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Patent GB-2264370-A (GB)
Title: Cooking mode selection device
Inventor: OHTA NOBUAKI
IPC: F24C7/08
Filed: 1993-02-12
Abstract: In an automatic cooker control system which can operate according to one of a plurality of menu functions, a menu selecting rotary knob is rotated in one direction to select the required menu function group eg steam, boil, bake and then in the opposite direction to select the required cooking menu from that group eg fish, chicken, pork etc. Cooking is then controlled according to the selected menu function. For ease of operation, the appliance includes a menu function display in which the selected group is back illuminated 19a, 19b, 19c and the menu selected from within that group is indicated by an LED LED1, LED2 etc associated with that menu function. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269207-A (GB)
Title: Pressurized fluid motors and drive units.
Inventor: LEMAIRE GILLES G
IPC: F03C1/40
Filed: 1993-07-13
Abstract: A pressurized fluid motor comprises a stator (1A-1B-1C) provided with two main external couplings (63, 64) for admission and for exhaust; a rotor (8-3) rotatable relative to the stator; two main internal ducts (55, 56) disposed inside the stator for the admission to and the exhaust from working chambers (14) in the rotor; a two-position valve (45) having a first position which establishes communication between the admission external coupling (63) and the admission internal duct (55), and between the exhaust external coupling (64) and the exhaust internal duct (56). In the second valve position, reached by exhausting a chamber (47), the main internal ducts are isolated from the main external couplings and the main internal ducts (55, 56) are put into communication with each other via a constricted secondary internal duct (66). The motor includes a locking member (42-43) for locking the rotor (8-3) relative to the stator (1A-1B-1C), the locking member being engaged when pressure is removed from a chamber (41) connected to the chamber (47). Movement of the valve to its second position initially results in hydrostatic braking until the speed of rotation of the rotor relative to the stator is less than a limiting speed of rotation at which speed a spring (32) operates the locking member (42, 43). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289205-A (GB)
Title: Rice porridge product and method of manufacture
Inventor: HIRATA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 1994-05-06
Abstract: A rice porridge comprising rice, water and a gelatin agent is sealed in a container. The gelatin agent may for example be agar-agar. Due to the stickiness imparted by the gelatin agent, the taste and consistency of the rice porridge may be enjoyed even when the porridge is cold. This rice porridge product may be manufactured by heating the mixture of rice, water and gelatin agent either after or before sealing it in the container.
Patent GB-2282695-A (GB)
Title: Banner system
Inventor: TURNESS PETER LAURENCE
IPC: G09F17/00
Filed: 1994-07-25
Abstract: A banner system includes a semi-rigid tape 1 of, for example, polyester. The tape 1 is horizontal and lies in a vertical plane. Suspended from the tape 1 are paperboard sheets 2 which also lie in the vertical plane and which have printed on their front faces images 3 which may, for example, be letters to make up a message. At its top, the longitudinal marginal zone 4 of each sheet 2 extending from one vertical edge thereof to the other is folded back upon itself and adhered to the back of the sheet 2. The adhesion takes place for the whole of a horizontal band between the upper horizontal cut edge 5 of the sheet and a line indicated by the dot-dash line 6. In this way, the upper horizontal edge zone of each sheet 2 is formed with a slot 7 through which the tape 1 extends and which itself extends the whole horizontal length of the sheet 2 and is very narrow horizontally and relatively wide vertically. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282423-A (GB)
Title: Regulating vehicle drivelines including a continuously variable transmission by programming engine and final drive speeds
Inventor: GREENWOOD CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: F16H15/38
Filed: 1994-09-22
Abstract: Driver demand for a rise in engine speed is programmed according to a map to initiate a response in three stages:   i) The engine speed initially rises quickly to a predetermined value without any substantial rise in final drive speed, ii) engine and final drive speeds continue to rise and be related by a predetermined function until engine speed reaches that demanded. iii) the demanded engine speed is maintained during any further change in final drive speed.   The slope of the predetermined function is preferably constant and also preferably corresponds to the relationship of a typical intermediate ratio in a comparable fixed-ratio transmission. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to treatment of meat
Inventor: PALMER ROGER KEITH
IPC: A22C17/00
Filed: 1993-06-11
Abstract: A method and apparatus for the treatment and/or storage of meat the apparatus includes a method of containing a plurality of meat portions in a contiguous body and subjecting the body of meat to compression in a controlled gas flushed environment. The method includes the step of substantially protecting a large area of the surface of the meat from direct contact with the gas flushed environment where vacuum and the presence of gases occur. The meat is held in the controlled environment at low temperatures to enable an ageing process to occur. The method and apparatus also facilitates simultaneous storage and ageing of the meat under controlled conditions during transportation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286825-A (GB)
Title: Garbage treating apparatus
Inventor: TSUSAKA HARUSHIGE
IPC: C05F17/00
Filed: 1995-02-09
Abstract: A garbage treating apparatus comprises a treating vessel 51 containing a microparasite and adapted to receive garbage and means for mixing them for a decomposing treatment of the garbage through one of a plurality of mutually selectable treating modes. The vessel has motor 16A, stirring arms 63 and crushing blades 64. The garbage and treatment agent comprising a microparasite fill up to level CL and level indicators 68a, 68b and 68c which may be coloured, are provided so that when normal level 68a is exceeded the treatment mode may be changed. Control means (11, Fig. 1) operate the treatment modes by regulating rotary shaft 61 and determining the temperature of the thermistor of the heater (16D, Fig. 1), the blast rate of the blast fan (16c, Fig. 1) and the blasting rate of the exhaust fan (16B, Fig. 1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284608-A (GB)
Title: 06-Methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (mgmt) specific antibodies
Inventor: LI BENJAMIN FUK LOI
IPC: C12P21/08
Filed: 1993-11-29
Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies capable of discriminating between native human MGMT and an active site alkylated form of this enzyme in an immunoprecipitation procedure. Monoclonal antibodies having such discriminating ability are obtainable from hybridoma ECACC 92112510 and hybridoma ECACC 93112514, which were deposited at the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures, UK under the Budapest Treaty on 25th November 1992 and 25th November 1993 respectively. The monoclonal antibody of hybridoma ECACC 92112510 has been designated Mab 5H7. The monoclonal antibody of hybridoma ECACC 93112514 has been designated Mab 3C7.
Patent GB-2288420-A (GB)
Title: Ballast cleaning machine - returns ballast to track from used ballast store with compressed air jet
Inventor: THEURER JOSEF
IPC: E01B27/06
Filed: 1995-03-27
Abstract: A machine 1 for treating the ballast bed of a track with compressed air jet is provided with a frame 3 supported on undercarriages 4, a suction unit 8 comprising a suction pipe 9 and a vertically and laterally adjustable sucking tube 10 having a suction opening 11 for removing ballast by suction into a ballast store 12. In order to empty the ballast store, there are associated with it a compressed air pipe 24 connected to a compressed air unit 26 for supplying compressed air and a blow pipe 25 for blowing through or removing the stored ballast. The compressed air supply may be formed by the suction unit air discharge; a moistening unit 40 may be used to dampen dust creation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299557-A (GB)
Title: Golf bag apparatus
Inventor: COSTELLO DAVID GERARD
IPC: A63B55/60
Filed: 1995-03-31
Abstract: A golf bag apparatus, has a C - shaped frame 5 which is secured to the base of the golf bag by a securement means in the form of an elasticated strap 8 screwed or riveted to the frame 5. Being elasticated, the strap is adjustable in size to accomodate different sizes of golf bags. With the frame attached to a golf bag, the golf bag can be pulled along by a handle 4 and a roller 6 supporting the golf bag from below and allows the golf bag to be pulled over the ground.
Patent GB-2286731-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection system
Inventor: WHITE ROWLAND SPENCER
IPC: H01R31/06
Filed: 1992-07-06
Abstract: An electrical connection system, for example a drop-side patch panel, comprises a mounting rail (12) which receives first connectors (14) arranged with their contacts facing away from the rail (12). Cable introduced between the rail and the connectors is separated into individual conductors which are terminated at contacts (34, 36) via slots (30) in the rail walls. A second connector 16 carries standard data or voice sockets communications (19) which are connected to the first connector via edge contact carrying PCBs (38) which engage in slots (40) in the first connectors from the side of the connector carrying the first connectors (14). The PCB edge connectors have a discontinuity on one surface, and one half of the contact is connected to the contact on the other side to enable direct connection between upper (34) and lower (36) rows of contacts of the first connectors in a first position of the second connectors, and contact between the upper rows of contacts and the standard sockets (19) in a second position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299075-A (GB)
Title: Fermentation apparatus
Inventor: NAKAJIMA SHIGEJI
IPC: C05F17/02
Filed: 1995-07-31
Abstract: The fermentation apparatus is of a vertically oriented, multistage type comprising one or more fermentation tanks 1, an outlet port 3 provided at the top of the fermentation tank, a maturation tank 4 disposed below the fermentation tank, and a preliminary fermentation tank (6, Fig. 2) disposed below the maturation tank. Each fermentation tank includes a support means 20 rotatable in the circumferential direction, agitation means 30 removably connected to the support means and including a plurality of agitation blades 32 rotatable in the horizontal direction relative to the bottom surface of the fermentation apparatus, a gas intake means 40 disposed below the agitation means, a transfer opening means for open-close movement, and a filter means provided at the top of the fermentation tank. Sewage sludge and other waste materials may be treated in the apparatus to yield compost.
Patent GB-2305300-A (GB)
Title: Modular electronic assembly
Inventor: BUTLER NEIL RICHARD
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 1995-09-14
Abstract: A modular electronic assembly has a mounting frame provided with slots for slidingly receiving electronic sub-assemblies 1, each sub-assembly 1 being engageable with a respective electrical connector 3 on the mounting frame, an electrical drive 5,7,6 being provided between each sub-assembly 1 and the respective slot in the mounting frame, whereby the sub-assembly may be selectively drawn into and ejected from its slot by operation of the drive.
Patent GB-2305798-A (GB)
Title: Spatial frequency domain video signal processing
Inventor: SADJADIAN AHMAD
IPC: H04N7/30
Filed: 1995-09-28
Abstract: A method of generating an output array of image spatial frequency coefficients from input arrays of image spatial frequency coefficients overlapped by the required array, the spatial frequency coefficients being transformable to image pixel values by a predetermined spatial frequency transformation. The method comprises the steps of: matrix-multiplying each input array by one or more respective matrices having coefficients derivable by applying the inverse of the predetermined spatial frequency transformation to respective translation matrices. These translation matrices are defined as matrices which, if matrix-multiplied by the input array, would provide a translation of the overlapped portion of the input array. The products from each overlapped input array are then added to produce a final array representing the overlapped area.
Patent GB-2306039-A (GB)
Title: Light display and method of forming the same
Inventor: DEWHURST RICHARD MELBOURNE
IPC: G09F9/302
Filed: 1995-10-02
Abstract: An alpha-numeric display arrangement, designed to be vandal-proof, has an opaque mould plate (24, Figure 2) mounted on the reverse of a metal front plate 10. A plurality of elongate apertures 22 in the plate 10 each form one of a plurality of segments of the alpha-numeric display. Elongate apertures (36) of the mould plate (24) are accurately aligned with respective ones of the apertures 22 in the front plate 10. Molten illuminable material is introduced to a required level in each of the contiguous aperture pairs (22, 36). A space is left above the solidified material in which a light emitting diode mounted on a lighting board (38, Figure 3) is received. Thus, each of the apertures is served by a light emitting diode (40) which is in optical communication with the transparent material (42) provided within each of the apertures.
Patent GB-2294886-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for preventing hydrate formation in pipelines
Inventor: ROJEY ALEXANDRE
IPC: B01J19/10
Filed: 1995-10-31
Abstract: At low temperatures, mixtures of oil/gas/water form hydrates which can block pipelines. This is prevented by subjecting the mixture of fluids whilst in flow to intermittent pulses of a physical disturbance, eg acoustic (ultrasound), pressure or thermal, which vibrate the water molecules thus preventing them from forming hydrogen bonds and a crystalline structure. The apparatus includes an emitter, sensors which monitor temperature and pressure in the pipeline and which send the information back to a command and control device which controls and adjusts the emission appropriately to prevent hydrate formation.
Patent GB-2307323-A (GB)
Title: Device for indicating vehicle/engine conditions and maintenance requirements
Inventor: LAI WEN KUEI
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 1995-11-15
Abstract: The device comprises a micro-computer 1 connected with battery of a vehicle; a central lock remote-controller 5 connected with said micro-computer; a plurality of sensors connected with said micro-computer, said sensors being arranged to sense conditions of different parts of the vehicle/engine; whereby said micro-computer will give voice messages to indicate all conditions and maintenance requirements.
Patent GB-2311095-A (GB)
Title: Hinge
Inventor: FALLON PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: E05D7/04
Filed: 1996-03-15
Abstract: A hinge for the hanging of a door or window within a frame comprises a frame fixture 10 secured to the frame, a connecting member 20 pivotally mounted to the frame fixture 10, and a door fixture 30 fixed to the door. The door fixture 30 is received within a channel in the connecting member 20 and, in use, is concealed by the connecting member 20. The door fixture 30 may be T-shaped in cross-section and received in a T-shaped channel in the connecting member 20. The door fixture 30 may be secured to the connecting member 20 by the use of a threaded bolt or captive nut. The connecting member 20 may be mounted on an eccentric pin which is held in a pair of supports upstanding from the frame fixture 10, wherein the pin is lockable in position by fixing screws passing through threaded bores 16,17 in the frame fixture 10. Any of the frame fixture 10, the door fixture 30 or the connecting member 20 may be die cast in zinc alloy.
Patent GB-2299069-A (GB)
Title: Tool box
Inventor: DOAN JIMMY
IPC: B25H3/02
Filed: 1996-03-20
Abstract: A tool box has an upstanding side wall structure 11 which may have a front opening 17 to receive one or more drawers 35, the side wall structure 11 being closed at the upper end by a top panel 19 and at the lower end by a unitary, one-piece bottom panel 20. The bottom panel 20 has three parallel depending ribs 22, 23 deformed from the plane of a base wall 21, with one rib 23 disposed along a front edge of the base wall 21 and being unitary with an upstanding front flange 24 with a rearwardly extending lip 25. Side flanges, spaced apart by the ribs 22, depend from each side edge of the base wall 21. A rear flange may depend from the rear edge of the base wall 21 or a channel-shaped upstanding rear wall may be provided. The flanges and rear wall of the bottom panel 20 provide means for attachment thereof to the side panel structure 11 and slots 33 are provided in the bottom panel 20 for attachment of casters.
Patent GB-2301783-A (GB)
Title: Process and system for filtering polyamide oligomers
Inventor: BUCHANAN KARL H
IPC: C02F1/00
Filed: 1996-06-06
Abstract: A filter element surface 14 is coated with particulate polyamide 62 which serves as a filter aid to trap polyamide oligomers suspended in water. The particulate polyamide is preferably coated onto a surface of a bag filter so that polyamide oligomers flowing through the coated bag filter surface will adhere to the polyamide particles forming an oligomer cake 64 thereon which encapsulates the polyamide particles 62. Momentarily equalizing the pressure differential across, or reversing flow through the coated bag filter surface, which may be automated, will cause the oligomer cake and polyamide particles encapsulated thereby to break into relatively large-sized solid aggregate particles which may be easily recovered. Since the polyamide particles which are encapsulated by the oligomer cake are chemically compatible with one another, the entire particulate aggregate may be subjected to depolymerization processing so as to recover monomers from which the polyamide is formed (e.g. caprolactam).
Patent GB-2302771-A (GB)
Title: Television signal receiver
Inventor: HATANO HIROYUKI
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 1996-06-25
Abstract: A video detection unit (2) is provided with a first control loop (101) including a phase detector (23) for comparing phases between the output of a voltage-controlled oscillator (24) and the carrier of a VIF signal to output a control voltage, and a second control loop (102) including a counter (25) for measuring the output frequency of the oscillator to output a control voltage when the frequency is out of a predetermined range. The second control loop determines the free-run frequency of the oscillator. The first control loop makes the frequency and phase of the oscillator coincide with those of a carrier. The output of the counter is also used as an AFT voltage for the input tuner local oscillator (12).
Patent GB-2303234-A (GB)
Title: Multi-processor fault detection
Inventor: WATABE TOHRU
IPC: G06F11/20
Filed: 1996-07-08
Abstract: A triple processor TMR - triple modular redundancy - unit 10, connects a plurality of processors 10-1 to 10-n by a bus 12 and simultaneously executes the same processing operation. Among the plurality of processors, one of them 10-1 is a master and the remaining processors 10-2 to 10-n are slaves. Information formed by only the master processor 10-1 is outputted to the bus 12. Each processor has a multiplex control circuit 48. The multiplex control circuit 48 compares output information formed by itself with bus information outputted to the bus 12, thereby detecting a failure and allowing an internal circuit 46 to execute necessary processes. Further embodiments include indicating which processor is normal and which has been disconnected; having a transceiver in each processor and having a bus failure detecting circuit; using a memory control unit to allow slave processors to access the master processor memory via the bus when exchanging a failed processor; and using a directory memory to validate directory information so as to indicate the newest information in a memory when a processor is exchanged.
Patent GB-2318805-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable cam for circular knitting machine
Inventor: WANG PING-SHIN
IPC: D04B15/32
Filed: 1996-08-06
Abstract: A circular knitting machine for knitting a jacquard fabric includes a fixed selector cam (1) for guiding a knitting needle in a fixed track, a needle selector controlled to raise the knitting needle into a tucking track, a movable selector cam (2) slidable in a slot in the fixed selector cam to open/close the tucking track, and a driving mechanism (8) controlled to move the movable cam in the slot of the fixed cam. The driving mechanism comprises a servo motor (8), a crank (81) and a piston detector (82,83).
Patent GB-2316835-A (GB)
Title: Synchronisation of electronic apparatus
Inventor: REES IDRIS JOHN MARK
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 1996-08-24
Abstract: A frame counter synchronisation pulse generator 11, for use in a digital cellular radio communication system, consists of a CPU 12, to which an accurately timed pulse train and time data signals, extracted from GPS satellite signals by GPS receiver 13, are applied, the pulses also being applied to a synchronisation pulse gate 14. CPU 12 is programmed with a predefined time zero, from which all base stations are deemed to have started to function, and calculates, from the time data, which of the pulses of the pulse train is an integral number of pulse periods from the reference time zero and also corresponds to an integral number of signal frames of a base station with which the frame counter synchronisation pulse generator 11 is associated. The pulse generator may be used to synchronise the internal clocks and oscillators of base stations associated with a cellular system.
Patent GB-2305721-A (GB)
Title: Multi-fluid heat exchanger with stacked plate structure
Inventor: DAMSOHN HERBERT
IPC: F28D9/00
Filed: 1996-09-16
Abstract: A multi-fluid heat transfer device having a plate stack construction is disclosed which includes several plates which are stacked above one another and are provided with openings, through which several thermally interacting fluids can be guided. A construction is provided which consists of at least one first and at least one second flow duct plate unit which are arranged in the plate stack in an alternating manner, as well as of an intermediate connection cover plate unit, the first flow duct plate unit having one group and the second flow duct plate unit having two separate groups of respective side-by-side flow duct openings. Furthermore, connection duct openings for forming one distributor duct pair and collector duct pair respectively for each group of flow duct openings are placed in all plate units. As a result, a compactly constructed heat transfer device of a high heat transfer output is implemented by means of low manufacturing expenditures. The heat transfer device is usable as a high-temperature battery cooling element for an electric vehicle.
Patent GB-2307431-A (GB)
Title: Turret machine tool
Inventor: TOKURA KAZUTO
IPC: B23Q1/00
Filed: 1996-11-25
Abstract: A machine tool having a turret head 1 which can be rotated to index one of tool mounting members 10 into a machining position A has a first supporting body 7 which is connected to a moving mechanism that advances or retracts the turret head 1 along an axis coinciding with the axis of the tool mounting member 10 at the machining position. A second supporting body 8 movable along the axis of machining is supported on the first supporting body 7, and the turret head 1 is rotatably supported on the second supporting body 8 for indexing. A spindle head (12, Fig.4) is fixed to the first supporting body 7, and a spindle (13, Fig. 4) is supported on the spindle head 12. A tool holder 11 to be held by the tool mounting member 10 is engaged with or detached from the spindle 13 by the movement of the second supporting body 8 relative to the first supporting body 7.