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Patent GB-2306493-A (GB)
Title: Polyaminosaccharide phosphate biosorbent
Inventor: KOGTEV LEONID SEMIONOVICH
IPC: C12P19/26
Filed: 1996-02-05
Abstract: A biosorbent for heavy metals,having a polyaminosaccharide phosphate as its main ingredient is prepared from microbial biomass using Aspergillus , Penicillium , Trichoderma or Micrococcus genus originating from industrial fermentations and biological treatment plants, by acidifying the biomass with phosphoric acid, extracting lipids, forming the sodium salt and extracting remaining alcohol-soluble material.
Patent GB-2310375-A (GB)
Title: Pessaries for treating vaginal infections
Inventor: MCCLAFFERTY VANESSA CLARE
IPC: A61K35/747
Filed: 1996-02-21
Abstract: A pessary for the treatment of vaginal infections comprises a quantity of lactobacilli in a substantially solid form which is to be preserved during insertion into the vagina but released in the warm and moist vaginal environment. Preferably, the lactobacilli is freeze-dried, in particular freeze-dried live yoghurt. Also disclosed is a thin pad for use as a panty liner with a quantity of lactobacilli via substantially solid form.
Patent GB-2308857-A (GB)
Title: Edging fo floor covering
Inventor: INGRAHAM LARRY GALE
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1996-04-22
Abstract: Edging for a floor covering extending from the floor (2) up a wall (3) comprises a one-piece extrusion consisting of a backing member (1) for guiding the floor covering up the wall at the foot of the wall and, made in one piece therewith, a trim member (5) serving to finish off the raw edge of the floor covering against the wall (3). An arcuate lip (8) receives the edge of the floor covering.
Patent GB-2301774-A (GB)
Title: Piperidine derivatives as 5-HT-2C receptor antagonists
Inventor: FORSTER ELAINE ANNE
IPC: A61K31/4545
Filed: 1996-04-25
Abstract: Piperidine derivatives of general formula I  wherein R 1 is 3- or 4-pyridyl and R is hydrogen or fluorine, and R is bonded to any of the vacant naphthalene ring positions, e.g. 5- or 7-, or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety, OCD or panic attacks and as 5-HT 2C receptor antagonists.
Patent GB-2302450-A (GB)
Title: LC filter having laminated layers connected by vias
Inventor: KATO NOBORU
IPC: H01P1/203
Filed: 1996-05-16
Abstract: There is provided an LC filter in which the leakage of an electromagnetic field to the outside is suppressed. The LC filter 20 includes a laminated element 22. The laminated element 22 includes a multiplicity of dielectric layers 24a - 24h. Layers functioning as inductive elements (24e,f), capacitive elements (24b,c) and ground electrodes (24a,d) are interconnected through conductive vias formed in the layers. This reduces the number of external electrodes required for the filter. Also, as shown in Fig.7, the layers making up the lower part of the filter may be made smaller than the other layers to create a step portion, and the external electrodes may be connected to this portion only, thus reducing the size of the device and the amount of stray capacitance between electrodes.
Patent GB-2304206-A (GB)
Title: Lens supporting device
Inventor: SATO NORIO
IPC: G02B7/02
Filed: 1996-08-09
Abstract: A lens supporting device for supporting lens HL having an engaging groove 60, formed on a peripheral rim thereof. The device comprises a lens frame 50 having pawls 50d. The engaging pawls engage with the engaging groove to secure the lens to the lens frame. The engagement may be supplemented by adhesive.
Patent GB-2314311-A (GB)
Title: Packaging fish in trays
Inventor: OYA PEREZ JUAN MANUEL
IPC: B65D1/30
Filed: 1996-11-08
Abstract: Fish 4 are placed in compartments 2 of a plastics tray 1 which is placed in an outer, preferably aluminium, tray 5 and optionally frozen. The compartments 2 are separable along lines of weakness 8. The mouths of the compartments 2 may be covered by a plastics sheet which may be part of a bag enveloping the tray 1. The fish may be portions of squid or be sardines or anchovies, and packaging may occur on a factory ship.
Patent GB-2322843-A (GB)
Title: A container held within a sleeve
Inventor: FISHER GARY AUSTIN
IPC: B65D77/04
Filed: 1997-03-08
Abstract: A package comprises a sleeve (11) and a container (41) which is slidably removable from the sleeve which includes at least one tamper evident device (24-27) integral with the sleeve and which engages with an exposed rim (42) of the container (11). The container (11) can be slidably removed from the sleeve only after damaging a tamper evident device (24-27), each of which comprises a tongue (24,25,26 or 27) foldably connected to a central panel (12) of the sleeve and which is folded to engage the rim (42) of the container. Each tongue is connected to a comer of the central panel (12) of the sleeve blank by a fold line (32) biased at an angle A.
Patent GB-2314818-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft engine thrust reverser
Inventor: HATRICK MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: F15D1/12
Filed: 1997-06-18
Abstract: An aircraft engine thrust reverser comprises a flow redirecting structure having a downstream wall (25, 251)(figs. 1, 4) against which gaseous fluid flow in a first flow direction impinges to turn the flow into a second flow direction to produce reverse thrust, and an upstream wall 27 round which the fluid flow turns. The wall 27 has a surface so formed as to support adherence of a boundary layer of the redirected fluid flow at the boundary surface and is provided with projecting elements 31 to generate vortices which prevent or delay separation of the boundary layer. Alternatively, the upstream wall (271) (fig. 3) is formed with a plurality of flow apertures (33) which are connected by a duct (36) to a pressure differential region or source (37)(eg. a vacuum pump) to cause gaseous fluid to flow through the boundary surface of the upstream wall (271) to prevent or delay separation of the boundary layer.
Patent GB-2314940-A (GB)
Title: Fibre strip for optical fibre, broad band, in-house cabling with adhesive
Inventor: WEBER JENS
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1997-06-23
Abstract: A fibre strip 1 for optical fibre, broad band, in-house cabling has a carrier foil 3 with optical fibres 5 attached to one side 9 and an adhesive surface 13 on the other side 11. The optical fibres 5 and the carrier foil 3 are transparent. The optical fibres 5 may run parallel to each other and be combined into a strip 7 and laminated to the foil 3. A fibre 15 may be provided as a strain relief. The adhesive surface 13 may be covered by a removable protective foil. Also provided is an elongate deflection device 21 onto which the fibre strip 1 may be glued, having two longitudinal portions 25,27 twisted through 90 degrees and a bent interlying longitudinal portion 29.
Patent GB-2328153-A (GB)
Title: Display box
Inventor: LOCKWOOD MICHAEL ANDREW
IPC: A47G1/12
Filed: 1997-08-06
Abstract: A spacer framework (7, 8) comprising an upper stepped region (9,14) adapted to engage a picture frame (2), or the like, and a lower stepped region (12, 16) adapted to receive a backing panel (18), or another spacer framework, the arrangement being such that, in use, the framework provides means by which the picture frame, or the like, is held spaced from the backing panel or a second spacer framework.
Patent GB-2328924-A (GB)
Title: Stackable containers
Inventor: FORTUNE SEAN PATRICK
IPC: B65D21/02
Filed: 1997-09-04
Abstract: Ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses are held in stackable containers (1), each container (1) comprising a container portion (2) for receiving the device and means for joining a series of such containers in a stack. Joining may be effected by a shoulder (3) and/or protrusions for cooperation with an overlying container. A contact lens and sterile solution may be sealed within the container portion (2) by a removable sheet.
Patent GB-2319406-A (GB)
Title: Dimming a medium pressure arc lamp; UV lamp standby mode
Inventor: JOHANNSEN JAMES W
IPC: H05B41/42
Filed: 1997-11-10
Abstract: In a process for dimming a medium pressure arc lamp 31, a dimmer switch 52, or a variable resistor dimming control (104, Fig.8), is operated initially to cut the lamp power to about 50% of full power, and then the lamp power is gradually further reduced to about 20% of full power in response to sensing cooling of the lamp. The lamp 31 is operated by an electronic ballast with a transistor switched by a pulse width modulator 94 in response to lamp current sensed through a resistor 86. Operating the dimmer switch 52 (or resistor 104) changes the effective switching threshold of the pulse width modulator 94 by altering the voltage seen at its pins 93a, 93b. Dimmer switch 51 (or resistor 104) is incorporated in a dimmer feedback circuit 60 which also indirectly senses lamp temperature by means of a resistor 64 which effectively senses lamp current (inversely proportional to temperature). As the lamp cools following the initial power reduction, the increased lamp current causes the voltage at a node 114 to change, and this voltage also influences the effective switching threshold of modulator, thereby giving rise to the additional power reduction as the lamp cools. The lamp 31 may be a UV lamp used for inspection on an assembly line, and may be incorporated into a lamp unit so that the switch 52 is automatically operated to reduce lamp power to a standby state when the lamp is placed in a rest position (Figs.1,3,6).
Patent GB-2321678-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable pulley for continuously-variable transmission
Inventor: IMAIDA MAKOTO
IPC: F16H63/06
Filed: 1998-01-20
Abstract: In a pulley arrangement of a belt-type continuously variable transmission, a ring member (6) integrated with a first cylinder member (3) is coupled to a second cylinder member (6) by means of splines (6d and 5c) as a first stopper for limiting mutual movements of the first and second cylinder members in peripheral directions of the respective first and second cylinder members. The first cylinder member is slidably contacted on an outer peripheral surface of a hollow cylindrical portion of a second conical pulley component. The second cylinder member is fixed onto an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion of a first conical pulley component. In addition, a second stopper is provided between an outer peripheral end of the hollow cylindrical portion (56d) and an inner peripheral surface of the second piston member (8) for limiting mutual movements of the second piston member and the hollow cylindrical portion in the peripheral directions of the second piston member and the hollow cylindrical portion.
Patent GB-2333600-A (GB)
Title: Friction material testing apparatus
Inventor: COTTERILL RONALD IAN
IPC: G01L5/28
Filed: 1998-01-22
Abstract: Apparatus 10, for testing samples of friction material 31, 32 in rubbing contact with a surface 33 of a rubbing element 34, comprises a table 12 for supporting the rubbing element and a load cell 16 for sensing the load imposed by the frictionally coupled rotating samples from which the coefficient of friction can be determined. To make the tests repeatable rapidly and with identical starting conditions cooling means 40 is interposed between the rubbing element and table. Cooling means 40 comprises a fluid cooled heat exchanger 41, conveniently cooled by local main supply water supplied at its natural temperature, and thermoelectric cooling means 75. The thermoelectric cooling means consists of an array of planar peltier cooling elements which develops a temperature gradient there across which, with reference to the heat exchanger temperature, is able to cool and re-cool the rubbing element to temperatures as low as -25C within a matter of minutes. To ensure the friction material and rubbing element are not contaminated by water condensed from the atmosphere an enclosure 60 is formed around them and kept at positive pressure by dry, inert argon gas.
Patent GB-2338149-A (GB)
Title: Switching antennas in a diversity receiver
Inventor: MCNICOL JOHN DUNCAN
IPC: H04B7/08
Filed: 1998-02-27
Abstract: A receiver for receiving digitally-encoded data has a plurality of diversity antennas 32,34, respectively coupled to inputs of a selector 36. A received signal selected by the selector is equalised by an adaptive equalizer 44 and then demodulated to recover data, when possible. A quality metric dependent on the quality of the recovered data is generated. A switch controller 56 responsive to the quality metric controls the selector 36. After the controller controls the selector to select a new antenna, it monitors the quality metric as the adaptive equaliser retrains and, if the quality metric does not exceed a predetermined threshold before a predetermined forward guard time expires, the controller causes the selector to select another antenna. The switch controller may also receive a signal level 421 dependent on the level of the received signal. After the controller controls the selector to select a new antenna, if the level of the received signal is less than a predetermined threshold the demodulator recovers data, if possible, for a short, predetermined time and, if the quality metric derived therefrom does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the controller controls the selector to select another antenna after the short, predetermined time.
Patent GB-2334662-A (GB)
Title: Attaching spectacle and like cases to clothing
Inventor: SEMENENKO VALENTINA
IPC: A45F5/02
Filed: 1998-02-27
Abstract: A case for spectacles or like personal articles is attached to clothing or other substrate by way of a pin, a loop-and-pile fastener or magnetic means. The pin may be fitted with a butterfly or have an intermediate shoulder, kink or loop to prevent accidental withdrawal from the clothing. The fastener or one portion of it may be permanently secured to the case.
Patent GB-2341601-A (GB)
Title: Preparing reticulated copper or nickel sulfide
Inventor: COOLEY GRAHAM EDWARD
IPC: H01M4/136
Filed: 1998-09-15
Abstract: A process for the preparation of reticulated copper sulfide and/or nickel sulfide comprises the steps of: <SL> <LI>(i) subjecting a mixture comprising copper sulfide and/or nickel sulfide powder and a salt to sintering by hot isostatic pressing at elevated temperature and elevated pressure, the said salt being physically and chemically stable under the hot isostatic pressing conditions; and <LI>(ii) dissolving the salt from the sintered body by treating the sintered body with a solvent in which the said salt is soluble. </SL> The reticulated copper sulfide (eg CuS) and/or nickel sulfide (eg. Ni<SB>3</SB>S<SB>2</SB>)is used as an electrocatalytic material. The salt may be NaCl, NaBr, KCl, KBr, BaCl<SB>2</SB> or K<SB>2</SB>Co<SB>3</SB>, and the solvent may be water.
Patent GB-2333980-A (GB)
Title: Hand tool machine with tool shank lubrication
Inventor: LEBISCH HELMUT
IPC: B23B45/16
Filed: 1999-01-25
Abstract: In a hand tool machine having a rotary and/or percussive tool motion, a drilling or impact hammer, the tool holder (10), has a location opening (12) for insertion of an insertion end (33) of a tool shank (13). Means of lubricating the tool shank (13) inserted or to be inserted into the location opening (12) is provided by a lubricant store 27. With the aid of the lubrication, the wear of tool holder and insertion end may be substantially reduced.
Patent GB-2336783-A (GB)
Title: Surgical needle
Inventor: FUKUDA SHOUICHI
IPC: C22C38/42
Filed: 1999-04-30
Abstract: A surgical needle having a tip or needle point section A at one end thereof, a base section C at the other end, and a shank section B which extends between the tip and base sections, said, needle comprising stainless steel containing chromium in an amount of about 16 to 18 weight %, nickel in an amount of about 7 to 9 weight %, titanium in an amount of about 0.003 to 0.3 weight %, copper in an amount of about 0.003 to 0.4 weight %, molybdenum in an amount of about 0.6 to 0.8 weight %, and silicon in an amount of about 0.1 to 1.7 weight %. The tip and shank sections contain precipitation particles of titanium, copper and molybdenum. Said tip and shank sections preferably include an elongated crystal structure extending in a longitudinal direction of said needle.
Patent GB-2338792-A (GB)
Title: Tuned filter calibration system
Inventor: LUIZ DAVID A
IPC: G01R27/00
Filed: 1999-05-24
Abstract: A filter calibration system (10) uses the reflection characteristics of a tuned filter (20), such as a YIG-tuned filter (YTF), to establish a correspondence between a control signal (Ic) applied to the filter (20) and the passband center frequency of the filter. This correspondence enables tuning characteristic of a YTF stored during a baseline characterization of a spectrum analyzer to be corrected to compensate for temperature changes and changes in operating parameters of the spectrum analyzer. The spectrum analyzer's local oscillator (18) provides a stimulus signal (17) that is applied to the YTF. A mixer (16) detects reflections of the stimulus signal (17) by the YTF while control signals (Ic) applied to the YTF are varied to correspondingly adjust the passband center frequency of the YTF. The detected reflections are recorded and characteristics of this reflection response are used to map the control signal levels (ic) to the center frequencies of the YTF to compensate for changes in the tuning characteristic of the YTF. In a second embodiment the frequency of the stimulus signal is varied over a predefined range, rather than the applied control signal.
Patent GB-2350375-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing helically wound tape
Inventor: LEWIS BERNARD FRANK
IPC: B65H57/18
Filed: 1999-05-27
Abstract: Tape dispensed from a helically-wound spool 31 passes over and oscillates on smooth, arcuate guide 40, and then passes around pin 41 and roller 42. The arrangement reduces the transverse motion of the tape due to its helical winding. The tape, with similarly-adhesive tape 14, runs to coat and protect an extrusion formed on an extrusion line.
Patent GB-2350558-A (GB)
Title: Toothbrush holder
Inventor: FORREST JOHN CHARLES
IPC: A47K1/09
Filed: 1999-05-29
Abstract: A toothbrush holder comprises a lidded outer container 2 and in inner container 4 for receiving one or more toothbrushes such that an end portion of each toothbrush projects from the inner container. The inner container is displaced within the outer container by opening the lid 16 of the outer container, to cause the end portion of each toothbrush to project from the opening thus formed in the outer container. The inner container may be biased upwards by means of a spring (22 in figures 3 and 4) located beneath the base of the inner container. The inner container may have a handle 24 formed on its upper surface thus preventing the end portions of the toothbrushes from bearing upon the inner surface of the lid when it is in its closed position, and providing a gripping means for removing the inner container when the lid is open. The inner compartments 6,8,10,12 may each be filled with a quantity of sterilising fluid into which a toothbrush can be inserted head first.
Patent GB-2350550-A (GB)
Title: Electric toaster and parts therefor
Inventor: GORT-BARTEN LESLIE ALEXANDER
IPC: A47J37/08
Filed: 1999-06-03
Abstract: For an Upright Toaster, wire guards 15, 16 of spring material of inverted U section with diverging arms are provided for defining the toaster slots. A toaster has a casing 12 and toaster slots 14 for receiving bread, heating elements 13 on each side of each slot and a plurality of wire guards 15, 16 defining the widths of the toaster slots. The widths of the slots are greater at the top than at the bottom with the base of the guard being movable outwardly, to accommodate bread slices.
Patent GB-2337331-A (GB)
Title: Vortex flowmeter with signal processing
Inventor: KLEVEN LOWELL A
IPC: G01F15/02
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: A vortex sensor (11) senses generated vortices and provides a vortex signal. A filtering circuit (68) is coupled to the vortex sensor (11) to receive the vortex signal and provide an output indicative of fluid flow. A temperature sensor (82) senses a temperature of the fluid and provides a temperature value, while a pressure sensor (86) senses a pressure of the fluid and provides a pressure value. A processor (70, 70A) is operably coupled to the filtering circuit (68), the temperature sensor (82), and the pressure sensor (86) for receiving the output, the temperature value, and the pressure value, respectively. The processor (70, 70A) calculates a calibration factor as a function of the output, the temperature value, and the pressure value for use in calculating the output value indicative of the flow rate of the fluid.
Patent GB-2354985-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle energy control system
Inventor: O DOWD OWEN
IPC: B60K6/12
Filed: 1999-09-09
Abstract: It is the purpose of this invention to contain either or both of a vehicles braking energy and or a vehicles power source (e.g. engine) energy when idle or otherwise. This energy is converted into another form , stored and used to propel the vehicle and or other. <H1><B><U>Braking.</U></B></H1> When brake is applied on 15 it operates disc on 6 sending brake torque to 11 a pneumatic compressor which supplies vessels 4 and 5. <H1><B><U>Taxing.</U></B></H1> Pneumatic compressor 16 supplies trickle charge and pneumatic compressor 18 supplies a more substantial charge when the engine is running slowly to vessels 2 and 3. <H1><B><U>Accelerating.</U></B></H1> When accelerator is applied (attached to 15) vessels 2,3,4 and 5 power pneumatic motor 8 to deliver torque to propel the vehicle.
Patent GB-2354313-A (GB)
Title: Safety device for condensate trap of boiler
Inventor: PERRY CLIVE MICHAEL
IPC: F24H8/00
Filed: 1999-09-17
Abstract: If the drain outlet of the condensate trap of a condensing boiler gets blocked, the boiler is prevented from firing. During normal operation of the boiler (not shown), condensate enters a reservoir or trap 1 via inlet 2 and is siphoned out of outlet 3. If the outlet 3 gets blocked, the condensate level rises towards the top of a vent tube 5 thereby creating a positive pressure in a dip tube 4, which is connected to a pressure switch controlling boiler operation. The boiler is switched off or prevented from turning on.
Patent HU-T67710-A (HU)
Title: Adjustable pipe bend especially for sink and hopper drain pipes
Inventor: OLSSON JAN
IPC: E03C1/122
Filed: 1992-05-07
Abstract: An adjustable pipe bend comprises two pipe bend parts (10, 12) having abutting end portions (14, 16) extending in a plane which is inclined, an angle  alpha  of 22.5 DEG  relative to a plane perpendicular to the main axis (18, 20) of the respective pipe bend part (10, 12). The pipe bend parts (10, 12) are rotatably connected to each other at said end portions (14, 16) for rotation about an axis perpendicular to said inclined plane by means of snap-lock connecting elements (22, 24) placed outside the light borings (26, 28) of said pipe bend parts (10, 12). Each connecting element is shaped as a body of rotation about said axis of rotation, and the snap-lock connection includes an O-ring seal (30). The pipe bend may optionally be set to any bending angle between 0 DEG  and 45 DEG  by turning the two pipe bend parts (10, 12) relative to each other, and in any position of the two pipe bend parts (10, 12), their main axis (18, 20) will either intersect each other or be substantially coincident.
Patent HU-T72002-A (HU)
Title: Catalitic oxidation process
Inventor: RILEY DENNIS PATRICK
IPC: C07B45/06
Filed: 1993-12-03
Abstract: Catalytic oxidation of thiols or thiol salts or dithiocarbamic acids or their salts using oxygen, optionally in the presence of a primary or secondary amine, is accomplished with a carbon catalyst which contains no metal complex of porphyrazine or of a derivative of porphyrazine.