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Patent GB-2122063-A (GB)
Title: Garden hoe
Inventor: VERNON-BETTS HENRY DAVID
IPC: A01B1/08
Filed: 1982-06-26
Abstract: A light groundworking tool has a hook-like head fixed into a straighter handle by shank. The forward outer periphery of the hook, and the forward inner periphery, are preferably sharpened to facilitate pushing and pulling of the hook through the soil for weeding. The point can be chisel shaped, with the chisel-edge at right angles to the general plane of the hook, for grubbing out weeds. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123465-A (GB)
Title: Guide for a roller shutter door
Inventor: MCILWRICK GORDON
IPC: E06B9/58
Filed: 1982-07-15
Abstract: A roller shutter door has a curtain movable upwardly and downwardly between upright edge guides comprising a column (4) with a guide channel (7) which is fixed at its top and bottom ends respectively to an  overhead support (14) and a ground or floor structure (12). One end fixing is longitudinally adjustable to permit thermal expansion. This may be achieved by engagement of a bolt (19) at the top of the column with an elongate slot (20) in a flange (15) fixed to the overhead support (14). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2102426-A (GB)
Title: Process for the preparation of methacrylamide or acrylamide
Inventor: BESECKE SIEGMUND
IPC: C07C233/02
Filed: 1982-07-30
Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-substituted amides of acrylic or methacrylic acid, wherein acrylic or methacrylic acid is reacted with the amine according to the following procedure: in a first step, the acid is reacted with the amine in a homogeneous phase, at about 75- 140 DEG C, and in a second step condensation is effected, with elimination of the water formed, at about 150-250 DEG C.
Patent GB-2103708-A (GB)
Title: Drawer fastenings
Inventor: LARKING ALFRED ERNEST REGINALD
IPC: E05B65/46
Filed: 1982-08-10
Abstract: A drawer is intended to be mounted in a wall so that it may be opened from either end. A fastening is provided to restrict the opening so that, when the fastening has been set to allow movement in one particular direction, this movement triggers the fastening so that return to the closed position engages the fastening to forbid further opening in this direction. The fastening can be manually reset from inside. As shown pivoted bolt 31 is gravity biased by iron weight 34 to engage abutment 22 to prevent opening to the left. Depressing end 33 causes the weight 34 to be held by magnet 35 so that the drawer may move leftwards. This causes end 33 to be lifted by edge 36 thus breaking the magnetic attraction and setting the bolt to engage stop 22 when the drawer is shut again. The fastening is located at the "inside" end 13 of the drawer. An additional fastening bolt 40 may be used to prevent motion to the right: stops prevent complete removal of the drawer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to apparatus for separating two immiscible liquids
Inventor: MAJER DENIS JOHN
IPC: B01D17/04
Filed: 1982-09-17
Abstract: A separator screen assembly (5) is provided for separation of two immiscible liquids. A support frame (32) retains a coalescer screen 11 of non-woven continuously bonded fibers held against a support grid 15. A similar separator screen 12 is held against a support grid 16. A drainage gap 10 between the two screens 11 and 12 can be varied as required by altering the angle, height and distance of the screen 12 from the fixed screen 11 depending upon the characteristics of the liquids being separated. As an emulsion passes through the screen 11 drops of the discontinuous phase liquid are separated out and are trapped in the space 10 by the screen 12 and will be drained through the gap 31. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119450-A (GB)
Title: Dental turbine
Inventor: MARTINEZ MARTINEZ JOSE MARIA
IPC: A61C1/05
Filed: 1983-01-26
Abstract: In order to positively locate the bearings 6 in which shaft 7 of an air rotor 4 rotates in the cylindrical housing 1 of a dental turbine, the interior of the housing 1 is provided with stops 9, 10 against which the fixed parts of the bearings 6 are located. The bearings 6 are pressed against the stops 9, 10 by the end covers 8 of the housing 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120516-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of articles such as sandwich biscuits
Inventor: SYROP ALAN NIGEL
IPC: A23G3/20
Filed: 1983-03-02
Abstract: An article comprising a base component (45) having on it a layer (46,52) of an extrudable material and optionally an upper component (49) disposed upon the layer of material, such as cream-coated biscuits or cream-filled sandwich biscuits, is made by moving a supply nozzle (12) producing the layer (46,52) of extrudable material relative to a continuous and mutually abutting sequence of the base components (45) and, if desired, then applying another sequence of the upper components (49) on to the layer (46, 52), with each upper component (49) and in register with a base component (45). The resultant train (50,51) of coated components or filled double components is separated into the desired articles by effecting relative movement of the leading article (50) and the next-following article (51) so as to break the layer (52) between them, preferably by tilting each leading article about a transverse roller (53) while restraining (55) the next-following one. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119087-A (GB)
Title: Detecting dazzle
Inventor: KRIPPNER GUNTHER
IPC: B60R1/08
Filed: 1983-04-15
Abstract: Apparatus for detecting dazzle, e.g. for controlling drives of a dipping mechanism for a rearview mirror in motor vehicles, has sensors 8 and 9 for establishing the ambient brightness and the brightness of a source of glare connected to a differential device 23. A device 29 for setting the glare threshold values is connected to a comparator 26 to which the output of the differential device 23 is also connected. The output of the comparator 26 is passed through a delay device 41 to a drive 42 for controlling the drive 7 for dipping a rear view mirror 5. The threshold setting device 29 has a first adjusting element 31. If a signal indicating a dazzle effect is present at the output terminal 53 of the time-delay device 41, a second adjusting element 31 is activated via a switching element 34 to lower the threshold. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119298-A (GB)
Title: Method of abrading surfaces
Inventor: HUTCHINGS DAVID J
IPC: B24C11/00
Filed: 1983-05-03
Abstract: Particulate urea is used as the abrasive in dry abrasive blasting processes.
Patent GB-2126477-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle door handles
Inventor: JEAVONS PHILIP SWINGEWOOD
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1983-09-06
Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly comprises a recessed handle (11) comprising a pull portion for upward pivoting about the axis (23) and a pusher portion integrally connected to the forward edge of the pull portion by a hinge section whereby upward pivoting of the pull portion is translated by the pusher portion into a pushing action for operating linkage for releasing a door latch. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2133442-A (GB)
Title: Securing traffic signs to bases
Inventor: POYSER ALAN
IPC: E01F9/018
Filed: 1983-09-21
Abstract: For mounting street furniture such as a traffic bollard, a concrete or other base part (10), shown tapered to key into the ground, has a GRP cover (12) bolted at (14) thereto, which cover (12) can mount selected ones of a plurality of different designs of brackets (20) which accommodate different configurations of traffic signs. In any accident, the sign can break away from the cover (12), with or without the brackets (20), leaving the cover (12) attached to the base part (10). The brackets (20) can be easily replaced with a new sign. An electrical supply socket (24) has a cover (26) biassed into a closed position so as to isolate wiring in the event of an accident. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141413-A (GB)
Title: Paintsaver
Inventor: MILES ANTHONY HOWARD
IPC: B44D3/12
Filed: 1984-04-13
Abstract: A disc of flexible plastics resistant to paints is moulded with finger-pulls and slight peripheral upturn in sizes to fit the internal diameters of standard production containers commonly in use for domestic and commercial purposes. The disc is implanted on the liquid's surface, preventing evaporation and formation of a skin on oil paints, and acting as a complete substitute for the lid on emulsion paint tins, thereby protecting both from contamination by solids over short and long periods of storage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141787-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection pumping apparatus
Inventor: TIMMS COLIN THOMAS
IPC: F02M59/44
Filed: 1984-05-10
Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus includes a constant stroke plunger pump, a valve 38 operable to allow fuel to flow to a drain during a pumping stroke of the pump thereby to control the flow of fuel through a delivery passage 34. The fuel which flows past the valve enters one end of a cylinder 39 which contains a spring loaded piston 40. The piston is displaced by the fuel and an indication of the extent of its displacement is provided by a transducer 42. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141669-A (GB)
Title: Removing excess ink from recording medium
Inventor: ARAI RYUICHI
IPC: G01D15/16
Filed: 1984-05-10
Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises image forming means e.g. an ink jet printer (12) for forming an image on a recording member (2) by the use of an ink, and liquid absorbing means (6, 16) for removing unfixed ink from the recording member on which the image has been formed. A particular application is in the production of imaged resin films for use in overhead projectors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142206-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring system
Inventor: KEATS ALBERT BRIAN
IPC: G05B9/03
Filed: 1984-06-19
Abstract: A system for monitoring data signals representing a number of parameters of a plant or apparatus, periodically superimposes test signals on to some of the data signals so as to produce combined signals representing unacceptable states of the parameters. The selection of the data signals on which the test signals are superimposed is changed at each periodic examination of the data signals in a predetermined sequence, so that a pattern of acceptable and unacceptable signals is produced as an output to be compared with a reference pattern.
Patent GB-2160656-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring fluctuating physical variables
Inventor: CLARKE CHARLES JOHN TIMOTHY
IPC: G01F23/24
Filed: 1984-06-22
Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a fluctuating variable in particular the level of a liquid surface has a monitoring circuit which relies upon the current flow between two probes 1, 2 extending into the liquid by an amount depending upon the level of the liquid to produce an output signal representative of the level. A compensating circuit is provided and has a second pair of probes 3, 4 which are totally immersed in the liquid. The monitoring circuit and the compensating circuit are energised 12, 5 by electric carrier waves. The voltage amplitude of the carrier wave of the compensating circuit is regulated 10, 6 by a feedback signal to produce a wave form of constant current amplitude and the voltage amplitude of the carrier wave of the monitoring circuit is regulated from the compensating circuit by a related amount. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164298-A (GB)
Title: Road vehicles with demountable-bodies
Inventor: BAILEY GEOFFREY D
IPC: A61G3/00
Filed: 1984-09-18
Abstract: A special-purpose road vehicle body, such as an ambulance body (1), is arranged to be demountably carried by a plurality of commercially available road vehicle chassis, and connected to the cabin (2) of the chassis. A roof addition (12) and side panel appropriate to the cabin shape are provided, so that the assembled vehicle has an aerodynamically and/or aesthetically satisfactory shape. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-842508-A (GB)
Abstract: 842,508. Dampers. RADIATION Ltd. Feb. 20, 1959 [March 3, 1958], No. 6686/58. Class 126. In an open fireplace, a damper f is hingedly mounted on the upper edge of a removable back-plate c resting on ledges b, (only one shown) on the grate body. A spindle i rotatable by a handle j and carried by the top of the grate ends in a cam k which co-operates with a stop m on the damper to hold the damper in the position shown in Fig. 1. Rotation of the spindle i causes the damper to pivot upwardly and restrict the passage to the outlet g. In an alternative embodiment (not shown), the cam k is replaced by a horizontal arm which cooperates with a stepped cam on the damper, a portion of the back-plate adjacent the cam being cut away to allow for pivotal movement of the damper.
Patent GB-2148713-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical composition and food product comprising higher fatty acids
Inventor: RUBIN DAVID
IPC: A23L1/30
Filed: 1984-10-23
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes a combination of eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid together with one or more of dihomo- gamma -linolenic acid, cis-linoleic acid and gamma -linolenic acid. This particular combination of fatty acids may also be administered in the form of a food product such as margarine or cooking oil. The composition causes lowering of blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The fatty acids used in this composition may be separated from mixtures thereof or from natural sources thereof by iodinating the double bonds in the starting fat or oil, saponifying, extracting the iodinated fatty acids, methylating and separating by column chromatography, and then deiodinating.
Patent GB-2171643-A (GB)
Title: Printing on soap
Inventor: WYNSCHENK LEOPOLD KING
IPC: B41M1/12
Filed: 1985-02-26
Abstract: Images are formed on solid soap by a screen printing technique.
Patent GB-2157023-A (GB)
Title: Control valve
Inventor: REYNOLDS DESMOND HENRY JAMES
IPC: B60T13/12
Filed: 1985-03-28
Abstract: A control valve is provided for controlling the distribution of pumped hydrodynamic fluid to the trailer brakes of a tractor and trailer combination under the influence of hydrostatic pressure applied from the tractor braking system. The valve has an inlet (8) for pumped fluid, a spool valve (4) operable in response to a control piston (15) to control the flow of pumped fluid through an outlet (10). A flow control to a first working circuit (i.e. brakes) through an outlet (17) and to tank valve (5) provides a passage communicating with a first flow path (22) for pumped fluid to the spool valve and is operable in response to pumped fluid pressure, to control the flow of pumped fluid to a second working circuit (i.e. implements) through an outlet (19). A second flow path (6D, 27) for pumped fluid extends between the inlet (8) and spool valve (4) independent from and parallel with the first flow path (22) and the spool valve (4) controls the flow of pumped fluid along the second flow path to the fluid outlet (17). An accumulator (30, Fig. 2, not shown) may be provided to provide pressure to enable brake operation e.g. on pump failure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2163816-A (GB)
Title: Delivering metered quantities of fuel
Inventor: THOMPSON IAN REGINALD
IPC: F02M69/00
Filed: 1985-08-28
Abstract: A method of delivering a metered quantity of fuel to an internal combustion engine is described. Fuel is metered in a chamber, which may be in the form of a conduit, the metered quantity varying in size in accordance with engine load. A pulse of gas such as air is admitted to the chamber to displace the fuel from the chamber and deliver it through a nozzle to the engine. The quantity and/or the length of time that the gas is admitted to the chamber is varied with variations in the metered quantity of fuel.
Patent GB-2182743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pipe couplings and parts therefor
Inventor: BEASLEY ROBERT JAMES EDWARD
IPC: F16L37/091
Filed: 1985-10-30
Abstract: A pipe coupling comprising a sleeve-like body portion formed with at least one open end; an annular grip member located within the sleeve member against an internal radial shoulder thereof, the grip member being so formed as to have a cylindrical outer wall located closely adjacent the internal wall of the annular sleeve member and having teeth extending from the outer cylindrical wall radially and axially inwardly of the coupling; said teeth being of such a length as to bite into the external periphery of a pipe to be connected with the couplings to inhibit removal thereof, and the grip member being so disposed and located within the sleeve as to constitute a pipe registry for locating the end of the pipe radially within the sleeve; an elastomeric annular sealing member disposed within the sleeve axially outwardly of the grip member; and means for locating the sealing member within the sleeve. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2167144-A (GB)
Title: Automatic control circuit for brake control devices
Inventor: HA JUNG YONG
IPC: B60W10/188
Filed: 1985-11-12
Abstract: An automatic control circuit for applying and releasing a brake, controls relays around the device, lights lamps and other parts to be operated differently under different circumstances, e.g., braking while running, braking to stop, releasing the brake pedal after braking, starting, parking after braking, and operation when the car stops with semi-automatic parking brake operation. The automatic control circuit operates a solenoid valve (28) in the hydraulic system which isolates the system after hydraulic pressure is increased, thus maintaining braking pressure at a brake (41) even when the brake pedal (40) is released. The valve (28) isolates the hydraulic system until the clutch pedal (19) is released and the accelerator pedal (18) is depressed, actuating electric switches, then the valve (28) is allowed to open and brake pressure is released. A vehicle movement detector (2) is coupled to the circuit which ensures that brake pressure will not be maintained when the vehicle is moving. The vehicle movement detector (2) is also capable of controlling a headlight relay (35) so that current to the headlights (36) is cut off when the vehicle is stationary, but current is allowed to pass to the headlights when the vehicle is in motion. The automatic control circuit is also capable of operating brake lights, pilot light and parking lamps. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168053-A (GB)
Title: Phenexy-phenyl oxirane compounds
Inventor: STURM ELMAR
IPC: C07D303/32
Filed: 1985-12-11
Abstract: Oxirane derivatives of the formula II   <IMAGE>  wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl or CF3, and Rn denotes one to three alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen and/or cyano groups, R4 is hydrogen, C1-C10alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; and  A is the radical   <IMAGE> wherein R6 and R7 are each independently C1-C12alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, or both together form a C2-C4-alkylene bridge which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4alkenyloxymethyl or C1-C3alkoxymethyl, are useful for preparing microbicidal 1-phenoxyphenyl-2-azolylethanol compounds.
Patent GB-2171947-A (GB)
Title: Blind riveting tool
Inventor: MAUER DIETER
IPC: B21J15/34
Filed: 1986-02-24
Abstract: A blind-riveting tool for setting pull-type rivet assemblies B of the kind which has a pulling head on the mandrel M comprises abutment member (50) and mandrel-pulling means (70) each with a collet (68, 80). The collet (80) comprises axial spring fingers and is located inside the collet (68) which comprises axial segments, and they are resiliently urged open to admit a mandrel M and arranged to be closed by advance of an actuating sleeve (100) on the collet (68) of the abutment member (50). The abutment member (50) and mandrel-pulling means (70) as a whole are slidable to and fro, under air pressure, both having pistons (56,71), one behind the other, in a common cylinder (12), and are separable to effect a rivet-setting stroke by admission of hydraulic fluid between the pistons. Means (170, 182, 192) is provided for delivering a fresh rivet assembly axially into the collets (68,80) of the abutment member (50) and mandrel-pulling means (70) when they are open in their retracted positions, Figure 7. A fixed sleeve 96 maintains collets 68,80 closed when ports 50,70 are in their forward positions for riveting, Figure 1. When ports 50,70 are retracted to a position behind sleeve 96, sleeve 100 is retracted, Figure 7, to allow the collets to open to receive a fresh rivet assembly, the sleeve 100 then advancing to close the collets so as to retain the fresh rivet assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2176130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in centrifugal grinding mills
Inventor: BOYES JOHN MAXWELL
IPC: B02C17/04
Filed: 1985-07-23
Abstract: A centrifugal grinding mill including a grinding chamber of substantially circular cross-section with respect to an axis of symmetry and constrained to have nutating motion about a relatively stationary axis, a support for supporting the grinding chamber, a feed passage in communication with the grinding chamber, a driving assembly for driving the grinding chamber about the relatively stationary axis, and a constraint assembly for determining the form of nutating motion of the axis symmetry of the grinding chamber. The nutating motion of the grinding chamber during operation of the grinding mill causes a grinding charge carried in the grinding chamber to dilate and perform a tumbling motion within the grinding chamber. Further, the grinding chamber has a surface configured to exert pressure on the grinding charge so as to limit its dilation and provide effective containment of the grinding charge.
Patent GB-2175880-A (GB)
Title: Measured volume dispenser
Inventor: BRITTINGHAM LOUIS WARD
IPC: G01F11/18
Filed: 1986-05-19
Abstract: Dispensing apparatus for discrete measured amounts of fluent material includes a horizontal cylindrical chamber 11 having an upper inlet port 13 and a lower outlet port 14 in communication therewith. A reservoir 17 communicates with the inlet port. A piston 15 having a plurality of vertical cylindrical measuring holes 20-24 therethrough is disposed within the horizontal cylindrical chamber and configured for reciprocal linear sliding engagement therewith, whereby each of the measuring holes alternatively communicates with the inlet port and the outlet port. The amount of fluent material dispensed is determined by the volume of the measuring hole; these may be of different volume. Another embodiment involves measuring holes open at one end only, with the piston rotatable to alternatively communicate the measuring hole with the inlet port and the outlet port, which in this instance face each other. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrophoresis
Inventor: MACKAY CRAIG DOUGLAS
IPC: G01N27/26
Filed: 1986-05-23
Abstract: Light from the pattern of spots of bands resulting from electrophoresis is detected by a two-dimensional charge coupled device (26). Visualisation of the spots or bands may be achieved by viewing in transmitted light if the material subject to electrophoresis is dyed, by fluorescent markers in the material stimulated by untraviolet, or by a scintillating material if radioactive markers are used.Preferably the charge coupled device (26) is cooled to suppress thermal dark current, improving sensitivity and dynamic range.Light can be detected from moving components during separation by electrophoresis by clocking the charge coupled device to move charge packets in synchronism with movement of the components. This means that each charge packet moves through all the elements of a charge coupled device column during the detection, resulting in automatic averaging for the detection sensitivity variations in the charge coupled device column. Further, it is thereby possible to detect each separated band or spot at the same position in the gel at different times, and thus at the same degree of resolution, instead of detecting the bands or spots at different positions at the same time.