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Patent GB-2305465-A (GB)
Title: Powered actuator to slide vehicle door via cable: cable tensioner
Inventor: DOWLING PATRICK
IPC: E05F15/632
Filed: 1996-09-18
Abstract: An actuator, Fig. 19, for sliding a vehicle door has motor-driven drum 26 mounted on vertical body plate 25 and driving door-sliding cable 7. Arms 29, 30 pivot on drum shaft 34 so that rollers 31, 32 tension cable 7. Levers 63, 64, also pivotable on shaft 34, are fixed to respective levers 29, 30 and connected by cable-tensioning spring 65. To take-up cable slack, the angle between each lever 29, 30 and associated arm 63, 64 is adjustable by rotatable, arm-mounted, geared adjustor 68 or 69. The reversible motor rotates the drum, Fig. 15, via gear 38 which rotates rear gears 49, 50 to rotate front gears 53, 54 which roll along fixed racks 51, 52. Member 41 is thus tilted until a rear gear engages and rotates the drum gear. A friction clutch between respective rear and front gears comprises spring-biased friction shoes (Figs. 17, 18). A door latch is disclosed (Figs. 22, 23), which is automatically moved from half to full striker engagement by a door-mounted device (Fig. 21). Control means for the device is disclosed (Fig. 1). Means to mechanically disconnect the device from the latch, in an emergency, is also disclosed (Fig. 21).
Patent GB-2319930-A (GB)
Title: Storage and transmission of one-bit data
Inventor: EASTTY PETER CHARLES
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 1996-11-27
Abstract: Apparatus for storing or transmitting a one-bit (delta-sigma modulated) digital signal comprises an input inverter for inverting a subset of the data bits of an input one-bit digital signal, to generate a bit-inverted signal; a storage or transmission medium for storing or transmitting the bit-inverted signal; and an output inverter for inverting the subset of the data bits of the bit-inverted signal, to regenerate the input one-bit digital signal. As described alternate (or a pseudo-random sequence of) bits of a digital audio signal are inverted and reinverted so that if the signal disappears or mutes to a steady sequence of the same bit value during transfer this does not result in a very loud noise being reproduced.
Patent GB-2309827-A (GB)
Title: Surface complemental heat dissipation device
Inventor: KANG KI-BONG
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1997-01-28
Abstract: A natural convection heat dissipation device for a microprocessor is disclosed. The microprocessor 12 is conventionally mounted to a printed circuit board 20. The printed circuit board 20 contains a recess 22 that is cut-out directly below the microprocessor 12. Heat sink material 24 is attached to the microprocessor 12 through the recess 22. The heat sink material 24 attached to the bottom of the microprocessor 12 with adhesive may be used alone or in conjunction with an attached metal tray 32 or case under the printed circuit board 20. The heat sink acts as a complement to a main heat sink 14 which may be held by clips attached to the pcb 20.
Patent GB-2311354-A (GB)
Title: Shock absorber
Inventor: DEFERME STEFAN
IPC: F16F9/516
Filed: 1997-02-04
Abstract: In a shock absorber having a cylinder 34 and piston 40, the rebound disc valve 70 is held against the piston by the ridged upper face of seat 66 of rebound spring 60. Under normal conditions during the rebound stroke the valve flexes about the ridge to allow fluid flow. If pressure rises to a predetermined level, it overcomes the force of the spring to depress the seat, allowing a significant quantity of fluid to pass the flexed disc.
Patent GB-2312300-A (GB)
Title: Line of sight stabilising system
Inventor: RIOLAND JACQUES
IPC: G02B27/64
Filed: 1997-04-14
Abstract: In a system to stabilise the line of sight of an optronic device on a target, movement of the target causes the image thereof to be displaced at 16. Rotation of one of a pair of mirrors 11,12 that are parallel in their nominal position is controlled according to a user's instruction and the measured position 15 of the moveable mirror 12 so that the optical beam is brought back into alignment with the line of sight of the device. The alignment of the optronic assembly is then controlled using the angular position of the mobile mirror 12 as an input to bring its optical axis back into alignment with the line of sight to the target.
Patent GB-2331854-A (GB)
Title: Transformer
Inventor: JAKSTS ALBERT
IPC: H01F6/06
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A transformer comprises windings formed by an electrical conductor 41 surrounded by a magnetically permeable insulating material 42 arranged such that an electric field is confined within the conductor when the transformer is in use. The insulation 42 may be made from solid plastic material with inner and outer semiconductor screen layers 43, 44 which provide equipotential surfaces which confine an electric field. The insulated conductor may have resilient or elastic properties which provide it with the flexibility to be wound and shaped as desired. The insulating and semiconductor layers 43, 44, 45 may be extruded together around the conductor 41. The conductor 41 may be formed by a plurality of conductive elements or may be a superconductive arrangement. The transformer with solid winding insulation, requiring no insulating oil, may provide a cheap compact high voltage earthing transformer with reduced risk of partial discharges. The transformer may use air or liquid within its cooling system.
Patent GB-2322372-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of 2-Mercaptothiazole
Inventor: FITZJOHN STEVEN
IPC: C07C211/06
Filed: 1998-02-18
Abstract: A process for preparing 2-mercaptothiazole by reacting a water soluble salt of dithiocarbamic acid with 2-haloacetaldehyde characterised in that either the 2-haloacetaldehyde is added to a slum of the salt of dithiocarbamic acid in solid form in a water-miscible diluent in which the salt is substantially insoluble, or the 2-haloacetaldehyde and a solution of the the salt of dithiocarbamic acid are separately and simultaneously delivered at substantially equimolar rates of addition to a reaction vessel containing a water-miscible diluent in which the salt is substantially insoluble.
Patent GB-2322961-A (GB)
Title: Method for space-charge control of daughter ions in ion traps
Inventor: FRANZEN JOCHEN
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: The invention relates to the control of the space charge for the scan of daughter ion spectra in ion trap mass spectrometers, but also for isolation ion spectra or granddaughter ion spectra if they are embedded in a series of normal spectra. The invention consists of deriving a forecast value for the filling rate, for the control of the space charge in the ion trap for the initial daughter ion spectrum, from the filling rates of previous normal spectra, from the abundance ratio of the parent ions to be isolated to the total ions in the spectrum, and from the at least roughly known isolation and fragmentation yields. For further daughter ion spectra, the resulting measured overall filling rate with daughter ions may be used. The same applies in an analogue way to spectra of isolated ions or of ions from MSn processes.
Patent GB-2336700-A (GB)
Title: Generating machine readable association files
Inventor: HAMMOND RACHEL
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1998-04-24
Abstract: An association file is represented in the form of an outline file. A data file is processed in combination with an outline file to produce an association identifying the data file as being relevant to a particular category. The association file is generated by selecting a plurality of sample files (612) which are associated to the category. In addition, sample files (611) are selected that are not associated to the category. Preferred term candidates are identified by a process of syntactic analysis (602) from the files (612) associated to the category. Weighting values are calculated for the candidates with reference to the files (611) not associated to the category. Preferred terms are applied to an association file by analysing the resulting weighting values.
Patent GB-2329899-A (GB)
Title: Broadband reflective polarizer
Inventor: VERRALL MARK
IPC: G02B5/30
Filed: 1998-09-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a broadband reflective polarizer that comprises a layer of a polymerized mesogenic material exhibiting a helically twisted molecular structure with planar alignment, said reflective polarizer being obtainable by a process wherein a chiral polymerizable mesogenic material comprising a mixture of a) at least one achiral polymerizable mesogenic compound, b) at least one chiral compound that can in addition be polymerizable and/or mesogenic, c) a polymerization initiator, is coated on a substrate or between two substrates in the form of a layer, aligned in a planar orientation so that the axis of the molecular helix extends transversely to the layer, and polymerized by exposure to heat or actinic radiation, with the substrates optionally being removed from the polymerized material, in which said polymerizable material is coated and polymerized between two different substrates, and/or at least one of said substrates comprises a barrier layer on the surface adjacent to the layer of said polymerizable material. The invention further relates to a process of preparing such a broadband reflective polarizer and to a liquid crystal display comprising such a broadband reflective polarizer.
Patent GB-2327086-A (GB)
Title: Modeling dough composition
Inventor: MILLER RICHARD E
IPC: B44C3/04
Filed: 1995-10-04
Abstract: A modeling dough comprising a polar polymeric resin, water, a gellant, and a filler provides a dough resistant to flaking, cracking, and crumbling. In the disclosed invention, the polymeric resin is gelled, thereby providing a water-based modeling dough that is not sticky yet very ductile. The filler accounts for a large portion of the volume of the dough, so the overall volume is not greatly affected by water loss upon drying. The polar polymeric resin is preferably a fully hydrolysed copolymer of vinyl alcohol with either acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. The gellant is preferably a borate and in particular sodium tetraborate. For preference the filler comprises wettable microspheres.
Patent GB-2342421-A (GB)
Title: A drive transmission unit
Inventor: BARBER RICHARD
IPC: F16H1/22
Filed: 1998-10-08
Abstract: A drive transmission unit 20 comprising an input drive shaft 51, a pair of branch power trains 80, 81 arranged to be drivingly connected to a common driven shaft 56 at axially spaced locations 84, 85 along the driven shaft 56, and a load balancing drive transmission means 96 drivingly connecting the input shaft 51 to both of said branch power trains 80, 81. The drive transmission means 59 being arranged to deliver a predetermined amount of torque to each branch power train in response to the load required to drive each branch power train.
Patent GB-2333937-A (GB)
Title: Microwave oven door hinge assembly
Inventor: KANG JONG SOO
IPC: F24C15/02
Filed: 1998-11-16
Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a door and a main body in a microwave oven is disclosed, in which a door can easily be mounted in a main body of a microwave oven. The apparatus for assembling a door and a main body in a microwave oven includes a hinge plate mounted in a main body of a microwave oven, a hinge shaft mounted in a cut-open portion of a choke cover fixed to a door, for being rotatably fixed to the hinge plate, and a detachment prevention portion elastically deformed to allow the hinge plate to be fixed to the hinge shaft and restored to the original state if the hinge plate is completed to be fixed to the hinge shaft to prevent the hinge plate from being detached from the hinge shaft. The detachment prevention portion includes a supporting portion for supporting the hinge plate when the hinge plate is fixed to the hinge shaft, and a vertical portion connected to one end of the supporting portion.
Patent GB-2331456-A (GB)
Title: Support structure
Inventor: WEMYSS GEORGE ANDREW
IPC: E04C3/46
Filed: 1998-11-17
Abstract: A support structure is constituted by a plurality of support units (U) joined together end-to-end. Each support structure (U) is constituted by at least three compression members (11) each having first and second end portions. The first end portions of each pair of adjacent compression members (11) of each support unit are interconnected by a respective tensioned tension member (12), and the second end portions of each pair of adjacent compression members of each support unit are interconnected by a respective tensioned member (12). The first end portion of each compression member (11) of a given support unit (U) is connected to the second end portion of a adjacent compression member of that support unit and to the first end portion of a compression member of the support unit adjacent to the second end portion of said given support unit by a respective further tensioned tension member (14), the further tensioned tension members constituting the means for joining the support units end-to-end.
Patent GB-2333565-A (GB)
Title: Thrust bearing assembly with axial lip
Inventor: FAASS IAN J
IPC: F16C33/58
Filed: 1999-01-21
Abstract: Two thrust washers 68, 70, and rollers 72 positioned between them, are held together as an assembly. One of the thrust washers 70 has an elongate lip 90 extending an axial length outwardly, in a direction away from the rollers and the other thrust washer, for engagement with a cylindrical piloting surface 88 of a backup member 66 such that piloting will be provided over an increased axial distance, equal to the sum of the distance between thrust surfaces of the thrust washers 68, 70 and the axial length of the elongate lip 90. The elongate lip 90 may be on a radially inner or outer part of the washer 70.
Patent GB-2349158-A (GB)
Title: Roofing elements for a stack of bales
Inventor: HEWSON JOHN
IPC: A01F25/13
Filed: 1999-04-22
Abstract: A roof structure for a stack 1 of bales 2, for example bales of straw, comprises a plurality of roof elements 9,10. Each roof element 9,10 comprises a roof surface 12,13 for preventing rain from passing through the roof element and stands upon and is supported by one or more of the uppermost bales of the bale stack. The roof elements may be placed upon a flat or stepped stack (as shown), and may form a roof structure having an apex. In addition the roof elements may be attached to the bales by means of straps (see figure 6) and may have slots 16 to allow them to be lifted into place by means of a fork-lift truck.
Patent GB-2337270-A (GB)
Title: Yellow reactive dye composition comprising at least two [(1,3,5-triazin-2-ylaminophenyl)azo]naphthalene-(di-/tri-)sulphonic acid fibre reactive monoazo dyes
Inventor: AGATA KATSUMI
IPC: C09B67/22
Filed: 1999-05-11
Abstract: A reactive dye composition which is excellent in build-up property and which reveals a high fixing ratio in the dark color range is provided which comprises 1) a first compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: and 2) a second compound, which is not identical to the first compound, and which is (i) a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof;  (ii) a compound of formula (II) or a salt thereof: (iii) a compound of formula (III) or a salt thereof: (57) continued overleaf (57) cont wherein R<SP>1</SP>,R 4  and R 7  independently represent ureido, alkylcarbonylamino, alkenylcarbonylamino or phenylcarbonylamino, each of which is optionally substituted; R<SP>2</SP>,R<SP>3</SP>,R<SP>5</SP>,R<SP>6</SP> and R<SP>8</SP> independently represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; B<SP>1</SP>,B<SP>2</SP>,B<SP>3</SP>,B<SP>4</SP> and B<SP>5</SP> independently represent an optionally substituted phenylene group or an optionally substituted naphthylene group; m, m2 and m3 independently represent 1 or 2; n, n2 and n3 independently represent 0 or 1, provided that the sum of m and n for each pair is 2 or 3; and Y<SP>1</SP>,Y<SP>2</SP>,Y<SP>3</SP>,Y<SP>4</SP> and Y<SP>5</SP> independently represent -CH 2 CH 2 L (wherein L represents a group releasable by the action of alkali eg. halogen or -O-SO 3 H) or a vinyl group, and one of Y<SP>1</SP> and Y<SP>2</SP> may also be -CH 2 CH 2 OH. The composition may be used to dye or print materials containing a hydroxyl group and/or an amide group
Patent GB-2351756-A (GB)
Title: Clip for trellis assembly
Inventor: STEARMAN STANLEY LLOYD
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1999-06-29
Abstract: A clip for joining two trellis panels together comprises a base portion (11) from which two spaced-apart receptacle-receiving portions (R1, R2) project, the said receiving portions being arranged to engage elongate members of respective trellis panels. Preferably, the base is provided with a hinge (12) and means (18,20) to hold it in a back-to-back relationship.
Patent GB-2340454-A (GB)
Title: Integrated occupant protection system
Inventor: MCCURDY ROGER A
IPC: B60R21/015
Filed: 1999-07-05
Abstract: An integrated occupant protection system 10 for a vehicle comprising, a vehicle seat 12, with an electrical communications bus 26, a crash sensor 44, and an actuatable occupant protection device 46, 48, 50 or 64, all mounted to said vehicle seat, said crash sensor, and protection device, being electrically coupled to said communications bus, with said communications bus also transferring a crash signal, from said sensor, to actuate said protection device. A controller 47 or 34, may be provided to analyse data from said crash sensor, before said protection device is actuated. A connector 32, electrically coupled to the communications bus, and providing said bus with an external electrical connection, may also be provided. The protection device may comprise air bags 46, 48 or 50, or a seat belt pretensioner device 64.
Patent GB-2353858-A (GB)
Title: Optical wavelength measuring device using integrated optics and photodiodes
Inventor: KITCHER DANIEL JOHN
IPC: G01J9/00
Filed: 1999-09-01
Abstract: A beam-splitter 54 receives an input light beam 52 which is split down two or more waveguides 56 58 that each direct a split beam to photodetectors 62 64 connected via amplifiers 66 68 to a signal processor 70 that determines the input beam wavelength based on the photodetector outputs. The beam splitter 54, waveguides 56 58, amplifiers 66 68 and photodetectors 62 64 may all be fabricated on the same silicon chip 50 using integrated optics for the beam-splitter and waveguides. At least one of the waveguides also comprises a periodic transmission- wavelength function modulation section 60. If three sets of waveguides and photodetectors are present then two of the waveguides may have modulation sections that have different operating frequencies. The modulation section is substantially based on interference effects and may comprise Fabry-Perot cavity or Mach-Zender interferometer devices (see figures 2 to 6).
Patent GB-2353783-A (GB)
Title: Device for suspending a bag
Inventor: EDWARDS WILLIAM J
IPC: B65D33/14
Filed: 1999-09-02
Abstract: A bag hanger 1 for hanging a plastic bag 2, comprises means 6 and 7 for locking the bag to the hanger, and means 11 and 12 for gripping the bag so that the weight of the bag is not carried solely by the locking means. The locking device preferably consists of a post 6 with a hollow recess which fits over holes 13 of the bag, and a knob or clasp 7 on a movable panel 8 flexibly attached to the hanger, which mates with the post. The gripping device can comprise an inter-engaging rail 11 and channel 12; or two opposing pads (9) surrounding the post and knob which are preferably resilient, may be co-injected rubber and may have non-slip features such as protrusions (10). The device preferably has two means for locking and for gripping, a hook 5 for hanging on a rail and a flat area 3 for a label. The flat area preferably has an edge 4 to which the movable panel is attached. The hanger is preferably made from a plastics material.
Patent GB-2343739-A (GB)
Title: Separation by distillation of carbon dioxide and C2+ hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon rich feed.
Inventor: SAPPER RAINER
IPC: C10G5/06
Filed: 1999-11-01
Abstract: Carbon dioxide and C<SB>2+</SB> hydrocarbons are separated from a hydrocarbon-rich fraction e.g. natural gas, by a process and in an apparatus in which the cooled hydrocarbon-rich fraction is freed of carbon dioxide and C<SB>2+</SB> hydrocarbons by rectification in a separating column (T). The carbon dioxide and C<SB>2+</SB> hydrocarbon-rich fraction obtained by rectification is partially evaporated and divided, for example in a separator (D), into a carbon dioxide-rich fraction and a C<SB>2+</SB> hydrocarbon-rich fraction. At least a part of the C<SB>2+</SB> hydrocarbon-rich fraction thus obtained is returned to the rectification process in the separating column (T).
Patent GB-2356025-A (GB)
Title: Shaft structure for rotational support by a non-ball type bearing
Inventor: HORNG ALEX
IPC: F16C3/02
Filed: 1999-11-05
Abstract: A shaft structure (10) for rotational support by a non-ball type or plain bearing (20) includes a cylindrical rotation-supporting section (11) and a non-cylindrical section (12). The rotation-supporting section (11) provides a support for the shaft (10) when the shaft rotates in an axial hole (21) of the bearing (20), thereby reducing the frictional area between the shaft and the inner periphery of the axial hole of the bearing. The end of the shaft may include a conic portion (15) for resting on a support (not shown). The rotation supporting sections may have further recessed sections (36, Fig. 5 and 6).
Patent GB-997504-A (GB)
IPC: F01N13/16
Abstract: 997,504. Exhaust silencers. CORNING GLASS WORKS. June 5, 1963 [June 6, 1962], No. 22408/63. Heading F1B. An exhaust silencer comprises one or more ceramic honeycombs 23, 24, Fig. 2, consisting of a plurality of unobstructed gas passages 26, Fig. 3, defined by ceramic walls, the free crosssectional area of the honeycomb in a plane perpendicular to the arms of the flange therein being at least 50 % of the total cross-sectional area. The honeycomb may consist of superimposed corrugated plates or corrugated plates interleaved with flat plates, preferably formed as described in Specification 882,484 by coating a carrier e.g. metal foil, aluminium silicate paper, asbestos cloth, cellulose acetate paper, rayon cloth, nylon or polyethylene fibre, with a mixture of pulverised ceramic and binder, shaping the coated carrier, assembling the carriers to form the honeycomb, and sintering. In Fig. 4 the gases pass through the honeycomb walls 50 of a rectangular space 51 closed by an imperforate end member 56 and flow through honeycombs 66a to the outlet chamber 57. The inside of the casing 40 is lined with honeycomb insulating members 60. In Fig. 9 the gases are directed by baffles 100, 101, through three honeycombs 106, 105, 104, and in Fig. 12 the outer casing is formed by honeycombs 116 with passages parallel to the axis of the casing so that they are imperforate to the gases within the casing. The gases pass through end honeycombs 124, 127, 124a, 127a, and through two honeycombs 135, 136, arranged in V-shape. Specifications 829,447 and 982,489 also are referred to.
Patent HU-T73071-A (HU)
Title: Copolyamides, use thereof, package material, closing sheet
Inventor: HEWEL MANFRED
IPC: C08G69/26
Filed: 1995-09-13
Abstract: Partially aromatic copolyamides (I) comprising the following monomer components (in wt.%) and opt. additives are new: (a) hexamethylene diamine (5-30); (b) meta-xylylene diamine (10-40); (c) adipic acid (15-50); and (d) at least one aliphatic 7-10C dicarboxylic acid, pref. sebacic acid and/or azelaic acid (5-45); provided that the sum of (a) - (d) is 100 and the acid and amino gps. are present in approx. equimolar amts. Also claimed are: (A) transparent barrier layers of (I), esp. for multi-layer packaging materials; and (B) mono- or multi-layer packaging materials contg. at least one of these barrier layers and/or at least one barrier layer comprising a mixt. of (I) with other thermoplastic polymers, esp. ethylene vinyl alcohol polymers.