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Patent GB-2297179-A (GB)
Title: Information navigation system using clusterised information resource topology
Inventor: FRANCIS PAUL
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1996-01-17
Abstract: An information navigation system is based on an information resource topology among information resources a - k in which each information resource is associated with at least one term combination and a set of links, where each term combination specifies a set of terms describing the information resource and each link links information resources with matching term combinations, and for every existing term combination, a set of information resources that contain that combination form a cluster A-C, where a cluster is defined as a set of information resources between which there exists at least one path which contains only information resources from the set of information resources and is defined as a series of information resources connected through links. The information navigation functions, including gathering, searching, and topology managing, can be realized on this information resource topology. The system may be used for Internet searching and browsing purposes. Similar resources can be accessed using the links.
Patent GB-2306522-A (GB)
Title: Toilet seat assembly
Inventor: ROBINSON BERNARD
IPC: A47K13/06
Filed: 1996-02-12
Abstract: A toilet seat assembly comprises an adult seat 10, a child seat 13 and a cover 14 tor the child seat. The child seat 13 and child seat cover 14 together form a lid for the adult seat 10. The adult seat and the child seat have means whereby they can be hingedly connected to a conventional toilet bowl unit for independent movement about a common axis. The child seat has a smaller opening 15 than the opening 11 in the adult seat. The child seat cover 14 is moveable between a closed position in which it covers the opening 15 in the child seat and an open position in which it exposes the opening in the child seat. Means are also provided to releasably fasten the child seat cover in its closed position relative to the child seat so that when the child seat and child seat cover are moved to expose the adult seat, the child seat cover will remain in its closed position. The child seat cover may be readily detachable from the child seat to facilitate cleaning. The opening in the child seat may be in a recess which is of substantially smaller width than the maximum width of the child seat and may be contoured to give lateral support to a child sitting on the child seat.
Patent GB-2297973-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing mono-long chain amine oxide surfactants
Inventor: HAWKINS GENE PAUL
IPC: C11D1/75
Filed: 1996-02-13
Abstract: Mono-long chain amine oxide surfactants can be prepared containing active levels of greater than about 30%, by weight of amine, and with low nitrite and nitrosamine levels when the amine is oxidized in the presence of bicarbonate material present at levels less than about 2.5%, by weight of amine, and without the presence of phase-modifying solvents.
Patent GB-2299350-A (GB)
Title: Non-woven valance material
Inventor: IRWIN SIMON JOHN
IPC: D04H1/54
Filed: 1996-04-01
Abstract: A valance material comprises a thermally bonded felt having a loft lying in the range 3 - 5mm and a weight lying in the range 100 - 450 gms per sq.m. The felt is preferably made from a blend of base fibres and binder fibres. The latter may be of bicomponent or multi-component type both fibres may be of polyester. The felt may be needle-punched from both sides prior to heating to bond the fibres.
Patent GB-2301631-A (GB)
Title: Compressor bleed cooled in a heat exchanger and accelerated by the top of a two tier compressor blade for engine component cooling.
Inventor: GLEZER BORIS
IPC: F02C7/141
Filed: 1996-04-19
Abstract: A portion of compressed air 62 is directed from a first fluid flow path 64 to a second flow path 112 including a heat exchanger 20 positioned within the second flow path. The cooled air is then returned to a gallery 84 within housing 46 to be accelerated by the top part 82 of a two storey compressor blade to drive a flow 100 of cooled cooling air to the components of the gas turbine engine. The components of engine are therefore cooled with a smaller quantity of air drawn from the compressor than if compressor air was used directly.
Patent GB-2314465-A (GB)
Title: electrical connector assembly
Inventor: TAKAMOTO JUNJI
IPC: H01R13/648
Filed: 1996-06-19
Abstract: A connector assembly 1 comprises first 30 and second 60 connectors and a substrate 10, for example a printed circuit board. The first connector 30 is mounted on a first surface 12 of the substrate 10 and has a contact 38,38c protruding from the first surface 12 of the substrate 10 through and spaced from a hole 22 in the substrate to a second surface 14 of the substrate. The second connector 60 is mounted on the second surface 14 of the substrate 10 and comprises a contact 66 both connected to the substrate at 66d and having a contact part 66c for mating with the contact 38,38c of the first connector 30. The first connector may receive an edge connector in slot 34. The second connector 60 may receive a connector 90 mounted on a further board 90.
Patent GB-2314546-A (GB)
Title: Manual day counter for eye/ear drop dispensing bottles
Inventor: JAYAMANNE DON GERARD ROHAN
IPC: A61J7/04
Filed: 1996-06-27
Abstract: A removable manual day counter for eye/ear/nose drop bottles which indicates the amount of days the bottle has been open. An indicator wheel 1 with interlocking teeth allow easy rotation of the indicator wheel. Markings on the day counter comes into view within a window 5 on the rotating indicator wheel. Markings between adjacent teeth are numbered consecutively from 1-28. Once the seal of the bottle is broken, the day counter can be attached to the bottle by suction or glue etc. Wheel is rotated position 1 and each day the indicator wheel is rotated one notch by the user.
Patent GB-2315672-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of sarcocystosis
Inventor: AZUMENDI JOSE LUIS
IPC: A61K33/18
Filed: 1996-07-26
Abstract: Methods for the preparation application by intravenous injection, and the storage and characteristics of pharmaceutical preparations for treating both the acute and chronic phases of Sarcocystosis, a disease that is caused by the presence of cysts of the Sarcocystis protozoa and like protozoa in an Intermediate Host (IH), is described. The pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of Sarcocystosis and like demyelinisation diseases, including BSE and CJD, in Intermediate Hosts caused by the Sarcocystis protozoa and like protozoa and their toxins, comprises as an active ingredient sodium or potassium iodide stabilized against the formation of hydriodic acid in an aqueous solution having a pH in the range 8.0 to 9.0 and in a form suitable for administration to a human or animal by injection, which preparation includes iodide ions, sodium ions and potassium ions in mole/mole ratios ranging from 0.01 to 0.05/18.07 to 26.40/0.015 to 0.032, respectively.
Patent GB-2319020-A (GB)
Title: Cut wire receiver
Inventor: HSU CHIU-LIN
IPC: H01R43/28
Filed: 1996-11-07
Abstract: A wire receiver 21 is mounted on the rear section of a wire cutting and stripping machine at output rollers 13 and is driven by a stepper motor 39 via a toothed belt drive 38. When stripped wires 156 are ejected from the output rollers, rotation of the receiver allows the wires to slide down to a collection part 22 so as to maintain wires collected in good order and to avoid bending.
Patent GB-2319684-A (GB)
Title: Scene change detection
Inventor: DORRICOTT MARTIN REX
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 1996-11-26
Abstract: A scene change detector sums the correlation maximum values of correlation surfaces produced by a motion vector determining circuit (2) across a current image and compares this with a threshold value (Thres) to detect scene changes. A statistical analysis of signals (V x , V y , Y) representing the current image may be made and a resulting value differentiated. Peaks in this differentiated value represent scene changes. Finally, rapid changes in the number of valid vectors found in a motion analysis of a current image may also be used to indicate a scene change.
Patent GB-2313276-A (GB)
Title: Pos terminal with auto-updating touch panel display
Inventor: YOSHINAGA SHINICHI
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1997-03-04
Abstract: A panel displaying method of an order receiving POS terminal is used to receive an order for an article by a customer in, for example, a fast-food restaurant. The panel displaying method, wherein the POS terminal includes a display section that displays a touch panel formed of plural keys operated when a customer orders an article comprises the step of pop-up displaying on the display unit the touch panel formed of keys each corresponding to an optional item when the article is ordered. The panel displaying method permits easy operation, registering optional items, and updating a menu with no troubles.
Patent GB-2323805-A (GB)
Title: Container forming
Inventor: MUTIN EMERY
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1997-04-04
Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a container from thin metal foil in which a blank is cut from a sheet of foil (70) by means of a punch ring (24); a female former (14) cooperates with a male former (42) to form the blank into a plain-sided, possibly cylindrical, form, the side or sides terminating in an edge (77), which is constrained, whilst the bottom (73) of the container form is pushed away from the edge; the edge area is then increasingly constrained so as to form a flanged edge which is finally folded (80). The resultant form produces a more robust container for a given wall thickness than the prior art and there are considerable savings in material costs.
Patent GB-2313314-A (GB)
Title: Knee Prosthesis
Inventor: MCMINN DEREK JAMES WALLACE
IPC: A61F2/00
Filed: 1997-04-28
Abstract: A knee prosthesis comprising a femoral component (12), a tibial component (13) and a meniscal component (14) therebetween, a stabilising peg (15) extending from the tibial component through an elongated slot (32) in the meniscal component and into an opening (16) in the femoral component between a pair of condylar members thereof. The part of the peg (15) extending through the slot (32) allows the meniscal component to rotate and also to move linearly about the peg along one path, whilst the part of the peg in said opening (16) engages cam surfaces (21, 22, 23) on a projection (19) between said condylar members as the knee is flexed, in use, and said linear movement of the meniscal component occurs. The femoral and meniscal components have consequent bearing surfaces.
Patent GB-2314889-A (GB)
Title: Engine with balancer device for vehicle
Inventor: KAWAKUBO HIROYUKI
IPC: F02B75/18
Filed: 1997-07-03
Abstract: An engine which is designed to suitably keep the weight balance of an engine while reducing a radial dimension of the engine. A crank shaft 3 and a mission shaft 12 are supported in casings 4,5 in parallel to each other, and a rear balancer Br and a front balancer Bf are disposed with the crank shaft 3 put therebetween. An AC generator 37 is disposed at an end portion of the crank shaft 3 on the left side with respect to a plane P  passing through a center of gravity CG of an engine and being perpendicular to the crank shaft 3, and a clutch 38 is disposed at an end portion of the mission shaft 12 on the right side with respect to the plane P . The clutch 38 is separated from the plane P 1 at a distance smaller than that between the AC generator 37 and the plane P , so that the weight balance of the engine E is suitably kept by disposing the rear balancer Br and the front balancer Bf on the clutch 38 side.
Patent GB-2327090-A (GB)
Title: CVD manufacturing a multilayer optical mirror using ultra-violet light
Inventor: MALVERN ALAN RICHARD
IPC: G02B1/10
Filed: 1997-07-09
Abstract: A multilayer optical mirror is made by depositing optically reflective substantially amorphous thin films of at least two materials such as titania or silica on a substrate 5 by metallo-organic chemical vapour deposition. A gas stream containing a precursor material and an oxidant material is passed over the substrate which is heated to a temperature in the range of from 150‹ to 250‹C whilst ultra-violet light is shone onto the gas stream in the vicinity of the substrate 5 to photodissociate the oxidant and accelerate breakdown of the precursor material. In this way the temperature of the deposition can be kept below the crystalline growth temperature for the deposited material which is therefore amorphous. The mirror may be a ring laser gyroscope mirror.
Patent GB-2319365-A (GB)
Title: Reprogramming a microprocessor through a serial port
Inventor: OLIVER JAMES A
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: An administrative computer (14, fig. 1) is connected to a serial port 18 on a machine (12, fig. 1) containing a microprocessor 30 or some other memory device to be reprogrammed. A first sequence of signals is sent from the administrative computer to the microprocessor, via control grabber hardware circuit 28, to change the microprocessor from a normal mode to a bootstrap mode. A new program is then loaded from the administrative computer, and a second signal sequence is sent to reset the microprocessor. Both digital (fig. 4) and analogue (fig. 5) implementations of the control grabber circuit 28, which constantly monitors the state of handshake and receive data lines and identifies the proper sequence of signals, are described. In an alternative embodiment, a preinstalled program transfers functional control of the microprocessor to the serial port when the sequence of signals is received, and the new program is loaded into the microprocessor RAM.
Patent GB-2318533-A (GB)
Title: Vibrating screen system
Inventor: HAZRATI AZAR M
IPC: B01D46/10
Filed: 1997-09-24
Abstract: A vibrating screen system has a housing 13 with a coupled drive 16. A screen 82 extends across the housing and a vacuum source is drawn on the inlet port 51 above the screen 82. A bleed line (not shown) extends into the housing below the screen typically at a point in the vicinity of a discharge passage 42. The line is configured to provide more resistance to air flow than the vacuum source. The bleed thus flows upwards to break up and dry cake collected on the screen 82. When the material is sufficiently dry, a plug is removed from an access port 64 and the dried material subjected to further vibratory screening and oversize collected at a discharge passage 44. Also claimed is a vibrating screen system and a plug arrangement.
Patent GB-2320259-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetically-operating jacquard control device
Inventor: MISTA KRESIMIR
IPC: D04B27/32
Filed: 1997-11-24
Abstract: An electromagnetically-operating Jacquard control device has an electromagnet (1) with a magnet core (3), an armature (8) and a limit stop (14) which can be brought selectively into the movement path of a hook (18) attached to the controlling element (16). Two levers (5, 11) are provided, the first bearing the armature (8) and the second bearing the limit stop (14), with the two levers engaging one another so that the forces are transmitted substantially perpendicularly to the plane formed by the limit stop (14) and the swivel pin (12) of the second lever (11). This enables wear-related incorrect operation to be avoided.
Patent GB-973426-A (GB)
Abstract: 973,426. Valves. ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS CO. Feb. 5, 1962 [Feb. 23, 1961], No. 4337/62. Heading F2V. The flow to a burner is controlled by two valves in parallel actuated by a thermal element, one controlling smoothly through a composite lever and the other controlling by a snap action mechanism carried by the lever. On rotating a setting knob 166, the thermal element 150 is raised to allow spring 148 to pivot a composite lever 112, 80, 126, 50, 138 about pivot 72 to open both valves 100, 134. Gas flow through both valves is ignited by a pilot burner and as the oven heats up so the element 150 expands and eventually closes valve 100 via the composite lever. Further expansion of element 150 moves a frame 50 against spring 98 and lowers a pivot 96 connecting the frame to a lever 80 carrying valve 100 by means of spring 106 and valve ball joint 102, whereby the right-hand end of lever 80 is raised as the lever pivots around the ball 102. The right-hand end carries a pivot 92 for lever 112 connected by an over-centring spring 124 to a lever 126 pivoting at 76 on the frame and carrying valve 134. As the right-hand end of lever 80 is raised or lowered so the valve 134 snaps closed or open. With both valves closed, element 150 overrides by pivoting lever 138 around pivot 140.
Patent GB-2321088-A (GB)
Title: Bearing with ball spacers
Inventor: TAYLOR ALAN JOHN
IPC: F16C33/37
Filed: 1998-01-06
Abstract: A bearing has spacers 40 (70 fig 4) to separate adjacent bearing balls 36 (14 fig 4) in a race defined by inner 54 (26 fig 1) and outer 64 (20 fig 1) bearing surfaces. The spacers may extend radially outwardly of a radially inwardly extending circumferential rib 42 of the outer bearing surface 64. With the spacers held completely between the inner and outer bearing surfaces (and not between the circumferential rib 42 and inner bearing surface 54), the outer bearing surface 64 can be kept large to accommodate for larger loads than with a bearing having a conventional cage for the balls. Preferably, the spacers compliment the shape of the balls and are seated on the inner and outer bearing surfaces. The spacers may be used in a single race ball bearing or the circumferential rib may define two outer bearing surfaces 64, 66 in a double race bearing.
Patent GB-2323801-A (GB)
Title: Producing a hermetic electric compressor
Inventor: MIYAMOTO FUMIYUKI
IPC: F04C29/00
Filed: 1998-04-02
Abstract: In producing a hermetic electric compressor for a refrigerating or air-conditioning apparatus using a refrigerant having a hydrofluorocarbon base, a solventless varnish comprising a thermosetting resin having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups in one molecule, a low-viscosity vinyl or 1-alkylvinyl monomer having an ether or ester linkage as a reactive diluent and an organic peroxide as a reaction initiator is used as an insulating varnish to insulate and fix the magnet wires of the stator of the motor unit of the compressor. The solventless varnish is cured by heating at 153 to 180C for 0.5 to 3.5 hours. The thermosetting resin may be an epoxy acrylate, an unsaturated polyester or a urethane-linkage-containing acrylic resin.
Patent GB-2336808-A (GB)
Title: Greetings card with catapult for ejecting contents of a sling
Inventor: JOHNSON ROGER
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 1998-05-02
Abstract: The card includes a sling 2 attached by elastic bands 3 to the corners of the card 1. The sling is retained by Velcro (RTM) pads 4 in the closed position of the card. Opening the card separates the sling from the pads and ejects the contents 5 of the sling.
Patent GB-2324997-A (GB)
Title: Pallet container
Inventor: PRZYTULLA DIETMAR
IPC: B65D77/04
Filed: 1998-05-05
Abstract: A pallet container for the storage and transportation of liquid and other flowable material comprises a thin-walled inner container, a supporting jacket made of wire-lattice or tubular bars closely surrounding the inner container, and a base pallet which is adapted to be mountable on a fork-lift truck and fixedly connected to the supporting jacket. The upper edge of the supporting jacket is provided with horizontally extending reinforcing members which comprise integral wire-lattice ortubular bar portions (C-D) of the supporting jacket which initially extend upwards and which are bent inwards through at least 90‹ over the upper surface of the inner container and are fixed laterally to one another.
Patent GB-2323475-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the generation of hillocks in liquid crystal devices
Inventor: SEO HYUN SIK
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 1996-11-20
Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a substrate (1) a first metal layer (2a,b,c) formed on said substrate (1), and a second metal layer (3a,b,c) formed on said first metal layer (2a,b,c), the first and second metal layers having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion, and the first layer including a material for suppressing diffusion in said first layer during changes in temperature, due to the differences in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the first metal layer and said substrate, so that the formation of hillocks tends to be reduced. The first metal layer preferably comprises an alloy of aluminium and a diffusion-suppressing refractory metal such as Ta, Ti, Mo, W, Nb, Zr or V. The second metal layer may comprise aluminium or an aluminium alloy.
Patent GB-2341029-A (GB)
Title: Television camera having neutral density striped filter and producing output with extended dynamic range/contrast
Inventor: SPENCER SIMON HOWARD
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 1998-08-29
Abstract: A camera comprises a sensor 5 such as a CCD or ICCD for receiving radiation representative of a scene, filter means 4 such as an arrangement of parallel neutral density stripes, arranged to attenuate the radiation reaching the sensor, and decoding electronics such as comb filters which decode the encoded video output of the sensor, (consisting of a high sensitivity image in which the radiation on the sensor is not attenuated and a low sensitivity image in which it is), to produce a compressed video image, from which the pattern of the filter means has been removed.
Patent GB-2332225-A (GB)
Title: Control line actuation of multiple downhole tools
Inventor: ZIMMERMAN PATRICK J
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 1998-12-09
Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed which permits operation of multiple downhole tools using at least one control line running outside the tubular string. The control line 24 or 26 can be used to set and release a packer 10 as well as one or more components (Fig 1d, 12) mounted adjacent to the packer, which depend on hydraulic pressure for their operation.
Patent GB-2335361-A (GB)
Title: Blood pump apparatus
Inventor: HEILMAN MARLIN STEPHEN
IPC: A61M60/876
Filed: 1998-12-31
Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a blood pump apparatus comprising a pump housing 13, a drive chamber 18, a compressible blood chamber 20 and a drive mechanism including a pumping arm 33 and a movable plate 28. The drive mechanism can include a motor (56) for rotating an eccentric shaft 47. In use, the motor rotates a cam such as roller bearing 52 causing the pumping arm 33 to pivot which cycles the movable plate 28 against chamber 20 to pump blood. The movable plate may be placed adjacent a lung such that the lung moves with plate 28, thus eliminating the need for a separate compliance chamber. The apparatus may be provided with other features such as a speed reducer (70), hermetically sealing bellows (38) for the drive chamber, a tissue friendly enclosure (105) and a sensor 33 for determining the volume of blood in chamber 28.
Patent GB-2333787-A (GB)
Title: Mud pulse telemetry in underbalanced drilling systems
Inventor: HARRELL JOHN
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 1999-02-03
Abstract: A mud pulse telemetry system uses a downhole pulser (Fig 1, 72) to produce sequences of positive and/or negative pulses according to a selected pattern. Positive pulses, negative pulses, and a combination thereof may be produced. A flow rate sensor 100 at the surface measures changes in the flow rate, in the drilling fluid supply line 38, at the top of the wellbore instead of or in addition to changes in the pressure. The flow rate measurements are then converted into pressure signals, by a pressure transducer 102 and a signal conditioner 104, before analysis by a processor 106. The flow rate changes are detectable even though the pressure pulses themselves may be difficult to detect due to a poor signal to noise ratio. This enables the invention to function effectively in underbalanced drilling, where the use of light muds with a high gas content is required. One embodiment of the invention uses a conventional downhole pulser with the main valve closed and the pilot valve operating in a direct pulse mode.