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Patent GB-2154729-A (GB)
Title: Solar energy collection system
Inventor: NEWBY RONALD
IPC: F24S23/77
Filed: 1983-12-23
Abstract: A series of reflectors 1 are pivotally mounted beneath a double glazed roof 4 so as to continually focus solar radiation onto an absorber 2. Air to be heated is drawn through ducts 5 in the roof floor and passed through the absorber 2 to be ducted to a drying process. The upper surfaces of the ducts 5 are matt black to absorb unreflected radiation and the absorber 2 is formed as a duct with a lower surface formed by a plurality of layers of coated mesh (13, Fig. 3). The air supply to the ducts 5 may be passed through a flat plate solar collector. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-833521-A (GB)
Abstract: 833,521. Sparking plugs. SMITSVONK N. V. Dec. 28, 1956 [Jan. 30, 1956], No. 39391/56. Class 7(4) In a surface discharge sparking plug a spring is provided in such a way that the electrodes resiliently compress the insulating body between them and the parts are so arranged that the distance between the electrodes near the sparking surface remains practically constant throughout the life of the plug. A plate spring may be fitted around the pin 3 instead of the spiral spring 22. As shown the electrodes 9, 9a formed for example of tungsten compress and deform the insulator 10 between them under the load produced by a spring 22. The insulator 10 and an insulating casing 7 may be mica. Sealing rings 14, 20 may be of silicone rubber. A seal may be obtained by providing a washer 21 in which case the rings 14 and 20 will become superfluous. An elastomer washer 18 is fitted between the nuts 17, 19. The central pin 3 may be of iron or copper. The head 5 and bush 8 may be of steel. The sparking electrodes may be fitted in the end face of the insulating casing 7. The electrodes would have conical opposed surfaces.
Patent GB-2135690-A (GB)
Title: Shaped, solid pigment concentrates
Inventor: GRAYSTONE J A
IPC: C09D7/80
Filed: 1984-02-14
Abstract: A shaped solid concentrate of pigment in a non-particulate carrier material of minimum softening point 35 DEG C is prepared and is used to tint a base paint comprising a liquid continuous phase. The carrier is dispersible in the liquid continuous phase which may be aqueous or non-aqueous. Each shaped concentrate preferably contains a fixed quantity of pigment to enable preselection of a number of concentrates appropriate to a desired tint.
Patent GB-2135409-A (GB)
Title: Gearshift lever mounting
Inventor: MULLER ROBERT
IPC: F16H59/02
Filed: 1984-02-17
Abstract: A ball-type through-passage serves for the pivotal support of the gearshifting lever of a motor vehicle, which consists of two ball halves split along the gear-shifting lever and abutting thereat and of a two-partite bearing housing receiving the same. In order to compensate for radial play, two O-rings are inserted between the ball halves and the gearshifting lever. For the axial fixation radial pins are formed-on at the ball halves, which engage in radial bores of the gearshifting lever.
Patent GB-2155766-A (GB)
Title: Electric cooking utensil
Inventor: CHANG HONG-TSUAN
IPC: A47J39/00
Filed: 1984-03-14
Abstract: A cooking utensil includes an outer casing (20), an inner pot (30) removably provided in the outer casing (20), and a hood (10) detachably coupled with the outer casing (20). The hood (10) includes a grip (11), a plurality of air vents (12) a metal hub (14), a hollow pipe (15), and a first heater (17) used in conjunction with blowing fan (40) for baking operations. A pair of magnetic- type switches separately installed on the hood (10) and the outer casing (20) provide power supply to the first heater (17). A hollow base (22) is integrally coupled with the lower portion of the outer casing (20). A second heater (29a) for stewing is disposed on plate (28), and a sensing device (60) coupled with an IC board is installed in a round plate (29). A selective switch (26) electrically connected to the contact switches, the second heater (29a), the IC board and a retractable power plug (25) is installed on the outer wall of the base (22), and permits selection of either stewing or baking operations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156734-A (GB)
Title: Press
Inventor: LEE JOHN
IPC: B32B17/10
Filed: 1984-03-16
Abstract: A press 20 for sealing e.g. double-glazed window units comprises a bottom platen 24 for receiving a workpiece 28, a top platen 25 pivotally movable relative to the bottom platen between an open position in which the platens are widely spaced apart for receiving a workpiece to be pressed and a closed, operative position in which the platens are contiguously disposed for engaging the workpiece. The press includes latches 30, 31 for securing the platens together in the operative position, and a pneumatic ram (41, Fig. 4) connected by way of a mechanical linkage (42-60, Fig. 4) to both the platens to apply pressure to the bottom platen 24 to displace it so as to press in use the workpiece 28 against the top platen 25 as well as to effect the movement of the top platen 25 relative to the bottom platen 24. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144906-A (GB)
Title: Piezo-electric sensor and method of manufacture
Inventor: BAILLEUL GILLES
IPC: H01L41/087
Filed: 1984-06-26
Abstract: A piezo-electric sensor comprises two metallic electrodes insulated electrically from each other by a material including a piezo-electric ceramic powder, and means for connecting the electrodes to a voltage-measuring device. Such sensors may be used, for example, for detecting vibrations, variations in pressure, and the position of an article. The material consists of a synthetic resin in which the piezo- electric ceramic powder is dispersed, which powder is electrically polarised in one principal direction. Such a piezo-electric sensor is manufactured by a method in which the final shape of the material including the piezo-electric ceramic powder is obtained by moulding. The electrodes constitute a part of the mould; the other mould parts comprise insulating material which can be removed after curing. The sensor may be of flat or cylindrical form.
Patent GB-2145314-A (GB)
Title: Agricultural implements
Inventor: VAN DER LELY CORNELIS
IPC: A01B33/06
Filed: 1984-08-06
Abstract: In an agricultural implement of the kind which comprises a coupling frame 6 exhibiting upper 8 and lower 7 coupling points constructed and arranged for co-operation with the three-point lifting or hitch of a tractor or other vehicle, the parts of the coupling frame 6 which interconnect the points 7 and 8 are constructed and are joined together substantially without the use of welding. Said parts principally comprise juxtaposed pairs of brackets 22 pivotally supporting double arms 25 whose leading ends are forked to produce the lower coupling points 7, supporting frame parts 10 that converge upwardly from the brackets 22 towards a hollow main frame beam 9 and brackets 29 carried by the main frame beam 9 to define the upper coupling point 8. The parts 22, 10, 9 and 29 are secured to one another exclusively by the use of bolts 15 and all of the bolts 15 are of the same size and type. Each supporting frame part 10 is formed from a single sheet metal blank plate comprising central, front and rear regions 11, 12 and 13 that are integrally connected to one another and to rims of the regions 12 and 13 and fastening lugs 14, 14A, 16, 18, 19 and 20 by 90 DEG C fold lines. The various lugs and the central region 11 are formed with holes 15A for the reception of some of the bolts 15. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146971-A (GB)
Title: Process for the airtight packing of products
Inventor: KASSAY KAZMER
IPC: B65B11/52
Filed: 1984-09-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the airtight packing of products in which the product (3) is placed between slower wrapping layer (1) arranged on a suction table (7) and an upper airtight thermoplastic foil (2). A frame (8) is placed on the upper airtight foil (2) so that between the suction table (7) and the upper foil (2) a closed space is formed. Thereafter by means of infra-red heating bodies (5) the lower wrapping layer (1) and the upper airtight thermoplastic foil (2) are heated and a vacuum is applied by the suction table (7) to remove air from the space surrounding the product (3). This suction is applied via thermoplastic suction pipes (4) inserted between the layer (1) and the foil (2). The suction pipes (4) are first welded to the upper airtight thermoplastic foil (2) and the lower wrapping layer and so the suction results in an airtight packing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168205-A (GB)
Title: An improved junction box
Inventor: GILBERT PETER JOHN
IPC: H01R13/73
Filed: 1984-12-11
Abstract: A junction box is made in two parts, comprising a mounting plate (11) having fixing holes for attachment of the plate (11) to a flat surface by means of fixing pins or screws housed in counter-bored recesses. A housing (23) is provided with bosses by means of which it can be secured to the mounting plate (11) by screws passing through passage (35,36) in the bosses. The housing has a rear wall and is entirely enclosed by a cover such that the interior of the housing is totally separate from the mounting plate thereby avoiding the possibility of thermal contact through the fixing screws with the interior of the housing and the body of the wall to which the junction box is fixed. Lips on the housing received in grooves in the plate may have snap-engaging detent means to retain the housing on the plate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172865-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced bolster for a load-carrying rail-vehicle underframe
Inventor: ISHIZUKA TOSHIHIKO
IPC: B61D17/10
Filed: 1985-03-29
Abstract: The vehicle is provided with a floor frame of longitudinal hollow section members 11a supported underneath on transverse bolsters 12 which in turn are supported on wheeled undercarriages or bogie trucks constituting the running gear. Each bolster has end portions of shallower cross-section where the bending moments are less and a mid-length portion of deeper cross-section where the bending moments reach a maximum, and to keep the height of the car to a minimum the increase in cross-section over the mid length is achieved by means of reinforcement 12a along the top of the bolster which is let up into an opening or openings in the floor frame, the top of the reinforcement being substantially flush with the upper surface of the floor frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2163181-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing GaAs single crystals
Inventor: NISHIZAWA JUNICHI
IPC: C30B25/10
Filed: 1985-07-16
Abstract: A method of manufacturing GaAs single crystals in which gas in the vicinity of the surface of a substrate crystal is irradiated with light so that epitaxial growth of GaAs single crystals is effected. The gases supplied contain gallium chloride and arsenic, eg AsCl3.The irradiating light may have a wavelength of 200-300nm, eg 248nm.
Patent GB-2163751-A (GB)
Title: Human insulin-like growth factor II
Inventor: KATSUZO NISHIKAWA
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 1985-07-30
Abstract: A process for producing human insulin-like growth factor II is disclosed wherein human pituitary cells or subculturable cells derived therefrom are inoculated into a medium optionally containing serum and cultured by procedure of rolling culture with a roller bottle or of agitating culture with microcarrier, and then the human insulin-like factor II are purified from supernatant of the culturing broth by column chromatography or by affinity chromatography using monoclonal antibody against human insulin-like growth factor II.
Patent GB-2178335-A (GB)
Title: A process of treatment for soot purification
Inventor: KAO MING-HUA
IPC: C09C1/48
Filed: 1985-08-01
Abstract: A process for removing soot from gases produced during the combustion of solid, gaseous or liquid fuel by means of a plurality of contact treatments i.e. spraying water onto the soot gas containing and exerting centrifugal force on the soot water mixture so as to cool, condense and precipitate the suspension particles including ash and impurities in the soot which will flow out together with the water.
Patent GB-2163174-A (GB)
Title: Monoazo disperse dyes from substituted 5-nitrobenzothiazoles
Inventor: DUVALL JOHN EDWIN
IPC: D06P1/18
Filed: 1985-08-06
Abstract: Disperse dyes of formula (I) are, with certain exclusions, novel:   <IMAGE> wherein R represents one, two or three substituents, which may be the same or different, and Z represents the residue of an azo dye coupler, R and Z being such that the dye is water-insoluble. The dyes give red to blue shades on acetate, polyester and polyamide fibres, and have good light- and sublimation-fastness on polyester fibres and good wet-fastness on polyester and polyester-cotton fibres.
Patent GB-2182555-A (GB)
Title: Furniture foot
Inventor: DANIELS RAYMOND R J
IPC: A47B91/02
Filed: 1985-09-20
Abstract: A foot for an article of furniture comprises a spigot 10 having an upper end 11 for attachment to an article of furniture, a splined lower end (14), and a base 16 which is made of plastics material. The base has a central bore 21 in which the splined lower end of the spigot is a force fit. A shoulder (13) on the spigot locates in recess 22 in boss 19 of the base. The lower end face of the spigot has a cruciform recess to receive a screwdriver to enable the foot to be mounted on the furniture article by threading the upper end 11 of the spigot into a nut or threaded bore on the article. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165129-A (GB)
Title: Digital data transmission with a video signal
Inventor: BELL ANDREW JOHN
IPC: H04N7/00
Filed: 1985-09-27
Abstract: Digital data is transferred from a video screen, such as from the CRT screen of a television receiver, into a micro-computer, by modulating a small area of the screen on successive television field scans. On each field scan, a plurality of data bits are modulated respectively onto a plurality of adjacent lines within the area. Thus, e.g. one or two (Fig 3) complete bytes can be transferred on each field scan. The data may be detected on the CRT screen by a light-pen device. In a further embodiment (Fig 2) many data channels may be transmitted by modulating several areas simultaneously. Each area may comprise either complete or partial horizontal line scans. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-852393-A (GB)
Abstract: 852,393. Folding doors. BECKER, O. Dec. 18, 1958 [Dec. 20, 1957], No. 40937/58. Class 20(3) A folding door hinged at one end on pivots 2 on a frame and comprising two sections 1a, 1b hinged to each other along adjacent edges has a spring 5 mounted on one of the sections viz. 1a with arms 6, 7 passing through apertures in supports 8, 9 on respective sections to urge the sections to take up automatically a folded position when the door is released from its fully extended or closed position.
Patent GB-2181806-A (GB)
Title: Swivel pipe connections
Inventor: NICHOLAS TERRY GEORGE
IPC: F16L27/08
Filed: 1985-10-09
Abstract: A pipe connection comprises a first pipe end portion 3 and a second pipe end portion 4 snap-fitted together such that the pipe parts are relatively rotatable. The first end portion is provided with an annular groove 9 and the second end portion is provided with an annular sealing member 10 in sealing engagement with a surface of the groove. A pipe section provided with such a first end portion and opposed thereto such a second end portion, the central axis of which is inclined with respect to the central axis of the first end portion, is connectable to like sections to form an adjustable bend or between other pipe parts to provide an adjustable pipe fitting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166831-A (GB)
Title: Infra-red guard
Inventor: HIGGINS CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16P3/14
Filed: 1985-10-28
Abstract: Pulsed infra-red rays from source 26 pass by way of collimating lens 28 and aperture mask 30 to diverging lens 22 from which they pass to partially-reflective window 18 whereat the rays are reflected as a beam onto parabolic mirror 16 which creates a substantially parallel curtain of rays across the space 14 to be monitored to impinge upon prismatic reflector 24. The beam reflected back from reflector 24 is in turn, reflected back by mirror 16 to the window 18 through which at least part of the beam passes to pass by way of an image lens 34 to detector 36 comprising, for instance, an array of photo-sensitive diodes. Should there be an interruption of the curtain in the space 14, for instance as indicated at 40, there is a corresponding interruption at the detector 36 which sends an appropriate signal to reactive equipment (not shown) such as an alarm, fault display, or machine shut- off mechanism. The mirror 16 is not essential, the beam reflected by the window 18 impinging directly on the prismatic reflector 24, (Fig. 2, not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168281-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for rotating a tubular member
Inventor: MOODY VICTOR
IPC: B25B21/00
Filed: 1985-12-12
Abstract: Tongs for holding and rotating a tubular member comprise opposed relatively movable clamping jaws 2 and 4. Jaw 2 is fixedly mounted on a body member 1 and jaw 4 is pivotally connected through a link 6 to a lever 5 fulcrumed at 12 on the body member. An actuating handle 13 is pivotally connected at one end through a pin 14 to the body member 1 and extends generally parallel to the lever 9 to which it is connected by a transverse pivoted link 15 relocatable at different distances from the lever fulcrum (21, 22, 23) to allow the gripping force applied to the tubular member to be adjusted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175849-A (GB)
Title: Method of making dry transfers
Inventor: NICHOLLS EDWARD RICHARD
IPC: B44C1/17
Filed: 1986-01-28
Abstract: An assembly comprising a translucent carrier sheet to which is laminated (by an adhesive or by vacuum deposition) a coating or layer of metal, e.g. aluminium, is printed with symbols, using an etch resist ink, and then subjected to an etching medium to etch away the non-printed metal areas. Thereafter, using e.g. holes for registration, the symbols are overprinted accurately with an adhesive which is then dried. The resultant transfer sheet (which may be overlaid by a protective sheet of release paper, such as silicone paper, if it is not to be used immediately) will give a bright durable metallic transfer comparable with that obtainable by gold blocking but without the expensive equipment associated with the latter, by simple traditional dry-transfer techniques.
Patent GB-2186372-A (GB)
Title: Eddy current testing
Inventor: BONESS KENNETH DUNCAN
IPC: G01N27/90
Filed: 1986-02-03
Abstract: Surface or near surface discontinuities in a conductive body are detected by generating and detecting eddy currents in the body by a variety of exciting coil arrangements (31, 33, 35, 37) and receiving coil arrangements (32, 34, 36, 38). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2186185-A (GB)
Title: Display cases
Inventor: BAXTER ALISTAIR
IPC: A47F3/00
Filed: 1986-02-12
Abstract: A display case, assembled from a kit, has walls formed by four glass, or transparent-plastics, panels 1 to 4 that for their retention and upright support are gripped resiliently at their edges 13, 14 and 11, 12 within 2 circumferential slotting 7 of top and bottom rectangular frames 5 and 6 of wood or moulded plastics. Openings in the top and bottom frames 5 and 6 are covered by glass panels 8 and 9, the top panel 8 resting within the top frame 5 on an internal circumferential shoulder (10, Fig. 4) so as to be readily lifted up to allow entry of one or more display items into the case. The display items are supported within the case (possibly as standing on a plinth) on the bottom panel 9 which, as resting over the opening in the bottom frame 6, may have a painted bottom face to enhance the visual effect of the display. Display items, or parts thereof, may be supported from rods that are retained beneath the top panel 8 within grooves 15 in the internal shoulder (10) of the top frame 5. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174741-A (GB)
Title: Kerb
Inventor: PYNE MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E01C5/22
Filed: 1986-04-18
Abstract: A kerb for delimiting a ground area such as an athletic's track comprises an elongated rigid channel member (1) secured to the ground (11) with a resilient buffer member (9) attached thereto so as to cover the channel member (1). The channel member (1) has a base (2) and opposed flanges (3, 4) defining a mouth (5) into which is received a neck portion (7) of the buffer member (9). Rag bolts, studs or threaded dowels (18) pass through apertures (10) in the base (2), and through spacers (12) into the ground (11) for temporary or permanent fixing of the kerb as desired. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2178397-A (GB)
Title: Volume-batching implement for powder products, grains or beans such as flour, rice or coffee
Inventor: MELICONI LORIS
IPC: B65D83/06
Filed: 1986-05-16
Abstract: The volume-batching implement for products in powder, grains or beans such as flour, rice or coffee consists of a container (1) provided at the inside with two superposed discs (4, 5) having offset openings, between which a series of radial blades (7) of a shaft (8) always rotating in the same way, define an equal number of measuring chambers in such a way that a measuring chamber is always located at a discharging position and at least one measuring chamber is located in a charging position; the bladed shaft (8) can be provided at its upper part with mixing blades (12) so that the product stored in the container (1) may be kept moving. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2178794-A (GB)
Title: A driving device employed in a window regulator
Inventor: KOBAYASHI TETUO
IPC: E05F11/50
Filed: 1986-06-10
Abstract: The device, which automatically regulates the tension of wires employed in a window regulator, comprises a drum (4) winding on and off the wires (32, 33) and rotatable within a housing (1, 2), and having first ratchet teeth (7), and a portion (9) for engaging a first wire end. A ratchet plate (5) is coaxial with the drum, and has second ratchet teeth (12) engaging the first ratchet teeth and a portion (14) engaging a second wire end. A spiral spring (19) has one end engaged with the ratchet plate and its other end engaged with the housing (2), and urges the ratchet plate so that the first and second ratchet teeth are moved relatively to take up wire slack. An elastic member (spring 25) axially urges the drum toward the ratchet plate and causes relative rotation between the drum and a handle (28) to facilitate tensioning. A handle shaft (3) rotates the drum via a member (22) whose notch (23) engages a drum projection (24) with some play in the rotational direction. The mechanism of the present invention can employ a spiral spring (19) having a larger diameter, and therefore, functions of regulating tension of wires and of balancing the force for raising with the force for lowering the glass operate smoothly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2193237-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for providing an architectural decorative feature
Inventor: GOOSE ALAN CHARLES
IPC: B44C1/18
Filed: 1986-07-31
Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus for providing architectural decorative features and in particular, but not exclusively, columns and dentil mouldings. For example, a half column, generally indicated at 10, can be abutted to a part of a structure 11. The column 10 comprises a capital 12, an upright 13 and a base or plinth 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183781-A (GB)
Title: Micro-positioning actuators
Inventor: CHAMBERS GEORGE
IPC: F16H19/00
Filed: 1986-11-17
Abstract: A micro-positioning actuator has in place of the nut and screw of a conventional actuator, a rack and pinion (9,11) or other mechanism that will produce linear motion from rotary motion and a reduction gear train (6) connecting this to an operating motor (2) through a non- reversible drive (4,5) at the motor end. Microswitches (17, Fig. 3) may be provided for limiting the total movement of the output rack (11). In an alternative embodiment (Fig. 5), the pinion (9) meshes with two racks (11,11A) arranged on opposite sides of the pinion. <IMAGE>