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Patent GB-2314955-A (GB)
Title: Label printer
Inventor: HASTINGS NICHOLAS JAMES
IPC: B65C11/02
Filed: 1996-07-05
Abstract: A label printer has input means (4) comprising a plurality of keys for defining a label image to be printed, and keys (8a-8h) for defining the format of a label. The label printer has a display (18) for displaying an image and means for printing the label image. In a layout mode, the display (18) displays an image of a label having the selected label format and a plurality of alterable layout parameters for defining the format. The label displayed alters with each selected alteration of the layout parameters by actuation of the format keys (8a-8h).
Patent GB-2316177-A (GB)
Title: Rigid plate touch screen
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 1996-08-06
Abstract: A touch screen, to be superimposed on a display screen to record data or initiate functions in computer or other systems, is an assembly of a rigid, transparent plate 1 with a load sensor 2 mounted at each of its four corners, between the plate 1 and a backplate 3 used to connect the assembly to the display screen of the device with which it is to be used. The backplate usually has a central section 4 removed so as not to obstruct viewing of the display screen. The plates 1,3 are connected at each corner by a flexible fixing 5 designed to allow the transparent plate to move freely in the intended direction for the operation of the load sensors; various types of load sensor are described. Each sensor measures a proportion of the pressure exerted by a finger tip at any point on the transparent plate and the four measures are processed electronically and/or by software to relate the position of the touch point to the underlying display.
Patent GB-2316846-A (GB)
Title: Loudspeaker horn divided by restrictor element
Inventor: COOKLIN DANNY
IPC: H04R1/30
Filed: 1996-08-30
Abstract: A loudspeaker has an acoustic restrictor 5 in the horn 3 mounted in front of a transducer 2. The shape of the restrictor is such that, in one direction mounting parts 26 of the restrictor span the width of the horn and subdivide it into two discrete acoustic channels over opposed profiled surfaces of the restrictor, whilst in the perpendicular direction the restrictor has the usual "bullet" cross-section.
Patent GB-2305382-A (GB)
Title: Demountable waste collector for lawn edging shears
Inventor: MAIDEN STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: A01G3/06
Filed: 1996-09-23
Abstract: A demountable collector for application to lawn edging shears comprises a waste collection body 28 which is arranged to be held adjacent to the shears' blades 16,18 by means of a stem 30 which projects from the body for attachment to one handle 20 of the shears. A free end of the stem is arranged to be snap-fitted to the handle. A variable geometry joint 26 between the collection body and the stem enables the stem to be set at a selected angle to the body, to suit the geometry of a particular pair of shears.
Patent GB-2316090-A (GB)
Title: Metod and apparatus for producing a sterilising solution
Inventor: BRYSON JULIAN
IPC: C02F9/00
Filed: 1996-09-26
Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating a sterilising solution, wherein there is generated a supply of softened water 14 by passing water through an ion-exchange water softener 4,5, and a supply of saturated salt solution by mixing a first part of the supply of softened water with a supply of salt in make-up tank 11. A second part of the supply of softened water from 14 is mixed together with a first part of the supply of saturated salt solution in a predetermined ratio and passed through an electrolytic cell 32 having a working chamber and an auxiliary chamber separated by a porous membrane, one of the chambers including an anode and the other including a cathode, the output from the working chamber being the sterilising solution. The ion-exchange water softener 4,5 is regenerated with a second part of the supply of saturated salt solution.
Patent GB-2306782-A (GB)
Title: Thick film capacitor and chip component
Inventor: HANAMURA TOSHIHIRO
IPC: H01L27/01
Filed: 1996-10-24
Abstract: A pair of end electrodes 13, 14a are formed on an insulating substrate 11. A lower capacitor electrode 14 is formed on the substrate, a dielectric layer 15 on the lower electrode and an upper electrode 16 on the dielectric layer. One of the lower and upper electrodes has a broadwidth portion 16a broader than the remaining portion 16b thereof. The broad-width portion is directly connected to one of the end electrodes 13. This provides a positive connection, even where the capacitor electrode is narrow to meet a small capacitance value. A broadwidth portion can be broader than the dielectric, to provide better protection from invasion. The substrate also supports a resistor 11 or inductor, the resistor having been laser trimmed along an L-shaped path.
Patent GB-2319278-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable roller blind support
Inventor: WATLING MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E06B9/50
Filed: 1996-11-13
Abstract: A roller blind support comprising right and left hand end brackets, one or both of which has a slotted base piece 10. A slide 14 which is serrated 32A to cooperate with serrations 32 on the base piece, fits over the slot, and is adjustable and lockable by a nut 16 in a chosen position of adjustment. The centre of the slide has a blind roller pin-receiving piece 26 for supporting the blind roller.
Patent GB-2310148-A (GB)
Title: Backwashing of granular media filters
Inventor: BISKNER CHARLES D
IPC: B03D1/14
Filed: 1997-02-13
Abstract: An apparatus, such as a granular media filter, for treating liquid, such as wastewater, including a settler assembly for reducing media loss during high-turbulence washing of media in the granular media filter. The settler assembly is comprised of plates, tubes, or other porous materials placed between a system of baffles and a backwash trough. The settler assembly reduces turbulence near the overflow weir edge of the backwash trough, thereby reducing media carry over with the backwash water into the backwash trough. The trough baffle settler assembly will allow higher backwash rates per backwash with the same or lower media losses than experienced with previous trough-baffle designs, thereby reducing costs of construction and operation of granular media filter systems. The settler assembly is particularly adapted for use with granular media filters employing simultaneous application of air and water to produce a high turbulence backwash.
Patent GB-2311098-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine with combustion in communicating cylinders
Inventor: MERRITT DAN
IPC: F02B75/02
Filed: 1997-03-06
Abstract: The engine has at least one pair of first and second cylinders 12, 14 with the first 12 cylinder having a larger swept volume than the second cylinder 14 and respective first and second pistons 16, 18 reciprocable in the cylinders. The second piston 18 has a drive stem 234 and divides the second cylinder into a first volume 15a containing the drive stem of the second piston and a second volume 15b between the two pistons. A common combustion space 20 is formed between the pistons 16,18 when they are at their inner dead centre positions, the combustion space comprising the second volume 15b. The engine also has transfer means 38 enabling gas flow between the first and second volumes 15a, 15b towards the end of the compression stroke of the second piston 18, and means for inhibiting movement of fuel/air mixture from the first volume into the second volume until towards the end of the compression stroke of the second piston. A fuel injector 34 provides fuel to the first volume 15a. To reduce sooting of the spark plug 52, the plug is located in a cavity 520 formed in a side wall 14a of the second cylinder. The cavity 520 opens into the second cylinder through an aperture 522 which is axially spaced from the inner dead centre position of the second piston 18.
Patent GB-2323263-A (GB)
Title: Filled pastry products
Inventor: JAMES STEVEN WALTER
IPC: A21D13/08
Filed: 1997-03-20
Abstract: A filled pastry product is prepared by producing a frozen filling of a required shape followed by the step of folding unfrozen pastry around the filling while the filling remains frozen. In a preferred method the pastry is formed into a sheet, for example by rolling, before being folded around the filling. The frozen filling may be produced in a mould and may be cut to produce fillings for a plurality of products.
Patent GB-2312316-A (GB)
Title: Raid system for video data storage with optimum frame striping
Inventor: BOPARDIKAR RAJU C
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 1997-04-09
Abstract: A RAID system is utilised whereby individual frames 501-503 of video data are divided up into a number of stripes which are simultaneously written to different disks 211-235 within an array 108. Frames are allocated an integer number of subgroups of disks over which they are striped, with the number of stripes dependant on the frame bandwidth. Each subgroup of disks includes an additional dedicated parity disk for storing redundant information. As each frame is written to the disks, a different length of stripe is selected in accordance with the amount of data associated each frame. By adjusting the number of stripes and size of each stripe it is possible to write the optimum amount of data to each stripe.
Patent GB-2314458-A (GB)
Title: Thermally and electrically enhanced ball grid package
Inventor: BANERJEE KOUSHIK
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1996-02-15
Abstract: An integrated circuit package (10) which has internal bonding pads (46) that are located on bonding shelves and coupled to internal conductive power/ground plants (20, 24, 28) by conductive strips (52) that extend along the edges of the shelves. The edge strips eliminate the need for conventional vias to couple the bonding pads to the planes and thus reduce the cost and size of the package and improve package electrical performance (less inductive, less resistance path). The bonding pads are coupled to an integrated circuit (12) that is mounted to a heat slug (54) attached to a top surface of the package. The heat slug can function as both a ground path and a thermal sink for the integrated circuit. The package may have capacitors (62) coupled to the internal routing of the package to reduce the electrical noise of the signals provided to the integrated circuit. Additionally, the package may have multiple power planes dedicated to different voltage levels. The bonding pads and conductive planes art coupled to landing pads located on a bottom surface of the package. Attached to the landing pads art solder balls (68) which can be soldered to an external printed circuit board (72).
Patent GB-2316587-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexing add-compare-select processors in Viterbi dedcoders
Inventor: CHOI YOUNG BAE
IPC: G06F11/10
Filed: 1997-08-21
Abstract: An add/compare/select (ACS) processor in a Viterbi decoder minimises the number of processing elements needed by multiplexing the inputs to the elements and demultiplexing their outputs. The ACS processor comprises a plurality of processing elements 430 for receiving two path metrics * small Greek gamma *x , * small Greek gamma *y and two branch metrics * small Greek lambda *x , * small Greek lambda *y , comparing each added values, and outputting two decision bits and two state metrics according to the compared result; a grouping unit 410 for grouping N number of processing elements 430 for corresponding N number of states into K number of units using the same state metrics and the same branch metrics; a multiplexer 420 for multiplexing L(L = 2K) number of path metrics provided from the grouping unit 410 into two path metrics according to a predetermined clock signal, and outputting them to a corresponding processing element 430; a first demultiplexer 440 for receiving two decision bits outputted from the corresponding processing element 430, and demultiplexing them into L number of decision bits according to the clock signal; and a second demultiplexer 450 for receiving two state metrics outputted from the corresponding processing element 430, and demultiplexing them into L number of state metrics. In this way the size of the hardware for the ACS processor is significantly decreased.
Patent GB-2329044-A (GB)
Title: Data retrieval system
Inventor: ALDRED BARRY KEITH
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1997-09-05
Abstract: A data retrieval system in which a plurality of objects having a multi-level hierarchical relationship are stored is disclosed. Thus, each object has a respective parent and a set of children. The system includes an index table comprising a respective name and associated identifier for each object, and a data table comprising a respective set of attributes and a position key associated with each object in the system. Each position key comprises a series of components, each component corresponding to a level of the hierarchy. A first component of said key stores the identifier of an associated object, and each successive component stores the identifier of the parent of the object stored in the previous component.
Patent GB-2318436-A (GB)
Title: Intruder detection
Inventor: CLIFTON RONALD WALTER
IPC: G08B29/18
Filed: 1997-10-16
Abstract: A method of operating an intruder detector system comprises deploying plural intruder sensors (1) in or adjacent a region to be protected, transmitting signals from each sensor to a processor (3), the signals relating to at least one local environmental ambient condition, processing the signals to determine a common ambient condition associated with the intruder sensors, transmitting a control signal to each of the sensors, and automatically adjusting the sensors in response to the control signal to substantially vary detection parameters thereof.
Patent GB-2331815-A (GB)
Title: Centralized billing for a computer network
Inventor: CARTER JOHN MERVYN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A centralized electronic billing apparatus, to which at least one supplier and at least one consumer connect in a computer network, to enable electronic commerce to be carried out between them, has: means for accepting from an identified supplier, usage charging terms concerning how prices are to be associated with amounts of consumption of a good or service by consumers; means for accepting from the identified supplier, a consumer usage amount indicating an amount of consumption of a good or service by an identified consumer; and means for preparing a total price amount which the identified consumer owes the identified supplier by correlating the usage charging terms with the consumer usage amount, and for preparing a bill reflecting the total price amount.
Patent GB-2322003-A (GB)
Title: IGFET with controlled gate threshold voltage
Inventor: KOMATSU YASUTOSHI
IPC: H01L29/78
Filed: 1998-02-02
Abstract: An IGFET, which may be in the form of a thin film transistor, has a bias element 30 and a capacitive element 40. A potentiual for controlling the gate threshold voltage is applied to the bias element whilst a signal of the same phase is supplied to the capacitive element. The bias element is either directly adjacent to the channel region or in the form of an additional second gate (figure 12A).
Patent GB-2323636-A (GB)
Title: Compound gear pump and engine hydraulic circuits therewith
Inventor: MORITA SHOJI
IPC: F04C11/00
Filed: 1998-02-09
Abstract: The compound gear pump comprises an internal gear pump 1 including an outer rotor 24 having on its outer periphery external teeth 26, an external gear pump 2 including a rotor 30 having on its outer periphery external teeth 31 which mesh with the external teeth 26 of the outer rotor 24. A guide face 27 is arranged on the outer periphery of the outer rotor 24 adjacent to the external teeth 26 in the axial direction thereof, so that the teeth 26 do not need to come in contact with the pump casing 40. The compound gear pump may be used in a hydraulic circuit (Fig 1) to supply an engine valve opening closing timing controller (Fig 4) or a valve lift amount controller.
Patent GB-2337960-A (GB)
Title: Ring binder with plurality of discrete housings for filing rings
Inventor: TO CHUN ON
IPC: B42F13/26
Filed: 1998-06-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a ring binder 1 comprising a plurality of discrete housings 5 for an operating mechanism thereof. The ring binder is in the embodiment an elongate member having four rings 2 formed in the closed position by ring parts 2', 2", each of which is secured to a pivotable metal carrier plate 3 which are each strengthened by ribs 4. In order to reduce material used for manufacture and to reduce the weight of the ring binder 1, there is associated with each ring 2 a metal housing 5 which is convex in the embodiment, has a lateral blind slot 6 to accommodate pivotal movement of a respective ring part 2' 2" and has longitudinally folded over edges 7 which receive a part (8, Fig 5) of a respective carrier plate 3 and in which the part 8 pivots to effect opening and closing of the rings.
Patent GB-2330557-A (GB)
Title: Monolithic inkjet printhead formed on a silicon die using single-side fabrication processes
Inventor: BEATTY CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B41J2/05
Filed: 1998-09-21
Abstract: The process involves applying a first passivation layer (31,Fig.8) to a first surface 19 of a die 25; applying a thin film 27 of firing resistors 26 and wiring lines (28,Fig.8) to the first passivation layer; etching feed channels 29 through an exposed portion of the die's first surface; applying a filler material (50,Fig.12) to occupy the feed channels; planarizing an exposed area of the material; and forming an orifice layer 30 to overlie the first passivation layer and the resistors and wiring lines. The orifice layer defines nozzle chambers 36, each of which is aligned with at least one firing resistor. The printhead is completed by removing the filler material from the feed channels to form fill channels 40 that connect the nozzle chambers to the feed channels. The process involves working from the top surface of the die, rather than from the bottom surface as in conventional processes. Alternatively, the process may involve working from a side edge surface of the die.
Patent GB-2342569-A (GB)
Title: Commercial gas fryer
Inventor: HARALAMBOUS KALLIS
IPC: A47J37/12
Filed: 1998-10-17
Abstract: A commercial fryer includes a gas burner and a heat exchanger 4 formed from multiple ceramic cones. The combustion gases flow over the cones and back around the sides of the cooking vat to exit 11. The flow is induced by a gas extraction system, and secondary air intake at the burner is control by an adjustable baffle.
Patent GB-2343954-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle component human condition monitoring system
Inventor: ANDREWS EDWARD JAMES
IPC: A61B5/024
Filed: 1998-11-18
Abstract: A vehicle component system for monitoring the well-being of the vehicle operator, comprising means 2 for identification and detection of operator condition indicative information whereby said means 2 performs its function without impediment or discomfort to the operator, and means 8 for generating and displaying the condition based on the acquired information. The present invention provides a system that is a component part of a vehicle of which it is a feature. Specifically, sensors in the steering wheel may measure pulse rate, skin temperature or skin resistance/perspiration and a visual means within the operator's field of view may warn the operator.
Patent GB-2333570-A (GB)
Title: Method and means for pulling an elongate article through a curved tube
Inventor: HOLEN PETER TOMAS
IPC: H02G1/08
Filed: 1999-01-20
Abstract: The article (3), e.g. a pipe, cable or umbilical, is pulled through the tube (1), e.g. the lower portion of a J-tube, coupled to a rigid installation head (2). The pulling means includes a rod and ball device (5), the rod (6) being inserted through the ball (7) so that it extends from both sides of the ball, one end (8) of the rod being attached to the head (2) and the other end (9) of the rod being attached to a pulling wire (4). The ball position on the rod (6) is adjusted according to the tube curve by nuts (10).
Patent GB-2335159-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for manufacturing multifilament thread
Inventor: HAIDER BRUNO
IPC: D02J1/22
Filed: 1999-03-03
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing multifilament threads with at least one hot-air module 6 for drawing or relaxing the thread Y. To manufacture multifilaments with particularly high strength and to avoid the problems of the bearings of the rollers 9, 10 in the hot-air modules 6, at least one apparatus is provided for screening the hot stream of air from the rollers 9, 10, 10' of the or each hot-air module 6. Such apparatus may, for example, take the form of divider sheets 12. To facilitate the introduction of the thread Y into the hot-air module 6, it may be furthermore provided according to the invention that two rows of rollers 9, 10 facing each other are arranged in the or each hot-air module 6, at least the rollers 10 of one row being arranged parallel to the rollers 9 of the other row and movable beyond these so that a meander-shaped arrangement of the thread Y can be achieved automatically in the hot-air modules 6 (see figures 4a-4c). When the rollers 9, 10 are displaced in this way, the divider sheets 12 may be folded away or displaced.
Patent GB-2336810-A (GB)
Title: Floating offshore drilling/producing structures
Inventor: BEVINS ROBERT D
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 1999-03-18
Abstract: A floating offshore drilling/producing structure 10 is formed from a plurality of closely spaced vertically oriented buoyant columns 12 on which one or more modules or decks 18 may be placed to support process equipment, a drilling rig, utilities, and accommodation for personnel. The columns 12 are held in spaced relationship by a plurality of horizontal plates 14 spaced along the length of the columns 12, and vertical plates 16 located near the bottom of the columns 12 and near the top of the columns 12. Drilling and/or producing is accomplished through risers located approximately in the centre of the structure 10. The structure 10 includes fixed ballast 24, an oil storage area 22, and voids and variable ballast 26 for offsetting the lighter weight of the stored oil. The columns 12 have a smaller water plane area than the horizontal plates 14.
Patent GB-2353482-A (GB)
Title: Shuttlecock having flaps to improve air resistant, spin, and turnover properties
Inventor: CARLTON WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: A63B67/18
Filed: 1999-08-23
Abstract: A shuttlecock having a base and a flared skirt, the latter having inner and outer parts made of artificial material. Said outer part incorporates a plurality of stems 4,5 connected <I>via</I> a plurality of ribs 1,8. Projecting from the edges of said ribs, at a substantial angle to the outer edge thereof, are a plurality of flaps 6,29. The flaps project from at least the trailing edge, but may also project from the leading edge of the ribs (13,14,15, Fig 13). The design of the shuttlecock increases the air resistance of the skirt, and the speed of spin and improves the turnover of the shuttlecock. The flaps nest in the space between the flutes and the inner perimeter of the tube when the shuttles are packed.