The present invention relates to a store (1) for the storage of environmentally harmful substances (2), such as stable toxic compounds and long-lived nuclear materials, etc., which store comprises a number of cavities (6) in rock intended for holding the substances (2) in question, with a roof (8) above said cavities, and with the cavities (6)in question being surrounded by a hydraulic barrier (7). Amongst other things, the invention permits a passive dry store to be achieved. Holding cavities f...

An associative store, particularly designed for performance of logic by table-look-up, has fixed search and read fields. Input to the search field is through an encoder which converts sets of plural binary inputs into one out of K set of drive signals, where K is an integer related to the number of bits in each set. Output signals from the read field are decoded by exclusive-ors corresponding ordered bit positions of two read arrays. The search field is either conventionally addressed for loadin...

A semiconductor store is disclosed comprising a semiconductor substrate of a highly doped semiconductor material of one conductivity type, an epitaxial layer on one surface of said substrate of the same conductivity type and of low doping, a buried layer lying partly in said substrate and partly in said epitaxial layer, said buried layer being of the opposite conductivity type and of high doping, a highly doped second layer of the same conductivity type as said buried layer in the outer surface ...

A store adapter attachable to an aircraft with minimum modifications for retaining and supporting the store proximate the bomb rack of the aircraft, and for releasing the store by actuation of the bomb rack mechanism which causes release of the store clear of the aircraft.

Improvements in store fixtures are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a pant rack is provided by a series of modular display units which are individually supported on a rail and each of which includes wire supports for carrying a pair of pants to be displayed. Another aspect of the invention concerns the fact that the garment supports are pivotally coupled to a frame of the display rack by offset pivot pins arranged so that the racks always return to a central position. A further aspect ...

A retail store arrangement having perimeter walls and a floor and ceiling, has the perimeter walls enclosing at least two sides of the store area and joined by a cross wall to enclose a selling area. Wall mounted display cases are disposed along at least one of the perimeter walls with the perimeter walls terminating in end display units. Freestanding display cases are disposed in spaced relationship with respect to the perimeter walls and, in some embodiments, further freestanding display islan...

An electronic store is designed in the form a video/audio presentation network stored on a medium from which it can be retrieved by subscriber's to an interactive communication system. The presentations in the network comprise still picture images viewed by the subscriber with accompanying audio. These presentations, for example, can depict the offering of products or services to subscribers.

A sheet store, particularly a banknote cassette, adapted for dispensing or accepting sheets comprises a container having two openings adjacent one another. Each opening is associated with respective first and second closure members movable between closed positions in which the openings are closed and open positions. A control assembly is provided for controlling operation of the closure members, the arrangement being such that when the store is to be used to dispense the sheets the control assem...

A toy store is disclosed that when stored is a single-story, box-like structure, and when in use, walls are movable to form a second floor. Store related fixture accessories are provided.

A sheet store, such as a banknote cassette, comprises a container having an access opening. The access opening is provided with a closure member and a locking device for locking the closure member in the closed position. The locking device includes an electrically conductive non-ferromagnetic member supported for movement between locked and unlocked positions. The member is biased to one of the positions and caused to move to the other of the positions in response to the generation of a magnetic...