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Patent GB-2269022-A (GB)
Title: Golf club measuring device
Inventor: WAKEFIELD PETER DENNIS
IPC: G01B5/00
Filed: 1993-07-02
Abstract: A golf club measuring device (1) for measuring characteristics of a metal wood (2) comprises a main structure having a first part (10) including a seating (12) defining a first plane (9) and a second part (11) extending away from the first part (10), means for clamping a head (3) of the metal wood in a clamping station, first indicator means (50) for measuring the loft of the head of the clamped metal wood (2) and second indicator means (54) providing an indication of the lie of the clamped metal wood (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274984-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat with lumbar and pelvic support
Inventor: FAUST EBERHARD
IPC: A47C7/46
Filed: 1994-01-12
Abstract: A vehicle seat having a sitting surface 11 and a backrest 12 has backrest upholstery with a forward upholstery arching 15 arranged in the region of the lumbar vertebrae of the seat user for the purpose of supporting the intervertebral discs. For the physiologically most efficient back support for seat users of widely varying body height, without the need to carry out individual adaptation measures on the backrest, the upholstery arching 15 has a contour vertex 16 is located approximately 250 to 275 mm above the sitting surface 11 and here is itself made so flexible that it easily matches the shape of the back of the seat user, and a relatively rigid pelvic support 17, 14 is formed in the upholstery arching 15 approximately 150 to 175 mm above the sitting surface 11. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287678-A (GB)
Title: Wheel and tire assembly
Inventor: LU TSAI-CHUAN
IPC: B60C7/22
Filed: 1994-03-15
Abstract: The improved wheel assembly includes a hub member (2, Fig. 3) having a cylindrical casing with an axial bore 21 adapted to receive the end of a wheel axle, and a plurality of threaded bolts 23 which threadably engage conventional lug nuts (33); a tubeless, non-pneumatic tire member having three continuous supporting belts 112, 112a, 112b, a plurality of reverse inclined Z-shaped supporting rods 111, 113 connected to each other and to each supporting belt, and a transverse central opening adapted to receive the hub; and an annular cap member 3 adapted to engage the outer periphery of the central opening of the tire member and to receive the bolts of the hub member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276158-A (GB)
Title: Compost bins
Inventor: ROBERTS CLIVE WINSTANLEY
IPC: C05F17/00
Filed: 1992-11-11
Abstract: A compost maker comprises a container (1) having a perforated inner base (2) defining a sump region (3), having a tap (4) for removing liquid formed during compost making, and a compost forming regions closed by a lid (5) for the container. Compost is made by placing worms, particularly of the species Eisenia Foetida and/or Eisenia Andrei, and compost forming organic material in the compost forming region. The worms feed on the organic material and generate compost. The compost maker may include a worm collector comprising a container having a perforated base and a container, which in use is used to continue compost making so as to attract the worms into the worms collector enabling the main bin to be emptied and compost making to be restarted using the worms from the worm collector. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292689-A (GB)
Title: Off centre golf tee
Inventor: ALLEN ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 1994-08-23
Abstract: The off centre golf tee 10 is designed to support a golf ball 13 above the ground (specific height to the requirements of the player) and with the shaft of the tee to one side thus permitting the ball to be struck cleanly and without hindrance. The shaft cross section 14 is designed to effect maximum rigidity and extend the life of the tee by having a three sided shaft with the leading edge 11 facing towards the striking golf club blade. The energy is absorbed and dissipated. Other shaft cross section designs may be employed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284171-A (GB)
Title: Coded catering equipment
Inventor: ARTIS JOHN
IPC: B26B3/02
Filed: 1994-11-25
Abstract: Catering equipment, such as a knife or a chopping board, is provided with a code in the form of a symbol 5 representative of the intended use of the utensil. In addition to being provided with a symbol representative of the intended use of the equipment, the symbol may be colour coded to indicate the intended use. The catering equipment may be provided with different symbols representative of the intended use thereof. Where the catering equipment is in the form of knives, for example, the symbols may be representative of a group of foodstuffs each knife is intended to be used to cut. The symbols may be applied by means of a transfer or by printing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-945108-A (GB)
Abstract: 945,108. Fog generating and liquid vaporizing devices. E. C. NORVELL. March 22, 1962, No. 11093/62. Heading A5G. An apparatus for dispensing liquids e.g. insecticides in the form of a fog comprises a nozzle 14 connected to an atomizer spray gun (11, 12 and 13), which is capable of forcefully ejecting an atomized spray of said liquid through the nozzle, an elongate barrel 17 aligned in front of and spaced from said nozzle so that atomized spray is impelled into the barrel and concomitantly aspirates air from outside to provide passing through the barrel an atomized liquid/air mixture and means, e.g. an electrical coil 18 controlled by a thermostat 19, for heating the barrel so that the atomized liquid is vaporized upon passing through and into contact with the hot barrel. The barrel may be attached to the nozzle by a bracket (22, 23, 24 and 25) or spacing elements 68, see Fig. 5, extending rearwardly from the barrel. An elongate tube 21 may be disposed within the electrical coil 18, said tube having a smooth interior surface. The nozzle can be arranged to eject the liquid in an expanding cone of atomized spray with the elongate barrel 17 aligned in front of and spaced from said nozzle to define an annular passage about the periphery of said cone of spray and with the elongate barrel tapering from the inlet to the outlet thereof.
Patent GB-2287436-A (GB)
Title: Air bag inflator designed for disassembly when car is scrapped
Inventor: KOIDE TERUHIKO
IPC: B60R21/26
Filed: 1995-02-27
Abstract: An air bag inflator 12 has a mounting flange 24. Mounting bolts are fitted through open-ended slots 62. The inflator can therefore easily be removed for disposal. An alternative design uses straight slots (30, fig. 2). A third embodiment uses straight slots (52, fig. 4), with closed ends (100) that are easily broken off. In each case, a stress concentrating portion is provided, to allow deformation of the inflator/retainer assembly to encourage these parts to separate. Slots 36 in retainer 22 (fig. 2) serve this function; see fig. 3 for removal process. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292536-A (GB)
Title: System for the transfer of hazardous material
Inventor: WEBER ROBERT JON
IPC: G21C19/32
Filed: 1995-07-10
Abstract: A sealed system for facilitating the safe transfer of hazardous material through a port (11) in the floor (10) of a containment enclosure to an open topped storage container (17) positionable in precise axial alignment below the port and supported on a lift cart (20) for vertical movement toward and away from the port. The port is defined by a vertically depending flange or enclosure ring (12) in the floor of the containment enclosure and is closeable by a seal cover (29) within said containment enclosure. The port is also closed alternately by a sturdy plastic bag (45) supported from a seal ring (34) engageable in leak-proof sealed relation with the port and partially contained within the storage container supported on the lift cart. The seal ring is supported on a pusher ring 40 supported on the top rim of the storage container. A succession of bags are positioned under the port, elevated into sealed relation with the port, filled, sealed shut, severed from the sealed port and lowered and removed for permanent storage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304209-A (GB)
Title: Starting up a processor system
Inventor: MACDONALD COLIN
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 1995-08-04
Abstract: A processor system has a Central Processing Unit (CPU) (3), a Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) (25) coupled to the CPU, a non-volatile storage device (NVSD) (7) for storing at least initial operating code, Random Access Memory (RAM) (8) coupled to the CPU, and a start-up logic circuit (1) coupled to the DMAC. The start-up logic circuit enables the DMAC, when a start-up signal is received, to load Power-On Values from memories (28, 31 and 34) into operating registers (26, 29 and 32) to control the NVSD to load at least the initial operating code for the CPU into the RAM and, when at least part of the initial operating code is loaded in the RAM, to enable the CPU to start to access it from the RAM, thereby initiating start-up of the CPU.
Patent GB-2305994-A (GB)
Title: An explosive device
Inventor: BALDWIN TERENCE REGINALD
IPC: F42B5/067
Filed: 1995-10-03
Abstract: An explosive device comprises a casing; a projectile which is releasably held within the casing; an activatable explosive contained within the casing for projecting the projectile from the casing when the explosive is activated; and a sealant 25 for at least a portion of any gap in the explosive device, such as any gap in the casing and/or any gap between the projectile and the casing, and in a sufficient amount to substantially prevent ingress of moisture into the casing and onto the explosive wherein the sealant is prepared by the polymerisation of a sealant composition comprising (i) at least one polymerisable hydroxy monomer; and (ii) at least one plasticising polymerisable co-monomer. The hydroxy monomer may be hydroxy propyl methacrylate and the co-monomer may be lauryl methacrylate or propylene glycol monomethacrylate and the curing process may be anaerobic.
Patent GB-2296830-A (GB)
Title: shuttered lampholder
Inventor: DOHERTY PATRICK JAMES
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1995-12-20
Abstract: A safety lampholder comprises a housing (400) with slots (401) to receive bayonet pins (500) of an inserted bulb. Resilient bulb engaging contacts (520) supply electricity to the inserted bulb. The contacts (520) have ramp formations (522) at their respective free ends. A rotatable apertured shutter means (480) in also located within the housing (400) for selectively obstructing access to the contacts (520). The shutter (480) requires axial and rotational insertion of a bulb to actuate its displacement, between a first inoperative position in which it obstructs the contacts and the contacts are offset from the shutter apertures (492), and a second operative position in which the free ends of the contacts extend through the apertures (492) in the shutter means to bear against an inserted bulb. Both axial and rotational removal of a bulb actuates displacement of the shutter means (480) to drive the contacts (520) inwardly of the housing (400) and against the bias of the contacts (520) to the first inoperative position by interengagement of the shutter means (450) with ramp formations (522) on the contacts. Oppositely sloped cams (402, 484) engaged by a bulb bayonet pin cause the shutter to be actuated during axial movement of the bulb. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2305153-A (GB)
Title: Dual handlebars: adjustable inclination through ball and socket joints
Inventor: RENSHAW ANDREW CHARLES
IPC: B62K21/16
Filed: 1996-02-16
Abstract: Dual handlebars 12 are clamped to forks 14 below a yoke 18. Each clamp 10 has an outer body, preferably of two parts 31, 32, partially surrounding an inner sleeve, preferably also of two parts 21, 22, which fits around a fork leg. The inner sleeve has a part-spherical outer bearing surface, enabling the outer clamp body to be freely adjusted to a wide range of angular positions when clamp bolts (not shown) are released. The sleeve and body together can also be moved up and down the fork and rotated thereon. Part 31 of the clamp body also carries means for clamping a handlebar. This may comprise a bush 35, which together with a co-operating clamp plate 40, defines a passageway 50 through which the handlebar locates and is clamped. The handlebar may be longitudinally adjustable in said clamp. Passageway 50 may communicate with the interior of the clamp body through an aperture in clamp part 31, which saves weight (figs. 6 to 8).
Patent GB-2315470-A (GB)
Title: Gear selection system for a harvester
Inventor: DENEIR STEPHAN
IPC: B60K17/10
Filed: 1996-07-20
Abstract: A method for selecting the final drive gear ratio in a harvester comprises the steps of selecting the desired ratio by manually depressing a button on a control panel 54 which causes a brake 32 to operate automatically to bring the harvester to a standstill and activates a gear selection mechanism 40 to select the desired gear ratio only after the harvester has come to a complete stop. The harvester has a hydrostatic transmission in series with the final drive, which comprises a four-speed countershaft gearbox (Fig. 1).
Patent GB-2319959-A (GB)
Title: Nail polishing device
Inventor: WU MICHAEL
IPC: A45D29/04
Filed: 1996-12-03
Abstract: A polishing plate for nails or cuticles has a flexible substrate 1 (eg of soft leather) to which is adhered a polishing layer 3 comprising a plastics (eg polyethylene) film coated with abrasive particles 303 (eg Si carbide and Al oxide) by way of an intermediate double-sided adhesive tape 2. The plate may be elliptical and can bent to a curve when polishing nails.
Patent GB-2321180-A (GB)
Title: Heated windscreen washer bottle
Inventor: HARRISON IAIN DAVID
IPC: B60S1/50
Filed: 1997-01-09
Abstract: The cleaning solution reservoir for a vehicle is heated to prevent freeze up in cold weather. The reservoir has a heating element which can either float on the surface of the liquid or be attached to the bottom of the reservoir. A thermostat is also provided which can be inside or external of the reservoir. The heater is powered from the vehicles' battery and is fused if necessary.
Patent GB-2316263-A (GB)
Title: A collapsible sound conduit for mobile radio communication equipment that reduces the radiation impinging on the user
Inventor: GRINFAS ZVI
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1997-01-28
Abstract: A device for a cellular telephone 10 comprising a collapsible sound conduit 30 associated with the telephone earpiece 20 that has a collapsed or non-extended state when not in use and an extended state when in use. In use the device enables the user's ear to be spaced 36 from the earpiece 20 and angled 38 with respect to the head of the user, thereby reducing the amount of radiation impinging on user's head, while nevertheless maintaining an acceptable level of hearing. The collapsible sound conduit 30 may be of various forms including a conduit with a plurality of telescoping sections (Figures 9-14), a conduit with a resilient portion that is foldable into itself (Figure 7) and a conduit including bellows (Figure 8). One embodiment (Figure 15) shows a pivotable conduit that in its collapsed state lies substantially parallel with the telephone and in its extended state, extends perpendicularly out from the telephone. The device may be integrally formed with, separate from or attached to the telephone and/or a carrying case and various arrangements for such are shown.
Patent GB-2323617-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic Post
Inventor: PRESCOTT WILLIAM
IPC: E01F13/04
Filed: 1997-03-04
Abstract: The invention provides a telescopic post 1 comprises a plurality of telescopically connected sections 2, 4, 5, each section being essentially circular in cross-section, wherein at least one of the sections is provided with a slot 30 having a recess 31 and at least one of the sections is provided with at least one protrusion 32 to engage with the slot 30 of the or each adjoining section. The post further comprises an inner extension means comprising at least two telescopically connected members 7, 8, 9, 10 mounted inside the plurality of telescopically connected sections 2, 4, 5 and are not rotatable. The or each protrusion 32 is brought into engagement with a recess 31 by rotating one of the said sections relative to another, locking means 11 being provided to lock one of the said sections to the inner extension means when the or each protrusion is engaged with a recess. In a second embodiment, Figs 6-9, a securing member 51 is mounted on the lower end of the upper outer telescopic member and is rotated to engage slots in the other outer telescopic members to hold them in a raised position.
Patent GB-2325555-A (GB)
Title: Light modulating devices
Inventor: TOWLER MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 1997-05-20
Abstract: A ferroelectric liquid crystal display comprises an addressable matrix of pixels 7 and addressing circuitry comprising a data signal generator 14 for applying data signals to column electrode tracks 4 1 , 4 2 .....4 n  and a strobe signal generator 15 for applying strobe signals to row electrode tracks 5 1 , 5 2 .....5 m  in order to selectively switch the pixels 7. In order to provide a large number of well defined grey levels, the addressing circuitry includes spatial and/or temporal dither control circuits for addressing separately addressable subpixels of each pixel 7 with different combinations of spatial dither signals and/or for addressing at least part of each pixel with different combinations of temporal dither signals applied to separately addressable temporal bits corresponding to subframes of different periods to produce a plurality of different transmission levels. Furthermore at least a part of each pixel is switchable between different analogue states by means of on and off switching signals, at least some of the pixels being switchable into intermediate states by intermediate switching signals in order to produce intermediate overall transmission levels such that less intermediate states are produced in the most significant bit or more significants bit than in the least significant bit or lesser significant bits, so as to limit the areas associated with the intermediate states.
Patent GB-2313930-A (GB)
Title: Fuel pump control system for vehicle
Inventor: IWASE TSUTOMU
IPC: B60K15/077
Filed: 1997-06-04
Abstract: In a fuel supply system for a vehicle, provided with a fuel tank 1 having a bottom wall having an upward convex portion 1a dividing an interior space of the fuel tank into a first chamber 1b and a second chamber 1c, a discharge rate of an electric fuel pump 2 is controlled properly to reduce power consumption and fuel consumption. A fuel level monitoring device 14 compares an output D m of a fuel meter unit 13 representing a level of fuel in the fuel tank with a set threshold fuel level L j , i.e., a minimum fuel level that requires the operation of a jet pump 11 which pumps fuel from the second chamber into the first chamber. The jet pump is driven by return fuel from engine injectors 6. A power supply control unit 16 controls power supply to the fuel pump to supply power necessary for driving the fuel pump for operation at a discharge rate equal to the sum of the fuel consumption of the engine and a minimum required flow rate necessary for maintaining the performance of the fuel supply system when D m * <------ solidus * L j or for operation at a maximum discharge rate when D m < L j .
Patent GB-2312133-A (GB)
Title: Determining radio channel quality
Inventor: OKADA YASUSHI
IPC: H04J3/17
Filed: 1995-07-07
Abstract: When a detector 44 senses a silence interval in voice signals to be transmitted, a generator 48 inserts a pseudo-noise pattern signal into the silence interval for transmission. This may be done at both a mobile station (Fig.1) and at a base station (Fig.2). Each station on detecting the inserted PN signal extracts that signal and relaces it in the forwarded voice signal with a signal corresponding to the background noise of a voice silence state. The extracted PN signal is used for determining channel quality. If the mobile determines that the signal level received from another base station is higher than that from the present base station, it may request a handover but only if the present channel quality is below an acceptable level as evaluated from the BER in the extracted PN signal from the present base station. A handover decision may also involve the present base station determining reception level and evaluating channel quality from the PN signal received from the mobile.
Patent GB-2330001-A (GB)
Title: Multilevel interconnect with air dielectric
Inventor: SUN SHIH-WEI
IPC: H01L23/522
Filed: 1997-10-06
Abstract: A multilevel interconnect structure is formed which uses air as a dielectric between wiring lines and which is compatible with the presence of unlanded vias in the interconnect structure. A layer of carbon 68 is deposited over an insulating surface 62 and then a pattern for trenches is formed in the surface of the layer of carbon. Metal 66 is deposited in the trenches and over the layer of carbon and then a chemical mechanical polishing process is used to define wiring lines. An ashing or etch back process is performed on the carbon layer to recess its surface below the surfaces of the wiring lines. An oxide capping layer 70 is provided over the recessed surface of the carbon and the wiring lines, for example using HSQ and curing, and then the carbon layer is consumed through the capping layer using an oxidation process. Air gap 74 replaces the sacrificial carbon layer during the consumption reaction. Next, a silicon nitride etch stop layer 72 is provided over the surface of the capping layer and then an intermetal dielectric layer 76 is provided. A via is formed by etching through the intermetat dielectric, stopping on the etch stop layer, and then etching through the etch stop layer and the capping layer in distinct processes. The via is filled with a metal plug 78 and then second level wiring lines are formed.
Patent GB-2320756-A (GB)
Title: Determining the eccentric mass distribution in a video head
Inventor: JOE YEO-UK
IPC: G11B21/04
Filed: 1997-12-17
Abstract: The eccentric mass and eccentric mass distribution of a fixed shaft type rotary head 212 are determined by measuring vibration of the head caused by the eccentric mass using a laser. The laser is directed at a protruding portion of the shaft and Doppler vibrometry is used to measure deflections of the shaft caused by the eccentric mass distribution. Vibration can be reduced by balancing the head in accordance with the determined eccentric mass distribution.
Patent GB-2326096-A (GB)
Title: Autoclave
Inventor: CLAYTON PATRICK BRIAN
IPC: B01J3/00
Filed: 1998-05-08
Abstract: A door 12 or other wall of an autoclave contains one or more orifices 23 having an adjacent mounting aperture 22 wherein a wire 4 of a temperature sensor 3 or the like extends through the one or more orifices. A bolt 24 extends through the mounting aperture 22 and its head 25 compresses a rubber sealing washer 26 about the orifice(s) on the inside of the door so as to seal the orifice(s). A threaded nut 28 engages the other end of the bolt 24 on the outside of the door 12, the nut having a central boss 30 that exposes the outside end of the orifice(s).
Patent GB-2325228-A (GB)
Title: Purification of Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO)
Inventor: COMMARIEU ANNE
IPC: C07C317/04
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: The dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), to be purified is placed in contact with an ion exchange resin of sulphonic type in -SO 3 NH 4  form, and the DMSO is then separated from the resin. The DMSO thus obtained has an iron cation content lower than 1 ppb and a sodium cation content lower than 2 ppb.
Patent GB-2338691-A (GB)
Title: Panoramic safety mirror
Inventor: ROCHESTER DAVID
IPC: B60R1/08
Filed: 1998-06-23
Abstract: A mirror-finished surface on some suitable material, such as glass or plastic which is curved in one plane over some or all of its length and which is mounted to a vehicle, such as an automobile; whereby the curvature of the mirror-finished surface is so pronounced that when properly mounted in or on a suitable mounting, it provides the driver of said vehicle with a view, preferably through an angle of 90 degrees.