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Patent GB-2289208-A (GB)
Title: A water heater/kettle for a vehicle
Inventor: SHUI-CHIEN CHEN
IPC: A47J31/00
Filed: 1994-05-06
Abstract: A water heater suitable for use in a vehicle eg a car comprises: a flask body (10); a lid (20); a ceramic electric heated (17); a temperature control element; and a relay. Power is supplied from the DC power supply of a vehicle's storage batteries and conducted to the ceramic electric heater (17) to boil water in the flask. Using a relay circuit, the temperature control element can be used to regulate heating of the water. The flask lid, which is fixed through a linking ring to a part of the vehicle, has a vapour exit (22). Vapour contacting spacer (21) and the bottom edge of lid (20) is condensed to distilled water and drops down into the liner of the flask body (10), with only a small amount of vapour exhausting from the flask. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278607-A (GB)
Title: Sealing member
Inventor: TANAKA TADASHI
IPC: C08L27/18
Filed: 1994-05-27
Abstract: A sealing member 1 is prepared by moulding a material comprising a PAN series carbon fibre, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a polyphenylene sulphide resin. It has an excellent low friction property and sealing characteristics and is less liable to damage a counter member. In particular, it is useful as a sealing member for a scroll type compressor 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292453-A (GB)
Title: Cooking gas burner
Inventor: GOSTELOW BENJAMIN FRANK
IPC: F24C3/08
Filed: 1994-08-15
Abstract: Cooking apparatus having one or more top burners each comprising a burner head seated upon a gas supply spigot also has at least one top burner head that is suitable for cooking non-British style meals. One form of the one burner suitable for heating foodstuff in a wok comprises an assembly with a first burner head 18 having burner ports arranged in a circle. The first head is surrounded by a second burner head 19 also having burner ports arranged in a circle. Gas supply passages 20, 21 lead radially from the burner head and are adapted to seat on the spigots. Another form of burner head is of elongate form with a series of burner ports (28) (Fig. 2) adjacent one end of the head and a second series of burner ports (29) adjacent the other end of the head, the two series being separated from one another by a partition (30) disposed internally of the head. This latter form of head is suitable for heating foodstuffs in a fish kettle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293959-A (GB)
Title: Self adhesive bibs and other flexible disposable covers
Inventor: FLINT HUGH FREDERICK
IPC: A47K13/16
Filed: 1994-10-10
Abstract: A flexible, disposable protective cover such as a bib (81) has a front face which is absorbent over a substantial portion thereof, and the rear face of the cover is provided with one or more self-adhesive pads (e.g. 93, 94) for affixing the cover to a surface to be protected. Preferably a waterproof layer is provided on the inner face of the absorbent layer. The disposable cover may be a table napkin, headrest cover or chair cover for medical or dental treatment and may be supplied from a roll with transverse perforations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296597-A (GB)
Title: Anti-tamper device for a cassette recorder
Inventor: GREEN TERENCE RONALD
IPC: G11B33/00
Filed: 1994-11-30
Abstract: An anti-tamper device 2 for use with a cassette recorder. In one embodiment, a first portion 4 is insertable into the tape receiving slot of a cassette player mounted in a vehicle. When inserted, the portion 6 lies in front of the tape player. The first portion 4 has sprung projections 8 which protrude outwardly therefrom and prevent the device as a whole from being withdrawn from the cassette player when inserted therein. To insert the device 2 the first portion 4 is simply pushed home into the cassette receiving slot. In order to remove the device from the cassette player, the projections 8 must first be compressed by sliding them beneath the first portion 4. The projections are connected to a slider which is moved to and fro by turning a key in a lock barrel 10. The device is secured to the steering wheel 13 of a vehicle by a cable 12 having a loop at one end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285602-A (GB)
Title: Power-saving in printing systems
Inventor: KIM GYUNG-YEOL
IPC: G06K15/00
Filed: 1994-12-23
Abstract: A power-saving printing method, for a printing system comprising a computer providing information and an image-forming apparatus connected thereto, wakes up the image-forming apparatus in advance of real printing in order to reduce the print time by minimizing the waiting time for wake-up of the image-forming apparatus. The method comprises the steps of entering a power-saving mode if the image-forming apparatus is not input from a print code from the computer for a predetermined period of time, producing a dummy print code which does not perform an actual printing operation to the image-forming apparatus, if the computer receives a specific input from the input means, and performing a wake-up operation when the dummy print code is input to the image-forming apparatus. The code may be a control code to command wake-up, may have an empty value, or may command a downloading operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297140-A (GB)
Title: Spring; hand exerciser
Inventor: HOPKINS JOHN
IPC: A63B23/16
Filed: 1995-01-19
Abstract: A spring, for use as a hand exercising tool, comprises a body 11 having a plurality of slots 13 to give it resilience in a direction 16-16 perpendicular to the direction of the slots, each slot 13 having an open end 15 and a closed end 14. The body may be of wood, and the slots 13 may be formed by cutting. The compressibility of the spring may be reduced by inserting wedges 12 into the slots.
Patent GB-2288851-A (GB)
Title: Cooling recirculated diesel engine exhaust gases
Inventor: SCHOENFELD DIETER
IPC: F02M26/24
Filed: 1995-03-29
Abstract: The cooling of the hot exhaust-gas flow is carried out in two or more stages by passing the exhaust-gas flow successively through heat exchangers 12, 13 respectively adapted for a predetermined cooling temperature range. The heat exchanger pipes may be of corrosion-resistant steel for cooling down to a temperature of 250 DEG C or below and PTFE or PTFE coated titanium for lower temperatures. An exhaust pipe throttle valve 9 controls the magnitude of exhaust recirculation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289197-A (GB)
Title: Digital communication system using packet assembling/disassembling and eight-to-fourteen bit encoding/decoding
Inventor: OGITA MINORU
IPC: G10K15/04
Filed: 1995-05-01
Abstract: A digital communication system communicates a data between a transmitter station and a receiver station by means of a carrier wave. The transmitter station has a packet assembler 24 for assembling a data having an original format into a packet, an encoder 26 for encoding the data in the packet from an initial eight-bit form into a fourteen-bit form, and a modulator 28 for modulating a carrier wave by the encoded data so as to transmit the packet of the encoded data in the fourteen-bit form. The receiver station has a demodulator 32 receptive of the modulated carrier wave for demodulating the same to separate therefrom the packet of the encoded data, a decoder 34 for decoding the encoded data in the packet from the fourteen-bit form into the initial eight-bit form, and a packet disassembler 36 for disassembling the packet of the decoded data to restore the original format of the data having the initial eight-bit form. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290990-A (GB)
Title: Fluorosilicone coatings
Inventor: ECKBERG RICHARD PAUL
IPC: C08J7/04
Filed: 1995-06-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a thin fluorosilicone elastomer coating as a cost effective solution to the oil weepage problem while retaining the sealing advantages of silicone rubber.
Patent GB-2290937-A (GB)
Title: Cheddar-type cheese
Inventor: DUINEVELD ADRIANA MARIA
IPC: A23C19/032
Filed: 1995-06-30
Abstract: Hard cheese product of the cheddar type comprising live Str.thermophilus and at least one of L.bulgaricus, L.helveticus and L.casei. It can be prepared by adding live yoghurt to a cheddar marking process.
Patent GB-2310036-A (GB)
Title: Decorative shade for a lamp
Inventor: WILSON NEIL JOHN
IPC: F21V1/14
Filed: 1996-02-07
Abstract: A shade for a lamp includes a generally tubular structure formed from a number of resilient, initially flat leaves 10, each leaf being separately secured 18, 19, in the regions of its top and bottom, to two adjacent leaves and extending generally tangentially outwardly from the structure.
Patent GB-2312085-A (GB)
Title: Student's chord compass
Inventor: FAIRLEY NORMAN
IPC: G09B15/02
Filed: 1996-04-11
Abstract: Consisting of four discs when assembled in the correct manner can show technical information in a visual, easy to see at a glance way. There are two keyboard discs which when assembled form a double sided keyboard. On each side of the keyboard theoretical information disc,a disc of lesser diameter ( thus allowing the keyboard to be seen on the circumference) is mounted concentrically on central boss which holds the two outer discs allowing easy rotation whilst the larger keyboard/information disc(s) remain static. Information on all major and minor keys can be found through the windows of these two outer discs by simply rotating windows in direction of small arrows thus giving both sharp and flat triads on opposing sides of disc. Rotation is achieved with finger and thumb action.
Patent GB-2315403-A (GB)
Title: Electric water heater with water level indicator
Inventor: MELGAARD KLAUS
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 1996-07-24
Abstract: An electric water heater 10, such as a kettle, comprises a body 12 with a window 16, and a movably connected float assembly having a float 24 and an indicator 26 which is visible through the window when the level of water in the body reaches a predetermined level. The float assembly may include an arm 28 between the float and the indicator that is pivotally or slidably connected to the inside of the body. The indicator may have graduations and may be permanently visible through the window (see fig 4), which may be located in a lid 14 of the heater and may comprise a lens element. The float 24 may be a hollow ball or an inverted cup shape.
Patent GB-2308826-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for applying an oscillating force to molten material in a mould
Inventor: BUBEL ALEXANDER
IPC: B29C45/00
Filed: 1996-12-02
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for applying an oscillating force to a molten material includes barrel 14 fed with a moldable material from hopper 12; a screw conveyor 16 rotatable and axially reciprocatable within the barrel, and at least one conveyor flight 18 formed on the screw conveyor for conveying and compressing the molding material such that rotation and reciprocation of the screw forces the material from the barrel and along conduit 26 communicating with mold cavity 30. Controller 32 controls rotation and reciprocation of the screw, reciprocating the screw toward and away from the mold during filling of the mold cavity inducing a shearing of the material, each reciprocation of the screw translating it closer toward the mold cavity. A method is using the apparatus is also disclosed.
Patent GB-968382-A (GB)
IPC: A24B15/12
Abstract: 968,382. Making reconstituted tobacco. GENERAL CIGAR CO. Inc. Sept. 14, 1960 [Sept. 17, 1959], No. 31649/60. Heading A2C. Flue-cured or Burley tobacco stems are extracted with water so that at least 20%, and possibly 60%, by dry weight of the stems is eliminated, the residual aqueous suspension is subject to pressurization and intensive shearing homogenization to yield a highly hydrated pulp with which is mixed a quantity of pulverized tobacco, e.g. dryground shorts or winnowings, greater on a dry weight basis than, and preferably two or four times as much as, the dry solids in the pulp, and the mixture is dried into coherent form. The minimum degree of hydration of the pulp to be allowed is given in the Specification. The suspension may be at 140‹ to 205‹ F during homogenization and a minor part of the pulverized tobacco may be mixed with the suspension prior to homogenization. The stems may be deaerated under vacuum prior to extraction, which may be carried out with batches of boiling water at subatmospheric pressure, and a final batch at elevated pressure, or, alternatively, continuous extraction may be employed. A valve-type homogenizer is used, and may be preceded by a wet hammer mill or a rotary or ultrasonic tuned reed disintegrator. Humectants and plasticizers such as glycerol, sorbitol and glycols may be added to the pulp with the pulverized tobacco or may be coated or sprayed on the final product, which may be a sheet formed on a stainless steel belt as in Specification 753,965, which belt may be steam heated on the underside as in U.S.A. Specification 2,155,453. The sheet may be re-moistened by a spray as in U.S.A. Specification 2,867,220 or by a wet spongy roller, and glycerol may be mixed with the moistening water. Quantitative and detailed process examples are given.
Patent GB-2321822-A (GB)
Title: Inband signalling
Inventor: CLIFFORTH ANDREW EDWARD
IPC: H04Q1/444
Filed: 1997-01-31
Abstract: A speech signal and data are transmitted simultaneously in different portions of the speech band, and the bandwidth of the speech portion is controlled according to the amount of data being transmitted. Preferably the high-frequency cut-off point forthe speech signal is reduced to accommodate the data. The data can be out-of-band signalling data which is converted to in-band data so as to fit within the restricted bandwidth of a multiplexed channel.
Patent GB-2322866-A (GB)
Title: Crystalline form of a titanyl phthalocyanine obtained by treatment of Type X polymorphic form with substituted aromatic hydrocarbon(s)
Inventor: GAIRNS RAYMOND STEVENSON
IPC: H01L51/42
Filed: 1997-03-04
Abstract: There is disclosed a crystalline form of a titanyl phthalocyanine characterised by having an XRD pattern showing a maximum peak at a Bragg angle (20Œ0.2‹) of about 27.3‹ and further diffraction peaks in decreasing order of intensity at Bragg angles (20Œ0.2‹) of about 9.0‹, about 9.5‹, about 24.1‹ and about 14.3‹. Its use in charge generating materials, photoconductive members and electroreprographic devices is also disclosed. A process for its preparation comprises the following steps: a) reacting an optionally substituted phthalonitrile with ammonia in the presence of alkali metal alkoxide (eg sodium or potassium methoxide) to form a diiminoisoindoline; b) reacting the diiminoisoindoline obtained from step 'a)' with titanium tetraalkoxide (eg the tetrabutoxide) to form a titanyl phthalocyanine of the polymorphic crystal form known as Type I; c) dissolving the Type I titanyl phthalocyanine obtained from step 'b)' in a mixture of alkane sulphonic acid (eg methanesulphonic acid) and halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon (eg dichloromethane) to form a titanyl phthalocyanine of the polymorphic crystal form known as Type X; and d) treating the Type X titanyl phthalocyanine obtained form step 'c)' with substituted aromatic hydrocarbon (eg methoxybenzene) until a titanyl phthalocyanine is formed having the XRD pattern stated above and then collecting the titanyl phthalocyanine from the substituted aromatic hydrocarbon.
Patent GB-2311187-A (GB)
Title: Radiotelephone with an air gap provided between the speaker and sound ports
Inventor: CLARK JOEL
IPC: H04R1/22
Filed: 1997-03-07
Abstract: A speaker 302 is arranged in an enclosure formed between two housing portions 200, 202 so that an air gap is formed between the speaker diaphragm 314 and sound ports 114 in the front housing portion 200. The speaker 302 is positioned using standoffs 308 and guides 312 so that the air gap provides an acoustic leak into the enclosure. The absence of an airtight seal between the speaker and the front housing portion makes the frequency response of the speaker relatively independent of whether an airtight seal is formed between the front housing portion 200 and a human ear. The audio quality of the speaker may be further enhanced by the addition of sound absorbing material 304, 300 on either side of the speaker, ports that extend beyond the circumference of the speaker and a low pass filter 600. These boost the low frequency response below 1kHz and attenuate unwanted frequencies at 1.5kHz and 3.5kHz, caused by sound wave interference.
Patent GB-2323304-A (GB)
Title: Leg exerciser
Inventor: LAI SHUN-CHIUNG
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 1997-03-18
Abstract: A leg exerciser includes front and rear U-shaped support frames (40, 50) which are connected pivotably at upper sections thereof about two pivot shafts (73). A spaced pair of walking units (70) are connected pivotably inside the upper sections of the rear U-shaped support frame (50) about the pivot shafts (73). A pair of bracing members (80) are connected to intermediate sections of the front and rear U-shaped support frames (40, 50) by means of first and second locking bolt units (84). Each of the bracing members (80) has an elongated connecting plate (81) which has a first end, a second end and a slide slot (83) extending lengthwise between the first and second ends. Each of the first locking bolt units (84) extends through and interconnects pivotably a respective one of the first ends of the connecting plates (81) and an intermediate section of a respective one of the arm members (501) of the rear U-shaped support frame (50). Each of the second locking bolt units (84) locks releaseably the front U-shaped support frame (40) relative to the rear U-shaped support frame (50). An inverted U-shaped handle member (60) is connected pivotably to the upper sections of the front and rear U-shaped support frames (40, 50) about the pivot shafts (73).
Patent GB-2324260-A (GB)
Title: Socket
Inventor: CHO JIN-CHAI
IPC: B25B13/10
Filed: 1997-04-18
Abstract: A socket includes a socket body 1 defining a receiving chamber 12, a plurality of actuating plates 13 longitudinally slidably fitted into the receiving chamber 12 of the socket body, and a holder plate 15 fixedly mounted inside the receiving chamber of the socket body. A plurality of springs 14 are connected between the actuating plates 13 and the holder plate 15, guide tubes and guide rods (131,151, Figs. 2-4) being provided to guide the springs. When the socket is attached to the fastener 3 to be turned some of the springs 14 are compressed by the corresponding actuating plates which are pushed against the head of the fastener, and the actuating plates 13 which surround the head of the fastener engage its periphery, enabling the fastener to be rotated.
Patent GB-2324606-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic flowmeters
Inventor: SOGHOMONIAN SALMASI ZAREH
IPC: G01F1/58
Filed: 1997-04-25
Abstract: A method of operating an electromagnetic flowmeter comprising a flow measurement duct, means for generating a magnetic field in fluid flowing in the duct across the direction of flow, and means for measuring a voltage thereby induced in the fluid as indicative of the flow comprises measuring an output of said measuring means in the absence of said magnetic field and determining therefrom the presence or absence of fluid in the duct. Electromagnetic flowmeter arrangements are also disclosed in which the magnetic field is generated for short periods separated by relatively long intervals, in which the flow measurement signal is compensated for DC components unrelated to fluid flow and for variations in the magnetic field strength, in which pole pieces are provided which may exhibit preferential crystalline anisotropy and only one of which is provided with an energising coil, in which an earthed conductive disk is provided to suppress noise caused by changes in magnetic field direction and in which the cross-section of the flow tube varies along its length, the walls of the tube being defined by one or more transition curves.
Patent GB-2325256-A (GB)
Title: Bivouac shelter
Inventor: EGERTON TIMOTHY CHARLES
IPC: E04H15/40
Filed: 1997-05-16
Abstract: A bivouac shelter comprises a sheet 1 of flexible material which is adapted at either of two parallel ends thereof to retain a resilient support member 4. Each support member 4 can be deformed so as to arch the sheet 1 and is held in the deformed condition by means of a tensioning strap 5. Each of the tensioning straps may be arranged to act on each of two opposing edges of the sheet 1 or may act directly on two ends of its associated support member 4. The effective length of the tensioning straps 5 may be adjustable such that the degree of arch of the sheet 1 can be varied.
Patent GB-2313482-A (GB)
Title: Electric kettle
Inventor: GUNNING ALAN
IPC: A47J27/212
Filed: 1997-05-23
Abstract: A kettle has a bell 10 which rings when the water boils. The kettle includes a control mechanism 6 having an arm 8 directly in contact with a bimetallic element 7 for opening a switch to disrupt the supply of electrical current to a heating element when water in the kettle boils. The bell 10 is struck by the arm 8 as a result of the operation of the control mechanism when the water boils. A spring clip 18 is snap fitted to the striker arm 8 to reduce wear.
Patent GB-2314356-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming a roof tile
Inventor: WRIGHT NORMAN
IPC: E04D1/16
Filed: 1994-12-12
Abstract: A method of forming a roof tile comprises extruding a ribbon of material onto a series of pallets which pass under a slipper plate. The pallets define the underside shape of the tiles 1 such that longitudinal features on the underside of the tiles are defined by the pallets to extend transversely of the direction of extrusion. The slipper plate may be flat or profiled to define the transverse profile of the tiles.
Patent GB-2315190-A (GB)
Title: An internet telephony gateway for providing an interface between a circuit switched and packet switched network
Inventor: QUON WYNN
IPC: H04M7/00
Filed: 1997-07-04
Abstract: An Internet Telephony Gateway is disclosed for permitting telephone calls to be made from an ordinary telephone to a subscriber on the Internet. The Gateway includes an apparatus for enabling the establishment of telephone calls between a packet switched network 27 carrying data packets and a circuit switched network 4 carrying telephone signals, and comprises a first interface unit (fig.5, 44) for connection to the circuit switched network; a second interface unit (fig.5, 45) for connection to the packet switched network; a device for receiving signals at said first interface and converting them to data packets for transmission over the packet switched network and vice versa; and a processor (fig.5, 40) for determining destination information from incoming signals or data packets on one network and setting up a call to a destination on the other network in response to the destination information.
Patent GB-2317530-A (GB)
Title: Hands free holder for a portable radio telephone
Inventor: SNYDER MICHAEL T
IPC: H04M1/21
Filed: 1997-09-10
Abstract: A holder 100 for a portable electronic device (fig. 6, 600), eg. a radiotelephone, comprises a mountable housing 102, a latching mechanism 104 and an electrical connector 101. The radiotelephone (fig.6, 600) has a bottom surface (fig.6, 608) defining a slot (fig.8, 800) and a front edge (fig.6, 610) including an electrical connector (fig.6, 624). The mountable housing 102 has a first end 151 and a second end 153. The latching mechanism 104 is movably disposed on the first end 151 and includes a biasing element exerting a force on the latching mechanism 104 in a direction towards the second end 153. The electrical connector 101 is positioned on the second end 153 and includes electrical contacts facing the first end 151. When the radiotelephone (fig.6, 600) is properly inserted within the holder 100, the latching mechanism 104 engages the slot (fig.8, 800) for securing the radiophone (fig.6, 600) within the holder 100 and for establishing and maintaining an electrical connection between electrical connectors (101 and fig.6, 624). The holder is suited for use in a vehicle where hands free use of the radiotelephone could be required.