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Patent GB-2143263-A (GB)
Title: Storage enclosures
Inventor: JONES GRAHAM RICHARD
IPC: E04H6/00
Filed: 1983-07-13
Abstract: A storage enclosure 10 may have individual parking compartment(s) 13, e.g. for cycles, separated by mesh partitions 14. Each compartment 13 has an upwardly pivotable top wall 17 hinged 16a towards the rear of compartment 13 and a front wall 18 hinged 20 to top wall 17 to lift therewith, the lower end of front wall 18 being connected to a counter-balanced arm 21 which supports the raised front wall/top wall assembly for access to storage compartment 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in catalysts
Inventor: RIEMER PIERCE WILLIAM FOSTER
IPC: B01J37/02
Filed: 1983-12-09
Abstract: A mesoporous amorphous catalyst having a majority of pores in the size range 2-10nm and being composed of an aluminium compound chemically bonded to an amorphous silica, shows conversion of oxygen-containing aliphatic compounds into hyrocarbons with surprising selectivitly to aromatics.
Patent GB-2152131-A (GB)
Title: Improved ceiling hooks
Inventor: BOWYER PAUL
IPC: E04B9/22
Filed: 1983-12-22
Abstract: An improved ceiling hook for suspending an open cell ceiling panel from an overstructure. The hook (10) is in two parts; a hook part and a base part (20). The hook (10) can pivot on the base part (20) to an upright abutted position (Fig. 4B) and can be folded down into a cell of the ceiling panel to lie below the upper surface thereof (Fig. 4A). In the latter position the hook is protected during the transit of the panel (100) to which it is fitted and it can readily be folded up on site for attachment of the panel to the overstructure. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134167-A (GB)
Title: Shower cubicle sealing door
Inventor: BUBLITZ KARL-HEINZ
IPC: E05D15/06
Filed: 1984-01-19
Abstract: A shower cubicle sliding door comprises at least two slidable door portions wherein an upper frame member (2) of one door portion (8) mounts an abutment member (10) and an adjacent door portion (25) mounts an entrainment member (13); the entrainment member (13) is pivotable about a horizontal axis to a position in which it will not abut the abutment members (10) on relative sliding movement of the door portions (8 and 25). The doors may thus be slid into positions in which all parts are accessible for cleaning. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154402-A (GB)
Title: Fluid heater
Inventor: ASHWOOD NORMAN JOHN
IPC: H05B6/02
Filed: 1984-01-19
Abstract: Fluid is heated by passing it through an electrically conductive pipe coil 18, 19, 20 and subjecting the coil to a cyclically changing magnetic flux. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2157708-A (GB)
Title: Collecting and preserving microorganisms
Inventor: SJOBERG ERIC JAMES
IPC: C12M1/26
Filed: 1984-01-24
Abstract: A collecting medium for micro-organisms comprises a collecting layer for retaining micro-organisms and an incubation layer for conserving the micro-organisms of the collecting layer. Such provides for collection and preserving of micro-organisms, after which identification thereof can be achieved, which is of importance in medical applications.
Patent GB-2137482-A (GB)
Title: Eating utensil
Inventor: COOPER THOMAS LAMBERT
IPC: A47G21/00
Filed: 1984-03-07
Abstract: An eating utensil for retaining the filling between the upper and lower slices of a burger bun has an upstanding retaining wall 2 which extends from the lower edge of the lower slice of the bun to at least the level of the lower edge of the upper slice of the bun. The wall substantially conforms to a portion of the periphery of the bun while leaving a remaining portion of the periphery accessible to be eaten. An inwardly directed base flange 4 extends from the lower edge of the retaining wall to support the bun. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2134690-A (GB)
Title: Gong striking mechanism
Inventor: ISHII TADASHI
IPC: G10K1/064
Filed: 1984-03-15
Abstract: A motor actuated bell includes a gong 101, an electric motor 105 mounted on a frame 106 located within the interior of the gong and having a rotatable drive shaft 104, a collar 103 eccentrically mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith, a cylindrical hammer 102 surrounding the outer periphery of the collar, and resilient means (e.g. coil springs) located between the collar and hammer in order to support the hammer and collar in spaced relationship and minimise impact forces on the drive shaft when the outer surface of the hammer strikes the gong. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156893-A (GB)
Title: A door lock for a lighting column
Inventor: LAWRENCE ALAN
IPC: E05C3/04
Filed: 1984-04-05
Abstract: A lighting column door lock comprises a body member (10), a shroud (12) a claw-shaped latch (14), a spindle (16) and a compression spring (18). The body member (10) comprises three integrally formed tubular sections (30, 32, 34) the largest being provided with a rim (36) which locates it to the door.The largest section (30) has a slot (38) formed therein through which the latch (14) projects to engage with the inside wall (26) of the lighting column. In the closed position, the spring 18 urges the boss (52) to hold the latch against the inside wall of the lighting column. To release the latch a key member is used to press the spindle axially inwards against the spring (18) until the latch (14) aligns with a part circumferential region of the slot (38) and can be rotated free. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2161446-A (GB)
Title: Strainwire termination
Inventor: ATTENBOROUGH FRANK RICHARD
IPC: F16G11/00
Filed: 1984-07-11
Abstract: A strainwire termination for an isolator section for a seismic streamer towed array comprises a rigid shell 1 with a close fitting anchorage member 2. The anchorage member has horseshoe shaped grooves which each accommodate a loop 7 spliced into the end of a nylon rope 6. The anchorage member 2 is secured in the shell 1 by high tensile screws which screw into the boss 5 in the centre of each horseshoe groove. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2146766-A (GB)
Title: Acousto optic spectrum analysers
Inventor: JOYNES GEORGE MALCOLM SWIFT
IPC: G01R23/17
Filed: 1984-09-04
Abstract: An acousto-optic spectrum analyser comprises a light source (1) the light from which is collimated by a convex lens (2) before being fed into a Bragg cell (4) which includes piezo-crystal means (5) for converting incoming electrical signals into acoustic signals travelling in an optically transparent medium, the periodic strains in the transparent medium creating, in effect, a diffraction grating (3) which produces spatially varying modulation of the collimated light beam from the light source (1). A lens (6) then converts the spatial modulation into a spatial Fourier transform in its back focal plane (7) at which is located the photocathode (9) of an electron multiplier imaging device (8). The usual phosphor screen of the device (8) is replaced by a photo-diode array (12) which senses directly the electron beam images produced by the device (8). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166074-A (GB)
Title: Mounting for a welding heat sink
Inventor: TEBBETT RAYMOND CHARLES
IPC: B23K37/04
Filed: 1984-10-31
Abstract: A mounting for a welding copper, that is, a heat sink, is usually made of copper, and is used as a backing member for a workpiece during an electrical welding operation, the copper in use forming part of the electrical circuit of the welding apparatus to enable a weld to be made, without the weld affecting the side of the workpiece so with which the copper is engaged. The mounting comprises bracket means 13 to which the copper 10 is, in use, rigidly secured and a support 11 connected to the bracket means by resilient means 12 which permit of restricted movement of the copper, the bracket being insulated from the support. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166345-A (GB)
Title: Car seat protection device
Inventor: HUNT EVELYN ETHEL
IPC: B60N2/00
Filed: 1984-11-01
Abstract: A car seat protection device consists of a tubular bar 1 having four downwardly extending pins 7 which are inserted as a tight push fit into the gap between the parcel shelf and rear seat of a car, and a loose cover of cloth backed plastics material. The pins 7 extend upwardly and are inserted into spaced holes in the cover to maintain the latter in position. The cover is thereby anchored firmly and cannot be dislodged by movement of a domestic pet such as a dog. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2151421-A (GB)
Title: Phase synchronizer of digital kind for signals at the same frequency, particularly for signal demodulator
Inventor: TORELLI GUIDO
IPC: H03L7/00
Filed: 1984-12-05
Abstract: One of the signals (B) at the same frequency which are to be submitted to phase synchronization is generated at multiple frequency (A) by a frequency generator 11, and then submitted to frequency division in a frequency divider 6. A phase detector 13 detects the phase error between the above mentioned signals and a digital phase error detector 9 transforms said phase error into a digital control signal for a lead/lag circuit 5 for advancing or delaying the commutation instants of digital signals, which circuit 5 is interposed between said frequency generator 11 and said frequency divider 6. The signal B forms a reconstructed carrier for demodulating received signal M by beating 7 and filtering 12, e.g. in a television. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2242563-A (GB)
Title: Electrical generating plant
Inventor: WRIGHT BARTRAM JOHN
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 1985-02-12
Abstract: The plant for a submarine, having dual modes of operation comprises a fuel cell which requires a supply of gaseous hydrogen and a supply of gaseous oxygen in order to generate an electrical output. First means (24) supplies a hydrogen-containing compound, preferably methanol, which is liquid at NTP, and second means (10, 19) is selectively operable to supply liquid hydrogen peroxide in a first mode of operation and air in a second mode. A reformer (21) connected to the first supply means causes the hydrogen-containing compound to undergo an endothermic reaction to liberate gaseous hydrogen. A decomposer (12), selectively connectible to the second supply means in the first mode of operation, is arranged to decompose the hydrogen peroxide exothermically to liberate gaseous oxygen. Heat is transmitted to the hydrogen-containing compound, to maintain the endothermic reaction in the reformer. In the second mode of operation, separate means is provided for supplying heat to maintain the endothermic reaction. Gaseous oxygen is supplied to the fuel cell from an air source in the second mode of operation. In a submarine, the plant can operate in the first mode underwater, and in the second mode during surface or snorting operations. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2171138-A (GB)
Title: A support tool for a builder's line
Inventor: BEER JULIAN
IPC: E04G21/18
Filed: 1985-02-15
Abstract: A support tool (11) for a builder's line (19), for use in setting building units such as bricks, blocks or the like, comprises a main body (12) having means, such as a projection (15) or spool (20) for attaching a builder's line (19) thereto, and means defining a first face of the tool in which is formed a groove (18) for receiving the line (19). At least one transverse arm (16, 17) extends substantially perpendicularly with respect to the plane defined by the said first face and in a position, with respect to the line attachment means (15, 18) such as to generate no turning moment when fitted abutting a corner of a regular building unit and a tension is applied along the line (19) joined thereto in a direction perpendicular to an edge of the said first face parallel to the corner of the building unit. Two such tools may be utilised, one at each end of a line, and "sprung" into position using the tension in the line (19) or the resilience of a resilient component or member incorporated in the tool. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174460-A (GB)
Title: Dry bearing
Inventor: FUJITA MASAHITO
IPC: E01C19/12
Filed: 1985-05-01
Abstract: A dry bearing comprises a steel basking plate 5 carrying a sintered layer 4 of copper particles 4a and a covering layer 7a and impregnating layer 7b consisting of PTFE resin and a solid lubricant 6 such as lead oxide. The solid lubricant 6 is in thinly rolled scale-like form and the layer 7a consists of multiple sub-layers parallel to the surface of the sintered layer 4. It has been found that solid lubricant in the form of multiple layers of scales or flakes is much more desirable than similar lubricant in powdered form which is usual in dry bearings. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182699-A (GB)
Title: Surface-levelling apparatus
Inventor: GUNNER JOHN ROBERT
IPC: E01C23/082
Filed: 1985-09-10
Abstract: Levelling apparatus for dressage arenas or other areas of sand, wood shavings or the like, is preferably arranged to be mounted on a tractor three point linkage, and comprises forward and rear (24,26) members mounted transversely on a frame. The forward member (24) (in the direction of travel) lies a short distance beneath the surface whilst the rear member (26) acts as a levelling edge. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2170451-A (GB)
Title: Semi-submersible offshore structure
Inventor: MOKUNAKA MASARU
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 1985-10-02
Abstract: A semi-submergible offshore structure includes a pair of opposed submergible lower hulls (10), an above-water upper hull (11) and a plurality of columns connecting the lower hulls to the upper hull. Four stabilizing main columns (12) are each arranged at the fore and aft portions of the lower hulls (10) respectively, and two auxiliary columns (13) having a smaller cross sectional area than the main columns (12) are each arranged at an intermediate portion between the fore and aft main columns (12) on each lower hull (10). Each transversely corresponding pair of main columns (12) are interconnected at their lower portions by a submergible horizontal brace (14). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166573-A (GB)
Title: Encoding chinese characters
Inventor: WONG KAM-FU
IPC: H03M11/08
Filed: 1985-10-28
Abstract: A chinese character to be keyed in is divided into a "leading part" and a "body part", The leading part is keyed in as a whole. The body part is keyed in in terms of its constituent strokes. The keyboard has function keys, the leading part keys and the body part stroke keys. The body part stroke keys are in the positions which are used most frequently. The invention can also be used for indexing a chinese dictionary. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180514-A (GB)
Title: Tow bars
Inventor: DAVIDSON RICHARD
IPC: B60D1/155
Filed: 1985-11-27
Abstract: A tow bar comprises two end pipes 4 and a central tubing 6 connected end to end by joining collars 5. The opposed ends of the tow bar are provided with end rings 3 which are screwed into the threaded end of each pipe 4. The tow bar may be dismantled by unscrewing the end pipes 4 so that the end pipes 4 and the tubing 6 can be laid side by side for convenient storage. The connecting member may incorporate an internal stop to prevent over tightening, Fig. 4 (not shown). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2169009-A (GB)
Title: Knitted fabric and method of producing same
Inventor: WOODS ALAN
IPC: D04B35/36
Filed: 1985-12-12
Abstract: A method of and apparatus for abrading a surface of a knitted fabric to break down the fibres and cause fibre hairs to upstand from the fabric surface. The so-treated fabric is then scoured, rinsed, dried and stentered. The treatment may be used to render a comparatively low cost fabric softer, lighter and denser and, at the same time, drape better. A circular knitting machine may be used to raise the pile. A spider assembly 12 having limbs 18 which carry abrasive rollers for acting on the internal surface of the fabric may be used. Alternatively the fabric external surface may be subject to pile raising, for which the fabric is supported internally, e.g. by a hollow cylinder and the abrasive means are supported on arms connected to a fixed part of the knitting machine. The pressure exerted on the fabric by the abrasive means may be resiliently adjustable. Abrasive paper, brush or a teasel may constitute abrasive means. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2173090-A (GB)
Title: Hollowing - out potato halves
Inventor: CURTIS STEPHEN STANLEY
IPC: A23L19/12
Filed: 1986-02-18
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/GB86/00079 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 31, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 31, 1986 PCT Filed Feb. 18, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO86/04788 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 28, 1986.A machine is disclosed which is capable of cutting solid pieces of potato from potato halves. A potato half (42) is supported in the cup (28) of a potato holder (18) beneath a plate (60). The plate (60) slides across the flat surface of the potato half to restrain it from movement, and while this happens a curved blade (88) moves into the potato half through a slot (64) in the plate (60) to cut out a solid piece (b 116) from the potato half (42). The depth to which the blade (88) penetrates the potato as it sweeps through it is controlled by a cam (100).
Patent GB-2185942-A (GB)
Title: Installation for assembling items of vehicle bodywork
Inventor: HUMBLOT BERNARD
IPC: B23K37/047
Filed: 1986-02-20
Abstract: An installation for the assembly of motor vehicle bodywork parts is of the type comprising a line with different working stations for a transport framework 25 moving along the said line and means for securing each such framework in position in front of each such station, in addition to a shaping and spot welding station for the different parts of the car body. Each transport framework comprises a frame 20 connected to a conveyor and supporting two frame members 25, 25a articulated thereto by their upper edges, the lower edge in each case being guided in rails, each frame member comprising a set of elastic clamps 31 of which the branches are mounted elastically in such a way that they simply hold the various parts to be assembled, the shaping station comprising a fixed structure with two planes supporting a set of shaping devices arranged in such a way that they can extend into the frame members between the elastic clamps,the fixed structure being arranged so that it can extend between the said frame members when the transport framework is in the shaping station and each shaping device having a bearing surface serving to support a portion of the external lateral surface of the bodywork parts to be assembled, a jack being provided which controls a pressure tool in order to clamp the said part against the bearing surface, the said shaping station also comprising means for tilting the frame members in such a way that the parts, which are supported by the elastic clamps, assume a position corresponding to that of the shaping devices and are engaged and shaped by these latter, while two carriages are provided which are movable perpendicularly to the direction of displacement of the transport frameworks and each of which supports spot welding units in order to assemble in one single cycle the different parts borne by the two frame members. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172971-A (GB)
Title: A striker and detonator assembly for priming exploding charges
Inventor: LEVERATTO RENZO
IPC: F42C15/192
Filed: 1986-03-04
Abstract: A striker and detonator assembly for priming exploding charges, in particular for mines, provides fully safe conditions with the detonator inserted and the striker positioned along its line of action. The detonator (5) is rotatable between alignment and misalignment positions to the striker 2 by means of a sprocket 3 which rotates in response to an external impulse and engages a toothed detonator container 7. A safety wall 8 between the detonator 5 and the exploding charge 12 has a thin section 8a adapted to be pierced by the detonator 5 blast in the aligned position. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188711-A (GB)
Title: Control device
Inventor: CHAN CHRISTINE MING-CHU
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 1986-04-05
Abstract: A control device for operating an electrical or electronic apparatus and for providing exercise for a user comprising a top plate member (21) on which, in use, the user stands, the top plate member being locatable on a base member (11, 12), a plurality of contact means (13) for selectively establishing a desired electrical contact between the base member (11, 12) and the top-plate member (21), the selection of the desired electrical contact being determined by the location of the weight of the user and the region of the top-plate through which said weight acts and means (15, 16, 17) for transmitting the signal from the desired electrical contact to the electrical or electronic apparatus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2189176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cutting structures for rotary drill bits
Inventor: GRIFFIN NIGEL DENNIS
IPC: E21B10/56
Filed: 1986-04-17
Abstract: In a method of forming a cutting structure 14, for a rotary drill bit, of the kind comprising a preform cutting element 18 having a front cutting face formed of superhard material and a rear face bonded to a carrier 19 or less hard material, the cutting element is bonded to the carrier by means of an alloy containing phosphorus in such proportions that the liquidus temperature of the alloy is about 1050 DEG C. The base material of the alloy may be nickel, cobalt, copper or manganese, and the alloy preferably contains from 9% to 13% by weight of phosphorus. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2179480-A (GB)
Title: Security systems
Inventor: COASH RONALD J
IPC: H04L27/12
Filed: 1986-08-07
Abstract: An electronic security system having sending units for transmitting signals representative of a condition, such as fire, intrusion, or an emergency, to a central alarm station. The sending units include detectors for producing the condition signals and an electric oscillator circuit for producing an r-f signal in an antenna (34). A feedback subcircuit of the oscillator circuit includes a surface acoustic wave resonator (SAWR) (51) for stabilizing the oscillators. A circuit including a voltage variable capacitor (64) is responsive to the condition signal to frequency modulate (FM) the r-f signal. Preferably, the condition signal is a Manchester coded digital signal and the modulation is frequency shift key (FSK). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180545-A (GB)
Title: Fast curing condensation product and process for its production
Inventor: MICHAUD DR HORST
IPC: C08G12/38
Filed: 1986-08-08
Abstract: Condensation products are prepared from a composition which comprises an aminoplastic resin former, formaldehyde, thiourea, and a separating agent. The composition and condensation product may also contain a plasticiser, a guanamine, a wetting agent and/or a curing agent. The condensation products may be used for the production of laminates or laminated derived timber products and require very short pressing times. The separating agent may comprise guanamine or a salt or ester of a fatty acid, e.g. guanidine stearate or palmitate.
Patent GB-2179531-A (GB)
Title: Fishing rod rest and striker
Inventor: TYE TERENCE ANTHONY
IPC: A01K97/11
Filed: 1986-08-26
Abstract: A fishing rod rest incorporates a mechanism for striking the rod from a remote location. The top part 12 of the rest is hinged to the bottom part which is fixed in the ground. A spring 38 is tensioned between the two parts, but pivoting of the top part relative to the bottom is normally prevented by a trigger pin. The trigger pin is attached to a length of line 54 and when a bite is detected, the line is pulled thus releasing the trigger pin and allowing the spring 38 to strike the rod. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195449-A (GB)
Title: Heat detecting unit
Inventor: PENNEY STEPHEN
IPC: G08B21/18
Filed: 1986-09-26
Abstract: A bridge circuit of a heat detecting unit has two temperature-dependent resistive components 1 and 2, one of which is arranged to respond more quickly than the other to increases in the temperature of a region being monitored. Each component is directly bonded to its own individual piece of thin alumina substrate 3 or 4, which are maintained spaced apart by two electrically-conductive clips 5 and 6. The gap between the two substrates 3 and 4 forms a thermal barrier inhibiting the transfer of heat, and achieves a suitable thermal gradient along the unit. <IMAGE>