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Patent GB-2235617-A (GB)
Title: Shoulder belt height adjusting apparatus for a seat belt
Inventor: KAMIYAMA MISAO
IPC: B60R22/20
Filed: 1990-08-20
Abstract: A shoulder belt height adjusting apparatus for a seat belt wherein a belt anchor 20 in which the shoulder belt 22 is loosely inserted is slidably supported and the position of the bolt anchor is vertically adjustable; comprising an anchor supporting member 10 supporting the belt anchor, guide rails 11 slidably holding the anchor supporting member, a screw shaft 12 rotatably attached in parallel with the guide rails 11, and a moving member 13 which is screwed onto the screw shaft 12 and moves along the guide rails 11 together with the anchor supporting member 10 in accordance with the rotation of the screw shaft. A projection 13a on the moving member 13 engages an aperture 10d in the anchor support member so as to transmit thereto only components of force parallel to the screw shaft 12. The upper end of the screw shaft 12b is suspended from the guide rails 11 and the lower end 12a is detachable from the guide rails in response to a predetermined transverse force so that the screw shaft 12 does not break or bend. The guide rails may be curved for attachment to the centre pillar of an automobile. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238325-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for opening bales of fibre material
Inventor: LEIFELD FERDINAND
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 1990-10-26
Abstract: Bales (1) of fibre material, (e.g. cotton, chemical fibres) are opened by a fibre take-off device (3), (e.g. a cutting device (7a, 8a) which is moved relative to the bales (1). The longitudinal movement of a carriage (2) and the lifting movement of the fibre take-off device (3) are coordinated by a control device (15), and by means of a sensor (13a, 13b) foreign bodies, (e.g. pieces of metal, pieces of wood, pieces of film, foreign fibres) are found in bales. In order to allow production to continue even when a foreign body has been detected, at each pass the take-off device (3) is lifted from the bales (1) before it reaches the position of the foreign body, is moved on past the position of the foreign body in the working direction and is then lowered back onto the bales. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242773-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic data output device
Inventor: YOKOTA KAZUHIKO
IPC: G10K15/04
Filed: 1991-02-07
Abstract: The present invention provides an acoustic data output device having acoustic data storage means (1), in which acoustic data is stored, a plurality of address counters (2a and 2b), each responsive to a corresponding one of a plurality of clock signals, and means (3, 4) for selecting one out of the plurality of address counters in accordance with a signal derived from the plurality of clock signals and for addressing an address in the acoustic data storage means corresponding to the count of the selected address counter. A plurality of acoustic data latch means (15a and 15b), each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of address counters, serve for temporarily storing the acoustic data and for delivering the temporarily stored acoustic data in synchronisation with the clock signal associated with the selected address counter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240909-A (GB)
Title: Electric element assembly
Inventor: HUNT ANDREW
IPC: H05B3/04
Filed: 1991-02-12
Abstract: Each end of the element (20) is sealingly joined to a metal backplate (22), without the need for brazing, by means of a resilient sealing ring (28) which may be held in sealing abutment with the element (20) and the backplate (22) by an apertured metal plate (27) located around the element and either welded to the plate (27) (at B) or frictionally engaged by the element and/or the backplate. In the latter case the backplate may be recessed to accommodate both the sealing ring and the retainer plate. Alternatively, the sealing ring could be held by folded over aperture defining edges of the backplate itself. When brazing is avoided there is no need for the element to be heated in a furnace. This facilitates use of stainless steel for the element sheath and the backplate and also allows use of pre-inserted plugs to retain element terminal pins. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242006-A (GB)
Title: Control valves for fluid flow
Inventor: O'REILLY EDWARD PATRICK
IPC: F16K27/02
Filed: 1991-02-26
Abstract: A control-valve e.g. for controlling hot water flow through a radiator comprises a valve-housing having inlet and outlet ports (11, 12) for connection to a fluid-flow system, inlet and outlet passages (13, 14) communicating with the inlet and outlet ports (11, 12), and a valve-member (22) controlling the flow of fluid from the inlet passage (13) to the outlet passage (14). A shut-off device (35) is provided in association with the inlet passage (13) for interrupting fluid-flow therein when required, and the outlet passage (14) is provided with a drain-port which is normally closed by a closure plug (43) which can be released when required, to allow fluid to be drained from the outlet passage (14) to the exterior, e.g. for draining the radiator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242416-A (GB)
Title: Defect detecting and correcting system of tape-mounted electronic components assembly
Inventor: OKAMOTO YOSHIO
IPC: H05K13/08
Filed: 1991-03-13
Abstract: An automatic defect detecting and correcting system of a tape-mounted electronic components assembly for detecting and correcting defects in the production process without interrupting operation, comprises a section (12) for storing tape (A) coming out of a taping machine (11), a defect detecting section (13), a defect correcting section (14) and a section (15) which winds a corrected tape on a specified reel, the storing section (12) including a fixed shaft (22) and a movable shaft (24). When tape leaves the storing section (12), the movable shaft moves close to the fixed shaft, thereby feeding out tape, and when the tape stops at the correcting section (15), the movable shaft moves away from the fixed shaft, thereby storing tape. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258641-A (GB)
Title: Load conveying platform
Inventor: COWAN GEORGE NICHOLLSON
IPC: B65G7/04
Filed: 1991-04-26
Abstract: A load conveying device has a platform (1) which is supported by one or more wheels slides or endless tracks for straight line movement, pivot units (4) (8) allowing rotation or turning of the platform (1). The pivot units (4) are adjustable along a track 5 and have adjustable heads and the pivot unit 8 is extendible into contact with the ground. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243502-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power distribution system
Inventor: SHAND MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: H01R27/00
Filed: 1991-05-13
Abstract: An electrical power distribution system comprising a power point (8) connectable to a direct current power supply means and provided with sockets (42, 43 and 44) connectable to one polarity of the supply and sockets (45, 46 and 47) connectable to the other polarity of the supply. A number of power supply cables (9, 10 and 11) of different current carrying capacity are provided each of which contain two conductors and are provided with plugs (30, 41 and 48) respectively having contacts for engaging the sockets. The number of contacts connected to each conductor being dependent on the current carrying capacity of the cable. One, two or three plugs may simultaneously engage the power point (8) depending on which plugs are used. A number of different electrical supply means may be provided each of which is connected to a power point with more or less sockets per polarity of the supply depending on the electrical capacity of the supply.
Patent GB-2257195-A (GB)
Title: Restraining belt clamping device
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE
IPC: B60R22/19
Filed: 1991-07-03
Abstract: A device (1) for attachment to a restraining belt is disclosed comprising a casing (3) for enveloping widthwise the restraining belt; a cam (5) rotatably mounted in the casing (3) along an axis extending substantially parallel to the length of the belt, and means (7) for rotating the cam (5) from a neutral position in which the cam (5) does not make contact with the belt, to a clamping position in which the cam (5) grips the belt. A restraining belt system incorporating the device (1) is also disclosed. The device (1) obviates the problem of tension exerted on wearers of restraining belts, is both safe and cheap to manufacture and can be fitted easily to existing vehicle seat belts. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256361-A (GB)
Title: Window cleaning aid
Inventor: ACTON ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A47L1/095
Filed: 1991-08-02
Abstract: A window cleaning device for cleaning the outside of windows from the inside comprises a U-shaped frame 1 with extendable legs, one of which is a handle while the other forms a support for a cleaning head. The legs extend to allow a single device to accommodate a large range of window configurations. These legs could be either individually adjustable or mechanically linked such that extending the handle extends the cleaning arm. The cleaning head may have a sponge 5, reversible with a blade 6 and is swivel-mounted to allow it to follow the contours of a window frame. Additional features could be:- Wash liquid piped to the cleaning head from either a separate reservoir and pump or a refillable, finger squashable, bag mounted next to a handle gripper. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261471-A (GB)
Title: Spring support in brake actuater
Inventor: BOWDEN P A
IPC: B60T17/08
Filed: 1991-11-15
Abstract: In a spring brake actuator includes a cylindrical housing 33 within which a fluid pressure responsive piston 36 moves. The fluid pressure acts in a sense to compress a capture power spring 38 between the piston and one end of the housing. The end of the housing is provided with a spring seat 50 the periphery of which is conical or arcuate and received by complimentary surfaces of the housing so that the force of the spring is converted into pure axial and hoop-stresses of the housing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264378-A (GB)
Title: A frangible sensor for a secure enclosure
Inventor: MORGAN BARRY ALFRED
IPC: G08B13/12
Filed: 1992-02-11
Abstract: A sensor for a secure enclosure comprises a substantially nonconductive substrate 17 bearing an elongate electrically continuous conductor 18 distributed over the area of the substrate in such a way that the path of the conductor is not determinable from a detection of a section 21, 22 of the conductor itself. The elongate conductor follows a sinuous path over the area of the substrate with each branch of the sinuous path further incorporating regular or irregular meandering path elements 21, 22. The sensor may be incorporated with the walls of a safe, strongbox or strong room, and is provided as an alarm circuit which responds to an interruption of the continuity of the conductor. The alarm may also respond to hammer attacks using microphones at detectors, Fig 4 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254437-A (GB)
Title: Mass transducer
Inventor: BISSET JAMES ROBERT
IPC: G01G23/01
Filed: 1992-04-03
Abstract: A mass measuring transducer of the force-balance type comprises two mechanically independent systems; a load system in which a force produced on a load coil 11 by an electric current flowing in the coil balances the effect of a mass on the pan support 4, and a reference system in which a force produced on a reference coil 17 balances the effect of a constant reference mass. Both coils are located within the field of a common magnet assembly 20 and the connection between the pan support and the load coil is by a folded double lever. The mass is determined by the ratio of the currents in the load coil and the reference coil. The folded double lever arrangement comprises a first order load lever 6 coupled to movable end frame 3 by a tension link 7, and a second order load lever 9 coupled to the lever 6 by a tension link 10 and having its fulcrum outside that link. Pan support 4 is coupled to the end frame 3 by horizontal flexures 5 and the end frame is supported on main frame 1 by horizontal links 2, thus forming a parallel-motion support structure for the weigh pan. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257010-A (GB)
Title: Pig feeders.
Inventor: FISHER JOHN
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1992-04-16
Abstract: A pig feeder provides feed and/or water to individual feeding stations 2 at pre-determined intervals using timer switches 18, 19 from a feed storage means 5 and a water supply means 15. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268391-A (GB)
Title: A machine for heating buns
Inventor: LIN LUNG-KAI
IPC: A47J27/16
Filed: 1992-07-09
Abstract: The machine consists of a steaming device (6) and a cabinet(4). The steaming device (6) has a container for containing water. In the container, a heating element is mounted for vaporizing the water into steam. The cabinet (4) is mounted above the steaming device (6) in order to be filled with the steam. In the cabinet (4), a plurality of shelves are mounted in order to support buns. Above the shelves, an inclined plate (8) is mounted for restraining any water condensation from falling onto the buns. Below the shelves, a tray (14) is mounted for restraining any dregs formed from the buns from falling onto the steaming device (6). A humidity reducing element (12) mounted in the cabinet for reducing humidity within the cabinet (4). Vents (10) are also formed in the roof for releasing steam out of the cabinet (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269560-A (GB)
Title: A paper bag production process.
Inventor: WALSH DESMOND
IPC: B31B23/00
Filed: 1992-08-14
Abstract: A feeding station (2) feeds a paper web (3) from a roll (4) on a spindle (31) having a fixed end stop (32) and a movable clamp (36). Rotation of the paper roll is controlled by action of an adjustable brake assembly (38). A longitudinal strip of adhesive is applied by action of an adhesive wheel partly immersed in an adhesive reservoir. Folding over of the web is carried out by guide wheels (11 and 12) Fig 2 (not shown) mounted around an elongate former (10) to deliver the web in the form of a lower leaf (20) Fig 3 (not shown) and an upper leaf (21) Fig 3 (not shown) which are cut off-set to each other by action of an impact arm (24) against lower and upper cutting blades (22 and 23). The process lends itself to easy and simple batch changes and to a very low discard rate for small batches. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260368-A (GB)
Title: Pump having flow control jet nozzle.
Inventor: ROBBIE MARK JOHN
IPC: F04D5/00
Filed: 1992-10-06
Abstract: A regenerative pump comprises a housing (1) with a fluid inlet (19) and a fluid outlet, an impeller (12) having a plurality of vanes (13) spaced angularly around the axis of rotation of the impeller (12) and accommodated within a flow channel (4) extending between the inlet and outlet, an annular core (14) located in the flow channel (4) around the vanes (13) and in the plane of rotation of the impeller (12) so that the vanes serve to induce fluid flow around the core (14), and flow control means (21) comprising a nozzle (23) which is connectible to a fluid supply and opens into the flow channel (4) adjacent to the inlet (19) so as to produce a jet of fluid to selectively oppose or disturb the flow of fluid from the inlet (19) and thereby reduce the fluid pressure generated in the pump. The nozzle (23) is located on the opposite side of the impeller from the inlet (19). The supply of fluid to the nozzle (23) and/or the orientation of the nozzle (23) may be varied.
Patent GB-2261777-A (GB)
Title: Pole holding member for an electrical connector
Inventor: MOJI EIRO
IPC: H01R13/46
Filed: 1992-11-16
Abstract: A pole holding member made of synthetic resin comprises a sleeve shaped main body (3c) having an end wall and a core (3d) capable of being fitted into an inner space of the sleeve. A pole piece holding recess (30, 37) for holding a contact pin (1) or sheath is formed in a surface of the core, and is in the form of a fitting groove with a U-shaped section having a lateral cleavage portion opening tranversely of the core. The end wall portion of the main body (3c) is provided with a pole piece holding hole through which the contact pin can pass when the core (3d) is fined into the sleeve and held in place by a mating groove and projection. The core can be one piece, with the recesses (30, 37) opening onto its outer surface, or in two pieces with the openings of each piece being closed (following pole insertion) by the other piece. Metallic shielding members (4a, 4b) and an outer casing are added to define the connector. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261947-A (GB)
Title: Temperature compensated fibre-optic gyroscope
Inventor: KUMAGAI TATSUYA
IPC: G01C19/72
Filed: 1992-11-19
Abstract: A fibre-optic gyroscope operating on the Sagnac effect has a circuit to correct for the effects of temperature on light source wavelength in measuring angular velocity. Laser diode 12 introduces light into both ends of a sensing loop such that beams propagate through the sensing loop clockwise and counterclockwise. These beams are re-combined at a light receiving device and a signal processing circuit then calculates an angular velocity  OMEGA ' according to the phase difference between the two beams. The temperature near the laser diode 12 is detected by a thermistor 16 and current supplied to the laser diode 12 is detected by a resistance 15. Signals from the thermistor 16 and resistor 15 are fed to a multiplexer 17, A/D converter 18 and CPU 19 where correction values Kt and Ki are looked up. A corrected angular velocity  OMEGA  is obtained by calculating the product of the angular velocity with the correction values Ki and Kt, i.e.,  OMEGA =  OMEGA ' * Ki * Kt. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276501-A (GB)
Title: Operating a switched connector with a humidity sensor
Inventor: HOWARD PAUL
IPC: D06F58/38
Filed: 1992-11-25
Abstract: An intervening socket (A) is connected by a cable (B) to a sensor (C) which is designed to be placed in the exhaust of a domestic clothes dryer, the sensor sends a signal to the socket when the humidity of the air from the dryer has fallen to a predetermined value and a resettable cut-out is then activated on the socket (A) into which the dryer has been plugged. Alternatively (not illustrated), a cut-out is incorporated on the plug-top of the dryer. The dryer is thus stopped at a desired dryness of the clothes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274174-A (GB)
Title: Optical fibre splice closure
Inventor: FOSS RAYMOND CHARLES
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 1993-01-08
Abstract: An optical fibre splice closure comprises a base 10, a removable cover 20 and means for mounting a plurality of stacks 11 of optical fibre splice storage trays 24 side-by-side on the base. Preferably the base 10 is formed with a cable entry port 12, an inner annular guideway 14 extending around the cable entry port, an outer annular guideway 15 concentric with the inner guideway, and a plurality of separator elements 16 disposed between the two guideways, for separating a bundle of fibres into a plurality of individual fibres or groups of fibres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263711-A (GB)
Title: Flushing control means for a urinal
Inventor: LOWE JEFFREY CHARLES
IPC: E03D5/02
Filed: 1993-01-25
Abstract: Flushing control means for a urinal comprises a waste flow passage, a temperature sensor arranged to detect the rise in temperature resulting from the flow of near human body temperature urine in said passage and means operated by said rise to actuate a flow valve to cause emptying of a cistern to flush the passage.
Patent GB-2263994-A (GB)
Title: Counterfeit document detector
Inventor: ROPER RICHARD GERALD
IPC: G07D7/00
Filed: 1993-02-04
Abstract: A device (1) for the detection of a counterfeit financial or other instrument by radiation of the instrument with ultra violet light comprises a cabinet incorporating a shrouded (6) source of u/v light and a platform (3) for retention of the instrument: the platform (3) being adapted to be orientated in a first generally horizontal mode or in a second generally vertical mode, whereby the instrument can be readily and discreetly seen by an operative from above or at one side. The device may include a plug and choke arrangement formed as a single unitary entity thereby reducing the size of the neon tube assembly within the shroud. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267841-A (GB)
Title: Evaporation preventative for cement mortar and concrete
Inventor: DRS JOSEF FRANZ
IPC: C08L91/06
Filed: 1993-06-02
Abstract: Mixtures of aqueous paraffin emulsions with corresponding emulsions of hydrocarbon resins, when used as evaporation preventatives for cement mortar and concrete, begin to weather after a short time, but primarily have excellent barrier factors.
Patent GB-2270160-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic measurement of liquid level.
Inventor: SINCLAIR DAVID
IPC: G01F23/296
Filed: 1993-07-29
Abstract: An ultrasonic liquid level gauging sensor 2 has a transducer 16 at the lower end of a tube 30 that is filled with liquid to the same height as liquid outside the tube. The sensor has an axial rod 35 extending along the tube and supporting several calibration reflectors 36. The rod 35 enables the sensor 2 to be used at high tilt angles, by increasing the amount of energy reflected and received by the transducer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275108-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow meter
Inventor: COLLIER JAMES DIGBY YARLET
IPC: G01P5/24
Filed: 1993-08-02
Abstract: A fluid flow meter comprises a pair of transducers (8, 9) spaced apart in the direction of fluid flow; a transmitter (20) for causing acoustic signals to be transmitted in both directions through the fluid by the transducers; and a processor (22) for determining information relating to the fluid flow. The processor (22) monitors the time of flight of acoustic signals received by the transducers, wherein during a monitoring cycle the transmitter causes each transducer to transmit acoustic signals at at least two fixed frequencies, and the processor is responsive to the phase of the received signals and their frequencies to determine the time of flight. Also disclosed are impedance matching of the transducers, the use of plane waves as the transmitted signal, transmission of signals along two different acoustic paths to account for electrical delays in the transducers, and the use of a plurality of parallel fluid flow passages dimensioned so that only plane waves are transmitted through the fluid. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280671-A (GB)
Title: Sodium amide complexes
Inventor: WARD LUCY
IPC: C07C211/65
Filed: 1993-08-04
Abstract: Novel sodium amide complexes are disclosed being complexes of the formula      Na(NR1R2).nTMEDA where R1 is H or C1-20-hydrocarbyl, R2 is C1-20- hydrocarbyl, n is an integer, (preferably 1 - 4) and TMEDA is N,N,N'N'-tetramethylethylenediamine. The complexes, which are oil soluble and substantially non-pyrophoric, are useful metallating agents in organic syntheses and have advantages over lithium diisopropylamide. The crystalline complexes are prepared by reacting a sodium alkyl, or elemental sodium, with an amine of formula R1R2NH in the presence of TMEDA.
Patent GB-2280924-A (GB)
Title: Windows and windscreens
Inventor: SEE BRIAN
IPC: B63B19/02
Filed: 1993-08-10
Abstract: Structural members used to form the framing or glazing bars of window or windscreen assemblies and the like, for example the "A" posts at the sides of a windscreen of a vehicle are formed of transparent or translucent load bearing plastics or other materials for improved vision and/or light transmission. The invention may also be used for aircraft, boats, buildings and other structures such as shower screens to improve appearance as well as for practical reasons.
Patent GB-2270248-A (GB)
Title: A confectionery breaker
Inventor: SLACK JAMIE
IPC: A23G1/20
Filed: 1993-09-08
Abstract: A confectionery breaker 10 has an upstream housing 11 and a downstream housing 12, the upstream housing 11 being hollow and being adapted to embrace a block of chocolate 13 fed into the upstream housing 11, the block of chocolate 13 being pushed from the upstream housing 11 down into the downstream housing 12 so that when the housings 11 and 12 are manually flexed, the bar of chocolate is severed. Alternatively the two housings may be hinged (Figs 3-7). <IMAGE>