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Patent GB-2306701-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle rear wiper arrangement
Inventor: COOK STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: B60S1/08
Filed: 1995-10-21
Abstract: The rear screen wiper of a vehicle can be operated in intermittent mode with the delay between each wiping operation varying inversely with the speed of the vehicle, so that as the vehicle speed increases, the wiping rate decreases, i.e. the delay between wiping operations gets longer.
Patent GB-2306564-A (GB)
Title: Stay with Releasable Catch
Inventor: SMITH CLIVE JAMES
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 1995-10-27
Abstract: A friction stay for a window has a channel member carrying slider(s) where one slider has a restrictor device which allows only limited opening, but is releasable to permit further opening of the window. The slider includes a latch (30) engaging a lug (34) on the channel member for releasably connecting the slider to the channel member with some play. An operating lever member (40) is provided on the lug (34) to release the latch by pressing on arm (42) and a safety block (41), with tab (52) to facilitate its removal, is provided to prevent accidental operation of the lever member.
Patent GB-2295285-A (GB)
Title: ESD input protection circuit with bypass transistor
Inventor: LEE JAE JIN
IPC: H01L27/02
Filed: 1995-11-21
Abstract: A conventional electrostatic discharge input protection circuit 101, which may be used in a memory IC, is bypassed by transistor Q5 when the substrate potential rail Vbb reaches a level sufficient to turn on Q7. This allows faster input signal propagation to the interior of the IC via inverter 102 when the IC is active, while giving standard ESD protection when the IC is in a standby mode. The bypass transistor may be of PMOS or NMOS type (Q20, figure 3). Excessive input voltages may be shunted to the supply rails through the wells of the bypass transistors (figures 4 and 5). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300023-A (GB)
Title: Door or tailgate hinge for motor vehicles
Inventor: ROSE ARIANA
IPC: E05D5/12
Filed: 1996-04-15
Abstract: A door or tailboard hinge for motor vehicles comprises a first hinge component 2 to be attached to the motor vehicle body 1 and a second hinge component 4 to be attached to the door or tailgate with a divided hinge pin (5, 6 Fig 2) pivotably connecting the two hinge components together about a hinge axis. The component 2 is formed by a preferably pot-shaped sheet metal part open on only one side which seals against the delimiting vehicle body part to be sealed by the tailgate or door, and in use is arranged in a cavity of the delimiting part so that the hinge axis is recessed in relation to the contour of the delimiting part. Preferably the hinge is sealed completely watertight with respect to the bearing of the hinge pin by forming the hinge pin from blind rivets (17,18,16, Fig 2) which seal against side walls 8 of the first component 2.
Patent GB-2302470-A (GB)
Title: Pixel binarization
Inventor: GAHANG GOO-SOO
IPC: G06V30/162
Filed: 1996-06-14
Abstract: A given pixel X is binarized as a white pixel if it is of a darker value than the darkest value of the other pixels within a local window centred on the pixel X. The darkest and lightest values of the pixels other than the central pixel within the window are determined, as is the number of pixels of the darkest value. The value of the central pixel is compared with the darkest value and the central pixel is binarized as a white pixel if the value of the central pixel is darker than the darkest value or the value of the central pixel is equally as dark as the darkest value and the number is one.
Patent GB-2305908-A (GB)
Title: A movable crane apparatus
Inventor: MORROW WILLIAM DOUGLAS
IPC: B66C23/52
Filed: 1996-10-02
Abstract: A movable pedestal/kingpost type luffing crane 10 constructed to be selectively maintained in or removed from a receiving socket 80. Providing a plurality of receiving sockets 80 located at predetermined locations provides a system wherein the movable crane 10 may be moved from socket to socket and from location to location. The movable crane 10 comprises an upperworks 70 which includes a platform 72, rotatably disposed about a crane support means 30, to which a crane boom is affixed 76. The crane support means 30 comprises an extension 40 which projects below the upperworks 70 and is constructed to mate with the receiving socket 80. Upper and lower radial supports (Fig. 3, 120 and 122) and an axial support (130) maintain the crane support means 30 in the receiving socket 80, whilst a foundation support 140 extending into the ground 170 provides support and anchor for the receiving socket 80. A variety of anti-rotation means are preferably provided to avoid the relative rotation of the extension to the receiving socket 80 when the extension 40 is positioned therein. A cover (Fig. 6,160) constructed to mate with the socket top end 82 facilitates closing of the socket top end 82 when the crane support means 30 is removed from the receiving socket 80.
Patent GB-2319896-A (GB)
Title: Aerial arrangement with means of reducing unwanted signals
Inventor: LESBROS PIERRE
IPC: H01Q1/52
Filed: 1996-10-02
Abstract: An aerial arrangement comprises two arrays in which each array comprises parallel rod elements 1 formed on one surface of an insulating substrate. Conductors 2, 8, perpendicular to the said elements 1, are formed on the other side of the substrate and are arranged to connect the rod elements 1 to earth and to a signal transmission arrangement 9. A constant magnetic field, independent of the magnetic field present in the vicinity of the aerial, is produced by the interaction between an aluminium sheet 6 and two copper coils 7, present in a module 3. The module 3 is sandwiched between the arrays such that the rod elements 1 face outward. The aerial arrangement may be in the form of a flat planar array or a spherical array. The parallel rod elements 1 and module 3 are interconnected to an output terminal 10 in a manner such that unwanted signals are filtered out. The aerial arrangement may be applied to any FM or AM receiver which is subject to scattered or faded signals.
Patent GB-2303555-A (GB)
Title: Intervertebral disc implant
Inventor: MILNER RICHARD
IPC: A61F2/44
Filed: 1995-11-30
Abstract: An implant for forming a prosthetic invertebral disc nucleus pulposus comprises a conformable material adapted to fill cavities within the disc and to be cured in-situ to form a resiliently deformed prosthesis. Suitable materials are those which cure or cross-link upon contact with water, e.g. body moisture, such as isocyanate functionalised prepolymers and silane functionalised polymers or precursors.
Patent GB-2307110-A (GB)
Title: Magnet holder for a claw pole rotor
Inventor: KUSASE SHIN
IPC: H02K1/22
Filed: 1994-08-26
Abstract: A rotor embodiment has sixteen magnets (11), each of which fits between two of sixteen claw-like magnetic poles (15, 16) formed on the outer periphery of Lundell-type pole cores (7) which rotate integrally with a shaft (6). The magnets are held in position by a magnet holder (12) which has been formed by interconnecting zig-zagging segments and has elasticity as a whole. Here, the permanent magnets are held by the magnet holder so that the magnet holder does not protrude towards the rotor side from the outer peripheral face of the Lundell-type pole cores and the contacting faces of the magnet holder contact the outer faces of the permanent magnets. The claw-like magnetic poles are disposed so as to face the stator (2).
Patent GB-2317518-A (GB)
Title: Linear transconductance amplifier operable at low supply voltages using transistors with differing emitter areas
Inventor: KIMURA KATSUJI
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 1997-03-18
Abstract: A bipolar OTA having a wide input voltage range is provided without increasing the circuit scale and current consumption. This OTA includes first to n-th differential pairs of first to 2n-th bipolar transistors whose emitters are coupled together, where n * <------ solidus * 2; and a common current source/sink connected to the emitters of the first to 2n-th transistors. The first to 2n-th transistors are driven by a common tail current produced by the common current source/sink. The transistors of each of the second to n-th differential pairs have a same emitter area K 1 to K n-1 times as large as that of the first and second transistors, where K 1 to K n-1 >1. A first input voltage as an input signal to be amplified is differentially applied across bases of the first and second transistors of the first differential pair. A second to n-th input voltages are differentially applied across corresponding bases of the third to 2n-th transistors, respectively. Each of the second to n-th input voltages is produced by attenuating the first input voltage. First to (n-1)-th pairs of dc offset or tuning voltages are applied to the bases of the third to 2n-th transistors, respectively. An amplified output signal is differentially derived from collectors of the first and second transistors.
Patent GB-2323701-A (GB)
Title: Gas discharge lamp
Inventor: FORSDYKE GRAHAM MALCOLM
IPC: H01J61/20
Filed: 1997-03-27
Abstract: A mercury discharge lamp includes an amalgam for controlling the mercury vapour pressure within the lamp, the amalgam being selected and positioned within the lamp to provide a substantially optimum vapour pressure of mercury at the temperature of the amalgam corresponding to the maximum rated operating power of the lamp. The optimum vapour pressure is close to a minimum (B) at the temperature corresponding to maximum operating power, and adjacent a region (D) of steeply rising mercury vapour pressure with falling temperature. By operating the lamp in this region, a reduction in the operating power of the lamp causes a fall in temperature and hence an increase in the vapour pressure of the mercury to effect dimming of the lamp. The lamp may be electroded or electrodeless.
Patent GB-2309580-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for plasma mass analysis with reduced space charge effects
Inventor: TANNER SCOTT D
IPC: H01J49/10
Filed: 1995-10-31
Abstract: A method of analyzing an analyte contained in a plasma, in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). A sample of the plasma is drawn through an orifice in a sampler, then skimmed in a skimmer orifice, and the skimmed sample is directed at supersonic velocity onto a blunt reducer having a small orifice therein, forming a shock wave on the reducer. Gas in the shock wave is sampled through an offset aperture in the reducer into a vacuum chamber containing ion optics and a mass spectrometer. This reduces space charge effects, thus reducing mass bias and also reducing the mass dependency of matrix effects. Since the region between the skimmer and the reducer can operate at about 0.1 Torr, which is the same pressure as that produced by the roughing pump which backs the high vacuum pump for the vacuum chamber, a single common pump can be used for both purposes, thus reducing the hardware needed. In a simplified version, the skimmer can be replaced by a small beam blocking finger which extends across a line of sight between the sampler and reducer orifices and occludes the reducer orifice from the sampler orifice.
Patent GB-2325198-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle carrying trailer
Inventor: GALLOWAY LANCE RANDOLPH THOMAS
IPC: B62D63/06
Filed: 1997-05-16
Abstract: A trailer for carrying bicycles comprises a wheeled chassis 1, 4 having means (11 fig 5) to connect it to a vehicle and an upstanding frame 2 from which angled supports or rungs 3 extend, with the frame of the bicycle(s) 10 intended to be supported on the angled supports. A pair of supports may be provided on each side of the frame means. Each pair of supports may carry several bicycles. The chassis may extend longitudinally with a transverse wheeled axis and with the frame lying parallel or transverse to the chassis and substantially above the wheels. The frame may be lockably hinged to its upstanding position by means of pins, the supports may be foldable and the chassis may telescope, being held by pins (7 fig 1).
Patent GB-2312532-A (GB)
Title: Method of generating die structure data
Inventor: NAMBA TAKAOKI
IPC: G05B19/4099
Filed: 1996-04-04
Abstract: A method of generating data for designing a die structure, said die structure comprising a product shape forming section 5 and a peripheral structure section which substantially surrounds and supports said product shape forming section, with a computer-aided design/computeraided manufacturing system, comprises the steps of: generating reference structure section data representing the positional relationships between a plurality of feature points Pl-Pn as reference points on a product shape forming section of a reference die structure and a predetermined location (eg 4r) on a peripheral structure section of said reference die structure; and replacing coordinates of said reference points in said reference structure section data (eg Cpa', CPb')with coordinates of feature points in new product shape data (eg CPA, CPb) which correspond respectively to said feature points on said reference product shape forming section, and establishing said reference structure section data, after said coordinates of said reference points therein have been replaced, as new structure section data when said new structure section data corresponding to new product shape data is to be generated.
Patent GB-2315030-A (GB)
Title: Catapult
Inventor: MARCHANT ANDREW JAMES
IPC: F41B3/02
Filed: 1997-07-10
Abstract: Elasticated propulsion members 16&18 are hollow and inextensible cord 44 runs within them, allowing the degree of extension of the members to be limited thus regulating the power of the catapult. Tile length of the cords may be adjusted by a rotatable spool 40. Other adjusting devices are disclosed.
Patent GB-2312770-A (GB)
Title: Nonvolatile memory with output mode configuration
Inventor: LARSEN ROBERT E
IPC: G11C7/10
Filed: 1996-02-20
Abstract: A nonvolatile memory (10) includes a memory array (11) and a buffer circuit (50) for applying data from the memory array to external circuitry. A compensation circuit (51) is coupled to the buffer circuit for providing output compensation to the buffer circuit when enabled. The buffer circuit has (1) a first output speed when the compensation circuit is enabled and (2) a second output speed when the compensation circuit is disabled. A configuration circuit is coupled to the compensation circuit for selectively enabling the compensation circuit such that the buffer circuit can be configured between the first and second output speeds. A method of configuring a nonvolatile memory between a first output speed and a second output speed is also described.
Patent GB-2316381-A (GB)
Title: Split chain drum arrangment for scraper chain conveyors
Inventor: MERTEN GERHARD
IPC: B25B27/14
Filed: 1997-08-18
Abstract: A chain drum arrangement for a central or double central scraper chain conveyor, comprises a divided chain wheel 1, the shell-type chain wheel segments 1', 1'' of which are attached, to the shaft 2, wherein the chain wheel 1 is secured in its installed position on the shaft 2 by means of detachable ring parts 4,5 disposed on both sides of the chain wheel, and at least one of these two ring parts consists of a divided locking ring 4 which can be taken off radially from the shaft in order to remove the divided chain wheel from the shaft. The detachable locking rings 4,5 rotate with the chain wheel 1 and may comprise a divided locking ring 4 on one side of the chain wheel and a non-divided locking ring 5 on the other side of the chain wheel. Retaining rings 20 hold the two segments 1' and 1'' of the chain wheel together by clamping round the annular shoulder 15, the retaining rings 20 are in turn secured in place by the locking rings 4,5. A scissor action dismantling tool (34) (figure 14, not shown) may be provided for detaching the retaining rings 20.
Patent GB-2316917-A (GB)
Title: Folding vehicle roof storage
Inventor: DETTLING LOTHAR
IPC: B60J7/20
Filed: 1997-09-01
Abstract: A vehicle folding roof arrangement with supporting means 16 on a folding roof 4, 5 cooperating with supporting means 18 on a lid 23 for a storage compartment 20 for the roof to fix the roof in its lowered position in order to avoid rattling. The support means on the roof may be centring pins on the forward edge of the roof which can mate with openings in the windscreen header rail when the roof is erected. The roof may be a hard construction made up from front and rear shells 4 and 5.
Patent GB-2331227-A (GB)
Title: Ventilated footwear
Inventor: CHOWN PETER ARTHUR CHARLES
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1997-11-12
Abstract: An article of footwear 2 comprises a sole (4, Fig.1) a chamber 6 in the sole 4, an absorbent material (8, Fig.1) in the chamber 6, and non-return valve means (10, Fig.1) which communicates with the chamber 6 and which is adapted to be connected to a pressurized container 12 of a substance used for foot problems, whereby the substance is able to be injected into the chamber 6 and to be absorbed by the absorbent material (8), whereby the absorbent material (8) is able to release the substance during use of the article of footwear 2. A plurality of apertures (28, Fig.1) may be further provided to facilitate the release of the substance from the absorbent material (8) into the footwear 2.
Patent GB-2319731-A (GB)
Title: Word forming game
Inventor: WAKEFIELD MARTIN ANTHONY
IPC: A63F3/04
Filed: 1997-11-27
Abstract: The word game of the present invention may include: one six-sided die; a game board 1 having four player areas 2, each area numbered one through six to correspond to the numbers on the die; thirty-one letter tiles 8 imprinted with commonly used letters on both sides of the tile; and a score card (23). In a preferred embodiment, four players place letter tiles 8 next to each number located in the player areas 2. By rolls of the die, each player selects four of the letters and attempts to form a word. The score card (23) is used to record the letters, words and the points. The invention is a word forming game which has a letter selection based on words used commonly in conversation.
Patent GB-2316853-A (GB)
Title: Food preparation method
Inventor: BOWER RONALD
IPC: A21D13/00
Filed: 1996-06-11
Abstract: A food preparation method for teething rusks (200) includes the steps of mixing flour (10), yeast (11) and water (12) in a mixer (13) to form a "well-developed" dough (100). The dough (100) passes through a kneading machine (14)/sheeting machine (15) and is allowed to "rest" on a resting conveyor (16). A cutting machine (17) cuts the dough (100) into strips (101) and the fingers of dough (102), the fingers (102) being proved in a prover (18) before being at least partially baked in an oven (19). The baked rusks (200) are conditioned under controlled heat and humidity conditions in a conditioner (20) before being allowed to cool in the packing room (21) and packed in packaging machine (22) for distribution and sale.
Patent GB-2335029-A (GB)
Title: A combined expansion and thermal storage vessel
Inventor: UTTLEY GERALD
IPC: F24D3/10
Filed: 1998-03-07
Abstract: A combined expansion and thermal store container 3 for a pressurised heating system has a displaceable wall displacement which accommodates expansion of a heating medium in a heating circuit to which the container is connected. The container 3 has an inlet and an outlet to enable the connection of the container in series with a heating circuit and the container has an internal volume sufficient to enable the container to serve as a thermal store. The displaceable wall may be formed by a resilient diaphragm 15 which divides the interior of the container 3 into two compartments 12, 13 one of the compartments 12 being filled with heating medium and the other being filled with air. A perforated support wall 16 may be located adjacent the diaphragm 15 in the water-filled compartment 12 to maintain a minimum volume for that compartment.
Patent GB-2335823-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for detecting a CPE alerting signal
Inventor: ZHEN-XING LAI
IPC: H04M1/57
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: A method of improving the CAS (customer premises equipment alert signal) tone signal detection of a telephone which uses a CAS tone signal detection chip or data signal processor in the telephone to detect a small segment of the CAS tone signal received from the exchange line and to trigger a CPU in producing an interruption signal, causing the telephone to mute the voice signal from the near end subscriber and to detect and judge the time series of the left CAS tone signal, and uses a voice signal detection circuit to monitor the voice signal from the far end subscriber, so that the telephone accurately measures the length of the CAS tone signal when no voice signal from the far end subscriber or the near end subscriber is detected, and judges, subject to the definition of a predetermined CAS tone signal length specification, whether the CAS tone signal is true or false.
Patent GB-2328619-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for playing a ball game
Inventor: POBEE-MENSAH ANTHONY
IPC: A63B67/00
Filed: 1997-03-12
Abstract: A method of playing a ball game is disclosed wherein two opposed teams play within an enclosed area in which the width is greater than the length. A goal is scored by placing the ball into a recessed area (24) behind the goal line (22). An offensive player may not stay within a two second box (30) located about the goal mouth. Any player engaging in rough play shall sit out for a designated time period and his or her team shall play a man down during that time.
Patent GB-2328596-A (GB)
Title: Computer graphics system with adaptive pixel multisampler
Inventor: COSMAN MICHEAL A
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 1997-04-30
Abstract: An adaptive pixel multisampler (24) generates pixel data for display using an interlocking sub-pixel sampling pattern P and a frame buffer (26) organized as a per-polygon, per-pixel heap (64). The interlocking sampling pattern P provides the advantages of a multi-pixel shaped filter without pixel-to-pixel cross communication and without additional sub-pixels. The per-polygon, per-pixel heap (64) allocates frame buffer memory so that each pixel will have one set of data stored in the frame buffer (26) for every polygon that influences that pixel. This memory allocation scheme can significantly reduce frame buffer memory requirements. The polygon data is blended to properly handle processing of transparent polygons and polygon edges without the degradation of image quality found in conventional computer graphics systems.
Patent GB-2333421-A (GB)
Title: Method of storing and transmitting markup language documents in a mobile radio communications system
Inventor: ODAMURA SATOSHI
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1998-12-03
Abstract: In order to effectively use a limited memory capacity of a mobile radio unit such as a portable telephone or radio pager when storing a markup language document transmitted thereto, a lookup table, which includes a plurality of pairs of tags and shortened codes thereof, is memorized in the mobile unit. Thereafter, the mobile unit receives a message transmitted thereto. In the case where the incoming message is a markup language document, the mobile unit determines if a tag embedded in the document has a corresponding shortened code in the lookup table. If the tag has the corresponding shortened tag in the lookup table, the markup language document is stored in the mobile radio unit while replacing the tag with the shortened code.