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Patent GB-2207267-A (GB)
Title: Text processing apparatus
Inventor: YAMAKAWA KIYOSHI
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 1988-07-22
Abstract: A text processing apparatus, if data constituting a headline, title or the like distinction of a text are positioned in predetermined upper or low lines of a current page of the text, transfers a part of textual data to the preceding or the next page, so that the line including the data constituting a headline, title or the like distinction is positioned at the head of a page. The apparatus detects a line having no character data in a page of entered data, transfers a part of data to the preceding or the next page according to the result of the detection, and prints out the data edited as above mentioned.
Patent GB-2225693-A (GB)
Title: Seeding system
Inventor: BAKER STEVEN GLENN
IPC: A01C1/04
Filed: 1988-11-12
Abstract: A sandwich seed mat comprises two sheets of cheesecloth, between which grass seeds are embedded in a matrix of dried starch paste. The dry sandwich is stiff, but thin (being virtually no thicker than the seeds) making it easy to handle. When the sandwich becomes wet, upon laying out on the ground, it goes limp. The paste gradually dissolves, as the grass seeds are germinating. The roots and shoots of the seedlings are well protected physically, and nurtured by the warmth and moisture retained by the cheesecloth and paste. The roots and shoots develop strongly and reliably because the roots and shoots are able to penetrate the cheesecloth without constraint while the cheesecloth remains intact, and holds the seed firmly. The cheesecloth rots away completely within a few months. A manufacturing process is also disclosed, in which the paste and seeds are sprayed onto one of the sheets of cheesecloth. The wet sandwich is squeezed between rollers, and the paste is dried in a few seconds by hot air.
Patent GB-2226366-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine coolant temperature sensing
Inventor: HARDAKER EDWIN JOHN
IPC: F01D21/12
Filed: 1988-12-23
Abstract: The turbine rotor discs 17 to 21 are cooled by airflows 85 .... which flow through various restricting apertures and passages 82, 92, 100 .... and various air seals 70, 76, 118 .... acting between rotating and static components of the engine, to control admission and exhaustion of cooling air to and from chambers 78, 86, 106, 110 .... defined between the rotor discs or between the rotor discs and adjacent static structure 58, 152. A number of angularly-spaced-apart probes 300 project into an inter-turbine chamber 150 defined between the second stage high pressure turbine disc 18 and adjacent static structure 152 and sense the temperature of the air in the chamber. The thermocouple probes 300 are linked to a signal processor (316, Fig. 2) which gives a warning should a safe temperature limit be exceeded. A further set of probes may monitor the temperature in the chamber 247 inward of stator blades 29. The probes may be thermocouples or fibre-optic thermistors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230483-A (GB)
Title: Drill waste material collector
Inventor: HENSON TIMOTHY GEORGE
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 1989-04-07
Abstract: The collector comprises a mount body portion 2 and cover body portion 3, the mount body portion being supported on a substrate 4 by means of an adhesive washer 1. This assembly collects waste material resultant from drilling the substrate. The collected waste material can be emptied from the collector once the collector itself is removed from the substrate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to transducers.
Inventor: HENNING MICHAEL LAURENCE
IPC: H01L41/45
Filed: 1989-05-03
Abstract: A large area transducer suitable for use in a hydrophone comprises a sheet (6) of polyvinylidene fluoride/trifluoro ethylene formed with a plurality of dome-shaped protrusions (7) which may be formed simultaneously using a vacuum forming an injection moulding technique. The dome-shaped protrusions (7) are closed by a rigid baseplate (8) to enable the transducer to operate in the transverse mode.
Patent GB-2231701-A (GB)
Title: Electronic game apparatus
Inventor: WRIGHT JOHN ESSEX
IPC: G07F7/00
Filed: 1989-05-19
Abstract: Hand-held electronic game-playing apparatus has a casing 11 supporting liquid-crystal display devices 12, 13, 14 and 15, and control buttons 16 connected to an internal control circuit operating on a pre-determined program. The casing also supports a card reader for reading data encoded on a magnetic strip of a card inserted into the reader, and optionally also writing data to that strip. A battery-holder is built into the casing to carry batteries for powering the game, which may be activated only by inserting a card into the reader. The display devices 12 may represent reels of a fruit-machine, any winnings being written onto the card magnetic strip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234153-A (GB)
Title: Earrings
Inventor: MEYLAN ELMA
IPC: A44C7/00
Filed: 1989-07-13
Abstract: The invention concerns earrings of the kind which are worn on pierced ears and which consist of a body 9 wherefrom protrudes a post 5 which in use passes through the ear lobe and is retained in place by a keeper, or butterfly 1, push fitted onto the exposed end of the post.   To overcome the unsightly appearance of the butterfly and the danger presented by the exposed post end behind the butterfly in the conventional arrangement, the invention provides an earring wherein the butterfly is mounted within a shroud 7 which serves to conceal the butterfly and distal end of the post. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225760-A (GB)
Title: Windsurfer spar and sail
Inventor: DRYDEN RICHARD
IPC: B63B35/79
Filed: 1989-09-25
Abstract: A wind-propelled vehicle such as a sailboard has a body (1), an unstayed spar (2) connected to the body (1) through a universal-type joint (3), a pair of arcuate booms (5, 6) connected onto the spar, and a sail (4) held taut between the booms. The spar (2) comprises a top section (11), a middle section which includes front and rear struts (9 and 10), and a lower section (8), the sections all being pivotally coupled together to permit flexing of the spar, under the control of the user, predominantly in the plane of the sail with a subsidiary lateral rotation of the middle section. The sail (4) is formed of a resiliently extensible material and has a sleeve (25) running along its front edge to receive the spar (2). The sail is additionally supported by rods (28) which extend transverse to the spar.
Patent GB-2237806-A (GB)
Title: Cathodic electrodeposition coating composition
Inventor: VOROBIEV JURY PETROVICH
IPC: C09D163/10
Filed: 1989-11-08
Abstract: The coating composition comprises the following components (parts by weight): an epoxyrubber adduct modified by reaction with a mixture of an amino and an ( alpha -branched monocarboxylic acid amino-amide at a ratio of amine and aminoamide equivalents of from 1.5:1 to 1:1.5 100.00 a cross-linking agent               15.0-30.0 a catalyst of cross-linking         0.5-2.0 an organic solvent 50.0-100.00 a neutralizer                       2.4-3.0 a pigment 5.0-40.0 a filler                            5.0-25.0.    it is mposition is diluted with water before use.
Patent GB-2242327-A (GB)
Title: Optical pulse source
Inventor: SUNDARESAN HARI
IPC: H04B10/291
Filed: 1990-01-18
Abstract: An optical pulse source for the generation of short (typically a few tens of picoseconds) optical pulses of narrow linewidth and good contrast ratio comprises a gain-switched DFB semiconductor laser whose output is passed via a narrow linewidth filter (typically having a passband 5 Angstroms or less in width) to a laser amplifier. The narrow-band filter preferably comprises a DFB semiconductor laser biased below threshold. Both the DFB devices are preferably mutiple- contact devices so that differential bias can be applied to tune the devices. The laser amplifier is preferably a fibre device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240301-A (GB)
Title: Games racket frame
Inventor: HAINES ROBERT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A63B49/10
Filed: 1990-01-27
Abstract: A games racket frame is made by assembling, in a compression mould, an integral grommet strip (10) together with two tubular members (30; 40), closing the mould and subjecting the contents to heat and pressure, whereby the tubular members (30; 40) become permanently bonded to the grommets and, between adjacent grommets, to each other. The grommet stop (10) is made of a material which is capable of bending, under the moulding conditions, with the material of the tubular members (30; 40). The grommet strip (10) may be made of an injection-mouldable thermoplastics material and the tubular members (30; 40) may be made of a fibre-reinforced thermosetting material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241057-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger with individually removable tubes
Inventor: CLARKE FRANK
IPC: F28F9/06
Filed: 1990-02-13
Abstract: A heat exchanger in which individual heat exchange elements extend between opposed manifolds 15, 21 and in which each tube-end enters the adjacent manifold via a resilient grommet 12 which serves both to mount the tube-end in the manifold and to seal the joint between the tube-end and the manifold in a sufficiently fluid-tight manner whilst allowing differential thermal expansion between the two; and with the fit between the tube-end, the manifold, and the grommet being such that each tube can be individually removed from between the manifolds by first moving the tube axially to bring the tube-end out of the grommet and then tilting the tube laterally so that the tube-end clears the adjacent manifold surface, after which the tube can again be moved axially to bring the opposite tube-end out of its grommet; is characterized in that the tube-ends enter the manifolds directly without the intervention of any header. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247462-A (GB)
Title: Two component refrigerant
Inventor: PEARSON STEPHEN FORBES
IPC: C09K5/04
Filed: 1990-08-29
Abstract: A refrigerant composition comprises a mixture in non-flammable proportions of pentafluoroethane (R125) with a hydrocarbon selected from propane, propylene, n-butane, isobutane and mixtures thereof. The R125 preferably comprises 60-80 wt%, especially 65-75 wt%, of the composition. The composition is more environmentally acceptable and has reduced ozone-depletion potential.
Patent GB-2237537-A (GB)
Title: Print hammer impact adjustment in correctable selective printers
Inventor: FUNAMOTO MASAYA
IPC: B41J29/36
Filed: 1990-10-24
Abstract: In a selective printer having a print mode and a correction mode, and in which the print hammer and an ink ribbon advance mechanism are drivable from the same power source, and in which the power source drives the print hammer without advancing the ribbon when the machine is in the correction mode, the print hammer impact is selectively adjustable by the interposition of an abutment in the drive train between the power source and the hammer, and the abutment is interposed in the drive train when the machine is commanded to erase via a correction ribbon. As shown (Fig 2) the solenoid operated pivotable arm 22 serves both to release the print hammer drive cam 9 by disengagement from tooth 15 and to provide the interposable abutment against which a stop 17e on lever 17 can abut, the hammer 7b being caused to operate when cam follower 19 drops into depression 9b in the cam under the action of spring 20. When the abutment is interposed, the depth to which the follower 19 can penetrate the depression 9b is limited. Print impact adjustment is achieved by selective timed activation and deactivation of the solenoid 24. It is stated that unintended double-strike action of the print hammer in the correction mode can be avoided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a seat-belt pre-tensioner
Inventor: AXELSSON LARS
IPC: B60R22/195
Filed: 1990-12-04
Abstract: A safety-belt pre-tensioner arrangement incorporates a buckle 1 adapted to receive a tongue provided on a safety-belt, and a wire which has one end 2 fixed to the buckle and the other end fixed to a mounting point. The wire passes around a deflector element 3. A spring device 5 is provided to move the deflector element in the event that an accident occurs. On movement of the deflector element the buckle moves by a distance which is greater than the distance of movement of the deflector element. In the preferred embodiment, the deflector element comprises a pulley 3 pivotally mounted at the end of a spring loaded longitudinally movable arm 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253978-A (GB)
Title: Raster scan system without flyback
Inventor: PARDOE BEVERLEY HUGH
IPC: H04N3/30
Filed: 1990-12-15
Abstract: A raster scanning system is described that dispenses with both line and field flyback. The system may further provide interlaced scanning. In the case of television signals further circuits are included to match the signal to the display format. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254749-A (GB)
Title: Image mapping onto 3d surface with keying of source image data.
Inventor: TEECE HOWARD JOHN
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 1991-04-09
Abstract: A digital video effects system enables a source video image to be mapped onto a 3-D object surface to generate an output image. The system stores 13 the source image along with source key information IK identifying source image pixels which are to be masked. An address generator 21 generates memory read addresses in accordance with a surface function defining a 3-D object surface for mapping the source image pixels onto the 3-D object surface, but only maps source image pixels which are not masked by the key information. The address generator, on computing a memory read address for a source image pixel to form an output image pixel, tests whether the key information for that pixel indicates whether the pixel is masked. By testing the key information without mapping, errors due to non-linear 3-D objects are avoided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261565-A (GB)
Title: Video image filtering
Inventor: SOLOFF JONATHAN MARK
IPC: H04N5/21
Filed: 1991-11-15
Abstract: Distortion arises with video multi-tap filters because the edge pixels do not have adjacent pixels on at least one side for the filter process. To overcome this, extension data are added at the beginning and end of each raster line, thus extending the data into the line blanking interval HB. To create time for the extension data, the input video signal is written in a store and read out at such a rate that the horizontal blanking period is extended, HB', by using time from the vertical blanking period VB. (Alternatively, horizontal blanking time may be used to extend the vertical blanking interval VB''.) The reformatted video signals from the store are fed to a line store from where they are read in such an order to provide extension data such as repeated end points (Figure 2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261711-A (GB)
Title: Brake element e.g a pad
Inventor: DOLBEAR KEITH DAVID
IPC: F16D65/092
Filed: 1991-11-15
Abstract: A brake element 1, such as a brake pad for engagement with the flat surface of a disc or like moving element of a brake system, has a lining comprising a relatively soft layer 4 of elastomeric material and a relatively hard layer 3 of friction material and a backing plate 2 to which the lining is secured. The elastomeric layer is preferably not less than 3mm in thickness, and the thicknesses of the layers 4 and 3 are preferably in a ratio which is not less than 1:10. Hot-spotting and thermal damage to the moving element are thus reduced, and so is wear of the lining itself. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-912983-A (GB)
IPC: B66B13/20
Abstract: 912,983. Locking lift doors. INVENTIO A.G. Dec. 22, 1958 [Jan. 15, 1958], No. 41236/58. Class 78 (3). The landing door lock - operating cam 14 on a lift car is moved into its inoperative position by rotation of a cam 2 in the direction of arrow P by a squirrel cage motor (not shown) which is energized at the instant the car moves away from a landing, and is extended into its operative position by a spring 8 when the motor is de-energized consequent upon the car stopping at a landing.
Patent GB-2252029-A (GB)
Title: Securing a cleat to a cycling shoe
Inventor: OKAJIMA SHINPEI
IPC: A43C15/02
Filed: 1992-01-24
Abstract: A structure for securing a cleat 8 to a cycling shoe includes a shoe bottom 100 defining a recess 13 in an upper surface thereof, and at least one slot 200 extending through a bottom surface of the recess 13 and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shoe; a plate 9 accommodated in the recess 13 and having a fore and aft length at least half a length of the slot; a sleeve-like guide element 10 attached to an offset position of the plate 9; a washer 11 fitted in an opening defined in the cleat 8; and a screw 12 extending through the washer from below for engaging the guide element 10. The guide element 10 is offset to such an extent that an end of the plate 9 is out of contact with an end wall 13b of the recess 13 when the guide element 10 contacts an end of the slot 200 lying in the direction in which the guide element is offset. The larger plate 9 covers a greater part of the slot and thus prevents ingress of stones etc. The plate 9 can be reversed to provide a full range of adjustment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265847-A (GB)
Title: Particle content monitoring device
Inventor: CHANG YU-MIN
IPC: B04C11/00
Filed: 1992-03-31
Abstract: In a particle content monitoring device, conventional filter means is replaced by a cyclone separator 203 to achieve continuous monitoring and prevent the system from choking, thereby reducing maintenance requirements. A pressure difference indicating device 210a which replaces the Pitot tube facilitates easier operation. The recording (212) of the particle content is automated. The device is applied to sampling (201) the exhaust flow in a chimney stack 202 of an incinerator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266057-A (GB)
Title: Golfing aid
Inventor: CARTER KENNETH ROY
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 1992-04-09
Abstract: A golfing aid has a stand 2 which supports a pair of sights 4 and 6. The stand includes a base 10 on which a golf ball 34 may be positioned, so that the ball appears to fill the upper sight 4 and so that the tip of the lower sight 6 is located centrally on the ball, when viewed from above by a golfer of average height. The sights are adjustable, so as to achieve this arrangement. The golfer then swings a club to strike the ball, aiming to maintain the arrangement of the sights throughout the swing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254369-A (GB)
Title: Locking sleeve assembly
Inventor: COZAD TRENT E
IPC: A61B17/58
Filed: 1992-04-24
Abstract: The assembly, which connects a rod 17 with a structure having a tapered passage therethrough, comprises a sleeve 101 with a bore to receive the rod, a tapered outer surface 105 at one end to fit into the tapered passage of the said structure, and a threaded portion 111 at the other end to receive a lock-nut 103. The sleeve has at least one split 115, and particularly three obliquely angled splits so that when the lock-nut is tightened to force the tapered outer surface into the tapered passage, the sleeve is compressed into locking engagement with the rod. The assembly is particularly useful in a posterior spinal system for correcting various lateral and sagittal deformities. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257254-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring fluid-carrying conduits
Inventor: SKIDMORE ROBERT
IPC: A61B8/06
Filed: 1992-06-12
Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the cross-sectional area of blood vessels, particularly the ascending aorta, is provided. An ultrasound probe (20) producing a divergent beam is directed downwardly via the suprasternal notch (14) and Doppler signals from the moving blood in the aorta (11) are detected. Signal processing means determine the Doppler power at successive ranges and the resulting power curve is correlated against stored curves representing a range of known aorta cross-sectional areas to find the closest fit. The velocity is also measured from the Doppler signal and hence the cardiac output can be determined.
Patent GB-2262241-A (GB)
Title: Golf ball dimple pattern
Inventor: LEMONS LANE D
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1992-08-06
Abstract: An arrangement of the dimples on the surface of a golf ball is disclosed. The golf ball surface is subdivided by projecting a tetrakaidecahedron onto the surface thereof. The dimples are arranged according to the location of the hexagons (10) and trapeziums (12) which comprise the tetrakaidecahedron. The hexagons (10) and trapeziums (12) can also be divided into triangles by inclusion of diagonals therein. With the inclusion of diagonals, up to ten great circle paths can be defined and the dimples can be arranged so that they do not intersect any of the great circle paths. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259704-A (GB)
Title: Alkylbisacylphosphine oxides
Inventor: LEPPARD DAVID GEORGE
IPC: C08F2/50
Filed: 1992-09-14
Abstract: Compounds of the formula I   <IMAGE> in which R1 is C1-C18alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and R2 and R3 are phenyl optionally substituted by halogen C1-C4alkyl and/or C1-C4alkoxy, with the proviso that R1 is not decyl if R2 and R3 are halo-substituted phenyl, are suitable for the photopolymerisation of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.
Patent GB-2261907-A (GB)
Title: Manually operable lock for trucks,wagons and contai ners
Inventor: NATALI GIANFRANCO
IPC: E05B17/00
Filed: 1992-11-09
Abstract: A locking device for a door of a load compartment of a vehicle or container is provided on an edge of the door and includes a support structure 1 on which are mounted an operating lever 2, a slider 10 carrying a locking bolt 12, 13 and a link 6 connecting the lever to the slider. The slider carries a laterally projecting locking bolt 12, 13 and/or an axially projecting locking boll for co-operation releasably with a bolt-receiving unit securing the door. A spring 22 urges the bolt slider towards the lever thus urging the lever into its pivoted out, unfastened position. A bent spring catch 8 engages the pin 4 connecting the lever to the link (as shown by dotted lines in fig. 7) and offers a number of 'rest' positions for the handle during opening, where the force of spring 22 is resisted. This prevents the lever flying out uncontrollably. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263863-A (GB)
Title: Toothbrush having a toothpaste compartment
Inventor: ARMELLES FLORS LUISA
IPC: A46B11/04
Filed: 1993-02-03
Abstract: The brush comprises a head (9) removable from the broadened end (2) of the handle (1) and also a container (5) for toothpaste (6), which container is also removable from the end (2). The container (5) is attached to the handle via guides (3) and the head (9) is attached via guides (4). Prior to attaching the container (5) to the handle (1), the container (5) is sealed with a strip (8, Fig. 3). Also disclosed is a closure means for the container (5') which means constitutes a double strip (8'-8", Fig 4). An end part (14, Fig 4) of the double strip (8'-8", Fig 4) forms a tongue that can be gripped and pulled, so as to release strip (8', Fig 4) and thus uncover container (5', Fig 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275029-A (GB)
Title: Wheelchairs
Inventor: ROSE STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 1993-02-12
Abstract: An electrically powered front wheel drive wheelchair 10 is provided which is equally suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The chair includes height adjustment means for a seat 14 in the form of a pivotal linkage 24. A spring and damper suspension device is associated with the height adjustment means. Rear swivelling castors 20 employ mountings 22 attached to a frame of the wheelchair at an angle greater than 90 DEG  whereby the respective castors are caused to pivot into alignment with the front wheels 18 of the chair to stabilise the steering thereof. <IMAGE>