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Patent GB-2272826-A (GB)
Title: Teat cup liners
Inventor: GRINDAL ROBERT JOSEPH
IPC: A01J5/08
Filed: 1993-11-19
Abstract: A teat cup liner (10) for use in hydraulic milking apparatus, comprises an upper section (20, 21) adapted to encircle the teat without collapse on the teat end during milking, and a relatively flexible lower section (23) located beneath and spaced from the teat end and adapted to open and close during the pulsation cycle. A method of hydraulic milking is also disclosed wherein when the liner core is subjected to atmospheric pressure the teat cup liner does not collapse on to the teat end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277830-A (GB)
Title: Preventing/inhibiting escape of components from high temperature battery housings by discharging protective substance
Inventor: WEDLAKE ROGER JOHN
IPC: H01M2/10
Filed: 1994-05-03
Abstract: In a high temperature storage battery comprises a plurality of panels forming a housing 12 defining a cell storage cavity, heat insulating material on or adjacent the panels, and a non-aqueous high temperature electrochemical cell 22 within the cell storage cavity, there is provided holding means eg. conduit 42 for holding a dispersable protective substance, eg. a fire inhibitor such as a silica dispersion including a surfactant for foaming the holding means adapted to discharge the protective substance into the cavity on the temperature in the cavity exceeding a predetermined temperature, and/or rupturing of the holding means eg. when the housing is ruptured in an accident. The conduit may be of aluminium (which weakens at above 500 DEG C) or plastics. The conduit 42 may be connected externally to pressurized reservoir 44 containing a supply of the protective substance. The discharge of the protective substance prevents escape of eg. liquid sodium and inhibits entry of air or water into the cell cavity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2278371-A (GB)
Title: Composite nonwoven material for an absorbent article of hygiene
Inventor: KOCZAB JEAN PIERRE
IPC: D04H1/435
Filed: 1994-05-19
Abstract: Composite nonwoven material which is suitable for the surface sheet of a diaper or the like and is permeable to body fluids, comprises at least one first layer (2) of fibers of carded type and a second layer (3) of fibers of carded type, the fibers of the first layer having a higher count than the fibers of the second layer, the layers being joined together by needling. In addition, one of the layers may include bicomponent or other melting fibres or fibres mixed with binding agent and an additional heat bonding of the layers is effected. A third non-woven layer may also be bonded by melting to one of the carded layers. The layers (2, 3) may be carded side by side and folded one over the other. The fibres may be of cellulose, polyester, polyolefin or nylon. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293852-A (GB)
Title: Anti-tamper hinge systems
Inventor: REMNANT PETER CHARLES
IPC: E05D11/00
Filed: 1994-10-04
Abstract: An anti-tamper hinge system for connecting a door 2 to a frame 4 comprises a door portion 14, a frame portion 16 and a pivot portion 18 pivotably connecting the door portion 14 to the frame portion 16. The frame portion 16 extends in front of and overlaps the door portion 14 so as to define a cavity 22 therebetween within which the pivot portion 18 is located when the door 2 is closed. The pivot portion 18 comprises a fixed part connected to the inside of the frame portion 16 and a pivoting part connected to the outside of the door portion 14. Such a hinge system permits the door 2 to be pivoted between a closed position (Figure 1) and a fully open position whilst preventing a thief gaining access by forcing of the door on the hinge side when the door is locked in the closed position. Fig. 6 (not shown) illustrates a double-door assembly in which one of the doors 2 is provided in which an anti-jemmy channel 60 for receiving the edge 62 of the other door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294836-A (GB)
Title: Hands-free headset for mobile telephones
Inventor: JONES JOHN THOMAS
IPC: H04M1/05
Filed: 1994-10-21
Abstract: The microphone and earphone portions of a mobile telephone are arranged in a headset to allow the user hands-free use of the telephone. The main body of the telephone, which may be clipped to a belt or carried in a pocket, comprises the remainder of the telephone set and includes a keypad, a battery pack and a ringer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286421-A (GB)
Title: Door locking device
Inventor: EMERY MICHAEL NEAL
IPC: E05B65/00
Filed: 1994-12-19
Abstract: A door locking device includes a saddle member 2 with side flanges 4 and 10 which locates across the upper edge of a door. One side flange 4 is provided with a plate 5 slotted to engage a pin 8 extending from the top of the door frame. The other flange 10 engages a member 11 which provides a choice of reception slots 12 to allow for the door width. The adjustable mounting of the member 11 secures the device to the door edge and the engagement with the pin 8 prevents movement relative to the door frame in the direction of door opening. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286300-A (GB)
Title: Digitally controlled phase lock loop
Inventor: BREDE JEFFREY
IPC: H04J3/06
Filed: 1995-01-12
Abstract: A digitally controlled phase locked loop generates a derived clock signal that is frequency locked to a reference clock signal. The apparatus is comprised of a microcontroller 104, counter 102, digital to analog converter (DAC) 110 and a voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) 112 connected in a feedback loop arrangement. A frequency output derived from the VCXO periodically samples at 102 an incoming reference signal. The sampled count value is compared at 106 to an ideal count value associated with the same sampling time period. A microcontroller and software-based algorithm perform the phase comparison and loop filter operations of the phase locked loop (PLL). The microcontroller makes an initial adjustment to the oscillator control signal and calibrates one or more loop gain coefficients for subsequent updates of the control signal. The arrangement includes an active PLL and standby PLL which are synchronized to input reference signals and to each other. In the event of loss of lock or of reference signals, the oscillator 112 may be allowed to free-run or held at its previous frequency value. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297150-A (GB)
Title: Gas fire heat exchanger
Inventor: HARRISON STEPHEN ALAN
IPC: F24B1/18
Filed: 1995-01-21
Abstract: A gas fire comprises heat exchanger located above the gas burner, the heat exchanger defining first and second passageways, the first passageway forming part of a combustion products exhaust between the tubes 21 and the second passageway forming part of an air convection passageway through the interiors of the tubes 21. The heat exchanger is defined by an array of parallel spaced apart tubes 21 extending between upper and lower metal sheets which are secured within a casing to prevent intercommunication between the exhaust and air convection passageways. The ends of the tubes pass through and are deformed to mechanically engage the edges of apertures formed in the metal sheets. (Figure 6).
Patent GB-2286838-A (GB)
Title: Brick support, e.g. for facing bricks
Inventor: SZEWCZYK ZDZISLAW JOZEF
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 1995-02-22
Abstract: A brick support has a body portion 20 which can be located on a structural member such as a beam, and an arm 28 to support bricks. The arm 28 extends outwardly from the body, and has a first end attached to the body and a second end extending away from the body, the second end being wider than the first end so as to provide a key for mortar. In use, mortar is located in the space between the body and the wider end of the arm and adheres to the brick, thereby conferring a higher pull-out strength for the bricks than prior art supports with parallel-sided arms. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298905-A (GB)
Title: Displaceable seal system for trocars
Inventor: KEMP NICHOLAS RICHARD
IPC: A61M39/06
Filed: 1995-03-11
Abstract: A seal module (6) Fig 1 for use with a trocar system provides a gas-tight seal with a surgical instrument having a diameter within a wide range of diameters. The module incorporates an instrument sealing disc 30, with an aperture that can be stretched to provide a seal about an instrument. A cannula body (4) is manufactured to allow free lateral movement of the complete seal module within the cannula body. A thin wall tube 20 is attached to the seal module body and is locked to the cannula body to prevent gas escaping whatever lateral position the seal module adopts. This gives the instrument when inserted in the seal module, freedom of lateral movement without loss of gas pressure. The ability of the seal module to move with the instrument is achieved by the seals in the seal module having greater resistance to deformation than the thin walled tube. The module can be easily removed from the cannula. It can be manufactured as a disposable unit and discarded after a single use or it may be removed from the cannula, cleaned and resterilised.
Patent GB-2287958-A (GB)
Title: Electroplating nonconductive surface, eg. through-holes in printed wiring boards,by first applying carbon particles and dipping in acidic aqueous solution
Inventor: SAKAMOTO YOSHIHIRO
IPC: H05K3/42
Filed: 1995-03-14
Abstract: The process comprises steps of providing an aqueous dispersion containing graphite particles with an average particle diameter of 2 mu m or less or carbon black particles with an average particle diameter of 1  mu m or less; applying this aqueous dispersion to a surface of a nonconductive surface substrate; dipping the nonconductive surface in a strong acidic aqueous solution with pH 3 or lower flocculate the carbon particles to form a layer of said particles; and electroplating using the particle layer as a conductive layer.
Patent GB-2291007-A (GB)
Title: Decorative sheet
Inventor: KOBAYASHI TOSHITAKE
IPC: B29C59/02
Filed: 1995-06-21
Abstract: A printed pattern (12) such as of woodgrain or of fabric texture and a lustrous solid printed layer (13) are formed by printing on the back surface of a transparent thermoplastic resin film (11) to obtain a printed film (2). The printed film and a colored thermoplastic resin film (3) are superposed, the printed film and the colored thermoplastic resin film are laminated to obtain a laminated structure and, at the same time, the laminated structure is embossed from the side of the colored thermoplastic resin film by a doubling embossing method with an embossing die provided with an embossing pattern of ridges and furrows to obtain a decorative sheet. In the decorative sheet, a second and a third embossed pattern each having a cross section having a smooth outline expressed by a periodic function or a pseudoperiodic function are formed in the interfaces between the colored thermoplastic resin film and the lustrous printed layer and between the lustrous printed layer and the transparent thermoplastic resin film, respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291927-A (GB)
Title: Cockspur handle latch
Inventor: NEARY PATRICK
IPC: E05B13/10
Filed: 1995-06-30
Abstract: A fastener, for example for a door or window, comprises a handle 11 mounted on a base plate 12. The handle has a locking feature 25, 26 which in a locked condition has a member 36 which cooperates with a stop member 19 on the base plate to prevent rotation of the handle but which in an unlocked condition is manually tiltable clear of the stop member 19 to permit rotation of the handle by push-to-release operation of the locking member 25, 26. The pivot axis P of the locking member 25, 26 is located on the handle 11 on the opposite side of the cavity 24 accommodating the locking member 25, 26 from the gripping portion 17 of the handle 11. This provides for particularly effective use of the arrangement of the invention, in which the locking member 25, 26 pivots downwardly in a direction away from the thumb, during a push-to-release operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296075-A (GB)
Title: Solenoid actuated pilot valve
Inventor: BENNA FULVIO
IPC: F16K31/40
Filed: 1995-11-27
Abstract: The valve unit (18) comprises a first cup-shaped element (20) made of plastics material with a base that has an external axial shank (21) in which a longitudinal duct (21a) is formed between the seat of the pilot valve and a distal vent opening (24). A second annular element (40) of plastics material is anchored around the shank of the first element and is secured thereto by ultrasonic welding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296699-A (GB)
Title: Support for annular bodies
Inventor: LUTZ GOTTFRIED
IPC: B65D85/672
Filed: 1995-12-05
Abstract: A support for at least a single annular body or a plurality of stacked annular bodies, comprising a hollow cylinder (6) and at opposite ends thereof retaining bodies (7) having flanges (9) and annular attachments (10). The retaining bodies are provided with hook devices (11) between which at least one tensioning element (8) extends for holding together the hollow cylinder (6) and the retaining bodies. The support can be used for storing or holding any types of ring, annular plate or the like or one or more wound-up bodies in band form, especially rolls of magnetic tape. The tensioning element may be a spring (8), a stretched O-ring (Figure 2) or a band extending from one hook device (11) through the hollow cylinder (6), right around the outside of a folded carton blank surrounding the supported body(ies) and flanges (9) and back to the other hook device (Figure 3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2299073-A (GB)
Title: Venting arrangement for a vehicle fuel tank
Inventor: DOLL DIETER
IPC: B60K15/035
Filed: 1996-03-19
Abstract: An operating vent (4) for a fuel tank (1) for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, comprises an outlet (6) mountable in the region of a top wall (5) of the fuel tank connectable to an external aerating and venting line (7) and an activating-carbon filter (8) arranged downstream. In order to prevent, in use, liquid fuel particles from reaching the activated-carbon filter (8) by way of the vent outlet (6) during travel, in particular during transverse acceleration, a device (9) is mounted upstream of the vent outlet (6) so as to shield the vent outlet (6), in use, from being acting upon directly by liquid fuel particles.
Patent GB-2302887-A (GB)
Title: Pre-stressed or post-tensioned joist or beam
Inventor: CARNALL MARK
IPC: E04C3/04
Filed: 1996-05-07
Abstract: A and B are the edges of the two 'U' sections that this box section joist is made of. The black arrows show the direction of the bending moment. The two wheels 6 at each end of the joist, resist the bending moment by virtue of the force applied to them by the curved strips 3,4 running inside the joist; these are flat before assembly but run along lubricated, curved rails inside the box section. When the joist is loaded, the top curved strip pushes at each end, whilst the bottom curved strip pulls at each end -as shown by the white arrows: This causes a rotational force in the wheels, in the opposite direction to the joists bending moment, causing an outward push at A and an inward push at B. By applying this force to all edges A and B at each end, the joist will have the same strength and resistance to deflection as a normal joist about twice as deep.
Patent GB-2302720-A (GB)
Title: Vibration damper
Inventor: GRUNDEI MANFRED
IPC: F16F9/32
Filed: 1996-06-25
Abstract: A vibration damper comprises a cylinder 13 divided into two fluid chambers 13a, 13b by a piston 1 secured on a piston rod 3, the piston 1 comprising a piston body 5 with fluid passages 5a, 5b which are closed off by valve plates, and at least one piston ring 11 which encloses the peripheral surface 77 of the piston body 5 and engages against the axial faces of the piston body 5. The piston ring 11 slides in the cylinder 13. The piston body 5 is disc-shaped, in one piece and formed by a stamping process, whereby starting from a piston base body the piston body regions raised on one axial face of the piston are formed as recesses on the axially opposing face. The piston ring 11 is axially movable on the piston body 5, according to the direction of movement of the piston and is controlled by the frictional force between the cylinder 13 and the piston ring 11, and a variable preliminary orifice 73, 75, 55 is formed between adjacent faces of the piston ring 11 and the piston. The opening of the variable preliminary orifice is dependent on the relative axial position of the piston ring 11 and the piston body 5.
Patent GB-2305227-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic clutch actuation device and method of operation
Inventor: BOEHME HOLGER DIPL ING
IPC: F16D48/02
Filed: 1996-09-13
Abstract: A clutch actuation device comprises a transmitter cylinder 2, a clutch actuating cylinder 6 and a proportional valve 8. A pump 10, eg driven by a motor, provides the transmitter cylinder 2 with a servo pressure which is controlled by the valve 8. This servo pressure either acts directly on the actuating cylinder 6 (see fig 4) or acts on piston 22, of the transmitter cylinder 2, thereby pressurizing and displacing fluid from chamber 26 to the clutch actuating cylinder 6 so as to produce a force which operates the clutch. If a gear change is initiated either manually, eg by a tap switch, or automatically by changing a control variable, eg engine speed, an electronic control unit 78 adjusts the servo pressure in a defined manner by altering valve gap 60 via valve stem 50. The servo pressure is adjusted according to a characteristic curve (see figs 2A, 2B) the selection of which is dependent upon whether a displacement pick up 36 is used or not. In another embodiment (see fig 5) the servo pressure may also be employed for shifting clutch sleeves in an automatic gearbox.
Patent GB-2302718-A (GB)
Title: Laying underwater pipeline
Inventor: RISK STEWART
IPC: B63B35/03
Filed: 1996-03-04
Abstract: A ship (10) has an open deck area (12) with a pipe rack (14) on which pipe lengths (16) are stored and transported. Each pipe length (16) has a mechanical snap connector (18, 20) at either end. The pipeline is laid by launching from an angled pipe support (22) via tensioners (32), the pipe lengths (16) being connected end to end by means of the snap connectors (18, 20).
Patent GB-2320125-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the characteristics of an audio signal
Inventor: HARDIE-BICK ANTHONY RICHARD
IPC: G10H1/055
Filed: 1996-12-05
Abstract: A characteristic of an audio signal produced by an electronic musical instrument is modified in response to manual operations applied to a controlling device. The manual operations are preferably effected by operation of a foot pedal having two degrees of freedom such that it may be rocked about a horizontal axis (fig. 6) and rotated about a vertical axis 406. For each degree of freedom there is a resonance circuit, having a coil 601, 1001 and a cooperating member 203, 206 such that the inductance, and thus the resonant frequency of the circuit, is varied by relative movement between the coil and the cooperating member. The relationship between manual operation and audio signal modification is linearised by a compensating characteristic determined by the shape of the coil.
Patent GB-2320399-A (GB)
Title: Multi-mode mobile phone that searches for channels in one system more frequently than in other systems
Inventor: GRAYSON MARK
IPC: H04B7/185
Filed: 1996-12-12
Abstract: A multi-mode mobile radiotelephone is operable in more than one communication system, such as in both a GSM and satellite system which use different frequency bands. The mobile phone stores network preference data identifying a level of priority for each system, and scans one system for a channel more often than other systems. In one embodiment, a mobile phone is operable in a terrestrial system and a satellite system, and scans the terrestrial band every 30 seconds and the satellite band every 2 minutes when not camped on either system. When camped on a satellite network channel the mobile scans the terrestrial band every 2 minutes. When camped on a terrestrial channel the mobile scans the satellite band every 5 minutes. Power consumption is thus reduced by scanning some frequency bands less often.
Patent GB-2314261-A (GB)
Title: Removable support strap
Inventor: TARRANT ARNOLD EDWIN GEORGE
IPC: A47C20/02
Filed: 1997-04-17
Abstract: A device which can be releasably attached to a bed to prevent a person who is sitting in the bed from slipping down it is disclosed. The device comprises a strap which has a tunnel of a flexible material attached thereto and into which is inserted a support. In use, the strap is secured to a bed beneath the occupant with the tunnel and supporting insert beneath his buttocks and at the top of his legs.
Patent GB-2324932-A (GB)
Title: A communication system with frequency and space diversity
Inventor: O'NEILL RORIE JULIAN TURNBALL
IPC: H04B7/08
Filed: 1997-05-02
Abstract: In a communication system such as a cellular radio communication system, a mobile unit 112 transmits a composite signal comprising multiple sub-channels of modulated data. A plurality of spatially separated antennae 118,120 at a base station 116 each receives the composite signal via a different propagation path 122,124. Each composite signal received is decoded and quality metrics for the multiple sub-channels are assessed. The best sub-channels from each antenna are selected for combination in order to retreive the transmitted data. The individual sub-channels selected from different antennae are also used for subsequent downlink transmissions from base station to mobile unit. The communication system employs an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in which the sub-channels are related frequencies. This may be in an indoor picocellular-type environment. A time division duplex structure (TDD) may also be used to separate the uplink and downlink transmissions.
Patent GB-2318616-A (GB)
Title: Rotary actuator
Inventor: KIMURA YASUHITO
IPC: F16K31/163
Filed: 1997-10-13
Abstract: The cylinder body (11) of a rotary actuator is produced from a length of an extruded material, the section of the extruded material being circular at the inner periphery thereof and having upwardly, downwardly, leftwardly and rightwardly projecting thick-walled portions (12 to 15) at the outer periphery thereof with arcuate portions therebetween. The portion 14 has inner passage to connect a solenoid valve 33 mounted therein to the cylinder chambers via flow restrictors arranged in bores 77a, 77b. Pairs of holes 87a,87b are provided in the end plates 17,18 for mounting a filter. Alternatively the filter can be mounted to a pair of holes provided in portion 15.
Patent GB-2318951-A (GB)
Title: CLI telephone system
Inventor: HIJII KAZUYOSHI
IPC: H04M1/72505
Filed: 1997-10-31
Abstract: A telephone system for enabling the transfer of CLI data, for example a callers telephone number, comprises a main terminal 11 or base and at least one remote handset A, B, C. The main terminal comprises a memory which stores the CLI data to be transmitted to the handset with a call signal. When a request for position registration is received from the handset, the main terminal transmits the stored CLI data and is subsequently displayed at the handset. CLI data is not deleted from the main terminal until all handsets associated with the main terminal have received the data.