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Patent GB-2285706-A (GB)
Title: Newspaper vending machine
Inventor: HSU TSANG-HUNG
IPC: G07F11/14
Filed: 1994-01-11
Abstract: A newspaper vending machine includes a newspaper feed mechanism which is triggered by insertion of a coin to turn a toothed free-wheel mechanism 22 Fig 3 causing it to send out one copy 4 of the newspaper through a newspaper outlet, and a sample copy release control mechanism Fig 7 which is triggered to release the sample copy 7 when a coin is dropped in after the copies of the newspaper have been sold out. The free-wheel mechanism is carried on a plate 23 Fig 3 which rest under gravity on the top newspaper of the stack and is guided by vertical tracks 24. The sample copy 7, Fig 7, is released when the inserted coin causes pivoting of a hook 32 thus releasing a pivoted member 31 carrying a sample-retaining strip 311. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285476-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle door lock actuator
Inventor: BRIDGEMAN MARK
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1994-01-11
Abstract: Power actuator (18) for combination with door latch and lock mechanism (12) of a vehicle having a central locking system includes linkage acting between a manually operable locking lever (54) for a sill button (16) or the like and a motor driven actuating lever (30) operating the lock mechanism, the linkage including a floating drive pin (62) engaged in a lateral slot (52) of a longitudinally sliding link (46) and engaged in a guide slot (60) of an overlying part of said manual locking lever shaped to provide a lost motion portion radially of the latter lever axis so that when the pin is in said portion movement of the manual lever is not transmitted to the link; a superlocking lever (64) selectively powered by a superlocking motor (66) having a third slot (70) engaged with the pin to shift the latter into and out of said lost motion portion for drive connection and disconnection of the manual lever with the linkage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275258-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette packets
Inventor: MINARELLI ALESSANDRO
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 1994-02-16
Abstract: A rigid, hinged-lid packet (1), particularly for cigarettes (2) has a container (3) closed by a hinged lid (4) and housing a reinforcing structure (22) having a number of rigid sleeves (20, 21) having shoulders (25) engaged by respective cigarettes (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276897-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for soil sampling and testing
Inventor: HILDEBRANDT BARRIE
IPC: E21B11/02
Filed: 1994-03-30
Abstract: An apparatus for soil sampling and testing comprising a tubular casing (8) having a longitudinal bore (22), a sampling tube (2) for taking a soil sample from within the longitudinal bore for testing, and an air displacement hammer (4). The casing (8) has an internal shoulder (26) against which the hammer (4) abuts in order to drive the casing (8) vertically into the ground. The sampling tube (2) is attached to the hammer (4) and is limited in its downward movement within the casing (8) the hammer (4) striking the internal shoulder (26). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284000-A (GB)
Title: Blast-absorbing mounting for building component
Inventor: WILSON ANTHONY
IPC: E06B5/12
Filed: 1994-11-19
Abstract: A blast absorbing mounting device for resiliently mounting a building component such as a glazing, cladding or roofing panel to a building which comprises a first plate member (1) which may be attached to a building structure by means of a bolt (6), a second plate member (3) which may be attached to the frame (7) of a glazed or other panel, the first and second plate members being joined together by means of a resilient membrane (2) of elastomeric material bonded to the mutually facing surfaces of the plates (1) and (3) whereby the force of a blast suffered by the panel may be damped or attenuated by the resilience of the mounting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299556-A (GB)
Title: Extruded wheel carrier
Inventor: RACKHAM RICHARD ALAN
IPC: B21K1/26
Filed: 1995-03-28
Abstract: A wheel carrier for a vehicle which comprises the steps of extruding material 18 through a die 10, 11, 12 with the die 10, 11, 12 defining a cross-section of a component of the wheel carrier to produce an elongate member 21 and then slicing it into a plurality of the extruded components.
Patent GB-2289839-A (GB)
Title: Heat insulating jacket or coat
Inventor: BRUHN ESBEN
IPC: D06Q1/04
Filed: 1995-05-12
Abstract: A heat insulating jacket/coat article for persons working in the non-sterile areas of operating theatres is made of a very thin sheet material of the type having a central carrier sheet of plastics, provided at one side with an extremely thin coating of a heat reflecting metallic material carrying a further coating of a moisture absorbing fibrous layer. The garment can be produced in but a single, large size without closure means, as the users may close the garment with pieces of adhesive tape (8) and also adapt the width of the garment by pleating the garment material and locking the pleats (10) with adhesive tape (12). Alternatively, the garment may be shape and size adjusted by simple cutting. A material well suited for the purpose is a carrier sheet of polyester or polyethylene coated with cellulose fibres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294897-A (GB)
Title: Pipe manufacturing process to retain memory
Inventor: BROOK ALAN
IPC: B29C71/00
Filed: 1995-07-31
Abstract: A process for the manufacture of piping from a material having a secondary crystallization phase, such as polybutylene. The extruded piping is laid straight or on a large diameter drum immediately after moulding and remains so until the secondary crystallization phase is substantially complete. This causes the piping to "memorize" the straight or substantially straight condition, thus allowing it to be coiled for storage without assuming an undesirable curvature. The piping may be stored before secondary crystallization from five to twenty days.
Patent GB-2294496-A (GB)
Title: Electric connection box fastening
Inventor: HIROKAZU ITO
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 1995-08-11
Abstract: A locking construction of an electric connection box having upper and lower casings 5, 6, comprising: a locking claw 6a which is provided on an outer surface of a first side wall 6a of one casing to engage a portion 5b provided on an inner surface of a second side wall 5a of the other casing; an I-shaped projection 6c on the outer surface of the first side wall in the vicinity of the locking claw includes a base portion 6d and a bent portion 6e; and a groove 5c which is formed on the second side wall such that when the base portion 6d of the projection has been inserted into the groove Sc, the second side wall is gripped between the bent portion 6e and the first side wall. A construction which employs a groove having two portions of different depth is also described (Figs. 4, 5, not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304312-A (GB)
Title: Hinged, securable vehicle roof access ladders
Inventor: DARDENNE FRANCK RODOLPHE
IPC: E06C5/02
Filed: 1995-08-15
Abstract: A vehicle (10) is provided with an access ladder (16) to gain access to a load (14) on a roof rack (12). The access ladder (16) is mounted on a surface (38) of the vehicle (10) by two or more hinges (30) so that the ladder (16) may be moved between a first ladder position, Figure 1 and a second ladder position (Figure 2) adjacent two different parts of the surface of the vehicle (10). The ladder (16) is so constructed that the ladder is climbable when in the first ladder position and not climbable in the second ladder position, in which it may be locked and alarmed.
Patent GB-2294867-A (GB)
Title: Disposable bibs
Inventor: MORRIS-JONES MURIEL
IPC: A41B13/10
Filed: 1995-11-10
Abstract: A disposable bib 40 is formed from two sheets 42, 44 of absorbent material such as tissue paper, separated by perforations 46. The bibs 40 are dispensed from a roll, each bib being separated from the roll along a row of perforations 48. Alternate sheets 42 have a flap 50 defined by perforations 51, 53. In use the flap 50 is released from the sheet 42 and folded to overlie or underlie the sheet 44 to provide a neck-receiving opening and a double thickness protective layer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2301628-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic Reservoir
Inventor: ALAZE NORBERT
IPC: B60T8/48
Filed: 1996-05-10
Abstract: In order to reduce the construction and assembly of a braking system with drive slip regulation for a motor vehicle, the invention proposes an integrated hydraulic reservoir and hydraulic damper (10). For this purpose, an end wall (20) of a piston (16) in the hydraulic reservoir (10) is provided with a damping diaphragm (22). The damping diaphragm (22) may enclose, between itself and the end wall (20) of the piston, a damping chamber (24) into which a throttle bore (40) may open through the said end wall (20) of the piston.
Patent GB-2301723-A (GB)
Title: Optical receiver with optical pre-amplifier
Inventor: SUGAWARA MITSURU
IPC: H04B10/07
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: In an optical receiver circuit (100) in which an optical input signal is amplified by an optical amplifier (1) and converted to or electrical signal by optical detector (2), and the amplified optical signal is amplified by an equalization amplifier (4) so as to obtain an optical received signal, an output peak level of the equalization amplifier (4) is detected by a peak detection circuit (7), an error difference of the peak level is amplified by an error amplification circuit (9), and a gain of the optical fiber amplifier (1) is controlled by a gain control circuit (10), thereby fixing a level of the received signal. In the above-mentioned structure, an input signal loss detection circuit (8) detects an input signal loss from an output of the peak detection circuit (7), and the gain of the optical fiber amplifier (1) is controlled by the gain control circuit (10) to be sufficiently lower than the maximum gain at the time of the detection. Thereby, even in a case where a level of the optical input signal abruptly increases from the input signal loss, damage of an optical detector and saturation of a receiving electric circuit can be prevented, so that the circuit can be operated again.
Patent GB-2316773-A (GB)
Title: Electronic gas regulator
Inventor: SULATISKY MICHAEL T
IPC: F02D19/02
Filed: 1996-06-12
Abstract: A gas regulator 10 e.g. for the i.c. engine of a natural gas driven vehicle has an internal gas chamber 12 and a solenoid valve 18 that controls gas flow into the chamber. A pressure monitor 20 monitors the pressure in the chamber 12 and controls the operation of the solenoid valve 18 to produce a desired pressure in the chamber 12. The solenoid control signal is a pulsed signal with a variable pulse width, frequency or both. The pressure maintained in the chamber 12 may itself be varied by altering the set point pressure, for example according to the operating parameters of an engine.
Patent GB-2304410-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring solid phase reactions
Inventor: PIVONKA DAVID EUGENE
IPC: C07C39/04
Filed: 1996-08-15
Abstract: Yield or viability of a chemical reaction taking place at a solid phase support is monitored by reacting a compound bound to the solid phase support with a deuterium containing reagent and then measuring the infrared spectrum of the resulting product formed at the solid phase with respect to presence or absence of carbon-deuterium stretching frequencies in the infrared. The support may be polystyrene-divinylbenzene beads. Deuterated compounds and their intermediates suitable for use in the reactions are claimed per se. The reactions carried out with the deuterated reagents can act as models for predicting the reactions with the corresponding non-deuterated reagents.
Patent GB-2305565-A (GB)
Title: Light emitter/receiver with switchable direction of operation using a rotatable mirror
Inventor: DEGUCHI MANABU
IPC: H04B10/112
Filed: 1996-09-19
Abstract: A data terminal 7a, for infra-red data communication, has a light emitting device 5 and a light-sensitive device 4 arranged to operate in a first direction 11, through a transparent window 3. Alternatively, when a mirror 2 is rotated about a shaft 1b, the emitter 5 and light sensitive device 4 may operate in a second direction 12.
Patent GB-2306666-A (GB)
Title: Measuring geometrical characteristics of a borehole
Inventor: SMITS JAN
IPC: G01V3/20
Filed: 1996-10-18
Abstract: A method of measuring the geometrical characteristics of a well comprises: ```inserting a sonde of elongate shape into the well, the sonde including azimuth electrodes A azi , an annular current electrode A 0 and at least one annular current return electrode A; ```emitting a current I 0 via the annular current electrode, the current flowing essentially in a column of mud situated inside the well; and ```producing using the azimuth electrodes signals in response to the emission of the current and representative of the geometrical characteristics of the well. The invention also relates to apparatus for implementing the method, and to a method using apparatus that is symmetrical about the azimuth electrodes.
Patent GB-2309801-A (GB)
Title: System for delivery of drugs and therapeutic agents
Inventor: ROGERS GARY
IPC: A61M5/172
Filed: 1997-01-30
Abstract: The container for the drug or agent, i.e. a syringe 4 or infusion bag, bears coded information 11 which is read by reader 2, and used to control automatic delivery device 1 for dispensing the drug or agent. The information may be coded as a barcode or a Smart card and may comprise the rate of delivery and other information such as the name of the drug. The patient may also carry a coded label which is checked against the code on the drug.
Patent GB-2310586-A (GB)
Title: Safety harness
Inventor: MARIJUAN ZUAZA JOSE JAVIER
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 1997-02-27
Abstract: A safety harness for use in showers and baths comprises a belt that passes around the user's body and a support mechanism that extends from the two ends of the belt to be secured at a fixing point (3) by a hook, ring or safety lock (2). A regulator (6) allows the user to adjust the belt which may be widened and padded in areas (7) that are in contact with the chest and back. As well as being waterproof, the belt may comprise elastic areas (8) that offer cushioning when a fall occurs. The fixing point (3) is preferably situated in a high position and may comprise a bar (4) or a rail along which the safety ring (2) may move.
Patent GB-2311659-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof case for a switch
Inventor: SUZUKI HIROSHI
IPC: B60J1/17
Filed: 1997-03-26
Abstract: A waterproof case for a switch that prevents the invasion of water drops inside the case of the switch. The waterproof case is comprised of an upper case 1 having holes 1g and 1h on a side thereof, and a lower case 25 having projected portions 25a and 25b on a side thereof that fit into the holes 1g and 1h on the side of the upper case 1. The upper case 1 has ribs 1i and 1j surrounding the holes 1g and 1h that guide water drops, which flow from the upper portion to the side of the upper case 1, in the downward direction. Thus, a waterproof case is provided that has ribs surrounding the holes on the side of the upper case so that the ribs 1i and 1j prevent water drops from entering into the case through the holes 1g and 1h.
Patent GB-2311786-A (GB)
Title: Polytriazine derivatives containing polyalkylpiperidinyloxy or polyalkylpiperidinylamino groups
Inventor: BORZATTA VALERIO
IPC: C08L23/10
Filed: 1997-03-26
Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I)  wherein  n is a number from 1 to 20; the radicals R 1 are independently of one another hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, -O, -OH, -CH 2 CN, C 1 -C 18 alkoxy, C 5 -C 12 cycloalkoxy, C 3 -C 6 alkenyl, C 7 -C 9 phenylalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl by 1, 2 or 3 C 1 -C 4 alkyl; or C 1 -C 8 acyl; R 2 has one of the meanings given for R 1 ; X is C 2 -C 10 alkylene; and Y is -O- or >NH; with the proviso that in the individual recurrent units of the formula (I), each of the radicals R 1 , R 2 , X and Y has the same or different definitions; are very effective as light stabilizers, heat stabilizers and oxidation stabilizers for organic materials, in particular synthetic polymers.
Patent GB-2313419-A (GB)
Title: Water-lubricated bearing
Inventor: MATTHEWS KENNETH THOMAS HENDY
IPC: F16C17/14
Filed: 1997-05-23
Abstract: A water-lubricated bearing comprises a cylindrical shell 11 and a resilient liner 12. The shell is cast from a hard plastics material such as hard polyurethane and includes an integral outwardly radially-directed flange 14 at one end region thereof. The bearing may be made by initially forming the liner from a curable plastics material such as nitrile rubber or soft polyurethane, curing the said material, and thereafter forming the shell by casting a settable material in situ about the liner. A coating of adhesive may be applied to the outer surface of the cured liner.
Patent GB-2326019-A (GB)
Title: Thin film transistor
Inventor: AYRES JOHN RICHARD ALAN
IPC: H01L29/786
Filed: 1997-06-03
Abstract: The thin film transistor has a gate electrode 12 which extends over a lightly doped drain (LDD) region 5. The intensity of the electric field across the intrinsic channel - LDD junction and the LDD - drain region junction is controlled by grading the dopant concentration in the channel/drain region (figure 4). A graduated change in impurity concentration between the intrinsic channel region and the LDD region may be obtained by dopant implantation using a mask having a tapered thickness profile (figure 2). This gate overlapped LDD structure reduces instabilities caused by high drain fields whilst avoiding an increase in series resistance and a decrease in TFT transconductance.
Patent GB-2313979-A (GB)
Title: Broadband digital subscriber loop systems
Inventor: FORTIER JOHN DOUGLAS
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 1997-06-07
Abstract: A telecommunications system has broadband digital subscriber loop circuitry at each end of a link and is arranged to transmit telephony signals by digitising them and carrying them within the DSL signals whereby, in the event of failure of one of the DSL circuits or its associated power supply, the telephony signal is automatically switched to bypass the DSL circuits.
Patent GB-2312598-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: SEKI YUTAKA
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 1996-11-11
Abstract: A communication system which recover its communication function by itself when a fault occurs and by use of which a highly flexible network is built. A plurality of node devices (12) including data generating sources are connected to a plurality of center devices (11) through communication paths (3) using the ATM technology as if the communication system has a distributed ATM switch function. When the communication path (13) between two node devices (12-2 and 12-3) is cut, the center device (11-2) detects the faulty point, and recovers the communication function by itself by transferring the control of the device (12-2) which is under the control of the device (11-2) to the center device (11-1). The center device (11-2) communicates with the device (11-1) through a local communication means, such as a wide area network (16), etc., because the communication is not possible through the path (13) due to the fault.
Patent GB-2313936-A (GB)
Title: Local and zone time data conversion processing for date-dependent information which spans one or two centuries
Inventor: ALTER HARVEY
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1996-10-31
Abstract: Date-dependent information in two digit format where the dates may occur in one or two centuries is provided for by time change interfaces (108) that convert date data in an external data file (114) from local time to zone time in zone input files (104) so that all dates occur in one century. Application programs (106) process the zone input files (104) using zone time instead of local time. After processing the zone time in the zone output files (113, 111) is processed by time change interfaces (110, 109) to yield output data in local time (112, 115). By this inventive method, necessary two digit date format programming changes to the application programs (106) due to the turn-of the century problem are minimized or eliminated.
Patent GB-2313990-A (GB)
Title: Detecting errors in virtual paths with POH.
Inventor: SUGAWARA EIJI
IPC: H04J3/14
Filed: 1994-03-16
Abstract: Apparatus detects errors caused along a detection section within a communication network for a plurality of virtual paths established along the entire length of the detection section POH interface circuit (53) when connected at one end of the detection section to first- and second-direction lines of one of the virtual paths, detects errors in the connected virtual path within the detection section by using a path overhead of the connected virtual path; a first selector (51) selects one of the virtual paths and connects the first-direction line of the selected virtual path to the path overhead interface circuit; and a second selector (52) connects the seconddirection line of the virtual path selected by the first selector, to the path overhead interface circuit (53).
Patent GB-2320612-A (GB)
Title: Encapsulating a component mounted on a substrate
Inventor: PICHIK MARC D
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 1997-11-06
Abstract: A substrate 110 having vent holes 213, 214 is used to encapsulate an electrical component package 108. The vent holes extend through the substrate 110 and are centrally positioned below the package. The substrate includes a plurality of pads that mate with corresponding contacts carried on the component package 108. Once mated, an application of epoxy 112 completely around the component package 108 is made. Upon heating, the epoxy 112 flows into a gap 604 between the component package 108 and the substrate 110. The vent holes 213, 214 exhaust air from the gap 604 and allow the epoxy 112 to quickly and completely fill the gap 604, thereby encapsulating the component package 108.
Patent GB-2332822-A (GB)
Title: Wide band receiver for a communication device
Inventor: MCNICOL JOHN DUNCAN
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: To accommodate for a release of uncleared spectrum in a wideband communication system, whilst improving isolation between wideband carriers in a receiver, a common intermediate frequency converter 104,72 down-converts differing but relatively high frequency carriers 54, incident to the receiver, to corresponding differing but relatively low frequency carriers. Receiver chains (174-176, fig.5), responsive to the plurality of relatively low frequency carriers, each have a filter 140-144 arranged to isolate selected ones of the relatively low frequency carriers. In a radio frequency communication system having three or more frequency sequential carriers, the receiver chains (174-176) may include branches that have filters that further isolate carriers within the receiver by applying non-sequential carriers to the branches in each receiver chain (eg. fig.6). The receiver may be incorporated into a base or subscriber station of a CDMA radio communication system.
Patent GB-2334335-A (GB)
Title: A temperature sensing element and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: CHUANG FENG-JU
IPC: H01C7/22
Filed: 1998-02-11
Abstract: The structure of a platinum resistance thermometer sensing element and method for manufacturing the same, in which the silicon substrate is used. Silicon substrate 31 is etched to form a groove pattern 34, then a silicon dioxide layer 35 is grown as a layer of thermal oxide on the silicon substrate by heating the etched substrate in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. After depositing a platinum film 36 onto the surface of the silicon dioxide layer, the platinum-coated substrate is subject to gentle polishing. The platinum membrane outside the groove is easily detached while the platinum layer inside the groove remains attached. Thus a platinum circuit with a desired circuit pattern is formed on the substrate. After heat treatment in a temperature range of 750C # 1500C and further processing, a platinum resistance thermometer sensing element is then obtained having a "bulk" structure with greater sensitivity.