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Patent GB-2469817-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic display arrangement with aligned pairs of magnets
Inventor: GILLOT GARY
IPC: G09F7/04
Filed: 2009-04-28
Abstract: A magnetic display arrangement, comprises a support element 2 having a plurality of first magnets (7, Fig. 2), having a first polarity and a plurality of display panels 3, each having a plurality of second magnets (8, Fig. 4), having a second polarity which is opposite to the first polarity. The respective magnets are arranged so that the display panels may be removably attached to the support element through magnetic attraction, with each of the first magnets being in close proximity to a respective one of the second magnets. The arrangement allows the display panels to align automatically with one another so that they are all parallel due to alignment of the respective magnets. The first magnets are preferably arranged in a regular grid pattern, and the spacing of the second magnets corresponds to the spacing of the first magnets. The display panels are ideally sized so that an aesthetic, uniform gap is maintained between the panels when they are attached to the support element. The coefficient of friction between the support surface and the display panels should be sufficiently low that the display panels automatically slide into the correct alignment is misaligned.
Patent GB-2460759-A (GB)
Title: Heart-rate measuring apparatus
Inventor: MARTIKKA MIKKO
IPC: A61B5/02
Filed: 2009-06-09
Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling and method in a heart-rate measuring apparatus. The coupling in the heart-rate measuring apparatus 10 comprises means (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 fig 2 and 3) for measuring heart rate and a means for wireless data transmission (7). According to the invention, the heart-rate measuring device 10 comprises means (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, figures 2 and 3 ) implemented by analog electronics for defining the maximum value of the heart-rate signal, or a parameter proportional to it.
Patent GB-2470428-A (GB)
Title: Customizable bag organizer
Inventor: AMBOA CATHERINE
IPC: A45C13/02
Filed: 2009-06-22
Abstract: A customizable bag organizer and method is disclosed, comprising a base plate 100 having a multiplicity of slots 102 preferably arranged in a grid; at least one strip 104 and preferably a multiplicity of steps in two perpendicular directions, the strips having protrusions 112 for interlocking with said slots; the spaces between the strips thereby comprising compartments. Preferably, the base plate and strips have stress lines along which they can be snapped to create pieces of a length desired by a user. A bag for use in conjunction with the organizer may also be provided.
Patent GB-2473615-A (GB)
Title: Display privacy image processing method with main image compression depending on off-axis luminance
Inventor: BROUGHTON BENJAMIN JOHN
IPC: G09F19/14
Filed: 2009-09-16
Abstract: Private display image processing method comprising receiving a main image and a side image and mapping the image pixel data to produce an average on-axis luminance dependent on the main image and an average off-axis luminance dependent on the side image, and compressing the main image depending on the main image pixel data and how the off-axis luminance varies with pixel data input to the mapping. The main image pixel data may be compressed in a non-linear fashion into a range of on-axis luminances to optimise a sum of weighted values. The compression may be an iterative process, with increasing main image degradation until the side image quality reaches a threshold. This method creates a high quality restricted-view display without image degradation and without the cost of hardware modifications.
Patent GB-2459633-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for adjusting the encoding flowrate of video image sequences relative to a target flowrate
Inventor: LARBIER PIERRE
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2008-03-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for adjusting the encoding flowrate of video image sequences relative to a target flowrate (T c ), wherein the images (F k ) are subdivided into areas to be encoded (F kj ), the method comprising discriminating (A) among the areas (F kj ) the encoding complexity (C j ) of each area, sorting (B) the areas to be encoded (F kj ) according to a pre-determined complexity order, successively encoding (C) each area (F kj ) based on a decreasing complexity order while successively minimising the encoding estimated error of each area (F kj ), the final size of each image relative to the target size (T c ) and the flowrate of a sequence of video images. The invention can be used for the video encoding of images in video sequences, in particular for network video monitoring.
Patent GB-2464402-A (GB)
Title: High throughput juice extracting centrifuge
Inventor: BOURGEOIS-POTAGE PATRICE JEAN MARCEL
IPC: H04N5/355
Filed: 2009-10-14
Abstract: An apparatus for extracting the juice from food such as fruit or vegetables by grating and centrifugation comprises: a grating disc; a basket including a filter ring, connected to the grating disc and linked to a drive shaft which drives a hub via an intermediary pin; and a cover incorporating a food introduction conduit or feed pipe 9 in the shape of a cylindrical tube. The conduit includes means for preventing the rotation of food and for pushing the food against the grating disc and this may take the form of a series of surfaces 36, 37, 38, such as a helical strip, internal to the conduit 30. This allows high throughput by automatically feeding food into the device without requiring the use of a manual pushing device. The grating disc may be inclined with respect to its axis of rotation and disc and basket may be balanced by filling hollows in the metallic elements with lower density materials.
Patent GB-2474683-A (GB)
Title: Pipe unit with flow modifying formations
Inventor: HILLARY IAN DAVID
IPC: F01N1/08
Filed: 2009-10-23
Abstract: A pipe unit 1 having a channelled section 4, such as a bellows de-coupler, presenting to the interior of the pipe unit axially spaced channels 12 that are open 5 to the interior of the pipe unit. Located at the upstream entrance of the channelled section and projecting inwardly from the inner wall of the pipe unit is a flow modifying element 20 formed around its peripheral extent adjacent to the inner wall with a plurality of peripherally spaced flow modifying edge formations 21 22, which serve to reduce noise level otherwise created by the presence of the channelled section. Preferably the walls of gas flow channels are defined by the modifying edge formations and the inner wall of the pipe unit, where the flow modifying element may be annular and the modifying edge formations may be provided as recesses at the outer peripheral edge of the annulus.
Patent GB-2475299-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle Wind Guard
Inventor: GARNETT MATTHEW
IPC: A41D17/00
Filed: 2009-11-13
Abstract: A bicycle wind guard comprising an outer shell 12 having a first end 14 and a second end 16 wherein the first end 14 comprises a cut-out portion adapted to receive a section of a handlebar 20 therethrough and the second end 16 comprises a sectional area 22 adapted to engage with an outer profile of a handlebar 20. The sectional area 22 may also comprise slots 24 adapted to allow attachment of the guard to the handlebar using a strap. An alternative guard (310, figure 11) comprises a connecting arm 314 connecting the shell 312 to the handlebar 316 such that the shell 312 is spaced forward of the handlebar 316. Another alternative guard (510, figure 15) comprises an outer shell 512 with outer contours which are substantially conformable to the forefoot region of the human body.
Patent GB-879053-A (GB)
Title: Handles and attachment means for cooking utensils, cleaning appliances, tools and for other similar or suitable purposes
IPC: A47J45/07
Filed: 1960-03-22
Abstract: 879,053. Handles for cooking utensils. SYKES, E. April 25, 1960 [March 22, 1960], No. 10035/60. Class 66. [Also in Group XXIII] A detachable handle for a cooking utensil is provided with a projection 2 of dovetail cross-section which is slid upwardly into a recess 9 of inverted V-shape and dovetail cross-section formed in a bracket 8 secured to the utensil. The handle is locked in position by a spring operated bolt 4 which slides in a bore formed in the handle and which engages in a depression 10 in the bracket.
Patent GB-1343038-A (GB)
Title: Transistor integrated circuits
IPC: H03K19/0948
Filed: 1971-04-20
Abstract: 1343038 Transistor threshold circuits RCA CORPORATION 20 April 1971 [22 April 1970] 10067/71 Heading H3T [Also in Divisions H1 and G3] A circuit fabricated in a single semi-conductor body has the first electrodes of first and second transistors 16, 18 of like kind but of opposite conductivity type coupled to terminals 12 and 10 for receiving an applied voltage, the control electrode and second electrode of the first transistor 16 are coupled together and to the control electrode of the second transistor 18, an output point 24 is coupled to the second electrode of the second transistor 18 and the circuit is such as to present to the terminals 10, 12 a threshold level which is the sum of the threshold voltages of the transistors. With the input voltage 14, E cc  greater than the sum of the threshold voltages of the P and N channel FET's 18 and 16 (E cc  > V Tp  + V TN ) FET's 16, 18 and 34 conduct and FET 32 is off. This makes output 24 at E cc  and 36 at ground. Resistor 22 provides a constant current and a reference at point 20. With E cc  less than V Tp  + V TN  but greater than V Tp  or V TN  FET's 16 and 32 conduct and FET's 18 and 34 are off which makes the output at 24 ground and at 36 E cc . When E cc  is less than V Tp  of FET 32 FET's 18, 32, 34 are off and the outputs at 24 and 36 are ground and floating respectively. The circuit provides a stable reference potential such as required for the sensing, detection and comparison of voltage levels as employed in digital and analog systems. The circuit gives a fault indication prior to actual failure of the circuit which occurs when E cc  is equal to or greater than V TN  or V Tp . In a modification (Fig. 3, not shown) when an input signal (l IN ) exceeds the threshold voltages V TP  and V TN  of the first and second transistors (52, 54) these transistors conduct and output (60) is at ground. This causes transistor 32 to conduct and connect a voltage source (72) to the output (74). As shown the circuit uses enhancement-type IGFET's however other transistors having a common insulator layer, e.g. thin film transistors or FET's formed by the silicon on sapphire method may be used. A construction of a P type and an N type IGFET on a common substrate is described (Fig. 1, not shown) in which an insulating layer (17) of silicon dioxide is grown and/or deposited over the transistors. Although the threshold voltages for the same type of FET's on different chips may vary the combined threshold voltages of the FET's 16, 18 connected as shown in Fig. 2 across 10, 12 are not found to vary substantially for different chips.
Patent GB-309587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the cylinder blocks of radial cylinder internal combustion engines
IPC: F01B13/06
Filed: 1929-03-28
Abstract: 309,587. Centra Handels-und Industrie Akt.-Ges. April 13, 1928, [Convention date]. Two-stroke-cycle engines; cylinders, cooling; casings.-In a radial-cylinder engine having a common combustion chamber p to all the cylinders, the water jackets c<1>, c<2>, c<3> for the cylinders are formed in separate sections which are secured to, and communicate with, a central jacket member b. Baffles d<1>, d<2>, d<3> are provided in the member b. Leakage of water from the jacket collects in the casing k and is drained at l. Air for scavenging and combustion is supplied to the casing k. Cylinders, pipes and ports of.-Two of the cylinders are formed with air-inlet ports m, and the third cylinder has exhaust ports n leading to a conduit o which passes through the casing k with a tight joint. Driving-gear.-The pistons are provided with gudgeons f carrying rollers engaging a cam track @k fixed to a rotatable drum i.
Patent GB-1104985-A (GB)
Title: A ground effect vehicle operable along a track and including a braking device
Inventor: BERTIN JEAN HENRI
IPC: B60V3/04
Filed: 1965-03-10
Abstract: 1,104,985. Air-cushion vehicles. SOCIETE D'ETUDES DE L'AEROTRAIN. 10 March, 1965 [10 March, 1964], No. 10168/65. Addition to 1,053,491. Heading B7K. [Also in Division F2] A ground-effect vehicle designed to move along a track with interposed fluid cushions bearing against the track includes a braking device (Division F2) having at least one friction pad 4 positioned facing a vertical rail 2a of the track and adapted to be urged against the track by a fluid-distensible member 6 positioned between the vehicle and the friction pad. Tension members 5 may be provided for connecting the friction pad to the vehicle and two friction pads 4 may be positioned on opposite sides of the vertical rail 2a to clamp the latter between them when it is desired to brake the vehicle. Emergency friction pads 4a may be fixed underneath the vehicle without intermediate distensible members so as to come into pressure contact against the supporting surfaces 2b of the track in the event of a breakdown of the fluid supplied to the vehicle supporting cushions which are bounded by deformable peripheral seals 3. In Fig. 3 a friction pad 4b made of wood is fixed by countersunk rivets to a fluid-tight and elastic sheet or diaphragm 6b secured to the vehicle structure, the diaphragm being rigidly connected to a rod 10 which urges it towards the vehicle structure by the influence of a return spring 11 bearing against the stop 12 rigid with the rod 10. When fluid under pressure is admitted through' a conduit 13 through a three-way valve 14 the fluid distends the diaphragm 6b and applies the friction pad against the track. A suction conduit 17 is provided to generate a negative pressure for supplementing the restoring force exerted by the spring 11 when it is desired to release the brake. The friction braking system disclosed may be used in conjunction with another braking device such as a reversible-pitch propeller.
Patent GB-545107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to garments for personal wear
IPC: A41D3/04
Filed: 1941-08-11
Abstract: 545,107. Raincoats. GOLDSON, E. Aug. 11, 1941, No. 10173. [Class 141] A raincoat is provided with a sleeved collarless detachable lining e, Fig. 2, which is provided with buttonhole tabs h, j, a button g at the neck, and hooks f at the ends of the sleeves. In use, the hooks f are engaged with the ends of the coat sleeves, Fig. 1, the button g engaged with a depending bottonhole tab b, the tabs h with buttons d on the inside of the edge a<SP>2</SP> of the coat, and the tabs j with the ordinary outside buttons c of the coat prior to the coat being buttoned up in the customary manner.
Patent GB-382871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in spray carburettors for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1932-04-09
Abstract: 382,871. Spray carburetters. BECKER, R. VON, 241, Dieburgerstrasse, Darmstadt, Germany, and DJORDJEVITCH, J., 143, Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris. April 9, 1932, No. 10176. Convention date, April 10, 1931. [Class 7 (iii).] The piston 9 of a fuel pump is controlled by a spiral spring 17 secured to the axis of the throttle valve 4. Liquid fuel is supplied from a float chamber 1 through a passage 8 into a pump cylinder 7 from which it is forced by a piston 9 through a nozzle 11 into the mixing chamber. The cylinder 7 is provided with an air relief port 12. The spiral spring 17 forces the piston downwards against the pressure of a return spring 13 fuel being ejected through the nozzle 11. If preferred, the spring 17 may act on a rod fixed to the top of the piston, a stop may prevent the piston from rising during the last part of the closing movement of the throttle valve, or the return spring 13 may be dispensed with and the end of the spring 17 may be slotted to engage a pin in the top of the piston. Specification 383,536 is reierred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 also describes a modified construction in which a lever rigid with the throttle valve acts on a spring confined between the lever and the top of the piston. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-762306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to polish dispensers
Inventor: SIBBALD FREDERICK ROY
IPC: A47L11/16
Filed: 1953-04-14
Abstract: The subject-matter of this Specification is substantially the same as that described in Specification 762,277 but the claims differ. Specification 762,307 [Group XXIII], also is referred to.
Patent GB-396866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to control valves for gas purifiers
IPC: C10K1/28
Filed: 1932-04-12
Abstract: 396,866. Gas purifiers. BOTT, H., Richmond, Donnington Wood, Wellington, Shropshire, and NEWTON, CHAMBERS, & CO., Ltd., Thorncliffe Ironworks & Collieries, near Sheffield. April 12, 1932, No. 10396. [Class 55 (ii).] In control valves for gas purifiers comprising valve chambers 10, 11 on either side of the partition plate 6 dividing adjacent purifier boxes 5, 5<1>, and in direct communication with each box, the valve chambers are open to each other through ports 22, 30 and a common return box 16. The valve chambers are provided with valves 24, 32 which control respectively the gas inlet 12 and port 22 and the gas outlet 14 and port 30. Similar control valves are arranged at the other ends of the purifier boxes so that by suitable movements of the valves the gas can flow through a single purifier box, the box can be completely isolated from the mains or if all the valves are in their open positions, the gas can flow through the complete series of boxes.
Patent GB-383282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the cutting, grinding or other treatment of stone and such like material where ball shot or like abrasive material is employed
IPC: B28D1/02
Filed: 1931-04-09
Abstract: 383,282. Shot &c. feeding to sawing and other stone working machines. ATYEO, G. F., ATYEO, T., ATYEO, F. F. W., and ATYEO, V. E., (trading as ATYEO & SONS, G. F.), Bell Street, Preston, Victoria, Australia. April 9, 1931, No. 10437. [Class 124.] In an arrangement for supplying abrasive material for cutting &c. stone &c., the machine is provided with a sump 2 from which a pump 12 draws the abrasive material, water and silt and delivers it to a container 18. The inlet pipe 14a is arranged to enter the container tangentially so that a whirling action causes the silt and some of the water to pass to pipe 19 whilst the abrasive material passes through an adjustable orifice 37 to a distributer 40 and pipes 51 leading to the work. A portion of the water from the pipe 19 may pass through the pipe 42 to the distributer 40 and pipe 21 is connected to pipes 28 for flushing the sump. A pipe 57 supplies water under pressure in case the suction pipe becomes clogged. The machine shown is a gang saw wherein the blades are connected by frames 53 and supported by piers 54. The distributer box is carried by a cross frame adjustable vertically. The work is carried by a truck 3 and supporting pillars 6 and the sump generally is formed to prevent the formation of pockets and is lined with steel plating 8.
Patent GB-105400-A (GB)
IPC: F42B12/20
Abstract: 105,400. Senior, G. April 12, 1916. Projectiles; projectile fuses.-Consists in making grenades and bombs with knife-edges and of such shapes as to cause them to alter their line of flight when thrown in a particular manner, a part of the bomb being in the form of a handle. As shown in Fig. 1, the grenade is made like a boomerang having the cross-section shown in Fig. 2, the edges being sharp. The charge is fired by a detonator t and time-fuse c, which can be ignited for different times at different points d, e, f by an electric igniter g connected by leads h, l to buttons m, n adapted to contact with rings on the fingers of the thrower; these rings are connected to a battery carried by the thrower, a switch being provided to close the circuit just before the grenade is thrown. The battery may be carried by the grenade and the detonator fired by impact, a safety tape or pin being removed before the grenade is thrown. The two arms of the boomerang may be pivoted to each other at one end or in the middle; or the boomerang may be made in the form of a complete crescent. The lower part of the boomerang is cast with grooves, and the upper part stamped.
Patent GB-566218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the electrodeposition of chromium
IPC: C25D3/04
Filed: 1943-01-08
Abstract: 566,218. Electrodeposition of chromium. MACNAIR, J. L. P., and GARDAM, G. E. Jan. 8, 1943, No. 10564. Divided out of 15071/41. [Class 41] Chromium of low hardness is obtained at an increased rate of deposit from a bath of chromic and sulphuric acids containing more than a normal amount of a trivalent metallic ion which may be provided by adding to the bath iron as a ferric or ferrous compound, chromium, aluminium, or other trivalent metal in suitable form or by increasing the amount of trivalent chromium compound normally present as by using an anode of relatively low oxygen overvoltage, such as iron or nickel, or by enclosing the anode in a porous pot, or by chemically reducing a part of the chromic acid by adding sugar, glucose, or hydrogen peroxide, the operation being carried out at a temperature of from 70 to 90‹ C. The hardness of the deposit may be .further reduced by low-temperature heat treatment, for instance, for from 1 to 24 hours at 150-250‹ C.
Patent GB-1267928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to mounting implements on tractors
Inventor: GRANGER HERMAN WILLIAM
IPC: A01D34/24
Filed: 1969-02-27
Abstract: 1,267,928. Mounting implements on tractors; hedge cutters. TWOSE OF TIVERTON Ltd. 18 Feb., 1970 [27 Feb., 1969], No. 10597/69. Headings A1E and A1P. A hedge trimmer 6 is carried by a beam 5 pivoted to a frame 1 having lugs 2, 3, 4 for attachment to attachment points of a tractor, a rope or chain 10 (or pivoted rod linkage) being connected to the beam 5 and to a yoke 8 embracing a lower link arm (shown in phantom) of the tractor, so that when the lower link arms are raised and lowered so also is the beam 5 about its pivot. The yoke 8 is carried by an arm 7 pivoted to the lug 3.