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Patent GB-2250677-A (GB)
Title: Disposable container with protective sleeve
Inventor: WAGSTAFFE JOHN
IPC: E01H1/12
Filed: 1991-11-27
Abstract: A disposable container eg. for the removal of canine excrement comprising a receptacle 1 and a flexible sleeve 2 having an open end 8, the other end 9 being attached to the receptacle 1 and the receptacle 1 being of rigid or semi-rigid plastics material or cardboard and formed of hingedly connected parts 3 and 4, the attachment of the sleeve to the receptacle being in the region of the hinge 5 and/or upper and lower surfaces of the receptacle 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263270-A (GB)
Title: Load handling apparatus
Inventor: WILSON JAMES
IPC: B66C13/14
Filed: 1992-01-20
Abstract: The first section 1 of a telescopic boom 11 carries a hydraulic unit 19 for manipulating a load receiving device. A second section 2 is moved relative to a third section 3 by a first hydraulic ram 29; a synchronising arrangement e.g. chain and pulleys moves the first section 1 at the same time. A second hydraulic ram moves the third section 3 relative to a fourth section 4. A first rolling hose 51 communicates between the hydraulic unit 19 and a first connector 52 mounted on the third section 3. A second rolling hose 53 communicates between the first connector 52 and a second connector 54 mounted on the fourth section 4. A third rolling hose 57 communicates between the first hydraulic ram 29 and a third connector 58 mounted on the fourth section 4. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266396-A (GB)
Title: Leak detector
Inventor: SHACKELL MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G01M3/16
Filed: 1992-04-21
Abstract: A leak detector which can be fitted under automatic washing machines and also under any other machines where water leaks may occur, e.g. dishwashers, fridges, freezers, dryers, and any others. An electrical circuit activates a sensor in a tray under the machine when a leak occurs, and an audible warning is heard to alert the machine user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to time pieces.
Inventor: SHREEVE CAROLINE MOZELLE
IPC: G04B45/00
Filed: 1993-05-19
Abstract: A steam and/or waterproofed time piece is located in or forms part of a casing which is capable of floating on the surface of water with the face of the timepiece visible to the eye. The time piece face is covered with a transparent cover of or coated with a steam resistant material. In one embodiment, the time piece includes means for measuring and displaying the temperature of the water in which the time piece is floating. Means may be provided for attachment to a wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281051-A (GB)
Title: Liquid impermeable and vapour permeable laminate structure
Inventor: SQUIRES LESLIE JAMES
IPC: B32B7/02
Filed: 1993-08-14
Abstract: A liquid impermeable and vapour permeable laminate structure (10) comprises a plurality of sheets (12), each sheet including a liquid impermeable layer (16). The sheets (12) are arranged with their edge portions in overlapping relation, and a vapour permeable layer (14) is provided between the overlapping edge portions. The structure is suited for use in forming roof coverings. The vapour permeable layer (14) may be in the form of a support substrate such as a spunbonded polymeric nonwoven material and the liquid impermeable layer (16) may be in the form of a membrane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273975-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerator for cryogenic temperatures
Inventor: COURTNEY WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: F25B9/14
Filed: 1993-12-24
Abstract: It is known that there are many benefits gained by operating electromagnetic sensors and electronic circuits at cryogenic temperatures. The present refrigerator offers a long working life with minimum maintenance. The design consists essentially of a warm chamber (1) approximately ambient temperature connected to a cold chamber (2). The refrigerant fluid is a gas which undergoes a sequence of approximately isothermal changes at different temperatures in order to pump thermal energy from the cold chamber to the warm chamber. An oscillating piston or diaphragm (3) inside the warm chamber partitions it into two variable volume parts. The two parts of the dual chamber process the gas in antiphase with the space ahead of the advancing piston being used for gas compression while the increasing space behind the piston allows gas expansion. Each end of the warm chamber is fitted with a simple inlet valve and a spring loaded outlet valve (7 - 10). These regulate the phase angles during the piston/diaphragm cycle at which gas enters or leaves the warm chamber. As a result net negative work is done in the cold chamber. This produces a refrigeration effect in the cold chamber. piston/diaphragm movements and associated electric motors are restricted to the warm chamber, there are no moving mechanical parts in the cold chamber. This means that there are no problems associated with mechanical or electromagnetic vibrations in the region of the electronic circuits being served. The cold chamber may be honeycombed to enhance heat transfer and can be shaped to fit in with preferred working circuit (12) and Dewar insulation (11). The motive power can be related to an armature embedded into a piston or diaphragm which separates the two part volumes of the warm dual chamber. This design eliminates the necessity for a piston shaft and flywheel and allows the refrigerator to be permanently welded closed at the assembly stage. The symmetry of the dual warm chamber arrangement permits the addition of helical springs to the piston in order to store potential energy and smooth out the power supply current flow A regenerator (13) provides heat exchange between the relatively warm gas entering the cold chamber (2) and the cold gas leaving the chamber. If the gas transfer line connected to the cold chamber is flexible it offers a low inertia unit suitable for rapid movement scanner systems. Some embodiments include additional, beneficial Joule-Thomson cooling. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286039-A (GB)
Title: Engine cooling system
Inventor: MARSHALL ROBERT ANTHONY
IPC: F01P3/02
Filed: 1994-01-25
Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine, eg. of a motor vehicle, having a cylinder head (1) attached to a cylinder block (2) optionally with a gasket (3) positioned in between, comprises passages in the cylinder head (1) and block (2) for the flow of coolant therethrough with the passages communicating via at least one connecting duct (4), a pump (13) to circulate the coolant between cylinder head inlet (15) and outlet (5) ducts, mutually independent first (14) and second (10) thermostat valves, a cylinder block bypass duct (11) and metering means, which may comprise a sized aperture and may comprise the at least one connecting duct (4), to control the maximum proportional volume rate of coolant flowing between the cylinder block and the cylinder head. The valves (14, 10) are calibrated respectively to prevent flow of coolant through the cylinder block (2) at a first temperature below, but permit such flow at a second temperature below, the normal operating temperature of the engine and to prevent flow of the coolant through the bypass duct (11) at or above the normal operating temperature of the engine. The metering means is such that at the normal operating temperature of the engine, the volume rate of coolant flowing through the block (2) is less than that through the head (1), eg. 20% to 40%, preferably about 30%, of the total volume rate of coolant flowing through the head (1) and the block (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286777-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing a composite golf club head
Inventor: LO KUN-NAN
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1994-02-17
Abstract: A method for producing a composite golf club head includes the steps of forming a metal hollow casing (20); inserting an open-topped bowl-shaped laminated member (30) having an expansible pocket (40), containing a mixture of sodium nitrite, ammonium chloride and water into the casing; disposing a sheet of carbon fiber composite material (50) over an open top portion (24) of the metal hollow casing (20); disposing the metal hollow casing (20) in a mold; and heating the mold to a temperature of 140 - 160 DEG C, causing the mixture to produce nitrogen gas, thereby swelling the expansible pocket (40) and forcing the bowl-shaped laminated member (30) to attach to the metal hollow casing (20) and carbon fiber composite material (50). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-940420-A (GB)
Abstract: 940,420. Automatic steering control. SHARP & CO. Ltd., and H. E. FLORY. Jan. 27, 1960 [Jan. 30, 1959], No. 3432/59. Heading G3R. In an automatic pilot, an electric motor for opera - ting the steering wheel through a clutch, a followup mechanism, and switches for limiting travel of the motor, are incorporated in a single unit fitting over the shaft of the steering wheel, the follow-up mechanism and limit switches being operated by a spirally grooved plate moving with the steering wheel. In Fig. 1 an electric motor (not shown), when bolted to a flange 3 of a casting 1, drives through gearing 18, 17,16, 15, 19, 14, 13,9 a large gear 6 which is secured to a ship's steering wheel (not shown) by a clamping ring 12. Pinion 9 may be disengaged from gear 6 by operation of a lever 10 to permit manual steering. Gear 6 carries a spirally grooved plate 21 which engages a pin 40 so that a lever 39 is moved to operate one or other of two limit switches (not shown) which prevent further operation of the motor if it endeavours to move the steering wheel more than a predetermined number of revolutions in either sense from a central position. A further lever 30, which also has a pin engaging the spiral groove, operates a potentiometer (not shown) providing a positional follow-up signal. This signal is applied in opposition to a signal derived from photo-transistors associated with a compass (not shown) to the input of an amplifier controlling the steering motor. A switch and variable resistor (not shown) for changeover to remote control may also be provided.
Patent GB-2280432-A (GB)
Title: Glass compositions
Inventor: COPLEY GEOFFREY JOHN
IPC: C03C3/078
Filed: 1994-06-29
Abstract: An alkali-silicate glass composition with refractive index of 1.55 or greater, and Abbe number less than 52, suitable for the manufacture of crystal glass, comprises by weight SiO2 50-65%, M2O 12-23%, Bi2O3 1-20%, TiO2 1-15% and SrO 1-20% by weight (where M=Na, K or Li).
Patent GB-2279077-A (GB)
Title: Recombinant antibodies specific for TNF-alpha
Inventor: BODMER MARK WILLIAM
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 1991-12-20
Abstract: Recombinant antibodies, which are chimeric or CDR-grafted, having specificity for TNF- alpha , are described. The antibodies may be formulated into therapeutic or diagnostic compositions.
Patent GB-2282183-A (GB)
Title: I.c.engine fuel injector
Inventor: POTZ DETLEF
IPC: F02M61/08
Filed: 1994-09-05
Abstract: An outwardly opening valve 15 which is acted upon in the opening direction by the fuel pressure and in the closure direction by a closure spring 36 has its stroke after an initial lift h, determined by a piezo stack or magnetostrictic element 41 which is contracted to an extent determined by an electronic control. The stack or element (51, Fig. 2) may be located outwardly of the valve stem. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293284-A (GB)
Title: Insulation displacement connector
Inventor: WHITE ROWLAND SPENCER
IPC: H01R4/24
Filed: 1994-09-13
Abstract: An insulation displacement connector (5), which may be compatible with 2 or more types of insertion tools, has a plurality of teeth defining slots (10) therebetween for wire insertion. A ledge (34) is formed at the base of the teeth on one, non-castellated, side thereof and a anvil (50) is provided on the ledge for each slot. The anvil extends into the slot and provides a terminating surface for a chisel type insertion tool, while the ledge (34) provides a terminating surface for a scissor type insertion tool. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281125-A (GB)
Title: Measuring the height of overhead cables on railways
Inventor: CZAJKOWSKI STANISLAW BOLESLAW
IPC: G01S15/88
Filed: 1994-09-14
Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the heights and/or determining the configuration of overhead electric cables used for supplying power to electric trains includes an elongate frame 11 locatable by feet 28 in a predetermined position across a pair of parallel rails. A pair of upwardly facing electro-acoustic transducers 21, 22 are mounted at opposite ands of the frame. A circuit 23 is adapted to energise a selected one of the transducers to transmit a burst of sound directed upwardly at overhead cables and to discriminate between multiple echoes received by a selected one of the transducers after reflection of a burst from said cables. From the measurement of a plurality of round trip delays the circuit 23 can determine the height and/or configuration of the overhead cables. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284599-A (GB)
Title: Solid-electrolyte fuel cell electrode material and electrode using same
Inventor: TSUKAMOTO KOICHI
IPC: H01M8/12
Filed: 1994-12-07
Abstract: Solid-electrolyte fuel cell electrode material is in the form of a membrane formed on a solid electrolyte surface from a powder obtained by pulverizing a sintered body obtained by sintering a mixture of lanthanum-based electrode material and 5 to 50 mol% platinum. The lanthanum-based material may be LaCoO3, LaMnO3, or LaSrMnO3.
Patent GB-2289482-A (GB)
Title: Papermachine clothing with helical fibres
Inventor: SAYERS IAN CHRISTISON
IPC: D21F7/08
Filed: 1995-04-13
Abstract: Papermachine clothing (10) such as a press felt comprises one or more basecloths (11) and at least one staple fibre batt (12). At least a part of at least one batt (12) is made up of bicomponent self-crimping fibres which adopt a helical configuration on being heat treated. The fibres have increased resilience and increase the life of the felt. The heat treatment of the fibres may take place either before or after the fibres are attached, e.g. by needling, to the basecloth. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2308359-A (GB)
Title: Water treatment slurries
Inventor: CLARKE NEIL
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1995-12-19
Abstract: A process for the production of an aluminium/iron sulphate flocculant product characterized by separately incorporating in an aqueous medium ferric sulphate and aluminium sulphate in quantities in the ranges giving 4.5% to below 6.5% by weight Al 2 O 3 and 0.5% to 3.5% by weight Fe 2 O 3 in the aqueous medium. Magnesium may also be added as a clarification-enhancing or turbidity-reducing agent.
Patent GB-957250-A (GB)
IPC: C10K1/12
Abstract: 957,250. Revivifying gas purifier waste. C. W. PILO, and S. W. DAHLBECK. June 19, 1962 [June 28, 1961], No. 23503/62. Heading C5E. A process for removal of H2S from ammoniacal liquors, which liquors have been used to remove H2S from gases, comprises passing the liquid through a first column at 20‹ to 65 ‹ C. countercurrent to a stream of CO2, and subsequently through a second column at a temperature near to the boiling point of the liquid to evaporate the CO2, the,stream of CO2 in the first column being supplied by the evaporated CO2 obtained from the second column. As shown, columns I and II may be provided with a washer/cooler V for partially freeing the gas from H2S before introduction into column I, the washing liquid may be water at room temperature. To increase the H2S concentration of the washing liquid coming from gas-washer VII, a column III is provided in which said liquid passes countercurrent to an H2S-rich gas which has been tapped from column I by means of duct 17 and returned through duct 18. Before circulating the liquid through columns I and II the H2S-content of the gas obtained is increased and the H2S-content of the liquid discharged from column III is decreased by contacting the gas with the liquid in column IV and liquid-container 22 before circulating the liquid through columns I and II. Column II is heated by passing vapour through duct 32.
Patent GB-2299081-A (GB)
Title: Waste treatment apparatus
Inventor: GRANT COLIN ALASTAIR
IPC: B09C1/00
Filed: 1996-02-28
Abstract: A waste treatment apparatus comprises a collapsible container (10) having a plurality of interconnecting panels (24, 26, 28, 30) at least some of which are perforated to permit the passage of air, the panels being adapted to be assembled to form a housing (12) for receiving soil to be treated through which air and water may pass, wherein a suitable environment for aerobic bioremediation of solid and for liquid waste is provided. The housing (12) is adapted to be disassembled and collapsed to form a flatpack arrangement to facilitate transportation. A perforated base may be provided. The perforated base is preferably a non-biodegradable permeable material, (e.g. a) flexible plastic with a high internal surface area. The apparatus is used to convert environmentally unsound and/or waste products, into products which are not deleterious to the environment and which may have useful properties. An example is the conversion of harmful hydrocarbons in a contaminated soil, into carbon dioxide and water.
Patent GB-2297546-A (GB)
Title: Method of oxidizing nitrogen
Inventor: STOTEREAU PETER JAMES
IPC: C01B21/40
Filed: 1994-10-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to nitrogen fixation comprising oxidation of boron nitride for forming boron oxide, nitrogen oxides and nitrogen. Boron nitride is oxidized at 850-1100 DEG C with an oxigen containing gas comprising 0-95 vol % N2 and 5-100 vol % O2. The nitrogen oxides formed during oxidation of boron nitride can be reacted with water or dilute nitric acids for producing nitric acid. The boron oxide formed during oxidation of BN can be nitrided to boron nitride in the presence of a reductant and N2 and the total process can be carried out as a cyclic process. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2303096-A (GB)
Title: Guard attachment for a rotary shaver
Inventor: SZYMANSKY EDWARD
IPC: B26B19/14
Filed: 1996-05-23
Abstract: A guard attachment 21 for a rotary shaver 22 comprises an upper plate 30 and a side wall 31. Two circular shaped apertures 32,33 are formed in the upper plate which cooperate with cutter heads 24. Locking means in the form of a slot 41 on the guard cooperating with a pin 43 on the shaver housing enable the guard to be releasably locked to the shaver. A ridge 34 on the upper plate is located adjacent the edge of the aperture. With the guard removed the shaver can be used for close shaving such as for leg hairs. With the guard attached the shaver can be used for more tender areas such as the underarms.
Patent GB-2315387-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for accessing a plurality of networks
Inventor: ROBINSON WILLIAM
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 1996-07-16
Abstract: A removable User Identity Module (UIM) 400 allows a user to simultaneously access services provided by different networks 200, 201, 202 via one or more terminals 300, 301, 302 while retaining the option of having only one dialable number for all services. The UIM 400 is inserted in a terminal and the user chooses the services to be available at that terminal. The user can then select a mode of operation where the terminal will maintain that availability when the UIM (400) is withdrawn. The UIM can then be inserted in a different terminal (301) for a different set of services. The UIM is a smartcard comprising a microprocessor 410 and memory 420 to store subscription information and currently registered services. A service registered and thus made available on one terminal in one network can be deregistered remotely from another terminal in the same or a different network.
Patent GB-2307742-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for checking the flatness of a chassis in an optical disc player
Inventor: CHOI YOUNG-SUK
IPC: G11B7/22
Filed: 1996-11-29
Abstract: A supporting part (200) for supporting a drive chassis (100) has a bottom surface (210), side walls (231-237) and projections (241,243) on the top surface of the side walls (231,233) which are inserted into corresponding holes of the drive chassis. A master pickup (400) has a detecting lens (430) reflecting incident light. A transporting part (500) has a light sensing portion (513) installed at a top thereof and a rack gear portion (550) formed on a bottom surface of the supporting part. The transporting part is movable parallel with the supporting part by a motor (300) having a gear (330) which engages with the rack gear (550). The master pickup is in contact with the transporting part and the chassis and can be moved parallel with a surface of the drive chassis, guided by a guide rod (110). The light sensing portion (513) is disposed directly above the master pickup and arranged to focus coinciding with the detecting lens (430) so that a beam which is projected downward from the light sensing portion is reflected and returned by the detecting lens. The light sensing portion senses a returned beam and determines whether the drive chassis is flat.
Patent GB-2303686-A (GB)
Title: Infusion set including a closure means
Inventor: HILBORNE DAVID GRAHAM
IPC: A61M39/28
Filed: 1995-06-29
Abstract: An infusion set (10, 12) comprises a first part (10) housing a pump and control means and a second part (12) housing a replaceable infusate reservoir (14) with an integral infusion line (16). An anti-freeflow sliding member (26) has an opening (28) through which the infusion line (16) passes, and is slidable between a first open position and a second closed position by detaching the parts.
Patent GB-967020-A (GB)
Abstract: 967,020. Filing papers &c. B.M.C. SERVICE Ltd. Aug. 8, 1963 [Sept. 7, 1962], No. 34291/62. Heading B6E. A holder for a number of reference books or looseleaf binders such as 15 comprises a rectangular platform 1 of sheet metal having a front rail 2 and a rear rail 3, and retaining bars 16, 17 for detachably securing each book &c. 15 to the holder, each bar being inserted through a a tunnel-like pocket associated with the spine of the book &c. and having its ends 17 fastened releasably to the rails 2, 3. Each bar 16 is of flattened tubular form and shorter than the distance between the rails, and spring clips 17, with arcuate rail-engaging ends which snap on to the rails, are inserted into each end of the bar 16. If the book or binder 15 has no spinal pocket to receive the bar, the pocket may be formed by sticking a piece of material to the spine thereof. Two upwardly-divergent bookrest panels 7, 8 are slidably mounted on the holder 1. Each panel has an angled base portion 9 bearing on the holder, and is secured in position by a pair of T-head bolts, arranged in transverse slots 5, 6 in the upper face of the holder, which pass through holes in the panel base 9 and are fitted with milled nuts. The arrangement is particularly adapted for motor service garages &c. and the books &c. 15 may be workshop manuals.
Patent GB-2323218-A (GB)
Title: Portable hard drive with hinged electronic card
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G11B33/12
Filed: 1997-03-12
Abstract: A portable external hard drive comprises a linking member (2) which is hinged at each end to a PC (PCMCIA) card (3) and the body portion (1) of the hard drive to enable the card to be inserted within PC (PCMCIA) slots of laptop computers (7) at different heights. Electrical connections are formed by a flexible printed circuit board extending through a bore in the linking member (2). The PC card may be folded back against the external drive body when not in use. This serves to protect the PC card and make the assembly more compact.
Patent GB-2325900-A (GB)
Title: Axially and laterally resilient airbag unit mounting.
Inventor: ROUILLER ANTOINE
IPC: B60Q5/00
Filed: 1997-06-05
Abstract: The airbag housing 24 is supported by a plurality of resilient supports 16 extending from a mounting point on the housing to frame 8 attached to the steering wheel 1. The resilient elements comprise (Fig. 3) a bell shaped elastomer body (33) having a bore through which a rivet (38) passes such that element compression or deformation permits limited axial and lateral damped displacement of the housing relative to the wheel. The frame 8 forms part of an electric hom circuit, closed on housing axial movement by electrode pairs 20, 21 that accompany the mounting elements. The damped lateral movement alters the vibration characteristics of the steering wheel.