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Patent GB-2541743-A (GB)
Title: Ballast water monitoring device
Inventor: Kevin Oxborough
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2015-08-28
Abstract: A monitoring device 2 for detecting live phytoplankton in ballast water 1 calculates the variable fluorescence of the phytoplankton. This is achieved by use of a controller, configured to illuminate the chamber containing the sample with a single pulse of light, from at least one light source 50, and detecting the response of the sample at time intervals less than the duration of the pulse of light with a light detector 40. This calculated variable fluorescence is then compared to a predetermined limit and, if the variable fluorescence is greater, an action is performed. This performed action optionally comprises eliminating the algae. Optionally, it is possible to use different colours of light to detect different species of phytoplankton and as detection of the phytoplankton can occur in the dark, it is not necessary to pulse the light source.
Patent GB-2527710-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent articles comprising stretch laminates
Inventor: SCHOENBECK MARCUS
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 2014-04-30
Abstract: An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate that has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces, and an adhesive disposed between the skin and the cover layer. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone, the skin that is located in the anchoring zone has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows, and at least some of the adhesive is disposed in at least some of the furrows. An absorbent article including the stretch laminate is also provided.
Patent GB-2534510-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration cycle device
Inventor: TOMOTAKA ISHIKAWA
IPC: F25D19/00
Filed: 2013-10-28
Abstract: This refrigeration cycle device has a heat-source unit, a cooling unit, a first connecting tube, and a second connecting tube. The heat-source unit has a compressor for compressing coolant, a high-pressure-side heat exchanger for cooling the coolant from the compressor, and a principal depressurization device for depressurizing the coolant from the condenser. The cooling unit has a low-pressure-side heat exchanger for vaporizing the coolant. The first connecting tube guides the coolant conveyed from the principal depressurization device to the low-pressure-side heat exchanger to the interval between the heat-source unit and the cooling unit. The second connecting tube guides the coolant conveyed from the low-pressure-side heat exchanger to the compressor to the interval between the heat-source unit and the cooling unit. The first connecting tube creates a coolant pressure loss in a range in which the saturation temperature of the coolant in the low-pressure-side heat exchanger does not fall below the use vaporization temperature of the low-pressure-side heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2542069-A (GB)
Title: Formation density or acoustic impedance logging tool
Inventor: ROLAND E CHEMALI
IPC: G01V1/48
Filed: 2014-07-18
Abstract: An illustrative method that includes positioning an acoustic transducer downhole substantially parallel to a borehole wall, thereby creating a fluid layer between the wall and the acoustic transducer, and measuring an acoustic impedance at the surface of the acoustic transducer at a resonance frequency of the fluid layer, thereby determining an acoustic impedance of the formation.
Patent GB-2556347-A (GB)
Title: Virtual reality
Inventor: Claire Blackshaw
IPC: H04N7/15
Filed: 2017-02-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a virtual reality apparatus with an image generator to generate images representing a user of a virtual environment. When the user performs a predetermined physical gesture in view of a video camera, the video camera used in image-based tracking of a user by the image generator, the image generator selects a static or animated emote sticker associated with the predetermined physical gesture of the user for display to other users. The virtual environment may display an avatar representing the user positioned within the virtual environment, such that the users viewpoint matches the viewpoint of the avatar, and the image generator generates facial configurations based on the predetermined physical gesture. The predetermined physical gesture may be a pose by the user or the configuration of the users hands.
Patent GB-2551017-A (GB)
Title: Etching gas composition for silicon compound, and etching method
Inventor: YOSHINAO TAKAHASHI
IPC: H01L21/306
Filed: 2015-08-12
Abstract: Provided are an etching gas composition and an etching method which enable an object, such as a substrate to be etched, to be efficiently precision processed during thin film formation, and which enable efficient removal of an accumulated or adhered silicon-based compound, other than the object such as the substrate to be etched, by means of plasma etching. The etching gas composition is characterized by containing: (1) a fluorinated halogen compound represented by XF (X is Cl, Br or I) as a primary component;(2) F2;(3) a fluorinated halogen compound represented by XFn (X is Cl, Br or I, and n is an integer of 3 or higher); (4) HF; (5) O2; and (6) at least one type of halogen gas molecule selected from among Cl2, Br2 and I2.
Patent GB-2565579-A (GB)
Title: A pump and method of pumping a fluid
Inventor: IAN DAVID STONES
IPC: F04D17/18
Filed: 2017-08-17
Abstract: A pump and method for pumping a gas comprises a rotor and a stator. At least one of the rotor 10 or stator 20 comprises a liquid opening(s) configured for fluid communication with a liquid source. The liquid opening is configured such that in response to a driving force exerted on liquid from the liquid source a stream of liquid is output from the opening to form a liquid blade 40 to drive gas confined by the stator from a gas inlet 50 towards a gas outlet 52. A driving mechanism may exert the driving force. The liquid opening(s) is preferably formed on a surface of the rotor or stator respectively. The rotor may comprise a hollow body containing a motor. The liquid source preferably contains a partially immersed reservoir 30. The stator may be eccentrically or concentrically mounted. There may be a seal 51 between the stator and rotor. The liquid opening(s) may be arranged to form a helix. The gas inlet and outlets preferably comprise one-way valves. The pump may be a vacuum pump. A wet scrubber and method of pumping gas are also claimed.
Patent GB-2567864-A (GB)
Title: Scrolling through a plurality of entities
Inventor: JOEL ERIK CHRISTOFFER METELIUS
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of reducing the range of items in a list when a user is scrolling through the list. The method starts by establishing a list 101 of selectable items, identifying a range 1002 of the items E006 to E050 in the list, displaying a portion 1003 of the range and determining an output signal in response to a manually applied pressure. Scrolling 1004 is then performed through the range, not directly through the list, at a rate related to the manually applied pressure. The range is reduced 1005 during the scrolling operation by removing items at the limits of the range. The step of identifying the range may initially identify all the items as being in the range and remove items from the range when they have been moved away from during the scrolling. The method may be used in the remote control apparatus of a television set.
Patent GB-2556745-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for mobility management in a distributed software defined network packet core system
Inventor: Bok Knun Randolph Chung
IPC: H04W36/14
Filed: 2016-09-20
Abstract: A distributed software defined network (SDN) packet core system includes a plurality of interconnected local mobility domains (LMDs). Each LMD includes a plurality of radio access technology (RAT) specific front-end modules associated with at least one RAT and a mobility manager. Each RAT-specific front-end module is configured to handle intra-RAT and intra-LMD mobility events that involve switching connectivity of client devices between two radio access points coupled to the LMD and associated with a first common RAT that is also associated with that RAT-specific front-end module. The mobility manager is coupled to the front-end modules and is configured to handle intra-RAT and inter-LMD mobility events. The mobility manager can also be configured to handle inter-RAT and intra-LMD mobility events if the SDN packet core system supports more than one RAT.
Patent GB-2561432-A (GB)
Title: Member, liquid ejecting head chip, liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and cutting methods
Inventor: YUZURU KUBOTA
IPC: B41J2/16
Filed: 2018-02-02
Abstract: A member is formed by being cut from a parent material and a filler material 103 which is buried in a space provided in the parent material and has cuttability which is better than that of a base material 101 which is included in the parent material; the base material 101 and the filler 103 are exposed to the cut surface F together. The member is preferably an actuator plate or flow plate in an inkjet head and a flow opening 75 is preferably formed in apportion of the cut surface F. A cutting method used to form a member is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2573493-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen Generation
Inventor: GLEB IVANOV
IPC: C08J3/00
Filed: 2018-02-16
Abstract: An uncoated pellet for reacting with water comprising silicon and a dispersant and wherein a) the silicon is non-passivated, b) the dispersant has a heat of solution of less than -20 kJ mol-1 or c) the solubility of the dispersant is greater than 40 g /100 ml in water (20°C). The pellet may be in a cartridge and may be put in a reactor with first conduit for introducing water 113, second for receiving hydrogen generated 115, and optionally third for receiving silica 116. The dispersant may comprise alkali hydroxides, the water may comprise sodium chloride or sea water, the water may be treated by a filter, the silicon may be powder, e.g. 200-300 nm, and the dispersant may be less than 10 wt. % of the pellet. The invention is designed to produce hydrogen gas.
Patent GB-2572021-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft fuel pipe support
Inventor: VARUN KISHORE SHAHANI
IPC: B64D37/00
Filed: 2018-05-04
Abstract: An aircraft fuel pipe support 10 comprising at least one mounting bracket 20 for attachment to an aircraft structure 2 and a support collar 30. The support collar is attached to the at least one mounting bracket by a pivot connection 60, and the support collar is rotatable relative to the mounting bracket about the pivot. An aircraft fuel system comprises at least one fuel pipe 4 and at least one fuel pipe support 10. Where an aircraft structure includes the aircraft fuel pipe support 10, the support 10 is fixed to the structure by the mounting bracket 20. The support collar may comprise an outer rigid frame and an inner compliant cushioning member 50 which may be formed of two segments. The support collar may be free to rotate relative to the mounting bracket by an angle of approximately 20 degrees. The aforementioned mounting bracket may comprise two mounting brackets. The pivot connections between the support collar and each of the mounting brackets have a common axis of rotation.
Patent GB-2577095-A (GB)
Title: Injection device
Inventor: MATTHEW JOHN DOBSON
IPC: A61M5/20
Filed: 2018-09-13
Abstract: The device comprises a casing (2, fig 4a), a syringe carrier (8) located within a proximal end of the casing and being movable along a longitudinal axis of the device between a stowed position and a needle insertion position, and a drive assembly (10) located within adistal end of the casing and being movable by an insertion driver in order to move the syringe carrier and a loaded syringe from a stowed position to a needle insertion position. The device further comprises a first formation 36 fixed relative to the casing and a second formation 34a fixed relative to an insertion tube of the drive assembly which define a plurality of stop positions for the insertion tube and prevent significant rearward movement of the insertion tube along said axis when a plunger of a firing cartridge is released from a reaction assembly of the cartridge. The device further comprises a clip (33, fig 8a) expandable against the casing to produce an audible click at the end of travel of the plunger.
Patent GB-2564334-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for order fulfillment with portable item containers
Inventor: ANTON VALKOV
IPC: G06F7/00
Filed: 2017-03-20
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for order fulfillment. A system for order fulfillment comprises: an item container receiver configured to receive a portable item container configured to hold a plurality of items during transport, a release actuator configured to actuate a switch on the portable item container to cause one unit of an item to be released from the portable item container, and a control circuit coupled to the release actuator and configured to selectively activate the release actuator based an order listing a plurality of ordered items in an order database of a fulfillment center to cause an item among the plurality of items to be released from the portable item container for order fulfilment.
Patent GB-2570190-A (GB)
Title: Gate driving circuit and display device comprising the same
Inventor: CHANSOO PARK
IPC: G11C19/28
Filed: 2018-11-08
Abstract: A gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of dependently connected stages. Each of the stages includes: (a) an output unit, T6, T7, which outputs a first clock signal, CLK(n), as a gate output voltage, Vout(n), in response to a voltage of a Q (pull-up) node and a QB (pull down) node; (b) a first node controller, T1, T3, T3R, for charging the voltage of the Q node in response to an output signal from a previous stage, Vout(n-1); (c) a second node controller, T4, T5, for charging the voltage of the QB node in response to a second clock signal, CLK(n+2), having a different phase from the first clock signal; (d) a first node stabilizer, TA1, for blocking a leakage current path of the Q node if the second clock signal is not applied and (e) a second node stabilizer, TA2, for blocking a leakage current path of the QB node if the second clock signal is not applied. Also disclosed is a display device in which a power supply voltage VDD is cut off to a given stage of a gate driving circuit when that stage enters a touch driving period.
Patent GB-2565988-A (GB)
Title: Flow control valve apparatus
Inventor: HIDEKI TANAKA
IPC: F16K11/22
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: A flow control valve device according to the present invention is provided with: a housing that has two pump ports, two tank ports, a first supply/discharge port, a second supply/discharge port, and a spool hole; a first spool that switches, according to the position thereof, the connection state of one of the pump ports, one of the tank ports, and the first supply/discharge port; a first actuator that moves the first spool to each of a first supply position and a first discharge position; a second spool that switches, according to the position thereof, the connection state of the other pump port, the other tank port, and the second supply/discharge port; and a second actuator that moves the second spool to each of a second supply position and a second discharge position. The first spool and the second spool are inserted into the one spool hole in a reciprocatable manner.
Patent GB-2580634-A (GB)
Title: Automatic bump test device
Inventor: ALEXANDER ROGER DEAS
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 2019-01-18
Abstract: An automatic gas sensor functional bump test device transfers a calibrated volume and pressure of gas to a gas sensor 15, holding a portion of the gas around sensing surfaces, for a predetermined period. It measures the sensor response to the gas and response to recovery following test gas exposure. From the response to the test gas and the release of the gas, it is computed whether the sensor 15 is operating normally and has a gas path open to the environment. A single actuator provides three valve functions, firstly filling a reference volume 7 via an inlet valve 5 to a predetermined pressure with a test gas or span gas, the second valve 9 venting gas onto the sensors 15 and the third valve function closing and opening the sensor gas path to the environment, such that the first and second valve functions operate in series and not concurrently. The third valve function is synchronised to the first two to effect a discharge of gas over the sensors which is substantially retained over the sensors 15 while the second valve function is open.
Patent GB-2581357-A (GB)
Title: Cancer
Inventor: GEORGE HANNA
IPC: G01N33/497
Filed: 2019-02-13
Abstract: A method for diagnosing oesophagogastric cancer, or a pre-disposition thereto comprises analysing, in an endoluminal sample (esophagogastric luminal air, gas from the lumen of the stomach or oesophagus) obtained from a test subject, the level of at least one biomarker compound selected from the group consisting of: acetone, acetic acid, butyric acid, pentanoic acid and hexanoic acid. The method further comprises comparing this level to a reference in an individual who does not suffer from oesophagogastric cancer. The disclosure sets out the advantages of the particular anatomical location of the sample and discloses apparatus suitable for collecting and testing oesophagogastric luminal air preferably comprising an endoscope, a sample extraction catheter of 1-5 mm diameter, a thermal desorption tube, water trap and GC-MS or TR-Tof-MS.
Patent GB-2572851-A (GB)
Title: Equipment for services interconnections of tractor-trailer combinations
Inventor: EDWARD PAUL TURLEY
IPC: B62D63/08
Filed: 2019-02-22
Abstract: Equipment is provided for services interconnection of a tractor-trailer combination, with a connector plate 21 carried by a moveable straight beam 20 mounted on the trailer and slidable along a rail-defined path 10,11, including at least one curved rail, between a retracted condition where connector plate 21 is located over a front face 2 of the trailer between its sides 3, 4, and a deployed condition where connector plate 21 projects beyond a side 4 to afford ground access to it. Suitably, beam 20 carries two bearings 22, 23 and the rail-defined path is defined by two circularly arcuate concentric rails 10, 11 with bearings running on the two rails respectively; alternatively, the rail-defined path may be defined by a single circularly-arcuate rail (47, Figure 3) and may carry both bearings. Beam 20 may be releasably lockable in both retracted and deployed conditions.
Patent GB-2577579-A (GB)
Title: A heat store for an energy storage system
Inventor: JAMES DONNELLY
IPC: F28D20/00
Filed: 2019-04-26
Abstract: A heat store 10 for an energy storage system comprises a solid body 20 comprising a solid thermally conductive matrix 22 with a solid thermal filler material 21 embedded therein, and a thermal transfer element 30. The matrix forms a thermally conductive pathway to the filler material. The matrix may be a metal matrix comprising aluminium and the filler material may comprise a plurality of discrete elements comprising magnetite particles of different sizes. The elements may comprise blocks. The body may be formed by casting a molten matrix material over the filler material, and housed in a container to provide structural support for the body. The thermal transfer element may comprise of a heat exchanger embedded in the body or mounted externally of the body (Figs 5a, 5b & 6) through which a fluid communicates. The heat exchanger may be a coiled tube, and may comprise of a first (30A, Fig 8) and second (30B) heat exchanger in thermal communication with each other. A plurality of heat stores connected in series (Fig 4) may be provided. An electric heating element (70, Fig 9) may charge the body and transfer heat to a fluid passing through the heat exchanger (30’’’’’).
Patent GB-2573428-A (GB)
Title: Systems and method for sorting mechanisms at a terminal
Inventor: Nicholaus Adam Jones
IPC: G06K15/00
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for sorting mechanisms at a POS terminal. A POS terminal in a secondary mode of operation, receives input of categories. Information of items received by the POS terminal is used to sort the items into the categories.
Patent GB-2589288-A (GB)
Title: Game Court
Inventor: STUART FRANK MURPHY
IPC: A63C19/08
Filed: 2019-08-09
Abstract: A ball game court 100 comprising a system for adapting the court to suit the ability of different players, the system comprising at least one adaptable wall portion 101A, 101B. The wall portion may be dynamically or automatically adaptable over the course of the game between number of predetermined configurations. The walls portions may also be provided with a goal zone that is adaptable to automatically change the size of the goal zone to one of a number of predetermined sizes. The goal zone comprising a solid planer surface. The adaptable wall may comprise one or more supports that are provided a number of coupling portions or slots (201 figure 2) that a number of separate deflector component sections or portions (300 figure 3A) are mounted on to. The supports may be provided as straight, curved or waved in structure. The wall may be manually or automatically adjusted throughout the game.
Patent GB-2588141-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning method
Inventor: GARETH DAVID STANTON
IPC: F23G7/06
Filed: 2019-10-09
Abstract: A method and/or system for cleaning a gas inlet nozzle 1 (fig.1) of an abatement combustion chamber. The nozzle 1 has a cleaning mechanism with a cleaning member 4 that is movable from a retracted first position outside a path of a flame associated with the nozzle to a second cleaning position in a path of the flame. The arrangement can identify when the nozzle flame is off and move the member 4 from the first position to the second position when the nozzle flame is off, and then move the member 4 back to the first position before the nozzle flame is on, or can also identify the step in the feed process when gas is provided to the abatement system for combustion, and subsequently direct the movement of the member 4 to ensure that the member 4 is in the first position during the identified step. Furthermore, the arrangement can coordinate movement of the member 4 to be in the first position before and during the provision of exhaust gas by the feed process to the nozzle for combustion. The aim of the invention is to reduce deposits on the nozzle 1 and the cleaning member 4.
Patent GB-2577009-A (GB)
Title: Video and chart image fusion systems and methods
Inventor: MARK JOHNSON
IPC: G01C21/36
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for providing a fused image that combines image data of a scene received from an imaging system with a chart to aid in the navigation of a mobile structure. Specifically, the fused image may be generated by superimposing various image elements extracted from an image onto various locations on the chart that correlate to the actual positions of the objects within the scene. In some embodiments, one or more non-water objects may be detected within the image, image representations of the non-water objects may be extracted from the image feed, and the extracted image representations may be superimposed onto locations on the chart that are determined to correlate to the actual positions of the non-water objects within the scene.