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Patent GB-2323169-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle data recording device
Inventor: MENAGE RICHARD
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 1997-03-04
Abstract: A vehicle data recording device comprises a housing 2 mounted in a vehicle. Data input means 3 is provided in the housing and is arranged to receive signals from a sensor 4 representative of distance travelled. A socket 8 is provided to receive a data card 10 which records date, time distance travelled etc. data. The data card or smart card 10 serves as a charge or credit card and, upon paying for fuel, the card 10 is inserted into a slot (41 fig.4) of an EPOS till (40). The EPOS till reads from the smart card 10 the details of the account to be debited, together with other optional details such as the identity of the driver, the identity of the vehicle and its current odometer reading. Whilst in the till, data is written from the till to the smart card 10 to record on its chip 11 the details of the transaction, including, for example, the cost and quantity of the fuel just dispensed, as well as the date and time. Thus, a full record of the fuel transaction for the respective vehicle is maintained both by the fuel station via the till 40 and on the smart card 10 via the chip 11.
Patent GB-2318343-A (GB)
Title: Disc storage wallet
Inventor: TOMODA HIDEYUKI
IPC: B42F5/00
Filed: 1997-03-14
Abstract: A disc storage wallet comprises a first sheet 1 made of a nonwoven fabric, a second sheet 2 disposed on one surface of the first sheet for covering part of the surface on one end side of the first sheet, and a third sheet 4 for covering part of the same surface of the first sheet on the other end side thereof, whereby the first sheet forms a disc storage wallet jointly with the second and third sheets. The first and second sheets are closed at the one end and opposite lateral sides 3 for forming a bag portion therebetween. The third sheet is connected to the first sheet at the other end side 5 and further bonded by heat-sealing to the first sheet at a pair of portions 6 positioned at or near the lateral sides on the other end side, leaving an end portion of the sheet 4 as a loose flap. The portions 6 may be straight or inclined lines or spots.
Patent GB-2313278-A (GB)
Title: Mapping images onto three-dimensional surfaces
Inventor: FIELD PHILIP
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 1997-05-14
Abstract: Visual image to appear on plural/compound curved three-dimensional object surface is produced by transforming visual matter in form of subject image in two dimensions by areal division into plural consecutively adjacent component areal parts with boundaries between them defined by a planar construct based on at least notionally flat sub-areas of said three-dimensional object surface giving rise in the planar construct to shapes of the component parts that are different from shapes of related actual object sub-areas but have some dimensional similarity or matching, and deforming the subject image component parts including visual contents thereof towards, preferably fully into, similarity or matching with the actual shapes of the object surface areas. Adjustment also available for panels with convexly curved edges by use of transformation using two related grids; and for other than head-on view-points by first dimensional distortion progressively between boundaries of subject image before other transformation processing.
Patent GB-2314217-A (GB)
Title: Cable vibration damper
Inventor: MURPHY MAURICE WILLIAM
IPC: H02G7/14
Filed: 1997-07-09
Abstract: A vibration damper for elongate objects, e.g. cables, comprises a strip of metal formed into two helical sections 1, 2. The first section 1 has a small diameter to grip the elongate object, while the second section 2 has a wider diameter selected to interfere and damp vibrations of the elongate object. The strip may be formed from aluminium alloy. A method of making the damper is also disclosed, comprising the use of apparatus capable of making helixes and selectively varying the diameter of the helix during production of a single article (figure 2).
Patent GB-2327605-A (GB)
Title: Scalp patch for hair extension
Inventor: AROGUNDADE TAIWO
IPC: A41G3/00
Filed: 1997-07-24
Abstract: A hair extension has the form of a scalp patch comprising a flexible sheet substrate, eg of polyurethane, bearing hair on one surface and having a marginal area devoid of hair whereby the patch may be sewn onto cornrows (Fig 3) braided from a subject's natural hair. The hair may have a parting or crown and the patch is adapted to cover the top of the head as part of a hair extension method in which wefts of hair are attached to cornrows formed lower on the head.
Patent GB-2318662-A (GB)
Title: Locating devices
Inventor: WITHINGTON DEBORAH JANE
IPC: G09F25/00
Filed: 1996-06-17
Abstract: The device which can be used in a plurality of environments such as in buildings, transport vehicles, pedestrian aids and sirens which device produces a sound that enables them to locate the source of the sound with a view to moving in a given direction. The sound comprises a broad ban noise e.g. white or random noise covering a wide range of frequencies. One or more frequency components may be amplified or attenuated to adapt the sound to its source e.g. a loudspeaker or the location of the source to provide the optimum sound. A further alerting sound may also be produced comprising a narrow band sound.
Patent GB-2319681-A (GB)
Title: FM demodulation circuit
Inventor: FUJII TOMOHIRO
IPC: H03D3/06
Filed: 1997-11-19
Abstract: An FM demodulation circuit includes a phase conversion circuit 112 which converts a frequency variation of an input signal into a phase variation and has a variable conversion characteristic, and a control current source circuit 16 which outputs, when the level of the input signal drops lower than a predetermined level, control current to vary the conversion characteristic of the phase conversion circuit so as to raise the demodulation sensitivity. A field strength detection circuit 15 is provided. Amplifiers provide an equivalent resistance 18 controlled by the current source circuit 16. Other embodiments are described (Figs 16,18,21 and 23).
Patent GB-2321159-A (GB)
Title: Unified circuit switched and packet-based communications system architecture with network interworking functionality
Inventor: LANCELOT ROBERT
IPC: H04L12/64
Filed: 1997-12-24
Abstract: An apparatus (105), system (100) and method is provided for a unified circuit switched and packet-based communications system architecture having network interworking functionality. The apparatus (105) includes a circuit switched network interface (130), with the circuit switched network interface coupleable to a network switch (135) for communication of a circuit switched network protocol signal with a circuit switched network (160); a packet-based network interface (140), the packet-based network interface coupleable to a router (115) for communication of a packet-based network protocol signal with a packet-based network (150); a transceiver (120) coupleable to the communications channel (103) for the transmission and reception of a first protocol signal; and a communications controller (145), the communications controller coupled to the circuit switched network interface, to the packet-based network interface and to the transceiver, the communications controller responsive, through a set of program instructions and an interworking function, to interconvert the first protocol signal with the circuit switched network protocol signal and to interconvert the first protocol signal with the packet-based network protocol signal.
Patent GB-2334670-A (GB)
Title: Rocking device for a pram or the like
Inventor: ROWE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B62B9/22
Filed: 1998-02-11
Abstract: A rocking device comprises a plate 8 to support the wheels or legs of a child receptacle, a cushion of liquid 11 under and supporting the plate 8, and motion means 12 to impart rocking motion to the plate. A second rocking plate 10 is provided to rock in sympathy with the plate 8.
Patent GB-2324959-A (GB)
Title: Animal restraining device
Inventor: BROOK GEOFFREY
IPC: A01K1/02
Filed: 1998-05-08
Abstract: An animal restraining device 2 for restraining an animal such as a dog 4 within a motor vehicle such as a car comprises a flexible housing 22 attached to a frame which is strapped to a car seat. The dog 4 is enclosed and restrained in the housing 22 and a neck opening allows the dog's head to protrude. The housing 22 is attached to the frame by hoops 26 which slide along frame members to allow the dog 4 to sit and stand whilst retained by the device 2. The frame (fig 1) comprises a rigid structure of interconnected elongate members (14,16,18, fig 1) and may be quadrilateral, triangle or square for example. The housing 22 may comprise inner and outer housings made from a breathable material and may include pockets to receive temperature control elements e.g. ice bags or hot water bottles. All of the connections and closures are preferably releasable using e.g. zips or Velcro (RTM) arrangements on the housing and buckles for the frame.
Patent GB-2337390-A (GB)
Title: Deriving a 3D representation from two or more 2D images
Inventor: MEIR IVAN
IPC: H04N13/221
Filed: 1998-06-08
Abstract: Apparatus for deriving a reconstruction (30) of an object (3) from first and second images comprises a camera (1) movable freely between two viewpoints (1, 1'). The camera orientations are arranged to be parallel at the instant of capture of the images, eg by superimposing the camera image plane at the second viewpoint on the camera image plane at the first viewpoint and tilting the camera about the X, Y and Z axes until the lines (L1 to L3) connecting correlated points of the first image and the new image seen by the camera converge at a common "vanishing point" (VP). The line (ST) joining the camera positions is derived and a partial 3D reconstruction is derived by aligned virtual projectors (PR1, PR2/PR2') located an arbitrary distance apart (in dependence on a parameter entered by the user) on this line. The process is repeated from other pairs of viewpoints and the resulting partial 3D reconstructions scaled and combined on screen.
Patent GB-2327242-A (GB)
Title: A cover assembly for closing across an opening in a panel
Inventor: MORRIS JR CORYDON E
IPC: F02M35/10
Filed: 1998-07-09
Abstract: A cover assembly to establish a sealed interface around the opening 25 in a panel 26 includes a cover member 22 and a gasket member 20. The gasket 20 includes a planar surface which faces the cover member 22 and extending from this surface are a series of pin-like projections (50 and 53, fig 2). The cover member 22 has two corresponding channels (65 and 67, fig 4) to receive the projections. The channels act as abutment surfaces to restrict outward or lateral movement of the gasket 20 thus preventing blowout. A second invention is disclosed without projections on the gasket 20, characterised by the cover member 22 having elongate lips (83 and 84, figs 7 and 8) which function as retainers to restrict any outward or lateral movement of the gasket 20.
Patent GB-2341599-A (GB)
Title: Hygiene cover
Inventor: BACON ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: B65D41/62
Filed: 1998-07-31
Abstract: A hygiene cover for a drinks container such as a can, carton or bottle, is sealed to the container around the perimeter of the cover. The cover is removed when the container is opened to provide a germ free area around the container outlet.
Patent GB-2331767-A (GB)
Title: Densification of a porous structure (I)
Inventor: FISHER RONALD
IPC: C04B35/83
Filed: 1997-06-20
Abstract: A method for the densification of a porous structure comprises providing the structure with a body of material (13, 14) which includes a susceptor element foil (14) which is more susceptible to heating by electromagnetic radiation than the other material (13) of the body, exposing said porous structure to hydrocarbon gas and simultaneously applying an electromagnetic field to said porous structure whereby said susceptor element (14) at least in part causes heating of the porous structure to a temperature at which the gas infiltrating the porous structure deposits carbon within the porous structure.
Patent GB-2331942-A (GB)
Title: Treating metal surfaces
Inventor: ARCHER ADRIAN CHARLES
IPC: C23F11/167
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: A composition comprising at least one organo phosphonate or organo phosphonate species used for the treatment of a variety of metal surfaces to inhibit corrosion and improve adherence of coatings. The composition can include a homopolymer or copolymer of an organo phosphonate or organo phosphonate species such as vinylphosphonic acid, vinylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid or phenyl vinyl phosphonic acid. The composition is applied to the metal surface in a controlled amount to optimise performance and to reduce waste.
Patent GB-2346580-A (GB)
Title: Cutting device with a safety lock for a pivotable tool housingand a cover
Inventor: CHANG CHUI-TSUN
IPC: B24B55/05
Filed: 1999-02-09
Abstract: A cutting device includes a tool housing 20 which is mounted pivotally on a support 11 in a raised position and turnable downward to a lower operative position. A saw blade 21 is mounted rotatably on the tool housing 20, and has a cutting portion extending out of a bottom open end 202 of the tool housing 20. A cover member 22 is mounted pivotally on the tool housing 20 to move inward or outward of the tool housing 20 so as to uncover or cover the cutting portion of the cutting tool 21. A safety lock 30 is mounted on the tool housing 20 for locking the cover member 22 relative to the tool housing 20. The safety lock 30 includes a latch pin 34 for projecting into the cover member 22 from the tool housing 20 so as to releaseably engage the cover member 22, and a handle 321 manually operable to control the latch pin 34.
Patent GB-2347134-A (GB)
Title: Support for a roll of paper
Inventor: WARMAN STEVEN
IPC: B65D19/44
Filed: 1999-02-23
Abstract: A support S for a roll of paper R is formed with a concave surface, which may be substantially the same diameter as the roll of paper R and describe a portion of the circumference of a circle. A pair of supports is shown in the Figure, the supports being provided with means for movement, which in each case preferably consists of a cut-out C for moving the roll R on support S by way of a pallet truck or fork-lift truck, and a groove for strapping the roll to the support. The supports may be constructed from plastics material and be tapered in section, and may stacked with other, similar supports. For very long rolls, three or more supports S may be used. A method of storing and securing a roll of paper on a plurality of supports is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2335274-A (GB)
Title: Indexing mechanism
Inventor: HUNTER STEPHEN PAUL
IPC: G01B5/008
Filed: 1999-03-12
Abstract: An indexing mechanism is provided to enable discrete angular displacement of a first body 10 relative to a second body 12. An intermediate body 22 is provided, and is rotatable relative to both the first and second bodies 10,12. Mutually engageable detent elements on the first and intermediate 10,22, and intermediate and second 22,12 bodies, provide indexing of the first body 10 relative to the intermediate body 22 and the intermediate body relative to the second body 12 respectively. The angular separations of adjacent indexed positions provided by the first and second sets of detent elements differ such that the first body 10 is indexable relative to the second body 12 in finer indexing increments than are provided by either the first or second detent elements individually. The detent elements may be provided by rings of gear teeth (Hirth Couplings), or circular arrays of elements providing mutually convergent surfaces (such as a ring of balls) that are engageable by three or more further elements (such as rollers).
Patent GB-2335429-A (GB)
Title: Polyisocyanate compositions for the preparation of flexible polyurethane foams
Inventor: NARAYAN THIRUMURTI
IPC: C08G18/76
Filed: 1999-03-16
Abstract: A liquid polyisocyanate prepolymer composition comprises the reaction product of about 50.0 to 90.0 percent by weight of an isocyanate blend (a.) having 55.0 to 75.0 weight percent 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), 17.0 to 27.0 weight percent 2,4'-MDI, 1.0 to 10.0 weight percent 3-ring MDI oligomer, and 1.0 to 15.0 weight percent n-ring MDI oligomer (n greater than 3); about 5.0 to 30.0 weight percent of a polyhydroxy containing polyol (b.) having a molecular weight of from 700 to about 6,000; and about 15.0 to 75.0 weight percent of toluene diisocyanate (c.). The resulting isocyanate prepolymer composition has a free NCO content of from about 30.0 to 45.0 weight percent and particularly desirable flow characteristics. The isocyanate prepolymer composition can be used for making a polyurethane foam.
Patent GB-2338842-A (GB)
Title: Spring-assisted connector contact
Inventor: FUKUDA MASARU
IPC: H01R13/193
Filed: 1999-04-08
Abstract: A connector 31 comprises: a walled body 32; a contact 44 located on a support 39 between a wall 32a of the body and the support; and a spring 34 located between the support 39 and an opposite wall 32b of the body, whereby the spring,through the contact support, exerts a force on the contact upon insertion of a counterpart between the wall of the body and the contact. The support may be one of several each supporting a contact. A single spring may have a spring finger 47 for each support 39. The counterpart may be in the form of a pcb edge connection 35, 49. A latch 43a of the connector may engage a hole 50 to retain the connector in a mount 36 for the pcb.
Patent GB-2352911-A (GB)
Title: Method of processing signals and apparatus for signal processing
Inventor: MCINTYRE JAMES HENDRIE
IPC: H04N9/64
Filed: 1999-07-30
Abstract: An image processing apparatus operates to process signal samples in a form of colour reference signal samples representative of at least part of a colour video image to produce legal colour signal samples representing a legal colour version of the image. The apparatus comprises a colour conversion processor arranged to receive the input signal samples and which operates to convert the colour reference signal samples from a unipolar form, to bipolar form on a scale between two maxima having opposite polarity, an adjustment factor generator, which operates to generate a plurality of adjustment factors which when combined with the input signal samples have an effect of converting illegal colour pixels of the colour image into legal colour pixels, and a colour legaliser coupled to the adjustment factor generator, which operates to combine the adjustment factors with the input signal samples to produce the legalised colour signal samples.
Patent GB-2346787-A (GB)
Title: Power supply module
Inventor: WANG WEN-PIN
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 1999-09-01
Abstract: The power-supply module includes a power supply 21 for supplying the electric power to the power-using apparatus 20 preferably a CRT display, a control circuit 22 electrically connected to the power supply 21 and the power-using apparatus 20 for generating a power control signal in response to a state signal, ACTIVE OR SLEEP, received from the power using apparatus 20, and a modulator 23 electrically connected between the power supply 21 and the control circuit 22 for controlling the power supply 21 in response to the power control signal.
Patent GB-2341598-A (GB)
Title: Sheet stacking trays
Inventor: CHUNG JAE-HEON
IPC: B65H33/06
Filed: 1999-09-17
Abstract: Sheets discharged from a printer &c are stacked in a pair of "trays" 33 which can be reciprocated to align the sheets and also moved apart to drop bundles of sheets onto a lower tray 34 once they have been stapled. The trays, with the sheets, are moved to one side for stapling; they may also be spaced further apart to accommodate sheets of different size. The lower tray can be raised and lowered so that the bundles always drop from the same height, and sideways so that successive bundles are offset. The drives for the trays are detailed.
Patent GB-2361721-A (GB)
Title: Sub sea pile-sump pumping arrangement
Inventor: DAWSON SIMON GERALD BAILEY
IPC: E21B43/01
Filed: 1999-11-11
Abstract: A pump 12 is (or pumps are) located in a blind foundation pile 14 that has been driven into the sea floor. The top of the pile 14 is provided with a fitting that includes an inlet 18, a hanger 24 for the pump 12, and an outlet 20. Water is delivered from a filtering and treatment apparatus into the pile 14 through the inlet 18. The pump 12 delivers the water under pressure through the outlet 20 into piping that directs the water to the water injection well.
Patent HU-T63787-A (HU)
Title: Method for yielding condensable organic compounds from gas flow
Inventor: KOVACH J LOUIS
IPC: B01D53/00
Filed: 1992-05-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to the recovery condensable organic compounds form gas streams laden therewith. The streams may be process gas containing high concentrations of organic contaminants, or inert gas employed in regenerating adsorbent beds used to strip and concentrate organic contaminants from process or humid process gas streams. Where at least a pair of adsorbent beds are used, a first adsorber is operated until the organic contamination is detected at a preset "breakthrough" level in the outlet gas. The outlet gas is then passed through a second adsorber until die level of organic contaminant is determined to be at approximately the level of organic contaminant in the humid contaminant-laden gas being passed into the first adsorber, and at which point part of the less well-adsorbed water has passed into the outlet gas of the first adsorber. At such time, passage of the humid contaminant-laden gas into the first adsorber is discontinued and, instead, the humid contaminant-laden gas is passed into the second adsorber. During passage of the humid contaminant-laden gas into the second adsorber, the first adsorber is regenerated. To recover the organic contaminant desorbed from the adsorbent bed upon its regeneration, the regenerative gas laden therewith may be expansively cooled in a turbine expander to effect a condensing separation and a recovery of the condensable organic compound from the relatively noncondensable inert gas or air component. Where, however, no adsorbent beds are employed, the process gas stream may be passed directly into the compressor side of a turbine compressor-expander to effect a pressurization of the process gas stream prior to its introduction into the expander side of the turbine compressor-expander, thereby enabling the process to handle increased condensing loads. <IMAGE>
Patent HU-T75684-A (HU)
Title: Parenteral solutions of diclofenac salts
Inventor: GALLI BRUNO
IPC: A61K47/18
Filed: 1993-10-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in the form of a sterilisable parenteral solution containing a diclofenac salt and stabilisers such as ethyl lactate combined with glutathione or N-acetylcysteine.