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Patent GB-2125610-A (GB)
Title: Containers for use in the contained dumping of radioactive waste
Inventor: CLARKE GORDON HUGH
IPC: G21F9/36
Filed: 1982-08-04
Abstract: A container for holding radioactive waste that is to be disposed of by contained dumping comprises a steel outer vessel (10) provided with lifting and securing attachments (11) and with a re-inforced concrete lining (12) surface finished to produce a key (13) for infill cast concrete. The container can be filled with products resulting from the de-commissioning of a nuclear reactor and an in-fill of concrete is cast over this material so that a monolithic block is formed keyed to the concrete lining (12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2108440-A (GB)
Title: Tyre crown reinforcements
Inventor: HUININK HEINRICH
IPC: B60C9/18
Filed: 1982-09-06
Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tyre has a crow-reinforcing belt comprised of two cross-laid cord plies (7, 8), and cord fabric strips (11, 12) arranged closely above and below the ply edges. The cords (14) of each strip are inclined to the circumferential direction of the tyre so as to cross the cords (9) of the adjacent ply (7, 8), with the cords (14) of one strip (11) crossing those of the other strip (12). The cords of the plies (7, 8) may be of steel and those of the strips (11, 12) of heat-shrinkable textile. Angle b may be less than angle a, and ply (7) may be wider than ply (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2109318-A (GB)
Title: Quick release straps for cycle pedals
Inventor: MOSCA GINO
IPC: B62M3/08
Filed: 1982-09-13
Abstract: The strap 8 is attached via a recessed portion 6 to a spherical member 12 on the pedal 2 so that outward movement of the foot disengages the strap from the pedal by a "pop" action. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112690-A (GB)
Title: Cut and clench device, and method
Inventor: HOPP JOSEPH S
IPC: B26D7/27
Filed: 1982-12-21
Abstract: A device for cutting a helically wound wire (40) and forming a loop at the cut end, comprises a guiding-positioning member (96) for restraining relative movement of the helical for cutting and forming a loop on the end of the helical, and shearing-clenching member (88) movable relative to the guiding-positioning member between a rest position and cutting and clenching positions. When moved from the rest position (Fig. 7a) to the cutting position (Fig. 7b), a first shearing surface 140 on the shearing-clenching member and a mating second shearing surface 129 on a cutting channel 128 of the guiding-positioning member cooperate to shear the helical. As the shearing-clenching member continues in a single motion between the cutting and clenching positions, an abutment surface 138 on the shearing-clenching member engages one of the sheared ends of the helical and cooperates with an edge 170 on a retaining channel 126 of the member 96 to form a residual loop (Figs. 7c, 7d). The device and method are particularly suited for the automated cutting and finishing of helicals in the manufacture of bedspring assemblies. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119576-A (GB)
Title: Mounting of electrical devices
Inventor: LATHAM FRANK
IPC: H02B1/20
Filed: 1983-04-27
Abstract: Circuit-breakers or like devices are mounted on a mounting rail which may be a DIN rail and connected to a bus-bar 10 by means of a projection 13 which projects outwardly from the main body of the circuit-breaker. The projection 13 has a contact surface 14 engaging a tab 20 of the busbar 10 and the engaging surfaces may be inclined at an angle of 0 to 98 DEG  relative to the plane of the underside of the body. The circuit-breakers may be mounted and dismounted without displacing the bus-bar. Three parallel bus-bars for a 3-phase system may be provided for connection to circuit- breakers on a common rail.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127058-A (GB)
Title: Panel support of a curtain wall
Inventor: KAMINAGA HIROMITSU
IPC: E04B2/90
Filed: 1983-08-02
Abstract: A panel support of a curtain wall of the type securing a panel 24 by holding its edges in four-sided, continuous and inside-facing grooves 19 constructed by providing a groove 19 on one side of each of the section members 1 which form vertical and horizontal frame members of a four- sided frame with a seal 16 positioned between the groove-forming side of the section members and the panel 24, and with a space 23 formed along and all around the edges of the panel. The improvement comprises forming the groove 19 on one side of each of the section members 1 by the section member 1, a thermal insulating connecting member 12 and a holding member 13 by fixing the holding member 13 to the one side of each of the section members 1 with the connecting member 12 held therebetween, pressing a portion 11 of each connecting member on the seal, and providing openings 27, 29 at least in the holding members 13 positioned on the horizontal frame members allowing the space 23 to communicate with the air. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2135911-A (GB)
Title: A device for feeding sheets to packing machines
Inventor: NERI BRUNO
IPC: B65H7/18
Filed: 1984-01-19
Abstract: A device is provided for feeding sheets F of wrapping material sequentially from a stack of sheets PF to a packing machine (not shown) which operates in a discontinuous manner at consecutive cycles and in which the feeding of the sheet is automatically inhibited for every cycle in which the object to be wrapped is absent or rejected. The device comprises a take-up mechanism such as a suction sector 85 which takes up sheets one after the other from said stack, a glueing device 69 for receiving said sheets one by one, at least one electric stepping motor 81,94,74 for driving said take-up mechanism and glueing device, and a programmable electronic circuit (not shown) for controlling said stepping motor(s) so that said sheets are fed in synchronism with the cyclic motion of the packing machine, said circuit including means for varying the parameters of drive (e.g. speed, acceleration) of said stepping motor(s) and means for receiving an input signal indicative of an absent or rejected object so as to stop the motor(s). Alternatively, the glue may be applied from nozzles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154411-A (GB)
Title: A shell-fish trap
Inventor: HAMREN GUN
IPC: A01K69/10
Filed: 1984-02-21
Abstract: A collapsible trap especially for shell-fish comprises a top plate (11), a bottom plate (12), netting walls (14) and distance members (13) extending between said plates. The top and bottom plates are each designed as a regular polygon with said distance members (13) arranged at the corners of the polygons. The plates (11, 12) are turnable with respect to each other a distance corresponding to the length of a polygon side at which said distance members (13) are brought from a position substantially perpendicular to the plates (11, 12), which in this position are spaced from each other to a position substantially in parallel with said plates, which in this position are brought close to each other. The trap can be provided with as many entrance openings (24) as sides in the polygon. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150205-A (GB)
Title: Worm driven band clamp
Inventor: KOUYAMA SUMIHIRO
IPC: F16L33/08
Filed: 1984-05-14
Abstract: A band clamp has slots 32 cut in one end of the band and a housing 41 containing a screw 51 anchored at the other so that its threads 53 can engage the slots 32 to tighten the band. The housing 41 is held on the band with the underside 43a of its saddle held between projections 33, 34 formed in the end of the band which also has a hole 35 through which the screw threads engage slots 32. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144355-A (GB)
Title: Machine for grinding camshafts
Inventor: HEERDT LUTZ-PETER
IPC: B24B19/12
Filed: 1984-08-01
Abstract: A grinding machine of the type shown in Figure 1 (Prior Art) which treats the cams 17 of a camshaft 52 by means of one of more grinding wheels, comprises a work spindle 18 supported by a pivotally mounted holder 11 which can be pivoted towards or away from a grinding wheel (not shown) by means of a master cam follower, in accordance with the cam profile. According to the invention, the spindle 18' (Figure 3) carries a clutch 20, 23 which is engageable to connect the work spindle with a set of master cams 15' or with the camshaft (not shown). The set of master cams 15' or the camshaft is held in a preselected angular position by a detent mechanism when the clutch is disengaged in response to movement of the work holder 11' away from the grinding wheel holder (not shown) so that the angular position of the set of master cams can be changed relative to the camshaft or vice versa in order to enable a single master cam to control the grinding of all identical cams on the camshaft. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165948-A (GB)
Title: Gas or vapour monitor
Inventor: LACH VIAN HAMILTON
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 1984-10-23
Abstract: A gas or vapour (e.g. Formaldehyde) monitor senses gas at vapour concentration together with temperature and humidity. By comparison with the known lethal effect of formaldehyde at particular levels of humidity, a fumigation process can be controlled automatically to produce a desired reduction in micro- organism population. Excess usage of formaldehyde can thereby be avoided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2167806-A (GB)
Title: Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: BOSTOCK PHILIP GEOFFREY
IPC: F02B37/12
Filed: 1984-11-30
Abstract: A wastegate valve 32 or a variable geometry turbine housing system is controlled partly by a control signal related to the pressure in the intake manifold 10 and partly by a control signal related to the pressure in the exhaust manifold 14. The two signals act on the wastegate valve in opposite senses, with increasing intake manifold pressure tending to open the valve and increasing exhaust manifold pressure tending to close the valve. The arrangement is particularly useful for larger diesel engines where the exhaust manifold is split. The wastegate can be fitted in one exhaust manifold 12, while the control signal is taken from the other manifold 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153010-A (GB)
Title: Pressurised dispensing container
Inventor: PAMPER VIKTOR
IPC: B05B11/02
Filed: 1985-01-04
Abstract: A container 1 is refillable with flowable material 8 and compressed air and is connected to an assembly head 6 by a pipe nipple 9. A lock valve 2, nozzle 3 and spring-loaded actuating key 5 are arranged in the assembly head. In filling or refilling the container 1 (Figs. 4, 5, not shown), a specified amount of flowable material is injected first, followed by air until a predetermined pressure is attained. 
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Patent GB-2169277-A (GB)
Title: Deterrent coating of propellants
Inventor: BOLINDER BOO
IPC: F42B5/196
Filed: 1985-01-08
Abstract: The invention relates to a general method of producing progressively burning deterrent-coated powder, more particularly propellant powder for weapons having barrels. According to the method a film-forming, preferably polymerizable deterrent substance is fed to the powder loosely or dispersed in a liquid phase which is thereafter driven off. The invention also relates to a method of giving a deterrent coating to granular powder or powder cut up in to short pieces (so-called tubular powder) in a fluidized bed. Finally, the invention relates to a special deterrent substance in the form of a water-dispersable polyurethane built up on an aliphatic isocyanate and a caprolactone polyester.
Patent GB-2154270-A (GB)
Title: Glazing
Inventor: DARBY CHRISTOPHER MARK
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1985-02-08
Abstract: A flexible extruded silicone strip 20 which has a body 21 which caps a glazing bar of a patent glazing system and an integral extending parts 23 secured by silicone mastic to adjacent panes of glass. The strip is extruded to conform to the cross-sectional profile of the glazing bar. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165612-A (GB)
Title: Nail for footwear and method of making same
Inventor: BARBAGLIA FRANCO
IPC: F16B15/00
Filed: 1985-08-15
Abstract: A nail for footwear, the nail having a shank (2) with a cylindrical part (3) extending from a head (1) to approximately half way down the nail and this is followed by a part (4) of polygonal section, preferably square, the shank terminating in a pyramidal point (5). A method of making the nail comprises gripping wire between two dies to form the cylindrical and polygonal-section parts (3, 4), punching the projecting part of the wire to form the head (1), and cutting the wire by means of a further die to form the point (5). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166816-A (GB)
Title: Transmission lubrication
Inventor: OKUBO KIYOKAZU
IPC: F16H57/04
Filed: 1985-10-09
Abstract: An oil feeder system in a vehicular transmission having a multi-speed main gear train portion (36) with an input shaft (38) and an output shaft (39) and a sub speed gear train (37) for ultra-low speed with shorter shafts (50, 31) mounted in a smaller, restricted portion of the transmission case (33). A longitudinal hole is formed in each shaft from one end, terminating short of the other end, and transverse holes extend therefrom for lubricating components mounted on the shafts. Oil sumps 67 are formed in the transmission case at the end of each shaft at the longitudinal hole and a recess is formed above each sump for receiving oil. An oil collector in the form of a trough or a plate 79 with a funnel collects and directs spattered oil from the case walls into the recess to provide oil to the shafts. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166649-A (GB)
Title: A displaceable telescopic tripod
Inventor: ZELLI SANTE
IPC: F16M11/28
Filed: 1985-10-09
Abstract: A displaceable telescopic tripod for lighting installations, such as for use in movie picture shooting comprising in combination telescopic elements 2 operated by double chain 27, 28 elevation and stiffening means, trolley means connected to a central element 6 of said tripod by parallelogram means 15, 16, 21 having a variable geometry, control and fastening means 19 slidably arranged on said central element 6 for controlling and fastening the position of said trolley means, drive 5 and transmission 29, 30 means provided for said double chain means and arranged respectively on the upper and lower end of said central element, and storage and guide means 10, 8 for said double chain means, said storage and guide means 10, 8 being parallel and external with respect to said central element 6. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165610-A (GB)
Title: Tensioning device
Inventor: HARRIES GWYNFOR MAPLE
IPC: B25B25/00
Filed: 1985-10-11
Abstract: A tensioning device for flexible netting or fencing comprises two elongated bars, (10, 11) pivotedly coupled together top and bottom (14, 16) and capable of being supported at one end (14, 15) to allow the clamp to be placed over the fence, arms (23, 25) for pivoting the two bars together to grip the fence and to connecting chain (24) attached to one of the arms which exerts the necessary clamping force and also tenses the fence. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168972-A (GB)
Title: Cephalosporin antibiotics
Inventor: FOXTON MICHAEL WALTER
IPC: A61K31/545
Filed: 1985-11-01
Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I'> <IMAGE>  (wherein Y<1> represents an acetoxy group, a group of formula -O.CO.NHR<1> wherein R<1> represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group optionally substituted by one to three halogen atoms or the group -O.CO.NHR<2> where R<2> is an N-protecting group;     B is -S- or -SO- (???- or ???-);     R<3> represents hydrogen or a carboxyl blocking group; and R<4> is an amino or protected amino group) and salts thereof are disclosed. Processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise as active ingredient one or more cephalosporin antibiotics of general formula (I') are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2168192-A (GB)
Title: Gas cooled nuclear reactors
Inventor: WILKIE DAVIDE
IPC: G21C3/12
Filed: 1985-11-22
Abstract: The graphite sleeves of a fuel stringer (10) of a gas cooled nuclear reactor are formed with a rib/groove profile (32) on their external surfaces in order to increase the resistance of flow through an annular passage between the stringer (10) and the seal bore (18) of a channel (16) during raising or lowering of the fuel stringer from or into the reactor core. The ribbing may extend around or along the sleeve or may extend helically about each sleeve in multi- start fashion and may have an asymmetric profile so that the resistance to coolant flow is less when the stringer is in situ in the reactor core than when the stringer is being raised or lowered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183458-A (GB)
Title: An automatic noodle-cooking/washing machine driven by air pressure cylinders
Inventor: WANG WEN-YUAN
IPC: A21B5/06
Filed: 1985-12-05
Abstract: The present invention is to offer an automatic noodle-cooking/washing machine driven by air pressure cylinders for cooking and washing the oily noodle in general or noodle with soup, comprising five water tank troughs (21 to 25) arrayed in a straight line, wherein two of these water tank troughs (21, 22) are placed on a stove (3) to be pan troughs and three thereof are installed on the sides of the stove to be cooling/washing troughs, there is a water tank in each of these troughs and each water tank can be dumped movably into the adjoining water tank through the up-and-down expansion and contraction of a piston rod shaft in the air pressure cylinder, and the first water tank is dumped into the adjoining one water tank and then in turn up to the fifth one, so in such a process, the time is controlled by an electric loop system and the action of air pressure cylinder is controlled by an air pressure loop system in order to first cook and then cool and wash the said noodle which can be well cooked and cooled in a very short time, and to save manpower, equipment and time and to further lower cost without adding borax to the said noodle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168131-A (GB)
Title: Lockable drive mechanism
Inventor: ELLIS ALAN ELGAR HERBERT
IPC: F16K35/06
Filed: 1986-01-14
Abstract: A drive mechanism for a valve turning member, which can be locked at either one of the two extreme settings of the valve. The lock mechanism main body (18) is adapted to be secured to the valve turning member (12) and carries a ring (19) which engages the valve so as to be restrained against rotation when the main body is turned. Lock members (30) are mounted in the main body (18) for engagement in recesses (25) in the ring (19), the lock members being operable only by individual keys (39). The arrangement is such that a key may be removed from the main body (18) only when the associated lock member is in the locked position, and the lock member may be moved to that position only when the valve is at an extreme setting.
Patent GB-2172480-A (GB)
Title: Electrode configuration for a high voltage electric boiler
Inventor: DIEDRICK CURTIS JOSEPH
IPC: F22B1/30
Filed: 1986-02-28
Abstract: Use of a unique combination of jet (6) formation, and spacing of high voltage electrodes minimizes jet disintegration and subsequent flashover between boiler jet feedwater header (4, 37) and high voltage jet receiving electrode (10). The invention avoids flashover caused by intersecting or colliding vertically disposed jets. Jet collision (41) produces disintegration or "splashing" of generally cylindrical jets (6) at critical portions adjacent to the high voltage receiving and flow channeling electrode (10). Units constructed utilizing the disclosed configuration provide reduced boiler flashover at normal voltages and extension of operating range to substantially high voltages. Preferably the ratio of header to electrode spacing 48 to nozzle length 9 is less than 1.88 and the set contacting surface of electrode 10 has edges (17, fig. 4) which cooperate to channel the water flow. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172385-A (GB)
Title: Extraction duct for the disposal of exhaust gases in a tunnel
Inventor: FLEISCHER HORST
IPC: B08B15/00
Filed: 1986-03-11
Abstract: An extraction duct 7 for the disposal of exhaust gases in the driving section of a tunnel, has the exhaust gases from a vehicle 2 conducted to it via a transfer pipe 12 having a shuttle-shaped cross-section. The transfer pipe slides through a pair of sealing lips which seal a longitudinal channel on the underside of the extraction duct. To reduce the frictional force between the sealing lips and transfer pipe, the sealing lips have a non-rigid and flexible design. The ends of the sealing lips may be held together magnetically by embedded magnetic strips. Alternatively, the sealing lips are designed in the contact area in the form of a hollow section which has sufficient dimensional stability to span the longitudinal channel, but which can be easily compressed by the transfer pipe sliding through the lips. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173783-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic substrate material
Inventor: MEEK THOMAS THORNTON
IPC: C03C14/00
Filed: 1986-03-18
Abstract: A fracture-resistant, fiber-reinforced ceramic substrate is produced by a method which involves preparing a ceramic precursor mixture comprising glass or ceramic material, a coupling agent, and resilient ceramic fibers, and then exposing the mixture to microwave energy. The microwave field orients the fibers in the resulting ceramic material in a desired pattern wherein heat later generated in or on the substrate can be dissipated in a desired geometric pattern parallel to the fiber pattern. Additionally, the shunt capacitance of the ceramic substrate is lower which provides for a quicker transit time for electronic pulses in any conducting pathway etched into the ceramic substrate.
Patent GB-2174673-A (GB)
Title: Paint brush holder
Inventor: THEAKER ALAN DONALD
IPC: B44D3/12
Filed: 1986-04-22
Abstract: A paint brush holder comprises a clip A for clipping the holder to the rim of a paint container and an element B, attached to the clip, for holding the paint brush in a rest position. The lowermost edge of the element B can act as a brush scraper to remove excess paint. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177017-A (GB)
Title: Fluid separation device
Inventor: RAYBOULD MARCUS WILLIAM
IPC: B01D19/00
Filed: 1986-06-06
Abstract: A fluid separation device especially for reservoir crude oil comprises at least two interconnected fluid separation vessels, each adapted to operate at a different superatmospheric pressure, wherein one of the vessels is at least partially contained within the or one of the other vessels, wherein the outermost vessel is adapted to operate at a pressure higher than that of the or at least one of the vessels at least partially within it, and wherein means are provided between the or two of the separation vessels for reducing substantially the pressure of the fluid being separated. The device is suitably made of concrete and operation under water is preferred. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179322-A (GB)
Title: Industrial robot for handling workpieces and tools
Inventor: GREUEL ARMIN
IPC: B25J9/02
Filed: 1986-07-18
Abstract: An industrial robot for handling workpieces and tools consists of gantry beams (2) mounted on supports (1) on opposite sides of a rectangular working area, the beams (2) being spanned by a crossbeam (4) provided with carriages (3) received for movement along the beams (2). The gantry beams (2) are relatively short and the crossbeam (4) relatively long. A gantry carriage (5) moves along the crossbeam. A lifting device (6) and a grip (7) are mounted on the gantry carriage (5). A limiting arrangement is provided to maintain equal rates of movement of the carriages (3) along the gantry beams (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2199639-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow control device
Inventor: SMITH LESLIE ARTHUR DAVID
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 1986-12-29
Abstract: A connector for high pressure fluid conduits, such as fire hoses, has a chamber (10) with an inlet (4) and outlet (6) and between them a resilient ring (18), having an outer diameter close to the width of the chamber, on a dished support (14). The ring has a generally rectangular section except for a chamfer (24) on the inner upstream edge. The support has a central flow passage (16) aligned with the central passage (20) in the ring and carries two intersecting trapezoidal fins (22) projecting through the ring. When connected to a complementary coupling, the inlet and outlet bores of the connector correspond to the diameter of the chamfered portion of the ring. The device controls transient pressure peaks by deformation of the resilient ring without excessive reduction in flow.