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Patent GB-2415766-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum storage compartment construction in a cooling apparatus body
Inventor: NAYLOR SIMON JAMES
IPC: F25D17/04
Filed: 2004-07-02
Abstract: A cooling apparatus body (11), for example, for a refrigerator (10), has a first compartment (15) intended for storage of items at atmospheric pressure and a second compartment (16) for storage of items at subatmospheric pressure, the two compartments being surrounded by surrounds formed by a thermal insulation element (13). The second compartment (16) is lined within the associated surround by a separately constructed hermetic liner (23) bonded to that surround. The liner (23) can be an integrally formed box-shaped component produced by, for example, injection moulding or blow moulding from plastics material. The resistance of the liner (23) to the internal load of subatmospheric pressure is provided primarily by the thermal insulation lining surround and the bond therewith, so that the liner, whilst providing a hermetic barrier relative to the surround, can be of inexpensive lightweight construction. The external surface of the liner (23) may include integral supporting ribs (24, Fig 2). The liner (23) is preferably formed of polystyrene. The thermal insulation (13) is preferably of polyurethane.
Patent GB-2406033-A (GB)
Title: Rice ball wrapped in dried meat sheet
Inventor: YAO CHI-YANG
IPC: A23L13/10
Filed: 2004-07-22
Abstract: A rice ball 4 is wrapped in a pliable sheet 2 of dried meat, fish or vegetables. The dried sheet 2 is not readily affected by ambient conditions and moisture absorption. Therefore it does become soft or soggy as easily as conventional rice balls wrapped in a sheet made from sea moss or layer. In addition to having a variety of flavours, rice balls prepared with a dried meat, fish or vegetable wrapping have an extended shelf life and do not stick to the fingers when eaten as a snack. The rice ball is formed by adding a first portion of cooked rice to a mould of any shape, placing a filling ingredient onto this first portion of rice, then adding a further portion of rice on top of the filling, pressing the rice ball into shape and then wrapping in the dried meat sheet. The filling ingredient may include sesame, peanuts and almonds.
Patent GB-2418162-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic dust collecting apparatus.
Inventor: OH JANG-KEUN
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2004-11-18
Abstract: A cyclonic dust-collecting apparatus (40) comprises a cyclone body (50) having a first cyclone part (51) and a second cyclone part (52) comprising a plurality of cyclones (54, 55). A cover (60, 70) is connected to the upper portion of the cyclone body (50) for guiding air movement between the first cyclone part (51) and the second cyclone part (52). A dust receptacle (80) is connected to the lower portion of the cyclone body (50) for collecting dust separated by the first and second cyclone parts (51 and 52). The first cyclone part may further comprise a flow restraint (85, fig.3) and a grille (53, fig.3). The cyclonic apparatus is for use in a vacuum cleaner.
Patent GB-2409880-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus to secure diagonally opposed corners of equipment
Inventor: WHITTLE MAURICE HENRY
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 2004-12-15
Abstract: A first element (60) and a second element (70) are engageable with each other in a slidably adjustable manner and are securable to each other (e.g. via apertures 66, 78, 79) in any selected one of a plurality of adjustable positions. Each element (60, 70) is provided with a substantially rigid loop (62, 72) which may be circular, rectangular or any other shape and which is so dimensioned that the respective loops are capable of fitting around diagonally opposed corner regions of equipment such as an overhead projector 50<1> . Securement means such as a cable (80) and lock device (82) serves both to secure the first and second elements (60, 70) to each other, in any selected one of the plurality of adjustment positions and to secure the first and second elements to a fixed structure.
Patent GB-2422282-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic reflector
Inventor: SMITH JOHN DARREN
IPC: G10K11/20
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: The acoustic reflector comprises a rigid shell 12 arranged around a solid core 16. The shell is adapted to transmit an acoustic wave 18 incident upon it into the core. Within the core the acoustic waves are focussed before being reflected from an opposing side of the shell to provide a reflected acoustic wave 22. A portion of the incident acoustic wave is coupled into the shell wall and guided within the wall around the circumference of the shell. This guided wave 26 emerges from the shell and combines constructively with the reflected wave and so provides an enhanced reflected wave 22. The shell12 may be formed of steel or glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP) and the core 16 may be formed of an elastomer such as silicone. The core may have a layered structure. The reflector may be used with underwater navigational aids and for location and re-location applications.
Patent GB-2413540-A (GB)
Title: Support apparatus on rear bumper of a vehicle
Inventor: MORTIMER TREVOR
IPC: B60R9/06
Filed: 2005-04-08
Abstract: An adaptor 10 is provided for detachably supporting a frame such as a bicycle rack 12 to the rear bumper of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a support, a clamp arrangement for clamping the frame to the support in a desired attitude, in use, and attachment means mounted on the support for attaching or mounting the support to a part of the vehicle rear bumper.
Patent GB-2415366-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat suspension with omni directional isolator
Inventor: ROPP DALE
IPC: B60N2/50
Filed: 2005-05-13
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle seat suspension apparatus that is mechanically simple, inexpensive, occupies little space, and operates effectively with force inputs from any horizontal direction. The invention comprises a base 12 an isolator 14 and a plurality of links 16 connected to both the base and isolator so that the isolator is suspended from the base and can move or swing horizontally in all directions relative to the base. The isolator has an upper plate 28 with two flanges 30 that depend from the plate. The base is positioned directly below the upper plate and between the two flanges. The links are connected to the base and the flanges of the isolator by means of ball and socket connectors that permit the isolator to move in all horizontal directions relative to the base.
Patent GB-2426241-A (GB)
Title: A vessel carrier adaptable to form a periscope
Inventor: BROWN DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: A47G23/06
Filed: 2005-05-19
Abstract: A carrying device arranged to receive at least one vessel such as a drinks bottle or cup is adaptable to form a periscope. The device 1 may take the form of a substantially hollow cuboid, having apertures 7 in a top face thereof to receive the vessels. A light inlet 14 and viewing opening 12 are provided in opposite sides of the device at opposite ends. Mirrors 11, 9 are mounted on flaps 10, 8 provided inside the device and are initially folded over the inlet 14 and opening 12 respectively. In order to adapt the device to form a periscope, the flaps 10, 8 are folded within the device at an angle of 45 degrees to the plane of the inlet 14 and opening 12, so that the mirrors are directed towards each other. Flap 10 is maintained at a 45 degree angle by locking flap 16. Flap 8 is maintained in position under the influence of gravity. Light entering the inlet 14 is reflected by mirror 11 towards mirror 9. Mirror 9 reflects the light out of opening 12. A person looking through opening 12 will therefore 'see' the image that has entered opening 14.
Patent GB-2413031-A (GB)
Title: Packet storage system for traffic handling
Inventor: SPENCER ANTHONY
IPC: H04L47/32
Filed: 2003-11-11
Abstract: A method of queuing variable size data packets in a communication system comprises generating from an incoming data packet a record portion of predetermined fixed size and containing information about the packet, the data in the packet being in a data portion; storing data portions in independent memory locations in a first memory 2 with each data portion having no connection with any other, storing record portions in one or more managed queues in a second memory 3 having fixed size memory locations equal in size to the size of the record portions; wherein: the first memory is larger and has a lower address bandwidth than the second memory; and the memory locations in the first memory are arranged in blocks having a plurality of different sizes and the memory locations are allocated to the data portions according to the size of the data portions. Conveniently, there may be two sizes of memory location in the first memory arranged in two blocks, one of a size to receive relatively small data portions and the other of a size to receive relatively large data portions. Data portions that are too large to be stored in a single memory block are stored as linked lists in a plurality of blocks with pointers pointing to the next block but without any pointers pointing from one data portion to the next data portion of the packet. The memory locations in the blocks are preferably matched to the most commonly occurring sizes of data packets in the communication system. The memory locations in the first memory are preferably allocated from a pool of available addresses provided to it in batches from a central pool of available addresses.
Patent GB-2416000-A (GB)
Title: Window stay incorporating a safety catch
Inventor: DAVIS RONALD PERCIVAL
IPC: E05D15/30
Filed: 2005-07-07
Abstract: A window stay (100) for mounting a window sash in a window frame incorporates a safety catch comprising a locking arm (10) pivotally connected to a part (6) of the window stay which moves away from a frame mounting member (3) on opening of the window. The locking arm is releasably couplable to the frame mounting member to restrict the extent of opening of the stay. The locking arm, after release to enable unrestricted opening of the stay, may recouple to the frame mounting member on subsequent closing of the stay so that the extent of opening of the stay is restricted on next opening of the stay, until the locking arm is again released. The stay comprises a long arm 2, a short arm 1 and a link arm 50. One end of the long arm is pivotally mounted to a sliding joint, which allows sliding movement along the frame mounting member sufficiently to allow the stay to open in excess of 90 degrees between the sash and frame mounting members.
Patent GB-2413138-A (GB)
Title: Communicating with a subsurface assembly
Inventor: FINKE MICHAEL DEWAYNE
IPC: H04H60/31
Filed: 2002-02-13
Abstract: A method or system for downlink signals without interrupting drilling is used to effect an operating change to any of a plurality of downhole tools in a downhole assembly. Pressure pulse signals may be used for the downlink signals. The operating change may be to turn a tool on or off, to take a sample with a tester, to change between preprogrammed lookup tables, to change the parameters of such lookup tables or to increase or decrease the data rate of downlink signalling, e.g. by switching between preprogrammed lookup tables. Simultaneous bi-directional communication may be achieved, possibly by transmitting and receiving uplink and downlink pulses within different frequency bands. The apparatus may comprise a surface transmitter 6 for generating pressure pulses, a control system 90 and a downhole receiver 21 for receiving and decoding pulses. A bypass valve 7 may be opened and closed to create a series of pressure pulses to be transmitted. An algorithm may allow for filtering and decoding the downlink signals. The algorithm may determine the time intervals between pulse peaks and decode the intervals into an instruction. The algorithm may also include error checking for verifying that the instruction was properly received downhole. Computer commands to downlink signals may be transmitted locally or from a location remote from the drilling site.
Patent GB-2416677-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum/blower device with telescopic wand
Inventor: ARCHBOLD TONY JOHN
IPC: A47L5/14
Filed: 2005-07-26
Abstract: A hand held vacuum blower device comprising a housing defining a handle and an enclosure in which a powered fan is located, the housing having a wand 30 projecting therefrom in the form of hollow ducting terminating in an outlet aperture 40, the ducting being divided into at least two sections 34,35 that telescope one within the other so that the effective length of the wand is adjustable.
Patent GB-2417705-A (GB)
Title: Abrasive belt for a grinding device
Inventor: BOBST MAX
IPC: B32B25/02
Filed: 2005-09-01
Abstract: A flexible abrasive belt comprises abrasive loop 1 which is bonded to flexible backing layer 4. The backing layer may comprise a natural or synthetic rubber and be applied raw to the belt and then cured in situ (vulcanisation). By choosing an appropriate Shore hardness for the backing layer, the belt may be tailored for grinding a variety of materials eg. stone, steel or aluminium. The belt may be formed with keying structure 6 to assist in mounting it on the grinding tool. The belt may be formed as a conventional belt driven by a plurality of rollers or as an elastic cylindrical body for fitting over a single roller.
Patent GB-2432775-A (GB)
Title: Sports socks
Inventor: SINGH MEHAR
IPC: A63B71/12
Filed: 2005-12-29
Abstract: A sports sock A with additional padding around the calf B and knee C that help to protect the wearer from being injured when playing various sports. Preferably the additional padding is sewn onto the sock A and gives the wearer some protection to around the surrounding areas.
Patent GB-2421994-A (GB)
Title: Auxiliary tool for tightening distribution belts in automotive engines
Inventor: BETANCOURT OLGA LLEVOT
IPC: F16H57/12
Filed: 2006-01-06
Abstract: An auxiliary tool for tightening distribution belts in automotive engines comprises a plate 1 having a warped profile, rounded around a hexagonal central core 5 emerging on a top face of the plate and extended in rounded wings around two cylindrical stubs 4 located on the plate lower face, being symmetrical about axis A-A. In use, fig 5, the cylindrical stubs 4 engage holes in the pulley and a standard tool such as a fixed, variable or box-type wrench may engage the central core 5 to tighten the pulley. The inner hole of the central core may have a striated surface.
Patent GB-2434326-A (GB)
Title: A punch bag with attachments
Inventor: BATES BRIAN WALTER WILLIAM
IPC: A63B69/34
Filed: 2006-01-20
Abstract: A sparring device comprises a punch bag with two light rounded objects suspended in front. When the punch bag is stuck, the attachments move towards the boxer, simulating a sparring effect.
Patent GB-2422676-A (GB)
Title: Eit data processing system and method
Inventor: WANG MI
IPC: G01F1/74
Filed: 2004-08-27
Abstract: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data processing system, for acquiring and processing data from two-phase flows, comprising a dual-plane sensor, a plurality of digital signal processing modules configured in a data pipeline processing arrangement and a plurality of data acquisition subsystems in communication with a first one of said digital signal processing modules.
Patent GB-2421771-A (GB)
Title: Asymmetric roller crown
Inventor: NEWALL JONATHAN PAUL
IPC: F16H15/38
Filed: 2004-11-01
Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the formation of rollers in a rollingtraction toroidal-race type of continuously variable ratio transmission device ("variator"). Specifically, it concerns variators of the "full-toridal" type in which the variator rollers (48) are permitted to adopt a position in which their centres are close to -or even coincident with - the center line of a toroidal cavity defined by races (30, 32, 42). It has been recognised that the roller centres do not, in such a variator, lie precisely upon the centre line of the variator cavities. Consequently in order to optimise roller performance there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a roller (70) having an outer perimeter which, viewed in a sectional plane containing the roller axis, has a convex profile which is not symmetrical about any plane perpendicular to the roller axis.
Patent GB-2422598-A (GB)
Title: A container assembly
Inventor: BOOTH PETER
IPC: B65D45/20
Filed: 2004-12-03
Abstract: A container assembly comprising a container (2) and a cover (4), wherein the container has a peripheral wall defining a rim (8) enclosing an opening at one end thereof, and wherein the cover is provided for releasably closing the opening, the assembly being provided with at least one locking member (12) that is hingeable between an unlocked position and a locked position, the at least one locking member having a locking member engagement feature which engages with a corresponding engagement feature (20) on the cover and/or the container in the locked position to lock the cover to the container, in which the locking member passes over the rim of the container and/or a rim of the cover as the locking member hinges between the unlocked and locked positions such that the locking member locks onto the container rim.
Patent GB-2423108-A (GB)
Title: Mounting of offshore structures in socket foundations
Inventor: WATCHORN MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E02D27/52
Filed: 2002-10-23
Abstract: A foundation (30') for mounting an offshore structure (4), such as a wind turbine, The foundation (30') comprises a socket (32') for receiving and retaining an end part (10 fig 1) of the structure (4). The socket (32') has a base surface (34, Fig 3) an intermediate supporting part (36, Fig 3) and an interface piece (50) with an internal guiding surface (540) for guiding the end part of the structure (4) into the intermediate support part. The interface piece (50) is mounted in a desired alignment so as to operatively align the structure (4) in the desired alignment when it is inserted in the foundation (30). The structure may be installed into the foundation from a transporting barge (2, Fig 1) having a cable stayed "A" frame (16, Fig 1) which supports the structure in a vertical orientation as it is lowered into the foundation.
Patent GB-2428058-A (GB)
Title: Sealing system with swelling material
Inventor: PATEL DINESH R
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2005-03-10
Abstract: A sealing system 10 for use in a well 6 comprises a swellable material 12 disposed on a conveyance device 14, wherein the swellable material 12 swells when exposed to application of an excitation energy. The excitation energy may be in the form of electrical, electrical polarization, or optical energy.
Patent GB-2428666-A (GB)
Title: Liquid dispenser with counting device
Inventor: BARDOLET ALEJANDRO CISNEROS
IPC: G01F11/32
Filed: 2006-07-21
Abstract: A liquid dispenser, such as a spirits dispenser, comprises a support structure 1 for a bottle being held upside down and containing the liquid to be dispensed and a pouring element 4. Pouring element 4 comprises a valve member (5, fig.2) which is displaced to open and close a conduit. The counter device includes an electronic circuit (6, fig.3), which comprises at least one detector (SW1, fig.4) adapted to detect a change in position of said moving valve member 5 and a microprocessor-based electronic unit (U1, fig.4) connected to the detector (SW1) to record, in a memory, the number of detections made. The detector may be a magnetic detector and the moving part 5 may be magnetic. A wireless communications system may be associated with the electronic unit (U1), to supply the data to an external reader device 7.
Patent GB-2429081-A (GB)
Title: Protected software identifiers for improving the security of a computing device
Inventor: DIXON JONATHAN
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2006-08-10
Abstract: Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) for application software are divided into two ranges, an unprotected range which can be allocated to any application software and a protected range which can only be used by digitally signed software. When installing software on a computing device, the GUIDs of any executables are checked to ensure they do not clash with any belonging to software already on the device (i.e. they are locally unique), and that, if they are from the protected range, the software being installed was digitally signed. When applications are being signed, authentication checks include ensuring that executables being signed do not use any GUIDs that have not been allocated to an owner of that software (see figure 2). The protected range of identifiers is reserved for highly sensitive software. The local uniqueness check for GUIDs ensures applications already installed are not being spoofed.
Patent GB-2429160-A (GB)
Title: Tensegrity osteotomy system comprising a threaded insert
Inventor: RICHARDSON JAMES BRUCE
IPC: A61B17/86
Filed: 2006-08-16
Abstract: Apparatus for use in opening wedge osteotomy; the apparatus includes an insert 10 locatable in an opening in bone, the insert being elongate and converging to its distal end, the insert having an axial external thread 12. and a guide formation at its proximal end to facilitate its rotation. The guide formation may comprise a profiled opening or openings 14, 16 in the proximal end of the insert. Preferably, the insert is conical or frusto-conical in shape and made of an osteoconductive and/or bioabsorbable material. In use, a pair of inserts may be used. Preferably, the apparatus also includes gap closing means for applying a compressive force across a wedge gap 24. The gap closing means may comprise a screw (28. fig.6) extendable across the wedge gap or a plate (32, fig.7) or plates locatable across the opening of the wedge gap. Alternatively, the gap closing means may comprise tension bands (44, fig.10) extendable across the opening of the wedge gap with pins (42. fig.10) and/or screws mounted on either side of the wedge gap between which the tension bands may extend.
Patent GB-2442501-A (GB)
Title: Sending and receiving serial data with parallel data conversion
Inventor: OLIVER RICHARD
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2006-10-05
Abstract: A data processing apparatus is provided with multiple devices. Each of these devices generates parallel signals using a parallel signal protocol and is associated with a serialising/de-serialising circuit (12). This circuit is comprised of a plurality of serialising circuits (26, 28, 30 and 32) which captures a set of parallel signals, serialises them to form a serial stream of data, stores it in a buffer (34) and then transmits this to one of the other devices. The destination device comprises a circuit that has a plurality of de-serialising circuits (36, 38, 40, 42, 30, 26), and buffers (44 and 46) which receive this serial stream of data, de-serialises it to form a second set of parallel signals corresponding to the first set of parallel signals and then applies this second set of parallel signals to the destination device. Preferably, the serialising circuit is responsive to predetermined patterns in the parallel signals. The serialising circuit replaces these patterns with short codes and transmits them as part of the serial data stream in replace of the predetermined pattern. They can represent such things as the length of the transaction, destination address, etc The serialising/de-serialising circuits can be synchronised via local oscillators (using bits embedded in the serial stream or by a modulation of the stream) or a global clock.
Patent GB-2433372-A (GB)
Title: Television receiver
Inventor: SHIH YU-CHIANG
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2006-12-15
Abstract: A TV signal processor is disclosed that includes a signal receiver 11, a signal processor 12 for receiving an external analogue or digital TV signal, a decoder 13, first 14 and second 16 transmission interfaces and a bridge 15. The processor demodulates the received TV signal and the decoder decodes this into a digital multimedia file or a digital multimedia stream. The first transmission interface receives and transmits signals to and from devices such as a mouse, keyboard, camera or memory. The second transmission interface connects a display device and may transmit data or commands received through the first interface.