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Patent GB-2227618-A (GB)
Title: A timer unit for a solenoid valve
Inventor: POWER JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: H03K17/284
Filed: 1989-10-27
Abstract: The timer unit has A.C. input terminals 15, 16, output terminals 17, 18 for connection to the solenoid valve (2, 8) (Fig 4), and an A.C. switch 21 repetitively turned on and off by ON and OFF period timers U1, U2 respectively. The switch 21 is preferably a MOSFET TR1 connected across a diode bridge D4 - D7 and the timers U1, U2 may be type 14541 integrated circuit counter timer. Transistors Q1, Q2 and a zener diode D2 provide a stabilised voltage across a capacitor C1 for supplying timers U1, U2. The ON and OFF periods may be adjusted firstly by varying the pulse frequency of the timers using potentiometers P1, P2, and secondly by using plug terminals A, B, E, F, G to connect count-select pins of the timers U1, U2 selectively to high or low potentives. LED's 13, 14 indicate when the solenoid is on and off, and a switch SW1 starts the unit by resetting timer U1. The switch 21 and timer circuitry 23, 24 may be mounted in a water tight housing (3), (Figs 1 to 4), having AC input terminals on one side with an opposite side carrying output terminals into which the solenoid valve assembly plugs directly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238502-A (GB)
Title: Demountable template punching device
Inventor: CHETTUR RAMA KRISHNA
IPC: B21D28/00
Filed: 1989-11-28
Abstract: A self contained punching device for mounting complete in a variety of presses with different throat depths includes template means 21, 26-28, quick change tooling means (29-36, Figs 3 & 4) and tool mountings including adaptors e.g. (56 Fig 6) for accommodating different tool sizes. The device has a main base casting 24 with hardened steel shafts 13 running through bearings 18. To the end of these shafts is attached a bridge casting 20 which spans the base. The bridge, by way of the hardened steel shafts, moves in the direction of the horizontal arrow on Fig 1 to give an 'X' axis movement, The stylus/sheetholder casting 21, which moves along two shafts 11 in the bridge, gives a 'Y' axis movement in the direction of the vertical arrow on Fig 1. The main casting has an offset die aperture and also has the facility at 10 of clamping the template. The tooling system comprises of a tooling arm (29, Fig 3) positioned to miss the back of presses, a pivoted tooling head (31) with a built-in stripping mechanism (41-44, 49, 51 Fig 5) also having punch and die height adjustment facility (62, 63 Fig 5) and (57, Fig 6) respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228181-A (GB)
Title: Sweatband
Inventor: BURSNALL CHRISTINE ANNE
IPC: A41D20/00
Filed: 1990-01-05
Abstract: There is disclosed a sweatband comprising a skin-contacting layer 12 of a moisture permeable but non-retaining material and an outer moisture absorbing layer 13, the skin-contacting layer being wider than the outer layer so that the outer layer does not contact the skin but the skin-contacting layer has at least one edge region 15 which is not covered by said outer layer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243465-A (GB)
Title: System for processing redemption notification data
Inventor: APFEL ROBERT C
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 1990-03-26
Abstract: A computer system and method are provided for interactively processing redemption notification data pertaining to financial instruments such as bonds. A first data file, generated at a communications agent computer 20 and containing a list of financial instruments called for redemption, is transmitted to a depository computer 32 for comparison with a list of financial instruments held by the depository. A second data file is prepared containing a list of the called financial instruments that the depository claims to hold. The first and second data files are compared in the communications agent computer to identify called financial instruments not claimed by the depository. A notice for publication is prepared listing the unclaimed financial instruments. Any number of depositories can be notified of the redemption. Various verification and validation steps are provided to ensure that data is correctly transferred and that bonds identified by depositories are in fact held by the depositories and have been called for redemption.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243477-A (GB)
Title: Steering wheel information holder
Inventor: CLAYTON ALAN GRANVILLE SCOTT
IPC: G09F3/18
Filed: 1990-04-23
Abstract: A steering wheel information holder has a main plate 2 with integral retaining faces 3 into which visual information is retained. The steering wheel information holder can be secured to a steering wheel of a vehicle enabling the vehicle user to read his visual information whilst using the steering wheel to control the direction of the vehicle. The integral retaining faces retain the visual information on the main plate whilst the steering wheel can be turned through any number or part of turns. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2246189-A (GB)
Title: "Faucet"
Inventor: JENN CHIN SHENG
IPC: F16K11/083
Filed: 1990-07-20
Abstract: A faucet includes a hot water passage (174), a cold water passage (172), a shower head outlet (170) and a tub outlet which are selectively communicable by rotation of a truncated cone (20) received inside a T-shaped faucet body and operated by a control arm (27). If the shower head is the desired destination, the control arm (27) is moved to the left (Fig. 9) and water paths (30, 32) inside the cone (20) align unsimultaneously with the passages (172, 174), whereby the water temperature can be adjusted. Water flows from the paths (30, 32) through a further path (38) to the shower head outlet (170). Additional paths (34, 36) in the cone (20) are blocked. When the tub is the desired output, the control arm (27) is moved to the right, in which position the paths (30, 32, 38) are blocked while paths (34, 36), which connect with the tub outlet via paths (44, 42, 40), align unsimultaneously with the passages (172, 174), whereby the water temperature is again adjustable. In the neutral position, all five paths (30, 32, 34, 36, 38) are blocked. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234276-A (GB)
Title: Light-weight panel of wire mesh truss used as building wall element
Inventor: OBATA MASAO
IPC: E04C5/06
Filed: 1990-08-23
Abstract: A light-weight building panel is made from two layers of wire mesh formed from wires and spaced a fixed distance apart by support ribs welded to the meshes to form a truss which is cut into lengths and these are laid in a molding frame and a mortar layer 18, 18' is formed on each surface; and between the mortar layers there is inserted a light-weight core 19, e.g. of a screen made of interwoven reeds, glass wool, cylindrical rods or bars, light-weight expandable mortar, straw and rice hull-filled cement. Separators (27, 27', Figs 5 and 6) may be inserted orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the truss so as to retain the cover material. The panels can be used as indoor partition walls in buildings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2238156-A (GB)
Title: Audio visual device incorporating video tape
Inventor: HASHIMOTO KAZUO
IPC: G11B15/02
Filed: 1990-09-28
Abstract: An audio visual apparatus of the invention has a standard cassette tape (T-2) having record-prevention tabs and an endless video cassette tape (T-1). When the cassettes are installed in two VCR units, respectively and a power switch is turned on, the T-1 and T-2 tapes are set to a recording mode and start recording a TV program. When a remote control button is pressed once, the T-2 tape continues recording while the T-1 tape is set to a playback mode in which video information from a TV is allowed to be monitored endlessly. When the remote control button is pressed once again, the T-1 tape is brought back to the recording mode. When an already recorded cassette tape with tape ends not having record- prevention tabs is installed as a T-2 tape, the T-2 tape is set to a playback mode while a T-1 tape is set to a recording mode, simultaneously while a power switch is turned on so that the T-1 tape records the video information of the T-2 tape. The T-1 tape may be played back endlessly on the TV screen for purposes of repeated learning. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241618-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic drill clamp with hall-effect clamping failure detection
Inventor: SHOJI MICHIHIRO
IPC: B23B41/00
Filed: 1991-01-24
Abstract: A drill apparatus 10, which has an electric drill directed downwards, is provided with an electromagnet base 64 having an electromagnet 24 for attaching the apparatus 10 to a workpiece by magnetic force. The drill is rotated by a motor 20 and moved by a feed motor 26 towards the workpiece. A Hall element 62 on the electromagnet base 64 senses magnetic field changes caused by lifting of the base 64 from the workpiece. Two comparators detect whether or not a Hall voltage from the element 62 falls in a predetermined range. When the Hall voltage does not fall in this range, a transistor 58 is turned on. Consequently, a relay 30 is operated, a contact 28 is opened and power supply to the drill motor 20 and the feed motor 26 is stopped. Relay 30 also responds to an overcurrent detector 32. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240514-A (GB)
Title: Reducing ink-jet printhead distortion in line printers
Inventor: HIROSAWA TOSHIAKI
IPC: B41J29/377
Filed: 1991-01-31
Abstract: A recording medium (20) in the sheet form is supplied into a designated direction guided by a sheet supply roller (21, 22). An ink jet recording head (10, 100) in which a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices (2) are arranged is placed in parallel with a surface of the recording sheet and in the direction perpendicular to the designated direction of supplying the recorded sheet. An adjustment screw (14, 15, 32) is placed for correcting a warped shape of the ink jet recording head (10, 100) by means of displacing a neighbor of a central portion of a longer side of the ink jet recording head (10, 100) in the designated direction of supplying the recording sheet (20).
Patent GB-2253102-A (GB)
Title: Analogue signal monitoring unit
Inventor: MADDOCK PETER RODNEY
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 1991-02-21
Abstract: An analogue signal monitoring unit 1 monitors one or more variable analogue signals indicative of a process to be monitored, for example the emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant. The unit 1 comprises an input for receiving the process signals, an analogue-to-digital converter which samples the signals every ten seconds and sequentially outputs digital sample signals to a processing circuit which calculates four different average values indicative of the process monitored, and a digital-to-analogue converter average outputting signals to a chart recorder. The processing circuit provides a ten minute rolling average, a two hour rolling 3 average, a calendar month average and a 720 hour average 6 which may be indicated on a display 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2319021-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of substantially polycrystalline silicon carbide fibres
Inventor: DELEEUW DAVID CHARLES
IPC: C04B35/571
Filed: 1991-03-19
Abstract: A process for the preparation of substantially polycrystalline silicon carbide fibers is carried out by initially forming fibers from a preceramic polymeric precursor comprising methylpolydisilylazane resins. The fibers are then infusibilized to render them nonmelting followed by a pyrolysis step in which the fibers are heated to a temperature in excess of 1600‹C. in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to form substantially polycrystalline silicon carbide fibers. The substantially polycrystalline silicon carbide fibers which are formed by the process of the present invention have at least 75% crystallinity and have a density of at least about 2.9 gm/cc, and may be formed with small diameter and improved thermal stability. The polymeric precursor or the fibers contain, or have incorporated therein, at least 0.2% by weight boron. This incorporation of boron may be accomplished either prior to or during formation of the fibers or during at least one of the infusibilizing or pyrolyzing steps of the process.
Patent GB-2243235-A (GB)
Title: Fingerprint sensor
Inventor: ROSS WILLIAM LESLIE
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1991-04-19
Abstract: A compact solid-state sensor faithfully reproduces the fingerprint pattern on contact. The resulting record may be retained in either magnetic or electrical form. A unique 'template' is generated containing the essential features of the fingerprint. The data may be further compressed into two bytes which can be encrypted and used to control transactions or access. The sensor may be used encapsulated within a credit card or a keyboard or used as a stand-alone control at a point of sale. A plastics sheet a carries metal platelets e which selectively interconnect row and column electrodes when a finger presses on the sheet a. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255868-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft landing system
Inventor: SMART PETER BRITTON
IPC: G01S1/56
Filed: 1991-07-02
Abstract: An aircraft landing system (10) is disclosed which produces electromagnetic guidance signals to an incoming aircraft (14) and which allow the incoming aircraft 14 to safely land upon the runway (16). This system 10 includes various antenna arrays 12, (18) and (20) which are orientated so as to provide signals in several directions. Each of these arrays has a separate controller 22, (24) and (26) having a separate transmitter controller 74 uniquely coupled to each of the antennas 80, 88. Each of the transmitter controllers 74 separately amplifies and phase controls the incoming electromagnetic energy from transmitters 52, 54. System (10) further includes several fault monitors 92, 94, 96 which monitor the operation of system 10 and which further provide self test features. System 10 further includes voting circuitry 98, 118 to allow for continued system operation even upon the failure of one or more of the transmitter controllers 74 and/or the monitors 92, 94, 96 and a dual inclined travelling wave manifold 90 and 566 to provide a monitored beam output which is used by monitors 92, 94, 96 to ensure continued system operation. Further, system (10) includes a connectorless coupling of electromagnetic energy between each of the transmitter controllers 74 and the combiners 82, 84. This connectorless coupling allows for a more efficient energy transfer while obviating the need for separate physical connections which are inherently unreliable; inefficient; and costly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252301-A (GB)
Title: Shutoff valve for storage tank
Inventor: LEBLANC LEO J
IPC: B65D90/26
Filed: 1991-12-23
Abstract: A two stage float actuated shutoff valve for preventing overfilling of an underground storage tank has a first valve flapper (40) movable by a float (46) to block a major portion of the fuel inlet passage (36) when the level of fuel rises to a first predetermined level and if the level continues to rise a second float (52) actuates a second valve flapper (42) to close the passage completely. To prevent premature closing the valve flappers may be held in their inoperative (vertical) position by pins which are raised clear of the flappers by the respective floats and subsequently held in raised position. Biassing springs may be provided to urge the flappers to this inoperative position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252789-A (GB)
Title: Hinge device
Inventor: SAEKI SYUUJI
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 1992-01-30
Abstract: A hinge device for a refrigerator door provided with a door frame 3 has a hinge cover which is located by a stepped portion 7 of the frame for swingably supporting the door on a hinge formed in a corner C of the door frame 3. A part of a front wall 8 of the door frame 3 and a part of a side wall 9 extending therefrom serve to hide the hinge. The hinge cover 4 has a top surface and a side surface, the top surface being formed on the substantially same plane as a top surface of the door frame 3, and the side surface having a cutout portion 11 formed on the substantially same plane as the side wall to correspond to a side surface of the stepped portion 7. In the hinge cover 4 is arranged a rib or a guide member for guiding and protecting an electric lead. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252835-A (GB)
Title: Measuring hysteresis characteristics
Inventor: KAMIYA SHIGEO
IPC: G01R33/14
Filed: 1992-02-06
Abstract: In an apparatus for measuring a hysteresis characteristic of magnetic material, a dielectric material (Figure 5 not shown) or the like in a high frequency range without using a high-speed A/D converter, a magnetic or electric field of high frequency is applied (fs, 3, 5) to an object being examined (4) and the field HCH and flux density BOH in the object are detected (69). The detection signals are successively subjected to frequency conversion with frequencies corresponding to a fundamental wave and harmonic waves by mixers (17, 18). The frequency converted signals are input to bandpass filters (19, 20) and a 0 DEG /90 DEG  detector (21) and the output signals are converted to digital signals (25, 26). The digital signals are used to obtain a frequency spectrum which is subjected to inverse fast fourier transform whereby to produce B-H curves. With dielectrics (Fig 5 not shown) the voltage and current parameters for the object are treated in a similar manner. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264903-A (GB)
Title: Life jacket
Inventor: MALE ANTHONY
IPC: B63C9/125
Filed: 1992-03-11
Abstract: A life jacket 10 made from front and rear sheets 11, 12 of flexible, waterproof material to form a single inflation chamber has neck chambers 16, 17 defined by suitable seams and tabs 19 and are joined thereby moving the neck chambers 16, 17 out of the general plane of the main chamber 15. This also opens up the head opening 22, but when the life jacket 10 is inflated, the neck chambers 16, 17 reduce the size of the head opening 22. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255775-A (GB)
Title: 1 - fluorocyclopropane carbonyl fluoride
Inventor: BARTHOLOMEW DR DAVID
IPC: C07D213/75
Filed: 1992-04-09
Abstract: 1-Fluorocyclopropane carbonyl fluoride, its preparation by reacting 4-chloro-2-fluorobutanoyl chloride with an alkali metal fluoride and its use in the preparation of 1-fluorocyclopropane carboxamides.
Patent GB-2264866-A (GB)
Title: Beta-blocker solutions for oral administration
Inventor: RACZ ISTVAN
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 1992-04-21
Abstract: A process for the production of optimally stable, orally administrable solution forms of medicaments containing high- molecular polysaccharides, with controlled release of drugs having beta-blocking action, consists of reacting 1 to 20 parts (w/w) of beta-blocking agent (e.g. oxprenolol, pindolol, sotalol, metoprolol, alprenolol, acebutolol, antenolol, bopindolol, practolol, nadolol, or propranolol) in 100 parts of an aqueous solution with 0.001 to 10.0 parts of a polysaccharide, e.g. Xanthan Gum having beta-1,4-glucan chain, or dextran, or amylodextrin, or carboxymethylamylum. The reaction is allowed to take place in the course of 20 minutes at a pH adjusted to 2.0 - 4.5, with vigorous stirring at 80 DEG C temperature. Following the usual method of the pharmaceutical practice, the system is then formulated by the addition of water to obtain a solution suitable for oral administration.
Patent GB-2256203-A (GB)
Title: Recovering gold by amalgamation.
Inventor: FRANCO LUIS LEME
IPC: C22B11/10
Filed: 1992-05-22
Abstract: Process and device for recovering gold particles found in ground ore or substrates rich in gold by a)- attaching, (e.g. by electrodeposition) a mercury layer (A) over a silver layer (P), which is attached to a metallic surface (B1); b)- attaching to said mercury layer (A), by molecular attraction, an overlaying mercury film (Hg); c)- submitting the gold particles present in the ore to repeated and systematic contact with the overlaying mercury film (Hg), in such a way that the gold particles contacting said overlaying mercury film form a gold/mercury amalgam which adheres to the mercury layer (A); d)- interrupting said repeated and systematic contact and removing the gold/mercury amalgam layer from said mercury layer (A) and providing another overlaying mercury film (Hg); and e)- repeating steps "c" and "d" until a desired recovering degree of gold particles from the substrate is achieved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269876-A (GB)
Title: Hydrotherm-thermal insulation for submarine pipelines and equipment
Inventor: CORBISHLEY TERENCE JEFFREY
IPC: F16L11/133
Filed: 1992-08-12
Abstract: This invention provides thermal insulation for underwater equipment, pipelines, valves, well Christmas trees etc where the provision of thermal insulation is required to maintain fluid temperatures, thereby preventing adverse effects such as hydrate formation or wax deposition. A method of thermally insulating an underwater pipeline or group of pipelines 1, 2 is achieved by locating them within a surrounding elongate jacket 4, 5 formed of elastic material, being packed with ceramic microspheres 5A or other suitable material. A thickness of microspheres is appropriate to derive the required level of thermal insulation. The jacket 5 with cover 6 extend between end caps 7 secured to the pipe by adhesive. The caps 7 may be bonded to the jacket by adhesive or by co-curing the jacket and caps 7 to form an integral assembly. The void space around and between microspheres may be filled with a bonding material. Pipe 2 may be pre-coated with thermal insulation material and/or anti-corrosion material. The invention may be applied to a pipeline tee piece/branch connection and a valve assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279526-A (GB)
Title: Quadrature FM detector
Inventor: DORMER MICHAEL WILLIAM
IPC: H03D3/22
Filed: 1993-06-02
Abstract: A quadrature FM detector apparatus for demodulating an FM signal so as to produce a baseband audio signal utilizes a delay circuit 103, which may comprise a filter or even a digital shift register, for delaying the FM signal by one-quarter of its frequency. The delayed FM signal is then mixed with the original signal to obtain a baseband audio signal. The filter may be a two stage, four pole Bessel filter. Other filters such as Gaussian, Butterworth, all-pass filters may be used instead. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272394-A (GB)
Title: Scalpel
Inventor: CAPEWELL RAYMOND ANTHONY
IPC: B26B29/02
Filed: 1993-11-10
Abstract: A scalpel comprising a handle 1 and a blade 8, attached to a blade locating section 2, has a blade guard 3 to protect the blade prior to use. The blade guard 3 is moulded integrally with the handle by a frangible tether 4. The guard is formed of a flat face 7 with a flanged edge 5 so the blade is open on one side. The face 7 may have a shoulder 10 with a projection 11 which co-operates with a recess 12 on blade locating section 2. A lug 13 may be attached to face 7 to frictionally engage the blade to hold the guard in place. Projections 9 allow the guard to be gripped at its end to enable its removal prior to use. The guard cannot be replaced once the tether has been severed thus allowing used scalpels to be distinguished from unused ones. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274799-A (GB)
Title: Rivetting apparatus
Inventor: ZOLTASZEK ZENON
IPC: B21J15/04
Filed: 1992-07-15
Abstract: A rivetting apparatus for fixing a rivet (89) having a sleeve and a mandrel (88) insertable through the sleeve. The apparatus includes a drive shaft (12, 82) adapted to be driven by a rotatable drive means such as a cordless electric drill or the like. The apparatus includes drivable means (16, 86) such as a mandrel engaging wheel for engaging and pulling the mandrel (88) and means for pressing (20, 21, 92, 93) the mandrel (88) against the drivable means (16, 86). The pressing means (20, 21, 92, 93) is associated with the drivable means (16, 86) such that the drivable means (16, 86) operates the pressing means (20, 21, 92, 93) in response to the mandrel (88) being pulled by the drivable means (16, 86). <IMAGE>