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Patent FI-963924-A (FI)
Inventor: KOBAYASHI OSAMU
IPC: C12P21/02
Filed: 1996-09-30
Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein having an activity of conferring on yeast brewer's yeast-type flocculating property; a DNA coding for the protein; a plasmid containing the DNA; a method for producing a yeast strain wherein brewer's yeast-type flocculating property has been conferred or enhanced with the use of the DNA and a method for producing a yeast strain wherein brewer's yeast-type flocculating property has been eliminated or reduced with the use of the DNA; and a method for eliminating or reducing brewer's yeast-type flocculating property of yeast by inhibiting the expression of the DNA. The present invention also relates to a yeast strain wherein brewer's yeast-type flocculating property has been conferred, enhanced, eliminated or reduced by the above method. Further, the present invention relates to a method for producing a brewed product comprising culturing the above yeast strain as well as a brewed product obtained by the method. According to the present invention, there are provided the Lg-Flo1 protein having an activity of conferring on yeast brewer's yeast-type flocculating property and the DNA strand of Lg- FLO1 coding for the protein. By introducing the above DNA of the invention into yeast cells as a foreign gene by genetic engineering techniques, i.e., introducing the DNA into yeast cells as an extranuclear gene and(/or) a nuclear gene, it is possible to confer on yeast brewer's yeast-type flocculating property or enhance this property in yeast. On the contrary, by introducing a DNA is obtained by destroying the DNA of the invention into yeast cells, or by inhibiting the expression of the DNA of the invention, it is possible to convert a flocculent yeast strain into a non-flocculent strain, or to reduce flocculating property.
Patent FI-971603-A (FI)
Inventor: SAUKKONEN SEPPO
IPC: B32B7/00
Filed: 1997-04-16
Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of surfacing at least one wide side of a board-like substrate, in which method at least one wide side of the substrate board and at least one sheet or web of the surfacing material are placed opposing each other. In the method, the surfacing material (1) and the board-like object (2) of the substrate material are transferred into a positioning station so that the at least one aligned edge of the surfacing material (1) and the board-like substrate (2), respectively, are made to desiredly overlap or underlap the respective edge of the opposed element surface, or alternatively, that at least one of said edges is placed essentially aligned with other respective edge of the opposed element surface, irrespective of the initial position or alignment of the surfacing material (1) and/or the board-like substrate (2) to be transferred into the positioning station. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-1512161-A (GB)
Title: Cathodic protection of structures
IPC: G01R31/02
Filed: 1976-01-12
Abstract: 1512161 Measuring potential of submerged structures MORGAN BERKELEY & CO Ltd and J H MORGAN 7 Jan 1977 [12 Jan 1976] 01002/76 Heading G1N The potential (V a ) at points P along a submerged metal structure, e.g. a pipe-line, relative to the liquid is determined from a measurement of the potential difference Vp across the liquid between points adjacent P and adjacent sacrificial anodes 11  of known electrolytic potential (Vb) relative to the liquid (V a  = V b  - V p ). Preferably, a test electrode is towed along the structure and the variations in potential relative to a remote reference electrode monitored. The test electrode may comprise an array of electrodes straddling the pipe-line, Figs. 4, 5 (not shown), which allows deviations of the array to be compensated for and the steering of the vessel to be corrected.
Patent GB-1592010-A (GB)
Title: Contour vibrator
IPC: H03H3/02
Filed: 1978-01-11
Abstract: A miniaturized face-shear mode quartz crystal vibrator and method of manufacture is provided. The vibrator is formed from a Y-cut quartz crystal plate less than 500  mu m thick which has been rotated between 45 DEG  to 55 DEG  about the X-axis. A plurality of vibrators are formed by depositing a thin metallic film on the two opposed planar surfaces of the plate, selectively etching portions of the metallic films and dissolving the uncoated portions of the plate. The metallic films become the vibrator electrode.
Patent GB-283534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cinematograph apparatus
IPC: G03B21/18
Filed: 1928-01-12
Abstract: 283,534. W³est, F. Jan. 12, 1927, [Convention date]. Kinematograph apparatus. - A roller bearing on the film falls when the film breaks to close the circuit of an electromagnet 2, other switches being operated thereby to break the circuits of the driving motor and projection lamp, and to complete the circuit of the hall lights. The electromagnet has a moving core 5 having non-conducting extensions 6, 7. When the magnet is energized, the extension 6 moves to separate contacts 8, 9 and 19, 20, respectively in the projection lamp circuit and in the motor circuit. The contacts 8, 9 are carried by blade springs 10, 11, secured on a non-conducting plate 12 and connected to terminals 15, 16. The contacts 19, 20 are also carried by blade springs 17, 18 secured on the plate 12, are connected to other terminals, and are operated by the contacts 8, 9 through non- conducting washers. Movement of the core also allows contacts 25, 26 in the hall light circuit to engage. The roller 41, Fig. 3, bearing on the film F, is carried by a pivoted arm 40 carrying a contact 42 which bridges spring contacts 44.
Patent GB-1373178-A (GB)
Title: Expansible mandrels for use in driving or withdrawing tubular  piles
IPC: E02D7/30
Filed: 1972-01-10
Abstract: 1373178 Pile driving mandrels C L GUILD and W B GOODMAN 10 Jan 1972 1219/72 Heading E1H An expansible pile driving or extracting mandrel includes opposed arcuate ribbed sections 10 interconnected by an upper driving head 11, biasing means urging the sections together into a pile entering position and means for forcing the sections apart into a pile gripping position. The latter means comprises groups of sheaves 44, 45, alternate sheaves being mounted on one or other of the mandrel sections, and anchored cables, chains or the like 43 trained over the sheaves 44, 45 and passing round upper travelling sheaves 37, so that on movement of sheaves 37, derived from a fluid pressure actuator 27, in a direction to tighten the cables 43, the groups of sheaves 44, 45 and so the mandrel sections to which they are secured, are forced apart. The biasing means urging the sections together comprise wedge shaped shims 17 clamped between the upper flanged ends 14 of the arcuate sections and the driving head 11. Further biasing means in the form of spring loaded bolts 56, Fig. 6, may also be provided. Alternatively (Fig. 8 not shown) the further biasing means may comprise cable runs trained about the sheaves in an opposed way to the runs of the first mentioned cable, a tightening of these cable runs pulling the groups of sheaves and so the mandrel sections together. In a further modification (Fig. 9 not shown) a plurality of the means for forcing the sections into the pile gripping position are provided at spaced intervals along the mandrel, the means operating sequentially from the bottom end upwards. In this case the further biasing means are provided by pivoted lever systems (66-68).
Patent GB-564513-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for detecting and indicating and (or) measuring ice formation on vehicles
IPC: B64D15/20
Filed: 1943-01-26
Abstract: 564,513. Indicating and measuring ice formations. TECALEMIT, Ltd., and LE CLAIR, C. C. S. Jan. 26, 1943, No. 1337. [Class 118 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXIII] Apparatus for indicating the presence and thickness of an ice film on a surface comprises a transmitter of sound waves mounted behind and adjacent to the surface, and an acoustic receiver also arranged behind and adjacent to the surface but spaced apart from the transmitter, the presence and thickness of a coating of ice being indicated by the proportion of the emitted sound that is received by the receiver. A device for use with the wings of an aircraft comprises an emitter 14 of sound waves and a receiver 15 housed behind the surface of the leading edge 4 of a wing. The transmitter may be of any suitable kind, but preferably consists of a diaphragm 6 vibrated by an electromagnet 13 connected to an oscillator 1. The oscillator produces alternating current at such a frequency that the diaphragm 6 emits supersonic waves into and through the ice film 2. The receiver 15, similarly constructed, receives waves reflected from the outer surface of the ice 2, and the output of the receiver may be passed through an amplifier 16 to an output meter 17. The energy received by the receiver is proportional to the thickness of the ice, and the meter 17 may be calibrated to indicate this thickness directly. The output of the receiver amplifier may be used to operate automatic means for initiating the operation of de-icing equipment. The receiving means may also be used to operate visible or audible means for indicating the formation and thickness of the ice, or may control the passage of a fluid or to produce heat which may be detected by known means. Instead of being produced electrically, the sound waves may be produced by mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means.
Patent GB-474799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cleaning rod for firearms
IPC: F41A29/02
Filed: 1937-01-16
Abstract: 474,799. Cleaning-rods for firearms. RILEY, L. S. Jan. 16, 1937, No. 1369. Convention date, Jan. 17, 1936. [Class 119] Relates to collapsable cleaning-rods comprising a number of sections held together by an internal cord. According to the invention, the cleaning-rod comprises a cleaning terminal 20, a tubular handle terminal 21, a plurality of intermediate tubular sections each made up of two concentric tubes 22, 25, a shank 27 on the cleaning terminal 20 adapted to enter one end of the outer tube 22 of the adjacent section and thereby project the inner tube 25 beyond the other end of its tube 22 and into the end of the tube 22 of the next section, a cable 24 passing through the intermediate sections and attached to the cleaning terminal 20 at one end and to a locking member 40 at the other end, and a sleeve 35 slidably mounted on the handle terminal and having an internal thread for engagement with external threads on the handle terminal so as to tighten the parts together into a stiff rod or to relax them for disengagement. The handle terminal has a longitudinal slot to receive the cable 24 when the locking member 40 has been released by the sleeve 35 and thus allow the sections to be disengaged and folded one against the other as shown in Fig. 6, complete separation being prevented by a solid collar 36. In a modification, the handle terminal has a longitudinally slotted wooden sleeve to provide a better grip. In another modification, the parts are made smaller for use in cleaning pistols.
Patent GB-620285-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for the manufacture of viscose rayon
IPC: D01F2/06
Filed: 1947-01-15
Abstract: In the manufacture of viscose rayon by a process wherein the freshly coagulated thread passes from a driven draw-off godet through a hot liquid bath to a second godet driven at a higher speed, the thread is guided through the bath by a freely rotating wheel which is only partly submerged in the bath.  As shown, the apparatus comprises a spinneret 11 placed in a coagulating bath 12, a draw-off godet 14, a freely rotating wheel 18 of large diameter partly submerged in a trough of hot liquid 20, and a second godet 22, driven at a greater speed than that of the draw-off godet.  The thread 16 passes several times round the draw-off godet and then round the guide-wheel and through the hot liquid bath, on to the second godet.  The shaft of the wheel is preferably mounted on the wall of the second bath so that it is inclined upwards.  The wheel may be <PICT:0620285/IV (a)/1> doubly or singly flanged.  Means for mounting the shaft in the second bath are described (Fig. 2, not shown).  The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 states also that notches may be provided on the wheel to facilitate "spinning in."  This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-685547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to road sweeping vehicles
Inventor: DEAR ALEXANDER THOMAS CAMERON
IPC: E01H1/04
Filed: 1950-01-19
Abstract: 685,547. Road-sweepers. LEWIN ROAD SWEEPERS, Ltd. Jan. 19, 1951 [Jan. 19, 1950], No. 1408/50. Drawings to Specification. Class 107 A road-sweeping vehicle of the kind comprising a chassis or body provided with road wheels, a main sweeping brush extending transversely of the vehicle and mounted for rotation about a horizontal transverse axis, a power unit on the vehicle, and means for driving the main sweeping brush and one or more of the vehicle wheels from the power unit, the brush rotating so that its underside moves in the direction of travel of the vehicle, is characterized in that the main sweeping brush and a channel or gutter brush, which latter is mounted on an axis transverse of the vehicle, are both driven at a speed proportional to that of the vehicle and that the gutter brush may be adjusted vertically relative to the main brush. The invention may be applied to a combined road - sweeping and refuse - collecting vehicle as described in Specification 685,545. The main brush has a main section and a camber adjusting section and it, and the channel brush; are mounted for vertical adjustment as disclosed in Specification 685,548. The channel brush is driven from the main brush as disclosed in Specification 685,548. Specifications 685,546, 685,549, 685,550 and 685,551 also are referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-1512992-A (GB)
Title: Cryosurgical probe
IPC: A61F9/007
Filed: 1975-05-01
Abstract: 1512992 Cryosurgical. probes DYNATECH CORP 1 May 1975 [3 June 1974] 01430/78 Divided out of 1512991 Heading A5R The subject matter of this specification is identical with that described in specification 1512991 but the claims are concerned with a method of operating a cryosurgical probe, wherein a portion of capillary tube leading to a cooling tip is bathed in liquified refrigerant at room temperature.
Patent GB-1355448-A (GB)
Title: Mobile offshore platform
IPC: E02F9/04
Filed: 1972-01-12
Abstract: 1355448 Offshore structures INDUSTRIEELE HANDELSCOMBINATIE HOLLAND NV 12 Jan 1972 [18 Jan 1971] 1478/72 Heading E1H A mobile offshore platform provided with at least three raisable and lowerable supporting columns comprises at least two pontoon bodies 1, 2 hingedly interconnected at 3, each of the bodies including at least one of the supporting columns. As shown the body 1 includes columns 4, 5, 8 and 9 and the body 2 columns 10 and 12, the columns 8, 9 and 12 being mounted so as to be horizontally movable in rotatable frames 6, 7 and 11 of the kind disclosed in Specification 1233990 to provide mobility for the platform. These latter columns may alternatively be provided with rotatable bases of the kind disclosed in Specification 1305140. A suction pipe 15 haying a cutting head 16 is attached by way of a universal joint (18 Fig. 4 not shown) to the hinge between the pontoon bodies. The platform operates in the position shown with at least some of the columns supporting it from the sea-bed, but for transportation from one side to another, the columns are jacked up to be supported on the floating pontoon bodies which are in a parallel relationship (Fig. 3 not shown). In modifications (Figs. 5 and 6 not shown) three pontoon bodies may be hingedly interconnected.
Patent GB-326759-A (GB)
Title: An improved detergent and cleanser and preparation thereof
IPC: C11D9/38
Filed: 1929-09-24
Abstract: 326,759. Brooks, D. D. Sept. 24, 1929. Divided on 326,755. Cleansing-compositions; soaps. - A detergent composition for cleaning wool or other textile or fibrous material consists of a soap or abrading material to which is added more than 7 per cent, e.g. 75 per cent of trisodium phosphate; it may be prepared in powder, flake, paste or liquid form. In an example 5 to 20 parts of soap are mixed with an equal amount of a soluble abrasive e.g. sodium sulphate crystals, and the mixture is made up to 100 parts with trisodium phosphate. Specification 326,755 is referred to.
Patent GB-1117571-A (GB)
Title: Fluoroacylamino-trichloromethyl-methane derivatives
Inventor: FEST CHRISTA
IPC: C07D277/74
Filed: 1967-01-11
Abstract: Novel fluoroacylamino -trichloromethyl-methane derivatives of the formula <FORM:1117571/C2/1> in which R is guanyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, aryl, aryl substituted by a non-halogen substituent or benzoyl are prepared by reacting fluoroacylamino - trichloromethyl - chloromethane of the formula <FORM:1117571/C2/2> with a thio compound of formula M-S-R in which M represents hydrogen or an alkali metal. When M is hydrogen the reaction may be carried out in the presence of an acid-binding agent.  The reaction is carried out in an inert diluent at a temperature between - 20 DEG  and +60 DEG  C. and approximately equimolar amounts of the two reactants are used.  The compounds are used as the active ingredients in insecticidal and acaricidal compositions.ALSO:An insecticidal or acaricidal composition contains as active ingredients a compound of the formula <FORM:1117571/A5-A6/1> in which R is guanyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, aryl, aryl substituted by a non-halogen, substituent or benzoyl (see Division C2) and a solid diluent or carrier, or a liquid diluent or carrier and a surface active agent.  The composition contains 0.1-95% by weight of active compound.  The concentration of active compound in compositions for application is from 0.00001 - 20% by weight. Many examples of suitable diluents and surface active agents are given.
Patent GB-630194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to automatic screw cutting lathes
IPC: B23G1/02
Filed: 1946-01-17
Abstract: 630,194. Saw-cutting lathes. TAREX SOC. ANON. Jan. 17, 1946, No. 1605. Convention date, June 6, 1945. Drawings to Specification. [Class 83 (iii)] A single spindle automatic screw-cutting lathe having a lead-screw connected to the spindle by interchangeable gears, a shoe for engaging the lead-screw, a tool-holder with transverse and longitudinal slides, the latter actuated by relative movement between the lead-screw and shoe, and a control device for engaging and disengaging the lead-screw and shoe by perpendicular movement' of the latter is characterized in that the lead-screw is connected to the longitudinal slide and is axially movable while the shoe is held against movement in this direction. The lathe and mechanism for engaging the lead-screw is identical with that described in connection with Fig. 2 of Specification 630,193.
Patent GB-450466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to control means of hydraulic couplings
IPC: F16D33/16
Filed: 1935-01-17
Abstract: 450,466. Hydraulic transmission of power; fluid - pressure servomotors. SINCLAIR, H., 38, De Vere Gardens, Kensing- ton, London. Jan. 17, 1935, No. 1650. [Classes 69 (ii) and 135] In control means for a hydraulic coupling of the kinetic type, comprising a piston and cylinder or equivalent device of variable capacity, arranged to receive liquid from or force it into the working circuit, a gas vent communicates between the upper part of the cylinder &c. and the interior of the coupling. The means for varying the capacity of the cylinder &c. preferably comprise a cam-shaped to compensate for irregularities in the characteristic curve of the coupling. In the form shown in Fig. 1, liquid passes from the coupling via a scoop tube 24, and pipe 26 through a cooler 27 and returns to the coupling at 30. The pipe 26 is connected by a pipe 32 to a cylinder 33, provided with a vent tube 37 communicating with the inner portion of a coupling chamber 22. The piston 34 is operated by a compressed air servomotor 41, the valve 43 of which is controlled by a diaphragm 47, acted on by air of varying pressure supplied through a pipe 46 from an automatic regulator 71 and by a spring 50. The movement of the piston 34 acts through a cam 54 and lever 51 on the spring 50. In a modification, the servomotor is single-acting, being constituted by the lower portion of the cylinder 33a, Fig. 3, while a spring-loaded valve 70 maintains a pressure of about 7 lbs. per square inch in the pipe 32. Specification 328,028, [Class 69 (ii)], is referred to.
Patent GB-1448548-A (GB)
Title: Impact damping means for fluid actuators
IPC: F16F9/58
Filed: 1975-01-15
Abstract: 1448548 Damping fluid-pressure actuators MOSIER INDUSTRIES Inc 15 Jan 1975 [15 Jan 1974] 1766/75 Addition to 1401126 Heading F1D A rubber-like mechanical damper for an actuator, Fig. 1 (not shown) has an annular projection 40, Fig. 2, which abuts the cylinder head, an annular mounting flange 32 and a sealing lip 48 which is inclined at approximately 15 degrees to the surface 30. Fig. 3 (not shown), illustrates a similar damper. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 a relief port 56 is provided in the projection 40. Fig. 5 shows a construction in which a sealing lip 90 is combined with an impact member 93, 94.
Patent GB-1478334-A (GB)
Title: Light-sensitive copying material
IPC: G03F7/022
Filed: 1974-05-28
Abstract: 1478334 Light-sensitive copying material FUJI PHOTO FILM CO Ltd 28 May 1974 [29 May 1973] 01792/77 Divided out of 1478333 Heading G2C A light-sensitive copying material has coated on a support, in the following order, a light-sensitive layer which comprises an o-quinone diazide compound that becomes more soluble in an alkaline developer medium upon irradiation with active rays, and a light-insensitive layer comprising a water-insoluble organic resin selected from a styrene/ maleic anhydride copolymer, a styrene/acrylic acid copolymer, polyvinyl butyral or shellac, which resin is barely soluble in, but is permeable to, the alkaline developer medium, the material having no further light-sensitive layer comprising an o-quinone diazide compound coated on the light-insensitive layer. The o-quinone diazide compounds illustrated comprise esters of aromatic polyhydroxy compounds, including the condensation product from acetone and pyrogallol, and an o-quinone diazide sulphonic acid. The o-quinone diazide compound may be mixed with a resin e.g. a phenol or cresol resin, a styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer or shellac, or p-phenyl or p-t-butylphenol formaldehyde resins or polyvinyl butyral. The resin layers may contain o-quinone diazide compound provided that it does not render them light-sensitive. The layers may include dyes, pigments, fillers, e.g. TiO 2 , clay. Suitable developers are aqueous solutions of organic alkalies or basic solvents such as mono- or diethanolamine, propanolamine or morpholine and may contain propyl alcohol or sodium lauryl sulphate.