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Patent GB-2223519-A (GB)
Title: Hollow building block with drip nose
Inventor: GAHIN R SALAH
IPC: E04C1/39
Filed: 1988-08-25
Abstract: A building block 1 for use in a wall or roof comprises a hollow member made from light weight material such as light weight concrete. The block 1 includes male/female ends 4/5 to facilitate the fitting together of adjacent blocks and includes a drip nose 6 for the covering of a seam between block courses of the built wall or roof. The block hollow 3 can be filled with insulating material 11. Vertical joints can be sealed or covered with tiles 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2211728-A (GB)
Title: Shower head mounting arrangement
Inventor: NEWPORT JOHN MCCAIG
IPC: E03C1/06
Filed: 1988-09-13
Abstract: A shower head mounting arrangement comprises a wall-mounted rail 14 which also functions as a water supply pipe, a bracket 20 clampable to and slidably adjustable on the rail, and a spray head 24 supportable on the bracket connected by a flexible hose to the bottom end of the rail. A control box 12 housing a mixing valve for regulating the supply of water to the rail may be located above the rail, and a touch control panel 28 may be located nearby. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2213438-A (GB)
Title: A propulsion device
Inventor: SLEE RONALD WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: A61G5/02
Filed: 1988-12-08
Abstract: A device for manually propelling a wheelchair comprises a drive arm (6) mounted on a wheelchair adjacent a wheel (1) of the chair so as to be manually pivotable by the occupant of the chair about a pivot axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel and a driving block (11) carried by the drive arm (6). The driving block (11) is pivotally mounted on the drive arm and is selectively engageable with the wheel (1), so that pivoting of the drive arm (6), with the driving block (11) engaged with the wheel (1), rotates the wheel (1) and propels the wheelchair. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-889549-A (GB)
IPC: E04H6/30
Abstract: 889,549. Mechanical garages. PEARCE, R. S. April 13, 1960 [March 20, 1959], No. 9675/59. Addition to 806,573. Class 78 (4). The wheels on the carriage used in the mechanical garage of the parent Specification are replaced by flanged wheels 101, formed with tapered treads; this permits the horizontal guiding wheels described in the parent Specification to be omitted. The rails 11 on which the wheels run may be of arch section, as shown, or alternatively may comprise solid drawn rails. The lateral flanges of the rails shown are engaged by clamps 13 associated with chairs 14 fixed by bolts 15 in concrete sleepers 16 which may be formed by filling recesses in the floor 12 with grout. Each carriage 10 has a floor formed of panels 104 of open mesh bounded by depending side flanges. The carriages are provided with handles for pushing and with manually-operated brakes. The rails 11 may be mounted for adjustment vertically.
Patent GB-2227892-A (GB)
Title: Decorative covers for domestic electrical accessories
Inventor: LEESON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: H02G3/10
Filed: 1989-05-19
Abstract: A decorative cover for a domestic light switch or other domestic electrical accessory comprises a recessed plate 10 shaped to fit over and enclose the accessory body. The plate has an opening through which the switch rockers, sockets etc. are exposed and fixing holes which are in use aligned with those in the accessory body. In use, the accessory body is clamped to a fixing surface and the cover plate is clamped to the accessory body by the same fixing screws. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233935-A (GB)
Title: A heat transfer system
Inventor: SHORTT FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B31F1/28
Filed: 1989-10-25
Abstract: A heat transfer system particularly though not exclusively for assisting the bonding of a continuous liner sheet to a single faced board in a corrugating machine where the single faced board (10), after gluing of the corrugated tips is brought together with the liner (12) and conveyed across a series of hot plates (15), the invention consisting of a series of vessels (20) containing a liquid or gas arranged above the conveyed board to press same uniformly in contact with the hot plate surface irrespective of distortion or undulation thereof thus to ensure adequate heat transfer and avoided damage to the board. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2228157-A (GB)
Title: Optical sensor
Inventor: ZINNER HELMUT
IPC: G01S3/784
Filed: 1989-12-21
Abstract: For the detection of targets and for the determination of a missile's own movements while approaching a target, a simplified sensor construction is proposed wherein an optical system (2) reproduces the scene within its field of vision onto two detectors (4, 6) with the aid of a semi-translucent mirror (3). The first detector (4) is a flat detector consisting of a plurality of detector elements (5) in matrix arrangement whereon the scene is sharply reproduced, whilst the second detector (6) is a cruciform detector, disposed outside the focal point (F) of the optical system (2). With this latter detector (6), the space and time derivatives of the light intensity, entering via the optical system (2) and consequently the missile's own movements are determined. The first detector (4) serves for the detection and tracking of a target. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2228660-A (GB)
Title: Animal restraint for use in a vehicle
Inventor: JAGGER MURIEL ENID
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 1990-02-01
Abstract: A restraining device is provided for a small animal, such as a dog. The device comprises a harness 3, 4, the harness being adjustable so that it is a relatively tight fit upon the animal, a restraining member 2, means for connecting the restraining member 2 to a rigid part of a vehicle and a fastening means 6, the fastening means being connectable between the harness and the restraining member and adapted so that the animal may move to a limited degree but is restrained from extended and/or sudden movement. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241858-A (GB)
Title: Programmable aquarium feeder
Inventor: LACY DENIS JOHN
IPC: A01K61/85
Filed: 1990-03-14
Abstract: The aquarium feeder has a body 5 which houses a rotatable food cartridge tube 7 spun by a motor 10 spindle powered by a battery 11 under the control of a programmer 13. As the inner cartridge spins, food moves forward along the tube to fall out of the bottom orifice of the airbox 1. The airbox 1 is connected to an air pump the airflow preventing build up of condensation at the orifice thereby keeping food in the cartridge dry. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2233317-A (GB)
Title: Timed medication dispensers
Inventor: GAD JONATHAN NOAH
IPC: A61J7/04
Filed: 1990-04-18
Abstract: A medication dispenser comprises a container to hold one or more medication articles (e.g. pills, tablets, capsules or the like), the container having an outlet provided with a releaseable closure member 7; and, mounted on or in the container, timing means to provide an output signal at a predetermined time of day and/or after a predetermined time interval to alarm means 3,4 arranged to provide an audible and/or visual alarm in response to said output signal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2234961-A (GB)
Title: Sheet feed
Inventor: FILSINGER KARL-HEINZ
IPC: B41F13/00
Filed: 1990-06-26
Abstract: A sheet feed traction device between a printing press and a printing unit, having a tight side (5') and a slack side (5''), includes a phase-adjustment device (1) serving to change the phase angle between the input shaft (3) of the printer and an output shaft (4) of the feeder by means of the changing of the length of the tight side (5'). The phase-adjustment device (1) acts between the slack side (5'') and the tight side (5'), more or less along a perpendicular (S) centralized with respect to the shafts (3, 4). It also comprises an adjustably disposed tight-side guide (6) and a slack-side guide (7), with the latter preloaded against the slack side (5'') by means of tensioning elements (24 figure 4, not shown) which act between the guides which move along the perpendicular (S) in order to effect the phase adjustment. Traction means tensioning elements (24, fig 4 not shown) act in the traction-means plane (E). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237700-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive thresholding for producing binary facsimile signal
Inventor: SATOU TATSUYA
IPC: H04N1/403
Filed: 1990-07-27
Abstract: In a facsimile machine or the like which reads a document line by line, a comparator 8 converts the resulting analogue signal a into a binary signal which is stored in a one line shift register (e.g. associated with a thermal print head 5) and is used on a corresponding pixel-wise basis to determine the threshold level b at which the comparator 8 is operative during the succeeding line scan, thereby increasing the fidelity of image reproduction particularly when fine lines parallel to the line scan direction are present (Fig 6). In other embodiments two comparators having different working points are provided and one of their outputs is selected according to the corresponding pixel in the stored line (Fig 7) or that pixel and the immediately preceding and following pixels (Fig 10). With three comparators further logic is used to select or combine their outputs to arrive at a binary image signal. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247135-A (GB)
Title: Telephone subscriber's instrument
Inventor: JENNINGS IAN WILLIAM
IPC: H04M1/60
Filed: 1990-07-28
Abstract: A telephone subscriber's instrument is operable in a handset mode and in a hands-free mode. A control circuit (14) provides switching between the two modes and also controls an electronic hookswitch (S3) whereby the instrument is connected to the line during a call. The control circuit includes a bistable latch (TR1, TR2) switchable between a conductive and a non-conductive state via a user operated switch (S2). In the conductive state of the latch the control circuit enables a loudspeaker amplification for hands-free operation. Operation of a mechanical hookswitch (S1) sets the latch to its non-conductive state for handset operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2236553-A (GB)
Title: Snap hook
Inventor: PICOLLET ROLAND
IPC: B29C45/44
Filed: 1990-09-11
Abstract: A plastics snap hook whose body 1, 2 and tongue 7, 8 are moulded in one piece is moulded in such a way that the plane of parting 10, 3 of the mould is perpendicular to the general plane of the hook and the general plane in which the resilient tongue of the hook moves during use. The hook is also moulded such that the tongue is disengaged from the hook end and is engaged after moulding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2237848-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and method of managing liquid under pressure
Inventor: JUBB ALBERT
IPC: F17D3/00
Filed: 1990-10-17
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/GB90/00156 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 23, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 23, 1990 PCT Filed Feb. 2, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/09920 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 1990.An apparatus for managing liquid under pressure having a first volume containing a liquid at a first pressure and a second volume containing liquid at a second, lower, pressure and energy storage means to receive and store energy derived from said first volume as a result of said first volume containing liquid under said first pressure and using said stored energy to increase the pressure in the second volume.
Patent GB-2237703-A (GB)
Title: Mobile communication terminal has vibrating device instead of sound alert
Inventor: FUJII MASAHIRO
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1990-10-29
Abstract: A terminal 20 for a radio pager, portable radio telephone or cordless telephone uses a vibrating device for alerting the user of the terminal to an incoming call. The terminal has a flat belt clip 24 which is a single member positioned closest to the user's body. A piezoelectric element or similar vibration source included in the vibrating device 26 is securely received in a recess which is formed in the body of the belt clip. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-902493-A (GB)
Abstract: 902,493. Transfer mechanism. CONTINA BUREAUX-UND RECHENMASCHINENFABRIK A.G. July 11, 1960 [July 29, 1959], No. 24181/60. Class 106 (1). Tens transfer mechanism for machines of the hand-held circular type as described, for example, in Specifications 656,601 and 656,185 comprises transfer members 4 mounted in open slots 15 in the machine body and retained by lugs 41 and 43. The lugs 41 engage in a groove 12. Each member also has a spring tongue 42 which is pressed into the member during assembly but normally limits its downward movement. The end 71 of a wire spring 7 cooperates with a rim 11 to retain the member in its upper or lower position. At transfer, a pin 3 in the number wheel 2 depresses the associated member 4 and a tail portion 44 of the members lowers a pinion (not shown) on the drive shaft for the next higher order totalizer pinion into the path of an actuating tooth on the drive shaft as described in Specification 656,601. This pinion and the member 4 are finally restored by a cam on the drive shaft. The revolution counter has a similar transfer mechanism, but the member 4 is of the slightly different shape shown in Fig. 5. In a modification, Fig. 6 (not shown), the members 4 do not have tongues 42 but engage a spring clip encircling the machine.
Patent GB-2238847-A (GB)
Title: Self-balanced drive shaft assembly
Inventor: HIRANO YOSHINORI
IPC: F16F15/12
Filed: 1990-11-28
Abstract: The shaft assembly comprises a cylindrical shaft 11 having an axially extending cylindrical bore containing a small amount of liquid 20 which moves in response to movement of the shaft. At least one of two joints 12, 14, connected to the respective ends of the shaft, is so constructed as to permit pivotal movement of the shaft about a pivot point defined by the other joint. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250421-A (GB)
Title: Container for plants
Inventor: BAKER GARY
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 1990-12-04
Abstract: A container 1 for displaying flowering plants comprises a main body adapted to receive plants and means for mounting the main body upon an upstanding post 3, the mounting means including an element 11 adapted to engage a free upper end of the upstanding post 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2241292-A (GB)
Title: Change speed apparatus for a fishing reel
Inventor: SATO JUN
IPC: A01K89/015
Filed: 1991-01-18
Abstract: A change speed apparatus for a fishing reel comprises first and second sun gears (6, 9) having different numbers of teeth. An input shaft (5) carries the first sun gear (6) and is rotatable by a handle (4). An output shaft (7) is connected to a spool (3) and carries the second sun gear (9). A stepped planet gear (11) including toothed portions (11a, 11b) having different numbers of teeth meshes with the sun gears (6, 9). A gear holder (10), rotatably mounted on the input shaft (5), supports the planet gear (11). A first transmission line is operable to restrict rotation of the gear holder (10) to transmit drive from the input shaft (5) to the output shaft (7) through the planet gear (11). A second transmission line is operable to render the gear holder (10) rotatable to directly couple the input shaft (5) and the output shaft (7). A transmission switching mechanism (8) is operable to select between the first transmission line and the second transmission line, preferably using a selectively operable ratchet brake 81a, 81b, 81c. A ratchet clutch (82a, 82b) preferably gives direct drive in one direction only between the input and output shafts (5, 7) when the ratchet brake is engaged. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2245705-A (GB)
Title: Light detector
Inventor: WARD BERNADETTE LEANNE ARMITAG
IPC: G01J5/28
Filed: 1991-06-03
Abstract: A detector for measuring the intensity of light comprises two sensors 11, 12 adapted to produce output signals related to the intensity of light incident upon them, a filter 14 for attenuating light received by one of the sensors in a selected spectral band e.g. UVB and means 15 for combining the output signals of the two sensors to provide a detector output signal representative of the intensity of the light in the said spectral band incident upon the detector. The sensors 11, 12 are disposed in relation to one another, as to render them insensitive to their orientation in relation to light incident upon them e.g. they may be arranged concentrically. Moreover, there may be a further filter 13 for attenuating light received by both sensors in a further selected spectral band (e.g. UV-A and B). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258139-A (GB)
Title: A counter and shelving system
Inventor: MARGENOUT CHRISTOPHER JONATHAN
IPC: A47F9/00
Filed: 1991-07-31
Abstract: A counter and shelving system comprises a number of spaced parallel upright stainless steel posts 11 each having a number of vertically spaced horizontal stainless steel support beams 14 welded at one end to the post and extending away from it in cantilever fashion. Various types of shelf structure 19 are provided each of which extends between a pair of corresponding cantilever support beams 14 and provides a storage or working surface, or carries built-in equipment, such as a sink 26 or ice-box 27. A countertop 16 is mounted across the tops of the posts 11. The posts may be spaced apart in any required arrangement to provide a structure which fits exactly within the space available, and since the support beams are cantilevered there may be no other upright supports to inhibit cleaning or free access to the shelves and equipment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2259660-A (GB)
Title: A mould for casting components
Inventor: MARTIN JOSEPH
IPC: B22D27/04
Filed: 1991-09-17
Abstract: A ceramic shell mould 30 for casting a turbine blade comprises an article portion 32 which has an article chamber 34 for defining the shape of the turbine blade. A secondary portion 38 which has a secondary chamber 40 is arranged such that the secondary chamber 40 extends parallel to a region 36 of the article chamber 34 which has reduced dimensions relative to the remainder of the article chamber. The secondary chamber 40 is spaced a small distance away from the region 36 so that bridging of the ceramic shell mould occurs to increase insulation around the region 36 and to provide molten metal in proximity to the region 36 to control heat loss from the region 36. The reduction of heat loss from the region 36 results in more uniform cooling of molten metal in the ceramic shell mould 30 and prevents the formation of undesired columnar grains in the trailing edge of the turbine blade which corresponds to the region 36 of the ceramic shell mould. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261772-A (GB)
Title: Airborne cleaning of electric insulators
Inventor: KRAMER MAX
IPC: B64D1/18
Filed: 1991-11-19
Abstract: Insulators fitted to pylons carrying electric power lines are cleaned by spraying them from a helicopter. The helicopter 1 has a pivotted boom 2 made of pressure hose (7, figures 4, 5 & 6) covered with foamed polystyrene (8) and epoxy carbon (10) to make it light but rigid. The nozzle (11) at the end of the boom may be moved by an operator in the helicopter. The water tank 3 and pump 4 act as a counter weight to the boom 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262603-A (GB)
Title: Trace chemical sampling
Inventor: SHELDON TIMOTHY GEORGE
IPC: G01N1/22
Filed: 1991-12-09
Abstract: A flexible permeable material e.g. in the form of a porous flexible sampling disc (3) is brought into contact with a surface under investigation and air drawn through the disc typically via a flexible hose (4) connected to a vacuum source. Vapour and/or particulates from traces of e.g. drugs, explosives, radioactives, minerals are retained on the disc and later desorbed for assay. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253402-A (GB)
Title: Terminally and laterally fluorinated components for liquid crystal compositions
Inventor: PLACH HERBERT
IPC: C09K19/30
Filed: 1992-01-15
Abstract: The invention provides a nematic liquid-crystal composition for active matrix displays with high voltage holding ratio and extremely low threshold voltage, based on terminally and laterally fluorinated compounds, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds from at least two of the following groups 1 to 3   <IMAGE> wherein R denotes in each case a straight-chain alkyl, alkenyl or oxaalkyl group of 2 to 7 carbon atoms and A is in each case trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene.
Patent GB-2255448-A (GB)
Title: Radio antenna.
Inventor: ADACHI NAOTOMO
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1992-03-06
Abstract: A portable radio is provided with a slidable antenna (23) retractably supported by a housing (3), an antenna operating member (17) movably mounted in the housing (3) for projecting an antenna top portion (26) from the housing (3) by sliding the antenna (23) in the use direction or for releasing the antenna (23) to be capable of sliding in the non-use direction, and an operating portion (24) for operating the antenna operating member (17) from outside the housing (3). The radio may be a portable telephone or an inter-call radio. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2319041-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic coatings
Inventor: HALUSKA LOREN ANDREW
IPC: C04B41/87
Filed: 1992-03-12
Abstract: Ceramic coatings on substrates are produced by applying a preceramic coating comprising hydrogen silsesquioxane resin, a material containing Si-Si bonds which forms volatile SiH compounds and a catalyst followed by pyrolyzing the preceramic coating in an inert atmosphere. The ceramic coatings formed by the process of this invention are especially valuable on electronic devices. The material containing Si-Si bonds may be dodecamethyl cyclohexasilane. The catalyst is a platinum or copper catalyst. The coating may be ceramified by heating to a temperature of 200-1000C in the presence of UV light.
Patent GB-2267523-A (GB)
Title: Levelling device
Inventor: GRIFFITHS ALAN
IPC: E04F21/24
Filed: 1992-05-30
Abstract: A device (2) for the levelling of aggregate material comprises a support frame upon which depends a first portion which includes an element (6) which is adjustable to determine the level of aggregate required and a second portion (10) which forms a support for the device on a datum adjacent the aggregate material to be levelled, movement of the device along the datum causing excess aggregate to be pushed away. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268991-A (GB)
Title: Panel connector
Inventor: HARLEY DAVID NORMAN
IPC: F16B12/14
Filed: 1992-07-23
Abstract: A device 1 comprises a body portion 30 and a housing 10, the housing being adapted (e.g. by threaded portion 12) for mounting in a recess provided in a panel, wherein the body portion 30 is adapted to be mounted in the housing and movable relative thereto between a first position wherein it is retracted within the housing (Figure 1 - not shown) and a second position wherein a substantial part of the body portion protrudes therefrom. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269607-A (GB)
Title: Fire-resistant panel joint
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHN PAUL
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 1992-08-12
Abstract: A locking fire-resistant panel assembly for creating fire-resistant joints is disclosed. The assembly consists of two panels (10, 15) one (10) of which may be grooved and the other (15) possesses a tongue (19). The panels (10, 15) include a key-operated locking mechanism (20, 21) wherein access to the lock by the key is gained through a lateral bore (22) in the tongue (19). A recessed space (23) at the side of the joints permit-access to the lateral bore (22). A snap-fit insert fits into the space (23) once the key has been withdrawn from the bore (22). A bung to stop up the bore (22) and various seals (33, 34) are provided to enhance the fire-resistance of the joint. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273107-A (GB)
Title: Production of cycloalkanes
Inventor: DALL ORTO GIOVANNI BATTISTA
IPC: C07C4/22
Filed: 1992-10-16
Abstract: A cycloalkane is manufactured from a corresponding dicycloalkadiene by cracking the dimer and catalytically hydrogenating the monomer at a temperature below 175 DEG C in the presence of an inert diluent. The process is especially applicable to the manufacture of cyclopentane. The catalytic hydrogenation is carried out in a closed loop batch reactor. Catalyst powder is circulated in the reaction zone in slurry form until it is removed by filtration from contact with the reaction mixture upon completion of the reaction. The inert diluent comprises at least in part the cycloalkane being manufactured.