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Patent GB-2238928-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: SUGIYAMA MITSUMASA
IPC: H04N1/405
Filed: 1990-09-04
Abstract: When image data is reduced (for example for storage) by using only the most significant bit or bits for each pixel density value, e.g. a "1" or a "0" over the whole 256 levels represented by an 8-bit density value, it is impossible subsequently to perform processes such as gamma correction and masking on individual pixels. Therefore such processing is accomplished by taking into account the values in a pixel window (e.g. with 8 pixels surrounding the one in question), and performing the processing so as to arrive at a processed value having a greater number of bits. As shown, the value of the central 1-bit pixel is multiplied by 255 at 4 and added to a gamma correction value derived 3 from a look-up table according to the count 2 of the "1"s in the window. If the resulting value is greater than 255 or less than 0 the positive or negative excess may be distributed 7 to available (value within range) pixels in the window. in masking, where combinations of colour signals are determined, colour values may be altered by 255 if this reduces the overall error (figures 6,17). The reduced bit signal may be derived from a colour scanner, video camera, or telephone line, and the processed output may be sent to a printer or television receiver. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235640-A (GB)
Title: Tube bending machine with programmed bending
Inventor: SAEGUSA SHIGERU
IPC: B21D7/024
Filed: 1990-09-06
Abstract: The machine has a sensor 5 which detects an amount of bending of a tube 4 during the bending process and a controlling unit 7 which controls the amount of bending detected by the sensor 5 to a value corresponding to the program stored in a memory 76 beforehand; thus, the second and subsequent tubes are bent accurately and efficiently by a drive command from the memory. The bending is tension or push-bending. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240129-A (GB)
Title: A sectional door
Inventor: BOCKISCH KARLHEINZ
IPC: E05D15/24
Filed: 1990-12-21
Abstract: A sectional door, the guide rails of which are situated on both sides of the door opening for guiding the rollers of the sections and comprise a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, which is situated above the door opening, said portions extending into each other through the intermediary of an arcuate portion, wherein the arcuate portion is constructed symmetrically in relation to a plane, which is determined by the angle bisector of the sector angle associated with the arc and extends vertically relative to a plane which is fixed by the vertical and horizontal portions (4, 5) of the guide rails of one side of the door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246996-A (GB)
Title: Method of advancing articles in a conveyor system, and a conveyor system therefor
Inventor: FRANCIONI RENZO
IPC: B65G43/08
Filed: 1991-05-10
Abstract: In a conveyor system including a main conveyor line (1) and a plurality of branch lines (2, 4) leading to packaging situations (W1-W4), when there is a stoppage in one of the branch lines, the operating speeds of the branch lines which are still active are increased so as to ensure that the entire flow of articles (a) is disposed of, only after it has been found that articles (a) have actually accumulated on that branch line. Thus formation of empty packages is avoided on the speeded up branch. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245177-A (GB)
Title: Arterial device
Inventor: SHIU MAN FAI
IPC: A61M25/06
Filed: 1991-06-24
Abstract: An arterial device for introduction into an arterial puncture to reduce bleeding comprises a flexible tapering cannula 11 having external graduations and an optional protective sleeve 17. The cannula 11 has a central lumen 14 through which a guide wire may extend to facilitate insertion. Gradual withdrawal of the cannula 11 enables the arterial wall to relax gradually to close or reduce the original punctures 16, minimising haemorrhage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257089-A (GB)
Title: Greetings card with digital record and playback facility
Inventor: PEACHEY WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B42D15/02
Filed: 1991-07-02
Abstract: A greetings card is provided with the facility to digitally record a spoken message or tune or any audio signal and store it in a Ram or Eprom integrated circuit and replay it whenever the card is opened. Two circuits may be used to provide a stereophonic capacity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256392-A (GB)
Title: Tool for opening and closing windows.
Inventor: HOLT ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: B25J1/04
Filed: 1991-07-23
Abstract: A tool (10) suitable for use in opening and closing a window, comprises an engaging collar (12) pivotally connected to an elongate and curved handle (14). A grip (26) is provided at the end of the handle (14) remote from the collar (12). In use, the collar (12) is located over a window latch (M) which is located on the opening part of a window, the tool (10) is then manipulated by a user, by means of the grip (26), to operate the latch (M) and open and close the window. The length and shape of the handle (14) compensates for the increase in distance between the latch (M) and the fixed part of the window frame (F2), to allow the user to retain satisfactory control of the latch (M) by means of the tool (10), even when the latch (M) is otherwise out of reach. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259641-A (GB)
Title: Display and storage system
Inventor: GLEAVES ANDREW
IPC: A47F5/08
Filed: 1991-09-20
Abstract: A display and storage system 10 comprises a plurality of spaced apart front uprights 30 and a plurality of correspondingly positioned back uprights 31, each upright comprising a plurality of first location means at spaced apart intervals; first support bar 33 extending substantially horizontally between adjacent front uprights, and adjacent back uprights;     second support bars 34 extending between correspondingly positioned front and back uprights, locatable in the first location means, and each comprising a plurality of spaced apart second location means. The system 10 may thus comprise an area in which bulky goods such as pallets may be stored. The storage section is generally positioned above eye level, and further comprises a display section formed below the storage section which comprises panels 35 which are supported by the second location means and are used to display merchandise to customers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253502-A (GB)
Title: Pager having bar code reader
Inventor: NAKANO YASUSHI
IPC: H04W84/02
Filed: 1991-11-29
Abstract: A pager includes a bar-code reader, which reads, from a function-setting bar-code list, functional data to be set into a ROM 4 to specify the methods used for processing, notifying and displaying. Since the function-setting data is read from the bar code, ROM writer is unnecessary when the user changes the function, avoiding a visit to the service firm. In addition, electrodes to connect the pager to the ROM writer and hence the seal covering the electrodes are unnecessary. A notifying (alerting) light 9, and an ambient-brightness sensor 10 controlling illumination of the display 6, are switched over 20 to act as part of the bar-code reader during setting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253878-A (GB)
Title: Tile support, set square, guide and spacing strip
Inventor: WILDMAN LAURENCE JOHN
IPC: E04F21/20
Filed: 1991-12-05
Abstract: A device for use in tiling floors or walls comprising a strip (1) which is substantially rigid in a transverse direction for supporting a course of tiles and has a series of "V" shaped grooves (21) in at least one surface so that the strip (1) is sufficiently flexible in a direction perpendicular to the plain of the strip (1) to allow the strip to be shaped against an uneven or curved base surface. The strip may also be provided with a series of outwardly projecting lugs along one edge which facilitate the positioning of tiles (13) without integral spacers. The strip may have a self-adhesive backing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252119-A (GB)
Title: Kerb overlay
Inventor: RESTON JOHN WADDELL
IPC: E01C23/06
Filed: 1992-01-22
Abstract: A kerb (4) at the side of a roadway is upgraded to extend its life by the application of an overlay of a conformable plastics material. The overlay comprises an inclined upstanding wall portion (22) and a transversely extending upper portion (24). The overlay is preformed or is formed in situ from molten plastics material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253748-A (GB)
Title: Rectifying
Inventor: PABST LUDWIG
IPC: H01L25/11
Filed: 1992-03-12
Abstract: In an apparatus for the releasable attachment of a cooled diode rectifier to a transformer, with the rectifiers consisting of diodes and cooling bodies assembled together to form a column and equipped with forced cooling to lead away the electrical heat loss, an approximately parallelepipedon shaped cooling body 2' or 2'' contacts both sides of the rectifier diodes 1 under pressure and is provided with a channel system 3 for a coolant liquid. Each second or alternate body 2', 2'... carries a conductor element 4' formed into an angled strap piece with which those bodies 2', 2'... are attachable via one limb of the angled piece to the transformer 5. Each second or alternate one of the other bodies 2'', 2'' carries a conductor element 4'' which is likewise formed into a strap piece but these elements are at an angle such as 90 DEG  or 180 DEG  to the mounting plane of the previous conductor elements 4' and are attachable to a DC current rail. The apparatus may be used in a welding plant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256236-A (GB)
Title: Sealed rolling bearing
Inventor: JACKEL HERR JOHANN
IPC: F16F15/131
Filed: 1992-06-01
Abstract: A bearing which centres two inert bodies which together form a damping device comprises an inner ring 16, an outer ring 17, and an isolating/insulating layer 38 provided between the outer ring and the component to which it is connected. The layer 38 also extends to form a chamber 48 around the bearing which retains the bearing lubricant. The layer 38 may be of plastics or sheet metal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260356-A (GB)
Title: Moulding for retaining a vehicle windshield glass
Inventor: KATO KATSUHISA
IPC: B60J10/02
Filed: 1992-07-23
Abstract: A polymeric moulding for retaining a windshield glass in a vehicle comprises two elongated portions:   (a) a head portion (2) having a head (7) with a concave upper surface and a flat lower surface into which opens a T-shaped elongated recess (9), and a leg (8) extending downwardly from the head and having at its lower end a tongue (27) capable of engaging the inner face of a windshield (30) retained in a groove (26) in said portion above the tongue (27), and (b) left and right-hand lateral portions each consisting of a body having in its lower side face a tongue (29) capable of engaging the inner face of a windshield retained in a groove (17) thereabove in a concave inner side face (15) above said groove, to direct rainwater downwardly on a flat outer side face of the same depth as a windshield and capable of being received in said groove in the head portion (a), and a T-shaped projection (11) at the top of its body, capable of fitting into the T-shaped head recess (9).   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272576-A (GB)
Title: Directional HF antenna for a helicopter
Inventor: BROWN LUTHER E
IPC: H01Q1/28
Filed: 1992-11-11
Abstract: Disclosed is a combined directional antenna and rotor blade for a helicopter. The antenna comprises three or more electrically non-conductive rotor blades, 801-805, each having an electrical conductor positioned parallel to the major axis of a respective rotor blade. Two of the electrical conductors on blades 801,805, having angular positions nearer to a predetermined angular position are connected via a connections means e.g. slip rings and brushes to apparatus for transmission or reception of radio waves. The remaining conductors on blades 802-804 may either be connected to the body of the helicopter or supplied with a signal out of phase compared to that supplied to the two electrical conductors. Also disclosed is a communications system including apparatus for the transmission or reception of radio waves. As the rotors rotate, different pairs of blades are selected to maintain the antenna pattern in the predetermined position. The antennae conductors may be formed from the metallic anti-erosion layer on the rotor leading edges or from heater coils embedded in the rotors under that layer (Fig 2 not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277824-A (GB)
Title: Tooth care aids
Inventor: SIMON LEWIS ARNOLD
IPC: A61C15/00
Filed: 1993-05-04
Abstract: A tooth care aid comprises a substrate bearing representations of a partial or complete set of teeth and/or gums so applied to the substrate as to be individually removable to reveal the underlying substrate. There may be more than one removable layer, and underlying layers or the substrate may represent decayed, dirty or missing teeth or inflamed gums. Alternatively, the substrate bears representations of teeth and/or gums and adhesive patches showing altered states of individual teeth or gums are provided to be applied to the substrate.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267148-A (GB)
Title: OVINE FOOTROT: Proteases,antibodies,vaccines and diagnostic assays.
Inventor: STEWART DAVID JAMES
IPC: C12N9/52
Filed: 1993-05-04
Abstract: There is detailed a variety of acidic and basic proteases produced by Dichelobacter nodosus and antibodies thereto. These proteases comprise epitopes which can be used to distinguish virulent and/or intermediate strains of D. nodosus from benign strains. The proteases can be produced by recombinant means. There is also disclosed:     1. A DNA molecule which comprises the signal peptide derived from a gene which encodes either Bacillus subtilis neutral or alkaline protease or D. nodosus serine protease. 2. A hybrid protease molecule wherein the protease portion is derived from D. nodosus or Xanthomonas campestris. 3. A peptide having an isoelectric point of 9.0-9.5 in microcystalline form.   4. The use of subtilisin-like proteases in detergents. 5. The use of D. nodosus proteases to catalyse the synthesis of proteins or peptides.
Patent GB-2280197-A (GB)
Title: Oil recovery
Inventor: PUNCHER ROY ANTHONY RICHARD
IPC: B01D17/02
Filed: 1993-07-12
Abstract: In an apparatus for recovering oil, a collected oil and water mixture is delivered to a collection tank through a fluid deflector which imparts an upward movement to the mixture, which facilitates separation of the oil. As shown, the mixture is delivered via tube 18 to an annular distributor 206 at the bottom of the tank, having holes 207 in its upper surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267954-A (GB)
Title: Recoilless projectile launcher
Inventor: CLARK ROBERT OWEN
IPC: F41A1/08
Filed: 1993-07-16
Abstract: A projectile launcher and in particular a mass/countermass projectile launcher in which the piston intercept(s) comprises a braking collar (8) made of a material which exhibits constrained progressive crushing. When a projectile (18) is fired the launching piston (10) impacts upon the braking collar (8) at the muzzle of the launcher and initiates constrained progressive crushing in the collar (8). The crushing of the collar (8) absorbs the kinetic energy of the piston (10) thus arresting the axial motion of the piston (10). The projectile launcher according to the present invention can be less massive than similar launchers that use conventional metal piston intercepts which is an advantage if the launcher is designed to be shoulder-launched by a human operator. The type of collar material preferably used is made of a solid filler embedded in a plastics matrix and in particular the solid filler is made of reinforcing fibres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284022-A (GB)
Title: Pump assembly
Inventor: HUMPHREYS TUDOR
IPC: F04B9/14
Filed: 1993-11-20
Abstract: A pump assembly e.g. for watering hanging baskets comprises a pump unit 10 for standing vertically in a bucket of water 20, a piston movable lengthwise within the pump unit, and a tubular piston rod 13 extending from the piston and having a length of flexible tubing 15 coupled to its top end. In use, water from the bucket 20 is pumped out of the flexible tubing 15 as the piston rod 13 is moved alternately upwardly and downwardly. The pump has an inlet valve in the base of the pump unit and an outlet valve in the piston. A spring urges the piston in a downward direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277736-A (GB)
Title: Sprayable mortars
Inventor: MORI WAINER
IPC: C04B14/38
Filed: 1994-04-29
Abstract: A sprayable mortar for repairing reinforced concrete comprises cement and an aggregate with an average static modulus of elasticity of 15,000 to 40,000 N/mm<2>. Especially good results are obtained when the aggregate comprises sand and small proportions of limestone dust, micro rock dust or micro rock dust fibres. The protective layers obtained are notable for their good flexibility.
Patent GB-2289680-A (GB)
Title: Flame-retardant pressure sensitive adhesives and tapes
Inventor: PARSONS KEITH PAUL
IPC: C09J7/02
Filed: 1994-05-25
Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition suitable for making tapes contains a non-halogen intumescent flame retardant. The pressure sensitive adhesive compositions may be based on adhesives including rubber based compositions, acrylic adhesive compositions and adhesive foams. Suitable flame retardants include non-halogen phosphorus/nitrogen flame retardants and a further flame retardant e.g. a halogenated retardant may also be added. The adhesive foam may comprise hollow glass or polymeric microbubbles or may be made by frothing an adhesive.
Patent GB-2279927-A (GB)
Title: A supporting device for an overhead rail
Inventor: DEANDREA GIORGIO
IPC: E01B25/24
Filed: 1994-06-13
Abstract: An overhead rail 13 is suspended from a beam 11 by a supporting device 10 which includes a bracket 12 fastened at one end to the rail 13 and at the other end, via an adjustable coupling, to the beam 11. The adjustable coupling comprises a first element 20 fastened to the beam 11 and defining a circumferential rim 19 and two parallel plates 14, 15 which are connected to the bracket 12 and which grip the rim 19 between them. When the grip is released, the two parallel plates 14, 15 and the rail 13 can be rotated relative to the rim 19 and the beam 11. The spacing between the rail 13 and beam 11 can also be adjusted by means of bolts 17 and 18. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284823-A (GB)
Title: Liquid detergent composition
Inventor: CLOWES SYMON PAUL
IPC: C11D1/88
Filed: 1993-07-29
Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprises soap, builder or dispersant and hydrotrope. The soap is made in situ by saponification of an oil or fat in the presence of the builder/dispersant and hydrotrope. The composition optionally comprises one or more non-soap surfactants in an amount not exceeding 20 % of the weight of the soap. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297950-A (GB)
Title: Airbag (with optional membrane) covering side window
Inventor: HALAND YNGVE
IPC: B60R21/232
Filed: 1995-02-20
Abstract: The airbag is stored in a duct 7 in door frame 4. It is anchored at points 11 and 13, and inflated by gas generator 5 through hose 6. A webbing strap 9 has a rear anchorage 10, which ensures that the inflated bag covers the B-post. The airbag comprises interconnected cells 8. Front and rear cloths may be sewn together at selected points (25, fig. 2) and may be combined with a web (27, fig. 2). The bag may cover front and rear windows (fig. 6), and offers protection in side impacts or rollovers.
Patent GB-2288364-A (GB)
Title: Flexible web material
Inventor: BEVAN LEONARD NOEL
IPC: B65H39/16
Filed: 1995-03-30
Abstract: A web 11 or 66 of flexible material (eg paper, plastics, metal foil or fabric) comprises multiple superposed layers of the same material united longitudinally at their edges, either folded about fold line or lines 15 from a single piece of material or formed from a number of separate lengths 61, 71 and 81 joined along their edges 65, 75 eg adhesively. The web can be opened out to form a flat web of a width substantially equal to the sum of the widths of the individual layers (figures 2 to 6). The multiple layer web may be formed into a roll 19, 69. A process, such as coating and drying, may be applied to one or both of the two outward facing layers while the web is folded. This allows processing apparatus of a given effective width to be used for the processing of a web of material having a much greater effective width. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299782-A (GB)
Title: A device for controlling temperatures in printing machinery
Inventor: MITCHELL GORDON
IPC: B41F13/22
Filed: 1995-04-07
Abstract: The device is suitable for providing cooling or warming air to plates, rollers, or printed work. A unit in which vortex tubes (4) are combined with special manifolds (1) which enable the chilled or warmed air created to be applied to various surfaces within the printing process. Compressed air is fed to vortex tube (4), and exits from outlets 11 in cooled or heated form. The device can utilize temperature sensor probes (2) to maintain zoned areas at pre-set temperatures. The system maybe built in modular form or as a long bar holding multi-zonal chilling units and can be fitted to new machinery or retro-fitted to existing presses, allowing also for easy interchange back and forth between using the device and the original dampening system. The system has few internal moving parts which allows it to be virtually maintenance free and easily replaced should an unavoidable accident happen.
Patent GB-2300498-A (GB)
Title: Entering data into electronic personal organisers
Inventor: MCCAULEY STEVE
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 1995-05-05
Abstract: Name, address, telephone and other personal or company information printed on business stationery, advertisements and in telephone directories is also printed in a machine readable form such as a bar code. A protocol is used to determine how the machine readable data is compressed or encoded such that it can be read and decoded 32, 34 according to a standard form to be entered automatically into an electronic personal organiser. The electronic personal organiser (10, Fig 1) may be in the form of a small pocket-sized device, mobile telephone, or an applications software package loaded onto a lap-top or other computer system and includes a database 42 for storing the name, address, telephone and other information as directory data entries; means 30 for storing the directory data into the database; an opto-electronic data input device 20 adapted to read the printed data pattern in a machine-readable, predetermined, structured form; and optionally a telephone tone dialler 60 and auxiliary input/output facility 50.
Patent GB-2289816-A (GB)
Title: Obstacle detecting system for a motor vehicle
Inventor: ASAYAMA YOSHIAKI
IPC: H04N13/239
Filed: 1995-05-10
Abstract: An obstacle detecting system for a motor vehicle which is capable of detecting not only the distance to an obstacle in front of the vehicle and the width thereof but also its height, for allowing motor vehicle control to be effected more appropriately with high reliability. The distance to the object in front of the vehicle and its width are detected by an azimuthally scanning lidar unit 1, while the distance to an object caught within one of the windows preset by window setting means 4 is also detected by a distance detecting circuit 23 of a stereoscopic video camera unit 2. An object size determining unit 3 selects a window corresponding to a distance value which is detected by the camera unit 2 and which coincides with the distance value calculated by the distance detecting unit 1, to determine the size of the object on the basis of the number of windows that it occupies. <IMAGE>