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Patent GB-2298127-A (GB)
Title: A display case
Inventor: HSIAO SZU-CHANG
IPC: A47B47/00
Filed: 1995-02-27
Abstract: A glass panelled display case has upper, lower and vertical frame members all with grooves for receiving the edges of the glass panels and a separate member at each corner joining the frame members together. The display case is opened by means of pivots 31,31' on one panel which extend outwardly into holes in the corresponding frame member. A holder 32 on the panel slides into or out of the receiving groove of a frame member to provide a latch for the panel.
Patent GB-2286907-A (GB)
Title: Compact work station control room
Inventor: HARMON DARYL
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 1993-03-18
Abstract: To control both the power production and safety functions of a nuclear power plant, an operator is provided with a control panel 102 including at least one each of a display unit 116, 110 and a control module 118, 114 for each of the power production and safety functions. The safety and non-safety display units 116, 110 monitor the safety and power generation systems through first and second independent computer networks. An IPSO overview display 122 is provided that allows a limited amount of the information available on the safety and non-safety display units to be viewed from anywhere in the control room. The safety and power generation control modules 118, 114 can act through third and fourth independent computer networks. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300364-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the production of distilled water
Inventor: WANG CHIN-TU
IPC: B01D5/00
Filed: 1995-05-04
Abstract: A low noise level distilling apparatus includes a stand 1, a condensing unit 2 mounted on the stand and separated by a partition wall 20 into an upper chamber 21 which receives water from an external water source, and a bottom chamber 22 for condensing steam into distilled water. A heating unit is suspended also from the stand below the condensing unit. The heating unit 3 has a water inlet connected to the upper chamber, a guiding pipe 24 through a check valve 241 to receive water from the upper chamber for heating into steam, and a steam outlet connected to the bottom chamber by a steam pipe 6 for guiding steam to the bottom chamber for condensing into distilled water.
Patent GB-2291052-A (GB)
Title: Production of rutile titanium dioxide
Inventor: OKEY JOHN NIGEL
IPC: C01G23/053
Filed: 1995-06-26
Abstract: A process for the formation of rutile titanium dioxide from a titanium sulphate solution comprises heating the titanium sulphate in the presence of a suspension of nuclei comprising a mixture of rutile-promoting nuclei and non-rutilising nuclei in which mixture the proportion of rutile-promoting nuclei is not greater than 25% by weight. The hydrous titanium dioxide formed is calcined to form rutile having a higher average crystal size than would be expected if the titanium sulphate had been hydrolysed in the presence of the same quantity of rutile-promoting nuclei. Rutile with a large average crystal size is useful in specialist pigmentary applications such as infra-red reflecting paints.
Patent GB-2307642-A (GB)
Title: Gripping means with wrist attachment
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
IPC: A47G21/08
Filed: 1995-11-25
Abstract: A gripping apparatus comprises a substantially rigid support 1, means 3 for attaching an implement 7 to the support 1 and attachment means 2, such as a sleeve with hook and loop fasteners 4, 5, to hold the rigid support against the user's wrist. The device enables the user, for example an arthritis sufferer, to hold an implement securely without having to exert a firm grip on the implement itself.
Patent GB-2295981-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing structural parts, particularly for use in aircraft
Inventor: COLLIER ALAN DEREK
IPC: B21D26/055
Filed: 1995-12-14
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a frame, particularly for the aircraft industry, having a central member (34) and one or more cantilever ribs (32); such a frame can be made by forging or machining but these are time-consuming and expensive. According to the present invention such frames are made by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming techniques, whereby a pack of sheets are bonded together except in certain areas. Gas is injected into those areas to inflate the pack superplastically to form one or more closed cells (16). The top of the cells is then machined off along line 23, while the side walls of the cells are retained, to provide a frame having cantilever ribs (32). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296043-A (GB)
Title: An internal combustion engine
Inventor: SPRAY RICHARD HUISH
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1994-08-19
Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block (10), an upper crankcase (14), and a lower crankcase (22), which comprises an inner casing (42) including an outer wall (41) and the lower main bearing housings (46), and an outer casing (44), with a space (56) therebetween. The outer casing (44) has a sump (81) mounted on it. Oil drainage passages from the cylinder head face of the cylinder block extend down to meet a pair of longitudinal passages (34, 36) from which oil drainage ports open into the space (56) between the inner and outer casings (42, 44). These passages add significantly to the stiffness of the engine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300177-A (GB)
Title: Preventing Load Vibration
Inventor: MONZEN TADAAKI
IPC: B66C13/46
Filed: 1996-04-03
Abstract: A travelling crane of the type having a trolley 2 travelling on a beam 1 whose motion is controlled by a drive 3 controlled by a controller 21 using, inter alia, an input from an image sensor 9, is characterised in that vibration of the beam 1 is detected using a structural body vibration detector 20 to modify the velocity signals from the controller 21 to the drive 3. Preferably the detector 20 comprises an acceleration meter part (20a, Fig 2), a velocity inferential part (20b) and a shift inferential part (20c). Preferably trolley position, trolley velocity, load vibration velocity and load vibration shift signals are input to the controller 21 as is usual as well as the beam velocity and shift signals to provide a modified trolley velocity command output signal.
Patent GB-2298472-A (GB)
Title: Elastomeric mounting
Inventor: WILBOURN ROBERT CECIL
IPC: F16F1/373
Filed: 1994-12-07
Abstract: An elastomeric mounting comprising a pair of rigid members (2, 3), an annular element (4) of elastomeric material sandwiched between confronting surfaces (6, 7) of said members and a pillar (5) which extends centrally through the annular elastomeric element (4) into association with each of said rigid members, said pillar (5) being non-rigidly associated with at least one (2) of the rigid members whereby it is operative to prevent unlimited free separation of the rigid members (2, 3) but allows the rigid members to move one towards the other to compress the elastomeric element (4) therebetween when the mounting is subject to applied compression load.
Patent GB-2318352-A (GB)
Title: Polypeptides mimicking the activity of human erythropoietin
Inventor: MARKOVIC DEJAN
IPC: C07K14/505
Filed: 1996-06-25
Abstract: Polypeptides or erythropoietin muteins, characterised by an amino acid sequence which is different from that of human erythropoietin and presents in the informational spectrum obtained by Fourier transformation according to the method of informational analysis is substantially the same frequencies of natural erythropoietin.
Patent GB-2309816-A (GB)
Title: Automatic discrimination between different kinds of optical disk
Inventor: LEE SUNG-JIN
IPC: G11B7/00
Filed: 1997-01-23
Abstract: An automatic disk discriminating method for use in an optical disk system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. A triangular wave signal generator 51 generates a triangular wave signal for searching for a focus point by moving an objective lens. A window signal generator 54 generates a window signal by comparing the triangular wave signal with a predetermined level (see figure 4). A disk discriminator 55 discriminates disk types by comparing the signal obtained when the light from the objective lens is focused on the recording surface on the optical disk with the window signal. Therefore, disk types (e.g. CD and DVD) are discriminated automatically based upon the distance between the disk surface and the objective lens of the optical pick-up during focus controlling.
Patent GB-2313941-A (GB)
Title: Product selection system
Inventor: HANKINS TIMOTHY GLYN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1997-01-29
Abstract: A product selection system for advising a user whether or not to purchase a product such as a food product includes a product database comprising data on a plurality of products, a hand-held barcode reader for identifying a product, and processing means for identifying whether the product has one or more user selected characteristics of the product. The characteristics may include the method of treatment or manufacture of the product, distance the product has travelled from origin, place of origin, politics of the region of origin, type of labour used in manufacture or production, details of the manufacturer or supplier, health risks, public health warnings associated with the product, special offers and the like.
Patent GB-2309972-A (GB)
Title: Corrosion -inhibiting coating compositions for metals; phosphorus-containing o rganic compounds
Inventor: BRAIG ADALBERT
IPC: C07F9/48
Filed: 1997-02-05
Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula  in which the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, and of their zirconium, bismuth and calcium salts, and of the salts with the compounds of the formula II  in which the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, as corrosion inhibitors in coating compositions for protecting metallic surfaces. The invention also relates to some of the compounds and salts per  se .
Patent GB-2322042-A (GB)
Title: Radio transceiver circuitry having transistors with normal and reduced threshold voltages
Inventor: LITWIN ANDREJ
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1997-02-05
Abstract: Radio circuitry for use in a mobile phone has transistors with normal or high threshold voltages and transistors with low or reduced threshold voltages. The analogue and digital circuits of the transceiver are integrated in a single chip to reduce size and weight. The digital circuits such as A/D and D/A converters are formed with CMOS transistors with normal threshold voltages (+ 1V and -1V for NMOS and PMOS devices respectively) while the analogue circuits such as amplifiers are formed with CMOS transistors with threshold voltages reduced below 0.5V preferably close to or beyond zero, resulting in lower noise, lower power consumption and higher bandwidth. A single or double balanced front end circuit comprising amplifier 52, mixers 58, 60 and local oscillator drivers 54,56 is described in which transistors with different threshold voltages are used in different parts of the same circuit. (In figure 2 reduced threshold transistors are shown with thick drain-source channels).
Patent GB-2313455-A (GB)
Title: Oscillator circuit with amplitude control
Inventor: MANN WOLFGANG
IPC: H03C3/22
Filed: 1997-05-08
Abstract: An oscillator circuit 1 has an arrangement for stabilizing the amplitude of high frequency oscillations. A resonant circuit 2 is coupled with a first transistor T1, where the output voltage being supplied at the emitter is fed back to the base circuit of the transistor T1,the collector is coupled with a supply voltage source VCC, and the source VCC is also coupled to the base of the first transistor T1 via a second resistor R1, R2. The emitter of transistor T1 is coupled with the base of a second transistor T2 whose collector is connected to the base of the first transistor T1 in order to control the voltage at the base of the first transistor T1 and thus stabilize the amplitude of oscillation. The circuit may be used in an infra-red system for transmitting an audio signal to headphones.
Patent GB-2325961-A (GB)
Title: Friction stay
Inventor: SMITH CLIVE JAMES
IPC: E05D15/44
Filed: 1997-06-06
Abstract: In a friction stay for a closure such as a window, particularly one with a profiled channel at its edge formed with lips, the arm of the stay which is mounted on the closure is formed with means such as L-section members 32 which are received in the channel and which resist removal of the arm from the channel on attempted forced entry. The members 32 may alternatively have a T-section. In another embodiment mushroom-headed pins on the arm may engage in keyhole-shaped slots in the closure.
Patent GB-2327342-A (GB)
Title: Compact stool kit
Inventor: BERROW MARK
IPC: A47C3/04
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: A compact stool kit comprises 3 stools A, B and C. Stool A has a hinged lid and can be used for storage. The stools nest and stool A has a handle which extends through slots in stools B and C so that the stools can be carried.
Patent GB-2313782-A (GB)
Title: Method and vaccine for prevention of over-production of acid in the rumen or gut of animals
Inventor: LENG RONALD ALFRED
IPC: A61K39/116
Filed: 1996-03-14
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preventing the over-production of acid in an animal comprising administering to the animal a vaccine including an acid producing microorganism and/or antigenic fragment or fragments thereof effective to prevent the over-production of acid in the animal. The vaccine includes lactic acid producing microorganisms obtainable from the normal gut flora of an animal. In particular the vaccine includes Streptococcus bovis and/or Lactobacillus spp..
Patent GB-973201-A (GB)
Abstract: 973,201. Signal lamps. WARNING LITES CO. Inc. Jan. 15, 1963 [May 4, 1962], No. 1732/63. Heading F4R. A signal lamp for use with a container 12 of vaporized liquid hydrocarbon fuel having a metering conduit 60 with a nozzle end 61, comprises a base-plate 70 having a central opening for the nozzle and other openings 92 on opposite sides of this, a flame carburetion control tube 72 surrounding the nozzle and having openings 73 adjacent the base for the passage of air, an illumination chamber 71 enclosing the tube 72 and fitted with lenses 17, baffles 104 within the chamber 71 between the tube 72 and the openings 92, indirect exhaust means 18 above the chamber 71 and a baffle 98 at the top of the chamber. The fuel is fed from the container 12 through a valve assembly 26, pressure regulating means 50 and a control valve 52 to the nozzle 61. Air is admitted to the space 15 between the container 12 and the plate 70 by openings 96 and passes by the openings 92 into the chamber 71, the fuel supply and the supply of air entering the tube 72 by the openings 73 being so adjusted that a flickering flame is produced. The products of combustion pass through an opening 100 in the curved baffle plate 98 and through lateral apertures 102 therein which also serve to prevent the setting-up of a circulation of air within the chamber 71. The air and combustion products pass to the exterior by way of a tortuous passage 110 in the exhaust means 18.
Patent GB-2318638-A (GB)
Title: Object recognition system and method
Inventor: CHERRY CRAIG D
IPC: G06V20/68
Filed: 1997-06-03
Abstract: An object recognition system and method capable of identifying products (29) such as produce in a supermarket. A preferred object recognition system comprises a sensing apparatus for collecting light reflected from objects presented at a point of sale machine. The sensing apparatus includes a mechanism for separating the color components of the light reflected (32) from the unknown object (29) and directing the color components onto an optical detector (34). The color separator may incorporate a diffraction grating (72) or a holographic element (82). Alternatively it may incorporate a plurality of narrowband illumination sources (92-94) operating in a time sequential manner, each illuminating with a different wavelength band of light.
Patent GB-2336353-A (GB)
Title: Tube contents dispenser
Inventor: TUVNES GLYN EDIN MICHAEL
IPC: B65D35/28
Filed: 1998-04-15
Abstract: A tube contents dispenser 1 has a housing and rollers 3 with an operating device such as a knob (2, fig 2) or a ratchet device to eject a specific amount of tube contents. The dispenser may include an electrically powered motor, and may include meshing gears on the roller spindles. The housing may be attached by support means 4 to a vertical or horizontal surface, with the operating device on either the left or right, to allow for one-handed use. A tube 9 may be inserted between the rollers from above or below, and there may be a quick release device to release the pressure on the rollers. The dispenser may include a third roller or other device to direct the emptied portion of the tube in a different direction. The dispenser may have a slot 6 for supporting toothbrushes, and may have a lip (8, fig 4) for supporting a cup (7, fig 4).
Patent GB-2323094-A (GB)
Title: A hydroconversion catalyst
Inventor: MONQUE REINALDO
IPC: C10G47/20
Filed: 1995-05-19
Abstract: A hydroconversion catalyst composition includes a catalytically active matrix having a surface area of between about 50 m<SP>2</SP>/g to about 290 m<SP>2</SP>/g, a silicious molecular sieve support medium distributed through the matrix and having a surface area of between about 250 m<SP>2</SP>/g to about 1200 m<SP>2</SP>/g and a catalytically active phase supported on the support medium and including a first metal selected from group IIIA of the periodic table of elements eg. Ga or B, a second metal selected from group VIB of the periodic table of element eg. Cr or Mo. The matrix preferably further includes aluminum, gallium, cobalt, molybdenum, and phosphorus.
Patent GB-2330077-A (GB)
Title: Aromatherapy oil vapour dispenser
Inventor: GUMMER GARY FRANCIS
IPC: A61L9/12
Filed: 1998-06-04
Abstract: An aromatherapy oil vapour dispenser comprises a combination of: a carrier body member 11 of which at least a part is adapted to receive and retain an amount of aromatherapy oil in such a way that vapour from the oil can be released to ambient air at least when the part of the carrier is subject to the flow of air through the carrier; and a mounting means 21 for containing and supporting the body member, the mounting means including attachment means, such as at least one adhesive region, whereby the mounting means can be attached to a support in the vicinity of a source of air flow (70, Fig 7); the mounting means being of an open work configuration providing for the ready access of air to the body member at least when the air is moving and to allow air to carry aromatic vapour generated away from vicinity of the body member.
Patent GB-2332132-A (GB)
Title: Mower cutting unit
Inventor: SAIIA ANTHONY J
IPC: A01D34/58
Filed: 1998-11-16
Abstract: A greens mower is described having cutting units powered internally. The motor 104 to power the cutting unit is located inside the cutting unit thus eliminating the need to balance the weight of the motor outside the cutting unit and also eliminating the need for belts, chains, gears or couplers to transfer power from the motor to the cutting unit. In a preferred embodiment rotating windings of an electric motor are mounted on the inside of a rotating housing 12 which carries cutting blades 63 of a reel type mower. The stationary motor windings 104 are mounted on a stationary shaft 71.
Patent GB-2333676-A (GB)
Title: Computer network security
Inventor: HORSPOOL NIGEL
IPC: H04L12/931
Filed: 1998-11-30
Abstract: In a bus architecture repeater device in a computer network, data packets are corrupted for re-transmission at selected ports. Uncorrupted data TXD is passed to each port via a transmit data bus 10 together with an indication of whether each port should transmit it in a corrupted or uncorrupted form. If the former is indicated, the PHY device 20 the port substitutes meaningless (scrambled) data bits into the packet on transmission. Preferably the corrupt indication is given by a unused combination of previously existing control signals TXEN, TXER so that the number of control connections to the PHY devices 20 is not increased.
Patent GB-2345530-A (GB)
Title: A floor heating system
Inventor: PALMER MICHAEL BRIAN
IPC: F24D13/02
Filed: 1999-01-05
Abstract: The floor heating system comprises a heating box 1 adapted to be secured to an underside of a raised floor panel 4. The heating box 1 incorporates an insulating material 2, an electric heating matrix 3 and a connecting cable 5. The cable 5 leads to a terminal plug 7 which may releasably engage a socket connector in an electrical mains trunking 8 disposed on a base 9. The heating box 1 has flanges which are used to fix the heating box to the underside of the floor panel 4. The floor panel 4 may have ribs or other guide features enabling the correct location of the heating box 1 with respect to the floor panel 4. The box 1 may be made from sheet metal.
Patent GB-2336231-A (GB)
Title: A system for recording the time and date of the deposition of documents
Inventor: MAHONEY PATRICK D
IPC: G07F7/00
Filed: 1999-04-09
Abstract: A system for docketing deposited documents, e.g. legal papers or court proceedings, comprises a housing 75 located at, or for location at, a site, means 59 for depositing a document in the housing, means 78 for printing the time, the date (19, Figure 2), and filing information (18-20, Figure 2) on the document, and means (61, Figure 5) for printing the deposition time and date on a receipt (Figure 4). Preferably a computer (54, Figure 5) is coupled to the system and stores the deposition date and time and also information about the document and the depositor of the document. A scanner (57, Figure 5) may also be connected to the computer to produce an image of either the document or the receipt. Various fees may be collected for the deposited documents by a cash module (56, Figure 5) or a credit or debit card module (55, Figure 5) connected to the computer. Preferably a unique number (23, Figure 5) is formed from the document filing information, printed on the top page of the document and on the receipt, and also stored in the computer. The unique number may also contain information representing an identification number, e.g. the depositors PIN. Preferably a number of deposit docketing systems are provided at remote sites and each site is linked to a data centre computer (51, Figure 5) which stores the deposition and filing data it receives from each site and also stores a national name and address data base (45, Figure 5) so as to identify a depositor. The housing may be secure or the document may be transported from the housing to a secure container (60, Figure 5). A method for docketing deposited documents is also claimed.
Patent GB-2333765-A (GB)
Title: Container
Inventor: HIRAOKA TAKAYUKI
IPC: B65D90/04
Filed: 1998-08-27
Abstract: A container to be used to transport chemical products, grains and the like in bulk, comprising a rectangular parallel-epiped bag-shaped body formed of a cylindrical blown film and provided at its lengthwise end surfaces with a supply port, a discharge port and a vent port, wherein a mounting construction for the vent hole is improved to have a specified shape to thereby enhance pressure-resisting strength of the container. First, a linear slit is provided in the bag-shaped body, a cylindrical-shaped film which makes the vent hole is inserted into the slit, and heat seal is effected linearly along a peripheral edge of the slit to bond both the bag-shaped body and the cylindrical-shaped film. Further, those comer portions of the bag-shaped body, where both ends of the slit are bonded to the cylindrical film, are formed to be convexly curved, for example, circular or annular, toward an inner surface of the bag-shaped body. Such bonding structure disperses a pressure applied in use of the container without concentrating it on the corner portions, thus preventing generation of pin holes and tearing of the container.