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Patent GB-2451442-A (GB)
Title: Optical measurement apparatus and method
Inventor: HOLLEY RICHARD MARK
IPC: A61B3/10
Filed: 2007-07-30
Abstract: An optical measurement apparatus comprises an optical system (100). The optical system (100) includes a source (102) and a detector (112). The source, when in use, emits a probe beam (116) and the optical system is arranged to direct the probe beam (116) to a location to be measured (114). The detector (112) is arranged to receive a reflected beam (120) from the location to be measured (114). The optical system (100) has a receiving numerical aperture associated therewith and is also arranged so that the probe beam (116) has a probe cone angle corresponding to a probe numerical aperture. The receiving numerical aperture is greater than the probe numerical aperture. The receiving numerical aperture may be provided so as to prevent vignetting of the reflected beam. Alternatively or additionally, the optical system (100) is arranged to apply a magnification ratio between the detector (112) and the location to be measured (114) so as to minimise deviation of the reflected beam from a receiving axis (119) of the optical system (100). The apparatus may be a confocal measurement apparatus for measuring the glucose content of the aqueous humor (e.g. a glucometer to check for diabetes), since the refractive index of the aqueous humor varies in line with glucose content.
Patent GB-2440453-A (GB)
Title: Guide tube end-piece assembly and method
Inventor: SCHWADRON JAMES THIMOTHY
IPC: F27D99/00
Filed: 2006-03-04
Abstract: An end-piece for an additive guide tube is disclosed. Such an end piece may have a durable sleeve and a sloughable sleeve. The sloughable sleeve may have a channel through which an additive may be delivered, and the sloughable sleeve may reside in the through-hole of the durable sleeve and may be secured to the durable sleeve. When molten metal contacts the sloughable sleeve, the sloughable sleeve burns or melts and sloughs off, thereby preventing the molten metal and slag from sticking to the end-piece, which in turn prevents buildup of metal and slag.
Patent GB-2452576-A (GB)
Title: Rubber boot holder
Inventor: EPHGRAVE ANNA
IPC: A47F7/08
Filed: 2007-10-11
Abstract: A rubber boot holder for holding several pairs of boots 5 upside down comprises a flat rigid plate 1 with holes 2 for receiving the toe section of an upside down boot. The plate 1 can be provided with side panels so as to be free-standing, or it can be attached by brackets 6 to a wall 7 or other flat and rigid structure. The shape of the hole is designed to grip the toe of a boot with the sole of the boot catching on the upper edge of the hole thus preventing the boot from slipping out. By holding boots upside down, the holder is suitable for outdoor use.
Patent GB-2443718-A (GB)
Title: Network controller informs base station about measurement occasions of terminals
Inventor: CHAPMAN THOMAS MALCOLM
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 2007-10-25
Abstract: In a method of downlink operation in a communication system, one communication channel is scheduled by a base station or Node B 4 and one communication channel is scheduled by a network controller (BSC or RNC) 5. A mobile terminal (UE) T1, T2 listens to the channel scheduled by the Node B 4 at predetermined times known to the UE T1, T2 and the RNC 5, e.g. predetermined measurement occasions. Information is signalled from the RNC 5 to the Node B 4, relating to the predetermined times. Thus, the Node B 4 will not try to schedule the UE T1, T2 during the known measurement occasions. In a preferable embodiment, the invention allows for HSDPA to be used with the UE in cell_FACH state without a clash with measurement occasions. The information signalled from the RNC 5 to the Node B 4 may include HS-DSCH configuration 6, FACH configuration 7, TTI information 8 and UE specific measurement information 9, such as C-RNTI.
Patent GB-2455355-A (GB)
Title: Door latch
Inventor: ANDIANO JEAN
IPC: E05B63/00
Filed: 2007-12-08
Abstract: A door latch mechanism (10) comprises a pin (11) having an elongate axis, and releasable jaw means (12) comprising a pair of jaw elements (18) which engage the pin therebetween to latch a door (16) in a closed position to a door frame (14). The pin is mounted on the door or the door frame with biasing means, such as a pair of springs, so as to allow the pin to move substantially linearly in a direction perpendicular to the elongate axis of the pin and substantially parallel to the plane of the door when in the closed position. The movement of the pin (11) allowed by the biasing means caters for any vertical displacement of the door caused by worn hinges for example without any forced distortion of the door. The invention is of particular benefit to doors having no frame and which are susceptible to flexing and come with the associated risk of structural failure.
Patent GB-2445877-A (GB)
Title: Method for determining mobile device capabilities
Inventor: AALTONEN JANNE
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2008-02-06
Abstract: To determine mobile device capabilities and/or configuration and user inclinations as part of the management, delivery or assessment of the efficacy of promotional material, a query is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal, a response received, and from the response the terminal's capabilities, etc. determined, and the terminal granted user rights to services accordingly.
Patent GB-2460836-A (GB)
Title: Jig with slider
Inventor: CLARKE MARK
IPC: B25H7/02
Filed: 2008-06-10
Abstract: A jig comprises a frame 1, a slider 2 moveably mounted within the frame that has a template element 3 thereon, and locating means to allow the frame to be removably held against a substrate. Preferably, the template comprises a marker hole 4, and is slideably mounted on the slider, and toothed or roughened interacting surfaces (13, 14, fig 5A) are provided between the slider and template. The template element may be provided with a leaf spring (15, fig 5A) that biases the template element so as to force the interacting surfaces into locking contact. The locating means may be dowels 12 that abut against the substrate. The jig may be used in the positioning of handles on cupboards.
Patent GB-2450791-A (GB)
Title: Combined prime valve and electrical pressure control for paint spraying pump
Inventor: SMITH JEFFERY MARK
IPC: B05B9/04
Filed: 2008-06-27
Abstract: A combined prime valve and electrical pressure control apparatus includes a prime valve actuator 22, an electrical pressure control actuator 38, and a control housing 12 containing the actuators, with each coupled to a single shaft 54 having a cam assembly for selectively actuating the control apparatus to one of a prime mode and a spray mode. The electrical pressure control is operable within a range of pressure settings by movement of the shaft while the control apparatus remains in the spray mode. The actuators are oriented diametrically opposite and offset along an axis of the single shaft with respect to each other, and contact the cam assembly and respectively contact a lever for a prime valve and a pressure switch carrier. A setscrew in the carrier provides adjustment of the pressure at which the switch is actuated.
Patent GB-2464535-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of fluorinated cyclopropanes and fluorinated propenes
Inventor: SHARRATT ANDREW P
IPC: C07C17/07
Filed: 2008-09-17
Abstract: A process comprising the pyrolysis of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2and R3are each H or F, with vinyl fluoride (VF, fluoroethylene) to produce 1,1,2-trifluorocyclopropane (TCP) and a fluorinated propene of formula (II) CF3CR1=CR2R3. Preferably, compound (I) is 1,1,2-trifluoro-2- trifluromethylcyclopropane and compound (II) is 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1= F; R2and R3= H). Preferably the reaction temperature is in the range 0-500°C, the pressure in the range 0-107Pa, and the VF:compound (I) ratio in the range 1:10 to 100:1. The process may further include the preparation of compound (I) from a fluorinated alkene CF3CR1=CF2(II), preferably perfluoropropene, with a diradical :CR2R3(IV), preferably methylene. The TCP obtained may be reacted with hydrogen fluoride (HF), preferably in the presence of a catalyst, to produce a compound CF3CX1HCX2H2wherein X1= H and X2= F, or X1= F and X2= H. Compound CF3CX1HCX2H2may subsequently be dehydrofluorinated to produce 3,3,3-trifluoropopene.
Patent GB-2464119-A (GB)
Title: A stator vane assembly wherein the vane can slide radially to accommodate thermal forces
Inventor: DAVEY RICHARD
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 2008-10-06
Abstract: A stator vane assembly 1 comprises a preformed vane 4 supported by radially inner and outer rings 2, 3, the vane being able to move relative to at least one of the rings to accommodate radial expansion / contraction of the support rings. The stator vane may be an inlet guide vane in a gas turbine engine, and the guide vane preferably engages fixed locating elements on the support rings with an interference-fit. Ideally, the guide vane is made from sheet metal, and has an open end (see figure 4) enabling it to be opened, and subsequently clipped onto the upper and lower locating elements on the stator support bands. A plug may be provided for the trailing edge of the vane. The locating elements may comprise a cooling port / perforated tube to enable coolant to enter the vane. The stator blade may have cooling holes provided.
Patent GB-2457996-A (GB)
Title: Downhole formation tester
Inventor: MEEK DALE
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2007-06-21
Abstract: A system for testing an underground formation penetrated by a well comprises a downhole tool configured to be coupled to a work string. The downhole tool comprises an elongated tool body having a bore disposed along the longitudinal axis of the tool for circulating a fluid, and a web disposed across the bore. At least one fluid passageway is provided around the web, which at least partially frames a through hole disposed in the tool body. At least one measuring device is secured in the through hole.
Patent GB-2466851-A (GB)
Title: Method and interface for defining a complex Boolean expression
Inventor: DUPONT JOEL
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2009-01-13
Abstract: A method and interface for the definition of data categories is described. The method uses logic templates and may be used in database processing. The method comprises: selecting a plurality of attributes 105 from a group of attributes, each attribute 1-4 describing a possible data item in a set of data. A logic template 110 is selected 145 from a group of logic templates, each logic template comprising a predetermined logic expression (e.g. Boolean) containing one or more variables (e.g. groups). One or more selected attributes 1-4 are assigned 165 to each variable 150 within the selected the logic template to produce a logic expression 170 defining the data category. A natural language statement 175 describing the logic expression may be generated.
Patent GB-2455267-A (GB)
Title: Drum brakes
Inventor: FRA GIOVANNI
IPC: F16D65/54
Filed: 2007-10-22
Abstract: A drum brake has two brake shoes (11,12), an actuator (14a) located between the shoes which moves the shoes apart into contact with an associated drum, retraction spring means (33) which retract the shoes away from the drum when the actuator is released,, and a cross strut (18) which extends between the shoes and controls the retraction of the shoes away from the drum. The cross-strut is in two parts (18a, 18b) with interengaging tooth means (26,27) on each part which are biased into engagement, to hold the strut at a given effective length. One part (18a) of the cross-strut moves with a first shoe (12) and the other part (18b) of the cross-strut has a nose portion (29) which engages a cut-out (30) in the other shoe (11) with a first clearance (x) which allows the other shoe to move relative to the nose for a first predetermined distance. The shoes moving in opposite directions when applied by the actuator (14a) until the first clearance (x) is taken up and then any further movement required to engage the shoes with the drum results in sliding movement between the first and second parts of the cross-strut. If this required movement exceeds the pitch of the engaging tooth means (26,27) on the strut parts the effective length of the strut is permanently adjusted by re-engagement of tooth means in a new engaged position with different elements of the tooth means in contact in order to maintain the shoe retraction substantially constant as the shoes wear.
Patent GB-2470578-A (GB)
Title: Waste compactor and sealer for a bin
Inventor: PERKINS ROGER STEPHEN
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2009-05-28
Abstract: A waste compactor for a wheelie bin comprises: a housing with four sides and a base 27, the housing being adapted for receiving a suspended waste sack; a pair of slide units 7 mounted parallel on the side walls; and an inflator 9 adapted for compacting waste. The inflator is attached to: a compactor plate 6 connected to the real side and the slide unit that can move horizontally between a retracted loading position and a forward waste-compacted position; and a deflector plate 4 rigidly fixed to the front side. The inflator may be mounted to the slide units so that the clamped waste sack can be moved horizontally, and one end of the inflator may have a non-rigid connection to allow the compactor plate to move in an angular direction. Other features include: sealing bars 18 for sealing the top of the compacted waste sack in order to prevent odours and insects; and a lockable hinged lid adjacent to an inflator and an interlock preventing the lid opening during compaction.
Patent GB-2464199-A (GB)
Title: An interactive food and/or drink ordering system
Inventor: RIDDIFORD MARTIN
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2007-12-13
Abstract: An interactive food and/or drink ordering system that can display prices for food and drink, in which the system can (a) automatically vary those prices depending on demand; (b) cause those prices to be displayed to customers and (c) enable customers to order food and/or drink at those displayed prices by interacting with the system and not a person. There is also the option of a manual override to set defined prices for items.
Patent GB-2474488-A (GB)
Title: Hair building solids dispenser
Inventor: ISAACS ELLIOT
IPC: A41G5/00
Filed: 2009-10-16
Abstract: A dispenser 10 for storing and dispensing hair building solids 50 comprises an electrostatic charge control means for altering and/or maintaining an electrostatic charge on a surface of at least some of said solids contained within, and/or as dispensed from, said dispenser. The exterior surface of the dispenser 10 preferably comprises substantially electrically non-conductive material. The electrostatic charge control means may be an electrically conductive means 60 for providing an electrical connection between the inside and the outside of the dispenser. The electrically conductive means may be a metal strip 60 provided at least partially along an outside of the dispenser, the dispenser including a communicating hole 80 to the interior of the dispenser, the hole allowing solids within the dispenser to contact the metal strip 60. The invention further includes an electrostatic charging station (700, Fig 7), and methods of operation of the dispenser and station.
Patent GB-527107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fusion welding
IPC: B23K33/00
Filed: 1939-03-31
Abstract: 527,107. Uniting by fusion. UNITED STEEL COS., Ltd., and REEVE, L. March 31, 1939, No. 10123. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] In fusion welding plates or sections, one or both of the parts is provided with a number of integral projections which are pressed against the opposing part, leaving a gap therebetween so as to ensure adequate penetration and fusion of the subsequently applied weld metal at the root of the joint. The joint may be a double or single V-butt joint or a half butt between a plate and a rolled flat or a point between webs and rolled-in stalks carried by rolled flange plates. The projections may be of conical form, and one-eighth to one-twelfth of an inch in length and one-sixteenth to three-sixteenths of an inch in height, formed with flattened points and spaced from 4 inches to 3 feet apart. They may be formed by hot rolling, by shaped rolls which at the same time form the bevelled edges on the joints, or bevels and projections may be formed by shaping a previously rolled section by a chipping-chisel, milling cutter, flame cutter &c. In other forms the projections may be fusion welded to the edges and ground &c. to height, or may be forced from the bevelled edges by cold upsetting. In forming a double V-joint, Fig. 2, the projections 14 are formed on the ends of the bevelled faces 13a. A single V-joint may be similarly formed. In joining a plate 17 to a rolled flat 18 the projections may be formed either on the flat 18, Fig. 7, or on the plate. In joining a flange plate 20 provided with a bevelled stalk 21a to a bevelled web 19 the projections may be formed either on the stalk or web. In another form the web may have a square end. In the welding operation the weld metal is deposited in the welding groove including the gaps, the projections being incorporated into the fused metal.
Patent GB-839928-A (GB)
Title: Gas-shielded metal arc welding gun
IPC: B23K9/29
Filed: 1958-03-28
Abstract: 839,928. Welding by fusion. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. March 28, 1958 [April 5, 1957], No. 10125/58. Addition to 795,949. Class 83 (4). In a gas shielded metal arc welding gun having feed rolls 38 pushing an electrode wire 25 through a guide tube 16 the welding current is connected in parallel through one of the feed rollers 38 and the guide tube 16 to the electrode wire 25. The gun is similar to that described in the parent Specification in that a motor 48 in the casing of the gun drives the feed rolls 38 and has a hollow armature 54 through which is passed the electrode wire 25. A gas nozzle 18 is attached to a water jacket 26 bolted to an insulating member 28 secured to the gun body 12. The guide tube 16 is held in a collet 24 releasable without removal of any other part by rotation of a ring 30 threaded on the insulating member 28. The welding current is fed to one of the rolls 38 by means of a brush engaging a collecting ring on the roller shaft.
Patent GB-834627-A (GB)
Title: Casting metals
Inventor: WESTWOOD ALBERT RONALD CLIFTON
IPC: B22D7/00
Filed: 1958-03-31
Abstract: 834,627. Casting-processes. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. March 31, 1958, No. 10215/58. Class 83 (1). A method of casting metal such as titanium, comprises supporting a block 2 of the metal over a mould 6, striking an arc between the block and an electrode 5 positioned above the block, and melting through the block so that the metal drops down into the mould, thus extinguishing the arc. The block may be cut from a bar, or be sintered, or consist of compressed scrap or a stack of plates. The negative electrode may be of tungsten or graphite or may be consumable. The graphite-mould 6 stands on a water-cooled metal plate 7 in an evacuated container 1, which may contain an inert atmosphere. The cavity left in the block after casting may be closed by a plate or by scrap, and a further casting operation performed. A cavity may be initially formed in the block by machining or forging. A number of blocks and moulds may be mounted on a turntable in a sealed chamber, and indexed beneath the electrode. A mould may be topped up by striking an arc between the side of the cavity and the electrode and casting additional metal into the mould.
Patent GB-1458615-A (GB)
Title: Method of making reinforced silicone hoses
IPC: F16L11/12
Filed: 1974-03-07
Abstract: 1458615 Reinforced silicone rubber hose BESTOBELL AVIATION PRODUCTS Ltd 14 Oct 1974 [7 March 1974] 10262/74 Heading F2P [Also in Division H5] A method of making an electrically heatable reinforced silicone hose comprises either: (a) winding wire 4 sheathed in uncured or partially cured silicone rubber 5 around a supported fabric 2 coated on its outer face with uncured or partially cured silicone rubber 3 so that the silicone rubber on said wire and on said fabric are in intimate contact and successive turns of wire are spaced apart, or, (b) forming an open-turn coil from wire sheathed in uncured or partially cured silicone rubber, forming a tube of fabric coated with uncured or partially cured silicone rubber around said coil with the silicone rubber on said wire and on said fabric in intimate contact and successive turns of wire spaced apart; and more fully curing or completely curing the silicone rubber to bond the wire to the fabric. The fabric is preferably woven and may comprise glass or polyethylene terephthalate fibres. In a preferred embodiment the tube and the sheathed wire are tightly bound with nylon tape prior to cure.
Patent GB-406875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to chimney pots & chimneys
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1933-04-06
Abstract: 406,875. Chimneys and chimney tops. HARRISON, E., 13, Roy Street, Cornholme, Todmorden, Lancashire. April 6, 1933, No. 10291. [Class 25.' A device for preventing downdraught and assisting the updraught of chimneys comprises a box-like structure adapted to be fitted in a passageway through the wall of a chimney or chimney top and provided with one or more tongues A each counterweighted so as normally to project inwardly and upwardly into the flue and pivoted substantially centrally of its length by means of a spindle E fixed across the box-like structure and a bracket B on the tongue having elongated slots whereby on the upward passage of a sweep's brush the tongue may move out of the flue. The lower part of the device is formed with a deflector H and an air passage I. In the modification in which two tongues are provided, the undersides thereof near the lower edges are provided with rods J adapted to engage and pivot in slots K on the upward movement due to the passage of a brush.
Patent GB-903552-A (GB)
Title: A billboard
IPC: G09F11/02
Filed: 1960-03-23
Abstract: 903,552. Changing signs. A.D.A.R., SOC.r.1. March 23, 1960 [March 24, 1959], No. 10346/60. Class 3 (1). A billboard for a plurality of subjects, each in overlapping strips a, d on a frame 14 and each frame movable parallel to the remainder, by a cam operated by a motor through a Geneva mechanism (Figs. 4 to 7, not shown), so as to superimpose its strips upon the underlying strips.
Patent GB-399818-A (GB)
Title: Process for the manufacture of quinoline-8-azo compounds of the quinine series
IPC: G08B5/32
Filed: 1932-04-11
Abstract: Quinoline-8-azo compounds of the quinine series are manufactured by coupling the diazo compound of 8-aminoquinoline or of a substitution product thereof with hydrocuprein or a substitution product thereof. The products have a pronounced efficacy against malaria.  In examples: (1) 8-aminoquinoline is diazotized and coupled with hydrocuprein dihydrobromide yielding quinoline-8-azohydrocuprein; (2) 6-methoxy-8-aminoquinoline is diazotized and coupled with hydrocuprein dihydrobromide to produce 6-methoxyquinoline-8-azohydrocuprein; the 6-ethoxy- and 6-amyloxy-compounds are similarly prepared; (3) 6-methoxy-8-aminoquinoline is diazotized and coupled with hydrocuprein sulphonic acid; the product may be hydrolysed to produce the product of (2).
Patent GB-1177054-A (GB)
Title: Milk Clotting Enzyme and Process for Producing the same
IPC: C12N9/58
Filed: 1968-03-04
Abstract: 1,177,054. Milk-clotting enzyme. KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO. Ltd. 4 March, 1968 [14 March, 1967; 1 Dec., 1967], No. 10398/68. Heading C3H. A process for producing a milk clotting enzyme by fermentation comprises culturing a micro-organism belonging to the genus Irpex, Fomitopsis, Coriolus or Lenzites in a nutrient medium under aerobic conditions, accumulating the milk clotting enzyme in the resultant culture medium, and recovering said enzyme therefrom. The enzyme may be recovered from the culture liquor by precipitation with an organic solvent, salting out, concentration under reduced presture, or absorption and desorption. The crude enzyme so obtained may be dissolved in distilled water and dialysed against flowing water; the purified solution then being freeze-dried.