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Patent GB-2591099-A (GB)
Title: Coating compositions
Inventor: MARLOWE MONCUR
IPC: C09D201/02
Filed: 2020-01-14
Abstract: A two-part curable coating formulation comprises (A) a first composition comprising an alkoxysilane-terminated polyester urethane prepolymer terminated by a group having the formula, -NHC(=O)N(Y)-L-Si(OR)3, wherein Y is hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, or -L-Si(OR)3, L is a hydrocarbylene group, and each R is independently selected to be alkyl and (B) a second composition comprising a silanol-terminated polysiloxane prepolymer obtainable by a sol-gel process of an alkoxysilane having the formula, Si(OR)3R, Si(OR)4, or (RO)3Si-(CH2)m-Si(OR)3, wherein m is 1-6. If Y is hydrocarbyl, it may be alkyl or aryl. L is preferably alkylene or arylene, such as methylene, ethylene, or propylene, and R typically has 1-10 carbon atoms, e.g. methyl or ethyl. Use of the formulation as a coating for a substrate is also disclosed, wherein the substrate is an aircraft, spacecraft, marine craft, or vehicle part, especially an aircraft window or windscreen. Thermal curing may be performed to provide a polyurethane-polysiloxane hybrid coating.
Patent GB-2584201-A (GB)
Title: Water retaining device and vertical electroplating device
Inventor: WALLACE CHAN
IPC: C25D21/00
Filed: 2019-08-19
Abstract: A water retaining device and a vertical electroplating device, comprising a fixing frame (2), a water blocking component (5), a gear set, a transmission shaft (4), a rotating component (3) and transmission guide rods (6); the fixing frame (2) is provided to be in rotary connection with a support plate (1) for supporting a circuit board, the water blocking component (5) is provided to block water, the gear set is connected with the water blocking component (5) and the support plate (1), and is provided to drive the water blocking component (5) and the support plate (1) to rotate synchronously, the transmission shaft (4) is connected with the gear set, and is provided to drive the gear set, the rotating component (3) is connected with the transmission shaft (4), and is provided to drive the transmission shaft (4) to rotate, and a plurality of transmission guide rods (6) are provided to toggle the rotating component (3) to rotate; and a first end of each transmission guide rod (6) is provided to be arranged on the support plate (1).
Patent GB-2591525-A (GB)
Title: Flexible Methods for Generation of GNSS Navigation Data
Inventor: JOHN W WILKINSON
IPC: G01S19/03
Filed: 2020-04-08
Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches simulating new satellite messages for a GNSS simulation, providing a configuration file and programming script file, neither of which is pre-compiled into GNSS simulation code, that specify format for a message for a satellite and message format combination not yet operational or not yet compiled into the GNSS simulation code. Included is reading and applying the configuration file and running a script from the programming script file to generate navigation data for simulating positioning messages during the GNSS simulation and using the navigation data for simulating positioning signals during the GNSS simulation and testing of a GNSS receiver against the satellite and message format combination. The disclosed technology also teaches determining message format and values to use when simulating position signals by combining field format and field data values from a combination of the configuration files, almanac, ephemeris and related data, and the programming script files.
Patent GB-2596340-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: MARK BROHAN
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 2020-06-26
Abstract: A central heating and hot water monitoring system monitors the performance of a fuel-fired central heating and hot water system and comprises a controller 151 which receives an indication of a parameter of the central heating and hot water system as a function of time. A communications interface 152 communicates data relating to the functioning of the system to a remote system 153 where the parameter is compared with an expected performance of the system. A fault in the system is determined from the comparison, an estimate of the likely fault is made and an alert provided. The alert may indicate a likely fault or a component required to fix the fault. The parameter received may be boiler inlet water or outlet water temperature, room temperature, system pressure, presence of gas, or heating and hot water schedule information. The expected performance may be based on historic performance of the central heating and hot water system over time. Central heating and hot water monitoring systems that detect the presence of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide are also claimed.
Patent GB-2597957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and to power tools
Inventor: SAMUEL REES
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 2020-08-11
Abstract: A power tool comprises a housing and a motor 2000, where the motor powers a drive shaft 2001, vacuum generator 2002 and motor cooling fan 2008. The suction generator has a first fluid flow in a first direction which substantially opposes the second fluid flow of the cooling fan in a second direction. The flows may exit the housing through a common exhaust. The vacuum generator and cooling fan may form a single fan unit, which could have a two-part housing. The fluid flow generator may comprise one or two discs 2003, 2009 which include vacuum generating vanes 2005 and cooling fluid flow generating blades 2010. The power tool may include integrated ducting with a debris collection passage, where dust generated by the tool is sucked up through an inlet and channelled to a collector. A method of assembling the vacuum generator within the power tool is also envisaged.
Patent GB-2594760-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic resonance fluid flow measurement device and method
Inventor: JAVIER CASTILLO
IPC: G01P5/24
Filed: 2020-10-01
Abstract: A method of operating an acoustic resonance fluid flow sensor 100. The method comprises emitting an acoustic stimulus signal from at least one transducer 140 comprising a plurality of frequencies into an acoustic resonance cavity 130 of the acoustic resonance fluid flow sensor, sensing an acoustic response signal (via transducer 141, 142, fig 1c) within the acoustic resonance cavity and deriving the phases or equivalent group delays of one or more frequency components of a frequency spectrum of the acoustic response signal.
Patent GB-2599920-A (GB)
Title: A selectively activatable downhole tool
Inventor: BRUCE MCGARIAN
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2020-10-14
Abstract: A tool comprising: a tool body having an elongate bore passing along at least a part of the length of the body; a secondary chamber within the tool body and positioned adjacent the bore; a flow port extending between the bore and the secondary chamber; a cover component positioned within the bore and moveable between at least two positions along the length of the bore; and a control arrangement connected to the cover component to control movement of the cover component within the bore, the control arrangement comprising a piston 6 which is moveable with respect to the tool body, and a guide component which is positioned adjacent the piston, one of the piston and the guide component having a track 13 formed therein, and the other of the piston and the guide component having a protruding element 32 which is received in the track, wherein: in a first position of the cover component, the cover component covers an entrance to the flow port, so that fluid flowing along the bore may not flow into the flow port; and in a second position of the cover component, the cover component does not cover the entrance to the flow port, so that fluid flowing along the bore may flow through the flow port and into the secondary chamber.
Patent GB-2586412-A (GB)
Title: Dual line hydraulic control system to operate multiple downhole valves
Inventor: LORENZZO BREDA MINASSA
IPC: F16K31/122
Filed: 2018-05-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a control valve. A primary line is pressurized according to an operating sequence to move a piston within a housing such that one of an open line port and a close line port is in fluid communication with a selected chamber of a first control chamber and a second control chamber of a plurality of chambers defined between the piston and the housing. A secondary line is pressurized to move hydraulic fluid through the selected chamber and through the one of the open line port and the close line port in fluid communication with the selected chamber to thereby control a state of a control valve. The primary line and the secondary line are pressurized simultaneously according to the operating sequence. The primary line is vented, while the secondary line remains pressurized, to reset a position of the piston within the housing.
Patent GB-2596615-A (GB)
Title: Method of integrating artificial intelligence systems to dynamically adjust wrap-up time
Inventor: NEIL O'CONNOR
IPC: H04M3/523
Filed: 2020-11-11
Abstract: The managing of a wrap-up time in a contact center is outlined. An agent of the contact center receives a communication having a variable associated with the communication. An input is received from a source external to the contact center. It is determined that the variable is related to the input and based on the relation of the variable to the input, an updated wrap-up time is determined. The updated wrap-up time and the input are stored in a database including timing variables. A machine learning process is enabled to analyse the database. The updated wrap-up time is provided to the agent as an amount of time rendered on a display to the agent, and a data model which is used to automatically determine wrap-up times based on the analysis of the machine learning process is updated.
Patent GB-2591013-A (GB)
Title: Dart collection tool
Inventor: KAZUNORI SUZUKI
IPC: A63B65/02
Filed: 2019-06-28
Abstract: Darts are easily collected from a dartboard even from a relatively low position in relation to the dartboard. A dart collection tool for collecting darts from a dartboard comprises: a pair of first gap formation parts that form a first gap extended in the vertical direction so as to be able to receive the tip of a dart from above in the first gap, with which the passage of the barrel of the dart can be prevented; a pair of second gap formation parts that form a second gap extended in the vertical direction so as to be able to receive the tip of the dart from above in the second gap, which is wider than the first gap; a bottom part that forms the bottom end of the second gap; and a handle part extended downward from the bottom part. The first gap and the second gap are configured so as to be able to receive a dart stuck into the dartboard, and are configured so as to be able to stack and hold a plurality of darts.
Patent GB-2588364-A (GB)
Title: Method for recycling zinc by comprehensively utilizing steelmaking dust
Inventor: RUN HUANG
IPC: C22B19/30
Filed: 2019-01-11
Abstract: A method for recycling zinc by comprehensively utilizing steelmaking dust. Steelmaking dust is mixed with a reducing agent and an additive and is pressed into pellets, the pellets are fed into a vacuum carbon tube furnace to perform vacuum roasting to obtain a gaseous elemental zinc volatile matter, the gaseous elemental zinc volatile matter passes through a condensation collector to be condensed to a solid, and the solid is obtained as a high-purity zinc ingot. The method promotes the reduction of zinc in the steelmaking dust and implements recycling utilization of the steelmaking dust, so that the high-quality zinc ingot is obtained, energy consumption during the control of vacuum condition in the steelmaking dust treatment process is reduced, the process is simple, and the operation is simple and convenient.
Patent GB-2596397-A (GB)
Title: Processing of swarf
Inventor: HOWARD JAMES PRICE
IPC: B30B9/32
Filed: 2021-04-27
Abstract: A method of processing swarf S comprising a first metal includes the following steps. 1. providing a canister 100 with a gas inlet/outlet 110 and defining a volume V to receive the swarf. 2. receiving the swarf in the volume and filling, at least in part, the canister. 3. evacuating gas G from the filled canister, via the gas inlet/outlet. 4. pre-heating the evacuated canister to remove, at least in part, solvents and/or volatiles from the swarf. 5. consolidating the pre-heated canister by compressing the pre-heated canister in one dimension to an engineering compressive strain in a range from 40% to 95%, calculated based on initial dimensions of the canister. 6. heating the consolidated canister to an Mth temperature of a set of temperatures, the Mth temperature in a range from 0.4 Tm to 0.8 Tm, wherein Tm is the melting point of the first metal. 7. consolidating the heated canister for an Nth duration of a set of durations, by compressing the heated canister in one dimension and forming a briquette B. Consolidating the heated canister comprises, at least in part, diffusion bonding the swarf.
Patent GB-2593618-A (GB)
Title: A shape-memory alloy actuator
Inventor: ANTHONY HOOLEY
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2019-11-29
Abstract: A shape-memory alloy actuator comprises a stator body; a shuttle, the stator body configured to receive the shuttle, the shuttle configured to move relative to the stator body; a movement and locking mechanism connecting between the stator body and shuttle configured to engage with the shuttle to move the shuttle relative to the stator body; the movement and locking mechanism comprising first and second movement portions configured to engage and disengage from the shuttle, the first movement portion biased away from engagement with the shuttle, the second movement portion biased into engagement with the shuttle, and an SMA element actuator configured so that actuation causes the first movement portion to engage with the shuttle to move the shuttle a part-step in a first direction, the shuttle and second movement portion configured so that de-actuation of the SMA element actuator causes the shuttle to move the remainder of the step.
Patent GB-2613619-A (GB)
Title: Projector
Inventor: KHALIL ARAFAT
IPC: G03B21/14
Filed: 2021-12-09
Abstract: A projector 2 has an output unit 4 for delivering visual or audio-visual content. The projector also has at least one movement sensor 24 or audio sensor 22 and a controller 20 in communication with the output unit and the at least one sensor. The controller adjusts an output level of the output unit based on a signal from the at least one sensor. The controller may reduce or increase the output level based on the signal. The controller may also change the content delivered by the output unit in response to the signal, as well as adjusting the output level. The controller may categorise different signals from the at least one sensor, indicative of different circumstances, into different categories and to react to different signals according to the category assigned to them. The controller may categorise some signals as being indicative of a person sleeping. A projector 2 generates light output or sound and light output 4. The projector automatically changes the amount of sound and/or light output in response to feedback from one or more sensors 22,24. The projector automatically reduces the amount of sound and/or light output progressively over a duration determined by an internal clock.
Patent GB-2603635-A (GB)
Title: Social crowdsourced parlay gaming system and method
Inventor: TANYA SEIDEL
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2021-12-17
Abstract: A method for creating a crowdfunded parlay bet, the method including receiving from a client device of a first user a request to create a parlay bet; determining whether the first client device is located in a location in which sports gambling is legal; receiving from the first client device a first bet of the parlay bet; determining whether a client device of a second user is located in a location in which sports gambling is legal and receiving from the second client device a second bet of the parlay bet. The method continually determines that the first and second client device are in a valid location until a predetermined number of bets have been added to the parlay. The method on receiving an outcome of the live sporting events determines an outcome of the individual bets, transmitting information associated with said outcomes to the client devices and determining a result of the individual bets and awarding a share of the parlay pay-out based on the result of the individual bets. The parlay may be private or open to the public. The cost of the parlay ticket may be covered by users whose bets lose.
Patent GB-2614706-A (GB)
Title: Cushion pad
Inventor: HERMAN CHIANG
IPC: A63B33/00
Filed: 2022-01-05
Abstract: A cushion pad 1 assembled on a frame of a swimming goggles is disclosed. The pad 1 includes a connecting portion 12 that has an inner peripheral surface 111 and outer peripheral surface 112, and a face-attaching portion 12 that is connected to the connecting portion and has an outer ring surface 121 and an inner ring surface 122. A plurality of independent buffering bodies 3 are provided between the outer peripheral surface 112 of the connecting portion 11 and the outer ring surface 121 of the face attaching portion 12, and each of the buffering bodies 3 is jointly composed of a first supporting member 31, a second supporting member 32 and a joint 33 at an intersection of the first supporting member 31 and the second supporting member 32. The supporting members 3 can be arranged in either a V-shaped or hexagonal shape. They may be made from TRP or silicone. The support members 3 are designed to reduce pressure around the eye socket so to ensure blood flow is not impeded and to provide a more comfortable watertight seal.
Patent GB-2615300-A (GB)
Title: Strap adjustment mechanism
Inventor: THOMAS FREDERICK OSMAN
IPC: A63B33/00
Filed: 2022-01-26
Abstract: A strap adjustment mechanism 10 for eyewear that includes a strap 14 for securing the Eyewear 12 to a user’s head, the adjustment mechanism 10 comprising a body 15 having an elongate shaft 16 about which a head strap 14 can extend, the elongate extension of the shaft 16 defining a longitudinal direction; a pawl 20 comprising a mounting portion 21 that movably mounts the pawl 20 to the body 15 and a cam surface 27 facing the body 15, the pawl 20 extending in a lateral direction towards the shaft 16 from the mounting portion 21 to a free end, an engagement member 25 moveable between the pawl 20 and the body 15, the engagement member 25 and cam surface 27 of the pawl 20 configured to cooperate such that lateral movement of the engagement member 25 moves the free end of the pawl 20 between an engaged position in which the free end is able to engage a strap 14 when extending about the shaft 16; and a disengaged position in which the free end is lifted away from the shaft 16 so as to be disengaged from a strap 14 when extending about the shaft 16.
Patent GB-2601659-A (GB)
Title: Golf club heads with golf coupling mechanisms
Inventor: EVAN GREER
IPC: A63B53/06
Filed: 2020-07-31
Abstract: Embodiments of golf coupling mechanisms for joining golf club heads and shafts are described herein. The golf coupling mechanism allows for adjustment of a club head loft angle, a club head lie angle, and a golf club shaft length while utilizing one club head and one shaft. In a fully extended configuration, the golf coupling mechanism includes a shaft sleeve, a removable spacer, and a removable extender, wherein a fastening assembly secures the golf coupling mechanism to the golf club head. In a contracted configuration, the golf coupling mechanism includes the shaft sleeve. The golf coupling mechanism further includes a shaft cap to soften the interaction between the shaft and the golf coupling mechanism. The golf coupling mechanism further comprises one or more arcuate coupler sets to frictionally lock the shaft relative to the golf club head.
Patent GB-2615817-A (GB)
Title: A method for acoustic control of particles
Inventor: Luke Cox
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2022-02-21
Abstract: Method for acoustic control of particles in a space comprising selectively creating different acoustic force fields to obtain a desired state of the particles by changing the phase, frequency and/or amplitude if the acoustic waves to move at least a portion of the particles. The method comprises at least two steps from: a) creating a low force impulse mode where low force impulses are exerted on the particles and the acoustic force field is effectively the sum of the force fields; b) creating a high force impulse mode where high force impulses are exerted so the particles reach the equilibrium point of the force field before the next force field is applied; c) creating an intermediate force impulse mode where the particles move further than the low impulse mode but do not reach the equilibrium point. Also provided are an apparatus for performing the method and a calibration method.
Patent GB-2620133-A (GB)
Title: Power tool guide and power tool guide assembly
Inventor: VACLAV KVAPIL
IPC: B27B9/04
Filed: 2022-06-28
Abstract: A power tool guide comprises an elongate body 104 having workpiece and power tool sides engaging a workpiece and power tool respectively, and at least one elongate rail 200 mounted on the power tool side, the at least one rail engaging a reciprocal channel in the power tool and limiting lateral movement of the power tool in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body. The at least one rail comprises a second width w2 at a first position at a first longitudinal end of the body and a first width w1 at a second position remote from the first longitudinal end of the body. This means that when the guide is connected to another guide and both guides 102 are slightly offset, the tool can still freely slide along the rail 200, as the offset and the second rail width w2 is likely to be smaller than the first rail width w1 thus compensating for any offset between guides.
Patent GB-2617632-A (GB)
Title: A steering column assembly for a vehicle
Inventor: TIMOTHY BUTTERY
IPC: B62D5/04
Filed: 2022-07-20
Abstract: A steering column assembly for a vehicle includes an elongate steering column 14 rotatable about its longitudinal axis 16 to which a steering wheel 18 is attachable at one end. A first gear 24 is connected to steering column 14 away from steering wheel 18 and rotates with the steering column. First and second motors 28, 30 are provided, each having an output shaft 32, 34 connected to and rotatable with respective worm screws 46, 48 which are engaged with first gear 24, with control means to operate each motor. Motor position sensor means sense the rotational position of output shafts 32, 34, with each sensor means having a sensor 58, 60 for detecting a target fixed to a respective output shaft on the opposite side of its worm screw from its motor. Each control means includes a substantially planar circuit board (66, 68, Figure 1) with one or more electrical and/or electronic components, with the plane of each circuit board inclined to longitudinal axis 16.