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Patent GB-2231297-A (GB)
Title: Disposable razor with safety seal
Inventor: JUAN ROY ARNAL
IPC: B26B21/40
Filed: 1990-05-09
Abstract: The razor, particularly for professional use in hairdressing establishments, comprises a support (2) in which the blade (3) is mounted with its cutting edge protected by a safety seal (5) which has to be broken off along the line (6) before the blade can be used.   The blade (3) can either be housed within the support during moulding of the support (2), or else, a housing area can be formed in the support for positioning the blade (3) and a pinned body (4) can be closed over the previously placed blade to secure the blade (3) within the support (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232069-A (GB)
Title: Container washing apparatus
Inventor: JUBY JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: B08B9/093
Filed: 1990-05-21
Abstract: Apparatus for washing out residues of toxic or corrosive chemicals from containers e.g. bottles comprises an open- ended pipe 21 removably mountable within the fill opening of a sprayer tank, support 24 for supporting pipe 21 within the opening, and means 25-27 for supplying water to the pipe. The support may comprise two arcuate hose portions. The pipe may be fitted with a spray nozzle at its open end, and may be so mounted that it may swing from side to side in the opening. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235311-A (GB)
Title: A group-management control method and apparatus for an elevator system
Inventor: TOBITA TOSHIMITSU
IPC: B66B1/18
Filed: 1990-06-07
Abstract: In a group-management control apparatus MA for an elevator system with plural elevators capable of serving plural floors, hall call devices HD1-HD3 are manipulated to generate a hall call. Plural kinds of the hall call allotment algorithm with different schemes are provided in advance, and the predetermined hall call allotment algorithm is selected therefrom by a reasoning operation, which is executed by a processor MA2 in accordance with one selected from among reasoning rules empirically provided in advance on the basis of the desired control targets e.g. waiting time, riding time, cage load, power consumption and an operating state of the elevators. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2232653-A (GB)
Title: Sleeving machine
Inventor: FREEMANTLE ARTHUR JOHN
IPC: B65B61/00
Filed: 1990-06-14
Abstract: A sleeving machine for erecting sleeve forming blanks into sleeves filling each erected sleeve with a tray comprises an input station 21 for receiving trays one by one, a magazine 24 for holding a stack of sleeve forming blanks, a sleeve erection station 25 arranged below the magazine, means for drawing blanks in turn downwardly from the magazine and to the sleeve erection station, means for feeding each tray from the input station and into an erected sleeve at the sleeve erection station, an output station 29 for receiving erected sleeves filled with trays, and means 51-54 (Fig 5) for advancing the filled sleeves in turn from the receiving station to the output station. The input station, the sleeve erection station, and the output station are arranged substantially in line when viewed from above. Plungers 34, 36 (Fig 4) are provided for pressing tray-retention tucks in the ends of the sleeve. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to heating vessels
Inventor: ABABURKO VICTOR
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 1990-07-04
Abstract: An electric kettle has a moulded plastics overlay 13 which provides front and rear mounting portions 30 and 31 apertured for passage of the handle fixings 22 and 23 into the body, via small fixing apertures 34, to be engaged by fasteners for securing the handle to the body so as to clamp the mounting portions 30 and 31 between the body and the parts 20 and 21 to locate the overlay 13. A socket opening 32 registers with the aperture 11 and a steam aperture or recess 33 registers with the steam passage 24 and a steam vent 19 in the body. The overlay 13 further provides a downwardly extending cylindrical part 35 having a lower edge which serves as a visual indicator of the maximum filling level. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245754-A (GB)
Title: Note and chordfinder
Inventor: MEEHAN TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: G09B15/00
Filed: 1990-07-06
Abstract: The note and chordfinder comprises a sleeve with windows cut out adjacent to appropriate denotations in which a sliding card marked with musical notes is moved. The notes of the denoted group or sequence appear in the windows adjacent to the denotation when the key-note is aligned with the first window. The above operation is illustrated in figure 3 of the drawing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to capacitive couplers and associated gas insulated switch systems
Inventor: IRWIN TERENCE
IPC: H01G4/28
Filed: 1990-07-25
Abstract: A capacitive coupler (22) is constructed from two electrically conductive tubes (24, 26) separated by a di-electric tube 28, and a central, electrically conductive pin (30). The resulting shape enables the coupler (22) to be fitted to suitable external features of a gas filled switch enclosure (12a) in a one or more phase circuit and thus obviates the need for piercing the enclosure walls for the passage of wiring. The coupler (22) is mounted in dielectric-separated flanges (20a) of the enclosure (12a) by nuts (36, 38) and receives at one end a coaxial cable (34) leading to circuitry for detecting unacceptable discharges within the switch enclosures. A brass screen (40) is provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250432-A (GB)
Title: Seat enhancer
Inventor: BOND MARTIN
IPC: A47C31/11
Filed: 1990-10-27
Abstract: A seat enhancer such as that shown in Figure 1 formed from a quilted material the quilting of which is such that the material exhibits a degree of stretch. The enhancer comprises a planar portion 15 for covering the upwardly presented surface of the seat squab and the forwardly presented surface of the seat back, and end portions 18 secured to opposite ends respectively of the planar portion 15 and defining therewith shallow pockets for receiving the upper and of the seat back and the front and of the seat squab, the periphery of the enhancer being elasticated and there being a retaining member 18 for interconnecting opposite regions of the planar portion 15, and adapted to pass beneath the seat. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251428-A (GB)
Title: A tamper proof closure
Inventor: CLARK ANDREW M
IPC: B65D41/34
Filed: 1990-11-09
Abstract: A tamper proof closure for a container 1 comprises portions 2 & 3 which may be rotated relative to one another. Upon rotation of portion 3 relative to 2 a ball (6, fig 4), or similar, resting in a housing (23, fig 9), is forced into tube 5 or the container by projections (22, fig 9), the portions 2 & 3 co-operate with a sleeve 18 having a thread at 25, the lower portion of the sleeve 18 is fixed to the container 1. Located within the sleeve and fixed by teeth 30, is a lower plate 7, which forms a unit fixed to the container's neck, and an upper plate 8, which is fixed with respect to the upper portion of the sleeve by teeth 29. When the portion 3 is rotated anticlockwise ratchet teeth (20, fig 8), on the upper plate 8 ride over their corresponding recesses (21, fig 8) in the lower plate 7, allowing a frangible web 18c to break. Once the upper portion 3 is removed fluid may be poured through a fluid outlet 9 which is a push fit construction (fig 4). A frangible strip 4 may be provided between the portions 2 & 3. The fluid outlet and container's neck may be sealed by discs 15 & 16. The closure may be made of polypropylene and the tube of polystyrene. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238830-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine
Inventor: MERRITT DAN
IPC: F02B75/02
Filed: 1990-12-05
Abstract: A cylinder 12 has a larger swept volume than a cylinder 14 in the head of the cylinder 12. Pistons 16, 18 are reciprocable respectively in the cylinders 12, 14, the piston 18 being formed as a protrusion on the crown of the piston 16. A combustion chamber 20 is formed in the piston 18 with ports 44, 40 opening into the cylinders 12, 14. An inlet 25 or 25' is provided for supplying air into the cylinder 12 during an induction stroke of the piston 16 and an inlet 36 is provided for supplying fuel to cylinder 14. A passage 201 extends between the cylinders to enable transfer of air from the cylinder 12 to the cylinder 14 other than through the combustion chamber 20 over a preselected angle of movement of the pistons relative to the cylinders for assisting movement of gases from the cylinder 14 into the combustion chamber. The passage providing flow from the cylinder 12 to the cylinder 14 may take various forms (Figs. 2 to 7) and the flow may be controlled. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254038-A (GB)
Title: Zipper insertion
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES RONALD
IPC: B65B9/20
Filed: 1991-05-22
Abstract: A zipper applicator (20) is placed in conjunction with a plastics bag form-and-fill machine. The bag material is diverted (18, 19) from the normal path in the form-and-fill machine, to the zipper applicator (20). The bag material is folded by a V-board (22) and held, and a length of reclosable zipper (26) is inserted close to the fold (66). The zipper (26) is hold relative to the bag material, while the area of the zipper is engaged with sealing bars (40) for sealing the zipper to the bag material. The bag material passes over a V-board (31) to unfold the material, and the material is returned to the normal path in the form-and-fill machine. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245934-A (GB)
Title: Aquarium power head
Inventor: WILLINGER ALLAN H
IPC: F01N13/00
Filed: 1991-05-28
Abstract: A water pump assembly for an aquarium aeration system includes a housing (66) surrounding an electric pump (72). Within the housing, a water conduit (88) passes an impeller (76) of the pump for the generation of a stream of moving water. An air-breather conduit (96) conducts air from a location above the housing to an air-induction port (98) in a sidewall of the water conduit wherein the moving water produces a venturi action for drawing in air and entraining the air as a series of bubbles in the stream of water, producing sound. A muffler (102) disposed on top of the housing is connected serially with the air-breather conduit (96) for attenuating the sound to permit a viewing of the aquarium without the distraction of the sound. A valve (112) may be located on an air inlet port (98) above the muffler for adjusting a rate of flow of the air. The muffler incorporates a serpentine corridor for conduction of the air, the corridor comprising a set of baffles (114, 116 Figs 10, 11) or a set of arcuate passages (186 Fig. 29) of sufficiently small cross-sectional dimensions for attenuating the sound. The muffler is constructed in different embodiments, each of which may be opened manually for cleaning. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245933-A (GB)
Title: I.C. Engine misfire diagnosis apparatus
Inventor: IMAI RYUICHIRO
IPC: G01M15/11
Filed: 1991-07-01
Abstract: The detection of misfiring in engine cylinders in response to variation in momentum on either side of combustion in an individual cylinder when compared with the normal change under the particular operating conditions operates a warning light and is stored in a microprocessor memory.
Patent GB-2257638-A (GB)
Title: The detachable mixer
Inventor: JAMES EDWARD CHARLES THOMAS
IPC: B01F15/00
Filed: 1991-07-17
Abstract: A mixing rod which, when inserted into an electric drill, is used for the purpose of mixing, while on site, materials in a portable container. The mixing head is in one piece with or detachable from the rod. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259937-A (GB)
Title: Cover for glazing panel support member
Inventor: SCHOLES ERNEST MALCOLM HEYWOOD
IPC: E06B3/30
Filed: 1991-08-24
Abstract: A condensation cover (33) for a glazing panel support member (31), adapted to be fitted over the internal surface of the support member, comprises an integral seal (34) which, in use, contacts the internal surface of the support member or of a glazing panel (32) supported in the support member. The cover can perform the dual functions of condensation cover and internal glazing seal, thus obviating the need for a separate internal sealing device. The invention also provides a method of manufacture of such a condensation cover, a glazing panel support member to which the cover has been fitted and a glazed window, door or roof unit incorporating such a cover. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264432-A (GB)
Title: A windscreen wiper connecting element
Inventor: CHARNG CEDRIC SHENG KAO
IPC: B60S1/40
Filed: 1992-02-19
Abstract: A metallic windscreen wiper connecting element (20) comprising an elongate first part (21) having screw connecting means for detachably connecting the first pan to a straight wiper arm end portion (10) having cooperating screw holes (11, 12), a second part (25), spaced from and generally parallel to the first part (21), detachably connectible to a wiper adaptor, and a non-planar (20) reinforced connecting web (26) joining the first and second parts (21 and 25). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254043-A (GB)
Title: Producing rec ord sheets
Inventor: TAYLOR URBAN CORNELIUS
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1992-03-23
Abstract: Mount sheets of the type comprising a carrier sheet on which is provided a plurality of covering strips which are individually removable to reveal a strip of adhesive to which an edge of paper slip may be bonded, are produced by continuously feeding carrier sheets to the apparatus and applying an adhesive to an area of the sheet, depositing on the adhesive a thin sheet to cover the adhesive and effecting a rotary die cutting operation on the thin sheet to cut this sheet into a plurality of individual covering elements. The adhesive applied to the carrier sheet is such that individual covering elements may be removed to reveal an adhesive area. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260396-A (GB)
Title: Headlight for motor vehicles
Inventor: WEBER WALTER
IPC: F21S8/12
Filed: 1992-10-08
Abstract: The headlight has a reflector (10) which is arranged adjustably on the bodywork (46) of the motor vehicle, in a retaining frame (48). The reflector (10) has a holder (16) for an additional reflector (14) which is adjustably connected to the reflector (10). On its front end, the additional reflector (14) has an edge (30) which is radially bent around and, in the upper region of the additional reflector (14) is rigidly connected to the reflector (10). Provided in the lower region of the additional reflector (14) is an adjusting screw (40) which passes through the edge (30) and is screwed into a threaded hole (42) in the reflector (10). A seal (38) is clamped in between the edge (30) of the additional reflector (14) and the reflector (10), by means of which seal (38) the inner space of the reflector (10) is sealed and a restoring force is produced between the two reflectors (10, 14). The additional reflector (14) is connected to the reflector (10) without play by means of the restoring force. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269952-A (GB)
Title: Amplifier power combiner using transmission line loop or other resonator
Inventor: BURRAGE CLEMENT PETER
IPC: H03F3/60
Filed: 1993-06-22
Abstract: Directional couplers 7<1>-7<20> are used to couple power from lower case r.f. power amplifier modules 5<1>-5<20> to a transmission line 6 or other type of resonator, from which it is withdrawn by directional coupler 8. The power circulating in the continuous transmission line, which is an integral number of wavelengths long, is greater than the combined power output. The balance load may be removed to enable the output load to be combined with the output of another r.f. power amplifier operating a different frequency so that e.g. sound and vision signals can be combined at an aerial and, in the latter case, means may be provided for improving the resonance of the main loop 6.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268538-A (GB)
Title: Automobile rearview mirror
Inventor: KOIWAI HIDEO
IPC: B60R1/02
Filed: 1993-07-02
Abstract: An automobile rearview mirror has a mirror housing 10 having a spherical pivot and a mirror holder having a spherical cavity 32 in which the spherical pivot is rotatably received. The mirror holder comprises a flat panel 10a and an attachment 31 disposed on one side of the panel and defining the spherical cavity 32 therein. A mirror is supported on an opposite side of the panel. The attachment comprises a pair of semicylindrical socket members 31a projecting from the one side of the panel. The semicylindrical socket members 31a have respective inner arcuate walls 35 and respective outer arcuate walls 36 spaced radially outwardly from the inner arcuate walls 35, respectively. The inner arcuate walls 35 define the spherical cavity 32 therebetween, a gap 34 is defined between the inner arcuate walls 35 and the outer arcuate walls 36. The inner arcuate walls 35 are rendered resilient by the gap 34 to allow the spherical pivot to be fitted easily into the spherical cavity 32. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281347-A (GB)
Title: Friction stay
Inventor: HARDY TERENCE
IPC: E05D15/30
Filed: 1993-08-25
Abstract: A friction stay for a window comprises a mounting member 5 adapted to be secured to the fixed outer frame of the window and a link mechanism pivotally connected to the mounting member and adapted for connection to the sash frame of the window. A locking means is provided comprising a projection 31, associated with a component of the link mechanism, and cooperating guide means 34 formed on the mounting member for engagement by the projection upon closing movement of the link mechanism. The guide means 34 is operative to prevent movement of the projection 31 relative to the mounting member 5 in a path other than that traversed by the projection during normal opening and closing movement of the stay. The projection 31 may comprise an axial extension of a pivotal connection between two link members forming components of the link mechanism. Other means for preventing the link mechanism from being forced from its closed position are also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270419-A (GB)
Title: Interconnect lines for integrated circuits
Inventor: MATTHEWS JAMES A
IPC: H01L21/768
Filed: 1993-09-30
Abstract: In a process for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) which includes a plurality of devices coupled together by a system of metal interconnects, a method of forming said system above the surface of a semiconductor substrate comprising the steps of:   (a) forming a plurality of conductive pedestals (102) on said surface of said substrate, a first portion of said pedestals forming electrical contacts to said devices, said pedestals being formed to a predetermined height such that the top surface of said pedestals is higher than any feature of said substrate; (b) depositing a first layer of polyimide over said substrate to a thickness which is sufficient to cover said pedestals; (c) anisotropically etching said first polyimide layer until the upper surface of said first polyimide layer is roughly coplanar with said top surface of said pedestals; and (d) forming a first set of metal interconnect lines (108) over said first polyimide layer, thereby electrically coupling selected ones of said pedestals.   To reduce parasitic capacitance the polyimide layer is etched away to form a system of air-bridge interconnects. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271806-A (GB)
Title: Clip member for use with I-shaped fence posts
Inventor: JONES JOHN FORTUNE
IPC: F16B2/06
Filed: 1993-10-08
Abstract: A clip member for use with I-shaped fence post is described, comprising a substantially U-shaped bracket having a central portion 11 lying, in use, adjacent a surface of said post, and outer portions 12, 13 bent over inwardly to engage with a groove or grooves 2, 3 in said post, and comprising clamping means such as screw 15 for securing said clip member to said post, by engaging the port suface and drawing the portions 12, 13 against the walls of the groove. The arms 12, 13 may passing substantially all the way around the post so as to engage in the same groove (fig. 5,). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283500-A (GB)
Title: Sinkers of a cylinder and dial knitting-machine
Inventor: CHEN WAN-YIH
IPC: D04B9/06
Filed: 1993-11-05
Abstract: In a cylinder and dial knitting-machine each sinker assembly comprises a fixed sinker (30) having a sinker rib (301) for guiding the knitted fabric (5), and a presser sinker (31) reciprocated by a cam engaging a butt (311), the presser sinker being moved forward to press with its nose (310) the knitted fabric against the fixed sinker rib (301) to hold down the fabric as the respective cylinder needle is extended out, or moved backward to release the knitted fabric as the needle is lowered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272411-A (GB)
Title: A discharge hopper rail car.
Inventor: JOUBERT ROBERT MONTAQUE
IPC: B61D7/30
Filed: 1993-11-12
Abstract: A discharge hopper rail car 10 comprises a hopper body 14 supported on flanged wheels 20. The body 14 includes a bottom discharge opening and a door 16 mounted outside of the body 14 and pivotally displaceable between positions in which it opens and closes the discharge opening. The door 16 forms a basin for collecting both liquids and fines leaking from the opening when the door 16 is in its closed position. The door 16 can be moved to its open condition by moving the car 10 past rollers mounted on brackets 82. These rollers engage cam bars provided on the sides of the door 16 causing the door 16 to pivot to its open position. In an alternative arrangement, the door 16 can be opened by a fluid operated cylinder connected to the door 16 by a chain. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272794-A (GB)
Title: Optical amplifier and laser
Inventor: MILLAR COLIN ANDERSON
IPC: H01S3/16
Filed: 1992-07-08
Abstract: A laser has a resonant cavity defined by a pair of mirrors (6, 10) butted to respective ends of a 3 m fluorozirconate optical fibre (14). The fibre (14) has a * capital Greek delta *n of 0.014 and a cut-off wavelenght of around 790 nm and is doped to about 500 ppm (weight) with erbium ions. An optical pump source (16) provides a pump signal at 971 nm which excites the erbium ions into the * superscript 4 *S* superscript dot; dot above */ * subscript minus * energy level to provide lasing at about 546 nm. The laser may alternatively be pumped by a pump signal in the band 791 nm to 812 nm, preferably 801 nm. The pump source is preferably a high power semiconductor laser (16).
Patent GB-2275117-A (GB)
Title: Load-sensing in draw-bar couplings for vehicles
Inventor: STURGESS PETER GEORGE
IPC: G01L5/16
Filed: 1994-02-08
Abstract: A draw bar coupling for a vehicle combination, tractor and trailer, incorporates a sensor assembly for sensing the loads acting on the coupling in more than one plane, specifically two or three planes at right angles to each other. The assembly has a housing 5 with a mounting plate 6 secured to the tractor. Sheer webs 12, 13 join a central core 11 to the plate 6 and a loading pin 15, through which loads are transferred to the trailer, is mounted in the core. The load on the pin 15 is transferred to the core 11 through resilient buffers 16, 17. Strain gauges attached to the sheer webs 12, 13 measure horizontal and vertical forces. Overload stops prevent overload damaging the sheer webs. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288670-A (GB)
Title: Motion picture projection apparatus
Inventor: SCHMIDT LELAND RONALD
IPC: G03B1/36
Filed: 1994-04-14
Abstract: A motion picture protection apparatus advances the film 12 through the projection sequence by forced air. The film is initially placed into successive looped configurations 30 formed by a flipper 22 driven by cam 28. The loops and thus the film are advanced through the projector pathway by a forced air blower 32 which propels the loop through a projection pathway 34. Vacuum pressure is also applied to the film through a gate 46 via line 54 to secure the film to a gate with linearly arranged register pins steadying the film over a projection aperture. The film is rewound through the projector by a motorized rewind with a positive pressure applied to the film through the gate 46 via line 54 as shown in Figure 4. <IMAGE>