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Patent GB-2124993-A (GB)
Title: Palletiser
Inventor: AVEY KENNETH FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: B65G65/00
Filed: 1982-08-12
Abstract: A palletiser comprises a horizontally reciprocable stripping apron 62, means including a pusher 16 for forming an array of articles on the apron 62, a back stop 20 for holding the array of articles, e.g. kegs or drums, in position as the apron 62 is withdrawn, and a lift mechanism 24 for lifting a pallet to a position immediately beneath the apron to receive the articles. The lift mechanism comprises two vertically movable lift members 120 adapted to engage and lift the pallet, a horizontally movable drive member in the form of a carriage 140 having ramps 142 which engage rollers 144 on the lift members 120 so that the lift members are moved by a camming action when the carriage 140 is moved horizontally. This enables a very precise positioning of the pallet. Sensing means may be provided to determine when the upper face of the pallet reaches the correct position. The palletiser may have two parallel conveyors 30, 32 adapted to move two rows of kegs, etc. simultaneously to a transfer station adjacent the stripping apron 62 and a pusher 16 for pushing the two rows of kegs simultaneously onto the stripping apron. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2110193-A (GB)
Title: Storage apparatus for excavated materials
Inventor: HILL JOE
IPC: B65G47/51
Filed: 1982-09-27
Abstract: A storage apparatus for excavated materials comprises a hopper 10 having a closeable outlet 14 and a rotatable 22 drum with one closed end and one open end communicating with the hopper at 20. The drum is provided with vanes 34 for progressing material therealong and when it is desired to store material therein it is rotated and the hopper outlet is closed. The drum may be discharged by re-opening the hopper outlet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131794-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of migraine with n-alkyl-piperidinyl benzoate derivatives
Inventor: FOZARD JOHN RICHARD
IPC: C07D211/46
Filed: 1982-12-10
Abstract: Migraine is treated with a novel N-alkyl-(3 or 4)-pipeddinyl benzoate compound of general Formula I:-   <IMAGE>  wherein: the benzoyloxy group is at the 3 or 4 position of the piperidine ring;    n is 0, or an integer from 1 to 5;    R1 represents C1-C4 alkyl; and each R2 represents C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, or halogen, provided that, when n is 2, the groups represented by R2 can be either the same or different, and, when n is 3, 4, or 5, the groups represented by R2 must be the same, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Patent GB-2141478-A (GB)
Title: Keyhole guard
Inventor: EDE ROBIN CHARLES
IPC: E05B17/14
Filed: 1983-06-14
Abstract: A method of improving lock security, employs a spacer 11 between a lock mechanism 10 and a key way access point 12 and provides a rotatable plate for aligning the spaced key way access point with the key way of the lock mechanism proper and yet obstructing the access of other than legitimate keys to the key mechanism proper. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143228-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytes
Inventor: DRAKE MILES PATRICK
IPC: H01G9/022
Filed: 1983-07-13
Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte for use in electrolytic devices comprises an organo-boron complex, consisting of a condensation product of boric acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, particularly oxalic acid, or an  gamma -hydroxy carboxylic acid, in a non-aqueous solvent.
Patent GB-2126654-A (GB)
Title: Device for dispensing viscous materials
Inventor: BELVEDERI BRUNO
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1983-07-22
Abstract: The device is provided with a container (6) for material such as printing ink or glue in the lower part of which there is a pipe (9) through which the material is supplied to a housing (10) occupied by a horizontal axis, conical endless screw (11), perpendicular to the axis of the container (6), the housing (10) being provided with a horizontal outlet pipe (12) for feeding the material to a nozzle (2).   Variable, intermittent rotatory movement is given to the conical endless screw (11) through a cam (17) and a rocker arm (15), the latter being keyed, via a free wheel coupling, to a shaft integral with the conical endless screw (11). Regulation of the quantity of material supplied to rollers (3) may be effected by manual adjustment of a screw 20 or automatically by an optical device (21) and a servo motor (22). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127376-A (GB)
Title: Can for effervescent beverages
Inventor: PASQUALE MARIO
IPC: B65D21/02
Filed: 1983-09-19
Abstract: A can 1 for effervescent beverages such as non-alcoholic drinks, beer and sparkling wines, of conventional type is provided internally with a dividing wall 7 to define two distinct and independent chambers 5 and 6 that can contain the same drink or different drinks and can be opened individually for the product to be consumed. An easy open device 4 is provided in each end of the can to facilitate independent opening of each of the chambers. In alternative arrangements, two cans are connected end-to-end, e.g. by welding or bonding material, Figs. 2 and 3 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250718-A (GB)
Title: Filament dispensing arrangement
Inventor: CAHILL MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: F41G7/32
Filed: 1983-11-25
Abstract: A filament dispensing arrangement, for example for dispensing filament from a submarine to a wire-guided torpedo, includes a flexible hose 5 through which a filament 4 is dispensed and fluid supply means 8 which cause fluid to flow through the hose 5 thus assisting passage of the filament through the hose and also allowing the stiffness of the hose to be controlled by suitable selection of fluid flow rate and size of orifice 6. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2150530-A (GB)
Title: A disposable forcing bag
Inventor: BEDSON ENID
IPC: B65D81/36
Filed: 1983-11-30
Abstract: A packet of paper and foil, or plastics, containing a dry food mix has a 45 DEG  angle with indications as to where the packet may be cut so as to form a disposable forcing bag for producing thin or thick pipings. A separate collar may be slipped inside.
Patent GB-2151561-A (GB)
Title: Inner tube for a vehicle wheel
Inventor: LOPEZ-CUERVO JOSE MARIA HERRER
IPC: B60C5/22
Filed: 1983-12-13
Abstract: The inner tube comprises a plurality of independent compartments 4,5,6 each of which extends around the entire circumference of the tube. In the inner region 7, corresponding to the rim of the wheel, where the walls of the compartments are of short length, a rubber disc is provided with internal ducts which communicate all the compartments with a single air inflation valve. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134938-A (GB)
Title: Woven fabric
Inventor: JEFFREY ROBERT FRASER
IPC: D03D15/00
Filed: 1984-02-01
Abstract: A fabric for ground drainage comprises a warp of spaced-apart monofilaments and a weft of spaced- apart tapes, both warp and weft being synthetic polymeric material and the spacing of both being chosen to achieve apertures in the fabric preventing passage through it of particles greater than a given size.
Patent GB-2136309-A (GB)
Title: Press Opening Mechanism
Inventor: DAVIS ALAN EDWARD
IPC: B01D25/172
Filed: 1984-03-01
Abstract: A carriage 30 is moved progressively along the plates of a filter press and carries a hydraulic ram which is actuated to advance a pawl 40 on an arm 38 and thereby push the first plate away from the others, which the second plate is positively held back by the reactive force exerted on it by a second pawl 34. Pawl 34 is mounted on the carriage by a parallelogram linkage, which allows cam 42 on arm 38 to lift pawl 34 over the first plate at the start of the advance of pawl 40. The carriage is movable on an overhead rail, or two carriages move on side rails, the relative movement of arm 38 and the carriage effective a stepwise movement of the carriage as successive plates are shifted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2137310-A (GB)
Title: Universal joints
Inventor: BALKEN JOCHEN
IPC: F16D3/202
Filed: 1984-03-07
Abstract: A constant velocity ratio universal joint, comprising an outer joint member 1, an inner joint member 2 of spherical form guided within the outer joint member, one of the joint members, particularly the inner member, having guide channels 3 extending in meridians on its surface, and coupling member 4a 4b each engaging one of the guide channels 3 and a respective circumferentially extending recess 5 in the other joint member. A space is provided on each side of the coupling member 4a 4b in each recess, and each space contains a hollow rubber member 7 containing a fluid, with the fluid spaces 7d of the flexible rubber members 7 on the corresponding sides of the connecting members connected to one another. The joint provides torsional damping when in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2136366-A (GB)
Title: Tractor canopies
Inventor: SHOON KOK MEW
IPC: B62D33/06
Filed: 1984-03-07
Abstract: A roofed structure provides a sheltered area for an operator under a top 10 and between legs 12. A front protective screen 14 comprises a mesh of rods 20 sloping down from the top 10 and having legs 16 for securing to the tractor. A rear protective screen 18 integral with the top 10 has a closer mesh of rods 20 than the front screen 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2139970-A (GB)
Title: Device for resiliently mounting a driver's cab
Inventor: TEURSCH ULRICH
IPC: B62D33/06
Filed: 1984-03-16
Abstract: A device for mounting a driver's cab to supporting structure of a vehicle comprises a foot (5), for connection preferably to the supporting structure, received in a shoe (6), for mounting preferably on the cab, parallel flat surfaces of the foot and shoe being clamped against one another by at least one screw fastening (e.g. 11a, 11b) with resilient layers (7a,7b) being provided between opposing foot and shoe surfaces. The foot may be of rectangular, I or channel section, with the shoe being of rectangular section as shown or being formed by upper and lower plates interconnected by the screw fastenings which define the lateral limits of the shoe. A screw fastening may pass through the foot, and spacers, e.g. 9a,9b may be provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148176-A (GB)
Title: Table top work bench
Inventor: MACKAY MURDO ANGUS
IPC: B25H1/04
Filed: 1984-04-26
Abstract: This bench is designed to hook onto an existing deck or table top and has a built in vice 6 which can be adjusted for right or left hand use and a toolrack 9 which folds down flush with the surrounding upstands 2. The front retaining strip 4 can be adapted to form an 'L' shape if corner fitting is desired. The toolstrip utilises magnets, but slots can also be cut. Handgrips 7 are cut in to the sides of the base; holes 8 are also drilled into the base to accept pegs or clamps. The folding tool rack can be locked in position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143640-A (GB)
Title: Device for comparing distances between objects
Inventor: THOMPSON MARTIN STUART
IPC: G01S15/08
Filed: 1984-06-04
Abstract: This invention relates to a device for comparing distances between objects, e.g. balls in a ball game such as bowls and boule. The comparator may be of the "stick" type and may embody a ground contacting box 10 attached by a tube 11 telescopically adjustable to vary the height of a handle 12. The box 10 incorporates, in open ended tubes 8, 9, (Fig. 2, not shown), two transducers 13, 14 which transmit ultrasonic pulses in diametrically opposite directions. The box 10 is rested on the ground between a wood 17 and a jack 18 so as to indicate the distance between them at aperture 19 or in a handle display 20. The two trains of ultrasonic pulses produced by the comparator are reflected back respectively from the jack and the wood. The received pulses provide an indication of the distance apart of the wood and the jack. Reference is made to embodiments employing infra-red pulses or U.H.F. radio transmission pulses. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146050-A (GB)
Title: Production of panty hose
Inventor: NESSMANN WERNER
IPC: D04B1/24
Filed: 1984-08-20
Abstract: Panty hose are knitted on a double cylinder knitting machine with two feeds, the two leg parts being knitted separately and with optimum shape adaptability of the panties part. During one revolution, in the seat portion of the panties part (Fig. 4) at one knitting feed tuck loops are formed on one cylinder and at the other knitting feed tuck loops are also formed in the opposed cylinder. In the front portion of the panties part (Fig. 3) rib and plain stitches x, z are formed at one knitting feed, while tuck loops are formed in the other feed in the upper or lower needle cylinder. Alternatively the latter feed may also form knitted stitches. To perform said method, each feed has a cam to raise needle jacks into either a clearing or a tuck position and said cams respectively control either only the lower or only the upper needle jacks. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151297-A (GB)
Title: Ball-and-Socket Joint, Particularly for Mounting a Clutch Release Lever for Vehicle Clutches
Inventor: LOSER NORBERT
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 1984-11-26
Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint, particularly for mounting a clutch release lever for vehicle clutches, has a socket (1) of plastics material formed with a sleeve-shaped shank (4) adapted to be located in a bore in a structural component, and a mounting stud (8) aligned with the bore (7) in the shank and with an end of the stud connected by an integral collar (9) to the adjacent end of the bore in the shank. The shank is split axially and has a wall thickness which increases in the direction towards its free end face over part of its length. The joint is mounted in position by forcing the shank into the bore in the component, and driving the stud axially into the bore of the shank, so as to sever the collar and force the walls of the shank against the bore in the component. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151479-A (GB)
Title: Composition for use as a preservative or disinfectant
Inventor: BROCKLEHURST PETER
IPC: A01N35/02
Filed: 1984-12-21
Abstract: The composition comprises one or more organic biocides selected from phenols, aldehydes, heterocylic compounds, quaternary ammonium compounds and cationic compounds, and at least one hydroperoxide of the formula:   <IMAGE>  wherein R is an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group. In addition, in a modification the invention provides a wood preservative composition comprising the hydroperoxxide and a biocide e.g. tri-butyl tin oxide, together with a non-aqueous carrier or solvent.
Patent GB-2175410-A (GB)
Title: Optical fibre fusion splicing
Inventor: ROBERTSON ALEXANDER JOHN
IPC: G02B6/25
Filed: 1985-04-03
Abstract: A method of fusion splicing plastics coated optical fibres that is distinguished from the conventional method in that the plastics coating (11) in contact with the glass fibre (10) is not removed until after cleaving, and that thereafter the region of bared fibre that will remain after the cleaved ends have been fusion spliced in not allowed to touch any solid surface until a reinstatement plastics coating has been applied. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2176231-A (GB)
Title: Bathroom plumbing unit
Inventor: OWENS JOHN
IPC: E03C1/01
Filed: 1985-04-03
Abstract: A bathroom plumbing unit comprises a housing 2 having installed in it, fully connected and positioned for use, inlet pipework e.g. 20,21, to wash-basin and bath taps for connection to hot and cold water supply pipes in the bathroom, and outlet pipework 36,37,38 for connecting wash-basin and bath outlets to a waste pipe. A water-closet cistern may be included in the unit with associated pipework. The pipework of the unit can be connected and installed in the housing under factory conditions, thereby reducing the skilled labour required to install the unit in a bathroom. As illustrated, the housing comprises support members eg 3,4 with respect to which the pipework is located and to which panels 8,9,10 are secured, and is located in position by hooks 14 engaged over a bar 16 which fixes to a wall of the bathroom. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158686-A (GB)
Title: Ground care implements and appliances
Inventor: DAVIES GEOFFREY
IPC: A01B63/14
Filed: 1985-05-13
Abstract: A ground working implement or ground care appliance suitable for attachment to a powered mobile unit 10 has means for controlled weight transfer for pressure downwards on the operative part of the implement or appliance, such as a weight or mass 24 slidable from in front of say a spiker 14 to behind the spiker, the position of the weight or mass being chosen according 16 to the desired downward pressure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180975-A (GB)
Title: Safety systems, eg for nuclear reactors
Inventor: MCDERMOTT DAVID
IPC: G21D3/04
Filed: 1985-09-23
Abstract: A safety system for a reactor has guard lines 11-14 associated with sensors 21-24, eg temperature sensors, through 3-out-of-4 voting devices 17-20 arranged to effect shutdown through a 3 out of 4 voting system 15. There maybe another safety system with guard lines and voting devices connected to the first system through optical links. One system provides static control signals the other system provides a dynamic response through thyristors. The guard lines normally carry varying signals, eg pulsed signals, and the devices 17-20 are effective to change those signals to static signals upon detecting a dangerous condition. The voting system responds to the change to static signals to effect shutdown. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166898-A (GB)
Title: Automatic bank note transaction apparatus
Inventor: HARADA HAZIME
IPC: G06Q20/18
Filed: 1984-01-26
Abstract: An automatic bank note transaction apparatus (1) according to the present invention automatically performs a transaction operation by communicating with a host computer. The apparatus is provided with a storing section (21 or 22) for storing bank notes (A), a temporary stacking section (38) for temporarily stacking the bank notes, a control section (150) for causing a conveying path (R) to convey the bank notes from the storing section to the temporary stacking section in accordance with a dispensing mode set in an operation section (3) and for simultaneously communicating with the host computer to confirm whether or not the dispensing mode in established, and a dispensing unit (12) for allowing the bank notes stacked in the temporary stacking section to be taken out from a bank note dispensing port (7) when the control section communicates with the host computer and the transaction is detected to be established. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174550-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum devices
Inventor: FALKINGHAM LESLIE THOMAS
IPC: H01H33/66
Filed: 1986-04-23
Abstract: A vacuum switch having separable contacts (18,20) or spaced electrodes in a mainly insulating envelope has only a short length of the insulating wall (12) shielded from metal vapour produced by arcing between the contacts or electrodes by annular structure (13). The invention relies on the fact that the insulation strength in a vacuum is greater than in air. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174668-A (GB)
Title: Palletising apparatus
Inventor: FROHLICH ADOLF-PETER
IPC: B65G57/06
Filed: 1986-04-30
Abstract: Apparatus for palletising plate-like workpieces 1 such as cardboard blanks, plates, panels or boards, comprises an elevator 4 in which stacker plates 2 are detachably suspended. The workpieces 1 to be stacked on a pallet are fed onto the stacker plates 2 from a conveyor 3 in a lower plane and are raised to an upper plane 5. In this upper plane, they are pushed laterally together with the stacker plates 2 by a pusher 6 into position directly above a main stack 14. When the correct position is reached, the stacker plates 2 are pulled out laterally from the main stack 14 by a pulling-out device 10, so that the workpieces are supported directly on the main stack on the pallet. The pallet is progressively lowered to keep the top of the main stack at the same height as each batch of workpieces is placed upon it and finally transported away. The laterally pulled-out stacker plates are lowered by a lowering device 12 and are conveyed back by a device 13 to be suspended again in the elevator 4. By the use of the stacker plates 2, accurate and versatile palletising of workpieces of different shapes and sizes is possible. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175468-A (GB)
Title: Winch arrangement for water skiers
Inventor: BANKS GAVIN JAMES
IPC: H02P27/02
Filed: 1986-05-01
Abstract: A winch arrangement, for towing a water skier over a path of limited length in a swimming pool or like water, includes a winch having a rope wound upon a drum, the drum being drivingly connected to an electric motor and the electric motor being connected to an electricity supply via control circuitry, the control circuitry being capable of: controlling the motor to accumulate rope on the drum at a constant speed over a major portion of each run; increasing the drum speed from zero to said constant speed gradually over a short initial portion of each run; and reducing the drum speed very rapidly from said constant speed to zero at the end of each run as determined by an internal limiter or in the event of a fault signalled by one or more sensors.
Patent GB-2175280-A (GB)
Title: Counting arrangement for drinks dispenser
Inventor: LILLEY CHARLES PETER
IPC: G01F13/00
Filed: 1986-05-13
Abstract: A dispensing and counting arrangement for a drinks measure includes known valve means 30 and dispensing means 22 and incorporates electronic means for counting the number of drinks dispensed, the counting means being actuated by movement of the valve means on dispensing a measured drink. A display 51 shows the number of drinks counted and zeroing means, security means and means for inhibiting counting when no liquid is supplied are incorporated in the arrangement. Magnet 60 on stand 34 co-acts with reed switch 58 to enable counting only when the device is mounted on the stand; magnet 30 co-acts with reed switch 56 to count the number of dispenses; 62 is a zeroing switch, and probes may sense liquid presence in chamber 12 to inhibit counting when liquid is absent. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192475-A (GB)
Title: Step counter
Inventor: LUO RUEY-YANG
IPC: G04G21/02
Filed: 1986-07-08
Abstract: A wrist watch type step counter applies the principle of natural to-and-fro swinging of the hand during walking or running to activate a mercury switch (3), the output from which is sent to an IC (19) for counting, comparison and decoding, and consequently the number of steps is displayed on a digital display (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191518-A (GB)
Title: Cornice system with covered joints
Inventor: ECCLESHALL TANYA MAY
IPC: F24D3/10
Filed: 1986-07-10
Abstract: A cornice system comprises extruded supports (19) bonded to a wall and a ceiling, elongated cornice members (18) which are a snap-fit onto the support members and a cover (33) which is a snap-fit onto the elongated members to cover a butt joint therebetween. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194495-A (GB)
Title: Spray reducing device for vehicle wheels
Inventor: WIGNALL DAVID
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1986-08-27
Abstract: The device comprises a backing layer 5 and a plurality of projections 3 extending perpendicularly from a spray-reducing surface thereof. The projections have an average length of 20 to 30 mm, an average surface area of 90 to 150 mm<2> and a distribution density of 6 to 10 projections per cm<2> of said spray- reducing surface. The projections may be arranged in horizontal rows of clusters 4, each cluster having from four to ten equiangularly spaced blades on a circular lip 7. The cluster may be arranged in a square, diamond or other polygonal shape. Alternatively the blades may be randomly arranged. 
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