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Patent GB-2271973-A (GB)
Title: Winch assembly.
Inventor: DRAY TIMOTHY
IPC: B66D1/39
Filed: 1992-05-20
Abstract: A winch assembly, comprises a winch mounting base or plate with fairlead 13 attached thereto, incorporating rollers 14a, 14b, 16a, 16b, for exerting force upon a cable or rope 15, a winch carriage 10 movably mounted on the winch mounting base or plate, and mounting a winch drum 6 for receiving said cable or rope 15, winch-driving means 9 for driving the winch drum in rotation about the axis of the winch drum, and bearing means (11a), 11b, (12a), 12b, whereby the winch carriage is free to move in translation in the axial direction of the winch drum relative to the winch mounting base or plate and within predetermined limits, as cable or rope is paid onto or paid off from the winch drum, thereby to reduce the fleet angle of said rope or cable. As shown the bearing means comprises rollers engaging two rails 3, (4) of the ball 2 although a third rail may engage between the rollers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267806-A (GB)
Title: Sea fishing weight
Inventor: SPRING PAUL
IPC: A01K95/00
Filed: 1992-06-19
Abstract: The sea fishing weight has four angled protruding rigid side wires 10 and 11 secured into the shaped moulded lead body 13 of the sea fishing weight. The side wires are designed to give improved sea-bed anchorage, and as such, are positioned along the axis of the moulded lead body 13 and set at 90 degrees to each other around the same axis. Both ends of each of the angled side wires 10 and 11 are encased within the moulded body to enhance their rigidity and make the fishing weight less prone to snagging when being retrieved over rough ground or when used with 'off the ground' casting techniques. Fishing line attachment is made via a heavy gauge lead link wire 12 which is 'fused' into the moulded body and extends outwards in alignment with the axis of the sea fishing weight. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270467-A (GB)
Title: Seat with arm and book rest
Inventor: ROWE DAVID EDWIN
IPC: A47C7/70
Filed: 1992-09-11
Abstract: A lecture theatre seat, Fig. 3, has arm 17 and book rest 16 pivotal about 12 to the Fig. 4 position where the book rest is presented for use. Pivot 12 (Fig. 5, not shown) comprises two pins on an arm end which are maneouvrable in a T-shaped slot. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261035-A (GB)
Title: Fuel-injection pump for internal combustion engines
Inventor: KNORRECK PETER
IPC: F02M59/36
Filed: 1992-10-27
Abstract: A fuel injection pump has a pump piston (10) with two sections (31, 34) of different diameters delimiting two working chambers (14, 41), in two parts (32, 35) of a cylinder bore (11), the chambers operating in series and in combination with a pressurised fuel reservoir (46) to promote rapid filling of the main working chamber (14). During the intake stroke, working chamber (41) is connected via a fuel channel (43) to a fuel-filled intake chamber (56) and the pump working chamber 14 is filled from the fuel reservoir (46). During the delivery stroke, fuel is displaced from the working chamber (41) to the fuel reservoir (46) and fuel from the pump working chamber (14) is delivered to one of the fuel-injectors via a distributing groove (59) and a respective delivery channel (64). An electrically operated valve (23) controls delivery by connecting the chambers to the reservoir (46). The pump piston (10) may be formed from two separate parts (Fig 2). In addition the device enables a coolant, separate to the fuel, to be used to cool the drive in chamber (16). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273336-A (GB)
Title: Multiway valve
Inventor: BURROUGHS WILLIAM ERNEST
IPC: F16K11/078
Filed: 1992-12-09
Abstract: A multiway valve comprises a body 1 having a cylindrical cavity and a plurality of ports 6 equispaced in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cavity. Within the cavity is a cylindrical spool 3, driven through its rod 4 by an outside drive system 5 for both rotation and axial movement. Within the spool on two or more planes are channels 7 - 10 of different lengths each to connect a pair of ports. The planes are separated to give a blank disc of the spool so that unwanted transitory connections during rotation of the spool are avoided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274413-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal separator
Inventor: MCNAIR JAMES
IPC: F01M13/04
Filed: 1993-01-23
Abstract: In a centrifugal separator for cleaning liquids such as lubricating oil, e.g. for an i.c. engine, the rotor contains a separation cone 7 interposed between the main volume of the rotor and the outlet nozzles which in use cause the rotor to spin, the cone including a plurality of radially extending ribs 15. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265322-A (GB)
Title: Sorting particles
Inventor: ROSS VICTOR EMUL
IPC: B03B1/04
Filed: 1993-03-26
Abstract: In a method of sorting a particulate mass, eg. diamonds and gangue, according to the oleophilicity of the particles of the mass, the particles (24, 26) of the mass are treated with an oil-containing substance (22) in such a manner that oleophilic particles (24), eg. the diamonds, of the mass are at least partially coated with the substance (22). Next, the particles (24, 26) are exposed to a material (12) having specific properties so that the material adheres to the coated particles (24). Finally, the particles (24, 26) can be sorted according to whether they exhibit the specific properties. The material may comprise an aqueous magnetite suspension and/or air bubbles, so that the particles can be sorted using magnetic separation and/or flotation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268762-A (GB)
Title: Variable interengageable two-part wall tie
Inventor: JAMES STEPHEN AUGUSTUS
IPC: E04B1/41
Filed: 1993-06-10
Abstract: A two part variable interengageable wall tie. The inner component 1 is rigid once built in and extends into the cavity a spigot 2 that falls outward away from this inner skin terminating in a drip. Incorporated in this is a series of variable part couplings, e.g. holes 3, ready to receive the outer component 5. This will incorporate a corresponding section 7 that will interengage into one of the variable part couplings 3 of the inner component. The outer component is bent, 6, to offer a variation of height of up to one course above or below that of the course work of the inner skin by simply turning it over. The building-in section, 5, is malleable to accommodate the final laying into the external joint. The spigot section will easily receive some form of clip over spacing device to retain cavity wall insulation. Interengagement may be by T-bar and socket, or screw-thread and nut, or wire passing through holes; see Figs. 2 to 28. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267997-A (GB)
Title: Atomic scale devices
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID A
IPC: B82B3/00
Filed: 1993-06-17
Abstract: Nanofabricated electro-conductive structures are disclosed, typically fabricated with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), in which conductive chains of atoms (6) are formed on a substrate (1) by the STM and external connections are provided formed by electron beam lithography and optical lithography. Logic devices are disclosed. Also a method of lithography using an atomic force microscope (AFM) having a conductive tip is described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282442-A (GB)
Title: Solar water heater
Inventor: VAN DYCK FRANS SERAPHINA JOSEP
IPC: F24S20/20
Filed: 1993-10-04
Abstract: A solar water heater for heating a quantity of water contained in a vessel 4 by focusing solar energy incident on a reflector, onto the vessel. The vessel 4 is preferably sealed and comprises a pressure release valve 6. The reflector comprises reflective material lying on support struts 2 and is preferably a parabolic section trough. The heater may be used to purify water or to generate steam for driving machinery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274139-A (GB)
Title: Engine rotary valves
Inventor: BULLIVANT NICHOLAS TURVILLE
IPC: F01L7/02
Filed: 1992-08-18
Abstract: A rotary valve for an engine comprising an outer casing (2) having at least one bore (4) and inlet (30), exhaust port (46), transfer port (40) opening into the bore (4), at least one rotor (26) disposed in the bore (4) or bores and valve means (54) for admitting an inlet charge from the transfer port (40) into the engine and for venting exhaust gases from the engine into the transfer port (40) and porting means for placing the inlet port (30) in fluid communication with the transfer port (40) to supply an inlet charge thereto and for placing the exhaust port (46) in fluid communication with the transfer port (40) for venting off exhaust gases, within the rotor (26) is adapted to be rotated by the vented gases and to compress the inlet charge as a result of such rotation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287869-A (GB)
Title: Web-grabber for use with a safety-belt arrangement.
Inventor: JUCHEM ALOIS
IPC: B60R22/42
Filed: 1994-03-22
Abstract: A web-grabber for use with a safety-belt comprises a housing (5) formed as an extrusion of aluminium. A wedge (13) is located within a central passage (6) within the housing. An additional element (20) is also present within the passage (6) having a first side (21) adapted to abut one of the substantially parallel side walls of the passage (6) and an opposed inclined face (22) along which the wedge (13) may slide. The wedge is adapted to engage wedgingly the webbing (3) of a safety-belt, with a face (14) of the wedge engaging the webbing (3) and pressing it against an opposed element (11) which passes through the passage (6) and which secures the extrusion (5) to a retractor unit (1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275602-A (GB)
Title: Anti-tip device
Inventor: DERLE WOLFGANG
IPC: E05B65/464
Filed: 1993-09-03
Abstract: In a filing cabinet arrangement (1) of vertically disposed drawers (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D) mounted on progressive two or three channel drawer slides (7, 8, 9) an improved interlock or anti-tip mechanism is used. By means of a uniquely configured cam, the cabinet of drawers (1) provides both an anti-tip mechanism as well as an anti-rebound quality which ensures that a drawer (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D), once returned to the cabinet (1), does not rebound outwardly. In addition, this device will act as a security lock mechanism in conjunction with installed locking apparatus. The particular inventive features lie in the simplicity of the mechanism and in its space saving qualities. No additional space in a cabinet (1), other than that required for the drawers (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D) and the drawer slides (7, 8, 9) is necessary. It is adaptable to any file cabinet situation where two or three channel progressive drawer slides are used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277639-A (GB)
Title: Field effect transistor having a recessed gate
Inventor: JO JUN WHAN
IPC: H01L21/308
Filed: 1994-04-25
Abstract: The device comprises a substrate (11), a source electrode (22) and a drain electrode (23), a recessed channel region formed over an area of the semiconductor substrate between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode (29) which may be inclined toward the source or drain electrodes and formed over the recessed channel portion. A method of forming an asymmetric recessed channel using reactive ion etching is also divided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281533-A (GB)
Title: Printed periodical
Inventor: BOIZOT PETER
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 1994-09-02
Abstract: Any or all of the internal pages 5 and the front and back covers 3, 4 may be detached from the stapled or sewn binding for collection in a ring binder. The pages and covers are detachable along a respective line of perforations 10 and through holes 11 are provided for the rings of the ring binder. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284016-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine gas carburettor
Inventor: JAGER DENNIS JOHN
IPC: F02M21/04
Filed: 1994-11-17
Abstract: A venturi throat 48 receives fuel gas from a continuous slot 50 in the throat wall 18 which encircles the body 36 and a continuous slot 70 in the body. Fuel gas is supplied to the slots 50 and 70 through passages 52, 72 connected by passages 74 in body supporting arms 68. Shims 64, 76 determine the slot width and the slots may provide substantially equal gas flow rates. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296770-A (GB)
Title: Combined mass and energy balance meter for a boiler
Inventor: ROBERTS ERIC JAMES
IPC: G01K17/06
Filed: 1995-01-05
Abstract: A combined mass and energy balance metering system for application to industrial and commercial fire tube boilers, based upon the continuous electronic analysis of a minimalist combination of measured plant parameters to enable a comprehensive understanding of the energy performance, efficiencies and losses of the plant. The system essentially uses measurements of boiler pressure, feed water flow and temperature, fuel flow, and boiler water and feed water conductivity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287939-A (GB)
Title: Herbicidal 5-(Sulfo-/carbamoylmethyl) cyclohexenone oxime ethers
Inventor: MIBLITZ ULF
IPC: C07C251/42
Filed: 1995-03-30
Abstract: 5-(Sulfo-/carbarmoylmethyl)cyclohexenone oxime ethers I   <IMAGE> and their agriculturally utilizable salts and their esters with C1-C10-carboxylic acids or inorganic acids are provided, where R<1> = C1-C6-alkyl; R<2> = H, C1-C6-alkyl, C1 -C3-alkoxy-C1-C3-alkyl,               C3-C6-cycloalkyl; R<3> = C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl or               C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl; Alk = a C2-C4-alkylene, C3               -C4-alkenylene, C3-C4 -alkynylene or C2-C3-alkyleneoxy               chain, it being possible for each chain if desired               to carry a C1-C3-alkyl group; X<1>, X<2> and X<3> = H, halogen, C1-C4-haloalkyl.   The new compounds are useful as herbicides.
Patent GB-2301189-A (GB)
Title: Audible driver warning device
Inventor: DAWSON ANTHONY
IPC: A42B3/04
Filed: 1995-05-25
Abstract: An audible warning device, e.g. a speaker or beeper 10, is fitted to the head gear 19 of a driver, especially in competitions, to convey a signal to warn the driver that a predetermined condition has been reached. The condition could be a predetermined engine or wheel (road) speed, the selection of a particular gear, or the need for such selection in dependence on engine speed. In the case of gear selection, changes of pitch, tone or frequency may be used to identify a particular gear. The system uses a processor 12 receiving signals from an ignition pulse sensor 14, a wheel rotation sensor (17, Fig. 2), or a gear selection sensor (18, Fig. 3).
Patent GB-2293497-A (GB)
Title: Repairing cable installations
Inventor: FRIDAY ALAN
IPC: H02G15/105
Filed: 1995-09-08
Abstract: A power cable installation is repaired using a precut length 6 (about 3m for an 11kV distribution cable) of replacement cable each end of which has already been prepared by cutting back to expose end portions of its individual cores and by fitting stress control means and crutch sealing means thereto. Preferably at least the end portions are enclosed for protection in storage and transit. In the Figure, showing only one end of the damaged cable 1, a corresponding length of the cable is cut out and discarded and the two remaining cut ends of the damaged cable are prepared for jointing and jointed to the already prepared ends of the precut short length brought to site, the electrical connections being covered stress control sleeves 12. Since two cable ends, instead of four, are prepared for jointing at the site of the damage, around two hours' site work by a two-man jointing team is saved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295395-A (GB)
Title: Models of Alzheimer's Disease
Inventor: ANDERTON BRIAN
IPC: C12N9/12
Filed: 1994-08-01
Abstract: Transgenic cell and animal models for Alzheimer's disease are described. Cells of the animals and the cell models themselves comprise a recombinant DNA construct comprising a control sequence and, under the control of the control sequence, a DNA sequence encoding a kinase that is capable, directly or indirectly, of modulating the phosphorylation of the microtubule-forming tau. The transgenic cells and animals may be used for testing potential therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease.
Patent GB-2299665-A (GB)
Title: Bank note verification device
Inventor: MARATOS DAVID FRANK
IPC: G07D7/00
Filed: 1996-03-07
Abstract: A device for verifying whether a bank note is genuine includes a support structure 10 on which a bank note is placed, an arcuate guide 11 which ensures that the bank note passes directly between an infrared emitting device 15 and a sensor 26. The sensor is connected by a fibre optic cable 27 to an electronic circuit board 28 which analyses and interprets the transmitted radiation to indicate whether the note is genuine. Switches 18 to 20 are activated according to the denomination of bank note to be tested, and green and red lights 16 and 17 are illuminated to indicate whether the note is genuine.
Patent GB-2311391-A (GB)
Title: Restart and recovery of OMG compliant transaction systems
Inventor: FREUND THOMAS
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 1996-03-19
Abstract: A method and system for implementing a Restart Service for the Object Transaction Service are described. The present invention provides a method and system which trigger restart of an OTS instance upon system recovery or upon system failure. The Restart Service runs independently of the client (122) or server processes which it restarts. When a client (122) or server enters a pending state for a transaction, a permanent record containing information to allow the OTS instance to be restarted is stored in a Restart Repository. In the event of system recovery being needed, or of a system failure, a Restart Daemon reads information from the Restart Repository and recreates the process context. The Recovery Service is initialised and log data replayed to a Transaction Manager to determine the outcome of pending transactions. Failed objects and instances of the OTS are restarted.
Patent GB-2298825-A (GB)
Title: A wire-dot printing head having stopper means
Inventor: YAMAKI SYUICHI
IPC: H01L41/09
Filed: 1993-08-18
Abstract: A printing head for a wire-dot printer comprises a plurality of electromechanical actuators (116), each of which is resiliently associated with a printing wire element (134) via leaf springs (130, 132) and an arm (128). A stopper (136) is provided for stopping the printing wire elements (134) at the initial position as they return on their rearward strokes after printing a dot. The stopper (136) includes a flexible sheet (144, Fig. 14) for protecting the stopper's surface from being worn, the stopper face being formed as a toothed face (Sec Fig. 17) such that the flexible sheet (144, Fig. 14) is rotated on the toothed face if it is hit by the arm (128) on return of a printing wire element (134). This prevents local wear of the flexible sheet (144).
Patent GB-2300741-A (GB)
Title: Anti-theft device
Inventor: PUETZ ANDREAS
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 1996-04-24
Abstract: A portable transponder (1) in the first instance sends invalid data to a lock (2), whereupon a request signal with a memory address is sent back to the transponder (1). The code word, which is stored in the transponder (1) under the memory address, is read out and sent to the lock (2). There the code word is compared (10) with a desired code word. If there is correspondence, an immobiliser is released. Subsequently, address and/or code word are computed anew in the lock (2) and adjusted in the transponder (1) for the next release cycle. A changing code thus develops.
Patent GB-2302961-A (GB)
Title: Photomask
Inventor: HAN JIN SU
IPC: G03F1/70
Filed: 1996-06-28
Abstract: A light exposure mask to be used in the formation of a micro pattern has a transparent substrate (31), for example, of quartz, on which a light shielding film pattern (32), for example, of chromium, is formed. Assistant patterns (33) are formed on portions of the chromium pattern where a rounded effect is generated. The assistant patterns (33) may locally increase the width of elongate portions of the chromium pattern and may, for example, each comprise a bar (33), an inverted triangle or an inverted U-shape (Figs 5 and 6, not shown). By virtue of the assistant patterns, it is possible to prevent the phenomenon that the pattern is reduced in size due to the rounding effect. Accordingly, it is possible to accurately form a photoresist film pattern (35) on a semiconductor substrate (34), which pattern has the size desired.
Patent GB-2301572-A (GB)
Title: Counter-rotating surfacing marine drive
Inventor: MEISENBURG GARY L
IPC: B63H5/10
Filed: 1994-06-27
Abstract: In a marine drive 10 having two counter-rotating surface operating propellers 12 and 14 driven from an engine drive shaft 32 via a universal joint 30, gearing and shafts 28, 36, 156, 158, the drive has a vertical X-dimension 254, ie the distance between the axis of rotation of shaft 32 and the plane 256 of the bottom of the boat 18, in the range of about 13 to 19 inches in combination with a shaft spacing dimension 258 in the range of about 8 to 15 inches and a surfacing dimension 264 * <------ solidus * zero.
Patent GB-2316452-A (GB)
Title: Air-exhausting cap assembly for a container
Inventor: LU LI-AN
IPC: B65D81/20
Filed: 1996-08-14
Abstract: An air-exhausting cap assembly for a container includes a cylinder unit and a piston member (30). The cylinder unit includes a fixed half (20) fixed on the container body of the container, and a rotatable half (10) mounted rotatably on the fixed half (20). The piston member (30) has a guide protrusion unit (42) which engages the annular wavy guideway unit (44) of the cylinder unit. The rotatable half (10) can be rotated on the container body so as to move the guide protrusion unit (42) along the wavy guideway unit (44), thus reciprocating the piston member (30) within the cylinder unit. The rotatable half (10) is easily rotated on the container body, thereby simplifying the process of pumping-out air from the container body.
Patent GB-2305447-A (GB)
Title: Roof structure
Inventor: CHAN WILLIAM WAI-LEE
IPC: E04B7/20
Filed: 1996-08-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a roof structure (12) suitable for providing a habitable roof space (14, 15) on a dwelling (1). The roof space (14, 15) is substantially defined between a floor structure (16) and at least one roof panel (12). The roof structure (12) comprises panels (12a, 12b), each with a composite monolithic structure including at least a plurality of members (18) in the form of elongate metal section elements. The roof panel (12a) is secured to the floor structure (16), which may be of concrete and extends upwardly to the top of the roof space (14, 15) where it is connected to panel (12b).
Patent GB-2311444-A (GB)
Title: Frequency spreading clock modulation
Inventor: BLACK GREGORY REDMOND
IPC: H04B1/69
Filed: 1997-02-06
Abstract: A communication device (104) comprises a receiver circuit (108) receiving a modulated receive signal. A reference oscillator (132) generates a first clock signal at a first frequency, the first clock signal having harmonics. Circuitry (130) coupled to the reference oscillator and to the receiver responds to the first clock signal to produce a signal used by the receiver to reduce the frequency of the modulating signal. A frequency spreading circuit (134) is also coupled to the reference oscillator to modulate the first clock signal with a frequency spreading signal to produce a modulated clock signal including modulated harmonic frequency components. The frequency spreading circuit selectively combines the frequency spreading signal and the first clock signal. A control circuit (114) controls the frequency spreading circuit to modulate the first clock signal with the frequency spreading signal when the selected receive signal includes a harmonic of the first clock signal. Application is to radio cellular telephones.
Patent GB-2323335-A (GB)
Title: Trolley
Inventor: STOKES KEVIN
IPC: B62B3/02
Filed: 1997-02-27
Abstract: A trolley 10 has a base 12 and wheels 16. The base defines first and second carrying areas 18,20 for containers 38. A handle 24 is used by an operator to propel the trolley 10. An extension 26 is provided at one end and is retractable into the trolley 10. When extended, the extension 26 can support a third stack of containers 38, preferably empty containers in a nested condition.