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Patent GB-2232936-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable bag arrangement for protecting an occupant of a vehicle
Inventor: HALAND LARS YNGVE
IPC: B60R21/231
Filed: 1989-06-13
Abstract: The bag is mounted within the structure of a seat of a vehicle and. when inflated, the bag is located between the occupant of the vehicle sitting on that seat and the side of the vehicle, with the centre of that part of the bag which contacts the occupant of the vehicle being substantially aligned with the centre of gravity of the torso of that occupant.
Patent GB-2227727-A (GB)
Title: Discharging container by tipping
Inventor: JENKINS RICHARD WALTER
IPC: B65G65/23
Filed: 1989-09-13
Abstract: A method for the discharge of the contents of a bulk container comprising manoeuvering a bulk container using a lifting harness to a discharge point and lowering the container until it is at rest at said discharge point. In relaxation of the load on the lifting harness a gravity releasable part of the harness disengages a pair of gravity releasable attachment means (18) located on either side of the end of the container. The container is then raised by a manually releasable part of said harness attached by manually releasable attachment means (22) at the opposing end of the container such that the container tilts discharging its contents at the discharge point. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222775-A (GB)
Title: Automatic air freshener
Inventor: FOX PATRICK
IPC: A61L9/12
Filed: 1989-09-14
Abstract: An automatic air freshener comprises a casing provided with air inlet and outlet apertures, and having an electric fan mounted adjacent the outlet. A source of fragrance is retained within the casing and a timer controls the operation of the fan in a cyclic manner such that fragrance is allowed to accumulate within the casing for a first period while the fan is switched off, whereafter the fan operates for a second period before switching off again. The source of fragrance may be an impregnated pellet or pad of absorbent material, and the timer may be electromechanical or electronic.
Patent GB-2227912-A (GB)
Title: Deflection circuit with service switch
Inventor: PAN HARRY
IPC: H04N17/04
Filed: 1990-01-09
Abstract: A vertical deflection circuit for a video display apparatus includes a service connection means or switch 50 that collapses vortical or field rate scan in order to facilitate adjustment of cathode ray tube 17 electron beam drive levels. The service switch 50 operates by referencing the vertical sawtooth signal generator 42, the AC feedback 43, 46, 47, 48, and the DC feedback 44 to ground potential so that no input is applied to the vertical drive circuitry 22. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232423-A (GB)
Title: Making moisture-impermeable electric cable
Inventor: BRUNNER JOSEF
IPC: H01B13/32
Filed: 1990-01-23
Abstract: To make moisture-impermeable, multi-wire electric cable, a viscous, semi-conductive, moisture-impermeable compound is applied to an advancing cable core to coat the core with uniform thickness. Wires are helically wound on the advancing coated core. The thickness of the coating is such that each of the interstices in the winding is filled with compound. The core runs from inlet 5 through compound in chamber 2 to carbide die 7. Piston 3 pressurises the compound. Sensor 8 senses the piston position and controls a pump to refill chamber 2. Heater 10 heats the compound. The core may pass through successive coaters, one for each wound layer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239534-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor memory device accessing
Inventor: CHOI HOON
IPC: G11C29/24
Filed: 1990-02-28
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device having normal columns and redundant columns 100 includes normal column decoders 30 for designating the normal columns and redundant column decoders 50 for designating the redundant columns so that the bits from the normal columns are combined with the bits from the redundant columns so as to allow bit-parallel testing and provide a defect free entire set of bits. This is achieved by operating the decoders 30 and 50 together. The decoders may also be operated separately. By distributing bit lines among plural decoders the application addresses the problems of reducing power consumption and the required number of redundant memory cells in a semiconductor memory device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241571-A (GB)
Title: Electrical storage heater
Inventor: LANE RICHARD JOHN
IPC: G05D23/275
Filed: 1990-03-02
Abstract: A storage heater comprises a store surrounded by thermal insulation. An outlet knob (10) is adjustable to regulate the amount of time the heating elements are supplied with off-peak power. Prior storage heaters have a temperature sensor which infers the temperature of the heat store but, in the case of fan-assisted storage heaters, spurious control of the store can take place. In the present arrangement a temperature sensor directly senses the temperature of the store and communicates via a tube 20 with bellows 18. A safety cut-out device in the charge control means (2) comprises a bimetallic clicker disc attached to a rod (22). Separate contacts (13, 14) are bridgeable by a contact (15) mounted on an overcentre spring (16). The same contacts are operated by both sensor 9 and the safety cut out device.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230798-A (GB)
Title: Cladding panel: minimising wind damage
Inventor: SAITO MAKOTO
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 1990-04-03
Abstract: A panel 1 for an external wall of a building comprises finish panels 2 which are mounted on and spaced from a frame 3 formed of sheet steel 7 and a lattice work 8, 9 by an air gap 4. Air vents 5 allow wind pressure to pass between the panels 2 and frame 3 and so equalize the pressure across the finish panel 2. Thus the finish panel 2 can be of relatively thin material as it does not have to withstand such a high pressure differential as prior art designs. Vents 5a may be provided in joints 18 between the panels 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to bags
Inventor: NAMGYAL CHAMPA
IPC: A45F3/02
Filed: 1990-05-25
Abstract: A bag e.g. for photographic and/or video equipment has a body predominantly made from or covered with fabric of tangulated multi-filament yarn but having a back panel made of smooth-filament, non-abrasive cloth, preferably of nylon of at least 200 denier. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236488-A (GB)
Title: Dice shaker
Inventor: BANCKS RONALD JOHN
IPC: A63F9/04
Filed: 1990-11-15
Abstract: A dice shaker comprises a shaking cavity and a hollow display limb extending therefrom. The movement of playing pieces around a board is dictated by the throw of the six dice, and since the dice shaker not only throws the six dice simultaneously but also displays the dice in a random order, therefore the dice shaker provides for the order of movement of the playing pieces to be randomly determined in addition to randomly determining the distance moved by each playing piece. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250901-A (GB)
Title: Bite indicator
Inventor: ROMANG DEREK
IPC: A01K97/12
Filed: 1990-12-21
Abstract: A bite indicator composes a sensing member (10) in frictional contact with a fishing line and operative to vibrate in response to line movement, a circuit for producing an electrical signal in response to vibration of the sensing member, and a sound generator for producing an audible sound in response to the latter electrical signal. In order to reduce the risk of positive feedback setting up uncontrolled oscillation, the sound generated in response to sensing of line movement is intermittent under all operating conditions, and means (FET) are provided for inhibiting the operation of the circuit responsive to vibration of the sensing member at any instant during which sound is produced by the sound generator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253419-A (GB)
Title: Resin-fibre panel production
Inventor: MCDONALD PATRICK
IPC: B29C70/50
Filed: 1991-03-05
Abstract: A translucent panel 2 is manufactured using an apparatus comprising a lay-down bed 5, a reel 6 of lower film material 7 which is led over guide rollers 8 onto the bed 5 where a liquid resin is applied by an applicator head 10. The resin is spread across the bed and a mat 15 of fibreglass material led from a supply reel 20 over guide rollers 21 is laid onto the resin. An upper film 25 is then applied and the sandwich thus formed is passed between upper and lower nipping members 50, 51 to evenly spread the resin and substantially exclude air. Members 50, 51 are preferably non-rotationable and have nipping faces that are curved in transverse cross-section. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242990-A (GB)
Title: Photometric device for a camera
Inventor: YAMAZAKI HIROSHI
IPC: G03B7/08
Filed: 1991-03-28
Abstract: A photometric device for a camera comprises a light receiving element (14) responsive to incident light for generating photometric data, and a ROM (7) for storing a plurality of photometric data correction tables for correcting photometric data generated by the light receiving element. An A/D converter (8) designates the plurality of photometric data tables stored in the ROM on the basis of an analog input determined by a variable resistor (VR1). Correction data indexing means (6) index the photometric data correction tables designated by the A/D converter on the basis of the luminance of the incident light. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242682-A (GB)
Title: Coating composition
Inventor: BATTEY PAUL KENNETH
IPC: C08K3/04
Filed: 1991-04-08
Abstract: An electrically conductive water-based coating composition comprises carbon black or other electrically conductive filler incorporated into an aqueous polyurethane elastomer dispersion in such proportions that application of the composition to a support surface can form an abrasion resistant and electrically conductive coating thereon. This minimises the risks of explosion arising as a result of accumulation of static electrical charge particularly during the handling of powdered materials or flammable solvents. The provision of an abrasion resistant coating gives further advantage of longer working life before re-coating is required.
Patent GB-2242889-A (GB)
Title: An access panel for fuel dispensers
Inventor: DAY JR ROBERT TAYLOR
IPC: B67D7/84
Filed: 1991-04-10
Abstract: A unitized access panel for fuel dispensers, comprises a molded panel 30 to selectively provide access to the safe zone in which are housed all electronics, lamps, one or more customer communication devices, and, in some embodiments, even meter encoders and/or the electromechanical portion of the fuel valves. The nozzle boot(s) and nozzle cradle seat(s) are molded integrally into the surface of the panel. One or more smaller access panels in the upper portion of the door panel allow separate and selective access through the larger access panel to the credit card reader, receipt printer, cash depository, and attendant key pad, as well as providing security for the large panel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255933-A (GB)
Title: Woodworking machine having a rotatable work table
Inventor: HSIEH TZU JEN
IPC: B23Q1/48
Filed: 1991-05-21
Abstract: A rotatable working table (10) in a computer controlled woodworking machine comprises an upper plate (20) and a lower plate (11) linearly movably mounted on a track device (80). Two positioning members are provided between the lower plate (11) and the upper plate (20). The upper plate (20) and the lower plate (11) are fixedly secured together when the positioning members are in a first status. The upper plate (20) is rotatable with respect to the lower plate (11) when the positioning members are in a second status. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255184-A (GB)
Title: Eddy current flaw detector
Inventor: KAWABE TOSHIHIDE
IPC: G01N27/90
Filed: 1991-08-05
Abstract: A flaw detector for metal material which can check pipelines by means of the remote field eddy current method comprises an exciting coil EC fed with a.c. from a reference source 102, and a set of receiving coils RC1 -RC9. The signal picked up in each receiving coil is filtered and passed via an a.g.c. circuit 110 to a phase comparator 112 which also receives a reference signal from the source 102. The comparator output is passed to a flaw detection signal generator 113. In an alternative embodiment (Fig. 2 not shown), the receiving coil signals are processed in pairs, with phase adjustment of one signal of each pair. Thus stable phase detection can be obtained and precise diagnosis of the pipeline to be tested can be performed, without generation of spurious flaw indications. Further, by using an a.g.c. circuit to maintain the signal level provided by the receiving coils, S/N ratio of the flaw data can be improved. Two spaced sets of receiving coils may be provided. If each coil of the second set has fewer turns and is spaced further from the exciting coil than the corresponding coil of the first set, stable detection of both a gradually progressing flaw and a local flaw can be obtained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249960-A (GB)
Title: Luminous condom
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN PHILLIP
IPC: A61F6/06
Filed: 1991-09-19
Abstract: A process for making a luminous condom comprises mixing a latex composition with a zinc sulphide phosphor, immersing a mould in the mixture, withdrawing the mould to leave a coating of the mixture thereon and curing to form a luminous condom.
Patent GB-918598-A (GB)
IPC: D02G1/16
Abstract: 918,598. Making cigarette filters. EASTMAN KODAK CO. May 12, 1959 [May 21, 1958], No. 16189/59. Class 130. [Also in Group IX] Tobacco smoke filter elements are made by passing a continuous crimped filament tow through a " slot " jet (see Group IX) in which tow and high pressure air are mixed in the converging entrance to a Venturi nozzle, passed through the restricted throat area of the Venturi and then allowed to expand rapidly in a divergent exit section thereof whereby the tow is spread transversely and the filaments displaced longitudinally relatively to one another, and forming the opened tow into the element. The tow may be opened by successive passage through separate jets and be withdrawn from the or each jet under minimum tension to permit relaxation. The filaments may be of cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate or propionate, cellulose triacetate, acrylamide polymers and copolymers, polyolefines and polyesters. The opened tow is passed through a spray booth wherein the filaments are brought to an adhesive condition by application of plasticizer, adhesive or solvent. As shown in Fig. 2, crimped and compacted tow 1 withdrawn from a bale 2 over guides 3 and 3a by feed rollers 4 angularly enters and leaves an opening jet 5 supplied with air under pressure. The tow passes to rollers 6 the speed of which allows the tow to relax and the filaments to vibrate and separate and for the crimps to assume completely random relative disposition. The opening and relaxing treatment is repeated between rollers 6 and 9 by passage of the tow through jet 7, and plasticizer is applied in a spray booth 8. The tow is fed to a cigarettemaking machine 10 to form filter elements which may be stiffened to form the final product. The rollers and machine 10 are adjustably driven from a common drive motor 11 through chain or cog belt and variable-speed transmissions 12 and 13. The jet 5 and rollers 4 may be omitted and the tow partly opened by tensioning between rollers 4 and 6 with or without the use of a beater therebetween.
Patent GB-2259424-A (GB)
Title: Test pattern generation
Inventor: NA IL-KU
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 1992-03-31
Abstract: Disclosed is a test pattern generating apparatus and method of a UHF converter in a VCR, in which an On-Screen-Display (OSD) circuit is used to output a test pattern instead of using an internal test pattern generator. The apparatus includes a microprocessor 1 for outputting data, clock, and strobe signals to an OSD circuit 2 by the operation of a test switch 17, video and audio muting portions 3, 18 for muting the video and audio signals input by the operation of the test switch 17, and the OSD circuit 2 for generating the test pattern controlled by the microprocessor 1, thereby economizing the manufacturing cost. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270820-A (GB)
Title: STM/ATM network interfacing
Inventor: ARNOLD JOHN SPENCER
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 1992-09-16
Abstract: For many years yet, subscriber access to the network, for all but a few business sites will be on copper using the existing STM infrastructure. From this has been developed a bridging interface between an STM network and an ATM network. In this interface the information is carried in cells in fixed-size multi-octet timeslots, the cells being concatenated into packets having a two-octet header, the header including an address field, the packet size and a header parity bit. The header further includes a type field for use by external Adaption Layer Units. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272182-A (GB)
Title: Method of making a filled moulded article
Inventor: THOMPSON JACQUELINE MARY
IPC: B29C69/02
Filed: 1992-11-10
Abstract: A toy or other product has an external skin of latex or synthetic rubber which is preformed by moulding in one or several layers and which is filled with a mouldable material such as dough or putty. The external skin can be formed in a die into which the mouldable material is then introduced or else the skin is removed after formation and the mouldable material introduced into the skin. The skin may also be made by dipping a former or by rotational or gravitational casting.
Patent GB-2261355-A (GB)
Title: Cages in vehicles
Inventor: SHARPE STANLEY RAYMOND
IPC: A01K1/02
Filed: 1992-12-21
Abstract: The cage comprises a panel which lies adlacent a rear door of the vehicle. The panel extends transversely of the vehicle and comprises or includes a door having a lower first section 73 and an upper second section 72. The upper door section is openable relative to the lower door section while the lower door section is closed so that an animal can be controlled by a handler before the lower section is opened. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264654-A (GB)
Title: Oxide catalyst,production thereof,and catalytic hydrogenation of co2 using same
Inventor: INUI TOMOYUKI
IPC: C07C31/04
Filed: 1992-08-17
Abstract: A composite oxide, CuO-ZnO-Cr2O3-Al2O3-La2O3, having an La2O3 content of 4 wt.% is produced by physically mixing a composite oxide X1 having a composition of CuO-ZnO-Cr2O3-Al2O3 with another composite oxide X2 prepared by impregnating  gamma -Al2O3 with La(NO3)3 and firing the mixture. Methanol can be obtained in a high yield by reducing the produced composite oxide, packing the reduced oxide in a reactor, and feeding a gaseous mixture of CO2 and H2 (in a molar ratio of 1 to 3) thereinto. The total conversion of CO2 is 31.0 % and the conversion into methanol is 22.9 %, i.e., the methanol selectivity is 73.9 %. When the pressure is 80 atm, the conversion of CO2 amounts to 39 % and the conversion into methanol amounts to 29 %.
Patent GB-2267328-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatic drive system
Inventor: LANGEN ALFRED
IPC: F15B11/02
Filed: 1993-05-12
Abstract: A hydrostatic drive system comprises a pump (1) and a hydraulic motor (2), which are disposed in an open circuit, a control valve (5a), which determines the inflowing quantity of pressure medium, disposed in the food line (4a) on the motor inflow side, and a brake valve (5b), which determines the outflowing quantity of pressure medium, disposed on the motor outflow side. When the direction of rotation of the hydraulic motor is reversed, the brake valve (5b) becomes the control valve, and the control valve (5a) assumes the function of a brake valve. The control valve (5a or 5b) and the brake valve (5b or 5a) can be acted upon by the same pressure. To prevent cavitation at the motor (2) and to make it possible to brake safely to a stop from every conceivable operating state, the control valve (5a or 5b) and the brake valve (5b or 5a) are constructed so that they can be actuated separately, and that the actuating pressure which acts on the brake valve (5b; 5a) in the braking phase is influenced, depending on the pressure on the motor inflow side, substantially independently of the actuating pressure which acts on the control valve (5a; 5b). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269616-A (GB)
Title: Barrier post and socket
Inventor: TURNER ERNEST BERNARD
IPC: E01F13/08
Filed: 1993-08-11
Abstract: A barrier post comprises an outer sleeve 1 and an inner rod 2 mounted onto a socket member 17 set into the ground. A locking device (not shown) can be removed from the flange 13 of the rod 2 thus enabling the rod 2 to be raised with respect to the sleeve 1. This enables pivoted flanges 16 to rotate free of socket members 17 and the whole post may then be removed. In an alternative embodiment (fig. 1) the sleeve is mounted via elongate slots to a pivot pin. The sleeve may be raised with respect to the rod 2 and a socket member so that the lower end of the sleeve is free of the socket. The sleeve 1 and rod 2 may then be pivoted so as to lie horizontally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269913-A (GB)
Title: Zoom lens system for use with a compact camera having a wide coverage of angles
Inventor: ITO TAKAYUKI
IPC: G02B15/16
Filed: 1993-10-11
Abstract: The lens comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive focal length and a second lens group having a negative focal length zooming is performed by changing the distance between the first and second lens groups. The first lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a front subgroup 1F having a positive focal length, a diaphragm stop A and a positive rear subgroup 1R with a small power, and the first lens in the front subgroup 1F is a negative lens. Conditions relating to focal lengths and the separation of groups 1F and 1R are specified. For focussing, the first group moves towards the object with the separation between 1F and 1R increasing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286166-A (GB)
Title: Anchoring arrangement
Inventor: DE BAAN JACOB
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 1994-01-25
Abstract: A catenary anchoring arrangement for mooring a vessel, e.g. a multiline weathervaning system, provides 3 or more approximately equally spaced groups (13) of anchoring chains or cables (10) extending in a catenary manner from the vessel. Each group (13) comprises at least 2 individual chains or cables (10) which extend substantially parallel to one another. The invention seeks to optimise load sharing between adjacent anchor legs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290120-A (GB)
Title: Structural joint
Inventor: GLEAVES ANDREW
IPC: E04G11/48
Filed: 1994-06-10
Abstract: A device 10 for joining a beam 15 to a member 12 comprises a collar 11 which receives one end of a structural member 12 and comprises a plate 14 provided with four arms against which the beam 15 is held flush by means of attachment clamps 16. An adaptor may be provided within the collar 11 to fit a variety of structural members. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290902-A (GB)
Title: Accounting educational aid
Inventor: SHAW JOHN
IPC: G09B23/00
Filed: 1994-06-28
Abstract: A desk-top mechanical learning tool for accounting, has three sides 1 - 3, a cursor 6 and money symbol pieces 8. The money pieces 8 representing transactions are placed initially on the cursor 6, and then to the appropriate side where they are held in place. This shows the action of the account mechanism and the accounting report it appears on. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292186-A (GB)
Title: Hinged vane motor
Inventor: ROE JOHN RICHARD NEVILLE
IPC: F04C13/00
Filed: 1994-07-29
Abstract: In a hinged vane motor a tubular outer casing 2 is provided with a stator 4 in which a rotor 8 is mounted for rotation, the stator 4 having angularly spaced apart inlet 10 and outlet 12 for ingress of working fluid to vanes 18 in chamber 14 and egress of fluid from the chamber 14, the outlet 12 being separated from the inlet 10 by wall means (44, Fig 2). The stator has vane deflectors 6 extending substantially into contact with the said rotor at an angular position between the outlet 12 and inlet 10. The vanes 18 have fluid transfer ports 28 to communicate between the leading and trailing faces. Longitudinal grooves (27, Fig 5) provide a lubricant reservoir. The vanes may easily be reversed when worn by having the hinge and tip portions similar in form. Bore 38 in the rotor 8 allows lubricant or coolant to reach a drill bit (40, Fig 2). <IMAGE>