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Patent GB-2239579-A (GB)
Title: A car phone
Inventor: CHOI MUN CHEOL
IPC: H04M1/27
Filed: 1990-11-16
Abstract: A shortened dial phone is connected to a cradle, wherein the shortened dial phone comprises: a microphone circuit for amplifying an input voice signal and switching in order to apply an external power source to the microphone circuit in a predetermined time, key data input lines, and a code generator connected to the microphone circuit and the key data input lines, for generating codes that function as starting and ending a call and function as reading out the telephone numbers stored in the main unit, according to the input key data; and a transmission line for connecting the shortened dial phone and the cradle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250778-A (GB)
Title: Door or window restraint
Inventor: TREVOR GLYN
IPC: E05F5/02
Filed: 1990-11-21
Abstract: A caravan door (1) is connected by restraint means to prevent it slamming in high winds. The restraint means offers only a small resistance to movement on low speeds of door movement and a high resistance on higher speeds. The restraint means comprises a pair of inertia belt reels (4, 5) attached to the wall of the caravan and whose belts (4b, 5b) are attached at their ends (6) to the door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245489-A (GB)
Title: Self-opening topless pocket umbrella frame
Inventor: SEIDEL JOACHIM
IPC: A45B19/10
Filed: 1990-12-04
Abstract: The invention relates to a self-opening topless pocket umbrella having a telescopic stick and a collapsible canopy framework arranged radially on the stick in the form of scissor-link folding systems which can be spread out by means of an opening spring and collapsed manually by a slider which is displaceable on the telescopic stick, the respective scissor-link folding systems each having a pair of scissor levers, of which an upper scissor lever is linked to the umbrella crown, while the lower scissor lever engages the slider in an articulated manner. In order to make the opening mechanism smoother and to protect the umbrella stick from being scratched as well as, moreover, to design the closed umbrella to be thinner in its cross-section and more pocket-sized, the invention provides that two arms (K', K'') of the respective scissor levers (4, 5), together with an intermediate strut (14) arranged between them, form a double lever triangle (D', D''), the intermediate strut (14) engaging at one end on an intermediate crown (C''), which is fixed non-displaceably to the end (1a) of the stick, and engaging at the other end on, or directly adjacent to, the scissor lever cross-joint (6), and that the crown (C') with the joint (7) of the upper scissor lever (4) carries out a free stroke in relation to the intermediate crown (C'') when the canopy is opened under the effect of the opening spring (F) stressed between the crown and the telescopic stick (1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238977-A (GB)
Title: A composite material
Inventor: WILSON ROBERT SAMUAL
IPC: B29K105/08
Filed: 1990-12-06
Abstract: A composite material is manufactured from two spaced stacks (2 and 4) of intermediate fabric material. Each stack consists of a plurality of layers of material placed together face to face. Each layer is formed by embedding high strength fibres having a high modulus of elasticity in a resin matrix. The stacks (2 and 4) are removed from a release film (6), and a film of adhesive is applied to the lower surface of the side portion (8) of the stack (2) and the upper surface of the side portion (10) of the stack (4). These side portions (8 and 10) are placed in overlapping relationship, and are then crimp fastened together by a plurality of fasteners (12). Further layers (14 and 16) of intermediate fabric material are placed over the side portions (8 and 10) to cover the fasteners (12). The crimp fastened stacks (2 and 4) are placed in a mould tool comprising a base plate (18) and a top mould plate (20). A vacuum bag (22) is placed over the top mould plate (20), and an air tight seal is made between the vacuum bag (22) and the base plate (18) by means of a peripheral sealer tape (24). The space inside the vacuum bag (22) is evacuated by withdrawing air through a passage (34) at one edge of the vacuum bag (22). The fastened stacks (2 and 4) are compressed by bringing together the plates (18 and 20), and the mould tool and vacuum bag assembly is then heated in an autoclave to cure the stacks (2 and 4) while they remain under pressure to form the required composite material. After the curing operation has been completed, the mould tool and vacuum bag assembly is removed from the autoclave, the vacuum bag (22) is removed, the mould plates (18 and 20) are separated, and the cured composite material is removed.
Patent GB-2253258-A (GB)
Title: Pipe support
Inventor: CROCKER MARTIN JOHN
IPC: F16L3/223
Filed: 1991-02-27
Abstract: A support for one or more pipes passing through a slot in a joist has a base part 11 from two opposed edges of which upstand two cheeks 14, 15. From the other two edges of the base part 11, there are two downwardly projecting flanges 12, (13, Fig 1), the depth of which is substantially equal to the height of the cheeks 14, 15. The side cheeks and/or the base may be profiled so that contact which occurs between the support and a supported pipe is essentially along a line. Acoustic insulating material 31 may be positioned between the support and a slot cut into the joist, using flange 12 or (13) to mark the joist. One flange (13) may be slightly larger than the other flange 12 to permit the accommodation of an acoustic-insulating material 31 between the support and the joist. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247859-A (GB)
Title: Sign
Inventor: LUNDY DAVID JONATHAN
IPC: G09F7/00
Filed: 1991-09-12
Abstract: A multi-layer flexible sign comprises a front layer (12) of fabric material having reflective beads to provide a front surface of high reflectivity, and a rear layer of plastics film (20) adhered to the rear surface of the front layer to provide water-resisting protection. Preferably there is a further protective plastics layer on the front surface, which is thin enough so as not to reduce significantly the reflectance. The composite material can be produced by adhesive lamination. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261784-A (GB)
Title: An amplifier stage
Inventor: BUTTON CLIVE
IPC: H03F3/26
Filed: 1991-10-28
Abstract: An audio amplifier stage, for example for a guitar output, has a push-pull driver M1, M2 driving a loudspeaker RL by way of a transformer T1. An input signal S is amplified by an amplifier A1 and fed directly to one MOSFET M1 of the push-pull driver, and by way of an inventor A2, R5, R6 to a second MOSFET M2. A negative voltage feedback is connected from the load circuit to the inventing input of the amplifier A1 by way of a resistor R3. Current feedback is fed by way of a resistor R4 to that same inventing input. The current feedback is adjustable by way of a potentiometer P1 and may be positive, to cancel the negative feedback, or negative to support and augment the negative feedback. Adjustment of the potentiometer P1 enables the distortion characteristics of the amplifier stage to be continuously varied. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262204-A (GB)
Title: A digital/analogue cancellation system including an automatic sensitivity threshold
Inventor: SAUNDERS IAN MICHAEL
IPC: H04B1/12
Filed: 1991-12-04
Abstract: A cancellation system provides a means of automatically setting the sensitivity threshold of a cancellation loop. This is achieved by adjusting independent gain control elements such that the correlation products of a known wanted signal are zero. The wanted signal can not then be cancelled by the system, whereas, signals of a greater level will be cancelled according to the power inversion principle. The addition of directional primary and auxiliary antenna gain patterns can further improve the sensitivity threshold to interference signals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264416-A (GB)
Title: Motion compensated video signal processing
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: H04N5/217
Filed: 1992-02-17
Abstract: A method of processing a video signal to compensate for distortion resulting from a skew mismatch in the temporal characteristics of the image source 2 and the intended display device 3 comprises producing an output video signal from the input video signal by motion compensated temporal interpolation. The process is such that pixels in an interpolated output field or frame are each derived from pixels in a pair of input fields or frames, the input pixels being spatially displaced from the position of the output pixel by amounts dependent upon the skew mismatch of the image source 2 and the display device 3. An output signal having a different frame rate to the input signal may be produced if required. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267605-A (GB)
Title: Cable tray bridging members
Inventor: ROBERTS BRIAN
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1992-06-02
Abstract: A cable tray bridging member comprises a one-piece metal pressing providing a base (10) upstanding side wall (15, 16, 17, 18) of double-walled form and extensions (19, 20; 25, 26) at the end of the side walls also of double-walled form for connecting the bridging member to adjacent cable trays. The extensions are formed with slots (29) for bolting to the side walls of adjacent cable trays and with spacer elements (28) between the walls of the extension to maintain the separation of the walls when clamped to the walls of the adjacent cable trays. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269417-A (GB)
Title: Augmented domestic water system
Inventor: BARLOW FRANCIS
IPC: E03B1/04
Filed: 1992-08-07
Abstract: A domestic water system 12 comprises a conventional header tank 14 with a mains cold water supply 16 controlled by a ball cock 18. A tank 24 is provided which is fed from the outlets of a washing machine 28 and bath 30. A submersible pump is located in the tank 24 for pumping water to the header tank 14 for subsequent re-use in a hot water tank 52 and toilet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260984-A (GB)
Title: Agent and method for treating the surfaces of metal
Inventor: KOJIMA KATSUNORI
IPC: C09J5/02
Filed: 1992-09-10
Abstract: An agent (e.g. a primer) for treating the surfaces of metals, in which a polymerizable monomer containing a thiophosphoric acid dichloride group is dissolved in an organic solvent in an amount of 0.001 to 10% by weight. By applying this agent to the surfaces of noble metals, much more durable and increased bond strength is obtained. The monomer used is of formula (I) or (II): <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259846-A (GB)
Title: Statistical ventilation control device for ventilat ed cigarettes
Inventor: DRAGHETTI FIORENZO
IPC: A24C5/34
Filed: 1992-09-21
Abstract: A statistical ventilation control device (8) for ventilated cigarettes (2, 2a), wherein an annular conveyor (13) presents a number of seats (31, 41), each receiving a respective ventilated cigarette (2, 2a) arranged perpendicular to the traveling direction (14) of the conveyor (13); one of the aforementioned seats (31, 41) being a movable seat (41) supported on a slide (38) fitted to the conveyor (13) so as to move the movable seat (41) axially in relation to the conveyor (13) and to and from an operating position wherein a ventilated portion (4) of the cigarette (2a) engages a ventilation control unit (49) fitted to and moving with the conveyor (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261583-A (GB)
Title: A plant raising device.
Inventor: PETTYFER ALAN DEREK SPENCER
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 1992-11-03
Abstract: A plant raising device comprises a body with a central opening inside a collar (30) and in which a plant will be planted, surrounded by a trough (32). The trough has holes (36) in its base through which water can be fed from the trough into the growing medium (22) (soil or the like) surrounding the roots of the plant.
Patent GB-2267266-A (GB)
Title: Cutting device.
Inventor: UNO TADAO
IPC: B26D5/20
Filed: 1992-12-02
Abstract: A cutting device comprising a mean 7 for guiding and supporting a pile of sheets and means for dividing the pile delivered thereto into a plurality of small blocks, the cutting device further comprising a first pusher 4 for intermittently delivering the pile of sheets a half way into the cutting means 6 so that it is subjected to primary dividing operation; and a second pusher 5 for intermittently delivering the pile of sheets into the cutting means from the first pusher 4 in order to deliver the remaining part of the pile of sheets, which has been subjected to primary dividing operation, fully into the cutting means 6 so that the pile is subjected to secondary dividing operation, the first 4 and second 5 pushers, while the other pusher (first or second pusher) is still engaged in the work for intermittently delivering the pile of sheets into the cutting means 6, being alternately returned to the delivery starting position in order to standby for the next intermittent delivery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264232-A (GB)
Title: Swimming pool sub-structure with integral pressure vessels
Inventor: WYLLIE DAVID BUCHANAN
IPC: E04H4/00
Filed: 1993-02-02
Abstract: A substructure for a swimming pool complex (10, Fig. 1) defines an area (16) having portions located below a pool (12, Fig. 1) and including a plant room (22). The plant room (22) is provided with pressure vessels (32, 34, 36, 38) having wall portions formed by structural elements of the substructure (30, 40, 42). The pressure vessels may be defined by the walls, floor and ceiling of the area (16, Fig. 1) and the structural elements are preferably formed of suitably reinforced concrete of sufficient thickness and strength to contain the appropriate pressures. The ceiling of the area, and thus the upper walls of selected pressure vessels, may be formed by the base or floor of a pool (17, Fig. 1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263266-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for reducing conveyor belt spillage
Inventor: BARNETT BARRY JOHN
IPC: B65G45/26
Filed: 1993-03-04
Abstract: A conveyor (101) to minimise spillage in which the forward run (108) is located below the return run (107) and arranged so that any carry back material dislodged from the return run (107) drops onto the forward run (108).
Patent GB-2264993-A (GB)
Title: Securing shaft and hub together
Inventor: KUEHNHOLD WOLFGANG
IPC: F16D1/116
Filed: 1993-03-12
Abstract: An assembly of a shaft and hub having interengaging splines 12, 22, and a resilient ring 31 engaging opposed recesses 13, 23 in the two sets of spines, wherein there is a run-on face 14 in one of the sets of splines along which the resilient ring is able to move in the course of assembly after which the ring enters the recess in that set of splines and then is held axially captive. The ring can be of square cross-section. There may be two resilient rings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264958-A (GB)
Title: Blank for producing fibre-reinforced coatings or metallic components
Inventor: WEI WILLIAM
IPC: B22F3/00
Filed: 1993-03-12
Abstract: A material for use in fibre-reinforced coatings or metallic components is made from fibres (2) of high-strength material such as silicon carbide which may be titanium-coated and from metals or metallic alloys of lower strength than the fibres (2) and is produced by laying the fibres into a knitted structure formed from wire (3) of the metal. By high-temperature isostatic pressing, metallic components can be formed which are traversed at a uniform distance by fibres (2) which increase their strength. The material is suitable for turbine blades. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265243-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for determining a vehicle registration code
Inventor: TAYLOR DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: G06V10/24
Filed: 1993-03-22
Abstract: Apparatus for determining a vehicle registration code extracts and recognises the registration code from the output of a camera (1) to generate a coded representation of the code. An output device (6) outputs the coded representation. The apparatus may be used to monitor vehicles entering and leaving a car park to allow the takings of the car park to be calculated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265569-A (GB)
Title: A cowling for internal-combustion engines of motor vehicles
Inventor: STOBER HELMUT
IPC: G10K11/16
Filed: 1993-03-23
Abstract: A self-supporting, heat and sound insulating cowling for internal-combustion engines of motor vehicles comprises a plurality of layers which have been compression-moulded under the effect of pressure and heat to form zones of defined- predetermined compaction. The cowling comprises, on the engine side, a thicker, heat insulating and sound insulating layer (2) of an inorganic fibrous material, which is covered by a layer (4) of carbon-fibre material. A thicker layer (3) of inorganic fibrous material, facing away from the engine, cures to form a self-supporting support layer. 25 to 35% by volume of it consists of 25 to 50 mm long glass fibres and the rest consists of either a high temperature resistant polyester resin and mineral filler or polypropylene. This support layer may be covered on the bodywork side by a layer (5) of non-woven polyester or polyacrylonitrile fibres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282949-A (GB)
Title: Rotary cutter blade
Inventor: TURNER GRAHAM DAVISON
IPC: A01D34/73
Filed: 1993-09-01
Abstract: A rotary blade locking device comprises a rotatable drive line 1, a rotatable drive member 8 including a plurality of ramped projections 7, a rotary blade 2 attachable to the driving member for rotary movement therewith, and including at least one additional projection 9 which extends outwardly from the blade and which, when the blade is attached to the driving member is engageable with at least one of the ramped projections. The blade 2 and drive member 8 are locked for rotation by a central bolt. The engagement of the projection 9 and ramped projection 7 prevents relative angular displacement between blade and drive member in a direction which tends to loosen the bolt.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271166-A (GB)
Title: Fire damper actuators
Inventor: KAKKONEN KARI
IPC: F16K31/05
Filed: 1993-09-21
Abstract: A fire damper actuator for turning a damper plate between open and closed positions may be operated manually or by means of a control drive preferably including an electric motor. The control device comprises a transmission mechanism 11, the output member of which is coupled to a spindle 15. In use the electric motor drives the damper plate to its open position, the transmission mechanism being tensioned against the force of a spring (J)(not shown) such that the spring returns the plate to its closed position on loss of electric current in the event of a fire. One end of the spindle 15 is configured to be rotationally fast with the output member of the transmission mechanism and with a shaft 20 of the damper plate. Manual actuation is effected by a key 26 which is pushed against the free end of the spindle 15 to move the end 25 clear of the output member, the key being subsequently turned. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272991-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic head slider unit
Inventor: TOKUYAMA MIKIO
IPC: G11B5/60
Filed: 1994-01-24
Abstract: A magnetic head slider unit has a slider 1 which is mounted so as to be movable relative to a magnetic medium such as a magnetic disk 100. Contact between the slider and the disk is to be avoided to prevent damage to the disk and therefore the slider is shaped so as to generate an air pressure higher than ambient pressure between itself and the disk. A magnetic head 6 for reading and/or writing data to the disk should maintain contact with the disk, and comprises a flexible arm 93 with a negative pressure generation member 95 at the free end where the magnetic head 6 is attached. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275169-A (GB)
Title: Stunning apparatus
Inventor: KETTLEWELL PETER JOHN
IPC: A22B3/06
Filed: 1992-10-13
Abstract: An apparatus for use in stunning fowl prior to slaughter has means for passing a predetermined electrical current through a series of items of varying electrical resistance including a continuous shackle train (10) having shackles (11) evenly spaced along its length, a water bath (15), electrical circuitry (21) having a connection to the bath (15) and means (12, 16, 17) for connecting the circuitry to the shackles (11) such that any object bridging a shackle (11) and the water bath (15) completes an individual electrical circuit, the circuitry being adapted (20) to maintain the predetermined current in all the circuits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283963-A (GB)
Title: Condiment dispensing system
Inventor: ADAMS RODNEY W
IPC: B08B9/032
Filed: 1994-04-13
Abstract: A condiment dispensing system includes a conduit system for connecting various condiment containers (14, 16, 18, 20) to spaced dispenser stations (26, 28). The conduits (15, 17, 19, 21) pass through a pipe (22) supplied with heating and/or cooling fluid to maintain the condiment being dispensed through the conduits at the requisite temperature. In addition, there is provided a sanitising system (34) which is used to clean and sanitise the conduits normally used to direct the condiment from its source of supply to a dispensing station. The sanitising is accomplished by first shutting off the condiment supply and then flushing the conduits free of the condiments located therein, sanitising the conduits, and then flushing the conduits again to insure that the sanitising liquid has been removed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278703-A (GB)
Title: A signalling device
Inventor: KENNEDY PHILIP
IPC: G08B3/10
Filed: 1994-06-06
Abstract: A signalling device for sports requiring the use of an off-field and an on-field judge comprising a radio transmitter 12, a receiver 16 and an element 19 adapted to vibrate and incorporated within a wrist band whereby in use, said transmitter 12 is operated 14 by an off-field judge upon the detection of a predetermined playing condition in order to send a signal to said receiver 16 whereupon said element 19 is activated to vibrate and hence the on-field judge who wears the wrist band is alerted. The invention finds particular application in the game of football. A referee may wear two wrist bands actuated by transmitters carried by two linesmen respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291953-A (GB)
Title: Condensate traps
Inventor: FARQUHAR KEITH ROBERT
IPC: F16T1/38
Filed: 1994-08-05
Abstract: A condensate trap assembly comprises a valve body 2 having a housing 14 which defines an inlet passage 10 and an outlet passage 12, and an access passage 16 within which a condensate trap 4 is housed. The housing 14 also defines a valve chamber 18 within which a valve element 6 is received for rotation, the valve element 6 comprising a body within which there are provided flow passageways 22A, 22B, 22C. The valve element 6 has a projection 36 which extends into the access passage 16. The projection 36 prevents debris from collecting within the valve chamber 18, and the projection 36 may have a recessed channel 40 for catching any such debris. Steam passes up passage 22C and through a screen 30 to the steam trap capsule 26. The outlet from the capsule leads to duct 32 which leads to passage 22B and then outlet 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283234-A (GB)
Title: Valved closure for portable vacuum bottle
Inventor: KIM KYUNG-HO
IPC: A47J41/02
Filed: 1994-09-14
Abstract: A stopper 200 which is screwed into the neck of the vacuum bottle comprises a liquid outlet path opening button 240 and a path closing button 260 appearing and disappearing opposite each other on the top surface of the stopper. A valve 230 is upwardly and resiliently urged by spring 231 to close the discharging path 201. An operating arm 250 which is rotatable about a shaft 203 and can be driven in seesawing manner is provided with one end between the valve 230 and the path opening button 240, and with its other end connected via a shaft 252 with the path closing button 260. A locking groove 251 is provided on the underside of the opening button end of the arm 250 to lock the valve in the open position with the button 240 depressed and the button 260 projecting, the closing button 260 being pressed downwardly to rotate the arm 250 and release the valve from the locking groove. <IMAGE>