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Patent GB-2181874-A (GB)
Title: Voice recognition system
Inventor: MUROI TETSUYA
IPC: G10L15/00
Filed: 1986-09-04
Abstract: A voice or sound recognition system including a microphone for converting a voice into an electrical voice signal, a frequency analyzer for generating a voice pattern in the form of a time-frequency distribution, and a matching unit for matching the voice pattern with registered voice patterns. A voice pattern sometimes contains a bass bar section starting from the beginning of the voice pattern over a time period. In one form of the present invention, the bass bar section is detected and/or eliminated before processing the voice pattern for the purpose of registration or matching. The voice level is sometimes too strong or too weak for appropriate processing. In another form of the present invention, a voice recognition system including a voice input cancelling function is provided. In addition, a system for detecting a voice interval for use in voice data processing, including a device for determining a start point of the voice interval is provided.
Patent GB-2197295-A (GB)
Title: Container for lipstick or the like
Inventor: TERRUZZI OTTAVIO
IPC: A45D40/06
Filed: 1986-11-10
Abstract: A container e.g. for direct-poured lip-stick comprises an outer casing 211, a cup 214 for the lipstick, and a rotatable sleeve 215 positioned between said casing 211 and said cup 214, said sleeve 215 being non- rotatably constrained to a seat portion 221 of the cup 214 by slidable engaging means and protruding from said casing with a knurled control portion for manual rotation to feed the stick. The cup 214 comprises an outer piece of essentially hollow, cylindrical shape having pins 223 located in a helical track 216 of the casing 211 and an inner piece 253 integral with the seat portion 221, the two pieces being connected by pins 252 located in a second helical track 251. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2198842-A (GB)
Title: Movement sensing infra-red system
Inventor: MESSIOU ANTOINE YVON
IPC: G08B13/193
Filed: 1986-12-19
Abstract: A detection system sensitive to the movement of an infra-red source comprises an infra-red detector 1 and a grid 2 of alternately opaque 3 and clear 4 linear zones. The grid is placed to intercept infra-red radiation passing from a source of such radiation to the detector. A positive cylindrical lens 13 is placed between the source and the detector to concentrate radiation in the direction parallel to the grid zones to increase the radiation incident on the detector while preserving the light and dark striped shadow pattern due to the grid at the detector. Movement of the source produces movement of the pattern across the detector to give rise to an alternating output signal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2199496-A (GB)
Title: Autoclave steam control
Inventor: STEPHENSON JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: A61L2/24
Filed: 1987-01-06
Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus comprises an autoclave (10) having a steam outlet (20), a valve (21) in the steam outlet, an electrical timer (23) controlling the valve to produce a succession of on-off actions of the valve during a steaming period, and a timing and temperature control system (13) controlling the overall steaming cycle and coacting with the timer (23) to control the duration of the steaming period. The opening and closing of the exhaust valve causes turbulence of the steam in the autoclave so that steam more quickly reaches the interior surfaces of the articles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188629-A (GB)
Title: Triazolyl alcohol derivatives
Inventor: ELLIOTT DR RAYMOND
IPC: A01N43/653
Filed: 1987-01-28
Abstract: Triazolyl alcohol derivatives active as plant growth regulating have the general formula:wherein R<sup>1</sup> is a cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group containing from 3 to 8 ring carbon atoms and optionally substituted, for example by lower alkyl or halogen; n is 0 or 1 or 3; R<sup>2</sup> is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R<sup>3</sup> is a tertiary butyl group optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms. Triazol-1-yl derivatives are preferred.
Patent GB-2189803-A (GB)
Title: Electro-rheological fluids
Inventor: BYATT DENNIS WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: C10M171/00
Filed: 1987-02-03
Abstract: An electro-rheological fluid comprises a fluid carrier medium such as light transformer oil having suspended therein a quantity of dry microscopic hollow glass particles of which the majority have diameters between 20 and 120 microns and wall thicknesses of between 0.5 and 2 microns. The apparent viscosity of the fluid increases an application of an electrical field.
Patent GB-2202009-A (GB)
Title: Bearing structures
Inventor: LEE ALAN STUART
IPC: F16C32/06
Filed: 1987-02-10
Abstract: A hydrostatic bearing (12) for the lower end of the vertical shaft (10) of a sodium pump comprises a support shell (18) encircling the shaft (10) and a bush (20) located between the shell (18) and shaft (10). Liquid sodium is fed from the pump outlet to the bush/shaft and bush/shell interfaces to provide hydrostatic support. The bush outer surface and the shell inner surface are of complementary part-spherical shape and the bush floats relative to the shaft so that the bush can align itself with the shaft axis. Monitoring of the relative rotational speed of the bush with respect to the shaft (such rotation being introduced by the viscous drag forces present) is also performed for the purposes of detecting abnormal operation of the bearing or partial seizure, at least one magnet 30 is rotatable with the bush (20), and a magnetic sensor 32 provides an output having a frequency related to the speed of the bush. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2203025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sports or casual shoes
Inventor: CHANG HENRY
IPC: A43B13/20
Filed: 1987-03-02
Abstract: In a structure for the sole of shoes suitable for use in sports or any casual wear, the sole 33-36 is provided with spherical bodies 32 at the front portion and/or at the heel portion thereof, such that the softness and hardness can be adjusted to enhance the elasticity of the sole of the shoes by virtue of the fact that the spherical bodies can be inflated or replaced, thereby obtaining a shock absorbing effect to relieve impact during running and fatigue after long walking. The spherical bodies are inserted into holes 15 from inside the shoe and are provided with an inflation port or valve for liquid or gas. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2187875-A (GB)
Title: Hinged door operated room signalling device
Inventor: THOMPSON RAYMOND
IPC: G09F7/22
Filed: 1987-03-02
Abstract: A door signalling device consists of two sheet members 11, 12 hinged together, eg by means of adhesive tape 14, so that one sheet member may overlay the other to expose or to unexpose as the case may be an indicia mounted on the surface of one of the members, when the surfaces are either in the overlay position or free-hanging position as may be preselected. Sheet member 12 may carry on its rear surface indicia 18 which may be in the form of a red fluorescent warning surface. Under normal circumstances sheet member 12 hangs down and sheet member 11 is fixed to the door, room number 7 being shown on the front surface of member 12. When the door has been opened and the occupant removed, eg during evacuation of the building during fire, a warden swings the member 12 up over the sheet member 11 so that the warning indicia becomes visible, and member 12 is held in that position by door jamb 35 when the door is closed. On subsequent unauthorised opening of the door the sheet member 12 will swing down causing indicia 18 to move out of sight. Sheet member 12 may be longer than sheet member 11 (Fig. 8) and both sheet members are preferably made of rigid material such as sheet brass. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191622-A (GB)
Title: Commodity metering system
Inventor: VAUGHAN JOHN EDWARD
IPC: G01R22/00
Filed: 1987-06-16
Abstract: A multi-rate commodity metering system comprises an electronic key containing an EEPROM, and a meter for metering the commodity and having a receptacle for receiving the key. The meter also contains a real-time clock. The key can operate as a programming device and a meter-reading device. When the key is initially inserted into the meter, it starts a billing period, eg a quarter, and if necessary programs the meter with the times for switching between rates and the prices per unit of the commodity for each rate. Towards the end of the billing period, the meter reading is entered into the key with the time and date to which it relates and a visible and/or audible warning is produced to remind the customer to remove the key and take it to the commodity supplier's premises so that the supplier can read out the meter reading from the key. If the customer fails to do this within a certain time, the supply of the commodity is cut off, although an emergency supply can be obtained for a further predetermined time if necessary.
Patent GB-2209745-A (GB)
Title: Corrosion inhibition
Inventor: HOOPER DAVID GWYN
IPC: C23F11/02
Filed: 1987-09-16
Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in contact with water which comprises providing for the presence of a corrosion inhibitor selected from a hexamethylene imine or a hydroxy derivative thereof in the water.
Patent GB-2215954-A (GB)
Title: Window management
Inventor: TREVETT NEIL FRANCIS
IPC: G09G5/14
Filed: 1988-03-23
Abstract: A system and method for performing window management using hardware is disclosed. The system preferably includes several subsystems which can function synergisticly to accomplish fast and efficient window management. In one embodiment the system makes use of simultaneous accessable on and off screen memories 102, 104 respectively which have the ability to perform inter-memory image data translation and high speed copy operations. Offsetting the addressing (110) of the off-screen memory relative to the screen refresh memory furthers the manipulation ability. In another embodiment, a RAM based arbitary shape clipper 112 is provided so that image data may be clipped automatically, to any arbitrary shape, without the use of manipulative software. The system can also make use of an I/O bus converter so that windows may be displayed directly from an input device such as a camera. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2201799-A (GB)
Title: An electromagnetic test method
Inventor: MACDIARMID IAN PETER
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 1987-10-20
Abstract: To test the effect of plane electromagnetic wave illumination on a conducting body (4) e.g. an aircraft fuselage, a grounded conductive sheet (3) is placed in the vicinity of the body and high frequency alternating current from a generator (1) is injected into the conducting body (4) via electrodes (2) on the surface of the body. The fields generated by the injected currents and the mirror currents in the grounded conducting sheet create an overall current distribution in the conducting body (4) substantially identical with that resulting from the incidence of a plane electromagnetic wave upon the body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2215816-A (GB)
Title: Fluid control valve
Inventor: WOOD ANTONY JOHN
IPC: F16K11/07
Filed: 1988-03-26
Abstract: A fluid control valve has a spool 10 mounted within a cylindrical sleeve 12, and a plurality of ports distributed along the longitudinal axis of the spool, there being a constituent sleeve portion both between each adjacent pair of ports, and in which each valve port is formed. There is an adjacent pair of ports, such as a service port 22b and a return port 24b, arranged such that, when the service port is shut off by a spool land 23 there is a spool chamber 29 extending from the land to the return port, at the same fluid pressure as in the return port, and there is relatively high fluid pressure in the shut-off service port. O-ring seals 16 are provided between the sleeve and the valve body, and different fluid pressure, at different points along the sleeve, compress the seals. In order to reduce the tendency of the sleeve to flex, a passage 30 is provided between the sleeve portion in which the service port 22b is formed and the spool land 23 when closing the service port, so that the sleeve portion is subjected to the fluid pressure at the service port. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220110-A (GB)
Title: Sheathing
Inventor: BAKER ANTHONY
IPC: H02G3/04
Filed: 1988-06-24
Abstract: Sheet metal channel section sheathing for cables or other services e.g. on or beneath the plaster of walls has one or both side margins of the channel section (10) slit and displaced by being expanded laterally outwards at intervals to form a series of loops (12) defining apertures (14) enabling fixing nails or screws to be used for positive location without having to punch or drill the sheathing material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209989-A (GB)
Title: A powder press
Inventor: MURPHY JOHN ANTHONY
IPC: B30B15/30
Filed: 1988-08-15
Abstract: A powder press (10) comprises a hopper-carrying slide (14) having a powder dispensing outlet (42) the slide being slidable above a die (20) equipped with a ram (34) so that powder is dispensed into the die when the slide has its outlet in registry with the die. The slide is slidable laterally of the die to shut-off dispensing and in this condition the slide acts as an anvil for co-operation with the ram. The slide also has a recess (44) into which the pellet (48) formed on pressing the powder can be displaced by the ram so that, when the slide is returned to its dispensing position, the pellet is transferred into registry with a discharge chute 38. The press can be used in the pre-slugging step of binderless fuel manufacturing in which the powder is pressed into a slug for subsequent granulation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209414-A (GB)
Title: Navigation systems
Inventor: RUNNALLS ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: G01C21/00
Filed: 1988-09-02
Abstract: A navigation system using a recursive estimator for navigation integration wherein the inputs to the estimator are parameters of a quadratic function approximating to a log-likelihood function or a Gaussian function approximating to a likelihood function. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213259-A (GB)
Title: Mobile space heater
Inventor: DE LONGHI GIUSEPPE
IPC: F24C15/08
Filed: 1988-11-29
Abstract: A mobile space heater 1 comprises a framework 3 supporting a fuel supply cannister 5 adapted to supply fuel to radiant heating elements 4 and having removably associated therewith support means for the cannister e.g. a trolley 8 with a cannister support 9, to allow the easy transfer both of the cannister and the heater from one environment to another. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2214370-A (GB)
Title: Electronic cut off controller for automatic transmission
Inventor: ITO YASUNOBU
IPC: B60W10/10
Filed: 1988-12-05
Abstract: An electronic controller for an automatic transmission has driving circuits (20, 60) incorporating switching devices (21) for driving solenoids (52, 53) used as actuators, and monitor circuits (30, 70) for detecting abnormal states of the actuators (52, 53). The controller also has a control section (40) connected to these circuits. An emergency power cutoff circuit (80) is provided between the solenoid driving circuits (20, 60) and the positive terminal of a battery (50). The switching operation of the emergency power cutoff circuit (80) is controlled to effect fail-safe control on the basis of a signal output from control section (40) if, for example, the switching device (21) in the controller malfunctions by short-circuiting or disconnection. 
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Patent GB-2226005-A (GB)
Title: Door hanging aids
Inventor: GRIFFITHS STEVEN FLOYD
IPC: B66F15/00
Filed: 1988-12-15
Abstract: A door hanging aid 1 comprises a base 11 engageable with the ground, and a lever 10 which is mounted intermediate its end on the base 11 so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis. One end of the lever 11 is cranked or stepped to enable it to engage beneath the door, and the other end of the lever 11 is formed with a foot pedal 23. Two levers can be mounted in parallel on a single base, with a linking foot pedal (Figs 5, 6, not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2435676-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust nozzle for gas turbine aeroengine
Inventor: HALL JOHN MATTHEW
IPC: F02K1/06
Filed: 1989-02-17
Abstract: A nozzle is provided which is capable of varying its outlet area and varying the distribution of outlet area thereacross. The nozzle comprises a generally rectangular duct 32 and a parallelogram-shaped plug 40 which is expandable to vary the outlet area and translatable across the outlet 38 of the nozzle to vary the distribution of outlet area thereacross by means of independently actuatable ballscrews 66, 68. When the ballscrews 66,68 are rotated, as by motors 72, in the same direction, translation of the plug 40 across the outlet 38 occurs, whereas when they are rotated in opposite directions, a variation in width of the plug 40 occurs. The plug 40 is formed of four panels 42,44,46,48 hinged together at 54,56,58,60, and connected to sleeves 70 of the ballscrews 66,68. A pair of such nozzles spaced along an aircraft centreline can be used to provide both pitch and roll control.
Patent GB-2216684-A (GB)
Title: Automatic control of a guided vehicle
Inventor: MILLER LUITPOLD
IPC: B61L23/00
Filed: 1989-03-10
Abstract: If breakdowns and/or emergencies arise, a guided, e.g. magnetic suspension, vehicle is prevented from being stopped in tunnels, on bridges or on pathless terrain. Between preselected stopping regions (11, 12, 13) provided with means for evacuation of passengers and for intervention by rescue services, the vehicle is always operated at such a high speed (above minimum speed lines 14, 15, 16) that even if the driving force fails, travel can still continue on account of its instantaneous momentum at least as far as a preselected subsequent stopping region in the direction of travel. If a breakdown and/or emergency situation arises within a stopping region the vehicle (2) may be brought to a standstill by initiation of an automatic train stop along braking curves (17, 18, 19) in this stopping region. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2229219-A (GB)
Title: Couplers for coupling together two elongate members e.g. scaffolding tubes and component for inclusion therein
Inventor: SMITS MARINUS ALBERTUS LUCIA
IPC: E04G7/14
Filed: 1989-03-17
Abstract: The component 4 comprises at respective first 11 and second 14 end portions thereof, first and second retaining means for use in retaining the component 4 in a predetermined position in the coupler 1, the component 14 further comprises a portion 13 lying between the said first and second retaining means and having arcuate inner surface, such that that surface can engage with the exterior surface of one of the said elongate members 2 when the coupler 1 is in use; the end portion 14 of the component 4 is in the form of a channel having a base through which there is a hole 9 being the second retaining means, and the hole is surrounded completely by the material forming the said base. The first retaining means may comprise either a slot 8, for engagement by a projection of a coupling element 3 or vice versa in such a way as to inhibit removal of the projection 7 from the slot 8. In use, a nut 5c on a bolt 5a, 5b passing through the hole 9 and a seating portion 10 in the coupling element 3, is tightened so as to draw the coupling element 3 and component 4 together about the elongate members 2 to be coupled. Details of the manufacture of the component 4 from sheet metal are given (see e.g. Figures 4a - 4b) involving stamping and deforming. Figures 5-9 illustrate further development of the coupler with two components and two nut and bolt assemblies. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2218374-A (GB)
Title: Cutting brittle materials
Inventor: YOUNG MICHAEL JOHN RADLEY
IPC: B28D1/26
Filed: 1989-05-08
Abstract: A method of cutting a brittle workpiece comprises applying to the surface of the workpiece a pointed tool, applying high frequency vibrations in a longitudinal direction to the tool, and moving the tool along a line to be cut of the workpiece while applying substantially steady longitudinally directed pressure to the tool. Stress is thereby applied to the workpiece as a combination of short impulses and steady direct stress and the breaking stress of the material would be attained coincident with the peak oscillatory stress. Crack propagation would therefore proceed by a series of stepwise fractures induced by successive cyclic stress peaks, resulting ultimately in the separation of the workpiece into two pieces. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a piezoceramic transducer (5) to generate ultrasonic vibrations, a tip (1) to be applied to the workpiece and having a hardness greater than that of the workpiece, and means to convey the ultrasonic vibrational energy to the tip.
Patent GB-2223042-A (GB)
Title: Mounting assembly for wall hung sanitary ware
Inventor: FROST FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: E03D11/14
Filed: 1989-09-25
Abstract: A mounting assembly for wall hung sanitary ware comprises two posts (1, 2) adapted to be connected to a floor or other supporting surface, a faceplate (3) connected between the posts (1, 2) and adjustable in height. A pair of screw threaded connectors (14) which are adjustable in length, are connected to the faceplate (3) and, in use, pass through upper mounting holes in the sanitary ware to connect it to the mounting assembly. An adjustable length stop (19) is connected to the baseplate below the pair of screw threaded connectors (14) and, in use, engages the rear of the sanitary ware towards its base. The mounting assembly also includes a waste pipe fitting (4) mounted on the faceplate (3) and, in use, is coupled with a waste outlet of the sanitary ware. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225092-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic apparatus with hydraulic fluid treatment device
Inventor: ERICKSON RANDY D
IPC: F15B21/04
Filed: 1989-10-04
Abstract: A hydraulic apparatus comprises a hydraulic device (14) receiving conditioned or treated hydraulic fluid directly from an inlet port (62) in a case (12) full of hydraulic fluid (16) with the conditioned or treated hydraulic fluid having a characteristic which is better than the characteristic of the fluid within the case. The characteristic may be that the hydraulic fluid is cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the hydraulic fluid within the case, is filtered, or is deaerated. Cooled hydraulic fluid is supplied from a heat exchanger (58) in fluid communication between an outlet port of the case and the inlet port of the case to supply the hydraulic fluid contained within the case. The hydraulic fluid is filtered by a filter (54) external to the case. A deaerator (65) may be located in a fluid circuit external to the case between a scavenge pump (50) and the inlet port (67). Hydraulic fluid is pumped by a charge pump (26) to the input port (72) of the hydraulic device. Fluid line (74) connects the inlet port of the case to an input port of a charge pump so that cooled hydraulic fluid flows directly from the inlet port to the input port of the charge pump. The charge pump has a steady state flow rate of pumping hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic device which is less than a steady state rate at which cooled and filtered hydraulic fluid is supplied to the inlet port of the case which causes excess cooled hydraulic fluid to enter the case from the fluid line through interior case port (80). 
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Patent GB-2237269-A (GB)
Title: A fitting for a container having a neck
Inventor: WOOD BRUCE MACLEOD
IPC: B65D41/02
Filed: 1989-10-19
Abstract: A fitting 12, preferably made from a plastics material, for the neck 16 of a bottle 10 comprises a body part 42 and at least two leg parts 44 hingedly connected to the lower edge of the body part 42. The body part 42 is arranged to engage the top part of the neck 16. Each of the legs 44 has an inwardly projecting portion, preferably a pair of beads 54. When the fitting 12 is mounted on the bottle 10, the legs 44 extend downwardly from the body part so that the projecting portion is received in a groove 22 in neck 16. The vertical edges of legs 44 may be sealed together, and each leg 44 may have an externally projecting bead 56. A cap having an internal groove (64 fig. 3) can be mounted on fitting 12 so that beads 56 are locked in the groove (64). <IMAGE>