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Patent GB-2078893-A (GB)
Title: Fasteners
IPC: F16B37/00
Filed: 1980-06-18
Abstract: A deformable plastics fastener adapted for reception on a threaded stud S to clamp an article A thereby has a plastics sleeve 10 to engage the stud, a concentric plastics rib 12 to engage the article and a flexible resilient plastics web 14 reinforced by a resilient metal washer 20 bridging the gap between the sleeve and rib and extending into the rib, the web and metal washer being deformed when the sleeve is pushed on to the stud to provide the clamping pressure. The fastener may be released by unscrewing it, holes in the web for engagement by a suitable tool being provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2064372-A (GB)
Title: Method for coating a tubular food casing
IPC: B05C7/00
Filed: 1980-11-12
Abstract: A method for coating a tubular food casing includes electrostatically coating an inflated section (interior or exterior) of the food casing and sintering the coated food casing. The process provides a pin-hole free coating and permits a continuous operation.
Patent GB-2067345-A (GB)
Title: Electrical feedthrough
IPC: H01M2/06
Filed: 1980-12-03
Abstract: An electrical feedthrough including a metal ferrule 24 and a molded plastics protective body 30 molded to the ferrule. The feedthrough is particularly adapted for use in electrochemical cells. A method of manufacturing the feedthrough is also described. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2066220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the dispensing of free-flowing material
IPC: B65G65/40
Filed: 1980-12-08
Abstract: The invention provides a means of dispensing two or more successive amounts of free-flowing material from a flexible container of the bulk type. The invention includes a load support for the flexible container, the support comprising a portable platform 30 for the container and having an aperture 35 formed therein through which the material can flow, the aperture being provided with a shutter which can be adjusted so that in one position it prevents flow of material through the aperture and in another position permits flow of material therethrough. By use of the shutter and by piercing the bottom of the flexible container flow of the material from the container can be controlled. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2070413-A (GB)
Title: Hat with interchangeable parts
IPC: A42B1/20
Filed: 1980-12-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a hat in which the various parts of the hat (crown, brim, peak etc.) can be easily and quickly separated and interchanged since they are joined together by pairs of adhesive bands 6 or tapes (or equivalent means) pressed together and which can be simply pulled apart. These bands are applied at the base of the crown on the one side, and along the edge of the brim, on the other side. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2079690-A (GB)
Title: All-terrain vehicle
IPC: B62D55/06
Filed: 1981-01-05
Abstract: A self-propelled all-terrain agricultural spraying and spreading vehicle has a chassis comprising a pair of longitudinal closed box section members 10 joined by cross members, and a body 23 welded to the chassis with strong points for mounting the engine, driver's cab and other equipment. Eight ground wheels 18, which lean outwards by about 5 degrees, are mounted on stub axes journalled in the box section members 10 and are all driven by chains housed in oil baths within the box section members. The wheel tyres are low pressure rawhide tyres. The closed box section members 10 project below the body of the vehicle and have toboggan-shaped ends to act as runners in snow. The front and back wheels are higher on the frame than the centre wheels. The engine drives two swash plate pumps that supply hydraulic oil, respectively, to two hydraulic motors one at either side of the vehicle. Each motor drives the rearmost stub axle on that side through gears housed in a gear box integral with the respective longitudinal box section member of the chassis. Steering is by means of differential adjustment of the swash plates of the pumps. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2093464-A (GB)
Title: Chemically-initiated Inverse Emulsion Polymerizations
IPC: C08F2/32
Filed: 1981-02-24
Abstract: A chemically initiated water-in-oil emulsion polymerization process is disclosed for making water-soluble anionic copolymers from water- soluble, ethylenically unsaturated, addition polymerizable monomers. The products obtained by adding NaCl, NaBr, LiCl or LiBr to the aqueous phase of the water-in-oil emulsion prior to polymerization are of increased molecular weight. The addition of such salts also leads to faster rates of polymerization and high conversions of monomer, to polymer. The examples are directed towards the copolymerization of sodium acrylate with acrylamide.
Patent GB-2071820-A (GB)
Title: Seal assembly
IPC: F16K1/228
Filed: 1981-03-17
Abstract: A bi-directional valve eg a butterfly valve has a sealing means 30 comprising an integral seat ring 31 and a resilient back-up means 30. The seat ring 31 includes an outer portion 32, an offset hinged L- shaped portion 33 having a cavity therein to position said back-up means 50, and a substantially rectangular inner portion 34 having a shoulder ring portion 35, 37 on each side thereof. Pressurization of said sealing means results in substantially perpendicular application of forces of said back-up means and the fluid pressure onto a closure means (21, Figs. 1 and 3-5, not shown).   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2098470-A (GB)
Title: Shooting sticks
IPC: A45B5/00
Filed: 1981-04-09
Abstract: A shooting stick has a leg 1 and two arms, 8, 9, the lower ends of which are pivotally connected to a support member 6 slidable on the leg, and a seat panel 10 connected between the arms 8, 9. Two bracing members are also provided, one end of each bracing member being pivotally attached to the leg at or adjacent the upper end of the leg and the other end of each bracing member being pivotally attached to an intermediate location on a respective one of the two arms. The shooting stick is movable from an erected condition, Figure 1, in which the support member is retained (14) against downward movement on the leg and the seating panel spans the splayed arms clear of the bracing members and the leg, either to a collapsed condition reached by sliding the support member downwardly on the leg to cause the arms to lie substantially beside the leg, or to a walking stick condition Figure 4, reached by sliding the support member upwardly on the leg to swing the arms inwardly with the seat panel folded between them. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2099367-A (GB)
Title: Method of obtaining a printed material and material obtained therewith
IPC: B41M5/124
Filed: 1981-06-03
Abstract: A method of printing e.g. signs, characters, text or drawings, on a strip of base material such as paper or cardboard consists in forming a sandwich by associating one face of the base a2 with a cold transfer film a1 and exerting a pressure imagewise on the sandwich; subsequently the transfer film can be removed from the base. The association can involve glueing, welding or compressing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2085184-A (GB)
Title: Afocal dual magnification refractor telescopes
IPC: G02B13/18
Filed: 1981-09-02
Abstract: This telescope is formed by a fixed focus achromatic telephoto objective system (21) formed by a primary objective positive lens element (H) and a secondary objective negative lens element (G) aligned on a common optical axis (19) with a fixed focus collimation system (22) and interchangeable high and low magnification lens systems (23, 24 respectively) each of which provides an internal real image (25,26). System (23) is formed by two lens elements (B,C) and system (24) is formed by three lens elements (D,E,F). The eight lens elements (A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H) are infrared transmissive and the refractive surfaces of these lens elements which intercept the optical axis (19) are substantially spherical except for one or both refractive surfaces (15,16) being aspheric. The element (G) has a refractive index equal to or lower than that of the element (H). In the high magnification mode the telescope has an internal f-number in the airspace between the elements (H,G) of less than 1.5. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2109195-A (GB)
Title: Clock pulse generator
Inventor: BOSKOV IVAN
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 1981-10-13
Abstract: The clock pulse generation system for an electronic system, e.g. an electronically controlled telephone exchange must be highly secure. To ensure that this is so, three similar clock pulse generation circuits, Levels, 1, 2 and 3, are provided, each with its own crystal oscillator and frequency divider combination, 01, 02, 03. The three oscillators are of nominally the same frequency but are asynchronous, i.e. they run independently of each other. One level is active, i.e. supplying pulses to the "user" circuit while the other two are on standby. Each level has a fault detector, FD1, FD2, FD3, these being duplicated, which responds when clock pulses disappear or are badly off frequency. The switching means includes buffers B1, B2, B3 and gates N1, N2, N3 which forma distributed switch part of which is integrated with each level. When a fault is detected, the fault detector disables its own level's output and primes the other two levels, one of which takes over the pulse supply. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2088361-A (GB)
Title: Rifamycin derivatives
IPC: C07D498/08
Filed: 1981-10-16
Abstract: There are provided rifamycin S derivatives of the formula   <IMAGE> in which Z is a 5, 6 or 7 membered heterocyclic ring containing a ring N atom through which it is bonded to the rifamycin nucleus and a ring C atom to which is bonded a group =NX, X being H, OH, NH2, NH2CONH, NH2CSNH, NH2C(=NH).NH, R, OR, NHR', or NRR''; R=C1-C8 alkyl, C3 or C4 alkenyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkenyl, C7-C9 aralkyl, C6-C10 aryl or heterocyclic (5 or 6 membered ring; at least one ring atom is O, S or N); R'= any of the values of R or acyl or sulphonyl; R''=C1-C5 alkyl, C3 or C4 alkenyl, acyl or sulphonyl; or NRR'' = piperazinyl, 4-aralkyl-piperazinyl, 4- (C1-C8 alkyl)-piperazinyl and the ketone from which they are derived The corresponding rifamycin SV compounds are also provided, as are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions and preparative methods.
Patent GB-2114097-A (GB)
Title: An article case incorporating a compass
Inventor: FUKUMOCHI KEISUKE
IPC: G01C17/04
Filed: 1982-01-22
Abstract: A cylindrical case incorporating a compass has an outer case 1 containing the compass and an inner case 2 for containing a watch or the like. The compass includes a compass card 6 attached to or integral with a magnetic needle 7. A transparent cover 4 is provided.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2110539-A (GB)
Title: Surgical dressing
Inventor: COATES JOHN
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 1982-04-16
Abstract: A surgical dressing (10) comprising, a liquid pervious top sheet (14), a backing sheet (16) of fluid pervious material, an absorbent pad (12) intermediate the top and backing sheets, the backing sheet (16) also having a pair of opposed end sections (48) extending past the end edges (42) of the top sheet and having a coating of adhesive (50) on the front surface of at least the end sections, and a pair of release sheets (52) covering the adhesive on the end sections. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120653-A (GB)
Title: Tertiary amine accelerators for use in unsaturated polyester resin compositions
Inventor: DOWNING BRIAN YORK
IPC: C08F4/32
Filed: 1982-05-22
Abstract: In cold-setting unsaturated polyester resin compositions ion incorporating a copolymerisable vinyl monomer such as styrene and a tertiary amine accelerator, the novel accelerator is one obtained by the reaction of a p-substituted aminobenzene R1-C6H4-NH2, where R1 is C1-C6 alkyl group, an aryl group, -OH or -OCH3, with a glycidyl compound   <IMAGE> where R4 is a group containing carbon, hydrogen, and optionally oxygen. The compositions can be formulated as stoppers for car body repairs.
Patent GB-2123277-A (GB)
Title: Panels for supporting articles
Inventor: SHIMAZU KENJI
IPC: A47B57/10
Filed: 1982-06-25
Abstract: A panel for engaging article holders comprising a plurality of tranverse catch recesses extending parallel to one another over an entire transverse dimension of the panel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2103652-A (GB)
Title: Modified liquid hydrocarbons
Inventor: WAITE FREDERICK ANDREW
IPC: C10L1/236
Filed: 1982-07-26
Abstract: Modified liquid hydrocarbon fuel, in particular aviation kerosene, having a reduced tendency to undergo mist formation when subjected to shock, contains from 0.05% to 2% of its weight of polymer microgel particles of defined characteristics, the microgel polymer preferably being an addition copolymer of one or more main monomers with a minor proportion, e.g. 0.0005% to 0.1% of the total monomers, of one or more monomers which are multifunctional with respect to the polymerisation reaction.
Patent GB-2102831-A (GB)
Title: Fluidized bed gasification of coal
Inventor: MAUDE JOHN HARMAN
IPC: C10J3/54
Filed: 1982-07-29
Abstract: Coal gasification is carried out in a first gasification stage with oxygen, air or oxygen-enriched air and steam and/or carbon dioxide at suitable temperature and pressure to produce a gas containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbonaceous fine material. The fine material is further gasified in a second stage at temperatures above the flow point of the slag in a whirling-type gasifier. The overall efficiency is thus increased. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127289-A (GB)
Title: Securing upholstery to a wooden frame
Inventor: RILEY PETER
IPC: A47C31/02
Filed: 1982-08-24
Abstract: A sheet of leather 12 is attached to the wooden frame 11 of a piece of furniture by positioning the sheet on the frame, positioning a narrow strip of leather 13 on top of the sheet 12 and inserting a metal staple 14 into the frame 11 through the sheet 12 and the strip 13. The strip is bunched up to form a loop 15 and another staple 16 is inserted, and the process is repeated. The bunching up of the strip 13 conceals the staples from view and the process can be repeated rapidly with little skill required. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2106628-A (GB)
Title: Elevated airport marker light
Inventor: SUZUKI KIYOSHI
IPC: F21S8/00
Filed: 1982-09-29
Abstract: An elevated airport marker light comprises: a base member (10) set up on the ground; a support (12) mounted on the base member, having a top surface and being location-adjustable in horizontal plane and vertical plane; and an optical unit (14) detachably fixed on the top surface of the support and optically controllable, said optical unit including a reflector (54) having a light projecting opening, a lamp (52) located in optical alignment with the reflector and a cover (50) having a transparent section positioned to face the light projecting opening for passing light supplied through the light projecting opening of the reflector. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2110458-A (GB)
Title: Tape guide
Inventor: OGATA HARUKI
IPC: G11B25/06
Filed: 1982-10-01
Abstract: A tape guide comprises a guide roller rotatably fitted over a flanged cylindrical shaft and having a pair of end flanges 40, 41 with conical taper surfaces 44, 45. The guide roller also has a pair of tapered surfaces 42, 43 adjacent to the end flanges, respectively. The conical taper surfaces and the tapered surfaces jointly define a pair of annular grooves of substantially V-shaped cross section. When a tape such as a video magnetic tape is skewed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tape guide while the tape is travelling around the latter, an edge of the tape is snugly received in one of the annular grooves without the danger of getting wavy or elongated under undue tension. Dimensions, including tape angles are exemplified irregular tensioning due to backlash etc is considered in relation to the tape cassette adapter described w.r.t. Fig. 1 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2112577-A (GB)
Title: An electrical push-button switch covering member of rubber material
Inventor: IWABUCHI YASUO
IPC: H01H13/785
Filed: 1982-12-23
Abstract: A rubber member 3 for a circuit board 7 has a resilient dome-like configuration composed of a central raised portion 1b, a thick-walled base flat 2 and a thin-walled riser in portion 3a, 3b integrally connecting them, in which two ring-wise ribs 1c, 6 are provided one 1c around the upper periphery of the central portion and the other 6 at the midway on the inward surface of the riser portion 3a, 3b extending downwardly. When the central portion is depressed at the rib 1c by a finger tip through a push-button 10, the rib 6 first comes into contact with the circuit board 7 and then is pulled up resiliently by the snap action in the riser portion 3a, 3b bringing a movable contact 4 into contact with fixed contact points 8. The switching performance is allegedly freed from chattering or bouncing.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2123856-A (GB)
Title: Printing on pretreated substrates
Inventor: HOPKINSON ERLE
IPC: D06P5/12
Filed: 1983-01-11
Abstract: In the printing of dyes onto substrates, the pretreatment of the substrates with low levels of calcium or sodium salts or other gelling/insolubilizing agents effectively reduces dye usage. The process comprises (A) applying to at least a portion of the substrate a first aqueous composition comprising (1) 0.025 to 0.75 wt% of a soluble salt containing a bivalent or trivalent metal ion (e.g. Ca, Al or Cr), (2) 5-20 wt% of a soluble salt containing a univalent metal ion (e.g. the chloride, nitrate or sulphate of Na, K or Li), (3) 0.1-1 .0 wt% of a cationic gelling agent, and 0.35-1.0 wt% of an organic acid so as to produce the treated substrate; then (B) applying to at least a portion of the said treated substrate a second aqueous composition comprising a thickener/gelling system, e.g. alginate, guar, locust bean gum, CMC, synthetic polymers or starch. The gelling agent may be polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride and the preferred organic acid is citric acid.
Patent GB-2115078-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection pumping apparatus
Inventor: FENNE IVOR
IPC: F02M41/14
Filed: 1983-01-19
Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine is of the rotary distributor type having a distributor member 11 including a transverse bore 12 and a pair of pumping plungers 13 slidable in the bore. At the outer ends of the plungers cam followers are mounted and first and second ram rings 44, 45 are provided having cam lobes to actuate the plungers respectively. The cam follower associated with one plunger has a shoe 50 carrying a roller 51 for engagement with the lobes of the first cam ring 44 only and the cam follower associated with the other plunger has a shoe 48 and a divided roller 49 for engagement with the second cam ring which is also divided. The number of cam lobes on each cam ring is equal to the number of cylinders of the associated engine and the cam rings are positioned angularly relative to each other so that inward movement is imparted to each plunger at the same time during rotation of the distributor member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116247-A (GB)
Title: Releasable and adjustable securing device
Inventor: BENJAMIN BENJAMIN C
IPC: F16B1/02
Filed: 1983-03-01
Abstract: A device for releasably and adjustably securing objects relative to each other, such as hanging a picture frame relative to a wall includes a flexible elongated strap (14) slidably received by a latch mechanism (16). The strap and latch mechanism have implementary locking teeth (20, 44) permitting movement of the latch mechanism in one direction on the strap but preventing movement in the opposite direction. A slider (38) is movable between end positions in which either the teeth are engaged within an aperture (54), or the teeth are disengaged so that the latch mechanism may be freely moved in both directions relative to the strap. The latch mechanism (16) may be located at one end of the strap (14) to provide a contractible clamp. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2122004-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for detection of incoming objects
Inventor: SPECTOR YEHIEL
IPC: F42C13/02
Filed: 1983-05-11
Abstract: Detection apparatus includes a proximity sensor and a radiation sensor, appropriate signals provided by both sensors activating an alarm indicator. The proximity sensor may include a detector 16 connected via amplifier 18 to a parallel combination of a slope detector 20 and a level detector 22. The radiation sensor may include a radiation detector 26 connected to appropriate processing circuitry 28. The alarm indicator may activate a destruction apparatus (such as explosives, electromagnetic radiation and optical impingement, using a laser beam or similar) arranged to destroy an incoming object which has been detected by the detection apparatus. A combination of ultra-violet, near infra-red and far infra-red radiations may be detected. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2128486-A (GB)
Title: Electronic lottery apparatus
Inventor: HOARE KEITH ANTHONY
IPC: A63F3/06
Filed: 1983-05-19
Abstract: The apparatus comprises means for making a random selection from a fixed pool of indicia such that once selected an indicium becomes unavailable for re-selection, means for comparing selected indicium with a set of "win" and "lose" indicia and means for indicating to a player the result of the comparison. The apparatus may have the external appearance of a so-called "fruit machine" and display the results of each selection as a combination of symbols carried upon reels.
Patent GB-2134503-A (GB)
Title: Food dispensing machine
Inventor: WYNNE MILTON
IPC: G07F9/10
Filed: 1984-01-30
Abstract: Containers 12 of food are dispensed on demand from stacks held in a storage section 11 at the rear of a cabinet 10. A conveyor 15 conveys the selected container to a heating section 16 disposed directly adjacent to and forwardly of the storage section 11, where the food is heated in an oven 17. After a time sufficient to ensure proper heating of the food, the container is discharged to a dispensing chute 18 for collection by a user. The oven 17 comprises a fixed bottom portion 19 and a top portion 20 which is raised to permit containers to enter and leave the oven and which is lowered for the heating operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153195-A (GB)
Title: Transporting device
Inventor: PARSONS RICHARD FRANK
IPC: B65F1/00
Filed: 1984-02-09
Abstract: There is disclosed a transporting device comprising a pointed front end and a wider rear end formed from flexible sheet material, the pointed front end having a longitudinally extending tuck (3) formed in it to raise the front side edges, each front side edge affording a passageway (5) through which a drawstring (1) is threaded, the drawstring or strings emerging from the front ends of these passageways and being fixed at, adjacent or rearwardly of the rear ends of the passageways so that the drawstring is accessible at the rear ends of the passageways as well as at the front ends and whereby when a load is placed on the sheet material and the drawstrings pulled forwards one or more folds are formed in the front side edges and the side walls are thereby pulled up around the load. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134921-A (GB)
Title: High temperature pyrolysis process
Inventor: MATTHEWS FRANCIS THOMAS
IPC: C10B49/10
Filed: 1984-02-10
Abstract: A carbonaceous alkali-containing fuel (10) is heated in a vessel (12) driving off gaseous hydrocarbons and alkalis. A portion of the product gas (28) is mixed with an oxidant (32) and reacted (38) substoichiometrically to form a hot gas (14). The hot gas (14) is routed to the vessel (12) to provide heat for the pyrolysis process. The remaining gas (30) is cooled (46) to condense and remove the alkalis (50). The alkali-free gas (52) is reheated slightly (54) and emerges from the final particulate removal step (56) as a clean, alkali-free fuel gas (58) suitable for use in a high temperature gas turbine or the like. <IMAGE>