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Patent GB-2535499-A (GB)
Title: Heaters
Inventor: MATTHEW SHARPE
IPC: H05B3/26
Filed: 2015-02-18
Abstract: A heating element comprises a layer of carbon-based electrically conductive ink 12 on an electrically insulating substrate panel 13 and which forms part of an electric circuit between electrodes (23, figure 1), wherein the dimensions of the panel 13 and the volume, conductivity and thickness of the ink are such that the heater emits 200-1200 watts per square meter when a mains voltage is applied. The ink 12 may contain graphene. The heating element may be configured as a ceiling heating panel (figure 4), floor heating panel (figure 5) or wallpaper (figure 6). Also disclosed is a heater comprising a stack of two or more panels 17 with a gap 18 in between the panels. The gap may be profiled to have a venturi effect encouraging airflow to carry heat away by convection. At least one face of the heater may have a compartment (31, figure 3) containing a phase change material that can melt while the heater is on, for release when off. The heater may be wall mounted and have an insulating layer, which may be aerogel and/or reflective microbeads, on the face against the wall.
Patent GB-2538724-A (GB)
Title: Methods
Inventor: Martyn Gordon Boutelle
IPC: C12Q1/26
Filed: 2015-05-26
Abstract: A sensor comprising at least one working electrode, one auxiliary electrode and at least one reference electrode and a hydrogel layer extending over said electrodes is claimed. The electrode may be an amperometric sensor and the hydrogel layer may further comprise an enzyme, such as an oxidase. Sensors for measuring glucose using a glucose oxidase, lactate using a lactate oxidase or pyruvate using a pyruvate oxidase as the enzyme or combinations thereof are claimed, as are biosensor and microfluidic devices. The sensor may be contained within a needle. Methods of detecting these substrates using such sensors are also claimed. Alternatively claimed is a sensor comprising at least one working electrode, one auxiliary electrode and at least one reference electrode or a sensing reagent comprising pyruvate oxidase, thyamine pyrophosphate and a divalent cation.
Patent GB-2532543-A (GB)
Title: A craft tool
Inventor: STUART ETCHELS
IPC: B44B11/00
Filed: 2015-07-31
Abstract: A multifunctional craft tool 10 comprises a handle 11 having an elongate body, thehandle comprising a first end 12 and a second end 13. The first end is or comprises afirst attachment means 16 configured to secure a first implement 14 to the first end ofthe handle. The second end is or comprises a second attachment means configured tosecure a second implement 15 to the second end of the handle. At least one of thefirst or second attachment means is adjustable such that the first and/or secondimplement is pivotable or rotatable with respect to the handle. The implements may be suitable for etching, engraving, carving, sculpting, rendering and/or building work. A kit of parts comprising the craft tool and a plurality of first and second implements configured to be secured to the first and second ends of the handle is also described.
Patent GB-2534653-A (GB)
Title: Method and diagnostic facility for checking high-pressure tank valves, high-pressure tank system and motor vehicle with a high-pressure tank system
Inventor: AYHAN SARIKAYA
IPC: F02M21/02
Filed: 2015-11-17
Abstract: A method for checking a plurality of magnetic valves 24 in a high-pressure gas tank system 2 of a motor vehicle, wherein the method comprises steps, with which a magnetic valve 24 (12 in fig.1) is activated for opening the magnetic valve 24, a pressure in a high-pressure tank system 2 is measured while activating the electromagnetic non-return valve 24, and it is determined that the magnetic valve 24 is defective if during measuring the pressure a drop in pressure is found. The test is performed when the vehicle engine is idling and an open magnetic valve 24 would will maintain an adequate pressure in the system, where a valve is defective and remains closed the system pressure will drop as the fuel is supplied to the engine, thus a pressure drop will signify a malfunction of the valve if it fails to open.
Patent GB-2530193-A (GB)
Title: Non-lithographically patterned directed self assembly alignment promotion layers
Inventor: BRISTOL ROBERT L
IPC: H01L21/027
Filed: 2013-06-27
Abstract: A method of an aspect includes forming a directed self assembly alignment promotion layer over a surface of a substrate having a first patterned region and a second patterned region. A first directed self assembly alignment promotion material is formed selectively over the first patterned region without using lithographic patterning. The method also includes forming an assembled layer over the directed self assembly alignment promotion layer by directed self assembly. A plurality of assembled structures are formed that each include predominantly a first type of polymer over the first directed self assembly alignment promotion material. The assembled structures are each adjacently surrounded by predominantly a second different type of polymer over the second patterned region. The first directed self assembly alignment promotion material has a greater chemical affinity for the first type of polymer than for the second different type of polymer.
Patent GB-2547230-A (GB)
Title: Material mixing and conveying system for a vehicle
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN SMITH
IPC: B60P3/16
Filed: 2016-02-11
Abstract: A vehicle 100 comprising a first work implement coupled to a frame 102 and configured to articulate relative to the frame, a mixing unit 146 mountable to the vehicle, a pump 148, and a conduit 150 coupled to the pump facilitating conveying of the material from the pump and extending along the first work implement towards a predetermined destination. The first work implement may be coupled to a rear end 116 of the frame and a second work implement 132 may be coupled to a front end of the frame and the mixing unit which in turn includes an auger (fig 4, 154) and a release gate (fig 4, 156). The vehicle may comprise a hydraulic system which includes a plurality of actuators 138 and a distribution valve assembly suitable for controlling a fluid flow to the actuators. The first work implement may comprise a boom 118 and a stick 120 and the vehicle may be a backhoe loader. Two nested claims are included for a kit of parts and a method suitable for assembling the parts to the vehicle which may include mounting the pump to the frame, and coupling the mixing unit to a second work implement.
Patent GB-2547687-A (GB)
Title: Methods of manufacturing security devices
Inventor: ROBERT WHITEMAN
IPC: B42D25/351
Filed: 2016-02-26
Abstract: A security device comprising a substrate having 10 a viewing region (2, figure 4a) provided with an obscuring layer 12, a first colour composite image formed on one side of the obscuring layer comprising first (3, figure 4a) and second (4, figure 4a) sub images with respective first and second colour components and a second colour composite image on the other side of the obscuring layer that comprises first (5, figure 4b) and second (6, figure 4b) sub images. Where the second image is a colour swapped version of the first image and is produced using a patterned mask that is representative of the second image. When either side of the viewing region is viewed in reflected light the patterns on that side a dominantly visible and when the viewing region is viewed in transmitted light a colour composite image created by colour mixing of the first and second images is visible.
Patent GB-2535897-A (GB)
Title: Glazing panel repair
Inventor: SYFKO PAUL
IPC: B29C73/02
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: A glazing panel repair device (1) has coupling means (27) for coupling a pump arrangement (22) to the device to provide holding suction to secure the device to the glazing panel and pressure cycling to a repair zone. In one embodiment the coupling means is for coupling a single pump to provide holding suction to secure the device to the glazing panel and pressure cycling to a repair zone.
Patent GB-2534503-A (GB)
Title: Self-activating flood protection barrier
Inventor: FRANK KELLY
IPC: E02B3/10
Filed: 2015-02-10
Abstract: A self-activating flood barrier comprises a chamber 1 with two side walls 3,5, a dam member 9 movable up and down dependent upon the water level in the chamber 1 and adapted to self-deploy in the event of a flood, a device (77,79, Figs. 11,14), e.g. rollers or a low-friction material, positioned between the dam member 9 and at least one chamber side wall 3,5 when the dam member is deployed for reducing friction and preventing jamming between the dam member and the side wall(s). An air bag 27 is disposed beneath the dam member and is capable of deploying the dam member independent of any flood condition. The flood barrier may include a sensor to determine whether the dam member has deployed in the case of a flood and to deploy the secondary deployment means otherwise.
Patent GB-2552221-A (GB)
Title: Counting Photoactive Cells
Inventor: Kevin Oxborough
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2016-07-15
Abstract: A cell counting device for estimating the number of photoactive cells in a sample 1, comprises a chamber 70 for receiving the sample, and at least one light source to generate at least one pulse of light and to emit the light towards a section of the chamber, which section comprises a sub-sample of the sample. The cell counting device also comprises a light detector to receive a light emitted from the sub-sample and to generate an electronic signal associated with the received light. A controller estimates the number of photoactive cells in the sample by calculating the distribution of variable fluorescence [Fv] values of a predetermined number of sub-samples about the mean Fv, value. The device may operate in a discrete-sample mode, in which a blocking member 195 is provided. The device may also operate in a stop-flow mode (see fig 8b), in which another blocking member (190, fig 8b), is provided. In the stop-flow mode a tap 215 is used to control the cell counting device to continuously allow discrete samples to enter and leave the chamber.
Patent GB-2554456-A (GB)
Title: A probe
Inventor: NEIL MEREDITH
IPC: A61C19/04
Filed: 2016-09-29
Abstract: The method comprises placing an elongate probe 10a, 10b, 10c into a predrilled aperture in a bone to be assessed, such as a jaw prior to dental implant. The probe is excited to physically oscillate and the resonance frequency monitored, to determine the quality (Lekholm and Zarb classification), density and/or stiffness of the bone, which may be output via graphical display, the probe preferably removed after analysis is undertaken. The probe may have markings indicating insertion depth and may have a threaded or spiral external profile. Coil 16 may be wrapped around or bonded to the probe for excitation, or a coil 24 may act directly upon a magnetic portion of the probe 22. The probe may match the drill bit used and the probe inserted into the hole prior to an implant being inserted, the implant selected after knowledge of the stiffness and quality of the bone is obtained.
Patent GB-2545775-A (GB)
Title: Contextual data delivery to users at a locked property
Inventor: SCOTT R FISHER
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2016-10-07
Abstract: Wireless controller remote locking system comprises a wireless controller 1810 assigned to a specific property, a portable communications device 1840 and a lock device 1890 used for protecting the specific property. In one embodiment, the system is characterised in the transfer and display of contextual data pertaining to an occupant of the specific property transferred from the wireless controller to the portable communications device via short-range communications. In another embodiment a central computer 260 is used together with a second portable communications device 1860 having a GPS receiver. Access event information can be transferred from the wireless controller to the central computer via the first communications device. In a third embodiment, the system includes a central computer and a second portable communications device and unique identification information is communicated from the wireless controller to the central computer via the first communications device. Further, a sales agent is able to login to the central computer at the first communication device. In a fourth embodiment, the system includes a central computer and a second portable communications device. There is short-range communications between the first and second communications devices. In a fifth embodiment, the portable communications device is assigned to a sales prospect.
Patent GB-2555398-A (GB)
Title: An optoelectronic system and method for its fabrication
Inventor: DAVID JULIAN PETER ELLIS
IPC: H01L33/04
Filed: 2016-10-24
Abstract: An optoelectronic system comprising a first member 101 and a second member 103, both comprising a plurality of layers and profiled mating surfaces. The first member being connected to the second member such that the growth direction of the layers of the first member are orthogonal to the growth direction of the layers of the second member and the profiled mating surfaces fit together. The first member comprises a waveguide circuit and the second member comprises an optoelectronic device 411 with its own optical output connected to the waveguide of the first member. The first and second members are also electrically connected. The first member may also have an optical channel that terminates at its end. The first member may be profiled with voids 207 on the surface which are connected to a conductive protrusion from the second member, which extends into the void, using a conductive material. The waveguide circuit of the first member may be connected to the second member using an optically transparent bonding medium.
Patent GB-2544889-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine
Inventor: EDWIN FORD
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2016-11-15
Abstract: A gaming apparatus comprises ball enclosure 11 housing balls 20, ball agitator 30 and an opening 12 through which balls can enter columns 1-10. Each ball comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag 21. Each column comprises a platform 50 movable between discrete levels along the column, wherein each level has an associated RFID tag reader 22 to read the RFID tag of a ball supported on the platform at that level. The platform may vibrate to adjust the orientation of the ball on the platform to ensure the RFID tag is readable. The platform may be moved by a stepper motor 4.4, and may occlude the opening in its uppermost position. Each ball may correspond to a playing card (60, fig. 5). The agitator may comprise vanes 31, 32 on a rotatable frame 33. The apparatus may comprise a ball pushing member 40 to clear balls from the upper ends of the columns. Also disclosed is a method of simulating shuffling and dealing a deck of cards by agitating the plurality of balls and lowering the balls on the platforms along the columns, wherein each of the RFID tags correlates with an assigned playing card.
Patent GB-2556929-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing methanol
Inventor: JAMES ROBERT JENNINGS
IPC: C07C31/04
Filed: 2016-11-26
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for producing methanol from organic waste material, such as livestock waste, animal slurry, cellulose plant harvest waste, comprising an anaerobic digestion arrangement 20 for receiving the organic material and for anaerobically digesting the organic material in oxygen depleted conditions to generate methane gas and a chemical reaction arrangement 30 for reacting methane gas with water vapour and carbon dioxide in a stoichiometric condition between methane steam reforming and methane dry reforming to generate a synthesis gas for the production of methanol. The stoichiometric condition may be maintained using a control arrangement 50. Preferably a renewable energy source provides operating power to the chemical reaction arrangement. Ideally the chemical reaction arrangement comprises a catalyst arrangement including nickel, nickel-alumina, nickel foil, copper and/or platinum. A first stage for steam reforming in the chemical reaction arrangement may operate at a pressure of 10-30 bar and at a temperature of 750-950°C and a second stage of methanol synthesis may operate at a pressure of 50-150 bar and a temperature of 200-250°C. A method of using the apparatus is further claimed. Also claimed is a computer program product to execute the method.
Patent GB-2557988-A (GB)
Title: Transit fixing device
Inventor: RICHARD LOGAN
IPC: E05C19/18
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: A transit fixing device 100 is inserted into a gap (30, fig. 2) between a drawer (20, fig. 2) and its surround (10, fig. 2) and retained there to impede movement of the drawer relative to the surround, maintaining the drawer in a closed position. The device has an interior engagement portion 120 with a generally elongate structure that can pass through the gap in a first orientation but not in a second orientation. An exterior portion 110 is positioned outside the drawer and connected to the interior engagement portion by a bridging element 130. The device may have a substantially H-shaped cross section. The interior engagement portion 120 may be curved on at least one surface and have first and second portions (121, 122; fig. 4a) of different thicknesses which extend in opposite directions from the bridging element 130 so that rotation in one direction is easier than the other. The exterior portion may include mutually opposed recesses to be gripped by the user and means to indicate the direction of rotation. A method of maintaining a drawer in a closed position is also claimed.
Patent GB-2551863-A (GB)
Title: Optical member for enhancing luminance and organic light emitting display device having the same
Inventor: YOUNGWOOK KIM
IPC: H01L51/52
Filed: 2016-12-30
Abstract: An optical member for light recycling and luminance enhancement formed of a stack of layers has a blue cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) 161 operating as a first retardation layer, a quarter wave (QW) plate 162 operating as a second retardation player and a linear polariser 163 wherein the CLC and the QW plate are located on the same side of the linear polariser. The QW plate may be placed between the CLC layer and the linear polariser. Light of a blue wavelength may be recycled corresponding to the blue emission peak of an organic light emitting display 102. A passivation player 164 may be provided on the linear polariser. Non-polarised light generated by the OLED display may be directed to the retardation layers and exiting as linearly polarised light. At the same time, circularly polarised light being reflected back from the OLED electrodes or lines of the TFT array may also emerge as linearly polarised light. In this way, light loss may be minimised and transmittance increased. The stack layer may also supress reflection of external light (fig 9).
Patent GB-2559969-A (GB)
Title: A method of designing a winglet and winglet disigned thereby
Inventor: Ben Commis
IPC: B64F5/00
Filed: 2017-02-22
Abstract: A method of designing a winglet 3 for an aircraft 7 comprises the steps of: defining the location of the winglet root; defining a maximum height for the winglet tip; defining a maximum span for the winglet; creating the winglet shape by locating the winglet root 13', locating the winglet tip 15' at the location of maximum height and maximum span, and connecting the winglet root 13' to the winglet tip 15' using a winglet shape. The winglet shape comprises a curved transition region 17' extending away from the root, and a wing-like region extending from the distal end of the transition region 17' to the winglet tip 15'. The step of creating the winglet shape comprises iteratively changing the curvature and/or the location of the centre of the curvature of the transition region, whilst maintaining the locations of the winglet root and winglet tip. The total length of the winglet 3 from root 13 to tip 17 is increased whilst keeping the winglet 3 within the maximum height H and span S constraints.
Patent GB-2563819-A (GB)
Title: Containers for food products
Inventor: ANTHONY COATS
IPC: B65D81/34
Filed: 2017-05-16
Abstract: A container for a food product comprises a body (8, figure 1) and a lid 60, wherein the lid is arranged to form a seal between the lid and the body. The lid comprises first and second parts 64, 62 joined by a hinge 66, whereby the first part 64 can be lifted away from the body to open the container while the second part 64 remains engaged with the container. Also disclosed is a container for a food product comprising a body (8, figure 1) and a lid 60, wherein the body comprises a grip band (22, figure 9) extending around the top of the body and spaced from the rim of the body.
Patent GB-2565842-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for predicting conditions favorable for icing
Inventor: JULIAN ALEXANDER OPIFICIUS
IPC: G01K3/04
Filed: 2017-08-25
Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting or inferring conditions favorable for icing, includes sensing a value indicative of a thermal cycling period 62, 70, comparing the sensed thermal cycling period 62,70 with a threshold value, determining if the sensed thermal cycling period 62,70 satisfies the threshold value, and indicating, by a controller module (24, figure 2), that conditions favorable for icing are present when the sensed thermal cycling period satisfies the threshold value. The threshold value may be a heat up cycle time 64, 72, a cool-down time 66, 74, or a comparison between heat-up and cool-down times. Temperature may be measured directly, or alternatively the power consumption cycle (154, 160, figure 4) may be sensed.
Patent GB-2565853-A (GB)
Title: Inspection systems for additive manufacturing systems
Inventor: ERIC KARLEN
IPC: G02B27/10
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: A method of inspecting an article being additively manufactured comprises using the existing laser beam 203 of an additive manufacturing machine for inspection (e.g. interferometry). An inspection system comprises a housing defining a laser inlet and a laser outlet to allow a processing laser beam to enter the housing and a reflected light 205 to enter through the outlet; one or more detectors 107 (e.g. photodiode) receive the reflected light; and one or more optical elements 109, e.g. a beam splitter, allow the laser to pass through the housing from the inlet to the outlet toward a build area 301 and to direct reflected light from the build area to the detector(s). The beam splitter may further be configured to split the laser beam into a reference beam 203a and interrogation beam 203b, wherein a mirror 111 reflects the reference beam to the detector(s). A second beam splitter 113 (e.g. polarizing) may be provided to split the reflected light to a plurality of detectors. A polarizer 115 and waveplate 117 may further be provided. An inspection arrangement is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2598528-A (GB)
Title: A method of preparing a re-boiled soy milk
Inventor: BAOGUO CHEN
IPC: A23L11/65
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A method of preparing a re-boiled soy milk comprises the steps of (a) initial preparation of soybeans to obtain soy liquid, (b) boiling of the soy liquid, (c) separating of the bean dregs from the boiled liquid, (d) re-boiling of the separated soy liquid, (e) centrifugal separating to remove residues and obtain a soy milk, (f), cooling of the soy milk, and (g) standardising the protein content. The initial preparation step (a) includes soaking the soybeans at constant temperature for a predetermined time in a sealed tank 1, and grinding the soaked beans in a grinder (6, fig. 2) to obtain the soy liquid. During soaking, oxygen is expelled using nitrogen 123. The boiling step (b) comprises heating the soy liquid under normal pressure to 70-80°C, then boiling under micro pressure for 5-10 minutes. The re-boiling step (d) comprises maintaining the separated soy liquid at 85-95°C, then re-boiling under micro pressure for 5-10 minutes. The micro pressure in steps (b) and (d) is 0.03MPa-0.08MPa. The prepared soy milk may be sterilised by UHT sterilisation and packaged. The soaking in step (a) may be for 6-8 hours at 20-28°C, and the grinder 6 may be a stone mill.