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Patent GB-2271349-A (GB)
Title: Treating biomass material
Inventor: OLLERENSHAW ROBERT CHARLES A W
IPC: C10B53/02
Filed: 1992-05-29
Abstract: A method of treating biomass material, the method comprising heating the biomass material without wetting, and substantially at ambient pressure, to a treatment temperature of at least 200  DEG C for a treatment time sufficient for the material to undergo partial pyrolysis only. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284357-A (GB)
Title: A golf putting practice device.
Inventor: LIN LUNG-CHIAN
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 1993-12-01
Abstract: A golf putting practice device permitting inspection of linear perpendicular movement of the gravitational centre of a putting club, comprising a connecting seat (13), a perpendicular standard strip (12) and a pad member (50), wherein the pad member (50) is rectangular, formed with a standard line (52) and a circle (55) positioned at a middle portion of the standard line (52), whereby, during the movements of aiming, moving back, moving forward, hitting and moving following the ball, the player is able to inspect whether the standard strip (12) overlaps the standard line (52) and can correct the linear perpendicular pulling movement to place the gravitational centre of the putting club on the line connecting the golf ball and the ball hole so as to achieve a correct putting track and attitude. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273599-A (GB)
Title: Resistive charge domain synapse cell
Inventor: CASTRO HERNAN A
IPC: G06F15/18
Filed: 1992-05-26
Abstract: A semiconductor charge domain synapse cell (10) has a capacitor (15) coupled between an input line (11) and an intermediate node (17). A high-to-low voltage transition applied to the input line (11) causes charge transfer from one summing line (S1) to the intermediate node (17) through a first device (14) having a programmable threshold. A second device (13) then transfers the charge from the intermediate node (17) to another summing line (S2) in response to the next low-to-high transition of the input. The amount of charge transferred is proportional to the amplitude of the pulsed input, the programmed voltage threshold, and the capacitance value. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279209-A (GB)
Title: Amethod for locating a user of telephone subscriber equipment
Inventor: MALEK CHARLES JOHN
IPC: H04M1/725
Filed: 1994-06-01
Abstract: A method for locating a user of telephone subscriber equipment which receives telephone communication signals from a public system telephone network (12) sequentially calls directory numbers (112) in a list of directory numbers associated with remote devices (18, 20, 26). The step of sequentially calling continues until the message signals are received by a telephone subscriber (128) at one of the directory numbers in the list of directory numbers. The step of sequentially calling directory numbers provides an efficient and cost effective way of locating a user of telephone subscriber equipment. In particular, the method will locate a user who may not be at one particular forwarding directory number without unnecessary calls to other directory numbers after the user has been located. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290314-A (GB)
Title: Automatic toilet actuator
Inventor: GRAY DOUGLAS
IPC: E03D5/00
Filed: 1994-06-07
Abstract: The automatic toilet actuator comprises a connecting tube to the elbow of a toilet cistern siphon, a mounting assembly and a pressure chamber. The connecting tube (1) gains access to the siphoning power of the toilet (when flushed) to produce a mechanical force via the pressure chamber (7). The air pressure difference between the external environment and the weight of water moving through toilet cistern siphon, creates a mechanical force through the movement of the diaphragm in the pressure chamber. This mechanical force can be used to actuate a switch, release spray from a pressurised container or other similar application. This mechanical force is only available for use during the toilet's flushing cycle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296064-A (GB)
Title: A demountable splash guard for a cement mixer
Inventor: BURDEN JON EDWARD
IPC: B01F35/60
Filed: 1994-12-14
Abstract: A demountable splash guard, for a domestic cement mixer, comprises an acrylic sheet with half a pair of flap hinges attached to the top of the sheet by bolts. These half hinges engage with a complimentary half pair of flap hinges connected by bolts to a guard support frame. The support frame consists of a length of mild steel strip formed into a 'U' shape and attached to the mixer by a pair of saddle clamps on each limb of the 'U'. These saddle clamps are fabricated from mild steel strip and are formed with a radius to allow clamping, via bolts, to the mixer. The hinges permit the guard to be rotated through 270 deg, for loading/unloading, and to be totally removed for cleaning and/or transport. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297567-A (GB)
Title: Well logging device
Inventor: SCHNEIDER JOHN L
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 1995-01-31
Abstract: A down hole sampling device (100) can be used with an electrical submergible pump in order to obtain information on production characteristics of a producing zone within an oil well. The device (100) comprises a duct (161) having an outlet (162) for connection to depending production tubing. The outlet (162) communicates internally with a telescopically extensible inlet (102), which is provided with seal means. In use, fluid from a portion of said producing zone which is down hole of said inlet (102) flows substantially through said duct (161) whilst fluid up hole of said inlet (102) flows substantially around the device (100).
Patent GB-2297993-A (GB)
Title: Guard devices for building apertures
Inventor: PERRY CHRISTOPHER GUY
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 1995-02-20
Abstract: A guard device (10), comprises first and second metal profiles (15,25) for attachment respectively to the aperture (12) and to its closure panel (22) adjacent an arris (20) of the closed aperture, ```each profile (15,25) has a plurality of strip-like portions (14,18; 24,27,28) angled to one another, ```one said portion (18) of one profile (15) in use at least partially overlies in close adjacency one said portion (28) of the other profile (25) when the closure panel (22) closes said aperture, at least one profile (15,25) has a first ```strip-like portion (14,24) to abut surfacially against a face of or adjacent to the aperture or the closure panel, and wherein ```said one profile (15,25) has a second strip-like portion (18,28) at an acute included angle to the plane of said first strip-like portion (14,24). Fig 2 illustrates a guard device for an outwardly opening door.
Patent GB-2287411-A (GB)
Title: Scrum machine
Inventor: BALDWIN ALAN DAVID
IPC: A63B69/34
Filed: 1995-03-02
Abstract: A scrum machine has a thrust receiving bar 15 for receiving thrust from a scrum and means for indicating the difference in thrust applied between the two sides of the scrum. The thrust bar 15 is mounted on a support bar 1650 as to allow the thrust bar to pivot at 17 in a horizontal plane. The support bar 16 is mounted to allow both forward movement and limited pivoting in a vertical plane, to indicate departure of the applied force from the horizontal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286168-A (GB)
Title: Anchor
Inventor: VAN DEN HAAK ROB
IPC: B63B21/46
Filed: 1992-08-17
Abstract: An anchor suitable for use in a vertical anchoring method comprises a fluke means 3, 103 with a surface centre of gravity and a front end or penetration end and a rear end, and a shank means 1, 102, connected at one end to the fluke means and having at a second end means for attachment to an anchor line. The shank means may be fastened by means of a hinged joint 8, 108 to the fluke means at a location spaced from the centre of gravity, preferably towards the front of the fluke, and be attached by means of a disconnectable connection 9, 109 to the fluke means on the other side of the centre of gravity to the hinged joint, and have means for operating the disconnectable connection by remote control. In some embodiments, eg Fig. 12 (see also Figs. 13 - 25B), there may be cables 212, 214 attached to the fluke 202 in front and behind the centre of gravity linking with a penetration anchor line, and a separate vertical anchor line attached to the fluke near its centre of gravity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294353-A (GB)
Title: A magnetic latch for a hard disk drive
Inventor: KIM SUNG-WOOK
IPC: G11B21/22
Filed: 1995-06-28
Abstract: A magnetic actuator latch for a hard disk drive is disclosed which maintains the actuator 20 in a parking zone while the actuator 20 is not in operation. A magnetic actuator latching apparatus comprises a latching screw 52 installed at the voice coil end of the actuator 20, which is latched by a permanent magnet (Fig. 1, 50) so that data recorded on the disk can be safely protected while the disk is not in operation. A damper (Fig. 1, 46), which houses the permanent magnet (50), buffers the shock or impact resulting from being contacted with the latching screw 52. The latch assembly (Fig. 1, 36) has a damper insertion part (Fig. 1, 44) for receiving the damper (Fig. 1, 46) and a plate extending from the damper insertion part (Fig. 1, 44). A lower yoke (Fig. 1, 28), which supports a magnet over which the voice coil of the actuator 20 passes, has a lug (Fig. 1,32) extending upward to be received in a lug inserting hole (Fig. 1, 38) in the plate of the latch assembly (Fig. 1, 36). A supporting member (Fig. 1, 40) has a peg which is passed through the supporting member passing hole (Fig. 1, 42) and fits into the supporting member assembly hole (Fig. 1, 34) that the latch assembly (Fig. 1, 36) is fixed to the lower yoke (Fig. 1, 28). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293371-A (GB)
Title: Metal cap for a bottle
Inventor: FOLCHINI ENRICO
IPC: B65D41/12
Filed: 1995-09-15
Abstract: A metal bottle cap consists of a central body 2 to close off an opening 3 at the neck 4 of the bottle 5 and an outer crown 6 which is integral with the central body 2 and is made up of an uninterrupted plurality of teeth 7 which may be bent and fixed around the rim 4 over a thread 8 which has a number of starts P on the bottleneck, the number of teeth 7 on the outer crown 6 being different to a whole multiple of the number of starts P on the rim 4 of the bottle 5 and being between twenty nine and thirty three in number. Preferably the number of starts is three or four and the number of teeth is thirty one. The central body may have a lining 9. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2307575-A (GB)
Title: Store checkout
Inventor: KEATING BRIAN
IPC: G07G1/00
Filed: 1995-11-23
Abstract: In a store checkout system, customers scan their own purchases using portable scanning units (10) and the information about the scanned products is stored in the units. When the customer's purchases are complete the information in the unit (10) is downloaded into a controller (16) which decides on the basis of predetermined parameters whether the customer's purchases are to be checked. The decision by the controller (16) is printed on a receipt by a printer (20). Customers who are not to be checked are directed to a "fast-track" payment point (22). Customers to be checked are directed to a separate "re-scanning" checkout (24) and thereby do not delay those customers whose purchases are not to be checked.
Patent GB-2295744-A (GB)
Title: Folding portable telephone and data communication device
Inventor: OGAWA YUTAKA
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1995-11-29
Abstract: A folding portable telephone has a first housing 1 to which a second housing 2 and a third housing 4 are connected in a foldable manner, with a display section 11, a receiver section 13 and a keyboard section 14 provided in the housings, respectively. The second housing 2 and the third housing 4 are folded on the first housing 1 when not in use. When the third housing 4 is unfolded for use as a telephone, information of higher precedence is displayed on part of the display section 11. When the second housing 2 and the third housing 4 are unfolded for use as a data transmitter/receiver, the entire display section 11 extending almost over the inner surface of the first housing 1 is used. Selection of functions as telephone or data transmitter/receiver may be easily carried out with a select switch 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300183-A (GB)
Title: Supply Conduit
Inventor: MAUER DIETER
IPC: B65G51/18
Filed: 1996-04-16
Abstract: A supply conduit for conveying fastening elements, in particular punch rivets or studs (8), comprises an inlet and an outlet orifice (2, 3) and a conveying duct (4 Fig 1) extending between the inlet and the outlet orifice (2, 3) in the longitudinal direction of the supply conduit and limited by a wall (5). At least one guide track (7, 12) is provided at least partially on the wall (5), the guide track having higher resistance to abrasion than the wall (5) to limit wear of the duct. Preferably, the guide track is an insert of steel, glass fibre or carbon fibre and can be of circular or polygonal e.g. triangular or rectangular cross-section. Preferably the duct is of flexible, translucent plastic and preferably extruded. Preferably the guide tracks extend the whole length of the duct and into an adaptor (13) for e.g. coupling the duct to a fastener applier.
Patent GB-2312671-A (GB)
Title: Stabilised grass growth system
Inventor: THOMPSON R DIXIE
IPC: C05G3/80
Filed: 1996-05-03
Abstract: A stabilised grass growth system comprises a root base containing 1) loamy top soil, 2) natural organic fibre and 3) furnace bottom ash and/or natural volcanic ash, optionally together with 4) polypropylene fibres. The surface of the system includes NPK fertiliser, organic seaweed dressing, gypsum and processed natural organic fibre, together with sulphur as required.
Patent GB-2306812-A (GB)
Title: Control of intensity and colour temperature of a photographic flash lamp
Inventor: KIM JOUNG BOO
IPC: H05B41/30
Filed: 1996-10-21
Abstract: The intensities of illumination of flash discharge lamps ST1, ST2 can be adjusted by intensity controls 13, 13a respectively, which select which elements of capacitor banks C10-C17 and C10'-C17' are discharged through the lamps. The illumination intensity can be adjusted without affecting the colour temperature. A colour temperature control 14 operates to connect a selected one of resistors R11 to R19 in circuit, whereby the charging voltage of the capacitor banks can be varied. Charging voltage may be increased stepwise from 300 volts to 620 volts, which may give a corresponding stepwise increase in colour temperature from 5400{K to 5800{K. A third lamp ST3 is connected through diodes D15a, D15b to both capacitor banks, so that the intensity of the lamp ST3 is the sum of the intensities set by respective rotary switches R/S, R/S1 associated with the two capacitor banks. Digital displays DG1, DG2, DG3 indicate the intensities of the lamps ST1, ST2, ST3 respectively. Switches R/S and R/S1 allow the intensities of lamps ST1 and ST2 to be adjusted independently of one another; one lamp can thus be used as a main light and the other as an auxiliary light. Modelling lamps M1, M2, M3 are connected to the cathodes of respective lamps ST1, ST2, ST3 and indicate the intensity of the illumination of the flash lamps prior to taking a photograph. The capacitor banks are charged from an AC mains supply via a voltage multiplying rectifier 1 which is automatically switched from a voltage doubling mode for 220 volts AC input, to a quadrupling mode for 110 volts AC input.
Patent GB-2323552-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for the manufacture of a fibre-resin component
Inventor: HARPER ALAN ROGER
IPC: B29C70/30
Filed: 1997-03-24
Abstract: A method of fabricating a moulding component such as a pre-form from a roving comprises the steps of: drawing the roving 11 from a wound bobbin 12 thereof; separating predominantly by shearing constituent filaments or strands of the roving to a greater or lesser extent from one another to form a stream of continuous fibres; causing the stream of fibres to be passed along a duct 18 to an nozzle 19 where they are entrained in a supply of gas such as air; dispensing entrained fibres from the nozzle for deposition on a screen 13 serving to define a boundary region of the required moulding component; displacing the nozzle relative to the screen to provide for fibres to be dispensed over an extend region of the screen; depositing on at least some fibres in the stream a polymerisable material prior to, or simultaneously with, the deposition of the stream on the screen; and providing for the polymerisable material to polymerise following the dispensing onto the screen. Apparatus for use in the method comprises a carrier unit supporting a bobbin 12 of glass fibre roving; a roller unit 14 for withdrawing a fibre strand from a bobbin; fibre separating means such as an air comb 15 or a roller comb 16 for separating the strand by a predominantly shearing action into constituent filaments or strands; a duct 18 whereby the stream of fibres from separating means is passed to a nozzle 19 and a supply or air or gas through the nozzle such that the fibres are entrained in a supply of the gas and dispensed from the nozzle towards a screen 13 means for displacing the nozzle relative to the screen to provide for fibres to be dispensed over an extended region of the screen, means for depositing on at least some fibres in the path a polymerisable material prior to, or simultaneously with, deposition of the fibres on the screen; and means for causing that polymerisable material to polymerise following the dispensing of the fibres onto the screen.
Patent GB-2312220-A (GB)
Title: Device for needling a web
Inventor: FEHRER ERNST
IPC: D04H18/00
Filed: 1997-04-11
Abstract: In a device for needling a prebonded web 1 comprising a reciprocating needle board 3 and a web support 2 it is possible to omit the conventional stripper and achieve a higher needle density by forming the support 2 in a convex curve and by driving outlet rollers 8 faster than inlet rollers 7 so as to tension the web against the support. The support may be formed with recesses in its surface.
Patent GB-2329100-A (GB)
Title: Insect catcher
Inventor: KERNAGHAN JOHN VICTOR
IPC: A01M1/06
Filed: 1997-09-13
Abstract: An insect catcher uses a vacuum created within the containment cup 1 to suck an insect into the cup 1 to be drawn onto the filter 4 and entrapped within the cup by entrapment vanes 2. The vacuum is created by a reversible fan unit 3 connected to the cup via a telescopic vacuum section 5. Once trapped, the insect may be blown out by reversing the fan unit 3.
Patent GB-2317527-A (GB)
Title: Multiple video signal recording/reproducing apparatus
Inventor: KIM YONG-JE
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: An apparatus for recording a video and audio main signal and a video and audio sub-signal in a digital video cassette recorder or a digital video camera includes: main 210 and sub-signal 230 pre-processors, for pre-processing the main and sub-signals respectively; a main signal proocessor 220 for compressing and processing the main signal; a synchroniser 240 for synchronising the sub-signal according to a synchronising signal and phase generated by the main signal processor 210; a data amount controller 250 for controlling the amount of data of the sub-signal output from the synchroniser 240, according to the size of the sub-data region on the recording medium; a data packer 260 for packing the sub-signal into units of data of a predetermined size; a data processor for sequentially arranging the main and sub-signals; and a modulator 280 for adding an error-correction parity, and for modulating the combined signals. The reproducing apparatus recovers and unpacks the main and sub-signals and combines them for simultaneous display as a main image and a sub-image.
Patent GB-2329791-A (GB)
Title: A call routing system for routing calls to or from subscriber terminals in a telecommunications system
Inventor: THOMPSON JONATHAN ANDREW
IPC: H04Q3/66
Filed: 1997-09-25
Abstract: The present invention provides a call routing system for routing calls to or from subscriber terminal (ST) lines in a telecommunications system. The call routing system comprises a first storage 520 having type records, each type record identifying attributes of a type of subscriber terminal, a second storage 510 having line records, each line record identifying information about a line supported by a subscriber terminal of the telecommunications system, and a third storage 500 having ST records, each ST record relating to a subscriber terminal within the telecommunications system. Each ST record contains a first pointer 514 to a type record in the first storage identifying the type of that subscriber terminal, and a second pointer 516 to a line record in the second storage identifying a line supported by that subscriber terminal. Further, the call routing system comprises one or more call routing elements arranged to access the third storage to retrieve information about a subscriber terminal line required to route a call to or from that subscriber terminal line. Hence, the present invention provides a call routing system which contains all the necessary information about subscriber terminals, and the equipment lines connected to those subscriber terminals, to enable calls to be effectively routed to and from items of telecommunications equipment connected to those subscriber terminals, and which requires a significantly reduced memory capacity in order to perform the call routing functions.
Patent GB-2318024-A (GB)
Title: Speakerphone
Inventor: KARNOWSKI MARK J
IPC: H04M9/08
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: In a speakerphone, which operates under software control, transmit and receive signal levels are sampled and compared against one another, with hysteresis, to enable one of two speakerphone modes of operation - either a transmit mode or a receive mode. A single peak detector 146 is multiplexed to sense the transmit and receive signal levels. Fixed attenuators 134,138 are switched into either the receive signal path or into the transmit signal path, depending upon the current speakerphone operation mode. Signal compression is used to provide for improved mode determination over a wide dynamic range. The level detection and/or attenuation may be performed in software. The speakerphone functions are readily implemented using standard line interfaces and control circuitry. Automatic gain control in the receive mode ensures a constant level of signals at the speakerphone loudspeaker 152, regardless of telephone line conditions.
Patent GB-2320297-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium alloy bearing and de-smutting solution therefor
Inventor: TSUJI HIDEO
IPC: C23C22/78
Filed: 1997-11-17
Abstract: In the production of an aluminium alloy bearing, an aqueous de-smutting solution comprising 20 to 60% by weight of sulphuric acid and 2 to 10% by weight of a peroxoborate, eg sodium perborate, is used after etching. An aluminium alloy layer 12 is bonded to a backing layer of steel 11, the aluminium is etched, cleaned with the de-smutting solution, and then an intermediate layer and an overlay are added to the aluminium layer (fig 1). Peroxocarbonates or peroxosulphates may also be used in the de-smutting solution.
Patent GB-2322795-A (GB)
Title: Shelf mounting with recess or channel
Inventor: DE GRUTTIS CARLO
IPC: A47B57/10
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: A shelf mounting system includes a support 10 having a recess 12 which receives an edge of the shelf. The support may be formed as a upright as shown or as a horizontal channel member. The recess or channel may be formed as a separate insert located in the support and shaped to resist rotation of the shelf under load. Retaining means may be inserted between the shelf and recess to prevent upward rotation of the shelf.