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Patent GB-2085506-A (GB)
Title: Insulated roof
IPC: E04C3/04
Filed: 1981-10-07
Abstract: A roof structure having a covering comprising an inner lining 26, an insulating intermediate layer 27 and an external cladding 29 which are superimposed upon one another and are supported on a structural framework of beams or purlins 1, incorporates support elements of channel section, said support elements having bearing surfaces 12 which engage the upper surfaces of the beams or purlins, a pair of outwardly directed flange portions 13 positioned below the bearing surface for supporting the inner lining and insulating layers, and a spacing portion 11 positioned above the bearing surfaces for supporting the external cladding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088353-A (GB)
Title: Antibiotic complex PR-1350 from Oidiodendron truncatum Barron
IPC: A23K20/195
Filed: 1981-11-11
Abstract: A mixture of closely related antibiotic substances designated PR-1350 are obtained by aerobically culturing Oidiodendron truncatum Barron. The mixture is a white amorphous powder, the dominant component having an empirical formula: C20H30O6. The substance is soluble in polar organic solvents, poorly soluble in water, and insoluble in saturated hydrocarbons. In ethanol, the ultra-violet absorption lambda <max> is at 230 nm (E<1%>1 cm=304). PR-1350 forms hemiacetals with alcohols e.g. methanol. The complex has bacteriocidal and anti-tumour activity, and may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and as a growth- promoting animal feedstuff additive.
Patent GB-2110268-A (GB)
Title: A shoring assembly for a trench or hole
Inventor: TREACY THOMAS PATRIK
IPC: E02D17/08
Filed: 1981-11-20
Abstract: A modification of the shoring assembly described in U.K. Specification No. 1 597 833 is disclosed. In the earlier construction the jack pawls engaged with successive teeth of the racks as the shoring sheets attached to racks (1) were raised and lowered. In order to minimise the requirement for removing soil from the racks (1), the jacks of the modified assembly each include a first ratchet assembly (16) carried by a jack body (8) fixedly secured to the jack base (3), and a second ratchet assembly (17) carried by a vertically slidable block (18) which can be raised by the foot (13) of a lifting assembly (10). During raising of the shoring sheets the block (18) is raised by the lifting assembly (10) with the pawl (30) of the second ratchet assembly (17) engaged with rack (1) until the foot (13) reaches its highest position. The foot (13) is then lowered to allow the block to fall as accommodated by overrunning of the pawl (30), the shoring sheets being held by the paw (41) of the second ratchet during lowering of the block. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2126042-A (GB)
Title: Direction finder system
Inventor: KLINK PAUL
IPC: G01S3/789
Filed: 1981-11-30
Abstract: A direction finder system which mechanically scans a scene by means of a tabular head 1 that is rotatable in a fixed carrier 2 and carries therewith means for detecting the scene and for producing a visible image which is received by a non-rotating receiver. In the preferred embodiment, the scene 6 is beamed through a window 7 onto a pivoting mirror 9 and is focussed by an infra-red lens 10 onto an optronic sensor such as a T.V. camera 11, the signals from which are processed in a unit 14 and modulate the intensity of light emitting diodes 15. The visible rays from the diodes pass through a lens 16 and an image erecting prism 17, or a pentaprism rotating at half the speed of the head, and out through an aperture 18'. An image pick up means, such as a T.V. camera 20, converts the light into electronic signals which are processed in a unit 21 and fed to the stationary observation system 22 where an electronic matching unit 22' processes the information so that it can be displayed on a monitor 23 and at the same time be evaluated in a computer. The invention may be applied to detection and imaging systems comprising a gas analyzing instrument, an acoustic vibration, a radio location instrument or combinations thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2097882-A (GB)
Title: Collet actuated ball and socket connector
IPC: F16L27/06
Filed: 1981-12-08
Abstract: A collet actuated ball and socket connector includes a ball coupling member 40 adapted for connection to the end of one of the pipes 16, and a retaining flange 48 freely disposed about the ball coupling member and engaging the outer surface of the member. A socket coupling member 20 adapted for connection to the end of the other pipe 14 is provided for accepting the ball coupling member and includes a metal sealing ring 26 for mating with the ball member. A collet locking means 90 is mounted about the outer periphery of the socket coupling member and extends generally axially therefrom for permitting insertion of the ball coupling member into mating engagement with the socket coupling member when the collet means is open. Actuating means 102 is provided for closing the collet means to engage the retaining flange and lock the ball and socket coupling members together in a sealed, rigid relationship. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2115135-A (GB)
Title: Thermal storage panel for storing solar energy
Inventor: PELLEGRINI GIOVANNI
IPC: F24J2/04
Filed: 1982-02-15
Abstract: The thermal storage panel is formed with sealed hollow hemispheres (2) containing as a storage medium (4) a substance which undergoes a reversible chemical reaction or a reversible phase transformation at a temperature substantially above room temperature. The panel may be constructed as a window blind or a folding shutter or a rigid shutter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2105006-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly for tanks
Inventor: POPKEN HERMANN
IPC: F16K27/07
Filed: 1982-03-22
Abstract: A valve assembly suitable for emptying tanks, especially for tank wagons, has a closing spring which consists either of a tension spring (46) or of a compression spring and is installed under prestress without a separate abutment and which stresses the valve disc (24) and is the only part of the installed arrangement to project into the tank interior. The upper spring end is drawn down integrally to the lower spring end. One of the engagement ends of the spring which project somewhat from the lower spring end is fixed, at the side of the valve seat (18), to the flange (12) of the connecting pipe (14) of the valve assembly, whilst the other engagement end of the spring (46) presses on the valve disc (24) with the set prestressing force. The valve is opened by actuator (30) acting through rod (40). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2118015-A (GB)
Title: Pet accommodation
Inventor: GATH RONALD
IPC: A47C13/00
Filed: 1982-04-08
Abstract: A receptacle for accommodation of a pet, particularly a cat or dog, is incorporated in an article of domestic seating furniture. In one embodiment, the article of furniture comprises a box structure body (1) supporting a seating cushion (7) and having a side opening (5) to provide access to the interior of the body for the pet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2097837-A (GB)
Title: Building components
IPC: E04C3/36
Filed: 1982-04-29
Abstract: The invention relates to building components (10) for example studs for supporting wall boards, comprising a three dimensional non planar body made of a plaster-resin mixture, with a fibrous sheet (13) embedded near the surface. Such components can also be used, for example, as ceiling panels or acoustic tiles, for which purposes they may be of hollow or channel form, and be filled with fibrous or other porous material. Components according to the invention have excellent fire- resistant properties. Such components can be made by, for example, introducing a plaster-resin slurry into a mould lined with fibrous sheets, and allowing the slurry to set, or they may be made continuously by, for example, passing the slurry and sheets through one or more suitably profiled conveyors, vibration being employed to cause the slurry to penetrate through the sheets. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112620-A (GB)
Title: A feedstuff for animals, especially dogs
Inventor: OCKENS NIELS WERNER FRITZ
IPC: A23K10/26
Filed: 1982-05-11
Abstract: Feedstuff, especially for dogs, contains hydrolyzed feather meal, preferably in an amount from about 20 to about 30% by weight, calculated on the total weight of the feedstuff, as well as common feedstuff ingredients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, minerals, and vitamins. Hydrolized feather meal is prepared by autoclaving e.g. waste feathers at a pressure of 3 atmospheres for 30 minutes. By using hydrolyzed feather meal in feedstuffs for animals, there is achieved a sufficient degree of satiety without an increase in weight. In addition to the weight adjusting capacity, the product has a favourable effect upon the skin; above all, it eliminates disturbing shedding. Moreover, the product has a good dietetic effect upon the intestinal function, particularly among dogs which are predisposed to constipation.
Patent GB-2108733-A (GB)
Title: Capacitor charging apparatus
Inventor: SUZUKI SEIICHI
IPC: H02M9/04
Filed: 1982-09-21
Abstract: A capacitor charging apparatus suitable for use in portable electrical apparatus such as a laser knife or a defibrillator comprises means 4 for setting a required charging voltage level for a capacitor 1, a circuit 7 for comparing the setpoint with the actual capacitor voltage, and a pulse- width modulator 16 for converting d-c current from a battery into pulse current in response to the results of the comparison. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2128001-A (GB)
Title: Sheet counting machine
Inventor: TAYLOR DEREK VERNON
IPC: G06M9/02
Filed: 1982-09-23
Abstract: Relates to a sheet counting machine having a counting device (16) for counting the sheets on a corner of a stack including an oscillatable blade (16b) for engaging in the corner having a vacuum port (16c) on one side to draw a sheet on to the blade and a pin driven around the blade to transfer the sheet from one side of the blade to the other. In order to de-energise the vacuum pump (40) which draws vacuum at the port in the blade when the top of the stack has been reached, a vacuum switch is provided which detects vacuum between the vacuum pump and the port in the blade to de-energise the pump when the vacuum falls and remains below a pre-set level for a predetermined time interval. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116544-A (GB)
Title: Cyclohexanone derivatives
Inventor: IWATAKI ISAO
IPC: A01N37/06
Filed: 1982-12-23
Abstract: A compound having the general formula   <IMAGE> wherein R1 is alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 is alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, allyl, propargyl or haloalkenyl, and A is selected from the group consisting of   <IMAGE> wherein R3 is -SO2R6 group,   <IMAGE> group, R4 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or halophenyl, R5 is alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, X is oxygen or sulfur, and n is 0 or 1, wherein R6 is alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, haloalkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or propenyl, R7 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R8 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, propenyl or methoxy, R9 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, haloalkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, propenyl or phenyl substituted with methyl, and Y and Z are oxygen or sulfur.
Patent GB-2133384-A (GB)
Title: Liquid dispensing apparatus
Inventor: VINER DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: G01F11/32
Filed: 1983-01-13
Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing measured quantities of wine from a bag into a glass employs a conventional dispenser of the kind used for spirits with its measuring chamber (10) connected to the valve-controlled outlet of the bag through a tubular chamber (11) secured in liquid-tight manner at its upper and lower ends to a delivery tube (2) at the bag outlet and to the inlet (9) of the measuring chamber respectively and serving to improve the flow of air between the measuring chamber and the interior of the bag by increasing the distance between the bag outlet and the measuring chamber. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2118733-A (GB)
Title: Light gating methods and apparatus
Inventor: SAMEK NORBERT ERIK
IPC: G02F1/03
Filed: 1983-02-22
Abstract: A light gate structure 10 including an electrooptically active light gate material, is divided into a plurality of light gate regions 12, each of which is subdivided into two or more (four are shown in the figure) subgate regions 13, 14 which are driven simultaneously while the light gate regions are driven independently, by for example applying differing potentials to terminals 16. The subdivision of light gate regions substantially reduces driving voltage requirements. A common electrode 26, 27 may serpentine between adjacent sides of the substrate 21 increasing the space available for terminals 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2119832-A (GB)
Title: Mine stopping and method of and jack for installing same
Inventor: KENNEDY JOHN M
IPC: E21F17/103
Filed: 1983-03-10
Abstract: A mine stopping comprising a plurality of elongate panels 7 adapted to extend vertically in side-by-side relation from the floor to the roof of a passageway in a mine. Each panel comprises a first elongate member 13 constituting the lower member of the panel and second elongate member 17 constituting the upper member of the panel, each member having a web and flanges at opposite sides of the web, one of the members having a telescoping sliding fit in the other. The upper member of each panel has a head at its upper end and a sealing member held in the head extending up out of the upper end of the upper member for engagement with the roof, the head being supported on the panel with the ends of the head spaced from the flanges of the upper member. The lower member of each panel has a foot at its lower end, the foot being secured to the lower panel member with the ends of the foot spaced from the side flanges thereof. The spacing of the ends of the head and ends of the foot from the side flanges of the panel members permits the side flanges to move toward one another to preserve the integrity of the stopping on relative lateral movement of the ribs toward one another. And a method of and jack for installing the mine stopping. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146770-A (GB)
Title: Device for determining liquid volume
Inventor: CORNICK DAVID HENRY
IPC: G01F23/296
Filed: 1983-09-17
Abstract: A device for determining the volume of liquid in a vessel comprises a vibrator (5) to vibrate the vessel (1) and contents (2) at its natural frequency, a sensor (3) to detect the resulting vibrations and to deliver a signal dependent upon the frequency of those vibrations, a source of a second signal (10) at a predetermined fixed reference frequency higher than that of the first signal, counting means (9, 11) for comparing the two signals and presenting in digital form the number of cycles of the reference frequency equal to one (or more) cycles of the first signal frequency, and calculator means e.g. a computer to derive therefrom a measure of the volume of liquid in the vessel. The invention also includes a method for measuring the volume of liquid in a vessel, for which method the above device may be used. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150047-A (GB)
Title: Spray device
Inventor: BARNETT GORDON RON
IPC: B05B3/10
Filed: 1983-11-26
Abstract: A spray device for spraying plants has a spinning inverted cone (20). The liquid to be sprayed is introduced at the vertex (28) of the cone, travels up the internal cone wall under the influence of centrifugal force and leaves the top edge (30) of the cone in the form of droplets. In order to control the spray pattern, an area of low pressure (34) is created below the cone, thus drawing the droplets towards the cone axis. This is done by mounting a fan (32) coaxially below the cone so that air is drawn from above the fan to create a low pressure area. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2136557-A (GB)
Title: Flare for high velocity gas
Inventor: COULTHARD LESLIE MICHAEL FRASE
IPC: F23G7/08
Filed: 1984-03-15
Abstract: Flare for and method of flaring high velocity (sonic order) gas involves burning (at outlets 114) a low pressure, low velocity gas to produce a flame large enough and energetic enough the establish continuous ignition of the main sonic gas flare from pipe 110, so preventing blow out following a large degree of flare lift-off. The low pressure gas is typically released at less than half sonic velocity and may be derived (111) from the high velocity flare (eg. as 5-10% by volume), from a separate source or from both. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2142549-A (GB)
Title: Evaporation and distillation apparatus utilizing inert gas
Inventor: KURI SETSUYA
IPC: B01D1/00
Filed: 1984-05-14
Abstract: An evaporation and distillation apparatus for recovering a low-boiling-point fraction of distillate from a liquid containing a plurality of components comprises a heating mechanism to heat the liquid, a blowing mechanism for blowing an inert gas into the liquid and evaporating a low-boiling-point fraction together with the inert gas, an inert gas withdrawal mechanism arranged in the upper portion of the apparatus to withdraw the inert gas containing the low-boiling-point fraction, an insert gas circulating mechanism arranged to connect the inert gas withdrawal mechanism, and a low-boiling-point fraction recovery mechanism arranged in the circulating mechanism to cool and condense the low-boiling-point fraction. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146212-A (GB)
Title: Agricultural implements
Inventor: VAN DER LELY CORNELIS
IPC: A01B59/06
Filed: 1984-08-29
Abstract: An agricultural implement, such as a soil cultivating implement which comprises a row of rotary soil working members 3 that extends substantially horizontally perpendicular to the intended direction of operative travel of the implement, has a coupling frame 6 defining an upper coupling point 8 and two horizontally spaced apart lower coupling points 7 arranged for co-operation with a three-point lifting device or hitch at the rear of an agricultural tractor or other operating vehicle. The upper coupling point 8 comprises two parallel and spaced plates 12 mounted mid-way along the top of an elongate hollow carrier or main frame beam 9 of the coupling frame 6 which carrier 9 is of square cross-section. Two substantially vertically descending supporting frame parts 11 at the front and sides of the coupling frame 6 and separate supporting frame parts 28 at the rear thereof interconnect opposite ends regions of the carrier 9 and the top of a hollow frame portion 1 of the implement, the supporting frame parts 11 and the separate supporting frame parts 28 all being wholly or principally formed from folded plates and the releasable connections therebetween being afforded by bolts 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164467-A (GB)
Title: Device for regulating the inclination of the temples with respect to the front part of a spectacle frame
Inventor: NANNINI GIORGIO
IPC: G02C5/22
Filed: 1984-09-10
Abstract: A device for regulating the inclination of the temples with respect to the front of a spectacle frame, comprising a hinge element 4 pivoted to the front 1 about an axis, fixed with respect to it, the hinge element 4 being provided with a cavity 5 of elongated form; a first truncated conical projecting pin 6 disposed within the cavity 5 and connectable at a part of its truncated conical outer surface to a complementary connection seating 8 (Fig. 2) formed in the cavity 5, so that the axis of the pin 6 is substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis; and a second truncated conical projecting pin 7 disposed within a widening 9 of the cavity 5 with a certain play, the second pin 7 being positioned with respect to the cavity 5 through the combined action of two parallel adjusting and locking screws 10 and 11 screwed into threaded holes in the hinge element 4 and acting, by means of their ends 20 and 21, on two parts of the truncated conical surface of the second pin 7 which are disposed on two opposite sides with respect to the common plane containing the axes of the first and second pins 6 and 7. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152169-A (GB)
Title: Pipe coupling
Inventor: FRACCHIA UMBERTO
IPC: F16L27/047
Filed: 1984-11-21
Abstract: A connecting union for pipes, taps, valves, hydraulic equipment capable of compensating for assembly errors in concentricity and connection distance, has a connecting body 4 with a part-spherical surface 4a that may be tightened up against an opening 5 of another component 1 by means of a ring nut 6, the union also having, at its other end, a threaded portion 10 with a reusable sealing ring 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153042-A (GB)
Title: Vibration isolating using a bi-phase fluid
Inventor: SCHUBERT DALE W
IPC: F16F15/027
Filed: 1984-11-27
Abstract: A fluidic vibration isolator has an inverted flower-pot-shaped casing 16 clamped to a base member 12. The casing has an annular rim depending from the top to which the outside edge of an annular diaphragm 24 is clamped. The inside edge of the diaphragm is clamped to a load support member 21 formed with a tapered recess 22. A supported member 15 has a depending stem 23 that rests in the bottom of the recess. The closed chamber inside the casing contains dichlorotetrafluoroethane in the liquid state at the bottom with heating resistors 35. The supported member has a depending shutter 31 that allows electromagnetic energy to energize a photocell 33 when the supported member descends to a predetermined level to cause the delivery of electrical energy to the heating resistors. The vapour pressure in the chamber is increased and the supported load is raised to a predetermined height. The arrangement of stem 23, recess 22 and diaphragm 24 enables the load support member 21 to rock angularly, translate laterally and exhibit pendulum motion. The tip of the member 21 dips into the liquid phase to provide radial damping. Axial movement is accompanied by changes between liquid and vapour states, with resultant energy dissipation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2167908-A (GB)
Title: A ribbed sheet-metal frame for rotary electrical machines
Inventor: HAMRLA JIRI
IPC: H02K5/18
Filed: 1984-11-30
Abstract: The curved part 1 of the frame is a bent steel sheet on which cooling ribs 2 are formed by compressed folds of the sheet. The curved part 1 is formed by a prismatic surface having n lateral faces, n signifying the number of cooling ribs 2 arranged on lateral edges of the prismatic surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155504-A (GB)
Title: Striping device
Inventor: FUCIK MILAN
IPC: D04B15/60
Filed: 1985-03-04
Abstract: A striping device of a circular knitting machine for the production of hosiery and the like goods. comprises yarn guides (1-5) and a cutting device (8) to cut and clamp the yarns, controlled by a system of control cams (111-115, 121-125) racked by pawls (161-165) mounted on a pivotable racking lever (17). To each pawl (161-165) is assigned an independent blocking element (211-215) being controlled by the control device of the machine, while all the blocking elements (211-215) control an element (260<1>) which is arranged to release the racking lever (19) from a blocked position to undertake intermittent, reciprocal pivoting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180275-A (GB)
Title: Spacer device for reinforcement within concrete structures
Inventor: LOA
IPC: E04C5/20
Filed: 1985-06-11
Abstract: An integral moulded PVC spacer rests at its undulations upon parallel concrete reinforcing rods and carried clasped within ribbed portions of jaws on arms a further such rod which is thereby accurately placed and immobilised in relation to the underlying rods to improve the characteristics of the eventual concrete structure poured over and reinforced by the assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180464-A (GB)
Title: Gas-solid phase reactions and apparatus therefor
Inventor: LEE ANTHONY
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1985-09-18
Abstract: Gas-solid phase reactions, particularly hydrogenation of carbonaceous materials, can be effected in apparatus comprising a reaction chamber 1 arranged and adapted to define an endless, preferably substantially horizontal path, at least a portion of which is circular. The apparatus also includes inlet means 4 for introducing reactants into the chamber, the inlet being preferably located such that the reactants entering the chamber follow a path which is tangential to the circularly moving reactants within the chamber. <IMAGE>