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Patent GB-1286689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to axle assemblies for electrical measuring instruments
Inventor: RIVOIR KARL HEINZ
IPC: G01R5/14
Filed: 1969-12-23
Abstract: 1286689 Pivot pins K H RIVOIR 23 Dec 1969 [24 Dec 1968 16 April 1969] 62637/69 Heading E2F [Also in Division G1] The shaft 1', Fig. 2, of an electrical measuring instrument has integrally-formed flanges 9, 10 for locating elements to be attached to the shaft, e.g. pointer 4', damper vane 3', moving iron 6'. The shaft is made of aluminium and carries at its ends separately-formed steel pivot points 8 which are mounted in spring-loaded jewel bearings (Fig. 5, not shown). The stepped flange 10 has a rim 12 (Fig. 4, not shown) which is bent over so as to act as a rivet holding the pointer 4' and vane 3' in position. The curved moving iron 6' is supported from a pair of struts, the upper of which, in Fig. 2, abuts against, and is glued to, flange 9. Alternatively, one of the struts is riveted to a flange, press-fitted over a splined part of the shaft, or held in engagement with a conically-shaped portion of the shaft. In another embodiment (Fig. 11) the moving iron is a flat sheet 29 which, directly or by means of lugs 31, 32, engages recesses in flanges 27, 28.
Patent GB-713605-A (GB)
Abstract: 713,605. Electric condensers. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. Aug. 19, 1952, No. 20787/52. Class 37. The manufacture of electrical condensers, particularly the wound or stack type, comprises the steps of coating a conductor with insulating material, dissolving any uncoated portions of the conductor, coating with a further layer of insulating material and cutting the double coated conductor lengthwise in two parts each having an uncoated edge for applying a connection. Foil from reel i is fed through a vapour degreaser 2, bath 3 of insulating material, such as a solution of "Araldite" (Registered Trade Mark), drier 5 where the coating may also be polymerized, to cutter 6 which removes the outside edges of the foil, and then through a bath 8 (which, if the foil is aluminium, may be sodium hydroxide) to dissolve the exposed metal. The action of bath 8 results in the exposed edges of the foil becoming slightly channelled. After passing through distilled water 10, and drying unit 11, a second insulating coating is applied by means of bath 12 which completely covers the channelled edges of the material. The double coated foil is then passed through drying unit I4, where polymerization may also be effected, to cutter 15 which divides the foil for winding on to reels 16 and 17. Fig 2d shows the treated foil ready for cutting along line 27, with the two insulating coatings 19 and 26. The two foils may be rolled together so that the uncoated edges appear on opposite sides enabling connections to be made to the foils by spraying the edges of the rolls. Alternatively one coated foil and an uncoated foil may be laid together to form a condenser. The resulting condenser may be impregnated and sealed with insulating material as described in Specifications 693,062 and 713,572. R.F. heating may be employed in the drying units as described in Specification 620,041, [Group XI], and infra-red or hot air drying may also be utilized. More than two. coatings may be provided. Specification 689,556 also is referred to.
Patent GB-2025757-A (GB)
Title: Plate
IPC: B65D43/16
Filed: 1978-07-27
Abstract: A plate (1) made of deep-drawn polystyrene foam foil which, at the side facing the food, is coated with a layer having greater resistance to cutting than the underlying foil material, in which a cover (3) in one piece with the plate (1) and used for covering it is secured to the plate edge (4) via a foil hinge (2). The hinge may be perforated (11) so that the cover may be torn away from the plate. The cover may be held in position over the plate by lugs (7) engaging in undercut recesses (5). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2003419-A (GB)
Title: Modular plastics worktop
IPC: A47B77/06
Filed: 1978-08-23
Abstract: A worktop suitable for use in kitchens is made of elements of modular dimensions, some of which contain apertures for the reception of sinks or other items in the surface, and kitchen appliances under the surface, and some of which have a continuous surface, the elements having downwardly extending edges to which edges of adjoining elements can be rigidly and sealingly connected, the elements being made of a material comprising a fine-grained inorganic substance containing a thermosetting resin binder and including glass fibres, moulded to the desired final shape and having a thickness of at least 3 mm. Preferably the elements containing apertures in the working surface have a recess to accommodate the flanged edges of sinks etc. incorporated therein.
Patent GB-2006994-A (GB)
Title: Electronic timepiece
IPC: G04C9/00
Filed: 1978-09-20
Abstract: An electronic timepiece having a minute hand and an hour hand which are controlled by a control circuit of the timepiece to display and to program, in addition to their own parameters, other parameters such as date, month, second, alarm time, or other, non time-related, parameters, which can be selected by push-button or pull-switch control means.
Patent GB-2042733-A (GB)
Title: Energy Measuring Apparatus
IPC: G01K17/16
Filed: 1978-10-25
Abstract: Energy measuring apparatus for measurement of heat units used in a water or central heating system, to provide a display of the amount of heat used in the system or parts thereof, comprises temperature sensors 3 and 4 located in the flow and return pipes 1, 2 of the system and a transducer 7 to sense the flow rate through the system. Signals from the sensors and transducer are fed to square wave oscillators 5, 6 and 8 respectively the frequency of which increases with increased temperature or flow. A further fixed frequency oscillator 9 increments a continuous counter 10 to provide a time constant for an electronic circuit including a plurality of gates 15, 16, 18-22, an up/down counter 17 and a motor 24 which drives a display 27 showing heat units consumed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2020151-A (GB)
Title: Rotary soil cultivator with protective element
IPC: A01B33/12
Filed: 1978-12-01
Abstract: A soil cultivating implement comprising a plurality of soil working members (6) that are rotatable about the axes of corresponding non- horizontal shafts (5), the shafts (5) being rotatably supported in a row from a hollow box-section frame (1). Jamming of stones between the bottom of the frame (1) and the tops of the rotary soil working members (6) is substantially eliminated by spacing the members (6) from said bottom by downwardly tapering funnel-shaped supporting members (10) having upper regions that are preferably of square cross-section with rounded corners and bottoms that are circular. In addition to preventing any significant damage to the bottom of the frame (1) by jammed stones, the supporting members (10) indirectly carry rotary bearings (14) for the shafts (5) that embody the axes of rotation of the soil working members (6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2012486-A (GB)
Title: Windscreen wiper stop mechanisms
IPC: H01H19/63
Filed: 1978-12-12
Abstract: In a reversible motor-operated wiper mechanism including a gearwheel 10 through which drive is imparted to a wiper from the reversible motor, a device is provided for operating a limit switch 13 at a parked position of the wiper, and comprises an annulus 16 having a cam form 17 disposed under the gear wheel 10 and rotatable relative thereto when engaged by the edge of an arcuate plate 23 riveted to the underside of the gearwheel 10 and having a downwardly projecting plate portion 24. During forward rotation of the gearwheel 10, an abutment surface 25 of the plate portion 24 engages and drives the annulus 16 and cam form 17 while a spring 22 urges the cam form 17 upwardly so that a plunger 14 of the limit switch 13 does not lie in the path of movement of the cam form 17. In the reverse direction of rotation of the gearwheel, a ramp surface 26 on the plate portion 24 urges the cam form 17 downwardly so that the limit switch 13 is operated. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2024391-A (GB)
Title: Cold or deep-freeze store
IPC: E04H5/10
Filed: 1979-01-16
Abstract: Cold store or deep-freeze store in the form of a large shed, the walls and ceilings of the store consisting of steel sheets and non-flammable insulating materials in several layers, characterised in that the outer wall (A) is built up from coffers (1) which consist of galvanised or plastic-coated steel sheets and are filled with insulating material (9), being adjoined inwards by further layers (10, 11) of insulating material and the innermost layer (11) being optionally covered by profiled metal sheets (13), and the coffers (1) are constructed as "U"- shaped troughs, the ends of the arms of which are bent off by 90 DEG parallel to the bottom (3) of the trough, in the same direction, one arm (S1) being so much longer that it can receive the second shorter arm (S2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2021661-A (GB)
Title: Method of recovering fibres
IPC: D21C5/02
Filed: 1979-05-17
Abstract: Fibre recovery process for pressure- sensitive carbonless copying paper which comprises defibrating the waste in aqueous media, preferably in the presence of a cationic quaternary ammonium surface active agent, treating the waste with acid to destroy the microcapsules, and bleaching the defibrated waste with a bleaching agent.
Patent GB-2023035-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for grinding articles with two rotating grinding discs
IPC: B24B7/16
Filed: 1979-05-25
Abstract: A grinding device for grinding the end surfaces of articles 2, such as cylinders or rings, comprises first and second grinding discs 1, 1' spaced apart by an amount substantially equal to the distance between the ends of the articles and having their axes 52, 54 offset from each other by a distance d so that the discs define an overlapped space S therebetween having an entrance apex A at which the area of overlap begins and an exit apex B at which the area of overlap ends. The discs are rotated in opposite directions. The articles 2 are delivered to the apex A and the rotation and speed of the discs are such that they are urged by the discs towards the discharge apex B as they are ground. The relative angular speeds of the two grinding discs determines whether the path of the workpieces through the overlapped zone S between the discs is straight or curved. In the latter case the entrance apex and discharge apex may be located on the same side of the two overlapped discs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2023098-A (GB)
Title: Trading system
IPC: B67D7/08
Filed: 1979-06-11
Abstract: Equipment for use in a trading system in which a bonus is given to a customer selected pseudo-randomly, a plurality of stores (8), such as counters, are fed successively so that they are filled successively depending on the feeding rate and the capacities of the counters. When a store is filled, feeding is stopped and the bonus appropriate to the filled store is made available to a subsequent customer initiating a transaction. The filled store is emptied and feeding to the stores is resumed until another store is filled and the appropriate bonus is paid. A modification may include a random selector which scans the stores and makes the bonus available if a full store is selected. Means (25) may be provided to display the running bonus and the customer point at which the bonus is payable. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2024903-A (GB)
Title: Pivoted door assembly for a shower cabinet
IPC: E06B3/964
Filed: 1979-07-05
Abstract: A door assembly for a shower cabinet, comprises a main frame having frame members which are connected together by corner connections 6 and doors having frame members which are connected together by corner connectors 12, the comer connectors 6 each being provided with a hinge pin 10 which is received in a cylindrical opening 11 in the adjacent corner connector 12 of each door. The connectors have spigots 8, 9, 13, 14 which are inserted into the hollow ends of the frame members. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2028632-A (GB)
Title: Improved limb extremity covering constructions
IPC: A41D19/015
Filed: 1979-08-13
Abstract: Slippers, gloves, mittens and the like extremity covering constructions have characteristically heretofore employed multi-layered surface contacting members when it was desired to provide a sole or palm portion having a slip resistant, wear resistant outer region in combination with a cushioning, thermally insulating interior region. The present invention overcomes these deficiencies by providing an improved limb extremity covering which incorporates a one-piece, unitary flexible fabric member 21 having a backing 23, a pile 27 associated with one face of the backing, and resilient ridge members 28 bonded to the other face thereof. A flexible top member 32 is joined at its perimeter to that of such fabric member by fastening means, such as stitching, bonding, or the like. The fabric member provides in a single construction a slip resistant, outer surface with an inner surface which affords cushioning and thermal insulation characteristics. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2028459-A (GB)
Title: Pipe Descaling Machine
IPC: B08B9/043
Filed: 1979-08-20
Abstract: A machine for descaling the interior of pipes 10 has a rotatable member on which flexible flail elements are mounted and which is driven by e.g. an air motor 14. The machine is supported from the pipe by a sledge 11 so that the axis of rotation of the rotatable member is at the axis of the pipe. Preferably the flail elements are chains 21 with weights 22 attached to the ends. The machine may be winched through the pipe or inserted at the end of a bar. Air vented from the motor 14 may blow away debris. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2029894-A (GB)
Title: Spring clip
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 1979-09-03
Abstract: A spring clip intended for assembling two section elements comprising the one a flange A and the other a bearing channel B for said flange, the other element being for example a peripheral protective and/or decorative element, generally of plastics material, the flanged element being a sheet-metal body element. The clip C proper comprises on the one hand a curved resilient strip providing a bearing and retaining portion of the clip engageable on the free wing of the channel of the protective and/or decorative element, and on the other hand a locking portion adapted to urge the peripheral protection element against the body element; this clip is intended especially for use in the automobile industry. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2036387-A (GB)
Title: Electronic Timepiece
IPC: G04C3/00
Filed: 1979-10-19
Abstract: An electronic watch comprises a stepping motor 6 for driving a mechanism for displaying the time information, a quartz crystal controlled oscillator 1, a frequency divider 2 with an adjustable division ratio, a circuit 7 for adjusting the division ratio eg by suppressing a number of pulses from the oscillator to the divider, a memory 8 containing data corresponding to the number of the pulses to be suppressed in each adjusting, cycle and a logic circuit 10 which, in response to an interrogation signal, (switch 9) produces a measuring signal at the output of gate 19 which is supplied to the coil of the stepping motor and which comprises a series of pulse trains whose distribution is representative of the division factor and the frequency of the oscillator and whose duration is sufficiently short so as not to cause the motor to rotate and sufficiently long to cause a magnetic stray field from the motor which can be detected by an external apparatus for measuring therefrom the rate of the watch. The interrogation signal upon closure of switch 9 causes the divider to divide with its unadjusted value. A gate 11 is enabled by 1 Hz pulses at 11a to pass trains of 256 Hz pulses in alternate half quartz-second intervals. The pulses pass through the gate 19 until their number, counted by counter 17, equals the adjustment number eg 5 held in memory 8. The interrogation signal also acts on switch circuit 4 to disconnect the motor control inputs at 4a 4b of circuit 5 from the divider 2, and apply the measuring signal pulses at input 4e from the gate 19 instead. In the embodiment described, a "quartz-second" is shorter than a normal second, the watch crystal frequency being higher than a nominal frequency, alternatively the measuring signal may be transmitted acoustically. The external measuring apparatus is described in App No. 79/36415. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2039517-A (GB)
Title: Luminescent materials
IPC: C09K11/77
Filed: 1979-11-16
Abstract: Luminescent materials comprising luminescent ternary aluminates having a hexagonal crystal structure corresponding to the magnetoplumbite structure, which contain gadolinium and which are activated by at least one of the elements Pb, Sb, Ce, Sn, Tb, Mn, Cr, and Dy. The composition of the aluminate can be represented in a ternary phase diagram of a system ABC, wherein A represents 1 DIVIDED 2Gd2O3 and at least one of the oxides 1 DIVIDED 2La2O3, 1 DIVIDED 2 Ce2O3, 1 DIVIDED 2Tb2O3, 1 DIVIDED 2Dy2O3, 1 DIVIDED 2Sb2O3, PbO, SnO, wherein at least 1 mol.% A is 1 DIVIDED 2Gd2O3, not more than 60 mol.% A is 1 DIVIDED 2Tb2O3, not more than 20 mol.% A is 1 DIVIDED 2Dy2O3, not more than 20 mol.% A is 1 DIVIDED 2Sb2O3, not more than 35 mol.% A is PbO and not more than 25 mol.% A is SnO, wherein B represents Al2O3, wherein not more than 20 mol.% of the Al2O3 in B may be replaced by Sc2O3, not more than 10 mol.% of the Al2O3 in B may be replaced by Cr2O3 and not more than 10 mol.% of the Al2O3 in B may be replaced by a chemically equivalent quantity of a combination of equimolar quantities of SiO2 and (MgO and/or ZnO), wherein C represents at least one of the oxides MgO, ZnO, 1 DIVIDED 2LiAlO2 and MnO, wherein not more than 20 mol.% of C consists of MnO, wherein up to 98 mol.% of A may be replaced by SrO and/or CaO when simultaneously or equimolar quantity of C is replaced by 1 DIVIDED 2Al2O3, where [A] is at least 0.02, [B] is at least 0.55 and is not more than 0.95, and [C] is at least 1 DIVIDED 2[A], wherein [A] + [B] + [C] = 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2046076-A (GB)
Title: Soyabean food product
IPC: A23L11/00
Filed: 1979-11-11
Abstract: Soyabeans are cooked in steam, the hulls are removed and the dehulled cotyledons are roasted. The product may be ground and used as an additive in manufactured foodstuffs, for example to replace a proportion of the cocoa, coffee or caramel content.
Patent GB-2064326-A (GB)
Title: Tampons
IPC: A61F13/22
Filed: 1979-12-11
Abstract: A tampon 11 is a body of highly fluid absorbent material. A pull string 17 extends from one end of the body. A string 18a extends from the other end of the body. The pull string 17 facilitates removal of the tampon from the vagina. The string 18a is at the insert end of the tampon 11, and before the tampon is inserted into the vagina, if that string is grasped and disposed radially over the insert end and then rotated about the circumference of the tampon, the insert end will be caused to radially expand to leave an axial recess or cavity 22, which will be conical in shape, centrally in that end. Into that conical recess or cavity can be inserted a vaginal tablet or other medication which will be thus applied, when the tampon is inserted into the vagina, to the vagina and/or cervix. In one alternative embodiment, the pull string 17 and the string 18a may constitute one and the same string. In another embodiment, instead of the string 18a, there may be provided in the insert end of the tampon body, an axial recess which facilitates the generation of the conical recess or cavity, actual generation being effected by inserting an appropriately shaped member into the axial recess and rotating that member so as to radially expand the insert end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2136097-A (GB)
Title: Target-tracking Interception Control Systems
Inventor: WEISBRICH REINHARD
IPC: F41G5/14
Filed: 1979-12-31
Abstract: In a target-tracking interception control system, in particular for mobile anti-aircraft defence systems, fire or launch control is effected from information derived from a plurality of target sensors, 1, 3, 4, 6, which effect detection target tracking, and follow-up for controlling one or more weapon systems. The weapon follow-up is carried out taking into account a lead-angle value that is calculated by one or more lead-angle computer units 7 using the target tracking data provided by respective computer units, ANR1 to ANRn, allotted to the respective sensors. In order to decentralise the system, the computer units are designed as individual system components linked by highways, which are all controlled by an operating mode computer, 5. The follow-up computer units and the lead-angle computer units can be coordinated in respect of various functions by means of the operating mode computer, and extra computer units may be included to improve reliability and facilitate servicing and system monitoring. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2052867-A (GB)
Title: Inversion-protection of marine engines
IPC: F01N13/12
Filed: 1980-04-21
Abstract: Inversion-protection of an outboard marine engine is achieved by fitting inside the engine casing watertight boxes to enclose the water- sensitive electrical components, i.e. the engine starter solenoid and the power pack. The starter motor spindle is provided with a shaft seal and the engine exhaust is fitted with an exhaust pipe in the form of a vertical hairpin or U-tube. The engine air intake box has fitted inside it a horizontally sliding valve that is automatically closed by a vertically- sliding weighted wedge engaging the valve rod when the engine is inverted.
Patent GB-2055469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to trip recorders for vehicles
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 1980-07-15
Abstract: A trip recorder is provided for recording quantities such as speed and distance travelled of a vehicle and actions of a driver. The recorder includes a record carrier 7 accurately driven in time and a writing device 23 for recording the measured quantities on the record carrier. In order to provide more detailed recorded information in the event of an accident an electrical device 30 is included in casing 1. Device 30 comprises an analogue-digital converter which supplies digitised speed or acceleration values to a shift register having a capacity sufficient to store values occurring during an accident. A blocking device prevents further blocking of the shift register when the vehicle speed falls to zero so that the shift register retains the desired information. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2058707-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum Packing Process and Apparatus
IPC: B65B31/02
Filed: 1980-09-09
Abstract: Apparatus for packing commodities such as meat, e.g. bacon, or cheese into bags of flexible thermoplastics film material comprises a vacuum chamber and sealing means (30, 31) therein, said sealing means being arranged to hold closely together without application of pressure a band of bag material extending across the neck of the bag and to apply heat to fuse the band of bag material thus forming a fluid tight seal. The vacuum chamber may include heating means (6, 15) so that after sealing, the bag may be inflated off the commodity due to a pressure differential inside and outside of the bag and thereby heated prior to collapse into close engagement with the commodity. <IMAGE>