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Patent GB-369151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to bed pans
IPC: A61G9/00
Filed: 1931-09-25
Abstract: 369,151. Bed-pans. COLBECK, W. K., 25, Division Street, Welland, Ontario, Canada. Sept. 25, 1931, No. 26741. [Class 26.] A bed-pan comprises a forwardly-extending portion 12, Figs. 1 and 6, inclined from the opening towards the front and laterally tapering to form an apex 13 ; the sides of the portion 12 are further inclined to form a central ridge so that the pan may be inserted between the buttocks. The sides 9 of the pan are formed with an outwardly-extending and slightlydished flange 10 which terminates in an angular rib 11. A heating element 15 having a plug socket 17 is disposed within a recess 14, a closing plate 16 being provided.
Patent GB-950659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric heating mantles
IPC: H05B3/34
Filed: 1961-07-24
Abstract: 950,659. Electrically heated mantles. H. H. GOLDSTAUB. June 19, 1962 [July 24, 1961], No. 26791/61. Addition to 812,694. Heading H5H. A mantle, for heating flasks, which is stable against tipping when placed upon a flat surface includes a heating element disposed in a flexible structure of heat resistant electrically insulating material formed with a pocket for the reception of a vessel to be heated, and a layer of sheet metal, to which an earthing conductor is connected, extending up the sides of the mantle, either outside or within an outer layer of the insulating material, and formed to give the mantle a flat or concave bottom. Knitted glass yarn 1 forms the pocket 3 and encloses the aluminium cup 2, the heating element 8, the earth lead of which is connected to the cup at 14, glass wool lagging 16, and spring 6 which bears against the neck of a flask inserted into the cup. A layer of conductive wire mesh inside or outside the knitted layer 1 may extend from the top of the cup 2 to the spring 6.
Patent GB-225340-A (GB)
Title: Trumpet for sound reproducing apparatus, talking machines and the like
IPC: G10K13/00
Filed: 1923-10-26
Abstract: 225,340. Corell, A. H. H. Oct. 26, 1923. Cases with internal horns.-A sound reproducing apparatus a is built into a cabinet b and has its tone arm c connected to a horn comprising a long pipe d, a short throat g and a wide mouth h, each built up of flat plates. The bottom plate f of the throat is slightly shorter than the top plate e and the side walls of the throat are formed partly by the upwardly extended side plates of the pipe d and partly by extensions of the side plates of the mouth h.
Patent GB-1466297-A (GB)
Title: Weigh measuring hook block apparatus for cranes
IPC: B66C1/40
Filed: 1974-06-18
Abstract: 1466297 Measuring crane hook load electrically WEIGH-TRONIX Inc 18 June 1974 [25 June 1973] 26939/74 Heading G1N A weight measuring hook block apparatus 10 for the hook 17 of a crane or other load moving or lifting apparatus, includes a bar 26 elastically deformable in response to loads applied thereto, the ends 28, 30 of the bar being retained in side plates 20, 22, of a frame 18 and the bar having a shoulder 32 about which a sleeve 38 is disposed. Pulley wheels 39, 40, 41 are mounted on the sleeve and encircled by cables (not shown) to support the block apparatus from the crane. The sleeve and one or more pulley wheels rotatably mounted on it together forming a force applying member located on, and between the ends of, the bar for transmitting to the bar forces applied to said member. A hook 17 is mounted to the frame by a trunnion 24, the load on which hook produces bending deformation of the bar which is sensed by strain gauges 34-37, one pair sensing compression, and the other extension, of the bar. These gauges are connected in a bridge configuration in measuring circuitry 107 from which the signal is converted by A-D converter 109 producing a number of pulses corresponding to amplitude of the signal. The first and last pulses of the converter act with transmitter 110 and antenna 52 to transmit a radio signal, of duration indicative of hook load, to an antenna 118 and receiver 120 in the crane cab. A logic circuit 122 provides a corresponding pulse count to a display 124. A read-out of hook load is commanded by switch 125 and timer 126 in the cab which trigger transmitter 130 to send, via cab antenna 118 and hook antenna 52 a signal to actuate power control circuit 114 at the hook to energize the measuring and transmitting circuits at the hook. An alternative embodiment Fig. 3 (not shown) is used to adapt existing crane hooks for use with the inventive apparatus.
Patent GB-305273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to cleansing preparations, particularly applicable for cleaning the inside of enamelled ovens
IPC: C11D7/60
Filed: 1928-06-29
Abstract: 305,273. Quance, E. N., and Burchell, L. C. June 29, 1928. Cleansing-compositions, especially useful for cleaning the inside of enamelled ovens, consist of dispersions of commercial caustic soda and very fine iron oxide in a liquid or pasty medium. In an example, 2 oz. of a mixture of 4 parts of caustic soda with 1 part of oxide is dispersed in 24 oz. of water.
Patent GB-740759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to animal houses and pens
IPC: A01K1/02
Filed: 1952-10-27
Abstract: 740,759. Pig sties &c. DAWSON, I. V. Jan. 27, 1954 [Oct. 27, 1952], No. 26999/52. Class 20(1). A shelter, e.g. a.pig sty, has a comparatively large opening at one side having a shutter which, when it is in the plane of the opening, leaves an unobstructed aperture at ground level of sufficient size to permit the passage of animals. The shutter may be narrower than the opening so that, when shut, it leaves a space at one or both sides and may be adjustable sideways. Otherwise there may be an aperture in the shutter, between its edges, which is at ground level when the shutter is shut. A pen may be provided outside the movable part of the shutter. In its open position, the shutter may be supported by the sides of the pen or by a cross bar supported by sockets in the sides of the pen. Alternatively, the shutter may have bolts or catches which engage the sides of the pen when it is open and the floor when it is closed.
Patent GB-1112123-A (GB)
Title: Measuring the surface density and thickness of sheet and film materials
Inventor: FEDOTOV IGOR LEONIDOWICH
IPC: G01N23/203
Filed: 1965-06-25
Abstract: 1,112,123. Measuring sheet thickness. RIZHSKIY FILIAL VSESOIUZNOGO NAUCHNO - ISSLEDOVATELSKOGO INSTITUTA RADIATSONNOY TEKHNIKI. June 25, 1965, No. 27038/65. Heading G1A. The surface density (i.e. gms /metre<SP>2</SP>) or thickness of sheet or film material is determined by causing # radiation to impinge on the material which is unsupported at the position opposite the source and measuring the intensity of the radiation returned through the material as a result of ambient back scatter. A source of radiation which may be Pn 147 is mounted in a container on a stainless steel plate with detectors which may be of the end-window halogen type, or scintillation detectors, surrounding it. The plate has apertures for the passage of radiation and is brought into close contact with the film by, for example vacuum orifices or air jets. The surface density is determined from a curve by measuring the ratio of the particle count with, and without, the film in position.
Patent GB-192742-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved device for use with beds
IPC: A47C21/02
Filed: 1921-10-12
Abstract: 192,742. Bennett, J. T. Oct. 12, 1921. Bedclothes, securing.-A device for facilitating bed-making is adapted to grip the bed-clothes near one edge and comprises a slat 10 and a channelled member having a base 11 and walls 12, 13, the latter being provided with a flange 14 overhanging the channel. As shown in Fig. 2, the channelled member is secured at the bottom of the bed on the lower mattress 15 by adjustable straps 16 having hooks 17 engaging the angle-iron framing 18, the wall 13 carrying the flange 14 being towards the foot of the bed. The bed-clothes 20 are placed over the device and gripped in the channel by the slat 10, Fig. 7, the upper mattress 22 being then turned back into position and the bed made in the ordinary manner. Additional retaining means for the slat 10 may be provided as shown in Fig. 9 by a turnbutton 25 which is fitted in a recess 26 in the wall 12 of the channelled member. Instead of securing the channelled member by straps or screws it may be formed as an integral part of the spring mattress or of the bedstead itself.
Patent GB-377843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to filler caps
IPC: B60K15/04
Filed: 1931-09-29
Abstract: 377,843. Caps for petrol tanks &c. BENTON & STONE, Ltd., and MILNER, C. E., Bracebridge Street, Birmingham. Sept. 29, 1931, No. 27069. [Class 125 (iii).] The closure cap for a petrol tank &c. comprises in combination a hingeless cap b, a hooklike member i, preferably attached to the cap by a resilient connection j, k, l, one limb of the member i extending across the inner side of the cap to serve as a skid, and retaining spring means d . . h. The spring d may alternatively be a tension spring and the hook h may be replaced by a bar, which extends across the base of the filling neck a, carrying rollers which prevent endwise displacement.
Patent GB-407998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to permanent magnets
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 1932-09-29
Abstract: 407,998. Sound reproducing and transmitting devices. SWIFT, LEVICK, & SONS, Ltd., HORSBURGH, G. D. L., and TETLEY, F. W., Clarence Steel Works, Sheffield. Sept. 29, 1932, No. 27106. [Class 40 (iv).] A magnet with a narrow air-gap, such as is employed in sound reproducing or transmitting apparatus, is provided with a pole-piece of two or more portions separate from the body of the magnet, so that by suitable choice of the shape and materials of the portions of the pole-piece the flux-density in the air-gap can be regulated without altering the body of the magnet. The Figure shows a magnet with a body formed of a bar 5 with upturned ends 6, 7 and a mild steel plate 8 forming the outer pole-piece. The inner polepiece is formed of two portions 11, 12 secured to each other and to the body of the magnet by a screw 13. The portion 12 may be made of mild steel or soft iron and the portion 11 of magnet steel. The portion 11 may be rectangular to give a greater surface of contact with the body of the magnet.
Patent GB-1262489-A (GB)
Title: Method of holding a lens on a lens holder and apparatus therefor
Inventor: WYLDE STEPHEN JACK
IPC: B24B13/005
Filed: 1968-06-07
Abstract: 1,262,489. Moulding plastic substances. AUTOFLOW ENG. Ltd. 9 June, 1969 [7 June, 1968], No. 27157/68. Heading B5A. [Also in Division B3] A lens blank 36, the upper surface of which is to be ground or polished, is attached to a holder 22 by placing the holder in a mould 10 with pins 24, 26 which loosely engage holes 32, 34 in the holder, locating the lens on the edge 38 of the mould and directing molten material, e.g. a low melting point alloy into the mould. The material fills the space between the lens and holder and flows into the holes around the pins so that on removing the moulded assembly it has holes formed by the pins whereby the assembly may be received on a carrier bar, comprising correspondingly shaped and positioned pins to engage the holes. When the convex upper surface of a lens blank is to be treated the upper surface of the holder has a projection instead of a space 40.
Patent GB-1340657-A (GB)
Title: Guided transportation system
IPC: B62D1/26
Filed: 1972-06-09
Abstract: 1340657 Transportation system with switch FORD MOTOR CO Ltd 9 June 1972 [5 Aug 1971] 27201/72 Heading B7L A transportation system comprises a vehicle 10 guided along a roadway 12 the vehicle having pneumatically-tyred supporting wheels 22, aligning wheels 24 and switch wheels 28 on opposite sides of the vehicle which are interconnected by a bar 32 and pivoted so that each wheel can be selectively moved into a switching position (right hand wheel 28) while the other is simultaneously moved to an inactive position and the roadway having side-wall assemblies 34 comprising I-beams 38 for engaging the aligning wheels 24 and L-section members 40 at switching portions of the roadway where a single path portion merges into two alternative paths for engaging the appropriate switch roller 28 in its switching position to switch the vehicle on to the associated path. When the vehicle is intended for bi-directional travel a switch wheel 28 is provided at each corner thereof. The switch wheels may be retractable when the vehicle is travelling on a single path portion of the roadway . The roadway at such single path portions comprises spaced concrete or metal roadbed elements as shown. At the switching portions the roadway is in the form of an integral structure extending the whole width of the roadway to give a smooth crossing as the vehicle is guided across the roadway to the appropriate path.
Patent GB-205981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hair wavers
IPC: A45D2/14
Filed: 1922-10-09
Abstract: 205,981. Gordon, I. K. Oct. 9, 1922. Hair-cutting appliances .-A hair waver consists of a metal casting or stamping comprising a central stem A with staggered projections B on opposite sides. The thickness of the waver is approximately the same as the width of the stem. The ends of the projections are slightly enlarged to prevent the hair from slipping off, and the corners between the stem and the projections are rounded off. At one end of the stem are short projections D, and at the other end is a handle E of cork or other material. In use, the waver is first heated and the hair coiled in a flat strand under the projections alternately on each side of the stem.
Patent GB-479962-A (GB)
Title: Method and means for the combustion of waste furnace gases
IPC: F23L15/00
Filed: 1936-10-07
Abstract: 479,962. Furnaces. FRENGER, C. Oct. 7, 1936, No. 27282. [Class 51 (i)] Waste gases from a furnace 1, Fig. 1, burning garbage or other inferior fuel, are drawn off by a fan 6 and are supplied together with combustion air to the fuel bed of a second furnace fed with normal fuel. The fan 6 may have a connection to the waste gas pipe 9 and also a fresh air inlet, the mixture being supplied to a chamber 12 beneath a combustion chamber 4 supplied with fuel by a mechanical underfeed stoker or alternatively, as indicated in broken lines, the fan 6 may be used to supply air only, the waste gases being supplied by a second fan 15. Dampers are provided for controlling the quantities of air and waste gases supplied. In a modification, the second furnace has a grate or tuyÞre supplied with fuel from above and the fan 6 may also be used to supply secondary air in the form of one or more jets directed from the upper part of the chamber 4 down on to the fuel bed. In a modified construction, Fig. 5, the fire-pot of the second furnace 4 is fed with fuel from a hopper 42 by a screw 44 and the fan 6 supplies the mixture of air and waste gases through an annular passage surrounding the conveyer tube 43. To prevent a back flow to the hopper, an auxiliary fan supplies air through a pipe 47 to the tube 43 at a position near the fire-pot.
Patent GB-463443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cages for poultry
IPC: A01K31/17
Filed: 1935-10-04
Abstract: 463,443. Battery cages. ADAMS, A.S. Oct. 4, 1935, No. 27375. [Class 5 (ii)] To facilitate cleaning from beneath battery cages for poultry, the cages are suspended so that they may be moved without disconnection from their supporting means. As shown in Fig. 1, two sets of battery cages with back-to-back compartments 2, 3 for laying hens are suspended from flexible members 25 passing over pulleys and adapted to be operated to raise one set of cages and lower the other set by a handle 37. In some cases, the cages are mounted on levers, or are provided with rollers running in guides suspended from the roof of the building. The transverse partitions between the cages are formed of wires 5, Fig. 2, depending from their upper ends so as to be free to swing in the meshes of the base 4, and thereby prevent the accumulation of vermin &c. The bottom 7 of each tier of cages is formed as a chain mesh band supporting a band 8 of waterproofed or tarred paper to receive the droppings. The droppings are removed by winding the band 7 on a roller and allowing the paper 8 to pass a scraper whereby the droppings pass into one compartment of a wheeled truck, while the used paper passes into a separate compartment. In some cases, the chain mesh band 7 is endless, means being provided for the attachment thereto of the tarred paper. The base 4 slopes towards egg-collecting troughs 39, while the water and food troughs 17, 16 are formed with roll edges and are hinged to the fronts of the cages. They may be pivoted at their lower edges and be held in operative position by wires 19.
Patent GB-1432430-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic apparatus for ready connection and disconnection
IPC: F16L39/00
Filed: 1973-06-08
Abstract: 1432430 Connection apparatus for hydraulic pumps or motors ABEX CORP 8 June 1973 [18 Sept 1972] 27499/73 Heading F1A A hydraulic unit e.g. a pump 14 or motor is removably connected to a torque exchange device, e.g. a driving hub 2 of an aircraft engine, by means of a port cap 7 and a manifold 4 which have complementary inlet, outlet and drain passages and valves that close these passages to prevent hydraulic fluid loss when the unit and port cap 7 are separated from the manifold 4. The manifold inlet passage 18 has a ported piston 33 biased against a seat 37 by a spring 36, and the inlet pasage 19 of the port cap 7 has a ported poppet valve 39 biased against a seat 42 by a spring 46. When the parts 14, 7 and 4 are assembled the piston 33 pushes against the poppet valve 39 to open the inlet passages 18, 19. The outlet passage 21 of port cap 7 has a valve assembly 49 comprising a guide sleeve 51 ported at each end to communicate with an annular portion of outlet passage 21 and a passage 22 respectively and a ported shuttle piston 52 within the sleeve 51. The piston 52 is biased to close the ports in the sleeve 51 by a spring 57 and is opened by fluid discharge pressure acting against a shoulder 56 on the piston 52 and a shoulder 54 on the sleeve 51. The manifold drain passage (not shown) has a check-valve within a sleeve which when the parts 14, 7 and 4 are assembled, protrudes into the drain passage of the port cap 7 (not shown) to open a spring-biased poppet valve.
Patent GB-853222-A (GB)
Title: Cathodes for electron-beam tubes
Inventor: MURPHY BERNARD THOMAS
IPC: H01J3/02
Filed: 1959-08-12
Abstract: 853,222. Electron beam apparatus. MULLARD Ltd. Aug. 12, 1959, No. 27587/59. Class 39(1). A cathode for an electron-beam tube such as a klystron or travelling wave tube includes, within the cathode shell S, a heater H and a soft ferro-magnetic alloy member M which may be either behind the heater as shown, or between the heater and the emissive surface F. The member M is associated with magnetic members N, N forming part of the magnetic beam focusing system.
Patent GB-603517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to automatic gramophones
IPC: G11B17/16
Filed: 1945-10-23
Abstract: 603,517. Magazine gramophones. SLATER, G. Oct. 23, 1945, No. 27843. [Class 40 (ii)] In a magazine gramophone of the type in which records are stacked before play on a centre spindle, the records are supported by radially disposed spring-loaded members 7 which are retracted during a record-changing operation by the downward movement of an inner shaft 12, the withdrawal of which releases the end of a spring-finger 11 which presses a sliding jaw 9 against the wall of the central hole of the lowest but one record of the stack, and thereby prevents all but the lowest record falling to the turntable 1. Fig. 1 shows the inner shaft 12 in the withdrawn position during a record-changing cycle, while Fig. 4 (not shown) illustrates a modification in which a number of radially disposed spring-loaded jaws replace the sliding jaw 9 and spring-finger 11. The undersides of the records supported on the centre spindle may be played by providing an extra pick-up arm, and introducing suitable reverse gearing between the motor and the turntable 1 by the direct driving wheel 5 and intermediate wheel 5a.
Patent GB-616892-A (GB)
Title: A device for the selective control of two couplings
IPC: G05G9/08
Filed: 1946-09-17
Abstract: 616,892. Operating clutches. M.A.B.E.C. SOC. ANON. Sept. 17, 1946, No. 27854. Convention date, May 17. [Class 80 (ii)] In a device for selectively controlling two clutches, a link plate 1 capable of substantially longitudinal movement has two apertures 2, 3 engaged by pins 4, 5 on clutch forks 6, 7 respectively. The apertures have parts a extending longitudinally and parts b inclined thereto. Clockwise rotation of a control lever 13 about a pivot 15 from the position shown in Fig. 1 first causes disengagement of clutch parts 9, 12 and then disengagement of clutch parts 8, 11. Engagement of the clutches takes place in the reverse order. A spring-pressed ball catch 14 locks the link plate 1 in its operative positions.
Patent GB-339685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in speech transmission
IPC: H04B3/14
Filed: 1929-09-13
Abstract: 339,685. Western Electric Co., Ltd., (Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.). Sept. 13, 1929. Amplifying systems for submarine cable telephony. Speech currents in which, after their passage through a band filter 15, the normal energy distribution of the various frequencycomponents is as indicated by curve a, Fig. 2, are passed through a. network 16 which alters the distribution to that shown by curve b, amplified and led into the cable 20. At the receiving end the energy distribution of the incoming currents is as shown in curve c and is altered by a network 21 consisting of reactance elements only, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to that indicated by curve e and, after the currents have been amplified is restored to normal (curve a) by a network 23. Curves f, g represent effects on the noise currents, which arrive with a distribution curve d, of the networks 21, 23.
Patent GB-1070676-A (GB)
Title: Production of urea compounds
Inventor: ISLIP PETER JOHN
IPC: C07D277/58
Filed: 1965-07-01
Abstract: The invention comprises compounds of the formula <FORM:1070676/C2/1> wherein X is a bromine or chlorine atom and n is 1, 2, or 3, and processes for their preparation comprising (a) reacting 5-nitro-2-aminothiazole with an acylisocyanate having the formula <FORM:1070676/C2/2> or (b) reacting 1-(5-nitro-2-thiazolyl) urea with a reactive derivative, e.g. a symmetrical or mixed anhydride or halide, of an o -haloalkanoic acid of the formula X-(CH2)n-COOH. Acylisocyanates of Formula II are prepared by reacting silver cyanate with an o -haloalkanoyl chloride of the formula X-(CH2)n-COCl. Bromoacetyl isocyanate is prepared by heating a mixture of oxalyl chloride, bromoacetamide and ethylene dichloride under reflux for 14 hours.  Acetic-bromoacetic anhydride and acetic-chloroacetic anhydride are prepared by reacting ketene with the haloacetic acid.
Patent GB-748099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in chucks
IPC: B23B31/163
Filed: 1953-10-12
Abstract: 748,099. Mounting chucks. BURNERD & CO., Ltd., F., and HAYWARD, A. J. Sept. 17, 1954 [Oct. 12, 1953], No. 28053/53. Class 83 (3). A self-centring chuck comprises a work-holding part 1 adjustable relatively to a body part 2 in a direction at right angles to the chuck axis by wedge-members or cams 19. The wedges 19 having screwed stems 18 lie tangentially of, and engage grooves in, the body 2. Rotation of the screws causes a radial adjustment of the member 1 which carries the jaws 3 operated by a scroll 4. The adjustment is indicated by graduations 24 on the screw heads 20. In a modification, the taper is provided on portions of the body 22, Fig. 3, and the screw shanks 26 are cylindrical. The chuck is mounted on a spindle by a screwthreaded boss 10 which may be integral with the body 2. The invention may be applied to hydraulically- or hand-operated collet chucks. Specification 624,144 is referred to.