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Patent GB-2287244-A (GB)
Title: Cooling glass filaments
Inventor: SAPSFORD GARY STEPHEN
IPC: C03B37/027
Filed: 1994-03-05
Abstract: A filament cooler suitable for cooling freshly drawn optical fibre preparatory for being coated with a protective plastics coating has an elongated water-cooled body member 18, 19, 20, 21 provided with a through hole 27, 28 opening out abruptly into a succession of spherical chambers 29, 30 in which a cyclonic gas flow is induced by the tangential injection of helium, preferably with opposite cyclonic rotation in successive chambers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276093-A (GB)
Title: Golf ball
Inventor: YAMAGISHI HISASHI
IPC: C08K5/098
Filed: 1994-03-11
Abstract: In a golf ball comprising a core enclosed in a cover, the ratio of the deformation of the core under a load to the deformation of the ball under the same load is in the range of 1.00 to 1.20. The thickness of the cover is in the range of 1.85 to 2.35mm. The golf ball is improved in feel and spin while maintaining the flying distance inherent to solid golf balls and allows the player to aim the pin dead. The core may be formed of a cross-link polybutadiene rubber and the cover of a mixture of ionomer resins. The cover has a Shore D hardness of up to 60 degrees.
Patent GB-2290332-A (GB)
Title: A movable ground-supported bridge
Inventor: FITZPATRICK PATRICK ALAN
IPC: E01C23/06
Filed: 1994-06-09
Abstract: A movable ground-supported bridge is constructed from a plurality of modules (15) and has a framework comprising upwardly extending members (16) interconnected by horizontally extending members (17, 18) and overlain by a deck (11). The modules (15) are linked together to form the bridge and the bridge as a whole is provided with means permitting movement of the bridge along the ground in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the bridge. The bridge is suitable for use in motorway repair and maintenance when repair work takes place in the space beneath the deck. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288390-A (GB)
Title: Screw cap for container
Inventor: BIRKETT HAROLD
IPC: B65D41/04
Filed: 1994-07-04
Abstract: A cap screws onto a container in less than half a turn with pins 6 carried on the cap engaging between screw threads 5 provided on the container, the threads being variably pitched to give a decreased final angle of pitch along length 13. Slots 7 may be provided in the underside of the threads such that if the container holds a carbonated beverage the pressure of gases escaping from the beverage imparts an upward force to move pins into slots 7. An undulating profile on the lower thread may also be provided to lift the cap and give increased pressure release (17, Fig. 7). The cap may be childproof and include two additional shorter pins 14, the cap being pressed inwardly at the region of these pins to allow the other pins to ride over chamfered obstructions, (16, Fig. 5). Part of the threads 18 may bend when overstressed to form a barrier above the pins 6 to hold the cap captive, (Fig. 1, Sect. D-D). The cap may include a continuous tamper evident band or four bands which are retained on the cap after opening. The container may contain liquids, powders, or pharmaceutical tablets. The cap may be profiled for easy gripping (Fig. 8), the pressure release passages formed in such a cap providing both horizontal and vertical pressure force components. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291363-A (GB)
Title: Cement mixer rolled along ground using U-shaped handle to mix contents
Inventor: BALL STEPHEN
IPC: B28C5/18
Filed: 1994-07-21
Abstract: A cement mixer comprises a drum 10 and a U-shaped handle 11 pivotally mounted thereto. Opposite ends of the drum are formed with runners 14 which, in use, engage the ground such that the drum rolls as the mixer is pushed or pulled along. An opening 17 is formed in one wall 15 of the drum, which is closed by a screw-threaded lid 18. The opposite side wall 16 is formed with an inclined surface on which the drum may stand such that the opening is directed upwardly, thereby enabling materials to be introduced into the drum. In use, the drum is pushed or pulled along by means of the handle such that it rolls along the ground and its contents are mixed. Vanes 13 are provided to promote mixing. Once a homogeneous mixture is achieved, the handle 11 and the lid 18 can be removed so that the cement can be emptied through the opening 17. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291785-A (GB)
Title: Roasting tin with drainage means
Inventor: JOHNSON ERIC MARTYN HALSTED
IPC: A47J37/01
Filed: 1994-07-26
Abstract: A culinary utensil for use as a roasting tin comprises an open-topped container (13) having a base wall and an upstanding side wall (12). The container (13) is provided with a controllable drainage means (15, 16, 17) whereby liquid held in the container (13) can be discharged from the container 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292737-A (GB)
Title: Personal perfume carrier
Inventor: HUANG YU-HWEI
IPC: A45D34/02
Filed: 1994-09-02
Abstract: A perfume carrier including a casing 10 made of impact resisting material, a compression spring 50 inside the casing, a perfume bottle 20 received in the casing and supported on the compression spring, and a bottle cap 30 detachably fastened to the casing through the screw joint (31, 42 Fig. 3) to seal the perfume bottle with packing rubber 70 and having a perfume application rod, which is inserted into the perfume bottle when the bottle cap is fastened to the casing. The top opening may be formed by a stopper 40 inserted in the casing 10 and being disposed around the neck of the perfume bottle in order to hold it in the casing. The outer casing may have a plurality of longitudinal slots through its peripheral wall. The outer casing may have an integral bottom wall or the bottom of the casing may be sealed by a threaded cap or plug. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282469-A (GB)
Title: Microprocessor controller for starter generator
Inventor: RICE KEVIN E
IPC: H02P9/30
Filed: 1994-09-27
Abstract: A controller for a starter/generator, used with an aircraft engine, includes means 64 for monitoring field return current in a generator field winding 40; means for monitoring generator voltage; and microprocessor control means 12 for adjusting 28' generator field current as a function of current and voltage and field return current. The field return current and output voltage monitoring functions allow for open field, field winding integrity, over voltage, field weakening and torque limiting functions to be realized in an integrated programmable system configuration. Arrangements for ground fault detection and driver overload protection using a relaxation oscillator are also provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297101-A (GB)
Title: Rollable insulation product
Inventor: DUNLEAVY BARRY
IPC: E04D5/10
Filed: 1995-01-23
Abstract: An insulation product comprises a plurality of like blocks 2 of insulation material secured side by side on a flexible facing 3 so that the product can be rolled up with the blocks outermost. Each block 2 has a lateral projection 9 running substantially the length of the block, arranged to overlap part of the side of an adjacent block when the facing 3 is unrolled and flat. Various forms of projection and recess are disclosed; block 2 may be foam plastics, or mineral wool; facing 3 may be roof felt, a polymer, or paper.
Patent GB-2297488-A (GB)
Title: Trocar obturator guard
Inventor: KEMP NICHOLAS RICHARD
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 1995-02-02
Abstract: A trocar guard system comprises a member 4 attached to a guard means 10 which surrounds a cutting means (obturator), the guard being capable of limited axial movement relative to the trocar, between a normal extended position in which the guard effectively covers the piercing tip of the trocar and a retracted position in which the tip is exposed. A spring has two arms 5 and 6. When guard member 4 is slid forward arm 6 adopts natural position in channel 3 acting as stop means to prevent any retrograde movement of guard. To reset the latch a cam is moved causing arm 6 to rise allowing guard to slide thereunder.
Patent GB-2298282-A (GB)
Title: Actively-shielded MRI magnet with quench protection
Inventor: BIRD JOHN MAURICE
IPC: A61B5/055
Filed: 1995-02-23
Abstract: In an actively shielded superconducting MRI magnet, corresponding active shield coils 10-60 and main field coils 11-61 are connected in pairs in series, with a quench protecting element such as a resistor A-F or semiconductor in parallel with each coil pair. This arrangement reduces disturbance of the stray field during a quench because the contribution to the stray field of each coil pair is close to zero. Groups of main field and shield coils comprising more than two coils are discussed.
Patent GB-2299117-A (GB)
Title: Road safety bollards
Inventor: SMITH HAROLD
IPC: E01F9/615
Filed: 1995-03-21
Abstract: A road safety bollard is in the form of a hollow upstanding body (10) moulded from translucent plastics material and having a tubular stem portion (12) which is self-supporting under normal conditions. The stem has a part (20) near its lower end, conveniently of circular section, which is of bellow or concertina construction so that it will yield on collision or impact with other parts of the bollard to reduce the likelihood of permanent damage thereto. The part may have inherent resilience so that the bollard will tend to spring back to the upright position and/or may have a bending stiffness enabling the bollard to be restored to an upright position manually.
Patent GB-2289499-A (GB)
Title: Pivot assembly
Inventor: BENOIT DOMINIQUE
IPC: E05D5/12
Filed: 1995-05-16
Abstract: In an assembly, especially for holding the door of a motor vehicle, comprising two members 1, 6 which pivot with respect to one another about a rivet 4, a resilient sleeve 5 is compressed during expansion of the rivet head 43. Preferably the sleeve 5, which may be split, is supported by a shoulder 46 and expansion of the head 43 causes the sleeve 5 to lock into the upper area 51 of the rivet body. The aim of the assembly is to reduce play and noise. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294131-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for feeding cable and method therefor
Inventor: SANO HIROAKI
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1995-10-11
Abstract: An apparatus for feeding a cable 1 along a tube 5 has a cable-meandering detection section provided adjacent to feeding rollers 6. The cable-meandering detection section includes a straight passage 9 through which the cable 1 passes, a recessed portion 10 in a wall of the passage 9, and a detector for detecting when the cable 1 meanderingly enters the recessed portion 10. The detector is used to control the feed rollers 6. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2309854-A (GB)
Title: Method of Signalling Channel Occupation in a Direct Mode Communications System
Inventor: VALENTINE STEPHEN THOMAS
IPC: H04W92/18
Filed: 1996-01-30
Abstract: A station RX1 communicating on a particular channel with a station TX1 transmits a periodic channel busy signal while it is receiving from TX1 so that a potentially interfering station TX2 is made aware that the channel is in use even if TX2 is out of range of TX1.
Patent GB-2299612-A (GB)
Title: Bolting device
Inventor: BANHAM PETER
IPC: E05B63/24
Filed: 1996-03-07
Abstract: An auxiliary bolting device is provided for use as an accessory to a mortice lock. Extension of the lock bolt (2b) into the device pivots a lever of the device to extend an auxiliary bolt (10) and provide additional locking. The device preferably has auxiliary bolts (10) to both sides of the lock bolt (2b). The or each auxiliary bolt is mounted on an adjustable pivot (24) to alter its throw so as to give the desired displacement when the lock bolt is extended.
Patent GB-2311880-A (GB)
Title: Partitioned cache memory
Inventor: WATT SIMON CHARLES
IPC: G06F12/128
Filed: 1996-04-03
Abstract: A data processing system incorporating a cache memory 2 and a central processing unit 4. A storage control circuit 10 is responsive to a programmable partition setting PartVal to partition the cache memory between instruction words and data words. The central processing unit 4 indicates with a signal I/D whether the word to be stored within the cache memory 2 resulted from an instruction word cache miss or a data word cache miss. In alternative embodiments a data cache is partitioned between a main processor and a co-processor (Fig 8) or between various tasks (Fig 9).
Patent GB-2303184-A (GB)
Title: CVT operation method in which the ratio is adjusted for engine braking
Inventor: BAEUERLE PETER
IPC: B60W10/10
Filed: 1994-03-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle having an electronically controlled, continuously variable transmission (CVT), wherein, by means of a manually operated actuating device 20, a continuous adjustment of the transmission ratio occurs. The adjustment preferably occurs at a constant rate of change and may be carried out with or without engine control such that the engine speed remains within permissible limits.
Patent GB-2301417-A (GB)
Title: Composite and tie layer therefor
Inventor: WALSH BRIAN J
IPC: B32B1/08
Filed: 1995-01-11
Abstract: This development provides a composite or hose which minimizes hydrocarbon emission in fuel systems. The composite or hose (10) is especially suitable for motor vehicles. The composite or hose (10) uses a thin, inner layer (12) of a polyfluorocarbon polymer and an outer layer (14) of a thermoplastic elastomer.
Patent GB-2306921-A (GB)
Title: Frame assembly for an operator's compartment
Inventor: CAMPLIN CHRIS F
IPC: B60R21/11
Filed: 1996-09-23
Abstract: A frame assembly for an operator's compartment comprises an upper roof portion 16, a lower base portion 18 and first and second side support assemblies 20, 22 connected between the roof portion and the base portion, each of the side support assemblies comprising a first substantially straight part 28 connected to the roof portion and a second curved part 30 connected to the base portion, the straight part being formed from a continuous tube (40 figure 5) and the curved part being formed from four wall plates (54, 56, 58, 60 figure 4) as a fabricated box section (52 figure 4). The curved part may include a mounting bracket 50 for mounting the assembly on a vehicle frame.
Patent GB-2305767-A (GB)
Title: Drum sensor mounting
Inventor: ADAMSON STEPHEN
IPC: G10K11/00
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: A drum sensor for example a microphone, is mounted in a holder attached to a shaft 14 in the interior of a drum through an air hole 11 provided in the drum wall 12. The mounting is secured at the air hole and has a portion (16, Fig 2) for retaining the sensor, such that the sensor is placed in the desired position within the drum. The holder provides a shock mounting for the sensor, and has an opening allowing a cable to pass through the shaft to the exterior of the drum.
Patent GB-2306157-A (GB)
Title: End loading skillet cartons
Inventor: MUSPRATT ADRIAN
IPC: B65D5/66
Filed: 1996-10-02
Abstract: In an end loading skillet carton in which subsequent access to the carton after erection and loading is made possible by the provision of a hooded lid, the lid comprises a first panel (top panel 3)and three side portions (front panel 1, front panel end flaps 1l, 1r) connected to the first panel along a fold line and wherein adjacent side portions, after folding, are secured together to form the hooded lid. The blank from which the carton is folded has five panels (1-5) hingedly connected along a crease line for folding into a tube and each end of each panel is provided with a respective end flap (1l-5l, 1r-5r) hingedly connected thereto.
Patent GB-2306254-A (GB)
Title: Flyback transformer coil structure
Inventor: KIM JONG-DAE
IPC: H01F41/04
Filed: 1996-10-11
Abstract: A flyback transformer coil structure comprises plural layers in which each layer 60 comprises a spiral conductive coil pattern 64 formed on an insulating sheet 62 and each of said layers 60 is separated by an insulating member 70. The insulating sheets 62 and insulating members 70 may be formed by a polyamide film with a thickness of less than 25 microns. These may include a central hole 62a for receiving a magnetic core 80. The conductive pattern 64 may be formed with a width in the range of 40 to 100 microns. These patterns 64 may be connected to terminals and leads which allow the patterns to be interconnected in series.
Patent GB-963146-A (GB)
Abstract: 963,146. Engine starter devices. T. LAFITTE. July 13, 1960 [July 18, 1959], No. 24354/60. Heading F1K. An engine starter comprising a slidable gear which is durable in rotation through the medium of a toothed clutch means by a drive sleeve rotatable by a starting drive shaft and is movable along the shaft by a control device is characterised in that the assembly consisting of the slidable gear, the drive sleeve and self gripping toothed clutch means interspersed therebetween is so constituted as to be axially self-balancing whereby its operation creates no axial reaction on the starting drive shaft or on any other element as shown when the lever 27 is displaced by pulling thereon at 35 the lever urges to the right the push rod 29 in opposition to the action of the spring 28 and pivots the fork 19 through the medium of the pin 26 which brings the pinion 6 to the position 37 and at the same time pushrod 29 causes the studs 33 and 34 to come into contact .The current is thus supplied and the starter unit 25 rotates and the engine is started up. If the teeth of the pinion abut the teeth of the gear 36 the lever 27 causes its pin 30 to leave the extension 31 and causes engagement of the studs 33, 34. During starting up the driving force is transmitted by the flutes 2 and the self-gripping teeth 4 and 5. The teeth owing to their configuration tend to force the pinion 6 against the drive sleeve 1. It is advantageous to arrange that the angle A be for example between 10 degrees and 25 degrees in the most usual cases. The teeth should be relatively deep. Any other control arrangement whether it be manual, electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic could be used to shift the pinion into engagement.
Patent GB-2311179-A (GB)
Title: PMOS power source changeover switch for a mobile telephone
Inventor: BARKAT SHAKIL H
IPC: H03K17/30
Filed: 1997-02-20
Abstract: A switching circuit (30) in a portable telephone connects a gate of a field-effect transistor (Q1) to a voltage below the transistor's gate threshold voltage when the voltage at a first power source terminal (B) falls below a threshold voltage, thus disconnecting the first power source terminal (B) from a portable telephone power input terminal (B+) and connecting a second power source terminal (A) to the power input terminal (B+). The threshold voltage is set at a voltage above the minimum supply voltage of the portable telephone. The first power source terminal may be connected to a main battery and the second power source terminal may be connected to an adapter such as a battery eliminator adapter, hands-free adapter, or mobile transceiver adapter. This switching circuit prevents a call in progress from being disconnected when power sources are exchanged during a GSM burst. D1 may be a Schottky diode
Patent GB-2323273-A (GB)
Title: Cable management in furniture
Inventor: BALDWIN KRISTOPHER ALAN
IPC: A47B21/00
Filed: 1997-03-18
Abstract: Furniture such as desks and workstations is provided with a cable management system in which a panel member is provided with elongate slots 31a into which are press-fitted moulded channels 6 having a re-entrant cross-section. The channels may support a cable tray 4 by way of a rear lug 46 from which the tray hangs, or a wired socket outlet 5 by way of a clip-on locking fitment 7 having legs 71 which can be expanded to grip the channel by driving a screw between them.
Patent GB-2313757-A (GB)
Title: Method using an embedded codestream
Inventor: ZANDI AHMAD
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 1996-06-25
Abstract: A target device (eg. a monitor) is identified to receive data in an embedded codestream, and each bit-plane is decoded to provide data to the target device, each bit-plane being truncated in accordance with a marker or pointer in each coding unit denoting the location where truncation can occur. Prior to decoding, the resolution of the target device is identified and decoding is then truncated to decode only the data necessary to support the target device.
Patent GB-2329460-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerator dispenser assembly
Inventor: KIM YONG SIK
IPC: F25D11/00
Filed: 1997-12-24
Abstract: A refrigerator dispenser assembly by which a user can selectively drink drinks such as cold water, tea, juice, barley water or the like through a dispenser (6), includes a water supply valve (2) connected to a water supply apparatus installed outside a refrigerator for receiving water from a filter (1), a water container (5) connected to the water supply valve by a connection tube (7b) for storing cold water therein, a cooled drink/water container (100) also connected to the water supply valve for storing cold water or a drink therein, a first temperature detection sensor (100a) installed in an outer portion of the cooled drink/water container for sensing the temperature of the cooled drink/water container, and a second temperature detection sensor (105a) installed in an outer portion of the water container (5) for sensing the temperature of the water container. Depending on the readings from the sensors, cold water is supplied to the dispenser (6) from either the water container (5) or the cooled drink/water container (100).
Patent GB-2333403-A (GB)
Title: An electrically insulating connector, assemblies and methods for use with high tension electricity transmission cables
Inventor: MITCHELL BRYAN
IPC: H02G1/04
Filed: 1998-01-14
Abstract: An electrically insulating connector (10) comprises two surfaces in juxtaposed relation so as to resist any tensile load between a pair of cables being strung, and an insulating medium, preferably a urethane compound (19) spacing the surfaces (11,12;13,14;15,16) from one another. One surface (12,14,16) may be provided by an annular barb (23) and the other by mating portions surrounding the barb.  Also provided is a re-stringing assembly incorporating two connectors (10) as disclosed; a block including an earthed sheave (51) for use in re-stringing operations; a method of manufacturing the connector (10); and a method of re-stringing a high tension cable. The sheave (51) is earthed via brushes (65) contacting a slip ring (53).
Patent GB-2334895-A (GB)
Title: Putting training device
Inventor: NASH KENNETH JOHN
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: A putting training device comprises a collar which will fit within a golf cup and an upstanding portion which in use is above ground level and which bears a target indication 10. Preferably the upstanding portion may comprise adjustable gates which can narrow the path to the cup.
Patent GB-2334272-A (GB)
Title: Dredging or excavating ground containing rock
Inventor: VANDYCKE STEFAAN GEORGE
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 1998-04-22
Abstract: A method for working through ground layers with dredgers or excavators, in which water jets (4) are injected in the area where a mechanical cutting or excavating component (2) is active at a pressure which is sufficiently high to cut open or cause fluidization in that area. When the ground layers contain rock-like materials or consist of rock-like materials, the jets (4) also function to immediately remove broken-off materials from the location where the mechanical cutting or excavating (2) is active and enhances the hydraulic fracturing in the non-crushed material in the immediate vicinity of the crushed material. The cutting tooth of the excavator or dredger can have at least one internal bore (8) through which the water can be injected (9').