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Patent GB-2145584-A (GB)
Title: Electrically energised vibratory conveyors
Inventor: HAMER ARTHUR
IPC: B06B1/04
Filed: 1984-08-23
Abstract: A linear vibratory conveyor drive circuit has electromagnetic actuator windings LA, LB. The windings are supplied from DC lines ST1, ST2 over a bridge circuit including diodes D1, D2 and transistors Q2, Q3 or thyristors. The transistors are turned on simultaneously by a control signal supplied to an FET Q1. When the transistors are turned off, the diodes provide a reverse path to the supply. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2147203-A (GB)
Title: Razor with mounting means
Inventor: AUDET GERARD
IPC: A45D27/29
Filed: 1984-09-06
Abstract: A razor in combination with a pair of resilient clips or arms 6, 7 which snap fit or lockingly engage over a ledge 3 of a shaving soap dispenser 8. The arms being, in one embodiment, attached to a cap (2) covering a head of the razor (1). Clips 6 and 7 may alternatively be attached to a container or ring in which the razor is inserted, or an arm may be attached to the razor handle (as at 11 in Fig. 4) with further magnetic attachment through magnet 12. Clips or arms 6, 7 & 11 may be attached to the razor by magnetism or adhesive. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166425-A (GB)
Title: Bog moss growth enhanced by CO2 addition
Inventor: BOATMAN DR DERRICK JOHN
IPC: A01G7/02
Filed: 1984-10-17
Abstract: Solutions in which the concentration of carbon dioxide is artificially controlled to promote the bulk production of bog mosses. Two mineral salt solutions, one of which also contains a growth hormone, are used alternately to stimulate the initiation and promote the development of branches of unlimited growth.
Patent GB-2148298-A (GB)
Title: Process for isomerizing glucose
Inventor: LLOYD NORMAN E
IPC: C12N9/96
Filed: 1984-10-24
Abstract: Glucose is isomerized to fructose while avoiding substantial formation of psicose and/or other non-fructose, non-glucose sugars, when contacting a glucose-containing feed liquor with chemically stabilized glucose isomerase at a temperature of 90 to 140 DEG C, a pH from 3 to 8, over an actual contact time sufficient to attain a final content of at least 53 to 60 weight percent of fructose, based on the total carbohydrate content, by controlling the degradation time at a value equal to or less than the value calculated with formula td = a log (4300/(T+273) - pH - 3.23)     (1> in which T is the reaction temperature in  DEG C.; pH is the pH of the reaction mixture; and td is the degradation time in minutes. Preferably the enzyme is derived from a Streptomyces species, e.g. ATCC 21175 or from a modified thermally stable organism such as Bacillus stearothermophilus.
Patent GB-2151023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to level indicating devices
Inventor: PETCH JOSEPH
IPC: G01C9/12
Filed: 1984-11-26
Abstract: A level indicator comprises a housing with a cavity containing a gas-filled float immersed in oil. The float is neutrally but off-centrally bouyant in the housing so as to adopt a fixed position regardless of the housing orientation. Co- operating scale means are provided between the housing and the float. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155665-A (GB)
Title: Device for regulating the temperature of air drawn-in by internal combustion engines
Inventor: BACH WALTER
IPC: F02M31/07
Filed: 1984-12-17
Abstract: A device for regulating the temperature of air drawn-in by internal combustion engines includes a pivotable control flap (23) in an inlet pipe (20) of an air filter (4) for simultaneously controlling the aperture formed both in a heated air conduit (21) and in an unheated air conduit (22). A temperature sensor (50) is disposed downstream of the control flap (23) and transmits temperature signals to a measurement signal converter circuit (53). The measurement signal converter circuit (53) transmits control signals to a setting drive (30) which includes a direct-current motor (33) and pivots the control flap through the intermediary of linkage means (24). The control signals for controlling the direct-current motor are pulse trains having a constant pulse duration, a constant pulse height, but a frequency which is variable in dependence upon the temperature signals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171257-A (GB)
Title: A dipole array
Inventor: WASH RICHARD GARWOOD
IPC: H01Q9/06
Filed: 1984-12-20
Abstract: An antenna formed by an array of dipole elements 7 fed by a triplate or stripline system is provided with earthed posts 14 between the dipoles. These posts act as shields preventing radiation from one dipole being received by the paths 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 of the feed lines feeding the adjacent dipoles. The effect is to improve significantly the efficiency of the antenna. A mode suppressor 6D couples a coaxial feed to the triplate and improves impedance matching. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2157711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to tough material for tools and/or wearing parts
Inventor: FISCHMEISTER HELLMUT
IPC: C22C33/02
Filed: 1985-01-30
Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a material for tools and/or wearing parts which is tougher than conventional high-speed steel or hard metal alloys. By means of powder metallurgy, a structure is produced in which, in contrast to the situation in conventional high-speed steels, relatively hard regions (4) are partly or completely surrounded by a softer matrix (5). Such a "reverse structure" can be produced, for example, by employing a combination of high-speed steel powder particles and an austenitic binding phase formed from nickel-manganese or nickel-manganese-copper-alloys.
Patent GB-2171366-A (GB)
Title: Mobile workbenches & stores
Inventor: HYDE ANTHONY
IPC: B25H1/14
Filed: 1985-02-27
Abstract: A mobile store is formed by at least two readily stackable and separable portions. The uppermost portion has at least one tray to hold tools and/or supplies, and a worktop is provided as an upper surface of one, or that one, of the portions which is not the uppermost portion so that, with the uppermost portion removed, the store may be used as a workbench. In the case where there are three portions, the lower and middle portions, when stacked, can form a workbench with a high workheight, and the middle portion alone can form a workbench with a low workheight.
Patent GB-2158396-A (GB)
Title: Furnishings
Inventor: BOLTON JAMES WILFRED
IPC: D06P1/00
Filed: 1985-05-09
Abstract: A method of producing a decorated furnishing fabric, such as a loose cover on a settee, involves applying due to the fabric in situ. The dye may be applied by spraying with a hand-held aerosol applicator, brushing or screen-printing. The dye may be fixed by heat eg by ironing.
Patent GB-2160904-A (GB)
Title: Stitched rubber equipment for horses
Inventor: THOMAS ROY LEWIS PEDRUS
IPC: B68B1/04
Filed: 1985-06-12
Abstract: The rubber of a stitched rubber item, for example a rein grip 5, has reinforcing fibres 3 mixed into it which provide support in the rubber for the stitching 7. The fibres may be of textile or synthetic material and may be randomly disposed in the rubber or be similarly orientated transversely or obliquely to a row or rows of the stitching. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166118-A (GB)
Title: Sheet feeder
Inventor: MCCOMBIE ALAN KEITH
IPC: B65H3/08
Filed: 1985-09-30
Abstract: A sheet feeding device, for use in taking a sheet from a stack, which comprises a rotatable support 1 carrying at least one pivotally mounted member 7 having a free end 8, the said end being provided with at least one aperture 15 connectable to a source of reduced pressure, drive means 10 for causing motion of the member about the pivot, the drive means being so arranged that, in operation, during rotation of the support the free end of the member is at least retarded in its rotation with the support whilst in contact with a sheet to be removed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2181125-A (GB)
Title: Pesticidal benzoylurea compounds
Inventor: ANDERSON MARTIN
IPC: C07D207/48
Filed: 1985-10-04
Abstract: Compounds of the general formula   <IMAGE> in which each of A and B independently represents a halogen atom or an alkyl group; m is 0 or 1; each of R1 and R2 independently represents an alkyl group optionally substituted by one or more moieties selected from halogen, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, haloalkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl and haloalkylsulphonyl; X represents a halogen atom or a cyano, nitro, alkyl or haloalkyl group; each of Y and Z independently represents a halogen atom or a cyano, nitro or haloalkyl group; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and p is 0, 1 or 2, have insecticidal and acaricidal activity. The invention also relates to certain intermediates for use in the preparation of these compounds.
Patent GB-2184263-A (GB)
Title: Spool type valve controller for a pneumatic guiding system
Inventor: DUFOUR KENNETH STANLEY
IPC: B65H23/02
Filed: 1985-12-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a direct acting pneumatic control system for controlling a dual diaphragm, or double acting cylinder type automatic web guiding system. A control valve (15) is equipped with a palm or follower (18) which follows the web (10) and continually monitors the web position and activates a control valve spool (37) to modulate the "flow-exhaust" rates to bring the web (10) to a corrected position with no over-run or "hunting" for position. The palm (18) and its associated rod follow the web when the web is moving away from the palm by means of a helical spring (40), totally enclosed within the valve body (36), and acting directly on the valve spool (37). In the neutral position inlet 45 is connected to outlets 46 & 47 and exhaust 36d closed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190220-A (GB)
Title: Multi-level storage system
Inventor: WALTON ALAN WILLIAM
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 1986-05-09
Abstract: A multi-level memory system is described, consisting of a main store and a plurality of cache stores. Each data item in the cache stores has a count value associated with it, for indicating the number of times the item has been accessed since it was loaded into the cache. Whenever a datum is fetched from main store and written into cache, an associated count value in count store 15 is set to an initial value N. Subsequently, the count value is reduced by one, by subtractor 16, each time that datum is accessed in cache. When the count value has seclined to zero a logic circuit 17 signals to AND gate 18 which no longer provides a VALID signal. The corresponding datum is then fetched from the main store and reloaded into cache. This avoids the need for marking shared data items, such as semaphores, as 'non-cached". <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2190466-A (GB)
Title: Improved valve member
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOSEPH ANTHONY
IPC: F16K15/14
Filed: 1986-05-15
Abstract: In a flexible one-piece moulded valve having a mouth (5) at one end which is normally closed but which opens on demand, the mouth is shaped (preferably U-shaped) so that the upper and lower lips thereof (5a, 5b) are pre-stressed so that they are always returned to their fully closed position after the mouth has been opened, even when there is no pressure differential across the mouth.The valve is preferably moulded from a natural or synthetic rubber material.
Patent GB-2175715-A (GB)
Title: Clock
Inventor: AGOSTINI FABRIZIO
IPC: G04B19/00
Filed: 1986-05-16
Abstract: In a clock comprising a clock casing (2), a dial, time indicator means (7a) associated with the dial, and means for controlling the indicator means, the latter are arranged to display a line (14a) on the dial, the ends of which point towards two separate zones on the periphery of the dial corresponding to the time to be indicated. According to a particular embodiment, the indicator means are also arranged to display two further lines (19, 20) joining the ends of the said lines (14a) to the center of the dial (3).
Patent GB-2191676-A (GB)
Title: Ice-cream formulation
Inventor: STUART DONALD ALEXANDER CHARLE
IPC: A23G9/52
Filed: 1986-06-19
Abstract: An ice-cream mix which contains less than 12% by weight sucrose and less than 7% by weight fats comprises skim-milk, skim-milk powder, glucose, a saturated fat, a stabiliser and/or emulsifier, and, as desired, flavouring and/or colouring agents, and is stable to UHT (ultra-heat treatment) at 140 DEG C. Ice cream may be obtained by freezing the mix after it has been subjected to UHT.
Patent GB-2183147-A (GB)
Title: Storage devices
Inventor: CHOI HYO GEUN
IPC: A47B53/00
Filed: 1986-09-23
Abstract: A multi-position storage device comprises a plurality of side-by-side storage compartments formed by vertical walls (1,2) move as a unit attached to one (8) of a set of mutually telescoped members (8, 14, 18), the final one of which (18) is fixed e.g. on the underside of a shelf or counter. By adjusting the relative ease with which each of the members may be telescoped relative to the next, and by providing appropriate stops and catches (3, 12 and 11, 16), the travel of adjacent telescoping portions may be fixed and the storage member extended by an integral number of compartments. A latch (2a) may be provided to hold the storage member in the fully retracted position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189406-A (GB)
Title: Mineral sizer/breaker
Inventor: HUNT NOEL
IPC: B02C4/10
Filed: 1987-04-14
Abstract: A mineral sizer/breaker has a generally rectangular casing, open top and bottom, in which the spaced longitudinal sidewalls (12, 13) are aligned, having common top and bottom surfaces lying in respective parallel horizontal planes. One end wall (14) of the casing has its bottom surface raised above the plane containing the bottom surfaces of the longitudinal side walls and is inclined at an angle to the vertical, lying parallel to the other end wall, the end walls supporting a rotatable breaker drum shaft (22) which is normal to said end walls. When the sizer is mounted on a conveyor, improved clearance between the conveyor and said end wall (14) at the delivery end assists conveying away of sized material. Also, the relative low height of the top surface of the other end wall facilitates impact of mineral material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191155-A (GB)
Title: Ski chair
Inventor: POLLOCK MARTIN
IPC: B62B13/06
Filed: 1987-05-29
Abstract: A lightweight ski chair (10) has suspension legs (16) adapted to be locked into ski bindings (20). The ski chair (10) can be carried uphill on the skiers back and the suspension legs (16) includes suspension units (18) which are flexible about the longitudinal axis of the ski (12) to tilt the ski and permit steering thereof. The skier sits in the chair and his feet rest on the footrest 22. The skier can, by distributing his weight, and using the footrest, if required, steer the skis via the suspension units (18). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196566-A (GB)
Title: Producing reinforced articles
Inventor: DOBLE GORDON S
IPC: B23K20/02
Filed: 1987-06-03
Abstract: An improved method of forming a filamentary reinforced article includes forming a preform of metal and filament layers e.g. by winding material around an axis. The resulting layered preform is enclosed in a fluid tight housing 104. The housing has a rigid frame 98, 100 which bounds the periphery of the preform. The housing also has flexible panel sections 104, 106 which extend inwardly from the frame across preform. To bond the layers of the preform together and increase the density of the preform, the housing is subjected to a hot isostatic pressing operation. During the hot isostatic pressing operation, fluid pressure forces against the housing plastically deform the panel sections of the housing inwardly in a direction parallel to the axis around which the layers of the preform were wound to apply axial deformation forces to opposite sides of the preform. The deformation forces plastically deform the layers of the preform by decreasing the distance between minor side surfaces and increasing the distance between major side surfaces of the layers. This results in densification and bonding of the layers of the preform without subjecting the filaments of the preform to axial tension or compression stresses. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2206716-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for monitoring the presence or movement of an object
Inventor: EDWARDS PHILLIP JULIAN
IPC: G06K7/12
Filed: 1987-07-06
Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring the movement of an object includes a bar code 2 having retro-reflective parts which are fixed to the object to be monitored, such as for example, a vehicle 1. The bar code 2 is arranged to be illuminated by a source of infra-red radiation 3 which is carried by the housing of a CCD camera 4. Infra-red radiation reflected from the bar code 2 is incident on the detector array of the camera 4 via an infra-red pass filter 5. Such an arrangement enables the bar code 2 to be easily detected by the CCD camera 4 even in high ambient lighting conditions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2211849-A (GB)
Title: Heterocyclic amino terminated lactone modified aminated viscosity modifiers of improved dispersancy
Inventor: LUNDBERG ROBERT DEAN
IPC: C10M159/12
Filed: 1987-10-12
Abstract: Polymeric C5-C9 lactone derivatives are made by reacting a C5-C9 lactone with an aminoalkyl derivative, e.g., N-(3-aminopropyl) morpholine, to form an adduct having a hydroxyl group on one end thereof and a tertiary amino nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group on the other end thereof, and then reacting the adduct with an ethylene-C3 to C28 alpha-olefin copolymer or terpolymer which has been grafted with ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid units, e.g., maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer. The resulting polymeric C5-C9 lactone derivatives are useful per se as multifunctional oil soluble additives for fuel and lubricating oil compositions, including concentrates containing the additives.
Patent GB-2214403-A (GB)
Title: Articles of clothing
Inventor: CLARKE HELEN FLORENCE
IPC: A41F1/00
Filed: 1988-01-21
Abstract: Articles of clothing (particularly for children), covering at least the upper or lower part of the body trunk and optionally one or more limbs are provided along one or more seams with releasable fasteners such that the article of clothing may be unfastened along the said seam or seams to a substantially flat open position. The child (or person) to be dressed is simply placed down on the clothing and the clothing fastened around the child. In this way little or no collaboration is required from the child. Examples are also given of a jacket (Figs. 3a, 3b, not shown) where the sleeves open out along one seam, and a pants/vest combination (Figs. 1a, 1b not shown). The garments are particularly useful if the proposed wearer is handicapped. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202847-A (GB)
Title: 4-quinazolinones as anti-tumour agents
Inventor: HUGHES LESLIE RICHARD
IPC: C07D239/90
Filed: 1988-03-14
Abstract: A quinazoline of the formula:- <CHEM> wherein R<1> is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, arylalkyl, halogeno, hydroxy or mercapto, or substituted alkyl or alkoxy; wherein R<2> is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, or substituted alkyl or alkanoyl; wherein Ar is phenylene, naphthylene or heterocyclene which is unsubstituted or bears one or more substituents;  wherein R<3> is such that R<3>-NH2 is an amino acid;  wherein R<4> is hydrogen or alkyl;  wherein R<5> is hydrogen or alkyl; and wherein each of R<6>, R<7> and R<8> is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, phenyl, halogeno, nitro, cyano or amino, or substituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio; provided that at least one of R<4>, R<5>, R<6>, R<7> and R<8> is other than hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or ester thereof. The compounds possess anti-tumour activity.
Patent GB-2210213-A (GB)
Title: Electrical outlet
Inventor: GEARING HUGH JONATHON
IPC: H01R13/506
Filed: 1988-09-23
Abstract: In an electrical accessory providing an outlet for lighting purposes, a construction having application to one or more types of available systems, especially providing for different outlet configurations be it of simple apertured type for drop cord to lampholder, or a socket outlet for mating plug. The accessory comprising a base part 10 for mains electrical connection provisions in connection housing 18, an outlet part 30 by way of which local electrical connection is provided, the outlet part interlocating (36, 38; 34, 12) with the base part at spaced positions but otherwise generally extending over the base part and spaced therefrom, and a third part 40 to fit over and edge-engage the outlet part 30 and generally extend to and locatingly engage with the base part 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210658-A (GB)
Title: Clamping devices for elongate members
Inventor: MCGUGAN JOHN DRUMMOND
IPC: F16B7/02
Filed: 1988-09-27
Abstract: A clamping device for clamping on to an elongate member comprises an annular shell 2 for surrounding the member 3, the shell being formed by a plurality of part annular segments, each segment having axially extending edges provided with outwardly projecting ribs 4, juxtaposed ribs of adjacent segments being engaged by engagement means 5 to hold the segments around the elongated member. The ribs 4 are wedge shaped in the axial direction of the shell. The engagement members have grooves 6 for receiving and engaging a pair of juxtaposed ribs and are slidable axially along the ribs to draw the ribs and segments together around the elongate member. The inner surface of the shell 2 may engage the elongate member directly or through a resiliently compressible layer 9, the clamping force being applied to the shell by engagement of the engagement members with the ribs, or wedge members 10 may be provided between the shell and the elongate member, relative axial movement between the wedge members 10 and the shell producing the required clamping stress in the shell. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223490-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of benzoyl urea derivatives
Inventor: VERBRUGGE PIETER ADRIAAN
IPC: C07C273/18
Filed: 1988-10-07
Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 2,6-difluorobenzoyl urea of formula   <IMAGE> wherein R<1> represents a hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine atom, and R<2> and R<2> independently represent fluorine and chlorine atoms, provided that when R<1> represents a fluorine atom, R<3> is also a fluorine atom, comprises oxidising a 2,6-difluorobenzoyl thiourea of formula   <IMAGE> wherein R<1>, R<2> and R<3> are as defined above. The ureas of formula I are known insecticides.
Patent GB-2227726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in crane vessels
Inventor: VAN DER HEYDEN HENRICUS JACOBU
IPC: B66C23/52
Filed: 1988-11-03
Abstract: A vessel (10) has two sheerleg cranes (20, 30) which are arranged for travel over the deck (12) of the vessel along the longitudinal axis of the vessel. Each crane is movable to a position where the upper end portion of its sheerleg assembly (21, 31) extends outboard of the vessel, thereby enabling a load to be picked up by connection of the crane lifting cables (26, 36) to longitudinally spaced apart points on the load. Differential movement of the two cranes enables the rotational position or orientation of the load to be altered, e.g. for up-ending the load. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2226967-A (GB)
Title: Workpiece clamp
Inventor: DAVIS WILLIAM COLIN
IPC: B25B1/24
Filed: 1989-01-12
Abstract: The clamp, for holding the driver mechanism of a flextensional transducer during the machining of its end faces 2a, 3a, the driver mechanism comprising a stack of ceramic blocks 1 with a metal block 2, 3 at each end of the stack, the stack being encapsulated and held together by an epoxy resin, comprises a backing member 4 and a clamping member 10 between which the drive mechanism is clamped during machining, both members having their clamping faces shaped to have protruding lips 7, 11 in those opposed regions which in use will contact only the metal end portions so that the ceramic blocks lying between are not clamped. <IMAGE>