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Patent GB-2280054-A (GB)
Title: Electronic monitoring system for video cassette and games hire
Inventor: CAMBRAY GEOFFERY PAUL
IPC: G11B19/10
Filed: 1993-04-16
Abstract: An electronic monitoring system for video cassette and games hire has a cabinet in which the video cassettes/games J are stored such that their unique electrically conductive labels E interface correctly with PCB mounted electronic monitoring equipment L. The cassettes/games are positioned in slots, moulded into cassette trays which ensure that the spring loaded contact pins D always touch the labels. Removal or insertion of the cassettes/games is monitored by a microprocessor which detects the absence time of the cassette/game and compares the time against a preset standard and records hire periods accordingly. Hire information is accessed via a RS232 serial interface either locally, or remotely using a PCB mounted modem facility. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2267475-A (GB)
Title: Invalid hoist
Inventor: RICHARDS DEREK JOHN
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1993-05-19
Abstract: An invalid hoist comprises a mast 10, a shaft 24 angularly movable relative to the mast 10 about a horizontal axis, a lifting member 14 secured to the shaft 24 so as to pivot relative to the mast 10 in response to angular movement of the shaft 24, a torque arm 36 secured to the shaft 24 at a position which is spaced axially along the shaft 24 from the lifting member 14 and an electrically powered actuator 31a, 31b, 33 pivotally connected at one end to the torque arm 36 at a position remote from said shaft 24 and pivotally connected at its opposite end to the mast 10 so that operation of the actuator 31 will displace the torque arm 36 to angularly displace the shaft 24 and pivot the lifting member 14 relative to the mast 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270404-A (GB)
Title: Ideographic typewriter and method
Inventor: JOHNSON REYNOLD B
IPC: G06F3/023
Filed: 1992-03-11
Abstract: Ideographic typewriter and method in which a set of characters are printed on a keyboard panel (16) in optically readable form and scanned to provide a bit map of a character which is to be printed. A printer (18) is actuated in accordance with the bit map to form an image of the selected character on an output medium. Characters beyond those included in the set printed on the keyboard panel (16) can be written on a calligraphy pad (17) near the keyboard (16) and scanned to provide bit maps for use in the printing of those characters. Information associated with the characters is prerecorded in tracks (88) on a magnetic medium positioned beneath the keyboard panel (16) and transduced in a manner which substantially eliminates crosstalk between the tracks.
Patent GB-2271353-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of formylimidazoles
Inventor: YAMAMOTO TOSHIO
IPC: C07D233/64
Filed: 1993-09-27
Abstract: In producing formylimidazoles by catalytically oxidizing the corresponding 4- or 5-hydroxymethyl- imidazoles, the catalytic oxidation is carried out in the presence of a noble metal catalyst while oxygen or air is blown into the reaction system. In this case, it is particularly desirable that the catalytic oxidation in the presence of a noble metal catalyst be carried out in a solvent comprising an aqueous alkali or in a mixed solvent composed of an aqueous alkali and an organic solvent immiscible with water.
Patent GB-2283638-A (GB)
Title: Dual mode radio device
Inventor: VAN DEN HEUVEL ANTHONY PATRICK
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 1993-10-12
Abstract: A radio device, such as a personal computer with a radio modem or a cordless telephone can operate on first and second radio communications systems. The device has registration means for registering on the first and second systems for transmission or receipt of traffic and user actuation means for initiating an operation of the device, wherein the operation initiated is dependent on the system on which the device is registered.
Patent GB-2283079-A (GB)
Title: Single handed computer controller eg joystick
Inventor: KILLICK JAMES EDWARD
IPC: G06F3/0338
Filed: 1993-10-12
Abstract: The controller has a hand grip 2 which is gripped and moved with respect to an arm support 1 to control computer programs using only one hand. The hand grip 2 and arm support 1 are connected to a universal joint 3 which has pivot points 8 and switch contacts 7. A switch 5 may be provided on the hand grip 2. The controller is hollow so it slides on and off of an arm. Padding is provided inside the controller which when worn protects against edges and provides comfort when in use. After the controller has been removed the arm support 1 stands on flat level surfaces. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273433-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of expanded hollow confectionery
Inventor: MOCHIZUKI KEIZO
IPC: A23L1/164
Filed: 1993-12-07
Abstract: Expanded hollow confectionery is prepared by charging a mixture of a grain flour (e.g. wheat flour), starch, seasoning and water (preferably 45 - 60 parts per 100 of the other materials) into a steam-processing machine to prepare a steam-boiled dough, charging this dough into a mixer in which it is stirred so as to entrap air therein, shaping the air-entrapped dough into a sheet, overlapping the dough sheet on another dough sheet, stamping the double-layered dough sheet to obtain flat dough pieces, drying these pieces, preferably so that the specific gravity of the pieces becomes 1.18 - 1.25, and then heating the dried pieces to cause expansion thereof. The confectionery pieces provided can have a fatty confectionery product, e.g. a chocolate dough or cream, injected therein through a hollow needle, without breakage of the pieces to produce a crisp product.
Patent GB-2278265-A (GB)
Title: Liner; tool
Inventor: MAYE MARTIN
IPC: B29C69/00
Filed: 1994-04-18
Abstract: A liner 20 for a hanging basket or other perforated container, comprises a wall 21 having predetermined portions 23, 27 removable therefrom, to provide apertures 23', 27' in the wall 21 in predetermined positions. The portions 23 and 27 may be provided by weakened juncture lines, by a cut or slot at least partially into thickness of wall 21, or by a core portion detachable from wall 21 and secured by release adhesive. The lines may be moulded or otherwise formed by means of a tool with means to define the portions 23, 27 such as a wire or blade. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2279937-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for loading reels into a packaging machine
Inventor: TACCHI ALVER
IPC: B65H19/12
Filed: 1994-07-06
Abstract: An apparatus for loading reels (2) into a packaging 50 machine comprises a loading device (1) that has a post (4) rotating about a vertical axis under the actuation of a drive unit (18); a lifting element (7), which is provided with means (26) for supporting a reel (2) to be loaded and is guided so that it can slide longitudinally with respect to the post (4) and can move under the actuation of an additional drive unit (32) between a lowered position for picking up the reel (2) and a raised position for transferring the reel (2) to the packaging machine; and sensor means (23 and 36, 37, 38) for controlling respectively the angular rotation of the post (4) and the coordinated longitudinal sliding movement of the lifting element (7). Preferably the apparatus docks with a trolley (3) carrying reels (2).   <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286093-A (GB)
Title: Telephone answering device with paging function
Inventor: HASHIMOTO KAZUO
IPC: H04W4/16
Filed: 1995-01-18
Abstract: The telephone answering device (TAD) has a CPU 1 with a RAM 1 into which the owner can register his pager telephone number via a keypad 2. In response to such registration, the CPU 1 autodials the pager number to contact a paging center which responds with a paging instruction message which is recorded in a RAM 3 of the TAD's recording/playback unit 17. The RAM 3 also stores a conventional outgoing answering message and a message inviting a caller to page the called party. When an incoming call is received, the caller can record a message on the unit 17 in the normal manner. The caller also has the option, prompted by replay of the page inviting message, of alternatively or additionally paging the called party. If the caller chooses this option, the previously recorded paging center message is replayed asking the caller to key in his telephone number which is then stored in RAM 2 of CPU 1. The TAD then disengages the telephone line and goes into the paging routine (Fig. 4) in which the line is re-engaged, the number in RAM 1 is autodialed to contact the paging center, the caller's number in RAM 2 is transmitted to the paging center and the line is then disengaged. The paging center then calls up the TAD owner's pager to display thereon the number of the caller. When the caller listens to the replayed paging center message, it seems as if he were communicating directly with the paging center and he thus feels reassured that his message will reach its destination. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287322-A (GB)
Title: Position detecting apparatus and position compensating method therefor
Inventor: YOSHIMITSU SATO
IPC: G05B19/18
Filed: 1995-02-21
Abstract: In a position detecting arrangement for a machine having a rotary shaft (4, Figs. 1 and 2) e.g. driven by a servomotor 3 and driving a table (5) via a ballscrew, there is provided an angle detector 11, 15, 17 for giving a signal representing the shaft angle within each revolution and a count generator 11, 16, 18 for giving a count signal representing the number of revolutions of the shaft, means to store sets of compensation values each covering part of the angle range within one revolution and each set corresponding to a range of the revolution count, and means to produce corrected position values based on the shaft angle signal, the revolution count and the corresponding compensation value. The latter values are thus composite values correcting for errors in the angle sensing disc 11 and in the ballscrew, and are stored beforehand using a temporary table position measuring device (7). Corrections for temperature and backlash may also be stored. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300473-A (GB)
Title: Louvre assembly
Inventor: SAVIDGE PAUL NICHOLAS
IPC: F24F13/08
Filed: 1995-05-03
Abstract: A louvre assembly comprises one or more elongate frame members (1), a plurality of blade supports (5), and a plurality of blades, wherein guide means (3) are provided such that the blade supports are mountable on the frame and movable along the longitudinal axis thereof. The louvre assembly can be provided as a multi-component system for assembly on-site. The blades are a push-fit engagement on the blade supports.
Patent GB-2289432-A (GB)
Title: A film blowing head with independent cooling rings
Inventor: VOS KLAUS-PETER
IPC: B29C48/10
Filed: 1995-05-10
Abstract: A film blowing head for producing tubular film webs of a thermoplastic synthetic material, consists of at least one feeder duct for the synthetic melt and leading into an annular outlet nozzle 3. An outer cooling ring 7, surrounding the extruded synthetic tubular web, is provided with nozzles directed towards the synthetic tubular web 11. An additional cooling ring 6 comprises a plurality of outlet nozzles 18 which discharge additional air flows that can be heated or cooled to different levels. To make it possible to retrofit existing film blowing heads with such an additional cooling ring 6, the additional cooling ring is an independent component. 
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Patent GB-2302742-A (GB)
Title: Interactive interface system
Inventor: EASTTY PETER CHARLES
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 1995-06-26
Abstract: An interactive system for interfacing with signal processing apparatus having a network of interconnected processors (e.g., for a digital audio mixing console) uses a graphical user interface for monitoring the operation of the system. The graphical user interface can be used for inputting control and/or data signals at selected points in said data processing structure and/or for displaying control and/or data signals from selected points in said data processing structure in real time. A graphical representation of an audio mixing console can be used for experimentation, set-up and training purposes.
Patent GB-2293488-A (GB)
Title: Alingap light emitting diodes
Inventor: STERANKA FRANK M
IPC: H01L33/30
Filed: 1995-09-01
Abstract: Quarternary AlInGaP light emitting diodes grown lattice-matched to an In-0.08Ga-.92As substrate. The diodes exhibit a substantial improvement in light emitting efficiency in the yellow to green portion of the visible spectrum
Patent GB-2305360-A (GB)
Title: Brush pressure system for a floor cleaning machine
Inventor: BRISCOE WILLIAM ANTHONY
IPC: A47L11/40
Filed: 1995-09-06
Abstract: A brush pressure control system for a cleaning, sweeping or scrubbing machine comprises a machine frame (16 figure 2) supporting a brush head 27, an actuator 10 for raising and lowering the brush head mounted between the frame and the brush head, an elongate balance beam 32 pivotally connected to the frame and connected at one end to the actuator for movement therewith and at the other end having a counterweight 35 mounted thereon. The mass of the counterweight is equivalent to the mass of the brush head. The brush head is also supported by the frame through a parallelogram linkage 38. A means may be provided to measure and display the wear of a brush on the brush head, such a load sensor (20 figure 1) which registers when a positive pressure is applied to the brush head and pauses the actuator while a potentiometer 37 senses the movement of the balance beam as the brush head is raised and lowered.
Patent GB-2308798-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for watering plants
Inventor: NEALE RAY
IPC: A01G27/00
Filed: 1996-01-08
Abstract: The application describes an apparatus for watering plants bedded in a growth medium retained within a hanging basket, comprising a delivery pipe (2) and a distribution pipe (5). Following assembly, said delivery pipe (2) communicates at one end with a water reservoir (1) and at the opposite end with the distribution pipe (5). At least said distribution pipe (5) has a plurality of holes (6) along its length through which water may pass. During operation, water may be delivered from the water reservoir (1) substantially to the centre of the growth medium. The distribution pipe (5) may extend horizontally across the middle of the growth medium within the hanging basket.
Patent GB-2301992-A (GB)
Title: Combining circuit-switched and packet-switched data in a TDMA communication system
Inventor: IIZUKA MASATAKA
IPC: H04L12/64
Filed: 1996-05-23
Abstract: A data communication method carries out radio communication by intermingling circuit-switched communication and packet-switched communication using the TDMA communication mode between a radio base station and multiple radio terminals. An idle slot among traffic channel slots is assigned for newly generated circuit-switched data, and an idle slot among control channel slots is assigned for newly generated packet-switched data. By assigning the packed switched data to an idle control channel slot, the efficiency of combining the two types of data is improved.
Patent GB-2299706-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor laser and method of manufacture
Inventor: KENZO MORI
IPC: H01S5/227
Filed: 1993-05-14
Abstract: A semiconductor laser comprising: ```an n type semiconductor substrate 151; ```a stripe shape mesa including an n type lower cladding layer 152, an active layer 153, and a p type upper cladding layer 154 disposed on the substrate 151; and ```a p type semiconductor layer 156 disposed on opposite sides of the mesa structure and having a crystal surface 166 at opposite sides of said active layer 153, said crystal surface 166 forming an angle with the plane surface of said mesa, which angle is larger than an angle formed between a (111)B surface 165 of said p type semiconductor layer 156 and the plane surface of said mesa and smaller than 90{.
Patent GB-2313657-A (GB)
Title: Generating superheated steam
Inventor: MACGOWAN HENRY DONALD
IPC: F22B1/28
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: A superheated steam generating process with its intrinsic steam generator, is operated by applying electromagnetic microwave radiated energy, using a magnetron device to heat water, contained with in a pressure boiler. A basic generator comprises the magnetron transmitters and antennae devices 1, an electrical power supply 2 and waveguide systems; magnetron cooling and ventilation systems 3, the enclosed pressure boiler 6, boiler high pressure input pump 10 and output valve systems 11, input liquid feeder 9 and steam output systems; boiler thermal insulation jacket 5; A depleted steam regeneration system 12 and the generator protective outer casing 4. Multiple boilers may be arranged in various arrays to operate either in unison, independently, or in a synchronised or phased fashion.
Patent GB-2315165-A (GB)
Title: Anti-theft cable shroud
Inventor: LUMSDEN JAMES
IPC: H02G3/04
Filed: 1996-07-09
Abstract: Shrouds 3 are fitted around the cables which connect a service unit 2 to a meter 1. The shrouds may be of high density hard plastics so that any interference can be easily recognised, and coloured to identify the cables they are covering e.g. red, yellow, black and blue.
Patent GB-2305427-A (GB)
Title: Aeration by counterflow of fluid waste with gas
Inventor: NG WUN JERN
IPC: B01F3/04
Filed: 1996-08-30
Abstract: An aerator 2 for fluid waste, eg. a liquid/solid mixture, comprises an aeration chamber 14a and an impeller 7 at the top of the chamber, the impeller directing the fluid waste downwardly against the upward flow of an aeration medium, eg air or oxygen, the aeration medium being distributed from the base 3 of the chamber. The aerated fluid waste is subsequently discharged from the chamber via an outlet adjacent the impeller. Preferably the aerator also comprises a distributor in the form of a coiled pipe (3, Fig 6), below the impeller, for introducing the aeration medium into the aeration chamber and a discharge chamber 13a which receives the aerated fluid waste from the aeration chamber through an inlet adjacent the hub of the impeller, the discharge chamber being surrounded by the aeration and distributor chambers (Fig 6). The discharge chamber may have an outlet below the distributor.
Patent GB-2320183-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable rail assembly
Inventor: WEATHERSTONE PAUL
IPC: B60N2/07
Filed: 1996-12-13
Abstract: An adjustable rail assembly for motor vehicle seats is disclosed in which the slide and/or the guide rail are composed of two or more parts. This allows the rail assembly to be assembled (with anti-friction means between them) and then the rail parts to be joined together. This avoids the need to manufacture the rails to tight tolerances and allows cheaper manufacturing processes to be used. The adjustable rail assembly may be motor driven and may carry position locking means.
Patent GB-2328278-A (GB)
Title: Piezo-electric current monitor
Inventor: JACKSON DAVID ALFRED
IPC: G01R15/24
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: Remote monitoring of an electrical signal for example the current flowing through a wire (2) is provided by a system which includes a piezo-electric element (45) bonded to an optical fibre (7) including at least one Bragg grating (6). Changes in the reflecting wavelength of the grating or changes in the path length of an interferometer (42) including the grating are sensed to give an indication of the electrical signal in the wire. The fibre could include a multiplicity of Bragg gratings adapted to reflect substantially different optical frequencies.
Patent GB-2317248-A (GB)
Title: Flash floating-point data processor
Inventor: CARTER ROBERT
IPC: G06F7/02
Filed: 1997-08-29
Abstract: The flash floating-point data processor is for use in microprocessor systems and finds application in AC motor drive technology. The number format used includes a sign bit, a seven bit signed exponent and an eight bit mantissa. The mathematical functions are performed fully combinatorially in a gate array 6 mapped into the memory space of the microprocessor system, the particular mathematical function being dependent upon a particular choice of registers. An unsigned integer comparison of floating point numbers is used to give a correct result.
Patent GB-2315425-A (GB)
Title: Mixing two component resins using ultrasonic wave transmission horn
Inventor: SATOH AKIO
IPC: B01F11/02
Filed: 1996-04-24
Abstract: Two component resins are applied to the guide groove 10 of a moulded member 9 by pouring the resin components from respective feed tubes 6,7 whilst inserting the distal end 3a of a ultrasonic wave transmission horn 3 into the groove. The tubes may feed one (Fig 10) or both (Fig 5) components to the side surface of the horn, or directly to the groove (Figs 12 & 13).
Patent GB-2317806-A (GB)
Title: Drinking trough
Inventor: CONCANNON JOHN FRANCIS
IPC: A01K7/02
Filed: 1997-09-23
Abstract: A drinking trough 1 comprises a top wall 10 extending from side wall 3 and closing part of the open mouth 8, a valve float 15 for controlling flow of water to the hollow interior region 7 being located beneath the top wall 10, a water inlet 17 extending from the valve 15 through the top wall 10 and terminating in a connection 18 for connecting to a water supply pipe 17, and a portion of the base 2 being shaped for accommodating a corresponding connecting means 18 of an inlet 17 of another similar drinking trough 1 for facilitating stacking of the drinking trough 1 on top of another drinking trough 1.
Patent GB-2324953-A (GB)
Title: Attachment device for badges
Inventor: OLIVER PHILIP EDWARD
IPC: G09F3/20
Filed: 1997-11-11
Abstract: The mounting for a badge 2 is a resilient planar body 4 having a groove 12 across its rear surface. Jaws 14,16 extend along and over the groove and are urged together by the resilience of the body. Flexing the body along the groove opens the jaws to allow the badge to be attached to a garment. In another embodiment (Fig 7a-d) the jaws have meshing fingers and are mounted on the body by resilient means which holds the jaws closed. Each mounting bears an operating button which projects over the edge of the badge. Pressing the buttons inwardly opens the jaws.
Patent GB-2331379-A (GB)
Title: Controlling access to a shared memory by dual mapping
Inventor: KNIGHT BRIAN JAMES
IPC: G06F12/0837
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: Controlling memory access in a system where at least a first 1 and a second 2 processor share a common memory 3. The first processor has a write buffer 6, in which it stores words prior to writing them in the memory, and a cache 5 for receiving words from the memory. The memory is mapped twice into the address space of the first processor so that, in a first mapping,the first processor accesses the memory directly and in a second mapping, the cache is enabled. The memory can therefore be directly accessed with the first processor and the second processor when they share data that is read from or written into the memory. The cache is accessed with the first processor in the second mapping for reading and writing data local to the first processor. Information written into the write buffer is tagged and the tagged information is flushed into the shared memory before the shared memory can be accessed by the second processor.
Patent GB-2321613-A (GB)
Title: Gripping device for a paint brush
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOHN GERALD
IPC: A46B17/02
Filed: 1998-01-23
Abstract: A grip 4 for ergonomic comfort attaches to the handle 3 of a paint brush 1 and comprises a pistol style grid 5, the top of which has a pair of v-shaped cradles 6 separated by about 10 cms. These cradles extend from a rear arm 7 and a short front army 8. Between the arms, a strap arrangement 9 captures a paintbrush by applying downward force to the brush handle mounted onto the cradles. The strap is secured to a top region of pistol grip, and it is adjustable either by a hook and loop fastening method (6,7 Fig 4) or a buckle cleat (10 Fig 2).