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Patent GB-2214281-A (GB)
Title: Control of atmospheric conditions in a cabinet
Inventor: SPINNEY PETER MICHAEL
IPC: A23G7/02
Filed: 1989-01-18
Abstract: Apparatus for the control of atmospheric conditions within a confined enclosure such as a display cabinet for perishable food stuffs, for example chocolates comprises a housing (2) having a display area (4) and an air-conditioning device in the form of a refrigeration unit (16) having a refrigerated surface. A fan (22) is arranged to direct air in an air-flow path (arrows A, A') alongside the unit (16) to attract humidity from the air to condense on the refrigeration surface. Where cooling is also required a second fan (24) is brought into operation which directs air in a second air-flow path (arrows B, B') which impinges on or passes through the unit (16) to effect cooling. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234458-A (GB)
Title: Chuck with countersinking teeth
Inventor: HOWARTH STEPHEN
IPC: B23B31/12
Filed: 1989-08-01
Abstract: The chuck has a main body 1 in which through operation of a key inserted into hole 4 allows countersink cutting teeth 2 to fasten onto the shaft of a drill or cutting tool inserted at opening 5 at any position and at any degree of countersink as so required. A shaft 3 enables the chuck to be attached to or allowed to become part of a power tool or machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227787-A (GB)
Title: Fastening device for a door
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN HENRY THOMAS
IPC: E05C3/04
Filed: 1990-02-02
Abstract: A door fastening device comprises a first component such as a barrel lock (3) and a blade (3a), a second component such as a latch arm (6) movable towards the first component for assembly of the device, and a spring (4), at least one of the components having an abutment face (6c) and the components being adapted such that at least upon assembly the spring is deformed and thereafter acts to cause the abutment face (6c) to restrain separation of the two components. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2354310-A (GB)
Title: Warhead
Inventor: GEISS KLAUS PETER
IPC: F42B12/18
Filed: 1990-07-10
Abstract: The main hollow charge 7 of a tandem warhead is protected from the pressure and fragmentation effect following detonation of the preliminary hollow charge (3) by a deformable structure 5 comprising spaced discs 10,11 secured to a support 6 facing the main hollow charge 7 and bearing against the warhead casing 1. The discs 10,11 may be alternately plastically and elastically deformable and may be at least in part formed by printed circuit boards carrying electronic components of the warhead.
Patent GB-2232603-A (GB)
Title: Intermittent compression stocking
Inventor: SCHILD ROLF
IPC: A61F5/34
Filed: 1989-01-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermittent compression stocking comprising at least one inflatable cell and having a portion which adheres to a further portion of the stocking to secure the stocking in position.
Patent GB-2240530-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor belt for a sorting conveyor
Inventor: MCGEE TERENCE
IPC: B65G15/62
Filed: 1991-02-04
Abstract: A sorting conveyor includes a belt 2 which carries along its length and at spaced intervals therealong a plurality of upstanding members or flights 6 adapted to limit relative movement between said belt and items placed thereon, means being provided on said belt to maintain said belt in its correct tracking position relative to support structure of said conveyor. The conveyor includes a length of trunking 14 which, over a predetermined length of travel of the belt, supports the belt and transposes the belt from a horizontal path of travel to an inclined path of travel and returns it to said horizontal path of travel. The belt preferably carries bracing rollers 18 which run in a groove 20 in the trunking 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2461330-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for guiding a flying machine just above the surface of the sea
Inventor: GAIDE PIERRE
IPC: G01S13/935
Filed: 1991-03-05
Abstract: The apparatus comprises altimetric means (8);inertial navigation means (9);a Kalman filter or the like (10) delivering at least an altitude error value, a vertical speed error valueand a measurement signal;first calculating means (14) delivering an altitude datumand a vertical speed datum;means (11) for analysing the said measurement signaland extracting from the latter the characteristics of the surface (3) of the sea;second calculating means (12) calculating a flying altitude level ZCOA for the said flying machine (1);means (15) for vertically guiding the said flying machine (1) receiving the said flying altitude level ZCOA and the said altitude datumand the vertical speed datumand delivering a vertical acceleration instructionfor the said flying machine (1); andmeans (20, 21, 6) for applying the said vertical acceleration instructionto the vertical flying controls (7) of the said flying machine (1).
Patent GB-2241949-A (GB)
Title: Co-doping of laser-active glasses
Inventor: WETENKAMP LUDWIG
IPC: C03C3/32
Filed: 1991-03-08
Abstract: To facilitate continuous-wave operation with laser-active glasses, laser-active doping is provided for avoiding self-saturating energy conditions in glasses. Codoping is employed using at least one of precious metals praseodymium, europium, samarium or therbium as acceptors and at least one of precious metals holmium, erbium or thulium as donors.
Patent GB-2243316-A (GB)
Title: Drilling template for orthopaedic use
Inventor: HARTUNG BERND
IPC: A61B17/17
Filed: 1991-04-04
Abstract: The template consists of a basic body divided longitudinally into two parts 2, 3 with a series of guide bores 1 whose arrangement is identical with that of a bone plate to be used and whose inner diameters are adapted to the diameter of the bone screws. For the introduction of the bores into the bone, a drill bush is insertable into a selected guide bore 1. The two parts are held together by releasable connections which are removed after introduction of the bone screws and mounting of the plate fixer. The drilling template provides the exact positioning of the bone bores and the checking, during the screwing in of the bone screws with collars, of the position of the bearing surface in the correct plane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244457-A (GB)
Title: Print room control system
Inventor: ZINGHER ODED
IPC: B41F33/00
Filed: 1991-04-26
Abstract: A print room control system is proposed for a plurality of printing presses (1.1 - 1.n), the latter being connected to colour control systems (2.1 - 2.n) for ink feed control. The measurement data from the individual colour control systems (2.1 - 2.n) can be fed to a data-capture computer (4) via a master computer (3). The data-capture computer (4) is so devised as continuously to receive the current data obtained and convert the same to quality data. The quality data are displayed according to their information content on different zones of a monitor screen (5). The data-capture computer (4) continually updates the quality data display. Thus, the print room manager has available a tool by means of which he can supervise the quality situation of the printed products produced on the individual presses. In another aspect, provision is made to display not only the quality data of the individual presses but also the job progress for job progress control. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259761-A (GB)
Title: Smoke detector
Inventor: VARNEY PETER
IPC: G08B29/24
Filed: 1991-09-18
Abstract: A smoke detector has a chamber (12) through which air or another gaseous medium in which smoke or other particles to be detected flows along a flow path (14). A light source (16) emits a first part (18) of its light towards the flow path (14) and a second part (32) of its light directly towards the sensor (20). A light obscuring plunger (24) normally blocks direct light (32) from the sensor (20) which can thus only respond to light scattered by smoke or other particles. Periodically the plunger (24) is withdrawn so that the sensor (20) produces an output dependent on the light received directly from the source (16). The latter output can be used to adjust the light emitted by the source (160) to compensate for any degradation of the detector e.g. obscuration of the source or the sensor, or their respective windows. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250664-A (GB)
Title: Facsimile device
Inventor: KATO SADAMOTO
IPC: H04N1/32
Filed: 1991-11-19
Abstract: A main facsimile device 200 connected to a telephone line detects a call from a remote station and seizes the line even if it is short of paper, jammed or otherwise defective, and it only connects the telephone line to an external or substitute facsimile device 30 when it determines that the remote station desires to hold a facsimile communication. Thus functions available with the main facsimile device, e.g. an answering telephone function, remain useable even when its facsimile function is defective. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261848-A (GB)
Title: Printing plate adjustment on a printing press cylinder
Inventor: SAITOU SHIGETOSHI
IPC: B41F13/16
Filed: 1991-11-26
Abstract: A clamp (16, Fig. 2) holding one end of a spring-tensioned printing plate (10) and located in a cylinder groove (14) has a base 20 movable axially of the cylinder by a device 28 intermediate the cylinder ends and movable circumferentially by a device 30 adjacent each cylinder end in order to correctly register the plate. Electric motors 46, 74 operate movable members (38, 56, Figs. 4 to 6) of the devices 28, 30 through gearing 48, 76 which also operates position feed-back potentiometers 50, 78. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262057-A (GB)
Title: Press machine
Inventor: MORI NAOYUKI
IPC: H05K13/02
Filed: 1992-03-30
Abstract: A press machine comprises a holding plate (A) provided with a number of receiving holes at constant arrangement pitches and a pin head (10) having a number of press pins at the same arrangement pitches as the receiving holes. A portion provided with the receiving holes is in the form of a square, while a portion provided with the press pins is in the form of a rectangle, which has a width identical to that of the portion provided with the receiving holes and a depth half that of the portion provided with the receiving holes. The holding plate (A) is placed on a movable table (2) (set position), which in turn is moved to a first working position to insert a first group of chip type electronic components into the receiving holes provided in a first half region of the holding plate (A) by the press pins, and then moved to a second working position to press a second group of chip type electronic components into the receiving holes provided in a second half region of the holding plate (A) by the press pins. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259170-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: PARK HEECHOUL
IPC: G11C11/41
Filed: 1992-03-30
Abstract: Word line selection logic circuits 12 for a semiconductor memory device composed of a plurality of memory blocks (1, 2 Fig 1) are divided into groups of word line blocks 141-1432, and switches (Tc and T1-T32) are operated by an output signal from a block selection decoder (10) so as to activate a selected word line block. The switches are assigned to each block, and one of the word lines within the memory blocks is selected by supplying inverters I1-I16 of the activated word line block with an output signal from a row decoder (11) which ensures improvement in access time and high density. The logic circuits may employ NOR or NAND functions (Figs 3 and 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255099-A (GB)
Title: Road marking compositions
Inventor: DAY CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E01F9/04
Filed: 1992-04-03
Abstract: A road marking composition comprises a synthetic resin, glass beads and aggregate. At least 5% by weight of the glass beads are retained by a 1.18mm sieve. The resin may be a tall oil resin. The composition may further comprise a thixotropic agent, e.g. silica, clay or a fibrous material, extenders or fillers, pigments, plasticizers, aggregates and glass beads satisfying BS6088. The aggregate may be silica sand. The composition has improved retroreflectivity in wet conditions, and may be screeded or extruded onto the road surface.
Patent GB-2267937-A (GB)
Title: Lubricating railway tracks
Inventor: TWIGG CHRISTOPHER JAMES STUART
IPC: B61K3/00
Filed: 1992-06-05
Abstract: A lubricant distributing means for use on railway tracks comprises a lubricant delivery unit (2) arranged so as to deliver lubricant to a lubricant receiving space, and a strip brush element (4) having a plurality of bristles (10) adapted to hold lubricant between its bristles so that on flexure of the bristles lubricant is distributed onto adjacent parts of a rail head (6) and onto the flanges of wheels (41) of passing vehicles. Advantageously the bristles are arranged to be inclined to the vertical in the longitudinal direction of the rail-head and in one arrangement two brush elements are arranged parallel to one another and side by side. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275131-A (GB)
Title: Electrical fittings
Inventor: HARDING KIM
IPC: B44F9/04
Filed: 1993-01-15
Abstract: A substantially flat facia plate 12 for an electrical fitting such as a light switch or power socket is provided with at least one through aperture to accommodate an operative portion of the electrical fitting and is formed of a plastics material comprising polyester so formulated as to provide an opaque granite or like stone effect. Such an effect may be provided by using a plastics material comprising a locally discontinuous phase comprising a polyester resin portion hardened to a predetermined hardness and a visually distinguishable continuous phase comprising a polyester separately hardened to the predetermined hardness. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264583-A (GB)
Title: Data display radio pager
Inventor: KURODA MITSURU
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1993-02-26
Abstract: A radio pager including a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided with means for reducing the load on the LCD. As shown posts 6a are formed on the metal frame 6 that supports the LCD 2, a printed circuit board 3 and backlight 5. These posts extend across the whole width of the casing to support the casing parts 4a and 4b. Alternatively the load is reduced by an annular rubber member interposed between the metal frame and the LCD which member also seals against dust and other impurities. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265096-A (GB)
Title: Dust receptacle
Inventor: HILL RICHARD ANTHONY
IPC: A47L9/14
Filed: 1993-03-16
Abstract: A dust receptacle for a vacuum cleaner comprises a rigid wall of sintered polymer, e.g. polyethylene, with an outer protective cage 40 and a removable end cover 46. The rigid wall 10 comprises a tubular section, made by bending and welding a flat sheet, closed at the lower end by a flat panel 32 of the same material. The end cover also incorporates a panel 44 of the sintered polymer. Wall 10 includes a dust inlet (11) in the side. The receptacle is housed inside a casing on the handle of an upright cleaner, and when full the receptacle is removed, emptied, washed and replaced. The casing has a fan at the lower end which induces flow of dust-laden air into the receptacle (Fig. 7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277467-A (GB)
Title: Monitor stream-former
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN BRYAN
IPC: A62C31/02
Filed: 1993-04-30
Abstract: A device installed in a conduit of circular cross-section for inducing streamline flow in a fluid flowing in the conduit, comprises a cylindrical shell extending in the direction of flow of the fluid and having a radius substantially equal to the radius of the inner wall of the conduit, the shell comprising a plurality of elements each of which has an arcuate portion defining a section of the shell, and, adjoining thereto, a first radial fin having a maximum width in the radial direction which is from 0.3 to 0.95 of the radius of the inner wall of the conduit.
Patent GB-2268690-A (GB)
Title: Vaginal autosuture device
Inventor: GARCIA LOPEZ FRANCISCO
IPC: A61B17/42
Filed: 1993-07-14
Abstract: A vaginal autosuture device to treat urinary incontinence in women is disclosed. The device comprises an elongate body 10 having at one of its ends an extension at a specific angle to the horizontal axis of the body. The extension defines a head 11 through which and by means of actuating a manual control 13 a clamp is released or, in other embodiments, a threaded needle is turned. The clamp or threaded needle pass through the pare-urethral tissue and the cartilage of the symphysis pubica effecting a connection and lifting of the corresponding areas of the vagina located on both sides of the urethra thus avoiding urinary incontinence. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270688-A (GB)
Title: Pyrimidine compounds and intermediates therefor
Inventor: FITZJOHN STEVEN
IPC: C07D239/58
Filed: 1993-09-09
Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds of formula (I) having nematicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal and fungicidal properties, compositions comprising them and processes and intermediates for their preparation; wherein R<1> is -S(O)nCH2CH2CH=CF2; n is selected from 0, 1 and 2; R<2>, R<3>, and R<4> are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, haloalkynyloxy, haloalkylthio, haloalkenylthio, haloalkynylthio, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, -NR<5>R<6>, -NR<7>COR<8>, -NR<9>SO2R<10>, -N(SO2-R<11>)(SO2-R<12>), -COR<13>, -CONR<14>R<15>, -COOR<16>, -OCOR<17>, -OSO2R<18>, -SO2NR<19>R<20>, -SO2R<21>, -SOR<22>, -CSNR<23>R<24>, -SiR<25>R<26>R<27>, -OCH2CO2R<28>, -OCH2CH2CO2R<29>, -CONR<30>SO2R<31>, -SO2Z, or an adjacent pair of R<2>, R<3> and R<4> when taken together form a fused 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R<5>, R<6>, R<7>, R<8>, R<9>, R<10>, R<11>, R<12>, R<13>, R<14>, R<15>, R<16>, R<17>, R<18>, R<19>, R<20>, R<21>, R<22>, R<23>, R<24>, R<25>, R<26>, R<27>, R<28>, R<29>, R<30> and R<31> are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, optionallly substituted aryl and optionally substituted aryalkyl; and Z is halogen.
Patent GB-2276483-A (GB)
Title: A coin receiving and collecting device
Inventor: IBARROLA JESUS ECHAPARE
IPC: G07D3/04
Filed: 1994-03-14
Abstract: A coin receiving and collecting device includes a coin selector which defines an internal channel (1) Fig. 2 along which the coins (2) Fig. 1 travel and along the path of which are arranged sensors (5) for detecting the value and validity thereof, and a chamber (6) which externally abuts one of the walls of the channel (1), beyond the position of the sensors (5), and in which is coaxially housed a rotating wheel (7) driven by an electric motor, the wheel (7) and the chamber (6) defining independent compartments distributed around its circumference, each one large enough to house a coin of the maximum size which the selector can admit. A coin (2a) passing along channel (1) Fig. 2, may pass directly to a return channel or be deflected by a selectively operable gate (11) into a pocket of wheel (7) which then rotates. In the next position the coin may be permitted to fall from the wheel into the return channel by operation of gate 12 or may be carried further by the wheel to fall into a collection channel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289374-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic actuators
Inventor: LANE STEVEN ERNEST
IPC: H01H51/01
Filed: 1994-05-09
Abstract: The actuator includes a plunger rod 8 of non-magnetic material and a soft iron plunger sleeve 14. A spring 12 biases the plunger rod 8 away from a permanent magnet array 22 formed of a stack of discs. The number of discs is selected, together with the spring rate of the spring 12 and the form and winding of coil 20, to produce the required characteristics of the actuator. The plunger sleeve 14 has a stepped end face 16 serving to maximise magnetic flux by minimising gap reluctance during movement of the actuator to the closed position. Electrical actuation is effected by applying a pulse to the coil 20 to produce a magnetic flux in a direction augmenting or opposing that from the permanent magnet array 22. Manual operation of the actuator is effected by applying force to the plunger rod 18 in the appropriate direction either to overcome the magnetic flux from the permanent magnet array 22 or to overcome the spring 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291670-A (GB)
Title: A warning device for a vehicle
Inventor: ODIFA KUNLE
IPC: B60Q7/00
Filed: 1994-07-23
Abstract: A warning device for a vehicle 16 comprises a strip 10 of material with attachment means, such as a hook 12, attaching one end of the strip to a vehicle 16, the other end of the strip 10 being located at a position remote from the vehicle 16 so that the strip 10 provides a hazard warning. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284095-A (GB)
Title: Microwave component having tailored operating characteristics and method of tailoring
Inventor: KORNRUMPF WILLIAM PAUL
IPC: H01P5/18
Filed: 1991-04-04
Abstract: The electrical operating characteristics of a microwave circuit including e.g. inductor 420 are modified by providing a dielectric layer 430 over the circuit and a further layer of magnetic field modifying material (not shown) in a pattern which modifies the electrical characteristics of an overlay responsive portion of the circuit in a manner which results in the overall circuit having a desired electrical operating characteristic within a tolerance. Adjustment of the operating characteristics maybe done in an iterative manner of measuring the characteristics, modifying the distribution of magnetic material and remeasuring the operating characteristics until satisfactory operating characteristics are obtained. Alternatively, the operating characteristics may be adjusted in an interactive manner in which the circuit is provided with power and appropriate signals and its operating characteristics are monitored during the process of selectively removing magnetic material with the removal process being controlled in accordance with the current electrical operating characteristics and being terminated when a desired set of operating characteristics is obtained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291893-A (GB)
Title: Hair styling composition
Inventor: COOPER ELIZABETH CLAIRE
IPC: A61K8/895
Filed: 1994-07-29
Abstract: A hair styling composition in the form of an aqueous/alcoholic gel comprises a silicone-containing polycarboxylic acid copolymer having a vinyl polymeric backbone, and having grafted to the backbone a silicone-containing macromer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 50,000 and a neutralising system therefor comprising a tetra-C1-C6 alkyl ammonium base. The gel product has improved clarity and non-sticky in-use feel and demonstrates excellent hair styling benefits in addition to hair feel attributes and ease of brush out.
Patent GB-2283449-A (GB)
Title: Method for forming conductive bumps
Inventor: KAZUI SHINICHI
IPC: H01L21/48
Filed: 1994-10-26
Abstract: A flexible film-like member (13) has conductive metals (3a) filled in tapered holes (12) extending through the thickness and is positioned such that the holes (12) of the member face to respective pad patterns (5) on a circuit board (4). The conductive metals (3a) are then heated and fused so that they are joined and transferred to the pad patterns (5) on the circuit board (4), and the film-like member (13) is then removed by heating or is disolved in cleaning liquid. <IMAGE>