Imperial Chemical Industries Limited

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The Gillette Company

Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh

Laurence John Robinson

Robert M Pettigrew

Kenneth West Hutt

Richard A Hann

Graham Keith Lacy

Terence Gordon Royle

Sean Peter Clarke

Oliver David Oglesby

Alan John Harry

Luke Richard Stone

John James Wlassich

A shaving razor has a housing joined to a handle, one or more blades mounted in the housing and a light source. The light source projects a defined image indicating the exact location of a blade edge on the skin of a user enabling the user to properly align the blade edge on the skin during shaving.

Shaving razor

A trestle comprises two pairs of legs which can be opened and closed relative to one another. A beam has two depending poles and each pole is clamped by a clamping mechanism carried by an associated pair of legs. When the legs are open, the clamping mechanism is operative to hold the associated pole against movement relative to the associated legs whereas when the legs are moved together, this releases the clamping mechanism and allows the position of the pole to be adjusted.

Adjustable supports

Optical data recording apparatus and method

Data-recordal using fibre lasers

Printing methods and apparatus for thermal transferring dye from a dye donor to a dye receiver wherein electromagnetic radiation such as a laser beam is applied through the dye receiver to effect dye transfer. Either or both of the dye donor and the dye receiver used with such printing methods and apparatus can be in the form of individual sheets or continuous ribbons and may be either stationary or moving. In various embodiments, the dye receiver is held between a convex surface of a rigid support plate and the dye donor during thermal transfer of dye. A variety of methods and devices for providing electromagnetic radiation and for transporting dye donors and dye receivers during printing are also disclosed.

Printing method and apparatus

Apparatus for detecting a datum position in a range of movement of a movable member, comprises a composite grating comprising first and second gratings. The first grating has first and second grating halves and the second grating has third and fourth grating halves which are respectively identical to the first and second grating halves except that the third and fourth grating halves are separated by a spacing. The image of the third grating half is reflected upon the image of the first grating half, the image of the second grating half upon the fourth grating half, the first grating half upon the third grating half and the fourth grating half upon the second grating half. A quadrant detector detects the intensity of the interference images and provides a difference signal which passes through zero at the datum position of the member.

Datum sensing using optical grating

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Bassingbourn, United Kingdom

Laurence John Robinson