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Patent GB-2453912-A (GB)
Title: Method for treating spent pot liner
Inventor: DEEGAN DAVID
IPC: A62D3/19
Filed: 2007-03-26
Abstract: A method for treating spent pot liner material (SPL) containing carbon and/or an inorganic material, the method comprising: providing a plasma furnace having first and second electrodes for generating plasma and a crucible having a non-electrically conductive inner surface, heating the SPL material in the crucible in the presence of a flux material and an oxidant by passing an arc between the first and second electrodes via the SPL material to form a molten slag material and convert at least some of the carbon in the SPL material to CO and/or CO2 and/or incorporate at least some of the inorganic material into the molten slag material.
Patent GB-2433944-A (GB)
Title: Solder alloy
Inventor: CUNNING GARY
IPC: B23K35/26
Filed: 2005-10-14
Abstract: A solder alloy for use in the manufacture of electrical fuses, the alloy comprising: Copper - from 0.5 to 4 wt.% Silver - from 0.1 to 1 wt.% Antimony - from 0.2 to 3 wt.% Bismuth - from 0 to 1.5 wt.% Zinc - from 0 to 2 wt.% Nickel - from 0 to 0.3 wt.% Cobalt - from 0 to 0.3 wt.% Phosphorous - from 0 to 0.01 wt.% Indium-from 0 to 0.2 wt.% Germanium - from 0 to 0.1 wt.% and the balance tin, together with unavoidable impurities, provided that if the silver content is 0.5 wt.% or less, then copper is present in an amount of not less than 0.9 wt.% and/or bismuth is present in an amount of not less than 0.1 wt.%.
Patent GB-2449121-A (GB)
Title: Extendable structure
Inventor: BARKER ANDREW
IPC: E04H12/18
Filed: 2007-05-11
Abstract: An extendable structure comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged telescopic elongate hollow segments. Each segment comprises an elongate tube (1 - 7), a base (8 - 13) arranged at one end of the tube (1 - 7), a gland (21 - 25) arranged at the other end of the tube (1 - 7) and an elongate bar (27 - 32). The elongate bar (27 - 32) has one end fixed to the base (8 - 13) and another opposite end fixed to the gland (21 - 25), and is positioned inside the tube (1- 7), so that each bar (27 - 32) is located between two adjacent tubes (1 - 7). A groove is located in the circumference of the base (8 - 13) so that when the segments are moved in a telescopic manner each base (8 - 13) slides along the bar (27 - 32) of an outwardly adjacent segment.
Patent GB-2450363-A (GB)
Title: Communication units, communication system and methods for modulation and demodulation.
Inventor: RADOUS ALEXANDRE
IPC: H04L27/34
Filed: 2007-06-21
Abstract: A method of demodulation, the method comprising the steps of receiving a radio frequency signal, converting the received radio frequency signal to a base-band signal, performing symbol timing recovery on the base-band signal, and demodulating the base-band signal. The base-band signal comprises alternating symbols spaced at an alternating first interval length and a second interval length, where the first interval length and second interval length are dissimilar. The base-band signal is then demodulated. Communication units and a method of modulation are also described.
Patent GB-2458463-A (GB)
Title: Infra-red imaging system for aligning a printed circuit board to a printing screen
Inventor: BUTTLE MARTYN
IPC: B41F15/08
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: An imaging system and method for imaging a workpiece, in particular a printed circuit board (PCB), in order to align the workpiece to a printing screen (or stencil). The system comprises a workpiece support 3 for supporting a workpiece W; a printing screen 5; and at least one imaging unit 7a, 7b disposed below the workpiece support 3 for imaging at least one workpiece alignment feature (F, Fig.2) on the upper surface of the workpiece, wherein the imaging unit(s) 7a, 7b each comprise an infra-red (IR) light source 21 which illuminates a region of a lower surface of the workpiece and a camera 23 which captures an image which includes at least one workpiece alignment feature on the upper surface of the workpiece. The system may also include screen imaging units 9a, 9b comprising a visible light source 31 for imaging alignment features (F, Fig.2) on the lower surface of the printing screen 5.
Patent GB-2451309-A (GB)
Title: An electron transfer dissociation cell comprising a plurality of apertured electrodes
Inventor: GREEN MARTIN
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2008-03-26
Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising: an ion-ion reaction cell; a proton transfer reaction or dissociation cell; or, preferably, an electron transfer dissociation (ETD) cell 1. Positive analyte ions are fragmented into fragment ions upon colliding with singly charged negative reagent ions with the cell 1. The cell comprises a plurality of ring electrodes 1, preferably at least five, which form a spherical, spheroidal or ellipsoidal trapping volume 4. Ions experience negligible RF heating over the majority of the trapping volume which enables the kinetic energy of the analyte and reagent ions to be reduced to just above thermal temperatures. An electron transfer dissociation cell 1 having an enhanced sensitivity is thereby provided. Fragment ions created within the cell 1 may be cooled and transmitted onwardly to an orthogonal acceleration time of flight mass analyser (see Figure 5) enabling a significant improvement in the resolution of the mass analyser to be obtained.
Patent GB-2448237-A (GB)
Title: Wastewater filtering apparatus
Inventor: KOIKE HIROSHI
IPC: B01D29/00
Filed: 2008-04-04
Abstract: A wastewater filtering apparatus for filtering wastewater in which solid matter is mixed, comprises a container 11 for storing wastewater, a wastewater inlet tube 27 connected to the container for directing wastewater into the container and a tubular element 17 disposed inside the container for removing impurities containing solid matter from wastewater that flows from an outside to an inside. The apparatus also comprises a purified water transport tube 36 for drawing out filtered purified water to an exterior of the container and a cleaning spray tube 21 disposed inside the container for spraying cleaning water to an outside surface of the tubular element. Also provided is a rotation mechanism 25 suitable for rotating the tubular element when the cleaning water is sprayed and causing the outside surface of the tubular element to be uniformly aligned facing the cleaning water spray tube. Also provided is a backflow supply tube 37 suitable for supplying fluid to an inside of the tubular element after rotation by the rotation mechanism is stopped and washing the tubular element using the backflow and a deposit transport tube 29 extends from a bottom of the container for discharging from the container the impurities containing the solid matter removed by the cleaning water and the fluid. Preferably in a first step, the external peripheral surface of the tubular element is cleaned and most of solid matter is removed and in a second step, compressed air is fed to the tubular element, and fine solid matter that is embedded in the filter is removed by backwashing.
Patent GB-2459450-A (GB)
Title: Automatic interconnection of Intelligent Wireless Nodes to provide connection to external networks
Inventor: BEAUMONT ADAM
IPC: H04W40/24
Filed: 2008-04-21
Abstract: An Intelligent Wireless Node (IWN) is a device capable of being deployed as part of a dynamic, self-configuring and re-configuring network. An IWN may identify and communicate with other IWNs over a wireless bearer network. Once created, IWNs can dynamically enter and leave the wireless bearer network. Individual IWNs connected to the bearer network may have onward connections to one or more external networks, such as the Internet, providing multiple routes out from the bearer network. An IWN acts as wireless access point, a wireless repeater, a wireless router and/or a replica wireless access point and may use additional wireless frequencies to build a dynamic, secure and mutable wireless bearer network that interconnects IWNs and provides dynamic paths between devices connected to the wireless bearer network and to external networks.An IWN may process, store, filter and forward information that passes between all the networks to which it is connected, thus reducing the number of external network points required to support a large wireless network and therefore lowering bandwidth requirements.
Patent GB-2452631-A (GB)
Title: A digital LINC transmitter with mismatch compensation
Inventor: BYUN SANGJIN
IPC: H03C1/50
Filed: 2008-09-08
Abstract: The phase imbalance of the channels in a LINC transmitter is compensated by applying a phase offset 112a to the signal component separator 110. Amplitude imbalance is compensated by adjusting the gain of the amplifiers 161,162. The mismatch compensator 190 calculates the required phase and amplitude corrections by monitoring the level of the output 116 while test signals are applied. The digital delay modulators 130,140 (figures 2 and 4) receive a set of four quadrature clocks from a synthesiser 150 and comprise selectors, dividers and interpolators controlled by the phase data signals 113 from the signal component separator 110.
Patent GB-2453423-A (GB)
Title: LED assembly
Inventor: NARUSE YOUICHI
IPC: G02F1/13357
Filed: 2008-09-23
Abstract: The device comprises a substrate 10 and light emitting devices (20) arranged in a linear array and having separate power supply paths (12, 14, 16, 18) to separate groups of LEDs within the array. The light emitting devices are divided into groups in such a manner that an LED of one group is adjacent to an LED of another group. The LED assembly may be used for LCD backlight applications. The separate power supply paths may have separate or shared driver circuits.
Patent GB-2464125-A (GB)
Title: Topology discovery comprising partitioning network nodes into groups and using multiple discovery agents operating concurrently in each group.
Inventor: MARTIN DANIEL JOSEPH
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2008-10-04
Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for discovering the topology of a network by using multiple discovery agents operating in parallel. A NodeList containing information about known nodes in a target network is received. The number (IC) of discovery agents to be used is determined and the nodes are partitioned into node groups, each of which has a group identifier respectively assigning it to a discovery agent. A GraphList is created to hold information about known and discovered nodes. Each entry in the NodeList list is processed by its assigned discovery agent, which sends probe messages to the target node to determine the node identifiers of discovered neighboring nodes. If the discovered nodes are not listed in the NodeList, then they are assigned to a node group for processing. If the connections between the target and the discovered neighboring node nodes are not listed in the GraphList, then they are added. Once all node and connection information is collected by the node discovery agents and listed in the GraphList, a network topology is generated.
Patent GB-2453866-A (GB)
Title: Single ply pressure seal mailer with removable pull tab
Inventor: YOST DAVID
IPC: B42D15/08
Filed: 2008-10-17
Abstract: A business form or intermediate 10 consists of a single ply pressure seal form that permits extraction of one or more inserts 12 die cut from and contiguous with the single ply. In one embodiment the business form or intermediate comprises two panels 14,16; an insert 12 which may be multi-panelled and a removable pull tab 32. To form the mailer the insert is folded up to overlie panel 16 and panel 16 is then folded up to overlie panel 14 with lines of pressure sensitive adhesive 24,26 engaging to secure the mailer. The pull tab is then enclosed within the interior of the mailer. Removal of the pull tab releases the insert and creates a single opening to permit its removal. In other embodiments a second pull tab may also be present which overlies the first pull tab and which, when removed, exposes or removes the first pull tab.
Patent GB-2455393-A (GB)
Title: Deck for mounting a shrinkwrapped load
Inventor: SHEPHERD GARRY
IPC: B65D19/00
Filed: 2008-10-20
Abstract: A deck for mounting a load, said deck comprising a single layer and having an edge that is adapted to engage with shrink or stretch or heat wrap plastic film whereby no plastic film need be wound around the underside of the deck. In this way the plastic film is kept out of contact with, for example, the roller of a roller conveyor. The edge of the deck comprises a concave or V-section channel and may be teeth shaped to engage with a sheet of plastic film. Each concave channel may include means to prevent channels of adjacent decks from engaging one another; such means may comprise raised areas in the concave channels. The deck may be made of injection moulded plastic or wood. The deck may be used with staging comprising two upright frames spaced apart from one another and joined by a lower frame.
Patent GB-2467745-A (GB)
Title: Wind turbine blade with tension element(s) to increase edgewise stiffness
Inventor: WESTERGAARD CARSTEN HEIN
IPC: F03D1/06
Filed: 2009-02-11
Abstract: Edgewise stiffness of a wind turbine blade is enhanced by arranging a tension element 36, 52 inside the blade shell 18 between anchor points on a load bearing member 22 such as a spar or a beam in the turbine blade. The tension element is spaced away from the load bearing member 22 by struts 38, 54 and acts as a suspension cable. The blade may have a plurality of tension elements (36a, 36b, 36c, fig.7) which may overlap. The tension element(s) may be provided on the trailing edge and/or the leading edge of the load bearing member. A leading edge tension member 52 may be integrated into the leading edge of the shell. The blade may include an amount of pre-bend and tension at the tip end of the blade can be adjusted to bend the blade so that it adopts the originally designed pre-bend shape. The tension element 36,52 is made from high strength material eg pre-tensioned carbon fibre in a pultruded profile.
Patent GB-2455467-A (GB)
Title: Carabiner connection tool
Inventor: CHEPUMY MARK
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 2009-03-31
Abstract: A carabiner connection tool for connecting an object to a carabiner that has an internal space and a carabiner opening for admitting the object to the internal space, comprising a support structure 34 having a support opening (35) sized and shaped to hold the carabiner while leaving the carabiner opening unobstructed such that the object can be admitted to the internal space through the carabiner opening and a handle connected to the support structure whereby the carabiner can be connected to and or disconnected from an object not reachable by hand using the tool. Preferably the support structure includes two support walls 36,38 and a support floor 39 to support the carabiner, and it preferably has a telescopically extendible handle comprising two handle portions 42, 46 and a stopper in the form of a tightening ring 44 for releasably fixing the length of the handle by stopping portions 42 and 46 from moving relatively. A connector opening 48 receives a connector depending from the carabiner, preferably a strap 17.
Patent GB-2469285-A (GB)
Title: Ferroelectric niobate materials formed by spray pyrolysis
Inventor: MADERO FRANCESCO
IPC: C01G33/00
Filed: 2009-04-06
Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of a niobium compound of formula (I):DαNbβEγ03-δ (I) WhereinD is an alkali metal (e.g. Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and/or Fr), alkaline earth metal (such as Ba, Ca, Mg and/or Sr), La and/or Bi; E is Ta, Sb and/or Fe;α is a positive numberβ is a positive numberγ is zero or a positive numberδ is a number 0≤ δ ≤ 0.5;and wherein the formula (I) has the perovskite or tungsten bronze structure;which process comprises spray-pyrolising a solution, for example an aqueous solution, comprising metal (D) ions, Nb ions and if present, metal (E) ions. The use of the ferroelectric materials formed in piezoelectric devices is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of an alkali metal niobium oxide of the formulaA1-2x-3wBxCwNb1-y-3/5z-uTayFezSbuO3 WhereA is an alkali metal, B is an alkaline earth metalC is La and /or Bi0 ≤z≤ 0.3; 0≤ u≤ 0.3; 0≤w≤ 0.3; 0≤ x ≤0.3; 0≤y <1 Also disclosed is piezoelectric transformer which comprises a compound of formula ATaO3where A is an alkali metal.
Patent GB-2470066-A (GB)
Title: THE ESTIMATION OF AND SHEDULING OF RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR A RADIO BEARER TO MEET A DEFINED QoS IN DEPENDENCE UPON RADIO CONDITIONS
Inventor: ARNOTT ROBERT
IPC: H04W72/08
Filed: 2009-05-08
Abstract: Apparatus comprising: a radio transceiver 31 operable to communicate with a plurality of devices using a plurality of time and frequency resource blocks; a scheduler 45 operable to allocate resource blocks to radio bearers and provide measurement data for at least one bearer that varies with the radio conditions; a load estimator 46 operable to receive the measurement data and estimate for the at least one bearer the resource blocks required to meet the defined quality of service in dependence upon the measurement data and preferably also the spectral efficiency for the associated communication device. Preferably the estimator is operable to estimate the resource blocks required to provide a required data rate for the bearer and the measurement data comprises a measure of bit rate that the bearer can achieve on each of the scheduled resource blocks. The apparatus may further comprise an admission controller 47 which, based on the load of a new bearer established by the estimator, determines whether or not to admit the new bearer.
Patent GB-2466526-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum packed item provided with template for cutting item into portions
Inventor: DOYLE PAT
IPC: B65D75/52
Filed: 2009-05-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum packaged meat product comprising a polymeric pouch 1 and a joint of meat 5, or other foods, vacuum packed within the pouch. The pouch comprises a template 3, which can be printed, thermoformed, partially scored or embossed on the pouch, for cutting the joint of meat into individual portions. The printed template can be arranged to be generally of a similar dimension to the joint of meat, and the meat can be positioned within the pouch such that it is generally in register with the cutting template printed on the pouch. In addition the pouch may be provided with physical guiding means for the knife, such as grooves embossed on the pouch. The cutting template is used to facilitate the cutting of the contents into individual portions. The template can be applied to the pouch either before or after the packed item has been vacuum packed.
Patent GB-2472053-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft and engine deicing apparatus
Inventor: BUFFONE COSIMO
IPC: B64D15/16
Filed: 2009-07-23
Abstract: Deicing apparatus 30 for dislodging ice from a surface which is prone to ice accretion such as aircraft wings, aircraft engines and associated aerodynamic structures includes a plurality of pedestals 34 in contact with the surface 32 and arranged in a spaced two-dimensional array relative to said surface. Actuation means 38 are arranged to reversibly deform the surface 32 about said pedestals 34 between an at-rest condition and a deformed condition. The actuation means 38 is arranged to cause a variation in height of the surface between the pedestals in the two-dimensional array. The actuation means may include temperature dependent shape memory alloys in combination with an electrical heating system. The actuation means may comprise piezoelectric stacks (110, fig 7) acting on lever arms (120, Fig 7).
Patent GB-2460782-A (GB)
Title: Speed controller of hydraulic actuator
Inventor: KOBATA HIROSHI
IPC: E02F9/22
Filed: 2008-04-16
Abstract: Flow rate of working oil supplied to hydraulic actuators (7-9) is controlled based on target action speeds (C7-C9). Such a state that action of the hydraulic actuator (7-9) nearly stops is detected, and the target action speeds (C7-C9) of the hydraulic actuators are reset to smaller values. A required flow rate Q of a hydraulic pump (22) is calculated using the target action speeds thus reset, and the target action speeds are corrected using a flow rate distribution rate Qr obtained by dividing a suppliable flow rate Qa by a required flow rate Qb. By controlling the flow rate of working oil supplied to hydraulic actuators (7-9) on the corrected target action speeds, when any one of the hydraulic actuators (7-9) nearly stops its action, working oil supply to the other hydraulic actuators can be increased quickly.
Patent GB-2461480-A (GB)
Title: Control system for a battery powered vehicle
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM IAIN
IPC: B60R25/045
Filed: 2008-06-26
Abstract: A control system for a battery powered vehicle of the kind which is provided with an electric power source and at least one switch means, such as a contactor, which is operable to connect the output of the power source to a high power electrical item fitted to the vehicle, such as an electric drive motor, in which the control system is operable to set the vehicle in one of at least 3 different operating modes comprising a first mode in which the vehicle is immobilised and the contactor is held in an open position to isolate the battery from the electrical item, a second mode in which the vehicle is not immobilised and the contactor is held in a closed position to connect the battery to the electrical item, and a third mode in which the vehicle is immobilised but the contactor remains in an closed position to connect the battery to the electrical item.
Patent GB-2466367-A (GB)
Title: Action to minimise data loss based on current and previous access policy violations
Inventor: BARILE IAN
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2009-12-11
Abstract: In an arrangement for safeguarding sensitive information, a user attempt to perform an operation to move data off a computing device is detected 205 as the result of a DLP (data loss prevention) policy violation. Optionally, the data is scanned 210 to ascertain whether the data actually includes sensitive information 215 and/or whether the user is authorised to perform the operation 220. The DLP policy that has been contravened is determined 225 and, preferably, the current infringement is stored 230 in a policy violation record. The presence of any previous policy violation for the device is determined 235 — previous violations also preferably being stored in the policy violation record — and an action is performed to minimise a risk of data loss. If there are no previous violations, the action 240 may be based on a response rule associated 232 with the current violation alone. However, if there are previous violations, the action 245 may also be based on a response rule associated 243 with the previous violations.