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Patent GB-2295124-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for adding patterns to golf balls
Inventor: PEPIN STEVEN E
IPC: B41N10/02
Filed: 1995-11-15
Abstract: There is described a method and apparatus for applying patterns to a golf ball, wherein a titanium carbon nitride cliche is used to transfer ink on to a ball-contacting printing pad. The cliche may comprise a steel or alloy substrate having a titanium carbon nitride coating. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295776-A (GB)
Title: Play equipment
Inventor: BARMER ELIZABETH ANN MCDONALD
IPC: A47D11/00
Filed: 1995-11-20
Abstract: Play equipment comprises a plurality of components (10; 13, 14, 15 and 16) one or more of which is provided with means (28, 29) for selectively presenting one of a plurality of different alternative representations. The means for selectively presenting one of a plurality of different alternative representations may comprise different faces of a rectangular block with different images on, or may be shaped components (46, 47) representing special-purpose items (such as wheels) which can be applied to an otherwise general block like building element. The blocks can be loosely assembled into the shape of a chair and then covered with a chair shape cover for storage whilst being useable as a chair. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294475-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium alloys
Inventor: PURNELL CHARLES GRANT
IPC: C22C1/04
Filed: 1994-05-31
Abstract: An aluminium alloy made by a powder metallurgy route and a method for its production are described. The method comprises the steps of producing a first powder of a near-eutectic aluminium-silicon based alloy; producing a second powder of a hypereutectic aluminium-silicon based alloy; mixing desired proportions of the two powders together, compacting the powder mixture and sintering the compacted powder.
Patent GB-2314960-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus
Inventor: MCKINNEY SUE
IPC: G09F11/21
Filed: 1996-06-26
Abstract: An apparatus which stores and displays posters. One poster is displayed within a frame (g) and the other posters not on display are stored on a roller mechanism. The roller mechanism contains an engaging mechanism (b) turning knobs to be turned manually or by electricity (c) and stores the posters on the rollers (a) whilst the poster on display is held flat onto backing material (d), backing sheet (e), and spacers (h). The poster on display is behind clear glass or plastics material. The apparatus can be used inside or out and suggestions for wall hanging are seen in figure 3.
Patent GB-2303748-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection between printed ciruit boards
Inventor: SINFIELD GARY FRANK
IPC: H01R12/72
Filed: 1996-07-25
Abstract: Circuit boards 10, 11 are connected, preferably perpendicularly, by means of a planar connector member 12 comprising a board with through holes containing wads of wire 16. At least one board is clamped to the member, which includes locating projections 22, 28. The tracks on a board preferably pass onto the edge of the board and alternate tracks are longer than the other tracks, or define U-shaped tracks encircling others of the tracks.
Patent GB-2301209-A (GB)
Title: Data access apparatus and distributed data base system
Inventor: ITOH KAZUHIKO
IPC: G11B20/18
Filed: 1995-05-02
Abstract: In a distributed data-base system, an access apparatus 90 is coupled by a network 91 to a manager sub-system 70 and a plurality of member sub-systems 80, 81 managed by the manager sub-system in response to requests from the access apparatus 90.
Patent GB-2315656-A (GB)
Title: Lawnmower with mulcher
Inventor: PARK KEITH
IPC: A01D43/063
Filed: 1996-07-30
Abstract: A lawnmower comprises a chassis 1, a motor 4 supported by the chassis, a cutter blade 2 drivable by the motor to cut grass, a grass collection receptacle 8 carried by the chassis and a mulching member 10 operable to reduce the size of cut grass within or entering the grass collection receptacle. Thus, more grass can be collected in the receptacle.
Patent GB-2301459-A (GB)
Title: Method for controlling a direct fuel injection engine
Inventor: MORIKAWA KOJI
IPC: F02B75/12
Filed: 1995-09-28
Abstract: In a system to activate the catalyst of a direct fuel injection ic engine, the temperature of the exhaust gases are increased to heat the catalyst by additional injections of fuel into the engine. These additional injections of fuel are timed so that the additional fuel is ignited by the combustion of the previous injection of fuel. This increases efficiency by removing the need to generate additional sparks to ignite the fuel. The first additional injection of fuel is timed to occur when the crankshaft has rotated to between 30 and 60 degrees after top dead centre. Further additional injections may occur as required.
Patent GB-2305712-A (GB)
Title: Non-return valve
Inventor: FORGE JOHN FRANCIS
IPC: F16K1/18
Filed: 1996-09-12
Abstract: A sewer non-return valve comprising a main body (2) to which a vented lid (14) is bolted. A central bulkhead (26) with through-holes (32) divides the body (2) into a float chamber (18) into which an inlet pipe (22) projects and a flap chamber (20) connected to an outlet pipe (24). A flap assembly comprising an L-shaped arm (32), two floats (28) connected to one side of the arm (32) and a flap (30) connected to the other side of the arm is rotatably mounted in the body by means of a transverse pivot rod (29). A rise in fluid level in the float chamber (18) and water squirting through the holes (32) as a result of back-flow through the valve both act on the floats (28) to rapidly close the flap against the end of the inlet pipe (22).
Patent GB-2324832-A (GB)
Title: Noise-reducing pipe system for conveying gas from a mains supply to an appliance
Inventor: CLAY PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: F23K5/00
Filed: 1996-09-26
Abstract: Gas from a tap (4,fig.1) is carried by part 23 of injector pipe 20 into an expansion chamber 24 whence it passes to the appliance, eg burner 2, via injector pipe part 22, injector 25 and mixing tube 8. Pipe part 23 extends further into the expansion chamber 24 than pipe part 22. Each pipe part 22, 23 may have a right-angle bend 30, 31. The changes in gas flow direction and the expansion in chamber 24 reduce the hissing noise produced by the tap (4).
Patent GB-2319264-A (GB)
Title: Printing process and printing paper
Inventor: OWEN PETER KEVIN
IPC: B41M3/00
Filed: 1996-11-12
Abstract: In a method of printing, a hotmelt ink is applied to the surface of a sheet of recording paper as a series of molten droplets that solidify on the surface of the paper and are pressed into the surface of the paper by means of a pressure roller. The recording paper has a smoothness represented by an R q value of 2.45~m c 0.46~m and a formation index of at least 100.
Patent GB-2307397-A (GB)
Title: Slicing Machine.
Inventor: FURNESS PHILIP EDWARD
IPC: B26D7/22
Filed: 1996-11-20
Abstract: A slicing machine, particularly a bread slicer having a row of blades (3), blade breakages are detected by a mechanism comprising a blade sensor (12) in the form of a diffuse laser mounted on a carriage (10) which is reciprocated back and forth along the row of blades by a double acting fluid cylinder (9). A control device counts the number of blades detected and compares this number with an expected number.
Patent GB-2319950-A (GB)
Title: Electroplating a stainless steel electric heating plate to prevent corrosion
Inventor: DOYLE KEITH BARRIE
IPC: H05B3/82
Filed: 1996-12-06
Abstract: An electric heater (forming for example the base of a kettle) comprises a plate made from 400 Series stainless steel with a resistive heating track on an electrically insulating substrate provided on one side. The other, liquid contacting, side of the plate is at least partially electroplated (with for example 2-5 ~m of nickel) to prevent corrosion. To give a good cosmetic finish and to reduce limescale adhesion, the plate surface may have been pretreated and/or the electroplating may be further plated with gold, silver or chromium (being, for example, less than 0.2 ~m thick). Also disclosed is an electric heater made from a metal plate with an insulating substrate and heating track, where an electric contact point on the heating track is plated with a conductor, this may be done through electroplating which could be done simultaneously with any electroplating of the plate.
Patent GB-968356-A (GB)
IPC: G01D5/04
Abstract: 968,356. Machine-tool details. SOUTHWESTERN INDUSTRIES Inc. Dec. 12, 1961 [Oct. 23, 1961], No. 44335/61. Heading B3B. Means for measuring movement in a lathe or a milling, planing or drilling machine comprises a circular member 60 projecting from a housing 14 to contact a surface on the machine tool, a drive shaft 39 carrying a primary indicating means 83 on top of the housing, at least one parallel driven shaft 75 connected to the drive shaft by resiliently biased gear means 182, and a secondary measurement indicator 103 on the driven shaft. The dial 83 is secured frictionally to the shaft 39 so that it can be rotated to set it to zero. A dial 100 is frictionally mounted by springs 117 and a flanged plate 110 to allow it to be rotated relatively to the pointer 103 to set the zero. The interconnecting gearing may be suited to measure inches or centimetres. The gearing 66, 69, 72 conveys the drive and the gearing 182, 185, 190 is biased by a spring 193 to prevent backlash. In a modification, the gears 69, 188 engage a common pinion. The housing carries a dovetailed plate 25 which is held in a mounting block 200 by a resilient tongue 225 of the block. The block is mounted with its surface 238 or 239 against a lathe carriage and is urged towards a plane surface 63 on the lathe bed by a spring- pressed finger 280 so that the friction wheel 61 is engaged with the surface.
Patent GB-2311740-A (GB)
Title: A device for bending tubes
Inventor: SHEEN REEN-YUAN
IPC: B21D11/06
Filed: 1997-01-06
Abstract: A device for bending tubes including a platform (100), a feeding mechanism having a sliding seat (11), a pair of lugs (12), and a chuck (13), a chuck controlling mechanism (2) having a direction controller (21) and a chuck driving gearing (22), an idle gear (20) pivotally mounted on the sliding seat (11) and constantly meshed with the feeding mechanism (2), and a bending mechanism (3), having a right roll die (31b), a left roll die (31a), an upper roll die (31c), and lower roll die (31d) each of which has a recess around a circumference thereof adapted to the shape of a tube (4) to be bent, whereby a tube (4) can be conveniently bent into a spiral or a curve as desired.
Patent GB-2324744-A (GB)
Title: Pulsed fluidised bed
Inventor: KUDAR TADEUSZ
IPC: B01J8/40
Filed: 1997-04-29
Abstract: A fluidised bed, especially for drying particulate material, is supplied with gas in a sequence of pulses, but also with a constant steady background supply. As shown in Figure 1, bed chamber 16 has solids inlet 12 and exit 13, and is separated by a grid 17 from a wind box 18. This box is divided by walls 19 into a series of chambers 20, each of which is supplied, in sequence, with fluidising gas passing from gas inlet 14 through rotary disc valve 23A. Figure 4 shows the valve disc 23A having port 24A through which gas is sent to the chambers 20; it also shows the disc being spaced from its seat 21A by a distance b. This ensures that, while the major part of the gas is distributed by the pulse, that there is a constant supply to each chamber of gas which passes around the disc 23A.
Patent GB-2315218-A (GB)
Title: Synergistic triazole-based fungicidal compositions containing bromuconazole in conjunction with either tebuconazole and epoxiconazole
Inventor: AUBERT CAROLE
IPC: A01P3/00
Filed: 1997-07-16
Abstract: Fungicidal compositions comprising bromuconazole (B) [which is 1-[(2RS, 4RS : 2RS, 4SR)-4-bromo-2-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl) tetrahydrofurfuryl]-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole] and another triazole (A) chosen from tebuconazole [which is (RS)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4, 4-dimethyl-3-(1H-1, 2, 4-triazol-1-ylmethyl) pentan-3-ol] and epoxiconazole [which is (2RS, 3SR)-1-[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2, 3-epoxy-2-(4-fluorophenyl) propyl]-1H-1, 2, 4-triazolel are useful in controlling fungal attacks on crops, eg cereals, such as barley, wheat, rye or triticale.
Patent GB-2317053-A (GB)
Title: Nitride LED
Inventor: RUDAZ SERGE L
IPC: H01S5/32
Filed: 1997-09-03
Abstract: N-type doping in III-V-nitride semiconductor compounds i.e. GaN-based compounds such as GaN, AlGaN, AllnN, InGaN, or AlGaInN, is optimized to improve N-contact electrical resistance, carrier injection, forward voltage, and recombination characteristics without inducing cracking of the device layers by constructing the N-type layer of sub-layers (16A, 16B) such that an N-type sub-layer is provided for each desired characteristic or property and selecting the thickness of each sub-layer to avoid material cracking: the higher the required doping, the smaller the corresponding thickness. The buffer layer (14) of a light emitting device (LED) has three sub-layers. The first sub-layer (16A) is lightly doped to avoid cracking and is grown to the desired thickness for good material quality. The second sub-layer (16B) is heavily doped to provide good N-contact and electrical resistivity characteristics and is kept correspondingly as thin as necessary to avoid material cracking. The third sub-layer (16C) is doped to the desired level to provide optimum carrier injection and pair recombination in the active layer of the device.
Patent GB-2318085-A (GB)
Title: Device for sealing openings in a ship's hull
Inventor: MICHELSEN FREDRIK
IPC: B32B7/022
Filed: 1997-09-09
Abstract: A device for sealing openings in particular in a ship's hull, comprising a flexible sheet, which can be attached to the hull by means of magnetism, the sheet consisting of a laminate comprising two plastic films, where one is pliable and contains embedded magnetic iron particles or bits which are evenly distributed over the entire extent of the film, and the second is a reinforced film of great mechanical strength.
Patent GB-2314069-A (GB)
Title: Filler paste container
Inventor: DAVID COLIN MICHAEL
IPC: B65D75/58
Filed: 1996-03-28
Abstract: A filler paste container (10) comprises a nozzle body (1) having side surfaces (2, 3) which define an eye shaped area, and a dispensing passage through said area. A flexible thermosealable sheet defining a generally elongate bag is provided with facing surfaces (11, 12, 13) that are sealed to form an open topped body. Facing surfaces (14) at a top edge surface of the open topped body are sealed with the nozzle body inserted to form a closed container having said dispensing passage.
Patent GB-2329944-A (GB)
Title: A cuff for joining an outer pipe to a telescopic inner pipe
Inventor: GANDERTON MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: A47L9/24
Filed: 1997-10-03
Abstract: The cuff (10) joining together the inner pipe (16) and outer pipe (14), comprises a housing (12) supporting an interlocking member (28) lying in a plane extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the pipes. The interlocking member (28) has an actuator portion (30) and an interengaging portion e.g a projection for interengaging with e.g a groove in the inner pipe (16). In use, the interengaging portion lies on the side of inner pipe (16) remote from the actuator portion (30) so that, when the interlocking member (28) is translated within the plane on actuation, the interengaging portion is released from the inner pipe against spring bias. Two, oppositely acting members (28) may be provided. The member is retained by a guide (36) bonded to the outer pipe (14) and sealing against the housing (12) and inner pipe (16).
Patent GB-2331613-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for capturing a fingerprint
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID WYNNE
IPC: A61B5/117
Filed: 1997-11-20
Abstract: Determining modules (21, 23, 25, 28 and 30), are responsive to acquisition of fingerprint image data to determine a core position (15) of the fingerprint. A feedback module (36) is co-operable with a display (32) to prompt the user to adjust the placement of the finger on the scanner (18) according to any difference between the determined core position and a required core position. A storage module (34) stores the fingerprint image data before further processing.
Patent GB-2331659-A (GB)
Title: Resource reservation
Inventor: ERIKSSON ANDERS
IPC: H04L47/80
Filed: 1997-11-21
Abstract: A method is provided for achieving admission control to a public connectionless packet network. This provides a method of access control which allows service differentiation in a form which permits a user to receive a quality of service guarantee which is better than a "best effort" service. Each transmission by a user across the network includes a ticket message sent to the user from the network in response to a network resource (eg bandwidth) reservation request from the user. The required bandwidth when available during one time interval, is allocated for that interval and reserved for an immediately following interval. The ticket messages includes information about the priority level of the transmission, and can be used in a connectionless network to determine the resources available for future transmission requests.
Patent GB-2322195-A (GB)
Title: Marine navigation device
Inventor: GOSSELIN FRANCIS
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 1996-07-02
Abstract: A device for determining a position on a navigational chart on the basis of GPS data, comprising a rapid orientation and positioning assembly having two discs arranged one on top of the other and used as a protractor and a reader, respectively, said discs being pivotably joined together in the middle by a pointing means (24) and two positioning rules. The upper rule is also used for orientation and both rules have a central longitudinal aperture (4, 5) while the edges of the rules include a projection enabling each rule to slide freely along a respective mortised recess in each disc. The upper rule is provided with a double longitudinal scale. Said device is particularly useful as an aid for work on navigational charts.
Patent GB-2334901-A (GB)
Title: Mixing device for diluting boiler flue gas with air
Inventor: BRATCHER STEPHEN VICTOR
IPC: B01F23/10
Filed: 1998-03-04
Abstract: Flue gas 10 from a boiler is diluted with air 12 in region 24 of a mixing chamber 4 before being discharged through an outlet duct 14. The air enters the chamber through an annular inlet 8 formed between the gas outlet duct and the chamber whilst the flue gas enters the chamber in the opposite direction through an inlet 6. Within the body of the outlet duct is a suction fan 18 that creates a low pressure in region 24 drawing the flue gas and air into the chamber and causing the mixed gases to exit the chamber via the outlet duct. A cone shaped baffle 20 deflects the flue gas entering the mixing chamber and this together with the disruption caused by reversing the direction of air flow assists in mixing the gases. The mixed gases following flow path 16 in the outlet duct are throttled by cone 28.
Patent GB-2324361-A (GB)
Title: A heat treatment muffle
Inventor: GRASER SERGIO
IPC: F27D99/00
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: A muffle for use in heat treatments consisting of a body 1, inside which objects 2 are placed in a static or mobile manner on a conveyor belt 3, the body consisting of stainless steel and having a parallelepiped shape which is elongate horizontally; the muffle is characterised in that it has a sleeve 4 which contains the body 1 in its interior.
Patent GB-2326220-A (GB)
Title: Shaped charges
Inventor: CHAWLA MANMOHAN S
IPC: F42B1/032
Filed: 1998-04-28
Abstract: A shaped charge for efficiently transferring energy from an explosive material (12) to generate a deep penetrating jet has a liner (14) is formed with a hemispherical first section (28) combined with an elongated second section (32). The liner (14) second section (32) can be formed as a truncated cone, trumpet or other shape. The hemispherical first section (28) collapses to generate a high velocity jet portion, and the second section collapses to generate an elongated, deep penetrating jet portion which follows the higher velocity jet portion. The second section (32) may be formed of a different material to that of the first section.
Patent GB-2341085-A (GB)
Title: A carrying handle
Inventor: SHAW SYDNEY
IPC: A45F5/10
Filed: 1998-09-05
Abstract: An elongate member for carrying one or more carrier bags, is substantially circular in cross-section and has, a plurality of spaced slots formed along the region between its two ends, such that the slots are transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member. The elongate member may be made from wood or plastic and may be carried in a pocket when not in use.
Patent GB-2343187-A (GB)
Title: Di- & octa-sulpho- phthalocyanine & naphthalocyanine dye derivatives for use in tissue demarcation, imaging & diagnosis of tumour cells & diseased lymph nodes
Inventor: SANDERSON WILLIAM ANTHONY
IPC: A61K41/00
Filed: 1998-10-29
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) <EMI ID=1.1 HE=63 WI=72 LX=958 LY=240 TI=CF> <PC>and of formula (II) <EMI ID=1.2 HE=62 WI=94 LX=823 LY=1114 TI=CF> <PC>[wherein<BR> M is a metal or metalloid; and<BR> <EMI ID=1.3 HE=13 WI=13 LX=796 LY=1907 TI=CF> <PC>and <EMI ID=1.4 HE=12 WI=13 LX=1053 LY=1913 TI=CF> <PC>each represents an aromatic benzene or naphthalene nucleus] are contrast and imaging agents. These dyes can be used to differentiate between tissue groups, in the imaging and diagnosis of diseased tissues and cells (such as tumorous lesions, tumour cells and diseased lymph nodes) and in treatments involving the removal (by surgery) or in situ destruction of such matter (eg by photodynamic therapy, radiotherapy or sonodynamic therapy).
Patent GB-2335468-A (GB)
Title: Asymmetric vaned sections in a turboprop booster
Inventor: GIFFIN III ROLLIN GEORGE
IPC: F02K3/02
Filed: 1998-12-23
Abstract: A booster-compressor assembly (10, fig 1) for supercharging air into a core engine that powers propellers of a turboprop aircraft engine (20, fig 1) includes an asymmetric annular booster duct with at least one symmetric annular rotor section 24 with a row of rotor blades 26 disposed therein. The booster duct has a core flowpath to a core engine inlet (30, fig 1) and a bypass flowpath (34, fig 1) around the core engine inlet. A flow rate means may include bypass inlet guide vanes 50 angled in a flow closing direction A1 and core inlet guide vanes 52 angled in an open direction A2, such that a bypass flow rate per unit area is substantially less than a core flow rate per unit area. The exit guide vanes 70A,70B may also be angled B1,B2 to match the flow from the inlet vanes.
Patent GB-2345515-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust tailpipe finisher with downwardly directed outlet, eg for vehicles with diesel engines
Inventor: HUGHES PETER TERENCE
IPC: B60K13/04
Filed: 1999-01-06
Abstract: Finishers are typically provided to improve the aesthetic appearance of the exhaust assembly of a motor vehicle where it is visible to those outside the motor vehicle. For example, a finisher may enable the visible appearance of an exhaust system of a standard motor vehicle to mimic that of a more powerful or sporty motor vehicle. A finisher for a motor vehicle exhaust is disclosed comprising an outer tubular sleeve member 4 and an inner tubular member 6. The outer tubular sleeve member has a longitudinal axis 8 and an opening 14 in a lower surface 16 thereof. The opening is located towards one end of the outer tubular sleeve member 4. A first portion 18 of the inner tubular member extends around at least a part of the longitudinal axis of the tubular outer sleeve member and a second portion 20 of the inner tubular member connects the opening 14 in the tubular outer sleeve member to the first portion of the inner tubular member. The invention provides a finisher of straight-through appearance for the tailpipe of a diesel exhaust system (a finisher for petrol systems would block the downwardly directed outlet of a the diesel tailpipe).