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Patent GB-2189770-A (GB)
Title: Bale handling device
Inventor: CONDELL GEORGE
IPC: A01D87/12
Filed: 1987-04-28
Abstract: A handling device, particularly for round (i.e. cylindrical) bales of hay comprises a frame (12) attached by an articulated sub-frame (6, 7, 10) to, for example, the front end lifting jib (2, 3) of an agricultural tractor. The frame (12) carries two rotatable columns (13, 14) which can be operated by a hydraulic actuator (20) to cause curved tines (18) to move inwards to engage at least two bales stacked vertically end-to-end. An extra pair of tines or spikes (30) can be used to engage a bale lying horizontally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190548-A (GB)
Title: Filtered electrical connectors
Inventor: CHAMBERS JEFFREY
IPC: H01R13/719
Filed: 1987-04-28
Abstract: A filter assembly comprises a plurality of discoidal capacitors (16) mounted over respective holes (12) in a metal plate (10) and adapted to be fitted over an array of lead wire tails (14) extending from the contacts of a multiway connector (32). The discoidal capacitors each comprise an annular dielectric body (17) carrying two groups of interleaved planar electrodes (18, 20) connected to outer and inner tubular terminations, respectively, the outer terminations being connected electrically to the metal plate (10) and the inner terminations being connected electrically to the respective lead wire tails (14) extending therethrough. The centre to centre separation of adjacent capacitors (16) in the array can be greater than the centre to centre separation of the corresponding contacts (34) of the multiway connector (32), the increase being accommodated by a "fan-out" in the array of lead wire tails (14) in extending between the connector contacts (34) and the capacitors (16) on the plate (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189885-A (GB)
Title: Turbulent flow monitoring
Inventor: OLD CHARLES F
IPC: F02M65/00
Filed: 1987-04-30
Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for detecting and monitoring flow of a fluid through an injector, such as a fuel injector (10) of a diesel engine. Ultrasonic waves are detected by a transducer (12), and signals passed through a filter (20), so as to observe broadband signals of frequency above 100 kHz. Such signals are due to turbulent flow through the injector orifice (38), and so enable the flow itself to be detected.
Patent GB-2194517-A (GB)
Title: Web feed regulating apparatus
Inventor: HANK DIETRICH
IPC: B65H19/14
Filed: 1987-08-20
Abstract: Web feed regulating apparatus, in particular for regulating the feed of a web (1) of material to be printed on from a roll (2) at constant and stable web tension to a printing machine, comprises a fixed roller group (3.1 to 3.4) and a movable roller group (4) defining a web store, the inlet roller (3.1) and outlet roller (3.4) of the fixed roller group being coupled in rotational angle by a gear (11) which is disengageable during the emptying of the web store. The web store serves for the regulation of the circumferential speed of the roll (2) in dependence on web intake speed of the printing machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2212315-A (GB)
Title: Point-of-sale displays
Inventor: PENDRED CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: G09F7/18
Filed: 1987-11-06
Abstract: Point-of-sale display 1 comprising, in combination, a descriptive and/or pricing information display ticket 2 and a decorative display item 3, the ticket 2 and item 3 being associated or associable with each other to provide a unitary, point-of-sale display structure. The display item 3 preferably comprises artificial garnish 25 or foliage made of plastics. Interchangeable inserts 7, 8 give descriptive and pricing information and the ticket 2 may be a snap fit on a stem 13 which, together with the garnish 25, is slidably received in a channel 23 and retained by ribs 24. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222270-A (GB)
Title: Developer solution for positive-working resist composition
Inventor: TAKEDA YASUYUKI
IPC: G03F7/32
Filed: 1989-08-24
Abstract: A developer solution for developing a positive-working resist composition comprising an alkali-soluble novolac resin and a naphthoquinone diazide compound, the developer comprising (a) water (b) a water-soluble organic alkali and (c) an alkali-soluble organic cyclic nitrogen compound such as N-hydroxyethyl piperazine, N-methyl-4-piperidone, 1,3-dimethyl- 2-imidazol-idinone added in a concentration of 0.1-10% by weight to a conventional developer solution of (a) plus (b); tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide or choline being preferred as the water-soluble alkali.
Patent GB-2236768-A (GB)
Title: Conveying packages from a false twisting machine
Inventor: HIRAI KAZUYASU
IPC: D01H9/18
Filed: 1990-09-18
Abstract: In a yarn package conveyance method the packages (60) are doffed out of the body of the false twisting machine (23) by an automatic doffer which moves between the machine body (23) and primary heaters (56). The packages are transferred onto pegs coupled to an endless drive device (1) which traverses around the primary heaters (56). The dive device (1) is then revolved to convey the packages, and pushers (15) push out the packages onto an out-of-the-machine conveying device (30) having trays or pegs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240634-A (GB)
Title: A camera for combination pictures having a viewer for retaining and viewing a transparency
Inventor: LUI SEK KI
IPC: G03B15/08
Filed: 1990-12-18
Abstract: A method and a camera for combination pictures in a photograph in which a transparency film (3a) is mounted in a viewer (6) in front of the camera for sighting the relative positions of an image to be photographed and an image (4) to be exposed within the camera. The viewer (6) is removed and the image is photographed onto a primary film (2) while at the same time a secondary film (3b), having a dark figure (4b), is located against the primary film to prevent the primary film from being exposed in the area of the dark figure. The dark figure secondary film (3b) is removed from adjacent the primary film and another secondary film (3c), having an image (4c) corresponding in shape to the dark figure (4b) and having a dark background, is positioned against the primary film. The primary film is then exposed a second time, and the image contained on the other secondary film (3c) is recorded on the primary composite image. Three embodiments of mechanisms for movement and location of the secondary films are disclosed including a wheel, a sliding framework, and a slidable rectangular film sheet. <IMAGE>   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-909842-A (GB)
IPC: C08G8/28
Abstract: 909,842. Alkylene oxide modified novolaks, and esters prepared therefrom. DISTILLERS CO. Ltd. Oct. 21, 1959 [Oct. 22, 1958], No. 33787/58. Class 2(5) Polyols are prepared by reacting, at an elevated temperature, a phenol-formaldehyde novolak resin, derived from phenol itself and which has at least three phenolic units per molecule, with ethylene oxide and/or 1:2-propylene oxide under atmospheric pressure and under anhydrous conditions, part of said novolak resin being in the form of its alkali metal salt. The examples describe the preparation of the novolaks and their subsequent convertion in part to their alkali metal salts. The polyol prepared in Example 1 is soluble in ethanol and acetone. The polyols may be esterified with fatty acids derived from drying and semi-drying oils to give esters which are compatible with white spirit and xylene; cobalt, calcium and lead naphthenate driers may be added to the ester solutions. Fatty acids utilized in the examples are those derived from linseed oil and dehydrated castor oil. Specifications 757,392, 760,698, 760,699, 775,459 and 775,460 are referred to.
Patent GB-2240572-A (GB)
Title: A continuously advancing track maintenance machine for consolidating ballast bed of a railway track
Inventor: THEURER JOSEF
IPC: E01B27/20
Filed: 1991-01-30
Abstract: A continuously advancing track maintenance machine (1) for consolidating the ballast bed of a track (6), comprising an axle drive and an undercarriage-supported machine frame (2) which comprises a track stabilizing unit (12) designed for actuation and vertical displacement by drives - with roller tools (14) designed for application to the insides of the rails by spreading drives and for vibration by vibrators (13) and lining drives, and further comprising a lining reference system (20) having a reference basis. A measuring device (24) for measuring the transverse shift of the track (6) relative to the reference basis (22) and transversely of the longitudinal axis of the machine into the required position is provided in the region of the track stabilizing unit (12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252332-A (GB)
Title: Glass coated with two tin oxide coatings
Inventor: TERNEU ROBERT
IPC: C03C17/34
Filed: 1991-01-31
Abstract: To provide glass bearing a tin oxide based coating which is of low haze without depending on the user of special glass or specially treated glass, and which does not require the formation of a barrier layer of some other substance, a hot glass substrate is first contacted with an undercoating precursor material comprising a chlorine-free organo-tin compound, such a dibutyl tin diacetate or dibutyl tin monoxide, thereby pyrolytically to deposit an underlayer of tin oxide, whereafter that underlayer is pyrolytically overcoated with a second tin oxide layer using tin chloride, preferably stannous chloride as overcoating precursor material. Such a coating comprises undercoating and overcoating layers which are both formed from tin toxide, and which have different crystal structures, and/or different crystal orientations. Whereas a typical tin oxide coating formed from a stannous chloride precursor exhibits high X-ray scattering due to the -[110]- crystallographic plane (the -[110]- peak is some times the height of the next highest peak, the -[200]- peak in figure 1), and a typical coating formed from an organo-tin precursor exhibits no predominant scattering peak as shown in Figure 2, a two-layer coating respectively formed from organo-tin and tin chloride precursors may typically exhibit an intense peak due to scattering by the -[200]- plane as shown in Figure 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242233-A (GB)
Title: Internal gear pump
Inventor: ARBOGAST FRANZ
IPC: F04C2/10
Filed: 1991-03-08
Abstract: The pump has an internally toothed gear 6 meshing with a driven pinion 5. The gear 6 has radial openings 17 leading from an outer peripheral surface 20 into the bases between the teeth. The width B of the pinion is greater than its pitch circle diameter do and the total cross-sectional area of the openings 17 is at least 20% of the outer surface area of the gear 6 with the total width of each opening or a plurality of openings (18, Fig. 4) to a single tooth gap being between 60 and 70% of the gear width. Sealing members (21, 23, Figs. 7 and 8) biased by the pressure of the pumped fluid may be mounted in the tooth tips. The gear 6 may be in two side-by-side parts (6a, 6a, Fig. 6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241905-A (GB)
Title: Rotary screen
Inventor: EDEN KENNETH ALBERT
IPC: B01D29/46
Filed: 1991-03-08
Abstract: A rotary screen, for removing solids from sewage or river water, comprises a perforate cylinder 16 which receives the liquid from duct 12 at one end and an imperforate cylinder 17 attached to cylinder 16 at one end and closed by wall 18 at the other. Cylinder 17 has internal vanes 21, inclined to the radii, which scoop up the heavy solids, while cylinder 16 retains the lighter solids as liquid flows through it into chamber 13. A chute 25 carries a scraper or rake which engages cylinder 16 and receives the solids from cylinders 16 and 17. Cylinder 16 may comprise axially spaced rings of wedge-section, with wide edges inside or outside. Instead of the scraper or rake, material can be washed from cylinder 16 by an external water jet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254862-A (GB)
Title: Sewing a button through a button hole
Inventor: BOSSONS JOANNE
IPC: D05B3/14
Filed: 1991-04-06
Abstract: A method of attaching a button to a garment in engaged relationship with a button hole provided on the garment or in a pocket secured thereto comprises locating the button hole overlaying the appropriate part of the garment, engaging the button hole causing opening thereof, displacing the button hole into pressure contact with the garment and sewing a button (43) to the garment through the open button hole. A sewing machine attachment for achieving this comprises arms (11, 12) with fingers (16, 17) having pins (27) which engage the lips of the button hole when the latter is closed and means such as a solenoid (34) which advances a member (28) to engage pegs (29, 31) to separate the arms (11, 12) and thus open the button hole. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244031-A (GB)
Title: Goods carrying vehicles with width adjustable load platforms
Inventor: FRYETT COLIN
IPC: B62D33/08
Filed: 1991-04-08
Abstract: A load carrying platform has front and rear sections both adjustable in width by means of screws 36, 38 which can be manually operable or power driven. The rear section extends from the rear platform edge forwardly to the front of the rear road wheels and may be extendable to above "normal" width only. The front section may constitute an upper deck platform which is adjustable in width both below and above "normal" width and a lower deck adjustable only above "normal" width. Thus, when the upper deck width is reduced below the lower deck width, wells are created along the sides of the forward pan of the platform, for example to receive the wheels of a wide load such as a combine harvester. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243720-A (GB)
Title: Inline diplex lightwave transceiver
Inventor: KOCH THOMAS L
IPC: H04B10/00
Filed: 1991-04-24
Abstract: Full duplex lightwave communications is achieved in a diplex transceiver realized in a semiconductor photonic integrated circuit having an inline interconnecting waveguide integral with the transmitting and receiving portions of the transceiver. Semiconductor lasers and detectors operating in different wavelength regimes ( lambda 2,  lambda 1) permit diplex or wavelength-division-multiplexed operation. In the transceiver, lightwave signals from the laser-propagate through the detector without interfering with the detector operation or the lightwave signals being detected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255977-A (GB)
Title: Densifying contaminated plastics
Inventor: SCHEERES DAVID JOHANNES
IPC: B29C39/04
Filed: 1991-05-22
Abstract: Contaminated plastics waste is compacted by passage through a heating zone to produce a melt and causing the molten contaminated plastics to flow continuously out of the heating zone under the influence of gravity. The apparatus comprises heaters (50) in the side walls and heater (56) in a spider (46) in the centre of the exit zone. The molten plastics is directed into moulds (60) for disposal in solid brick form. An extractor fan (24, not shown) is present to remove fumes. The apparatus may be modified to treat and sterilise medical plastics waste (Figs 15 or 22, not shown). The apparatus may be modified to treat used plastics cups as part of a vending machine (Figs 24 or 28 not shown). The apparatus may be modified to treat credit cards (Fig 30 not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258153-A (GB)
Title: Instruments for assembling and placing csf flow control shunts
Inventor: ASHPOLE RICHARD DAVID
IPC: A61B17/28
Filed: 1991-06-19
Abstract: A set of medical instruments for assembling and placing CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) flow control shunts includes a stainless steel retaining block 1 having, on some or all of its six faces, recesses 4, 9 of differing shapes and sizes to accommodate differently shaped standard ventricular access devices, such as flow control valves, Ommaya reservoirs or flushing devices. A single clamping part 2 is slidably engagable in a groove 10 in a chosen face of the block 1, so as to retain the appropriate ventricular access device in position, enabling a ventricular catheter (26, Fig 5) to be picked up by forceps (Figure 2) and the catheter attached to the connection (27, Fig 5) on the ventricular access device. The set also includes forceps (Figure 3) with arcuate jaws (18, Fig 3) for gripping the peripheral flange of the ventricular access device, and fine forceps (Figure 4) with jaws shaped to locate and hold tube connectors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258643-A (GB)
Title: Electrically motor driven can opener
Inventor: DOHERTY PATRICK JOHN
IPC: B67B7/72
Filed: 1991-07-27
Abstract: An electrically driven can opener is adapted for mounting substantially flush with a surface and can be permanently connected to a mains electricity supply, thereby avoiding the need for a flex and electric plug. One such can opener 10 comprises a support/fixing plate 11 having an electricity driven cutter assembly 14, 15 projecting outwardly therefrom, means (not illustrated) for driving the cutter assembly 14, 15 are mounted behind the plate 11 in a recess behind surface 40 and connected to the mains electricity supply via a fuse link. In this way the plate 11 and cutter assembly 14, 15 may be arranged substantially flush with surface 40 when mounted. A cover 12 may be included to shield and protect the cutter assembly 14, 15 when the can opener 10 is not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260259-A (GB)
Title: Food handling tongs with serrated blade slots
Inventor: RADER JAMES A
IPC: A47J43/28
Filed: 1991-10-08
Abstract: Tongs (10) for handling food items upon a grill employs food gripping plates (18) which are displaced laterally as well as apart when open to enable the user of the tongs to soothe food item as it is being gripped by the tongs. The plates (18) each include pairs of serrated teeth defining slots (26) which engage the food item as the plates (16) are positioned in a food-gripping orientation relative to one another to restrict movement of the food item relative to the tongs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269701-A (GB)
Title: Infrared detector
Inventor: KNOWLES PETER
IPC: F25D19/00
Filed: 1991-11-05
Abstract: An infrared detector of integrated construction has a photoconductive element 13 mounted on a substrate 33 for rapid cooling by a cold finger 11 forming part of a cooling engine. The mounting between the substrate 33 and the cold finger 11 is achieved by an isolation mounting 40 which provides good thermal conductivity between the free end of the cold finger 11 and the substrate 33. The isolation mounting 40 defines a gap 41 which communicates with the vacuum enclosure surrounding the photoconductive element 13, via a slot 47. The gap 41 isolates the substrate 33 from a transverse wall 31 closing the free end of the cold finger 11. In this manner the gap 41 reduces the generation of spurious signals in the photosensitive element 13 by isolating it from any distortion of the transverse wall 31 and by inhibiting the transmission of shock, vibration and acoustic noise from the cooling engine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250683-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive dressings
Inventor: RAWLINGS DAVID ALAN
IPC: A61L15/42
Filed: 1991-12-27
Abstract: A conformable dressing such as a first-aid dressing or a ward dressing comprises a polymeric foam absorbent layer (2) having a liquid impervious moisture vapour permeable backing layer (3) and on the body facing surface, a discontinuous layer of adhesive (4), the thickness of the absorbent layer at the margins (22) of the dressing being substantially less than that of the layer between the margins (21). The adhesive may be applied directly to the foam or may be applied to an intermediate discontinuous layer (5) such as a polymer net which itself is laminated or bonded to the foam absorbent layer.
Patent GB-920052-A (GB)
IPC: D06F58/02
Abstract: 920,052. Tumbler driers. G. N. STRIKE. Nov. 14, 1961, No. 40644/61. Class 34 (2). A tumbler drier comprises a non-rotational and tiltable housing having a front wall with an opening therein, a rotational, apertured drum disposed within and tiltable with the housing and having a cylindrical open end partly projecting through the opening, an air seal between the outer surface of the projecting drum end and front wall of the housing and closure means for the opening which co-operate with the seal to close the drum opening in an air-tight manner. A tumbler drier comprises a non-rotatable and tiltable drum housing 8 having a front opening 32 through which partially extends the cylindrical open end 49 of a drum 13 having a perforated cylindrical wall 46 and perforated tumbling vanes 50. The drum is rotated through a drive shaft 51 and is tiltable with the housing. A seal 53 provides an air-tight joint between the housing and drum end, and horizontal guides 57 on the front wall 31 of the housing carry a pair of sliding doors 56 to close the drum opening 49. Hot air provided by gas burners, not shown, or steam pipes in a modification, is circulated by a fan (not shown) through a duct 10 conforming to the curvature of the housing wall 29 which terminates in a curved hood 38 opening into the top of the housing, downwardly through the drum and an opening 28 in the lower portion of the housing to an air-box 44 therebelow.
Patent GB-2255664-A (GB)
Title: Credit card validation.
Inventor: HAYMANN FRANK VICTOR
IPC: G06K5/00
Filed: 1992-04-09
Abstract: A method of validating a credit card includes the steps of issuing a credit card to a holder, the card having an account number on it. The holder is issued with a personal identification number (FIN) Before a transaction involving the credit card can be authorised, a validation transaction must be carried out in which the credit card is inserted into an electronic terminal and the PIN code is entered. The PIN code and the account number are compared with information stored in a database, and only if the PIN code corresponds correctly to the account number is use of the credit card authorised. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259516-A (GB)
Title: A plastics sheet
Inventor: WISBEY KENNETH JOHN
IPC: C08J5/16
Filed: 1992-04-10
Abstract: A plastics sheet (1) has a surface upon which articles are intended to be supported and across which the articles are intended to slide, the surface comprising a continuous pattern of irregularly shaped troughs (3) and mounds (2) spaced at irregular intervals over the surface, such that the coefficient of friction between the sheet (1) and the articles is reduced. The irregular pattern of troughs (3) and mounds (2) has been found to greatly reduce the coefficient of friction between the sheet surface and virtually any article which is placed thereon. The sheet is used especially as a shelf for a gravity feed dispenser. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255395-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic transmission with torsion damper
Inventor: FRIEDMANN OSWALD
IPC: F16F15/134
Filed: 1992-05-01
Abstract: A hydraulic transmission comprises a housing 2 connectable to a drive shaft and having a pump wheel 10 driven by the housing, a turbine wheel 13, secured by a hub 14 to the input shaft of a train to be driven, and a rotationally elastic damper mounted in the force path between the housing 2 and a driven part of the device and provided with energy accumulators 19 acting at least in the circumferential direction. The accumulators 19 are formed by helical springs 20, 21 and support dishes 23 are located between the springs and an area 22 of the housing which engages axially over the springs and provides support when the springs are subject to centrifugal force. Pressed in regions of the housing may form biasing areas for the springs. <IMAGE>