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Patent GB-2263338-A (GB)
Title: Metrological apparatus.
Inventor: BARNABY ANTHONY BRUCE
IPC: G01B5/207
Filed: 1992-01-08
Abstract: A metrological apparatus has a movable arm 15 which moves up and down between two bearing members 13. The arm 15 has air bearings on the bearing members 13, so that it adopts a position equidistant between them. In this way, the position of the arm 15 contains the average of the errors in the two datum positions defined by the bearing members 13. Where the bearing members 13 have symmetric errors, these will be cancelled. Since the path of maximum straightness of movement of the arm 15 is spaced from the bearing members 13, it is possible to put a workpiece 3 in this path and a turntable 5 for supporting the workpiece 3 has its rotational axis in line with the path of maximum straightness. The vertical position of each end of the arm 15 is measured using a respective grating (25) (Fig 2) and the average of the measurements is taken to provide an accurate measurement of the height of the centre point of the arm 15 over the workpiece 3, substantially free of Abbé errors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2263521-A (GB)
Title: Pipe casings
Inventor: COWLING GARY
IPC: F24D19/04
Filed: 1992-01-21
Abstract: A pipe casing assembly 2 comprises an elongate profiled connecting member 4 to which are connected respective elongate cover panels 6, 10. The cover panels 6, 10 are fixed to respective elongate battens 12, 14 which are fixed to a wall 16 and a floor 18 respectively. The arrangement encloses hot water pipes 20, 22 which are fixed to the wall 16. Other arrangements are described which include a grille (eg 52, Fig 5 not shown) arranged to dissipate heat from the hot water pipes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254248-A (GB)
Title: Road traffic marker post cleaner
Inventor: OSBORNE ROGER SYDNEY
IPC: E01F9/70
Filed: 1992-04-01
Abstract: A device for automatically washing, brushing and rinsing road traffic marker cones or posts, in which the cones C are placed manually on a conveyor track 18 which conveys the marker cones past a spraying station 12 where water and detergent is sprayed on to them and then the cones C pass between a pair of rotating brushes 16. A final rinsing station 14 removes any adhering dirt before the cones are removed. The conveyor may be straight in-line as shown or in the form of a carousel (see Fig 7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2350172-A (GB)
Title: Torpedo warhead
Inventor: LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER DAVID
IPC: F42B12/08
Filed: 1992-07-10
Abstract: A lightweight torpedo warhead for the defeat of multi-hulled vessels, comprising a gun barrel 2 from which is launched, by propellant means 4, a projectile 11 containing a high explosive payload 9 and a delay fuze 6. When the warhead is initiated the projectile is accelerated along and fired from the gun barrel by expanding propellant gasses. The projectile penetrates the outer-hull of the target vessel and the delay fuze detonates the high explosive payload when the projectile is adjacent to the inner-hull. In a preferred embodiment, the all burnt condition of the propellant occurs after the projectile has exited the gun barrel. In this way the confining effect of water on the expanding propellant gasses is used to continue to accelerate the projectile after it has exited the gun barrel which enables a shorter and thus lighter gun barrel to be used.
Patent GB-2259688-A (GB)
Title: Combined car carrier and dumper truck
Inventor: WELLS JOHN RICHARD
IPC: B60P1/32
Filed: 1992-08-27
Abstract: A vehicle having a support deck (4) adapted to slide relative to an elongate body portion (7) or sub-frame is provided with first means (9) for pivoting the body portion (7) in a vertical plane relative to a rear pivot axis (8) and second means for effecting movement of the deck (4) longitudinally of the body portion (7). The sub-frame (7) has a pivot point (8) and when locked with the support deck acts as a dumper truck. The deck preferably slides in end channels of the sub-frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270300-A (GB)
Title: A manually operated liquid dispenser
Inventor: PHILLIPS NEIL ANDREW
IPC: G01F11/12
Filed: 1992-09-02
Abstract: The dispenser comprises a two roller peristaltic pump driven by the manual pivoting of the handle via chains and sprockets, the sprocket on shaft A incorporating a one-way clutch. The dispenser may be arranged to dispense pre-determined amounts of liquid, e.g. alcoholic beverage, and may be in a case sealed against tampering. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259898-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor system including flow diverter means
Inventor: HEREFORD CLIFF ERNEST
IPC: B07C5/36
Filed: 1992-09-21
Abstract: The system includes means 22-28 to control flow of material (e.g. tobacco) leaving a first conveyor 10 to a second conveyor 42 or third conveyor 44; the conveyors 42, 44 are arranged below and transverse to conveyor 10 and third conveyor is a reject conveyor to remove material which includes foreign objects. The flow diverter means is operated in response to a foreign object detection means 14 e.g. a camera, or sonic device which is operable in response to material discharging from the first conveyor 10, and a computer 16 actuates solenoid valves 28 and air cylinders 24 to move respective perforated sheets 22 from one position to another so that the flow of material from the first conveyor 10 leaving the first conveyor may be diverted to reject conveyor 44. Conveyor 10 is vibrating conveyor; conveyors 42, 44 are endless belt conveyors. Figures 2, 3 show details of sheets 22 and their pivotal mounting. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266742-A (GB)
Title: Profiled sealing member for a flange of motor vehicles
Inventor: WARNECKE HANS-JUERGEN
IPC: B60J10/24
Filed: 1993-04-19
Abstract: A profiled sealing member (1) comprises a fixing portion (2) made wholly of rubber and a sealing portion (3) secured thereto. The fixing portion (2) is substantially L-shaped in cross-section and has a first limb (6) positioned opposite an outer side face (7) of a flange (8) of the motor vehicle chassis. Opposite an end face (15) of the flange (8) is a second limb (14) of the fixing portion (2) connected to the first limb (6). The second limb (14) overlaps and is connected fixedly and in a moisture-sealing manner to the end face (15) by an adhesive means (17) and the first limb (6) is connected in like manner to the outer side face (7) by an adhesive means (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266906-A (GB)
Title: Three dimensional parking structure
Inventor: NAGASHIMA AKIRA
IPC: E04H6/12
Filed: 1993-05-11
Abstract: A suitable number of steel members are joined e.g. by welding to form plane frame units (10, 11) and these frame units (10, 11) are connected into a box shape to form a three dimensional parking apparatus framework. The units may be bolted together using plates 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287347-A (GB)
Title: Display for an entertainment machine
Inventor: RANDALL DOV LIAM
IPC: G09F19/12
Filed: 1994-03-09
Abstract: A changeable image display for an entertainment machine such as a fruit machine has different images (18, 19, Figure 3) on a back-illuminated light-transmitting sheet 17. The images (18, 19) are of different colours, and these are back-illuminated with lamps 15, 16 which are correspondingly differently coloured. Depending on which lamp 15, 16 is operated, each image (18, 19) can be selectively viewed.
Patent GB-2288246-A (GB)
Title: Meteorological apparatus
Inventor: PETERS ANDREW
IPC: G01W1/04
Filed: 1994-04-07
Abstract: A central pole P embedded in ground G supports a plurality of meteorological devices 2 to 6. The apparatus 1 comprises a portable weather station designed primarily for school children. The devices may include a thermometer 4, a weather vane 2, a wind-speed indicator 3 and a rainfall gauge 6. A sundial 5 is also provided. The wind speed sensor operates by converting wind speed into the vertical movement of a ball 3c. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278302-A (GB)
Title: Heat sink and method of making
Inventor: LUBBE JOHN N
IPC: H01L21/48
Filed: 1993-10-12
Abstract: A first heat sink member (101) with extension slots (103) and component detailing is cast from a thermally conductive material. Fin members (102) are constructed from a similar, but not necessarily identical, thermally conductive material. The fin members (102) are constructed so that they will mate with the extension slots (103) of the first heat sink member. Positioned in alignment with the extension slots (103) to the first heat sink member, the fin members (102) are attached with a thermally conductive bonding agent. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279521-A (GB)
Title: Circuit for generating signals in phase quadrature and associated method therefor
Inventor: GILLIG STEVEN F
IPC: H04B1/40
Filed: 1993-10-29
Abstract: A quadrature generator (975, 1075) for generating a pair of pulse trains maintained in perfect phase quadrature with one another. The quadrature generator (975, 1075) includes a feedback control loop for altering the duty cycle of an oscillating signal applied to a master-slave flip-flop pair (450, 650) configured to generate a pair of pulse trains maintained in a relative phase relationship. The feedback control loop controls the duty cycle of the oscillating signal applied to the master-slave flip-flop pair (54, 58) which, in turn, is determinative of the phase relationship between the pulse train pair generated by the master-slave flip-flop (54, 58). When the pulse trains generated by the flip-flop pair (450) are beyond phase quadrature, a control signal generated by the feedback control loop alters the duty cycle of the oscillating signal applied to the flip-flop pair (450) to alter the phase relationship between the pulse trains of the pulse train pair. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278961-A (GB)
Title: Modular packaging system
Inventor: ANDERSSON NILS ANDERS TORBJOER
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 1993-12-07
Abstract: In a modular packaging system for electrical equipment, two or more modules are arranged horizontally or vertically relative to one another. Each module includes electrical equipment, a cabinet in which the electrical equipment is disposed, and a fan assembly for forcing air through the cabinet to cool the electrical equipment. The cabinet includes an inner cabinet wall forming an air shaft, a vertical space extending between a top and a bottom opening in the cabinet, and a horizontal space extending between a left and a right opening in the cabinet. The cabinet is further formed with a first and a second opening. The second opening is formed in the inner cabinet wall. The fan assembly forces air through the first opening of the cabinet, past the electrical equipment, out the second opening of the cabinet, and into the air shaft. The modular packaging system further includes a chimney formed by aligning the air shafts of two or more modules arranged vertically relative to one another and a vertical cable chute formed by aligning the vertical spaces of the two or more vertically arranged modules. The modular packaging system further includes a horizontal cable chute formed by aligning the horizontal spaces of two or more modules arranged horizontally relative to one another. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279661-A (GB)
Title: Nonextractive processes for producing high purity aromatics
Inventor: INNES ROBERT A
IPC: C10G35/095
Filed: 1993-06-16
Abstract: Novel nonextractive processes for producing high purity and chemical grade aromatics (e.g., benzene, toluene, xylene) from hydrocarbon streams are described. For aromatic feedstocks containing close-boiling nonaromatic components, the stream is contacted with an acidic catalyst. As a result, nonaromatic impurities having boiling points in the aromatic range are catalytically converted to other species having boiling points substantially outside the aromatic boiling range. The desired aromatics in the product may be separated by simple distillation. Nonextractive processes incorporating a dual catalyst treatment are also described. Naphtha feeds are aromatized in a first stage by contact with a nonacidic catalyst, producing a mixture of aromatics and nonaromatic impurities with boiling points in the aromatic range. In a second stage, the mixture is contacted with an acidic catalyst under conditions that produce an effluent substantially free of nonaromatic impurities having boiling points in the aromatic range. High purity aromatics may be obtained by performing a simple distillation of the product.
Patent GB-2296560-A (GB)
Title: Method of lining condenser tubes
Inventor: BANNER FRANK
IPC: B29C63/34
Filed: 1994-12-30
Abstract: A method of protecting condenser tubes in a heat-exchanger from corrosion is disclosed. The method comprises introducing into the condenser tube 2 a tubular liner 1 having a flange 9 at one end for seating against one end of the condenser tube or a tube plate 3 in which it is fixed, and squeezing a sealing composition 7 between the interior of the condenser tube 2 and the exterior of the liner 1. A tubular liner is also disclosed for protecting a condenser tube 2 in the region of a tube plate 3, said liner 1 having a flange 9 at one end, a ferrule 10 which is a sliding fit over the flange 9 so as to provide an annular space between the exterior of the liner 1 and the interior of the ferrule 9 and a sealing composition 7 disposed in said annular space prior to being squeezed into gap 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298212-A (GB)
Title: Needlework design aid
Inventor: HOPKINS MARK ALEXANDER
IPC: D05C1/08
Filed: 1995-02-23
Abstract: A needlework design aid comprises a plurality of lettering elements (1) of generally rectangular form having marked thereon a grid pattern (2), the grid pattern defining a cross-stitch template for an alphanumeric character (3), the design aid further comprising an assembly surface (5) adapted to receive a plurality of the lettering elements and being provided with retaining and alignment means for the lettering elements. The surface (5) is provided on a frame (4) formed with a scale (6). The elements (1) may be adhered to the surface (5) by peelable adhesive, burr-type fastening means or magnetism.
Patent GB-2302743-A (GB)
Title: Real-time signal processing apparatus
Inventor: EASTTY PETER CHARLES
IPC: G06F15/177
Filed: 1995-06-26
Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a network of signal processors 26 for digitally processing input signals in real time to generate output signals, and one or more control processors 16P each controlling the operation of a plurality of signal processors. The apparatus automatically schedules control tasks in a plurality of time slices. Where more than one control processor is provided, for coordination between control processors a wired-OR configuration connection can synchronise the beginning and/or end of the time slices. A control processor can change an address field of microcode instructions of a signal processor for implementing a multiplexer function. A control delay list can be provided for scheduling control task delays. Control tasks can be allocated to more than one control processor, each control processor then communicating to the other control processors if it completes the task so that the other control processors may abandon further processing of the task. The invention finds particular application to an audio mixing console, the configuration of which can be set up by use of a graphical interface and a CAD system (Fig 6).
Patent GB-2306874-A (GB)
Title: Faeces collector
Inventor: MCNALLY CLIVE VINCENT
IPC: A01K23/00
Filed: 1995-11-08
Abstract: A faeces collector comprises a collecting bag 22 hung from the rear of an animal and supported by a shroud 2. Straps 6 are used to hold the bag in place. The bag has a disposable plastics liner (4 fig 1). A plastics flap 14 is used to guide faeces into the bag. The shroud may be attached to a rug (10 fig 2).
Patent GB-959518-A (GB)
Abstract: 959,518. Knitting machines. M. SESSA, [trading as MORETTA OFFICINE MECCANICHE FABRICA SPECIALIZZATA MACCHINE PER CALZE DI SESSA MARCELLA]. June 14,1962 [June 27, 1961], No. 22824/62. Heading D1C. A rotary cylinder knitting machine having, above the welt dial 12 a ring 15 whose outer surface has an upper smooth frusto-conical part 15a which is superficially roughened e.g.knurled notched, nicked or the like 17 to engage a thread when it is being taken out of operation. As shown, thread 7 is fed to needles 3 by guides 6 and a ring 15 is secured to dial 12 and surrounds concentrically a cover 13. If the needles cease to knit a thread or the thread guide is lifted, the thread is carried round by the fabric so that it engages ring 15 is caught by the roughened part 17 and gradually slides over the smooth surface 15a and over cover 13 until it engages a clamp 21 and is cut by scissors 20.
Patent GB-2300157-A (GB)
Title: Solar panel in the ventilation cover of a caravan for running an alarm.
Inventor: SCANE MERVYN WILLIAM
IPC: H01L31/048
Filed: 1996-01-17
Abstract: The cover 7 has a depressed recessed region 9 within which the solar panel 8 is mounted and is fixed by means of bolts 10 passing through the body of the cover 7 and sealed against water ingress. The solar panel comprises a steel backing sheet 13 covered by a white reflective sheet 14 on which are mounted individual solar cells 15. These are linked together and form single circuit from which there are power cables. The solar cells 15 are sealed in place by a transparent silicone sheet 17. In another embodiment the solar panel is glued to the inside of a raised clear acrylic region of the cover.
Patent GB-2298055-A (GB)
Title: Light box on mount having aperture for optical cable
Inventor: WILLIS CHARLES HENRY HURST
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 1996-01-31
Abstract: A light transmission apparatus 10 comprises a light box containing a light source and power connection 12 on a mounting having an aperture 20 in which is received an optical light transmitting cable 26.
Patent GB-2298685-A (GB)
Title: Bearing arrangement
Inventor: HANS RUDIGER
IPC: F16C13/00
Filed: 1996-03-08
Abstract: Bearing design for the drive gear and the pump impeller of a cooling water pump for motor vehicles, with a shaft, which is installed so that it can rotate by means of two rows of balls in an outer bearing ring, and which projects on both sides beyond the outer bearing ring, characterized in that the shaft (12) is produced by the extrusion method and has a wall (20) separating chambers or compartments extending inwardly from opposing ends of the shaft, the wall is located on the drive side outside the rows of balls (24).
Patent GB-2299147-A (GB)
Title: Clutch disc assembly
Inventor: LOHAUS NORBERT
IPC: F16F15/129
Filed: 1996-03-22
Abstract: A clutch disc assembly is composed of two cover plates 1, 2 fixed together and axially spaced-apart which serves as an input component and one of which carries a friction lining 17. The plates 1, 2 are supported on a hub 10 which has an external set of teeth 19. An intermediate component 5 and a two-part 3, 4 output component extend between the cover plates 1, 2. The parts 3, 4 of the output component are keyed to the teeth 19 of the hub 10. The components 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 define spring windows (22, 27, Fig 3) and 36 for accommodating sets of springs 7, 8, 9 linking the components together and providing an idling spring device 16. The output components 3, 4 extend laterally of a hub disc 6 and have radial control arms (28, Fig 5) extending into the windows (27, Fig 4) of the intermediate component 5 in order to load the sets of springs 7, 9 in series. The two-part output components 3, 4 can be pre-assembled with the intermediate component 5 and the hub disc 6 as a separate unit.
Patent GB-2299518-A (GB)
Title: Three-piece solid golf ball
Inventor: HIRAOKA HIDENORI
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1996-04-04
Abstract: The present invention provides a three-piece solid golf ball which achieves a long flight distance and has excellent controllability. The three-piece solid golf ball comprising a core having a two-layer structure of a center and a shell covering the center, and a cover covering the core, wherein ```the center has a diameter in the range of from 25 to 37 mm, a JIS-C hardness in the range of from 60 to 85 at its center point, and a JIS-C hardness difference between the center point and a surface of the center of not more than 4. ```the shell has a JIS-C surface hardness in the range of from 75 to 90, and ```the cover is composed of a cover composition having a stiffness modulus in the range of from 1,200 to 3,600 kg/cm 2 , the hardness being measured by a JIS-C type hardness tester.
Patent GB-2307453-A (GB)
Title: "Hands free" collapsible wheelchair with motor assistance, skid steer, and seat raising ram
Inventor: HALLEWELL JOAN ELIZABETH
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 1996-06-19
Abstract: Separate drives to left and right front wheels can be activated by paddles under the user's thighs, which activate sprockets and secondary chain drives via drive rods (fig. 2). Alternative drives may be activated by elbows or back. Motor drives may be used to supplement or replace user input. One-way clutches are located within each wheel to allow forward or reverse drive. Brakes are fitted to each front wheel. Separate front and rear subframes are pivoted at 22, and may be drawn together by electric or hydraulic ram 21 to raise seat 16. Splayed arms 17 and 18 of the rear subframe, and carrier bar 27, carry castored rear wheels. Tyres may be pneumatic or solid. Battery packs (not shown) are fitted to bar 27. The front subframe has a rearward extension to support the seat under rollers 29. The seat can swivel horizontally. Plastic or metal construction may be used.
Patent GB-2315176-A (GB)
Title: Current sense arrangement for an FET using a transistor as a sensing element
Inventor: GAY MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G01R19/165
Filed: 1996-07-10
Abstract: A current sense circuit (100) for providing an output signal (lout) representative of a current signal (Id) flowing through a FET output device (101) comprises a first transistor (102) for providing an image current signal (I m ) which is substantially proportional to the current signal flowing through the FET output device (101) until the drain-source voltage signal of the FET output device (101) is less than a predetermined voltage and a second transistor (104) coupled to a control electrode of the first transistor (102) and for coupling to the gate electrode of the FET output device (101). The first (102) and second (104) transistors are matched and have the same threshold voltages as that of the FET output device (101). The second transistor (104) provides a correction current signal (I c ) when the drain-source voltage signal of the FET output device (101) is less than the predetermined voltage. Subtracting circuitry (106) coupled to the first (102) and second (104) transistors subtracts the correction current signal (I c ) from the image current signal (I m ) to provide a corrected image current signal which is substantially proportional to the current signal flowing through the FET output device (101). The output signal (lout) comprises the image current signal (I m ) or corrected image current signal depending on the drain-source voltage of the FET output device (101).
Patent GB-2305466-A (GB)
Title: Canopy door: guide linkage
Inventor: SWIFT RONALD
IPC: E05D15/44
Filed: 1996-09-20
Abstract: A canopy door is mounted relative to an opening by a linkage comprising a pivot arm connected between a mounting bracket disposed above the opening and a pivotal mounting on the door. A driven shaft is mounted above the opening upon which is mounted a connecting wire whose other end is secured to one of a pair of guide rollers which extends from each side of the door into guide rails which extend along each vertical side of the opening. The shaft drive includes a disconnectable gear train.