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Patent GB-2258618-A (GB)
Title: Fluid medicament applicator
Inventor: GIBBINS BRUCE
IPC: A61B17/20
Filed: 1992-08-05
Abstract: The applicator, which may be for animal vaccine, has a body to be held between a user's fingers and thumb and a hollow interior in which is held a squeezable cartridge (3) holding sufficient fluid for repeated dosing. A conduit (5) leads from the hollow interior to a delivery end of the applicator and is of dimensions such that fluid is inhibited from gravity flow therefrom, means (7, 7a) being provided in a side wall of the body to enable expression of a drop or droplets of fluid from the conduit, and a scratcher (8) being provided for scratching the skin of the animal before or after applying a drop of the fluid. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260073-A (GB)
Title: Game cabinet
Inventor: SHELTON RICHARD B
IPC: A63F11/00
Filed: 1992-10-01
Abstract: A game cabinet (1) has lower (2) and upper (3) housings hinged to one another to enable the upper housing to be swung from a position atop the lower housing to a position alongside and parallel to the lower housing. A target assembly (35) having a plurality of individual segments removably accommodated in spaces formed by dividers is mounted on a support (47) that is swingable from a normal, vertical position about a horizontal axis to provide access to the segments from the rear of the target assembly. The segments are biased in one direction by a resilient pad (38, Figure 11) when the target assembly is in an operative position and the biasing force exerted by the pad is adjustable. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260753-A (GB)
Title: Slack limiting tab for a magnetic tape cassette
Inventor: TEUBER VINCENT PETER
IPC: G11B23/087
Filed: 1992-10-22
Abstract: A magnetic recording tape cassette comprises a magnetic tape 24 extending between reels 20, 22, tape guiding surfaces 30, 32 and slack limiting tabs 50, 60 having tape contact ends 52, 62, and mounting regions 54, 64. Each slack limiting tab comprises a flexible, resilient polymeric material having a Tg of greater than about 140 DEG C. Creep values of tab materials are specified. The tape contact ends are biased against the tape to press the tape against the tape guiding surfaces. There is extensive disclosure of tab materials, and of low-friction tab coatings. Tab end 68 spaces the tape from the housing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274179-A (GB)
Title: Power supply controller
Inventor: SHACKLETON ROBERT JAMES
IPC: G05D23/19
Filed: 1992-12-07
Abstract: A power supply control apparatus for controlling the supply of power from a power supply to an electrical appliance is provided for use where the power supply provides a supply of power only periodically with periods having a cyclical pattern eg. off-peak electricity to an electric storage heater. The apparatus comprises a processing unit (1) for monitoring the supply of power and storing in a memory a pattern of data indicative of the time power is available from the power supply during a cycle. The output drive (3) is controlled by the processing unit (1) to switch the power available from the power supply to an electrical appliance. The processing unit (1) controls the output drive (3) to supply power to the electrical appliance for a desired total energising period during the time power is available from the power supply in each successive similar cycle. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264360-A (GB)
Title: Pressure measurement apparatus
Inventor: SHARPE BRIAN ALLAN JOHN
IPC: G01L17/00
Filed: 1993-02-18
Abstract: Inflation pressure of an inflated article, e.g. a wheel tyre 12, is measured by pressure sensing apparatus 10 located on the inflated article. Portable apparatus 20 is brought into proximity with the sensing apparatus 10 and a power signal is transmitted for the portable apparatus to energise the sensing apparatus. The portable apparatus acquires pressure data signals output by the sensing apparatus, processes these data signals and displays an inflation pressure value. The power signal and pressure data signals are transmitted by engaging a probe 24 provided as part of the portable apparatus with a cylindrical body member 13 of the sensing apparatus. A particular advantage of the portable apparatus is in acquiring and displaying inflation pressure values of aircraft undercarriage wheel tyres because the aircraft power does not have to be switched on and the cockpit entered to obtain inflation pressure readings. As shown the data signals are transmitted capacitively between send and receive electrodes 19, 28 using frequency shift keying. An arrangement in which signals are transmitted via the power transmission coils 17, 27 is also described (Fig. 5 not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269341-A (GB)
Title: Article
Inventor: CHATWIN CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 1993-07-28
Abstract: An article comprises a substrate (2) including a structure (3) for generating an optically variable effect. The substrate is partially provided with an indicia receptive coating (5) such that at least part of the optically variable effect (3) remains visible. Possible optically variable effects include diffraction, interference and polarisation effects. These effects are generally visible in white light. A method of manufacturing articles comprises providing a substrate (2) which includes a structure (3) for generating optically variable effects. A partial continuous indicia receptive coating (5) is provided on the substrate (2) such that at least part of the optically variable effect remains visible. An article manufactured in this way may receive security printing (6) on the indicia receptive coating.
Patent GB-2269343-A (GB)
Title: Re-use of pre printed paper in printing apparatus.
Inventor: SATO MASUMI
IPC: G03G9/09
Filed: 1993-07-30
Abstract: A printer (e.g. an electrostatographic apparatus (3)) incorporates a device (14) which can erase print from a previously printed paper, whereby said previously printed paper can be re-cycled. As described, paper printed with a toner based on cyanin and an ammonium salt is susceptible to declourisation by light of wavelength 820 nm. The eraser (14) therefor is preferably constituted by a halogen lamp. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270857-A (GB)
Title: Tamperproof container
Inventor: JENNINGS ANTONY BRIAN
IPC: B65D27/30
Filed: 1993-09-06
Abstract: A treated substrate forming or adapted to form part of an adhesively-closable tamperproof container, whose adhesive is liable to lose tackiness on significant change in temperature, has applied thereto at least one temperature sensitive area, the said area being adapted to permanently change its appearance following subjection of it to a loss-of-tackiness temperature change and being positioned or positionable close to the container's closure adhesive.
Patent GB-2285101-A (GB)
Title: Seal for use with liquids
Inventor: KENWORTHY GRANT GERALD
IPC: F16J15/34
Filed: 1993-12-23
Abstract: A seal has a first sealing ring (21) mounted non-rotatably and fixed axially relative to a housing (11) and a second sealing ring (37) mounted non-rotatably and movable axially of a shaft (10), a spring (34) being provided to urge the second sealing ring (37) into sealing engagement with the first sealing ring (21), the first sealing ring (21) defining an annular knife edge (22) which sealing engages a planar radial face (38) of the second sealing ring (37) the first sealing ring (22) being mounted eccentrically of the second sealing ring (37), so that as the shaft (10) rotates relative to the housing (11) the knife edge (22) will wipe over the planar surface (38) to maintain a seal therebetween. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275375-A (GB)
Title: Improved electric plug assembly
Inventor: WINGROVE ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: H01R13/68
Filed: 1994-02-17
Abstract: An electric plug assembly has a pre-formed insulating base 2 with plug pins 3 extending from a lower side thereof and conductor terminals mounted on an upper side thereof for electrically connecting the plug pins 3 to conductors and a cover member 1 adapted to co-operate with the pre-formed insulating base to define a space therebetween. This space is divided into two or more chambers by one or more walls 7 extending substantially between the insulating base and the cover member. Each of the chambers is adapted to receive one or more conductors to prevent short-circuiting, e.g. to the earth pin contact. A raised portion 9 of the base is hollow to provide space for a cartridge fuse. Contacts for the fuse are provided which extend through apertures in the base 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280274-A (GB)
Title: Container filling system
Inventor: AVEY KENNETH FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: G01G15/00
Filed: 1994-07-07
Abstract: A system for filling containers, particularly beer kegs, comprises weighing the empty container (80), recording the measured weight, filling the container with a metered volume of liquid, weighing the filled container, and calculating the difference between the measured weights of the filled and empty container, to calculate the weight of the liquid in the container. The volume of liquid in the container can therefore be calculated, to provide an accurate check on the metered volume supplied to the container. In a beer keg filling system incorporating the invention, scales (22) for weighing empty kegs are arranged at weighing stations (20) in each of the washing and filling lines and a check weigher is arranged at a station in the output line. An escapement is provided to reject a keg if the calculated volume of liquid differs from the metered volume by more than a predetermined tolerance. To identify the keg on the check weigher, each keg is marked with machine-readable code at the weighing station (20) and the code is read by a scanner. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293504-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle lighting control responsive to windscreen wiper operation
Inventor: BELL KEVIN
IPC: B60Q1/14
Filed: 1994-09-16
Abstract: A control unit 11 detects which windscreen wiper function has been selected by a manually operated wiper control switch 10 and if that function requires that sidelights and/or headlights are also on, then the unit 11 instructs a relay unit 12 to actuate these lights if they are not already on. For example, lights may be required to be on when intermittent, slow or fast wipe has been selected, but not if single wipe has been selected. The normal manually operated light switch 15 overrides the unit 11. If the wipers are switched from a function requiring lights to be on to a function not requiring lights to be on, or to off, the driver is given an audible warning signal or a visual signal by a flashing LED 14. The driver may then turn the lights off by operating a momentary action push button switch 13 a predetermined number of times within a certain time, eg. twice within two seconds. The switch 13 can also be used to turn off the lights if unit 11 has turned them on but the driver perceives that visibility conditions are good. The control unit 11 may be a programmable microprocessor with a ROM, RAM, EPROM, EEPROM or an ASIC. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290942-A (GB)
Title: Coin holder
Inventor: SILVA RICARDO MANTECON
IPC: A45C1/04
Filed: 1994-10-19
Abstract: A coin holder adapted to be worn on the person of a user comprises a bracelet 2 or the like which includes at least one receptacle 1 for releasably housing one or more coins. There may be one or more series of receptacles mounted on the radially outer surface of the bracelet, which may be joined to each other by a material 3 having a higher degree of elasticity than that of the receptacles. The receptacles may include spacing means for stacking successive coins separately, which spacing means may allow coins of different sizes to be stacked. Releasable fastening means (6, Fig. 4) may be provided for releasably retaining coins in a given receptacle and the arrangement may be such that actuation of a single release mechanism (7) associated with a particular receptacle is effective to release all coins held within it. A receptacle may have biasing means (8, Fig. 6) for urging retained coins in a radially outward direction towards an aperture (9) through which removal of the outermost coin is facilitated. The bracelet may ornamental. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289703-A (GB)
Title: An office building construction
Inventor: POWER MICHAEL
IPC: E04H1/06
Filed: 1995-01-16
Abstract: An office building construction (10) comprises a floor area (9) defined by a plurality of walls (11, 14, 17, 18). The floor area includes a number of offices (23, 24) located adjacent said walls. The remainder of the floor area includes a plurality of workstation modules (W) to which access is provided through a corridor (21). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297739-A (GB)
Title: Combined package and utensil
Inventor: COUCH CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B65D77/24
Filed: 1995-02-11
Abstract: A package has a seal (a) which is detachable from a box (b) so that the contents are thereby revealed for consumption in conjunction with the use of an accompanying utensil (d). The seal (a) may be removed by peeling it with one hand.
Patent GB-2296378-A (GB)
Title: Guiding light in electroluminescent devices
Inventor: STEVENS ROBERT
IPC: H05B33/22
Filed: 1995-03-28
Abstract: A thin-film phosphor device including a phosphor layer (6a) sandwiched between two insulator layers (2a, 4a), includes micro-structures 5 configured so as to maximise the amount of light which may be out-coupled from the device. The microstructures include micro-grooves (5), trenches or pits, micro-mirrors, or tapered edge facets. The phosphor layer may also be configured as a light guide between opaque layers and micro-lenses may be provided at the reflector locations. The device may be used in displays and printing heads. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289019-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning device for cylinders of a printing press
Inventor: SEEFRIED KARL-HEINZ
IPC: B41F35/06
Filed: 1995-05-01
Abstract: The invention describes a cleaning device for cylinders of a printing press, wherein at least one cylinder (4) comprises a cylinder gap (3), said cylinder gap being open on the cylinder circumference. For said cylinder gap (3) a beam-like cleaning tool (8), extending over the axial length of the cylinder gap, is movable, transversely with respect to the axis of the cylinder, against the cylinder (4) and into the cylinder gap (3). The tool may carry a driven brush-roller at its lower end. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289375-A (GB)
Title: Antenna mount with a clamp arrangement
Inventor: CHEN HUNG-MING
IPC: H01Q1/32
Filed: 1995-05-09
Abstract: An antenna mounting arrangement includes a quick-release clamp. The clamp is assembled from jaw members 10, 20 and a clamp activation member 40. A pad 23 links the jaw members 10, 20 together. The jaw member 10 has a bent edge 11 which provides a lower clamp surface and an edge of jaw member 20 fits within the bent portion to provide an upper clamp surface. The jaw member 10 includes two tabs 13 which are adjacent to holes 17, which are between the tabs 13. The clamp activation member 40 is pivotally attached to the tabs 13 such that lugs 43 project through the holes 17. Each lug 43 has a first edge 41 and a second edge 42 which are different distances from the pivot point 18. As member 40 is pivoted the lug edges 41, 42 provide a cam-like action upon jaw member 20 causing the clamp surfaces to move towards or away from each other and into or out of the clamped state. Preferred features pertaining to the antenna mount are also given. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297143-A (GB)
Title: Electrically-heated thermostatic valve
Inventor: SAUR ROLAND
IPC: G05D23/19
Filed: 1995-12-12
Abstract: A thermostatic valve for the cooling system of an internal combustion engine has an electrically heatable working element. The housing of the working element is disposed in the distributing chamber (12) of the valve, the electrical connection leads (15) being guided through a valve housing support (17). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298437-A (GB)
Title: Connecting terminals for wire cables
Inventor: WALTERMANN HUBERT
IPC: F16G11/02
Filed: 1996-02-29
Abstract: Connecting terminals (1) for wire cables (3) comprise a metal bushing part and a coupling part, e.g. a threaded bolt (3) or forked or countersunk head, extending therefrom, the cable end being received in the bushing part and secured by reducing the diameter of the bushing part, e.g. by rolling. The bushing part for a given cable diameter is made with a smaller external diameter than conventional terminals of the same type and the size of the threaded bolt (when provided) is also made correspondingly smaller. For cables having a diameter of 3, 4, 5 and 6 mm respectively the terminals have bushing external diameters (d2), before reduction, of approximately 5.5, 6.5, 7.5 and 9.0 mm and the threaded bolt size is M4, M5, M6 and M8. The length (L2) of the cable-receiving bore in the bushing part is also reduced in comparison with conventional terminals to from five to seven times the cable diameter (d3).
Patent GB-2311255-A (GB)
Title: Filing folder with filing strip or rods retained beneath lugs of hold down plate
Inventor: WANG BOR-JOU
IPC: B42F13/02
Filed: 1996-03-22
Abstract: The filing folder includes a hold down plate 10 with holes 11 and pairs of lugs 12 for releasably retaining the ends 31 of the filing strip or spring rods in depressions 13 at the end of the plate. The filing strip or rods are secured to the folder 40 by a plate 20 using rivets 41. An elongate recess 24 is provided beneath the plate 20 for receiving the intermediate portion of the filing strip or the ends of the spring rods. The plate 20 has two holes 22 matching the holes 11 of the hold down plate, each hole 22 having a transverse slot 23 to accommodate the filing strip.
Patent GB-2311938-A (GB)
Title: Hair fastener
Inventor: KUO-HUA CHOU
IPC: A45D8/24
Filed: 1996-04-09
Abstract: The fastener has a curved base 10 and a curved springy clamping leaf 20 pivoted thereto at 12,22 and having a wavy configuration and a longitudinal slot (26, Fig 1). The catch is characterised by allowing longitudinal movement of the free end of the leaf relative to the base and may comprise a C-shaped part 13 (see also Fig 2) on the base engaged by a tongue on the leaf. In another design, an L shaped part (33, Fig 8) engages an elongate depression (42, Fig 9) at the end of the leaf.
Patent GB-2298460-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic device and system
Inventor: SKINNER KEITH THOMAS
IPC: E05F15/04
Filed: 1995-09-18
Abstract: A pneumatic device (10) comprises a piston (12) moveable along a cylinder (10). The piston has opposite ends (18, 26) defining a space (30) therebetween. The space is divided into two chambers (30a, 30b) by a housing (40) fixed relative to the cylinder and having a fluid flow control passageway (42) therethrough. The space (30) is filled with fluid, such as oil. The piston (12) is arranged such that movement thereof against a spring (16) causes the fluid to be displaced from one chamber (30a) of the space (30) to the other chamber (30b) through the passageway (42). The spring (16) is arranged to apply a return force to the piston (12) and the rate of return of the piston (12) is controlled by the return flow of fluid through the passageway (42). A pneumatic system (100) includes a device (10) connected between first and second members (58, 58a) of a building, such as a door and door frame. The pneumatic system comprises a source of compressed gas (C) for operating the device (10) to enable the device (10) to move the first member (58) relative to the second member (58a), i.e. to open and close the door. A switching device (72) controls the supply of compressed gas to the device (10).
Patent GB-2305088-A (GB)
Title: A coding communication system using Viterbi decoders
Inventor: KATSURAGAWA HIROSHI
IPC: H04J13/00
Filed: 1996-08-23
Abstract: A plurality of add, compare and select (ACS) circuits (10-1N) each sequentially determines metrics at a particular trellis tracing rate assigned thereto. The metrics are sequentially added in order to select the most probable path. An M break-up circuit (30) compares the path metrics of the most probable paths and breaks up unlikely paths over a plurality of circuits. The path metrics of probable paths are sequentially written to respective metric memories (20-2N) and again fed to the ACS circuits (10-1N) for trellis tracings. This is repeated until the M break-up circuit (30) selects M paths out of paths fed from N (N > M) ACS circuits (20-1N). The M paths are delivered to a decision circuit (50) while survivor paths are written to respective path memories (40-4N). The decision circuit (50) selects one of the M path metrics having the smallest value, reads the path out of the path memory (40-4N), traces it back, and then outputs decoded bits via an output terminal (70). Further inventions use soft output Viterbi decoders with reliability information, Fig. 6, (not shown), or use the last stage of survivor paths, Fig. 10, (not shown), or use re-encoding with index computation, Fig. 14, (not shown).
Patent GB-2301305-A (GB)
Title: Continuous metal casting mold
Inventor: GROVE JOHN A
IPC: B22D11/04
Filed: 1995-03-29
Abstract: An improved continuous metal casting mold (10) incorporating a removable cassette insert member (20) that has a uniform thickness copper facing plate (28) and a steel backing plate (32) fastened together in such a way as to allow three-dimensional expansion of the copper plate (28) in relation to the steel plate (32) to minimize the thermal stresses exerted on the copper plate (28) and the temperature differential along the surface of the copper plate (28).
Patent GB-2308952-A (GB)
Title: Radio communication system organization;self organization of parameters
Inventor: CHAWLA KAPIL K
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 1996-12-09
Abstract: Parameters of a radio communication system such as the number, coverage area and transmission power of base stations, relative proximity of reused channels, isolation values, neighbour lists and consequences of base station removal are determined in a combined design, planning and verification process. The parameters are determined by measurements of path loss (computed from drop in signal strength), bit error rate, word error rate or frame error rate between base stations 5,10,15,20 and a plurality of regions 130 in a coverage area. A test unit 135 is moved through the regions and in each region a measurement is made to every base station irrespective of proximity. The absolute geographic locations of the regions are unimportant. The measurements are used to form a matrix characterising each region. The effect of changing a parameter can then readily be calculated using the matrix. For example the base station transmitter power level settings required for a certain minimum received signal strength in all regions can be predicted.
Patent GB-2308537-A (GB)
Title: Mounting carrier for heating elements
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN CRAWSHAW
IPC: H05B3/48
Filed: 1996-12-19
Abstract: A sheathed heating element 12 is mounted to the base of a liquid heating vessel 24 in an extruded aluminium carrier 14 bent into an annular shape and attached to the base of the vessel. The element 12 is retained in the carrier by folding the tops of the side walls 10 over the element.