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Patent GB-2152867-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for assembling a pair of fastener elements
Inventor: TAGA YUKIO
IPC: A41H37/00
Filed: 1984-12-27
Abstract: An apparatus, for assembling a pair of fastener elements (A, B) of a garment fastener, including a lower or die unit (5) having a plunger 52 and a retainer (200) which is disposed immediately upstream of a die (54) and which is vertically movable between a retracted position in which an upper end portion (205) of the retainer (200) is retracted below a top of the die (54) to allow one fastener element (B) to be supplied onto the die (54) by a pusher 71, and a projected position in which the upper end portion (205) of the retainer (200) projects from the top of the die (54) to engage a peripheral edge of the head (17) of the fastener element (B) to thereby prevent the latter from being displaced on the die (54). The apparatus includes an upper unit 1 with a plunger 105, and a first pusher 303 reciprocable within a guide 316 to feed element A to the upper unit 1. The pusher 71 is also reciprocable in a guide 72. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169360-A (GB)
Title: A plummer block housing
Inventor: HAMBLIN RONALD FRANCIS
IPC: F16C35/04
Filed: 1985-01-07
Abstract: A plummer block housing 10 has a flat base surface 15 and a bore 16 for reception of a bearing 12. The housing 10 comprises two substantially identical halves 17 having mating surfaces 18 meeting on a plane extending perpendicular to the flat base surface 15 and longitudinally bisecting the bore 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159671-A (GB)
Title: Battery charging
Inventor: GRIEBEL WILLIAM
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 1985-03-26
Abstract: Battery charging stations 1 to 7 are connected to a central station 15 serving at least as a unit for monitoring the charging operations. Audible or visual signals may be given by a common indicator 16 or respective indicators 16' in response to a deviation or malfunction at any charging station. The central station 15 may have either a display screen cyclically connected to each station 1 to 7 in succession, or respective screens (31) to (37), (Fig. 3), to monitor progress of the charging operations. A sensing circuit (18) and comparator (26), (Fig. 2), may be provided to reduce all the charging currents if their sum exceeds a reference level. Stations 1 to 7 may receive charging power from central station 15, or otherwise. Station 15 may have memories (38) to (44) (Fig. 4), (115) to (121), (Fig. 7), storing different charging programmes, the memories being associated with respective stations 1 to 7 or with batteries of respective kinds. One or more timing clocks may be provided at the central station 15 or stations 1 to 7 so that charging is effected at night. The charging operations may be timed to avoid charging a plurality of batteries simultaneously. The links 8 to 14 between stations 1 to 7 and 15 may be mains supply lines and these may carry superposed R.F. signals for monitoring and controlling the charging stations. Alternatively, the stations 1 to 7 and 15 may be connected by a ring line, stations 1 to 7 having address decoders. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164360-A (GB)
Title: Washing machine with improved fixing for electrical heating elements
Inventor: REGAZZO OLINDO
IPC: D06F39/04
Filed: 1985-09-10
Abstract: A washing machine, in particular a clothes washing machine is provided with at least one electrical heating element (7) which is introduced into the lower part of the washing tank via an opening (9) and is clamped into position. Its free end is pivoted into an indentation (16) as the fixing screws for the element are tightened, so obviating the need for separate heater fixing clips. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174765-A (GB)
Title: Multirow roller bearing
Inventor: RHODES JERRY PATRICK
IPC: F16C33/78
Filed: 1985-11-14
Abstract: A multirow bearing for supporting a work or back-up roll of a rolling mill. A seal case (74) is fitted within the annulus (72) between the inner races and outer races. The seal case (74) is configured to fit entirely within the annulus. Sealing means (76) on the seal cases cooperate with an inner race to form barriers at the ends of the bearing. The inner races (20,22) may comprise a pair of inner races separated by a sealed spacer (36). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183582-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft security method and apparatus
Inventor: BIRCH NEVILLE HAMILTON
IPC: B64D47/00
Filed: 1985-12-02
Abstract: A method of reducing risk of death or injury to air passengers and aircrew and damage to aircraft as a result of air piracy comprises introducing into the environment of the interior of the aircraft through ducting means provided in the structure of the aircraft, one or more substances e.g. smoke, CN or CS gas to impair the faculties of persons present inside the aircraft to enable the aircraft to be brought under the control of security personnel.
Patent GB-2170131-A (GB)
Title: Molten steel pouring nozzle
Inventor: TATE MASAHISA
IPC: B22D41/54
Filed: 1985-12-13
Abstract: A molten steel pouring nozzle having along the axis thereof an inner bore through which molten steel flows. At least a part of the molten steel pouring nozzle is formed with a refractory consisting of at least 30 wt.% calcium oxide and at least one of magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide such that the melting point of the refractory falls within the region of at least 2,200 DEG C in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3 ternary phase diagram. In use, deposition of Al2O3 from the steel on to such a refractory results in a reaction between the refractory and the deposit, leading to production of low-melting point products which readily dissolve in the steel. Thus, the nozzle does not become clogged. Further, if the nozzle is installed as a flow-regulator in a weir of a tundish, the low-melting point product floats to the surface in the tundish thus making it possible to remove Al2O3 from the steel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168301-A (GB)
Title: Excavating apparatus
Inventor: CARSLAW WILLIAM
IPC: E02F3/32
Filed: 1985-12-18
Abstract: An excavating apparatus which may be a self-propelled vehicle or, as shown, a trailer, comprises a chassis 5 mounted on wheels 2, a spoil container 6 pivotally mounted at 8 on said chassis 5 with a tilt means 9 connected between said container 6 and chassis 5 for tilting said spoil container 6 for spoil discharge therefrom, and an excavating device 11 mounted on said chassis 5. The spoil collector 12 of the excavating device 11 is movable between a ground level spoil collecting position and a spoil discharge position above the spoil container 6. At least one further ground-engaging means 17 is provided for securely supporting the chassis 5 during excavation. A hydraulic compressor 19 powers the tilt means 9 and a rock breaker. In an alternative embodiment, the excavating device 11 can be tilted to remain vertical on a transverse gradient to improve stability of the apparatus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-854338-A (GB)
Abstract: 854,338. Igniting burners. GAS COUNCIL. July 2, 1959 [July 9,1958], No. 22066/58. Class 75(3). [Also in Group XXIX] A gas burner control comprises a cock 3 controlling the gas supply to the main burner 1, and a pilot burner 17 actuating a heat sensitive valve 8 in series with the cock 3, the pilot burner being supplied through a restricted passage 20 permitting only a small flame 21 and also through a pipe 26, when the cock 3 is open, to provide a large flame 27 to ignite the main burner. The gas is supplied to the pipe 26 by a groove 25 extending partway round the plug 5 of the cock 3 and arranged so that the pipe 26 is supplied just before the pipe 7 leading to the main burner 1. The heat sensitive valve 8 comprises a spring-loaded ball 10, a push rod 12 and a U-shaped bimetallic strip 15 having a conducting blade 16 heated by the pilot burner.
Patent GB-2177478-A (GB)
Title: Power transmission device
Inventor: MACIAG WALTER
IPC: F16C33/10
Filed: 1985-06-27
Abstract: A power transmission device which includes trunnion and bearing sets for transferring power from a power generating unit to an operating unit. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a cross (36) is provided with a plurality of trunnions (39, 41, 43, 45) which define transfer surfaces (38, 40, 42, 44). A bearing member in the form of a cup (86) is provided for each of the transfer surfaces (38, 40, 42, 44). The bearing cup (86) is defined by a plurality of internal bearing surfaces (94) which are integral with the bearing cup sidewall (88) and which contact the transfer surfaces (38, 40, 42, 44) of the cross (36). The bearing surfaces (94), in the preferred embodiment, are semi-circular in cross-section and make bearing contact with the essentially cylindrical transfer surface of the cross. The bearing cup (86) is preferably fabricated using powder metallurgy techniques which advantageously form the integral bearing surfaces within the cup, thereby eliminating the necessity for the use of balls or needles in the cup.
Patent GB-2189123-A (GB)
Title: Straw laying apparatus
Inventor: POWELL FREDERICK ERNEST
IPC: A01F29/00
Filed: 1986-04-19
Abstract: Apparatus for laying straw round growing crops such as strawberries uses large round bales. A bale (16) is cradled in a receiver (10) where it is rotated by means of resiliently loaded flexible belts (40, 50) and a slatted power drive band (30). The bale rests on a series of bars (26) below which rotates a delivery rotor (20) having flail-like formations (24) which projects centrifugally between bars 26 to remove the straw from the bale periphery as it rotates to form a straw mat which is laid along one or more rows on the ground during forward travel of the machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2178003-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing foamed and unfoamed beer from bottom of glass upwards
Inventor: STRINGFELLOW CHRISTOPHER MARTI
IPC: B67D1/14
Filed: 1986-06-27
Abstract: A method of dispensing beer having a foam head in which the beer is dispensed in two stages partly as unfoamed beer and partly as foam with dispensing commencing on the bottom of a glass, and apparatus for carrying out the method in which there is a nozzle adapted to reach the bottom of the glass and capable of releasing foamed or unfoamed beer. The nozzle may begin at the bottom of the glass as shown and the glass be lowered manually; or rack-and-pinion or lever arrangements may either raise the nozzle or lower the glass. Either separate conduits may be used for warm foamed beer and cooled unfoamed beer, or a single conduit may have a nozzle whose aperture may be varied to cause the beer either to foam or not to. Generally foamed beer is delivered first, followed by unfoamed beer dispensed below the head. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189528-A (GB)
Title: Wall-ties
Inventor: JONES DAVID JOHN
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 1987-04-27
Abstract: The wall-tie, which functions as a tie for two skins of brick in new cavity wall insulation and also a spacer for foam insulation board to be located on the outer face of the inner skin of brick, comprises an elongate strip 1 with end portions 2,3 and intermediate drip portion 4. The strip has integral projections 9, 10 at each end of drip portion 4; the spacing between the projections corresponds to the predetermined spacing (e.g. 35mm, 50mm or 90mm) between the outer face of the foam insulation and the inner face of the outer skin of brick. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191779-A (GB)
Title: Non-woven webs
Inventor: THOMPSON RONALD JAMES
IPC: D04H1/64
Filed: 1987-07-06
Abstract: Resistance to heat and light aging of webs of natural and/or synthetic fibers is improved by using as a binder a defined composition comprising a latex of a polymer containing a carboxylic acid functional group, which has been neutralized with a fixed alkali to a pH of 5 to 9, preferably in conjunction with a latent acid. The latex may also be useful as a basis for paint.
Patent GB-2199340-A (GB)
Title: Detecting erosion of the target surface of sputtering source during cathodic sputtering
Inventor: WEGMANN URS
IPC: C23C14/34
Filed: 1987-11-25
Abstract: The sputtering source has a target body (1) which at predetermined locations, which are invariable during the cathode sputtering operation, has at least one sensor (14) for directly detecting through-erosion of the target body at the predetermined location. Photometric or electrical quantities, temperature or pressure in the process chamber may be used as the measured quantities. This has an advantage over known apparatus using ancillary quantities such as temperature or the energy consumed which require preliminary calibration and therefore suffer from uncertainties. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2203791-A (GB)
Title: Securing device
Inventor: MICHAEL ANTHONY DAVID
IPC: F16L33/02
Filed: 1988-03-30
Abstract: A shape memory effect metal coil 1 which has unconnected free ends 2 and 3 is used to secure together two coaxial cylindrical objects by applying a radial force between them. The coil is expanded or contracted to exert the force by a change in temperature. To prevent subsequent temperature variations from reversing the securing action, the free ends can be fixed after the first expansion or contraction transition, e.g. by a block of solder 6 which melts and flows when the coil is heated to effect clamping. In another arrangement, a pawl and ratchet arrangement acting between the ends of the coil prevent reverse movement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222592-A (GB)
Title: Treatment/coating of metal surfaces
Inventor: TASKER PETER ANTHONY
IPC: H05K3/38
Filed: 1988-06-22
Abstract: A metal surface is coated with a specified polyhydroxybenzene or a derivative thereof and a hot-cure epoxy composition (e.g. an epoxy adhesive). The polyhydroxybenzene or derivative may be pyrogallol, gallamide or a gallate. The metal surface may be coated with the polyhydroxybenzene and thereafter with the epoxy composition or may be treated with a mixture of the polyhydroxybenzene and at least one component of the epoxy composition. The presence of the polyhydroxybenzene compound gives a bond with improved durability when exposed to water or humid conditions.
Patent GB-2208038-A (GB)
Title: Push-button switch
Inventor: YAMAKI MASAHIKO
IPC: H01H13/705
Filed: 1988-06-27
Abstract: A push-button switch for a portable speech synthesizer timepiece comprises a casing (1) having cut-outs (8) therein such as to provide a plurality of resilient arms (9) each of which is integral at one end with the casing (1) and is coupled at is opposite end to a push-button (6), the resilient arms (9) extending outwardly of the push-button (6) and being arranged symmetrically of the latter. An apertured plate overlies the resilient arms (9) and cut outs (8) to prevent them from being seen. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210443-A (GB)
Title: Fitting for a lampshade
Inventor: HARDY EVETTE ELSIE
IPC: F21V1/00
Filed: 1988-09-26
Abstract: A fitting (20) for a lampshade (10) which comprises a wire framework (11) covered with a suitable covering material such as a fabric, and a connector part (15) to enable the lampshade (10) to be suspended from a lighting fixture, connecting the lampshade (10) for use with a lamp, the fitting (20) comprising a connector part (21) for engagement with a lighting fixture (e.g. of a lamp), and a support structure (24) fixed to the connector part (21) and adapted to be releasably connected to the framework (11) of the lampshade (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to an event recording device
Inventor: WILLIAMS JULIAN DAVID
IPC: G11B27/028
Filed: 1988-11-02
Abstract: An event recording device is provided which may be of use by film or television editors. The event recorder comprises a memory, and a clock, and manually operable means to transfer time signals to the memory from the clock, representative of the time, at the instant of operation of the manually operable means. Means are provided to transfer the recorded time signals from the memory to a further item of apparatus. The manually operable means may thus be actuated at the beginning and the end of an interview, for example, thus enabling an editor subsequently to easily identify the part of a video tape which holds the relevant interview. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224210-A (GB)
Title: Electro-therapy apparatus
Inventor: FAKHRI R OMAR
IPC: A61N1/20
Filed: 1988-12-29
Abstract: The invention provides electro-therapy apparatus which can be readily attached to the patient and which is arranged to pass direct current through the patient by way of electrodes A, B, C on the arms and legs. The electric current is supplied by way of a low voltage source and the apparatus is particularly useful in treating dermatological and rheumatological diseases. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229611-A (GB)
Title: Low power isolating data link with digital interface
Inventor: WILKS ANDREW JOHN
IPC: H01L41/107
Filed: 1989-02-23
Abstract: A data transfer system uses a piezo-electric crystal 2 flexed by a magnet or soft iron core 1 driven by a coil 5 and thus requiring no amplifier to interface to digital logic, (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216388-A (GB)
Title: Heel protection device
Inventor: MCCELLAND SHAUN
IPC: A43C13/02
Filed: 1989-03-06
Abstract: A heel protecting device comprises a stainless steel sleeve 1 shaped to correspond to the shape of the heel portion of high heeled shoes. A slit 4 at the rear of the sleeve 1 provides the sleeve 1 with a small amount of adjustment. A pair of lugs 5 extend upwardly at the rear of the sleeve 1. In use the sleeve 1 is a push fit over the heel of the shoes. The slit 4 allows the sleeve 1 to expand slightly so that it is retained in position by the resilience of the material from which it is made. The sleeve 1 provides the heel 2 with protection against damage which might be sustained in general use. If the sleeve 1 itself becomes damaged it is a simple matter to replace it with a new sleeve 1 thus restoring the appearance of the shoe. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230151-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic shielding of cable termination
Inventor: PEACE GRAHAM
IPC: H01R13/658
Filed: 1989-03-17
Abstract: A cable termination for a coaxial cable is designed to minimise leakage of electromagnetic radiation which can arise from the region at which the cable is coupled to a connector. The cable includes a conductive foil screen (4) which surrounds an insulated cable core (5), and a conductive sleeve (7) is fitted to this screen so that it extends back from the end of the cable to overlie the outer insulation layer (2) of the cable. The casing (9) of a connector is coupled to this sleeve by means of a further conductive sleeve (12), with both sleeves being heat-shrunk into position to form a complete electrical screen in the region of the termination. Sleeve (7) consists of wound, self-adhesive copper foil, contacting the inner of two conductive foil layers (4) and a heat-shrunk insulating sleeve (6). Sleeve (7) receives a plastics ferrule (10) retaining the cable in the conductive hood (9) of a connector housing (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2231316-A (GB)
Title: Flexible lightweight aerofoil sheath for hang-glider and micro-light "uprights" and king posts
Inventor: GLADISH CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B64C31/028
Filed: 1989-05-03
Abstract: The flexible aerofoil sheath 1 in suitable high impact plastic material can be mounted on a metal inner strength tube 2 and can incorporate an internal web (5) (Fig 4) or other means 6 of location in relation to the inner tube 2 which will enable detection of any permanent deformation in the inner tube in the event of impact thus incorporating an important safety feature in this invention. The flexible outer sheath 1 can be removed and fitted onto a replacement inner-tube 2 in the event of damage to the latter. The sheath can be adapted to suit the majority of end fittings on hang-gliders' and micro-lights' control frame uprights currently in use. By virtue of retention of an inner strength tube of correct material and dimensions a lightweight aerofoil sheath can be utilised. This principle can also be applied to king post construction. The space between the sheath 1 and tube 2 can be filled with light-weight foam 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237040-A (GB)
Title: Wainscot panel and system
Inventor: PAXTON DAVID
IPC: E04F19/06
Filed: 1989-10-20
Abstract: A wainscot panel (22) has a rigid backing board (30), an outer skin (32) and a core (34) which rigidifies the skin (32) to limit flexing of the skin (32), and further provides the panel (22) with sounding characteristics resembling those of a solid panel. The panel (22) is securable to a wall (18) with fasteners (94) directed through marginal portions of the backing board (30) and can be framed with a skirt (24), pieces of vertical joint moulding (26) and a top rail (28) cooperatively joined to corresponding edges of the panel (22) so that the fasteners (94) are hidden from view and so that the framing components (24, 26, 28) can be attached and detached from the wall (18). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244954-A (GB)
Title: Vibration damping sheet
Inventor: KITA MASAMI
IPC: B32B15/06
Filed: 1990-06-14
Abstract: A vibration damping sheet comprises two sheets of metal and an intermediate layer, inserted between the two sheets of metal, characterised in that the intermediate layer comprises a rubber composition comprising a butyl rubber, polyoctenylene and a copolymer of an olefin and an epoxy-containing acrylic ester. The intermediate layer may also comprise a copolymer of an olefin and an acrylic ester. The intermediate layer may itself be multilayered e.g. a layer comprising a butyl rubber, polyoctenylene and optionally a copolymer of an olefin and an acrylic ester sandwiched between two layers comprising a copolymer of an olefin and an epoxy containing acrylic ester.
Patent GB-2235286-A (GB)
Title: Optical system for measuring location
Inventor: BRUNFELD ANDREI
IPC: G01S17/46
Filed: 1990-07-13
Abstract: An optical triangulation system for locating a surface of an object 24 includes apparatus 20 for projecting a radiation beam 22 towards the surface along an optical axis 22, apparatus eg a pair of mirrors 26 at first and second locations for deflecting radiation scattered by the surface to a beam combiner on the optical axis, and a detector eg a linear array 32 for receiving the combined beam and providing a representation of the energy distribution thereof so as to locate the center of the beam at the surface. The distribution of radiation from one of the locations 26 is the mirror image of that from the others so that assymetries in the distribution due to uneven reflectivity of the surface 24 are balanced. Means for focussing the beams are provided at 28 or may be combined as a single element between the beam combiner 30 and the detector 32. A second detector 34 may be used to regulate the source 20. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247312-A (GB)
Title: Surface Inspection
Inventor: GRIFFITHS BRIAN JOHN
IPC: G01B11/30
Filed: 1990-07-16
Abstract: A surface inspection system using pattern recognition includes a light source (1) arranged to illuminate a sample and a photosensitive detector (4) arranged to detect light scattered from the sample. The pattern recognition system is arranged to analyse output of the photosensitive detector (4) and includes a front end which is arranged to select data including an intensity contour of the scattered light by feature extraction. A neural network is arranged to analyse the selected data and to discriminate data characteristic of different surface finishes. In a preferred example, the neural network is a single layer neural network. The front end selects data corresponding to different contours at a plurality of different grey-levels and the neural network discriminates on the basis of a three- dimensional data space having first and second dimensions corresponding to the spatial dimensions of the photosensitive detector and a third dimension corresponding to the different grey levels. <IMAGE>