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Patent GB-2294189-A (GB)
Title: Fishing rod rest
Inventor: WARD MARTYN CHARLES
IPC: A01K97/10
Filed: 1994-12-06
Abstract: A fishing rod rest assembly comprises a stand portion adapted for positioning a rod rest on a bank or other suitable surface from which fishing is to take place; a rest portion assembly adapted to support one or more fishing rods; and a coupling connecting the stand portion and the rest portion assembly in such a way as to enable an angler to optimise the angle of elevation of the rest portion of the assembly with respect to the stand portion in use. The stand portion may have a collar adapted to accommodate two additional legs to form a tripod arrangement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296143-A (GB)
Title: Active load using a programmable transistor
Inventor: HARKIN GERARD FRANCIS
IPC: G11C16/28
Filed: 1994-12-13
Abstract: The active load M2 in an inverting common-source amplifier circuit comprises a gate-source coupled programmable transistor, such as an MNOS or floating gate device, which is programmed by a programming voltage applied through MOS switch SW1. MOS switch SW2, which may also be programmable, is closed in normal operation. Cascode amplifiers, logic circuits, and differential amplifiers are disclosed; the latter may be used as sense amplifiers in non-volatile memories (figure 10) or imaging arrays. The circuit may be of thin-film construction (figures 11-14). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287679-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle frame assembly
Inventor: KOSUGE MASAMI
IPC: B62D21/11
Filed: 1995-03-20
Abstract: The assembly has a structure for mounting a sub-frame for a suspension and so forth and consists of right and left side members 13 which are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a car body and a cross member 21 in a breadth direction of the body work; and a bracket 31 is secured to the joining sections of the side members 13, and the cross member 21. The bracket 31 is connected to the side members 13 and the cross member 21 and a sub-frame 38 (Fig. 3, not shown) to which suspension means and so forth are fitted, is connected to the bracket 31. This invention can arbitrarily select a filling position of the sub-frame 38 for securing the suspensions. Therefore, the position of a nut member 33 which supports the sub-frame 38 by a rear frame 13 including the cross member 21 can be adjusted and changed. As a result, when different models are produced using the same car body frame, the positions of the suspension means and so forth can be changed easily, the same frame can be used for different models, and different types of suspensions can be used while using the same frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286292-A (GB)
Title: Single turn ferrite rod antenna and method for mounting such
Inventor: MOTOROLA INC
IPC: H01Q7/06
Filed: 1992-03-02
Abstract: An antenna (10) is described comprising a generally elongate, magnetically permeable core (12) having a major axis, an insulating substrate (20) being affixed to the core (12) along an axis parallel to the major axis, and having at least a pair of opposed spaced conductive runners (21) positioned along the substrate normal to said major axis. A plurality of charge storage devices (capacitors) (16) are secured between the pair of opposed spaced conductive runners (21). An electrically conductive split sleeve (14) is positioned surrounding the core (12), and has first and second edge portions (26) in electrical connection with the pair of opposed spaced conductive runners (21) opposite said charge storage devices (16). Arrangements for mechanically mounting the antenna (10) are provided which are integral to the antenna (10). The mechanical mounting arrangements are separate from the arrangements provided for electrically connecting the antenna 10 to the receiver. The mechanical mount includes grooves (28) to receive a pcb, projections (40) of the sleeve (14), interconnecting posts, tapered core projection interegaging with a pcb, or snap-fit latches between the core and a housing. Electrical connections to a pcb comprise sleeve projections (18), conductive tracks on the substrate (20) or parts upstanding from the substrate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2372649-A (GB)
Title: A linearizing device for a frequency modulation ramp and its application to a radio altimeter
Inventor: DE GOUY JEAN-LUC
IPC: G01S7/35
Filed: 1995-06-09
Abstract: A frequency modulation ramp generator, for use in a very high altitude radio altimeter, comprises a voltage controlled oscillator 43 phase locked by loops 41,50 to the most significant bit or carry output (S fig 9 not shown) of a divert digital ramp generator 40 comprising cascaded accumulators (11 and 12) driven by a common clock (Fh) and arranged to produce a digital step signal the phase of which varies in accordance with a parabolic law.
Patent GB-2291817-A (GB)
Title: Sludge collector flight
Inventor: WILCHER STEPHEN BRIDGEMAN
IPC: B01D21/18
Filed: 1995-07-31
Abstract: A sludge collector mechanism for scraping settled sludge off the bottom of a settling tank is disclosed wherein a sludge collector flight 10 comprises a high strength "H"-shaped cross section and inwardly projecting lips (18, Fig. 1) for engaging the outwardly projecting clips (30, Fig. 2) of a wear shoe 22 to thereby secure the wear shoe to the sludge collector flight. An extension plate 44 may be similarly secured to a top edge of the flight 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304944-A (GB)
Title: Support for application programs in a distributed environment
Inventor: KELLY JOHN ANTHONY
IPC: G06F9/54
Filed: 1995-09-12
Abstract: Provided are a system and method for supporting communication between application programs and the processing of messages by those programs. A table driven approach is used to select appropriate components of modular application programs to process received messages. The selection is carried out in dependence on associations between message types (e.g. request, inform, reply) and other characteristics of the message, e.g. whether the message is an expected reply (as identified by an identifier value). Also used in the selection are dynamic characteristics of the message or the system (e.g. possibly expiry of a timeout, or the state of an application). Rules combine these criteria and determine the conditions for invoking an application program component. Also provided is a mechanism for differentiating between reply messages which are received out of serial sequence but are still current and messages which are invalid.
Patent GB-2294137-A (GB)
Title: Data processing circuits and interfaces
Inventor: BARLOW STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 1995-09-25
Abstract: An integrated circuit contains (102) a microprocessor core (100), program memory (104) and separate data storage (106, 108), together with analogue and digital signal processing circuitry (110). The ALU (302) is 16 bits wide, but a 32-bit shift unit (312) is provided, using a pair of 16-bit registers. The processor has a fixed length instruction format, with an instruction set including multiply and divide operations which use the shift unit over several cycles. No interrupts are provided. External pins of the integrated circuit allow for single stepping and other debug operations, and a serial interface (SIF) which allows external communication of test data or working data as necessary. The serial interface has four wires (SER_IN, SER_OUT, SER-CLK, SER_LOADB), allowing handshaking with a master apparatus, and allowing direct access to the memory space (104-110) of the processor core (100), without specific program control. Within each processor cycle, the processor circuitry is divided into plural stages, and latches are interposed between the stages to minimise power consumption. The processor can be stopped to save power. Peripherals can only communicate at predetermined times, and may specify memory addresses to access. Different slave apparatus may have different wood lengths. Debug instructions may have no effect on the processor but have an effect on a simulator. The ASIC may be used in a gas meter.
Patent GB-2307960-A (GB)
Title: A rotor for a disc brake
Inventor: WARRALLO ARTHUR JAMES
IPC: F16D65/12
Filed: 1995-12-07
Abstract: A rotor for a disc brake has a hub member 14 and a separate disc member 20, the disc member having a pair of annular discs interconnected in co-axial space relationship by means of a plurality of angularly spaced radially extending web formations 24. The disc member is located torsionally with respect to the hub member by means of three or more angularly spaced torque reaction members 30, 36. Each torque reaction member includes a pin 30 with a spigot 32 engageable in a bore 34 in the hub member, and a resilient element 36 which is wedged into engagement with web formations 24 when the pin is driven inwardly to engage spigot 32 in the bore 34.
Patent GB-2310527-A (GB)
Title: Interactive v.c.r. interface
Inventor: KALNINS MARTIN
IPC: G09B5/14
Filed: 1996-02-23
Abstract: Apparatus that enables a video (VCR) image to be paused from a number of remote positions comprises a number (six shown) of hand held remote pause control buttons (d), a master hand held control button (c) and a control box (a) to which the control buttons are connected. The apparatus is particularly useful in an educational classroom environment where each student can cause the video image to pause by activation of their individual pause control buttons (d). The master control button (c) can be held by a teacher and can pause the video image or re-start the video following a pause actuation from a student.
Patent GB-2310381-A (GB)
Title: Oil Slick Harvester
Inventor: FISK CLIVE STEPHEN MONTAGUE
IPC: E02B15/10
Filed: 1996-02-26
Abstract: An oil slick harvesting vessel E has a mid mounted endless belt with scoops fro conveying spilled oil from one side of the vessel to the other and hydraulically deployable and extendable end panels which can be connected to other like vessels to encompass an area G. Preferably the panels are hinged together and sealable to an end panel of a further vessel. Preferably each vessel is self-powered and manoeuvred and may be fitted with booms and scavenging pumps. Preferably the vessels are light enough to be transported by air.
Patent GB-2298978-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit and transmitter/receiver
Inventor: HAREYAMA NOBUO
IPC: H04B1/40
Filed: 1996-03-12
Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a variable frequency divider 432 for setting a signal transmitting frequency in accordance with a frequency dividing ratio based on externally-provided data 23, a data converter 53 for converting the externally-provided data to a signal for transmission, and a switch 51 for selectively providing the externally-provided data to the variable frequency divider 432 and the data converter 53. The number of terminals may be reduced when the circuit is integrated, the IC package may be made more compact, the mounting surface area may be reduced, the object equipment may be made smaller and the interference of the data signal, which is being provided to either the circuit for setting the frequency dividing ratio 432 or the circuit for transmitting data, with the other circuit as noise may be reduced.
Patent GB-2300256-A (GB)
Title: Optical semi-conductor wafer temperature sensing
Inventor: WHITE JULIAN DARRYN
IPC: G01N21/65
Filed: 1996-04-23
Abstract: Apparatus for remotely sensing the temperature of a semi-conductor wafer includes means for shining a single frequency light 11 onto the surface 12 of a semi-conductor wafer 13 so that some of that light is scattered. The scattered light is focused by a lens 15 and the single frequency is filtered out of the scattered light by notch filter 17. The filtered beam is split by beam splitter 18 and the resultant two beams are filtered so that they respectively pass only the Stokes and anti-Stokes frequencies respectively. The intensities of these respective light beams are then measured and from these the temperature of the semi-conductor wafer is calculated. The light source may be a HeNe gas or diode laser, the light detectors 25, 26 may be solid state or photo-multipliers and a modulating shutter 37 may be used to enable frequency sensitive or phase locked detection. Optical fibres may also be used (Fig. 7).
Patent GB-2301397-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle security system
Inventor: TALBOT KEVIN TREVOR
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 1995-02-16
Abstract: The security system comprises a coil (34) close to the vehicle ignition lock (38), a control unit (10) for energizing the coil and a transponder which comprises a coil (32), a transistor (30) and a transmitter (24) and a power supply (26). In use the coil (32) picks up a conventional alternating magnetic signal emitted by the coil (34), and provides sufficient power to activate the transistor (30) which connects the power supply (26) to the transmitter (24) causing it to transmit an enabling signal to the control unit. The control unit may be programmed to re-mobilize the vehicle engine on receiving of the correct signal.
Patent GB-2317761-A (GB)
Title: Clock generator with a low amplitude standby mode oscillation
Inventor: STAUFER HANS
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 1996-09-20
Abstract: A crystal oscillator, which may be used as a clock generator in a microcomputer system, operates even during standby (though at reduced amplitude), so that a full output level may be restored quickly when standby ends. During standby, current sources 50,60 or impedances are placed in series with the power supplies to the inverter 20, and the oscillator output is decoupled 70 from the circuit 80 it normally drives. The oscillator may be tested by monitoring the recovery time from standby.
Patent GB-2320386-A (GB)
Title: Encoding the contour of an object in a video signal encoder
Inventor: KIM JIN-HUN
IPC: G06T9/20
Filed: 1996-12-16
Abstract: The contour of an object in a video signal is encoded by the steps of:- (a) determining a plurality of vertex points on the contour; (b) fitting (100) the contour with a multiplicity of line segments, wherein the contour is divided into a corresponding number of contour segments, each contour segment being formed by two adjacent vertex points along the contour and approximated by a line segment joining the two vertex points; (c) taking N sample points with N being a positive integer on a first line segment and calculating (105) errors at the sample points to thereby generate a set of first errors, wherein an error represents a displacement from a sample point to an intersection point which is formed by a contour segment corresponding to the first line segment and a line vertical to the first line segment at the sample point; (d) encoding (125,130) the set of first errors to provide an encoded set of errors; (e) decoding (135,140) the encoded set of errors to generate a decoded set of errors; (f) subjecting a next line segment instead of the first line segment to said step (c) to generate a next set of errors; (g) subtracting (120) the decoded set of errors from the next set of errors, thereby obtaining a set of differential errors; (h) comparing (110) an error value of the next set of errors with an error value of the set of differential errors, wherein an error value of each set is obtained by using magnitude of each error in said each set; (j) generating a set of zero valued errors as a predicted set of errors if the error value for the next set of errors is not greater than that for the set of differential errors and generating the set of differential errors as the predicted set of errors if otherwise; and (j) subtracting (120) the predicted set of errors from the next set of errors to provide a set of differential errors.
Patent GB-2322008-A (GB)
Title: Switch
Inventor: TOUT DAVID NIGEL
IPC: H01H13/702
Filed: 1997-02-10
Abstract: A switch comprises a substrate 34 having a first electrical contact 35, a contact membrane 41 including a second electrical contact 43 engageable with the first contact 35 and a deformable metal structure 32 arranged for sudden deformation between an uncompressed configuration and a compressed configuration in which it presses the second contact 43 into contact with the first contact 35.
Patent GB-2308407-A (GB)
Title: Device for interconnection of two objects
Inventor: MAGNUS HEYN HALFDAN
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 1996-07-25
Abstract: A device for fastening together two devices (1, 30), wherein the first device (1) comprises a screw (20) with a pointed end section (26), and at least one engagement element (50) which is arranged to abut against the end section (26) and radially movable between two end positions by means of the end section (26) and in relation thereto. The second device (30) comprises a shoulder section (36) with a central opening (39), through which the engagement element (50) can be inserted when it is located in its radially inner position. The shoulder section (36) is arranged to engage with a contact section (51) of the engagement element (50) when it has been passed through the opening (39) and is located in its radially outer end position. The screw (20) is mounted rotatably, but axially immovable in relation to the frame (2), and is screwed into a nut (15), which is mounted axially movably in the frame (2) and arranged to abut against the shoulder section (36). The engagement elements (50) are mounted in the nut (15).
Patent GB-2324540-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic yarn spinning
Inventor: JOZWICKI RYSZARD
IPC: D02G3/28
Filed: 1997-04-24
Abstract: A pneumatic spinning method for the production of yarn comprises providing a continuous stream of a plurality of bundles of fibres (1a,1b); applying an initial twist to at least one of said bundles in a first direction; thereafter causing said plurality of bundles to converge whereby they are mutually juxtaposed; and applying a fluid vortex induced torsional moment to the juxtaposed fibres to induce a final twist in said bundles in a second twist direction which is the reverse of the first direction.
Patent GB-2316686-A (GB)
Title: A sliding member.
Inventor: SATO YOSHIAKI
IPC: F16D69/02
Filed: 1997-05-29
Abstract: The member has excellent resistance to corrosion with sulfur and a Vickers hardness of 80 to 150, and is prepared by bonding to a backing metal layer to a sliding layer comprising more than 35% by weight but not more than 43% by weight of Zn, the balance being composed of Cu, preferably by a pressure-bonding method, subjecting the pressure-bonded assembly to diffusion-annealing and subjecting the assembly to work-hardening treatment to allow the sliding layer softened by the diffusion-annealing to have a Vickers hardness to 80 to 150.
Patent GB-2315609-A (GB)
Title: Brush rocker arrangement acting as reversing switch
Inventor: HAVENSTEIN GUILLERMO
IPC: H01R39/38
Filed: 1997-07-14
Abstract: In a commutator motor having at least two brush holders (16), which are arranged on a rotatable brush rocker (15) and each accommodate a commutator brush (21) and a brush spring (25) supported between the commutator brush and a cover (24) closing the brush holder (16), and having one electrical reversing switch (26) per brush holder (16), which switch comprises two contact elements (27, 28) arranged spatially apart from one another in the direction of rotation of the brush rocker, in order to reduce the number of contact transfer points and hence achieve a lower voltage drop and reduced heat generation, each contact element (27, 28) directly forms the cover (24) for the brush holder (16). The distance between the two contact elements (27, 28) is bridged by an insulating piece (31) which, at its underside (311) directed towards the brush holder (16), is flush with the contact elements (27, 28). The insulating piece (31) is preferably designed so as to be removable from the contact elements (27, 28) during brush renewal.
Patent GB-2328251-A (GB)
Title: Impact resistant marine propeller
Inventor: LIN YEUN-JUNN
IPC: F16D9/06
Filed: 1997-08-16
Abstract: A propeller is made up of a propelling unit 12 having a plurality of blades 26, a driving unit 14 for driving the propelling unit, and a plurality of deformable transmission units 16 located between the propelling unit and the driving unit such that the transmission units are retained in retaining slots 24, 44 of the propelling unit and the driving unit. The transmission units are tubular in shape and capable of deforming to absorb an impact force exerting on the transmission units in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the transmission units, so as to safeguard the structural integrity of the propeller at such time when the propeller in motion is impacted on by a foreign object. The units 16 may be braced by rods 19, and the unit 12 comprises an outer hub 21 connected to an inner hub 22 by ribs (25, fig.4).
Patent GB-2319542-A (GB)
Title: Road gully
Inventor: GEMMELL HUGH GRANT
IPC: E03F5/04
Filed: 1997-09-05
Abstract: A prefabricated plastics road gully has an outlet socket which projects from the gully. It enables direct insertion therein of a pipe without the need for an adaptor.
Patent GB-2316553-A (GB)
Title: Branch joint box
Inventor: KOBAYASHI MAKOTO
IPC: H01R9/22
Filed: 1994-10-31
Abstract: A branch joint box (60) comprising: a base plate (36); and a pair of connector coupling portions (38A, 38B; 39A, 39B) which are, respectively, formed on opposite faces (36a, 36b) of the base plate (36) so as to confront each other; the base plate (36) being formed with a plurality of insertion openings (41a-41n) for inserting therethrough bus bars (32) each including an elongated base portion (48a) and at least one pair of tabs (48b, 48c) extending from opposite sides of the base portion (48a), respectively; the insertion openings (41a-41n) extending through the base plate (36) so as to communicate the connector coupling portions (38A, 38B; 39A, 39B) with each other; wherein the bus bars (32) are secured in the insertion openings (41a-41n), respectively such that the tabs (48b, 48c) project into the connector coupling portions (38A, 38B; 39A, 39B), respectively. The bus-bars may be secured by inserts in one of the insertion openings.
Patent GB-2314283-A (GB)
Title: Process for removing impurities from koalin clays
Inventor: SHI JOSEPH C S
IPC: B03D1/01
Filed: 1996-03-01
Abstract: Colored impurities are removed from kaolin clay by an improved flotation process in which a blend of a fatty acid compound and a hydroxamate compound is used as a collector.
Patent GB-2331649-A (GB)
Title: Image compresssion system
Inventor: JAMES DILIP DANIEL
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 1997-11-25
Abstract: A digital image compression system, capable of supporting full motion digital video, encodes the signals within a frame and further compresses by comparison with adjacent frames to eliminate temporal redundancy. In the encoding stage, an input signal is inspected and pixels identified as one of: 1) High frequency, low intensity elements of small spatial areas (1-2 pixels) (pixels 'c'); 2) Intermediate frequency elements of low intensity, larger spatial area than 1) (pixels 'd'); 3) Low frequency, high intensity elements represented by large spatial areas (pixels 'a'); 4) Isolated high intensity areas representing boundaries such as at the edge of objects (pixels 'b'). The four types of pixel are encoded as follows: 1) As zero (or if a row of zeroes is present, by run length encoding); 2) By run length encoding (for example with 8 bits for intensity and 4 bits for duration); 3) By run length encoding; 4) By 8 bits per pixel. Temporal redundancy reduction may be effected by the apparatus of Figure 3 (not shown) where the pixels in a current (b) and preceding (a) frame memory are compared by simultaneous clocking and the coordinates of and nature of any differences are temporarily recorded (c). 1) Area marked (a) representative of large spatial dimention of high intensity : (Run length encode). 2) Area marked (b) representative of boundary areas, with small sptial dimensions and high intensity. (Encode as 8 bit intensity value).  3) Area marked (c) representative of low intensity & small spatial dimension (Encode in 1 bit as zero) 4) Area marked (d) representative of medium intensity, intermediate spatial dimension. (run length endode.)