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Patent GB-2148260-A (GB)
Title: Supplying articles from storage
Inventor: MOTODA KENRO
IPC: B65G60/00
Filed: 1984-10-17
Abstract: Articles are supplied from storage in a factory using stacks of trays (21), delivered to apparatus comprising a main body (1) having a stack support portion (2) and an article delivery portion (3) for positioning a tray transferred from portion (2) by a transfer means (5), the articles being removed from the tray at portion (3). In one embodiment (Fig. 3), the empty tray is returned to the stack, which is supported by the lifting means (6), the trays above the one being emptied being supported by latches (7). A similar embodiment (Fig. 9, not shown) has two separate delivery portions supplied from a single stack. In the embodiment of Fig. 13 the empty trays are stacked under portion (3) on further lifting means (9), and in the embodiment of Fig. 14 (not shown) the stack of empty trays is returned under lifting means (6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149190-A (GB)
Title: Reading digital data from a magnetic medium
Inventor: PETTIGREW ARCHIBALD MCGILVRAY
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 1984-10-25
Abstract: A method and circuit for data recovery in digital magnetic recording ensures that the relative phase difference between the fundamental frequency signal and each of the harmonic frequency signals follows a desired profile by feeding the signal from the head via a first resonant circuit R<1>, a first phase shift circuit P1, a second resonant circuit R2 and optionally a second phase shift circuit P2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150781-A (GB)
Title: Navigation system ground station
Inventor: IDLER HORST
IPC: G01S1/04
Filed: 1984-11-23
Abstract: The ground station of a navigation system (e.g., a VOR beacon) contains a facility (30) which detects faults during operation of the station. Data about the detected fault and/or the status of the ground station are transmitted as coded speech information superimposed on the normal transmissions at regular intervals to the normal users of the system, who then pass the information on to a central station. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170757-A (GB)
Title: A table decoration employing candles
Inventor: BUCKNELL ROGER LONSDALE
IPC: A63H33/40
Filed: 1985-02-11
Abstract: A table decoration employs one or more candles to induce rotation of a turntable portion. A base holds an upright support, upon which can rotate the turntable portion with vanes at the top. The turntable portion is generally conical, and is formed by a set of annular discs linked by rods. The whole decoration is demountable to save space when not in use.
Patent GB-2174516-A (GB)
Title: System for controlling a puller assembly
Inventor: ELHAUS FRIEDRICH WILHELM
IPC: B21C31/00
Filed: 1985-04-16
Abstract: In a system for controlling a puller assembly 3 for withdrawing an extruded section as it exits from an extruder, in which the puller assembly 3 is moved in a pulling direction by means of a drive mechanism 9, the actual speed with which the extruded section 1 is withdrawn is sensed by means of a tachometer 34 the output signal from which is delivered to a speed controller 32 for controlling the speed-of the drive mechanism 9 for the puller assembly. Optimum pulling force may be adjusted by providing follower means 11, 12 between the puller assembly 3 and the drive mechanism 9, said follower means being acted on by an actuator 15 for permitting relative movement between a drive member 8 and the puller head 5. The displacement of the follower 11 which corresponds to the relative movement between the puller head 5 and the drive member 8 is sensed by a displacement detector 30 which provides a signal to the speed controller 32 which modifies its output signal in such a manner as to tend to maintain the displacement of the follower 11 intermediate limiting positions thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174895-A (GB)
Title: Material applicator
Inventor: COLE RODNEY DAVID
IPC: A46B3/18
Filed: 1985-05-17
Abstract: An applicator for a liquid or semi-liquid substance, the applicator having an applicator head comprising an elongate stem 18 and substance retention material projecting from said stem. At the end of the applicator head an elongate support member 19 from which the stem is formed, and which carries the substance-retention material, is bent back upon itself to form a hairpin bend 20, and the substance retention material projecting from the hairpin bend in the support member extends axially beyond the end of the stem at 21. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2184705-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle tail lift
Inventor: BROOMAN DAVID HENRY
IPC: B60P1/44
Filed: 1985-10-30
Abstract: A vehicle tail lift comprises a pair of columns (10) on which are slidably mounted a pair of runners (12). A platform (13) is hingedly mounted to the pair of runners.A linear actuator (15) is mounted on one of the columns to raise and lower its associated runner (12) and a substantially inextensible link (17) extends round a pulley system (18,19, 20) to impart a corresponding movement to the opposite runner. A pair of actuators may be provided - one for each runner (12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173765-A (GB)
Title: Paper roll compression apparatus
Inventor: WATANABE KOUZOU
IPC: B65B25/14
Filed: 1985-05-15
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a plurality chambers 50 for receiving the roll of paper, each chamber comprising a support 65 which is opened to allow entry of a roll into the chamber, a piston constituted by a pressure plate 67, and side plates 63, 64 which control lateral expansion of the roll. Rails 77 and 78 together with cam means 75 and cam followers 70 coupled to the pistons control opening of the supports and movement of the pistons. Each chamber comprises a block 72 which positions the uncompressed roll. Compressed rolls are subsequently wrapped in heat-shrinkable liquid impermeable film. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175918-A (GB)
Title: Monoclonal antibodies
Inventor: OSTBERG LARS GUNNAR
IPC: C12P21/08
Filed: 1986-05-19
Abstract: Non-human primate monoclonal antibodies are prepared from cell lines prepared from a xenogeneic hybridoma and a lymphocyte.
Patent GB-2183853-A (GB)
Title: Power supply switch circuit for wafer scale applications
Inventor: MCIVER GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: G06F11/00
Filed: 1986-07-22
Abstract: A switch circuit for detecting power to ground leaks in a portion of a chip circuit and for disabling such portion in the event of a leak is particularly useful for Wafer Scale Integration, and is conveniently employed in the testing of chip circuits following manufacturing. In a preferred embodiment, the switch circuit includes a power supply, including a voltage source 14 and a ground 16, means 20 for receiving a reset pulse, a first switch 22, connected in series with one of the power supply lines 16a to the circuit portion 12 ground and inversely responsive to both the reset pulse and the voltage on the circuit portion ground following termination of the reset pulse, and a second switch 56, connected between ground 16 and the circuit portion ground line 16a and directly responsive to the reset pulse to leak current from the circuit portion ground to ground when turned on by the reset pulse. Excessive voltage on line 16a (indicative of a leak) will cause switch 22 to be latched off, thus disabling the circuit portion 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179033-A (GB)
Title: Vegetation nutritive and growth substance, especially suited for thin bales
Inventor: WILLUMSEN KAREN MARIE
IPC: E01F8/02
Filed: 1985-12-02
Abstract: A nutritive growth material suited for compaction into plantation bales in admixture with an organic binder comprises the following components: a) Lumpy sphagnum for retaining water, b) Hygroscopic long-fibered sphagnum, c) Fine sphagnum for mechanically stabilizing the other components, d) A nitrogen rich and only slightly decomposed material such as grass, straw or leguminous plants, e) A slowly decomposing nutritive material such as sea wrack which is rich in nutritive minerals such as iodine and boron, and g) Clay. The bales are mountable in suitable support structures to form very stable plantation walls or sound walls, which will remain sufficiently self-nutritive over a long row of years.
Patent GB-2189934-A (GB)
Title: Circuit block
Inventor: WATANABE ISATO
IPC: H01L23/495
Filed: 1987-02-26
Abstract: A circuit block comprising a lead frame (1) having a plurality of lead terminals (8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E); an integrated circuit (7) mounted on the lead frame (1); and a plurality of wires (9) each of which is electrically connected to the integrated circuit (7) and to a respective lead terminal (8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E), all the wires (9) extending substantially in the same direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191759-A (GB)
Title: Cable end attachment
Inventor: KNAACK KARL
IPC: B66D1/34
Filed: 1987-06-03
Abstract: A cable attachment for a cable drum is provided in which the cable end is laid in a channel 8 in a side face of the cable drum and secured in place by one or more screws 11, and the cable channel leads out on to the periphery of the drum in a smooth curve so that the cable is not sharply bent. Both ends of the cable channel can be extended by smooth curves leading on to the cable drum periphery, to provide for either a right-hand winding or a left-hand winding drum. The securing screws 11, extending axially into threaded bores 10 in the drum, can have countersunk heads directly clamping the cable or can be employed to secure a cable attachment block that itself clamps the cable and may have teeth to engage the cable. A cable guide (Figures 4 & 5) can be provided that traverses on a pivot extending axially the width of the drum, the cable guide having two spring-urged arms with rollers one to bear on the cable in the drum peripheral groove and the other to engage in the empty groove to traverse the guide as the drum rotates. 
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Patent GB-2211611-A (GB)
Title: Impacting type of seismic source for use in earth strata
Inventor: TAYLOR PAUL MICHAEL
IPC: G01V1/143
Filed: 1987-10-20
Abstract: A seismic source is produced by striking a bar inserted in a hole (2) in strata, eg. a coal seam, with an impact mechanism (7). Energy from a striking element (9) of the mechanism (7) is transferred by the bar (3) to the surrounding strata (1). The bar (3) e.g. of nylon has similar acoustic properties to the strata (1). Movement of the bar can be detected by a magnet and coil arrangement (6, 5) associated with the bar in order to create a time break signal for initiating a recording process, monitoring the time of impact and to generate a signature of the source. The striking element (a) is driven by an hydraulically triggered gas spring device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213895-A (GB)
Title: Protecting the seal in spigot and socket joints and connections between pipes and tubes
Inventor: GREATOREX CYRIL BARRIE
IPC: F16L21/03
Filed: 1987-12-24
Abstract: The invention provides a method of forming a spigot and socket joint or connection between two pipes in which the internal surface of the socket or coupler is provided with an internal annular groove within which is located a sealing gasket for the joint or connection; fitting a thin walled tube into the socket or coupler from the open end thereof so as to underlie, in a radial sense, the gasket and compress it within its locating groove; inserting a pipe spigot having a smaller outside diameter than the bore of the thin walled tube, through the thin walled tube; adjusting the axial position of the spigot within the socket or coupler a required and then removing the thin walled tube from the mouth of the socket or coupler thereby enabling the gasket to expand and seal upon the external surface of the spigot. The invention includes a pipe socket or coupler for use with this method and a joint or connection formed using it. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2201064-A (GB)
Title: Piezoelectric tranaducer
Inventor: JONES RICHARD WARREN
IPC: B06B1/06
Filed: 1988-02-08
Abstract: A transducer for generating an ultrasonic output comprises a piezo-electric disc 10 (connected to means for applying an excitation voltage to the component and means for detecting voltages generated by the component); a cylindrical member 11 of a material capable of resonance secured to one face of the component; and an annular ring 17 of material capable of resonance affixed concentrically to the member; the device being constructed so that, at a particular frequency of excitation voltage, the component causes the member 11 to resonate in a longitudinal mode; and the annular member 17 to resonate in a radial mode. Preferably the phasing of longitudinal vibrations transmitted by the member and vibrations transmitted by the annular ring are matched in air or other medium into which the output is to propagate vibrations by securing the annular ring at a predetermined axial position relative to the member. A further cylindrical member 14 can be used to sandwich the piezoelectric disc 10 between itself and the first cylindrical member 11 to provide resonance in a longitudinal mode at the particular frequency. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202451-A (GB)
Title: Improvement to the weight distribution of the head of a golf club
Inventor: DESBIOLLES JACQUES
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1987-08-27
Abstract: Head for a golf club, with the total weight M, comprising a striking part (1) of a weight M1 and a neck (2) having a weight M2, the striking part (1) being comprised of a tip (3) having a weight M3, a central part (4) having a weight M4 and a heel (5) with a weight M5, characterized in that the weight distribution is of the type which is represented by the curve (8), said curve being substantially flat.
Patent GB-2221609-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical fruit crushing assembly
Inventor: HALLS THOMAS EDWIN
IPC: A23N1/02
Filed: 1988-08-09
Abstract: A mechanical fruit crushing assembly for the manufacture of fruit juice with a residue bye product is constructed in stainless steel and comprises a tapering hopper 1 fitted with horizontal grooved crushers 6, 7 discharging juice and pulp into a perforated vessel 10 which converges into a sump 12 of square or rectangular section and from which the juice falls into a juice collecting tank 11 in which the perforated vessel stands. The sump 12 is fitted with an auger 13 which discharges the pulp into a pulp collecting tank situated behind the juice collecting tank; the assembly being powered by electric motors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226270-A (GB)
Title: Moulding optical fibre cables
Inventor: HALE PETER GEORGE
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1988-12-22
Abstract: A method of making a core for an optical fibre submarine cable comprises feeding a 6-section member 3' along guides 11 to a location 12 at which spaced optical fibers 1 are fed into the interior of member 3', after which a liquid filling material, such as a two-part exothermic curing polyurethane, is fed from a dispenser 16 into the C-section which is then closed by a die (17). The filling material rapidly cures to a resilient solid in which the fibres are embedded before hauler (18) is reached. The fibres 1 are spaced apart from one another and from the tubular outer member by means including a guide structure (14, 15) as they enter the C-section and this is maintained in the cured material. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2216431-A (GB)
Title: Kites
Inventor: RINGHAM MICHAEL STANLEY
IPC: A63H27/08
Filed: 1989-01-10
Abstract: A kite has a fuselage (1), wings (2, 3) and tail fin (4) to resemble an aeroplane and they are made from flexible plastics material and are inflatable to a substantially rigid state through an inlet 13. A sail is provided by webs (12), preferably transparent, between the rear edges of the main wings (2), and the sides of the fuselage (1). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229521-A (GB)
Title: Central heating radiators
Inventor: TUNG HAO
IPC: F24H9/12
Filed: 1989-03-02
Abstract: A radiator system has two primary valves to enable each of the inlet and outlet of a radiator to be opened and closed, and further comprises a secondary valve located between each respective primary valve and the respective radiator inlet or outlet. Each secondary valve is disconnectable from the respective primary valve so that, upon closing all the primary and secondary valves, each pair of adjacent primary and secondary valves can be disconnected and the radiator removed without the need for the latter to be drained.
Patent GB-2219588-A (GB)
Title: Polysaccharides containing betaine groups
Inventor: GRUNING BURGHARD
IPC: D21H17/24
Filed: 1989-06-13
Abstract: Polysaccharides which are derivatives of cellulose or starch are disclosed comprising recurring anhydroglucose units of the average general formula (I):
 
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 wherein the groups R<1> are identical or different and each is a methyl,
 
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 group, in which n is 2 or 3, m is 0 to 10 and p is 0 to 10, and R<2> is hydrogen or a betaine group of formula (II):
 
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 in which R<3> and R<4> are identical or different each is a straight chain or branched C1-C4 alkyl group and R<5> is a straight chain or branched divalent aliphatic C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, with the proviso that at least 0.5% of the radicals R<1> in the polysaccharide molecule comprise a betaine group. 
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 is also disclosed as is their use in hair-care compositions and in the production of paper and textiles.
Patent GB-2221540-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic field screens
Inventor: MANSFIELD PETER
IPC: H05K9/00
Filed: 1989-09-01
Abstract: A screen for a magnetic coil, e.g. for producing a homogeneous, gradient or RF field in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, is provided by surrounding the coil with a set of electrical conductors the currents within the conductors being controlled in such a manner that the field is neutralised in a specific region of space, the current distribution within the conductors being determined by calculating the current within a hypothetical superconductive shield which would have the effect of neutralising the field, the current through the conductors thereby being a substitute for the superconductive shield. The conductors may be evenly spaced and connected in parallel, their resistances being determined by thickness or composition to provide the desired current, or they may carry equal currents but be differently spaced. A further set or sets of controlled conductors outside the first set may ensure that the first set does not upset the field from the NMR coil. The shield may selectively reflect certain fields while transmitting others and may prevent acoustic vibration e.g. when switching gradient fields. An RF coil arrangement may consist of two orthogonal coils, one coil within the other for use as a transmit/ receive set or as a double resonance transmitter; a shield between the coils is in series with, and formed from the same winding as, the inner coil.
Patent GB-2223298-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing snow and apparatus therefor
Inventor: INOUE MASANORI
IPC: F25C3/04
Filed: 1989-09-15
Abstract: Snow is produced by maintaining a temperature inside an indoor insulated skiing facility (1) at 0 DEG C or less by blowing cold air from a plurality of blowing holes (5) arranged on the walls of the indoor skiing facility and generating waterdrops in the skiing facility by blowing air and water from two-fluid spraying nozzles (7) arranged on the walls of the indoor skiing facility, the waterdrops being cooled by said cold air and undergoing conversion to snow, which settles on a floor of the indoor skiing facility. 
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Patent GB-2224276-A (GB)
Title: Superconducting composite conductors.
Inventor: EVETTS JAN EDGAR
IPC: C04B35/00
Filed: 1989-10-19
Abstract: A composite conductor incorporating a region of polycrystalline material capable of exhibiting superconductivity has an elongate grain structure (12) comprising grains having regions of relatively low critical current therebetween and further grains contiguous with said grains disposed to provide an alternative superconductive path to bridge said regions of relatively low critical current. Pinning centres of non-superconductive material (10) are disposed between the grains (12) to enhance the superconductivity.
Patent GB-2231476-A (GB)
Title: Animal housing systems
Inventor: COLES TIMOTHY PAUL
IPC: A01K1/03
Filed: 1990-05-14
Abstract: Research animals are commonly housed in purpose-built cage systems, and for smaller laboratory animals it is usual to employ a plurality of plastic cages mounted as an array in rows and columns within a frame from which the individual cages are removable for servicing, the whole being a rack housing system. Maintaining constant between-cage environmental conditions may be a problem, as may be preventing disease spreading from one cage to the next. Furthermore, people responsible for the care of the animals frequently become sensitized to either the animals themselves or dust from their bedding. The invention proposes a rack housing system which should overcome these difficulties, in which system each cage (12) is connected up to an atmosphere supply/ withdrawal arrangement (28, 30, 32, 34) - an airflow system - in which the atmosphere required by the cages' inhabitants is provided in a controlled fashion through each individual cage via filters, and wherein in order to avoid a profileration of long pipes snaking all over, there is provided a relatively large plenum chamber (22) through which the cage atmosphere is passed, each cage in the array then being individually connected - plugged into - the chamber by a short pipe (18). In a preferred form the rack of cages is actually wholly contained within an isolator, with the plenum chamber at the rear thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233705-A (GB)
Title: Locking window stay
Inventor: NAYLOR FRANK
IPC: E05C17/04
Filed: 1990-06-21
Abstract: A window stay 1 which is cooperable with a retaining clip 5 is adapted to receive captively a member 21 which is movable to provide retaining engagement of the window stay relative to the retaining clip. The member 21 is preferably configured as a snap-in stay-put part received slidably on the stay arm. When slid forward from the position shown the member 21 prevents sideways movement of the stay arm out of engagement with an abutment 7 on the clip 5. The member 21 may comprise a key operated lock 27, 29 which prevents movement of the member and thereby release of the stay arm from the retaining clip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233729-A (GB)
Title: Temperature detection device for electromagnetic clutch of vehicle
Inventor: NISHIWAKI FUMIHIKO
IPC: F16D48/06
Filed: 1990-06-21
Abstract: A temperature detection device for an electromagnetic clutch comprises output circuit operation detection means (5) for detecting an output terminal voltage (Va, Vb) of the clutch (4) and a current feedback signal corresponding to a clutch current, and clutch current calculation means (2) which respond to running control information (SD) and engine control information (SE) for providing a clutch current instruction signal (SI) and a clutch open signal (So), and respond to the clutch output terminal voltage (Va, Vb) feedback from the means (5) for calculating a clutch voltage (Va-Vb). The means (2) uses the clutch voltage (Va-Vb) and the clutch current to calculate a clutch resistance and thereby calculate a clutch temperature (t) and the signal (SI). The device includes clutch current control means (1) responsive to the deviation between the signal (SI) and the current feedback signal and the open signal (So) for controlling the current of the clutch. The means (5) may detect both an output terminal voltage of the clutch (Va-Vb) and a source voltage (Vdc). The means (2) may be responsive to both the voltage (Va-Vb) and the source voltage (Vdc) and responsive to the clutch current instruction value given by the clutch current instruction signal (SI) for calculating the clutch resistance. <IMAGE>