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Patent GB-707844-A (GB)
Title: Device for reversing fan blades
IPC: F04D29/36
Filed: 1952-07-09
Abstract: 707,844. Axial-flow fans. AKTIEBOLAGET SVENSKA FLAKTFABRIKEN. July 9, 1952 [July 13, 1951], No. 17317/52. Class 110(1) Means for reversing the pitch of the impeller blades 16 of a fan comprises an axially slidable disc 7 coaxial with but restrained from rotation relative to the impeller 6b by means of a guide pin 8 carried by the impeller; the spindle 15 of each blade 16 carries a crank 11 having a pin 10 which engages a recess in the circumference of the disc 7. Each pin 10 has a ball end 9. The disc 7 is moved axially by means of a worm 1 meshing with a worm wheel 2 formed with an internally threaded portion which engages a screw 3b. The latter is restrained from rotation by the engagement of a stationary pin 3c with a longitudinal groove 3d and is connected to the disc 7 through a bearing 4 and a hub 5.
Patent GB-356712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wheel remover tools
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1930-06-05
Abstract: 356,712. Tools for removing wheels from shafts. ANDREWS, B. R. K., 22, Parry Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia. June 5, 1930, No. 17346. Convention date, June 10, 1929. [Class 61 (iii).] Screw, bolt, &c. extractors.-A wheel remover tool comprises a push screw 6 working through a yoke 10, and adjustable V-notched knife-edged jaws 13 resiliently connected to the yoke and arranged at rightangles to the axis of the push screw to engage hub threads 9. The resilient connection between the yoke 10 and jaw plates 13, as shown, is effected by links 11 and studs 12 screwed into the plates, but suspension links or chains with take-up means may be substituted; similar jaw plates 16 are also carried by the studs 12 to keep the tool in axial alignment with the wheel and provide a double grip on the hub thread. The plates 13 are connected and tightened by vice bolts 15, although, other means such as wedge, lever or ramped ring fitting may be provided. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) includes also a floating plunger 19 in the pusher bolt 6, Fig. 5 (Cancelled), to enable the tool to be tapped without injuring its parts. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1451828-A (GB)
Title: Air pump operable by wheeled vehicles or pedestrians
IPC: F04B33/00
Filed: 1974-04-22
Abstract: 1451828 Flexible chamber air pump R N MELLAMPHY 10 April 1975 [22 April 1974] 17482/74 Heading F1N An air pump comprises a mat in which are formed a plurality of flexible chambers, at least one non-return valve for admitting air into the chambers and at least one non-return valve for allowing air to flow from the chambers to an outlet, the mat being, in use, laid on the ground whereby the passage of wheeled vehicles or pedestrians thereacross compresses the flexible chambers to cause air in the chambers to be delivered to an outlet. The flexible chambers may be in the form of a plurality of rubber pipes arranged side-by-side.
Patent GB-711288-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for binding piles of sheets
IPC: B42B5/12
Filed: 1951-07-24
Abstract: 711,288. Bookbinding. BERBERICH, W. July 24, 1951, No. 17484/51. Class 16 [Also in Group XXII] An apparatus for binding piles of sheets, perforated parallel to their binding edges, by winding- in a wire spiral, comprises a frame, two parallel holding plates, relatively adjustable towards one another, mounted on the frame, and adapted to clamp the pile of sheets, spiralguiding combs attached to each plate, a curved former mounted on the frame for engagement with the binding edge of the pile of sheets, whereby the individual sheets are so displaced that the successive perforations are curved in accordance with the diameter of the spiral, and an abutment, inclined to the winding-in direction of the spiral adapted to abut one side of the pile of sheets to incline them to conform with the pitch direction of the spiral. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, perforated sheets 3 are clamped between a plate 2 adjustable outwardly of a frame 1 and a plate 7 supported by racks 9 slidable in guides 8 provided in the frame 1. The plate 7 is urged towards the plate 2 by a spring 15, but is movable away from the plate 2 by a pedal 14, toothed wheels 11. lever 12, and link 13. The binding edges of the sheets are supported on a vertically movable curved former 17a, Fig. 5, such that the successive perforations 3b are curved to correspond to the spiral diameter, the former 17a being replaceable by other formers of varying curvatures and lengths. An abutment 25, Figs. 1 and 3, supported on a longitudinally adjustable guide 26, inclines the channels 3b in the direction of the pitch of the wire spiral. The spiral 16 is guided from a guide 48 along a mandrel 33 and is fed towards the sheets by a driven friction wheel 34, rotatably mounted in a pivoted lever 36 actuated by a rod 45 and a manually operated pedal 46a, against a spring 46. The spiral is further guided by combs, such as 7b, secured to the appropriate edges of the plates 2 and 7. The pedal 46a is released when the leading end of the helix projects beyond the end of the . pile of sheets, such that the wheel 34 ceases to feed the spiral. The ends of the spiral are severed and bent inwards by similar severing and bending devices arranged at either end of the pile and adjustable towards each other. Each device comprises a block 49. Fig. 1, adjustable longitudinally along a frame 50 and carrying a guide 55, Fig. 8, for tools 53 and 54 adjustable towards one another by slots 53b, 54b and screws 56. The tool 53 is provided with guides 53a for the spiral, while the tool 54 has a knife 54a co-operating with a counter-knife 57 on a plate 58 displaceable axially of the spiral 16 by an eccentric pin (not shown) attached to a shaft 61, Fig. 1, carrying a gear wheel 62, the pin engaging a slot (not shown) in the plate 58, Fig. 8. The gear wheels 62, Fig. 1, of both devices engage a rack 63 actuated by a hand lever 65 which rocks a pivoted lever 67 and thus a bell crank lever 70 through a link 68.
Patent GB-1492225-A (GB)
Title: Spring brake units
IPC: B60T17/08
Filed: 1976-03-29
Abstract: 1492225 Vehicle spring brake units CLAYTON DEWANDRE CO LTD 29 March 1976 [28 April 1975] 17548/75 Heading F1D A spring brake unit has a pull-rod 8 through which the spring 10 applies the brake, and movement of the pull-rod in both directions is limited by flanges 15, 16 which engage the rear wall 6 of the unit. The pull-rod makes an articulated connection with a thrust plate 7, through a spherical bearing 9 which may be screwed or loosely fitted to the pull-rod. In the event of pneumatic system failure, the brake may be released manually either by rotation of a turnbuckle 21 or by rotation of a screw release 23, which bears on the diaphragm 2 by a pad 24.
Patent GB-113109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Facilitating the Laying of Machine Guns for Indirect Firing.
Inventor: ROBERTON WILLIAM ERIC
IPC: F41G1/46
Filed: 1916-12-07
Abstract: 113,109. Roberton, W. E. Dec. 7, 1916. Methods of sighting.-Consists in an instrument for use in laying a machine gun by means of a compass, comprising a fixed platform A for the compass and a sighting-arm B<2>, B<3>, carrying sights through the slots of which the compass sights are visible, which can be swung horizontally to agree with the indication nf the compass. In laying a gun, the instrument is mounted on a non-magnetic stand C<2>, Fig. 1, and the arm B<2>, B<3>, carrying sights B<4>, B<5> is adjusted in the required direction by means of the compass; this direction and the position of the axis of the arm are then marked on the ground by pegs or posts; the instrument stand is then replaced by the gun tripod with its pivot directly over the peg marking the axis of the arm, the instrument is transferred to the gun tripod as shown in Fig. 5, and the arm is trained to the marked-out direction; finally the instrument is removed and the gun substituted. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the compass platform A is surrounded by a graduated rotary ring A<2> which enables the arm to be set to any desired angle right or left of the compass bearing. The instrument may be used apart from gun.laying, as a. director or sighting-device, for instance to take the bearings of a number of landscape objects.
Patent GB-1490165-A (GB)
Title: Phlebotomy needle arrangements
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 1975-04-28
Abstract: 1490165 Transfusion apparatus HAEMONETICS CORP 28 April 1975 [29 April 1974] 17615/75 Heading A5R A phlebotomy needle arrangement comprises a hub 12 mounting a rigid stainless steel cannula 11, a socket member 16 having a central chamber 39, and supporting a blood transfer tube 17 and auxiliary tubes 18, 19 in communication with said central chamber, whereby, with the hub 12 engaged in the socket member, the end of tube 17 surrounds the adjacent end of the cannula 11 defining an annular liquid passageway 44 such that anticoagulant solution may be drawn through auxiliary tube 18 into chamber 39 and through passageway 44 to mix with blood flowing through tube 17, and saline solution may be passed through tube 19 to flush out the needle system. In an alternative embodiment, Fig. 4 (not shown), rigid cannula 11 is replaced by flexible tubing, and a removable lancet is provided for insertion of the flexible tubing into a vein.
Patent GB-922358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to conveying devices
IPC: B65G53/22
Filed: 1961-05-15
Abstract: 922,358. Pneumatic conveyers. REGNILK S.A. May 15, 1961 [May 18, 1960], No. 17663/61. Class 78 (1). In a closed hopper 1, Fig. 1, for cement, lime &c., a conical receiving nozzle 18 arranged above an air-pervious floor 9 is adapted for control of the flow of material by a vertically adjustable cone 10. In one example, the cone 10 has a piston portion 20 slidable in the wall 7 of the plenum chamber and is attached centrally of a flexible air-pervious floor 9 of textile fabric. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), in which the floor is of rigid material such as porous sintered metal, a cylindrical portion of the cone is slidable in a rigid support ring attached centrally of the floor. Movement of the cone 10 may be controlled from an electric motor through a crank and linkage mechanism 24, 26 and may be adjusted according to the rate of reduction in weight as shown by recording instruments 28, 29, coupled to pressure transmitter 4 for measuring the weight of the hopper 1. The conveyed material may pass through an adjustable mixing nozzle 34 having provision at 36 for the introduction of an additional gas stream for diluting the concentration of solid material or for carrying out a subsequent chemical reaction.
Patent GB-256590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to measuring instruments
IPC: G01V7/10
Filed: 1926-07-14
Abstract: 256,590. Koenigsberger, J. Aug. 10, 1925, [Convention date]. Indicating.-In a torsion balance, rotary coil galvanometer, magnetometer, or other measuring instrument wherein a suspension system is employed and the amplitude of oscillation of the movable element is limited by stops, the sticking or adhering of the movable element and stops is prevented by utilizing, for such contacting parts, materials that exhibit mutual repulsion. It is stated that repulsion is particularly marked between metals and the oxides or sulphides of the heavy metals, e.g. magnetite. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the movable element 2 is suspended by a filament 1 and oscillated between knife edge stops 5 of magnetite adjustably mounted in supports 4 in metallic contact with the casing. In a modification the stops are carried by the movable element.
Patent GB-722457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bicycles and the like
Inventor: SEBEL DAVID
IPC: B62K21/18
Filed: 1952-07-14
Abstract: 722,457. Cycle frames. SEBEL & CO., Ltd., D. July 14, 1952, No. 17713/52. Class 136(3). In a bicycle the steering column 18 is welded at 19 to frame members 16, 17 and mounted on a bearing member 20 which rotatably engages a substantial part of the surface of the bore of the column 18. The front wheel fork comprises a pair of members 1, 2, the upper ends of which support the handlebars 9 of the bicycle. The members 1, 2 are secured together by brackets 3, 4. The bearing member 20 is supported at its upper end on the bracket 3 by a flange 21 and is releasably secured in position by a split pin 22 extending through a flange 23 in the bracket 4 and through apertures in the member 20. Rearwardly extending triangular side plates 10, 11 are secured to the members 1, 2 and are slotted at 15 to receive the front wheel axle. The plates are cut away at 13 to receive lugs 14 which extend from each side of the bracket 4. Specification 689,864 is referred to.
Patent GB-492117-A (GB)
Title: Improved jockey pulley
IPC: F16N9/02
Filed: 1937-06-26
Abstract: 492,117. Pulleys. PLATT BROS & CO., Ltd., and HUGHES, J. June 26, 1937, No. 17843. [Class 80 (i)] Consists in a jockey pulley particularly for use in textile frames, e.g. for engagement with a tape driven by a tir roller in a spinning or twisting frame. The pulley 1 is attached to a hollow hub 2 by a flanged bush 16 penetrating the wall 1a of the pulley and the hub, the inner end of the bush being pressec over at 16<1>. The hub 2 accommodates a bal bearing 3, the outer race 4 of which is securec within the hub, the in ner race 5 being securec to a stub shaft 6. The outer race 4 is held between a shoulder 7 and an annular nut 8. The inner race 5 is interposed between a collar 9 on the stub shaft and a spacing sleeve 10. The shaft 6 is supported by a bracket 11 and when a nut 13 is tightened, the parts 5, 6, 10, 11 and a cover 15, Fig. 3, are firmly clamped together. A lubricating nipple is provided at 16". In a modification, this nipple is inserted in the bore of the part 16. In a further modification, Fig. 3, the pulley rim has a flange 1b with a curved surface 1c, 1d on each side to keep the driving tape running in the correct position.
Patent GB-1537342-A (GB)
Title: Moving toy car
IPC: A63H17/00
Filed: 1976-05-03
Abstract: 1537342 Toy motor cars YONEZAWA TOYS CO Ltd 3 May 1976 [18 Nov 1975] 17954/76 Heading A6S A toy motor car has an inertia rotor 12 driving through gearing 22, &c. to its front or, as shown, its rear wheels 30 with its centre of gravity adjacent the centre of gravity 36 of the motor car. With the rotor 12 spinning, the car may balance on a vertical rod (38), Fig. 7 (not shown), engaging a recessed stud 34 in its bottom, or may balance on one side, or its front, or its rear, Figs. 4-6 (also not shown). Wings 40 prevent the car from turning over.
Patent GB-639649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to carburettors for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1948-07-05
Abstract: 639,649. Spray carburetters. HUNTER, G. F. July 5, 1948, No. 17988. [Class 7 (iii)] The fuel-air ratio is increased on opening of the throttle valve and decreased on closing. In Fig. 1, the fuel jet 12 is controlled by a needle 15 actuated by a suctionoperated piston 16 connected through a pin and slot lost-motion device 24, 25 to a choke member 22. On opening of the throttle valve, the piston 16 rises to increase the fuel jet 12 before the pins 25 lift the member 22 to increase the air passage. On closing of the throttle valve the reverse takes place, the member 22 being held by friction plungers 26 whilst lost motion occurs. In Fig. 4, a bellows, responsive to the suction in the mixing chamber 31, is connected by a link 36 to a freely-mounted lever 37, which controls a fuelmetering needle in the jet 46 through a link 45 and actuates the choke valve 34 through lost motion by screws 40 co-operating with a projection 39 on a disc 38 fixed to the spindle 35. On opening of the throttle valve 32, the increased suction in chamber 31 rotates lever 37 which first increases the fuel jet orifice, and then opens the valve 34 after the lost motion is taken up. Friction plungers 43 hold the disc 38 whilst the reverse lost-motion is taken up on closing of the throttle valve 32, so that the fuel jet orifice is decreased in advance of closing of the choke valve 34. In a modification the nozzle 46 delivers into a fixed Venturi and the throttle valve 32 is actuated from the accelerator pedal through a lost-motion device controlling the fuel metering needle similar to the lever and disc 37, 38 of Fig. 4.
Patent GB-960714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to trailer caravans
IPC: B60P3/34
Filed: 1961-05-17
Abstract: 960,714. Convertible vehicles. J. J. HODGSON. Feb. 22, 1962 [May 17, 1961], No. 17997/61. Heading B7B. A vehicle has a well-shaped floor 18 and two side sections 19, 20 which slide outwardly to increase the area of the floor. Hinged uprights 21 carry the ridge pole 24 of the tent and spacers 27 for the fly-sheet ridge pole 26a. Similar struts 28 and spacers 27c support eaves poles 27a and 27b. An arrangement is described in which a pair of mutually hinged rigid panels are pivotally connected to the outside edge of each section 19, 20, the pairs of panels at their upper ends supporting a rigid, ridged roof.
Patent GB-479660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to top lifts for shoes
IPC: A43B21/06
Filed: 1937-06-29
Abstract: 479,660. Top lifts for shoes &c. WINGFOOT CORPORATION. June 29, 1937, No. 18048. Convention date, Oct. 13, 1936. [Class 17 (iii)] A top lift 7 comprises a smooth surfaced backing 6 containing a condensation derivative of rubber which is prepared by treating a rubber dispersion or solution in an organic solvent with the halide of an amphoteric element or a compound such as chlorostannic acid, and then decomposing the resulting addition product with water. The condensation derivative may be mixed with rubber and vulcanizing ingredients, and may then be formed into a thin sheet which is vulcanized to the rubber of which the top lift may be made simultaneously with the vulcanization of the top lift. The backing 6 may be applied as a lacquer instead of as a sheet. In use, the backing is placed next to the heel so that scuffing of the cloth or like covering of the heel is avoided.
Patent GB-1181192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shovel Loaders with Side Tipping Shovels
IPC: E02F3/28
Filed: 1968-04-17
Abstract: 1,181,192. Side tipping excavator bucket assemblies. ATLAS COPCO A.B. 17 April, 1968 [21 April, 1967], No. 18050/68. Heading E1F. A shovel loader has a side tipping shovel 10 which can only be tipped sideways of a vertically swingable cradle 9 after one end of the shovel is released from beneath retaining means on the cradle when the shovel is moved sideways of the cradle from a centrally disposed digging position thereon. Closure of the ends of the trough when discharge is not occurring therefrom is by plates 11, each of which, if not in a closure position, is pivoted to this position when associated cam means 38 engage the cradle as the trough is swung from a discharge position back down against and moved to the centre of the cradle to be locked thereto when in the digging position.
Patent GB-1459473-A (GB)
Title: Fishing line handling systems
IPC: A01K91/18
Filed: 1974-04-25
Abstract: 1459473 Fishing line handling apparatus MARINE CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN CO 25 April 1974 [30 April 1973] 18115/74 Heading A1A A fishing line handling system comprises a line dispensing apparatus 24 having a central post 112 supporting two freely rotatable support members 32, for fishing reels 30, on a rotatable head 34 so that while a fishing line 36 having hooks 42 is unreeled over the stern of a vessel V from a reel 30 an empty reel can be removed from the other support member 32 and replaced by a line carrying reel, which can, when required be placed in the unreeling position by rotating the head 34 through 180 on the post 112. As the line 36 is unreeled, the hooks 42 are pulled through an automatic baiter 26 before being guided from the stern of the vessel by a line guide 28. The reels 30 each comprise a central hub 76 with a flange 78 at one end and a series of radial spokes 82 at the other, the inner ends of which spokes engage in notches 84 in the support members 32 so as to prevent slip during rotation. The spokes 82 can engage in a recess 104 below the flange 78 of another reel so as to facilitate nesting of the reels. A hydraulically driven hauler for retrieving the fishing line includes a reel support 54, the speed, torque and reversal of which are controlled by a foot bar 72 and manual controls at 52. The hooks are stored on the reel spokes 82. The hooks are baited by being pulled under a panel 168 into a bait compartment 186 of the automatic baiter 26 (Fig. 5), the bait being firmly secured to the hooks by being pulled through a constriction between two adjustable panels 166, which provide variation in the size of the construction. Unreeling rate controlling brakes 140, provided inside the support members 32, comprise shoes 142 which bear against inside surfaces 144 of the support members 32 when hydraulically actuated under control of a bar 46.
Patent GB-516016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sewing machines
IPC: D05B71/00
Filed: 1938-06-18
Abstract: 516,016. Sewing-machines. UNION SPECIAL MACHINE CO. June 18, 1938, No. 18143. Convention date, June 22, 1937. [Class 112] In a sewing-machine, the needle-bar driving shaft is hollow and is fed with oil by gravity from a reservoir, the oil being led by the shaft to the shaft bearings, the eccentrics for driving the looper and feed mechanisms, and a sump in the machine head from which the needle-driving connections are lubricated, this sump overflowing into a main sump in the frame; a pump is provided to return oil from the main sump to the reservoir. Needles, driving; frames.- In the machine shown, of the feed-off-the-arm type having two needles on one needlebar 17, the main shaft 7, mounted in four bearings in the frame 1, is connected by bevel gears 28 to a transverse shaft 23 passing into the head 22 which is formed separately from the main frame. A balanced crank 30 on the end of the shaft 23 is connected to the needle-bar 17 by a link 32 and pin 33; an extension of the pin 33 engages a guide 35 in the head to prevent rotation of the needle-bar. The head 22 has a bearing boss 24 fitting into an aperture in the wall of the frame 1, and has its opposite side open, with a cover plate 5. The gears 28 are covered by a plate 72 and a top cover 74. The intermediate bearings of the shaft 7 are carried by partitions 12, 13 of the frame, forming three compartments, of which the middle one contains the thread tensions and take-ups and has a hinged cover. The right-hand compartment also has a removable cover. Lubricating.-The right-hand compartment of the frame contains an oil reservoir 51 held in place by a stud 56 and a nipple 52 through which passes a wick conducting oil to a passage in the end bearing of the shaft 7 and thence to a bore 47 extending along the axis of the shaft, the end of the bearing being closed by a diaphragm 50. The bore 47 of the shaft conducts oil to the eccentrics driving the looper and feed mechanisms and to all the bearings of the shaft. Excess oil from the left-hand bearings drains into the bottom of the compartment containing the gears 28, which dip into this oil for lubrication, and thence through a passage 80 into the bottom of the head 22, the needle-bar actuating mechanism being lubricated by a splash disc 82 on the shaft 23 and a scoop 84 on the link 32 communicating with a bore in the link. The bearings of the shaft 23 are lubricated by oil thrown by the gears 28 into a port 76 in the top of the boss 24. Oil from the gear compartment overflows through passages in the partitions 12, 13 into a main sump 87 in the rear end of the work-supporting arm, this sump also receiving oil dripping from the eccentrics and the right-hand bearings of the shaft 7. A hand pump is provided for returning oil from the sump 87 through a passage 99 to the interior of the shaft 7 and the reservoir 51.