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Patent GB-2303683-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulically damped engine mounting
Inventor: MEYER HEINRICH
IPC: F16F13/14
Filed: 1996-07-26
Abstract: An hydraulically damped engine mounting for mounting a power unit of a vehicle has inner and outer attachment members (1, 2) connected by an elastic element (5). The cavity formed by the attachment members (1, 2) and the element (5) is divided into two fluid chambers (3, 4) connected through a damping passage (9). The mounting also has a de-coupling device (7) for de-coupling high-frequency oscillations. The device (7) is provided in one of the attachment members, preferably the outer one (2), and is in working communication with the chamber (3).
Patent GB-2305547-A (GB)
Title: Temperature compensation using a composite resonator in a coaxial cavity signal transmission filter
Inventor: HOLLAND WILLIAM
IPC: H01P7/04
Filed: 1996-09-19
Abstract: A signal transmission filter for filtering a signal transmitted therethrough includes a housing 112 and a cover 114 forming a filter cavity 128 enclosing a composite filter resonator connected to the base of the housing. The composite filter resonator includes first and second portions 130,132 of first and second different materials, respectively. The filter cover 114 has an aperture disposed therein, and a tuning element 118 is partially inserted in the aperture. The tuning element extends into the filter cavity 128 and partially protrudes above the filter cover 114. Thermal compensation is provided by selection of an appropriate ratio of the first and second resonator materials.
Patent GB-2318062-A (GB)
Title: Golf club
Inventor: YOU CHIN-SAN
IPC: A63B53/14
Filed: 1996-10-08
Abstract: A golf club 10 comprises a shaft 12, a handle 14, and a protruding portion 16. The shaft 12 has a hollow interior, a tapered profile, a small end 24 and a large end 26 greater in diameter than the small end 24. The handle 14 has a connection end 40 made of a material different from the material of which the shaft 12 is made. The connection end 40 is connected to the large end 26. The protruding portion 16 is located between the shaft 12 and the handle 14 such that the connection end 40 and the large end 26 are fastened to each other in the interior of the protruding portion 16. The connection end 40 is capable of interrupting the transmission of shock from the shaft 12 to the handle 14.
Patent GB-2318219-A (GB)
Title: Housing for wiring and carpet gripper
Inventor: YOUNG ALAN JOHN
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1996-10-12
Abstract: A system comprising of two units, a strip (Figures 1 and 2) and a junction piece (Figure 3), which provide a method of containing and concealing wiring, combined with the means of fitting carpet. The units combine a method of location against skirting boards which also protects against the incursion of drafts and dust, a housing to contain carpet gripper 4 and a channel 7 with a hinged flap 9 which when closed contains and protects wiring. The units are joined by running gripper across the joints. They are fixed to the floor by nails passing through the gripper and the unit base, or by gluing the gripper to the base and the base to the floor.
Patent GB-2302250-A (GB)
Title: Three-dimensional game device and picture synthesis method
Inventor: NIMURA SHINOBU
IPC: H04N13/111
Filed: 1996-02-15
Abstract: A three-dimensional game device which can make a player feel a sense of passage of time and in which game pictures and demonstration pictures can be increased in variety. A virtual time calculation unit (120) calculates time passage in a virtual three-dimensional space on the basis of time passage in an actual space to find a virtual time. A virtual three-dimensional space calculation unit (100) calculates positional information of a representation disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space and positional information of a light source such as the "sun" moving in the virtual three-dimensional space with the passage of virtual time. A three-dimensional calculation unit (210) performs three-dimensional calculation including shading calculation for the representation, which is disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space, on the basis of the positional information of the light source. Also, dark night can be represented by a depth cueing calculation and moon disappearing in the sky can be represented by a translucent calculation. In the case where there are a plurality of game stages having different game settings, a virtual time at the completion of one game stage is succeeded by a subsequent game stage. It is possible to have a virtual time elapsing while a demonstration picture is displayed.
Patent GB-2306302-A (GB)
Title: Detergent dispenser with an overflow conduit
Inventor: GEE ALAN GEOFFREY
IPC: A47L15/44
Filed: 1996-10-22
Abstract: A receptacle 102 to receive an inverted container which holds a cleaning agent in either powdered or solid form has upper inclined sides 104, 105 and a lower funnel portion 116, which provides the normal route for the cleaning agent solution, leading to an outlet 120 at a spigot 118. An alternative route 122 for the water by-passes at least a part of the lower portion 116 connecting at the outlet 120. Preferably the receptacle also provides a spacing 124 as part of the alternative route. A tubular ring 114 may provide a conically converging plurality of jets of water which are sprayed into the inverted container through a grid 112 to dissolve the cleaning agent. A sensor (not shown) may also be used to detect the use of the alternative route 122 and may give a visual of audible indication. In another embodiment the alternative route 122 may communicate with an entirely independent conduit leading from the receptacle to the machine.
Patent GB-2318642-A (GB)
Title: Self-adjustiing electrode for sensing galvanic skin resistance
Inventor: MAGEE STEPHEN
IPC: A61B5/053
Filed: 1996-10-26
Abstract: Pressure sensitive self-adjusting electrode apparatus for sensing the galvanic skin resistance (GSR) of a subject comprises an outer enclosure 3 containing shafts or holes 6, electrodes 1 at the end of the shafts or holes, springs 2 within the shafts or holes. The springs enable the electrodes to recede in response to increases in pressure and to move out in response to decreases in Also provided are means of applying a potential difference across the electrodes. When the skin of said biologic being is brought into contact with the electrodes and the device is switched on, an electrical circuit is created. The subject's GSR, indicative of his psychophysiological state, can thus be sensed by the apparatus, and changes in the pressure of the skin against the electrodes, except in extreme cases do not affect the electrical current or the derived value of the subject's GSR.
Patent GB-2309114-A (GB)
Title: Addressing ferroelectric liquid crystal displays
Inventor: OKAMOTO SHIGETSUGU
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 1996-11-06
Abstract: The scanning signal used in addressing a ferroelectric liquid crystal display with negative dielectric anisotropy includes a blanking pulse having a width which is twice that of a selecting period and a polarity which is opposite to the strobe pulse. The blank pulse is applied before the selecting period and in one frame period. The strobe pulse is applied in the trailing part of the of the selecting period and a predetermine period which follows the selecting period. A non selecting period is provided between the blanking pulse and the selecting period which is at least three times as long as the selecting period.
Patent GB-2320274-A (GB)
Title: Bollard
Inventor: LEIGH PETER JOHN
IPC: E01F9/615
Filed: 1996-12-11
Abstract: A traffic board having retroreflective strips (6) is externally illuminated by light generated by a submerged lighting arrangement (9). Rays (10) emerging from the upper region of a projecting translucent base portion (12) are scattered and some fall on the surface of the retroreflective strips at a sufficiently shallow angle to be reflected (11) in a nearly horizontal plane.
Patent GB-2310620-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for conditioning fluid flow
Inventor: AKIN JOHN E
IPC: E21B10/61
Filed: 1995-12-16
Abstract: Fluid flow is conditioned by introducing a fluid into a nozzle body (152) having an opening defining an inlet (158), an opening defining an outlet (164), and an inner surface (166) connecting the inlet and the outlet by directing the fluid introduced into the inlet of the nozzle body over the inner surface, and by applying a pressure to the fluid. The inner surface (166) of the noise is asymmetric with respect to a center line (160a) of the inlet (158).
Patent GB-2328559-A (GB)
Title: All weather satellite feed unit cover
Inventor: KEELING-MORGAN DARREN ROBERT
IPC: H01Q1/42
Filed: 1997-07-23
Abstract: A cover arrangement for a feed unit (fig 3) of a satellite dish (preferably a low-noise-block (L. N. B.) unit) comprises one or more cover members (figs 2,4 and 5) and means of securing the cover arrangement around the said feed unit. A cover member may comprise a conical member (fig 4) with an open end 5 and may further include a cylindrical member (fig 5) with a slot 7 which is arranged to fit over the feed unit (fig 3). The cover members may be formed from clear plastic material The cover arrangement may be applied to an L. N. B. unit of a satellite dish feed system to avoid the influence of adverse weather conditions such as rain and snow.
Patent GB-2320433-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for cooling pump in autoclave apparatus
Inventor: CLAYTON PATRICK BRIAN
IPC: A61L2/24
Filed: 1997-11-10
Abstract: An autoclave sterilizer has a chamber 1 with a gas outlet 10 and a gas inlet 11. The gas outlet 10 is connected to an atmosphere vent 14 and to the inlet of a pump 22 via valves 15 and 28. The inlet of the pump 22 is also connected to an atmosphere inlet 26 via a valve 23. The outlet of the pump 22 is connected to the chamber gas inlet 11 and to a second atmosphere vent 32 via valves 18, 21 and 33. A second atmosphere inlet 34 connects with the chamber gas inlet 11. After sterilization, the pump 22 evacuates air from the chamber 1 and air is then admitted via the atmosphere inlet 34. The pump 22 then pumps air from the atmosphere inlet 26 to the vent 32, bypassing the chamber 1, to cool the pump.
Patent GB-2332833-A (GB)
Title: Secure credit card transactions over the internet
Inventor: HICHENS SIMON
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 1997-12-24
Abstract: A first party C wishing to make a purchase over the Internet splits a message containing confidential information such as credit card number, name etc into two parts. A first part is sent to the seller or second party B, and the other part is sent directly to a trusted third party A such as a credit card company. The seller processes its part of the information and forwards it on to the trusted third party who is then in possession of all the information necessary to process the transaction. Even if one part of the message is intercepted, the security of the whole message is not necessarily compromised. The individual parts of the message may be encrypted and may incorporate public/private key systems. For certain transactions, a password or PIN number may be sent off line to the third party.
Patent GB-2332969-A (GB)
Title: Measuring physiological data and identifying persons
Inventor: D SOUZA MICHAEL FRANCIS
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1998-01-06
Abstract: Three linked devices are presented which combine to create unique time-based identity numbers and record ambient physiological changes. The latter can be telemetrically transmitted as an identity checker or displayed visually in the form of electronic jewellery.
Patent GB-2334378-A (GB)
Title: An illuminatable switch
Inventor: JONES SIMON DAVID
IPC: H01H13/02
Filed: 1998-02-17
Abstract: A switch actuator button 1 has an illuminatable region which in use, is illuminated to indicate the operative state of a switch. The switch comprises a light guide to one end of which is attached a translucent light diffuser 3 arranged so that light received from a source 15 adjacent the diffuser 3 travels along the light guide to a translucent screen 4. The translucent screen 4 serves to indicate the operative state of the switch and ensures that the illumination is substantially uniform and therefore aesthetically acceptable.
Patent GB-2334779-A (GB)
Title: A smoke extraction hood
Inventor: CHIANG CHAO CHENG
IPC: F24C15/20
Filed: 1998-02-26
Abstract: A smoke extraction hood for a kitchen includes a housing (10) having a top flue (11). A casing (32) is secured to the housing and has an outlet (321) communicating with the flue and has one or more front openings (322) for engaging with one or more fan devices (33). A smoke guide (20) is secured to the front portion of the housing and has a chamber for receiving and collecting smoke. The fan devices may draw the smoke in the smoke guide into the casing and outward through the outlet. The smoke guide 20 may be a triangular pyramid structure. An inclined board (40) having a number of holes (41) is disposed in the bottom of the smoke guide. Each hole includes an upwardly extending peripheral wall. Oil collected on top of the board flows downwardly onto a second board (50) and into a cup (60).
Patent GB-2324970-A (GB)
Title: Game racket having a head frame capable of absorbing shock
Inventor: SHAW CHING-SONG
IPC: A63B59/00
Filed: 1998-03-25
Abstract: A game racket has a head frame 11 provided with a string protective strip 20 and a shock-absorbing strip 30. The string protective strip is provided with a plurality of string protective jackets 23 tubular in shape and having an axial through hole 231. The string protective strip is secured to a recessed portion 12 of the outer wall of the head frame such that the string protective jackets are received in the string holes 13 of the head frame. The shock-absorbing strip is provided with a plurality of shock-absorbing bodies 32 each having a fitting portion 321, a shock-absorbing portion 322 and a through hole 323 for accommodating the string. The shock-absorbing strip is secured to a recess 22 of the string protective strip such that shock-absorbing bodies are fitted into the axial through holes of the string protective jackets, and that the shock-absorbing portions of the shock-absorbing bodies are exposed from the free ends of the string protective jackets.
Patent GB-2336543-A (GB)
Title: Drape for use with a tourniquet
Inventor: REAY-YOUNG CLIVE BRUCE
IPC: A61B19/08
Filed: 1998-04-24
Abstract: A drape 2 for use with a tourniquet comprising a piece of waterproof material with a padded section 6 contained within the waterproof material for encircling a patient's limb. Drape section 4 may be folded back over the padded section to provide a pocket for the tourniquet. The drape is provided with an adhesive strip 8 for attaching the drape to the user's skin, thus creating a liquid impervious seal.
Patent GB-2337193-A (GB)
Title: Integral sock joiner.
Inventor: LEWIS NICHOLAS ANDREW
IPC: D06F95/00
Filed: 1998-05-11
Abstract: A fastening device to connect pairs of socks together, e.g. during washing, is integral with the socks themselves. The device may take the form of a button on one sock and eyelet on the other, Velcro (RTM) fastening, press studs or a cooperating hook and ring.
Patent GB-2338166-A (GB)
Title: Sheep dipping apparatus
Inventor: GARDINER RONALD
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 1998-06-09
Abstract: Sheep dipping apparatus 1 comprising a container 8 for sheep dipping chemicals and a retaining means 13 for retaining one or more sheep in a standing position, adapted to be moveable between a first position above the container and a second position within the container where sheep dipping chemicals may be bought into contact with the sheep. The retaining means accommodates up to ten sheep and comprises a standing area 6 for sheep, for example a horizontal meshed platform, meshed cage or harness. Exit and entry areas for the sheep, in the form of loading 12 and unloading ramps 11, are detachably mounted on the retaining means. The loading ramp is located adjacent the loading pen 2 and the unloading ramp is located adjacent the drip pen 10. The apparatus is vehicularly transportable and may be made from a self assembly kit.
Patent GB-2327129-A (GB)
Title: Heat sensitive stencils
Inventor: TANAKA TETSUO
IPC: B41C1/14
Filed: 1998-07-09
Abstract: A heat sensitive stencil comprises a porous support (10) and a thermoplastic resin film (20) laminated on the support. The surface of the resin film opposite to that contracting the support has a surface smoothness of at least 10,000 seconds. The heat sensitive stencil may be made by bonding the resin film to the porous support with an adhesive, while maintaining both the support and film under a specific tension. Another process of fabricating a heat sensitive stencil is disclosed, and which involves applying a coating composition containing a resin and first and second solvents having a specific solubility and specific evaporation rates, to one surface of the thermoplastic resin film, followed by drying the applied composition to form a porous support. In an alternative process of fabricating a heat sensitive stencil, a resin dissolved in a solvent, is applied to one surface of the thermoplastic resin film, to form a wet resin coating over this surface, followed by spraying vapours or fine droplets of a second solvent overthe wet coating, the second solvent being incapable of dissolving the resin, followed by drying the resin coating to form a porous support.
Patent GB-2328587-A (GB)
Title: Exchange of prioritised messages between a cellular telephone and a PDA
Inventor: KIM HAE-SUG
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1998-07-20
Abstract: Messages to be transmitted between a cellular telephone and a PDA (Personal Data Assistant) are assigned a priority and exchanged and processed according to the assigned priority. A priority may be set such that the messages are exchanged at the users discretion. The arrangement reduces processing time and thereby reduces battery power consumption.
Patent GB-2342623-A (GB)
Title: A foldable wheeled trolley
Inventor: LOWENSTEIN FRANK
IPC: B62B1/12
Filed: 1998-10-13
Abstract: A foldable wheeled trolley comprises a support body (7) having handle means (1) at one end and a pair of legs (2), hinged at an upper end to fan out from a stored position where they lie adjacent to each other to an open position where they are splayed apart. A wheel (3) is mounted at the free end of each leg (2). Hinged to each leg (2), at the free end, is an arm (4) which is movable between a stored position adjacent to the leg (2) to an open. The arms (4) are hinged to each other, at the other end to that hinged to the legs (2), to provide a triangular support platform for loads when the arms (4) are in the open position.
Patent GB-2331414-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring a current-regulating stage
Inventor: HACHMEISTER MARCEL
IPC: G05F1/10
Filed: 1998-11-06
Abstract: A method of monitoring at least two current-regulating stages (100, 101-109) for electrical loads (L), wherein the stages each comprise switching means (S) and a current regulator (140) and are each operable so that the respective load conducts current determined by a keying ratio and regulated towards a target value (I 1 , I 2  - I 1 ), comprises the steps of forming the ratio between the keying ratio and the target value of the current-regulating stage to be monitored, and comparing the formed ratio with a comparison value.
Patent GB-2331946-A (GB)
Title: Tool changing device
Inventor: MORITA KENICHIRO
IPC: B23Q3/157
Filed: 1998-12-01
Abstract: A tool changing device comprises a tool loader 12 movable to collect or deposit a tool 5 at any one of a tool magazine 9, tool interchanging means 6 located at one end of the tool magazine 9, and a used tool exchange means 13 located at the other end of the tool magazine 9. The tool loader 12 is restricted from moving into the area P1 using stopping means, the area P1 corresponding with the position of the used tool exchange means 13, when a tool is being replaced in said means 13. The stopping means may comprise a tool loader stopper 19,20 which physically prevents the tool loader 12 from entering region P1 and/or a sequence controller for controlling the movement of the tool loader 12, ie, by restricting movement of the tool loader 12 to within region R only. If the tool loader stopper 19,20 is used, this is preferably moved in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the tool loader 12 is movable. The device also includes a main spindle 3 on which the tool 5 is mounted, this spindle 3 preferably being slidable between a tool loading position (solid lines) and a working position (dashed lines). The tool magazine 9 comprises a linear series of hold portions 10 which accept a tool pot 11. The tool loader 12 preferably comprises a saddle (30, figure 2), and holds the tool pot 11 using grip arms (41, figure 2) and/or a hook (43, figure 2), and is driven using a ball screw 27 and motor 25. Preferably, a cam (44, figure 2) on the saddle (30, figure 2) engages with a cam groove (31, figure 2) located between guiding rails (26, figure 2), a bend in the cam groove (31a, figure 2) serving to rotate the tool loader 12 so that it is correctly orientated for attachment or detachment of a tool 5 to or from a tool grip portion 8 on the tool interchanging means 6, or for collection or deposit of a tool 5 in the tool magazine 9 or the used tool exchange means 13.
Patent GB-2346990-A (GB)
Title: Client/server transaction processing system with automatic distributed co-ordinator set-up into a linear chain for use of linear commit optimisation
Inventor: HUTCHISON GORDON DOUGLAS
IPC: G06F12/00
Filed: 1999-02-20
Abstract: A computing apparatus (e.g Process A) for use in a client/server transaction processing system has: means 31 for sending a transactional requests to a server (e.g. Process C) to request that the server become involved in processing a distributed transaction, the request including an indication of a computing apparatus (e.g process B) to which the server should direct a registration request to request that a resource 39 local to the server be registered in the transaction; means 31 for receiving a reply 12 to the transactional request from the server, the reply including an indication of an apparatus (e.g. Process C) which is currently the last in a linear chain of apparatuses that have sent out registration requests in response to receiving transactional requests; and means 35 for keeping track of the current apparatus which is the last in the linear chain based on replies received by the receiving means; wherein the indication sent by the sending means, along with the transactional request, is an indication of the current apparatus which is the last in the linear chain, based on the keeping means.
Patent GB-2348599-A (GB)
Title: Combination of travel case and folding table
Inventor: LEE CHUN-PING
IPC: A47B3/10
Filed: 1999-04-09
Abstract: Table top 2, is hinged at one end to the upper side of travel case 1 and at the other to a retractable stand 4. The support means comprises two sleeves 42, into which inner tubes 43 are slidably fitted via control block 41 and bracing struts 451 disposed between the support means and the table top. Inner tubes 43 are spring mounted within the sleeves 42 and connected to brace struts 451, so that pushing the tubes into the sleeves also collapses the bracing struts allowing the stand to be folded against the table top and thus the table top to be folded against the case. Torsion springs (453) act to deploy the stand automatically as the table top is lifted away from the travel case. Also disclosed are locking means to lock the table top against the case when not in use and locking means to immobilise wheels 14 when the table top is deployed.