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Patent GB-2275557-A (GB)
Title: Sales aid
Inventor: OLIVER KEITH ANTHONY
IPC: G11B23/40
Filed: 1993-01-09
Abstract: A sales aid comprises a first receptacle for a stock indication carrier, means to retain the stock indication carrier in the first receptacle, a second receptacle for an identification member and means to retain the identification member in the second receptacle. The sales aid may be associated with a CD box in which instance, the stack indication carrier may be a strip 24, adapted to be held e.g. adhesively, in a first receptacle 23, and the identification carrier C may be held in a second receptacle 26 in the base of the CD box. Barrier C may be wedged into position in receptacle 26. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266825-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for microwave heating a non-metallic material or a discrete layer thereof
Inventor: VARADAN VIJAY K
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 1993-05-04
Abstract: Microwave energy is introduced into an enclosure (58) defining a first cavity, a semiconductive sheet (66) being positioned at the bottom of the first cavity and thermal insulation (72) overlying the semiconductive sheet. A second cavity (80) is defined by the undersurface of the semiconductive sheet (66) and flexible microwave shielding in the form of a skirt (78) which is attached to, and depends from, the enclosure, The semiconductive sheet converts some of the microwave energy into thermal energy and transmits the thermal energy into the second cavity (80) while transmitting (or focusing) the remainder of the microwave energy directly to the required discrete layer 48-54 of the non-metallic material (46). The system includes a carriage whose handle adjusts the height of the semiconductive sheet above the surface of the non- metallic material. Various forms of semi-conductor sheet are disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282999-A (GB)
Title: An umbrella holder for automobiles
Inventor: LO WU-LUNG
IPC: B60R7/12
Filed: 1993-10-19
Abstract: An umbrella holder for automobiles comprises a casing, a hanging hook 2 and a tubing 4 wherein the hanging hook is provided on one side of the top portion of the casing, the height of said hanging hook can be adjusted freely. The bottom of the casing has a slanted surface 12 which forms a cone-shaped space. A window opening 14 is provided in a selected side on the bottom of the casing, said window opening is used to house a water container 3, a blocking plate 15 is provided to prevent the water container from disengaging from the window opening. Moreover, the bottom of the cone-shaped space of said casing is provided with a hole 13, from which a tubing 4 is extended to the outside of the car, this configuration eliminates the water container and the water is drained from the tubing to the outside of the car directly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290003-A (GB)
Title: Telephone system
Inventor: LEVENE MICHAEL
IPC: H04M7/00
Filed: 1994-05-26
Abstract: A telephone system for advertising purposes whereby a businessman can advertise a product or service with an ordinary subscriber telephone number to call. A call placed on that telephone number 1 will be routed to any one of a number of domestic private telephones 4A - D in a network where a trained operator will be available on an infrequent basis to receive the call and take orders. If the call is not answered after a limited time it will be routed to the next available telephone in the network. The system will keep overhead costs to a minimum. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292813-A (GB)
Title: Photographic developer
Inventor: PARKER MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G03C5/305
Filed: 1994-08-27
Abstract: A photographic silver halide developing solution comprises 1 an ascorbic acid developing agent or a salt thereof, at a working strength concentration of 0.01 molar to 0.2 molar, 2 as a colour stabiliser boric acid, a boronic acid or a salt thereof at a concentration of 0.01 to 0.4 molar, 3 a sulphite salt, at a working strength concentration of 0.01 to 0.4 molar, at least 4 one basic buffer selected from a carbonate, an organic alkanolamine, a phosphate, a phenoxide, or a hydroxide, the buffer being present in sufficient amount to keep the solution at required pH of 8.5 or above. The developer may also contain 5 a second developer such as an aminophenol or a hydrazolidone and 6 a metal complexing agent. The developer may be in the form of a concentrate.
Patent GB-2282238-A (GB)
Title: Zone controlled vacuum system
Inventor: POMERLEAU ROBERT J
IPC: B26D7/02
Filed: 1994-09-15
Abstract: In a system to control the application of a workpiece holding vacuum in a sheet cutting system, the workpiece support is divided into zones Z1 - Z5 and the application of the vacuum to each zone is controlled by an associated valve. The actuation of the valves is controlled in association with the movement of the cutter head so that the vacuum is applied both to the zone where the cutter is presently located and to the zone into which the cutter will next move. Settling of the workpiece prior to the arrival of the cutter is thus achieved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283359-A (GB)
Title: Extracting time data from a mini-disc
Inventor: LEE DONG-JIN
IPC: G11B27/34
Filed: 1994-10-21
Abstract: A method of obtaining time data from the cluster and sector addresses in a mini-disc system wherein the cluster address is split into upper and lower bytes and the time data is obtained from a series of associated look-up tables. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285060-A (GB)
Title: Copper-head alloy bearing
Inventor: TANAKA TADASHI
IPC: C22C9/06
Filed: 1994-12-14
Abstract: A copper-lead alloy bearing having a high corrosion resistance, especially a high corrosion resistance to sulfur, comprising a back metal and a copper-lead-based bearing alloy bonded thereto. The copper-lead-based bearing alloy consists of more than 10 but not more than 20% Ni, 0.5 to 8% Sn, 8 to 30% Pb, not less than 0.005 but not more than 0.2% P, and the balance of Cu and incidental impurities. An optional overlayer may be made of Cu no more than 5%, Sn 3 - 18% In no more than 15% with the balance being Pb and incidental impurities.
Patent GB-2296280-A (GB)
Title: Multiple glazing unit with peripheral support member
Inventor: CHINZI CALOGERO
IPC: E06B3/663
Filed: 1994-12-22
Abstract: A multiple glazing unit comprises two vitreous material panels 1, 2 positioned in face-to-face spaced apart relationship. A gas space 3 therebetween is delimited by a peripherally extending spacer 4. A cordon of resin 9 secures the panels together. At least one portion 1a of the first vitreous panel 1 overlaps an edge 2a of the second vitreous panel 2. At least one support member 7, extending along at least the major part of one margin of the glazing unit, is secured to the vitreous panels by the resin 9 to constitute means for fixing the glazing unit to a support structure. The resistance of the unit to forces which may arise during transport and installation of the unit is substantially improved. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287587-A (GB)
Title: A clamp for a vehicle battery
Inventor: HABERSTROH RUDOLF
IPC: H01R11/28
Filed: 1995-03-06
Abstract: A car battery terminal clamp has two clamping jaws 2, 3 which are fixed at one end 4 and can be squeezed together at opposite free ends 7, 8 to provide the clamping effect. The clamping movement is enforced by a tensioning device 9, e.g. comprising screw 16 and nut 17, which produces a tensioning force acting perpendicular to the plane of the clamping movement. The tensioning force is converted to a force to close the gap between the jaws 2, 3 by obliquely sloping surfaces 19, 20 and counter-surfaces 23, 24, e.g. on a U-shaped clamping piece 19 and on the jaws respectively, which interact in a sliding manner. At least one sloping surface 20 is designed as a non-flat surface in such a way that its slope angle is smaller in a region 22 remote from the fixed ends 4 of the clamping jaws than in a region 21 which is nearer thereto. The regions 21 and 22 may each be flat, as shown, or be parts of a continuous twisted surface. At least a two-point contact of the sloping surfaces 20 and counter-surfaces 24 thus remains intact throughout the clamping movement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286169-A (GB)
Title: An off-shore mooring and method of installing same
Inventor: CAP STEFAN
IPC: B63B21/26
Filed: 1993-10-01
Abstract: An off-shore mooring (2) for a vessel comprising an elongate pipe (4) located in a hole (6) formed in a sea bed (8). Cement or grout (10) surrounds the pipe (4) when located in the hole (6). One end of a chain (12) is connected to an end of the pipe (4) by a U-shaped coupling member (14). At an opposite end of the chain (12) is connected a first float (16) which floats at the surface (18) of the body of water (20) overlying the sea bed (8). A second float (22) is connected to the chain (12) at a point (24) intermediate the pipe (4) and the first float (16). The length of the chain (12) and the location of the intermediate point (24) are arranged so that in use the chain (12) remains substantially elevated from the sea bed (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288904-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle locator
Inventor: BELK MAURICE
IPC: B60R13/00
Filed: 1995-04-25
Abstract: The invention provides that a removable flag display device is mounted on a vehicle to enable the owner to see his vehicle or at least its location in an area holding a large number of cars. The device preferably has a bracket (14, Fig. 3) which fits on the top of the door window and by winding the window up, the bracket is trapped against the door frame preventing unauthorised removal. Alternatively, the device is attachable by means of an adhesive pad, to the vehicle body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2302874-A (GB)
Title: Human glandular kallikrein-1 proteases
Inventor: VIHKO PIRKKO
IPC: C12N5/10
Filed: 1995-06-29
Abstract: A new form of human glandular kallikrein-1 (hK2) has been found by cloning a prepro-hK2 cDNA from a human prostate cancer tissue cDNA library. This form of hK2 differs in sequence from the previously deduced sequence for hK2 in that Arg 226 is substituted by Trp. Use of a baculovirus expression vector is described for obtaining hK2 proteins, including Arg 226 -hK2 as an active mature protein directly from a culture medium.
Patent GB-2289821-A (GB)
Title: Image data decoder
Inventor: ROSEN TIMOTHY NEIL DAVID
IPC: H04N5/926
Filed: 1995-07-27
Abstract: A video disc 20 has recorded on it video data, computer operating instructions and a software decoding routine for decoding the video data. In operation, when the disc 20 is loaded into a computer 2, the operating instructions on the disc cause the computer to perform a check to determine whether a hardware video decoder is present within the computer system. If such a hardware decoder is present, it is used to decode the video data from the disc 20. In the absence of a hardware video decoder, the computer 2 uses the software decoding routine provided on the disc 20 to decode the video data from the disc. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294731-A (GB)
Title: Lubricant injection device for locks
Inventor: CLUBB DAVID COLIN
IPC: F16N3/04
Filed: 1995-11-01
Abstract: A lubricator for locks, which consists of a cylinder (1) containing a lubricant such as a grease and a piston (2), which slides in the cylinder to force the lubricant out through an outlet (3) over which fits a detachable nozzle (4), which is shaped to fit into a lock. There is a scale (6) on the cylinder which indicates how far the piston moves and so can show how much lubricant is ejected. A locking device is provided for preventing the piston being depressed when not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2308531-A (GB)
Title: Sleep mode in radio telephone controlled by incoming coded signal
Inventor: CARDIFF BARRY GEORGE
IPC: H04M1/733
Filed: 1995-12-22
Abstract: A receiver for a radio telephone is disclosed comprising receiving means for receiving a signal comprising multi-stage encoded information. The receiver further comprises means for recognising information from the multi-stage encoded information or first stage decoded information, and control means for enabling a quiescent mode for the receiver in accordance with a recognition result. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2312566-A (GB)
Title: An adapter
Inventor: NEWMAN YONA
IPC: H01R24/84
Filed: 1996-04-25
Abstract: An adapter (10) for interfacing a first data link (14) to a second data link (16). The adapter (10) includes a set of modules (11) having at least one combination having the ability to interface with the first data link (14) and the second data link (16). The adapter modules may include a translation module for translating the signal from the first data link to the second, a power module for powering the translation module and a noise filter module. The modules may have hermaphroditic connectors with hermaphroditic latch mechanisms.
Patent GB-2304176-A (GB)
Title: Uni-directional fluid valve
Inventor: BOWERS JOHN LAWRENCE
IPC: A62B18/10
Filed: 1996-07-15
Abstract: A uni-directional fluid valve particularly for use as an exhalation valve for a filter mask comprises a flexible flap 7 attached at one end to a concave portion 9A of a seat. The mounting of the flap imparts to it a transverse curvature, stiffening the flap sufficiently for it to remain seated in the absence of a pressure differential across it even when orientated with the seat above the flap.
Patent GB-2317522-A (GB)
Title: Low noise operation of an image sensor
Inventor: DENYER PETER BRIAN
IPC: H04N5/374
Filed: 1996-09-12
Abstract: The sensing apparatus includes an optical shutter in front of an array of sensing pixels. With the shutter closed the pixels are reset and their output is read as IMAGE 1 the shutter is then opened to allow light to be incident of the array for a specific length of time and then closed again. With the shutter closed the output from the pixel array is read out as IMAGE 2 and the IMAGE 1 signal is subtracted from IMAGE 2 to produce a difference signal substantially free of reset and fixed offset noise components. The method may also include additional steps for estimating dark current fixed pattern noise. A camera implementing the method is also disclosed wherein an arithmetic unit implements the subtraction.
Patent GB-2318051-A (GB)
Title: Duvet cover
Inventor: MORGAN CLIVE
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 1997-01-18
Abstract: A duvet cover (3) comprises a base sheet portion (5) intending to lie under the duvet, and a top portion (7) intended to lie over the top of a duvet and attached to or made integrally with the base portion (5) so as to be joined thereto along one edge (9). Attachment means (11, 13) are provided for attaching the remaining sides of the base and top portions (5, 7) together along the other three sides.
Patent GB-2305234-A (GB)
Title: Furnace
Inventor: PARKE KENNETH
IPC: F23G1/00
Filed: 1995-08-09
Abstract: A furnace for use as a cremator of human remains comprises a first chamber (5) in which a body may be burnt and a second chamber (3A, 10A) in which waste gases from the burning of the body are mixed with the air and destroyed by burning, leaving relatively clean air to be discharged from the second chamber via a flue (7). The first and second chambers are provided with heaters (2), preferably electric heating elements. A fan (7A) is preferably provided in the flue which forces gas out of the flue and also creates a pressure differential through the furnace. The injection of the air into the first chamber preferably includes forcing air directly into the body in order to expedite combustion. Various sensors (11) are preferably provided in the chambers of the furnace in order to provide data to a computer which controls the operation of the furnace in response to the data allowing rapid clean and efficient operation. A small portable furnace suitable for cremating small bodies, and a method of operating a furnace are also provided.
Patent GB-2311814-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine fuel injection system having a priming reservoir for the actuating fluid
Inventor: HOLTMAN RICHARD H
IPC: F02M47/04
Filed: 1997-02-14
Abstract: A high-pressure pump 6 is connected to a manifold 8 for supplying actuating fluid, eg lubricating oil, to fuel injectors 10-13. A priming reservoir 16 for the actuating fluid is charged through conduit 30 by a transfer pump and is connected via conduit 18 and check valve 20 to the manifold 8 and via conduit 22 to the inlet of the pump 6. The manifold 8 and the reservoir 16 are located in a housing 14, with the reservoir 16 at a higher level than the manifold 8 and the pump 6. The incorporation of the reservoir 16 in a housing 14 above the manifold 8 permits the manifold to be continuously charged even while the engine is not running. The pump 6 is also provided with sufficient actuating fluid while the engine is not running to permit quick start-ups. Installation is possible where there is insufficient space above the pump location.
Patent GB-2324145-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger element
Inventor: KING JAMES ALEXANDER
IPC: F28D1/03
Filed: 1997-04-07
Abstract: A heat exchanger element comprises a hollow part having an outer wall and a heat exchange member disposed within the hollow part. The hollow part and heat exchange member are integrally provided. The element is formed from a blank 10. The innermost corrugations (13a, figure 1b) are formed first followed successively by progressively disposed pairs of corrugations (13b-d) the blank 10 is then folded to form the hollow element.
Patent GB-2312949-A (GB)
Title: Patching road surfaces
Inventor: KELLY MICHAEL FRANCIS
IPC: E01C19/08
Filed: 1997-05-12
Abstract: Portable-to-site apparatus is operative to produce ready-to-lay traffic-wear surfacing and/or road course materials. A drum-like container (111) is supported for axial rotation within insulation wailing (131)of a heating chamber, allowing front access to one end closure (115) of the rotatable container and affording operative association with heating means (121) for raising temperature of contents of the container by heat transfer through side walling of the container Normal operation is with the container sealed and under appropriate control as to time, heating, and rotation The container is frame-mounted (162) for tilting to aid loading and/or unloading.
Patent GB-2325484-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable line marking apparatus
Inventor: MCGUFFIE IAIN PETER
IPC: B05B12/36
Filed: 1997-05-17
Abstract: A line marking apparatus including a discharge opening region (9) formed between first and second side members (5,7) for discharge of line marking material therebetween. The side members extend substantially parallel to the line marking direction and adjusting means is provided for moving the first and second side members towards and away from each other so as to adjust the width of the line to be marked by the apparatus. The adjusting means comprises interconnected pivotable arms (11,13,15,17), at least one of the side members (5,7) being supported on the pivotable arms such that relative pivoting of the arms causes at least one of the side members to move towards and away from the other thereof.
Patent GB-2314654-A (GB)
Title: A method for distributing banks in a semiconductor memory device
Inventor: SUH JUNG WON
IPC: G11C11/41
Filed: 1997-06-12
Abstract: A method for distributing banks in a semiconductor memory device. Each of the cell arrays is vertically and horizontally divided into a plurality of banks, resulting in a significant reduction in chip area as compared with a conventional bank distribution method. Further, a data bus is minimized in length because it is localized to each cell array. Therefore, high-speed operation of the semiconductor memory device is possible. Further distributions of memory cell banks are described (Figs 3-5).
Patent GB-2314613-A (GB)
Title: Airbag inflator
Inventor: OKADA JUN
IPC: B60R21/26
Filed: 1997-06-26
Abstract: The airbag inflator comprises a housing 12 having one or more gas outlet ports 20 communicating with an interior intermediate chamber 32 between divider walls 24,26 defining an inflation gas chamber 28 and an initiator gas chamber 30. A pressurized inflation gas is contained in the chamber 28. A pressurized combustible gaseous mixture is contained in the chamber 30. An initiator 34 is actuatable to ignite the gaseous mixture. The wall 26 defining the chamber 30 is deformable to force the wall 24 to rupture, permitting a flow of the pressurized inflation gas through the ports 20, upon ignition of the gaseous mixture in response to actuation of the intiator 34.
Patent GB-2313845-A (GB)
Title: Evaporator having multiple coating
Inventor: MARINER JOHN T
IPC: C23C14/24
Filed: 1995-09-18
Abstract: A flash evaporator vaporization vessel for flash evaporating metal under conditions of repeated thermal cycling having a graphite body (11), an outer layer of pyrolytic boron nitride (18) and an intermediate layer (20) of a material selected from the group consisting of pyrolytic graphite, boron carbide (B 4 C) tantalum carbide, and silicon carbide and having a thickness of no greater than about 0.002 inches.
Patent GB-2331464-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic shaft for clubs
Inventor: KUO WEN-HAI
IPC: A63B53/12
Filed: 1997-11-21
Abstract: A telescopic shaft for a club or mallet comprises a hollow upper handle section 1, a hollow tapered middle shaft section 2 and a tapered lower shaft section 3, the joint between the upper and middle sections comprising an external threaded sleeve 25, exterior thread 10 on the lower portion of the upper section and an internally mounted expanding joint 21. The lower shaft section has a shape that resists rotation when it is placed in the socket 20 of complementary shape mounted on the lower end of the middle shaft section - for example the shape may be profiled with splines. The lower joint is also reinforced by a sleeve 26.
Patent GB-2323696-A (GB)
Title: Beverage dispensing apparatus
Inventor: NASSENSTEIN ALFRED
IPC: G09F23/06
Filed: 1997-11-25
Abstract: A beverage dispense tap handle which can be illuminated by means of a cold cathode fluorescent light using power supplied via a magnetic pick-up. This eliminates the need for wires and contacts in the region adjacent the dispense point. The tap handle is part of a beverage dispensing apparatus having a valved outlet controlled by an actuator 2, the outlet being associated with a magnet 4 which is connected too an electrical source (4', Figure 7), and the actuator being associated with a magnetic pick-up 5, connected to a lighting circuit (5', Figure 7), such that when the magnet 4 and magnetic pick-up 5 are physically separated but magnetically coupled during at least some of the movement to open the outlet, electrical power is inductively transferred from the electrical source (4') to the lighting means 3.
Patent GB-2321410-A (GB)
Title: Golf club bag
Inventor: TANG LARRY
IPC: A63B55/00
Filed: 1998-01-19
Abstract: A golf club bag comprises an upper element 40 which includes a first upper portion having a main opening 400 within which to place clubs and a second lower portion 41 lowered with respect to the first portion and which has a second opening 410 of smaller cross-section than the main opening and is adapted to store a club with a short shaft, for example a putter. The invention allows for easier access to a putter.
Patent GB-2323663-A (GB)
Title: Dust extraction equipment for looms
Inventor: COOPER STEPHEN ALAN
IPC: D03J1/00
Filed: 1998-03-20
Abstract: Dust extraction equipment for a loom comprises a plurality of elongated suction manifolds 88, 90, 92 strategically disposed adjacent to the principal dust-generating zones of a loom, ducting 98 communicating with the manifolds, a filter cabinet 106 separate from the loom, and a motorised suction fan 100, 102 drawing dust-contaminated air from the manifolds by way of the ducting and delivering it to the cabinet. Flow-regulating valves in the ducting 98 are set at the time of installation to provide optimum suction at each of the manifolds. The main dust-generating zone is below the shed, but the warp stop motion mechanism 80 also generates considerable dust and accordingly the manifold 88 disposed below the shed has a tray 94 extending laterally beneath the mechanism 80, air being supplied to a suitably slotted or apertured tube 96 at the edge of the tray under a pressure sufficient merely to fluidise the dust which settles on the tray so as to convey it continuously to the manifold 88.