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Patent GB-2243919-A (GB)
Title: Liquid level sensor for electrolytes
Inventor: MURATA MICHIHIRO
IPC: G01F23/24
Filed: 1991-05-02
Abstract: A sensor for detecting level of an electrolyte comprises a pair of elongate resistance films 52a, 52b formed on an insulating substrate 50, spaced electrodes 54a, b mounted on the resistance films in the longitudinal direction and a moisture-resistance film covering the exposed surface of the resistance films. The liquid level is detected from the variation of the AC resistance value of the resistance films caused by the short-circuiting of pairs of the electrodes in the electrolyte. Undesirable change of resistance value of the resistance film caused by being moistened is prevented. The insulating substrate may be of a polyethylene-type plastics material and water repellant layers may be formed between the detecting electrodes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247683-A (GB)
Title: Aqueous coating composition and coating method with use of the composition
Inventor: MITSUJI MASARU
IPC: C08L75/00
Filed: 1991-08-16
Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprises:     (A) a resin for use in aqueous coating compositions,   (B) a urethane resin emulsion, and   (C) crosslinking agent, the component (B) being an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin prepared by reacting (a) an aliphatic polyisocyanate and/or an alicyclic polyisocyanate, (b) a high-molecular-weight polyol, (c) an alpha , alpha -dimethylolmonocarboxylic acid, and when required, (d) a chain lengthening agent and/or a polymerization terminator, and subsequently neutralizing the carboxyl with (e) a primary monoamine and/or a second monoamine. The composition may be used as the base coating composition in a two-coat one-bake coating method.
Patent GB-2249061-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle air bags
Inventor: NAKAYAMA YOSHIKAZU
IPC: B60R21/16
Filed: 1991-10-03
Abstract: The air bag comprises an air-impermeable cloth 2 disposed at least at the side facing the passenger, and an air-permeable cloth 3 at least at the side of the vehicle body. The air-permeable cloth can be covered from the inside of the air bag with a free member 8 which is made of an air-impermeable or low-permeable cloth. The arrangement is such that when the air bag is expanding, air enters the permeable cloth from the outside to the inside of the bag and the free member is turned back as shown to expose a relatively large area of permeable cloth to allow passage of sufficient air. When the bag has expanded and the passenger hits the air bag and air is driven out of the bag, the free member is turned back to reduce the open area of the permeable cloth and reduce air flow from the inside to the outside of the bag. It is thus possible to optimise the shock absorbing characteristics of the bag. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258455-A (GB)
Title: Hanging diskette storage cabinet
Inventor: HASSEL H CHARLES
IPC: G11B33/04
Filed: 1992-04-28
Abstract: A diskette storage box 10 may be hung between an ordinary pair of hanging rails 78 in a file drawer 72 so that a user may keep diskettes in easy reach and may secure the diskettes by simply locking the file drawer. The diskette box 10 may also include a lid 40 which has an upper recess surface such that, when the diskette storage box is hung in a file drawer, the lid may be open onto and over index tabs carried by files located behind the diskette storage box. In this fashion, the lid 40 may lie flat over the files without damaging the index tabs and allowing the drawer 72 to be closed with the box 10 open. The diskette box may include false floors and divider vanes allowing the user to customize the box to accommodate diskettes of the first and second size in a multitude of configurations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257851-A (GB)
Title: Shielded connector.
Inventor: GOODMAN JOSEPH RAY
IPC: H01R13/6593
Filed: 1992-07-07
Abstract: An electrical connector (10) of a type adapted to connect signal and ground circuits between a mating connector and a further circuit, board, or cable includes a housing (12) having an interior cavity (20a) defined by side, top, and bottom walls (13, 14, 17, and 18) and a rear wall (16) with the surfaces (M) of the housing being conductive to shield signal contacts (24, 26) therein extended through the rear wall (16) via insulating portions (22). The housing includes longitudinal slots (30) containing grounding contacts (32) having spring driven edge portions (34) engaging the grounding and shielding surfaces of a mating connector and post portions (38) extending out of the housing to interconnect to the grounding circuit of a board. The housing (12) is a plastic housing with a metallic coating defining surfaces (M). Alternatively, a metallic housing receives an insulating connector of a coax cable, by snap fit, the grounding contacts having a further spring finger to engage a connector shield crimped to the cable shield. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257427-A (GB)
Title: Ivsotopically-pure carbon 12 or carbon 13 polycrystalline diamond
Inventor: BOVENKERK HAROLD PAUL
IPC: C30B29/04
Filed: 1992-07-07
Abstract: Polycrystalline diamond of improved thermal conductivity consists essentially of at least 99.5 wt-% isotopically-pure carbon-12 or carbon-13. The polycrystalline diamond may be made by chemical vapour deposition or by high pressure/high temp techniques.
Patent GB-2270792-A (GB)
Title: Producing water-proofed electric cable
Inventor: MUTO HARUHIRO
IPC: H01B7/282
Filed: 1993-08-11
Abstract: The end faces 4 of conductors 6 of a sheathed electric cable 1 are exposed and held in a liquid sealing agent 5 having waterproofing and insulating properties, air is evacuated from the other end 3 and liquid sealing agent 5 is drawn into the cable so that the agent 5 fills in spaces between the conductors 6 in the cable 1. The sealant 5 may be a silicon rubber.
Patent GB-2280081-A (GB)
Title: Digital copier including means to monitor memory occupancy
Inventor: OKIMOTO MORIHIKO
IPC: H04N1/21
Filed: 1994-07-12
Abstract: In a digital copier of the type writing image data read by a scanner in a memory and transferring them from the memory to a printer, a memory change flag indicative of whether or not to calculate the occupancy of the memory is checked. If the flag is set, the occupancy of the memory is calculated and sent to a system controller. One or more reference amounts, which are easy for the user to grasp (e.g. amount corresponding to a single paper of A4 size), can be entered on an operation and display panel. The occupancy of the memory is displayed on the operation and display panel on the basis of each of the reference amounts. The memory change flag is set when image data have been fully written to the memory and when the discharge of a recording medium carrying an image thereon from the copier has been detected (end of read-out). The copier prevents the image data stored in the memory from being destroyed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280185-A (GB)
Title: Spiro[4,5]decane-7,9-dione derivative
Inventor: MEZEI TIBOR
IPC: B01J23/44
Filed: 1994-07-15
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione {buspirone} of the formula <IMAGE> and of its hydrochlorides by hydrogenating 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]but-2'-ynyl}-8-azaspiro [4.5 ]decane-7,9-dione of the formula <IMAGE> in the presence of a palladium or Raney nickel catalyst in an organic solvent and optionally converting the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione into a hydrochloride, in which a solution of 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]but-2'-ynyl}-8-azaspiro [4.5 ]decane-7,9-dione of the formula II in an organic solvent whose concentration is at least 40% by weight is added to a suspension of the catalyst in an organic solvent, the catalyst is removed and   a) the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione base of the formula I is isolated and/or b) the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione base of the formula I is treated with hydrogen chloride at 15 to 40 DEG C in ethanol or isopropanol and the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione hydrochloride melting at 188 to 191 DEG C is isolated or c) the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione base of the formula I is treated at at most 70 DEG C with hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate or isopropanol and the 8-{4'-[4''-(pyrimidin-2'''-yl)piperazin-1''-yl]butyl}-8-azaspiro[4.5]d ecan e-7,9-dione hydrochloride melting at 201 to 203 DEG C is isolated.
Patent GB-2292502-A (GB)
Title: Microwave Radio System
Inventor: PATEL BHARAT
IPC: H03D7/16
Filed: 1994-08-17
Abstract: A transmitter/receiver circuit for one station of a microwave radio system, comprising one signal path 10 for upconverting a signal for transmission from an antenna and a second signal path 20 for downconverting a signal received on the antenna. A single local oscillator 12 runs at twice the duplex frequency and is used to provide the signals for the upconversion and the downconversion: the oscillator signal is used directly for upconversion, and is divided by two for downconversion. A local oscillator synthesiser 17 effects the final upconversion stage of the transmitted signal and the intial downconversion stage of the received signal. Thus, the arrangement is of simple construction and requires fewer local oscillators than prior art devices. Also, the local oscillator synthesisers for two communicating radio stations can be of exactly the same, relatively simple design. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296120-A (GB)
Title: Barcode decoding
Inventor: ZLOTNICK AVIAD
IPC: G06K7/14
Filed: 1994-12-13
Abstract: A barcode is decoded from an image of the barcode in the form of an array of pixels stored in digital form by determining a series of bar start and bar end locations from the image. An optimisation technique is used to select the bar start and bar end locations for the series by finding an extremum in a predefined target function. The target function is a function of the number of rows of pixels in the image in which runs of black or white pixels start or end at particular locations in the rows. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299252-A (GB)
Title: Fishing bite indicator
Inventor: ELVINS DARREN EDWARD
IPC: A01K97/12
Filed: 1995-03-31
Abstract: In addition to detecting movement of a fishing line, the bite indicator also discriminates between forward and backward line movement and produces an output (visual and/or audible) indicating the detected discriminated direction of line movement.
Patent GB-2293776-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of health beverage a food additive or a perfume
Inventor: KUBOYAMA NOBUYOSHI
IPC: A23L11/00
Filed: 1995-07-25
Abstract: Apparatus and method for manufacturing a health beverage, a food additive, and/or a perfume containing a very small amount of effective ingredient by extracting from various useful materials the effective ingredient. Water is heated and atomized, and contacts the raw material such as soy bean under decompression. The atomized water which contains the effective ingredient is then liquid-cooled and collected.
Patent GB-2292294-A (GB)
Title: A bit-mapped on-screen-display device for a television receiver
Inventor: KNOX MICHAEL DWAYNE
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 1995-08-01
Abstract: In order to increase the speed of the transfer of control data to an OSD circuit (100), and to eliminate "holes" in memory caused by the use of memory mapped registers, dual use is made of the serial data port (SIO BUS) of the OSD circuit to accomplish two distinct tasks, serial transfer of graphics data and serial transfer of the control data. The on-screen display apparatus includes an OSD circuit (100) for generating graphics signal (R, G, B) for display on a display screen, a controller (120) coupled to the OSD circuit (100), for controlling the OSD circuit (100), and a VRAM (140) including a first area for storing graphics data and a second area for storing control data for the OSD circuit. The VRAM (140) has a parallel input/output port coupled to the controller (120) and a serial output port (SIO BUS) coupled to the OSD circuit (100), the serial output port conveys the graphics data from the first area of the VRAM (140) to the OSD circuit (100) for processing and display. The controller (120) writes the control data to the second area of the VRAM (140) via the input/output port and the OSD circuit (100) reads the control data from the VRAM (140) via the serial output port (SIO BUS) during each vertical sync interval (VSYNCH). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304446-A (GB)
Title: Ticket issuing
Inventor: BRENNAN JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: G07C15/00
Filed: 1995-08-18
Abstract: A system for operating the sale and serial numbering of books of bingo tickets from a strip of tickets comprises, a means for issuing a desired number of tickets from a strip 1 of tickets, which has been printed using the continuous rolling fours concept, means 4 for printing a serial number on the tickets as they are issued, and computer control means for identifying the serial numbers to be printed on the tickets which are issued and to control the operation of the printing means to apply the desired serial numbers to the issued tickets. The tickets may be severed from the strip by a guillotine 5. Tickets 7 printed with a serial number are issued. Unused or discarded tickets are not printed and are directed to a reject bin 9. The system enables only tickets printed with a serial number to be issued and counted for tax purposes.
Patent GB-2298000-A (GB)
Title: Mounting device
Inventor: HEARD ROBERT ARTHUR HENDERSON
IPC: G09F7/18
Filed: 1994-10-19
Abstract: A mounting device (2) for securing a sign to a post (46) is disclosed comprising: (a) a saddle portion having a pair of opposite side members (4) of similar form and spaced apart, the side members being adapted to seat against a post (46); (b) a base element (6) joining and spacing apart the side members (4), the base element (6) having a narrower neck portion (7) extending away from the post and connected to an enlarged abutment portion (3), the neck portion (7) being adapted to allow the abutment portion (3) to pass slideably into a channel (32) attached to the sign, the channel having a mouth with inturned lips to retain the abutment portion (3) in the channel; and (c) a pair of attachment members (8) held at opposite ends of the saddle portion and connectable to the post by strapping passed around the post, wherein the attachment members (8) have stem portions (25) connected to the abutment portion. Preferably, the mounting device (2) is made from a single component, e.g. folded from a sheet metal blank. Optionnaly, it is provided with teeth (50) or other means to enhance the fit between the device (2) and the channel (32).
Patent GB-2299840-A (GB)
Title: Connector assembly for sterile fluids
Inventor: MATKOVICH VLADO I
IPC: A61M39/14
Filed: 1993-10-01
Abstract: The assembly comprises male and female fittings 100, 200 defining respective fluid passages 141, 231and having respective membrane assemblies 170, 270 each comprising a passage sealing layer overlaid by at least one removable contamination containment layer. The fittings are resiliently coupled, e.g. by tongues 158 latching over flange lips, so that a resilient mount 249, integrally joined to the male fitting 200 via a neck and carrying the membrane assembly 270, abuts the membrane assembly 170. The contacting contamination containment layers are removed, e.g. by lateral peeling, to leave the sealing layers in contact. Subsequently, a stem 210, sealed in the male fitting 200, is ratchetted forwardly to pierce the sealing layers for allowing fluid transfer. The connector assembly can be used to handle a biological fluid remaining free of, e.g. contaminating organisms.
Patent GB-2304214-A (GB)
Title: Maintenance of history logs in a network
Inventor: IGARASHI YUTAKA
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1996-08-02
Abstract: A historical information management unit keeps records of the work flow in the network. If one the network nodes crashes and the historical information stored in that node is damaged, it can be recovered by comparing the damaged historical information remaining in the node with information from the historical information management unit. Information relating to the network connections of the failed node can be used to speed the process of recovering the log.
Patent GB-2304336-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dispensing Material
Inventor: CASHMAN WILLIAM
IPC: B65G65/46
Filed: 1996-08-21
Abstract: A dispensing unit for dispensing granular material from a hopper (1, Fig 4) includes an upwardly inclined conveyor housing 5 having a conveyor housing inlet 17 of substantially rectilinear shape. An auger 20 for conveying granular material upwardly from the housing inlet to a dispensing outlet 21 is mounted in the housing. The auger has an upper end which is spaced rearwardly along the conveyor housing from the dispensing outlet. The hopper may include two separate hopper outlets (Fig 8 or 9), each having an associated dispensing unit attached thereto. Preferably, the conveyor extends past the outlet 21 and has a motor 30 separated from the granular material by a sealing plate 34. Preferably, the screw stops short of the outlet to prevent the material from being compressed during dispensing. Preferably a chute 33 is provided for the outlet 21. The material dispensed may be animal feed.
Patent GB-967241-A (GB)
IPC: C07C51/25
Abstract: 967,241. Oxidation catalysts. FARBENFABRIKEN BAYER A.G. April 14, 1961 [April 16, 1960], No. 13570/61. Heading B1E. [Also in Division C2] Solid phosphoric acid catalysts activated by the addition of one or more of the elements copper, silver, iron, cobalt, nickel, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, tungsten and uranium and the optional addition of lead, tin, cerium, thorium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, chromium and manganese, are used in a process for the preparation of α,#-unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids by reacting olefines with molecular oxygen. Mixtures or compounds of phosphoric acids, preferably in which the phosphorus is pentavalent, with adsorbents or reaction components such as silicic acid, oxides of aluminium, magnesium, thorium, titanium, zirconium, and boron, or boric acid, or compounds or mixtures thereof, diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr, silica gel, fuller's earth or Florida earth, bentonite, montmorillonite and other clays are used as the solid phosphoric portion and the catalysts are prepared by mixing followed by heat treatment, preferably in two stages, e.g. 80-300 ‹C., and a temperature of up to 600 ‹C. Examples describe the preparation of catalysts from (1) boric acid, phosphoric acid, bismuth and copper nitrates, (2) boric phosphate, tungstic acid and copper nitrate, (3) molybdic and orthophosphoric acids, bismuth nitrate and boric phosphate, (4) ammonium molybdate, copper nitrate, phosphoric acid and boron phosphate, (5) ammonium molybdate, ferric nitrate, and boron phosphate, (6) nickel nitrate, tungstic acid and boron phosphate, (7) cobalt nitrate, ammonium molybdate, boric acid and phosphoric acid, (8) silver nitrate, ammonium molybdate and boron phosphate, (9) copper nitrate, ammonium molybdate, boric acid, zirconium oxide, and phosphoric acid, (10) copper nitrate, boric acid, titanium dioxide, phospho-molybdic acid and orthophosphoric acid, (11) as in (3) but with silver nitrate in addition, (12) molybdic acid, orthophosphoric acid, nitric acid and bismuth nitrate, with titanium dioxide and polyphosphoric acid, (13) ammonium heptamolybdate, orthophosphoric acid, boric acid, bismuth nitrate, and chromium trioxide, (14) as (13) with ammonium vanadate, and (15) ammonium heptamolybdate, orthophosphoric acid, boric acid, tin chloride and ammonium vanadate. Specifications 573,722, 674,860, 694,354, 742,282 and 821,999 are referred to.
Patent GB-2309939-A (GB)
Title: A drawing device including a sound generating system
Inventor: WATSON JAMES E
IPC: B43L13/04
Filed: 1997-02-10
Abstract: A drawing device of the type having a transparent screen coated with powder beneath which a stylus is movable by means of a pulley system controlled by a pair of rotary knobs, includes a sound generating system actuated in response to operation of the control knobs. The control knobs 42,44 are associated with a pair of contact fingers 134,136 which wipe over a the surface of PC boards 112,114 having a continuous inner contact (135,Fig 11) and segmented outer contact (137). The sound synthesizer includes a speech voice ROM programmed to create one of a series of sounds in response to actuation of the control knobs. A gravity switch generates a sound on inversion of the device.
Patent GB-2322410-A (GB)
Title: Variable timing valve operating mechanism
Inventor: SLEE ROGER HARVEY
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1997-02-21
Abstract: An operating mechanism (10) for a valve (11), comprises a cam (12), and a rocker (20) comprising an abutment surface (30) which is movable to operate said valve. The rocker (20) also comprises abutment means (34) which engages the cam so that rotation of the cam causes the rocker to pivot to operate the valve. The abutment means (34) comprises a plurality of cam followers (36,38) arranged to engage the cam (12) at different orientations relative to the axis (14) of the cam. The abutment means (34) also comprises positioning means (44) operable in response to engine speed to alter the relative positions of the cam followers (36, 38) on the rocker (20) to alter which of the cam followers engages the cam (12).
Patent GB-2310339-A (GB)
Title: Personal attack alarms
Inventor: MAXTON CANAN
IPC: H04M11/04
Filed: 1996-02-14
Abstract: Personal attack sensing apparatus includes a microphone 26, a voice recogniser 30 programmable for recognising a predetermined word uttered by a predetermined individual, such as a cry for "help", and means for generating an alarm signal in response thereto. The apparatus may be installed in a building. Alternatively, the apparatus may be installed in a mobile or other telephone, when an alarm signal initiates automatic dialling.
Patent GB-2315756-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing hydrogen siloxane copolymers
Inventor: NYE SUSAN ADAMS
IPC: C08G77/08
Filed: 1997-07-16
Abstract: A process for preparing siloxane copolymers comprises polymerising a hydrogen rich siloxane with a cyclic siloxane in the presence of a catalytic lewis acid. The lewis acid is preferably a phosphonitritic compound. Linear hydrogen-containing siloxane copolymers are also claimed.
Patent GB-2316738-A (GB)
Title: A combined refrigerant accumulator and heat transfer unit
Inventor: KRAUSS HANS-JOACHIM
IPC: F28D20/00
Filed: 1997-08-26
Abstract: In a combined accumulator-heat transfer unit 3 having a heat transfer unit 6 carrying a heat transfer fluid, especially liquid refrigerant from a condenser, and an accumulator 7 for temporarily storing refrigerant liquid/vapour from the evaporator, the heat transfer unit 6 is arranged in the interior of a housing 7a of the accumulator 7 such that the fluid fed through the heat transfer unit 6 comes into indirect heat exchange contact with the refrigerant which is stored in the accumulator reservoir 10. The fluid inlet and outlet pipes 13a, 13b for the heat transfer unit extend axially through the accumulator housing 7a. The heat transfer unit 6 comprises two series-connected flat-tubed spirals 6a, 6b. Refrigerant vapour from the accumulator passes through pipe 17 into and through the spirals to an outlet 16 to the compressor. Air-conditioning systems for motor vehicles which have an internal heat transfer unit can be fitted with the accumulator-heat transfer unit.