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Patent GB-2267062-A (GB)
Title: Tampering detection arrangement for an apparatus housing
Inventor: JONES ALAN JOHN
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 1993-05-19
Abstract: An arrangement for detecting tampering with a housing (1) of an apparatus e.g. a water, gas or electricity meter, comprising an element 11, 13 or 15 which is secured across a join between a removable part 7A or 7B of the housing and an adjacent fixture 3 or 5 and thereby be broken on removal of said removable pan, and detection means 17 adapted to apply to said element from a remote location a field and detect a response to said field produced by said element, if intact. The element may comprise a strip of magnetostrictive material adapted to resonate mechanically on application to it of an alternating magnetic field of appropriate frequency and thereby be caused itself to radiate an alternating magnetic field. Alternatively a passive radio tag interrogated with a radio frequency electromagnetic field may be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278535-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle seat belt arrangement
Inventor: WARNER PHILIP NEIL
IPC: B60R22/02
Filed: 1993-06-05
Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with an elongate seat belt guide member 7 mounted on the seat back 1 for sliding between an extended position and a retracted position corresponding respectively to the upright and folded positions of pivotally-mounted seat back 1. The seat belt 10 passes through the guide member 7 to an inertia/retractor reel 13. The vehicle seat may have a pivotally mounted squab 2. The retraction movement of the guide member 7 is such that the member does not foul anything on moving the seat back 1 between its upright and its folded position. A lever 8 causes the movement of the seat back 1 to automatically effect sliding of the guide member 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269436-A (GB)
Title: Coupling between two components, in particular for force transmission in two opposite directions
Inventor: NGUYEN-SCHAEFER THANH-HUNG
IPC: G01D5/02
Filed: 1993-07-14
Abstract: A wire cable is arranged to transmit the tensile forces in a coupling (10) between two components (11, 12). The ends of the wire cable (13) are squeezed in a nipple (16) of one component (12) and in a threaded pin (21) of the other component (11). A compression spring (25) is arranged between the components (11) and (12) to transmit the compressive forces. The coupling permits relatively good compensation for tolerances of radial and axial offset (a, Fig. 3) and also an angular offset (a, Fig. 3) between the two components (11) and (12), so that the forces between the two components (11, 12) can be transmitted without losses due, for example, to friction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282640-A (GB)
Title: Glow plug
Inventor: BROWN JOSEPH ALAN
IPC: F23Q7/00
Filed: 1993-10-05
Abstract: A plug for assisting cold starting of diesel engines includes a screw-in housing 10, and a heater body 26 having a central electrode 18 therein electrically insulated from the body except at the tip 28. The body (26) is formed from electrically conductive fused ceramic material formed of a sintered mix of ceramic and metal powders. The metal powder may be chromium, nickel, iron or aluminium or an alloy or mixture of the metals. The exterior of the body 26 may be coated with a platinum catalyst on a layer of alumina. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271801-A (GB)
Title: Thermal break frame member
Inventor: CHINN KEITH
IPC: E06B3/267
Filed: 1993-03-03
Abstract: A frame member for a window or door comprises two extruded metal frame elements separated by a thermally insulating resin. The elements (10, 12) are interengaged initially in side-by-side relationship by respective co-operating lips (20 and 30) to define an upper channel (38) and a lower channel (40). A resilient tube (42) is then wedged into the channel (38) to retain the elements as a self-supporting assembly subsequent to which the assembly is inverted and a resin in liquid form is poured into the channel (40). After the resin has set the tube (42) is removed and the channel (40) is "de-bridged" by cutting out a part of its base so that the elements (10 and 12) are connected only by the thermally insulating set resin (44). The invention enables use of metal frame elements having surface finishes and/or colours which differ from one another.
Patent GB-2284695-A (GB)
Title: Bar-code reader
Inventor: COX CHRISTOPHER STAFFORD
IPC: G06K7/12
Filed: 1993-12-10
Abstract: An optical reader for reading a multi-colour code has a white light source 3 and detectors 7a - 7c which produce an on-off type signal for each colour in the code, the signals then being use to indicate the presence of a particular code, and thus a particular item, in front of the reader. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289258-A (GB)
Title: Invalid hoist
Inventor: GREAVES JOHN
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1994-05-10
Abstract: A mobile invalid hoist has a lifting arm projecting from an upstanding support structure or column 11 mounted on a chassis, wherein the chassis comprises a main portion 12 supporting the support structure or column, and two chassis side members 13 which project forwardly from the main portion in parallel spaced relationship. The side members are connected to respective transverse guide members 14 which are supported by the main chassis portion for slidable movement relative thereto. The chassis also comprises a pair of lever arms 16 each of which is pivotably connected at one end to the main chassis portion and at their other ends to the two guide members, respectively, and means 20, 21, 26 for pivoting the two lever arms simultaneously to effect simultaneous and parallel movement of the side members away from or towards the main chassis portion. Preferably the means 20, 21, 26 comprise a motor 20, a drive belt 26 and a screw actuator 21. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279928-A (GB)
Title: A railed vehicle
Inventor: GADDES CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B61B5/02
Filed: 1993-10-22
Abstract: A monorail system comprises a vehicle having a front bogey (13) provided with front and rear flanged wheels (11, 12) which index with a channel (28) in a monorail (27). A contact set (18, 19) is mounted between the front and rear wheels (11, 12), and picks up electrical power from conductors (14, 15) in the channel (28), to drive a pair of rear wheels arranged independently of the monorail. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279800-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic head apparatus
Inventor: NISHIMURA MASARU
IPC: G11B19/02
Filed: 1992-04-16
Abstract: In a magnetic head apparatus, having a high density magnetic head (2) and a low density magnetic head (3) for reading/reproducing selectively tracks at different track densities of a disc, the effective width TWL of the low density magnetic head (3) is set to be an even number multiple of the track pitch TPU of the high density tracks to minimise the effects of cross-talk. The heads may be on a single slider, or on two sliders on opposite sides of a disc. They may be arranged side-by-side or one-behind-the-other in the track direction, to which they may be inclined. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292999-A (GB)
Title: Furnace with workpiece stacking
Inventor: GRONBECH ROBERT WILLIAN
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1995-08-30
Abstract: A furnace for elongate metal workpieces has a chamber 7 with inlet/s 8 and outlet/s 9 at opposite ends. Elongate platforms 5 are arranged in the chamber. Means are provided so that each platform receives and supports one workpiece in turn and in turn the workpieces are moved out of the outlet/s. The furnace may have two platforms 5. In this instance the platforms may be simultaneously tilted about axes 6 between first and second positions. In the first position one end of the upper platform is adjacent the inlet 8 and the other end of the lower platform, is adjacent the outlet 9. In the second position (Fig. 1c) the other end of the upper platform is adjacent the outlet 9 and the one end of the lower platform is adjacent inlet 8. There may be more than two platforms with a corresponding number of positions. Alternatively the platforms may be fixed and tilting tables (33, 34, Figure 3) may be providing for loading and unloading. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2305641-A (GB)
Title: Instrument display
Inventor: DICKSON DAVID
IPC: B60K35/00
Filed: 1995-09-28
Abstract: An instrument display (10) comprising a printed circuit board (18) having a front face (20); a stepper motor (24) of a gauge mounted on the front face of the printed circuit board and having a spindle (38) extending away from the front face; one or more light bulbs (44) mounted on the front face of the printed circuit board; a substantially planar light guide (28) lying substantially parallel with, and spaced from, the printed circuit board, the light guide having a rear face (30) directed towards the front face of the printed circuit board and a front face (32) directed away the front face of the printed circuit board, the light guide diffusing light from the or each light bulb by way of its rear face; a coverlay (34) secured to the front face of the light guide having gauge graphics and a substantially transparent display area formed thereon, the light guide and the coverlay having aligned apertures (40) through which the spindle of the stepper motor extends; and a pointer (42) of opaque material mounted on the spindle adjacent the coverlay. Allows illumination of the display area. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296412-A (GB)
Title: Phase jitter extraction and cancellation circuits
Inventor: KAKU TAKASHI
IPC: H04B3/06
Filed: 1995-10-17
Abstract: The phase jitter extraction circuit includes a detection section (4 - 1) for detecting phase jitters from input/output information of a signal discriminator, a predicting or forecasting section (4 - 2) for forecasting phase jitters which will be produced later from the phase jitters detected by the detection section (4 - 1), a selector (4 - 3) for selectively outputting the phase jitters detected by the detection section (4 - 1) or the forecast phase jitters obtained by the forecasting section (4 - 2), and a selector control section (4 - 4) for discriminating a region of signal points received by the communication apparatus (such as a modem) by way of a transmission line and controlling the selector (4 - 3) in accordance with a result of the discrimination. Threshold valves for a limiter section 4 - 5 are varied by a section 4 - 7 based on the power of the normalized phase jitters from section 4 - 1 detected by a section 4 - 6. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294531-A (GB)
Title: Logging the operation of a valve
Inventor: YONNET CLAUDE
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 1995-10-27
Abstract: The operation of a key-operable valve 10 is logged by a unit 36 carried on the key 20. During valve operation, the unit reads from package 30 (a) a valve identification code and (b) data stored in the package during the last valve operation, and then detects rotary motion of the key. Preferably, the rotary motion is detected by sensor means (40, 42 Figure 2) sensitive to the earth's magnetic field. On removal of the key from the valve, the unit stores, in its internal memory, data relating to the valve identification code, the operational state of the valve, and the operation carried out thereon including the speed at which the valve was turned. This data can be downloaded to a computer. The unit may not have an internal memory, in which case the data is transmitted e.g. by radio link to a computer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2305446-A (GB)
Title: Preventing climbing
Inventor: SMITH CRAIG ELLIOT
IPC: E04H17/00
Filed: 1996-01-18
Abstract: Apparatus for the prevention of unauthorised climbing of structures includes a sheet of rigid material (10) e.g. aluminium or plastics on the surface of which are formed a plurality of outwardly-directed projections (11). The end portions (12) of the projections (11) may be pointed. The sheet of material (10) may be preformed to fit a required surface and may be provided with holes (13) by which it may be attached to the surface. Preferably the projections are formed by being punched out of the surface of the sheet, although they may alternatively be formed separately and attached to the surface.
Patent GB-2407148-A (GB)
Title: Projectile launcher for attack of underwater targets
Inventor: LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER DAVID
IPC: B63G8/28
Filed: 1996-07-04
Abstract: A weapon system for the attack of underwater targets such as a navl mine, comprises a projectile launcher 52 from which is launched, by propellant means 54, a projectile 61 containing a high explosive payload and a delay fuze. The projectile launcher is incorporated either in or on a remotely-operated vehicle, by which means the launcher is brought to a position at or adjacent to the target to be attacked. The projectile is accelerated along and fired from the launcher by expanding propellant gases after an annular protrusion 55 has been sheared off a rear cap 57 of the projectile. The projectile penetrates the casing of a mine and the delay fuze detonates the high explosive payload either immediately or when the remotely-operated vehicle has withdrawn to a safe distance. In an optional form, the all burnt condition of the propellant occurs after the projectile has exited the launcher. In this way the confining effect of water on the expanding propellant gases is used to continue to accelerate the projectile after it has exited the launcher which enables a shorter launcher to be used.
Patent GB-2304191-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for positioning an ultrasonic transducer and a display screen
Inventor: STOUFFER JAMES R
IPC: A22B5/00
Filed: 1996-07-19
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for positioning an ultrasonic transducer 1 where the user can see the positioning device and a display of the image being generated at the same time. This system solves the problem of the user having to look away from the transducer to see the image. The method comprises positioning a display screen 5 to show the ultrasonic image being generated to the user such that the user can see the positioning of the transducer and the image on the display screen at the same time. To accomplish this the display screen is incorporated into or mounted directly onto the transducer housing 2,3. Once the user properly positions the transducer and is satisfied with the image, a image capture signal can be sent by the user. Once the image is captured it can be sent to an associated computer for analysis, printed or saved for achiving, etc.
Patent GB-2301345-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible container for hauling bulk materials
Inventor: ERICKSON STEWART E
IPC: B65D90/04
Filed: 1995-02-03
Abstract: A container (10) and method for transporting finely divided coal in rail cars or other cargo hauling vehicles, the container (10) having a generally flexible and substantially oxygen impermeable barrier (12) defining an encapsulated cavity (11). A port (14), including a coupling (16) adapted to substantially prevent exposing finely divided coal to oxygen is positioned in the container (10) for passing flowable material through the barrier (12). The container (10) also includes a cap (18) for sealing the port, and a harness (30) for supporting the barrier (12) and defining the shape of the cavity (11). The method generally having the initial steps of removing most of the oxygen from the cavity (11) of the container (10), and adjusting the shape of the cavity (11) to conform to the type of rail car that is being used to haul the finely divided coal. The method includes additional steps of filling, sealing, loading, hauling, unloading, and emptying the container (10) where the coal is used.
Patent GB-2317921-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic fuel treatment for improving combustion efficiency
Inventor: WRIGHT DAVID
IPC: C10L1/12
Filed: 1996-10-02
Abstract: Apparatus, for improving the combustion efficiency of fuel, comprises a catalyst alloy/amalgam made from a formulation of four or more of the metals antimony, barium, cadmium, calcium copper, gold, lead, mercury, nickel, palladium, platinum, ruthenium, silver, tin, zinc, which fuel catalyst may be used as a coating or lining to the fuel tank and or its internal components and or the fuel line which transports the fuel to the point of combustion.
Patent GB-2318045-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat and headrest arrangement
Inventor: WIECLAWSKI STANISLAW ANDRZEJ
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 1996-10-09
Abstract: Headrest 6 is mounted on a crossbar 4 which forms, with upper side members 30, the upper part 24 of the seat frame. This upper part is pivoted at 32 to the fixed, lower side frame members 28 and bears a downwardly depending plate 42 in the back region of the seat. Under impact from the body a person in the seat, eg due to a collision from the rear, the plate is forced rearwardly thus pivoting the headrest and crossbar forward to provide support to the person's head and shoulders. Springs 40 bias the headrest backward and the plate 42 forward under normal conditions.
Patent GB-2303729-A (GB)
Title: Promotional article for use in restaurants or the like
Inventor: HISCOCK WILLIAM STEVEN
IPC: G09F19/02
Filed: 1995-06-08
Abstract: A promotional article for use in establishments such as bars or restaurants has the shape of a suspended enlarged replica of an article such as a beer bottle, beer bottle cap or the like. The replica houses magnetic field generating means which enable small discarded articles such as beer bottle caps to be attached underneath the promotional article to eventually develop a cluster of such discarded pieces thus adding an unusual visual appeal to the promotional article itself. The prototype disclosed has the appearance of an oversize beer bottle cap. A second embodiment displays the appearance of three oversized beer bottle caps of which two are displayed in an upright position and one in a generally horizontal position.
Patent GB-2323542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to construction sets
Inventor: HARDSTAFF RICHARD KEITH
IPC: A63H33/10
Filed: 1997-03-26
Abstract: A child's construction set comprises a set of parts for assembly into structures which include one or more generally planar elements (10, Figure 1) each formed with at least one slot (12) which extends inwardly from an edge of the element, and one or more connecting elements (13, Figure 2) each of which is formed with a web portion 15 for insertion into the slot in a planar element, and locating portions 16 at each side of the web portion which are shaped to engage opposite faces of the planar element, to the side of the slot, when the web portion is received in the slot. The web portions and associated locating portions may be provided at different locations on the connecting element, so that the element can be simultaneously connected to a plurality of planar elements.
Patent GB-2312764-A (GB)
Title: Maintaining refrigerator temperature equilibrium using fuzzy logic control of air flow
Inventor: PARK HAE-JIN
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 1997-04-29
Abstract: Temperatures of each of a multiplicity of portions in a refrigerator compartment 10 are accurately inferred from a fuzzy model using the values of temperature changes sensed by only a small number of temperature sensors 11, 12. The rotational velocity of a rotary blade in a cool air discharging means 15 is appropriately controlled according to the inferred positions into which cool air is to be discharged. As a result, the cool air is appropriately discharged into each portion, so that the optimal temperature equilibrium is obtained in the refrigeration compartment.
Patent GB-2314721-A (GB)
Title: Data transmission at a constant bit rate using adaptive quantisation
Inventor: KIM TAE-YONG
IPC: H04N19/58
Filed: 1997-06-26
Abstract: The image encoding apparatus includes a discrete cosine transformer 12 for discrete-cosine transforming the difference 11 between an image signal of a current frame and an image signal of a restored previous frame in units of a block and outputting the transformation coefficients. A quantization activity calculator portion 14 calculates quantization activity by counting the number of the quantization coefficients which are not zero among the quantization coefficients produced by application of various quantization step sizes. A quantization controller 16 predicts a required bit generation quantity according to fullness of a buffer memory 18 and the transmission rate R, and determines, based on the output of the quantization activity calculator 14, the quantization step size to generate the closest bit generation quantity to the predicted bit generation quantity. The transformation coefficients are then quantised 15 according to the selected quantisation level Q n-1 and variable length encoded 17. This determination is done using a linear proportional relationship between the calculated quantization activity and the variable length-encoded data generation quantity. The encoded data is then stored in a buffer 18 for transmission at a constant bit rate.
Patent GB-2312044-A (GB)
Title: Spectrometer with optical fibres for analysing remote samples
Inventor: CAHILL JERRY E
IPC: G01N21/25
Filed: 1994-06-20
Abstract: In a spectrophotometer, a plurality of optical fibres 58 selectively carry source radiation to corresponding liquid sample cells 68. Corresponding return optical fibres 72 carry reflected or transmitted radiation from the sample to a polychromator eg having a concave grating 36. For selecting a sample, a switching member 100 holds exposed ends of the optical fibres on a circle coaxial with an axle for rotating to selected positions. Respective optical trains 50, 77 direct radiation into and out of the selected pair of fibres. The diameter of a source aperture eg 90 or 54, the spacing of the aperture from the source 12, and the source area define a source etendue. The optical fibres have a fibre etendue substantially the same as the source etendue. The source beam may be split into sample and reference beams, the reference beam passing through an aperture (24, fig 1) to the polychrometer.
Patent GB-2327568-A (GB)
Title: Central office switch services for fixed wireless access communication systems
Inventor: BAIRD ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: H04M3/537
Filed: 1997-07-18
Abstract: Central office switch services (CLASS services) such as calling line identification and voice mail waiting indication are provided to subscriber terminals 501, 502 over a fixed wireless access communication system comprising a base station 504 connected to a conventional central office switch 500 and to network terminal equipment NTE 503 via a wireless link 507. When subscriber A calls subscriber B, a call set up signal is sent on an out of voice band channel and service signals (describing the CLASS services) are sent on a voice band channel to arrive simultaneously at the central office switch 500. In a first embodiment the service signals are delayed at the central office switch 500 until receipt of a call acknowledgement signal indicating a successful call set up. The service signals are then sent over a voice band channel to subscriber B. In a second embodiment the service signals are delayed at the base station for a predetermined time or until receipt of a call acknowledgement signal. Delayed signals may be stored in a memory until transmission to the NTE 503. In this way service signals are not lost if call set up is delayed.
Patent GB-2321520-A (GB)
Title: Spirit level with bubble viewing means
Inventor: DUANE ZUGEL
IPC: G01C9/32
Filed: 1997-08-26
Abstract: A spirit level comprising a body 12 having a level face 14 for setting a surface, at least one bubble vial 20 mounted in the body, the bubble vial having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the level face, and an optical transfer element, prism or mirror 36, fixed to the body which transfers an image of the bubble vial to a viewing plane generally parallel to the level face. The arrangement may include illumination means and a lens (fig. 5, 66 and 64). Another embodiment (fig. 7) includes a miniature camera (86), on LCD screen located on viewing plane 32 and an optical transfer element (82) therebetween. Optical transfer element (82) does not require any reflective surface.