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Patent GB-2446750-A (GB)
Title: Metal layer over a patterned dielectric by wet chemical deposition including anelectroless and a powered phase
Inventor: PREUSSE AXEL
IPC: H01L21/288
Filed: 2006-12-13
Abstract: By performing an electroless deposition and an electro deposition process in situ, highly reliable metallizations may be provided, wherein limitations with respect to contaminations and device scaling, encountered by conventional chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniques for the formation of seed layers may be overcome. In some embodiments, a barrier layer is also deposited on the basis of a wet chemical deposition process.
Patent GB-2450041-A (GB)
Title: Pon system and terminal operation registering method
Inventor: MURATA HIROSHI
IPC: H04L12/44
Filed: 2007-02-19
Abstract: A PON system in which uplink communication from terminals (2-4) connected to station device (1) through optical fibers (5, 7-9) at transmission rates (L, M, H). An unregistered terminal performs discovery response at a transmission rate (L) during a discovery period to allow the station device (1) to detect the unregistered terminal. With this, the station device (1) can wait for a discovery response with the reception function adapting to the transmission rate (L).
Patent GB-2467778-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic strut / prop for supporting sign.
Inventor: JONES JOHN DYLAN
IPC: F16M13/02
Filed: 2009-02-14
Abstract: A telescopic strut / prop is provided for holding an advertising/ information sign in place, e.g. for supporting a "for sale" / "to let" sign in the window of a property, The sign is supported by being braced against a suitable surface. A locking device 1 is provided to extend telescopic length as required. Two foldable arms 2, 3 are provided which also help to maintain the sign in position and adjustable length elements 4, 5 are provided to hold the arms against the sign. A curved foot 6 is provided that will be wedged against an opposite wall to brace the sign in position. The strut and arm are preferably made of plastic, e.g. pvcu.
Patent GB-2469691-A (GB)
Title: A bra cup with two differing filler materials
Inventor: MULUBE LISA
IPC: A41C3/00
Filed: 2009-04-24
Abstract: A bra cup (1) has a first filler material 10, which is more malleable than a second filler material 20. The first 10 and second 20 filler materials are arranged to at least partially overlap each other in one or more regions of the cup, so as to improving the fit and comfort of the bra, and its intended visual effect. The first filler material 10 may comprise shape memory foam or visco-elastic foam, while the second filler material 20 comprises polyurethane or silicon foam. The cup (1) may have a relatively rigid outer shell (11), which is shaped during manufacture, and/or a fabric layer (9). The application also claims a bra incorporating such a cup structure, a shoulder strap with varying inherent elasticity for different portions of the strap, and a wing structure similarly constructed.
Patent GB-2470204-A (GB)
Title: Self-acting watering device
Inventor: LAFLIN JIM
IPC: A01G27/00
Filed: 2009-05-13
Abstract: A self-acting watering device for watering a plant-supporting matrix comprises a holding tray30, a conduit20arranged between the holding tray and the matrix; and container7located in or connected to the holding tray30. The container7has one or more holes11,15in a basal region, and these one or more holes are below the rim of the holding tray30. There may be two holes wherein one hole is positioned higher than the other. The two holes may have different sizes, shapes or cross-sectional area. The container7may have a flange10and the conduit20may be positioned between the flange7and the matrix. The device may have means in the form of a stick to control the flow rate of water or plant nutrient, pesticide or fungicide through the one or more holes by opening, closing or restricting the holes.
Patent GB-2459232-A (GB)
Title: Increasing reliability of copper-based metallization structures in a microstructure device by using aluminium nitride
Inventor: STRECK CHRISTOF
IPC: C23C16/30
Filed: 2008-01-31
Abstract: By forming an aluminum nitride layer (106) by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level.
Patent GB-2463156-A (GB)
Title: Smart Meter with secure communications and secure hosting of third party applications
Inventor: PALMER CHARLES GRAHAM
IPC: G06F21/22
Filed: 2009-09-07
Abstract: A smart meter 303 is equipped with a tamper proof secure microcontroller and cryptographic engine and a user interface 206. It includes an interface for communicating with servers 101-3 and another for communicating with other local devices (eg home automation type devices), acting as a gateway therefor. The meter is configured to isolate applications 601-4 from one another in sandboxes, such that applications cannot access/change each other. Applications can be associated with local devices such that data from the devices is securely routed 1001-4 through the application to an associated server and inaccessible to other applications on the meter. Hence third parties can securely run applications on the smart meter. Communications channels could be power line or wireless, including mesh. Local devices/services could be telecare scales 207 and panic button 208, other metering 204, mobile phone/prepay card top-up.
Patent GB-2463370-A (GB)
Title: Method of allowing an application to run as a service application on a mobile computing device.
Inventor: SANT PHILIP ANTHONY
IPC: G06F21/10
Filed: 2009-09-10
Abstract: A mobile computing device includes a service-oriented environment that allows an application running on the device to run as a service application. The service-oriented environment starts automatically on device start-up or boot without presenting a user interface and automatically invokes or starts an application as a service that continues to run in the background. The service orientated environment may provide multi tasking and may also allow downloading of data from a remote server to occur in the background without interrupting the use of the device. The service orientated environment may also provide a remote management capability. The service orientated environment may be created by a helper application which may create and manage a queue of tasks, which are preferably executed in turn whilst allowing for priority and urgency of the tasks. The helper application may also synchronise queues with a remote server for that device. A service application may receive tasks from and send tasks to the helper application. The helper application may perform, or pass to a service application to perform, updates, background downloading and uploading, software updates DRM requests, roaming management or application management.
Patent GB-2460804-A (GB)
Title: Effective low-profile health monitoring or the like
Inventor: JUNG EDWARD K Y
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2009-10-22
Abstract: Systems, methods, computer program products, and media are described for receiving health-status-indicative data surreptitiously captured from an interaction between a device and a user and applying one or more data extraction criteria to the health-status-indicative data surreptitiously captured from the interaction between the device and the user.
Patent GB-783121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ground aviation trainer
IPC: G09B9/46
Filed: 1955-04-06
Abstract: 783,121. Grounded aircrew trainers. LINK AVIATION, Inc. April 6, 1955 [April 6, 1954], No. 10084/55. Class 4. An aircraft trainer apparatus includes a cathode ray tube arranged to give an indication of the simulated attitude and/or position of an aircraft under the control of a voltage derived from a circuit controlled by the control member of a trainee. In one embodiment, Fig. 2 (not shown) a twin beam cathode ray tube is employed, the vertical and horizontal deflector plates of one beam being controlled by voltage derived from a computer to simulate the pitch and roll angles respectively of a helicopter in response to a trainee's movement of a cyclic pitch control. The computer also derives voltages simulating the longitudinal and lateral movements of the helicopter, which are applied to the vertical and horizontal deflector plates respectively of the second beam. This second beam is defocussed to produce a larger spot than the first. Thus at 3a, Fig. 3, the helicopter is over its datum position, banked slightly to the right and pitched well forwards. At 3b, the helicopter is pitched forward and banked left, and has moved to a position to the right and to the rear of its datum. The computers used may be as described in Specification 780,510. In Figs. 4 and 5, a trace on the screen produced by a time-base is modified to indicate the simulated attitude. A sawtooth wave from a conventional generator V3 is applied to the horizontal deflector plates. The integrator U-902 has an output commensurate with the angle of pitch, and this is applied to the vertical deflector plates, so that the trace p, Fig. 5, is deflected to q or r. The output of integrator U-802 is commensurate with the angle of bank, and is applied to an integrator U-909 which charges capacitor C-909 linearly at a rate depending on the angle of bank. This capacitor is discharged periodically by either valve V1 or V2, depending on its polarity, the discharge being synchronized by the time-base. The voltage across capacitor C-909 is fed through resistor R-918 to the vertical deflector plates, tilting the trace as at p<SP>1</SP>, q<SP>1</SP> or r<SP>1</SP> Fig. 5. A further voltage from integrator U-802 is fed to the vertical deflector plates through resistor R-919, so that the trace p<SP>1</SP>, q<SP>1</SP> or r<SP>1</SP> is shifted to p<SP>11</SP>, q<SP>11</SP> or r<SP>11</SP>, the trace thus pivoting about its centre to indicate simulated bank. A second beam produces a spot which is deflected to simulate the displacement of the helicopter from a datum. The deflector plates may be fed symmetrically.
Patent GB-1064115-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of an aromatic ether compound
Filed: 1963-03-14
Abstract: 2-(3-Phenoxy phenoxy) diphenyl (see Division C2) is used as a lubricant or heat exchange fluid.ALSO:2-(3-Phenoxyphenoxy) diphenyl is prepared by reacting a 3-haloaniline, e.g. chloro- or bromo-aniline with an alkali metal phenate, e.g. sodium or potassium phenate in the presence of copper or copper bronze at a temperature up to 300 DEG  C., e.g. 180-300 DEG  C. to produce 3-phenoxy aniline, diazotizing the latter compound, replacing the diazonium halide group by a hydroxide group by any of the well-known methods, e.g. by treating with boiling sulphuric acid, converting the 3-hydroxy diphenyl ether so produced to an alkali metal salt thereof, e.g. sodium or potassium and reacting the salt with 2-halodiphenyl, e.g. 2-chloro- or 2-bromodiphenyl in the presence of copper or copper bronze at a temperature up to 300 DEG  C., e.g. in the range of 180-300 DEG  C.  The 2-halodiphenyl may be prepared by diazotizing 2-aminodiphenyl and subjecting the diazonium salt so formed to a Sandmeyer reaction.
Patent GB-670318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electron lens arrangements
IPC: H01J37/12
Filed: 1948-04-12
Abstract: 670,318. Electron lenses. COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE TELEGRAPHIE SANS FIL. April 12, 1948 [April 26, 1947], No. 10153/48. Class 39 (i). Distortion in an electron lens, which comprises three electrodes, is corrected by introducing modifications of shape which disturb the symmetry of revolution. The lens may form the objective or the projector lens of a microscope. Distortion caused by errors of symmetry in the aperture c, Fig. 1, of the central electrode C of a lens may be corrected by distortion, e.g. by set-screw F, of the symmetry of apertures in the outer electrodes A<SP>1</SP>, A<SP>2</SP>, or by adjustment of an apertured plate B or of a cylinder. Specification 667,268 is referred to.
Patent GB-1105551-A (GB)
Title: Electrostatic shield
Inventor: BEDIL FAHIR
IPC: H01F27/32
Filed: 1964-03-11
Abstract: 1,105,551. Transformers. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. 9 March, 1965 [11 March, 1964], No. 10240/64. Heading H1T. An electrostatic shield for inductive apparatus consists of an annular insulating former carrying conductive turns or part turns 15 (Fig. 1) which may consist of an open-circuited toroidal winding having adjacent turns separated by spaces or overlapping and separated by insulating strip 13, the conductive turns or strips being connected together by conductive strip members 18, 23. The conductive turns or part turns 15 may be separate strips or groups of such strips insulated from one another. Shields may be used to reduce electrostatic stress concentrations at winding ends or to control the distribution of impulse voltage along a winding, connection to the winding being made through conductor 20.
Patent GB-454578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in small fuel heating apparatus
Filed: 1935-04-02
Abstract: 454,578. Boiler furnaces. VANDEVELDE, A., 25, Avenue Jacques Sermon, Brussels. April 2, 1935, No. 10279. Convention date, April 4, 1934. [Class 51 (i)] In a furnace, particularly for central-heating installations, of the kind comprising an imperforate trough 1 fitted with an apertured airsupply pipe 6 adapted to be covered by the fuel fed to the trough from a hopper 15, the pipe 6 terminates some distance from the end wall 9 of the trough and this wall is formed with a closable opening 2 for the removal of clinker. The opposite end wall 8 of the trough and the pipe 6 are provided with interconnected water jackets 7, 12, 13, while a cooling jacket 18, connected to the jackets 7, 13 at 3, 19 respectively, is disposed around the lower part of the hopper 15. Air under pressure is supplied to the pipe 6 from an air box 21 which is formed with apertures 23, regulatable by the screw heads 24, for the delivery of additional air above the fuel bed. The apparatus, enclosed in a casing (not shown), may be used as an external furnace for heating a boiler, or the walls of the trough 1 may be constituted by water jackets which are extended upwardly to form an enclosing casing.
Patent GB-212142-A (GB)
Title: Means for attaching glass plates, and other articles, to walls
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 1923-04-16
Abstract: 212,142. Bennett, G. W. April 16, 1923. Clip brackets; adjusting and securing. - Glass or like plates, such as splash plates, are supported in parallel relation to the wall &c. bv upper and lower brackets a, b, with grooves to receive the edges of the glass x so that it can be slid in and out of position. In modified constructions the glass may be released by providing pivoted arms n on the upper brackets as in Fig. 7, or the arms mav carry releasable screwclamping-means t as in Fig. 8. An L-shaped hanging shelf bracket g may be provided having a bifurcated hook at its upper end to engage the glass plate on either side of the supporting bracket a. The upper brackets may be formed with lugs to carry ring brackets for tumblers, or these ring brackets may have bifurcated ends embracing the top supporting brackets and grooves engaging the top edge of the glass plate.
Patent GB-566523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to bee comb foundations
IPC: A01K47/02
Filed: 1943-06-25
Abstract: 566,523. Bee - keepers' appliances. DADANT, H. C., and GROUT, R. A. June 25, 1943, No. 10334. [Class 5 (ii)] In honeycomb foundations consisting of moulded. wax sheets with embedded wires, the latter project at the edges of the sheet and are enclosed in channelled bars, the limbs of which are pressed against the wax faces and, together with the enclosed wires, are bent aside or first to one side and then the other. The edges thus enclosed are pressed into rabbeted frames 10 by nailed strips 22.
Patent GB-305406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in punching bags
IPC: A63B69/22
Filed: 1928-04-05
Abstract: 305,406. McNamara, D. April 5, 1928. Punching-balls.-The supporting standard of a punching-ball is mounted in a spherically-ended member 5 held to a base-plate 19 by means of a compression spring 17. The member 5 is bored to receive a piston-like rotatable coupler 8 flanged at 7 to rest on ball-bearings 9 and having an eye 11 for connection with a bolt 13. The spring 17 is confined between the base-plate and a washer 15 backed by a thrust bearing 25 and a nut 18. The standard is bolted in position in the member 5 a sleeve 6 being interposed and held by the bolt 3. The plate 19 may be mounted on a drum-like box having feet for attachment to the floor.
Patent GB-580382-A (GB)
Title: Work-guiding mechanism for sewing machines
IPC: D05B23/00
Filed: 1944-05-29
Abstract: 580,382. Sewing-machines. FAIRWEATHER" W C. (Singer Manufacturing Co.). May 29, 1944, No. 10349. Drawings to Specification. [Class 112] The claims relate to the connection between work-guide and lead-screw in the laterallymoving work-guide unit described in Specification 580,381 ; the description is the same in both Specifications. Specification 534,453 also is referred to.
Patent GB-949161-A (GB)
Title: A process and apparatus for manufacturing high purity p-xylene
IPC: C07C7/14
Filed: 1960-03-24
Abstract: In the crystallization of p-xylene from a mixture of o-, m- and p-xylene and ethyl benzene containing at least 8% of p-xylene in one stage and the recrystallization of the p-xylene in a second stage, at least two cylindrical crystallization vessels in series are employed in the first stage, each vessel containing <FORM:0949161/C3/1> scrapers attached to the periphery of a rotary cylinder, also containing an agitator in the lower part thereof, and being surrounded by a cooling jacket such that the material in the vessel is slowly cooled and large crystals are formed at the end of the series of vessels; and at least one such crystallization vessel is employed in the second stage.  The flow rate over the cooling surfaces is 0.3-5.0 m/sec.  The p-xylene crystals from the first stage form a filter cake containing at least 85% of p-xylene in a yield of more than 95%. Recrystallization is effected at -5 to -25 DEG  C. The p-xylene product has a purity of more than 98%.  As shown in Fig. 1, each crystallization vessel 1 is surrounded by a cooling jacket 11, containing scrapers 3 attached to a rotary cylinder 2 driven by a motor 5, also contains a screw-type stirrer 8 driven by a motor 14, and has an inlet 9 and an outlet 10.  Circulation of the feed down through the rotary cylinder 2 and around the annular space between the rotary cylinder and the vessel 1 may be aided by a guide block 17 and a guide cylinder 6.  The temperature of the feed may fall by less than 10 DEG  C. in each vessel.  The residence in each vessel may be at least 1 hour.  As illustrated in Fig. 2 (not shown), an initial xylene mixture produced by an isomerization, hydroforming, or platforming reaction may be mixed with a portion of the second stage mother liquor, dehydrated, further cooled to - 11 DEG  C. by heat exchange with the first stage mother liquor in a vessel as shown, and then passed for crystallization through a series of six vessels, as shown, wherein cooling is effected to - 60 to - 72 DEG C. The resulting crystals are separated from the mother liquor by centrifugation, melted and passed to storage as the desired product.
Patent GB-1110210-A (GB)
Title: Piston rod seals of internal combustion engines
Inventor: JUNG RICHARD
IPC: F16J15/56
Filed: 1967-03-06
Abstract: 1,110,210. Piston rod seals. SULZER BROS. Ltd. 6 March, 1967 [25 March, 1966], No. 10399/67. Heading F2B. An internal-combustion engine piston-rod seal comprises a continuous guide ring 30 which surrounds the rod 3 and is movable perpendicular thereto and has parallel end faces 33, 34, and a stepped bore 31, 32, a multisection inner ring 36 housed in the step formed by the bores 31, 32 with its upper surface flush with the end face 33, and a multi-section ring seal 35 which rests on the face 33 and sealingly engages the rod 3, the rings 35 and 36 being arranged to break joint with one.another. The rings 35 and 36 are each formed by three sections. Pins 43 on the guide ring 30 extend between the parting joints 41 of the ring 36 to prevent it rotating in the guide ring which abuts a support part 21 of the mounting assembly 11. The ring seal 35 is urged against the rod by a garter spring 40. The rings 30, 35 and 36 are held together and secured to the support 21 by three locking members 44 each having three extensions 45, 46 and 47, a pin 48 and grooves 52 for garter springs 53. The extensions 46 fit in recesses 50 in the guide ring 30 and engage the ring 36, the extensions 47 abut a flange 54 on the support 21 and the extensions 45 embrace the ring seal 35 with the pins 48 extending between the parting joints 42. The ring seal 35 has a tapered edge 38 and any leakage past the seal is vented through passages 23 and a pipe 24. The guide ring 30 may be of steel and the rings 35 and 36 may be of bronze.
Patent GB-917795-A (GB)
Title: Flame tube combustion equipment
IPC: F23R3/42
Filed: 1961-03-22
Abstract: 917,795. Generating combustion products under pressure. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. March 22, 1961 [April 1, 1960], No. 10411/61. Class 51 (1). Combustion equipment such as for a gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of flame tubes disposed within an annular air casing, each flame tube comprising a shell of circular cross-section and one or more annular air inlet centre-tubes concentric with the axis of the shell to define combustion zones which have nozzles for admitting fuel which is burned with air from inlet openings in the shell and tube or tubes. The flame tube shown in Fig. 3 comprises one annular centre-tube 38 formed by inner and outer walls 42, 40 disposed concentrically within the flame tube shell 36. The walls of the centre-tube merge at their upstream ends with the wall of the shell 36 and at their downstream ends to form a close end 54. The walls of the centre-tube and shell are formep with openings 59<SP>1</SP> and 56<SP>1</SP> for inlet of primary air to the combustion spaces 58 and fuel is supplied thereto through injectors 64. Cooling or dilution air inlet openings are provided at 62. The outer and inner air easing walls are indicated at 28 and 30. In a second embodiment, Fig. 4, a centre-tube 70 disposed at the axis 34 of the flame tube is provided in addition to one annular centre-tube 38<SP>1</SP>, thus affording two annular combustion zones 58, while in a third embodiment two annular centre-tubes are provided, one being radially within the other, and affording two annular and one central tubular combustion zones.
Patent GB-859600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in timing apparatus for dry-cleaning and other industrial processes
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN ROBERT STANLEY
IPC: H01H43/06
Filed: 1958-04-01
Abstract: 859,600. Adjustable cams. WHITAKER Ltd., R. G. April 30, 1959 [April 1, 1958], No. 10418/58. Class 80 (3). In timing apparatus for automatically controlling a cycle of operations, e.g. of a drycleaning machine, comprising a rotatable drum 1 carrying cams 4 (one shown) which engage valve spindles, switches &c., the cams 4 are formed of segments of flexible material frictionally held in dovetail section annular grooves 2. Cams of various length may be fitted in adjustable angular positions so that the cycle can be readily altered.