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Patent GB-2217186-A (GB)
Title: Workshop cabinet
Inventor: WEBBER ROBERT EMRYS
IPC: A47B5/00
Filed: 1989-03-14
Abstract: A workshop cabinet (110), suitable for use in the storage of tools or the like, comprises a panel (24) movable between a first position, wherein the panel (24) prevents or restricts access to a storage compartment (38) of the cabinet (110), and a second position wherein the panel (24) permits access to said compartment (38) and affords a work surface. The panel (24) may be generally upright in its first position, and generally horizontal in its second position, such as by being mounted for angular movement between said positions. In a preferred embodiment the panel (24) is mounted by way of a slot and slot follower arrangement so as also to be capable of translational movement, and means (G) by which the panel (24) is mounted is also utilised in securing the cabinet against a workshop wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2218516-A (GB)
Title: Means for the orientation of a vehicle
Inventor: SINDLINGER RAINER
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 1989-05-03
Abstract: In a vehicle carrying a vehicle orientation installation FOA and a north-seeking installation NKA working independently thereof for the alignment of equipment, the TWO installations are cross-linked bidirectionally and results obtained in each are transmitted to the other to improve the accuracy thereof. Respective computers  mu C, R of the two installations are linked by lines VE which carry data concerning the position, alignment and meridian convergence between installations FOA and NKA and concerning the precise vehicle alignment between installations NKA and FOA. 
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Patent GB-2223417-A (GB)
Title: Mobile staging
Inventor: BARRET ROGER CHARLES
IPC: B60P3/025
Filed: 1989-09-28
Abstract: Mobile staging apparatus is shown, which is mountable onto a vehicle for transportation to a venue and then demountable from said vehicle on arrival at said venue. On arrival at the venue, a main platform (5 Fig 1A) of the staging is raised from the vehicle by means of adjustable legs 2, thereby making the vehicle available for other purposes, and the legs are adjusted to arrange the central floor section at the desired working height. Additional floor-space is then made available by extending additional floor sections 7', 7'', stored in a concertina-like manner, from the rear of the main platform, which are supported by secondary extendable legs 24. The staging may provide the same platform area as known staging but with the strong main area being at the front rather than the centre. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229228-A (GB)
Title: Pressurised gas operated mobile
Inventor: MACFARLAND WILBUR BRIAN
IPC: F03B17/02
Filed: 1989-12-14
Abstract: The mobile comprises a unit mounted for rotation and associated with a plurality of vessels or blades 1 which are preferably equiangularly spaced about the axis of rotation of the unit. The mobile also comprises a nozzle 7 through which pressurised gas from a source 6 is supplied when, in use, the unit, vessels and nozzle are immersed in a body of liquid in a tank T. The nozzle is arranged to produce a stream of bubbles and so positioned that the bubbles act successively on the vessels whereby the unit is rotated. The vessels may be in the form of railway engines, Fig 3, attached to a belt 16 around two discs 12, 15 and provided with hinged flaps 17, 18 to control entry and exit of air. The device may be used to drive an electric generator or a mill and the pressurised gas may be air compressed by wave power using oscillating water columns. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234774-A (GB)
Title: Piling and underpinning method
Inventor: BULLIVANT ROGER ALFRED
IPC: E02D37/00
Filed: 1990-07-27
Abstract: A method of forming a pile and a method for supporting a building structure by utilising a pile so formed comprises driving a pile casing (18), with an enlargement (24) near its leading end (20) to a desired depth and supplying under pressure a settable mixture through the top of the casing so that it flows through apertures (26) at the enlargement to fill the oversize hole left by the enlargement around the casing. The casing can be driven through a hole formed in the building structure to be supported and the settable mixture may flow up the pile casing to fill a void under the structure.
Patent GB-2234430-A (GB)
Title: Floor cleaner head
Inventor: LEE YOUNG CHAN
IPC: A47L11/30
Filed: 1990-07-27
Abstract: A floor cleaner head has a cleaning fluid spray nozzle (13) formed at the centre of the bottom of the cleaner head. A leading suction nozzle (15) sucks free dirt, and a leading brush 14 (or the leading portion of the brush) performs a dry scrubbing action to free dirt and adhered solidified dirt. A trailing brush (14) (or the trailing portion of the brush) performs a wet scrubbing action in cooperation with sprayed cleaning fluid, and a trailing suction nozzle (15) sucks up the mixture of dirt and cleaning fluid. In a modification, the cleaner head may comprise a central spray nozzle (23) surrounded by an annular brush (24) itself surrounded by suction nozzles (25) <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234670-A (GB)
Title: Wiper blade lamina
Inventor: SCORSIROLI MARCELLO
IPC: B60S1/38
Filed: 1990-07-31
Abstract: A wiper blade lamina 18d has at least a portion which is curved in shape. The lamina may be curved at one end only, centrally, or along its length in a sinuous manner, or at each end, the curvature at one end being opposite to that at the other end. A notch 20 may be formed at one end of the lamina for fixing purposes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239075-A (GB)
Title: Control knob
Inventor: ANSELL GLEN
IPC: F16D1/06
Filed: 1990-12-12
Abstract: A control knob is disclosed for mounting on the input shaft of a control device or regulator of an appliance, which comprises a bush (12) intended to be secured to the input shaft (30), an outer portion (10) intended to be gripped and moved by an operator, and a spring (24) resiliently connecting the outer portion (10) to the bush (12) to permit the outer portion to move in an axial direction relative to the bush (12). The outer portion (10) is permanently fast in rotation with the bush (12), the spring (24) urges the outer portion (10) towards the body of the control device (14), and interlocking formations (22) are provided on the outer portion (10) and an element (20) secured to the body of the control device to prevent the outer portion from rotating when urged by the resilient means towards the body of the control device, the input shaft being capable of being turned only by pulling and turning of the outer portion. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253541-A (GB)
Title: Radio telephones
Inventor: MARTENSSON NILS ERIK
IPC: H04M1/724
Filed: 1991-03-06
Abstract: A portable radio telephone (1) operating under the control of a microprocessor (4) includes a switch (SW) sensitive to shock, movement or other physical disturbance which causes the telephone to go "off-hook" if the telephone is physically disturbed during an incoming call. The user can thus answer an incoming call very quickly before the system times-out the call by gently striking or simply moving the telephone even when the telephone is in a relatively inaccessible location. In a preferred embodiment the user is required to confirm the off-hook condition by pressing one of the keys (6a, 6b) on the telephone keypad (6). The telephone may continue ringing until the confirmatory keystroke has been effected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244003-A (GB)
Title: Housing arrangement for fire-endangered installations
Inventor: MAAS WILLI
IPC: A62D1/02
Filed: 1991-05-14
Abstract: Fire-endangered installations arranged in commercially available housings (1) are kept operable for longer on exposure to fire if they are covered, in the mounted state, by a protective housing (5) made from a fire-protection composition which foams up on exposure to fire. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256426-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor rollers for printing presses.
Inventor: TONG CHI-KWAN
IPC: B41F22/00
Filed: 1991-06-04
Abstract: A roller comprises a number of spaced, co-axial wheels, each having spaced around its periphery a number of pairs of rollers 6. Each pair has a smooth-surfaced roller 4 and a roller 5, the surface of which presents an array of points. Each roller pair can be selectively manually positioned so that a chosen roller 4 or 5 or neither projects beyond the periphery of its associated wheel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249645-A (GB)
Title: Coupling device
Inventor: HOUGHTON MICHAEL WILLIAM
IPC: G06F3/0489
Filed: 1991-10-21
Abstract: A coupling device (2) enables two or more displays (4) to be coupled to a common keyboard (6). The coupling device (2) thus improves the efficiency and reduces space of a terminal system by reducing the number of keyboards required. The coupling device (2) includes a sensing circuit (28) for sensing which displays are on and a switching or scrolling circuit (30) for toggling between active displays (4). A terminal system is also disclosed and comprises the coupling device (2) with a number of displays (4) a keyboard (6) and a scrolling switch (22) for enabling the coupling device (2) to scroll between displays (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249557-A (GB)
Title: Extracting hops using dry recycled carbon dioxide
Inventor: TAKAHASHI MASAKAZU
IPC: C12C3/04
Filed: 1991-11-01
Abstract: A method for producing hop extracts containing small amounts of resin deterioration products, comprises extracting the hop extracts from dry hops using recycled carbon dioxide wherein said carbon dioxide is in a dry subcritical or supercritical condition. The hop extracts thus obtained are useful in the production of high quality beer having a sharp and refreshing taste.
Patent GB-2267794-A (GB)
Title: A pre-payable mobile cellular phone
Inventor: CONROY ALAN KILPATRICK
IPC: H04M17/00
Filed: 1992-04-24
Abstract: A pre-payable mobile cellular phone has a handset 1 with a pre-programmed cartridge 3. Inserting the cartridge and inputing a Personal Identification Number (P.I.N.) enables the phone to make out-going calls on the cellular telephone network according to a credited amount of air-time. With the cartridge removed the phone will only be able to accept incoming calls. The cartridge may be re-programmed with additional credits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272470-A (GB)
Title: Sealing strip for edge flange
Inventor: VAN DEN OORD HARRY
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1992-11-13
Abstract: A channel-shaped sealing, trimming or finishing strip for an edge, such as a flange around the door opening of a vehicle body, is made of flexible material (10) extruded over a carrier (12) and provides integral oppositely facing shoulders (14, 16) which carry serrations (18). In addition, it comprises integral flaps (20, 22) between which extends an integral flexible membrane (24) carrying shoulders (26, 27) with serrations (28). In use, the strip is placed over the flange which enters the slot (30). The strip is pressed down onto the flange so that the membrane (24) is forced upwardly between the shoulders (14, 16) which press the facing internal surfaces of the slot (30) into tight frictional contact with the sides of the flange and the serrations (18, 28) interlock to hold the membrane (24) in this flange-gripping position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264037-A (GB)
Title: Sauce and its use in food products
Inventor: HUANG VICTOR T
IPC: A23L29/262
Filed: 1993-01-15
Abstract: A sauce has a water activity of above 0.92 and comprises, in addition to the normal ingredients of spices, flavours and other compounds, 0.1%-24% polysaccharides by weight having a MWw in the range of about 3,600 and 250,000. These polysaccharides include starch hydrolysates such as maltodextrin, and other polysaccharides such as alginates and carboxymethyl cellulose. A method of preparing a firm-textured shelf stable vegetable or starch-containing food product involves admixing vegetables or starch-containing foods with the sauce and thermally treating at above 100 DEG C under pressure. By using the sauce processing times or temperatures are reduced.
Patent GB-2265863-A (GB)
Title: Universal document support stand
Inventor: HEGARTY DAVID
IPC: A47B23/00
Filed: 1993-02-18
Abstract: A document support stand (1) may be located at a computer workstation (24), and positioned to one side of a monitor (30) to support a projected document or document holder. The stand (1) combines a first support apparatus, support stand (2) and a second support apparatus document holder (4). Support stand (2) can support articles at various spatial locations without the use of mechanical balancing devices and includes a main support body (6), an arm (8) and a bracket (10) which can be adapted to function alone or in combination with a second support apparatus document holder (4). The viewing side (730) of document holder (4) can position a mounted document or document holder in rotation and inclination about three axes of rotation. The viewing side (730) is fitted with rotatable first and second sections (904, 906). The rotatable sections provide for displacing the spring clip (936) and/or the support ledge (938) from the viewing side (730) to provide an unobstructed planar surface to allow a document holder engaging means (932) to cooperate in the mounting and positioning of a modified document holder (869).
Patent GB-2264989-A (GB)
Title: Friction clutch
Inventor: MAUCHER PAUL
IPC: F16D13/75
Filed: 1993-03-05
Abstract: A friction clutch, more particularly for motor vehicles, has a pressure plate 3 which is connected rotationally secured but axially displaceable to a limited extent to a housing 2, and between the housing and pressure plate there is at least one operating means 4b and an energy accumulator formed by a diaphragm spring 4 by which the pressure plate can be biased in the direction of a clutch disc 8. The disc can be clamped between the pressure plate and a counter pressure plate 6, such as a flywheel, and an adjustment device is provided which compensates at least for the wear on the friction linings 7 of the clutch disc 8. The adjustment device comprises a wear compensating unit 16 which is provided between the operating means 4b or energy accumulator 4 and pressure plate 3 and which carries out an axial adjustment between the operating means or energy accumulator and pressure plate corresponding to the wear of the linings. On reaching the adjustment corresponding to the actual state of wear of the friction linings 7, the wear compensation unit is restricted in its adjustment function by means 17 provided on the pressure plate 3. The unit 16 includes spring-loaded wedges (FIG 3) and the means 17 includes a pair of leaf springs 22 in a slit 21. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277242-A (GB)
Title: Hopper feeder
Inventor: HALL RICHARD NICHOLAS CONGREVE
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1993-04-23
Abstract: A hopper feeder for birds or animals comprises four vertical legs E to which are secured a horizontally disposed base tray C and a hopper body A/B. The hopper body is formed from a sheet metal member (10 fig 3) folded about fold lines (12 and 14) to provide four side walls 16 each having an inwardly inclined lower chute portion 18. The base tray is formed from a sheet metal member (24 fig 4) and is folded about fold lines (26) to provide tray sides and a base. The hopper body and base tray are secured by threaded fasteners to the legs with the lower edges of the inclined hopper body walls spaced upwardly from the base tray to provide a plurality of separate feeding stations. Rain deflectors 'F' may be provided on the side walls. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267880-A (GB)
Title: A slat-chain conveyor
Inventor: COLDWELL STEWART JOY MCNISH
IPC: B65G21/06
Filed: 1993-06-15
Abstract: An endless slat-chain conveyor 18 used for example for filling bottles or cans has a main frame 10 of box section with wear strips 16 secured to both its upper and lower faces. To facilitate removal of the chain 18, the wear strips 16 constitute parallel halves of a track for the chain in side-by-side relationship with a division 86 between them, and are secured by quick-release means 22. This enables the wear strips to be quickly removed sideways whereafter the chain can be removed sideways as an endless loop. The quick-release means 22 comprise mushroom-shaped buttons secured to the main frame and 10 engageable in key-hole slots 24 formed in the wear strips. Magnetically-actuated switches are provided for cutting off electrical power to the conveyor when dismantling is initiated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280326-A (GB)
Title: Optical communication systems
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: H04B10/071
Filed: 1993-07-15
Abstract: A method of providing the integrity of optical paths in an optical communication system 1 wherein the same diagnostic optical signs is transmitted along each path from one end, and each path is provided at its other end with a reflecting grating pattern 7, 9 for producing a pattern of time spaced echoes of the diagnostic signal unique to that path. In one particular embodiment the diagnostic signal comprises an amplitude modulated optical signal and the grating produces echoes at time spacing such that the modulation components of the echoes are in-phase at a different frequency for each path. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274128-A (GB)
Title: Method and composition for enhanced oil recovery
Inventor: FRAZIER JR RAWLS H
IPC: C09K8/594
Filed: 1992-08-14
Abstract: A foam-forming Composition comprising a mixture of at least one anionic surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant can effectively form a foam in a variety of formations including an oil-wet environment. In particular, this composition can be employed in a method which comprises at least periodically injecting a gas and this foam-forming composition into an oil-bearing formation to drive oil to a production well. In this composition, the ratio of the at least one anionic surfactant to the at least one cationic surfactant is selected so that the surfactants do not form substantial amounts of precipitate when mixed together. In certain environments, e.g., when the formation contains upwards of 20% total dissolved solids and/or a diva lent metal ion concentration up to about 20,000 ppm, the composition can further contain at least one salt-tolerance additive, e.g., a nonionic surfactant.
Patent GB-2277401-A (GB)
Title: Rhythm Blocks
Inventor: GREAVES FIONA MARY
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 1994-03-23
Abstract: A set of musical note display blocks for teaching musical rhythms comprises blocks each having a rectangular upper surface carrying a musical note symbol and the same vertical dimension. The horizontal dimension of each block is related to the duration of the note represented by the symbol on its surface. The symbols may be formed as transfers, by painting on or burning into the surface or may be formed as a raised note symbol or Braille equivalent character. Note symbols may also be provided on the under surface of the blocks. The blocks may formed form wood or sheet flexible magnetised material. The set of blocks may be combined with a display board to constitute a teaching kit. The display board is adapted to receive the blocks and may comprise a box (12 Figures 2, 3) on whose lid or base the blocks may be laid. The display board may be marked with lines whose spacing is the width of a crotchet block. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276559-A (GB)
Title: Processing of liquid/solid mixtures using pulsations
Inventor: MACKLEY MALCOLM ROBERT
IPC: B01F11/00
Filed: 1994-03-28
Abstract: A method of processing a mixture of at least one liquid and at least one solid in particulate form, in which the mixture is contained within a vertical vessel 1 divided into compartments 12 - 17 by a series of apertured baffles 10 located at axial intervals, in which adjustable pulsations are applied to the mixture, and in which the frequency and amplitude of the pulsations are chosen so that so-called "chaotic" flow takes place within the compartments, promoting a steady-state axial distribution of the solid/liquid concentration, namely a common value within any one compartment and a predetermined ratio between any two adjacent compartments. The method may be of batch type, or liquid may continually flow through the vessel. The baffles may typically be coaxial with the vessel 17 and ring-shaped, so that communication between adjacent compartments is by way of the central aperture in the baffle separating them. Pulsations may be applied by means of an oscillator 9 acting on a plate 6 resiliently-suspended by springs 7, the plate being connected to the bottom of the vessel by bellows 5. The frequency of pulsations may be 2 - 25 Hz. The processing may be mixing, chemical reaction, dissolving crystallisation or separation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278035-A (GB)
Title: Automatic animal feeder
Inventor: KIM JAE HWAN
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1994-04-28
Abstract: An animal feeder 1 for automatically feeding animals predetermined portions of food at predetermined times and calling the animals with their owners recorded voice when the food is fed. The animal feeder 1 comprises a body having a food container 24, a left over food receiving container 27 and a feeding mechanism. The animal feeder also includes a microcomputer (2 in fig 1) for controlling the feeding mechanism, a keyboard (3) for setting predetermined times for feeding, and a sound producing circuit (4) for calling the animals when the food is served. The feeding mechanism is composed of a driving section 6 for driving a trough 26 between a food serving position and a left over food collecting position, and a food supplying section 25 for supplying the food by mechanical vibration. The animal feeder 1 further comprises a sensor (8) for detecting an animal's approach to the body of the feeder in order to stop the operation of the feeding mechanism, for the animal's own safety, when the animal approaches the body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281710-A (GB)
Title: Moulding plastics sheet material
Inventor: BURNETT JOHN FRASER
IPC: B29C35/02
Filed: 1994-08-17
Abstract: When moulding plastics sheet material (44) using reciprocating moulding members (18, 34), the moulding surface is partially defined by the interior surface of a cutting blade (32) having a cutting edge (40) which is arranged to contact but not cut the sheet material during the forming procedure. When the forming is complete, the cutting edge (40) cuts through the sheet (44) at the desired peripheral edge of the formed product, thus dispensing with a subsequent trimming step. The sheet may be applied to the moulding surface by blowing hot air from the other moulding member (18) which is itself heated for initial heating of the sheet, the sheet being blown against it for that purpose.
Patent GB-2287799-A (GB)
Title: Phase shift mask and method for fabricating the same
Inventor: HAM YOUNG MOG
IPC: G03F1/00
Filed: 1995-03-21
Abstract: A phase shift mask has a phase shift layer 13 with an inclined edge portion disposed above the boundary between the light transmitting support 11 and the light shielding pattern 12. The mask is made by applying a photoresist layer over the layer 13 and forming a pattem 15 etching the phase shift layer 13 so that inclined edge 14 is formed and then removing the resist pattern 15. The phase shift layer may be implanted with phosphorus ions to obtain a more gentle incline (Fig. 6B). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288207-A (GB)
Title: A mortice lock with auxiliary thrower having precise detent means
Inventor: TAYLOR ALEXANDER THOMAS
IPC: E05B63/00
Filed: 1995-04-06
Abstract: A cylinder-operated mortice lock has an auxiliary thrower 15, which increases the bolt throw and provides a deadlocking action, running in an arcuate track 22 in the lock case between the cylinder thrower/cam 13 and bolt 6. The auxiliary thrower 15 carries a spring-biased ball 24, ie a detent, which engages in recesses (27, 31, fig 3) in the lock case, thereby ensuring precise positioning of the auxiliary thrower at the ends of its travel. This detent arrangement applies no appreciable resistance to the movement of the auxiliary thrower once the ball is released from its recess. Stops 26, 29 are provided to halt the auxiliary thrower 15 at the extremities of its travel. Bolt 6 has a drive surfaces 30, 33 which engage the auxiliary thrower 15 so as to extend/withdraw the bolt 6. <IMAGE>