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Patent GB-2172583-A (GB)
Title: Filling machine
Inventor: MARCHADOUR JEAN-CHARLES
IPC: B08B3/02
Filed: 1986-02-17
Abstract: A filling machine incorporates a valve removal and cleaning system. The machine comprises a hopper 4, a plurality of filling assemblies, each including a cylinder 12 mounted on the hopper and into which material flows from the hopper, and a piston 24 movable in the cylinder to force the material from the cylinder into containers. Valve housings 17 interconnect the hopper with the cylinders, each having an opening at the bottom thereof for receiving a valve element 18. The valve elements are mounted on a valve holder plate 60. The system is operated to lower the hopper and valve holder plate downwardly until the valve holder plate contacts a frame support, and a locking mechanism 100 locks the valve holder plate to the frame support. The hopper is then raised (as shown) to cause removal of the valve elements from the valve housings where spraying apparatus 178 cleans the valve housings and elements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2187721-A (GB)
Title: Fishing tackle container
Inventor: CROFT PETER GRAHAM
IPC: A01K97/06
Filed: 1986-03-13
Abstract: Pre-rigged fishing tackle is held in a container (8) progressively loaded with tackle (6, 7) of a given size with the resilient line (1) held therein under resilient compression. A closure (9) has an anchorage (11) for one end (2) of the tackle by which such end is held available for progressive withdrawal of the tackle from the container as a reversal of the loading operation; this reduces the tendency of the tackle to snarl or tangle in the container. The anchorage may comprise a clip on the inner surface of the closure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bunkers
Inventor: ROBERTSON ANDREW JOHN
IPC: B65D88/60
Filed: 1986-04-18
Abstract: A bunker 1 is provided with a base 4 formed in two parts 6, 8 symmetrically disposed about a central longitudinal discharge outlet 10. The parts 6, 8 are pivotted along their edges adjacent an outlet and are resiliently biased through the agency of spring units 14. Two opposing containment walls 11 are pivotted along their top edges and their lower ends are in sliding contact with the base parts 6, 8. Loading of material into the bunker energises the spring units 14 which dissipate their energy by causing the material continually to flow towards the discharge outlet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190054-A (GB)
Title: A single wheel trailer
Inventor: PLONKA ROCCO
IPC: B62D63/06
Filed: 1986-05-09
Abstract: A trailer frame "A" with a pivot system "B" at its leading end has single suspended wheel "C" at its centre to support the luggage weight. The trailer is designed such that when it is located into the trailer bracket by means of a shaft, and the bracket then bolted to a standard tow bar of a vehicle, the trailer would be prevented from pivoting in any plane, relative to the towing vehicle other than that arrowed X-Y. The central wheel is located and suspended by a modified rubber spring type suspension unit of the "indespension" type. Provision is made for the removeable attachment of various luggage trays etc. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180293-A (GB)
Title: Connectors for use with strapping
Inventor: CLARK DAVID FRANCIS
IPC: A44B11/04
Filed: 1986-09-15
Abstract: The specification discloses a number of embodiments of such connectors - in some embodiments (eg Figures 1, 5) the connector 1 comprises an attachment formation comprising one or, as shown, two apertures 2,3 and bearing means 4. A first portion 7 of the strapping passes through an aperture 2 from the front of the connector to the back. A bight 9 of the strapping, interconnecting the first portion of strapping to a second portion 8 extends through the or an aperture 3 and around the bearing means from the back of the connector to the front. The second portion 8 then extends through the or an aperture 2 from the front to the back of the connector whereby triangular areas of portions 7,8 overlap each other adjacent to bight 9. Aperture 3 may comprise a slot and aperture 2 may be segmental. Figures 1-7 illustrate various connectors for use in a harness comprising one or two lengths of strapping and at least one connector which may be adjustable on the strapping and may form part of a buckle. Connectors may be unitary moulding of plastics material, or metal. In the connector of Figure 8 the connector comprises a first component 45 with a slot through which a bight 51 of strapping can extend and a second component 46 with a bar 48 around which the bight can extend and an attachment portion 49, the bar 48 with bight 51 around it being unable to pass through the slot to trap the strapping. The bar may have a central gap, and the bar 48 can be snapped between jaws 47. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195390-A (GB)
Title: Self-engaging securement foot
Inventor: TING LAWRENCE S
IPC: F16B21/16
Filed: 1986-09-26
Abstract: A self-engaging securement foot, adapted for fitting on the bottom of luggage such as suitcases, bags and knapsacks, comprises a plastics stud 1 having at one end spaced annular ridges 13, and a plastics socket 2 provided at the center thereof with a radially slotted conical hole, forming a plurality of radial tongues 26. The stud 1 is capable of being pressed-in from the top of the socket 2 until the ridges 13 snap post the tongues 26. The stud 1 can thus be firmly secured to the socket 2 to trap therebetween a support A, such as the bottom of a suitcase, bag or knapsack. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2185813-A (GB)
Title: Assessing soldered joints
Inventor: ALBRECHT HANS-JURGEN
IPC: G01N21/956
Filed: 1987-01-09
Abstract: To assess a soldered joint, on a printed circuit board for example, the joint 1 is exposed alternately to the light from two differently inclined sources of illumination 2,3, and its optical reflection profile detected by a CCD line or matrix sensor 4 via optics 7. A subsequent analogue to digital conversion 5 of the sensor output signal enables a mathematically modelled evaluation or intensity evaluation of the profile of the joint to be effected by a high speed digital computer 6. The evaluation is effected by rapid Fourier conversion, exponential approximation, numerical approximation, Young-Laplace regression or analysis of interfacial tensions of fusible solders on solid bodies. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2207795-A (GB)
Title: Time clock teaching aid
Inventor: GROSVENOR ALAN FRANK
IPC: G09B19/12
Filed: 1987-07-29
Abstract: A time clock teaching aid has two hands which can be set manually to any time of the day, including minute intervals and the times of the day can be read in words through two windows 7,8 in the clock face. The time in words can be in any language set by interchangeable discs or by programming the electronic clock readout. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2212247-A (GB)
Title: Overflow protectors for water tanks
Inventor: FAUCHON ROGER
IPC: E03B11/00
Filed: 1987-11-09
Abstract: A protector for the overflow of a water tank consists of an upright cylindrical chamber extending from at least an upper overflow port 14 to a lower point where the chamber is provided with an internal seating 20 for a non-return gravity or spring-controlled valve element which normally closes a lower orifice in permanent communication with the volume within the tank. As the liquid level rises within the tank, the valve element is lifted off its seating. This places the space within the tank in direct communication with atmosphere. Meanwhile, however, draughts can still enter along the overflow pipe and dissipate into the tank, some of the draught perhaps succeeding in starting a patch of ice below the overflow. In order to cut down still further this seepage of ice-cold air, it is preferred to fit a lid or cap to the open upper end of the chamber. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2198739-A (GB)
Title: Microporous membrane
Inventor: LE MIHN SON
IPC: C08G73/10
Filed: 1987-11-20
Abstract: A microporous membrane for use in filtration, is formed of a polyetherimide derived from an aromatic bis (ether anydride) and an organic diamine. The membrane is formed from a casting liquid comprising the polyetherimide together with a solvent and a non-solvent, forming a thin layer of the liquid and extracting at least part of the solvent and non-solvent to form the required membrane. The membrane may be modified by the inclusion of additional chemical moieties.
Patent GB-2214504-A (GB)
Title: Improved chimney lining
Inventor: MAGEE WILLIAM
IPC: C04B35/66
Filed: 1988-01-16
Abstract: A cementitous mixture for use in lining chimney flues, in situ includes pumice in aggregate form. The cement content of the mixture may be provided in the form of a sulphate resisting cement and the mixture may also include an air entraining agent and plasticizer and additionally a course building sand. A method of lining a chimney flue with the composition of the invention includes pumping the liquid mixture to surround a void former located in the chimney flue.
Patent GB-2203914-A (GB)
Title: Digital filtering
Inventor: SHINDO OSAMU
IPC: G06T5/20
Filed: 1988-03-23
Abstract: A filtering device for carrying out a filtering process in a space domain of image data derived from an external visual image input means and then delivering control information to a controlled driving device with the filtering device containing fundamental operator generation device for generating fundamental operators within the same fundamental operator series, and a filtering processing device for carrying out a convolution of a fundamental operator with an image data array and conducting a sequential series of such convolutions with varying input data based upon data detected at the output of the filter processing, so that the sequential convolution attains an effect equivalent to that attained by the direct convolution of the initial image data array with an expanded operator.
Patent GB-2206218-A (GB)
Title: Photo- and heat-sensitive diazo recording material
Inventor: USAMI TOSHIMASA
IPC: G03C1/00
Filed: 1988-06-22
Abstract: A support is coated optionally with a subbing layer, preferably hardened, and then with a photo- and heat-sensitive layer containing a photolytic organic diazo compound and one or more couplers thereof; either the compound or coupler(s) being in solution enclosed in microcapsules, preferably of polyurethane or polyurea and preferably becoming more permeable when heated; a color-producing aid and/or a basic substance may be present inside or outside the capsules; the other of compound and coupler(s) being in droplets of size less than 7 microns emulsified in an aqueous phase containing the microcapsules. The sensitive layer has a haze value of less than 60 so as to have good transparency and improved color separation; the value is determined with an HTR meter. …<??>An optional protective layer of Si-denatured PVA and Si can be added on the surface or as an interlayer. …<??>Exposure to light or heat forms sharp colored images.
Patent GB-2211337-A (GB)
Title: A method and an apparatus for examining coins
Inventor: ALBRECHTSEN KAJ
IPC: G07D5/08
Filed: 1988-09-21
Abstract: An apparatus (10) for examining a coin comprises a first oscillating magnetic field of a first frequency generated by means of a first inductor (21), and a second oscillating magnetic field of a different second frequency generated by means of a second inductor (22). The coin (15, 16) is guided past the inductors (21, 22) so as to expose the coin (15, 16) to the first and the second magnetic field. A first and a second measuring value are generated representing the degrees of interaction between the coin (15, 16) and the first and the second magnetic field, respectively, and a weighted sum of the first and the second measuring value is provided by multiplying the first and the second measuring value by a first and a second, predetermined weighting factor, respectively, which weighting factors are characteristic of a specific coin type, and further by adding the first and the second measuring value multiplied by the first and the second weighting factor, respectively. In order to determine if the coin (15, 16) is of a specific valid type, it is determined if the weighted sum is within specific limits of acceptance which are characteristic of the specific type of coin in question. By this method, it is possible to distinguish between coins which in accordance with known logic AND decision technique have previously not been distinguishable in a reliable way. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216410-A (GB)
Title: Picture frames
Inventor: JAMES ANTHONY VERNON
IPC: A47G1/14
Filed: 1989-03-02
Abstract: A backing and support assembly for a picture frame comprises a panel (13) for closing the back of the frame, a separate elongate support leg (21), and a stay (16) pressed out of the panel so as to be hingedly connected at one end to the panel, the opposite end of the stay (16) being riveted to a location on the support leg intermediate its ends. A tab (24) is bent out of the panel (13) for detachably locating the upper end of the support leg on the panel in such a position that the leg (21) is held by the stay (16) at an angle to the surface of the panel. The upper end of the leg (21) has a reduced width portion (22) which enters the aperture left in the panel by the tab.
Patent GB-2230745-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle ferry having floodwater dumping means
Inventor: BROWN JOHN GEORGE
IPC: B63B13/02
Filed: 1989-03-04
Abstract: To prevent floodwaters taken on board RO-RO ferries through bow and stern doors respectively and trapped on the vehicle decks in quantities resulting in capsize a RO-RO ferry is provided with intelligent washports 6 which, being located just above the vehicle deck level, are power-operated; watertight, and failsafe. The controls are intelligent inasmuch as the presence of floodwater on the vehicle deck is sensed by water pressure sensors 29 and waterflow sensors 30 and the washports power automatically activated to open and dump the floodwaters overside. When the deck is cleared of floodwater the washport control is de-activated and the washports close and lock shut watertight by the combined action of spring force and gravity. Safety features are included in the control circuitry to prevent any inflooding through the washport apertures. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217224-A (GB)
Title: Liquid-liquid contractor columns
Inventor: PARKER DOUGLAS EDWARD
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 1989-03-14
Abstract: A liquid-liquid contactor column 10 has a solvent input 16 and an aqueous phase input 22. Lighter phase liquid is discharged at 31 and heavier phase is moved by an air lift 26 to a receiver. The air supply line 28 to the air lift 26 includes valve 32 and a pressure sensing transducer 34 senses pressure in line 28 and sends electric signals to signal processing unit 52 which may for example close down operation of the column, or effect other changes to maintain operating characteristics of the column. The column could be pulsed by means which also send signals to unit 52, and could deliver to an external settler. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232492-A (GB)
Title: Method of measuring tyre wear
Inventor: WALTERS MARTIN HOWARD
IPC: B60C11/00
Filed: 1989-06-03
Abstract: Method of measuring tyre wear comprising applying two or more layers of different coloured paints to ground engaging tread surface, bonding the paint layers to the tread surface and to one another, running a tyre on a vehicle for a short distance to wear the paint layers and assessing the rate of wear of the tread surface by the exposed colours. Preferably a rubber based paint including an ultra accelerator is used to provide the necessary bond between the layers.
Patent GB-2221685-A (GB)
Title: Moulding compositions
Inventor: TORII SHIGEYOSHI
IPC: C08L59/00
Filed: 1989-08-11
Abstract: A material for use in the manufacture of movable mechanical elements comprises 20% and 80% by weight of polyacetal resin with the remaining weight percent being polyamide alloy resin or polyether polyamide block copolymers.
Patent GB-2224306-A (GB)
Title: Security device
Inventor: LITTLE RONALD ERIC
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 1989-10-23
Abstract: A security device is described which is suitable for use for example on a sliding shutter arrangement for securing a window or door. The device comprises a body portion (20) mountable on a slat (4) of the movable shutter and which is slidable into engagement with a channel member (16) of the frame. A lockable retaining member (32) ensures that a bolt (36) can be locked in an extended position with respect to the device to prevent disengagement of the body portion (20) from the frame. The locking arrangement is set by means of a push member 38 which is provided with a C-shaped, frangible link member (40) engaging a groove (41) on the bolt (36). If force is used to release the security device, the link member (40) breaks off, leaving the bolt held firmly in place by the retaining member (32). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227582-A (GB)
Title: Port expander architecture for EPROM
Inventor: LARSEN ROBERT E
IPC: G06F13/12
Filed: 1989-11-02
Abstract: A port expander 20 provides an external memory to be used with a microcontroller 12a but recaptures the use of I/O ports which are lost due to the coupling of the memory. Two ports are coupled to the microcontroller for transfer of address and data information. An EPROM 21 in the port expander provides the external memory while a special function register is used to couple data to and from two I/O ports A, B. A configuration register provides programmability of which address values address the memory and which address values address the special function registers. To enter a test mode, the port expander must receive a valid test mode code, a valid test mode enable code, and a read signal at a high enough voltage for a sufficient duration. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238249-A (GB)
Title: Golf putting aid
Inventor: MANNING MICHAEL EDWIN ABBOTT
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 1989-11-21
Abstract: A golf putting aid in which a mirror (4) is mounted above or on the putter blade (1) at such an angle that, when the player takes up a normal putting stance, a view is obtained in the direction that the putter blade is facing. The mirror may be mounted in such a manner that it can readily be removed and replaced. The mirror, which may have a reference line engraved thereon is received in a slot in the putter or may be pivotally mounted and counterbalanced. The mirror may be curved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228290-A (GB)
Title: Stud fastening for trim strips or the like
Inventor: GORDON GARRY G
IPC: F16B5/12
Filed: 1990-01-25
Abstract: A decorative strip (3) holder is made of stiff synthetic plastics material and has an elongate member provided with studs (6) which can be snapped into bushes (7) which are pressed into apertures (14) in a panel (5) such as a motor vehicle body panel. A decorative strip (3) can be engaged over resilient portions (2) and held by the decorative strip holder. To facilitate engagement of the decorative strip holder with the bushes (7) in the panel (5), at least one of the studs (6) is longitudinally displaceable with respect to the elongate member, preferably by having a flat head of the stud (6) mounted on longitudinally extending slotted formations (18), (19) of the elongate member. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2232058-A (GB)
Title: Shoe
Inventor: SCHOLL WILLIAM J
IPC: A43B23/07
Filed: 1990-02-07
Abstract: A soft shoe in which there is a non-snag liner 21 having only one seam 27 exposed to the inside of the shoe, and with no exposed stitching on the inside of the shoe. The lining is made of a fabric such as tricot which prevents heel slip and prevents snags or runs in hosiery. The shoe may also be provided with padding around the upper, a soft outsole, and an inner pad for a cushioning effect. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228949-A (GB)
Title: Silicon doped diamond films
Inventor: MIYATA KOICHI
IPC: H01L31/105
Filed: 1990-02-12
Abstract: A method for the formation of an n-type semiconducting thin film of diamond wherein a source gas which contains carbon capable of forming a diamond thin film on a substrate by a vapor phase technique is decomposed to deposit a diamond thin film on a substrate is characterised in that an impurity gas containing Si is added in such a ratio of Si/C that Si/C</=2.0%. A suitable source gas includes at least one material selected from a hydrocarbon, an alcohol and acetone; 1-900 ppm of SiH; with the balance hydrogen. The Si-doped n-type diamond thin film may be used in combination with a boron doped p-type diamond thin film and/or an undoped diamond thin film.
Patent GB-2231453-A (GB)
Title: Circuit breaker resetting
Inventor: MALLINDINE ANTHONY DENNIS
IPC: H01R13/713
Filed: 1990-03-09
Abstract: A plug-in electrical circuit breaker 1 has a socket 3 into which is inserted the plug 4 of an electrical appliance 5. A reset button 91 and a test button 92 are both located in the region of the socket 3 and are concealed by the plug 4 when inserted. The buttons 91 and 92 are formed on a pivoted frame which is also coupled to an indicator 39. A transformer 33 coupled with the live and neutral conductors 21, 22 has a detector winding 34 responsive to imbalance between current in the conductors. Transistors 51, 52 are connected back-to-back with their bases across the detector winding. A change in voltage across a resistor 54 between the collectors of the transistors 51 and 52 causes the coil 40 of the relay 30 to be de-energised and the relay to open. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234922-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connectors
Inventor: LINAKER DEREK
IPC: H01R43/16
Filed: 1990-05-08
Abstract: An electrical connector of generally elongate form with integral terminals 102 projecting outwardly from each side is formed by cutting from a sheet of conductive material. The remaining sheet material 104 attached to the connector between the terminals 102, is bent away from the terminals to leave them freely projecting and may be bent away far enough to contact the connector body 110 thereby to increase the thickness and thus the current carrying capability thereof. Multiple connectors can also be arranged in a desired relative disposition by "potting" in a settable resin. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244686-A (GB)
Title: Boat with bump sensor to control rotational direction of propeller
Inventor: SHIRATORI KOJI
IPC: B63H25/52
Filed: 1990-06-08
Abstract: A leisure boat is provided in a round form having a diameter of about 1 to 2 metres, and includes propeller means 21 having a mechanism for changing its driving direction and sensor means 5 provided on the outside of the boat for sensing external force. The sensor means 5 is so connected to the propeller means that when the boat comes in contact or collision with another boat, etc., the sensor means detects the resulting external force to transmit it to the propeller means, thereby changing its driving direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234483-A (GB)
Title: Machine for filling containers with a food product
Inventor: VOKINS IAN MICHAEL
IPC: B65B31/02
Filed: 1990-07-06
Abstract: A machine for filling cups 42 with a food product has a conveyor formed from slats 40. The machine includes a loading station 10, a sterilising station 12, a drying station 14, a filling station 16, a gassing station 18, a sealing station 20 and an unloading station. At the sealing station 20, closures cut from foil 84 are heat sealed onto the cups 42. The foil 84 is guided to the sealing station 20 by a series of rollers including a final roller 88 positioned above the conveyor. The function of the gassing station 18 is to create an atmosphere of nitrogen in the unfilled parts of the containers. The gassing station 18 has a gassing chamber formed partly by a casing member 70 and partly by the foil 84 as it passes dowwardly to the final roller 88. The upper surface of the gassing chamber is above the rotational axis of the final roller 88. Nitrogen is injected into the gassing chamber by an injection tube 82 formed from sintered stainless steel, the pores in the steel acting as injection holes. By injecting the nitrogen in this manner, it enters the gassing chamber in a state of laminar flow. The shape of the gassing chamber and the fact that the nitrogen enters it in a state of laminar flow ensures that there is very little tendency for air to be drawn into the gassing chamber from the surrounding parts of the machine.