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Patent GB-2250730-A (GB)
Title: Applying sealing strips or labels to packages
Inventor: DRAGHETTI FIORENZO
IPC: B65B61/18
Filed: 1991-12-03
Abstract: In a method and device 1 for applying sealing strips 2 to packages 3 such as cigarette packets, the strips 2 are applied to the packages 3 as these travel side by side along a path extending in a direction 5 substantially perpendicular to the larger lateral surfaces of the packages 3. A center portion of each "banderole" strip 2 is applied to an end surface 6 of the package 3 by means of a conveyor belt 21 facing the end surfaces 6 which supports the strips 2 perpendicular to the path of the packages 3, travels along the path at the same speed as the packages 3, and, along the path, is bent in a U about the side faces of the packages 3. The belt may be bent by two pairs of rollers 27 located at opposite ends of the belt 21 (Figs. 2 and 3), and the packages may be fed by two in-line conveyers 7, 8. The speed at which the packages are conveyed may be controlled by means 29 for sensing the position of the strip on the packet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263957-A (GB)
Title: Pipe connector device with elbow,swivel and filter
Inventor: MEADOWS ROBERT
IPC: F16L27/087
Filed: 1992-02-08
Abstract: A pipe connector 6 for a shower control unit 1 has a leg 7 for connection to a water supply pipe 5 by a compression joint 9 and a leg 8 extending normal thereto for connection to the control unit 1 by a swivel coupling 20 such that the connector 6 can be adapted for different incoming directions of the supply pipe 5 by rotating the connector 6 to align the leg 7 with the supply pipe 5. An internal filter element 36 is secured by a detachable screw cap 34 allowing the filter element 36 to be removed without disconnecting the compression joint 9 or swivel coupling 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253312-A (GB)
Title: Battery powered apparatus incorporating charging controller
Inventor: NASKALI MATTI
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 1992-02-20
Abstract: The apparatus 30, such as a portable radio telephone, is coupled to a charger 20 via a connection 12 having only two poles, and the apparatus incorporates a logic circuit 38 responsive to the voltage and/or temperature of the battery 36 to control a switch 34 for switching between fast and trickle charging. The arrangement allows for use of a simple constant current generator 22 as the external charging current supply. Trickle charging may be effected by pulsed high level current provided by periodic opening and closing of switch 34, or by a constant current circuit 32 shunted by switch 34 during fast charging. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264270-A (GB)
Title: A pneumatic tyre insert.
Inventor: JAMES OWEN
IPC: B60C17/06
Filed: 1992-02-22
Abstract: In a pneumatic tyre insert 10 an annular base portion 11 matches the rim 14 of a wheel for which it is intended and in use holds a pneumatic tyre 13 against flanges 16 of the wheel rim 14 and an annular, outer peripheral portion 12 is spaced from the inner surface of a tread portion of the tyre. A resilient hoop 21 is moulded within the base portion 11 and an annular groove 24 in the inner peripheral surface of the base portion 11 communicates via passage means 26 extending through the insert 10 with the air space between the insert 10 and the tread portion of the tyre 13. The insert is inserted into the tyre by deforming the insert to a figure-of-eight shape. The base portion 11 is made of rubber and tyre cord material and the outer peripheral portion 12 is made of rubber. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255140-A (GB)
Title: Method of hermetic sealing
Inventor: SIDKY PAULETTE SHAFIK
IPC: B01J19/00
Filed: 1992-03-03
Abstract: A method for the hermetic sealing of chemical reaction vessels comprises providing from the reaction vessel a vertical conduit 2 with an outlet to the ambient atmosphere to enable product to be removed without touching the conduit wall and the conduit is hermetically sealed by a column of liquid eg. mercury 9 within the conduit, the hermetic seal being maintained against gravitational effects on the liquid by the application of gaseous pressure at the liquid/atmospheric interface eg. pressurized hydrogen gas via tube 5. The method is of use in the production of silicon carbide fibres. A reservoir of mercury is used to fill and empty the column. Also, by raising and lowering the reservoir it is possible to change the mercury level during operations in response to pressure fluctuations in the reaction vessel. The conduit 2 may have PTFE baffles 3 which stop the fibre touching the sides of the conduit to which it is attracted by filament attraction or surface tension. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266830-A (GB)
Title: Garden bird-feeder.
Inventor: MANNING PHILLIP STANLEY
IPC: A01K39/01
Filed: 1992-05-12
Abstract: A garden bird-feeder includes an outer lattice construction having a cylindrical portion topped by a dome portion. The lattice permits birds access to a base feeding tray and an upper dished bathing tray, but prevents predators, eg cats, from gaining access. A pole extends through a central aperture in the feeding tray and the whole feeder is supported by locating a central depression on the underside of the bathing tray on the top of the pole. The various components of the feeder are held together with spring clips and when dismantled can assume a flattened configuration. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257121-A (GB)
Title: Storage and/or transit stacking of articles
Inventor: EMBLETON MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B65D71/70
Filed: 1992-06-30
Abstract: Thermo-formed trays 3 carrying rows of bottles 1 are stacked one upon the other with the tops of the bottles 1 of each row engaged in a respective channel 15 of the tray 3 above. Each channel 15 is closed at both ends so as to hold its row of bottles 1 tightly against one another in line. The upper-surface 6 of the tray 3 is enclosed on three or four sides by a peripheral wall 5 and is divided into guideways for the rows by ridges 11 to restrict lateral movement of the bottoms of the bottles 1 out of row- alignment. Lateral restraint may be provided without ridges by abutment of the rows of bottles with one another, and the tray walls may be configured to the contour of the bottles. The channels nested on the tops of the rows of bottles below may run slantwise of the tray. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258982-A (GB)
Title: Fishing reel loading aid
Inventor: MCBEATH CHARLES
IPC: A01K89/00
Filed: 1992-07-21
Abstract: A fishing reel loading aid (10) comprises a mounting member (26) adapted for fixing to a fishing rod (18) (Figure 1) and provided with a spindle (22) for rotatably mounting a spool of fishing line (12) to permit line to be taken from the spool (12) and loaded onto a reel (16) mounted on the rod (18). The spindle is tapered to accommodate spools of varying diameters and resistance may be applied to rotation of the spool to apply tension to the line. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258977-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for real-time demodulation of a gmsk signal by a non-coherent receiver
Inventor: WEIGAND DAVID L
IPC: H04L7/04
Filed: 1992-01-30
Abstract: The GMSK real-time demodulation apparatus and process of the present invention demodulates a coherent quadrature phase modulated GMSK signal in real-time using a non-coherent receiver (200). The GMSK signal is initially non-coherently detected, thus producing a channel symbol signal. The signal is then differentially decoded (110) to recover the encoded digital information. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262911-A (GB)
Title: Mounting flexible printing plates on cylinders.
Inventor: BROWNE WILLIAM PATRICK
IPC: B41F27/00
Filed: 1992-12-23
Abstract: A nylon printing plate 11 carrying a label design is mounted on a roller 12 by double-sided adhesive tape. The roller 12 is rotatably mounted between a pair of spaced-apart V-shaped roller supports 22, 23 on alignment testing apparatus 80 and crosshairs on a viewing scope 30 are aligned in turn with corresponding points X, Y on spaced-apart label designs 45 on the printing plate 11 to ensure correct alignment of the printing plate on the roller. The roller is then mounted in an associated printing machine to print the label designs onto labels on a peel-off backing sheet. Faults occurring during printing are marked by colour coded tabs attached to the backing sheet. A reel of printed labels is formed. A preset number of labels can be transferred from the reel to spools each of which carries a desired number of the labels. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267301-A (GB)
Title: Method for treating drill cuttings during oil and gas drilling
Inventor: SIREVAG GUNNAR
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 1993-05-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating drill cuttings during oil and gas drilling, in particular in connection with oil and gas wells below water. This invention aims at a secure and permanent deposition of drill cuttings without risking environmental pollution. This invention is based on the philosophy that there is made a dispersion or emulsion of drill cuttings in water, as the particles of drill cuttings, including all present contaminations, are disintegrated to obtain particles being so small that they may be dispersed in a relatively small amount of water. As no particle has a size above a predetermined tiny value, this dispersion may be pumped into most existing subsea structures and are thus permanently disposed of. The method is based on a continuous crushing and cleaning process, preferably including several stages, and where the process comprises several feedback paths and circulating loops resulting in the fact that portions of the treated material run through the process several times until the desired, stable dispersion has been reached.
Patent GB-2278820-A (GB)
Title: Cable connector for the shrouds and forestays of sailing vessels
Inventor: FAULKNER GRAHAM JEROME NOEL
IPC: B63H9/10
Filed: 1993-06-02
Abstract: A cable connector for releasable attachment to fittings, particularly for connecting supporting cables for a mast to the deck of a sailing vessel is of the kind comprising a body 1 of generally U-shaped cross-section along at least part of its length, a pair of aligned apertures 5 defined in the opposed side walls 2, 3, and a pin 6 dimensioned to be slidable within and bridge across the apertures. In accordance with the invention, the pin is slidably supported alongside one side wall with its axis in alignment with the axis of said aligned apertures, biasing means 11 are provided to urge the pin into its use position, and the pin is provided along its length with at least one groove which in its use position co-operates with one aperture of the aperture pair. Thus, the arrangement is such that, in use, tension in the cable acts to urge the groove to engage and locate around the edges of its respective aperture and prevent withdrawal of the pin. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279631-A (GB)
Title: Swing-out mirrors
Inventor: CUMMINS PETER CECIL
IPC: B60R1/02
Filed: 1993-06-22
Abstract: A device which causes rear-view mirrors to swing outwards in order to recover the lost view due to the angle between the vehicle and the kerb, (the pre-determined angle or PDA) and to return them when no longer required. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281129-A (GB)
Title: Method of marking a body of material
Inventor: CAMERON ALLAN
IPC: G11B7/00
Filed: 1993-08-19
Abstract: A method of marking a body of material (14) with a sub-surface mark comprising the steps of directing at a surface of the body (14) a beam of laser radiation (12) to which the material (14) is substantially opaque, the beam energy absorbed at the surface of the material being sufficient to produce localised stresses within the body (14) at a location spaced from said surface without any detectable change at said surface, the localised stresses thus produced being normally invisible to the naked eye but capable of being rendered visible under polarised light. The laser preferred is a carbon dioxide laser emilling at 10.6 microns wavelength at a power density 6 - 10kW/cm<2> creating a stress-mark of convex lens shape.
Patent GB-2288340-A (GB)
Title: Sink filters
Inventor: HUTTON WAYNE
IPC: B01D29/03
Filed: 1993-08-23
Abstract: A sink filter (1), which is rigid and removable from a sink bowl, has two handles (2) and a fine meshed filter screen (5) which when used prevents the passage of all but minute particals to pass to the sink outlet. Optional perforated feet fitted during manufacture can raise the filter closer to the top of the bowl. One handle at each side protruding just above the bowl top enables removal and refitting of the filter without the need to touch the water in the bowl. A small offset in the frame allows the use of a plug chain without disturbing the close fitting of the filter. An optional perforated bund (7) fixed in one corner allows for the use of an overflow tube as used in some industrial type sink bowls. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282989-A (GB)
Title: Saw blade adjusting device
Inventor: CHEN CHUN-CHIUNG
IPC: B23D51/14
Filed: 1993-10-21
Abstract: The adjusting device includes an adjusting link (7) fastened to a handle (6) by a screw (92), a rod (5) controlled by a wing nut (54) and having curved blocks (53) fitted into a trefoil-shaped through hole (41) on a frame (4) fastened to the handle (6). A saw blade (3) is connected between the rod (5) and the link (7), a toothed locating block (65) fastened to the handle (6), a gear (8) mounted on a rectangular block (72) on the link (7) and releasably meshed with the toothed locating block (65), and a spring (91) mounted on the adjusting link (7) and stopped between the gear (8) and the handle (6). The gear (8) can be disengaged from the toothed locating block (65) by loosening the screw (92) and the wing nut (54), then rotated in either direction to turn the saw blade (3) through 360 angle via the link (7), and then moved back to its former position in mesh with the toothed locating block (65) to hold the link (7) in keeping the saw blade (3) in the adjusted angular position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277495-A (GB)
Title: Restraining wheelchairs in vehicles
Inventor: LOCKHART GRANT MALCOLM
IPC: A61G3/08
Filed: 1994-03-01
Abstract: A deployable barrier (13) is provided adjacent a space for the wheelchair, and means (16) to drive said barrier between a deployed position (13) and a retracted position (13A). The driving means is operable from a position remote from said space such as by the driver of the vehicle. The restraining device may thus be deployed and retracted in the absence of an attendant and without the need for the driver of the vehicle to leave his seat The barrier may be used in an omnibus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292619-A (GB)
Title: Photographic film cassettes
Inventor: GLOVER EDWARD CHARLES TIMOTHY
IPC: G03C3/00
Filed: 1994-08-24
Abstract: Film cassettes are well known for storing film strips before and after exposure of the film strip in a camera. However, once the film strip has been removed from the cassette for processing, the cassette is discarded. A film cassette (10) which can be used as an intermediate cassette for a processed film strip during photofinishing comprises a housing (12) in which a film strip (16) is mounted on a spool about a central axis (20). The housing (12) has an opening (14) which is closed by a flap (18). A rotatable shutter (22) is mounted on the axis (20) to shield the film strip (16) from light entering the housing (12) through the opening (14). The shutter (22) is moved between a first position as shown in which the film strip (16) is shielded to a second position in which access is allowed to the film strip (16) by means of lug on the shutter operated by a mechanism in a camera. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284077-A (GB)
Title: Control of a power converter
Inventor: FITTER JOHAN CHRISTIAAN
IPC: B23K9/10
Filed: 1994-11-11
Abstract: A power convertor has a partial series resonant convertor circuit 12 for supplying power at a substantially constant level to a load 20, 22 of variable impedance such, as an arc welder, and a control circuit 14 for controlling the operation of the convertor circuit. The control circuit includes sensing lines 40, 42 for sensing a variation in load impedance below a threshold value, and regulating means responsive to the sensing lines for reducing the power supplied to the load by lowering an input control signal to a voltage-controlled oscillator IC1. The control circuit is arranged to operate the convertor circuit in a first normal power mode when the impedance of the load is above the threshold value and a second reduced power mode when the impedance of the load is below the threshold value, so as to limit a rise in current through the load. The load impedance may also be sensed by measuring current. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293402-A (GB)
Title: Guardrail fencing
Inventor: CHALK ROBERT STANLEY
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 1994-12-07
Abstract: An assembly for constructing fences comprises: posts (10), rails; and at least one support means (22) for supporting, in use, a post on a support surface (18). The posts include means, e.g. collars (24), to enable rails to be supported therebetween and the collars are arranged on the posts such that, when the posts are arranged in respective first positions on the support surface, the rails are generally positioned on a support means side of said posts and when the posts are arranged in respective second positions, the rails are generally positioned on an opposite side of said posts to said support means side. The posts have a generally serpentine form in a lengthwise direction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290366-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for jointly actuating a pair of valves
Inventor: PFANNENSCHMIDT ERHARD
IPC: F16L37/30
Filed: 1995-05-24
Abstract: An apparatus for jointly actuating a pair of valves, in particular pipe coupling members serving as closure valves and having actuating shafts 10, 12 each of which is connected to a cam 14, 16 for sequentially operating the actuating shafts to displace the respective closure member between an opening position and a closing position, comprises an actuating lever 24 connected to manual means or an actuating drive (50, not shown) and mounted so as to be pivotal about an axis 22 which is parallel and spaced from the axes of the actuating shafts 10, 12, and a dog member 26 provided on the actuating lever 24 in spaced relationship to the pivot axis. The cams 14, 16 have receiving portions for the dog member 26 such that pivoting of the actuating lever 24 about 45 DEG  causes the first cam 14 to be rotated about 90 DEG  and further pivoting of the actuating lever 24 about another 45 DEG  causes the second cam 16 to be rotated also about 90 DEG . Also disclosed is a control system (Fig. 5, not shown) which ensures locking of a pipe coupling prior to operation of the lever 24 to open the associated valves and closing of the valves prior to release of the coupling. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2301972-A (GB)
Title: Video compression
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES HEDLEY
IPC: H03M7/36
Filed: 1995-06-06
Abstract: In video motion vector generation and compensation, it is common for the chrominance sampling rate to be half the luminance sampling rate. When only a luminance motion vector is used, there can be rounding problems if either the horizontal or vertical motion vector (or both) is odd valued and the luminance motion vector is divided by two to generate a chrominance motion vector. For this reason, the luminance motion vector is provided with an additional bit for either or both axes if odd valued, and a rounding decision, if necessary, is made on the basis of the digital value of the additional bit.
Patent GB-2289673-A (GB)
Title: Saline soluble inorganic fibres
Inventor: JUBB GARY ANTHONY
IPC: C03C/
Filed: 1994-01-12
Abstract: A saline soluble fiber is disclosed that is highly refractory. A vacuum cast preform of the fibre has a shrinkage of 3.5 % or less when exposed to 1260  DEG C for 24 hours. The fibre may comprise CaO, SiO2, MgO, optionally ZrO2, optionally less than 0.75 mol % Al2O3, any incidental impurities amounting to less than 2 mol % in total, and in which the SiO2 excess (defined as the amount of SiO2 calculated as remaining after the above named constituents are crystallised as silicates) exceeds 21.8 mol %, with the proviso that, if the amount of CaO is greater than the sum of the amount of MgO and twice the amount of ZrO2 the calculated ratio of diopside to wollastonite does not lie in the range 1.8 to 5.25. Such fibres are usable at elevated temperatures where refractoriness is of importance and their solubility in saline solution may make the fibres safer than non-soluble fibres.
Patent GB-2299266-A (GB)
Title: Arm rest
Inventor: BRUHNKE ULRICH
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 1996-03-12
Abstract: An arm rest 14 for a vehicle seat has a padded body 17 and a pull-out part 21 which is integrated in said padded body, can be pulled out on the end side and on being pulled out releases a drinking vessel holder 26. In order to enable more extensive use of the arm rest to accommodate mobile objects, the pull-out part 21 can be secured in a first pull-out stage, in which the drinking vessel holder 26 is exposed, using latching means, and an upwardly open compartment 42 is arranged in the pull-out part 21, in the pull-out direction behind the drinking vessel holder 26. This compartment 42 is exposed, after the latching means have been overcome, by further pulling out of the pull-out part in a second pull-out stage determined by an end stop 34, 401.
Patent GB-960731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to lace manufacture
Filed: 1962-01-12
Abstract: 960,731. Knitting; lace. LACE ORIGINALS Inc. Jan. 12, 1962 [Jan. 18, 1961], No.1301/62. Headings D1C and D1K. A Raschel knitted lace fabric comprises a base fabric having knitted loops with a reinforcing thread running walewise, pattern circus or motifs being executed on the fabric by pattern threads which, during intervals between the motifs, are laid into wales of the base fabric in from which the reinforcing threads are omitted, so that in the completed lace the connecting threads between the motifs are not visible. The background hexagonal loop mesh (Fig. 2) is formed by a machine having a front bar havingyarn guides each of which carries a yarn F, a rear bar having yarn guides some of which are threaded with yarns B1,B2,B3 and B4, and individually controlled pattern bars which supply pattern threads P1- P6 disposed in positions corresponding to the unthreaded back bar guides. The pattern threads thus form an integral part of the mesh between the pattern motifs which are formed, when required, by laying the pattern thread to the right and left as shown until the motif is completed.
Patent GB-2297779-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for sealing the juncture between a vertical and horizontal well
Inventor: BANGERT DANIEL S
IPC: E21B33/14
Filed: 1993-08-06
Abstract: A method for sealing the junction between a vertical or primary borehole 10 and a lateral or branch borehole 23 includes the steps of positioning an inflatable mould 24 at the juncture between the vertical 10 and lateral 23 boreholes and supplying a hardenable liquid (e.g., epoxy or cementitious material slurry) to the space between the mould and boreholes to form the seal 35.
Patent GB-2313639-A (GB)
Title: Retractable coupler
Inventor: HAMILTON SCOTT MITCHELL
IPC: E21B33/038
Filed: 1996-05-31
Abstract: The coupler 10 for pressure conduits 12a-d comprises movable components 22, 26 selectively engageable with or disengageable from fixed components 34 to provide disconnectable sealed pressure connections therewith, the moveable components 22 being acted upon by a primary actuator comprising a bearing plate 52, a thrust nut 50 and a threaded drive spindle 44. Spindle 44 is mounted in an end cap 46 normally held fixed relative to the fixed components by collet fingers 66 but which is disengageable from a connector body 14 upon withdrawal of a retainer sleeve (70, fig. 8) so as to provide secondary actuation of the movable components 22, 26 independently of the primary actuator 44, 50, 52.