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Patent GB-252347-A (GB)
Title: Engine starting device
IPC: F02N9/04
Filed: 1926-04-28
Abstract: 252,347. Barbarou, M. J. B. May 25, 1925, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Starting. - Compressed air for starting the engine is supplied from a. receptacle A to the cylinders in turn by distributors C. a threeway valve B being arranged to connect the receptacle A to the distributors or to a hand pump D.
Patent GB-497579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to photographic cameras
IPC: G03B19/04
Filed: 1937-04-20
Abstract: 497,579. Photographic roll - film cameras. COVILL, H. April 20, 1937, No. 11223. [Class 98 (i)] A roll-film camera is provided with a release member which on depression operates the shutter release through a rack bar and camwheel and on further depression operates a second rack bar and wheel to drive the take-up spool. In the form shown, the shutter trigger 35 is operated by a pivoted lever 34 normally in contact with a cam face on a wheel 30 having teeth engaging a rack bar 26. The take-up spool is coupled by a key and slot 23 to a ratchet wheel 22 having a spring detent 24 to prevent reverse movement. The ratchet wheel is rotated by a wheel engaging a rack 21 on a bar 19 sliding in a groove and connected by a link 18 to a lever 16 pivoted at 17, the free end of which carries a spur 28 resting in a recess 27 in the bar 26. Depression of the trigger 38 moves the bar 26 which rotates the wheel 30 during the first part of its travel, causing the lever 34 to swing and thereby operate the shutter release. Further movement of the bar 26 rocks the lever 16 causing the' bar 19 to slide in the groove, thereby winding up the film. Springs 36, 37 are provided to return the parts to rest.
Patent GB-852236-A (GB)
Title: Sprag clutch with super-hardened surfaces
IPC: F16D41/07
Filed: 1959-04-02
Abstract: 852,236. Ratchet clutches. FORMSPRAG CO. April 2, 1959 [April 14, 1958], No. 11241/59. Drawings to Specification. Class 80 (2). In order to reduce wear in a sprag-type clutch, the races and sprags are made of tempered steel, the surfaces of the races being hardened by alloying with nickel, chrome and boron, and the sprags being surface hardened by alloying with chrome. This makes the surface of a sprag harder than that of a race and protects the sprag in respect of deterioration in which frictionally generated heat is a factor.
Patent GB-1092011-A (GB)
Title: Jack for tensioning cables in prestressed concrete structures
IPC: E04G21/12
Filed: 1966-03-15
Abstract: 1,092,011. Hydraulic jacks. BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF. March 15, 1966 [March 16, 1965], No. 11292/66. Heading B8J. [Also in Divisions E1 and F2] A double-acting hydraulic jack for tensioning cables in prestressed concrete structures comprises a cylinder 1 with an open end forming a support base 1a, the other end forming a back cylinder-head 1b and a plunger 3 with an axial recess 4 large enough to accommodate a traction lug 6 formed on the end of a cable 7 for prestressing a concrete structure 8. A skirt 17 screwed to the plunger 3 on a stem 11 is adapted to slide over the cylinder 1. Spring-loaded dogs 35 together forming a hollow cone frustum are supported on an annular shoulder 38 in the plunger recess 4 so that the dogs 35 may open radially to allow the traction lug 6 to pass through and close to provide a seating for the traction lug 6. The cable 7 is tensioned by applying fluid pressure, preferably oil, to a chamber 21 to extend the jack and position an anchoring lug 66 adjacent a stress-distribution plate 68, a graduated scale 59 fixed to the cylinder 1 co-operating with a pointer 63 fixed to the skirt 17 enabling the elongation of the cable 7 to be determined. A fork-shaped key 67 is inserted through openings 55, 56, 57 when the anchoring lug 66 is clear of the plate 68 and the chamber 21 pressure relieved. Pressure fluid is then supplied to a chamber 25, the piston 11 and skirt 17 being maintained in their extended position, to return the cylinder 1 within the skirt 17. The cable 7 is then severed at a point between the traction lug 6 and the anchoring lug 66 thus releasing the jack. The traction lug 6 is removed from the open end of the plunger stem 11 and the jack is ready for a further operation.
Patent GB-149397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to internal combustion engines
IPC: F02B75/22
Filed: 1919-05-06
Abstract: 149,397. Redrup, C. B. May, 6, 1919. Cylinders, construction of.-To enable inlet and exhaust valves k, l to be readily removed together with their springs and guides, the cylinder head f is removable and the valves &c. are mounted in sleeves h inserted in apertures bored in the radiating ribs, or the valves may be housed in chambers cast integral with the cylinder. The valve guides t are spaced from the sleeves h by flanges or by radial ribs and are secured by screws v. The valves are each actuated by a cam n acting upon a loose tappet r. In order to keep the cylinder head near the exhaust port p cool, the port is open at the front and sides, and may be fitted with a metal liner surrounded by asbestos or the like. In a radial-cylinder engine, the cylinders are integral with a central crank-case and the cams n are positioned by pins o engaging recesses in the cams.
Patent GB-1049253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cooking vessels
IPC: A47J37/10
Filed: 1965-03-17
Abstract: 1,049,253. Non-stick cooking vessels. REVERE COPPER & BRASS Inc. March 17, 1965 [April 7, 1964], No. 11315/65. Heading A4A. [Also in Division B2] A non-stick cooking vessel, e.g. a frying pan, is formed by a drawing operation from a shaped blank having an outer layer 11 of stainless steel and an inner layer 12 of aluminium metalurgically bonded thereto, a layer 14 of P.T.F.E. or other non-stick plastics material being adhesively bonded to the inner surface of the aluminium layer by spray-coating and fusion. The blank of required shape, circular, rectangular &c. is formed from layers of stainless steel and aluminium rolled together and further treated to provide the metalurgical bond.
Patent GB-501104-A (GB)
Title: Twisted strands
IPC: D04D1/00
Filed: 1937-04-13
Abstract: 501,104. Cords. DRELA FLECHTMATERIAL GES. April 13, 1938, Nos. 11355 and 11356. Convention dates, May 10, 1937 and Oct. 2, 1937. [Class 109]. To provide a twisted strand from which wickerwork articles, coal cauldrons, shell-baskets, toys, hats, footwear, &c. can be made, a band h of e.g. sheet cellulose material is wound tightly around a fibrous core, a of e.g. wood shavings, preferably in the same direction as the lay of the fibres. The band may be reinforced by thread-like strips k. Another band i or a thread, may be wound on in the opposite direction to the lay of the fibres in the core. A thread, band or twisted wire cord may be imbedded in the fibres. The finished strand may be varnished or treated with adhesives, oils, &c.
Patent GB-834803-A (GB)
Title: A support arrangement for mounting the mechanism located under the base of sewing machines
IPC: D05B73/00
Filed: 1956-04-13
Abstract: 834,803. Sewing machines. FRATELLI BORLETTI S.p.A. April 13, 1956 [April 14, 1955], No. 11384/56. Class 112 A sewing machine has a shuttle drive shaft 7, a shuttle actuating shaft 9 and a feed dog driving shaft 4 all mounted in bearings on a unitary sub frame 1 detachably mounted below the base 3 of the machine. The frame is adjustably secured to the base by screws 2 which pass through elongated holes. The shuttle drive shaft 7 receives oscillatory movement by means not shown and carries a toothed sector 14 which engages with a bevel gear 15 on shuttle actuating shaft 9. The shaft 4 receives oscillatory movement from feed actuating mechanism not shown and carries, on two projections 12, a feed dog 13. The shuttle raceway 11 is secured to the frame by screws 17 as shown, or may be a press fit in the frame. In a modification the raceway is formed in one piece with the bearing of the shuttle actuating shaft.
Patent GB-1126133-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for molding ingots
IPC: B22D7/06
Filed: 1967-03-10
Abstract: 1,126,133. Ingot moulds ; casting processes. R. E. DALEY. 10 March, 1967 [12 Sept., 1966], No. 11390/67. Heading B3F. To counteract piping when casting an ingot. in a mould having a cavity with an upwardly tapered portion 18 or 44, solidification of metal at the bottom of the portion is delayed by a band 21 or 43 of refractory insulation, of exothermic material or of both. Cooling of the top of the metal is encouraged by thickening of two opposed side walls of the mould at the top of the cavity as indicated in the figures. As shown in Fig. 7, a big-end-down mould is located by lugs 20 on a stool 19 to retain the band 21 in a bottom portion of the mould cavity, formed in the stool over a pad 22 of steel, paper pulp, wood or refractory protecting a replaceable refractory insert in the stool. A simple stool with replaceable insert (8) may be used, Figs. 1-5 (not shown), the band resting on the stool and lining the bottom portion of the mould cavity side wall, possibly in a recess therein. The separate bottom part of the mould may be a of section 41, Fig. 11, comprising a large portion 45 of the mould cavity, the band 43 lining a mould section 42 between the upper and lower sections 40, 41. The middle section may be omitted, the band lining a recess in the upper or bottom section, Figs. 9, 10 (not shown), and the upper section may be borne on blocks 49, Fig. 12 (not shown), on the lower section, the blocks being burned or knocked away, after pouring, to add the weight of the upper section to the pressure on the later-solidifying molten metal towards the bottom.
Patent GB-679454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric motors provided with speed governors
IPC: H02K7/102
Filed: 1951-05-16
Abstract: 679,454. Electric motors. INDUSTRIAKTIEBOLAGET LUXOR. May 16, 1951 [June 8, 1950], No. 11452/51. Class 35. The speed of a motor for use, e.g. for phonographs, is regulated by a governor mounted in a space between the rotor and rotor shaft. Two bell-cranks 6 and 7 are so mounted as to swing in radial planes. The upper arms of the cranks extend outwards and lie against a brake member 10 which is non- rotatably but axially displaceably mounted on the rotor shaft 1. The lower arms of the cranks extend from their fulcrums in an end wall 5 downwards through an annular space between the shaft 1 and a sleeve 2 carrying the rotor core 3. Weights 8, 9 are carried at the free ends of the lower arms which swing radially outwards into apertures 11, 12, when the rotor speed is increased. This causes the upper arms of the cranks to displace the brake member 10 upwards.
Patent GB-114802-A (GB)
IPC: B65D55/14
Abstract: 114,802. Mitchell, K., and Premier Dairies, Ltd. Jan. 15, 1918. Wire and like hinges.-A combined hinge and securing means for the lid B of a milk churn A comprises a ring C, formed in two parts c, c<1> pivoted together and adapted to be secured in closed position by a lock. The locking device may consist of a catch G which is engaged by the spring-pressed and key-operated lever H.
Patent GB-189717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with instep supports, or devices for use in preventing, or curing, flat-foot, or other displacement of the bones of the foot
IPC: A43B7/22
Filed: 1922-04-24
Abstract: 189,717. Holland, F. W. April 24,1922. Foot-arch supports.-Relates to supports fitted with removable pads and consists of a shaped plate A of stiff leather, having a covering layer A<2> of softer material on its underside, to the opposite edges of which are secured two flaps b, b<2> which may be provided with a fastening device b<3>. The flaps enclose pads C of sponge rubber or the like, which can be readily removed and replaced. One or more strips of flexible steel, arranged longitudinally, may be embodied in the support.
Patent GB-242319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in balling machines for forming yarns or threads into warps and like assemblages of yarns or threads in the form of balls or for winding warps and like assemblages of yarns or threads into balls
IPC: D02H3/00
Filed: 1924-05-10
Abstract: 242,319. Kershaw, G. May 10, 1924. Warps, balling.-The cross traversing slide 12 ie provided with a swivelling, tilting, or otherwise yielding guide 24 to the rear of the fixed guide 25 which preferably has two inclined sides 31 joined by a curved surface 32 so that the yarn in tape form may slip from side to side without turning over. The guide 25 has slotted lugs 37 for attachment by screws 39 to inclined lugs 35 on the slide. The slide may carry a third guide consisting of a bar with a rounded surface or two such bars 26, 27 separated by distance pieces 45.
Patent GB-251666-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of an ester of n-allyl-2- : 6-dimethyl-4-oxypiperidine
IPC: C07D211/46
Filed: 1926-05-03
Abstract: 251,666. Staudinger, H. May 4, 1925, [Convention date]. Addition to 232,207. The benzoyl ester of N-allyl-2 : 6-dimethyl-4- oxypiperidine is prepared by treating N-allyl- 2 : 6-dimethyl-4-oxypiperidine with a benzoylating agent, such as benzoyl chloride, in the usual manner. The product possesses therapeutic properties. An example is given.
Patent GB-914384-A (GB)
Title: Spinning, twisting and like textile machines
IPC: D01H1/16
Filed: 1961-03-30
Abstract: 914,384. Housings for textile machines. KEYSER, J. J. March 30, 1961, No. 11626/61. Class 120 (2). A spinning, twisting or like textile machine has at least one housing 16 enclosing the driving mechanism of the machine and one or more additional housings totally enclosing all parts of the machine in which the fibrous textile material is being processed, one or more movable covers 9, 10 being included in the additional housing or housings and being individually displaceable to give access to the interior of the housing. Since the material being processed is completely enclosed optimum climatic conditions can be maintained around the material. In Fig. 2 the movable covers 9, 10 which are preferably formed of transparent slats, are either rolled or folded in zig-zag manner to be moved away (see Fig. 1, not shown). The covers may be power-operated and may be arranged to open after a certain length of material has been worked or when the material breaks. Suitable housings and covers for a variety of textile machines are described.
Patent GB-310375-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in rubbing device
IPC: A47L13/312
Filed: 1929-04-15
Abstract: 310,375. Sauer, J., (Assignee of Stark, N. I.). April 24, 1928, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Scrapers, pan and like.-A shoe 10 provided with a handle 15 is adapted to receive on its undersurface a pad 47 of steel wool or other material, which is held detachably in place by means of spring-controlled hooks 26, 38, 42. The stem of the hook 26 passes through the shoe 10 and the handle 15 and is secured to a button 27 which is slidably mounted in a housing 30 and is normally passed upwardly by a spring 31. The hook 38 forms part of a spring 35 which surrounds the stem 34 of a slidable button 33, the top of the spring resting on a shoulder 36 formed in the housing 32, and the bottom portion of the spring being bent under the stem 34 and continuing down to form the hook. The hooks 42 are each part of a spring secured to the shoe and tending normally to raise the hook. A sheet of frictional material 21 is inlaid in the undersurface of the shoe 10. In a modification the rubbing device is of circular form, the rubbing pad being secured to the shoe by a single hook.
Patent GB-720142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pinafores and other string-tied garments
Inventor: PRICE WILLIAM LESLIE
IPC: A41D13/04
Filed: 1952-05-09
Abstract: 720,142. Pinafores. CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY, Ltd. May 11, 1953 [May 9, 1952], No. 11722/52. Class 141. A pinafore &c. has securing strings 20 or the like' attached through the intermediary of a triangular or L-shaped portion 17 of textile material formed integrally with or attached to the pinafore and arranged so that when the garment is in wear any tension in the strings is diagonally of the weave. The portion 17 may form part. of a shoulder strap 13 attached at 16 to the bib portion 12 and at 18 to the upper corner 14 of the apron portion 11.
Patent GB-251990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to line-printing typewriters or like machines
IPC: B41J7/90
Filed: 1926-05-04
Abstract: 251,990. Typar Co. Akt.-Ges. May 6, 1925, [Convention date]. Type-bar actions. - In line-printing typewriters or like machines comprising rows of abutments which are selected in correspondence with the characters in a line and thereafter determine the setting of typebars or other type-carriers, the rows of abutments are movable longitudinally to set the type-bars; preferably the whole of the abutments or a large group thereof are mounted on a common carrier. As applied to a machine equipped with a series of magazines 9 containing typebars 11, two sets of abutments 21, 31 consisting of bell-cranks are arranged in rows in boxes 20, 30 the abutments being rocked to co-operate with lugs 22, 32 on slides 7, 10 by means of levers 5 mounted on a laterally movable carriage 6 and engaging rails 4 which are rocked by projections 3 on key-operated bars 2. The slides 7 have pin-and-slot connection 25 with levers 8 for raising the magazines, and the slides 10 have pushers for moving the type-bars on to a table 14. At each operation of the keys 1, one of the abutments 21 and one of the abutments 31 are rocked, the carriage 6 being traversed to co-operate with successive rows of abutments on successive operations of the keys. When the abutments corresponding with the characters in a line have been selected, the boxes 20, 30 are moved forward in sequence, and the selected abutments co-operate with the lugs 22, 32 to displace the slides 7, 10 differentially and thereby position the type-bars on the table, After the line has been printed, the selected abutments 21, 31 are returned to the normal position by means of cross-bars 28, 38 which move forward with the boxes but are retained during the return movement of the boxes. The boxes return the slides by engaging lugs 27, 37 thereon. The abutments are mounted on shafts 29 in the boxes and are retained in normal or displaced position by slotted disc-springs on the shafts. The slides are guided by combs at the ends of the boxes. Case-shift mechanism. - The character-keys 1 bear two characters and the shift-key controls means for altering the positions at which the abutments 21, 31 engage the slides, the travel of the slides being thereby modified to select the shift characters. Preferably the slides 7, 10 are provided with levers 34 which are rocked to interpose lugs 35 in the path of the abutments 21, 31, the shift-key controlling abutments 21a, 31a for setting the levers. The abutments 21a, 31a are restored by means of stationary cross-bars 36, and the levers 34 are restored by the cross-bars 28, 38.
Patent GB-238018-A (GB)
Title: An improved former for electric inductance coils
IPC: H01F5/04
Filed: 1924-05-13
Abstract: 238,018. Clitheroe, A. J. May 13, 1924. Inductances.-A former for lattice wound coils comprises a pair of spoked discs B<2> separated by a core disc, one spoke in each disc B<2> being extended beyond the rest and a plug block C<2> secured between them. In a modification, two adjacent spokes in each disc are extended, one end of the plug-block being secured between each pair. In another modification there are two extended spokes separated by one of ordinary length. The plug-block is removed before winding the coil and replaced after winding. The block may have two plug contacts on a plug and socket. Suitable dimensions for formers having various numbers of spokes are given.
Patent GB-969168-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle self levelling system
IPC: B60G11/36
Filed: 1963-03-26
Abstract: 969,168. Maintaining vehicles height constant. B. WALKER. March 26, 1963, No. 11856/63. Heading B7D. [Also in Division F1] An auxiliary levelling device mounted between the axle and chassis of a vehicle comprises a coil or other spring 10 and hydraulic ram 13 in series, the ram length being controlled by a pump 29 actuated by vehicle suspension movements and rendered inoperative when the normal vehicle height has been regained and by a valve 44 which releases fluid when the normal height is exceeded. The ram comprises a cylinder 13 mounted on the movable upper support 12 of spring 10, which surrounds damper 8, and a piston 14 secured to chassis bracket 11 and is supplied with fluid through line 46 from reservoir 16 which contains the pump and height control means. During suspension move- 'ments bell-crank 18, 27 is oscillated about shaft 17 (Fig. 1) by link 19 connected to axle 5 (Fig. 3), anticlockwise movement of the bellcrank moving collar 37 and hence plunger 35 to the right compressing spring 39 and drawing fluid from the reservoir into bore 32 past spring loaded valve 52 and through passage 43. On anticlockwise movement of the bell-crank, spring 39 returns plunger 35 to the left, forcing fluid through check valve 44 and line 46 to the ram and raising the vehicle body when it is low. When the normal height is regained, end 76 of bifurcated lever 74, which is pivoted on shaft 17, moves unloader 69 to the left, first lifting valve 52 from its seat to render the pump inoperative and then on further increase of vehicle height lifting check valve 44 by means of the stem of valve 52 and allowing fluid to leave the ram. Movement of unloader 69 is damped by plunger 61 which is a clearance fit in bore 33 of the pump housing and lever 74 is connected to bellcrank lever 27 by arm 75, pin 77 which passes through an aperture in lug 78 on lever 27 and spring 81 on pin 77. In alternatives the auxiliary spring may take the form of a torsion bar or leaf spring.
Patent GB-1491935-A (GB)
Title: Dyeing of polyester fibres
IPC: D06P1/642
Filed: 1975-03-21
Abstract: 1491935 Dyeing polyesters BASF AG 21 March 1975 [22 March 1974 14 Sept 1974] 11860/75 Heading D1B Polyester fibres are dyed with a disperse dye, in an aqueous liquor at a temperature above 100‹C and an elevated pressure sufficient to maintain a liquid phase, by a process in which the aqueous liquor contains as dyeing auxiliary an emulsifiable aliphatic ester, nitrile or ketone each of from 7-16 C atoms or an emulsifiable aliphatic alcohol of from 8-12 C atoms in emulsified form. The preferred quantity of dyeing auxiliary is 0.3 to 3 parts per 1000 parts of liquor. The emulsifier is preferably a mixture of nonionic and anionic surfactants. Auxiliaries preferred are alkyl esters of monocarboxylic acids, dialkyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, mono- and di-nitriles, dialkyl ketones, and straight chain or methyl or ethyl substituted branched fatty alcohols.
Patent GB-1103405-A (GB)
Title: Catalysts containing zeolites
Inventor: MAHER PHILIP KENERICK
IPC: B01J29/08
Filed: 1965-03-19
Abstract: A hydrocarbon cracking catalyst comprises a siliceous hydrocarbon cracking catalyst e.g. SiO2-Al2O3, SiO2-MgO, SiO2-Al2O3-MgO, SiO2-Al2O3-ZrO2 or a conventional clay, optionally acid treated and 2-90% of a synthetic zeolite of formula x M2/n O.Al2O3.  3.5 to 7 SiO2yH2O where M represents at least one cation having a valency n of not more than 4, x = 0 or 1, y is 0 to 9, and having an alkali metal oxide content less than 1% and a cubic unit cell size of 24.2 to 24.45  .  M is specified as NH4\sW, H\sW, Mg\sW\sW, Mn\sW\sW, Zn\sW\sW, Th4\sW, Al3\sW or a R.E. cation.