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Patent GB-2132094-A (GB)
Title: Board game
Inventor: MILEWSKI MANUEL
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 1983-05-03
Abstract: A game for two players is played with four or six pieces (Figure 2) and a board (Figure 1) having sixteen horizontal strips and six lanes (only four of which are shown), bearing arrows indicating the direction of play. The pieces have two horizontal strips and moves depend on how many of these strips correspond with those on the board, pieces being moved up or down in the direction of the arrows, or sideways if the strips correspond. After completing a compulsory move of their own pieces, players can move any piece on the board, the object being to move the opponent's pieces so none correspond. Players can invert their pieces, but in doing so forfeit their moves. Three versions of the game are described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123467-A (GB)
Title: Sheet metal panel
Inventor: LEWIS ROGER CHARLES
IPC: E06B5/00
Filed: 1983-05-04
Abstract: A door panel comprises front and rear metal panels 1, 2 formed and joined together such that a box- section portion 23 is provided on the hinge side of the door, and a wall portion 25 on the other, sufficiently wide to receive a lock. A flange 29 extends behind a part of the door frame 34, so that if hinges 32 are broken, outward movement of the door is prevented. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2139369-A (GB)
Title: Photosensitive systems showing visible indication of exposure
Inventor: DICKINSON PETER
IPC: G03F7/105
Filed: 1983-05-06
Abstract: The invention provides new compositions which change color on exposure to actinic radiation and contain a photosensitive onium, e.g. iodonium or sulphonium, salt and a dyestuff which changes color when protonated. The compositions may also include a resin, especially a resin curable by the onium salt when the latter is exposed, and preferably an epoxy resin. The compositions are useful especially as coatings, e.g. for making screen stencils or for producing lithographic printing plates.
Patent GB-2141188-A (GB)
Title: A skirt member for the vacuum chamber of a vacuum-type brick forming machine
Inventor: IWASAKI SHIGEO
IPC: F16J3/02
Filed: 1983-06-10
Abstract: A skirt member is described for sealing the vacuum chamber of a vacuum-type brick forming machine in which a brick-making material is filled into a mould, then pressed and moulded in vacuo, which skirt member is made of a soft material such as rubber and has inner and outer ring portions 1 and 2 interconnected by a wall portion 3. The radial cross-section of the wall portion 3 is of generally U-shaped form, and the maximum wall thickness of each ring portion 1 and 2 is greater than that of the wall portion 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141098-A (GB)
Title: Bale handling equipment
Inventor: GRIMSHAW ALAN
IPC: A01D87/12
Filed: 1983-06-10
Abstract: A bale handling equipment comprising a frame 10, means 16 releasably to connect the frame to a vehicle, a bale carrying spike 17, having a longitudinal axis, mounted on the frame, a bale remover member 25 movable relative to the spike to displace a bale out of carrying relationship with the spike, fluid operated piston and cylinder ram means 30 mounted on the frame for relative movement between the piston and cylinder in a direction lying in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the spike and a linkage 34-41 to connect the ram means to the bale remover to cause said bale removing movement thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123300-A (GB)
Title: Urodynamic catheter
Inventor: JARCZYN HENRY
IPC: A61F2/958
Filed: 1983-07-01
Abstract: There is provided a urodynamic catheter which includes a tube having at least three lumens, each communicating with openings spaced at different distances from the closed leading end of the tube. In a further embodiment, an additional lumen is provided in the tube, communicating with the interior of a balloon which is attached to the tube and located between the second and third openings, measured away from the leading end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2126227-A (GB)
Title: Acylated isoxazolylureas
Inventor: SUMIMOTO SHINZABURO
IPC: C07D261/14
Filed: 1983-08-26
Abstract: New compounds of formula:   <IMAGE>  in which    A is hydrogen or C1-C10 acyl,    B is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C10 acyl,    R is C3-C4 alkyl, and R<1> is hydrogen, C1-C5 alkyl, C2-C5 alkenyl, C1-C5 alkoxy or phenyl, provided that either A or B is C1-C10 acyl are useful as herbicides.
Patent GB-2127678-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to heatable food etc. containers
Inventor: EGAN PAUL FRANCIS
IPC: A47J47/14
Filed: 1983-10-05
Abstract: A carrier bag has an outer sheet of plastics material 1 and an inner liner 3, formed into a foldable bag shape and having poppet closers 7 formed on part of a carrying handle 8. The inner liner 3 incorporates a strip electrical heating element connected to a power supply cable which can be connected to a power source so that the bag is heated and will maintain food etc. in the bag at a desired temperature. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2129155-A (GB)
Title: Bifocal contact lenses
Inventor: DE CARLE JOHN TREVOR
IPC: G02B5/18
Filed: 1983-10-12
Abstract: A bifocal contact lens is described wherein at least the major viewing area is divided into a multiplicity of near and distant vision viewing zones, each near vision zone being adjacent to a distant vision zone or middle distance zone and there being at least 3 viewing zones in all, whereby the wearer is able to look through at least 2 zones of different power simultaneously. Normally the lens has at least 2 of each kind of viewing zone and the total surface area of the distant vision zones is substantially equal to the total surface area of the near vision zones.
Patent GB-2128879-A (GB)
Title: Neck support
Inventor: MARTIN THOMAS CHARLES
IPC: A47C7/38
Filed: 1983-10-25
Abstract: A device for providing support to the neck and lower portion of the head of a person seated in a chair having a back rest, consists of a U-shaped support including a rear portion and two parallel forwardly extending side portions, the inner walls of the rear and side portions being contoured to the shape of the neck. The rear portion may have a flat outer surface for resting against the seat back rest; it may be releasably attached to the back rest by means of pieces of fabric 7 attached to the outside of the rear portion of the device, one piece of fabric passing over the top of the back rest. In alternative arrangements the device may be attached to rods slidably located in the back rest and adjustable for height, or to a cranked arm whose ends are pivotally connected to slides engaging in runners in the back rest. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156970-A (GB)
Title: Optical detection of specific molecules
Inventor: BENNION IAN
IPC: G01N21/77
Filed: 1984-01-06
Abstract: An optical method for detecting the presence and/or behaviour of a first form of specific molecules in various substances comprises the steps of applying a sample 6 of the substance (e.g. blood) to a molecular adsorbed layer 4 formed on an appropriate boundary surface of light transmitting device 2. Layer 4 embodies a second form of specific molecules (e.g. antibodies) capable of attracting specific molecules (e.g. antigens) from the sample for chemical combination therewith. Light is injected into the device so that at least a part thereof enters layer 4. The light output from the device is then detected for assessment of the effect thereon of any molecules of the first form absorbed into layer 4. Polarizers 9 & 10 are used because the orthogonal light components are attenuated differently according to changes in anisotrophy. Instead of the planar waveguide of Fig. I a triangular prism with an adsorbed layer may be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135513-A (GB)
Title: Packaged integrated circuit device
Inventor: OGIHARA SATORU
IPC: H01L23/04
Filed: 1984-01-20
Abstract: A packaged integrated circuit device has an insulating substrate (4) of silicon carbide base, a cap (5) made of a material having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 20 to 55x10<-7>/ DEG C and a sealing glass 6 having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 30 to 55 x 10<-7>/ DEG C for sealing the cap with the substrate to define a small hermetic chamber. A semiconductor device (1) is mounted on the substrate (4), lead members (3) are introduced from the outside of the chamber, and wires (2) connect end portions (3a) of the lead members (3) to the semiconductor device (1). The semiconductor device, the end portions (3a) of the lead members (3) and the wires (2) are enclosed in the chamber. Suitable cap materials having a linear coefficient of expansion of 20 to 55 x 10-7/ DEG C are ceramics consisting mainly of silicon carbide, or mullite, or zircon, or silicon nitride. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135745-A (GB)
Title: Circuit for controlling the brake pressure in anti-lock vehicle brake systems
Inventor: LEIBER HEINZ
IPC: B60T8/1761
Filed: 1984-02-01
Abstract: In known systems of this type, the brake pressure is re-applied following a pressure drop to prevent locking, first with a large pressure pulse and then with smaller pressure pulses. In contrast to this, in the invention, the circuit controls the pressure build-up by producing first a small (T2), then a large (T1) and finally further small pressure pulses (e.g. T2). This pressure control avoids axle vibrations and unnecessary pressure reduction phases. Separating the pressure increase pulses are phases of increasing length (T3, T0, T4) when the pressure is held constant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156900-A (GB)
Title: Pivot system for pivoting sash
Inventor: MANSELL ROBERT
IPC: E05D11/06
Filed: 1984-04-07
Abstract: A pivot system for a pivoted sash comprises a first bearing member (1, 41) secured to a frame and a second bearing member (3,61) secured to the sash. The first bearing member includes a split ring (5,42) and the second bearing member includes a ring (20,66). In one embodiment, illustrated in Figures 1 to 3, the first bearing member also includes a slide (15) carrying a block (16). The second bearing member includes a segment (26) formed with a gap (28) between the ends thereof. The block (16) is movable from a position in which it is located in the gap (28) to a position in which it is clear of the segment (26). In a second embodiment, illustrated in Figures 4 to 6, (not shown) the first bearing member includes a slide (52) formed with two blocks (54 and 55) having a gap (56) between them. The second bearing member includes a plate (68) having two upstanding portions (69 and 70). The slide (52) can be moved between a first position, in which it limits rotation of the sash to about 60 degrees, to a second position in which it limits rotation of the sash to about 240 degrees. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2147786-A (GB)
Title: Livestock feeding apparatus
Inventor: BRIGGS DUDLEY FRANK
IPC: A01K5/01
Filed: 1984-05-17
Abstract: An adjustable feeding apparatus comprises a series of upright members 1 which are de-mountably linked in series with one another to form a generally cylindrical unit having its axis generally vertical: Each upright member has, intermediate its upper and lower ends one or more shelf-like members 20 extending radially from the upright members and which co-operate with the shelf-like members on adjacent upright members to form a circumferential shelf-like member around the cylindrical unit. At least some of the upright members have members 12 which subdivide the access to the circumferential member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155933-A (GB)
Title: Purifying lactulose
Inventor: FILIPPINI ANDREA
IPC: C13K13/00
Filed: 1984-07-17
Abstract: A process for purifying lactulose from other carbohydrates, in particular from lactose and galactose, by passing a lactulose syrup through one or more columns containing a bifunctionalized boron resin of the type:   <IMAGE> (I)  in which   &cir& P  is a polyacrylic or polystyrene polymer matrix and R, R1, R2, R3, X are as defined in the text. By passing the lactulose solution containing carbohydrate impurities through a boron resin (I) of polyacrylic matrix, the lactulose is selectively retained and is subsequently released by elution with an acid solution. The small quantity of galactose which may still be contained in the lactulose-enriched solution can be removed by passing said solution through a boron resin (I) of polystyrene matrix, which selectively retains the galactose.
Patent GB-2156153-A (GB)
Title: Alignment process for semiconductor chips
Inventor: HEIFETS SAMEUL A
IPC: H01L27/15
Filed: 1985-03-21
Abstract: In a method of fabricating a linear array of semiconductor chips 18 such as LED's, solder is placed at selected locations on a substrate 10, semiconductor chips 18 are placed upon the solder and then the wider is melted, then cooled. As the solder melts, the semiconductor chips will align themselves due to surface tension and, upon solidifying of the solder, the chips will be secured to the substrate at the selected locations. A wetting agent may be placed at the selected locations, and a solder migration inhibitor at other locations. The selected locations may comprise depressions on the substrate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173028-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle accessory
Inventor: BRAKER ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B60Q1/50
Filed: 1985-03-28
Abstract: A vehicle accessory to enable a message to be displayed by a driver, to other road users and/or pedestrians comprises a sign 13, 14 having illuminating means to display a message, manually operable switch means (15) to activate the illuminating means and means automatically to deactivate the illuminating means after a predetermined "on" time.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2160986-A (GB)
Title: Electronic steelyard
Inventor: TAYLOR DONALD FRANK
IPC: G01G3/14
Filed: 1985-05-28
Abstract: The invention relates to steelyard weighing devices, particularly to those for use in retail outlets. A steelyard according to the invention uses a beam 2 at either end of which the item to be weighed 12 and a balance weight 20 are respectively attached. A strain gauge 16 is mounted on the beam to monitor the weight of the item. The strain gauge is coupled to an electronic device having a calculator and a display system for presenting the measured weight in chosen units and the price. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165273-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing container for immersion in the toilet cistern
Inventor: RAYNOR PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: E03D9/02
Filed: 1985-07-22
Abstract: A dispensing container for immersion in the cistern of a lavatory or urinal for dispensing cleansing material into the water in the cistern comprises an upper chamber and a lower chamber connected via a passageway of restricted cross-sectional area, as compared with the cross- sectional area of the upper and lower chambers; the upper chamber being provided, in its upper part with a vent and the lower chamber being provided, in its upper part, with a port and containing a solid tablet or block of water-soluble cleansing material; so that   (i) when immersed in a cistern with the vent in the upper chamber near the normal water-level of the cistern the apparatus is filled with water up to the vent in the upper chamber (whereby cleansing material may be dissolved from the tablet or block in the lower chamber); and (ii) on flushing of the cistern, water passes from the upper chamber through the passageway to the lower chamber to dispense water containing dissolved cleansing material from the port in the lower chamber; in which the chamber, passageway, vent and port are so arranged that the ratio of the volume of liquid dispensed through the port in the lower chamber on flushing so that remaining in the lower chamber after flushing is from 1:1 to 3:1.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2163660-A (GB)
Title: Golf course
Inventor: YAMAZAKI HAJIME
IPC: A63C19/00
Filed: 1985-08-09
Abstract: A golf course comprises a plurality of holes (A,B) each having at each of its two ends a tee (3,4) and a green (1,2), so that the course can be played in one direction or the reverse direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174592-A (GB)
Title: Illuminated curtain rail assembly
Inventor: FERRERO ALEXANDRE
IPC: A47H1/02
Filed: 1986-04-29
Abstract: A curtain rail assembly comprises a curtain rail (1) which is at least in part (LXP), in a transparent material and houses a light source eg a fluorescent tube (6). The assembly includes fixations fastening the curtain rail to the wall which incorporate the electrical wiring connecting the tube to the mains power supply. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177782-A (GB)
Title: Draining outlet
Inventor: LOWE ADRIAN MICHAEL
IPC: F16K24/00
Filed: 1986-06-27
Abstract: A drain outlet for use in draining water from riser pipes consists of a hollow housing 102 which is screw- threadedly connectable to the lowermost point in the water supply system and has a closed end 111 in which are formed drainage holes 110. The housing is divided into upper and lower compartments by a rolling diaphragm 112 which includes a downwardly extending open-ended tubular portion 114 providing an aperture for communication between the upper and lower compartments. An adjustable valve member 116 projects upwardly from the end of the housing and includes a conical valve seat for engagement with the portion 114 of the diaphragm to form a watertight seal therebetween when the diaphragm is deformed by the action of water at a predetermined pressure. At lower pressures water drains passed the valve and out through the drainage holes. A tubular support member 130 may be provided to support the diaphragm when the latter is subjected to high water pressure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182325-A (GB)
Title: An improved optical fibre cutting tool
Inventor: ANDREWS PATRICK VASSAR
IPC: G02B6/25
Filed: 1986-10-29
Abstract: To reduce risk of injury to an operator by, or risk of damage to, the elongate cutter 28 of a hand tool of known form for cutting an optical fibre or an optical fibre ribbon, the hand tool includes, on opposite sides and extending throughout the length of the elongate cutter 28, walls 43 which, when operation of the tool is not being effected, project beyond and shield the rectilinear cutting edge 30 of the cutter. When the handles 1,2 and 3 of the tool are urged together against the action of associated spring means 37 to actuate the tool, the walls 43 retract with respect to the cutting edge 30 to permit the cutting edge to effect a rectilinear score in the or each optical fibre. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202061-A (GB)
Title: Weapon interface system evaluator
Inventor: ASPELIN DAVID J
IPC: F41G7/00
Filed: 1987-03-10
Abstract: A weapon interface system evaluator and method of testing weapon carriage assemblies used with weapons and ejectors on military aircraft. The evaluator system is adapted for interfacing with a standard weapon system interface unft 22 which includes a standard MIL. SPEC. data bus controller and a military standard remote terminal. The evaluator 83 provides an operator interface panel 84 connected to the WSIU 22 via lead 96. A test adaptor cable 98 connects the WSIU bus outlet with cables 45, 55, 100 for the weapon, ejector and discretes. A ground power cart 102 provides AC and DC on an adaptor cable 106 to a power distribution Box 108 linked to the WSIU and to the weapon/ejector command/monitor power switching unit, 46. The WSIU is programmed to interface with the panel and with self-checking circuits added via the discretes boards. The evaluator is easily deployed at forward military operating bases and under various temperature and weather extremes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188464-A (GB)
Title: Data-processing and on-board information system for railway operation
Inventor: VARSZEGI GYULA
IPC: B61L25/02
Filed: 1987-03-30
Abstract: The system contains stationary computers and mobile on-board computers able to communicate with one another, the stationary computer being a commercially available microcomputer with a keyboard, a display, a printer, a diskette memory and an interface for the connection of a large-scale electronic data- processing computer. At least one data module read-out apparatus (8) is connected to the stationary computer via an interface (9). The on-board computer contains a central unit (13), a clock generator, data modules connected to the central unit (13) via a bidirectional bus system and independent interfaces (14): the onboard computer also contains a locomotive data module (6), a train data module (7), a personnel data module (10), a line data module (19), and also a location identification module (25), connected to the central unit (13) via the interface (14), a sensor adaptor unit (22), display (18) and keyboard (17). A path signal transmitter (24) is connected to an axle of a locomotive belonging to the system, the output of this transmitter being connected to the input of the location identification module (25), and the location identification transmitters of the system are distributed along the railway lines at a defined distance from one another. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194284-A (GB)
Title: Security closure mechanism
Inventor: DEACON BRYAN
IPC: G07F9/06
Filed: 1987-08-20
Abstract: A security closure mechanism includes a receptor trap (2) and a transit trap (4) which includes a carrier (5) detachably mounting a trap mechanism including a housing (6), a closure member (8) rotatably mounted therein having a first, trap open, position and a second, trap closed, position with the passageway blocked by the closure member, and means (15, 20) for restricting rotation of the closure member between the open and closed conditions. The arrangement is such that when the trap mechanism is in the open condition it cannot be removed from the carrier and has to be moved to the closed position for removal from the carrier. The means (15, 20) for restricting rotation of the closure member (8) is arranged to lock the trap mechanism in the closed condition. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195987-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing device
Inventor: HUGHES JIM
IPC: B65H1/06
Filed: 1987-09-14
Abstract: A device 10 for dispensing paper slips having two or more leaves joined at one end, such as betting slips, includes supports for supporting all the leaves of a stack of slips (14) except the bottom most leaf (30) when inserted in a housing (16) above a base (20) to define a space (36) above said leaf 30 into which a dispensing blade can be moved to remove the lowermost slip (14) from the stack (12) and dispense the slip (14) through an aperture 24. A window (18) allows 46 the remaining slips in the stack (12) to be viewed and the interior of the housing (16) can be adjusted to 42 accommodate slips of different sizes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210566-A (GB)
Title: Spray head for ablutionary appliances
Inventor: BECK NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: B05B15/02
Filed: 1987-10-06
Abstract: A spray head assembly 4, such as for a hand shower 1, includes a construction for cleaning the apertured spray plate 10. The assembly 4 incorporates a fixed cleaner plate 9 and an axially movable spray plate 10 that are both retained by a mounting flange 11 engaging a collar 6. The cleaner plate 9 has a series of spike-like projections 19 arranged to engage in nozzle holes 5 of the spray plate 10. The cleaner plate 9 and spray plate 10 are supported together for relative axial movement by a splined hub 16. When there is no significant water flow, springs 31 and 35 hold the spray plate 10 in a drainage position in which the spray plate seal 15 is lifted from the seal face 14. By pushing inwardly on the spray plate 10, it is displaced so that the nozzle holes 5 are cleaned by the spikes 19. During use when water flows, the water pressure overcomes the spring force and maintains the spray plate 10 sealed against the face 14. Other embodiments with different spring and function arrangements are described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213497-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of coal fines for pelletisation
Inventor: TART KEITH RAYMOND
IPC: C10L5/04
Filed: 1987-12-10
Abstract: A portion of the coal fines in a moist mass thereof is dried so as to remove only substantially all of the surface moisture on the coal fine particles. The surface dried fines which retain inherent moisture within the particles are then able to be mixed with a dry binding material to produce a mixture which is then mixed with the remaining portion of the coal fines. The resulting mixture is pelletised. Also apparatus for carrying out the process as shown in the figure. <IMAGE>