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Patent GB-2288990-A (GB)
Title: Catalyst for hydrogenation of oils
Inventor: JOWETT PETER
IPC: B01J37/02
Filed: 1994-05-04
Abstract: A method of preparing a metal catalyst composition, comprises the steps of: i) mixing a composition of finely divided particulate catalytic metal in an oleophilic medium with a solvent which dissolves the oleophilic medium, thereby producing a dispersion of metal in a solution of said medium and solvent; ii) mixing particulate carrier material into the dispersion so that the metal impregnates the carrier material; and iii) separating the metal impregnated carrier material from said solution, the separated material constituting the metal catalyst composition. The exemplified metal is nickel having a particle size of 10 microns or less, and the carrier kieselguhr. A process is described for the hydrogenation of soya-bean oil.
Patent GB-2277662-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in retail operations
Inventor: WALLIS JEFFREY
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1994-07-01
Abstract: A pictorial representation of an item of merchandise is generated by a laser scanner (50). The representation is stored on a template which further includes classification and identification information.   A template is displayed in response to selected information input by a customer and can be varied to allow the customer to "browse" through the templates. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291193-A (GB)
Title: Co-ordinate measuring machine
Inventor: HUDSON RAY
IPC: G01B5/008
Filed: 1994-07-07
Abstract: A co-ordinate measuring machine (10) comprises a support table (11) for articles (17) to be measured and a co-ordinate measuring system (13 to 15) with components movable in X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions to obtain co-ordinate measurements from an article profile. The table is provided in its centre with a bore (19) and with a separately constructed article support member (18) arranged to support articles in or over the opening, depending on the configuration of the member. The member can be a rotary turntable to enable rotation of an article in conjunction with axial travel of the components of the measuring system. The turntable may include on its underside equidistantly spaced air bearings. The support member may be a disc arranged in or above the bore (19). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282791-A (GB)
Title: Bag binding machine
Inventor: SUZUKI SEIICHI
IPC: B65B51/04
Filed: 1994-08-22
Abstract: A binding machine uses a belt which is a series of binding pieces 21 each of which is a flat plate of elastic material having a first opening 21a substantially at the centre into which a bag neck is inserted, a second opening 21c which is communicated with the first opening 21a and extended to the outer periphery of the flat plate, and a pair of locking wings 21d provided on both sides of the second opening 21c. The belt is fed along by an assembly comprising reciprocating sliders (28, 29, Figure 11) until the second opening 21c of the first binding piece 21 receives a crosswise rotary member 54. The piece 21 is applied to a bag neck and rotation of the member 54 in co-operation with stationary guide elements 58, 59 causes the wings 21d to overlap and interlock with one another. The fitted binding piece 21 is substantially conical, the convex side thereof facing the same direction as the opening of the bag. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283806-A (GB)
Title: Refractory for rotary cement kilns
Inventor: NIEVOLL JOSEF
IPC: F27B7/20
Filed: 1994-09-05
Abstract: The present invention pertains to the use of a refractory ceramic brick based on MgO containing 3 to 23% of a pre-synthesized MgO x Al2O3 (MA spinel) with an Al2O3 content of 75 to 95 wt.% for lining cement rotary kilns.
Patent GB-2282109-A (GB)
Title: Splitting ink jet droplets
Inventor: BUSCHULTE RAINER
IPC: B41J2/18
Filed: 1994-09-20
Abstract: A droplet 7 impacting on a deflection surface 16 rebounds, continuing its flight, with it being possible, as a function of selectable parameters, for the droplet to be split into at least two secondary droplets 17, 18 to produce an image on a recording medium 21. The surface 16 may be heated, oscillated or silcone or p.t.f.e. coated, the ink may be heated in the droplet producing device 2 or in flight by laser beam and the droplets may be electrically charged and deflected by electrodes 23, 24 in their path to or from the surface 16. The droplets 7 may impact on a plurality of surfaces 16 in their path to the medium 21 (Fig. 5) and the droplets 7 from a plurality of devices 2 may be combined (Fig. 6). The surface 12 may be textured and the velocity of the droplets may be adjusted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294240-A (GB)
Title: Decoration which generates audio and visual effects
Inventor: LIN WEN-PIN
IPC: G09F19/02
Filed: 1994-10-19
Abstract: A decoration includes a base assembly (10), a light generating unit, a sound generating unit, a motor, a mounting ring (30) fixed to the base assembly (10) and several rotary rings (21, 22, 23, 40). A bearing mechanism is provided between each adjacent pair of the base assembly (10) and the rings (21, 22, 23, 30, 40) and includes several circumferentially spaced-apart ball positioning units (140), and several balls (15) respectively positioned within the ball positioning units (140). The balls (15) are confined in the ball positioning units (140) so as to facilitate relative rotation between any adjacent two of the base assembly (10) and the rings (21, 22, 23, 30, 40). The rotary rings are driven by the motor via gearing (80). Decorating articles of various designs can be hung selectively on the rotary rings (Fig. 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294511-A (GB)
Title: Tilting pad journal bearing
Inventor: GOZDAWA RICHARD
IPC: F16C33/04
Filed: 1994-10-26
Abstract: A bearing for supporting a rotatable shaft 2 comprises movable bearing members 6 arranged in an annular housing 7, each bearing member making bearing contact with the shaft or a sleeve 3 attached thereto. Circumferential movement of the bearing members is prevented by location pins 9 mounted in the housing. Each bearing member is pivotable about a respective pivot member 8 having a concave surface contacting the bearing member. The pivot members may be of PEEK. The bearing members and sleeve may be of ceramic. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297992-A (GB)
Title: Frame assembly
Inventor: DU BOIS EDMUND ARTHUR
IPC: E06B1/52
Filed: 1995-02-15
Abstract: A frame assembly (10) comprises an outer frame (11) adapted to be received in an aperture, a dividing member (20) in the outer frame (11) which divides or sub-divides a frame opening (18) afforded by the outer frame (11), manually operable means (34) to move at least one end (32) of the dividing member (20) with respect to the outer frame (11) to a condition wherein the dividing member (20) is removable from the outer frame (11) so that the frame opening (18), is cleared for emergency egress.
Patent GB-2287629-A (GB)
Title: Talking video games
Inventor: BEST ROBERT MACANDREW
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 1993-05-26
Abstract: This invention consists of methods of simulating voice conversations with talking animated characters (17, 18) on a television or video screen (11). The animated characters (17, 18) talk to each other and to humans (10, 12). Each human holds a light-weight controller (47, 48) that has push buttons (14) next to a display of variable phrases or sentences (13) for each human's side of the dialog. This dialog includes alternative words (13, 26) for a human player to say to a character or for a character to say (15, 16, 20, 23, 27) or actions (Figs. 3, 7, 10) for a character to do. A human (10, 12) responds to what a character (17, 18) says or does by pressing a button (14) next to a selected phrase. An animated character then vocally responds (15 in Fig. 1) to the selected phrase as if it had been spoken by a human or as if it were the character's own words. Each scene (64) branches to subsequent scenes (65, 66, 67) and within each scene there are several branching dialog sequences (60, 61, 62, 69, 63, 68). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290875-A (GB)
Title: Digital NMR receiver with subsampling ADC
Inventor: MAJIDI-AHY REZA
IPC: G01R33/32
Filed: 1995-06-26
Abstract: An NMR receiver includes an ADC 52 for sampling an NMR probe output signal at a frequency much less than the probe signal centre frequency, but which is at least twice the signal bandwidth. Subsampling translates the NMR signal to a low frequency for digital demodulation by multipliers 56, 58 and decimating filters 62, 64 into I and Q channel signals. Alternatively, the subsampling may translate the NMR signal to baseband (figure 4), with I and Q channel signals being recovered by use of a Hilbert transformer. The digital multipliers 56, 58, may be eliminated by phased and interleaved sampling of the input signal (figure 7). A conventional down-converting stage (figure 6) may precede the ADC stage. Digital implementation of the NMR receiver improves both stability and matching between the I and Q channels. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295709-A (GB)
Title: Radio paging system
Inventor: KOJIMA TAKAFUMI
IPC: G01S5/14
Filed: 1995-11-24
Abstract: In radio paging all transmitters (2) are simply synchronized with each other with a satisfactory precision. A central exchange (1) and each transmitter (2) are each provided with a GPS clock for measuring time according to a current time transmitted from a GPS satellite. An encoder (12) of the central exchange (1) adds to a message received from a network (5) a real time, which is information to specify time to send the message from each transmitter, according to the current time measured by the GPS clock thereof and then distributes the message to the transmitters. A synchronizing section (21) of each transmitter sends from a transmitting unit (22) the message distributed from the central exchange to a receiver (4) at a time specified by the real time added to the message, according to the current time measured by the GPS clock thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2308867-A (GB)
Title: Automatic wind turbine control
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN ARTHUR
IPC: F03D7/02
Filed: 1995-12-05
Abstract: A wind turbine comprises a blade whose shape and/or relative angle to the wind is automatically controlled in response to the wind direction and speed. As shown, the blade has adjustable segments along its length and trim tabs, and is computer-controlled to maintain a constant rotational speed. Power is taken off by concentric shafts to generators at ground level. The turbine and tower turn into the wind using standard weather-cocking principles.
Patent GB-2296589-A (GB)
Title: Sensing circuit for a memory cell
Inventor: CHA BYOUNG KWON
IPC: G11C16/26
Filed: 1995-12-21
Abstract: In a sensing circuit for a memory cell 3 having a memory cell enable circuit 4 for supplying an operation voltage for the memory cell based on first and second enable signals A B, a detection circuit 5 detects a threshold voltage of the memory cell 3 during a normal read out operation, a first verification circuit 1 pulls up the output from the detection circuit 5 based on the threshold voltage of the memory cell 1 and a first control signal C and a second verification circuit 2 pulls down the output from the detection circuit 5 based on the threshold voltage of the memory cell 1 and a second control signal D. The memory cell can be used in flash EEPROM, EEPROM and EPROM. The circuit can verify the state of program and erasure of the memory cell when it performs a programming and erasure onto or out of the memory cell after a normal read out operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2309444-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic assisted turning and stopping system for vessels
Inventor: MCCARTHY DARREN LEE
IPC: B63H25/44
Filed: 1996-01-12
Abstract: In an hydraulic turning and stopping system comprising at least one blade 2 along each side of the hull of a vessel, each blade is mounted spaced from the hull by means of foreward and rear hydraulic piston 3, with the pistons advancing at different speeds creating a wedge shape between the vessel hull and blade. The system is designed so that as the front pistons extend, the increase in pressure in the hydraulic system caused by the increase in water pressure acting on the blade, will cause the rear pistons to extend at a greater rate to relieve the pressure and then return to reinstate either braking or turning facility.The number of blades on each side of the vessel should be equal and arranged symmetrically.
Patent GB-2309097-A (GB)
Title: Detecting the presence of fluid in multi-well plates
Inventor: LEES MARTYN
IPC: B01L99/00
Filed: 1996-01-13
Abstract: A device for detecting the presence or absence of a fluid in a multi-well plate has a transparent perspex slab 3 with a black background 2 with a grid of circles sandwiched at the optimal focal length 4. When a multi-well plate with a clear base is placed on the slab 3 and viewed from above the meniscus of any colourless fluid in any of the wells acts as a concave lens and makes the circle appear smaller, thus showing whether a fluid is present in any particular well. The background may be a colour other than black and geometrical designs other than circles may be used.
Patent GB-2310377-A (GB)
Title: Processing device for monitoring psychological condition
Inventor: STOVE ANDREW GERALD
IPC: A61B5/16
Filed: 1996-02-24
Abstract: The device 20 has a recognition system 21, particularly an image recognition system such as a video camera, for generating data 32 representing the psychological condition of the user, the data being used to adapt the interface between the user and the device so that an output is provided to the user which aims to improve this condition, namely the mood of the user. The user is monitored to determine whether such improvement has taken place and the adaptation to the interface may be reversed if the user's mood has not improved as desired. The image recognition system may identify visual features of the user and/or the positions of the hands or limbs, such features/positions being representative of the psychological state. Skin conductivity sensors may instead be employed as the recognition system.
Patent GB-2317533-A (GB)
Title: Communications network
Inventor: KIRKBY PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: H04L12/931
Filed: 1996-07-29
Abstract: A communications network in which switching nodes configure periodically, there being a plurality of shortest paths having equal propagation delays between two switching nodes between which there is at least one intermediate node.
Patent GB-965497-A (GB)
IPC: G04B19/00
Abstract: 965,497. Clocks. S.W. LOW. June 19,1963 [June 19, 1962], No. 23545/62. Heading G3T. A clock comprises a clock mechanism 11 mounted in a casing 10 and driving timing means which consist of an hour hand or disc 12 or this hand along with a minute hand or disc 13, mounted in a compartment of the casing, a cover 16 adapted to fit over the casing and conceal the said compartment and the timing means, the cover having a circular time scale T and carrying indicating means adapted to move round the scale, the indicating and the time means having co-operating magnetic elements 12m, 17 and 13m, 18, whereby as the timing means move, the indicating means move in correspondence round an identical angular path to provide a time indication with the scale. In the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2, the hands carry counterweights 12W, 13W balancing the magnets 12m, 13m. The magnetic means 17, 18 co-operating therewith slide in annular tracks 16, 15 and carry decorative animals' figures as shown. In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the indicating duck 17 floats in a liquid contained in the cover and is oriented by the magnet 17b so that the beak follows the scale T. In another embodiment, the indicating means comprises members floating weightless in a totally enclosed body of liquid and the dial is angled to a viewing position of 45 degrees and carries an adjustable hemisphere of the earth whereby the time in different time belts may be read. The scale is visible through small lenses in the cover. In another embodiment, the device is made in the form of a sundial.
Patent GB-2321148-A (GB)
Title: Mixer circuit with improved noise properties
Inventor: SOUETINOV VIATCHESLAV IGOR
IPC: H03D7/14
Filed: 1997-01-11
Abstract: Mixer circuit 500 comprises mixer core 491 and amplifier stage 590. Improved noise properties of amplifier stage 590 are a result of transistors 401 and 403 being connected in cascode and transistors 403 and 404 being base driven by a current source, formed by resistor 450 and a potential applied to terminal 440. Degeneration inductor 460 can be thought of as a noiseless component and thus gives mixer circuit 500 better noise properties than if a resistor had been used in its place. Transistors 403 and 404 act as a phase splitter, giving complementary current signals at their respective collector electrodes. Negative feedback is achieved at transistor 401 by the insertion of resistor 520 and capacitor 510. Mixer core 491 mixes the current signals from transistors 403, 404 with a local oscillator signal input at terminals 420, 421. Field effect transistors may be used instead of bipolar transistors.
Patent GB-2312710-A (GB)
Title: High viscosity fluid dispenser with replaceable fluid-containing bag and nozzle
Inventor: STAHLEY ROBERT E
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 1997-04-23
Abstract: A dispenser comprises an upper portion 12 having an annular member 16 and a bottom portion 14 having a base 48 and an upright post 52 connected to the base. It also includes a flexible bag 22 capable of containing fluid suspended from the upper portion and located inside the annular member. The flexible bag has a nozzle 26 connected to it such that the flexible bag is closed except at the nozzle. The nozzle has a discharge orifice 36 in fluid communication with the flexible bag. The upper portion telescopingly engages the bottom portion such that the upright post is located substantially aligned with the flexible bag. The upright post is sized to cause the flexible bag to invert when the upper portion and the bottom portion are pressed together Fig 4. An openable closure 38 closes the discharge orifice so that a fluid-containing flexible bag may be easily handled for replacement of the emptied flexible bag in the dispenser. A removable rigid cover 42 connected to the upper portion provides a surface against which a user may conveniently press the upper portion downward with a palm of the hand. The rigid cover is removable from the upper portion to enable the flexible bag and nozzle to be replaced. In an alternative embodiment, Fig 5, the nozzle is axially aligned with the telescopic portions and has a screw cap. The dispenser may have two bags and two posts with a single nozzle.
Patent GB-2314314-A (GB)
Title: Storage unit with lifting trolley
Inventor: PENTLAND IAN WILLIAM
IPC: A47B53/00
Filed: 1997-06-12
Abstract: A system for the transportation of articles 1, eg heavy articles like storage units, bookcases, cabinets and washing machines, comprises a trolley device 2 for transporting at least one article 1 having a base structure 4 wherein a lifting member of the trolley device 2 engages the base structure 4 to lift the article 1. The article 1 is lifted by the trolley device 2 without requiring access to the sides of the article 1 by use of a forwardly-facing opening 12 into which the trolley device 2 is inserted before lifting the article. The trolley device may comprise a bottom plate 17 and a raisable upper plate 18. Inwardly extending brackets 10 (see also fig 4) of the base structure 4 below the bottom plate 17 may clamp the article 1 to bottom plate 17 when the article is lifted by raising upper plate 17 and/or the upper plate 18 may also move towards the rear of the trolley device 2 as it is raised for extra stability of the raised article 1. The upper plate 17 may be raised by a worm drive drawing rollers up ramps (fig 2), a pneumatically inflatable bag (38 fig 9) or by hydraulic cylinders (50a, 50b fig 15). Safety latches (26 fig 5, 45 fig 10) may prevent lifting unless the trolley device is fimly in place under the article.
Patent GB-2315298-A (GB)
Title: Controlling i.c. engine spark ignition timing
Inventor: TAKEYAMA SATOSHI
IPC: F02P5/15
Filed: 1997-07-11
Abstract: A predetermined firing delay time B 1  is added to a value obtained by dividing a total gas weight Gcyl in a cylinder by an unburnt gas density basic value DENS and a laminar flow flame velocity basic value FLML . The value obtained by this calculation is unit converted and then set as a basic ignition timing for which a minimum ignition advance value or MBT is obtained. In this way, ignition timing control is optimized for various engine running conditions without preparing a plurality of maps.
Patent GB-2316913-A (GB)
Title: Device for the treatment of sheet-like printed materials
Inventor: HEROLD MANFRED
IPC: B41F23/06
Filed: 1997-09-10
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treatment of sheet-like printed materials (4), particularly for heat drying or powder application, in a printing press. Improved results are obtained by the use of rows of nozzles (11, 12, 13) of length adjustable to match the sheet format, which rows are rotated about an axis (16) so that they dip into spaces between successive gripper systems (2) to be closely adjacent the sheet-like material (4), at which position a suitable medium (hot air for drying, powder and air for powdering) is ejected from the outlet openings of the nozzles towards the sheets (4).
Patent GB-2320565-A (GB)
Title: Furnace pyrometers and methods of measuring furnace temperature
Inventor: HUSTON JOHN TIMOTHY
IPC: G01J5/00
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A pyrometer, for use in measuring temperatures in a furnace, has a lens-tube 14 for supporting an optical head 30 in a port of the furnace for viewing an interior of the furnace along a line of sight. The optical head 30 converts infrared radiation to electrical signals. A photometer circuit 12 processes the electrical signals and a scaling circuit 52 scales the electrical signals. An output circuit receives the scaled electrical signals and produces output signals for display or control of the furnace. A power supply 54 powers the photometer, scaling and output circuits 12,52. Calibration means in the scaling circuit 52 scales the electrical signals to be most sensitive to a wavelength of middle infrared radiation to which at least one gas component in the furnace is semi-transparent, for measuring the temperature of the gas component(s).
Patent GB-2320571-A (GB)
Title: A micro-mechanical oscillator
Inventor: KATO MANABU
IPC: G01C19/56
Filed: 1997-12-18
Abstract: The device consists of a planar oscillating structure (13) which is free to move relative to a supporting substrate (12) in response to angular velocity or an acceleration. A set of segmented interdigitated comb electrodes (161, 162) are applied to the oscillating element (13) separated from one another by insulating areas (160). These interlink with electrodes (171) mounted in fixed relation to the substrate (12). Also provided are a distance measuring electrode (18) and aspherical supporting members. The oscillating element may be formed from a single piece of semiconductor material, doped to create the conducting regions, that is etched out from the substrate. The advantage is that use of segmented oscillating elements prevents parasitic charge build-up upon data electrodes and therefore allows better signal to noise ratio (SNR) measurements coupled with an enhanced design freedom. Preferably the device is used in a gyroscopic instrument or as an angular velocity sensor.