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Patent GB-2164755-A (GB)
Title: Measuring density of fluent material
Inventor: VINE-LOTT KEITH MILES
IPC: G01N33/38
Filed: 1985-09-23
Abstract: A first conduit 9 defining a predetermined volume between its ends is connected by flexible joints 13 to second conduits, and the first conduit is connected to weight measuring means such as a load cell 11, the flexible joints being arranged such that substantially all of the weight of the first conduit and its contents bears on the load cell. Water and concrete are pumped at different times via the second conduits to fill the first conduit. The weights of the first conduit empty, filled with water, and filled with concrete are measured, and the density of the concrete is calculated from these measurements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrodeposited coatings
Inventor: FOSTER JOHN
IPC: C25D15/02
Filed: 1985-10-28
Abstract: Apparatus and process for the electrodeposition of a composite coating in which a vessel containing a plating solution and insoluble particles is divided by a partition (6) having an opening (13) at the bottom and a weir (14) at the top, thus dividing the vessel into a working zone (9) and a return zone (11). The article to be coated (16) is placed in the working zone and gas is admitted adjacent the bottom of the return zone. The gas rises in the return zone and thus produces a circulation flow of the solution and particles which is generally upwards in the return zone and generally downwards in the working zone. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2184283-A (GB)
Title: Capodastro
Inventor: GOULD TERENCE
IPC: G10D3/04
Filed: 1985-12-16
Abstract: A capodastro for stringed musical instruments has a pressure bar C which is effective on both flat fingerboards and transversely convex fingerboards, the said pressure bar being manufactured of a convenient flexible material, which may be thermoplastic or rubber, a strap D being provided for passing around neck A of the instrument and for attachment to the opposite ends of the bar to cause the bar to apply a pressure to the fingerboard F, whether the latter be flat or transversely convex, which is equal for all strings E of the instrument. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188879-A (GB)
Title: Document suspension filing arrangement
Inventor: SELWYN-SMITH CLIVE
IPC: B42F15/00
Filed: 1985-12-17
Abstract: Document suspension apparatus comprising a rigid member (1) arranged to be suspended from a fixed suspension means, the member (1) having welded thereto a plurality of different sized document containers (3 and 4) to allow different sized documents to be suspended from the same member (1). The containers may be loops of plastics material forming sleeves for reception of documents. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169172-A (GB)
Title: Videotex with telephone call screening system
Inventor: HASHIMOTO KAZUO
IPC: H04M11/00
Filed: 1985-12-30
Abstract: If a calling signal is supplied to a telephone line during reception of videotex information from a videotex center (1), a control unit (6) responds to the calling signal to actuate call waiting equipment (5) and associated switching unit (3) for transmitting the calling signal to a videotex line and displaying it on a videotex receiver (TV) as an alarm signal. 
<??>The user of the videotex can then change over the switches of a switch box (7) and hook off his telephone receiver so as to communicate with the incoming calling party. 
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Patent GB-2193282-A (GB)
Title: Cranking mechanism
Inventor: MA DR THOMAS TSOI-HEI
IPC: F16H21/28
Filed: 1986-01-03
Abstract: A cranking mechanism comprising a crankshaft (26), two non-aligned crankpins (12, 24) on the crankshaft (26), two slider blocks (18, 20) journalled for rotation about the respective crankpins (12, 24), and a connecting rod (10) having two mutually inclined slide ways (14, 16) each receiving and guiding a respective one of the slide blocks (18, 20). By appropriate selection of the inclination of the slide ways (14, 16) relative to the longitudinal axis of the connecting rod (10), and the direction and the extent of the offset of the crankpins (12, 24) the locus of the connecting rod can be varied within broad limits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173879-A (GB)
Title: Torsional vibration damper
Inventor: BIHR BERNARD
IPC: F16F15/16
Filed: 1986-02-14
Abstract: A torsional vibration damper comprises a flywheel for an internal combustion engine, with a cavity 3 defined in a radially outermost part 1 of the flywheel, containing a flyring 4. A viscous medium is contained in the gap 7 between the flyring and the walls of the cavity 3, to provide damping by shearing in the viscous medium when relative rotation between the flywheel and flyring occurs. The damper is thus provided in the flywheel itself rather than in a separate damper unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173330-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring system
Inventor: COURT PHILIP ADRIAN
IPC: H04Q9/16
Filed: 1986-03-19
Abstract: A monitoring system has a plurality of stations (S1, S2), each having a current generator (14), connected to data lines (10, 12). A controller (18) applies digital pulses to the lines (10, 12) to trigger an electronic switch in each station (S1, S2) to select the stations, (S1, S2) in a predetermined sequence. The selected station (S1, S2) then applies the analogue signal from the current generator (14) to the line, where it may be monitored by a sensor (22, 24) on the data lines (10, 12), The current generators (14) may generate current in response to sensors connected to e.g. various points giving information for process control. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-860929-A (GB)
Abstract: 860,929. Knitted fabrics. ROSENKRANZ, C. G., HALSTENBACH, H., and PLUTTE, A. April 24, 1957 [April 25, 1956], No. 13116/57. Class 74 (2). In a warp knitted fabric embodying two systems of knitting threads 1, 2 and bound in rubber warp threads 3, 3<SP>1</SP>, the threads 1, 2 form wales each comprising two chains of stitches, the threads 1 being periodically traversed between immediately adjacent wales to provide cross connections 4, 5, whilst the threads 2 are laid, at regular intervals, as weft runs 9 each traversing a section of the fabric width embracing several wales; and in each of the two borders b of the fabric the rubber warp threads 31 are laid, in any one course, in the same direction over their needles whilst, in the section a of the fabric between the borders adjacent rubber warp threads 3 are laid in any one course, in opposite directions. In the strips b the rubber warp threads may be thicker or may each consist of several single threads having a common covering. On the outer side of each strip b two rubber threads may be oppositely laid, to form a contrasting selvedge. The weft laying is carried out simultaneously over the whole width of the material, so that the weft runs come together in groups and, as a whole, extend over the full width of the material at those parts lying between consecutive bands of cross connections 4, 5 of the threads 1, being anchored to the wales over which they pass by the lengthwise kinks 8 of the threads 1 between the cross connections. The threads 1 may be of artificial silk, wool, or cellulose and wool, or of one of these and of a superpolyamide in alternation. The threads 2 may be of superpolyamide. Specification 743,753 is referred to.
Patent GB-2174560-A (GB)
Title: Electrical supply system
Inventor: FARLEY DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: G05D23/19
Filed: 1986-04-24
Abstract: The supply system comprises a master module 13 having an input 26 for connection to a power supply and at least one output, and at least one slave module 14,15 having at least one output, the master module being provided with a series of busbars 19 to 23 at least some of which are connected to the power supply input and from which the or each master module output is derived. The or each slave module is provided with a series of busbars 19 to 23 from which the slave module output is derived, connectors 12 being provided to enable the or each slave module to be connected to the master module or another slave module so as to interconnect the busbars of one module with the busbars of the or each other module. The slave modules 14, 15 may be connected to the power supply via the busbars in the master module 13, or each module may be plugged into the mains locally. The arrangement may provide a power distribution system or a more complex power distribution and control system, such as a central heating system having a pump 2, boiler 1 and valves 5,8,11 controlled by clocks 3,9 and thermostats 4,7,10,28. The modules may be interconnected directly or via cables. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2178834-A (GB)
Title: Steam generator
Inventor: ENTWISTLE JAMES ERIC
IPC: F22B1/30
Filed: 1986-07-21
Abstract: A steam generator for a sour oil recovery unit comprises a cell (4) having two flat electrodes (5, 5') which converge in an upwards direction. The cell (4) is full of water and current is applied to generate steam. If the water rises too high, the excessive current caused by the reduced path between the converging electrodes (5, 5'), trips an overload switch. If the water level drops, the current is insufficient to boil the water. The generator is thus safe to operate automatically. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180724-A (GB)
Title: Radio signalling system for remote control
Inventor: IRVING MARK ANDREW
IPC: H01Q21/24
Filed: 1986-09-02
Abstract: In a radio signalling system, signals from receiver antennae coils L1, L2, L3, which may be orientated along mutually orthogonal axes, are fed via filters F, amplifiers A, and absolute magnitude determining FW. Rectifiers M, to signal summing means S1. The output of S1 may be connected to command decoding circuitry of a blasting detonator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180055-A (GB)
Title: Ventilator for use in a roof structure
Inventor: BOTTOMORE DAVID
IPC: E04D13/152
Filed: 1986-09-08
Abstract: The ventilator (32) comprises a ventilation member (34) having apertures (36) to permit the passage of air therethrough. The ventilation member (34) is adapted to be deformed to provide a portion (38) which can be brought into engagement with and secured to a part (20) of a roof structure. The ventilator is used in place of a conventional soffit board. Apertures 44 near the deformed portion receive projections 42 on an adjacent ventilator to secure the ventilators together. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195570-A (GB)
Title: Welding
Inventor: SULLIVAN ANTHONY
IPC: B23K9/028
Filed: 1986-10-06
Abstract: For locating a welding torch when welding pipework an inner guide 21 is adapted to be secured on the pipework at a predetermined position and carries an outer two- part ring 26 which carries a holder 29 for the torch and which is freely rotatable on the inner guide about the axis of the pipework. A removable compartment can be provided to enclose the apparatus and to serve as a shield for the weld zone. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182227-A (GB)
Title: Multi-drop digital subscriber loop
Inventor: AHMED MANSOOR
IPC: H04M9/02
Filed: 1986-10-15
Abstract: In a multi-drop digital subscriber loop which allows multiple users to share the same physical loop, each user can be assigned bandwidth according to his requirements. Bandwidth is assigned by the bit configuration in the control information block of each communication frame, thus allowing various voice and data requirements. Each single communication frame addresses all of the devices on the loop. Frequency of addressing is determined by the length of the frame. A small relative bandwidth will be assigned to devices having relatively less frequency of need. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2181734-A (GB)
Title: A tetrachlororaffinose and its use in the preparation of sucralose
Inventor: RATHBONE ELNER BREAN
IPC: C12P19/00
Filed: 1986-10-20
Abstract: The novel chlorinated sugar O -a-D-6-chloro-6-deoxyg- alactopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-a-D-4-chloro-4-deoxygalactopyran- osyl-(1 - 2)-β-D-1, 6-dichloro-1, 6-dideoxyfructofuranoside (TCR) can be used to prepare sucralose by incubating the TCR in solution in the presence of an enzyme serving to remove the 6-chloro-6-deoxygalactosyl moiety from the 6-position, especially an enzyme derived from a strain of Mortierella vinacea, Circinella muscae or Aspergillus niger. TCR is prepared by treating raffinose with thionyl chloride in the presence of triphenylphosphine oxide.
Patent GB-2186852-A (GB)
Title: Attaching contact line to suspended railway rail
Inventor: SCHULTE UWE
IPC: B60M1/30
Filed: 1987-02-10
Abstract: A contact line arrangement for a suspended railway system comprising a holder and a plurality of contact line end pieces (10). The holder has a base plate (5) which supports a shaft (7), the base plate being fixable to a support rail (1) of the system with the shaft perpendicular thereto. Each of the contact line end pieces (10) is formed with an opening (11) which permits snap-fitting onto the shaft (7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2187772-A (GB)
Title: Temporary floor over swimming pool
Inventor: KEELING VICTOR RYDER
IPC: E04H4/08
Filed: 1987-03-16
Abstract: The permanent floor around a swimming pool is raised to provide a well (3) in which a temporary floor (4) can be supported to provide a continuous level floor including the temporary floor and the surrounding raised floor portions (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190162-A (GB)
Title: Thermally insulated telescopic pipe coupling
Inventor: STEPHENSON EDGAR O
IPC: F16L59/21
Filed: 1987-03-30
Abstract: A thermally isolated expansion slip joint for a tubing string or pipe that carries high-temperature fluids or gases into a well bore or otherwise. The joint may be provided with casing slips and seals. The body is provided with a slidable mandrel having concentric inner and outer tubes forming an annular evacuated insulation space therebetween. The outer tube slides within and is sealed against a portion of the tubing string. The slip joint may be located in a down-hole packer having expandible slips to secure the packer to the well bore and an external seal to seal between the packer and the well bore. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189124-A (GB)
Title: Decoy
Inventor: HUTCHINGS LESLIE ROYSTON
IPC: A01M31/06
Filed: 1987-04-01
Abstract: A decoy consists of a body (of the solid or shell type) connected by a spring 13 to a joint which is at one end of a support 10. The body has an upstanding fin 16 at the tail portion thereof. The point at which the spring 13 is connected to the body is displaced, towards said fin 16, from the point on said body at which the longitudinal axis of the support extends through said body; the result is that any wind acts on the fin to turn the head of the body into the wind and also acts to cause the body to "rock" on the spring 13 in simulation of a bird's feeding action. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2206196-A (GB)
Title: System for burning pulverised fuel
Inventor: YOUNG PHILIP JOHN
IPC: F23D1/00
Filed: 1987-06-26
Abstract: Enhanced combustion of pulverised fuel in an oxy-fuel burner (10) is achieved by replacing the conventional pulverised fuel feed with a dense phase material flow transport system. This enables materials which would hitherto have been discarded as waste to be used as a viable energy source. In addition to greatly enhancing combustion the swirlers conventionally associated with the oxy-fuel burner (10) may be omitted.
Patent GB-2196885-A (GB)
Title: Drilling apparatus
Inventor: CARRUTHERS ALEC REGINALD
IPC: B23B51/04
Filed: 1987-10-30
Abstract: The apparatus has an annular rotary cutting tool 8, e.g. a holesaw or cup-type drill, and an adhesive suction or magnetic pad 8 is located at the distal end of a shaft 9 which is mounted in the drill head 1 of the tool and which extends through the cutting part 2. The pad 8 is rotatable relative to the cutting part 6 and axially displaceable relative to it. Thus, when the pad 8 is adhered to the surface of the material to be cut and the cutting part 2 rotated and advanced into the material the pad 8 remains stationary, and after drilling retains the piece 7 of material which has been cut away. Thus, the drilling apparatus is especially suitable for cutting coupons from pipes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2201824-A (GB)
Title: A coin selector-separator
Inventor: GUINDULAIN VIDONDO FELIX
IPC: G07D/
Filed: 1988-03-04
Abstract: A coin selector-separator (1), in which the selector is embodied in the separator in such a way that, if the coin (4) is accepted, a coil (5) is activated, thereby allowing it to pass towards a channel (11) which is plugged by a plate (7) fixed to a coil (14), whilst, if it is not accepted, the coin (10) falls down towards the return outlet (9). A second plate (13) is attached to the plate (7) on which the accepted coins (10) fall down, this second plate (13) being fixed to a coil (15) that plugs a second outlet channel (12). These plugged channels are connected with respective return purses, each one of them for a type of coin, thereby allowing it to go out when the corresponding coil (14, 15) is activated and, if the accepted coin (4) does not correspond to either of those two values, it rolls along the plates (7, 13) in order to go out through a third channel (16). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2203871-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for survey datalogging
Inventor: BRADLEY JOHN JAMES
IPC: G06F17/40
Filed: 1988-04-13
Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for survey datalogging. The system includes a hand held computer which comprises an automatic datalogger, a check plotter, a free station/resection unit, a design setting out and monitoring unit, a traverse unit and a unit for computing areas and volumes.
Patent GB-2205818-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible box
Inventor: WANDER SIDNEY MYER
IPC: B65D5/36
Filed: 1988-05-24
Abstract: A box formed from a single sheet blank has, when assembled, a regular shape in plan and comprises a pair of parallel first sides (1) integrally connected to a first base piece (4) at opposite edges thereof, the first base piece (4) having a central fold line (5) parallel to the said edges. Further sides (2,3) are connected between the respective ends of the first side (1), two of the further sides (2,3) at each end being connected along a line (6) in a plane containing the central fold line (5). A second base piece formed by connecting panels (8,9) adjoins each end of the base piece (4) and has a fold line (11) also in the plane containing the central fold line (5), each second base piece overlying the respective end of the first base piece (4) when the box is in the assembled condition. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219560-A (GB)
Title: High speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft
Inventor: OW GORDON YONG WOON
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1988-06-07
Abstract: A high speed vertical take-off and land (HSVTOL) aircraft (10) comprises a disk-shaped body (11) with a rotor (12) having a rotatable fan assembly (16) driven by redirected jet exhaust gases. The rotatable fan assembly (16) includes fan blades (17), each with movable airfoil portions (21), and stationary flap portions (20) with nozzles (35) located on the trailing edges. For vertical flight, substantially all of the hot exhaust gases of the turbojet engines (13-15) are redirected into a plenum (41). Converging ducts (50) in the rotor (12) just upstream of the rotatable fan assembly (16) to direct the gases to feed tubes (55) connected to the nozzles (35). The pitch of the movable airfoil portions (21) of the fan blades may be changed to modulate the lift. Sufficient rotational velocity of the fan assembly (16) is maintained during horizontal flight to maintain gyroscopic stability. Eyeball valves (80) are selectively and cyclically operated to regulate the exhaust gases from the nozzles (35) causing the aircraft to pitch and roll, as required. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213015-A (GB)
Title: Disabled persons aid system
Inventor: WALKER DAVID LESLIE
IPC: H04B10/116
Filed: 1988-11-24
Abstract: A disabled persons aid system by means of which a disabled person can request assistance. So that the disabled person can very easily attract the attention of persons from whom he requires assistance, the system includes a plurality of infra-red transmitter devices for use by disabled persons and a plurality of receivers each of which can be operated by any one of the transmitter devices, the receivers being located, in view of the public on the premises of shops, petrol stations, offices and public buildings.
Patent GB-2231082-A (GB)
Title: A buckle
Inventor: LEE LUT
IPC: A44C5/20
Filed: 1989-04-27
Abstract: A buckle for a strap having two spaced jaw members 6 on one strap end, each jaw member engageable with a cooperating catch member 5. The catch members are accommodated in a housing on the other strap end. The jaw members are insertable into the housing in order to fasten the buckle by engaging with the catch members. The catch members are movable between the first position in which the catch members are in a spaced apart condition and in which the catch members are engaged with the jaw members, and a second position in which the catch members are brought towards each other to disengage them from the jaw members thereby releasing the buckle. The catch members are biased in the first position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235412-A (GB)
Title: Identity card
Inventor: SMITH JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 1989-07-25
Abstract: A sheet (10) of card material, forming part of a continuous web (6), is printed over an area (12) thereof on one side of the sheet with identity-relevant information, a line (20) being provided around said area (12) to enable a blank to be detached from the sheet. On the opposite side of the blank, adhesive is provided, enabling, when the blank has been detached, the two halves (12a and 12b) to be folded about a crease line (22), and the two halves secured together in back-to-back relationship. One of the halves (12b) may be provided with a window (14), enabling a photograph sandwiched between the two halves to be visible through the window. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226902-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for remote control programming of a video recorder
Inventor: YANG BYUNG-HWAN
IPC: G05B24/00
Filed: 1989-08-02
Abstract: A remote control unit for selecting a channel and time for information recordal by a video recorder has a key matrix (1), a processor (2) and a display (3). The channel and time required are selected using the key matrix (1) under the control of the processor (2) and the selection made is displayed on display (3). Subsequently, the selection information is transmitted to the video recorder, using a plurality of discrete groups of signals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235035-A (GB)
Title: Drive shaft including a torsion bar
Inventor: WRIGHT LUKE FRANK
IPC: B60K17/22
Filed: 1989-08-09
Abstract: Torsion Bar Drive Axle Shafts (Half Shafts) B, D and E, G for motorized vehicles, allow the drive wheels A, H of the vehicle to grip the road, by allowing the drive wheels to rotate at different speeds. With regard to left hand corners, the left hand wheel is allowed to rotate slower than the right hand wheel, and with regard to right hand corners, the right hand wheel is allowed to rotate slower than the left hand wheel. The Torsion Bar C, F secured between two sections of each torsion bar drive axle shaft, is located therewith by locating pins I, J secured with circlips stores rotational kinetic energy, allowing the release thereof to the left and right hand drive wheels, whilst the motorized vehicle is moving around corners. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222629-A (GB)
Title: A ladder/scaffold clamp
Inventor: TOOMEY BRIAN
IPC: E04G5/10
Filed: 1989-08-30
Abstract: A ladder clamp (2) for clamping a ladder (4) to a work tower (6), which ladder clamp (2) comprises first clamp means (8) for clamping to a stile (10) of the ladder (4), and second clamp means (12) for clamping to a horizontal brace (14) of the work tower (6), the first and the second clamp means (8, 12) being angularly offset from one another by an amount which allows the ladder (4) to be located in the work tower (6) at a safe working angle. Preferably the relative angle of the two clamping means is adjustable. <IMAGE>