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Patent GB-2275520-A (GB)
Title: Optical data disk balancer
Inventor: COWEN IAN
IPC: G11B7/24
Filed: 1993-01-29
Abstract: An optical data disk, eg a compact disc, 13 is placed securely on the hub 11. The hub being allowed to rotate freely lets the data disk attain its neutral position with its heaviest section at point A. The disk is then balanced using small self-adhesive weights added at point B. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265333-A (GB)
Title: Continuous integrally-connected envelope stock for typing or printing.
Inventor: COULSON JAMES ALBERT WARREN
IPC: B65D27/10
Filed: 1993-03-17
Abstract: Continuous stationery comprises partly folded envelopes 2, 4, 6 integrally connected together by unfolded flaps 18, 26 etc. of adjacent envelopes. The stationery is made from a one-piece blank which is cut and creased to form the individual envelopes, the envelopes being connected together by means of unfolded opposed top and bottom flaps or opposed side flaps of adjacent envelopes. Flaps 12, 14 etc. are folded inwards and glued together to facilitate feeding the envelopes through a typewriter or printer. The flap joint 68, etc. may be offset from the centre to avoid interference with the address typing. The joint lines 64, 66 are scored or perforated to allow separation of envelopes after printing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282138-A (GB)
Title: Method of extracting nucleic acids and detecting specified nucleic acid        sequences
Inventor: YAMAGISHI HIROAKI
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1993-09-28
Abstract: A method of extracting nucleic acids from a sample comprising mixing the sample with a carrier which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of dextran, acrylamide and carboxymethyl cellulose to form a liquid mixture; mixing said liquid mixture with reagent C to render the nucleic acids and the carrier insoluble, said reagent C containing at least one reagent A selected from the group consisting of guanidinium thiocyanate, guanidinium hydrochloride, potassium thiocyanate and sodium thiocyanate and at least one reagent B selected from the group consisting of n-propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, n &cirf&  &cirf& butyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, and tert-amyl alcohol; and separating the insolubilized nucleic acids and carrier from the liquid phase. Preferably the extraction method is used with a PCR based step and a DNA binding fluorochrome to detect specific nucleic acid sequences.
Patent GB-2282324-A (GB)
Title: 17ß-Acyl-3-Carboxy-Androsta-3,5-dienes as anti-androgenic alopecia agents
Inventor: PATEL GOOL F
IPC: A61K31/56
Filed: 1993-10-01
Abstract: 17 beta -acyl-3-carboxy-androsta-3,5-dienes of the formula:   <IMAGE>  wherein R is C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl; C3-C8 cycloalkyl, which can be substituted with C1-C4 alkoxy or C1-C4 linear/branched alkyl; C6-C12 aryl, which can be substituted with one or more of: -OH, -OC1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl, -(CH2)mOH, -(CH2)n COOH, including protected -OH, where m is 1-4, n is 1-3, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof are useful in the treatment of androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness).
Patent GB-2284143-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable shelf units
Inventor: HARRIS SIDNEY JAMES
IPC: A47F5/00
Filed: 1994-03-01
Abstract: A shelf unit for articles to be dispensed comprises a plurality of elements 1 adapted for assembly together to provide at least one channel 10 for accommodating articles to be displayed, each element having a floor member 2, 3 to provide at least part of a floor for the associated channel, and an upstanding wall 4 defining one side wall of the channel, there being spacer means 8, 9, 12 by which one element is adjustably spaced from an adjacent element in order to adjust the width of the channel formed thereby. As described, the inner elements are of inverted T-shape and those at the ends are L-shaped: a bar 9 (Fig 2) fits into an opposed pair of a set of variable depth slots 8 in the floor portion, whereby two elements are held at a desired spacing appropriate for the goods. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287764-A (GB)
Title: Lock nut
Inventor: LYONS KEITH
IPC: F16B39/28
Filed: 1994-03-23
Abstract: A resilient threaded lock washer 12 is retained in a recess in the bearing face of a nut 10, and is deformed from dished form to flat when the nut 10 is tightened against a workpiece 48, so that the lock washer 12 grips both the nut 10 and the screwthread 39 of the bolt 38. Recesses are provided in the periphery of the lock washer 12 to bite into the peripheral wall of the recess, and may project from the concave face of the lock washer 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276826-A (GB)
Title: Race game
Inventor: NISHIMIYA TORU
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1994-03-24
Abstract: Race game apparatus comprises an endless belt on which is mounted a figurine or other item (3, 4), a motor to drive the endless belt, a trackway (5) on which the figurine appears to run, a switch (2a, 2b) which disconnects power between the belt drive and the motor, and an air pump (14) adapted to be attached to the player, which pump will operate a further clutch mechanism to apply power to the belt drive while the switch (2a, 2b) is in the off" position. The arrangement allows one player to play against a second figureine, or by the use of two pumps allows two players to compete against each other. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288451-A (GB)
Title: A lockable valve
Inventor: BEVERIDGE BENJAMIN
IPC: B60R25/042
Filed: 1994-04-14
Abstract: Flow of a material through a valve is stopped by an electrical signal from outside the valve which operates a solenoid controlled trigger mechanism to disengage a plunger 14. Flow through the valve can only be resumed by actuating a key operated cam 13 which acts upon the plunger 14 to lift an obstruction 11, typically a ball, from an orifice seat 12 within the flow path of the material passing through the valve. The act of moving the plunger and displacing the flow obstruction, automatically engages the trigger mechanism to retain the valve in the open position until such time as a further electrical signal is sent to the solenoid to close the valve flow. The plunger 14 operates an electric switch 23 to provide a visual indication of when the valve is closed. The valve is particularly for use as a fuel cut-off device in a motor vehicle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293931-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive decision threshold setting circuit
Inventor: PATEL BIPINCHANDRA
IPC: H04B10/69
Filed: 1994-10-07
Abstract: An input digital signal developed by a signal source e.g. photodiode 33 is time-averaged (RA, CA) and mirrored by current mirror 22 to generate one or more decision thresholds. The thresholds may be a set or variable fraction of the average current and track any variation in the average current. This obviates the need for limiting or AGC amplifiers that would otherwise be necessary to maintain the input signal level constant if the thresholds were fixed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283145-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive comb filter chrominance separator
Inventor: HATANO TAKAHISA
IPC: H04N9/78
Filed: 1994-10-11
Abstract: Comb filters 4, 5 (details, figure 3) output separated chrominance signals from undelayed and one line delayed 2 and from one line delayed and two line delayed 3 composite video signal VBS respectively. The correlation of video signals from each pair of adjacent lines is detected 7, 9, 12; 6, 10, 13 and compared 16, 17 with a threshold dependent on the chrominance signal level extracted by comb filter 8. The output of comparators 16, 17 controls the mixing 18 of the chrominance signals separated by comb filters 4, 5 to produce an output chrominance signal C. The advantage of a chrominance signal dependent threshold to detect correlation is due to the dependence of the correlation value on the signal level. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299483-A (GB)
Title: Switch reconfiguration
Inventor: BOND STUART
IPC: H04Q3/545
Filed: 1995-03-27
Abstract: The operationality of instructions (605) arranged to control a telecommunication or data transfer switch (602) by referring to originating encoding instructions (606). A module of instructions forming part of the encoded sets (606) of originating instructions is identified and said module is processed (609) to obtain definitions of the interactivity of said module with other modules of said set and the interactivity with signal transmissions external to said module. This facilitates the generation (611) of replacement originating instructions from which new executable instructions are generatable (611) and executable after being embedded within said switching means (605).
Patent GB-2287964-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for filling sliver cans
Inventor: LEIFELD FERDINAND
IPC: D01H9/18
Filed: 1995-03-31
Abstract: In an apparatus for filling cans (8) of elongate cross-section, with fibre sliver, e.g. at a drawing frame (1), the sliver (5) is delivered in coils from a rotating head (7) and the can (8) performs a backward and forward movement (A, B) in its longitudinal direction during the filling process under the action of a displacement arrangement (9, 10) having a drive means in the form of a speed-controlled electric motor (11). A control means, such as a microcomputer, for the motor responds to both a can displacement sensor and a filling-level sensor. The motor is controlled to give acceleration/deceleration at the ends of the can displacement path. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289064-A (GB)
Title: Independent guide system for sewing machine feed roller
Inventor: ACKERMANN MANFRED
IPC: D05B27/10
Filed: 1995-04-27
Abstract: In a sewing machine having an upper feed roller (24) carried by the lower end of a vertically reciprocating bar (42), means (50 - 56) are provided for guiding the roller bar (42) independently of the bar (36) carrying the presser foot of the machine so that binding between the two bars (42, 3 §& ) as a result of wear cannot take place. The guide means include a block (50) fixed to the housing of the machine, a pair of plates (54, 56) adjustably mounted on the block to define a slot and a guide (56) on the roller bar (42) formed with a protuberance which is guidingly received in the slot. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290514-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette conveyors
Inventor: BAILEY THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: B65B19/04
Filed: 1995-06-22
Abstract: A cigarette packing machine comprises a series of individual cigarette hoppers (18) carried by an endless band the hoppers receiving cigarettes from an input conveyor (15) in a receiving region and supplying groups of cigarettes to a pocketed bundle conveyor (22) in a delivery region. Each hopper (18) may be vertically movable, with its position controlled so that it occupies an upper position in the receiving region and a lower position in the delivery region. The hoppers may be vibrated during movement by the endless band, so as to promote downward movement of the cigarettes. Preferably each hopper has an associated transfer plunger which is extended to deliver cigarettes in the delivery region, the hopper being lifted when the plunger is in its extended position and lowered when the plunger is in its retracted position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2303224-A (GB)
Title: A knitted garment production process
Inventor: DE BLACAM TARLACH
IPC: D04B1/14
Filed: 1995-07-11
Abstract: A process for producing a garment using alpaca or linen yarn involves use of mechanical parameter tables 4, each grid being associated with a variable mechanical parameter. As the machine performs the knitting operations according to a design file, design function commands act as triggers to access a fresh active row of one or more grids for mechanical parameter adjustment. Each grid includes a set of rows for each panel of an individual garment and therefore a single set of grids may be used for production of all of a garment, the panels being knitted in succession leaving the grids in memory. In this way, a continuous length of alpaca or linen yarn is used for an individual garment to provide for maximum uniformity. Ranges are provided for needles in a takedown data table, the range allowing use of an individual grid for a range of sizes for a particular design. The panels are linked together by point-for-point linking and are steamed on a single surface with a steam pressure of 5 bar.
Patent GB-2294780-A (GB)
Title: Stainless steel plate having hairline and gold-plated pattern and fabricating method thereof
Inventor: KIM JAE HYUN
IPC: C23C28/00
Filed: 1995-10-25
Abstract: A stainless steel plate having a hair line and gold plated pattern is produced by (i) the steps of: photomechanically obtaining silk screens having a portion without photoresist and a hardened portion (ii) applying one of the screens to the plate and ink through the plate and then forming a first hair line pattern (8) on an unmasked portion of the plate and then removing the photoresist; forming a second hair line pattern by the same process on a second unmasked portion, and then removing the photoresist; (iii) forming a gold-plated layer (11) on an unmasked portion, using a third screen and ink on the plate and etching the areas to be gold-plated. The gold-plated pattern may subsequently be electrolytically treated to produce a brown or green pattern. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2309122-A (GB)
Title: Fused switch arrangement
Inventor: CHEW R T
IPC: H01H9/10
Filed: 1996-01-11
Abstract: A switched fuse spur unit comprises a base 2 and a face plate 1. The face plate 1 is formed with a first opening which retains a rocker switch 30. A drawer-like fuse carrier assembly 29 which removably retains the fuse 23 is inserted into the unit via a second opening in the face plate 1, the outer wall of the assembly forming a closure over the second opening when the fuse carrier assembly 29 is fully inserted into the unit. A protrusion 40 is provided on the inner surface of the outer wall of the fuse carrier assembly, and a tab 42 extends from the lower end of the switch 30, such that when the switch is in the OFF position, the tab 42 and the protrusion 40 allow the fuse carrier assembly 29 to be inserted into and removed from the unit. When the switch is in the ON position, the fuse carrier assembly 29 cannot be inserted and any attempt to remove an inserted fuse carrier assembly results in the switch being toggled into the OFF position.
Patent GB-2295361-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle suspension system
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM JULIAN
IPC: B60G21/10
Filed: 1992-08-29
Abstract: A vehicle suspension system comprises four suspension units 10, 12, 14, 16, each associated with a respective wheel of a vehicle and each having first 18 and second 20 hydraulic chambers interconnected by a fluid flow damping means 24, 26, 28, 30. The first hydraulic chamber 18 is connected to a piston 38 associated with a vehicle wheel such that movement of the piston 38 varies the volume of the first hydraulic chamber 18. The second hydraulic chamber 20 is separated from a gas chamber by a diaphragm 34. The suspension units are hydraulically inter-connected, and electrically controlled valves 46, 48, 50, 52 are provided for controlling fluid flow between the units. A control unit 54 opens the valves connecting the suspension units associated with two driven wheels of the vehicle when it detects an acceleration condition of the vehicle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2312821-A (GB)
Title: Cutting device
Inventor: KEMP ANDREW DAVID
IPC: A01D34/86
Filed: 1996-05-11
Abstract: The cutter comprises a row of individual profiled blades 25 separated by sleeve collars (26, fig. 3) mounted on a driven shaft (24) in a guard housing that can be positioned to suit the task in hand by way of a lockable swivel joint 34. The shaft is driven via gear box 30 mounted to the main drive cover sleeve 35 via another lockable swivel joint 36 allowing additional flexibility. The cutter may be used for trimming banks and hedges and may be adapted for use in a stationary chopping device (fig.6) for cutting up garden waste.
Patent GB-2315041-A (GB)
Title: A method of applying a cutter tape and apparatus for use in the method
Inventor: TAYLOR LUKE A COURT
IPC: B31B1/90
Filed: 1996-07-05
Abstract: A method of applying a serrated cutter tape 4 to a moving carton blank, the method involves applying a cutter tape 4 to a blank such that the tape 4 is kept continuously moving. The cutter tape 45 comprises a continuous strip which is feed through a cutter block 7, 17 where sections are cut from the continuous strip prior to being affixed to a carton blank with adhesive. Two applicator assemblies may be provided so that while the first applicator assembly is applying cutter tape to a carton blank the second applicator assembly can be reloaded with a spool of cutter tape and vice versa. The longitudinal axis of the tape is generally parallel to the direction of movement of the carton blank.
Patent GB-2316673-A (GB)
Title: Metering valve
Inventor: WARBY RICHARD JOHN
IPC: B65D83/14
Filed: 1996-09-03
Abstract: An aerosol metering valve comprises a valve member (1) co-axially slidable within an annular metering chamber (13) defined between the valve member and a cylindrical chamber body (2). The metering valve further comprising an outer seal (4) between the valve member and an outer end portion of the chamber body to seal an outlet duct of the valve member when the valve member is in an inoperative position, the valve member being slidable to an operative position in which the contents of the metering chamber are dischargeable via the outlet duct. The outer end portion of the chamber body comprises an inwardly stepped shoulder (21) and a lip (23) having an inner surface which slopes outwardly away from the peripheral edge of the outer seal, the periphery of the outer seal being supported by the said shoulder. Thus axial compression of the outer seal causes it to deform into sealing contact with the shoulder and the inner surface of the lip, the resulting seal having radial and transverse elements.
Patent GB-2309474-A (GB)
Title: A method of installing a roof support system in a mine
Inventor: CALANDRA JR FRANK
IPC: E21D20/00
Filed: 1994-09-30
Abstract: In a longwall mining operation, a panel to be extracted is formed in a seam of mine material by longitudinally extending headgate and tailgate entries with the panel beginning in a set up room and ending at a termination line in a recovery room. The recovery room is developed in two stages. In the first stage, the recovery room extends the transverse width of the panel and extends from the termination line a preselected distance to a first sidewall. A roof control system is installed to support the rock strata over the initial width of the recovery room. A primary support system includes mechanical roof bolt assemblies installed in accordance with a preselected bolt pattern. The roof bolt assemblies are supplemented by trusses extending in spaced parallel relation a preselected distance apart from the termination line to the first sidewall. Channel members are secured in end to end relation to the roof closely adjacent to and parallel to the first sidewall. Thereafter, the width of the recovery room is expanded to approximately twice the initial width. The roof above the expanded width of the recovery room is supported with a system complementary to the system initially installed including roof bolt assemblies, trusses and channel members. This system supports the roof of the recovery room to withstand the abutment pressures generated as a longwall shearer breaks through the termination line.
Patent GB-2313279-A (GB)
Title: Video display appliance including a device for limiting electric field emitted from a cathode ray tube
Inventor: JEONG SEOK HWA
IPC: H01J29/00
Filed: 1997-05-13
Abstract: A video display appliance has a device for eliminating the radiation wave emitted from a cathode ray tube. The appliance includes a shielding wire 15 wound one to several times around the degaussing coil 14. Pulses having the same level and phase, but inverse polarity to those applied to an anode of the cathode ray tube, are applied to the shielding wire, thereby offsetting the radiation wave emitted from the cathode ray tube.
Patent GB-2327225-A (GB)
Title: Preserving wooden posts for fencing and the like.
Inventor: EVANS NIGEL GARY FRANK
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 1997-07-14
Abstract: A fencing accessory for a wooden post (34) which is to implanted in the ground (36) is arranged to fit the base of the post, to be implanted in the ground with the post and to provide a means (38) for introducing wood preserving liquid (40) to the surface of the implanted base of the post after the post has been implanted. The accessory comprises a sleeve (12) arranged to be fitted around the base of the post, the sleeve having at least one inwardly facing channel (20, 24) which, with the post, provides a passageway or reservoir for the wood preserving liquid, the channel leading to an inlet (38) above the ground once the post has been implanted for the introduction of wood preserving liquid.
Patent GB-2328303-A (GB)
Title: Programmable security device
Inventor: HENDERSON PHILIP JAMES
IPC: G08B13/14
Filed: 1997-08-11
Abstract: A security device 50 for inhibiting unauthorised tampering with electrical and/or electronic apparatus 40 comprises: sensing means for sensing tampering with the apparatus and/or the device; receiver means 52 for receiving broadcast signals from a remote transmitter 70; and a microprocessor operable to initiate an alarm in accordance with its programming and in response to an indication from the sensing means that tampering has been sensed, and being programmable by means of the broadcast signals. The security device may include vibration detection means and/or relative movement detection means for detecting tampering with the apparatus casing. The security device may be programmed remotely to suit a particular application. Various features directed towards improving the security of the remote programming link are described, and a particular embodiment is adapted for mounting in an expansion port of a computer.
Patent GB-2328388-A (GB)
Title: A reaming device for rock climbing
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
IPC: B23B51/00
Filed: 1997-08-19
Abstract: A reaming device 10 for use in rock-climbing enables a climber to shape a drilled hole 17 in a rock face 15 so that it can engage more positively with an expansion bolt. The device 10 comprises an elongate carrier 12 having at least one side cutter 18 at its distal end 19 and a mount 13,16 for rotatably and pivotally supporting the carrier 12. When the device 10 is used to enlarge a previously drilled hole, the carrier 12 is rotated about its longitudinal axis by use of a drill and is manually pivoted within the mount 13,16, thereby enabling the side cutter(s) 18 to form a tapered enlargement 24 of the drilled hole 17. An expansion-type anchor bolt 32 inserted into the thus formed tapered hole 24 makes a more positive engagement with the hole.