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Patent GB-2226205-A (GB)
Title: FMCW radar
Inventor: KING NIGEL JONATHAN RICHARD
IPC: G01S13/34
Filed: 1988-12-15
Abstract: An HF radar receiver for FMCW radar comprising a first bandlimiting filter BFI to which received signals are applied, a mixer M to which the output of the first filter is applied, a source LO of local oscillator signals which are applied to the mixer, a second bandlimiting filter BF2 to which the mixer output is applied and a digital signal processor PRO to which the output of the second filter is applied, characterised in that the local oscillator source LO produces a fixed frequency signal and the digital signal processor PRO is arranged to perform deramping of the filtered mixer output signals and spectral resolution of the deramped signals. The second filter BF2 is a digital filter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216703-A (GB)
Title: Receiver display
Inventor: MINAMI YOICHIRO
IPC: H04W84/02
Filed: 1989-03-21
Abstract: In a receiver, e.g. a pager, having a display 11, easy viewing by a user wearing the receiver is facilitated by a control arrangement selectively inverting the display which is then viewable in normal form after reflection at element 12. A mirror 12 is securable at either of its folded or unfolded positions and a switch 14 becoming actuated upon unfolding of the mirror controls the pager CPU to invert the display of a decoded message at the liquid crystal panel 11 provided at the front of a housing 10. 
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Patent GB-2229761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to handle assemblies for doors, windows
Inventor: LUCKETT NICHOLAS GEORGE
IPC: E05B13/10
Filed: 1989-03-28
Abstract: The handle assembly is provided with a keyoperated locking arrangement for securing a pivotally mounted handle 1 relative to a base plate 2 wherein the locking arrangement comprises a barrel 12 mounted in the handle 1 for rotation about an axis B transverse to the pivot axis and a catch 13 pivotally mounted in the handle 1 for engagement with a recess 22 in the base plate 2 on rotation of the barrel 12 by a key, the barrel 12 having a cam groove 19 engaged by a follower 18 integral with the catch 13. The cam groove 19 provides a cam face 20 which may be smooth or of stepped profile - various forms are described. A spring loaded detent mounted in the barrel or handle may be released on insertion of the key to allow barrel rotation. The handle may be of cockspur type or may be connected to a spindle for actuating on espagnolette bolt as well as tilt/turn gear. Various other modifications are disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2231199-A (GB)
Title: Forming semiconductor body structures with electrical connection on substrates
Inventor: JENNER MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: H01L21/58
Filed: 1989-04-12
Abstract: In the manufacture of infrared-sensing arrays of cadmium mercury telluride a semiconductor body structure (12) is formed on a substrate (20) by bonding a body (10) to the substrate (20) via an adhesive layer (4) and removing at least one portion (11) of the body throughout its thickness. The electrode leads (13) and active regions (14) of the device are formed at the first body surface (1) which is subsequently bonded to the substrate (20), after which parts of the leads (13) are exposed by the removal of the body portion (11), for contacting with a subsequently deposited conductor pattern which may form substrate conductors or interconnecting links to substrate conductors (23). The regions (14) at the first surface (1) are protected against material degradation which can occur at the opposite surface (2) during prolonged or high temperature heat treatments and since the leads (13) are always supported on either the body (10) or the substrate (20) the semiconductor material at the active device surface (1) is not strained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220541-A (GB)
Title: A circuit for generating a center point of a viewfinder
Inventor: RYU SEONG-BAE
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 1989-06-09
Abstract: This invention provides a circuit for generating a center point, in particular a cross marker, for a viewfinder comprising; a horizontal display signal generator 10 for generating a delayed horizontal display signal of a predetermined duration from a horizontal drive pulse input signal, a vertical display signal generator 20 for generating a vertical display signal of a predetermined duration from a vertical drive pulse input signal and comprising counter means IC5 in which the horizontal drive pulse is applied as a clock and the vertical drive pulse is applied as a reset signal, a center point display signal generator 30 for generating a center point display signal by combining the output of the horizontal and vertical display signal generators 10 and 20, and a video signal processing unit 40 for combining the output of the center point display signal generator 30 with an input video signal so as to produce a viewfinder signal which includes the said center point. The size of the marker is set by controls VR1 ....VR4 and the video signal normally occupying the position taken up by the marker may be blanked. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236248-A (GB)
Title: Hair dryer cabinet
Inventor: BENEYTO VANO JOSE
IPC: A45D20/00
Filed: 1989-12-15
Abstract: A cabinet (1) for a hair dryer comprises a casing, in the interior of which a conventional hair dryer is able to be accommodated. The casing has a frontal door (2) for access to the interior of the casing, and electric power supply means (17) for the dryer. Wall hanging elements (3) on the rear of the casing are associated with separators (4) between the wall hanging elements and the rear wall of the casing, which also has an air entry grating (6). The lower part of the casing has a base (7) provided with a frusto-conical opening (9) for receiving a body portion of a hair dryer, and a recess means (10) provided adjacent said opening for receiving a handle of the dryer. Besides being a hair-dryer it can also be used as a hand-dryer, clothes dryer or air-freshener. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2240299-A (GB)
Title: A workpiece grip
Inventor: GRIFFITHS PHILIP MORGAN
IPC: B25H1/10
Filed: 1990-01-25
Abstract: A workpiece grip comprises a workpiece support 7, an elongated frame 3 extending from the workpiece support 7, a stirrup 14 slidably mounted on the frame 3 remote from the workpiece support 7 and an elongated flexible member 12 having one end secured to an anchor 11 at the workpiece support end of the grip and its other end secured to the stirrup 14. in use, upon application of force to the stirrup 14 to move it away from the support 7, the flexible member 12 is constrained by a guide 13 to clamp a workpiece W to the workpiece support 7, the workpiece (W) then being gripped between the support 7 and the flexible member 12. The gripping action is initiated and can be maintained simply by foot pressure applied by an operator, no adjustment of complicated operating mechanism is required, and the operator has both hands free both for positioning the workpiece and for working upon it. A resilient spring 15 carried by the stirrup may be provided for latching engagement with a frame neck 18 (Fig 4) to retain the stirrup in the strap-tightened condition. The frame length may be telescopically adjustable. In a modification (Fig 5), the grip has a foldable trestle-like form. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247177-A (GB)
Title: Golf ball
Inventor: DALE NOEL ROGER
IPC: A63B43/00
Filed: 1990-08-21
Abstract: A golf ball receptive to a simple hand-held metal detector has located within the outer surlyn casing, a spherical shaped metal component, that is receptive to simple hand held metal detectors. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248810-A (GB)
Title: King-pin disabling device
Inventor: MULLINEUX ANTON STANLEY
IPC: B62D53/08
Filed: 1990-09-01
Abstract: A disabling device for a king-pin of a semi-trailer comprises two halves 11, 12, which are internally, hingedly 25 connected and which, when closed, define a cavity closely complementary to the shape of the king-pin and present a substantially uniform external surface 13, 14, 14', and an internal lock 28 for locking the device in its closed position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235693-A (GB)
Title: Solid golf balls
Inventor: EGASHIRA YOSHINORI
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1990-09-07
Abstract: One-piece and multi-layered golf balls are improved in flight performance by forming the one-piece ball entirely or multi-layered golf ball core from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a co-crosslinking agent in the form of a premix of an unsaturated fatty acid metal salt and a liquid polymer such as liquid polybutadiene.
Patent GB-2254440-A (GB)
Title: Detecting microwave radiation
Inventor: WATERMAN STANLEY WILLIAM
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 1991-01-31
Abstract: A device for detecting microwave radiation comprises an antenna (2) on a printed circuit board (1), a rectifying diode (3) bridging the terminals of the antenna (2), and an LED indicator (4) connected across the terminals. The LED may be arranged in series with a resistor (5 Fig 2 not shown) and in parallel with two further LEDs (6, 7). A plurality of detectors may form an array (Figs 3, 4 not shown) e.g. in a mesh, sheet or printed structure which prevents radiation from escaping. The antenna may be a folded dipole, a loop or spiral device (Figs 5a, 5b, 5c not shown), and reflectors may be used (Figs 6a, 6b, 6c, not shown). An output from the rectifying diode (2) may be amplified (15, Fig 7 not shown) before application to the LED (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253463-A (GB)
Title: Valve cartridge
Inventor: SHERRATT BARRY RAYMOND
IPC: F16K21/04
Filed: 1991-03-05
Abstract: A valve cartridge (1) comprises a generally cylindrical body (3) which is adapted to be screwed into a conventional tap (9). A bore (5) extends through the body (3) with a valve closure member (21) being spring biassed against a valve seat (23), provided towards one end of said bore (5). An elongate actuator rod (43) extends through a reduced diameter section (29) of said bore (5) and is engageable at one end with the valve closure member (21) and at the other end with an actuator member (35) which projects out of the other end of said bore (5). The actuator rod (43) extends sealingly through an annular seal (31) located at the end of the reduced diameter section (29) of the bore (5) nearest to the valve closure member (21) and a lateral passage (27) extends through the body (3) from the region of the bore (5) between the annular seal (31) and the valve closure member (21). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244148-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation system
Inventor: SHIBATA MASATO
IPC: F24F11/00
Filed: 1991-03-22
Abstract: A ventilation system includes a ventilator (1) communicated to one or more rooms (A-D) for ventilation thereof and a control device (30) responsive to signals indicative of operating conditions of a plurality of equipments (11-16) used in the one or more rooms (A.D) for controlling operation of the ventilator (1) in accordance with the operating conditions of the equipments (11-16). The signals indicative of the operating conditions of the equipments (11-16) may include on-off switching signals or on-off switching signals and operation mode switching signals of the respective equipments. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244930-A (GB)
Title: Ornamental game with underwater moving mechanism
Inventor: KASHIMOTO KIYOSHI
IPC: A63F9/00
Filed: 1991-04-05
Abstract: An ornamental game includes a transparent tank (4) preferably having three sides. A fluid (2) contained in and substantially filling the transparent tank (4) is circulated in a direction rearward to forward by means of a rising fluid path (8). A plurality of movable members (3), each having a specific gravity slightly greater than that of the fluid (2) are propelled upwardly in the rising fluid path (8) by the rising current of fluid (2) and are discharged from the open top (8a) of a partition plate (7), and a target (17) mounted on an ornamental body (14) disposed in front of the partition plate (7) below the top thereof in the circulatory flow path of fluid catches the movable members (3) on the target (17). A weir (16) can be placed in the fluid path thus causing the target to be moved by the action of the fluid. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2254782-A (GB)
Title: Towel for bowls
Inventor: PUGH ANTHONY
IPC: A63D5/00
Filed: 1991-04-20
Abstract: A towel 1 as shown in figure 1 with one end reinforced to form a cupped end 2. The towel can be used in a game of bowls in a similar fashion as is already used, i.e. to wipe perspiration from the bowls player hands or for cleaning the bowls. The towel allows the bowls player to pick up his bowl without bending down by simply dropping the cupped end 2 to the ground and pushing the bowl in the cupped end with the foot and pulling the towel up. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255265-A (GB)
Title: Vegetation cutting apparatus
Inventor: WEBSTER CRAIG DUNCAN
IPC: A01D75/20
Filed: 1991-04-30
Abstract: A vegetation cutting apparatus comprises a support frame 3, a rotary body 11 mounted on the support frame for rotation about a principal axis, means 9 for driving the rotary body into rotation, one or more elongate, substantially rigid, plastics cutting blades 12 adapted for pivotal connection to the rotary body for cutting vegetation in a cutting plane GP normal to the principal axis, and a swathe-defining blade guard 4 connected to the support frame, the periphery of the guard extending below the cutting plane wholly within the annular swathe traversed in use by the or each cutting blade from the or each anchoring formation to the blade tip. The guard 4 minimises the chances of impact of the blades 12 with anything over its inner region and thereby minimises power consumption and wear on the blades. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244197-A (GB)
Title: Cast alloy rake head
Inventor: WHITEHEAD DEREK JAMES
IPC: A01D7/06
Filed: 1991-05-24
Abstract: The invention provides a cast alloy rake head which is especially adapted for construction using a light alloy consisting principally of aluminium or magnesium. A rake head 10 has a socket 12 including an upwardly projecting tube 14 to provide support for a cylindrical or tubular handle 16. The handle 16 is additionally supported by two stabiliser struts 20, 22 and an associated clip 18 so as to reduce the tendency of the head 10 to bend or warp. The rake head 10 is formed of a first portion 24 which carries the socket 12 and a plurality of oval tines 28 extending laterally from a transverse edge 30. Each tine 28 is provided with supporting webs 32, 34 of generally triangular shape and extending along each side of a respective tine 28. The tines 28 are thus strengthened against breakage by forces acting in the direction of the transverse edge during use. A second portion 26 of the rake head is angled with respect to the first portion 24 so as to provide a scraper, by reversal of the head 10, and also reduce the flexibility of the rake head during usage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256795-A (GB)
Title: A filled product such as a pillow,cushion or duvet
Inventor: STARKEY ANDREW HERIOT
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 1991-06-22
Abstract: A pillow, cushion or duvet comprising an outer envelope (10) defining an interior divided into at least two compartments by a dividing sheet (11) each compartment containing a different filler. In an example one compartment is filled with a man-made material (13) such as polyester to provide support whilst the other compartment, intended to be positioned uppermost in use, is filled with natural feather (14) for maximum comfort. Thus, the product combines comfort and support. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2249832-A (GB)
Title: Stand-shaped material winding system using reflected light to monitor the ceiling process
Inventor: PETERS JORG
IPC: B65H55/04
Filed: 1991-10-18
Abstract: In order to effect monitoring and control of orthocyclically wound coils the surface of the coil (11) is illuminated with light (18), at least in the zones in which the layers of the winding bend to one side. The reflected light (19) is detected and the reflection bands which the reflection creates from the said zones are checked to ascertain whether they are parallel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252413-A (GB)
Title: Electrode for electromagnetic flowmeter
Inventor: LEMMERER JOHANN
IPC: G01F1/58
Filed: 1992-01-17
Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter 30 has electrodes 10 which include a body 12 which is of a non-metallic, flexible, electrically conductive material. The material is preferably an elastomer, and particularly natural rubber, incorporating carbon black, and has a Shore Hardness of 100 or less. Preferably a pair of electrodes are mounted on opposed sides of the flow tube 32 of the flowmeter. The flow tube may be lined with an elastomer 34, particularly a rubber material, with the electrode projecting through a hole 40 in the lining and terminating flush with the lining where they are retained by an adhesive material. The other end of the electrode may be retained in a housing 36 by epoxy resin bonding compound 42. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257071-A (GB)
Title: Method for pretreating wires to be drawn
Inventor: ILLIG DIETMAR
IPC: B21C9/00
Filed: 1992-04-07
Abstract: A method for preheating wires to be drawn at high speed, wherein a lubricating fluid is applied to a wire 1 by means of a liquid jet, in the shape of a curtain which is arranged to cross the axis of the wire, and where higher drawing speeds may be achieved by preheating the wire before the lubricant is applied. The wire passing through hole 13 in angled plate 9 carrying fluid curtain 16. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267940-A (GB)
Title: Gear engagement assembly
Inventor: HIRONS DAVID BENJAMIN
IPC: F16H63/30
Filed: 1992-06-20
Abstract: A gear engagement assembly comprises a selector hub, Fig 4, a driving gear, Fig 2, first and second primary gear engagement means (4) and (13) respectively, and secondary gear engagement means (5). In operation, the selector hub and the driving gear are engaged with each other by moving the selector hub and the driving gear towards each other so that in a first gear engagement stage the first and second primary gear engagement means (4, 13) engage with each other and so that on further movement of the members towards each other in a second gear engagement stage the primary gear engagement means of one of the selector hub and the driving gear engages between the primary gear engagement means and the secondary gear engagement means of the other of the selector hub and the driving gear. The selector hub may include short dogs 14 forming secondary gear engagement means. In a modification, (Figures 58) lands between recesses comprise first primary engagement means and the bottoms of arcuate grooves comprise secondary gear engagement means. Dogs (29) on the selector hub comprise second primary gear engagement means. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257275-A (GB)
Title: Asynchronous modular bus architecture with cache consistency.
Inventor: PAWLOWSKI STEPHEN SCOTT
IPC: G06F12/0831
Filed: 1992-06-29
Abstract: An asynchronous computer bus and method of maintaining consistency of data contained in a cache and memory which are each coupled to the bus. The bus comprises a cache hit indication means, a write access indication means, and a modified data indication means. A means is provided for invalidating a first portion of the cache, the invalidation means being operative upon activation of the cache hit indication means. A write-back means is provided for writing back the first portion of the cache data to the memory when the first portion of the cache is invalidated by the invalidation means. Lastly, the bus comprises a shared data indication means which is operative on the cache hit indication means and upon failure of activation of the write access indication means. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269705-A (GB)
Title: Electrical filter
Inventor: NISBET WILLIAM TERENCE
IPC: H01P1/205
Filed: 1992-08-15
Abstract: A bandstop filter comprises resonators (5, 6, 7) capacitively coupled to a through transmission line and separated therealong by impedance inverters in the form of quarter-wavelength long sections (26, 28) of transmission lines. One plate (12A, 14A, 16A) of each capacitive connection is mounted on the same face of a dielectric substrate (24) as the quarter-wavelength sections (26, 28). The other plates (12B, 14B, 16B) of each capacitive connection are mounted on the opposite face of the substrate (24) which also carries the resonators (5, 6, 8). In this way, greater space is provided for the quarter-wavelength sections (26, 28) which is advantageous at low frequencies when these lines become physically long. Each resonator may be made from a hollow ceramic cylinder with its inner and outer cylindrical walls metallised and with one end face, but not the other, short-circuited with further metallisation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270610-A (GB)
Title: Automatic strike device.
Inventor: NEEDLE COLIN DAVID
IPC: A01K91/10
Filed: 1992-09-04
Abstract: An automatic strike device comprises inner and outer sleeves which in their extended position act as a spacer between two bungs which are initially pulled apart against the tome of a hollow elastic tube connecting the two bungs. The stored energy of the elastic tube is released by a trigger mechanism to allow the inner and outer sleeves to move to a retracted position to cause a strike. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260222-A (GB)
Title: Flat coils
Inventor: IWATANI HIDETOSHI
IPC: H01F41/04
Filed: 1992-09-24
Abstract: The coil comprises a plurality of coil conductors 3, 7, 11, 15 which are connected to each other using no through holes. The coil conductor's are formed on surfaces of insulating sheets 1, 5, 9. 13 so that terminal portions 3a, 3b, 7a, 7b, 11a, 11 b, 15a, 1 5b thereof project from edges of the insulating sheets. The insulating sheets are stacked so that the aligned terminal portions are connected by spot welding or the like. The coil comprises a primary winding 8 and a secondary winding 16 mounted between ferrite cores 17, 19. In a modification, the windings have an air core and are mounted in a resin frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262193-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for stripping optical cables
Inventor: STEPAN JIRI
IPC: G02B6/245
Filed: 1992-11-10
Abstract: An optical cable stripper has at least one knife 1033b (Figures 3 and 4) which is radially adjustable and rotatable, and non-rotatable centring jaws 1040b. In an embodiment (Figure 1) a manipulator arm (35) offers up an optical cable (31) laterally and successively to three stripping stations (1, 2, 3) which strip measured lengths of coatings from the cable (Figure 13), see Figures 5 to 6 for measuring device. The knives 1033b and 1040b are moved radially by cones 1058, 109b, and levers 1053, 105b, the knives being rotated by a motor 1055. The jaws 1040b prevent torque being applied to the cable as it is stripped thereby inhibiting twisting or breakage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276264-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for control of a fire alarm device
Inventor: BOXER TREVOR CHARLES
IPC: G08B25/01
Filed: 1993-03-16
Abstract: A method of activating an alarm (6) of a fire alarm system including the steps of:   (i) receiving a signal indicative of an alarm condition from a remote terminal (16) of a fire detection device (4), and (ii) activating a local fire alarm device (6) of the fire alarm system in response to said received signal.   In this way, zonal control of sounders or alarms can be achieved without the need for separate control circuitry in the central control panel and/or separate wiring connecting the zone alarms to the control panel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277246-A (GB)
Title: An article of footwear
Inventor: STAFFORD-DEITSCH NICHOLAS LIND
IPC: A43B3/02
Filed: 1993-04-19
Abstract: An article of footwear (10) for the purpose of enabling a wearer of the article to kneel without discomfort, the article having a calf portion (12) and a portion (15) adapted to extend above the knee of the wearer. The portion (15) is provided on the outer surface thereof with an envelope (17) having a resilient pad (18) contained therein and which locates adjacent the knee of the wearer. <IMAGE>