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Patent GB-416862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for the transference of goods from furnace conveyors or discharge apparatus
IPC: F26B25/00
Filed: 1933-03-22
Abstract: 416,862. Metal - heating furnaces. FALLON, J., Brynholme, St. Bernard's Road, Olton, Warwickshire, and DAVIES, S. K., 54, Rutland Gate, London. March 22, 1933, No. 8704. [Class 51 (ii).] Discharging.-Means for transferring metal sheets, plates, or continuous strip 8 from a furnace, through which they are passed in a bowed condition on a conveyer chain 7, to a flattener or other manipulating apparatus 6, comprises a small conveyer located between the furnace conveyer and manipulating device and engaging the goods substantially only along their longitudinal centre line. In one construction the transfer conveyer comprises an upwardly inclined continuously driven endless chain which passes round a series of toothed sprockets 10, Fig. 1, and a driving sprocket 11 mounted in a vertically adjustable bracket 9. This bracket is in the form of a water jacket having inlet and outlet openings for cooling water. The main driving shaft of the transfer conveyer also is cooled by water or other cooling medium. The conveyer is fitted with a series of pads which have a convex contour suitably serrated to give a series of point or line contacts with the articles. The conveyer is connected to the flattener by rollers 16 upon which the lower edges of the sheets, &c. rest. In another construction the transfer device comprises a series of rollers 17, Fig. 4, driven by a driving roller 18 and intermediate rollers 19 by gear wheels, or by chain and sprocket gearing.
Patent GB-943896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machine stands
Inventor: MATTHEWS DENIS
IPC: D05B7/00
Filed: 1959-03-13
Abstract: 943,896. Machinery frames. MATTHEWS & BIRKHAMSHAW Ltd. April 7, 1960 [March 13, 1959], No. 8708/59. Heading F2X. [Also in Division D1] A textile linking machine stand comprises a base 1 on which a pillar 2 is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis A by means of a pivot 8 and radial arm 7. The upper end of the pillar 2 carries a casting 3 which supports a motor 4 and dial 5. The pivot 8 comprises ball bearings and is in vertical alignment with the axis of the dial 5. Rotary movement of the stand may be effected by the foot of a machine operator acting on a disc 9 secured at 10 to the radial arm 7.
Patent GB-215725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrical resistors and to the manufacture of the same
IPC: H01B1/24
Filed: 1924-04-07
Abstract: 215,725. Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., (Assignees of O'Brien, B.). May 7, 1923, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Resistance materials.-An electric resistance material is formed by incorporating a finely powdered conducting material with a compound of cellulose, adding a substance to render it plastic and finally moulding or extruding it. Nitrate or acetate of cellulose is mixed with lamp black, moistened with a solvent such as acetone and moulded or extruded; or the cellulose compound may be dissolved in an aqueous solution of zinc chloride and extruded under a liquid such as methyl alcohol. The final material may be rendered plastic b placing it in boiling water. In order to stabilize the resistor the material is aged in air for from 20 to 60 days. High temperature and the employment of a vacuum hasten this action. An oil such as castor oil may be added to facilitate extruding the material and render the final resistor more flexible.
Patent GB-236638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in high and low water alarms for steam generators
IPC: F22B37/42
Filed: 1924-04-08
Abstract: 236,638. Hopkinson, R. A., and Hopkinson & Co., Ltd., J. April 8, 1924. Alarms, high and low water, - In a high and low water alarm for a steam generator, the pivot for the float lever is carried by the mair plate or flange which carries the alarm The main flange c carries a tubular part b projecting into the boiler and secured to the fulcrum plate c The whistle or alarm is bolted to the flange a. A bolt k attached to the plate c carries a pivot j i for the float lever i, and a guide l for the float lever is secured to the other end of the plate c.
Patent GB-971482-A (GB)
Title: Counter
IPC: G06M1/20
Filed: 1963-03-06
Abstract: 971,482. Counting-apparatus. VEEDERROOT Inc. March 6,1963 [March 6,1962], No. 8926/63. Heading G4D. A counter is advanced by uniform increments which are neither divisible into nor a multiple of ten, the units numeral wheel bearing a sequence of numbers corresponding to the units digit of successive multiples of the increment, appropriate transfer being made to the tens or higher denominations. The drawing shows the tens and units wheels of a counter dealing with increments of seven. A number of examples are described. Transfer may be by mutilated pinion, Geneva mechanism or electric contact. The counter may operate negatively.
Patent GB-287854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in window regulators
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1928-03-26
Abstract: 287,854. Automotive Components Co., Ltd., (Assignees of Floraday, B. S., and Haskins, H. B.). March 25, 1927, [Convention date]. Vehicle-window opening and closing apparatus. -A window regulator for sliding panels, such as vehicle windows, of the kind having two spring- controlled lifting levers 17, 18, has said levers off-set with regard to each other to allow a closer arrangement of pivots. The levers are actuated by segmental gears 19, 20 thereon and connected sliding racks 26 engaging said gears, the racks being driven by a pinion 30, integral with a pinion 31, and handle and pinion 33, through suitable clutch mechanism in the casing 35. The racks are guided by the shouldered spacing rivets 10 connecting the plates of the mechanism, and by stops 38, 39 bent inwardly from said plates. The regulator is secured to boards or the like by screws in the inner plate, and the outer plate is apertured for insertion of the screws and a suitable operating tool.
Patent GB-739862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the preparation of fodder for domestic animals
IPC: A23K1/175
Filed: 1954-03-29
Abstract: An animal fodder comprises a mixture of 5000 parts calcium carbonate, 4500 parts pulverized oak bark, 498 parts of ferrous sulphate and 2 parts of iodine.  The mixture is prepared as described in Specification 530,675.
Patent GB-844201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric welding
Inventor: KRAMER LLOYD BLAIR
IPC: B23K9/23
Filed: 1958-03-21
Abstract: 844,201. Welding by fusion or pressure. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION. March 21, 1958, No. 9104/58. Class 83 (4). In a method of arc, resistance or percussion welding zirconium, hafnium and their alloys, the welding is effected in a shielding gas containing less than 0.002% nitrogen and not more than 1Î10<SP>-5</SP>% of oxygen. Welding is effected in a vacuum-tight enclosure. All the components of and in the enclosure are of material such as stainless steel or aluminium having a low vapour pressure. The enclosure is evacuated and then filled with shielding gas at atmospheric pressure. The enclosure may be provided with openings covered by rubber gloves for manual operation but as shown; all operations are remote-controlled. The enclosure C is provided with observation ports 65 and encloses a welding-head 151 movable longitudinally, transversely and vertically by electric motors outside the enclosure. Two workpieces W1, W2 are rotatable by shafts 51 and movable longitudinally on carriages 107. The welding- head has cooling fins 155 and carries a plurality of electrodes E1 ... E5 to which current is supplied through a flexible cable 293 maintained taut by a pulley 295 which is moved in correspondence with movement of the welding-head. The electrodes are tapered and when one becomes unfit for use it is moved against the work or a member provided in the enclosure and broken off. Shielding gas is argon, helium, krypton, neon or xenon.
Patent GB-526619-A (GB)
Title: Zinc base alloy
IPC: C22C18/04
Filed: 1939-03-22
Abstract: 526,619. Alloys. EDES MANUFACTURING CO. March 22, 1939, No. 9110. Convention date, July 26, 1938. [Class 82 (i)] A zinc alloy consists of zinc of high purity with 0.1-1.75 per cent. of aluminium. 0.001-0.035 per cent. of magnesium and 0.002-0.25 per cent. of manganese, with or without 0.01-0.2 per cent. of copper.
Patent GB-781327-A (GB)
Title: Improved embroidery sewing machine
IPC: D05B19/00
Filed: 1955-03-29
Abstract: 781,327. Sewing-machines. VIGORELLI SOC. PER ARZIONI. A. March 29, 1955 [April 5, 1954], No. 9139/55. Class 112 A machine for producing ornamental stitching comprises means for shifting the needle-bar transversely of the general direction of feed and means for shifting the feed-dog also transversely to this direction in addition to means for reciprocating the feed-dog in the general direction of feed. Needles, shifting laterally. In the machine described, a transverse shaft in the machine arm, driven from the needlebar shaft by helicoidal gears, carries a group of cams (which may be exchangeable for others) for selective actuation of a horizontal follower lever which is connected by a substantially vertical link to a block sliding in an angularly adjustable grooved member, the block being connected by a horizontal link to the upper end of a vertical lever pivotally connected at its lower end to the needle-bar gate. Feed by dogs. The feed-dog moves in the direction of longitudinal feed in an aperture in a plate to which is imparted lateral movements by cam-actuated mechanism, so that the resultant movement of the work may be in any desired direction. In the mechanism shown the longitudinal feed may be derived alternatively from camactuated mechanism, providing cyclicallyvariable feed, or from mechanism of the usual kind. The feed-bar 55, with an enlarged flat end resting on a roller 100 on a feed-lift arm, is slidably pivoted on a spindle 72 supported by arms 70 upstanding on a rock-shaft 69 on which is fixed a member 91 carrying means whereby it may be clutched to a rocker 92 freely mounted on it and oscillated by the usual link 93 or to another rocker 68 actuated by the cam mechanism. The latter rocker has slidably mounted in it a spindle 67 to which is fixed an arm 65 having sliding engagement with one arm 66 of a lever pivoted at 53; the other arm 52 of this lever carries a follower engaging a cam 50 driven by worm gear from the loop-taker shaft 35. The spindle 67 is moved longitudinally against a spring, to vary the travel of the arm 65 by shifting it along the lever arm 66 and thereby to vary the work feed, by a hand-operated lever 81, which also actuates the means for clutching the rock-shaft 69 to one or the other of the rockers 68, 92. Lateral movement of the feed-bar is imparted by connection from a pin 39 adjustable along a slotted pivoted arm provided with a follower engaging a cam groove 32. In a modification not providing for use of the normal feed mechanism 93. the lever 52. 66 is replaced by a slotted lever pivoted to the feed-bar at one end, engaging the cam at the other end. and mounted on a pivot which is adjustable 'along the slot to vary the feed movement produced. All the camactuated mechanisms can be adjusted to produce no effect if desired. Upper and lower shafts, connecting. The needle-bar and loop-taker shafts are connected by a toothed belt
Patent GB-471606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to concrete and like structures
IPC: E04C5/06
Filed: 1936-03-27
Abstract: 471,606. Walls ; floors. SEALOCRETE PRODUCTS, Ltd., and LEE, H. L. March 27,1936, No. 9153. [Class 20 (iv)] A method of building a concrete or like structure by casting contiguous courses or sections in succession includes the insertion, as a tongue at the interface of two adjacent courses or sections, ot a corrugated sheet-metal strip 12 which is coated with a bituminous or bitumastic composition and is arranged to project substantially at right angles to the interface into each course or section and to extend lengthwise along the interface to form a seal. The tongue 12 shown in Fig. 1 is used as a seal for two superposed courses 10, 11 of a wall and is in the form of a corrugated galvanised-iron strip. The strip may be provided with the corrugations extending either transversely or longitudinally of its length. The tongues 12 shown in Fig. 3 serve as seals between the adjacent sections 10, 11 of a concrete floor. At the junction between contiguous courses of a concrete flooring and an adjacent concrete wall, a corrugated strip 12 of L-shape is provided as shown in Fig. 6. The strip, which may be of iron or zinc, may have the bituminous coating applied in two or more layers ; for example, it may be coated first with a bituminous paint and then with a bituminous cement composition.
Patent GB-924182-A (GB)
Title: Means for transporting caravans
Inventor: HOLDER GEORGE DAVID
IPC: B60P3/07
Filed: 1960-03-16
Abstract: 924,182. Winching vehicles on to carrier vehicles. PALADIN COACHWORK Ltd. March 9, 1961 [March 16, 1960], No. 9253/60. Class 78 (4). As a caravan 3, Fig. 3, is drawn, rear-end first, on to a ramp-like trailer 1 by a cable 4, the coupling hitch of the caravan engages a hinged coupling 17, Fig. 1, and swings an arm 16 about a pivot 18, thus tilting the caravan into a substantially horizontal position. The winch 23 for winding in the cable may be either on the trailer or on the towing vehicle. When a caravan is loaded front first on to the trailer, the towing hitch is attached to a hook 21 on a member 20 which is swung down into the operative position shown in chain-dotted lines. Detachable ramps 10a are provided at the rear of the trailer, the height of which may be adjusted by jacks, not shown.
Patent GB-145189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to spring wheels
IPC: B60B9/04
Filed: 1919-04-11
Abstract: 145,189. McCord, C. J. April 11, 1919. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute springs.-A spring wheel comprises a hub 1 with spokes 3 carrying spring members 9 comprising an outer oval portion 10 and arms 11. The arms are secured by a sleeve 12 and rivets 13. Within the spring 9 is arranged a spring system 20, 23, 24, 27, secured to plates 25 by rivets 28. The springs 10, 20 are held in contact with the outer rigid ring by a clamp 21, and the remainder are adapted to come into action successively into action. The ends of the springs are adapted to bump against a cushion piece 19 within the sleeve 12. The spring 27 acts as a stop. Sheet metal disks 29 enclose the wheel and are secured to rubber &c. washers 31 at the hub.
Patent GB-567405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrically-driven machines having built-in motor control gear
IPC: H02K11/00
Filed: 1943-06-10
Abstract: 567,405. Controllers ; switchboards. ADCOCK, G., and SHIPLEY, H. June 10, 1943, No. 9311. [Classes 38 (iii) and 38 (v)] Control gear for an electrically - driven machine having an individual motor is mounted in a drawer-like structure which pushes into the body of the machine, in the case of built-in control gear, or a cabinet separate from the machine, an isolating switch being provided for de-energizing the control gear before the drawer can be pulled out. Fig. 1 shows control gear, such as fluidfilled contactors 15, transformers 16, timing relay 17 and overload switches, mounted in a partitioned metal drawer 13 which slides on rollers 19 into a recess 10 in the body 11 of a machine. The runners 18 for the rollers preferably extend beyond the rear of the drawer to support the latter when fully withdrawn from the recess, complete withdrawal being prevented by a stop 21 attached to the rear of the drawer and travelling along a rod 22. Plug-in contacts may be associated with the drawer and a stationary part of the machine to de-energize the control gear and motor before the drawer can be opened, but, preferably, an isolating switch of the kind described in Specification 539,497 is provided in a recess 24 at the other side of the machine bed, the switch including contacts 25, 26 which, when its pivoted door 27 is opened, automatically disengage to de-energize the control gear. Opening of the door releases a pivoted catch 30 which normally engages a keeper 31 on the back of the drawer to prevent opening of the latter. In another construction the control gear is mounted in two drawers arranged one above the other and sliding on runners secured to a framework fixed in the recess in the machine.
Patent GB-1293932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus and process for the treatment of pasty substances
Inventor: BARR PETER JOACHIM
IPC: F26B17/10
Filed: 1969-02-20
Abstract: 1293932 Pelletizing BARR & MURPHY Ltd 5 Feb 1970 [20 Feb 1969] 9342/69 Heading B5A. A pelletizer 1, Fig. 1, comprises a body 2 having a bore 3 in which is mounted a shaft 4 rotating on its own axis and having a cross-bore 9. Pasty material is supplied to chamber 7 through port 7<SP>1</SP> with which the bore 9 registers at one angular position of the shaft. At another angular position of the shaft, opposite ends of the bore 9 register with an air inlet chamber 10 and a pellet outlet 8, through which the pellet is ejected by the air. The shaft 4 may have saveral cross-bores 9 along its length which may be parallel or angled to one another. The pelletizer may be used with a ring drier system (20, Fig. 2, not shown) including a disintegrator (25), to dry the pasty material.
Patent GB-758447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sealing rings for use in fluid containing or conveying systems
Inventor: LOVE JOHN
IPC: F16L17/073
Filed: 1953-04-07
Abstract: 758,447. Joint-making packing. K. A. C., Ltd. May 21, 1954 [April 7, 19531. No. 9432/53. Class 122(3) [Also in Group XXVIII] A sealing ring, particularly for use in a pipe joint, comprises a U-section ring 1 the arms 4, 5 of which extend radially inwards and are pressed apart so that they diverge outwardly by a resilient channel element 7 of U-section similar to the ring 1 and located therein. The ring 1 is of polytetrafluoethylene and the element 7 is preferably formed from strip spring steel or beryllium copper. The free edges 6 of the arms of the ring 1 are preferably chamfered.
Patent GB-1186501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reveal Mouldings for Windows
Inventor: LUNT KENNETH WALTER
IPC: B60J10/02
Filed: 1966-03-03
Abstract: 1,186,501. Glazing vehicle wind screens. ROOTES MOTORS Ltd. 2 June, 1967 [3 March, 1966], No. 9432/66, Heading E1R. A vehicle windscreen assembly comprises a window pane 10 having on one side a reveal moulding 12 with retention U-shaped portion 13 integral therewith and in engagement with the other side of the pane to secure the moulding to the pane and a frame 11 in which the pane is held by adhesive 15 (e.g. of synthetic rubber composition, neoprene or butyl rubber and which frame has a shoulder 17 inclined to the pane and engaged by a part of the moulding 12 to support the pane against movement in its own plane and towards the frame. The pane is secured to the bottom of the channel 13 by adhesive 14. The moulding may be of plastics (Figs. 4 and 5) with an embedded decoration.
Patent GB-417263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of filaments, yarns, ribbons, fabrics and like materials, made of or containing cellulose esters
IPC: D06M11/38
Filed: 1933-03-29
Abstract: A process for treating materials comprising filaments, threads, ribbons or the like of saponifiable esters of cellulose, comprises applying to the materials a saponifying medium containing an alkaline compound of an alkaline earth metal and immediately subjecting the materials to elevated temperatures so as rapidly to dry and saponify them.  The saponifying agent may be in solution or as a dispersion, and may be effected in the presence of an alcoholic compound such ethyl or methyl alcohol, and the saponification may be carried out in the presence of buffer salts, such as sodium or calcium acetate.  The materials may be treated with suitable swelling agents prior to or during the saponifying treatment.  The saponifying medium may contain hydroscopic substances such as sodium acetate or calcium chloride, and may be made of relatively high viscosity by the incorporation of alkali metal silicates or soluble salts of higher fatty acids.  Gums, water soluble cellulose ethers, starches or mineral thickening agents may also be present in the composition.  The saponifying medium may be applied by a bath treatment or by passing the material through padding rolls or in contact with wicks, brushes, or the like.  Yarns may be treated in warp formation.  After application of the saponifying medium, the materials are dried in heated drums, and then washed free from saponifying agent and wound or folded.  In the examples, cellulose acetate yarn is drawn from bobbins passed through a reed and under a roller partially immersed in a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide or in a dispersion containing approximately 1 per cent of calcium hydroxide or in a solution of calcium hydroxide containing 5 per cent of water soluble methyl cellulose.  The warp of yarns then passes round a single heated drum or a series of heated drums and is washed, dried and collected.  The materials treated may have undergone a stretching to the extent of 100 per cent, 200 per cent or even 500 per cent of their original length, in two or more stages, the tension being relaxed if desired between the stages to permit the materials to shrink.  The materials may be stretched continuously with the step of saponification.  Preferably, the starting materials comprise cellulose esters of high viscosity. Specifications 316,521, 318,468, 323,790, [all in Class 2 (ii)], 370,430, and 402,106 are referred to.
Patent GB-609977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric inversion systems
IPC: H02M7/00
Filed: 1946-03-27
Abstract: 609,977. Converting. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., and DUNHAM, C. R. March 27, 1946, No. 9446. [Class 38 (ii)] A vapour arc inverter has its instants of ignition controlled in dependence on conditions in the A.C. or D.C. circuit and one overriding control of such instants to ensure that during inverter operation the D.C. circuit is not shortcircuited in the inverter. In the Figure, the inverter 3 between the D.C. system 2 and the A.C. system 1 is controlled by potentials applied to its grids 10 by the phase-shifter 11 adjustable by arm 12; the maximum movement of arm 12 in the retarding direction is limited by fixed stop 13, but on an increase in the direct current another limit is imposed by the stop 14 moved by a torque motor 15 which is connected across the shunt 6 in the D.C. circuit 2. In a modification, the P.D. across the shunt acts on a separate grid-controldevice acting either on the same grids or on different grids and comprising phase-shifting means of the saturable reactor type responsive to the load current.
Patent GB-566159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for the nebulization of liquids
IPC: B05B11/06
Filed: 1943-06-11
Abstract: 566,159. Spray-producers. PARR, G. W., and AUSTEN, Ltd., C. June 11, 1943, No. 9463. [Class 69 (iii)] A nebulizer as described in Specification 525,736' is operated by a hand actuated piston pump 31, 32 secured to the nebulizer. The pump hand grip 35 is for holding and the hand grip 34 is for operating the pump one being set at an angle to the other to facilitate operation. Openings 14 are provided to admit secondary air. The casing 10 has a conical end 11 in which is located the outlet orifice 12. The bottle 23 containing the liquid to be nebulized is clamped in position by a pivoted spring stirrup clip 24. A hole 30 allows drainage back to the bottle.
Patent GB-149315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fountain pens
IPC: B43K5/00
Filed: 1920-04-01
Abstract: 149,315. Mallat, J. Aug. 1, 1919, [Convention date]. Reservoir pens. - A flexible rubber tube 1 adapted to be twisted for filling purposes is attached externally by means of a metal collar c to the rear end of the reservoir B of a fountain pen, and the outer end of the tube 1 is closed by a metal plug E, recessed to increase the ink capacity of the reservoir and secured by a metal collar d, the two collars c, and encircling the tube 1. The tube is covered by a screw cap A.