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Patent GB-2003254-A (GB)
Title: A deformable member for a motor vehicle
IPC: B62D1/11
Filed: 1978-08-18
Abstract: A deformable tubular member (1) for the steering assembly of a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of longitudinally arranged zones (A & B) each having openings (4, 5,) therein. The openings of the zone (A) are of different dimensions to the openings of the zone (B) so that deformations of the respective zones occurs at different deformation forces. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2003244-A (GB)
Title: Pipe couplings
IPC: F16L19/028
Filed: 1978-08-30
Abstract: A pipe coupling comprising interfitting male and female parts joined by non-metallic adhesive material between their mating surfaces. The coupling may be for hydraulic pipes and additionally or alternatively one of the joined members may be provided with reservoirs in the form of grooves 12 for the liquid adhesive. When employed in a hydraulic system the coupling allows pressures in the range 200-3000 p.s.i. to be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2004949-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine carburettor
IPC: F02M31/087
Filed: 1978-09-06
Abstract: A mixing chamber 14 is limited, downstream, by an operator operable mixture throttle valve 18 and, upstream, by an air throttle valve. The mixture throttle valve 18 is a tube movable along its axis to vary the cross-sectional area of channels into which a delivery pipe 12 is divided by a partition 64. The channel 66 is of small cross-sectional area in relation to that of the delivery pipe 12 and bounds a chamber 68 which receives exhaust gases from the engine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2004621-A (GB)
Title: Resilient engine mounting
IPC: F16F1/54
Filed: 1978-09-21
Abstract: A resilient engine mounting for a vehicle has metal components 1, 2 interconnected by at least one deformable component 3a formed of highly elastic elastomeric material to isolate the vibrations of one of the metal components from the other metal component(s) and at least one further deformable component 4a of a rubber-like composition having a high damping property for suppressing lower frequency vibrations, for example those arising due to road shocks experienced by the vehicle in motion. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2007824-A (GB)
Title: Target-illuminating arrangement
IPC: F41J11/00
Filed: 1978-10-23
Abstract: A lighting arrangement for illuminating a target 4 which is positioned in a target pit 6 and is preferably arranged to be raised or lowered by a lifting device 5 comprises an elongate enclosure 1 arranged adjacent the upper part 6a of the target pit 6. The enclosure 1 incorporates a number of lamps 2 normally corresponding to the number of targets 4, and is provided with a number of holes 8 through which beams 3 from the lamps 2 pass to illuminate the target or targets 4. Each hole 8 may be closed by a protective cover associated with enclosure 1 when not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2037124-A (GB)
Title: Dialling indicator
IPC: H04M1/56
Filed: 1978-11-28
Abstract: A dialling indicator for a telephone set includes a counter 3 to count in binary notation pulses corresponding in number to a digit of a number being dialled. The pulses from the counter 3 are passed through an AND gate 6 to a code device 5 which converts the pulses into Arabic numerals. The pulses are then passed to appropriate relays of a relay device 8, and then the number of the pulses is displayed on a display device 11. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2012800-A (GB)
Title: Scintillator Structure
IPC: G01T1/202
Filed: 1978-12-07
Abstract: Scintillator structures are disclosed in which the phosphor is embedded or suspended in an optically transparent matrix which is selected or adjusted to have an index of refraction which is approximately equal to that of the phosphor embedded therein at the wavelength of the light emitted by the phosphor. The matrix may be glass, copoly 2- vinyl naphthalene/vinyl toluene or a liquid e.g. Br-naphthalene and optionally CH3I, the ratio of components being adjusted to give the desired refractive index. The polymer may be made in situ or a mixture of phosphor and polymer formed e.g. by freeze drying a solution and pulverizing, and then heating. Specified dyes may be used for converting the emitted light to other wavelengths. The phosphors may be Ba/Caf, K/CsI, Zn2SiO4, BaFCl+Eu or Mg2GeO4+Mn.
Patent GB-2013531-A (GB)
Title: Producing Case-Hardened Gears
IPC: B23P15/14
Filed: 1979-01-23
Abstract: Case-hardened gears for use in gearboxes transmitting large torques are produced by rough forming tooth gaps in a workpiece carburising the workpiece, finish hobbing the tooth flanks of the workpiece, locally heating the tooth surfaces of the workpiece, and tempering the workpiece. Distortion carburising associated with the is removed by finish hobbing after carburising but before hardening the case. Any minor distortions produced by the hardening and tempering may be removed by very light final grinding.
Patent GB-2047795-A (GB)
Title: Acceleration pump of a fuel injection carburettor
IPC: F02M69/04
Filed: 1979-03-20
Abstract: The pump 21 operated with the throttle valve 81 is supplied with fuel from the return line 34 of the valve 33 which provides a predetermined pressure supply to the main fuel metering valve 3. The valve 3 is positioned by an air flow measuring plate 6 and the pressure drop across the valve is maintained constant by a unit 4. A collapsible bellows (38), Fig. 3 (not shown), may be provided in the pump operating linkage so that the piston is only operateed at higher rates of throttle valve opening. Fuel may be circulated through the pumping chamber (14), Fig. 4 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2019705-A (GB)
Title: A centrifugal spreader
IPC: A01C17/00
Filed: 1979-04-30
Abstract: A centrifugal spreader for spreading material particularly fertilisers comprises a storage container (1) having two outlet hoppers (13) provided with respective flat bottom plates (8). The spreader also comprises two projecting discs (9), drivable in mutually opposite rotary directions, located below the plates. The bottom plates have outlet openings (7) closable by flow control sliders (16) which are located below the plates and are adjustable as to their degree of opening; the bottom plates being releasably connected to the outlet hoppers and a non-corrosive material being provided at contact faces between the bottom plates and the flow control sllders. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2025613-A (GB)
Title: Process for assessing the state of surface oxidation of keratin fibres
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 1979-07-11
Abstract: A process for assessing the state of surface oxidation of keratin fiber(s), especially human hair, which results following treatment with, inter alia, peroxides and bromates. This process involves applying a porous support to the wet fiber(s) to be assessed, which support has previously been impregnated with an oxidation indicator which is a solution of iodide ions, the normality of which is from 0.2 N to 10 N, the solution also containing from 20 g/liter to 200 g/liter of solubilized starch in a buffered acid medium, and, while the porous support is in contact with the fiber(s), applying to the support a solution of a strong acid, as developer, and subsequently removing the support and examining whether or not there has been a change in the initial coloration of the support.
Patent GB-2033569-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger
IPC: D06F58/20
Filed: 1979-08-01
Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a plurality of elongate tubes (1) of generally rectangular cross-section through which ambient air can pass, the tubes (1) being spaced apart laterally to define therebetween spaces (10) of generally rectangular section through which air from a heating source may pass across the major surfaces (5) of the tubes. Adjacent tubes are preferably spaced apart by outwardly facing channel- section members (2), one located at each end of the tubes, which define ends of the spaces between adjacent tubes. The major surface of each tube may be generally trapezoidal in shape, the included angle of two sides of the trapezium being preferably 30 DEG . <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2028656-A (GB)
Title: Benzamidoalkyl mercaptans
IPC: B60G3/28
Filed: 1979-08-08
Abstract: Benzamidoalkyl mercaptans having the formula:   <IMAGE> wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom or a lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy, amino, carboxy or trifluoromethyl group, and alk represents a straight or branched divalent alkylene radical of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and n is 1 to 3 are used as mucolytic agents in combating lung mucus.
Patent GB-2034923-A (GB)
Title: Position memory device
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 1979-10-09
Abstract: A position memory device for a reclining seat for memorizing tilted positions of a seat back (11) comprises a memory wheel (15) adapted to be rotated with movements of the seat back (11), a reset cam (15b) integrally formed with the memory wheel, a reset lever (8) urging the reset cam so as to rotate the memory wheel and two memory switches (6, 7) adapted to engage respective ends of a recessed portion (15a) of the memory wheel to memorize a position of the seat back when the memory wheel is rotated by the reset lever, thereby improving the accuracy of the returned positions of the seat back and decreasing operative forces of the reset lever. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2062922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to coin-operated or coin-freed gaming or amusement machines
IPC: G07F17/34
Filed: 1979-10-27
Abstract: A fruit machine is provided with the usual drums (3) which can be spun to stop randomly with various symbol combinations showing on a win line (4). It further has a 'nudge' feature occasionally available by which each drum can be indexed forwards or backwards to bring different symbols onto the line. A separate panel indicator (8) has a column of symbols (9) for each drum, with means for illuminating the symbols in succession down each column. When a particular nudge feature is available the time allowed for nudging is determined by the preferably accelerating advance of the illumination through the associated column. The feature may be accompanied by a pulsing tone, increasing in frequency with the illumination advance. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2065251-A (GB)
Title: Brake pressure proportioning valves
IPC: B60T8/26
Filed: 1979-12-14
Abstract: A proportioning valve comprises a ball 21 in a hollow piston 12 with connections 32 to a master cylinder and 33 to the brakes. A piston 22 holds the valve 21 open until piston 12 has moved sufficiently to the right under increasing fluid pressure. The pressure at which this occurs can be changed by closing an electrically operated valve 27, so preventing further build up of pressure on face 24 of piston 22. The valve 27 is controlled in response to axle load, detected by a load cell or portion transducer 29, and a portion transducer 31 responsive to movement of the piston 12, i.e. to master cylinder pressure. The transducer 29 could be replaced by a vehicle decelerometer either inertia sensitive, or responsive to changes in wheel speed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2048037-A (GB)
Title: Containers for Mushroom Cultivation
IPC: A01G1/04
Filed: 1980-01-22
Abstract: The passage of microbes and bacteria into a container for cultivating mushrooms is prevented by a filter element 30 of plastics film material permeable to gas and supported on an inner flat apertured cover 20 adapted to snap fit into a peripheral groove 15 in an outer cover 11 of the container. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2068442-A (GB)
Title: Window assembly
IPC: E06B3/67
Filed: 1980-01-29
Abstract: A window assembly having at least two panes of glazing material adapted for mounting in a frame reduces solar heating of a room on hot sunny days and reduces in radiant heat loss in cold weather. Accordingly, means (12, 13, 14, 15) are provided for mounting the panes (2, 3) to the frame (4) so that they are reversible therein as a body. One of said panes (3) has a higher energy absorptivity in respect of solar radiation than the or another pane (2). To one side only of the more absorbent pane (3), at least one pane face which faces another pane of the assembly bears a light-transmitting coating (6) of the material (preferably doped tin oxide) selected to reduce the emissivity of the coated face in respect of infra red radiation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2072119-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette accumulating arrangements in a cigarette production and packaging installation
IPC: A24C5/35
Filed: 1980-03-24
Abstract: A cigarette production and packaging installation, in which a conveyor (12-14) feeds the cigarettes directly from the exit of a forming machine (2) to an inlet hopper (15) of a packaging machine (3), and an auxiliary conveyor unit (4) for cigarette containers (6) communicates at one end with said conveyor (12-14) and at the other end with said inlet hopper (15) and comprises at least one trolley (9) having an upper frame (43) and a lower frame (44) each supporting a plurality of said containers (6) and an inlet-exit station (7) having an upper conveyor (28) and a lower conveyor (27) for said containers (6), and each said frame (43-44) being vertically movable between an upper position disposed above the level of said upper (28) and lower conveyor (27) respectively, and a lower position disposed below the level of said upper (28) and lower conveyor (27) respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2057994-A (GB)
Title: Drivable wheel for a rail vehicle
IPC: B60B17/00
Filed: 1980-08-13
Abstract: The wheel 5 comprises a steel tyre 7 adapted, in use, to engage a rail head 2 of a steel running rail 1, and a second tyre 10 of rubber, or other material capable of transmitting a greater tractive force than steel, adapted, in use, to engage a port head 4 of a steel check rail 3, the second tyre 10 being co-axial with, but laterally spaced from, the steel tyre 7. The invention also includes a rail vehicle system including a rail vehicle or bogie incorporating a drivable wheel as defined above and pairs of running rails and check rails. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2073228-A (GB)
Title: Viscosifier and Fluid Loss Control System for Use in Drilling Fluids
IPC: C08K3/22
Filed: 1981-02-12
Abstract: A composition capable of imparting pseudoplasticity and fluid loss control properties to aqueous systems comprises a mixture of:     (a) a hydroxy containing aluminum component, and (b) a reaction product of a polyvinyl alcohol and at least 1 percent of stoichiometry of an aldehyde containing or generating agent; wherein the amount of component (a) to component (b) is in the ratio of at least about 0.75:1. The composition is used in drilling fluids employed in the process of drilling well bore holes.
Patent GB-2073469-A (GB)
Title: Musical instrument strings
IPC: G10D3/10
Filed: 1981-03-10
Abstract: A guitar string 27 comprising a core 41 having a fine cover wire 42 helically wound thereon, said cover wire having a round cross-section over the major proportion of its surface, but having compressed flats 50 at the crown of said wire at the outer surface of said string but not at the inner surface of said cover wire. The flattening is effected by apparatus comprising a first roller 19 having a fixed axis and a second roller 25 mounted on a movable arm, and a controllable air cylinder apparatus 35, 37 connected to said movable arm for urging the second roller towards the first roller. As the string 27 being wound and rotating passes between the two rollers 19, 25 between guides 23, 24, the crown or outer arcuate surface 43 of the helical winding 42 at the outer surface of the string is flattened at 50, resulting in a string which produces less noise when the player slides his fingers along the string to change positions, and which still provides perfect intonation and frequency response. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2087896-A (GB)
Title: Plasmid pUC2 and its microbiological preparation
IPC: C12P19/34
Filed: 1981-04-06
Abstract: The plasmid pUC 2 can be obtained from the microorganism Streptomyces fradiae, NRRL 11444. The plasmid can be used as a cloning vehicle in recombinant DNA work. By way of example, the insulin gene can be inserted into the plasmid and then a suitable host containing the resulting plasmid can be used to produce insulin.
Patent GB-2075537-A (GB)
Title: Derivatized and Thinned Starches
IPC: C08B31/00
Filed: 1981-04-23
Abstract: This invention relates to derivatized and thinned starches which have a degree of substitution in the range from about 0.05 to about 0.4 and an intrinsic viscosity in the range from about 0.12 to about 0.28 deciliters per gram. The starches have the unique property of yielding stable, aqueous dispersions of high solids content (greater than 25% by weight) when graft copolymerized with one or more vinyl monomers. The starch graft copolymers exhibit superior tensile strength and abrasion resistance.
Patent GB-2076141-A (GB)
Title: A Cooling Device for Discrete Electronic Components and/or Circuit Boards on which Components are Mounted
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 1981-04-30
Abstract: The device comprises a hermetically sealed space containing a vapourisable medium, the space being provided by a cooling plate with a cooling flange member (5) attached to the upper portion of the plate, the member being provided with tapering flanges (51-54) and having its interior formed with an upwardly tapering cavity (6). The cooling plate, to which the components to be cooled are attached, comprises two mutually parallel flat walls (1, 2) which contain at least one cavity in the form of channels from the upper portion of the plate to its lower portion, and sealing means (7) for the channels at the lower part of the plate, the lower part of the tapering cavity (6) opening out into the channels. The flanges (51- 54) on one side of the tapering cavity (6) are offset from those on the opposite side whereby flanges on each side can partially engage in spaces between flanges of an adjacent cooling device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2079916-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cleaning trays
IPC: A47L15/39
Filed: 1981-06-23
Abstract: An apparatus for drying trays 1 with side walls, such as are used in the food industry, comprises means for passing the trays along a path of travel 15 disposed along which is a drying means for directing jets of air, which may be at ambient temperature, onto the tray surfaces. The drying means comprises a nozzle 18 arranged such that in its normal position its outlet is close to the base of the tray to direct air onto the base and which is displaceable from its normal position by the side walls of trays passing along the path, the nozzle returning to its normal position when out of contact with the side walls. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2093253-A (GB)
Title: Playing both sides of gramophone record
IPC: G11B17/04
Filed: 1981-08-12
Abstract: There is disclosed a record player of the vertical linear tracking type. The player includes first and second cartridges, respectively, for reproduction of front and back sides of a disc record and means for driving commonly the first and second cartridges toward the center of said disc record. Both sides of the disc record can be reproduced while the disc record is loaded and held in a record reproduction assembly. The record is loaded on and unloaded from a turntable by operation of the lid of the record player. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2083098-A (GB)
Title: Framework for staircase or terrace seating
IPC: E04F11/025
Filed: 1981-08-17
Abstract: A framework for a staircase or terrace seating, including: top mounting means (15); bottom mounting means (14); a plurality of tread support members (13); a plurality of chord members (16, 17), each pair of chord members being pivotally connectable at one end thereof to a respective one of said tread support members and at the other end thereof to an adjacent tread support member. The pivotal connection enables the staircase to be adjusted in situ by moving the top mounting means and bottom mounting means relative to one another to adjust the staircase span and height. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2107962-A (GB)
Title: Plant watering processes and apparatus
Inventor: SCRIVENS STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: A01G27/04
Filed: 1981-10-29
Abstract: In order to provide a self-watering system without having to remove a plant 1, 2 or 3 from its production container 9 the root ball of the plant is penetrated with a penetrating head 10 or 16 in the form of a wick 11 provided with a rigid support 12 so that one end of the penetrating head 10 or 16 is buried deep within the root ball and the other end of the penetrating head 10 or 16 projects from the root ball. The projecting end of the penetrating head 10 or 16 is then placed within a water reservoir 5 so as to cause water to be delivered at a fairly high level within the root ball by way of the wick 11. Depending on the requirements of the plant and the size of the root ball the penetrating head 10 or 16 may be introduced into the root ball from below (plant 1) or above (plant 3) or two penetrating heads 10 and 16 may be introduced into the root ball one from below and the other from above (plant 2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2094835-A (GB)
Title: Process for electrolyzing water
IPC: C25B9/19
Filed: 1982-02-08
Abstract: A process is, herein, disclosed for electrolysis or pure water in an electrolytic cell which is divided into an anode compartment and a cathode compartment by a cation exchange membrane and in which pure water is supplied to the anode compartment for electrolysis to generate oxygen in the anode compartment and hydrogen in the cathode compartment, said cation exchange membrane being produced by grafting a fluorovinyl sulfonic acid monomer onto a membranous polymeric substrate having a monomer unit of the formula:   <IMAGE>   (wherein X is hydrogen, fluorine or CH3; and Y is hydrogen or fluorine), said cation exchange membrane being used in close contact with an anode and a cathode.
Patent GB-2114955-A (GB)
Title: Container having an interfitting lid
Inventor: BARNARD BRIAN
IPC: B65D81/26
Filed: 1982-02-13
Abstract: A container such as used for plant tissue culture for biological and chemical research purposes consists of an upwardly open base (34) having a wall (37) surmounted by an upwardly open channel (41) extending fully around the base (34) and a cover (27) having a dependent wall (29, 31, 32) terminating in a periphery (33) which is located within the channel (41) of the base (34) when the cover (27) is fitted on the base (34) and the container is therefore closed. Condensation which forms inside the cover (27) is thus directed to the channel (41) or falls directly from the cover (27) into the base (34). The inner side (38) of the channel, (41) is preferably lower than the top (42) of its outer side and if the channel (41) fills with condensation therefore the excess overflows the inner side (38) and returns to the base (34). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2115770-A (GB)
Title: Lined, gas-impermeable containers
Inventor: FERRAR ANDREW NICHOLAS
IPC: B65D25/14
Filed: 1982-02-23
Abstract: A rigid container for packaging a product in a controlled atmosphere comprises a moulded rigid porous tray 7, such as pulp fibre, having a composite thermoplastic film B coherently bonded to the inner surface of the tray, the film being impermeable to gases. A lid F comprising a composite thermoplastic film is secured around the rim of the container to provide a gas-tight space in which the product can be packaged. The composite thermoplastic films preferably comprise three layers of which at least one 3, 4, 6 is an ionomeric polymeric material and a central layer 2, 5 is a gas- impermeable polymeric material such as polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl alcohol, or EVA copolymer. The lid or closing membrane preferably has a hydrophilic antifog surface adjacent the gas-tight space to facilitate inspection of a packaged product. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2096609-A (GB)
Title: Thiazolotriazine derivatives
IPC: C07D513/04
Filed: 1982-04-02
Abstract: Thiazolotriazine derivatives having the formula I   <IMAGE> their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable triazolotriazinium compounds containing the cation having formula II   <IMAGE> and their zwitterionic forms and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts [where A is hydroxy whilst B is hydrogen or A and B together represent a direct bond; R<1> is aryl; R<2> and R<3> are independently lower alkyl or ar(lower)alkyl and R is hydrogen or lower alkyl] are useful as anti-cancer agents.