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Patent GB-2006045-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust gas filter
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 1978-08-31
Abstract: An exhaust gas filter comprising glass fibre fabric 3, a layer of aluminium oxide 1 attached to the glass fibre fabric and supporting sieves 2 defining the shape of the fabric and oxide layer therebetween. The fabric 3 and/or the aluminium oxide layer 1 may contain boron. The exhaust gas flows in direction A. The glass fibres have a diameter between 7 and 12  mu m and a length of 10 to 40 mm. The aluminium oxide layer is 2 to 8 mm thick and consists of aluminium oxide powder, having a grain diameter not above 8  mu m together with a binding agent. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2035541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to fluid-heating units
IPC: F24D11/00
Filed: 1978-10-13
Abstract: A fluid heating unit is provided by a liquid circuit comprising a reservoir 9 of said liquid (e.g. an oil), a pump 3 connected to the reservoir (e.g. by a flow pipe 2 and a return pipe 4, 13) and incorporating on the outlet side of the pump (e.g. in a valve unit 5) a construction which causes heating of the liquid by friction before it is returned to the reservoir. The reservoir of heated liquid thus provides a heat supply which may be tapped either by means of a heat exchanger 10 or by a heat exchange device such as a coil in contact with the valve unit 5 and pipe 13. Water or air can be circulated through the heat exchanger for use in a central heating system. A thermostat 14 may control operation of the pump motor 7 to prevent overheating of said liquid. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2006603-A (GB)
Title: Coffee product
IPC: A23F5/40
Filed: 1978-11-01
Abstract: A coffee product consists of free- flowing agglomerates comprising soluble coffee particles and finely ground roasted coffee, said finely ground roasted coffee being present in an amount of 2 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the two coffee constituents and having a particle size such that 90% by weight of the ground coffee passes a 75 micron mesh.
Patent GB-2009671-A (GB)
Title: Pressed felt
IPC: D06M17/06
Filed: 1979-01-15
Abstract: A pressed and bonded felt comprises one layer of felt and another layer of a different material, the two layers being held together by an intermediate layer of thermoplastic material, preferably polythene sheet. The felt may be shaped into articles such as table mats and wall coverings which are characterised by good moisture and heat resistance.
Patent GB-2013097-A (GB)
Title: Heating and mixing asphalt compositions
IPC: E01C19/02
Filed: 1979-01-22
Abstract: In the heating and mixing of asphalt-aggregate compositions the composition is introduced into a rotary drum 112 through a restricted port 128, and a burner assembly 114-126 directs flame and hot gases of combustion into the drum through said port, whereby the composition is directly exposed to the hot gases, the flame and hot gases being directed into the drum through the restricted port which is open to atmosphere, burning hydrocarbon volatiles from the composition in the drum prior to being vented through the port, and simultaneously venting exhaust and combustion gases from the drum to atmosphere through the restricted port. The hot gases may be directed into the rotating drum through the center of the port and along the axis of drum rotation, and the exhaust gases may be vented between the hot gases and a peripheral edge of the port. The position and orientation of the burner assembly may be varied. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2082263-A (GB)
Title: Constant delivery pressure
IPC: F04B17/04
Filed: 1979-02-14
Abstract: An electromagnetic pump has a throttle valve 36 downstream of its delivery valve 15, valve 36 being controlled by a plunger 39 subjected to the delivery pressure of the pump. Increase in pump delivery pressure causes valve 36 to throttle the pump output and maintain the delivery pressure constant. Fluid leaking into the chamber 42 is returned to the suction side by means of the return path 49. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2014982-A (GB)
Title: Vapor phase chlorination of 1, 1-dichlorethane
IPC: C07C17/10
Filed: 1979-02-20
Abstract: In the preparation of methylchloroform by vapor phase chlorination of 1,1-dichloroethane, the formation of undesirable chlorohydrocarbon reaction products is suppressed by conducting the vapor phase reaction in the presence of a controlled amount of elemental oxygen or carbon dioxide gas.
Patent GB-2017733-A (GB)
Title: Magnetized Adhesive and Method of Preparing Same
IPC: C09J7/10
Filed: 1979-02-27
Abstract: A permanently magnetized adhesive is disclosed which preferably comprises a synthetic resin material having a permanently magnetized substance e.g. BaFe12O19 dispersed therein to give the adhesive a substantially permanent, net magnetic field both before and after application and use thereof. The adhesive may be a self-sustaining strip which flows on heating thus allowing it to be magnetically "pulled" into a metallic joint to which it is applied. An elongated strip of the adhesive may be permanently magnetized.
Patent GB-2047486-A (GB)
Title: Lighting system
IPC: H05B41/285
Filed: 1979-04-12
Abstract: A fluorescent lamp excitation circuit comprises a blocking oscillator (10) which includes a transistor (12) and a transformer (20). Winding (22) is connected between the collector (16) of the transistor and a first polarity of DC voltage at terminal (28). Winding (26), connected to the lamp (L), forms the high voltage secondary of the transformer. Winding (24) is connected between a second polarity of DC voltage at terminal (30) and the base (14) of the transistor, via a reactance network (32,34). The oscillator has a non-sinusoidal waveform and operates to produce high frequency components which excite the gases in the lamp (L). A variable resistance device (40) enables the lamp to be dimmed. The lamp may be part of an emergency lighting system energised by a battery when an AC supply foils (Fig. 4). The supply may include a protective voltage dependent resistor circuit, and a solar cell array. Lamp constructions are disclosed (Figs. 10-14). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2022675-A (GB)
Title: Panel jointing strip
IPC: E04B1/61
Filed: 1979-05-18
Abstract: A deformable strip (1) is formed with longitudinal ribs (5) on one face and has internal passages (6) with the spacing between the ribs being different from the spacing between the slots. The strip has lips (2, 3) at its respective lateral edges to act against marginal face portions of a building panel at the edge to be joined. The strip is especially intended for use in sectional buildings and two adjacent panels of such a building are each provided with a strip at the edge thereof facing the other panel so that the ribs of one strip act on the ribs of the other strip to cause compressive deformation of the passages and thereby ensure a good seal between the strips. The strip is held onto the respective edge of a panel by the lips although tacks or glue may also be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2050981-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for orientating articles during transit on a conveyor
IPC: B65G47/08
Filed: 1979-06-14
Abstract: Apparatus for arranging triangular cross-section bottles into a predetermined orientation is described (Figure 1B) using a conveyor 48 for feeding randomly orientated bottles in single file, a gate 52 for deflecting the bottles to one side or the other of the conveyor, and a deflector 56 or/and 58 which is contacted by the bottles causing them to turn during conveyor movement until a flat side of the bottle contacts the guide. Where, as shown, the bottles are to be arranged for close packing, the direction of movement of the gate is controlled so that alternate bottles contact the deflector 56 and the intermediate bottles contact deflector 58, to give a final orientation of the bottles as shown at 12, 14, 16. In practice, as shown a number of rows of bottles, e.g. four, are so formed into compact sets for packing, e.g. in groups of 12, into a box. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2028818-A (GB)
Title: New ethylenic ketones and a process for their preparation
IPC: B01J31/00
Filed: 1979-08-20
Abstract: New ethylenic ketones of the general formula   <IMAGE> wherein R represents a 2,6,6- trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl radical or a 2,6-dimethylhepta-1,5-dienyl radical and R1 represents a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms are useful in the synthesis of vitamin A and lycopene.
Patent GB-2060707-A (GB)
Title: Direct reduction of iron ore
IPC: C21B13/04
Filed: 1979-09-26
Abstract: In a process for manufacturing iron by the direct reduction of iron ore, crushed iron ore having a low carbon content and crushed coal are mixed in a predetermined ratio and are fed via a hopper 2 to a reactor 1 in the form of a welded steel container. The mixture is heated indirectly to a temperature up to 800 DEG C for a predetermined period by a heavy fuel oil furnace, combustible gases being collected at 4 and burnt in the furnace to assist in heating the charge. Burnt gases are then led to a recuperator 8 and then to an outlet 9A to a chimney. The recuperator heats air which is passed to the furnace at 7A. After treatment the charge is discharged and the iron is separated from the remainder of the charge. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2067386-A (GB)
Title: Mirror on watchband
IPC: A44C5/00
Filed: 1980-01-07
Abstract: A curved mirror a is attached to the clasp of a watchband. The mirror may be in three parts, Figure 3 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2067224-A (GB)
Title: Carbothermic production of aluminum
IPC: C22B21/02
Filed: 1980-01-09
Abstract: Aluminum or its alloys is produced by carbothermic reduction of alumina alone or mixed with other oxides, by supplying carbon, and the oxide to be reduced, along separate paths so that the carbon is supplied by ascending motion, bringing the carbon and the oxide to meet in a zone heated by electrodes, thereby producing a high temperature and effecting the reaction between carbon and oxide, forcing the reaction gas downwards through the ascending carbon charge, thereby cooling the gas and condensing the metal vapours, liquid metal running down through the carbon and being collected in a receptacle located below. The apparatus comprises a vertical shaft inside which the carbon contained in carbon containers moves upwards and meets the oxide charged from above, heat being supplied by electrodes extending through the oxide charge, and underneath the shaft an elongated chamber with two sets of vertical columns for supporting and moving the carbon containers through the shaft, the two sets mounted on a common carriage which can be displaced horizontally so that the two columns alternate in the working position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2046776-A (GB)
Title: Pigments for printing inks
IPC: C09B35/08
Filed: 1980-01-10
Abstract: A nucleated organic azo pigment prepared by reacting in an aqueous solution at least one particularly restricted amine, especially 4- aminobenzamide, with at least one other primary aryl amine and at least one coupling agent in the presence of a dispersed inorganic material, may be used in a printing ink as a substitute for an inorganic pigment.
Patent GB-2042537-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of 1-(1-naphthoxy) 3-isopropylamino-2-propanol
IPC: C07C31/10
Filed: 1980-02-06
Abstract: 1-(1-naphthoxy)-3- isopropylamino-2-propanol is prepared by reaction between sodium ???-naphtholate and ???-epichlorhydrin followed by condensation with isopropylamine. The etherifying reaction is carried out by adding aqueous sodium ???-naphtholate to ???-epichlorhydrin in a molar ratio of 1:2 at a temperature of 80-90 DEG C (preferably 85-90 DEG C); the unreacted ???-epichlorhydrin is removed by continuous azeotropic distillation and the resulting intermediate is condensed with isopropylamine in 70% aqueous solution under reflux, excess isopropylamine being removed by distillation at atmospheric pressure; the 1-(1-naphthoxy)-3-isopropylamino- 2-propanol product is then extracted with toluene at 40-60 DEG C and is separated from the toluenic solution by filtration after dehydration, hot filtration and cooling to -10 DEG C.
Patent GB-2069374-A (GB)
Title: Spray-painting an oil tank exterior
IPC: B05B13/00
Filed: 1980-02-08
Abstract: The surface 32 of a large cylindrical oil tank 33 is painted by positioning an upper support 4 at the top of the tank and slowly lowering a spraying unit 2 on guide ropes 3 suspended from the support 4, the lowering of the spraying unit being controlled by a rope 6 and the unit being switched on by the person on the ground through a power cable 12. When the unit 2 reaches the ground upon completing the painting of a vertical strip, the person switches it off. Then another person on top of the tank moves the support 4 round the tank to a new position, and the first person hoists the unit 2 up to the support 4, switches it on again, and paints another vertical strip by lowering the unit slowly to the ground again. The bottom ends of the guide ropes 3 are weighted down by a tensioning frame 5 which hangs on the guide ropes just above the ground. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2045171-A (GB)
Title: Artists portfolio
IPC: B42D3/16
Filed: 1980-02-18
Abstract: An artist's portfolio comprises sides 1 and 2 joined hingedly at 3 with a support board 12 joined to side 1 by a spine 10. The edge of the board 2 abuts the carrying handle 9 when the flap 6 is positioned as shown and when the case is closed flap 6 overlies the board 1 and is secured thereto by lock 7. The board 2 may be swung from a position between the sides 1 and 2 when the case is closed to the position illustrated thus forming an easel-like structure for display of sheet material 14 secured to the rings 15. In a modification a tongue on the board 12 engages under the handle 9 to form a more rigid structure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2045741-A (GB)
Title: High-pressure discharge lamps having improved lead- through foils
IPC: C09D163/02
Filed: 1980-02-22
Abstract: The lead-through foil 14 (e.g. Mo or W) in the pinch seal 12 of a metal halide-containing high-pressure mercury-discharge lamp has a coating of Ta, Nb, V, Cr, Zr, Ti, Y, La, Sc or Hf which may be deposited  mu m thick which may be deposited by vapour decomposition, sputtering, electrolysis, ion plating or CVD. The gastightness of seal 12 is thereby improved. Moreover, if a part 33 of an external current conductor 20 situated in the pinch seal 12 is also formed, at least at its surface, from one of the said coating metals, it prevents alkali metals escaping from the filling inside the discharge vessel 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2046261-A (GB)
Title: Cephalosporin antibiotics
IPC: C07D213/20
Filed: 1980-03-21
Abstract: Cephalosporin antibiotics of general formula   <IMAGE> (where R<a> and R<b>, which may be the same or different, each represent a C1-2 alkyl group, or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C3-6 cycloalkylidene group and Y<(+)> represents a 1- carbamoylmethylpyridinium group) exhibit broad spectrum antibiotic activity, the activity being unusually high against gram-negative organisms such as strains of Pseudomonas organisms. Particularly effective compounds of formula (I) are (6R, 7R)-7-[(Z)-2- (2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-(2-carboxy- prop-2-oxyimino)acetamido]-3-[1- carbamoylmethylpyridinium-4-yl)- thiomethyl]ceph-3-em-4-carboxylate and (6R,7R)-[(Z)-2-(2-aminothiazol- 4-yl)-2-[(1-carboxycyclobut-1-oxyimino) acetamido]-3-[(1-carbamoylmethylpyridinium- 4-yl)thiomethyl]- ceph-3-em-4-carboxylate. The invention also includes the non-toxic salts and non-toxic metabolically labile esters of compounds of formula I, compositions containing the antibiotic compounds of the invention and processes for the preparation of the antibiotics.
Patent GB-2074494-A (GB)
Title: Tool for the moulding of non- flat plastic panels
IPC: B29C45/26
Filed: 1980-04-23
Abstract: This invention relates to a tool for the manufacture of one-piece plastic panels (9) such as vehicle guard panels; the tool comprises two parts (1, 2) which in the assembled position form the mould cavity into which plastics can be injected. One part (2) of the tool defines the inside of the guard panel and the other part (1) the outside of the guard panel. The common joint surface extends from the edges of the mould, continues flatly (11) in all essentials at right angles to the edge of the guard, whereafter the joint surfaces extend sloping off (10) with respect to (but not necessarily up to) the outside of the mould. By means of this tool workpieces can be moulded in a single tool using ordinary plastic moulding machines. The tool parts (1, 2) are each constructed of several components to allow guard panels to be manufactured with different dimensions and shapes.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2051726-A (GB)
Title: Container handles
IPC: B65D25/32
Filed: 1980-06-10
Abstract: A handle for engagement with a rivet having a head and a shank fixed to the side wall of a container is arranged such that it may be engaged with the rivet by relative movement in a direction generally perpendicular to the rivet axis. A preferred handle, made from a plastics material, has an elongate strap portion 7 at each end of which is a slot portion 8 connected to the strap portion 7 by a connecting wall 9. The slot portion 8 has a cylindrical bearing surface 10 interrupted by a gate portion 11. The gate portion 11 is defined by a pair of side fins 12, 13 which flex to permit entry of a rivet shank between them to enter the bearing surface 10 while the rivet head passes between the strap portion and the slot portion. The fins flex back to their original shape to constrict the gate 11 and restrain the shank from coming out of the bearing so that the handle may be pivoted about the rivet shank. Various alternative means to restrain the shank in the bearing are described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2053943-A (GB)
Title: Compositions for preparing urethane foams
IPC: C08G18/08
Filed: 1980-06-18
Abstract: A composition comprises an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer having a viscosity of from 5,000 to 50,000 centipoises, a catalyst, and an unhalogenated hydrocarbon propellant whose boiling point or initial boiling point is not greater than 10 DEG C at atmospheric pressure. A one- component moisture-cure polyurethane foam can be prepared by dispensing such a composition from a pressurised container.
Patent GB-2060665-A (GB)
Title: Polyoxyethyleneated non-ionic surfaceactive agents with two lipophilic chains
IPC: C09K23/42
Filed: 1980-10-15
Abstract: Non-ionic products of the formula: R-X-[C2H3(OCH2CH2)n(OH)-CH2-Y-R' in which R and R' denote alkyl or alkenyl radicals having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, the sum of the numbers of carbon atoms in R and R' being 24 to 32; X denotes an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom or a sulphoxide group; Y denotes a sulphur atom, a sulphoxide group or a methylene group (if Y denotes methylene, the sum of the numbers of carbon atoms in R and R' is 22 to 30); and n denotes an integer or decimal number from 1 to 40 are disclosed. These non-ionic compounds are suitable for use in pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications, in particular for the care of the skin or hair.
Patent GB-2085837-A (GB)
Title: Machine for making a shade card
IPC: B65B15/02
Filed: 1980-10-18
Abstract: For the manufacture of shade cards for coarse yarns such as rug yarns, the invention provides a machine which will laterally locate each individual yarn end accurately with respect to a card, so that the card may be preprinted with indicia pertaining to the individual yarns. An array 7 of yarns 4a, 4b, 4c..., and a succession of cards 18 provided with a strip of adhesive 20 are fed between a movable upper jaw 21 and a fixed lower jaw 23. The yarn ends are located accurately by a plurality of rods 29 having their lower ends located in bores 31 provided with springs 32 in the lower jaw. After pressing the card 18 onto the leading ends of the yarns, the upper jaw is raised, the card and yarns moved a predetermined distance towards discharge means 3, and the jaw 21 and guillotine blade 16' lowered to sever the yarn array. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2070801-A (GB)
Title: Photoelectric write-only sequence controller
IPC: G11C16/10
Filed: 1980-02-27
Abstract: Sequence controller for writing data into an EPROM and a film on which the data to be written are recorded. Film (1) is provided by printing clock marks (2) and R/W lines (3) on a transparent body and pasting opaque tapes onto data lines (4) according to a time chart to be written into the EPROM. Accordingly, the resultant data records are visible and it is easy to renew the data. In the sequence controller, a synchronous clock pulse generator and gate devices operate so that the data are photoelectrically read out to be recorded in a RAM (59) in a short period of time as the film is passed along a path (20) after the EPROM (30) has been mounted. Thereafter, the data are written into the EPROM. Thus, the sequence controller can be of a small size and easy to operate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2068216-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seats
IPC: B61D33/00
Filed: 1980-12-04
Abstract: In a seat, e.g. for a compartmented railway carriage, the lower extremity of the back rest (7) is articulated on the rear part of the seat squab (8) by pivots (9) on forwardly extending plates (6) and its upper extremity bears against a wall (2). The pivots (9) are carried by link rods (15) articulated on a spindle (16) carried by a fixed frame (3). Fixed stops (17, 18) limit the amplitude of the pivoting movement of the link rods (15) and consequently of the simultaneous advancing or rearward movements of the seat squab (8) and of the back rest (7) between the full lines position and the broken lines position (Fig. 1). A rear prolongation (21) of the seat squab (8) carries a roller (22) which rolls against a fixed cam (23) to retain the seat squab in the in-use positions. The seat squab can be raised by rotation on the pivots (9) until it is brought against the back rest (Fig. 3) to enable sweeping beneath it. The user re-distributes his weight to move the seat from its rearward to its forward position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2070903-A (GB)
Title: Seed spacing drill
IPC: A01C7/04
Filed: 1981-02-23
Abstract: A discharge disc 2 constitutes the rear wall of a seed box 5 and has a suction guide slot 10 onto which the grains are sucked by a suction fan before being discharged along a discharge path of the seed box 5 out of the latter. The discharge disc 2 consists of a stationary disc body 3 which communicates with the suction fan, and a rotating disc blade 4 which contacts the disc body 3 on the side facing the supply of seeds in the seed box 5. Radial slots 11 in the blade 4 form suction openings 12 where they overlap the guide slot 10. Seeds entrained in the slots 11 move radially outwards along the path of the slot 10 as the blade rotates. 
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Patent GB-2075017-A (GB)
Title: Production of ethers by reacting olefins with alcohols
IPC: C07C41/06
Filed: 1981-04-27
Abstract: Process for producing ethers by reacting a catalytic cracking C4 olefinic cut which may contain such impurities as NaOH, an alkanolamine, an alkaline earth metal compound or an iron, copper or lead compound, with an alcohol, in the liquid phase, in the presence of an expanded bed of an etherification solid catalyst of the sulfonic resin type in acid form, in a circuit of two or more successive reaction zones wherethrough the order of passage of the reactants is periodically modified by disconnecting the first zone from the circuit, feeding the reactants to the second zone, replacing the catalyst of the first zone with fresh catalyst and thereafter connecting said first zone at the end of the circuit.
Patent GB-2075846-A (GB)
Title: Tampon having a surface covering
IPC: A61F13/20
Filed: 1981-05-07
Abstract: A tampon for use by women for menstrual flow is provided which consists of a roll of compressed fibrous material of which the outer wall is at least partially covered with a layer of at least one thickener or gelling agent which is guar gum, carob gum, tara gum, gum arabic, gum tragacanth, karaya gum, agar-agar, alginates carrageenins, gelatin or psyllium.