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Patent GB-2190637-A (GB)
Title: Caravan stabilization apparatus
Inventor: DOCHERTY PAUL JOSEPH
IPC: B66F3/12
Filed: 1987-05-08
Abstract: A caravan accessory (10) comprises a frame structure (11, 12) having a screw jack support member (15) and a pair of protruding elements (19A, 19B) for carrying a caravan wheel. The accessory fits around a caravan wheel and is elevated by a screw jack so that the wheel is raised to a desired extent. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209931-A (GB)
Title: Equipment localiser for couches plinths beds stools etc
Inventor: PAXON JOHN BERNARD
IPC: A61G7/05
Filed: 1987-06-08
Abstract: An equipment localiser for couches plinths beds for example comprising a cavity (1) in the board (6) beneath the mattress or filling (5) located into which is equipment (2) to give localised treatment to a patient sitting lying or resting any part of his body immediately over it. The equipment (2) can be fixed to the board (6) by spring (3) attached to the equipment at their one end and to a bracket (4) or a rail or runners (4) at their other end and fitted with wheels or rollers or slides for easy movement across or along the base of the couche plinth bed or stool for example the equipment in the cavity being held under the plinth couch bed or stool etc by springs (3) or by flexible or rigid strips fixed to the underside of the plinth. Axles may be fixed to hold the wheels or rollers. It can be moved manually or by power means for example electricity. It can be adjusted vertically. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196247-A (GB)
Title: Bathing device
Inventor: JAMES DAVID RICHARD
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1987-10-19
Abstract: A bathing device comprises a support structure 1 which in use rests on the bottom of a bath tub 6, and a support seat 4 for the user. The support structure 1 has a base section 2 which rests on the bottom of the bath tub 6 for support forwardly of the centre of gravity of a user when supported on the seat 4, and an upstanding rear section 3 from which the seat 4 is supported in a cantilevered manner. The rear section 3 has support means 8 to support vertical loading of the rear section 3 at the top surface of the rim 10 of the bath tub 6 and rearwardly of the aforesaid centre of gravity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2197931-A (GB)
Title: Pipe supports
Inventor: SALTER ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: F16L3/20
Filed: 1987-11-16
Abstract: Releasable locking means operates between the pivoted lever (2) and the frame (1) of a constant effort type pipe support to lock the lever, e.g. during initial fitting of the pipe support or temporarily whilst the support is in use. An opening (16) at either the lever or the frame and an aperture (11) in the other are relatively movable to be brought into register to receive a locking member (23). In the illustrated embodiment there are several holes (11) in the lever (2) in an arc about its pivotal axis, and there is a slot (16) in a slide member (13) movable on the frame (1) radially of the pivotal axis. The slot is oblique to the arc and by adjustment of the slide member (13) a portion of the slot can be registered with one of the holes (11) for a locking pin (23) to be inserted in the slot and aperture to lock the lever. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2205211-A (GB)
Title: Signal processing device
Inventor: SWITZER DAVID LOVELL
IPC: G01S7/292
Filed: 1988-05-11
Abstract: A signal processing device, simulating a tapped delay line, providing multiple replicas of a radar or like input pulse. Parallel optical fibre paths are coupled together at a succession of junctions 5 to combine and re-share the signals between the two output paths at each position. One of the two branches between successive locations has a minimal delay ??? while the other has a graded delay 2<n> L+??? increasing from stage to stage binarily. The number of paths from input to output increases exponentially with the number of stages, the total delay varying progressively to provide successive replicas of the input pulse. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223218-A (GB)
Title: Storage devices
Inventor: GARCIN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G11B33/04
Filed: 1988-07-27
Abstract: A storage device for a mixture of different recording media comprises storage compartments (1), each of which has two opposed ends, each end having a stepped base portion (5) with the corresponding steps (6, 7, 8) of the base portions providing in effect platforms for the reception of a plurality of different sizes of recording media such as video cassettes in different sizes of protective boxes and/or computer floppy discs and/or compact discs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227498-A (GB)
Title: Clothes washing tank with projecting bristles
Inventor: WU KIN MIN
IPC: D06F13/00
Filed: 1989-01-20
Abstract: A washing tank has a wall 10 with a peripheral inner surface which is provided with a brushing unit 2 having a plurality of bristle elements 20 projecting from the peripheral inner surface so as to provide a brushing effect during agitation of clothes by rotors agitator 4. The bristles may be integral with the wall 10 or with sheets 21 that are attached to the wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225552-A (GB)
Title: Gang-pot mould
Inventor: GOH BUN HONG
IPC: B29C45/26
Filed: 1989-12-04
Abstract: In a gang-pot mould a group of culls (15A) are interconnected with a group of cavities (18) via a runner system which incorporates at least one manifold (21) interconnecting all the culls. By replacement of the chases defining the cavities, the number of cavities served by a fixed number of culls can be readily changed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228472-A (GB)
Title: Paper handling apparatus
Inventor: KOMADA TAKASHI
IPC: B42C1/12
Filed: 1990-01-18
Abstract: In a paper handling apparatus having a plurality of bins, in which a stapler unit is movable up and down along the bins, the stapler 100 is held in a lockable position by a paw 105 but releasable by lever 107 to drop into a position in which the staple cartridge 104 is removable from the unit. Doors such as a stapler door are provided on the housing of the apparatus. When a door of the apparatus other than the stapler door, is opened while the stapler is performing a stapling operation, the operation continues. 
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Patent GB-2231655-A (GB)
Title: Reducing power consumption of a vehicle steering angle detector
Inventor: OSHITA SAIICHIRO
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 1990-03-06
Abstract: To reduce the power consumption by a vehicle steering sensor (10) while parked, the sensor (10) has a low power supplementary circuit (20) for detecting steering angle change when an ignition switch is turned off in addition to a conventional circuit (19) for detecting steering angle. The conventional circuit (19) comprises an optical or magnetic rotary encoder for generating two sine waves 90 DEG  out of phase on rotation of a steering shaft (50), and a microcomputer (18) for calculating absolute angle from the sine wave signals. The supplementary circuit (20) comprises a waveform shaping circuit (21) for converting the sine waves into rectangular pulses. While the ignition is on circuit (19) continues to detect the absolute angle based on the sine waves. When the ignition is off, the supplementary circuit (20) counts and holds any changes of angle using the pulse signals while the circuit (19) merely stores the last absolute angle. When the ignition is switched on again, the microcomputer (18) reads the stored pulse count to correct the stored absolute angle. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2235836-A (GB)
Title: Charging an auxiliary battery in an electric automobile
Inventor: SHAMOTO SUMIKAZU
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 1990-08-07
Abstract: When the automobile is being driven in response to energisation of stator primary windings 130 U, V, W of a motor 116 by an inverter 114 powered by a main battery 112, a voltage is induced in one or more secondary windings 152 U, V, W and this induced voltage is passed via a rectifier 154 and a constant voltage circuit 156 to charge an auxiliary battery 122. If the motor has a permanent magnet rotor 132, the battery 122 can also be charged during regenerative braking. A further embodiment, (Figs 4 to 7), can additionally charge the battery 122 when the motor 116 is stationary by applying pulse width modulated alternating current between two of the primary windings on the stator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237119-A (GB)
Title: Strobe control apparatus of camera
Inventor: TAKAMI SATOSHI
IPC: G03B7/16
Filed: 1990-10-05
Abstract: A strobe control apparatus in a camera, including a light emitter 12 which is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism to move between a retracted position and an operative position, a drive mechanism 13-16 for moving the light emitter between the retracted position and the operative position, a light emitter controller for driving the drive mechanism to move the light emitter to the operative position, and an emission controller for controlling the strobe to emit strobe light at least when the light emitter is in the operative position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238715-A (GB)
Title: Baby seat
Inventor: MROWICKI ANTHONY DEREK
IPC: A47D1/00
Filed: 1990-01-30
Abstract: A seat, especially useful for a baby, comprises a flat base element (10) and at least one ring element (12, 13). The ring element (12), or lower ring element (13) if more than one ring element is used, is supported above the base element (10) by a plurality of posts (14) which are spaced apart around the ring element (12, 13) and fixed at their opposite ends to the ring element (12, 13) and the base element (10) respectively. In a preferred embodiment, a second, upper ring element (15) is provided and a cushion (36) is introduced on the inner side of the gap partially between the lower and upper ring elements (13, 15). Holes (18, 19) are provided for insertion of castors (16, 17), playthings (22), a feeding tray (20), or the like.
Patent GB-908568-A (GB)
Abstract: 908,568. Recording-apparatus. JERSEY PRODUCTION RESEARCH CO. Aug. 21, 1959 [Sept. 15, 1958 (2)], No. 28632/59. Class 106 (4). [Also in Groups XXXVI and XL (c)] An A.C. signal is photographically recorded either with a variable intensity which is a function of the time between successive or alternate crossings by the signal of its zero-value axis or in variable colour as a function of that time. The invention is described as applied to the recording of signals from geophones or from played-back magnetic records thereof. A seismic section is built up by preparing adjacent records spaced in correspondence with the lateral distances between successive geophones. Variable-intensity recording, Figs. 1 and 2.- Unit 14 generates a positive pulse, Fig. 2b, at every zero-crossing of the signal, Fig. 2a, and each pulse causes generator 16 to produce a constant-slope sawtooth, Fig. 2c, the peak amplitude of which is proportional to the corresponding time. interval. The amplified sawtooth is followed by the mirror of galvanometer 20. Unit 22 produces pulses, Fig. 2d, which are applied to lamp 24 which illuminates the galvanometer mirror via aperture 30. Light shield 36 is so positioned that when the mirror is stationary light cannot fall on film drum 34 the rotation of which is synchronized with the mirror movement. The ensuing record is of variable density as illustrated by Fig. 2e. Variable-colour recording. Fig. 3.-Sawtooth generator 16 output is applied to mirror galvanometers 120, 126 and to unit 124 which produces equal amplitude pulses at the termination of each sawtooth ramp, these pulses being applied to lamp 130 extending along colour filters 132, the ensuing colour film record for a signal, Fig. 4a, being of the form illustrated by Fig. 4e.
Patent GB-2240957-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft performance monitoring during landing flare stage
Inventor: COLLINS PHILIP HOWARD
IPC: G05D1/06
Filed: 1991-02-15
Abstract: An aircraft performance monitor (10) receives signals representative of the height h, rate of change of height @ and vertical acceleration o of the aircraft. The monitor 1 determines when (h - A)@@ + K1@ + K2@ goes beyond a predetermined limit and generates a warning signal at (14) and disables the autopilot (1). The signal representative of vertical acceleration may be derived from the rate of change of pitch attitude of the aircraft, from the elevator angle or from an accelerometer. n1 and n2 are maximum and minimum values of (h - A) and A, K1, K2, are constants. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242113-A (GB)
Title: A holder for a container
Inventor: ROE STEPHEN CHARLES
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 1991-03-25
Abstract: The holder comprises a base 10 having a receptacle 13 upstanding thereon. The base 10 has a peripheral wall 12 having a down-turned outer section 15 which terminates at an edge 15a spaced by a distance A from a plane P containing an underside surface 10a of the base. If the holder is subjected to sideways impact, the spacing A facilitates the holder to slide over certain surfaces. For stability, the diameter of the base is substantially greater than that of the container to be held by the receptacle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254696-A (GB)
Title: Gas sensor and calibration device
Inventor: ROBINS IAN
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 1991-04-09
Abstract: A gas sensor device (2) comprises an enclosure (4) within which is housed both a gas sensor (12) and electrochemical calibrant gas generating means (20). The means (20) may be remotely electrically operated and is comprised such that minimal attention thereto is required during the lifetime of the device (2). The gas sensor (12) may be a metal oxide semiconductor device for sensing hydrogen, in which case means (2), in the form of a pair of electrodes and bridging electrolyte, generates hydrogen. Alternatively if carbon monoxide is to be sensed sensor (12) is an electrochemical sensor and may comprise a pair of platinum electrodes sandwiching an electrolyte. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270383-A (GB)
Title: Electronic wearaway sensor
Inventor: BOWMAN MARTIN ROBIN
IPC: G01B7/06
Filed: 1992-08-29
Abstract: An electronic wearaway sensor is incorporated in a solid core of the same material as the rest of the wear surface so as to wear away at the same rate as the surface to be monitored. The sensor shown has a number of parallel resistive elements 4 on a cylindrical core 1. As the given surface wears away, the resistive elements are progressively removed, thus increasing the total resistance value of the sensor. As described the resistive elements are formed by laser cutting an aluminium layer 3 formed over a ceramic insulating layer 2 on the core 1. The resistive bands are both insulated and protected by a outer ceramic layer 6. The device may be self powered 4-20mA and is intrinsically safe. The passive signal produced is small and therefore an electronic amplifier and interface buffer circuit are housed in the chamber 7 at the base of the unit through which the signal exits via the connector 8. The signal produced permits constant electronic readout of percentage wear and a set point alarm signal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261668-A (GB)
Title: Electrical insulating material
Inventor: GELLAN ANDREA
IPC: H01B7/29
Filed: 1992-09-18
Abstract: An electrical insulating composite material comprises an intimate admixture of (a) 5-90 weight percent of a thermoplastic copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro (propyl vinyl ether); and (b) 90-5 weight percent of coagulated dispersion type polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), or of porous expanded PTFE. Tape made from the composite material may be porous expanded tape or non-porous tape. The tape is wrapped around a conductor (C) and sintered at 320-450 DEG C. A dual-wrap construction having layers (A, B) of both porous expanded tape and of non-porous tape give particularly good dynamic cut-through and scrape resistance properties.
Patent GB-2271091-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle wheel suspension arrangement
Inventor: IVORY DOUGLAS WILLIAM
IPC: B60G7/02
Filed: 1992-10-03
Abstract: A wishbone suspension arrangement has the wishbone 14 connected to the chassis 10 by means of two outer mounting points 18, 20 and one intermediate mounting point 22. The effect of the intermediate mounting point is to define a centre about which compliant movement of the arm relative to the chassis 10 can take place. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261883-A (GB)
Title: Double-cylinder circular knitting machine
Inventor: FUCIK MILAN
IPC: D04B15/88
Filed: 1992-11-26
Abstract: A fabric take-down mechanism in a double-cylinder knitting machine comprises within the lower cylinder (1) a fabric withdrawing element (10) provided with a helical surface (101) for engaging the knitwork, the surface (101) cooperating with lower edges of press-off sinkers (8) mounted in the lower portion of a supporting element (7) of the upper needle cylinder (2) or with similarly-located plates, the sinkers or plates resisting twisting of the fabric. The sinkers (8) or plates project by a distance (t) from the supporting element and may be resiliently loaded. Instead of the helical surface (101) being integral with the element (10) it may be formed by a steel strip inserted into the element. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264965-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for collecting fluid
Inventor: DUGUID GORDON RICHARDS
IPC: E21B21/01
Filed: 1993-03-15
Abstract: Apparatus for collecting fluid from a tubular member (60) is described. The apparatus 1 comprises a sleeve 5a, 5b, 5c having an axial opening 24 for receiving the tubular member 60. Sealing means 10 is also provided. The sealing means 10 is deformable to substantially seal the axial opening 24 and an outlet (50 Fig. 1) is also provided on the apparatus extracting collected fluid from the apparatus 1. The apparatus is particularly useful where the tubular member comprises a section of a drill string and the fluid is a drilling fluid, such as mud. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267992-A (GB)
Title: Modular cabinet for large-sized sealed lead-acid cells
Inventor: STONE BRADLEY W
IPC: H01M50/209
Filed: 1993-05-18
Abstract: A cell rack assembly capable of storing a plurality of cells such as large size sealed lead-acid cells having one terminal on one end and the other terminal on the other end comprises a plurality of cell-receiving modules generally detachably attached together, each cell-receiving module 12 having a top plate 24, a bottom plate 26 and upstanding support members 28, 30 connecting the top and bottom plates and defining side-by-side cell-receiving areas 32 and a central access area 34 therebetween. The cells are stacked with the terminals facing the end of the modules and are held in position by a set of cell covers 14 that retain the sides 40 of the stacked cells. The modules may be sized to accept one or more sets of stacked cells, as desired for the particular application. In its more specific embodiment, a cap assembly 16, a base support 20, and safety panels 76 are all employed with the stacked cell-receiving modules. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278222-A (GB)
Title: Spatial light modulator
Inventor: EZRA DAVID
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 1993-05-20
Abstract: A spatial light modulator comprises a liquid crystal layer formed of pixels 32 and a black mask 33 sandwiched between substrates 31 and 34. The substrate 31 has formed therein graded refractive index micro lenses 40, each of which is aligned with and adjacent a respective pixel 32. Such an arrangement may be used in high resolution imaging devices, for instance for three dimensional displays. The lenses may be replaced by a parallel barrier formed of a black mask having an array of slits or pin holes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283654-A (GB)
Title: Cold setting coating composition for foodstuffs
Inventor: SAMSON ALLAN D
IPC: A23L7/157
Filed: 1993-11-10
Abstract: The present invention is a cold temperature activated batter used to coat fish portions cut from a uncooked, preformed, processed and frozen fish block and with cooked foods which are chilled before coating. The latent cold temperature of the chilled food, which is preferably fish, is in the range of approximately -10 DEG  to 38 DEG F, which activates the batter so as to cause it to gel or set on the fish portions and, as a result, the batter coating adheres evenly and uniformly to each fish portion. After coating with the batter, the chilled fish portions may be also be coated with a toasted bread crumb before the batter sets, to form a bread coating mixture, in-situ, on the chilled fish portion. The bread crumbs may also include flavoured oils derived from frying battered and fried fish or fried battered and breaded chicken in vegetable oils for the purpose of imparting savory and fried food flavour characteristics to the non-fried food.
Patent GB-2272650-A (GB)
Title: A device for launching an article
Inventor: SUTTON DONALD GRAHAM
IPC: A63H27/14
Filed: 1993-11-23
Abstract: A device for launching an article 6, the device including a handle 1, a release means 3 and a linking means 2. The device being arranged such that a co-operating means 4 on the article 6 is engaged with the release means 3, which is linked by the linking means 2 to the handle 1. The article 6 can be launched by swinging the handle 1, the path of the article 6 being guided by the path swept by the handle 1, until the impetus of the article 6 is sufficient to part the release means 3 from the co-operating means 4. The article is then released with substantial forward momentum. The release means and co-operating means part gradually backwards from their leading edges. The release and co-operating means may be formed from strips of a two component releasable fastening system for contact engagement. The initial engagement between the release and co-operating means may be changed to vary the impetus of the launch. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-936047-A (GB)
IPC: B63H11/02
Abstract: 936,047. Hydraulic jet propulsion. J. C. RIDLEY. Jan. 17, 1962 [Jan. 18, 1961], No. 2012/61. Class 114. A propulsion plant, for application to a dumb water-borne vessel, includes a duct having an inlet 12 and outlet 14 which is adapted to be secured to the deck 21 of the vessel so as to extend over the side or stern and contains a power driven impeller. The inlet and outlet of the duct are submerged in the water in which the vessel floats, the outlet 14 being dirigible and arranged to discharge horizontally in a selected direction. In the embodiment described an I.C. engine 10 drives the impeller 41, through a shaft 42 which is prevented from axial movement by bearings 47 and 48, which impeller draws in water from the forwardly facing inlet 12 to the chamber 55 disposed around the impeller shroud 53. The shroud 53 is connected to the outlet nozzle 14, which may be constricted to increase the jet velocity, via the dirigible joint 15 which comprises two concentric tubes having bearings and a seal. The whole plant is supported on a base 18 so that it may be secured to the deck 21 of a barge Provision may be made for priming the plant. Straightening vanes may be arranged downstream of the impeller. More than one plant may be used to propel a vessel.
Patent GB-2276139-A (GB)
Title: Tipper truck stabilisation mechanism and control means therefor
Inventor: STOWE ROGER LESLIE
IPC: B60P1/04
Filed: 1994-03-17
Abstract: A stabilisation mechanism (16) for resisting lateral movement of a tippable body section (4) of a tipper truck when it is raised. The stabilisation mechanism (16) includes hingeably interconnected upper and lower sections (10 and 18) which are respectively connected at their distal ends to the body section (4) and a support frame (12) which is connected to the chassis of the truck. The lower section (18) of the stabilisation mechanism acts as a hydraulic fluid reservoir for supplying the actuator (10) and is made from a rectangular frame of box section members closed by sheet metal welded to the box section members. According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a control means for preventing subsequent raising of the tippable body section of such a vehicle once tilt beyond a certain threshold has been reached. Preferably a tilt sensor prevents extension of the arm via a control valve moved by pressurised gas. <IMAGE>