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Patent GB-2198782-A (GB)
Title: Packs for articles and method of producing same
Inventor: WILKINS ANDRE PHILIP
IPC: F16B45/00
Filed: 1987-11-20
Abstract: A pack for articles has a body 16 formed from a stiff sheet of material adapted to contain or be attached to said articles, the body including a pair of folded wall portions 16b held in face to face contact and joined by a fold 16c, and a suspension member 50 having a planar base portion 51 and a suspension portion 26, the suspension member 50 extending through a slit 70 formed on or adjacent the fold 16c so that the base portion 51 is located adjacent the internal face of at least one of said folded wall portions 16b and so that the suspension portion 26 extends externally of the folded wall portions to project beyond the fold, the base portion 51 including a barb or leg 59 extending along one or both sides and toward the suspension portion 26 to engage beneath a marginal portion of the fold 16c adjacent to said slit 70 to resist withdrawal of the suspension member 50 from said pair of folded wall portions. In another embodiment, the suspension member is secured to a flap on the pack by means, of a hot melt adhesive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2199174-A (GB)
Title: Identity verification
Inventor: WHEATLEY RICHARD
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1987-04-21
Abstract: A fingerprint verification technique involves the derivation of data from a fingerprint in the form of an ordered set of values relating to the number of ridges (or troughs) measured orthogonal to a line across an area of the fingerprint, at each of a plurality of positions along the line. The data is derived using a semiconductor imaging sensor (18) consisting of a two-dimensional array of image sensing elements. Each line of the imaging sensor is read out as a varying DC voltage which is compared with a reference value in thresholding circuitry (42). The digital signal produced by the thresholding circuitry is used to clock a counter (44) to obtain for each row of the array a count of the ridges (or troughs) in that row of the array.
Patent GB-2214129-A (GB)
Title: Display laminate
Inventor: PROCTER MATTHEW STUART
IPC: B32B27/12
Filed: 1988-01-08
Abstract: A laminate for use in a display system comprises a semi-rigid core (2), e.g. UPVC or polystyrene, the core having adhesively secured to opposite faces thereof loop raised material (3) e.g. nylon. Portions of the laminate are secured to an appropriate surface by means of hook material secured to the surface, thereby enabling the laminate to be mounted on the surface without interfering with the display area formed by one surface of the laminate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2218860-A (GB)
Title: Busbar-substrate connector
Inventor: FOGDEN MICHAEL BERNARD
IPC: H05B3/84
Filed: 1988-04-15
Abstract: Electrical connectors are described for providing electrical circuit connection between a metal supply busbar 2 and a conducting surface, for example a metallic coating upon an insulating surface 3. The metal busbar 2 has an extension which houses a resilient conducting member 1, which extends beyond the housing extension to contact the conducting surface over a considerable area, so avoiding need for contact between the conducting member and the busbar itself. Examples of suitable intermediate resilient conducting members are a deformable thin-wire wound helix and a compressible zig-zag metal strip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219278-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing unit
Inventor: MUIR MARIA
IPC: A47K10/22
Filed: 1988-06-01
Abstract: A storage unit (1) is provided to store and dispense articles, especially toilet rolls, the unit comprising an elongate container (2) for articles with a buffer member (13) spaced from the outer end of the container. A lateral opening (15) is present between the buffer member (13) and the container's outer end to facilitate removal of individual articles (9) from the unit and possibly also enable filling of the container. The articles (9) may be urged by spring means (4) into engagement with the buffer means (13) or alternatively this effect could be achieved by gravity with the buffer means (13) located at the bottom end of the unit. In the latter case the top end of the container can be openable for convenient filling of the unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2207085-A (GB)
Title: Bonding incompatible materials
Inventor: LUTZ JR JOHN HESS
IPC: B29C55/00
Filed: 1988-08-05
Abstract: A filter cloth assembly, for use on a filter plate of a centre-feed filter press, comprises first and second sections each including a cloth (14) for disposal on opposite sides of the plate (12), the first section including a tubular stem (28) having a flanged end (30) the latter secured to the first cloth, the second section having a flanged coupling (26) secured to the second cloth and adapted to fit over the stem (28) after the first section has been fitted to one side of the plate with the stem protruding on the opposite side. Methods of bonding otherwise incompatible plastics and elastomers to the stem and coupling are described.
Patent GB-2210790-A (GB)
Title: Two-layer enteric coated pellet
Inventor: DONGKANG LIANG
IPC: A61K9/50
Filed: 1988-08-25
Abstract: A tablet or pellet contains a herbal medicine and is formed with an inner layer of herbal composition coated with enteric material soluble in the intestine, and an outer layer of a herbal composition in a gastric-soluble binder, for immediate release.
Patent GB-2211405-A (GB)
Title: Bath accessory
Inventor: FRANCIS DAVID LLOYD
IPC: A47K3/00
Filed: 1988-08-15
Abstract: A bath accessory to prevent disabled people and pregnant women from slipping when getting out of a bath comprises a generally trapezoidal frame made from wood or plastics material and fittable within an end of the bath.
Patent GB-2210574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in forceps
Inventor: SMITH JAMES RICHARD
IPC: A61B17/30
Filed: 1988-09-26
Abstract: Forceps which include broad cooperating jaws 12 having non traumatic teeth 14 for gripping muscle are modified in accordance with the invention by including cooperating triangular recesses 18 on each of the jaws 12 so that the forceps can also be used to grip round bodied needles 20. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223941-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable quilts
Inventor: ACTON DAVID
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 1988-10-21
Abstract: A quilt comprises one or more inflatable compartments. A plurality of inflatable compartments may be provided, each being in the form of an inflatable bag of plastics material, and each being received in a respective pocket defined by a quilt cover of textile material. Adjacent pockets may be separated by walls of textile material linking upper and lower sheets of material defining a cover. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227640-A (GB)
Title: Securing a heel to a shoe
Inventor: RAWSON FRANCIS FREDERICK HAMIL
IPC: A43D69/00
Filed: 1989-02-04
Abstract: A heel is attached to a shoe by two fasteners each having two parallel legs and a bridge (eg staples), the staples projecting through the insole into the heel with their bridge portions crossing. The fasteners may be vibrated at ultra-sonic frequency or heated during insertion. A machine for carrying out the operation is described.
Patent GB-2231191-A (GB)
Title: A device for facilitating communication by a person
IPC: G10H1/34
Filed: 1989-02-14
Abstract: A device for facilitating communication by a person, e.g. playing of a musical instrument. The device comprises a number of electrical contacts A-I disposed on a hand of a person. The electrical contacts are coupled to the musical instrument which is at a remote location. Preferably the musical instrument comprises a drum machine and a keyboard. The wearer of the device, by moving the fingers to touch the thumb, enables contacts to touch, triggering a drum sound or note of the musical instrument. Players are freed from remaining stationary whilst playing the musical instrument. Furthermore, the device enables a player to easily and quickly learn how to play a musical instrument without having to know the playing technique associated with the particular musical instrument. Instead of a musical instrument, a dog whistle, an audio or visual display, or a pyrotechnic device may be triggered. The device may be used for communication by blind, deaf and dumb persons. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230611-A (GB)
Title: Detecting foreign bodies in products
Inventor: THOMAS NEIL EDWIN
IPC: G01V3/10
Filed: 1989-03-30
Abstract: A method, of monitoring a series of products, of the kind in which the presence of foreign bodies in the product being monitored is detected by the characteristic magnetic field phase difference each material exhibits, is characterised in that the signal generated by a satisfactory product having no foreign body it is used as the datum for judging whether the next subsequent product is free from a foreign body or not.
Patent GB-2219543-A (GB)
Title: Thin-walled deep-draw-formed coated can and process for preparation thereof
Inventor: MIYAZAWA TETSUO
IPC: B21D22/22
Filed: 1989-05-12
Abstract: A thin-walled deep-draw-formed coated can is prepared by deep-draw-forming a precoated metal sheet, the coating of the precoated metal sheet being composed of a plasticizer-containing or internally plasticized thermosetting resin having a gel proportion of 30 to 90% as measured in methylethylketone at the boiling point thereof, an elongation of at least 200% as measured at 100 DEG C, a Young's modulus of 1 x 10<6> to 5 x 10<9> dyne/cm<2> as measured at 100 DEG C, and a chlorine content lower than 20% by weight in the resin. Formation of a shock line or occurrence of breaking or peeling of the coating can be prevented at the draw-forming step, and the corrosion resistance of the final can body is improved. The precoated metal sheet may comprise formation coatings 12a, 12b, an inner coating 13, a white outer coating 14 and a varnish 15. A redrawn cup 10 is formed from a predrawn cup 1 using a punch 4, holding member 2 and redrawing die 3. The entire draw ratio may be from 1.3 to 4.0. The thermosetting resin may comprise an acrylic resin, a vinyl resin, a polyester resin, a polyamide resin, an epoxy resin, a phenolic resin or an amine resin. The coating may incorporate a lubricant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233614-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle four wheel steering system
Inventor: ADAMS FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B62D7/15
Filed: 1989-07-14
Abstract: A rack and pinion steering gear (3) responds to a steering input (9) to displace front wheels. The rear wheels are provided with a second steering gear (11) comprising a rotatably mounted cam member (12) rotated by a drive shaft (13) from the first steering gear. The cam member has a peripheral cam track with which engages a pivoted cam follower 17, 19 such as a roller or lever which is coupled by links 23 to the rear wheels and is displaced during pivotal movement of the cam follower (19) to effect steering displacement for the rear wheels as the cam follower is driven over the cam track during rotation of the cam member (12). In an alternative embodiment the cam member is rotatably driven by an electrical stepping motor (36, Fig. 6). The rotational drive which is imparted to the cam member 12 can be dependent on vehicle speed by control provided by an electronic unit (34) which responds to signals derived from a vehicle speed sensor (35). The four wheel speed responsive steering can provide for the rear wheels to be displaced in the same or opposite sense of direction to the front wheels over different speed ranges by controlling the input to the cam member (12) through a reversing clutch/gear (30). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236178-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring arrangements
Inventor: LANGDON ROGER MARTIN
IPC: G01S17/875
Filed: 1989-09-20
Abstract: A monitoring arrangement for determining the position and angular velocity of a mirror 2 includes means for producing a moving interference pattern on the surface of the mirror 2 by combining two laser beams 1 and 3 having slightly differing frequencies to produce the fringe movement. A sensor 5 detects the moving interference pattern after reflection and its phase is compared with that of a moving reference signal at a phase meter 11. The accumulated phase difference gives an indication of the angular position of the mirror 2. The difference in frequency as detected by discriminator 40, between the reference beam and the reflected signal, gives the angular velocity of the mirror 2. A third beam (12 Fig 2) enables independent detection in two planes. To extend the range of measurable mirror angles, a convex pattern reflector (Fig 3) may be used. The mirror is part of a fast scanning optical pointing and tracking system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237891-A (GB)
Title: Lens thickness gauge
Inventor: HARDY THOMAS DAVID
IPC: G01M11/02
Filed: 1989-10-26
Abstract: An easily used gauge is described for calculating and displaying the thickness of a lens such as an opthalmic lens. The gauge comprises an opaque flat strip (1) and a transparent cursor (2) slidably mounted thereon. One end of the strip carries a senses of symmetrical lens contour curves (6-8) whose centres are spaced from the end (11), one side carries a series of lens blank diameter indicia (13-16) and one edge carries a series of lens power indicia associated with the curves. The centre line carries a linear distance scale(s) and the cursor carries a linear distance scale (4). The lens contour curves may be portions of the circumference of a circle, represent the surface contours of an aspheric lens or the surface contours of a lenticular opthalmic lens. Each end of the strip and both sides may carry lens contour curves so that the thickness of lenses fabricated from up to four different refractive media may be calculated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228045-A (GB)
Title: Cam shaft chain cover for engine
Inventor: ARUGA TATSUO
IPC: F01M1/02
Filed: 1990-02-06
Abstract: The cover 15 for chains 7,11 transmitting rotation of a crankshaft 4 to camshafts 8,9 has a frontward hollow projection 19 having a hole through which the crankshaft 4 passes. An oil pump 21 accommodated within the hollow projection 19 is driven by a crankshaft 4. The chain cover 15 has a semicircular flange 22 on a lower wall of the hollow projection 19 so as to be joined with a corresponding semicylindrical portion 24A of an oil pan 24, and two flat flanges (15A, Fig. 4) on opposite sides of the hollow projection so as to be joined between the oil pan and the engine block. The pump back plate 21C has oil inlet and outlet passages. 
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Patent GB-2231559-A (GB)
Title: Product aligning device, particularly for supplying wrapping machines
Inventor: SPATAFORA MARIO
IPC: B65B/
Filed: 1990-05-10
Abstract: A device (1) for aligning products (2), wherein an annular body (20) turning about its axis (17) presents an annular end surface (23) defining a first route for the product items (2) arranged in line, and an inner lateral surface (21) defining, with the upper surface (14) of a flat disc (13) turning about its axis (15) and on to which the product (2) is fed in bulk, a second annular route for the product (2); the annular body (20) being inclined in relation to the disc (13), so as to define a first junction between the first and second route, and a second junction between the first route and a third route defined by an output conveyor tangent to the annular body (20); the disc (13) being fed in bulk with the product items (2), which are fed, by centrifugal force, on to the second route and then, one by one, on to the first route via the first junction and on to the third route via the second junction. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2234089-A (GB)
Title: Machine vision controlled weilding system
Inventor: RATHI RAJENDRA PRASAD
IPC: B23K9/127
Filed: 1990-05-14
Abstract: A vision system for automating a machine process. The system includes a conventional CCD camera and a vision processor which automatically determines process parameters from a workpiece surface by generating an image of the workpiece surface, transducing the workpiece image into electrical signals, and electronically determining the process parameters from the electrical signals. Applied to a laser welding process, the vision system locates workpiece edges, determines part centerline and thickness, and calculates process parameters such as weld location, the rate of delivery of weld powder, laser intensity, and the speed at which the weld is applied.
Patent GB-2236530-A (GB)
Title: Stabilizer composition for chlorine-containing polymers
Inventor: NAKAZAWA TADAHISA
IPC: C08K3/16
Filed: 1990-10-04
Abstract: A stabilizer composition for a chlorine-containing polymer comprises a zeolite type stabilizer, calcium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide, a metal soap type stabilizer and perchloric acid as indispensable components.
Patent GB-2237388-A (GB)
Title: System for detecting combustion condition of an internal combustion engine
Inventor: IMAI RYUICHIRO
IPC: F02D45/00
Filed: 1990-10-17
Abstract: To detect and correct for uneven running, especially when idling, a period when the combustion of an engine is not performed is detected at two points before and after the top dead center of each cylinder in the expansion stroke. Engine speeds in both the periods are detected and the speed difference between the detected periods is calculated. Mean speed difference is calculated over a number of cycles of the engine using a weighting system. The mean speed difference is compared with a predetermined limit value, whereby the combustion condition of the corresponding cylinder is investigated. The parameter detected may alternatively be crank acceleration, and the system is used to control ignition timing to achieve smooth running. The system also uses detected values of coolant temperature, exhaust oxygen, road speed, knocking, and mass air flow. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237389-A (GB)
Title: Temperature compensated load sensor
Inventor: NAITO KAZUFUMI
IPC: G01B7/16
Filed: 1990-10-17
Abstract: A load sensor comprises a load-sensitive element (1) a bridge circuit 20 with strain gauges 4-7 formed on the load-sensitive element and two operational amplifiers 21, 22 with their non-inversion input terminals connected respectively to the signal output terminals of the bridge circuit 20 and their inversion input terminals connected to each other through a temperature-sensitive resistor 25 having a positive second-order temperature coefficient and a precision resistor (26). The resistance values of resistors 25, 26 and feedback resistors 23, 24 are adjusted so that the first-order and second-order temperature coefficients of the temperature-dependent output from the bridge circuit are zero. The load-sensitive element is preferably aluminium, the strain gauges tantalum nitride and the temperature-sensitive resistor and precision resistor of nickel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250161-A (GB)
Title: Arbitration circuits for processors
Inventor: COOKE CONRAD CHARLES
IPC: G06F15/177
Filed: 1990-11-23
Abstract: An arbitration circuit for a processor which is one of a number of processors connected to a common bus is arranged to determine or arbitrate as to whether its associated processor is to have access to the common bus or not, when more than one processor requires access during the same time slot. Arbitration lines A, B, C interconnect the arbitration circuits for the various processors, and each arbitration circuit attempts to impose a priority code on to the arbitration lines. The priority code which remains on the arbitration lines after settling determines which processor wins access to the bus. In order that the arbitration scheme should not be fixed so that particular processors always win priority access, a priority modifying count generator 40 acts to modify each priority code in every arbitration cycle so that the processors have equal priority over a period of time. The arbitration circuits may be connected by a partial or split arbitration line scheme, in order to overcome conflict between particular combinations of priority codes which would otherwise result in no processor winning access to the bus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240479-A (GB)
Title: Tubular cast assembly
Inventor: PARKER ADRIAN BRUCE
IPC: A61F13/04
Filed: 1991-02-01
Abstract: A tubular cast assembly for immobilizing a body part includes an undercast protective sleeve for being placed on the body part and a cast tube for being placed on and surrounding the body part over the undercast protective sleeve. The undercast protective sleeve 45 protects the body part against contact with the skin by the cast tube 30. The cast tube comprises a fabric tube knitted of fibreglass and a size suitable for the body part to be immobilized and a reactive system impregnated into or coated onto the fabric tube. The system remains stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions, e.g. in a moisture impervious package (Figs 4, 5) and hardens upon exposure to sufficient moisture to form a rigid, light-weight self supporting tubular structure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241312-A (GB)
Title: Sighting adjustment for weapons systems
Inventor: SCHRAETZENSTALLER JOSEF
IPC: F41G3/32
Filed: 1991-02-08
Abstract: For adjusting a sighting telescope 10 and a laser rangefinder 12 connected to the telescope, a weapon system is provided with a data store and a computer-controlled reticle-cross-adjustment device. In one embodiment a reference-line plate 16 is adjusted and then fixed by use of a collimator 14 and a target-line checking means 15. A laser shot is fired into the collimator 14, and the main reticle cross is moved onto the image of the laser focal point by the computer (11). This reticle cross position is now stored in the computer (11) as an aim-mark position for range measurements. In a second embodiment, the axis of the weapon system 13 is determined by way of collimator 14 and target-line checking device 15. The main reticle cross of a graticule (18) is moved by the computer from the keyboard onto the image of the target-line checking device 15 in the collimator 14. This reticle-cross position is stored in the computer 11 as zero position. Then a laser shot is fired into the collimator. Again by computer 11 and keyboard 11a, the main reticle cross of the graticule 18 is moved onto the image of the laser focal point 17, and a reticle-cross position is obtained and stored as above. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243656-A (GB)
Title: Booster
Inventor: SUZUKI HAROU
IPC: B60T13/563
Filed: 1991-03-26
Abstract: The valve body of a tandem vacuum booster, for example, a brake booster, comprises first and second tubular members (41, 42) which are connected together eg by a key (43), and are connected to the respective pistons (9, 10). An axial space between the tubular members forms a variable pressure passage (27) providing a communication between forwardly and rearwardly located, variable pressure chambers (B, D). This avoids the formation of an axial bore and a radial opening which are necessary in a single member valve body, thus allowing the mechanical strength of the valve body to be improved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242894-A (GB)
Title: Sheet feeding methods and apparatus
Inventor: WATKISS CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
IPC: B65H39/042
Filed: 1990-09-19
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/GB90/01444 Sec. 371 Date May 17, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date May 17, 1991 PCT Filed Sep. 19, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/04215 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 1991.In a sheet feeding apparatus, e.g. a collator, comprising a variable plurality of modules (12a, 12b, 12c, 14') stacked one above another, and each incorporating a sheet storage station (14), means are provided for directing sheets (15) from said stations in a requested sequence laterally and downwardly into a common transmission path to below the lowest module (12a). A power pack (18) for the whole stack is mounted above the uppermost module.
Patent GB-2246294-A (GB)
Title: Fire-extinguishing systems
Inventor: CAWLEY THOMAS DAVID
IPC: A62C5/02
Filed: 1991-07-01
Abstract: A self-contained, trolley or skid-mounted fire-extinguishing system comprises a source 10 of high-pressure gas e.g. nitrogen which is utilised to power a motor 54 for driving a fan to cause a stream of air to flow through a foam generator 44. The gas is also used, at reduced pressure, to force water 32 through a venturi 36 where it entrains foam concentrate 38 to form a foam concentrate solution which is delivered to the generator 44 through a nozzle 53. <IMAGE>