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Patent GB-2303195-A (GB)
Title: Gas charging a suspension strut using a hypodermic needle
Inventor: JENTSCH ERWIN
IPC: F16F9/36
Filed: 1995-07-13
Abstract: A method of gas charging a suspension strut of the type, having a seal with an annular main body (44), outer and inner annular lips (46), (48), and a channel portion (54) between the outer and inner lips and open to the piston rod (18) comprises inserting a hypodermic needle (62) through the outer lip of the seal; retaining the outer lip of the seal in engagement with the piston rod; introducing gas under pressure into the channel portion by way of the hypodermic needle to move at least a portion of the inner lip out of engagement with the piston rod to introduce pressurised gas into the fluid chamber; ceasing the introduction of pressurised gas to allow the whole of the inner lip to re-engage the piston rod; and removing the hypodermic needle from the outer lip. Allows easier gas charging of the suspension strut.
Patent GB-2304784-A (GB)
Title: Espagnolette fastenings
Inventor: COLLINS PAUL
IPC: E05B15/02
Filed: 1995-08-30
Abstract: An espagnolette fastening arrangement is provided for an openable window or door member in which the ability to open or close the window is controlled by a slidable member 13 provided with fastening elements 14 which engage with a keeper element (16). Any attempt to move the window from the open to closed state with a locking element (15) already in the locked position results in the fastening elements (14) abutting against a stepped edge portion provided on the keeper element (16). This prevents further movement of the locking element (15) towards the fixed frame (11) and thus prevents undesirable impact of the fixed frame (11) against the locking element (15).
Patent GB-2296182-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning device
Inventor: HARBER HULYA
IPC: A47L25/00
Filed: 1995-09-27
Abstract: A cleaning device for a child's oral insert, such as a dummy, teat or the like, comprises a container having an opening closable by a removable closure member and a body of absorbent material within the container, said body having a cavity of a diameter commensurate with said insert and accessible from the opening when the closure is removed. The container or closure may be plastic. The container and closure may be of circular cross-section. The closure may be a snap-closable flip-top lid attached to the container by a strap or hinge. The body of absorbent material may be a sponge or foam within which is absorbed a small amount of cleaning or sterilising fluid. The cavity may be a cylindrical through bore, or a blind bore, or shaped to correspond to the external shape of the insert to be cleaned. The body of absorbent of material maybe removable for cleaning or replacement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292087-A (GB)
Title: Orthopaedic material
Inventor: ANSELL CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A61L15/07
Filed: 1994-04-29
Abstract: An orthopaedic splinting or casting material comprises a substrate which carries a hardenable resin containing a multi-functional vinyl ether monomer, an agent which when mixed with the monomer increases the viscosity thereof and a catalyst capable of causing the resin to harden when exposed to actinic radiation.
Patent GB-2298513-A (GB)
Title: Display board
Inventor: COMMISSAR RICHARD CLIVE
IPC: G09F1/04
Filed: 1996-03-01
Abstract: The Application describes a display board comprising a pair of opposing edges 1,1' with at least one flap 3,3',4,4' at each edge, the flaps between them being capable of holding a fold-over article, each flap being capable of folding along the edge 1,1' onto the display board, so that it will be inside the fold-over article when that article is on the board, and wherein the flap or a part of the flap is also capable of being folded at right angles to the edge, so that upon mounting of the article on the board, folding the flap inside the article adjacent its spine and then folding the article onto itself, part of the flap (B Figure 2) can be arranged on top of the article with the right angle fold (7) of the flap behind the spine of the article, whereby the article is prevented from falling off the display board.
Patent GB-2300784-A (GB)
Title: Remote line testing
Inventor: O'CONNOR CATHAL MHUIRE
IPC: H04M3/30
Filed: 1996-05-08
Abstract: Apparatus 1 is connected by a dedicated telephone line 18 to a telephone network 2 through a main distribution frame or exchange 9 which also connects a line testing device 5 to the telephone network 2. The apparatus 1 is accessible by dialling the number of the dedicated telephone line 18 on any of the other telephone lines 4 in the telephone network 2 using a DTMF telephone 8. The line test device 5 will then test a line 4 corresponding to the telephone number that is subsequently requested by the operator of the DTMF telephone 8. Within the apparatus 1 a plurality of spoken phrases are stored in a directory to enable the relaying of the test results returned from the line test device 5 to the DTMF telephone 8 on the line 7 by the apparatus 1 in spoken form. The apparatus 1 may be connected by a number of lines 18 to the exchange 9 to enable a number of test requests to be dealt with simultaneously. The line testing device 5 can be connected by a number of lines to a number of different exchanges so that fewer line testing devices 5 are needed in a network.
Patent GB-2302415-A (GB)
Title: Photomask
Inventor: HWANG JOON
IPC: G03F1/68
Filed: 1996-06-11
Abstract: The edges of a photomask (23,33) have a constant saw-toothed structure so that the interference phenomenon of the wavelength at its maximum is offset and the limits of the resolution in a stepper are improved.
Patent GB-2314306-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle suspension stabiliser assembly
Inventor: ROSE CLIVE WILLIAM
IPC: B60G21/05
Filed: 1996-06-20
Abstract: An assembly 1 comprises a pair of rocker arms 2, 4 coupled to the front wheel suspensions by links 3 and 5 and being mutually coupled by spring and damper assemblies 7,8 and 11, 12. The rocker arms are also coupled by a fluid cylinder 19 which is fluid-linked to the cylinder 58 of a similar assembly 29 of the rear suspension. A third such assembly 28 may be interposed between the cylinders 19 and 58, with fluid cylinders 41 and 42 coupled between the respective rocker arms 31, 32 and chassis.
Patent GB-2316961-A (GB)
Title: Two part spacer for positioning reinforcing rods in concrete
Inventor: TAYLOR DONALD
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1996-08-29
Abstract: A spacer assembly (1) for positioning reinforcing rods prior to setting in concrete comprises a one-piece moulded plastic support head (2) and a slidably attachable spacer body (3). The head (2) comprises a rectangular platform (4) on which are located a first pair of aligned clips (5) and a second pair of clips (6) set at right angles thereto. A reinforcing rod can be held either by clips (5) or clips (6) but not by both. The clips fit onto the rods by a resilient push fit. The platform (4) has a pair of depending, downwardly extending, opposed L-shaped limbs (8) defining channels in which ledges (9) of the spacer body (3) are slidably received.
Patent GB-2305769-A (GB)
Title: Optical coupler for use in a head drum assembly
Inventor: JOE YEO-UK
IPC: G11B15/14
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: A head drum assembly 200 for use in a tape player comprises a fixed shaft 80, a rotary drum 50 rotably mounted around the fixed shaft, at least two magnetic heads 10,20 arranged on and attached to the rotary drum 50 with uniform angular separation and the same number of laser diodes 11,12 as the magnetic heads. The laser diodes are separated from each other by the same angular separation as the magnetic heads, and they convert electrical signals produced in the magnetic heads 10,20 as the magnetic tape (t, fig. 3) is read into optical signals which are transmitted towards a centre of the fixed shaft 80, where a photo diode 33 converts the received optical signal into an electrical signal. The photo diode 33 is attached to a lateral external surface of the fixed shaft 80, and is curved such that the optical signal from only one of the laser diodes is received at any time (fig. 3).
Patent GB-2302762-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic valve driving apparatus for driving a valve of an internal combustion engine
Inventor: IZUO TAKASHI
IPC: F01L9/20
Filed: 1995-09-08
Abstract: An electromagnetic valve driving apparatus 10 which drives a valve 12 of an internal combustion engine by using an electromagnetic attractive force. The electromagnetic valve apparatus 10 includes a magnetic core 24, 28 and an armature 20 facing the magnetic core. The aramature is thicker in a middle portion 20c which is located between the portions 20a, 20b facing the inner portion 24a, 28a and the outer portion 24b, 28b of the magnetic core.
Patent GB-2306240-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexed electrical control systems
Inventor: CHARD JONATHON
IPC: B60R16/03
Filed: 1996-10-14
Abstract: A multiplexed electrical control system comprises a master station 10 and a plurality of slave stations 12, 14, 16 each having a microprocessor connected via a UART to a bus 15, the slave stations 12, 14, 16, being arranged to send out slave messages on the bus in response to headers addressed to them by the master station 10. Each byte of the slave message is sent out directly in response to a header message H addressed to the slave station, or an interrupt signal sent by the UART to the microprocessor in the slave station. Each header in a sequence of messages is sent out by the master when it detects that the previous slave message has been completed. This is done by counting the number of bytes using the UART interrupt signals. This eliminates the need for an accurate independent clock in each slave station to co-ordinate the multiplexing.
Patent GB-2303923-A (GB)
Title: Electroanalysis of liquids
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID EDWARD
IPC: G01N27/28
Filed: 1995-04-21
Abstract: Analysis of a liquid, e.g. determination of chlorine in a water supply, is carried out using an electrochemical method in which a sensing element, in which an electrode (1) is carried on a substrate (2), is subjected to mechanical pulses by a pulsing means (42). The electrode or electrodes may be of the microband type in which the working surface of the electrode is a thin line, the width of which is a microdimension. The method can also be used for determination of non-electroactive species, and of acidity or other physical properties of a solution.
Patent GB-2306959-A (GB)
Title: Liquid Crystalline Media
Inventor: BREMER MATTHIAS
IPC: C09K19/30
Filed: 1996-10-25
Abstract: The invention relates to 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl 4-cyclohexylbenzoates of the formula I  in which  R 1  is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having up 1 to 18 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted, nonosubstituted by CN or CF 3 or at least monosubstituted by halogen, it also being possible for one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals to be replaced by -O-, -S-, -C* identical with *C-, -OC-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and L 1  is H or F, and to liquid-crystalline media comprising such 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl 4-cyclohexylbenzoates, and to electro-optical displays containing a liquid-crystalline medium of this type.
Patent GB-2322002-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor light emitting device
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN STUART
IPC: H01S5/323
Filed: 1997-02-07
Abstract: A laser or LED is formed using a quarternary In x (Al y Ga 1-y ) 1-x As semiconductor compound. Devices having In 0.18 (Al 0.34 Ga 0.66 ) 0.82 As and In 0.24 (Al 0.35 Ga 0.65 ) 0.76 As active layers with low residual oxygen concentrations (< 1x10<SP>17</SP> atoms/cc) grown at a temperature of 630‹C provide emission at 739nm and 741nm. These wavelengths of light are particularly suited to phototherapy treatment of human or animal tissue in conjunction with the use of the m-tetrahydroxyphenolhacteriochlorin (m-THBC) photosensitizer.
Patent GB-2326402-A (GB)
Title: Holder for a coreless roll
Inventor: CAYFORD RICHARD FRANCIS
IPC: A47K10/38
Filed: 1997-06-17
Abstract: A holder for holding a coreless roll of sheet material comprises a non-rotating spindle 2, provided with a radially projecting member 10, which biases a portion of the interior surface of the roll 4 into contact with the holder. The said member is preferably attached to the spindle via a clip 12. The clip is preferably part - circular in cross-section, having flanges at each of its opposed edges (14 and 16 figure 6). Thus, when a roll 4 of sheet material is fitted to the holder, the radially projecting member 10 will act as a brake to prevent the roll 4 from free - wheeling when the sheet material is dispensed.
Patent GB-2327793-A (GB)
Title: Remote control of vehicle speeds
Inventor: KING HARRY
IPC: B60K31/00
Filed: 1997-07-29
Abstract: A system uses the transmission and receipt of digitally encoded instructions specifying speed limit on a road by radio to control the operation of an electro-mechanical clutch assembly fitted to a vehicle for the purpose of disengaging the throttle linkage mechanisms controlling the supply of fuel to the engine, when the vehicle exceeds the speed limit. Brake lights are operated, and a display is actuated inside the vehicle. Information regarding adverse conditions affecting the section of highway in front of the vehicle is also displayed to the driver.
Patent GB-2322317-A (GB)
Title: Oscillatory motion device for a drill press
Inventor: STOFFLET TODD LAVERNE
IPC: B23Q1/01
Filed: 1997-08-22
Abstract: An oscillatory motion device 270 for a drill press 10 includes a power take-off with a pair of pulley 84,86 connected to one another by one belt 88 and to one of the pulley of the drill press by another belt. The driven power take-off pulley rotates a shaft 314 driving a worm gear 313. An eccentrically mounted arm (328 Fig 3) is rotated by the worm gear and converts rotary motion into a reciprocating linear motion. An actuator 276 of the device is movably mounted and has one end engaged with the quill 42 of the drill press and an opposing end coupled with the eccentric arm. Reciprocation of the arm causes linear movement of the actuator, quill, chuck and any tool (11 Fig 1) held in the chuck. A dust evacuator (Figs 4-9) can be mounted to the bottom of the table. A generally flatter, inlet or suction end of the evacuator is recessed to conform to the curvature of a central opening through the table.
Patent GB-2317561-A (GB)
Title: Plant derived composition containing flavanoid compounds
Inventor: HOWARD ALAN NORMAN
IPC: A23L33/15
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: A plant derived flavanoid-containing dry composition, wherein at least 25% of the plant derived material in the composition comprises polyphenols and at least 0.01% of the composition is flavonol. The composition has use in the inhibition of oxidation of plasma LDL's, stimulation of TGF-* small Greek beta * production and inhibition of platelet aggregation and/or stimulation of fibrinolysis.
Patent GB-2334692-A (GB)
Title: Rail lifting tool
Inventor: HART DOUGLAS
IPC: B65G7/12
Filed: 1997-10-03
Abstract: A rail lifting tool comprises an elongate steel body 1 having a handle at one end and a first jaw 6 fixed to the other end. A second jaw 4 is pivotally attached to the first jaw by a hardened steel securing bolt 2. The jaws are profiled to engage around either side of a head part of a section of rail track and have bar elements 5 at their extremities to make contact with the rail. In use the jaws are placed around the head part of a section of rail and on lifting of the handle the jaws are caused to move towards each other to grip on the rail for secure lifting.
Patent GB-2316884-A (GB)
Title: Solid construction golf ball incorporating compressible materials
Inventor: AOYAMA STEVEN
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1996-05-28
Abstract: The subject invention relates to a golf ball (1) having the beneficial characteristics of both a wound and solid construction ball. The invention is directed to a non-wound golf ball (1) incorporating a compressible material, such as a gas, as part of its core (2). The compressible material can be dispersed throughout the entire core (2) or only in a part (5) of the core (2). The golf balls of this invention combine the feel and playing characteristics of a wound construction ball with the shelf life, manufacturing simplicity, and durability of solid construction golf balls.
Patent GB-2320668-A (GB)
Title: Claspless stud for ear piercing
Inventor: NAKAJIMA TAKESHI
IPC: A44C7/00
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: The stud has a shaft 11 bearing an ornament 21 at one end and an enlarged portion 12 at the other to which is detachably mounted a sharp end-piece 13. The portion 12 holds the earing against the ear after the piece 13 is removed and eliminates any need for a separate clasp. In alternative structures the portion 12 may have a recess (15, Fig 4) in which the piece 13 is received, or the whole shaft 12 may be hollow, the sharp portion being located at the end of a smaller shaft (18, Figs 5,6) which extends through the hollow shaft.
Patent GB-2322770-A (GB)
Title: Device for REading Magnetic Tags
Inventor: DAMES ANDREW NICHOLAS
IPC: G08B13/24
Filed: 1996-04-03
Abstract: The device comprises a plurality of permanent magnets disposed in a circular array around a gap through which a tag to be read can pass, the poles of the permanent magnets being disposed so that each of the magnets has its pole of one polarity (for example North) positioned on the inside of the circular array, and its pole of the opposite polarity (for example South) positioned on the outside of the circular array. A coil is disposed coaxially with the circular array adjacent to said permanent magnets. The magnets are preferably polymer-bonded ferrite magnets.
Patent GB-2322984-A (GB)
Title: Mixing circuits
Inventor: OBERHAMMER WOLFGANG
IPC: H03D7/16
Filed: 1998-02-03
Abstract: A radio transceiver system uses a single variable local oscillator frequency source 36 which is used in mixing both before and after a band-pass filter 38. This causes a reduction in band-pass filter bandwidths. In an all-band transceiver for PCS for example the effect of this reduced bandwidth requirement is to increase the spacing between the transmit bands and the receive bands and thereby enable a reduction in transmission noise interfering with the reception bands. The mixing circuit may form part of a radio transmitter, receiver or a transceiver using two mixing circuits sharing a common oscillator or a pair of oscillators synchronized to each other.
Patent GB-2334011-A (GB)
Title: Sliding a collar along a seat post to fold or unfold a collapsible bicycle
Inventor: HERDER JAIME
IPC: B62K15/00
Filed: 1998-02-10
Abstract: The bicycle has a collar 21 which is slidable along the seat post 1 to control the angle of linkages 19, 20 and thereby fold or unfold the pivotally mounted tubing of the bicycle frame: The steering tube 9 has a bracket 8 from which pivots a lower front strut 5 and an upper front tube 11. Strut 5 is pivoted at 4 to a crank axle housing 3 whilst tube 11 is pivotally captured at 12 between a pair of plates 13 welded to opposite sides of the seat tube. A pair of rear extending lower arms 16 pivot about the crank housing and a vertical yoke 18 pivotally connected to the arms 16 is pivotally attached to an upper rear arm 15 which is attached between the plates 13 at pivot 14. The linkage 19, pivoted at the collar, is pivotally connected to the mid region of the tube 11 whilst linkage 20, also pivoted at the collar, is pivotally connected to the mid region of the arm 15. Therefore by sliding the collar along the seat post, before securing it with lever clamp 22, the bicycle frame can be positioned and then held in a folded or unfolded state. The pivots can comprise an insert (5, Figure 4) fitted into the ends of the frame tubing.
Patent GB-2324126-A (GB)
Title: A diaphragm spring with fanned-out fingers engaging a recess in a clutch housing
Inventor: BARTELS ERNST
IPC: F16D13/38
Filed: 1998-02-20
Abstract: A diaphragm spring 8 has a series of fanned-out spring fingers 5 extending radially outwards from a central annular region 6 and a series of spring tongues 9 extending radially inwards from the annular region 6. In order to reduce the axial dimension of a clutch, the spring fingers 5, when the clutch is disengaged, engage in a plurality of recesses 4 in clutch housing 3. The spring fingers 5 bear on a knife-edge 15 formed on pressure plate 13 to engage the clutch and at the same radial position as the knife-edge 15 the recesses 4 are provided. Annular region 6 engages a wire ring 10, fitted to the housing 3 by spacer pins 7, and bearing 17 formed on the housing 3. Clutch disc 14 is equipped with friction linings 11, 12 which are pressed against a flywheel by pressure plate 13. In another embodiment (see fig 4) the pressure plate is provided with axially projecting lugs (19, fig 4) which engage between the fingers 5 and extends beyond the fingers 5.
Patent GB-2320046-A (GB)
Title: Drainage unit
Inventor: BURNETT-JONES ROYSTON WAYNE
IPC: E01C11/22
Filed: 1996-09-16
Abstract: A drainage unit comprises a box channel-section body formed of a base (11a) and a cover (12a) wherein the cover is provided with first apertures (16) and the base is provided with second apertures (15), the base being provided with further apertures (23) intermediate said first and second apertures, the first apertures not being in direct fluid communication with the second apertures. In use, the drainage unit is installed adjacent a road such that apertures (16) receive surface water, apertures (15) receive sub-surface water and apertures (23) receive water from the wearing surface of the road. Preferably, two separate channels (14,17) are defined within the unit, one channel (17) being in fluid communication with apertures (16) and (23) and the other channel (14) being in fluid communication with apertures (15).
Patent GB-2319852-A (GB)
Title: Testing a sample by nuclear resonance
Inventor: SMITH JOHN ALEC SYDNEY
IPC: G01R33/44
Filed: 1994-09-26
Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of a small amount of a particular substance in a given sample comprises exciting nuclear resonance in the substance and detecting the response signals from the substance using a probe. The bulk of the sample may give rise to interfering signals, not due to nuclear resonance. Thus the response signal from the sample is processed in such a way as to at least partially filter out the interfering signals, arising from the sample. One method is to delay collection of the resonance signal until interfering signals decay to a low level. A second method is to use excitation at two opposing phases, the interference is then removed by subtraction. Other methods of improving response by adjusting the probe 14 according to the character of the sample are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2325539-A (GB)
Title: Reusing code in object-oriented program development
Inventor: LAU CHRISTINA
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: A method and system for reusing code extensions prepared by a user or developer are disclosed. The extensions are handled as method implementations and stored in the method body, in a persistent storage model. Thus when the source code is regenerated after a change is made to the metadata in an object, its method body attribute is retrieved intact and the user/developer does not need to re-enter the extensions into the object to be edited.
Patent GB-2327573-A (GB)
Title: A mobile telephone capable of switching between a personal handyphone system and personal digital cellular system dependent upon the velocity of the phone
Inventor: ODA TOSHIYUKI
IPC: H04W36/04
Filed: 1998-04-16
Abstract: The mobile telephone can call using a Personal Digital Cellular (PDC) system when travelling at a speed above a predetermined threshold or using a Personal Handyphone (PHS) system when travelling at a speed below the threshold. A speed detector 2 determines the velocity of the mobile phone from values of acceleration from a gyro 1. A record holder 3 stores the speed detected during a predetermined time period prior to the call. If the velocity has exceeded the threshold during the predetermined time period the telephone is switched to using the Personal Digital Cellular system. The threshold and the predetermined time period may be set by the user.