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Patent GB-2203363-A (GB)
Title: Hand-held power tool
Inventor: YANG TAI-HER
IPC: B25F5/02
Filed: 1987-02-24
Abstract: The tool has an auxiliary support 103, 105 for carrying the tool and/or providing an extension via which additional, for example, shoulder pressure can be applied to the tool during use. The support has arm(s) which locate(s) in the sides or rear of the tool body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2208156-A (GB)
Title: Handle
Inventor: ROSE NEAL MAURICE
IPC: B25G1/10
Filed: 1988-06-24
Abstract: A handle for a kitchen utensil or sports equipment has an elongate rigid core (1) for attachment to the utensil or sports equipment and a sheath of rubber (10) or like material encasing a major part of the core (1), so as to provide substantial friction in the hands of a user. The sheath does not extend over the whole of the inner core and at least one part (2) of the core is exposed to form a raised, ridged portion so that in use a user holding the handle can grip the rubber covering sheath with their fingers and rest their thumb on the exposed ridged portion (2) of the core. The ridged part (2) of the core provides a suitable rest for the thumb with significant grip. The sheath is located on the core by means of complimentary protrusions and recesses (7,8,11,12) which are formed on the sheath and core, some of the protrusions (7) are formed on the core raked at an angle, to be received in complimentary recesses in the inner part of the sheath, the protrusions being raked to contribute to preventing the sheath from being peeled off in the opposite direction to the rake. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224533-A (GB)
Title: Window security screen
Inventor: JOHNSON DAVID WILFRED
IPC: E06B3/28
Filed: 1988-10-27
Abstract: A security screen for a window is formed from inner and outer rigid frames (2, 3) between which a polycarbonate panel (1) is retained. The inner frame (2) is adapted to be secured around a window and the outer frame (3) is secured to the inner frame (2) by way of releasable fixing bolts (10) which extend through aligned holes in each frame (2, 3) to co-operate with threaded inserts (8) mounted in the inner frame (2). At least the inner frame (2), and preferably both frames (2, 3), are hollow and have a wooden insert, which in the case of the inner frame (2), provides a secure mounting for the threaded inserts (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226032-A (GB)
Title: Polyacrylic hydrazides used as glycoprotein reagents
Inventor: HEIMGARTNER URS
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 1988-12-16
Abstract: Acrylamide, N-acryloyl-tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane and N-acryloyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucitol are copolymerized with N-acryloxysuccinimide and the resulting copolymer treated with hydrazine to produce the desired polyacrylic hydrazides. The polyacrylic hydrazides specifically react with aldehyde groups, such as those generated in the sugar portion of glycoproteins, and can be used in the detection of antibodies in immunoassays.
Patent GB-2217642-A (GB)
Title: Animal grooming brush
Inventor: TOMKINS L A
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 1989-01-25
Abstract: An animal grooming brush 10 comprising a backing plate 12, bristles 14 and a strap 16 has a passage 18 at the edge of the backing plate 12. The passage narrows away from one mouth 20. The strap extends into the passage 18 through the other mouth 22 and is free to withdraw until an increased thickness portion 24 engages the passage walls to jam the strap. The end of the strap 16 may be rolled to further increase the thickness of the portion 24, thereby jamming the strap at a different position and changing the effective length of the strap 16 to enable the brush to be used with hands of different sizes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213599-A (GB)
Title: Testing batteries
Inventor: OHNARI EIJI
IPC: G01R31/36
Filed: 1989-02-28
Abstract: In an arrangement for judging the lifetime of a battery B in a no-break power supply system, a thyristor control unit CN is switched to cause the magnitude of a rectified (Rec) supply (P) voltage at the input to an inverted (IV) to drop, thereby to cause the battery B to drive current into a load L. The time taken for the battery output voltage (VD) to drop to a pre-determined level is measured (TA) whereby to obtain an indication of the lifetime of the battery. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233097-A (GB)
Title: End fitment for measuring tape
Inventor: LOWMAN JOHN VINCENT
IPC: G01B3/10
Filed: 1989-05-23
Abstract: The fitment gives a positive hold on a corner of a large structure under construction when being checked for squareness by measuring diagonally across the corners. The fitment comprises side plates at 90 DEG  to each other to engage said corner. The side plates are attached to a base plate which contains a hole by which it is attached to the tape by a rivet. This allows the fitment to swivel relative to the tape, thus permitting the measurer to walk round the structure being checked whilst the fitment is engaged with the corner, to enable a reading to be taken. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219091-A (GB)
Title: Device/toy for measuring height of child
Inventor: PATTERSON ROBERT
IPC: A61B5/107
Filed: 1989-05-25
Abstract: An educational device/toy 1 comprises a rigid, or substantially rigid, track 2 adapted to be secured vertically to a wall or door and provided with a scale 3. A body member 4 is adapted to be slidable along the track 2 to a user-selected position and locked in that position. A measuring probe 5 is mounted on a vertical slide of the body member 4 and swingable between a flat, storage position adjacent the door or wall, and an active measuring position projecting from the door or wall. The slide forms part of a measurement amplification means 9, 10, 11 to transmit an amplification of the measurement to a pointer 7 and an associated scale 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2224854-A (GB)
Title: Testing fuel infection and ignition systems
Inventor: MCGINTY GERARD SYLVESTER
IPC: F02D41/22
Filed: 1989-06-06
Abstract: Apparatus (20) for testing electronic fuel injection systems and/or electronic ignition systems is operable selectively to sense and display voltage, resistance and pulse width data for use in fault diagnosis. The data is displayed (22, 23) on a face of a portable casing within which all components of the apparatus are enclosed. The apparatus preferably also includes sensor substitutes (for oxygen sensing, temperature sensing or the like) and pulse injecting means. 
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Patent GB-2238638-A (GB)
Title: Flash writing a RAM and method of testing a RAM
Inventor: CHOI HOON
IPC: G11C29/00
Filed: 1990-03-30
Abstract: In a memory (DRAM), an improved flash write test method is disclosed whereby all the memory cells in a memory cell array of a memory device can be written so as to contain internally the same data ("0" or "1") or so as to have "externally" the same data ("0" or "1"). The bit lines of true and complementary type are arranged so that the bit lines B/L and B/L alternate throughout the memory cell array such that a word line is connected to only one type, true or complementary (either B/L or B/L) of bit line, and the data supply circuit is formed by a data controller 8 which controls input/output drivers 9, 10 according to the type of bit line connected to the selected word line. Thus if it is intended that the memory cells connected to a word line W2, which in turn are connected to a bit line B/L, are to be high, the data controller inputs a "1" on to the I/O line when receiving a "1" from the system controller for that word line. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236245-A (GB)
Title: Seat reclining apparatus for vehicles
Inventor: YAMADA YUKIFUMI
IPC: B60N2/225
Filed: 1990-09-25
Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus for vehicles having a seat cushion 12 fixedly connected to a vehicle floor 10 and a seat back 13, includes a lower bracket 15 fixedly connected to the seat cushion 12, an upper bracket 16 rotatably connected to the lower bracket 15 through an eccentric shaft 17 and fixedly connected to the seat back 13, a planetary gear mechanism 18, 19 interposed between the lower and upper brackets 15, 16 around said eccentric shaft 17, an operating handle 21 connected to the eccentric shaft 17 so as to be integrally rotated therewith, the connection being effected by means of a fixing portion 23 formed on the eccentric shaft 17 and having a concave portion 23b on at least one outer surface thereof, a fixing hole 24 formed in the operating handle 21 and having a configuration corresponding with the fixing portion 23. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249607-A (GB)
Title: Transmission
Inventor: HOLMAN TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: F16H57/025
Filed: 1990-11-08
Abstract: A transmission having a casing 2 comprising two casing parts 4 and 6 which are connected together for relative pivotal movement about a hinge axis A, an input transmission element 10 being mounted in one of the casing pans 4 or 6, and an output transmission element 14 being mounted in the other casing part (4 or 6), the input and output transmission elements being interconnected for drive by an intermediate transmission element (20) which is rotatable about the hinge axis A. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the transmission elements are gears and a motor 8 for driving the gears is housed in one of the casing parts. Such a transmission is suitable for rotating a cupola 90 in a military vehicle, e.g. a tank. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250913-A (GB)
Title: Container convertible to table or stool
Inventor: POPE GENEVRA MARGARET
IPC: A47C3/16
Filed: 1990-11-27
Abstract: A container which can be used as a stool or pouffe comprises a lid on a hollow base which is covered by a layer of padding. The lid consists of a flat rigid member having a layer of padding secured to its upper face and a depending lip which locates about the upper edge of the hollow base to positively locate the lid. The lid can be inverted and placed with the padding layer on the upper edge of the base so that the flat part forms a table.
Patent GB-2254007-A (GB)
Title: Covers for golf clubs and the like
Inventor: WILSHAW ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: A63B55/00
Filed: 1991-03-28
Abstract: A golf bag cover comprises a central sleeve (2) for accommodating the projecting head (4) of a golf club or other vertical support and a skirt (6) extending around the sleeve (2). The hem (8) of the skirt (6) is weighted by an endless chain (10) so that the skirt hangs down over the upper part of the golf bag (14). Optionally the chain can be padlocked to an eye on the bag to prevent access to the clubs in the bag (14). When the chain is released different clubs can be individually removed by lifting up the hem of the skirt in the locality of the selected club. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249639-A (GB)
Title: Testing printed circuit boards
Inventor: O'NEILL MICHAEL
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 1991-09-06
Abstract: For testing a printed circuit board (PCB) (10). a shorting plate (22) with springy fingers (23) is lowered onto a chip (11) so that each finger (23) contacts a corresponding chip pin (12), and a bed-of-nails plate (30) contacts tracks (13) to which the chip pins (12) are soldered at points on the bottom surface of the PCB (10). A control unit (32) energizes a pin (12) at one comer of the chip (11) and then tests continuity by sampling the voltages on the remaining pins (12), all via the nails (31) and tracks (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250012-A (GB)
Title: Elevator
Inventor: NAKAGAWA TOSHIAKI
IPC: B66D5/08
Filed: 1991-09-16
Abstract: A traction elevator wherein a hoisting cable 9 is passed over and partly around a driving sheave 5 of a hoist and a deflector sheave 8 and is fixed at one end to a car 10 and at the other end to a counterweight 11. A main brake 24 is provided for braking the driving sheave and an auxiliary brake 23 is provided for braking the deflector sheave. The main brake 24 and the auxiliary brake 23 are interlocked so as to be operated simultaneously. The total traction for braking with respect to the hoisting cable is thereby increased. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259910-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing device
Inventor: STARBUCK WARREN
IPC: B65G47/14
Filed: 1991-09-21
Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing nuts, particulate or granular material has a hollow, transparent. generally rectangular plastics housing with a vacuum sealed nut jar. A generally cylindrical body (32) is mounted between front and rear walls on an axle (38) which is rotatable by means of a handle. Two resiliently deformable flaps (48, 50) project into engagement with the cylindrical surface of the body (32). Material from the jar makes its way by gravity towards the body (32), and into one of two recesses (34, 36). Rotation of the body (32) causes the level of material in the recess (34, 36) to be limited. but the resilience of the flaps (48. 50) prevents the arrangement from sticking if large particles (e.g. large nuts) are to be dispensed. Further rotation of the body (32) causes the levelled material to be discharged out of the lower end of the dispensing device. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260871-A (GB)
Title: Controlling amplifier voltage to match impedance to output
Inventor: BORWICK MICHAEL
IPC: H03F1/02
Filed: 1991-10-25
Abstract: A radio transmitter consists of a number of power amplifier modules each comprising a power supply 3 and a power amplifying circuit 2 incorporating a power amplifying device e.g. FET 4. Imperfections in the matching of the FET 4 to the aerial impedance via an output matching network 6 is compensated for by varying the voltage of the power supply unit in inverse relation to the current demanded from the power supply unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249937-A (GB)
Title: Solutions for the perfusion, preservation and reperfusion of organs
Inventor: MENASCHE PHILIPPE
IPC: A61K33/14
Filed: 1991-11-18
Abstract: Perfusion and presentation and/or reperfusion solutions for surgery and organ transplantation, including that of the heart, a feature of which solutions is the inclusion of at least one antioxidant compound, such as a trapping agent for free oxygen radicals, in particular glutathione in the reduced state or N-acetylcysteine, said solutions possessing a zero or greatly reduced partial pressure of oxygen which is maintained substantially at this value up to the time of use. The solution is preferably presented in flexible bags impermeable to oxygen.
Patent GB-2251878-A (GB)
Title: Drum assembly for a continuous miner
Inventor: LEBEGUE MAURICE K
IPC: E21C31/02
Filed: 1992-01-17
Abstract: A cylindrical drum assembly (12) is rotatably mounted transversely on the front of the boom member (14, 16) of a continuous miner. The drum assembly comprises a pair of independently operable drum sections (70, 72). Each drum section is driven through an input shaft (94) connected to a motor (32, 34). The drum sections may be connected by a coupler (228) to form a unitary drum assembly which may be operated by only one of the motors. Torque is transmitted from the input shafts to a bevel gear rotatably supported in the drum section. The bevel gear is nonrotatably connected to a sun gear which in turn drives a plurality of planetary gears connected to a cylindrical planetary cage with a bore defining an inner surface. The cage is connected to a cylindrical inner housing on its outer surface and to an output shaft on its inner surface through a cylindrical shear coupler. A puller shaft is provided to remove the output shaft and the shear coupler. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265027-A (GB)
Title: Controlling operation of a gas boiler
Inventor: STEADE DAVID E
IPC: G05D23/24
Filed: 1992-03-12
Abstract: A gas boiler 10 supplying heated water to a central heating system 15 is controlled by a computer 21 which samples at predetermined intervals a temperature signal derived from a sensor 20 located in the flow path of the heated water fluid. The computer 21 compares the detected rate of temperature rise with a target rate predetermined and supplies a control signal 23 to a controlled gas valve 19. The valve is continuously variable and is adjusted to match the actual rate of temperature rise to the target rate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254449-A (GB)
Title: Operator interface for nuclear power plant,or other process control system
Inventor: SCAROLA KENNETH
IPC: G21D3/08
Filed: 1992-03-24
Abstract: Automatic, semiautomatic and manual control modes are provided on a single man-machine interface device 200. The interface also displays set points and actual values of controlled parameters. The system controls a parameter such as pressurizer level, which is responsive to at least two system components (charging pumps, letdown valves), each of which can adjust a different system variable. Under automatic control, the setpoint is selected by the computer and displayed 216 on the device, along with the current value 212 of the parameter (pressurizer level). In the semiautomatic mode, selectable by the operator, either a setpoint (Fig 9, 272) or an output demand (Fig 10, 282) can be specified for one of the components 206, and the master controller will then adjust the other component 204 accordingly. When all subgroup controls are in the manual mode, the master controller is completely overridden by operator control of each component or subgroup. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256561-A (GB)
Title: Large area optical fibre hydrophone
Inventor: HENNING MICHAEL LAURENCE
IPC: G01H9/00
Filed: 1992-04-24
Abstract: The hydrophone uses optical fibre as the sensing medium and consists of small coils of fibre joined together serially, each coil wound on a mandrel and the whole assembly encapsulated in an appropriate material much as a polyurethane. The coils may be arranged in an array perpendicular to their axes of symmetry as shown or, in a further embodiment (Fig 4) the array can be coplanar with the axes of symmetry. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264260-A (GB)
Title: Impact resistant laminate
Inventor: HOLDEN DAVID
IPC: B32B17/10
Filed: 1992-08-14
Abstract: A translucent impact resistant laminate comprises at least three translucent panes (4), (6), (8) which are bonded together by at least two translucent interlayers (10), (12) formed from a thermosetting plastics resin, each pair of adjacent panes being bonded together by a respective one of the translucent interlayers. The resin may be epoxy resin. The interlayers may incorporate an organic boron-containing glass forming component which is not a curing agent for the resin. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271657-A (GB)
Title: Signature verification
Inventor: FAIRHURST MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 1992-10-16
Abstract: Systems for the automatic verification of signatures already written on documents have produced results which lead to significant portions of authentic signatures being rejected and false signatures being accepted. Signature verification according to the invention applies dynamic programming techniques to static features extracted from a previously recorded signature. The static features of an unauthenticated signature are compared with the corresponding static features of a set of previously authenticated signatures. A characteristic distance of the unauthenticated signature from the set of authenticated signatures is then derived. The unauthenticated signature is verified by measuring the characteristic distance against a previously set threshold.
Patent GB-2273510-A (GB)
Title: Variable-flush facility for syphonic flushing apparatus
Inventor: BROOKS PETER
IPC: E03D1/14
Filed: 1992-12-11
Abstract: Syphon apparatus 1, having a usual down leg 2 and up leg 3 comprising a bell 4, for flushing water from a cistern, not shown, is characterised by bell housing 5 being convertible from one desired discharge volume, usually seven litres, to another desired volume, usually nine litres, by sealable air entry means 6 in a wall of the housing. The sealable air entry means 6 in the embodiment is a vent, aperture or hole 7 through a boundary wall 8 of the housing 5, the hole 7 being of substantially 'D' configuration, the 'D' forming part of a circle, so is of substantially semi-circular configuration, the other semi-circle being blanked off at 9. The circular part is enclosed within an upstanding circular rim or wall 10 which includes snap-engageable means 11 adapted for cooperation with a cap 12 which has complementary snap-engageable means 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277051-A (GB)
Title: Deepwood special effects
Inventor: SEBER CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: B44C1/26
Filed: 1993-04-13
Abstract: Wooden or other fabricating material is serrated and the separations are then inlaid with pigment dye or other contrasting material. Areas that are not inlaid are highlighted to contrast in tone or colour with inlaid areas. The texture both physical and visual preempts the visual downgrading of a wearing or exposed surface.
Patent GB-2268248-A (GB)
Title: Actuating device for a flow regulating flap
Inventor: AROLD KLAUS
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 1993-06-14
Abstract: An actuating device for a pivoted regulating flap 11 has an actuating member 16 remote from the flap 11, and a connecting rod 20 for converting the actuating stroke of the actuating member 16 into a pivoting movement of the flap. The connecting rod 20 is, of two-part design, and an elastically compressible connecting member 19 with a prestressing force greater than the actuating force during the closing operation is secured between the two rod parts 21, 22. The actuating stroke of the actuating member is designed to be larger than the control stroke of the flap so that when the flap is closed the connecting member 19 is compressed. The member 19 may be a piston-and-cylinder arrangement, with a spring there between. The flap cam form part or the heating or ventilation system in a motor vehicle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270108-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for temporarily blocking an outlet pipe from a water tank
Inventor: JACKSON PETER JOHN
IPC: E03B11/00
Filed: 1993-08-25
Abstract: Apparatus (2) for temporarily blocking an outlet pipe (4) from a water tank (6), which apparatus (2) comprises a bung member (8) which is movable between a non-expanded condition in which it is adapted to be inserted from inside the water tank (6) into an open end (10) of the outlet pipe (4) and an expanded condition in which it is adapted to block the outlet pipe (4) such that water in the water tank (6) cannot flow past the bung member (8), mechanical control means (14) for operating the bung member (8) from above the level of water normally held in the water tank (6), and air vent means (16) for allowing air to pass to the outlet pipe (4) when the bung member (8) is in its expanded condition in order to facilitate draining of the outlet pipe (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274556-A (GB)
Title: Feeder connector with trigger
Inventor: HASHIZAWA SHIGEMI
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 1993-12-15
Abstract: A connector for charging an electric vehicle has a feeding connector half A which includes a casing 1, a contact-carrying body 2 slidably accommodated in a front portion of the casing for accommodating a plurality of terminals 12, 12', and a handle 4 attached to a rear portion of the casing. A slider 4a allows the connector body to slide in the casing. A rotatable lever 3 has an intermediate portion 3b supported in the casing, a working portion rotatably attached to the handle at 30 and an operating portion 3a projecting out of the casing. A locking means 37, 38 locks the lever at a position in which the body 2 is locked to a connector body of the receiving connector half due to a rotation of the lever.
Patent GB-2279761-A (GB)
Title: Detecting cable faults
Inventor: HALE RODNEY B
IPC: G01R31/08
Filed: 1994-06-28
Abstract: A capacitive probe has a first plate 11 substantially surrounding a second plate 12. Preferably the plates are coplanar, of equal area, and have circular symmetry. There may be a detector coil 14 or coils (14, 14' Fig. 4 not shown) to assist in locating a buried cable (4). Preferably these are two coils, spaced equal small distances from the axis of the plates. The use of the concentric coils allows greater sensitivity near the fault location than known capacitive probes. <IMAGE>