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Patent GB-2072799-A (GB)
Title: Shock absorber for MacPherson-type telescopic strut
IPC: F16F9/36
Filed: 1981-03-24
Abstract: A split ring (44) of a plastics material with a low coefficient of friction is interposed between the piston (14) and cylinder (12) of a telescopic hydraulic shock absorber. The ring (44) is secured axially between an annular flange (46) forming part of the piston (14) and a bored annular resilient member (52). The annular flange (46) is situated at the end of the piston (14) opposite that from which a piston rod (18) extends. The resilient member (52) is gripped centrally between a shoulder of the piston rod (18) and an annular spacer member (24) which projects from the corresponding end face of the piston (14). Between this end face and the resilient member (44) there is defined an annular chamber (56) into which longitudinal ducts (20, 22) made in the piston (14) open. This chamber is defined peripherally by a portion (44a) of the ring (44) which projects relative to the end face of the piston (14). The pressure generated in the chamber (56) during use of the shock absorber serves to urge the portion 44a radially outwards to provide a good seal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2097233-A (GB)
Title: Insect trap
IPC: A01M1/22
Filed: 1981-04-23
Abstract: An insect trap suitable for use in cattle yards and other outdoor situations comprises a housing for an ultra-violet light and an associated electrical grid. Chemical attractants may also be used. The housing comprises louvres (36) of light- transmitting material which permit the entry of insects while impeding the entry of rain. The louvres at one side of the housing are blackened and the housing is mounted on a turntable (14) and provided with a wind vane (34) which turns the housing so that it always faces into the wind with the ultra-violet lamp in front of the darkened side of the housing. thereby enhancing the insect- attracting effect of the lamp. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2082783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters
IPC: G01R11/04
Filed: 1981-05-15
Abstract: The meter(s) (21, 21a) of an electricity meter installation are fitted into a security container (10, 15) by a plug-and-socket connection so that the meters can be changed by a person other than an electrician. The container lid (15) being made of toughened glass or with glass windows (15a), as shown, to permit meter readings to be made without opening the lid. The lid (15) and the container base (10) are made of magnetically permeable material and/or are spaced so far from the meter mechanisms that the latter cannot be affected by magnets placed outside the casing. Provision may be made to prevent needle holes being drilled in the container. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2100584-A (GB)
Title: Support bracket
Inventor: COX TERENCE ALAN
IPC: A47H1/144
Filed: 1981-06-24
Abstract: A bracket, particularly for mounting curtain rails, comprises an outer shell of the form shown in Figure 3a, and (pivotally mounted within said shell by pivot pin 43 engaging slots 22,32) a member as shown in Figure 3a; whereby the formations 12,44 form jaws which close upon either (a) securing the bracket to a vertical surface via a screw passed through aperture 49 (Figure 3b) or (b) the bracket is secured to an overlying horizontal surface by a screw passed upwardly via both holes 48 (Figure 3b) and 9 (Figure 3a). The jaws are adapted to grip a dovetail ridge externally formed on a curtain rail. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2089619-A (GB)
Title: Addressing scheme for facsimile transmission system
IPC: B07C3/02
Filed: 1981-08-13
Abstract: In an addressing scheme for facsimile transmission system an address sheet including sender information, predetermined receiver information and other pertinent information is produced from an address information field which includes, in addition to the sender and pertinent information, information relating to a plurality of receivers and extraneous information which is not to be reproduced. There is also disclosed a document transmission system that includes at least one document sending station for accepting, routing and transmitting the documents to a plurality of receiving stations. Each receiving station includes one or more unique addresses, the addresses being operator identifiable and operator controlled. The documents include address information identifying the unique addresses whereby the documents are transmitted only to preselected recipients. Documents are transmitted at random from one or more sending stations to one or more receiving stations. Each receiving station includes a plurality of associated addresses, wherein the documents are sorted and stored according to the particular address for which the document is designated in address information associated with the document.
Patent GB-2088024-A (GB)
Title: Float valve apparatus for separating liquid & gas
IPC: G01F15/08
Filed: 1981-10-20
Abstract: An apparatus (10) for sensing a flow of liquid passing through a conduit (17). Independently of any flow of gas passing therethrough, comprises an inlet (15) and an outlet (16), a float valve device for separating incoming gas from incoming liquid and comprising a float chamber (13) having an inlet (19) connected to the inlet (15) of the apparatus, a gas outlet (28) terminating into a gas passage (30) and located at an upper portion of said chamber, a liquid outlet (29) terminating into a liquid passage (31) and located at a lower portion of said chamber, and a float actuated valve member (25, 26, 27) to shut off either of said outlets (28 or 29) according to the liquid level, the apparatus further comprising sensing means (32) for sensing the flow of liquid alone passing through the liquid passage. A housing for the float chamber (13) is formed by a body of the apparatus, consisting of at least two portions (11, 12) which are releasably connected to each other, the liquid passage (31) and the liquid outlet (29) of the float chamber (13) as well as the gas channel (30) and the gas outlet (28) of the float chamber being formed in a portion (12) of said body which may be removed as an integral unit from the remainder (11) of said body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088049-A (GB)
Title: Radiation-sensing device
IPC: G01J5/04
Filed: 1981-11-18
Abstract: A radiation-sensing device for measuring temperatures in intensely- heated bulk materials or the like has a lens system 3 in a holder 4 and is provided with a shield tube 8 to which an air-supply is fed. The inlet 15 for air is located at a closed inner chamber of the shield tube or holder, said chamber being in close contact with the lens system. The air inlet opens into an internally-open annular chamber. The supply of air into the enclosed chamber of the shield tube, located near the lens system, protects the lens system from dust, vapours and impurities, so that radiation from the heated material can be measured without external influence. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2111420-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for producing a molten puddle during scarfing
Inventor: DAIKER ARTUR LVOVICH
IPC: B23K7/08
Filed: 1981-12-16
Abstract: The method comprises the steps of igniting the fuel gas oxygen mixture; heating a steel wire with the resultant flame to a temperature of from 900 to 1,450 DEG C; and feeding the hot wire in a stepwise manner into a flow of scarfing oxygen, accompanied by the formation of droplets of molten metal to be transferred by the flow of scarfing oxygen onto the surface of a metal workpiece being scarfed. Apparatus for carrying the method into effect comprises a housing 1 having ducts 7 and 6 for feeding a fuel gas and oxygen, respectively, said ducts being formed around the housing periphery; an additional duct 4 for feeding a fuel gas, said duct extending axially of the housing 1; a duct 2 for feeding a steel wire 3, disposed inside the additional duct 4 in coaxial arrangement therewith and a duct 5 for feeding scarfing oxygen interposed between the ducts 6 and 4. The duct 5 for feeding scarfing oxygen is made in the form of a convergent slot or ring of apertures arranged so as to permit the flow of scarfing oxygen to strike the surface of steel wire at one point thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2115350-A (GB)
Title: Transparencies
Inventor: JONES PAUL KNILL
IPC: B44F1/06
Filed: 1982-01-22
Abstract: A coloured transparency is produced by printing upon cellulose acetate film of a type which is glossy on one side and initially matt on the other side, the printing being done in coloured inks by letterpress printing or offset lithograph printing on the initially matt side in reverse, for viewing through the glossy side, the inks being plastic laminate foil inks in four colours. The transparency may be embedded in an acrylic block, or laminated in transparent polyester or polyvinyl chloride or assembled in a frame of transparent acrylic, by way of example. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2095767-A (GB)
Title: Measuring apparatus for injection pumps
IPC: F02M65/00
Filed: 1982-03-01
Abstract: A measuring apparatus for testing injection pumps comprises a drum 3 which is designed as a polygon and on which are arranged measuring glasses 5. The number of measuring glasses per drum corresponds to the number of measuring operations. A plurality of drums 3 are arranged one behind the other in accordance with the number of injection nozzles. The filling of the measuring glasses 5 takes place via an injection jet trap 7 which has two chambers of which the last chamber has a collar and a filter. Thus, the injection jet arrives in the measuring glasses 5 air-free. The entire apparatus permits a very rapid testing of injection pumps. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2101783-A (GB)
Title: Anti-theft device
Inventor: JOHNSON ROBERT MAURICE
IPC: G08B21/02
Filed: 1982-06-18
Abstract: An anti-theft device adapted to be secured within a bag, comprising an alarm device 2, a power source 1, and a switch 3 operable to supply power from the power source to actuate the alarm device. The alarm device may be an electric horn powered by a battery. The switch is controlled by a link 8 that is breakable or detachable from the anti-theft device, breakage or detachment of the link causing the switch to actuate the alarm device. Thus if a bag in which the alarm device is secured is snatched from a person holding the link, the alarm device is actuated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2104574-A (GB)
Title: A mining machine
Inventor: PARROTT GEORGE ALBERT
IPC: E21C31/10
Filed: 1982-08-06
Abstract: A mining machine 1 comprises an elongate machine body 2 and at least one ranging arm 19 pivotally attached thereto about an axis 20 extending transversely of the machine body 2 and carrying a rotatable cutting head 21, and an electric motor 23 for powering the cutting head 21 through a transmission 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29, the axis of rotation 24 of the electric motor(s) 23 being co-incident with the arm pivot axis 20. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2107771-A (GB)
Title: Draught seal
Inventor: MULLER MICHAEL
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1982-08-27
Abstract: To seal the gap (14) between a door (10) and the floor (12), a sealing strip (16) consisting of a flexible tape e.g. of plastics material is attached to the bottom edge of the door, the portion (20) which projects being broader than the height of the gap (14) so that the free end presses substantially flatly against the floor. The surface of the strip facing the floor may be roughened or raised to create a velvety character. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2107907-A (GB)
Title: Reading and processing tachograph disks
Inventor: STRAUSZ MICHEL PIERRE ANTOINE
IPC: G07C5/00
Filed: 1982-09-10
Abstract: The system comprises a microcomputer provided with a keyboard, a video screen, a printer, a mass memory and a digitizing table, the latter having a disk centering device (8) accurately positioning a disk (D) to be controlled and a pivot for a reading strip (9) (including magnifying glass (11)), whose free end carries the digitizing pen (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2108236-A (GB)
Title: A vibration-absorbing height-adjustable supporting element
Inventor: HANSEN ERIK MILLS KASTRUP
IPC: F16F1/36
Filed: 1982-03-08
Abstract: A vibration-absorbing, height-adjustable supporting element for machines or implements has a rigid upper part (11) in the shape of an inverted bowl, an elastic, vibration-absorbing lower part (10) whose upper portion extends into the upper part, a pressure plate (20) engaging the top side of the lower part, and a screw (14) extending through a threaded bore (15) in the centre of the upper part and engaging with its end the top side of the pressure plate. A depression (19) in the lower part for receiving the pressure plate a defines a cylindrical wall, which is disposed in the upper part having a conical inner wall member. The combination of resilience and conicity entails that the upper part and the lower part can form a considerable angle with each other so that the supporting element automatically adapts itself to an inclined floor surface.
Patent GB-2115021-A (GB)
Title: Loom having shed-forming weaving discs
Inventor: SITAR EDVARD
IPC: D03D29/00
Filed: 1982-12-01
Abstract: A hand loom is provided which enables the width and the length of weaving to be adjusted. The warp is formed by reeling the yarn around a frame 1 of the loom, the longer side beams 2a, 2b of which are telescopic and the shorter side beams 2c, 2d are formed as a warp beam 13 and a cloth beam 14. Onto the frame 1 close to the cloth beam 14 there is fixed a disc register 20 and between the latter and the cloth beam 14 is fixed a crossbeam 19c supporting hand temples 30a, 30b. The disc register 20 is composed of a series of discs 22 equal to the number of warps clamped on a shaft 21, border projections 24 of the discs forming the upper shed limit, the hubs of the discs forming the lower shed limit. The main component part of each hand temple 30a, 30b is a 270 DEG -helix 32, one extension 32a of which is fixed elevation-adjustably in a holder 31 movably fixed in axial and rotational direction on the crossbeam 19c, the second extension 32b being axially drilled and provided with a needle 33 coinciding as to orientation with the edge yarn of the warp in the finished cloth. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127144-A (GB)
Title: Windows, doors and similar framed assemblies adapted for ventilation
Inventor: EMSLEY ROGER
IPC: E06B7/10
Filed: 1983-02-08
Abstract: A patio door or other framed assembly comprises four structural frame members secured together to form a rectangular frame 10, the frame members being shaped to receive and locate the peripheral edges of a glazing panel 20 mounted within the frame. The upper horizontal structural frame member 15 of the door has integral therewith a ventilator comprising an adjustable vent 22 pivotally movable on the frame member between an open position 22 where it permits the passage of air through the frame member and a closed position 22a where it prevents such passage of air. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2117151-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for dot pattern print control
Inventor: MANIWA YOSHIO
IPC: G06K15/10
Filed: 1983-03-17
Abstract: A method and apparatus for dot pattern print control in a printing apparatus in which dot pattern data stored in a storage means is read out in response to print data transferred from a host machine, a dot pattern being printed out in response to the dot pattern data. A print position is designated by the print data at a desired pitch. One of the dot pattern data which corresponds to the specified pitch is read out of the storage means, so that a dot pattern is printed out on the basis of the output pattern data. When the print data commands overlay printout, at least two groups of dot pattern data are read out of the storage means and combined. A dot pattern is printed out in response to the composite dot pattern data. Based on the content of one dot pattern data, part of the other dot pattern data is combined with the former to reproduce a well proportioned composite dot pattern. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2124565-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle front view device
Inventor: KHAN ASHRAF ALTAF HUSAIN
IPC: B60R1/10
Filed: 1983-04-29
Abstract: A front view device includes a prismatic lens 1 which is adjustably mounted on a mounting stand 4 so that, when secured to the bonnet of a vehicle by clips 7 in the mounting stand 4, light received by the device from an oncoming vehicle is deflected to the driver of the vehicle sitting on the opposite side of the vehicle to that on which the device is mounted to the vehicle bonnet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119867-A (GB)
Title: Multi-cylinder device
Inventor: BUCKELL RAYMOND ALBERT
IPC: F01B1/02
Filed: 1983-05-06
Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine, pump or the like has each cylinder defined by a thin-walled casting (11) of noncorrosive material, the cylinders being located in parallel side-by-side relationship by end plates (26) sealed around their respective ends, and sealed to inlet and exhaust manifolds (19). The space between the end plates and the cylinders is filled with a reinforcing plastics moulding (31). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143471-A (GB)
Title: Multilayer plastics structures and apparatus and methods for their manufacture
Inventor: BENGE TERENCE ALEXANDER
IPC: B65D65/40
Filed: 1983-07-18
Abstract: A multilayer plastics sheet destined to be formed into foodstuff containers by thermoforming has a barrier layer for low oxygen permeability, and incorporates reclaim material for providing desired mechanical properties to the sheet. The reclaim material represents 40-60% of the sheet by volume, and in order to incorporate these high reclaim levels without concomitant organoleptic problems the reclaim material is formed as a single layer adjacent what is to be the outside surface of the container. The sheet is accordingly highly asymmetric, but any substantial polymer melt instability during coextrusion tending to cause layer thickness variation and lack of visual appeal of the sheet is prevented by forming the sheet as two substantially symmetrical components which are individually and separately coextruded, and subsequently extrusion laminated together. Of the components one includes, and is symmetrical in relation to, the barrier layer, and the other likewise incorporates the reclaim layer.
Patent GB-2125575-A (GB)
Title: Autoclavable packaging system for intraocular lens structures
Inventor: MAZZOCCO THOMAS RICHARD
IPC: A61L2/26
Filed: 1983-07-19
Abstract: An autoclavable system 20 for packaging of intraocular lens structures 23 comprises an outer container 21, 22 having at least two optically clear windows 21a, 21b arranged in parallel relationship, an inner holding fixture 24 mounted within the outer container for receiving and supporting an intraocular lens structure in alignment with the windows and a liquid medium (not shown) within the container which substantially duplicates optical transmission characteristics of fluid in the eye. The unique packaging system provides an autoclavable sterile environment for a wide variety of intraocular lens structures prior to implantation which permits visual inspection and measurement of important optical parameters of the lens structure without removal of the lens from the container. Additionally, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the lens holding fixture can also be used as a surgical tool and handling device for the intraocular lens during manufacture, inspection prior to implantation, and manipulation for placement of the intraocular lens structure within the eye. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2129721-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for producing tissue compensating filter for use in radiation therapy
Inventor: MESTMAN SCOTT JEFFREY
IPC: B44B1/04
Filed: 1983-08-26
Abstract: Apparatus for fabricating a compensating filter for use in radiation therapy includes a stylus 38 for tracing the profile of a surface portion of a patient and a cutter 42 for cutting a form. The stylus and cutter are positioned on first and second guides 32,34 which are connected by a tie bar 43. A plurality of linkages translate movement of the stylus along its guide to the cutter along its guide. A mold is cut in the form which is filled with compensating material for forming the filter. The ratio of movement of the stylus to the cutter is established by the linkages in accordance with the ratio of radiation absorption of the compensating material to the radiation absorption of human tissue. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146376-A (GB)
Title: Door frames
Inventor: HALPIN GERALD WALTER
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 1983-09-07
Abstract: A fire-check door arrangement comprises a door frame having a door butt or stop made of a fire-retardant material such as cement wood chip particle board, the remainder of the frame being of hardwood or softwood.
Patent GB-2147150-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid junction
Inventor: GIBSON PETER JOHN
IPC: H01P5/20
Filed: 1983-09-26
Abstract: A broadband microwave hybrid ring comprises an open loop (5) of unbalanced transmission line (such as microstrip or co-axial line) having an elongate conductor, with three ports (1,2,4) also in unbalanced line connected in shunt to the loop (5) respectively one at each end (2,4) and one midway along (1) the loop (5), and with a fourth port (3) in balanced line (such as slot line or finline) connected in series to the loop (5), the balanced line comprising a balanced pair of conductors (6) connected respectively one to each end of the elongate conductor of the loop (5). The length, of the loop (5) is suitably half a wavelength at mid- band, and the characteristic impedance of each of the three ports (1,2,4) in unbalanced line may be Z0, of the loop (5) Z0 2ROOT 2, and of the fourth port (3) in balanced line 2Z0. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141662-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for producing a container of thermoplastic material
Inventor: JAKOBSEN KJELL MOSVOLL
IPC: B29C49/22
Filed: 1983-10-11
Abstract: A container is produced from a tubular blank of polyethylene terephthalate or similar material, by firstly stretching the blank axially approximately 3-fold to produce a preform. The preform is heated to a temperature above the glass transition temperature and is then converted to the container in a blowmould (12) whilst its length is reduced. In order to achieve this, a base portion (11) of the blowmould is moved towards the orifice (22) of the final container as the preform is expanded. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2133102-A (GB)
Title: Flexible tubular joint
Inventor: HUMPHREY KENNETH MICHAEL
IPC: F16L11/18
Filed: 1984-02-06
Abstract: A joint comprises a plurality of annular members 1 connected by respective piston 1b and cylinder 1a portions which together define an oil chamber. In order to facilitate the fitting of the piston portion to the cylinder portion the inside surfaces 1d, 1e of the cylinder portion are spherically curved and the leading edges 13a, 13b of the cylinder portion and the leading edges 14a, 14b of the piston portion are staggered with respect to one another. The joint may be used in a diving suit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158960-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal test strip panel
Inventor: SCIAMMA JOEL MATTHEW
IPC: G03B27/72
Filed: 1984-04-14
Abstract: A Liquid crystal display panel 12 divided into a plurality of segments which progressivly obscures or reveals areas of a light sensitive photographic surface 16, on which it is placed, to the exposure of light from an enlarger 14 so that a sequence of timed exposures may be made automatically. Individual segments of the panel 13a-i may be activated in turn by electronic apparatus 11 which can also control the enlarger. Within each segment, a seven segment array 19 displays the time at which the segment was activated. Lamps 20 are provided so that the operator may position the panel in conditions of low illumination. Handles 21 are provided to allow easy manipulation of the panel when in use. <IMAGE>