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Patent GB-2146234-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for supporting cupboards and the like
Inventor: REYLOC LIMITED
IPC: A47B47/04
Filed: 1983-10-06
Abstract: Apparatus for building, erecting or suspending structures includes an elongate linear support member which has a vertical web 100 and a horizontal web 102. The vertical web has a horizontally extending flange 106. The elongate support member is constructed to co- operate with a panel intended to hang substantially vertical from the support member with its plane substantially perpendicular to the length of the support member. An engaging means 104, 224 is provided between the upper edge of the panel and the support member and arranged to preclude horizontal separation of the panel and the support member once they are assembled together. Moreover, the panel has a notch in its inner edge 202, the notch being positioned and dimensioned to receive the said flange when the panel is presented to and hung from the support member. The engaging means may comprise a pin (704, Fig. 9) in the panel and aperture (503, Fig. 10) in the horizontal web. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152172-A (GB)
Title: Variable-throw crank
Inventor: WU CHING-JONG
IPC: F16H35/00
Filed: 1983-12-23
Abstract: A cyclically variable-throw crank lever/arm arrangement for a bicycle comprises a crank pedal, on an arm 51, which is constrained by a chain/sprocket 33, 42 connection to move in a circle the axis of which is offset forwardly of the crank-shaft 20, the pedal arm 51 being maintained in substantially parallel (horizontal) planes irrespective of the angular displacement of the crank lever 4, the arrangement automatically increasing the applied force on the forward movement of the pedal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155945-A (GB)
Title: Substituted thioanthraquinone dyes
Inventor: THOMPSON DR DAVID JOHN
IPC: C09B1/58
Filed: 1984-06-29
Abstract: Substituted anthroquinones having the formula:   <IMAGE> Wherein Y<1>, Y<2> and Y<3> are each independently optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl, provided that not more than two of Y1 to Y3 are identical, are useful as pleochroic dyes in liquid crystal mixtures.
Patent GB-2162557-A (GB)
Title: Mooring lines
Inventor: PANEL DR MINOO HOMI EDALJI
IPC: D07B1/12
Filed: 1984-07-16
Abstract: A mooring line comprises rope fibres (9) impervious sheaths (7, 8, 12, 13, 14) and a hollow (10, 11) extending along the length of the rope to be filled with a dense slurry to thereby increase the mass per unit length and stiffness of the rope. Thus a lightweight mooring line can be constructed for use as a catenary mooring line and the weight per unit length/stiffness of the mooring line can be increased at the location of use by filling the tubular element of the line with a slurry. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156027-A (GB)
Title: Flexible control cable and feed tube
Inventor: BUCHHOLZ HORST
IPC: F16C1/26
Filed: 1984-10-05
Abstract: In a flexible control cable, for example a brake or clutch cable for motor vehicles, with a protective guide sheath and a force transmission element arranged therein for longitudinal movement, for example a steel wire cable, the protective guide sheath consisting of a wire spiral which is lined on the inside with a plastic tube and shrouded on the outside with plastic, the problem of coping with relatively large compressive forces in the sheath arises. In order to achieve the resulting object of preventing individual windings of the wire spiral from breaking out in the curved state of the control cable, the wire spiral (13) is firmly wound in spaced windings on the plastic lining tube (12) and the plastic shroud (14), which may be produced by injection under pressure, fills the spaces (15) between the windings and surrounding the spiral so that the lining (12) and the shroud (14) cohere between the windings. The invention may also be applied to a flexible feed tube, for example a welding rod guide tube, without a force transmission element arranged therein for longitudinal movement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148953-A (GB)
Title: Support of washing machine drums
Inventor: FERNANDEZ FRANCISCO SALA
IPC: D06F37/22
Filed: 1984-10-17
Abstract: A support system includes a washing machine drum 1 resting on at least two telescopic shock absorbers in a washing machine frame 3. There may be a pair of shock absorbers 7 and a pair of shock absorbers 7'. In other arrangements, there may be from two to five of the shock absorbers, the conventional suspension springs 10 may be omitted or retained, and the conventional ballast or counterweights may be omitted or retained. At least two of the shock absorbers, here the shock absorbers 7, form angles of approximately 15 DEG  with respect to the vertical. One or two shock absorbers 7' may be linked to the motor casing 9 and be at approximately 60 DEG  to the vertical. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148972-A (GB)
Title: Fire barrier assembly
Inventor: HARRISON GLENN ALLEN
IPC: E04B1/94
Filed: 1984-10-22
Abstract: A fire barrier assembly (10) is principally made up of sheets (28, 29) and blocks (19) of glass-fibre reinforced cement (grc) or glass-fibre reinforced gypsum (grg) and stainless or galvanised steel facings (20, 21). The frame members (11) of the assembly have refractory insulating material cores (19), with skin members (20, 21) of steel partly but not wholly enclosing them. The cladding of the assembly can include grc sheets (29, 30), which are so retained by the frame members (11) that the sheets have a limited degree of sliding movement in their own general plane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2167984-A (GB)
Title: Blast-cleaning, shot-peening and peen-forming machines
Inventor: CLARKE VERNON ERNEST CLAYTON
IPC: B24C5/06
Filed: 1984-11-28
Abstract: The machine includes a rotatable throwing wheel having a single runner disc carrying throwing blades 20 (e.g. eight in number, equally spaced from one another) on one face of the disc. Each blade is secured to the disc by (a) a boss having a neck and a head which is of greater cross-sectional area than the neck, said boss extending through an aperture 18 in the disc and the head engaging the disc, and (b) a protuberance which is accommodated in a notch in the disc periphery and is secured to the disc by a screw 60 which extends radially within the disc thickness. One side of each blade lies against said one face of the disc or is accommodated in the respective one of a number of radial grooves formed in said one face. The machine is reversible because both faces of each blade are throwing surfaces. A protective ring 70 may cover the disc periphery.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171427-A (GB)
Title: Building extension
Inventor: GALLOP TREVOR W
IPC: E04B1/00
Filed: 1985-02-23
Abstract: An extension for an existing building which may adapted to be used as a kitchen or bathroom where services are required. The extension comprises a base, and corner posts 2, 3 supporting a roof. The walls may consist of an inner tile panel and an outer wall panel which are fixed to one another in spaced apart relationship. The wall panel may include thermal insulation and a vapour barrier. A part of the tile panel can be replaced by fittings such as a sink. Plumbing and electrical services may be secured in the space between the two panels in such a way that the vapour barrier is not perforated. The extension is free standing. However there is a flexible weatherproof connection with the existing building. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158724-A (GB)
Title: Material of connective elements for soft tissues and internal organs
Inventor: BELYKH SERGEI IVANOVICH
IPC: A61L31/04
Filed: 1983-12-01
Abstract: The material of connective elements for soft tissues and internal organs consists of a copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone and alkyl ethers of acrylic and/or methacrylic acids, in which an alkyl group contains 2-8 carbon atoms. The copolymer is characterized by a viscosity in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 dl/g and contains components at the following ratio in mole %: N-vinylpyrrolidone: 40-90; Alkyl ethers of acrylic and/or methacrylic acids: 10-60.
Patent GB-2172189-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing footwear
Inventor: TAUZI GIANCARLO
IPC: A43D25/20
Filed: 1985-08-21
Abstract: Pre-formed component parts, which consist of a lining or innerboot 1, an anatomically-shaped stiffened or semi-stiffened insole 3 with integral toe-puff 4 and heel counter 5, an upper 8 and a profiled sole 9, are assembled as follows:   a) the insole 3 is mounted onto the pre-formed lining or innerboot 1,   b) the upper 8 is pulled over the insole 3 and the lining or innerboot 1 to enclose the latter, c) the sole 9 is positioned on the in sole 3 and onto the bottom of the upper 8, and d) glue which has already been spread over the connecting parts is activated and the parts are held together by pressure until the glue sets.   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171436-A (GB)
Title: Casing centralizer
Inventor: MIKOLAJCZYK RAYMOND FELIX
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 1986-01-15
Abstract: There is disclosed a casing centralizer/stabilizer 10 which comprises a tubular body 11 adapted to fit about a joint of casing CJ, and blades 12 extending longitudinally along the outer diameter of the body and structured to support the casing off the well bore. The blades 12 have tapered sides 12A and ends 12B. The centralizer is fixed to the casing joint CJ by set screws 13 extending through the blades 12. One blade may be provided with a permanent magnet located in hole 14A to act as a depth marker which can be detected by a logging tool. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171919-A (GB)
Title: Billiard or snooker cue holder or extension
Inventor: MERCER KENNETH
IPC: A63D15/08
Filed: 1986-03-05
Abstract: A billiard or snooker cue holder or extension, comprising a tubular sleeve (2) fitted with an extension butt (1) at one end and at its other end slotted lengthwise to enable it to accommodate a cue butt (5), and surrounded by another tubular sleeve (3) to compress the slotted part into engagement with a cue placed within it. The first sleeve (2) may be made of rigid or semi-rigid plastic and the second one (3) of a rubbery or elastic material. The slots (6) may extend completely or almost to the end of the inner sleeve, and the slotted section may be made narrower in diameter than the main portions so as to form a constricted zone to help grip the cue butt, especially with the aid of the elastic outer sleeve. A concave recess (4) in the end of the extension butt, within the sleeve, helps to hold the cue more firmly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173172-A (GB)
Title: Beverage dispensing system with reserve supply and near-empty signal
Inventor: PHILLIPS PAUL ANDERSON
IPC: B67D1/12
Filed: 1986-04-01
Abstract: A beverage dispensing system 10 of the pressurized type including a reservoir 22 in the syrup tube 14 for holding a reserve quantity of syrup, means for detecting when the syrup in the reservoir falls to an upper level (34) and then to a lower level (36), means 24, 26 for providing a signal when the liquid level falls to the upper level to indicate that the syrup container is empty while allowing beverages to continue to be dispensed (at 16) from the syrup reserve, and means 24, 26 for disabling the valve assembly 16 if the syrup level in the reservoir falls to the lower level. 12 is a syrup reservoir pressurized by CO2 from line 20. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175384-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerators
Inventor: GOSTICK GRAHAM ARTHUR
IPC: F25D21/14
Filed: 1986-05-12
Abstract: A refrigerator or refrigerator/freezer has an open drainage channel 6 e.g. in part of the wall of the refrigerator cabinet which carries defrost water from the refrigerator evaporator 2 to a disposal point in order to inhibit the formation of fungal growth which can occur with a completely closed drainage tube. The defrost water is guided to the channel 6 by two sloping ledges 4, 5 and leaves the channel through an outlet 9. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192473-A (GB)
Title: A portable cassette type of reading device
Inventor: SHAW E-FU
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1986-07-08
Abstract: The reading device comprises a number of memory cassettes e.g. 4, which may be ROM or RAM for storing different volumes of data. A user can select any page of a volume in a memory cassette to read by using the push buttons. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196276-A (GB)
Title: Rig with plurality of drills
Inventor: COCHRANE KENNETH ALFRED
IPC: E01C23/06
Filed: 1986-07-24
Abstract: The rig for forming holes horizontally into a concrete slab has a substantially rectangular frame having front and rear supports 3,4 and side guides 5. The front support includes a timber edge for locating the rig relative to the slab in use. A drill slide 8 is supported on the side guides 5 and is movable along the side guides so as to move a plurality of rock drills 13 supported on the drill slide into contact with the slab. A first plurality of cylinders 17 are provided on the drill slide for adjusting the spacing between the respective rock drills, and a second plurality of cylinders 9 are provided on the frame for moving the slide 8 and drills into contact with the slab and for applying sufficient pressure to cause the drills to drill respective holes as desired. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2193174-A (GB)
Title: Self powered vehicle
Inventor: WELLER ALAN J
IPC: B64F1/315
Filed: 1986-07-30
Abstract: A vehicle is driven by a wheel 50 which is lowerable into a driving position for driving the vehicle at a slow speed but which can be raised to allow the vehicle to be towed at a much higher speed on non driven support wheels. The transmission for the drive is preferably hydraulic, generated by a battery driven electric motor driving an hydraulic motor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2183674-A (GB)
Title: Microcarrier for cell culture
Inventor: ROBINSON ERIC
IPC: C12N11/02
Filed: 1986-10-22
Abstract: Gently agitated in a nutrient medium, a carrier (1) for living cells comprises 8-micron silica microspheres (2) fused lightly together at 900<o>C to form a body 190 microns across with pronounced indentations. A chitosan layer (3) provides an attractive surface for cells (4) to adhere and nestle in the indentations, protected from shear stresses and impacts yet receiving nutrient from many directions.
Patent GB-2185205-A (GB)
Title: Method and welding electrode for making a welding seam
Inventor: NIINIVAARA ENSI KYOSTI JUHANI
IPC: B23K9/14
Filed: 1986-04-10
Abstract: Method and welding electrode for making a welding seam to the welding object by a longitudinally placed welding electrode, particularly in underwater conditions. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the welding current is conveyed to the welding electrode through a channel (1) in it by a conductive medium drawn in a controlled way. The welding electrode according to the invention is characterized in that to the side of the welding electrode far from the welding object a tubular flow channel element (3) has been connected for the medium comprising the means (2) for flow control and a conductive portion (4) for conveying the electric current from the medium to the core bar (5).
Patent GB-2195404-A (GB)
Title: Screw compressor bearing arrangement with positive stop to accommodate thrust reversal
Inventor: DEWHIRST RANDY E
IPC: F16C19/16
Filed: 1987-03-11
Abstract: A first shim mounted on the shaft extending from the high pressure end face of a screw rotor in a screw compressor establishes the operating clearance between the high pressure end face of the rotor and the high pressure end wall of the compressor's working chamber by fixing the axial position of a bearing group which is likewise mounted on the rotor shaft. A second shim, disposed between the bearing group and a spring biased spacer element, is determinative of the distance the spacer element, and therefore the rotor, can travel in a direction toward the high pressure end of the compressor under the impetus of reverse axial thrust. Contact of the rotor with the high pressure end wall of the working chamber is positively precluded because movement of the spacer element, under the influence of rotor movement toward the high pressure end of the compressor, collapses the biasing spring which causes the spacer element to contact a fixed surface of the compressor. The spacer element contacts the fixed compressor surface and the reverse axial thrust is taken up by a roller bearing before the rotor can migrate sufficiently within the working chamber to contact the end wall of the working chamber. The biasing spring is selected to have sufficient strength to both preload the bearing set and to provide a limited amount of resistance, of itself, to reverse axial thrust while not being so strong as to cause significant frictional losses in the compressor or degradation of bearing life.
Patent GB-2210248-A (GB)
Title: A fastening member for jewellery
Inventor: RAINFORD PETER
IPC: A44C5/18
Filed: 1987-09-26
Abstract: A jump ring assembly for jewellery comprises a ring member (1) having a second ring member (2) permanently affixed thereto, the second ring member being a split ring which is openable so as to permit a link of a chain to be passed thereover, the split ring thereafter being closable by the application of pressure thereto. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2211381-A (GB)
Title: Lobster pots
Inventor: GRANT DEREK
IPC: A01K69/10
Filed: 1987-10-29
Abstract: A lobster pot is constructed in plastic materials which permit its collapse. The normally extended cage is so maintained by two bouyancy or flotation rings 12 and 13 and these collapse, along with the cage material 10 within the semi-rigid plastic base 11. When immersed in water the base 11 fills with water which is admitted through ports 14 formed in the declined upper skin of the base. Additionally can be provided a self inflating envelope to raise the lobster pot from exceptionally deep water. The additional self inflating envelope is activated by remote control through a 'radio' signal and relative control electronics. The lobster pot can be of conventional domed shape as shown or rectangular shape. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202882-A (GB)
Title: A transportable bridge assembly
Inventor: BEIER GUNTER
IPC: E01D15/12
Filed: 1988-02-09
Abstract: A transportable bridge assembly comprises two track support members (1, 2) and a central decking (4) which interconnects the track support members (1, 2). The decking (4) is supported on transverse brackets (5) which are pivotably mounted on the track support members (1, 2) the central decking being adapted to be pivotable with respect to the support members (1, 2) by the provision lines of pivot joints or hinges (3) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the bridge assembly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2202497-A (GB)
Title: Tipping vehicles, and their stabilisation
Inventor: REID ROBERT
IPC: B60G17/005
Filed: 1988-02-12
Abstract: A tipping vehicle provided with leveling apparatus to guard against overturning. So that the vehicle is particularly adapted for use on unstable ground, the levelling apparatus includes fluid operated jacking devices 22, 24 acting between the chassis of the vehicle and mounting means 12 for road wheels 10, 10 at the rear of the vehicle. A monitoring device such as a tilt switch 64 causes actuation of the appropriate ram if a predetermined degree of lateral tilt occurs e.g. 2 degrees and deactivates it when a horizontal attitude is attained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2203156-A (GB)
Title: Corrosion inhibitors
Inventor: STEINBERG GERHARD
IPC: C23F11/167
Filed: 1988-04-07
Abstract: Corrosion inhibiting compositions comprise     a) a compound of formula I   <IMAGE>     b) a compound of formula II   <IMAGE> in which R is selected from C1-22 alkyl, C8-22 alkyl-C5-6 aryl or -CO-C8-22 alkyl or -CO-C8-22 alkenyl; each M independently is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion or a molar equivalent of an alkaline earth metal; R1 is M (as defined above) or a group of formula a> R-(OCnH2n-)x-    (a> each n independently is 2 or 3; and each x independently is 0 or an integer from 1 to 15 inclusive. R2 has a significance of R independently of R defined above; each m independently is 2 or 3; and y is 0 or an integer from 1 to 15 inclusive.
Patent GB-2220749-A (GB)
Title: Punch-measuring device
Inventor: SIAM SAMMY MOHAMMED
IPC: A63B24/00
Filed: 1988-07-12
Abstract: A wall-mountable punch pad unit 1 comprises an upholstered pad structure 7 located on a fixed, rigid framework 4, four force-transducing piezo-electric crystals (10, figure 2) being sandwiched between the rigid framework 4 and a flat board carried by the back of the pad structure 7. Electrical connections to the front and back faces of the crystals are arranged to connect the crystal outputs in parallel in order to provide a measurement of the total force of a blow applied to the pad. A monitoring unit 3 is arranged to display punch force and time between successive punches, and to store the value of the current maximum blow and the current minimum time between successive blows. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221054-A (GB)
Title: Viewer for stereoscopic images
Inventor: WHITE PETER MCDUFFIE
IPC: G02B27/22
Filed: 1988-07-22
Abstract: A viewer (10) for stereoscopic images includes supports for a first stereoscopic image (11) viewed directly by an observer's right eye (16) and a laterally-inverted second image (12) viewed by the observer's left eye (16) via a mirror (13) between the images (11, 12). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221333-A (GB)
Title: Ornamental crystal ball
Inventor: LIA MING HUNG
IPC: G09F13/24
Filed: 1988-07-28
Abstract: An ornamental crystal ball for creating a snow scene comprises a base 10, a sphere 20 mounted on the base and filled with water, a model 30 disposed in the sphere, a plurality of suspensionable objects 40 disposed in the sphere and a driving means to agitate the water and the suspensionable objects. The driving means comprises a motor 506 to rotate a second magnet 503, and the second magnet causes a first magnet 502 together with an impeller body 501 to rotate. The impeller body 501 is mounted on an upper plate 101 of the base 10 and in the sphere, so that the rotation of the impeller body 501 agitates the water and the suspensionable objects 40. In a modification, the drive shaft of the motor is extended through the upper plate 101 to drive the impeller directly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216756-A (GB)
Title: Cable television system
Inventor: COUMANS PETER JOHANNES MARIA
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 1989-01-16
Abstract: Still television video with accompanying audio is selectively delivered to home subscribers over a cable television system for advertising, promotional or educational purposes. The subscribers request the video via the telephone 48, 55 and central control unit causes cable hub 20 to send the desired frames to modes 25 having mode frame stores 30. The video is presented as still frames from one of a number of videodisc players, transmitted over one television channel during the appropriate time interval of 1/30th (or 1/25th) of a second. Such video frames, which may also contain overlaid graphics information, are uniquely addressed and unused bandwidth transmits up to 300 discrete audio messages. By uniquely addressing video frames to the remote storage device, either 30 (or 25) different video frames per second can be conveyed on one television channel to 30 (or 25) different remote storage devices for retransmission to home subscribers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229107-A (GB)
Title: Separating liquids
Inventor: BIRKETT HAROLD
IPC: B01D17/02
Filed: 1989-01-20
Abstract: Liquids are separated by gravity in a settling tank. The lighter liquid overflows, while the level of the interface(s) between light and heavy liquids is monitored by one or more probes (depending on the number of liquids) consisting of pipes extending from points below the liquid interface(s) to load cells 8 above. The load cell(s) convert the hydrostatic pressure(s) at the lower end(s) of the pipe(s) into electrical signal(s), and a further signal representing atmospheric pressure is obtained from load cell 7 above the liquids. The signals are fed to a control unit 6 to control the feed of mixed liquids to the tank and the discharge of heavy liquid(s) from the tank. <IMAGE>