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Patent GB-2311123-A (GB)
Title: Air separation
Inventor: RATHBONE THOMAS
IPC: F25J3/04
Filed: 1997-03-05
Abstract: A flow of air is separated in a double rectification column 12 comprising a higher pressure column 10 and a lower pressure column 16. Oxygen and nitrogen fractions are obtained at the bottom and top respectively, of the column 16. A fraction comprising oxygen, argon and nitrogen is withdrawn from column 16 through an outlet 70 and has oxygen separated from it by rectification in columns 74 and 76. Nitrogen impurity is stripped from the resulting argon in a stripping column 90 having a reboiler 94 and a condenser 96. The condenser 96 is cooled by a stream of sub-cooled liquid nitrogen taken from and returned to a heat exchanger 36.
Patent GB-2323314-A (GB)
Title: Mobile shredder apparatus
Inventor: WALLHEAD ROBERT HENRY
IPC: B09B3/00
Filed: 1997-03-21
Abstract: A mobile processing apparatus is used in the disposal of empty or voided containers which have remnants of hazardous materials therein. These materials require careful handling and disposal. The apparatus comprises a processing platform on which there is provided a shredder 2 for shredding the containers, a delivery means comprising a hopper 3 and conveyor 4 for feeding containers to the shredder, a further conveyor 8 for transporting shredded containers to a storage site 18 and a means 5 for collecting fluid remnants from the shredded containers. A method of handling and disposing of these containers comprises conveying the containers to the shredder, collecting the shredded containers for disposal and collecting the fluid remnants for subsequent disposal.
Patent GB-2308846-A (GB)
Title: Dehydrated hydrogels
Inventor: QIN YIMIN
IPC: A61L26/00
Filed: 1995-10-30
Abstract: A dehydrated hydrogel incorporating a plasticiser and fibres which have provided cations for cross-linking the dehydrated hydrogel.
Patent GB-2313267-A (GB)
Title: Channel alignment circuit
Inventor: SONG HONG-JONG
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 1997-05-09
Abstract: A channel alignment circuit which is capable of separating six frame signals of 5l.84Mbps (Mega Bit Per Second) for six channels by expanding a control signal from a channel alignment block into three signals for a reframer of a cable television system. The circuit includes a CIB detector for detecting 5l.84Mbps of six descrambled channels and generating a 12-bit channel number data, a control signal generator for generating a 3-bit channel alignment control signal by using a 3-bit data among the channel number data from the CIB detector, and a channel alignment unit for separating the data inputted into six channels in accordance with a control signal from the control signal generator.
Patent GB-2313812-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for the handling and identification of items
Inventor: BUTCHART DAVID JOHN
IPC: B62B3/14
Filed: 1996-02-02
Abstract: There is described apparatus and a method for the handling and identification of items having particular application in supermarket shopping. In one aspect the system comprises containers in the form of boxes removably carried by a shopping trolley adapted to receive the boxes. In a second aspect the boxes are such to facilitate automatic identification of the items contained in the boxes.
Patent GB-2328357-A (GB)
Title: Sling for grow bag
Inventor: FREEMAN BARRY JAMES
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 1997-08-21
Abstract: A sling for suspending a grow bag has suspension strings/cords/wires E which can be used for supporting plants growing in the grow bag. The web A of the sling may be plastics, hessian or nylon. The sling can be hung from fences, walls or overhead beams. The suspension strings, cords or wires may be varied in length. The sling allows plants such as climbing plants to be grown in areas of limited space.
Patent GB-2320654-A (GB)
Title: Base station selection of a wireless communication device
Inventor: BRUCKERT EUGENE J
IPC: H04B1/7117
Filed: 1997-11-05
Abstract: A wireless communication device is handed off while operating in a slotted mode of a CDMA system, ie the device is in an idle state and is awakened for an assigned time period or slot. The communication device comprises a receiver searcher 109 which measures the received signal strength of an active pilot transmitted by a base station prior to the assigned slot and the signal strength of neighbour pilots during an assigned slot. Receivers 107 demodulate a paging channel of the active pilot during an assigned slot and a receiver searcher simultaneously determines the signal strength of other pilots. A hot neighbour list is used to prioritise the order in which the neighbour pilots are scanned. A logic and control circuit 113 determines if neighbour pilots should be scanned beyond the assigned slot, if the hot neighbour list should be modified, and if the wireless communication device should be handed off to another pilot.
Patent GB-2320135-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor wafer processing apparatus
Inventor: BEARDMORE GEOFFREY
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 1997-11-06
Abstract: A very compact silicon fabrication apparatus has a number of process cells all contained within a common outer enclosure. A semiconductor wafer 70 is loaded into the enclosure through an air lock and is mounted on a cap 56 of a cell 50 supported under a carriage 80 movable along a rail 90 extending along the enclosure between the different process cells. The cap 56 is lowered into sealing engagement with the open top 53, 54 of a cell 50 during each process. In each cell a different process is conducted such as coating with a photoresist, patterning, resist developing and fixing, cleaning and drying, vacuum deposition of metal or oxide, and heat treatment for oxide film growth. The cells 50 are provided with a gas inlet 57, a process fill inlet 58 for liquid chemicals, a vent 59, a drain 60, a temperature control unit 61 and a temperature, pressure or level sensor 62.
Patent GB-2319816-A (GB)
Title: Pressure plate and clutch disc sub-assembly
Inventor: WEIDINGER REINHOLD
IPC: F16D13/71
Filed: 1997-11-21
Abstract: A pressure plate 14 and clutch disc 42 are held together by, for example, three holding members 58, eg made of synthetic material or metal strip etc, which are radially located within an inner peripheral edge 66 of the pressure plate 14 and engage by holding section 62 behind edge section 64, thereby allowing housing 12, pressure plate 14 and clutch disc 42 to be transported as a sub-assembly. An axial spacing d is provided which is equal to the maximum movement between the pressure plate 14 and clutch disc 42 in operation. The edge section 64 may have peripheral gaps so that on assembly the holding members 58 are inserted through the gaps and the clutch disc 24 is rotated to align the holding member 58 behind the edge section 64. Alternatively the holding member 58 may be snapped-over or bent-over edge section 64. Holding member 58 may be fixed to the clutch disc 42 by bolt means 60 or welding or it may be an integral tongue/lug like member (see figs 2 and 3). Clutch disc 42 may have a torsion damper (76a, fig 2) and the clutch has an automatic wear adjusting device 22.
Patent GB-2323389-A (GB)
Title: Method of processing finely divided material incorporating metal based constituents
Inventor: CLARK ALLAN DOUGLAS
IPC: C22B5/16
Filed: 1996-11-12
Abstract: Finely divided material such as flue dust from a steel making furnace is processed to reclaim constituents. The material in hopper (11) is pelletized. The pellets are dried in a dryer (16) and fed to a first rotary kiln (21) where they are sintered to provide very hard pellets, during which process volatile, constituents are driven off and collected. The sintered pellets are screened to remove finely divided material and fed with reductant such as finely divided washed anthracite (35) to a second rotary kiln (31). Reduction of the pellets causes a second constituent to be driven off and the second constituent is then oxidised in the kiln and collected as finely divided oxide. The original pellets retain their integrity and become essentially sponge iron.
Patent GB-2326272-A (GB)
Title: Grids for electron beam tubes
Inventor: PICKERING ALAN HUGH
IPC: H01J23/02
Filed: 1998-06-11
Abstract: A grid for use in a linear electron beam tube such as an IOT or TWT includes a grid section 7,8 and a focus electrode 4 between which is included an accommodation portion 5. The grid is mounted in the tube by a mounting flange 6 around its outer periphery. During use, the grid section 7,8 becomes hot and consequently expands but the mounting flange 6 remains relatively cool being connected to a relatively massive structure. Thin flexible strips 9 of the accommodation section 5 permit movement between the mounting flange 6 and the grid section 7,8 due to differential thermal expansion, thus minimising distortion to the grid section which might otherwise occur if it were connected directly to the mounting flange 6 and hence fixed in its outer diameter length.
Patent GB-2341660-A (GB)
Title: Flow control device
Inventor: MEADOWS ROBERT
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 1998-09-19
Abstract: A flow control device for adjustable selection of flow rate comprises two regulators (figure 1. 1,1') of the type in which a core member 5,5' has a profiled or fluted outer surface co-operable with a surrounding ring member 4,4' to define orifices for fluid flow with the core members 5,5' being axially movable relative to the ring members 4,4' to vary the number or size of the orifices for controlling the flow rate. At a given flow setting, the ring members 4,4' are elastically deformable to adjust the size of the orifices to compensate for variations in fluid pressure so as to maintain the selected flow rate substantially constant. One of the ring members 4 is made of softer elastomeric material than the other ring member 4' resulting in the regulators (figure 1. 1,1') being operable over different pressure ranges to maintain a constant flow rate. The device is preferably for use with an instantaneous water heater. The ring members may be circular, D-shaped or trapezoidal and more than two regulators may be included in one device.
Patent GB-2341547-A (GB)
Title: Portable condensation-free mirror
Inventor: DAVIS ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A47G1/02
Filed: 1998-09-21
Abstract: A shatterproof mirror 1 is mounted in a frame 3 and behind it is located a hot water reservoir 2. A mounting hook can be built into the water container.
Patent GB-2343005-A (GB)
Title: Earth loop resistace measuring arrangement
Inventor: WHEABLE DESMOND
IPC: G01R27/18
Filed: 1998-10-06
Abstract: A method or means of measuring an earth loop resistance of an electrical supply, including a residual current detector (RCD), comprising an arrangement for measuring the earth loop resistance during a first period and adjusting the level of current flowing in the neutral line during a second period such that the average current in the neutral line equates to that flowing in the live line over the combined first and second periods and there by measuring the earth loop resistance without tripping the RCD. The measuring arrangement may involve a 1:1 ratio transformer with one coil linked between the earth and neutral lines.
Patent GB-2331175-A (GB)
Title: Marking indicia for domestic appliance surfaces
Inventor: PEZZETTA ROBERTO
IPC: G09F7/16
Filed: 1998-11-05
Abstract: The walls of domestic appliances (e.g a refrigerator or dishwasher) are marked by the application of letters or figures in the form of thick, transparent, flexible bodies 1. The bodies may be attached by means of adhesive or support foil 5. The bodies may have rounded edges.
Patent GB-2343714-A (GB)
Title: Stratified charge i.c. engine with separately controlled ignition of plural spark plugs in each combustion chamber
Inventor: MA THOMAS TSOI HEI
IPC: F02B17/00
Filed: 1998-11-14
Abstract: The engine has a fuel supply system for separating the fuel into two or more continuous streams of fuel fractions of different octane rating. The intake system creates in each combustion chamber a stratified charge with at least two regions 113, 123 each with a higher concentration of one fraction than the other. Each combustion chamber has at least two spark plugs 114, 124 located in the respective regions 113, 123. The ignition system controls separately the spark timings to select the origin and direction of flame propagation through the combustion chamber and to select the composition of the charge in the end gas region. For example, if spark plug 114 is fired well before plug 124, the flame will burn the entire lower octane region 113 before combustion of the higher octane region 123 is completed so that only the higher octane fraction is present in the end gas, as required for high-load operation. The invention avoids the need for flow regulators or diverters in the intake system.
Patent GB-2335549-A (GB)
Title: Preventing distortion of a terminal of an electrical connector
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
IPC: H01R13/64
Filed: 1998-12-21
Abstract: A connector 10 has a cavity 12 for receiving a rectangular socket contact 30, the entrance 16 to the cavity being formed by means 21 for preventing distortion of a counterpart terminal 1 when it enters the cavity 12 to mate with the socket contact 30. The distortion preventing means 21 is embodied as a part of the contact body which extends from the entrance to the cavity to within the body 23, thereby to guide the mating counterpart terminal 1 and prevent it from bending if inserted at an angle to the cavity.
Patent GB-2345937-A (GB)
Title: Glazing bar with clip-on covering cap
Inventor: SEARLE JOHN
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 1998-12-24
Abstract: A glazing bar [1] comprising a support bar [2], first pair of seals [10] and a second pair of seals, an extruded cap [3] and a number of clips [4]. The support bar [2] has two lateral flanges [6] to which the first seals [10] are attached and against which the glass [5] rests. The support bar [2] also has two spaced apart upright flanges [13] which have means to co-operate with the clips [4]. The clips [4] attach to the flanges [13] and press the glass [5] against the seals [10]. The clips themselves have other clip formations [20] to allow the cap [3] to be clipped to them. The cap [3] covers the upright flanges [13] of the support bar [2] and has two lateral wings [23] to which the second seals are attached. The second seals are pressed against the glass [5] when the cap [3] is attached to the clips [4].
Patent GB-2347644-A (GB)
Title: Sun screen wipe
Inventor: HODGES GERWYN TUDOR
IPC: A45D34/04
Filed: 1999-03-06
Abstract: A sun screen wipe, FIG 1, which has two absorbent towels REF 1, and REF 3, glued to either side of a non porous plastic membrane REF 2. The two towels have different functions. One REF 1, has sun screen, plus optional additives such as artificial tanning lotion, insect repellent or shark repellent. The other towel REF 3, has a cleanser. The sun screen wipe FIG 1, has two different coloured towels REF 5, to distinguish between the towels functions. A braided expandable cord, REF 4, attached through the length of the edges of the sun screen wipe, is used to make application of the lotions to hard to reach areas easier. The sun screen wipe is sealed in its own individual waterproof sachet FIG 3. The sachets are packed in a plastic wrapper FIG 4.
Patent GB-2338124-A (GB)
Title: A plug and socket
Inventor: CARDEW GERARD MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: H01R13/627
Filed: 1999-04-29
Abstract: A plug has a body 13, a first electrical connector 15, means 14 for receiving an electrical cable 12 and a rim part 23. The rim part 23 has an abutment portion 23a. A socket 11 contains a second electrical connector 18 intended for connection with the first 15. The socket 11 can have a latching means 20 intended to engage with the abutment portion 23a and is aimed to secure the connection of the plug 13 with the socket 11. The plug 13 can be relatively securely connected to the socket 11, but if the cable 12 or plug 13 is pulled or knocked the connection will be broken in preference to damaging the components.
Patent GB-2337354-A (GB)
Title: Drive circuit for electroluminescent display providing uniform brightness
Inventor: FUKUDA TATSUO
IPC: G09G3/32
Filed: 1999-05-07
Abstract: A drive circuit for an EL display device capable of permitting picture cells of an EL display device to have a substantially equal current density, to thereby exhibit uniform luminance sufficient to provide display of the display device with increased quality, even when the picture cells are different in area, luminous color and/or luminous efficiency from each other. A luminance correction data storage section is stored therein with correction data corresponding to areas of the picture cells. The correction data of each picture cell corresponding to display data are read from the luminance correction data storage section, so that a current flowed between two electrode groups of the EL display device may be variably controlled for every picture cell while rendering a period of time during which the current is flowed therebetween constant, based on the correction data read. In an alternative embodiment, the time period of current flow is varied while the current flow remains constant.
Patent GB-2341122-A (GB)
Title: Treated paper for printing with aqueous inks
Inventor: SUN JING XIAN
IPC: B41M1/36
Filed: 1999-08-24
Abstract: Paper to receive inkjet printing has applied to it a mixture of a latex having predominantly hydrocarbon moieties and a positively charged moiety such as acryloylammonium salt moiety. The latex may be applied in a mixture having a polyol vehicle such as glycerol and containing a hydrated aluminium salt. The printing realized from an inkjet printer has excellent color richness, black optical density, fast drying time and resistance to water.
Patent GB-2353825-A (GB)
Title: Wind turbine tower having rotatable shroud/fairing
Inventor: TEAL DAVID LOVETT EWBANK
IPC: F03D11/04
Filed: 1999-09-01
Abstract: A shroud or fairing 1, surrounds the tower 3, of a wind turbine, is attached to a nacelle2, and is free to rotate about the tower axis. The shroud is shaped (figure 1) such that approaching airflow is deflected to one side of the tower. Turbine blades 4, passing through the deflected airflow upwind of the tower, are less subject to undesirable, noise-producing angles of attack.
Patent GB-2338855-A (GB)
Title: Radar or sonar display
Inventor: KIYA YOSHIYUKI
IPC: G01S7/22
Filed: 1996-08-06
Abstract: A display for a radar or a sonar comprises a number of windows on a single screen. One window displays the whole area under observation in the normal heading-up mode, whilst the other shows a selectable small area magnified and in true north, true motion mode. The magnified area may be in a window which is larger than the window showing the whole area. There may be a range selector for each window, each with its own fast time constant (FTC) circuit for differentiating the video signal and its own image generating circuit; alternatively a single circuit can generate all the images.
Patent GB-2349076-A (GB)
Title: Door handle with interchangeable graphic display
Inventor: OLIVIER ARCHIE A
IPC: E05B1/00
Filed: 1999-08-26
Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing a door handle adapted to receive interchangeable display inserts. The door handle includes a handle body adapted to be coupled to a door of an enclosure. A receiving space is provided within the handle body for exchangeably receiving a display insert. A releasable closure mechanism is associated with the receiving space and adapted to be configured between an open configuration in which display inserts may be inserted and removed from the receiving space and a closed configuration in which a display insert is secured within the receiving space. The display insert has at least two substantially planar members that are associated together to fill the receiving space so that they are held substantially stationary when installed therein. A protective front facing planar member is located at a front face of the door handle and a graphic display containing intermediate planar member is positioned behind the protective front facing planar member. The intermediate planar member oriented so that a graphic display of the intermediate planar member is visible through the protective front facing planar member by a person upon approach to the door handle.
Patent GB-2357457-A (GB)
Title: A greetings card or book having a rotatable member mounted on a compressible disc
Inventor: HAWKES ALAN
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 1999-12-22
Abstract: The card 1 or book includes a rotatable sheet member or wheel 6 mounted by a disc 5 of a slightly compressible, dense foamed plastics material itself attached to the inside of the front page 3 by adhesive. The rotatable member 6 has a hole in its centre having a diameter slightly less than the diameter D of the disc so that the member is a force fit thereon. Rotation of the member 6 on the disc 5 causes a groove 12 in the side 11 of the disc to be formed. By rotating the member 6 different sections of the member can be viewed through apertures 9a,9b in the front page 3.
Patent HU-T66223-A (HU)
Title: Circuit arrangement for regulable amplifier
Inventor: ITRI SOSSIO
IPC: H03G1/00
Filed: 1992-04-25
Abstract: To improve the regulation (gain control) characteristics of a controllable amplifier, a negative feedback network in a differential amplifier is subdivided into individual networks supplied each with its own control current. In order to reduce distortion caused by non-linear sections contained in the networks or to increase intermodulation resistance, the individual control currents are reduced with an increasing input voltage. To obtain a dB-linear regulation characteristic the control currents may be proportioned, for example, in accordance with tangential-hyperbolic characteristic curves.
Patent HU-T70361-A (HU)
Title: Sol-gel alumina grinding wheel with improved corner holding
Inventor: SHELDON DAVID A
IPC: C04B35/111
Filed: 1994-07-29
Abstract: The present invention provides a vitreous-bonded abrasive grinding wheel wherein the abrasive grit portion comprises a sol-gel alumina abrasive and wherein the wheel has improved corner or form holding characteristics and mechanical properties. The invention further includes the bond composition which allows for improved corner or form holding and mechanical properties with sol-gel alumina abrasives. <IMAGE>
Patent HU-T73434-A (HU)
Title: Process for preparing pharmaceutical compositions containing lamotrigine for treating aids-related neural disorders
Inventor: BOUSSEAU ANNE
IPC: A61K31/53
Filed: 1994-02-25
Abstract: The invention relates to the application of riluzole or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of this compound in the treatment of neuro-AIDS.
Patent HU-T76277-A (HU)
Title: 6-(2-imidazolidinylidene-amino)quinoline derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use
Inventor: CUPPS THOMAS LEE
IPC: A61P25/02
Filed: 1994-12-15
Abstract: The subject invention relates to compounds having the structure:   <IMAGE>   wherein: (a) R is unsubstituted C1-C3 alkanyl or alkenyl; (b) R' is selected from unsubstituted C114 C3 alkanyl or alkenyl; unsubstituted C1-C3 alkylthio or alkoxy; hydroxy; thiol; and halo; and (c) R'' is selected from hydrogen; unsubstituted C1-C3 alkanyl or alkenyl; methyl monosubstituted with hydroxy, thiol or amino; unsubstituted C1-C3 alkylthio or alkoxy; amino; unsubstituted amide; unsubstituted or C1-C3 substituted amido; halo; unsubstituted sulfoxide; unsubstituted sulfonyl; and cyano; pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating respiratory, ocular, and/or gastrointestinal disorders.