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Patent GB-2467903-A (GB)
Title: Portable musical instrument case with climate control means
Inventor: TAYLOR MARTIN GEORGE
IPC: G10G7/00
Filed: 2009-02-13
Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a lightweight, hand portable instrument case within which the instrument, e.g. a violin, is securely held, protected from shock and insulated by means 4, together with thermo-electric means 11 to heat or cool the interior and maintain a stable temperature coupled with humidity control means 24 that monitor such internal condition. Humidity control is accomplished by known means or by means of a filter containing super-absorbent polymer. Air is drawn into the case via inlet grills 8 and a supply air plenum chamber 15 and then distributed to the supply air vents 17 provided on the instrument holding portion 18. The air then return via the return air duct 13 to the return air plenum 14. Provision is made for communication of the location via a GPS unit and internal condition of the instrument case to a remote control unit (25, Fig-2), FOB unit (27, Fig-2) computer, PDA or mobile phone. The instrument case is battery powered at 20 or mains powered via socket 21.
Patent GB-2467917-A (GB)
Title: Domestic food grinder
Inventor: SCHMIDT RALPH
IPC: A23F5/08
Filed: 2009-02-18
Abstract: A food grinding machine features grinding means 16, a food storage container 25 with an outlet 27 securable to the machine, a dosing device 18b permitting controlled quantities of food product to be fed to the grinding means 16, and a gas dispensing device 19, 22 operable to dispense a gas into the storage container 25. In this manner, the container 25 can be back filled with a protective inert gas, such as nitrogen, so that food product remaining in the container 25, such as coffee beans, can be protected from going stale between uses. Ground food product falls into a tray 34 for use.
Patent GB-2457583-A (GB)
Title: Paint metering cylinder with plural rinsing outlets
Inventor: PRAUSER RAINER
IPC: B05B15/55
Filed: 2009-02-19
Abstract: A paint-metering cylinder for supplying a paint discharge nozzle with a paint material for painting plants includes at least one rinsing device having at least two rinsing agent outlet openings. A painting plant 1 includes a metering cylinder 2 comprising three access openings 17, 18 and 19 leading to cavity 3. Tangential inlet opening 18 and tangential outlet opening 19 are arranged as a rinsing agent supply opening 18 and as a rinsing outlet opening 19. Rinsing agent may also be discharged via central axial opening 17, outlet channel 11, paint line 12, shuttle valve 13 and discharge line 26. A method for rinsing a paint-metering cylinder comprises supplying a first rinsing agent the exits through a first rinsing agent outlet and supplying a second rinsing agent that exits through a second rising outlet of the paint-metering cylinder. Also disclosed is a paint-metering cylinder comprising a removably attachable head closure and at least one quick-lock closure device structured and arranged to attach the head closure.
Patent GB-2454428-A (GB)
Title: Paint composition for adherence to plastic
Inventor: BOSWAY MICHAEL W
IPC: C08J7/043
Filed: 2009-03-02
Abstract: A paint product that includes a solvent-borne paint composition that includes volatile organic solvents, an acrylic modified alkyd resin, a long oil alkyd, a chlorinated polyolefin modified acrylic resin, and a colorant.
Patent GB-2459356-A (GB)
Title: Telephone system network server database synchronisation
Inventor: SHIBASAKI FUMIO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2009-04-06
Abstract: A telephone system comprises networks, terminals and servers. The networks are mutually connected. The terminals may belong to any one of the networks. The servers control each of the networks and accommodate terminals. The server comprises database, manager and controller. The terminals and the server of their assignment destinations are associated with one another in the database. The manager updates to synchronize among the databases and the servers at destinations as the terminals move to control by other servers. The controller specifies a server which controls a terminal at a call destination of an outgoing call, and transmits a call message to the specified server when the outgoing call toward another network is generated from a terminal under its own control. The positional information databases are sequentially synchronized among the servers as calls are generated among the terminals. Each network server comprises: a positional information database, relating to telephone terminal and server assignments; a positional information management module; and a call control module.
Patent GB-2459200-A (GB)
Title: Converting documents and identifying structure for automatically extracting data
Inventor: WANG EMILY Y
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2009-04-17
Abstract: An input document, such as a pdf document, may be converted into a hypertext markup language (html) representation, such that it includes a number of html tags. A pattern in the html tags may be used to infer a structure of the input document, for example by inferring similar entries in a table or column and their relationships and store instructions for associating different elements together. The stored html version may then be retrieved, for example by an aircraft engineer, in order to access information about a repair procedure for an assembly or subsystem of an aircraft from a pdf original manual. The extracted information from a retrieved version can then be displayed on a client system. A further request may be made with instructions for mining the semi-structured input document for further information, and the saved repository updated.
Patent GB-2471992-A (GB)
Title: A fixing means
Inventor: NORMAN LUCY
IPC: F16B12/22
Filed: 2009-07-02
Abstract: A fixing means for removably joining together two or more elements comprises a recess (10) formed in a first element (12) and a protrusion from a second element. The recess (10) and protrusion are shaped so that the protrusion can be inserted into the recess (10) and moved into a locking position whereby the recess (10) and the protrusion form a frictional relationship to hold the first (12) and second elements in a desired position relative to each other.
Patent GB-2472436-A (GB)
Title: Portable bag dispenser
Inventor: MASANGO HAZVINEYI
IPC: B65D25/52
Filed: 2009-08-06
Abstract: A portable bag dispenser comprises a roll of bags 108 of width w, a cartridge 102 and a container 121. The cartridge comprises an open-ended c-shaped tube of at least length w for housing the roll of bags, the tube having an opening 106 extending from one end 104 to the other 104 for allowing the outermost bag to protrude through. The container is formed from two sections 122a, 122b that can be joined together and separated. When the container is joined together it encloses the cartridge and when it is separated the cartridge can be removed. The container comprises: a housing around the c-shaped tube; two ends 125 to prevent the roll of bags from being displaced through an open end of the cartridge; a longitudinal aperture 126 of length at least w that is parallel to the cartridge opening so that a bag protruding through the cartridge opening can protrude through the aperture; and a support means 123 on its inside for distributing the torque applied to the cartridge as a bag is pulled out by a user. The cartridge is less than 15cm long (preferably between 7.5 and 12.5 cm long and more preferably 10cm long).
Patent GB-2459797-A (GB)
Title: Phthalocyanines and their use in ink-jet printing
Inventor: THOMPSON NEIL JAMES
IPC: C09B47/08
Filed: 2008-03-05
Abstract: A compound of Formula (1 ) and salts thereof: MPc - (R 1 -NR 2 -R 3 ) n Formula (1 ) wherein: M is Cu or Ni; Pc reresents a l phthalocyanine nucleus of formula; R 1 is optionally substituted C 1-4 alkylene; R 2 is H or optionally substituted C 1-4 alkyl; R 3 is optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted acyl or optionally substituted heterocyclyl; or R 2 and R 3 are joined together to form with the nitrogen a heterocyclic ring which may contain other heteroatoms; n is 1 to 8: and provided that at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 carries at least one acidic water solubilising substituent selected from the group consisting Of -SO 3 H, -CO 2 H and -PO 3 H 2 . Also compositions, inks, printing processes, printed materials and ink-jet cartridges.
Patent GB-2462724-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display with split electrode
Inventor: SEELHAMMER MARK A
IPC: G02F1/1333
Filed: 2009-08-18
Abstract: A light shutter includes a first electrode 15, a second electrode 16, and a third electrode 12, wherein the first and second electrodes are capacitively coupled to each other by the third electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode can be segmented and the segments separately addressed. In a display having a liquid crystal light shutter and an EL panel stacked on the same side of a substrate, there is a common front electrode and separate rear electrodes for operating the light shutter and the EL panel. The common front electrode is electrically floating and the rear electrodes are capacitively cou pled to each other by the common front electrode. The rear electrodes can be segmented and the segments separately addressed.
Patent GB-2472987-A (GB)
Title: Composite optical materials, uses of composite optical materials and methods for the manufacture of composite optical materials
Inventor: BAUMBERG JEREMY JOHN
IPC: C09K9/00
Filed: 2009-08-24
Abstract: A thermochromic composite optical body formed of a composite optical material. The material has a three dimensionally periodic arrangement of particles of a first material having refractive index n1 disposed in a matrix of a second material, different to the first material, having refractive index n2. The material is capable of being modified by an external stimulus to provide an optical effect based on the three dimensionally periodic arrangement of particles. At a first condition of the external stimulus, the body is substantially transparent and satisfies at least one of:wherein Δn is the modulus of the difference between n1and n2at the first condition of the external stimulus, nvais the volume average refractive index of the body at the first condition of the external stimulus, λ is a wavelength of light corresponding to the three dimensionally periodic arrangement of particles and L is the thickness of the body at the first condition of the external stimulus. At a second condition of the external stimulus, different from the first condition, the body provides a colour effect due to a corresponding change in n1and/or n2.
Patent GB-2475033-A (GB)
Title: Transaction Verification Token
Inventor: FINETTI MARIO GUIDO
IPC: G07F7/10
Filed: 2009-10-15
Abstract: For home banking Web applications, a solution is required to authenticate user's transactions when the client computer is not a trusted environment. A device is provided with cryptographic capabilities integrated with a small display 4 and biometric sensors 3. It is designed to receive a short message from an external home banking application including transaction details. The message is shown on the display 4. If the user passes identity verification with the fingerprint reader 3, the message is electronically signed and returned to the home banking application. The financial transaction is confirmed only if the signed message is received and verified by the server. Otherwise, the transaction is cancelled. The device has a control unit 1 and a memory 2 and may have an internal clock 6, buttons and a battery. The device may interface with the client computer via a USB connection 5, Ethernet or a wireless connection. The device can also be used to authenticate a connection between the computer and the bank website.
Patent GB-2476281-A (GB)
Title: Gutter and downpipe rainwater collection and storage
Inventor: BRIDGE MICHAEL
IPC: E03B3/02
Filed: 2009-12-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a rainwater collection and storage system in which rainwater run off 1 from a roof of a building is collected and stored in a system of gutters 2 and down pipes 4 adapted to retain rainwater as well as divert excess to storm drains or a second collection device. The rainwater preferably passes through a filter 3 into the down pipe 4 preferably in communication with the a system 5 by means of a standard size pipe 6 which may incorporate a one way valve to prevent backflow from a conventional water supply to the rain supply. Alternatively rainwater from down pipes would be fed direct to toilets and the like by means of a standard size pipe 7. Excess rainwater is diverted via an overflow 9 to down pipes which may incorporate drain points 10 for cleaning and maintenance of the system. Collected rainwater is used only to supplement conventional supply to toilets and the like which does not require purified water.
Patent GB-861157-A (GB)
Title: Multiple ignition device, particularly for racing car or craft engines
IPC: F02P7/063
Filed: 1958-03-28
Abstract: 861,157 Interrupters. FABBRICA ITALIANA MAGNETI MARELLI S.p.A. March 28, 1958 [March 30, 1957], No. 10014/58. Class 38 (5). [Also in Group XXVII] A contact-breaker assembly for multiple ignition circuits comprises a shaft 8 with integral cams 9, 10, 11, 12, the shaft being driven via a centrifugal spark advance member 3, 4. Each cam co-operates with a number, as shown three, of separate contact-breakers 16, 17, 18 mounted on plates 15 carried by parts 20, 20<SP>1</SP>, 20<SP>11</SP> which are joined by flanges 19, 19<SP>1</SP>, 19<SP>11</SP> to form a housing, each breaker being arranged in a separate ignition circuit.
Patent GB-221169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to figure toys
IPC: A63H7/04
Filed: 1924-04-22
Abstract: 221,169. Ross, W. April 22, 1924. Mechanical and like toys.--A figure toy representing a quadruped comprises a hollow body 1 fitted with pivoted weighted, tail and jaw members 4, 9 connected by a rod or cable 13, and operated by a strap 14 by means of which the toy is pulled along the ground. A horn 19 may be provided and is operated from a battery 18 when a switch 17 at the end of the strap is closed.
Patent GB-219071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spring suspensions for motor and other vehicles including the landing gears of aircraft
IPC: B60G11/14
Filed: 1923-04-13
Abstract: 219,071. Summerson & Sons, Ltd., T., and Boothroyd, A. V. April 13, 1923. Buffers. - A spring suspension for road or railway vehicles and landing gear of aircraft comprises a collapsable frame of substantially rectangular shape consisting of a lower horizontal bearer carried by the axle, an upper horizontal bearer movable towards or away from the lower bearer under the control of one or more helical springs and side members each composed of a pair of pivotally connected links pivoted to the ends of the bearers and connected to the frame by swinging links, the action being such that the mechanical advantage to the spring or springs increases as the load or shock increases. The lower bearer B<1> is mounted on a longitudinal pivot b' on a seat b<2> rotating on the axle B<2>, .and is formed with guides a' for rods a attached to the upper bearer B. The pairs of links C, C<1>, pivoted to the bearers at c, c' are pivotally connected at c<2>, c<3> to links C<2>, C<3> connected by swivels c<2x>, c<3x> to frame brackets C<2x>, C<3x>.
Patent GB-234605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in trousers presses
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1924-04-24
Abstract: 234,605. Everitt, J. April 24, 1924. Trouser-presses.-In a trouser-press having separate and independent press boards a, c, resiliently supported boards e are provided for the cuff portions of the trousers. Both boards a, c may be provided with corresponding boards e supported by a pair of blade springs e<2>. Specifications 197,795 and 199,687 are referred to.
Patent GB-1409072-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing a pipe secrion having a sealing ring
IPC: F16L21/04
Filed: 1972-10-23
Abstract: 1409072 Moulding pipes with sealing rings FORSHEDA IDEUTVECKLING AB 23 Oct 1972 [25 Oct 1971] 10180/75 Divided out of 1409071 Heading B5A A mould cavity for a pipe is defined between an outer mould (dotted in Fig. 3), a mandrel and base 30, 32, a sleeve 36 and a sealing ring 4 held in a recess defined by the sleeve 36 and mandrel 30 together, or by the sleeve 64 alone (see Fig. 6). Concrete is cast in the cavity, and the mandrel 30 and sleeve 36 sequentially removed after hardening of the concrete to leave the sealing ring 4 in position. The sleeve 36 and sealing ring 4 (or 66) are made of rubber and are differentially stretched on to the mandrel 30 so that the sleeve 36 contracts most on mandrel removal, away from the pipe and sealing ring. In Fig. 3, an extension 6 of the sealing ring is irremovably embedded in the pipe, but Fig. 6 shows a removable ring. Alternative shapes of sealing ring are described (see Division F2).
Patent GB-164913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for making thread or yarn sample cards or sheets
IPC: B65H54/68
Filed: 1920-04-13
Abstract: 164,913. Thornton, A. April 13, 1920. Winding-machines.-In machines for making yarn or thread sample shade cards or sheets of the kind wherein the threads 6 are wound on a foundation, which is wrapped round a cylinder 2 and the ends secured in a groove by a bar 5, the coils of thread being fixed by gumming strips of paper across the foundation and subsequently cut at a point near to the bar, the operating handle 10 is connected with the shaft of the cylinder by a gear train 12, 13 so that the cylinder is started gradually, and the cones which transmit motion to the screw that traverses the thread guides are provided with grooves or with spaced swellings to prevent the driving-cord from slipping from its adjusted position and so producing irregular spacing of the threads.
Patent GB-314606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of veneered mouldings for interior wall decorating purposes
IPC: B27D1/08
Filed: 1928-04-05
Abstract: 314,606. Toone, H. B. S., and Toone, H. S. April 5, 1928. Mouldings; panelled work.- The process described in Specification 278,194 of making wood veneered mouldings by applying the veneer to a cork composition backing under heat in a press is modified so that mouldings may be produced of an ornamental shape in cross-section, such as that shown in Fig. 2. A number of strips may be formed in parallel lengths in one sheet by using a multiple die, the sheet being afterwards severed to form separate strips of moulding. To allow the veneer to " gather up " when the grooves between the parallel strips are of some depth, a sheet of paper may be interposed between the die and the sheet of veneer. The backing may be pre-shaped by subjecting it to the pressure of the hot die before the veneer is applied.
Patent GB-540625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to releasable pipe joints as used in well drilling
IPC: E21B17/06
Filed: 1940-06-12
Abstract: 540,625. Pipe joints. CUTHILL, J., and OIL WELL ENGINEERING CO., Ltd. June 12, 1940, No. 10258. [Class 99 (i)] In a releasable pipe joint for use in welldrilling and like operations comprising a threaded spigot 3 engaging a corresponding threaded socket 1, the spigot is provided with a collar 12 having a helical face, of opposite hand to the screwthreads, engaging a corresponding helical face 9 on the spigot, both helical faces being stepped for engagement at 10. When the joint is screwed up, the helical faces become clamped together by a wedging action, the stepped faces 10 being slightly separated. If the lower portion of the drilling - stem becomes jammed, the upper portion is then rotated anticlockwise, so as to unlock the helical faces and bring the steps 10 into engagement again, thereupon the joint may then be unscrewed. The stepped portions 10 may be united by a fragile or extensible member 15, and the collar 12 is provided with a screw 13 engaging a helical groove 11 in the spigot parallel to the helical faces. A packing-ring 17 prevents leakage of liquid from the internal bore into the joint.
Patent GB-644514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of embossed wall-paper
IPC: B41M1/00
Filed: 1948-04-13
Abstract: 644,514. Coated fabrics. LEER, E. A. F. VAN. April 13, 1948, No. 10278. Convention date, April 21, 1947. [Class 140] [Also in Group XVI] Embossed wall-paper is produced by leading the paper between a pick-up roll rotating in a cement bath and a second thickness-determining roll arranged at an adjustable distance above the pick-up roll, whereafter the paper with its cement layer is passed beneath an embossing roll. As shown, a cement hardening on exposure to air, e.g. a thermoplastic or a chalk- &c. filled adhesive, contained in a box 4, is applied by a rough rubber or steel roll 2 to the paper 1 to a thickness (e.g. 0.5 to 4 mm.) determined by an adjustable rubber or steel roll 3, the applied layer then being led by an impression cylinder 6 against a brass, zinc, wood, lead or alloy embossing roll 7. Adjustable scraping knives at both ends of both rolls 2, 3 remove excess cement at the paper edges, and to ensure that the coated paper leaves the roll 2 immediately it has passed the working line between the rolls 2, 3 either a guide roll 5 is provided or the roll 3 is arranged nearer the cylinder 6. In a modification the roll 3 and cylinder 6 are combined, the roll 7 being arranged above the roll 3 and the parts 2, 4 being vertically adjustable. A dye may be added to the cement in the container 4, and colours may be sprayed, spread or applied by felt-cloth on to the wet or dry cement layer.
Patent GB-605783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to valves, plug cocks or bib taps
IPC: F16K5/12
Filed: 1946-12-23
Abstract: 605,783. Plug cocks. HADEN & SONS, Ltd., G. N., BRUCE, H. H., HARRISON, E., and PATERSON, J. R. May 23, 1946, No. 10313/45. [Class 135] In a plug cock, the fluid inlet f is at the larger end of the plug and the outlet port g in the plug or casing is substantially of the shape shown in Fig. 5, the full area of the other port being unrestricted in the open position of the valve. The invention is described with reference to a valve as disclosed in Specification 605,851.
Patent GB-781763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of electric capacitors
Inventor: SHEN TZU EN
IPC: H01G4/258
Filed: 1954-04-08
Abstract: 781,763. Capacitors. BRITISH DIELECTRIC RESEARCH, Ltd. April 7, 1955 [April 8, 1954], No. 10367/54. Drawings to Specification. Class 37. A wound-type capacitor has as its dielectric layer at least one strip of polythene film and at least one strip of impregnated paper. When there are two or more polythene strips the paper is arranged so that the polythene strips are nowhere in contact in the effective portion of the dielectric. Embodiments are referred to in which there is one strip of each type with aluminium foil electrodes of different widths between the polystrene strips and the paper strips and in which a paper strip is sandwiched between two polystrene strips and these are compared with capacitors having single and double layers of polythene. The capacitor is preferably dried and then impregnated with mineral or silicone oil. The electrodes may be of the deposited type.