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Patent GB-2463122-A (GB)
Title: Establishing a communication event in response to an interaction with an electronic game object
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN MARK
IPC: A63F13/12
Filed: 2008-09-09
Abstract: The invention provides a method for establishing a communication event between a first user and a second user of a communication system during the execution of an electronic game application on the first user's terminal (games console 150). Contact information of the second user is associated with one or more game objects, e.g. a game character, in the electronic game application. When an input signal is received from the first user to interact with the game object displayed during execution of the game, e.g. by selecting the object or coming into contact with the game object, a communication event is established between the first user and the second user using the contact information. The communication event may be a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call. The game object may be controlled by the second user. A peer to peer (P2P) system may be used to establish communication.
Patent GB-2458719-A (GB)
Title: Industrial washer dryer
Inventor: HICKLIN ROBERT
IPC: D06F25/00
Filed: 2008-10-20
Abstract: The industrial combined washing and drying machine 1 is capable of carrying out multiple sequential washing and drying cycles of the same fabric load. The machine includes a) an industrial sized front-loading drum washing machine 2, b) an exhaust dryer 3 and c) a control system for controlling the washing of the fabric by the washing machine and the drying of the fabric by the exhaust dryer, such that multiple sequential cycles of washing and drying can be carried out under predetermined conditions. The exhaust dryer has i) a heating element for heating air to a required temperature, ii) an entry chute 9 for providing heated air into the washing machine drum, wherein the entry chute provides the heated air via an end of the cylinder-shaped washing drum, iii) an air mover for moving the air heated by the heating element through the entry chute into the washing machine drum and iv) an exit chute 10 for removing air from the washing machine drum to the atmosphere via a plurality of through-holes in the circumferential surface of the drum.
Patent GB-2464719-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring the Melting Point of a Substance
Inventor: WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G01N25/04
Filed: 2008-10-24
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for measuring a melting point of a substance, the apparatus comprising a heating device 12 having a cavity (13, figure 2) for receiving a substance-holding container, the heating device having an opening (15) through which the cavity can be viewed, wherein the opening is closed by a transparent member 20 which permits therethrough the transmission of light from the cavity. There is provided a heat conducting member 30 a portion of which engages an outwardly facing surface of the transparent member, the heat conducting member conducting heat from the heating device to the outwardly facing surface of the transparent member. The heating device may include a plurality of cooling fins for conducting heat away from the cavity. The heat conducting member may extend completely around a peripheral wall of the transparent member. The heat conducting member may hold the transparent member in the opening of the heating device.
Patent GB-2465010-A (GB)
Title: Trunking apparatus
Inventor: BURGE TERENCE
IPC: F16L55/00
Filed: 2008-11-04
Abstract: A trunking apparatus (4) which houses piping (2, 3), such as medical gas piping, the apparatus (4) being in the form of a jig means which comprises a plate means (5) for mounting a gas outlet (6), the jig means being adapted to receive the piping (2, 3) to align it in the trunking (1) of the trunking apparatus (4) as such that it can be withdrawn therefrom for treatment purposes such as soldering.
Patent GB-2466515-A (GB)
Title: Security light with a fluorescent lamp
Inventor: OTTWAY ANTHONY
IPC: H05B41/42
Filed: 2008-12-24
Abstract: A control circuit for controlling a fluorescent lamp in a security light has a lit mode and a standby mode. The control circuit is arranged so that in the lit mode the light level output by the fluorescent lamp provides illumination, and in the standby mode the fluorescent lamp remains on and struck, but the light level output by the fluorescent lamp does not provide illumination. The control circuit switches the light to lit mode when motion is sensed by a motion sensor, and switches the light to standby mode after a period of time when no motion sensed. If a light sensor senses daylight, the light is switched off. This allows a fluorescent lamp to be used in an application where full brightness is required very quickly after the light is switched on.
Patent GB-2474852-A (GB)
Title: A motion capture suit
Inventor: KORD ALI
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2009-10-27
Abstract: A motion capture suit 1 includes a humanoid frame 3 to be worn by an individual. The frame 3 has at least one pivotally mounted member (e.g. a right arm 5 and a left arm 7 for movement with the right and left arms respectively of the user). There is at least one inertial sensor coupled to the member. In the description right and left arms 5, 7 of the motion capture suit 1 are connected to a shoulder mounting assembly 9 for supporting the motion capture suit 1. A first joystick 10 is provided on a distal end of the right arm 5 of the humanoid frame 3 to provide additional control inputs. A second joystick 11 is provided on the left arm 7 of the humanoid frame 3. The motion capture suit 1 is provided with a series of inertial motion sensors to measure the movements of the individual wearing the suit 1. Resilient elbow, wrist and shoulder covers 75, 77, 79, 81 serve to bias the right and left arms 5, 7 of the motion capture suit 1 into predetermined positions that make the motion capture suit 1 easier to put on.
Patent GB-2474856-A (GB)
Title: Radiator cabinet for circulating air between two separate zones
Inventor: BANKS GARY
IPC: F24D19/06
Filed: 2009-10-28
Abstract: A method of circulating air between two separate zones 1, 2 comprises enclosing a radiator 4 with a radiator cabinet 3, passing air from a first zone 1 into the radiator cabinet through an aperture/vent 6 in a wall/partition upon which the radiator is mounted and separates the two zones, after passing air from the first zone through the aperture into the cabinet passing it over the radiator to heat the air and passing it out of the cabinet into the second zone. The cabinet may be a solid non-perforated construction completely enclosing the radiator and have secondary vents 7 that when open allow air to circulate only within a single zone. The cabinet may have vertical partitions 8 that split the cabinet into two or more segments, and the cabinet may have two or more secondary vents with one for each segment to allow adjustment of the air flowing between the zones. The aperture/vent in the wall/partition may be located below or above (fig 2) the radiator. The zones may be rooms, e.g. living room and hallway within a building. A fan may increase air flow through the cabinet.
Patent GB-439944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture and production of hydroxy compounds of the anthrapyrimidine series
IPC: C09B5/16
Filed: 1935-01-31
Abstract: Oxyanthrapyrimidines are prepared by treating anthrapyrimidines with sulphuric acid at an elevated temperature.  85--96 per cent sulphuric acid, or mono-hydrate or fuming sulphuric acid may be used if desired with the addition of boric acid, and in the treatment hydrogen or a substituent such as a halogen atom or a diazo group is replaced by hydroxyl.  In examples, the following compounds are obtained by treating the starting materials with 87--96 per cent sulphuric acid at temperatures ranging from 100--230 DEG  C. : 4 - oxy - 1.9 - anthrapyrimidine from 1.9-anthrapyrimidine, 5 - amino - oxy - 1.9-anthrapyrimidine from 5 - amino - 1.9-anthrapyrimidine and from chloro-5-amino-1.9-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by chlorination of the 5-amino derivative in chlorsulphonic acid in presence of iodine), a 4-amino-oxy-1.9-anthrapyrimidine (dyes acetate artificial silk yellow shades) from chlor-4-amino - 1.9 - anthrapyrimidine (prepared by chlorination of the 4-amino derivative in nitrobenzene), 2 - amino - oxy - 1.9 - anthrapyrimidine from bromo - 2 - amino - 1.9-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by bromination of the 2-amino derivative in glacial acetic acid), a hydroxy-1.9.5.10-anthradipyrimidine from 1.9.5.10 - anthradipyrimidine, chlorodioxyanthrapyrimidine from dichloro-4-oxy-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by chlorination of the 4-oxy derivative in nitrobenzene) 8 - oxy - 1.9 - anthrapyrimidine from 1.9-anthrapyrimidine - 8 - diazonium sulphate (prepared by diazotizing the 8-amino derivative with nitrosylsulphuric acid), 5-oxy-1.9-anthrapyrimidine from 1.9-anthrapyrimidine-5-diazonium sulphate (prepared from the 5-amino body by treating with nitrosylsulphuric acid), a mixture of 6- and 7-oxy-1.9-anthrapyrimidines from 6- and 7-diazoanthrapyrimidines (prepared from the 6- and 7-amino bodies by the action of nitrosylsulphuric acid), an oxy derivative from 5-amino-Pyl-phenyl-1.9-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by treating 5-amino-1-benzoylaminoanthraquinone with ammonia under pressure in phenol), oxy-1.9-anthrapyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid from 5-cyano-1.9-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by action of cuprous cyanide on 5-diazo body), chloroxy-5-amino-1.9-anthrapyrimidine from dichlor-5-amino-1.9-anthrapyrimidine (prepared by chlorination of 5-amino derivative in nitrobenzene).
Patent GB-968879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes for the treatment of industrial waste gases
IPC: B01D53/68
Filed: 1961-03-20
Abstract: Cryolite is obtained by washing industrial waste gases containing fluorine with an acidified aqueous solution, then adding to the resultant acid solution ferric ion in an amount at least sufficient to form FePO4 with any phosphorus present, then raising the pH of the solution, preferably by adding ammonia, so as successively to precipitate phosphorus compounds, excess ferric ion and silica, and adding to the remaining solution a soluble salt of aluminium and a sodium salt to cause the precipitation of cryolite.  The process may be applied to the gas containing fluorinated compounds derived from the treatment of natural phosphates used in the production of phosphorus, phosphoric acid or superphosphates.  The washing solution may be formed by introducing into the washing apparatus water or a mixture of water and part of the solution resulting from the washing. The washing solution, which preferably has a pH of less than 5, may contain in solution compounds used at a later stage of the process, e.g. sodium or ammonium ions or a portion, or all, of the ferric compound which is used to precipitate the phosphoric anions.  The desired pH in the washing apparatus is obtained by regulating the respective flows of feed.  The preferred ferric compounds are the chloride, fluoride, sulphate or alum; ferric fluoride may be obtained by reacting a portion of the solution from the gas washing with an iron oxide or hydroxide or metallic iron in the presence of air. The cryolite suspension finally obtained is filtered and a portion of the filtrate which contains the regenerated ammonia and possibly an ammonium salt corresponding to the anion of the utilized ferric compound, is withdrawn to keep the working volume constant, and the remaining filtrate is recycled principally towards the stage of neutralization of the ferric acid solution and partly, if desired, to the stage of washing the gases, mixed with a portion of the acid solution from the gas washing.  A flow diagram is given.
Patent GB-610246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in method of making refractory metal composition
IPC: C22C1/05
Filed: 1946-04-02
Abstract: 610,246. Powder metallurgy. MALLORY METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS, Ltd. (Mallory & Co., Inc., P. R.). April 2, 1946, No. 10180. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Nov. 25, 1946.] [Class 83 (iv)] A method of making a sintered metal body from a mixture of a powder of a refractory metal carbide, a powder of a metal mutually soluble with the carbide and silver or silver base alloy powder, comprises mixing the powders, pressing to form a compact and sintering at a temperature above the melting point of the silver for a time sufficient to produce a solution of part of the carbide and the second ingredient and to produce sufficient shrinkage to exude part of the silver from the body. The mixture preferably comprises 15- 55 per cent silver, 0.25-15 per cent cobalt and the balance tungsten or molybdenum carbide or a mixture thereof. A small amount of free tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum or rhenium may also be present, together with the carbides of titanium, zirconium, vanadium, columbium and tantalum. The particle size of the carbide powder is preferably between ¢-5 microns, of the cobalt ¢-10 microns, and of the silver, minus 325 mesh. As an example, a powder mixture comprising 72 per cent tungsten carbide, 25 per cent silver and 3 per cent cobalt is ball-milled for 16 hours and 1 per cent paraffin is added. The mixture is compacted to a density of 7 to 8 grams per c.c. and sintered in a hydrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 1475‹ to 1500‹ C. for a period of 30 minutes. A linear-shrinkage of 15 to 25 per cent takes place with an increase of density to 12-14 grams per c.c., silver being exuded and the final composition being tungsten carbide 79.09 per cent; silver 17.07 per cent and cobalt 3.84 per cent. The body produced may be machined for the removal of silver exuded to the surface. In a modified method, the carbide and the cobalt powders are ball-milled together for a time sufficient to produce cobalt envelopes surrounding the carbide particles before the silver powder is added. Specification 583,067, [Group XXXVII], is referred to.
Patent GB-602741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to means for retaining electronic valves in position against vibration or shocks
IPC: H01R33/975
Filed: 1945-04-23
Abstract: 602,741. Knitted fabrics. GOLDSTAUB, H. H. April 23, 1945, No. 10193. [Class 74(ii)] [Also in Groups XVII, XXXV and XL(a)] A net for retaining a thermionic valve in its holder (see Group XXXVI) and made on a flat knitting machine, consists of alternate glass fibre portions a and cotton thread portions b. Reinforcing glass threads c are threaded through the ends of the glass-sections and the cotton sections thereafter removed. An alternative method, Fig. 3, consists in knitting into the web glass draw-threads d and cooperating cotton threads e. The retaining threads are inserted and the draw-threads d. e withdrawn leaving the net. The net is drawn together on a thread c the ends of which, are joined thereby forming a flat sheath with a longitudinal slit. A plastic, impregnated paper, wood, or metal ring having securing projections theron is inserted in the slit and turned through a right angle, the slit being subsequently sewn up.
Patent GB-485894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to multi-filament electric lamps
IPC: H01K9/04
Filed: 1937-04-09
Abstract: 485,894. Electric couplings. MAJOR, F. J. April 9, 1937, No. 10199. [Class 38 (i)] Relates to an incandescent electric lamp of the kind in which a number of filaments 5, Fig. 1, are provided with a common lead 6, and a movable switch is mounted on the base 4 of the lamp, the switch consisting of a ring 18 which co-operates with contacts 15 to energize one or more of the filaments as required. According to the present invention, the contacts 15 project into a groove in the ring 18 to retain it in the base 4. The lead 6 is connected at 7 to the conductor sleeve 3 of the lamp base, and the other leads, 17, are connected to the contacts 15, Fig. 2, which consist of springs riveted to an annular band 10 of insulating material secured to the inside of the sleeve 3, the springs projecting through slots in the sleeve. The ring 18 is rotatably mounted on the sleeve 3 and has a groove on its inner surface, and the springs 15 engage in this groove. A conducting seg. ment 19 is fixed within the groove, so that rotation of the ring brings one or more of the springs 15 into electrical connection with a contact spring 20 connected to the central terminal 9 of the lamp base, a fuse 23 being interposed if desired. The ring 18 may be rotated step by step by means of a pull cord connected to a spring on the base and provided with a pawl which engages ratchet teeth on the ring.
Patent GB-1284701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to multi-lumen balloon catheters and method for making the same
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 1971-04-20
Abstract: 1284701 Balloon catheter AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY CORP 20 April 1971 [20 April 1970] 10256/71 Heading A5R A balloon catheter comprises a plastics tube 10 having a balloon inflation lumen 12 therein, a balloon 35 and a pair of rigid ferrules 20, 21 indented in the outer surface of said tube, with bindings 40 securing said balloon to said ferrules. A method of making a balloon catheter illustrated in Figs, 1-5 (not shown) is characterized by the steps of providing a catheter tube (10) of thermoplastics material which has a "memory characteristic' (defined in the specification as a material which may be deformed if heated and stressed, but which will return to its original form if reheated when unconstrained) which contains a balloon inflation lumen; applying heat to an end portion of the tube sufficient to soften the material; drawing out and elongating the softened portion to shrink its diameter; applying a pair of rigid ferrules (20), (21) over the shrunken portion; applying heat to the latter to re-expand its diameter and lock the ferrules on the tube; forming a balloon inflation opening 33 in the material communicating with the balloon inflation lumen; applying a sleeve of elastic balloon material over the re-expanded portion; and binding the balloon material to said ferrules. The catheter tube may be formed from P.V.C. by extrusion and may contain a through lumen 11 in addition to the balloon inflation lumen 12. The distal end of the balloon inflation lumen may be plugged with a cylindrical plug 26 of P.V.C. and the distal tip of the catheter then shaped by a heated die. An alternative embodiment Fig. 9, (not shown) has the distal end of the balloon material everted under the windings so that when inflated the balloon is of such a shape as to prevent the point of the catheter touching the walls of the blood vessel through which the catheter is fed.
Patent GB-1036803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for gas-shielded consumable-electrode arc welding
IPC: B23K9/29
Filed: 1964-03-11
Abstract: 1,036,803. Welding by fusion. ESAB Ltd. March 11, 1964 [March 12, 1963], No. 10282/64. Heading B3R. [Also in Division F2] In gas-shielded metal arc welding apparatus, a welding gun is connected by a plug-andsocket connector to a flexiole means conveying all the necessary external supplies to the gun, e.g. welding current, welding wire, shielding gas and compressed air. The flexible means is as described in Specification 1,036,804 and terminates in a plug comprising a metal sleeve 4, Figs. 1 and 2 (not shown), insertable into a bore 43 in the gun body. A ring 25 in the gun has opposed slots closable by screws to clamp on to the sleeve 4 and a wire guide 28 and transmits the welding current. Carbon dioxide issues from apertures 7 into the body of the gun on its way to the shielding gas nozzle. Compressed air is supplied from apertures 5 to power a motor in the handle 42 and serving to drive wire feed rolls 24.
Patent GB-268972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in door holders
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1926-04-20
Abstract: 268,972. Davies, J. E., and Davies, G. April 20, 1926. Stays for retaining doors in an adjusted open position of the kind with engaging members controlled by movement of the door handle, comprise an eye-piece with a projection adapted to engage with a series of notches in a slotted member threaded through the eye-piece. The rod 8 is adapted to slide in an eye-piece 13 rotatably mounted on a bracket 15 attached to the doorpost 17, the inner end of the rod having a universal joint connection 6, 10 that connects it with a member 1 rotatably mounted on a baseplate 3 secured to the door 16. A set-screw 14 on the eye-piece projects into a slot 11 of the rod, and is adapted to engage with one of a series of notches 12. By movement of the door handle 22 to unlatch the door, the disc 1 is rotated through the cable 20, 19 against the action of a spring 23. The rod is thus partially rotated so that the projection 14 of the eye-piece engages the plain side of the notch 11 of the bar as the door is moved into the open position. When the door handle is released, the spring moves the rod about its axis to cause the notched side of the slot 11 to engage with the projection 14, and the door is secured in an adjusted position. The spring 23 may be dispensed with, the spiral form of the slot 11 causing the bent end of the rod to rise during opening of the door, so that the parts engage by gravity when the door handle is released. A stop 4 limits the rotational movement of the member 1.
Patent GB-974616-A (GB)
Title: Egg-collecting means in poultry batteries
IPC: A01K31/16
Filed: 1960-03-24
Abstract: 974,616. Poultry batteries. JOHN SHEPHERD & SONS Ltd., and R. B. SHEPHERD. June 26, 1961 [March 24, 1960; July 5, 1960], Nos. 10431/60 and 23420/60. Heading A1M. In a poultry battery eggs roll from the cages on to a flexible conveyer 17 and pass to one end of the battery where they are deflected by means of plates 23 on to collecting trays 21 The conveyer 17 travels in an egg-receiving trough formed as an integral part of the cage floors or mounted against the side of that battery andy is driven over guide rollers 18, by means of an electric motor or manually by applying a crank-handle to a shaft 18a on one of the rollers 18. To prevent hens from damaging the eggs, the egg-receiving trough may be closed by a shield which is displaced by the weight of an egg rolling from the cage floor and is biased to return to the closed position. A nylon brush may be suspended over the conveyer near the tray 21 for cleaning the eggs. Specification 844,375 is referred to.
Patent GB-640920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to amplifier and repeater arrangements with automatic gain control
Inventor: JEFFERSON HAROLD
IPC: H04B1/64
Filed: 1947-04-18
Abstract: 640,920. Automatic gain control. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. April 18, 1947, No. 10445. (Class 40 (v)] In an audio amplifier the gain is jointly controlled by a slow-acting automatic level control and a fast-acting automatic contrast control. Signals from the output of the main amplifier 1 are applied via a branch amplifier 2 to a full-wave rectifier 3C which together with a resistance 3R and load circuit 4, 5 comprises the slow-acting control means. The output of the amplifier 2 is also applied to a rectifier 6C which together with a load circuit 7, 8 comprises the fast-acting control, the potentials across the resistances 4, 8 being additively combined to control the gain of the main amplifier 1. A delay bias may be applied to the rectifier 3C over the lead 3L, and a delay bias may also be applied to the rectifier 6C. The arrangement may be modified by feeding the rectifier 6C from a separate branch amplifier whose gain is controlled in the abovedescribed manner by means of a third rectifier provided with an adjustable delay bias.