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Patent GB-2165099-A (GB)
Title: Conduit support block assembly
Inventor: CHAN-HUA KUO
IPC: F16L3/223
Filed: 1984-09-26
Abstract: A conduit support block assembly for holding in place plastic conduits of the type used for housing underground electrical and telecommunication cables. A block assembly comprises an upper block 10 and a lower block 20 provided with channels 14 for holding plastic conduits, and engaging means for holding the blocks together comprising hooks 15, 16 and tapered locking means 25, 26 for receiving and locking said hooks. Other engaging means 13, 22, 23, 29 are further provided along the periphery of said blocks for the purpose of side-by-side joining of two or more blocks to each other (Figures 4, 5, 9 and 10). Block assemblies for different size conduits may be joined together (Figure 6). Through holes 18, 28 are provided in the blocks to secure the assemblies when surrounded by concrete or sand. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150186-A (GB)
Title: Swimming pool cover
Inventor: HESS FRED
IPC: E04H4/10
Filed: 1984-11-12
Abstract: A cover for a swimming pool 24 comprises an awning 10 of flexible waterproof sheet material having guide members secured to its longitudinal edges. A pair of side rails of key-hole cross-section are fixed to the longitudinally-extending walls of the pool so that the guide members can slide into the side rails from their ends and slide longitudinally to secure the edges of the awning to the walls of the pool 24 along their entire length. A shall 20 is mounted in a storage box 22 formed adjacent one transverse edge of the pool 24 so that the awning 10 can be rolled around it for storage. Guidelines 12 and 14 are attached to the leading edge of the awning 10 and are joined to form a pull-line 13 which runs back to a drum 17 in the storage box 22. The drum 17 and shaft 20 are driven by means of an electric motor 16 to move the awning 10 along the pool 24. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149948-A (GB)
Title: Embossing system having multiple embossing stations
Inventor: NAYLOR GORDON B
IPC: B41J5/30
Filed: 1984-04-19
Abstract: An embossing system (10) which is useful for embossing plastic cards such as those which are conventionally used for credit cards or conveying of health care information and metal cards from a plurality of data files which store information to be embossed by associated embossers (12) which are individually controllable by a computer control system (14). Each embosser has a supply station where a plurality of blanks (32) which are to be embossed are stored; an embossing station (40) where specified data records are to be embossed on individual blanks in the form of characters in a format specified from information stored in the data files (52) associated with each of the embossers (12). The present invention permits rapid change of embossing format and the choice of the particular embosser which is to be used to emboss a particular file of data records which is highly beneficial in embossing data records provided from different sources.
Patent GB-2171325-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of clay products
Inventor: TAYLOR BRIAN JOHN
IPC: B28C7/04
Filed: 1985-02-23
Abstract: Before clay can be formed into an article it is mixed with a quantity of water to achieve the desired texture. The amount of water to be added varies depending upon the initial water content of the raw clay. The desired consistency is achieved by using a microprocessor M to control a water pump 11 which adds water to the clay mixture, the microprocessor receiving signals representative of the rate of supply of raw clay and of the amount of water associated with the clay. Various systems M1, M2 measure the water content at different stages of the mixing process. A preferred embodiment measures the water content of the raw clay and of the mixed clay and has a keypad K connected to the microprocessor M through which information relating to the raw clay and the desired consistency of mixed clay can be specified. An alarm may be provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151941-A (GB)
Title: Holding and compressing device for plasmapheresis apparatus
Inventor: ANTWILER GLEN DELBERT
IPC: A61M1/36
Filed: 1985-02-25
Abstract: A fixture 38 for holding and compressing a device 20 for separating a liquid filtrate free of particles larger than a predetermined size from a liquid mixture of said particles such as blood, said device comprising a housing means and a microporous membrane mounted within said housing means to define a particle mixture flow channel and a filtrate channel, said particle mixture flow channel being in communication with particle mixture inlet and outlet ports 22,26 of said housing means, said filtrate channel being in communication with a filtrate outlet port 28 of said housing means. The fixture 38 comprises, a front plate 54 with a first housing means contacting surtace, a piston plate 58 having a second housing means contacting surface and a pressure receiving surface, said piston plate 58 being slidably mounted along an axis transverse to said first contacting surface, and pressure means (40) to vary the pressure acting on said pressure receiving surface, whereby said housing means can be placed between said front plate 54 and said piston plate 58 with said membrane being generally parallel to said front plate 54 and said piston plate 58, and varying the pressure on said pressure receiving surface by said pressure means (40) varies the compression on said housing means and varies the geometry of said particle mixture flow channel or said filtrate channel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2160909-A (GB)
Title: Mounting assembly
Inventor: WALLIS MALCOLM ROBERT
IPC: E06B3/62
Filed: 1985-04-29
Abstract: A mounting assembly comprising a plurality of frame members 10 defining an opening 11 and 11a and an infill 12, 13 14, 12a, 13a, 14a, extending in a transverse direction away from the frame members to close the opening wherein each frame member has a shoulder (33 Fig. 3) and a groove (28 Fig. 3), parallel to and spaced from the shoulder with an open mouth facing in a direction parallel to said transverse direction, the infill being positioned between the shoulder and the groove, and there being a resiliently deformable mounting strip 40 (Fig. 3) having a foot (41 Fig. 3) engaged in the groove, with an intermediate part (42 Fig. 3) projecting through said open mouth (27 Fig. 3) and a limb (43 Fig. 3), which is deformed by engagement with a face of the infill, to urge the infill towards the shoulder. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161055-A (GB)
Title: Steam treatment apparatus
Inventor: ASPLEN JOHN
IPC: C11B1/04
Filed: 1985-06-13
Abstract: A sealable cylindrical vessel 10 has an inlet 11 for live steam, and contains a truck 14 conveying palm fruit to be sterilized. A dam hinders the escape of condensate from the bottom of the vessel 10. Pipes 20 convey steam to heat condensate in the bottom of the vessel 10. The truck 14 has a bottom comprising an apertured false bottom and therebelow a tray to retain condensate, debris and oil. Thus the truck 14 retains for further processing the oil that normally drips from the fruit at this stage, and the condensate remaining in the vessel 10 is saved from pollution. The tray is provided with a vent and an overflow device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183707-A (GB)
Title: Sealing strip
Inventor: KRUSCHWITZ WERNER
IPC: B60J10/08
Filed: 1985-12-10
Abstract: A sealing strip has a channel-shaped gripping part 4 and a tubular sealing part 5 which to enable it better to withstand the shear force applied to it near the hinge axis by the closing door and to resist distortion or even tearing which could otherwise take place, is extruded to have sponge or cellular (foamed) region 5B and a solid or unfoamed region 5A. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170124-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing a rotationally symmetrical housing
Inventor: ROSCH ARNE
IPC: B23P13/00
Filed: 1986-01-23
Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a rotationally symmetrical, hollow cylindrical housing having two magnetizable housing sections (10,11) and an interposed non-magnetic housing zone (12) magnetically separating the housing sections (10,11), the housing is preworked in one piece from a magnetizable blank up to an excess dimension in the outer diameter (d), and an annular groove (16 Figure 4) is cut into the inner wall (18) of the housing and has the width of the desired housing zone (12). When the housing is rotating, a non-magnetizable filling material (17) is placed into the annular groove (16) as the annular groove region is being heated up, and rotation of the housing is maintained until the filling material (17) has hardened. Subsequently, the housing is externally turned to the final outer diameter (d), so that there is no longer a connection between the magnetizable housing sections (10,11). …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2189351-A (GB)
Title: Mounting circuit boards
Inventor: FURNESS GRAHAM
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 1986-04-16
Abstract: A printed circuit box magazine is a parallelepipedal box with an open front face and a back plane for connectors to be engaged by boards plugged in. The top and bottom members each consists of two plates made up of parallel zig-zag strips and assembled together in parallel so that a board plugged in is engaged by the apices 10 of the zig-zags at spaced points on both faces. In addition, the open-work nature of these plates is good for cooling. In an alternative version the strips are each straight with projecting fingers so that a band is engaged on one face by a strip and on the other face at spaced points by the fingers. The other sides of the box are also of open-work construction, to further improve cooling. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2176329-A (GB)
Title: Room service call systems
Inventor: RYALL DAVID CECIL
IPC: G08B25/01
Filed: 1986-06-04
Abstract: Room service call systems to provide facilities of greater assistance to the staff than conventional bell-call systems. To avoid a member of staff having to move to a display panel indicating a particular room number when a call is initiated, which could mean the staff member moving away from the room concerned, the users are provided with call switches (5) to trigger associated coder units (3) which signal to a central control (1) which decodes each received signal to identify the relevant room number, generates a speech sequence and issues a verbal message via a distribution amplifier (6) to loudspeakers (4) distributed as required. Each loudspeaker may be normally inhibited, the inhibition being overridden when a staff member comes within range, the staff member carrying a signal generator for this purpose. The inhibition may be generally suspended when required. Means for staff to initiate messages may be provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177024-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of expandable polystyrene products
Inventor: ROWLEY NIGEL GRAHAM
IPC: B29C70/88
Filed: 1986-06-16
Abstract: A process for the production of polystyrene items 9 comprising coating unexpanded or partially expanded beads of polystyrene with an electrical conducting material and then forming the beads, in a mould, into the shape of the mould by subjection to heat and water to form a coherent mass in which the beads adhere together. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180023-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle braking system
Inventor: GONALEZ JIMENEZ MANUEL
IPC: B60T1/06
Filed: 1986-08-22
Abstract: A vehicle braking system comprises at each end of an axle, a first internal shoe drum brake (15, 23) in combination with a second internal shoe drum brake (3, 4) and/or a disc brake (36-40, Figure 2). The first drum brake is actuated via a linkage by a pneumatic cylinder (29) and the second drum brake or disc brake is actuated separately by hydraulic fluid pumped by an electric motor from a gearbox on the operation of an electric switch by the driver. The brake shoe support (4) of the second drum brake is removably mounted on the axle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2186292-A (GB)
Title: Process for cleaning aluminium
Inventor: FICK THOMAS H
IPC: C23G1/12
Filed: 1987-01-21
Abstract: Aluminium containers are cleaned by contact with an aqueous alkaline cleaning solution to remove aluminium fines and organic residues and are then rinsed with an aqueous acidic rinse solution having a pH of not more than 6. This solution preferably contains fluoride and/or phosphate as accelerator for removal of oxide film remaining from the cleaning step and preferably has pH below 2.5. The containers may be subjected to at least two of the said acidic rinses. The aluminium containers may be rinsed with tap water after the alkaline cleaner and before the acidic rinse, the pH of the acidic rinse being preferably provided by hydrogen fluoride and/or sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-2203213-A (GB)
Title: Frost protection system for water pipes
Inventor: BROMLEY DONALD EDGAR
IPC: F16L53/38
Filed: 1987-04-02
Abstract: A frost protection system for water pipes prevents freezing by means of an electric heater which consists of copper wires surrounded by electrical insulation. It is most beneficial when the heater is fitted under thermal insulation fitted to the pipes but it may be used on uninsulated pipes. It may be used with a control device which contains a thermostat to initiate operation at low temperature and which may optionally include other informative or protective devices such as a temperature indicator or a frost alarm. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2208194-A (GB)
Title: Tomographic imaging
Inventor: NEWMAN MARTIN ADRIAN
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 1987-05-02
Abstract: Tomographic images of an object or scene (A-F) are produced by an analysis of two or more stereographic images of the scene including shifting one image laterally with respect to another and logically summing the image data sets. Several image processing, edge enhancement and edge extraction algorithms may be applied to the images in digitised video data form to provide wire-frame or skeleton type representations of each of the original images. Tomographic images of planes not parallel with the image plane (or normal to the camera axes) may be produced by changing the magnification of one image prior to logical summing (Fig 4). The images may be generated by three video cameras arranged on two orthogonal axes (Fig 6) for elimination of spurious coincidences. The images are preferably produced using X-rays. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192871-A (GB)
Title: Process for removing sulphur-containing compounds from a residual gas
Inventor: KVASNIKOFF GEORGES
IPC: C01B17/04
Filed: 1986-10-24
Abstract: Process for removing sulphur-containing compounds from a residual gas with recovery of said compounds in the form of sulphur, wherein the residual gas is subjected to a treatment comprising a hydrogenation and hydrolysis phase (1) to provide the sulphur-containing compounds in the unique form of H2S, a cooling step (2) with water condensation, a catalytic oxidation (3) of H2S in CLAUS stoechiometry and a catalytic CLAUS reaction phase (4a) with deposition of sulphur on the CLAUS catalyst and periodic regeneration (4b) of the sulphur-laden catalyst and cooling of the regenerated catalyst. The gas used for the regeneration and for the cooling is tapped (39) from the gas effluent (16) supplied to the catalytic oxidation (3) and the gas issued from the regeneration is reintroduced at least in part (40) into said gas effluent after separation (28) of the sulphur contained therein. Application to the purification of residual gases issued from CLAUS sulphur units.
Patent GB-2206734-A (GB)
Title: Thermally responsive electrical device
Inventor: HADEN DENIS HOWARD
IPC: H01H37/54
Filed: 1987-06-27
Abstract: A thermally responsive protective electrical device 11 e.g. for a kettle comprises a primary switch 20 operable by a primary actuator 2, and a protective switch 21 operable by a protective actuator 3. The actuator 2 comprises a primary heat responsive member 4; and the actuator 3 comprises a protective heat responsive member 5 in tandem with a lock-out heat responsive member 6. The heat responsive members 4 and 5 change shape reversibly at respective first and second predetermined temperatures whereas the member 6 undergoes an irreversible change of shape when heated to a third temperature higher than the first and second predetermined temperatures if excessive thermal over-run arises after the switch has been opened by the member 5. The heat responsive members may be bimetallic and/or memory metal devices. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2200391-A (GB)
Title: Door seal
Inventor: VERDU MIRA VICENTE
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1988-01-05
Abstract: A door or window seal arrangement comprises deformable circular seals 4 in corresponding seatings 2 in both wing 1 and frame 3 at the hinge side of the wing. A J-section seal 9 may also be included. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2204716-A (GB)
Title: Air valve control arrangements for blower burners
Inventor: MUHEIM RUDOLF
IPC: F23N3/08
Filed: 1988-04-28
Abstract: Energisation of a relay 24 causes a motor 22 to open the air valve and as the valve opens it closes a switch 28 which energises a relay 19; relay 19 turning off relay 24 which, after a delay, reverses motor 22 to start valve closure. By using a relay 24 with a delay, switch 28 can close before the valve reaches its limit position and thus remains closed when the valve starts to close. Since switch 28 remains closed, there is no need to latch relay 19. 
<??>The control is for a blower burner which can be operated in two burner stages. With the switching point of the relay 19 below the position for the first burner stage, the relay 19 remains switched on over the entire firing period in both burner stages and therefore does not require a bulky latch switch. The control arrangement 2 can therefore be fitted into even very small drive constructions. 
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Patent GB-2219497-A (GB)
Title: Water heater and pump assembly for shower
Inventor: MCMASTER-CHRISTIE COLIN
IPC: F24D17/00
Filed: 1988-06-11
Abstract: A water heater and pump assembly comprises a housing 10 having a cold water inlet 11, hot water inlet 12, pump 19, diverter valve 21, electrical water heater 23, heater by-pass pipe 24, and outlet 13 to which shower head 14 is connected. The assembly may be provided with a mixer valve assembly 16, 17, manually-settable thermostatic control knob 28, pressure-sensitive switch 29 which controls the operation of the pump depending on the pressure of the water leaving the electrical water heater. The diverter valve may be manually operated by turning knob 30 or its position may be automatically regulated in response to signals from a controller controlling the operation of a central heating boiler. The electrical water heater may comprise a pair of electrically conductive plates between which water flows and is directly heated by passage of electrical current therethrough. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210554-A (GB)
Title: A bed for a disabled patient
Inventor: HASSON R HARITH ABDUL HAMID
IPC: A61G7/00
Filed: 1988-12-23
Abstract: A frame (1) supports a patient-support assembly (10 to 13) which can turn through 360 DEG  about the axis of trunnions (5) whereby the patient can rest on a base section (10) of the patient-support assembly, on a left-side section (11) on a top- section (13) and on a right-side section (12), at different times, to prevent or relieve bed sores. The asssembly may also turn about a horizontal axis which is transverse to the longitudinal centre line of the patient. Tubes for conveying fluids to and from the patient may pass through the trunnions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217748-A (GB)
Title: Plastics rainwater guttering systems
Inventor: BARTINGALE PETER
IPC: E04D13/068
Filed: 1989-04-24
Abstract: A rainwater gutter support bracket (12) comprises a cradle (16) for locating and supporting a gutter length (10) and at least one pair of clips carried by the cradle and located at opposite edges of the cradle. Each clip is arranged to overlie the adjacent top edge of a gutter length (10) to the gutter length in the cradle (16). One of the clips (50) is movable relatively to the cradle (16) from a "disengaged" to an "engaged" position during which movement it engages over the adjacent top edge (62) of the gutter length to trap the gutter length (10) in the cradle (16). The clips may be pivotal, fig 8, or removable clips 101 which engage the cradle with a snap action. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220898-A (GB)
Title: Rear-wheel control system for a motor vehicle with four-wheel steering
Inventor: OHSHITA SAIICHIRO
IPC: B62D7/15
Filed: 1989-05-15
Abstract: In a four wheel steering control system, the slip angle ( beta  r) of the rear wheels is detected as a side-force at the rear wheels (4) e.g. by means of strain gauges (9) attached to the steering rack shaft (8) or a torque sensor on the steering pinion shaft (7, Fig. 2). A control unit (10) calculates a desired rear wheel steering angle as a product of the detected slip angle, a coefficient and a derivative transfer function. The rear wheels are then steered in accordance with the desired rear wheel steering angle. The control unit (10) is also supplied with the output signals from front and rear wheel angle detecting means. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2232380-A (GB)
Title: Impressing releasable foil on to a moving web
Inventor: SLIWA MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: B41F16/00
Filed: 1989-05-27
Abstract: Apparatus for transferring foil from a carrier tape (48) to a moving web (2) comprising a rotatable cylinder (17) including at least one die (51). The web is traversed around the cylinder. A transport mechanism (42, 49) which is rotatable with the cylinder indexes the tape generally lengthwise of the cylinder and over the position of the die. The tape travels along a guide (59) in the cylinder. Where the tape passes over the position of the die a roller or band presses the web against the tape and the die.
Patent GB-2219217-A (GB)
Title: Board game
Inventor: EDWARDS R L
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1989-06-05
Abstract: A game comprises a board (10 Fig 1) with a path thereon, and a compact disc on which is recorded audio information packets (pop song extracts) and playable by a random access player device (11-12). Answer cards of a pack (17) each has on one side a track identifier and sector code and on the other side answers to one or more questions relating to the corresponding song extract. There is a set of tokens 21 with each player moving their token over the track under control of a die 14A and whether their identification of the song extracts are correct. The path on the board (Fig. 2) is formed by a plurality of spacer 30 arranged in concentric loops joined by gates 36. Some spaces 37 are associated with chance cards of a pack (18) and some spaces 38 are associated with hype cards of a pack (19) these cards permitting variations in the details of the play. Player's tokens move outwardly and inwardly from and to the centre 25 and collect discs 22 at the gates 36. Instead of pop music, the game may be based on classical music, films, radio or T.V. programs, the recorded information being on audio and/or video systems. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2517655-A (GB)
Title: Thrusting apparatus
Inventor: FIRSCHNER THOMAS J JR
IPC: F42B15/01
Filed: 1989-06-27
Abstract: Thrusting apparatus (10) for guiding missiles or other projectiles. A plurality of side-by-side solid propellant gas generators (36) are provided to disÂ­charge axially into a plate which has a rim (62) and a plurality of nozzles (58) which extend radially inthe plate and discharge radially from the rim so as to produce thrust normal to the projectile axis (12) on a single plane. The nozzle structure (40) is of laminant construction (71-76) whereby the materials may be varied from materials which are resistant to high temperature gas flow and erosion in the area of the nozzles and gas flow passageways to medium temÂ­perature resistance materials which require good structural properties at other locations for high quality at minimum cost. The configuration also allows minimum volume and length.