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Patent GB-2214049-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and method of forming a plurality of products
Inventor: FOSTER ANTHONY
IPC: A21C11/00
Filed: 1988-01-06
Abstract: Pastry products are formed in containers 44 having four or more recesses 46 arranged in two rows. The containers are indexed successively into two locations C1 and D1 where product forming operations are performed on pastry deposited in the recesses. Alternate ones of the recesses in each row are operated on at one location and the remaining ones in that row at the other location. This make the spacing of the recess substantially independent of the tool size and enables containers of products to be formed in one continuous operation thus simplifying the production process. Filling and lids may be deposited in and on the formed pastry as desired. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217264-A (GB)
Title: Document wallet
Inventor: WAITE BRUCE
IPC: B65D5/18
Filed: 1988-03-04
Abstract: Document wallet formed from a folded blank has co-operable latch means (30) for connecting together front and side wall panels (12, 14, 16) in face to face contact. The latch means (30) comprises a tongue formation formed on said front wall panel (12) and a co-operating slot (34) formed in said side wall panels (14, 16). The tongue formation includes a flap portion (31) located on the exterior of the front wall panel and connected thereto by a fold line (32), a tongue portion (33) integrally attached with the flap portion (31) and located intermediate the ends of the fold line, the flap portion and tongue portion being located on opposite sides of the fold line such that angular deflection of the flap portion (31) causes angular deflection of the tongue portion (33). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2206676-A (GB)
Title: Thermostatic valves
Inventor: NEWCOMBE HAYDN JOHN
IPC: G05D11/16
Filed: 1988-06-29
Abstract: A thermostatically-controlled valve assembly comprises a pair of stepping motors 40 each connected to a corresponding valve for controlling the flow of hot and cold water respectively, and means 74 for sensing the temperature of the mixed flows. Preferably the motors 40 are connected to a microprocessor to step the motors individually, and each closure member is connected to a screw and nut mechanism (Fig 2-5) in which the screw is normally axially captive by a ball detent and angularly free, and the nut is axially free. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2212420-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing a junction of a tubular reticular structure
Inventor: BELLELI RICCARDO
IPC: B21C37/29
Filed: 1988-11-18
Abstract: A process for manufacturing a junction of a tubular reticular structure comprising a spine with branches comprises a first step in which cylindrical bushes 1 adapted to form the spine are subject to hot pre-deformation by axial compression inside a die 4 adapted to form protrusions 5a in the regions where a branch 5 is to be provided; a second step of extracting each bush from the die; a third step of extruding the branches at the protrusions; and a fourth step of connecting the bushes by means of circumferential welds, to form the structure (Fig 6, not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210915-A (GB)
Title: Gable end verge tiles
Inventor: SHEPPHERD WAYNE MARTIN
IPC: E04D1/30
Filed: 1988-12-16
Abstract: This invention relates to cloak verge tiles 2 for use at the edges of roofs adjacent to a gable end therefore. The tiles (2) which are manufactured in a conventional tile making plant, each have a roofing portion 4 and a wing portion (12) depending from one edge of the roofing portion. Provided on the wing portion 12 at one end thereof is an integrally moulded stop face 24 and at an opposite end thereof is an integrally moulded stop 34. In use the tiles (2) are laid along the edge of a roof at the gable end thereof with the stop faces 24 and the stops 34 of successive tiles being located in mutual interengagement. By this means, the tiles 2 resist the tendency to become dislodged from the roof in inclement weather conditions without the need for any other form of fastening between wing portions 12 of adjacent tiles 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228353-A (GB)
Title: Electrical appliances
Inventor: PORTER WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: G08B21/20
Filed: 1989-02-18
Abstract: A device for indicating the disconnection of an electrical appliance from an external power supply, includes an electrical circuit 1 connectable to an external power supply (not shown) across points L and N. The circuit 1 comprises a capacitor 2 which charges up when the circuit 1 is connected to the external power supply. Upon disconnection of the circuit 1 from the external power supply, the capacitor 2 discharges, supplying power to a CMOS integrated circuit 3. The integrated circuit 3 in turn drives a piezo-electric beeper 4, which thus gives an audible indication that the external power supply has been disconnected. The device may be used to signal the automatic switch off of an electrical appliance, eg a kettle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237270-A (GB)
Title: Nested cup stripper
Inventor: COLLINS STEVEN GEOFFREY
IPC: B65G59/10
Filed: 1989-07-13
Abstract: A unit for separating a tubular article such as a rimmed cup from a stack of such articles nested together, comprising a slide element 10 which is mounted for linear movement between two positions. The slide element has one support surface (semicircular) on which the rim of the lowermost article rests, and another support surface (trapezoidal) which moves to below the rim of the next article in the stack as the slide is moved to a second position. A downwardly facing inclined surface bears on the top of the lowermost article to separate it from the stack as the slide moves to its second position.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237051-A (GB)
Title: Square cornered spacer tube & method of making it
Inventor: DAYNES GARY
IPC: E06B3/673
Filed: 1989-10-21
Abstract: A spacer tube for a sealed double glazed door or window pane, characterised by the feature that essentially the whole of the periphery of the tube comprises one integral length of tubing which has been notched, on its inside face, at those positions at which it bends to traverse a corner region of the frame, each such notch being so sized as to allow the tube to be bent to the required corner shape whilst ensuring that, when so bent, the tube still retains sufficient, if not substantially all, of its dessicant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224484-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible box pallet
Inventor: LYONS KERRIN MAURICE
IPC: B65D19/12
Filed: 1989-11-03
Abstract: A pallet comprises a deck 10 and four side panels which can be releasably secured to the deck to convert the pallet into a pallet crate. Each side panel has first locking means 62 for securing the panel to the deck and second locking means for securing the panel to an adjacent panel. When both first and second locking means are engaged, the side panel is maintained in an upright operative position and the first locking means cannot be released to allow removal of the panel from the deck. If the second locking means are released, the side panel can be tilted and the first locking means can then be released to allow removal of the panel from the deck. Each edge of the deck is provided with a reinforcing member having an inwardly and downwardly sloping portion which, when the pallet is stacked on the deck of a lower pallet or on side panels of a lower pallet, serves to guide the fork of a fork-lift truck into the space between the deck and the lower pallet or side panels. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228345-A (GB)
Title: Recording reflective
Inventor: YOSHIDA HAJIME
IPC: G03B15/02
Filed: 1990-02-13
Abstract: A camera 2 records highly reflective object 1 through aperture 5 in a light diffuser reflection board 4, the image being indirectly lit by lamps 31-33, with light being reflected off board 4. To overcome the problem of the aperture also being recorded in the camera, a member 8 having a light reflectivity substantially same as that of the light diffuser reflection board 4 and also being transmissive such as a half-mirror or a semi-transparent plate is fitted in the aperture so that the camera only records the object. It is essential that the surfaces 4B and 8B are on the same plane but member 8 may be thinner than board 4. 
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Patent GB-2242700-A (GB)
Title: Plastics snap fastener
IPC: F16B5/07
Filed: 1990-03-17
Abstract: This invention relates to a plastics snap fastener comprising a short cantilever beam (1) projecting generally away from a base plate (2). The thickness of the base plate is reduced adjacent the root of the beam to increase the flexibility of the fastener for use in situations of confined space. The portion of reduced thickness preferably extends around three sides of the beam (1) away from a moulding aperture (5). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243409-A (GB)
Title: Scramjet
Inventor: KUTSCHENREUTER PAUL HERBERT
IPC: F02K7/10
Filed: 1991-02-27
Abstract: The scramjet engine is for integration with a hypersonic aircraft. The engine includes a first surface 18 having an aft facing stop 22 and a cowl 14 having an upper surface 16 spaced from the first surface to define an integrated inlet- combustor therebetween. Means 46 for injecting fuel into the inlet-combustor at the step are provided for mixing fuel with supersonic airflow for generating supersonic combustion gases in the inlet-combustor. The fuel injecting means may be effective for creating a fluid boundary 58 defining a subsonic fuel zone and a supersonic fluid zone. The fluid boundary is variable and eliminates start and unstart problems requiring variable inlet geometry in a conventional scramjet engine. in an alternative arrangement (figure 4) the leading edge 28 of the cowl 14 is located forward of both steps to provide an inlet (38a) capable of contracting the airflow before mixing it with the fuel. The engine duct may be rectangular in section and effective for turning the airflow passing through the engine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243954-A (GB)
Title: Connection of a solenoid valve to a housing block
Inventor: SIEGEL HEINZ
IPC: B60T8/36
Filed: 1991-04-26
Abstract: A housing block (22) has a holding bore (23) having undercuts (27), which extend over peripheral regions of this bore and are formed by a groove (26). A solenoid valve (10) has flange segments (16), which are moulded on the valve member (11) and which, along their end face (17) facing the opening (24) of the holding bore (23) of the housing block (22), are bounded with a conical cross section. The flange segments (16), which extend across peripheral regions of the solenoid valve member (11), engage in the manner of a bayonet-socket-type connection into the undercuts (27), which are formed in accordance with the cross section of the flange segments (16). The connection is particularly suited for use in hydraulic motor vehicle braking systems, in which particularly large forces have to be absorbed between the solenoid valve (10) and the housing block (22). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244725-A (GB)
Title: Loop tying device
Inventor: RICH FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: A01K91/047
Filed: 1991-05-01
Abstract: A device for tying a loop e.g in a fishing line 11, comprises two spaced apart members for temporarily supporting the loop such as parallel posts 2, 3 on a base plate and having rubber sleeves 8, 9, 14 at or near the upper ends thereof providing resilient slits 10, 15 for receiving and frictionally retaining fishing line 11 extending therebetween. In use, a loop 11a formed in the line is temporarily secured between the posts 2, 3 leaving an end portion free which is wound around the secured portion and then threaded through itself by means of a longitudinal groove 12 in the post 3 to tie a loop in the line. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244290-A (GB)
Title: Transporting sliver cans between textile machines
Inventor: LEIFELD FERDINAND
IPC: B65H67/04
Filed: 1991-05-09
Abstract: In an apparatus for transporting at least one can (9) between a sliver-supplying spinning machine (1), for example a carding machine, and a sliver-fed spinning machine (15), for example a draw frame, at least one driven car (7) and loading and unloading apparatuses (33a, 33b) for the can (9) are provided. In order to provide a structurally simple, space-saving and operationally reliable apparatus, the movement of the car between the spinning machines is constrained by a guide means eg rails. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250392-A (GB)
Title: An LC composite element noise filter
Inventor: NAITOU AKIRA
IPC: H01G4/40
Filed: 1991-09-19
Abstract: An LC composite element has metal foils and insulative films 3, 4a, 4b which are alternately laminated and coiled thereby forming equivalent coils and condensers. There are at least two main metal foils 1, 5, and a plurality of earthed metal foils 2a, 2b which are interposed between the main metal foils and divided in plural numbers thereof, thereby forming X-condensers CX between the main metal foils for removing normal mode noise, and forming Y-condensers CY between the earthed metal foils and the main metal foils for removing common mode noise. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249441-A (GB)
Title: DC motor with thermal cutout in AC supply line
Inventor: YASUFUKU HITOSHI
IPC: H02K11/00
Filed: 1991-10-09
Abstract: A DC brushless motor and its controller 56 are fed from an AC supply 38 through a rectifier 52 and a single thermal cutout 34. e.g. a bimetal switch or a thermal fuse. When the cutout 34 detects motor overheating it interrupts the supply to the rectifier 52 and controller 56, and thereby prevents energisation of any DC motor winding 16. DC circuit breaking is obviated. Noise filter 42 prevents motor noise propagating onto the AC line. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260249-A (GB)
Title: Portable support for fishing rods
Inventor: CLEMENTS JOHN
IPC: A01K97/10
Filed: 1991-10-12
Abstract: A fishing rod rest, which supports most standard rods by the handle end releasing the fisherman's hands but still allows for a fast retrieval without snagging, folds flat for easy transportation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249346-A (GB)
Title: V-engine oil pump drive and mounting
Inventor: SAITO HIROSHI
IPC: F01M11/00
Filed: 1991-10-22
Abstract: The sprocket 62 engaging the oil pump drive chain 64 is located between a crankshaft journal and the sprocket 20 engaging the camshaft drive chain 46. The oil pump 66 is bolted to the cylinder block skirt (110, Figs. 8 to 10) on the side of the block having block and cylinder head surfaces of the cylinder bank which extend less towards the front of the engine than the other bank. The pump body is partially received in a recess (120, Fig. 7) in and is also bolted to a crankshaft bearing beam (114). Crankshaft pulleys 22, 24 belt drive an alternator 28 and a fan 40 and a water pump sprocket 44 is driven by the chain 44. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263531-A (GB)
Title: Protective cover for valve or pipe flange
Inventor: HARRIS DOUGLAS MICHAEL
IPC: F16K27/12
Filed: 1992-01-22
Abstract: A box for enclosing a valve or pipe flange and thus protecting it from the weather is formed in two halves 10 and 11, the edges of which are formed to mate with each other and provide a weather-resistant but easily-opened seal (fig 3, not shown). The halves are formed with flat faces, which may be pressed out to form a multiplicity of flat panels 17 to enhance rigidity. The halves may be secured together by toggle clamps 18. Preferably the top of the box has a pitched roof 16 to shed water. The box may be made from sheet metal such as aluminium or galvanised steel, and may have an inner insulating layer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264760-A (GB)
Title: Seal
Inventor: MASON JAMES BROWN
IPC: F16L17/08
Filed: 1992-02-19
Abstract: A seal especially for use in the connecting of pipes, or wellhead or pressure vessel sections comprises an annular sealing body (4) defining a primary sealing means, an annular rib (6) extending radially outwardly from the body (4), and secondary seal means in the form of spring-loaded sealing rings (5) located on opposed faces of the rib (6). In use, the sealing rings (5) are compressed against the rib (6), for example by positioning the rings (5) in suitable grooves (5A/B) of associated clamping members (6A, B), thereby providing a secondary sealing force. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265036-A (GB)
Title: Optical processor
Inventor: ROBINSON MICHAEL GERAINT
IPC: G06N3/067
Filed: 1992-03-10
Abstract: A linear algebraic processor, for instance for performing vector matrix multiplications as part of a neural network, has light emitting diode strips 4 on one substrate 1 which are illuminated in accordance with the values of elements of an input vector. Photodiode strips 8 are arranged orthogonally to the light emitting diode strips 4 on another substrate 2. A ferroelectric liquid crystal layer 3 is disposed between the strips 4 and 8 and provided with polarisers and electrodes 7 and 9 to permit the light attenuation properties of each matrix element between facing portions of the light emitting diode strips 4 and photodiode strips 8 to be varied and stored in a non-volatile way. The optical attenuation represents the values of the elements of the matrix and the outputs of the photodiode strips 8 represent the values of the elements of an output vector formed as the product of the input vector and the matrix. The optical attenuation of the ferro-electric liquid crystal can be incremented or decremented by applying suitable voltages to the electrodes so as to create electric fields across the liquid crystal matrix elements. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255500-A (GB)
Title: Lockable castor
Inventor: KAWANABE MASATOSHI
IPC: B60B33/02
Filed: 1992-04-02
Abstract: A single wheel lockable castor comprises a frame 10 having a body portion 11 and a pair of parallel side walls 12 extending downwardly from the body portion, with a wheel 20 disposed between and rotatably supported on the pair of side walls 12. The wheel is locked by engagement portions 26. A push button 30 is supported on the body portion of the frame so as to move radially of the wheel. A slide member 40 with an engagement portion 43 supported on one of the side walls of the frame so as to slide radially of the wheel, in response to movement of the push button. When the engagement portions of the slide member are engaged with the engagement portion of the wheel, the wheel is locked. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253177-A (GB)
Title: Punch presses
Inventor: SARTORIO FRANCO
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 1992-04-09
Abstract: There is provided a machine tool comprising a pair of interacting tools (112, 116) supported by a supporting and guiding frame (76). The supporting and guiding frame (76) is pivotally connected at (122) to a force-transmitting frame (96) which in use, absorbs the reaction forces produced by the tools to prevent distortion of the supporting and guiding frame (76). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256689-A (GB)
Title: Locking of nuts to screw-threaded shanks
Inventor: PAGLIUCA MARCO BENITO
IPC: F16B41/00
Filed: 1992-04-13
Abstract: A nut 19 is locked to a screw-threaded shank 10 by means of a cover 23 which has a splined bore 28 engageable with splines 13 on the shank 10 and which closely engages the outer surface of the nut 19. The cover 23 is retained on the shank 10 by flanges 14 at the end of the shaft 10, the flanges being resiliently deformed inwards by flared portion 27 of the cover 23 as the cover 23 is pushed onto the nut 19. The splines 13 may be axially tapered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267399-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the output voltage of a power transformer
Inventor: HISCOCK NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: H02H7/055
Filed: 1992-05-27
Abstract: A monitoring system prevents the voltage applied to an electrical distribution network reaching unacceptable levels if a voltage control system in use to initiate the operation of regulating tap change equipment attached to a power transformer is wrongly set or fails in such a way that the voltage level would be taken outside acceptable limits. Output voltage 100 from a tap change regulated transformer is connected to each of four comparators 1, 2, 3, 4, which also receive successively higher reference voltages from a source 101. Comparators 2, 3 are connected to relays 102, 103 which inhibit any further lowering or raising tap change operations if voltage 100 falls below or exceeds the corresponding reference voltage. Comparators 1, 4 actuate an alarm 106 if outer reference limits are reached. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267906-A (GB)
Title: Human brain serotonin receptor
Inventor: MCALLISTER GEORGE
IPC: C07K14/705
Filed: 1992-06-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a stably co-transfected HEK 293 cell line capable of expressing a human 5-HT1E receptor, and to the use of the cell line in designing and developing medicaments selective for the human 5-HT1E receptor.
Patent GB-2268476-A (GB)
Title: Winding webs.
Inventor: SHIMIZU AKIRA
IPC: B65H18/26
Filed: 1992-07-08
Abstract: In apparatus in which toilet paper P is wound into a roll supported on rollers 1A, 1B and in which the ends of the winding shaft 2 are raised by cylinders 15 as winding progresses to maintain a particular contact pressure between the roll and the rollers 1, the supports 5 for the shaft ends are carried by chains 16 linked by shafts 10 to ensure that equal movements are imparted to the two shaft ends and that the shaft therefore remains parallel to the rollers 1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259233-A (GB)
Title: Plant pot supports/holders
Inventor: PENNINGTON-RIDGE MICHAEL DONOV
IPC: A01G27/06
Filed: 1992-07-23
Abstract: The invention provides a plant pot support or holder 10 including an automatic system for satisfying a plants water requirements. A first water reservoir 22 is located below a plate 18 in the holder 10 and an outer container 20 provides a second water reservoir 24. Water flow control means is provided to allow for transfer of water from the second to the first reservoir respectively via a hole 26 in the holder 10. The flow is controlled, in a preferred embodiment by a pivotted float 30 which is located to seal the hole 26 when a float 44 is subjected to an upwardly directed force. A capillary mat 60 is provided on the plate 18 and with a wick 64 arranged to draw water, by capillary action, from the first reservoir 22 to a plants roots. In an alternative embodiment the holder 10 has its side walls 72 extended to form an integral plant pot and plants are "potted" directly therein. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259355-A (GB)
Title: Supporting a terminal box while fixing a boiler to a wall
Inventor: AUER OTTO HEINRICH
IPC: F24H9/00
Filed: 1992-08-28
Abstract: A heater (1) comprises a housing (6), which is adapted to be fixed to a wall (2), which contains openings for gas and water ports (7, 8). The housing (6) contains a terminal box (5) for electrical lines (3). To facilitate the mounting of the terminal box and to ensure that the latter will readily be accessible when the heater has been fully installed, a fixture (4) is provided, which is adapted to be attached to the ports for gas and water or to a mounting bracket for locating said ports and which serves to receive the terminal box (5), which is adapted to be snap-locked in the housing (6) after the heater has been installed on the wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273720-A (GB)
Title: Flame retardants
Inventor: GLASS CYRIL
IPC: C09K21/02
Filed: 1992-09-16
Abstract: A flame retardant corn position for textile material and carpets comprising an aqueous solution of inorganic salt, preferably ammonium salt, and an acid for etching the fibres to the material to permit penetration of the solution into the said fibres. With the composition of the invention a high strength mechanical bond is apparently formed between the inorganic salt which imparts the flame retardancy and the fibres of the textile material and there is no reliance of any chemical bonding with all the uncertainty which attaches to that.