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Patent GB-2300509-A (GB)
Title: Service point monitoring system
Inventor: CHRISTIE MARTIN STEWART
IPC: G07C11/00
Filed: 1995-05-03
Abstract: Service point apparatus comprises a plurality of service points 14, 16, 18, accessible by a plurality of service personnel 26, 28, 30, for serving customers, indicating means 34 operable by the service personnel when adjacent the service points for indicating the next customer to be served, means, 32, for identifying which one of the service personnel operates the indicating means, and means, 38 and 32, for determining for each of the plurality of service personnel the period between consecutive operations of the indicating means. The service points may be locations along a supermarket counter 12. Service personnel may operate the indicating means either by by actuating an associated individual button at any of the service points or by transmitting a signal from a portable apparatus to a receiver of the indicating means. The apparatus enables service personnel to operate the indicating means from whichever position they happen to finish serving a customer, and keeps a record of the length of time taken to serve each customer.
Patent GB-2303930-A (GB)
Title: Forming a photographic colour image
Inventor: WILDMAN NIGEL RICHARD
IPC: G03C7/407
Filed: 1995-07-28
Abstract: A method of forming a photographic image includes a colour development step, a redox amplification step separate from the colour development step and a bleach step, wherein the amplification step and the bleach step take place in a single processing solution, wherein the bleach-amplification solution comprises:  (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound which releases hydrogen peroxide during processing, and (b) an alkali metal halide, and (c) has a pH is in the range 9-11.3 ```and wherein more than 50% of the final dye density is formed in the combined bleach-amplification bath. The method is preferably used in low-volume, thin-tank processors.
Patent GB-2297110-A (GB)
Title: Corrosion-resistant channel drain system
Inventor: KENT PATRICK JOSEPH
IPC: E03F3/04
Filed: 1995-12-27
Abstract: A channel drain comprises a channel portion (1) of circular cross sectional area, and a pair of sidewardly extending opposing side flanges (3,4) joined to the channel portion (1) by risers, which together with the flanges (3,4) define a gap (6) which forms an access slit (6) to the channel portion (1), the access slit (6) extending the length of the channel drain. The flanges (3,4) define land surfaces (5), which when the drain is installed should be flush with the ground surface. Respective ends of the channel drain terminate in respective female and male couplings for engaging corresponding male and female couplings of adjacent channel drains.
Patent GB-2310100-A (GB)
Title: Labelling objects in image processing sysstems
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT WILLIAM MACLAUGHL
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 1996-02-07
Abstract: An image labelling system (10) processes an acquired image and processes the image to provide 1 bit pixels. The connectivity of each pixel is examined by decision-making apparatus (18) and labels associated with each pixel supplied by a labeller (20). The labels are determined by the labels previously applied to the pixels connected to that being labelled. The labeller (20) sends equivalence messages to processor (17) when a pixel has connecting pixels with different labels and assigns to the pixel the smallest label of that of its neighbours. A global labeller (38) is arranged to re-label the image so that each connecting pixel in one object in the image has the same label.
Patent GB-2298470-A (GB)
Title: Flexible piping
Inventor: JURKIW ANTHONY JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: F16L11/11
Filed: 1996-02-22
Abstract: The piping, e.g for waste disposal, comprises a self-supporting tubular body having a plurality of laterally extending pleats 16 arranged longitudinally of the body. Each pleat 16 is movable between a retracted condition and an extended condition and is positionally stable in either of the conditions, whereby the body may be selectively longitudinally extended or retracted by movement of one or more pleats. The piping may be bent by selectively moving a part of one or more pleats 16 to the retracted position, while the opposite part of the or each pleat remains in the extended condition. Each pleat 16 has opposite angled walls 18, 20 with a crest 22 attached to one wall 20 by a hinge 23 to allow folding of the wall parallel to the other 18, when the pleat 16 is retracted.
Patent GB-2301190-A (GB)
Title: A semiconductor-type accelerometer and a method for evaluating its performance
Inventor: UEYANAGI KATSUMICHI
IPC: G01P15/12
Filed: 1996-05-22
Abstract: In a semiconductor accelerometer element of the type having a weight portion 160 supported within a frame 140 by flexure elements 150 which carry semiconductor strain gauges 110 connected in a bridge circuit 120, a plurality of resistors 131 are connected or connectable in the bridge (by wiring 130) for adjusting output offset thereof and are arranged on the weight portion in a staggered arrangement. The arrangement makes possible easy wiring of the resistors 131 in parallel or in series and easy alteration of such combination from one to another. As described, the accelerometer element is housed together with a signal amplifying and processing IC in a package (200, Figs. 8-11) which has a threaded connecting portion (220) for fixing the device in position. The specification also describes evaluation of the performance of the accelerometer element prior to its incorporation in the package by means of a device which applies an electrostatic force to the weight portion 160. The sensitivity, frequency response etc. of the sensor element can thus be easily estimated. The invention is stated to provide a semiconductor accelerometer with a reliable sensitivity and the possibility of mass production that results in rapidly declining production cost.
Patent GB-2302608-A (GB)
Title: Parking lot control system
Inventor: MATSUYAMA YASUO
IPC: G07B15/00
Filed: 1996-06-20
Abstract: When a car is to enter a parking lot, an image of a number plate of the car is picked up by an image pickup device, and a car number of the car is recognized. The recognized number and the entry time are stored in a central processing unit, a parking ticket is dispensed for the car, and the car is allowed to enter the parking lot. If a service is offered to customers during parking, service information is inputted to the central processing unit directly from a service counter, and the central processing unit effects a service processing such as a parking fee discount. The image of the number plate of the departing car is picked up, the car number is recognized, and it is judged whether or not the car is entitled to the fee adjustment. If so the central processing unit determines the parking time in accordance with the parking ticket number, the recognized car number and the departure time, and determines the final parking fee. When the parking fee is paid, the car is allowed to depart from the parking lot. The number of a car entering the parking lot may be compared with a reference list to see if it is entitled to free parking or is on a police list.
Patent GB-2317898-A (GB)
Title: A system for the manufacture of mushroom spawn
Inventor: O'ROURKE MEL
IPC: A01G1/04
Filed: 1996-12-20
Abstract: Water is mixed and cooked with a granular substrate material which absorbs water. The exterior of the substrate is coated with calcium carbonate. The coated substrate is then bagged and mounted on a mobile rack and then delivered to a sterilising chamber. The mouth of each bag is held open during sterilisation. The rack is discharged into a bacteriologically clean cooling room and then on demand is delivered into an inoculating compartment. Inoculant spawn is placed in each bag which is sealed. Each of the bags is shaken and incubated for a preset period, shaken and incubated for a further period. Thereafter the bags are cooled and packed in packing cases.
Patent GB-2305443-A (GB)
Title: Method for dyeing synthetic materials with vat dyestuffs
Inventor: BURKINSHAW STEPHEN MARTIN
IPC: D06P3/46
Filed: 1995-07-25
Abstract: A method is provided for dyeing a non-cellulosic organic material with a dye, preferably a vat dye, comprising (a) treating the material with a dye in the presence of a reducing agent and an alkali and (b) oxidising the treated material produced in step (a) characterised in that the concentration of reducing agent used in step (a) is increased above that used for conventional vat dyeing such that the resultant dyed material has a lightfastness of 5 or more by BS1006 B01 and B02 (1978) and/or has a washfastness or 5 or more by British Standard Test BS1006 C06.C2 (1981). Preferably the step (a) is carried out in the presence of an alkali in concentration of at least 0.5 molar, more preferably 1 molar or more and most preferably 1 to 4 molar. The method provides vat dyed non-cellulosic organic materials having 3 reflectance of infrared light of wavelength 400nm to 680nm of less than 15 %.
Patent GB-2311405-A (GB)
Title: Learning aid with an answer verifier
Inventor: WENTZKE HELMUT
IPC: G09B3/06
Filed: 1997-03-21
Abstract: A learning aid is composed of a rectangular support base (1) onto which is rotatably mounted a disc (2). A strip (4) acting as a finger stop radially overlies the disc (2). The disc (2) has a series of spaced finger holes (6) around its periphery through which alphabetic letters (7) on the base (1) are visible as well as a display window (9) to ensure the disc (2) is located correctly relative to the base (1). By inserting a finger into a selected hole (6) and rotating the disc (2) until the finger stop (4) is reached and by co-ordinating the angular displacement of the disc (2) with the display window (9) a user can select and check tasks and solutions.
Patent GB-2323830-A (GB)
Title: Troughed belt lifting device
Inventor: WOOLDRIDGE LAWSON CLARENCE
IPC: B65G47/94
Filed: 1997-04-04
Abstract: A portable device (10) operable manually on the basis of a lever system to lift and support a conveyor belt while the rollers (2a) are charged comprises a framework stand (5) resting on the ground or longitudinal conveyor support (3) and having brackets (11) in which extensions (4a) of an elongate shaft (4) are received. An elongate arm (8) passes through an extension (4a) of the shaft (4) forming a lever. Two arms (6) extend from the shaft (4) and support between them a free rotating roller (7) for contacting the underside of the belt. In the rest position of the device (shown in Figure 2) the arms (6) are parallel to the ground or support surface (3) and the elongate arm (8) is at an angle of more than 120‹ to the support surface (3).
Patent GB-2313365-A (GB)
Title: Tape winding apparatus
Inventor: NAKAE SHUN
IPC: B65H19/29
Filed: 1994-09-06
Abstract: As a two-layer package web 112 ( comprising a cover tape 154 sealed to a carrier strip 134) is being wound from a packaging station onto a reel 116, a suction device holds an unsealed portion of the covertape 154 away from the carrier strip 134, so that a downstream cutter severs the carrier strip 134 and then an upstream cutter 132 severs the cover tape 154, in order to provide at the tail end of the package web 112 a length of cover tape 154 to serve as a leader for unwinding of the loaded reel 116. The cutter 136 comprises a reciprocated cutter 374 which co-operates with an anvil 376 reciprocated into the space between the cover tape 154 and carrier strip 134. The suction device comprises a suction plate 642 fastened to the upper casing 110.
Patent GB-2327532-A (GB)
Title: Scanning wheel for ion implantation process chamber
Inventor: EDWARDS PETER I T
IPC: H01L21/265
Filed: 1997-07-16
Abstract: The scan wheel for carrying a number of semiconductor wafers 14 comprises a central hub 10 rotatable about an axis 11, radially extending spoke arms 12 and water support elements 13. Over at least a radial distance 'r' extending from the inner edge 18 of the support elements each arm has a planar front face 20 and tapered side faces so that the ion beam 35 will not impinge on the side faces even when the scan wheel axis is canted for maximum ion implant angle.
Patent GB-2330196-A (GB)
Title: Starcloth
Inventor: WETHERILL GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: F21V3/04
Filed: 1997-10-10
Abstract: A starcloth formed from a sheet 2 of flexible material, preferably a textile, to which is fixed a plurality of small electrical lamps 4 which are inserted through holes 6 in the sheet. The lamps may each be provided with a cover 18 of a resilient, coloured material, the covers being readily removable from the lamps. The lamps and covers may be firmly held on the sheet by means of a grommet 10. This arrangement provides an easy way of changing the colour of the lamps without having to remove the lamps from the sheet.
Patent GB-2324128-A (GB)
Title: An anti-lock brake system
Inventor: MAEHARA TOSHIFUMI
IPC: B60T8/48
Filed: 1998-03-04
Abstract: An anti-lock brake system comprises a master cylinder 3 for supplying hydraulic fluid to a wheel cylinder 4 via a brake line, a holding or inlet valve 5 in the brake line, a pump 8 for supplying hydraulic fluid to the brake line upstream of the holding valve, a shut-off device 11 upstream of the holding valve for shutting off the brake line when the master cylinder fluid pressure exceeds a predetermined value, and a normally closed switch valve 10 in a by-pass communicating the brake line upstream of the shut-off device with the suction side of the pump. When the shut-off device closes the brake line due to the pressure in the master cylinder exceeding the predetermined value, an electric switch S is operated to cause the switch valve to open and close repeatedly and the pump to be activated.
Patent GB-2323925-A (GB)
Title: Accident sound detector
Inventor: SERI TOSHIMITSU
IPC: G08G1/04
Filed: 1998-03-17
Abstract: An accident sound detector which counts the number of records of detected accident sounds in a predetermined period of time and varies amplification of input sound signals according to the number, or variation in number, of records in order to limit this number, thus maintaining recording on a recording medium for a predetermined duration or more without overwriting the records. The detector comprises an amplifier 15 for amplifying a sound signal from an ambient sound detector 10, an accident sound detector circuit 11A, a record controller 12 for detecting and recording accident sound by comparing an output value from the amplifier with a threshold, a counter circuit 16 for counting the detected signal of the accident sound detector circuit, a comparator 18 for comparing a count value of the counter circuit with a reference value, and an amplification controller circuit 20 for controlling the amplification of the amplifier based on output of the comparator.
Patent GB-2335613-A (GB)
Title: Reducing dead weight
Inventor: EARLE ANTHONY
IPC: A63H23/04
Filed: 1998-03-23
Abstract: A compartment 10 with an access cover 14 mounted outside the hull of a ship or model boat or ship in such a way that it can carry some of the heavy items 9 normally mounted within the hull. It includes a method of running supplies and communications from the compartment back into the hull. By lowering the centre of gravity in this way less dead weight is required to balance the riding trim. The heavy items may be the batteries which are connected to equipment such as receiver 5 and servo 3, in the hull.
Patent GB-2323952-A (GB)
Title: Charge pump circuit for a semiconductor memory device
Inventor: KANG CHANG-MAN
IPC: G11C16/06
Filed: 1998-04-01
Abstract: A charge pump circuit of a semiconductor memory device has a high voltage detector 22 which outputs a high voltage detection signal, a regulator 23 which outputs a high level signal when the raised voltage (VPP) from the circuit is below a required level, and a controller 21 triggered at the descent edge of a row access strobe bar signal to output a high level row access strobe bar pulse signal. An oscillator 24 generates an oscillation pulse signal in response to the high level signal from the regulator 23 and charge pump 25 performs a pumping operation until the oscillation pulse signal reaches a potential of (VDD+2Vt) when the oscillation pulse signal is applied thereto. The pumping operation is halted when the high voltage detection signal is applied. A pull-up transistor 26 precharges the raised to voltages (VPP) to a potential of (VDD-Vt) when power is turned on. A further aspect relates to a charge pump having a double booster circuit an an associated pumping capacitor, allowing rapid charge supply at a low supply voltages and the supply of an appropriate amount of charge at a high supply voltages. Circuit details of the charge pumps are described (Figs 4, 5 and 8).
Patent GB-2340767-A (GB)
Title: Pond skimmer
Inventor: HELM CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E02B15/10
Filed: 1998-08-28
Abstract: A skimmer for removing debris from the surface of a pond comprises a circular bowl with an open throat area to let water in, a short length of pipework acting as an outlet, a removable perforated basket and a top cover which fits over the rim of the bowl. The skimmer is attached to pipework passing through the pond wall, and powered by a pump or air diffuser or by gravity. The skimmer can be adjusted up or down by using different pipe fittings, and also rotated so that the open throat faces in any desired direction. Water withdrawn by the skimmer is returned to the pond via a waterfall, venturi or filter.
Patent GB-2329858-A (GB)
Title: A fluid pressure chuck
Inventor: TAKADA SUSUMU
IPC: B25J15/00
Filed: 1998-09-28
Abstract: A fluid pressure chuck 20 comprises two sets of jaw members 31,32 to chuck a workpiece from two orthogonal directions, each set of jaw members 31,32 being associated with one of two coaxial cylinder assemblies including a rod 43,44 and a piston 41,42 in which the rod 43 from the first cylinder assembly is slidable within the rod 44 in the second cylinder assembly. Cam means associated with each set of jaw members 31,32 converts reciprocal movement of each cylinder assembly into opening and closing of the jaw members 31,32. The cam means (best viewed in figure 3) comprises an inclined groove 35 in each jaw member 31,32, each of the grooves 35 receiving a corresponding cam member 46,47 located on both of the rods 43,44 on the two cylinder assemblies. A notch 49 is also provided in either side of the rod 44 on the second cylinder assembly, so that the cam members 46 on the rod 43 of the first cylinder assembly is movable within the notch 49. Since cylinder assemblies for both sets of jaw members 31,32 are located inside the chuck 20, one or both of these sets of jaw members 31,32 can be actuated at any one time. Preferably the pistons 41,42 in the two cylinder assemblies have different pressure receiving areas 51a/b,53a/b, so that the two sets of jaw members 31,32 have different chucking forces. This arrangement allows for the tips of each rod 43,44 to be aligned within the chuck mechanism, which therefore allows the manufacture of smaller fluid pressure chucks.
Patent GB-2332493-A (GB)
Title: Tube with helical reinforcement
Inventor: PAGAN ERIC
IPC: B29C48/00
Filed: 1998-11-13
Abstract: The tube, e.g. endotracheal, cardiology, urology or enteral feeding catheter, or industrial has a wall e.g. of PVC and a reinforcement filament 10 of a harder plastics wound with a canted helical form so that adjacent turns of the filament slope at angles of 70 and 80 respectively in the plane of curvature of the tube. The filament 10, of rectangular or circular section, is of polyester, nylon, polythene, polypropylene or metal. The tube is made by extruding the base tube, winding the reinforcement 10 around the outside and then a further coating of PVC, polyurethane or TPE is applied e.g. by dip moulding.
Patent GB-2346766-A (GB)
Title: Routing messages between a client and a selected server
Inventor: STAGE ERLING BUGGE
IPC: H04M1/72412
Filed: 1999-02-12
Abstract: In a method of routing a message from a client to a chosen one of a plurality of servers to access a resource and routing the resource data from the server back to the client, the message includes a source designation part in which the source is designated as the client and a destination designation part with the destination designated as the routing means The message is received at the routing means and sent on with its destination as the server. The message comprising the resource data returned from the server has its source designated as the server, its destination as the routing means and contains an additional indication identifying the client. The message is received at the routing means and sent on with its source as the routing means and its destination as the client.
Patent GB-2348686-A (GB)
Title: Pipe coupling with grip rings
Inventor: DUDLEY STEVEN
IPC: F16L37/091
Filed: 1999-03-31
Abstract: A pipe coupling 1 has a body 2 defining a bore 3 to receive a pipe (25, figure 4), a seal 8 and a pair of identical, interlocked grip rings 5, 6 to engage the pipe. The grip rings are of plastics with embedded metal teeth 15, and are movable axially. The end of the coupling is provided with a cam surface 17 which engages the leading grip ring 5 as the rings move axially, so that both grip rings are compressed radially to grip the pipe. The leading grip ring 5 is also provided with a surface 19 which can be engaged by an axially movable release tool (24, figure 4 and 5) so as to disengage both grip rings from the pipe. The two grip rings are interlocked by means of the leading ring 5 having a recess (20, figure 3) which receives part of the trailing ring 6 so as to transmit axial and radial forces in both directions.
Patent GB-2336207-A (GB)
Title: A composition for use in fluorescence assay systems
Inventor: PALMER DEREK ADEYEMI
IPC: G01N33/58
Filed: 1998-12-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for use in fluorometry, a method of fluorometry and the use of a class of new reagents in fluorometry. The composition comprises a substrate which is a non-fluorescent derivative of a fluorophore, and a shifting reagent which shifts the absorbance wavelength maximum of the fluorophore which maximum is naturally above 450 nm. The shifting reagent is present in an amount predetermined to shift the maximum to a preset value.
Patent GB-2352039-A (GB)
Title: Measurement device for measuring two dimensions simultaneously
Inventor: CROSS JOSEPH
IPC: G01B3/56
Filed: 1999-07-05
Abstract: A measurement device has two rulers (14, 15) which each have a longitudinal slot and are joined together by a locking nut (11) which engages both of the rulers (14, 15) through the slot. The rulers are therefore slidably pivotable relative to each other and can also be locked in position by the locking nut (11). A protractor (13) is provided, joined to the rulers (14, 15) by the locking nut (11), so that the angle between the rulers (14, 15) can be measured.
Patent GB-2351039-A (GB)
Title: Printing method
Inventor: KELLEHER COLUM
IPC: B41M3/00
Filed: 1999-10-14
Abstract: Indicia are lithographically printed on a back face of a carton board. A layer of blister forming ink is then applied to the back face. Indicia are applied to the top face of the board by lithographic printing and a UV curable acrylate varnish is applied over the printed indicia. An opaque UV based scratch-off silver acrylate ink is applied to occlude an image. An anti set-off starch based powder is applied between the sheets. Alternatively or additionally a sheet may be cooled directly by an air stream prior to stacking.