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Patent GB-2357966-A (GB)
Title: Dust guard for a carpet
Inventor: PEERS JOHN
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1999-09-10
Abstract: A sealing member for sealing a gap between a laid carpet and an adjacent wall or skirting board to prevent ingress of dust therefrom into the carpet, the sealing member comprising a base portion (10) and a sealing portion (12), the base portion (10) being suitable to be secured in use beneath carpet gripper laid beneath the carpet such that the sealing portion (12) is in contact with the wall surface adjacent to the carpet gripper. The sealing member may include an angled upwardly extending abutment portion (14) for assisting location of the carpet gripper.
Patent GB-2369601-A (GB)
Title: Mounts for attaching paper sheets to glass
Inventor: MALONE PETER
IPC: C09J7/20
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: Paper sheets 7 eg notices, are attached to glass 8 by means of mounts 5 formed from a soft PVC which attaches to the glass surface without the use of adhesive. The mount has a surface coated with a peelable adhesive to enable the mount to be releasably adhered to the paper sheet. The mounts 5 are supplied releasably attached to a backing material 1 and can be peeled therefrom by passage through the opening of a dispenser (Fig 3). The PVC may contain at 25-80% plasticiser eg dioctyl phthalate.
Patent GB-2370731-A (GB)
Title: A telecommunication device which is able to display priority data or information about a current call or about a past non responded call
Inventor: TERANISHI TOSHIHIRO
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 2001-10-11
Abstract: A telecommunication device comprises a telecommunication function block 13 for receiving a call from another telecommunication device for communication; and a priority-determination-standard-setting function block 11c for setting a priority-determination-standard for determining a priority of a received call; and a priority-level determining function block 11a electrically coupled to the priority-determination-standard-setting function block for determining a priority level of the call in accordance with the priority-determination-standard.
Patent GB-2374086-A (GB)
Title: A sliding material
Inventor: SAKAI KENJI
IPC: C10N10/12
Filed: 2002-03-05
Abstract: A sliding material comprising a steel plate and a sintered copper alloy layer bonded to the steel plate. The copper alloy comprises 1.5-15 mass % Sn, 1.5-15 mass % bismuth, 1.5-20 volume % of solid lubricant, optionally 0.03-1 mass % P, not more than 40 mass % in total of Fe, Al, Zn, Mn, Co, Ni and Si, with the balance being copper and incidental impurities. The volume ratio of Bi to solid lubricant is in the range 0.5-2.0. The solid lubricant may be one or more of the following: graphite, BN, MoS<SB>2</SB> and WS<SB>2</SB>. A copper plating layer may lie between the steel plate and the sintered copper alloy layer.
Patent GB-2387111-A (GB)
Title: Extinguishing fires
Inventor: PITTOCK ROGER JOHN
IPC: A62C37/08
Filed: 2002-04-05
Abstract: A fire extinguisher comprises a vessel 2 containing extinguishing agent and a nozzle 3 arranged, in use, to deliver the extinguishing agent to a scene. The extinguisher further comprises a sensor 5 for receiving infrared radiation from the scene. Data from the infrared sensor may be processed and used to derive a visual image or other visual indication of infrared radiation from the scene. Alternatively, the data may be used to provide an audible and/or tactile signal to a user. The provision of an infrared sensor permits a user of the extinguisher to locate the seat of the fire and release extinguishing material in one operation. Previously, a user had to firstly locate the seat of the fire using imaging equipment, then put that equipment aside and take up the fire extinguisher, directing the nozzle approximately in the region of the fire.
Patent GB-2388239-A (GB)
Title: Hand-writing practising system
Inventor: HARPAZ YEHOUDA
IPC: G09B11/04
Filed: 2002-05-03
Abstract: A hand-writing practicing system is comprised of a computer with a screen that can sense the movement of a stylus on it, and software the displays to the user existing text in hand-writing or line-drawings, record the stylus movement as user-input and display it on top of the existing text or drawing and allows manipulation of both the existing text and user-input text, preferably allowing character specific alterations. Preferably the system contains one or more hand-writing style fonts, and the system allows line drawings to be used.
Patent GB-2390083-A (GB)
Title: Display package with item retaining means
Inventor: COX MICHAEL
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 2002-06-28
Abstract: A package for displaying a plurality of items (13) comprises item retention means in the form of elongate tabs (14), which engage in corresponding slots in the items (13) to hold the items (13) in an upright position. The package comprises a tray (10) having a base, first and second sides (11) and at least one end, enclosing the items. The tabs (14) extend upwardly from the base of the package, from an elongate strip, the axes of the tabs being perpendicular to the long axis of the strip. The package has a first strip (11), including a plurality of tabs (14), the strip (11) being secured parallel to the first side of the package and a second strip, including a plurality of tabs, the strip being secured parallel to the second side of the package. The tabs are arranged in pairs such that each tab of the first strip is directly opposite a corresponding tab of the second strip. The items (13) may be cartons with end closures defining the slots.
Patent GB-2376448-A (GB)
Title: Air bag system and method of making the same
Inventor: LACHAT MICHAEL J
IPC: B60R21/20
Filed: 2001-04-02
Abstract: An air bag system and method of making the same are provided including a reinforced cover for a vehicle seat having an air bag module hidden therein. The reinforced cover includes cover material (22, 24) that is stretchable and a backing reinforcement material (40) that is stiffer than the cover material. The reinforcement material is attached to the cover material to provide a repeatable deployment path for the air bag as it inflates so that the air bag breaks through the seat cover at a preferred location thereon, e.g. bolster seam (20). The reinforced cover will not expand as the gab inflates as its stiffness or rigidity as provided by the reinforcement material will cause the bag to seek out the area of greater weakness in the cover at the bolster seam which the reinforcement material does not block. As the reinforcement cover provides the repeatable deployment path for the air bag to the bolster seam, there is no need for complicated and expensive modification to the air bag module for proper and timely deployment therefore simplifying the installation of the present air bag system.
Patent GB-2394157-A (GB)
Title: Split shot dispensing device
Inventor: JONES ALAN DAVID
IPC: A01K97/06
Filed: 2002-10-19
Abstract: The device comprises a housing 2 in which split shot 6 can be held and a dispensing device 1 in communication with the housing via aligned apertures 5 formed in the housing and the dispensing device. The dispensing device comprises a cylindrical casing 8 and a shot supporting member 14 formed with an upstanding shot supporting surface of inverted "V" cross-section and slidable within the bore 11 of the casing between positions below and above the aligned apertures. Means 18 are provided for imparting movement to the supporting member relative to the casing and for aligning a shot supported by the supporting member with its slot located over the shot supporting surface. A shot capture member 22 is positioned above the aligned apertures and within the path of movement of the support member. The capture member includes an opening 23 into which a shot supported by the support member can enter and be retained with its slot exposed by the opening. The shot capture member may be removed from the device in use, the sides of the member being flexible to allow compression of the shot on a fishing line.
Patent GB-2395143-A (GB)
Title: A leg exercise method and counter
Inventor: MA THOMAS TSOI HEI
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2003-01-09
Abstract: A method of exercising in a confined space, such as an aeroplane seat, consists of instructions to raise the upper leg towards the chest and lower it again. An electronic counter 22 strapped to the palm of the hand allows the user to record the number of times the action is performed. The exercise is intended to counteract the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Patent GB-2398051-A (GB)
Title: Parcel shelf
Inventor: NEALE BRIAN
IPC: B60N3/00
Filed: 2003-01-18
Abstract: A parcel shelf (20) for a mounting in a vehicle in which the rear seat (26) can move slidably forwards or backwards within the cabin of the vehicle. The parcel shelf is movable between a non-extended position, corresponding to a rear-most position of the rear seat (26), and an extended position, corresponding to a forward-most position of the rear seat (26). The parcel shelf (20) thereby serves to maintain vehicle security by ensuring that the luggage compartment of the vehicle is covered at all times whilst also being aesthetically acceptable.
Patent GB-2391122-A (GB)
Title: Method of designing polynomials for controlling the slewing of digital filters
Inventor: CORLESS MARK W
IPC: G06F17/11
Filed: 2003-03-03
Abstract: A method for deriving a polynomial for generating filter coefficients to be used in a variable digital filter in an electronic unit having a digital signal processor. The digital filter has a plurality of reconfigurable filter sections to achieve a desired characteristic between a first characteristic with a first cutoff frequency and a second characteristic with a second cutoff frequency. A first set of filter coefficients is determined for providing the first characteristic. A second set of filter coefficients is determined for providing the second characteristic. A third set of filter coefficients is determined for providing a third characteristic having a third cutoff frequency between the first and second cutoff frequencies. A polynomial is determined having solutions substantially matching the first, second, and third sets of filter coefficients with respect to an index varying from a first index value to a second index value corresponding to the first cutoff frequency and the second cutoff frequency, respectively.
Patent GB-2387567-A (GB)
Title: Ink cartridge and holder with positioning means
Inventor: SEINO TAKEO
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2003-03-20
Abstract: An ink cartridge (300) and an ink cartridge holder (201) for maintaining the relative position between the information reading section (214) of the ink cartridge holder (201) and the information storing unit (314) of the ink cartridge (300), which is aligned accurately, even if the ink cartridge (300) has instability to the ink cartridge holder (201) due to the variation in each products. The ink cartridge (300) which supplies ink to a recording apparatus (100) includes: ```an ink cartridge main body (302) holding the ink; a connection electrode section (316) provided on a part of a first wall (310) of the ink cartridge main body and including a connection terminal; an ink supply unit (322) provided in a front surface (320) which intersects the first wall (310); and a positioning section (326) guiding a positioning member (220) of the recording apparatus (100) to the vicinity of the connection electrode (316) on the front surface (320) so that the positioning member (220) opposes to the connection electrode section (314) in the direction parallel with the connection electrode section (316). The ink cartridge (300) and holder (201) may also include a sub-positioning section (526) and a sub-positioning member (420) respectively for further accuracy when aligning said ink cartridge (300) in said holder (201).
Patent GB-2387034-A (GB)
Title: Dielectric chip antenna with two helical radiation elements
Inventor: SHIBATA MASAKI
IPC: H01Q1/36
Filed: 2003-03-25
Abstract: A dielectric chip antenna includes a rectangular parallelopiped dielectric substrate 1. Two spirally wound radiation electrodes 4,5 surround the substrate, and are connected to a feeding electrode 2 located at an end surface of the substrate. A fixation electrode 3 on the opposite end surface of the substrate is used to fix the antenna to a printed circuit board. Advantages include broader bandwidth, and ease of mounting onto the PCB since the antenna is symmetrical about a horizontal plane passing through the centre axis of the substrate.
Patent GB-2384767-A (GB)
Title: Moistened tissue dispenser with ejection mechanism
Inventor: OLUFEMI ADELAKUN
IPC: A47K10/32
Filed: 2001-06-07
Abstract: A device for holding and dispensing moistened tissue from a roll includes a housing having a cylindrical wall(18), a fixed end wall (16) and an opposite removable end wall (14) to allow placement of the tissue roll on an integral tubular dowel in the housing. A hinged door (38) moves between a normally closed, sealed position and an open position to facilitate removal of individual sheets of the moistened tissue through an access opening (36). An air tight seal (52,54,56) protectively encapsulates the roll within the housing when the door is closed in order to prevent drying of the moistened tissue. Pegs (64,62) extending outwardly from the opposite end walls fit within congruently configured recesses (65) of a holder (20) for securing the housing to the holder. The pegs and recesses are keyed to prevent rotation of the housing when pulling sheets of tissue from the roll. An ejection control (80) urges one of the pegs inwardly against a spring (70) to release the housing from the holder to facilitate refilling of tissue when needed. In one embodiment, the holder accommodates both a roll of dry tissue and a roll of moistened tissue.
Patent GB-2403797-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic cable detection
Inventor: LEWIS ANDREW BIGGERSTAFF
IPC: H04J14/02
Filed: 2003-05-16
Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting or locating a fibre optic cable (170) comprises passing a polarised beam from laser source (180) into the cable via an optical coupler (120) where it is reflected back from Faraday mirror (190). A magnetic field is applied to the fibre which rotates the polarisation of the beam and a detection stage (130) detects the cumulative rotation of the polarisation of the polarised beam caused by multiple passes of the beam through the cable (170). A regeneration stage (814) is provided to recycle the beam with the correct amplitude and polarisation for the multiple passes through the cable. The cumulative detection of rotation of the polarisation improves the sensitivity of this Faraday effect technique.
Patent GB-2389917-A (GB)
Title: Selectable filter module for optical fibre transmission system
Inventor: DEVENYI GABOR
IPC: G02B6/35
Filed: 2003-06-04
Abstract: An optical fiber system (20) includes an optical fiber light transmission system (22) having a light path (24) therethrough, and a filter module (50) positioned to controllably place light filters (52) into the light path (24) of the optical fiber light transmission system (22). The filter module (50) includes a movable support (54) on which at least one light filter (52) is mounted, and a drive mechanism (60) operably connected to the movable support (54) to controllably move the at least one light filter (52) into and out of the light path (24). The drive mechanism (60) is operated to move the light filters (52) into or out of the light path (24).
Patent GB-2402908-A (GB)
Title: Inkjet device with controlled gas supply that degasses the ink
Inventor: EVE RICHARD WILLIAM
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2003-06-16
Abstract: In an inkjet device for containing, degassing and supplying ink, gas is supplied to a container 10 for the ink so that the gas bubbles through the ink in the container 10. A controller controls a gas supplying means to operate in at least two modes including a degassing mode in which the pressure in the container is at a degassing pressure and the gas supplying means is controlled to supply the gas at a pressure above the degassing pressure to bubble through the ink, and an ink supplying mode in which the container 10 is at an ink delivery pressure. In preferred examples, the ink container is arranged for supplying ink to a printhead; using the degassing arrangement, the formation of bubbles in the ink at the printhead can be reduced.
Patent GB-2404257-A (GB)
Title: High frequency circuit analyser
Inventor: TASKER PAUL JUAN
IPC: G01R31/28
Filed: 2003-07-24
Abstract: An analyser includes an active load pull circuit 1 connected to a device under test (DUT) 6. The DUT may be a high power transistor for example. The circuit 1 contains a filter 8 and a signal modifier 9. The signal modifier 9 alters the phase and magnitude of an input signal bout from the device under test 6 before the signal is fed back to the DUT as input aout. The signal modifier therefore allows unwanted positive feedback or signal resonances to be avoided by changing the gain of the circuit 1. The analyser then logs the signals at the ports of the DUT, allowing the DUT to be analysed.
Patent GB-2399239-A (GB)
Title: Servo motors with built in drive circuits
Inventor: MIURA HIROMASA
IPC: H02P5/00
Filed: 2003-10-29
Abstract: A method of driving servo motors with built in drive circuits in which a common rectifying circuit is provided on a distribution board to which a plurality of servo motors are connected, thereby reducing the size of each motor. A power supply, an emergency back-up battery power supply and a communication or control channel inputted to the distribution board, the power supply is rectified, and then power and the communications signal are outputted to each motor.
Patent GB-2403089-A (GB)
Title: More uniform luminance correction
Inventor: WATANABE TOSHIMITSU
IPC: G09G3/22
Filed: 2003-10-30
Abstract: The invention is directed towards luminance correction on a display device such as a field emission display. A first correction based on a first luminance value and a second correction based on a second, greater luminance are stored in memory and are both used to correct an image for display on the display device. By accounting for both low luminance and high luminance values in the image correction, the uniformity of luminance in the corrected image can be improved over luminance correction using a single correction value. To improve luminance uniformity in a panel plane (1), for example, there is set an amplitude of a pixel driving voltage which is an anode current in the neighborhood of a threshold value of electron emission of one pixel and the amplitude is kept as a threshold value correction value for each pixel, and to correct the luminance variation in the high-luminance emission between the pixels, there is set an amplitude of a pixel driving voltage which is an anode current in the neighborhood of a maximum value of electron emission of one pixel and the amplitude is kept as a gain correction value for each pixel. In the configuration, when a video image is displayed, the input video signal is corrected using the threshold correction value and the gain correction value for each pixel.
Patent GB-2405288-A (GB)
Title: Routing multicast packets through a distributed router fabric
Inventor: WEYMAN RAPHAEL J
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-11-06
Abstract: A distributed router composed of individual units 10 connected by links 30 in a routing fabric, which appears to be a single network entity, routes multicast packets by bridging to the final unit in the fabric. At the final unit the packet is replicated as necessary and routed. The scheme avoids multiple transmission of the same packet across the fabric.
Patent GB-2403885-A (GB)
Title: Lawn aerator
Inventor: THROWER DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: A01B45/02
Filed: 2003-11-10
Abstract: An aerator for providing cylindrical holes in lawns, or similar type surfaces, so as to both loosen earth compaction and collect earth particles by means of helical/twist drills 1 that enter the soil. The drills 1 have a double claw at the tip of each drill 1. The aerator is a pedestrian machine which is powered by an electrical motor or petrol engine with a series of drills encased within a hollow tine tube 12. Each drill 1 is made from a thin metal plate of helical design to achieve the greatest space to convey the earth upwards through the tine tubes 12, which give the rotational force, and up into a soil collection box (15, figure 8). The drills are driven by a series of pulleys/gears (2, figure 4), the whole being pushed in two stages down into the earth, and retrieved, by extended handles (figure 9).
Patent GB-2397875-A (GB)
Title: Multi-channel heat exchanger communicating with axial and radial reservoirs
Inventor: ANTONIJEVIC DRAGI
IPC: F28F1/02
Filed: 2003-12-22
Abstract: A multi-channel heat exchanger 1 for use in a refrigeration process (13, fig 1) of a vehicle air conditioning system comprises first and second channels 2, 3 communicating with axial and radial disposed reservoirs 6, 7 respectively. An axial end 1.1 has an element 10 locating the position of the channels 2, 3 in the heat exchanger 1 via a stop 8. Element 10 has holes 10.1 permitting flow from the second channels 3 to the axial reservoir 7. Slots 4 are provided at the axial end 1.1 in the region of the radial reservoir 7 and permit flow from the first channel 2 to the radial reservoir 6. First channel 2 communicates low pressure refrigerant and may have protrusions 15 along its length and maybe disposed between adjacent second channels 3, which communicate high pressure refrigerant. Alternative embodiments are shown in figs 4-9. Figs 4 and 5 show two channels for low pressure refrigerant which do not communicate with a radial reservoir. Figs 6 and 7 show two channels for low pressure refrigerant communicating with a radial reservoir. Figs 8 and 9 show one channel for low pressure refrigerant communicating with a radial reservoir connected to a chamber so that the refrigerant exits in the same direction and alongside the high pressure refrigerant.
Patent GB-2393325-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
Inventor: TAKEMORI TOSHIYUKI
IPC: H01L21/336
Filed: 2002-11-27
Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of preventing diffusion of a buried diffusion region formed in the vicinity of the bottom of a source trench to be in contact with a gate trench in the vicinity of the buried diffusion region even when the accuracy of the photographic step of the trench formation is not so high. A side wall is formed on the circumferential side of the source trench (21) and then impurities are injected to the bottom surface of the source trench (21). When the impurities are heated and diffused, the buried P<+>-type diffusion region (14) is formed with a width almost identical to the width of the opening of the source trench (21) or smaller than the width (B) of the opening of the source trench (21). Thus, even when irregularities are generated in the manufacturing step and the buried diffusion region (14) becomes larger than is necessary, it is possible to prevent contact of the buried diffusion region (14) with the gate trench (20).
Patent GB-2397768-A (GB)
Title: Hip Replacement
Inventor: BLUNN GORDON
IPC: A61F2/30
Filed: 2004-02-03
Abstract: The present invention concerns apparatus and methods for hip refurbishment / replacement and in one aspect provides a kit comprising a femoral head and reamer. The present invention also provides apparatus and methods for minimally invasive surgery on a hip or similar (eg shoulder) joint (Figures 4a-4d). The kit is suited for performing a hip hemiarthroplasty, in which a femoral head 1 is fitted directly into a socket reamed into the acetabular 8 without any permanent liner or prosthetic acetabular being implanted only membrane 10. The reamer is used to ream out the acetabulum until cancellous bone is exposed so that it bleeds liquid containing stem cells. By selecting the size of the femoral head in accordance with the characteristics of the patient, the pressure imposed on the liquid/ synovial fluid of the joint is in the range between 0.5 and 2MPa. This causes the stem cells to produce new cartilage between the bone and femoral head.