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Patent GB-2016647-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting hydraulic damper
IPC: F16F9/46
Filed: 1979-02-02
Abstract: A hydraulic damper comprises a cylinder 1 containing oil therein, a piston 6 slidably fitted in the cylinder, a hollow piston rod 8 extending from one side of the piston and projecting out of the cylinder and a tubular member 11 mounted on the other side of the piston with the interior thereof communicating with the interior of the hollow piston rod. A connecting passage including the interior 9 of the hollow piston rod 8 and the interior of the tubular member 11 places the opposite sides of piston 6 in communication with one another. An adjusting rod 14 extends through the piston rod 8 and projects out of the cylinder. A valve body 16 is slidably received in the tubular member 11 and is connected to the inner end of the adjusting rod 14 for changing the effective area of the connecting passage by means of a valve portion 17 which co-operates with orifices 13. A stop 19, Fig. 2 restricts the rotational movement of the adjusting rod 14 to an angle less than 360 degrees. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2016571-A (GB)
Title: Floating covers in storage tanks
IPC: B65D90/38
Filed: 1979-03-05
Abstract: Liquid storage tank containing a collapsible bag 8 of flexible impervious sheet material supported by a collar 7 within the tank which floats on the stored liquid or is inflated into a recess in the tank wall and moving with the liquid thereby dividing the interior of the shell into an air and a liquid space. The bag has an external skirt 12 of a similar flexible sheet material attached to the supporting collar which lies between the bag and adjacent tank side walls to reduce abrasion and catching of the bag and tank walls particularly during tank emptying and filling procedures. The sheet material may have antistatic properties and the skirt may be weighted at its lower periphery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2056813-A (GB)
Title: Data transmission and display
IPC: H04N7/00
Filed: 1979-05-03
Abstract: A data transmission/display system employs a signal in the format of a colour television signal wherein information to be displayed on a monochrome display device 14 is inserted in the signal as one primary colour signal (red) and additional information is inserted in place of the other primary colour signals (green, blue). The additional information may be display control signals or may control an associated alarm and/or printer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2022872-A (GB)
Title: Programme Selection Apparatus for Electric Domestic Appliances
IPC: D06F34/32
Filed: 1979-06-04
Abstract: A programme selection apparatus for an electrical domestic apparatus e.g. a washing machine comprises an LED or LCD display 3 underlying a panel 4 of touch sensitive switches. A microprocessor causes items to be displayed which are then checked or selected by the operator by touching appropriate ones of the touch switches. The machine is thus made ready with the desired program and the program initiated. During operation the display may indicate progress and remaining time. Auxiliary elements 10, 11 allow parameters affecting operation such as water hardness to be preset and these are stated to be controlled by a slide 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2057008-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of lager beer
IPC: C12C11/00
Filed: 1979-08-22
Abstract: A method of preparing a lager beer having a mild, bland, less aromatic character comprises conducting the fermentation of the wort under suitable conditions to maintain the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration in the fermenting wort at about 2.1 to about 4.0 cc of dissolved carbon dioxide per cc of wort. The fermentation of the wort is conducted for 60 to 200 hours at a temperature of 60 DEG  to 85 DEG F. with an appropriate overpressure of from 5 to 40 psig of carbon dioxide. The beer thus obtained has a mild character and can be used, if desired, as a base for flavored beverages.
Patent GB-2036142-A (GB)
Title: A track ballast levelling machine comprising a sweeping roller arrangement
IPC: E01B27/02
Filed: 1979-11-06
Abstract: A ballast sweeping machine has for each rail a group of laterally offset sweeping rollers 24, 25, 26 independently mounted and independently adjustable so that one or more rollers can be moved clear of an obstruction on the track, for example at a switch. The sweeping rollers are preferably mounted on independently pivotable levers 27. The machine has a ballast hopper 9 with outlets 17, for topping up the sleeper cribs. The movement of the rollers and/or discharge of ballast may be controlled by sensors 34 responsive to obstacles on the track. Fig. 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2037186-A (GB)
Title: Bodies of different densities
IPC: B07B13/10
Filed: 1979-11-21
Abstract: A mixture of first bodies (for example potatoes or carrots or other root crop) and second bodies (for example stones) which are denser than the first bodies is delivered by conveyor 12 and dropped down a vertical path 8 onto an energy absorber 20. The energy absorber is a plurality of resilient, spaced steel strips 22 disposed side by side and secured at one end to a stationarily held bar 26. The denser second bodies hit the strips 22 and deflect them down enough for the second bodies to pass into region 8a which is a continuation of the path 8. But the first bodies have all their downwards kinetic energy absorbed on impact with the strips 22 which are not bent far enough down to allow the first bodies to pass into the regions 8a. When the strips resile they flick the stopped first bodies along the trajectory C from the path 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2064510-A (GB)
Title: Substituted Sulfones and Their Use as Algicides and Fungicides
IPC: A01N41/10
Filed: 1979-12-07
Abstract: Sulfones represented by one of the formulae   <IMAGE>  and  R-SO2-CH=CH-S-R<1> in which R and R<1> are independently C1-6 alkyl of a phenyl group which may be substituted by one or two identical or different substituents, selected from halogen, NO2 and C1-4 alkyl, X is halogen and Z is H or halogen are generally useful as fungicides, algicides or bactericides. The 1-halo-2-alkylthioethyl and 1- halo-2-arylthioethyl sulfones are prepared by the addition of arylsulfenyl or alkylsulfenyl halides to alkyl or aryl vinyl sulfones. The thioethyl sulfone products are treated with a base to produce 2-alkylthiovinyl or 2-arylthiovinyl sulfones. The vinyl sulfones are halogenated to produce 1,2-dihalothioethyl sulfones, which have superior fungicidal activity, especially for tomato and celery late blight.
Patent GB-2074089-A (GB)
Title: Glass/metal laminates
IPC: B32B17/06
Filed: 1980-01-08
Abstract: A glass/metal laminate is provided which is characterised in that a glass ply 2 is bonded either directly or indirectly to a metal ply 1 by means of one or more synthetic resin or synthetic polymer layers 3 e.g. a layer of a polymer selected from epoxy resins or a copolymer containing ethylene and acrylic acid units, the glass ply being if desired coated by a light-reflecting coating to form a mirror. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2040398-A (GB)
Title: Torsional vibration damping apparatus
IPC: F16F15/12
Filed: 1980-01-23
Abstract: Damping apparatus for a rotating drive-output element, such as a clutch plate assembly (1) of an internal combustion engine comprises at least two damper springs (21, 43) arranged as torque transmitting elements. Spring (43) is located between members (3, 13) which have limited relative rotary movements forwards (B) and in over-run (A). Spring (21) is dimensioned for transmitting torque in the condition of operation under load and spring (43) is dimensioned for use in the condition of operation under no-load. A locking device (69, 75, 95) controllable in dependence upon the condition of operation of the internal combustion engine is capable of inhibiting subsequent displacement of the no-load torsional vibrational damper (43) in the condition of operation under load, e.g. during temporary periods of over-run. A member (69) keyed to hub (3) carries springs (81) which restrain radially slidable locking members (75,97) capable of centrifugally entering slots (95 or 99) respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2069621-A (GB)
Title: Pump impeller
IPC: F04D5/00
Filed: 1980-02-15
Abstract: An impeller (1) for a self-priming rotary pump (13a, 13b) that has a lateral channel (2) has an internal curvature the radius of which is the same as that of the lateral channel (2). It is cast from a single piece and is densely bladed. A few spokes (4) connect the blades to the hub (6) fixed on a shaft (3). A plurality of chambers (7) are formed by partitioning walls (5) the number of which is greater than that of the spokes (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2071519-A (GB)
Title: Protective devices
IPC: B65D23/08
Filed: 1980-03-12
Abstract: A glass bottle, especially one carrying carbonated beverages, is coated to avoid hazards on fracture. The coating has inner and outer parts self-bonded to each other. The inner part is a thin, strong, highly stretchable film of a linear polyurethane having a good recovery after stretching and the outer part is an abrasion-resistant polyurethane. The coating process can be performed at temperatures lower than 100 DEG C and avoids the use of silane sizes. Preferably the bottle is of white flint glass and absorbers and/or tinters are included in the outer part of the coating.
Patent GB-2046703-A (GB)
Title: Package for sterile articles
IPC: A61F15/00
Filed: 1980-03-13
Abstract: In a package comprised of a first wall member 12 adhered to a second wall member 11 to form a storage zone with the member 12 having a window 14 surrounded by border portions 15 the window and border portions are covered with a peelable flap member 13 which protects the border portion after sterilization of the package so that an article placed within the package can be removed in a sterile condition. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2047449-A (GB)
Title: Safety device for a machine
IPC: F16P3/14
Filed: 1980-03-13
Abstract: A safety device for cutting machines for paper, cardboard or the like, is in the form of a multichannel safety barrier with light-emitting components of visible or invisible light, light-receiving components, logical circuitry and output devices. Light emitters (n1.1 to n1.3; n.2.1 and n2.2) and receivers (p. 1.1 to p1.31 p2.1 and p2.2) are connected in parallel as two groups, and produce two phase-displayed outputs to alternately set and reset flipflops u4, u5. The outputs of u4, u5 alternately set and rest a further flipflop u7 to produce a pulse train which is rectified n8 and used to control a relay d8. Malfunction gives rise to a continuous output from u7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2055083-A (GB)
Title: Removing bands
IPC: G07D11/00
Filed: 1978-06-29
Abstract: An apparatus (Fig. 1) for separating a strap (69) from a packet (44) of thin sheets, such as bank notes, bound by the strap, includes a housing, a magazine (19) disposed within the housing having a receptacle (46) and a drawer-like member (45) received in the receptacle. A plurality of the packets (44) are disposed in the drawer-like member which can be moved by a mechanism in the housing so that a portion of the drawer having a packet is exposed to an ejector member in the housing. The ejector member is operative to eject the exposed packet. Means are provided for engaging the strap and stack of the exposed packet. The means are operated to separate the stack and the strap. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2084464-A (GB)
Title: Povidone-iodine Powders
IPC: A61K33/18
Filed: 1980-10-04
Abstract: An antiseptic pharmaceutical composition for dispersing or sprinkling onto an area of skin to be treated, broken or intact, comprises povidone-iodine and a suitable inert carrier or diluent powder such as lactose. The composition may also comprise zinc oxide.
Patent GB-2085743-A (GB)
Title: Method of filtering sewer scum and apparatus therefor
IPC: C02F11/121
Filed: 1980-10-06
Abstract: The method of treating sewer scum including combustibles and debris includes the steps of collecting the scum from sewage, delivering it (31) to a perforated filter drum (25), continuously rotating the drum (47-49) upon an inclined longitudinal axis (85), applying heated air (75, 77) under pressure to the exterior of the drum along its length (81) inwardly of the perforations, discharging the debris (57, 58) continuously and collecting the filtered combustibles (93). Apparatus for filtering said scum includes an elongated cylindrical perforated drum (25) rotatable on an inclined axis (85) receiving scum (29) at its upper end and discharging debris (57, 59) at its lower end. A cylindrical shell (63) sealingly encloses (69) the perforated portion of the drum for providing a pressure chamber (89) above the drum and a collection chamber (91) below the drum. An elongated air channel (81) along the interior of the shell delivers high pressure heated air (75, 77) to said pressure chamber and filtered scum accumulates in the collection chamber (91). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2062117-A (GB)
Title: Clearance Control for Turbine Blades
IPC: F01D11/18
Filed: 1980-10-20
Abstract: Thermal growth of a turbine shroud 22 is controlled by clearance control rings 36 to 39 which have internal passages through which fluid is directed. The fluid is directed through the passages at varying temperatures and pressures to cause ring temperature and corresponding radial growth to closely match rotor growth between various turbine steady state operations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2065315-A (GB)
Title: Braking device for camera shutter
IPC: G03B9/40
Filed: 1980-12-04
Abstract: In a focal plane shutter comprising two groups of opening and closing blades operated by respective levers (9 and 2, Fig. 1) connected by a link (15), lever 9 has a pin 20 which contacts a braking lever 24 which is pivotable in opposite directions (in the opening and closing movement of lever 9) against the force exerted by braking springs 26 and 28. Lever 24 has a brake shoe 29 and a braking switch point member 23, which latter obliquely intersects the path of travel of pin 20. In a further embodiment (Fig. 5), the shoe is dispensed with.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2099401-A (GB)
Title: A carton having an end closure flap
IPC: B65D5/02
Filed: 1981-06-03
Abstract: A carton preferably of polygonal cross section has one end closable by a complementary shaped flap or base 29. To support the flap 29, two pairs of flaps 18, 19 and 24, 25 are provided. The flaps 18, 19 and 24, 25 interconnect sides of the carton and lie beneath the flap 29 in the erected carton, the flap 18 and flap portion 22 and the flap 24 and flap portion 27 respectively being joined by contact adhesive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2078792-A (GB)
Title: Yarn Control in Textile Machines
IPC: B65H51/06
Filed: 1981-06-29
Abstract: Yarn supply in textile machines is controlled by selectively applying a sustained restraint to the yarn on a reduction in yarn demand. The sustained restraint can be a yarn gripper or a displaceable yarn guide. When a yarn supply includes means to drive yarn into a textile machine such as a continuously driven wheel 10, a yarn slack detector, 20, 21, 22, 23, is provided to operate a yarn gripper 31, 32 to restrain the supply of yarn while reduced demand results in slack yarn. The yarn gripper may be operated directly by the detector or through a timing element 27, such as a monostable, which can extend the time for which the yarn is gripped or control the re-application of the gripping action. A compensatory control for a yarn feeder in a flat knitting machine is also disclosed which prevents slack in "floating" regions outside the knitting width. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2101342-A (GB)
Title: A navigational aid
Inventor: ROUGH BRIAN TIMOTHY
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 1981-08-25
Abstract: A navigational aid, to obviate the use of parallel rulers when transferring a compass bearing to a Mercator Projection navigation chart, especially in rough weather, comprises a circular disc rotatably mounted at one end of a rule and clampable in an adjusted position corresponding to a compass bearing, relative to a mark I, by a lock- nut. The disc has a square grid marking to enable it to be aligned with the longitude and latitude of the Mercator Projection chart, whilst the set position of the rule allows a bearing direction to be drawn on the chart. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123749-A (GB)
Title: Continuous stationery assemblies
Inventor: JEFFERSON THOMAS FREDERICK
IPC: B41L1/26
Filed: 1982-06-30
Abstract: A continuous stationery assembly comprises front intermediate and rear sheets (10, 11, 12), all of the same width and all adhesively connected together at both margins as at 14, 15. Two lines of weakening (19, 21) adjacent the margins permit detachment of the sheets from the margins which are perforated for machine feeding. The intermediate sheet is adhesively connected (18) to the front and/or rear sheet at a position inboard of the line of weakening (19) to form a stub. A further line of weakening (20) permits detachment of the sheets from this stub. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123283-A (GB)
Title: Castor retaining assembly
Inventor: DANIELS RAYMOND R J
IPC: B60B33/00
Filed: 1982-07-15
Abstract: A castor retaining assembly 10 comprising a tube insert 12 inserted in an open end of a tubular metal strut 14. A castor spigot 16 is passed through two apertures 20 and 22 in walls 24 and 26 of the strut 14 and is held by a split tube 30 forming part of the tube insert 12. The insertion of the spigot 16 completely through the strut 14 provides a structurally stable arrangement and ensures that the spigot 16 is securely held against movement reduced by forces applied sideways. A decorative cover 18 is a snap fit on the strut 14 and has a flange 50 which abuts a protruding end of the spigot 16 to locate the cover 18 on the strut 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2105082-A (GB)
Title: Load sensing apparatus for vehicles
Inventor: JEFFREY PETER
IPC: G01G3/12
Filed: 1982-08-03
Abstract: A load-sensing mat comprises a pair of superposed spaced capacitance plates 15 held together in the mat by resilient material, a second pair of capacitance plates 16 and an inductive loop 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127011-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of mixtures of inorganic liquids containing ethanol
Inventor: MCCAFFREY DAVID JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: C07C29/76
Filed: 1982-08-20
Abstract: Ethanol can be recovered from mixtures, e.g. azeotropes, containing ethanol with organic compounds having a cross-sectional diameter larger than that of ethanol, by passing the mixture through a column containing a suitable molecular sieve. Using specified superficial velocities, improved product quality and/or sieve capacity can be obtained in comparison with static batch-type treatments.
Patent GB-2126653-A (GB)
Title: A method of assembling spaced discs of a centrifugal impeller
Inventor: MIDDLETON ANDREW HENRY
IPC: F04D17/16
Filed: 1982-09-07
Abstract: A method of assembling spaced members such as discs 1 forming the impeller of a centrifugal air fan comprises the steps of providing a plurality of aligned holes in the discs 1, temporarily holding the discs by means of a jig in the required spaced relationship with the holes aligned and inserting spirally fluted tubes 2 into the aligned holes so that they grip the peripheries of the holes and hold the discs in the spaced relationship, and then removing the jig. When an assembly of spaced discs 1 is incorporated in an air fan, bolts 6 passing through the tubes 2 and nuts 7 clamp the assembly to a back plate 14 which is driven by an electric motor 16. The discs, which are made of plastics or metal, each have a central air inlet opening 5 and are mounted in a casing 17 provided with an air outlet 18. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2108747-A (GB)
Title: Voice synthesis reading system
Inventor: BOCKHOLT KARLHEINZ HERMAN
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 1982-10-15
Abstract: A system for producing a spoken human speech from printed text comprises such text 32 in human readable form together with corresponding digital bar code words 22 of a particular configuration, the bar code words being read by an optical probe 12, which is connected to a voice synthesis unit 14. The particular bar code used comprises a given fixed number of equal size bars separated by variable spaces to provide a bar code 22 which is reliable and easy to scan. The probe 12 comprises an optical emitter and a detector 40 which are directed through a cylindrical lens to be focused into an elongated pattern arranged for reading a particular bar code. The output from the probe is essentially digital, and is used to look up, through means of a microprocessor, a particular starting address for use in a word-based voice synthesis system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2130480-A (GB)
Title: Back Packs
Inventor: TATE AARN
IPC: A45F3/04
Filed: 1982-10-19
Abstract: A frameless or internally framed back pack has a body 10 formed of suitable material, such as canvas, nylon or the like. The back panel 15 of the body is, when viewed as a horizontal cross section through body 10, of concave shape and when viewed in a vertical cross section of a substantially 'S' shape. Preferably the body 10 is internally partitioned by a pair of vertically disposed partitioning walls or dividers 11 so that there is provided a main central compartment 12 and two side pockets 13. Each divider is formed so that the edge thereof which is connected to the back panel 15 of the body 10 is of substantially 'S' shape which is a curvature substantially conforming to the anatomical shape of the human back. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131278-A (GB)
Title: Production of garments
Inventor: MEEK LOUIS
IPC: D05B39/00
Filed: 1982-12-08
Abstract: A garment pocket is manufactured by putting a rectangular sheet of material in a folding device (17), folding the material by means of the device (17) and then stitching at least two spaced rows of stitches through the folded material by means of a sewing machine having two sewing heads. The folding device (17) comprises a rectangular base plate (18) hinged about its centre line (19), each base plate part (18a, 18b) having two side flaps (22) and an end flap (21). With the material in position the end flaps (21) are folded over to retain the material, side flaps (22) are folded over to fold the edge regions of the material and then the base plate (18) is folded about its central axis (19). The device (17) is located in a sewing machine so that the needles can put the stitch rows through the folded multi- layer edge regions of the garment pocket. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114567-A (GB)
Title: Fungicidal and acaricidal 2-cyanobenzimidazole derivatives
Inventor: GIRAUDON RAYMOND
IPC: A61P31/10
Filed: 1983-02-07
Abstract: The invention relates to new 2-cyanobenzimidazole derivatives. These compounds correspond to the formula (I):    <IMAGE>  (I)  in which: n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R is halogen; optionally halogen-substituted lower alkyl or alkylthio; lower alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more halogens or by the phenyl radical; lower alkenyl; lower alkynyl; amino optionally substituted by one or two alkyls; NO2-; CN-; CNO-; NCS-; , SCN-; lower alkylsulphonyl; sulphamoyl optionally substituted by one or two alkyls; lower alkylsulphinyl; optionally substituted acyl; or alkoxycarbonyl, and R' is optionally halogen-substituted lower alkyl, amino optionally substituted by one or two alkyl radicals, or a nitrogen atom substituted by two radicals forming a heterorcyclic ring with this nitrogen atom, the heterocyclic ring containing from 4 to 6 ring members and from 1 to 3 hetero-atoms in the ring. They can be used in agriculture, in particular for combating phytopathogenic fungi and for combating mites.
Patent GB-2137915-A (GB)
Title: Seat cutter for taps or valves
Inventor: COLLIER JOHN ARTHUR
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1983-04-15
Abstract: The cutter member 16 has an operative end face 15 across which extends, chordally, a plurality of parallel ribs 22 of triangular section the crests 30 of which form cutting edges lying in a plane parallel with face 15. In use, the member 16, fitted in the tool, is rotated about an axis 17 perpendicular to face 15 in a manner similar to a conventional seat cutter. The form of the ribs 22 allows the latter to be formed or finished in two traversing sweeps of a milling cutter, which represents a substantial simplification in procedure as compared with the manufacture of a conventional valve seat cutter. <IMAGE>