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Patent GB-2270967-A (GB)
Title: Ice moulding device for cooling beverage containers
Inventor: WOLF JAMES DAVIS
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 1992-09-21
Abstract: A device for forming ice around a beverage container such as a bottle (15) of liquor comprises an upper piece (10) preferably shaped like the beverage container and a lower base piece (11). The lower piece (11) is connected to the upper piece (10) after inverting the hollow upper piece and after inserting the beverage container within the upper piece. The space surrounding the beverage container is filled with water. Freezing of the combined upper and lower pieces after reversing the pieces to an upright position with the upper piece on top causes ice to form around the beverage container. An air space (20) around the top of the beverage container allows for ice expansion. Removal of the hollow upper container leaves and ice clad beverage container which keeps the beverage i.e. liquor very cold for use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-929233-A (GB)
IPC: D21F9/04
Abstract: 929,233. Suction-rolls for paper-making machines. J. M. VOITH G.m.b.H. July 29, 1959 [Aug. 14, 1958], No. 25980/59. Class 96. Fibrous material such as fibrous pulp is dewatered on a perforated suction roll in which the suction exerted is constant along lines parallel to the axis of the roll but varies smoothly from the site at which the material is set on the roll to the site at which it is removed from the roll. As shown, the wire flexible support 4 of a papermaking machine passes over a perforated breast roll 5. A rotary hollow roll 6 is mounted eccentrically within the roll 5. Rotation of the two rolls produces a suction in the space between them, varying from zero at their line of contact to a maximum somewhere near the point 7. Fibrous pulp from the headbox 1 is deposited on the support 4 at 10, and water from it is sucked into the space 15 before the web is carried away from the roller 5 at 7. The withdrawn water is expelled from the space 15 through the outlets 8 and 9, the widths of which may be adjustable. The rest of the surface of the roll 5 is shielded by the cover 20. A roll of similar construction may also be used as a couch roll or as the mould of a cylinder-mould papermaking machine.
Patent GB-2261623-A (GB)
Title: Joining materials
Inventor: NICHOLAS EDWARD DAVID
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 1993-01-18
Abstract: A method of joining materials by causing relative, frictional movement between respective surfaces of the materials while the materials are urged together, for example friction welding or friction surfacing. In this method, at least one of the surfaces is treated with an agent, either an active agent or a scouring agent, to remove contaminants. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268102-A (GB)
Title: Superfinish grinder
Inventor: BERGNER JOAO JORGE
IPC: B24B23/04
Filed: 1993-06-08
Abstract: For a superfinish grinder having a motor disposed in a housing (3), the rotational motion of which motor is converted by means of a crank drive (11, 15, 17, 19) into a straight, to-and-fro oscillating motion of a grinding plate (21), which is coupled by means of resilient elements (25) to the housing (3). The straight, toing and froing motion is generated by the fact that between the eccentric (15) and the grinding plate (21) there is disposed a flexible transmission element (19), which follows the cranking motion along a first axis, without taking along the grinding plate (21), and along a second axis, in this case taking along the grinding plate (21). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269232-A (GB)
Title: Blood sample treatment prior to potassium assay
Inventor: RATCLIFFE JOHN
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 1993-07-30
Abstract: Blood samples to be assayed for potassium in their serum or plasma fractions are treated soon after the sample has been collected with an energy-providing substance, e.g. glucose or fructose, which maintains the cellular sodium-potassium pump until the samples are separated to obtain plasma or sera for potassium assay.
Patent GB-2274860-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic cornice
Inventor: JENNINGS MILES PETER
IPC: E04F19/04
Filed: 1993-10-22
Abstract: Cornice is formed of a series of similar ceramic elements arranged end-to end. Each ceramic element has parallel flat ends 11 and 12, a concave decorative front face 13 and a rear face. The elements are of substantially uniform transverse cross section and are symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis. The rear face is bounded by a pair of flat, longitudinally extending marginal bonding surfaces which lie on mutually perpendicular planes. Each of the bonding surfaces joins a mutually perpendicular flat abutment face 17 respectively which in turn join the front face 13. The length of each cornice element may equal that of a wall tile T. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280835-A (GB)
Title: Decontamination of soil
Inventor: PARRY JULIAN DAVID
IPC: B09C1/00
Filed: 1994-01-10
Abstract: The soil treatment uses physical and/or chemical and/or microbiological processes and utilises a number of lances 20 used to suppy fluid (eg compressed air) to a treatment block 21 to treat contaminant therein. As shown, the lances 20 are connected to a unit 22 connected to sources of fluid supply 23, 27, a nutrient source 25 being provided to promote activity of microorganisms. Various lance constructions and arrangements are described (see eg Figures 1B - 3B) involving computer controlled valves, and operation of unit 22 is described in detail. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277057-A (GB)
Title: Dampening unit for offset printing machine
Inventor: HEILER PETER
IPC: B41F7/40
Filed: 1994-04-13
Abstract: The dampening unit, for feeding dampening medium to the printing plate of a plate cylinder (1), comprises at least one forme roller (2) engagable with the plate cylinder, and at least one intermediate roller (3) provided between the forme roller and a dipping roller (4). The dipping roller dips into dampening medium contained in a dampening-medium tank (6). A pneumatic adjusting ram 23, when retracted, moves, via a lever (21) and lever (25), the roller (2) out of contact with the plate cylinder, and a spring (19) pivots the intermediate roller out of contact with the dipping roller (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288513-A (GB)
Title: Mounting loudspeaker grilles
Inventor: SHAW ALAN ALEXANDER
IPC: H04R1/02
Filed: 1994-04-14
Abstract: A loudspeaker cabinet has a baffle for supporting a loudspeaker unit in a front opening of the cabinet. A grille 40 is positioned in front of the baffle, and the baffle has a rebate or groove 23a for receiving respective members of a frame 45 bounding the grille. The grille is substantially flush with the front opening of the cabinet. Accordingly, sound waves emanating from the speaker are less impeded than in the prior art where reflections occur in the confined space in front of the speaker, and this improves the quality of reproduction of the sound. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288657-A (GB)
Title: Locking device for gas cylinder connection
Inventor: MARSDEN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F17C13/00
Filed: 1994-04-21
Abstract: A device (10) for preventing unauthorised removal of apparatus coupled to the outlet of a cylinder of gas comprises a rigid housing (2) shaped such that, when fitted, the housing completely covers the coupling (26) between the outlet and the apparatus, the housing being lockable to the gas cylinder. Preferably the locking mechanism comprises a plate 12 which extends through slots (6, 8, Figure 1) in the housing and under the on/off valve of the cylinder to hold the housing in place. A padlock 30 may be inserted through a hole 16 in the plate to prevent removal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277356-A (GB)
Title: A gearbox having two couplings engaging two gear stages simultaneously for starting in forward and reverse
Inventor: BOTTERILL JOHN REDVERS
IPC: F16H3/083
Filed: 1994-04-22
Abstract: To reduce the load on friction couplings 125, 127 when starting a vehicle in forward and reverse both couplings 125, 127 are engaged simultaneously so as to engage two gear stages G1 and G2. The gearbox has an input shaft 5, connected to an engine output shaft 6, and intermediate shafts, eg countershafts, 2, 3. The shaft 5 carries rotatably fixed driving pinions, eg 101, 110, engaged with rotatable gearwheels, eg 102, 103, on the shafts 2, 3 so as to form gear stages G1 to G5. The stages G1 to G5 are selectively connected or disconnected from their respective shafts by the couplings which are activated by actuating devices 130 to 132. For reversing, shafts 2, 3 carries switching sleeves 121, 122 that connects directly engaged reversing gears 113, 114 to their respective shafts. The sleeve 122 connects gear 114 to output pinion 111 engaged with spur gear 119 which transfers rotation to differential 135 and thereby to driveshafts 4. For forward drive output pinion 134 is engaged by sleeve 121 so as to transfer drive to spur gear 119. A free-wheeling device (318, fig 3) having a bridging coupling (323, fig 3) may be included on input shaft (1, fig 3) so that when starting in reverse the gear stage G1 does not become ineffective. The free-wheeling device (318, fig 3) opens in forward drive when there is no slip in coupling 125 of gear stage G1 and the driving power is passed on to gear stage G2 where there is still slip at coupling 127. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279797-A (GB)
Title: A liquid crystal display
Inventor: MAJIMA KENJI
IPC: H01L29/786
Filed: 1994-06-07
Abstract: A liquid crystal display in which one substrate 7 has a layer of silicon 6, the pixel electrodes 4 on that silicon layer being separated by a filler 5a the surface of which is flat and at the same level as that of the pixel electrodes. The method of making the display includes the steps of depositing a filler such as polyimide so as to fill the gaps and cover the pixel electrodes and then performing a planarization process. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276562-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for filtering cuttings from drilling fluid
Inventor: WOODBURN WILLIAM
IPC: B01D33/03
Filed: 1992-12-10
Abstract: Apparatus for filtering cuttings from drilling fluid comprises a filter disposed in an endless recirculating loop (10), as inlet (30) for receiving drilling fluid and cuttings from a drilling well and disposed to direct the drilling fluid and cuttings onto the filter (10), and an outlet (50) disposed to receive filtered drilling fluid from the filter (10), for supply of the filtered drilling fluid to a drilling well. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280281-A (GB)
Title: Lockable connector
Inventor: BENTON SIMON CHARLES TRISTAN
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 1994-06-27
Abstract: A connector for connecting optical fibre cables to terminal fittings on a patchboard has a lock which prevents unauthorised connection or disconnection of the cable from or to the patch board. The lock 11, 12, 13 is coaxial with the cable on which the connector is to operate, and has a cover 1 which is locked over a terminal fitting but which can be moved axially to a position in which it is connected to the terminal fitting so that the fitting can be rotated by gripping and turning the cover. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283387-A (GB)
Title: Device for moving and guiding a motion-picture film
Inventor: BACHMANN HORST
IPC: H04N5/253
Filed: 1994-10-26
Abstract: A device for moving and guiding a motion-picture film (1) through the film gate of a telecine scanner comprises a carriage (12) which is moved in a longitudinally direction w.r.t the film so as to effect scanning on which carriage (12) each film frame is immobilised during the uniform forward movement. The drive means for the carriage comprises a motor-driven cam (21) having a sawtooth-shape (17) with sinusoidal transitions and two latching positions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283415-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable roll-in ambulance cot
Inventor: BERTA KENNETH RICHARD
IPC: A61G7/05
Filed: 1994-10-28
Abstract: An adjustable roll-in ambulance cot having adjusting mechanisms which require less maintenance than previous designs and which will operate smoothly and consistently in use is provided. The adjustable roll-in cot 10 includes a cot frame 12 having a leading end 14, a trailing end 16, and a pair of opposing side frame members 18, 20. The cot is supported by leading and trailing pairs of collapsible legs 22, 22' and 24, 24' having respective upper ends pivotally connected to the cot frame and lower ends including transport wheels 36, 36'. The legs are also connected to the frame members by struts 40, 48 whose upper ends are provided with rollers 66, 66' which ride in C-shaped channel members 52 attached to the frame. Integral with the roller assembly are lock pins 78 which can be made by suitable means to engage holes in the channels to lock the legs at various heights. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287446-A (GB)
Title: Conveying means with material transfer between two conveyors
Inventor: GRATHOFF HARTMUT
IPC: B65G47/58
Filed: 1995-03-14
Abstract: Conveying means for pourable material comprises a first cover belt conveyor (1) and a second cover belt conveyor (9) arranged thereunder. Pourable material leaves the first conveyor (1) in the region of deflecting drums (4, 5) and passes, in a free material jet (6), into a receiving throat (8) of the second, lower conveyor (9). The two conveyors (1, 9) are arranged to be pivotable relative to each other about a pivot axis (7). The throat (8) of the lower conveyor (9) is bounded by the base belt (10), the cover belt (11) and by side walls (18). The adjacent end portions of the two conveyors are each deflected through about 90 and the centre line of the material jet (6) is coincident with the pivot axis (7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290420-A (GB)
Title: Sealed lead-though
Inventor: SNELL MARTIN
IPC: H01R13/52
Filed: 1995-06-16
Abstract: A termination 18 of a multi-pin connector having a plug portion (not shown) and a socket portion 40 is initially positioned in a mould and partially encased in hard-setting epoxy or polyurethane resin system poured into the mould. Following curing and separation from the mould the resin forms an obturating plate 26 (Figure 2) having a flange 28 provided with a circumferential groove 30 for an O-ring 44. The plate 26 is bolted to a housing 46 in register with an aperture 48 and with the O-ring 44 forming a gas-tight seal. The exposed portions of the pins 20 are connected, prior to positioning the plate 26 on the housing 46 to electrical equipment (not shown) within the housing. Other forms of connector or anchorages, such as for fibre optics or fluids may also be accommodated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2303062-A (GB)
Title: Duvet cover
Inventor: PAYNE MARGARET VIVIEN
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 1995-07-11
Abstract: A duvet cover has the aperture for the insertion and removal of the quilt located on the upper face of the cover. The aperture is opened and closed by any means used in normal sewing practice and allows the duvet to be inserted and removed without the physical effort and consumption of time commonly associated with this operation. In order to insert the duvet into the cover, the cover may be laid out flat on the bed and the duvet placed over it. The duvet is then folded along the line of the aperture, the aperture opened and the relevant amount of the duvet inserted into the cover. The remaining duvet is then folded over the area of duvet already filled, the aperture opened again and the remaining amount of duvet inserted. The aperture can run diagonally, from top to bottom or sideways.
Patent GB-2304490-A (GB)
Title: A telecommunications system and a method of providing services to terminals in such a system
Inventor: ROBINSON WILLIAM
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 1995-08-17
Abstract: A system (100) has a single user identifier associated with a User Identity Module (UIM) (400) in order to access a particular set of services provided by a service provider (200) by a particular terminal (300). The UIM (400) is associated with the terminal (300) and the user chooses the services to be available at the terminal (300). The user can then select a mode of operation of the terminal (300) where the terminal (300) will maintain that availability when the UIM (400) is withdrawn from the terminal (300) and repeat the process at a different terminal (301) for a different set of services.
Patent GB-2304282-A (GB)
Title: Umbrella without erecting/closing catch extending through the shaft
Inventor: WU TZUN-ZONG
IPC: A45B25/08
Filed: 1995-08-17
Abstract: An umbrella includes: a central shaft 1 having an upper cylindrical stabilizing device 4 surrounding an upper portion of the shaft 1 and a similar lower stabilizing device 5 on a lower portion of the shaft 1, and a C-shaped resiliently expandible retaining ring 3 held in a runner 12 which is pivotally secured with a stretcher rib 22 pivotally connected to a top rib 21 pivotally secured to an upper notch 11 formed on a top portion of the umbrella, whereby upon upward movement of the runner 12 to open the umbrella the 'C' ring engages stabilising device 4 and expands and then grips the device 4. Upon closing the umbrella a similar effect is generated with the lower stabilising device 5. In the embodiment the devices 4 and 5 are stepped so that the 'C' ring sits behind a circumferential lip when it is engaged.
Patent GB-2305286-A (GB)
Title: Kitchen smoke alarm
Inventor: GROVES MARK DAVID
IPC: G08B17/10
Filed: 1995-09-14
Abstract: A smoke alarm which is specifically designed for use in a kitchen environment. The smoke detection capabilities of the alarm are only activated when light levels fall below a determined level. The detection system is by means of a light level sensing circuitry.
Patent GB-2294085-A (GB)
Title: Shoot bolt fastening for windows or doors
Inventor: FULLARD DONALD MALCOLM
IPC: E05C9/04
Filed: 1995-10-11
Abstract: A shoot bolt fastening for one or two bolts, and for mounting at an edge of a window or door, has in a housing be lockable, gears 5 and 6 in mesh with the pinion 4 and 1 a pinion 4 rotatable by a handle (not shown), which may linearly movable members 7 and 8 which are connected by pins 26 and slots 28 to the respective gears 5 and 6 and are connected to bolts 9 and 10 so that rotation of the pinion 4 slides the slide members 7 and 8 to move the bolts 9 and 10, in opposite directions with respect to one another, between retracted and shot positions. The gears 5 and 6 may only be partially toothed and preferably a quarter turn of the pinion 4 is sufficient for the bolts 9 and 10 to be moved fully between their two positions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294402-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for administering a measured dosage of fluid medicament
Inventor: DENYER JONATHAN STANLEY HAROLD
IPC: A61M15/08
Filed: 1995-10-27
Abstract: The apparatus, which calculates the dosage of liquid or powder medicament administered by inhalation, comprises a chamber 1 for holding medicament and gas prior to inhalation, an inlet 2 through which medicament passes into the chamber (from an MDI 3) a sensor 4 for sensing introduction of the medicament, means for detecting the rate of flow of gas inhaled by a patient from the chamber and means operably connected to the sensor and to the detector for calculating the amount of medicament received. The calculation is made by assessing the medicament concentration in chamber 1 during reduction thereof by deposition and by determining the volume of gas received by inhalation and the time elapsed from sensed introduction of the medicament to its inhalation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295721-A (GB)
Title: Discharge lamps
Inventor: SKILTON CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
IPC: H01J61/24
Filed: 1995-11-28
Abstract: In discharge lamp 10 having a cathode 20, e.g. a cold cathode, and a source of vapour, e.g. mercury vapour, 40, the arrangement is such that when the cathode is activated during manufacture, e.g. by ion bombardment heating, the vapour source is not heated and so premature release of mercury vapour is avoided. As shown the vapour source may be a dispenser head 40 with opposing flat faces, one carrying a mercury alloy and the other carrying a getter, the arrangement relying on the spacing between the head and the cathode to ensure that the head is only heated to release vapour after the cathode has been activated. A shield may alternatively be provided between the source and the cathode. Other alternatives employ a sealed capsule of vapour which ruptures at a temperature above that required to activate the cathode, or mercury alloy pellets which can be positioned remote from the cathode when the lamp is upright but which can be moved nearer the cathode when the lamp is inverted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2307681-A (GB)
Title: Device for oral dispensing of medicine
Inventor: CHEN FU-HSIANG
IPC: A61J9/00
Filed: 1995-11-30
Abstract: An oral dispensing device comprises a syringe and a nipple 3, the syringe consisting of a bottle part 1, a slidable plunger part 2, and an elongated post 14 extending from an outlet orifice 13 of the bottle, the elongated post being engaged and covered by the nipple such that at least one passageway 19 is defined between the post and the nipple to adjacent an exit hole 31 of the nipple. Preferably the post has a plurality of radially extending fins 15 which, between them, define a plurality of liquid passages 19. Preferably the cover 4 and the bottle have mutually engageable threads 16,41 for securing the nipple on the bottle. The plunger may have a ring 22 for engaging with a finger. The bottle part may have a scale 17 formed thereon. The medicine may be forced past the liquid passages and through the hole 31 in the nipple by inward movement of the plunger or when the nipple is bitten.
Patent GB-2313995-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced ozone and anion generator
Inventor: HSU MAXWELL
IPC: C01B13/11
Filed: 1996-06-07
Abstract: An enhanced ozone and anion generator, comprising: a housing, provided with at least one air inlet 12, 13 and at least one air outlet path 30; a filter unit 16,17, mounted on said inlet and being provided with at least an electrostatic and dust collecting filter net; a ventilator 21, mounted inside said housing to push air out through said air outlet path; an ozone generating system 50 to produce a high quantity of ozone gas; at least one anion generating device 31, mounted in said air outlet path and generating an ionizing electric field, such that air passing through said air outlet path takes anions with it; and a distributing device 60 to direct ozone gas produced by said ozone generating system, as desired, either through an ozone outlet 72, which is mounted on said housing, or to said outlet path to be mixed with ionized air and to be released into said housing's exterior.
Patent GB-2312460-A (GB)
Title: Sealing, trimming or guiding strip for a vehicle
Inventor: BACKES HEINZ-PETER
IPC: B60J10/04
Filed: 1996-09-19
Abstract: A sealing, trimming and guiding strip, preferably for the window of a motor vehicle, has a first one-piece moulding 10, 40 and a second part 11, 54 of, or including, extruded material and which may, at least partially, embed a metal reinforcing carrier 16. The first moulding is either adhesively secured to the second extruded part (figure 2), moulded onto it, or held in juxtaposition with it by means of a rigid mounting channel forming part of the window frame (figure 3). The first part 10, 40 may be moulded from a thermoplastic olefin (TPO) for aesthetic effect and the second parts 11, 54 may be extruded from EPDM to give good sealing properties. A further one-piece moulding 56 may also be secured to the part including the extruded material (figure 5 and figure 6  not shown).