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Patent GB-2318947-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent digital beam forming system responsive to traffic demand
Inventor: TURCOTTE RANDY LEE
IPC: H04B7/204
Filed: 1997-09-12
Abstract: An intelligent digital beam former (DBF) and antenna array in a satellite provide a plurality of steerable antenna beams 52 within a footprint region 53 for communication with subscriber units, aircraft or relays. Geographic regions of the footprint with higher demand for communication services are provided with a greater number of antenna beams than regions with a lower demand. Beams may be shaped according to demand and in high demand regions may have a smaller coverage area. Digital beam forming coefficients are dynamically adjusted to steer the antenna beams to maintain their ground position when used on a non-geostationnary satellite. The beams are also steerable to track individual subscriber units. The coefficients are continually adjusted to maximise received signal quality. Subscriber units may also have such a DBF and antenna array for tracking the satellite. Nulls are provided in the antenna beam patterns to exclude interfering signals. The construction of the DBF comprising transmit/receive network modules, beam control modules and controller is described in detail.
Patent GB-2328244-A (GB)
Title: Safety belt buckle for use with a pretensioner
Inventor: BELL JOHN
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 1997-09-12
Abstract: The buckle for a vehicle safety restraint belt comprises a latch 5 moveable between a tongue engaging position in which the buckle is fastened and a tongue disengaged position in which the buckle is open, a button 7 moveable in the direction of tongue insertion to lift the latch against the action of a biasing spring, into the disengaging position. A securing means in the form of a slidable plate 10 is mounted in the buckle frame and is moveable between a position in which it restrains a movement of the latch into the disengaging position and a position in which it does not restrain movement of the latch. The securing plate is biased to the unrestraining position by a leaf spring 12 or a coil spring, the strength of which is chosen so as to be overcome during the deceleration phase of a pretensioner so that the securing plate moves to the restraining position and prevents opening of the buckle but so that when pretensioning forces dissipate, the securing plate moves back to the un-restraining position.
Patent GB-2321706-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for fixing charts in tachographs
Inventor: SAEGER BENJAMIN
IPC: G07C7/00
Filed: 1998-01-20
Abstract: An arrangement for fixing recording charts 19, 27 in tachograph with a flat, cuboid casing 1 equipped with a drawer 6 which contains a support (34) allocated to the recording charts and running gear driving the support 34 in real time. A chart 19 is automatically fixed on the support 34 during closure of the drawer 6 by a fixing element 22 which is held slackly and rotatably on a carriage 38 which is movable by means of the drawer 6 and is guided in curved tracks. The carriage 38 is entrained indirectly via the fixing element 22 in that a coupling peg 36 is formed concentrically to a centring and entraining pin 33 for the charts 19 on the support 34. The peg 36 consists of outwardly convexly shaped ring segments which cooperate with the interior of a coupling ring 62 formed on the fixing element 22. As the drawer 6 continues moving in the closing direction, the coupling ring 62 engages on the coupling peg 36.
Patent GB-2333869-A (GB)
Title: Pregnancy calculator
Inventor: EVERETT CHRISTOPHER BRUCE
IPC: G06G1/00
Filed: 1998-01-30
Abstract: A pregnancy calculator comprises three discs relatively rotatable about a central rivet. The outer disc A shows calender dates, the next disc B shows the expected date of delivery EDD based on the date of the last monthly period LMP, and the inner disc C shows the expected date of delivery EDD based on ultra-sound measurement. Any discrepancy in the calculated dates is readily apparent.
Patent GB-2322809-A (GB)
Title: Puzzles
Inventor: KENNEY GEORGE HERBERT WOODWARD
IPC: A63F9/10
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: An easily transportable picture or crossword puzzle comprises a plurality of pieces or tiles 3 of self-cling PVC film, preferably of square shape, which are assembled onto a rigid board, to which they cling, from a random assembly Fig 3 to form a picture Fig 1 or completed crossword puzzle grid. The puzzle is produced by cutting a master of the picture 1 or puzzle along lines 5 to produce a number of tiles which are then assembled onto a backing 4 in a random or disordered fashion. The backing is then used as a master for the photographic mass reproduction onto carriers which are cut along lines separating the individual tiles. The puzzle is completed by rearrangement of the tiles and placement onto a rigid backing to reproduce the original picture or crossword. The invention also provides puzzles made out of magnetic piles for assembly on a magnetisable board.
Patent GB-2324224-A (GB)
Title: Method of call screening
Inventor: QUON WYNN
IPC: H04M3/436
Filed: 1998-03-23
Abstract: A method of call screening comprising receiving a call to a subscriber directory number, determining a calling directory number of the call, checking a first list of calling directory numbers to be affected by a screen and a second list of times during which said directory numbers are to be blocked or permitted through the screen to determine whether a call incoming from the calling directory number should be blocked at a real time contained within the times, and completing the call to a line associated with the subscriber directory number in the event the call is not to be blocked at the real time of the call.
Patent GB-2326047-A (GB)
Title: System for rendering input and output axes of a thermal imaging device parallel
Inventor: RUEGER RODERICH
IPC: F41G3/32
Filed: 1998-05-05
Abstract: A thermal imaging device has input and output axes 15, 16. A hot spot/four-quadrant sensor unit (17, 17a) is adjustable in intrinsically axially precise and axially stable manner and, during adjustment it is placed in front of the display (LCD) and a reflection arm (10a), is swivelled into the infrared path of rays (15).
Patent GB-2337534-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced polymeric transfer fabric for papermachine.
Inventor: SAYERS IAN CHRISTISON
IPC: D21F1/00
Filed: 1998-05-23
Abstract: A transfer fabric for a papermachine (particularly a tissue making machine) comprises a reinforcing structure (21, 22, 23) at least partially encapsulated in a polymer matrix (24). The reinforcing structure may be a spiral link fabric, a composite perforated membrane, or a woven or non woven textile material, and may be formed from a polyester, e.g. PET. The encapsulating material may be a polyurethane or silicone polymer, have a shore D hardness in the range 50-60, and/or may have anti-static properties. These anti-static properties may arise from using anti-static polyurethane, or by adding a conductive material (e.g. metal powder or chopped metal/carbon fibres) to the polymer. The reinforcing structure may be totally encapsulated in the polymer, as in Figure 2, may be coated on one side (Figure 4) or may have a layered structure (Figure 5).
Patent GB-2327101-A (GB)
Title: Drilling riser centralizer
Inventor: OTTEN JEFFREY D
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 1998-06-18
Abstract: A centralizing device 10 is provided for a riser of an offshore well platform having a frame 46 that defines an opening through which the riser 12 passes from the platform to a subsea wellhead. The centralizing device 10 has a centralizing ring 18 with an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the riser 12 so that the riser can be passed longitudinally therethrough. The centralizing ring 18 is positioned within the opening 47 of the frame. Adjustable mounting means 50 are used for mounting the centralizing ring to the frame at different positions within the opening 47. A roller assembly 34 of the centralizing device is carried upon the riser as the riser is lowered through the centralizing ring 18. The roller assembly 34 is configured to engage the centralizing ring as the riser is lowered through the centralizing ring so that the centralizing ring stops further carriage of the roller assembly by the riser. The roller assembly has rollers 42 mounted thereon that bear against an exterior of the riser to limit lateral movement of the riser but that allow longitudinal movement of the riser when the roller assembly is engaged with the centralizing ring.
Patent GB-2328480-A (GB)
Title: Gearbox control with automatic switching between manual and automatic modes
Inventor: HEESCHE KAI
IPC: F16H61/16
Filed: 1998-08-19
Abstract: An automatic transmission shift lever is moved from the drive position D momentarily to manually effect an upshift (+) or downshift (-) this action also causing the transmission control to switch from the mode in which ratios are automatically selected to a manual selection mode. The upshift and down shift positions are laterally or longitudinally (Figs 2, 4) displaced from the drive position D. The shift lever may be replaces by buttons on the steering wheel, complemented by a dashboard display. The automatic mode is automatically reestablished if, for example, there is danger of stalling or overspeeding the engine or if kickdown is detected or a predetermined time has elapsed without further manual shifts or during certain detected driving conditions (e.g. city traffic) or as a result of the detection of the use of a telephone by the driver.
Patent GB-2329402-A (GB)
Title: Hollow plastic roofing element
Inventor: RICHARDSON CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E04C2/20
Filed: 1998-09-07
Abstract: A hollow plastic roofing element 10 comprises one or more longitudinal ducts 30 and has, at opposite sides thereof, coupling members 32,34, whereby elements may be connected to each other, a coupling member at one side comprising a duct 36 for receiving a reinforcing beam 62 and having a ducted bottom wall.
Patent GB-2344316-A (GB)
Title: Decorative objects embedded in a transparent resin ornament
Inventor: FANG JACK
IPC: B44C3/06
Filed: 1998-09-24
Abstract: An ornament 1 comprising a transparent resin body with a non-transparent rear surface 12 and a transparent front surface window 11. Within the transparent resin body are decorative objects 2,3,4 set at different depths which are to be viewed through the window 11. The method of manufacture comprises forming a mould for the resin body 1, partially filling the mould with resin, allowing the resin to gel and expel any air bubbles, placing a decorative object 3 on the resin, adding further resin over the object 3, allowing the resin to gel, adding a second decorative object 2, adding further resin, etc. When the resin has hardened it is removed from the mould and two coating layers are applied to the rear surface to form the non-transparent rear surface 12. The ornament may relate to golf where one of the objects 2 could be a sculpture of a golfer and the resin body could be in the shape of a cut away golf ball.
Patent GB-2341684-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for sensing the level of water in a tank
Inventor: PARK JAE-GYEONG
IPC: G01F23/24
Filed: 1998-12-07
Abstract: First and second electrodes 20,30 are mounted spaced apart, and at different levels, in a water tank 10. A bi-directional photocoupler 40 has a light-receiving transistor Q and generates a water level sensing signal based on whether the first and second electrodes are electrically connected by the water in the tank. A microprocessor 50 causes supply voltages to be applied to the electrodes and determines the level of water in the tank based on the water level sensing signal from the bi-directional photocoupler. The microprocessor periodically changes the polarities of the voltages applied to the electrodes to prevent electrolytes in the water from attaching to the electrodes.
Patent GB-2349781-A (GB)
Title: Packet multicasting in a ring architecture
Inventor: NOLAN JEROME
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 1999-05-01
Abstract: A network switch comprises a plurality of media access control (MAC) devices 2 connected in a ring structure. Before a packet is placed on the ring by a MAC device, it is provided with a masking field or bit mask which identifies each of the other MAC devices to which the packet must be sent in order to achieve multicast. When a device receives a packet it examines the masking field to determine whether the field identifies that device. If so, the packet is processed for forwarding from a port of that device and the corresponding identification of the device is removed from the masking field before onward transmission of the packet to the next device. If a packet does not contain any indication of another device in the ring, the packet will not be transmitted and therefore naturally terminates. A single or dual ring structure may be used.
Patent GB-2350350-A (GB)
Title: Stackable/nestable containers
Inventor: COPE ANDREW
IPC: B65D21/06
Filed: 1999-05-08
Abstract: A container 10 comprises support means 12 mounted with at least part of the means protruding from a side (18a, 18b) of the container when in a stacking position, upon which a second container may be rested. When the support means 12 is in a nesting position, a like container 110 can be nested inside, the container 10 being formed to receive the support means 112 of the like container, to enable the support means 112 to adopt or remain in the stacking position. The support means 112 may be received by the container 10 upon application of pressure, e.g. by placing a further like container on the like container 110. The support means 112 may be received by a slot 36 formed through a container side wall (18a, 18b), and the slot may be shaped to facilitate entry and/or removal of the support means 112; there may be provision for movement of the support means 12 from the stacking position during removal. The support means 12, 112 may be moveable between a plurality of stacking positions, and a nesting position. The support means 12, 112 may comprise a support member 20, 120 mounted by a mounting means 22, 122, arranged to transfer the weight of another container stacked above from a weak to a strong part of the container 10, 110. The container 10 may have a base 16 and upstanding walls 18a-d.
Patent GB-2351270-A (GB)
Title: Using an evacuated space to provide buoyancy in air
Inventor: ZALA KISHORE
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1999-06-22
Abstract: A method of causing an object 1 to rise from the surface of the earth, the object 1 comprising an outer wall 2 defining an inner space 3, the method comprising at least partially evacuating said inner space 3 so that the gaseous density within the space 3 is less that the gaseous density of the atmosphere outside of the object.
Patent GB-2340433-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing an automotive interior door panel
Inventor: CRAMER DALE O
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 1999-07-30
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automotive interior door panel achieves a panel (38, fig 3) having a decorative cover to be displayed to the interior compartment of a vehicle and a rigid substrate with a backing surface having a plurality of integrally moulded energy absorbers. The method comprises the steps of providing a low pressure injection mould 12, 14, operable between open and closed positions, where the mould has a covering receiving surface 16 and an energy absorber producing surface 18. A covering 20 is positioned juxtaposed to the covering receiving surface when the mould is in the open position. The mould is then closed and a space is created between the covering and the energy absorber producing surface of the mould. A molten plastics material is injected between the covering and the energy absorber producing surface, eg via inlet 32, to form a substrate having a cross-sectional thickness between the energy absorbers (T, fig 4), where the energy absorber producing surface has a plurality of recesses 28, 30 having a width (W, fig 4) of 75% or more of the cross-sectional thickness of the substrate. The moulded material is then allowed to cool and shrink, creating sink marks at the intersection of the substrate and the energy absorbers that are concealed beneath the covering. The covering may comprise a film layer (24, fig 4) of grained vinyl or urethane and may also include a foam backing (26, fig 4).
Patent GB-2355329-A (GB)
Title: Automatic doorbell device
Inventor: SANDERSON IAN
IPC: G01S17/04
Filed: 1999-09-27
Abstract: The device comprises a sensor unit (10) for mounting to the exterior of the premises and a sounder unit for mounting within the premises: the sensor unit (10) is arranged to respond to the close proximity of the hand (H) of a visitor, to activate the sounder unit. The sensor may respond to infra-red radiation reflected from the hand and can be adjusted to react at varying ranges.
Patent GB-2344635-A (GB)
Title: Ball check valve
Inventor: WATANABE OSAMU
IPC: F16K15/04
Filed: 1999-12-06
Abstract: A ball check valve which may be used for vertical or horizontal flow has a body 1 comprising a flow path 8, a turnout path 6, an inlet 2 and an outlet 3. Contained within the body 1 is a ball 5 which engages a seat 4 at the inlet side when the valve is closed. The seat 4 is inclined (see dotted lines) towards the inlet 2 when the valve is positioned with the flow path 8 horizontal. There is a guide with a part 9 to guide the ball 5 between the seated position and a position in the turnout path 6 and a part 10 to infallibly seal the ball on the seat 4. The ball 5 may consist of a metallic sphere 5a coated with a rubber or synthetic resin. In a further aspect of the invention, one or two passages 16 may be provided between the inlet 2 and the seat 4 on a flange part used to connect the body to a pipe, the passage being connectable to an on/off air control valve. In a further aspect still, the seat 4 and guide 9 may be arranged so as to prevent extraneous matter from lodging the valve open by providing a gap (35, figure 14). The valve may be included in part of a pumping system (figures 19-21), closing on stopping of the pump to prevent reverse flow. Two pumps and two valves may be installed in a parallel fashion and be operated individually in case of breakdown of one.
Patent GB-2358411-A (GB)
Title: Syphon apparatus for a toilet cistern
Inventor: BELL GEORGE WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: E03D1/08
Filed: 1999-12-22
Abstract: Syphon apparatus (2) for a toilet cistern wherein the pull member (22) has an air-admitting formation (24) which admits air to the body portion when the pull member (22) is pulled upwardly and held in the upward position thereby to stop the syphoning action;<BR> ```the air-admitting formation (24) being so positioned on the pull member (22) that a reduced-volume flush is achieved when the pull member (22) is pulled upwardly and held in a position in which the air-admitting formation<BR> ```(24) admits air into the body portion; and the air-admitting formation (24) being such that a full-volume flush is achieved when the pull member (22) is pulled upwardly and allowed to return to a position in which the air-admitting formation (24) does not admit air into the body portion.
Patent GB-191410999-A (GB)
IPC: A01C1/08
Abstract: 10,999. Bishop, A. J. May 4 Damping grain and seeds; protecting grain and seeds from insects and parasites; smut, preventing.-An apparatus in use for treating wheat or other grain, potatoes, onions, &c. prior to being sown with a pickling- solution of bluestone, lime, &c. comprises a vat a in which is a removable container b having slits or holes in its walls. The grain &c. is introduced from a sack m raised on a tilting platform k which has a slotted bracket p connecting with a pivot n and is supported at the rear on hinged legs t. Converging walls u and slides x control the supply so that the grains trickle slowly into the liquid. Light grains and other floating impurities are skimmed off. The hopper b is supported on cross-bars d, e either of which forms a fulcrum for tilting the hopper to discharge the material to a sack or to a second vat. The hopper may be removed bodily to another vat.
Patent HU-T71921-A (HU)
Title: Method of forming multilayer product, especially container, generally bottle, and multilayer container, generally bottle, made from multilayer material and preform forming the container, generally the bottle
Inventor: KRISHNAKUMAR SUPPAYAN M
IPC: B32B7/027
Filed: 1993-07-02
Abstract: A method of forming a multi-layer polyester preform and container, particularly suitable for refillable PET carbonated beverage bottles, having an interior layer of high copolymer polyester material which resists hazing in the preform injection stage, and at least one exterior layer of a polyester to achieve enhanced strain-induced crystallization in the exterior layer during blow molding. The container can withstand higher caustic wash temperatures and exhibits reduced flavor carryover from one product to another.
Patent HU-T73341-A (HU)
Title: Dual chamber-child-resistant blister package
Inventor: HAMILTON PETER WORTHINGTON
IPC: B65D75/32
Filed: 1994-05-17
Abstract: A dual chamber-child-resistant blister package is provided. The blisters of the package include a storage chamber and a discharge chamber. In addition, the blister includes restraint means for preventing the medicament from moving from the storage chamber to the discharge chamber until a predetermined force is applied to the blister package. The medicament may not be dispensed directly from the storage chamber, since a nonrupturable layer is located adjacent the storage chamber of the blister. The nonrupturable layer includes an opening, or a mechanism such as a score line for forming and opening) through which the medicament can pass adjacent the discharge chamber. A rupturable layer is also provided to seal the medicament within the blister. Typically, the rupturable layer is located adjacent the nonrupturable layer to seal the opening in the nonrupturable layer. The blister package may also include indicia associated with the blisters to help insure compliance with complex therapeutic regimens. The blister package may also include fold lines to help reduce the overall size of the blister package; thereby making it easier to transport.