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Patent GB-2256162-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal lapping apparatus.
Inventor: LIN CHAO-TUNG
IPC: B24B31/108
Filed: 1991-05-29
Abstract: Centrifugal lapping apparatus comprises a body stand 1, a cylindrical basin 3, a vertically displaceable lapping barrel 4, a rotary turn table 8 at the bottom of the barrel, and a lid 44 having a rotable disc 46. A convectional circulation current is produced by the complementary action of the turn table 8 and disc 46 to provide an efficient lapping effect on workpieces in the barrel. The polished workpieces are conveyed through an ejection gate and collected in a collecting trough when the lapping barrel is elevated. The finished workpieces are sieved and selected in the collecting trough and automatically guided out and collected. This invention provides a lap with high performance and high quality finish. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256384-A (GB)
Title: Forming metal scrollwork.
Inventor: PIRRET ROBERT ANGUS
IPC: B21D11/06
Filed: 1991-06-07
Abstract: A first forming member 4 has an engagement means 28 to hold the end 32 of metal bar or strip 12 proximal a convex arcuate support surface 26 of the first member 4. The bar or strip 12 is then bent around the first forming member arcuate support surface 26 so as to form at least a small radius portion of a spiral 8. A second forming member 6 has a convex arcuate support surface 10 comprising a successively larger radius portion of the spiral 8 and surrounds the first member 4 but is below it. The first member 4 is then brought into co-planar interengagement so that the spiral portion arcuate support surfaces 10, 26 serially interconnect. The bar or strip 12 is then bent around the second forming member arcuate support 10 so as to form a radially increasing spiral 8. Further, outer former portions can be added to form a larger spiral. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245062-A (GB)
Title: Antioxidant assay
Inventor: THORPE GARY HAROLD GREGORY HEN
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 1991-06-11
Abstract: Antioxidant activity of e.g. a biological fluid is obtained by monitoring the change exerted by the sample fluid on a progressing luminescent reaction. Presence of antioxidant in the test sample depresses observed luminescence. Fluids investigated may be plasma, synovial fluid, saliva or cerebrospinal fluid. Kits useful for the assay comprise a standardising antioxidant plus a luminescent substrate e.g. DPD.
Patent GB-2258253-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing wire ropes
Inventor: LEW MICHAEL
IPC: D07B3/00
Filed: 1991-07-10
Abstract: A cable laid wire rope manufacturing apparatus includes a twisting device comprising a housing 1, which can be removably mounted at a suitable site, a twist plate 2 rotatable within the housing 1 and having a central orifice 3 for a core 9 and a plurality of orifices 4 equally spaced apart circumferentially about the central orifice 3 for unit ropes, a motor 5 and gearing for driving the twist plate 2, a tensioning device 6, 7, 8 which can be removably mounted at a distance from the twisting device on the same site and having a swivel 8 for allowing the cable laid wire rope 10 to turn bodily with the twist plate 2, and removable follower means movable from the twisting device towards the tensioning device for laying the unit ropes at a desired helix angle relative to the core 9. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247688-A (GB)
Title: Condensation products; dyeing assistants
Inventor: BAUMANN HANS-PETER
IPC: D06P1/607
Filed: 1991-09-02
Abstract: Products (E) obtainable by reaction of condensation products of (a) formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-yielding compound, (b) at least one (C1-5-alkyl)-phenol and (c) at least one amine that contains at least two NH-groups that are reactive with formaldehyde, with the proviso that there are employed 1 mole (c) +5 mole% and 1.6 to 2.4 moles of formaldehyde (a) or the corresponding amount of a formaldehyde-yielding compound (a) per mole of (C1-5-alkyl)-phenol (b), with (d) alkyleneoxide and optionally styreneoxide and optionally quaternization of the reaction product and/or modification thereof by introduction of at least one anionic group, or mixtures of such products are suitable as dyeing assistants, in particular as levelling agents for the dyeing of hydrophilic cellulosic and/or polyamidic substrates with dyes of high affinity for the substrate.
Patent GB-2251266-A (GB)
Title: Coded lock/key system with override
Inventor: T NNESSON TORSTEIN
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1991-10-01
Abstract: A lock system, comprising at least one off-line lock and at least one key, e.g. as a key card with encoded data, said lock including an electro/mechanical locking mechanism which can be affected by the key, and a key reader enabled to read the encoded data on the key, memorize said data and compare these data with data stored in the key reader for the purpose of, depending of certain comparable data, affecting the locking mechanism. The data used in the system comprise user identification, lock identification, valid time window and also override criteria e.g. time related criteria for invalidating prior used keys.
Patent GB-2261719-A (GB)
Title: Flow control valve
Inventor: THOMPSON DENYS
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 1991-11-22
Abstract: A flow control valve comprises a sleeve closure member axially slidable within a cylinder (15). The sleeve is circumferentially divided to define a plurality of axially extending body portions (21). The body portions (21) are shaped to be engageable with a groove (23) formed in a support member at one end of the sleeve. At an opposite end of the sleeve, the body portions (21) are retained by means of a ring (24). The groove (23) and the ring (24) are shaped such that a limited amount of radial movement of the portions (21) is allowed to take place. The valve is used particularly in a small bore pump for withdrawing oil from the ground. A pressure drop across the valve in one direction causes the body portions (21) to move radially inwardly with subsequent axial movement of the sleeve to the lower illustrated position, while reverse flow returns the sleeve to the upper illustrated position where the body portions (21) are moved radially outwardly to enhance sealing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261008-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for pile driving
Inventor: WU BONG
IPC: E02D7/20
Filed: 1992-03-05
Abstract: An apparatus (1) for pile driving comprising two vertical guide members (2a, 2b) mounted on a base framework (4), a drive head (16) vertically movable along the guide members and two hydraulic units (24a, 24b) secured to opposite terminal ends of the drive head is characterised by a third hydraulic unit (46) secured to the mid portion of the drive head (16) with the ram (25) of the third hydraulic unit being movable through an aperture (52) in the drive head. Guide means (2a, 2b) is provided to receive and enable the third hydraulic unit to move vertically upwards and downwards. In operation a pile is introduced into the ground by the downward force of the drive head, caused by retracting the rams of the first and second hydraulic units, and the partially driven pile is then further introduced into the ground by extending the ram of the third hydraulic unit (46). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254519-A (GB)
Title: Opening of telephone cover operates "receive" switch
Inventor: ADACHI NAOTOMO
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1992-03-06
Abstract: A cover 2, movably connected to the body 1 of a radio telephone, is formed with an engaging hole 16 for locking. A locking engaging projection (28, Fig. 2) formed in the radio body 1 can move between the disengaging and engaging positions with respect to the engaging hole 16, and a switch operating projection (25, Fig. 2) formed in the radio body 1 can move between the actuating and releasing positions for a receive switch (29, Fig.2). When the engaging projection (28, Fig. 2) and the switch operating projection (25, Fig. 2) are moved in correlation to each other by an operating portion 26, the engaging projection is disengaged from the engaging hole 16 so as to release the cover 2, and the receive switch is actuated by the switch operating projection so as to open the cover 2 and simultaneously place the telephone in a call reception mode. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254194-A (GB)
Title: Component mounting system
Inventor: WETTENGEL PAUL FREDERICK
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1992-03-30
Abstract: A component mounting system includes a mounting member (2). The mounting member (2) is mounted so that it moves with respect to a housing (4) between a closed position in which the mounting member (2) is at least partially received within the housing (4) and an open position in which the mounting member (2) projects outside the housing. A connecting cable (7) extends from the housing (4) to the mounting member (2). A radiused member (13) is provided in the housing so as to be movable relatively thereto, and the connecting cable extends round the radiused member and conforms to it as the mounting member (2) moves between the open and closed positions. In one example, the connecting cable (7) is a fibre optic cable encased within a blown-fibre tube and the radiused member is formed integrally with one end of an arm extending between the mounting member (2) and the housing (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256438-A (GB)
Title: Aging a fermented product using ozone and ultrasound
Inventor: LEU SHENG-I
IPC: C12H1/12
Filed: 1992-04-30
Abstract: A method for aging a fermented product includes the steps of: (a) cooling the fermented product in a container; (b) introducing ozone in the cooled fermented product for oxidation; and (c) applying an ultrasonic vibration to the container to vibrate and heat the fermented product in step (b) for oxidizing the fermented product. An aging device for a fermented product includes an aging tank (20) for containing the fermented product, the aging tank (20) having an inlet (21) and an outlet (23) for the fermented product; an ozone supplying unit (30) having an inlet pipe (31) and an outlet pipe (33) which are connected to the aging tank (20); a cooling unit (40) mounted to the aging tank (20); an ultrasonic vibration unit (50) mounted to the aging tank (20); and a thermometer (61) mounted on the aging tank (20) to detect the temperature of the fermented product. A method for preparing a distilled liquor includes the steps of (a') distilling a fermented precursor; (b') chilling the distilled fermented precursor; and (c') aging the chilled fermented precursor by the aging method described above. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270840-A (GB)
Title: A triggering arrangement for a fire safety device
Inventor: MURRAY MALCOLM JOHN
IPC: A62C2/24
Filed: 1992-08-21
Abstract: A triggering arrangement for a fire safety device such as a fire damper or a sprinkler system comprises means for retaining the device in an inoperative condition, with the retaining means being movable so as to enable the device to adopt an operative condition. The arrangement incorporates a thermal sensor associated with the retaining means, the thermal sensor comprising a plurality of discrete substantially identical frangible components ie. frangible bulbs (8) designed to break at a temperature in excess of a predetermined temperature. The arrangement is designed so that the retaining means enable the fire safety device to adopt the operative condition in response to the breaking of any one of the frangible components. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270252-A (GB)
Title: Bottle carrier
Inventor: BEBB RICHARD HODSON
IPC: B65D71/50
Filed: 1992-09-07
Abstract: A bottle carrier is formed as a one piece moulding with a base 1 having pear-shaped apertures 2 within a larger guide part 7 of which apertures a bottle cap and neck ring can be received for the bottle neck to be displaced into a smaller diameter seating part 8 of the apertures where the bottle hangs from the base 1 by abutment of its neck ring on the base. The bottle is retained by a cantilevered flexible flange 9 which overlies the guide part 7 and has a free end 10 which abuts a laterally directed side face of the bottle cap at a position spaced longitudinally of the bottle neck from the position of abutment between the neck ring and the base 1. In a modification the pear-shaped aperture 2 is replaced by a slot which opens to an edge of the base 1 so that a mouth provided by a guide part of the slot can receive the bottle neck in a direction laterally of that neck for displacement to a seating part of the slot and the overlying flange 9 is bifurcated to provide clearance for the bottle cap as the neck is received within the slot. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262124-A (GB)
Title: Mounting window fittings
Inventor: JOHANSEN JAN
IPC: E05D15/44
Filed: 1992-09-18
Abstract: A means for mounting a window fitting for a slide-opening window, wherein hinge arms (5) are located between the window frame (3) and the sash both at the top and at the bottom, and wherein a glider (1) for the window frame (3) is rotatably mounted (2, 12) at both the top and the bottom on the window frame (3) on the vertical edge thereof, said hinge arm (5) being rotatably attached at one end to a rotation plate (6) which is designed to be attached to the window frame (3), and having, at its other end, a pivot hole (13) designed to interact with a pivot located in the window casing. The glider, on at least one of its longitudinal sides, is furnished with a track (10), and the hinge arm (5) in said other end thereof has a recess (8) arranged along the length of the arm which corresponds approximately with the contour of the side of the glider (1). In the recess (8), preferably halfway there-along, a pin (9) protrudes which is designed to engage with the said track. The rotation plate has a correct mounting position relative to the window frame when said pin engages with said track. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270850-A (GB)
Title: Ornamental model dwelling having an electrically operated device
Inventor: HINE JOHN
IPC: A63H33/42
Filed: 1992-09-29
Abstract: There is provided an ornamental model dwelling (10) comprising an electrically operated device (36) and having means (30, 32) to couple the dwelling (10) to another such ornamental model dwelling placed adjacent thereto, said coupling means (30, 32) also providing an electrical connection between the electrically operated devices (36) of the two dwellings (10). There is also described a collection of one or more ornamental model dwellings (10) which are coupled together so as to form a scene. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262518-A (GB)
Title: Zinc borate
Inventor: SCHUBERT DAVID M
IPC: C09C1/00
Filed: 1992-11-04
Abstract: Zinc borate compositions having a ZnO:B2O3 ratio of 4:1. The hydrated zinc borate 4ZnO.B2O3.H2O and anhydrous zinc borate 4ZnO.B2O3 are especially useful as fire-retardants and smoke-suppressant additives for polymeric compositions.
Patent GB-2273047-A (GB)
Title: Low oxygen content gas for pest control in grain and bulk foodstuffs
Inventor: PEACH ALAN
IPC: A01M17/00
Filed: 1992-11-24
Abstract: In a method and apparatus for producing a low-oxygen content gas for pest control in foodstuffs, a fuel is burned in a burner (12) to produce a low oxygen content exhaust gas which contains water vapour. The exhaust gas is cooled to liquefy the water vapour content of the exhaust gas. This is achieved by passing the exhaust gas either over a cooling part (24) of a refrigerator system (20) or through a heat exchanges (38, 40; see figure 2) supplied with circulating fluid which has been cooled by the cooling part (24). The refrigeration system, which preferably comprises an absorption chiller 1 is driven by heat generated during formation of the combustion products, thereby improving the efficiency of the system. The low oxygen content gas renders pests inactive by oxygen starvation and/or asphyxiation. The reduction of the water content of the exhaust gas prevents subsequent condensation and damage to the foodstuff. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278544-A (GB)
Title: Facial treatment apparatus
Inventor: FUNG KAI FAI
IPC: A61H33/12
Filed: 1993-06-02
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a facial mask 10 which can be held against the face of a user and which includes a flexible bag 13, means 11, 12 for supplying steam to the interior of the bag and means 18, 20 on one side of the mask for dispensing steam from the interior of the bag across the face of a user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268362-A (GB)
Title: Signalling circuit using different protocols
Inventor: KIVARI RAIMO
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1993-06-04
Abstract: A base band signalling circuit for use with different cellular telephone systems and signalling protocols is described. Signalling messages, both data messages and supervisory related signals between a cellular telephone microcontroller (4) and a base station are transferred via a baseband signalling circuit (10). The baseband signalling circuit is operable to employ different signalling protocols, the protocol being selected by control bits provided from the microcontroller to the signalling circuit. In a preferred embodiment, the signalling protocol selection is made between an AMPS/TACS signalling protocol and a NAMPS/NTACS subaudible signalling protocol.
Patent GB-2282198-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle anti-theft device
Inventor: REED PAUL
IPC: B60R25/06
Filed: 1993-09-28
Abstract: A vehicle security device has a body 11 which has an on/off valve 4 which is used to allow or arrest the flow of fluid and a one way valve 2, 3 to allow fluid to travel only from inlet 5 to outlet 6 when valve 4 has arrested the fluid flow as shown. The valve 4 can be switched to its on or off position by a key system 13, a motor (14, Fig 5), or on/off switch (15, Fig 6). A cover 12 is also provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272267-A (GB)
Title: Variable ride height vehicle suspension
Inventor: ANDERSON COLIN JAMES
IPC: F16F9/06
Filed: 1993-10-26
Abstract: In a variable ride height system the energy input is from ground impact. The system includes a telescopic hydropneumatic strut comprising a liquid chamber 3 separated from a gas chamber 7 by a free piston 6, a reservoir 14 external of the strut connected to one of said chambers via a valve arrangement 13 carried externally of the chambers, the valve arrangement being selectively operable to permit unidirectional fluid flow in one or other direction between the reservoir and the strut chamber to which it is connected, the flow direction being selected to enable lengthening or shortening of the strut resulting from pressure oscillations in the gas chamber. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272305-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle photographing apparatus
Inventor: SERIKAWA YOSHIO
IPC: G02B7/08
Filed: 1993-11-08
Abstract: In a vehicle photographing apparatus, a traffic information detector detects the position and running speed of a vehicle and a judging device compares the traffic information data detected with the reference data. When the judging device judges the violation of the traffic regulations, a photographing operation is prepared. A zooming device changes a focal length of the photographing lens so as to record a number plate of the illegal vehicle and a drivers face at a large photographing magnification. Simultaneously, a photographing direction changing device changes an optical axis of the photographing lens such that the vehicle is located at the center of a screen. Stroboscopic light is emitted to the vehicle to perform the photographing operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273165-A (GB)
Title: Device for the remote aquisition of a physical quantity in a liquid or gaseous medium
Inventor: DUROU OLIVIER
IPC: G01L19/08
Filed: 1993-12-03
Abstract: The invention concerns a device for the remote acquisition of the value of a physical quantity in a liquid or gaseous medium. A bundle of at least two cables 4, in particular electrical connection and traction cables of a sonar, is immersed in e.g. an undersea environment. The cables are connected together physically by attachment modules 5 distributed along their entire length, and connected to a central control and operating unit. The invention is characterised in that certain attachment modules 5 on the cables contain a sensor module containing electronic means 9 for measuring the value of the physical quantity (for example, temperature) and an induction coil 8 for transmitting information as to the measured value to a central control unit along one of the cables e.g. in digital form using frequency shift keying. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276446-A (GB)
Title: Method of measuring the position of a hole
Inventor: YAMAOKA NAOJI
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 1993-12-14
Abstract: The position of a hole (b) is measured by image-sensing a holed portion formed in a workpiece (a). A plurality of hole edge points are measured. A regression ellipse which represents the image of the holed portion from coordinates of the hole edge points is calculated. The central position of the holed portion is obtained from coordinates of the centre of the regression ellipse. In workpieces having sufficient thickness that an inside wall (b) of the hole is detected, an incorrect edge position may be determined giving rise to an incorrect central position determination. This may be overcome by using two image sensors (21, 22) situated at different angles to the workpiece. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275802-A (GB)
Title: Geographic-area selective low-earth satellite-based paging broadcast system and method
Inventor: FRENZER MICHAEL W
IPC: H04W68/00
Filed: 1993-08-23
Abstract: The present invention includes a low-earth satellite-based paging broadcast system (100) and method (200, 300) that maximizes spectral efficiency and minimizes power expenditure for the broadcast of paging messages by broadcasting the messages to terminator- or originator-selectable portions of the total system coverage area. The terminator selects a long-term preferred geographic area (LTPGA), and optionally, a short-term preferred geographic area (STPGA). The originator provides the terminator ID, the message, and optionally provides a customized preferred geographic area (CPGA). Terminators and originators can easily modify the selectable geographic areas (SGA(s)): LTPGA(s), STPGA(s), and CPGA(s). The gateway converts the SGA(s) to addressable coverage areas (ACA(s)), and transmits a signal including the paging information, and ACA(s) to at least a first communication satellite (COM SAT). The COM SAT(s) provide for crosslinking the signal to other COM SAT(s) and for broadcasting the paging information to the ACA(s). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291366-A (GB)
Title: Colouring animal fur
Inventor: WALKER ALEC
Filed: 1994-08-23
Abstract: The invention relates to grooming products for use in improving an animal's coat, particularly the coats' of competition animals comprises applying a grooming product containing a pigment or mixture thereof to the animal's coat so that the hair/feathers are temporarily coated with pigment. It is emphasised that the invention does not dye the hair and is therefore acceptable to judging authorities. Preferred embodiments of the invention include grooming shampoos, grooming sprays, grooming talc and grooming utensils.
Patent GB-2282527-A (GB)
Title: Mounting frame for electrical equipment
Inventor: MAZURA PAUL
IPC: H02B1/30
Filed: 1994-10-03
Abstract: The invention concerns with a mounting frame for an appliance cabinet provided with enclosure panels and serving for the mounting of sub-racks used in industrial electronics. Four posts 3 extend between a lower plinth 1 and a identically formed cover plate 2. Front arms 10 and rear arms 12 project at the plinth 1 and cover plate 2 for securing the enclosure panels, the arms being aligned with each other and forming recesses 10' and 12' for cable harnesses. <IMAGE>