baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2124863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a hook orientation device
Inventor: HOSETH KARE
IPC: A01K91/18
Filed: 1983-07-26
Abstract: A hook orientation device for use with a "longline" fishing line comprising a main line, a plurality of snoods extending from the main line at spaced intervals and hooks provided at the free end of each snood, said hook orientation device comprising a pipe 12 or the like through which said main line may be fed in a predetermined direction, the pipe having a smaller interior diameter than the distance between the tip and shank of each hook on the longline,the upstream end face 15 of the pipe (with reference to the direction of movement of the main line through the pipe) being bevelled, there being a slot 13 extending from the downstream cusp of said bevelled end face towards the other end of the pipe, the bevelled end face of the pipe defining or being provided with means defining an inclined surface extending radially outwardly from the periphery of the central opening of the pipe by radial distance at least equal to the distance between the shank and the tip of each hook on the longline. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145946-A (GB)
Title: A hole machining device
Inventor: MIYAKAWA EIJI
IPC: B23B41/00
Filed: 1983-09-05
Abstract: The device comprises at least one driving shaft (6), on which is slidably mounted a spindle (10) for accommodating a drill or other rotary tool (20), a spring (19) being interposed between the spindle (10) and the shaft (6) to urge the spindle forwardly on the shaft (6). A collar (17) covers the spring (19), and a proximity switch (21) detects the backward movement of the collar (17) and thereby activates means to control the feed of the body (1). When the body (1) of the device is advanced at high velocity until the drill (20) abuts a workpiece, the spindle (10) and collar (17) move rearwardly against the spring (19) and activate switch (21) which may then either cause the body (1) to advance at a slower drilling velocity, or if it is desired merely to mark the workpiece, cause it to retract. Thus, the marking pressure is only the resilience of the spring (19), this pressure being applied for the short time between the engagement of the drill (20) with the workpiece and the activation of the switch (21). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2131020-A (GB)
Title: Bis(nitro-1-imidazolyl alkylamine) platinum complexes useful in radiotherapy or chemotherapy
Inventor: ADAMS GERALD EDWARD
IPC: C07D405/06
Filed: 1983-11-21
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I):   <IMAGE>  in which:-     R1 represents a hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl,     R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, X represents a pharmaceutically acceptable ligand incapable of co- ordinating to platinum more strongly than does nitrogen of the moiety -NR2R3, a is 1 or 2, b is 0, 1 or 2, c is 1 or 2, d is 0, 1 or 2, e is 0, 1 or 2 provided that b+d is no greater than 2 and when d is greater than 0, e is greater than 0; are useful in increasing the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation in radiotherapy and also in potentiating or enhancing damage to tumors by chemotherapeutic agents. Intermediates of the formulae   <IMAGE> in which R2=R3=H,   <IMAGE> are also claimed.
Patent GB-2133950-A (GB)
Title: Electronic surveillance sytems
Inventor: TAKEDA SHIGEKAZU
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 1983-11-29
Abstract: A detectable card is constituted by a sheet substrate made of a synthetic resin, a first capacitor including a pair of electrodes bonded to opposite surfaces of the substrate at the central portion, a second capacitor including a pair of electrodes bonded to the opposite surfaces of the substrate at the peripheries thereof, a spiral connector interconnecting a central electrode and peripheral electrode disposed, the spiral connector forming an inductance of an LC tuning circuit. The assembly is sealed in a cover made of inner and outer synthetic resin films. The card may also be provided with a plurality of LC tuning circuits having different tuning frequencies, and the card may be used in an entry and departure checking apparatus comprising a sweep signal generator for producing sweep signals adapted to sweep the LC tuning circuits, a tuning point detector supplied with an output of the sweep signal generator for producing a binary code constituted by a plurality of bits corresponding to the status of the LC tuning circuits and a register for converting the binary code into a decimal value, and a selector responsive to the decimal value for operating a gate in a way of either inhibiting or permitting passage of a person carrying the card.
Patent GB-2130610-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for dispensing filamentary material from a stationary coil
Inventor: COLBERT ROBERT E
IPC: B65H57/18
Filed: 1983-12-14
Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing filamentary material, particularly welding wire, from a coil 10 of the material which is supported upon a conventional wood pallet 12, comprises a guide support 32 coaxially supported relative to the coil axis for rotation about the coil axis, and a rotatable filament guide 50 mounted upon the guide support 32 for rotation therewith about the coil axis and removing the filament from the coil. The guide 50 includes a on hollow tubular member having a filament entrance end 54 and a bearing supporting end 52 concentric with the coil axis. A hollow bearing 60 is directly mounted upon the guide bearing supporting end 52 concentric with the coil axis, and a stationary tubular filament guide 62 is supported upon the bearing 60 for receiving filament from the rotatable guide 50 and dispensing filament in a predetermined direction. The lower end of guide support 32 is received in a blind hole 30 bored in a stationary column 20. The column has previously been inserted into the coil and fixed relative to the coil and its pallet by axially displacing a cover 34 towards a hook bracket 66 carried by the column and extending under the pallet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143875-A (GB)
Title: An assembly of structural members for a fence or railings
Inventor: KREUSEL ULRICH
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 1984-06-04
Abstract: An assembly of structural members for a fence, railings, bannister or the like demarcations comprised at least of one cross fly beam (2) adapted to be secured between two posts (3) or the like and vertical rods (1) adapted to be secured via retaining members (6) to the cross beam (2) at the required spaced relationship to each other. In order especially to obtain a simple variability of the arrangement of the individual rods (1) with a simultaneous high natural stability, the lattice rods (1) are provided with a longitudinal groove (4) having an opening gap (5) which is narrower than the width of the groove (4). The end portions (7) of the yoke-like retaining members (6) engaging the cross beam (2) engage in the groove (4), which end portions (7) are pressed with clamping action against the groove wall by means of setting means (9) acting between the apex (8) of the retaining member (6) and the cross beam (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143916-A (GB)
Title: Disc brake
Inventor: OKAJIMA MASAHITO
IPC: F16D65/00
Filed: 1984-06-18
Abstract: Such brake includes a caliper straddling a part of the outer circumference of rotatable disc 10 and being displaceable in the direction parallel to the axis of the disc, said caliper having a pair of portions 13a, 13b spaced from each other in the direction of the circumference of the disc 10 and adapted to engage with a back plate 15 of a friction pad 14 for pushing the friction pad against one surface of the disc - the face of the back plate of the friction pad to be engaged with the portions 13a, 13b is inclined relative to the surface of the disc in the circumferential direction. This is said to reduce/prevent squeal. Various embodiments are disclosed e.g. in Fig. 2 the back plate 15 has symmetrically inclined face portions 15a, 15b and portions 13a, 13b are correspondingly inclined - such correspondence is not essential (Figs. 4,9,10). The back plate may be constituted of two wedge shaped plate members bonded to each other (Fig. 5) with a heat insulating or vibration absorbing material (20, 21, Fig. 6) therebetween. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement of another (inner) friction pad 14' with a tapered back plate 23 while (outer) pad 14 also has a tapered back plate 22. Fig. 8 shows alternative arrangement of back plates of two pads 14, 14'. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2147722-A (GB)
Title: Signal recovery for logging while drilling system
Inventor: BERKENKAMP GARY DEAN
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 1984-07-16
Abstract: Two closely spaced pressure sensors (30,32) at the surface measure drilling mud pressure pulsations in a mud line (34) representing subsurface measurements. Both of the measured pressure pulsation signals are time shifted an amount equal to the travel time of the upwardly and downwardly propagation acoustic velocity in the mud between the two pressure sensors by separate time delay circuits (84,86). Summing circuits (88,90) separately combine the original and delayed signals to cancel the respective upwardly and downwardly propagating energy from the two pressure data signals. An estimator circuit (92) and a deconvolution circuit (94) process the composite signals to derive an estimated primary signal representing upward traveling energy. The resulting pressure data signal is then processed by each of n matched filters (98,100) to determine the presence or absence of one of n symbols in the residual data signal. Each output of the filtered data signals is then input to a "Largest of" Bayesian detector (102) to identify either the presence of a symbol or absence of the data signal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144227-A (GB)
Title: Flow meter
Inventor: SZABO IMRE
IPC: G01F1/28
Filed: 1984-07-17
Abstract: A flow meter consists of a resilient diaphragm 3 provided with a measuring orifice 4 and placed transversely in the path of flow. A sensor 8 detects the displacement of the diaphragm 3. A throttle 5 in the orifice 4 is specially shaped to assure a linear correlation between the displacement of the diaphragm 3 and the flow rate of the flowing medium. The diaphragm is spring biased. The throttle may be conical with a straight or concave boundary. Alternatively the throttle is a flat disc and the diaphragm carries a shaped member. In Fig. 3 a plate 5 is fixed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166933-A (GB)
Title: Animal feeder with timer
Inventor: ROBSON-WOOD MARK
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1984-11-17
Abstract: An animal feeder for controlling the access of an animal, particularly a domestic pet, to its feed takes the form of a base (1) to support the feed, a cover (4) which tapers upwardly from the base and is hinged to it, spring means (8) to urge the cover and base apart, a latch (5) to retain the cover and base together against the pressure of the spring means, and a mechanical timer (7) to operate the latch. In one form, the cover and base together form a pyramid and the cover is in two sections, each hinged to the base. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2149444-A (GB)
Title: Dehumidification device
Inventor: DAVIS MICHAEL JOHN WEBER
IPC: E06B7/14
Filed: 1984-11-19
Abstract: To collect the discharge out of a warmed room the condensation which occurs especially near windows, a hole provided in or near a window frame (1) is fitted with a metal member (7) exposed at one end (11) to cold air outside the room and at its other end (14) to air inside the room. The member and/or the hole being shaped to allow moisture forming on the member to drain outside the room. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2167530-A (GB)
Title: Valve
Inventor: WILLIAMS RONALD
IPC: B63C9/087
Filed: 1984-11-23
Abstract: A high capacity one-way valve 10 extends outwardly from an aperture (12) in walling (11) and is constituted by a valve member (13) consisting of two closely adjacent sheets (14) of fluid impermeable material, the arrangement being such that internal excess pressure separates the sheets (14) and allows outward flow and external excess pressure urges the sheets together and prevents inward flow. The member (13) can be stored by rolling and covering with a flap (16). To prevent the stored flap 13 being pushed inside the walling (11) by transitory forces, turning inside out and acting in reverse, a rigid member such as a rod or tube (19) is provided which is bigger than aperture (12). The valve is used in a survival or similar suit to vent the suit of eg water upon the wearer being lifted eg by a helicopter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168684-A (GB)
Title: Tower dispensing mechanism
Inventor: DITCHBURN DANIEL
IPC: A47K10/28
Filed: 1984-12-05
Abstract: In a towel dispensing mechanism of the type in which a length of towel may be pulled from a roll of fresh towel and after it has been used is rewound onto a used towel roll, as a fresh piece of towel is pulled down it winds up a clockwork mechanism (not shown) and sets a timer mechanism (34). When the timer mechanism releases after a predetermined time interval it winds up the used or soiled towel onto used towel roller 14 which is in contact with rear roller 16 driven by the clockwork mechanism through a chain and sprocket drive (not shown). The gear ratios are such that the trailing end portion of the towel is fully wound up after use and not left hanging. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153468-A (GB)
Title: Controlling trailer brakes
Inventor: LEWIS ROGER WILLIAM
IPC: B60T13/22
Filed: 1985-01-30
Abstract: An hydraulic system for actuation of trailer brakes from a towing vehicle, particularly an agricultural tractor 10, including a valve 40 on the tractor 10, to which hydraulic pressure is applied from a source on the tractor, the valve having a connection to a unit 49 on the trailer 15 to apply hydraulic pressure to release the brakes of the trailer against the action of springs 51, the valve 40 having connection to the brake pedal 52 or lever of the tractor 10, operation of the pedal allowing pressure fluid to escape to a low pressure reservoir 46 thus allowing the springs 51 to assist application of the brakes of the trailer, the flow of fluid to the low pressure zone being through an emergency valve 45 which also allows escape of fluid if the hydraulic pressure fails. Alternatively the valve 40 and 45 may be replaced by a single valve which normally feeds hydraulic fluid through a first outlet to a reservoir and maintains only a fixed low pressure in a second outlet to the trailer, but closes the first outlet and provides a higher pressure to the second outlet when an internal spring bias is raised by operation of the tractor brake. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159283-A (GB)
Title: Detecting fluid flow and determining the velocity of flow
Inventor: LACZKO ISTVAN
IPC: G01P5/07
Filed: 1985-05-20
Abstract: A flowmeter includes a housing 7 containing rotatable vanes 2 resiliently connected to leaf springs 3 on which strain gauge pressure transducers 14 are mounted. The output signals of the transducers 14 are fed to an amplifier to obtain an output. Alternatively, an opto- electric switch can detect rotation and by means of a current output amplifier supplying a coil, the rotor can be effectively maintained in a stationary position, the current being a measure of the flow rate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170261-A (GB)
Title: Belt length adjustment device
Inventor: ANDERSON ALEXANDER BARRIE
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 1985-10-14
Abstract: The device consists of a frame 8, having spaced parallel bars 14, 16 around each of which a belt 4 is reverses its direction, and a member 2 having a slot 6. The frame 8 is at least partially received in the slot 26 by virtue of its side brackets 12 being resiliently deformable and is retained in the side by lugs 22. The frame 8 is rockable in the slot 6 about a line of contact between a plate portion 10 of the frame and the surface of the member 2. A pull on the belt 4 at an angle to a plane perpendicular to the plane of the slot of less than  phi  results in the belt moving freely through the device. However, when the angle  phi  is exceeded the frame 8 pivots in the slot 6 and the belt 4 is snubbed at 28 and 29 (see Fig. 3) between the bars 14, 16 and the edges of the slot 6. The member 2 may be a part of a child's vehicle safety seat, a part of a releasable buckle, or a part of a belt-length adjuster. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172389-A (GB)
Title: Oven luminaire
Inventor: PISTOR MAXIMILIAM
IPC: F21S8/00
Filed: 1986-01-16
Abstract: An oven luminaire has an insulating base (1) to which is attached a socket (2) for detachably receiving a screwthreaded cover which will cover a lamp bulb fitted to the base, wherein the socket is formed as a stamped and bent part comprising a collar (3) which has angularly spaced depending lugs (5) which have inwardly bent end portions disposed on a helix, thereby to enable fitting of the screwthreaded cover. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2184287-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit dual port static memory cell
Inventor: SHARP OWEN
IPC: G11C11/34
Filed: 1986-02-13
Abstract: In an integrated circuit dual port static memory cell a first word line 37 is parallel to a second bit line 38, and both are perpendicular to a second word line 39 and first bit line 40. One bit line may be accessed through a p-channel transistor 10 while the other bit lines are accessed through n-channel transistors. This configuration permits the cell to use a single well, thus permitting higher density. The cell may be used in a discriminator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175123-A (GB)
Title: Information recording method
Inventor: SHIKICHI SATOSHI
IPC: G11B20/18
Filed: 1986-04-17
Abstract: An information recording method comprises recording information on a record medium (card) by a recording head during forward movement, reading the recorded information in the opposite sequence to the recording sequence (during backward movement), and checking if the information has been correctly written or not based on the information read during the backward movement. Information on two adjacent information tracks may be simultaneously reproduced by two light beams (Fig. 4a-c) and the total verification time reduced. The signal from a memory facility is preferably read in opposite time sequence and recorded (Fig. 3). An indicia may be provided indicating incorrect recording, and reproduction not then necessary. Verification methods include bit by bit comparison, error check codes, and error correction codes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175051-A (GB)
Title: Beverage dispenser
Inventor: LANE CHARLES A
IPC: B65D81/20
Filed: 1986-05-06
Abstract: A dispenser for beer or the like comprising a container filled with a beverage having carbon dioxide in solution to between about 5/8 to 3/4 of its volume, the head space above the beverage being filled with a gas under pressure.
Patent GB-2175836-A (GB)
Title: Slitting machine
Inventor: MARTIN DAVID
IPC: B65B61/08
Filed: 1986-05-23
Abstract: A slitting machine for separating carrier-mounted packs of produce which are sealed in film or film and moulded sheet comprises wheel cutters 28 for slitting the film and a guide-way 14 for guiding the carrier 16 during slitting whereby the packs are slit in a direction parallel to the guide-way 14 during relative movement between the cutters 28 and the carrier 16 caused by pushers 10 on chains 6. The slit packs may then pass through a similar slitter 30-38 at right angles to the original feed direction. In an alternative construction, vertically-disposed plates (50, Fig. 3) support a plurality of shafts carrying differently spaced wheel cutters. There may be a turntable (74, Fig. 3) for positioning the carrier. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2191989-A (GB)
Title: Lifting apparatus
Inventor: PUGH STUART
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1986-06-13
Abstract: Apparatus for lifting and lowering a person in a seat 6 has a support frame 1 with an arm 4 mounted for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis, and actuating means 5 operating on one end of the arm 4 to pivot it, with the seat 6 mounted at the other end by a parallel motion mechanism 7 including a flexible inextensible member 8, such as a wire rope. The parallel motion mechanism 7 has a pair of quadrant members 30, 31, one of which is mounted on the support frame 1, and the other on the arm 4 to carry the seat 6. The actuating means 5 may be any suitable actuator such as a manually-operable winch 20. The support frame 1 may be rotatable about a vertical axis, and this is particularly useful where the apparatus is used to assist people in getting into and out of swimming pools. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177794-A (GB)
Title: Method for treating oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls
Inventor: NELIS PHILIPPE
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 1986-07-01
Abstract: A method for evaluating the PCB content of an oil comprises a chemical destruction of the PCB contained in the oil with formation of chlorine ions which are extracted and titrated for example with aqueous mercuric nitrate to determine the chlorine content of said oil. The PCB content is then determined from this chlorine content of the oil and from the chlorine content of the PCB contained in said oil. Chlorinated paraffins initially present may first be removed by chromatography. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194765-A (GB)
Title: Packaging
Inventor: BUCKLEY NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: B65D73/00
Filed: 1986-09-05
Abstract: An article, such as a hacksaw 8, having an opening 7 therethrough, is supported on a card 2 by a locating member 1 which comprises a web 3 secured to the card through the opening, a surrounding wall 4 and an outwardly extending flange 5. The web and wall are contoured according to the shape of the opening 7 and the flange overlies those parts of the article surrounding the opening. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2181347-A (GB)
Title: Antidiarrhoeal agents containing guanidine derivatives
Inventor: WARD TERRENCE JAMES
IPC: A61K31/40
Filed: 1986-09-19
Abstract: N-Diamonimethylene-(2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)acetamide and its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are useful in treating or preventing diarrhoea in mammals and poultry. The compounds, if desired, may be administered with one or more antimicrobial, absorbent, anti-emetic, parasympatholytic or antihistaminic agents, e.g. neomycin, attapulgite, streptomycin, tetracycline, sulphonamides, metronidazole, acetarsole, chloroquine, clioquinol, cyclizine, atropine, pectine, and ion-exchange resins.
Patent GB-2206999-A (GB)
Title: A waterproof switch
Inventor: MIYAUE SUSUME
IPC: H01H9/04
Filed: 1987-06-01
Abstract: A waterproof switch e.g. a slide switch, is encased in a housing (12) of plastics and/or silicone rubber and includes a switch operating member (10) movable manually from the exterior of the housing with accompanying deformation of the housing. The housing (12) comprises a body portion (13), a switch operating member receiving portion (14), and an expansible bellows-like portion (15) joining the receiving portion (14) to the body portion (13). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192020-A (GB)
Title: Sun protection apparatus
Inventor: GARTNER DR-ING FRITZ
IPC: E06B9/58
Filed: 1987-06-11
Abstract: Apparatus for shading building accesses and openings from direct solar radiation consist of at least two spaced-apart gratings (18, 20) movable relatively to each other with respect to the momentary position of the sun. The bars of the one grating may be moved by parallel displacement or by pivoting the gratings. The bars of the gratings (18, 20) are preferably constructed as tubes and have polygonal, circular or oval cross-section so that apart from direct shading dispersion of the sunlight is achieved thus permitting adequate illumination of the shaded inner rooms and spaces. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2207192-A (GB)
Title: Carburettor
Inventor: DAVISON WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: F02M19/08
Filed: 1987-07-18
Abstract: A fixed-venturi carburettor has a booster venturi 14 mounted in the barrel 10 to increase the depression. At the lower end of the booster, an auxiliary plate 20 is fitted, extending generally in the direction of flow through the barrel and extending at least partially around the barrel axis. Various shapes and plate dimensions are disclosed. <IMAGE>