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Patent GB-2260204-A (GB)
Title: DC motor drive system and method
Inventor: WERNER NEAL ALAN
IPC: H02P6/00
Filed: 1992-10-01
Abstract: A DC motor go for driving a linear pump is controlled by a system which improves speed/torque relationship. The motor current is sensed 40 and compared 62 with a modified command signal so as to produce constant torque under varying operating conditions of speed and back emf. Circuits 45 46 simulate winding phase currents using capacitor discharge in dependence on an average speed signal 64 which also modifies 63 a set-point signal. A circuit 65 compensates for rate of change of winding current. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261520-A (GB)
Title: Motor driven shutter
Inventor: NAKAGAWA TADASHI
IPC: G03B9/07
Filed: 1992-11-09
Abstract: A motor driven shutter simple in structure and high in shutter speed is provided. In a motor driven shutter having diaphragm blades and shutter blades 10a controlled by a single motor 4, the shutter comprises a driving member 1 actuated by the motor 4, a diaphragm member 5 for setting the diaphragm blades to a predetermined position via the driving member 5 by the forward rotation of the motor 4, a closing member 22 for operating the diaphragm blades to a closed position. and shutter blades urged in an open direction. The driving member 1 sets the diaphragm blades to a predetermined position and further releases the shutter blades 10a by the motor rotation in the reverse direction in a diaphragm setting process, and closes the diaphragm blades by releasing the engagement of the closing member 22 by the succeeding operation of the motor 4. The motor driven shutter can be driven and controlled by only a single motor, including the automatic focus adjustment operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274209-A (GB)
Title: Protecting cover for a coaxial connector
Inventor: HSU CHENG SHENG
IPC: H01R13/52
Filed: 1993-01-05
Abstract: A protecting cover for a coaxial connector includes a head cover (10) and a body cover (20) to enclose the connector and prevent dust from entering therein. The head cover (10) has a flange (11) engaging a head connector (40). The body cover may surround sub-connectors (50, fig. 1) or cable inlets (70, fig. 2). The protecting cover mat further include a leg cover (34) for enclosing and positioning a cable (31) extending from the connector. The leg cover (34) has multi-steps thus allowed to be cut to fit any size of cables. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274967-A (GB)
Title: Fruit tree vibrating unit.
Inventor: RAMON JUAN CADENA
IPC: B06B1/16
Filed: 1993-02-16
Abstract: A head for coupling a vibrating device to a fruit tree comprises a body 1, bell cranks 4 articulated to lugs 2 at one end of the body, and side arms 6. The arms 6 extend between pairs of guide channel members 7. Actuation of hydraulic cylinders 13 disposed between the side arms 6 and the bell cranks 4 causes inward displacement of the ends of the arms 6 remote from the bell cranks, guided by the channel members 7, and brings the body 1 closer to a tree trunk located between these ends of the arms. The end of the body 1 and the ends of the arms 6 form three distinct bearing positions on the tree trunk. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2275823-A (GB)
Title: Thermal switches
Inventor: SMITH DAVID ANDREW
IPC: H01H61/013
Filed: 1993-02-18
Abstract: A thermally-responsive switch, designed to go open circuit in response to relatively low overload currents of the order of 2 amps and below, comprises a moulded plastics body 1 capturing therein first and second wire terminals 2, 3 and having an internal chamber 4 wherein a snap-acting bimetal blade 6 of very low thickness is spot-welded to one of the wire terminals 2 and carries a silver contact 12 which cooperates in switching operations with the other wire terminal 3. The moulded plastics body 1 is formed of a polymeric PTC material and acts as a heater in parallel with the bimetallic switch. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282529-A (GB)
Title: Baby`s bath
Inventor: STEAD PHILIP
IPC: A47K3/074
Filed: 1993-10-08
Abstract: A baby's bath 10 comprises a bath portion 12 and a peripheral flange 14. The flange is separated from the bath portion to facilitate moulding and is connectable by an arrangement of snap teeth 32 on the bath portion which engage through apertures 40 in the flange and are retained under lodges on the flange. The bath portion 12 may have a shaped base defining first and second depressions (18, 20, Fig. 4), the second depression (20, Fig. 4) being shaped to receive and retain a baby's bottom. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272314-A (GB)
Title: Control sequencer in an Iconic Programming System
Inventor: BAILEY RANDY L
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 1993-11-04
Abstract: An iconic programming system (100, Fig. 1 not shown) provides a sequencer icon 304 to allow a series of operations to be performed, along with the conditions under which the operations are performed. Each operation performed, called a transaction, 310, can be enabled or disabled, 324, or can be enabled by a function within the process. The results of each transaction can be compared to tolerance limits, 318, and alternate subsequent transactions, 320, 322, are processed, based upon whether or not the transaction results fell within the tolerance limits. The output of each transaction can be logged, 330, into a buffer to keep the results for later analysis. The system may be used in programming a series of tests, 312, in a research or manufacturing environment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276173-A (GB)
Title: Polydextrose product and process
Inventor: FUISZ RICHARD C
IPC: A61K9/70
Filed: 1994-02-17
Abstract: The invention is a process for manufacturing polydextrose polymerizate by subjecting flowable new polydextrose feedstock to flash shear under conditions which provides instantaneous formation of separate masses of solid polydextrose. The flash shear is e.g. produced by a spinning apparatus.
Patent GB-2275460-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing infusion packages
Inventor: GAYLOR IAN MICHAEL DAVIES
IPC: B65B9/02
Filed: 1994-03-23
Abstract: A travelling web (11) having adjacent rows of infusion containing pockets (7) has a strip of web material (20) removed from between these rows to produce strips (19) of pockets (7) which are then attached to a cover member. The strip removal is achieved by co-rotating cutting wheels (26 - 36) having co-operating shearing edges (32, 33, 34, 37). Removed strips (20) are guided into vacuum ducts (40) by fingers (41). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291032-A (GB)
Title: Load transportation
Inventor: SORENSEN PER HOLST
IPC: B63B35/54
Filed: 1994-06-01
Abstract: Apparatus (10) for use in transporting a load comprises support means (12) for supporting the load, gas bearing means (16) for selectively providing a gaseous support for the support means and duct means (e.g. 24) extending between opposite ends of said support means for use in supplying gas to said gas bearing means. The duct means are connectable by means of pipe connections (70) at each of said opposite ends with duct means of respective like apparatus. The apparatus (10) is particularly suitable for transporting loads onto and off sea-going vessels. The support can mount an 150 container or a pallet. Preferably a train of load supports is formed and coupled with a drive and a grid for moving along rails into a ship for stacking the loads for transport, Figs. 9 - 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294132-A (GB)
Title: Data communication network
Inventor: JOHNSON PAUL ANDREW
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1994-10-10
Abstract: To minimise traffic over an expensive transmission link (6), data obtained from an information provider (1, 2) in response to a request by a user (11, 12) is semi-permanently stored in the cache memory (10) of a node (8) local to the users whence it can be supplied to another user. When a user (11) requests data, its local node (8) checks its directory to see if the data is held by itself or by another node (38, Fig. 2). Only if neither node has it, is the data obtained from an information provider (1) via the expensive line 6, the information then becoming stored in the nodes cache memory (10) as well as being supplied to the user who requested it. The directories of any other nodes are updated accordingly to inform them that fresh data is available. Transaction information for chargeable data may be exchanged between nodes and between nodes and information providers. An electronic funds transfer message may accompany the request for data. Nodes may cooperate to cache data (28, 38 in Fig. 2). Node 8 may charge users 11, 12 on behalf of information providers 1, 2, so that the users need not have an account with the information provider. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284532-A (GB)
Title: Animal feed composition
Inventor: THOMPSON ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A23K1/18
Filed: 1994-12-02
Abstract: A method of increasing the glucose in the bloodstream of an animal comprises feeding the animal with a torrefied cereal product, preferably one dispersed within a solid edible carrier such as molasses.
Patent GB-2287414-A (GB)
Title: Cartridge emulator for video games console
Inventor: PARTIS GARY
IPC: A63F13/12
Filed: 1995-02-17
Abstract: An emulator (2) which is adapted to fit into the cartridge slot of a games console comprises communications means from exterior sources such as broadcast signals, decoding means (18), controller (22) and floppy disc storage. The device may also comprise a modem for transmission of game information to or from the games console. The device is particularly concerned with the provision of game information via teletext. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2286546-A (GB)
Title: Sorting diamonds from rock using differences in thermal properties
Inventor: LEVITT CHARLIE MAURICE
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 1995-02-20
Abstract: Diamond particles 26 are sorted from rock particles 28 by cooling the particles using liquid nitrogen to below the freezing point of water and feeding the cooled particles onto the inner surface of a perforated drum conveyor 12 of fine mesh. The conveyor is passed through water bath 22 so that the rock particles become secured to the conveyor as a result of a body of frozen water extending on both sides of the mesh. Diamond particles, having a higher thermal diffusivity, warm up and are not secured to the conveyor. The diamond particles are deposited in receiver 44 using scraper 34 and the rock particles are separately recovered, using hot water sprays 29, in receiver 30. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287504-A (GB)
Title: Cockspur handles with adjustable spur
Inventor: FISHER MICHAEL JAMES
IPC: E05C3/04
Filed: 1995-03-08
Abstract: A cockspur handle 2 has a body member 6 which can be adapted for different spur heights by selection and fitment of an appropriate spur member 30 from a set of different spur members 30 (Figures 6 and 7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288581-A (GB)
Title: Load covers for long vehicles
Inventor: BOUGHTON THOMAS TRAFFORD
IPC: B60J7/06
Filed: 1995-04-13
Abstract: A mechanism for deploying a cover (12) over the upper surface of a container situated on the load bed of a vehicle comprises a pair of upstanding arms (9), optionally of variable length, each arm (9) mounted at its respective lower end to a traveller running in a guide (4) extending along a respective side of the vehicle body, the travellers being moved in unison forwardly and rearwardly of the vehicle by a drive means, the respective upper ends of the arms (9) being joined by a generally horizontally extending bar (10) aligned in the transverse direction with relation to the vehicle, a flexible cover (12) having a length dimension at least equal to the length of the vehicle load bed and a width dimension at least equal to the width of the vehicle load bed having one of its sides attached to the bar (10), and being retractable onto or into a load cover receiving means (11), the arrangement being such that rearward movement of the travellers and the upstanding arms (9) will draw the load cover (12) from the receiving means over the top of the vehicle body. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2293630-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal pump impeller for dirty liquids
Inventor: HAAG CHRISTIAN
IPC: F04D29/22
Filed: 1995-09-11
Abstract: The impeller 2 of a centrifugal pump for delivering dirty liquids is provided with delivery elements, for example back vanes 4 or slots 8, on or in its cover plate 3 on the delivery side. Instead of the symmetrical arrangement of back vanes or delivery slots which is commonly employed in the prior art, the delivery elements 4, 8 of the impeller 2 are arranged asymmetrically, restricted to a sector 9 of the cover plate 3. This produces a cross-flow which circulates with the impeller 2 and carries out the solids which have entered the lateral impeller space 5 in the direction of the delivery elements 4, 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295209-A (GB)
Title: Method for determining the start of an automatic braking process
Inventor: RUMP SIEGFRIED
IPC: G01D1/16
Filed: 1995-10-10
Abstract: The determination of the start of the automatic braking process involves an automatic braking process which is triggered when the speed of operation of the braking pedal, which causes an increase in the brake pressure, satisfies a defined triggering criterion. In addition to the actuation speed, the travel of the pedal from its unoperated position is measured. When the brake pedal is operated from an approximately unoperated position, a further triggering criterion used is whether the brake pedal is still travelling faster than a defined threshold speed within a defined period from the start of actuation.
Patent GB-2294952-A (GB)
Title: Washing machine structure
Inventor: CARGNEL GIUSEPPE
IPC: D06F37/20
Filed: 1995-11-01
Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a washing tub 1, a drum which rotates within said tub and which is capable of containing the articles to be washed, a motor 2 for rotating the drum at different speeds, a counterweight 8, 9 fixed to said tub, said motor being fixed exclusively to said counterweight. Preferably said counterweight is formed by an external shell of plastics material filled internally by high-density material, and is preferably produced in one piece with the tub. Alternatively the counterweight is composed at least partially of material originating from recycled solid urban wastes (SUW). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298400-A (GB)
Title: A method of making a tyre and a wheel rim therefor
Inventor: RENFORD PAUL SAMUEL AUGUSTUS
IPC: B60B3/08
Filed: 1996-02-16
Abstract: A tyre having side walls 11, 12 and at least one intermediate wall 13 is formed by moulding two separate tyre portions 14, 15 and attaching them together. Preferably, each tyre portion has one planar side wall 17 and the tyre is formed by bonding these together. Conveniently, the intermediate wall is located centrally between the side walls 11, 12. A wheel rim has flanges (6, 7, Fig 3a) on its outer peripheral surface intermediate the flanges 2, 3 supporting the tyre side walls 11, 12. The intermediate wall 13 of the tyre is received in a channel (8) between the flanges (6, 7). Conveniently, the intermediate wall 13 is secured in the channel (8) by a band (31) or a clip. Inner tubes may be inserted into the compartments formed between the tyre and the wheel rim. In one form the wheel rim is divided into two annular portions (60, 61, Fig 9) with a clamp ring (65) to fix them together. The intermediate wall 13 of the tyre is clamped between the two wheel rim portions so that a tubeless tyre can be used.
Patent GB-2296683-A (GB)
Title: File
Inventor: AKAZAWA KAZUHIRO
IPC: B42F7/00
Filed: 1995-04-03
Abstract: A file of the invention comprises a pair of front and back opening and closing covers (4, 5), a backbone (6) provided between base ends of the both opening and closing covers (4, 5), and a binding tool (3) fixed to an inner surface of the backbone (6). The file further comprises engaging projections (8) provided on an inner surface of at least one of the opening and closing covers (4, 5) for engaging with the binding tool (3) in a closed position of the file. With the arrangement of the file, the backbone (6) and hinge portions (7) are hard to deform even when one of long sides of rectangular sheets are bound by the binding tool (3) and the file is stored with the backbone (6) kept horizontal in an uppermost position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2308122-A (GB)
Title: Melt blowing polyarylene sulphide fibres
Inventor: HARWOOD COLIN F
IPC: D04H3/009
Filed: 1996-11-06
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing polyarylene sulfide fibers, particularly polyphenylene sulfide fibers, comprising melt blowing a blend of polyarylene sulfide and a polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin is present in the blend in an amount of up to about 40% by weight of the total blend. The present invention also provides fibers, webs, and other products prepared in accordance with the present inventive method.
Patent GB-2308961-A (GB)
Title: System and method for generating hair using textured fuzzy segments in a computer graphics system
Inventor: BRINSMEAD DUNCAN R
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 1996-12-31
Abstract: A system and method for simulating and rendering hair. A simulator calculates the motion dynamics of a hair. The simulator includes a particle system that emits particles from a surface and a normalization module that normalizes the trajectory of each of the particles to a fixed length to form a set of normalized segments. The simulator outputs a list of normalized segments that are passed to a renderer. The renderer performs a variety of tasks, including fuzzy segment generation and self-shadowing, that results in an image being displayed on a display device. That is, the renderer takes three-dimensional spacial information, applies a light to this information and renders this information as a two-dimensional image.
Patent GB-2305519-A (GB)
Title: Auto-scaling controller and method of use therefor
Inventor: TENG DAN
IPC: G05B13/02
Filed: 1995-06-16
Abstract: An auto-scalling controler and method for use therefor is provided. Control inputs and control coefficients are multiplied by scaling values in multiplying means (211 and 213). The scaling values are then tuned in a tuner (190) using a descent-based optimization method in order to optimize system performance.
Patent GB-2318539-A (GB)
Title: Punch
Inventor: MORI CHUZO
IPC: B26F1/02
Filed: 1997-10-27
Abstract: A punch comprises, a slide transmission shaft 2 to engage with a head 1 via a driving member 28 having concentrically a helical cam 281 consisting of a helical portion and a vertical portion on its outer circumference and a punch driving gear. A rack 31 is parallel to the slide transmission shaft 2 and has teeth of the pitch identical with the pitch of the helical cam 281, while being engaged with the rack 31. A punch driven gear 30 is rotated while being engaged perpendicularly with the punch driving gear 29 and has a pin (361 Fig 3) to be engaged with a rectangular hole (331 Fig 3) of the punch driving member 29. The head 1 is displaced along the rack 31 while the helical portion of the helical cam 281 is engaged with the rack 31, and an up-down movement of the tip end of the punch 10 is carried out with an area of punching process while the vertical portion of the helical cam 281 is engaged with the rack 31.
Patent GB-2320075-A (GB)
Title: Slave cylinder for hydraulic clutch release system
Inventor: NIX RICHARD ANDREW
IPC: F16D25/12
Filed: 1997-05-30
Abstract: An external slave cylinder (10) particularly suited for use in a hydraulic clutch release system for a motor vehicle. The cylinder includes a cylindrical body (30) defining a bore (30a), a piston (32) slidably mounted in the bore, a seal (34) positioned between the piston and the bore, a pushrod (42) engaging the rear end (32j) of the piston and extending out of the bore, and a preload spring (38). The spring (38) comprises a conical coil spring positioned exteriorly of the bore, bearing at the reduced diameter rear end (38a) thereof against the rear end (46c) of the pushrod, and bearing at the large diameter front end (38b) thereof against the rear end (30e) of the body in surrounding relation to the pushrod. The seal (34) has a cup-shaped configuration and fits over a nose portion (32c) provided on the front end of the piston. The seal includes a peripheral lip portion (34c) sealingly engaging the bore and a base portion (34a) closing the area within the peripheral lip portion and seated against the front end (32d) of the piston. The full cup-shaped configuration of the seal eliminates the usual internal leak path between the inner periphery of the seal and the piston.
Patent GB-2323723-A (GB)
Title: A lighting arrangement
Inventor: MANZANARES GERONI CRUET
IPC: F21S2/00
Filed: 1998-02-04
Abstract: A lighting arrangement has a platform (10) carrying a socket (12) for a bulb and connectable to a socket cover casing (14). Voids (2) in a side wall (1) of the platform are arranged to be aligned with apertures (6) in the casing to define apertures receiving tubular components (20). High voltage cables extend along the tubular components (20) which may interconnect a number of platforms. Each end of each tubular component 20 has a number of side cuts (5) to facilitate the receipt of each end in a respective void (2) of the platform.
Patent GB-2324628-A (GB)
Title: Microprogram based functional testing of computer devices during manufacture
Inventor: TEGETHOFF MAURO V
IPC: G06F11/22
Filed: 1998-03-04
Abstract: Testing a computing system 75 which incorporates a computing device comprising internal emulation debug hardware, accessible via an emulation debug port 76 on the device. A probe 73 applies microprogram based functional tests to the device via its emulation port 76. The functional tests (35, fig. 1) may be applied at any level of the computing device integration including the wafer, package, board, multi-chip module and system levels, using a computing system probe emulation technique as part of the manufacturing test. The debug capabilities of the emulation debug hardware of the computing device allow manufacturing test engineers to gain control over the flow, coverage, and isolation capability of the test, and tests can be modified to improve coverage, using test host 72. The use of expensive integrated circuit tester probes is obviated, and the early application of powerful microprogram based functional tests improves yield further down the manufacturing test path and consequently decreases production costs.
Patent GB-2320185-A (GB)
Title: Computer furniture
Inventor: GILBERT DAVID
IPC: A47B88/80
Filed: 1996-10-10
Abstract: A wooden desk incorporates computer parts in the space normally occupied by the top drawer of a pedestal, disc drive slots being concealed by a drop-down false drawer front (14). A further false drawer front (15) in the centre of the desk conceals a keyboard (4) on a sliding shelf. Rear hinging of the continuous (uninterrupted) desk top allows easy access to the computer parts when the top is unlocked. When the computer is not in use, substantially all parts are concealable. Not only is it difficult to recognise that the desk contains computer parts, e.g. power supply, CPU and disc drives, but these are individually mounted to the wood of the desk, and not incorporated in a steel case, making removal of the computer correspondingly difficult. External connections may be by concealed hard wires, or wireless (e.g. infrared or radio). A touch sensitive pad may be incorporated immediately below the desk surface. Concealed connectors for a flat panel display (2) and mouse (1) may be provided.