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Patent GB-2312658-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle article carrier
Inventor: CUCHERAN JOHN S
IPC: B60R9/045
Filed: 1997-03-26
Abstract: A vehicle article carrier forming a low, aerodynamic profile when secured to an outer body surface of the vehicle 14. The vehicle article carrier includes a pair of slats 18 each having channel portions 38 which are adapted to reside at least partially within channels 34 formed in the outer body surface of the vehicle during manufacture of the vehicle. The low profile of the slats serves to reduce the degree to which a pair of bracket members 20 and at least one cross bar 19 secured to the bracket members projects above the outer body surface, thereby enhancing the aesthetic appeal and improving the aerodynamic efficiency of the vehicle article carrier. In preferred embodiments each slat includes a plurality of tie-down loops 40 integrally formed therewith. The bracket members each incorporate a manually movable locking member 56 adapted to lockably engage with the slat to hold the bracket member at a desired position along the slat. When the locking member is in its unlocked position, the bracket members may be moved slidably along the slats and repositioned as desired.
Patent GB-2327440-A (GB)
Title: Fascia fixing bracket
Inventor: EDWARDS STEVEN PETER
IPC: E04D13/158
Filed: 1997-07-15
Abstract: A secret fixing bracket for fascia boards having a first securing portion (10) for attachment to the rear of the fascia board from which extends a second securing portion (11) for attachment to a roof spar through apertures (13) by nails or the like and means (12) for securably clamping the first securing means (10) in a groove provided in the rear of a fascia board.
Patent GB-2311870-A (GB)
Title: Laser amplifier
Inventor: SCOTT ANDREW MAXWELL
IPC: G02F1/35
Filed: 1996-01-23
Abstract: A phase locked phase conjugation system comprises a first (1) and a second (2) stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) cell. A laser beam is split into sub beams; one (9) is directed through the first SBS cell as a beam of collimated light and focused into the second SBS cell from which a phase conjugated beam is returned. One or more other sub beams (11, 12) are focused into the first SBS cell so that overlap occurs between focused sub beams and collimated beam. This provides a phase locked phase conjugated beam. Two or more sub beams are directed twice through laser amplifiers to provide an amplified phase locked phase conjugated beam. The second SBS cell may be a simple reflective cell operating on a focused laser sub beam, or may be an SBS loop arrangement having reflectors and lenses for causing optical feedback of the Brillouin scattered light.
Patent GB-2327688-A (GB)
Title: Floor with integral ground beams
Inventor: FREEMAN JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: E04B1/00
Filed: 1997-07-29
Abstract: A building structure comprises a floor assembly (10) comprising a floor slab (12) and depending integral ground beams (14). An insulation layer (20) is fixed to the floor slab (12) and a water proof membrane (22) is affixed to the insulation layer (20). The floor assemblies (10) are supported on pile caps (26) of piles (24). Support blocks (16) are provided on the base of the ground beams (14) which are capable of being machined to ensure precise thickness of the floor assembly (10) where the beams are supported by the piles (24), (26). The pile caps (26) are levelled with respect to each other by a levelling plate (28) including three levelling screws acting on the top of each pile cap (26) and subsequently supported by a grout layer (34).
Patent GB-2316474-A (GB)
Title: Waterheaters
Inventor: GRIFFITHS RICHARD MARTYN
IPC: F04F5/48
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: The bubble top (17, Fig 1) of a mains-fed unvented storage waterheater is continually replenished with air which, during a demand for hot water (2), is drawn in from the atmosphere by a venturi device 19 incorporated into the mains cold water feed pipe (4). The amount of air drawn in is controlled so as, in particular, not to be excessive at high cold water feed rates by providing a variable cross-section venturi orifice 24 or a combination of a fixed cross-section venturi orifice and a variable air-intake throttle 35. The venturi can be of elastomeric material and is preferably of conical shape.
Patent GB-2327869-A (GB)
Title: Portable bookmaker's betting stand
Inventor: BERROW MARK
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 1997-09-12
Abstract: A bookmaker's betting stand comprises two containers with handles, one mounted on top of the other, together with a tripod which is located behind the containers with the legs of the tripod extending within the lower container. The tripod supports a board for betting information, the lower edge of the board being attached to the upper container. The stand is dismantleable for transport.
Patent GB-2320762-A (GB)
Title: Circuit for sensing motor load current
Inventor: DUBHASHI AJIT
IPC: H02P6/00
Filed: 1997-11-07
Abstract: A current sensing circuit comprises a resistor RShunt suitable for coupling to a load supply arrangement such that the voltage across the resistor is proportional to the current delivered to the said load. The voltage signal across the resistor is processed via circuitry for adjusting the voltage signal relative to a reference signal such that the resulting voltage signal may be used as a feedback signal to control the commutation of a converter device. The current sensing resistor Rshunt may be located in the converter device with one end connected to a junction between a high-side switching device and a low-side switching device of a half bridge arrangement and the other end being connected to the load. Analog or digital circuitry arrangements may be employed for processing the voltage signal.
Patent GB-2320402-A (GB)
Title: Cell search circuit for CDMA
Inventor: MARU TSUGUO
IPC: H04B1/7083
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A cell search circuit which does not invite an increase in search time, even if coherent integration is performed, and which minimises an increase in the scale of the circuitry. The circuit comprises a spread signal generator having a phase shifting function, a multiplier for multiplying an output of the spread signal generator by an input signal, a ring buffer accumulating results of correlation, performed a number of times, in order to perform coherent integration over a plurality of signals, and an accumulator constructed by a single-signal portion of the ring buffer and an adder. Integration is performed over a length of time the same as unit-signal duration prior to spreading, coherent integration is performed by summing results of time integration of each signal, which results have been accumulated in the ring buffer, and the shifting operation of the spread signal generator is controlled based upon results of coherent integration.
Patent GB-2331947-A (GB)
Title: A sander with a two part base plate
Inventor: HERDMAN GEORGE KENNETH
IPC: B24B23/04
Filed: 1997-12-03
Abstract: A rigid and substantially planar fixing member 15 for attaching a removable front section of the base plate of a sander 3 to the remainder of the base plate of the sander 5, the fixing member 15 being removably attached to the remainder of the base plate 5 by means such as a screw or a clip 17. The fixing member 15 is provided with an integral surface fastener 21 to attach to the front section of the base plate 3, for example the fixing member 15 may have a plurality of moulded hooks 21 for engagement with a plurality of loops 25 on the front section of the base plate 3. The fixing member 21 may be of diamond shape, with its surface fastener 21 not extending to the front point of the diamond (Fig. 3, 33) as this point experiences considerable heat which may melt the surface fastener 21. Also disclosed are sander base plates employing such a fixing member 15 and a base plate with a removable front section 3 where the surface fastener is integral with the remainder of the base plate 5.
Patent GB-2320540-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the braking system of a vehicle
Inventor: ZECHMANN JUERGEN
IPC: B60T8/58
Filed: 1997-12-16
Abstract: A braking system of a motor vehicle includes normally open inlet valves (103 ij , Fig. 1) for the rear wheel brakes. When it is desired to create a pressure difference * capital Greek delta *P between the front and rear wheel brakes to enhance drive safety, at time T1, in response to wheel slip or speed, the inlet valves are closed by activation of a coil which acts on an armature and a valve element (300, 320, Fig. 7). When, as a result of deceleration, the vehicle speed drops below a threshold SW, at which the pressure difference enhancing drive safety is no longer needed , the pressure difference * capital Greek delta *P is reduced in a continuous and stepless manner. Furthermore, due to the stepless reduction of the pressure difference, the reaction which can be sensed on the brake pedal by the driver in a system with a stepped reduction is reduced or is prevented, thus enhancing comfort.
Patent GB-2332608-A (GB)
Title: Modular radiation imaging apparatus
Inventor: KYYHKYNEN ARTO
IPC: H01L27/14
Filed: 1997-12-18
Abstract: Apparatus for forming large area X-ray images comprises a number of ladder modules 100 mounted on a support structure in a cassette. Each module 100 includes a series of tiles 90 mounted on a printed circuit board 102, and each tile 90 forms an array of radiation detector cells. The tiles are mounted so as to facilitate removal and replacement, and are arranged and connected in clusters 114 so as to be read out serially. A region 104 of each module accommodates electronic components 106, 113. An insulating layer 112 separates the tiles 90 from the board 102. The tiles 90 are tilted at an angle and supported by moulded epoxy resin.
Patent GB-2337611-A (GB)
Title: Multilingual document retrieval system
Inventor: POZNANSKI VICTOR
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1998-05-20
Abstract: A technique is provided for retrieving information from documents in a target language using a query 11 in a source language. The query 11 is converted into the target language using a multilingual resource 21-29. A query in the target language is formulated 30 from the translated terms of the source language query and is applied 31 to an information management system 31, such as a search engine. When matches are found between the query and the contents of documents in the information management system, each document or a part thereof is converted 33 into the source language using the same multilingual resource.
Patent GB-2328519-A (GB)
Title: Symmetrical radiographic elements for gastrointestinal tract imaging
Inventor: DICKERSON ROBERT EDWARD
IPC: G03C1/005
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: A dual-coated radiographic element is disclosed that is capable of providing improved gastrointestinal tract images. Specifically, the radiographic elements are capable of simultaneously providing a maximum density of less than 3.0, a contrast in the range of from 1.0 to 2.0 over a lower exposure region extending over an exposure range of 0.3 log E, a contrast of in the range of from 1.0 to 2.0 over a higher exposure region (typically achieved by adding an effervescent substance to the gastrointestinal tract) extending over an exposure range of 0.3 log E, and a contrast greater than 3.5 over an intermediate exposure region extending over an exposure range of 0.6 log E. To accomplish this, underlying and overlying spectrally sensitized tabular grain emulsion layers are coated on each major surface of a support. The underlying emulsion layers contain a processing solution decolorizable dye to reduce crossover to less than 15 percent and a lower speed polydisperse tabular grain emulsion. The overlying emulsion layers contain a blend of higher speed polydisperse and intermediate speed monodisperse tabular grain emulsions with the intermediate emulsion containing rhodium as a dopant. The radiographic elements are fully forehardened with total hydrophilic colloid coverages per side limited to less than 35 mg/dm<2> to allow processing in less than 45 seconds.
Patent GB-2330797-A (GB)
Title: A box file of moulded plastic
Inventor: HAYWARD KEITH
IPC: B42F7/14
Filed: 1998-09-12
Abstract: The box file comprises a separately moulded plastics container and hinged lid 2. The underside of the lid has a plastics spring 19 that bears on papers in the file when the lid is held closed by two catches 13 near the corners. The hinges 14 include flexible tabs 23 integrally moulded with the lid which snap into sockets (10,Fig 1) on the container. The side with the catches is bowed outwardly to facilitate retrieval of papers.
Patent GB-2330313-A (GB)
Title: Blood sampling device
Inventor: FREEMAN DOMINIQUE
IPC: A61B5/15
Filed: 1998-10-12
Abstract: The device comprises a housing and a retractable blade structure 100, the latter having at least two blades 102 each including a cutting edge 108 and abutting one another to form a rigid joint 104 with the cutting edges remote therefrom, each blade tapering to a sharp point 114 and forming an angle of less than 180‹ with at least one neighbouring blade. In embodiments, the structure has two (Fig.2A), three or four (Fig.2B) blades. The device may further comprise at least one capillary extending along the rigid joint and having a distal opening proximate to the distal end of the blade structure. The capillary may be at least partly detachable from the distal portion of the structure. The blades may have arc surfaces such that the distal portion of the structure includes abutting arcs, the arcs becoming more circular remote from the distal end so as to form said at least one capillary.
Patent GB-2331766-A (GB)
Title: Densification of a porous structure (II)
Inventor: FISHER RONALD
IPC: F16D69/02
Filed: 1997-06-20
Abstract: A method for the densification of a porous structure comprises providing the structure with a body of material (13, 14) which includes a susceptor element (14) of fibres of a material which is more susceptible to heating by electromagnetic radiation than the other material (13) of the body, exposing said porous structure to hydrocarbon gas and simultaneously applying an electromagnetic field to said porous structure whereby said susceptor element (14) at least in part causes heating of the porous structure to a temperature at which the gas infiltrating the porous structure deposits carbon within the porous structure.
Patent GB-2338530-A (GB)
Title: Clutch release assembly
Inventor: ADAMS BARRY THOMAS
IPC: F16D23/14
Filed: 1999-03-12
Abstract: The pull release assembly comprises retainer sleeve 54 having a first end supporting retainer 52 for engaging a radially inwardly directed end of a lever 32 or diaphragm spring finger (121 Fig. 12) and a second end supporting a release bearing 62. An input shaft sleeve 72 is disposed radially within the retainer sleeve, over an input shaft 18 to slide axially relative thereto and is prevented from rotating relative to the shaft by fingers 78 engaging shaft splines, inwardly disposed clip tips (84 Figs 5,6) engaging clutch brake slots 86 or by lugs (94 Fig. 8) on a clutch brake attached to the sleeve. The input shaft sleeve has a smooth, low friction surface toward the retainer sleeve to protect it from the input shaft. Brake friction linings (104 Fig. 11) may be clamped to an input shaft sleeve hub (100 Fig. 9) from either side.
Patent GB-2340629-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor memory device with an on-chip error correction circuit
Inventor: LEE JIN-YUB
IPC: G11C16/04
Filed: 1999-05-04
Abstract: Semiconductor memory device with an on-chip error correction circuit (ECC) capable of correcting at least two erroneous bits in the data bits corresponding to an input/output memory block, and with improved access time. Memory cell array 100 is divided into a number of I/O memory blocks IOMB, each block having a corresponding input/output circuit 220 and storing a plurality of data and check bits, being equally divided into at least two groups, e.g. odd and even bits. For each block, and an error correction circuit arrangement, 200_bottom, 200_top, corrects first and second errors in the data bits of the first and second groups respectively. During a first cycle of a read mode of operation, the circuits 200 receive, in parallel, odd and even-numbered data and check bits and generate first and second syndrome bits. During a second cycle, errors in the odd and even-numbered data bits are corrected in response to the syndrome bits, either using two error detectors and correctors in parallel (Fig. 6), or a single error detector and corrector connected to both syndrome generators (Figs. 12 and 13).
Patent GB-2338308-A (GB)
Title: Device for monitoring rate of change in liquid level
Inventor: FRANKLAND GRAEME MICHAEL
IPC: B60R25/10
Filed: 1999-06-08
Abstract: A device 5 for monitoring the rate of change in the level of a liquid to detect fuel theft or leakage from vehicles comprises an input means, a processor (1-4, Fig.2) and an output means 6 eg an alarm or read out for indicating when the rate of change exceeds a defined threshold. The processor may hold and compare a number of time separated signals eg 10 - 100 milliseconds and may include comparison means for averaging signals. Activation of the device can be automatic when it detects the vehicle is not in use, and activation can be time delayed. The device can be connected between an information sender 2 and a vehicle fuel level readout 4. Diversion of the signal from a fuel level sensor 3 to the device or to a fuel level readout when the device is deactivated, and means for monitoring the level of the vehicle axis, may be provided.
Patent GB-2354193-A (GB)
Title: Electrically powered hand tool
Inventor: BAWN JOHN SIMON
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 1999-09-20
Abstract: A hand held tool comprises a battery C and a (bi-directional) electric motor B, preferably enclosed within a handle, the drive shaft of the motor B being attached to a propshaft A, the distal end of which connects to a tool attachment, preferably a socket attachment (of the type found in a standard ratchet/socket set), preferbly via a bevelled gearing.
Patent GB-2341627-A (GB)
Title: Mud suspension control system
Inventor: MUELLER DAN T
IPC: C09K8/08
Filed: 1998-05-28
Abstract: A drilling fluid additive for controlling solids comprising a carrageenan material, such as iota or kappa carrageenan. The drilling fluid additive may be used with other additives, such as a polyacrylate dispersant. Among other things, the drilling fluid additive may be used to drill deviated or horizontal wells, or wells having large diameter boreholes.
Patent GB-2345044-A (GB)
Title: Centring a steering wheel in an emergency steering system for motor vehicles
Inventor: BOHNER HUBERT
IPC: B62D113/00
Filed: 1999-12-13
Abstract: A steering system in which, in normal operation, the driver sets an actual steering-angle transmitter 20 via a steering wheel 9, and a control 19 actuates the steered vehicle wheels 1 by means of a fluid pressure supplied from a pump 17 through an electromagnetically-controlled valve 15 to chambers 5 of a hydraulic actuator. If there is a fault with this system, valves 11<SP>1</SP>, 11<SP>11</SP> and 18 are switched to connect chambers on opposite sides of a steering wheel-operated piston 8 with chambers 4 of the hydraulic actuator to give a positive coupling between the steering wheel 9 and the steered wheels 1. This emergency steering arrangement includes a centring mode in which the positive coupling is at least partially deactivated, e.g. by operating valves 12, to allow the steering wheel 9 to be adjusted so that it is centred relative to the straight-ahead position of the steered vehicle wheels 1. This centring mode can be automatic or carried out by the driver, a switch being provided to operate the valves 12 to allow the centring. For safety the centring mode can only be activated with the vehicle travelling slowly or stationary. An alarm operates when the steering is not centred.
Patent GB-2341614-A (GB)
Title: Improved system for processing storing and transporting liquefied natural gas
Inventor: WOODALL ROBERT M
IPC: F17D1/04
Filed: 1998-06-18
Abstract: A container is provided for storing pressurized liquefied natural gas at a pressure of about 1035 kPa (150 psia) to about 7590 kPa (1100 psia) and at a temperature of about -123 {C (-190 {F) to about -62 {C (-80 {F). The container is constructed from an ultra-high strength, low alloy steel containing less than 9 wt.% nickel and having a tensile strength greater than 830 MPa (120 ksi) and a DBTT lower than about -73 {C (-100 {F).
Patent GB-191111901-A (GB)
IPC: C07F9/74
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 11,901. Imray, 0., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 17. Aromatic arseno compounds are produced by the action of primary aromatic arsines or their substitution products upon arsenoxides, or their hydrates, or arsine dichlorides, or substitution products of these compounds. Symmetrical and asymmetrical arseno compounds may be produced such as 4:4<1>-diamino- and 4:4<1>-dioxy- 3:3<1> - diamino - arsenobenzene, 4 - aminophenylarseno-4-oxybenzene, and phenylglycinearseno- 3-amino-4-oxybenzene. Aromatic arsines may be obtained by a strong reduction of the corresponding arsonic acids. Aromatic arsenoxides, hydrates of.-Hydrates of aromatic arsenoxides are supposed to be produced when the corresponding arsenoxides are dissolved in water. Aromatic arsine dichlorides are produced by the action of concentrated hydrochloric acid upon the corresponding arsenoxides.
Patent HU-T74435-A (HU)
Title: Contrast-materials containing melanin-derivatives
Inventor: WILLIAMS ROBERT F
IPC: A61K51/00
Filed: 1992-04-15
Abstract: The present invention involves an image-enhancing agent comprising melanin combined with an essentially non-dissociable signal-inducing metal. The signal-inducing metal has an association constant for its melanin combination of at least about 1020. Upon suspension or dissolution in water the metal remains undissociated. A preferred signal-inducing metal is paramagnetic or superparamagnetic, of course for magnetic resonance imaging. A preferred paramagnetic or superparamagnetic metals are gadolinium, iron, nickel, copper, erbium, europium, praseodymium, dysprosium, holmium, chromium or manganese. Gadolinium is the most effective metal. The metal is incorporated into the melanin in an ionic or particulate form. Metals may be utilized which are particularly useful to modify ultrasound images by the enhancement of the image obtained from emission and detection of high-frequency soundwaves. Metals emitting gamma particles may also be utilized to enhance images resulting from gamma particle emission scanning. 51Chromium, 68gallium, 99mtechnitium and 111indium are preferred metals for gamma particle scanning. Additionally, native or synthesized melanin, in and of itself is an effective MRI image-enhancing agent.
Patent HU-T69798-A (HU)
Title: Production of antibodies
Inventor: CROWE JAMES SCOTT
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 1992-07-14
Abstract: This invention relates to the preparation of recombinant primate antibodies by DNA technology; Micro-RNA techniques for production of the same; recombinant non-human primate antibodies; formulations containing the same; the use of such antibodies in the prophylaxis and treatment of humans, and diagnostic uses of such antibodies.
Patent HU-T76837-A (HU)
Title: Derivatives of 2-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene active on the cardiovascular system, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and process for their preparation
Inventor: CAVALLERI PAOLO
IPC: C07D295/04
Filed: 1995-09-11
Abstract: Compounds of formula    <IMAGE>  (I)  wherein R, R', R'', R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, Y, m, n and p have the meanings reported in the description; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described. The compounds of formula I are useful in the treatment of arterial hypertension and congestive heart failure, of renal failure, of peripheral arteriopathies, of cerebrovascular insufficiencies and of ischemic cardiopathy.