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Patent GB-2308312-A (GB)
Title: Oil separating method
Inventor: ITO HIROTSUGU
IPC: B01F33/40
Filed: 1995-12-19
Abstract: An oil separating method is disclosed in which oil-contaminated water in a separation tank is mixed with air bubbles in a bubble-generating apparatus provided at the bottom of the separation tank to jet out said air-water mixture into the separation tank, ```wherein a surfactant or a surfactant and an antifoamer are(is) previously added to the oil-contaminated water. By adding the surfactant or adding both the surfactant and the anti-foamer, agglomeration of oil particles is accelerated.
Patent GB-2297612-A (GB)
Title: Cooking hob
Inventor: ZAMAGNI VERALDO
IPC: F24C15/12
Filed: 1996-01-31
Abstract: A hob (10) for domestic kitchens of the type referred to as a vanishing hob, that is to say which in the operative position is raised with respect to the worktop of the adjacent units, while in the rest condition it is lowered with the closure cover (16) in line with the worktop of the adjacent units. The hob is connected to the cover by means of two pivoted parallelograms, one on each side of the hob, each comprising a pair of levers (18, 19) hinged to a container (12) and to a guide bar (20). The bottom of the hob is supported by wheels (21, 22) which run on the respective guide bars. Each rear lever (18) is then connected by a further lever (23) to a support element (24), by means of which the rear edge of the cover is hinged to the container. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2301985-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the flow of ATM cells in an ATM network
Inventor: JONES TREVOR
IPC: H04L49/111
Filed: 1996-06-05
Abstract: The flow of ATM cells in an ATM network is controlled by signalling to the source to reduce the transmission rate when congestion occurs in a switch in the network. The signalling is carried out by way of insertion into Resource Management Rm cells of a new Explicit Rate (ER) value for the connection. The ER value is obtained as a function of an ABR Output Bandwidth value (AOB). The AOB value is the number of ABR cells output from the buffer within a predetermined time interval. In a simple mode of operation, the new ER value is written to the cell for forward transmission, the changed ER then being signalled back to the source from the destination. In a more complex mode of operation, the cell is passed onwards or forwards with the old ER value unchanged, with a test establishing the lowest value of ER to be written in a DPRAM. In the receiver the ER value stored is written into the next cell only if it is lower than the existing value in the cell. If there is no congestion, the maximum value of ER is put into the DPRAM so that the backward ER in the backward cells is not changed.
Patent GB-2303022-A (GB)
Title: Parallel-connected telephone use determination
Inventor: LEE BYEONG-KUK
IPC: H04M1/82
Filed: 1996-07-01
Abstract: A parallel-connected telephone use determining circuit is described. The voltage applied through a telephone line is rectified and then supplied via a capacitatively damped voltage divider 50, 60 to an A/D converter, where it is converted into a digital signal. A central processing unit 500 receives the digital signal converted from the A/D converter. The CPU 500 periodically increments a counter if the digital signal is less than a 1.2V. The counter is reset if the detected voltage rises above the 1.2V level, but if it stays below that level for 200 milliseconds, the CPU 500 determines that the parallel-connected telephone 800 is in use and clears the counter.
Patent GB-2302809-A (GB)
Title: Antitumor agent
Inventor: ARAI SHIGEYUKI
IPC: A61K31/192
Filed: 1996-07-04
Abstract: An antitumor agent comprising as an effective ingredient 3-[4-hydroxy-3,5-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyl)phenyl]-2-propenoic acid obtained from propolis and/or its physiologically acceptable salt(s). The agent exerts a strong antitumor activity without substantially inducing side effects.
Patent GB-2315446-A (GB)
Title: Blade safety shield
Inventor: LLOYD JONATHAN ANTHONY
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 1996-07-18
Abstract: A single-use disposable bladed device, such as a safety razor, has a head 3 in which is mounted a blade 2. Also mounted on the head is a hydrophilic insert which upon hydration causes the blade to be shielded. The hydrophilic material may provide the shield itself (figs 1 and 4) or it may cause the blade to move to a shielded position (fig 3). The material may cause a blade shield 4 to move to a blade shielding position (figs 2,6 and 7). The material may enable a further mechanism to operate (fig 5) to shield the blade.
Patent GB-2309604-A (GB)
Title: Fast switching MOS-gated power IC with overtemperature protection
Inventor: NADD BRUNO C
IPC: H03K17/08
Filed: 1997-01-29
Abstract: In a power integrated circuit having a temperature monitoring circuit 23 powered from input signal pulses, the overtemperature signal is stored in a 30 pF capacitor 52 to ensure that the fault signal will not be lost between input pulses when the input pulse frequency exceeds about 16 kHz. A 100 pF capacitor 61 stores sufficient charge to operate the thermal monitor circuit after each input pulse. The overtemperature signal is thus refreshed after each input pulse, even if the input pulse lasts for only 100 ns.
Patent GB-2324815-A (GB)
Title: Gutter structure for building construction
Inventor: JOHNSON STEPHEN T
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1997-04-24
Abstract: A building structure comprises a gutter (1) mounted on a wall (8), the gutter (1) supporting a roof (6), and forming an integral and structural part of the building. The gutter (1) may be made of aluminium, or aluminium alloy. The inner wall (3) of the gutter (1) may have means (5) to which to affix the roof structure (6), eg an extruded profile (5), the means (5) preferably being able to accommodate a range of roof pitches. The outer wall (4) of the gutter (1) may be higher than the inner wall (3) to obscure the roof edge from view. The gutter (1) may also be provided with means (19) for affixing a decorative cladding (16) to an exposed side, eg integrally formed ridges (19). To facilitate the mounting of the gutter (1) to the wall (8), a support foot (9) may be provided to lessen the likelihood of damage to the gutter (1) during mounting.
Patent GB-2313321-A (GB)
Title: Golf club shaft
Inventor: BEACH TODD
IPC: A63B53/10
Filed: 1997-04-29
Abstract: A golf club shaft is made of a fibre-reinforced composite and includes along a part of its length a neck portion 15 in which a ring 2 is positioned, the ring being made of a material with a higher density than that of the composite and being shaped so that it merges gradually with the surface of the shaft. The shaft may be made by positioning a bladder made of an inextensible and impervious material on a mandrel, covering the mandrel with fibre-reinforced plastic to obtain a fibrous complex , fitting the complex with a ring and positioning in a mould, and moulding by heating while applying a pressurised fluid inside the bladder.
Patent GB-2313867-A (GB)
Title: Retaining wall for reinforced infill material
Inventor: WRIGLEY NIGEL EDWIN
IPC: E02D29/02
Filed: 1997-05-12
Abstract: A retaining wall for reinforced infill material is constructed from modular blocks (1). Versatility and stability in building vertical or sloping, straight or curved walls is achieved whilst maintaining secure attachment of the blocks to a geogrid or like reinforcement material (16), by providing the blocks with means for pivotal articulation at quarter-points along their width, such as bores (10) and pivot pins (11), in combination with wedge- shaped anchor elements (13) which are retained in cavities (12) in the blocks and which have projections(15)engaging through apertures in the geogrid.
Patent GB-2313713-A (GB)
Title: High-density mounting method for and structure of electronic circuit board
Inventor: YAMASHITA KOJI
IPC: H05K3/46
Filed: 1997-06-02
Abstract: In a high-density mounting method for making an electronic circuit board, a stud bump 12 is formed on a connection terminal of a semiconductor chip 10. The semiconductor chip is buried in a printed circuit board 20 such that the stud bump has a height almost equal to that of a surface of the printed circuit board. At least a surface of the printed circuit board where the semiconductor chip is buried is covered with a first insulating layer 30. Holes 40 are formed in the first insulating layer by using a laser to expose the stud bump. A circuitry pattern 51 is selectively formed on the first insulating layer, thereby connecting the circuitry pattern and the exposed stud bump to each other, and to other circuitry 22 on the surface of the board. Further circuitry layers may then be formed on the circuitry pattern with interposed insulating layers, with surface mounted components mounted on the further layers ( Fig 1G, not shown ). The stud bumps may also be formed, for example, on conductive blocks buried in the board for heat-sinking purposes ( Figure 2, not shown ).
Patent GB-2317163-A (GB)
Title: Stacker with suction and blowing devices
Inventor: WALTHER THOMAS
IPC: B65H31/20
Filed: 1997-08-29
Abstract: In the delivery of a printing press, a suction device 28 is arranged adjacent to the rear edge of a sheet delivery pile 8 and is vertically movable, upwards and downwards 12 in the rhythm of the press, and an air blowing device (13, Fig 1) is situated above the pile 8. The suction device 28 consists of a guide plate 31 with suction openings 10 extending over the maximum format width of a processable sheet 4, which are coupled with a suction source 15. A sheet brake 5 which is adjustable in the sheet feed direction 3 comprises either a suction roller or a suction bar (30, Fig 2) and slows the sheets 4 down as they are dropped by a gripper 2 onto the pile 8. The suction device 28 may incorporate further lower suction openings 11, also vertically movable, and may be fixed to the sheet brake 5 whereupon the sheet brake 5 is also vertically movable.
Patent GB-2315995-A (GB)
Title: Windscreen wiper control
Inventor: ELMHIRST JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B60S1/08
Filed: 1996-03-25
Abstract: A windscreen wiper control system (PCB) suitable for use with heavy duty windscreen wipers (5) such as are used on ships, in which the motor drives a continuous belt system (1, 2, 3) for providing to and fro movement across a screen and a speed control function is applied to the motor to reduce end of travel shock, and the system includes a central processing unit (C.P.U.) attached within or to a casing for the motor, and controls the speed control function as well as ancillary functions such as a windscreen wiper heater and a screen wash system.
Patent GB-2330668-A (GB)
Title: User interface for audio processing apparatus uses touch-sensitive controls
Inventor: EASTTY PETER CHARLES
IPC: H03G1/00
Filed: 1997-10-24
Abstract: Audio signal processing parameters, e.g. in a mixing console, can be adjusted by the user by touching a display screen (10, fig. 1) or operating touch panel faders (30, fig. 1). The display screen comprises channel strips 300, each of which shows a number of processing controls and devices for those channels, and the current control settings (fig. 6). By touching one of the controls on the display screen 10, a pop-up display is shown and that control can then be adjusted from an icon 450 in that display. Fader panel 30 comprises a plurality of touch sensors (350, fig. 5), one for each channel strip on the display screen, plus an extra sensor corresponding to the main fader control 320 on the display screen. Processing parameters for a channel are adjusted by movement of the user's hand while touching the appropriate control, via a "trim" mode, whereby the adjustment is made relative to the current setting of the control, whatever position the user's finger starts at on the screen.
Patent GB-2332016-A (GB)
Title: Computer equipment anti-theft device
Inventor: MILLER HOWARD
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 1997-12-03
Abstract: Computer equipment, such as monitors, printers, system units and fileservers, can be guarded against theft by securing the equipment using the equipment's cable port. A device whereby, this can be achieved comprises a connector 2 adapted to connect to the cable port, means 6,6' for fixing the connector to the computer equipment, and a sheath 12 for the connector. Securing means, such as in the form of a security cable 16 looped around a relatively immovable object, is able to co-operate with the connector to maintain the sheath in a position in which access to the fixing means is prevented. Any attempt to detach the securing means from the connector is likely to result in irreversible damage to the cable port thereby rendering the equipment unusable.
Patent GB-2320019-A (GB)
Title: Hard coating solution for optical plastic lenses
Inventor: SAKAI YASUHIRO
IPC: G02B1/10
Filed: 1997-12-09
Abstract: A hard coating solution for optical plastic lenses which contains at least one metal oxide and at least one silane coupling agent in an amount satisfying at least one of the following conditions (I) or (II):  X/Y * <------ solidus * 2.0```...(I) x/y * <------ solidus * 0.7```...(II)  ```in which X is the sum of the molar concentration of the metal oxide, Y is the sum of the molar concentration of the silane coupling agent, x is the sum of the solid content of the metal oxide, and y is the sum of the solid content of the silane coupling agent. The oxide may be SiO 2 , Sb 2 O 5 , GeO 2 , SnO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , Te 2 O 3 , In 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 and /or WO 3 preferably in sol form.
Patent GB-2324776-A (GB)
Title: Self-propelled camera dolly
Inventor: WALTON BARRY
IPC: F16M11/42
Filed: 1997-12-30
Abstract: A camera positioning system comprising a track having two parallel outer rails 13,14 and a centre rail 8, a self-propelled camera positioning device comprising a chassis 26 configured to support a camera, wheels 30 coupled to the chassis for riding on the outer rails of the track, and a drive unit 24 for propelling the chassis along the track, said drive means comprising at least one roller 58(60,fig.2) coupled to the chassis for engaging the centre rail of the track, and a motor 88 for rotating said at least one roller (60) against the centre rail, thereby positioning the chassis along the track; and a control logic (fig.13) for controlling the drive unit. A coupling 28 between the drive unit 24 and support chassis 26 provides two degrees of freedom about horizontal and vertical axes. The controller unit (16) includes a memory (117) for recording movements of the components of the camera so that those movements may be accurately repeated if a scene is re-shot.
Patent GB-2319136-A (GB)
Title: Teleconference type facility having a "call waiting" type facility
Inventor: LUDWIG LESTER F
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1994-05-27
Abstract: A teleconferencing system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data - in a manner which closely approximates the experience of face-to-face collaboration. The system provides an audio/video (AV) path 13 for carrying AV signal among the workstations, a video mosaic generator (36) for combining images, and an audio summer or mixer 38. The system architecture is readily scalable to the largest enterprise network environments. It accommodates differing levels of collaborative capabilities available to individual users and permits high-quality audio and video capabilities(Figs 2A,2B,8C) to be readily superimposed onto existing personal computers and workstations 12 and their interconnecting LANs 10 and WANs 15. In the case of a plurality of geographically dispersed LANs 10 interconnected by a WAN 15, the demands made on the WAN are significantly reduced by employing multi-hopping techniques, including avoiding the unnecessary decompression of data at intermediate hops, as well as video mosaicing and cut-and-paste technology. This application discloses the facility for notifying a participant in a conference of an incoming call, who is then given the option to accept it should they chose.
Patent GB-2322850-A (GB)
Title: Sheet brake
Inventor: WENZEL JUERGEN
IPC: B65H29/68
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: A suction brake for braking sheets 1 as they delivered from a printing press to a pile comprises a series of wheels 5 which, together with suction plates 7, can be individually moved across the printing width by motor-driven pinions 11 engaging a fixed rack in a housing 8. The housing prevents ingress of paper dust or powder, and this is assisted by a brush seal 15 at the front opening 14.
Patent GB-2324021-A (GB)
Title: Novelty confectionery
Inventor: SHORIN ARTHUR T
IPC: A23G9/50
Filed: 1998-03-25
Abstract: A confectionery product comprises a handle/container 2 for supporting a confection 1 and for containing a prize, which can be obtained only after the confection is fully consumed. The handle/container is locked closed by the confection and is hinged together to enclose the prize and to permit opening without destruction of the handle/container, which may thus be reused.
Patent GB-2335763-A (GB)
Title: Facilitating polymorphic behaviour from static object interfaces in data processing
Inventor: CHARTERS GRAHAM CASTREE
IPC: G06F9/42
Filed: 1998-03-27
Abstract: A data processing apparatus uses an object-oriented programming software architecture having two inheritance hierarchies one of which is a static class hierarchy and the other of which is a non-static class hierarchy. The apparatus has means for receiving method calls on a static class of a static hierarchy, each method call requesting that a particular method be processed by the data processing apparatus; and means for using a static pointer in the static class to redirect a received method call to an instance of a non-static class of the non-static hierarchy, wherein the instance provides the implementation of the method requested in the received method call.
Patent GB-2324047-A (GB)
Title: Game
Inventor: FINDLAY DAVID MAITLAND
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1998-04-02
Abstract: Board games imitating golf and cricket are played using a plurality of special dice to imitate the action of the game.
Patent GB-2337057-A (GB)
Title: Coated Substrate
Inventor: CAREY II JAY F
IPC: C25D5/36
Filed: 1994-11-18
Abstract: A colored, corrosion resistant architectural material having improved corrosion-resistant properties wherein the material includes stainless steel which is coated with a tin and the tin coated material is post-treated with an oxidizing solution to remove the tin coating to expose a barrier which includes an alloy of chromium, iron and tin. The barrier exhibits excellent corrosion resistance especially with respect to chlorine and has a dark grey or earth tone grey color.
Patent GB-2328104-A (GB)
Title: Video image pick-up or printing device using recording medium containing both image data and printing instructions
Inventor: KASAI TATSUAKI
IPC: H04N1/21
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: When an object is photographed with a digital still camera, 11 a photographed image is converted into an image data file at an image pickup unit and recorded in a recording medium 13 together with information appendant to each image such as a file name. Printing information is registered in the recording medium 13 through a control unit. This is accomplished by selecting whether or not to print an image after confirming it on a display unit by reproducing the image data recorded in the recording medium with a reproduction unit. The recording medium 13 is then removed from the digital still camera 11 and fitted to a printer 12. The printer 12 reads the printing information file registered in the recording medium 13 with a read unit, analyzes the contents with an analysis unit, again reads an image data file from the recording medium 13 according to a result of the analysis, and prints the image with a printing unit 12 while at the same time storing the image data file in the memory unit. The image pick-up and the printing units may be combined as one integrated unit with a detachable recording medium.
Patent GB-2326419-A (GB)
Title: Polysiloxane liquid crystals containing macrocycles
Inventor: MEHL GEORG HANS RUDOLF
IPC: C08G77/38
Filed: 1997-03-19
Abstract: Materials of formula (I) are provided wherein E=0 indicates a non-cyclic system, E=1 indicates a cyclic system; when E=0 then G is R 3 SiR 1 R 2 (O) k ; R 1 , R 2 , R 3  are independently selected from C 1-16  alkyl which may be partly or fully halogenated, H and formula (IA) wherein Y is a propyl group which may be partially halogenated with fluorine or chlorine and Y 1  is independently selected from COO, OCO, O, S, CHOH, CHF, CO, CH 2 ; Q and Q 1  are independently selected from (CH 2 ) n  wherein one or more non-adjacent methylenes may be replaced by O and N=0-20; Z and Z 1  are independently selected from O, S, single covalent bond, COO, OCO; when Y and/or Y 1  is CH 2  then n may also be 0; Figure (2) represents any mesogenic group; and MACROCYCLE represents any macrocycle; provided that at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3  is selected from formula (IA); k=0) or 1; g=4 or 6 or 8 or 10 or 12; 1=3 or 8 provided that: if k=1, 1=3 and x is selected from 6, 8, 10, 12 then g=x; if k=0, 1=8 and g=4 then x=1; and further provided that G may have up to g different structures for any single compound.
Patent GB-2332367-A (GB)
Title: Finger toothbrush
Inventor: GORADIA AMIT
IPC: A46B5/04
Filed: 1998-09-09
Abstract: A finger toothbrush has a bristled body 2 with a side engaging a finger 14 and at least one generally loop-like element 3 for holding the brush on the finger. The body 2 has at least one aperture 5. An element 3 engages with at least one of those opposed boundary edges (6, Fig. 9, not shown) of an aperture 5 which extend along the toothbrush. The aperture(s) facilitate injection moulding of the brush and brush bending during use. Bristle shapes are described (Figs. 6 to 8), and brush dimensions, and the brush may have bristles and/or bristle bundles (Fig. 9). A rib (13, Fig. 2) to retain tooth powder may surround the bristles.
Patent GB-2329189-A (GB)
Title: Process for recovering low molecular volatile compounds from hydrocarbon-containing liquids
Inventor: BREIVIK K RE
IPC: F17C11/00
Filed: 1997-04-25
Abstract: A process for recovering vapors of low molecular volatile compounds released during processing, storage or transportation of a hydrocarbon-containing liquid. The low molecular volatile compounds are separated from the hydrocarbon-containing liquid and are subjected to a hydration reaction in contact with water under hydratred-forming pressure and temperature conditions in a hydration zone to form hydrates of hydratable compounds among the low molecular volatile compounds, whereupon the formed hydrates are withdrawn from the hydration zone for storage or further treatment. The hydrates are preferably stored as a suspension or slurry in a light oil used for cooling purposes in the process.
Patent GB-2330815-A (GB)
Title: Preservation of meat and meat products
Inventor: HUMPHREYS DAVID JOHN
IPC: B65B25/06
Filed: 1998-10-29
Abstract: Preservation of meat and meat products comprises storing the meat or meat products in an atmosphere comprising argon and one or both of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The meat is preferably stored in a gas impermeable container into which the gas mixture has been introduced prior to sealing.