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Patent GB-2296380-A (GB)
Title: A method of making a capacitor in a semiconductor device
Inventor: EOM GUM YONG
IPC: H01L21/02
Filed: 1995-12-15
Abstract: A method of making a charge storage element includes the steps of exposing an active region of a substrate through a contact hole, introducing an amorphous silicon layer (8, Figure 1) which includes oxygen into the contact hole, thermally treating the amorphous silicon layer such that the amorphous silicon layer is crystallized into porous polysilicon regions 9, whereby oxygenous by-products 10 are formed, and applying a wet-etching process to the oxygenous by-products to enable the porous polysilicon layers to be used as a charge storage element. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296949-A (GB)
Title: Moulded welding sleeve
Inventor: STEINMETZ HANS-WERNER
IPC: B29C65/34
Filed: 1996-01-11
Abstract: The sleeve has welding portions which are each provided with a heating coil for joining to inserted pipes to be welded. A cylindrical sleeve end part can be contracted circumferentially by means of at least one tensioning system 9-12 against the inserted pipe, thus providing fixing and holding of the parts before and during welding while still allowing space for the electrical socket 6. Each tensioning system can comprise projections 9 spaced by one or more axial slits and drawn together by a loop 12 and cam lever acting on one projection 9. Alternatively, two peripherally spaced parts have resilient catches to engage under tension.
Patent GB-2298294-A (GB)
Title: Burner control
Inventor: SUTTON DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: F23N1/02
Filed: 1996-02-14
Abstract: Apparatus to supply the air/fuel mixture to a fully premixed burner comprises means 20 for providing fuel at a variable flow rate to the burner, means 18 for supplying air at a variable flow rate to the fuel to form the mixture, means 30 for sensing aeration of the fuel combustion products and control means 26 for controlling the fuel flow rate in dependence upon a heat output demand and the air flow rate in dependence upon both the fuel flow rate and the sensed aeration in such a way that the air flow rate is sufficient to maintain the aeration at a predetermined value. The controller maintains the fuel flow rate at one of a number of differing predetermined values and the air flow rate at a corresponding one of a number of differing predetermined values, each set of predetermined values forming a geometric series.
Patent GB-2315792-A (GB)
Title: Kerb drainage system
Inventor: JENNINGS PETER ALEXANDER
IPC: E01C11/22
Filed: 1996-07-11
Abstract: A kerb drainage block (2) has a drainage channel (10) extending between end surfaces (6, 8). Waterway inlets (22) extend from a kerb profile (16) down into the drainage channel (10). A recess (26) allows the passage of a detector loop or other service cables. A recess (12) can receive a blanking plate flush with the end surface. One end surface may hav e a projecting flange with the other being provided with a corresponding recess.
Patent GB-2315699-A (GB)
Title: Reapplication of materials for object fabrication
Inventor: HEYWOOD MALCOLM IAN
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 1996-07-27
Abstract: In a stereolithographic process for forming solid three dimensional parts, new layers of resin are applied using a rotating drum 1 which is capable of vertical, lateral and angular movement under the influence of independent power sources 7,8. In operation, with the last-cured layer(s) forming a solid part supported on a platform 13 and immersed in the resin bath to a depth corresponding to the thickness of the next layer to be formed, the roller is first immersed in the resin bath at a location removed from the immersed solid part and to a depth greater than that thickness (Fig2.2); the roller is then caused to rotate and moved laterally towards the solid part whilst being raised in the resin bath to a height just below that of the resin surface, at which height the roller crosses above the formed solid part (Fig.2.3); the directions of rotation and of lateral motion are then reversed while the solid part is traversed for a second time; a final traverse is then made with the roller rotating after which the roller is disengaged, the newly formed layer cured by irradiation then immersed in the resin bath for the process to be repeated.
Patent GB-2316897-A (GB)
Title: Strip shaping mechanism
Inventor: NORKETT JOHN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B21D5/08
Filed: 1996-09-05
Abstract: The application describes apparatus for concave shaping metal strip which pass the strip through a set of rolls at which appropriate concave shaping is applied to the strip by means of a shaping set of rolls; wherein the strip is supported in its passage through the roll set by means of a flexible supporting member 4 whereby to ensure that the strip is subject to the shaping process along the total passage thereof through the shaping set of rolls. The supporting member can be a belt or web, and can be continuous. The device is particularly useful for shaping reflective louvres for use in fluorescent lamp fittings.
Patent GB-2305940-A (GB)
Title: Method for forming ferroelectric thin film and apparatus therefor
Inventor: BAEK YONG KU
IPC: C23C16/40
Filed: 1996-10-04
Abstract: A ferroelectric thin film superior in coatability, fineness of structure and uniformity of composition, is obtained by a method (as illustrated in Fig. 1) in which ferroelectric reactant materials consisting of plural elements are induced into dissociation by exciting plasma with RF power in order for them to participate in a deposition reaction. The process is optimally conditioned so that ions dissociated from the reactant materials by the excited plasma are subjected to deposition at high temperatures under low pressures. In the method, the reactant materials are supplied through conduits, a manifold and a shower head into a reactor without deterioration, the manifold collecting the reactant materials, and the shower head producing a gaseous spray containing the mixed reactant materials. A ferroelectric thin film is deposited upon exciting the gaseous spray to form a plasma, and residual gas is purged from the conduits. A specific material deposited is barium strontium tetanode (BaS TiO 3 ).
Patent GB-2318076-A (GB)
Title: A spring-making machine
Inventor: WU CHIN-TU
IPC: B21F3/06
Filed: 1996-10-10
Abstract: A spring-making machine including a spring wire feeding device having a frame (100), a driving disc (1) rotatably mounted on the frame (100), a first sleeve (2) fixedly arranged on one side of the frame (100) and having a plurality of fixing holes (101), a second sleeve (3) inserted into the first sleeve (2) and fixedly mounted on the driving disc (1), and an elongated core (3a) having a sectorial portion with an angle less than 180 degrees at an end thereof and an opening (36a) at another end, the core (3a) having an axial hole (38a) and a radial outlet (39a), a guide rod (37a) having an axial hole (38a) adapted to receive a spring wire (S) and having an end inserted into the axial hole (36a) of the core (3a), and a clamp (372a) having a recess (373) in which is fitted another end of the guide rod (37a) and a bolt extending through the clamp (372a) to engage with the guide rod (37a).
Patent GB-2313674-A (GB)
Title: Optical transmitter
Inventor: SAKAMOTO HISAYA
IPC: H04B10/29
Filed: 1996-12-09
Abstract: An optical transmitter, suitable for use in digital optical communications for launching optical signals into optical fibres, and comprising a light source (1) for emitting a continuous light beam and an external modulator (6). The external modulator (6) comprises a beam splitter (2) for splitting the continuous light beam into two component beams; two electrodes (3-1, 3-2) which are respectively arranged for modulating the two component beams; an intensity modulation driver (4) for generating a voltage signal to be applied to at least one of the electrodes (3-1 in the Figure) to perform intensity modulation; and a phase modulation driver (5) for generating a further voltage signal to be applied in phase to both electrodes (3-1, 3-2) to perform phase modulation. Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), which tends to be produced in optical fibres at high light powers, can thus be avoided without having to modulate the drive current of the light source (1).
Patent GB-2320279-A (GB)
Title: Deadbolt with increased throw
Inventor: MIDDLETON COLIN SIDNEY
IPC: E05B63/04
Filed: 1996-12-13
Abstract: A lock has a deadbolt assembly comprising a bolt 15 and a drive mechanism in the form of a bolt thrower 20 which is key operated, and a lever 18 arranged between the bolt 15 and the bolt thrower 20, so that when the lever 18 is acted on by the bolt thrower 20, the movement of the bolt 15 from the unbolted to the bolted position is greater than would be the case if the bolt thrower 20 acted directly on the bolt. The lock is applicable to both multidetainer mortice locks and cylinder operated locks.
Patent GB-2306272-A (GB)
Title: Amusement ride with turntable and video game
Inventor: FUJIMOTO ISAO
IPC: H04N5/74
Filed: 1995-07-05
Abstract: An amusement comprises a ride 50 for being ridden by a player 51. A course includes a first portion 40 on which the ride moves forwards, and a second portion 401 having an up-slope on which the ride moves backwards. A turn table 41 is provided on the path of the course and between said first and second portions 40 and 401 of the course, for receiving the ride from the first portion 40, turning around the ride to the reverse direction of the ride, and sending out the ride to the second portion 401 of the course in a reverse direction for the player 51. A screen 42 faces the second portion 401 of the course, so that the player 51 can view the screen 42 to play a game on the second portion 401 of the course. The course further includes a third portion 402 having a down-slope and following the second portion 401 on which the ride 51 moves backwards.
Patent GB-2321685-A (GB)
Title: Pipe coupling having a grab ring
Inventor: TAYLOR MICHAEL
IPC: F16L37/091
Filed: 1997-02-03
Abstract: The coupling 1 comprises the grab ring 2, with a plurality of teeth 3 flexibly attached to a skirt part 4, and an element 5 adapted to substantially prevent movement of the teeth 3 upon the application of a tensile load to a pipe 6 inserted in the coupling. The element 5 is a ring with an arcuate or V radial cross-section, conforming to the cross-section of the ring 2 where its teeth 3 join the skirt 4.
Patent GB-2315494-A (GB)
Title: Polymer wax coating
Inventor: LYTH MARK ANTHONY
IPC: C08L33/06
Filed: 1997-07-22
Abstract: A wax coating comprising an anionic polymer, at least one wax emulsion and water. The wax coating does not utilise hazardous chemical solvents and can be used on all types of wooden surfaces, particularly pine.
Patent GB-2327938-A (GB)
Title: Storage receptacle
Inventor: BROWN TIMOTHY OLIVER MICHAEL
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 1997-08-06
Abstract: A storage receptacle 1 for skin care products comprises at least two compartments 3, 4. A first skin care product is contained within a first compartment and formulated for a first skin type, e.g. oily type; a second skin care product is contained within a second compartment and formulated for a second skin type, e.g. dry or normal type. The products are simultaneously accessible by the user. The receptacle may take the form of a partitioned, screw topped jar (Fig.1), a partitioned box with sliding lids or a two-compartment pump dispenser.
Patent GB-2316516-A (GB)
Title: Controlling different apparatus
Inventor: THWAITE PAUL
IPC: H04B1/20
Filed: 1997-08-14
Abstract: A remote-controlled device allows for the connection of a number of different household appliances and typically domestic electrical goods, such as video recorders, televisions, computers, hi-fi stereo units, and provides for centralised control and intercommunication as desired by a user, using a Visual Display Unit which displays information concerning the status and operation of all those appliances and goods connected to the device. Expansion slots are provided on the device which receive signal processing modules specific to particular apparatus.
Patent GB-2329647-A (GB)
Title: Dual purpose toilet/bidet
Inventor: DAVIES RALPH SIMON
IPC: E03D9/08
Filed: 1997-12-09
Abstract: A dual purpose toilet/bidet has a flush pipe 1, which is fitted to the seat of an existing toilet. The water flow is controlled by means of a control tap 2. The water flow to the bidet flush pipe can be either cold or warmed. If cold, it is supplied from the bathroom cold water supply pipe only. If warmed, it is supplied from the bathroom hot and cold water supply pipes, and through a fail safe thermostatic mixing valve 3, which incorporates a temperature adjustment control knob 4, to select the temperature of the mix. The mixing valve can be isolated by means of service valves 5.
Patent GB-2323577-A (GB)
Title: Interconnection system for moveable wing surfaces
Inventor: BROADBENT MICHAEL CRAIG
IPC: B64C9/22
Filed: 1998-02-16
Abstract: Each wing of an aircraft includes a main wing section 1, and a plurality of moveable wing surfaces such as slats 3a, 3b, 3c, that are connected to the main wing section by swing arms 6. The moveable wing surfaces are interconnected by link arms 10,12 that prevent asymmetric deployment and retraction of the surfaces. Electric or hydraulic motors 18,19 are provided to deploy and retract the slats, the motor 18 driving a crank 11, which acts on the links 10. The link arms 12 may be connected to the swing arms by universal joints (16)(fig. 2), and may incorporate a turnbuckle (13). Alternatively the link arms may include a lost motion mechanism in the form of a telescopic joint (figs. 3,4).
Patent GB-2324642-A (GB)
Title: Interactive control of audio outputs on a display screen
Inventor: SCIAMMARELLA EDUARDO
IPC: H04H60/04
Filed: 1998-04-21
Abstract: Audio outputs representing various sounds are displayed on a screen as graphical objects 102-112. The user manipulates the size or location of the object on the screen such that the corresponding audio output is modified accordingly. If, for example, the size of the graphical object is increased, the sound becomes louder; conversely, if the graphical object is decreased, the sound becomes softer. Alternatively or additional the volume may be changed by changing the location of the object on the screen. By further moving the graphical object between the left and right edges of the screen, the audio balance between the channels is modified. If the object is moved to the left of the screen, only the left audio output channel is enabled. Conversely, only the right audio output channel is enabled if the graphical object is moved to the right side of the screen.
Patent GB-2326161-A (GB)
Title: Diphenyl-acetic acid derivatives as anti-viral compounds
Inventor: GARNETT DAVID
IPC: C07C219/10
Filed: 1998-05-06
Abstract: A new broad-spectrum anti-viral compound for the treatment of viral infections, such as human immune deficiency virus has the general formula:- Ar<SP>1</SP> and Ar<SP>2</SP> are each either a phenyl group or substituted aromatic group; R<SP>1</SP> is a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl or alkenyl group, a phenyl or hydrogen; R<SP>2</SP> is an alkyl group, a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl amino group or hydrogen; and X is C, O, N or S. Preferred compounds include diethylamino-ethyl-2,2-diphenylvalerate and aminoethyl-2,2-diphenylvalerate.
Patent GB-2338705-A (GB)
Title: Shingled sheets
Inventor: WYER ANDREW FRANCIS
IPC: B65H31/28
Filed: 1998-06-26
Abstract: An arrangement for forming a shingled array of sheets comprises a duplex tray 1 to which sheets are fed by nip 3 for temporary storage, whereupon they are secured in nip 8 while feed continues so as to flip the sheet end towards exit nip 10. Nips 8, 10 are then briefly rotated to feed the sheet a short distance. Any preceding sheets already located in the nip 10 are also fed the same distance, whereby a shingled array is gradually formed in belt transport 12. Once the leading sheet reaches nip 19, the sheets can be fed singly into the main transport path by nip 23, 24.
Patent GB-2325364-A (GB)
Title: Digital signal processing
Inventor: EASTTY PETER CHARLES
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 1994-09-20
Abstract: Digital signal processing (e.g. filtering) apparatus comprises pipelined digital signal processing means 140 for generating each output, sample of an output digital signal from input samples of an input digital signal by combining the input samples with a plurality of subsets 134,136 of a set of filter coefficients associated with that output sample during a respective plurality of sample periods of the input digital signal; and coefficient generating means 130 for supplying sets of filter coefficients to the signal processing means in response to the current state of a filter control signal provide by the outputs of position encoders 20',21' which relate to the positions of user-adjustable controls 10', 11'. The position encoders and the coefficient generator are controlled by the same clock signal.
Patent GB-2332499-A (GB)
Title: Constant velocity ratio jointed shaft with two fixed CV joints and separate plunging means
Inventor: JACOB WERNER
IPC: F16D3/223
Filed: 1998-11-19
Abstract: In a CV jointed shaft with first and second constant velocity fixed joints (1, 1') and an intermediate shaft (14) the intermediate shaft (14) comprises a plunging sleeve (22) in which there is received a plunging journal (15) connected thereto by balls (21). The plunging journal (15) and the intermediate shaft (14) are each provided with a plug-in portion (16, 25) which are identical in shape and are received in receiving bores (7) of the inner parts (5) of the two constant velocity fixed joints (1, 1').
Patent GB-2344689-A (GB)
Title: Analogue switch
Inventor: GOLDMAN RICHARD
IPC: H01L21/331
Filed: 1998-12-07
Abstract: An integrated bipolar transistor (2) is isolated from an adjacent complementary transistor (4) and the underlying substrate (20) by oxide material (22,24). The transistor has a low saturation voltage when operated in inverse mode.
Patent GB-2335060-A (GB)
Title: Controlling simultaneous communications between a plurality of clients and a server
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1998-12-09
Abstract: Improving the efficiency, functionality and transparency of simultaneous communications between a plurality of local processing devices (clients) and a host server using an apparatus which manages client request for both static and dynamic server resources, such as World Wide Web resources. When the apparatus receives a request, a unique port connection is automatically established and a dispatcher function, associated with the port address, is initiated. The dispatcher communicates uniquely with the client using this port and processes all requests from that client, using a dedicated CPU thread, to amalgamate data originating from the client, host-based static data and host-processed dynamic data, and store the resultant data in a host disk cache for retrieval by the local client. A housekeeper function is also initiated, which monitors the connection port and maintains the connection between the client and server during information transfer; in the event of a communication error, the housekeeper function initiates a port disconnect function, and all communication is terminated in sequence, finishing with termination of the dispatcher and housekeeper functions.
Patent GB-2336480-A (GB)
Title: Coaxial switching connector
Inventor: BOZZER DEITER
IPC: H01R13/646
Filed: 1999-01-28
Abstract: A coaxial switching connector for use in cell phones is provided with a phone connector (4) for coupling with a cradle connector (10) in an axial direction. The connector is mounted to a casing (6) of a mobile device which is assembled relative to a printed circuit board (5). The phone connector has a centre contact (58) surrounded by an outer contact (66) and separated therefrom by a dielectric housing (84). A tapered funnel shaped lead in portion (94) of the outer contact (66) guides and locates the connector mating sections (86, 12) of the phone and cradle connectors during coupling. The phone connector is provided with resilient contacts (93, 95, 118) electrically connected to the centre and outer contacts. The resilient contacts have board contact portions (110, 112, 121) projecting from a face (83) of the housing (84) which contact portions abut against conductive traces on the circuit board.
Patent GB-2336459-A (GB)
Title: Displaying images with gradations on a matrix-type display device
Inventor: ONODA TAKATOSHI
IPC: G09G3/30
Filed: 1999-04-06
Abstract: The present method of displaying images with gradations on a matrix-type display device, includes the steps of (a) dividing the time period for selecting one or more scanning line at once into a plurality of time periods, the time widths of which are different from one another; (b) selecting one or more scanning lines through the driving means; (c) feeding gradation data for the pixels on the selected scanning line via the respective data lines; (d) combining the divided time periods based on the gradation data; (e) making the pixels on the selected scanning line emit light for the combined time periods based on the gradation data; and (f) repeating the steps (b) through (e) until all the scanning lines are selected once to display images with predetermined gradations.
Patent GB-2351508-A (GB)
Title: Connection arrangement for a hipped roof
Inventor: WHITING RICHARD ANTHONY
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1999-05-19
Abstract: A hip rafter support member 12 for connecting hip rafters at the apex of a hipped roof, for example on conservatories or greenhouses, comprises at least one outwardly extending member 18 and a carrier member 16. Each member 18 is pivotally attached to the carrier member 16 and receives a hip rafter 64. The support member 12 is attached to a ridge beam 14. A number of hip rafter support members 12 can be arranged sequentially around the apex of the roof and can be adapted to support a respective hip rafter such that adjacent outwardly extending members 18 on adjacent support members 12 can support the same hip rafter.
Patent GB-2345348-A (GB)
Title: Reversible thermosenstive recording medium
Inventor: KUNICHIKA MOROHOSI
IPC: G11B23/40
Filed: 1999-11-05
Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising a thermosensitive layer 13 provided on a substrate 11, changing transparency or color tone reversibly with temperature, in which the reversible thermosensitive recording medium has a change in deferred transparentization initiation temperature of at most 5{ C, or a rate of the change in transparentization temperature width of at least 90%. The layer includes a matrix resin in which is dispersed a low molecular weight organic material, the matrix resin is either a cross-linked mixture of a hydroxyl group containing thermoplastic resin, a linear isocyanate compound, and a cyclic isocyanate compound; or a cross-linked polycarbonate-based urethane resin. The substrate of the recording medium may be utilized as a reversible thermosensitive recording label. This label can be provided on the surface of a disk cartridge, a rewritable or write-once disk, and a cassette of a magnetic tape, thereby being capable of displaying at least a part of information stored in the information storage disk or magnetic tape. There is preferably a reflective Al layer 12, below layer 13, and a protective layer 14 over layer 14, and a magnetic layer 16 on the back of the substrate 11.