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Patent GB-2257885-A (GB)
Title: Container for plants.
Inventor: LELEU JANET
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 1991-05-25
Abstract: A container for growing plants comprises a bag-like body made of a synthetic plastics material for holding growing medium such as peat 4. The body is formed with slits (5) to provide planting sites. The body has an open top and tape (3) is stitched around its bottom and two sides, a loop of the tape extending across the top of the body to serve as a means for hanging the container in position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244512-A (GB)
Title: "Door fastening mechanisms"
Inventor: REMNANT PETER CHARLES
IPC: E05C9/04
Filed: 1991-05-31
Abstract: The mechanism 1 comprises two sliding bolts 4 and 5 extending along a common axis 8 parallel to the plane of the door so as to be slidable in opposite directions. A pivotable member g is attached to the door 2 so that its pivot axis 11 is substantially parallel to the plane of the door and perpendicular to the axis 8 and is pivotable by pulling/pushing on a handle 15. The mechanism is suitable for use on a security site storage container since, when the mechanism is in the fastened position, only a small part of the handle projects on the outside of the door, and it is virtually impossible to forcibly open the door by pulling on this part of the handle. As shown, handle 15 comprises an arcuate member 17 a radial part 18 and a plate 19. Figure 5 illustrates a modified arrangement for use with a padlock. A key-operated lock 22 is provided to move a locking member 23 to prevent pivoting of link 14. Figures 1, 3 illustrate a security flange 25 in the vicinity of hinges (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244898-A (GB)
Title: Scale inhibiting plastics coating of immersion heater or heat exchanger
Inventor: TOWNSEND DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: H05B3/80
Filed: 1991-06-05
Abstract: A heating element 2 for use in heating fluids by immersion of the element therein is provided with a coating 10 of a suitable plastics material capable of withstanding the elevated temperatures to which the heating element is subjected and which inhibits the deposition of scale from the heated water on that element. Several examples of suitable coatings are listed and the element may be an immersion electrical resistance element or a hollow tube or plate through which steam or a heating medium is passed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246989-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle gearbox construction with low structure-borne noise.
Inventor: PICHLER KARL
IPC: F16H59/02
Filed: 1991-08-09
Abstract: A gearbox housing (1) has a gearbox cover (2) (or turret, Fig. 2) in which a gear lever (3) is pivotably mounted. In order to prevent the emission of structure-borne noise, the gearbox cover (2) has bores (10) which receive damping members each comprising a resilient ring (12) and an internal metallic bush (13). Screws (14) clamp only the metallic bush (13), without touching the gearbox cover (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262183-A (GB)
Title: Providing passage through wall of container used as battery box
Inventor: BROCKLEHURST PHILIP GORDON
IPC: H01M50/172
Filed: 1991-12-05
Abstract: A container includes at least one wall with inner and outer skins of metal defining a sealed region therebetween. A sealing cuff extends between apertures in the two skins to define a passage through the wall. The sealing cuff is made of a tube of corrugated metal, a first washer at one end of the tube welded around the aperture in one of the skins and a second washer at the other end of the tube welded around the aperture in the other of the skins. The first washer extends transversely inwards of the tube to assist in construction of the container. The region between the inner and outer skins may be evacuated of gases and contain thermally insulating material. Containers having external walls of this type can be used as battery boxes for batteries comprising one or more high temperature cells.
Patent GB-2262537-A (GB)
Title: Method of making a candle and composition thereof
Inventor: LIN KUO-LUNG
IPC: C11C5/02
Filed: 1991-12-20
Abstract: A method of making a candle includes the steps of heating one or both of a butter oil and a solidified oil to melt it, mixing the butter oil and solidified oil together, and then allowing the mixture to cool and solidify to provide the wax of the candle, the butter oil having a melting point of 35 to 37 DEG C and having a palmitic content no more than 0.1 % and the solidified oil having the following characteristics: Acid Value below 0.5, Iodine Value below 2.0, Saponification Value between 195-198, Melting Point of 60 +/- 1 DEG C, water and impurity content below 0.2 %. The candles prepared by this method show improved characteristics on burning including reduced smoke, odourous smells and toxic particles.
Patent GB-915084-A (GB)
IPC: H01F30/10
Abstract: 915,084. Inductors. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Ltd. June 21, 1961 [July 13, 1960], No. 24411/60. Class 38 (2). A choke or transformer, or combination thereof comprises a magnetic core of which a rectangular tubular casing 1 of the kind described in Specification 910,566 forms part, said casing enclosing a core limb carrying a choke coil 7 and being completed at one end by the cross-piece 10, 11 of a T-shaped stack of laminations, Fig. 2 (not shown), the main limb 8, 9 of which forms part of the core limb (two stacks of rectangular laminations 13α). The other end of the casing may be completed in a similar fashion. In the construction shown, the other end of the casing holds transformer windings 2 on P-shaped laminated cores 3, 4. The transformer core is completed by laminations 6, and an air gap 14 is left between the ends of the " P " and " T " cores. Connections from the choke and transformer windings are made to a terminal board at the transformer end of the casing, and the whole may be filled with an epoxy or other thermosetting resin.
Patent GB-915572-A (GB)
IPC: D06M13/278
Abstract: 915,572. Leather, treating; chemicallyreacted paper. TOOTAL BROADHURST LEE CO. Ltd. March 9, 1960 [Jan. 17, 1959; June 2, 1959], Nos. 1803/59 and 18736/59. Classes 76 and 96. [Also in Groups IV (a), IV (b) and IV (c)] Animal hides or skins are tanned and the wet strength of paper is increased by chemically modifying them by treating them with a substance other than bis-#-hydroxy ethyl sulphone which liberates divinyl sulphone under alkaline conditions and an alkaline or potentially alkaline catalyst, e.g. sodium hydroxide, carbonate, silicate or bicarbonate, under such conditions that reaction takes place between the divinyl sulphone and the hides, skins or paper. Suitable divinyl sulphone release agents are compounds formed by reacting divinyl sulphone with secondary or tertiary amines or amine salts, e.g. bis-[#-pyridinium-ethyl]-sulphone diohloride, bis-[#-hydroxyethyl]-1 : 4- thiasanium dioxide chloride, bis-[#-trimethylammonium-ethyl]-sulphone dichloride and #- (diethanolamino)ethyl vinyl sulphone, Bunte salt having the formula SO 2 (CH 2 CH 2 S.SO 3 Na) 2  and compounds having the formula SO 2 (CH 2  CH 2 OZ) 2 , in which Z is a polybasic inorganic acid radical, e.g. sulphuric or phosphoric acid, a monobasic organic acid radical, e.g. formic or acetic acid, or a polybasic organic acid radical, e.g. benzene polysulphonic acids, or a salt,thereof which is soluble in water or aqueous alkali. The hides, skins or paper may be impregnated with an aqueous solution of the divinyl sulphone release agent which may be alkaline or the hides, skins or paper may be treated with alkali as a separate step. After impregnation, the hides, skins or paper may be dried by heating or dried and heated to a temperature higher than 100‹ C. without previous removal of the catalyst. Specifications 664,795, 846,875, 915,571, 915,573 and 915,574 are referred to.
Patent GB-2253737-A (GB)
Title: Program filing in video recorder
Inventor: KIM KWANG KOOK
IPC: G11B27/19
Filed: 1992-02-05
Abstract: A program filing method for a video tape recorder is disclosed. The tape is formatted into a number of regions so that the tape is arranged into a filing form, and thus, recording and reproduction is faster and more convenient by utilizing a VISS function. When a vacant tape is inserted, the total length of the tape is divided into a number of regions based on the desired formatting number, and VISS signals are recorded on each of the regions for several seconds, so that recording and reproduction can be carried out by selecting the formatted region number, thus making it possible to carry out recording or reproduction on the desired regions.
Patent GB-2254224-A (GB)
Title: Accounting control system of intelligent network service call
Inventor: IIJIMA MASAMI
IPC: H04Q3/00
Filed: 1992-03-20
Abstract: In an accounting control system, operable in relation to calls made on an intelligent network service, the caller's telephone number (P) is converted into a specific dummy telephone number (U) if the called party number (S) converted by the service control point (SCP, 4) is indicative of an international call. The dummy telephone number (U) is sent to an international gateway exchange station (GE, 8), whereby after completion of the international call, an automatic message account (AMA) is output to the dummy telephone number from the international gateway exchange station (8). In an electronic data processing (EDP) centre (20), the collective AMA from the station (8) is disregarded if the accounting-received telephone number is a dummy number. Such an accounting control system can be implemented by modifying the service switching point (SSP) station within the telephone network and by simple processing at the EDP centre (20) without changing the ordinary signal transfer process or the international gateway exchange station program. Such an accounting control system can prevent double accounting when intelligent network service calls involve international calls. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267195-A (GB)
Title: Laser beam printer
Inventor: TAKAHASHI KAZUHIKO
IPC: H04N1/04
Filed: 1992-05-19
Abstract: A laser beam printer capable of changing the printing speed and quality includes a speed decoding unit for decoding a specification of the printing speed, and a speed setting unit for setting a transport speed S for a sheet of recording paper. A rotating mirror drum scans the laser beam across the paper and means determines how many facets of the mirror drum will be used for scanning. A synchronising signal determines the start of each scan line and its period determines the number of facets used (T for all facets, 2T for one in two etc). The period is determined according to the required scanning density D and the print speed S. The required print speed may be input from a host computer or determined from the nature of the image information, particularly whether it represents text or picture. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261308-A (GB)
Title: Data transmission
Inventor: BERESFORD JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 1992-05-22
Abstract: Data is transmitted from a rotating drill bit (3) to a non-rotating main section (2) of the drill string through an acoustic data link passing through the fluid within the borehole (1) and the rock around the borehole (1). The bit (3) and sensors (9a, 9b) are rotated by a mud motor 4 and data is transmitted to the receiving section (2). The data is then relayed to the surface or stored and recovered later. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-921107-A (GB)
IPC: A01G1/00
Abstract: 921,107. Felt; laminates. TROY BLANKET MILLS. March 31. 1959 [April 11, 1958], No. 10747/59. Classes 42 (2) and 140. [Also in Group XVII] A seed-carrying mat intended to be placed on soil so that seeds grow through it, the mat eventually disintegrating, consists of a loose texture fibrous backing 5 on which is spread a mixture of the seed and a growing medium 6, a cover sheet 9 of loose fibrous material being secured to the backing by needling fibres from it through the seed mixture into the backing, The needling may be carried out in known manner by a reciprocating board 10 the barbed needles 11 of which carry fibres through the mat.
Patent GB-2268086-A (GB)
Title: Wall mounted multi-exercise cabinet
Inventor: BRYANT JONATHAN EDWARD
IPC: A63B23/00
Filed: 1992-06-27
Abstract: A cabinet, made of a wooden frame, with frontal panels 12, 13, and 14, 13 being a door/exercise bench opened by a T-bar 15 which is a handle/support. The cabinet houses an exercise mechanism comprising hydraulic pumps for resistance, an arm 17 for leverage, metal rods for position adjustments, a metal rod for resistance adjustment. The whole mechanism can be positioned by means of holes in the frame 23 and 24 and housed in the cabinet when not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262152-A (GB)
Title: Solenoid valve
Inventor: WALTON ROBERT LIONEL
IPC: F16K31/06
Filed: 1992-10-15
Abstract: A solenoid valve comprising an axially elongated body member 1 having an axial bore therein in which is journalled a plunger member 11 for reciprocation in the bore under the influence of a magnetic field generated by a coil 16 carded by the body member, the body member also being provided with a chamber at or adjacent one end, the distal end, thereof in which the distal end of the plunger can move during reciprocation thereof, the distal end of the chamber being closed by a transverse wall 7 having an outlet 8 therein, the distal end of the plunger being adapted to co-operate with the outlet or the transverse wall so as to prevent or permit fluid to escape from the chamber, is characterised in that the body member 1 is tapered externally towards its distal end, the taper having an included angle of at least 0.75 DEG . The valve is used in a drop on demand ink jet printer to control the flow of ink to a nozzle outlet thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263496-A (GB)
Title: Spring mounting for sash frame tensioning arrangements
Inventor: BRAID HAROLD KEITH
IPC: E05F1/16
Filed: 1993-01-19
Abstract: An assembly for a sashframe tensioner used in a sash window frame to support the window in any desired open position, comprises a channel section member 16 and a sash frame support member 28 slidable in said channel section member. A coiled ribbon spring 5 has its free outer end 26 engaged with said sash frame support member, and a mounting element M is disposed between the sash frame support member and a coiled body portion 22 of said coiled ribbon spring with a free end 24 of said coiled ribbon spring disposed alongside said mounting, said mounting element is secured to said channel section member, directly or indirectly, and in use impinges upon an outer surface of said coiled body portion to retain said coiled body portion in position during uncoiling of said coiled ribbon spring as said sash support member is moved away from said coiled body portion. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266010-A (GB)
Title: Plastics cap for the slip-rings of electric machines
Inventor: STILKE HENNING
IPC: H02K5/173
Filed: 1993-03-26
Abstract: A plastics cap (10) for the slip rings (20) of an electric machine, in particular a three-phase generator for motor vehicles, the plastics cap (10) having a force-fit ring section (16) for a bearing (11) of the machine at the brush side and having ventilation drainage channels (19) provided in the force-fit ring interior side for the purpose of ventilating the slip-ring chamber section (17). For the purpose of draining the water from the slip-ring chamber section (17) of the plastics cap (10) irrespective of the installation position of the machine, at least three ventilation channels (19) are distributed over the periphery of the force-fit ring section (16) in such a way that at least one of the ventilation channels lies at a level beneath the slip-ring. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267262-A (GB)
Title: A rear view mirror assembly for a vehicle
Inventor: GRAMAGLIA ALBERTO
IPC: B60R1/076
Filed: 1993-05-18
Abstract: A rear view mirror assembly (1) for a motor vehicle comprises a mirror unit (2) having a hollow outer body (6) and a reflective sheet (8), a support arm (3) adapted to be fixed to the vehicle bodywork and an articulation device (5) interposed between the support arm (3) and the body (6) of the mirror unit (2) to enable the latter (2) to rotate about a substantially vertical axis (A); the articulation device (5) includes a first element (15) and a second element (16), one fixed to the arm (3) and the other to the body (6) and coupled coaxially together so as to be free to rotate relative to each other, and a radially-slidable third element (30) carried by one (15) of the said first and second elements (15, 16) and adapted to engage at least one corresponding seat (45, 46, 47) formed in the other (16) of the said first and second elements (15, 16). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267245-A (GB)
Title: Mat cutter
Inventor: PETERS ALAN R
IPC: B26D7/02
Filed: 1993-05-19
Abstract: A push-pull DIY cutter for sheet material (S), such as mat and foam board, utilizes a blade-mounting handle (16) that is pivotable from a null position in both of two opposite directions, so as to alternatively bring into operative position blade elements (74'') spaced to either side of the null position center line. The cutter is adapted to slide along a clamping bar (86, 91, 104) and to be reversible thereon, for ambidextrous use and maximum-width border cutting, and different forms of blades can be employed interchangeably. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269641-A (GB)
Title: Clutch disc assembly with lining springs
Inventor: JEPPE HARALD
IPC: F16D13/64
Filed: 1993-08-12
Abstract: A clutch disc assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a hub (2) and a disc section (3), which are coaxially arranged and connected to the disc section (3) there are fraction lining springs (6) and a pair of oppositely directed friction lining rings (5). The lining springs (6) are connected circumferentially to the disc section (3) and have a resilience which increases over the radial extension of the friction lining rings (5). The springs may be separate from each other or have common foot areas. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271448-A (GB)
Title: Digital signal processor interface
Inventor: GRESHAM PAUL A
IPC: G06F9/312
Filed: 1993-09-23
Abstract: A digital signal processor (DSP) interface comprises a memory containing a pair of memory banks, apparatus for storing an input signal in a first one of the memory banks, apparatus for storing a signal from the DSP in a second one of the memory banks, apparatus for switching the content of the two memory banks, and apparatus for reading either or both of the two memory banks to a first and a second memory output respectively, whereby the input signal modified or replaced by the signal from the DSP is output from the memory. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282121-A (GB)
Title: Self loading trailer
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM STUART HICKIE
IPC: B60P1/64
Filed: 1993-09-25
Abstract: A self-loading light trailer 1 containing a longditudinal track upon which a trolley unit 3 with a lift-arm assembly 4 with load handling attachment 10 is mounted that can traverse the load between the rear loading/unloading position to a correctly balanced transport position further forward on the trailer more over the trailer axle. The tendancy for the front end of the trailer to raise during loading/unloading is stabilised by the use of rear mounted retractable jacklegs. The length of the track is minimised by making the rear part of the deck 11 movable or replaceable to allow loading and unloading to take place as close to the axle centre of rotation as possible thereby minimising the tendancy of the front end of the trailer to raise during loading or unloading. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280109-A (GB)
Title: Portable vacuum device for skin treatment
Inventor: DORIA ALESSANDRO
IPC: A45D44/22
Filed: 1994-07-14
Abstract: The device comprises a double-action suction pump housed in a container 2, a handle 18 with suction head 19 for skin treatment, and a flexible connecting tube 17 between the pump and the handle. The container may act as a housing for the tube and handle and may hold additional heads. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to storage carousels
Inventor: GRAINGER ALLAN
IPC: B65G1/133
Filed: 1994-08-24
Abstract: A storage carousel has a plurality of trolleys (1) coupled to an endless drive mechanism with two parallel straight runs between semi-circular turns at each end. Each trolley (1) is coupled to a drive chain (4) by a direct pivot (6) and by a link (9) pivoted to the trolley (1) and to the chain (4) at points horizontally separated from the direct pivot (6). This enables the trolley (1) to follow a fully controlled path both along the straight and around the end turns. There can be two synchronised chains (4) one above the other, and they can give stability to the trolleys (1), which may each run on one wheel. Provision is made for supporting the chains (4) along the straight runs between sprocket wheels (10) at the end turns. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281992-A (GB)
Title: Overflow monitoring apparatus
Inventor: NICHOLLS RAYMOND WILLIAM GLADS
IPC: E03D1/00
Filed: 1994-09-06
Abstract: An overflow monitoring apparatus 1 comprises a plurality of sensors 3 positioned at or adjacent the overflows 14 of a plurality of remotely located water using appliances, for example WCs 2, the sensors being arranged to detect an overflow condition. A central console 4 is electrically coupled to the sensors to interrogate them in turn, and includes alarms 9, 10 which are activated should any of the sensors detect an overflow condition, the sensor identity being displayed 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294187-A (GB)
Title: Thermal control in a liquid heater
Inventor: PRAGT JOHAN
IPC: H05B3/30
Filed: 1994-10-14
Abstract: A heating element in the form of a support 31 having an electrically insulated surface 32a carrying a resistive track is arranged to deflect and operate switch 41 when the element overheats so as to reduce power input to the element. The switch may be mechanical, magnetic or optical. The heating assembly may also comprise a hot plate for supporting a vessel to be heated rather than the element being part of the vessel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283335-A (GB)
Title: Silver recovery from photographic materials
Inventor: KITTERIDGE JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: C22B11/00
Filed: 1994-10-27
Abstract: A method of silver recovery is provided in which a radiation sensitive material comprising a gelatin-based silver-containing coating and a substrate is treated with a wash liquor comprising an aqueous solution containing an enzyme capable of causing degradation of the gelatin, and a flocculating agent. This treatment removes the coating from the substrate and flocculates the non-useful silver, which is then separated and recovered. Preferably, the material is either (i) a presensitised plate with a photopolymerisable layer and a silver halide emulsion layer or (ii) a diffusion transfer material used for printing plates and comprising a support dipped with Carey Lea silver and a silver halide emulsion. After printing plate formation, the silver halide layer is scrubbed with an aqueous solution containing an enzyme such as trypsin or proteinase, and a flocculant, such as a cationic surfactant, a cationic polymer or a mercapto compound and the solution filtered to recover the silver.
Patent GB-2283943-A (GB)
Title: A decorative frame
Inventor: HURST GEORGE VINCENT
IPC: A01K63/00
Filed: 1994-11-17
Abstract: A decorative frame for application to an aquarium 10 and comprising one or more rectangular framing members 11 produced as a one-piece construction or alternatively using several linear strips. The or each framing member 11 is preferably made from moulded plastics and has a profiled front-face 12 providing the appearance of a picture frame and a rear face to which is applied a double-sided self-adhesive tape strip (18, Fig. 2) with a paper release strip on the exposed surface which when peeled off enables the frame to be bonded to the surface of the glass. The frame may be preformed and providing in several sizes to match standard aquaria or made available in strip form with corner pieces to enable assembly and attachment to irregular sized aquaria. Edging strips may be provided to conceal any exposed joints. The self-adhesive attachment strips may be replaced by magnetic strips or press-studs. <IMAGE>