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Patent GB-2210168-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring intracranial fluid pressure from the response of the ear drum to acoustic stimulation of an associated stapedial muscle
Inventor: MARCHBANKS R ROBERT JAMES
IPC: A61B5/03
Filed: 1987-09-18
Abstract: Intracranial fluid pressure is monitored by air-sealing a cup 32 of an ear probe 20 against the patient's ear and measuring eardrum movement and/or the acoustic compliance of the eardrum by second emission from a loudspeaker 33 within the probe. During eardrum displacement measurement a microphone 30 converts the displacement into an electrical signal provided through an interface 35 to a computer 34, the computer controlling a servo diaphragm 31 according to the teaching of Specification Serial No. 2 075 679B. During acoustic compliance measurement a valve 27 is opened by the computer whereby it may carry out the tympanometric function of equalising inner ear pressure, using air from a reservoir 25 pressurised by a pump 26. The data obtained by the apparatus of the invention may be compared with reference data obtained from the same patient or in clinical trials to provide a real-time record of intracranial fluid pressure changes. Preferably eardrum displacement is used as a baseline measure and acoustic compliance measurement records short-term variation, the two records being combined by the computer 34. Reference data may be input by a keyboard 38 to the computer to update the information displayed on a VDU 37 or printed out. This reference data may include known variations determined by surgery or caused by a postural manoeuvre of the patient. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223835-A (GB)
Title: Drying printed circuit boards
Inventor: THATCHER WRENFORD JOHN
IPC: F26B15/10
Filed: 1988-08-26
Abstract: In a louvre dryer for drying printed circuit boards and having upward and downward conveying means for conveying printed circuit boards through various drying zones, there is provided, at a point between the upper parts of the upward and downward conveyors, guide means (6) for guiding a printed circuit board being transferred from the upward to the downward conveyor, the guide means being provided supported on pivotally mounted support means so that the distance between the guides may be varied to accommodate varying sizes of printed circuit boards, the louvre dryer also being provided with means (8) for controlling the distance between the guide means. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210454-A (GB)
Title: Fluid level sensor
Inventor: TAYLOR ALEXANDER
IPC: G01F23/70
Filed: 1988-09-19
Abstract: A sensor for sensing fluid levels within a container. The sensor is in the form of a tubular member 2 of resilient material having an optical system which passes a light beam through an interior cavity of the tubular member. Deformation of the tubular member by pressure from float 12 results in a variation of the light beam detected and measurement of this variation gives an indication of the level of fluid in the container. The tube may be stainless steel with a non-reflective lining and may be straight or slightly bowed in its undeformed state. Lenses 9 concentrate the light beam between lamp 4 and detector 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222977-A (GB)
Title: Electrode
Inventor: ROLINSON FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B23H3/06
Filed: 1988-09-21
Abstract: An electrode for electrochemical drilling or machining a workpiece comprises a metal or alloy tube 1 of uniform outer diameter coated over an operating length L by a non-conducting insulating coating 2 of uniform thickness selected from the group consisting of alkyd phenols, fluorinated ethylene and propylene polymers and copolymers, polyvinyl fluorines and shellacs. The tube is ground at 1b to expose the tube and form a frusto conical working end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213523-A (GB)
Title: Strap connector
Inventor: CONNOR JOE E
IPC: A45C13/30
Filed: 1988-12-09
Abstract: A camera strap arrangement has a shoulder strap (12) of fixed length engaged between a pair of fittings (14). Further short straps (21) are looped around these fittings (14) in a manner to permit adjustment of the overall length of the combined strap (12, 21). The short straps (21) terminate in connectors (10) which have open hooks (33) for engaging with a camera fitting (47, 46) either directly or via a ring (48). A keep member (34) is pivotably mounted to the connectors (10) to retain the hooks (33) in place or to permit their release. Soft flexible pads (43) can overlap, the hooks (33) to protect the camera. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216428-A (GB)
Title: Device for releaseably gripping a feeding bottle for a baby
Inventor: BRYSON TREVOR KARL ST ALVIN
IPC: A61J9/06
Filed: 1989-03-03
Abstract: Gripping apparatus (2) for releaseably gripping a feeding bottle (4) for a baby (6), which gripping apparatus (2) comprises bendable arm means (8, 10), clamp means (12) which is connected to a first portion of the bendable arm means (8, 10) and which is for clamping the bendable arm means (8, 10) to apparatus (14) for containing the baby (6), and gripper means (16) which is connected to a second end portion of the bendable arm means (8, 10) and which is for releaseably gripping the feeding bottle (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216485-A (GB)
Title: Carrying flexible sheets between work stations.
Inventor: GOODFELLOW ANTHONY GERALD
IPC: B29C31/08
Filed: 1989-03-13
Abstract: Handling means for the transportation of flexible sheet material comprises two work stations and a carrier (15) movable between the two work stations. The carrier is provided with means (12, 13) securely to support flexible sheet material (9) during its transport by the carrier between two work stations. The carrier preferably is flexible in a first direction whereby it may be deformed to follow a curved path (26) around a mandrel (25) at one work station. The carrier is thereby suited to receiving reinforced sheet material from a first mandrel (14) and applying it transposed, say through 90 degrees, around a second mandrel (25).
Patent GB-2221325-A (GB)
Title: Optical elements
Inventor: GRATZE STEPHEN CECIL
IPC: C03B19/12
Filed: 1989-06-30
Abstract: Optical elements, particularly holographic elements, are formed by infiltrating into a body of porous sol gel glass a photosensitive material. The material is exposed in accordance with a predetermined pattern, e.g. by standard holographic techniques or by laser beam writing techniques, to produce the desired optical element e.g. filter, mirror or lens. Specified materials are photopolymerisable materials, silver compounds and electro-optic polymers.
Patent GB-2235435-A (GB)
Title: Card dispenser
Inventor: TAYLOR MURRAY
IPC: G07F11/04
Filed: 1989-08-24
Abstract: A dispenser for wrapped cards 14 such as phone cards, in which, on sliding out of a card from the bottom of a stack thereof, by wheel 12 the card is retained in an escrow position shown from which it is released during the initial part of a subsequent dispensing action. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236143-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for securely storing sheet material e.g. banknotes
Inventor: TOD TIMOTHY WILLIAM
IPC: E05G1/00
Filed: 1989-09-06
Abstract: Apparatus for securely storing sheet material is disclosed which comprises a housing with an entry opening to receive and admit a sheet of material such as a banknote, to the interior thereof. A secure storage cassette (50) which receives and stores notes admitted to the housing has a tortuous opening (51) through which a banknote (16) is pushed by a note inserter (11). The shape of the note inserter (11) is the same as that of the tortuous slot (51) so that when a note (16) is admitted to the housing and it arrives in front of the tortuous opening (51) in the cassette (50), the inserter (11) moves towards said opening (51) to fold the note (16) and push it into the interior of the cassette. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225546-A (GB)
Title: Deflection-compensated doctor or scraping blade
Inventor: KINNUNEN JORMA
IPC: D21G3/00
Filed: 1989-10-31
Abstract: When a doctor or scraping blade 1, which is held in a frame pivotally mounted at its ends, is pressed against a moving web and/or roll 5, the blade bows. This bowing is undesirable since when the blade is used for eg doctoring, its spacing from a web being coated is greater midway along its length than at its ends. To overcame this undesirable deflection of the blade, the invention provides compensating piston and cylinder assemblies 14, 15, each of which acts at a determined distance RT from the pivotal bearing points of the blade 1 and at a determined distance RV from the pivotal axis. These piston and cylinder assemblies apply forces to the blade, which tend to deflect the blade in a direction opposite to the deflection induced by the interaction of the blade with the web and/or roll. 
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Patent GB-2238449-A (GB)
Title: TDMA systems
Inventor: TEMPLE STEPHEN ROBIN
IPC: H04B15/02
Filed: 1989-11-10
Abstract: A method of minimising interference caused by digital Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) transmitting systems comprises the steps of: transmitting a burst of speech data at a particular power level on one time slot of a plurality of time slots of a TDMA frame on a particular frequency channel, the traffic channel; and transmitting a radio carrier at substantially the same power level as the speech data during a gap in the time slots on the traffic channel at a different frequency level to that of the traffic channel, thereby filling in the gaps in the traffic channel such that a continuous signal is transmitted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234237-A (GB)
Title: Production and storage of constituent materials for the manufacture of Portland Cements containing pfa (fly ash)
Inventor: OWENS PHILIP LEONARD
IPC: C04B40/00
Filed: 1989-12-19
Abstract: Constituent materials for use in the manufacture of Portland cements comprise selected pfa (fly ash) and selected gypsum, both obtained as by-products from thermal power stations, which are blended together in selected proportions and under controlled conditions, and the intimate mixture, either in dry powder or granular form, is stored as a bulk constituent ready for use in the manufacture of said cements.
Patent GB-2242090-A (GB)
Title: A communication system
Inventor: TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER BROOK
IPC: H04B10/114
Filed: 1990-02-13
Abstract: The communication system comprises transmitter means 14 including an accousto-electric transducer 16 for converting a voice signal into an electrical signal and means 17 to 20 responsive to said electrical signal for emitting a light signal representative of said voice signal to remote receiver means. Alternatively or additionally the communication system comprises receiver means 15 for receiving a light signal from remote transmitter means and for converting the light signal into an audio signal. The transmitter/receiver means may be provided in or on an article of headgear, such as a crash helmet 12, and the remote receiver/transmitter may be a two way radio fitted to a motor cycle. This allows a rider to communicate with the two way radio without the need for an umbilical cable between the rider and the radio. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241667-A (GB)
Title: Multiple year entry diary
Inventor: SUZUKI MASAKAZU
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1990-09-04
Abstract: A multiple year entry diary includes pages (13) having a transparent pocket (15) with an upper open end, and diary cards (c) having a date indication (11) and a record blank in which a writer's record is to be written. Cards of the same date of month and day for the past several years in which the writer is interested can be exchangeably accommodated in the same transparent pocket. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235409-A (GB)
Title: Device for forming construction articles with cavities
Inventor: GARNETS VLADIMIR NIKOLAEVICH
IPC: B28B3/26
Filed: 1990-10-16
Abstract: The device comprises a trolley (2) movable on a portal (3) in two perpendicular horizontal directions. On the trolley (2) is mounted a sectional pressing roller (12) having a smooth-surface cylindrical section (13) and a section consisting of a sector (14) with radial protrusions (15) for tightening the concrete mix between cavity-forming elements (28) mounted on a trolley (30) movable along the plate to be formed. A worm (48) is mounted coaxially to the cavity-forming elements (28) to feed the concrete mix under the radial protrusions (15) of the sector (4).
Patent GB-2240020-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing device
Inventor: KIRK CHRISTOPHER PETER
IPC: A01K61/02
Filed: 1991-01-08
Abstract: In a dispensing device for automatically feeding fish a base 11 has mounted on its upper surface 14 a drive member 23 constantly rotated by a small, highly geared battery powered stepping motor controlled by a quartz controlled electronic circuit mounted within the base. A ring 15 of compartments freely rotatable on the surface 14 within location means 16 of the base has on its inner periphery 18 spaced ribs 26 one of which will be engaged by a paw 25 or 25' of the drive member 23 during each revolution of the drive member, whereby the ring 15 is periodically arcuately displaced. The compartments of the ring 15 are open at top and bottom and in their path is an aperture 20 through the base. The compartments of the ring 15 are brought successively into alignment with the aperture 20 so that fish food located in the compartments is discharged by gravity through the aperture 20. Each pawl 25, 25' is removably pegged into a selected one of eight holes 35 distributed circumferentially of the top of the drive member 23 so that the times when the ring 15 will be displaced during each revolution of the drive member 23 can be selected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243944-A (GB)
Title: Plasma processing apparatus
Inventor: OHIWA KIYOSHI
IPC: C23C16/50
Filed: 1991-03-11
Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a plasma generation chamber (3) into which is introduced a gas for generating plasma by the resonance effect between the microwaves introduced through window 2 and a magnetic field. An excitation solenoid (14) disposed to surround the plasma generation chamber (3) in coaxial relationship therewith so as to produce the magnetic field within the plasma generation chamber (3), is movable in the axial direction thereof by a displacement mechanism (15, 16). The magnitude of the current flowing through the solenoid (14) is varied such that it is within the transition region between two distinct operational modes I and II (figure 7 not shown). The magnetic field is then moved so that overall optimum characteristics are attained, e.g. to improve film quantity and growth rate it is preferable to grow the film with mode I operation and to improve distribution of the film thickness, to grow the film with mode II operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242015-A (GB)
Title: Gas burner
Inventor: LE MONNIER DE GOUVILLE JEAN-BE
IPC: F23D14/74
Filed: 1991-03-14
Abstract: Gas burner, particularly for household appliances, comprising a burner body (1) having a peripheral side wall (5) defining an enclosure (11) with an outward opening (14) and at least one air-gas mixture supply orifice (13), which enclosure is adapted to contain a "soft" flame able to withstand sudden pressure variations of the primary air brought to the burner and to re-activate the flames of the burner should they be blown out, characterized in that the burner further comprises at least one chamber (15) situated upstream of the supply orifice (13) of said enclosure (11) and itself having a gas mixture supply orifice (16) with a cross section substantially equal to or greater than that of the supply orifice (13) of the enclosure, this chamber being configured so that the air-gas mixture which is contained therein forms a buffer cancelling out or attenuating the sudden pressure variations of the primary air admitted into the burner and so that the frame of the enclosure is maintained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247535-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming a fine pattern on a semiconductor having a step therein
Inventor: HAN WOO SUNG
IPC: H01L21/3065
Filed: 1991-03-21
Abstract: A method of forming an accurate pattern on a semiconductor element that has a step (30) includes the steps of coating a photo-sensitive material on the surface of the semiconductor, exposing to ultra-violet light, the photo-sensitive material in the non-step area through a first photo mask (10) to form exposed area (40); exposing the entire photo-sensitive material, through a second photo mask with a desired pattern (80) to ultra-violet light after removing the first photo mask, and developing to remove photo. sensitive material (90) that has been exposed to the ultra-violet light to leave unexposed photosensitive material (81, 80) in the desired pattern. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250409-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for handling source capsule assemblies
Inventor: BROWN GLEN ARTHUR
IPC: G21F5/02
Filed: 1991-06-18
Abstract: Elongate, flexible radiography source assemblies are inserted into radiological cameras using an inserter apparatus into which the source assembly is dropped and which aligns the source assembly with two ports connected to a pair of tubes. The tubes are connected through a routing apparatus to the camera and a cable drive so that the source assembly can be driven from the inserter into the camera in the correct orientation.
Patent GB-2247134-A (GB)
Title: Adding texturing highlights to a video signal
Inventor: LAKE DAVID E
IPC: H04N9/74
Filed: 1991-09-12
Abstract: Mixing of highlights and shadows into a video signal (picture luminance, picture chrominance) is performed by forming a rectangular array of values Su,v (EDGE) representing the edges in a rectangularly sampled video field fu,v and using it as a mixing coefficient to control mixing 44, 46 of a field such as the picture video signal with at least one other field such as that obtained from highlight and shadow matte generators 50, 52. As shown, the sign of the EDGE signal is used to select one of the generators 50, 52 and the modulus of EDGE is applied to each mixer 44, 46. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248769-A (GB)
Title: Debris impeller
Inventor: JAILOR JOHN J
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 1991-09-13
Abstract: An impeller for cleaning devices comprises a plurality of impeller segments 34, 44, slipped over a twisted flat wire 45 to provide the impeller. Each of the impeller segments includes a plurality of paddles 61-66, and a central section 60 with a non-cylindrical opening 85 for receiving the twisted flat wire. Each paddle has a thicker outer end 69-74 and a thinner flexible mid section 77-82. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248762-A (GB)
Title: A spike for a golf shoe
Inventor: KATAYAMA YUTAKA
IPC: A43B13/26
Filed: 1991-10-09
Abstract: A golf shoe spike 1 having a tip portion projecting from the sole of the golf shoe, the tip portion having a length of approximately four millimeters. The length of the tip portion is made shorter, to ensure a more stable swing and to reduce a resistance and a load on the feet of a golfer. The spike can be removably secured to the sole of the golf shoe, and thus can be repaired or replaced when damaged. Also, the flange of the spike is provided with a drainage opening 5 for draining off water entering a gap between the sole of the shoe and the flange. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253988-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable baby-carrier
Inventor: SMITH MICHELE KARIN
IPC: A47D13/02
Filed: 1991-12-04
Abstract: The baby-carrier 10 includes a baby-carrying portion 12 of a flexible material, for example, a cloth or plastic etc, which may be formed integrally with a supporting portion 14 arranged in a looped configuration so that, in use, it extends diagonally across the wearer's torso. Preferably, the portion 14 has at least one part 16 adapted for seating on a wearer's shoulder. The supporting portion 16 has length adjusting means which may comprise three adjustable straps 20, 22, 24. Selective tightening of the straps will adjust the upper, central and/or lower edge portions of the baby-carrying portion 12 around the baby as required. Further the baby's position may be moved with respect to the wearer's torso without removal of the baby carrier. A safety harness may be associated with the baby-carrying portion. The carrier may include a hood portion for the baby (Figs. 7 and 8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263664-A (GB)
Title: Greetings card including calendar, note pad, address book, chart or map.
Inventor: LEWIS MICHAEL HUMPHREY
IPC: B42D5/00
Filed: 1992-01-10
Abstract: A greetings card 1 comprises hingedly connected front and rear sheets 2, 3. Connected to an upper edge 6 of rear sheet 3 is a calendar, note pad, address book, conversion chart or map 5, whereby after display as a greetings card the card may serve an additional purpose.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251826-A (GB)
Title: Ice breaking ship
Inventor: JANS PETER
IPC: B63B35/08
Filed: 1992-01-13
Abstract: An ice breaking ship in which the foreship of the ship's hull is equipped on both side flanks (3, 3') in the area of the waterline with first ice breaking means (5, 5'), with second ice breaking means (9, 9') being arranged at a distance behind them, and wherein the ship's wall region between the two ice breaking means is set back in such a way that the run of the set back is matched approximately to the apex line of the inner turning circle of the ship is characterized in that the lateral boundary of the second ice breaking means (9, 9') is so dimensioned that it does not exceed the width (B) of the ship's hull (S) and in that the set back ship's wall region between the ice breaking means is respectively formed as a waist-like recess (6, 9') drawn into the ship's hull (S). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265024-A (GB)
Title: A spatial light modulator assembly.
Inventor: PROUDLEY GEOFFREY MARTLAND
IPC: G02B26/02
Filed: 1992-03-14
Abstract: A spatial light modulator assembly has a layered sandwich form. The assembly includes a first layer (1) of material transparent to a read in beam (2) of light, a second layer (5) of a deformable material which is physically deformable in response to variation in an electrostatic field temperature or a potential difference, and, located in a gap (6) between the second layer (5) and the inner surface (4) of the first layer (1) a gaseous medium such as air having a lower refractive index than that of the first layer (1). The gaseous medium forms an interface (7) with the first layer at which a laser light read in beam (2) passing into the first layer (1) is amplitude modulated by modulation of the gap (6), and thereby of the reflection coefficient at the interface (7), resulting from deformation of the deformable material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255918-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing device
Inventor: DUNNE STEPHEN TERENCE
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 1992-04-13
Abstract: A device for delivering a fluid as a spray of droplets, comprises:       a. means for storing a plurality of individual doses of a fluid; b. pressurising means for applying a pulse of pressure to the storage means to eject an individual dose of the fluid from the storage means; and c. means for providing an atomising aperture associated with each individual dose for forming the fluid into a spray of droplets.   The invention also provides a presentation of the medicament suitable for use in the device of the invention.
Patent GB-2268722-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic winch drive
Inventor: MCCALLUM ROBERT
IPC: B66D1/08
Filed: 1992-06-25
Abstract: A hydraulic winch 1 comprises a winch barrel 2 connected through drive pins 8 to a primary motor 5 at one end of the barrel and a secondary motor 6 at the other end of the barrel, whereby upon seizure of the primary motor the drive pins connecting the barrel to the primary motor may be removed and drive applied to the secondary motor which rotates the barrel. Spring applied brakes 9 are preferably provided between each motor and the winch barrel 2. <IMAGE>