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Patent EE-9700120-A (EE)
Inventor: REINHOLD MARKUS BURR
IPC: A41C3/12
Filed: 1997-05-30
Abstract: A ladies' undergarment with a molded upper part, in particular a brassiere has two side parts which include cups, are joined together in the front central area between the cups, have a back fastener at the back ends and are provided with shoudler straps. Each side part includes a blank which covers their entire surfaces and is of a textile material which is composed at least in part of thermoplastically fusible fibres. Reinforcement parts are bonded to the blank parts at least along their outer edges. The reinforcement parts are also of a textile material which is composed at least in part of thermoplastically fusible fibres. The side parts are joined together in the front central area by a thermally produced weld. The parts of the back fastener as well as the shoulder straps are indirectly or directly joined to the side parts by thermally produced welds.
Patent GB-2342562-A (GB)
Title: Joiner
Inventor: CURWOOD CHRISTOPHER JAMES
IPC: A44C5/20
Filed: 1999-06-01
Abstract: The present invention provides a joiner for attaching items together, said joiner including a ring-like member having first and second ends to be linked to one another, said first end having a tubular section for reception therein of said second end, and a latching means to lock said first and second ends together.
Patent GB-2349303-A (GB)
Title: Operation method of portable phone to change mode using a dial key
Inventor: NAKAJIMA TOSHIKAZU
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2000-02-16
Abstract: A portable phone includes dial keys, including unspecific keys "2"-"9" and at least one specific key "0","1","#", and a processing unit. The processing unit determines S1 whether one of the dial keys which is operated in a first mode is one of the unspecific dial keys, and changes an operation mode from the first mode (normal dialling) to a second mode (number search) when the operated dial key is one of the unspecific dial keys. The portable phone further includes a display unit. In a telephone-number-searching operation mode as the second mode, the processing unit reads out a list of data associated with destination phone numbers from a storage unit and controls S3 the display unit for display in a non-dialing operation. Also, the processing unit controls S6 the display unit to selectively scroll the list of data in one of upward and downward directions in response to an operation of one of the unspecific dial keys eg "2" or "5".
Patent GB-2361771-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for measuring pressure at which a pneumatic device starts to move
Inventor: RENDLE COLIN GERALD
IPC: G01M99/00
Filed: 2000-03-14
Abstract: The present invention provides a test system for measuring the pressure of gas applied to a pneumatic device at which a movable part begins to move. Said pneumatic device 10 comprises a pressurised air supply 17 which may be a fixed pressure gas supply, a flow restrictor 16 and a pressure transducer 19 connected to measure the pressure of air supplied to the pneumatic device.
Patent GB-2356039-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger internal walling
Inventor: SHIMIZU FUMIO
IPC: F28F3/04
Filed: 2000-06-19
Abstract: refrigerant tube for a heat exchanger, comprises a generally flat tube having generally flat upper and lower walls; a plurality of reinforcing walls connected between the upper and lower walls, the reinforcing walls extending along and generally parallel with a longitudinal axis A-A of the tube and being spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance; and a plurality of communication holes 18 distributed along the length of each reinforcing wall, thereby defining a plurality of discrete wall portions 20 along each reinforcing wall, each of the discrete wall portions 20 being disposed between adjacent communication holes 18 and having an upstream edge 22 and a downstream edge 24 thereof, the communication holes 18 and discrete wall portions 20 having lengths L<SB>1</SB> and L<SB>2</SB>, respectively, as measured along the longitudinal axis A-A, the communication holes 18 being spaced apart along each reinforcing wall by a pitch P. Each communication hole 18 in each reinforcing wall is disposed between the upstream and downstream edges 22/24 of a laterally adjacent discrete wall portion 20 of each adjacent reinforcing wall, such that a wall overlap ratio Wr, defined as [P - 2L<SB>1</SB>]/P, is greater than 0, and preferably 0.4   &   Wr   &   0.6.
Patent GB-2350599-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive labels including multi-page leaflets
Inventor: DENNY BARRY
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1999-09-06
Abstract: An adhesive label assembly comprising a base label (2) releasably adhered to a release material (25). Folded leaflets (15) are adhered by lines of adhesive (12) to the base label (2) and the combination is die-cut so that an end region of the folded leaflet (15) extends beyond an edge (20) of the base label (2) to overlie the release material. A portion only of the end region of the folded leaflet is releasably held to the release material, by a line of adhesive (13). The extreme end of the end region is unsecured and also has a tab (22). The exposed upper surfaces of the base label (2) and leaflet (15) may either be uncovered or covered by a laminar material.
Patent GB-2350585-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for consecutively molding differently colored parts
Inventor: GRAY CHRIS H
IPC: B01F5/04
Filed: 1999-03-30
Abstract: A method is disclosed for molding a consecutive stream of differently and homogeneously colored parts in a single mold (32). The method comprises supplying molten resin to a selected one of a plurality of resin passages (22a-d), injecting colorant selected from a plurality of different colorants into the resin passage (22a-d), mixing the molten resin and colorant in a mixing element (28a-d) disposed in the resin passage (22a-d) to form a mixture of selectively colored resin, injecting the mixture into the single mold (32) to form a part from the selectively colored resin, and repeating the process by selecting a different resin passage and a different colorant. By this method, differently colored parts can be molded without purging the resin passages (22a-d) between the molding of the parts. An apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2370955-A (GB)
Title: Encoding and decoding of data in audio signals
Inventor: MOULTRIE WILLIAM FERGUSON
IPC: H04H20/31
Filed: 2001-01-09
Abstract: A method of encoding data into an audio signal so that the data is indistinguishable to a listener comprises the steps of: producing respective measures of at least frequency and amplitude of waveform elements A-D in the audio signal; and checking whether the produced measures for such a waveform element satisfy a set of predetermined criteria which take account of psychoacoustic masking. The waveform elements are, for example, half-cycle portions. When a waveform element satisfying the set of predetermined criteria is found, an item of data is encoded into the audio signal by modifying a preselected portion of that waveform element so that, in that portion, its amplitude has a predetermined constant value or has a predetermined variation with time whist remaining within a predetermined narrow range of amplitudes. A corresponding decoding method is also described. The encoding and decoding methods may be used in a broadcast monitoring method in which an audio signal to be broadcast by a radio station is encoded to permit verification of its transmission. The form of the encoding/decoding ensures that the data can survive compression.
Patent GB-2358648-A (GB)
Title: Paving slab, tile or children's toy
Inventor: KENNAUGH JOHN EDWARD
IPC: E01C5/00
Filed: 2001-01-12
Abstract: The slab or tile A is formed with six sides of which two 5,6 are opposed and parallel and connected by the second 1,2 and third 3,4 sets of sides, between which there is a ninety degree angle, so that the slab/tile is symmetrical about an axis which intersects the centre point of the two opposed, parallel sides. The tiles are primarily for forming garden paths, paved areas etc. and can be used in conjunction with suitably dimensioned rectangular slabs/tiles. The design can also be used for sets of building blocks for use by children.
Patent GB-2359638-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow regulator
Inventor: RICE TIMOTHY STEPHEN
IPC: G05D7/03
Filed: 2001-02-02
Abstract: A fluid flow regulator (2) comprises a vortex chamber (6) in a primary fluid flow path (4), with a bypass fluid flow path (28) having bypass inlet means (26) from the primary fluid flow path (4) upstream of the vortex chamber, and bypass outlet means (38) into the primary fluid flow path through the vortex chamber (6). Vorticity (V) in the vortex chamber is a function of the amount of fluid entering the vortex chamber from the by-pass path, the impedance of the vortex chamber (6) to the flow of primary fluid (A) therethrough being a function of the vorticity. The impedance of the vortex chamber is varied by bypass valve means (30) in the bypass fluid flow path (28) which controls bypass fluid flow and thereby the strength of the vortex in the vortex chamber. The vortex chamber is preferably used in conjunction with a primary valve (16) located in the primary fluid flow path between the vortex chamber and the bypass inlet means to vary fluid flow between substantially zero and a maximum. The regulator may be used to control a supply of motive fluid to a turbine.
Patent GB-2356517-A (GB)
Title: A receiver for simultaneously displaying first and second video signals
Inventor: FREEMAN MICHAEL J
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 1998-12-16
Abstract: An interactive cable television system uses a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals are transmitted in a digital format, more than one signal being multiplexed onto a data stream on a single channel. The video signals may be compressed for efficiency. A receiver, in conjunction with a signal selector, selects a particular NTSC channel for playback. The receiver (470) is capable of displaying more than one video signal simultaneously in a picture-in-picture format. The receiver is able to seamlessly switch between video signals to be displayed in one of the windows of the picutre-in-picture format.
Patent GB-2363724-A (GB)
Title: Set of woods with face thickness variation based on loft angle
Inventor: HOCKNELL ALAN
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2001-04-17
Abstract: Set of wood golf club heads comprises a first plurality of club heads having a loft of ten degrees or greater (e.g. 10, 11 and 12 deg.) with a striking plate thickness within a given range at the centre, for example 2.4 mm to 2.7 mm. A second plurality of club head has a loft of less than ten degrees (e.g. 7, 8 and 9 deg.) and a striking plate thickness greater than that of the first number of club heads at the centre, for example 2.5 mm to 2.8 mm. Preferably, all the striking plates should have a central thickness in the range of 2.3 mm to 3 mm, the second plurality of head having a thickness at least 0.15 mm greater than the first plurality of club heads. The heads may all be substantially the same in terms of club head volume, striking plate surface area, shape and appearance. The striking plates may be composed of titanium, titanium alloys, steels, vitreous, ceramics, composites, carbon materials, carbon fibre materials, or other fibrous material. The striking plate may have four successively narrower concentric regions around the central region.
Patent GB-2385952-A (GB)
Title: Middleware providing an API for an interactive user interface application
Inventor: MENSAH TREVOR
IPC: G06F9/46
Filed: 2001-10-24
Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing system in which the middleware is optimised for a hardware platform to provide an API for a real-time interactive user interface application, such as a game on a television set-top-box. The middleware interfaces with an application which has a code portion and an asset portion, the code portion being portable between hardware platforms and the asset portion being comprising assets selected for the hardware. The middleware could also provide a graphics function. Also the middleware could have means to dynamically link objects and could have means for caching or decompressing assets. Also disclosed are an asset manager, a motion engine, a development tool for a motion engine, an application to interface with a motion engine, a set-top-box with middleware for a user interactive application, a method of producing an interactive user application for a plurality of platforms, a set-top-box with a remote control for an interactive game, an interactive user application which combines generated and received video images, a motion engine for a set-top-box, an interactive user application with code compiled from hardware independent code and middleware optimised for a target platform providing an API for an interactive application.
Patent GB-2372819-A (GB)
Title: Method for determining effective composition of hydrocarbon gas mixtures
Inventor: THURSTON ROBERT RICHARD
IPC: G01N25/18
Filed: 2001-11-12
Abstract: A mixture of several hydrocarbon gases, such as natural gas, may be represented by an effective composition of a smaller number of effective hydrocarbons. The effective composition is determined by selecting one or more effective hydrocarbons to represent the mixture, and measuring a number of characteristics of the mixture. These measured characteristics can be used to find the relative proportions of effective hydrocarbons in the effective composition. The measured characteristics may be thermal conductivity or speed of sound in the mixture. The effective composition is used to represent the mixture and allows simpler calculation of its relative density, calorific value, or Wobbe index. The method is implemented by an apparatus comprising a control means 4, connected to sensors 2 and 3 disposed in a gas conduit 1. The apparatus is calibrated by measuring characteristics of a known hydrocarbon mixture, which provides predetermined parameters for use in subsequent measurements of unknown mixtures.
Patent GB-2382322-A (GB)
Title: Method for embedding fastener to seat cushion
Inventor: JANG BYUNG-SOON
IPC: B29C44/12
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: A method, for embedding a fastener in a seat cushion, is adapted to reuse a fastening piece 21 attached to a metal mold 10 and facilitates detachment of a fastening piece 22 embedded in a seat cushion. The method comprises the steps of: fitting a metal support 20 into an elongated groove 11 formed at mold 10; bonding either a hook fastening piece or a loop fastening piece 21 of a hook-and-loop fastener to an upper surface of support 20 via heat resistant adhesive; attaching a first mating fastening piece 22 to piece 21 bonded to support 20; heating mold 10 followed by injecting foaming material consisting of resin composition, foaming agent, lubricant and stabilizer into mold 10 to form a seat cushion; removing the cushion such that piece 22 embedded in the cushion is detached from piece 21 bonded to mold 10; and attaching a second fastening piece 23 which is mateable with piece 22 embedded in the cushion, to an inner surface of a seat cover 40 by sewing such that piece 22 coincides with piece 23. Support 20 may be of a magnetic material.
Patent GB-2373423-A (GB)
Title: Voice site personality setting
Inventor: BRITTAN PAUL ST JOHN
IPC: G10L15/30
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: A method is provided of setting the voice personality of a voice service site. A user (2) browsing a voice web visits a voice site (4A) where the voice output of the site is presented using a set of voice personality characterisers (30X) with which the user is particularly comfortable. The user, in subsequently transferring to another voice service site (4B), opts to have the voice personality that was embodied in the set of voice personality characterisers (30X) used by the site (4A) being left, transfer with the user to the new site (4B). This transfer will typically be subject to permissions set by both the site being left and the site about to be visited.
Patent GB-2384474-A (GB)
Title: Packaging allowing contents to be viewed
Inventor: KISHON DANIEL CHAIM
IPC: B65D5/42
Filed: 2002-01-24
Abstract: Packaging for a product such as a puzzle or game comprises at least one viewing aperture (11, 12)in an exterior surface of the packaging (10) through which an interior of the packaging (10) can be viewed; and first (13) and second (14) transparent windows provided in the viewing aperture(s)(14). The first (13) and second (14) transparent windows are arranged such that when they are used to view the interior of the packaging (14) the first window (13) aligns with a first eye of the viewer and the second window (14) aligns with a second eye of the viewer. The first (13) and second (14) transparent windows have optical properties different to each other which enable the viewer to gain a three dimensional impression of a specially constructed two dimensional image provided inside the package. A third transparent window (15) admits light to facilitate viewing.
Patent GB-2385516-A (GB)
Title: A reinforced mouth opening for a bag
Inventor: BILLINGHAM MARTIN
IPC: A45C13/36
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: A bag 1 has a reinforced mouth opening, the reinforcement being provided by a strengthening member which comprises a flexible central portion 6 adapted to lie along one edge of the length 2 of the opening and two end portions 7,8, one at each end of the central portion, which extend along the depth 3 of the opening. The flexible central portion may be secured within a hollow in each of the end portions. The end portions may be tubular and may be deformable to adopt a chosen shape compatible with that of the bag. The end portions may originally be straight or L-shaped prior to deformation and may be fixed in the chosen shape by a setting compound held within their tubular cores and either the setting compound or a removably inserted component may act as a mandrel upon which the end portions are deformed so as to preserve their open hollow cross-section. The flexible portion may comprise a fibreglass or carbon-fibre rod, a monofilament element, a sprung-steel strip or a coil spring which may be adhered or otherwise secured to the other parts of the strengthening member. A method of reinforcing a bag opening with a strengthening member comprising a central flexible portion and two end portions comprises fixing the end portions at each end of the opening, locating the central flexible portion between these end portions and forming a seam over the end portions and the central flexible portion. The strengthening member is suitable for all types of bag but is especially suited for use with Gladstone bags.
Patent GB-2376220-A (GB)
Title: Packaging food in temporarily separate compartments
Inventor: SUCCONY PAUL
IPC: B65D25/08
Filed: 2002-03-26
Abstract: A food packaging for housing a first and second food material separately in respective first and second compartments (109, 104) during storage is disclosed. The packaging further comprises means operable to interrupt a partition (105) between the compartments (109, 104) such that the partition is interrupted allowing movement of at least one of said food materials between said compartments (104, 109). Interruption of the partition may be by pulling a protruding end 108 of a strip 106 attached to a tab portion of the partition, by pulling away an adhesive sealing member so that an aperture in the partition becomes open or by piercing the partition by means of at least one spike (607, Figures 6 and 7). The food materials may be donuts 302 and sugar 303.
Patent GB-2376338-A (GB)
Title: Revolving illuminated globe
Inventor: LEUNG WING
IPC: G09B27/00
Filed: 2002-05-30
Abstract: An illuminated decorative globe comprises an outer translucent cover 10, an inner globe 11 with an image on its surface, and an electric light bulb 15 within the inner globe, such that illumination of the light bulb causes the image to be projected onto, and viewable through, the outer cover (see fig. 2). The inner globe and light bulb are supported on an electrically operated rotatable mounting 13 which allows the projected image to be rotated around the outer cover, and both the inner globe and outer cover may be spherical. The outer cover may have an aperture 18 through which the inner globe passes during assembly, and the image provided on the inner globe may be a map of the world (12, fig. 2).
Patent GB-2380105-A (GB)
Title: Coded DCH TFCI bits and DSCH TFCI bits are evenly distributed throughout a TFCI word, the distribution method being selected on the basis of coding rates
Inventor: HWANG SUNG-OH
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2002-07-08
Abstract: An encoding method for transport format comparison indicator (TFCI) bits for use in asynchronous CDMA is disclosed. TFCI information bits for the downlink shared channel (DSCH) are encoded by a first encoder 200 to produce DSCH coded TFCI bits and TFCI information bits for a dedicated channel (DCH) assigned to a particular user are encoded by a second encoder 205 to produce DCH coded TFCI bits. The encoder outputs are multiplexed in symbol arranger 210 to produce a 32 bit TFCI word. The DCH coded TFCI bits and the DSCH coded TFCI bits are evenly distributed throughout the TFCI word. The distribution method is selected on the basis of the coding rates of the first and second encoders. All or some of the bits of the 32 bit TFCI word are then mapped to the radio frame, depending on the transmission mode. In some transmission modes the mapping stage involves using bits of the 32 bit TFCI more than once. Returning to the encoding steps, when k DSCH TFCI information bits are input to the first encoder, 10-k DCH TFCI information bits must be input to the second encoder, where k is an integer between 1 and 9. Each encoder may produce a 32 bit output which is then punctured. In one embodiment the punctured output of the first encoder is 3k+1 bits long and the punctured output of the second encoder is 3(10-k)+1 bits and long and the punctured outputs form the inputs to the previously mentioned multiplexing stage.
Patent GB-2391628-A (GB)
Title: Posture-indicating apparatus
Inventor: BOUFFLER EMILY
IPC: A61B5/107
Filed: 2002-08-01
Abstract: A posture-indicating apparatus including a plumb line 119 for indicating departures from the vertical of a person's body, a height-measuring device 117 and means 108, 109 for measuring differences in the vertical positions of nominally corresponding positions on each side of a person's body, eg. the hips.
Patent GB-2381617-A (GB)
Title: Collection of information from vending machines
Inventor: PRESTON KEVIN WILLIAM
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2002-08-16
Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient system for providing vending information from vending machines to a central processing system. Difference indicia representing changes in vending information from a previous update is sent to the central processing system from a vending machine. The difference indicia provides sufficient information for the central processing system to update the data kept at the central processing system to reflect new vending information. Preferably, reference vending data is kept at the vending machine and at the central processing system. New vending data is compared with the reference vending data to identify differences between the new vending data and the reference vending data. These differences are used to generate the difference indicia sent to the central processing system. Upon receipt by the central processing system, the difference indicia is used to modify the reference vending data stored at the central processing system to reflect the new vending data.