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Patent GB-2282923-A (GB)
Title: Tamper-detection plug
Inventor: SHEPHERD KEITH EDGAR
IPC: H01R13/703
Filed: 1994-10-12
Abstract: A mains supply plug 1 incorporates a sprung-loaded switch 8 having a button which is biassed outwardly of a face 13 of the plug between two mains supply pins 2 and 3. When the plug is inserted into a socket the button 2 is depressed so as to close the switch 8 which is connected, via a lead 11, to a tamper-detection system 7, which is normally supplied with power by a lead 5 connected to the pins 2 and 3 through a transformer 6. When the plug is removed from the socket the button 12 will move outwardly thus opening the switch 8 and this change of condition will be registered by the detection circuit 7 to cause an alarm to be activated. Failure of the mains supply will have no effect upon the switch 8 and the detection system 7 will continue to operate from an internal back-up battery supply. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281042-A (GB)
Title: Play apparatus
Inventor: COLLINSON JOHN PETER
IPC: A63F9/00
Filed: 1993-04-30
Abstract: Play apparatus (1) comprises a body (3), suitably moulded from plastics, and a plurality of play elements (5). The body (3) has an even number of faces (6), twelve or more in number and is adapted so that when it is thrown it will come to rest on one of these faces. The play elements (5) are adapted to be releasably secured to faces (6) of the body (3) and when secured thereto they will alter the rolling characteristics of the body (3). This may be effected by rebating faces (6) of the body (3) to provide a recess (7) to accommodate a play element (5) therein. Suitably the play elements (5) are retained in engagement with the body (3) by magnetic attraction between magnets (35) on the elements and metallic inserts (17) in recesses (7) of the body. The play elements (5) may have insignia applied to a face (25) which will be exposed when the element (5) is applied to the body (3). Games may involve arranging or matching elements (5) having selected insignia on the body (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295320-A (GB)
Title: Device to align head and eyes with an ophthalmic laser
Inventor: MCGHEE CHARLES NINIAN JOHN
IPC: A61F9/008
Filed: 1994-11-16
Abstract: A fixed or demountabie alignment device in the form of two limbs (1,8), each with a moveable alignment bar (3, 10), which together form a collapsible structure (fig 1) suitable for attachment to ophthalmic surgical lasers to improve the accuracy of head eye and therefore cornea axis alignment with respect to any chosen axis of said surgical laser beam prior to treatment. By these means the device provides the facility to deliver asymmetric or astigmatic laser treatment more accurately with regard to the desired axis or zone of treatment upon the cornea. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304064-A (GB)
Title: Reversible screwdriver
Inventor: LIN CHING-CHOU
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 1995-08-09
Abstract: A reversible screwdriver includes a handle 20, a screw cap 40 and a socket 21 respectively fastened to two opposite ends of the handle. A shaft 31 is fastened to central hole of the socket 21 by a clamp 311. A rotatable knob 25 is mounted around the shaft for controlling the working direction of the shaft. The rotataing knob includes a barrel 252 mounted in a preferably rectangular chamber 22 inside the socket 21 and has four longitudinal slots 28 around its periphery and four round rods 30 in the longitudinal slots 28 for supporting the shaft 31. A hand wheel 251 is coupled to the barrel 252 and and a wire rod 29 is fastened to the barrel 252 and movable by the hand wheel 251 relative to a triangular stop block 24 of the socket 21 to control the working direction of the shaft.
Patent GB-2296956-A (GB)
Title: Pipeline laying wiyh bending and straightening
Inventor: WILLIS STEWART KENYON
IPC: F16L1/23
Filed: 1996-01-02
Abstract: A subsea pipe laying system is mounted on a ship and comprises a fabrication station 11 where lengths of pipe are welded together to form a pipeline 15. The Pipeline 15 is then guided by a guide 13 which plastically bends the pipeline 16 to a pipe laying zone 12 where including a straightener 18, which reverse plastically bends the pipeline 16, under the control of a tensioner/clamping arrangement 19 the pipeline 15 is straightened and laid on the sea bed. The straightener 18 and the tensioner/clamps 19 are mounted on a ramp 16 which can be tilted. The pipeline can either be fabricated in a forward direction and then have its direction and movement reversed to lay over the stern (see figure 1) or be fabricated in an aft direction and laid over the stern (see figure 5).
Patent GB-2310547-A (GB)
Title: Computer power adapter
Inventor: SPENCE JAMES MARTIN
IPC: H01R31/06
Filed: 1996-02-20
Abstract: A personal computer power adapter which utilises the existing computer supply to provide an output suitable for auxiliary computer equipment that would normally require batteries or a mains adapter. The adapter can fit into an existing personal computer using the 5 or 3 disk drive power supply sockets 3. The device can fit in either a spare expansion slot using a standard plate 2 or a spare cut out for the printer or communications port in an existing computer case.
Patent GB-2301668-A (GB)
Title: Method for achieving a specific temperature behaviour of adjusting elements operating in dependence on temperature, and an adjusting element
Inventor: RUDEBECK VIGGO
IPC: G01B11/04
Filed: 1995-02-09
Abstract: A method for achieving a specific temperature behaviour of adjusting elements, operating in dependence on temperature, of valves or thermostatic apparatus is disclosed, and also an adjusting element, operating in dependence on temperature, of valves or thermostatic apparatus. Such adjusting elements work in many cases by means of pressure from a pressure chamber, which is provided with a liquid-gas filling. This filling is in many cases toxic or environmentally harmful, in order to achieve satisfactorily the desired temperature behaviour. In order to be able to use also non-toxic and environmentally harmless substances, the pressure chamber is filled with a zeotropic mixture of at least two substances. The ratio of component substances is set in dependence on the desired temperature behaviour.
Patent GB-2306170-A (GB)
Title: Blends of polymer and zeolite molecular sieves for packaging inserts
Inventor: RAM ARUNACHALAM TULSI
IPC: G03C3/00
Filed: 1996-10-08
Abstract: A method for improving the keeping of articles e.g. photographic elements, comprises placing said articles in a container and placing a material comprising a blend of polymer and zeolite molecular sieve particles in said container with said articles.
Patent GB-2306465-A (GB)
Title: Scale inhibition using alkanolamine methylene phosphonate
Inventor: JONES CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
IPC: C02F5/14
Filed: 1996-10-21
Abstract: A method of inhibiting or preventing scale formation, eg barium scale, comprises adding a scale inhibiting amount of an agent consisting of a methylene phosphonate derivative of an alkanolamine. Preferably only a threshold amount, ie less than stoichiometric amount, of the agent is added, the threshold amount being sufficient to inhibit scale. The method may be used to prevent scale formation in an oil well where brine is injected into an aquifer to form a solution containing at least 200mg of alkaline metal per litre, and the agent is injected at the lower end of the aquifer. Preferably the scale inhibitor contains at least one compound of the formulae: Where R may be -H, -CH 3 , -C 2 H 5 , -OHCH 2 or R'. R' may be -OHCH 2 or [(CR 2 ) n NCR 2 PO 3 H 2 ] m CR 2 PO 3 H 2 .
Patent GB-2316988-A (GB)
Title: Mounting fasteners on sheet material
Inventor: HACLIN GRAHAM JOHN
IPC: F16B11/00
Filed: 1996-11-21
Abstract: A nut or bolt (17) is mounted to sheet material (not shown) in order to fix it to support structure, by means of a mounting element (10) coated at surface (21,22 or 31) with adhesive, and to which the nut (17) is secured by a cage (not shown) or riveting, the nut (17) being spaced from the mounting surface (20,21 or 31) in a direction transverse thereto, so that the co-operating bolt can extend right through the nut (17). When the mounting surface (21,22 or 31) is brought into face to face contact with the sheet material, a flexible structural bond is formed.
Patent GB-2309421-A (GB)
Title: Fixing and releasing rotationally adjustable components in printing presses
Inventor: WATZL STEFAN
IPC: B41F13/008
Filed: 1997-01-24
Abstract: A device is provided for positionally fixing or releasing rotatable parts in printing presses, e.g. a rotatable cam, in a given rotational position. With little outlay, high clamping forces can be generated for fixing the position of rotatably mounted components. A pivot (4) on the press frame supports a lever with a short arm (3) and a long arm (5). The long arm is liked with a displacement cam drive (7, 7') actuated by an actuation device (8). The short arm (3) is arranged relative to the end face of the rotatable part (2), the rotatable position of which is to be fixed. On actuating the actuation device (8), the lever pivots about the pivot (4) and the short lever arm (3) can be pressed hard against the part (2) to hold it in position.
Patent GB-2322376-A (GB)
Title: Polypropylene block copolymers and containers made therefrom
Inventor: CHARLIER JEAN
IPC: C08F297/08
Filed: 1997-02-25
Abstract: A propylene block copolymer comprises: (A) 60-90 weight %, based on the total amount of the block copolymer, of a first block of a propylene polymer, optionally containing a small amount of copolymerised ethylene, (B) 40-10 weight %, based on the total amount of the block copolymer, of a second block of an ethylene-propylene copolymer containing 1-10 weight % of ethylene, and the total ethylene content of the block copolymer being within the range of 0.1-2.5 weight %. The propylene block copolymer may be used for the manufacture of bioriented bottles.
Patent GB-2313948-A (GB)
Title: A musical rhythm teaching aid
Inventor: KOH JOSEPHINE POH YOONG
IPC: G09B15/02
Filed: 1997-05-23
Abstract: A musical rhythm teaching aid comprises a plurality of pieces A-G, each representing the duration of a note or rest. The relative sizes of the pieces A-G correspond to the relative duration of the note or rest, and smaller duration pieces are combinable to form larger duration pieces. For example, quaver piece F and two semiquaver pieces G combine to give a piece the size of crotchet piece E. Similarly, dotted minim piece B has the same shape as the combination of minim piece C and crotchet piece E. Optionally, piece A can be a base which receives the various other pieces, where the base represents at least one note, rest or a number of beats, and the relevant pieces B-G are the correct-sized fractions of the base. The base is formed from stiff card or plastic and the other pieces are formed from more flexible card or plastic. The pieces may be in contrasting colours, and may have a note of certain duration on one side and the corresponding rest on the reverse.
Patent GB-2315839-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for isolating torsional vibration
Inventor: GENSERT HEIKO
IPC: F01N13/18
Filed: 1997-07-15
Abstract: The arrangement for use in exhaust systems of internal combustion engines has a corrugated tube which has corrugations 2 which run in the axial direction and are distributed over the circumference. The corrugated tube 1 is compliant in the radial direction and is provided, at both ends, with connection stubs for direct connection to lines of the exhaust system. The tube can be enclosed by a wire knit 4 encased by a protective sheath 5 of wire lattice or braid. The tube can be self-supporting by a helical stiffening rib around the sheath 5.
Patent GB-2316643-A (GB)
Title: A shearing handpiece barrel
Inventor: HARWARD RICHARD
IPC: B26B19/36
Filed: 1997-08-26
Abstract: A barrel 10 of a shearing handpiece, the barrel 10 includes an outer body 11 within which there is rotatably supported a back joint 15. Extending through the back joint 15 and body 11 is a spindle 16. A first bearing 22 supports one end of the spindle 16 in the outer body 11 while a second bearing 21 supports the other end of the spindle 16 at the opposite end of the back joint 15. A third bearing 27 supports the inner extremity 26 of the back joint 15 in the body 11 while a fourth bearing 30 also supports the back joint 15 in the body 11. Bearings 21 and 30 act as seals for the rear of the barrel while a seal 29 seals the front of the barrel. The barrel 10 is intended to be retained as a unit and discarded when no longer serviceable.
Patent GB-2318433-A (GB)
Title: Controlling magnetron output
Inventor: SCHWERMAN PAUL
IPC: G05F1/66
Filed: 1997-10-13
Abstract: A system 100 for closed loop control of a magnetron 102, has a transformer assembly 104 which supplies current to the magnetron and also detects the peak value of the magnetron current. A control circuit 90 has a sample and hold circuit and compares the detected peak value with a threshold value to form a signal for adjusting a pulse forming network 106 such that the peak current is maintained at a desired level. The circuit 90 may include a digital up-down counter, or it may use an analog integrator.
Patent GB-2334686-A (GB)
Title: A nebuliser
Inventor: DENYER JONATHAN STANLEY HAROLD
IPC: B05B7/00
Filed: 1998-02-26
Abstract: A nebuliser comprises a bowl 4 for containing liquid medicament, a gas pipe 5 leading to a gas exit 7, a sleeve 8 surrounding the pipe 5 and spaced from it to give annular passage 8a, and a deflector 15. This deflector changes the direction of the gas issuing from exit 7 so that, in its working position, it causes a gas flow which induces low pressure in the region surrounding the exit 7 and draws liquid up through passage 8a and nebulises it. As shown in Figure 3B, the deflector has two regions on the surface 17 facing the gas outlet. Region B is configured with a knife edge in order to delect the gas in the manner which produces nebulises the liquid, while Region A has an "M" shaped profile which causes a turbulent flow that does not yield a reduced pressure, and hence no nebulisation (Figures 3C and 3D, not shown). The deflector is pivoted at 16 so that it may swing between positions which expose A or B to the gas flow, but some part of it always remains in the gas stream.
Patent GB-2334946-A (GB)
Title: Reusable coffin
Inventor: ALLEN JAMES BERNARD
IPC: A61G17/00
Filed: 1998-03-07
Abstract: A reusable coffin A has a hinged side/end panel B and internal rollers C that allow an insert E, containing the body, to be easily removed. The hinged panel is preferably held closed by the use of screws D. The reusable coffin may be made of wood, plastic, metal or fibreglass. The insert, which may be made of cardboard, has a lid and may be lined with silks.
Patent GB-2321975-A (GB)
Title: Centralised lighting system with a light beam spreading device
Inventor: CASSARLY WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: F21S8/10
Filed: 1996-01-24
Abstract: A centralised lighting system has a beam spreading device which can be applied to emergency vehicle lighting applications and achieves a beam pattern light output which is essentially continuous over an output range of plus and minus 30 degrees from a center point. The beam pattern light output also has a predefined height associated therewith. The beam spreading device may have a curved surface which mixes the light travelling therethrough so as to achieve the continuous light output. Side wall surfaces of the beam spreading device provide for total internal reflectance properties A color wheel can be interposed between the output of optical fibers which transmit the light from the centralized light source to the necessary remote location, and the beam spreading device. The color wheel provides the ability to generate different color light outputs from a single light source and to simulate emergency vehicle lighting. In another embodiment, the side wall portions are curved to enable significant packaging depth advantages. The spreader 12 may be disc shaped. The emergency vehicle lighting is simulate by an altering means which may include a means for relatively moving two segments of the beam spreading device (34a, 34b, Fig 5).
Patent GB-2338180-A (GB)
Title: Flexible baby's cot
Inventor: ANDERSON JEFFREY
IPC: A47D7/01
Filed: 1998-06-13
Abstract: A babys cot, has four sides, each railed, one of which can be detached so that it can be used for the dual purpose of being a bed rail with another bed. To be used as a bed rail the detachable side 4 is attached to two securing beams 5, 6. Once the securing beams are attached they can be placed between a bed base and mattress allowing the detachable side rail to act as a bed rail. The detachable side 4 together with the beams 5, 6 are easily transportable thus overcoming the need to transport the whole cot and can be used, on its own, for an older baby.
Patent GB-2330618-A (GB)
Title: Fixing accessory for a protective grill
Inventor: GOUDAL JEAN-PAUL
IPC: F21S9/02
Filed: 1998-07-02
Abstract: A support (11) for fixing a protective grill (12) around an article (10) such as an autonomous security lighting unit comprises a fixing accessory (19) having a base (20) with fixing means (21) suitable for fixing it to the support (11) and a cap (22) which is fitted onto the base (20) by disengageable securing means (23), the cap (22) defining with the base (20) a receiving means (25) by way of which the assembly is capable of locally embracing the protective grill (12) to be fixed while permitting rotary movement of the protective grill (12) around the receiving means (25).
Patent GB-2329479-A (GB)
Title: Silver halide light sensitive element
Inventor: ZENGERLE PAUL LEO
IPC: G03C7/392
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic element is disclosed and which comprises a support bearing at least one yellow image forming hydrophilic colloid layer which comprises yellow image dye forming couplers and a substituted bisphenol light stabilizer compound which has a melting point of greater than 20C, wherein the yellow image forming layer contains less than 10 wt % high boiling permanent solvent relative to the total amount of yellow coupler in the layer. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the yellow image forming layer is substantially free of high boiling permanent solvent. Light stability for yellow image dyes formed in an exposed and processed photographic element may be significantly improved where the yellow dyes are formed in a photographic layer which is substantially free of permanent solvents, or which contains only a very low level of permanent solvents, in combination with a substituted bisphenol light stabilizer compound, which is a solid at room temperature.
Patent GB-2328678-A (GB)
Title: Theft and tamper proof packaging
Inventor: LIND ROBERT
IPC: B65D73/00
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: Bubble type packaging comprises a back sheet 1, a front sheet 1a having an opening 4 and being attached to the back sheet 1, a plastics member (figure 2, 7) held between the front and back sheets and having a portion 10 projecting through the opening 4 in the front sheet and respective aligned apertures 3a and 3b in the two sheets and 13 in the plastics member to allow the packaging to be hung from a display rack. The front and back sheets are preferably cardboard. The back sheet 1 can have a seam 6 to define an axis about which the front and back sheets may be bent to break a pair of perforated seams 5a and 5b on the front sheet 1a to enable the plastics insert (7) to be removed.
Patent GB-2341322-A (GB)
Title: Method of making an artificial limb or an orthosis
Inventor: WATTS ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A61F2/66
Filed: 1998-09-10
Abstract: The method comprises (a) for an artificial limb:- fitting a socket of such limb to a remaining portion of the missing limb, shaping the artificial limb to more closely resemble a human limb, forming a skin-coloured flexible cover fittable onto the artificial limb and treating said cover so that it more closely resembles human skin; and (b) for an orthosis:-forming such a skin-coloured flexible cover, fitting it onto an orthosis and treating it as before. The treatment may comprise providing differently coloured cover sections, matching one or more to colour variations in the patient's skin and attaching the matched sections to the flexible cover with blending of their peripheries. Small green or blue strands 30 may be incorporated in the cover to simulate veins and coloured spots 32 may be formed on the cover surface to resemble shaved hair follicles. Reinforcing portions 36,38 may be added to reduce creasing in certain areas.
Patent GB-2330410-A (GB)
Title: Smoke detector which monitors forward scattered blue light
Inventor: POWELL BRIAN DAVID
IPC: G08B17/107
Filed: 1998-10-12
Abstract: A smoke detector in which light from a blue source 3 is projected 7 into a detection volume 9. Radiation forward scattered at angles substantially less than 45, preferably 10 - 35, by particles in volume 9 is collected by ellipsoidal mirror 13 and focussed onto photodiode 15. In another embodiment an IR source 3A is added. Source modulation, alternate activation or sources &c. by control system 19 allows the control unit 20 to distinguish between blue and IR light reaching the photo detector, which then generates signals 21,23 based on the received intensity at each wavelength. These signals are compared 25 to determine the presence of smoke, as distinguished from dust water vapour &c. In another embodiment only blue light is emitted and detected, and the comparison/distinguishing circuitry is omitted.
Patent GB-2346166-A (GB)
Title: A seal for a window and a vent for a window
Inventor: YOUNG MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1998-12-24
Abstract: A seal for a sash window comprising first and second attachment portions 42, 46 for attachment or abutment to a frame and a linking element having at least one "U" or "V" shaped portion such that at least one apex 54, 56 abuts the casement 20, 22 of the window to exclude drafts. The seal may have enlarged elements 44 & 48 on its attachment portions which can engage with a respective channel on the window frame and may be held in a bowed state to urge the seal into engagement with a casement or sash of the window. The seal can have a plurality of turning points in order to seal with two sash windows. A vent within a window frame comprising a duct formed within the frame having a first opening facing outwardly and a second opening facing inwardly.
Patent GB-2347829-A (GB)
Title: Communication protocol translator for consumer electronic networks
Inventor: GOODYER KEITH
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 1998-12-30
Abstract: A computer network comprises at least one provider computer (12), a number of client devices (10) and at least one protocol translator computer (11) through which each client device communicates with the provider computer. Each client device communicates with the translator computer using a thin client transfer protocol while the translator computer communicates with the provider computer using a TCP/IP compatible protocol. The thin client protocol utilizes strings of octants to define specific request and commands. Applications include connection of television sets to computer networks via a set-top box (STB).