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Patent GB-2276822-A (GB)
Title: Massaging device
Inventor: SMAL HENRI
IPC: A61H37/00
Filed: 1994-03-18
Abstract: An electrical massaging device is disclosed which possesses one or more rotating massaging heads 2. The heads are removable and can be replaced with different heads. The massaging heads have one or more protruberances 8 which are offset with respect to the axis of rotation of the heads. The heads are rotated in opposite directions so that the protruberances move together and then apart to produce a kneading or deep-massaging action. The device may also incorporate a protective feature which centres the protruberances if undue resistance is met. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274632-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle footbrake anti-theft device
Inventor: FOOTMAN ANDREW ARTHUR
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 1994-04-16
Abstract: The Vehicle Footbrake Anti Theft Device locks the footbrake pedal in the down position by means of pivot arm 2 located in top box 1 which is securely bolted to vehicle steering column support bracket. The pivot arm 2 is locked in position by means of a tumblerlock 4. The pivot arm 2 pivots on pivot pin 10. When pivot arm 2 is lifted up at the front the rear in turn goes down pushing connecting arm 6 and bolt pin 7 on to the depressed foot pedal. The bolt pin 7 is held and guided by two slots either side of the bottom box 3 of which straddles the footbrake and is securely bolted to the vehicle floor and bulkhead. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277487-A (GB)
Title: An image forming apparatus
Inventor: NOMURA YOSHIYA
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 1994-04-27
Abstract: An image forming apparatus, usable with a process cartridge (B) detachably mountable thereto, for forming an image on a recording material includes an openable members 16(b) pivotable relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an urging device, a spring loaded roller (11), provided in the main assembly, for biassing said process cartridge when said openable member is closed, and for releasing said process cartridge when said openable member is opened. A leaf spring (P, fig 13) is associated with a hinge for the openable member and springs (14g, fig 13) urge the cartridge upwardly, in another embodiment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277070-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for connecting a loading buoy to a floating vessel
Inventor: BREIVIK K RE
IPC: B63B/
Filed: 1992-03-30
Abstract: A method and a system for connecting a submerged loading/unloading buoy (2) to a submerged receiving space (3) in a floating vessel (1), for transfer of a medium, especially oil, to or from the vessel, wherein the buoy (2) is anchored to the sea bed (4) and is connected to a transfer line (6) for medium. According to one variant of the method, a sink line (16) is lowered from the vessel (1) through the receiving space (3), an auxiliairy buoy (18) being attached to the sink line end, possibly via an additional line (19), and the auxiliary buoy (18) being caused to come to the water surface. A suitably marked pick-up line (12), which is connected to the buoy (2), is taken up and connected to the sink line, whereafter the vessel (1) by a positioning means is moved into position above the submerged buoy (2) and said lines (16, 12) are pulled up through the receiving space (3), so that the buoy (2) is hoisted up and moved to a locking position therein, whereafter the buoy is locked in place in the receiving space. The vessel is provided with a hoisting means (11) to hoist up said lines and the buoy (2), and also with a service shaft (9) connecting the receiving space (3) to the deck (8) of the vessel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284706-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor wafer processing apparatus
Inventor: IWAI HIROYUKI
IPC: H01L21/677
Filed: 1994-06-06
Abstract: A treatment apparatus comprises a chamber 1 for performing a treatment on a workpiece W, a loading chamber 8 connected to the treatment chamber, for loading and unloading a holding member 6 which contains the workpiece into and from the treatment chamber, and an input/output chamber 13 for inputting and outputting the workpiece to and from the loading chamber. The input/output chamber includes a cassette accommodating vessel port 14. The vessel is filled with clean air or an inert gas, and is airtightly closed. A cassette receiving mechanism 17 is disposed below the port. Thus, when the cassette is input and output to and from the outside of the treatment apparatus, the workpiece contained within the cassette is not exposed to the atmosphere in a working region. Consequently, it is not necessary to improve the cleanliness level of the atmosphere in the working region. Clean air blowing means 18 is disposed below the port 14 and blows a side flow of clean air over the surface of the workpiece. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280947-A (GB)
Title: U.V.Dryers
Inventor: RAE MALCOLM CHARLES
IPC: F26B3/28
Filed: 1992-07-15
Abstract: An air cooled ultraviolet dryer comprises a UV lamp 6 mounted within a reflector 1 and supported within a housing 2. The mouth of the housing is closable by shutters. Each shutter comprises a blade 31 pivoted longitudinally of the reflector. The shutters are operated by a rotary plate 36 linked to the shutters and driven by a rotary activator 34. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292831-A (GB)
Title: A self-align structured laser diode
Inventor: YANG SEUNG-KEE
IPC: H01S5/22
Filed: 1994-12-20
Abstract: The manufacturing method includes the steps of forming a multiple epitaxy layer including an activation layer on a semiconductor substrate (100); forming a rectangular ridge (103a) on a top surface of the multiple epitaxy layer; depositing a passivation layer (107) having a predetermined thickness on the multiple epitaxy layer having the ridge; depositing a photoresist (108) on the passivation layer; exposing the entire photoresist on the top surface of the ridge or the portion of the entire photoresist overlapping the top surface of the ridge and the upper portion of the photoresist deposited on the side surface of the ridge perpendicular to the top surface of the ridge to a predetermined depth; removing the exposed portion (108a) of the photoresist; removing the exposed passivation layer (107); removing the photoresist (108b) that remains in both sides of the ridge; and forming a current injection layer in the top surface of the resultant structure. The metal electrode 109 (Fig. 6L) contacts the whole of the top surface of the ridge and a portion of the side surface of the ridge thus providing a low resistance contact with good heat dissipation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300856-A (GB)
Title: Beta-lactam preparation
Inventor: HARRIS MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: C07D501/08
Filed: 1995-05-16
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof:  wherein R is a substituent group, R 1 is hydrogen, methoxy or formamido; R 2 is an acyl group; CO 2 R 3 is a carboxy group or a carboxylate anion, or R 3 is a readily removable carboxy protecting group (such as a pharmaceutically acceptable in  vivo hydrolysable ester group); and X is S,SO,SO 2 ,O or CH 2 , is prepared by base induced cyclisation of a compound of formula (II):   ```where R' is alkyl or aryl, and R, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , X, and m are as defined in formula (I). A compound of formula (II) is prepared by reacting the corresponding novel compound in which the P(=O)(OR') 2 group is replaced by halogen with a phosphite of formula P(OR') 3 .
Patent GB-2291476-A (GB)
Title: Inducing air flow into water
Inventor: GILBERT GERALD PHILIP
IPC: F04F5/04
Filed: 1995-06-13
Abstract: An apparatus for inducing flow of air into a stream of water comprises two concentric pipes (1, 6). Between the pipes (1, 6) an air space (7) is defined. The exit (3) of the inner pipe (6) presents a sudden enlargement to flow of water therethrough. Consequently discharging liquid draws air out of the air space. The resultant flow of air may be used via a pipe (10) for power generation: eg lifting water and/or generating electricity using an air powered turbine. Air flow utilization systems are disclosed. Alternative inducers are also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292443-A (GB)
Title: Plug-compatible sound-controlled self-contained replacement for tactile control devices for an information system e.g.a computer
Inventor: FARRINGDON JONATHAN STEPHEN
IPC: G06F3/038
Filed: 1995-08-14
Abstract: A foolproof self-contained plug-compatible sound-controlled input-command replacement, for any standard tactile control device 1 for any installed information system 7, such as a joystick- or mouse- or keyboard-controlled video game or computer, comprises a microphone 10 and a voice-recognition-processor 12 to generate inputs to a digital signal processor 14 which is capable of providing at least some identical digital command inputs to those supplied by the tactile control device 1 which is being replaced or augmented; the user is thus enabled to operate the information system by spoken words in a human language as a replacement of or an augmentation to the installed tactile control device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292320-A (GB)
Title: Golf club protector
Inventor: DANIEL BENJAMIN DAVID
IPC: A63B55/00
Filed: 1995-08-15
Abstract: A golf club protector comprises a split sleeve 12 which can be placed on the shaft 10 of a golf club to grip the latter and then inserted into the free end of a golf club storage tube 11. Several embodiments are disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293745-A (GB)
Title: Growing medium block
Inventor: BARRETT RODNEY
IPC: A01G1/04
Filed: 1995-02-03
Abstract: An extruded integral growing medium block (1) suitable for growing mushrooms is provided having a plurality of air passages (2) extending through the block and opening into the base of the block. The air passages may each have a narrow section (14) and an upper section (4) above the narrow section whose maximum width (5) is greater than the width of the narrow section. The air passage may include a lower section (3) below the narrow section. The shape of the air passage renders the compost self-supporting around the passage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2310388-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder block mounting fixture
Inventor: PETERS MARK
IPC: B23Q3/18
Filed: 1996-02-23
Abstract: A pair of cylinder blocks 1,2 with skirts 17,18,19,20 that extend either side of a crank bearing 21,22 are mounted on both sides of a mounting fixture 3 by means of mounting shoes 7-10 with surfaces adapted to locate with alignment surfaces machined on the block within the skirt about the crank bearing. Retention clamps 51 retain the cylinder block on the fixture after location of the mounting surfaces with the alignment surfaces. When the engine is assembled, the alignment surfaces are used to locate a removable half of the crank bearing with a fixed half of the crank bearing integral with the cylinder block. Preferably, the mounting surfaces locate with all of the alignment surfaces used to locate the removable half of the crank bearing with the fixed half of the crank bearing.
Patent GB-2300944-A (GB)
Title: Trainable remote control transceiver
Inventor: DYKEMA KURT A
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1996-04-26
Abstract: A trainable transceiver for learning and transmitting an activation signal that includes an RF carrier frequency modulated with a code for remotely actuating a device, such as a garage door opener, includes a controller, a signal generator, and a dynamically tunable antenna having a variable impedance that may be selectively controlled in accordance with a carrier frequency. A phase-locked loop circuit provides a frequency control voltage to a signal generator to selectively adjust the carrier frequency of the signal generator. The transceiver includes an amplifying circuit for selectively controlling the gain of a modulated radio frequency carrier signal received from the signal generator and for transmitting an amplified output signal to the remotely actuated device. The transceiver includes a frequency table including a list of frequencies for remote transmitters known to transmit for only a short duration and the transceiver first reads the short duration frequencies from the frequency table. During learning, an operator can be prompted to retransmit the signal to be learned if it ends before learning is complete.
Patent GB-2312837-A (GB)
Title: Bed pan
Inventor: CAIN RICHARD ANDREW
IPC: A61G9/00
Filed: 1996-05-11
Abstract: A bed pan has a body 4 which is divided into two chambers by a partition 10. The partition 10 is positioned to deflect faeces into chamber 7 and urine into cham-ber 8. The upper back edge 12 of the separable bed pan is chamfered to increase user comfort when laying in the horizontal position. Providing separate chambers for urine and faeces enables the efficient monitoring of samples and prevents contamination of sam-pIes; from one to the other, during defaecation and after, when emptying the contents from the separable bed pan.
Patent GB-2313183-A (GB)
Title: A Vehicular lamp
Inventor: RUSH LEE EDWARD
IPC: F21S8/00
Filed: 1996-05-13
Abstract: A lamp unit for mounting in an aperture in a panel, of an automobile vehicle, comprises a housing having an opening and a light bulb holder in the housing, releasably retained in the housing against the action of resilient means which urges the light bulb holder towards the opening. By means of the invention, release of the light bulb holder allows it to be ejected towards the opening so that a spent light bulb in the bulb holder projects out of the opening by a sufficient amount to enable it to be grasped and removed from the holder and replaced by a fresh light bulb.
Patent GB-2304033-A (GB)
Title: Toothbrush
Inventor: LEES DEAN RUSSELL
IPC: A46B17/04
Filed: 1996-05-21
Abstract: A toothbrush comprising a bristle head 10 and a handle, 11 the handle forming a hollow body 12 which may be filled with toothpaste, and a nozzle section 13 communicating with the bristle head 10 via an orifice 18. After removal of a protective cap 28 causing a valve 19 to be opened, rotation of a captive plug 25 causes a piston 27 to be advanced within the hollow body thus to expel toothpaste through orifice 28 onto the bristles. After use, replacement of the cap 28 closes valve 19 until the toothbrush is required for further use.
Patent GB-2317261-A (GB)
Title: Handle assembly
Inventor: SCOTT MARTYN JOHN
IPC: E05B13/10
Filed: 1996-09-14
Abstract: A handle assembly comprises a handle mounted on a base plate for pivotal movement about an axis (10, Figure 2), the handle comprising a body portion (12) and an elongate hand grip portion (14) extending from the body portion. Mounted on the body portion is a locking mechanism (16) which may be moved to lock the handle assembly in a closed position. Provided in the housing (12) is a cavity 22 which opens in a window 25, and mounted within the cavity 22 is an indicating or operating member 26. When the locking mechanism is operated, the operating member 26 is caused to move across the window 25, to cause a visual indication of the condition of the locking mechanism to appear.
Patent GB-2305397-A (GB)
Title: Ink container, ink and ink jet recording apparatus using ink container
Inventor: SATO SHINICHI
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1993-07-22
Abstract: An ink container is disclosed for supplying ink to an ink jet print head, comprises a first ink chamber (4004,Fig. 64a) containing an ink absorbing material (4202,Fig.64a) and also having an air vent (4003,Fig.64a) and an ink supply opening (4002,Fig.64a), a second ink chamber (4006,Fig.64a) divided into two parts, one of which (4007,Fig.64b) is replaceable. The second ink chamber (4006,Fig.64a) contains an ink amount detector (4100,Fig.64a) in the form of, for example, electrodes wherein the amount of ink remaining in the ink chamber (4006,Fig.64a) is determined by the resistance between the electrodes. A control system (Fig.54) may warn an operator that the ink level in the ink chamber Fig.64a) is low and once this situation occurs, the ink chamber (4007,Fig.64b) may then be replaced by a fresh ink chamber (4007,Fig.64b), the ink being supplied to the ink chamber (4006,Fig.64c) by means of an injection port (4053,Fig.64b) on an upper position of the ink chamber (4006,Fig.64c) displacing a plug (4052,Fig.64b) at the bottom of the fresh ink chamber (4007,Fig.64b). Several other features of ink jet recording are disclosed in the application.
Patent GB-2321251-A (GB)
Title: Carpet cleaning and treatment compositions
Inventor: TYERECH MICHAEL RICHARD
IPC: D06M23/02
Filed: 1997-01-16
Abstract: Shelf stable, hydrogen peroxide containing aqueous carpet cleaning and treatment compositions provide good cleaning efficacy particularly with oxidazable stains, and impart oil repellency properties to treated carpet fibers. The compositions include a urethane perfluoroalkyl ester, an oxidising agent such as hydrogen peroxide, an anionic surfactant and an organic solvent.
Patent GB-2323606-A (GB)
Title: A process and a device for washing laundry
Inventor: DAWSON GEORGE THOMAS
IPC: D06F39/02
Filed: 1997-03-07
Abstract: A process for washing laundry in a washing machine employs a receptacle for dispensing a detergent tablet. The receptacle includes a number of apertures which have an average dimension equivalent to a mesh size of between 1 and 10 mm. A solid detergent in the form of a tablet is placed in the dispensing receptacle the latter then being placed into a washing machine along with laundry to be washed and a washing operation is carried out. After the washing operation, the device is removed from the machine and stored for subsequent use. The receptacle may have an opening closed by ties or formed in parts that can be joined. The tablet may be a tripolyphosphate composition or a sodium acetate trihydrate composition, optionally in combustion with sodium citrate dihydrate.
Patent GB-2307417-A (GB)
Title: Games,puzzles and the like
Inventor: MCCLELLAND PATRICK
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1995-09-25
Abstract: A game includes a game board provided with two recesses and including two sets of pieces which may be assembled to reconstitute two similar pictures. The game may be played competitively, with two players racing against one another to complete pictures.
Patent GB-2323408-A (GB)
Title: Safety system for canopy doors
Inventor: MARREN GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: E05F15/00
Filed: 1997-03-20
Abstract: A system for power operated canopy doors is connected to a boom 1 of the door's drive unit. Drive bar 3 is pivotally mounted on a moveable trolley 2 and on a casing 7 which runs by means of guide rollers 18, 19, 10 and 21 on a bow arm 14 which is fixed to the top of the door. A cam track 13 is attached to bow arm 14. Coil springs 8 and 9 and microswitches 10, 11 and 12 are mounted on casing 7. Microswitch 12 runs on cam track 13 and is moved to the closed (ON) position at the half-way stage of the door closing cycle. If the door meets an obstruction on the second half of the door closing cycle, drive bar 3 is cranked at pivot point 5 and causes microswitch 10 to move to the closed (ON) position thus cutting out the door's own electrical system and door movement is stopped. Coil spring 8 returns drive bar 3 to its central position. The reverse action takes place on the first half of the door opening cycle utilising coil spring 9 and microswitch 11.
Patent GB-2323734-A (GB)
Title: Video processing system
Inventor: CATLOW GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 1997-03-27
Abstract: A video processing system has a video store for storing video data defining a plurality of clips. For each of the clips an associated set of clip data is stored in an editing memory. Each set of clip data comprises process data identifying processing to be applied to the video data forming the clip and history data identifying the origin of the clip. The video data forming the clip or clips is processed in accordance with the process data associated with the or each clip to produce video data forming a process clip for storage in the video store and an associated set of clip data for storage in the editing memory.
Patent GB-2314682-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device with trench isolation
Inventor: RHO KWANG MYOUNG
IPC: H01L21/762
Filed: 1997-06-27
Abstract: A semiconductor device having a shallow trench isolation structure, where the upper part of the trench is broader than its lower part, includes an insulating layer 34 on the sidewalls of the upper part of the trench, another insulating layer 38 buried in the trench for isolating semiconductor devices and low-concentration doped regions near to the upper part of the trench and high-concentration doped regions near to the lower part of the trench. Leakage current is minimised by the provision of a sufficient quantity of the ions in the high-concentration doped regions near to the lower part of the trench, and the narrow width effect is minimized by virtue of the insulating layer on the sidewalls of the upper part of the trench.
Patent GB-2331337-A (GB)
Title: Brake control apparatus
Inventor: PUGH GAVIN SCOTT
IPC: B60L7/24
Filed: 1997-07-11
Abstract: Apparatus for braking a wheel (5, Fig. 1) driven by an electric motor (3), comprises an electrically operated brake means (4); input means (1), e.g.a joystick, for generating an input signal indicative of a desired angular velocity of the wheel; means (7) for generating a monitoring signal indicative of current flowing through the electric motor; and control means (2) for supplying a control voltage to the electric motor in response to the input signal and for operating the brake means after a time delay following the control voltage being set to zero, wherein the time delay is determined according to the magnitude, rate of change, or polarity, of the monitoring signal. The apparatus may be a wheelchair, car, golf buggy, child's toy, or an electric hoist. In a vehicle, the monitoring signal, alternatively, may be indicative of the slope of the ground on which the vehicle is standing.
Patent GB-2328240-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for application of building materials
Inventor: OLIVER BARRY VIC
IPC: B05C17/01
Filed: 1998-07-20
Abstract: Apparatus for applying fluid building material and an associated method is provided. The apparatus comprises a hollow elongate body (10) including an inlet and an outlet nozzle (14), a plunger (16) removably located therein and slidable relative thereto to force fluid material ahead of the piston (16) through the nozzle (14). The piston (16) is manually operable.
Patent GB-2324778-A (GB)
Title: Tension-leg platform buoyancy ring
Inventor: BOERSETH KNUT E
IPC: B63B9/06
Filed: 1997-02-14
Abstract: A process and a device for generating a stabilizing moment, before a TLP platform is secured and tensioned to the sea floor, wherein the central axis of the TLP is vertically aligned; and reducing the size of the TLP in the wave zone, after a tendon of the platform is secured to the sea floor. A tension-leg platform (TLP) also comprising a buoyancy structure for floating the TLP at the sea surface; a platform for mineral production operations located above the sea surface; a support which connects at a lower end to the buoyancy structure and connects at an upper end to the platform; and a tendon which fixes the TLP to the sea floor. A process comprising: stabilizing the buoyancy-support with the float; ballasting the buoyancy-support until the buoyancy-support resides lower in the sea relative to the sea surface; and assembling the platform to the buoyancy-support.
Patent GB-2342573-A (GB)
Title: A motorised rotating rotary clothes line
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: D06F57/04
Filed: 1998-10-13
Abstract: Apparatus for rotating the support shaft 2 of a rotary clothes line 3 comprising a base, rotatable support means on the base for receiving and supporting the shaft in a substantially vertical position and an electric motor 8 to rotate the support means. The base has a weather proof case 4 and fixing means, such as pegs 6, to secure it to the ground. The support means includes a sleeve 7 to receive the shaft 2 of the rotary clothes line and a horizontal bolt 13 in the sleeve to engage in a slot 14 in the shaft to prevent rotation of the shaft with respect to the sleeve.