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Patent GB-2129774-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing container
Inventor: JACKMAN ANTHONY DOUGLAS
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 1982-11-05
Abstract: A squeeze-bottle liquid- dispensing container has a liquid- holding bottle (1) connected, by an integral duct (2), to a larger capacity integral dispensing receptacle (6) formed as the upper part and one side of the container, the bottle (1) forming the lower part of the other side. The duct (2) extends upwardly alongside the bottle (1) and opens into the receptacle (6), by a lateral outlet (7), and the receptacle (6) is joined to the bottle (1) by a neck (11) having a throat (12) closed by a plug (13) insertable through a wide mouth of the receptacle. The bottle (1) and receptacle (6) are both charged with liquid and, before dispensing, the two liquids can be mixed by expressing liquid from the bottle into the receptacle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to monitoring apparatus
Inventor: RANSON JOHN HENRY LEO
IPC: G01S3/784
Filed: 1982-12-09
Abstract: Monitoring apparatus for detecting the direction from which light is incident comprises a plurality of light guides (1, 2, 3, 4) arranged to receive light from different respective directions and feed it to detector means (5), the light guides being of different lengths so as to impose different respective time delays on transmission of light to the detector means indicative of the respective direction from which the light was incident. The apparatus can be used for example in a military vehicle to detect a single light pulse from a laser range finder. Other embodiments involving more than one detector are also described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2117950-A (GB)
Title: A compressor and a refrigeration system including such a compressor
Inventor: BURGESS PHILLIP FREDERICK
IPC: G01K3/00
Filed: 1983-02-03
Abstract: A refrigeration system R has a compressor C and thermocouples 1a to 6a associated with cylinders 1 to 6 of the compressor. In order to detect the occurrence of a fault at any early stage the temperature difference between cylinders 1 and 2, between cylinders 3 and 4 and between cylinders 5 and 6 are measured in each case by a logic comparator unit 8. If the temperature difference between, for example, cylinders 1 and 2 reaches a pre-set value the comparator 8 generates a shut-down signal which shuts down the compressor via triac T. A shut-down signal or warning may in some embodiments also be initiated by comparator 8 if a maximum safe operating of a cylinder or group of cylinders is detected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2125076-A (GB)
Title: Fire-retardant, anti-static compositions
Inventor: MCNALLY MICHAEL
IPC: C09K3/16
Filed: 1983-07-22
Abstract: A fire-retardant, anti-static composition for coating articles such as brattice cloth contains fire- retardants, electrolytes, a hygroscopic surfactant, a binder, aqueous and non- aqueous solvents, and an emulsion stabilizer. The fire-retardant compound is chosen from chlorinated paraffins and inorganic compounds selected from the oxides, halides, borates, phosphates and polyalkylphosphates of elements of groups 2-5 of the Periodic Table. The surfactant used has humectant and hygroscopic properties, e.g. an ethoxylate surfactant showing medium hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties. The binder used is elastomeric and polymeric e.g. natural rubber or butyl rubber.
Patent GB-2132026-A (GB)
Title: Antenna systems
Inventor: COOPER GRANVILLE JOHN
IPC: H01Q19/12
Filed: 1983-11-30
Abstract: A microwave antenna system comprises a primary antenna (12) and a reflector formed by a plurality of paraboloidal reflecting surfaces (S1 to S9) on the major face of a rectangular plate (11), the reflecting surfaces lying within one another. When the plate (11) is mounted against a vertical surface, the arrangement enables the antenna system to receive radio waves from a direction inclined to the normal to that surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2137614-A (GB)
Title: Alkenylsuccinic acid salts of use as paper sizing agents
Inventor: TAKAHASHI YOSHIO
IPC: D21H17/16
Filed: 1984-02-06
Abstract: A paper sizing agent comprises a water soluble salt which is obtained by alkali saponification of a reaction product obtained by thermal addition reaction of a monoolefin having carbon atoms of 16 to 24 and the average ratio of the number of methylene groups to methyl groups of 0.9 or more or a mixture of such olefins with maleic anhydride. The resulting product gives excellent results with respect to being used as a paper sizing agent and causes substantially no foaming when it receives a fixing obstruction.
Patent GB-840337-A (GB)
Abstract: 840,337. Automatic control systems for aircraft. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. April 26, 1957 [May 11, 1956], No. 13417/57. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXIX] In an aircraft automatic pilot a position or attitude reference controls a main control surface through a fluid-pressure servomotor the pressure difference across which is utilized to provide negative feedback and also to control the position of a servo-operated auxiliary control surface to relieve persistent loads on the main control surface. In Fig. 4 signals produced by an inductive pick-off 176 of a gyro vertical 175 as the result of pitch deviations of an aircraft are applied through an amplifier 100 to control, electromagnetically, a pilot valve 101 associated with a hydraulic servomotor 102 which, in turn, controls, through a double pilot valve 104, a double main hydraulic servomotor 105 adjusting the elevators to correct the pitch deviations. Positional and rate follow-up is provided by applying to amplifier 100 signals from inductive devices 171, 181 associated with servomotors 105 and 102 respectively. Persistent operation of main servomotor 105, due to lack of trim for example, is eliminated by applying servomotor pressures to pistons 35, 36, 37, 38 so that any differences rotate an inductive device 16 to produce signals which are applied through an amplifier 155 to control a servomotor 156 adjusting elevator trim tabs 158. The signals from inductive device 16 are also fed back to amplifier 100 and applied through an amplifier 159 to operate an indicator 160. Constructional details of a unit incorporating pistons 35, 36, 37, 38 and inductive device 16 are described. Specification 671,336 is referred to.
Patent GB-2154572-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing and using nitrogen fertilizer solutions on a farm
Inventor: EASTIN JOHN ALVIN
IPC: C01B21/50
Filed: 1984-02-21
Abstract: On a farm, nitrogen dioxide is prepared in a continuous process from air or from ammonia in a reactor, with the ammonia either being transported to the farm or being prepared on the farm in a continuous process from water and air. The nitrogen dioxide is mixed with a continuous flow of water to form a dilute solution of nitric acid, which may be applied to the field through the irrigation system as top dressing or mixed within the irrigation system with ammonia or other cations to form ammonium nitrate or other desired nitrogen solutions for application to the fields in a continuous process or concentrated without requiring storage of large amounts of gas or creating heat exchange problems in the manufacturing process. In the embodiment which burns ammonia, the nitrogen oxides are fixed on an 8 percent nickel stainless steel mesh in a column 10 feet high and one foot in diameter and oxidized while fixed to nitrogen dioxide. The nitrogen dioxide is dissolved in water flowing through the mesh.
Patent GB-2139510-A (GB)
Title: Space board game apparatus
Inventor: TEMPLE ROBERT
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1984-03-29
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a board having marked thereon first 1 and second 2 closed routes of property zones around which a player's marker moves; dice; currency tokens; and two packs of cards, one of which refers to space travel and facilities associated therewith. One of the routes 2 comprises references to celestial bodies which are interspersed with contingency zones 6, 7, 8, 9. The object of the game is to acquire and improve property zones. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158864-A (GB)
Title: Roller catch
Inventor: FERGUSON EDWARD HARRY FREDERIC
IPC: E05C19/04
Filed: 1984-04-17
Abstract: A roller catch, e.g. for oven doors, comprises two rollers 16, 18 held in a housing 12 by means of a cage 14. The rollers run on bearings 48, 50 which engage in slots 36, 38 in the walls of housing 12. Channel-shaped cage 14 is then pressed down on to the housing with the rollers 16, 18 held as close together as possible. Leaf springs 60, 62 integral with the cage 14 urge the rollers together when the device is assembled, and lugs 70, 72 on the cage engage in slots 36, 38 to hold the cage in position. As shown in Fig. 6, the catch engages a stud-like keeper 78. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2157800-A (GB)
Title: Rotary control
Inventor: RUSH JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: H01H43/10
Filed: 1984-04-17
Abstract: A rotary control having a pop- out collar 4, to be used in association with apparatus in which control is effected by means of a rotatable spindle, for example, the timer mechanism of a washing machine. One embodiment comprises a collar 4, a push-button 6 and a housing 10. Pressure on the button 6 allows the collar to pop out under action of the spring 34. In this position the two sets of ratchet teeth, 28,22 mesh, and rotation of the collar 4 causes rotation of the housing 10 and thus of the spindle 30. If the collar is rotated backwards the teeth slide over each other and do not drive the spindle. The collar is pushed back into its retracted position after use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156982-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic testing of metallurgical bond
Inventor: CAMPSIE IAN COCHRAN
IPC: G01N29/30
Filed: 1984-05-16
Abstract: The presence or absence of a metallurgical bond between a tube (21) and an internal sleeve (22) is tested by a probe (36) having a source (37) of ultrasound, a mirror (38) for directing the ultrasound laterally and for directing echo signals to transducer (37) which provides an output signal to a visual display (60a) or a chart recorder (60) driven by stepper motor (44B) in synchronism with rotary and axial drives (44a, 43) which give a helical scan. The bond may be brazing (26). The echo detector (58) may provide two variable time gates, one for an echo from the bond and one for a back wall echo from the interface of tube (21) to discriminate the echo signals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159375-A (GB)
Title: Interrupt on priority communication systems
Inventor: AUSTIN KENNETH
IPC: H04B1/46
Filed: 1984-05-19
Abstract: An interrupt facility for a communication link comprises a detector (50), an interrupt controller (34) and a mode switching circuit (10). On detection of an audio signal, output (38) of controller 34 goes from a normal low to high potential that in turn causes circuit (10) to switch from receive mode to transmit mode for a minimum period and the initiation of an interrupt routine. Detector (50), at the other end of the line, detects this initiation and changes circuit (10) at that end from the transmit to the receive mode. This enables two way communication without the necessity for manual switching on transmission. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141336-A (GB)
Title: Cleansing apparatus
Inventor: THOMPSON GORDON
IPC: B08B3/00
Filed: 1984-06-12
Abstract: A cleaning or degreasing apparatus comprises an open topped bath (13) designed to operatively connect with a drum (23) of solvent whereby solvent can pass through a riser pipe into the bottom of the bath (13) or can be available from a brush assembly (6,7) or a nozzle (19). A cover (22) for the bath (13) is retained in an open position against a support pillar by means of a latch having a bar (30) projecting through the cover (22) and mounting a fusible pin (33). The cover (22) is hinged to the bath (13) and is retained in a non-vertical position so that when the pin (33) melts on the occurrence of a fire the cover (22) will fall by its own weight to the closed position. The cover (22) also closes a air-line so that the line is vented when vent hole of a by-pass valve for an the cover (22) falls to a closed position and air is no longer then available to pump solvent into the bath (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161009-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine
Inventor: TOWSON DONALD S
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 1984-06-29
Abstract: A gaming machine of the kind commonly known as a fruit machine, which at the end of a play initiated by operation of a starting means (21) by a player, a random combination of symbols, one from each of two or more groups of different symbols is indicated (11, 12, 13), winnings being credited and/or paid out to the player in the event of the indicated combination of symbols being any one of a number of predetermined winning combinations, in which all or a proportion of a player's winnings for each of a predetermined number of plays, can be credited rather than paid out immediately a winning combination is obtained, wherein upon a predetermined or randomly selected winning combination being obtained, a proportion of the credited winnings is added to or subtracted from the credited winnings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146967-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor with holding means for strips
Inventor: PAZZAGLIA LUIGI
IPC: B65G21/20
Filed: 1984-09-06
Abstract: The conveyor for automatically moving strips from a shearing machine to a can body forming-welding machine comprises two consecutive belts (4) and (5). The former is horizontal, while the latter is inclined and articulated with respect to the first belt (4), the runs thereof (4a) and (5a) on which and by which, respectively, the strips are moved being provided with strip attraction magnets placed adjacent to the opposite surface of the belts of the said conveyor to that facing the Strips to be moved. Alternatively, the strips may be retained by suction means. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154078-A (GB)
Title: Cable entry closure
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 1985-01-28
Abstract: A cable entry knockout diaphragm in an electrical apparatus enclosure comprises a plug (2) disposed within a recess (4) in the wall (1) of an enclosure and joined thereto by a thin annular web which has two diametrically opposed thicker spoke portions (3) about which the plug can be pivoted to cause a clean fracture of the web. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170340-A (GB)
Title: Forged banknote detector
Inventor: LANGRIDGE GARRY ROBERT
IPC: G07D7/12
Filed: 1985-01-30
Abstract: The device works by the means of a light bulb 12 in conjunction with a variable resistor 13 and a pressure switch 11. The banknote being tested is stretched out flat and placed on the viewing plate 2. The top half 1 containing the viewing plate 2 is pushed down to activate the pressure switch 11 and light up the viewing plate 2 and thus the note being tested. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156064-A (GB)
Title: Helically-finned heat exchange tube
Inventor: WEBER WOLFGANG
IPC: B21C37/26
Filed: 1985-03-19
Abstract: A spiral-finned tube comprises a tube shell 1 to which spiral finning 2 has been applied. The finning has a substantially flat-rectangular cross-section and the contact of the edges of the finning with the tube shell is reinforced by a shielded arc welding seam 3. The seam is applied at the base of the finning and connects the finning with the tube shell across the entire width of the finning. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159495-A (GB)
Title: Liquid delivery and accounting systems
Inventor: GROOM CARL M
IPC: G01F15/075
Filed: 1985-04-29
Abstract: A liquid product delivery and accounting system employs a supervisory console incorporating a microcomputer, keyboard and printer, which console is electronically connected to one or more volumetric meters. In a delivery-truck embodiment, a driver connects a portable RAM card to an office computer, downloading delivery route information to the RAM card. The driver then carries the RAM card to his truck and uploads the route information from the RAM card to the console. After printing a route ticket and start-of-shift totalizer values, the driver starts on his route. Each delivery is actuated through and controlled by the console. The parameters of each delivery may be altered by keyboard entry of information by the driver into the console, although access to many items requires entry of a correct code. At the end of the delivery, the console calculates the price, tax, etc., and prints a sealed invoice for the customer. At the end of the route, an end-of-shift totalizer ticket is printed. Actual delivery information, downloaded after each delivery into the RAM card, is uploaded back to the office computer. In a truck loading-dock embodiment, a customer/driver inserts an account identification module into a dock-mounted console to allow delivery of liquid products to his truck. An invoice is printed for the driver and transactional data is communicated directly to a mainframe computer. Temperature compensation, volumetric and price presets, automatic dwell/shutoff valve control and various security features are offered.
Patent GB-2160617-A (GB)
Title: Cooling shock absorbers
Inventor: TZUR MENASHE
IPC: F16F9/42
Filed: 1985-05-16
Abstract: A shock absorber 10 has heat exchange apparatus 12, 60 separated from and coupled to the shock absorber by a circulating working fluid conduit 14, 16, 72, 74. The shock absorber 10 is part of the suspension system of a tank. The heat exchanger 60 is of large surface area and is mounted by screws on the body of the tank, which acts as a heat sink. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2176595-A (GB)
Title: Pressure sensing device
Inventor: MCMINN ROBERT SCOTT
IPC: H01H35/34
Filed: 1985-06-05
Abstract: A pressure sensitive member (15) having first and second configurations, the member being movable from said first to said second configuration by application of an increased differential pressure on said member, the member having no stable configurations intermediate said first and second configurations whereby rapid movement from said first to said second configuration is achieved.
Patent GB-2172953-A (GB)
Title: Clutch actuating mechanism
Inventor: WARD CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM
IPC: F16D23/12
Filed: 1985-06-12
Abstract: A clutch actuating mechanism in which a mechanical latch (24, 25) is provided to hold the clutch in a disengaged position when the clutch pedal is fully depressed and the gearshift lever is moved to a neutral position. The mechanical latch (24, 25) may be connected to the clutch pedal or alternatively to the release lever by a link (21) and is preferably engageable by a solenoid (22) linked to a gear position sensor. To reengage the clutch, the pedal is fully depressed and a gear ratio selected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165645-A (GB)
Title: Optoelectromechanical apparatus for measuring physical parameters, especially pressure or force
Inventor: ALMASI ERZSEBET
IPC: G01K5/72
Filed: 1985-08-14
Abstract: An optoelectromechanical apparatus for measuring physical parameters, as pressure or force, comprising an emitting optical fibre (3) coupled via its input with a light source (4), and a receiving optical fibre (30) connected over its output to signal processing means (8) and a carrier (2) including a resilient member for bearing the emitting and the receiving optical fibres (3, 30), wherein the input of the receiving optical fibre (30) is in optical coupling with the output of the emitting optical fibre (3) advantageously through a spacing (15) and the processing means (8) comprise a first and a second photodiodes (6, 5) for detecting light of the light source (4) and the light output of the receiving optical fibre (30), respectively, for measuring mutual translation of the optical fibres, translation characterizing the actual value of the physical parameter to be measured. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180433-A (GB)
Title: Self-watering plant pots
Inventor: CARNE FRANCIS CONSTABLE POWER
IPC: A01G27/04
Filed: 1985-09-17
Abstract: A self-watering plant pot includes an upper container for the plant, and a lower container 1 which is divided into a plurality of water-tight compartments 3,4 of which at least one compartment 3 is dry and one compartment 4 contains water. Water- absorbent wicks hang down from the upper container into the lower container and are so arranged that, in different positions of the upper container on the lower container, different numbers of the wicks hang down into water in the lower container. The rate of feed of water to the plant may be varied by simply changing the position of the upper container on the lower container. With wicks 6-9 positioned as shown three wicks are feeding water. By turning the upper container on the lower the wicks can be brought to positions 16-19 in which two wicks feed water to the plant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169515-A (GB)
Title: Catheter mount assembly
Inventor: BELLM HOWARD
IPC: F16L11/118
Filed: 1985-12-16
Abstract: A catheter mount comprising an endotracheal tube 10 for passing down a patient's trachea, a catheter mount assembly 11, a Y-piece 12 interconnecting the catheter mount assembly and a first tube 13 connected to an air or oxygen supply and a second tube 14 connected to exhaust, the catheter mount assembly being formed of a flexible tube 17 of a type having a plurality of pairs 18, 19 of facing interlinked frusto-conical surfaces of generally rigid structure, the frusto- conical surfaces of each pair, and adjacent frusto-conical surfaces of successive pairs being connected to each other by hinge portions 21, 23, the frusto-conical surfaces and hinge portions being such that the tube flexes from one stable shape to another. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2185699-A (GB)
Title: A bar puller for use on a CNC machine tool and a method of operating a CNC machine tool
Inventor: PERCIVAL ERIC THOMAS
IPC: B23B13/12
Filed: 1986-01-20
Abstract: The bar puller comprises a support part (10) which can be supported by a turret of a computer numerically controlled machine tool and a bar gripping part (11) having at least one adjustable gripper (15) with a spring loaded detent (20). In order to operate the bar puller a circumferential groove is first formed in a bar (18) gripped by a chuck of the machine tool. The bar puller is then advanced toward the bar in a direction parallel to the axis thereof until the spring loaded detent of the or each gripper has ridden over the end of the bar and located in the said circumferential groove.The chuck is then caused to release its grip on the bar so that when the bar puller is retracted the bar is pulled to a new position. The chuck then grips the bar again and further retraction of the bar puller withdraws it from the bar. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179654-A (GB)
Title: Acrylamido- and methacrylamido-n-disubstituted sulfonic acids
Inventor: CHING TA YEN
IPC: C08F20/58
Filed: 1986-08-14
Abstract: Copolymerizable ionic surfactants suitable for use in preparing water thickening terpolymers having improved salt tolerance in brine are acrylamido- and methacrylamido-N-disubstituted sulfonic acids and sulfonate salts represented by the general formula:   <IMAGE> wherein R is hydrogen or methyl; R<1> is a hydrophobic group selected from C6-C24alkyl, C7-C24arylalkyl, C7-C24alkylaryl and C6-C24 fluoroalkyl; R<2> is alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and X is hydrogen, alkali metal or ammonium.