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Patent GB-2087715-A (GB)
Title: Plastics components for making a drawer
IPC: A47B88/00
Filed: 1981-11-25
Abstract: The side walls of a "knock down" drawer are each composed of two interfitting components, each first component 7 being of downwardly-open channel section with a smooth external surface, at or adjacent the lower edge of the inside reach of which is a continuous longitudinal groove 4 for receiving the drawer bottom, and with vertically-spaced inwardly-directed tenons 2 at its rear end for reception into hollows in the rearwall; and each second component 8 being a moulded beam the upper surface 23 of which are longitudinally-spaced and transversely-disposed upright ribs 9 dimensioned to fit complementarily in the cross-section of the channel 30 of the associated first component 7, the beam also defining a longitudinal groove 13 for the insertion of drawer guide rail means, and the lower inside edges 24 and 21, respectively, of said moulding 8 and of the inner reach of the associated channel-section first component 7 have mutually-cooperating means 12 and 20, respectively, positively interconnecting said first and second components 7 and 8 when interfitted; and the rear wall being of compartmented vertical section affording at its ends mortises complementing the said tenons and a continuous longitudinal groove 5 for reception of the drawer bottom. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127675-A (GB)
Title: Identifying sleeve or jacket for a drinking glass
Inventor: CHITOLIE DICK LUCIEN
IPC: G09F23/10
Filed: 1982-01-04
Abstract: The invention is a plastic moulded jacket with thro-printed inscription or symbol to identify drinks of the same colour in similar drinking glasses. In public bars and clubs the invention personalises one's drinking glass. The flexing of the plastic clips and grips over the drinking glass body or base.
Patent GB-2096400-A (GB)
Title: Dipole antenna
IPC: H01Q19/13
Filed: 1982-03-22
Abstract: An antenna comprises a dipole element (1), such as a single dipole or a crossed pair of dipoles, arranged in front of a reflector (3), for transmitting or receiving polarized electromagnetic waves, preferably for use as a feeding member in a parabolic reflector antenna. In order to make the radiation diagram for such a dipole more symmetrical, an electrically conducting ring (4) is positioned in a plane parallel to the reflector plane. The ring (4) has a radius of 0,5-0,7 lambda , preferably 0,6 lambda  and is arranged at a distance of 0,4-0,6 lambda , preferably 0,5 lambda  in front of the reflector (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120207-A (GB)
Title: Sampling apparatus
Inventor: GREENWOOD GEOFFREY ASHLEY
IPC: G01N1/08
Filed: 1982-04-27
Abstract: A sugar cane sampling apparatus comprises a framework, an assembly carried by said framework, said assembly having a support, a worm and wheel drive 36 and drive means therefor mounted on said support, and a sampling tube rigidly attached at its upper end to a hollow output shaft of said worm and wheel drive and having at its lower end a cutter c. A first vertical double acting piston and cylinder device 44 connected between said framework and said assembly moves the latter between a raised position and a lowered position during a sampling operation. As the tube descends the cutter cuts through a load of sugar cane. An ejector 46, arranged within the tube for movement therealong independently of the movement of the tube is carried by a rod passing through the hollow output shaft of the worm and wheel drive. A second double acting piston and cylinder device connected to said rod serves to discharge the sample, which has entered the tube, after withdrawal of the tube from the load. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2121100-A (GB)
Title: Locking joint
Inventor: MCGREADIE MALCOLM NINIAN
IPC: F16C11/04
Filed: 1982-05-22
Abstract: A locking joint for providing articulation between two adjustable members in which first (10) and second (12) body members are mounted for relative rotation about a common axis and ball bearing races (30, 32) are used to determine the incremental movement of one articulating member relative to the other, the diameter of the ball bearings in one track being marginally greater than the diameter of the ball bearings in the other track. Spring means (24) is used to hold the two lines of ball bearings together. Locking action is achieved by actuation of a rocker mechanism (60) which acts through a spindle 42, collar 48 and stiff-domed washer (54). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2124667-A (GB)
Title: Band-wheel withdrawal device
Inventor: SEIBERT GERHARD
IPC: B65H51/14
Filed: 1982-08-20
Abstract: A band-wheel withdrawal device is disclosed in which the withdrawal wheel (2) is freely rotatable. The rope or cable to be withdrawn is gripped between two bands, an inner band (3) and an outer counter-pressure band (4), each of which is driven by its own drive wheel (5 and 5' respectively). Since both bands are driven, higher forces can be imparted to the rope or cable to be withdrawn. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2108584-A (GB)
Title: Oil-pump arrangements
Inventor: SMART GEORGE
IPC: F16H61/00
Filed: 1982-10-06
Abstract: Pumps A, B driven by a common shaft also have a common oil-inlet and deliver pressurized oil through respective outlets 78, 80, the pressure at the former being greater than that at the latter and regulated by a relief valve 87. The outlets are connected to a hydraulic system comprising e.g. clutches 31, 32 of a marine gearbox, and to a lubricating system in e.g. said gearbox. The lubricating oil circuit may include an oil cooler 83, an oil filter 84, and a relief valve 120. The pumps may be of the gear type. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131770-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing device for elongate articles
Inventor: LEUNG HIP
IPC: A24F19/00
Filed: 1982-12-15
Abstract: A device for dispensing cigarettes or the like elongate articles comprises a container (2) for the cigarettes (20), having a sloping internal base portion to cause cigarettes to roll to an end of the container, a discharge slot (6), a slideway (7) communicating with the internal space of the container via the said slot (6) and a slide (8) in the slideway for movement between a first position in which the slide (8) leaves the slot free of obstruction, and a second position in which it prevents passage of a cigarette through the slot (6). On movement from the first to the second position, the slide (8) is capable of carrying a cigarette along the slideway, and an abutment (10) in the slideway (7) tilts the cigarette to project it from the slideway. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116820-A (GB)
Title: Sweetener compositions
Inventor: EISENSTADT MARVIN E
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 1983-01-27
Abstract: Sweetening compositions are disclosed which comprise 1.5-9% by weight of 6-methyl-oxathiazinone dioxide or its alkali or alkaline earth metal salts, 87-98% by weight of a sugar, sugar alcohol or polysugar and 0.5-4% by weight of cream of tartar. The composition may also include up to 0.6% by weight of the extract of thaumatococcus daniellii and up to 0.6% by weight of maltol or ethyl maltol.
Patent GB-2125387-A (GB)
Title: Display device for rolls of floor covering
Inventor: SEELY JAMES RALPH
IPC: A47F7/17
Filed: 1983-06-29
Abstract: A roll rack for displaying a plurality of floor covering rolls 14, includes a frame 12 for suspending a plurality of floor covering rolls, a pair of bracket members 30-36 for supporting each of the floor covering rolls, a hoist mechanism 46 for individually elevating the floor covering rolls and a pair of portable extension arms 84a which are individually attachable to the pairs of bracket members to assist in guiding the floor covering rolls, elevated by the hoist mechanism, into a nesting relationship with the appropriate pairs of bracket members. The hoisting mechanism may also be movably associated with the frame such that the hoisting mechanism is capable of being articulated from a display position generally over the frame to a loading/unloading position in which the floor covering rolls may be raised by the hoisting mechanism. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135896-A (GB)
Title: Construction toy
Inventor: MANULI GUIDO
IPC: A63H33/00
Filed: 1984-01-24
Abstract: A toy in the form of a model structure such as a farmhouse 1, with a base 2, is made up of a plurality of elements that can be disassembled. At least some of these elements (32, 38, 46, 47, 50, 51) are structured such that they constitute representational toys in their own right, either individually or in combination. Preferably, one or more of these elements (32, 38) is provided with wheels (33, 39) to act as a cart. Elements 46, 47, 50, 51 together with rods (not shown) can be used to construct an animal pen (Fig. 6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2137591-A (GB)
Title: Indexing means for tape cassette
Inventor: DIDRIKSEN NEAL A
IPC: G11B23/08
Filed: 1984-03-30
Abstract: The cassette has a springloaded indexing mechanism (31,33,38, Fig. 1) to urge the cassette reels (see teeth 23) in a tape winding direction so as to tension the free run of tape between the reels whenever the cassette is removed from the tape transport machine. Alternatively, a plate (33a, Fig. 3) forming two gear racks may be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2138740-A (GB)
Title: Splicing Elongate Webs
Inventor: FERNANDEZ RAMON BLANCO
IPC: D06M23/18
Filed: 1984-03-30
Abstract: A flexible splicing arrangement is provided for joining the edge of an elongate web of tows of polyacrylonitrile material to the edge of an elongate web of glass or other high temperature resistant cloth so that the ends of the tows of polyacrylonitrile material are protected from the effects of high temperature during oxidation or other high temperature processing of the polyacrylonitrile tows. Following the application of a layer of silicone rubber adhesive to a portion of the web of cloth adjacent the edge thereof, the end of the web of polyacrylonitrile tows including the taped ends of the tows is placed over part but not all of the layer of adhesive. A cover of glass or other high temperature resistant cloth approximately equal in size to the layer of adhesive is prepared, following which a second layer of adhesive is applied to the underside thereof. The cover is placed over the web of polyacrylonitrile tows opposite the web of cloth so that the cover is generally coextensive with the first layer of adhesive. Heat and pressure are then applied to cure the layers of silicone rubber adhesive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145975-A (GB)
Title: Ink ribbon cassette
Inventor: TAJIMA AKIO
IPC: B41J32/00
Filed: 1984-05-25
Abstract: An ink ribbon cassette comprises an ink cartridge (2) provided with a wick (5), an ink ribbon (12), a first transfer roller (8) in contact with the wick, a second transfer roller (9) in contact with the first transfer roller and provided with axially extending peripheral grooves, and a biasing roller (11) for urging the ink ribbon into contact with the second transfer roller. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141245-A (GB)
Title: Batch weighing apparatus
Inventor: SPENCER ROBERT
IPC: G01G11/16
Filed: 1984-05-30
Abstract: Particulate material or discrete articles pass from hopper 10 by way of vibratory tray feeder 14 to an oscillatory bowl feeder which supplies the articles as a succession to a conveyor 20 comprising a weigh belt 22 supported by beams 26 associated with transducers disposed within cabinet 28 and operative to provide signals corresponding to the sensed weight of the belt 22 to a digital readout 48. Upon the readout reaching a preset value set upon comparator 50 interrupter valve flap 36 is switched over so that the articles which were previously falling down chute 38 of duct 34 are now diverted to chute 40. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144078-A (GB)
Title: Insulated damp-proof course
Inventor: JACKSON LEWIS RUSSELL
IPC: B32B5/18
Filed: 1984-07-26
Abstract: An insulated damp-proof course comprises a flexible plastics membrane (12), for example of polythene, and a thermal insulating sheet (14) bonded to one side of the membrane (12) by a suitable adhesive. The sheet (14) is formed of an expanded or extruded polystyrene foam and is bonded under pressure to the membrane (12) so as to enable the bonded structure (10) to be rolled upon itself without damage to the material. Such an insulated damp-proof course is extremely advantageous not only for its inherent properties but also the ease with which it can be handled and laid due to the fact that it can be made available in a roll.
Patent GB-2149121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sensors
Inventor: WILLIAMS DR DAVID EDWARD
IPC: G01N27/12
Filed: 1984-10-30
Abstract: The present invention relates to sensors and more particularly to sensors suitable for use in gases and gaseous mixtures. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a sensor suitable for use in a gas or gaseous mixture which sensor includes a gas sensitive material having an electrical characteristic variable in response to the presence of a gas and containing or comprising a compound of tin of the general formula:  A1-y BySn1-x Cx O3-z  where A = Ca, Sr or Ba B = another alkaline earth element, another divalent element (e.g. Pb) or a trivalent lanthanide (e.g. La, Y, Gd> C = a tri- or tetra-valent element for example a transition element e.g. Fe, Co, Ti, Zr or Ce) and 1>y>/=O, 1>x>/=O and the oxygen deficiency z is determined by the atmosphere and cation composition of the compound. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155322-A (GB)
Title: Furniture cover and method of making same
Inventor: LAUGHTON ANTONY WALLACE
IPC: D04B31/02
Filed: 1985-01-21
Abstract: A knitted or crocheted narrow fabric provides a valance (20) for a furniture cover, which valance is easy to fit and has a wide range of pattern possibilities. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161462-A (GB)
Title: Applying closures to bottles
Inventor: DATZ HERMANN
IPC: B67B3/18
Filed: 1985-03-29
Abstract: An apparatus for closing bottles (26) with metal closing capsules (11) with or without safety tear-off rings, allowing by the rotation through 45 DEG  of a control cone element (4) of the closing head, which element (4) is accessible from the outside, with subsequent locking, the optional conversion from the treatment with flange rollers (10) of metal closing capsules (11) with safety tear-off rings to the treatment of capsules (11) without tear-off rings with thread rollers (9) and vice versa (Figure 1 not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161222-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for adding a stripe to a dispensed pasty material
Inventor: DEBARD ANDRE
IPC: B65D47/34
Filed: 1985-06-26
Abstract: A dispenser comprises at least one reservoir chamber 3-5, 4-6 (Figs. 2, 6) for the pasty material to be added as a stripe, leading through outlets 7, 8 into a nozzle 1 and communicating with the principal paste under pressure at a point opposite the outlets 7, 8. The reservoir chambers 3-5, 4-6 are formed by the combination of a rigid cap 9 incorporating the nozzle 1, and a flexible dome 10 fitting over the end wall of the container 2 and incorporating the flaps 11, 12 of flap- type non-return valves which control movement of the principal paste into the reservoir chambers 3-5, 4-6 to force the added pasty material to the outlet 7, 8 simultaneously with the formation of the principal ribbon of paste. The seating 13, 14 (Fig. 5) of the valve is incorporated in the end wall 15 of the container 2. The flexible dome 10 encloses at the same time the base of the nozzle 1 to isolate it from the reservoir chambers 3-5, 4-6 whilst allowing the passage of the principal paste from an opening 16 in the end wall to the nozzle 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179993-A (GB)
Title: A seat bolt release aid
Inventor: ROBERTS ADRIAN KEITH
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 1985-09-03
Abstract: The release button 12 of a seat belt buckle is operated by a member 16 mounted on a support 6 for movement in two directions. In the first direction I the member 16 moves from a non- operative position to an operative position against the bias of a spring 34. In the second direction II, the member 16 moves into pressing engagement with the release button 12. Movement in the second direction when the member is in the non-operative position is prevented by providing a notch with first and second steps 38 and 40. In the non-operative position the member 16 rests on step 38 and must be moved in the first direction I clear of the step 38 before the member can be moved in the second direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183228-A (GB)
Title: Reducing the sulphur content of Claus off-gas
Inventor: KUYPERS NORBERTUS GERARDUS MAR
IPC: B01D53/86
Filed: 1985-11-14
Abstract: The sulphur content of Claus off-gas is reduced by heating the off-gas to a temperature above 175 DEG C, passing heated off-gas with reducing gas over a reducing catalyst in a reactor to obtain a gas mixture including reduced off-gas, removing in an absorber hydrogen sulphide from the gas mixture, and burning in a thermal incinerator the remaining gas mixture to obtain hot flue gas, wherein heat contained in the hot flue gas is passed indirectly to the Claus off-gas so as to heat said off-gas with the use of a heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2168592-A (GB)
Title: Process for treating soy beans
Inventor: KITAZUME KIYOSHI
IPC: A23L11/30
Filed: 1985-12-19
Abstract: A process for treating soy beans in which soy beans are crushed either before mixing with, or more preferably in, an aqueous hot medium (85 DEG C or more) and then the crushed soy beans are maintained at this high temperature in the aqueous hot medium to deactivate lipoxidase and trypsin inhibitor. 
<??>By firstly crushing soy beans in the hot aqueous medium, the decrease in the protein extraction rate caused by the subsequent high temperature-holding step was able to be prevented. Grinding and separation of insoluble matter may be then carried out as usual.
Patent GB-2185565-A (GB)
Title: Pressurised gas burner
Inventor: MATON MAURICE EDWARD GEORGE
IPC: F23D14/34
Filed: 1986-01-17
Abstract: A gas burner 10 consists of a circular section combustion chamber 11 closed at its upstream end 12 and tapering at its downstream end to a discharge orifice 13, an inlet 14 being provided for supplying gaseous fuel, pressurized by a pump 16, tangentially into the combustion chamber 11, an inlet 17 also being provided for supplying air, pressurized by a pump 19, tangentially into the combustion chamber 11, and an ignitor 20 for igniting the fuel/air mixture. Such a burner 10 can be used in a water heater. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170370-A (GB)
Title: Wavelength division multiplexed networks
Inventor: PRESTON KEITH ROBERT
IPC: H04B10/564
Filed: 1986-01-24
Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexed network comprising a plurality of laser transmitters (1,1') for generating optical signals at different wavelengths, and a wavelength multiplexer (3) for wavelength division multiplexing the optical signals from the laser transmitters is described. A modulation signal from an oscillator (7) is imparted in turn via a switch (8) to each signal from the laser transmitters (1,1'). A monitor photodiode (10) and phase sensitive detector (11) sense the modulated signal from the multiplexed signals, and a microprocessor (9) adjusts the current applied to a corresponding Peltier device (6) in response to the output from the phase sensitive detector (11) to obtain substantially maximum power transmission through the wavelength multiplexer (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171517-A (GB)
Title: Thermal linear actuator
Inventor: BROOKS PETER HEATH
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 1986-02-11
Abstract: A linear actuator includes a wax filled piston and cylinder device (16), (10) having means (38) for heating the wax. As shown the heater is electrical and is supplied with pulsed current. The pulse length is controlled to give the desired temperature change in the wax. Internal and external fins (14), (12) increase heat transfer rates. Heating may be provided by a gas burner or via a heat exchanger. The heating means (38) may be controlled by temperature, humidity, light or sound sensors. The actuator may control a ventilation flap in a piggery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175356-A (GB)
Title: Seals
Inventor: BROWN DAVID WYNDHAM JAMES
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 1986-03-21
Abstract: A seal, intended for use between two relatively-rotatable parts, comprises a sealing member 10, which is of fluorine resin, has a side which terminates in a circumferential edge 15 and which has fluid- returning means 16 adjacent to and disposed about said edge. The edge, and at least part of the side adjacent that edge, in use, is engageable with one of the two relatively-rotatable parts to be sealed. The said side is provided with a continuous groove 17 which is disposed therein behind said fluid-returning means and parallel to said edge. The fluid returning means and the groove may be provided in a fluorine resin insert bonded to a rubber or rubber-like body member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183887-A (GB)
Title: Mounting brackets and method of manufacture
Inventor: LUNDY ROBERT JOSEPH STEPHEN
IPC: B23P13/04
Filed: 1986-06-05
Abstract: A mounting bracket for attaching objects, such as signs, to a post is extruded as an elongate channel 1 and then divided into sections. The bracket is rounded to fit round a post and has internal radial ribs 5 to prevent slippage. Attachment means are provided to secure the bracket to the sign and these may take the form of two mutually outwardly directed flanges 3, or a flange and a T-shaped projection (21) which engages a key slot on the sign. The flanges are apertured at 7 so as to receive a securing bolt. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2198634-A (GB)
Title: Water draining device for an air supply to a spa unit
Inventor: THOMSON DAVID EDWARD
IPC: A61H33/02
Filed: 1986-10-11
Abstract: To prevent back-feed of water from a leaking bath valve to an electric blower in a spa bath installation, a water draining device 20 in the form of a tee in the air supply comprises a vertical run 28 and a horizontal branch 30. The branch forms a cylindrical chamber 32 between the run 28 and a circular drainage outlet 34. A captive ball 36 can roll in the chamber and is caused to rise up a step 38 and block the outlet 34 under normal air supply pressure from the run 28. In the absence of such air pressure, the ball 36 falls back into the chamber 32 and leaked water rising in the run 28 will drain out past the ball and through the outlet 34. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2198227-A (GB)
Title: Energy conservation system and method
Inventor: RACK ANTHONY
IPC: F24F5/00
Filed: 1986-10-24
Abstract: A method and system particularly in relation to buildings, comprises the use of heated or cooled air which is normally extracted from the inside of a building (10) and expelled from which the energy is extracted then applied to cavities between the room and the outside. This results in very low equipment and installation costs and minimal maintenance requirements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2184429-A (GB)
Title: Pull tab feeder for a machine for assembling slide fastener sliders
Inventor: KANEDA MASAO
IPC: A44B19/42
Filed: 1986-12-09
Abstract: First and second parallel swing bars (19, 20) support a pin (21) and an abutment plate (25), respectively, on their lower ends, and first and second rollers (23, 27), respectively, on their upper ends. The pin (21) engages the lower end of a lowermost pull tab (A1) in a chute (11), and the abutment plate (25) abuts against the surface of a next pull tab (A2) following the lowermost pull tab (A1). The first and second rollers (23, 27) are engageable by respective raised portions (41, 42) of first and second cams (35, 36). The raised portions (41, 42) are displaced from each other such that the pin (21) and the abutment plate (25) will alternately engage and release the lowermost and next pull tabs (A1, A2). Through such alternate operation of the pin (21) and the abutment plate (25), the pull tabs (A) arrayed in the chute (11) can be successively fed by gravity from the chute (11) onto slider bodies for assembly. <IMAGE>