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Patent GB-2468158-A (GB)
Title: Dissolving Treatment Agent Evenly Through Water for Washing Machine
Inventor: HUNT PATRICK CAMPBELL
IPC: D06F19/00
Filed: 2009-02-27
Abstract: Water 32 and treatment agent 30 is introduced into a container 20 and ultrasonic vibration disperses or dissolves the agent in the water evenly, the container with the water and agent then being placed in the drum of a washing machine, or the water and detergent being transferred into the washing machine. The container may be a washing ball 20 and the treatment agent may be a detergent or dye in the form of tablets, liquid or a powder. The ultrasonic vibrations may be between 20 and 40kHz and may be provided by a hand-held unit or integral unit 24 e.g. in a lid 25 of the ball. The ball 20 may be transparent for visual confirmation that the tablet has dissolved and may be part of a unit (figure 1) provided with wi-fi and means to determine the hardness of the water. The transducer may be mains or battery powered, with terminals (34, figure 3) on the ball to connect it to a recharging station and a compartment 28 housing rechargeable batteries and a driver circuit 27.
Patent GB-2468725-A (GB)
Title: Closed loop water wheel system driven by water jets
Inventor: MATTHIAS GRAHAM MELVIN
IPC: F03B17/00
Filed: 2009-03-21
Abstract: A weighted waterwheel/flywheel 3 is mounted on a frame 2, and turned by high pressure water from jets 4. The wheel is coupled to a generator (11, figure 2). The water is re-circulated via sump 7, and the generator is claimed power the high pressure pump 6 as well as providing output power.
Patent GB-2469510-A (GB)
Title: Method of routing data in a communications network
Inventor: FOSTER GERARD TERENCE
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2009-04-16
Abstract: The method includes identifying a plurality of layers of a communications model from which the transmission path is comprised, and developing a reachability table by identifying a connection between each transmission element in each layer to other transmission elements in the same or a different layer of the transmission path. For each connection, a set of communications parameters is established which define the cost of communicating data via that connection, and allocating a weighting value for that connection. This is done for all possible routes between the two network elements along transmission pathsviaeach of the layers, and the weighted results combined to determine a metric of performance for each of the possible routes. An optimum route can then be determined for routing data in accordance with for example a minimum cost metric.
Patent GB-2462357-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with an all electric drive mode
Inventor: ORTMANN WALT JOSEPH
IPC: B60K6/38
Filed: 2009-08-03
Abstract: A parallel hybrid electric vehicle powertrain is disclosed. A gearing assembly mechanically couples an engine 26', an electric motor 10' and an electric generator 40'. The gearing is optionally a planetary gear unit which preferably consists of a sun gear 34', a ring gear 32' and a planetary gear carrier 36' which may be drivably connected to the engine. During all-electric drive using the motor as a power source with the engine off, a clutch 62, (62', Figure 6) in the gearing assembly isolates elements of the gearing assembly from a power delivery path to vehicle traction wheels. The clutch may isolate the generator 40' from the motor 10' and engine 26' or alternatively the clutch (62') may isolate the motor (10'', Figure 6) from the generator (40'', Figure 6) and engine (26'', Figure 6). The clutch 62, (62') may be a pressure actuated friction slipping clutch intended to attenuate dynamic torque fluctuations in the powertrain.
Patent GB-2474297-A (GB)
Title: Voice quality testing of digital wireless networks in particular tetra networks using identical sound cards
Inventor: HANNA ALAN GILBERT SHAW
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2009-10-12
Abstract: Voice quality testing of digital wireless networks (such as TETRA) is carried out using a pair of units 29, 30, each unit 29, 30 having a substantially identical sound card 20. Each unit 29, 30 has a port 24 for connection to a communication terminal 32, 34 allowing audio signals to be transmitted over the wireless network by one unit 29 or 30 and received by the other 30 or 29. One unit 29 or 30 derives the audio signal to be transmitted from an originating data set and the other unit 30 or 29 converts the audio signal to produce a received data set. The received data set is then analyzed against the originating data set to determine the voice quality of the network. The invention eliminates the effects of degradation in sampling the signal by having substantially identical first and second sound cards of same type, quality and manufacture and for the cards to play and record at the same quality in order to achieve full standardization for the analysis.
Patent GB-2474516-A (GB)
Title: Combined brake and clutch unit
Inventor: KIRCHNER ECKHARD
IPC: B60T8/1755
Filed: 2009-10-19
Abstract: A combined brake and clutch unit 23 for a drivetrain of a road vehicle. A brake ring 34 is provided at a housing 32 of a clutch 30 which is enclosed by a brake actuator 35. The housing 32 of the clutch 30 is connected to a wheel axis 21 and a clutch surface is connected to an axis of a vehicle 28. A planetary gear set may also be integrated with the unit whether it is an incomplete planetary gearset (50, fig 3) or a complete planetary gearset (50', fig 4). Furthermore, a multi-plate clutch for use as an interaxle differential is disclosed (fig 10). A method of operating the combined clutch and brake unit equalizes the torque across a wheel pair by applying actuators of the brake/clutch (es).
Patent GB-2470621-A (GB)
Title: Multi-directional impact testing device
Inventor: LEE KUN-TA
IPC: G01M7/06
Filed: 2009-10-22
Abstract: An impact testing device 2 comprising a plate 21 which has a first surface 211 suitable for loading the object to be tested. An impact generating module 22 is fastened to the plate 21 to apply impact to the plate 21 and actuates the plate 21 along a first, second and third direction independently. The plate may have a second surface 212, opposite the first surface on which the impact generating module 21 is fastened. Preferably, the first, second and third directions are perpendicular to each other, and the module 22 comprises three impact generating devices 221, 222, 223 to generate the impact along the first, second and third direction, respectively. The impact generating devices may be a plurality of electric hammers. The impact testing device 2 can therefore be controlled to generate an impact force of a specific magnitude in a specific direction.
Patent GB-2465661-A (GB)
Title: IC engine power assisting apparatus having a unidirectional clutch
Inventor: HSU HSIN CHI
IPC: B60L50/16
Filed: 2009-11-17
Abstract: A power assisting apparatus 20 supplies auxiliary power to a transmission shaft 10 when an IC engine is transmitting power to the transmission shaft 10 via a gearbox. The power assisting apparatus 20 comprises a power supply unit 200 which via a converter 207 provides high voltage power to a driver 208 that is controlled by a controller 209. The driver 208 provides a driver voltage which controls a speed of a direct-current motor 201 which is connected to a CVT 203 via a belt 2021 and pulleys 202, 204. An output of the CVT 203 is connected to the transmission shaft 10 by a belt 206, a pulley 11 and a unidirectional clutch 205 which allows a rotational speed of the direct-current motor 201 to be higher than that of the engine driving the engine transmission shaft 10, so as to supply the auxiliary power to the transmission shaft 10. In another embodiment the CVT is not used (see fig 2) and a method of assisting an engine is also claimed.
Patent GB-2462398-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for dispensing a viscous material on a substrate
Inventor: READ HUGH R
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 2008-05-13
Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for dispensing viscous material on an electronic substrate includes a frame, a support coupled to the frame to receive electronic substrates, a first dispensing unit configured to dispense viscous material, a second dispensing unit configured to dispense viscous material, and a gantry coupled to the frame. The gantry comprises a first Z drive mechanism configured to support the first dispensing unit and lower the first dispensing unit toward a first electronic substrate pattern when performing a dispense operation, and a second Z drive mechanism configured to support the second dispensing unit and lower the second dispensing unit toward a second electronic substrate pattern when performing a dispense operation. The second Z drive mechanism is capable of being adjusted relative to the first Z drive mechanism a predetermined distance. A controller is configured to control a dispense operation of the first dispensing unit on the first electronic substrate pattern and a dispense operation of the second dispensing unit on the second electronic substrate pattern. Methods of dispensing viscous material are further disclosed.
Patent GB-869011-A (GB)
Title: Production of polymers
IPC: C08F2/18
Filed: 1958-03-28
Abstract: Interpolymers of vinylidene aromatic hydrocarbons or halohydrocarbons and natural or synthetic 1,3-diene polymers are prepared by polymerizing a solution of the rubbery polymer in the hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon by agitating in water and heating the suspension, until (a) at least 15% of the vinylidene monomer has undergone polymerization and (b) the viscosity of the partially polymerized solution is at least 75 poises at 40 DEG C., then adding a watersoluble dispersing agent and continuing heating, with agitation, until the polymerization is complete. Styrene, vinyl naphthalene, nuclear substituted alkyl- or halostyrenes, or mixtures thereof e.g. with a -methyl styrene, or butadiene, isoprene, acrylic acid, methyl, ethyl, butyl and a -ethylhexyl acrylates and methacrylates, acrylamide methacrylamides, acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile may be polymerized and the rubbery polymers may be natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene or butadiene and interpolymers of butadiene and/or isoprene with styrene, acrylonitrile and acrylic esters. Catalysts, anti-oxidants, plasticizers, heat and light stabilizers, polymerization modifiers and colouring materials may also be included in the polymerizable mixtures.  The preferred dispersing agent is a water-soluble interpolymer of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and/or methacrylate in an amount of from 0,02 to 1,0% and in a solution with a pH value of between 3 and 4. Examples describe the polymerization of styrene monomer alone or with a -methyl styrene, and a butadiene-styrene rubbery copolymer in the presence of a di-t-butyl peroxide catalyst, an anti-oxidant, a mercaptan modifier and a hydrocarbon oil lubricant to a 40% conversion and with the further addition of water, calcium chloride, and an interpolymer of acrylic acid, -2-ethylhexyl acrylate as dispersing agent to a complete polymerization to yield a product in the form of small spherical beads.  Specification 833,571 is referred to.
Patent GB-1101086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to articulated doors
Inventor: KILFORD BRIAN ANTHONY
IPC: E05D15/24
Filed: 1965-03-09
Abstract: 1,101,086. Sliding doors. WESTLAND ENGINEERS Ltd. 8, March, 1966 [9, March, 1965], No. 10028/65. Heading E1J. An articulated sectional door 10, 11, 12, 13 includes a trackway 23, 24, 26 and brackets 17, 18, 19 whereby the door 10, 11, 12, 13 engages with the trackway 23, 24, 26 so that during operation it is guided and supported by the trackway 23, 24, 26 associated with at least one assembly 27, 28, 29, 30, which entrains the door 10, 11, 12, 13 to follow the trackway 23, 24, 26 and includes a guide arm 27 pivoted at 28 to the initial door section 10 attached to at least two rollers 29, 30 guided by the trackway 23, 24, 26 and fixed thereto. The trackway 23, 24, 26 may be in a substantially horizontal or substantially vertical plane. The portions 23 may be vertical or slightly inclined thereto. There are two or more trackways 23, 24, 26 and the arm 27 may be pivotally attached to a member pivotally attached to the section 10. Instead of rollers, sliders or stub axles may be used.
Patent GB-976778-A (GB)
Title: Quotient meter
IPC: G06J1/00
Filed: 1962-03-16
Abstract: 976, 778. Electric analogue calculating; road traffic control systems. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. March 16,1962 [March 23, 1961], No. 10138/62. Headings G4G and G4Q. An arrangement for measuring quotients includes a first variable resistive impedance Rx whose value is adjusted in accordance with the setting of a first counter Zx and a second variable resistive impedance Ry whose value is adjusted in accordance with the setting of a second counter Zy, the two impedances being series connectedtogether across a voltage supply. The arrangement is such that the voltage present at the junction T between the two impedances when the arrangement is in use depends on the quotient obtained by dividing the setting of one counter by that of the other counter. An evaluating arrangement connected to the junction gives a response dependent on the value of the quotient. The arrangement may be used in a system in which road traffic lights are controlled in accordance with one of several different programmes, the programme used depending on the ratio between the number of vehicles counted in a given time in two streams of traffic controlled by the lights. In such an application, where it is required to know which of a range of values includes the quotient, it is possible to use a set of relays A, B, D as the evaluating arrangement, the response of each relay being arranged to depend on whether a threshold value has been attained by the quotient. The response may be adjusted by variable series resistors. Transistors may be placed in circuit between the point T and the resistors, to isolate each relay from the others (Fig. 1(a) not shown). The Specification describes several arrangements of resistor banks, equivalent to Rx and Ry which may be set in response to the counter settings (Figs. 2-7 not shown). The arrangement used depends on the type of counter in use.
Patent GB-974937-A (GB)
Title: Synchronous self-shifting clutches
Inventor: CLEMENTS HERBERT ARTHUR
IPC: F16D23/10
Filed: 1962-03-16
Abstract: 974,937. Ratchet clutches. S.S.S. PATENTS Ltd. March 14, 1963 [March 16, 1962], No. 10209/62. Addition to 905,378. Heading F2C. In a synchro self-shifting clutch wherein movement of an intermediate member 6 along helical splines 4 on one clutch member 3, to engage teeth 15 on the intermediate member 6 synchronously with teeth 2 on the other clutch member 1, is initiated by pawl-andratchet mechanisms 18, 23; 21, 22 between the clutch member 1 and either the intermediate member or an auxiliary member 17 helically splined on the intermediate member 6, the movement of the intermediate member 6 is damped by a dash-pot formed by a piston 12 having restricted passages 14 therethrough and a cylinder 10 fed with oil through a duct 13. As shown, the piston 12 is fast with a sleeve 9 which is connected with slight axial and radial freedom to the intermediate member 6 whilst the cylinder 10 is fast with the clutch member 3. The pawls 22 and 18 of the ratchet mechanisms are respectively primary and secondary pawls of the type described in Specification 912,020, the former being centrifugally disengaged at a predetermined speed whilst the latter are centrifugally engaged at a second lower predetermined speed. In Figs. 4 and 5 (not shown) the dash-pot cylinder is connected with slight axial and radial freedom to the intermediate member whilst the piston is fast with the clutch member. In Fig. 4 the pawl-andratchet mechanisms act between the clutch member and intermediate member. In Fig. 5 (not shown) the dash-pot chamber on one side of the piston is exhausted when the clutch is engaged so that the differential pressure on the piston holds the clutch engaged until the reverse torque reaches a predetermined value, e.g. 10% of the normal driving torque. Specifications 790,702 and 839,638 also are referred to.
Patent GB-232640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in transformer couplings suitable for radio systems and the like
IPC: H01F19/04
Filed: 1925-04-20
Abstract: 232,640. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., (Assignees of Adams, G. G., and MacIlvain, K. M.). April 19, 1924, [Convention date]. Inductances. - For preventing back coupling in electric circuits such as wireless receiving circuits employing several stages of high frequency amplification as shown in Fig. 1, the coupling transformers 2, 5, 8 are so constructed that they have no external magnetic field. Each transformer comprises an insulating cylindrical support 15, Figs. 2 and 5, having diametrically opposed slots X, Y, and provided with terminals 16 - - 18 for the windings. The latter are arranged so that both the primary and secondary pass from their respective terminals through the slot X across the interior of the support, out of the slot Y, round the exterior of the support in a clockwise direction until the slot X is reached, across the interior of the support again, and then in an anticlockwise direction for half a turn and so on until a sufficient number of double D-shaped turns have been made. This results in a flux which passes up one-half of the core and down the other, there being no resultant external field.
Patent GB-1327915-A (GB)
Title: Trisazo dyestuffs
IPC: C09B35/46
Filed: 1972-03-06
Abstract: 1327915 Trisazo dyes BAYER AG 6 March 1972 [6 March 1971] 10306/72 Heading C4P New trisazo dyes of formula wherein A is the radical of an aromatic-carbocyclic or -heterocyclic diazo component, B is a coupling component of the benzene series and n is 1 or 2 are prepared by azo coupling and are used to colour cellulose fibres, wool, wool/cellulose union, silk, nylon, leather, paper and, in particular cotton, in green to black shades.
Patent GB-1095800-A (GB)
Title: Process for the recovery of monomers from polymerisation reaction mixtures
IPC: C08F6/00
Filed: 1966-03-09
Abstract: Vaporizable unreacted monomers are recovered from the liquid reaction mixture resulting from a polymerization reaction involving at least two alpha-olefins and at least one C6- 22 non-conjugated diene by contacting the reaction mixture with a vaporized solvent for the monomers under conditions such that at least part of the solvent is condensed, the condensation thereof providing energy for vaporization of the monomers which are then removed together with any uncondensed solvent vapour. The reaction mixture may first have been subjected to flashing. The solvent is preferably of higher boiling point than any of the monomers present, and if a solvent has been used in the polymerization reaction the same solvent is used in the recovery. The process is preferably carried out under anhydrous conditions, and more than one contacting zone may be employed, the liquid effluent from each zone being further treated in the next zone. The recovered monomer/solvent mixture may be returned to the polymerization zone. The example is of recovering ethylene, propylene and 1,4-hexadiene using n-hexane vapour.
Patent GB-1479863-A (GB)
Title: Off-shore power station
IPC: F01K7/40
Filed: 1975-03-13
Abstract: 1479863 Offshore power station DEUTSCHE BABCOCK & WILCOX AG 13 March 1975 [16 March 1974] 10437/75 Heading E1H An offshore power station having means for supplying electrical power for mainland consumption comprises a fixed or floating structure having a plurality of decks, steam generators 1, and electrical generators 3 coupled to the generators via steam turbines 5. Heat from the generators 1 is also supplied to gas turbines 2 which can drive the generators 3 and compressors for air supplied to the steam generators.
Patent GB-314611-A (GB)
Title: New or improved device or appliance for use in assisting the braking of motor vehicles
IPC: B60T13/24
Filed: 1928-04-10
Abstract: 314,611. Edwards, E. April 10, 1928. Controlling different functions by same lever; pedals and pedal levers.-To assist in braking a motor vehicle, extra air is supplied to the induction pipe of the engine by a valve operated in conjunction with the usual brake pedal, the operating means consisting of a depressible rod or stem directly or indirectly connected to the valve and carried by and projecting above the brake pedal. As shown in Figs. 1 and 14, the device comprises a casing a attached to the underside of the brake pedal n<1> and communicating with the induction pipe through a flexible pipe l, the passage of air from the inlets f to the pipe l being controlled by a valve c operated by a stem d which projects through the pedal. The outlet j may project from the side of the casing a and the air inlets f may be formed in the front face thereof, the casing may be mounted on the top of the pedal, and the valve may consist of a cock, disc, ball, or piston. In a modification, the valve is mounted on the induction pipe and is controlled by link mechanism or a Bowden wire operated by a stem projecting through the pedal. In a further modification, a wire clip is mounted on top of the pedal and is adapted normally to compress a flexible air inlet pipe, air being admitted when one arm of the clip is depressed by the foot in operating the pedal.
Patent GB-126295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lock Nuts and Method of Making the same.
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1919-04-28
Abstract: 126,295. Evertite Nut Corporation, (Assignees of Williams, C. C.) April 29, 1918, [Convention date]. Locking nuts.-In a lock-nut of the type in which a spring-controlled ball is located in a passage in a nut tangential to the thread, the mouth of the hole or passage is closed by a plug, formed by a hard steel ball 11 of slightly larger diameter than the hole. After the insertion of the locking- ball 8, which may have a roughened surface, and the spring 10, the plug ball 11 is forced into position by a hammer or press and is retained by the metal displaced in front and by the burr formed at the rear which is forced into the mouth of the hole. The locking-ball is preferably of a diameter not less than 1“ times the thickness of the nut thread, and the hole in the nut preferably extends beyond the point of nearest approach to the axis, a distance lees than its own diameter.
Patent GB-117315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Driving Mechanism for Planing and like Machines.
Inventor: HAGGAS FRED THORNLEY
IPC: B23Q5/22
Filed: 1917-07-21
Abstract: 117,315. Haggas, F. T., and Haggas, W. July 21, 1917. Planing.-Relates to belt-driven reversing-mechanism for planing &c. machines of the type in which each loose pulley is a fly-wheel and, when the belt is shifted on to the fast pulley, is clutched to the latter so as to assist in shopping it and the table and in starting them in the opposite direction, the belt being of such a width that it does not leave the loose pulley, and consists in means for shifting the belt and clutching or unclutching the loose pulley simultaneously. In the construction shown, the dogs on the table &c. by means of a rod s, move a plate n, Fig. 4, in which is a cam slot n<1> engaging a projection on a lever m which is thus moved in one or other direction and with it the bar o carrying the belt fork o<1>. When the belt is moved on to the fast pulley b, the lever m, through an adjustable spring h<1>, operates a lever e<2> mounted on a vertical spindle e<1>, Fig. 3, the other end of which carries a pinion e in gear with a toothed sleeve a<5> secured to the loose pulley a and sliding on the spindle d carrying the fast pulley b. By these means, the half clutch on the loose pulley a is engaged with the half clutch on the fast pulley b. A movement of the plate n in the other direction unclutches the pulleys a, b and shifts the belt off the pulley b.