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Patent GB-2071972-A (GB)
Title: Slow rotor soil cultivating implements
IPC: A01B33/02
Filed: 1981-02-23
Abstract: A soil cultivating implement or machine has a tined rotor mounted on a frame for rotation about an axis transverse to the intended direction of movement of the implement, and with the tines penetrating the ground in use. The tines are arranged to enter the ground in the same sense as the forward movement of a vehicle driving the implement. The rotor is connected to a second tined rotor which rotates faster than the first rotor which rotates in the same direction as the wheels of the vehicle but at a lower peripheral speed than the speed of movement of the implement over to the ground. The ratio of the rotational speeds of the two rotors is between 2:1 and 4:1. Each rotor has a rotor shaft with a plurality of axially spaced mounting flanges, the tines being bolted to the flanges and extending generally tangentially of the rotor shaft.
Patent GB-2078216-A (GB)
Title: Quinoxaline-1,4-dioxide derivatives
IPC: A23K20/195
Filed: 1981-06-02
Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula (I> <IMAGE>  wherein  R<1> stands for hydrogen or lower alkyl,  R<2> is hydroxy and  R<3> is hydrogen, or  R<2> and R<3> form together a valence bond,  Q represents a carbon or nitrogen atom, A is hydrogen, hydroxymethyl, lower alkyl, phenyl-lower alkyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl,  n is 0 or 1, B stands for nitro, cyano, halogen, optionally halogeno- or nitro-substituted phenyl, pyridyl, quinolyl or a group of the general formula (IV),   <IMAGE> in which  R<5> is hydrogen or lower alkylcarbonyl and R<4> stands for nitro, amino, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or A and B, together with the adjacent carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted heterocyclic ring which contains not more than two identical or different nitrogen and/or oxygen and/or sulfur heteroatom(s) and optionally one or two exocyclic oxygen atom(s) and/or sulfur atom(s) and/or imino group(s), with the proviso that if Q represents a nitrogen atom, n is O and B stands for a group of the general formula (IV), and with the further proviso that if Q represents a carbon atom, B is other than a group of the general formula (IV), or a biologically acceptable acid addition salt of a compound of the general formula (I) with basic character, have antimicrobial activity and are of value as feed additives for use in animal husbandry.
Patent GB-2105150-A (GB)
Title: Television systems
Inventor: PATTINSON ANTHONY
IPC: H04N9/475
Filed: 1981-09-02
Abstract: A control unit 2 is connected via a line 3 to a remote unit 4 connected to a video source such as a television camera 1. To reduce cable requirements, the control unit 2 supplies mixed sync and (in a colour system) burst to the line whilst the remote unit supplies non-composite video from the camera to the other end of the same line so that the sum of the two appears at both ends of the line as a composite signal, but with time shifts. The sync and burst are used to lock the camera 1, whilst the picture information is taken off at the control unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2086803-A (GB)
Title: Rotary filing equipment
IPC: B42F17/28
Filed: 1981-11-03
Abstract: A rotary filing tray 10 has four pivotal partitions 20. The partitions 20 are hinged at 22 between upstanding operative positions and collapsed positions for storage and transport in which they are flat against the tray. To secure the partitions in the upstanding positions, an upper member 30 with a bearing 34 for rotation about the spindle 16 is secured to brackets 26 on the partitions, with slots 36 engaging the upper edges of the partitions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088532-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic selector valve
IPC: F16K11/06
Filed: 1981-11-27
Abstract: hydraulic system of an agricultural tractor is adapted to fit directly to the tractor auxiliary hydraulic interface and to be fitted directly with one or more directional control valves feeding auxiliary devices.     The supply from the tractor hydraulic pump enters the chamber (13) and is directed by way of spool (14), controlled by lever (5), to either the existing hydraulic accessories through passage (11), or to chamber (15), from where it passes to the directional control valves and the auxiliary accessories. A return line (16,12) is permanently connected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2089655-A (GB)
Title: Display stand for high-value exhibition objects
IPC: A47F7/024
Filed: 1981-12-07
Abstract: A display stand for displaying high-value items, e.g. jewellery, has a part-spherical hollow body 10 made from a transparent material to enable the contents of the body 10 to be viewed from all sides. The body 10 is secured to a part-spherical base 13 so that the body 10 and the base 13 together form a sphere which is supported on a hollow pipe 15. The opening 11 in the body 10 is sufficiently large for display shelves 32 and a light source 36 to be passed therethrough. The connection between the body 10 and the base 13 is lockable and may be provided with an alarm device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112655-A (GB)
Title: Toy vehicle steering arrangement
Inventor: SUIMON YOSHIO
IPC: A63H17/36
Filed: 1981-12-24
Abstract: A steering mechanism for use in a toy vehicle includes a housing 5 pivotally mounted at 6 and carrying a pair of assemblies each including a movable substantially U- shaped soft magnetic member 1 and a coil 2. The supporting housing also carries rotatably two separate rate wheel axles 4 of magnetic material. When a coil 2 is energized, its soft magnetic member 1 is magnetically attracted into contact with the associated axle 4 to brake the latter. Simultaneously, the supporting housing itself is rotated around the axis of the shaft 6 to steer the automobile to the desired direction.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2130136-A (GB)
Title: Cutoff machine
Inventor: RIERA JOHN FRANK
IPC: B23D25/04
Filed: 1982-02-08
Abstract: A flying cutoff machine for severing elongated stock 16, e.g. tube, profiled bar, moving continuously longitudinally of its length wherein a die carriage 70 is attachable to the material for movement therewith and includes a reciprocating cutting blade (72, Fig. 2) for severing the material. The machine has a frame with a bed 14 slidably supporting the carriage and an elongated ram 22, extending parallel to the bed with the ram being supported through a link and slide arrangement 24, 26, 32 so that the ram is maintained parallel to the bed. The ram is driven by a single crank arrangement 42 to slide relative to the slide member 32 and move in an orbital path during which it causes the carriage 70 to be clamped to the stock 16 and the blade 72 to cut the stock. Means such as an air cylinder 92 return the carriage 70 after the cut and accelerate it to the speed of the stock before the next cut. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088342-A (GB)
Title: Device at printing plants for providing a web with information
IPC: G06K15/16
Filed: 1981-06-15
Abstract: Device at printing plants for providing a web, preferably a formaliner-perforated paper web, with information, whereby the web (1) runs from a feeding device (2) via an inlet sensor (3) to a printer unit (4) and therefrom via an outlet sensor (5) to a receiving device (6) and whereby the inlet sensor controls the feeding device to feed the web such that it runs in slacked condition to a feeding unit (23) for feeding thereof through the printer unit while the outlet sensor controls the receiving device to feed the web such that it runs in slacked condition from the feeding unit. In order to provide by simple means a device permitting efficient feeding and collecting of webs provided with prints in printing plants operating at high printing speeds, the invention is characterized by the fact that the receiving device (6) comprises a web driving device (34) controlled by the outlet sensor (5) and holding the web (1), that in said web driving device the web portion (1c) running from the feeding unit (23) in slacked condition is transformed into a stretched web portion (1d) under the influence of a reeling device (35) and a web drawing unit (37).
Patent GB-2100675-A (GB)
Title: A writing implement
Inventor: SCHLINK WILHELM
IPC: B43K25/02
Filed: 1982-03-31
Abstract: A writing implement comprising a thrust mechanism (5) disposed in an elongate casing (1) and a slider (6) arranged on the casing eccentrically to the longitudinal axis thereof. The slider is connectable to and serves to actuate the mechanism (5) and for this purpose is integrally joined at substantially its mid-length to one end of a pressure- transmitting fillet (7). The latter extends through a slot (8) in the wall of the casing (1) and is formed at its other end portion facing the mechanism (5) as a claw-like annular fastener (9) arranged to snap connectingly, during assembly of the implement, over a spigot (11) of a push knob (10) of the mechanism, thus connecting the latter by the fillet (7) to the slider (6). The fastener (9) has an external diameter greater than the width of the bulk of the fillet (7) and is compressible to permit it being slid, if so compressed, through the slot (8). The slider (6) is displaceable by pressing it downwardly with the thumb of the hand used for writing without substantially changing the position of the implement, such as a ball-point pen, in said hand. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2118235-A (GB)
Title: Three-way loft ladder
Inventor: MAGUIRE COLIN LESLEY
IPC: E06C1/32
Filed: 1982-04-03
Abstract: A loft ladder that is demountable from the loft hatch for use as an extension ladder and that can also be converted into a stepladder has a pair of individual ladder members (1, 2) that are normally assembled in parallel sliding relationship. The uppermost ladder member (2) may be pivotally secured to hook means (36) fastened to the loft floor in the hatchway by means of a bar (34) mounted on a slide (32) on a stile (4) of the ladder member, but spaced behind the ladder member so that the close ladder can be swung up into the loft for storage. The bar and hook are so dimensioned that the bar is only removable from the hook when the ladder is near vertical. The lower ladder member (1) carries fixed to its upper end hinges (10) which are slidably mounted on the stiles of the upper ladder. Hooks (27) on the lower end of the upper ladder engage rungs of the lower ladder to keep the two ladders together in the loft ladder and extension ladder modes, while male and female blocks (17,19) on the tops of the stiles of the two ladder members engage to restrain the hinges from sliding in the stepladder mode, in which a stay (20) is also used to maintain the separation of the ladder members. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2100978-A (GB)
Title: Housing means for a built-in appliance
Inventor: STEINER HERBERT
IPC: F24C15/08
Filed: 1982-05-13
Abstract: Housing means for a built-in domestic appliance, such as an oven, a cooker or the like, comprises a housing (1) with an installation space (3), and a frame surrounding the installation space at a front side of the housing. The frame is formed from two frame element pairs arranged perpendicularly to each other and each provided with identical elongate frame elements (7; 14). The frame elements (7) of the first pair at both sides possess mutually facing fastening projections (8) for their fastening to the housing (1) and the frame element (14) of the second pair are pluggable onto the fastening projections (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120309-A (GB)
Title: Drainable store
Inventor: BIRKETT MELVIN HERBERT
IPC: A01K1/01
Filed: 1982-05-17
Abstract: A drainable slurry or like store comprises a plurality of panels (38) of concrete or like substantially non- corrodable material supported at their upper ends by a metal framework (15) and at their lower ends by engagement with retention means (18) in a fabricated base member (1) to which the metal framework (15) is attached, the support of the panels (8) on the metal framework (15) and the engagement of the panels (8) with the retention means (18) being such that the spacing between the panels is adjustable over a wide range. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2104842-A (GB)
Title: Converting printing presses
Inventor: DAHLGREN HAROLD PHILLIP
IPC: B41F11/00
Filed: 1982-08-17
Abstract: An offset newspaper printing press as shown is produced by conversion of a direct letterpress machine cylinders 20 and 30 are the original impression and plate cylinders, the plate(s) being replaced by an offset blanket. The original inking system is removed and replaced by a module which is pivotally mounted and includes new plate cylinder 40 and an associated inker, which, as shown, also may incorporate a damper pivotting of the module trips the plate cylinder 40, and the inker/damper may also be pivotable with respect to the module to trip the ink/damping application to the plate. The original drive to the cylinders 20 and 30 is retained, and the new module is driven from the existing inker drive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2111459-A (GB)
Title: Bag with hanger
Inventor: WALLWORK STEVEN
IPC: B65D33/24
Filed: 1982-12-10
Abstract: In a combination of a bag 10 with a hanger, having a bar H2 and a hook H1, the bag has opposed sides B1,F1 of flexible sheet material of which the side B1 has a top closing portion T2 provided with a slot S1 of a size arranged only to receive the hook H1 and to allow it to pass through the slot and extend out of and clear of the bag, the bar H2 of the hanger being fixed at the top edge of the other side F1. The bag is preferably made of a transparent plastics material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2124263-A (GB)
Title: Reeling apparatus, especially for cables or ropes
Inventor: SEIBERT GERHARD
IPC: B65H67/04
Filed: 1983-05-23
Abstract: Reeling apparatus, especially for cables or ropes, is disclosed in which mounting devices (6) for the retention of reel bodies (7) intended to receive the material to be wound are mobile by means of at least one carriage (2, 3, 4) between a take-up position and a set down position and the mounting devices are displaceable on guides (5) on the carriage, transversely of the tracks (1) of the carriage, characterised in that two tracks for the carriages are arranged substantially immediately side-by-side and in one of the two tracks two carriages, or one carriage provided with two guides running parallel with one another for the reception of retaining devices (6) for two separate reel bodies (7) are or is held, and in the adjacent track a further carriage (4) for the transport of a retaining device (6) is held. Reel bodies are transferred from track to track. In this way a small space requirement is obtained but also the take-up position remains the same for every reel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2147348-A (GB)
Title: Locking arrangement
Inventor: JOHANSSON BO
IPC: E05C19/00
Filed: 1983-09-30
Abstract: A bolt 12 may be slid from housing 14, via guide 15, across door 10 to engage in lock casing 16. Here it is held by the engagement of notch 18 in the bolt 12 with stationary detent 22, the bolt being lifted by the insertion of element 24 to bring about this engagement. This element has an aperture 34 through which a tongue 30 of lock 32 may pass in order to engage the second recess 36 in bolt 12 to lock the arrangement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149465-A (GB)
Title: A pneumatically operated power tool
Inventor: BARNARD MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: B25F5/00
Filed: 1983-11-15
Abstract: A power tool comprises a tool body housing a pneumatic motor and means (14, 15, 16, 31) for switching the motor on and off, and a removable adaptor (18) defining an exhaust outlet surrounding an air inlet (17) to the tool, the adaptor being interchangeable with a further adaptor Fig. 11 which defines an exhaust outlet (36) offset from the air inlet. A control top (10) incorporating a valve (14, 15) and adapted to make the tool reversible may be interchangeable with a further control top adapted to make the tool non-reversible. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154346-A (GB)
Title: Credit card validation system
Inventor: JONAS WAYNE
IPC: G07F7/12
Filed: 1984-01-24
Abstract: A credit card validation system wherein information is supplied to a central computer (10) concerning the identity of invalid credit cards and the central computer then updates the memories of a plurality of remote computers (16) for example, by way of telephone lines, so that each remote computer (16) contains a list of all currently invalid cards; each remote computer (16) has a card reader (18) or keyboard which enables the card number to be inserted of any card whose validity status is to be checked at the remote location; that remote computer (16) then compares the inserted number with the list of invalid numbers in its memory and indicates the result to the operator (20). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2139850-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary device
Inventor: ORTEGA DR FRANCISCA ALONSO
IPC: H04R1/12
Filed: 1984-03-14
Abstract: A protective device for telephone mouthpieces in which an open bag of flexible material has an elasticated neck 1 and, at its closed end, houses a disc 2 of rigid material having apertures 3 therein, together with a layer 4 of sponge material. In use, the bag is slipped over the mouthpiece of the telephone where it protects the user from germs present on the mouthpiece from a previous user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142439-A (GB)
Title: Vorticity measuring apparatus
Inventor: FREESTONE MICHAEL MISSENDEN
IPC: G01P5/01
Filed: 1984-05-17
Abstract: Vorticity measuring means including an array of two-tube yawmeter probes 2,3; 4,5; 6,7; 8,1 arranged whereby the differences in pressure registered by the two tubes of each probe are combined to produce an output responsive primarily to the vorticity component along the longitudinal axis of the array. The vorticity measuring means may include three arrays of two-tube yawmeter probes arranged with the probes of respective arrays inclined with respect to the x,y and z axes each array producing an output responsive primarily to the vorticity component along the axis of the particular array or to produce the vorticity vector from the vorticity components produced. The array may be moved across an air flow. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144720-A (GB)
Title: Moulded containers
Inventor: BURGER CHRISTIAN
IPC: B65D5/49
Filed: 1984-06-11
Abstract: A container of moulded plastics material comprises a box portion 2 with an opening at one end and a pair of lid members 3,4 integrally formed with the box portion 2 and each integrally pivotable relative to the box portion 2 between a position in which the opening is accessible and a position in which the opening is closed, said lid members 3,4 being provided with means 5-7 for securing them together in a closed state. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143981-A (GB)
Title: Taxi meters
Inventor: SCOTT KEITH
IPC: G07B15/02
Filed: 1984-06-25
Abstract: A transport data processor suitable for use as a taxi meter comprises a micro processor 1 connected to a programmable read only memory 2 and a non-volatile random access memory 3. An input/output control 4 provides interfacing between peripherals, such as a data radio or a printer, and the micro processor. A display panel 9 displays information routed by the micro processor. Such information can comprise charges and/or dispatch messages received through the input/output control 4. To allow for time dependence of changes in tariff values a clock 13 is connected to the micro processor 1. In this way an intergrated transport data processor is provided capable of communication between a base and a mobile unit in addition to linking a metering device, credit card or similar reader printer with the base through a radio link. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145126-A (GB)
Title: Corrugated web structure
Inventor: HOLTMAN DENNIS C
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 1984-08-14
Abstract: An absorbent product comprising a corrugated fibrous and "superabsorbent" in an amount of at least 10 percent by weight associated with the web. The corrugated web is stabilized to retain its transverse folds when wet by applied adhesive or by points 36 where fusible fibres in the web have been melted. Fibres may be applied to the web before corrugation in order to form a second layer which will wick water from the absorbent layer so as to speed up the spread of water throughout the absorbent product. The "superabsorbent" in the form of particles or fibres may be applied between the two fibrous layers or between the corrugation (Figs. 6, 7) alternatively a solution of a hydrophillic monomer may be applied to the web and polymerised by irradiation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171444-A (GB)
Title: Clamp for telescopic tubes
Inventor: HUME KENNETH JOHNSTONE
IPC: F16B7/14
Filed: 1984-11-21
Abstract: The clamp comprises: (a) a spring housing 6 mounted on the outer tube 10; (b) a resilient member, preferably a flat torsional steel spring 8, helically wound around the inner tube 9 and secured at one end to a ring 7 rotatably journalled on the housing 6; and (c) lock means 14, 15, 16 for moving the ring 7 from an unlocked first position, wherein the spring 8 is relaxed around the inner tube 9, to a locked second position wherein the spring 8 is caused to grip the inner tube 9 and prevent relative movement between the two tubes. Preferably, the lock means comprises a spring-biased plunger 15, 16 actuable to enable the said holder to move between the said locked and unlocked position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168639-A (GB)
Title: Hole punch apparatus
Inventor: OAKES HARRY C
IPC: B26F1/38
Filed: 1984-12-21
Abstract: Threaded shaft 30 carries female die 12 and is insertable through hole 32 in plate 16 in which a hole is to be punched, whereafter male die 14 is threaded onto the shaft 30. A housing 26 engaging the die 12 encloses a worm wheel 34 which is threaded on the shaft 30 and driven by means of a worm wheel 36, itself adapted to be driven by an externally-applied power tool such as an electric drill (38, Fig. 2), to draw the die 14 first against the plate and then into hole-punching engagement with the die 12. The drill is coupled to the worm 36 by means 42,44 rotatable respectively with the drill and the worm and connected by a pin 46 which shears in the event of overload. The coupling portion 44 can be gripped by a hand tool to disengage the apparatus from the plate 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2160934-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic machine lubrication
Inventor: BAINES LESLIE
IPC: F04B1/04
Filed: 1985-06-19
Abstract: A hydraulic machine 1 comprises a body 2 housing at least one reciprocable piston 10 with a working side 11 to effect pumping of a working fluid, and has means to urge one end of the piston 10 into direct or indirect engagement with an eccentric rotor 4, 5, 8. Bearings 3 supporting the rotor 4, are at least partially immersed in lubricating oil which is also used to lubricate the piston 10. An oil pumping plunger 18, spring loaded into direct or indirect engagement with the rotor 4, 5, is in oil flow communication with a first conduit 25, which incorporates a one way valve 26-28, this conduit 25, is in turn in oil flow communication with the lubricating oil. A second conduit 31, is in communication with the oil pumping plunger 18, through which it delivers oil to the opposite, non-working side 12, of the piston 10, which is adjacent the rotor 4, 5. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164727-A (GB)
Title: A manifold assembly incorporating a valve arrangement
Inventor: WYMBS BRENDON
IPC: F16K11/10
Filed: 1985-07-26
Abstract: Each nozzle 12 of a manifold assembly 10 for supplying a substance, such as cake batter or molten chocolate, to a plurality of containers is provided with a flow regulator valve 18 and a shut-off valve 28. The valves 18 are independently adjustable for equal rate of flow, and the shut-off valves 28 are opened and closed simultaneously, for example by being formed as ball valves 25 connected by shafts 27 so as to be rotated in unison. Each valve 18 preferably comprises a fixed part with a passageway 19 therethrough and a rotatable disc 20 with an inclined passageway 21 therethrough, the extent to which adjacent ends of these passageways 19, 21 are in register being adjustable by rotation of the disc, eg by means of worm 22 and a knob 30.