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Patent GB-2237870-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning systems
Inventor: AOKI YORIKAZU
IPC: B60H1/32
Filed: 1990-10-23
Abstract: An air conditioning system for vehicles includes a hydraulic circuit (C) having a hydraulic motor (32) and a radiator (34) and a refrigerating circuit (D) having a compressor (40) connected to the hydraulic motor and an evaporator (44) disposed in an air conditioning air duct (52). The system includes a first pump (31a) supplying oil to the hydraulic motor and a second pump (31b) supplying the oil to the radiator disposed in the air conditioning air duct. A clutch (45) controls the connection of the hydraulic motor and the compressor. A valve (33b) is provided between the second pump and the radiator for generating a pressure difference in the oil between the entrance and exit sides of the valve in order to raise the temperature of the oil. A switching mechanism (35a) switches the flow of the oil between a first pathway (P1) where the valve (33b) is located and a second pathway (P2). The system can operate as a heating system by driving the second pump (31b) and passing the oil through the valve (33b); as an air cooling system by driving the compressor and preventing the operation of the valve (33b); and as a dehumidification and heating system by driving the compressor and operating the valve (33b). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239506-A (GB)
Title: Suspension control system for vehicles
Inventor: YASUHIRO TSUTSUMI
IPC: F16F9/348
Filed: 1990-11-27
Abstract: A suspension control system for controlling a suspension having a shock absorber provided for a wheel of a vehicle includes a damping force change rate detector which detects a damping force change rate indicating a rate of change of a damping force of the shock absorber, and a damping force controller which alters the setting of the damping force on the basis of a relationship between the damping force change rate and an adjustment reference value. The system also includes a damping force alteration holding unit which continuously maintains the setting of the damping force at a first level for a holding period after the damping force controller alters the setting of the damping force from a second level to the first level less than the second level, and a road surface condition judgment unit which judges whether or not a road surface on which the vehicle has travelled for the holding period is rough. Further, the system includes a holding period correction unit which elongates the holding period which is to be supplied to the damping force alteration holding unit when the road surface condition judgment unit determines that the road surface is rough. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2239287-A (GB)
Title: Retaining glazing sheets
Inventor: WOOD THOMAS JOHN
IPC: E06B3/58
Filed: 1990-12-21
Abstract: A security glazed assembly and a method and components therefor wherein a glazing frame is provided with a second abutment surface 55 located forwardly of the conventional first abutment surface. The glazing sheet is retained by a retention member 70 having a first portion 54 engaged with the front surface of the shoot, a second portion 58 engaged with the second abutment surface, and a third intermediate portion 60 hold by the shoot against movement inwardly of the frame. Preferably the glazed assembly includes a number of retention members, spaced apart around the outer edge of the sheet. Typically, the frame will be rectangular, and there will be two such retention members along each side of the frame i.e. eight for each glazed assembly. The abutment surface 55 may be provided by a flange or groove on the frame, or by a packing piece inserted between glass and frame. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2253590-A (GB)
Title: Cover for paperback book or periodical
Inventor: WAYTE ANTHONY JOHN BRIERLEY
IPC: B42D3/00
Filed: 1991-03-11
Abstract: A paperback book or periodical is bound using a cover provided with permanent adhesive (5a, 5b) from which a strippable covering (6) has been removed. The adhesive may be applied in the form of double-sided adhesive tape. The adhesive (5b) in the spine region may be omitted so as to leave only the adhesive (5a), or vice versa. The cover may take the form of a false spine (Fig. 4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2247826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to pressure garments
Inventor: LEVICK ANN
IPC: A41D27/24
Filed: 1991-08-30
Abstract: A pressure garment for medical use has transverse seams 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 at intervals longitudinally thereof to provide readily severable sections which may be removed as required to suit the particular needs of a patient. Preferred forms of seams are described (Figs. 5 & 6). The garment is knitted from elasticated yarns. A garment in trouser form and jacket form is described with reference to (Fig. 3) and (Figs. 4 & 7) respectively. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2250073-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration system service couplings
Inventor: JENSEN JOHN A
IPC: F16L37/36
Filed: 1991-11-14
Abstract: A refrigeration system service coupling having a valved service adapter (10) employing a spring (72) biased sleeve valve (64) to maintain the adaptor valve (50) in a closed (no flow) condition except when the service adapter is properly connected to a charging port (12) of predetermined configuration (93) capable of retaining the service adapter sleeve valve to permit opening of the service adapter valve upon the service adapter being properly connected to the charging port. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264486-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable container holder
Inventor: SPRUCE ARNOLD
IPC: B67C3/24
Filed: 1992-02-27
Abstract: A container holding device 10 comprises at least two container locating portions 11, 12 and 13, and at least one telescopic elongate member 15 which is adjustable in height in order that the distance between the locating portions may be varied. In addition the second and third locating portions 12 and 13 may be detachable. Each elongate member 15 may comprise at least two hollow pillars. Each pillar may include a set of apertures such that a pin can pass through aligned apertures to lock the pillars together or one pillar may carry a pin and the other a slot to receive the pin (Figure 3). The device may form part of a bottle filling plant. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264925-A (GB)
Title: Device for storing cables
Inventor: LOVELL ALEC VINCENT
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 1992-03-14
Abstract: A unit 10 for shortening and storage of electrical cables 14 and which consists of upper and lower plates 12, 13 having a body therebetween around which the cable is wound and stored. Fixing means 15 is provided at each end of the lower plate 13 for securing a cable in place around the body 12. A coupling means 17 18 19 is provided for assembling and stacking several units together preferably on a storage device that can accommodate several units in vertical stacks. The storage device includes a base plate with a vertical divider that separates the vertical stacks. The fixing means may be pins 15 inclined to form a v-shaped arrangement or may be wedge-shaped members formed on the upper plate and engaging in notches formed on the lower plate. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2255537-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft control systems.
Inventor: PHILLIPS PETER JOHN CROFT
IPC: B64C13/38
Filed: 1992-04-28
Abstract: An aerodynamic serve system for assisting in the control of a control surface (ie the ailerons, elevator or rudder) of an aircraft comprises at least one auxiliary aerodynamic member which, instead of being directly mounted on the control surface to be assisted as in the prior art, is connected at a convenient point to the mechanical linkage which controls that control surface. The auxiliary aerodynamic member is typically disposed behind a screening member for the neutral position of the linkage, but is moved into the airflow past the aircraft when the linkage moves to move the control surface, and is then acted on by the airflow so as to assist the operation of the linkage.
Patent GB-2266842-A (GB)
Title: Drip set with float pad cut-off
Inventor: HUNG YUNG-FENG
IPC: A61M5/40
Filed: 1992-05-06
Abstract: The drip set has a floating pad 6 of soft silicone foam and a fixed pad seat 7 in the lower part of the fluid reservoir, the pad seat having a top surface of slightly conical form and a central through hole 701. When the fluid level falls, the soft float pad rests over the hole in a slightly deformed condition since the rim of the hole is slightly higher than the rest of the seat and the hole is thereby closed, allowing a given volume of fluid to remain in the fluid hose 3 and thereby prevent reverse flow of blood. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2256081-A (GB)
Title: Watertight casing for electronic apparatus including metal-air battery mounted on pcb
Inventor: NAITO YOSHIHISA
IPC: H01M50/271
Filed: 1992-05-21
Abstract: A watertight casing 10 for electronic apparatus includes a first case 11, a second case 12 and a cover 13. Sealing members 17, 18 are interposed between first case 11 and second case 12 and between the second case 12 and the cover 13, first case 11 being provided with a recess portion 11a into which the electronic parts on printed board 14 are received, sealing member 16 being interposed between the second case and the other side of the printed board, and an air-zinc battery 15 is received in through hole 12a of the second case and the second case being further provided with a vent hole 21 communicating the through hole with an atmosphere, the opening end of the vent hole being provided with a gas permeable waterproof sheet 22 for permitting air to pass through but not permitting moisture to pass through. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2268882-A (GB)
Title: Urostomy pouch & system
Inventor: PLASS RONALD ANDREW
IPC: A61F5/445
Filed: 1992-07-22
Abstract: The pouch comprises front and rear walls 10, 12 joined by a weld 14 and has an intervening wall 20 which is fluid-impermeable and extends downwardly from the top of the bag (where it is held in place by said weld) to 20-40 mm below the lowest part of the stomal orifice 16. At its lower edge, the wall 20 is welded via V-shaped bar welds 24, 26 to the rear wall so as to define a "non-return valve" 22 of width "X" at least one fifth of the width of the bag. The pouch may be supplied with an applicator having a barrel 40 and a plunger 48 for introduction into the pouch of a rolled-up sheet 50 of superabsorbent material. The latter material may alternatively be in pill form. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2258483-A (GB)
Title: Device for facilitating the laying of paving stones
Inventor: SPEAKMAN WILLIAM
IPC: E01C19/18
Filed: 1992-07-27
Abstract: The device comprises a reference portion defined by an extruded tube 410 having a slot 411 cut into one end. A grading portion formed by a plate 412 is mounted in the slot 411 using screws 414 with wing nuts, the screws 414 engaging in vertical slots in the plate 41250 that the vertical position of the plate 412 relative to the tube 410 can be set and clamped. The lower surface of the tube 410 acts as a reference portion which is engaged with the upper surface of a paving stone which has already been laid, and is drawn across the laid paving stone so that the lower, ground-engaging edge of plate 412 scrapes previously laid particulate support material from the ground to the desired depth, whereby to enable a further paving stone to be laid with its upper surface in accurate alignment with the upper surface of the previously-laid paving stone and with the particulate support material in total surface contact with the underside of said further paving stone. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2262595-A (GB)
Title: Laundry washing and drying machine
Inventor: BONGINI DINO
IPC: D06F58/22
Filed: 1992-12-16
Abstract: A laundry washing and drying machine, comprising means to realise the washing, including a washing agent distributor, and means to realise the drying by way of circulating hot air, including a filtering element for said hot air. The filtering element of the air (14), arranged in the drying circuit, is integrated in the washing agent distributor (10). In the frontal section (11A) of a drawer small compartments (13) for containing the washing agent are arranged, while in the rear section (11B) the filtering element (14) is housed. The complete opening of the drawer of the distributor (10) allows for direct access to the filtering element (14), so as to enable its cleaning and/or substitution. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265738-A (GB)
Title: Memory error correction
Inventor: KIM JIN-KI
IPC: G11C29/42
Filed: 1992-12-31
Abstract: An EEPROM comprises a memory array (100) including a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of memory cells respectively connected with the bit lines and parity cells, and an error check and correction circuit with a column gate (120) connected with the plurality of bit lines for loading input data in respective page buffers (900) and processing memory data in multiple byte units of the input data so as to generate parity data consisting of a plurality of bits randomly written into the page buffers, wherein the page buffers are connected between the plurality of bit lines and the column gate. A separation means (600) is preferably provided for controlling the connection between the page buffers and plurality of bit lines. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2265294-A (GB)
Title: Animal feed supplement
Inventor: PORTER WILLIAM LESLIE
IPC: A61K33/24
Filed: 1993-03-17
Abstract: An animal feed supplement which comprises a needle-like particulate obtained by oxidising a chopped filament drawn or extruded from cobalt or an alloy containing cobalt to at least 5 per cent by weight.
Patent GB-2267150-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring length of article transported on conveyor
Inventor: KOBAYASHI MASAAKI
IPC: G01B11/04
Filed: 1993-05-19
Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a length of an article (11) which is transported by a conveyor (12) including first and second light sensors (14, 16) arranged along the conveyor being separated from each other by a reference distance (10) which is similar to a minimum length or an average length of the articles, a rotary encoder (15) secured to a roller of the conveyor and at least one counter for counting output pulses from the rotary encoder, the counting operation of the counter being controlled by output signals from the first and second light sensors. A length of the article is calculated as a sum of the reference length and a length derived from at least one count value of the counter. The reference length can be predetermined precisely, so that the length of the article can be measured very accurately. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282748-A (GB)
Title: Shoe cleaning device for a golf trolley
Inventor: WHITE DANNY MICHAEL PAUL
IPC: A63B55/60
Filed: 1993-10-14
Abstract: A device for cleaning the soles of shoes, which is mountable on a golf trolley has a mounting member 1 able to accept round, square or cast chassis members of different sizes and is releasably securable to a trolley chassis at a position which enables the brush 3 to rotate about hinge pin 4 to its operating position. The brush bristles are arranged and of varying stiffness to clean all types of sole and be self cleaning when the brush is returned to the parked position 8. The brush may reside in any position between the operating and parked positions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284012-A (GB)
Title: A foldable baby chair
Inventor: WANG SHENG-FENG
IPC: A47D1/02
Filed: 1993-11-23
Abstract: A foldable baby chair comprises a chair seat pivotly connected to the chair hack via a pivot assembly 2. The pivot assembly consists of a part 7 fixed to the seat and having a portion 4 which fits in recess 5 of part 8 fixed to the back and rotatable relative to part 7, and pin 12 which can engage in any of the holes 11 to position the seat and back at the desired inclination. Guard rails may be separately connected to the chair back and chair seat by means of pivot assemblies. Extensible and foldable handle, visor, and footrest can be pivotly connected to the chair back and chair seat, allowing the baby chair to be used as e.g a baby cart, carrycot, or rocking chair. The chair may be provided with a multi-hole safety buckle enabling the baby chair to be securely used together with a car seat. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273955-A (GB)
Title: Hinge assembly
Inventor: FITZHUGH ROBERT RICHARD
IPC: E05D1/04
Filed: 1993-12-14
Abstract: A hinge assembly particularly for doors and outdoor poster displays comprises a member 12 having an arcuate protrusion 16 which engages in a matching arcuate channel 11 formed in a member 10. When the assembly is used in an outdoor poster display with the hinge axis horizontally oriented, a channel 22 forming part of the protrusion 16 collects rainwater to prevent it wetting the enclosed poster. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276390-A (GB)
Title: Binder for refractories and method of producing refractory granules using the binder
Inventor: MINAMI MASAMITSU
IPC: C08L61/04
Filed: 1993-12-14
Abstract: A phenol-formaldehyde resin binder for refractories, comprises from 0.05 to 0.6 methylol group on average per one phenolic constitutive unit and a free phenol content of less than 5%. For producing refractory granules with the binder, a composition comprising carbon substances of 50% by weight or less in all and a balance of refractory substances is kneaded with the binder and water optionally along with a solvent having a boiling point of 200 DEG C or higher, in a mixer heated at 60 to 130 DEG C. Optionally, the volatile content in the blended mix is adjusted to the shapable level. The process of using the binder is free from the injury to human bodies and the danger of firing. The refractory granules may be shaped into refractory articles having a suitable gas-permeability stable against variation of the working environment. The refractory granules are suitable for shaping gas-blowing immersion nozzles having a suitable gas-permeability.
Patent GB-935430-A (GB)
IPC: H01M4/86
Abstract: 935,430. Fuel cells. LEESONA CORPORATION. July 17, 1961 [Sept. 28, 1960], No. 25859/61. Class 53. A fuel cell operating at high temperatures (500-700 C.) employs an electrode with two dissimilar surfaces, one being composed of silverized zinc oxide and the other being composed of a metal activated aluminium silicate or a metal activated alumina. The surfaces which may be of differing pore size, are bonded by sintering. The activating metal may be platinum, palladium, rhodium, gold, neodynium, nickel, cobalt, ruthenium, cadmium, molybdenum or copper. The electrode is a fuel electrode and is employed in conjunction with a molten salt electrolyte or with an impregnated sintered magnesia disc. Hydrogen and carbonaceous fuels may be used in the cell.
Patent GB-2276793-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle internal noise reduction system
Inventor: IIDAKA HIROSHI
IPC: B60R11/02
Filed: 1994-03-24
Abstract: The active noise control system adaptively filters 2a, 2b a primary noise source signal PS from the vehicle's engine to form a noise cancelling signal. This noise cancelling signal is subject to further filtering 4a, 4b which is controlled in accordance with the engine's operating condition. This arrangement allows the attenuation of noise in the passenger compartment over a broader area than prior systems (fig.6). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288608-A (GB)
Title: Beverage stabilisation
Inventor: O'REILLY JAMES PHILLIP
IPC: A23L2/80
Filed: 1994-04-14
Abstract: In the treatment of beverages with polyvinyl polypyrrolidone (PVPP) to remove unwanted trace materials, PVPP is removed by centrifuging to separate it as a paste or slurry. This may be filtered, regenerated and recycled. Use of a centrifuge permits continuous operation and reduces capital cost of equipment.
Patent GB-2277198-A (GB)
Title: A differential voltage solar cell
Inventor: KING PETER
IPC: H01L31/0475
Filed: 1994-04-14
Abstract: The invention provides a differential voltage cell, such as a solar cell, in which both the photo-voltaic and Peltier effects are combined. The cell includes a series of interconnected cell units each comprising two spaced bodies 32, 33 including p-type and n-type semiconductor material respectively, a lens 30, an upper transparent electrical conductor 31 bridging said semiconductor bodies, and a lower electrical conductor 34 connected to each of said bodies at a location spaced from the upper conductor, the arrangement being such that the upper and lower conductors never bridge the same pair of semiconductor bodies. In another arrangement, the semiconductor bodies comprise PNP heterostructures (Fig 9, not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282830-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation system for tiled roof
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN F
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 1994-09-12
Abstract: A roof structure which has a plurality of concrete tiles 12 arranged in overlapping rows on a roof support structure 14 is provided with at least one roof ventilation device 20 for venting the underside of the roof support structure. The roof ventilation device receives and integrates with shortened tiles 12 in an upper row to provide the roof ventilation without disturbing the appearance and continuity of the roof structure. A hollow upper portion 28 of the roof ventilation device which is generally continuous with the tiles in the upper row forms part of a ventilation path from outside the roof structure to apertures 32 in the roof support structure 14, and has a plurality of baffles disposed therein for preventing entry of rainwater. A mesh mounted within the device prevents entry of insects, vermin and debris, while foam strips 58 mounted on the mesh seal the space above tiles in a lower row. A rear portion of the device, includes clips for engaging the side edges of tiles above it to hold them in place. Spaced apart legs 48 extend downwardly into contact with the roof support structure 14, and forwardly into contact with the upper edges of a lower row of tiles. Venting aperture 32 in the roof support structure 14 below each of the tiles in the upper row has a moisture frame 36 mounted therein with a collar extending above the roof support structure to prevent water ingress. <IMAGE>