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Patent GB-2128583-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for handling articles
Inventor: UNDERHILL DAVID
IPC: B66F9/18
Filed: 1982-10-20
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for handling articles such as boxes comprises a mobile frame 12 mounted on ground wheels 14, 16 and a mast 18 carrying article gripping apparatus 20 connected to a lifting mechanism 22. Gripping apparatus 20 comprises a tension member 38 to extend round three sides of box 36 and a flat rigid support member 40 against which box 36 is held by the tension member. The tension member is tightened around the box and the lifting mechanism raises support member 40 and the tension member. The lifting movement causes the tension member to effect a squeezing action between the box and the support member 40. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112652-A (GB)
Title: Game apparatus
Inventor: OSGOOD DAVID HOWARD
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1982-12-31
Abstract: The apparatus has a marked surface 12, 13 extending beside a track or slot 14 and a slider 15 movable therealong relative to the markings, movement of the slider being variably initiated by a player, whereafter the slider will move and then come to rest along the track or slot according to the specific initiation applied and a game step or event will be determined by which marking(s) the slider indicates. The apparatus may be used in conjunction with playing pieces moved over a board (by e.g. specified distances corresponding to the indicated marking(s)) or over cards, e.g. representing holes in a golf game. Games based on cricket, tennis, football, rugby, bowls, horse riding, show jumping, and treasure hunting as well as other miscellaneous games may also be played. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134484-A (GB)
Title: Bags or sacks
Inventor: NICHOLSON DOUGLAS GEORGE JAMES
IPC: B65D33/20
Filed: 1983-01-28
Abstract: A bag or sack consists of a bag tube of one or more plies of flexible packaging material such as paper, coated paper, laminated or plastic sheet, has one end closed, with a blockbottom, folded sewn pinchbottom, or other suitable end closure, and is a flat bag having side folds, or has side gussets. At the open end of the bag the side folds (1) or gussets are interrupted and a marginal end portion (4) extending between the sides on one face is reversely folded outwardly to form a transverse flap (4), the exposed inner surface (7) of the other face of the bag and the outer surface of the flap (4) being provided with a self- adhesive coating (5, 6) so that the bag may be closed by unfolding the flap (4) and pressing together the two coatings (5, 6). The bag may be readily sealed once filled, and will also reveal any attempt to reopen open it so as to deter pilfering of its contents during transit or storage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114723-A (GB)
Title: Tumble dryer
Inventor: DUNST WALTER
IPC: D06F58/04
Filed: 1983-02-03
Abstract: A tumble dryer has a front loading port (5), lined between front panel (14) and drum opening (15) with a cylindrical casing (10) having an exhaust air orifice (9) therein, in one injection-moulded piece with an exhaust air duct (12) provided with a hose connection 13. A lower opening in the exhaust air duct (12) is closed during manufacture, by means of a cover (17), after withdrawal of the core of the moulding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2115238-A (GB)
Title: Electrical lead through device
Inventor: OBORG HANS OLOF
IPC: H01B17/30
Filed: 1983-02-09
Abstract: A device for leading insulated conductors (1) through the wall (2) of a pressurised vessel comprises a tubular lead-through housing (3) and a sealing body (4) with stepped holes (5), through which the partially bared conductors (1) are inserted. Further sealing is achieved by a thermosetting material (9), a pressure plate (7), a polyurethane filled pressure ring (6) and ceramic (11). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2121338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in press piercing mills
Inventor: GANCIA EMANUELE
IPC: B21B25/02
Filed: 1983-05-27
Abstract: Apparatus is described for increasing the rigidity and providing centering support for a mandrel backup bar 2 on the rolling and piercing axis of a press-piercing rolling mill, the apparatus comprising a plurality of substantially cradle-like structures aligned along the piercing axis and each supporting a trio of rollers 18, 19, 25 which are angularly displaceable towards and away from the axis with substantially self- centering movements. Each trio of rollers forms a substantially rigid ring around the mandrel back-up bar but provides a basically bezel-type support for the pierced intermediate blank 2a as it is advanced along the bar. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2122264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hot venturi tube or hot chamber thermal engines
Inventor: KERSHAW HERBERT ARTHUR
IPC: F02K7/08
Filed: 1983-06-22
Abstract: The working fluid is pressurized by jet type air compressor 5 and cooled by water circulating through jackets 3 and 4 and heat exchanger 13, in which steam is generated from said water and thereafter led into jacket 2, which reheats the cooled compressed air working fluid leaving said air compressor and expanding to utilization in propulsion nozzle 18 through the divergency of hot tube cum chamber 1, which incorporates said jacket 2. Modified plants diffuse said steam with said expanding working fluid or employ a gaseous heat conveying medium or a thermo- electric heat exchange means. The condensate water formed in jacket 2 is fed by pump 7 back into assemblies 3, 4 and 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142138-A (GB)
Title: Fire grate
Inventor: HUGHES TREFOR GLYN
IPC: F24B13/02
Filed: 1983-06-22
Abstract: A fire grate for use in a fireback of a hearth comprises a perforated, fuel supporting, portion 26 and an ashpit 30 beneath the base of the fuel supporting portion 26, the fuel supporting portion 26 having means 32 to prevent ash from entering the ashpit except through the perforations 28 in the fuel supporting portion. The fuel supporting portion 26 has a border 56 extending around the perforations 28 so that an ashpan 44 completely underlies the perforations so as to catch substantially all the ash falling through the perforations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2125104-A (GB)
Title: Door and window fittings
Inventor: FORD ALBERT WILLIAM
IPC: E05F1/12
Filed: 1983-07-25
Abstract: To facilitate installation of a door or window fitting of the kind including at least one mounting plate (10) and a part (15) which projects from the in- use rear face thereof and is required to be recessed into a door, window or surrounding frame, the mounting plate has rounded end portions (12). After a bore (30) has been drilled to receive the rearwardly projecting part (15) shallow recesses (31) can be drilled (preferably with the same drill) on either side to receive the rounded end portions (12) of the mounting plate (10), the surplus material (32) having been removed to complete the rebate necessary to receive the plate (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127959-A (GB)
Title: Method for analysis of corneal shape
Inventor: HUMPHREY WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: A61B3/107
Filed: 1983-08-08
Abstract: The eye E of a patient is scanned in three directions, fixated to a nasal angular position N, a central angular position C and a temporal angular position T. The central angular position is straight ahead along the patient's normal line of sight. The preferred temporal and nasal angular positions are in the broad range of 5 DEG  to 22 DEG ; the intermediate range of 10 DEG  to 15 DEG ; and the narrow range of 12 DEG  to 14 DEG on either side. Measurements in sphere, cylinder and axis, are taken for each of the three positions. The three sets of curvature measurements taken at the specified positions are reduced to a set of adjusted, idealized curvatures all fitted to an elliptical model. Readings of central "k", corneal shape factor, apex position, cap size, vault height, corrected central "k" and goodness of fit are all obtained. The particular processes include the setting up of patient and population records 404. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2128187-A (GB)
Title: Carbapenem antibiotics
Inventor: CHOUNG UN KIM
IPC: C07D257/04
Filed: 1983-09-27
Abstract: Disclosed are novel carbapenem derivatives characterized by a 2-substituent of the formula   <IMAGE> in which A represents a C1-C6 straight or branched chain alkylene group; R<5> represents an optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloaliphatic-aliphatic, aryl, araliphatic, heteroaryl, heteroaraliphatic, heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl-aliphatic radical and   <IMAGE> represents a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycle attached to the alkylene group A at a ring carbon atom and quaternized by substituent R<5>. Such derivatives are useful as potent antibacterial agents.
Patent GB-2133392-A (GB)
Title: Agitating material in a hopper to assist discharge
Inventor: DIEBOLD JAMES PHILIP
IPC: B01J4/00
Filed: 1983-12-21
Abstract: A flexible whip 30 is suspended in a hopper and is caused to impact against fibrous and irregularly shaped particulates in the hopper to fluidize the particulates and facilitate the flow of the particulates through the hopper. The whip is driven by a rotary motor 32 via a rigid angled shaft 36, and may be provided with an anchor 34. The whip may be made, e.g., of spring wire, rubber or flexible plastics material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2137405-A (GB)
Title: Miner's lamp power pack recharging
Inventor: LANE KERRY S
IPC: F21L14/00
Filed: 1984-01-14
Abstract: A lamp rechargeable dry cell power pack and recharging device therefor is disclosed. The recharging device comprises a socket for receiving the power pack, a plurality of electrodes are presented in the socket and arranged to contact corresponding electrodes on the power pack when it is fully inserted in the socket. The power pack is irregular shaped in cross-section and the socket is correspondingly shaped to receive and support the power pack in only one orientation of the power pack relative to the socket to ensure the registration of the plurality of socket electrodes with corresponding power pack electrodes.
Patent GB-2162586-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for raising water from underground wells
Inventor: FOA MICHEL
IPC: F04B53/12
Filed: 1984-08-02
Abstract: Apparatus for pumping water from an underground well comprising a pump 2 located in the well and a pipe 4 descending into the well, the pipe forming the actuating member for the pump and also acting as a conduit through which the water can be raised. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146425-A (GB)
Title: Method of supplying fuel into gas turbine combustor
Inventor: ISHIBASHI YOJI
IPC: F02C9/28
Filed: 1984-09-07
Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel supply method for a gas turbine combustor having first and second stage combustion chambers. The method comprises supplying fuel from only a first stage fuel supply for the start of the gas turbine and for its low output range, so as to operate only the first stage combustion chamber, and supplying fuel from both first and second stage fuel supplies in a high output range of the gas turbine, so as to operate both first and second stage combustion chambers. The method makes it possible to reduce NOx, without deteriorating the combustion performance, by the step-wise supply of a predetermined flow rate of fuel when the second stage fuel is to be supplied and at the same time, by the step-wise reduction of the same quantity of fuel that is being supplied from the first stage fuel supply. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151257-A (GB)
Title: Lubricant and fuel additives containing aminophenol
Inventor: HOLUBEC ZENOWIE MICHAEL
IPC: C10L1/22
Filed: 1984-09-11
Abstract: Additives for lubricants and fuels comprise an amino a, b, and c are 1 to 3 times the no. of aromatic nuclei in Ar and Ar is an aromatic group which may be substituted with   <IMAGE>     (I ) a chlorine-containing compound which is a chloroaliphatic hydrocarbon-based compound and/or a chloroalicyclic hydrocarbon-based compound; and optionally   (II) a sulfurized olefinically unsaturated compound.
Patent GB-2157254-A (GB)
Title: An escape device for a building, not using electric power
Inventor: TSAI CHIN-WANG
IPC: A62B1/02
Filed: 1984-10-03
Abstract: An automatic escape device for evacuation of people from every floor of a high building in the event of fire or the like emergency, which can be operated without electric power, a retarding device 1 is installed in a machine room 93 in the top floor of the building, and a turning wheel in the retarding device, and an idle wheel 2 at the ground floor are connected together by an endless steel cable 71. Along the steel cable 71 are fixed a number of pivotable assemblies 3, guided down one run by guides 6 and a number of regularly spaced holding bars 5. The turning wheel in the retarding device is geared to a flywheel, and escapers can ride on the assemblies 3 to descend downwards safely from upper floors of the building. Brakes 41 at each floor can stop the turning wheel via stop rod 72, and the one at ground floor level (41a) is actuated by an assembly 3 contacting it on descent. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152763-A (GB)
Title: Variable electrical resistance device
Inventor: PITCHER ARNOLD
IPC: B60G17/019
Filed: 1984-11-01
Abstract: A variable electrical resistance device for monitoring displacement of a mechanical component such as a vehicle road wheel suspension system comprises: a housing (1); an electrically resistive track (6) and conductive slip ring (9) on a support (7) in the housing (1); electrically conductive wipers (2, 8) on a rotatable carrier (3) provided with a spindle (4) for coupling to the component. The wipers (2, 8) traverse the resistive track (6) and the slip ring (9) respectively. The support (7) is mounted on springs (10A, 10B, 10C) or flat strips of resilient metal, so as to be displaceable away from and towards the wipers (2, 8). A solenoid (14), of double-acting type or acting in association with the bias of the springs (10A, 10B, 10C), has an armature (15) operating to effect displacement of the support (7) away from and towards the wiper (2) whereby contact between the wiper (2) and track (6) may be broken, or the contact pressure therebetween reduced, when monitoring is not required, thereby prolonging the life of the wiper (2) and track (6) assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151693-A (GB)
Title: Harness buckle with automatic release
Inventor: SEDLMAYR DR GERHARD
IPC: B64D17/32
Filed: 1984-12-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a quick-release lock for a harness buckle, with a housing (10) and a main trunnion (11) depressable in the latter by a release member (12), and with an anchor plate which carries with several retaining bolts (15) for belt connection pieces through which the main trunnion extends to engage under the said anchor plate, and also with a device (not shown) for the automatic separation of the belt connection pieces from the retaining bolts by means of fluid pressure, independently of the actuation of the release member. The gas pressure exerted by the automatic-separation device being conveyable directly or indirectly to the anchor plate (14) and the anchor plate (14) and/or the part (43) of the main trunnion (11) engaging under the anchor plate (14) having one or more predetermined breaking points (45) intended to break under said pressure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159996-A (GB)
Title: Speech recognition method and apparatus
Inventor: MOSHIER STEPHEN LLOYD
IPC: G10L15/10
Filed: 1982-09-21
Abstract: A speech recognition method and apparatus for detecting and recognizing one or more keywords in a continuous audio signal are disclosed. Each keyword is represented by a keyword template which corresponds to a sequence of plural target patterns, and each target pattern comprises statistics representing each of a plurality of spectra selected from plural short-term spectra generated according to a predetermined system for processing the incoming audio. The target patterns also have associated therewith minimum and maximum dwell times. The dwell time is the time interval during which a given target pattern can be said to match incoming frame patterns. The spectra are processed to enhance the separation between the spectral pattern classes during later analysis. The processed audio spectra are grouped into multi-frame spectral patterns and each multi-frame spectral pattern is compared by means of likelihood statistics with the target patterns of keyword templates. Each formed multi-frame pattern is then forced to contribute to the total word score for each keyword as represented by the keyword template. Thus the keyword recognition method requires all input patterns to contribute to the word score of a keyword candidate, using the minimum and maximum dwell times for testing whether a target pattern can still match an input pattern, and wherein the frame rate of the audio spectra must be less than one-half the minimum dwell time of a target pattern. A concatentation technique employing a loosely set detection threshold makes it very unlikely that a correct pattern will be rejected. A method for forming the target patterns is also described.
Patent GB-2153381-A (GB)
Title: Stabilised detergent bleach compositions
Inventor: DAHLMANNS HERBERT
IPC: C11D3/39
Filed: 1985-01-22
Abstract: In a process for preparing a detergent and bleaching composition comprising a detergent, a builder, a percompound bleach, an organic activator for the percompound bleach and ethylene diamine tetra-(methylene phosphonate) -EDTMP-, by spray-drying an aqueous detergent slurry comprising the detergent and builder in a spray-drying tower, followed by dry-mixing the dried powder with the percompound and the activator, the improvement being that a separate aqueous EDTMP-slurry comprising calcium hydroxide is spray-dried simultaneously with the main aqueous detergent slurry in the same spray-drying tower via a separate nozzle system at about the same level as the main detergent nozzle system or lower.
Patent GB-2155485-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive terpolymers and applications thereof
Inventor: MILES DEREK CYRIL
IPC: C08F210/02
Filed: 1985-03-06
Abstract: A polymer system for use as an adhesive especially for adhering textile materials to textiles and other substrates comprises an ungrafted terpolymer comprising units of ethylene, a C1 to C4 alkyl acrylate and an unsaturated acid or anhydride, the terpolymer comprising from 1 to 40 parts by weight of alkyl acrylate, from 0.5 to 40 parts by weight of unsaturated acid or anhydride and the residue being ethylene, the melt index (D 1238) of the polymer being within the range of from 2 to 250g/10min. The preferred alkyl acrylate terpolymer is of ethylene ethyl acrylate, and maleic anhydride. Adhesive compositions may comprise the terpolymer and a cross-linking agent.
Patent GB-2170466-A (GB)
Title: Wire reel for interchangeable-platform equipment
Inventor: RANTALA OSSI L
IPC: B66D1/22
Filed: 1985-04-30
Abstract: Wire reel for an interchangeable-platform equipment of a vehicle, which reel can be rotated by means of a drive unit. Inside the wire reel, a power transmission mechanism (17, 20, 17') is fitted, by means of which the movement of rotation of the shaft (6) of the drive unit can be transferred to the mantle (21) of the wire reel and by means of which the movement of rotation of the mantle of the wire reel can be disconnected from the movement of rotation of the shaft of the drive unit. Inside the wire reel, two members (10, 10') revolving around the axis of rotation of the reel are fitted, of which said members one (10) is connected with the shaft (6) of the drive unit. The rotary members (10, 10') are connected with each other and with the mantle (21) of the wire reel by means of a power transmission mechanism (17, 20, 17'). The power transmission mechanism transfers the movement of rotation of the rotary member (10) connected with the shaft (6) of the drive unit to the mantle (21) of the wire reel when the movement of rotation of the other rotary member (10') is prevented. The movement of rotation of the mantle (21) of the wire reel is transferred to the other rotary member (10') when the movement of rotation of the rotary member (10) connected with the shaft of the drive unit is prevented. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161952-A (GB)
Title: Optical processors
Inventor: HART ALAN DAVID
IPC: G02F1/135
Filed: 1985-07-22
Abstract: An optically addressed light modulator including a photovoltaic layer 13 for generating a voltage of magnitude dependent on the intensity of radiation incident thereon capacitively coupled by means of a dielectric layer 14 to an electro optic layer 15, the modulator being arranged such that when the intensity of the incident radiation is steady, the voltage across the electro optic layer is insufficient to generate an electro optic effect, but that on variation of said intensity above a predetermined rate an electro optic effect is generated. The electro- optic layer is preferably a liquid crystal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165157-A (GB)
Title: Cervical collar permitting tracheotomy
Inventor: CALABRESE ANTHONY
IPC: A61F5/055
Filed: 1985-07-25
Abstract: A cervical collar having front 14 and rear 16 halves removably connected together provides for the possibility of a tracheotomy via an opening 24 in the front half so as to permit access to a person's trachea. The collar provides sufficient support so as to restrict the cervical region without hyperextension of the neck thereby avoiding further injury. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164050-A (GB)
Title: Coating compositions
Inventor: BROMLEY CHARLES WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: C08F2/08
Filed: 1985-07-25
Abstract: A coating composition which is especially suitable for producing decorative coatings upon wood substrates comprises, as at least 51% by weight of the film-forming material present, a sterically stabilised dispersion in a volatile organic liquid of insoluble vinyl or acrylic polymer particles, the polymer having an extensibility of 50-2000 % and being crosslinked to such an extent that it has a gel content of at least 35% by weight.
Patent GB-2183630-A (GB)
Title: Cephalosporin antibiotics
Inventor: HALLAM PAUL DAVID
IPC: A61K31/545
Filed: 1985-10-31
Abstract: Cephalosporin antibiotics of the general formula (I> <IMAGE> wherein R<1> represents an isoquinolinium group or a 2,3-cyclopentenopyridinium group, and non-toxic salts and non-toxic metabolically labile esters thereof are disclosed. Processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also described.
Patent GB-2169636-A (GB)
Title: Window
Inventor: EIDEN ALFRED
IPC: E05C9/18
Filed: 1986-01-15
Abstract: A window operating mechanism for tilt-turn windows comprises a rod linkage (5) arranged to be displaceable into positions corresponding to various window positions, and a safety device for blocking displacement of the rod linkage. The safety device comprises a detent (9) on the rod linkage (5) and a safety lever (10) mounted to be resiliently supported on the frame of the window light (1) and movable into engagement with the detent (9), to prevent the rod linkage (5) from being moved unintentionally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172749-A (GB)
Title: Thermostat
Inventor: SERIGNY JEAN
IPC: H01H37/00
Filed: 1986-03-17
Abstract: In order to be able to fix a rod and tube actuator 2 of a thermostat to a plastics base 1 and in order to be able to provide a safety device for cutting off the supply of heat if the temperature rises too high, the tube 3 is fastened in a bore 6a of a boss 6 of a heat conductive dish 5 by force fitting a sleeve 7 in the end of the tube 3. The dish 5 comprises two vertical tabs 10,9 which engage in slots 11,12 in the base 1, parts of the tabs 10,9 being folded down against shoulders in the slots 11,12 to secure the dish 5 to the base 1. A reversible concave washer 14 is disposed in the dish 5 and cooperates with a slide block 15 capable of cutting off the supply current when too high a temperature is communicated to this washer 14. <IMAGE>