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Patent GB-2294185-A (GB)
Title: centralized system providing karaoke service and extraneous service to terminals
Inventor: TSAI TOM JEN
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 1995-10-13
Abstract: A Karaoke apparatus (4), a host apparatus (2) and a management apparatus (3) are interconnected through a communication line (6) e.g. coaxial CATV cable to constitute a centralized system. The host apparatus receives an entry code requesting a Karaoke service of a desired song from the Karaoke apparatus for supplying a music data of the desired song. The management apparatus receives an order code requesting an additional service e.g. food, drinks or tickets from the Karaoke apparatus for attending to the order code and returning a response message. An input device (5) has a primary use for inputting the entry code and a secondary use for inputting the order code. A player is operated for reproducing the desired song according to the received music data thereby to provide the Karaoke service, and a display is operated for displaying the received response message thereby to indicate how the additional service is managed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291797-A (GB)
Title: Cases
Inventor: PEASE JOHN MCNAIR
IPC: A45C7/00
Filed: 1994-04-25
Abstract: A packaging case for a folded shirt is in the form of a bag (1) with top and bottom walls (2, 3) and a rigid reinforcement (9) between the wall to prevent crushing of the shirt collar. The reinforcement (9) may be stepped so that there is greater protection for the collar end of the bag. The reinforcement may be defined by stepped rigid side walls (9) of the bag. The shirt may be folded around a frame (11) within the bag and this may comprise top and bottom panels (12, 14) linked by a hinge joint (13) which is curved to avoid creasing of the shirt. The bag has an opening closed by a lid or flap (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295509-A (GB)
Title: Overvoltage protection apparatus
Inventor: PELEGRIS DIMITRIS JIM
IPC: H04M3/18
Filed: 1995-10-24
Abstract: The protection apparatus 10 has voltage clamping circuitry for clamping voltage signals on a pair of telephone or communications lines TIP/A, RING/B at a predetermined potential, and current limiters 18, 20 in each line, the voltage clamping means including a pair of voltage clamping devices 12, 14 connected in series between the two lines and a third voltage clamping device 16 connected between ground and the junction of devices 12, 14. The predetermined voltage potential exceeds a primary AC power line peak value by a set tolerance value. Where the primary AC power line is 240 volts, each device 12, 14, 16 may have a breakdown voltage in the range 190 to 300 volts. Each device 12, 14, 16 may be a solid state bidirectional semiconductor transient suppressor device or a metal oxide varistor. The current limiters 18, 20 may be PTC resistors, or fusible resistors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295865-A (GB)
Title: Connecting rod bearing assembly
Inventor: AOYAMA SHUNICHI
IPC: F16C33/12
Filed: 1995-11-28
Abstract: A bearing 32 provided in a connecting rod 31 comprises an overlay 2 in contact with the crankshaft throw 35, a metal layer 1 under the overlay, and a back metal 6 under the metal layer. The hardness of the metal layer is lower than that of the back metal, and the thermal conductivity of the overlay is higher than that of the throw. The overlay absorbs heat from the minimum thickness oil film formed between the inner surface region of the throw and the bearing, and after the bearing has passed through the minimum thickness oil film, the absorbed heat is again discharged to the lubricating oil. The pump supplying oil to the bearing through a passage 28 may be provided with a valve such that at higher engine speeds oil is also sprayed over the pistons. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2307833-A (GB)
Title: Data compression for seismic data using trigonometric transformation
Inventor: VERMEER PIETER LEONARD
IPC: G01V1/22
Filed: 1995-12-01
Abstract: The method includes the steps of applying a local spatial trigonometric transformation to seismic data to generate transformed data and compressing the transformed data. Compression may be achieved by retaining a selected part of the transformed data at reduced accuracy. The selected part may be a high frequency part of the transformed data. A window function is chosen so that the transformations are applied over a central window and overlap with the adjoining windows. Suitable transformations for use with the method include a local cosine transformation, a discrete cosine transformation of type IV, a local sine transformation and a Fourier transformation. In addition the method includes transmitting and/or storing compressed data, and decompressing and inversely transforming the compressed date.
Patent GB-2304102-A (GB)
Title: Merchandising rail with sprung pusher
Inventor: FESSLER PAUL JULIUS
IPC: A47F5/08
Filed: 1996-02-06
Abstract: A product dispensing device 35 for dispensing products therefrom and a display (50 Fig 4) incorporating a plurality of such devices is described. The device 35 comprises an elongate mounting member 11 for retaining the products and a product pusher 13 slidably engaging the mounting member 11. The device 35 includes a rolled leaf spring 15 which acts on the product pusher 13 to urge the same towards a free end 14 of the mounting member 11. The device also comprises a surround frame 41 for aligning products being dispensed and a latch mechanism 42 for releasably latching the product pusher 13 during loading of the device 35.
Patent GB-2312726-A (GB)
Title: Plastics pipes
Inventor: MCDERMOTT STEPHEN
IPC: F16L1/11
Filed: 1996-05-01
Abstract: A utility pipe 10 ,to be laid underground, is composed of plastics material and having a metallic element 11 or composition extending continuously therealong to be traceable by a metal detector, e.g. by electrical inductive means. The element 11 is embedded or lies on the interior or exterior wall, e.g as a wire, coated if necessary. Alternatively, the composition is co-extruded and extends across a small arc or all around.
Patent GB-2302130-A (GB)
Title: Portable electronic apparatus
Inventor: KOMIYAMA TAKEHIKO
IPC: H01M50/247
Filed: 1996-06-12
Abstract: In a portable electronic apparatus having a casing 10 and a battery pack 20 removably mounted to a mounting portion included in the casing, a movable hook 13 is positioned in the mounting portion and resiliently movable into or out of the mounting portion when a release button mounted on the casing is operated. A first recess 22 is formed in the battery pack and engageable with the movable hook when the battery pack is mounted to the mounting portion (fig 2A). A second recess 23 adjoins the first recess, but is positioned closer to the mounting portion than the first recess. The second recess is engageable with the movable hook when the battery pack moves away from the mounting portion after the first recess has been released from the movable hook (fig 2B).
Patent GB-2314860-A (GB)
Title: Post support
Inventor: WILDE GLYN
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 1996-07-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-fabricated support for a post comprising a recess (5) therein for the lower end of a post, wherein the support is arranged to be buried underground with the upper surface essentially level with the surface of the ground. The support is particularly useful for temporary fences such as hoarding where quick installation and removal is required. The support is able to be lowered into a hole and removed therefrom. The support has a flat lower surface (3) and may comprise several separate pre-fabricated sections 101 in order to reduce the weight of each part required to be lowered into and removed from the hole, and the or each section can be removed with a threaded hole or a blind slot (8 or 16) for handling purposes. Separate sections comprise interconnecting means which prevent relative movement of the sections when they are in position in the ground. The interconnecting means are provided by projections and corresponding recesses in each section. The support be made e.g. concrete. It may either be a solid body or alternatively a hollow box construction which may be filled with water to add to the stability of the structure.
Patent GB-2314907-A (GB)
Title: Resilient supports for vehicle exhausts
Inventor: BARRIER GONZAQUE
IPC: B60K13/04
Filed: 1996-07-02
Abstract: A resilient support (10), is moulded from elastomeric material such as rubber. Upper and lower end blocks (16,18) have bores (12,14) for fixtures connected to the vehicle and to the exhaust system. The blocks (16,18) are interconnected by three integral diagonally directed arms (22,24,26). Vertical vibration of the exhaust system is resisted, absorbed and damped by a combination of tension in the arms (22,24,26) and bending at their points of interconnection with the upper and lower blocks (16,18). The support (10) is thus relatively resilient in this direction. However, sideways movement of the exhaust system, tending to cause movement of the lower block (18) in the direction of the axis of the lower bore (14), is firmly resisted by the arms (22,24,26).
Patent GB-2301406-A (GB)
Title: Air treating device having a bellows compressor
Inventor: MCCAUSLAND ROBERT
IPC: F04B43/04
Filed: 1995-02-17
Abstract: An air treating device (10) having a bellows box (12) in which is mounted a bellows compressor (13) formed of two spaced apart diaphragms (14, 141) having memory-shaped metal alloy elements embedded therein. The diaphragms (14,141) are caused to contract and expand by slective heating of the memory-shaped metal alloy elements. The bellows compressor (13) is supported spaced in the bellos box (15) whereby air can flow through the box and as the bellows expand the air in the box (15) is cooled and expelled. As the diaphragms (14,141) of the bellows compressor (13) contract, more air is sucked into the bellows box (15) and at the same time the refrigerant fluid inside the bellows is expelled into a condenser (26) where it is condensed to liquid. When the refrigerant liquid enters into the bellows it is vaporized and cools the bellows walls in their expanded state and the diaphragms (14, 141) act as a heat exchanger to cool air in said bellows box (15) and expel it therefrom.
Patent GB-2318573-A (GB)
Title: Feeding bottle and valve member for use therein
Inventor: SIDI ALAN
IPC: A61J9/04
Filed: 1996-10-25
Abstract: A valve member 19 for a feeding bottle 10 comprises a resiliently deformable disc 20 having at least one aperture 24 extending therethrough, and a respective protrusion 25 surrounding the aperture(s) 24 and arranged on a first side of the disc 20, wherein the or each protrusion 25 is provided with a slit 27 such that a pressure difference acting from the first to a second side of the disc causes the slit(s) 27 to close, and a pressure difference acting from the second to the first side causes the slit(s) 27 to open, thereby allowing air to flow though the aperture(s) 24. A feeding bottle 10 is also disclosed which comprises a hollow body 11 having a first end adapted to receive a teat 12 and a second end which incorporates an air inlet valve 14 comprising a rigid retaining member 15 to accommodate a valve member 19 as hereinbefore described. The retaining member 15 may include a screw thread 16 to cooperate with a corresponding thread 17 on the second end of the body 11. Preferably the retaining member 15 comprises a disc member (23, Fig. 2a) to partially cover the aperture(s) (22, Fig. 2a) therethrough and may further comprise a protruding portion 28 adapted to abut cylindrical protection means (29, Fig. 4) which typically protect the retaining member 15 from the environment.
Patent GB-2319604-A (GB)
Title: Smoke and particle detector
Inventor: POWELL BRIAN DAVID
IPC: G08B17/103
Filed: 1996-11-25
Abstract: Smoke detecting apparatus comprises a lamp 10 transmitting a multi-wavelength light beam 12 across a space 14 in which smoke and other aerosols may be present. At beam detecting means 18 the received beam is split by a beam splitter 26 and passed to a first photo-diode 22 through a filter 28 having a narrow passband centred at 0.5 micrometres and to a second photo-diode 24 through a filter 30 having a narrow passband centred at 0.9 micrometres. The respective output signals are amplified by the respective amplifiers 32, 34 and the ratio of the two output signals is taken in a processing unit 36. In the presence of smoke in the space there is greater attenuation at the 0.5 micrometre wavelength than at the 0.9 micrometre wavelength, and the ratio measured in the processing unit therefore falls significantly. In the presence of other aerosols, however, the wavelength dependence of the attenuating effect on the beam is less strong or substantially non-existent. The output of the ratio unit therefore discriminates in favour of smoke against other aerosols.
Patent GB-2307663-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for flaring ends of plastics tubes
Inventor: JONES STUART GRANT
IPC: F16L47/14
Filed: 1996-12-02
Abstract: Apparatus, for forming flared ends on plastic tubes comprising a heater 2 with an aperture 5 for receiving one end of the tube, a second aperture 32 for receiving a flared end forming element 7 where the end forming element 7 is mounted so as to be operable to controllably advance towards the end of the tube and substantially close the second aperture 32 as it advances towards the end of the tube. A method for fixing a tube wire support to a tube and fitting is also described and claimed. an aperture or slot 29, Fig 6 an end fitting 19, passing the end of the wire into the interior of the end fitting and through the aperture or slotting the wire into the slot so that the end of the wire is accessible from the outside of the end fitting and fixing the wire to the end fitting. The end fitting comprises an aperture or slot for receiving tube wire.
Patent GB-2307943-A (GB)
Title: Locking device for vehicle doors
Inventor: EBERSOHN STEFAN
IPC: E05B81/54
Filed: 1997-01-02
Abstract: The locking device for vehicle doors, has a mechanical rotary connection between the cylinder plug of a lock cylinder and a retaining lever 9 of an associated lock, the said rotary connection comprising a lock follower 1. The lock follower 1 is of one-part design, there being arranged on that end face 2 of the lock follower 1 which faces an actuating lever arm 8 of the retaining lever 9 two stops 6 which are angularly spaced from one another and project from the end face 2 and by means of which, when the lock follower 1 is rotated, the actuating lever arm 8 located between the said stops 6 can be actuated, after an idle travel, in order to assume a locking or unlocking position of the retaining lever 9. Two angularly spaced cams 13, 14 are arranged on the circumference of the one-part lock follower 1, for the sensing of switches 15, 16 of the central locking system, and which cams are arranged relative to the stops 6 in the circumferential direction in such a way that, when the lock follower 1 is rotated, the cam 13 or 14 which is appropriate, depending on the direction of rotation, actuates the respectively associated switch 15 or 16 of the central locking system, before one of the stops 6 comes into engagement with the actuating lever arm 8.
Patent GB-2310082-A (GB)
Title: Short channel IGBT
Inventor: GOULD HERBERT J
IPC: H01L29/06
Filed: 1997-02-12
Abstract: A cellular insulated gate bipolar transistor ("IGBT") device has a reduced length of the channels 14a, 15a, 16a, of the individual cells that is formed by reducing the channel drive in time from the customary 120 minutes at 1175{C to between 60 and 90 minutes at 1175{C. The process also permits the use of a higher minority carrier lifetime killing electron radiation dose to improve switching power loss while reducing the safe operating area by only a small value. Alternatively, the increased concentration region 30 located in the active region between spaced bases 14, 15, 16 is initially driven in at a temperature of about 1175{C for about 12 hours, rather than the customary 8 hours, and the channel drive in time is reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes. The shorter channel length, when combined with the deeper enhancement region, allows for higher lifetime electron irradiation doses or heavy metal diffusion temperatures.
Patent GB-2314487-A (GB)
Title: Method of wireless communication in a network
Inventor: GFELLER FRITZ RUDOLF
IPC: H04L1/08
Filed: 1997-06-13
Abstract: A method of wireless communications in a network having a plurality of terminals comprises transmitting media access coordination information at a first repetition rate and other information at a second repetition rate lower than said first repetition rate. A Media Access and contention resolution scheme for using multirate wireless,/infrared communication is described. In such an environment, each physical layer frame is broken into two portions: (1) the robust header portion which contains all svmbols important to the MAC protocol and media coordination and is sent with a repetition rate Rmax where Rmax is selected in such a way that all stations within the interference environment can decode the reservation symbols with a desired probability; and (2) data symbols which are sent with a repetition rate R where R can be less than Rmax. Here R depends on the channel conditions at any destination with respect to the source station transmitting such data symbols.
Patent GB-2326076-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for hot smoking of food products
Inventor: SPINK JR ROBERT RITCHIE
IPC: A23B4/052
Filed: 1997-06-14
Abstract: A kiln apparatus 1 comprises an enclosed smoking chamber 2 provided with a movable food support frame and entry and exit doors 8 for allowing entry and exit of the support frame. A fire box 12 is provided for containing an open fire. The fire box 12 is moveable from a first fire lighting position remote from the smoking chamber 2 to a second smoking position substantially below the movable food support frame in the smoking chamber 2. The smoking chamber 2 is provided with a closable fire box entry and exit 14 to allow the fire box 12 to be moved between the first and second positions in the kiln apparatus 1. A chimney 20 for exhausting smoke from the fire out of the smoking chamber 2 is provided. A control valve 22 for controlling the intake of air available to a fire in the fire box 12 in the smoking chamber 2 is provided whereby, in use, air available to the fire may be reduced so that the fire uses up the available air and is thereby reduced to fiercely glowing embers for hot smoking and cooking of a food product.
Patent GB-2316695-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable cavity weep/ventilator
Inventor: SHILLABEER JOHN LOUIS
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 1997-08-18
Abstract: A duct (10) for providing a weep vent in a cavity wall is formed of telescoping inner and outer sleeves (14,12). The exposed front end has louvres (22) for restraining inward flows of air while allowing water to drain outwardly. A hinged flap (18) can be torn off when no longer required or can close over the duct by means of a small projection (20) frictionally engaging over the bottom of the flange (16). The outer sleeve (12) has ribs (16) for engaging mortar.
Patent GB-2316429-A (GB)
Title: Cyclist's glove
Inventor: GOUDE SIMON
IPC: A41D19/015
Filed: 1997-08-21
Abstract: A cycling glove which improves the safety of cyclists riding at night or in conditions of low visibility. The cycling glove comprises an outside layer (11) provided with light source means (17, 18, 19, 20) and further comprising activation means, wherein the activation means comprises a contact switch (25) accommodated beneath the outside layer (11) between a hand entered into the glove and the outside layer.
Patent GB-2329834-A (GB)
Title: Fragrance-releasing lining sheet for mattress or pillow
Inventor: ESSEX MICHAEL CYRIL
IPC: A47G9/00
Filed: 1997-10-02
Abstract: A lining sheet for a mattress or pillow comprises a sheet of a fibrous substrate material having coated thereon or impregnated therein at least one material selected from perfumes, insecticides, deodorants, moisture absorbents, volatile therapeutic materials, micro-porous barrier materials, and aromatic oils.
Patent GB-2320782-A (GB)
Title: Method of sequentially programming a flash memory
Inventor: SHIN KYE WAN
IPC: G11C16/10
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: A method of programming a flash memory cell, comprises sequentially programming a plurality of cells, by charge pumping up for supplying a programming voltage, programming the plurality of cells and charge pumping down, and sequentially verifying whether a plurality of cells connected to word lines, respectively, are programmed normally, a word line by word line. A further aspect relates to a method of programming a flash memory by programming according to a cell erase operation command and then programming by a byte or word unit after a pumping time for programming has elapsed and verifying programming and storing an address of a defective cell.
Patent GB-2322134-A (GB)
Title: Polymer membrane
Inventor: PEER MARTIN JAMES
IPC: B01D71/34
Filed: 1998-01-29
Abstract: A method of producing a membrane comprises providing a solution containing a plurality of polymers in a non-aqueous liquid solvent, at least one of the polymers (hereinafter referred to as the "first polymer") having been prepared by polymerizing at least one vinyl or acrylic monomer, at least one other of the polymers being a membrane-forming hydrophobic polymer (hereinafter referred to as the "second polymer"), the first polymer and the second polymer being mutually incompatible in said solution, and contacting the solution with an aqueous medium thereby to precipitate the polymers from the solution to form the membrane. In the examples the first polymer is polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylmethacrylate, poly[2-hydroxy ethyl]methacrylate, polyhydroxypropyl methacrylate, poly 1-vinyl imidazole, and the second polymer is a polyethersulphone in all cases. The membranes are produced by dissolving the polyethersulphone in a mixt. of N-methyl pyrrolidone and 2-pyrrolidone and polymerising the monomers for the first polymer in this solution, then casting the solution on a support and coagulating with water. An alternative second polymer is PVDF. The invention also comprises membranes produced by the above method and the solution of the two polymers for forming the membrane. The acrylic etc. polymer may be directly added to the solution of second polymer rather than being produced in situ.
Patent GB-2324005-A (GB)
Title: Receiver circuit for a TDMA radio apparatus
Inventor: NAKAMURA FUTOSHI
IPC: H04B1/10
Filed: 1998-02-18
Abstract: A receiver circuit for a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) radio apparatus includes a switch arranged to be turned on or turned off selectively in order to remove a residual signal component occurring in a guard time between consecutive time slots and resulting from the group delay of a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter or a ceramic filter. The receiver circuit minimises the effect of any fall in the sensitivity of reception, even when a TDMA signal of a low level is input immediately after a slot in which a TDMA signal of a high level has been input. In addition, the receiver circuit is less likely to suffer from the erroneous detection of an input electric field.