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Patent GB-2285849-A (GB)
Title: Gas taps
Inventor: ROBERTS PETER DEREK
IPC: G05D23/12
Filed: 1994-12-09
Abstract: A gas tap has a spindle 18 which can be turned in one direction for a limited extent eg 110 DEG  to turn valve plug 12 to control the rate of flow from inlet 14 to an outlet (not shown) supplying for example a grill burner. In the opposite direction of turning of spindle 18 the plug valve 12 is turned full on and a second and thermostatic valve 32 is used to vary the rate of flow to outlet 16 to an oven. In the second direction the angle of turning may be for example 295 DEG . This is achieved by the spindle 18 disengaging from the plug 12 after the latter has been turned to the full on position, and the continued movement only being used for thermostat valve control. Hence the plug is moved over less than 360 DEG  counting both directions of travel, whereas the spindle is moved through more than 360 DEG  when both directions are added together. This enables the angular movements for different thermostat positions to be relatively widely spaced. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-944022-A (GB)
IPC: D01G15/10
Abstract: 944,022. Treating carded webs. CARDING SPECIALISTS (CANADA) Ltd. Nov. 2, 1961 [Nov. 2, 1960], No. 37609/60. Drawings to Specification. Heading D1N. Fibres from a carding machine in which the main cylinder is driven at double or more than double the speeds conventionally used for any particular fibre are passed as an uncondensed web between ironing rollers and then drafted. Main cylinder and doffer speeds may be up to seven times those normally employed and the draft may lie between ten and forty per cent. Specification 697,106 is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 841, 391.
Patent GB-2286075-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for recognizing cursive writing from sequential input information
Inventor: GUBERMAN SHELJA A
IPC: G06V30/10
Filed: 1993-08-26
Abstract: A method and apparatus (10) for cursive script recognition employs an intermediate cursive words description language constructed of elements in the form of metastrokes wherein each of the metastrokes is a member of a metric space, the metric space being expressible as a matrix of likelihood of matching between input metastrokes and predefined metastrokes forming a vocabulary. Typically, a minimum of twenty metastrokes is used to form the vocabulary or set of allowable stroke elemental shapes (24), although as many as seventy may be used, with a correlation factor or measurement of similarity being defined between strings of metastrokes (20). Techniques for interpreting the metastrokes as words include substituting, adding, and deleting metastrokes in an input sequence, measuring similarity and comparing entries in a dictionary of words constructed of metastroke sequences and varients of metastroke sequences. Weighting of similarity may include penalties for lack of similarity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289184-A (GB)
Title: High definition telecine method
Inventor: BRETT STEVEN
IPC: H04N5/349
Filed: 1995-04-21
Abstract: A method of scanning photographic film to obtain a video signal, in which a plurality of scans is carried out on a frame and the resultant plurality of sets of data Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, are combined to produce a composite image. A region (A, B, C) of the composite image which includes data from at least two sets is selected and a correlation process is carried out in respect of the sets in the selected region. The data from at least one of the sets in the region is adjusted if necessary so as to optimise alignment between the sets of data. In an alternative development, two adjacent frames are scanned, and a correlation process is carried in respect of the scan data of one frame in relation to the scan data of the other. At least one of the two sets of scan data is adjusted so as to optimise alignment between the scanned frames. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289708-A (GB)
Title: Glazing strip for doors
Inventor: EDWARDS ROBERT WRIGHT
IPC: E06B3/70
Filed: 1993-05-25
Abstract: A glazing strip 19 for a door having external skins 12, 13 and a foam pad 14 disposed between the skins, comprises a body 20 defining a channel 21 for receiving the skin 12, an anchor element 22 for penetrating the foam and a retaining means 23 for engaging the surface of a sheet of glass or the like. The glazing strip can be used in a door comprising a frame formed from top and bottom elements of structural foam which overlie timber upright side element and having a pair of skins 12 and 13, a thermally insulated panel 14 and glass panel. The skins 12, 13 and panel 14 are formed with decorative formations so that the skins 12, 13 can be nested with the panel 14 for ease of manufacture and structural support. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296835-A (GB)
Title: Active filter arrangement
Inventor: OKANOBU TAIWA
IPC: H03H11/04
Filed: 1996-01-05
Abstract: A filter device comprises a reference signal generator 30 a first filter circuit 50 a second filter circuit 63 a phase-comparator circuit 62 and a low-pass filter 64. The first filter circuit is connected between an input terminal T51 and an output terminal T52 of the filter device and has a first variable time constant circuit R52, R53. The second filter circuit has a second variable time constant circuit R62, R63 similar to the first variable time constant circuit and is provided with the reference signal S61 from the reference signal generator. The phase-comparator circuit is for comparing the phase of the reference signal with the phase of an output signal of the second filter circuit to generate an output signal based on the result of this comparison. The low-pass filter is for averaging the output signal of the phase comparator circuit and providing the averaged output signal S64 to both the first and second variable time constant circuits of the first and second filter circuits as a control signal to adjust the time constants of the first and second variable time constant circuits. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300602-A (GB)
Title: Print head for an ink jet printer
Inventor: GEISSMANN JURG
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1996-05-03
Abstract: A print head (1) comprises a housing (2) having an exterior wall (6) in which an ink jet plate (5) is positioned. Walls (19,Fig.2) in the housing (2) define an interior chamber (16,Fig.3) having opposed sides formed by screens (17). A flow passage (15,Fig.3) leads from the inside of the interior chamber (16) to the jet plate (5) and a canal (21) joins the side of the screens (17) facing away from the interior chamber (16) with a bore (22) of a connection piece (23), a porous sealing element (25,Fig.3) being disposed in the bore (22). The connection piece (23) having at its free end a collar (26), which holds a sealing ring (27) having a sealing bead (28) which is locked against a wall (30,Fig.3) of a cartridge (8,Fig.3) containing an ink-soaked foam body (31,Fig.3) so that the sealing ring (27) acts as a seal against a bore (29,Fig.3) of the cartridge (8,Fig.3).
Patent GB-2312611-A (GB)
Title: Non-tip disposable drinks cup
Inventor: BECK DAVID CHARLES
IPC: A47G19/22
Filed: 1996-05-04
Abstract: A non-tip disposable cup or mug, suitable for holding liquids such as soup, has walls which taper from the lower region to the upper region such that the base is wider than the top rim and the cup or mug has a low centre of gravity. Preferably the cup or mug is formed of man-made material such as polypropylene or polystyrene so that the cup is suitable for use in a microwave or refrigerator. Preferably the base has rounded edges which help the cup or mug to rest on uneven surfaces.
Patent GB-2304251-A (GB)
Title: Multi-window radar or sonar display
Inventor: KIYA YOSHIYUKI
IPC: G01S13/00
Filed: 1996-08-06
Abstract: A display for radar or sonar shows a general image E1 in one window and an enlarged view of part of the image in a smaller second window E2. The general image E1 can be in course-up or true north mode, whilst the part image E2 can be in a different mode such as heading-up. The degree enlargement and the area to be enlarged can be selected by the operator, for instance by use of fast time circuits. The area covered by the part image E2 is indicated on the general image E1. The track of a ship may be overlaid with a stored map of the coastline.
Patent GB-2315984-A (GB)
Title: Garment with covered article suspension.
Inventor: HEAVISIDE DENIS KEITH
IPC: A41D13/00
Filed: 1996-08-09
Abstract: An upper body garment 70 worn from the shoulders includes suspension means 71 by which articles can be suspended directly from the garment without any carriers for such articles being exposed when not in use. One or more elongate suspension webs 71 extend from the body of the garment so as to transfer load to the wearer's shoulders and support position-adjustable carriers 74. An outer layer of the garment 75 has access slits 77, closable by zippers, overlying the suspension members except where a carrier extends to the exterior of the garment, thereby providing an otherwise clean outer surface that mitigates snagging. The garment may accommodate ballistic filler or hard armour plate.
Patent GB-2304801-A (GB)
Title: Latch device for a vehicle motorised sliding door
Inventor: MIZUKI TETSURO
IPC: E05B65/32
Filed: 1996-08-30
Abstract: A powered sliding unit (6) attached to a vehicle body (2) slides a sliding door (1) from an open position to a half-latch position where a rear latch unit (88) fixed to the sliding door is initially engaged with a rear striker fixed to the vehicle body, and then a powered closing unit (89) provided to the sliding door moves the sliding door (1) from the half-latch position into a full-latch position where the rear latch unit (88) is completely engaged with the rear striker. The powered sliding unit (6) has a vertical base plate (25), a wire drum (26) rotatably attached to the base plate by a horizontal shaft (34), and a wire cable (7) for coupling the wire drum (26) with the sliding door (1). The powered sliding unit (6) is attached in an inner space inside of a rear outer side panel (3) of the vehicle body (2).
Patent GB-2306209-A (GB)
Title: Preventing scaling of level sensing electrodes in water boilers
Inventor: GOLDACRE STEPHEN
IPC: A47J31/56
Filed: 1996-10-07
Abstract: A water boiler for making hot beverages and liquid foodstuffs comprises a body 10 for the main bulk of water, heating means (not shown) for heating the water, and electrodes 42,44,46 for sensing the level of the water, the electrodes being positioned in a separate chamber 36 which is in communication with the cold water feed 32 so that the body and the chamber are supplied with cold water simultaneously. These electrodes will be less likely to scale up than were they positioned in the body 10. Preferably the water is fed to the body and the chamber via a solenoid in batches. An electrode may additionally be provided in the body for detecting the build up of scale in the body. A stand by sensor 56 may control the temperature of the water in the body whilst the water is at the level of the upper electrode 44.
Patent GB-2320829-A (GB)
Title: Predicting future motion
Inventor: FLEISCHMANN DOMINIQUE S
IPC: G01S13/95
Filed: 1996-12-04
Abstract: A method for a short-term prediction of for example future ship motion in open water furnishes visual cueing information which can be remotely presented to a pilot during an aircraft landing. Two sets of samples of the sea surface geometry along a radial azimuth line from a ship as a function of elevation of a sensor are first acquired (10) by an optical, infrared or radar rangefinder. These are compensated to remove the components due to the ship's motion (12). Two wave traces are then separately derived in Cartesian format from the two sets of acquired samples. These wave traces are subjected to a Fast Fourier Transform (13) to detect the amplitudes and phases of the individual wavelength components. The direction of the wavelength components is determined using a measure of their phase change in the scan direction during the time interval between the two scans together with their measured wavelength. The amplitude, direction and phase of each component is used (14) together with the known motion characteristics of the moving ship in response to impinging waves in order to derive (15) a short-term prediction of future ship motion in the time domain. A quiescent period of the ship motion is located (16) by comparing the short-term prediction with pre-defined operating limit criteria. Finally, a message signal is transmitted (18) to the pilot of the aircraft indicating Time-to-Land and the duration of the quiescent period. The prediction signal can also be used as feed forward signal in a active stabilisation system for a ship.
Patent GB-2309899-A (GB)
Title: Automatic umbrella
Inventor: CHOU LUNG-CHIAO
IPC: A45B25/14
Filed: 1997-02-07
Abstract: The umbrella has a central rod 11 with multiple sections 111,112,113, and utilises a variable dynamic process including the umbrella's skeleton mechanism 1, spring 2, locating device 3, shuttle arrow 4, control mechanism 5, handle 6, change-over device and pulling rig 7. Within the middle rod 11 of the umbrella's skeleton, the ends of a pulling rope 74 respectively reach the lower nest 14 and shuttle arrow 4. The control mechanism is manipulated by pressing button 61 to release the umbrella's skeleton for closing and folding under the reserve energy of the spring. In coordination with both pulling ropes 71,74, each section of skeleton is movable in tracks to extend and, in use, cause upward movement of the lower next section to open the umbrella. Rope 71 acts to draw the upper nest 13 upwards. The locating device 3 fastens the central rod at a fixed position with hook 30 engaged in hole 117 to resist against wind. The locating device is also operable to release the traction force between sections of the umbrella skeleton under the firm control of shuttle arrow. The spring 18 between branch skeletons is to close the umbrella and to change position to return to the original condition.
Patent GB-2311987-A (GB)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: MATSUMURA TAKUO
IPC: B65H3/52
Filed: 1997-04-11
Abstract: In an electrophotographic copier or printer, the paper feed members which come into contact with the sheet surface contacting the transfer member are formed of a rubber having a solubility parameter greater than or equal to 8.2 (cal/cm 3 ) 1/2 . Alternatively the solubility may be less than 8.2. The rubber material has a substituent other than hydrocarbon radicals attached to the principal polymer chain, and has a a dielectric constant greater than or equal to 4.5.
Patent GB-2312824-A (GB)
Title: Quick-setting gel mix
Inventor: HEMBLING MARK VICTOR
IPC: A23L29/256
Filed: 1997-04-25
Abstract: A quick-setting gel mix suitable for preparing dessert gels contains sodium and/or potassium alginate and a slowly-soluble calcium salt, with the calcium salt being incorporated in a crystalline sugar product comprised of aggregates of fondant-size sugar crystals. Preferably the mix contains an anti-oxidant, such as ascorbic acid, and a catalyst, such as copper gluconate, in amounts effective to promote clarity with the gel.
Patent GB-2315394-A (GB)
Title: A panel heater for animal use
Inventor: O'DONNELL JAMES MARTIN
IPC: F24D13/02
Filed: 1997-07-11
Abstract: The panel heater has sloping sides 7 to accommodate animals and comprises basically a shell 2 into which a fire retardant material is poured around electrical resistance wire 30. Anchorage 71 is provided to ensure that there is adequate keying between the fire retardant material and the shell to prevent degradation during use. Various support devices 11 are disclosed for the heating element which is formed from an electrical resistance wire 30. A two-stage pouring of the fire retardant material may be employed. The resistance wire is "floated" away from the base during pouring.
Patent GB-2316252-A (GB)
Title: Optical telecommunications network
Inventor: PROCTOR RICHARD JOHN
IPC: H04J14/08
Filed: 1997-07-31
Abstract: An optical communications network comprises a Head End Unit connected to a plurality of groups of Network Termination Equipments (NTE) and/or Optical Network Units (ONU). For downstream communication to the NTEs or ONUs, signals for each group are multiplexed onto a stream and a plurality of streams are combined eg, by a higher speed WDM. Upstream communication from the NTEs or ONUs is by Time Division Multiplex Access. The NTE's or ONU's can negotiate bandwidth for low levels of upstream traffic; high levels of traffic are pre-allocated. Upstream data can be carried by any stream. A broadcast channel is provided; any signal transmitted on this channel is received by all the NTEs or ONUs.
Patent GB-2316557-A (GB)
Title: Hitless clock recovery in ATM networks
Inventor: PERES MAURICIO
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 1997-08-19
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of generating timing signals for constant bit rate data received over asynchronous data networks, such as ATM networks. The method comprises the steps of recovering clock signals from at least two separate sources 2,3, selecting one of the sources 2,3 to drive a phase locked loop 4 generating a high speed output signal 6 locked to the selected source, dividing at the high speed output signal 6 to provide the timing signals for said constant bit rate data, and continually monitoring 5 the selected source. In the event of failure of the selected source, the phase-locked 4 loop is allowed to free run in a hold-over mode while it is switched over to the other source.
Patent GB-2330689-A (GB)
Title: Method of attaching solder bumps to a die
Inventor: KASKOUN KENNETH
IPC: H05K3/34
Filed: 1997-10-23
Abstract: A substrate 2 is provided with solder bumps 4 and a die 10 is aligned and brought into contact with the substrate. The substrate is bonded to the die by heating the solder bumps to form an assembly. To separate the die from the substrate the assembly is placed in a bath of non oxidizing fluid 20 (eg a mixture of glycerol and iso-propyl alcohol) with the dies lowermost. The fluid is heated to melt the solder bumps and the dies together with the solder bumps separate from the substrate and sink to the bottom of the bath.
Patent GB-2319884-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining the pitch of a stringed instrument
Inventor: SZALAY ANDREAS
IPC: G10H3/12
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: The pitch of a stringed instrument which is excited by plucking or striking a string (3, 4, Fig.1) is determined by way of the vibration of the string being converted by a transducer into an electrical signal. The transducer is a pressure transducer, e.g. piezo-electric elements (7, 8, Fig.1). The electrical signal output from the transducer is digitised (43) and then subjected to differentiation (411). The differentiated signal is then further processed by devices such as a microprocessor (44) and a neural network (410) before being passed on to a MIDI interface (49).
Patent GB-974035-A (GB)
Abstract: 974,035. Friction gearing. E. R. BROOKE. June 28, 1963 [May 28, 1962], No. 20384/62. Heading F2Q. In an actuating mechanism, a driving member 2 and a driven member 7, both magnetizable, and in continuous frictional contact one with another, form parts of a magnetic flux circuit embraced by a magnetizing coil 22 energizable to cause the driving and driven members to cohere sufficiently to move the latter to a desired position against bias means. As shown, pushrods 7, guided in slots of plastics " combs " 16, 20 fixed to the limbs 14, 15 of a U-shaped core 13 of soft iron laminations, engage in annular slots, which may be knurled or otherwise roughened, in a continuously rotating drive shaft 2. The biasing forces of springs 11 exerted on pistons 9 engaging the push-rods 7 are slightly greater than the natural friction forces between the shaft 2 and the push-rods, so that the latter are not normally moved by the shaft 2. The pushrods extend through slots in a block 18 of plastics material, a coil 22 embedded therein surrounding each push-rod. Energization of a coil increases the cohesion between the relevant push-rod and the shaft 2 so that the rod is moved to a position 7<SP>1</SP> (Fig. 1), e.g. to cause a piston 9 to force fluid from a cylinder 10 to actuate a device (not shown). When the coil is deenergized, the spring 11 returns the push-rod to its original position. In alternative arrangements, the coils may be mounted in staggered manner round the central portions of individual cores (Figs. 3 and 4, not shown), or may be wound on to the push-rods, flexible leads being provided in this case. The bias action may be by gravitational action. Two parallel drive shafts, rotating in opposite senses and forming parts of two independent magnetic circuits, may both engage a single push-rod, so that it may be selectively moved in either direction, a centring bias being provided. The push-rods may be replaced by annular members rotatable in their own planes. The coils may be energized by a D.C. supply or by a variable frequency A.C. supply using a frequency discrimination circuit (Fig. 5, not shown).
Patent GB-2319417-A (GB)
Title: Mobile telephone with curved aerial to reduce interaction with user's head
Inventor: YOSHIHARA SHIGEO
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1994-07-19
Abstract: A portable radio apparatus comprises a body, a receiver provided in said body, and an antenna capable of being freely accommodated in and drawn out from said body, said antenna being previously formed in a curved shape and bent in a direction in which said antenna is spaced apart from said receiver when said antenna is drawn out from said body and in use is directed away from the operator's head.
Patent GB-2324133-A (GB)
Title: Suck back valve
Inventor: TAMURA KAZUYA
IPC: F16K23/00
Filed: 1998-03-02
Abstract: A suck back valve (20) comprises an electric linear actuator (118) which displaces a suck back diaphragm (100) through a stem (96), an encoder (120) which detects a displacement amount of the linear actuator (118), and a flow amount controller (68) for controlling a pilot fluid supplied to an ON/OFF valve mechanism (26). During suck back, the actuator shaft (126) is withdrawn by a predetermined amount as measured by the encoder, and the stem (96) carrying the diaphragm follows the actuator shaft under the action of a spring 98, whereby the amount of suck back can be controlled. The flow amount controller 68, figure 2 (not shown) includes a diaphragm (78) acted on by an enclosed volume of liquid (77) where volume is varied by an electric heater (79). The encoder (120) includes an optical encoding disc (134) rotating with, but slidable along, the actuator shaft, the disc engaging a groove (136, figure 3, not shown) in a support (138) to maintain it in its axial position.
Patent GB-2328850-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic imaging system with improved sidelobe response
Inventor: BERESFORD JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: G10K11/26
Filed: 1998-08-28
Abstract: An acoustic imaging system comprising an acoustic transducer and an acoustic element defining an acoustic aperture of the system, the transducer being arranged to have desired characteristics such that: (a) where the transducer is a transmitter, the transducer insonifies the aperture with an intensity which varies across the aperture in a predetermined manner; or (b) where the transducer is a receiver, the transducer has a responsivity which varies across the aperture in a predetermined manner; thereby to reduce the sidelobe signal that would be present if the aperture was uniformly insonified, or the responsivity uniform across the aperture respectively. The reduced sidelobes may be the result of particular dimensioning of the transducer or of the use of an acoustic spatial interference filter. Transmit and receive arrays 81 and 85 of such transducers can be used to isolate pixels 89 of an image region by illuminating vertical strips 84 and receiving from horizontal strips 87.