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Patent GB-2186938-A (GB)
Title: Mounting member
Inventor: LUNDY ROBERT JOSEPH STEPHEN
IPC: G09F7/18
Filed: 1987-02-10
Abstract: An elongate bar 10 having a U- shaped channel with grooved channel walls 26, 28 is used to mount a sign plate on a support. Screws or bolts 40 are screw threadedly engageable with the grooves 36 of the channel walls 26, 28 and are therefore held captive at a selected position of the channel. The bar 10 may also be used to secure seat- slides in rowing eights. The bar 10 may be an aluminium extrusion. The bar may be rivetted by its base 14 to a sign plate, bolts 40 engaging the bar 10 to fasten U brackets around support posts (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195228-A (GB)
Title: Heel protector
Inventor: PHILLIPS ANN
IPC: A43B23/30
Filed: 1987-08-10
Abstract: A heel protector is moulded to fit snugly over the whole of the rear part of the footwear and is open at the bottom part to allow the footwear heel to protrude. An instep strap may be provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196405-A (GB)
Title: Crown wheel cam gearbox
Inventor: TRUFITT MARK
IPC: F16H1/32
Filed: 1987-10-01
Abstract: A gearbox comprises a casing 1, a first rotatable shaft 2, a second rotatable shaft 3, a crown wheel swash plate 4 mounted on the first shaft 2 for rotation about an axis 7 angled with respect to the axis of rotation of the first shaft 2 and operatively connected to the second shaft 3. The crown wheel 4 is provided with a plurality of cam profiles 5 on one face with a first set of cam followers 13 located on the inner wall of the gearbox casing 1 and positioned to engage respective cam profiles 5 on the crown wheel. A plurality of second cam profiles 6 is provided on the second face of the crown wheel 4, and a second set of cam followers 14 is circumferentially arranged about the second shaft 3 and positioned to engage respective second cam profiles 14 on the crown 24 wheel. The numbers of first and second cam profiles is made equal in one arrangement and in another the number of cam followers on one side of the crown wheel is made one more than the number of cam profiles and the number of cam followers on the other side of the crown wheel is made one less than the number of cam profiles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2198679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to guillotines
Inventor: TRICKEY RONALD HENRY
IPC: B23D33/08
Filed: 1987-12-01
Abstract: A guillotine comprises a support 1 for a work piece 3 and is provided with a stationary blade 4 against which a movable blade 5 is movable in a cutting plane 6 to cut the work piece 3. A clamp means 9 is provided to clamp the work piece 3 on the support 1 during cutting and to substantially block the gap between the movable blade 5 and the work piece 3 but yet allow the line of cut of the movable blade 5 in the work piece 3 to be visible from the clamp means 9 side of the movable blade 5. To this end, the surface 13 of the clamp means 9 facing the cutting plane may be inclined to the cutting plane or at east part (15, Fig. 3) of the clamp may be made of transparent material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2214362-A (GB)
Title: Detachable open/short testing fixture device for testing P.C. Boards
Inventor: HSU GAB
IPC: G01R1/073
Filed: 1988-01-13
Abstract: A detachable open/short testing fixture device with spring contact probes for testing the circuits on printed circuit boards comprises a lower and upper probe-board sets (150, 160). The lower probe-board set (160), for connecting pads on the printed circuit board to a piece of testing equipment, has first and second insulated boards (4, 5), and a first transmitting board. The upper probe-board set (150), for forming a connection between the printed circuit board and the lower probe-board set (160), has third and fourth insulated boards (1, 2), and a second transmitting board (3). A plurality of spring contact probes (72, 71) are slidably retained in the lower and upper probe-board sets (150, 160) for forming connection therebetween. Moreover, a plurality of square pins (73), connecting wires (74) and connectors (83) are provided in the device for connecting the lower probe-board set (160) to a base. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202754-A (GB)
Title: Game card devices
Inventor: DONOVAN JOHN ALFRED
IPC: A63F9/18
Filed: 1988-03-31
Abstract: A game card device 1 comprises a body 2 bearing a first set of symbols covered by removable material 3 on which a second set 4 of symbols is borne, each symbol of the second set being related to a first symbol lying below it and at least some of the second set being related to another or other symbols of the device. At least one of the first set indicates success and at least one indicates failure. In a preferred embodiment, a panel 5 bears questions constituting the other symbols, the panel being overlaid with removable material on which general instructions are provided. The answers to the questions are supplied by the second set of symbols which are erasable with the removable material 3 to reveal the first set of symbols comprising "WIN" or "LOSE" legends. In other embodiments, a player is asked to select symbols of a particular type from the second set, or to follow a sequence of symbols from the first and second sets around the body.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2218484-A (GB)
Title: A method of lining installed pipework
Inventor: MCGUIRE BRIAN EDWARD
IPC: F16L55/165
Filed: 1988-05-09
Abstract: Includes heating a liner pipe 7 made from a memory retaining plastics material of external diameter greater than the internal diameter of the pipework 10, drawing the liner pipe 7 through a heated swaging die 3, having a swaging surface at least part 6 of which is inclined at an angle between 6 degrees and 32 degrees and no part at an angle of more than 32 degrees in the die axis and which extends over an axial length that is at least 70% of the axial distance between the part where the pipe 7 engages which such surface and the part where the pipe 7 disengages from the die interior surface using pulling means under sustained tension attached to the leading end of the liner pipe 7 and threaded through the pipework 10 to reduce the external diameter of the liner pipe 7 by up to 15%, the tension applied by the pulling means being such as partially to restrain radial expansion of the outer surface of the liner pipe 7, drawing the liner pipe 7 through the installed pipework 10 with its outer diameter reduced and thereafter allowing the liner pipe 7 to expand within the pipework 10 by relaxation of the said tension followed by memory induced expansion at ordinary atmospheric pressure and at the ambient temperature of the pipework 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2206145-A (GB)
Title: Process for the extraction of crude oil from an underground deposit
Inventor: BALZER DIETER
IPC: C09K23/56
Filed: 1988-06-17
Abstract: In a tertiary oil extraction process crude oil is extracted from an underground deposit penetrated by at least one injection well and at least one production well by forcing into an injection well a solution or dispersion of a surfactant / co- solvent mixture in which the surfactant is an alkyl (poly) glycoside of the formula 1
 R-O-Zn,
 where R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 7 to 24 carbon atoms and Zn represents an (oligo)glycosyl radical having on average 1 to 10 hexose and/or pentose units.
Patent GB-2227463-A (GB)
Title: Battery mounting
Inventor: GOULD ROYSTON MERVYN
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 1988-11-16
Abstract: A wheelchair has a battery carrier (20) detatchably mounted on telescopic slides (27,28) which can be extended to allow access to the battery. As the slides (27, 28) are extended, the carrier (20) is moved both rearwardly and downwardly so that the carrier (20) can rest on the floor as it is disengaged from the slides (27, 28).
Patent GB-2226984-A (GB)
Title: Identity card with Braille characters
Inventor: TURNBULL ERIC
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 1989-01-10
Abstract: An identity card carrying a visual indication (11-14) of the identity of an authorised individual or organisation and having at least one surface formed of synthetic polymeric material is embossed on that surface with a further indication 16 in Braille characters of the identity of the individual or organisation or of the credibility of the card bearer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2215890-A (GB)
Title: Error correction in frame store
Inventor: MESTER ROLAND
IPC: H04N5/937
Filed: 1989-02-10
Abstract: A method for error detection and/or error correction of the data of a digital video signal is described, which are written into and then read out of a digital semiconductor memory 1. In the horizontal banking intervals, check data formed in a coder 2 according to a Reed Solomon block code are added to the digital video signal. The data read out of the semiconductor memory are checked in a Reed Solomon decoder 7 with the aid of the added check data. A defective integrated memory circuit can be identified with the aid of information derived during error detection 
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Patent GB-2223786-A (GB)
Title: Hazard warning device
Inventor: MYERS FRANK
IPC: B60Q7/00
Filed: 1989-04-04
Abstract: A hazard warning device comprises a base portion (6), upwardly from which an integral display portion (8) extends, the display portion being generally flat and triangular. Secured to the underside of the base portion (6), by studs is a supporting assembly (12) comprising a central portion (14) and two outwardly extending supporting portions in the form of feet (16a, 16b). Secured generally to a central portion of the surface (17) of one foot (16a), and extending generally towards the central portion (14), is a flexible arm (20), said arm being provided at its inner end with a hook-like engagement formation (22). Secured to the under surface (17) of the foot (16b) is a second arm (24), which is secured flush with the surface (17), and extends towards the central portion of the supporting assembly. The arm (20) is so secured to the foot (16a) as to lie, at rest, at a small angle to the underside (17), but is sufficiently flexible that when the warning device is placed on the ground. the arm (20) moves into an operative position and the engagement portion (22) enters the aperture (26), to retain the warning device in a stable position on the ground. However simply by lifting the device from the ground, the arm (20) moves to its inoperative position, releasing the engagement portion (22) from the aperture (26), allowing the feet (16a and 16b) to be folded away. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217549-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the time interval between periodic movements of a plurality of subordinate pictures in a picture-in-picture video display
Inventor: KIM YONG-JE
IPC: H04N5/45
Filed: 1989-04-17
Abstract: A circuit controls the time interval between positional movements (see Figure 4) of a plurality of subordinate pictures in a picture-in-picture-type television. The circuit comprises a microprocessor 10, a memory 200 for storing the PIP video digital data, a control and read/write controller 20 for generating a control signal to control the start of writing or reading a subordinate picture data onto or from said memory 200, switching means 40 for switching sequentially the chrominance signals, an analog/digital converter 50 for receiving the output of said switching means 40, a first data converting and latching means 90, a writing clock pulse and writing address signal generator 60, a second data converting and latching means 110, first to third digital/analog converters 81-82, a reading clock pulse and reading address signal generator 70, and a memory control timing and address selecting means 100. Means 30 control the time interval between successive sub-picture movements and this may be set by the user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232982-A (GB)
Title: Microporous films
Inventor: DORLING MIKE GEORGE LAND
IPC: H01M50/491
Filed: 1989-06-13
Abstract: A microporous polymeric film comprises a halopolymer in which the repeating units are -(CnH2n)- and -(CmX2m)- in which each X independently represents fluorine or chlorine and the values of n and m are greater than one and less than six. The film is the result of firstly melt processing a mixture of the halopolymer, an extractable salt and extractable polymer secondly extracting at least some of the extractable salt to render the film porous and extracting at least some of said polymer to impart surface porosity to the film. The film may be used as the separator of an electrochemical cell e.g. a battery having a lithium anode and a thionyl chloride electrolyte. High porosities and good electrical properties can be obtained by using as extractable polymer a material having a molecular weight less than one million e.g. a polyethylene oxide of molecular weight about 100,000 - 300,000. The film may be made in relatively long lengths by addition of an anti-oxidant to the mixture to be melt processed.
Patent GB-2232710-A (GB)
Title: Device for stabilizing a ladder
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID
IPC: E06C7/44
Filed: 1989-06-14
Abstract: A device for use in stabilizing an inclined ladder comprises a base member having an upstanding wall portion (15) on which a ladder support member (18) is swivellably mounted by studs (20) which extend through inclined slots and which is clamped by nuts on studs (20), said ladder support member (18) being provided with means for securing the ladder, which may be a pulley or guide (23) and a jamming cleat (27) through which extends a cord (24) provided with a hook (25) which can engage with a rung of a ladder to hold the ladder on the support member (15); and thus the ladder support member (18) can be positioned and clamped in a horizontal position when the base member (10) rests on an inclined surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221158-A (GB)
Title: Package releasing its contents on contact with water
Inventor: EDWARDS DAVID BRIAN
IPC: B65D1/26
Filed: 1989-06-15
Abstract: A package for a liquid comprises an outer container, an inner water soluble or water dispersible envelope containing the liquid which is a chemical or a solution or dispersion in an organic liquid of a chemical, and a space between the container and the envelope. The package may contain a pesticide, e.g. fungicide, insecticide or herbicide. The envelope may be made from polyethylene oxide, methyl cellulose or polyvinyl alcohol.
Patent GB-2227990-A (GB)
Title: Method and equipment for forming multiple packs of products, particularly food products.
Inventor: FRANCIONI RENZO
IPC: B65B9/067
Filed: 1989-06-15
Abstract: Products to be formed into multiple packs are advanced, evenly spaced, towards a wrapper-forming zone and the flow of products is stopped cyclically within the zone so as to cause the formation of groups of products which are substantially packed together for insertion in respective packages.
Patent GB-2236852-A (GB)
Title: DNA probe/antibody based assays and intermediates useful in the synthesis of cleavable nucleic acids for use in such assays
Inventor: CARR FRANK
IPC: C12Q1/6804
Filed: 1989-09-25
Abstract: The assay uses a labelled solid phase component (s.p.c.) which carries a member of a specific binding pair (s.b.p.) and a member of a signal producing system. A second larger and magnetic s.p.c. may also be used which carries an s.b.p. member capable of binding to the complementary s.b.p. member simultaneously with the labelled s.p.c. so as to facilitate separation of bound from unbound components. A further s.p.c. may be used in a pre-treatment to remove non-specific binding elements from the complementary s.b.p. member. Where the target s.b.p. member is a nucleic acid, it may be captured by a thionucleotide probe immobilized on a s.p.c., and subsequently released from the s.p.c. by cleavage of the P-S bonds in the probe. Suitable oligonucleotide probes containing P-S bonds are prepared by solid phase synthesis using a thiophosphoramidite intermediate. Also disclosed are compounds of formula   <IMAGE>  where B is a DNA or RNA base and -P-Y is preferably   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237478-A (GB)
Title: Radio telephony system
Inventor: BARNETT RICHARD J
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 1989-10-23
Abstract: A radio telephony system includes a central switching station 1 linked to one or more radio base stations 2. One or more remote translator stations 4 is linked to the or each base station 2 so that the or each station 2 has its own associated directly linked remote translator station or stations 4. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226304-A (GB)
Title: Suction roller
Inventor: KUHN FRIEDRICH
IPC: B65H20/12
Filed: 1989-12-15
Abstract: A suction roller for guiding webs, such as paper or cardboard, has a shell that has a multiplicity of bores, part of these bores being subjected to suction to hold the web. The bores are arranged in helical or cylindrical (figure 3 not shown) zones, with one A having a greater density of bores than the other, B. 
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Patent GB-2243520-A (GB)
Title: Image creation system
Inventor: EVANS PETER
IPC: G09G5/39
Filed: 1990-04-11
Abstract: An image creation system comprising a processor (10) which, in use, receives an input signal containing colour information and additional information relating to an image (I), and a memory means (12) comprising a plurality of pixel information storage sites (14, 14') each of which is able to store information relating to a corresponding pixel point (15) of the image (I), the processor (10) being arranged to write into each pixel information storage site (14, 14') of the memory (12) information comprising colour information (R, to B) and additional information (Z, T) relating to the corresponding pixel point (15) of the image (I) so there is no need for storage elsewhere for the additional information (Z, T) or for the additional information (Z, T) to be regenerated when required. The additional information may be depth (Z) or transparency (T). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232135-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle instrument panel having a counter-resetting push button
Inventor: DUBUISSON GEORGES
IPC: B60K37/00
Filed: 1990-04-30
Abstract: The push button (7) for resetting a trip recorder is mounted for sliding through a raised portion (1) and a window (2). The push button (7) comprises an end-piece (8) having a widened portion (12) situated between the raised portion (1) and the window (2). Under the action of a compression spring (11) the widened portion (12) is urged towards the window 2, thus eliminating any play, and therefore any noise, between the hole (6) in the window and the end-piece (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239370-A (GB)
Title: Facsimile device transfer control
Inventor: SEKIGAWA SUMIO
IPC: H04N1/32
Filed: 1990-05-15
Abstract: A facsimile device stores data representative of the level of an incoming training signal, and determines the starting point for receiving a picture signal when the incoming level after transmission of a CFR (Confirmation to Receive) signal is larger than a threshold level which is lower than the abovementioned stored incoming level by predetermined amount. The picture signal can be received with stability even when the circuit echo occurs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245377-A (GB)
Title: An optoelectronic system
Inventor: RANDLE FREDERICK ARTHUR
IPC: H01L31/024
Filed: 1990-06-20
Abstract: An optoelectronic system comprising a thin, flexible and thermally conductive strip or beam 7 having a first portion attached to a thermoelectric cooler 2 and a second portion attached to support means 5, an optoelectronic device 1 mounted on said second portion, said second portion being thermally insulated at 6 from said support means 5 and optical means 2, e.g. a lens or a lensed fibre, arranged in predetermined alignment with said optoelectronic device 1, the coefficients of expansion and the dimensions of said support means 5 and said optical means 2 being such that said predetermined alignment remains unaltered in response to any changes in temperature of the system. The optoelectronic device may be a laser and a photodiode may also be mounted on the second portion to detect light from the laser.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245707-A (GB)
Title: Screened electrochemical electrode
Inventor: HAMBLETON JAMES
IPC: G01N27/30
Filed: 1990-06-23
Abstract: An electrochemical electrode has a screened cable 11 electrically connected to it and a further screen 17 enclosing at least a major part, but not all, of the electrode itself, the latter screen in turn being electrically connected to the cable screen. The electrode screen may be spaced by a small axial distance from the cable screen and connected to it by a separate axial link. The screen is preferably of steel, aluminium or mumetal coated on one or both of its faces with a non-conductive coating. The electrode may be a pH electrode, an ion-specific electrode, a glass electrode or a micro referecence electrode. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239386-A (GB)
Title: Restraint and protection seat for infant
Inventor: MINAMI YOSHIHIKO
IPC: B60N2/28
Filed: 1990-10-24
Abstract: A restraint and protection seat 1 for an infant comprises a seat main unit 2, an infant seat belt 4 mounted on the seat main unit 2, a breast pad 5 mounted on the end of the infant seat belt 4, and a fastening means to fasten the breast pad 5 on the seat main unit when the infant seat belt 4 is attached over the infant's body. The fastening means is provided with a tongue 6 mounted on the breast pad 5 and with a buckle 7 mounted on the seat main unit 2 for latching the tongue 7. The buckle means 7 is arranged on the seat main unit 2 and is continuously movable in a front-to-back direction by a screw rod 28. Thus, the, infant seat belt 4 and the breast pad 5 can be continuously adjusted and can fit an infant of virtually any physical size. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242222-A (GB)
Title: Protective edging strip and method of applying same
Inventor: HEINZE MICHAEL DEAN
IPC: E06B7/23
Filed: 1991-03-12
Abstract: The present invention has an elongated edging strip 10 with a pair of legs 12, 14 to enclose a panel edge 42. At least one leg has an adhesive member 20 within the channel defined by the legs, and at least one hinge 30. The open strip is positioned onto the edge of an element to be protected or covered, is abutted or adhesively secured thereto and then hinged to the closed position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244091-A (GB)
Title: Turntable for an artificial limb.
Inventor: WOOLNOUGH VICTOR JAMES
IPC: A61F2/00
Filed: 1991-04-04
Abstract: A turntable (10) for connecting together an upper component (12) and a lower component (14) of an artificial limb such that the two components are rotatable with respect to each other about a turntable rotation axis (24) has an inner member (16) wich a head portion (16E) and a neck portion (16N) for connecting the head portion to the lower limb component (14), and an outer member (22) for connection to the upper limb component (12) and having a radially inwardly extending portion (22I) adjacent the neck portion (16N) of the inner member (16) whereby the head portion (16E) is rotatably trapped by the outer member (22). The turntable has annular adjustable bearing means (26) encircling the axis (24) and rotatable with the inner member (16). The bearing means (26) has an inwardly and upwardly facing inclined surface (26U) which bears against a generally radially extending surface (22S) of the outer member (22), and being of adjustable diameter is arranged to urge a bearing surface (16ES) of the inner member against a corresponding bearing surface (22IS) of the outer member to eliminate play between the two members.
Patent GB-2243857-A (GB)
Title: A cutting appliance for mounting on an arm of a cutting machine
Inventor: KLINGBEIL WILLI
IPC: E21D9/10
Filed: 1991-04-22
Abstract: A cutting appliance for fitment to a ranging arm (1) of a partial cutting machine employs a rotating cutting head (6) connected to a sleeve (15) surrounding a stationary hollow support (2) with bearings (16, 17) locating between the support (2) and the sleeve (15). A drive shaft (7) extends through the support (2) and is rotatably coupled to the head (6) and to drive moans (5) within the arm (1). A helical-flight conveyor (24), surrounds the sleeve and is rotatable with the sleeve (15) and the cutting head (6). <IMAGE>