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Patent GB-2544047-A (GB)
Title: Variable flute stopper
Inventor: PETER WILLIAM ROBERTSON
IPC: G10D9/01
Filed: 2015-11-02
Abstract: A woodwind instrument, such as a flute, is fitted with a self adjusting stopper mechanism to control or modulate the acoustic properties of the instrument. The stopper acts to regulate the length of a column of air within the flute. The stopper may move in response to changes in air pressure caused by playing characteristics or by environmental changes, such as temperature or humidity variations. The stopper may vary in length or in the angle it presents to the embouchure. The stopper 3 comprises a face 6 which is subject to air pressure directed through the embouchure into the flute inner body. A resistance or biasing means 7 is disposed between face 6 and a second member 8. Variations in air pressure cause item 6 to attempt to move with respect to item 8 however the biasing means 7 restrict said movement. The biasing means may include opposing magnets, springs, an air balloon or bladder, or an electric piston or ratchet (figures 2 5 inclusive). The self adjusting stopper seeks to overcome tuning problems associated with the use of cork stoppers. .
Patent GB-2535859-A (GB)
Title: Velocity based pedestrian sensing
Inventor: JIALIANG LE
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 2016-01-20
Abstract: A vehicle system includes a sensor, which may be mounted on a steel bumper, for outputting an impact signal and a processing device programmed to calculate an acceleration envelope from the impact signal, calculate a velocity envelope from the acceleration envelope, which may relate to the acceleration of an impacting object, determine a threshold value based at least in part on the vehicle speed, and compare the acceleration envelope to the threshold value. The processing device outputs a control signal to deploy a pedestrian protection countermeasure if the acceleration envelope exceeds the threshold value, distinguishing pedestrians from objects such as small animals; an alternative countermeasure may be deployed in the event of impact from a non-human object. In an example, a different threshold is used at a vehicle speed of 20 km/h than at a vehicle speed of 40 km/h.
Patent GB-2549807-A (GB)
Title: Labelling network flows according to source applications
Inventor: KENNETH D RAY
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2016-06-17
Abstract: An enterprise security system is improved by instrumenting endpoints to explicitly label network flows according to the source applications of the network traffic. When a network message from an endpoint is received at a gateway, firewall, or other network device/service, the network message may be examined to determine the source application on the endpoint that originated the request, and this source information may be used to control routing or other handling of the network message. The reputation of the source application that generated the network message may be determined and the routing of the message to its destination may be conditionally based on this. The label may also include a name of the endpoint, the reputation of the application and a user identifier. The label may be cryptographically signed by the endpoint. The label and the reputation of the source application may be cached at the network device.
Patent GB-2554441-A (GB)
Title: Protect a brush from premature failure
Inventor: RICHARD RENWICK
IPC: A47L1/06
Filed: 2016-09-28
Abstract: A brush having at least one semi-rigid member 1 protruding from the brush back 3, where the protruding member or members are shorter than the brush bristles 2. The brush is intended for cleaning, particularly for window cleaning, and for use with a water fed pole (WFP). The short upstand members act to support the weight of the brush bristles when the bristles get bent during use. This protects the root 4 of the bristles from being distorted or damaged.
Patent GB-2558300-A (GB)
Title: Range extender electric vehicle with ancillary device
Inventor: BEN JARDINE
IPC: B60W10/30
Filed: 2016-12-29
Abstract: A range-extender electric vehicle (REEV) 10, which may be a fire engine, includes a battery 22, an auxiliary power unit 28, which may be an internal combustion engine (ICE), and a generator 36 driven by the auxiliary power unit to charge the battery. An inverter 37 may be used between the generator and battery. An ancillary device 32, which may be a water pump, is mechanically driven by the auxiliary power unit and a coupling 34, such as a clutch, selectively engages and disengages the mechanical drive to the ancillary device. Gearbox 30 may be omitted from the system to drive the coupling and pump without gearing. If water inlet port 44 is connected to an external hydrant the difference in water pressure from the hydrant to a tank 38 may drive an impeller 46 to drive second generator 48 to provide additional charging of the battery.
Patent GB-2559814-A (GB)
Title: Load carrying device
Inventor: MATTHEW KARL TUTT
IPC: B60C23/10
Filed: 2017-02-21
Abstract: A load carrying device comprises a load carrying portion, a roller and an inflation arrangement in connection with the roller for selectively inflating the roller from a deflated state to an inflated state and for selectively deflating the roller from the inflated state to the deflated state, the roller rotatable to allow movement of the load carrying device, the roller comprising: an attachment arrangement attaching the roller to the load carrying portion so that the roller provides support to the load carrying portion; and a body for contacting a surface on which the load carrying device is located. The roller may be a ball and the inflation arrangement may comprise a pump. The roller may comprise a plurality of structural members and made from a puncture resistant material. The load carrying device may be a pram or a golf trolley.
Patent GB-2544935-A (GB)
Title: Method for optically measuring three-dimensional co-ordinates and calibration of a three-dimensional measuring device
Inventor: GERRIT HILLEBRAND
IPC: H04N13/02
Filed: 2015-09-08
Abstract: A method for scanning and obtaining three-dimensional (3D)l coordinates is provided. The method includes providing a 3D measuring device having a projector, a first camera and a second camera. The method records images of a light pattern emitted by the projector onto an object. A deviation in a measured parameter from an expected parameter is determined. The calibration of the 3D measuring device may be changed when the deviation is outside of a predetermined threshold.
Patent GB-2564419-A (GB)
Title: Package
Inventor: NICHOLAS SMITH
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: A package 5 for tobacco products comprising an enclosure 30 formed of a wrapper of flexible sheet material with an extraction opening 35 in an upper portion of the enclosure and a hinged lid 10 covering the upper portion and movable between a closed and open position, where the lid is formed of a material more rigid than the enclosure and on at least the front face 37 and side faces 38 of the enclosure the lid is the only element around the enclosure which is formed of a material more rigid than the sheet material. The lid may be formed of card, cardboard or a rigid or semi-rigid polymer. The package may comprise a rear panel (20, fig. 4) formed of a more rigid material than the flexible sheet. The panel may be integral with the lid and may comprise a hinge line defining the hinge. The panel may extend partially or substantially wholly to the base of the enclosure and may be attached to the exterior, rear face of the enclosure or be located between an inside rear face of the wrapper and the contents of the enclosure.
Patent GB-2566524-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method and apparatus
Inventor: AARON FREEMAN-POWELL
IPC: G06T7/194
Filed: 2017-09-18
Abstract: A method and system for identifying the periphery of a towed vehicle T, such as a trailer, connected to a towing vehicle such as a car. Towing vehicle image IMG1 data from a towing vehicle camera is received and processed to generate a plurality of movement vectors. A periphery P1 of the towed vehicle is identified from the movement vectors. The movement vectors may be detected from optical flow analysis. A gradient of the magnitude of the movement vectors may be determined, and the periphery of the towed vehicle may be identified from the gradient. The determined gradient may be compared to a threshold to identify the periphery. Further trailer image data may be received and the periphery overlaid on the trailer image data (fig 5). A closing algorithm may close the identified periphery of the towed vehicle.
Patent GB-2558987-A (GB)
Title: Automatic generation and transmission of a status of a user and/or predicted duration of the status
Inventor: Sebastian Millius
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2017-10-25
Abstract: Sensor-based data is received from sensors, such as a GPS, accelerometer, microphone, camera, or gyroscope sensor, of a client device to determine a user status and a predicted duration of the status. The status notification 482A-D is transmitted over a network to an additional user. The sensor data is applied to a local machine learning model, the output from which is used to determine the status and how long the status is valid for. The data is used to determine a user activity, and if an additional user satisfies a trust criteria, a notification identifying the activity is transmitted, or if a trust criteria is not satisfied, the activity is not identified. The predicted duration may be determined independently of a direct indication of duration such as a calendar entry. The time period of the status may be predicted based on a stored status-duration association, particularised to the user. The status and the duration may be indicated directly by the output of the machine learning algorithm. The input to the machine learning model may include historical duration for the users activities. The status may be transmitted as an audio signal in response to a received message 480.
Patent GB-2574185-A (GB)
Title: Zirconia-Based mixed or composite oxides as passive NOx adsorbents
Inventor: DAVID ALASTAIR SCAPENS
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 2018-04-05
Abstract: A passive nitrogen oxides adsorbent comprising: palladium, platinum or a mixture of the two; and a mixed or composite oxide comprising 10-90% by weight zirconium oxide and 0.1-50% by weight of at least one of a transition metal or a lanthanide other than cerium. Preferably the lanthanide is praseodymium and the transition metal is at least one of tungsten, manganese or iron. The lanthanide may also comprise yttrium, lanthanum or neodymium. The adsorbent may also comprise an oxide of a group 14 element in an amount of 0.1-20% by weight. The adsorbent may comprise 0.1-20% by weight Ce, or be substantially free of Ce. A method for reducing NOx present in a lean gas stream is disclosed, comprising: providing the passive NOx adsorbent in the stream; adsorbing the NOx below 200 °C; thermally net desorbing the NOx in the lean gas stream at 200 °C and above; catalytically reducing the NOx on a downstream catalyst with at least one of: a nitrogenous or hydrocarbon reductant, hydrogen, or a mixture thereof. The gas stream may emanate from a gasoline of diesel fuelled engine.
Patent GB-2573156-A (GB)
Title: A panel
Inventor: Joseph Christopher Baker
IPC: E04H17/16
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: The fence panel 100 has two spaced apart parallel perforated sheets102, 104, wherein the apertures 120 in a first sheet are offset with respect to apertures 122 in the adjacent sheet. The apertures allow air flow through the panel to minimise wind loading, but as they are offset do not allow a clear line of sight straight through the panel. The panels may be powder coated aluminium, wood or plastic. A lip or flange 106, 108, 110, 112 may extend along the edge of each sheet allowing interconnection and spacing of the sheets. The apertures may have the same shape, size and spacing, e.g. an array of round holes spaced by 25 mm, with a diameter of 20mm. The sheets may be 20-100mm apart. There may be an intermediate perforated sheet sandwiched between the sheets. An illumination device may be included between the sheets. Also claimed is a kit of parts, and a system comprising the panel and two elongate support members.
Patent GB-2574800-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for bridging computer resources
Inventor: GIAMPIETRO TECCHIOLLI
IPC: H04L12/937
Filed: 2018-06-06
Abstract: A reconfigurable hardware (e.g. smart switch 10) interconnects a processor and peripheral resources. The hardware defines a control plane which interconnects peripheral resources 12-15 and a data plane which interconnects the processor 11 and the peripheral resources. The hardware, under the control of the processor, through the control plane, carries out bridging between the peripheral resources through the data plane. Bridging between peripheral resources may comprise switching between host layers of peripheral communication stacks used to access the peripheral resources. The stacks may be OSI model stacks. The hardware may switch layers 3 to 1 of the stacks. The hardware may also translate the format of data between two or more of layers 3 to 1 using context passed from host layers of the stacks. Bridging by the hardware may comprise connecting host layers of a stack used to access one peripheral resource to one or more physical layers of a stack used to access another peripheral resource. Peripheral resources may comprise heterogenous peripheral resources. The reconfigurable hardware may comprise a switch. The reconfigurable hardware may be configured only once at either design time, or just before a first operation of the smart switch. The switch may comprise Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
Patent GB-2574903-A (GB)
Title: Compilable data model
Inventor: JOHN RONALD FRY
IPC: G06F16/907
Filed: 2018-07-31
Abstract: In a data digest system 100, input to a data digest model compiler 214 is provided by: parsing by parser 204 a descriptor 202 of a data structure related to data content emitted by a physical data source device; restructuring by 206 the parsed descriptor according to a constrained data paradigm 208 into a formal structure descriptor acceptable by compiler 214 as an input to generate a compiled executable 216 operable to process the data content; augmenting by 210 the formal structure descriptor with processing directives operable to cause runtime transformation of data content of the data structure into a predetermined input parameter form acceptable by a compiled executable generated by compiler 214; and inputting the augmented formal structure descriptor as a data digest model 212 to compiler 214 to generate the compiled executable 216. Multiple incompatible data-sources are virtualised to address corresponding difficulties in the Internet of Things (IoT).
Patent GB-2577266-A (GB)
Title: Nozzle assembly
Inventor: DAVID JAMES JENKINS
IPC: F16L37/20
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: A nozzle assembly 1 for a bottle filling machine comprising: a body 7 comprising an inlet 20 and an outlet 14; a nozzle 5 connectable to the outlet; and a clamp assembly 19, wherein the clamp assembly is for securing the nozzle into engagement with the body. The clamp assembly comprises an abutment member 8 for abutment with the body, a lever 3 and one or more linking members 2a, 2b for linking the lever to the abutment member, said lever comprising one or more engagement means 9a, 9b for engagement with the nozzle. When the abutment member is placed in abutment with the body and the one or more engagement means are positioned into engagement with the nozzle the lever is movable between a first position and a second position. The first position is a loose position allowing the nozzle to be removed from the body and the second position is a clamped position wherein the nozzle is clamped into engagement with the body. The invention allows for the quick and easy removal and installation of a nozzle assembly from and to a bottle filling machine.
Patent GB-2565978-A (GB)
Title: Multiple use computerized injector
Inventor: Tal Pikan
IPC: A61M5/315
Filed: 2017-06-01
Abstract: A computer-controlled injector for use with a medicament cartridge and including a housing having a medicament cartridge receiving volume and a medicament cartridge insertion and removal opening communicating with the medicament cartridge receiving volume; a pivot mount element mounted onto the housing for selectably enabling access to the medicament cartridge receiving volume via the opening; a mechanical latch selectably locking the pivot mount element in a closed operative orientation; and an injection drive mechanism including a computer-controlled motor for driving a piston, forming part of the medicament cartridge, for injecting a medicament, the computer-controlled motor also being operative for operating the mechanical latch.
Patent GB-2572042-A (GB)
Title: Mounting dish, bolt-type lock, lid stay with improved sealing
Inventor: MARTIN DRUMM
IPC: E05B17/00
Filed: 2019-01-18
Abstract: A mounting dish 1 for mounting in an opening of a lid of a container, comprising a first half 2a and a second half 2b and a fastening or connecting element attached to both dish halves for fixing them together. Between opposite end faces of the dish halves at least one seals 8 is located to close the gap between the halves when the lid is closed. The seal may be a single seal located on one half, a two part seal with a part located on each half, a seal located in a groove on one half dish. The seal may comprise a retaining element 18 which is located underneath the dish in use and the seal bead 8b is located between the retaining element 18 and a fastening web 8a. The dish is used for mounting a lock, e.g. a latch on a container lid. The recessed dish shape allows the containers to stack during transport.
Patent GB-2582021-A (GB)
Title: Urinal mounting arrangement
Inventor: LOUIS DELLA-PORTA
IPC: E03D13/00
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a mounting arrangement for sanitaryware e.g. a urinal (5 figure 3). The sanitary ware mounting arrangement comprises a coupling 17 wherein the coupling comprises a first portion configured to engage in use with the sanitary‐ware product and a second portion located within a movement guide 15. The movement guide comprises a channel 16 allowing translation of the sanitaryware product away from a mounting surface e.g. a wall. The sanitary‐ware product is rotatable with respect to the movement guide 15 following the translation of the sanitary‐ware product away from the mounting surface. Later embodiments relate to a method of accessing a rear surface of a sanitaryware product by lifting and moving or rotating the product off at least one connector whilst still being attached to a mounting surface, and a urinal and installation template (1 figure 1) wherein the urinal is pivotally connected to the installation template.
Patent GB-2578676-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for dispensing a lottery ticket
Inventor: Pierre Joseph Lavoie
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2019-09-05
Abstract: A lottery ticket dispensing apparatus comprises: a transport mechanism to feed tickets along a dispensing path; a separator located along the dispensing path; at least one rotational feed roller contacting tickets upstream of the separator in the dispensing path to advance tickets towards the separator; at least one rotational discharge roller contacting tickets downstream of the separator in the dispensing path to discharge ticket from the separator; and an optical sensor 114, 116 to detect the location of a ticket as it moves along the dispensing path. The sensor may detect a leading edge of a conventional ticket. The sensor may comprise a light source and a light receiver which confirms the presence or absence of a ticket. The tickets 10 may be arranged to a strip 100, with a line of weakness 117 between adjacent tickets that can be broken by the separator. To allow a ticket having a translucent substrate to be dispensed from the apparatus, a patch or patches of an opaque or semi-opaque material 121, 122 is applied onto the ticket substrate at a location to cooperate with the sensor(s) 114, 116 while the apparatus is operating to enable correct detection of ticket location.
Patent GB-2587187-A (GB)
Title: Electric Machines
Inventor: DAVID F BROOKES
IPC: H02K5/20
Filed: 2019-09-11
Abstract: A stator 302 for a radial-flux rotary electric machine 112 comprising a yoke 401 with teeth 601, 602, each tooth extending from a root at the yoke to a tip where the width of each tooth at the root is greater than or equal to the width at the tip defining open slots therebetween. Coils 303-310 wound around respective teeth have a slot fill factor of between zero and unity defining axial voids within the slots. Magnetic sealing members (901, fig 9A) are engaged with the tips of adjacent teeth for retaining an axial flow of coolant within the voids. The coils may be alternate wound having a number n≥4 of teeth and n⁄2 coils, and in which each slot is defined by a wound tooth and an unwound tooth. The width of wound teeth may be greater than the unwound teeth. The stator may have sixteen slots and four coil pairs, each pair forming part of one of four independent phases. The tip of each tooth may include axial grooves for receiving axial ribs on the sealing members. The coils may be wound in a parallelogram-shape creating triangular shaped voids. The ratio of the stator inner to outer diameter may be from 0.6 to 0.7. The method of assembling such a stator may involve a vacuum pressure impregnation.
Patent GB-2579724-A (GB)
Title: System control device and method
Inventor: KENJI UEDA
IPC: H02J13/00
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: The present invention is characterized by being provided with: a hunting determination unit 2 for determining, from the control history of control apparatuses (300) in a power transmission/distribution system, whether there is occurrence of hunting regarding the respective control apparatuses (300); a time constant calculation unit (4) which, when the hunting determination unit (2) determines that there is occurrence of hunting in one or more control apparatuses (300), calculates an adjustment time constant such that the time constant of a control apparatus (300) whose magnitude of state information that indicates the states of the control apparatuses (300) is large, is increased; and a time constant transmission unit (5) for transmitting the adjustment time constant to the control apparatus (300).
Patent GB-2590724-A (GB)
Title: Toe protector
Inventor: NAVTEJ SINGH NOTAY
IPC: A43B23/08
Filed: 2019-12-31
Abstract: A toe-protective shoe insert 100/102 comprising an enclosure 104 having a curved primary face defining an enclosure cavity (106, fig 1b). The shoe insert having a lateral cross-section defining a parabola having a first end 120, second end 116 and an apex 112. The enclosure having a first inner layer (136, fig 1b) and a second rigid outer layer (138, fig 1b). The insert may be an asymmetric parabola. The insert may be freely inserted into a shoe and removed by a user. The second layer may have a friction portion arranged to engage the inside of the shoe to oppose movement.