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Patent GB-2266125-A (GB)
Title: Torque transfer device.
Inventor: JACKEL JOHANN
IPC: F16F15/30
Filed: 1993-04-07
Abstract: A torque transfer device, such as a friction clutch, has a pressure plate (31) and a counter pressure plate (3) with a clutch disc (5) which can be axially tensioned between the plates through the action of an energy accumulator (34). At least one of the parts - pressure plate (31) or counter pressure plate (3) - is designed as a solid punched part. The pressure plate (31) has torque transfer means 21, either formed thereon by solid metal forming, fig 1, or fixed thereto (Fig 6). The plate (31) or the plate (3) may alternatively be designed as a forged part. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277079-A (GB)
Title: Safety bottle top
Inventor: LOW NICHOLAS
IPC: B65D41/04
Filed: 1993-04-17
Abstract: A cap 7 for a bottle comprises a tapered plug 9 for locating in a conical bore of a bottle top outlet 4 to form a gas tight seal in the outlet, a cover portion for extending across the outlet, a skirt portion 10 extending around the perimeter of the cover, and an engagement means 12 in the form of a screw thread for securing the cap to the bottle top. The cap is provided with a vent passage 40 having an end which opens out onto a surface of the plug, the end being sealed by a neck of the bottle, when the cap is fully secured and tightened to the bottle. The event passage allows equalisation of the pressure of the contents with the atmosphere prior to complete removal of the cap. The cap and bottle may be plastic. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277273-A (GB)
Title: Golf ball wiper
Inventor: LEE LAURENCE DAVID
IPC: A63B47/04
Filed: 1993-04-24
Abstract: The golf ball wiper comprises a sheet (10) of absorbent material provided with a passage (12) for securement on the waistband of the trousers of a player. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266683-A (GB)
Title: Ice-beaking ship
Inventor: JANS PETER
IPC: B63B35/08
Filed: 1993-05-07
Abstract: For the improvement of the manoeuvrability of an ice-breaker, the foreship P of which is formed in pontoon-like manner with an obliquely forwardly rising underside which carries ice-breaking means at its sides, the ship's hull R is equipped on both sides over the entire length of the ship with balcony-like sidewalls 1, 1' of which the lower sides 2, 2' of the balcony drop away obliquely downwardly and lie at the level of the line of flotation SWL in such a way that on turning of the ship they break away the ice edges. Furthermore, the lower side of the bows is broader in the region of the ice-breaking means than the line of flotation of the following hull of the ship, in order to provide a clearance between the ice edges and the ship's hull. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281385-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle warning light assembly
Inventor: SU WU SHUAN
IPC: B60Q1/30
Filed: 1993-08-26
Abstract: A vehicle warning light assembly includes an elongated hollow casing (10) having an open front (12), a lamp unit extending longitudinally between two sides of the casing (10) adjacent to the open front (12), a wheel member (33) that is mounted rotatably in the casing (10) on one of the two sides of the casing (10), an elongated reflector plate (40) which is disposed in the casing (10) on one side of the lamp unit and which has one end secured to the wheel member (33), a driving mechanism which is activable to rotate the wheel member (33) to rotate correspondingly the reflector plate (40) around the lamp unit, and a transparent pane (60) that is mounted on the casing (10) at the open front (12) of the casing (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279245-A (GB)
Title: Convertible bed/seat assemblies
Inventor: TREVELYAN ANTHONY LESLIE CALVE
IPC: A47C17/207
Filed: 1994-04-11
Abstract: A convertible bed/seat assembly, primarily for camper vans, has a base (1) which is the foundation for a forwardly or backwardly facing seat. It can be shifted sideways, (A) between a position hard up against the van wall and a position away from that wall, where it is more comfortable to sit upon. A pull-out structure (6, 14) is drawn out from the base (1) (B) to convert the seat to a bed, the seats backrest becoming part of the bed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278172-A (GB)
Title: A pipe connector
Inventor: LANG JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: F16L19/08
Filed: 1994-04-26
Abstract: A connector 1 for connection with a pipe 2, comprises a body 3, an insert 4 adapted for insertion into a pipe 2, and securing means 6 adapted to cooperate with the insert 4 to hold the pipe 2 in the body 3. The connector 1 is suitable for connecting plastic water pipes with metal or other pipes in a straight or other connection. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275813-A (GB)
Title: Method of data processing and plant operation
Inventor: SCAROLA KENNETH
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 1990-10-31
Abstract: A method of data processing to display monitoring information about the critical functions of a power plant comprises storing a hierarchy of display pages including an apex page (as shown) containing a matrix 160 of a plurality of descriptors 162 indicative of a respective plurality of plant critical functions, a first level display page (figure 32, not shown) containing a hierarchical directory of each critical function descriptor and a plurality of critical function success path descriptors associated with each critical function, a plurality of second level display pages, corresponding respectively to each critical function and containing information for each success path, and a plurality of third level display pages containing detailed diagnostic information; highlighting a particular critical function descriptor on the apex page when its monitored status does not meet; and presenting to the operator means for accessing the first, second, and third level display pages. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289793-A (GB)
Title: Switching apparatus for an electrical appliance
Inventor: SHIAU SHOEI-SHUH
IPC: H01H13/58
Filed: 1994-05-09
Abstract: A switching apparatus has a cylindrical insulating body with first and second parts (1, 7). First and second conducting elements (3, 4) have first end portions (31, 41) connectible with two input terminals of a lamp bulb (L) passing through a first end wall (11) of the first body part (1). The second end portion (32) of the first conducting element (3) extends through a second end wall (12) of the first body part (1) to contact one output terminal of a power source (B). A third conducting element (5) has a first end portion (51) extending out of the body (1, 7) for contacting the other output terminal of the power source (B), and a second end portion (52) spaced apart from the second end portion (42) of the second conducting element (4). A push button switch unit (20) disposed in a retaining passage (113) in the body (1, 7) includes a contact member (21) which is biased by a spring (22) to contact the second end portions (42, 52) of the second and third conducting elements (4, 5) to activate the bulb (L). The button unit 20 can be actuated to cause cooperable latching elements (206, 114) on the button unit (20) and the retaining passage (113) to retain the contact member (21) spaced from the second and third conducting elements (4, 5) against the action of the spring (22). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276005-A (GB)
Title: Detection of antigens and nucleic acids
Inventor: DREW TREVOR
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1993-10-01
Abstract: A novel application for leucocyte retention filters is provided in the form of a method and kit for isolating and/or identifying foreign antigens and/or nucleic acids associated with leucocytes in fluids derived from a human or animal body, and treating, preferably with detergent, in a manner such as to expose them for isolation and/or detection. The method and apparatus provides a simple to obtain yet rapid determination of foreign antigens and/or nucleic acids associated with the leucocytes and thus the likely presence of organisms of which these antigens are characteristic. One significant advantage of this method is that it offers the preparation of a sample outside the laboratory using a few reagents, a syringe and a filter. Using this method the inventors have assembled a pen-side test that can detect animals persistently infected with BVD virus that takes only 1.5 hours, compared to the 7 days required for a virus isolation test. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280072-A (GB)
Title: Electronic tripping unit for a circuit breaker
Inventor: RAST OLIVER
IPC: H02H3/093
Filed: 1994-07-11
Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic release unit for a power circuit breaker, especially a release unit having automatic measurement range change over for the detected line currents (I1; I2; I3). The problem to be solved is that this measurement range change over is carried out without any major time and material penalty, the A/D conversion is not influenced in a disruptive manner, and the thermal energy occurring during signal conversion is reduced. To this end, a load resistor (51) having at least two resistor elements (511; 512) is used as the signal converter, which converts the output current (Ia) from the current transformers (21; 22; 23) into a measurement voltage (Um). A voltage comparator (53), which sensors the measurement voltage (Um), and a downstream control element (54) result in the output current (Ia) flowing through a different combination of the resistor elements (511; 512) in each measurement range, and a suitable value of the scale factor being used for the assessment of the A/D conversion. … <IMAGE> …
Patent GB-2280748-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for extraction of harmful gases from workplaces
Inventor: HEDLUND PER NICLAS
IPC: B08B15/00
Filed: 1994-07-12
Abstract: Apparatus for the extraction of harmful gases from workplaces, comprises a carrier arm arrangement (9) having at least two telescopic arms (19, 20, 21) to provide arrangement (9) with different lengths. The arrangement (9) is swivable around a horizontal spindle (17) in a vertical direction and positioned between a downward, preferably vertical and an outward, preferably horizontal end positions. At least one first device (22) is arranged to generate balancing forces to facilitate swivelling of arm arrangement (9) in the vertical direction between said end positions and/or to facilitate retention of arrangement (9) in set positions between said end positions, and at least one second device (28) is arranged to generate balancing forces to retain arms 19, 20, 21 in the positions provided by the telescopic setting, at least when the arm arrangement (9) is directed substantially downwards. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292747-A (GB)
Title: Lubricant composition with good seal compatibility
Inventor: HOLT DAVID GARY LAWTON
IPC: C10M111/04
Filed: 1994-08-26
Abstract: An automotive crankcase lubricant containing a polar dispersant, e.g. having amide, imide or amine groups, is rendered compatible with fluorocarbon and nitrile material used in engine seals by using a base oil which contains from 2 to 50 % by weight of a copolymer of a one or more C10 -C16  alpha  -olefins and one or more dicarboxylic acid esters of C3 to C8 monoalkyl alcohols, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) from 500 to 3,000 and a kinematic viscosity from 3 to 100 cSt (mm<2>/s) at 100 DEG C. The balance of the base oil may be a polyalphaolefin. The exemplified dispersant is a polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride-polyamine reaction product.
Patent GB-2281048-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for slitting corrugated paperboard boxes
Inventor: SMITTERBERG DEAN W
IPC: B26D1/46
Filed: 1993-05-04
Abstract: A stack of folded and glued corrugated paperboard boxes is slit in unison with a thin cutting blade having a linear cutting edge disposed parallel to the plane of the boxes and moved through the stack in an angular direction to slit essentially one box at a time. The stack is squared before slitting to align the box edges, however, the force of the blade on the stack as it moves therethrough holds the receding stack together such that the cut halves of each box may part laterally as the blade passes therethrough to avoid any crushing of the corrugated paperboard media. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284396-A (GB)
Title: Cycle suspension
Inventor: HUGHES JONATHAN
IPC: B62K25/26
Filed: 1994-12-02
Abstract: The cycle rear suspension comprises a pair of links (Q, fig 2), that are pivotally mounted (P3, P4, fig 2), at one end on an existing rear wheel drop out and seat stay respectively, and are pivotally linked (P1, P2, fig 2), at the other end by a supplementary rear wheel drop out, to form a parallel four bar linkage. A spring damper unit is connected between two extensions (P5, P6, fig 2), of links Q, so as to be compressed and extended upon movement of the supplementary drop out with respect to the existing dropout, so providing suspension for the rear wheel. A further link BR is pivotally connected to the upper of the links Q, and pivotally connected to a further link L connected to the seat stays, so as to act as a further four bar linkage resulting in link BR having the travel of the rear wheel. Due to this conventional cycle brakes can be fitted to link BR. A front suspension is also disclosed which utilises a similar four bar linkage to connect rigid forks F3 to existing headstock F2. The suspension system can be retrofitted to existing bicycles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284576-A (GB)
Title: Capping ink jet recording heads
Inventor: NAKAMURA MASAHIRO
IPC: F04B43/12
Filed: 1994-12-09
Abstract: The ink-jet recording appts. has a carriage on which two ink-jet recording heads each having nozzle openings are mounted. A slider has two cap members which seal the nozzle openings of the two heads respectively. The slider is supported at a centre portion in a longitudinal direction by a support member which is rotatable amount a rotation shaft elongating in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the carriage. The support member is movable also in a direction opposing the recording heads in accordance with the movement of the slider. The support member includes a coil spring which buckles when the slider is moved to a capping position and generates a resilient force in the direction opposing the recording heads. A lever has an end which is swingably attached to a shaft of a base through a slot. The rotation shaft is rotatably supported by the other end of the lever.
Patent GB-2286077-A (GB)
Title: Grey voltage generator for a liquid crystal display
Inventor: MOON SEUNG HWAN
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 1995-01-25
Abstract: A grey voltage generator is provided for a liquid crystal display which is capable of controlling the viewing angle. The generator includes an inverting amplifier OP1 and a non inverting amplifier which are maintained in reverse phase to each other. The outputs of the two amplifiers are connected across a voltage divider 23 which comprises a plurality of series-connected resistors R1 to R7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2301517-A (GB)
Title: Fulcrum attachment fo fork or spade
Inventor: DOSANJH SYDNEY
IPC: A01B1/02
Filed: 1995-05-27
Abstract: A rectangular steel attachment 4 for a fork or spade comprises a hollow box section attached to the tool such that it provides a foot plate for urging the tool into the ground and acts as a fulcrum about which the tool can be pivoted to lift the soil with minimal effort. The attachment can be permenantly fixed to the fork or spade or can be produced to be releasably attached to a conventional fork or spade.
Patent GB-2302282-A (GB)
Title: Knee prosthesis
Inventor: CREMORE GEORGE JOHN JAMES
IPC: A61F2/38
Filed: 1995-06-15
Abstract: The prosthesis comprises a femoral component 12, a tibial component 30 and a meniscal component 20, the latter being capable of anterior-posterior, medial-lateral and rotational movement with respect to the tibial component, interengaging pegs 36, 38 and recesses 26, 28 being provided on the components 20, 30 which pegs and recesses have inclined or undercut walls such that unintentional separation of the meniscal and tibial components is impeded or prevented.
Patent GB-2292042-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for simultaneously controlling base station and external electronic device functions
Inventor: SMITH SYBREN D
IPC: H04W92/08
Filed: 1995-07-20
Abstract: A base station (102) automatically remotes to a speakerphone mode of operation and connects an incoming call while an external electronic device (104) e.g. a television set is simultaneously muted or otherwise controlled. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292073-A (GB)
Title: A draught shield for armchairs
Inventor: JONES ROBERT EDWARD
IPC: A47C7/66
Filed: 1995-08-01
Abstract: A draught shield 1 for use with armchairs to protect the occupant from side draughts. The shield comprises a panel 1 which extends upwards from the armrest 2. The shield may be an integral part of the chair or it may be detachable. It may be for example, of plastics or wood and may be a variety of shapes. If the back of the chair is reclinable the shield may be adapted to recline with it. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291063-A (GB)
Title: Microemulsion polymerization systems and coated materials made therefrom
Inventor: WU HUEY SHEN
IPC: D06M101/16
Filed: 1993-09-20
Abstract: Aqueous microemulsions are described which are polymerized to produce a latex containing particles of organic polymer having recurring pendant perfluorinated organic side chains which have an average particle size of between 0.01 and 0.5 micrometers. The latex can be used to coat the surface of substrate structures, or to coat the pore walls of porous substrate structures.
Patent GB-2306783-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit card reader
Inventor: CURRY CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: G06K7/06
Filed: 1995-10-16
Abstract: A hand-held electronic device comprises an element 5 such as a display energisable by actuation of a switch which is formed by at least a part of a flexible printed circuit board which is deflectable to actuate the switch by pressure applied by the user to a flexible area 6 of the casing of the device. The device may comprise an integrated circuit card reader in the form of a wallet having electrical contacts which are connected with contacts on the card to enable a read out to be obtained on the display 5 when the casing of the wallet is flexed to actuate the switch.
Patent GB-2299146-A (GB)
Title: Air-spring leg
Inventor: ROMER MATTHIAS
IPC: B60G11/26
Filed: 1996-03-04
Abstract: An air-spring leg has a telescopic element, e.g. a shock absorber, and an air chamber of variable volume defined by a first casing part 3 connected for wobbling movement to the cylinder 4 of the telescopic element, a second casing part 1 fixed for wobbling movement to the piston or piston rod of the telescopic element, and a bellows 2 arranged between the casing parts. The casing parts have different diameters and are axially retractable one within the other.
Patent GB-2299328-A (GB)
Title: Controlling sheet position, eg in folding apparatus.
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN
IPC: B65H9/10
Filed: 1996-03-26
Abstract: To influence the position of a sheet 4, a positioner 11 or 22, mounted on a pivoted arm 10 or pivoted housing 33, is movable into contact with the sheet by means of an electromagnetic 8/9 or a solenoid 19. The positioner can take the form of a braking plate or an idler roller. The positioner can be controlled in response to signals from a sheet sensor. Positioners can be used to centalise an off-centre sheet during operation of a blade folder, or to correct skew in a fed sheet.
Patent GB-2302769-A (GB)
Title: Method of mounting ball grid array device in socket
Inventor: PFAFF WAYNE KAY
IPC: H01R12/88
Filed: 1995-05-05
Abstract: Ball grid array devices 10 are mounted in a burn-in and test socket which has a top surface with windows 23 for the ball terminals 12 depending from the ball grid array device 10. Contact fingers 40 mounted on the base 21 of the socket extend through a bending plate 29 and into the windows 23 from the opposite side of the top surface. When the bending plate is moved laterally with respect to the top surface (as shown), the ends 42 of the contact members 40 are moved into contact with the ball terminals 12. The end of the contact members are urged into contact with the ball terminals between the center of the ball terminal and the surface of the ball grid array device, thus retaining the device in the socket. Alternatively, the top surface may move latterally with respect to the bending plate.
Patent GB-2305836-A (GB)
Title: Tool for baiting fish hooks
Inventor: SWIFT HARRY
IPC: A01K97/04
Filed: 1997-02-04
Abstract: In a combination tool for baiting fish hooks a cutter 1 first stamps out a bait pellet by pressing and twisting on bait material, a punch 2 and baiting needle 3 are advanced along the cutter so that the needle passes through the bait held at the end of the cutter, the punch and needle are then retracted pulling a fishing hook through the bait, the needle 3, then detached from the hook, is retracted into the punch 2 which is then advanced to eject the bait pellet and at the same time encase the hook in the bait. The cutter, punch, and needle form a combination tool which can be attached to clothing by a pocket clip 4.
Patent GB-2324562-A (GB)
Title: Door fitting jig
Inventor: DENTON SAMUEL RAYMOND
IPC: E04F21/00
Filed: 1997-04-26
Abstract: A door fitting jig 1 comprises a generally L - shaped corner clamp 2 having opposed inwardly facing clamp surfaces 8,9 for releasably clamping therebetween the corner of a door 3, a pair of outwardly facing stabilisers 4,5, each secured to and extending from opposite sides of the clamp at or adjacent the corner and adapted to hold the clamp and thus the door held thereby in an upright position, so that the door may be presented to a door frame for fitting. Clamping may be by pads 15, 16, movable by screw threaded members 11,12; a shim 17 may be used to raise the door within the clamp. Means 18, 19 may serve to attach the clamp to a floor or bench; holes 20, 21 may be used to screw the clamp to a bench with the door horizontal, the screwdriver passing through holes 22, 23.
Patent GB-2318975-A (GB)
Title: Fire resistant duct
Inventor: NELMES ARTHUR PETER
IPC: H02G3/04
Filed: 1997-04-29
Abstract: A fire-resistant duct for one or more cables and/or pipes comprises a frame and, within the frame, at least one blade for movably closing the duct, wherein: the blade comprises (i) a portion of intumescent material and (ii) flexible smoke retardant means to engage the cable or cables or pipe or pipes to thereby form with the blade a continuous barrier across the frame. Preferably the blade is arranged to be biased towards a closed position by a bimetallic strip, gravity or spring means. Two blades may be mounted adjacent to one another within the duct.
Patent GB-2314182-A (GB)
Title: Executing applications in place from memory
Inventor: GARNEY JOHN I
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 1996-02-12
Abstract: New utility and runtime functions are provided to a conventional operating system that supports virtual memory and multitasking. The new linker (78) is used to partially resolve unresolved references of a conventional "RAM based" application (62), such that in conjunction with the new runtime functions, the partially resolved application can be executed in place from a "write once/seldom" storage medium. The new installer (80) is used to install the partially resolved application onto a "write seldom" storage medium. The new memory management function (82) reserves a predetermined portion of the operating system's memory management data structure for "mapping" the physical address span(s) of an installed application into a logical address space, enabling the "mapped" application to be executed in place. The new loader (84) is used to pseudo-load and execute an XIP application. The new task management function (86) allows multitasking of XIP applications (64) and non-XIP applications (62) by the operating system (68).