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Patent GB-367060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in arrangements for winding wire and the like
IPC: B65H67/048
Filed: 1930-11-25
Abstract: 367,060. Driving - arrangements for wire and like winding machines. CONNOLLY'S (BLACKLEY), Ltd. and TRAVIS, W., Blackley Vale Mills, Blackley, Manchester. Nov. 25, 1930, No. 35425. [Class 120 (ii).] In apparatus for winding wire and other flexible material on to bobbins of the kind in which the bobbin is driven through a slipping clutch 17, 18, Fig. 2, used in conjunction with a brake 21, 22 to regulate the speed of winding under the influence of members 27, 30, 32, Fig. 1, controlled by the tension in the wire 29, a member 13 rotating with but slidable along the bobbin-actuating spindle 9 is moved by the control in one direction to produce or increase the engagement between the clutch faces and in the other direction to produce or increase the braking effect. A member 5 forming one part of the slipping clutch is secured at one end of a hollow shaft 3 supported in a bearing 2 and driven from the countershaft 6 by a belt 7, the member 13 being mounted on one end of the spindle 9 which is supported by ball bearings 10 in the hollow shaft 3 and is fixed axially therein by a collar 11 and flangemember 12. The member 12 forms part of a second, non-slipping, friction clutch 14 driving the bobbin spindle 40. The member 13 is urged to the right, Fig. 2, by a spring 19. The rod 30 is coupled to the lever 27 and to one arm of the bell-crank lever 32, the other arm of which engages a ball 33 in the cap 20 of the member 13. Control springs 34, 36 are mounted on the rod 30. On an increase in tension the lever 27 acts to compress the springs 34, 36 and slightly rotates the bell-crank lever 32 permitting the member 13 to move away slightly from the driving member 5 or to vary the compression of the friction lining 18 between the two flanges forming the slipping clutch, the member 13 coming into contact with the braking member 21 slightly before it ceases to contact with the driving member 5. The bobbin spindle 40 is mounted on ball bearings 41 in a bracket 42, Fig. 2, the bobbin 15 being secured thereto by a slotted sleeve member 43 the pronged ends 44 of which are forced outwardly against a surface 45 on the spindle by a nut 46. The parts of the friction coupling 14 are pressed together by a spring 53. The bracket 42, adapted to support two spindles 40, is mounted on a sleeve 57, Fig. 1, rotatably carried on a shaft 47, a spring 58 serving to move the sleeve 57 axially of the shaft 47 to break the coupling 14 when the nut 60 is unscrewed.
Patent GB-921393-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for roll-tapering metal blanks
IPC: B60T11/10
Filed: 1960-10-17
Abstract: 921,393. Rolling. ROCKWELL-STANDARD CORPORATION. Oct. 17, 1960 [Nov. 6, 1959], No. 35453/60. Class 83 (4). In apparatus for taper rolling metal blanks 60, Fig. 1, such as leaf springs mounted in a die 58 on a rigid support bed 14, the forming roller 80 is rolled over the work by frictional engagement of backing taper control cams 84, 86, Fig. 2, attached to the underside of a reciprocating carriage 28, means such as chains 97 being provided to assist in rotating the roll in synchronism with movement of the carriage to prevent slip under the cams 84, 86. The carriage 28 is reciprocated by an hydraulic motor 44 and the chains 97 are attached to the forward end of the cam carrier 88 and pass over sprockets 87 having the same pitch circle diameter as the cam follower portions 82 of the roller 80. The chains are maintained in constant contact with the sprockets as by weights 103 below fixed pulleys 99. The roller 80 yieldingly mounted by arms 64 pivoted to a yoke 66 and loaded by springs 94 acting through chain links 92 and cranks 91 the yoke 66 is selectively reciprocated by a second hydraulic motor 70 adapted to move the roller 80 to the required starting position but offering no resistance to movement during the actual rolling operation. The cam carrier 88 is adjustably mounted on the carriage 28 for varying the taper and is yieldingly supported against the adjustment devices 110, 140 by spring-loaded rods 100. The adjustment device 110 comprises a transversely movable wedge engageable against a bearing block 112, the device 140 comprising a hinge pivot. The weight of the carriage 28 is supported by rollers 27 running on tracks 22 attached to the machine frame. During rolling operations the carriage is held against heavy backing rollers 150 on the underside of a fixed beam 16.
Patent GB-1481977-A (GB)
Title: Rack and pinion steering gear assembly
IPC: F02B61/04
Filed: 1974-08-13
Abstract: 1481977 Rack and pinion gearing TELEFLEX Inc 13 Aug 1974 [13 Aug 1973] 35572/74 Heading F2Q [Also in Division B7] In a rack and pinion gear assembly which may be used in a steering mechanism of a boat, a gear housing 30, which supports a pinion 26 for rotation about an axis 32, and which supports a rack 22 for linear travel, extends beyond both ends of the rack and has a first end 34 which extends farther from the pinion axis 32 than does a second end 36, and the housing 30 is supported relatively to a bulkhead 40 by a mounting means 38 which may be attached optionally to either side of the housing 30. The mounting means 38 includes a shaft housing 58 having serrations 46 which may be engaged alternatively with serrations 44 or 42, Fig. 7, thereby providing a choice of orientations of the housing 30 in relation to the fixed bulkhead, as well as a choice of the sense of rotation of the pinion 26 corresponding to a given direction of travel of the rack 22. A flexible motion-transmitting core 14 attached to the rack 22 and passing through a fixed conduit 12 may thus be caused to have either a push or a pull action optionally imparted by a clockwise movement of a steering wheel 20 coupled to the pinion 26 through a shaft 60, Fig. 2. A steering mechanism may thereby be caused to conform with alternative layouts of boat, having alternative arrangements of pivoted outboard or inboard-outboard motor. The shaft 60 has internal splines 64 which engage the pinion 26, and a detachable wheel bushing 72 is keyed to the shaft 60 in a manner which permits selection of an appropriate relative orientation of the steering wheel 20. A stationary bearing surrounding shaft 60 is composed of a split bushing 62, which by means of an external knob and threaded shaft (98), Fig. 5 (not shown) may be clamped, thereby providing an adjustable frictional resistance to rotation of the shaft 60. The rack 22 is biased into mesh with pinion 26 by a stainless steel spring member 88 of channel section, formed in a convex bow from end to end.
Patent GB-522379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hook and eye tape for garments
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1938-12-07
Abstract: 522,379. Hook and eye tapes. NEWEY BROS., Ltd., and SIMPSON, W. Dec. 7, 1938, No. 35637. [Classes 112 and 141] Hooks b or eyes c are stitched to a folded tape a which is made of fabric incorporating elastic threads so that it is extensible longitudinally but is substantially inextensible in a tnanverse direction. The stitching g between the hooks or eyes is zig-zag. The hooks or eyes are secured to the tape in a machine in which a strip of paper is used as a backing to the tape as it is fed through the machine. In a modified arrangement, the stitching g between the hooks or eyes is dispensed with.
Patent GB-1083058-A (GB)
Title: Means for determining the alcohol content of exhaled air
IPC: G01N31/22
Filed: 1966-08-10
Abstract: 1,083,058. Detecting alcohol. LOTHAR MICZKA KOMM GES. Aug. 10, 1966 [Sept.23, 1965j, No.35833/66. Heading G1B. A testing tube 1 for determining the alcohol content of exhaled air contains in addition to a reagent 3 for detecting alcohol e.g. permanganate or a chromate, an indicator 5 for the amount of air blown through the tube by virtue of its water content e.g. cobalt nitrite, the zone of the tube 1 containing the indicator 5 being bent away from the zone containing the reagent 3 so that when the tube is in use the indicator 5 lies within the field of vision of the person under test. The tube 1 may be of rigid glass or plastics material or of a material which is pliant but non elastic and can be bent before use. Alternatively the tube may be made in two rigid parts containing the reagent 3 and indicator 5 joined by an elastic or pliant non elastic coupling tube which may be bent during use of the tube.
Patent GB-470162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to friction shock absorbing devices
IPC: B61G9/10
Filed: 1936-12-31
Abstract: 470,162. Vibration-dampers. STEVENS, A. H. (American Steel Foundries) Dec. 31, 1936, No. 35835. [Class 108 (iii)] A frictional vibration-damper, particularly for use as a load-carrying element in a railway vehicle comprises upper and lower wedges 2 with an interposed helical spring 6 or like resilient means, side wedges 11 co-operating with the wedges 2, and rubber blocks or similar resilient means 18 located between one or both of the wedges 11 and a yoke 24. Preferably the wedges 2 are formed with relatively wide flat surfaces or seats 12, with lugs 28 for interlocking with shoulders 32 on the wedges 11 and with V-shaped wedge or friction surfaces 8 engaging with corresponding surfaces on the wedges 11. Spring caps 20 are preferably disposed between the blocks 18 and yoke 24, while annular bosses 16, 22 on the wedges 11 and caps 20 engage recesses in the blocks 18 to prevent displacement of the latter.
Patent GB-802823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to casings such for example as casings for electrical equipment
Inventor: THORNE ARTHUR ROBERT HAMILTON
IPC: H01H3/20
Filed: 1955-12-14
Abstract: 802,823. Box fastenings. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. Dec. 13, 1956 [Dec. 14, 1955], No. 35894/55. Class 44 [Also in Group XXXVII] In a casing arranged to contain apparatus, e.g. a switch, having actuating means outside the casing, in order to prevent operation of the actuating means when desired, locking means is provided outside the casing so that when the locking means has been operated, the actuating means cannot be operated without a prior manual resetting operation inside the casing of the parts controlled by the locking means. The hinged lid 1 of the casing 3 carries a hooked plate 4 which is movable relatively to the cover an amount limited bv a screw 10 and a slot 11, and which may be locked in the position shown by a screw 9 forming the locking device. When the cover is closed with the plate in this position, a spring- pressed plate 6 is pushed downwards so that a lever 8 can enter the hooked part 5 of the plate 4 when a cam 7 is rotated by operation of the switch actuating means. If the screw 9 is removed when the switch is "off"', the plate 4 is pushed upwards by the spring acting on plate 6 which is moved to a position where it prevents movement of lever 8 so that the switch cannot be moved "on". The screw 9 can only be replaced after the lid !has been opened and the plate 4 manually moved into its lower position shown.
Patent GB-362454-A (GB)
Abstract: 362,454. Mechanical make-and-break switches. FABRICA ITALIANA MAGNETI MARELLI, 22, Corso Venezia, Milan, Italy. Sept. 4, 1930, No. 26417. Convention date, Sept. 5, 1929. [Class 38 (v).] Timing devices ; contacts.-An adjusting mechanism for the contacts of a cam-operated ignition interrupter comprises an element which carries both the stationary contact and the contact which is displaced by the cam, this element being adjustable angularly for varying the point of interruption and transversely with respect to the axis of the actuating cam for varying the gap between the contacts when interrupted a locking member being provided to hold it in its adjustable position. As shown in Fig. 1 and 2, the contacts are carried on a plate 12 adjustably mounted on the interrupter base. The fixed contact 32 is secured to a lateral extension 31 of a plate 29 secured to the plate 12 by studs 26 but insulated therefrom by bushes 27 and the movable contact 20 is secured to a stirruplike portion 18 of a blade spring 17 secured at its ends in projections 13, 14 of the plate 12, the movable contact being actuated by a cam 4 engaging a humped portion 25 of a blade spring 21 clipped around the blade spring 17 at points 56 and secured to the projections 13, 14 by rivets 22, 23 engaging its bifurcated ends the latter of which works on a knife-edge 57. The contacts are normally held together by reinforcing blades 16 sprung between recesses 15 of the projections 13, 14 and held from lateral displacement by projections 19 of the stirrup 18. To provide for adjustment of the contacts the lower end of the plate 12 is recessed to receive separate adjusting members shown in Figs. 5 and 6 formed with eccentric portions 40, 45 engaged within slots 11 and 10 formed in a central boss 6<1> of an insulated bridge-piece 6 secured at its ends 7 to the interrupted base. To adjust the contacts either in an angular or transverse direction the adjusting members are separated against the action of their holding spring 55 so that their normally interengaging serrated locking teeth are freed. Either adjusting member can now be rotated by a suitable tool, the rotation of the eccentric portion 40 in the slot 11 producing an angular adjustment of the contacts about the cam centre by swinging the slotted end 30 of the plate 29 about the boss 5 on the interrupted base and the rotation of the eccentric portion 45 in the slot 10 causing a radial movement of the contacts with respect to cam axis so varying the gap to which the contacts will separate. On release of members 40, 45 they are held by the spring 55 with their serrated surfaces 42, 46 in engagement so locking the contact plate in its adjusted position. Pivoted leaf springs 34 engage balls 33 on the arms of the plate 29 to hold the contact plate in position and on swinging the leaf-springs aside the contacts with their associated springs and supporting members may be detached from the interrupted base.
Patent GB-510357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to refrigerator cabinets
IPC: F25D17/04
Filed: 1937-12-31
Abstract: 510,357. Refrigerators. POWELL. E. M. L. Dec. 31, 1937, No. 36258. [Class 29] A domestic cabinet is provided with three storage compartments at different temperatures, one compartment 2 having an evaporator or cooling unit 5 located near the top, another compartment 3 below the first being separated from it by a removable grating shelf 6 or by a shelf having openings controllable by a slide, while the third compartment 4 is at the side of the others and communicates therewith through openings 8, 9, preferably controlled by dampers 10, Fig. 2, actuated manually or by a thermostat 11. A refrigerating-machine may be located in a base compartment 18. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 320,412, 327,174, [both in Class 29], and U.S.A. Specification 1,824,774.
Patent GB-322348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to process and apparatus for the dry distillation of solid carbonaceous materials
IPC: C10B49/16
Filed: 1928-12-08
Abstract: 322,348. Trent, W. E. Dec. 8, 1928. Coking processes. - Solid carbonaceous materials such as coal or oil shale are carbonized by being heated by the passage therethrough of an endless heated member such as an endless cable. An endless wire or cable 8 mounted on pulleys 9 is heated by passage through tubes 5 in a combustion chamber 3 provided with burners 4, the heated wire then passing into chambers 2 to which powdered coal is supplied from hoppers 12. The distillates escape through outlets 14 and the coke is discharged through outlets 19. Partitions 16, in which are mounted short sections of tubes 17, prevent the material from coming into contact with the pulleys 9.
Patent GB-838505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to disc brakes
Inventor: CHOUINGS LESLIE CYRIL
IPC: F16D55/224
Filed: 1956-11-28
Abstract: 838,505. Disc brakes. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO. Ltd. Nov. 27, 1957 [Nov. 28, 1956], No. 36434/56. Class 103 (1). In a parking brake arrangement for a disc brake a pair of levers 17 and 18, pivoted to the caliper housing 13 of the main disc brake by pins 16, which when moved together by actuation of the inner end of lever 28 pivoted to lever 18 and the reaction of tension member 29 urge the friction pads 23, carried on backing plates 24, into frictional engagement with the disc. The backing plates 24 are provided with studs 26 which slide in longitudinal slots 27 in the side walls of levers 17 and 18 and each lever has a curved face 25 which forms a surface in rolling engagement with the rear faces of the backing plates 24 when the brake is applied. The backing plates 24 are carried on pins 22 mounted on pressings 21 mounted between the side walls of each of the levers 17, 18. Adjustment for wear of the friction pads 23 is effected by disconnecting split pin 35 and screwing lever 29 into the swivel block 34 attached to auxiliary lever 28.
Patent GB-1439555-A (GB)
Title: Arrangements for controlling the rate of feed of containers
IPC: B67C3/22
Filed: 1974-08-20
Abstract: 1439555 Conveyers OTTO SICK KG METALLWARENFABRIK 20 Aug 1974 [21 Aug 1973] 36634/74 Heading B8A The rate at which containers 1 are conveyed by a belt and by a feed worm 3 is regulated according to the force due to accumulation of the articles upstream or downstream of the worm 3. The worm is longitudinally displaceable on roller bearings 4 and such movement is communicated to a sensing device 9 by an arm 7 mounted on the worm shaft by a ball bearing 6. The force detected by the device 9 is compared with that due to a predetermined accumulation of articles, and the speed of the worm 3 or that of a downstream processing machine is adjusted accordingly. The machine may comprise a number of stations at which filling, sealing, closing and labelling take place.
Patent GB-510222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to collapsible tubes
IPC: B29C43/16
Filed: 1938-12-16
Abstract: 510,222. Making collapsable tubes. BETTS & CO., Ltd., and BOORMAN, A. Dec. 16, 1938, No. 36729. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] Squirting.-In a method of making a collapsable tube, a disc 1 is formed with a central hole 2 in which is placed an element 3 of a different material having a shoulder 4 of greater diameter than the hole 2 and the disc and element are placed in a die 5 and extrusion pressure applied by means of a die 6 so as to form the tube. The disc may be of lead either uncoated or coated with tin and the element may be for example of tin or of a non-extrudable material. If the element is of extrudable material, then according to the quantity of material in the shoulder 4 and portion 7 passing through the hole 2, a coating of the material will be formed by extrusion on the whole or part of the outside or inside of the tube extruded from the disc 1. The end of the element may be preformed with a screw thread or the lower die may be shaped to press a thread in the element during the extrusion of the disc. If the element is of a non-extrudable material, the die 6 cleats over the part 7 to grip the end of the tube formed from the disc.
Patent GB-439449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cleansing and rinsing apparatus
IPC: B08B9/28
Filed: 1934-12-22
Abstract: 439,449. Cleansing and rinsing apparatus. SPENCER, A. B., and SPENCER, A. H., 226, Stanley Road, Bootle, Liverpool, and BRATBY & HINCHLIFFE, Ltd., Sandford Street, Ancoats, Manchester. Dec. 22, 1934, No. 36778. [Class 138 (i)] In apparatus of the kind which has nozzles for directing jets of cleansing or rinsing liquid against a surface, mechanical nozzle-clearing means are thrust through and withdrawn from the nozzles by automatic means to maintain the nozzles clear and to control the projection of the jets through the nozzles. In the construction shown, bottles to be cleaned are mounted above nozzles 4 provided in the upper surface of a container 2. A plate 1 is slidably mounted on guide rods 5 and is provided with rods 6 which pass through the nozzles 4 when the plate 1 is raised. The plate is supported by cams 7 secured to shafts 8 which are connected to each other and to a bar 11. The bar is connected to one arm of a bell-crank lever, the other arm having a roll 14 in engagement with a cam 15 carried by a rotatable shaft 16. As the shaft 16 rotates the rods 6 are raised and lowered, their downward movement being ensured by springs 17 engaging the plate 1. The bar 11 may be connected to the lever 12 by a spring connection so that breakage of the apparatus is avoided if the rods 6 fail to rise or fall. The plate 1 is connected indirectly to an indicating device 22 by means of which obstruction of the working of the plate may be detected.
Patent GB-780563-A (GB)
Title: Stocking suspender
IPC: A41F11/04
Filed: 1955-12-22
Abstract: 780,563 Stocking suspenders. VOGELSANG, H. Dec. 22, 1955, No. 36789/55. Class 44 The stocking suspender Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a flexible -plate 1, made e.g. from polyethylene, having a narrow slot 4 through which a button 3 connected to the plate (by string 2) can be pushed together with the stocking fabric placed over the button, the plate being provided with an edge reinforcement 8, 9 and the slot 4 terminating at its upper end in two short oblique slots 6a, 6b. The reinforcement is constituted by a wire 9 interposed between the Plate 1 and a ring 8. A circular recess 5 is formed at the lower end of the slot 4 and the plate also has a semicircular recess 7 to facilitate attachment to a suspender strap. The surface of the plate is roughened, e.g. by fluting and the edges of the slot 4 and recess 5 may also be reinforced.
Patent GB-800954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for the stabilisation of ships
Inventor: BELL JOHN
IPC: G05D1/08
Filed: 1955-12-22
Abstract: 800,954. Automatic ship stabilizing systems. MUIRHEAD & CO., Ltd. Dec. 7, 1956 [Dec. 22, 1955], No. 36813/55. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXXIII] In a ship stabilizing system comprising sensing devices 1 (Fig. 1) which measure the characteristics of the movement of the ship and deliver a signal to a control gear 2 where it is amplified to operate the controls of a fin-engine 3 to actuate a shaft 4 to tilt the stabilizing fin 5 to the required angle, a speed-responsive control is introduced into the system at a point 25 or 26 or 43 so that the movement of the fin 5 is a function of both the control signal and the ship speed. A control (Fig. 3) introduced at 25 comprises an induction generator 6 driven in relation to the ship's speed so that as the ship begins to move the voltage produced in the output winding of generator 6 is applied via an amplifier 11 to rotate a motor 12 thereby moving an element 13 which carries a slider 10 on a potentiometer 7, the voltage then appearing between the potentiometer end 9 and the slider 10 opposing that of the generator 6 so that when balance is obtained the input to amplifier 11 falls to zero and motor 12 stops. The element 13 is coupled to a rod 14 which carries a fulcrum (see Group XXXIII) for a slotted lever connected at one end to the fin shaft and at the other to the fin engine so that for a given movement of the fin engine due to the signal from the sensing device, the amplitude of oscillation of the fin shaft will depend on the ship speed. In a control introduced at position 26 in Fig. 1, the sensing device 1 delivers a signal via a mechanism 30 (Fig. 8) to an instrument 33 (such as an induction regulator, or synchro or magslip) in which the induced voltages are applied to an inductive potentiometer 28, the output from which is governed by the position of a slider 27 moved by the rod 14 under the control of the speed of the ship, said output actuating an instrument 36 (e.g. a synchro having stator windings 35, 37 at right-angles and one rotor winding 38) which is coupled by links 40 to the control gear 2 for controlling the fin engine and the movements of the fins.