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Patent GB-2080263-A (GB)
Title: Vending machine magazine
IPC: G07F9/00
Filed: 1981-06-02
Abstract: In an automatic vending machine having an article-storage and discharging device which is mounted within a machine cabinet having a front door, and which has a plurality of parallel article-storage compartments extending generally vertically and a plurality of article-discharging mechanisms disposed at lower ends of respective article-storage compartments, the article-storage and discharging device is divided into two portions which are made as different units, that is, an upper unit (21) having the article-storage compartments and a lower unit (22) having the article-discharging mechanisms. Both units are mechanically connected to form an article-storage and discharging device, and are readily separated from one another. Opposite side plates of the frame of the upper unit are provided with horizontal flanges at their lower ends, and those horizontal flanges are received in horizontal grooves formed on top ends of opposite side plates of the lower unit. So that the upper and lower units are mechanically connected but are relatively slidable frontwardly and rearwardly. The upper unit has a stopper plate (27) on the front end, which is moved downwardly to be received in vertical slots formed in the lower unit so that both units may be locked from the relative sliding movement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2100346-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic/hydraulic pull force producer
IPC: F15B15/10
Filed: 1981-06-11
Abstract: A device for generating a pull force, e.g. in artificial limbs, robotics, toys, etc., comprises an inflatable elastomeric balloon sandwiched between a pair of flexible webs having projecting arms or cords which pass between each other and extend in opposite directions for attachment to the parts to be pulled together. When the balloon is inflated, its expansion decreases the distance between the respective ends of the web sets. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2080747-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle driving axle
IPC: B60K17/04
Filed: 1981-06-24
Abstract: A driving axle for a short-distance bus has its central portion displaced downwardly by a distance P to permit an advantageous vehicle-boarding height E, there being provided between two spur wheel reduction gearings 12 through which respective wheels 34 are driven an axle casing part 11 in the form of a smooth tubular member of small diameter with optimum ground clearance B. Differential gear 5 is combined in the casing with one of the spur wheel reduction gearings 12 so that neither the gangway width L nor the ground clearance B is reduced by a differential gear in the centre of the axle. The advantageous coordination of the distance P, boarding height E, ground clearance B, wheel track R and gangway width L is achieved by the use of reduction gearings each having a pinion 13 which acts on two intermediate gears 19 lying in the same plane 22 and which is mounted adjustably in relation to the output gear 23 of the reduction gearing 12 which is locked radially non-displaceably on the wheel driving shaft 25. In addition to the advantage of favourable transmission staging, accompanied by favourable use of the overall space due to small centre disturbances and small tooth widths, sensitivity to impacts is reduced and the noise level and extra costs are low in comparison with planetary gearings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2083394-A (GB)
Title: Shielding paste for arc welding, especially underwater arc welding
IPC: B23K35/36
Filed: 1981-07-15
Abstract: A shielding paste especially suitable for underwater welding comprises     a) a vehicle based on one or more long chain aliphatic acids   b) amorphous phosphorus and/or magnesium as an illiminant; and   c) iron oxide and/or magnesium for the removal of hydrogen. Aluminium powder may also be included. The vehicle is preferably a mixture of oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids with glycerin. Welding with rod or stick electrodes and SMA, MIG, MAG, TIG and plasma welding are referred to.
Patent GB-2103282-A (GB)
Title: IC Engine and compressor construction
Inventor: KINNERSLY RICHARD FURNEAUX
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1981-07-24
Abstract: An internal combustion engine or gas compressor has a cylinder bead, cylinder and a first part (13a) of a crank case (13) formed integrally with each other and a single aperture in a parting surface (16) provides access for assembly of a piston, connecting rod (15), and crankshaft (14) and for machining of the cylinder bore (20). This structure enables assembly to be carried out by the method of inserting the piston (12) and connecting rod (15) and manipulating the big end of the connecting rod (15) over the crank pin (31) of the crankshaft (14). The crankshaft is provided with a structurally separate counterweight (32) which acts also as a carrier for a magnet (33) of a flywheel magneto and which is secured to the crankshaft (14) by a keying member (35) having a coefficient of thermal expansion compatible with that of the crankshaft (14) and onto which the counterweight (32) is cast. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2084909-A (GB)
Title: Equipment for machining workpieces
IPC: B23Q3/157
Filed: 1981-07-30
Abstract: The equipment comprises two units, one unit having a workpiece or pallet holder 22, the other unit 4 having at least one tool 6 acting on a respective workpiece. The workpiece unit comprises a base with a slide movable transversely to the unit 4. At least one column 21 is slidable on the slide to or from the unit 4. The holder is provided with guiding members 27, 28 for the pallet 15, 16 and is connected to a drive 7 arranged on the column for vertical working movements. The holder may have a part for tilting about a horizontal axis. The holder may be fed by a rotatable transfer device 14. The tool unit is fixed or is slidable on a base transversely to the workpiece unit. The tool unit may have side-by-side separate tool carriers each movable to or from the workpiece unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2087216-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette making apparatus
IPC: A24C5/08
Filed: 1981-10-26
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Patent GB-2087939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to infill materials
IPC: D06M11/155
Filed: 1981-10-30
Abstract: An infill material suitable for use in coal mines comprises a bag preferably made from a fire resistant material, the bag containing substantially uncompressed wood wool treated with a fire-resistance agent. In preferred embodiments, the bags are made of polyethylene, hessian or metal mesh. Hessian is treated with a fire-resistant material and polyethylene is pre-mixed with a fire resistant agent. In addition, the bag preferably has anti-static properties. The bags may also be employed in furniture or as loft insulation.
Patent GB-815359-A (GB)
Abstract: 815,359. Fixed resistors. WELWYN ELECTRICAL LABORATORIES Ltd. July 8, 1957 [July 30, 1956], No. 21571/57. Class 37. A fixed resistor is formed by winding a fine metallic filament upon an insulating core which is itself disposed along a helicoidal or sinuous path on the surface of an insulating support the surface being coated with a vitrifiable composition which is heated to provide an insulating covering bonded to the core. Fig. 1 shows a resistor in which a fine resistance wire 1 is wound on an insulating core 2, which may for example be formed of glass threads lightly twisted together, the core 2 being disposed as a helix on insulating tube 3. The whole is covered with a coating 7 which may be formed of an enamel which is vitrified at a high temperature such that the glass comprising core 2 is melted during the heating process. In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the resistance wire 11 on core 12 is disposed in a sinuous path on the flat surface of insulating plate 13. In a further modification the wound core 12 is wound in a spiral upon the surface of a circular insulating plate.
Patent GB-819027-A (GB)
Abstract: 819,027. Reciprocating motors. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Oct. 18, 1957 [Nov. 26, 1956], No. 32660/57. Class 35. [Also in Groups XXVII and XXXVII] The magnetic circuit comprises a pair of cores 12 welded into an upper frame member 14 having a frusto-conical recess 17 into which normally projects a correspondingly shaped armature 21. The armature is fixed on a leaf spring 22 clamped to one end of the frame and slidable with respect to the other end. Coils 16 send flux through the frame 14 in one direction to attract the armature further into the recess 17 and separate contacts 26, 27, the coils being thereby de-energized to release the armature and reclose the contacts. In a modification (Fig. 6, not shown) the recess is a through-one, its bottom being closed by a non-magnetic metal insert. Fig. 5 shows the device in an ignition circuit fed by a battery and comprising a transformer 41 and spark gap 45, the coils 16 and transformer primary 42 being all in parallel as shown, or in series.
Patent GB-2089806-A (GB)
Title: 4-Desacetoxy-oxo-indole-dihydroindole intermediates
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 1978-11-02
Abstract: Novel intermediates of the following formula are described wherein:   <IMAGE>  R<2> is CH3 or CHO; when taken singly, R<5> is H and one of R<3> and R<4> is OH or H and the other is C2H5 and when R<4> and R<5> are taken together, they form an  alpha -epoxide ring and R<3> is C2H5,  and R<6> and R<7> taken together are = O;  and  R is OCH3 or NH-NH2; and  pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The intermediates are useful in the preparation of antimitotic agents of the above formula in which R<6> is H and R<7> is OR<1>, R<1> being H or acetyl.
Patent GB-2117077-A (GB)
Title: Space frame node
Inventor: BERGMANN GERD ERWIN
IPC: E04B1/19
Filed: 1982-02-19
Abstract: This invention relates to a space frame node and to a frame including the node. The node member consists of a group of threaded studs (12, 14) which are joined together at one end and project radially from the join. The studs (12, 14) may be welded together at the join or may be threadedly engaged in bores in a central body (10). The space frame includes elongated members (16) the ends of which carry axially directed threaded studs 20 which are joined to node member studs by nuts 22. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2096282-A (GB)
Title: A selector valve
IPC: B60T13/58
Filed: 1982-03-15
Abstract: A selector valve which automatically cuts-off the flooded vent line from the inoperative chamber of a hydro-kinetic brake comprises two self-sealing ball valves 9, 10, one in each vent line. A balance beam 15 extends between the two valves so that the first to close tips the beam towards the other valve preventing it from sealing. A common passage leads from these two valves to an atmospheric vent port 24 closable by a third ball-valve 22, 23 and a connection 8 to a pressure actuated friction brake system. When the second vent line floods the third valve seals the vent port permitting pressure to build up in the friction brake system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2100832-A (GB)
Title: Vibration absorber in motor vehicle transmission
Inventor: VON SIVERS ROLF
IPC: B60K17/22
Filed: 1982-03-16
Abstract: A vibration absorber 7 is arranged in a support tube 1 of a transaxle unit. The mass 8 of the absorber 7 is held in springs 9, 10 which absorb shearing forces and determine the frequency range of the absorber 7. The springs are held between two concentric rings 11 and 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2121212-A (GB)
Title: Building services control
Inventor: DAWSON HENRY LEONARD
IPC: B66B1/20
Filed: 1982-05-06
Abstract: The number of persons in a building, or an area of the building is monitored, for example by counting the number of persons passing through the entrance (6) and exit (7). The number of persons present (counter 12) is used to control one or more services, such as (as shown) an air conditioning system where an air mixing valve arrangement (3) controls the rate of fresh air intake, to avoid unnecessary power demands on the system when the building is under- occupied. Examples of other services are ventilation, lighting, and lifts. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2101518-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum forming machine
Inventor: WIGGS CHRISTOPHER CHARLES
IPC: B29C51/18
Filed: 1982-06-04
Abstract: A vacuum forming machine comprises an array of infra-red heaters 10 for heating a sheet 34 of plastics material to be formed. A forming table 16 has a planar surface supporting a baseplate 18 of a mould or pattern block 19 just clear of itself with a peripheral gasket 17 air-tightly sealing the small space between the forming table and the baseplate. A pump 32 is directly connected to an orifice 22 in the forming table 16 by which air can be evacuated from the said small space, and a clamping frame 33 for the sheet of plastics material 34 is interposed between the heaters 10 and the forming table 16. Either the frame 33 or the forming table 16 is movable so that the frame 33 is clear of the baseplate 18 during softening of the plastics sheet 34 but thereafter is in contact with the baseplate 18 so that air can be evacuated from between the plastics sheet 34 and the mould or pattern block 19. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2106636-A (GB)
Title: Protective grid for armoured vehicle windows
Inventor: WIECKHORST HORST
IPC: E06B9/264
Filed: 1982-08-16
Abstract: A protective grid for protecting the windows of armoured vehicles against external attack takes the form of a louvred shutter with the louvres 9 being held in a rigid frame 3 which is in turn pivotally secured to the vehicle at the exterior thereof. The louvres are pivotally journalled in the frame and can be adjusted via a toothed bar which is in turn moved via a slot coupling by means of a lever accessible from inside the vehicle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127477-A (GB)
Title: Lock
Inventor: LIAUO SHIH JEN
IPC: E05B35/04
Filed: 1982-09-22
Abstract: A lock is constructed so as to be opened by a key 13 on which there are ten pins 20 of different lengths and widths adapted to the grooves of the pins 12 inside the lock. A driving axle 10 is forced to move outwardly to drive a lock rod 1 to open the lock when the positions of the grooves of the pins 20, which are different from one another, are aligned with one another using the key 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2136193-A (GB)
Title: Closed cylindrical storage battery
Inventor: YEH CHUN-TSAI
IPC: H01M50/469
Filed: 1983-03-03
Abstract: A closed cylindrical lead acid storage battery comprises in combination: a cylindrical positive grid (1) having an end terminal (10) extending out of the top plate thereof; a cylindrical negative grid (2) with a larger internal diameter covered around the positive grid (1) through a cylindrical separator (3) interposed therebetween; and a hollow cylindrical casing body (5) having a top cover (4) and a bottom cover (6) respectively secured at both ends holding the positive and the negative grid structure (1, 2) therein with the positive end terminal (10) thereof protruding from the top cover (4). After the required electrolyte is filled therein and the cylindrical casing body (5) sealed up thereat, a novel structure of cylindrical storage battery with increased reactive area between the positive and negative grids (1, 2) is accomplished accordingly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2138513-A (GB)
Title: Screw pumps or conveyors
Inventor: WILSON REGINALD ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: B65G33/32
Filed: 1983-04-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to a screw pump or screw conveyor of the kind which has a screw assembly which extends along a trough which in use is inclined to the horizontal and along which material to be lifted or conveyed will in use be moved by the screw assembly. The screw assembly is supported at its upper and lower ends respectively by an upper bearing assembly and a lower bearing assembly and in accordance with the present invention and as shown in the accompanying drawings the lower bearing assembly has a housing 10 which is supported in a bracket 11 by means of a pair of trunnions (12 and 13 Fig. 2). The bracket is itself pivotally mounted on a base 14 so as to be pivotable relative thereto about an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of said trunnions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141007-A (GB)
Title: Demodulator logic for frequency shift keyed signals
Inventor: VANCE IAN ALISTAIR WARD
IPC: H04L27/14
Filed: 1983-06-02
Abstract: A demodulator logic for FSK signals on an RF carrier in a direct conversion radio receiver, wherein the received signals are mixed with a local oscillator to provide quadrature baseband signals, characterized in that the demodulator logic comprises two clocked D-type flip-flops, FF1,FF2 one baseband signal being applied direct to the clock input CK of one flip-flop and inverted to the clock input CK of the other flip-flop, the second baseband signal being applied to the D inputs of both flip-flops, one input Q from one flip-flop being algebraically combined with one output  &upbar& Q from the other flip-flop to provide a demodulator signal output of the receiver, the two flip-flop outputs being chosen so that for a given FSK value they always have the same logic value.
Patent GB-2127188-A (GB)
Title: Software/hardware integration control system
Inventor: VOS HENRY JONGE
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 1983-06-07
Abstract: The system (ICS) provides an automatic method for formatting a machine independent program written in a high level language to run on a prototype processor system without a detailed knowledge of the assembler, the linker and the language interface requirements. ICS provides a list of the items you need to specify in order to configure a program to a prototype processor system-everything from the name of your compiled high level language object program to the address where the program begins execution. Based on the entries, ICS generates the configuration object file and linker commands needed to configure your prototype processor system. Because you use ICS's high-level language directives, you can describe the prototype processor system more quickly and with fewer errors. And ICS checks the validity of your statements, thus saving you from errors that would not be caught until later. Finally, the ICS generated configuration file and linker commands are combined with the high level language object program and the language run-time support library to generate an executable load module. This module may then in turn be utilized to burn the necessary PROMs for the prototype processor system.
Patent GB-2148418-A (GB)
Title: Differential gear
Inventor: SHANKS GEORGE
IPC: F16H48/10
Filed: 1983-10-25
Abstract: A differential gear for a land vehicle final drive, comprises two mutually oppositely disposed epicyclic gear trains, the planet carriers of which are mutually joined to define a hollow cylindrical body 16 housing the gear trains and forming a drive input, the respective planet gears 19, 19A being drivingly inter-connected by first mutually meshed gears 23, 24, and the respective annular gears being drivingly inter-connected by second mutually meshed gears 25, 26, whereby with said single carrier held stationary, the sun wheels 17, 18 can turn in one to one ratio and in mutually opposite directions being drivingly inter-connected by the first and second mutually meshed gears. Thus, with positive road wheel loads on the sun wheels and with the single carrier as a drive input, drive is transmitted to the sun wheels simultaneously with the possibility that either one of the sun wheels may reduce speed with a simultaneous and equal increase in speed of the other so providing for differential action. In the event that positive traction is lost at one wheel, the one to one ratio between the off-side and near-side is no longer controlled or constrained by normal road wheel behaviour, and the first and second mutually meshed gears lock against any tendency to vary the one to one ratio mentioned and positive drive is transmitted to the other road wheel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135881-A (GB)
Title: Method and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting or reducing gastrointestinal side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Inventor: CESERANI ROBERTO
IPC: A61K31/557
Filed: 1984-01-31
Abstract: Gastrointestinal side effects in mammals during treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are inhibited or reduced by administering concomitantly or simultaneously a NSAID and a gastrointestinal side-effect-inhibiting or reducing dose of an optically active or racemic prostaglandin or prostacyclin derivative of general formula (I> <IMAGE>  wherein   a) @, X and W represent, respectively, the C8-C12 substituted monocyclic or C6-C12 substituted bicyclic moiety and the  alpha - and the  omega - chain of the compounds disclosed in any one of the following patent documents: GB 1,425,961; GB 1,493,557; GB 1,420,338; GB 1,514,542; GB 1,483,880; GB 1,498,105; GB 1,531,567; BE 843,420; GB 1,583,263; GB 1,599,820; GB-B 2,009,145; GB-B 2,086,373; GB-B 2,805872; GB-B 2,013,661 and GB-B 2,025,972, and the pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof; or b) the meanings of @, X and W are such that the general formula (I) encompasses a compound selected from the group consisting of: PGE1; PGE1,  alpha -cyclodextrin clathrate; PGE2,  beta -cyclodextrin clathrate; (17S)-17, 20-dimethyl-trans- DELTA <2>-PGE1; 16,16-dimethyl-trans- DELTA <2>-PGE1, methylester; 15(R)-15-methyl-PGE2; (+) (16 RS)-15-deoxy-16-hydroxy-16-methyl-PGE1, methylester; 11-deoxy-11 alpha , 16,16-trimethyl-PGE2; (+)-11 alpha , 16 alpha , beta -dihydroxy-1,9-dioxo-1-(hydroxymethyl)-16-methyl-13-trans-prostene; (+)-4,5-didehydro-16-phenoxy- omega -tetranor-PGE2, methylester; 16,16-dimethyl-PGE2; 4,5,6-trinor-3,7-inter-m-phenylene-3-oxa-PGE1; 11-deoxy-15 epsilon -methyl-PGE1; 19 beta -hydroxy-PGE1; 6 beta -PGI1; 16-phenoxy- omega -tetranor-6 beta -PGI1; 16-m-CF3-phenoxy- omega -tetranor-6 beta -PGI1 and 16-methyl-20-methoxy-PGE2 and, when appropriate, the pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof.
Patent GB-2159572-A (GB)
Title: Improved ball and socket joint
Inventor: SPEICH GERALD ANTHONY
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 1984-05-25
Abstract: A ball and socket joint comprises a ball 10 fixed substantially central of a circular aperture on a radial pin 11, said ball co-acting with a part spherical cavity 152 in a truncated dichotomized spherical termination of a rod like member 14 to provide condyloid movement of said member within said aperture. Such a joint produces condyloid movement, that is to say spheroidal movement without rotation on axis XX1 and is particularly applicable to the automotive and robotic industries to provide, for instance, a flexible coupling between two shafts or an articulation in a robot arm. It is quick and simple to assemble and disassemble, requiring no special tools. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142424-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for gasifying combustible material, e.g. straw
Inventor: HANSEN ERIK EBBEN
IPC: F23G7/10
Filed: 1984-06-12
Abstract: A helical conveyor 2 introduces straw, forming a plug 13 at the delivery end, where a cutter 6 produces fluffy and comminuted straw 14. A duct 17 introduces gasification air (arrows L) from a blower 1 into the calcination and gasification zone Z. The gas produced (arrows G) is conveyed to a burner 11. A stone filter material 22 is kept in circulation by means of push bars 23 moving it upwards and a screw conveyor 24, which and are connected by means of free fall sections 25,26. In or on the stone material 22 the straw 14 encounters the gasification air (arrows L) giving rise to the formation of the calcination and gasification zone Z. The ash formed is blown off the stone material in the conveyor 24 by means of the gasification air and is accumulated at the upstream end (reckoned in the flow direction of the gasification air) of the zone Z, whence it is removed by the helical conveyor 9. Wood chips or coal dust can be similarly gasified. <IMAGE>