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Patent GB-2307687-A (GB)
Title: Fibres
Inventor: QIN YIMIN
IPC: A61L15/22
Filed: 1995-09-26
Abstract: A method of preparing a thermoplastic elastomer having A blocks and at least one B block, wherein said A blocks are crystalline at temperatures below about 60{C and said B block is amorphous at temperatures above about -20{C, said A blocks each being polyethers derived from monomers of oxetane and its derivatives and/or tetrahydrofuran and its derivatives, the method comprises ```providing monofunctional hydroxyl terminated A blocks which are crystalline at temperatures below about 60{C and separately providing di-, tri- or tetrafunctional hydroxyl terminated B blocks which are amorphous at temperatures above about -20{C, ```end-capping the A blocks by separately reacting said A blocks with a difunctional diisocyanate in which one isocyanate moiety is at least about five times as reactive with the terminal hydroxyl group of the A blocks as the other isocyanate moiety, whereby the more reactive isocyanate moiety tends to react with the terminal hydroxyl group of the A blocks, leaving the less reactive isocyanate moiety free and unreacted, and ```adding di-, tri- or tetrafunctional B block to the end-capped A blocks at approximately the stoichiometric ratios that they are intended to be present in the thermoplastic elastomer such that the free and unreacted isocyanate moiety on the end-capped A block reacts with a functional moiety of the B block to produce ABA or A n B thermoplastic elastomers.
Patent GB-2323936-A (GB)
Title: Mains flicker reduction
Inventor: HAMER RICHARD ASHLEY
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 1997-04-01
Abstract: A high current mains powered device eg a photocopier is controlled so that the number of operations requiring sudden changes in power consumption that can be carried out within a given time are limited. Flickering of lighting circuits resulting from operation of the device is thus kept to within permitted levels. For example the number of times that a copy can be made when the device is cold within a given period is limited.
Patent GB-2310125-A (GB)
Title: Process of preparing compressed partially dehydrated vegetables
Inventor: LEWIS VICTOR MARCUS
IPC: A23L19/00
Filed: 1995-12-08
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of preparing and/or preserving a partially dehydrated vegetable which is capable of being preserved at or about freezer temperatures, and the product produced thereby.
Patent GB-2313970-A (GB)
Title: Compensating for non-linearities in the chirp in a chirp radar
Inventor: CORE MARK TAYLOR
IPC: G01S13/06
Filed: 1997-06-03
Abstract: An apparatus for correcting for nonlinearities in the chirp in a chirp radar which includes a transmitter (24, 28, 48, 50, 52) comprises a receiver (58, 62) which receives an echo signal (60) resuiting from reflection of the transmitted chirp (56). A mixer (48) compares the transmitted signal against the echo signal and providing a comparison signal indicative of the comparison. The comparison signal is sampled by an A/D converter (74). The A/D convertor (74) provides a sampled comparison signal to a controller/DSP (22). Controller/DSP (22) resamples the sampled comparison signal at selected resample times and varies the selected resample times within the chirp to correct for nonlinearities in the comparison signal resulting from nonlinearities of the transmitted chirp.
Patent GB-2318328-A (GB)
Title: Multiple identity embossing of materials handling units.
Inventor: CLARK ANDREW
IPC: B62B3/14
Filed: 1997-09-26
Abstract: A materials handling unit 10 having tubular or other section frame members 15, 17 incorporated in its side walls 16 and/or base, rear wall, gate or shelves is overtly marked by repeatedly impressing or embossing its frame members with the name 19 or other identification of the legitimate owner and/or a warning 20. Impressions or embossed markings are provided along more than one side of the tubular frame members and the impressions are of such depth that subsequent finishing processes will not obscure them.
Patent GB-2317851-A (GB)
Title: Worktable fence support
Inventor: LEWIN GEORGE
IPC: B27B27/02
Filed: 1997-10-02
Abstract: A worktable includes a rigid frame (2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Tracks (15, 16) are rigidly mounted on the frame and telescopically receive arms (17, 18) supporting a ripping fence (24). The ripping fence is capable of being positioned over a work supporting table (7) or beyond the work supporting table (7), the tracks (15, 16) being open ended so that the arms can be inserted in either end of the tracks 10 position the ripping fence (24) on either side of the saw or other tool supported by the table. Clamping means (23, 24) clamp the arms (17, 18) in the tracks (15, 16). The fence 25 is pivoted to the arms and can hence be reversed to present its sloping face towards the saw.
Patent GB-2318019-A (GB)
Title: Geophone shock absorber
Inventor: WOO DANIEL MING-KWONG
IPC: G01V1/18
Filed: 1995-07-20
Abstract: Resilient shock absorbers 140, 142 are mounted in a geophone between the coil form 108 and the top and bottom closure members 115, 117 of the housing 102 to prevent the coil form 108 from directly contacting the top and bottom closure members 115, 117 during rough handling. Thus the shock imparted to the coil form 108 and the amount of frequency shift experienced by the geophone over its life span, is reduced. Leaf springs (figures 7-9) may be used as the shock absorbers 140, 142 and may be mounted between the housing 102 and the top and bottom closure members 115, 117. Alternatively, any spring material with fingers or any solid piece of soft material may be used. Other resilient material such as rubber placed on the housing above and below the coil form 108 ends or on the coil itself, performs the same shock absorbing function. The springs 110,112 and washers 126-129 used to support the coil form and reduce damage caused by torsional forces experienced by the springs are also described.
Patent GB-2319528-A (GB)
Title: N,N-Dialkyl-4-[mono- or di-(chloro/bromo)benzothiazol-2-ylazo]aniline derivatives for use in thermal transfer recording; and thermal transfer sheets
Inventor: ISHIDA MIO
IPC: B41M5/41
Filed: 1997-11-17
Abstract: A benzothiazole azo dye for thermal transfer recording is provided having the following formula (I):  wherein R 1 is a C 3-8 branched chain alkyl group, R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, X is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a formylamino group, a lower alkylcarbonylamino group, a lower alkoxycarbonylamino group or a benzoylamino group, Y is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, and Z is a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or a bromine atom. A thermal transfer sheet comprises a base film (eg of a polyethylene terephthalate) and an ink layer formed on the base film wherein the ink layer comprises a dye and a binder and the dye comprises at least one benzothiazole azo dye of formula (I).
Patent GB-2331476-A (GB)
Title: Electrode guide
Inventor: CERVENKA MICHAEL OLIVER
IPC: B23H7/26
Filed: 1997-11-20
Abstract: An electrode guide for an EDM apparatus is adapted to provide lamina electrolyte flow around each electrode. The wire electrodes 6 are supported and gripped in triangular section grooves 8 and held in place by a cover plate. The non-matching profiles of groove and electrode create a plurality of channels around each electrode when clamped in the guide. The electrode grooves are intersected by a chamber 28 in the bed of the guide so that, in use, electrolyte fluid supplied to the chamber flows along the channels around the electrodes. A seal arrangement is provided on one side of the chamber to stem flow in the channels surrounding the electrodes in a direction away from the machining face of the guide.
Patent GB-2334673-A (GB)
Title: Remote control of vehicle seat
Inventor: FLEMING MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 1998-02-27
Abstract: Powered operation of position adjustment and other components (eg heater) of a vehicle seat is effected using a remote (eg infra-red) control unit with buttons controlling the individual components and a visual indication of what these components are. The adjustments may include movement of the seat back sufficient to prevent seat occupation and thereby prevent theft and also one or more memorised seat configurations which can be recalled by a single button.
Patent GB-2324660-A (GB)
Title: Electrical cable
Inventor: NEUROTH DAVID H
IPC: E21B17/20
Filed: 1998-03-16
Abstract: An electrical line for a well pump has elastomeric supports 23 clamped to the exterior of electrical cable 15 for supporting the cable 15 within coiled tubing 11. The cable supports 23 have an elastomeric member 25, eg of EPDM, that swells when contacted with a hydrocarbon liquid. Each expansion member 25 is clamped to the cable exterior by retainers 31 located at the ends. The expansion members 25 are spaced apart longitudinally along the cable 15, and then the cable 15 is inserted into the coiled tubing 11. Hydrocarbon liquid is pumped through the coiled tubing 11 to cause the expansion members 25 to swell into frictional engagement with the coiled tubing 11. The retainers 31 direct the swelling laterally into tight contact with the coiled tubing 11.
Patent GB-2336794-A (GB)
Title: Flotation device
Inventor: KORYUKIN BORIS
IPC: B03D1/14
Filed: 1998-04-28
Abstract: A column flotation device includes a casing 10, feed charging means 12, feed material introduction means operable to receive feed material from the charging means and introduce feed material at varying column depths, one or more aerators 16, and means 18,20 for discharging foam product and waste separately, wherein the charging means and/or one or more feed material introduction means is equipped with air introduction means 22,26 at an outflow zone thereof.
Patent GB-2325276-A (GB)
Title: Mounting i.c. engine plug-in fuel injection pumps
Inventor: BERGER FRANK
IPC: F02M59/44
Filed: 1998-05-13
Abstract: For each cylinder 3 of the i.c. engine a bore 4 is provided in the cylinder casing to receive a plug-in pump 5. The axis (a) of each plug-in pump 5 may be at an angle of about 10 degrees to the cylinder axis (b). Each pump 5 comprises an actuating part with a cam-driven spring-loaded roller tappet 10 which engages a camshaft 9, and a pumping part with a plunger 7. The actuating and pumping parts are combined in a single unit inside a sleeve 11. The longitudinal axis (a) of the pump 5 is spaced by a distance (x) from the camshaft axis (c) and intersects a perpendicular plane through the camshaft axis (c) at a point below the camshaft axis (c). This allows the inlet and exhaust valve tappet guides (18, fig.3), and hence the cylinders 3, to be closer together thus saving weight and space. Also the running of the roller tappets 10 is improved and installation and removal of the plug-in pumps 5 is simplified.
Patent GB-2338203-A (GB)
Title: Work table
Inventor: YOU YEN JEN
IPC: B23D47/02
Filed: 1998-06-08
Abstract: A work table comprises a top 10 with a two dimensional array of mounting holes 12. A tool carrier assembly is mounted by fixing means 24 which pass through the holes. A workpiece locating assembly includes eg a fence 21 and also has fixing means 27, 30 passing through holes 12. The tool carrier allows a tool such as a circular saw to be guided along a rail 25 while cutting a workpiece located against fence 21 while held down by the pivoted carrier assembly.(Figure 6, not shown.)
Patent GB-2332393-A (GB)
Title: Rotary short inker
Inventor: HARDY PHILIP MILES
IPC: B41F31/06
Filed: 1998-06-24
Abstract: In an inker for a printing press capable of producing high coating weights as well as low ones, an ink train of at least two roll cylinders 7, 8 transports ink from a reservoir 1 to a printing plate 4, the final roll cylinder 8 is provided with a doctor blade 9 and (preferably with the other rollers of the train) has a surface of rubber or synthetic polymeric or resin material. In use the doctor blade is spaced from the cylinder 8, preferably using a control system for maintaining a predetermined coating weight as measured on the product. The rollers 7, 8 may be vertically or generally horizontally aligned, but the vertical alignment shown can also be used with a hard anilox roll for producing high coating weights. The roll cylinders may be mounted in individual cassettes for ease of removal or replacement, and guards may be provided for preventing egress of the printing medium into the environment.
Patent GB-2328256-A (GB)
Title: An inhibitor lock for preventing the involuntary selection of the reverse gear
Inventor: PAPARONI PAOLO
IPC: F16H61/26
Filed: 1998-08-11
Abstract: An inhibitor lock for preventing the involuntary selection of the reverse gear including a locking bar 2 which is axially slidable on a gear lever 1, the locking bar 2 having as a stop an inhibitor lock 5 which only allows the engagement of reverse gear when the locking bar is intentionally raised by the driver (see fig 4), characterised in that said inhibitor lock 5 is fixedly mounted on a movable base 8 which is movable and lockable relative to a fixed base 9 in such a way to allow transverse 14 and longitudinal 13 adjustment of the position of the inhibitor lock 5 to be made within the cabin of the vehicle via fixing screws 19.
Patent GB-2328692-A (GB)
Title: Metal deposition using plasma treatment
Inventor: BAYDAL JAS PAL SINGH
IPC: C08F2/52
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: A method for metallising solid substrates involves the use of non-equilibrium plasma treatment of a supported metal precursor layer. This technique can be used to make pure metal or alloy coatings. An oxidising plasma pre-treatment step of the supported metal recursor layers or the incorporation of a plasma polymer coupling layer comprising maleic anhydride, allyamine or acrylic acid prior to metallisation, can result in improved adhesion. The method can be applied to the preparation of lithographic printing plate precursors. Any suitable substrate may be used, eg aluminium, polymer or glass. The examples disclose deposition of Pd, Ag, Pt, Au a Pd/Ag alloy or Cu. The metal solution may be dissolved in solution with a polymer.
Patent GB-2330672-A (GB)
Title: Storing and retrieving data in a control system eg in a motor vehicle
Inventor: DE WILLE EBERHARD
IPC: G06F8/654
Filed: 1998-09-14
Abstract: The process is used for storing and retrieving data in a control system, in particular in a motor vehicle, said control system containing a computer, a RAM memory and a flash memory. When the control system is switched off, pieces of operating data of different types are stored in the flash memory. The flash memory is managed by a ring memory process and can repeatedly pack pieces of operating data of identical type. When the control system is switched on, pieces of operating data are stored in the RAM in two phases viz. (a) only predetermined substitute values are stored in the RAM without accessing the flash memory, then (b) the most recent pieces of operating data of one or more types in the flash memory are read out into the RAM.
Patent GB-2328537-A (GB)
Title: Message searching system and terminal
Inventor: ITAKURA YUICHIRO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1997-05-08
Abstract: A message searching system and a terminal capable of displaying data that meet the user's need on a terminal even when a plurality of users copy and use a program. The system comprises a message user data base for storing the characteristics of the user at the terminal and a message transmission condition data base for storing search condition of the message to be transmitted to the terminal. A need to update the characteristics of the user is detected during the communication with the terminal, and the characteristics are updated when it is required. Depending on a request from the terminal, furthermore, the characteristics of the user at the terminal are read out from the message user data base, and a message is retrieved from the message transmission condition data base according to the characteristics of the user. The message user data base stores the date of birth of the user and the latest date of communication with the user. The user data are updated when the days obtained by adding a predetermined period to the date of birth have elapsed after the latest date of communication with the user.
Patent GB-2332548-A (GB)
Title: Security system
Inventor: GREENWOOD JEREMY JOHN
IPC: B60R25/24
Filed: 1998-12-11
Abstract: A security system suitable for a vehicle 10 comprises: a remote transponder 16, and a transmitter / receiver 14 which is mounted on the vehicle 10 and which is associated with a controller 12 for controlling the security functions of the vehicle 10 in response to a signal from the transmitter / receiver 14. The transponder 16 is arranged to transmit a security signal in one or more of a predetermined range of channels. The transmitter / receiver 14 is arranged to scan the range of channels and to determine in which one or more of those channels the security signal has been transmitted.
Patent GB-2333625-A (GB)
Title: Virtual logic system for reconfigurable hardware
Inventor: ABRAMOVICI MIRON
IPC: H01L21/82
Filed: 1999-01-12
Abstract: A set of reconfigurable hardware includes a number of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), a controller 22 referred to as a page manager, and a RAM-based local memory 24. In an illustrative embodiment, each of the FPGAs is suitable for implementing any one of a number of different portions of a logic circuit. A netlist or other descriptive information characterizing the logic circuit is partitioned into a number of pages, each of the pages corresponding to one of the portions of the circuit. The page manager controls the loading and unloading of the pages from the local memory into the FPGAs of the reconfigurable hardware, and controls storage and transfer of inter-page signals. The page manager is configured to detect "page faults" such as, for example, an unloaded page with a full input buffer. The page manager responds to a given page fault by subsequently loading the previously unloaded page into one of the FPGAs. The page manager may include FIFO input buffers or other suitable sets of registers for storing inter-page signal values for loaded and unloaded pages.
Patent GB-2345956-A (GB)
Title: Artificial coal log gas fire
Inventor: HOLT HAROLD ROBERT
IPC: F23D14/70
Filed: 1999-01-21
Abstract: A gas fire which mimics the random way fossil fuels burn to give a pleasing appearance. The fire can be easily changed to use as a heat storage unit when the flame effect is not required, the fire may be equipped with a heat saving option and harmful gas detection mode of operation and the fires functions may be remotely controlled. In one embodiment gas is supplied through a medium 12 which is agitated by rotating arms 20 before being passed through grid 13 for ignition. The gas may flow through the arms 20.
Patent GB-2336287-A (GB)
Title: Single strap strain reducing dog harness
Inventor: SIMON ALLEN
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 1999-04-14
Abstract: A strain reducing dog harness (10) comprises a single strap (16) including a movable member (30) disposed relative to the strap to define a single body loop of variable size. The strap is sized and arranged such that when mounted on the dog, the single body loop includes left and right strap portions which extend as shown. When the dog strains against a leash attached to the harness, a distributed pressure is applied to the chest, foreleg pits and back, to encourage the dog to relax to decrease the pressure. In another embodiment (Fig 8), a single strap includes a first movable member and a second movable member which define a body loop and a neck loop. The strap is sized and arranged such that when mounted on the dog, left and right strap portions extend forwardly from the dog's shoulders and downwardly over the dog's chest to the second movable member over the dog's chest.
Patent GB-2338067-A (GB)
Title: Comparative measuring instrument
Inventor: MCTURK JOHN IAN
IPC: G01B5/08
Filed: 1999-04-23
Abstract: A comparative measurement instrument or calipers has a slide assembly (10) and a central slide support (11). Two abutments (13, 22) are slidably mounted on the slide assembly (10) and are fixable in selected positions along the slide assembly (10) via anchoring means (16, 17, 20, 21). The abutments (13, 22) can be fixed at positions which are symetrical about the central slide support (11) allowing the measuring instrument to be balanced.
Patent GB-2335562-A (GB)
Title: Video input level control circuit
Inventor: CHA EUN A
IPC: H04N9/68
Filed: 1997-12-29
Abstract: A video input level control circuit in a video display device includes a contrast control section (6) connected to an input of an amplifier (8) for controlling the contrast voltage level to adjust brightness of a screen of the video display device (9); a signal comparing section (11) for comparing each of the RGB video signals outputted from a video signal output section (7) with preset standard voltages; a level detecting section (12) for detecting excessive saturation of the RGB video signals based on the signals outputted from the signal comparing section (11); and a level control section (13) having an input connected to the level detecting section (12) and an output connected to the contrast control section (6), the level control section (13) controlling the contrast control section (6) according to an input gain level of the RGB video signals detected by the level detecting section (12).
Patent GB-2354503-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor screen
Inventor: CROMPTON JOHN ROBERT
IPC: B07B1/55
Filed: 1999-09-24
Abstract: A conveyor screen suitable for won materials in sub-sea mining operations, for example diamond mining, comprises a taut flexible chain supporting a plurality of elongate flight bars 32 that extend perpendicular to the chain and that are regularly spaced apart from one another wherein, won material dropped onto the conveyor of less than a certain predetermined size falls through the gaps between the flight bars 32 and material of a larger size is dropped off the end of the conveyor 31. The chain may be a drive chain that is endless and wrapped around a pair of sprockets 34, 36 to drive the conveyor. The conveyor may include a baffle 52 for directing the smaller won material to a pump 61 for conveying to a surface ship. The conveyor advantageously reduces jams caused by oversized mineral pieces. The conveyor may include additional features such as water jets 63, 64 and a jam clearance door 56 that assist in the function of reducing jams. A submersible vehicle supporting the conveyor is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2344171-A (GB)
Title: Electrooptic sampling prober
Inventor: AKIKUNI FUMIO
IPC: G01R13/40
Filed: 1999-11-27
Abstract: An electrooptic sampling prober measures the waveform of a signal applied to wiring of an IC wafer (1). A laser (8) radiates laser beams to an optical module (6) containing an optical isolator and photodiodes via an optical fibre (7). The beams pass through an optical wavelength filter (5) and prober unit (4) and are incident on an electrooptic element (2) which changes polarization state in response to an electric field caused by the measured signal. The beams are reflected by a surface mirror on the electrooptic element, and reflected beams propagate back through the prober unit and return to the optical module through the wavelength filter. During the measurement, a human operator watches an image of a selected portion of the wafer beneath the prober unit by means of an infrared camera (10), halogen lamp (9) and monitor (10a), to adjust the position between the prober unit and wafer. The optical filter has a centre transmission wavelength coinciding with the wavelength of maximum intensity of the laser beam thus preventing spurious components of light returning to the optical module which improves the <I>S/N</I> ratio of measurements.