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Patent GB-2285547-A (GB)
Title: Control method and apparatus for suppressing jitter
Inventor: SATO SAKUTARO
IPC: H04B10/00
Filed: 1994-10-11
Abstract: Provision is made of a phase-locked loop circuit including a voltage-controlled oscillator 11, a phase comparator 12, and a low-pass filter 13, a pulse-cancelling processing unit 15, a pulse-cancelling control unit 20, and a divider circuit 21. By dividing the pulse-cancelling request signal of the pointer-action into several bits by the divider circuit, the pulse-cancelling control unit 20 gradually changes the input phase to the phase comparator 12 or the control voltage to the voltage-controlled oscillator in several stages from the state before the 1-bit pulse-cancelling to the state of the 1-bit pulse-cancelling so that the phase of the output clock signal from the voltage-controlled oscillator matches the 1-bit pulse-cancelled input clock signal. By this, phase control of the output clock signal is performed in units of less than 1-bit and jitter is suppressed. The phase lock loop may include an adder for combining the output of the phase comparator 12 or low pass filter 13 with an analog signal derived from the counter 22 of the control unit 20 so that a stepwise control voltage is applied to the VCO. Alternatively a variable delay circuit or a signal selector between divider 18 and phase comparator 12 may be controlled by the counter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283935-A (GB)
Title: Moulding webbing connector onto webbing
Inventor: JOHNS ROBIN
IPC: B29C39/10
Filed: 1994-10-18
Abstract: A method of attaching an end portion of webbing to an anchorage element comprises the insertion of an end portion of webbing 12 into a chamber 24 followed by the introduction of a curable resin into said chamber, the resin being allowed or caused to cure. The chamber may be defined in an end fitting, optionally formed in a mould, or in an existing article or a portion thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284423-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing statistically coupled asymmetric radial polymers
Inventor: HOXMEIER RONALD JAMES
IPC: C08G81/02
Filed: 1994-11-08
Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing six-armed and eight-armed asymmetric radial block copolymers. The process comprises anionically polymerizing a diene and/or a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon to create living polydiene and/or vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon arms, sequentially anionically polymerizing a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a diene to create living block copolymer arms and coupling the two sets of arms together in one step with a coupling agent that will couple six or eight arms, wherein the molar ratio of the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-diene arms to the polydiene arms is sufficient to produce a statistical blend with less than 5 weight percent homopolydiene.
Patent GB-2287774-A (GB)
Title: Parking brake lever mechanism with lobe amplifying means
Inventor: PERISHO RANDAL J
IPC: B60T11/04
Filed: 1995-02-23
Abstract: The parking brake lever arrangement includes a pair of cooperating lobe members 108, 110 for effecting a mechanical advantage between the operating lever 112 and the parking brake cable 120, use being made of a spring clutch 128 associated with the drive lobe member for locking the lever in the brake-applied position, and a self-adjust device 114 associated with the driven lobe member for removing cable slack when the operating lever is in the brake-released position. The lobe members comprise lobe cams that are connected by a flexible strap or belt 270 (Fig. 7, not shown) that extends between the cooperating cam surfaces and is secured at opposite ends to the cams, respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300118-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable hairbrush
Inventor: GOODALL SARAH LOUISE
IPC: A46B7/04
Filed: 1995-04-27
Abstract: An adjustable hairbrush allows usage of the brush for either blow drying and styling, or grooming of dry hair, and has adjustable head 1 movable on fixed head 2 to align apertures 6 and 7 allowing the free flow of air from, for example, a hairdryer through the brush. Apertures misalignment prevents or restricts such flow. Head movement also allows adjustment of bristle spacing. The bristles may be bristle clumps. The adjustable head may be removed for head cleaning, or for replacement by a head with different bristles.
Patent GB-2290015-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for processing carcass parts to obtain meat
Inventor: KUNIG HELMUT
IPC: A22C21/00
Filed: 1995-05-26
Abstract: A method of processing detached legs of animal carcasses, particularly poultry legs (20), to obtain meat comprises the steps of retaining each such leg in the region of the top end (29) and/or bottom end (28) of the bone structure (22, 24), detaching the meat covering at least partly from the bone structure at the back of the leg, and then cutting open the meat covering by a cut running along the back of the bone structure. The detaching can be performed by a skewer element (4) inserted into the leg (20) from the retained end and guided along at the back of the bone structure. The element can then serve as a counter support for a blade (7) moved through the meat covering. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304672-A (GB)
Title: Portable drink bottle
Inventor: BUNN STEVEN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A45F3/16
Filed: 1995-09-07
Abstract: A portable bottle 1 has a first wall (2, fig 1) that is concave, to fit against part of a wearer's body, and a second wall 6 that is saddle-shaped. The second wall may have enlarged sections 7A and 7B, to increase fluid capacity. Section 7A can also help to retain the bottle in a trouser pocket 8, and may have a lower inclined surface 11 to aid insertion into the pocket. The bottle also has dispensing means 3, which may include a straw 4, and may have securement means, such as hook and loop fasteners (not shown), for attaching the bottle to a garment.
Patent GB-2307399-A (GB)
Title: Garment freshener
Inventor: MATTHEWS PETER ANTHONY REES
IPC: D06F58/20
Filed: 1995-11-22
Abstract: A device for removing smells from garments comprises a casing in the form of a comparatively rigid upper portion (1) in which are mounted a motor (2) arranged to drive a fan (3) and a container (4) for a replaceable filter element. A flexible tube (12) having a closable opening (13) depends from the upper casing portion (1) and a comparatively rigid lower casing portion (14) is secured to the lower end of the tube (12). A hanger (9) is provided in the upper casing portion (1) from which a garment can be hung on a clothes hanger. When the fan (3) is driven by the motor (2), air is circulated round the casing to remove smells from a garment hanging from the hanger (9).
Patent GB-2296502-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic descaling ships ballast tanks prior to painting
Inventor: PETERS DAVID
IPC: C25F1/06
Filed: 1995-12-22
Abstract: The method comprises installing at least one non-sacrificial anode (12) in the tank, isolated from the steelwork (14); electrically connecting the anode to a direct current power supply (18); electrically grounding the steelwork (14) to become the cathode; installing at least one reference electrode (22) in the tank (13), as remote as possible from the anode (12), close to the steelwork (14) but insulated therefrom; electrically connecting the reference electrode (22) to a meter (24) for indicating the potential of the steelwork (14); venting the tank (13) to atmosphere; filling the tank with seawater and running it continuously to prevent accumulation of gas; impressing and increasing the current to the anode (12) until the reference electrode meter reading indicates that the potential of the steelwork (14) is at a level at which the chemical reaction created at the steelwork (14) by the impressed current isolates the scale which becomes detached; continuing to impress the current sufficient for all the steelwork (14) to be descaled; switching off the power; emptying the tank (13) of water; removing the anode (12) and reference electrode (22); removing all electrical connections (15, 21, 23); washing the steelwork (14) in the tank (13) with high pressure fresh water to remove any calcium deposits; pumping the washing water away; removing the detached scale and any other deposits from the bottom of the tank (13); and dehumidifying the interior of the tank (13) to prevent fresh scale from forming on the steelwork (14) before painting can be effected. A non-sacrificial anode comprises (Fig. 6) a mixed metal coated titanium rod with an electrical connection at the middle, a protective, insulating mesh, and axial tapped holes at each end for attaching suspension ropes or for connecting to other anodes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299298-A (GB)
Title: Lamination of sheet materials
Inventor: HOLMES ANTHONY STEPHEN
IPC: G09F3/10
Filed: 1996-03-29
Abstract: A method of laminating a sheet material is described in which a laminate is constructed from a backing sheet, one face of which is coated with silicone to serve as a release agent. A removable sheet material such as paper is bonded to the silicone coated face of the backing material using a hot melt adhesive, which forms a tacky film on the rear of the removable sheet material. This is exposed when the removable sheet material is peeled away from the backing sheet, to allow the removed sheet material to be stuck to another surface. A typical weight of hot melt adhesive employed is in the range 5 to 200 g.s.m., and the removable sheet material is normally printable material. The backing material may be a film of orientated polypropylene (OPP) film of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or a paper based material.
Patent GB-2315646-A (GB)
Title: Validation of procedures
Inventor: JELLEMA BART
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 1996-07-19
Abstract: A method of validating a procedure in a network protocol allows several processes to be involved in the validation of a single event. The method involves defining relationships between finite state machines (FSMs)which describe the entities, selecting the processes which fulfil certain predetermined criteria, and processing the event independently in all of the selected processes. Thus in the Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP) required for support of capability set 1 (CS1), with Single Association Control Function (SACF) and Multiple Association Control Function (MACF) rules defining the valid procedures, the rules can be specified by multiple FSMs. Characteristics defining the selection criteria for the processes are "Container Interface", "Container context" and "container Actions."
Patent GB-2317116-A (GB)
Title: A catgut string stretching mechanism
Inventor: LEE MIN WEI
IPC: A63B51/14
Filed: 1996-09-11
Abstract: A catgut string stretching mechanism including a base 1, a shaft 5 mounted on the base, a wheel 3 turned with the shaft and having a ratchet 31 at one side, a spring 4 mounted within the shaft and the wheel, a catgut string chuck 2 fastened to the wheel at one side holding a catgut string, a lever 6 fixedly connected to the shaft and adapted for turning the shaft, the wheel, and the catgut string chuck to stretch the catgut string, a locating device 11 pivoted to the base and forced by a torsional spring 12 into engagement with the ratchet to stop the wheel from reverse rotation, the shaft having a key 52 projecting out of the periphery and adapted for pushing the locating device away from the ratchet of the wheel. The locating device 11 comprises a rectangular stop block 111 and a pawl 112 fixedly connected to the stop block.
Patent GB-2305716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to firearms
Inventor: CAMPBELL HUGH ALEXANDER
IPC: F41C23/00
Filed: 1996-09-17
Abstract: There is disclosed an improved firearm, and in particular an improved rifle such as a bolt action rifle. Known rifles suffer from a number of problems, for example, accuracy, ease of disassembly, ease of assembly and realignment. Accordingly there is provided a rifle 5 comprising a stock 10 and an action 25 seated in the stock, the stock comprising a forestock 15 and a buttstock 20, wherein there are provided means for connecting a foremost end of the buttstock 20 to the action 25. The connection means allow the stock 10 and the action 25 to be releasably connection one with the other. As shown, the connection means includes a bolt 35. Also described (figures 8 and 9, not shown) is a swivel for attachment of a sling.
Patent GB-2306352-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for droplet generation in agricultural and other spraying
Inventor: BENEST ROGER SYDNEY
IPC: B05B7/08
Filed: 1996-10-31
Abstract: A method and apparatus for droplet generation in agricultural and other spraying comprises supplying air and liquid to a supply chamber 28 which has a closed end wall 44 where the liquid forms a continuous film which moves outwards towards an outlet orifice 38, at said outlet orifice outer edge 48 the liquid is entrained in the air flow for droplet formation. The supply of air and liquid to a chamber wall or target from which the liquid proceeds with direction change to said outlet orifice for entrainment at suitable pressures causes the droplets formed to have a droplet size particularly suitable for effective coating of plant material, and the momentum provided to the droplets by the air enables controlled direction of the resulting spray mist even at very low liquid volumes per hectare.
Patent GB-2308031-A (GB)
Title: A current amplifier, reference current generator or voltage/current converter using a current mirror
Inventor: TSUBAKI KAZUNARI
IPC: G05F3/26
Filed: 1996-11-11
Abstract: A drain terminal of a first N channel MOS transistor M1 is connected to an output side of a first current mirror input current I1 via a voltage drop device D0. The first current mirror input current is also supplied to the gate terminals of first M1, third M3 and fifth M5 N channel MOS transistors and a second current mirror input current I2 is supplied to the gate terminals of second M2 and fourth M4 N channel MOS transistors. The circuit can operate at low input and output voltages. Fig. 14 shows a circuit for generating two reference currents.
Patent GB-2312840-A (GB)
Title: Hair styling device
Inventor: HENNINGER FRIEDRICH
IPC: A45D1/04
Filed: 1996-11-22
Abstract: A device for curling hair has a handle to which is attached a hair heating member 6 and a pressure member 8 for clamping the hair against the heating member. A generally arcuate styling edge 10 is provided in the region of the heating and/or pressure member. Hair is drawn across the edge to cause stretching of one side of the hair which causes curling. The hair may subsequently pass over a cooling member (30, Fig 3) to facilitate setting of the curls. The device may take the general form of a curling tong (Figs 5-12) having an elongate heater of generally elliptical section and provided with hair guiding ribs, the styling edge being provided on the edge of an elongate clamp which can engage the heater and is pivoted to the handle.
Patent GB-2307880-A (GB)
Title: Forming a vehicle headrest
Inventor: YAMANO EIICHI
IPC: B60N2/48
Filed: 1996-11-28
Abstract: An automotive seat headrest 10 has a generally bag-shaped outer skin 11 with a surface section 11a which is underneath in use. A first end edge portion 12a includes a first part P1 integral with the surface section 11a, and a second part P2 integral with the first part and generally parallel with the surface section. A slit 12 is defined between the first part P1 of the first end edge portion 12a and a second end edge portion 12b. The headrest is produced by: (a) bending the first end edge portion 12a inward of the surface section 11a so that its second part P2 is generally parallel with the surface section; (b) forming first insertion holes 15a in the second part P2 of the first end edge portion 12a and second insertion holes 11b in the surface section 11a; (c) inserting headrest stays 14a of a frame 14 inside the bag-shaped outer skin 11 through the slit 12; (d) inserting each headrest stay 14a into each first insertion hole 15a and each second insertion hole 11b so that the headrest stay 14a is projected out of the surface section 11a; (e) disposing the bag-shaped outer skin 11 inside a foaming-fabrication mold; and (f) pouring a raw material of a foam material through the slit 12 into the bag-shaped outer skin 11 so that the second end edge portion 12b is brought into contact with the first part of the first end edge portion 12a so as to tightly close the slit 12.
Patent GB-2323199-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for validating coins
Inventor: FURNEAUX DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: G07D5/08
Filed: 1997-02-24
Abstract: A device for validating a coin comprises an electro-magnetic sensor 3, means for monitoring a first signal generated by the sensor and means for deriving a measurement from a second signal generated by the sensor. The event of the first signal taking a predetermined threshold value is used to derive a measurement from the second signal. In this way it is ensured that the measurement from the second signal is derived when the coin is in a pre-determined position relative to the sensor. This is of particular significance when validating bi-metallic coins having regions of different materials.
Patent GB-2311333-A (GB)
Title: Dual aspirator
Inventor: SPRIGGS JOHN R
IPC: B01F5/04
Filed: 1997-02-28
Abstract: A foaming system (10. Fig 1) comprises a dual aspirator 13 having first and second venturi aspirators 80 and 81 through which a diluent is forced, causing first and second chemical concentrates to be drawn through inlet ports 44,45, each mixing with the diluent in its own mixing compartment 90.91. Further mixing of each diluent/chemical mixture takes place in separate diffusers 46.47, after which they are combined, therefore allowing incompatible concentrates to be mixed without gelling, off-gassing or generating excessive heat. Flushing lines (68,71 Fig 1) provide for cleaning of the dual aspirator 13. Further, the diffusers have a ratio of their diameter to length to aid two check valves in the prevention of contamination.
Patent GB-2312800-A (GB)
Title: Electronic apparatus with an optical communication unit on an extendable cable
Inventor: KOBAYASHI FUMIYUKI
IPC: H04B10/11
Filed: 1997-04-30
Abstract: An electronic apparatus 11 has a main body 11A with an infra-red light transmitting/ receiving unit 12 connected to it via a cable 13. The apparatus 11 has a cable storing unit 21 and a cable rewinding mechanism (figures 3 & 6) within the main body 11A, which may be activated by a button 32, to store the transmitting/receiving unit 12 when it is not in use. When the transmitting/receiving unit 12 is withdrawn from the cable storing unit 21 and positioned appropriately, optical communication can be carried out with another party positioned in a suitable direction. If desired the transmitting/receiving unit 12 can be physically coupled with another such unit belonging to the other party (figure 8).
Patent GB-2325553-A (GB)
Title: Braking and braking-distance alert system
Inventor: AKHTER PERVEZ
IPC: B60Q1/52
Filed: 1997-05-22
Abstract: The Braking Distance Alert System consists of a warning notice or signal fitted to the rear of a vehicle and optionally an indicator on the dashboard. The rear signal warns the driver behind if he is too close for the prevailing speeds and road conditions etc, optionally accounting for types of vehicles. It can use increasingly severe signals such as flashing of hazard warning lights or giving a brake light signal etc to stop drivers ignoring it, and optionally incorporate warning signals for harsh braking, reversing, loss of control or damage to the vehicle.
Patent GB-2314243-A (GB)
Title: Assigning identification numbers to transmission equipments
Inventor: TSUJIKADO MITSUO
IPC: H04B17/00
Filed: 1997-06-09
Abstract: The method for assigning an identification number according to the present invention is constructed in that: in a transmission system with a transmission system managing equipment being connected to at least one of a plurality of connected transmission equipments, each of all or some of the plurality of transmission equipments acquires information peculiar to adjacent devices connected thereto and holds the information as peripheral connected-state data of each transmission equipment, the transmission system managing equipment collects information from all of the transmission equipments which hold the peripheral connected-state data of each transmission equipment, and on the basis of the information, determines and transmits an identification number for each of the transmission equipments, and each of the plurality of transmission equipments carries out internal setting of the identification number thereof transmitted from the transmission system managing equipment. By this structure, duplication of the same identification number among different transmission equipments, setting error or the like in setting the number can be avoided.
Patent GB-2326504-A (GB)
Title: Currency handling apparatus capable of predicting future cash demands
Inventor: FLETCHER PAUL ROBERT
IPC: G07F5/24
Filed: 1997-06-18
Abstract: A currency handling apparatus for dispensing currency units 6 from a plurality of stores 22-28, each for storing units of currency of a respective denomination, comprises a processor for predicting the future distribution of currency units to be dispensed and an output for outputting a signal representing instructions for changes to the stores in accordance with the predicted future distribution. The instructions may indicate the number of stores required for a given denomination selected in accordance with the predicted future distribution. The currency handling apparatus may include a recorder for recording details of an event when there is insufficient currency in the stores to supply the correct change for a given transaction. The currency handling apparatus is particularly useful for handling coins in a vending machine.
Patent GB-2316849-A (GB)
Title: Draw-in control of a forage harvester
Inventor: DUECKINGHAUS HEINRICH
IPC: A01F29/14
Filed: 1997-08-07
Abstract: A forage harvester comprises a front attachment 2, draw-in members 3,4, a chopping drum 5, discharge members 9 and associated drives, the draw-in members being hydrostatically driven and the chopping drum being mechanically driven. In order to ensure a constant chopping length for the crop material, the rotary speeds of the draw-in members and the chopping drum are ascertained, communicated to an electronic evaluation means and evaluated by same in a manner in which, upon a difference in the actual rotary speed relationship from a reference rotary speed relationship the electronic evaluation means outputs a control signal for regulating the hydrostatic drive. A safety system is also disclosed wherein a foreign body detector 7 is provided adjacent the draw-in members and wherein the members 3,4 cannot be actuated in a draw-in mode until the members are first reversed to remove any foreign body that may be detected.
Patent GB-2317440-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring loading on the barrel of a weapon during firing
Inventor: GARTZ KARL
IPC: F41A19/01
Filed: 1997-09-18
Abstract: To enable the loading due to firing of a barrel (1) of a weapon to be accurately monitored a signal derived from the structure-borne sound and occurring on the firing of the weapon is measured with a suitable sensor (3) and compared in an electronic evaluation device (5) with stored reference signals characteristic of several different charges. The signal value resulting from this comparison and corresponding to the sensed signal value is then stored additively in a non-volatile memory of the evaluation device. The apparatus can store the number of firings as well as the sum total loadings.