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Patent GB-2228260-A (GB)
Title: Portable water filtering device
Inventor: SANDERS JULIAN
IPC: C02F1/28
Filed: 1989-01-20
Abstract: A portable water filtering device comprises a water reservoir (14) and a filter element (16) normally enclosed within a receptacle (10). The water reservoir (14) can be removed to receive a volume of water (W - Figure 2) and the filter element (16) is then engaged with the water reservoir (14) to close its top. The assembly of filter element and water reservoir can then be inverted and supported over the top of the receptacle (10 - Figure 3), the water reservoir (14) having a valve (24) which is releasable to allow water to pass through the filter element (16) from the reservoir and into the receptacle. The device may be provided with a compartment for holding chlorine tablets (20) which may be added to the water in the reservoir (14) before filtering. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2230328-A (GB)
Title: Water heater
Inventor: MATON MAURICE EDWARD GEORGE
IPC: F24H8/00
Filed: 1989-04-14
Abstract: A water heater comprises a cylinder (10) for containing water to be heated, vertical tubes (14) extending through the cylinder (10) for conveying hot gases from a burner (19) for heating the water, said tubes (14) being in communication with a chamber (21) located at the bottom end of the cylinder (10) and in which condensate from the tubes (14) collects, the chamber (21) being in communication with an exhaust conduit (22) connected to a fan (23) which draws the gases through the tubes (14) and through the condensate in the chamber (21) so that the exhaust gases are cleaned before being exhausted by the fan (23). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2235329-A (GB)
Title: Chart reading aid
Inventor: O'DONOVAN JEAN MARY
IPC: G09B29/10
Filed: 1989-08-22
Abstract: A device to aid the correct reading of charts, e.g. knitting patterns, comprises a backing sheet 10 and a transparent front sheet 11 secured by rigid side frames 12 and rigid base frame 15 thus forming an opening 13 on the remaining side to insert the chart. The rigid side frames 12 incorporate a sliding mechanism to accommodate a sliding rule 14 which is moved as each successive row of the chart is worked. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223299-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration or heat pump apparatus
Inventor: DANIG PER
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 1989-09-29
Abstract: A refrigeration or heat pump installation comprises a liquid separator (12) of which the vapour chamber is, on the one hand, connected to the evaporator outlet (11) and, on the other hand, to the suction side (13) of the compressor (1). An intermediate chamber (8) beneath the liquid separator is fed with liquid from the liquid separator (12) by way of a first ON/OFF valve (16) and is connected to the evaporator (10) for the purpose of recirculating the liquid. The valve of an expansion means (5) is a second ON/OFF valve (6) and communicates with the intermediate chamber 8. The two ON/OFF valves are brought into their open and closed conditions oppositely. That arrangement results in a controlled and almost continuous pulsating recirculation of liquid through the evaporator. The two valves may be controlled by a control arrangement (19) (as shown) or the output of the valve (6) of the expansion means (5) may control the other valve (16) (Figs 4, 5, 6). 
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Patent GB-2239885-A (GB)
Title: Extending window frames
Inventor: CROWDER JEFFREY LEE
IPC: E06B1/64
Filed: 1990-01-10
Abstract: A clip on extension piece for extending the main frame 20 of a replacement window or door has back-to-back U-shaped profile parts with a common base web, and clips to outwardly directed projections 18 on the periphery of the frame, with the option of clipping a second extension piece outside the first to increase the extension provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241299-A (GB)
Title: Securing device
Inventor: HARLEY DAVID NORMAN
IPC: F16B15/06
Filed: 1990-02-22
Abstract: A device is provided which comprises a fastening element 12 and a tightening member 44, the device being suitable for fastening furniture panels 40, 42 together. The fastening element 12 has helically extending ribs on its leading end which enable it to be pushed into a bore in a member to be fastened, whilst turning it through a small angle to provide some resistance to axial forces tending to pull the fastening element out. Fins are also provided which act to stop the insertion of the fastening element at a predetermined depth and which engage with the bore in the second panel to inhibit rotation of the fastening element, the fins being arranged in such a way that they cut into the second panel allowing the two panels to come into full contact. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2243459-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for developing printing plates
Inventor: BRAZIER DAVID
IPC: G03F7/30
Filed: 1990-04-23
Abstract: A plate developer for printing plates comprises a wet developing unit 4, 6, pre-drier 8 delivering a plate from a conveyor 10 through an entry gate 14 into a drier cabinet 12 in which a vertically indexing plate support 16 has a plurality of endless conveyors 18 which receive a plate to be dried and then advance that plate through a delivery gate 20 once the support 16 has been indexed into alignment with the delivery gate 20 upon attainment of a predetermined optimum drying time in the drier as set by a microprocessor. The plates can be discharged in any sequence which is not necessarily the same as the sequence of introduction to the drying zone. Instead of vertical indexing, a cyclical indexing arrangement may be used (Fig 2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233052-A (GB)
Title: Gear selector mechanism for automatic transmission
Inventor: ISHIZUKI MASAHARU
IPC: B60K20/04
Filed: 1990-05-01
Abstract: A pivotal support 8 of a T-like configuration has a crosswise sleeve 8a and a longitudinal tube 8c, The sleeve 8a is rotatably installed on a pivot 7 which is in turn installed on a floor panel 2 by way of a base plate 4. A gear shift lever 12 is installed on the longitudinal tube 8c of the pivotal support 8 to turn together with it. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2244655-A (GB)
Title: Wet weather golf grip tape
Inventor: MCGRATH MARTIN
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 1990-06-09
Abstract: The wet weather golf tape (1) is secured to a standard golf grip by means of a 'ballmarker' snap on stud (2) and by means of the shaped capping. It is concentrically wound down, around and down the golf grip and fits onto the conical shape due to the curved cutting of the material. It is secured at the bottom of the golf grip, using touch and close material fastner (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247165-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seats for children
Inventor: LEGGETT BASIL
IPC: B60N2/28
Filed: 1990-08-21
Abstract: A seat for a child arranged to be disposed upon a full size seat in a vehicle especially an aircraft, comprising a base platform 3 and a back platform 2, the base platform and the back platform being demountable from their normal seat-like disposition and being capable of storing in a generally flat disposition. The child seat may be foldable, or may have a back platform separable from the base platform when not in use. Restraint stops 25 and 26 allow the backrest of the host adult seat to break forward for the protection of the passenger behind during impact. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2248002-A (GB)
Title: Decorative embellishment on radio pager
Inventor: GALLIMORE STEPHEN
IPC: H04B1/08
Filed: 1990-09-11
Abstract: A decorative embellishment is provided for a radio pager body 10. The embellishment may be provided as a separate body part 14. In order to make the pager body 10 more attractive the embellishment may be shaped so as to resemble a characteristic feature of a real or imaginary character for example a cartoon, film or book character. In a preferred embodiment the embellishment is in the form of a shell especially a turtle shell and may carry logos or other devices referring to particular cartoon characters. In a further aspect one part of the radio pager body is pre-formed in the desired shape, for example, as a shell, and is attached to the lower part of the pager body. The embellishment may also provide protection for the pager. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237021-A (GB)
Title: Yeast (saccharomyces cerevisiae) promoter sequence for glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and its use in heterologous gene expression.
Inventor: GOODEY ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: C12N15/14
Filed: 1990-10-17
Abstract: A yeast promoter, believed to be that for glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, has been sequenced and characterised and can be used to regulate expression of heterologous genes in yeast. In particular, expression can thereby be depressed by addition of glycerol or ethanol to the fermentation medium.
Patent GB-905633-A (GB)
Abstract: 905,633. Vibrators. WITWATERSRAND, UNIVERSITY OF. Oct. 15, 1959 [Oct. 15, 1958], No. 34969/59. Class 13. [Also in Group XL (c)] A vibrator suitable for use in geophysical prospecting operations, includes a spring-biased valve 2 at one end of a tube 8 and a variable aperture 14 controlled by a sleeve 15 at the other end. The tube 8 is mounted on a chamber 9 carried by a column 5 and a platform 19 anchored to the ground. The column 5 has a tapered head 7 which co-operates with the sleeve 15 to define the aperture. The sleeve is reciprocated longitudinally by a crank 20 on shaft 21 and a coupling 22. Movement of the sleeve changes the frequency, both the size of the aperture and the effective length of the tube being controlled. Fluid is supplied through pipe 13 to the chamber 9 which has a flexible base 11. The chamber 9 serves as a filter to cut off the vibrations from the supply. The tube 8 may be formed of telescopic sections which may be controlled by hand. The sleeve may be reciprocated hydraulically. In another arrangement, Fig. 4, there is no sleeve and the column 5 is headed with a cylindered spigot 41 which is reciprocated in a cylinder 44 within the column 5.
Patent GB-2251704-A (GB)
Title: Video camera control apparatus
Inventor: HUDSON JOHN
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 1991-01-10
Abstract: A video camera control apparatus (10') includes a respective remote control panel (14) and a respective camera control unit (16) for each of several video cameras (12). Each remote control panel (14) is connected to the associated camera control unit (16) by a respective bus (18) whereby technical operational control of each camera can be effected at the associated remote control panel (14). A respective interface unit (30) is connected in the bus (18) between each remote control panel (14) and the associated camera control unit (16), and a master control unit (34) connected to all of the interface units is capable of communicating with any selected one of the camera control units (16) via the associated interface unit (30) to enable technical operational control of any selected one of the cameras (12) to be effected at the master control unit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242244-A (GB)
Title: A circuit arrangement for an automotive vehicle with anti-lock control and/or traction slip control
Inventor: BUSCHMANN GUNTHER
IPC: B60T8/175
Filed: 1991-01-10
Abstract: A circuit arrangement for an automotive vehicle having anti-lock control and/or traction slip control aid equipped with wheel sensors (S1 - S4), includes circuits for handling and evaluating sensors signals and for generating braking pressure control signals and/or traction torque control signals and a compass or compass system (7) is provided the output signals from which are feedable to evaluation circuits (4) and evaluatable for improving control, for identifying cornering, for assessing the driving stability etc, and/or for monitoring proper operation, in the latter case a warning signal being produced or the control system switched off where cornering identification based on wheel-slip signals is found to be incorrect. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239805-A (GB)
Title: Hypodermic needle assemblies
Inventor: DAVIES MALCOLM MELVILLE
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 1991-01-11
Abstract: A hypodermic needle assembly to reduce the risk of infection from needlestick injury comprises a support housing (2) to hold the needle (1) with one end portion projecting for use, while being operable independently of a related syringe (15) or other clinical apparatus to release the needle for retraction into the housing following use. A common screw/wedge mechanism (5, 6, 8, 9, 10) can be used to hold and release the needle by respectively opposite operations. Also the housing can incorporate a compression spring (12) operable independently of the related apparatus to retract the needle when released.
Patent GB-2244864-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device electrode pads
Inventor: NAKAMURA TUTOMU
IPC: H01L21/66
Filed: 1991-06-03
Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device formed in a semiconductor chip (20), comprising a circuit layer, a plurality of electrode pads (22) formed on either the upper surface or lower surface of the semiconductor chip and connected to the circuit layer, and a plurality of probe pads (24) formed in combination with and connected to the electrode pads, respectively. In inspecting the semiconductor device, probes (25) of an automatic wafer probe are brought into contact with the probe pads, respectively, so that the circuit layer underlying the electrode pads are not strained or fissured to make the semiconductor device faulty, and the surfaces of the electrode pads to be connected to leads (27) of a lead frame or terminals of a circuit are not damaged. Thus, a normal semiconductor device is not damaged in the inspection process, mounting a faulty semiconductor device on a lead frame is obviated, and the imperfect connection of the semiconductor device to the leads of the lead frame attributable to damages formed in the surfaces of the electrode pads with the probes can be prevented. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245144-A (GB)
Title: A method of freezing red blood cells
Inventor: PARRY ERNEST SIDNEY
IPC: A61K35/18
Filed: 1991-07-25
Abstract: A method of freezing a standard donor unit of red blood cells such that it can be stored for long periods and subsequently recovered in a form pure enough for transfusion purposes involves centrifuging a blood unit to remove plasma and platelets and to provide a Packed Cell Volume of the red blood cells of not less than 90 %, adding the red blood cells to a freezing bag (13), containing HES solution such that the ratio of HES/red blood cells is no more than 7 % (preferably 6 %) w/v, positioning the freezing bag (13) in a freezing frame (20, 21) adapted to maintain the thickness of the contents of the bag constant, and placing the frame (20, 21) without shaking, into liquid nitrogen.
Patent GB-2250642-A (GB)
Title: Preventing leakage through dynamoelectric machine rotor anti-burst sleeve
Inventor: BLAKELEY ANTHONY
IPC: H02K3/46
Filed: 1991-10-21
Abstract: Leakage of a coolant into the air gap 16 of a dynamoelectric machine, causing undesirable windage losses, may he avoided through the use of a composite rotor sleeve 44 including a continuous film 46 of material, preferably polyimide, on its radially inner surface and surrounding the machine rotor 22. The layers 56 are a fibrous material e.g. carbon fibres in a resin matrix 58 e.g. polyimide resin wound in a helical or bi axial pattern so as to allow the thermal coefficient of expansion to be adjusted to equal that of the rotor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-912510-A (GB)
IPC: A61F13/00
Abstract: 912,510. Surgical dressings. NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. June 16, 1961 [June 6, 1960], No. 21262/60. Class 81 (2). A dry surgical dressing comprises, on the side to be applied to a wound, a porous textile material composed of fibres of such low tensile strength that, when peeled from the wound, a part of the material which has not stuck to the wound tears readily from a part which has stuck to the wound without disturbing the wound. The material is woven using fibres of cellulose esters e.g. cellulose diacetate, cellulose triacetate or saponified acetate rayon, which have been weakened by exposure to ultra-violet light so that their tensile strength is between 20 and 250 gms ¢ inch width of material. A layer 1 of the weakened material is stitched to an absorbent backing 2 of viscose rayon fabric, the laminate so formed being bonded to an annulus of strong fabric by adhesive 5. The annulus extends beyond the laminate to expose adhesive for securing the dressing to the body.
Patent GB-2252586-A (GB)
Title: Window or door frame assembly
Inventor: DUNCOMBE PHILIP
IPC: E06B1/02
Filed: 1991-12-02
Abstract: A window frame or door frame assembly, comprises:   a) a rigid sub-frame (1) which, in use, defines an aperture in the wall of a building in which the window frame or door frame assembly is to be filled, b) a window frame or door frame (6) fitting within the sub-frame (1) so as to close off the aperture, and c) a separate securing member (8) having a snap fit with the frame (6) and/or the sub-frame (1) so as to retain the frame (6) in engagement with the sub-frame (1).   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2252433-A (GB)
Title: Questionnaire system
Inventor: OYAMA HIROAKI
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 1992-01-30
Abstract: A questionnaire system produces in advance questionnaire elements which are common to a plurality of questionnaires. A questionnaire producing and aiding program B1 then enables the operator to assemble a questionnaire from those elements and store it on a memory card A5. A suitable device, such as a lap top computer A8, is supplied with the stored questionnaire and enables responses to the questionnaire to be recorded on a memory card A11. A suitable program B3 then analyses the responses, In this way the time needed to produce the questionnaire, and to record and analyse the results thereof, may be reduced and communication lines between computers A3, A8, and A12 are unnecessary. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250845-A (GB)
Title: Text editing device
Inventor: SASAKI RYOICHI
IPC: B41J5/30
Filed: 1992-02-12
Abstract: In a text editing device capable of automatically executing a line feed operation, means are provided for inhibiting the line feed operation during input operations sequentially executed at a high speed, and means for releasing the inhibit operation in case of a predetermined condition, for example, input operation of space or hyphen at a hot-zone. Thus characters can be inputted more quickly. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267367-A (GB)
Title: Clock
Inventor: STANNARD RICHARD FREDERIC
IPC: G04C17/00
Filed: 1992-05-27
Abstract: A clock employs a standard movement 2 to drive adjacent, coaxial drums 6, 8, 10 bearing symbols on their outer cylindrical surfaces to represent, for example, hours, minutes and seconds. The movement 2 is contained in a case 14 and an end unit 34 is provided on the other side of the drums 6, 8, 10. The case 14 and the end unit 34 provide supports for the clock so that the axis of the drums 6, 8, 10 is generally horizontal. The drums may be protected by a tubular cover 40 held between the case 14 and the end unit 36. Preferably the components are made of plastic and are held together by interference fits for ease of assembly and adjustment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258821-A (GB)
Title: A building set.
Inventor: CHENNELLS JOHN THOMAS
IPC: A63H33/06
Filed: 1992-08-20
Abstract: A building set for educational and therapeutic purposes for both children and adults consists of socket members 1 with a socket 3 at each end of a leg 6, engageable by a respective ball 8 of various types of joiner members 2. The leg(s) of the joiner members may be flexible so as to enable the movement of a joiner member beyond a 90 DEG movement imposed on the ball 8 by the socket 3. The socket 3 has a lip 4 with an undercut 5 to improve gripping the ball 8. The members 3 may have a number of conjoined legs each provided with a ball at each distal end (Fig. 4). There may be further provided an interconnecting member in the form of a sphere provided with a plurality of sockets (Fig. 8). The building set can be used to construct various shapes such as animal forms, molecular or atomic structures geodesic domes, and space frame structures. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259249-A (GB)
Title: Fire damper and method of sealing a closing element of a fire damper
Inventor: HERNESNIEMI PAULI
IPC: A62C2/12
Filed: 1992-08-24
Abstract: In order to seal an air conditioning channel in case of fire, and to prevent flow of combustion gases and heat, a fire damper (10, Fig. 1) is provided and comprises a closing element 14b which is rotatable to close a passage in a frame (11, Fig 1) there being resilient sealing means 26 on the face of the closing element contacting the frame (11, Fig 1). A thermally expanding sealant 24 is provided on the frame where it contacts the resilient sealing means 26. The thermally expanding sealant 24 seals the passage when heated to a temperature which is lower than the melting point of the resilient sealing means 26. Disclosed also is a method for locking a fire damper in the event of a fire utilizing a thermally expanding sealant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271692-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle location system
Inventor: WISBEY PHILIP HENRY
IPC: G01S13/934
Filed: 1992-10-13
Abstract: A vehicle location system is formed by a central base station 5, an interrogator 3 and transceiver 4 on the vehicle 2 and a plurality of region identifiers 6 arranged in or around the perimeters of a plurality of regions 1, Fig.1, (not shown). The region identifiers identify to the interrogator which region the vehicle is in and the transceiver supplies this identification to the base station. The regions are identified using pseudo-passive transponders, or leaky feeders, or bar codes placed on the ground, and the "interrogator" 3 correspondingly uses R.F. transmission/reception, or R.F. reception, or is an optical (infra red) reader. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272175-A (GB)
Title: Vice
Inventor: COCHRANE COLIN THOMAS
IPC: B25B1/06
Filed: 1992-11-10
Abstract: The vice (10) has a jaw (14) fixed to a frame (12) and a movable jaw (24). A handle (20) turns a slide bar (18) of square section on which slides an adjustment member (32). The adjustment member screws into and out of a screw member (28) secured to the movable jaw. A catch plate (40) jams the adjustment member on the slide bar except in an end position (shown) where the screw member squares the catch plate relative to the slide bar enabling the movable jaw assembly (22) to slide along the bar (18). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273800-A (GB)
Title: Distributed data processing system
Inventor: ANTHIAS TAF
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 1992-12-24
Abstract: In a distributed data processing system running multiple applications A1, A2, A3 located on a client system 4, resources specific to an application and which have no impact on the overall display at a server 2 are stored in application address space. Resources which have an effect on the overall system and which are managed in the client system are stored in protected, common, presentation address space in the client system. Resources which have an overall effect and are managed in the server system are stored in the display server system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278140-A (GB)
Title: Doors,windows and frames
Inventor: PHILLIPS ARTHUR KENNETH JAMES
IPC: B29C70/76
Filed: 1993-05-05
Abstract: Door, window and frame units are edged with polyurethane. The unit has elliptical edges and radiused corners for ease of cleaning. The polyurethane can be moulded onto porous substrates such as chipboard; with non-porous substrates a bonding agent can be used or the substrate can be totally encapsulated. The edges can have recesses to hold catches, locks and hinges.
Patent GB-2268606-A (GB)
Title: Control device for a matrix print head
Inventor: GRUENER MANFRED
IPC: B41J2/30
Filed: 1993-06-25
Abstract: A control device for electromagnetic coils driving the printing pins of a matrix print head or for printing pin driving gear permits delayed actuation of the pins. A variable delay time can be set via a step counter (15), control logic (17), a delay-time comparator (13) and a delay-time register (5), and an actuation (charging) time for the drive can be set via the step counter (15), the control logic (17), an actuation-time comparator (14) and an actuation-time register (6). This allows printing to be accurate even during speed variations of the carriage carrying the printing pins. <IMAGE>