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Patent GB-2162990-A (GB)
Title: Autochanger disc player
Inventor: MORINAGA KAIRU
IPC: G11B17/30
Filed: 1985-06-11
Abstract: In an autochanger type disc player for automatically accessing, playing and restoring a predetermined disc or a number of discs stored in a disc storage section, a selected disc is transferred between a disc playback section and the disc storage section by a disc transferring section. The disc transferring section has a disc guide 550 (also (Fig. 8)) with a restricting part 552 that prevents entry of discs other than the selected ones into the disc inlet of the disc transferring section. Alternative disc restricting arrangements are disclosed (Figs. 15, 16). Disc holding grooves 202 (Figs. 4a-c) of tray (200) (Fig. 3) are detailed, as is loading of the tray (Fig. 5). Wire (401) serves as second disc fall out preventing mechanism. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2163942-A (GB)
Title: Multi-purpose coat
Inventor: FLOWERS DAVID ERIC
IPC: A41D15/04
Filed: 1985-08-30
Abstract: A combination waterproof coat with provision for a tent and sleeping bag has a detachable quilted lining (25) which can be removed and closed up lengthwise and along the bottom by zips (28, 29) to form a closed bag with a pillow (24) at the head. The coat also has a non-detachable inner lining (32, 33, 34) which can be opened out to form a tent and special pockets in the coat accommodate tent poles. For carrying purposes the lower part of the coat can be folded up against the upper half and on the back of the coat is a built-in rucksack (13) and a pocket for a hood (14). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177547-A (GB)
Title: A container for housing electronic components
Inventor: FERRIE JOHN
IPC: G06K13/00
Filed: 1985-12-03
Abstract: A container for housing electronic components, e.g. a disc drive unit, comprises top and bottom portions secured together and having at least one ventilation aperture (15), a panel member (14) being disposed inside the container spaced from, but adjacent to, the aperture to prevent the insertion of pencils or other objects through the aperture. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-853064-A (GB)
Abstract: 853,064. Ignition interrupters. LUCAS (INDUSTRIES) Ltd., J. Feb. 17, 1959 [Feb. 17, 1958], No. 5035/58. Class 38 (5). A contact-breaker for I.C. engine ignition comprises a fixed plate a bearing a movable plate c carrying the usual contact assembly and displaceable about its major axis for timing the ignition. The movable plate is carried on a spigot b in a bore d on the fixed plate, the bore having three contact points around its periphery each at 180 degrees from the others, one of the points being constituted by the middle portion of a bowed spring f. By this means the inevitable play between the two parts is taken up.
Patent GB-2179330-A (GB)
Title: Container for beauty care agents
Inventor: FITJER HOLGER
IPC: A45D33/00
Filed: 1986-08-01
Abstract: A container (10) for beauty care agents (14), which are accommodated in separate compartments (16) of the container (10), contains at least one brush (18, 18', 20) for removing the beauty care agents (14) from the compartments (16) of the container (10). The space for each brush (18, 18', 20), has a single or double rib-shaped holding device (22, 24) which conforms to the shape of a slot in the handle of the brush to hold the handle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2186080-A (GB)
Title: Chemical analysis system
Inventor: LONG TERENCE MICHAEL
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 1987-01-20
Abstract: A system for automatically analysing a substance selected from tobacco and smoking-related products for one or more chemical constituents comprises a robot 10 for preparing a plurality of extracts of said substance, a discrete analyser 50, 52 for automatically carrying out chemical analyses of said extracts to produce chemical analysis data therefrom, a first computer 30 for instructing and controlling the robot 10, a second computer 40 for instructing and controlling the analyser 50, 52 and for receiving and processing chemical analysis data therefrom, an interface 20 for passing control and data signals between the computers 30, 40, and a display unit 72 for displaying processed analysis data received by the second computer 40. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202109-A (GB)
Title: Signal transmission
Inventor: MCGRAIL PETER
IPC: H04B1/66
Filed: 1987-02-24
Abstract: A signal is transmitted by coding for different amplitude levels in the original signal with a fixed frequency at different amplitude levels, i.e. each amplitude range R1-R4 has its own fixed frequency and amplitudes in each range are transmitted as different amplitudes at the range frequency. A reference frequency is added before transmission. The received signal is amplified to restore the reference frequency to a preset level, the reference frequency is filtered out, and the tones in the residual signal are converted to reproduce the original signal. The signal may be music to be transmitted down a telephone line having a lower bandwidth than the original music. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188979-A (GB)
Title: Roller shutters
Inventor: WILLINGS ALAN ERNEST ASHLEY
IPC: E06B9/174
Filed: 1987-03-23
Abstract: A roller shutter assembly for closing an opening 3 (Fig. 1) comprises a drum 1 rotatable on a shaft 7 and carrying a continuous or slatted shutter 2. The drum 1 is mounted by means permitting the drum to move in a direction towards and away from the plane of the opening as the shutter is rolled off and onto the drum to maintain the portion of the shutter coming from the drum substantially in the plane of the opening. To this end, the shaft 7 at each end is angularly fast with a first mounting arm 9 (Fig. 4) provided with an arcuate array of teeth 11 which engage in a fixed linear array of teeth 12 provided on a fixed member 13. The drum is angularly biased in one direction relative to the shaft for counter-balancing the shutter weight and this bias also serves to angularly bias the shaft 7 in the opposite direction which causes arm 9 to roll under the control of the teeth 11,12 towards the plane of the opening to maintain the drum in the required position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190545-A (GB)
Title: High current switching devices
Inventor: CHESTER JOHN
IPC: H01H1/42
Filed: 1987-05-27
Abstract: The switching device comprises at least one pair of parallel, transversely spaced contact surfaces 21 resiliently urged towards one another by springs 23 and movably attached to a common base 29 so as to make a pressurised contact with a cooperatively sized knife blade 22 inserted between them. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191079-A (GB)
Title: Football boot stud
Inventor: COLLINS ROY STANLEY
IPC: A43C15/16
Filed: 1987-06-04
Abstract: A stud for a football boot is moulded in two parts. An attachment portion (1;25) moulded in a hard an inflexible material, such as an acetal resin, comprises an externally screw-threaded spigot (3;27) and a body providing a collar (7;29) a flange (5;30) and a central stiffening support. The stiffening support comprises a hub (8;37) supported by spokes (11;38) extending radially from the hub to the collar. A boss (2;26) of the stud is moulded on to the attachment portion and is of a tough but more resilient material, such as a polyurethane. The boss-forming material flows through apertures between the spokes to join up and form a ring (22) or plug (43) which causes the boss to become interlocked with the attachment portion.
Patent GB-2206782-A (GB)
Title: Writing brush
Inventor: LEE CHUN SHIUNG
IPC: A46B11/00
Filed: 1987-07-08
Abstract: A writing brush comprises a pen-tip 1 and a sealing ring 3 to prevent leakage of ink through the lower casing 8. Ink is caused to flow from the reservoir 41, which is replaceable, to the pen-tip by rotation of the lower casing which opens the sluice 42. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195739-A (GB)
Title: Pig launcher
Inventor: VAAGE BIRGER
IPC: F16L55/46
Filed: 1987-09-15
Abstract: A launcher is described suitable for inserting a number of pigs eg. four in sequence into subsea pipelines, particularly in deep water in diverless operations. The multi-shot pig launcher comprises a pig launcher module A containing a plurality of pig storage chambers 1 and a rotatable, barrel selector 42, and a saver sub module B for connection to a pipeline. Oil poured through kick lines 11 from a manifold 12, kick lines 23 and a well drive a pig, when required, from its chamber 1. The launcher is lowered on a running tool via a connector 6. The latter is also used for connection to a R.O.V. when in place. Shock absorbers 17 are employed to cushion the landing of the modules A and B. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210442-A (GB)
Title: Brake display system
Inventor: HAMLETT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B60Q1/44
Filed: 1987-10-01
Abstract: In an emergency situation the brake system, which is on standby, becomes activated, assuming the brake pressure present within the system, is at or above a preset level. Once this has been sensed, an electronic module will decide at what rate the rear lights should flash (i.e. cycles per seconds). Should the pressure within the system consistently increase, the rear lights will flash proportionately. Once the system has been activated, it has been programmed to run for approximately 20 - 30 seconds. While the system is in its working mode, i.e. flashing, and not on standby, there is an audible warning inside the car, thereby alerting the driver that the front and rear indicators, rear high intensity light and/or brake lights are on and flashing repeatedly. The driver also has the option to cancel the 20-30 seconds timing circuit by way of a reset button which restores the system to a standby position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2211455-A (GB)
Title: Electric shaver/tooth brush combination
Inventor: MORETON JOSEPH WILLIAM
IPC: A61C17/34
Filed: 1987-10-28
Abstract: An electric shaver for the removal of hair, and a rotating tooth brush for the cleansing and polishing of teeth are both driven by one motor. The tooth brush is rotated by engagement of a bevel gear with splines on the brush shaft. The case containing the shaver and motor serves as a handle for the tooth brush which is of bottle brush construction.
Patent GB-2197838-A (GB)
Title: Access door for conveyor line pans
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID GLYN
IPC: B65G19/28
Filed: 1987-11-20
Abstract: A conveyor line pan has first and second sigma side sections (1,2) interconnected centrally by a deck plate which is provided with a cut-out access area (7) extending the full width between the sections (1,2). An access door (15) sits on ledges (8) formed on the bounding edges of the deck plate and is held in place by a securable casting (11) having an internal profile matching that of the side section (1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2214594-A (GB)
Title: Spacer for box sections
Inventor: ALLEN DENIS LYN CRUNDALL
IPC: F16B13/06
Filed: 1988-01-27
Abstract: A post-assembled spacer tube A which bridges the cavity inside a closed structure D and directly reads fastener clamp loads, is expanded inside the cavity by inserting tappered collets B into the tube ends from outside the structure, and drawing them together by means of a clamp bolt C. The complete assembly facilitates a high performance through-bolt clamp joint such as a heavy fabricated towbar E bolted to the thin wall closed section underbody of a motor car. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2208817-A (GB)
Title: Low-pressure casting of light metal alloy
Inventor: IMURA TAKESHI
IPC: B22C9/06
Filed: 1988-08-19
Abstract: A light metal alloy, such as an aluminium alloy, is made into a casting such as an automobile engine cylinder head by casting under low pressure. A fluid pressure is applied to the surface of the light metal alloy stored in a closed container to introduce the molten metal through a transfer tube (38) into a mould cavity (3r) defined in a mould assembly. The introduced molten metal is brought into contact with mould members of the mould assembly which have different thermal conductivities, or are differently cooled. In one embodiment, a lower mould member (24) is of carbon tool steel, side mould members (28a, 28b, 30a, 30b) are of Beryllium-copper alloy and upper mould member (26) is of copper-chronium alloy. Passages in these members or in backing members provide for flow of coolant. In another embodiment the mould members are of the same material but their respective backing members have differing thermal conductivities and have coolant flow passages. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222168-A (GB)
Title: Bitumen-rubber-metal fibre or wire based compositions and their use in bridge joints and repairing or surfacing roads
Inventor: MCINTOSH JAMES
IPC: E01C11/12
Filed: 1988-12-28
Abstract: A material for repairing roads and other areas comprises (1) a bituminous binder, usually rubberised bitumen, which may be mixed with aggregate and chopped glass or other fibres, (2) rubber chips having a dimension of at least 2 mm, and (3) metal wire or fibre. Suitably the rubber chips and metal reinforcement may be obtained by chopping up old metal reinforced vehicle tyres. The material may be used for bridge or other expansion joints or for patching cracked areas for subsequent treatment with an overlay, the resilient rubberised bitumen being load bearing and having sufficient tensile strength that reflective cracks are not transmitted to the overlay from underlying concrete having a large coefficient of thermal expansion. Also, the material may be used as a membrane layer covering a base layer or surface. Such a layer may be formed by spreading the binder, possibly also with the addition of strengthening glass fibres, distributing the rubber chips and metal over the binder, and rolling to consolidate.
Patent GB-2231189-A (GB)
Title: Coin- or credit-freed amusement machine
Inventor: HEALY DANIEL
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 1989-02-14
Abstract: A coin-freed amusement or gaming machine has a display screen upon which an image of one or more footballers (9) can be displayed, with a football that they are playing with being blanked out. A player may operate controls to locate a marker on a point (11) or area of the screen where he thinks the football is. The machine then processes the information supplied and provides an indication (12) as to whether the selected point or area is co-incident with the actual position of the ball or within a predetermined area which contains the ball. Appropriate prizes may be awarded. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221430-A (GB)
Title: Aerodynamic tractor-trailer roof air deflector
Inventor: NEGRO GIANFRANCO
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 1989-05-30
Abstract: An aerodynamic element which can be fitted to the roof of a commercial vehicle cab to connect the cab aerodynamically to the trailer comprises a front, roof section 18, and a bridging section 28 of inverted U-shape, aligned with side deflectors 34 extending back from the cab sides. The element is supported by a pair of substantially horizontal arms (22) connected centrally to the uprights (20) and at the front to the aerodynamic element (18), and supporting at the rear the auxiliary aerodynamic element (28). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221178-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for roll forming container end wall
Inventor: PORUCZNIK PAUL
IPC: B21D51/44
Filed: 1989-06-07
Abstract: Apparatus for reforming an end wall of a container comprises a pair of cooperating pads 10, 11 cooperable to clamp the wall firmly on a central axis of the pads and wall, and a cluster of work rolls 12 arranged around the pads so that when a clamped wall is entered into the profiled rolls 12 relative rotation as between the rolls 12 and protruding edge of the wall 1 brings about progressive deformation of the periphery of the wall. The apparatus may be modified to form a peripheral curl on a can end or tighten the folds of a can bottom integral with a drawn side wall.
Patent GB-2233921-A (GB)
Title: Belt wrench
Inventor: SKEATH KENNETH
IPC: B67B7/18
Filed: 1989-07-15
Abstract: The belt wrench is made with a handle 5 and a frame consisting of two sides 6 which incorporate a round fixed cross member 7 and a movable cross member 8. The belt 9 is fixed to the movable cross member 8. To apply the wrench to an object 10, the belt 9 is put round the object and threaded round and over the fixed cross member 7 and pulled tight onto the object 10. The handle 5 is then moved in the direction of the arrow 14. This action forces the fixed end of the belt 12 onto the fixed cross member 7 so trapping the loose end of the belt 11 between the fixed end 12 and the fixed cross member 7, thus creating a further tightening of the belt 9 and a turning motion in the object 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224146-A (GB)
Title: Intruder alarm system
Inventor: HAMMOND ROY KENNETH
IPC: B60R25/10
Filed: 1989-10-16
Abstract: The system is of the type comprising a warning device 14 and an intruder detection device 22, 24, the warning device being remote from the intruder detection device, wherein the warning device and the detection device are connected by an infra-red link 18, 30. The latter preferably includes an arrangement for sending coded, infra-red pulses to a receiver which, while receiving correctly coded pulses, maintains the warning device de-activated. Upon detection of intrusion, the transmission of the infra-red pulses is halted whereby the receiver causes the warning device to be activated. The detection device is preferably provided in a vehicle, in which case the receiver and warning device are located in a house or other premises so as to enable reception of the transmitted infra-red pulses. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237288-A (GB)
Title: Amplification of a heterologous gene in recombinant eukaryotic host cells
Inventor: BEBBINGTON CHRISTOPHER ROBERT
IPC: C12N15/79
Filed: 1989-10-18
Abstract: A process, for increasing the copy number of a heterologous gene in a glutamine auxatrophic eukaryotic host cell line, comprises:   transforming the host cell line with either (i) a vector containing a glutamine synthesase (GS) gene and the heterologous gene or (ii) a vector containing a GS gene and a separate vector containing the heteralogous gene; selecting glutamine-prototrophic transformants in a medium which does not contain glutamine but contains one or more metabolites required for growth in glutamine-free medium; culturing the transformed host cell line in a glutamine-free medium in which the level of the one or more metabolites is depleted.   The copy number of the amplified heterologous gene is maintained by culturing the transformed host cell in the glutamine-free medium, defined above.
Patent GB-2238447-A (GB)
Title: A sound reproduction system
Inventor: TELFORD-MILLER MICHAEL EMILE
IPC: H04R3/12
Filed: 1989-11-15
Abstract: A sound reproduction system comprising an amplifier (11) a base loudspeaker (12) and at least four loudspeakers (13 to 16) of a higher frequency rating. Between the amplifier and each of the higher frequency loudspeakers is a series of electrolytic capacitors, the capacitance of each series ensuring that in the resultant sound four peaks or frequency bands in the mid-to-high frequency ranges are enhanced with intermediate bands being substantially eliminated. Additionally each series of capacitors possesses its own inherent electrical resistance such that, connected together, a proportion of the power delivered to each higher frequency loudspeaker (13 to 16) is shared by each of the other higher frequency loudspeakers. The system inhibits feedback and eliminates the effects of environmental acoustics by delivering the four essential frequency bands in addition to the base frequency. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230303-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic pump for a vehicle brake system
Inventor: MERGENTHALER ROBERT
IPC: F04B1/04
Filed: 1990-01-05
Abstract: A hydraulic radial piston pump especially for an anti-lock brake system for a vehicle has pistons (7) reciprocated by a cam (16) which is driven by a drive shaft (2). To counter the effect of the pump pistons (7) striking the cam (16) and also to counter the mechanical and hydraulic oscillations which cause noises and distracting brake pedal pulsations, a resilient intermediate element (18) is disposed between the pump piston (7) and the cam (16) and/or the cam (16) is driven via a torsionally resilient coupling (6). …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2244673-A (GB)
Title: A perforated sheet and a method of making the same
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN STANLEY
IPC: F02K1/82
Filed: 1990-06-05
Abstract: A perforated sheet (10) for the promotion of film cooling comprises two separate layers (14 & 16) of laminate material which are placed in superposed abutting relationship. The first layer (14) has a plurality of apertures (12a) of given cross- sectional area therein. The second layer (16) also has a plurality of apertures (12b) therein which have larger cross- sectional areas than the corresponding apertures in the first layer (14). The apertures (12a) are in fluid communication with the apertures (12b) to form passageways through the perforated sheet (10). These passageways (12) permit a cooling flow of fluid to pass through the perforated sheet (10) so it can be discharged as a cooling fluid film along the inner surface (15) of the perforated sheet (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239333-A (GB)
Title: Type management and control in an object-oriented memory protection mechanism
Inventor: LAI KONRAD K
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 1990-09-11
Abstract: Access descriptors 24 include an object index 34 for selecting an object in the address space, and a rights field 35 specifying the permissible operations on a bi-paged object 38 selected by an access descriptor. An object table 42 has stored therein object descriptors for use in forming physical addresses to a page table directory object 60 which has page table descriptors stored therein for accessing page tables, A page table 44 has stored therein page table entries for use in forming physical addresses to the paged object 38. Logic compares a page rights field 81 of a page table entry and a rights field 62 of a page table directory entry with the access type sought and asserts a fault if the access permitted by the page rights field 81 or 62 is inconsistent with the access type sought. A mechanism provides for the implicit deallocation of certain objects, to prevent dangling references if access descriptors which point to objects with shorter lifetimes are stored in objects with longer lifetimes. Special instructions provide a mechanism for the amplification or restriction of the rights of access descriptors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250811-A (GB)
Title: Optical fibre strain gauge
Inventor: NADEN JAMES MARK
IPC: G01D5/353
Filed: 1990-12-11
Abstract: An optical fibre strain gauge comprises in combination an element (20) of a material which exhibits permanent physical deformation in response to an applied external stimulus and a length of optical fibre (10) in close contact with said element whereby a permanent deformation of the element in response to an applied external stimulus results in a corresponding strain in the optical fibre. The element (20) may be a semi-rigid polyurethane foam. The strain gauge may further include a shape memory temperature-responsive element which changes shape at a predetermined temperature thereby to cause strain in the optical fibre (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250790-A (GB)
Title: Brush seal
Inventor: FERGUSON JOHN GILBERT
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 1990-12-12
Abstract: A brush seal is formed by bristles tightly packed between two annular sideplates 2, 3 having different inner radii and secured to a housing. The free ends 5 of the bristles 1 are in rubbing contact with a shaft 6. The differential pressure which the seal can support is increased by loading the bristles, by spring fingers 10 and loading ring 9, against the annular sideplate 3 having the smaller inner radius, the loading force being such that the bristles can still move in the plane of the seal. As a result the amount of relative movement of shaft and housing that the seal can tolerate is not reduced. <IMAGE>