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Patent GB-2223260-A (GB)
Title: A support for a rope ladder
Inventor: RICHARDSON MARTIN LESLIE
IPC: E06C9/14
Filed: 1989-09-27
Abstract: A support for a rope ladder or the like adapted for use as an emergency fire escape comprises two elongate rigid arms 16 joined together at least at one end 16b thereof by a rigid transverse member 18 having associated attachment means 25 for securing the arms fixedly to a window or like opening with the arms 16 projecting through the opening, and means for attaching one end of a rope ladder 20 to the said one ends 16b of the arms or to the said member 18 to suspend the rope ladder (19) spaced from the wall. In an alternative embodiment, the arms 16 are straight, and extend into the room at end 16a to provide a hand-rail to assist mounting the ladder. Hook 33 receives the member 37 attached to the arms, and may have a resilient tongue to retain it. Bracket 25 may be fixed to the wall, and, if desired to the floor (at 29). To accommodate different sill heights, the upright of the bracket may be in two parts 26, 27. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225665-A (GB)
Title: Toy telephone
Inventor: SHIMIZU YOUSUKE
IPC: A63H33/30
Filed: 1989-10-13
Abstract: A toy telephone has a voice disc play back mechanism 13 operable by a button 14 engagable with a lever 5 provided with simulated buttons and by a receiver hook lever. A microprocessor controls the emitting of dialling, ringing and other sounds in response to the closing of switches operated by the levers, and controls the playback mechanism to emulate outgoing and incoming calls. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225012-A (GB)
Title: Indole derivatives, their preparation and use as medicaments
Inventor: VALCAVI UMBERTO
IPC: C07D209/18
Filed: 1989-11-16
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I> <IMAGE>  in which R and R<1> represent:     (CH2)m-X-CHR<4)<CH2)nR<5> with m and n respectively being 0 to 8; and m + n = 2 to 10; X=CH2, CH=CH, R<4>=H, OH; R<5>=Me, CH2OH, CHO, tetrazole, CH2NH2, COOR<6>; R<6>=H, Me, Et, benzyl, pivalyl, or other pharmaceutically acceptable ester forming groups; R<2> is H; a (C1-C6) alkyl; benzyl, 2-picolyl, 3-picolyl, 4-picolyl groups; (CH2)pR<7> where p is 1 to 6, R<7>=COOH, NHR<8> OH, SR<8> and R<8> being a (C1-C6) alkyl; R<3> is H, halogen, (C1-C6) alkoxy; and salts thereof have been found to inhibit platelet aggregation of blood and can be formulated as compositions having anti-platelet aggregation and antithrombotic activities. Precursors of the above have the formula:-   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234202-A (GB)
Title: Composite panel assembly
Inventor: CAHILL MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: B32B3/20
Filed: 1990-06-11
Abstract: Composite panels, e.g. for vehicle or container walls or floors, or tunnel linings comprising sheet-like sides bonded to an internal array of rod-like articles, are formed by severing a continuous rod, preferably tubular, into shorter lengths which are collected in rows for successive feeding between the side sheets. In a preferred arrangement the rods are received from a continuous rod cut-off (32) on a line of pins (44) carried by a conveyor (42), each row of rods once assembled being transferred to a further row of pins (62) movable in the path of a pusher (70) for feeding successive rows between the sides (18). In an alternative arrangement the rods extend in a single row in a plane parallel to the sides, each rod being severed from a continuous rod as before and successive rods being fed sideways between the side sheets. In this arrangement transverse slits may be made in the continuous rod while it is being fed and before it is severed into separate rods. One or more rows of rods are received simultaneously between side sheets and held by forming means during and after assembly of a panel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246089-A (GB)
Title: Expansible drill.
Inventor: PAYNE DAVID PATRICK
IPC: B23B51/00
Filed: 1990-07-16
Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in drills for undercutting holes and in particular to expansible drills. The drill according to the invention comprises a rotatable tubular drill body (11) having an axial bore, at least one radially extending arm (16) attached by hinge means at one end to the drill body (11) such that the arm is pivotal radially outwards, cutting means formed in the arm, guide means for moving the arm radially outwards, said guide means comprising a non-rotating shaft (22), and means (23) for moving the shaft axially relative to the drill body (11) towards said one end, so as to cause the arm to pivot radially outwards. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239175-A (GB)
Title: Artificial flower
Inventor: YAMANE YUJI
IPC: A44C1/00
Filed: 1990-12-04
Abstract: An artificial flower (10) is composed of petals (11-15), each comprising cloth contoured by bonding a powdered fibre (31) thereto. The cloth is preferably a semi-transparent woven-type cloth. Preferably an adhesive in the form of a petal contour is applied to at least one surface of the cloth. As a result, the texture or stitch of the cloth is filled with the adhesive. Preferably thereafter flocking is performed by bonding fibrous powder to the adhesive using a static flocking method. The adhesive can be applied to one or both surface of the cloth. The petals (11-15) of the flower are then placed on a retainer (17) and attached to a decorative device (21-22). An attaching element (23), such as a pin, is connected to the decorative device so that the formed flower can be placed securely on an object. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242540-A (GB)
Title: Optical fiber unit having a porous coating
Inventor: SANO HIRO
IPC: C03C25/10
Filed: 1991-01-29
Abstract: An optical fiber unit 1 comprises several sub-units 2 formed of several optical fibers 3. The sub-units 2 are twisted together, with a twist pitch of e.g. 30 to 600 mm. Each group of optical fibers 3 is coated with a primary layer 4 e.g. nylon to form a sub-unit 2. The sub-units 2 are then twisted together and coated by a secondary layer 5 e.g. ultraviolet setting type resin. A porous layer 6 e.g. foam polyethylene is applied onto the secondary layer 5, thus forming the optical fiber unit 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244610-A (GB)
Title: Controller for cutting machine
Inventor: UEDA TOKIO
IPC: B23Q17/09
Filed: 1991-05-31
Abstract: A controller for a cutting machine has a power detecting unit (2) connected to a motor (1) for driving the cutting machine, a unit (3) for deriving the consumed power related to machining from the detected consumed power of the cutting machine, an integrator (4) for integrating output values of the machining power extracting unit (3) within a set detection range, a detector (5) for detecting the maximum value of the output values, and a judging unit (7) for comparing an input signal with a variable comparative reference value and producing a control signal if the input signal exceeds the reference value. The judging unit (7) input is selectively connectable to the machining power extracting unit (3), the integrator (4) and the maximum value detector (5). The arrangement detects tool wear or breakage. An overload detector (8) stops operation of the motor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247937-A (GB)
Title: Ballcock diaphragm valve
Inventor: PLATT TIMOTHY JONATHON
IPC: F16K31/18
Filed: 1991-07-12
Abstract: A ballcock diaphragm valve comprises a diaphragm valve member 40 and an associated valve seat member 48. The valve member 40 comprises a central valve closure portion 44 which has the shape of a truncated cone, and which projects axially from the centre of a disc-shaped diaphragm which is formed with at least two concentric corrugations 52 and 54. The outermost corrugation 52 is substantially thinner walled and therefore more flexible than the inner corrugation 54. The central valve closure portion 44 may project forwardly from the general plane of the diaphragm on a stem portion 50 that is tapered, but at a lesser angle of taper than that of the valve closure portion 44. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249376-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning control apparatus
Inventor: SUMITANI SHIGETO
IPC: F24F3/06
Filed: 1991-09-12
Abstract: A multiple type air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant supply unit having a variable capacity compressor (21), at least two air conditioning units (81, 82) each having an internal heat-exchanger (29, 31) and a fan device (45,47), the internal heat-exchangers of the at least two air conditioning units being connected in parallel to one another, a first variable expansion valve (41) for variably throttling refrigerant, fed from the compressor, flowing through one of the internal heat-exchangers (B1), a second variable expansion valve (43) for variably throttling refrigerant, fed from the compressor, flowing through the other internal heat-exchanger (B2) and a variable flow rate control unit (39) arranged at one side of the internal heat-exchangers from which refrigerant flows into each internal heat-exchanger in a heating operation, for regulating a distribution of refrigerant flowing into each internal heat-exchanger. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246008-A (GB)
Title: Gaming or amusement machine
Inventor: SNEATH ROBERT ARTHUR
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 1991-09-12
Abstract: An amusement or gaming machine which accepts a stake to enable a player to play a game on the machine and dispenses a prize for a win, furthermore returns part or all of the stake. The machine may refund the stake or part thereof on all winning games or on selected or random winning or losing games. The stake may be paid out directly and the advertised prize credited to a win bank of the machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260930-A (GB)
Title: Forming lens wafers of desired curvature for manufacture of laminated lenses
Inventor: WEIR ROCK
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 1991-11-01
Abstract: A lens wafer having a bonding surface for bonding with the bonding surface of a second lens wafer is placed on a former having a desired curvature with the bonding surface in contact with the former, and the water is heated to a temperature in excess of the glass transition temperature of the wafer material for a sufficient length of time to allow the bonding surface to conform to the curvature of the former and is then cooled to fix the curvature of the bonding surface of the water at the desired value. Two lens wafers formed by such a process are laminated by placing a uv curable adhesive between the bonding surfaces of each wafer, and by curing the adhesive with a source of uv light to form a laminated ophthalmic lens. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270955-A (GB)
Title: Nozzle
Inventor: CLELAND JAMES MICHAEL
IPC: B05C17/005
Filed: 1992-09-24
Abstract: In a dispensing device having a nozzle with an elliptical opening, the nozzle (22) incorporates a guidance rib (23) which is formed in line with the apex of the ellipse of the angled nozzle, so that, even if in use the nozzle (22) and cartridge rotate in relation to the handle, the guidance rib helps the operator ensure that the tip of the nozzle is correctly, re-orientated with regard to the surfaces (18 and 18) to which the material is being applied. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258540-A (GB)
Title: Exposure control apparatus of camera
Inventor: SATOU OSAMU
IPC: G03B7/091
Filed: 1992-10-07
Abstract: An exposure control apparatus of a camera comprising a first switch which can select a plurality of drive modes including an auto-exposure bracket mode (AEB mode), a second switch which issues signals when operated, a third switch which can modify an exposure correcting value, a memory which stores a plurality of predetermined exposure correcting values, a drive mode selector which successively selects the drive modes in response to signals from the second switch when the second switch is actuated during the operation of the first switch, a modifying device which successively selects an exposure correcting value to be used to correct the exposure value among those stored in the memory in response to signals issued from the second switch when the latter is actuated during the operation of the third switch, and a photographing controller which takes a plurality of pictures at different exposure values in an exposure width corresponding to the exposure correcting values selected by the modifying device when the AEB mode is selected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262668-A (GB)
Title: Battery charging device for a portable telephone
Inventor: NAMIKI HIDEO
IPC: H02J7/10
Filed: 1992-12-16
Abstract: A charging device 20A is capable of charging a portable telephone in the same period of time with no regard to the ON/ OFF state of a power source 10a incorporated in the telephone 10. When the connection of the telephone to the charging device is detected, whether or not a power source incorporated in the telephone is in an ON state is determined. A higher charging current is applied when the source 10a is in the ON state than when it is in the OFF state. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262564-A (GB)
Title: Resilient board clamp
Inventor: SHIMAJIRI NAOHIRO
IPC: F16B19/00
Filed: 1992-12-16
Abstract: A board clamp comprising a head portion (1, 21) and a leg portion (2, 22 Fig 7, not shown) having a rigid axial stem (2a, 22a) and elastic engaging pieces (2b, 22b, 22c) arranged around the axial stem and separated radially therefrom, so as to form a gap 5b, is adapted to retain various objects to a board or panel by inserting the leg portion into a fitting hole formed in the board. The leg portion (2, 22) is supported by the rigid axial stem (2a, 22a). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276571-A (GB)
Title: Powder feed venturi device for electrostatic spray guns
Inventor: BUSHNELL ROGER BRIAN
IPC: B05B7/14
Filed: 1993-03-26
Abstract: An electrostatic spray powder feed venturi device for connecting to the hose of an spray gun comprises an inlet tube through which air or gas enters the device, from there the air/gas is forced to a ball vibrator (which comprises a metal ball enclosed in a metal chamber) causing the ball to revolve at high speed and produce vibrations, the air/gas exhausts from the vibrator are lead to a 'T' junction which produce two jets of air/gas, these lets cause a suction at the powder pick-up orifice on the device, the powder after travelling through a tube in the device enters the hose of the spray gun. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265558-A (GB)
Title: Electrostatic air cleaner
Inventor: MIYOSHI SOTSUO
IPC: B03C3/36
Filed: 1993-03-31
Abstract: An air cleaner suitable for use in an automobile, comprises an electrostatic dust collector 4 with parallel charged plates (18, 19 Figures 2 to 4) and discharge wires (21), a blower 11 a high voltage power source 5 and a mask 24 for directing incoming air to the discharge wires. The collector 4 comprises discharge plates 18 and ground plates 19, the collector case 20 (Fig 4) being resiliently mounted at 28, 29 and having grooves (25) for receiving the plates. Elastic conductive members (28, 29 Fig 5) are used to secure the plates and make electrical connections. Air entering through the inlet 2 passes between the plates (18, 19) through a filter 8 of activated carbon and over aromatic material 12 before exiting at 3. The cleaner is mounted using a thumbscrew 17. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277625-A (GB)
Title: Smoke detecting system
Inventor: HARLEY PHILLIP EDWARD
IPC: G08B17/117
Filed: 1993-04-30
Abstract: The system monitors smoke from four monitored areas 5, 6, 8, 10. A main system fan 34 is energized to draw air from all four monitored areas through a smoke detecting unit 24 via individual pipes 12 to 18 and a location unit 20. When smoke is detected, a control unit 48 produces an indication on an indicator 44. In addition, it energizes a sequencing unit 72 which switches off the main fan and then sequentially and individually energizes small fans 58 to 64, each of which draw air through a respective one of the four pipes and feeds it through the smoke detection unit. When the small fan corresponding to the pipe connected to the particular one of the monitored areas from where the smoke originates is energized, there will be an increase in the output of the smoke detector. This is detected by the control unit which causes the sequencing unit to identify this monitored area on an indicator 86. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278471-A (GB)
Title: Reading meters
Inventor: POLLOCK MARTIN ROBERT
IPC: G06M1/272
Filed: 1993-05-24
Abstract: In order to enable a meter, such as an electricity meter, to be read remotely and also to be read by the human eye, a reading device (20) is provided which is fitted to the front of the meter, which has a bent optical path from the meter register (16) to a sensor (42) to enable the reading device to be compact, and which has a large window or transparent portion (26) to enable substantially all of a faceplate of the meter to be read by human eye. The reading digits are recognised electronically (e.g. at 44) by successive comparisons running down a stored sequence of possible-digit images, so that a match can be obtained even when a meter counter wheel is moving between digit values. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280169-A (GB)
Title: Device for transferring and metering a flowable agricultural chemical from a reusable container into a tank
Inventor: ROBERTS DONALD MATTHEW
IPC: G01F11/12
Filed: 1993-07-13
Abstract: In the use of agricultural chemicals there is the need to transfer the chemical from a reusable container 1 into a spray tank 9 by means of a measuring container 5, a precise metering being achieved in that the measuring container 5 has a connection 4 which can be fitted to it directly, has a shut-off valve 3 and can be connected to a reusable container 1, in that a hose line 13 runs from the other end of the measuring container 5 and opens into a circulating line 10, associated with the tank 9, on the suction side of a Venturi nozzle 12, and in that the filled measuring container 5 can be decoupled from the reusable container 1 and can be connected in the inverted position to a rinsing-agent line 16, allowing it to be rinsed after emptying, or an air inlet 18 allowing the chemical in the measuring container to be drawn into the circulating line 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280826-A (GB)
Title: Token ring fault detection
Inventor: HUNG FRANCIS YUN-TAI
IPC: H04L12/437
Filed: 1993-08-05
Abstract: A user terminal (12) is coupled to a token ring (11) via a cross-point circuit (15) and a trunk coupling unit (14). The signal paths (13a, 13b) between the terminal and the cross-point circuit and between the cross-point circuit and the coupling unit are supplied each with a phantom current, there being means for isolating the cross-point circuit from the voltages driving the phantom currents. The phantom currents are used for fault detection, cessation of a phantom current causing the user link to be decoupled from the token ring. Circuit (15) is a high speed silicon cross-point integrated circuit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280788-A (GB)
Title: Antenna
Inventor: HAMZANI ITZHAK
IPC: H01Q1/10
Filed: 1993-08-06
Abstract: An antenna comprises a first electrically conductive part (12) and a second electrically conductive part (13) telescopically mounted in the first part. The first part has inner conductive means (14, 30) and the second part has outer conductive means (31, 35, 37) for electrical contact, when telescopically extended, with the conductive means of the first part. The first part has friction-reducing means (15) along its interior surface in the form of a PTFE tube and the second part has a plastics coating (17) along its exterior surface. Click-action means retain the two parts in either a fully extended or a fully retracted position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282297-A (GB)
Title: Improved resonant acoustic emission transducer
Inventor: HOLROYD TREVOR JAMES
IPC: G01H11/08
Filed: 1993-09-23
Abstract: An acoustic emission transducer consists of a resonant detection element 10 which is attached 20 to the base-plate 16 by a small area in comparison to the overall surface area of the resonant detection element 10 where this area of attachment is positioned with respect to the wave motion during the resonance of the resonant detection element 10 so as not to have a significant effect on the resonant detection element 10 other than to physically couple the resonant detection element 10 to the baseplate 16 and introduce elastic waves from the baseplate 16 to the resonant detection element 10 at the desired frequency, whilst allowing damping materials 24 to be acoustically coupled to the larger part of the resonant detection element surface area. Thus the resonant acoustic emission transducer has reproducible characteristics of resonant frequency and rate of damping. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274120-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing glass-resin prepregs
Inventor: LEZER JEAN
IPC: C08J3/24
Filed: 1994-01-06
Abstract: This process consists in depositing on the surface of continuous glass fibres a solution comprising either one or more resins having the epoxy and acrylate groups on the same molecule, or a mixture of two or three of the following types of resin: epoxy resin, acrylate resin, or resin having the epoxy and acrylate groups on the same molecule, this solution further comprising at least one cationic photoinitiator and, optionally, a radical photoinitiator, then in subjecting the fibres to the effect of UV radiation over part of their travel.
Patent GB-2279986-A (GB)
Title: A side window arrangement for a vehicle
Inventor: RHOADES CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B60J1/20
Filed: 1994-06-17
Abstract: A side window arrangement has two window cutouts 31, 34 whioh are separated from one another and are arranged one above the other in the opening direction of the window, the side pane 40 having an opening 41 which can be moved into the auxiliary window outout 34. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291462-A (GB)
Title: A coupling with a latchable closing piece
Inventor: THOMAS DYFRIG
IPC: E04G7/30
Filed: 1994-07-12
Abstract: A coupling (2) for coupling a brace (4) to a rod (6) comprises a hook (8) fixed to the brace, a catch (12) rotatably mounted relative to the hook from an open position to a closed position, and a resiliently mounted plunger (20) for holding the catch in the closed position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281659-A (GB)
Title: Off-chip conductor structure and fabrication method for large intergrated microcircuits
Inventor: WILLIAMS RONALD L
IPC: H01L23/14
Filed: 1994-01-10
Abstract: A silicon carrier wafer (82) is thermally processed to produce a silicon dioxide layer (12) on a surface thereof. A patterned metal conductor layer (16) is formed on the silicon dioxide layer (12) using silicon processing technology which enables high resolution and density. A silicon nitride layer (14) is formed on the conductor layer (16) and exposed areas of the silicon dioxide layer (12). Vias (32, 34, 36) are formed through the silicon nitride layer (14) for ohmic contact to appropriate points of the conductor layer (16). Thick metal contact layers (38, 40, 42, 46, 48) are formed on the silicon nitride layer (14) in ohmic connection with the vias (32, 34, 36) and indium bumps (50, 52, 54) are formed on the contact layers (38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48). The carrier (82), which serves as a support during processing is removed by etching, with the silicon dioxide layer (12) acting as an etch stop. Integrated circuit chips (18) are mounted on the silicon dioxide layer (2) and connected to the conductor pattern through openings (24, 26) formed in the silicon dioxide layer (12). A substrate (56) which has electrical circuitry (58, 60, 62, 76) and bumps (70, 72, 74) formed thereon is adhered to the silicon nitride layer (14), with the circuitry (58, 60, 62, 76) being connected to the conductor layer (16) by the bumps (50, 52, 54, 70, 72, 74). The conductor layer (16) provides power and other interconnects for the chips (18) and circuitry (58, 60, 62, 76) on the substrate (56), thereby increasing the size and density of circuit integration and improving heat dissipation. <IMAGE>