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Patent GB-2103468-A (GB)
Title: Finishing process for armoured resin products
Inventor: NAVA PIER LUIGI
IPC: A42B3/04
Filed: 1982-08-06
Abstract: A process for finishing armoured resin products or thermoplastic resin products is characterized by applying on the surface of the resin product A at least one layer or sheet D of suitable heated thermoplastic material; applying to said layer D a pneumatic pressure to cause this to adhere integrally and evenly to the surface of the product; and cooling the whole so that, in contracting, said layer penetrates and secures itself firmly to the surface of the product. The process is particularly suitable for finishing protective helmets. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2105474-A (GB)
Title: Piston rod for a hydraulic ram
Inventor: PLESTER KARL-HEINZ
IPC: F16H49/00
Filed: 1982-08-19
Abstract: A piston rod 10 for a hydraulic ram has a plurality of permanent magnets 13 embedded therein. Each magnet 13 is housed within a respective metallic bush 14 within a respective radial bore 15 in the piston rod 10. Each bush 14 is made of a stainless, acid-resistant, non-magnetic steel, and has a closed outer end surface 21 which lies flush with the cylindrical surface 20 of the piston rod 10. The cylindrical surface 20 of the piston rod 10 and the closed end surfaces 21 of the bushes 14 are covered by a uniform metallic coating. A sensor fixed to the cylinder of the ram can emit electrical signals in dependence upon the movement of the piston rod including the magnets. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2105192-A (GB)
Title: Composition for use in treating atherosclerosis
Inventor: COUGHLIN SHAUN R
IPC: A61K31/475
Filed: 1982-08-27
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises at least two drugs wherein each drug is from a different group of drugs selected from (i) tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitors, (ii) peripheral decarboxylase inhibitors, (iii) serotonin uptake blockers, (iv) serotonin storage blockers and (v) serotonin receptor blockers. in use the composition inhibits the biological activity of serotonin within the blood vessels, thereby inhibiting the proliferation of smooth muscle cells, which has been found to cause or contribute to an arteriosclerotic condition. Many drugs are specified.
Patent GB-2126826-A (GB)
Title: Correction of image vignetting
Inventor: GROVES PHILIP RANGECROFT
IPC: H04N5/217
Filed: 1982-09-09
Abstract: The apparatus comprises monitoring means (16, 18) for monitoring the signals from each of a plurality of picture elements, processing means (20 to 26) for calculating a correction signal from the monitored signals and control means for applying the correction signals to correct vignetting of images. Calculation of the correction signal preferably includes multiplying each of two adjacent picture element signals by a respective reference signal having a frequency equal to half the frequency of occurrence of the picture elements whose signals are being multiplied, and being in anti-phase with each other. The multiplied values are summed. Calculation of the correction signal thus includes a smoothed interpolation, arising from the scaling function of digital to analogue converters. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2107292-A (GB)
Title: Island vendor
Inventor: MORGAN ANNIS RAY
IPC: G07F9/02
Filed: 1982-10-06
Abstract: An island type vendor includes at least one article vending machine 22 which is disposed in association with a video screen 26F which may display point of sale advertising or cable T.V. programs. In one embodiment two vending machines 22, 24 are disposed in a side-by-side arrangement with two video screens positioned therebetween so that a customer may view a sales advertisement or a cable T.V. program as he selects one of a plurality of product buttons to dispense a product from one of the vending machines. On an opposite side of the island vendor another customer may view the second video screen while selecting one of a second plurality of product buttons to dispense a product from the other vending machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120274-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing microbial cells
Inventor: MIURA YOSHIHARU
IPC: C12N1/32
Filed: 1982-11-18
Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing microbial cells, and is characterized by the fact that the bacterium Corynebacterium yamanasiensis, which is a novel strain, is cultivated in a culture medium containing methanol as a major carbon source, and the resulting microbial cells are recovered from the culture broth. According to the process of this invention, bacterial cells can be produced in large quantities and in good yields and since the bacterial cells contain protein, they can be utilized as feeds, foods, materials for medicines, and industrial materials.
Patent GB-2111865-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal spreader
Inventor: DREYER HEINZ
IPC: A01C17/00
Filed: 1982-12-23
Abstract: A centrifugal spreader, particularly for distributing fertilizer, has a drivable spreading device comprising two centrifuging discs (2, 3), which are provided with ejection elements (7). Each of the two discs is disposed on a respective drive shaft so as to be exchangeable for different centrifuging discs. To ensure that the two discs cannot be interchanged even by lay personnel, provision is made that at least one of the centrifuging discs can be mounted only on its associated drive shaft. A boundary spreading disc (32, Figure 6), which can be mounted on either shaft, has throwing elements (31), two of which are radially mounted Figures 2 & 6 and two of which are angularly arranged. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116908-A (GB)
Title: Hologram identification device
Inventor: BLYTH JEFFREY
IPC: G03H1/18
Filed: 1983-03-16
Abstract: An identification and/or security device which incorporates a multicoloured hologram visible in natural reflected light, the multiple colours being produced due to a permanent deformation of the film emulsion which selectively varies the spacings between the interference fringes producing the holographic image.
Patent GB-2118499-A (GB)
Title: An hydraulic installation
Inventor: PREUN HUGO
IPC: B62D5/07
Filed: 1983-03-23
Abstract: The hydraulic installation consists of a pressure medium source (10), a flow regulating valve (12) connected beyond the source and two load circuits (46,47) connected in parallel from the valve, the first of which is a steering device, the second can be an optional load. The steering device has a steering control valve (50) and a pump (52) driven by a steering shaft (51). The flow regulating valve can occupy two definite positions, namely a rest position (A), in which practically the entire pressure medium is conveyed without loss to the second working circuit and through the steering control valve then located in its neutral position, to the reservoir, and a working position (B) in which a constant pressure medium flow is branched to the steering device, when the steering control valve (50) is located in one of its two working positions. A residual flow then flows from the flow regulating valve to the second load circuit. In that way, a loss-free conveying of the pressure medium flow delivered by the pump (10) to the reservoir or to the second load, is achieved when the loads are in the rest position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2122479-A (GB)
Title: Display unit
Inventor: WATT DON
IPC: A47F7/14
Filed: 1983-04-28
Abstract: A display structure particularly for the display of flat articles comprises a number of display units which are stacked one upon the other, preferably on a base unit. The structure includes at least one display unit which affords an inclined supporting member, such as a panel carrying a releasable display member (50). Additional units may be similarly formed, and alternative units, affording for example a shelf are provided. The display member (50) includes parallel panels (52, 53, 54) each having an inclined ledge (55, 56, 57) at its lower edge, and a lip (58, 59, 60) is provided at the forward edge of each ledge. In use, flat articles (A) placed on the ledges tend to slide forwardly and downwardly into the corner between the ledge and the lip, so as to be supported in a stable manner with their upper edges resting against the adjacent panel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123550-A (GB)
Title: Contamination prevention in optical measuring apparatus
Inventor: KYRIAKIS JOHN
IPC: G01B11/00
Filed: 1983-05-16
Abstract: An optical measuring device comprising a gauging head (1) provided with a measuring gate (2) forming a guideway (G) for an article (3) whose dimensional properties are to be measured. A parallel beam of light is established between the opposing walls of guide members (M) of the measuring gate (2), which are provided with slits in wall (W) for emission and reception of the parallel beam. To remove or prevent the collection of particulate contaminant on the optical components within the gauging head (1) the guide members (M) have internal ducts so that air may be directed to the ducts and passed through each opposing slit to set up a curtain of air across the measuring gate (2) thus repelling particulate contaminant floating in the guideway which would otherwise enter the slits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2124260-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic tensioning and inverting device
Inventor: GAZZARRINI VINICIO
IPC: A41B11/00
Filed: 1983-07-11
Abstract: The device includes a rotatable tube (38) disposed inside a tensioning pipe (3, 5). A sock produced by a circular knitting machine is fed into the space between the tube (38) and pipe (3, 5) and is tensioned by a suction within that space. Once the sock is complete a strong suction is applied to the interior of tube (38) by a high head, limited flow rate exhauster (30). The suction causes a just completed edge of the sock to enter the upper end of tube (38) and be inverted and transported therealong. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127649-A (GB)
Title: Compensation for video sensor movement
Inventor: BROOKSBANK JOHN
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 1983-09-21
Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a video input signal received from a scene scanning device so that the corrected signal allows for the spatial movement of the scanning device relative to the scene being scanned e.g. the effects of crabbing, yawing or pitching of an aircraft having a scene scanning device on board, are not relayed to the video output signal. The corrections are applied to the incoming signal before storage in a frame store whose output may be viewed or recorded. The number of lines scanned is greater than the number displayed to avoid duplication of lines. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2147249-A (GB)
Title: Newspaper display device
Inventor: HWANG LII CHAUR-CHIANG
IPC: B42D17/00
Filed: 1983-10-04
Abstract: A newspaper device includes longitudinally slotted grooved bar (1). Retaining wires (2) for gripping the newspapers are pivotally mounted at one end of the bar (1) and are releasably secured at the other end of the bar (1) to hold the newspapers in the bar grooves. A gapped collar (3) cooperating with a notch in the bar handle (6) enables the wires (2) to be releasably secured in position. The wires are shaped such that when released from the collar (3) they may pivot freely away from the bar and when they are retained within the notch (31), they are held securely within their respective grooves of the bar to firmly grasp a newspaper therein. The wires permit easy insertion and removal of the newspapers and are sufficiently small in diameter so that none of the printed portion of the newspaper is covered when it is held by the newspaper clip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2130492-A (GB)
Title: Orthodontic bracket
Inventor: PLETCHER DR ERWIN CARROLL
IPC: A61C7/14
Filed: 1983-11-16
Abstract: An orthodontic bracket assembly with a locking member (108) rotatably mounted on a slotted bar (104) configured to receive an arch wire. The bar is integrally formed with a base of the bracket assembly. The locking member (108) rotates on the bar (104) to capture the arch wire in the bracket assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155575-A (GB)
Title: Pressure regulator
Inventor: PHATAK DIGAMBAR MORESHWAR
IPC: F16L37/086
Filed: 1984-03-07
Abstract: A pressure regulator (R) to be fitted on a valve (V) of a gas cylinder has a locking means comprising a pin (P) located in aligned holes in the wall (W1 and W2) of the pressure regulator body. The inner end of the pin (P) has a flat upper surface (F) and an outwardly curved or rounded profile (C). A spring (S) biases the pin (P) inwardly. As the regulator (R) is located over the valve (V), the pin (P) is pressed outwardly by the tapered surface (T) on the upper end of the valve body engaging the curved or rounded profile (C) of the pin. Thereafter the pin (P) moves back inwardly and engages a flat surface below the collar or flange on the valve body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143000-A (GB)
Title: Modular panel assembly for vehicle bodies
Inventor: LALLYET WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: F16B5/02
Filed: 1984-03-30
Abstract: A modular panel assembly, especially for a vehicle wall or floor, comprises panel members (18A, 18B) preferably of plywood inner, metal sheet outer, laminate, which adjoin at half-lapped edge regions (40, 42) of the panel members formed by uniformly tapered rebates oppositely handed at opposite ends of each member, thus facilitating removal and replacement of any panel of the assembly. Securing bolts (22) fix the half-lapped edge regions of the adjacent panels together. In the case of a vehicle floor assembly, the half-lapped joins between panel members are aligned with floor bearers and the fixing bolts also serve to fix the panel members to the bearers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148578-A (GB)
Title: A self-loading magnetic head slider
Inventor: MAO JAMES CHEN
IPC: G11B5/60
Filed: 1984-06-14
Abstract: A self-loading magnetic head slider comprises a slider housing (12) connected to a suspension arm (26) for suspension above a surface of a disk (28) and carrying a read/write head (34) (eg Fig. 2B). Aerodynamic surfaces (14) extend outwardly from opposite sides (16) of the housing so that air drag overcomes the bias force of the suspension arm lowering the housing to a predetermined spacing above the surface of the disk as it rotates. Other embodiments including airfoil and wedge-shaped wings are disclosed (Figs. 3 et seq). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143307-A (GB)
Title: Preventing valve actuation
Inventor: GARDNER GEORGE
IPC: F16K35/06
Filed: 1984-07-16
Abstract: A valve including a spindle 3 and a handwheel 1 and keying means 8 which, in a first position, keys the spindle to the handwheel to allow normal operation of the valve and, in a second position, withdraws the keying between the spindle and the handwheel and allows the handwheel to be rotated without operation of the valve. Security means 4,9,10 are provided to prevent unauthorised movement of the keying means between the two positions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149282-A (GB)
Title: A garden structure and method of producing same
Inventor: WESLEY MOFFETT F
IPC: A01G9/00
Filed: 1984-11-05
Abstract: A garden structure comprises a preferably molded, unitary elongated enclosure for holding a growing medium. The enclosure has a central hollow body member 14 of a uniform cross-sectional area and peripheral shape, and bottom and top end portions 16, 18 at opposite ends of the enclosure. Each end portion has a peripheral shape substantially the same as the body member, and is of a reduced cross-sectional area to form bottom and top shoulders 20, 22 at the junction of the end portions and body member. The top portion 18 containing the top shoulder is severed from the body member, reversed and mounted on the severed end with the top shoulder in engagement therewith to form a tray cover. Planting openings 26 with removable covers are formed in the structure. A plurality of structures may be stacked vertically or joined horizontally at their corners. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179083-A (GB)
Title: Making a cast-in-place prestressing pile by means of movable casing set
Inventor: LIN JUEI-JSE
IPC: E02D5/66
Filed: 1985-08-14
Abstract: A multipart pile casing (1) is drived into the ground with or without head (2) to form a pile hole. Reinforcing elements (5) are placed in position and grout (61) is added as the casing is removed, to form the pile. The casing sections are interconnected in such a way as to allow limited relative axial movement between them. Thus after driving, adjacent sections will be as shown in Fig. 2. When withdrawing force is applied to the top section (1(a)), it alone will initially move for the length of the slot (11) before entraining the next section (1(b)), and so on. This "sequential" withdrawal is said to encounter less friction than that experienced with conventional piles. 
<??>Sections may be split and hinged longitudinally to allow easy removal from around a grouting pipe after withdrawal from the hole. 
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Patent GB-2168898-A (GB)
Title: Therapeutic aid
Inventor: SIMPSON ROY
IPC: A61N2/06
Filed: 1985-08-15
Abstract: A therapeutic aid in the form of a bandage, a sleeping requisite such as pillow 10 for support of a user's head or an article of clothing such as a glove and comprising means for creating a permanent magnetic field. A pillow has a plurality of spaced-apart parallel permanent magnets 14 sandwiched between foam blocks (11) 12 which induce or would appear to induce sleep and/or suppresses respiratory ailments such as asthma. A bandage (figs 3, 4) is attachable around injured parts of the user's body, such as joints, so that the magnetic field brings relief of the injury. The magnets are pliable strips eg. of plastics or rubber bound barium ferrite. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164024-A (GB)
Title: Container for storing of foodstuffs
Inventor: FALTUM HANS
IPC: B65D25/20
Filed: 1985-09-04
Abstract: A container e.g. for foodstuffs has a marking tag (4) attached at an edge (2), a projection (5) being placed in a slit (7) in the edge (2) and a pair of flaps (6) having knobs being able to snap under the edge (2) to attach the tag to the container. The tag (4) is preferably produced from an elastic, resilient plate and may take the form of a handle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2186469-A (GB)
Title: A public key enciphering and deciphering system using stream ciphers
Inventor: BUCKLEY D D
IPC: H04L9/30
Filed: 1986-02-11
Abstract: The public key enciphering/deciphering system is for the transmission and reception enciphered text. The system includes encryption apparatus which generates enciphered text from plain text, and is provided with means which handles a stream cipher algorithm to transform plain text into enciphered text. The system further includes decryption apparatus which receives the enciphered text, and is provided with means which handles a stream cipher algorithm to transform the enciphered text into plain text. As shown the encryption apparatus includes a pseudo-random sequence generator PSG, a plain text generator PG, an encryptor RSA, a code tree CT and a code tree controller CTC. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2187418-A (GB)
Title: Wedge cutting
Inventor: RILEY ERIC
IPC: B27M3/00
Filed: 1986-03-07
Abstract: A pivotally mounted cutter 14 is moved in a first direction 29 to cut a wooden block 12. The wedge formed by that cut then falls through an opening 28. The cutter 14 is then returned to the position shown, and the block 12 is advanced until it abuts a stop 24. The cutter 14 is then pivotted and advanced in the direction shown by arrow 26 to cut the next wedge from the block 12. The blocks 12 are supplied from a hopper 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173982-A (GB)
Title: Fishing weight
Inventor: KEIGHTLEY ROSS
IPC: A01K95/00
Filed: 1986-04-17
Abstract: A fishing weight has two body parts made of a resiliently deformable material, a first of those body parts including two gripper portions 3a, 3b which define between them a channel 4 into which a fishing line can be engaged, the other body part 2 having an opening enabling it to be forced over the two gripper portions, with resilient deformation thereof, to cause them to grip the line. In one form, the two gripper portions extend from the first body part to constitute a coupling member connecting the two body parts, and in another form the first body part is received in the opening of the second body part. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189039-A (GB)
Title: Optical signal processor
Inventor: DANIEL CAROL DAVID
IPC: G02F7/00
Filed: 1987-01-29
Abstract: Light is passed through an array of cells (4a, b...) containing a non-linear medium. The light is phase- shifted by an amount depending on its intensity, so on combination with a non-phase-shifted beam (7a, b ...), interference occurs. The interference pattern intensity from each cell is detected (11a, b...) and is compared (13a, b...) with a threshold to distinguish destructive from constructive interference and thereby determine the degree of phase shift. For analogue-to-digital conversion, the light is intensity modulated by an analogue signal. A binary 0 or 1 is output according to whether destructive or constructive interference occurs. Successive cells increase in length by a factor of 2 so the instantaneous output from the array constitutes a digital code of the instantaneous intensity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209722-A (GB)
Title: Storm force lifeboat
Inventor: BEAUCHAMP HON C ENG RALPH HENR
IPC: B63H5/14
Filed: 1987-08-07
Abstract: A lifeboat is steered solely by throttling one or other of twin contra-rotating engines of jet propulsion units which comprise shrouded and ducted impellers having cooled bearings and oppositely-handed blades. Primary and secondary gear boxes are described and also an emergency cross drive gear may provide means for maintaining directional way in the event of single engine failure. Servo-assisted manual control means are provided for each engine throttle but they may be combined so as to operate either separately or in combination. The hull is of a reinforced composite construction with a stainless steel outer skin and plastics interfill and the top-side has a low profile formed of moulded plastics.
Patent GB-2211823-A (GB)
Title: Loading notes into carrier for pneumatic conveyor
Inventor: ALEXANDER DONALD
IPC: B65H45/18
Filed: 1987-10-31
Abstract: Banknotes S are loaded into an open-sided carrier 11 of a pneumatic transport system by a sheet folding plate 7, which pushes them through an elongate aperture 4 between positioning rollers 1, 2 and, thus folded, inserts them into the carrier 11, through a slot 14 aligned with aperture 4. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2314610-A (GB)
Title: Producing an automatic ignition command for an anti-tank trap
Inventor: MAGNE FRANCOIS
IPC: F42C13/04
Filed: 1987-11-09
Abstract: An anti-tank trap ( 1) is constituted by a support (2) carrying a military payload 3 eg an anti-tank rocket-launching tube or a horizontally acting self striking charge land mine, an integer 4 and a sight 5. The firing on the target is carried out at the time t d in a vertical plane * capital Greek delta *. The invention is characterized by the following chronological series of stages:  first detection by FM/CW radar ( lobes 11) and establish-ment of a first equivalent area map of echoes ERA ref , second detection by infra-red at time t 2 (in a vertical plane V or V'), third detection by infra-red at time t 1 (in a vertical plane U or U'), computation of t 1 -t 2 and of the angular velocity d* small Greek gamma */dt of the target, fourth detection by FM/CW radar (ERA m ), measurement of the range d c and of the size of the target (ERA m -ERA ref ), analysis of the target, firing decision, computation of t d and triggering at t d of the military payload.
Patent GB-2212349-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting orientation of aerial within sealed case
Inventor: SUCHOCKI THOMASZ
IPC: H01Q1/12
Filed: 1987-11-10
Abstract: A radio controlled switching device (or radio teleswitch) for incorporation in a sealed electricity meter case is provided with an aerial 18 which is disposed inside the sealed case, but whose orientation can be adjusted from outside the case without breaking the case seal. The means for adjusting the aerial orientation includes a rotary adjusting knob 48 which is disposed on the top of the case and coupled to an aerial carrier 20 inside the case. The knob can itself be sealed against further rotation after the optimum aerial position has been selected. <IMAGE>