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Patent GB-2099112-A (GB)
Title: Fluid pressure governor
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1982-04-15
Abstract: The governor comprises a moulded body (10) which defines a flow passageway (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) and a diaphragm chamber (13) which is open at one side and closed by a diaphragm (30) trapped between the body (10) and a top member (20), and acted on by an adjustable compression spring (43) in opposition to fluid pressure within the diaphragm chamber (13). The body (10) incorporates a valve insert (50) including a movable valve member (60) having a regulating portion (64) which cooperates with a seating (53), and a piston (61) slidably received within a counter-pressure chamber (55) so that hydrostatic forces exerted on the valve member (60) are substantially balanced. In a modification, the governor may also incorporate a shut-off valve (Fig. 2 (not shown)), and in a further modification (Fig. 3 (not shown)) the piston may be replaced by a further frusto-conical regulating portion co- operating with a further seating in a counter-pressure chamber, which is connected to the outlet (15). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2111563-A (GB)
Title: Peat harvesting machine
Inventor: CARR JOHN TERENCE
IPC: E21C49/02
Filed: 1982-12-02
Abstract: A mobile peat cutting and dewatering machine capable of operating in the peat bog which comprises at the front of the machine a peat harvesting device 1 capable of removing a few centimetres of peat from the bog, a peat press mounted on tracks 5, which is fed by transport means 2,3 from the peat harvesting device, and means for the removal of pressed peat from the mobile machine. The tracks are suitably of dimensions such that the track loading of the machine is less than 2.8 pounds per square inch. The peat harvesting device is suitable a transverse scraper screw capable of removing 3-10 centimetres of peat from the surface of the peat bog, which levels the surface of the peat bog for the tracks of the machine. The water released from the peat in the peat press is suitably collected and recycled to wash the rollers of the peat press. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2128470-A (GB)
Title: Holder for kitchen receptacles
Inventor: GALLASTEGUI-MUSONS MIGUEL
IPC: A47J45/07
Filed: 1982-12-23
Abstract: A handle grip of plastics, or similar material, is secured to a wall of a receptacle without the need for screws by a U-shaped connector having divergent side limbs provided with rearwardly extending and divergent end portions 9 which locate within, and rest against respective steps 14 defined by lateral enlargements 12 in recesses in the hand grip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114213-A (GB)
Title: A hatch cover
Inventor: SUNDMAN GUSTEN
IPC: B63B19/18
Filed: 1983-01-07
Abstract: With a hatch cover comprising a number of horizontal displaceable panels (11-15) a stowing space for the latter is provided at one end of the hatch opening. When the hatch is open, the panels are stowed in a vertical stack and are handled by a lifting means (26), which extends above the stowing space and comprises means (32, 33) for connection to a first panel. Clutch means (45, 48) at the panels are adapted for automatic inter-engagement, as the panels are moved into the stowing space, or to be disengaged when the panels are pulled out of the latter. The clutch means includes pivotably mounted hook members (45) adapted to co-operate with studs (48), and the hook members are activated by guides having stationary stops (50) at the stowing space. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2117087-A (GB)
Title: Universal joints
Inventor: BALKEN JOCHEN
IPC: F16D3/30
Filed: 1983-03-11
Abstract: A universal joint comprises two joint members 2, 3 each having associated therewith at least three piston elements 6 spaced circumferentially of its rotational axis and moveable in chambers 7 in an intermediate joint member 1. Corresponding chambers at opposite ends of the intermediate joint member are connected together and contain a fluid medium 9. Diametrically opposed chambers may be connected together if the joint is required to accommodate articulation between the rotational axes of the joint members, or aligned chambers may be connected together if the rotational axes of the joint members are required to be parallel but spaced. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123055-A (GB)
Title: Framework building
Inventor: BOYCE NORMAN ASHLEY
IPC: E04H15/36
Filed: 1983-06-23
Abstract: In constructing a building, a rigid skeletal framework of struts 8 secured together by joining devices is erected and covered with a plastics membrane secured to the ground base or to lower portions of the framework. Plate members 10 of the joining devices are then extended outwardly from collar 2 and locked by pin 16 to impart tension to the membrane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142387-A (GB)
Title: An aerofoil for a gas turbine engine
Inventor: BRITT JACK
IPC: F01D5/16
Filed: 1983-07-02
Abstract: The aerofoil is made of co- extruded or co-forged outer and inner portions 14, 16 which fit closely one within the other and which are displaced so that their neutral axes 17, 18 are spaced apart. Thus vibration of the aerofoil produces shear motion at the interface between the portions causing damping. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144046-A (GB)
Title: Board game
Inventor: HOPKINS KINGSLEY ROYCE
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1983-08-01
Abstract: The apparatus comprises an open-topped rectangular box and a board 2. One side 10 of the box can be pivoted so that the board can slide in grooves 9 along the upper edges of two parallel side walls 5 of the box with the playing surface either exposed or underneath. The playing pieces are releasably secured on the board by bayonet spigots. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127531-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system for blast furnaces
Inventor: WESEMANN KARL-FRIEDRICH
IPC: C21B7/10
Filed: 1983-09-23
Abstract: The invention relates to cooling systems for the steel jacket (5) of a blast furnace provided with cooling boxes. The system consists of cooling pockets arranged peripherally on the outside of the jacket (5) the pockets comprising divergent longitudinal walls (2) attached to the steel jacket and having strips (7) which project beyond the upper edge of the wall (2) to guide cooling water toward the jacket (5). To accommodate thermal stresses, the longitudinal walls (2) of the cooling pocket (1) are provided with corrugations (6) extending from the upper edge (3) to the line of contact (4) with the jacket (5). The corrugations (6) are traversed by the strip (7) and provide passage for cooling water from the pockets (1) between the lower edge of the strip and the furnace jacket. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2137234-A (GB)
Title: Yarn guide for flat knitting machine
Inventor: GOLLER ERNST
IPC: D04B15/44
Filed: 1984-03-07
Abstract: A flat knitting machine 10 has a pair of mutually inclined needle beds 16 and 17, above which are disposed guide rails 23 to 25. The guide rails carry slidable needle boxes 28 on which yarn guides 11, 12 and 13 are mounted such that yarn eyes 18 thereon are positioned close together in the region of the knitting needles. Each yarn guide comprises a single-piece, resilient arm having a tapered portion 36 (Fig. 3) adjacent its lower end, the sloping lateral edges 46 and 47 of this portion extending for a proportion of the overall length of the arm which is dependent upon the maximum possible amount by which the latter can deflect, so that when two of the yarn guides pass one another they touch only at these lateral edges, even when at their maximum deflection. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2138997-A (GB)
Title: Dual-flame ionization detector for GC and LC eluent detection
Inventor: YANG FRANK JIANN-FU
IPC: G01N30/68
Filed: 1984-04-24
Abstract: A dual-flame ionization detector is used for analysis of compounds in a chromatography column eluent. By properly controlling the chemical environment and combustion conditions of the upper flame 12 and lower flame 11 and by maintaining the upper collector electrode 45 adjacent the upper flame and the top part 26 of the upper burner at proper potentials with respect to the lower burner 16, it is possible to use the detector both in a mode in which response is based on carbon content and in a selective mode based on the presence of hetero atoms. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158649-A (GB)
Title: A 16-port wideband Butler matrix
Inventor: OVERBURY FRANCIS GILES
IPC: H01Q3/40
Filed: 1984-05-09
Abstract: A 16 x 16 port wideband Butler matrix comprises cascaded stages A, B, C, D of four-port power dividers each divider having a fixed phase difference of either 90 DEG  or 180 DEG  between its output ports, the first and last stages each having eight such dividers. One output from each of four of the first stage dividers includes a fixed wideband 22.5 DEG  phase shifter. A common source signal fed commutated to the 16 input ports will produce 16 different output combinations of 16 signals each with a 22.5 DEG  phase increment between the 16 outputs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142815-A (GB)
Title: Cooking vessel and whistling knob therefor
Inventor: WALLS HENRY M
IPC: A47J27/212
Filed: 1984-07-06
Abstract: A cooking vessel (2), Fig. 1, is provided with a whistling knob (6) which has an internal passage (26) Fig. 2, for carrying steam from a hole (36) in the cooking vessel to a chamber (28) molded to the knob. The chamber is displaced from and eccentric to the knob axis. The lower surface of the knob has a cavity (38) which surrounds the knob axis, providing a steam passage inlet in communication with the hole in the cooking vessel regardless of the angular position of the knob. From the inlet cavity, steam passes through a passage (40), a plenum chamber (42) and a passage (26) which introduces steam into the chamber (28) at an angle which causes an audible whistle and rotary movement of the steam. The chamber (28) has an outlet (32) which may be opened and closed by rotation of a valve ring (14). A temperature indicating device may be incorporated in the knob. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to seismic surveying
Inventor: WALKER CHRISTOPHER HAIGH
IPC: G01V1/00
Filed: 1984-08-07
Abstract: A 3-dimensional seismic survey of subsurface strata produces reflection samples relating to common source-detector midpoints on a rectangular grid in which the lines AB of the grid in at least one direction are in groups in which the lines are more closely spaced than the nearest lines in adjacent groups. The bunching of lines into groups has no effect on the accuracy of the crossline interpolation but enables a group of lines to be surveyed at the same time by a vessel using more than one separate seismic source and/or more than one streamer cable of seismic receivers. It is of particular value when the survey has widely spaced lines so that the surveying of two lines of an evenly spaced grid at once would involve an impractically wide separation of the sources or streamer cables. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166091-A (GB)
Title: Sliding rack for a vehicle
Inventor: SMITH ERIC
IPC: B60R11/06
Filed: 1984-10-27
Abstract: A sliding rack for carrying tools and components in a motor vehicle includes a generally rectangular panel (24) for supporting containers (26,28,30) for the objects to be carried. The rack has bogey wheel sets 36 38 carried at one end of the panel which engaged in respective guide rails (22,20). A fixed bogey wheel set 40 carried by the lower rail (20), has wheels projecting into the rail to engage the bottom edge (66) of the panel. As the panel is slid outwardly, it tilts under load and all of the bogies are arranged to pivot to allow the wheels to equalise the loads carried. A pivoted catch (58) is provided on one guide rail to engage in any of a plurality of positions with the rack to prevent inadvertent sliding movement and to prevent the rack being moved wholly out of the guide rail except when so desired. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166697-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning aircraft outer skin
Inventor: PERCIVAL-BAKER DR KEITH
IPC: B60S3/04
Filed: 1984-11-13
Abstract: The outer skin of an aircraft is cleaned using a vehicle having a raisable access platform and a telemanipulator or robot carrying brush, water-jet, or ultrasonic cleaning apparatus. The vehicle has a driving cab and a telemanipulator cab, and can circumnavigate the aircraft automatically using an optical or inductance wire guidance system. The vehicle may be used to apply a de-icing fluid to the aircraft. The aircraft outer skin may be cleaned with the aircraft at its docking position alongside the passenger embarkation gate under either semi or fully automatic control.
Patent GB-2155348-A (GB)
Title: Mixing liquids in proportion
Inventor: KEMP DAVID M
IPC: B01F15/04
Filed: 1985-03-07
Abstract: Each constituent fluid is introduced in a chamber (24, 36) provided with liquid level controlling devices (34, 44) that establish a liquid free head space (54, 56) which is connected to a source of pressure gas (46) operative to displace liquid from the chambers through metering devices (100, 102) one of which (102) is adjustable prior to the introduction to a chamber (58) where the constituent fluids combine. As described, the fluids are water and syrup, and after mixing they are passed to a carbonating vessel (64). Flow of the liquids from their respective containers is achieved by establishing a pressure difference between the chambers (24, 36) and the mixing chamber (58) by means of a bias regulator valve (106). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159723-A (GB)
Title: Frameless mixing bin
Inventor: HOULE BERTRAND
IPC: B60P3/16
Filed: 1985-03-28
Abstract: A support structure for a cement mixing bin is provided utilizing a pair of frame-replacing box beams 7a, 7b longitudinally disposed under the bin's lower surface. These beams may be closed and used as pressurized fluid containers for supplying water for washing down the bin. Each of the beams has at least one transverse bulkhead 15, 21. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2162626-A (GB)
Title: Support means for sun tanning canopies
Inventor: HANCOCK MICHAEL ROBIN
IPC: F21V21/18
Filed: 1985-04-16
Abstract: A sun tanning canopy is carried on an arm 6 extending from a sleeve 8 slidably engaging a vertical support column 4 for heightwise movement up and down the said column, the sleeve and canopy being supported by a counterbalancing device consisting a coiled constant tension spring 7 the upper free end of which is secured to the top of the column and the lower coiled end supported by abutment means secured to the said sleeve 8, whereby the heightwise position of the sleeve in the column can be varied by the application of slight upward or downward pressure on the sleeve or canopy. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165968-A (GB)
Title: Boxed clock
Inventor: CUTTING JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: G04B37/00
Filed: 1985-05-21
Abstract: A boxed clock in which a lidded box is readily portable and contains a clock; the clock 12 is deliberately so sized and shaped that it fits closely within the walls of the box and will tend to be positively retained within the box; there is nothing which functions essentially as packaging between the clock and the walls of the box; and the clock is so positioned within the box that its face is exposed to view when the lid is opened. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177278-A (GB)
Title: Variable sight line television camera
Inventor: GULCK ERICH
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 1985-07-05
Abstract: A television camera, in which the sight line may be varied by remote control without the camera having to be pivoted as a whole, is relatively small and thus suitable for inspecting narrow ducting pipes. The camera comprises a fixed superwide-angle objective lens 2 having a picture field which is a multiple of the target area 4 of the pickup tube, and a camera holder 3 containing the pickup tube installed in a universal joint 6 for pivotal motion in the camera housing 1. Pivotal displacement in two orthogonal directions is performed by means of two electrically controllable servo-motors 7 (only one is shown), and hollow cylinder 5 is slidable longitudinally in housing 1 by means of servo-motor 16 for distance setting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180814-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for packaging a product in individual packets
Inventor: CHUNG YUN HOON
IPC: B65B3/02
Filed: 1985-01-24
Abstract: A unique method for packaging a product in individual packets constructed of a sheet of flexible material. In the method of the present invention, a sheet of flexible packaging material is formed into a generaly U-shaped channel (20) having spaced apart vertical sidewalls (20b and 20c). The facing surfaces of the sidewalls are sealed at vertically spaced apart locations (22a and 22b) to define a plurality of open top packets. A predetermined amount of a flowable product is introduced into each of the open top packets. Next, the upper corner portions (30a and 30b) of each individual packet are sealed and a predetermined portion is cut from each upper corner. The upper corner portions (38a and 38b) of each packet are then pulled away from one another in a generally horizontal direction to urge the spaced apart upper marginal edges of the sidewalls of the packet toward one another. After the upper corner portions have been pulled away from one another, the upper marginal edges (40) of the packets are sealed together to close the packet. The present invention also concerns an apparatus for packaging a product in individual packets, and a novel packet construction.
Patent GB-2167222-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for monitoring medical instruments
Inventor: WALLROTH CARL FRIEDRICH
IPC: G08B19/00
Filed: 1985-10-01
Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring medical instruments has a sensor for sensing the value of a variable which is to be monitored and a device which outputs a signal in response to said value reaching a threshold level. A transmission means for transmitting the signal to a portable output means is disposed at a second site remote from the first site and mobile relative thereto, the output means being adapted to be worn by a user of the apparatus and including an element which is displaced to touch the user in response to said signal. In this way, a supervisor can be informed of possible danger to a patient without disturbing people in his vicinity.
Patent GB-2169458-A (GB)
Title: Connectors and lampholders with insulation displacement contacts
Inventor: PROTHEROE PATRICK PHILIP
IPC: H01R33/945
Filed: 1985-12-06
Abstract: A socket (30) or lampholder (210) is provided with insulation displacement contacts for connecting wires (40) thereto. A conductor may be introduced into the space between resilient fingers (42) of insulating material before and being located between fingers (42) and (44), as in Fig. 2, so as to make insulation piercing contact. A diode (240) may be inserted in line with one circuit of the lampholder. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170761-A (GB)
Title: Wheel mounting aids
Inventor: JAYNES PETER FREDERICK
IPC: B60B29/00
Filed: 1986-02-07
Abstract: A wheel mounting aid is provided by a bolt 1 which has a screw thread 7 at one end which can be screwed into a bolt hole on a vehicle hub, and a serrated portion 10 which provides a secure grip for turning the bolt, the other end 8 of the bolt being tapered so that a mounting hole in a wheel can readily be slid over the bolt so that the wheel is then supported and suitably aligned to enable retaining studs to be screwed home through further mounting holes. The bolt is then removed to enable the final retaining stud to be screwed home. A cable 2 leading to a handle 3 can be secured within the bolt 1 to pass out through the tapered end. When the bolt is in position and the wheel is threaded onto the cable 2 the cable can be lifted by the handle 3 to slide the wheel down onto the bolt 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172152-A (GB)
Title: Terminal device of a flexible conductor foil
Inventor: QUIRDER KLAUS W
IPC: H01R12/68
Filed: 1986-02-27
Abstract: In a terminal device of a flexible conductor foil, the surface pad 4 of each conductor paths associated with a terminal must also be protected permanently against chemical and physical damage. For this purpose, an insulating coating 5 covers the conductor path 2, the terminal pad 4 and the non-conductive zones 6. The insulating coating 5 and the terminal surface 4 sealingly surround insulation piercing claws 11 of the terminal 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188079-A (GB)
Title: Building structure
Inventor: FERNANDEZ NAVARRO LORENZO
IPC: E04B2/24
Filed: 1986-03-20
Abstract: The invention relates particularly to the general structure of buildings, including walls, roofs, floors, and ceilings. The apparatus of the invention combines essentially: ground bearing sills (1) presenting at least two vertical ribs or wings (1a) and (1b) between which ribs reinforced concrete is poured; profiled parallelepipedic self- assembling blocks of different types (2) and blocks (4) whose sections are shaped to allow the pouring of concrete without any discontinuity; profiled bearing joists (7) of inverted T-shape are adapted to co-operate with corresponding parts of the blocks, noteably the blocks (4); honeycombed plan elements (8) cooperate in support with wings of the joists (7) to make up slabs of floors, ceilings and roofs; and tiles (12) shaped to be fixed on battens in combining positions with the joists (7). The invention is particularly useful for the formation of all types of buildings which have to withstand seismic shocks in earthquake zones since these buildings have the necessary ductility. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173056-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid battery for battery powered devices
Inventor: GIBBS ERIC
IPC: H01M16/00
Filed: 1986-03-26
Abstract: A hybrid battery is disclosed where a conventional battery B2 is controlled by a further battery B1 which in response to an external stimulus operates a switch T1 to allow current from the conventional battery B2 to flow to a load L1. For a battery powered marine safety light a suitable hybrid battery comprises a lithium battery B2 controlled by a seawater-activated silver chloride/magnesium battery B1. Two such seawater-operated batteries B1, B3 used to control a conventional battery B2 are arranged to provide a control and to supplement the conventional battery in supplying a lamp L1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189340-A (GB)
Title: A safety vent plug
Inventor: RANDALL JOHN JAMES
IPC: H01M50/627
Filed: 1986-04-19
Abstract: A vent plug for secondary cells has a water inlet tube, a weir (e) over which the water is allowed to fall, a tube (h) which allows gases to escape from the cell by passing through water held in the plug, a tube (g) which allows water to enter the cell, and another weir (k) over which surplus water flows to leave the plug. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189558-A (GB)
Title: Friction clutch
Inventor: MAYCOCK IAN COMMANDER
IPC: F16D13/58
Filed: 1986-04-26
Abstract: A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a cover member (10) having a generally cylindrical wall portion (11) and an inwardly directed flange portion (13), the flange portion (13) having an inner peripheral continuous reinforcing rim (26) extending axially of the cover member (10). A Belleville spring (15) is supported coaxially of the cover member (10) between a pair of fulcrum rings (19, 20), said fulcrum rings (19, 20) being mounted against the flange portion (13) by means of a series of tabs (21), the tabs (21) being supported from a continuous annular portion of the flange portion (13), said annular portion being contiguous with the cylindrical wall portion (11). Figs. (3-9) depict modifications of the tabs, the rings and the reinforcing rim. <IMAGE>