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Patent GB-2314887-A (GB)
Title: Ice and contamination protection for laminar flow porous structure
Inventor: RODGERS LEONARD JOHN
IPC: B64C21/06
Filed: 1996-07-02
Abstract: A nacelle (20)(figure1) having a porous structure is provided with laminar flow control and contamination protection. In region B suction through a composite layer 24 is achieved by evacuating a chamber 30 adjacent the inner surface 26 of the nacelle (20) to provide laminar flow control. At the leading edge 22 of the nacelle (20) a permeable sintered metal sheet 32 is attached to an inner surface 26 of the composite layer 24 to control the flow of a contamination protection liquid over the leading edge 22 of the nacelle (20). The liquid is contained in a chamber 36 adjacent the sintered metal sheet 32 which is defined by a backing sheet 34 which has a series of depressions 35 therein. Hot air fed through a perforated pipe 38, impinges upon the backing sheet 34 and the depressions 35 transmit heat to the sintered metal sheet 32. The sintered metal sheet 32 has good thermal conductivity and in turn heats the porous composite layer 24 to prevent the formation of ice thereon.
Patent GB-2316930-A (GB)
Title: Transparent barrel with a scale
Inventor: PIKE ROY
IPC: B65D25/56
Filed: 1996-09-03
Abstract: A barrel comprises end walls and a cylindrical side wall which are all made of transparent material so that the contents can be seen, the side wall having a measuring scale 2. The barrel may also comprise a dispensing outlet 1, bonded rubber rolling rings 3, a reduced diameter base 4 for stacking purposes, and coloured identification bands 5.
Patent GB-2318716-A (GB)
Title: Bean sprouts cultivation incubator
Inventor: LEE CHING
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 1996-10-29
Abstract: A bean sprouts cultivation incubator comprises a seedbed carried on a water collecting bottom plate 8 and having wells for sowing beans, a latticed lower locating plate 6 and upper locating plate 5 mounted on the seedbed at the top for guiding the growing of growing bean sprouts, a lower open frame 3 and upper open frame 2 mounted on the upper locating plate 5 at the top, a pressure plate 4 mounted within the lower open frame 3 and upper open frame 2 and moved upwards along sliding slots in the lower open frame 31,32 and upper open frame 21,22 by growing bean sprouts to limit the upward growing speed of growing bean sprouts, and a screen cover 1 on the upper open frame 2 to screen filling water for permitting it to be evenly sprayed over growing bean sprouts.
Patent GB-2309460-A (GB)
Title: One component room temperature vulcanizable silicone sealant
Inventor: BAYLY BRIAN PATRICK
IPC: C08K9/04
Filed: 1997-01-21
Abstract: One component room temperature vulcanizable silicone sealant compositions comprising both a specific cross linker, ethyltriacetoxysilane, and a specific extending filler, stearic acid treated calcium carbonate, exhibit an extended work life or tooling time. The tooling time is at least 120 seconds and preferably a tin condensation cure catalyst is employed.
Patent GB-2324989-A (GB)
Title: Cycle saddle
Inventor: KENNEY JOHN
IPC: B62J1/00
Filed: 1997-05-07
Abstract: A saddle for a cycle has a nose portion 10 and pair of distinct wing portions 11 and 12 extending laterally and rearwardly one to each side from the rear part of the nose portion 10. Each wing portion 11 and 12 defines an arcuate surface 13 which blends smoothly from a forwardly facing region 14 over an upwardly facing region 15 to a further region 16 beyond the upwardly facing region. The upwardly facing regions 15 of the two wing portions lie in substantially the same plane as the upper surface 18 of the nose portion 10 The saddle is formed as a relatively firm one piece shell.
Patent GB-2326277-A (GB)
Title: Low skew signal distribution for integrated circuits
Inventor: CORR WILLIAM ERIC
IPC: H04B10/43
Filed: 1997-06-11
Abstract: An integrated circuit device (10) comprises a semiconductor die (14) and an optical signal emitting element, such as a diode (18), for communicating an optical signal, such as a clock or trigger signal, to individual circuits on the die (14). Each circuit includes a photosensitive active device implemented on the die for converting the received optical signal to an electronic signal for clocking or triggering a local circuit (e.g. a data storage register). Translucent material (20) encapsulates the emitter (18) and the die (14). The optically communicated signal has very low skew, which is independent of the topology of the die(14).
Patent GB-2315079-A (GB)
Title: Ion nitriding surface treatment of rolling element bearing steels
Inventor: KINDER JEFFERY
IPC: F16C33/30
Filed: 1997-07-03
Abstract: Rolling-element bearing components made from high quality steel are subjected to ion nitriding in a plasma as a final step in the manufacturing process to produce a layer with a hardness around 800-1200 HV with a depth no more than 150 ~m. By controlling the conditions no friable surface layer is created and no further steps are performed on the component.
Patent GB-2316355-A (GB)
Title: Logging apparatus
Inventor: DARLINGTON ERIC
IPC: B27B17/00
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: A chainsaw horse comprises a bracket 24 which pivotally mounts a conventional chainsaw for movement in a generally vertical plane. A channel 16 is provided on the saw horse legs such that it folds with them when not in use. In use a log or branch etc. may be slid along the channel 16 and cut into required lengths by lowering the chainsaw.
Patent GB-2316362-A (GB)
Title: Storing, Retrieving and Automatically Printing Postage on Mail
Inventor: KARA SALIM G
IPC: G07B17/00
Filed: 1995-01-03
Abstract: A system and method for printing a postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount and encrypted information, onto a niece of mail. A user takes a postal storage device 18 (182, 184, 186, 188) to the post office in order to obtain a replenishment of the amount within the postage storage device. The device is verified and a desired amount of postage is entered into the device by a postal employee through a processor-based system. The user is then able to access this stored postage at the user's location through a complementary processor-based system 10, as shown. The user's processor-based system automatically calculates the required postage for a piece of mail based upon a set of parameters pertaining to that piece of mail. Additional information, such as addresses, may also be printed onto an envelope, a label, a card, a letter, etc., along with the postage meter stamp through the use of a word processor program coupled to the present invention.
Patent GB-2315967-A (GB)
Title: Storm protection mechanism
Inventor: O'CONNELL ANNE
IPC: H04L12/46
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: A method for protecting a network from storms of multicast/broadcast data comprises a switch or bridge which monitors traffic through it in order to detect the onset of a storm condition from previous receptions of request for multicasts or broadcasts. Each port or bridge or switch has associated with it, one data bit which can be controlled to prevent a storm of multicast/broadcast data being forwarded to all parts of the switch and jamming the system.
Patent GB-2332941-A (GB)
Title: Rifle
Inventor: CHILDS MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: F41C7/04
Filed: 1998-01-06
Abstract: A rifle 10 has a stock (11), a receiver body 12 connected to the forward end of the stock 11 and defining a breech (48), and a pistol grip 15 mounted generally below the rearward end of the receiver body 12. The pistol grip 15 is slidably mounted for reciprocating movement backward and forwardly with respect to the receiver body 12 and is coupled to a loading and cocking mechanism arranged to open the breach 48 to permit the loading of a round of ammunition. Reciprocation of the pistol grip 15 thus operates the loading mechanism and cocks the rifle ready to fire a loaded round. The pistol grip is coupled to reciprocating block 51 below which is mounted a loading and breech closing pin (46, figure 7A, not shown). The loading pin pushes a round disposed radially in a rotary annular magazine 43 into the breech. The rifle may be a firearm or air rifle.
Patent GB-2335882-A (GB)
Title: Confectionery product
Inventor: ISON RENNY W
IPC: A23P10/20
Filed: 1998-03-30
Abstract: This invention is a shelled confectionery product, e.g. a chocolate-shelled biscuit, which is contained in a self-supporting receptacle in which it has been formed into shape. The receptacle, which forms the packaging for the product, is suitably formed from a thermoformable plastics material, e.g. of wall thickness in the range 150 to 1200 Ám. A process for making the confectionery product comprises thermoforming a plurality of cavities (10) in a sheet of plastics material (1), charging each of the cavities with a predetermined amount of a flowable edible material such as chocolate (15), figure 4 (not shown), applying a cooling plunger (17) to the edible material in each cavity to cause it to flow and fill the space between the plunger and the cavity, allowing the edible material to assume a temperature such that it forms a substantially self-supporting shell (18), withdrawing the cooling plunger (17) therefrom, charging the shell (18) with further consumable material (19), figure 7 (not shown), and separating the filled cavities from the sheet of plastics material.
Patent GB-2331900-A (GB)
Title: Traceback processor for a trellis-coded modulation decoder
Inventor: JEKAL HEON
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 1998-09-07
Abstract: A trellis-coded modulation (tcm) decoder includes a traceback processor 500 which can operate in two different modes, for example, an 8 state maximum likelihood response mode or a 16 state partial response mode. The traceback processor has only four traceback modules 515, 530, 557 and 570 rather than fifteen. Generally, for N1 and N2 state modes with decoding depths of D1 and D2 respectively, the first module provides an N1 mode or N2 mode (D1-1)st previous state. The second module uses this result and provides an N1 mode decoded symbol or an N2 mode D1th previous state. The third module provides an N2 mode (D2-1)st previous state which the fourth module uses to provide an N2 mode decoded symbol. Application is to a decoder for Grand Alliance High Definition Television (GA HDTV).
Patent GB-2328939-A (GB)
Title: Lead oxide glass as sealant for cathode ray tubes
Inventor: SUGAWARA TSUNEHIKO
IPC: C03C3/074
Filed: 1998-09-08
Abstract: A color cathode ray tube having a panel glass and a funnel glass sealed with a composition comprising a low melting glass containing PbO as the main component, wherein the sealed portion is such that the weight reduction after being immersed in water at 90‹C for 20 hours, is at most 1 mg/cm<2>, and the weight reduction after being immersed in a 10% nitric acid solution at 40‹C for 20 minutes, is from 80 to 700 mg/cm<2>. The sealant may comprise 0.1-20 wt% of a ceramic powder and 80-99.9 wt% of a glass frit comprising by wt. 50-70% PbO, 5-40% Bi2O3 5-15% B2O3, 5-30% ZnO, 0-10% SiO2' 0-0.5% V2O5 and 0-5% BaO, SrO or CaO.
Patent GB-2329252-A (GB)
Title: Method for detecting a helical groove structure in the surface roughness of a finely worked journal
Inventor: HEILBRONNER ROBERT
IPC: G01B5/28
Filed: 1998-09-11
Abstract: In the method for the detection of a helical groove structure in the surface roughness of a (solid or hollow) cylindrical component, e.g. a journal, a plurality of axial segmental scans are carried out on a circumferential strip of the journal at known axial positions and different but in each case known circumferential positions. The individual local roughness profiles are expressed according to their position in close succession one next to the other, the measurement recordings being expressed increased or stretched in the radial and axial directions and compressed in the circumferential direction. In this way, the topography is represented affinely in an oblique view. From this representation, an autocorrelation function can be formed, stochastic components eliminated and a topography of the surface containing essentially only periodic components can now be generated. Characteristic data of the helical groove structure, for example helical groove angle, period length, number of threads per unit length, thread pitch or other data can be determined therefrom.
Patent GB-2332166-A (GB)
Title: Safety knife
Inventor: IRELAND WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: B26B29/02
Filed: 1998-12-04
Abstract: A safety knife 10 comprises a grip portion 12 furnished with a blade 11. The blade is encompassed by a head portion 13 having a plurality of slots 17 to reveal a portion of cutting edge in each slot. The slots (25 fig 5) may open out (29,30 fig 5) towards the blade edge. The head portion may be integrally moulded to the handle with a blade permanently located therein or may be moulded around the blade forming a detachable unit (fig 3) which can be affixed to the knife body by means of a screw (19 fig 2). Alternatively the unit may be secured by means of a hole (38 fig 5), in a root part (31 fig 5) of the head portion, engaging with a boss (37 fig 5) in a resilient arm (33 fig 5) of the handle (26 fig 5). The knife is particularly suited to removing flashing from moulded plastics components.
Patent GB-2344378-A (GB)
Title: Modular i.c. engine
Inventor: ROBINSON ANDREW JOHN
IPC: F01B1/12
Filed: 1998-12-05
Abstract: An engine (1; 21) is of a modular construction, the modules comprising cylinder blocks (3; 23, 24) secured through appropriate couplings to a crankcase (2; 22) and respective cylinder heads (4; 25, 26). The couplings between the crankcase (2; 22) and the cylinder blocks (3; 23, 24) are such that the engine (1; 21) can have a variable construction in terms of the number of cylinders included along with the relative orientation of respective inlet and outlet means for fuel and exhaust gas to the engine. In such circumstances, empirical trials of the engine (1; 21) can be conducted by varying individual modular components, e.g. cylinder block (3; 23; 24), along with operation of control mechanisms and the cylinder head (4; 25, 26).
Patent GB-2332313-A (GB)
Title: Reducing memory requirement in level control arrangement for receiver or transmitter
Inventor: KURIHARA KAZUHIRO
IPC: H04B1/40
Filed: 1998-12-10
Abstract: Level control for a receiver or transmitter is provided by an attenuator 10 or 21 and an amplifier 13 or 24. The attenuator is controlled with hysteresis as the desired overall level is changed, so as to avoid rapid switching. To ensure a smooth variation in overall level the amplifier is adjusted to compensate for the step change. Also non linearity in the gain control response is compensated by means of a look-up table in memory 16 or 27. In order to avoid the need for storing data for all states of the attenuator, which both takes up more memory and complicates addressing, data conversion circuits 17 or 28 change the data read out in dependence on the state of the attenuator.
Patent GB-2331063-A (GB)
Title: Self-adhesive labels and manufacture therof
Inventor: BARRY DAVID ROBERT
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1997-08-05
Abstract: A self-adhesive label (2) carried on a backing of release material (6) the label comprising a multilaminar label, a self-adhesive overlaminate (28) covering the multilaminar label and a self-adhesive overlabel (36) adhered to an upper surface of the overlaminate (28). The invention also provides a method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a backing of release material, the method comprising the steps of providing at elongate web including a backing of release material, applying a succession of multilaminar labels to the elongate web, laminating over the succession of multilaminar labels a self-adhesive plastics overlaminate web, applying a succession of self-adhesive overlabels over the overlaminate and die-cutting through the overlabels, the overlaminate and the multilaminar labels to form the self-adhesive labels in each of which at least one overlabel is adhered to a portion of the overlaminate web which covers a multilaminar label.
Patent GB-2335682-A (GB)
Title: Method for forming a non-uniform interface adjacent ultra hard material
Inventor: EYTE RONALD K
IPC: E21B10/56
Filed: 1999-02-16
Abstract: A non-uniform interface is formed between a layer of polycrystalline ultra hard material (30) and a cemented tungsten carbide substrate (20). An intermediate layer (24) with a non-uniform surface (28) is positioned on the substrate (20). A layer of ultra hard material with a face (32) complementary to the non-uniform surface (28) of the intermediate layer (24) is then placed over said intermediate layer. The whole assembly is sintered in a high temperature high pressure (HTHP) process to produce a cutting element wherein the intermediate sheet becomes integral with the substrate. The non-uniform surface may be created by embossing, coining or stamping. More than one intermediate layer with at least one non-uniform layer may be used.
Patent GB-2348759-A (GB)
Title: Wipe solid signal generator combining ramp signals
Inventor: GREENWOOD JONATHAN MARK
IPC: H04N5/265
Filed: 1999-04-09
Abstract: A signal generator comprises a pair of ramp generators, 201 and 202 or 203 and 204. A first ramp generator, 201 say, of the pair produces a video ramp signal Rr1 for each pixel of a predetermined set of pixels hr1 where hr1=0 to n of each of a predetermined set of video lines vr1 where vr1=0 to m of a filed or frame, wherein ramp Rr1 is in the form of a planar surface (fig.4), defined by coefficients A1, B1 and C1, where A1, B1, and C1 are coefficients each having a signed value. A second ramp generator, 202 say, of the pair produces another video ramp signal Rr2 for each pixel of a predetermined set of pixels h2r where hr2=0 to n of each of a predetermined set of video lines vr2 where vr2=0 to m of the field or frame, wherein ramp Rr2 is in the form of a planar surface (fig.4), defined by coefficients A2, B2 and C2, where A2, B2, and C2 are coefficients each having a signed value. Selecting means 205 select the first and second ramps alternately within a picture. The effect is a pair of ramps one of which occupies spaced slats and the other of which occupies the spaces between the slats, (fig.18). Combiner 209 combines the selected outputs from the selectors 205 and 205' to produce complex solids. These solids may be edge-modulated and or solid-modulated. A random number generator may be used to provide edge modulation with random noise.
Patent GB-2342451-A (GB)
Title: Halogen gas detector
Inventor: YANNOPOULOS LYMPERIOS NICHOLAS
IPC: G01N27/12
Filed: 1999-07-02
Abstract: A halogen gas detector comprises a coil 15 formed from an oxidation-resistant metal wire with a non-reactive oxide coating and a conductive metal pin 21. The coil may be a multi-layer helix. Finely divided sintered material, such as sodium titanate, fills the space between the coil and the pin. An electrical current flows in the coil 15, raising its temperature. A potential difference is applied between the coil 15 and pin 21 so that changes in resistance between these elements may be attributed to the presence of halogen gas.
Patent GB-2341435-A (GB)
Title: A method of installing crosslinked thermoplastics pipelines
Inventor: BURLEY COLIN GEORGE
IPC: F16L1/024
Filed: 1999-09-13
Abstract: A method of installing crosslinked thermoplastic pipe comprises laying a pipeline of crosslinkable plastics material and subsequently causing or allowing the plastics material to crosslink. The crosslinkable plastics material is preferably a polyethylene to which vinyl silane groups are grafted, crosslinking being brought about by exposure to moisture.
Patent GB-2357028-A (GB)
Title: Barrier for robotic floor cleaning device
Inventor: BISSET DAVID LINDSEY
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 1999-12-06
Abstract: Barriers (405, 406, 407) are provided for marking a threshold which an autonomous cleaning device should not cross. The threshold can be a descending stairway (402) or a plant (403) which sensors on the cleaning device (100) may not be able to properly detect. The barrier (405, 406, 407) comprises a self-supporting structure having a surface which can reflect the interrogatory radiation, such as infra-red or ultrasonic radiation, from the distance sensors on the cleaning device back to the device. Preferably the barrier has a substantially continuous surface which is vertically extending with respect to the floor. The barrier can comprise a plurality of hinged parts or parts which telescope together to allow easy storage of the barrier.
Patent GB-2357301-A (GB)
Title: Tufting machine with independent control of the needle bars
Inventor: CROSSLEY PHILLIP HAROLD
IPC: D05C15/12
Filed: 1999-12-16
Abstract: A tufting machine for use in the production of carpets with a pair of needle bars 2, 5 with independent control. One is used to tuft the background while the second is used to tuft the pattern. Reciprocation of the needles on the first bar is independently controllable of the needles on the second bar so as to allow patterns to be tufted with a high degree of accuracy and without requiring the yarn forming the pattern to be buried in the background between parts of the pattern. When the pattern is not required the set of needles tufting the pattern can be stopped and the yarn left to trail along the back of the carpet. This may be achieved by making the needle modules 6 of the second bar 5 retractable to an inactive position by means of pneumatic cylinders 8.
Patent GB-2352754-A (GB)
Title: Smoke seal element for lift doors
Inventor: ZAPPA ROBERTO
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 1999-12-23
Abstract: A smoke seal element for lift doors comprising a brush 14 preferably attached to a slab shaped body or support 12 of rectangular cross-section and pressed into the seat of a section 16, which can be applied between front opening lift door panels 26, 28 and the frame concerned 30 and/or between telescopically opening lift door panels (34 , 36 Figure 2) and in correspondence with the respective frame (38, 40 Figure 2) along the whole perimeter or part of it. The section 16 has a fundamentally "U" shaped cross-section in which the opposing parallel branches are bent towards each other to form opposing tongues and is attached with rivets or similar means to the frame or panels. The width of the seat 16 is greater than that of the support 12 and is of a height complementary to that of the support.
Patent HU-T63556-A (HU)
Title: Process for producing pharmaceutical compositons comprising one tramadol derivative and codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone
Inventor: RAFFA ROBERT B
IPC: A61K31/135
Filed: 1992-09-04
Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising a tramadol material and any of codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone, and their use. The compositions are pharmacologically useful in treating pain, diarrhea and tussive conditions. The compositions are also subject to less side-effects as compared to pure opiate based compositions, such as abuse liability, tolerance, constipation and respiratory depression. Furthermore, where the components, i.e., a tramadol material and any of codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone, of the compositions are within certain ratios the pharmacological effects of the compositions are superadditive (synergistic). <IMAGE>
Patent HU-T65965-A (HU)
Title: Device for easing of operating of movable rails or rail-members
Inventor: DURCHSCHLAG GERALD
IPC: E01B7/02
Filed: 1993-10-14
Abstract: In a device to ease the change movement for movable rails or track parts (7, 7'), in particular of tongue rails, in which the rails (7, 7') are supported during the change operation by rollers (10, 10') pressed resiliently against the bottom edge of the rail foot, the rollers (10, 10') are pressed, in at least one end position (7, 7') of the change movement, resiliently onto a lateral edge (14, 15) of the rail foot. This makes it possible to combine the advantages of a reduction in the sliding friction during the change movement by means of a rolling friction with a flexible end-position securing of the respective adjustment position of the movable rail or track parts (7, 7') (Fig. 1). <IMAGE>