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Patent GB-951238-A (GB)
Abstract: 951,238. Covering cores by winding. GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION. June 13, 1960 [July 2, 1959], No. 20754/60. Heading B8G. [Also in Division D1] In apparatus for taping a core for an insulated cable with paper, the core is maintained in a straight line from the first taping head to the point where it engages the take-off reel, a caterpillar type capstan being employed to pull the conductor through the taping heads. A core 14 has tape applied by heads 18 through which it is pulled by a capstan 24 and passed forward to a take-up reel 30 driven through a slip clutch having a predetermined torque to maintain tension on the cable between the capstan 24 and the reel 30 at a constant predetermined value. The reel 30 is mounted on a stand 46 movable transversely on wheels 48 guided by channel rails 50 and is supported by standards 52 with which are associated vertical screw members 54 carrying nuts 60 in which the shaft carrying the reel 30 engages. When each layer of cable has been applied to the reel 30, the screw members 54 lower the reel by the equivalent of the cable diameter. Transverse movement of the reel is related to the cable diameter and feed rate. Instead of mounting the reel 30 in a well, the reel may be arranged at floor level to take-up under its drum or the taping heads may be raised above floor level. Where only one layer of cable is to be applied to the reel, the reel may be mounted with its axis vertical and is rotated on a table carried on elevator mechanism, such as an hydraulic lift.
Patent GB-2291577-A (GB)
Title: Animal toilet
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM GORDON
IPC: A01K1/01
Filed: 1995-07-07
Abstract: An animal toilet includes two enclosures 12, 14 providing animal defecating areas and two walkways 22, 24 for animal handlers. A washing system including sparge pipes 38 and drains 36 are provided to wash the floor of each enclosure 12, 14. The washing means may be automatic, by timed operation, or manual. The enclosures have walls 18/20 which are low enough to allow a handle to keep the animal on a lead. The enclosures have scent lures 34. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295500-A (GB)
Title: Adaptor for connectors
Inventor: NOLLA MAGRINA FRANCISCO
IPC: H01R13/502
Filed: 1995-07-13
Abstract: An adaptor 10 for a connector 11 having a substantially parallelepiped body within which are located terminal-receiving cavities 20 which are also substantially parallelepiped and are defined by dividing walls 19, comprises a wall 12 on which U-shaped sections 13 are formed with a spacing corresponding to the spacing of the dividing walls 19. The U-shaped sections 13 partially fill the cavities 20 such that the connector can be used to accommodate smaller terminals than usual. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2303713-A (GB)
Title: A load indicator device
Inventor: HEMMINGS ANTHONY
IPC: B66C15/00
Filed: 1995-07-26
Abstract: A load indicator device comprises a load transmitting member which transmits load applied thereto to a loadable member to be put under load via compressible or expandable resilient biasing means 22, indicator means 29,30 FIG4 moving with said biasing means and being displaceable such that when the biasing means is loaded and displaced to reach a predetermined load equivalent to that required for the loadable member and/or any device associated therewith, the indicator means reaches a fully loaded indicating position (FIG 5) whereat the user can readily visually and/or physically determine said fully loaded position has been reached. Two pairs of plates 3, FIG 2, form two jaws pivoted together with a force adjustable by a threaded rod 12. Rotation of the rod clamps the jaws with a predetermined pressure against a beam 8.
Patent GB-2293995-A (GB)
Title: Cutter shell
Inventor: SULLIVAN JAMES BERNARD
IPC: B23B51/04
Filed: 1995-10-11
Abstract: A cutter shell for cutting a circular owning in a metal object comprises a tubular boring portion 12 and a head portion 16. The boring portion 12 as a tubular sidewall and teeth 50 at the forward circumferential end. The sidewall is of thickness not greater than the teeth. The head portion 16 has an outer circumferential perimeter secured to the tubular portion rearward circumferential end, the head portion 16 being attachable to a boring bar by which the cutter shell is rotated. A circumferential abrasive band 58 is affixed to the exterior circumferential surface of the tubular sidewall for engagement with the wall of a hole as the hole is cut in an object by the teeth to smooth and round out the hole for improved cylindricality. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2306289-A (GB)
Title: Chocolate forming
Inventor: BECKETT STEPHEN THOMAS
IPC: A23P1/12
Filed: 1995-10-30
Abstract: A process for forming an extruded fat-containing confectionery material which comprises feeding the fat containing confectionery material 14 into an extrusion devices 10 and applying pressure to the fat-containing confectionery material in a substantially solid or semi-solid non-pourable or non-flowable form upstream of a flow constriction whereby the temperature, pressure, contraction ratio and extrusion rate are such that the fat-containing confectionery material is extruded substantially isothermally and remains in a substantially solid or semi-solid non-pourable or non-flowable form and which has a temporary flexibility or plasticity characterised in that, while the extruded product 22 exhibits the temporary flexibility, passing the extruded product between the nip of a pair of counter-rotating rollers 18 provided with corresponding circumferential depressions 19 to plastically form the extruded product into the shape 23 conforming to the shape of the nip and releasing the formed product from the nip of the pair of rollers.
Patent GB-2292399-A (GB)
Title: Floor construction (Buildings)
Inventor: MACKENZIE ROBIN KENNETH
IPC: E04F15/20
Filed: 1994-05-19
Abstract: A floor construction of wood panels (12) overlying a base support (11) with a layer (13) of yieldably resilient materials (14, 15) sandwiched between the panels (12) and the base support (11). The materials (14, 15) are of mutually different stiffnesses, one being a relatively large main panel area of an open-cellular material (14) and the other being a relatively small area of a closed-cellular material (15) in the form of strips bordering the main panel area. The open-cellular material (14) provides a large degree of vibration isolation, whilst the closed-cellular (stiffer) material (15) stabilises the panels in the vicinity of panel-to-panel joints and/or the floor periphery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2311789-A (GB)
Title: Process for converting wax-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks into high-grade middle distillate products
Inventor: OLIVIER CATHERINE
IPC: C10G67/08
Filed: 1996-04-01
Abstract: The wax-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks are pre-treated by contacting them with a homogeneous solution containing 1-5 vol, % of an acid diluted in an alcohol/water mixture (preferably containing 60-90 vol. % alcohol). The pre-treated feedstock is then contacted, in the presence of hydrogen, with at least two catalysts in sequence and with no intermediate separation, comprising at least one hydrodewaxing catalyst and one hydrocracking catalyst, to recover high-grade middle distillates.
Patent GB-2302469-A (GB)
Title: Macroblock start and end address generating circuit for use in MPEG video compression decoding
Inventor: KIM EUI-GYU
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 1996-04-24
Abstract: A circuit for restoring an image signal using motion compensation is disclosed including an index address generator 200 for storing and selectively generating a start address of each image, an adder 300 for adding the start address generated from the index address generator 200 to an address of a current macroblock to be processed and generating a pseudo address, an address calculator 100 for calculating an address displacement from a motion compensation vector MV, and an address generator 400 for adding said pseudo address to the address displacement to generate start and end addresses.
Patent GB-2300820-A (GB)
Title: A dart
Inventor: BOTTELSEN WALTER EDWARD
IPC: F42B6/00
Filed: 1996-05-14
Abstract: The present specification describes a dart which comprises a point 14 which is arranged for frictionally slidable movement between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the barrel 12. The barrel 12 is afforded retractable movement about the point 14 when the dart is engaged in a target. The barrel is provided with an insert 18. Sleeve 24 of the insert receives and frictionally engages collar 30 mounted on shaft 32. In an alternative, the insert may be provided with fingers (52, Figure 5) to frictionally engage head (58) on the shaft.
Patent GB-2302036-A (GB)
Title: Multi-piece solid golf ball
Inventor: YAMAGISHI HISASHI
IPC: A63B37/12
Filed: 1996-06-14
Abstract: A multi-piece solid golf ball comprises a core having a structure consisting of at least two layers and a cover on the core consisting of outer and inner cover layers. The outer cover layer has a Shore D hardness of 40-60 degrees. The inner cover layer has a Shore D hardness of up to 53 degrees and lower than that of the outer cover layer. The ball's carry is comparable to conventional solid golf balls and spin receptivity is approximate to wound golf balls while the ball is durable and offers pleasant feel.
Patent GB-2306598-A (GB)
Title: Tube connector
Inventor: EBEL ROLF
IPC: F16L19/08
Filed: 1996-10-25
Abstract: The connector for a cylindrical tube (1), or tube portion of a connection piece, has a connecting member (2), a cutting ring (20), and a union nut (11). The cutting ring (20) is located on the tube (1) and, in the fitted condition, cuts by means of its cutting edge (22) into the outer face (4) of the tube (1). The holding ring (15) comprises a conical bore (18) holding the cutting ring (20). By means of a supporting face (16), the holding ring (15) is supported against the end face (6) of the connecting member (2). At its end facing the conical bore (13) of the union nut (11), the holding ring (15) comprises a conical supporting face (19) matching the nut conical bore (13). At its end facing the union nut (11), the cutting ring (20) comprises a conical pressure face (25) also matching the nut conical bore (13). After completion of the tightening operation, the cutting ring fully enters the conical bore (20) of the holding ring (15), and the conical bore (13) of the union nut (11) is supported against both the pressure face (25) and the conical supporting face (19). This ensures that after the connection has been tightened, no further forces can be applied to the cutting ring (20). The holding ring supporting face (16) has outer annular fluting or knurling to prevent rotation.
Patent GB-2310597-A (GB)
Title: Clothes hanging caddy
Inventor: GIDDA HARDEEP
IPC: A47G25/06
Filed: 1997-02-28
Abstract: The clothes hanging caddy comprises a coathanger which can be mounted on a wall or door by means of a fixing point behind the head section of the hanger. The caddy also has openings and storage cavities so that other items can be accommodated. The head section may also have character heads, faces or logo's displayed thereon.
Patent GB-2328718-A (GB)
Title: Solar powered novelty decorative device
Inventor: FRY CHRISTOPHER BRIAN
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 1997-03-07
Abstract: A novelty device comprises a windmill-like rotor 3 which is drivable by an electric motor 4 electrically connected to an adjustably mounted solar panel 6. Incident light on the solar panel 6 causes the electric motor 4 to rotate the rotor 3. The incident light may be from a table lamp, or from a candle 7 held in a detachable transparent fireproof tube 9 on a base 1 of the device. The rotor 3 may be vertically or horizontally orientated, with refraction of incident light on the rotor blades 3a intended to produce a rainbow-like effect.
Patent GB-2314204-A (GB)
Title: Cold cathode vacuum discharge tube
Inventor: BOETTCHER GORDON E
IPC: H01T2/02
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: A cold cathode vacuum discharge tube, and method for making same, with an interior surface of the trigger probe (26) coated with carbon deposited by carbon vapor deposition (CVD) or diamond-like carbon (DLC) deposition. Preferably a solid graphite insert (84) is employed in the probecathode structure in place of an aluminum bushing employed in the prior art. The CVD or DLC probe face (90) is laser scribed to allow resistance trimming to match available trigger voltage signals and to reduce electrical aging.
Patent GB-2325635-A (GB)
Title: Grass collection box for lawn shears
Inventor: JACKSON KENNETH WILLIAM
IPC: A01G3/04
Filed: 1997-05-31
Abstract: A collection box 1 is attached to hand operated grass clippers 2 via a slot 3 by a nut 4 and bolt 5. The other end of the box is attached to the point of the clipper blade by hole 6.
Patent GB-2315771-A (GB)
Title: Non-foamable gel shaving composition
Inventor: YAMAMOTO NOBUSHIGE
Filed: 1997-07-23
Abstract: A non-foamable gel shaving composition comprises the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) from 0.1% by weight to 5.0% by weight of a carboxyvinyl polymer or a copolymer of acrylic acid and alkyl methacrylate; (B) from 0.005% by weight to 2.0% by weight of a high-polymeric polyethylene oxide having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 or more; and (C) the balance being water. This shaving composition can well soften the mustache or skin, has a superior razor slipperiness, does not cause a rash, makes it possible to shave several times at the same area of the skin, and also can impart a good feel to users after washing.
Patent GB-2316129-A (GB)
Title: Multiple-cylinder i.c. engine brake valve
Inventor: LAMSBACH SIEGFRIED
IPC: F02D13/04
Filed: 1997-08-05
Abstract: The engine brake valve 3 is arranged in a valve bore 11 between a cylinder combustion chamber and an exhaust gas duct 5 and remains in a constant open position during a braking operation. To prevent pumping of gases between cylinders, a valve member 7 is provided downstream of the engine brake valve 3 to close the connection between the exhaust gas duct 5 and the associated cylinder combustion chamber closed when the pressure in the exhaust gas duct 5 is higher than the pressure in the cylinder chamber. The valve member 7 has a valve element 6 which is arranged in the valve bore 11 of the engine brake valve 3 and is displaceable coaxially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the engine brake valve 3 counter to the force of a spring 8 which acts in the direction of shutting off the connection. The valve element 6 may be made from a ceramic material, eg Al 2 O 3 , to resist heat and protect the spring 8 from heat.
Patent GB-2328894-A (GB)
Title: Laser drilling
Inventor: KNOWLES MARTYN RICHARD HUW
IPC: F02M61/16
Filed: 1997-09-03
Abstract: A method of laser-drilling a hole through a workpiece, such as an injector nozzle (40), into a cavity comprising drilling a hole (41) through the workpiece (40) with a laser (50), providing a fluid having laser-barrier properties in the cavity so that, when the hole (41) is open to the cavity, laserlight passing through the hole (41) is incident upon the fluid whereby the workpiece (40) across the cavity from the hole (41) is protected from the laserlight, and arranging that the fluid does not enter the laser-drilled hole (41) during the drilling process. Apparatus for performing the method is also described.
Patent GB-2320298-A (GB)
Title: Clutch with diaphragm spring mounted on sleeves supported in recesses
Inventor: HOFMANN KLAUS
IPC: F16D13/71
Filed: 1997-12-02
Abstract: A friction clutch comprises a diaphragm spring 7 mounted on spacer sleeves 14 which are supported, at one end, in centring recesses 18 formed in peripheral ring 13. These recesses 18 are formed from one semicircle 19 having adjoining straight parts 20 and provide positive support and guidance for the sleeves 14 which allows the clutch to be used where high loads/torsional oscillations are encountered, eg sports applications. Peripheral ring 13 and sleeves 14 are fixed to housing 5 by rivets (see fig 1) or screws 16 having threads that engage corresponding threads in the ring 13. The diaphragm spring 7 is axially located between a wire ring 15 and a bead 17 on the ring 13. An axial distance between the wire ring 15 and bead 17 is defined by sleeves 14 and this distance determines the freedom of movement of the diaphragm spring 7 on disengagement of the clutch.
Patent GB-2327861-A (GB)
Title: Jigsaw tray
Inventor: MINCHIN ROBERT LEONARD
IPC: A63F9/10
Filed: 1998-06-30
Abstract: A tray provides a surface on which a jigsaw puzzle can be assembled, the surface being formed by a plurality of interlocking 3-ply elements 1-13, Figure 5. The 3-ply elements fit together to provide a 4-ply surface by frictional interlocking of a projecting part of either outer ply of one element with a recessed part of the central ply of another element, Figure 9. The shape and size of the tray is variable by suitable selection of the elements used. Some elements have an upstanding wall along part(s) of their edges to provide the tray with a raised edge to stop pieces of a jigsaw from falling off. Elements may have rounded corners to provide 'fluff gaps' 33 therebetween, into which extraneous matter can be displaced. Assembly of the tray is a puzzle in itself.
Patent GB-2328516-A (GB)
Title: Ventilated liquid storage installation with ventilation integrity checking
Inventor: SCHWEGLER HELMUT
IPC: F02M25/08
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: A liquid storage installation with a ventilating system checkable for leakage comprises a tank 10, an adsorption filter 20 connected with the tank 10 by way of a ventilating duct 12 and having an aeration duct 22 communicating with the atmosphere by way of a valve 73 and filter 50, and a ventilating valve 30 connected with the filter 20 by way of a regenerating air duct 24. The installation also includes an on-board pressure source 71, 72, by which the ventilating system can be loaded with pressure, and a shut-off device (80), which opens when the ventilating system is loaded by pressure due to the on-board pressure source 71, 72 and which closes when the system is loaded by pressure due to an external pressure source 100. The installation can also comprise a reference leakage point 75 able to be pressurised for the purpose of comparison of pressure measurements taken from the system as a whole.
Patent GB-2341662-A (GB)
Title: Safety device for braking systems of articulated vehicles
Inventor: WALKER NEIL EDWARD
IPC: B60T17/18
Filed: 1998-09-21
Abstract: A safety device for braking systems of articulated vehicles incorporating a valve for inclusion in the emergency air supply line of an articulated vehicle. The valve has an inlet 14 and outlet 16 for connection to the emergency air supply line with a closing member 6 biased towards a closed position to prevent passage of air along the emergency air supply line through the valve. The closing member is movable via an actuator 8, the actuator being operable by the service air supply. Once the closing member has been moved to the open position by the actuator, the closing member can be kept in the open position by the air pressure in the emergency air supply line.
Patent GB-2332919-A (GB)
Title: Device for sealing the intersection between a primary and a branch borehole
Inventor: CUMMING FRANCIS ALEXANDER
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 1998-12-29
Abstract: A device for sealing the intersection between a primary and branch borehole comprises a primary casing section 9 which has a branch casing section 10 secured to it. The casing section is lowered through the wellbore to locate on a whipstock 6. The slant surface 13 of the whipstock 6 communicates with the slant surface 11 of the primary casing section 9 to properly locate the branch casing section 10 within the branch wellbore, and also serves to seal the casing section 9 against the window of the branch by pushing in direction 15. The slant surfaces 13,11 may have sealing agent applied to them or ratchet surfaces to enhance the sealing security of the device.
Patent GB-2333314-A (GB)
Title: Support structure and bearing block cradle for a blind
Inventor: OSKAM HERMAN
IPC: E06B9/262
Filed: 1999-01-06
Abstract: A blind has three parallel rails: a fixed first rail 3; a movable second rail 5; and, a fixed third rail 7. The second rail 5 is moved between the first 3 and third 7 rails by driving cords 13,14. The driving cords 13,14 are actuated are by the rotation of rotary drive spools 25,27. The drive spools 25,27 are turned by a rod 29 which is turned by either manual or motor 31 actuation. The drive spools 25,27 are held in bearing blocks 35. The bearing blocks 35 have an aperture 39 to allow the driving cords 13,14 to pass through to a shade 9. The bearing blocks 35 are formed as a single cradle unit 116 with break-lines 118 and a base portion 120. It is intended that the cradle 116 can either be used as a double bearing block as moulded, or can be spilt along the break-lines 118 and used as single bearing blocks. The blind is intended to be used where a rectangular shaped blind could not as it can be adapted to have other shapes, e.g. trapezoidal.
Patent GB-2335265-A (GB)
Title: Cooling means for a planar lamp
Inventor: OKLAY MURAT
IPC: F21V29/02
Filed: 1999-02-16
Abstract: Cooling means 2 for a lamp 1 comprising a recess to receive a planar lamp 1, a plenum chamber 28 extending generally parallel and spaced from the rear face of the lamp 11 with a plurality of gas outlet orifices 25 situated on its forward wall arranged such that cooling gas emerges through said orifices as jets impinging on the rear face 11 of the lamp. The impinging jets are at an angle to promote efficient heat transfer and may be normal to the rear face of the lamp. The rear face of the lamp may be roughened to break up the boundary layer of air over the its surface. An electrical heating 12 element is supplied warm the lamp initially. Cooling gas is supplied to the plenum chamber via an inlet 23 connected via an air hose to a fan, impeller etc.
Patent GB-2348501-A (GB)
Title: Loop sensing apparatus for traffic detection
Inventor: LEES ROBERT HARPER
IPC: G08G1/042
Filed: 1999-03-31
Abstract: Induction loop sensing apparatus for detecting vehicles travelling along a lane of a roadway 12 comprises an outer loop 11 for detecting e.g. large chassis components of passing vehicles and producing a region of magnetic field with a single polarity and at least one inner loop 18, 19 for detecting the passage of vehicle wheels and arranged to fit within this region. The inner loops each provide two regions producing magnetic fields of opposite polarity (e.g. by figure of eight arrangement), so that the field produced by the outer loop has little effect on the inner loops. Detection circuitry 30 energises both the inner and outer loops individually for separate detection of vehicles passing over the loops.
Patent GB-2343311-A (GB)
Title: A multicarrier receiver using a weighted sum of pilot powers to detect mistuning
Inventor: SZAJNOWSKI WIESLAW JERZY
IPC: H04N7/16
Filed: 1999-10-26
Abstract: A receiver is tuned into a multicarrier signal first by performing fine tuning control, preferably in the time domain, and then determining a coarse frequency offset to adjust the receiver to the correct frequency with respect to the transmitted signal. The coarse frequency offset is determined by summing the powers of a predetermined set of subcarriers associated with one frequency offset, repeating this for other frequency offsets, and determining whether the largest sum has a predetermined relationship to the other sums. Discrimination is improved by disregarding the largest of the powers when determining the sum. Preferably, the sums are integrated over multiple symbol periods, and the speed of locking-in is increased by terminating the operation when the predetermined relationship has been reached.