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Patent GB-2071573-A (GB)
Title: Process of preparing an ink blend matching a colour sample
IPC: C09D11/02
Filed: 1981-02-20
Abstract: The hue of a printing ink is adjusted in accordance with a colour sample before or during a printing operation. Desired values for the hue, the color strength and the saturation are determined in accordance with the color sample, the luminance factors of the color sample are ascertained by densitometric measurements using blue, green and red filters, an ink concentrate is prepared from a number of predetermined basic colors in accordance with the hue values which result from the measured density values, extender is admixed in the quantity required to obtain the desired color strength, and black is admixed to obtain the desired saturation. During printing, the luminance factors can be monitored and the blend adjusted to maintain the required colour match.
Patent GB-2079228-A (GB)
Title: Clamp Assembly for a Ground- level Conductor Rail Insulator
IPC: B60M1/30
Filed: 1981-03-30
Abstract: The easily replaceable, non- corrodable, pre-assemblable assembly used on a railway system is comprised of two identical parts 1, 2 each having a base plate 2a and an inwardly inclined semi-circular flange 3 upstanding therefrom and means to lock the two parts together side by side so that when so assembled the insulator is located by means of the two semi-circular flanges 3. The means to lock the two parts together comprises a pair of straps having on their underside projections which form a sliding fit in slots 4 extending inwardly from mating edges of said two parts. An aperture for the shank of a bolt for connecting the assembly to a sleeper is provided in each end of the connecting straps and means are provided on the underface of the connecting strap which co-operate with further means 6 surrounding the slots 4 in the two identical parts 1, 2 so that the connecting straps can be positively located over the two parts so as to hold them together prior to tightening up of the bolts. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2097290-A (GB)
Title: Spray nozzles and spray bar assemblies
IPC: B05B15/06
Filed: 1981-04-24
Abstract: A spray nozzle system comprises a liquid inlet unit (10) having a tail pipe or pipes (18, 20) for connection to a flexible hose. A nozzle (14) is connectible to the liquid inlet unit (10) either directly or via the intermediary of a check valve module (12), by the use of uniform bayonet-type fittings. The system includes clamping means (16) enabling the liquid inlet unit to be clamped to a spray bar at a freely selected position therealong. In this way a series of the nozzles may be located in any desired arrangement, eg spaced groups, on a dry spray bar with the nozzles interconnected, via the tail pipes, by means of flexible hoses. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2082262-A (GB)
Title: Transverse fluid flow turbine
IPC: F03D7/06
Filed: 1981-08-06
Abstract: The turbine, e.g. a windmill, has parallel blades (10) held in equi-spaced relationship in a cylindrical formation on a carrier (12) and is characterised in that the orientation (A-B) of the turbine to incident fluid flow and the configuration of the blades (10) are optimised and maintained stable by forces derived from the blades themselves by virtue of pivoting the blades forward of their aerodynamic centres (16). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2108419-A (GB)
Title: Rod driver
Inventor: IANNONE SAMUEL JOSEPH
IPC: B25D1/00
Filed: 1981-10-29
Abstract: A rod driver includes an elongate body having a longitudinal bore (30) defined therethrough. A driver head (40) has a curved cutout portion (60) defined therein to cover the bore so the bore has a concave blind end. A rod aft end (12) is impacted by the surface defining the cutout so that any deformation of the rod does not inhibit operation of the rod driver. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2090480-A (GB)
Title: Cooling electric motors in hairdryers
IPC: A45D20/10
Filed: 1981-12-22
Abstract: A hairdryer incorporating a housing 11, an electric heater element 18, an electric motor 21 and a fan 27 driven by the motor has a motor cooling system by means of which air is blown through the motor in a direction opposite to that of the main airflow. The fan 27 produces a main airstream from an inlet end 30 to an outlet end 31/32, the air passing over the heater element 18. Some air passes through apertures 33 in an end of a support 13 for the motor 21 and flows over the housing of the motor to reach the end of the motor remote from the fan 27. This air then passes into an inlet in that end of the motor, passes through the motor, (left to right in Fig. 1), and is drawn out from the motor through apertures 34 into a low pressure area associated with the central region of the rotating fan. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2117692-A (GB)
Title: Latching arrangement for a power-driven tacker
Inventor: PFANZER GERHARD
IPC: B25C1/06
Filed: 1982-02-11
Abstract: A power-driven tacker has a body (10) having a lower compartment (16) at least partly housing a magazine assembly (18) and containing a switch (92, Fig. 5, n.s.) for actuating solenoid driving means (30, 32). An elongated linkage member (54) is connected at its upper end to an actuating trigger (28) for movement thereby, the linkage (54) extending downwardly through the body (10) into the lower compartment (16), and has one part (62) of a latch mechanism at its lower end. A latch member (68) comprises the other part of the latch mechanism and is moveably mounted in the lower compartment (16) and engages the latch part (62) to normally render the trigger (28) inoperative, upward pivotal movement of the magazine assembly (18) moving the latch member (68) out of engagement with the latch pat (62) to render the trigger operative. A cam (120, Fig. 4, n.s.) on the lower end of the linkage member (54) actuates the switch (92) upon movement of the linkage member (54) by operation of the trigger (28). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2095530-A (GB)
Title: A process for the production of an acid beverage enriched in protein
IPC: A23C11/10
Filed: 1982-03-08
Abstract: Using water or fruit juice, an aqueous suspension of vegetable material rich in protein is prepared, calcium is added, preferably in the form of chloride, acetate, tartrate, malate or lactate, in a concentration of from 5 to 50 mM, the pH of the suspension is reduced to from 3 to 3.5, the solids are thus extracted from the vegetable material and the insoluble material is separated. If desired the protein solution is flavoured, sugar is added and the solution is pasteurized. The process allows the economic production of an acid fruit juice beverage or fruit flavoured beverage enriched in vegetable protein, e.g. soya protein, and calcium.
Patent GB-2099484-A (GB)
Title: Machine for digging peat
IPC: E21C49/02
Filed: 1982-05-13
Abstract: A machine for digging moor peat comprises a frame (10), carrying power transmission equipment (13) to operate both an excavator disc (14), and a press (18) filled by the action of the disc (14). The press (18) includes a transfer screw rotary within a nozzle box (21) provided with nozzle openings for compressed product. In order to minimise blockage by woody material of these outlet nozzles the box (21) of the press is provided with a return pipe (20) for the peat mass, by-passing the zone of the nozzle openings, whereby a recirculation of a promotion of the peat mass is obtained, to promote a grinding action and thereby reduce the tendency to nozzle blockages. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2105189-A (GB)
Title: Inhalation drugs
Inventor: BOARDMAN TERENCE DAVID
IPC: A61K9/72
Filed: 1982-07-12
Abstract: A finely divided inhalation drug, e.g. sodium cromoglycate, comprises a therapeutically effective proportion of individual particles capable of penetrating deep into the lung, characterised in that a bulk of the particles which is both unagglomerated and unmixed with a coarse carrier, is sufficiently free flowing to be filled into capsules on an automatic filling machine and to empty from an opened capsule in an inhalation device. A proportion of the individual drug particles may have a spherical, collapsed spherical or ring doughnut shape.
Patent GB-2103727-A (GB)
Title: Poppet valve arrangement and impact tool operationally controlled thereby
Inventor: WELCH MICHAEL ADRIAN
IPC: F01B11/04
Filed: 1982-07-19
Abstract: A poppet valve arrangement for use in controlling the operation of an impact tool (12) includes a respective poppet valve (21, 24) for controlling fluid flow to and from the tool, the valves being mechanically connected by a spigot (19) such that return flow is initiated automatically as the poppet valve (21) at the delivery side moves into engagement with its seating (22), charging of the pressure chamber (43) of the impact tool starting in advance of the opening of the poppet valve (21) by forward movement of piston (20) under the effect of line pressure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2115076-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for continuous supply of high-pressure fluid
Inventor: YAMATANI YOSHIICHI
IPC: F04B11/00
Filed: 1982-07-30
Abstract: Apparatus for continuous supply of high-pressure fluid comprises pressure- intensifying pumps with pressure- intensifying cylinders 1 and 2 within which operate pistons or rams 3 and 4 respectively. They feed, through non- return discharge ports 13 and 14, a common gathering chamber 17. If desired, two or more separate such chambers 17 can be used. The, or each, chamber 17 feeds through another non- return valve 18 the supply duct 19 provided with accumulator 20. Use of such a gathering chamber 17 reduces noise and gives smoother operation by absorbing sudden impact pressure changes at piston extreme positions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2116633-A (GB)
Title: Rotary positive-displacement pump
Inventor: SOMMER MANFRED
IPC: F04C13/00
Filed: 1982-12-03
Abstract: In a pump of the feathering-vane type for e.g. an abrasive slurry or a comestible fluid, the working fluid is displaced between intake and discharge channels 31, 32 by two pairs of vanes 35 mounted on a rotor hub 40 such that they can pivot about radial axes. The vanes of each pair are disposed diametrically with respect to the hub and are inter-connected by a respective rod 47 such that they are set at right-angles to each other, whereby when one vane is in the operative position the other is feathered. The vanes may be feathered by a ramp 58. The housing 22 may be lined internally with an elastomeric plastics material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2120940-A (GB)
Title: Solid cosmetic compositions
Inventor: LANZET MONROE
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 1983-05-25
Abstract: A cosmetic composition with improved pay-off qualities and resistance to breakage and cracking is formed by mixing two liquid dispersion slurries, the first being non-aqueous and comprising calcium sulfate hemihydrate, an alkanol and/or glycol and cosmetic oils, fragrances, colorants or fillers, the second comprising water insoluble inorganic or organic particulate materials, colorants and water; the slurries being combined in proportions such that the mixture contains water in excess of that sufficient to totally convert the calcium sulfate hemihydrat to calcium sulfate dihydrate. The mixture solidifies within about 30 minutes to a smooth, solid cosmetic composition. The separate slurries have long storage life and can readily be handled.
Patent GB-2124512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to granulators
Inventor: ISHERWOOD DAVID PAUL
IPC: B02C23/16
Filed: 1983-07-27
Abstract: A granulator by which relatively large pieces of waste plastics material are reduced to granules by the cutting action of blades mounted on a horizontal rotor, against fixed blades 34, 35 (not shown) mounted on the surrounding housing 20. The working space of the granulator is in two horizontally-separated parts: raw material enters the first part vertically and is there subjected to a relatively coarse cutting action, after which it passes into the second part in which it is subjected to a relatively fine cutting action against fixed blades 39. Finished granules then leave the second part through an area of the surrounding housing wall which is formed as a screen 41. Part of the housing wall surrounding the first part of the space may also be formed as a screen to act as an additional outlet for finished granules, and the rotor blades may be arranged in a screw pattern to hel convey the material from the first to the second part of the space as well as to cut it. Fig. 3 shows the granulator with the rotor removed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151144-A (GB)
Title: Device for practising golf or playing a golf game
Inventor: MILBURN WILLIAM BRANSPETH
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 1983-11-29
Abstract: The device, which is simpler in construction than known devices and which is resistant to the effects of the elements, comprises a housing 3 having a rotor 1 (carrying three equispaced spherical members) journalled for rotation therein, the housing being made of two identical plastic mouldings which are adapted to fit together by means of respective pins 31 and holes 29, with each of the parts 23 having a bore 37 receiving an axle of the rotor. A cut out is formed in each part 23 to allow passage of the rotor. The device is suitable for burying in the ground and may be secured to a stand 5. A sensing head 9 may measure the revolutions of the rotor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152423-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for making fibre-reinforced cement sheet material
Inventor: LAWRENSON JACK
IPC: B28B17/02
Filed: 1984-01-05
Abstract: Apparatus for making cement sheets reinforced with fibres, particularly with glass fibres, comprises a vessel (10) for holding an aqueous fibre-containing cement slurry and having an outlet defined between a water-pervious belt (12) passing around a guide roller (13) and a superposed roller (17), so that a layer of the cement slurry is deposited on the belt and subsequently de-watered by drainage apparatus (24). An agitator in the vessel (10) comprises parallel strips (30) disposed in vertical planes at right angles to the roller axes and spaced across the width of the outlet immediately upstream thereof, the strips being mounted on a common horizontally reciprocable carriage (33,34). The lower ends (47) of the strips (30) project right into the nip between the belt (12) and superposed roller (17) so as to produce turbulence immediately upstream of the outlet. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2138204-A (GB)
Title: Resonator assembly and method for fabricating the same
Inventor: KATAYANAGI MAMORU
IPC: H03H9/10
Filed: 1984-04-11
Abstract: A resonator assembly comprises two substantially L-shaped metal plates embedded in a base (11) made of an insulating material. The vertical leg (21) of each of the plates extends downwardly beyond the bottom surface of the base while the horizontal arm (23) of each of the plates is exposed at at least the upper or side surface of the base. A ceramic resonator element (13) is mounted on the base above and between the horizontal arms, and electrodes (24) at the opposing side surfaces of the resonator element are connected to the horizontal arms of the plates by leads (15). The horizontal arms are cranked to space them laterally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2143339-A (GB)
Title: Fiber optic belt and belt construction method and apparatus
Inventor: EBNER PETER R
IPC: G02B6/04
Filed: 1984-06-29
Abstract: In a flexible, fiber optic belt 16 for the coherent transmission of light from an LED light source 22 a planar array of fiber optic filaments 34 extend along the length of the belt 16 and are positioned by transverse elements 79 along the major neutral plane of the belt. The fiber optic belt 16 is restrained to movement only in the direction normal to the major neutral plane by means of one or more rigid flat strips 25 parallel to the major neutral plane and the light source 22 is thermoelectrically cooled to improve the availability of light supplied by the diodes. In a method for producing the fiber optic cable, transverse positioning elements are layered on a cable mold, one or more fiber optic filaments are placed upon the transverse positioning elements. Fiber optic filaments are pressed onto an adhesive layer adjacent to the LED's 48 and bonded by the melting of the adhesive. The fiber optic filaments and transverse positioning elements are later encapsulated in a molded flexible belt. An automated fiber optic cable producer is also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2144260-A (GB)
Title: Article with refractory coating
Inventor: O'BRIEN JAMES MARTIN
IPC: H01B13/06
Filed: 1984-07-09
Abstract: A metallic conductor for an electrical wire or cable comprises a bundle of metallic strands 1 and is provided with an adherent electrically insulating refractory coating 2. The coating extends around the circumference of the bundle but not around the individual strands. The coating may be applied by a vacuum deposition process such as a sputter ion plating method. Adhesion of the coating may be improved by the provision of a metallic or refractory intermediate layer and/or by varying the stoichiometry of the coating through its thickness. Wires using the conductors are particularly suitable for use in circuit and signal integrity cables.
Patent GB-2144963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mole drainers
Inventor: HALL JOHN ROBERT
IPC: E02F5/02
Filed: 1984-07-10
Abstract: A mole drainer has a mole 26 supported at the bottom of an arm 24. The arm can be moved up and down relative to the beam 10, and can also be pivoted about a horizontal axis on a projection 40. A link 32 controls this horizontal pivoting. In one embodiment, the arm can also be pivoted about a vertical axis although any movement about a vertical axis will be only of a small amount. The arm may be held by bolts designed to shear on overload. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165575-A (GB)
Title: Pointing board
Inventor: NICHOLLS KENNETH
IPC: E04F21/165
Filed: 1984-10-02
Abstract: A pointing board has a work surface which is curved upward at one edge. This surface is then held by a fixed handle - see Figure 4. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2334323-A (GB)
Title: Target-sensing munition
Inventor: BUGIEL HORST GEORG
IPC: F42C13/04
Filed: 1984-10-24
Abstract: The sensor arrangement (10) for the target-seeking munition (1) with a projectile-forming hollow-charge insert (4) has an antenna (13) arranged in the symmetry longitudinal axis (8) of the flat-cone insert (4) and is aligned in such a way that the front surface (15) of the insert (4) represents directly - or by means of a compensating body (25) fashioned thereon - the main reflector (14) for the working characteristic (12). The high-frequency part (18) which is designed as a receiver or a transmitter/receiver for infra-red or millimetre wave radiation and to which the antenna (13) is connected, is arranged inside the combat charge (6) between the insert (4) and a rearward tamping walling (5) in such a way that it also serves to control the explosive gas-cloud pressure distribution and thereby the transformation of the only shallowly curved insert (4) into the projectile that is to be fired.
Patent GB-2167323-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a safety cage for an electric fan
Inventor: KIM SONG KI
IPC: B21D31/04
Filed: 1984-11-19
Abstract: A safety cage for an electric fan comprises an annulus of expanded metal with the dimensions of the mesh openings 1 becoming progressively larger nearer the outer periphery. The cage is made by making a plurality of linear discontinuous cuts in metal plate 4 extending from side 4' to side 4'', the cuts becoming progressively larger the nearer side 4'', and then pulling the other opposed sides of the plate 4 away from each other so that the cuts are opened and the plate becomes an annulus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171670-A (GB)
Title: Machine for supplying particulate material under pressure
Inventor: CERNY JIRI
IPC: B65G53/46
Filed: 1985-09-24
Abstract: The particulate material, e.g. a dry concrete mixture, is fed from a hopper 10 through an inclined head 40 to pockets in a dosing rotor 20. The material is blown out of successive pockets through an outlet 42 in the head 40 remote from the hopper by air entering at 43. A collar 32 surrounding the rotor 20 is pressed against a packing plate 41 compressed between the head 40 and the rotor 20. The head 40 is carried by a frame 44 mounted in levers 45 acted on by clamping bolts 46 in order to urge the head 40 towards the rotor 20. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182910-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical lifting device
Inventor: DOHERTY IAN
IPC: A61G7/012
Filed: 1985-10-11
Abstract: The invention concerns a lifting device (36) eg for use in hospital beds and couches comprising a longitudinally-movable shaft (42) or two such shafts and a pair of wedge units (44, 46) each having opposed wedging levers (56, 58) which selectively wedge or jam onto the shaft or a respective shaft upon operation of cams 84 to move it in one direction or to hold it against movement but which are selectively releasable with respect to the shaft(s) upon operation of cams 88 to allow it to move in the other direction. The device may be upright as shown or inclined or horizontal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2181807-A (GB)
Title: Tube coupling
Inventor: MAXWELL REGINALD RONALD
IPC: F16L47/04
Filed: 1986-04-07
Abstract: A compression type coupling 10 for pipes has a body member 12 and a fastener member 14 and a ferrule 16 wherein the fastener member has a perpendicular shoulder 36 with respect to a longitudinal axis of the pipe 18 and abuts a squared shoulder section 42 of the ferrule to prevent the ferrule from being squeezed out of the compression coupling 10. The ferrule has outwardly radially extending flanges to retain it within the fastener member. The ferrule also has radially inwardly extending teeth that bite into the pipe to prevent the pipe from backing out. The ferrule also has an axially inner section 40 with notches 62 formed therein. The end 40 is deformed by a camming surface 28 on the body 12 to crimp the pipe 18 as the fastener member 14 is secured to the body member 12. The axially inner section 40 forms a right angled shoulder that abuts the pipe and prevents the pipe from being easily pulled out of the coupling. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175844-A (GB)
Title: Expanded three-dimensional polymeric web
Inventor: THOMPSON HUGH ANSLEY
IPC: A61F13/514
Filed: 1986-05-30
Abstract: @ The present invention pertains, in a particularly preferred embodiment, to an apertured, macroscopically expanded, resilient three-dimensional polymeric web which is believed to have particular utility as a breatheable barrier for a disposable bandage such as a diaper. The web preferably comprises a deeply drawn three-dimensional structure containing a multiplicity of debossments of macroscopic (i.e., visibly perceivable by the normal human eye at a perpendicular distance of about one foot) cross-section, each of said debossments originating as an aperture in a first surface of the web and having a continuously interconnected side wall extending in the direction of a second, remotely located parallel surface of the web. The side wall of each debossment terminates to form an end wall in the second surface of the web. The end wall includes a multiplicity of apertures, each of said apertures being sized and shaped to independently support an aqueous fluid meniscus. The smaller apertures in each end wall are so spaced relative to all adjacent apertures in the end wall that the aqueous fluid menisci supported in the apertures do not contact one another or the side wall. In a disposable absorbent bandage context, the second surface of the web containing the end walls with small apertures therein is placed in contact with the absorbent core portion of the bandage and the surface of the web in which the debossments originate is oriented so as to contact the wearer's outer garments in use.