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Patent GB-2566557-A (GB)
Title: Composition
Inventor: JONATHAN HILL
IPC: C08L23/12
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A stabilising composition comprises (i) a fully hindered phenolic antioxidant; (ii) an organophosphite antioxidant; (iii) 1,3,5-tris(4-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione; and (iv) zinc oxide. The phenolic antioxidant preferably comprises hydrocarbyl substituents on both positions ortho to the phenolic hydroxyl, each of these hydrocarbyl groups being branched at a C1 and/or C2 position. The phenolic antioxidant may comprise tetrakismethylene(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate)methane and the organophosphite may comprise bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphate. The composition may comprise 10-70 wt.% phenolic antioxidant, 20-80 wt.% organophosphite antioxidant, 1-20 wt.% of the trione, and 1-30 wt.% zinc oxide. Suitably, the composition is solid with a melting point of ≥30ºC. A polypropylene composition containing polypropylene base material and the stabilising composition is also disclosed. The polypropylene may be a homopolymer or a copolymer that additionally comprises ethylene and/or butylene. The stabilising composition is normally present in an amount of 10-10000 ppm. A polymer film manufactured from the polypropylene composition is claimed, wherein the film may be biaxially oriented.
Patent GB-2559456-A (GB)
Title: A shower frame and method of use thereof
Inventor: PAUL DELANEY
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 2017-11-29
Abstract: A shower frame 4 for use in forming a shower enclosure 2, in which the shower frame includes at least one frame member 6 for supporting at least one shower panel 10 of the shower enclosure in use. At least a part of a seat means 16 for seating a user of the shower in use is movably mountable to the frame member in use. Preferably, at least part of the seat means is integrally formed with the frame member.
Patent GB-2560632-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus
Inventor: Paul douglas arnold
IPC: G01N27/62
Filed: 2018-01-31
Abstract: Means for providing a controllable dose of water vapour into a drift gas flow includes a gas supply channel 19 suitable for coupling to an ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) drift chamber 3 to provide flow of drift gas from inlet 15, a reservoir 23 for providing a source of water vapour, and a vapour dose provider 25 for providing a controllable dose of water vapour into the drift gas to adjust water vapour content of drift gas in the chamber. Methods of operating an IMS cell 1 comprise obtaining first IMS data indicating time of flight of ions through the drift chamber, identifying in the data a reference feature associated with selected ions, and providing a dose of water vapour into the IMS cell; to shift and control the reference feature to a selected time interval; or to indicate a maintenance status for the cell based on a difference in timing of the reference feature in second IMS data with the dose of water vapour.
Patent GB-2561438-A (GB)
Title: Process and system for fastening a functional flexible element to a flexible support by zigzag stitching
Inventor: XAVIER LEGRAND
IPC: D05B3/12
Filed: 2018-02-13
Abstract: The process for fastening a functional flexible element to a flexible support by zigzag stitching comprises a step of depositing a functional flexible element (1) on a flexible support (2), a step of stitching along a zigzag line (3) of at least one binding yarn (5) on either side of the functional flexible element (1) along the functional flexible element (1) while retaining the functional flexible element (1) on the flexible support (2). The first binding yarn(s) (5) are stitched into the flexible support (2) at stitching points (7) to a depth of less than the thickness of the flexible support (2).
Patent GB-2572544-A (GB)
Title: System and method of crawling a wide area computer network for retrieving contextual information
Inventor: GAURAV TRIPATHI
IPC: G06F16/951
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: A system and method for crawling a wide area computer network for retrieving contextual information. The system comprises a data processing arrangement comprising a communication interface for accessing the wide area computer network and a web crawling module. The web crawling module is operable to receive an input file including plurality of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) via a user interface, identify accessible URIs from the plurality of accessible URIs, obtain one or more features associated with accessible URIs, and execute an event for crawling the accessible URIs, the event comprises creating resource cluster for executing the event, acquiring electronic record file to be executed by the resource cluster, and crawling the accessible URIs, furthermore, the web crawling module processes the extracted web content to identify contextual data. The system may further comprise a database arrangement communicably coupled to the data processing arrangement to aggregate contextual data therein. The data processing system may include a data storage unit, wherein the data storage unit may store one or more parameters associated with the crawled Uniform Resource Identifiers.
Patent GB-2569207-A (GB)
Title: Remittance processing method and system, and computer-readable storage medium
Inventor: JIANTAO LIU
IPC: G06Q20/10
Filed: 2017-12-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a remittance processing method. The remittance processing method is applied to a remittance processing system. The remittance processing system comprises remittance processing members and a block chain. The remittance processing method comprises: receiving a remittance request instruction sent by a first remittance processing member in the remittance processing members; parsing the remittance request instruction and determining, in the remittance processing members, multiple second remittance processing members that process the remittance request instruction; broadcasting the remittance request instruction to the remittance processing members to enable the multiple second remittance processing members to process in parallel according to the remittance request instruction; receiving remittance processing results sent by the multiple second remittance processing members and broadcasting the remittance processing results to the remittance processing members, to enable receiving banks of the multiple second remittance processing members to make a remittance to a payee according to the remittance processing results. Also disclosed are a remittance processing system and a computer-readable storage medium. According to the present invention, processing remittance services in parallel by multiple parties can be achieved, the efficiency of remittance is improved, and thus the customer experience is improved.
Patent GB-2575055-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible urine-directing device
Inventor: STEVEN MOCHRIE
IPC: A61F5/455
Filed: 2018-06-27
Abstract: The portable device comprises a directing chamber 3 for directing urine from the user's urethra to an exit tube 5 integral therewith. The directing chamber is made at least in part of a deformable material which can be collapsed from its working state into a smaller volume. The exit tube may also be collapsible and the device may be adapted to contain a penis, fig 1, or comprise a cup adapted to be a close fit to a female posterior, fig 2. The chamber may comprise a body-sealing rim 4 with tacky plastic. The exit tube may have a connector 6 for a drainage bag. Also disclosed is a kit comprising a collapsed portable urine-directing device encapsulated in a clean or sterile package.
Patent GB-2562664-A (GB)
Title: Methods for detecting a sleep disorder and sleep disorder detection devices
Inventor: WEE SER
IPC: G16H50/30
Filed: 2017-02-03
Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a method for detecting a sleep disorder, the method including: processing an audio signal, the audio signal including breathing sounds made by a subject when the subject is asleep; identifying intervals of the audio signal where breathing sounds are absent; and detecting the sleep disorder based on the identified intervals. Identification of the intervals comprises computing of entropy values of the frequency components of the audio signal. Detection of the sleep disorder comprises computing of feature vectors for the classification of abnormality events.
Patent GB-2563348-A (GB)
Title: Fabrication of correlated electron material devices comprising nitrogen
Inventor: Carlos Alberto Paz de Araujo
IPC: H01L45/00
Filed: 2017-02-15
Abstract: The present techniques generally relate to the fabrication of correlated electron materials used, for example, to perform a switching function. In embodiments, precursors, in a gaseous form, may be utilized in a chamber to build a film of correlated electron materials comprising various impedance characteristics.
Patent GB-2564811-A (GB)
Title: Rolling element with half lock
Inventor: Gregory Christopher Grosz
IPC: E21B10/62
Filed: 2016-06-17
Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body having one or more blades extending therefrom, a plurality of cutters secured to the one or more blades, and a rolling element assembly positioned within a cavity defined on the bit body. The rolling element assembly includes a rolling element rotatable within the cavity about a rotational axis, and a retainer extendable within a retainer slot defined in the cavity to secure the rolling element within the cavity. The retainer and the cavity cooperatively encircle more than 180 but less than 360 of a circumference of the rolling element while leaving a full axial width of the rolling element exposed.
Patent GB-2580048-A (GB)
Title: Elastic washer and screw-nut connection therefore
Inventor: IONUT VARLAN
IPC: F16B39/24
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: An elastic washer comprises a hollow, truncated metallic cone (100) having an inclined sidewall (11), a top opening at the top of the cone, and a bottom opening at the bottom of the cone. The top opening is parallel to the bottom opening, larger than the bottom opening and concentric therewith. The inclined sidewall (11) bends radially inward into a raised edge (12) obliquely oriented towards the inclined sidewall (11). An associated screw-nut connection is also provided, between a first plate provided with a threaded bore and a second plate provided with a countersink (s) of a shape similar to the truncated cone shape of the elastic washer.
Patent GB-2580900-A (GB)
Title: Easy open end with increased panel stiffness
Inventor: KATHERINE ROSELAAR
IPC: B65D17/40
Filed: 2019-01-23
Abstract: A metal can end with a score defining a removable panel 22, a tab 23 located at the edge of the panel to remove the top in a tear direction. There may be a terracing feature inside of the score defining a lower region. The panel has at least one embossed or debossed rib 25a-c of a depth or height of at least 0.6mm extending in the tear direction, to provide rigidity to the end upon opening. The depth or height of the rib may be constant throughout the length, or it may taper (Fig. 9). There may be a single rib or a plurality. The multiple ribs may be discrete (Fig. 10) or merge (Fig. 13) at either end or in the centre. Where there are multiple ribs, there may be further ribs arranged perpendicular to these (Fig. 12) of a depth or height less than the original ribs. The pattern of the ribs may be symmetrical or asymmetrical (Fig. 14) along the tear direction. The score of the can end may have a residual of 0.1 mm, where this may be increased residual at an end.
Patent GB-2566660-A (GB)
Title: Underwater communication system
Inventor: BRENDAN PETER HYLAND
IPC: H04B13/02
Filed: 2017-06-28
Abstract: A wireless communication system comprising a transmission unit having a data input; a modulator, for modulating the data onto a carrier signal, and a transmitter for transmitting modulated visible light communication electromagnetic signals, and a remote reception unit having a receiver for receiving modulated visible light communication electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals, wherein at least one of the transmission unit and/or remote reception unit is placed in a liquid propagating medium. The wireless transmission system may also be operable to transmit using a hybrid communication system technique using visible light, acoustic or electromagnetic transmission techniques interchangably depending on the optimal transmission technique for the surrounding environmental conditions.
Patent GB-2574694-A (GB)
Title: A surfacing measurement tool
Inventor: TIERNAN MCCORKELL
IPC: B25H7/00
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: The tool has two members, which could be arms. The first member 3 has a measurement edge. A guide 6, with a slot 9 shaped to match the that of a projection such as a pipe or conduit, is attached to the first member by a second member 2. The guide moves in two perpendicular directions relative to the measurement edge and the tool has at least one lock, 4 or 5, to lock the guide in position. The guide, which can have a projection 10 which is the same shape as the slot, can also have a cuboidal body with a hole or guiding aperture 11. Also disclosed is a method for using the tool by aligning the measurement edge with the perimeter of a gap to be surfaced and locking the guide in place with the slot aligned to the position of the projection.
Patent GB-2582307-A (GB)
Title: Switching device for fast disconnection of short-circuit currents
Inventor: MADELINE PHILIPSOHN
IPC: H01H39/00
Filed: 2019-03-18
Abstract: A switching device 1 for fast disconnection of short-circuit currents comprises a switching bridge 10 having a fixed and movable contact 40,45, an electromagnetic switch drive 100 having a coil 20 and a magnet anchor or plunger 15, a guide sleeve 30 to guide the movement of the anchor, and a pyrotechnic propellant charge 60 located in a cavity 33 formed below the anchor. The anchor is coupled to the bridge such that movement of the anchor causes movement of the bridge. When the pyrotechnic charge is ignited within the cavity, the anchor is moved from a first position to a second position within the guide sleeve to operate the bridge into an open state. A gap 37 may be formed between the guide sleeve and a supporting device 35. The guide sleeve may comprise at least one opening 31 through which gases produced during ignition of the pyrotechnic charge flows into the gap. The at least one opening may be an annular hole arrangement in a wall 34 of the guide sleeve. The gap may comprise an outlet 38 for the outflow of gases, which may be directed through the space between contact members 41,46 of the fixed and movable contact to cool an arc.
Patent GB-2582550-A (GB)
Title: Head joint for a western concert flute
Inventor: Samuel Rhys Ward
IPC: G10D9/02
Filed: 2019-03-19
Abstract: A head joint 12 is adapted to connect with the barrel 11 and thereby the mid-joint 10 and foot joint 9 of a western concert flute. The head joint includes a fipple assembly (19, 20, 23). A mouthpiece (27) is assembled to the head joint and includes a blow hole (30) communicating with an air passage (29) which extends radially from the circumferential surface of the mouthpiece body. This allows the flute to be played by blowing air directly into the blow hole whilst still allowing the user to reach all of the keys of the flute. Preferably, the mouthpiece has an axial bore communicating with the air passage and head joint bore. The axial bore may have a larger cross section than the air passage but a smaller cross section than the head joint bore. The air passage may be inclined to the radial and axial directions. The external surface of the mouthpiece may be conical. The mouthpiece is joined to the barrel via a spigot (3) which creates an airtight joint.
Patent GB-2582378-A (GB)
Title: Vertical external cavity surface emitting laser with improved external mirror structure
Inventor: Ferdinand Felder
IPC: H01S5/183
Filed: 2019-03-22
Abstract: A vertical surface emitting laser (VECSEL) device 10 has a gain structure 12 comprising a first mirror 18 (for example, a Bragg mirror DBR) and an active layer 20 (or optical gain layer); and an external mirror structure 14 spaced apart from the gain structure lo define an external cavity. The external mirror 14 structure may comprise a sub-wavelength high contrast grating (HCG) and a reduced-layer distributed Bragg mirror (DBR) provided together on a flat multi-layer chip. The HCG may have a grating period smaller than a target laser emission wavelength of the laser device. The combined HCG-DBR may facilitate polarization selectivity, which improves the quality of the laser light emitted by the VECSEL.
Patent GB-2582623-A (GB)
Title: Liquid heating appliances
Inventor: JACOB ALEXANDER JOHN HEWINS
IPC: A47J31/54
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: A liquid heating appliance, such as a cordless kettle, comprises a liquid reservoir having a first chamber arranged below a second chamber. The chambers are separated by a partition 22 and a heating arrangement 30 is arranged, in use, to heat liquid contained within the first chamber. The appliance further comprises a first valve 40a, a second valve 40c and a float valve disposed in the partition. The first and second valves are arranged such that respective lines 57a, 57c joining the first and second valves to a centre of the of the partition have an obtuse angular separation. The float valve comprises a floating valve member that floats and mates with a valve seat, thus closing the valve and preventing the flow of liquid through the valve. There is at least one valve closure member that selectively closes the first and second valves. A liquid outlet in the first chamber is in fluid communication with a dispense outlet so as to allow liquid to be dispensed from the first chamber when the first and second valves are closed.
Patent GB-2573217-A (GB)
Title: Solid fuel burner
Inventor: BRIAN ELLIOTT
IPC: F24B1/02
Filed: 2016-04-26
Abstract: A burner 1 comprises a primary combustion chamber 2 with means 4 for adjusting the volume of the primary combustion chamber, a means 3 of delivering solid fuel to the primary combustion chamber, and a secondary combustion chamber 18. The primary combustion chamber may have a grate (6, Fig. 5) with the means for adjusting the volume of the primary combustion chamber formed by a further grate (7, Fig. 5). The secondary combustion chamber may also have a grate (19, Fig. 6). The primary combustion chamber may be directly above the secondary combustion chamber so that during combustion, solid fuel from the primary combustion chamber passes into the secondary combustion chamber. The burner may have a removeable ash tray 21 which retains fully combusted solid fuel. The burner is suitable for burning biomass fuel and may comprise an induction chamber 22 to extract heat to a connected heat load such as a water boiler, space heater, or oven.
Patent GB-2590436-A (GB)
Title: Spoiler for a cabin roof of a tractor unit and tractor unit
Inventor: CHIEN-HSUIN WU
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2019-12-18
Abstract: A spoiler 30 is provided for a cabin roof 64 of a tractor unit 40 of a truck 28. A front end 32 of spoiler 30 has a lower height than a rear end 34 of spoiler 30. Side portions 44, 46 of spoiler 30 extend from front end 32 to rear end 34 and have a greater height at the rear end 34 than a middle portion 48 of spoiler 30 at rear end 34. A height of rear end 34 increases continuously from a central point 50 of middle portion 48 at rear end 34 towards both side portions 44, 46; typically the side portions 44, 46 form elevated sills and the middle portion 48 is recessed. Side portions 44, 46 may have first and second sections at the front and rear, with the rate of height increase being greater for the front than the rear portion. Also provided is a tractor unit 40 of a truck 28 having a cabin 38 with such a spoiler 30; cabin 38 may be a day cabin.
Patent GB-2591743-A (GB)
Title: Analyte detection system
Inventor: OLENA DORAN
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 2020-01-28
Abstract: An analyte detection system 100 includes a probe 102 for insertion into a sample 104. The probe 102 includes first (408, fig 4a) and second (410, fig 4b) electrochemical sensors to detect first and second analytes in the sample 104. The first and second sensors 408, 410 are connected to a first potentiostat 106 and second potentiostat 108 respectively, for performing first and second electrochemical measurements. The first and second potentiostats 106, 108 are electrically isolated from one another. The first and second analytes may be skatole and androstenone, for detecting boar taint in a pork sample. The sensors 408, 410 may each include a working electrode (412, fig 4a, 416, fig 4b) and a reference electrode (414, fig 4a, 418, fig 4b). In another embodiment, a probe 102 includes first 408 and second 410 electrochemical sensors for detecting first and second analytes in a sample 104, where the first and second sensors 408, 410 are positioned on opposite sides of the probe 102.
Patent GB-2591472-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming asymmetric differential spacers for optimized MOSFET performance and optimized mosfet and SONOS co-integration
Inventor: SOTIRIOS ATHANASIOU
IPC: H01L27/11563
Filed: 2020-01-28
Abstract: A non-volatile memory device comprises a 1.5V peripheral transistor region 4, a 5V peripheral transistor region 6 and a memory transistor region 8 comprising an ONO dielectric stack for charge storage. The transistor gates 24c,d in the 5V transistor region 6 may have any combination of symmetric and nonsymmetric spacer structures to optimise transistor density and to allow on-current increase without hot carrier degradation. During device fabrication the ONO stack in region 8 is protected by the TEOS layer 38 during etching processes to form transistors in the other regions 4 & 6.
Patent GB-2590985-A (GB)
Title: Electronics arrangement for a wearable article
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN LYNCH
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2020-02-10
Abstract: Electronics arrangement 100 for a wearable article. The arrangement 100 comprises a processor 101. The processor 101 is configured to process signals sensed by a sensing component. The signals relate to the activity of a user wearing the wearable article. The processor 101 is configured to process the signals so as to determine whether the activity of the user is within a predetermined allowable range. The arrangement 100 further comprises a light source 103 configured to emit light based on the determination by the processor 101. The emitted light is for indicating whether the activity of the user is within the predetermined allowable range. The sensor may be an accelerometer for motion sensing. The light source 103 may emit different colours dependent of different ranges. The wearable article may be a garment of clothing.
Patent GB-2592388-A (GB)
Title: Audio rendering with spatial metadata interpolation
Inventor: JUHA TAPIO VILKAMO
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2020-02-26
Abstract: An apparatus comprises means to obtain two or more audio signal sets, e.g. from spatially distanced microphone arrays, where each audio signal set is associated with a position. At least one parameter value such as direction is obtained for at least two of the audio signal sets, along with positions associated with the audio signal sets. A listener position is obtained and at least one audio signal is generated based on: at least one audio signal from at least one of the two or more audio signal sets; the positions associated with the at least the at least two of the audio signal sets; and the listener position. At least one modified parameter value is generated based on the obtained at least one parameter value for the at least two of the audio signal sets, the positions associated with the at least two of the audio signal sets and the listener position. Orientations associated with the audio signals may also be taken into account. The at least one audio signal is then processed based on the at least one modified parameter value to generate a spatial audio output which is particularly applicable to six degrees of freedom (6DoF) systems.