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Patent GB-375374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for applying liquid coating-materials to wire and the like
IPC: B29C70/68
Filed: 1931-03-17
Abstract: 375,374. Coating wires. WADE, M. C. 6, Broadlands Road, Highgate, and SHARPE W. S., 12, New Court, Carey Street, both in London, (Representatives of Wade, H.).- (Vultex, Ltd. ; 20, Hill Street, St. Helier, Jersey). March 17, 1931, No. 8201. [Class 140.] Apparatus for applying liquids such as dispersions of vulcanized or unvulcanized rubber, guttapercha and balata to materials such as wire comprises a receptacle in which the liquid lies as an undisturbed pool with a free upper surface, the wire being drawn through an inlet and out through the upper surface clear of engagement with the apparatus. The liquid dispersion is supplied through an inlet 10, Fig. 4, at a rate sufficient to maintain a pool on the upper face of a die 6, excess being discharged through an outlet 12. The die 6, through which a wire 9 is upwardly passed, has a vertical aperture which flares outwardly from top to bottom, causing liquid passing through the die 6 to drop clear of the wire into a trap 7, formed by an annulus 8 from which it is discharged by a pipe 11. More than one coating may be applied to the wire in the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Wire from a reel 17 is passed round a capstan 22 through a tank 23, in which a preliminary treatment may be given, such as applying paste to smooth surface irregularities, then beneath a sheave 24 and upwardly through a heaterdrier 25, whence it passes over sheaves 26, 27, through the first die chamber 28, heater-drier 25 and over sheave 29 and so on through each of the die chambers 28 in the series, finally passing through a chalk hopper 33 on to a take-up reel 18. The liquid coating material is supplied by a pipe 39 to the first die chamber whence it overflows and is discharged to the second die chamber and so on. The wire is carried through the machine by the capstan 22 and a series of friction drives 34, 34a .. 34h, 41, which are driven from a motor 19 through a countershaft 21 and belts 35, 37. In another form of apparatus the wire passes several times through the same receptacle by way of a plurality of openings.
Patent GB-653453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mechanical toys
IPC: A63H17/12
Filed: 1948-03-19
Abstract: 653,453. Mechanical toys. LOBB, J. B. March 19, 1948, Nos. 8248 and 32019. [Class 132 (iii)] A toy crane, of the type comprising a platform 10, &c., on which a cabin 11, &c., is mounted to rotate about a vertical axis, a jib arm 42, mounted on the cabin I so as to swing about a horizontal axis and a pick-up device, includes a power source, e.g. a clockwork motor, mounted in the cabin-and coupled through gears to the platform to rotate said cabin, to the jib arm to raise and lower it, and to the pick-up device; and is characterized in that the coupling between the motor and the various parts includes a cam or equivalent mechanism arranged so that the apparatus carries out a sequence of operations from a pick-up position to an unloading position and back again. As shown the motor drives a shaft carrying cams which govern the various operations. In Fig. 2 the toy, during operation, moves from the normal position (dotted lines) to the pick-up position (full lines), and back to pick up the load, and then the cabin turns through 90 degrees, the movement of the jib arm is repeated to discharge the load, and, when the jib arm is again normal, the cabin turns back. In Fig. 9 the platform 10 may be mounted on wheels and arranged either to move forwards and backwards or intermittently forward in between the other movements described above with reference to the stationary toy, the drive being controlled by a further cam. Instead of the scoop illustrated, a hook, a grab or a magnetically operated pick-up may be used.
Patent GB-561994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in anti-aircraft machine gun turrets
IPC: F41A23/24
Filed: 1942-06-17
Abstract: 561,994. Gun turrets. COMPAGNON, G. June 17, 1942, No. 8301. Convention date, June, 18, 1941. [Class 92 (i)] Relates to anti-aircraft machine gun turrets comprising a central stationary control and observation post 4 surrounded by an annular platform 10 which carries the machine guns 11 and which is continuously rotated as by track rollers 13 driven by electric motors. According to the invention, the machine guns are fixed to the platform at different elevation angles from the axis of the turret in order to obtain a uniformly-distributed random fire around the target. The turret has armour plate 12 and is sunk within a concrete emplacement 1. Several such turrets may be arranged in a ring with their axes of rotation inclined away from the target.
Patent GB-742239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in barrier layer cells
Inventor: BILLIG ERNST
IPC: H01L21/18
Filed: 1951-10-24
Abstract: 742,239. Semiconductor devices. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Oct. 23, 1952 [Oct. 24, 1951], No. 8345/55. Divided out of 742,172. Class 37. A sharply defined PN junction is produced by electrolytically depositing a thin film of semiconductor material such as germanium of one conductivity type on to a piece of semiconductor material of the opposite conductivity type. The Provisional Specification also describes other methods of providing PN junctions, as described in Specification 742,172.
Patent GB-962016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sheet separating devices
IPC: B65H3/08
Filed: 1962-03-05
Abstract: 962,016. Feeding sheets. HARRIS-INTERTYPE CORPORATION. March 5, 1962 [March 7, 1961], No. 8361/62. Heading B6B. Apparatus for separating sheets from a pile comprises a sucker 12 mounted on a first member 20, a second member 27, and bellows 28 interconnecting said first and second members, said first member being connected to the second memberfor angular movement relative thereto, so that when the top sheet of the pile is engaged by the sucker, the vacuum in the bellows causes the latter to collapse and pivot the first member and sucker away from the pile, the bellows assuming an expanded condition when connected to the atmosphere. The members 20, 27 and bellows 28 are formed as an integral moulding of rubber-like material and are provided with a depending heel 16. The latter is covered by a metal cap 24, about which the top sheet is bent. The member 20 is reduced in width adjacent the heel 16 to facilitate pivotal movement thereof. The sucker has annular ribs 23 on its central portion which snap-over a shoulder 22 extending round an opening 21 in the member.20. Alternatively, the sucker is formed integrally with the member 20. In another embodiment, the first and second members comprise metal plates hinged together and interconnected by bellows. The plates are shaped so that the hinge depends below the first plate to form a heel, Fig. 4 (not shown), about which the top sheet is bent. The lower end of the bellows is formed with a collar which is snapped into an opening in the first plate and the upper end of the bellows is forced over the flared end of a connecting member mounted on the second plate.
Patent GB-1147331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the application of ceramic or glass surface-coatings
Inventor: JONES NEVILLE RHYS
IPC: B05D1/00
Filed: 1965-02-26
Abstract: 1,147,331. Coating surfaces. HAWKER SIDDELEY DYNAMICS Ltd. 21 Feb., 1966 [26 Feb., 1965], No. 8525/65. Heading B2K. A method of coating articles with a layer ot material applied in finely divided foam by flame spraying from a gun, comprises the steps of flame spraying the coating material from a gun onto a temporary support, affixing the surface of the article to be coated to the exposed surface of the coating material on the support and then removing the support. The material sprayed may be a ceramic. The bonding may be by means of a curable resin adhesive. The temporary support may be a metal the surface of which may be lightly sun-blasted and treated with a silicone release agent. The support may be flat or a mould for fabricating, for example, a glass fibre laminate. The temporary support may also be flexible such as soft rubber, which may be first coated with "Bollotini". The ternporary support may be a stiffened rubber mandrel and this may be used to coat the inside of a tube. The sprayed material on the temporary support may have its exposed surface treated with an impregnated material and the opposite exposed surface may be likewise treated with an impregnated material after exposure consequent upon the steps of a fixing and removal of the support. The impregnant may be a cured epoxy resin.
Patent GB-429646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sleeping caps
IPC: A42B1/04
Filed: 1934-03-19
Abstract: 429,646. Hair-waving appliances. SHARP, G. HARTLEY-, Woodlands Hotel, Wetherby Lane, Harrogate. March 19, 1934, No. 8538. [Class 131] [See also Group VII] A sleeping-cap for ladies wear comprises a body or skull part A of lace, light fabric, &c. which may be reinforced by ribbons G, and wave - retaining straps or bands B, preferably elastic which are provided at the front edge of the part A, and are adapted to be secured detachably, e.g. by buttons or snap fasteners, to a retaining band C secured by its ends to the skull part A. A piece of gauze, veiling, or the like D is attached to the body of the cap, and is adapted to be drawn over the part of the hair on which the bands B rest. An elastic cord or band E which may be adjustable is provided at the front edge of the veil. The body part A is furnished with ribbons F adapted to be fastened under the wearer's chin.
Patent GB-1206891-A (GB)
Title: Method of coating with liquids
Inventor: MCGLASHEN JAMES NEIL
IPC: B05D1/18
Filed: 1968-02-22
Abstract: 1,206,891. Coating method and coating apparatus. DUNLOP CO. Ltd. 18 Feb., 1969 [22 Feb., 1968], No. 8547/68. Headings B2E and B2L. Articles are coated with liquid contained in the trough of a vibration conveyor while being fed to the trough and through the liquid under the influence of the vibration of the trough. The discharge end portion of the trough may incline from the surface of the coating liquid and may be grooved to assist drainage. The vibration conveyor may be a linear vibration feeder and the level of the liquid in the trough may be maintained constant. In an exemplified process oil seal cups 1 are fed from a hopper (not shown) to the trough 2 of the vibration conveyor containing a liquid bonding agent 3. As the vibration conveyor vibrates the cups are conveyed out of the bonding agent up the incline where excess bonding agent is drained. The liquid is maintained at a constant level by means of a grooved "bird-bath" type feeder.
Patent GB-910748-A (GB)
Title: A safety arrangement for the cuttling rollers of a scotch feed for a carding machine
Inventor: BROOK ROBERT BENJAMIN
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1958-03-18
Abstract: 910,748. Machinery safety devices. REDSHAW & CO. Ltd. March 9, 1959 [March 18, 1958], No. 8574/58. Class 80 (4). [Also in Group IX] In the scotch feed of a textile carding- machine having a pair of feed or cuttling rollers 12 rotated by intermeshing gears 16 driven by a pinion 30, one of the rollers is mounted at each end in a spring-loaded slidable bearing block 22 so that should an operator's fingers become caught, the feed rollers separate and disengage the toothed drive. The rollers 12 comprise wooden drums having blades 14 for conveying partially carded sliver from a scribbler to a carrier, and the sliding bearing block 22 has a projecting rod 24 carrying a spring 28 reacting against a bracket 26 which is adjustable along a fixed rod 27. The drive will also be disengaged should the sliver lap the roller.
Patent GB-607123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to refrigerant compressor systems
IPC: F25B31/02
Filed: 1945-04-06
Abstract: 607,123. Refrigerant compressors. PHILCO RADIO & TELEVISON CORPORATION. April 6, 1945, No. 8577. Convention date, April 29, 1944. [Class 8 (i)] In a motor-driven twostage refrigerant compressor unit comprising high and low-pressure pumps mounted within a sealed housing in communication with an evaporator, means responsive to pressure within the lowpressure pump and housing wnen said pressure exceeds a predetermined value renders said low-pressure pump ineffective so that the unit becomes single stage. The unit comprises a housing 20, Fig. 2, in which is resiliently mounted on supports 27 a frame 28 having a central vertical bore to form a bearing for a driving shaft 31, having an eccentric 37 which acts through a scotch yoke to reciprocate pistons 39, 40. Inlet apertures 50 are controlled by a leaf-valve 51 and are protected from lubricating oil by a hood 55. Refrigerant is passed from the low-pressure cylinder 42 to the high-pressure cylinder 41 along a channel 70 and groove 71 and past a disc valve 72. The cylinder head 61 is recessed at 63 to enclose a valve plate 60, having outlet apertures 65 controlled by a spring-pressed disc valve 66. Compressed refrigerant is delivered to a discharge tube 16 through recesses 75 cut in the walls of the recess 67 and thence to an outlet aperture 78. The pressure-responsive means comprises a relief valve 100 formed by a bored member 101, Fig. 5, screwed into the lowpressure cylinder head 47, and an upertured cap 108 bearing on adjustable valve-supporting screw 124. The valve proper comprises spaced plates 115, 118 sealed by bellows 117 and held apart by the pressure at which the valve was sealed, normally 30 pounds per sq. in., and assisted by a spring 121. During initial compression the inlet pressure is greater than 30 pounds per sq. in. and the valve plate 115 is forced from its seat 112 to render ineffective the low-pressure pump. On continued operation, the pump and housing pressure falls to a value at which the unit becomes two-staged. In a modification a relief valve 130, Fig. 7, is solenoid-actuated by means of an adjustable pressure responsive switch 134, which closes at above 30 pounds per sq. in., allowing a plate 115a to become unseated from an aperture 102a. Lubricant is forced from the crankcase through an axial bore 91 in the shaft 31 to channel 94, 92, 93 by an impellor 83.
Patent GB-665154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to drums for supporting cables, pipes and the like
Inventor: BERRY JOSEPH WALLACE
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 1949-03-30
Abstract: 665,154. Cable and like drums. BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) CO., Ltd. March 30, 1950 [March 30, 1949], No. 8591/49. Class 99 (ii) A barrel 10 and two side plates 12, stiffened by radial webs 19, are of cast light alloy metal and retained in assembled relationship by bolts 22 passing through the plates and barrel end portions such as inward flanges 11 which may be received in shoulders 17 of the sides. There may be sleeved bosses 13 of the plates one of which may have a recess enclosing the clamped end of a cable, pipe or the like. In a modification the barrel comprises segments having chordal flanges for attachment by tie-bolts to the plates.
Patent GB-1387202-A (GB)
Title: Damper with double floating side rails
IPC: F16K1/16
Filed: 1972-02-24
Abstract: 1387202 Flue damper FORNEY INTERNATIONAL Inc 24 Feb 1972 [24 Feb 1971] 8666/72 Heading F4B [Also in Division F2] In a damper unit, of the type having at least one damper blade pivoted in a frame, the or each blade 20 is mounted on a pair of shafts 18 so as to allow for expansion of the damper blade axially relatively to the shafts, and a pair of sealing frames mounted on the opposite vertical sides of the frame are arranged to provide channels 30 co-operating with floating side rails 42 one at each end of the damper blade to close gaps between the damper blade and the frame due to thermal expansion. Each shaft 18 is journalled in a bearing 16 with a stuffing box 64, and is connected to the damper blade 20 by a pin 96 secured to the blade and passing through a slot 44 in the shaft. Angle irons 58 secured to the inner face of the frame side members form channel 30 to co-operate with the in turned flanges 54 of a sealing bar 42 mounted to move on the shaft with the damper 20.
Patent GB-414324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in supplementary instruments for examining suspended drops by means of the usual microscopes
IPC: G02B21/00
Filed: 1934-03-21
Abstract: 414,324. Microscopes. ZEISS, C., [Firm of], Carl-Zeiss-Strasse, Jena, Germany. March 21, 1934, No. 8829. Convention date, March 21, 1933. [Class 97 (i).] A supplementary instrument to be substituted for parts of an ordinary microscope to enable suspended drops to be examined consists of an illumination device to be attached to the pillar bracket of the microscope so as to illuminate the object from above, and an observation device comprising a microscope objective, a reflecting system deviating the path of the imaging rays, and an eyepiece, this device being so mounted on the stand that the objective extends from below into the aperture in the object stage. The Figure shows a microscope in which the bracket 2 is provided with a slide guide 7 in which the usual microscope tube can be adjusted vertically by a knob 4. The tube can be replaced by a support 20 for the condenser 19, this support being provided with a slide 21 engaging in the guide 7. A reflector 22 for directing illuminating rays vertically downwards to the condenser is adjustably mounted on the bracket 2. The observation parts according to the invention are arranged to be inserted in the sleeve 9 which normally accommodates the condenser for illumination from below. These parts include a housing 10 which can be secured in the sleeve 9 and a hollow body 13 disposed within the housing and carrying an objective 14. The body 13 can be finely adjusted vertically by a screw 11 having a knob 12. A reflecting prism 16 extending into the body 13, and an upwardly inclined ocular 17, are mounted in a lateral extension 15 of the housing 10. The sleeve 9 with the attached observation parts can be adjusted vertically by a knob 8. An object carrier, from which a drop of the liquid to be examined is suspended, is placed on the stage 3 and the support 20 is adjusted so that the point of intersection of the illuminating rays emerging from the condenser 19 lies within the drop. The invention can also be applied to a microscope of the kind having no tube, the objective being mounted on a slide disposed in a guide on the upper end of the pillar bracket and the ocular tube being screwed into the bracket. In this form the condenser and a source of illumination can be substituted for the objective and the eyepiece respectively, the source of light emitting a pencil of approximately parallel rays.
Patent GB-837979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to magnesium tetraboride and to the production thereof
Inventor: KING ADEN JACKSON
IPC: C01B35/04
Filed: 1957-03-18
Abstract: Magnesium tetraboride is prepared by heating at 900-1200 DEG  C. a mixture of magnesium and boron, a mixture of magnesium diboride and boron, or magnesium diboride alone, and extracting the product with dilute mineral acid, e.g. H2SO4, HCl, or HNO3, to remove MgB2, and leave MgB4, which is insoluble.  In the two mixtures used there should be a stoichiometric deficiency of boron.  In all three reactions the starting materials are briquetted, and the resulting briquettes are, in the first two reactions, heated in helium, and, in the last reaction, heated in vacuo to volatilize magnesium.  The product of all three reactions is cooled in helium before extraction.
Patent GB-169468-A (GB)
Title: Method of preserving animal matter or tissue such as hides or skins
IPC: C14C1/02
Filed: 1920-03-26
Abstract: 169,468. Ross, H. C., Marris, H. C., and Walker & Sons, Ltd., W. March 26,1920. Disinfectants &c.-A composition for preserving hides, skins, &c. from deterioration by enzyme action contains end products of such action, such as peptones, aminoacids, and ammonia. Inhibitors of enzyme action, such as common salt, calcium chloride, or potassium oxalate, and germicides such as carbolic acid and xylene, may be added. The material may be applied as a powder, but is preferably made into a paste with glycerine or like hygroscopic material.
Patent GB-223151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in racquets for tennis, badminton, and the like
IPC: A63B51/00
Filed: 1924-04-08
Abstract: 223,151. Lewis, O. E. April 8, 1924. Rackets.-Tennis, badminton, and like rackets having a single-mesh stringing are provided with stringing holes diagonally bored in the frame to present a double row of orifices on the inside face of the frame. As shown in Fig. 1, consecutive stringing holes 4. 5 cross one another and present double rows of orifices on both the inside and outside faces of the frame 1. In a modification, Fig. 4, the holes present a single row of orifices to the outside of the frame.
Patent GB-1304095-A (GB)
IPC: H01M4/68
Filed: 1970-02-25
Abstract: 1304095 Lead or lead-tin alloys REDEMAT SA 25 Feb 1970 [15 July 1969] 9058/70 Heading C7A  A creep resistant alloy has a composition in the following range in per cent by weight at least one of the following Pb and impurities the balance.  The alloy may also contain Sn 0À001-66 in which case the minimum Pb content is 30À0. Reference is made to use of the alloys in the construction of batteries and in the sulphuric acid industry for contact with dilute sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-498649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of elastic fabrics
Filed: 1938-03-25
Abstract: Iron or steel supports to be embedded in a latex adhesive layer between two fabrics are treated to convert the surface layer into ferrous sulphide to facilitate adhesion of the latex.
Patent GB-625199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric condensers
IPC: H03F3/54
Filed: 1947-04-03
Abstract: 625,199. Electric condensers. RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA. April 3, 1947, No. 9197. Convention date, April 5, 1946. [Class 37] [Also in Group XL (b)] A fixed condenser, for use inside co-axial transmission lines, comprises one or more annular discs of insulating material 1, 2, 3, coated with metallic composition on both sides, with marginal areas free of coating, to form two electrodes, and provided with annular rings of contact fingers 11, 12, for making contact with the inner 15, and outer, 16 members of the coaxial line respectively. Insulators 22 are employed to space the " mycalex " discs from one another, like metalic coatings being connected by metallic bolts making contact therewith and passing through the insulators 22. A rack 17 and pinion 19 are provided for effecting lateral movement of the condenser along the co-axial line.
Patent GB-106019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picker Preservers for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: MARCHANT ALBERT PERCY
IPC: D03D49/36
Filed: 1916-06-30
Abstract: 106,019. Marchant, A. P. June 30, 1916. Checking shuttles and pickers.-A pickerpreserver comprises a buffer 2 mounted on the picker spindle 3 and connected by a strap 4 to a spring-controlled wooden lever 5 mounted on the shuttle box, and a short strap 10 connecting the strap 4 to a check 12 on the spindle. A safety strap 19 secured to the shuttle box and to the strap 4 is provided. and a bow strap or rider 18 is mounted on the spindle over the check 12 to limit its movement.
Patent GB-129074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Decolourisation and Purification of Trinitrotoluol, and other Crystallisable Organic Compounds, and Apparatus therefor.
IPC: C07C201/16
Filed: 1918-06-05
Abstract: 129,074. Morris & Co., H. N., Morris, H. N., and Sable, W. J. June 5, 1918. Nitro and ketonic derivatives of benzene, ioluene, and naphthalene. - Di- and tri-nitro derivatives of benzene, toluene, and naphthalene, and ketonic derivatives such as benzophenone, are treated with a silicious earth such as fuller's earth or kieselguhr to decolorize them and remove impurities, such as iron &c., which affect the crystallization. The substance, melted or in solution, is mixed with the earth in a steam-jacketed pan A by a rotating stirrer B which is surrounded by an open cylinder C having slots c in its base. The liquid is run through a steam-jacketed filter F to crystallizing-troughs.