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Patent GB-2267685-A (GB)
Title: Operator interface for controlling a drive engine and a steplessly adjustable gearbox.
Inventor: WEISS HEINZ
IPC: B60K25/02
Filed: 1993-06-08
Abstract: The basic load or speed of rotation of the vehicle engine is set by a manual throttle lever 10 acting through a hydraulic coupling 14, 16 on an adjusting lever 18. The speed of a PTO shaft 52 is thus preset. A control device 64 for a steplessly variable gearbox can similarly be set by a speed adjusting lever 56 acting through a hydraulic coupling 58, 60 on an adjusting lever 62. The desired vehicle speed or gearbox output speed is thus pre-set. The brake pedal 40 and the accelerator pedal 42 can modulate the preset values by means of electromagnetic valves 26 and 70 which control separate hydraulic circuits for the couplings 14, 16 and 58, 60. Mode switches 48 and 80 associated with the levers 10 and 56 allow the couplings 14, 16 and 58, 60 respectively to be blocked to maintain the preset values or released for modulation by the pedals 40 and 42. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270169-A (GB)
Title: Testing torque wrenches(e.g.SPS)which sense fastener yield
Inventor: WILSON NEIL DAVID
IPC: G01L25/00
Filed: 1993-08-23
Abstract: Apparatus for testing a torque wrench 18 includes comprises a body 10, 21 and resilient means 11 either as part of a mechanism 17, 16, 15, 12 connected between the torque wrench and the body (Fig 2) or acting between a surface 25 adjacent body 21 (Fig 6) and a fixed surface 30. A method is provided wherein resilient means 11 deforms elastically when torque is applied by the torque wrench 18, allowing rotation of the torque wrench and offering increasing resistance to such rotation until sufficient torque is applied to the apparatus to move the body relative to the adjacent surface against the force of gravity and/or the force of friction. The resilient means may be a coil spring 11, a torque meter (not shown) or leaf springs 31. The body may be lifted from the adjacent surface (Fig 2) or may slip on clutch plates 23, 24 compressed by a spring (Figs 4, 6). Mass 10 and distance I may be variable. The method and apparatus simulate the yielding of a fastener under torque and are suitable for testing SPS torque wrenches. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281380-A (GB)
Title: Electric instantaneous water heater
Inventor: SEAL JOHN
IPC: G05D23/20
Filed: 1993-08-25
Abstract: An electric instantaneous water heater, especially for a shower, comprises a manually settable flow control valve 1 for controlling the flow of water from an inlet 2 to a heat exchanger 3, and compensating means which may be electrical or thermostatic for enabling adjustment of the flow control valve 1 to compensate for changes in input water temperature. As shown, a compensator 6 in response to a position encoder 5 sensing the setting of the valve 1 and to a temperature sensing thermistor 7, determines and indicates the amount of compensation necessary to be applied manually to the valve 1. In an alternative embodiment, the valve 1 includes a wax capsule operative to adjust the valve member in response to the water temperature. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273420-A (GB)
Title: Telephone for storing particulars of outgoing calls and/or special service codes
Inventor: LIM BOON CHEN
IPC: H04M15/30
Filed: 1993-12-08
Abstract: A telephone having means for recording and displaying 106 particulars of outgoing calls also stores and displays unlock codes when these are used to unlock toll call dialling. In addition, a call sorting system (105) records the plurality of called numbers, date, time, length and so on of each telephone call, into two separate memory areas (107, 108) according to whether the call is a local call or a toll call. When the memory (107, 108) is full, older records are deleted automatically or manually. Because toll calls are more important than local calls, when the memory is full different criteria of deletion are obeyed when automatic deletion is performed, eg. local calls are deleted before toll calls. Special service codes (SSC) and their descriptions may also be stored. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275837-A (GB)
Title: Motor current detection circuit
Inventor: NISHIBE YASUSHI
IPC: H02P7/06
Filed: 1994-02-15
Abstract: A motor current detection circuit is formed of a current detector for detecting an overloaded state of a motor 12 by comparing a motor current value V3, which represents current flowing through the motor, with a predetermined reference value V1, and a hysteresis generating circuit r5, c1, r4 for generating, in the current detector, a hysteresis characteristic corresponding to an integrated value with respect to time of an increment amount by which the motor current value exceeds the reference value. Chattering in output of the current detector is reduced so that an overloaded state of the motor can be detected quickly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273741-A (GB)
Title: Rigid fastener for housing assembly
Inventor: REPPLINGER DANIEL J
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 1993-06-09
Abstract: A fastener (100) for housing assembly (290). The fastener (100) is comprised of a key (10) having a hooked end portion (28) formed to project beneath a front housing assembly portion (20), and a track member (60) formed in a sidewall of a rear housing assembly portion (72). Top (32) and bottom (44) face surfaces of the hooked projecting portion (28) of the key, and top (80) and bottom (76) ledge surfaces of the track member (60) are semicircular in configuration. Interfitting surfaces of the front (20) and rear (60) housing assembly portions are also semicircular in configuration. The key engages with the track member, and when the key is translated radially to position the key at a fastening side of the track member, the front and rear housing portions become fastened together. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284073-A (GB)
Title: Fault indication in a cutting machine
Inventor: SIMMONS JAMES A
IPC: B26D7/22
Filed: 1994-11-23
Abstract: A cutting machine includes a miscut detection circuit which employs a timer to determine the length of time that the machine is cutting and interrupts power to the actuator of the blade when the time exceeds a predetermined value. The cutting machine is included in a corrugated paper making machine.
Patent GB-2285726-A (GB)
Title: Bus arbitration
Inventor: SATO MASAMI
IPC: G06F13/362
Filed: 1994-12-09
Abstract: In a bus arbiter (10) and a bus arbitrating method, a plurality of priority determining units (11-1 to 11-m) determine a bus among a plurality of bus masters (2-1 to 2-n) on the basis of bus request signals respectively from the bus masters (2-1 to 2-n) and thereby generate a bus grant signal. A bus request allocation unit (13) allocates each bus request signal to one or more priority determining units (11-1 to 11-m) on the basis of an allocation signal indicating which one or more priority determining units, among the plurality of priority determining units, is to receive an allocation of the bus request signals from the plurality of bus masters. A control unit (15) supplies the allocation signal to the bus request allocation unit (13) and operates one or more priority determining units based on the allocation signal. One unit (11-1 to 11-m) involves a "round robin" operation whilst another unit involves a linear operation, for example, to allow for flexible programming of the bus arbitration. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288800-A (GB)
Title: Pyrazolo-quinoline derivatives as NMDA and AMPA antagonists
Inventor: MACLEOD ANGUS MURRAY
IPC: C07D471/04
Filed: 1995-04-13
Abstract: A class of 3,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]quinoline-1,4(2H)-dione derivatives, substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted phenyl moiety, (formula IA; R<1> - R<6> are H or organic residues as defined in claim 1) are selective non-competitive antagonists of NMDA receptors and/or are antagonists of AMPA receptors, and are therefore of utility in the treatment and/or prevention of a wide range of conditions (including neurodegenerative disorders, convulsions or schizophrenia) which require the administration of an NMDA and/or AMPA antagonist. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300041-A (GB)
Title: Miniature light fixture
Inventor: LIU IVAN
IPC: H01R33/09
Filed: 1995-06-23
Abstract: A miniature light fixture includes a miniature light bulb, an elongated holding element having a recess that receives a base portion of the light, and a socket bounding an internal passage for partially receiving the holding element in an assembled condition of the fixture. At least one hook-shaped projection to be used to effect extraction of the holding element out of the passage of the socket extends axially beyond an end portion of the holding element that is situated outside the passage in the assembled condition and includes an outwardly extending engageable nose on its free end. In another embodiment at least one protuberance and at least one associated depression are disposed on respective zones of the holding element and of a circumferential wall of the socket that are juxtaposed with one another in the assembled condition in which the depression receives the protuberance. The circumferential wall has at least one pair of open-ended slots flanking its respective zone and circumferentially separating the same from the remainder of the circumferential wall to enable such zone to flex without impedance from circumferentially adjacent regions of the circumferential wall. The protuberance has a wedge-shaped configuration in that it is outwardly delimited by an axially sloping ramp surface.
Patent GB-2289800-A (GB)
Title: Offset transmission line coupler for radio frequency signal amplifiers
Inventor: NAGODE THOMAS D
IPC: H01P5/18
Filed: 1994-10-03
Abstract: An offset transmission line coupler (115) for a transmitter output signal (123) generated by an RF signal amplifier (103) includes a through-path transmission line (201) and a coupled-path transmission line (202) electromagnetically coupled thereto by multiple serpentine-like portions (such as portions 641, 642, 643 and 644 in Fig. 6), which are disposed on opposite sides of the through-path transmission line (201) for enhancing coupling sensitivity and eliminating degradation in the amount of coupling due to variations in the transmission line plating registration. Offset portions (641, 643) on one side of the through-path transmission line (201) provide substantially the same amount of coupling as the offset portions (642, 643) on the other side of the through-path transmission line (201). The offset portions (641, 642, 643, 644) are offset substantially the same distance from the through-path transmission line (201), and the total length of the offset portions (641, 644) on one side are equal to the total length of the offset portions (642, 643) on the other side of the through-path transmission line (201). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293805-A (GB)
Title: Marine steering system.
Inventor: DUGDALE CARL GUY
IPC: B63B35/79
Filed: 1995-09-06
Abstract: A marine steering system for, for example, a surfboard, includes a pad (24) to which pressure can be applied, a steerable rudder or fin (1, 7) and piston and cylinder mechanisms (3 and 4) or linkage systems (Figs. 7 - 12 not shown) interconnecting the pad (24) and the steerable rudder or fin (1, 7) such that the application of pressure to the pad (24) results in steering movement of the rudder or fin (1, 7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294724-A (GB)
Title: Squeeze latch
Inventor: ANDERSEN GLENN W
IPC: E05B65/12
Filed: 1995-04-21
Abstract: A latch assembly (10) for actuating a bolt assembly (90) for a door is provided. The latch assembly (10) includes a housing (12) and a cavity (14) extending partially therein. The housing includes (12) a guide track for receipt of track engaging members extending from a slider (11). The slider (11) is movable between a first position whereby the bolt assembly (90) is actuated and a second position whereby the bolt assembly (90) is not actuated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296216-A (GB)
Title: Low gauge films and laminates thereof with non-woven fibrous webs
Inventor: MCCORMACK ANN LOUISE
IPC: A61B19/08
Filed: 1995-12-20
Abstract: A low gauge, multilayer film (10), which may be laminated to other materials such as, for example, fibrous nonwoven webs (30), has an overall thickness of no more than 30 microns and includes a core layer (12) made from an extrudable thermoplastic layer which may contain voids and one or more skin layers (18, 20) which in certain configurations comprise no more than about 15 percent of the overall thickness and in other configurations no more than about 10 percent of the overall thickness of the multilayerfilm. Such films and laminates have a wide variety of uses including, but not limited to, personal care absorbent products, articles of clothing and health care related items such as surgical drapes and gowns. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296575-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic cable ,manufacturing process and plant
Inventor: RUELLO YVES
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1995-12-21
Abstract: A fibre-optic cable 10, comprises at least one optical fibre 12, a primary coating 14 which surrounds the optical fibre or fibres and a rigid secondary coating 16 forming a microreinforcement which surrounds the primary coating 14. The secondary coating 16 is formed based on rovings coated with resin and the primary coating 14 is a decoupling agent based on a thermoplastic polymer. The cable may have an external polymer jacket (18, Fig. 4). Apparatus for making the cable includes a system for post-treating the decoupling agent, a constant speed haul off system and a constant tension take up. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297470-A (GB)
Title: Animal feeder
Inventor: MORRIN BRENDAN JOSEPH
IPC: A01K1/02
Filed: 1996-01-15
Abstract: An animal feed bin 10 is pivotally attached to the side wall 2 of a calf hutch. The bin is attached to the side wall by a means of a plug 30 on the bin engaging a socket 31 on the side wall. A pivot pin 34 pivotally secures the plug and socket together. The bin is pivotal from a loading position for loading animal feed through an open mouth 20 (see fig 1) into the bin, to a feeding position with the mouth facing sidewardly for providing access for an animal to feed in the bin. A shaft 24 pivotally suspends a door 22 for closing the open mouth when the bin is in the feeding position.
Patent GB-2305550-A (GB)
Title: Coaxial socket connector
Inventor: KITATANI HAREMI
IPC: H01R24/02
Filed: 1996-07-19
Abstract: A multipolar socket connector J comprises a body 9 provided with an annular recess 93 and a center recess 94 positioned at the center of the annular recess 93. Contacts 6, 7, and 8 are separately disposed on the annular recess 93 and the center recess 94, respectively. The contacts 7 and 8 are disposed in a distributed manner on the inner and outer peripheral faces of the annular recess 93. The connector saves space in audio and car navigation apparatus.
Patent GB-2304854-A (GB)
Title: Framework connector
Inventor: SHAND FORBES
IPC: E04B1/58
Filed: 1996-08-08
Abstract: A structural frame for a building and the like comprises hollow structural members of square or rectangular section joined by connectors (23), each connector comprising a body (22) and three male members (24, 25, 26) extending orthogonally therefrom and sized to fit within the hollow ends of respective structural members. The connectors (23) and structural members are initially held together using adhesive and then secured permanently by spiral springs or pins driven into holes (28). The connectors (23) are each cast in one piece from spheroidal graphitic cast iron, and the structural members are rolled steel sections.
Patent GB-2305280-A (GB)
Title: Printing device
Inventor: KANOU TOSHIYUKI
IPC: B41J3/36
Filed: 1996-09-11
Abstract: A print control unit of a printing device is provided with a continuous/serial-number print control unit which outputs character data of a plurality of blocks of a mixture of serial-number print data blocks and non-serial-number print data blocks to a printer mechanism repetitively a predetermined number of times. When the continuous printing is set to print the same data on a plural number of pieces, the continuous printing is executed successively for the serial-number printing data formed by the serial-number processing and for the non-serial-number printing data. Therefore, one time of printing processing makes it possible to obtain printed results in which are continuously printed the character blocks of a mixture of serial-number character blocks and non-serial-number character blocks on a plural number of pieces.
Patent GB-2308485-A (GB)
Title: Coin dispenser
Inventor: HIRANO YASUO
IPC: G07D1/00
Filed: 1996-12-17
Abstract: A coin dispenser for a gaming machine is provided with a bucket for accommodating a plurality of coins used as game media in the gaming machine. A rotary disk 24 and associated rotary drive means for rotating same are provided at the bottom of the bucket. The disk 24 has a plurality of circular openings 46 disposed side-by-side along the circumference thereof, each dimensioned to permit a coin to enter therein. A coin-feeding guide plate 40 and a coin receiving plate 38 are disposed under the disk 24 so as to be rotated synchronously with the rotary disk. Coins that have entered the openings 46 are received at the coin receiving plate and are guided by the coin-feeding guide plate in a direction radially away from the center of the rotary disk. The coins then are ejected from a coin outlet. The coin receiving plate has inclined portions 39 formed integrally therewith for inclining the coins that have entered the circular openings of the rotary disk and for moving them away from the center of the rotary disk.
Patent GB-2309736-A (GB)
Title: Mitre clamp
Inventor: COOK ALISTAIR
IPC: B25B1/24
Filed: 1997-02-03
Abstract: A clamp 1, particularly for use in the assembly of picture frames, comprises a plurality of clamp elements 5 independently extendible from the clamp such that the profile of the ensemble of clamp elements 5 may match the profiles of workpieces 7 set at an angle. The clamp elements 5 may be V-shaped in section for engaging a pair of workpieces 7 set at an angle of 90{ or 120{ to one another and may carry means such as spring biassed wedges (FIG 4) for urging the two workpieces 7 (e.g. frame members) towards one another.
Patent GB-2323493-A (GB)
Title: Quantisation for compression systems
Inventor: WERNER OLIVER HARTWIG
IPC: H04N7/50
Filed: 1997-02-25
Abstract: In compression encoding of a digital signal, such as MPEG 2, transform coefficients are quantised with the lower bound of each interval being controlled by a parameter #. In the MPEG 2 reference coder, for example, # = 0.75. Because the quantised coefficients are variable length coded, improved quality or reduced bit rates can be achieved by controlling # so as to vary dynamically the bound of each interval with respect to the associated representation level. The parameter # can vary with coefficient amplitude, with frequency, with quantisation step size. In a transcoding operation, # can also vary with parameters in the initial coding operation.
Patent GB-2311296-A (GB)
Title: Perfumed particulate detergent compositions for hand dishwashing
Inventor: TRINH TOAN
IPC: C11D3/065
Filed: 1997-03-18
Abstract: Disclosed are perfumed, dry particulate detergent and detergent/bleach compositions comprising anionic surfactant; solid builder and/or filler materials; and a blooming perfume composition. The components of the blooming perfume composition are defined by their boiling point and their octanol/water partition coefficient. Such compositions, which optionally contain a chlorine bleach, are useful for the hand washing of cooking and/or eating utensils. The perfume component utilized therein is ready noticeable to the user of the composition but does not spot or film surfaces washed using such compositions.
Patent GB-2325203-A (GB)
Title: Rotating-wing aircraft
Inventor: HUGGETT JOHN PHILIP
IPC: B64C29/00
Filed: 1997-05-14
Abstract: A rotating-wing aircraft, capable of vertical take-off, is described, having wings 15 in pairs rotatable upon spindles 14 fixed perpendicularly to rotor arms 13 forming rectangular frameworks rotatable symmetrically about axes through bearings attached to projections 11, 12 extending laterally from either side of fuselage 10, the said axes being parallel to the said spindles and to the length of the fuselage. Rotation of the wings about the spindles is synchronised to that of the rotor arms by means of timing belts and pulleys such that each revolution of the rotor arms is accompanied by one half revolution of the wings in the opposite sense, direction of the thrust produced being controllable by the angular setting of double-section toothed pulleys fixed to shafts mounted on the lateral projections extending from the fuselage and about which shafts the rotor arms revolve.
Patent GB-2325843-A (GB)
Title: Filled bagel product and method
Inventor: BURGER ALVIN
IPC: A21D8/02
Filed: 1997-06-05
Abstract: A process for making a filled bagel dough product 10 comprises the steps of mixing and kneading a quantity of bagel dough, including yeast; completely or partially sealing a filler such as cream cheese 22 within a bagel dough shell to form a composite product; proofing the product, setting the product by steaming or boiling, and frying or browning the product in an oven. The composite product may be formed from a single layer of bagel dough wrapped around the filling or it may be formed by sealing a second layer of bagel dough onto a first layer upon which the filling has been deposited. A variety of product sizes and shapes are possible such as the relatively large (half pound) platelet shaped filled bagel dough product 10 or the traditional toroidal shaped bagel, preferably produced by coextrusion. Alternative fillings such as tofu, marmalade, egg or imitation cream cheese may be used, and the dough may be pizza or bread dough. The filled product may be frozen after either of the steaming or browning steps.
Patent GB-2316128-A (GB)
Title: I.c engine with oil pump housing integral with a wall of the crank housing
Inventor: LANGER GERNOT
IPC: F01M1/02
Filed: 1997-08-05
Abstract: The engine has a crank housing 3 with a flanged-on oil tray 29 from which oil sucked up by the oil pump 1 via a suction line 12 is delivered into a pressure line (13, fig.1). A chamber for the oil pump 1 is recessed into the front wall 6 of the bottom part 2 of the crank housing 3. Bearing points 14, 18 are arranged in the oil pump 1 for an input driving wheel 17 and an output driving wheel. A housing cover 33 is attached to the end face of the crank housing 3. The housing of the oil pump 1 is an integrated component in the front wall 6 of the crank housing 3 so that a separate pump housing need not be provided. A two-part rib 30 comprising parts 31,32 on the front wall 6 and the cover 33, respectively, may enclose the input driving wheel to reduce foaming of the oil.
Patent GB-2316667-A (GB)
Title: A foldable luggage tag
Inventor: CARPENTER JOHN
IPC: G09F3/04
Filed: 1997-08-28
Abstract: A luggage tag is formed of a single piece cut from plastic sheet material, e.g. polypropylene. The tag comprises at least one rectangular apertured body portion, or preferably two body portions 10, 12 which are interconnected by a hinge 14 so that either portion can overlie the other when folded. The body portions 10 and 12 have printed address panels 16 on opposite sides so that an outward and inward address can be displayed on the label. Only one address is visible when the label is folded. A strap-forming portion 18 extends from a corner of one of the body portions and terminates in a head 20 portion which can be inserted through aligned apertures 28, 30 in the folded body portions to form a releasable attachment loop and to secure the body portions in the folded position. The head 20 can be modified with features such as hinge 24 and notches 26 to provide easy and secure fastening means. A second embodiment is described where the outer portion 12 of the tag is omitted and address panels 16 are displayed on opposite sides of the label 10.