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Patent GB-2312368-A (GB)
Title: Novelty cheese
Inventor: RIDING WILLIAM
IPC: A23C19/09
Filed: 1997-04-16
Abstract: White Cheshire cheese is located in the base of a mould. That cheese is then firmed down to form an upwardly facing convex region on top of which is located a cut piece of yellow Cheddar. Further grated Cheshire is then added and pushed down before adding the triangular Cheddar nose strip 17 and then adding additional grated Cheshire cheese on to the Cheddar and Cheshire cheese and then adding eye strips 18 of Cheddar cheese and then adding further grated Cheshire cheese. A final layer of Cheddar cheese 19 is then added. The cheese are then compacted and caused to form one cheese by exerting pressure from above.
Patent GB-2316426-A (GB)
Title: Method & composition for plugging gas migration channels in the cement annulus of a wellbore using high viscosity poymers
Inventor: IRANI CYRUS ASPI
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 1997-08-19
Abstract: A process for mitigating the effects of gas migration through channels in a cement sheath in a hydrocarbon production well by injecting a mixture of a carrier fluid with a dissolved polymer into the sheath. The carrier fluid may be CO 2 or a fluid selected from the group of hydrocarbons ranging in carbon number from C 2 to C 20 . The polymer may be polydimethylsiloxane, polystyrene or selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and polybutylene. The process utilizes the phase transition parameters of the mixture coupled with the well conditions and/or injection parameters to cause the polymer to drop out of the solution within the gas migration channels. The mixture can be injected through well perforations in the producing zone or perforations made in the wellbore adjacent the gas migration zone or directly into the cement sheath at the wellhead.
Patent GB-2316593-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for controlling sub monitors in a video communication system
Inventor: JEONG SEONG GON
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 1997-08-18
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a plurality of sub monitors 200 in a video communication system in which the same signal from a host computer 2 or a video tape recording/reproducing device is displayed on screens of the sub monitors and a main monitor 100 to which the sub monitors 200 are connected in series. The control apparatus comprises a plurality of communication devices included respectively in the main and sub monitors 100, 200, for serially transferring control data from a host computer 2 to the main and sub monitors 100, 200 and response data from the main and sub monitors 100, 200 to the host computer 2, and a plurality of microcomputers connected respectively to the communication devices 125, 225, for setting up a corresponding one of the main and sub monitors 100, 200 in response to the control data from the host computer 2 when the control data from the host computer 2 is for the control of the corresponding monitor and transferring the control data from the host computer 2 to the subsequent sub monitor 200 when the control data from the host computer 2 is not for the control of the corresponding monitor. According to the present invention, the host computer 2 can control the plurality of sub monitors 200 using the communication devices therein and a program for the control thereof.
Patent GB-2316377-A (GB)
Title: Power steering control path having low-pass filter with adjustable limit frequency
Inventor: MOSER MARTIN
IPC: B62D6/00
Filed: 1997-08-26
Abstract: A vehicle steering system has an electronic control path for coupling a steering handle 6 and vehicle steered wheels 1. The nominal signal produced by the steering handle angle, passes through a filter 9 before a nominal/actual steered angle comparison. The filter 9 essentially passes only frequencies below an adjustable limit frequency. This filtering causes a slight delay between the turning of the steering handle 6 and the turning of the wheels 1. The filter is switched to a low limit frequency for a relatively large delay, when direct transmission is provided (a relatively small transmission ratio between the actuating travel of the steering handle 6 and the actual travel of the steered wheels 1), for example at large steered angle or during low speed manoeuvring. A high limit frequency for fast response is used when indirect transmission is provided, for example at small steered angles or for high speed stability.
Patent GB-2323305-A (GB)
Title: Exercise apparatus
Inventor: RENATE PERLEBERG-KOLBEL
IPC: A63B21/02
Filed: 1997-09-11
Abstract: An apparatus for strengthening body muscles comprises a casing, a lever (4) movably mounted in said casing, a spring (10, 11, 12) biased against said lever (4), and a pulling member (5) attached to said lever (4).
Patent GB-2329664-A (GB)
Title: Window leaves and methods for their formation
Inventor: SMITH RICHARD CHARLES ALASTAIR
IPC: E06B1/36
Filed: 1997-09-25
Abstract: A method of forming a window leaf which can be top hung comprising frame member (29). At a corner two members (29) are connected together with one member (29) having a projection and a part chamfer and the other member having a part chamfer co-operating with the part chamfer on the first member to form the corner and a cut-back portion (15). The projection may be shaped so as to simulate a sash window horn. In this way, features provided on the members such as channels and grooves (18) can be continuous round the corner and a closed joint is formed between the members.
Patent GB-2320284-A (GB)
Title: Connecting a fuel pipe (jumper tube) between an i.c. engine fuel injector and a common supply rail
Inventor: BROWN PETER A
IPC: F02M57/02
Filed: 1997-10-14
Abstract: One end 30 of the fuel pipe 28 (jumper tube) is connected to a seat 34 having a spherical surface at the inlet port (12, figs. 1,2) of the fuel injector (14) by means of a sealing member 44 which is held against the seat 34 by a clamping flange 76. The sealing member 44 has a through-bore 54, a seat-engaging surface 50 which may be conical and a counter-bore 52 which opens at the other end and which receives the end of the fuel pipe 28. The end 30 of the pipe 28 abuts the step 56 between the through-bore 54 and the counter-bore 52 and is secured to the sealing member 44 eg by brazing. The other end of the pipe 28 is flared (86, fig.4) and is forced into engagement with a conical seat (106) attached to the common rail by a threaded fitting member (88). The connection is robust to withstand high assembly and dynamic forces, eg arising from the operation of a HEUI type injector.
Patent GB-2330910-A (GB)
Title: Identification of friction materials
Inventor: AMNER JOHN ARTHUR
IPC: G01N27/60
Filed: 1997-11-01
Abstract: Triboelectricity, that is the electrostatic charging of materials by rubbing them against one another, is used to identify particular friction materials (e.g. asbestos or aramid based materials) which produce a characteristic charge magnitude or polarity when rubbed against a reference material (e.g. comprising acrylic, PVC or PMMA). An apparatus 24 for carrying out this identification mounts a reference material 28 so that it can be rubbed against a material to be identified to create electrostatic charges which are then processed to identify the nature of the sample.
Patent GB-2331202-A (GB)
Title: Radio telemetry system
Inventor: BATEMAN ANDREW
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 1997-11-03
Abstract: A radio telemetry system for collecting data from multiple remote units 7-11 via respective multiple radio channels in which the frequency and bandwidth may be allocated according to the channel transmission losses measured by reference to pilot signals as measured at the remote units. The channels may be allocated frequencies so that those having a higher received signal power are located together away from the channels having a lower received signal power and thus reducing cross channel interference. Preferably each remote unit is allocated a block of contiguous channels so that channels either side of a central channel are available to transmit data from other remote units in the manner of a repeater unit. The system may also support voice transmission on one or more channels using a different modulation scheme to that used for data transmission.
Patent GB-2319666-A (GB)
Title: Key switch
Inventor: DUPUIS ALAIN
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1997-11-10
Abstract: A key switch for an automobile has a static housing (4) and a rotatable housing (6) having a key receiving slot (24) and spring terminals (26) . In the Off position, the spring terminals are outwardly biased out of the key receiving slot, camming portions (38) thereof being received in recesses of the static housing. Upon turning the key to the On position, the terminals are inwardly biased into the key receiving slot by engagement of the camming portions (38) with raised portions (18) of the static housing. Rubbing of the key with the contacts during insertion is thus avoided.
Patent GB-2332014-A (GB)
Title: Garden pool moulding
Inventor: HUMPHREYS BRIAN ANTONY
IPC: E04H4/04
Filed: 1997-12-02
Abstract: A garden pool moulding (1) has an anchorage (5) such as a hole or blind bore or a projection to receive a complementary fastening element on or in or connected to or for connection to an article (7) to be placed over or in the moulding when in use, for example a net or mesh screen or a container for plants, so as to hold the article in a desired relationship to the moulding. The anchorage may be an insert in the moulding, for example of metal which will not be attacked by water.
Patent GB-2321291-A (GB)
Title: Riser for launching a pig; a pig for cleaning a shoreline; making a pig
Inventor: KNAPP KENNETH MCBEATH
IPC: B08B9/055
Filed: 1997-12-19
Abstract: A tension leg platform in deep water over an underwater wellhead system supports the riser 42 with ID smaller than the shoreline 40 ID delivering produced oil to shore. The pig 48,80, with a tapered nose 86, is inserted into a bell nipple 50 at the top riser end to enable pig passage down the riser, compressing the pig body, and through valves 46,54 to the shoreline 40. The body is formed of N discs 84,88 and N foam annular spacers 86,92 to clean the shoreline ID. The pig body has an elongate center post 82 integral with the discs 84,88 and is made by moulding the post 82 and discs of relatively hard polymer within and between stacked, spaced spacers 86,92 using intermediate bands or a profiled mould 100.
Patent GB-2319555-A (GB)
Title: Cavity closer with reversible spacer element
Inventor: WILLIAMS PETER CLIFFORD TOWNSE
IPC: E06B1/00
Filed: 1995-10-13
Abstract: A cavity closer 106 includes an elongate recess 110 into which spring tang 134 on a window or door frame 132 may engage, and two dove-tailed recesses 136a, 136b, one either side of the elongate recess, together with a spacer strip 146 engageable with the dove-tailed recesses and having a further elongate recess 110', thereby effectively replicating the engagement means further Inset from the wall 100. This allows cavity closers to be employed in situations where the user wishes to apply a render 144 to the wall surface. A backstop 138' limits the outward motion of the frame. The spacer strip, when engaged with the dovetailed recesses covers the engagement means. The spacer strip may be inserted into the dovetailed recesses in one of two mutually reversed positions to permit the fitting of the frame from the opposite direction (fig. 2, not shown).
Patent GB-2322622-A (GB)
Title: Foil cutter
Inventor: KIM IN-SEOK
IPC: B67B7/04
Filed: 1998-02-04
Abstract: A foil cutter comprises a substantially U-shaped resilient body formed from two separate body portions A1, A2 which may be made of synthetic resin and joined by high frequency bonding, and a plurality of cutting members such as cutting wheels 8 which are disposed between the two body portions. The cutting wheels may be fixed or rotatable and may be mounted on projections 702. Some of the cutting members may be connected to each other (see fig 9). The cutter may also comprise a corkscrew and a bottle cap opener (see fig 12) and may be fish-shaped.
Patent GB-2325350-A (GB)
Title: Hexagonal conductors in stator windings for electric machines
Inventor: KIRSCHNER ROLAND
IPC: H02K3/12
Filed: 1998-05-06
Abstract: The stator (6) for electric machines comprises, in conventional fashion, axially extending grooves (12) for accommodating the stator winding (11), the latter being formed by profile wire (16) having a hexagonal cross section. The flat sides of the wires rest close against one another, so that no cavities are formed and the groove filling is improved as compared with conventional stator windings. An alternator application is disclosed.
Patent GB-2325967-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for operating a selector shaft of a gearbox
Inventor: DEIMEL ANDREAS
IPC: F16H61/32
Filed: 1998-06-03
Abstract: Apparatus for operating a selector shaft 2 of a shift gear which can swivel about an axis and is displaceable along the axis. The apparatus has a displacement mechanism 20 which is connected to the selector shaft 2 through a structural connecting assembly 24,28,44 which can displace the selector shaft 2 in an axial direction. A swivel mechanism 18 is connected to the selector shaft through a structural connecting assembly 22,26,38,32 and can rotate the selector shaft. The structural connecting assembly 22,26,38,32 engages with articulated movement on a swivel lever or crank 12 rigidly connected to the selector shaft 2. The displacement and swivel movement are uncoupled from each other, and the structural connecting assemblies each contain an articulated rod 44,38 whose one end is connected for articulated movement to the associated actuator 20,18 and whose other end is connected for articulated movement to the selector shaft 2.
Patent GB-2331130-A (GB)
Title: Pressure actuated seal
Inventor: WALLACE THOMAS TRACY
IPC: F01D11/00
Filed: 1998-07-03
Abstract: A seal includes first and second spaced apart walls 36,38 having a gap 30b therebetween for channelling a pressurized fluid 32. The first wall includes a recessed seat 40 facing the second wall defined by spacing apart first and second faces 40a,40b joined together by a base 40c. A seal insert 42 is loosely disposed in the seat 40 and is trapped therein by the first and second faces 40a,40b. The first and second faces 40a,40b are shorter A,B than the insert D to project a top of the insert above the seat and below the second wall so that initial fluid flow deploys the insert in abutting contact with both the second face 40b and the second wall 38 to seal the gap 30b. The seal insert may be triangular (figs 8-11) and may be in a variable nozzle of a gas turbine engine (figs 1-3,6-7).
Patent GB-2329446-A (GB)
Title: Torsional vibration damper having spring entraining surface.
Inventor: FELDHAUS REINHARD
IPC: F16F15/139
Filed: 1998-07-31
Abstract: A torsional vibration damping device comprises first and second damping members 12, 14 connected via a spring arrangement 20. The spring arrangement comprises one or more springs 40 that are held between support members 42 that are moveable along a displacement surface 34. Upon relative torsional movement of the members 12, 14, an entrainment surface or means 74 engages the support members 42, moving them along surface 34. The chamber around the spring may contain lubricant (96, Figure 2). In addition, the damper may have the following features: an overload protection device (26c, 130c, 162e, 180g, Figure 5) for damping torque peaks; a bearing arrangement that allows relative tilting movement between the first and second damping members; a further damping spring arrangement (see Figure 4), and a damping spring with a spring characteristic that changes with relative motion of the damping members.
Patent GB-2342376-A (GB)
Title: Method of levelling a railway sleeper and panel for use in the method
Inventor: COPE ROBIN S
IPC: E01B27/13
Filed: 1998-10-09
Abstract: The method of levelling a railway sleeper resting on a bed of stone ballast comprises inserting beneath the sleeper one or more pre-formed height-adjusting panels 18 comprising a layer of stone ballast particles 19 bonded together by an adhesive. The bonded layer of particles may be self-supporting but the particles are preferably bonded onto a backing sheet 17. Each panel includes a standard quantity of ballast, thus avoiding the necessity of measuring out quantities of loose particles on site. It is also easier to insert the panels beneath the sleeper than it is to insert loose particles in a controlled manner.
Patent GB-2332385-A (GB)
Title: Jam clearance adaptor for rivet setting tool
Inventor: KOMSTA THEODORE S
IPC: B21J15/28
Filed: 1998-12-16
Abstract: A rivet setting tool 10 for setting of blind rivets has a connector-coupler 18,22 arranged between the end of the tool and a collector hose 16. Rivet stems 14 broken from the rivets during rivetting exhaust from the tool to the collector hose but are prone to jam. The connector is screwed into the tool housing. The coupler 22 is affixed to the connector 18 by means of a resilient fastening 24, such as an O-ring, which is arranged to disconnect in the event that a jammed rivet stem is forced back against the coupler. The offending rivet stems can then be removed and the coupler reconnected. The coupler may be curved (40 fig 4) and slidably received in a correspondingly shaped connector.
Patent GB-2332094-A (GB)
Title: Electrode deposition for organic light-emitting devices
Inventor: PICHLER KARL
IPC: H05B33/10
Filed: 1997-09-04
Abstract: There is disclosed an organic light-emitting device having at least one layer of light-emissive organic material arranged between first and second electrodes, one of the first and second electrodes being a multilayer structure, each layer of the multilayer structure being a DC magnetron sputtered layer. There is also disclosed an organic tight-emitting device having two or more layers of light-emissive organic material arranged between first and second electrodes, an uppermost layer of the organic material being more resistant to sputter deposition than an underlying layer of the organic material, and the electrode formed over the uppermost layer of organic material being a sputtered layer. There are also disclosed methods for making such structures.
Patent GB-2337386-A (GB)
Title: Location of a mobile station
Inventor: DUPRAY DENNIS J
IPC: G01S19/46
Filed: 1997-09-08
Abstract: A location system is disclosed for commercial wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location centers for outputting requested locations of commercially available handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local MS location requests and more global MS location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location centers. The system uses a plurality of MS locating technologies including those based on: (1) two-way TOA and TDOA; (2) pattern recognition; (3) distributed antenna provisioning; and (4) supplemental information from various types of very low cost non-infrastructure base stations for communicating via a typical commercial wireless base station infrastructure or a public telephone switch network.
Patent GB-2335860-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for incising
Inventor: GREENSTEIN MICHAEL
IPC: A61B5/15
Filed: 1999-03-26
Abstract: A multi-shaft apparatus, for incising a substrate of soft resilient material such as a body tissue, particularly for collecting a blood sample, comprises two or more incision shafts 112, 114 each having a distal edge 118, 128. The shafts 112, 114 are not affixed to each other and are allowed to slide against each other to drive the distal edges 118, 128 alternately against the substrate to incise the substrate by, for example, a pizoelectric mechanism. In the case of incising a body tissue, such alternating motion results in less pain to the patient than a puncture resulting from a sharp jab by a sharp shaft of similar size to the shafts 112, 114. In a further embodiment, (Fig 8) the outer shaft is blunt and stationary whilst the inner shaft cuts by rotating motion. In another embodiment, (Fig 9) the shafts comprise a single tube split in two.
Patent GB-2340424-A (GB)
Title: Stopper rod with detachable nose portion
Inventor: LEE STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: B22D41/18
Filed: 1999-07-03
Abstract: A refractory monoblock stopper for use in controlling the flow of molten metal 6 from the nozzle of a vessel 5, the stopper rod comprising a detachable nose portion 10 comprising a pyroplastic material. The nose portion may comprise a core of refractory material provided with an outer layer of pyroplastic material. A layer of insulating material may be provided between the core of the nose portion and the layer of pyroplastic material. The pyroplastic material may comprise an admixture of alumino silicates and fluxing agents.
Patent GB-2340396-A (GB)
Title: Synergistic herbicidal compositions
Inventor: HOSHI HISAYUKI
IPC: A01N43/58
Filed: 1999-08-11
Abstract: Synergistic herbicidal compositions comprise a 2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(4-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-3-pyridazinon-2-yl) phenyl C<SB>1-5</SB> non-cyclic hydrocarbyl ether in combination with a second herbicidal compound selected from 1-(2-ethylsulfonylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)-3-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl) urea, 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenyl-sulfonylaminocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one, methyl 4-iodo-2-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoate, and methyl 2-[4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-ylcarbamoyl)sulfamoyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)nicotinate, monosodium salt.
Patent GB-2343107-A (GB)
Title: Hand activated turbine powered brush nozzle for vacuum cleaner
Inventor: DILGER HORST
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 1999-09-16
Abstract: A vacuum-cleaner nozzle has a housing 1 forming a turbine compartment 3 and a brush compartment 2 and having opening into the turbine compartment an outlet 4 adapted for connection to a fan input and a slot opening 9 into the brush compartment. A brush 8 rotatable in the brush compartment has bristles projecting from the slot. A turbine 6 in the turbine compartment is oriented such that air flow from the slot to the outlet rotates the turbine. A drive or transmission 10 couples the turbine to the brush for rotating the brush when the turbine rotates. A button 12 is displaceable on the housing between an outer position and an inner position and a spring 19 urges the button into the outer position. A link 18 between the button and the drive arrests rotation of the brush on displacement of the button into the outer position. This button is remote from the slot and the housing is formed with a handle 11 adapted to be held by a hand of a user. The button is positioned immediately adjacent the handle for actuation by a finger of the hand on the handle.
Patent GB-2343132-A (GB)
Title: Mounting centrifuge tile
Inventor: DESCHAMPS JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: B04B1/20
Filed: 1999-10-19
Abstract: A method of installing tiles via interposed tile carriers on a scroll of a centrifuge comprises mounting each tile carrier (11, fig 1A) prior to a welding step in the required position on a centrifuge flight by means of an individual tile clamp 32 , with mechanical inter-engagement between each carrier (11) and its clamp 32 , thus positioning each carrier (11) in the same position relative to its clamp 32 on each application, the tile clamps 32 being of a set width, so that when mounted side by side they pitch the carriers (11) so that when the tiles (10, fig 4) are inserted there are no gaps between the tiles, thus giving a smooth surface without having to dress the tiles. Mounting is followed by welding the carriers (11), whilst held in position by the tile clamps to the centrifuge flight. The tile clamps; are then removed and once the tile carriers have cooled down to ambient temperature the tiles (10) are inserted and secured to their respective carriers (11). The invention also includes a method of inserting a dovetail ribbed tile (10) into a dovetail grooved carrier (11), and also a certrifuge flight 31 or scroll incorporating such tiles and carriers, and also a centrifuge incorporating such a scroll.