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Patent GB-2228953-A (GB)
Title: Stabilising joint strip for pavement
Inventor: APPLEBY GEORGE
IPC: E01C5/00
Filed: 1989-01-27
Abstract: A stabilising joint strip for pavement is made of slightly flexible non-degradable thermo-plastic material which may be reclaimed scrap, for example polyvinyl chloride. The strip is of generally inverted T section so that, during laying of the slabs, the flanges can be inserted beneath the edges of adjacent slabs. The lower face of the device may be convex, concave, triangular or flat. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235281-A (GB)
Title: Ventilating glass-walled structures
Inventor: HAWTHORNTHWAITE ANTHONY
IPC: F24F7/02
Filed: 1989-02-11
Abstract: A conservatory or like structure has a thermostatically-controlled fan 6 mounted through a channel-section roof ridge beam. The beam has a pair of outwardly and downwardly directed mounting plates 12, 14 on each side thereof, for securement of roof struts 16. A cover piece 4 on the beam has outwardly and downwardly directed sides 28. Air drawn through the fan must travel downwardly along passageways defined beneath the cover plates to the external atmosphere. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221601-A (GB)
Title: Container blanks and containers
Inventor: JOHNSON DAVID BRIAN
IPC: A01G9/10
Filed: 1987-11-19
Abstract: A container blank (1) for erection to form a container unit comprising one or more compartments (10) which preferably are open-topped, comprises a pair of opposed edge regions (14), a central region (12) and a pair of intermediate regions (13) each lying between a respective edge region and the central region, the central region comprising at least one raised land connected to the intermediate regions by upstanding wall members (17), each edge region comprising a plurality of transversely lying, upstanding wall members (15) so disposed that wall members of one edge region run generally in line with corresponding wall members of the other edge region, whereby said edge regions and intermediate regions may be erected on either side of said central region so that the intermediate regions each overlie a respective wall member of the central region and such that said edge regions define walls of one or more compartments (10) arranged in one or more rows for which the central region defines at least the or each base, wall members of one edge region approaching (optionally meeting) respective corresponding wall members of the opposite edge region over the raised land of the central region.
Patent GB-2219500-A (GB)
Title: A sprinkler for stationary fire-extinguishing systems
Inventor: KLEIN WILFRIED
IPC: A62C37/14
Filed: 1989-06-02
Abstract: A sprinkler for a stationary fire-extinguishing system and including a triggering element is described. The triggering element which is constructed as a glass bulb 11 is at least supported on a sealing member 13 of the sprinkler via a heat- insulating component 12, made from a corrosion-resistant material of high strength and low heat conductivity and also great heat absorption but low heat storage capacities, said component having a low mass and a large surface area and a small cross-section in the direction of the flow of heat. The demands made on sprinklers for stationary fire-extinguishing systems are such that increasingly shorter triggering times are demanded in order to be able to fight fires more quickly and more effectively. The triggering device is intended to have such a short triggering time that the response thereof in case of fire takes place as exactly as possible at a predetermined triggering temperature. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2220890-A (GB)
Title: Binder
Inventor: BOWN DAVID ROGER
IPC: B42F13/00
Filed: 1989-06-09
Abstract: A binder comprises a rigid front cover (2) integrally moulded along a hinge joint (3) to a rigid spine (4) integrally moulded along another hinge joint (5) to a rigid back cover (6) all of synthetic plastics material, the spine (4) being provided at its inner surface (7) with a retention or holding system for the contents. Each cover (2, 6), adjacent the perimeter thereof and on its inner surface (11, 12) is provided with an integrally moulded, upstanding flange (13, 14) with the three portions (13A, 13B and 13C) of one flange (13) being adapted to cooperate with the three portions (14A, 14B and 14C) of the other flange (14) in the closed position of the binder such that, together with the closure provided by the spine (4), the binder in its closed position is closed-off on all four sides, one part (23) of a retaining catch (22) carried by cover (2) engages with another part (24) of the catch carried by the other cover (6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234070-A (GB)
Title: Analysis of performance during an exercise activity
Inventor: SCARISBRICK ANTHONY ALEXANDER
IPC: A63B24/00
Filed: 1989-06-12
Abstract: A system (1) for analysing and providing an indication of human or animal performance during an exercise activity comprising means (4a-d) for monitoring performance parameters, electronic processing means (2) for analysing the monitored parameters and indicating means (5) for providing a continually updated real-time indication of performance dependent on the analysis by the electronic processing means, wherein the monitoring means (4a-d) monitor throughout the performance of the activity the interaction between at least one part of the performer's body and at least one contact surface. The monitoring means may comprise four piezoelectric force transducers mounted in a shoe or on a reaction surface, or an accelerometer on a waist belt. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234113-A (GB)
Title: Push button switch
Inventor: MIYATA MUNEYOSHI
IPC: H01H11/00
Filed: 1989-06-23
Abstract: A push button switch comprising a body 1a, a cover 1b, a push button 2 a diaphragm type movable contact 3, fixed contacts 4 and terminals 4a, casing body 1a and cover 1b, (or the casing body, cover and push button (Figs 2A-2E), or the casing body and cover formed with a flexible and/or elastic push button section (Figs. 4A, B) are concurrently formed by monolithic moulding and are integrally connected to each other through a hinge section 6. Alternative forms of flexible/ elastic push button sections are detailed (a thin walled periphery (2b) (Figs 5A, B); a corrugated periphery (Figs 6A, B); a webbed periphery (Figs 7A, B)). In (Fig 2E) button section (2a) is at the centre of a support section having a spiral spring-like shape: or may be supported by a bridge (2d) to section (2b) (Fig. 3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233315-A (GB)
Title: Container spout
Inventor: ARIS ROBERT JOHN
IPC: B29C65/08
Filed: 1989-06-29
Abstract: A liquid or powder-containing carton has a discharge spout 13 and a membrane 17 which initially prevents the contents from escaping but is relatively readily removed by the end-user without the end-user having to penetrate the carton wall by means of a pull-tab 19. A cap 21 is provided for re-closing the spout 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233547-A (GB)
Title: Portable barbeque
Inventor: JENKINS NICHOLAS WARD
IPC: A47J37/07
Filed: 1989-07-15
Abstract: A portable barbeque which has a large capacity in relation to the overall size of the portable unit, comprises two complementary open hollow vessels (11 and 12), such that when the openings of the vessels are placed together the vessels form a closed container. Means (16,17, 31, 32) are provided for holding the vessels together in a closed condition. Support cradles (18) are provided for supporting the vessels side by side in an open condition with their openings facing upward. An air permeable coal support (21) for each vessel is arranged to be positioned within its respective vessel (11 or 12) with space thereunder. A food support grill (27) for each vessel is carried on grill supports 24 adapted to support the grill (27) above its respective vessel. The coal supports (21), grills (27) and grill supports (24) can be stored within the container formed by the two vessels (11 and 12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228465-A (GB)
Title: Attaching handles to containers
Inventor: RUTHERFORD DEREK ARNOLD
IPC: B29C65/58
Filed: 1990-02-07
Abstract: A plastics container handle is formed from a strip (12) having at each end thereof a separately moulded button (14) fitting through an aperture in the strip and welded thereto. Each button (14) is adapted for snap-in connection in an indentation (28) in a wall (26) of a container (40). The handle can be formed automatically in sequence at successive work stations (32-38) of a machine above a conveyor line for the containers (40). At successive work stations (42-48) the handle can be automatically fitted to a respective container and subsequently passed through stacking and unloading locations. The strip (12) is formed by cropping to size a moulded or extruded strip and then piercing respective ends of the strip. The welding of the buttons to the strip may be by spin welding, ultrasonic welding, friction welding or hot plate welding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242066-A (GB)
Title: Varistors
Inventor: COWMAN STEPHEN P
IPC: H01C1/148
Filed: 1990-03-16
Abstract: A multilayer varistor 1 has alternating layers of ceramic material 2 and electrode material 3. The layers are interleaved with each ceramic material layer 2 sandwiched between two electrode material layers 3. One end portion of each electrode layer 3 extends to an end face of the varistor 1 where it is in electrical contact with an end terminal 6 of the varistor. The other end of the layer is spaced by ceramic material 5 from the opposite end terminal of the varistor. Thus alternate electrode material layers are in electrical communication with one and the other end terminal 6 of the varistor unit. The ceramic material layer 2 between each two electrode layers 3 preferably has a thickness dimension less than 30 microns, and it may be formed by deposition of a powder suspension and subsequent heat treatment to provide a dense continuum of ceramic material of low porosity. In modifications the varistor is cylindrical or disc shaped. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229725-A (GB)
Title: Enhancement of neutralising antibody activity
Inventor: SKINNER GORDON ROBERT BRUCE
IPC: A61K35/38
Filed: 1990-03-23
Abstract: Neutralising antibody activity is enhanced by exposure of the antibody to an enhancing factor comprising or extracted from human or animal saliva or an enzyme for the digestion of carbohydrates which is not inimical to the neutralising antibody, for example amylase or lysozyme, in an antibody activity enhancing amount.
Patent GB-2230418-A (GB)
Title: Dietary supplement
Inventor: POWELL PETER COLIN
IPC: A23L33/15
Filed: 1990-04-02
Abstract: A health supplement for humans or animals comprises Co Enzyme Q10 and L-carnitine. Typically the health supplement will comprise Co Enzyme Q10, L-carnitine, and for each 100 parts by weight (pbw) of L-carnitine,  Niacin     25-90 pbw  Pantothenic acid     10-80 pbw Vitamin B6 Group     20-80 pbw e
Patent GB-2239381-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for stimulating plant growth
Inventor: DEMARCO JEFFREY J
IPC: A01G9/16
Filed: 1990-06-25
Abstract: A housing for growing plants under controlled conditions is defined by a base 14, walls 28 and a cap 16, and fluorescent lamps 20 are supported by means engaging in wall recesses 48. The support means is of a flexible material and formed with a stem 50, clips 52 extending from one side of the stem for embracing the light, and a head 54 extending from another side of the stem and engageable in the recess. Shaped arms 56, 58 extend from the head and bias their feet 68, 70 into retaining engagement in the recess. At least one of the head and feet are received in the recess with a small tolerance in a direction orthogonal to the length L of the recess. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245481-A (GB)
Title: Paint roller cleaning device
Inventor: TUNKIN RONALD EDWARD
IPC: B44D3/00
Filed: 1990-06-27
Abstract: The device includes a cylindrical housing (2) and an end cap (3) which contains a motor driven shaft (6). A drive head (8) has a number of projecting fins (12) for engagement with the free end of a paint roller (R). The opposite end of the housing has a two-part closure member (20) which contains a generally T-shaped opening (25) formed in the two parts of the closure for receiving the handle (F) of the paint roller. Drain passages (29 and 30) allow the housing to be filled with liquid and drained via the opening (25).
Patent GB-2249088-A (GB)
Title: Hollow sphere or foam containing an internal coating and vacuum
Inventor: SHEARN D B
IPC: C03B19/10
Filed: 1990-10-03
Abstract: Hollow spheres or a foam can be produced by blowing a material, such as a molten glass, with a gaseous agent that subsequently condenses, such as zinc metal, to form an internal coating and a vacuum. Large quantities of spheres or foam may be produced by a continuous process, as indicated in Figure 1, whereby the material to be blown (4) is deposited as a film on the inside surface of a porous ceramic structure (2), whilst a blowing agent (8) forces the material into the open structure where it is trapped by subsequent layers of applied material. The material/blowing agent mass is forced through the structure and emerges where it may be finally processed by solidification of the material and blowing agent to give the desired foam or spheres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-910607-A (GB)
IPC: H01J41/20
Abstract: 910,607. Discharge apparatus. VARIAN ASSOCIATES. July 23, 1959 [Aug. 1, 1958], No. 25376/59. Class 39 (1). A getter pump has a central chamber and a plurality of outer chambers extending radially from and communicating with the central chamber, each outer chamber having anode and cathode electrodes, a glow discharge being produced between the anodes and cathodes. There may be four outer rectangular chambers and one central rectangular chamber, or, as shown in the modified embodiment of Fig. 8, a circular inner chamber and a large number of rectangular outer chambers. Each outer chamber contains two plate cathodes 14, Fig. 7, and a cellular Ti Sheet anode 17, the cathodes 14 being insulated from the anode 17 by four conical ceramic insulators 21. The cathode plates are Ti or Tr or of Mo, W, Ta, Nb, Fe, Cr, Ni, Ba, Al, Tb, Mg, Ca, Sr and other transition elements of the IV, V and VI groups of the Periodic Table and also the rare earths. Each pair of cathode plates 14 and anode 17 forms a sub-assembly termed a pumping canister which is removable and replaceable as a unit. The unit also comprises rectangular end blocks 13 of stainless steel, the cathode plates 14 having longitudinal slots at their upper ends which slidably receive pins 16 carried from end block 13 to allow for thermal expansion. The envelope, is of steel plate with end walls of stainless steel. Two spacers 24 of Ti interconnect the two cathode plates 14. Rectangular stainless steel guide tabs 25 are attached to guide retainers (not shown) to hold the canisters within the outer lesser chambers. The anode copper lead strips are brought out through hollow cylindrical insulators and the anode 17 has a rectangular frame 18 of stainless steel straps. The cathode plates 14 are grounded to the envelope through the end blocks 13 and guide tabs 28. Magnetic fields perpendicular to the cathode plates are produced by stacks of rectangular permanent magnets 35, F104, of Ni-Al steel secured to iron polepieces 37 (plates) and a square-sectioned iron rod 38 by bolts 36. In a modification, Fig. 3A (not shown), the permanent magnets are longer and disposed at the outer extremities of the polepieces. In both embodiments the magnetic circuit is carried by rectangular end spacer plates, Fig. 1 (not shown), of stainless steel having stainless steel retainer plates also rectangular. In the modified embodiment of Fig. 8, sector-shaped permanent magnets 43 interleaved between the outer chambers have clamping studs 44 with nuts. The getter pump produces a high vacuum in vacuum tubes, linear accelerators and electron microscopes. Prior art constructions having a plurality of cellular anode members interleaved with cathode plates and a solenoid or permanent magnet or one cellular anode between two cathode plates are referred to. Specification 910,608 is referred to.
Patent GB-2257611-A (GB)
Title: Surgical slipper.
Inventor: LOGAN R ERNEST FERGUS
IPC: A01L9/00
Filed: 1991-05-23
Abstract: A surgical slipper for the treatment of lameness in cows comprises a claw shaped plastic container 1 and 2 which is intergrally moulded with a sole or wearing surface which has a smooth inner part 3 and a lattice patterned outer part 4. In practice the slipper is fitted to an undiseased claw so as to elevate the diseased claw off the ground but in severe cases where the diseased claw needs further help, other than isolation, it can also be fitted with a slipper. In all cases the slipper is fixed to the claw by insitu-foaming of polyurethane "aerosol" single pack foam into the slipper and immediately applying the slipper to the clean wetted claw. When the slipper has been fixed to a diseased claw the sole part 4 can be punched into a hole at 5 and some foam removed, in order to produce a drainage hole. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253575-A (GB)
Title: Screw press feed system
Inventor: MOORE SIMON
IPC: B30B9/12
Filed: 1991-05-30
Abstract: A submerged pump 2 pumps farm slurry from a pit 1 to a screw press 3 which separates solid and liquid fractions. The pump outlet is divided, so that only part of the slurry flows up line 6 to the press, while the rest is recycled directly back into the pit to effect mixing of the pit contents. A valve 8, comprising an annular bladder inflatable by a remote hand pump 11, controls the flow of the recycled fraction and thus indirectly controls the flow to the press. The press outlet has a counterweighted door 23. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245202-A (GB)
Title: A vice
Inventor: IZUMI MITUO
IPC: B25B1/12
Filed: 1991-06-19
Abstract: A pair of end blocks 3, 4 are disposed at both ends of a bar-shaped and block-shaped base 1 in such a manner that a distance between them can be adjusted, and a wedge 5 installed between the blocks 3, 4 is devised to be fastened to the base side. The wedge 5 is provided with clamping block(s) 7 so than workpiece(s) (W) can be clamped between the end blocks 3,4 and the clamping block(s) 7 by fastening the wedge 5. One or both end blocks 3, 4, the wedge 5 and the clamping block(s) 7 have respective connecting members 13 to 17 of inverted T cross-section in a corresponding longitudinal channel in the base 1. The end block(s) have transverse serrations 50, 51 to locate them on the base end(s). Spring return of the clamping block(s) 7 is by bodies 18 in the channel with longitudinal springs 27 acting on the block connectors 17. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257857-A (GB)
Title: Mobile radio receiver
Inventor: LO KEVIN CHUNG-PING
IPC: H03J1/00
Filed: 1991-07-03
Abstract: A radio receiver for receiving a relatively small number of broadcast channels each from a relatively small number of different transmitters, comprising a user control corresponding to each broadcast channel and designated accordingly, a non-volatile pro-programmed memory storing particulars of each different transmitter corresponding to a particular broadcast channel, and a switching mechanism responsive to the strength of the received broadcast signal for switching reception from one transmitter to another transmitter broadcasting the same programme. The switching mechanism takes periodic sample readings of the signal level and compares the level to a predetermined level, and makes switching decisions based on the result of the comparison. The radio receiver is useful in vehicles which move within a relatively confined geographic area.
Patent GB-2246333-A (GB)
Title: Motorcycle security device
Inventor: SCOTT GRAHAM FRANK
IPC: B62H5/00
Filed: 1991-07-09
Abstract: A device for securing a motorcycle against theft or illicit use comprises a rigid body (33) for securing to a lower frame member (31) of the motorcycle. The body extends fixedly and downwardly into a position in which a pivoted centre or side stand (36) of the motorcycle may be detachably secured to it with a padlock 40, when the stand is in its operative position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258750-A (GB)
Title: Flourescent tube illuminated display sign.
Inventor: HEATON ALAN
IPC: G09F13/26
Filed: 1991-07-27
Abstract: An illuminated display sign comprising a translucent display panel 24, at least one fluorescent tube 16, 22 spaced from a rear face of the display panel, and a light screen formed on the rear face of the display panel adjacent each fluorescent tube and arranged to screen the light emitted therefrom in order to produce gradient free illumination of the display panel, each light screen comprising a central axis of high opacity (31, Figure 2) surrounded by a peripheral area of lower opacity (34), the opacity of the peripheral area diminishing as a function of the distance from the central area, the central area being elongate extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluorescent tube, the central axis terminating inboard from opposite ends of the tube so as to extend from the majority of the length of the tube. Suitably, each screen comprises a series of clusters of material, each cluster being in the form of a group of progressively increasing radii located around a solid centre, the solid centre of adjacent clusters forming the central area (31) and the concentric rings of adjacent clusters forming the peripheral area (30). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259443-A (GB)
Title: Storage locker
Inventor: BLANKS STEVEN JOHN
IPC: A47B47/00
Filed: 1991-09-10
Abstract: A container such as a storage locker for personal articles which may be assembled from a kit of plastics components has a casing which provides a rear wall 2 and side walls (including a base) 3 to 6 which extend to a front opening 7 which may be closed by a door 9 mounted on hinges 10. The casing 1 is formed by assembly of a plastics shell 14 which provides side walls 3 and 4 and a triangular pant of the rear wall 2 and a plastics shell 15 which provides side walls 5 and 6 and a triangular part of the rear wall 2. The shells are connected together along marginal edges 17 and 22 and 18 and 21 by snap engaging clips 30. During engagement of the clips 30 complementary tongues and grooves between the marginal edges 17 and 22 and 18 and 21 of the shells move into engagement to reinforce the edges which are joined together by clips 30. The shells can be additionally secured together by pegs 47. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248711-A (GB)
Title: Article distribution monitoring
Inventor: LOCHHEAD JAMES CRAWFORD
IPC: G06K17/00
Filed: 1991-10-08
Abstract: A dispensing apparatus (2) for articles, e.g. welding electrodes, distributes articles selected from a range of said articles in a plurality of bins or racks (4). A potential user inputs user identifying data using a keyboard (8) or card reader (10). If the user is an authorised user the data will tally with that held in a data-bank (14) and a signal (16) will then allow the user to input details of the article he requires via keyboard (8) into selection means (18) which selects it using comparison with barcodes on the articles (or their packaging). The selected article is then released from the appropriate bin or rack (14) and transferred to a pick-up area (20). The apparatus records details of articles so dispensed including data relating to the user. <IMAGE>