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Patent GB-2457103-A (GB)
Title: Insect trap
Inventor: SMITH COLIN
IPC: A01M1/02
Filed: 2008-01-31
Abstract: The present invention relates to an insect trap 10 which mimics the characteristics of a mammal. The trap comprises heat means 12 which is capable of generating an infrared heat source 14, means for generating water vapour 16, and an insect retention surface 18. Preferably the heat means is a chemical heat means which is wholly or partially encased in a porous substrate or other material which provides a localised micro-climate favourable to the biting insects. Pores or hairs in the substrate can provide a hiding place, can be penetrated by infrared and allow air to the heat means, and help maintain a high humidity. It is also possible to place the insect retention surface between the chemical heat means and the casing surface in a non planar manner thus providing a larger capture surface in the more immediate environment of the attractant.
Patent GB-2449728-A (GB)
Title: A safety device for stabilising a ladder on uneven ground
Inventor: MASURIER STEVEN LE
IPC: E06C7/44
Filed: 2006-08-29
Abstract: A safety device 1 having a mounting arrangement 3 operable to receive the lower portion of a ladder and a support assembly located below the mounting arrangement, the support comprising a pair of elongate members 5, each having ground contacting locations (feet 7). The ground contacting locations may be attached to the ends of the support members via a removably attached leg 8 of adjustable length, and are preferably attached by a universal joint, they may further comprise a ground-penetrating spike. The feet may be removable and interchangeable. The mounting arrangement preferably comprises a platform with four upstanding walls 4. A full rotatable bracket may connect the support members to the platform.
Patent GB-2447000-A (GB)
Title: IM system operating interface,realization method of portable communication equipment and computer record media thereof
Inventor: TARN LIANG-CHERN
IPC: H04M1/72436
Filed: 2008-06-27
Abstract: An IM system operating interface and realization method and computer record media thereof are used in portable communication equipment, in the realization method of operate interface, the contact and IM system are systematized and sorted, and they are switched by direction key or preset hot key. The contacts are sorted according to the value of the counter by setting the counter for each contact. When the contact is displayed on the display of the equipment, the display sequence is determined according to the predetermined sort preference which is sorted over again, the user can set the sort preference according to the display name, the last connect time, common contact, relation, company etc.
Patent GB-2461951-A (GB)
Title: Tool for repointing brickwork
Inventor: BOWERMAN GRAHAM VICTOR
IPC: E04F21/165
Filed: 2008-07-23
Abstract: A tool 1 for repointing brickwork comprising a mask in the form of a plate having slots 6 arranged to match the joints in brickwork. In use, the mask 3 is held against the brickwork and new mortar X is applied to each joint through the slots after the old mortar has been raked out of the joints. The tool 1 may be generally L-shaped where the mask 3 and a mortar-supporting section 2 are arranged on respective limbs of the L. The tool 1 may comprise a handle 4 which projects from the underside of the mortar-supporting section 2. Preferably the tool 1 comprises locating pins to engage in and line up the horizontal bed joints with the slots.
Patent GB-2453209-A (GB)
Title: Beverage dispense
Inventor: MOULDER STEVEN
IPC: B67D1/00
Filed: 2008-09-03
Abstract: A post-mix dispense tap 1 for carbonated beverages such as lemonade, colas etc has a pair of valves 7,9 , preferably piston valves, arranged in parallel, and a manually operable tap handle 3 to open and close the valves 7,9. The valves 7,9 open to a mixing chamber 25 within a nozzle 27 and an apertured disc 35 promotes mixing of beverage components dispensed from the nozzle 27. Flowrates of the beverage components are determined by a control unit located remotely from the tap 1 to achieve a desired ratio in the dispensed product. The piston valves 7, 9 are biased towards a closed position and moved to an open position by the manual movement of the tap handle 3. The cam member 29 which raises the pistons may be configured so that the diluent valve 9 opens and closes after the valve 7 to reduce adhesion of syrup to the internal surfaces.
Patent GB-2465227-A (GB)
Title: Exercise apparatus using resistance bands
Inventor: GODBOLD DANIEL
IPC: A63B21/055
Filed: 2008-11-14
Abstract: An exercise apparatus comprises curved side structures 1 connected by seven rollers 2 and resistance bands 3 attached to handles 5. The handles 5 may include roller bearings 6 such that, during an exercise stroke, the handles may run along grooved tracks 4 positioned on the inside of each side structure 1. During an exercise stroke the handles may be either pulled or pushed against the resistance of the resistance bands 3. The resistance bands 3 are guided over the rollers 2, thereby guiding the bands in following the curved shape of the apparatus.
Patent GB-2466644-A (GB)
Title: A centrifugal microfluidic device
Inventor: FONSECA JOAO GARCIA DA
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2008-12-30
Abstract: There is a device for generating discrete flow of liquids in response to a driving force, for example centrifugal microfluidic devices for generating discrete flow in response to a constant driving force. Such devices find applications in liquid mixing, for example for diluting samples, such as blood plasma samples. A siphon structure 2 is arranged so as to fill a chamber 8 with liquid 6, via and inlet, up to a threshold level 22, then to dispense a discrete dose from an outlet 16. Whilst the dose is being dispensed, flow from the outlet is greater than the flow through the inlet.
Patent GB-2467593-A (GB)
Title: Self sterilizing syringe
Inventor: OMOYIOLA BAMBOUR
IPC: A61M5/00
Filed: 2009-02-10
Abstract: A self-sterilizing medical syringe which includes a sterilized product contained in zones within the syringe and which can be released to sterilize the syringe. The zones containing the sterilizing product can be closed by a soluble substance which melts on contact with water or a solvent to release the sterilizing product. The sterilizing product(s) can be one or more of the following: a herbicide, insecticide, or biocide. After sterilization the syringe may be reused or disposed.
Patent GB-2463537-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable boxing bag
Inventor: CHEN YI-LIN
IPC: A63B69/20
Filed: 2009-02-20
Abstract: Boxing equipment comprises a base 10, a disc member 20, a plastic pole 40, an inflatable boxing bag 53 and a sheath 60. The disc member 20 is disposed on the base 10 and includes a socket (21, figure 2) for housing a first end of a resilient member 30. The pole 40 is fastened to a second end of the resilient member 30. One end of the pole 40 is mounted with the boxing bag 53, while the sheath 60 can fasten the boxing bag 53 with the pole 40. When the boxing bag 53 is fully inflated with air, the inner bag surface 51 tightly surrounds a periphery of the pole 40 to secure the boxing bag 53 thereto.
Patent GB-2472065-A (GB)
Title: Pivoting ladder foot
Inventor: PATEL RAMJI
IPC: E06C7/42
Filed: 2009-07-23
Abstract: A ladder foot comprises a body 6 and two or more grips 7 attached to the body. The body is arranged, in use, to pivotally support a rail 3 of a ladder. The grips are arranged, in use, to contact a supporting surface 5. The body extends between the grips, maintaining the grips in spaced relation to each other and defining an opening O therebetween. The body may take the form of a semi-circular arch. The body may be made from aluminium or plastic, with grips of elastomeric material.
Patent GB-663820-A (GB)
Title: Coupling system for ultra high frequency transmission lines
IPC: H01P5/22
Filed: 1947-04-15
Abstract: 663,820. Impedance networks. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., and KEITLEY, R. Sept. 22, 1948 [April 15, 1947], No. 10020/47. Class 40 (viii). [Also in Group XI] In an U.H.F. transmission system comprising a common length of feeding and fed lines along which these lines are mutually coupled for the transfer of energy between them, the coupling is effective over a distance which is a multiple of the wavelength and a gradual variation of the amount of energy transferred is ensured by a gradually varying dimension of the line sections which influences the degree of coupling. As shown, Fig. 8, the outer conductors of coupled coaxial lines 1, 2 are slit along the contiguous surface. The feeding line 1 tapers over several wavelengths, thus giving a reflectionless coupling. In a modification, Fig. 10 (not shown), the feeding line is not tapered, but the inner conductors of the lines are connected by a tapered vane. A wave-guide 1 feeding a coaxial line, Fig. 4, is tapered over several wavelengths, and probes 10 extend from the inner conductor 8 of the coaxial line into the waveguide through spaced apertures. The probes may be replaced by a vane, tapered at both ends and extending into the wave-guide through a slit. A wave-guide may be fed from a gradually tapered wave-guide through a slit, and two parallel wire lines may be coupled by reducing the spacing between the lines over several wavelengths. Dielectric material 19, Fig. 12, to be heated by ultra-high-frequency energy is tapered into a loop wave-guide 2, which is fed through a slit from a tapered waveguide 1. Any energy not absorbed by the load 19 continues to flow round the loop, which is so dimensioned that this energy reinforces the energy fed into the loop from guide 1. The dielectric material may form a seam between two pieces of wood, and the loop guide may be split at 18 to allow the load to be placed in position.
Patent GB-201603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in multiplex telegraphy
IPC: H04L5/06
Filed: 1922-04-08
Abstract: 201,603. Pernot, F. E., and Rich, L. J. April 8, 1922. Duplex telegraphs; harmonic telegraphs.-Relates to duplex working in which a number of receivers R0, R3 - - R6, responsive to currents of different frequency, are connected across the arms of the bridge. In order that the bridge may be balanced for any particular receiver without disturbing the balance of the other receivers, pairs of impedances 3, 3<1>, 4, 4<1>, 5, 5<1>, 6, 6<1> are arranged in the two arms, each pair being associated with one of the receivers R3 - - R6. Each impedance may comprise a resistance and inductance, and each receiver R3, say, is connected to the cable side of one impedance 3 and to the earth side of the other impedance 3<1>, so that by varying the impedances 3, 3' equally the bridge may be balanced for the receiver R3 without disturbing the balance of the other receivers. The bridge may then be balanced for receiver R4 by adjusting the impedances 4, 4<1> and so on. The receivers are preferably connected to points between the resistance and inductive elements of the impedance as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-679352-A (GB)
Title: Cash receptacles
IPC: C03C23/00
Filed: 1951-04-30
Abstract: 679,352. Tills. NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO. April 30, 1951 [May 5, 1950], No. 10075/51. Class 116 A cash receptacle includes a plurality of variably shaped laminae adapted to be selectively connected together so as to form a plurality of compartments of various shapes and sizes, the laminae being shaped to conform to any desired longitudinal section of the assembled receptacle. The cash receptacle, Fig. 1, comprises side members 20, Fig. ti, partition members 21, Fig. 2, and a plurality of members 22, 23, Figs. 3 and 7. The members have corresponding holes 26 through which rods 27 pass to join the members together to form the required arrangement. Further members 25 may be adjustably inserted to subdivide a compartment. The extending members 29 prevent jostling the coins. Note retainers 47 are secured in bearings 48 in holes 53 and springs 49 connect the note retainer with a rod 27. The drawer may run on side channels and be provided with a pawl. A front facing member 38 may be clipped over the extension 40 and a flange on straps 43 secured to a bottom plate 35. Some of the members are cut away to provide space for a block 46 for a lock 45. A catch 51 may be secured to the rear.
Patent GB-835222-A (GB)
Title: High voltage transformer winding with means for protection against damage by steep wave front potentials
IPC: H01F27/34
Filed: 1956-04-03
Abstract: 835,222. Transformers. BROWN, BOVERI & CIE A.G. April 3, 1956 [April 2, 1955], No. 10173/56. Class 38 (2). In order to protect a high-voltage winding of a transformer from voltage impulses the voltage distribution is linearized by the capacitive effect of insertions wound together with the winding. Disc coils 1, 2 (shown displaced though actually coaxial) are wound in series and an insertion shown dotted is connected to the coil 1 at 3 and has turns 6 and 7 wound together with turns of the adjacent coil 2. The end may be returned to the coil 1 to minimise the insulation required.
Patent GB-215539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electrically heated cooking utensils
IPC: A47J27/00
Filed: 1923-04-14
Abstract: 215,539. Bohle, H. April 14, 1923. Heating by electricity.-Relates to cooking-utensils of the type provided with an electric heater l in the form of a flat disc detachably secured to the bottom of the utensil by a central stud a on which is also mounted a cowl s which encloses the heating element, and consists in forming the cowl as a shallow frustrum of a cone which engages a depending flanged portion d of the bottom of the utensil, this portion being set inwardly and upwardly from the level of the lower edge of the side walls of the utensil. A joint ring y may be provided as shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 1 the heating element is situated between mica sheets k, m and is pressed into position by an asbestos sheet n and a metal plate o.
Patent GB-907455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotary gear mechanism
IPC: F16H7/06
Filed: 1960-03-23
Abstract: 907,455. Toothed gearing. HEATON, H. Aug. 25, 1960 [March 23, 1960], No. 10211/60. Class 80 (1). In a combination of chain and toothed epicyclic gearing an output " sun " sprocket 36, Fig. 1, is driven by a chain 34 enveloping a number of planetary sprockets 30, 32 on a driving carrier 22, each sprocket 30 being coupled through a respective gear train 28 to a planetary pinion 281 engaging a common reaction sun-gear 10. The sprockets 32 are carried by spokes 31 and are adjustable for chain tensioning. As shown in Fig. 2 the chain gearing is duplicated on each side of the carrier 22 to provide two similar output sun sprockets 35, 36 which are rotatable on the fixed shaft 11 of the gear 10 and which are coupled to output pulleys 37, 38. The planetary pinions 281, gear trains 28 and sprockets 30 rotate in bifurcated spokes 21 on the carrier 22, the latter being shown as a worm wheel driven by a worm 23.
Patent GB-1420296-A (GB)
Title: Measurement of oxygen consumption
IPC: G01N27/407
Filed: 1974-03-07
Abstract: 1420296 Measuring biological oxygen demand BBC BROWN BOVERI & CO Ltd 7 March 1974 [9 March 1973] 10249/74 Heading G1N A process for measuring biological oxygen demand (BOD) of a water sample containing microbes and biodegradable organic material comprises agitating the sample in a vessel, supplying oxygen to the sample by a zirconium dioxide oxygen pump controlled by the differential partial pressure resulting from consumption of oxygen by the sample and taking the pump current-time product as a measure of the BOD The pump comprises a zirconium dioxide tube with a porous platinum electrode on inside and outside.
Patent GB-882020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to floor treating appliances
IPC: A47L5/24
Filed: 1958-03-31
Abstract: 882,020. Floor scrubbing machines. HOOVER Ltd. March 31, 1958 [April 12, 1957], No. 10271/58. Class 138 (1). In a floor-treating appliance including a reservoir for clean liquid 42 with means for dispensing it from the lower part thereof on to the floor, means for scrubbing the floor, means for sucking up dirty liquid therefrom, and a reservoir for dirty liquid in the form of a collapsible receptacle 46 removably mounted and nested within the upper end of the reservoir 42, at least a part of the space originally occupied by clean liquid 42 can be subsequently occupied by dirty liquid. The sucking means may include a separator 27 for the air and liquid, communicating with a nozzle 17, and means to apply suction thereto, the clean liquid reservoir being an open-topped vessel 16 with a seated suction joint between it and the separator. An eyelet 47 interconnects the upper parts of the clean liquid reservoir and receptacle 46 to equalise the pressures in them, and the latter may be such as subsequently to occupy substantially the whole of the space initially occupied by the clean liquid with dirty liquid. The former, for emptying and filling, may be readily separated from the separator 27 for removing the receptacle 46, which may be a bag of flexible material, e.g. thermoplastic sheet. The vessel 16 forms the lower part 12 of a casing, the upper part 13 of which, hinged thereto at 14 (the parts being closed by a latch 15), accommodates the separator 27 and a motor fan unit 28 for producing the required suction, an air tight seal being maintained between the parts 12 and 13 by gaskets 52, 53. From the nozzle 17 extends a suction pipe 18 to open into the separator 27, a handle 29 (forming an apparent continuation of the pipe 18) in a lug 31, also extending along the casing to a point beyond its upper end, the pipe 18 fitting into a bore 24 in a lug 23. Through the handle 29 and out through a hole 39 in it extends cable 36 from the fan unit 28, leading to a switch 37 and a plug 38, the cable being stored on cleats 40, 41. The nozzle 17 may be fitted with a squeegee unit 21 for sucking, or a scrubber, liquid 42 being then dispensed through a tube 20 and a valve 43, normally closed by a spring 44 and opened by an actuator 19 acting on the valve stem. The appliance is mounted on wheels 11.
Patent GB-1332011-A (GB)
Title: Wheeled vehicles having a skid control system
IPC: B60T8/34
Filed: 1971-04-20
Abstract: 1332011 Split systems; anti-skid systems NISSAN MOTOR CO Ltd 20 April 1971 [16 May 1970] 10312/71 Heading F2F A three- or four-wheeled motor vehicle has a split hydraulic braking system with a first fluid line 25, 23, 24 connecting a master cylinder 21 and respective wheel cylinders 11, 12 of a front wheel 15 and a rear wheel 16 disposed in a different vertical plane, magnetic sensing means 29, 30 being associated respectively with toothed exciter rings 31, 32 of these wheels 15, 16 for measuring the velocity thereof, and transmitting electrical signals proportional to these speeds to a control module 28 which senses deceleration of the wheels 15, 16 and when conditions indicative of skid at either or both the wheels 15, 16 are sensed by the module 28, a solenoid valve 27 is energized to operate a pressure modulator 26 to reduce the pressure at the wheels 15, 16 and counteract the skidding thereof. As shown, the wheels 15, 16 constitute the right front and left rear wheels respectively of a four wheeled vehicle and the other wheels 14, 17 have cylinders 10, 13 which are controlled by a second separate fluid line 20, 18, 19 actuable by the master cylinder 21. When skidding at the wheels 15, 16 is reduced the module 28 de-energizes the solenoid valve 27. Although the wheels 14, 17 may be skidding while the modulator 26 is in operation, the cornering forces developed by these wheels drop to very low values and the cornering forces developed by wheels 15, 16 are very high, and there is no tendency for the vehicle to skid sideways. The invention is applicable to a threewheeled vehicle having one front or one rear wheel only.
Patent GB-1146461-A (GB)
Title: A process for electrocoating metal articles
IPC: C09D167/08
Filed: 1966-03-09
Abstract: 1,146,461. Polyester electrocoating compositions. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. 9 March, 1966 [2 April, 1965], No. 10316/66. Heading C3R. [Also in Division C7] Phosphatized metal articles are electrocoated (see Division C7) in a bath containing an aqueous dispersion having a solids content of 3 to 30 wt. per cent and a pH of 7 to 9À5 and comprising (a) a salt obtained by neutralizing (i) a polymer comprising (A) 95 to 50 wt. per cent of a polyester of acid No. 6 to 25 derived from trimellitic acid or anhydride, a dehydrated castor oil fatty acid or a rosin-free tall oil fatty acid, 1,5-pentane-diol and hydrogenated bisphenol A and (B) 5 to 50% of a melamineformaldehyde condensate partially reacted with (A), with (ii) ammonia or a water-soluble primary, secondary, tertiary, poly- or hydroxyamine, and (b) 2 to 10% based on the total weight of the dispersion of a water-miscible solvent for the polymer (i). The bath may also contain 5 to 15 volume per cent of pigment, e.g. iron oxide, barium, strontium or lead chromate, TiO 2 , basic lead silico chromate or chromium phosphate, and non-ionic or cationic surfactants. Lists of suitable solvents (b) and amines (ii) are given including alkylene oxide/ amine reaction products. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,019,658.
Patent GB-663667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ultra high-frequency thermionic amplifiers
IPC: H03F1/10
Filed: 1949-04-19
Abstract: 663,667. Valve amplifying circuits. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL, Ltd. April 19, 1949 [April 21, 1948], No. 10346/49. Class 40 (vi). In an ultra-high-frequency amplifier which is tunable over a band of frequencies and comprises a valve with two cathode leads, both leads are earthed over condensers, 9, 10, which resonate with the self-inductances of the respective leads in or about the mean frequency of the tuning range; a bias resistance 11 is connected across one of the condensers. Specification 619,784 is referred to.
Patent GB-657974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to machines for filling food pastes, pharmaceutical pastes and creams and like semi-fluid material into jars, bottles, tins and like receptacles to be filled therewith
IPC: B65B39/00
Filed: 1949-04-19
Abstract: 657,974. Filling containers. BRAND & CO., Ltd., and DENCE, C. S. April 19, 1949, No. 10402. [Classes 94(i) and 125(ii)] An apparatus for filling containers with pastes or creams wherein the paste &c. is mechanically fed into a reservoir 1 from which it passes through a filling head 2 to which the container is held, the container being partially evacuated, the supply of the paste &c. to the reservoir is controllable, as by an operator-operated valve 4 in the supply pipe 3 whereby, whilst the rate of supply may be kept sufficiently high, waste and smearing of the sides of the container as it is moved off the head, due to the paste &c. continuing to extrude from the head after the container has been moved, may be avoided, the rate of flow to the reservoir being controlled by the operator according, inter alia, to the viscosity of the paste &c. The sides of the reservoir may be of glass or transparent plastic or a window thereof may be provided to facilitate inspection of the rate of flow. The filling head may comprise a nozzle 17, Fig. 2, having an internal pipe 16 with a longitudinal groove 18 by which the container C is put into communication with the suction pipe 5. The moutn of the container seats on a rubber ring 20 let into an annulus screwed to the nozzle and replaceable by one of different size to accommodate different containers. The flow of paste &c. from the reservoir is throttled by an apertured disc 23 which is removable for replacement by one of different sized aperture. In the form shown in Fig. 7 wherein the lower portion of the reservoir is conical a needle valve 29 serves as the throttling member and is movable from the fully closed position 30 to a position 31 wherein the supply is substantially unobstructed; the valve rod 27 passes up wardly through the top cover of the reservoir and its upper end is calibrated to indicate the amount of throttling.