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Patent GB-2266097-A (GB)
Title: Process control agent for mechanical alloying titanium-base alloys
Inventor: WATWE ARUNKUMAR SHAMRAO
IPC: C22C14/00
Filed: 1993-03-23
Abstract: The invention provides a method of mechanical alloying a titanium-base metal powder. Titanium-base metal powder is provided in a mechanical alloying apparatus having a controlled atmosphere to prevent excessive oxidation of the titanium- base metal powder. An effective amount of tin process control agent is added to the mechanical alloying apparatus. The mechanical alloying apparatus is operated to weld and fracture the titanium-base metal powder in a manner controlled by the tin process control agent. The controlled welding and fracturing ultimately forms a titanium-base mechanically alloyed powder.
Patent GB-2283024-A (GB)
Title: A method for manufacturing woven wire screen mesh
Inventor: AUGHEY DANIEL FRANCIS
IPC: D03D41/00
Filed: 1993-10-12
Abstract: Warp wires are crimped and cut to length and are fed alternately to upper and lower heddles 21, 22 of a loom. To maintain spacing between alternate wires a pair of spacer bars 29, 30 are inserted between the wires and are linked by a link element 35. The longitudinal wires are tensioned by a weight 36 and cross wires are woven with the longitudinal wires. The woven mesh 40 is led to a cutting table on which it is tensioned by a weight and hook envelopes are attached to two opposed squared-off edges of the mesh in a press. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288218-A (GB)
Title: Controlling damper characteristics
Inventor: STREET ROBIN MICHAEL
IPC: F16F9/512
Filed: 1994-03-30
Abstract: A damper system includes a control head 35 which has a low rate channel 43 and a high rate channel 44 through the head 35. The high rate channel 44 is provided with a unidirectional valve 45. A valve member 46 is detent-controlled so as normally to close the high rate channel but to allow the fluid to flow through the low rate channel. The head 35 is disposed in a hydraulic chamber 31. For low rates of displacement of the hydraulic fluid, valve 46 remains stationary and the damping force increases with increasing rate of displacement. For very high rates of displacement, valve 46 is displaced against the restoring force of the detont 47 so as to open high rate channel 44. The control head 35 remains in a low resistance regime until the direction of displacement changes whereupon valve 45 closes to allow fluid pressure to restore valve 46 to its original position and thereby automatically to restore the high resistance regime. The damper is of particular application to bogie suspension systems for railway vehicles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289352-A (GB)
Title: Process completion timer
Inventor: HAYES STEPHEN BRYCE
IPC: G04B23/02
Filed: 1994-05-13
Abstract: A conventional alarm clock mechanism is normally supplied so that in normal use all the hands are lined up over each other. In this timer either the alarm hand is re-aligned into a false position or the hour hand (or the hour hand with the minute hand) may be similarly re-aligned leaving the alarm hand in its standard position. A jig or template is provided for this purpose. By re-aligning the hands, the time when the process shall be completed is displayed rather than the time when the process is commenced. Also disclosed is an electronic timer wherein a micro-processor or the like adjusts the display to provide a desired offset.
Patent GB-2288692-A (GB)
Title: Latch
Inventor: QUENTIN PHILIP JAMES
IPC: H02B11/02
Filed: 1995-03-30
Abstract: A latching apparatus comprises a support 3 for supporting a device 1 such as a vacuum contactor and a latch 4, 5, 6 on the support 3 for fastening the support 3 to the device 1. The latch comprises a spring 4 attached at one end to the support 3 and having a handle 6 at its other end. An upstanding pin 5 on the spring 4 is engageable with a first hole 7 in the device 1 in a first position of the device 1 and with a second hole 8 in the device 1 in a second position of the device 1. The device 1 is guided during movement between the first and second positions by guide brackets 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299319-A (GB)
Title: Labelling or packaging different shaped articles
Inventor: GEORGE JOHN
IPC: B65C9/18
Filed: 1995-03-31
Abstract: An apparatus applies packaging or labels to articles 14, such as bottles or cartons, by extracting continuous material 5 from a store 4 and presenting the material such that it crosses and obstructs the progress of an article moving along a path AA', the amount of material being extracted from the store bearing a mathematical relationship to the amount applied to the article. Preferably the mathematical relationship is that the amount extracted, a2+a3, is equal to the length of material applied to an article, 5A. Preferably the material is extracted from the store, calibration mark 7 detected by sensor 8, vacuum 2 activated to engage portion 9, vacuum 3 activated to extract material across conveyor (see Fig's 1b and 1c), and the cutting means 12 then activated to sever the material from the store. Preferably, by varying the amount of material extracted, the apparatus is capable of delivering different lengths of material and thus wrapping variously shaped/sized articles (Fig's 2a-2d). The material may be either packaging, eg heat shrinkable plastic, labelling consisting of continuous labelling material or a plurality of labels on a continuous backing sheet. There may be means 23 for applying adhesive to the material.
Patent GB-2287006-A (GB)
Title: Sortation conveyor
Inventor: HEIT MARTIN A
IPC: B65G47/68
Filed: 1993-11-03
Abstract: A linear actuator divert switch (54), a limited angle motor driven divert switch and 8 limited angle motor driven cross-over switch (410) are provided for sortation conveyors (40). The divert/guide pins (25) on package diverters are formed with a generally football shaped cross-sectional configuration (252) to facilitate passage thereof through the various switches. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300807-A (GB)
Title: Oral dosage forms of omega-3 polyunsaturated acids for the treatment of         inflammatory bowel disease
Inventor: CAMPORESI EMILIO PAOLO
IPC: A61K9/48
Filed: 1995-05-15
Abstract: Inflammatory bowel disease, especially Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is treated by administration of an oral dosage form, containing as an active principle an omega-3 polyunsaturated acid in free acid form or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which releases the acid in the ileum. Preferably the oral dosage form is a gelatine capsule coated with a poly(ethylacrylate-methylmethacrylate).
Patent GB-2290606-A (GB)
Title: Production of reflectors
Inventor: RABL ARI
IPC: F21V7/04
Filed: 1995-06-16
Abstract: A process for the production of the profile of two cylindrical reflective elements (5, 5') of a light source (3, 5') as well as the lights obtained by this process, is characterized by the steps consisting of:   - defining the position of one end (Ro) of the profile of each reflective element (5, 5') - defining an illumination function E( theta ) corresponding to a desired illumination curve, connected to a luminance function L( theta ) by the formula: E( theta )=L( theta ).cos<2> theta =k[(s.cos  theta + rho r.sin(o- theta )- rho  ro sin(oo- theta )]cos<2> theta if said end (Ro) of the profile of the reflective element (5, 5') is the downstream end of this latter, and an illumination function: E( theta )=L( theta ).cos<2> theta =k[(s.cos  theta - rho r.sin(o- theta )+ rho ro sin(oo- theta )]cos<2> theta      if said end (Ro) is the upstream end of said profile - determining, from said end (Ro), the coordinates of each of the points (R) of said profile of each reflective element (5, 5') satisfying the differential equation: d alpha /d theta  = sin  alpha .cos  alpha  [d log p( theta )/d theta ]-sin2 alpha , in which the function p( theta ) is equal to  rho r.sin(d- theta ) and the value of the angle  alpha  is equal to (d- theta )/r.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292182-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic door closer
Inventor: LUCAS CRAIG L
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 1995-08-10
Abstract: A hydraulic door closer 100 includes an elongate single-piece housing 106 having a longitudinal bore 120 extending from a first open end to a second end; a spring 107 within the bore at the second end of the housing; a piston 103 within the bore in contact with the spring, the piston having a toothed rack 102 thereon; a pinion gear 104 in meshed engagement with the rack; an end plug 113 in the first end of the bore 120; and a valve 112 inserted through a port for controlling flow of fluid through or around the piston and thereby for controlling closing speed of the door. In a modification the rack (232, Figs 4, 5) meshes with a pinion (202) located externally of the piston and the spring (204) is located within the piston. The valve port may extend through the housing wall into the pinion bore. The single-piece housing as well as other components may be moulded from metal or polymeric materials. Polymeric materials are preferred for their flexibility, lubricity, and mouldability. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292880-A (GB)
Title: Size reduction of cuttable materials
Inventor: PALLMANN HARTMANN
IPC: B26D3/22
Filed: 1995-08-16
Abstract: The materials, especially of animal or vegetal origin are cut into prismatic, preferably cubic particles by means of a three-dimensional cutting sequence. The apparatus used consists of two concentric knife rotors, wherein the inner knife rotor 6 is multiply equipped with cutting tools 15, 16 effecting the cutting of the slices and stripes. Thereby the gate-like cutting tools 16 cutting the stripes are arranged in the inlet zone of the passage channels 14 in front of the plate-shaped cutting tools 15 peeling off the slices. The outer knife rotor 5 is equipped with several plate-shaped knives 20 which are cross-cutting the material stripes coming out of the passage channels 14 according to the required particle length. 
<??>A guiding system pressing the pieces of material in cutting position against the cutting tools 15, 16 is arranged in the interior of the inner knife rotor 6. It may consist either of a spiral-shaped guideway fastened onto the housing door or of rotating guiding vanes. 
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Patent GB-2291387-A (GB)
Title: Intermodal vehicle for forming train or trailers
Inventor: WICKS HARRY O
IPC: B61D3/10
Filed: 1994-03-01
Abstract: A retractable intermodal vehicle (10) for supporting and connecting modified semitrailers (11) end-to-end to form a train of trailers capable of being operated on a railroad track (72); the semitrailers are also able to be operated on a highway as regular semitrailers. In the preferred embodiment, the intermodal vehicle (10) is comprised of two lower frames (12), with a wheel/axle assembly (18) mounted to each, and each pivoted from and supporting a single upper frame assembly (14), the pivoting of these lower frames providing a limited steering of the tall axles relative to the upper frame. Inflatable air springs (22) are mounted between the lower frames (12) and upper frames (14) to allow each upper frame to be raised and lowered. The upper frame assemblies include a gravity load carrying structure (140) for supporting one end of a superimposed trailer, a coupler body (104), each containing a coupler tongue (116), the tongue being arranged to enter a complementary coupler tongue receiving socket (120) at either end of the superimposed trailer; and an upwardly movable coupling pin (134), each pin capable of being raised to enter concentric apertures in a coupler tongue and a complementary trailer mounted socket to effect a coupling between these elements, and each pin being capable of being lowered to permit the withdrawal of the coupler tongue from the trailer socket. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295408-A (GB)
Title: Marine steel catenary riser system
Inventor: ALEXANDER CHARLES HOMER
IPC: E21B43/017
Filed: 1995-10-02
Abstract: A marine riser system 10 effectively combines rigid (e.g. steel catenary risers) with flexible flow-lines. Basically, the steel catenary risers 14, which are merely the end portions of the submerged rigid flow-lines 11, are curved upward through the water 13 in a gentle catenary path to a large, submerged buoy 15, which in turn, is moored to the bottom 12 by tension leg tether lines 16 at a depth D below the turbulence zone of the water. Flexible flow-lines 19 are fluidly connected to the steel catenary risers 14 at the buoy 15 and extend upward through the turbulence zone to the surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2305869-A (GB)
Title: An aerial flying device
Inventor: CHANDLER MICHAEL J
IPC: A63H33/18
Filed: 1995-10-10
Abstract: An aerial flying device comprises a disc 1 whose upper surface is at least partially convex and a ring 2 of generally aerofoil section which is spaced from the disc perimeter and is joined to the disc by one or more spoke members 3 of generally symmetrical cross-section. In a preferred construction the spacing between the ring and the disc is at least three times the chord length of the ring. The upper surface of the disc stands proud of the upper surface of the ring. The lower surface of the ring may be flat or concave.
Patent GB-546905-A (GB)
Title: Improved door for furniture, buildings and the like
IPC: E06B3/50
Filed: 1942-01-21
Abstract: 546,905. Doors. KAUFMANN, E. Jan. 21, 1942, No. 954/41. [Class 20 (iii)] [Also in Group XIV] In closures for cabinets &c. of the kind in which the doors 2, 3 when opened into the plane of the side walls are adapted to be slid into the cabinet in recesses adjacent said side walls, partitions 4 for the said side walls are provided at the top and at the bottom each with a pair of channels 8, 81 which are hinged at their outer ends to a grooved plate 11 having a runway for a roller 9 secured to the door by a screw 10.
Patent GB-2298261-A (GB)
Title: Clamping arrangement for a tilt-adjustable steering column
Inventor: HIGASHINO KIYOHARU
IPC: B62D1/184
Filed: 1996-01-08
Abstract: The steering column 2 has flattened regions 21 which are received between the side plates 5 of a fixed bracket 3a. Pins 17,20 pass through adjustment slots 14 in the side plates 5 and into a respective hole 14 formed in each flattened region 21 of the steering column 2. Pin 20 is a projection from a clamping bolt 19 which is threaded in a nut 28 attached to hold-down bracket 16. The bolt 19 can be rotated by handle lever 11. This arrangement enhances the support rigidity of the steering column and makes the height dimension of the height adjusting mechanism small to reduce interference with a driver's knees.
Patent GB-2322837-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle tilt system
Inventor: MARTIN ERNEST
IPC: B60G17/052
Filed: 1996-02-06
Abstract: A tilt system for a vehicle with pneumatic suspension comprises an air compressor 16, a storage and supply vessel 13, rams 10 to lift the vehicle and a control valve 18. The control valve 18 is operated by a weight 12, so that when the vehicle tilts, due to the vehicle cornering or to a slope, air is supplied to the rams 10 to level the vehicle.
Patent GB-2312232-A (GB)
Title: Scaffolding foot cover
Inventor: PEARSON GIAN
IPC: E04G5/02
Filed: 1996-04-18
Abstract: A scaffolding foot cover (11) made from a polymeric material and comprising a substantially flat base (13) having raised peripheral sidewall (14) projecting upwardly from the base and the upper surface (15) of the base is covered by a lattice of ribs (16).
Patent GB-2300663-A (GB)
Title: Manhole shutters
Inventor: WILSON STEPHEN
IPC: E03F5/02
Filed: 1996-05-09
Abstract: A method for forming a concrete channel between two or more pipe ends in a manhole base involves the use of pre-formed boat shutters 11, 16 and box shutters 15. The pipe ends are interconnected by means of the boat shutters and the box shutters are located on the boat shutters to extend the shuttering upwardly. Concrete is applied round the shuttering and the shuttering is removed once the concrete has at least partially set. The shutters may be re-used. The box shutters may include curved parts 12 which co-operate with curved boat shutters 13.
Patent GB-2311248-A (GB)
Title: Geotextile
Inventor: SHERCLIFF DAVID ARTHUR
IPC: E02B3/12
Filed: 1996-05-31
Abstract: A geotextile laminate 1 comprises a layer of geotextile material 2 and at least one channel 3 formed within the layer 2. The layer 2 comprises a composite material formed from non-woven fabric 31 needled together. The channels may be used for gas or liquid transmission or contain a ballast such as steel rods or an extruded core material.
Patent GB-2314985-A (GB)
Title: Interferometry
Inventor: KUMAR BALBIR
IPC: G01S3/32
Filed: 1996-07-04
Abstract: An interferometer comprises a non-uniform beam splitter (34) which splits an incoming beam (30) of energy into two beams (36, 38). The two beams (36, 38) are taken from parts of the incoming beam (30) which overlap. The two beams (36, 38) are fed to spacially separated energy feeds (44, 46) and then fed to a comparator to produce sum and difference channels (54, 58). The sum and difference channels (54, 58) are guided to a means for detecting a difference in phase (60) between the sum and difference channels (54, 58).
Patent GB-2315655-A (GB)
Title: Mouldboard for a plough body
Inventor: NAUD BERNARD
IPC: A01B15/08
Filed: 1996-07-25
Abstract: The mouldboard includes means making it possible to reduce the contact area between the cut furrow slice and its internal face. This mouldboard, of the slatted type, includes slats (4) which are inclined with respect to its internal envelope so as to bring the cut furrow slice into contact with the upper edge of the said slats.
Patent GB-2301416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid pipelines
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK JOHN DUNCAN
IPC: F16L58/10
Filed: 1995-02-17
Abstract: Means for securing a polymer pipe liner (14, 16) to the inner surface of a pipe comprises an end piece (100, 101) consisting of a hub portion (102) and a corrosion resistant metallic insert (104). The polymer hub is fusion welded to the end of the liner, and the metallic insert is seal welded portion of the inner surface of the pipe clad with corrosion resistant material (22) at a distance from the outer end of the pipe. The clad portion may be provided by a pup piece (18, 20) welded to the end of the pipe. This arrangement allows two lengths of lined pipes to be joined by welding with a continuous corrosion resistant internal surface, without damage to the polymer pipe linings and in a manner which allows an assembled pipe string to be spooled onto a reel for subsequent pipelaying operations. In the preferred embodiment, the metal insert is screw-threaded to the polymer hub with an elastomeric seal (110) therebetween, which provides a secondary seal between the end piece and the pipe wall. An alternative means of terminating a polymer lining sleeve for other purposes, such as a flange-type pipe joint, is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2318743-A (GB)
Title: Random number generator
Inventor: NAYLOR JAMES
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 1996-10-29
Abstract: A random number generator comprises a rotatable disc 2 having a plurality of holes 7, a link arm 8, and a sliding block 4 with a pointer 5 attached to the link arm 8. In order to generate a number, a peg 10 of the link arm 8 can be inserted into a selected the hole 7 of the disc 2 and the disc 2 rotated, which in turn moves the pointer 5 along the scale 6 for a new number to be read. Dice can be used to determine the hole 7 into which the peg 10 is placed and the degree of rotation of the disc 2. The apparatus can thus be used to solve a vector triangle problem. The disc 2 can be clamped in place by clamp 12 and the sliding block 4 can slide along a slot 3.
Patent GB-2324429-A (GB)
Title: Electronic zoom control in a virtual studio
Inventor: SHARIR AVI
IPC: H04N5/262
Filed: 1997-04-02
Abstract: A camera in a virtual studio uses a background panel 18 as a reference to allow accurate location of the captured image in the virtual studio image. When the camera manually zooms in on, for example a face the amount of the reference panel 208 seen in the field of view is reduced until at the limit of the area indicated by dotted line 240 the panel is no longer visible and further manual zooming is not possible without the system losing lock. At this point the invention allows the cameraman to select an area of the image and electronically zoom in on it. To increase magnification and/or image quality texture mapping may be used to implement the electronic zooming.
Patent GB-2316612-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection for hair treatment accessory
Inventor: LIEBENTHAL DIETER
IPC: A45D20/12
Filed: 1997-07-23
Abstract: An electrically powered hair styling device such as a dryer 1 is provided with a plug-and-socket connector 6 to which a further electrically powered hair treatment accessory may be connected. The accessory has a corresponding complementary connector and both connectors have differentiating means, such as geometrical formations, to ensure that only compatible devices can be connected.
Patent GB-2328831-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic alteration of communication group assignments as user roles change
Inventor: PINARD DEBBIE
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 1997-08-26
Abstract: In a communication system, the improvement comprising a plurality of user data files for respective users each user data file including at least one role identifier; a plurality of communication groups having respective group name identifiers for associating predetermined roles with the groups and respective group phone numbers; and a role list data file for automatically associating respective ones of the users with a predetermined one or more of the communication groups according to the at least one role identifier. The communication groups may be hunt groups, pick-up groups, or key line groups.
Patent GB-2317663-A (GB)
Title: Testing the brake system of an automotive vehicle
Inventor: OHTOMO AKIHIRO
IPC: B60T8/88
Filed: 1997-09-08
Abstract: A brake system for an automotive vehicle comprises a front hydraulic circuit 82 including front wheel cylinders 92, 98 and a pressure sensor 84, a rear hydraulic circuit 112 including rear wheel cylinders 120, 126 and a pressure sensor 108, a master cylinder 24 and associated pressure sensor 40, a pump 52 for normally supplying pressure fluid to the circuits, and a common return pipe 104 for the two circuits. When the vehicle is started, ECU 20 initially tests the hydraulic piping for leaks and then tests the pressure sensors for malfunction. For testing the sensors, cut valve 110 and pressure-decrease valves 100, 102, 128, 130 are opened, so that m/c pressure is applied to both circuits, and malfunction in the sensors is detected by comparing the pressure values detected thereby. In other embodiments pump pressure sensor 62 is also tested. Front and/or rear brake control by the pump and/or the m/c depends on the test results.
Patent GB-2325765-A (GB)
Title: Data hiding and detection
Inventor: SHIMIZU SHUICHI
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 1998-03-30
Abstract: In order to present in advance a security hole relative to a data hiding technique in a plurality of contents a method is provided whereby an embedding process is performed by using a frame pattern (mark) that is composed of multiple embedded block patterns comprising several different types whereby the embedding process is varied in accordance with the time and the frame. This can be achieved by mixing at random several types of frame patterns having different arrangements of block patterns, or changing at random a range in which a block pattern is embedded. To detect an embedded mark a plurality of patterns that are to be detected in contents are processed in parallel, if as a result of detection there is a reaction it is ascertained that a mark is present. To trace an illegal process an electronic fingerprint is obtained either by entering a false detection mark in a detector or by using a random sync signal for an embedding detector.