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Patent GB-2398340-A (GB)
Title: Guard rail system
Inventor: WALSH PETER
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2003-05-20
Abstract: A stanchion <B>1</B> for a guard rail system and suitable for attachment to a frame of a roof of a building comprises a post <B>2</B> having an upper and lower end, a foot <B>3</B> extending away from the lower end, and two spaced apart fastening brackets <B>5,7</B> extending upwardly from the foot. The fastening brackets may be attached to a face of a facia board or an end face of a rafter or joist. The foot of the stanchion may have an extendable bracing member such as a threaded bar <B>31</B> which can extend under a roof overhang to abut against the wall. The post may also have attachment brackets <B>9,10,11</B> for toe boards or guard rails.
Patent GB-2403188-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable bag means for raising a sunken vessel
Inventor: PIERCE JOHN ELVET
IPC: B63C7/10
Filed: 2003-06-27
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for raising a sunken vessel 12 comprises an inflatable bag constructed from a sheet of flexible material, the bag having a lower edge 18 that in use extends alongside the hull 13 of the vessel. Opposite side walls W1 and W2 of the material sheet are secured together to provide the edge, with an upper end 19 of the bag being formed by the material between the secured together opposite side walls. When inflated the bag forms an inverted tear shape. The apparatus may include a pair of similar inflatable inverted tear shaped bags, connected by means 20 which are adapted to extend beneath the hull of the vessel. The two bags and the connecting means may be formed from a single rectangular sheet of the flexible material. A method of raising a vessel using the apparatus is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2390006-A (GB)
Title: Aquatic Plant Holder
Inventor: PENDLETON JAMES ANTHONY CHARLE
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2003-06-30
Abstract: A plant holder arrangement 100 suitable for use in a pond, comprising support means 102 arranged to support retaining means 104 for retaining a plant 120. Preferably the retaining means has a suspension portion (204, fig. 2) and the retaining means depends from the suspension portion. The support means may be formed from stainless or mild steel, and the suspension portion may be enclosed in a plastics or rubber sleeve, or treated with a powder coating. The retaining means preferably has a projecting hinge 312. The suspension portion may have a pivot in the form of a u-shaped notch 212,214 from which the retaining means may suspend. The pivot region preferably accommodates up to two hinges from different retaining means. The retaining means may be a mesh basket and the support means may be a rod projecting from a foundation medium. The arrangement may also comprise deflection means 706 to effect motion between the support and retaining means in response to a load being applied to the deflection means.
Patent GB-2406617-A (GB)
Title: Cooling jets
Inventor: CHAMBERS ANDREW
IPC: F28D7/02
Filed: 2003-10-03
Abstract: Cooling jets 1 are provided with a longitudinal aspect 2 greater than width 3. Thus, the coolant flow through the jet 1 is less susceptible to deflection by lateral or cross flows presented to that coolant flow such that cooling by impingement of the coolant flow upon a surface 7 to be cooled is improved. Typically, a plurality of jets 1 are provided in a housing wall (8 in fig 1). These jets 1 will be arranged in an appropriate pattern to achieve cooling by flow impingement upon the surface (7 in fig 1) to be cooled. Possibly, a plurality of jets 1 in an appropriate pattern may be arranged upstream of conventional circular coolant jets in order to provide some protection for those circular coolant jets from lateral or cross flow.
Patent GB-2396987-A (GB)
Title: Device control using behaviour templates
Inventor: DELORME ALEXANDER P V
IPC: G11B27/34
Filed: 2003-11-04
Abstract: Control of electronic devices (eg cameras 20,22, displays 26, remote controls 28) is achieved by configuring them to abide by a behaviour template 12,14,18. The behaviour template specifies a predetermined mode of operation defined by set of rules or sequence of operation, such that when a device operates according to the template, it functions in a manner that allows improved ease of use and/or efficiency for a particular purpose. An exemplary embodiment provides a behaviour template for a video camera to enable the user to capture specific scenes of a wedding ceremony efficiently, by ensuring that the user is prompted with specific advice and usage hints during scene capture. New behaviour templates may be created or existing ones edited using a template editor. Alternatively, new behaviour templates may be downloaded from a server via a computer network 38.
Patent GB-2408592-A (GB)
Title: Household energy management system
Inventor: OSWALD JAMES IAN
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: A household energy management system uses measurements of the household electricity supply 4 to identify and to determine the energy consumption of individual household appliances. From these measurements, models can be built of the behaviour of the occupants of the house, the thermal properties of the house and the efficiency of the appliances. Using the models, the household appliances - in particular heating and cooling appliances - can be controlled to optimize energy efficiency; and maintenance programmes for the appliances and for the house itself can be recommended to the householder or arranged with a service company.
Patent GB-2403325-A (GB)
Title: Verification of cheque data
Inventor: HILTON DAVID
IPC: G07D7/00
Filed: 2004-03-31
Abstract: A method of processing a document, the document containing information in human readable and machine readable formats, the method comprising scanning the document, interpreting the information in both formats, and assessing the probability that any mismatch between the two interpreted pieces of information are due to printing/scanning/reading errors and not actual differences between the two pieces of information. The document is preferable a cheque. The information is preferably encoded for the machine readable format.
Patent GB-2401383-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for orienting perforating devices
Inventor: PARROTT ROBERT A
IPC: E21B17/05
Filed: 2004-04-22
Abstract: A perforating gun string is weighted eccentrically to position shaped perforating charges 10 in a desired orientation. Material may be added, removed or components located off-axis in order to achieve bias. The loading tube 12 may comprise many articulated segments coupled together (figure 20) to allow the gun string to bend, which alters the amount of torque required to cause rotation. The magnitude of this effect is determined by empirical measurements (figure 23) prior to deployment, allowing the bias to be adjusted to reflect the expected degree of bending. Also disclosed is a method of mapping downhole components using a work string with detectors and a gyroscope. The components may be seeded with radioactive material to aid detection. In further inventions, a connector (figures 24-32) having interengaging tapered keys and a lock ring secures adjacent tools in a fixed relative orientation and a confirmation device (figures 42-51b) records the orientation of the gun. Further disclosed is an adapter (figures 34-37), equipped with wheels or rollers, fitted between the gun string and the tool string, the adapter having a cage or housing to allow independent rotation of the gun string.
Patent GB-2401665-A (GB)
Title: A method for generating electrical power
Inventor: ALCOCK JOHN
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2004-05-10
Abstract: A method for generating electrical power from a depleted off-shore oil or gas well connected to a pipeline extending between at one end an off-shore oil or gas rig and at the other end the shore, comprises causing an elongate electrical conducting means, such as a cable,to extend between the ends of the pipeline, connecting the electrical conducting means to oil or gas powered electrical generation means located at the rig end of the pipeline and causing the oil or gas to be fed to the electrical generation means to power the generation means and generate electrical energy for supply to the electrical conducting means. The cable may be pulled into the pipeline using a pig or pushed into the pipeline using caterpillar tensioners.
Patent GB-2414008-A (GB)
Title: Lifting fork control mechanism
Inventor: BLADES JOHN
IPC: B66F9/14
Filed: 2004-05-11
Abstract: An arrangement for supporting lifting hooks for a mechanical handling device is described. Forks (not shown) are hooked over a rail 42 and extend down to rest against a lower bar 40. For each fork 20, the hook is located between the plates 48 or the plates 54, which form two carriages 46A, 46B. These can slide along the rail 42, drawing the forks with them. Movement of the carriages 46A, 46B is coordinated by racks 62A, 62B which extend from respective carriages 46A, 46B and mesh with a pinion wheel 64. Thus, the forks can be maintained symmetrically disposed about the centre line of the lifting apparatus, thereby improving safety of operation.
Patent GB-2403826-A (GB)
Title: Voltage margin testing system for computer systems
Inventor: PERCER BENJAMIN THOMAS
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2004-06-16
Abstract: The present invention provides a voltage margin testing system incorporated in an electronic system [108], such as, a computer system (e.g., a server), having a plurality of components [114] for at least some of which voltage margin testing is required. A voltage margin testing of the invention can include a controller [56], such as a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), internal to the computer system and a digital voltage adjuster [110], e.g., a digital potentiometer, that is in communication with the controller [56]. The voltage adjuster [110] can effect generation of one or more test voltages, for example, by varying resistance in a feedback circuitry of a regulator whose output voltage is applied to system components, for application to the components in response to commands from the controller [56].
Patent GB-2400445-A (GB)
Title: Eddy current test circuit
Inventor: GOLDFINE NEIL J
IPC: G01L1/12
Filed: 2000-09-20
Abstract: An eddy current test circuit for measuring cracks, fatigue or stress in a specimen comprises a meandering primary winding having concentric circular substantially closed winding segments for imposing a spatially periodic magnetic field in the radial direction of at least two spatial wavelengths in a test substrate. At least one sensing element for sensing the response of the test substrate to the imposed magnetic field is included concentric with the winding segments.
Patent GB-2402692-A (GB)
Title: Downhole flow control device with ratchet mechanism
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JR JIMMIE ROBERT
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2000-10-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus utilised in conjunction with subterranean wells. The invention provides a flow control device (102), such as a variable choke, comprising a ratchet mechanism (106) operable in response to pressure applied thereto; and a member (104) incrementally displaceable by the ratchet mechanism (106) such as a J-slot, displacement of the member (104) progressively varying a flow areas through the flow control device.
Patent GB-2410062-A (GB)
Title: Compact air duct arrangement for i.c. engines
Inventor: SCHUEREN PETER
IPC: F02M25/07
Filed: 2004-10-07
Abstract: An internal combustion engine 1 with at least two cylinder banks 2, 3, in particular disposed in a V-shaped arrangement, has air ducts 41, 42 for supplying compressed air, eg from a pair of turbochargers, to respective intake pipes 21, 31 on the cylinder banks 2, 3. The air ducts 41, 42 twist, at least in the crossover region, and have a cross-sectional shape such that they sit in flat contact with one another. The air ducts 41, 42 may be integrally formed or may be separate components. The result is an internal combustion engine which requires less mounting space than conventional designs without incurring any power loss. The engine may have a charge air cooler.
Patent GB-2418981-A (GB)
Title: A canister used for a wick burning novelty lamp holder
Inventor: KEOGH PATRICK
IPC: F23D3/24
Filed: 2004-10-09
Abstract: A canister 2 is used for a wick burning novelty lamp holder. The canister is typically a beverage canister adapted to receive a candle or a flammable liquid, into which the wick (20 fig 24) is immersed. The canister has a cover 4 including a depression for receiving the candle, or alternatively the cover (19 fig 24) has a through-hole which carries the wick such that a lower portion of the wick extends into the canister. The canister may include a lip extending around a circumference of a top surface, the lip engaging with either a rim formed on the lid to provide a seal, or the lip may engage with a tea-light candle 5. Wax may be added to the canister to provide ballast and support for the can sides, or sand may be used in place of wax, or a combination of both sand and wax. The novelty lamp may comprise a kit of parts which includes several tea-light candles. The lamp holder is formed by removing the base from an alternative canister having a depression for receiving a candle, and subsequently fitting the base to the lamp canister in order to form a cover. Alternatively the lamp holder cover is formed by providing means to grip a tea-light candle using a disk of suitable material formed to include a lip (10 fig 17).
Patent GB-2422853-A (GB)
Title: Flooring elements; connecting device
Inventor: YANG FENG-LING
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2005-02-03
Abstract: A flooring element 10 includes a first connection part 11 on a first edge, and a second connection part 12 on a second, opposite edge. The first connection part 11 has a tongue 112, a cut-out 110 and a recess 111, and the second connection part has a tongue 124 to fit within cut-out 110, and upper and lower slits 121 and 122. The slit 122 in use receives an arm of a connector device 20, fixed at 24 as shown, and the upper slit 121 receives the end of L - shaped arm as shown, a wall 22 at the end of connector 20 being received in recess 111, the further flooring element being pivoted into place as shown. An optional seal 25 of rubber or ethylene vinyl acetate may be present as shown.
Patent GB-2411990-A (GB)
Title: Generating intermediate representations for program code conversion
Inventor: OWEN DANIEL
IPC: G06F9/40
Filed: 2003-11-13
Abstract: An improved architecture for a program code conversion apparatus and method for generating intermediate representations for program code conversion. The program code conversion apparatus determines which types of IR nodes to generate in an intermediate representation of subject code to be translated. Depending upon the particular subject and target computing environments involved in the conversion, the program code conversion apparatus utilizes either base nodes, complex nodes, polymorphic nodes, and architecture specific nodes, or some combination thereof, in generating the intermediate representation.
Patent GB-2426306-A (GB)
Title: Tapping tee with flexible spigot
Inventor: MUCKLE DEREK JOHN
IPC: F16L47/18
Filed: 2005-05-18
Abstract: A tapping tee 20 for a plastics pipeline 31 has a flexible spigot 26 to accommodate any misalignment between the mains pipe 31 and the service pipe 33. The flexible spigot 26 may also be longer than typical spigots (4, figure 2) so that additional lengths of pipe are not needed when the fitting is used as part of a gas main replacement (see figure 4). The fitting 20 is attached to the pipeline 31 by an electrofusion element, and the end of the spigot is connected to the service pipe by an electrofusion coupling 34. The spigot may have a terminal multi-reducer (adapter) 27 with a stepped form 28, 29, 30 that will allow different standard sizes of pipe to be connected. When the spigot is to be connected to larger pipes, the smaller diameter portions of the reducer can fit within the pipe bore, so there is no need to cut the reducer.
Patent GB-2416225-A (GB)
Title: Dynamically partitioning a storage device for mixed applications
Inventor: SWAN PAUL R
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: A storage apparatus has a first partition 102a and a second partition 102b. The first partition has (i) a first file system comprising a plurality of first clusters configured to store first data 104a-n to be accessed at a first rate which is faster than a first worst case data transfer rate, and (ii) a dedicated space 106a not used by the plurality of first clusters. The second partition occupies the dedicated space and has a second file system comprising a plurality of second clusters configured to store second data 108a-n to be accessed at a second rate which is faster than a second worst case data transfer rate. The second partition may further comprise a second dedicated space 106b occupied by a third partition 102n having a third file system. Preferably, the dedicated spaces 106a, 106b may be dynamically adjusted.
Patent GB-2414835-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for deriving benchmarks for trading instruments
Inventor: HOWORKA EDWARD R
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2003-12-29
Abstract: Benchmarks for the price of a financial instrument such as FX spot rate for a currency pair are calculated by an algorithm based on a previous benchmark and a market price. The market price is derived from a deal price and a quote price. The deal price is based on deals conducted since the last benchmark and the quote price is based on bids and offers entered since the last benchmark. For each of the deal and quote prices, a price, weight and scatter is calculated which is used to calculate a benchmark price, weight and scatter and a benchmark error.
Patent GB-2413012-A (GB)
Title: Isolation switch
Inventor: HOGLUND JUSTIN R
IPC: H01H31/16
Filed: 2003-09-10
Abstract: The moveable conductors 23 of a three-phase isolation switch are incorporated into an electrically insulative moulded shaft 19, thereby mechanically supporting them and isolating them from the metal axle of the shaft. Movable contacts 41, 45 on the ends of each movable conductor and angularly spaced by   a  degrees, where a is less than 180{ and is 90{ in the embodiment. A common fixed load contact 29 is located angularly between, and spaced   a  degrees from, both the fixed line 25 and ground 27 contacts so that the shaft is rotated only   a  degrees between a first, closed position, in which the movable conductors connect the fixed load contact 29 for each phase to the corresponding fixed line contact 25, and a second, grounded position, where the fixed load contact of each phase is connected by the movable conductor to the corresponding fixed ground contact 27.
Patent GB-2430097-A (GB)
Title: Locating a person in a building during an emergency
Inventor: MALIN JAMES JULIAN
IPC: G08B3/10
Filed: 2005-09-13
Abstract: A fire safety system is disclosed for locating a person to within a specific room in a building during an emergency. The system comprises RFID transmitter units placed in a watch or ID card carried by each person to be located, and each room or designated area of the building incorporates a RFID receiver such that signals received from each RFID transmitter may be communicated to a main control panel to provide an indication of the location of each person within the building. If no data is being received from a RFID receiver, the display may be arranged to indicate that a room has reached dangerously high temperature levels. The watch may be activated by skin contact using a transistor and the ID card may incorporate a tilt switch such that if watch or card is not worn by the person, no signal will be transmitted by the RFID transmitter.
Patent GB-2430670-A (GB)
Title: Method for preparing insulated particulate metals
Inventor: PANG YONG XIN
IPC: C01G49/00
Filed: 2005-09-30
Abstract: A method for preparing insulated particulate metal comprises providing a metal in particulate form, providing a reactive material in particulate form, and processing the particulate metal and the particulate reactive material in a manner such that the particulate reactive material reacts with the particulate metal to form a compound therewith capable of electrically insulating the particulate metal. The processing step may comprise mixing the particulate metal and the particulate reactive material and may comprise heating the particulate metal and the particulate reactive material. The metal may be iron or ferromagnetic, the reactive material may be dehydrated phosphoric acid, molybdic acid, tungstic acid or vanadic acid.
Patent GB-2432620-A (GB)
Title: Scaffolding ladder restraint with telescoping rail
Inventor: RILEY JOHN ISAAC
IPC: E06C7/48
Filed: 2005-11-24
Abstract: A ladder restraint which can be incorporated into or provide part of a safety rail for a scaffolding platform comprises an elongate hollow element (10) having a laterally extending branch (12) and detent means (14) mounted on the branch (12) at a location spaced apart from the hollow element (10) to define a bay in which an upper part of a ladder (not shown) may be supported with ladder uprights resting upon the branch (12) and confined between the detent (14) and the hollow element (10). A further elongate element (16) is slidably located within the first hollow element (10) and is extensible therefrom as required to close off access to the platform. Oppositely directed sets of location pegs (19, 29) may be provided so that the hollow element (10) may be mounted in either orientation with the lateral branch (12) still projecting outwardly of an associated platform.
Patent GB-2421834-A (GB)
Title: TFT array substrate and fabrication method thereof
Inventor: CHOI YOUNGSEOK
IPC: G02F1/1362
Filed: 2005-11-24
Abstract: A TFT array substrate is provided. The TFT array substrate includes: a gate electrode (106) connected to a gate line (102); a source electrode (108) connected to a data line (104) that crosses the gate line (102) and defines a pixel region; a drain electrode (110) facing the source electrode (108) with a channel between; a semiconductor layer (114) formed in the channel in between the source electrode (108) and the drain electrode (110); a pixel electrode (122) in the pixel region and contacting the drain electrode (110); a channel passivation layer (120) formed on the semiconductor layer (114); a gate pad (150) with a gate pad lower electrode (152) that extends from the gate line (102); and a data pad (160) having a data pad lower electrode (162) separated from the data line (104). The number of mask processes required in the fabrication process is reduced. If defects to the data line occur, corrosion to the data line, source and drain electrodes may be prevented.
Patent GB-2421143-A (GB)
Title: Detecting presence of main equipment and telephone terminals in a packet voice communications system
Inventor: KITAZAWA KENICHI
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2005-11-28
Abstract: A main equipment BT is used in a network telephone system including telephone terminals T21-T2j, T11-T1j, and the main equipment. The telephone terminals are connected to a communication network 1 to transmit voice packets. The main equipment connects the telephone terminals to one another through the communication network to cause the telephone terminals to communicate each other. The main equipment includes a communication unit and a detection unit. The communication unit transmits connection confirmation signals to the telephone terminals at different timings, respectively. The connection confirmation signals are defined by a communication protocol on the communication network. The connection confirmation signals are used to confirm connection between the telephone terminals and the main equipment. The detection unit detects presence of one telephone terminal when the one telephone terminal sends back a response signal in response to the transmission of the connection confirmation signals. May be used in a Voice over IP (VoIP) communications system operating according to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). In the SIP system, an OPTIONS message and response may be used to confirm connection.