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Patent GB-2075279-A (GB)
Title: Terminal connector
IPC: H01R4/24
Filed: 1980-05-02
Abstract: A terminal element (40) comprises two interconnected and overlying conducting portions, (43, 46), e.g. an annulus having overlapping end sections (Figure 1), each portion having one or more open-ended slots (41, 42, 44, 45). Cooperating slots (eg 41, 44) are located slightly out of registry with one another so that when a conductor is pressed down between the slots and tends to return them to registry, the general resilience of the assembly is such that the portions containing the slots are urged resiliently relative to one another, so that the slots move back again away from the position of full registry, thus to clamp the conductor. The element may be made of phosphor bronze and may have slots with insulation cutting edges. This form of terminal is particularly useful for terminating aluminium conductors as the effects of creep in the aluminium is counteracted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2052304-A (GB)
Title: Roller pan mills
IPC: B02C15/04
Filed: 1980-05-16
Abstract: This invention provides a roller pan mill comprising crushing rollers 4 rotatable about fixed axes for rolling on a grinding pan 3 rotatable about a vertical axis, which crushing rollers pressed by a triangular clamping frame 5. The clamping frame is guided and centred by tie rods or connecting rods 8, originating at each corner of the equilateral triangle formed by the clamping frame and secured rigidly against torsion and without play. The rods are articulated on the clamping frame and on the housing 1, of the mill to permit vertical movements of the clamping frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2058820-A (GB)
Title: Polymer-containing composition for controlling allergens
IPC: D06M13/325
Filed: 1980-09-08
Abstract: A composition and method for controlling dust allergens involves the periodic coating of various host substrates such as fabrics, with a pressurized aqueous coating composition comprising water, an organic solvent, a hydrophobic polymer having a minimum film- forming temperature below about 30 DEG C., a glass transition temperature less than about 20 DEG C., and a propellant.
Patent GB-2061738-A (GB)
Title: Electronic pinball machine
IPC: G07F17/38
Filed: 1980-10-21
Abstract: A pinball machine controlled by a micro computer comprises a box 18 including a one-way mirror and a two-way mirror 20, 22 disposed in spaced, parallel relation and a plurality of lamps in the space between the two mirrors. A micro processing unit actuates a plurality of switch means whereby the lamps are energized in a predetermined sequence. The micro-computer is controlled by switches 26 on the machine playfield each switch producing a different effect. The mirror 20 may be etched and have further lamps behind it to give varying effects. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2090315-A (GB)
Title: Screen such as a roller blind
IPC: E06B9/24
Filed: 1980-11-13
Abstract: A roller blind or curtain comprises a base material and a metal layer applied by metallizing onto at least one surface of the base material, the reverse surface of the base material being adapted for decorative purposes. Thus the reverse surface may be wholly or partially metallized to give a decorative effect or such a metallized surface may be clad or coated with another decorative layer, for example a flocked layer, which may be coloured or surface patterned.
Patent GB-2089545-A (GB)
Title: Optical Image Formation
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 1980-12-11
Abstract: An internally reflective boundary surface 26 between media of different optical refractive index is locally interrupted by contact with the surface contours of an object 21 (e.g. a fingerprint) to be viewed, the object 21 being illuminated by a light source 29 situated along an internally reflecting light ray path from the source 29 via the internally reflecting surface 26 to an image viewing or projecting station 36, 37, to produce an image in highlighted or silhouette form. The surface 26 may be one surface of a glass prism or the surface between two liquids in which the object 21 is partially immersed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088713-A (GB)
Title: Strap end fitting
IPC: B60R22/18
Filed: 1980-12-10
Abstract: An end fitting for a webbing strap, comprising a housing with a trapezoidal recess having a slot at the recess apex, the strap being formed into a loop and moulded into a plastics resin wedge, the wedge material having a modulus of elasticity lower than that of the webbing but a shear strength adequate to prevent extrusion thereof through the slot, the slot closely encompassing the webbing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2070612-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing O-trimethylsilyl celluloses
IPC: C08B15/05
Filed: 1981-02-11
Abstract: A method of producing O-trimethylsilyl celluloses having a degree of substitution of up to 2.0 includes the steps of swelling wood or cotton cellulose in anhydrous, liquid ammonia, reacting it with trimethylchlorosilane, dissolving the reaction product in a strongly polar aprotic solvent, and, if desired, processing it into a dry product by precipitation. Suitable solvents are dimethyl formamide, dimethyl acetamide, N-methyl pyrrolidone and dimethylsulphoxide.
Patent GB-2071550-A (GB)
Title: Soft solder material for use in the formation of a solder bath
IPC: B23K35/26
Filed: 1981-03-16
Abstract: Solder baths for use in the electronics industry are formed by converting into a molten condition a soft solder material in the form of an extruded bar of soft solder alloy having one or more cores comprising (I) esters of polyhydric alcohols of molecular weight of at least 300, (II) ester derivatives of rosin or modified rosin, (III) hydrocarbon resins, and/or (IV) polymeric waxes, so that the resulting solder bath is provided with a layer of anti-oxidant material derived from the cores which assists in preventing formation of oxide impurity on the surface of the molten solder bath and which may also act as a solder flux, thereby obviating the conventional necessity of applying a separate anti-oxidant material to the surface of the bath and of using a separate solder flux. The soft solder alloy may be 60/40 or 63/37% tin/lead and may contain up to 7% antimony, up to 3% copper, up to 20% cadmium and up to 10% silver.
Patent GB-2081357-A (GB)
Title: Multipurpose ladder
IPC: E06C1/32
Filed: 1981-06-19
Abstract: The ladder comprises a ladder unit having two stiles (1b) interconnected by rungs (1a) connected by a hinge with a second ladder unit having two stiles (2b) interconnected by rungs (2a), or with a prop. A hinge is arranged on each stile (2b) of the second ladder unit (2) or the prop, which has locking means (3, 4, 5) by which the stiles (1b) of the first ladder unit (1), which pass through it, are locked when the ladder is spread open, and longitudinally displaceable relative to the stiles (2b) of the second ladder unit or prop when the ladder is folded. The ladder may be used as a step-ladder or as a straight ladder. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2101199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to side-hung window hinges
Inventor: GRIFFIN KENNETH GORDON
IPC: E05D15/44
Filed: 1981-07-08
Abstract: The hinge 1 comprises a track member 2 for attachment to the top or bottom of the window frame, a slide 4 movable along the track member 2, a strut 7 pivotally connected to the track member 2 in spaced relation to the slide 4, a brace 9 pivotally connected to the slide 4 and strut 7, a link 12 pivotally connected to the slide 4, and a bar member 14 pivotally connected to the link 12 and the strut 7 for movement between a closed position in which the bar member 14 is disposed above the track member 2 and an open position in which the bar member 14 is disposed at an angle to the track member 2. A flattened sleeve 26 formed by injection moulding from a thermoplastic elastomeric material and fitted to the strut 7 adjacent a cranked portion 21 comprises a raised portion 31 defining a cambered surface over which the bar member 14 may ride when it is moved into its closed position, so as to prevent the bar member 14 from catching on the cranked portion 21 of the strut 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2089849-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for machining two parallel edges of a web of material
IPC: D05B25/00
Filed: 1981-12-18
Abstract: In an apparatus (Figure 1) for machining two parallel side edges of a web (7) which is carried flat through a processing station having sewing devices (12) for each edge, the devices (12) are movable transversely to follow the movements of the edges. Each device (12) is mounted on a carriage (16) and each carriage mounts a motion-controlling light barrier device (34). Each carriage (16) carries its own electric drive motor and the carriage drive (22, 24, 26) comprises a rack (22) and pinions (24), the rack extending transversely from one side of the apparatus to the other. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2090722-A (GB)
Title: A method of eviscerating or stripping fish
IPC: A22C25/14
Filed: 1981-12-18
Abstract: A method of eviscerating or stripping flat fish, in which the gullet (2) is severed and the anus (3) is removed, whereafter the entrails from cavity (5) are removed from the fish's body by pressure or suction, preferably water pressure applied through opening (7). For round fish, gullet is preferably severed by inserting tool through the mouth. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114493-A (GB)
Title: Fastener attacher
Inventor: FURUTSU AKIRA
IPC: B65C7/00
Filed: 1982-02-04
Abstract: A fastener attacher for loading and dispensing fasteners which are manufactured in integral assemblies from a synthetic resin and which individually comprise a head, a crossbar P1 and their connecting filament P having a connecting neck P3 through which each fastener is connected to a common connecting rod P2 to form a fastener assembly, which attacher comprises an attacher main body 4 and a protective guide member 8 which is mounted on an upper portion of the former and by which a fastener assembly loaded in the attacher is flexed and maintained along the upper edge of the attacher main body. The guide comprises an upper fixed part 8a, 8b and an internal pivotted 'L' shaped part 9. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116735-A (GB)
Title: Optically annotatable recording film
Inventor: ZINGHER ARTHUR R
IPC: B41M5/48
Filed: 1982-02-27
Abstract: A transparent recording film including a pre-recorded primary image layer 13 and a secondary recording means 14 annotatable by the marking light. The two layers 13, 14 are congruent, and in one embodiment comprise superimposed substrates which are joined mechanically (Figure 1). In another embodiment, the two layers 13, 14 are coated jointly on one substrate (Figure 2), and in a further embodiment the two imaging components are intimately mixed to form one bifunctional layer 18 (Figure 4). Various types of secondary recording means are disclosed such that the primary image layer 13 is unaffected by the marking light, and the annotatable secondary layer 14 is unaffected by the projection illumination. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2098267-A (GB)
Title: A band clamp
IPC: F16L33/02
Filed: 1982-03-12
Abstract: A band clamp (110) has an end portion (113) which can partly overlap with another end portion (112). To tension the clamp, boundaries of apertures (117) in the end portions are engaged by a tightening device which establishes tension in the clamp. The overlapping end portions are then welded or riveted together. Other forms of abutment may be provided for engagement by a tightening device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2095358-A (GB)
Title: Scaffolding joints
IPC: E04G7/30
Filed: 1982-03-25
Abstract: A scaffolding upright 1 has a plate support 2 fixed to it by which a cross member 6 is detachably secured to the upright. The plate support is preferably of polygonal shape, e.g. octagonal, and comprises a body portion by which it is secured to the upright and a rim 5 which is spaced from and extends around the upright and projects from the body portion, preferably upwardly, longitudinally of the upright. The cross member is secured to the plate support by means of a clamp 7 comprising a claw member 9 which hooks onto the rim 5 of the plate support and engages an inner surface of the rim, and a locking wedge 11 which is movable relative to the claw member by screw means 15, 16 and wedges in opposition to the claw member between an outer surface of the rim and a surface 12 of the clamp. There may be two or more of the plate supports spaced along the upright. Several cross members may be clamped to the or each end plate support at angularly spaced positions around the upright. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2096960-A (GB)
Title: Freight-retaining stanchion for vehicles
IPC: B62D33/02
Filed: 1982-04-13
Abstract: Railway flat wagons have pairs of stanchions into which there is built a device for holding down the freight to be transported, principally. Freight of an elongated nature is retained in a railway flat wagon or a lorry by pairs of stanchions each consisting of two adjacently arranged profile members (9, 10) which are connected by connecting members (11, 29), each profile member (9, 10) being provided with transverse holes (12, 13) for receiving mounting bolts. The profile members (9, 10) are constructed, from the base of the stanchion to the top of the stanchion, as uniform profile members having webs and flanges extending along the length of the stanchion. Furthermore, the connecting members (28) are provided on the upper and lower edges with curved recesses (29). A stanchion construction of this type gives an extremely light structural type with a high degree of design strength and maximum operability. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2100378-A (GB)
Title: Brake force regulator
IPC: B60T8/28
Filed: 1982-05-18
Abstract: An axle load-dependent brake force regulator is equipped with a beam (17). One arm (16) of the beam actuates a regulating valve (8) of the regulator (7), the other arm (20) is influenced by a control pressure, and the length of the beam lever arm (20) is adjustable. An inertia mass (21), by means of which the kinematics of the beam (17) are variable in dependence upon deceleration, is mounted on the beam (17). In this manner, the brake pressure controlled by the brake force regulator is influenced by the deceleration of the vehicle at any given time. The brake force regulator is preferably usable for the brakes of commercial vehicles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2099801-A (GB)
Title: Push button child-resistant cap for containers
IPC: B65D50/04
Filed: 1982-05-26
Abstract: A two component 23, 26 rotational safety cap for containers of harmful substances comprises several false depressed push button positions during unscrewing rotation to confuse children and a single unscrewing depressed location 40 of the push button 35 corresponding with alignment of two visual indicator elements 39 on the cap components to facilitate cap unscrewing by adult users without difficulty or discomfort. The safety cap has only a single positive tightening element 48, 60 on each cap component, one of which elements is a spring ramp element 48 on the inner cap component 23 whose elevation relative to the outer cap component 26 is controlled by fixed ramps 50, 52 on the outer cap component 26. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127753-A (GB)
Title: Mural painting by numbers
Inventor: WARMAN LEIGH
IPC: B05C21/00
Filed: 1982-10-04
Abstract: In order to paint murals or other articles by numbers, a photographic slide is prepared by photographing a design numbered to correspond with that of differently coloured tins of paint and the image on the slide is thereafter projected on to the wall or article for painting.
Patent GB-2111836-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary appliances
Inventor: ABERSON GERARD MARTIN
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 1982-12-21
Abstract: A sanitary appliance, particularly a sanitary napkin, is provided in which the absorbent system has an absorbent layer of uniformly partially densified fluff 13 positioned between a fluid impermeable baffle 14 and a second absorbent layer 10 of lesser denisity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142370-A (GB)
Title: Gaskets for supporting panels in frames
Inventor: COOK RICHARD SHELDON
IPC: E06B3/62
Filed: 1983-06-29
Abstract: The gasket comprises a channel-sectioned length 10 of resiliently flexible material, one wall 11 of the channel section being integrally formed with an auxiliary strip 19 of material extending along the length thereof and located in, or foldable to, a position where it overlies at least part of the inner face of the side wall 11, the auxiliary strip 19 being connected to the side wall by one or more zones of weakness 16, 20, 21 which may be readily ruptured to detach the auxiliary strip from the side wall and thereby increase the effective internal width of the gasket. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150967-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible ladder
Inventor: BROPHY PATRICK
IPC: E06C9/14
Filed: 1983-12-10
Abstract: A collapsible ladder has rungs extending between side members each of which consists of successive pairs of crossed links arranged in the manner of lazy tongs. Extension of the ladder is limited by a chain 8, 9 which interconnects the outer pivot points of adjacent pairs of links so as to serve additionally as a hand rail. Locking levers 10, 18 are provided to wedge adjacent pairs of rungs apart at the top and bottom of the ladder so as to prevent collapse of the ladder in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vehicle seats
Inventor: FINNIGAN ALICE DOROTHY
IPC: B60R22/26
Filed: 1984-01-18
Abstract: A vehicle seat including at least one seat belt (5) to retain a person sitting in the seat, comprises a substantially horizontal seating surface (1) and a backrest comprising a fixed perimeter unit (3) and a movable back support (2), both ends of at least one seat belt (5) being attached to this back support (2), the normal sitting position of the vehicle seat being when the back support (2) is in an upright position, the back support (2) being rotatably mounted by means of a rod (7) such that it may be rotated to a position between its upright position and a position where the back support is in contact with and substantially parallel to the seating surface, the vehicle seat also including a stop rod (4) to prevent the back support (2) from rotating from the upright position in a direction away from the seating surface (1), and biasing means (9, 10) which exert force on the back support (2) to bias it in a direction away from the seating surface, the force applied by the biasing means (9, 10) increasing with the distance that the back support (2) has moved from its upright position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134663-A (GB)
Title: A method of exposing printing plates or film
Inventor: MORI YUTAKA
IPC: G03F7/20
Filed: 1984-01-23
Abstract: A method of exposing printing plates or film in brightly-lit rooms employs an enclosure (1), inside which is a light source (2). The light is converged by passing through first and second condenser lenses (3) and (4), and then passes through filter (5), the subject transparency (6), a lens (8) with a shutter (7), and onto a plate or film. The plate or film is thereby exposed to a powerful and uniform light which, due to the filtering comprises the wavelengths to which the plate or film is sensitive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135083-A (GB)
Title: Travelling clock
Inventor: PEPALL LYNFORD STEPHAN
IPC: G04B19/30
Filed: 1984-02-01
Abstract: In a travelling clock having a hinged lid (3) the dial (4) is illuminated by a lamp (7) via a light- conducting element (8) which extends around the edge of the dial and which has a light-transmitting edge portion (12) projecting towards the lid to illuminate the inside of the lid when the lid is open. The inside of the lid may carry graphic or verbal information, such as an international time chart or a calendar. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2139337-A (GB)
Title: Freezing and dispensing ice- cream
Inventor: PORTERFIELD DAVID ALFRED
IPC: A23L3/36
Filed: 1984-04-04
Abstract: A method of preparing a dispensing receptacle containing a single item or a plurality of items of frozen product such as ice-cream involves placing the product in a flowable state in a first part-mould (3) and in a second part-mould (2), cooling both part-moulds until the product is substantially all frozen, placing the part-moulds (2) together so that exposed surfaces of the product in each come into contact, and thereafter freezing the product as an integral whole. The part- moulds (2) are advantageously retained together during the latter freezing stage, and conveniently the part-moulds are made of a thermoplastic sheet materials which can be caused to coalesce by heating at selected points (9). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2138190-A (GB)
Title: Hand-held labeller utilizing thermographic recording apparatus
Inventor: VANDERPOOL JAMES LACY
IPC: B65C11/00
Filed: 1984-04-13
Abstract: A hand-held labeller employing a thermographic recording apparatus utilizes compensating circuitry (40,70,42) for adjusting the energy applied to the print head (66) to assure uniform printing over various operating conditions. The compensating circuit includes circuitry that adjusts the length of time that each printing element of the print head (66) is energized as a function of battery voltage, ambient temperature, element resistance and the elapsed time since the element was previously energized. In addition, the monitoring of resistance and voltage permit detection of open or shorted printing elements and discharged or faulty battery cells. A D.C. motor (50) that is driven by a variable pulse width circuit (48) drives a web of labels past the print head. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2160190-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for spraying dispersant onto an oil spill
Inventor: STANDRING GEOFFREY BRUCE
IPC: E02B15/04
Filed: 1984-06-04
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a spray arm (10), a support (12) for mounting the spray arm on the deck of a ship so that the arm projects from the side of the ship, a flexible hose (16) connected to the spray arm so that part of the hose hangs from the end of the arm, a pump (18) for supplying dispersant to the hose, and a spray nozzle (14) fixed to the end of the hose. The hose can be payed out and drawn in to adjust the height of the nozzle above the water. The spray arm may be provided with a counterbalance in the form of a water tank (34) having an inlet (36) and outlet (38) to enable the amount of water in the tank to be adjusted. A reel (40) for paying out and drawing in the hose may be mounted on the counterbalance tank (34). The spray arm (10) may be mounted for movement about a vertical axis and for limited movement about a horizontal axis. The pump (18) may be driven by a water turbine (44) connected to the ship's firemain. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143558-A (GB)
Title: Curtain walling system
Inventor: ARNOLD JOHN
IPC: E06B7/14
Filed: 1984-06-28
Abstract: First supplementary members (14) are secured to transomes (10) in continuous horizontal lines, adjacent supplementary members abutting at positions between adjacent mullions, the supplementary members providing a continuous, outwardly facing horizontal channel (64), providing a pressure equalisation chamber at each transome level of the building. Secured to mullions between horizontally spaced supporting members (14) are further supplementary members (12). Facing panels (20) of the building are clamped between the supplementary members (12, 14) by clamping members (16, 18). A drainage member (110) extends in the channels (64) of the horizontal supplementary members (14) to duct water outwardly of the pressure equalisation chamber. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2163639-A (GB)
Title: Structural assembly
Inventor: THORNBORROW JOHN
IPC: A47F5/13
Filed: 1984-07-31
Abstract: A structural assembly is provided comprising upright members (2) having longitudinally extending slots (4) therein and wire mesh panels (16) extending between the upright members (2) and having hook portions engaging the slots (4) to connect the wire mesh panels to the upright members. The structure may also include wire mesh shelf dividers (34,48) secured to the panels (16) and/or to each other by means of hooks. In a modification, Fig. 7, the wire, mesh panels occupy the whole of the space between the uprights and the shelves are supported thereon by means of S-shaped hooks. <IMAGE>