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Patent GB-2272232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to raised flooring systems
Inventor: TIPSON FRANK ALFRED
IPC: E04F15/024
Filed: 1992-05-01
Abstract: The present invention provides a pedestal (10) for a raised flooring system, which pedestal (10) comprises a base means (20) and a head-cap (40) supported by the said base means (20); which head-cap (40) is adapted to carry one or more flooring panels (50); wherein the said base means (20) includes a stack of one or more incremental portions (22), the number of incremental portions (22) being determined by the required spacing of the one or more panels (50) from a sub-floor on which the base means (20) stands. The present invention also comprehends a flooring system comprising a plurality of pedestals (10) according to the invention and a plurality of flooring panels (50) adapted to be supported on the said pedestals (10). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-938893-A (GB)
IPC: C07F9/53
Abstract: 938,893. Aromatic phosphine oxides. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Jan. 31, 1962 [Feb. 9, 1961], No. 4890/61. Class 2(3). Diarylalkyl and diarylaralkyl tertiary phosphine oxides are prepared by adding a mixture of a diaryl phosphine oxide and an alkyl or aralkyl halide to a solution of an alkali metal alkoxide in an alkanol, and isolating the tertiary phosphine oxide. Specified aryl radicals include phenyl, various alkylphenyl and methoxyphenyl. Examples describe the preparation of diphenylbenzylphosphine oxide, diphenyloctylphosphine oxide and diphenylbutylphosphine oxide. Specifications 938,894 and 938,895 are referred to.
Patent GB-2274571-A (GB)
Title: Plant support
Inventor: DODD MARCUS JULIAN
IPC: A01G9/12
Filed: 1994-02-01
Abstract: Apparatus (10) for retaining a plant support cane 26 stake comprises a ring (12) of U-shaped cross section for circumferential "snap-on" engagement with the rim of a plant container. The ring may have a break. Extending inwardly from the ring is one or more arms 20 formed with aperture 24 to receive the stake. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274800-A (GB)
Title: Roll surface roughening
Inventor: LEPEKIN WLADILEN SERGEJEWITSCH
IPC: C25D9/08
Filed: 1994-02-02
Abstract: Surface roughness is produced on a body of rotation (2), which acting as a cathode, is immersed over its whole length into an electrolyte (1) in a tank (3) only to such an extent that the immersed peripheral portion is narrower by a multiple than a plate-shaped anode (5) disposed opposite the body of rotation and extending over its whole length. The electrolyte can contain a substance suitable as a finishing deposit on the generated surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277472-A (GB)
Title: Joints with gaps
Inventor: LINZELL GEOFFREY ROBERT
IPC: B23K35/22
Filed: 1994-04-25
Abstract: In securing against lateral motion two bodies held in face to face asperity contact, thereby to make a join between the two bodies, a metal-particle-containing composition comprising a gall enhancing agent loaded with a myriad of small metal particles 8 is packed into the gap, and will flow to accommodate a wide range of gap sizes and also to accommodate out-of-round distortion. The composition can take various physical forms, typically those of a free-flowing powder a viscous liquid, or a stiff paste (and the powders have an additional use in the preparations of preforms for the manufacture of sintered parts). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277744-A (GB)
Title: PDLC system based on thiol-ene type polymer matrix precursor
Inventor: COATES DAVID
IPC: C09K19/54
Filed: 1994-04-29
Abstract: Polymer dispersed liquid crystal films are disclosed, the precursor of which comprises:   (a) 35 - 55 wt % of a liquid crystal mixture containing at least one compound of formula I (as defined in claim 1);   (b) 40 - 64.9 wt % of a polymer matrix precursor and   (c) 0.1 - 5 wt % of a radical photoinitiator.   The polymer matrix precursor comprises:-   (A) component A containing 5 - 30 wt % of one or more at-least-difunctional thiol monomers and/or oligomers; (B) component B containing 20 - 55 wt % of one or more mono- or difunctional monomers of the ene type and (C) component C containing at least 35 wt % one or more oligomers of the ene type and/or one or more tri- or higher functional monomers of the ene type.   Improvement in PDLC films arises from the amount of (a) present and the nature of component C.
Patent GB-2278376-A (GB)
Title: Pressure relief device for roof or wall
Inventor: STOJAKOVIO DUBRAVCO
IPC: E04B1/98
Filed: 1994-05-26
Abstract: A pressure release device suitable for use in a roof or a wall is adapted to release sudden pressure increase inside or below the device and to capture falling objects. Panels (2) are hinged at one side and at the opposite side are clamped with a predetermined force, such that the panels open at a predetermined overpressure to release the pressure to the atmosphere, and doors (1) are hinged along one side inside each panel (2), abutting with their opposite side against the inside of the panel at an acute angle in such a way that the doors (1) open to an angle substantially parallel with the panels when an overpressure occurs inside, and that the panels and the doors are forced to rotate in the direction opposite to the opening direction when a falling object hits a panel (2), deforms the panel and forces the panel against the stepdoor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297526-A (GB)
Title: Pen holder for an oval mat cutter
Inventor: LONGRIDGE CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B43L13/02
Filed: 1995-02-03
Abstract: A holder for securing a pen to the oval mat cutter of US 5233748 so that one or more lines can be marked on the mat at a uniform spacing from the edge of the oval cut-out, comprises a C-shaped clamp 2 and an upright L-shaped holding frame for the pen 20. The pen handle 19 is slidably received in yokes 11,12 so that the pen is gravity-biassed against the mat 25 by the weight of the handle. The pen holder can be retained in the non-operative position (Fig 3) by magnetic attraction between washers 10,27.
Patent GB-2299963-A (GB)
Title: Paper punch
Inventor: FONG SUI HOI
IPC: B26F1/04
Filed: 1995-04-10
Abstract: A paper punch 10 which comprises upper and lower body parts 12 and 13 placed one upon the other to form a substantially horizontal gap 48 therebetween, said body parts 12 and 13 being movably inter-connected such that the upper body part 12 is movable down towards the lower body part 13. A spring 36 is provided between the body parts 12 and 13 to resiliently bias them apart. The paper punch 10 includes four punching means at different angular positions inside the gap 48 for making holes of different shapes in a piece of paper inserted partially into the gap 48. Each punching means is provided by a punching projection 22 provided on the upper body part 12 and by a punching aperture 28 provided in the lower body part 13. Each punching projection 22 has substantially the same shape as and is aligned with the corresponding punching aperture 28 for entering into the same in order to perform paper punching.
Patent GB-2299690-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring the demand for water in and controlling the supply of water to a water-consuming system
Inventor: CHERRINGTON ROGER JOHN
IPC: E03B7/07
Filed: 1995-06-12
Abstract: Control apparatus for automatic monitoring of the demand for water in and controlling the supply of water to a water-consuming system comprises a transparent water passage with an inlet 2 to receive water from a supply source, a first outlet 3 for connection to the system, a second outlet 5 intended to be lowermost when the apparatus is installed and a third outlet 4 intended to be uppermost when the apparatus is installed, a normally-closed valve 7 adjacent to the inlet, a non-return check valve 8 adjacent to the first outlet to allow water to pass from the passage to the system, a normally-open valve 10 adjacent to the second outlet, air vent means 9 adjacent to the third outlet, normally open for the passage of air but closed by the presence of water, and demand-detecting means 15 for installation in the system for detecting a demand for water, the demand means being arranged to reverse the conditions of the normally-open and normally-closed valves on commencement of a demand for water and on cessation of that demand.
Patent GB-2302392-A (GB)
Title: Valve bearing replacement
Inventor: STOCKTON ROY
IPC: F16K43/00
Filed: 1995-06-20
Abstract: A method of removing or replacing a trunnion bearing of a rotary valve connected to a high pressure penstock comprises:  (i) closing the valve; (ii) separating the valve from its downstream connection 7; (iii) offering up a support ring 23 to the valve body to support the valve rotor on its downstream side; (iv) connecting a pressure-retaining closure to the valve body; (v) pressurising the space between the support ring 23 and the pressure-retaining closure to balance the load on the valve rotor; (vi) adjusting the position of the support means in order to support the valve rotor against the upstream load; (vii) securing the valve rotor in its bearing removal location by mechanically locking the support ring 23; (viii) reducing the pressure in the space between the support ring 23 and the pressure-retaining closure 24; (ix) optionally, repeating steps (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) until the trunnion is substantially centrally positioned in its bearing; and (x) removing or replacing the trunnion bearing as required.
Patent GB-2293062-A (GB)
Title: Master-slave multiplex communication system using PLL circuits
Inventor: INAGAKI YOSHIO
IPC: H03L7/093
Filed: 1995-09-04
Abstract: A sharp phase variation of a clock when master/slave is changed over is suppressed. A first and a second communication devices (21, 22) include clock selection circuits (2122, 2222) for choosing master or slave operation and clock production circuits (2123, 2223) for producing a synchronous clock. A data signal obtained by each communication device is bit multiplexed (at 23) on the basis of the synchronous clock. The first communication device (21) may include a delay circuit (2121) for delaying the mating-side synchronous clock inputted into the selection circuit (2122) by a phase difference between a clock transmitted from the selection circuit (2122) through the clock production circuit (2123) to the multiplexing device (23) and a clock transmitted from the selection circuit (2122) through the selection circuit (2222) and the clock production circuit (2223) to the multiplexing device (23). In this manner, both clocks inputted into the selection circuits (2122, 2222) are made synchronous by the delay processing, so that a sharp phase variation at the master/slave changeover is suppressed. Various phase lock loops including control voltage holdover circuit, digital filters or circuits limiting control voltage range are described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304532-A (GB)
Title: Sewn footwear
Inventor: STEVENS GRAHAM
IPC: A43B9/02
Filed: 1995-09-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to a footwear item having a sole (2) and an upper (1) as separate components which are sewn together along a seam adjacent the peripheral edges thereof. An extra member (3) is sewn into said seam to be fixed thereby on the side of the upper and on the side of the sole to cover the peripheral edges of the upper and sole.
Patent GB-2297009-A (GB)
Title: Displaying number of remaining record sheets in an image forming apparatus
Inventor: BAEK NAM-DAE
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 1995-12-18
Abstract: A method of displaying the number of remaining record sheets in an image forming apparatus is disclosed. A message requesting the input of the number of record sheets is displayed when an enrolment key is operated, and subsequently the number is receiving from the facsimile operator and stored. The total number of record sheets is enrolled when the record sheets are supplied to a feed cassette of the apparatus. The printed record sheets are counted when a document is reproduced and the number of remaining record sheets is calculated by subtracting the number of printed record sheets from the said total number and displaying the number of remaining record sheets. An alarm indicating that record sheets should be supplied is generated if the said number of remaining record sheets is less than a preset number.
Patent GB-2298942-A (GB)
Title: A peripheral card having an adaptive PCMCIA compliant interface
Inventor: LIM RICARDO
IPC: G06F13/40
Filed: 1995-07-20
Abstract: A peripheral card (109) having an adaptive PCMCIA compliant interface including either an adaptive card present or card configuration function that includes a peripheral apparatus (209) arranged and constructed to operate in conjunction with a host computer (101) over a PCMCIA compliant interface, and an interface logic (205), coupled to the peripheral apparatus (209) and to a PCMCIA peripheral port (201), for interfacing the peripheral apparatus to the PCMCIA peripheral port (201), the interface logic further adaptively providing a card present signal at the PCMCIA peripheral port (201) when the peripheral apparatus (209) and the interface logic (205) expects the PCMCIA peripheral port (201) to be activated by the host computer (101) or alternatively adaptively providing configuration information pertaining to the peripheral apparatus to the host computer.
Patent GB-2315635-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic load limiting in a communications system
Inventor: JELLEMA BART
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 1996-07-19
Abstract: A network architecture has switching points which send queries to a central control point and receive responses from the control point. A switching point has a counter which is incremented 24 when a call attempt is received 22 and is decremented 38 when a response is received 36 from the control point, so that the counter value indicates the number of pending queries sent to the control point and awaiting a response. If the counter value reaches a maximum count threshold value, the call is rejected 32 and the maximum count threshold value is reduced 30. No more calls are accepted until the number of pending queries indicated by the current count value has reached a lower value which is a certain percentage below the present maximum value. When a reply is received from the control point a success counter is incremented 40 to represent the number of consecutive queries which have been successfully responded to. The maximum value assigned to the pending query counter is incremented 44 when the count in the success counter reaches a certain value 42. The arrangement may be used in Intelligent Network telecommunications systems, mobile telecommunications networks, credit card databases, or computer networks.
Patent GB-2315951-A (GB)
Title: Data interface
Inventor: MCHUGH THOMAS FRANCIS HAROLD
IPC: H04Q11/04
Filed: 1996-07-31
Abstract: A data interface apparatus (10) provides an interface between an analog communications link (a 2 ) and a digital communications link (d 2 ). Analog dialling codes on the analog communications link (a?) are converted to control codes for controlling a digital communications interface (12) attached to the digital communications link (a 2 ) for providing access to a digital communications network (16, 18, 20). Access to the digital communications link (a 2 ) is selectively enabled by the data interface apparatus (10) in response to a password encoded as an analog dialling sequence on the analog communications link (a 2 ). The data interface apparatus (10) delays call set-up with a modem (6) connected to the analog communications link (a 1 ,a 2 ) so as to synchronize completion of call set-up with another call set-up procedure performed on a remote analog link (a 3 ,a 4 ) connected to the digital communications network (16, 18, 20).
Patent GB-2316071-A (GB)
Title: Small scale waste water treatment apparatus
Inventor: REES IAN HINCKLEY
IPC: C02F3/12
Filed: 1996-08-07
Abstract: A sewage treatment plant 1 comprises a first settlement chamber 8, an aerobic treatment chamber 14 and a second settlement chamber 15, the treatment chamber 14 having aeration means 25 and mobile media which support microorganisms and are lifted in use by an upward flow within the chamber, the second settlement chamber 15 receiving liquid from the treatment chamber 14 through an opening 16 which connects the bases of these chambers. Preferably the second settlement chamber has an air-lift pump 27 which periodically transfers sludge back to the first chamber 8 and/or the treatment chamber 14. Preferably the treatment chamber and second settlement chamber are separated by a sloping wall 13. The mobile media may consist of plastic beads.
Patent GB-2321958-A (GB)
Title: Heat insulating bag
Inventor: CHEN CHIU-JUNG
IPC: A45C3/04
Filed: 1997-02-06
Abstract: A heat insulating bag includes a bag body (10) having at least a base wall (12) and a surrounding wall (13). Each of the base wall (12) and the surrounding wall (13) includes an outermost transparent layer (124, 134) made of a heat sealable plastic sheet material, a printed layer (121, 131) underlying the outermost transparent layer, an innermost layer (123, 133) made of a heat-sealable water-proof plastic sheet material, and an intermediate layer (122, 132) made of a heat insulating foam and provided between the innermost layer and the printed layer. The bottom edge (136) of the surrounding wall is heat sealed to the peripheral edge (125) of the base wall. An openable closure member (30) is attached to the surrounding wall (13). The heat insulating bag is free of stitching seams and is thus waterproof.
Patent GB-2317089-A (GB)
Title: An electronic graphic system
Inventor: CORDERY JOHN KENNETH
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 1997-02-13
Abstract: An electronic graphic system 1 comprises an image store 2 for storing data defining an image, a brush store 8 for storing data defining a drawing implement and a stylus and touch tablet for inputting position data and other data. A spatial filter 13 is arranged to respond to the data from the stylus and touch tablet device to filter the brush data to produce brush data defining a drawing implement of a size depending on the data from the stylus and touch tablet device. The filtered brush data is used by a drawing processor 6 to process data in the image store 2.
Patent GB-2311301-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device for controlling sensing pins of a mechanical jacquard system
Inventor: HERBEPIN PASCAL
IPC: D04C5/18
Filed: 1997-03-20
Abstract: A jacquard device comprises a reciprocating part 4 in which a body 8 is formed with parallel cylinders each containing a piston 10 whose head makes selective engagement with an associated sensing pin of the device on reciprocation of the part 4, depending on whether the piston head is flush with the face of part 4 or is held in a retracted position. Retraction of selected pistons is effected by latching engagement with a hook 44 on a blade whose position is controlled by an electromagnet under electronically programmed control. The piston is normally extended by a spring 24.
Patent GB-2316058-A (GB)
Title: Industrial Robot
Inventor: MIWA TEIJI
IPC: B25J9/04
Filed: 1997-04-22
Abstract: In an industrial robot having a rotatable robot main body 3, a first robot arm 5 which is mounted, via a first joint portion 4, on an upper end of the robot main body 3 so as to be vertically swingable, and a second robot arm 7 which is mounted, via a second joint portion 6, on a front end of the first robot arm 5 via a second joint portion 6 so as to be vertically swingable, the assembling is facilitated and the miniaturization of the robot is attained by the first and second joint portions 4, 6 being arranged in a cantilevered construction in which each of the first and second robot arms 5, 7 is supported on the robot main body 3 and the first robot arm 5, respectively, in a cantilevered manner via a driving reduction gear Ry, Rw of each of the first and second robot arms 5, 7, respectively. The driving reduction gears Ry, Rw are disposed so as to cross an identical central plane "a" that includes the axis of rotation of the robot main body 3. Preferably the robot has a wrist 8. Preferably the joints are move by motors My and Mv. Preferably the joints are formed by a fixed bracket part (4a, Fig 4) and a movable bracket part (4b). Preferably the bracket part (4b) carries a projecting rib (4c) on which a cover (4d) for flexible cables (13) is mounted.
Patent GB-2329538-A (GB)
Title: Reducing splatter from TDMA transmitter
Inventor: ROZENTAL MARK
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: A radio transmitter (eg TDMA) has variable gain elements 64 and 72 which are varied during a training routine in dependence on out of band detection at 63 so as to reduce splatter.
Patent GB-2320507-A (GB)
Title: Door for a washing machine and/or drying machine
Inventor: LORENZETTI LUCIANO
IPC: D06F39/14
Filed: 1997-12-01
Abstract: A door (10) for a washing and/or drying machine comprises a central part (11), preferably made of a transparent material, rigidly coupled to a peripheral flange (15) carrying one of the two elements of the door hinge and a hinged handle (17). A frame (20), preferably of a non-transparent material, is fixed to and extends over the flange (15) in order to conceal it from view, whilst a cover element (30) extends from the inner periphery of the frame (20), in order to cover the handle (17). This cover element (30) is characterised by an external portion (31) and a portion (32), defining a space which encloses at least a substantial part of the handle (17), protecting it and/or concealing it from view.
Patent GB-2332124-A (GB)
Title: Digital radio communication system
Inventor: ZUBRZYCKI JOHN THOMAS
IPC: H04N5/28
Filed: 1997-12-05
Abstract: A digital radio communication system has a mobile transmitter (2) which transmits error protected digital data on a plurality of radio carriers to a plurality of receiving antennas (4). The receiving antennas are placed around an area in which the transmitter is to be used. A summation means is coupled to the receiving antennas and the signals received by them are combined to produce an output signal. The signal pulse from each receiving antenna to the summation means include delays (12, 14) to reduce the effect of interference between signals received on two or more receiving antennas. A multi-carrier receiver (10) is coupled to the summation means to receive the output signal and it includes an error protection decoder to decode the original digital data.
Patent GB-2317779-A (GB)
Title: Thermal sensing system having a fast response calibration device
Inventor: ASHLEY TIMOTHY
IPC: H04N5/365
Filed: 1996-07-29
Abstract: A thermal sensing system (10) including an array of photon detectors (14) produces a detector-dependent response to irradiation. Variations in individual detector characteristics produce a fixed pattern noise which degrades an image or other response. A switchable mirror (M1) may at one position (P cal ) direct infrared radiation from a light emitting diode (20) onto the detector array (14). The diode (20) is both a negative and positive luminescent emitter the flux emitted is current controlled to be equivalent to black body radiation at a range of temperatures both colder and hotter than ambient. Calibration relationships comprising transfer functions relating incident intensity to signal response are derived for each detector. Alternatively the mirror (M1) may be at an observation position (P obs ) and infrared radiation from a remote scene reaches the detector array (14). Resulting detector signals are converted into corrected fluxes using individual calibration relationships previously derived and an image or response with reduced fixed pattern noise is obtained.