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Patent GB-832582-A (GB)
Abstract: 832,582. Suction dredging apparatus. SYKES Ltd., H., and PAISH, H. P. S. Nov. 20, 1958 [Nov. 25, 1957], No 36710/57. Class 68(1) Legs 3, 4, 5 secured directly to the intake end of a suction pipe or to a sleeve 1, in turn secured to the pipe, are of a shape that ensures the suction pipe intake being maintained above the material to be dredged. The legs are of V-shape, the outer limbs 5 being preferably cranked and pointed. A band may encircle the outer limbs being secured to the limbs intermediate the ends thereof.
Patent GB-2131599-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for generating colour television signals
Inventor: TAKANASHI ITSUO
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 1983-11-14
Abstract: An image pickup device, for a colour TV camera has an optical block (PB) adhering to the front surface of a face plate of the device and which includes a near-infrared absorption filter (A) by which near- infrared light is removed from light applied through a lens system (8) so that undesirable phenomena such as flares and ghost images are effectively prevented. The optical block may include a crystal filter (B) attached to the near-infrared absorption filter and, further, the outer periphery of the optical block may be covered by a black body (9), which may be black material or paint applied thereto, for effective absorption of undesirable light. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2133524-A (GB)
Title: The heat exchanger
Inventor: CHARLIER SERGE
IPC: B29C65/00
Filed: 1983-12-12
Abstract: The heat exchanger consists of one or more pairs of outer and inner tubes 1 and 3 respectively connected to superposed first and second tube plates 5 and 7 respectively. The outer tube 1 is closed at that end 2 remote from the first tube plate 5 and the inner tube 3 is open at that end 4 remote from the second tube plate 7 to provide a fluid connection between the tubes. The outer tube 1 is made from a fluorinated thermoplastics polymer and, in use, provides the heat exchange surface through which heat is transferred between a fluid surrounding the outer tube 1 and a fluid circulating through the tubes 1, 3. The heat exchanger has particular application to corrosive environments, especially where one of the fluids, that surrounding the outer tube, is corrosive. Several installations are described, notably for heat recovery from hot concentrated sulphuric acid to generate steam and for heat recovery and depollution of fluegas produced by sulphur containing fuels. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154991-A (GB)
Title: Liquid container tapping device
Inventor: BRADSTOCK NICHOLAS GARSTANG CA
IPC: B67B7/48
Filed: 1983-12-30
Abstract: A tapping device for fitting on to the flanged outlet 2 of a "bag-in-box" 5 comprises a frame member having a hook means 9 for engaging the flange 7 on the gland so holding the member in line with the outlet of the gland and a tapping member 13 slidable within the frame member and comprising a piercing head 14 for piercing the diaphragm 3 which head has an opening or openings 15 for the outflow of liquid from the package and channel means 16 for conducting the liquid under suction to a dispensing means. The channel means is preferably fitted with a non-return valve 18. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159229-A (GB)
Title: Connecting blocks
Inventor: PATON ARTHUR PHILIP
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1984-05-19
Abstract: A connector block comprises two very similar parts 2,3 secured together by bolts passing through aligned holes 11. The two parts 2,3 of the block between them define radially extending passageways 5 within which may be secured the ends of connecting rods so as to construct a framework in combination with other connector blocks and connecting rods such as in the form of a fruit cage or a cloche. An axial passageway 12 can receive a further connecting rod for interconnections or supports extending at right angles to the plane defined by the passageways 5. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2141359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the application of coatings to articles
Inventor: CONOLLY RALPH IVOR
IPC: C23C24/08
Filed: 1984-05-25
Abstract: It is known to apply coatings which have desired characteristics, e.g. wear resistance, thermal barrier capabilities anti-oxidation, to articles the material of which does not have the desired characteristic, wherein the coating is applied directly to the article. Some article materials, e.g. Titanium are highly reactive which immediately obviates several known methods of applying coatings. The invention uses a member (12) which would normally be preformed to mate with the article surface to be coated. The member (12) is manufactured from cheap, non reactive material, as a base to which the coating (14) is applied by the most suitable of any of the known means. The member (12) is then placed against the article with the coating (14) therebetween and the whole hot isostatically pressed. The member (12) is afterwards removed, e.g. by machining or etching. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144991-A (GB)
Title: Hair growth promotor
Inventor: OSHIMA YOSHIAKI
IPC: A61K8/64
Filed: 1984-07-27
Abstract: A topical hair growth preparation involving oestrogens, adrenal homones and vitamin B2 as main ingredients with low concentration and specified ratio of oestrogen to adrenal hormone.
Patent GB-2166475-A (GB)
Title: Sleeper spacing beams
Inventor: CARRE JEAN FRANCOIS
IPC: E01B29/06
Filed: 1984-11-01
Abstract: A sleeper spacing beam (70) has opposed pairs of hooks (71) for picking up a sequence of sleepers at a uniform predetermined spacing. The hooks are linked to respective slidable runners (52) by chains (51), the runners being slidably mounted one behind the other along a track extending the length of the beam (70). The runners (52) are interconnected by lost-motion couplings in the form of slotted links (56) so that the runners are movable between a bunched position and a spread open position along the beam. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152098-A (GB)
Title: Surface covering material
Inventor: APPLEYARD FRANCIS JOSEPH
IPC: B44F9/04
Filed: 1984-12-20
Abstract: A floor tile or sheet is manufactured by adding a hard particulate material of contrasting colour such as ground marble to the tile base plastics mix, which then appears in the surface of the finished tile as an unoriented, unsmeared dot pattern.
Patent GB-2173085-A (GB)
Title: Rodent trap
Inventor: MELTON MELVIN M
IPC: A01M23/18
Filed: 1985-10-07
Abstract: An animal trap (10 or 80) especially suited for trapping rodents such as mice and other small animals, one embodiment (10) of which comprises a disposable, elongated container (12) having two contiguous bottom surfaces (20 and 22) forming an obtuse angle therebetween and a hinged door (24) for selectively enclosing the container after the animal has entered and sprung the trap. When set, the trap rests on a first of the two bottom surfaces (22) with the door (24) held elevated from the container (12) to permit an animal to enter the trap (10). The second of the two bottom surfaces (20) is elevated from the underlying support surface. When the animal enters the portion of the container (12) where the bait (34) is positioned, the animal's weight lowers the second bottom surface (20) and elevates the first bottom surface (22) releasing the door (24) and closing the container (12) trapping the animal. The door (24) is sealed by magnetic force (32) and/or a latch (26) which hooks into an aperture (30) in the first bottom surface (22). This embodiment of the trap is well suited for catching mice and is especially configured as an integral unit for low cost manufacture by means of molding or extruding various plastics. A second embodiment (80), well suited for trapping such rodents as gophers and rats, uses a stationary exterior housing (81) having a uniquely configured and positioned tilt plate (93) which is similar to the bottom surfaces (20 and 22) of the first embodiment, but which permits the trap housing (81) to remain in a fixed and stable configuration. A trap plate (98), hinged to the tilt plate (93), blocks the rodent's exit when its weight activates the trap. An alternative two-piece container configuration (110) of the second embodiment is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2182078-A (GB)
Title: Suspended ceiling runner
Inventor: WALTON DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: E04B9/06
Filed: 1985-10-24
Abstract: A composite runner comprises a primary section (10) formed from steel strip having side walls of a base portion (26) which have outwardly upturned bottom margins (28, 30) which at their top edges form longitudinally-extending shoulders (32, 34) and having a decorative capping section (12) formed from pre-painted strip comprising inwardly 16 facing longitudinally-extending ribs (44, 46) which engage above the shoulders of the primary section (10) to resist downwards removal of the capping. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195854-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: HUMPHRIES BRYAN JASON
IPC: H04N9/30
Filed: 1986-09-26
Abstract: A display device of two superimposed matrices, 1 being the 'luminance' matrix to control the brightness of the display, and may be of an active matrix construction, while matrix 2 is the chrominance matrix, operating as a colour shutter, and may be of a ferroelectric construction. By appropriate separation and recombination, three signals are produced, namely a wideband luminance, a highband luminance and a lowband RGB luminance/chrominance. The chrominance signal is processed in dependence on the highband luminance signal, so that if the output of the comparator 6 indicates there is no fine luminance, and if the output of the RGB comparator 12 indicates that a colour signal is present, the colour signals RGB are routed to the signal bus of matrix 1 by strobing to the signal bus sequentially during 3 clock pulses of the luma pixel clock by the multiplexer 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196758-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulically controlled actuator
Inventor: WATTS IAN
IPC: F15B9/04
Filed: 1986-10-30
Abstract: A hydraulically controlled actuator 1A, B or C controlled by an individual adjustable vane pump 2 needs no valves in its piping and because it has no valves it can use sea water as a hydraulic fluid without suffering from cavitation problems. A controller 29 comprises a demand signal at 30 with a feed back signal at 29 to displace the axis of rotation of the vane pump to produce a variable flow to the actuator 2. A plurality of actuators may be adjusted by a plurality of pumps 2 operated by a common motor 24. One vane pump 2N is used as a supply pump and feeds fluids into the other pump actuator systems. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189818-A (GB)
Title: Softening and bleaching detergent compositions
Inventor: RAEMDONCK HANS
IPC: C11D3/32
Filed: 1987-04-22
Abstract: Bleaching detergent compositions containing a peroxyacid bleaching compound and a narrowly defined amide softening agent are disclosed. The compositions of the invention are capable of providing various fabric care benefits, inclusive of softeness, independently from and in presence of peroxyacid bleaching agents.
Patent GB-2197026-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust silencers for i.c. engines
Inventor: PEYCKE TRUSCOTT JOHN HENRY
IPC: F01N1/08
Filed: 1987-09-29
Abstract: In an exhaust silencer comprising at least two zones 16, 20 and preferably three, 16, 20, 32 the first zone 16 receives exhaust gases from on inlet 12 via orifices 18 and releases them to the second zone 20 via orifices 24 which are sized such that a pressure is built up in the first zone 16. The second zone 20 includes a venturi 26 which is supplied with the exhaust gases which do not pass through the orifices 24. The outlet of the venturi 26 may be directed into the upstream end of a tail pipe 40. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219716-A (GB)
Title: Support for fishing rods
Inventor: GOODWIN IAN ALFRED
IPC: A01K97/22
Filed: 1988-06-14
Abstract: A means for supporting that end of fishing rod which is to be furthest removed from the water's edge when in use by an angler, comprises a support member, for example a telescopic member, attached to a portable structure on which the angler is to sit, notably a tackle box. The invention also provides a telescopic assembly for mounting the rod support on the portable structure; and a plate for mounting on a side wall of a tackle box which has a transverse arm carrying the rod supports demountably attached thereto, the plate also carrying adhesive pads upon the rear face thereof for mounting the plate upon the wall of the tackle box. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210723-A (GB)
Title: Drum mount for securing damp
Inventor: HOSHINO YOSHIHIRO
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 1988-09-02
Abstract: A clamp 10 is supported on the side of a drum D for mounting the drum on a support rod R. The clamp is mounted so as to avoid concentration of the load on a single part of the drum body. The clamp is cushioned 30 at opposite vertical ends of the clamp where it is attached to the drum body to minimize the transmission of vibration of the drum to the support rod. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2222898-A (GB)
Title: Meter reading device
Inventor: MOULD DAVID FREDERICK
IPC: H04M11/00
Filed: 1988-09-15
Abstract: A utility meter incorporates means to provide information identifying the meter, 1, and information indicative of the meter reading. A device to be utilised in reading the meter comprises a memory 8 and means to transfer, to the memory, the information provided by the meter. The memory is provided with means to enable information to be transferred directly to a computer. The information may be passed from the meter to the device by radio, ultrasonic, or optical transmission. An electricity meter has a modem 15 connected with a transmitter 2 and a receiver 3 and with a ring main supplied through the meter. The meter reading device 5 has a modem 16 connected through a plug and socket 18, 19 with the ring main for transmitting and receiving signals between the meter and meter reading device. A suppressor 13 prevents data signals passing back through the mains supply. Data are downloaded to a computer from an output port 11 of the device memory. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223286-A (GB)
Title: Water pipe fittings
Inventor: HILL DAVID JOHN
IPC: F16L41/00
Filed: 1988-09-30
Abstract: A connector for coupling a water controlling or monitoring device to a pipe line comprises inlet and outlet ports 2, 5 adapted for connection to pipes for the flow of water therethrough; a manifold body 10 including meter inlet and outlet apertures 8, 9 directed transversely to and connected respectively with the inlet and outlet ports and adapted to receive and be connected to appropriate inlet and outlet water openings at one end of a single ended device for attachment and removal thereof in a direction transverse to the inlet and outlet ports; the connector carrying a plurality of generally planar mounting faces 13, 14 each differently angled with respect to the manifold body, by means of which the connector member can be mounted on a surface adjacent the pipe line at one of a number of angles chosen for the requirements for use of the device mounted thereon. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217446-A (GB)
Title: Infra red detector
Inventor: SHUTE GRAHAM REGINALD
IPC: G08B13/193
Filed: 1989-04-13
Abstract: An infra red detector comprises a base member in the form of a housing 1 which has a top cover 2 provided with a circular aperture 3. An infra red detector device 4 has a part spherical lower section 5 to which an upper saddle portion 6 is moulded. A rectangular lens 7 fits over the saddle portion 6 and is retained by a frame which clips over the top and engages small recesses 8 in the saddle portion 6. The lower section 5 is mounted in a triangular base plate 9 which is in turn mounted in the housing 1 by springs 10. The springs 10 bias the base plate 9 upwards so that the detector 4 is urged against the aperture 3 in the top cover 2. The complete assembly is provided as an end section of a security light fitting 11 which is mounted in a desired position and the infra red detector 4 operates the light when triggered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219345-A (GB)
Title: Engine crankshaft arrangement
Inventor: KISCH ROBERT
IPC: F02B75/02
Filed: 1989-04-28
Abstract: The crankshaft axis is offset from the plane containing the axis of the or each i.c. engine cylinder 1 or the axis of one or each cylinder of a Stirling engine (Fig. 8) by 40 to 70%, e.g. 50%, of the piston stroke. The engine valve timing is adjusted to compensate for the stroke characteristics provided by the offset. Engine dimensions are given in the specification. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232629-A (GB)
Title: Sink tops
Inventor: EDWARDS CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B29C44/14
Filed: 1989-05-26
Abstract: A sink top is made by laying polymers into matched dies to form a gel coat, applying a shell coat of polymer concrete to the gel coat, closing the dies together and injecting a resin with foaming agent to create a cellular structure within the shell. A chip-board insert may be used as a core within the cellular filling.
Patent GB-2235123-A (GB)
Title: Novelty headgear
Inventor: CROWTHER ALAN
IPC: A41G7/02
Filed: 1989-08-03
Abstract: An item of headgear (10) comprises a pipe (18) mounted on an ace band (12), or headband or hat. Inflatable party blowers (25) are received in the pipe. A flexible tube (20) extends downwardly from the pipe (18). In use the alice band is received on a person's head! This person would blow down the flexible tube (20) in order to inflate the party blowers (25). A whistle or an inflatable item may replace the party blower. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225177-A (GB)
Title: Bracket for a busbar
Inventor: ROWLES PETER MAURICE
IPC: H02G5/06
Filed: 1989-11-11
Abstract: A mounting bracket for a busbar comprises two substantially identical parts 21, 22, the bracket having first, opposing, parallel flanges 23 and a further four flanges 24, 25, 26, 27 all of which are parallel to one another and transverse to said first, opposing flanges, each said part carrying one of said first, opposing flanges and two of said further four flanges, at least some of the flanges being provided with means, for example fixing holes, to fix the bracket and thereby the busbar to a support, for example a wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228729-A (GB)
Title: Capping device
Inventor: HAWKINS KENNETH HENRY
IPC: B67B3/06
Filed: 1990-01-24
Abstract: Apparatus for positioning caps 34 on containers 28 comprises a passageway with an entrance 14 above an outlet end portion 16 and including a wall 18 having an opening (22, Fig. 1), preferably bounded at each side by lips 24, to support the cap 34 over the opening (22). Receiving portions of containers traveling in a feed direction B pass through the opening (22) and each engage a cap 34 held by a retaining member 30 at the outlet end portion. As a container continues in the feed direction B in engagement with the cap 34 the cap is withdrawn from the passageway, the retaining member 30 moving away from its rest condition allowing the cap to escape. Adjusting means 60 may if necessary adjust the final position of the cap. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236661-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to abandonment suits
Inventor: GORDON JOHN YEATS
IPC: A41D13/012
Filed: 1990-02-05
Abstract: A survival suit, has a weighted lower portion such that in use the wearer's body is inclined at an angle from the vertical as a result of the weight bringing the wearer's legs together and down in the water. The weight may be distributed about the suits' feet at 39 and/or legs at 38, 40 and will preferably be in the region of 2 to 5 kilograms. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235121-A (GB)
Title: Process for decaffeinating green coffee
Inventor: SEIDLITZ HELMUT
IPC: A23F5/20
Filed: 1990-02-08
Abstract: A process for decaffeinating green coffee comprises extraction with fluid, supercritical CO2, which is supersaturated with 0.5-5% by weight of H2O. The coffee is optionally subsequently further treated in a second extraction step with water, preferably with water enriched with natural coffee flavor.
Patent GB-2229613-A (GB)
Title: Phase synchronization pull-in system in bit error detecting apparatus
Inventor: YOSHIMURA JUNICHI
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 1990-03-16
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a monitored circuit, a standard circuit for processing on an output of the monitored circuit inversely to the processing in the monitored circuit; a phase synchronization circuit (54) for inputting the input signal (A) of the monitored circuit, and adjusting a first delay time of the input signal so that the first delay time coincides with a second delay time of the output (C) of the standard circuit corresponding to the input signal, which second delay the input signal suffers through the monitored circuit and the standard circuit; a bit error detecting circuit (55) for detecting a difference between the input signal after delayed through the variable delay circuit (65), and the output of the standard circuit, bit by bit; and a controller (56') for controlling the adjusting of the first delay time, a monitoring operation of the monitored circuit, and a phase synchronization pull-in operation. 
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Patent GB-2247832-A (GB)
Title: A clothes drying rack
Inventor: YUEN HAISON
IPC: D06F57/12
Filed: 1990-09-11
Abstract: A retractable clothes drying rack comprises a pair of elongate longitudinal members 11a, 11b and a pair of elongate lateral members 12, 12b, releaseably fixed together to define a rectangular frame for attachment to the outside wall of a building via mounts 34. Across the two elongate lateral members lie a plurality of rod assemblies 30 each of which has a solid shaft carrying a carrier sleeve. The carrier sleeves each have an attachment fin extending outwardly. Each attachment fin has a plurality of carrier holes for clothes hangers. A plurality of pivot assemblies 21 are provided for adjustably positioning the rod assemblies and elongate lateral members at one side. Each pivot assembly has a mounting clip 25 in alignment with its bracket for releaseably securing the other side in a position. An awning cover assembly 41 is provided to attach to the clothes drying rack to keep the laundry dry. The rack may be stored in a vertical position when not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248643-A (GB)
Title: Fence post assemblies
Inventor: PARISH BRIAN STEPHEN
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 1990-10-11
Abstract: A fence post assembly which comprises a metal post (10) with an integral base plate (14) and a spiked member (12) for driving into the ground which has an integral top plate (18), the two plates (14, 18) being apertured to enable them to be bolted together, preferably with facility for the angular orientation of the post to be adjusted relative to the spiked member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240582-A (GB)
Title: Locking assembly for an automobile sunroof
Inventor: TSURUO RYO
IPC: B60J7/185
Filed: 1991-01-09
Abstract: A locking device for locking a detachable roof to a car body is shown, in which a housing 7 is mounted to the detachable roof, the housing defining a certain clearance 23 through which the interior of the housing is exposed to the outside of the housing. The locking device comprises: a hand lover 15 including a base portion 17 pivotally arranged in the housing and a grip portion projecting outside of the housing, the base portion being formed with a curved guide slot 35 which has at least one locking part 35a, a lock member 12, 14 linked to the hand lever in such a manner that when the hand lever is pivoted to a locked position the lock member becomes operative, and when the hand lever is pivoted to an unlocked position the lock member becomes inoperative; a guide pin 39 movably received in the housing and slidably engaged with the curved guide slot 35 of the hand lever, the guide pin inhibiting the hand lever from pivoting from the locked position towards the unlocked position when received in the locking part of the guide slot; a slide member 47 associated with the guide pin, the slide member being movable in a given direction F to disengage the guide pin 39 from the locking part 35a; a lockable stopper 79, 81 which can assume a locking position to prevent movement of the slide member in the given direction; and a wall member or cover portion 53 provided on the slide member 47 in such a manner as to conceal the guide pin from the certain clearance.   <IMAGE>