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Patent GB-2235069-A (GB)
Title: Industrial robot apparatus
Inventor: KATO HISAO
IPC: B25J9/18
Filed: 1990-06-06
Abstract: An industrial robot apparatus comprises a travelling rail 3, a plurality of robots 4, 5 which use the travelling rail in common and which move along the travelling rail and are stopped on the travelling rail so as to perform a robot work, and a work command unit (11) for instructing the robots. In order to prevent the motion of one robot degrading the results of another robot's operation, if a robot is carrying out accurate work the other robots are stopped or retracted to one end of the travelling rail. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245805-A (GB)
Title: Generating an anti-aliased image
Inventor: MORRIS JEREMY STUART
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 1990-06-29
Abstract: An image of objects in a three dimensional space for display on a two dimensional pixel array is generated using multiple rendition of the image with each rendition having a sub-pixel offset from the previous rendition to produce an anti- alias filtering effect. The sub-pixel offsets are arranged to produce a sub-pixel array which is non-regular (Figures 3, 4, 6 and 7) or is regular but not aligned with the axes of the pixel array (Figure 5). In this way an increased number of offset levels in the directions of the pixel axes is obtained producing an enhanced filtering effect. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236285-A (GB)
Title: Setting car body components in an assembling line
Inventor: KUBO TAKASHI
IPC: B62D65/02
Filed: 1990-07-12
Abstract: An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line has a floor panel setting device for transporting a panel W1 to, and setting it on, the set carrier 1; a pair of right and left side-panel setting devices 6 for receiving panels W2 which are transported to an upper position of the setting station by a hanger and for setting them on the set carrier; and a roof panel setting device 7 for setting a panel W3 between roof side rails of the side panels. The side panel setting device includes a vertically move able lifting frame, a jig for positioning and holding the side panel being provided on the lifting frame so as to be advanced and retracted in a lateral direction such that the side panel is received from the hanger at a lifted position of each of the lifting frames and that the side panel is set on the set carrier by lateral advancement and retraction of the jig at a lowered position of each of the lifting frames. The roof panel setting device is disposed in a laterally central portion at an upper part of the setting station. A charging device 34 is disposed on one side of the setting station and has a setting frame on which the roof panel can be placed and which can be movable to advance and retreat in a lateral direction facing the setting station such that the roof panel can be received by the roof panel setting device via the setting frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235612-A (GB)
Title: Vertical scrolling address generating device
Inventor: TOKUMITSU SHIGENORI
IPC: G06F3/0485
Filed: 1990-08-23
Abstract: An image display system displays image data from an image memory on multiple image planes (fig 8) and vertical scrolling can be independently effected for each of the image planes displayed. Assuming that two image planes are displayed on upper and lower areas, display starting addresses lying in the vertical direction of the upper and lower image planes and stored in registers 301, 302 are loaded into a counter 305 via a switch 304 in a display period of the upper and lower image planes to generate addresses in the vertical direction of the upper and lower image planes. The vertical scrolling operation only for one of the upper and lower image planes can be effected by sequentially updating the display starting addresses lying in the vertical direction of the upper and lower image planes and held in one of the registers 301, 302. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247782-A (GB)
Title: A circuit board assembly
Inventor: MASSEY-CROSSE IAN
IPC: H01R12/70
Filed: 1990-09-05
Abstract: A circuit board assembly is provided having at least one integrated circuit package E mounted on a circuit board A either directly or via a socket G, G'. An air gap is present between the integrated circuit package and the surface of the circuit board and accommodates a heat shunt H which is connected thermally to the base of the integrated circuit package and to the surface of the printed circuit board. Heat from the integrated circuit package is conducted through the heat shunt to the circuit board and is dispersed via the power planes in the circuit board. Thermal vias I, which may be plated through holes, may be provided through the board directly beneath the heat shunt to increase thermal conduction away from the integrated circuit package.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251149-A (GB)
Title: High PRF bistatic/multistatic radar
Inventor: BETTS ANDREW MARK
IPC: G01S13/00
Filed: 1990-12-21
Abstract: The transmitter (55) in a bistatic or multistatic radar system transmits a beam (54) of pulses (57, 59-63) at a sufficiently fast rate that mare than one is "visible" to the system receiver at any given time. The receiver includes a phased-array aerial which has a plurality of reception beams having respective outputs. These beams are scanned along the transmitted beams so as to "chase" respective transmitted pulses simultaneously. In order to prevent pulses not being chased by a given beam (e.g. 63) from influencing the output signal corresponding to that beam successive pulses are coded differently and the output signal path corresponding to each beam includes a filter matched to the coding of the particular pulses chased by that beam. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242485-A (GB)
Title: Cover-packing built-up body for a hard-disc unit and process for producing said body
Inventor: SHIMAMOTO NOBURU
IPC: C08G77/34
Filed: 1991-03-07
Abstract: An improved cover-packing built-up body for a magnetic hard-disc unit is devised with the object of avoiding troubles caused by dust or other contamination of the gap between the magnetic recording disc and the magnetic head. Instead of using a pre-shaped rubber packing to prevent dust intrusion, the body is assembled using a curable liquid silicone rubber composition, preferably of the reactioncurable type, which after application is cured in situ to give a cured silicone rubber packing 2 containing not more than 0.05 per cent by weight of low molecular-weight organopolysiloxane constituents. In this way troubles caused by deposition of condensate of undesirable volatile by-products are minimised. As one alternative, a silicone rubber packing formed by the in situ curing of a liquid composition is subjected to a bake-out treatment by heating to reduce the content of the low molecular-weight organopolysiloxane constituents to the prescribed level. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241659-A (GB)
Title: Process for reclaiming used casting sand
Inventor: WILHELM LUDWIG
IPC: B22C5/04
Filed: 1991-03-08
Abstract: Used casting sand is treated in a rotating drum which separates the shells from the sand grains by scouring and removes them pneumatically. The amount removed is compensated for by the introduction of further sand, to avoid diminution of the scouring action. The drum contains a motor driven scouring stirrer, the further sand preferably being introduced as a function of the current consumption of the motor, or in accordance with an automatic programme.
Patent GB-2244159-A (GB)
Title: Programmable control system
Inventor: YOSHIKURA FUYUHIKO
IPC: G05B19/05
Filed: 1991-03-20
Abstract: A programmable control system comprises a plurality of linked programmable controllers (PC's) for executing parallel control. Each PC is provided with a link control table for storing the numbers of the PC's to which link data such as interlock information will be supplied in the controlled process. In each PC, a link data file in which link data requirements are listed is created, The link data file is circulated to each PC. Each PC creates its link control table in accordance with the contents of the received link data file. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245221-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic decalcomania
Inventor: BLANCO LOUIS ANTHONY
IPC: B44C1/17
Filed: 1991-03-25
Abstract: Ceramic decalcomania adapted to be applied to vitreous surfaces are disclosed including a back sheet, a first prefused glass flux layer which is substantially free of lead oxide and which is at least about 2 microns thick disposed on the backing sheet, a design layer including at least one ceramic oxide pigment disposed on the first flux layer, and a second prefused glass flux layer disposed on the design layer. Methods for producing these ceramic decalcomanias are also disclosed, which include offset printing the first flux layer onto the backing sheet, forming a wet ink formulation free of glass and including a liquid printing vehicle and at least one oxide coloring agent, wet printing the wet ink formulation onto the first flux layer, and depositing a second flux layer into the design layer.
Patent GB-2245757-A (GB)
Title: Pumping light source drive system for an optical amplifier
Inventor: GOTO KOJI
IPC: H04B10/29
Filed: 1991-04-05
Abstract: A pumping light source drive system for driving pumping light sources (10a, 10b) of an optical amplifier which is composed of a rare earth doped optical fibre (2) doped with a rare earth element, in which the system has a plurality of pumping light sources (10a, 10b) the combined output powers of which is controlled. The pumping light sources (10a, 10b) are always held in operation. The output signal power at the output of the rare earth doped optical fibre (2), or the combined power of the pumping light sources (10a, 10b), or the signal power at the input to the fibre, is detected and compared with a reference power to control the output power of the pumping light sources, so that the output signal power or the combined power of the pumping light sources (10a, 10b) reaches a certain value compared with a single pumping light source. The output power of each pumping light source is reduced to prolong its service life, and redundancy is provided to increase optical amplifier reliability. The output power of selected pumping light sources may be controlled, the remainder being held at a low constant value. The system may be used in optical fibre communication repeaters. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243688-A (GB)
Title: Probes
Inventor: JONES BARBARA LYNN
IPC: G01B5/012
Filed: 1991-04-29
Abstract: A probe for a co-ordinate measuring machine or a tool-setting piece which has a stylus made of a material selected from diamond, cubic boron nitride, polycrystalline diamond and polycrystalline cubic boron nitride. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251721-A (GB)
Title: Colour filter for a CCD imager
Inventor: KIM SANG SIK
IPC: H01L31/0232
Filed: 1991-06-25
Abstract: The back-scattering of incident light is reduced by forming a back-scattering preventing layer 59 of an anti-reflecting material such as xylene on lenses 55, 56, 57. The lenses are formed on a support layer 53 and intermediate layers 43, 47, 51, formed above dyed layers 41, 45, 49, are sandwiched between the support layer and a levelling layer 39 above a semiconductor substrate 31. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257649-A (GB)
Title: Converting fine particlulate material to block form,by extrusion
Inventor: SMITH PETER JAMES
IPC: B09B3/00
Filed: 1991-07-18
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a variable speed controlled screw conveyor (7) and hopper (6) for supplying the particulate material 2 to a continuous paddle blade mixer 4, and a supply line 8 for also supplying water binder 9 to the mixer 4 from which the mixed material is then extruded by a twin screw extruder (10), as a rope (6) which is severed into blocks (3) by a guillotine 15. The particulate material (2) comprises toxic ash recovered from burning Orimulsion liquid fuel, which is a bitumen/water emulsion. A casing 20 prevents the escape of the toxic material from the hopper (6) and conveyor (7). The speed of the conveyor (7) is controllable from an impact meter (not shown) in the hopper 6, which measures the flow rate of ash powder from the conveyor (7). The water may be added into the hopper (6) as a spray, and additional water (9') is added to the material in the extruder (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257942-A (GB)
Title: Composite air-filtering material
Inventor: MASUDA TAKUICHIRO
IPC: D04H1/498
Filed: 1991-07-24
Abstract: An air-filtering material exchangeably attached to a home-use or automobile air filter comprises a water jet type nonwoven fabric (1) at an air outlet side and another type nonwoven fabric or fiber assembly (3) at an air inlet side. These nonwoven fabric sheets are laminated on one another by needle punching. The water jet type nonwoven fabric is made from crowded finer fiber staples, and bits formed therein by penetration of needles of a needle punching machine may be stopped up by centripetally moving fiber staples surrounding the bits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258182-A (GB)
Title: Method of joining together at least two metallic surfaces by diffusion bonding  and apparatus for use therein.
Inventor: WILLIAMS STEWART
IPC: B23K20/24
Filed: 1991-07-30
Abstract: Prior to joining together two metallic surfaces 1 by diffusion bonding each surface 1 is subjected to a beam 2 of laser radiation operative to clean at least part of the surface 1 of surface contamination. Preferably the laser radiation is produced by an ultra-violet excimer laser source 3 or by a metal vapour laser operating in the visible wavelength range. The surface 1 may be moved relative to the beam 2 of laser radiation by a multiple axis work station 8 or the beam 2 may be moved relative to the surface 1 by a movable fibre optic system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247378-A (GB)
Title: Movement detection
Inventor: YAMADA KUNIHIKO
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 1991-08-20
Abstract: A motion detection device for a camera is arranged to binary-code luminance levels obtained in a plurality of areas set on an image sensing plane; to detect any change in the binary coded information between timewise different fields; and to compute a degree and range of the change. An automatic focusing action is brought to a stop when the computed degree of change exceeds a predetermined value on the assumption that the change results from a movement of the camera due to camera shake or panning. In case that the degree of change is less than the predetermined value, the change is considered to have resulted from a movement of an object to be photographed. In that event, the focusing action is allowed to continue by tracing the moving object with a focus detecting zone. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247686-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing a macromolecular monomer
Inventor: MORI YOSHIO
IPC: C08F20/10
Filed: 1991-08-23
Abstract: A process for producing a macromolecular monomer, which comprises anionic polymerization of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer by using, as a polymerization initiator, a compound represented by the following general formula (I): <IMAGE> wherein M<+> is a quaternary ammonium ion;  phi  is a phenylene group; R1 and R2 are each an electron withdrawing group stabilizing the carbanion C<->, or one of them is said electron withdrawing group and the other is an alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; and n is an integer of 0-6. R1 and R2 may be selected from -COOR, -COR, -CON(R)2, -COSR, -CN and -NO2 where R is an alkyl or aryl group. A particular initiator described is tetrabutylammonium- (p-vinylbenzyl)diethoxycarbonylmethanide.
Patent GB-2248101-A (GB)
Title: Float valve for wet and dry vacuum cleaner
Inventor: DIEBEL MANFRED
IPC: A47L7/00
Filed: 1991-09-03
Abstract: A float valve is provided for a wet and dry vacuum cleaner having a drive housing and a collection tank. The float valve comprises a heat-deformable annular valve seat 3 projecting downwardly from a base 1 of the drive housing towards the collection tank, a valve closure member 4 provided on a float 5 below the drive housing, and spacer means 7 provided between the base 1 and the float 5, the spacer means 7 being arranged to permit initial valve closure but to limit movement of the float towards the base, whereby upon heat-deformation of the annular valve seat 3 the valve leaks to allow air flow therethrough. Thus overheating and consequent material damage is prevented even if the power supply to the drive is not cut quickly enough. The spacer means may be provided on the float or on the base of the drive housing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248934-A (GB)
Title: Automatic windowing for article recognition
Inventor: BAIRD RANDY K
IPC: G06K9/46
Filed: 1991-09-16
Abstract: In an article handling system that functions to make article discrimination-identification determinations, the possible article orientations are stored and compared (Step 116, Fig. 2) to establish maximum pixel difference numbers and identification of the longitudinal window position along the article where such maximum difference occurs (Steps 118, 120 Fig. 2). Each of the possible orientations is compared with all other possible orientations (loops A. B. Fig. 2) so that a small number of windows is identified as part of a setting-up procedure. When operating, the work articles are scanned and only the data at window locations are used to make article orientation identification, thus reducing the time and memory requirements for data processing. The time and memory may be further reduced by compacting each scan by only storing count values relating to edge locations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248205-A (GB)
Title: Saw blade tipping apparatus.
Inventor: ELLIS GLYNN ARTHUR
IPC: B23D65/00
Filed: 1991-09-25
Abstract: A method of and apparatus for mounting hard material tips to a cutter tool such as a saw blade body (6), wherein a gripper/pick-up member/element (4) for handling the tips (8) to be mounted or other material required in the tip mounting operation is moveable about an axis (1) in order to transfer the tips or other material from a supply(ies) thereof to a location (9) at which the tips can be mounted or said other material can be utilised in the mounting of the tips. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263979-A (GB)
Title: Oscillator/amplifier set for testing cables
Inventor: MIDAS-KING HAROLD
IPC: G01R31/58
Filed: 1992-01-29
Abstract: An oscillator/amplifier set comprises an oscillator (fig. 1) and an amplifier/receiver (fig. 2, not shown) which can be used to send a signal along a cable and to receive the signal at the other end of the cable, thus checking the continuity of that cable or for ascertaining which cable from among a group of cables the signal is passing along, either with a headset or with a stand-alone loudspeaker. Connections to a cable under test (not illustrated) may be via further cables fitted with a plug (as in Fig 1) or fitted with crocodile clips (as in Fig 2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255768-A (GB)
Title: Display cartons
Inventor: HINCHCLIFFE BRIAN PAUL
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1992-05-08
Abstract: A carton blank is first scored along proposed fold lines (11), glue is applied to at least one requisite location (13, 14), and the blank is then folded double but still flat in such a way that the glue adheres where necessary to form a flattened endless loop. A tongue (16) may be adhered to a base panel (18) to define a display well (22) on erecting the carton from the flattened form. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255813-A (GB)
Title: Producing a deformed pipe or liner
Inventor: LIPPIATT RAYMOND
IPC: B29C63/34
Filed: 1992-05-13
Abstract: Apparatus for and a method of deforming a pipe comprises a wedge-like elongate member (25) arranged in use to lie alongside a path of movement of the pipe to be deformed, and project increasingly into the pipe as the pipe moves past it in the forward direction of its path (31); and pipe constraint means disposed about the path of travel of the pipe in association with the wedge member whereby in use a pipe to be deformed in its path of travel is engaged progressively increasingly by the wedge-like member whereby to indent progressively a part of the wall of the pipe such as to deform the pipe longitudinally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259848-A (GB)
Title: Protective belts
Inventor: VESTERINEN YRJOE HEIKKI
IPC: A41D13/05
Filed: 1992-09-22
Abstract: A protective motocross belt 10 is provided at its rear with sets of male press studs 26a,b to 32a,b and a pair of touch-and-close strips 34, 36. inside the waistband of trousers 11 are fitted co-operating female studs 26' to 32' and touch-and-close strips 34', 36'. The studs 26 to 32 and touch-and-close strips 34, 36 enable the belt 10 and trousers 11 to be secured together in a variety of different relative positions to suit the body shape of the wearer. Alternatively, studs or touch-and-close fasteners may be used alone. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271631-A (GB)
Title: Electronic spectacle frame scanner
Inventor: GASKILL JOHN ROGER
IPC: G01B11/24
Filed: 1992-10-19
Abstract: An electronic spectacle frame scanner has a spectacle tray 4 in which spectacle frames to be measured are placed. A light source 3 above the frame causes a shadow to be cast on the translucent floor of the spectacle tray. An electronic scanner 5 scans the shadow image and sends signals to a computer where software converts the signals to the required dimensions and stores information in required formats. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277776-A (GB)
Title: Compression ignition engine fuel supply control
Inventor: GREENHOUGH JOHN HEATH
IPC: F02B7/02
Filed: 1993-04-14
Abstract: Over a lower part of the power range from tick over up to a transition point, engine power is varied by varying the quantity of the main injection and there after the main injection of fuel is supplemented by a secondary introduction of the same or a different fuel. With secondary fuel introduction the main injection timing is progressively retarded to compensate for reduced ignition delay. The secondary fuel introduction may be in the form of vapourised fuel injected onto an exhaust gas recirculation valve (Fig. 8) or a glow plug in the intake manifold (Fig. 9).
Patent GB-2279240-A (GB)
Title: Shaving brush system
Inventor: EGGLEDEN JOHN ALAN
IPC: A46B11/02
Filed: 1993-05-17
Abstract: A shaving brush system comprises a deformable reservoir, bristles housed in a ferrule and secured with a fast-setting compound, means for securing the bristle housing to the reservoir and a channel means through which shaving soap contained in the reservoir and of a suitable type and viscosity, can flow towards the bristles. The shaving soap reservoir contains a flowable lather forming means of controlled viscosity. The lather forming means can be manufactured by the in-situ saponification of various triglycerides. The preferred lather forming means includes a synthetic clay which imparts thixotropic qualities. In a preferred embodiment, the brush head ferrule may be inserted into an intermediate valve means that can be releasably attached to the soap reservoir.
Patent GB-2270036-A (GB)
Title: Printing machine.
Inventor: HAUER HORST-WALTER
IPC: B41F13/02
Filed: 1993-08-19
Abstract: With sheet guidance for printing machines such as relief-print web-fed rotary printing machines, the object is to provide the sheet guidance in a dryer-free arrangement. According to the invention, this object is achieved in that on the passage of the sheet through colour printing units (5 to 8) there are no deflection devices to contact the freshly printed side, and in that between the last printing point and the next paper deflection device co-operating with the printed colour side a distance of at least (n + 1) times a minimum spacing between the plate cylinders of adjacent printing units is provided (where n is equal to the number of cylinders printing with coloured ink). <IMAGE>