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Patent GB-2263725-A (GB)
Title: Panel mounting
Inventor: HOWE IAN THOMAS
IPC: E04D13/158
Filed: 1993-01-28
Abstract: A mounting section 10 securable to a structure to enable mounting of a panel edge 21 to the structure. A base portion 16 is secured to the structure and a channel portion 11 receives the panel edge, the channel portion having a mouth 12 and two jaws 13, 14 defining the mouth and which are mounted to the base portion while the panel edge is being laterally moved into position. One jaw 13 or 57 is mounted to the base portion 16 by a hinged mounting 51, 52 or 58 enabling hinging movement during or subsequent to the location of the panel edge within the mouth. Retaining means 57 or 56 later retains the law against hinging movement. The retaining means forms a snap fit connection which is operable when the hinged jaw has been moved into its operative position confining the edge of the panel in the mouth of the channel portion. In the embodiment shown in figure 4 the base web 16 is provided with a key formation 63 for mounting the section against a structure using adhesives. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-930189-A (GB)
IPC: G04C3/06
Abstract: 930,189. Clocks and watches. GENERAL TIME CORPORATION. Oct. 3, 1960, No. 33848/60. Class 139. An oscillatory balance comprises a permanent magnet inductively associated with a pick-up winding and a plurality of drive windings, a transistor responsive to current induced in the pick-up winding when the magnet rotates through a predetermined angular amplitude, and means connecting said transistor to supply output current pulses to said drive windings in response to said induced current. The balance staff 25, Fig. 1, is supported in brackets 21, 22 extending from a support 20 and drives the going train through a cam wheel 28 and a wheel 29. The balance comprises a disc-shaped permanent magnet 32 having six segments N1, S2, N2, S3, N3, S1 polarized in the direction of the balance axis. A shelf 36 of non-magnetic material extends from the support 21 and has two recesses 36a, Fig. 2, to receive drive windings 34, 35. A plate 37 of high permeability material is supported on the upper surface of the shelf 36 to complete the flux path. The pick-up winding 38 is located in a recess 39a in a non-magnetic shelf 39 extending from the support 20. A magnetic disc 40 having a portion 40a, Fig. 3, of high permeability and a portion 40b of low permeability is fixed to the lower surface of the balance 32 so that the pick-up winding 38 is influenced only by the magnet portions N3, S3. The negative voltage pulses induced in the pick-up winding 38 drives the transistor 45, Fig. 10, to current saturation so that the current pulses supplied to the drive windings 34, 35 are substantially of constant amplitude even if external influences cause the balance amplitude to decrease or increase. In another example a third drive winding is located above the pick-up winding.
Patent GB-2270921-A (GB)
Title: Moulding of artificial stone
Inventor: SMITH BRIAN MILTON
IPC: C04B26/16
Filed: 1992-01-30
Abstract: The moulding is produced by blending highly filled thixotropic prepolymer formulations of polyol and polyisocyanate, respectively, the formulations being anhydrous and non-porous mineral-filled, allowing the blend to gel, and then curing the gelled material in a smooth-surfaced mould. Veining (such as a marble) may result from the addition of a pigment concentrate to the gel prior to introducing to the mould.
Patent GB-2271021-A (GB)
Title: Magnetron
Inventor: LEWIS PETER FREDERICK
IPC: H01J23/15
Filed: 1991-11-11
Abstract: A magnetron includes an elongate cathode 8 which is supported at each end by an elongate conducting pin 9 which serves for supplying electrical current to the cathode. A shielding arrangement 15 surrounds each pin 9 for preventing the emission of electromagnetic radiation. The shielding 15 is formed by two coaxially spaced tubes 16, 17  of the output wavelength of the magnetron and connected respectively to an anode block 1 and the cathode 8, and a longer diameter third tube 20, preferably of the same length as tubes 16, 17 surrounds the axial separation 18 of the tubes 16, 17.
Patent GB-2281598-A (GB)
Title: Stopcock adaptor
Inventor: DOWLING MARTIN JOHN
IPC: G01F15/18
Filed: 1993-09-04
Abstract: An adaptor (1) for mounting in a conventional stopcock body (2), after the normal headwork has been removed, a water meter or other device includes an inlet tube (8) which, in use, forms a fluid-tight seal with the seat (13) in the stopcock body (2). The inlet tube (8) is formed with an annular corrugation (10) whereby it is axially compressible and may thereby shorten in length upon the adaptor (1) being screwed to tightness into the stopcock body (2). The axial compressibility of the inlet tube (8) renders a given size of adaptor (1) suitable for use with any correspondingly sized stopcock body regardless of variations in the depth of the seat (13) within the body (2). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282129-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette carton
Inventor: GANESHMOORTHY RICHARD
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 1993-09-23
Abstract: A flip top cigarette packet has a separately formed storage compartment for matches. When packaged, cigarettes are contained in a compartment and a box of matches G in a separate compartment formed by a bottom panel 4, front panel 5, a back panel and two side panels 6L and 6R. To gain access to the matches, panels X and Y are removed along lines of weakness formed by perforated lines. The igniting surface for the matches can be positioned on any of the faces of the carton; preferably, the packaged match box has the igniting surface adhered to its outer sleeve and access to this is gained via a cut out window on the back panel. Alternatively, the match box may be accommodated within the flip top lid B. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271231-A (GB)
Title: Power control curcuitry for achieving wide dynamic range in a transmitter
Inventor: MITZLAFF JAMES E
IPC: H03G3/20
Filed: 1992-04-08
Abstract: Power control circuitry (100) uses two attenuators in the transmit path to achieve wide dynamic range. An intermediate frequency (IF) attenuator (200) is placed before a mixer (212) in the IF section of the transmit path and a radio frequency (RF) attenuator (221) is placed after the mixer (212) in the RF section of the transmit path. Power control circuitry (236) controls setting of the two attenuators in response to a magnitude control signal (102) related to an RF output signal at a desired power level. To conserve battery power of the subscriber unit, only the RF attenuator (221) is adjusted when the desired power level is to be within a given range below the maximum transmission level. For ranges below the given range, the RF attenuator (221) is set for maximum attenuation and the IF attenuator (200) is adjusted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273234-A (GB)
Title: Cream and dairy products
Inventor: MCMAHON JOSEPH
IPC: A23L9/20
Filed: 1993-12-13
Abstract: A dairy product such as a milk in a liquid or powder form comprises less than 5%, most preferably 2% by weight of a vegetable fat emulsified with skimmed milk. The product may include from 0.5% to 3% by weight of a fat replacer such as N-oil 2 and a maltodextrin. The product is prepared by (a) blending the vegetable fat with the skimmed milk, heating the mixture and homogenising the treated mixture which is immediately cooled to form a cream product with 20 to 60% vegetable fat and (b) heating skimmed milk and adding the cream product, homogenising the mixture and immediately cooling. The dairy product may also include a stabiliser such as whey protein or sodium caseinate.
Patent GB-2275465-A (GB)
Title: Cassettes for piles of sheets
Inventor: ONO ICHIRO
IPC: B65H1/26
Filed: 1994-01-17
Abstract: A cassette 19 includes a tray 20 biassed by spring 13 to bring top sheet 6 into contact with feed roller 7, a locking member 26 engageable with the tray (at 20a) to keep the tray close to base 19b of the cassette against the action of spring 13, and a member 25 which, upon insertion (direction D) of the cassette, engages the roller 7 and is thereby pivoted about axis 27 so that part 25a engages and releases the locking member 26. The locking member 26 is a blade spring 28 having a lateral projection 29. An alternative locking arrangement (figures 9 - 11) releases tray 20 by means other than contact with roller 7. The cassette may include cam surfaces 38a - 38d engageable with cassette lock levers 32 to lock within its receptacle. The mechanism is such that further pushing on the tray releases the lock lever 32 to allow ejection of the tray by spring 34. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281577-A (GB)
Title: Swivel/tilting bit crown for earth-boring drills
Inventor: TIBBITTS GORDON A
IPC: E21B7/08
Filed: 1994-08-26
Abstract: A drill bit 10 for drilling subterranean formations includes a device to provide a "universal" joint effect between the shank 14 and crown 12 for self alignment of the crown 12 with the bore hole in the formation. The bit is suitable for downhole assemblies configured for straight drilling, directional drilling and navigational drilling. The device can be incorporated into both drag bits and roller-type "rock". bits. Preferred embodiments include a flexible sub connecting the crown to the shank portion and having reduced stiffness relative to the drill string. Alternatively a spherical universal joint 20 or trunnion type universal is used. Replaceable lugs increase durability and reliability of the universal. The device equalizes the loads on cutters while reducing wear, average loads, and impact loads on cutters. Bore hole diameter, and chatter of the bit in the bore hole are reduced promoting maximum efficiency and rate of penetration as wobble and procession are minimized. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294485-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore fluids
Inventor: SAWDON CHRISTOPHER ALAN
IPC: C09K8/528
Filed: 1994-09-15
Abstract: A wellbore fluid is disclosed which comprises a liquid dispersion of a particulate mixed metal carbonate which has a generally platey crystal form. The mixed metal carbonate is preferably a mixed alkaline earth metal carbonate, and most preferably a natural or synthetic huntite.
Patent GB-2283488-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutically active isoquinolines
Inventor: NAEF RETO
IPC: C07D217/26
Filed: 1994-11-01
Abstract: Compounds of formula I   <IMAGE> wherein R is ethyl or n-propyl, and their physiologically-hydrolysable and -acceptable esters, and acid addition salts thereof are of useful as pharmaceuticals, e.g. for asthma therapy.
Patent GB-2284312-A (GB)
Title: Modular electrical connector system
Inventor: RODRIGUEZ-BUETAS EDUARDO
IPC: H01R31/08
Filed: 1994-11-01
Abstract: A hollow connector (10) having male contacts (29) can receive a plurality of female counterparts (11) each of which engage an aperture (17) in a wall of the connector (29). A female connector (11) may engage an adjacent female connector (11) by means of angular strips (25). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285118-A (GB)
Title: Control of gas fired boilers.
Inventor: KINGE RICHARD ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 1994-11-11
Abstract: A gas fired boiler comprises a control arrangement for the operation of a gas burner and a pump P which circulates water through a heat exchanger heated by the gas burner. A pair of two-position switches 2, 3 are provided which in one position are responsive to a demand for heat for causing the gas burner to be ignited and the pump P to be operated. The switches are responsive to a sensed temperature to operate switches 2, 3 to a second position in which the pump P is operated without the gas burner being ignited. The switches return to their first position following a predetermined reduction in temperature. The switches may be relay operated in response to a temperature sensed by a sensor (11, Figure 2), the relay coil (8) being operated by a temperature control circuit (10). A timer (12, Figure 3) may be provided to delay return of the switches to their first position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296704-A (GB)
Title: Stillage
Inventor: ROBINSON ANDREW KENNETH
IPC: B25H3/04
Filed: 1994-12-02
Abstract: A stillage, has a chassis 1 and a number of internal trays T1, T2 and T3. Into these trays there is placed products for transportation to another location. All the trays have to be movable to facilitate loading and unloading. Utilisation of space and conformance to Health and Safety legislation are of utmost importance. The use of simple mechanisms that provide secondary motion within the stillage allow both of these criteria to be successfully achieved. In the particular embodiment shown a linkage M1 connects trays T2 and T3 so that as T2 is raised to access T3, T3 also raises to present itself in a far more user friendly way to the operator. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295955-A (GB)
Title: Jewellery
Inventor: MILLARD MICHAEL ROYSTON
IPC: A44C17/02
Filed: 1994-12-14
Abstract: A jewellery item has a body with an integral setting frame 4 and an ornamental disc 5 pressed or stamped from relatively thin sheet material mounted over the setting frame and secured to the setting frame 4. The disc 5 may be secured by bonding or soldering but in a preferred embodiment the disc 5 has at least one lug 6 extending from a marginal dependent flange 5e that is pressed into a matching recess 4c in the underside of the setting frame 4 to secure the disc 5. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285985-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric materials suitable as dispersing resins
Inventor: BRODT GREGOR
IPC: C09D7/45
Filed: 1995-01-11
Abstract: Polymeric materials (I) are obtainable by reacting     (1) a polymer (II) comprising   a) from 80 to almost 100 mol% of a C1 - C25-allyl ester of an  alpha , beta -unsaturated carboxylic acid,   b) from 0 to 20 mol% of a further monomer, c) tetrahydrofuran hydroperoxide as polymerization initiator and, if required, d) a further polymerization initiator and/or regulator by means of which the majority of the polymer chains of the polymer (II) are terminated at one of their ends by a hydroxyl group,   (2) with a polyfunctional isocyanate (III) to give a reaction product (IV), the amount of isocyanate groups being from 1.2 to 3.0 mol per mol of hydroxyl groups of (II), and (3) reacting (IV) with ammonia or with a compound (V) which has an amino function reactive towards isocyanates.   The polymeric materials can be used as dispersing resins for pigment-containing coatings, in particular for the production of magnetic recording materials.
Patent GB-2287295-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable clutch actuator with a restraining device that allows for clutch wear
Inventor: VOIT HERBERT DIPL ING
IPC: F16D25/12
Filed: 1995-03-09
Abstract: A hydraulic actuator for a motor vehicle friction clutch comprises an inner cylinder casing 1 and an outer cylinder casing 2 which define a chamber 18 for a piston 9. The piston 9 is guided within a guiding element 4 fitted into the outer cylinder casing 2. When the piston 9 moves axially to engage/disengage the clutch at least one restraining device 8 in the outer cylinder casing 2 is brought into engagement, eg by hydraulic pressure in chamber 18, with the guiding element 4 to hold it stationary relative to the outer cylinder casing 2. On depressurisation of the chamber 18 the restraining device 8 releases the guiding element 14. In this situation clutch wear results in the clutch springs axially displacing the piston 9 and, via shoulder 20, the guiding element 14 (see fig 2). The restraining device 8 may be a seal 5 having a radially pre-stressed sealing lip 7 which, when activated by hydraulic pressure, holds the guiding element 14 stationary. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290215-A (GB)
Title: Nesting manger
Inventor: DAFFY MICHAEL JOSEPH
IPC: A01K1/10
Filed: 1995-06-15
Abstract: A feeder 1 for feeding fodder from a large round bale to animals comprises a framework 2 having four side walls 5 - 8. Walls 5 and 6 are rigidly connected together and walls 7 and 8 are hingedly connected to side walls 5 and 6. Walls 7, 8 are hingeable from an erected condition (Fig. 5) with all four side walls extending around a bale receiving area 18, to a collapsed condition (Fig. 6) with side walls 7, 8 lying in side by side relationship with side walls 5, 6 for facilitating nesting of a plurality of feeders 1 one into the other. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2298290-A (GB)
Title: Evaporative fuel control system for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: MUKAI TAKESHI
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 1996-02-22
Abstract: During the stoppage of an internal combustion engine or the refueling of a fuel tank, evaporative fuel is collected in a canister (40), and then only the air contained in the evaporative fuel is discharged into the atmosphere. To achieve this, the canister (40) is provided with a plurality of atmosphere communication lines (104,106) communicating with the atmosphere, an air cut valve (108,110) is installed respectively in each of these atmosphere communication lines, and a control means (34) controls the operation of the air cut valves.
Patent GB-2299657-A (GB)
Title: Automatic ice making apparatus for a refrigerator
Inventor: YAMAMOTO KAZU
IPC: F25C1/22
Filed: 1996-03-01
Abstract: A water supply tank (10) is accommodated in a recessed section provided in a partition wall (6) dividing the refrigerator into storage chambers. The tank may comprise a main chamber (30) and an auxiliary chamber (17). The tank is closed by a cover (12) having a vent hole (34). Water is supplied to an ice making tray (27) from the auxiliary chamber by a self-priming pump (24). A small-diameter hole (15) allows water to flow from the main chamber to refill the auxiliary chamber. An activated carbon filter (23) is used to purify the water. A latch (20) holds the suction pipe (13) to the pump in place. The pump operates for a specified period of time until the tray is filled with water. The pump may be driven in the reverse direction to clear all pipes of water. In an alternative embodiment, the pump may be located in the water supply tank. The pump may include magnetic plates, an impeller including a magnet mounted on a shaft which is itself mounted on a ball, with a motor disposed outside the tank. A thermally conductive tape may be used to heat the tank.
Patent GB-2301864-A (GB)
Title: I.c.engine intake manifold assembly
Inventor: JAHRENS HANS ULRICH
IPC: F02M35/10
Filed: 1996-05-31
Abstract: The manifold is formed of two plastic shells friction welded at abutting flanges (25 - 28, Fig. 4) and individual ducts 5 for connection to respective engine cylinders are defined by plastic inserts 12 having overlaps D with the shell walls. Seals 19 between the shells and inserts are formed by self-curing liquid foam. The inner ends (6, Fig. 2) of the ducts 5 open to the manifold interior and the outer ends have flanges (4) for connection to the engine. Mountings (41, 50, 52, 55, Figs. 1 and 3) for an air filter, exhaust recirculation and a temperature sensor and a dipstick guide (53) are formed on the shells.
Patent GB-2314231-A (GB)
Title: Mobile telephone with message store
Inventor: CLARKE JOHN ANTHONY
IPC: H04M1/72433
Filed: 1996-06-14
Abstract: A mobile telephone incorporates a store 24 for recording and reproducing dictation using the speaker 10 and microphone 12 of the telephone. A control unit 22 enables audio data to record into or be reproduced from a store 24. The control unit 22 includes a switching arrangement so that the store can record data locally or from a remote location and reproduce data locally or at a remote location.
Patent GB-2314890-A (GB)
Title: A power device for a perfume sprayer
Inventor: WANG ALEX
IPC: G04C23/42
Filed: 1996-07-04
Abstract: A power device for intermittently operating a perfume or freshener sprayer 5 includes an eccentric for moving a sliding block unit 35, the block unit being arranged to depress the nozzle 51 of the sprayer. A base 2 supports a motor 31, a printed circuit board 41 and a gear unit 33,34 driven by the motor and having the eccentric mounted on its output gear 34. The sliding block is moved up and down when the motor is energised, the bottom of the sliding block contacting the nozzle 51 at the top of the sprayer. An arm 353 is provided on the block for operating a single micro-switch 44 or a pair of micro-switches. The motor 31 is actuated by a timer so as to complete a periodic movement, the movement being ended when the arm 353 contacts a micro-switch.
Patent GB-2300872-A (GB)
Title: Methods for sub-surface fluid shut-off
Inventor: WEHUNT CLYDE D
IPC: E21B33/138
Filed: 1995-11-08
Abstract: Methods for reducing or eliminating undesirable fluid-production in a producing well by releasing a plugging material below an obstruction (35) placed in the producing zone. The obstruction (35) is placed near the base of a desirable fluid-producing interval. The plugging material flows outward to form a barrier to the flow of undesirable fluids into the desirable fluid-producing interval. For most applications, a buoyant plugging material is used so that undesirable fluid crossflow carries the plugging material to the location where it is needed to form a barrier to the undesirable fluid production. The present invention can be used in gravel-packed wells, open hole wells, or cased-hole wells. The present invention can also be used with a pair of obstructions (28, 30) with a plugging material released between them to shut off multiple intermediate intervals producing undesirable fluids. In some circumstances, the present invention can be used with a pair of obstructions (28, 30) without the need for a plugging material to be released between the obstructions (28, 30). Likewise, the invention can be used in vertical, inclined, or horizontal wells.
Patent GB-2305682-A (GB)
Title: Well completion system and method
Inventor: BUSSEAR TERRY R
IPC: E21B33/16
Filed: 1996-09-26
Abstract: The method includes running a liner 17, production packer 15 and polished bore receptacle (PBR) into a well on the production tubing string 11, cementing the liner 17 in place by pumping cement through the production tubing string 11, setting the packer 15, and optionally thereafter releasing an upper portion of the tubing string from the PBR. A seal assembly isolates the PBR bore from cement exposure during liner cementation. Annulus pressure produces a reverse fluid surge and circulating flow to prevent PBR seal area contamination when the tubing string is lifted away from the PBR. A connecting assembly 12 is suspended from a production tubing string 11 to position the liner 17 in a wellbore. The connecting assembly transmits rotational and longitudinal forces from the production tubing string to properly position and cement the liner in the wellbore. The connecting assembly includes a device 20 to limit torque forces on the tubing string, and a longitudinal slip mechanism 28 permits limited longitudinal movement between the connecting assembly and tubing string. A packer 15 is set to seal between the production tubing string 11 and the well casing. An extended length of tubing 11a extends below the packer to provide a continuous tubing/liner-casing overlap area for cementation.
Patent GB-2305921-A (GB)
Title: Human antibodies specific for human transforming growth factor beta-1 and beta-2
Inventor: THOMPSON JULIA ELIZABETH
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 1996-10-07
Abstract: Human antibodies specific for human transforming growth factor-* small Greek beta * (TGF-* small Greek beta *), bind to TGF-* small Greek beta *1 and/or TGF-* small Greek beta *2 preferentially compared with TGF-* small Greek beta *3 and are useful in the treatment of fibrotic and immune/inflammatory disease. A specifically disclosed antibody binds the active form of TGF-* small Greek beta *2, neutralising its activity but does not bind the latent form.