baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2121147-A (GB)
Title: Missile fin assemblies
Inventor: GOODWIN LAURENCE
IPC: F42B10/16
Filed: 1983-06-02
Abstract: A missile includes a fin member 1 hingedly mounted for hinging movement about hinge axis H between a stowed position and a deployed position. The fin member 1 includes a transverse lever arm 4 which pivotally carries one end of a link 5. The other end of the link 5 is pivotally coupled to a cylindrical shell 3, which is relatively rotatable with respect to hinge axis H about a rotation axis R to move the other end of the link along a circular path thus to move the fin member to its deployed position. In a preferred arrangement, when the fin member is in its deployed position, the lever arm 4 extends tangentially to axis R and link 5 extends radially with respect thereto to provide a geometric lock. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127235-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector
Inventor: YAGI TADASHI
IPC: H01R13/453
Filed: 1983-07-29
Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of terminals 2 each having a portion 2a protruding from the body. The protruding portions 2a are covered by a cover 3 which includes openings 31a through which respective portions 2a can protrude. The cover 3 is biased by a spring 4 to an outward position to cover the terminals. When a connection is to be made, the cover is rotated so that the portions 2a of the terminals protrude through the openings 31a in the cover. The connector is for use with a cooperating member which depresses the cover and has receptacles to receive the protruding terminal members. If the cover is depressed inwardly by means, such as a finger, which obturates the cover openings 31a, the terminals deform resiliently inwardly of the body and are consequently not damaged (chain lines, fig 2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2124922-A (GB)
Title: Filter for effluent screening
Inventor: STOCKTON CLAUD
IPC: B01D33/04
Filed: 1983-08-03
Abstract: Solids are removed from effluent in tank 2 by an endless, inclined, moving belt in the form of a flexible elastomeric backing strip from which project rows of wire teeth, which catch the solids and lift them to where they are removed by a rotary brush 14 and spray pipes 15,16. Solids brushed from the belt are fed from receiver 11 into rotary sieve 12. The teeth are bent halfway along their length, and the belt may have areas without teeth (Figure 2 not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146075-A (GB)
Title: Scroll type compressor with displacement adjusting mechanism
Inventor: TERAUCHI KIYOSHI
IPC: F04C18/04
Filed: 1983-09-05
Abstract: The compressor includes a housing having a fluid inlet port 36 and an outlet port 37. A fixed scroll 27 has a circular end plate 271 from which a first wrap 272 extends. The end plate 271 partitions the inner chamber of the housing into a front chamber 29 connected to the fluid inlet port 36 and a rear chamber 30. The rear chamber is divided into a central chamber 301 connected to the fluid outlet port 37 and an outer chamber 302. An orbiting scroll 28 has a circular end plate 281 from which a second wrap 282 extends. Both wraps interfit to define at least one pair of sealed off fluid pockets therebetween. The end plate 271 has at least two holes 275,276 which are placed at symmetrical positions and connect the fluid pockets to the outer chamber 302. The end plate 271 also has a hole 40 which connects the front chamber 29 with the outer chamber 302. Valve members 39 are provided for each hole 275,276. Control means 41 selectively opens the hole 40 to connect the inlet (suction) side of the compressor with the chamber 302 and thereby with the fluid pockets via holes 275,276. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131207-A (GB)
Title: A control valve
Inventor: ASHMORE MAURICE ALBERT JOHN
IPC: G05D16/10
Filed: 1983-09-22
Abstract: The valve comprises inlet and outlet passages 11a, 11b, a pressure reducing orifice 12 between the inlet and outlet, a flow control member 2 operable in response to the difference in fluid pressures upstream and downstream of the orifice and a pressure relief valve member 17. The relief valve operates in response to pressure downstream of the orifice 1A, so that when the downstream pressure exceeds a particular value the pressure relief member operates to allow the flow control member 2 to prevent or reduce the flow of fluid to the outlet. The orifice may be provided integral with the valve, Figure 2, (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148825-A (GB)
Title: Lift apparatus for lifting cigarette filter plugs
Inventor: ITOH KENKICHI
IPC: A24C5/35
Filed: 1983-10-28
Abstract: Cigarette filter plugs are delivered fresh from a plug making machine by a lower horizontal conveyor 3 to a lifting apparatus A which conveys the filter plugs upwardly in multiple layers and which comprises two vertical conveyors 7a and 7b formed of upwardly divering flat belts, and a pressurizing conveyor 9 which is provided outwardly of a bend conveying passage extending from the lower horizontal conveyor 3 to the vertical conveyors and which is revolvable at a greater speed than that of the vertical conveyors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149153-A (GB)
Title: Electronic timeswitch
Inventor: FAERESTRAND WILLIAM A
IPC: G04G15/00
Filed: 1983-11-04
Abstract: The timeswitch comprises a switch actuated in accordance with a pre-set switching program, by microprocessor controlled circuitry, and a display 10 comprising an analogue time display portion 10a. The analogue portion 10a comprises inner and outer concentric circles of actuable indicia 12, 14. In the running mode of the timeswitch, in one configuration, the indicia 14 of the inner circle are sequentially actuated to represent the hour hand of an analogue clock displaying the actual time. The outer indicia 12 are actuated in groups to represent the, switching program "on" times. In the programming mode, the time indicated by the inner indicia 14, may be manually selected, whereafter the state of the switch at that time may be selected. The outer indicia 12 are actuated in sets to represent the switching program being entered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2157315-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium bronze alloy containing silicon
Inventor: NUTINI BRUNO
IPC: C22C9/06
Filed: 1984-04-12
Abstract: An aluminium bronze alloy contains  NOTGREATER 0.15% Mn and 0.5 to 2.5% of Si to improve its characteristics when hot and cold. The preferred composition consists of, in wt %. Al   8.5-10.5             Ni  12  -20             Zn   8.5-10.5 Fe    0 - 1             Mn    0 - 0.15             Si   0.5- 2.5    P + Sn + S + Pb    0 - 0.03 Cu balance R
Patent GB-2143398-A (GB)
Title: A video signal imposition circuit
Inventor: KAWAHARA YUZO
IPC: G09G5/04
Filed: 1984-04-16
Abstract: A video signal imposition circuit comprises a red-green-blue demodulator circuit 3 for demodulating a first video signal (1) and an insertion composite circuit (5) which combines the first signal (1) with a second signal (8), the inserter composite circuit (5) including a buffer amplifier (11), the composite signal (6) being supplied to a Braun tube display unit (7). An insertion period signal input (9) is also provided and the circuit operates by periodically reducing the demodulated first signal to the "black level" during which periods the second signal is inserted, with improved display quality. The buffer amplifier 11 is biassed at cut-off in its active region by means of an open collector inverter 14 and series resistor 13 connected to the amplifier input. This ensures a rapid switching of the video signal without excessive black ends to text lines etc. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144151-A (GB)
Title: Method of selective area epitaxial growth
Inventor: TSANG WON-TIEN
IPC: G02B6/12
Filed: 1984-07-24
Abstract: A III-V compound is grown on selected areas of a substrate (1010) by flooding the surface with a thermal beam of group V particles from an effusion oven (1020) and scanning a beam of group III particles from an ion source (1030) over the selected areas. There may be more than one scanning beam and in that case the beams may be of different elements, permitting growth of different compounds in different areas or of tertiary or higher compounds. Also there may be flooding of the surface by a thermal beam of group III particles so that growth outside the selected areas takes place by molecular beam epitaxy. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145044-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle traction aid; windlass
Inventor: KINNELL WILLIAM KIRK
IPC: B66D1/00
Filed: 1984-08-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle traction aid comprising a windlass arranged for securing, in use, against the side of a vehicle wheel 9 with the aid of the wheel securing means 6, and having an axially projecting shaft formed and arranged for rotation, in use, together with the wheel 9 about the rotational axis of said wheel 9, so as to tend to wind about said shaft a rope or cable 13 supported thereon so as to extend from its periphery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150167-A (GB)
Title: Hall building
Inventor: TURAN ZSOLT
IPC: E04B7/14
Filed: 1984-10-26
Abstract: A hall building for covering an interior (1) covered by a membranous or thin sheet-type space-covering structure (2) which is suspended or tensioned at its edge region. The interior (1) is surrounded, at least in part, by a continuous structure or building (6 or 7) or by discrete structures (9, 10, 11). The space-covering structure (2) functionally connected with the structure(s) surrounding the covered space (1) is provided with an annular load-bearing ceiling (4) for absorption of the forces arising from the suspension or tensioning of the space-covering structure (2) and/or with a flat foundation (8; 8'; 22) and/or with an annular load-bearing wall (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169883-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for driving a container filling and plugging machine and a labelling machine
Inventor: RISI ROBERTO
IPC: B67C3/00
Filed: 1985-01-23
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a motor unit (8) and clutch and brake members (10,11), positioned between the motor unit (8) and a filling and plugging machine (1,2) and a labelling machine (3) respectively. The clutch and brake members (10,11) are effective to simultaneously control and individually activate or deactivate each of the machines (1,2,3). The apparatus further comprises a transfer device including a conveyor belt (12), underlying, and driven at a faster speed than an auger (4), for transferring containers from the filling and plugging machine (1,2) to the labelling machine (3). The auger (4) has a significantly longer pitch than the containers to be transferred. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180765-A (GB)
Title: Chess set and board
Inventor: CIOBOTARU ADRIAN
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 1985-09-17
Abstract: The board is assembled from 64 square elements 1 and the chess set comprises rook pieces 2, bishop pieces 3, Queen pieces 4, King pieces 5, knight pieces 6 and pawn pieces 7. The shapes of the pieces suggest the pattern of movement each piece may undertake during the game. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164881-A (GB)
Title: Abrasive stick
Inventor: SHAW RICHARD ANDREW
IPC: B24D15/02
Filed: 1985-09-23
Abstract: An abrasive stick, particularly for use in repairing the body work of vehicles, comprises a piece (1) of abrasive material having a working end (1a), and held within an elongate casing (2), preferably having a cap (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166580-A (GB)
Title: Display methods and devices
Inventor: REYNOLDS EDWARD DAVID
IPC: B44C1/16
Filed: 1985-10-28
Abstract: The device shown for forming a display comprises a sheet 10 provided with a coating of adhesive applied to its rear surface. On the front surface of the sheet 10 are characters printed on slips 9 which are disposed in orthogonal rows and columns, the boundaries of the slips being defined by orthogonal lines of weakening 11. To form a display, selected slips are detached from the sheet 10 and then assembled, usually side by side in a row, to form, for example, a word. To assist in keeping the spacing between adjacent characters uniform when assembling the slips, the characters are positioned asymmetrically on the respective slip to provide left-hand and right-hand margins 15, 16 which are of unequal width. In the example shown, the left-hand margins are of less width than those of the right- hand margins, but some or all could be larger if desired. To assist in spacing rows of assembled slips beneath each other to form lines of characters, the top and bottom margins 17, 18 of the slips are of unequal depth. Alternatively, the slips may be in book or pad form. Adhesive may be applied to the front instead of the rear surface for shop windows. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169082-A (GB)
Title: High frequency electrode type low-level alarm for drip-feed injection
Inventor: LIN SHANG-JING
IPC: G01F23/26
Filed: 1985-12-13
Abstract: A high frequency electrode type low level alarm for drip-feed injection comprises a detecting electrode 101, a high frequency oscillator 102, a comparator 103, a current amplifier 104, an alarm 105, and a DC Source 106. The electrode 101 is positioned at a predetermined level on the outside of a container of injection liquid and when this level is reached by the liquid the electrode causes a change in high frequency load impedance on the oscillator which in turn varies the amplitude of oscillation. The oscillator current consumption through resistor R101 changes and comparator 103 outputs a signal to trigger the alarm (105) whenever the injection liquid reaches the predetermined low level. A second high frequency oscillator 107 having substantially the same design as the first may be connected to the other input of the comparator for compensation of the influence of environmental variations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189147-A (GB)
Title: Artificial knee with improved stable link-type knee joint
Inventor: MAY DENIS RONALD WILLIAM
IPC: A61F2/64
Filed: 1986-04-16
Abstract: A four bar knee mechanism for an artificial leg includes thigh link means (15) for attachment to upper portions of the leg, shin link means (5) for attachment to a shin of the leg, and anterior and posterior link means (10, 20) pivoted between the thigh and shin links. A line joining the pivot (12) between the anterior link means (10) and the shin link means (5) to the pivot (23) between the posterior link means (20) and the shin link means (5) slopes rearwardly and downwardly. The anterior link means (10) is shorter than the posterior link means (20) and the pivots (12, 23) on the shin link means (5) are spaced apart by more than twice the distance separating the pivots (17, 21) on the thigh link means. The pivots (17, 21) on the thigh link means are disposed at intermediate positions relative to the horizontal positions of the pivots (12, 23) on the shin link means when the leg is in a fully extended position. The articulation defined by said links has an instantaneous centre of rotation constituted by the intersection point of a line drawn through the pivots (12, 17) of the anterior link means and a line drawn through the pivots (21, 23,) of the posterior link means, said centre of rotation being located in substantially the region of that of a natural knee and lying upon a curve that is ascending through approximately 15 DEG  of flexion of the knee mechanism from its fully extended position. The posterior link means is of length and having a shin pivot position such that the articulation exhibits flexure exceeding 140 DEG  to enable both a natural sitting posture and a posture in which the user squats back on his heels, with the pivots (12, 17, 21, 23) so disposed that when the mechanism is unflexed they define an irregular quadrilateral whose included angles are 157 DEG at the thigh pivot of the anterior link means, 86 DEG  at the shin pivot of the anterior link means, 80 DEG  at the thigh pivot of the posterior link means and 37 DEG  at the shin pivot of the posterior link means. A lock for the mechanism is also described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174244-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor devices
Inventor: SCOVELL PETER DENIS
IPC: H01L27/06
Filed: 1986-05-27
Abstract: A bipolar transistor structure (1) which can be used in an integrated circuit where bipolar (1) and CMOS transistors (2, 3) are formed simultaneously on one substrate. In integrated circuit form the material, for example polycrystalline silicon, used for the gates (11, 21) of the CMOS transistors is also used for the emitters (29) of the bipolar transistors, the collectors of the bipolar devices are comprised by doped wells (5) in the substrate (4) and the base contacts of the bipolar devices are comprised by regions (27, 27a) equivalent to source and drain regions (17, 18) of the n-well MOS transistors and bridged by base implants (28). The conventional CMOS processing is modified by the addition of two masking steps and one implant (baseimplant). One masking step defines the area for the base implant (28) and the other masking step defines an area of the oxide (30) over the base implant which must be removed to allow contact between the polycrystalline silicon (29), which is suitably doped to provide the emitter, and the base (27, 27a, 28). The base contacts are produced in a semi-self-aligned manner.
Patent GB-2177994-A (GB)
Title: Belt conveyor
Inventor: HASHIMOTO KUNIO
IPC: B65G39/16
Filed: 1986-07-16
Abstract: A belt conveyor is supported through support frames (1). Forward and return paths (2a, 2b) are supported by a plurality of a shape maintaining rollers provided in each support frame. An intermediate roller (6), which is horizontally provided as one of the shape maintaining rollers, contacts and supports both of the forward and return paths to simplify the construction of the belt conveyor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202331-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic transducer
Inventor: HARBOTTLE GRAHAM
IPC: G01P15/11
Filed: 1987-03-19
Abstract: A coil 10 has superimposed wraps of turns all wound in the same sense and each containing at least one layer of turns. The difference in length "d" between adjacent wraps is equal to or less than the length of a body 12 which may be a non-ferro-magnetic "float" of a variable-area flow rate measuring apparatus for fluid passing through a table 14. The coil 10 is energised with AC and the effective inductance of the coil 10 decreases substantially linearly as the float 12 rises. If the float 12 is ferro-magnetic the inductance increases linearly as the float rises. A circuit containing the coil 10 as an inductance may include a tuned amplifier section and a detector, the tuned frequency changing with the coil inductance. Alternatively, the coil has a continously tapered form in which the number of turns per unit length or the coil diameter changes along the length; or two coils one inside the other can be used, the inductance of the one increasing as that of the other decreases. Other measurement applications are envisaged e.g. liquid level, liquid pressure using a manometer with a float, viscosity, or speed and acceleration of small projectiles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192496-A (GB)
Title: Female connector allowing tilting of male counterpart
Inventor: TOYOTA SHIGETAKA
IPC: H01R24/00
Filed: 1987-03-20
Abstract: A female connector (4) has openings (7) in the vicinity of female contacts (6) to allow tilting of male blades (2) or pins when they are mated, and thereby minimise damage on mating. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188432-A (GB)
Title: Capacitive and inductive device for locating hidden objects
Inventor: DOUGLAS KEITH
IPC: G01R33/00
Filed: 1987-03-26
Abstract: A device for detecting objects (126) behind a surface (125) comprises a row of capacitive sensor plates (116a-116i) and a corresponding row of display elements (120a-120i). As the device is moved over the surface (125) the capacitor plates (116a-116i) sense variation in the apparent dielectric constant caused by the presence of an object (126) behind the surface (125). The display elements (120a-120i) change their display accordingly and present a visual representation of the object (126) and of edges of the object (126).
Patent GB-2203354-A (GB)
Title: Board game
Inventor: GULLIFORD ROBERT KEVIN
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1987-04-15
Abstract: A kit of parts for a game includes a board showing a street layout, (e.g. of London) with traffic signs and destinations, movable tokens representing vehicles each having an odometer, a timer for setting the time allowed for each journey, value tokens for use by the players for transactions during the game, passenger cards and driver cards. The kit may also include infringement cards and/or driving test cards. The board has reference numbers and letters around the border used and passenger cards provide one or more destinations with the map reference for each - the passenger cards include 'leg-it' cards and traffic control cards. Players may act as taxi-drivers, passengers and traffic controllers - the taxi-driver moves his model taxi from its initial position towards specified destination observing all information on the roads and aims to reach destination before time allowed runs out. Perfect taxi run receives due payment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221143-A (GB)
Title: Master chef cooking system
Inventor: NORTHOVER STUART ALEXANDER
IPC: A47J36/02
Filed: 1988-07-26
Abstract: Cooking utensils, e.g. saucepans, frying pans and woks, include made to match aluminium foil inserts. The foil inserts are fitted to the pans, used for one cooking cycle only and then discarded. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2208422-A (GB)
Title: Venting systems
Inventor: PARSONS ROGER JAMES
IPC: F16L5/10
Filed: 1988-07-29
Abstract: A venting system for discharging, through an opening in a wall, vapour produced within a tumble dryer installed at a fixed position adjacent the wall, comprises: a first tube (3) shaped to fit the tumble dryer outlet vent; a second tube (5) shaped to fit into the opening in the wall and to receive in approximate axial alignment an outer end (12) of the first tube; and radially resiliently-deformable sealing means (9) carried by either of the tubes and shaped to provide a flexible radial seal between the overlapping portions of the tubes, tolerant of axial misalignment of the tubes and effective for a range of relative axial positions of the tubes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2212546-A (GB)
Title: Fire-resistant mounting of panels
Inventor: SKEGGS JEFFREY ROBERT
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 1988-11-21
Abstract: The edge of a fire resistant glazing panel (20) is received in the mouth of a channel (50), and sandwiched between two layers of intumescent material (30, 31) located in the channel, the edges of which are turned inwardly towards the glazing to form lips, to restrict intumescent material escaping from the channel, and to improve the grip on the glazing. The channel may function without stop beading (figure 10 not shown) or with one or two beadings clipped over pegs on the frame (figures 6, 2, 7 not shown). The channel is mounted in the rebate of a stop beading (36) secured to a frame member (21). The beading has a sideways extension (37) ending in a lip (40). The lip tapers towards the frame (21) forming an undercut. A second stop beading (51) clips over the lip to butress the channel in position. The second beading has a side which is toed-in, leaving room for the beading to expand to fit over the lip (40). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226815-A (GB)
Title: Fungicidal n-acyl cyanamides
Inventor: BROUGH DEREK GILKERSON
IPC: C07C317/14
Filed: 1989-01-06
Abstract: A method of combating fungus at a locus, characterised by treating the locus with a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of general formula   <IMAGE> in which R<1> represents an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group which is connected by a ring carbon atom to the group -CO-, or a group of formula R<3>-X-, where R<3> represents an optionally substituted phenyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group which is connected by a ring carbon atom to the group X, and X represents an optionally substituted alkylene or alkenylene group, or a group of formula -SO2-; and R<2> represents an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenalkyl group; including any such compounds in the form of N-oxides and acid addition salts. Certain compounds of formula I and processes for their preparation are novel.