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Patent GB-2270990-A (GB)
Title: Recycling the recording layer of photopolymer printing plates
Inventor: KRASKA URSULA ANNEROSE
IPC: B41N1/00
Filed: 1993-09-24
Abstract: A process for recycling exposed and/or unexposed photopolymer flexographic printing plate containing a photopolymerizable recording layer and a support, comprising (a) separating the unexposed or exposed recording layer from the support and comminuting the material and (b) adding the material to a photopolymer usable mixture. The process reduces waste problems, is more environmentally friendly and is used to prepare photopolymerizable flexographic printing plates containing less raw materials. Alternatively, exposed photopolymerizable material may be recycled by mixing it with other polymers such as polypropylene synthetic rubber mixtures.
Patent GB-2284996-A (GB)
Title: Amusement apparatus
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN NIGEL KEITH
IPC: A63F1/18
Filed: 1993-12-03
Abstract: Electronic amusement apparatus for playing pontoon comprises a coin-feed unit (1), a display (2), a control panel (3), a shelf (5) to which winnings are output, and a microprocessor (6) which generates a plurality of hands (7) of initially two cards, a newly dealt card (8) and a downwardly facing card (9) denoting the remainder of the pack. A player selects the hand (A, B, C) to which the newly dealt card (8) should go by pressing the respective button (4a, 4b, 4c), in order to try to achieve one or more winning conditions. The ability to choose to which hand the dealt card should go provides the normal game of pontoon with a skill factor. When the newly dealt card (8) may only be placed in one hand to avoid a losing condition, the microprocessor (6) automatically makes the correct selection, so that the player is left to make only the skilful selections. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-939869-A (GB)
IPC: B62D57/04
Abstract: 939,869. Air cushion vehicles. WESTLAND AIRCRAFT Ltd. July 12, 1962 [July 25, 1961], No. 26834/61. Class 4. A device for decreasing the surface displacement of a land vehicle, comprises an assembly which is adapted to be fitted around the vehicle and from a flexible base skirting suspended to encompass a space which embraces the normal platform area of the vehicle, and means for inducing pressurised air into this space to generate a ground-effect air-cushion therein which is operative, when the device is fitted to a vehicle, to reduce the surface pressure applied by ground contact of the vehicle's tractive means. The vehicle may be wheeled, or tracked as shown in Figs. 1 and 3-5, and the associated device comprises an inflatable flexible skirting 4 which extends along the longitudinal sides and is integral with inflatable compartments 10, communicating therewith through apertures 14. Each compartment 10 is attached to a rigid air duct 6 which also forms framing members, the ducts being apertured at 33 to supply air to a plenum chamber formed between skirts 4. The chamber is enclosed at the front and the rear by non-inflatable skirts 18 attached to the skirts 4 and to framing members 19. Air for the inflatable members and the air cushion is supplied by fans 8 drawing through lateral air intakes 9, and supplementary propulsion by air propellers (not shown) may be provided. Structural attachments to the vehicle may be provided by bracing members or plenum chamber sealing plates (not shown). The lateral inflatable members 10 may be collapsible and secured to collapsible structure to enable the nominal width of the vehicle to be retained when necessary. An application to a wheeled vehicle is described having buoyancy tanks fitted at each end and a further embodiment comprises a rigid canopy having one end hinged or removable so that a vehicle may be driven thereunder and attached by braces, the canopy forming a plenum chamber and having the ducts 6 and inflatable members 10 and 4 attached to the sides thereof. The ground clearance of the skirting 4 may be varied by raising or lowering or canting the whole assembly. According to the Provisional Specification the device may be foldable or collapsible and it may be made of an assembly of axially-joined concertina-like sections which may be joined together so that it may be adapted to vehicles of different sizes.
Patent GB-2277738-A (GB)
Title: 2,2-Difluoro-and 2-halo-2,2-difluoroacetyl terminus liquid-crystalline compoun ds
Inventor: BARTMANN EKKEHARD
IPC: C09K19/30
Filed: 1994-04-29
Abstract: Fluoromethyl ketones of the formula I   <IMAGE>    [in which  X         is H, F or Cl;  m         is 0, 1 or 2; R         is H or a C1-15 alkyl or alkenyl (optionally substituted by a CN, a CF3 or at least one halogen;           and where one or more CH2 is optionally replaced           by customary linking groups); Z<1> and Z<2>  are conventional linking groups,           including a direct bond, and one of Z<1> and           Z<2> may also be -(CH2)4- or           -CH=CH-CH2CH2-; A<1> and A<2> are 1,4-monocyclenes (wherein the ring is monocyclic and six membered; carbocyclic or heterocyclic; saturated or unsaturated or aromatic; and optionally fluorinated) or 1,4-bicyclo(2.2.2)octylene or a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group which may further be partially or completely saturated] are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline media.
Patent GB-2278119-A (GB)
Title: Recycling a resin component
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
IPC: B29B17/02
Filed: 1994-05-19
Abstract: A coated or plated resin component is ground in grinder 1 to prepare a roughly-ground form Wa. The ground form is heated and extruded in extruder 2 to prepare a strand or film Wb composed of a base resin and coating film pieces or plate pieces therein. The extruded form is rolled and drawn in unit 3 to prepare a film Wc. The film is pulverized to prepare pulverized form Wd which is separated into a base resin component We and a coating film or plate component Wf. Instead of an extruding step, the roughly-ground form is blown by an inflation method to prepare a tube composed of a base resin and coating film piece or plate pieces therein. The resin component may be a car bumper W and a bumper Wg is the recycled product. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278335-A (GB)
Title: Resealable easy-open can
Inventor: SEPEHR FEREIDOON
IPC: B65D17/34
Filed: 1994-05-23
Abstract: The ring 2 of a ring-pull can is used when rotated, to seal the opening formed on pulling the ring, a holder 3 (12, Figure 4) formed on the can end holding the ring down to seal the opening. The lower surface of the ring may be coated by a flexible plastics material to provide adequate sealing of the aperture. The can may contain beer or carbonated beverage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280694-A (GB)
Title: Reinforcing slat for inflatable packer
Inventor: ESLINGER DAVID M
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 1994-07-13
Abstract: A reinforcing slat (30) for use in an inflatable packer which is elongate and curved about its longitudinal axis and comprises perforations (26) in the part thereof which enters the end portion (32) of the packer and which bends around the end portion on inflation of the packer. The perforations serve to reduce the bending stiffness of the slat in the portion likely to suffer permanent deformation on inflation of the packer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283613-A (GB)
Title: Surface-emitting laser diode array and photodetector array
Inventor: ITAGAKI TAKUSHI
IPC: H01S5/18
Filed: 1994-07-19
Abstract: The LD array 100 includes a plurality of surface-emitting LDs 101a to 1011 each including a secondary diffraction grating 16. These LDs are radially arranged on a substrate 10 so that the diffraction gratings face a center point. The laser oscillation regions of the adjacent LDs are spaced apart so that the respective LDs are not affected by adjacent LDs and operate with high stability. When these LDs are oscillated with the same driving current, a high power laser light, comprising a plurality of laser emissions from the respective LDs and having the same phase and wavelength, is output stably in a prescribed direction. On the other hand, when the LDs are oscillated with different driving currents, a phase composite wave is output stably in a prescribed direction. The LDs may be DFB or DBR type including a primary diffraction grating. An array of photodetectors and a multi-wavelength optical communication system is also described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279835-A (GB)
Title: Power amplifier protection circuit
Inventor: EVANS CHRISTOPHER JACK
IPC: H03F1/52
Filed: 1994-08-12
Abstract: An audio power amplifier system comprises an input 1 from an audio signal source which transmits a signal to be amplified to an audio power amplifier 2 via a clipper 3. A protection circuit 5, 6 monitors the power dissipation of the power amplifier and the temperature of one or more components of the power amplifier and activates the clipper 3 if the temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold value to limit the input to the amplifier 2. The output of the amplifier transmits power through a loudspeaker load ZL. In a further aspect (Figs 1 and 2) the output of the power amplifier is monitored to determine the average output power over a period of time and the clipper 3 limits the input to the amplifier 2 if the average output exceeds a predetermined threshold. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287614-A (GB)
Title: User-determined handoff method
Inventor: UENO MAKOTO
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 1995-03-02
Abstract: When the boundary of radio zone is traversed, means (44a) notify the mobile user that the network is about to hand off the call. A switch (43d) is provided so that the user can select whether or not handoff of the call shall take place. A signal transmitted from the mobile to the network causes it to switch or hold the voice channel accordingly. To permit early detection of an unauthorised mobile station, user information about accumulated call account is totalled by the network and the mobile station individually and the results compared to identify an unauthorized mobile station (Fig. 10). To equalize load if processing at a base control station is congested, the number of base stations (BS) administrated by the base control station (BCS) is, in real time and dynamically, changed in correspondence with the state of congestion. (Fig. 17). In a method of constituting a location area capable of reducing load on the control channel due to simultaneous paging, the number of radio zones constituting the location area is changed in real time in correspondence with the load. (Fig. 30). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304502-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexing/demultiplexing method requiring no re-alignment
Inventor: BERRY ALLAN DAVID
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 1995-08-23
Abstract: A multiplexing/demultiplexing method comprises, during multiplexing, taking one bit from a time slot of each of a plurality of information data signals to form an information data sequence. The information data sequence is combined with a fixed binary code and, during demultiplexing, the combined signal is analysed in fixed bit length blocks to derive the information data. The code is selected such that the combined data signal has, for each possible information data sequence, a set of unique values irrespective of the starting point of the combined signal within the block. In this way there is no need to incorporate any alignment procedures during demultiplexing.
Patent GB-2307279-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine cooling systems
Inventor: SALT ALLAN JOHN
IPC: F01D5/08
Filed: 1995-11-14
Abstract: In a gas turbine engine including a turbine which has a closed cycle steam cooling system and an open cycle gas cooling system, sealing arrangements 212,214 and 216,218 are provided between adjacent pairs of turbine rotor stages 200,202,204. The sealing arrangement 212,214 has axially extending passages (236,240) to supply cooling gas from one of the turbine rotor stages 200 to the cooling gas passages in the turbine rotor blades 208. Each sealing arrangement comprises a pair of sealing formations 212,214 each made up of a plurality of sealing segments. Also the sealing arrangement 216,218 has axially extending passages 252,256 to supply steam from one of the turbine rotor stages 204 to the steam cooling passages 264 in the turbine rotor blades 208. The sealing arrangements also define chambers 220, 222 with the rotor stages 200, 202, 204.
Patent GB-2295165-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for feeding fibre material to a textile machine
Inventor: TEMBURG KONRAD
IPC: D01G15/20
Filed: 1995-11-16
Abstract: In an apparatus for opening and cleaning fibre material in the form of flocks, for example cotton, synthetic fibre material and the like, the fibre material passes through an intake device, for example a feed roller 1 cooperating with a tray 2 and thereafter at least one opener device, for example an opener roller 3 having a cleaning device 10, and is then conveyed to a processing machine. In order to provide an apparatus in which the processing of the fibre material is improved, while the clamping action is troublefree, and which is simple to produce, the distance between the feed roller, or the tray, 1 and the downstream opener roller 3 is adjustable. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295021-A (GB)
Title: Letter weighing device
Inventor: WALTHO BARRY STANTON
IPC: G01G19/54
Filed: 1994-04-20
Abstract: A letter weighing device comprises an elongate member (1) having upper and elongate surfaces. The upper elongate surface supports two spaced apart and substantially parallel resilient ribs (2) extending longitudinally along the elongate member (1) so as to define a recess (3) therebetween. Each of the ribs (2) is upwardly inclined towards the other. A fulcrum member (15) is slidably mounted upon the upper surface of the elongate member (1) between the ribs (2). The fulcrum member (15) is provided with a handle (16, 17) by means of which the device can be supported from above. A clip is provided adjacent one end of the elongate member (1) by means of which a letter can be secured to the device so as to be suspended therebeneath. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296354-A (GB)
Title: Multithreaded processor
Inventor: MOTOMURA MASATO
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 1995-12-19
Abstract: A multithreaded processor includes an instruction pipelined unit 140 and a register file 120 composed of a plurality of register banks 130. The register file 120 is coupled to an external memory 190 through register frame load/store lines 121, so that a register frame, which is defined as a content stored in one register bank 130, can be loaded and stored in bundle. When a thread parallel start instruction and a thread sequential start instruction are executed, the register frames are saved through the load/store lines 121. When a thread end instruction and a thread return instruction are executed, the register frames are restored through the load/store lines 121. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300484-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for checking measurement value detection
Inventor: PFEUFER REINHARD
IPC: G01D3/08
Filed: 1996-05-03
Abstract: In a method of controlling the power of a vehicle engine by means of at least one position sensor 26 coupled to an accelerator pedal 34 and feeding a pedal position signal to an analog input 12 of a microprocessor 10 which produces a digital control signal at its output 18, in order to check the functioning of the input arrangement, the sensor signal is also fed to a comparator 50 where it is compared with a reference value. The result is fed to a digital input 16 of the microprocessor and an impermissible deviation between the two input values is indicative of a fault. It is envisaged that the reference value, set by a divider 54, may correspond to the rest position of the pedal or to a setting in the lower load range. Alternatively, several switching levels may be provided for the comparator 50, which then corresponds to a coarse A-D converter. As described, a second position sensor 30 is provided and the microprocessor also checks the correspondence of the two analog signals at its inputs 12, 14.
Patent GB-2298303-A (GB)
Title: Security systems
Inventor: BOOTLE ALAN JOHN
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1994-11-15
Abstract: The invention provides a security system including a card reader for reading a stripe card as a smart card, which is activated by such a card being fully inserted into a slot of the card reader. The security system may include an enclosed area having a closure panel and the invention may further provide a method of monitoring transactions such as the reading of a card inserted into the slot or the opening of the closure panel. The closure panel of the security system may include a locking member which is movable under the control of a solenoid and a hinge which enables the closure panel to be quickly fitted.
Patent GB-2319182-A (GB)
Title: Transpharyngeal tube
Inventor: BERTRAM VOLKER
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 1996-11-12
Abstract: The tube which is especially for intubation anaesthesia, has a tube shaft (13) on which an inflatable primary cuff (18) for blocking the pharynx (19) and an inflatable secondary cuff (16) for blocking the esophagus (12) are disposed. At least one application channel (20) is formed on or in the tube shaft (13) which has an application opening (21), located below the primary cuff (18), for application of substances into the trachea (14). The secondary cuff (16) surrounds a tube tip (11) of the tube shaft (13) which seats in the entrance region of the esophagus (12) on an inner wall (15) thereof when the transpharyngeal tube (10) is inserted. This configuration facilitates a safe, reproduceable, and directed insertion into the esophagus. The tube is S-shaped in longitudinal profile.
Patent GB-2312835-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable patient supports and methods of operating them
Inventor: HANNAGAN ANGUS PATRICK DOUGLAS
IPC: A61G7/057
Filed: 1996-12-18
Abstract: In operation of a support for a patient's body, used in medical or veterinary treatment, which applies alternating-pressure to the body in order to reduce or minimize the risk of pressure sores caused by prolonged pressure on the skin, inflatable cells of the support are inflated and deflated cyclically in a predetermined sequence. To provide improved effect in relieving or preventing pressure sores, the cells are deflated in the sequence in such a manner that the interior pressure falls from 10mmHg (135Pa) to 0mmHg in a time period of not more than 15s. Preferably the interior pressure falls to below 0mmHg (ambient atmospheric pressure). A vacuum pump or pumps may be employed to achieve this result.
Patent GB-2321452-A (GB)
Title: Compost box
Inventor: WHITNEY RICHARD IAN
IPC: C05F17/02
Filed: 1997-01-27
Abstract: A compost box 30 for the decomposition of organic refuse comprises a plurality of vertically-arranged sections which include a base 1, one or more intermediate sections 2 and a top section 3, with the intermediate sections having sloping walls. The intermediate sections 2 are readily removable to adjust the height of the box. A removable lid 4 is provided which has a central hinge 14. Alternatively, the box essentially has a plurality of intermediate sections which are substantially identical and may be readily separated from each other. A kit of parts to form the box is described.
Patent GB-2315753-A (GB)
Title: Plant antifreeze proteins for use in frozen confectionary
Inventor: BYASS LOUISE JANE
IPC: C07K14/415
Filed: 1997-07-08
Abstract: A frozen confectionery product, e.g. ice-cream comprises one or more antifreeze proteins (AFP's) derived from plants wherein the AFP produces an ice crystal size of less than 15ÁM after quick freezing to -40C or less, followed by storage for 1 hour at -6C. The AFP's can be extracted inter alia from cold-acclimatised, carrots, grass or winter rye.
Patent GB-2317472-A (GB)
Title: Memory testing apparatus
Inventor: FUJISAKI KENICHI
IPC: G11C29/44
Filed: 1997-09-17
Abstract: There is provided a memory testing apparatus which can read out the information of failure memory cells of a tested memory from a failure analysis memory AFM having the same memory capacity as that of a memory under test and can complete in a short time computing where and how many memory cell failures occurred. The memory area of the failure analysis memory is subdivided into blocks, a flag memory FLM having the same number of addresses as the number of blocks is provided, and a flag address is assigned to each of the blocks. When a failure occurs in one of the memory blocks, a logical "1" is written at the flag memory address corresponding to that block. After the test is completed, addresses of the flag memory where "1" has been written are detected and the contents of only those memory blocks corresponding to the detected addresses are read out to compute failure information.
Patent GB-2317700-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring the quality of spot welds
Inventor: PERRYMAN RAYMOND ANDREW GEORGE
IPC: G01N29/24
Filed: 1997-09-17
Abstract: Apparatus (2) for non-destructively inspecting spot welds is disclosed. The apparatus consists of an ultrasonic probe connected to a computer (28) controlled signal processing (20) and storage (36) means. The probe comprises a housing (4) which houses an ultrasonic wave transmitter (8), a fluid medium (6) and an ultrasonic wave receiver (16). In operation the receiver (16) is placed adjacent the spot weld (10) to be inspected, whereupon the ultrasonic wave transmitter (8) is energised so as to cause at least one ultrasonic wave pulse to propagate through both the fluid medium (6) and the receiver (16) thence in to the spot weld (10). Ultrasonic waves may be reflected by the spot weld (10) whereupon they are subsequently detected by the receiver (16) which produces corresponding signals that are processed (20) and stored (36) for analysis. The receiver (16) comprises a plurality of ultrasonically sensitive elements (18 of Fig. 4 or Fig. 5) mounted upon a flexible surface.
Patent GB-2330355-A (GB)
Title: Closure assembly
Inventor: PROSSER MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: B65D41/16
Filed: 1997-10-17
Abstract: A closure 20 for attachment to an outlet nozzle of a container (Fig.2) has preferably six equally spaced pointed splines 26 which cut into co-operating surfaces preferably on an annular rib on the container on pushing the closure 20 axially onto the container. Circumferentially spaced snap fit detent means 28 preferably engage over a further annular rib on the container to retain the closure 20 in position with a skirt 24 of the closure 20 resiliently engaging a shoulder of the container to prevent movement of the closure 20. The closure 20 may be moulded from polypropylene and the container from a relatively softer material such as a low density polyethylene compound.
Patent GB-2317097-A (GB)
Title: Utility article attachable to footwear
Inventor: SOLO ALAN J
IPC: A43B3/00
Filed: 1996-06-19
Abstract: A utility article (10) attachable to footwear (12), said article includes a central, generally planar portion (14) which can be removably secured to the footwear by a pair of slits (70) or slots (70') through which the ends of shoe laces or attachment straps (74) can pass.
Patent GB-2332492-A (GB)
Title: Multi-layer fuel pipe
Inventor: PIGNATEL JER ME
IPC: F16L9/147
Filed: 1997-12-22
Abstract: The pipe, e.g. for a motor vehicle, comprises and inner tubular layer (10) of polymeric material covered by an homogeneous layer 11 of metallic material for fuel impermeability. The polymeric material of the inner layer (10) incorporates metallic particles to improve the compatability of the polymeric material with the layer (11) to prevent the formation of voids therebetween into which fuel may seep. An outer tubular layer (14), also of polymeric material, optionally with metallic particles, may be applied, mainly for mechanical protection purposes. A further inner polymeric layer without metallic particles may lie inside the layer (10).