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Patent GB-2291935-A (GB)
Title: Tip seal and anti-contamination arrangement for air-cooled turbine blades
Inventor: KILDEA ROBERT J
IPC: F01D5/18
Filed: 1994-08-02
Abstract: A cavity 36 judiciously dimensioned and located adjacent a blade tip's surface discharge port 30 of an internal cooling passage of the blade airfoil extends from the pressure surface (18) (Figs. 1 and 2) to the back wall of the discharge port and guards against the contamination and plugging of the discharge port. A plurality of cavities may be associated with a plurality of ports (Fig. 2) and the cavities may vary in depth (Fig. 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294790-A (GB)
Title: Article characterisation
Inventor: LEWIS ANDREW DAVID
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1994-09-02
Abstract: Goods 10 - 13, e.g. metal goods, are marked 20, e.g. labelled with a tag, according to a sampled measurable parameter of the goods. Goods may be marked with three descriptions e.g. common general description (e.g. alloy), colour, shape. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284083-A (GB)
Title: Check-out system and POS system employing the same
Inventor: WATANABE KIYOSHI
IPC: A47F9/04
Filed: 1994-11-14
Abstract: In a check-out system, a purchaser inputs the products which are then transported 51 to a stocker 54 via a product identifying unit which scans bar-codes and performs checks, the input end having a product code inputting unit for inputting a product code, and a product detecting unit for detecting that the product is put on the transport path. In a first mode, product detecting unit detects that the product is put on the transport path, transport is started, and in accordance with the identification result provided by the product identifying unit, the product is selectively transported to either the stocker or back to the input. In a second mode, after the product code has been input by the product code inputting unit, transport is started, and in accordance with the identification result provided by the product identifying unit, the product is selectively transported to either the stocker or back to the input <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284314-A (GB)
Title: Regulator function monitoring in a motor vehicle
Inventor: KUEHNER KARL-FRIEDRICH
IPC: B60T17/22
Filed: 1994-11-18
Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a regulator for regulating, for example, engine torque or brake pressure, and with a warning device 1 which can be activated to provide a driver warning of failure of the earthing of a control device 4 of the regulator. The control device is earthed by way of a first ground line 7 and includes a switching element S1 which completes the current path of the warning device 1 by way of second ground line 12. Actuation of the switching element is controlled by connections to the control device earth and the vehicle supply voltage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295076-A (GB)
Title: Medicine spoon
Inventor: LIM HYUN
IPC: G01F11/02
Filed: 1994-11-19
Abstract: A spoon includes a spoon bowl member (2), a spoon handle in the form of a syringe (3) connected to the spoon bowl member and a channel (5) in the spoon bowl member having a channel inlet (5a) at one end connected to the outlet (4) of the syringe, and a channel at the other end providing an outlet (5b) on the spoon bowl member. Food can be given orally from the spoon bowl member and medicine can be injected into the mouth at the same time. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288741-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic impedance-matching therapy device
Inventor: YOUNG MICHAEL JOHN RADLEY
IPC: A61N7/02
Filed: 1995-04-10
Abstract: A plurality of spaced ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers (A to H), may be so fixed by means of a bandage (10) or the like to and around an afflicted area of a patient as to enable their sequential or interlaced excitation, whereby the afflicted area of the patient can be excited from different aspects, so that ultrasonic energy is not permitted to enter the body from any single point on a continuous-wave basis. Each transducer (A to H) delivers its ultrasonic energy via a body of material (14) having a wave impedance that substantially matches the wave impedance of human soft tissue, thereby avoiding or minimising the annoyance of a mismatched entry into the patient's body. The net result is for the patient to derive the therapeutic benefits of a moving applicator, without any physical displacement of one with respect to any other of the plural spaced transducers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289344-A (GB)
Title: NQR substance detection using multiple coils
Inventor: SMITH JOHN ALEC SYDNEY
IPC: G01R33/44
Filed: 1992-04-01
Abstract: To detect nitrogeneous substances such as drugs or explosives, articles are subjected to a sequence of excitation pulses to excite nuclear quadrupole resonance in the nitrogen nuclei. A set of overlapped coils are used (10, figure 2), and the excitation E1-E4 and reception S1-S4 periods for the coils are interleaved so that, for example, the second coil is energised E2 before the response S1 due to the first coil is received. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290986-A (GB)
Title: Filter arrangement in a motor vehicle
Inventor: MERK HELMUT
IPC: B01D53/02
Filed: 1995-07-10
Abstract: For the optional holding, in the case of a filter arrangement in a motor vehicle for a dust filter 5 and an absorption filter 12 which is optionally arranged directly downstream of the latter 5, only of a dust filter 5 or of an additional absorption filter 12, a frame lower part 3 is provided which either holds the dust filter 5 or the absorption filter 12, in the latter case a frame upper part 17, which holds the dust filterS, being releasably arranged upstream of the frame lower part 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290418-A (GB)
Title: A support bracket for an electrical unit
Inventor: O'LEARY GERALD TIMOTHY
IPC: H02G3/16
Filed: 1994-02-24
Abstract: A support bracket (1) for connecting a timer unit (2) to an in situ electrical switch (3) without the need for disconnecting the switch (3) from its cables (7). The support bracket (1) comprises a main framework (10) which forms a mounting frame (15) for locating between the switch (3) and a patress box (5) of the switch (3). A support frame (19) formed by the main framework (10) supports the timer unit (2). A gap (23) in the mounting frame (18) permits entry of the cables (7) into the cable accommodating aperture (20) in the mounting frame (15). A closure member (25) closes the gap (23). A communicating aperture (55) formed in an intermediate member (15) accommodates wires (53 and 54) from the timer unit (2) for connection to the switch (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2307725-A (GB)
Title: Emergency brake system for automobiles actuates reverse gearing
Inventor: WU YING-HAO
IPC: F16H59/08
Filed: 1995-09-08
Abstract: A brake system for an automobile includes a planetary gear set, a clutch operating unit and an emergency braking unit. The planetary gear set includes an internally toothed annulus connected fixedly to the input shaft of the gear assembly, a sun gear disposed coaxially in the annulus and fixed coaxially to a clutch shaft, and a plurality of planet gears meshing with the annulus and the sun gear. The fixed shafts of the planet gears are connected rotatably to a clutch shell of the clutch assembly. The clutch operating unit can be actuated to unfasten the clutch shell from the clutch shaft. The emergency braking unit can be operated to brake the clutch shell from rotating in such a manner that the annulus reverses to stop the running automobile. The system is preferably operated by an extra pedal (93) which, when actuated, can also increase engine fuel supply and keep front wheel brakes engaged.
Patent GB-2293895-A (GB)
Title: Returnless fuel delivery system
Inventor: SMITH JAMES CRAIG
IPC: F02M37/08
Filed: 1995-09-28
Abstract: A returnless fuel delivery system controls the pressure across the fuel injectors (19A, 19B, 19C) of an internal combustion engine (20) without the use of a mechanical pressure regulator, and without returning any fuel to the fuel tank (14). Injection pressure is controlled using feedback and feedforward dynamic control, and accounts for variations in fuel temperature and supply voltage. The optimum injection pressure is determined by considering both the need to prevent fuel from boiling in the fuel rail (18) and the need to keep the injectors (19A, 19B, 19C) flowing in their linear flow region. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294007-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning device for image forming apparatus
Inventor: YANO HIDETOSHI
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 1995-09-29
Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a cleaning roller 7A is rotated together with an image carrier 2. The roller frictionally charges all toner left on the image carrier after image transfer to the same polarity. At the same time, a voltage of the opposite polarity to the charged toner is applied to the cleaning roller 7A by a voltage applying device 7G in order to cause it to attract the charged toner, thereby cleaning the image carrier. Hence, even when the toner remaining on the image carrier is charged partly to the positive polarity and partly to the negative polarity, the toner can be entirely transferred to the cleaning roller. The toner may be transferred back to the carrier 2 by reversing the polarity applied by device 7G using switch 7H, the toner being transported to developer station 5 where it is removed by applying the opposite charge. The roller 7A is preferably mounted so that it is not in contact with carrier 2 during transfer of toner back to the carrier, the movement being controlled by cam 7F1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2309713-A (GB)
Title: Method of insulating buildings
Inventor: WEATHERILL KENNETH WILLIAM
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 1996-01-30
Abstract: A method of insulating a building having upwardly extending structural columns or stanchions 4 with wall substrates 5 therebetween, comprising selecting at least one and preferably at least two elongate support members 7 (preferably rails or channel members) of such length as to extend between two or more adjacent structural columns and of such strength as to support at least one insulating panel or slab 6 and any coatings to be applied thereto, securing said support members, such as rails or channel members, to said two or more adjacent columns and not to the substrates therebetween, and locating an insulating panel between two adjacent support members and positioning the lower edge of an insulating panel to rest on a support surface of a member, and securing said insulating panel or slab to the support members; and subsequently applying one or more further coatings to the insulating panel or slab as required.
Patent GB-2307504-A (GB)
Title: Method of breaking concrete piles
Inventor: MERRITT ROBERT ARTHUR
IPC: E02D9/00
Filed: 1996-03-22
Abstract: A method of breaking a reinforced concrete pile comprising the steps of treating the reinforcement which is to be incorporated in the portion of the pile to be broken away so as to isolate the reinforcement in that portion from the concrete cast around it to form the pile, forming a hole in the pile in a transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the pile in a position corresponding to the intended level of the bottom of the portion to be broken away, and applying to the concrete of the pile from within the hole forces which act towards opposite ends of the pile to split the pile in or substantially in the transverse plane.
Patent GB-2311399-A (GB)
Title: Universal card interface module for contact free cards
Inventor: HALPERN JOHN WOLFGANG
IPC: G06K7/08
Filed: 1996-05-01
Abstract: A Card and Card Reader each contain a broadly m-shaped antenna consisting of thin conducting layers between plastic laminates wherein the middle branch 18 oscillates in anti-phase with the two outer branches 16 and 17 for proximity coupling applications, whereas all three branches oscillate in phase in distant read/write applications. The prevailingly capacitive positions 15,13,14 of the antenna can be utilised for card readers where it is preferred to draw a card through a slot into the interior of a sensor unit where the card may be tested, processed, or if need be, withdrawn. Capacitive transfer may be also useful in cases where the temporary clipping of the card to a piece of equipment will unite its data base to a digital system.
Patent GB-2298801-A (GB)
Title: Golf club
Inventor: MIDDLETON NICHOLAS
IPC: A63B53/02
Filed: 1994-12-08
Abstract: The invention relates to golf clubs, particularly putters, and has for its objective the provision of a putter making easier the task of repeatedly effecting accurate putting strokes of a required force to propel the ball a required distance, this objective being met by a construction comprising a shaft, an offset hosel on the shaft of a length greater than the diameter of a ball and a head secured on the hosel. The shaft may be of conventional length or extended length to be gripped in the armpit of the user, and the head may be arcuately and axially adjustable on the hosel to positions to suit the stature of a golfer and not to be nearer the shaft axis than the diameter of a ball.
Patent GB-2304936-A (GB)
Title: Method and arrangement for activating an electromagnetic load
Inventor: FOERSTER RALF
IPC: F02D41/20
Filed: 1996-09-06
Abstract: In a system for activating an electromagnetic load having low coil resistance and a reversible free-wheeling circuit eg the solenoid valve of a diesel injection pump, the voltage v d at the output stage is regulated to a preset value v dmin by adjusting the control voltage v con of the output stage during the starting phase to until a peak starting I pk is reached. Subsequently the holding current I H is regulated by repeatedly lowering the current I d through the output stage and keeping it constant at a preselected value I dmin for a predetermined period of time t off and then increasing it again to the maximum value I Hmax of the holding current until the load is switched off.
Patent GB-2305789-A (GB)
Title: Floatingly mounted electrical connector
Inventor: SAMEJIMA MASAKUNI
IPC: H01R13/631
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: A floating connector 21 for absorbing misregistration thereof with a mating connector when the two connectors are fitted together includes a connector housing 23, a support plate 25 which is formed integrally with the connector housing 23, and is parallel to a plane perpendicular to an axis e of fitting of the connector housing 23, and a retaining portion 29 which is formed on and projects from one face of the support plate 25 facing away from a connector fitting surface 27 of the connector housing 23, and is floatingly retained in a mounting hole 35 formed in a mounting member 33.
Patent GB-2307640-A (GB)
Title: Oral hygiene composition
Inventor: MOODY NICHOLAS
IPC: A61Q11/00
Filed: 1995-06-09
Abstract: An oral hygiene composition comprises an unpalatable species (such as zinc ions) and an amount of an alkali metal bicarbonate sufficient to improve the palatability of the composition in use.
Patent GB-2320382-A (GB)
Title: Transmission angle adjusting device for use with a computer
Inventor: KUO SHIH-JEN
IPC: H04B10/114
Filed: 1996-12-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission angle adjusting device which comprises a first transmission device and a second transmission device disposed on the computer and the keyboard respectively. Each of the first and the second transmission device has an infrared transmitter, an infrared receiver and a transmission angle/direction adjusting device arranged between the transmitter and the computer (or the keyboard) or disposed between the receiver and the keyboard (or the computer). Since the transmission angle/direction adjusting device can adjust the transmission angle of the infrared transmitter, transmission signals from these adjacent arranged transmission device can be separated from each other in order to prevent interference.
Patent GB-2306382-A (GB)
Title: Encapsulating electronic parts using a sequence of operations
Inventor: BANDOH KAZUHIKO
IPC: B29C45/02
Filed: 1994-07-06
Abstract: Unsealed lead frames 14, carrying electronic parts, are supplied to prescribed positions in the upper and lower mould sections 26, 28 of a moulding unit whilst resin tablets 21 are supplied to pots 29 in mould section 28. The sections 26, 28 are closed and heat and pressure are applied to melt tablets 21 to cause it to flow into the cavities, via passages, to encapsulate and seal the electronic parts. The sealed lead frames with the electronic parts are taken out of the moulding unit by an unloader 7, whilst simultaneously a cleaner unit 8 cleans the mould sections 26, 28. The resin tablets 21 and unsealed frame supplying steps occur simultaneously with the sealed frame takeout step.
Patent GB-2321508-A (GB)
Title: Sealing arrangement in a swivel joint
Inventor: DRIJVER FRANS PIETER
IPC: B63B27/24
Filed: 1997-01-22
Abstract: The sealing arrangement 6 is positioned between two adjacent members 12,13 of the joint between which a fluid cavity 4 is defined, the pressure therein causing the members to move apart resulting in a larger spacing of the gap between them; the members 12,13 have L-shaped extensions and inverted L-shaped extensions 10,11 which engage into each other and in between a spacing is defined for the sealing such that the pressure reduces this spacing.
Patent GB-2323197-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic plant monitoring apparatus displays fault information
Inventor: MILNE ROBERT
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 1997-03-13
Abstract: Monitoring the operation of a dynamic plant apparatus such as a gas turbine 10, by processing signals from distributed sensors 11-15 and generating high level fault signals based on a series of detected low level faults. Diagnostic module 32 processes signals from sensors 11-15 and, when a signal value lies outside a stored limit, produces a basic fault token signal which is sent to fault manager 33. Fault manager 33 comprises a buffer (50, fig. 2) of fault token signals ordered in time, and operates in a clocked manner so that each of a plurality of different storage sites or temporal buckets (40, fig. 2), having a number of storage locations (41-43, fig. 2) for different predetermined basic fault tokens, is opened for a specified clock period for receipt of basic fault tokens. If all the storage locations of a storage site are filled within that clock period, an associated high level fault signal is produced and a fault message displayed (fig. 4).
Patent GB-2326054-A (GB)
Title: Broadband switch
Inventor: HAYTER ANDREW TIMOTHY
IPC: H04L49/111
Filed: 1997-06-04
Abstract: A broadband telecommunications switch (1), for switching packets of data received on a plurality of input ports (5) to plurality of bandwidth limited output ports (10), comprising for each input port (5) a control processor (22) which operates to send request data for each of a plurality of switching periods to each output port (10), which request data is representative of a requirement for communications bandwidth from said output ports (10) sufficient to accommodate packets of data received at said input ports (5) for switching to said output ports (10) for the switching period. Each of said bandwidth allocators (24) responds to said request data by generating bandwidth allocation data appertaining to an allocation of a share of the bandwidth of the output port (10) to the input port (5), which share of bandwidth said input port (5) uses to switch data from said input ports to said output ports during said switching period.
Patent GB-2316391-A (GB)
Title: Envelope for photographic material
Inventor: HOFMANN JOHANNES
IPC: G03D15/00
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: An envelope 1 adapted to take the products of Advanced Photo System film processing comprises a folded bag portion 2 fixed by glued portions 15, and an overlapping cover 3. The cover 3 has an aperture formed by cuts and folds 4-6 designed to hold a film cartridge. The cover 3 also has a flap 7 to hold an index print and holes 9 to facilitate filing. Part of the cover 3 can be removed along perforations 11 and cut line 12. The cover can be printed as a repeat order form thus also holding all the relevant products together for reprinting. A cut line 12 forms a locking tab 13 which fits into recess 14 to lock the flap 3 whether the upper portion of the cover 3 has been removed or not.
Patent GB-2320083-A (GB)
Title: A sub-calibre projectile
Inventor: BISPING BERNHARD
IPC: F42B14/06
Filed: 1997-11-17
Abstract: A sub-calibre projectile has a penetrator (4) and a hood (7) surrounding the front of the penetrator (4), the hood tapering in the direction of the nose (6) of the penetrator and having at least two groove-shaped preset breaking points (10) extending in the longitudinal direction. To ensure that the projectile can be easily and reliably fed into automatic weapons and to provide satisfactory accuracy, radial holes (15 to 18) extend through the casing wall (14) of the hood (7) along the grooves (10) in the rearward part of the hood (7). The holes (15 to 18) allow pressure to build within the hood (7) during passage along barrel (1) which assists separation of the hood after emergence from the muzzle.
Patent GB-2328783-A (GB)
Title: Gel type decontamination agent
Inventor: AHN BYUNG-KIL
IPC: G21F9/28
Filed: 1997-11-21
Abstract: A composition for decontaminating surfaces, which comprises at least one gel-forming component and an ion-exchange component. The composition has the properties of a gel when stationary but decreases in viscosity on subjection to high shear forces allowing it to be jetted onto a contaminated surface from a distance. The gel-former and the ion-exchanger may be a smectite clay such as montmorillonite. The surface is contaminated with radioactive materials.
Patent GB-2332202-A (GB)
Title: Curable epoxy resin compositions
Inventor: CAMERON COLIN
IPC: C08L63/00
Filed: 1997-12-09
Abstract: A coating, sealant or adhesive composition curable at ambient temperatures of 40'C or below comprises an epoxy resin and an amine-functional curing agent. The curing agent comprises a material containing at least three heterocyclic secondary amine groups, e.g. piperidine groups, piperazine groups attached to the remainder of the curing agent molecule through one of the nitrogen atoms of the piperazine ring, or pyrrolidone groups. The curing agent may be a polymer or oligomer. Other curing agents and a Lewis acid catalyst may be present. Also, a process for forming a layer of cured epoxy resin on a substrate comprises coating the substrate with a composition comprising an epoxy resin and a curing agent comprising at least two heterocyclic secondary amine groups, the coating being cured at ambient temperature.
Patent GB-2328810-A (GB)
Title: NMOS output driver with negative voltage protection
Inventor: LEE CHANG-HO
IPC: H03K19/003
Filed: 1998-01-19
Abstract: An NMOS pull-up transistor 213 is protected against high negative voltages appearing on the output node 241 by NMOS transistor 233, which has its gate connected to the negative supply through a current-limiting resistor 251. When a high negative voltage appears on the output node 241, the protective transistor 233 turns on to transmit the high negative voltage to the negative supply rail through the resistance 251, which may be of silicide construction.
Patent GB-2324560-A (GB)
Title: A sheet of glass for simulating a Georgian window or door
Inventor: CAREY JAMES
IPC: C03C17/00
Filed: 1998-04-21
Abstract: A sheet of glass for fitting in a frame for forming a simulated Georgian, Regency or Tudor window or door, the sheet of glass having at least one strip of paint applied to simulate a sash bar. The strips of paint may be screen printed or stamped onto the glass, the strips may alternatively be sandblasted. The invention is applicable to both single and double glazing.