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Patent GB-2263424-A (GB)
Title: Power tool
Inventor: HEPWORTH PAUL STEABBEN
IPC: B24B27/027
Filed: 1993-01-15
Abstract: A grinding tool has a mains or battery powered motor within a casing (16) snap-fitted to a base (14), the motor driving a rotatable shaft carrying a grinding wheel (20), and the casing being provided with undercut grooves slidingly to engage respective different adapters (11; 12; 13) having complementary projections, as well as a catch (17) to engage respective openings in front faces of the adapters, thereby to retain each adapter at a work station of the tool against longitudinal and lateral movement. The adapters (11; 12; 13) provide when fitted a location which is disposed relative to the grinding wheel so that there is correct positioning between part of an implement to be sharpened and the grinding wheel. One of the adapters is used with a spur gear instead of a grinding wheel on the shaft to transmit the motor drive to a flexible drive releasably engageable with the adapter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274931-A (GB)
Title: Watch case
Inventor: TASOU TASOS
IPC: G04B37/00
Filed: 1993-02-04
Abstract: In a watch case having an openable cover which serves to protect the watch face, the cover (2) is formed of pivoted thin blades (7) which are able to be opened or closed like an iris diaphragm. This provides a robust construction of cover which can be opened without affecting the volume of space occupied by the watch. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275179-A (GB)
Title: Drinks container
Inventor: LAWRENCE NORMAN
IPC: A47G19/22
Filed: 1993-02-20
Abstract: A drinks container 10 has the form of a doll 14 or like toy or plaything with a mouth 16 being or having an egress 18 for the drink 12. Container 10 may be shaped to be held by two hands but able to be grasped firmly by either hand. Egress 18 may comprise a straw 24 or like tube which may be so short that the drinker has to kiss the doll mouth to mouth to drink, but can be extended by pulling it out through the mouth 16. Tube 24 may be provided with a removable protective cover (46, Fig. 8) and with a valve (56, Fig. 7) to prevent egress of the drink 12 under the action of low pressure difference between the inside and outside of the container but permit at the same under high such pressure difference. A ring-seal 26 may seal tube 24 to egress 18. Container 10 may be reusable and have a cap 62, threaded at 64 to its body 14 and provided with a "child-proof lock". <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266515-A (GB)
Title: A box formed from a blank
Inventor: FRESHWATER JOHN ROBERT
IPC: B65D5/06
Filed: 1993-04-30
Abstract: A tubular box has end closures defined by end flaps 21-24 which are joined at fold lines 10, alternate flaps 22, 24 having diagonal fold lines 18. Alternatively, the regions between the fold lines 10, 18 may be removed, the resulting cut outs being covered by a paper sheet attached to the outer surface of the box blank 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277695-A (GB)
Title: A puppet control apparatus.
Inventor: AMEL-AZIZPOUR AMIR HOUSHANG
IPC: A63J19/00
Filed: 1993-05-04
Abstract: A puppet control apparatus for controlling the movements and actions of a puppet using arm, wrist, hand, finger and thumb movements, comprises a plate which is attached to a hand and provides finger and thumb control attachments which control a set of reels winding or unwinding the strings attached to a puppet kept in suspended position, the arrangement being such that small finger/thumb movements impose a larger movement on the puppet components. The plate contains cut out areas to adjustably accommodate the reels. The reels are suitably arranged in pairs, of different diameters (Figure 2) so that a string extending from the puppeteers finger is wound around the smaller diameter reel and the string wound around the larger diameter reel extends to the appropriate part of the puppet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267169-A (GB)
Title: Operating environment setting
Inventor: KATO TAKASHI
IPC: B41J29/38
Filed: 1993-05-13
Abstract: An operating environment setting system for a printer includes a plurality of switches (20, 21) for selecting basic functions of the printer, environment data storage means (6) for storing a setting of a printer operating environment, and menu storage means (36) for storing a menu in which the environment setting items are correlated with the display conditions of display means (22, 23, 24). The menu is printed out, and the switches selectively pressed to select the operating environment, with the display means displaying the result of the selection. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267657-A (GB)
Title: Scum board mounting
Inventor: BARTON CLIFFORD
IPC: B01D21/24
Filed: 1993-05-24
Abstract: A scum board 3 is mounted adjacent an overflow weir 5 in a sewage settling tank by a bracket, which may be of S, J or U-shape and supports the board 3 from the rim of the tank to facilitate maintenance. Board 3 may be vertically adjustable on the bracket. The bracket may be secured to the tank wall 1a by bolts which also secure the weir 5 (Figs 3, 4, 6). The part of the bracket which embraces wall 1a may be in two pieces to adjust to different wall widths (Figs. 7, 8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267650-A (GB)
Title: Golf club head.
Inventor: VINCENT BENOIT
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1993-05-27
Abstract: A golf club head of the "wood" type characterised in that the triaxial reference passing through the centre of gravity and consisting of three axes x, x' y, y', z, z' about which the inertias are a maximum is such that the first two axes x x', y y' are located in a plane which is inclined with respect to the plane of the ground when the head is rested on the ground. forming a dihedral of an internal angle A of between 20 and 60 DEG  with the plane of the ground, and in that the third axis zz' forms an angle of between 20 and 60 DEG  with the vertical. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269969-A (GB)
Title: Correcting sound signal distortion
Inventor: CHO HYONG GUK
IPC: H03G5/00
Filed: 1993-08-19
Abstract: Apparatus for correcting sound signal distortion by way of audio frequency band segmentation comprises: frequency band segmentation means 11, 12, 13 for segmenting an audio frequency band sampled by a predetermined frequency into a plurality of bands; decimation means 14, 15, 16 for performing decimation in respectively different ratios for each sound data band segmented by the frequency band segmentation means 11, 12, 13; distortion correcting means 17, 18, 19 for performing distortion correction in each band on the sound data decimated from the decimation means 14, 15, 16; and data output means 20-25 for synchronizing the sound data distortion-corrected by the distortion correcting means 17, 18, 19 so that the sound data can be in the same order as the sound data when input to the frequency band segmentation means 11, 12, 13 thereby to be output in synthesis. The audio frequency band is segmented into a plurality of frequency bands by way of a Bark Scale which represents mans sound distinguishing calibre in the audio frequency band, and in the low frequency band the sampling rate of the sound data is increased whereas in the high frequency band, the sampling rate is decreased, thereby to constitute effective digital signal processing filters with fewer circuit elements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272222-A (GB)
Title: Command curable composition
Inventor: ANSTICE HELEN MARY
IPC: A61K6/083
Filed: 1993-11-01
Abstract: A curable composition (e.g. dental cement) comprises (a) a partly esterified phosphonic acid, (b) an initiator (e.g. light or chemical actuator), (c) ion-leachable glass powder or metal oxide, (d) poly(vinyl phosphonic acid) and (e) a compound with at least two vinyl groups. (a) may be the product of vinyl phosphonyl chloride and pentane 1, 5 diol; and (e) may be a photopolymerisable dimethacrylate resin. The composition may comprise water, inert filler and silanising agent. The composition may be formed from two packs, each pack containing some of the components. In use the composition is put in place and, when ready, it is e.g. light-irradiated for 30 or 40 seconds to polymerise (e). The composition is immediately firm and the phosphonate groups adhere to tooth material while further slow curing by acid-base reaction continues.
Patent GB-2272649-A (GB)
Title: Motor driven playthings and games.
Inventor: GRESHAM SICKE STEVEN
IPC: A63H11/02
Filed: 1993-11-23
Abstract: A plaything incorporating a power unit in the form of a housing 10 in the base of the plaything, the housing accommodating an electric motor 12 and a power source the output shaft of the motor carries an off-axis weight 16 which in use rotates in a plane at an angle to a supporting surface when the plaything is stood on the supporting surface, thereby to cause the plaything to jump on and off said supporting surface. The off-axis weight may be on both ends of an output shaft extending on both sides of the motor. The body of the plaything may be formed of light plastics material. The housing may engage the supporting surface directly via feet in the form of rubber grommets push fitted into apertures (20 fig 1b) in the bottom wall (18 fig 1b) of the housing. The plaything may be incorporated in the figure of a wrestler (fig 2) to be used on a mat with a peripheral clip, two such figures grappling in the manner of sumo wrestlers to force one another off the mat. Alternatively the plaything may be within a block of imitation cheese having a plurality of holes, some blind, into which players may drop imitation mice (fig 3). The plaything may also be incorporated in the figure of a dog adapted to be caught by a player using hooking means (fig 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273763-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning apparatus having a supercooling unit provided between an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units
Inventor: SANO HIROFUMI
IPC: F25B40/02
Filed: 1993-12-29
Abstract: A supercooling unit (C) is provided between an outdoor unit (A) and a plurality of indoor units (B). The capacity of a compressor (1) of the outdoor unit (A) is controlled according to the requested capacity of each of the indoor units (B). When the total value of the requested capacities of the respective indoor units (B, B1) has exceeded a preset value by additionally installing an indoor unit (B1), the supercooling unit (C) is operated. By operating the supercooling unit (C), a deficient amount of operation capacity can be compensated for. The supercooling unit (A) comprises a second compressor (21) of variable capacity, a condenser (22), an expansion valve (23), and a heat exchange unit (24) for cooling refrigerant flowing between said outdoor heat exchanger (A) and the indoor heat exchanger (B). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286533-A (GB)
Title: Trainers and shoes with built-in magnets
Inventor: ZIMMATORE PETER
IPC: A43B7/00
Filed: 1994-02-09
Abstract: These shoes or trainers contain precisely located magnets. The magnetic field produced by each magnet acts on the reflex zone located in the sole of the human foot. This field is sufficient to stimulate the reflex zone and thus assist to maintain general health and fitness. To maintain stability and for ease of use, the magnets are actually built-in to the sole of the shoe or trainer as opposed to being located in an insole or slip-in shoe support. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277294-A (GB)
Title: Moulding resin around electronic components
Inventor: OSADA MICHIO
IPC: B29C45/34
Filed: 1994-04-19
Abstract: To prevent the formation of voids in a method of molding resin to seal electronic parts, an internal die space portion which is defined at least by pots, cull portions, resin passages and cavities when an upper mold section (1) and a lower mold section (2) are closed is cut off from the exterior to carry out, simultaneously or in sequence, both normal evacuation by a vacuum source (40) and instantaneous evacuation by an evacuation tank (45). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286329-A (GB)
Title: A sling for carrying a baby
Inventor: HASTINGS MARGARET ANN
IPC: A47D13/02
Filed: 1994-08-15
Abstract: The sling can be made from a single piece of cloth and has a baby carrying portion (10) which has padding (8) along its edges and is formed by substantial overlapping of the cloth after it is passed through two rings (2). The cloth narrows at each end so as to form a padded shoulder portion (5) at one end and a strap at the other end. In use, the strap cooperates with the rings (2) and the weight of the baby holds the strap tight in the rings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293594-A (GB)
Title: Panels for building containers
Inventor: CHIU SHUN PUI
IPC: B65D21/08
Filed: 1994-09-08
Abstract: A panel (10) for building a cuboidal or box-like container has a generally square or rectangular flat body formed by at least two adjoining parts (10A and 10B) which are slidable relative to each other such that the length or width of the body is adjustable. The panel parts (10A and 10B) have co-operable lateral projections (12A to 12D) and recesses (13D to 13A) for inter-engagement to sliding connect the two panel parts (10A and 10B). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282591-A (GB)
Title: Hcl adsorbent and method for making and using same
Inventor: LEE JOHN SCOTT
IPC: B01J20/04
Filed: 1993-04-15
Abstract: An HCL adsorbent, and method of making and using the adsorbent, the adsorbent comprising an activated alumina promoted with an alkali metal in an amount such that if calculated as alkali metal oxide, the adsorbent contains at least about 5 % by weight alkali metal oxide.
Patent GB-2284790-A (GB)
Title: Electrically operated power steering apparatus
Inventor: SHIMIZU YASUO
IPC: B62D3/12
Filed: 1994-12-19
Abstract: An electric motor 20 is disposed coaxially around a rack shaft 2 in a housing 1 and a ball-and-nut mechanism 33 is disposed on the rack shaft 2 for transmitting a torque produced by the motor 20 as an axial displacement to the rack shaft 2. The electric motor has a stator 21 fixedly mounted in the housing and a rotor 22 rotatably supported in the housing by a pair of bearings 31, 32 mounted on respective opposite ends of the rotor, the ball-and-nut mechanism being coupled to the rotor. A rack guide 10 is disposed in the housing behind the pinion remotely from the ball-and-nut mechanism and held in sliding contact with the rack shaft. The rack shaft 2 is axially slidably supported in the housing 1 by the ball-and-nut mechanism 33 and the rack guide 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296212-A (GB)
Title: Friction welding tooling
Inventor: HARRIS FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 1994-12-23
Abstract: The tooling includes a cassette having a base member 2 and a demountable cap member 4 between which the workpiece is clamped. The two members 2, 4 have reference faces between which a wedge 22 is forcibly inserted to provide a rigid load path through which welding forces are transmitted to the workpiece. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287497-A (GB)
Title: Plank support collar
Inventor: JOHNSTONE CLIVE
IPC: E01F13/02
Filed: 1995-03-16
Abstract: A collar 2 for mounting over a post, cone or the like has brackets 4 formed in such a way that the ends of planks will be positively gripped. Thus the side walls 6 of each bracket 4 taper inwardly towards the body of the collar 2. Also ribs 7 are formed on the facing surfaces of the walls 6. A lower support web 8 is additionally provided to support the lower edge of the plank. In use the collars 2 are slid to the desired positions on the post. The ends of the planks are then pushed firmly into the brackets 4 so that they are gripped by the tapering walls 6 and the rib formations 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300493-A (GB)
Title: X-ray lithography
Inventor: KESSLER DAVID PHILIP ABRAHAM
IPC: G03F1/22
Filed: 1995-05-05
Abstract: X-ray lithography for production of semiconductor and other devices utilizes equipment comprising a structure containing shelves transparent to X-rays (4), each coated with a different X-ray absorber (3) that possesses at least one X-ray absorption wavelength that is unique relative to the other X-ray absorbers in the structure, and a semiconductor or other surface (5) coated with photoresist. A narrow beam of coherent X-rays (2), tuned to one of the relatively unique absorption wavelengths, is aimed perpendicular to the shelves and used to burn lines and shapes on one of the shelves. Because it is tuned to a relatively unique absorption wavelength, the beam passes through the other shelves. This process is repeated to create mask patterns for as many shelves as necessary to make up the required layers of the structure. A stream of X-rays similarly tuned to the absorption frequencies of one of the X-ray absorbers is then exposed to the shelves of the mask structure, reaching the photoresist-coated surface where their path is not blocked by the X-ray absorber which absorbs that wavelength. The exposed or unexposed photoresist is then removed, dopants are put down on the photoresist-covered surface and the process repeated with X-rays tuned to the wavelength of another of the X-ray absorbers, until the complete layered pattern of the device has been created. This process removes the need for positioning and alignment of masks for the successive layers of the device.
Patent GB-2290695-A (GB)
Title: Shelling cashew nuts
Inventor: STOLL KURT
IPC: A23N5/00
Filed: 1995-06-05
Abstract: The appts. to shell nuts, and especially cashew nuts, advances the blade assembly (4) in two successive movement phases. A first step gives movement according to the size of the nut to bring the blades (26, 27') against it. The second step is for a fixed length for the cutting action to cut the nut (10) open. During the two movement steps, the blade head (25, 25') adopts the cutting setting and is moved into the separation setting before or at the end of the cutting phase.
Patent GB-2304338-A (GB)
Title: Water treatment method
Inventor: GANTERT THOMAS EMLYN
IPC: C02F1/46
Filed: 1995-08-18
Abstract: Water supplied to an evaporative cooler is treated by a number of successive steps, (1) the water is subjected to water conditioning treatment by the application of an electromagnetic radiation field, (2) the conditioned water is passed through a heat exchanger which extracts thermal energy from the heat exchanger or fluid passing through it, (3) the water is passed to a first dispersion means whereby the water is formed into small droplets which fall, under the action of gravity directly or through one or more baffles, to a collection reservoir where the suspended solids are able to settle under the influence of gravity to a sump, (4) the supernatant water is returned from the reservoir to the water heat exchanger. Finally, (S) the sump contents is passed to a series of filters and through an electrolytic biocidal cell to a second dispersion means operating as described previously.
Patent GB-2313779-A (GB)
Title: Cap for treating hair with ozone
Inventor: HSU MAXWELL
IPC: A45D19/16
Filed: 1996-06-04
Abstract: The cap is made of airtight texile or plastics and is elasticated at 12 to fit the user's head. Ozone is supplied to the interior via pipe 30 and distributed by a perforated ring distributor 22 held in place by adhesive tape 41 and connected to T-piece 23.
Patent GB-2303097-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cutting a test strip from a roll
Inventor: HANAAS TORGEIR
IPC: B26D7/14
Filed: 1996-07-10
Abstract: Cutting apparatus 1, for cutting out a strip from a roll 5 of rolled-up sheet-like material, is equipped with fingers 6,7 which lift out, to a suitable distance from the roll 5, a layer from which the strip will be cut out. A cutting tool 9,10 is placed near each finger 6,7 in order to cut through the material. Each cutting tool 9,10 may be a rotating blade driven by a motor 12 with a peripheral speed which is considerably higher than the speed with which the cutting apparatus 1 is moved across the roll 5. During the cutting out operation, the cut out strip may be rolled up on a rotating roll core 16 with a torque-adapted rotation. A strip-tensioning arrangement 18, for distributing the tensile force from the roll core 16 to the strip at the middle of the width of the strip, may be placed at the middle of the width of the strip between the cutting tools (9,10) and the roll core 16.
Patent GB-2317634-A (GB)
Title: Levelling railway lines
Inventor: PORTER DANIEL GEORGE
IPC: E01B27/18
Filed: 1996-09-30
Abstract: A method of levelling a railway line 8 which comprises a series of parallel sleepers 10 which are laid on a ballast bed 12 and which support rails 14, comprises locating a gap 16 between a sleeper 10 and the ballast bed 12, positioning the sleeper 10 at the desired level, removing some ballast to expose the gap 16, and passing further filling material 24 into the gap 16 from a filling outlet 18 located in the gap 16. The filling means 17 may comprise a hollow steel tube having at one end a connection 20 to a compressed air line A, the outlet nozzle 18 at the other end, and a container 22 containing chippings 24 connected between the ends, so that the chippings are drawn into the pipe by passage of the compressed air.
Patent GB-2303944-A (GB)
Title: Idle speed control for internal combustion engines
Inventor: MELBOURNE KEITH
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 1995-06-29
Abstract: A method of controlling the idle speed of an engine of a vehicle. In the case of a vehicle having an automatic transmission, the method includes increasing the engine speed from a first idle speed to a second idle speed higher than said first idle speed in response to a driver originating indication independent of an acceleration control of the vehicle that vehicle motion is desired, the higher second idle speed being set to achieve a desired level of vehicle creep. The acceleration control of the vehicle is typically an accelerator pedal which is depressed by the driver to accelerate the vehicle. In the case of a vehicle having either a manual or automatic transmission, the method includes increasing the engine speed from a first idle speed to a second idle speed higher than said first idle speed in response to the release of a brake of the vehicle brake system. The engine idle speed is returned to the first idle speed when the brake is re-engaged.
Patent GB-2313811-A (GB)
Title: Wafer overflow etching bath having outlet holes in sidewalls
Inventor: KANG JUNG-HO
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 1997-02-18
Abstract: A bath of the overflow type for etching semiconductor wafers, includes an inner bath 31 which has outlet holes 33 formed in the sidewalls thereof adjacent the rim so that etchant flows from the bath both through the holes and over the rim. The holes reduce the difference in etching rate caused by the position of the wafers in the bath due to the uneven heights of the sidewalls.
Patent GB-2322507-A (GB)
Title: Voice processing
Inventor: JORDAN ROBERT MICHAEL
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 1997-02-19
Abstract: A voice processing system 130 is attached to a switch 110 via an ATM link 120, the switch being in turn attached to the telephone network. The voice processing system handles incoming or outgoing calls transmitted over the ATM link, which supports a plurality of virtual connections. The voice processing system includes a time division multiplex (TDM) bus 140 having multiple timeslots, and an adapter card 135 for attachment to the ATM link for transferring data between a virtual connection on the ATM link and one or more timeslots on the TDM bus.
Patent GB-2312123-A (GB)
Title: Post production film or video editing using "warping"
Inventor: SEVIGNY BENOIT
IPC: G06F3/0484
Filed: 1997-03-21
Abstract: Displayed picture points are re-locatable in response to manual operation of an interface device such as a stylus or a mouse etc. The interface device is activated, by being placed into pressure or by clicking, and an identified picture point x is subsequently moved x 1 in response to manual operation of the interface device. In response to said picture point x, being moved x 1 , other picture points w, y, are also moved by a displacement which differs from the displacement of the identified picture point and which varies in proportion to the original distance of the other picture point from the identified picture point w 1 , y 1 .