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Patent GB-2304450-A (GB)
Title: Rattle
Inventor: MARINO ADRIAN JOHN
IPC: G10K3/00
Filed: 1995-08-17
Abstract: A rattle comprises a body rotatable about a handle 20,25, the body having a centre of gravity which is offset from its axis of rotation about the handle so that it can be caused to rotate about the handle by appropriate movement of the handle by a user, and means 26,27 to cause sound production when such rotation takes place, wherein the body (10) includes an external portion (12,13,14,15,16) of a material selected to provide a low risk of personal injury if struck thereby, e.g. resiliently deformable, low density material such as foamed polymeric material. The body is preferably made using laminae 12,13,14,15,16 bonded together and the sound producing means comprises a tongue 27 held between the laminae and a toothed or notched element 26 mounted on the spindle of the handle.
Patent GB-2297956-A (GB)
Title: Blank gumming method for cigarette packaging machines
Inventor: BOLDRINI FULVIO
IPC: B65B51/02
Filed: 1996-02-14
Abstract: A blank 4, comprising a central portion 15 defining the front, rear and end walls of a cigarette packet 10, and two lateral portions 16 located on either side of the central portion 15 defining, by superimposition, the lateral walls of the packet, is gummed in two successive steps, one preceding and the other following mating of the blank 4 with a group 7 of cigarettes; at least one of the two steps is performed by spraying adhesive material. Preferably the first spraying step is performed while the blank is flat.
Patent GB-2313320-A (GB)
Title: Golf grip/glove system
Inventor: O'SULLIVAN RICHARD THOMAS
IPC: A63B53/14
Filed: 1996-05-20
Abstract: A golf club grip and golf glove are each provided with the cooperating part of a touchand-close fastener in order to improve the users hold on the club.
Patent GB-2303047-A (GB)
Title: Snap fasteners for an absorbent article.
Inventor: LUNDBERG HAKON
IPC: A44B18/00
Filed: 1996-06-28
Abstract: Male and female fastening elements are formed on discrete material pieces in corresponding pairs on the absorbent article, each piece has the elements formed such that it can only be attached to a respective piece in one specific way. Also disclosed are three methods of manufacturing absorbent articles in which: discrete pieces of material are separated from a web and applied to a second web, locking elements are then formed in the regions of the material pieces; male and female locking elements are formed and delivered to a web of article blanks and are applied to an outer sheet of the absorbent article; both male and female locking elements are formed on a single material piece which is applied to web of material such that the piece will be divided in the manufacture of the finished articles and the male and female elements of each piece are mounted on two different articles.
Patent GB-2301463-A (GB)
Title: Timer arrangements
Inventor: STEER RUPERT PETER
IPC: G04F10/00
Filed: 1995-01-27
Abstract: A modular timer arrangement for recording time spent on different tasks comprises three or more timer modules (1, 2, 3), each of which has a display arranged to display the time elapsed since its initial starting, and a start/stop button (7) and a zero button (8). The start/stop button of each timer is associated with the display of that timer and the timer modules may each be provided with tongue and groove or other connectors (19, 20) which enable the modules to be connected and disconnected and transmit disabling signals which ensure that only one timer display is incrementing at any given time. The arrangement is useful to professionals and others who need to record time spent on different tasks and who typically have several uncompleted tasks on their desks.
Patent GB-2302156-A (GB)
Title: Pipe lining apparatus and method
Inventor: IKEDA SHINTARO
IPC: F16L55/26
Filed: 1993-12-17
Abstract: An electrically remote-controlled intra-pipe vehicle is hydraulically actuated and is adapted to work with lining equipment for lining the interior of a branch pipe interconnecting with a main pipe in which the vehicle is positioned. The lining equipment includes a hydraulic anchoring press 74 for pressing an end flange 82 of a tubular lining 83 against a pressing plate 66. A hydraulic counter press 76 counteracts the force of the anchoring press 74. A sealing tube 87 having an embedded electric heater 85 is bonded to the other end of the tubular lining 83 with a low-melting bonding agent. The lining 83 is forced into the branch pipe by pressurized fluid and pressed against the inside wall of the branch pipe. Then, the lining 83 is warmed by a heated pressurized fluid to be hardened. Subsequently, electrical current is provided to the heater 85 in the sealing tube 87 so that the bonding agent is melted and the sealing tube is separated from the lining 83.
Patent GB-2306117-A (GB)
Title: Equestrian jumps
Inventor: FULLER MARK
IPC: A63K3/04
Filed: 1996-10-02
Abstract: An equestrian jump comprises two side supports and at least one cross member wherein the cross member is carried in a readily detachable support member and the support members comprise fabric pieces releasably attachable to the side supports. The support members can be fabric pieces with a loop 16 that will accept the cross member (Figure 1A) or can be fabric pockets with a block 28 to support the cross member (Figure 2B). The support members can be attached to the side supports by hook and burr fasteners or snap studs or the like. To save space in arenas, the kick-board can double up as a side support. The cross member can be an inflated tube.
Patent GB-2318696-A (GB)
Title: Radio transmitter package with combined power and modulation I/P pin
Inventor: ADGIE GLYN MARTIN
IPC: H03C1/00
Filed: 1996-10-25
Abstract: A miniature radio transmitter package suitable for on-off signalling (in a key job for example) comprises an LC resonant circuit (L1, C1, C2, C3) coupled to a frequency-controlling resonant circuit (Q1, SAW1, R2) and having a capacitor (C1) connected across the output terminals (10, 11) to reduce RF leakage to the encoding circuitry (2). One of the terminals (10) functions as i) a power supply terminal ii) a data input terminal and iii) an RF output terminal.
Patent GB-2319551-A (GB)
Title: Safety barriers
Inventor: MORGAN DAVID JOHN
IPC: E01F13/02
Filed: 1996-11-25
Abstract: A mounting 2, 3 for a safety barrier is formed from a rotationally moulded plastics body, wall parts of which are removed to provide apertures 12, 26 through which the cavity 4 of the body is presented so that the cavity and aperture form a socket for a barrier member such as a rail 50. The mounting member 2, 3 may engage with a post 40 by removal of circular wall parts from the rotationally moulded body to provide cylindrical sockets within which the post 40 is received. A barrier mounting 2 may be pivotal on the post 40 relative to a barrier mounting 3 secured on the post 40 for the purpose of providing a hinge assembly in a barrier system.
Patent GB-2310078-A (GB)
Title: Discharge lamps
Inventor: MILNER TERENCE
IPC: H01J61/32
Filed: 1997-01-20
Abstract: Fluorescent discharge tubes 2,5 are connected at opposed ends to a lamp housing 8. The ends 3 and 4 or 6 and 7 of each tube are offset from each other in order to provide support to prevent the tubes from tending to sag downwardly. Each tube has a straight section 10 that is spaced from the housing to allow the lamp to be handled without touching the tube by gripping the housing. Each tube may have its own control circuit to allow one tube to work in the event of failure of the circuit for the other tube.
Patent GB-2310713-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for storing dangerous chemicals
Inventor: CHOWDHURY NASER MAHMUD
IPC: B60P3/00
Filed: 1997-02-05
Abstract: Dangerous chemicals are transported in a high pressure stacked tube array in which the tubes are arranged divided into one or more groups with outside tubes (22, 24, 44, 46) containing inert gas and inside tubes (20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42) containing the chemical. Inside and outside tubes in the or each group are manifolded (50, 52; 54, 56) to permit off loading of the dangerous chemical into the outside tubes in the event of a leak in an inside tube or tubes in the group. A manifold system for segregation of source chemicals can provide two or more independent outlets.
Patent GB-2322378-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing a sensor material
Inventor: VORBACH DIETER
IPC: B29C48/08
Filed: 1997-02-25
Abstract: A process for producing highly sensitive sensor materials, of which the operability is based on a radical change in electrical resistance in the case of slight changes to the shape of the sensor material which change in shape can be brought about by swelling of the material as a result of the penetration of liquids or gases, by mechanical deformation or by thermal influence uses a solution of organic polymer having a polymer proportion with respect to the solvent of 2 % by weight to 25 % by weight and having a proportion of powdered conductive additive of preferably 5 % by weight to 500 % by weight with respect to the organic polymer, wherein the percentage proportion of the additive is such that the percolation threshold is achieved in the finished sensor material. N-oxides such as, for example, N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, demethyl sulphoxide or nitromethane can be used as the solvent. Carbon in the form of carbon black or graphite, or metal powder, for example, can be used as the powdered conductive additive. The finished material may be in thread or film form.
Patent GB-2312236-A (GB)
Title: Shoot bolt drive mechanism
Inventor: PADDOCK JASON DAVID
IPC: E05C9/00
Filed: 1997-03-10
Abstract: In a drive for a bi-directional shoot bolt mechanism, for securing doors and windows, a quadrant gear 14 is arranged to drive two racks 18,20, one rack being secured to each of two bolt arms 22,24. One rack 18 engages the quadrant gear 14 directly. The other rack 20 is driven through a pinion wheel 16 which is itself in engagement with a second set of teeth on the quadrant gear 14, offset by half of one pitch, thereby to result in the two bolt arms 22,24 being driven in opposite directions upon rotations of the quadrant gear 14. A larger quadrant gear 52 and two reversing pinions 54,56 (Figure 8) may instead be employed to achieve a longer throw of the bolt arms 22,24.
Patent GB-2310774-A (GB)
Title: Spread spectrum communication apparatus
Inventor: KOGA NAOKI
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 1996-06-24
Abstract: A spread spectrum communication apparatus comprises at least one surface acoustic wave matched filter, a plurality of surface acoustic wave delay lines having different delay amounts, and integrating circuits for integrating an output signal of the surface acoustic wave matched filter and the respective output signals of the plurality of surface acoustic wave delay lines, wherein the delay lines consist of an input encoding electrode (12) and at least two output electrodes (13, 14a) spaced apart so as to provide a delay of 90{ between the delay lines.
Patent GB-2325413-A (GB)
Title: Baby bottle holder
Inventor: DE LOS SANTOS VICTOR
IPC: A47D15/00
Filed: 1997-05-19
Abstract: The holder (14) may be biased against person (10) holding the baby (12), or rested upon the baby, for stability with at least one hand (26) of the person being free to do other things, and by the baby with or without hands. The holder is a triangular wedge with circular cut outs that grip the bottle. The cut outs are arranged so that the bottle can be moved between them without being removed from the holder, to position the bottle correctly with respect to the babies mouth. The holder may include adjustable straps for hanging the holder around a persons neck.
Patent GB-2328899-A (GB)
Title: A weed collecting device
Inventor: CRUDDAS LEONARD ROBERT
IPC: A01D44/00
Filed: 1997-09-09
Abstract: A weed collecting device comprises an elongate pole 5 slidable within an ejection tube 3. Hand grips 4,6 are provided on the ends of the tube and pole respectively. A distal end of pole 5 has a tapered and serrated collection wand 1 fastened to the pole by means of a retaining pin 2. Weed material is collected by the insertion of the collecting wand into the water being cleared and rotating the tool by means of the hand grip. Filamentary weed material adheres to the serrations of the wand and is wound round the pole. The tool is then withdrawn from the water and the weed material ejected by sliding the ejection tube along the pole until it meets a stop provided by the retaining pin.
Patent GB-2318233-A (GB)
Title: Low noise CMOS output driver
Inventor: AFEK YACHIN
IPC: H03K19/003
Filed: 1994-10-14
Abstract: A CMOS output driver contains two pull-down transistors. At a high-to-low transition, both the first pull-down transistor 106 and the second pull-down transistor 130 are enabled, but the first transistor 106 is disabled when the output signal 108 has fallen to a level sufficient to trigger feedback inverter 120. The resistance of the resistor 133 and the second transistor 130, which remains enabled, then damps oscillations initiated in the supply line GNDA and the output 108 by the first pull-down transistor.
Patent GB-977439-A (GB)
IPC: E02B3/24
Abstract: 977,439. Mooring ships. BP TANKER CO. Ltd., J. W. ROSS, and K. W. HOPKINS. July 8, 1963 [Aug. 17, 1962], No. 31642/62. Headings B7A and B7S. A mooring arrangement comprises a floatable member 11 adapted to be positioned in the water so as to be capable of rotating about a horizontal axis 12 and means (hook 17 and cables 16) for mooring the member to the ship 15, all in such manner that when the ship tends to move in a direction away from the floating member the latter rotates about said horizontal axis to allow such movement. The member 11 is a hollow metal cylinder weighted at one end by concrete 14, and is rotatably mounted on longitudinal members 13 welded to a member 18 rotatably mounted on a mooring buoy 19. The ship is also moored by cables 26 to the members 13, which cables restrain the ship from moving towards the floatable member 11. A resilient member 25 is provided to prevent the ship from damaging the member 11 if the cables 26 should part. The ship may be loaded with liquid cargo from pipelines 27 on the sea bed via apparatus on the buoy as described in Specification 977,438, and thence through pipes on or in the longitudinal member 13.
Patent GB-2334018-A (GB)
Title: A packaging device
Inventor: BUSSEY IVAN
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1998-02-04
Abstract: A packaging device 10, suitable for example for packaging CD-ROMs, comprises a plurality of articulated portions 11 - 19, adapted to be folded relative to one another to define a packaging cavity to contain articles to be packaged. The device includes one or more pairs of tabs 30A, 30B, 31A and 31 B, adapted in use, to secure the articles against movement within the cavity. Each pair of tabs 30A, 30B, 31A and 31B constitutes a closable part in one of the articulated portions and each tab is hingedly attached to the articulated portions and is foldable into a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the articulated portion so as to extend into the cavity. When the articulated portions are folded relative to one another a substantially parallelepiped cavity may be formed. One or more of the articulated portions may be provided with one or more non-linear edges and the packaging cavity defined by the folded-together articulated portions may include at least one generally arcuate section. Each pair of tabs may extend in use over 25%, 50% or 75% of the depth of the cavity. Two more pairs of tabs capable of extending into the cavity by a different percentage of the depth of the cavity may be provided. The package may be secured using reusable adhesive strip. The packaging may be made from cardboard. One or more articulated portions may be provided with space to receive a mailing or return label.
Patent GB-2325114-A (GB)
Title: Call switching in private branch exchange
Inventor: CHO SEUNG-IIWAN
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 1998-04-20
Abstract: A call switching method for an exchange system which includes a plurality of extension terminals each having a display, an operator for switching a call between a subscriber and a caller and an exchange for switching the call between the extension terminals, the operator and the caller is described. A call reception message is transferred from the exchange to the operator upon receipt of an incoming call from a caller. Then an off-hook message is transferred from the operator to the exchange in response to receipt of the call reception message. The exchange forms a communication path between the caller and the operator in response to receipt of the off-hook message. The operator receives information concerning the caller and the subscriber with whom the caller desires to communicate, via the said communication path and transfers a corresponding message from the operator to the exchange. Then the exchange sends a ring signal to the terminal of the subscriber in response to receipt of the corresponding message and provides the information concerning the caller to the display of the subscriber.
Patent GB-2325930-A (GB)
Title: Axially-Substituted Cyclohexane Liquid Crystals
Inventor: KIRSCH PEER
IPC: C07C255/50
Filed: 1998-06-01
Abstract: The invention relates to cyclohexane derivatives of the formula I in which one of X<SP>1</SP> and X<SP>3</SP> is F, Cl, CN and the other is H, F, Cl, CN X<SP>2</SP> is H, F, Cl, CN and the remaining substituents are standard liquid crystal substituents.
Patent GB-2332812-A (GB)
Title: Gateway for connecting ATM-based access network to existing network
Inventor: LEE HAE-YEONG
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 1998-06-15
Abstract: A gateway for connecting an existing public network to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based access network is provided. The gateway includes an ATM network connector (300) for performing signal processing to send or receive a signal via a broadband ATM network (340) and controlling the signal processing, an existing circuit network connector (310) for processing a signal to send or receive the signal via an existing circuit network (350), reciprocally converting between the signal transmitted via the existing circuit network and an ATM cell, and controlling the signal processing and the conversion, a plurality of line terminations (320,322) for sending or receiving a signal by connecting to a remote user, converting between the signal from the user and the ATM cell, and controlling the sending, reception and conversion, and a system bus (330) for transmitting a signal between the plurality of line terminations and the ATM and existing circuit network connectors. Therefore, when a superspeed information communications network is later established on the basis of ATM, the load applied to an ATM network exchanger during connection of an ATM access network with the existing circuit network is reduced, to aid high-speed information communications.
Patent GB-2338239-A (GB)
Title: Polyurethane foam compositions
Inventor: TRAINELL NICHOLAS BARRIE
IPC: C08G18/61
Filed: 1998-06-12
Abstract: A polyurethane foam prepared by the reaction of a polyisocyanate with a polysiloxane of formula (I) in claim 1, wherein the total number of hydroxyl groups in the polysiloxane is substantially stoichiometrically equivalent to the total number of isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate. The incorporation of the polysiloxane in the polymer matrix of the polyurethane foam provides improved thermal, oxidative and UV stability, durability and preferential burning characteristics suitable for a wide range of applications including the manufacture of seals for doors and windows in which the foam is encapsulated in polyethylene outer skin.
Patent GB-2341418-A (GB)
Title: Clamping jaw clip fastener
Inventor: POWELL DAVID
IPC: F16B21/09
Filed: 1998-09-10
Abstract: A clip fastener 10, fig 1, and a method for using the clip, for securing an object such as a cable or pipe to a support. The clip 10 comprises a pair of opposing jaws 18, 20, and locking means 14, 16 which are insertable into a corresponding elongate aperture 28, fig 2, in a body and the clip is displaceable in the aperture between a first position and a second position, thereby to cause the opposing jaws 18, 20 to move from an open position towards a closed position. The clip is inserted in the aperture at a position 22, fig 2, of wider lateral extent so that the clip is held with the jaws partially open for receiving the object to be supported. The clip is then longitudinally slidable in the longitudinal direction "A", fig 2, into the narrower part 30, fig 2, of the aperture so as to cam the jaws fully together and clamp the object in place.
Patent GB-2341539-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner having cleaner module separable from a dirt collection chamber
Inventor: BEARD MICHAEL ANDREW
IPC: A47L9/10
Filed: 1998-09-18
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprising a cleaner module (5, fig 1), an upper casing (1, fig 1) and a lower casing 2, retained to each other by one or more fixing cams (54, fig 14) such that lower casing 2 can be used as a dust collection chamber 65, a displaceable filter element 62 covers the dust collection chamber 65. The cleaner module (5, fig 1) separates from the dirt collection chamber 65 to allow cleaning of the bowl filter (47, fig 9) and leaves the dirt collection chamber 65 covered by the filter 62. The cleaner module (5, fig 1) may be arranged such that the electrical cable (7, fig 1), switch (30, fig 11), lamp (32 fig 11), air inlet and air outlet can be located in an annular gap formed between the upper (1, fig 1) and lower 2 casings. Storage means for the vacuum hose assembly (22, fig 1) and the vacuum tools (17 19 18, fig 22) may be provided.
Patent GB-2330512-A (GB)
Title: Raising/lowering mechanism for cutting head of greens mower.
Inventor: TOMAN CHARLES
IPC: A01D75/30
Filed: 1998-10-23
Abstract: A raising/lowering mechanism for a reel type cutting head of a greens mower operates to lower the cutting head from an inoperative to an operative position and vice versa. It comprises a linkage attached at one end to the mower frame 12 and acts to maintain the cutting head level as it is raised from or lowered onto the ground. Preferably the linkage is in the form of a parallelogram type linkage having upper 100 and lower 104 links with vertical arms 12, 102, the shape of the parallelogram changing as the cutting head is raised/lowered. Where the linkage attaches to the vehicle frame 12, the vertical arm may be formed by the frame itself. At the opposite end of the linkage 150, the connection between the vertical arm 102 and the lower link 104 is preferably resilient 152, 156 to enable the cutting head to pivot upon application of a force thereby allowing the cutting head to maintain engagement with the ground.
Patent GB-2330800-A (GB)
Title: Fabricating a planar optical waveguide in a single plasma etching chamber
Inventor: JANG WOO-HYUK
IPC: G02B6/13
Filed: 1998-10-29
Abstract: A method of fabricating a planar optical waveguide in one chamber, comprising the steps of depositing a cladding layer 102 and a core layer 104 on a substrate 100, depositing a etch mask layer 106 on the core layer, and forming a photoresist pattern 108 on the etch mask layer, forming an etch mask pattern (110,Fig 1 B) by etching the etch mask layer according to the photoresist pattem using a first gas (eg a chlorine or fluorine-containing gas) which reacts with the material of the etch mask layer, and removing the first gas, forming an optical waveguide (112,Fig 1C) by etching the core layer 104 according to the etch mask pattern using a second gas (eg an oxygen-containing gas) which reacts with the material of the core layer in the same chamber as the chamber where the above steps were performed, and removing the photoresist pattern 108 and the second gas, removing the etch mask pattern (110, Fig 1C) using the first gas which reacts with the material of the etch mask pattern in the same chamber as the chamber where the above steps were performed, and removing the first gas, and depositing an upper cladding layer (114,Fig 1E) formed of the same material as the core layer 104 on the resultant structure of the above step.