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Patent GB-2553554-A (GB)
Title: Water conditioning apparatus
Inventor: STUART MICHAEL GIZZI
IPC: F16L58/00
Filed: 2016-09-08
Abstract: A water conditioning apparatus 10 for a water supply comprises a turbulence arrangement 14 for creating turbulence in water flowing through the apparatus, and a field generating arrangement 20 for generating an electrical field in the apparatus. The field generating arrangement is powered by the flow of water through the apparatus. Preferably, the field generating arrangement includes a turbine 30. The field generating arrangement may be arranged in parallel or in series with the turbulence arrangement. Preferably, respective electrical connections 32 are provided from the field generating arrangement to the turbulence arrangement. Each of the electrical connections may be provided towards a respective opposite end of the turbulence arrangement. The apparatus may include fixings 12 at opposite ends to permit connection with a water supply. Preferably the apparatus further comprises a flow limiter 28, which may be located upstream of the turbulence arrangement. The turbulence arrangement can include formations that define a convoluted path for water flowing through the apparatus. The apparatus can reduce calcium carbonate scaling.
Patent GB-2557283-A (GB)
Title: Microgrid for Use in a Built Environment and Associated Apparatuses and Methods of Operating the Same
Inventor: XIONGWEI LIU
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2016-12-04
Abstract: Microgrid for use in a built environment, which comprises a DC bus with renewable power generators 7 and energy storage devices connected to and an AC bus 2 connected to a mains power supply that supplying a plurality of AC loads 6 of the built environment, and associated apparatuses, the microgrid comprising at least one controllable DC load with a specific DC load controller configured to connect to the DC bus, at least one bidirectional DC/AC converter 30 configured to couple the DC bus and the AC bus, and a central control system. The specific DC load controller may be an electric heater controller for use with an electric heater, an immersion heater controller for an immersion heater, a heat pump controller for a heat pump or a smart electric vehicle charger for the batteries of an electric vehicle. The bidirectional DC/AC converter is configured to perform active compensation of reactive power under both inverting operation mode and rectifying operation mode. The central control system is configured to control the voltage on the DC bus by controlling the power flowing to the controllable DC load through the specific DC load controller.
Patent GB-2557309-A (GB)
Title: An item of clothing
Inventor: JAYNE ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS
IPC: A41D15/00
Filed: 2016-12-06
Abstract: A multi-piece garment comprising at least a first bra or upper bikini portion 39 and a second torso covering portion 38. The first and second covering portions are connectable using a fastening means 5, 7 arranged to extend along the lower edge of the first covering portion. The fastening means is disposed so as to be hidden from view when the second portion has been removed. In preferred embodiments, the first covering portion is secured to the user using elastomeric ties. In further embodiments, the fastening means connecting first and second covering portions comprises a zipper and may be hidden by a flap 20. A divisible seam (48, figure 7) with temporary fastening means (84, figure 7) may be provided at the rear of the second covering portion.
Patent GB-2542092-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical composition comprising docetaxel
Inventor: XINQ TENG
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 2015-07-14
Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising docetaxel, consisting of docetaxel and a polyethylene glycol methyl ether-polylactide block copolymer having amino acid end groups. A triblock copolymer with a lower toxicity is used as the carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is free of other additives apart from the pharmaceutical active ingredients and the carrier, and the composition thereof is more simple and is safer, wherein the content of docetaxel can be up to 20%. Micelles formed with the polyethylene glycol methyl ether-polylactide block copolymer having amino acid end groups and docetaxel have a relatively small particle size and high stability, and no other auxiliary ingredients are added into the preparation, resulting in a higher safety. The preparation process is simple and easy to apply industrially.
Patent GB-2558958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to solar shading
Inventor: PETER BRAYBROOK
IPC: E06B9/24
Filed: 2017-01-24
Abstract: The bracket mounting device 10 comprises a fibre-reinforced plastics mounting body 22, 24 for forming a thermal break to inhibit thermal conduction between an exterior solar shading structure and a building element, such as a mullion of a curtain wall, to which it is attached, a plurality of mullion-engagement apertures 14 extending through the mounting body for receiving fixings, such as mullion fasteners 26, a plurality of bracket-plate apertures 16 extending through the mounting body transversely of the mullion-engagement apertures 14 and spaced therefrom to maintain the thermal break, a pair of opposing bracket-engagement plates 18 attachable to the mounting body via the bracket-plate apertures, each bracket-engagement plate having at least one bracket-engagement aperture 20 for engaging an exterior-solar-shading bracket mounting member 36. The bracket may also include an insulating sheath 40 or packers (140, Fig. 4). Also claimed is a bracket having a mounting body integrally formed with a solar-shading bracket receiver (see Fig. 8).
Patent GB-2551034-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust system
Inventor: GAVIN BROWN
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: An exhaust system 2 comprising a lean NOx trap 4 and a wall flow monolithic substrate having a pre-coated porosity of ≥ 40% and a NOx storage and reduction zoneg thereon, comprising a PGM on a first support, the first support comprising one or more alkaline earth metal compounds, a mixed magnesium / aluminium oxide, cerium oxide, and at least one base metal oxide selected from oxides of copper, manganese, iron or zinc. The mixed Mg/Al oxide may be Mg doped alumina or a magnesium aluminate spinel. The alkaline earth metal compound may be an oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or carboxylate of barium, strontium, calcium or magnesium. The PGM may be a mixture of platinum and palladium, and may be present in a Pt:Pd weight ratio in the range 2:1 to 8:1. Further aspects relate to a catalytic wall flow monolithic substrate and a method of making the catalysed monolithic wall flow substrate, a method of treating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, a compression ignition engine fitted with the exhaust system and a vehicle.
Patent GB-2563577-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for selection and characterisation of genetically transformed cells
Inventor: RICHARD JOHN HAMMOND
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 2017-06-14
Abstract: A genetic material testing system in which a sequence of droplets is formed.The droplet formation is controlled to form droplets that comprise, onaverage, no more than N biological cells per droplet wherein the ratio of un­transformed biological cells to transformed biological cells in the droplet is approximately N:1. Sample of cells from each colony grown in a droplet are deposited onto a substrate comprising a material that is capable of supportingcell growth, in an organised manner, to form a predetermined pattern ofsamples wherein each position of the predetermined pattern is traceable back to a corresponding colony from which the cells at that position originated.
Patent GB-2563608-A (GB)
Title: An identity card holder and system
Inventor: CRAIG SWALLOW
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: An identity card holder 100 comprises: a processor 110; a memory 120; a physical interface 130 configured to hold an identity card 10; a first electronic interface 140 for performing long-range communications with a remote server (400); and a second electronic interface 150 for receiving information from an identity card proximal to the identity card holder. The second electronic interface could employ RFID or NFC methods. The memory of card holder could contain a database for storing identity codes for registered users and could check a code received via the second interface against a stored code. The card holder could also comprise a geolocation module. Independent claims ae also included for a server having an interface for long-range communications, and a method of operating an identity card system. The card holder enables different card users to use the same holder and to be authenticated.
Patent GB-2558804-A (GB)
Title: Vaporization device systems and methods
Inventor: Ariel Atkins
IPC: H05B3/44
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A detachable cartridge 30 comprising a fluid storage compartment 32 configured to contain a liquid vaporizable material, a heater 36 affixed to a first end of the detachable cartridge and a mouthpiece 31 affixed to a second end of the detachable cartridge where the detachable cartridge forms a separable coupling when the detachable cartridge is inserted into a cartridge receptacle, wherein the separable coupling comprises one of a friction assembly and a snap-fit assembly. Preferably the heater comprises a heater chamber, a pair of heater contacts, a fluid wick that is suspended between the pair of heater contacts and a resistive heating element in contact with the wick and suspended between the pair of heater contacts. Ideally the heater is affixed to the first end of the detachable cartridge with at least one first snap-fit coupling and the mouthpiece is affixed to the second end of the detachable cartridge with at least one second snap-fit coupling. Also claimed is a device for generating an inhalable aerosol comprising a device body comprising a cartridge receptacle and the detachable cartridge, and a method of manufacturing the device
Patent GB-2575248-A (GB)
Title: A banknote acceptor feeder device
Inventor: YATES JACK
IPC: G07D11/00
Filed: 2018-06-28
Abstract: A banknote feeder device operates in conjunction with a banknote acceptor apparatus (2 fig. 1) and comprises a banknote transport mechanism operable to transport a banknote from a banknote input aperture or input chamber 24 to a banknote output aperture or communication aperture 30, the banknote transport mechanism comprising a linear succession of spaced-apart pairs of transport wheels 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, each transport wheel 22 extending at least partially through a banknote transport conduit surface 23 into an interior cavity of a banknote transport conduit or input pathway 20. Transport wheels 22 may be mounted eccentrically on axles 22’. A protrusion 26 and resiliently biased guide members 27 may be provided in the input pathway 20 and may form a pinch point proximal to the banknote output aperture 30. Also proximal to the banknote output aperture 30, a truncated feed wheel 36 with a pair of opposed flat faces (36’ fig 9) may oppose a resiliently biased input/output feed wheel 32.
Patent GB-2563515-A (GB)
Title: Stator, electric motor, air blower, electric cleaner and method for attaching hall-effect sensor
Inventor: NAOHIRO OKETANI
IPC: H02K29/08
Filed: 2016-04-08
Abstract: This stator is provided with: a first yoke part extending in a circumferential direction the center of which is the axis of the stator; a first divided core having a first tooth that extends from the first yoke part toward the axis and that has a leading end at a side opposite to the first yoke part; a second yoke part extending in the circumferential direction; a second divided core having a second tooth that extends from the second yoke part toward the axis and that has a leading end at a side opposite to the second yoke part; a first insulator which is disposed so as to surround the first tooth and which has a first holding part between the leading end of the first tooth and the leading end of the second tooth; a second insulator which is disposed so as to surround the second tooth and which has a second holding part between the leading end of the first tooth and the leading end of the second tooth; and a Hall-effect sensor held between the first holding part and the second holding part.
Patent GB-2566602-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system
Inventor: YUYING YAN
IPC: H01L37/00
Filed: 2018-07-30
Abstract: A thermoelectric cooling system 100 comprises a radiative cooling panel 200 for receiving radiant heat, a thermoelectric heat pump 300 for drawing the radiant heat from the radiant cooling panel, and a heat exchanger 400 for transporting heat away from the thermoelectric heat pump. The radiative cooling panel comprises a hydrophobic layer or coating 203. The hydrophobic coating may comprise a first section having a first hydrophobicity, and a second section having a second hydrophobicity, the first hydrophobicity being lower than the second hydrophobicity, and the second section being arranged to direct water towards the first section. A block or brick (500, Fig.2A) for a wall comprises a frame (501, Fig 2A) defining a cavity (502, Fig.2A) and the thermoelectric cooling system located in the cavity. A plurality of the blocks may be stacked to form a cooling wall. A heat exchanger (4000, Fig.5b) for transferring heat from a system has a heat exchanger fluid which absorbs heat directly and indirectly from the system. The heat exchanger may comprise one or more fluid channels (4004, Fig.5b) and a plurality of fins (4001, Fig.5b) defining the fluid channel(s) between respective adjacent fins.
Patent GB-2562975-A (GB)
Title: Subterranean formation fault prediction system
Inventor: JESSE MATHIAS LOMASK
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for predicting a location of a fault in an area of interest of a subterranean formation by automatically determining a minimum-energy path between fault points received from a user and positioned on a seismic image of the area of interest. The seismic image of the area of interest may include fault indicators corresponding to potential faults. In some aspects, the minimum-energy path may be determined by tracing a path from one of the two fault points to the other fault points using segments of the fault indicators identified as requiring the least amount of energy to traverse a path between the selected fault points.
Patent GB-2564295-A (GB)
Title: Chromium containing compositions for improving health and fitness
Inventor: JAMES KOMOROWSKI
IPC: A61K38/01
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: Administration of certain chromium complexes in combination with a starch provide unexpected benefits regarding increasing amino acid absorption, protein synthesis, exercise tolerance, lean muscle mass, skeletal muscle hypertrophy, muscle power, muscle endurance, muscle strength, FSR, and decreasing delayed onset muscle soreness, muscle protein breakdown, and fat mass.
Patent GB-2572462-A (GB)
Title: Integrating pressure sensitive sensors with light emitting picture elements
Inventor: AFENTAKIS THEMISTOKLIS
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2018-09-12
Abstract: A display device 101 with integrated touch-sensing devices 102. The device comprises light-emitting picture elements 111 to 120, surrounded by a black-matrix 122 of non-light-emitting regions. Also included is pressure-sensitive sensor elements 131 to 139, arranged in a sensor-matrix. Said sensor-matrix of pressure-sensitive sensor elements is located at regions of the black matrix, and the sensor elements and the conductors between said elements are aligned at positions over said black‑matrix such that they do not occlude said picture elements. The picture elements may have a first definition and the sensing-matrix may have a second definition, where the second definition is lower than the first definition. The device may include an integer number of picture elements in a two-dimensional array, associated with each individual sensor element.
Patent GB-2578296-A (GB)
Title: Materials and structures exhibiting Zero Poisson's Ratio
Inventor: IMAN DAYYANI
IPC: B64C3/26
Filed: 2018-10-19
Abstract: A material for exhibiting Zero Poisson’s Ratio (ZPR), e.g. for use as a morphing material in an aircraft skin. The material has a tessellated cellular structure where each cell has a substantially fish shape. Tessellations can be arranged in columns in the same direction or opposite directions, preferably with connectors therebetween. The fish shape may be formed from a combination of polygons, concave polygons and convex polygons.
Patent GB-2579380-A (GB)
Title: Internal structure of a robotic surgical instrument
Inventor: SIMON RODERICK GROVER
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument has a shaft, an end effector 701, and an articulation connecting the end effector to a distal end of the shaft. Pairs of driving elements A,B, such as cables, run through the shaft to operate joints in the articulation. At least one additional element E1, such as a power cable or fibre-optic conduit, extends through the shaft to the end effector via the articulation. Both the driving elements and the additional element(s) pass through holes in a resilient barrier 706 inside the distal end of the shaft, the resilient barrier being in resilient contact with the additional element(s) so as to provide an opposing force to movement of the additional element(s) to take up slack. The barrier may be sealed to the interior wall of the shaft to inhibit the passage of insufflation gas.
Patent GB-2582259-A (GB)
Title: Ventilation fixture
Inventor: BOB WARD
IPC: F24F13/24
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A ventilation fixture has a main housing 2 with a cavity and a cap 30 coupled to the housing and can be moved away from and towards the cavity to open and close a gap between the main housing and an outer edge of the cap. Either the cap or the housing includes a rim around an edge thereof and comprising one or more cut out portions (38, fig 7) to reduce air speed as air flows through the gap and into the cavity. The rim can be located on the outer edge of the cap and can be supported by a plurality of fins (32, fig 7) extending from the rim to the centre of the cap. The cap can be adjustable by means of a bolt and thread arrangement 28. The main housing might include illumination. The cap may be supported by a cage-like structure 24 that can be held in place by magnets.
Patent GB-2584441-A (GB)
Title: Medical uses, methods and uses
Inventor: Janne Lehtiö
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 2019-06-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent, and method of using said agent, for treating cancer in a patient, wherein the cancer is characterised in that it has wild type Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) activity and it comprises reduced and/or absent CDKN2A activity. The agent used is a compound which inhibits an RTK, preferably an inhibitor of one or more RTKs of the ERbB receptor family such as EGFR, ErbB-2, ErbB-3 and ErbB-4. Additionally, the agent may be administered with one or more additional anti-cancer therapies. Preferably, the additional anti-cancer therapy comprises an inhibitor of BCL-XL. Exemplified is the combination of either gefitinib or lapatinib with either A11554638 or A13318525 in treating lung cancer. Also claimed are methods of predicting patient response to treatment, methods of identifying a patient with cancer in need of treatment and kits comprising the means to detect the activity or mutational status of several genes in a cancer cell sample.
Patent GB-2588077-A (GB)
Title: Binary gated photovoltaics
Inventor: YVAN-PIERRE BATINIC
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2019-07-09
Abstract: An apparatus comprising a photovoltaic (PV) cell 30-36, and an arrangement which switches the cell between a state where it produces electrical output and a state where it does not, in response to a digital binary control signal so that the cell produces a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) electrical output (figure 5). The switching system may be a liquid crystal shutter panel, which can be switched between transparent and opaque states by the control signal, allowing or blocking light reaching the PV cell. The PV cell may be a field-effect cell with switching achieved by subjecting a semiconductor layer to an electric field such that the cell produces output only when the field is present. The control signal may be at a frequency of 0.5kHz and may comprise a clock signal 9. Passive filtering 15 may be included. The signal may be synchronised with a grid-line frequency of electrical grid 13 to which the apparatus provides electricity. Independent claims are made to methods of producing PWM electrical output and producing sine-quantised modulated electrical output by switching a PV cell between productive and non-productive states. The objective is to produce modulated power directly from a photovoltaic cell, removing the need for an inverter to produce alternating current.
Patent GB-2589079-A (GB)
Title: Bracket for supporting formwork; formwork; and system
Inventor: MARTIN CAREY
IPC: E04G17/14
Filed: 2019-11-07
Abstract: The bracket 100 for supporting formwork comprises a formation, such as a lug 102, for engaging with a corresponding formation on a formwork. The bracket can comprise a first bracket member 102, a second bracket member 103 and a brace 106 extending between the two. The brace is extendable and thereby allows alteration of an angle between the first bracket member and the second bracket member. The bracket members may have L shaped cross sections. The bracket may include an engagement feature which is movable relative to the second bracket member to adjust the height of the engagement member.
Patent GB-2590651-A (GB)
Title: Combining of spatial audio parameters
Inventor: MIKKO-VILLE ILARI LAITINEN
IPC: G10L19/008
Filed: 2019-12-23
Abstract: A spatial audio system determines first and second spatial audio parameters for an audio sub-band (eg. two different direction vectors 108 each comprising an azimuth and an elevation component, or two different spread coherence values 112) and combines them into a single parameter (eg. a single direction vector, weighted according to the direct-to-total energy ratios 110, or a single spread coherence value). Either the combined value or the two separate values are then selected for encoding and transmission according to an importance factor, eg. the difference between the length of the combined vector and the sum of the separate direct-to-total energy ratios r1 + r2 (see p. 34). Table 1 shows different metadata parameters.
Patent GB-2590977-A (GB)
Title: Lockable adapter assembly
Inventor: JOSEPH COWAN
IPC: A61M39/12
Filed: 2020-01-13
Abstract: An adapter assembly 20 for connecting a fluid source such as an enteral fluid source to a conduit 34, comprising an adapter with a fluid conduit. The adapter has a proximal end with a first connector to attach to the fluid source and a locking member to irreversibly couple with the fluid source as the adaptor is connected. The adapter further comprises a distal end 28 with a threaded connector for screwing to the conduit, and a removable cap 30 with thread 36 to screw onto the threaded portion. The first connector may also provide a threaded connector. The locking feature may form part of an anti-tamper mechanism such as a tamper-evident ring. The locking member may be one or more deflectable elements arranged around the adapter. The cap may be tethered to the adapter. A method of coupling an enteral fluid source to an enteral feed tube.