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Patent GB-2104228-A (GB)
Title: Sorting by weighing
Inventor: NORRIS HOWARD
IPC: B07C5/22
Filed: 1982-07-30
Abstract: A weight-grading apparatus includes a plurality of receptacles (1) which can accommodate an article such as fruit which is required to be weight- graded. The receptacles (1) are pivoted on a rod (3) the ends of which are connected to chains so that the receptacles (1) are moved over a number of article receiving stations at which articles within a particular weight range are to be discharged by the pivoting of the receptacles (1). Such pivoting is however prevented if the article is not within the required weight range by the energization of an electro-magnet (9) which attracts a ferro-magnetic wheel (8) which holds the receptacle (1) in its horizontal position as the pin (4) passes over a cut-away portion (6) of the pin-supporting track (5). A central weighing station can be used to determine the weight of the article in each receptacle (1) so that an appropriate signal at the appropriate time is sent or is not sent to a respective electromagnet (9) at a particular station. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127885-A (GB)
Title: Mine roof support
Inventor: ECKERSLEY JOHN
IPC: E21D23/00
Filed: 1982-09-24
Abstract: A mine roof support comprises a base unit 10 and a roof engaging unit 11 connected to the base unit by a rear shield unit 13 and a linkage 14. The roof engaging unit 11 is movable upwardly with respect to the base unit 10, guided by the linkage 14, by telescopic legs 28, 29 extending upwardly from the base unit, There is a single telescopic leg 29 at the front of the support to allow good access towards the mine face between the single leg of the support and the legs of adjacent supports. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2128234-A (GB)
Title: Insulated frame member
Inventor: WHITING RICHARD ANTHONY
IPC: E06B3/263
Filed: 1983-01-14
Abstract: An elongate frame member, for use in a window, door or other framed assembly, comprises separate elongate structural components 11, 12, 13 and elongate connecting elements 25 of low thermal conductivity, the connecting elements 25 interconnecting the structural components and locating them in spaced parallel relationship and thereby providing a thermal break between them. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114433-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible tables and sets of furniture including them.
Inventor: BURGESS PETER WILLIAM EWAN
IPC: A47B3/04
Filed: 1983-02-11
Abstract: A collapsible table has a table top sufficiently flexible (e.g. a roll top) as to be reversibly deformable to a trough- like or tube-like configuration. The table is provided with means to stiffen the table top when it is in use, such as removable strips 19, and demountable (detachable or hinged) supporting legs 11, 12. When in said trough-like or tube-like configuration the table top can be used as a carrier or other container for the other parts of the table. The table can form part of a set of furniture including stools or chairs adapted to be accommodated in the table top when in its trough-like or tube-like configuration. Seat portions of the stools may form end closures of the trough or tube. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2140492-A (GB)
Title: Safety mechanism for a fastening
Inventor: SMITH JOHN COLLIN
IPC: E05B63/18
Filed: 1983-04-15
Abstract: A fastening for a sliding door is provided with means for preventing the bolt being moved to its fastening position unless the door is substantially closed. As shown the bolt 21 has a stud shape with enlarged head 23 and is intended to slide vertically to hold the door by engaging behind a keeper plate with a key-hole shaped aperture. To prevent this sliding prematurely a plate 13 is biased to the Fig. 3 position where the wider part 31 of the bolt stem lies in wider part 11 of a keyhole aperture in plate 13. When the door is shut the narrower part 53 of the bolt stem lies in this keyhole aperture and, since this is small enough to pass into the narrower portion 9 of the aperture, the bolt may be raised to its fastening position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123877-A (GB)
Title: Paving stone
Inventor: KLUSKA PETER
IPC: E01C5/06
Filed: 1983-07-14
Abstract: The stone (1) has an approximately square base with a first pair of opposite sides planar while each side of a second pair includes two partial faces (9, 10) each inclined outwardly from a vertical plane extending through the vertical corner edges (12) of the second side. The two partial faces (9, 10) intersect in the vertical central edge (11) located in the plane of symmetry of the paving stone extending between the opposite second sides. The corner edges (12) of the paving stone extend vertically from the base for a portion of the height of the stone and then are bent angularly (12%) inwardly for the remainder of the height. The upper part of each first side and second side has a pair of triangular gusset-like surfaces (16) inclined from the vertical. The edges (20, 22) of the top face form an octagonally shaped boundary. Due to the above construction adjacent stones in a row have the greatest possible contact along the central edges or partial faces for the transmission force within a row or in a plurality of adjacent rows. The center line (M) of the rows can be rectilinear (Figure 5) or curvilinear (Figure 6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127440-A (GB)
Title: Knitwear take-up tensioning in a knitting machine
Inventor: IRMSCHER HELMUT
IPC: D04B15/90
Filed: 1983-07-28
Abstract: A flat knitting machine has a plurality of knitting systems producing a plurality of knitted rows for each carriage stroke and includes tensioning means for the regulation of the take-up force of a roller take-up (1). The tensioning means comprises two rods (5,6) extending over the entire width of the needle bed, and an inclined pressure segment (7), which pushes itself and the knitwear between the rods (5,6). The insertion depth of the segment (7) is settable according to the number of knitted rows produced during one carriage stroke and the angle of inclination of the segment relative to the carriage running direction is settable according to the number of the knitting systems. The effective width of the pressure segment (7) in that case corresponds exactly to the length of the knitting systems. Its angle of inclination is reversed in direction at the needle bed ends by means of cams at those locations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144390-A (GB)
Title: Terminal pin carrier
Inventor: BERTOGLIO GUIDO
IPC: B65D85/42
Filed: 1983-08-05
Abstract: A terminal pin carrier comprises an apertured card 10 of low-cost expendable material of sufficient rigidity and thickness to secure a plurality of terminal pins 14,16,18 therein in accurately aligned relative disposition corresponding to an intended socket contact pattern. After installation of the terminal pins as a group into an associated circuit board 24 soldering of the pins 14,16,18 to the board 24, the card 10 can be manually peeled from the terminal pins 14,16,18 to leave an array of socket contacts into which an integrated circuit or other electronic component can be plugged. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131920-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatic transmissions
Inventor: BECK RICHARD
IPC: A01F29/14
Filed: 1983-12-08
Abstract: To prevent jamming of a working element driven by a hydrostatic transmission, eg the main rotor of a combine harvester, the displacement of the transmission pump is varied when pressure of the fluid delivered by the pump exceeds a predetermined value to increase the speed of the working element. In a split torque transmission with direct drive to the planet carrier of a planetary gear set (11) and hydrostatic drive to the annulus gear, the displacement of the pump (15) is normally controlled by a manually- operated servo-valve (55), but when valve (75) detects a predetermined rise in pump output pressure it admits fluid to servo-piston (56) to reduce pump displacement. If the pressure continues to rise, valve (80) admits fluid to servo- piston (57) to increase pump displacement and thereby stop the drive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131693-A (GB)
Title: Composition for local corticotherapy containing hydrocortisone
Inventor: SHROOT BRAHAM
IPC: A61K8/63
Filed: 1983-12-08
Abstract: Stable compositions for local corticotherapy contain, in the solubilised state, hydrocortisone in at least one solubilising agent which is: (i) caprolactam as an at least 30% by weight solution in an aliphatic alcohol having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) 2- isostearyl-1-hydroxyethyl-1- benzylimidazolinium chloride as an at least 25% by weight solution in water or (iii) an alkylphenol polyglycerol corresponding to the following formula:  R- O  &lsqbstr&  C2H3(CH2OH)-O  &rsqbstr& n-H in which R represents an octylphenyl or nonylphenyl radical and n is an integer from 4 to 10, preferably 6.
Patent GB-2137542-A (GB)
Title: Grinding wheel assembly
Inventor: MIYASHITA MASAKAZU
IPC: B24B41/04
Filed: 1984-02-21
Abstract: A grinding wheel assembly 27 comprising an outer wheel part 22 and an inner sleeve 26 which has an inner peripheral surface forming a mounting reference surface 23 by means of which the grinding wheel 27 is mounted for rotation on a shaft 29. The outer peripheral surface of the part 22 has an abrasive layer 21 and the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve 26 is formed with a pulley part 25 through which the grinding wheel is rotated. The grinding wheel assembly is mounted on a machine base 30 by clamping both ends of the fixed shaft 29 in split support arms 30 min . By this arrangement the assembly can be transferred between machines without introducing errors in the mounting position of the grinding wheel 27. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155414-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle driving and steering axle
Inventor: BALMFORTH HARRY
IPC: B60K17/30
Filed: 1984-03-03
Abstract: A drive steer axle in which a wheel bearing support (32) has received in it the wheel bearing (31) which in turn receives a rotatable wheel drive member (41). The whole of the hub assembly and the U-J and drive shaft can be removed from the end of the axle as one piece by removing set screws (40). The bell housing formed of two components, the hub carrier 11 and the axle casing element 12, which are pivoted to each other for steering, remain intact when the hub assembly etc. are removed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2157512-A (GB)
Title: Electric motor control system
Inventor: KAHKIPURO MATTI
IPC: H02P27/06
Filed: 1984-04-13
Abstract: An electric motor control system comprises a two-phase AC motor (6) supplied with 2-phase current from an electronic power control circuit 7, 8, for use in a gearless elevator drive. The circuits 7, 8 are controlled to provide the required phase shift between the two phases. Power is fed back to the power source during braking. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142064-A (GB)
Title: Holder for mineral-mining pick
Inventor: CLEMMOW RAYMOND JOHN
IPC: E21C35/187
Filed: 1984-04-25
Abstract: A tubular spigot 13 which is an extension to a fluid supply passage 2a in a holder 2 for a mineral mining pick 1 is mounted by a resilient sleeve 22 in a tubular housing 19 by which it is removably retained in the holder 2. The sleeve 22 permits displacement of the spigot 13 to accommodate misalignment between the spigot and a socket 15 in the shank of the pick during coupling of the spigot and the shank as the shank is inserted into the socket 6 of the holder so that fluid can be supplied from the passage 2a through a bore 11 in the pick to the cutting tip of the pick. The socket 6 is provided with a plastics moulded lining 23 which is replaceable when worn to alleviate wear on the holder 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2139869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to smoking articles
Inventor: BAKER RICHARD ROLAND
IPC: A24D1/02
Filed: 1984-05-01
Abstract: In a smoking article such as a cigarette comprising a smoking-material rod enwrapped in a wrapper paper comprising at least one compound of the group or a plurality of such compounds comprising lithium hydroxide, aluminium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium formate, sodium formate and sodium acetate, the loading level of the compound or total loading level of the compounds is not less than two g/m<2> and the total particular matter (TPM) in the sidestream-smoke emanating from the lit end of said article during the smoking thereof being reduced by at least 30% in relation to the TPM which emanates from the lit end of an otherwise identical smoking article comprising conventional wrapper paper and smoked under the same smoking conditions. Advantageously the reduction in sidestream TPM is at least 50%. The invention may reside in a wrapper paper comprising at least one compound of the group comprising lithium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium formate, sodium formate and sodium acetate at a loading level of the compound, or a total loading level of the compounds, of not less than two g/m<2>. The invention may also reside in cigarette paper, treated as described in any of Examples 1-5.
Patent GB-2141168-A (GB)
Title: Rooflight
Inventor: STONELL JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1984-06-01
Abstract: An arch-shaped or barrel rooflight comprises several juxtaposed arch-shaped glazing panels (1) interconnected along their edges by glazing bars (4). The glazing bars comprise upper and lower bar members (21 and 22) supported on a receiving frame (7) on an upstand from a roof. The two bar members grip the edges of the panels but are themselves spaced apart to avoid a thermal bridge. The bar members are held together by means of the tension generated in the upper by an axial bolt (36) fixed to the receiving frame. A complementary compression is induced in the lower bar member. Double glazed rooflights may have three bar members of which the upper and middle ones are tensioned. The thermal break may comprise a neoprene spacer (33) and rubber seals (30). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2160484-A (GB)
Title: Earth-moving vehicle
Inventor: HOROKAWA SAKAE
IPC: E02F9/10
Filed: 1984-09-21
Abstract: An earth-moving vehicle has a bed frame (A) of the vehicle body provided with a gate-like support frame (D) bestriding a power unit (B) mounted on the bed frame, and the base end of a boom (C) supporting a working mechanism is supported on the upper portion of the support frame (D), at least one (50) of the left and right struts of the gate-like support frame (D) being constited as a fuel tank. The power unit (B) includes an engine (E) and a hydraulic pump (P) supplying hydraulic fluid to the working mechanism and to a propulsion hydraulic motor (M). The bed frame (A) is formed as a flat box constituting a hydraulic fluid tank for hydraulic pump (P). The working mechanism may be a breaker or a back-hoe. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148040-A (GB)
Title: Display devices
Inventor: BISHOP NORMAN PETER
IPC: G09F9/37
Filed: 1984-10-08
Abstract: A display device which includes a casing (11) in which is provided a mounting face plate (12) spaced from the rear of the casing (11) and supporting a number of display elements (14), and electromagnetic drive motors for moving each element (14) selectively between a display position in front of the plane of the mounting plate (12) and a retracted position behind the mounting plate (12), each element (14) being moved around the edge of the mounting plate (12) or through an aperture or slot in the mounting plate (12). Each element (14) has a tab like portion (16) serving to obscure the display surface of the element (14) when in its retracted position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in roofing
Inventor: COOPER GREGORY RICHARD
IPC: E04D5/12
Filed: 1984-10-16
Abstract: A roofing method comprises applying to a roof deck a self-adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive and waterproofing layer of bituminous compound so that the sheet adheres to the deck over an area of 10-50% of the total sheet area and water vapour passing through the deck may escape laterally; rendering the upper surface of the sheet adhesive, for example by torching; optionally applying insulation board and a further self-adhesive sheet, and applying a final waterproofing sheet. The use of hot bitumen is completely avoided, the formation of waterproof and insulated roofs is simplified and economies are offered.
Patent GB-2151091-A (GB)
Title: Electric drive for oil sealed sliding vane rotary vacuum pump
Inventor: FABEL LUDWID
IPC: F04C28/08
Filed: 1984-10-25
Abstract: A sliding vane rotary vacuum pump, in which a pump system 1 and an electric drive motor 2 are in one housing and are covered with oil, has an electric generator 3 also mounted on the pump shaft. The generator 3 delivers signals which control an automatic switching-out device 5 by means of which a starting capacitor 7 is switched out when a speed of rotation, at which the breakdown torque of the drive motor 2 is exceeded, is reached. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154370-A (GB)
Title: Electrical accessories
Inventor: CLIVES STANLEY WILLIAM
IPC: H01H71/46
Filed: 1984-12-06
Abstract: An electrical accessory such as a switch socket or switch has in- built abnormal circuit condition 452 detection means including a contact member (484, 486) and a latch member (476) associated therewith and with a resetting member (418). Basing spring (480) will force contact separation on unlatching and also serves to bias the latch member (476) towards its latching position. Another stronger bias spring (464) on the resetting member (418) serves to bring about the make state for the contact member when the latch member (476) engages the contact member (484,486). The latch has an elongate swinging member with its pivot (472) offset to a different side from its lach formation (478). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169794-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable table easel
Inventor: BENTLEY JOHN
IPC: A47B23/02
Filed: 1985-01-15
Abstract: An easel which is adjustable has a body 14 to which are attached legs 6. The body and legs are fixed to a table edge by means of the clamp 8. The body and cheeks 12 are drilled and bolted 15. The arm 10 is secured to the cheeks. The arm is now able to swivel round and can be slackened or tightened as required. The cheek is drilled along with the body to allow the locking pin 16 to be inserted, thus holding the easel arm locked in the required position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153659-A (GB)
Title: Food processor
Inventor: MAYER ROLF
IPC: A47J43/046
Filed: 1985-01-24
Abstract: Comminuting or mixing tool (26) for a food processor comprises a flat arm (52) which extends away from the axis (62) about which it is driven and is inclined relative to a plane normal to the axis (62). The contour of its front or cutting edge (68) is so shaped relative to the line of intersection (bend lines 56, 58) of the planes that the cutting edge substantially follows the contour of the base (20) of the bowl (8) (Fig. 1), thus allowing the arm to reach the material at the bottom of the bowl. This shape is simpler to produce than the prior curved surfaces. The hub 60 (Fig. 6) on which the arm 52 is mounted is eccentric to the axis which provides a kneading action for dough etc. A whisk 70 conforming to the shape of the bowl 8 (fig. 1) is also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171122-A (GB)
Title: Deacidifying cellulosic material
Inventor: KUNDROT ROBERT A
IPC: B41M7/00
Filed: 1985-02-15
Abstract: A method of deacidifying cellulosic material, such as books, imaged paper and other imaged material having a cellulose base, comprises treating said material with suitable alkaline particles of a basic metal oxide, hydroxide or salt dispersed in a gas or suspended in a liquid, in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause the particles to penetrate the interstices of the material, to increase the pH of the material and provide an alkaline buffer without impairing the image thereon.
Patent GB-850409-A (GB)
IPC: C01B3/36
Abstract: 850,409. Gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide. BATAAFSCHE PETROLEUM MAATSCHAPPIJ N. V., DE. Feb. 20, 1958 [Feb. 22, 1957], No. 5555/58. Class 55 (2). In a process for preparing a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide by partial combustion under superatmospheric pressure of a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon with oxygen or a gas containing free oxygen and wherein the oxygen or gas containing free oxygen is supplied to a reaction chamber from a whirl chamber through an opening at one end of the reaction chamber, the two chambers having a common longitudinal axis, the oxygen or gas containing free oxygen is introduced into the whirl chamber through a plurality of slots whose direction, in the cross-section of the whirl chamber, is normal or inclined to the radius through their point of entry and the rate of gas flow through the slots is such that any pressure difference occurring in the space surrounding the slots is small compared with the pressure drop across them. Steam may be added to the oxygen or gas containing free oxygen. The apparatus shown comprises a reaction chamber 4 opening into a larger chamber 16, a tube 3 for introducing a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon into the reaction chamber 4 and a whirl chamber 8 supplied with oxygen or gas containing free oxygen and any steam necessary from a pipe 9 and a chamber 10 through inclined slots 7 formed in the outer wall of the whirl chamber. The slots 7 aie arranged so that the gas flowing through them enters the whirl chamber in a direction tangential to an imaginary cylinder having a diameter which is less than two thirds of the largest diameter of the whirl chamber. The oxygen or gas containing free oxygen and steam if present is or are introduced tangentially into the chamber 10 to rotate therein in the same sense as the gas in the whirl chamber. The throat 5 of the whirl chamber is cooled by circulating a cooling fluid through a channel 15 in the outer wall of the chamber and the chamber 4 is surrounded by a cooling jacket. Specification 780,120 is referred to.
Patent GB-2166109-A (GB)
Title: Labels
Inventor: INSTANCE DAVID JOHN
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1985-02-18
Abstract: A label for affixing to a container comprises a longitudinal strip divided into a series of panels by transverse fold lines, the first two panels forming a front cover 10 and a back cover 12 respectively for enveloping the remaining panel or panels of the strip when folded. A support web e.g. of self-adhesive stock 18 to which the said back cover is adhered, is dimensioned so that at least one region thereof extends laterally beyond the edge of the back cover which occurs at the fold line 6 between the back cover and the remaining panel or panels 4. A layer of pressure-sensitive self-adhesive material 30 is adhered over some or all of the front cover panel 10, and extends beyond its free outer edge to form a portion which can be adhered by its self-adhesive surface to the adjacent region of the support web, thereby to secure the front cover panel in a closed condition. It can be pulled away from the support web thereby to open the front cover panel and give access to the interior of the folded strip. The layer 30 is slit 32 in the vicinity of the free outer edge of the cover panel 10, which may in addition be provided with cut away portions at or near its free edge. The invention further provides a method of producing a succession of such labels which are self-adhesive and are carried on a backing of release material. <IMAGE>