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Patent GB-2394043-A (GB)
Title: Air sampling system
Inventor: ELLWOOD STEPHEN HENRY
IPC: G01N1/24
Filed: 2002-10-08
Abstract: The system has a plurality of air sampling units 1 - 4 into which air is sampled via a sampling tube and then passed through a filter into a sensor (not shown). The air is drawn into each unit 1 - 4 by a fan or pump in a unit and the sampling units are connected to each other and to a control 10 by an electrical circuit comprising a two core cable 5- 9 which carries digital communications and power to operate the sensors and fans or pumps. The fans or pumps of the units are operated intermittently and at different times to minimise the current carried by the electrical circuit. Typically air is sampled from rooms 11, 12, 13 and the sensors are smoke or aerosol sensitive and used to activate a fire alarm. The fans/pumps may be activated by a signal from air velocity sensors disposed in the units 1 - 4.
Patent GB-2395655-A (GB)
Title: Cardboard furniture
Inventor: CASSON RICHARD
IPC: A47C5/00
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: A method of making an item of furniture from sheets of new or recycled paper or hemp is disclosed. It consists of gluing together a plurality of sheets of cardboard in a face-to-face manner to provide a thick member having a greatly increased resistance to bending. Some of the sheets in the thick member are provided with cut out portions to give apertures accessible from a side or an edge of the thick member. The apertures may be used as storage chambers or to accept specific items, such as legs, etc. In one example, a tabletop 1 is made from some continuous sheets and some other sheets provided with round holes to form cylindrical apertures. Cardboard tubular legs 3 are inserted in the holes so that the table may be assembled / disassembled as required. A waterproof cover for the furniture is disclosed. This cover may be a semi-rigid, opaque, transparent or translucent plastic material. Means of decorating the table are described and also how the tabletop, when not in use, may be used as an item of wall decoration.
Patent GB-2384384-A (GB)
Title: Portable equipment with camera devices
Inventor: SHIRAKAWA HIROTSUGU
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 2002-12-20
Abstract: Portable equipment, such as a mobile phone or terminal, comprises two cameras 10a, 10b, which are directed in different directions and a processor for superimposing the image from one camera on that from the other. The cameras are preferably in the front and back respectively of the equipment and the image signals are read into a memory 6, preferably in units of one line or one frame under control of a processor 3 and selector 5. The size of one of one image may be reduced prior to storage and may be moved with respect to the other, using the keypad of the phone. The front camera is intended for capturing an image of the user's face so has a wide field of view whilst the back camera is for capturing scenery and so has a narrow field of view. A portable phone (Fig 9) may comprise first and second housings which are rotatably coupled together, the cameras being in one housing.
Patent GB-2381622-A (GB)
Title: Synchronous dynamic random access memory apparatus
Inventor: NAVEN FINBAR
IPC: G11C11/409
Filed: 1997-12-17
Abstract: Synchronous dynamic random access memory apparatus includes respective first, second and third synchronous dynamic random access memory devices (1 Ao , 1 A1 , 1 A2 ), each device having two banks (Bank 0, Bank 1). An access controller (40) is connected to the first, second and third devices and causes mutually-corresponding banks of the first and second devices to be accessed in parallel with one another, whilst permitting the banks of the third device to be accessed individually. The apparatus therefore appears to the outside as having two wide banks and two narrow banks without the need to provide different width SDRAM devices.
Patent GB-2388496-A (GB)
Title: Management of emergency calls
Inventor: TANI YASUHIRO
IPC: H04W4/90
Filed: 2003-02-13
Abstract: Emergency call management apparatus (31) monitors an emergency call generation rate, which is indicative of the rate of generation of emergency calls in a network, and on the basis of a result of this monitoring, transmits state information indicative of a restriction state of communication in that network, when the emergency call generation rate attains a preset condition. The mobile station (1) has emergency number information indicative of a number to be dialed to make an emergency call, and transmits, on the basis of the emergency number information and received state information, a connection request to the network when the restriction state is a state in which only that emergency call is accepted and the number that has been dialed is the number to be dialed to make that emergency call. This provides a higher probability that an emergency call will be processed in situations in which there is a high rate of generation of emergency calls. This is because in such situations the network only has to process emergency calls.
Patent GB-2383525-A (GB)
Title: Two-piece riot suit
Inventor: CONLON PETER
IPC: A41D13/02
Filed: 2003-04-05
Abstract: A riot suit which provides protection against fire and chemical attack comprise a jacket part and a trousers part. The jacket and trousers when attached form a full body suit. They are secured together using a zip 8 and a hook and loop fastening tape 7 which are provided around the circumference of the upper part of the trousers and the lower part of the jacket. This releasable securing means enables one part of the suit to be removed without having to remove the entire suit.
Patent GB-2398538-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming a vehicle component
Inventor: DRY ALAN G
IPC: B29C45/16
Filed: 2003-06-18
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component assembly (10) includes providing a first mold assembly (16) comprising a first mold section (20) and a second mold section (22). The first mold assembly (16) defines a first cavity (36). A third mold section (24) is then provided. The third mold section (24) and the first mold section (20) combine to define a second mold assembly (18). The second mold assembly (18) defines a second cavity (48). A pin (32) is provided and extends from a first mold surface (26) of the first mold section (20) into the first cavity (36) and into a portion of the second cavity (48). A first material is introduced into the first cavity (36), thereby producing a first trim component portion (42). The pin (32) defines a first void portion (58) in the first trim component portion (42). The second mold section (22) is then replaced with the third mold section (24) to define the second cavity (48) of the second mold assembly (18). A second material is then introduced into the second cavity (48), thereby producing a second trim component portion (52). The pin (32) further defines a second void portion (60) in the second trim component portion (52). The first trim component portion (42) and the second trim component portion (52) form a trim component assembly (10).
Patent GB-2389603-A (GB)
Title: Aqueous viscoelastic fluid
Inventor: ZHOU JIAN
IPC: C09K23/00
Filed: 2002-02-13
Abstract: The invention concerns an aqueous viscoelastic fluid for use in the recovery of hydrocarbons. According to the invention this fluid comprises a first viscoelastic surfactant and a second surfactant able to decompose under downhole conditions to release a compound itself able to reduce the viscosity of the aqueous viscoelastic fluid.
Patent GB-2404672-A (GB)
Title: Installing architectural finishing components in a building
Inventor: LAW IAN DOUGLAS
IPC: H02G3/38
Filed: 2003-07-31
Abstract: A method of installing architectural finishing components in a building, such as skirting boards (11). A locating component (13), a skirting board blank (11) and a kit of building components for use with such a method. The skirting board blank (11) is attached to the locating component (13), which is attached to the wall. Gripper pins (37) hold the skirting board blank (11) to the locating component (13).
Patent GB-2402831-A (GB)
Title: Reducing image persistence in display devices
Inventor: KUBOTA HIDENAO
IPC: G09G3/296
Filed: 2003-08-19
Abstract: In order to reduce image persistence in display devices making use of the light emission of phosphor a static image is detected in a specific region of an image (e.g. the four corners where logos are expected to be found) and the luminance level within the specific region is changed when a static image is detected. If the luminance level of the static image is high, the luminance level of the specific region R201, R202, R203, R204 maybe lowered, and if the luminance level of the static image is low, the luminance level of the specific region may be increased. The luminance level may be changed within the specific region such that the luminance level near the edge of the image within the region is more largely changed than the luminance level near the centre of the image but within the region. An independent claim is also included wherein on detection of a static image within a specific region, the luminance of the entire image is changed such that luminance level near the edge of the image is more largely changed than the luminance level near the centre of the image.
Patent GB-2395240-A (GB)
Title: A sealing arrangement for sealing a leakage gap between relatively moveable parts in a flow path
Inventor: MORGAN JONATHAN JAMES
IPC: F04D29/02
Filed: 2003-10-14
Abstract: A sealing arrangement 48 for sealing a leakage gap between relatively moveable parts in a flow path between a region of high fluid pressure and a region of low fluid pressure (D and E respectively in Fig. 2), comprises a sealing member 58 having an upstream surface 60, a downstream surface 62, a radially outer surface 64 and a radially inner surface 66, the sealing member 58 being in communication with a housing 54 via resilient means 56. The resilient means 56 is fixedly joined to the upstream surface 60 of the sealing member 58 such that, during operation, both the radial force induced on the sealing member 58 by fluid flowing axially into and circumferentially over the radially inner surface 66 and the axial force induced on the sealing member 58 because of a pressure difference across the sealing member 58 is resisted by the resilient means 56. Sealing means 72 may also be provided between the downstream surface 62 and te housing 54.
Patent GB-2392371-A (GB)
Title: Electric water heating appliances
Inventor: JOHNSTON SIMON RICHARD
IPC: C02F1/00
Filed: 2000-12-20
Abstract: A liquid heating appliance 102 has a relatively high power heating means for bringing liquid in the appliance to boiling and a relatively low power heating means to maintain it at boiling for a predetermined time thereafter. A first steam sensitive control 140 switches the appliance from high power to low power and a second steam sensitive control 142 switches the low power heating means off. Liquid entering the appliance may be treated by passing through a filter 116. Means 190 interrupt or restrict the fluid communication between the second control 142 and the interior of the vessel until operation of the first control 140.
Patent GB-2398876-A (GB)
Title: NMR well logging apparatus and method
Inventor: HURLIMANN MARTIN D
IPC: G01R33/60
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: The present invention discloses a diffusion edited pulse technique that allows information about a fluid to be extracted, comprising: a) obtaining a fluid sample; b) generating a sequence of magnetic field pulses in the fluid, the sequence comprising an initial magnetic field pulse, a first portion that follows the initial magnetic field pulse, and a second portion that follows the first portion; c) detecting magnetic resonance signals using the second portion of the sequence; d) modifying the first portion of the sequence, and repeating steps (b) and (c); and e) extracting information about the fluid by determining relaxation and diffusion characteristics and their correlation based on the signals detected in steps (c) and (d). Also disclosed is a logging tool equipped with a processor to implement the diffusion edited pulse technique.
Patent GB-2396970-A (GB)
Title: Process for making PCBs with insulating material between tracks
Inventor: CUBERO PITEL JOSE ANTONIO
IPC: H05K3/28
Filed: 2003-12-29
Abstract: In a process for making a PCB conductive tracks 5 are formed by etching a conductive layer joined by adhesive to a substrate 1, the gaps between the tracks are filled with resinous insulating material 7 which also flows over the tracks and the material 7 is abraded so as to leave flush the upper surfaces of the tracks and the intervening filler, the PCB is cooled during the abrading step so that the material 7 is kept below its glass transition temperature. As a final step a solder-resistant mask may be applied to the upper face of the PCB so as to expose only small areas of the tracks. A double sided PCB may be formed by applying these steps to both sides of a substrate.
Patent GB-2410551-A (GB)
Title: Determining the orientation of hydrophones in a marine seismic streamer
Inventor: MUYZERT EVERHARD
IPC: G01V1/20
Filed: 2004-01-30
Abstract: A streamer 21 has groups of at least two piezo-ceramic hydrophones 201,202 arranged as a vertical array. The vertical pressure gradient measured at two hydrophones 201,202 having a vertical distance between them, calculated by subtraction of the two pressure measurements, is used to identify upward and downward propagating waves and hence remove ghosts from seismic data. The vertical distance between two hydrophones will vary as the cable twists, so the rotation of the cable is measured by inclinometers distributed along the cable. Alternatively the rotation of the cable is determined by analysing the arrival times of signals reaching the hydrophones from existing acoustic positioning system sources, or from the seismic source itself.
Patent GB-2396231-A (GB)
Title: Inhibiting recording/reproduction of copyright contents to non-copyright memory card.
Inventor: UTSUMI YOSHIMASA
IPC: H04N5/913
Filed: 2000-08-17
Abstract: A terminal apparatus having first and second inputs respectively associated with copyright and non-copyright contents is associated with corresponding first and second selectively insertable memory cards, which card have the same shape. A judging means determine the nature of the memory card and if a non-copywriter memory card is inserted into the terminal apparatus, recording and reproduction of contents to and from the inserted card is inhibited from the input receiving contents subject to copyright permitting only non-copywriter data to be processed. Similarly, a copywriter memory card may be inhibited from the input receiving non-copyright data.
Patent GB-2398796-A (GB)
Title: Steel containing Cr, Mn, Si and Mo
Inventor: ROPITAL FRANCOIS
IPC: C23C4/04
Filed: 2004-02-24
Abstract: Furnace, reactor or line elements made from a first steel that comprises (in % by weight): at most 0.25 % C, 4-10 % Cr, more than 1 % - 10 % Mn, 1.5-5 % Si, 0.5-2 % Mo, at most 0.03 % P, at most 0.03 % S, at most 0.40 % V, at most 0.10 % N, with the complement being iron. Elements can be fabricated in bulk from the steel or coated with the steel using co-centrifuging, plasma, PVD, CVD, an electrolytic technique, overlay or plating. Also disclosed is a second steel that comprises: (in % by weight): at most 0.15 % C, 4-10 % Cr, more than 2 % - 10 % Mn, 1.5-5 % Si, more than 0.5 - 2 % Mo, at most 0.03 % P, at most 0.03 % S, at most 0.40 % V, at most 0.10 % N, with the complement being iron.
Patent GB-2414065-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum storage compartment construction in cooling apparatus
Inventor: NAYLOR SIMON JAMES
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 2004-05-13
Abstract: Cooling apparatus, for example, a refrigerator (10), is provided with an evacuatable storage compartment defined by a separately constructed, i.e. self-contained, box unit (16) mounted in a housing of the apparatus and basically composed of a robust integral structure (18) which forms two side walls (19), a top wall (20), a bottom wall (21) and a back wall (22) and bounds an aperture (24) serving as an access opening of the compartment. The unit is completed by a door (26) sealably closing the aperture. The back wall (22) of the integral structure (18) includes two connections (31) for vacuum pipes, hoses or other conduits for extraction of air from the compartment an an evacuation phase. Each of the walls of the structure is preferably curved to increase resistance to collapse or deformation under load. The structure may comprise a plastics material moulding.
Patent GB-2399849-A (GB)
Title: Tubular expansion
Inventor: COOK ROBERT LANCE
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2002-01-02
Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member 155 within a wellbore 10 using an expansion cone 115 with an over-expansion sleeve 130. The over-expansion sleeve 130 may be made of a frangible or elastic material or be composed of arcuate inserts separated by resilient members. After a predetermined time period and/or a predetermined axial displacement of the cone 115, the over-expansion sleeve 130 is forced off the cone 115 due to the frangible or resilient nature of the over-expansion sleeve. Continued movement of the cone 115 expands the first tubular member 155 by a lesser amount than that provided by the combination of the over-expansion sleeve 130 and the cone 115. A tubular member 200 may then be plastically deformed and radially expanded to form a mono-diameter casing. Other embodiments are described in which the initial expansion is done by an inflatable bladder or a roller expansion device.
Patent GB-2403786-A (GB)
Title: A tuned vibration absorbing system for a seat system
Inventor: HAYNES IAN D
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 2004-07-02
Abstract: A tuned vibration absorbing system 12 for a seat system 10 includes a flexible extension member 32 that is coupled to the seat system 10. A suspended element 34 is coupled to the flexible extension member 32. The flexible extension member 32 and the suspended element 34 are configured to absorb vibration within the seat system 10. A method of designing and manufacturing a seat system 10 includes designing the tuned vibration absorbing system 12 with the flexible extension member 32 and the suspended element 34 to absorb vibration within the seat system 10, which is then manufactured and coupled to the seat system 10.
Patent GB-2416902-A (GB)
Title: Gaming apparatus
Inventor: PARKER ADRIAN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2004-08-02
Abstract: The apparatus comprises an award display 2 and a play display 3. As an example, the award display shows a series of 12 symbols arranged in four vertical lines of three. The value of payout for each line of symbols is also shown with the display so a player has information as the highest value pay out accorded to each symbol combination shown. There is an input 4, comprising a button that is pressed to generate a particular award display. When a winning match of symbols between the award display 2 and the play display 3 is achieved, the player can collect winnings from the payment cup 7.
Patent GB-2417116-A (GB)
Title: Secure dispensing system
Inventor: DAVE RAJIV
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2004-08-10
Abstract: A secure dispensing system has a container (10) arranged to dispense a quantity of a material through a delivery port (40) . A locking mechanism prevents the dispensing of the material and a control device enables release of the locking mechanism. A key allows access to restricted functions of the system. The system will only enable release of the locking mechanism once a user has been authenticated by one or more biometric means of identification. The key may also have a biometric means of authentication which must be provided in order to functionalise the key.
Patent GB-2406432-A (GB)
Title: Determining optimum power for writing to an optical disc
Inventor: WEIRAUCH CHARLES R
IPC: G11B7/125
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: A method of determining optimum power for writing to an optical disc comprises performing a power calibration test. Test data is written to a user data area on the optical disc in contrast to prior art which tends to write test data to a designated area of the disk. The test data is then read from the user data area on the optical disc and a new power setting may then be determined.
Patent GB-2419463-A (GB)
Title: Heat sink
Inventor: MULLINS ROBERT CLIVE
IPC: H01L23/473
Filed: 2004-10-25
Abstract: A heat sink for a semiconductor device is disclosed. The heat sink comprises a body of a heat-conducting material, which includes a three-dimensional array of interconnected chambers arranged so that fluid may pass through the body via the chambers. The body further includes a channel for a cooling medium, the channel passing through, but being closed off from, the array of interconnected chambers. The heat sink may be used, for example, in a liquid cooling system for a microprocessor.
Patent GB-2405954-A (GB)
Title: Projection image display apparatus with diffractive reflection polariser and astigmatism corrector
Inventor: NAKASHIMA TSUTOMU
IPC: G02B27/28
Filed: 2003-08-04
Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus comprises a reflection polarizing plate 101, 102, 103 which functions as a polarizing plate by its grating function only in a specific direction, and an astigmatism corrector 211-213 between the reflection polarising plate and a projection lens 15 for correcting astigmatism which occurs in this plate wherein image light reflected by a reflection image diaplay 111-113 enters on a working plane side (hatched) of the plate, and then reaches the projection lens after passing through the plate. Dichroic mirrors 6,7 and cross dichroic prism 14 are shown.
Patent GB-2424332-A (GB)
Title: An image processing system
Inventor: SPITTLE MARK CHARLES
IPC: H04M1/72439
Filed: 2004-12-13
Abstract: An image processing system comprises at least one cellular camera phone, and remote electronic processing means arranged to derive a facial image from features of a first facial image received from the at least one phone, and from a second facial image. The first and second images may be of adults of opposing gender, both captured by a camera phone, or the second facial image being chosen from an image library. Preferably, the derived facial image is a child's having a user variable proportional likeness to the adults, and is preferably animated to show an aging process. The child's gender and age may be selected by the user. A facial image of the second adult may be derived features of a child's image and another adult image. All three images may be displayed at the same time. A 3D camera may be used so that the derived image can be viewed from different angles. A cellular phone, electronic processing means and software for operating each of these are claimed independently.
Patent GB-2405687-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device and method of managing its keyboard
Inventor: HIMBERG JOHAN
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2003-06-12
Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device and a method of managing a virtual keyboard of the electronic device. The device comprises a touch pad (106), a processing unit (600) and a feedback unit (612), which provides tactile feedback unit (612) for the user. The processing unit (600) is configured to determine a virtual keyboard (104) for the touch pad (106) and a tactile appearance of the keyboard (104), receive information generated by the pressing of a keyboard (104) key and identify the key that was pressed on the basis of the information. The processing unit (600) is further configured to collect information on the key presses and carry out an analysis of them, and re-determine the tactile appearance of the keyboard (104) on the basis of the collected information and the analysis carried out so as to make the keyboard more ergonomic for the user, which makes it easier to use the keyboard (104) and/or the pressing of a wrong key less likely.