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Patent GB-2504104-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead assembly for downhole tool deployment.
Inventor: HEAD PHILIP
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2012-07-17
Abstract: Wellhead assembly comprising a tubular string (8, FIG 5) suspended from a wellhead casing. There is a cable 60 including a conductor 61 hanging from a cable hanger 40. Bypass passage 33 is arranged to fluidly connect a central bore 5 below the cable hanger with an outlet 9 above the cable hanger. Connection path 72 passing through the wellhead connects the conductor with surface equipment. The bypass passage is arranged between the casing hanger and tubular outer wall and radially outward / offset from the longitudinal central axis X X of the borehole. The cable hanger 40 may form part of an insert which can be received supported by a seat in the wellhead. The bypass passage may be divided into a plurality of parallel channels. The conductor may be an electrical conductor to power a tool suspended from the cable.
Patent GB-2496300-A (GB)
Title: Lifting assembly with multiple tines for trays
Inventor: JOWETT LEIGH
IPC: A23B4/06
Filed: 2012-10-30
Abstract: A lifting assembly 10 comprises a plurality of carrying arrangements 12, preferably pairs of carrying members or tines 14, arranged one above another and movable between proximate (fig. 1) and separated (fig. 6) conditions. A lifting means such as a ram 16 may apply a lifting force to the uppermost carrying arrangement 12A and a transmission arrangement 18 may transmit that lifting force to the remaining carrying arrangements 12 to move them sequentially to the spaced condition. The lifting assembly 10 may be used for delivering articles, such as food products to be frozen which may be meat such as bacon sides or bacon logs carried on trays 100, from proximate configuration stacked on a pallet 102 to a support assembly or rack 104 to dispose the articles at the support assembly 104 in the spaced configuration. The transmission arrangement 18 may include sets of pivoting members (22, 24 figs. 3 & 5) or sets of pull rods (122 fig. 16) and reaction members (132 fig. 16). A tray (210 fig 19) is also described having holding formations (216 fig. 23) for articles and providing an airflow path (224 fig. 20) between adjacent holding formations (216 fig. 23).
Patent GB-2508826-A (GB)
Title: A framework for enabling user-defined functions in a spreadsheet application
Inventor: GLASS JONATHAN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2012-12-11
Abstract: A computer program product for operating a spreadsheet application program in conjunction with a framework of a library of functions. In operation the spreadsheet operates in a first process in memory and a function from the library operates in a second process in memory, the second process being independent of the first process. The or each user defined function is adapted to be called from a cell in the spreadsheet application, the function being evaluated or executed in the second process to return a value which is shown in the cell. If the returned value cannot be shown in the cell an identifier is shown in the cell with the value being returned with a symbolic code. The unique identifier may be passed to another defined function outside the first process.
Patent GB-2510135-A (GB)
Title: Self erecting portable structure
Inventor: YU TERESA
IPC: A47D13/06
Filed: 2013-01-24
Abstract: A portable structure 1 configurable between stored and erected conditions comprises a first end wall 4, one or more side walls 5, first and second resilient bendable frames 2, 3 and one or more foldable spacing members 6. The first end wall and one or more side walls comprise a flexible material, wherein when erected the structure has a first end defined by a wall and a second end comprising one or more openings. The bending of the frame and/or folding of the spacing members provides energy for moving the portable structure from the stored condition to the erected condition. The one or more side walls may form a base of the structure in the erected condition. The second end opposed to the first end wall may be completely open or may be provided with a second wall with one or more openings. A method of erecting a portable structure is also claimed.
Patent GB-2510380-A (GB)
Title: Fuel systems and methods of operation
Inventor: CHAMBERS TIMOTHY
IPC: C25B1/06
Filed: 2013-02-01
Abstract: A fuel system 100 comprises a gas generator 10 operable to generate hydrogen and oxygen gas 40 using electrolysis of an electrolyte 38, a fluid reservoir 32 connected to and arranged to supply the electrolyte to the gas generator, a power regulator (102, figure 1) connected to a power supply (134, figure 4) and arranged to regulate the received power from the power supply, and a system control device (104) connected to the power regulator and the gas generator and arranged to control the power supplied to the gas generator from the power regulator. The control device may be connected to the power source and arranged to monitor the available power and to draw power only if sufficient power is available. The control device is preferably arranged to periodically reverse the polarity of the power supplied to the gas generator. The system may be used in the combustion system of a lorry or a boat or in a heating system. Also disclosed is a method of operating the fuel system of the invention.
Patent GB-2516410-A (GB)
Title: Scanning apparatus
Inventor: DDINE NACER REZGUI
IPC: G01V5/00
Filed: 2013-03-22
Abstract: A method of scanning a shoe and its respective apparatus. The method comprises sending electromagnetic radiation in the millimetre-microwave regime to the shoe 101 and detecting the reflected signal coming from different surfaces within it with one or more receivers 104. The analysis of the reflective surfaces along with the reflected signals indicates the composition of the shoe and may identify concealed objects or determine the cushioning ability. The data may be compared to that of a reference shoe, which may or may not have a hidden object; the reference shoe may be the one of the two shoes of a pair. The positions of the reflecting surfaces within the shoe may be determined by sending the signal in time pulses and recording the time of arrival, or sending a range of frequencies and transforming the received spectrum to a time series with an inverse Fourier or a chirp transform.
Patent GB-2498288-A (GB)
Title: Fluid dispensing equipment
Inventor: PRITCHETT DAVID JOHN
IPC: B67D1/00
Filed: 2011-09-29
Abstract: A dispensing system comprises: a liquid reservoir; a rotary pump coupled to the reservoir, said pump having a rotor with a horizontal axis of rotation and an outlet a the bottom; a cabinet for removably holding the reservoir, the cabinet having a lower support surface with an opening such that the reservoir is supported by the support surface and the pump extends beneath the opening; a motor mounted to the cabinet; and a drive shaft extending horizontally from the motor and engaging the rotor. Generally the pump is coupled to a gland projecting beneath the reservoir, and the cabinet includes clamping elements for releasably engaging the gland. The cabinet may include a pump housing having two parts that are hingeably connected and include the clamping elements.
Patent GB-2514094-A (GB)
Title: Seating array for an aircraft cabin
Inventor: DRYBURGH IAN HAMILTON
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2013-03-28
Abstract: A seating array 1 for an aircraft cabin comprises a plurality of passenger modules 2. Each module is defined by first 4 and second 5 end walls extending substantially transversely to a longitudinal centreline of the aircraft cabin. End walls are connected by at least one sidewall 6 to define an entrance 14 to the module. Each module has a seat assembly 7 and an ottoman 8 and the module is wider at the end adjacent the seat and narrower at the end adjacent the ottoman. The ottoman is spaced in a longitudinal direction of the array from the seat assembly. At least one door assembly (15,16, fig 8) is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position at the entrance. The plurality of passenger modules is divided into at least two columns of modules where each column includes at least two modules and the at least two columns are separated by an aisle. At least one pair of substantially transversely adjacent modules comprising one module on opposite first and second sides of the aisle, the seat assembly of a first module on a first side of the aisle overlaps in a longitudinal direction with the ottoman of the second module on a second side of the aisle and the seat assembly of the second module on the second side of the aisle overlaps in a longitudinal direction with the ottoman of the first of module on the first side of the aisle.
Patent GB-2512918-A (GB)
Title: Biaising circuitry and method thereof
Inventor: HOWLETT ANDREW JAMES
IPC: B81B3/00
Filed: 2013-04-11
Abstract: The host device has a device connector for forming a mating connection with a respective peripheral connector. A source of bias 102 is arranged to supply an electrical bias to a device microphone contact 117 of the device connector via a biasing path. A capacitor 225 is connected between a reference voltage (ground) node and a capacitor node 304 of the biasing path. A first switch 301 is located between the capacitor node 304 and the device microphone contact 117. Detection circuitry (602, fig 6a) detects disconnection of the peripheral connector and device connector; and control circuitry (601, fig 6a) controls the switch to disable the biasing path. This removal of the bias voltage from the connector is said to reduce the occurrence of undesirable clicks or pops. Several embodiments of the invention are discussed.
Patent GB-2509559-A (GB)
Title: Building structure with hexagonal cross section
Inventor: DONALDSON WILLIAM
IPC: E04B1/19
Filed: 2013-04-18
Abstract: The building structure 10 which, in its assembled form, defines a polyhedral framework having an irregular hexagonal base 12, a regular hexagonal top 14 and a number of supports 16, 18 which are interposed between the top and the base and which, in use, support the top 14 on the base 12. The structure is preferably made from a number of elongate members such a metallic cylindrical tubes connected together with angled elbow joint coupling connectors 30. The building structure 10 can be assembled from a kit of parts comprising a number of common components and without the need for skilled labour or specialist tools in its construction. Also claimed is a method of making the building structure. Also claimed is an assembly comprising a number of the structures.
Patent GB-2503809-A (GB)
Title: Providing services to subscribers in a telecommunications network
Inventor: TAYLOR MARTIN
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 2008-12-04
Abstract: Providing services to subscribers in a telecommunications network. A local exchange is set to forward incoming calls directed to a main dialling number of a subscriber to a service platform separate from a local exchange with which the main dialling number is associated. One or more services are triggered for at least some incoming calls for the subscriber at the service platform. At least some incoming calls are forwarded from the service platform using a first alternative dialling number for the subscriber back to the local exchange. At least some of the incoming calls are directed using the first alternative dialling number from the local exchange to subscriber equipment for the subscriber. At least some of the incoming calls are directed using a second alternative dialling number from the local exchange to the subscriber equipment for the subscriber.
Patent GB-2518606-A (GB)
Title: Transmitting electrical power and data
Inventor: PUCHIANU SILVIU
IPC: H04B3/54
Filed: 2013-09-19
Abstract: A communication system for transmitting electrical power and data between a first end of a transmission line 23 and a second end of the transmission line is disclosed. At the first end, DC supply 14 supplies direct current to the transmission line. First switching means 13 switches the DC supply under the control of a first modulator 12 to impose a data signal on the DC power transmission. In a preferred embodiment, this communication on power signal is achieved by means of pulse wave modulation (PWM). At the second end, energy storage means 19 stores the power supplied by the first end. This energy is used to power communications from the second end of the transmission line to the first end of the transmission line. The transmissions in this direction are generated using second switching means 16 under control of a second modulator 15. Communications from the second end to the first end occur only when the first end is not supplying power to the second end, e.g. during a transmit window which coincides with a pulse-free part of the duty cycle of a PWM transmission from the first end.
Patent GB-2509570-A (GB)
Title: Steam turbine reheat section with overload valve
Inventor: CORNELL DANIEL RICHARD
IPC: F01K3/18
Filed: 2013-10-10
Abstract: Steam turbine 100 comprising a high pressure turbine section 125 coupled to at least one lower pressure turbine section 105, a steam generating source 120, a steam valve 150 regulating the flow of steam from the steam generating source to the high pressure section, a reheater 155 reheating steam exhausted from the high pressure turbine section, a reheat valve 160 regulating reheated steam to the lower pressure turbine section at a first location 165 and an overload valve supplying a diverted portion of the reheated steam to the lower pressure turbine section at a second location 170. Preferably the overload valve is operated to accommodate changes in conditions occurring within the high pressure section and reheater. Operation of the overload valve enables at least one lower pressure turbine section to have a variable swallowing capacity under different operating conditions. A method of operating a steam turbine is also claimed.
Patent GB-2520952-A (GB)
Title: Flip-chip electronic device with carrier having heat dissipation elements free of solder mask
Inventor: BRUNSCHWILER THOMAS J
IPC: H01L23/488
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: An electronic device 200 of flip-chip type comprises at least one chip carrier 110 having a carrier surface 135, the carrier comprising one or more contact elements 140s,140p of electrically conductive material on the carrier surface, at least one integrated circuit chip 105 having a chip surface 120, the chip comprising one or more terminals 125s,125p of electrically conductive material on the chip surface each one facing a corresponding contact element, solder material 150 soldering each terminal to the corresponding contact element, and restrain means 210s,210p around the contact elements for restraining the solder material during a soldering of the terminals to the contact elements, wherein the carrier comprises one or more heat dissipation elements 205s,205p of thermally conductive material on the carrier surface facing the chip surface displaced from the terminals, the dissipation elements being free of any solder mask. The restrain means 210s,210p may have a surface phobic to solder material.
Patent GB-2521650-A (GB)
Title: Dr Foot adjustable orthotic sandal
Inventor: HUSSAIN ABID
IPC: A43B7/14
Filed: 2013-12-24
Abstract: The invention provides an improvement to open or loose orthotic footwear by the inclusion of forefoot dual adjustable Velcro straps for comfort, fit and medical benefit. An orthotic shoe or insert is designed to offer additional support for; a) the three arches of the foot; b) a heel cradle that aligns the calcareous and therefore provides the user with proper gait; c) a ridge to provide traction for the metatarsophalangeal joints. The medical benefit of all such orthotic soles is largely diminished when the footwear fits incorrectly, as is most commonly seen with open or loose footwear such as sandals, clogs and thongs. The addition of 2 adjustable Velcro straps to open footwear ensures that the patient's foot is positioned appropriately across the three arches of the foot thus achieving the intended medical and comfort benefit of additional support to the calcareous and the metatarsophalangal joints.
Patent GB-2521659-A (GB)
Title: Elongate LED lamp with indicator
Inventor: CHARITY ADRIAN DAVID
IPC: F21K99/00
Filed: 2013-12-27
Abstract: An elongate LED lamp 10 has a tube 11 containing a circuit board 12 with an array of LEDs 13. These are connected to connection pins 16, 17 protruding through a first end cap 15. At the other end a second end cap 15 also has pins 18, 19 and these are connected to a status indicator 35 mounted on the circuit board 12 inside the tube. The status indicator 35 and pins 18, 19 of the second end cap 15 are electrically isolated from the LEDs 13 and the pins 16, 17 at the other end, by a section of circuit board 52 having no tracks. A lamp fitting (30, Fig. 5) mounts the elongate LED lamp, with the pins at each end inserted into respective sockets and supplies power to the pins 16, 17 of the first end cap and a status signal to the pins 18, 19 of the second end cap.
Patent GB-2509838-A (GB)
Title: Drain cover lifting arrangement
Inventor: CAVE ROBERT
IPC: B66F19/00
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: A cover for a manhole or drain inspection chamber resides on a peripheral frame provided around the manhole. The cover includes two through-holes, with a trapped internally threaded nut FIG A provided in each hole. To lift the cover, a respective lifting key FIG 7 in the form of an elongate, cranked screw is screwed through each hole. Upon passing through the bottom of the hole the keys locate in a dimple FIG 4 in the peripheral frame, and continued turning of the keys causes the cover to be driven up the length of the keys. When clear of the manhole frame, wheeled skates are inserted under the edge of the cover to support the cover at or near a first one of the through-holes, and the corresponding first key is unscrewed to lower the edge of the cover onto the skate. The cover can then be pivoted away from the manhole using the second key as an axis.
Patent GB-2516357-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for monitoring conditions prevailing in a distributed system
Inventor: EASTMAN MARK PATRICK HENRY
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2014-05-29
Abstract: Client application container 22-1 comprises application 24-1 accessed by client device 14-1. The container is on a different physical or virtual machine than statistics server 16 where data are sent for persistence. Logging of performance measurements is started by application 24-1 calling local performance logger 30-1, which generates records comprising measurement results and metadata. Local logger 30-1 determines whether to store result remotely on 16 and passes results and metadata to asynchronous FIFO queue 33-1 via remote logger 32-1. Messages are then sent to primary logging environment 16 when sufficient resources are available without having significant impact on execution of application 24-1 (e.g. when the application is not particularly busy). Messages in queue 33-1 have associated time-to-live parameters to remove them from the queue when the parameters expire. Time-to-live parameters are common to all messages or configurable. Queue 33-1 uses processing threads of lower priority than those of application 24-1.
Patent GB-2527787-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: HINCHLIFFE ROBERT
IPC: B04C5/28
Filed: 2014-07-02
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a separating apparatus 2 comprising a first cyclonic separator 10 and a second cyclonic separator 12 arranged in parallel with the first cyclonic separator 10, an airflow generator 4 arranged to generate an airflow through the first and second cyclonic separators 10, 12, and a flow control device 48 for controlling the flow of air through the second cyclonic separator 12. The vacuum cleaner has a firstÂ configuration in which the flow control device 48 is arranged to prevent flow of air through the second cyclonic separator 12 such that, in use, air flows through the first cyclonic separator 10 and bypasses the second cyclonic separator 12, and a second configuration in which the flow control device 48 is arranged to permit flow of air though the second cyclonic separator 12 such that, in use, air flows through the first and second cyclonic separators 10, 12.
Patent GB-2533642-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: HANS PAUL HOPPER
IPC: E21B34/04
Filed: 2014-12-24
Abstract: A valve assembly 2 includes a valve housing 4, 6; an inlet 14 for fluid entering the valve housing; an outlet 16 for fluid leaving the valve housing; a flow control assembly 34 disposed within the valve housing between the inlet and the outlet, whereby fluid entering the valve housing is caused to flow through the flow control assembly 34, the flow control assembly 34 comprising a cage 50 having apertures 52 therethrough to provide passage for fluid passing from the inlet to the outlet, the cage 50 having a longitudinal axis and an outlet end, in use fluid generally flowing within the cage 50 in a downstream direction towards the outlet end; a closure assembly 36 moveable with respect to the cage t50 o open or close each of the apertures 52 through the cage 50, to thereby control the flow of fluid through the cage 50; wherein the apertures 52 in the cage 50 extend through the cage 50 at a first angle being an angle to the longitudinal axis of the cage in the upstream direction. A cage for use in a valve assembly is also provided.
Patent GB-2536237-A (GB)
Title: Windshield monitoring system
Inventor: NEIL BELOE
IPC: B60S1/02
Filed: 2015-03-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a windshield monitoring system, comprising; a windshield 104 for a vehicle 100; a plurality of light emitters 108 forming an array, each emitter 108 arranged to direct a beam of light into an edge of the windshield 104 at an angle of incidence arranged to subject the beam of light to total internal reflection at a windshield to air interface to propagate the beam of light across the windshield to an opposing edge thereof, and the angle of incidence being arranged to refract the light beam away from the windshield at a windshield to contaminant interface; the system comprising a light detector arranged to detect that light from the beam of light has been refracted away from the windshield; and wherein the emitters 108 are separated substantially across a length of the windshield 104.
Patent GB-2539252-A (GB)
Title: Optical apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW BORTHWICK
IPC: H01S3/081
Filed: 2015-06-12
Abstract: An optical apparatus comprises an optical resonator defining an optical resonator path for an optical resonator beam and an optical beam expander optically coupled to the optical resonator, the optical beam expander defining an optical beam expander path for an optical beam expander beam; the optical resonator path and the optical beam expander path are configured such that the optical resonator beam and the optical beam expander beam at least partially intersect. The beam expander may be a telescope. The optical focus of the beam expander may be adjusted. A detector may be included to detect light received by the optical apparatus. A polarising beam splitter may direct light towards the detector. A controller may be used to analyse light received by the detector. Such an optical apparatus may be configured for use as a laser target designator or a laser range finder.
Patent GB-2537702-A (GB)
Title: Connectors
Inventor: RICHARD BARTON
IPC: H01R12/53
Filed: 2015-10-22
Abstract: A connector comprises a housing 2 and an arm 3. The housing defines a volume for receipt of solder and has a peripheral rim 21 for facing a substrate to which the connector 1 is to be soldered. The arm has a distal portion 31, such as a spade terminal, for connection to a source of electrical power and a proximal portion 30 connecting to the housing. One or more spacers or lugs 25a, 25b, 25c are provided for maintaining a spacing between the peripheral rim 21 and the substrate. The housing may have a central aperture 24 which acts as a chimney. The connector may be used to connect to a heater in a windscreen using lead-free solder.