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Patent GB-2211397-A (GB)
Title: A support structure for a container e.g. dustbin
Inventor: HANNEY CLIVE RICHARD
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 1988-10-27
Abstract: A support structure (11) for an upwardly open container (12) such as a dustbin or the like has a base (14) with an upwardly open socket or an at least partially surrounding upstanding rim (10, 17). The bottom of the container (12) is provided with projections or a projecting annular lip for releasable interengagement with cooperating engagement means (17, 18, 19). The base is massive or hollow and adapted to receive a massive filling so that its weight constitutes at least a substantial part of the overall weight of the container and support structure combination to prevent tipping by wind or animals whilst allowing ready release of the container for emptying. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2231952-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle length measurement system
Inventor: BOHANNAN TONY DONALD
IPC: G01B21/06
Filed: 1989-05-03
Abstract: A method for determining the length of a vehicle comprises measuring the time for a fixed point on the vehicle to pass from one location to another so as to determine the vehicle speed, measuring the length of time for which the vehicle, when moving at that speed, impedes the light path between a light source and detector, and calculating the vehicle length from the two time measurements. Apparatus for use in this method comprises at least two pressure-responsive indicators (5, 6, 7) spaced apart along a defined vehicle pathway (1), a first time measurement means for measuring the time interval between a vehicle passing over the indicators in turn, a light source (8) and detector (9, 10) at opposite sides of the pathway, a second time measurement means for measuring the length of time for which the light path between the source and detector is interrupted, and calculator means (12) for calculating the vehicle length from the two time measurements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221724-A (GB)
Title: Bladed rotor assembly and sealing wire therefor
Inventor: PRENTICE IAN FRANCIS
IPC: F01D5/22
Filed: 1989-06-09
Abstract: A sealing wire 27', suitable for sealing the gap G between the platform edges (23, 25) of adjacent turbomachine rotor blades (5), is lodged in the gap G under centrifugal force when the turbine is rotating. The wire 27' is substantially straight in the longitudinal sense but has a flattened oval or "race-track" shaped cross-section to prevent it rotating and thereby wearing out rapidly while lodged in the inter-platform gap G. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220920-A (GB)
Title: Containers having lockable lids
Inventor: SAROSH R
IPC: E05G1/00
Filed: 1989-07-14
Abstract: A lockable container comprises a box portion 1 having a base wall 2 and side walls 3. Pivotally attached to the box portion 1 is a lid 4, which is lockable in its closed position by locking means 9. The axis of the hinge 6 attaching the lid 4 to the box portion 1 is arranged internally of the box portion so that the plane of the lid 4 does not substantially extend beyond the rear wall 3a when the lid is open. This allows the container to be mounted with its rear wall 3a close against a mounting surface. Stops 7 are provided internally of the box portion 1, against which the lid 4 is arranged to abut when in its closed position. The hinge 6 comprises a rod 11 attached to one edge of the lid 4 and axial pins 12 projecting from opposite ends of the rod 11. Bores 13 are provided on the box portion 1 to receive @ <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221686-A (GB)
Title: Vibration damping material of asphalt cement
Inventor: TAKAHASHI MASAAKI
IPC: E04H9/02
Filed: 1989-08-11
Abstract: A vibration damping material of asphalt cement comprising a) 60 - 90 parts by weight of asphalt cement: b) 10 - 30 parts by weight of thermoplastic rubber: and c) 0 - 20 parts by weight of tacky producer. A total sum of weight of a), b) and c) is 100 parts by weight. A penetration of the vibration damping material falls in a range of 35 to 140.
Patent GB-2223659-A (GB)
Title: A grass cutting machine with a tip-up box
Inventor: PERUZZO ADRIANO
IPC: A01D34/42
Filed: 1989-10-16
Abstract: A grass cutting machine with tip-up box is described comprising a frame (1) mounted on wheels (2) and supporting a horizontal shaft (3) provided with rotatable blades (4) and a box (8), movable from a lower position for collecting the cut grass to an upper position for discharging the cut grass into a dumper. The top of the box (8) is provided with a hinged cover (12) and is connected to the frame (1) by two telescopic guides (13), which are also connected to the upper end of the box so that it can be tipped up at the end of the lifting stroke to discharge the cut grass into the dumper, through the aperture closed by said cover and directed downwards, following the tipping operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230999-A (GB)
Title: Dough dividing and rounding machine
Inventor: WILLARD MARK L
IPC: A21C3/10
Filed: 1989-11-17
Abstract: The machine includes a dividing assembly of knives (26) and pressing plungers (28) which is removably mounted at a key and slot connection (52, 51) to an actuating shaft (49) for the convenient cleaning of the assembly and its interchangeability for the production of dough or similar materials having different weights, quantities or shapes. The rounding is effected between the dividing assembly and a crank reciprocated base plate (32). The actuating shaft (49) is lowered by a hand lever (15), pivotable against the bias of torsion springs (60, 62), and acts through a linkage to initially permit descent onto plate (32) of a peripheral dividing ring (30), which is releasably attached to a yoke (29), followed by descent of the assembly of knives and plungers (26, 28) to compress the dough. The plungers (28) are then raised from the knives (28) by action of a spring (56, Fig 7), permitted by a hand lever (23), and the knives (26) lowered onto plate (32) for division and rounding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228080-A (GB)
Title: Ceiling ventilator
Inventor: BOTTOMORE DAVID
IPC: F24F13/06
Filed: 1990-02-02
Abstract: A ceiling ventilator 12 comprises ventilation apparatus preferably including first and second members 16, 18, with a spacer 20 mounted on the first member 16 e.g. by a spider 22 and supporting the second member 18. The spacer 20 has a rim 42 with six sections each having a curved cam surface defining lower and upper positions 44, 46. Formations on the member 18 slide on the cam surfaces as the member 18 is rotated thus to move the member 18 towards or away from the member 16, whereby to vary the size of the ventilation path. A ceiling rose 14 is secured to the spacer 20 to support an electrical wire 58. The ventilator provides unobtrusive ventilating means for upper spaces of a room. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240766-A (GB)
Title: Corrugated-cardboard packaging box and manufacturing method thereof
Inventor: CAVALIERI CLAUDIO
IPC: B65D5/42
Filed: 1990-02-13
Abstract: A packaging box is constituted by a panel of corrugated cardboard conveniently pre-punched and creased so that it can be folded in a tube and closed along a coupling line. The two sheets 2, 3, which cover an intermediate corrugated layer 4 and constitute the inner and outer surface of the box, protrude with two respective flaps 2a, 3a from the two edges which are joined together and form the coupling line. In the manufacturing method, by placing the opposite edges of the panel together head-on, the protruding flaps 2a, 3a overlap the outer and respectively inner marginal portions of the panel and are glued thereon. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245645-A (GB)
Title: Secure mail box
Inventor: WRIGHT ROBERT VICTOR
IPC: A47G29/16
Filed: 1990-06-27
Abstract: A secure mail box comprising a cabinet (10) having a primary chamber (11) in its upper part in to which mail can be inserted through a flap (12), and having a movable door (24) through which the mail can pass in to the cabinet, means being provided for causing the door to move in to a closed or partially closed position when the flap is opened. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246756-A (GB)
Title: A can opener
Inventor: PEREIRA JOSEPH AUGUSTINE TEREN
IPC: B67B7/72
Filed: 1990-08-03
Abstract: A can opener comprises a rotary cutting wheel 7 and a rotary traction wheel 12, the latter being shaped to distort the rim of the can while it is being cut by the cutting wheel whereby the overlapping engagement between the end wall of the can and the side wall of the can is loosened. The traction wheel 12 includes a first portion of a frusto-conical shape 17 which engages with the inside surface of the can rim, and a second portion (20, fig 5) arranged to contact the top surface of the rim. Two body portions 1 and 3 are arranged for relative pivotal movement, one portion carrying the traction wheel has a elongate handle portion (2, fig 1) dimensioned to be received in the user's hand, the other body portion carrying the cutting wheel has a relatively shorter portion (4, fig 1) shaped to accept the user's thumb. The rotary cutting wheel 7 includes an annular body comprising two ramp portions (10a and 10b, fig 5) which converge to define the cutting edge 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235767-A (GB)
Title: Quantifying the behaviour of the skin in relation to solar radiation
Inventor: BAZIN ROLAND MICHEL GABRIEL
IPC: A61B5/103
Filed: 1990-08-24
Abstract: To quantify the behaviour, in relation to solar radiation, of skin to which a cosmetic product has been applied, a zone (4) of the skin to be examined is illuminated with UVA radiation and the intensity of the UVA radiation reflected along an angle (r) different from the angle of specular reflection is measured so as to eliminate the specular reflection to the maximum extent and to evaluate essentially the diffused reflection. Light from a halogen lamp (2) strikes the zone (4) normally after passing through a UVA filter (3), and the reflected light is detected by a plurality of photodiodes (11) regularly spaced around the zone (4). Other detectors (7) measure the lamp intensity, and the assembly of lamps and detectors is carried in a casing (fig 3) cooled by a fan. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237790-A (GB)
Title: Container for hazardous materials adapted for safe disposal or reuse
Inventor: GREGORY ANTHONY HAROLD
IPC: B32B7/02
Filed: 1990-10-26
Abstract: A container comprising a single or multi-layer outer shell characterised in that the outer shell (2) is provided with an inner-most wall or coating (3) of a material which is insoluble while the container is in use but is soluble or solulisable in a wash liquid. Residues of the materials contained in the container are completely and safely removed by dissolving the inner-most wall or coating (3) in the wash liquid.
Patent GB-2236286-A (GB)
Title: Method of making a breaker for pneumatic tyre
Inventor: BORISOVICH ZARUBIN GENNADY
IPC: B29D30/70
Filed: 1990-11-13
Abstract: A method of making a breaker for a pneumatic tyre provides for obtaining at least one rubberized closed annular band (1) by helical wrapping of a cord thread (2). Then the band (1) is alternatively bent over inwardly and outwardly an even number of times at an angle to its edges corresponding to the inclination angle of the cord thread (2) in the finished breaker (3), in such a way that the bend lines (4, 5) form the edges of the breaker (3). The invention may be used for making breakers of pneumatic tyres for different types of wheeled vehicles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241147-A (GB)
Title: Piercing earring
Inventor: SAKATA KENTARO
IPC: A44C7/00
Filed: 1991-01-14
Abstract: A piercing earring capable of reuse includes a piercing pin 12 formed thereon with a circumferentiai groove 24, which is positioned between a pointed end 16 and a depression 22 for holding a clutch 14 and through which the distal end portion 18 of the piercing pin is adapted to be broken off at the groove from the piercing pin. The circumferential groove is formed in a substantially V-shape in section wherein one surface of the circumferential groove on the side of the pointed end is inclined at an inclination angle  theta  of about 20 DEG  +/- 10 DEG  with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the piercing pin and the other surface of the groove opposite to the one surface is arcuate or round. Also, a method of rousing such a piercing earring is disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241958-A (GB)
Title: Powder treatment process
Inventor: TEMPLETON-KNIGHT RACHAEL LOUIS
IPC: C09D7/62
Filed: 1991-02-26
Abstract: A process for the treatment of a water-insoluble powder involves polymerising ethylenically unsaturated monomer onto the powder surface employing gamma ray radiation to initiate the polymerisation. Preferably the powder is titanium dioxide and the source of gamma rays is Cobalt-60. The treated powders are usable in paints and other products where a high degree of resistance to weathering is required.
Patent GB-2253144-A (GB)
Title: Sterilisation using activated charge-free gaseous medium
Inventor: GRIFFITHS CHRISTOPHER NEIL
IPC: A61L2/14
Filed: 1991-03-01
Abstract: A method of sterilising objects including the operations of activating a gaseous medium, ensuring that the activated medium is substantially free of charged species and exposing the object to be sterilised to the activated gaseous medium for a period sufficient to ensure that the object is sterilised.
Patent GB-2241761-A (GB)
Title: Reinforcement of ground strata and foundation mixing
Inventor: KNAPPER WILLIAM
IPC: E21D20/02
Filed: 1991-03-06
Abstract: To avoid the clogging of equipment for injecting a two part resin for anchoring a length of tube 12 in a hole in rock strata or concrete, the length of tube 12 has within it a device 14 for mixing together the two part resin after it leaves the injection equipment. The resin having passed through the length of tube, leaks back along the exterior of the tube 12 to fill the spaces surrounding the tube 12 within the drilled hole. The mixing device may be located in a sleeve push-fitted into the outer end of the tube 12 so as to be re-usable. The mixing device may be located in the inner end of the tube 12, the outer end being plugged after injection. The mixing device comprises twisted vanes 16 integrally formed but alternately of opposite hand. The tube 12 is of glass fibre or carbon fibre material. The projecting tube end may be expanded by a tapered plug into a sleeve engaged by a nut. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244689-A (GB)
Title: Flexible band carrying tab terminals
Inventor: KANAYAMA TEISUKE
IPC: B65B69/00
Filed: 1991-04-03
Abstract: A flexible band 10 includes separate compartments 12 each receiving transversely orientated tab terminals 22 for small-sized aluminum electrolyte capacitors, and a removable portion 16 along one edge allowing the compartments to be opened by tearing. An apparatus for opening the compartments and conveying the tab terminals includes first winding means 34 for winding and thereby removing edge portion 32, second winding means 38 for winding the remainder of the band, conveying means 30, 28 arranged below the receiving band, sensors 42 for detecting presence or absence of the tab terminals on the conveying means and a controller 44 for controlling the first and second winding means in response to a signal transmitted from the sensors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255540-A (GB)
Title: Sailboard harness linking device
Inventor: WHITELEY FRANCIS RAYMOND
IPC: B63B35/79
Filed: 1991-05-07
Abstract: Means for maintaining the distance between points of force exerted on a sailboard boom by a harness line comprises a link. The link may be movable freely along the boom and comprise one or more tubes and include a cleat or pulley arrangement to adjust the length of the harness line. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247977-A (GB)
Title: Display assemblies
Inventor: FOX NEIL ANTHONY
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 1991-08-21
Abstract: A display assembly has a liquid crystal display (2) formed by two soda glass plates (25 and 10) separated by a liquid crystal material (24). The assembly also includes a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (1) formed by two glass plates (10 and 11) separated by a gas-discharge volume (5) and supported by an array of pillars (12). One of the plates (10) of the lamp (1) provides one of the plates of the display (2) so that the display is integral with the lamp and is illuminated on energization of the lamp. The plates 25 and 10 support respective electrodes (26 and 21), one of the plates having a filter layer (28) with regions of different colour transmission properties that are aligned with individual electrodes (21) on the other plate. In another embodiment a second liquid crystal display is added with one of its glass plates forming the other plate of the gas discharge volume. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257501-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration using carbon dioxide snow
Inventor: PARKER GILES WILLIAM
IPC: F25D3/12
Filed: 1992-06-29
Abstract: A holder 10 of carbon dioxide snow 14 takes the form of a bag of woven nylon, polyethylene or polypropylene material 12 which is substantially impermeable to carbon dioxide snow but is permeable to gaseous carbon dioxide. The bag 10 receives a lance, through which it is able to be charged with the snow 14. In operation, absorption of heat causes the snow 14 gradually to sublime and to pass through the woven material 12. The holder 10 may therefore be used to refrigerate a container (40) in which it is located. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256870-A (GB)
Title: Method for enhancing recovery of recombinant proteins
Inventor: PETERSON J A
IPC: C12N15/53
Filed: 1992-08-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the amount of recombinant protein recovered after fermentation of bacteria containing vectors encoding the recombinant protein. The method is not limited by a required induction of the cloned gene by addition of exogenous inducers. Using the methods of the invention, bacterial recombinant protein production can exceed a level of 20 % of the total soluble protein expressed. The methods of the invention are demonstrated on bacterial cytochrome P450 and on bacterial electron transfer proteins typically difficult to express to commercially feasible levels.
Patent GB-2259700-A (GB)
Title: Fibrous wollastonite insulating material
Inventor: KUBOTA KAZUO
IPC: C04B111/40
Filed: 1992-09-01
Abstract: A workable high-strength heat insulating material containing no asbestos includes fibers of aromatic polyether amide dispersed in the form of filaments, 1-5% by weight, and fibrous wollastonite, 20-70% by weight. The material has a matrix made of a calcium silicate hydrate, and has a density between 1.3-1.9 g/cm<3>.
Patent GB-2271658-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle meter parking system
Inventor: LAVAUX PIERRE
IPC: G07F7/00
Filed: 1992-10-13
Abstract: A parking meter in the form of a post positioned adjacent to a roadside parking bay, is intended to be operated by a smart card inserted into the meter by the driver of a vehicle wishing to use the parking space. The meter deducts a chosen amount of credit from the smart card on first insertion, corresponding to a pre-paid parking period. On later return of the driver to the parked vehicle, before the end of the pre-paid parking period, reinsertion of the smart card permits it to be reimbursed with credit for the unexpired portion of the parking period. The meter may have an associated transducer designed to be responsive to the presence of a vehicle in the parking bay. The post may be pivoted adjacent the ground so that it may lie flat or be latched in the vertical position whilst the meter is running to permit or prohibit access to a parking bay respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260781-A (GB)
Title: Infant-restraining protective seat having an inflatable seat belt
Inventor: KAMIYAMA MISAO
IPC: B60R21/18
Filed: 1992-10-21
Abstract: An infant-restraining protective seat has an inflatable seat belt (6) figure 1 (not shown) which is maintained in the shape of a belt under ordinary conditions. When the tongue (5) is engaged with a buckle device (4) in order to fasten the belt, gas flow holes (4a) and (5a) are brought into registration to form a single gas flow passageway. Under ordinary conditions, however, the gas flow holes (4a), (5a) are closed by caps (11), (12). Since a gas generator (9) does not operate under ordinary conditions, the protective seat (1) exhibits an infant-restraining function similar to that of the conventional protective seat for infants. At the time of an emergency, the gas generator (9) generates a high-pressure gas that breaks the caps (11), (12) and flows into the infant seat belt (6). As a result, the infant seat belt (6) inflates substantially instantaneously and in reliable fashion. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258906-A (GB)
Title: Sheet feeding device
Inventor: WATKISS CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
IPC: B65H27/00
Filed: 1992-02-27
Abstract: A feed roller (10) especially for feeding sheets of paper, e.g. in a collating machine, is provided with a plurality of holes or recesses (12) wholly or partly through the thickness of the roller so that there will be increased surface area contact with a sheet of paper when the roller makes compressive feeding contact with the sheet. The roller may have ribs (16) on the peripheral surface, preferably of trapezoidal cross-section. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258751-A (GB)
Title: Digital signal recording method a digital video tape recorder and a recorded tape
Inventor: ARANO YUKARI
IPC: H04N5/926
Filed: 1992-11-02
Abstract: A digital video tape recorder/playback apparatus has interpolation and crossfading circuits (154-157; 160, 161) and records audio and video signals in independent frames, the audio frames being offset with respect to the video frames and the even and odd samples being recorded near different edges (24, 25) of the tape (1), enabling burst errors near one edge to be recovered efficiently by interpolating the audio signal from the other edge. When audio dubbing is performed, the first and last dubbed frames contain the even samples of the new signal and the odd samples of the old signal, or vice versa, and audio-dubbing flags are recorded in these frames. When these frames are played back, the old and new signals are regenerated by interpolation and crossfaded to create a smooth transition between them. Although a four-channel audio signal is shown, the same apparatus can also be used to record a two-channel signal, by recording each sample twice. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261315-A (GB)
Title: Method for assembling nuclear fuel assembly and apparatus therefor
Inventor: KOIWAI TAICHI
IPC: G21C21/00
Filed: 1992-11-05
Abstract: The formation of flaws or scratches on the surfaces of the fuel rods is reduced by inserting the fuel rods into the grid cells of the supporting grids 4 while the supporting grids are disposed in close proximity to each other, between successive grids thereby avoiding droop of fuel rod tips between successive grids. The grids are held in supports 50 on a base 71, and fuel rods are pushed from a magazine 20 shorter than the rods by means of pushers 42 through the grids 4 into contact with a rod holder 60. Rod holder 60 is attached to the final grid 4 and holds the rod ends by suction. A mechanism is provided to move the supports 50 along base 71, each holder being arrested in a predetermined position by a respective stop means 80. The rods are held by the holder 60 during this movement to extract them from the magazine and maintain them inserted in all the grids. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262134-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine crankcase gas treatment system
Inventor: GREENWOOD PETER GEORGE
IPC: F02M23/08
Filed: 1992-12-07
Abstract: A conduit 25 containing an oil separator 26 permits crank case gases to flow to the engine charge intake conduit. A filter 32 is provided to remove oil from the flow in conduit 25 and the filter may include an active carbon filter. Additional air may be admitted through adjustable inlet 35 and conduit 31 from the air filter 20. Conduit 22 from the rocker box to the filter 20 may include an oil coalescing and an active carbon filter 30. The filter may include a by-pass valve (60, 52, Figs. 5 and 6). <IMAGE>