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Patent GB-2260215-A (GB)
Title: Laminated drum shell
Inventor: KLUCZYNSKI ROMAN
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 1992-09-25
Abstract: A resonator body 1 for a drum-type musical instrument comprises a number of superimposed layers 2 of material, in particular layers of wood (veneer) or plywood, forming a hollowing cylinder, wherein abutting edges 3 and 4 of the outer layer is offset from the inner layers in the circumferential direction, and the edges 3 and 4 of at least the outer layer 2 of material (but preferably of every layer 2 of material) are formed with complementary shapes, such as tooth-shapes, which interengage in the circumferential direction In order to improve the strength of the connecting seam 5 formed by the abutting edges 3 and 4, the edges preferably comprise interlocking shapes (Figs 7-9). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265874-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle steering system.
Inventor: NICOL ANDREW CHARLES
IPC: B62D9/00
Filed: 1993-03-25
Abstract: A steering system, eg for cars, lorries, emergency vehicles or racing cars, front beam (2) pivotally mounted on the vehicle chassis (1) for movement relative thereto about the substantially vertical axis of a steering pivot (4). The front wheels (21, 22) are mounted at opposite ends of the front beam (2) by means of front stub axle assemblies (18, 19) which allow pivotal movement of the wheels (21, 22) relative to the front beam (3) about respective second vertical axes to improve cornering and reduce tyre wear. The vehicle may have a single non-steerable, driven rear wheel and a pair of steerable front wheels. Alternatively, the vehicle may have four wheels, with the rear axle beam also pivotally mounted on the chassis and the front and rear beams coupled together to provide four-wheel-steering. The ratio of the angular movement of the front beam to that of the rear beam may be about 3:1. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277000-A (GB)
Title: Motion compensated video signal processing; interpolated/weighted correlation surfaces
Inventor: BURNS JAMES EDWARD
IPC: G06T7/20
Filed: 1993-04-08
Abstract: Original correlation surfaces are generated by comparing 190 a search block in one of a pair of input images with search areas in the other. Means 200 (see also figure 6) then produces interpolated correlation surfaces from which vector estimator 210 may generate motion vectors in accordance with the maximum correlation in the interpolated correlation surface. This allows a reduction in the complexity of the apparatus. Additionally, correlation values may be multiplied by a weighting factor depending on their proximity to the zero motion position to aid the generation of a valid motion vector. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269551-A (GB)
Title: Machine tool cooling and dust collecting apparatus
Inventor: WATANABE FUMIO
IPC: B23Q3/06
Filed: 1993-07-29
Abstract: The apparatus cools a cutter mounted on a rotating spindle and exhausts cutting chips to the outside of the apparatus. A cooling and dust collecting housing (30) surrounds the rotating spindle (1) and the cutter (4), a plurality of cold air passages, defined inside the housing, delivers cold air to a first cold air delivery hole (17a) and a plurality of second cold air delivery holes (18a). A cutting exhaust passage (16) defined in the housing, is connected to a sucking device disposed externally, and an elastic hood (9) downwardly extending from the lower end of the housing which defines slits at the lower end thereof. The first cold air delivery holes (17a) blow pressurized cold air toward a shaft portion of the cutter, and the second cold air delivery holes (18a) blow pressurized cold air in a downwardly direction to the outer periphery of the cutting portion of the cutter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282731-A (GB)
Title: Dual mode subscriber terminal and a handover procedure of the dual mode subscriber terminal in a mobile telecommunications network
Inventor: BYRNE JOHN
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 1993-10-08
Abstract: A dual mode terminal 20 comprises a combined mobile station 21 and a cordless telephone 22 and can communicate with both a base station of a mobile radio system and a base station (fixed part) of the cordless telephone system. Transfer of a call from the base station of the mobile radio system to a base station of the cordless telephone system takes place by a terminal-initiated set-up message transmitted (e.g. in response to a detected signal quality) via the mobile station section and the mobile radio system base station and via the cordless telephone section to the cordless telephone system base station. The set-up message includes the ID of the terminal and a call re-establishment indicator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283313-A (GB)
Title: Device for igniting solid fuel
Inventor: FREEMAN RICHARD ANTHONY
IPC: A47J37/07
Filed: 1993-10-26
Abstract: A cylindrical device incorporates a dual purpose internal heat dispersal unit to hold in place and assist, by means of heat conduction, the lighting of solid fuel. An insulated handle is fitted to the cylinder with an attached heat shield to ensure the safety of the user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273419-A (GB)
Title: Delayed cancel call waiting
Inventor: QUIRK CAROLE F
IPC: H04M3/428
Filed: 1993-12-06
Abstract: A telecommunications system with a call waiting feature, comprises a central office 1 and a plurality of subscribers 4, 8. The central office includes an arrangement for transmitting a signal over an off-hook line to alert the subscriber to the presence of an incoming call, and for each subscriber a cancel call waiting (CCW) register 11 and a delayed cancel call waiting (DCCW) register 13 set respectively by CCW and DCCW codes transmitted by the subscriber of the DCCW register is set when the associated line goes off hook in response to the next incoming call, the CCW register is set and the DCCW register reset The CCW register is reset when the line again goes on hook cancelling the call waiting feature only for the duration of that call. Thus the call waiting feature can be disabled during an anticipated return call from a host computer accessed for data transmission. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284772-A (GB)
Title: Papermachine shoe press belt fabric with polymer coating including a thixotrope
Inventor: VALENTINE CRAIG
IPC: B29D29/00
Filed: 1993-12-15
Abstract: A shoe press belt for a papermachine includes a base fabric with a polymer coating including a thixotrope. The thixotrope may be aramid fibres or fused silica. The coating is applied by feeding the coating from a nozzle into the nip 15 between the base cloth 13 and rotating drum 11. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287692-A (GB)
Title: Post extracter
Inventor: STEVENS RICHARD WILLIAM
IPC: E04H17/26
Filed: 1994-03-09
Abstract: A post extractor comprised of an attachment beam (A), lifting hook (C), fixing bolts (B) and a flexible link (D), which can be repeatedly used with any method of providing a vertical lifting force such as lever G to remove broken posts and leaves the original foundation block E intact. This allows the reuse of the existing foundation block for the positioning and fixing of the new post. It is particularly effective in reducing both labour and material costs on reparation work. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276477-A (GB)
Title: Ink jet recording
Inventor: KISHIDA HIDEAKI
IPC: B41J2/05
Filed: 1994-03-23
Abstract: An ink jet recorder includes a plurality of recording elements which are arranged corresponding to each of a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting ink in accordance with driving signals, a plurality of ejection passages corresponding to the ejection outlets and connected to a common chamber, a plurality of driving blocks formed by dividing the recording elements by predetermined number of units in the arrangement order, control elements for each of the driving blocks and for controlling the recording elements associated with each driving block in a simultaneous driving manner, a selection unit for selecting the driving block to be driven in order that at least adjacent driving blocks are not driven in sequence (or not without a time gap), and a supply unit for supplying driving signals to the driving block selected by the said selecting unit. With this arrangement, ink in ejection passages associated with a driving block adjacent the selected driving block will not be significantly affected when the selected driving block is driven. Alternatively, blocks may be interleaved so that adjacent elements are not driven simultaneously. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277787-A (GB)
Title: Withdrawal of expansion pins from connector sleeves
Inventor: NEUHAUS HANS-JURGEN
IPC: F16B12/20
Filed: 1994-05-06
Abstract: To permit extraction of expansion pins (15) from the bores of expansion sleeves (12) of a connector (10) secured to an article of furniture (13), the outer end of the expansion pins (15) are formed with transverse bores (16), (or undercuts or beads) so that they can be engaged by dismantling tools. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281278-A (GB)
Title: Front loader coupling arrangement
Inventor: HIROOKA MASAMI
IPC: E02F3/627
Filed: 1994-06-16
Abstract: A front loader coupling apparatus for a front loader having masts 9 attachable to mast mounts 24 of a tractor, and booms 10, boom cylinders 11 and braces 14. The front loader coupling apparatus includes a first coupling device 16, 26 provided on the masts and mast mounts, a second coupling device 17, 28 disposed above the first coupling device, a stand device 21 connected to the masts, and a brace connecting device 25. The brace connecting device includes a receiver 30 for receiving a cross rod 15 of the braces. The receiver has a fixing device 34, 32 for fitting on the cross rod from above when the masts are attached to the mast mounts, and a support 31 for supporting the cross rod from below when the cross rod is uncoupled from the fixing device. The fixing device and the support define a space therebetween for enabling forward parallel movement of the cross rod when uncoupled. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281473-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for controlling power consumption in a telephone subset
Inventor: FOX RONALD CHRISTOPHER SHAW
IPC: H04M1/738
Filed: 1994-08-24
Abstract: Power consumption of a microprocessor, 13, controlled telephone subset is reduced in the off-line condition by sensing the off-line condition and switching the microprocessor to idle mode, and switching the ROM, 21, to a low energy consuming state when the microprocessor is in the idle mode. The microprocessor is programmed to be "woken up" by the operation of a key or the line switch, so that the microprocessor does not need to poll the keypad, 15. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283474-A (GB)
Title: High speed envelope filling device
Inventor: BELEC ERIC A
IPC: B43M3/04
Filed: 1994-11-01
Abstract: In apparatus for inserting enclosures 9 into an envelope 6, overhead pushers 104 seize the enclosures 9 from the enclosure transport 90, stuff the enclosures into the opened envelope 6 and push the stuffed envelope from the insertion section into engagement by output belts 110 that are located downstream from the insertion section and above the envelope transport belts 60. The envelope transport structure includes a vacuum deck 40 located at the insertion section and a vacuum drum 30 located between the envelope staging section 20 and the vacuum deck. A plurality of backstops 50 are located at the downstream end of the insertion section. A pivoting sucker bar assembly 70 lifts open a top panel of the envelope when the envelope is against the backstops. A pair of rotating funnel guide horns 120 guide enclosures being conveyed for insertion into the envelope. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296349-A (GB)
Title: Maintaining order of input data events
Inventor: PONTING KEITH MICHAEL
IPC: G10L15/28
Filed: 1994-12-19
Abstract: An information processing system (10) receives input data from a keyboard (26), a mouse (28) and spoken data input device (30) in an input data sequence. A microphone (32) converts received speech into electrical signals which are digitized by an analogue to digital converter (100). A digital signal processor (102) converts the digital signals into multi-dimensional vectors which are stored in a temporary input buffer (104). A recognition processor (106) performs a recognition program in order to match the multi-dimensional vectors to speech models. In order that the system (10) may output data in an output date sequence which corresponds to the input data sequence, each data input receives a time stamp. A timing controller (24) ensures that instructions received from either the keyboard or the mouse are output only when those instructions have a time stamp which is earlier than the time stamp of the data most recently processed by the recognition processor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298125-A (GB)
Title: A litter bin
Inventor: YOUN ROBERT
IPC: B65F1/00
Filed: 1995-02-22
Abstract: A litter bin comprises a container (1) formed with a pair of lugs (11) each having a center opening (111), an upper hole (112) above the center opening (111), a lower hole (114) below the center opening (111), and an intermediate hole (113) located between the upper hole (112) and the lower hole (114), and a tape holder (2) having a pair of upwardly extending arms (22) and a seat at a lower portion, the arms (22) each having a cylindrical portion (221) adapted to engage the center opening (111) of each of the lugs (11) and a protuberance (222) located under the cylindrical portion (221) and engageable with the upper hole (112), the intermediate hole (113) and the lower hole (114) of each of the lugs (11).
Patent GB-2290068-A (GB)
Title: Assembly arrangement for bridge plates of bridging devices
Inventor: ALTEN KURT
IPC: B65G69/28
Filed: 1995-06-05
Abstract: An assembly arrangement for bridge plates 5 of dock bridges uses a carrying harness 7 - 9 having flat, endless bands 7 which are held by bars (13, Figs 3 - 6), pass through apertures (11) in lateral walls of the plate 5 and are thinner than the gap between the plate and the dock walls 4. The harness is used to lower the plate into position and the bands 7 are removed, e.g. cut, once the plate is secured to its hinge. Preferably the bar (13) is attached to the lateral walls only at one end of the recess to allow the bands to be slipped into place. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295049-A (GB)
Title: Overvoltage protection for integrated circuits
Inventor: LEE WOO BONG
IPC: H01L23/60
Filed: 1995-11-01
Abstract: An internal circuit of an integrated circuit chip is protected against overvoltage by an E.S.D. protection circuit and a constant voltage circuit and a constant voltage circuit comprising a zener diode 42, 43 connected in parallel with a resistor formed by polysilicon layers 46a, 46b. If the normal supply voltage of, for example, 5 volts reaches 10 volts, the E.S.D. circuit protects the internal circuit but for excess voltages below 10 volts the constant voltage circuit protects the internal circuit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294905-A (GB)
Title: Stencil holder
Inventor: FROMM ALFRED
IPC: H05K3/12
Filed: 1995-11-06
Abstract: A stencil holder, for a metal foil stencil (20) used for screen printing solder or adhesive onto p.c.b.'s, comprises a frame (10), and at least two stencil retaining webs (54 - 60) arranged on the flame to detachably hold the stencil (20). The stencil has retaining strips (44 - 50) adjoining a stencil area and extending at maximum over the respective length of an edge of the stencil area in the respective longitudinal direction thereof. Each retaining strip may be detachably fixed to one retaining web, and the stencil may be clamped by means of a stencil clamping device acting on the retaining web in a first clamping direction and in a second clamping direction running transversely to the first. The clamping may be effected by a tensionable cable (122) and associated pulleys, or by pressure actuators, and may act on all four strips or on only two. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2311803-A (GB)
Title: G.R.P. water tank panels
Inventor: HALLIDAY ROLAND
IPC: E04H7/02
Filed: 1995-11-10
Abstract: A water tank is formed from modular glass reinforced plastics panels, which are bolted directly together. The panels are 1.00 metre square, or have edge dimensions increased by one or two times the thickness of the panels. No angle or channel members are required at the joints.
Patent GB-2296503-A (GB)
Title: Thrmal barrier coating having grooves for enhanced strain tolerance
Inventor: GUPTA BHUPENDRA KUMAR
IPC: C23C14/58
Filed: 1995-12-04
Abstract: A thermal barrier coating is provided which is adapted to be formed on an article subjected to a hostile thermal environment while subjected to thermally, mechanically and/or dynamically-induced stresses, such as a component of a gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier coating is composed of a bond layer that tenaciously adheres an insulative ceramic layer to the article. The bond layer is formed of a metallic oxidation-resistant material, and has an average surface roughness Ra of at least about 7.5 micrometers, while the ceramic layer is characterized by being segmented by at least two sets of grooves. The grooves have substantially uniform widths of about 100 to about 500 micrometers, with adjacent grooves of each set being spaced about 10 to about 250 millimeters apart. The grooves promote the resistance of the thermal barrier coating to spalling, and are selectively located in the ceramic layer in order to tailor the stress relaxation capability of the thermal barrier coating to the size, geometry and service environment of the article. A preferred method for forming the grooves involves a liquid jet technique by which a portion of the ceramic layer is abraded by a high pressure liquid stream. The coatings may be applied by plasma spraying or by physical vapour deposition. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2297122-A (GB)
Title: Key operated cylinder lock
Inventor: FUTOSHI OIKE
IPC: E05B17/00
Filed: 1996-01-05
Abstract: A key operated cylinder lock 11, to be attached to an outer panel 1 of a vehicle, includes a casing 12 accommodating a cylinder body. The casing has a drain hole 12a in a lower region for discharging water out of the casing and has first and second raised portions 12b, 12c. Above the drain hole, the first portion 12b is inclined relative to the axial direction of the key cylinder. The lower end of the first portion 12b extends to a lower part of the casing, spaced from the inner axial end of the drain hole 12a. In operation, water flowing the side wall of the casing is guided by the first portion 12b and can be diverted from the drain hole and prevented from sticking on the periphery of the drain hole.
Patent GB-2297981-A (GB)
Title: Method for forming a gold plated electrode
Inventor: HAJI HIROSHI
IPC: H05K3/24
Filed: 1996-02-20
Abstract: A circuit pattern 2a, made of copper foil, is arranged on a substrate 1. A nickel-containing barrier metal layer 2b is formed on the circuit pattern 2a. A gold layer 2c is formed on the barrier metal layer 2b by electroless substitution plating. Then, substrate 1 is heated up to impel nickel contained in the gold layer 2c to move toward a surface zone of the gold layer 2c to deposit nickel compounds in the surface zone of the gold layer 2c, thereby enhancing the purity of a remaining part of the gold layer 2c at least at an inside zone immediately below the surface zone. Then, the surface zone containing the concentrated nickel compounds is removed from the gold layer 2c so as to expose a purified surface of the inside zone of the gold layer 2c. Therefore, it becomes possible to form an excellent electrode having satisfactory bondability to the wire by using a smaller amount of gold and at lower costs.
Patent GB-2299021-A (GB)
Title: Curtain, end bar and guide bar
Inventor: STOEBICH JOCHEN
IPC: E06B9/13
Filed: 1996-03-19
Abstract: A curtain 5 consists of a web of temperature resistant material forming a web surface and may be unwound from a coil 12 arranged on a coil core 11. The coil 12 is supported by a bearing arrangement 14 including at least one supporting surface, so that the coil core, at least on one of its ends, is supported adjustably in height within a guidance. Alternatively or in combination, the curtain is guided by lateral guide bars including an arrangement for preventing the inserted curtain edge to be drawn out. Another feature is that at least two curtain webs the surfaces of which face each other have a common end bar 6 forming a weight for the curtain. Fire-proof or fire resistant material may be supplied between the two curtain webs which face each other.
Patent GB-2316353-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive bonding of garments
Inventor: LEWIS SOPHIA
IPC: D06H5/00
Filed: 1996-05-22
Abstract: A method of fabricating garments involves the application of a fluid, settable bonding agent to the edges of two pieces of fabric, or onto the surface of a single piece of fabric, or into a slit or perforation formed in a single piece of fabric, the bonding agent being such that, when set, it forms an elastomeric bond. Silicone based materials are generally suitable for use as the bonding agent. The invention is particularly useful with stretch fabrics.
Patent GB-2302615-A (GB)
Title: Substrate carriers for electroluminescent displays
Inventor: KING CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G09G3/30
Filed: 1996-06-20
Abstract: In a thin-film electroluminescent device a support layer is provided and at least one bus line is fabricated on the support layer, the bus line connecting the layers of the device to an electric circuit. In an embodiment, a rearwardly disposed support layer (236) supports a plurality of layers and an interface circuit (240). A plurality of first electrical lines connect the circuit to row and column drivers (232, 234), the drivers being connected to the plurality of layers to allow pixels within the electroluminescent device to be selected. An interface controller (244) is remotely located from the layer (236) and is connected to the circuit by at least one second electrical line so as to indicate which pixels to illuminate. There are more first electrical lines than second electrical lines.
Patent GB-2303989-A (GB)
Title: Using an SDRAM as a frame memory for motion compensation prediction
Inventor: YU PIL-HO
IPC: H04N19/503
Filed: 1996-07-29
Abstract: In a video decoder, a variable-length decoder 11 variable-length decodes received encoded data. An inverse quantizer 12 inversely quantizes the variable-length-decoded data. An inverse discrete cosine transformer (inverse DCT) 13 transforms the inversely quantized data into video data having a spatial domain. A motion compensator 14 reads video data of a macroblock corresponding to a motion vector from a frame memory 15 and performs motion compensation with respect to the video data supplied from the inverse DCT 13. The motion compensated video data is output to a downstream block (not shown) and also stored in the frame memory 15 which will be used for subsequent motion compensation. Here, the motion vector is applied from the variable-length decoder 11 and is usually supplied from an encoder, together with the encoded video data. The invention relates to a motion picture decoder as previously described in which the frame memory 15 is a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM).
Patent GB-2319759-A (GB)
Title: Rain shield over a vehicle door
Inventor: LIU WEN-CHING
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 1996-11-29
Abstract: A rain shield structure comprises a foldable, two part sector-shaped fabric shield sheet 3 which is mounted by securing units 5, comprising cooperating hooks 50, latches 51 and latch hooks 510, and by securing units comprising hook strips 52 and latch strips 53, between the top edges of a vehicle door 2 and the vehicle roof 3 to shelter the door opening from rain. A first main part (3D, Fig 2) of the shield is provided with ribs 34 and a subsidiary portion (31) is provided with fold lines (310) and elastic belts (37, Fig 3) to allow for extension and retraction of the shield 3 over the door opening. The sheet 3 is attached by rings 340 at each end of the rib strips 34 to wires 40 which are each wound onto a rotary shaft with torque spring within a collection box 4, so that the sheet 3 can be gathered and folded into a compact area (shown in Fig 6) between the vehicle door 2 and body 1.