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Patent GB-2288151-A (GB)
Title: Picture synthesis drawing template.
Inventor: BONES ANDREW BRENNAN
IPC: B43L13/20
Filed: 1995-02-08
Abstract: Figure 1 shows a rotatable template or stencil 2 provided with cut out shapes (shown in chain dotted lines) and a holder 3 for holding a sheet of paper P clamped relative to the stencil. The boundary lines of said shapes form a drawing guideline for a pen or pencil and a series of coded notches 6 on the circular periphery of stencil 2 form indexing means which are engagable against a detent 10, each notch being correlated with one or more of said shapes. A picture can be created on paper P by first drawing around the boundary line of one of the shapes with the stencil 2 in a particular fixed angular orientation relative to holder 3. Then a second boundary line of a second one of the shapes is drawn around with stencil 2 held in a second correlated angular orientation and so on until a completed picture as shown in Fig. 7 is drawn onto the paper. The stencil has sufficient clearance in the holder to allow it to be rotated from one indexed position to another without necessitating removal and replacement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287326-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit
Inventor: LEE KYU-CHAN
IPC: G11C29/56
Filed: 1995-03-09
Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with a stress circuit 100 and a stress voltage supplying method thereof for ensuring the reliability of a device. A stress enable circuit 100A generates an enable signal during a test operation of a chip, to enable the test operation. A stress voltage supply circuit 100B supplies a first stress voltage V1 and a second stress voltage V2 in response to an output signal of the stress enable circuit 100A during the test operation. A sensing delay control circuit 100C receives the first and second stress voltages V1, V2 and delays operation of a sense amp control circuit 60 during the test operation. During the test operation, the first and second stress voltages V1, V2 are supplied to word lines WL0, WL1 adjacent to each other in response to the output signal of the stress enable circuit 100A, and a state of a selected memory cell is sensed in response to an output signal of the sensing delay control circuit 100C. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299420-A (GB)
Title: A personal computer emulator for testing expansion boards
Inventor: VAN HAGHT NICHOLAS OLIVER
IPC: G06F11/26
Filed: 1995-03-29
Abstract: A stand alone personal computer emulator verifies an expansion board by testing it with personal computer bus signals. The personal computer bus signals are at least in part user defined and such user defined PC bus signals can be downloaded to the emulator from a PC.
Patent GB-2303829-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle skid-steer control system
Inventor: BARNES MICHAEL COSMO
IPC: B60K26/00
Filed: 1995-08-03
Abstract: A control system for steering and travel of a skid-steer vehicle having right hand and left hand driving units, e.g. hydrostatic motors, has a pivoted speed input link 18 which includes two slotted cams 11, one for each of the drive units. A respective cam follower 23 engages in the slot 17 of each cam 11. The followers 23 are connected to speed control members 21 of the drive units. For steering, the follower 23 of one or both units is displaced along a slot 17 by a respective cam 25 for differential movement of control members 21. Each slot 17 is such that, with the speed signal set to zero, the movement of a follower 23 in the slot 17 causes no movement of pivot 19, and thus of either of the drive units. The operation of the steering control thus will not cause movement if the vehicle is stationary.
Patent GB-2292673-A (GB)
Title: Upright vacuum cleaner
Inventor: KAJIHARA SHINICHIRO
IPC: A47L5/28
Filed: 1995-08-29
Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner comprises a housing formed from two separable parts 25a and 25b, said housing containing a rotary brush 34 projecting through a rectangular opening (33 fig 3) in the lower surface of the housing, a motor (23 fig 3) driving both a fan and the brush, a dust collector 27 and a handle 21 containing the motor and dust collector rotatable about the shaft 24 of the motor. The separable parts allow access to the interior of the housing, preferably from above. The two parts of the housing may be screwed together or retained by projections (59 fig 7) on one part passing through openings (55b fig 7) on the other which are then held by sliding members (56 fig 7). A microswitch (50 fig 5) connected with the motor may be disposed on one part of the housing and a pressing member on the other, such that separation of the two housing parts disconnects the motor. A bumper 35 may be provided around the housing, part of which is clamped between the two parts of the housing and may provide a seal between the two parts (figs 11 and 12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295801-A (GB)
Title: Sealing arrangement for movable vehicle roof panels with a drainage channel.
Inventor: RUHRINGER ERICH
IPC: B60J10/20
Filed: 1995-11-27
Abstract: The roof arrangement has an elastic seal (13) which is located on a water drain (14) of the rear roof section (4). It has an integral, elastically flexible sealing section (15). The section is moved by a contact edge of the moveable roof section (3), dependant upon an opening or closing movement of this section. The sealing section moves between a relaxed upright rest position and a loaded position, in which it covers the water drain and seals the longitudinal gap. The section has a bulbous part (16). When the roof is closed, this part projects upwards through a gap between the roof sections.
Patent GB-2296300-A (GB)
Title: Pipe or plug in socket connection assembly
Inventor: DAVIDSON PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: F16L37/084
Filed: 1995-12-14
Abstract: The assembly comprises a stepped socket 2 adapted to receive the end of a pipe or plug 4, the pipe or plug 4 having a circumferential rib 36, and a locator 20 being provided about the pipe or plug 4 which is insertable into the socket 2 to engage the circumferential rib 36 and thereby prevent removal of the pipe or plug 4 from the socket 2. The locator 20 has a radial rib 26 which either springs into an annular socket groove 20 to prevent removal or is pressed outwardly into the groove by a separate retainer sleeve 24 to enable subsequent disconnection. The socket 2 can be in a central heating radiator, T-piece or elbow, and the pipe 4 can be a valve connection piece. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298772-A (GB)
Title: Fishing float
Inventor: MACKAY TERENCE GEORGE
IPC: A01K93/00
Filed: 1996-03-12
Abstract: A fishing float arrangement (10) comprising first and second members (12,16) that are physically co-operable with one another and arranged to adopt in use selectively a first condition in which they become fast with, e.g. trap, a fishing line portion (25), and a second condition in which said fishing line portion (25) is released.
Patent GB-2298780-A (GB)
Title: Tank for cooking appliance
Inventor: BOYEN LODEWIJK JOSEF THEOFIEL
IPC: A47J37/12
Filed: 1996-03-18
Abstract: Tank (100) for a cooking appliance is linked to a heating element (113) in order to heat the cooking medium and exhibits an internal face (101) defining the bottom (104) of the tank and the cooking volume, the said internal face (101) consisting of two parts (102,103), the first part 102 being made of a first material having higher conduction properties than those of the second part (103), which is situated above the bottom (104) of the tank. The lower first part 102 may be in the form of a plate and made of aluminium while the second part may form the walls of the tank and made from stainless steel.
Patent GB-2299311-A (GB)
Title: Air bag roof lifting mechanism for motor vehicles
Inventor: CRAMP JAMES RONALD
IPC: B60J7/16
Filed: 1996-03-28
Abstract: The roof 12 is liftable by up to fifty centimetres to allow access to loads which would otherwise be obstructed by the depending border 16 of the roof. The lifting mechanism comprises at least one air bag 20 and scissor linkage 21 at each end of the vehicle. The air line to each air bag 20 may be incorporated in the front or rear wall or in the frame uprights. The source of compressed air may be reservoir tanks fed by the vehicle's compressor or a compressed air bottle. The vehicle may be a curtain-sided trailer.
Patent GB-2301486-A (GB)
Title: Microwave antennas
Inventor: COLLINS JOHN LOUIS FREDERICK C
IPC: H01Q21/06
Filed: 1995-02-24
Abstract: A microwave antenna (10) is formed from a stack of generally planar elements (14-22) forming an array of horns (12) communicating with waveguides (38). The generally planar elements (14-22) are of metallised plastics. Each of these elements (14-22) has a given overall thickness which is constituted by a membrane of relatively small thickness formed (typically by vacuum forming) into a corrugated shape.
Patent GB-2318569-A (GB)
Title: Combined display device and tubular container
Inventor: DEEKES MICHAEL
IPC: B65D59/06
Filed: 1996-10-24
Abstract: A tubular container comprises two tubes 10,11 with one of these tubes 11 being nestable within the other 10, and one also being rotatable with respect to the other. Images on the two tubes combine to create an overall image on the tubular surface of the container. Preferably the outer tube 10 is the one that rotates, and is also preferably made from transparent material to which substantially opaque stripes have been applied. The container has removable top and bottom end caps 12, each end cap having an endless groove (2; figure 1) in which the ends of the tube are located, together with engagement means to retain each end of the tube in a respective end cap. The engagement means preferably comprises one or more protrusions (6,7,8; figure 1) located in one or both of the groove walls of the end caps (3,4; figure 1), said protrusions being adapted to fit with corresponding indentations in the tube (13,14,15; figure 1). Reference is made in this specification to a related application GB 2297965 A.
Patent GB-2318890-A (GB)
Title: Co-processor for performing modular multiplication
Inventor: HOBSON RUSSELL DOMENIC
IPC: G06F7/72
Filed: 1996-10-31
Abstract: A co-processor (FIG. 2) for performing modular multiplication comprises: means for receiving B and N binary data streams (bstr, nstr); means for receiving a data value A; adder means (Add1, Add2), subtractor means (Sub1, Sub2, Sub3) and multiplier means (Mul1, Mul2) coupled to sequentially process the B and N binary data streams and the data value A to produce a modulo-reduced multiplication value (A*B) mod N; wherein the means for receiving the binary data streams comprises: random access memory (B-RAM, N-RAM) for holding B and N values; and parallel-serial interface means for receiving parallel data from the random access memory and for producing therefrom the binary data streams B and N.
Patent GB-2322754-A (GB)
Title: Image data compression using child blocks
Inventor: MONRO DONALD MARTIN
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 1997-02-27
Abstract: The invention provides a method of encoding a portion of a digital image (a child block) by identifying a feature or features within the child block. A larger portion of the image (a parent block) is then created such that it encompasses the child block. The exact position of the parent block relative to the child block is dependant on the feature or features identified within the child block. Once the position of the parent block has been chosen, the parent block is mapped onto the child block to provide a fractal term for the mapping. One advantage of this method is that the decoder deduces the offset parameters for the local fractal transform from the basis functions alone, by inferring the dominant edge position, so that no offset information is required. This means that greater compression ratios can be achieved. The invention can be used to either encode a complete image, giving increased compression ratios, or to enhance the edge information with an image encoded using any block based coder method.
Patent GB-2326203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to selector forks
Inventor: DUTSON BRIAN JOSEPH
IPC: F16H63/32
Filed: 1997-05-15
Abstract: A metal rib plate 1 and a metal web plate 3 are assembled together after the web plate 3 has been mounted on a selector shaft 2. Two leg portions 40 of the rib plate 1 are flexed outwardly to allow the web plate 3 to be snap-fitted into position. The rib plate 1, in the region of the shaft 2, is of slightly smaller axial extent than the distance between abutment faces (42, see figs 3A-D) and this gap can be filled with plastics. Plastics can also be moulded into position to comprise pads (12A and 12B, fig 2A) that transfer forces between the fork and sleeve.
Patent GB-2329084-A (GB)
Title: Transformer-coupled power transistor driver circuit
Inventor: WILLIAMS BARRY WAYNE
IPC: H03K17/691
Filed: 1997-09-03
Abstract: A set of six power transistors, which may be IGBTSs or MOSFETs arranged in half-bridges, are driven by respective pulse transformers 12-17, one terminal 38 common to all the transformers being continually excited by a square wave signal through low impedance driver 31 while the other terminals 39-44 are selectively driven in antiphase to the first terminal. If a transistor is not to be turned on, the output of the respective driver 24-29 is selected to be high impedance by control lines 32-37. The arrangement reduces component count, and, if the arrangement is integrated, reduces pin count. Power transistor turn-off speed is improved by the gate discharge transistors 49.
Patent GB-2331415-A (GB)
Title: Radio communications system
Inventor: HIBBIT PETER
IPC: H03C3/09
Filed: 1997-10-28
Abstract: A low power radio frequency transmitter, for use at 140 to 225 Mhz and output power of 1 to 20mW, includes a phase locked loop circuit 22 supplying a carrier which is modulated at 27 by data before application to a transmitting aerial via a muttipole filter 29 to remove unwanted signals. The use of a PLL enables the carrier frequency to be stable through wide variations in environment conditions without need for special crystals or SAW filters. The transmitter may use analog frequency shift keying(AFSK). A receiver (fig.5 not shown) suitable for use with the transmitter may include an input narrow band tuned filter, a BiFet pre-amplifier, a signal mixer and a pair of decoders to obtain an RF signal, an anlog output and a signal applied to a data slicer to recover data.A paging system responsive to data received from a computer for producing paging signals is also described.
Patent GB-2333506-A (GB)
Title: Bandage applicator
Inventor: RODRIGUEZ JOSE LUIS CORRALES
IPC: A61F15/00
Filed: 1997-10-30
Abstract: A bandage applicator comprises an axle (1) around which a bandage (9) having an adhesive element (11) is wound. The axle (1) is rotatable within a handle (2), means (3) being provided to control the degree of friction between the handle (2) and the axle (1) as the bandage is unwound from the applicator.
Patent GB-2319396-A (GB)
Title: A protection module
Inventor: DACCORD MARCEL
IPC: H01H71/04
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: A protection module has, in a housing (11), a support plate (12), with, on one side thereof, at least one push-button (13, 13') and, on the other side, a movable vane (15) to which a visual indicator (16) is coupled. At a distance from the support plate (12) the housing (11) as a front panel (31) through which the push-button (13, 13') projects. The visual indicator (16) which is flexible embraces the edge of the support plate (12) and then extends between that support plate (12) and the front panel (31), to the side of the push-button (13, 13'), and, in the path of the visual indicator (16), the front panel (31) has an observation window (34) through which the indicator (16) is visible only when the movable vane (15) is in a closed position. The protection module has particular use with an electric socket, supply to which is controlled by the protection module.
Patent GB-2332530-A (GB)
Title: Circuit cards with a voltage detection arrangement
Inventor: STAPLES EDWARD MARTIN
IPC: G01R19/165
Filed: 1997-12-16
Abstract: A voltage detection arrangement is formed when two circuit cards 1, 1a are connected together. The arrangement comprises: a first card 1 with circuitry powered by a first internal power rail 5; an earth connection 6; external terminals 3,4 and a first external connector 7. The external connector 7 is connected to the collector of a bipolar transistor 9 with a base input which is arranged to forward bias the transistor 9 when a normal voltage is present between the first power rail 5 and the earth connection 6. The arrangement also includes: a second card 1a with circuitry powered by a second internal power rail 12; an earth connection 13; external terminals 3a, 4a and a second external connector 15. A resistor 18 is connected between the second power rail 12 and the second external connector 15 and voltage responsive means 16, 17 is connected to the second external connector 15 to detect if the voltage level of the first power rail 5 is normal. A switching stage and biasing network 10, 11 may be connected to the base of the transistor 9.
Patent GB-2335593-A (GB)
Title: Turntable for a laptop computer
Inventor: MARSTON PHILIP L
IPC: A47B11/00
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: The turntable 2 comprises a lower circular portion 4 and an upper circular portion 6, adapted to be mutually rotatable about a central pivot 12. Lower portion 4 has a greater height but less diameter than upper portion 6. The upper portion 6 may be made from perspex. The turntable may be used to support a laptop computer.
Patent GB-2337062-A (GB)
Title: Cutter head
Inventor: HUANG CHIA-HSIUNG
IPC: E21B7/00
Filed: 1998-05-06
Abstract: A cutter head comprising a plurality of coaxially disposed transmission shafts including a central transmission shaft (16a) and at least two tubular transmission shafts (18a and 20a) with each shaft having a cutting member (16b, 18b and 20b). The shafts being driven independently with one another and any two radially adjacent shafts being driven to rotate in opposite directions, wherein diameters of the shafts are determined in such a manner that a sum of cutting areas covered by the cutting members of the shafts rotating in one direction is substantially equal to a sum of the cutting areas covered by cutting members of the shafts rotating in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-2328040-A (GB)
Title: Perpetual calendar
Inventor: EL AGIB AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN
IPC: G09D3/08
Filed: 1998-07-31
Abstract: A rotary calendar device (C1) is provided which comprises relatively positionable sectors each containing data including sectors for the month (M) years (Y), dates of the month (DM) and day of the week (DW). The calendar device is in the form of concentric discs (d2, d3) which rotate about their common axis. The various data sectors are contained in concentric circles on the discs, that is the four data as above M, Y, DW, DM together with century data (C), the concentric circles being divided into seven day sectors. In one arrangement all the circles are on the same side of the discs (d2, d3) while in another arrangement the circles are divided between the two sides of the discs (d2, d3). The calendar device displays the whole calendar of any month of any year if the sector of the month is placed in line with the sector of the year.
Patent GB-2340662-A (GB)
Title: Obstruction responsive apparatus for vehicle windows
Inventor: GERTIG FRANK
IPC: E05F15/00
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: Apparatus responsive to an obstruction in the path of a slidable member, such as a vehicle window, comprises first and second strips of electrically conductive resilient material (60, 62) spaced from each other, such that an object in the path of the slidable member causes the conductive strips (60, 62) to be brought into contact with each other. A control unit (88) electrically senses the contact and produces a detection signal. A resistor (91), constructed of a treated elastomer, connects the conductive strips (60, 62) and allow a current to flow through the conductive strips (60, 62) such that any discontinuity in either of the conductive strips (60, 62) interrupts the current to produce a fault signal.
Patent GB-2331939-A (GB)
Title: Hosel for a golf club
Inventor: KUBICA DANIEL J
IPC: A63B53/02
Filed: 1998-11-13
Abstract: A golf club 10 commonly referred to as a "driver" includes a head 12 made of titanium and a hosel 14 made of plastic. The head 12 includes a hollow body 18, and the hosel 14 has a lower portion 36 inserted into a bore 28 in the head 12 and an upper portion 34 extending upwardly from a top wall 20 of the hollow body 18. The bore 28 has an open top end 28a that is substantially flush with the body top wall 20 and a closed bottom end 28b that is spaced from a bottom wall 22 of the hollow body 18. A passage 40 extends through the upper and lower portions 34, 36 of the hosel 14 and receives a tip end 17 of a shaft 16 that is preferably made of graphite. Since the hosel 14 is made of softer material than the head 12, the hosel 14 has a cushioning effect on the shaft 16 which reduces the amount of vibration transmitted to the shaft 16. The hosel lower portion 36 has an irregular outside shape and the bore 28 in the head 12 has a complementary irregular inside shape so that the hosel 14 may be inserted into the bore 28 in only one orientation to ensure exact alignment of the shaft 16 relative to the head 12.
Patent GB-2344371-A (GB)
Title: A double glazed assembly with secured decorative profiles
Inventor: SCHOLES ERNEST MALCOLM HEYWOOD
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 1998-12-01
Abstract: A double glazed rectangular window frame assembly which comprises, a rectangular window frame having two upright frame members and top and bottom frame members made of plastics material, a double glazed unit mounted in said frame; mounting beads each secured to a respective edge of the double glazed unit in the frame, said beads being made of plastics material, and decorative profiles secured to at least one of the exposed faces of the double glazed unit in order to provide a decorative design on said one face, said profiles being made of plastics material in which each profile extends full height between the beads adjacent to the top and bottom frame members, and includes a lower portion which extends substantially parallel to the beads adjacent to the side frame members, and an upper curved portion which forms on half of a curved arch formation. The decorative profiles may be of one-piece formation.
Patent GB-2332108-A (GB)
Title: Motor phase control apparatus
Inventor: KIM GWANG-SOO
IPC: H02P25/14
Filed: 1998-12-07
Abstract: A phase control apparatus of a motor for phase controlling a sine wave voltage to provide a non sine wave voltage for adjusting the speed of the motor comprises a controller 100 for generating a switching control signal for phase control of an AC power source 10 for a predetermine period of time before the AC source reaches a peak from the zero crossing point (Figs 5 and 6) in order to attenuate harmonic current generated from the motor and a switching unit 120 for switching the AC source supplied to the motor under control of the switching control signal from the controller. The control signal may be supplied to an IGBT driver 120 through a phototransistor 110. The motor may drive a vacuum cleaner.
Patent GB-2334174-A (GB)
Title: Electronic stethoscope
Inventor: MARAJ RAJIV
IPC: A61B7/04
Filed: 1999-02-03
Abstract: A hearing apparatus for use in mediate auscultation comprises an electrically operated microphone 12 that can generate signals representative of sounds picked-up thereby. In use, signals so generated are amplified and filtered by a first amplifier arrangement 16 to produce signals representing only body sounds picked-up by the microphone, a second amplifier arrangement 20 amplifying these filtered signals and permitting the sounds represented by these signals to be listened to by means of listening means such as earphones and a loudspeaker. Provision also is made for displaying body sounds in a suitable format and also for recording body sounds.