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Patent GB-2232059-A (GB)
Title: Preformed linking loop for the manufacture of jewellery
Inventor: LAKE ROBERT PAUL HERBERT
IPC: A44C11/00
Filed: 1989-05-26
Abstract: A loop of wire of suitable length, gauge and metal which is pre-formed and permanently sealed with a stop button, Figure 1, prior to being passed through a hole drilled through an imitation, semi-precious, or precious Stone or Bead, thereby allowing the residue loop of wire at the opposite end of the hole to be formed into a secure ring, Figure 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2231465-A (GB)
Title: Microphone provided with earphone
Inventor: MASUMOTO SAKAE
IPC: H04R1/08
Filed: 1987-11-05
Abstract: A microphone provided with earphone for singing a song or for learning a language, having not only the intrinsic function of a microphone for converting voice into electric signals to transmit them but also the function of receiving and reproducing voice signals of a user. A microphone (4) that gives voice signals to the input side of an output device (12) via transmission line (5) is provided with an earphone (16) that receives, via receiving line (15), the output signals from a voice reproducing apparatus (1) and the voice signals. The user therefore can input his own voice through the microphone (4) while hearing, through the earphone (16), his own voice and the voice corresponding to the output signals of the voice reproducing apparatus (1).
Patent GB-2230174-A (GB)
Title: High friction areas on games boots
Inventor: RUSSELL ARTHUR ROBERT
IPC: A43B5/02
Filed: 1989-06-20
Abstract: The areas 1, 2, 3 of a football boot are provided with embossed rubber or rubber-like material to increase the grip between boot and ball when striking or dribbling the ball. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220278-A (GB)
Title: Projecting pictures onto a screen
Inventor: NOGUCHI KEN-ICHI
IPC: G03B21/608
Filed: 1989-06-26
Abstract: Pictures are projected onto a non-permanent screen (A), which is provided by spraying a mist of water from nozzles (2), preferably on a barge (1). The projector (5) may be on land and may be mounted on a moving vehicle travelling parallel to the moving barge. The flows to the nozzles may be individually adjustable. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235656-A (GB)
Title: Postage meter with automatic feed of mailpieces from weighscale
Inventor: GILHAM DENNIS THOMAS
IPC: G07B17/00
Filed: 1989-09-04
Abstract: A weighscale in combination with a franking machine is disclosed. The weighscale comprises a feed belt mounted on a cradle supported by a load cell. Mail items are placed manually on feed belt and sensing means ensures that the item is positioned in engagement with a rear guide so that the item is correctly positioned for feeding by the belt directly into the franking machine. Electronic circuits in the franking machine are connected to the operative elements of the weighscale to receive weight and sensing signals from the weighscale and to energise the feed belt drive when the franking meter has been set to print a postage value determined by weighing of the mail item. The connections between the weighscale and the franking machine permit the weighscale to be spaced from the franking machine for weighing of large items. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227354-A (GB)
Title: Record information reproducing system
Inventor: AOYAGI YOSHIO
IPC: G11B27/36
Filed: 1989-10-10
Abstract: A system and method for storing information representing at least one data item selected for playback from a plurality of data items recorded on a recording medium (D) is disclosed. The method includes playing back one of the plurality of recorded data items for a predetermined period of time at a fast playback speed, which is greater than the normal playback speed used during normal playback of a data item, to allow a determination to be made whether the data item being played back at the fast playback is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed. Information representing the data item being played back is stored in a memory (3) only if the played back data item is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed. The playing back and storing steps are repeated for each of the plurality of recorded data items so that information representing each of the plurality of recorded data items which is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed is stored in the memory (3). …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2226096-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly for a pipeline
Inventor: PIEKAAR NICHOLAAS JOHANNES JAC
IPC: F16L55/128
Filed: 1989-11-29
Abstract: Valve assembly for use inside a pipeline comprising a series of concentric, adjacent, interconnected, annular elements such as guide (1) and brake elements (2), the latter being made up of four quarter segments (6) connected in a cardan- fashion to intermediate mounting rings (11). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229966-A (GB)
Title: Rotary printing unit
Inventor: JUNGHANS RUDI
IPC: B41N10/00
Filed: 1990-03-20
Abstract: A printing unit of a rotary printing machine incorporates a roller (14) having a rough outer cylindrical surface. The rough surfaced roller is engageable against a final dampening-medium applicator roller (7), and against a first ink applicator roller (8). The rough surfaced roller exhibits a roughness of from 15 to 20 ???m. By means of this arrangement, it has been found possible to reduce ghosting tendencies. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2244128-A (GB)
Title: Non-invasive medical sensor
Inventor: EVANS PETER DILWYN
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 1990-05-17
Abstract: Apparatus (1) for non-invasive quantitative measurement of a substance in living tissue, the apparatus comprising an electromagnetic radiation emitter (5) to contact a patient's skin, tissue or organ (6), first radiation detector (3) spaced from the radiation emitter (5), and which is also to contact the skin, tissue or organ (6), and second radiation detector (2) which is spaced from the radiation emitter (5) by a distance greater than the spacing between the first radiation detector (3) and the radiation emitter (5), and is to contact the skin, tissue or organ (6). Electrical output signals are produced dependent on the intensity of the radiation detected by the radiation detectors and processed to obtain a value for the concentration of the substance in living tissue.
Patent GB-2235537-A (GB)
Title: Solid electrolyte for electrochemical cells and process for making same
Inventor: SMIRNOV ANDREI NIKOLAEVICH
IPC: H01M10/0562
Filed: 1990-08-08
Abstract: A solid electrolyte for use eg. in gas sensors, leakage indicators, ion-selective electrodes, batteries comprises from 85 to 99.7 mol% of a rare-earth metal fluoride or a mixture of rare-earth metal fluorides and 0.3 to 15 mol. % of an alloying additive; the solid electrolyte having a porous polycrystalline structure with a crystal size of not more than 250  mu m, a pore depth not exceeding the crystal size and a relative density of not less than 0.98. A process for producing the electrolyte comprises mixing the starting components (namely, a rare-earth metal fluoride or a mixture of fluorides of rare-earth metals together with an alloying additive); adding a highly-volatile sintering component to the resulting mixture; by melting the resultant mixture with the removal of the highly-volatile sintering component; cooling the resulting melt to solidification; disintegrating the solidified melt; isolating a fraction with a particle size of not more than 25 mu m and compression moulding the isolated fraction with simultaneous heat-treatment.
Patent GB-2236113-A (GB)
Title: Well equipment alloys
Inventor: JACKMAN LAURENCE A
IPC: C22C19/05
Filed: 1990-09-04
Abstract: The present invention provides specialty components for high technology wells having improved toughness fabricated from low carbon alloy consisting of Cr 17-21% Ni 50-55% Nb+Ta 4.75-5.5% Mo 2.8-3.3%, Ti 0.65-1.15%, Al 0.2-0.8% not more than 0.025% C, the balance being iron apart from incidental impurities.
Patent GB-2250495-A (GB)
Title: Rotary conveyors
Inventor: HALL ROBERT SINCLIAR
IPC: B65G29/00
Filed: 1990-09-07
Abstract: Conveying apparatus for feeding objects from one station to another for their processing, the apparatus comprises: a turntable 3, 4 rotatably mounted with respect to a frame 102 of the apparatus, a plurality of stations 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 angularly arranged around the turntables, means 90 mounted on the turntable for holding objects and adapted for advance radial movement with respect to the turntable to an object transfer/processing position and withdrawal to an object transport position, means 110 mounted on the frame at the stations for advance and withdrawal of the object holding means and means 9 for indexing the turntable in rotation whereby objects being transported are angularly moved with the turntable from one station to another. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239912-A (GB)
Title: Transmission ratio control system of a continuously variable transmission compensating for vehicle speed measurement when an antilock system is in use
Inventor: SATO KEIJI
IPC: B60W10/188
Filed: 1990-12-21
Abstract: A belt drive continuously variable transmission has a primary pulley operatively connected to an engine and a secondary pulley operatively connected to wheels of a motor vehicle, hydraulic cylinders for changing effective diameters of both pulleys, and a transmission ratio control valve for producing a primary pressure applied to the primary cylinder for controlling transmission ratio. An anti-lock brake system is provided on the vehicle. A deceleration of the vehicle is calculated based on vehicle speed. Time from an end of operation of the antilock brake system until the vehicle stops is calculated based on the calculated deceleration and to the vehicle speed. Furthermore, downshifting speed necessary to increase the actual transmission ratio to a maximum transmission ratio before the vehicle stops is calculated based on the calculated time until the vehicle stops and to the actual transmission ratio. In place of the transmission ratio changing speed, the calculated downshifting speed is used when the operation of the antilock brake system ends. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252467-A (GB)
Title: Motion vectors for television standards converters
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES HEDLEY
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 1991-02-04
Abstract: A television standards converter for converting an input digital video signal from one television standard to another, comprises a high-pass filter 36 for filtering the input video signal in one or both spatial dimensions, a plurality of parallel processing channels comprising respective circuits 43 to 58 for determining pixel by pixel of the high-pass filtered video signal the correlation magnitudes for a range of horizontal and vertical pixel offsets in an adjacent field, low-pass filters 59 for filtering the resulting correlation magnitudes, a selector 62 for determining for each pixel of said video signal, from the relationship between motion magnitude and the correlation magnitude, the motion vector corresponding to the maximum correlation magnitude, and a temporal interpolator (Figure 14) for deriving interpolated fields or frames by combining sample values offset by the motion vectors. The input may be a progressive scanned signal which is obtained from an interlaced signal by spatial interpolation on the basis of a gradient vector; the latter is derived in a circuit similar to that shown, wherein a pixel is correlated with adjacent pixels on two adjacent lines of the same field. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245344-A (GB)
Title: Fluid fan coupling
Inventor: TAKIKAWA KAZUNORI
IPC: F16D35/02
Filed: 1991-06-21
Abstract: A temperature sensitive fluid fan coupling comprises: a sealed container including a casing 2 and a cover 3, the container having a partition dividing the inside of the sealed container into an oil reservoir 6 and a torque transmission chamber 4 housing the drive disc 7; a dam 12; a circulation passage communicating with the dam and leading from the chamber 4 to the reservoir 6; a valve member 8 for opening an outflow adjusting orifice 5', If the ambient temperature exceeds a preset value, and closing the same if below the 3 preset value; and a temperature sensing element 10 mounted 6 on the front face of the cover and associated with the valve member 8 if deformed in accordance with the temperature 10 change. The orifice 5' is formed in a surface which intersects the partition generally at a right angle. The surface may be part of a projection 14 on the partition or on the circumferential cover wall (Fig. 8). The valve has a bent wall 8' which may be curved (Fig. 7B). The valve may be weighted (Fig. 5) or formed with a seal (Fig. 7A). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257367-A (GB)
Title: Hot water bottle-like devices
Inventor: FORSTER SAMUEL EDWARD
IPC: A61F7/08
Filed: 1991-07-12
Abstract: A hot water bottle (2) includes indicating means (10) for providing an indication of the temperature of its external surface (12). The indicating means e.g. a liquid crystal thermometer (10) is either on or incorporated into the external surface (12). The concept is applicable to any device for enabling warming which includes a vessel for containing a material effective as a source of warmth. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262999-A (GB)
Title: A fault tolerant processor
Inventor: FINLAY FREDERICK
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 1991-12-31
Abstract: A fault tolerant processing apparatus 1 includes an off-host controller 12 which monitors operations of a communications circuit 13 and, on detection of a communications fault, sets a switch to the offline state and retrieves a remote host processor simulation programs from a fixed disk drive 4. This allows a local processor 2 to carry out processing operations while there is a communications fault. When communications is re-established the switch is set to the recovery state and captured data resulting from off-host processing is trickle fed to the host processor provided batch processing operations are not taking place at the host processor. The off-host controller 12 automatically generates reconnection signals while offline. Validation operations are carried out on data which is being trickle fed and access to the processor 2 may not be achieved unless security procedures are adhered to after the setting of the switch to the online state after recovery of data. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251872-A (GB)
Title: Structure supporting many buildings
Inventor: MIYATAKE YASUYOSHI
IPC: E04H1/04
Filed: 1992-01-15
Abstract: Buildings are supported in the interstices of a large latticed framework via their tops and their bottoms. The horizontal, S, and diagonal, 6, bracing members are of hollow construction. Each diagonal member 6 is formed from G.R.P. segments (11) (Fig. 3, not shown) filled with compressed air, surrounding an inner area with tubes (19) running therethrough for elevators, services, etc. Horizontal members 5 are also subdivided for conveying and servicing purposes, and may be of carbon fibre reinforced plastics. The nodes 7 may contain equipment, e.g. power plant. Illumination could be provided by causing buildings with external mirrors to rotate about vertical axes in synchronism with movement of the sun. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263546-A (GB)
Title: Wireless input device for computers
Inventor: AOYAGI TETUJI
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 1992-01-20
Abstract: A wireless input device for computer comprises a pen-type input device, 5, having a source of light capable of transmitting pulses. Two light receiving elements 20, 21 are provided in an input body, 4, and these light receiving elements are disposed for detecting an incident angle of light inputted from the source of light. The input unit body has an operational unit for calculating the position of the pen-type input device from the amounts of light detected by the two light receiving elements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253466-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic valve device
Inventor: GOTTLING HELMUT
IPC: F16K11/04
Filed: 1992-02-21
Abstract: A proportionally acting electromagnetic valve device has a valve housing (1) defining a plurality of pressure medium chambers (2, 10, 17) with connections (3, 11, 18) for the passage of pressure medium. Two valves are located within the valve housing on either side of the chamber (10), and provided with movable valve members (4, 12) connected to a valve tappet (20) for simultaneous actuation thereof. The two valve members (4, 12) of both valves are arranged coaxially and are connected jointly to the valve tappet (20). A permanent magnet (9) for detecting the position of the valve tappet (20) is arranged on or in the valve tappet (20) such that the displacement path of the magnet produced by actuating the valve tappet lies within the pressure medium chamber (10). A field sensor (29) is arranged extending through the valve housing wall and into the corresponding pressure medium chamber (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252176-A (GB)
Title: Optical coupler
Inventor: FAULKNER DAVID WYNFORD
IPC: H04B10/27
Filed: 1992-02-25
Abstract: A reflective star coupler for a distributed switch optical network for narrow band and broad band broadcast communication comprises one port (20a) terminated in a reflective surface or device (22), a signal amplifier (24) and/or filter is disposed in the path between the port (20a) and the reflective device (22) to reintroduce the light from that port into the coupler in an amplifier state or selectively according to wavelength. The amplifying device may be a semiconductor laser having a reflective coating on one face thereof.
Patent GB-2265587-A (GB)
Title: Towing vehicle and trailer position display
Inventor: JONES MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: G01B7/30
Filed: 1992-03-13
Abstract: Mounted on the tow-bail bracket 4 of the towing vehicle is a sensor unit 5 having a rotary shaft 22 which is linked to the trailer by a rod 19 so that the angular position of the shaft 22 depends on the angle between the towing vehicle and the trailer. The shaft 22 is connected, via gearing, to a further shaft carrying a rotor arm which sweeps over an array of fixed contacts each of which corresponds to one of a row of lights in the display unit 2 to which the sensor unit 5 is connected. When reversing, the display unit 2 is used by the driver of the vehicle if the trailer is not adequately visible, thus making a difficult manoeuvre much easier. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263202-A (GB)
Title: Coil-spring contact for lampholder
Inventor: GARTON STEPHEN DAVID
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1992-08-06
Abstract: An electrical connection (10) to a conductor wire (12) is made by clenching the wire between consecutive electrical connection-making turns (18X, Y) of an helical spring (16) of electrically conducting strip or wire without significant disturbance of the axis of the spring. The close electrical connection-making turns (18X, Y) are spaced along the spring (16) from other turns (18A) that are wider spaced for conductor (12) entry purposes prior to relative rotation of the spring (16) and the conductor (12) about the axis of the spring (16) to achieve connection-making clenching. The conductor (12) can have its insulation removed from between clenching turns (18X, Y) after such relative rotation by using heat or ultrasound. Both conductor wires of an electrical cord can be so connected within a lampholder (fig 8B). The connection may be made by apparatus including a holder for the wire and a turner and a guide for the spring. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259996-A (GB)
Title: Mode field conversion optical fiber component
Inventor: YANAGAWA HISAHARU
IPC: G02B6/255
Filed: 1992-09-25
Abstract: A mode field conversion fiber component is formed by fusion-connecting connection end surfaces of two optical fibres having different mode fields. The mode fields of the two optical fibres are conformed to each other at their interface, and are continuously varied near the interface. A mode field conversion fiber component may be manufactured by butting connection end surfaces 25, 26 of two optical fibers 20, 24 having different mode fields, fusion-connecting the connection end surfaces of the two optical fibers 20, 24, and heating a fusion-connecting portion of the connection end surfaces 25, 26, diffusing core dopant, and conforming the mode fields of the two optical fibers 20, 24. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264002-A (GB)
Title: Light emitting element array and apparatus using the same
Inventor: IMAMURA MASAYA
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 1993-01-29
Abstract: A light emitting element array comprising a plurality of light emitting elements (13) arranged in line on a substrate (11) includes light reflecting members (15) formed on the light emitting element array substrate at the opposite ends of the array to reflect the light emitted from the end light emitting elements so that the quantity of light emitted at the ends of the array is made equal to that emitted in the central portion of the array. A more level light distribution from the light emitting element array is thus obtained. The array can be used to illuminate an electronic instrument or a liquid crystal display.
Patent GB-2265251-A (GB)
Title: Discharge lamps
Inventor: IRISAWA SHINICHI
IPC: H01J61/20
Filed: 1993-03-10
Abstract: The filling of an arc tube 4 for a known type of discharge lamp unit, Fig. 13, is chosen so that it emits light of desired luminous flux, color temperature, and chromaticity. The arc tube has opposed electrodes 5a in a closed glass ball 4a charged with light emitting materials, namely, mercury and a metal iodide of NaI and ScI3 groups together with Xe inert gas. In accordance with the invention, the closed glass ball has a volume of 20 to 50  mu @, the density of the mercury in the closed glass ball is in a range of 2 x 10<-2> to 4 x 10<-2> mg/ mu @,the density of the metal iodide is in a range of 6 x 10<-3> to 12 x 10<-3> mg/ mu @, and the charged Xe gas pressure is 3 to 6 atm. These ranges make it possible to readily manufacture on a large scale arc tubes which are substantially equal in performance, being substantially uniform in tube voltage, luminous flux, color temperature and chromaticity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263628-A (GB)
Title: Eccentric disc lock bracket
Inventor: GUNTEN LEE LOUIS VON
IPC: A47B96/06
Filed: 1993-03-11
Abstract: An eccentric disc lock bracket for releasable engagement with a support member comprises a cantilever bracket (10, 30) locked to the support member by an eccentric disc lock (44) having a pair of axially aligned wheels (45, 47) on opposite ends of an axle (46). The axle is force fitted into an axle receiving aperture (48) of the end portion of the bracket and retained therein by a retention nub (49) on the outer periphery of the receiving aperture. At least one wheel has a groove, indentation, or turning knob about its outer side surface to turn the eccentric disc lock in either clockwise or counter clockwise direction to a locked position wherein a portion of the outer annular aligned periphery (42, 43) of each wheel extends outwardly beyond the rear edge (31) of the bracket end portion (30) to compressingly engage the support member and to an unlocked position wherein another portion of the outer annular aligned periphery of each wheel does not extend outwardly beyond the rear edge of the bracket end portion when disposed perpendicular to the support member. The axle (46) of the eccentric disc lock has a diameter eccentric to the diameter of the pair of wheels (45, 47). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269316-A (GB)
Title: Footrest adjustment
Inventor: BLAMIRE-BROWN ANDREW
IPC: A47C16/02
Filed: 1993-08-02
Abstract: A foot-support platform 1 is mounted by crossed links 6 and 7 on a base (2, not shown), and is released for foot-pressure adjustment of height and inclination against resilient biassing 20 and 21, by respective foot-pedals 3 and 4 on the base. Pedal operation releases the lower-end pivots 10 and 15 of the links 6 and 7 to slide in slots in the base 2 for varying height and inclination respectively. Alternatively (Figs 8 or 9-14, not shown), the lower-end pivot (47) of only one link (41) and the upper-end pivot (43) of the other link (40) are slidable to allow height adjustment, inclination adjustment being achieved by pivot-mounting of the platform 30, 50 on atop member 31, 51 of the crossed-link mechanism. Platform-inclination is adjustable under release-control of a pedal 37 (Fig 8) or against frictional restraint (Figs 9-14). <IMAGE>