluctuating component of the flame radiation to the steady component is tested at will by shining on to the photo-sensitive device auxiliary steady radiation having an effect comparable to the steady radiation from the flame. If this does not substantially reduce the measured ratio, the apparatus is faulty. The auxiliary radiation may be provided by a lamp positioned so that radiation from the flame normally passes through it. The apparatus may be arranged to retract a burner when the flame is defective and the retraction means may be rendered inoperative whilst the lamp is energized. The lamp and photoresponsive device may be formed as a demountable unit in a cylinder, one end of which is closed by a radiation transparent diaphragm as described in Specification 1, 120, 595. (see Division F4).
Patent GB-493969-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for assembling straps and buckles in the manufacture of adjustable straps
IPC: A41H37/08
Filed: 1937-07-30
Abstract: 493,969. Adjustable straps. ALFANDRE, H. July 30, 1937, No. 21174. [Class 43] Apparatus for assembling buckles and straps in the manufacture of adjustable straps, e.g. shoulder straps of undergarments, comprises jaws 316, 318, Figs. 15 and 16, for holding a pair of buckles in spaced relationship with an aperture of one buckle in alignment with an aperture of the other, and a blade 320 which is mounted on a rod 322 slidably mounted in a guide 326 and is adapted to engage a strap disposed upon the upper jaw and force it through the aligned apertures of said buckles, the rod 322 being actuated by a treadle through a cord &c. 362 secured to a lever 332 from which it is suspended. The jaws each comprise opposed members 364, 366 located in slots 368 in a supporting bar 312, the members 364 being fixed by pins 370 and the members 366 being pivoted at 372 and urged towards the fixed jaws by springs 374. Grooves are provided in the inner edges of the jaws to receive the sides of the buckles, and the fixed jaws are fitted with members 378 which guide the movable jaws relatively thereto and also act as stops to position the buckles after insertion of the latter. In modified apparatus, Figs. 1 and 6, means for automatically feeding the buckles to the jaws is provided, for example double-eyelet buckles 268 from a vertical tube 70 to the upper jaw 26 and singleeyelet buckles 266 from a tube 80 to the lower jaw 28, the jaws being spaced by a block 30. The outlet ends of the tubes 70, 80 are detachably mounted in holders 75, 82 secured to the block 30, and the end buckles in the tubes are transferred from the tubes to the jaws by a plunger 100 which is slidable in the said block and is formed with a reduced end defining opposed shoulders 106, 108 for engagement with the buckles. Actuation of the plunger 100 is effected by a treadle through links 130, 132, 144 and a stem 122 projecting from the rear thereof, and the buckle tubes are provided with weight and spring means 78, 88 respectively for feeding the buckles to the plunger. In addition to the blade 37 for thrusting the strap through the buckles, a strap-withdrawing hook 39 is provided.
Patent GB-614492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wireless sets comprising one or more sliding-core coils
IPC: H03J3/24
Filed: 1946-07-16
Abstract: 614,492. Inductances. PHILIPS LAMPS, Ltd. July 16, 1946, No. 21226. Convention date, Sept. 3, 1942. [Class 38 (ii)] The inductance range of an inductor 1 with a sliding core 3 used in a wireless set can be varied; the maximum inductance being adjusted by displacing the toothed driving wheel 5 relative to the rack 6 on core 3 to vary the maximum penetration of the core, and the minimum inductance being altered by means of an auxiliary core 9, which being fixed to the leading end of core 3 has little effect on the maximum inductance.
Patent GB-1023567-A (GB)
Title: Process for manufacturing agglomerated material
IPC: C22C21/12
Filed: 1964-05-22
Abstract: Fibrous material e.g. wood shavings, glass fibre or paper, is pressed to form planks between platens of aluminium alloy containing copper and one or more of silicon, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, titanium or cadmium.  The preferred proportion of copper is 1-10% and of the other constituents less than 3% each. The pressing may be performed at above 200  DEG C.
Patent GB-392386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric fuses
IPC: H01H31/12
Filed: 1932-07-28
Abstract: 392,386. Electrically-tripped switches. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Inc., 120, Broadway, New York, U.S.A. -(Assignees of Allgemeine Elektricitõts- Ges.; 2, Friedrich Karl-Ufer, Berlin.) July 28, 1932, No. 21349. Convention date, July 28, 1931. [Class 38 (v).] In a cartridge fuse of the type in which a wide gap is established between the end of the cartridge and the terminal when the fuse is blown the cartridge is pivoted at one end and is retained in place by a toggle to the common joint of which the fusible element is connected, so that when the element fuses the toggle collapses and permits the cartridge to turn to one side. One of the toggle links i<1> is pivoted at h to a plate attached to the cartridge c. The other link i<2> bears on a pivoted catch g bearing on the terminal e.. The common joint of the links i<1>, i<2> is attched to the fusible element d and when this fuses the toggle collapses under the action of a spring k, allowing the cartridge to take the position shown by the dotted lines under the action of a spring n. It may then operate the contact o of an indicating or switching device etc.; in the case of an alternating current circuit the contact o may break all the phases on the failure of one.
Patent GB-1482293-A (GB)
Title: Beverage filter
IPC: A47J31/06
Filed: 1975-05-19
Abstract: 1482293 Beverage filter R O WINBERG 19 May 1975 [20 May 1974] 21358/75 Heading A4E [Also in Division B1-2] A filter for use in preparing tea or similar beverages comprises a top plate 1 adapted to be seated on the top edge of a tea-pot or cup and provided with a substantially circular opening having an edge 2, and a member secured to the top plate in the opening and consisting of a flat circular disc 3 and a thin layer 5 of material folded into pleats 8, Fig. 5. The material extends across the base and is fixed by a portion 4 by gluing or welding to the edge 2 of the opening. A receptacle for holding tea-leaves &c. is formed by pressing the disc 3 downwards out of the plane of the plate 1. The layer 5 may be a net or a thin sheet of plastics material formed with slits, the pleats being formed in either case by a tool having two parts with inter-digited tongues between which the material is pressed and heated. The pleats may be spiral or concentric.
Patent GB-597493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in refuse collecting vehicles
IPC: B65F3/22
Filed: 1945-08-22
Abstract: 597,493. Vehicle fittings for loading; screw conveyers. EAGLE ENGINEERING CO., Ltd., and WALTER, J. C. Aug. 22, 1945, No. 21415. [Classes 78 (i) and 78(iv)] In a refuse collecting vehicle of the kind wherein the refuse is traversed and pugged within a container forming part of the vehicle body, by a rotated screw, the material is fed against a disc traversably mounted in the container and when the pressure on the disc reaches a predetermined value, the disc is automatically coupled by a clutch to the shaft on which the screw is mounted whereby the traversing mechanism of the disc is operated and the disc moves forward to provide further packing space and ensure even packing. In the embodiment shown, material placed in a hopper 2 at the rear end of a container 1 is fed forward against a disc 6 by a screw 5 mounted on a shaft 3 which is connected to the engine of the vehicle or other power source by a gear wheel 4. The disc 6 is mounted on a collar 7 bolted to a nut 8 engaging a screw-threaded shaft 9 protected by a split sleeve 10. When the pressure on the disc 6 reaches a predetermined amount the shaft 9 is displaced axially to engage its clutch section 12 with the complementary section 13 on the gear wheel 4 whereby the shaft 9 is rotated and the disc traversed forwardly. The pressure on the disc now diminishes and the spring 14 automatically disengages the clutch sections 12, 13 until such time as the pressure is built-up again.