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Patent GB-2317009-A (GB)
Title: driver sleep warning system
Inventor: GREEN JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: B60K28/06
Filed: 1996-09-07
Abstract: An infrared colour sensor 1 or sensors is fitted underneath or within the engine compartment of a vehicle so as to point towards the road surface 6. The sensor will be activated by crossing over a white or coloured line or lane marker to activate an audible or visual warning 5 to the driver. The system may be switched on or off manually by switch 4 and may be linked to the indicator circuit or cruise control where fitted. The system would automatically switch off when indicators become active for overtaking and switch back on after the indicators have been cancelled.
Patent GB-2319363-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring signals and generating interrupts
Inventor: HOHMANN ACHIM
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 1996-11-08
Abstract: The electronic circuit 10 for monitoring logic lines 12 and generating an interrupt signal comprises a latch 14 having a first array of input ports 18 which receive input signals, from the logic lines 12, and a first array of output ports 20. A comparator 24 has a first set of comparator input ports 26 coupled to the array of output ports 20 of the latch 14 and a second set of comparator input ports 28 coupled to the logic lines 12. The comparator 24 compares first and second comparator input ports and provides an interrupt signal when a difference exists between the inputs. The comparator can be constructed from a cascadable address decoder.
Patent GB-2309797-A (GB)
Title: Flow control device
Inventor: MAKIHARA MASAMICHI
IPC: G05D7/06
Filed: 1997-02-05
Abstract: A flow control device for controlling the flow of hot water to a vehicle heater comprises a valve member movable across the mouth of valve inlet passage 10 between a first position as shown in which it blocks the passage, second and third positions in which it presents respective small flow openings 8d and 8e to the passage and a fourth position in which it presents large opening 8e to fully open the passage. A duty control is performed so that the rotor reciprocates repeatedly between an adjacent pair of the above four positions. In this way, the valve colliding noise, the water hammer noise, and the temperature variation in the heating heat exchanger can be reduced.
Patent GB-2305373-A (GB)
Title: A support assembly for a gyratory crusher
Inventor: BAYLISS JOHN ANDREW
IPC: B02C2/06
Filed: 1995-08-11
Abstract: The gyratory crushing apparatus includes a bowl having an inner wall which defines a chamber for receiving frangible or friable material to be crushed, the chamber having a central axis and terminating in a throat defining a central discharge opening, a crushing head disposed in the bowl and having upper and lower ends which are interconnected by a peripheral wall which is concentric with respect to a gyratory axis of the head, a support assembly by which the head is supported in the chamber and which includes a shaft, and a drive arrangement coupled to the shaft. The shaft is of integral construction having upper and lower portions, and the head is mounted on the upper portion, with the upper portion having an axis substantially co-incident with the gyratory axis of the head. The lower portion of the shaft has an axis which is substantially co-incident with the central axis of the bowl, with the axes of the upper and lower portions of the shaft intersecting at a fixed point located proximate to, or co-incident with, the lower end of the head. With rotation of the shaft about the axis of its lower portion under the action of the drive arrangement, gyratory motion is imparted to the head to provide a crushing action between the bowl and the peripheral wall of the head, on material received in the chamber.
Patent GB-2325809-A (GB)
Title: Dynamically scanning an image
Inventor: CHIEN CHUN-TSAI
IPC: H04N1/40
Filed: 1997-05-29
Abstract: An image is scanned using a set of parameters to generate a first image 40. The compositional distribution of the first image is then analyzed 42. If a predetermined amount of the compositional distribution of the first image does not lie within a predetermined range, then at least one parameter is adjusted 44a,44b. Next the image is scanned using the adjusted set of parameters to generate a second image 46a,46b. Finally, the first image and the second image are combined to generate a composite image 48, so that at least the predetermined amount of the compositional distribution lies within the predetermined range.
Patent GB-2326343-A (GB)
Title: Disposable nappies
Inventor: GUBBAY CLAUDE
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 1997-06-16
Abstract: A disposable nappy (1) has a nappy sack which may be integrally formed with the nappy (1) or which may be contained in a container which is integral with the nappy (1). The nappy sack (10) may be pulled out for use by pulling a lift tab (13) of a covering flap (13). A baby wipe (21) may be provided in a container which is integrally formed with the nappy (1).
Patent GB-2314867-A (GB)
Title: Automatic slip casing hanger
Inventor: CAIN DAVID EARL
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 1997-06-30
Abstract: The hanger 10 has a seal 3, 4 disposed between the string 1 and the wellhead 2, a ring 6 for engaging the wellhead 2 disposed around the string in contact with the seal, a mandrel 5 slidably disposed through the ring 6, and a slip bowl 8 with slips 7 for gripping engagement with the string in communication with the mandrel 5 wherein downward movement of the bowl 8 causes energization of the seal by a radially enlarged portion of the mandrel 5. Additionally or alternatively, the mandrel 5 may energize the seal by axial compression. Stops may be provided on the wellhead 2 or ring 6 to limit downward movement of the bowl 8 and carry at least some of the string load.
Patent GB-2313215-A (GB)
Title: Method of regulating the current in an AC drive
Inventor: GRITTER DAVID JAMES
IPC: H02M7/5387
Filed: 1994-10-14
Abstract: In a method of regulating current from an inverter 11 supplying three-phase power to an induction motor 13, two of the phase currents are measured and converted to digital signals Ib,Ic which are sent to a microprocessor 50. The microprocessor converts the digital signals into direct axis and quadrature axis current signals Iq,Id. PID regulators 72,78 form voltage signals 74,80 which undergo polar conversion 82. Waveform angle and modulation signals 54,56 are produced, and used in a waveform generator 14 to form switching signals 102,104,106 for the inverter 11.
Patent GB-2327698-A (GB)
Title: A portable tool for fitting channel shaped seals
Inventor: REUVERS MARKUS
IPC: B60J10/00
Filed: 1997-07-25
Abstract: A portable tool for fitting a channel-shaped sealing, trimming or finishing strip onto a mounting flange, such as around the door opening of a motor vehicle body, comprises two main rollers (38,40) rotatably driven in opposite directions about parallel axes (42,44) by a motor (30). The strip is placed on the mounting flange, preferably with its side walls splayed slightly apart. The tool is then placed over the strip on the flange so that the strip is in the gap (60) between the main rollers (38,40) which thus press the sides of the channel into tight frictional contact with the mounting flange as the rollers rotate and drive the tool along the strip. A further roller (52) rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the axes of the main rollers (38,40) exerts a downward force on the outside of the base of the channel of the strip. An additional guiding roller (54) is positioned in front of the main rollers (38,40) in the direction of travel of the tool and exerts an inclined force on a cosmetic lip on the outside of the strip, guiding the cosmetic lip, with the remainder of the stript into the gap (60) between the main rollers (38,40) and preventing any tendency for the cosmetic lip to force the tool off the strip.
Patent GB-2313839-A (GB)
Title: Thermoplastic copolymer for optical use and process for preparing the same
Inventor: ZHU ZHENYA
IPC: C08G18/38
Filed: 1996-12-19
Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic thiourethane-urethane copolymer for optical use, which is a polymeric material which has a good balance between refractive index and Abbe number and possesses various properties required of optical products such as lenses. This process comprises the first step of reacting a diisocyanate and/or a diisothiocyanate with a thiol compound having two groups reactive with an isocyanate group, at least one of the reactive groups being an SH group, to prepare a thiourethane prepolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 1 ,000 to 30,000; and the second step of reacting the thiourethane prepolymer prepared in the first step with a diisocyanate arid a hydroxyl-containing monomer having two groups reactive with an isocyanate group, at least one of the reactive groups being an OH group.
Patent GB-2316609-A (GB)
Title: Shower enclosure
Inventor: HODGSON ROBERT
IPC: A47K3/36
Filed: 1997-08-15
Abstract: A shower enclosure suitable for use in a vehicle, for example a caravan, comprises a first substantially vertical fixed panel (6), two movable side panels (7 and 8) hingedly depending therefrom, and a door panel (13) hingedly depending from one of the side panels (7). The arrangement of the side panels and the door is such that the door and the side panels can form with the fixed panel a generally rectangular enclosure and can be hinged to lie substantially flat against the first member when not in use. The enclosure also comprises a substantially vertical corner member (12) spaced from the first panel, one of the side panels opening into contact with the corner member and the door depending from the other side panel being in contact with the corner member when the door closes the enclosure.
Patent GB-2316694-A (GB)
Title: Sound-absorbing floor
Inventor: DANSKIN JOHN FINLAYSON
IPC: E04F15/20
Filed: 1997-08-18
Abstract: A floor construction comprising a supporting structure (1), and a floating raft construction (2) on said supporting structure wherein the floating rail construction comprises floor boards (3) fixedly attached to battens (4) each having at least one horizontal surface faced with a laminate (5) of which one layer is a resiliently flexible polyethylene material (5a) of which the cells are closed, another is an extruded polyester fibre (5b) and there may or may not be a further layer of polyethylene film (5c).
Patent GB-2330674-A (GB)
Title: Reducing card fraud
Inventor: DAVIS MICHAEL IAN
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1997-10-21
Abstract: Credit and transaction card fraud is prevented by including, amongst the data carried on a semiconductor chip embedded in the card, image data allowing display of the cardholder's face on the screen of the point of sale terminal. The image data may be compressed and/or encrypted. Certain pixels of the image, at positions derived by hashing the user's PIN number, are modified so that some function (e.g. sum) of their values equals a number derived by hashing the PIN, for further security.
Patent GB-2319280-A (GB)
Title: PVC window frames
Inventor: RICHARDS KEVIN
IPC: E06B3/964
Filed: 1997-11-10
Abstract: The lower end of each upper jamb is joined to one end of the transom 40 and the upper end of the corresponding lower jamb 44 is joined to the same end of the transom. A sash window effect can be produced with a continuous vertical sight line. Typically, the transom is wider than each of the upper jambs and is joined first to the narrower jambs following which a corner section is removed to form a second joint surface to which the wider jambs are joined.
Patent GB-2320229-A (GB)
Title: A tipping trailer
Inventor: CROWLEY TIMOTHY
IPC: B62D53/06
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A tipping trailer (1) having: a chassis (2) having a drawbar (3) and an axle assembly, the axle assembly having an axle (4) and at least one ground-engaging wheel (19) on each end of the axle, a load carrying platform (S) having a front end and an off-loading end the platform being mounted on the chassis by a main pivotable attachment and being tiltable with respect to the chassis about the pivotal attachment, and tilting means (6) on the trailer for tilting the platform. The main pivotable attachment is located on the chassis at a position above or rearwardly of the axle, and in a tilted position, the off-loading end of the platform extends onto or close to the ground.
Patent GB-2332558-A (GB)
Title: A fault current limiter
Inventor: BRANGEFAELT JAN
IPC: H01F6/00
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A fault current limiter (4) for a power system having an electrical current carrying path (3), comprising a superconducting device (6), for disposition in the current carrying path (3), which has superconductor means exhibiting superconducting properties, solid electrical insulation (9) surrounding the superconductor means for confining the electric field and cooling means (12) for cryogenically cooling the superconductor means below its critical temperature in use of the fault current limiter (4).
Patent GB-2328356-A (GB)
Title: Overlapping edge detection in image processing
Inventor: DAVISON ALLAN JOSEPH
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 1998-07-30
Abstract: In an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional model of an object, images of the object taken from different, unknown positions are processed to identify the points in the images which correspond to the same point on the actual object (that is 'matching' points), the matching points are used to determine the relative positions from which the images were taken, and the matching points and calculated positions are used to calculate points in a three-dimensional space representing points on the object. A number of different techniques are used to identify the matching points, and a number of solutions are calculated and tested for the relative positions, the solution which is consistent with the largest number of matching points being selected. In one matching technique, edges in an image are identified by first identifying corner points in the image and then identifying edges between the corner points on the basis of edge orientation values of pixels, the edges are processed in strength order to remove cross-overs, the images sub-divided into regions by connecting points at the ends of the edges on the basis of the edge strengths, and matching points within corresponding regions in two or more images are identified.
Patent GB-2340551-A (GB)
Title: Control of a pair of pumps or motors using a differential
Inventor: DARK MIKE
IPC: F04C2/10
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: A variable capacity hydraulic pump assembly 10 comprises a differential device 40 having a power input, a first power output to which a first pump 20 is drivingly connected, and a second power output to which a second pump 30 is drivingly connected. The first pump 20 of axial length L1 has a higher specific output capacity than the second pump 30 of axial length L2. The specific flow capacity of the overall pump assembly 10 may be varied by controlling the back pressure of the outlet of one of the first or second pumps 20,30 so that the speed of the other of the first or second pumps 20,30 is increased through the differential device 40. The invention is equally applicable to hydraulic motors assemblies.
Patent GB-2341529-A (GB)
Title: Three-dimensional embroidery design simulator
Inventor: KAYMER ANDREW BENNETT
IPC: G06T17/00
Filed: 1998-09-03
Abstract: A method of converting an embroidery design from a stitch data format to a format suitable for manipulation, translation and lighting within a three-dimensional mathematical universe and subsequent perspective projection onto a two-dimensional medium, the method comprising the steps of: (1) analysing the design and converting it to a plurality of points; (2) generating a curve along a third dimension between every two consecutive points by splitting the line defined by two points into smaller segments and adding a third dimension component; (3) generating line normals for each segment of each curve, along a third dimension; (4) manipulating the now three-dimensional data points using geometry to form a three-dimensional image of the design; and (5) displaying the image in perspective on a two-dimensional medium.
Patent GB-2341980-A (GB)
Title: Circuit board connection device
Inventor: TAYLOR DAVID
IPC: H05K1/11
Filed: 1998-09-25
Abstract: A circuit board 1 has an insulating substrate and a plurality of electrically conductive connection pads 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 on the substrate, for electrical connection to another device. The pads are arranged in sets with a plurality of pads in each set. The circuit board 1 further includes circuit tracks which electrically interconnect a corresponding pad in each respective set. The circuit board 1 may be cut with scissors to provide desired circuit configurations.
Patent GB-2331117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to collapsible sliding grilles
Inventor: DOOTSON ANDREW GORDON
IPC: E06B9/06
Filed: 1998-11-05
Abstract: A collapsible sliding grille of the type comprising a plurality of elongate pickets 1 each formed by two elongate members 3 and which accommodate between them pivotal links 5 serving to interconnect the pickets. The integrity of the structure is improved by utilising connecting means to secure together the elongate members 3 in spaced relation using a member 31 which is threaded to each of its opposite ends and wherein each of the ends receives a complementary threaded headed screw 35 which passes through a bore in the elongate member to locate the elongate member between said threaded member and the head of the screw 35. The member 31 can be in the form of a threaded tubular sleeve. The head of the screw 35 has a keyed reception location which can be of a non-circular reception before tightening but deforms at a prescribed torque level so as to convert to a circular reception thereby inhibiting reverse rotation. Locking means can also include mechanical means or chemical locking/anti shake agents. Also disclosed is a method of assembling a collapsible sliding grille having the afore described features.
Patent GB-2331960-A (GB)
Title: Ductor inking units in printing presses and control thereof
Inventor: MUELLER JOACHIM
IPC: B41F31/14
Filed: 1998-12-04
Abstract: A process and a correspondingly constructed ductor inking unit of a printing press, particularly an offset sheet printing press, are described. A ductor roller (3) movable to and fro between an ink fountain roller (2) and an inking unit roller (4) is brought periodically timewise into contact with the ink fountain roller (2) and with the inking unit roller (4). The timewise ink transfer behaviour can be improved and thereby on printing less waste arises, by arranging that the duration of the contact time of the ductor roller (3) with the ink fountain roller (2) or of the ductor roller (3) with the inking unit roller (4) is sufficient that at all print speeds, the ductor roller (3) rolls against the respective roller (2, 4) by at least one revolution each time it contacts it. This may be achieved by mounting the ductor roller (3) in swivel levers (5), the position of which is controlled by a control cam against the exterior of which rollers (6.1, 6.2) mounted on the swivel lever (5) roll.
Patent GB-2335747-A (GB)
Title: Determination of the quality of heart function signals
Inventor: WANG JYH-YUN J
IPC: A61B5/366
Filed: 1999-03-22
Abstract: In a method and system for characterizing the quality of signals indicative of heart function, where such signals indicative of heart function are derived from electrocardiographic measurements, one or more signals indicative of heart function are measured (600). In response to the measuring, a noise metric, drawn upon physiologic and non-physiological sources, is created (704, 706). In response to the creation of the noise metric, the quality of the measured one or more signals is designated (718).
Patent GB-2351931-A (GB)
Title: Dust cap removing device
Inventor: WHURR ANDREW JOHN
IPC: B25B27/00
Filed: 1999-03-30
Abstract: A dust cap removing device 2 made of a soft rubber material comprises an opening at one end for engagement with a dust cap 1. After unscrewing, the dust cap is retained in the device. Since the rubber is flexible, the device can be used for dust caps of various types and sizes. The device may include a hole 4 for attachment to a key ring.
Patent GB-2338386-A (GB)
Title: Management of server connections
Inventor: BATRA VIRINDER MOHAN
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 1999-04-23
Abstract: A technique, system, and computer program are provided for enhancing performance of the computers in a Web environment. A pool 120 of connections is created between a Web server 80 and one or more backend data server's 90, reducing the overhead required for accessing the data servers and enabling the applications running on the Web server to be faster. A "connection manager" 110 manages the pool 120 of already established connections, provides a suitable connection 130 to a servlet 140 when requested, and creates new connections (e.g. 150), or closes connections, when necessary. Many different types of connections may be maintained concurrently in the pool, to similar or different data servers. A common interface to the pool is used, regardless of the type of backend data server connection, making programs which use the pool easier (and therefore less costly) to write and support. Options are defined for optimizing the number of connections in the pool.
Patent GB-2356252-A (GB)
Title: Determining the shape of an arterial pressure pulse in a person
Inventor: CHOWIENCZYK PHILIP JAN
IPC: A61B5/024
Filed: 1999-11-12
Abstract: Apparatus for determining the shape of an arterial pressure pulse in a person comprises a transmitter (<B>4 in fig. 1</B>) for transmitting red or infrared light through a part of the person's body, such as a finger or ear lobe, and a sensor (<B>8 in fig.</B> 1) for measuring the amount of light passing through the part of the person's body, the measurement providing a digital volume pulse waveform (<B>fig. 2</B>). A mathematical transfer function transforms the digital volume pulse waveform into a pressure pulse waveform.
Patent GB-191111991-A (GB)
IPC: B21C43/04
Abstract: 11,991. Whitehead, L. D. May 18. Cleaning.-In removing mill scale from rolled metal rods or bars by bending in different directions and in different planes, the rod 18 to be cleaned is passed between two or more sets of rollers 5, 6, 7, one of which, 6, in each set is mounted on a bell-crank lever 13 so that it can be moved relatively to the other two, 6, 7 in order to regulate the amount of bending, and so that when the roller 6 is moved clear of the others, a rod may be placed in position without distortion. The distance between the rollers 5, 7 may also be varied to control the bending.
Patent HU-T64239-A (HU)
Title: Contrast materials for echo
Inventor: BELLER KLAUS-DIETER
IPC: A61K49/00
Filed: 1992-01-04
Abstract: An aqueous preparation for the absorption and stabilisation of microgas bubbles for use as echo contrast agents containing polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene polymers and negatively charged phospholipids is given, which is suitable for the demonstration of the left heart.
Patent HU-T67203-A (HU)
Title: Inhaler
Inventor: COOK ROBERT STANLEY
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 1992-03-18
Abstract: An inhaler has a removable capsule reservoir 74,76, comprising a container portion 74 having a closure 76 removable to reveal the interior of said reservoir and closable to define one entire side face of said reservoir, the closure member 76 being hinged to the container portion at thin film hinge 78. The capsule container is closed by a sliding cover 16 held to the container 74 for sliding movement along a second face of the closure reservoir opposite said first face defined by the closure 76. <IMAGE>