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Patent GB-2478117-A (GB)
Title: Detecting Degradation in Domestic heating System Performance
Inventor: CHAPMAN COLIN
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2010-02-24
Abstract: A method and apparatus 110 for detecting degradation in the performance of a heating system 100 indicative of failure in the heating system, comprises: Means, such as boiler controller 102, for receiving heating system control data indicative of a heating system in a property being turned on and turned off; receiving an energy consumption signal indicative of the energy consumption of the property preferably from a n energy sensor 104 such as a current clamp or smart meter; a correlator 112 used for correlating the received energy consumption signal with the received heating system control data to determine an energy consumption signature of the heating system when being turned on and turned off; using a detector 114 to compare the determined energy consumption signature with previously obtained energy consumption signatures, stored in a memory 116, to detect differences in the determined signature that are indicative of degradation of heating system performance indicative of impending heating system failure. Preferably, by wireless communication such as the internet, warning the user that the degradation in performance has occurred.
Patent GB-2479787-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust silencer with acoustic reducer cup
Inventor: JARVIS PETER
IPC: F01N1/00
Filed: 2010-04-23
Abstract: An exhaust silencer 1 with a silencer chamber 10 having an exhaust inlet 20 and an acoustic reducer 30 within the chamber, where the acoustic reducer is in the form of a cup and has a cup mouth 32, a cup base 34, and at least one cup wall 36 extending between the cup mouth and cup base, the cup wall(s) comprise a narrowed portion 38 that is narrower than the cup mouth. The cup may cup incoming exhaust gases and reflect incoming sound waves so that outgoing sound waves destructively interfere with incoming sound waves, thus providing noise attenuation. Preferably the cup mouth is flared outwardly and the exhaust inlet is facing the cup mouth. An acoustic reducer and a method of modifying an exhaust gas silencer is also claimed.
Patent GB-2480072-A (GB)
Title: Electrical heating of a pipeline
Inventor: DENNIEL SYLVAIN
IPC: F16L53/37
Filed: 2010-05-05
Abstract: A pipeline for use in the offshore production of hydrocarbons comprising; an electrically conductive inner pipe 4, a concentric outer layer 12, one or more concentric intermediate layers 10 between the inner pipe and the outer layer, and a concentric electrically conductive mesh 8. A current passed along the inner pipe heats the pipeline, with the current optionally being returned via the concentric electrically conductive mesh.
Patent GB-2482506-A (GB)
Title: A shock absorbing line for a fishing pole
Inventor: HARVEY MARK
IPC: A01K87/00
Filed: 2010-08-03
Abstract: A top kit 1 for a fishing pole comprises a hollow tube 2 and an elastic strand 8 having a first end 18 anchored inside the hollow tube and a second end 20 to which, in use, a fishing line is attached. The elastic strand includes first and second portions, wherein the first portion is stretched by a lower amount than the second portion when subjected to the same stretching force. The two portions may each be of a uniform width, the width of the first portion being greater than that of the second. Alternatively, the elastic strand may taper in width along at least a part of its length. The elastic strand may be solid, or may be hollow with a bore extending therethrough, said bore preferably varying in cross-sectional size while the outer width of the elastic strand remains uniform. The elastic strand is preferably circular in cross-section. Also disclosed is a fishing pole comprising the top kit of the invention, and methods of making a fishing equipment and of catching fish.
Patent GB-2470324-A (GB)
Title: Low absorbency tampon pledget and method of testing
Inventor: JORGENSEN ROBERT
IPC: A61F13/20
Filed: 2009-03-09
Abstract: An improved light duty tampon is defined by a quantity of an absorbent material arranged in substantially cylindrical form and having a lower dry bulk density, lower expansion values, and lower fluid absorption rates, as compared to similar absorbent capacity tampon pledgets. A method of testing a light duty tampon includes determining absorbent capacity, density, radial expansion width, and expansion rate of the tampon.
Patent GB-2473552-A (GB)
Title: System and method for generating tactical routes
Inventor: MILBERT RANDY L
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 2008-07-07
Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for generating a tactical route to a battlefield destination including an Intervisibility Analyzer for analyzing propagation of optical lines of sight in a geographic terrain, a Speed Analyzer for analyzing speed of travelers in the geographic terrain, and a Route Generator for generating routes that facilitate tactical movement. The Intervisibility Analyzer and Speed Analyzer are used by a Cost Generator to determine tactical movement costs in geographic terrain. The Route Generator includes a Cost Evaluator for evaluating the cost of an edge during route generation.
Patent GB-2474119-A (GB)
Title: A catalytic conversion process for producing more diesel and propylene
Inventor: CUI SHOUYE
IPC: C10G11/00
Filed: 2010-09-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a catalytic conversion process for producing more diesel and propylene, comprising contacting the feedstock oil with a catalyst having a relatively homogeneous activity in a reactor, wherein the reaction temperature, weight hourly space velocity and weight ratio of the catalyst/feedstock oil are sufficient to obtain a reaction product containing from 12 to 60% by weight of a fluid catalytic cracking gas oil relative to the weight of the feedstock oil; the fluid catalytic cracking gas oil is fed into the fluid catalytic cracking gas oil treatment device for further processing. Catalytic cracking, hydrogenation, solvent extraction, hydrocracking and process for producing more diesel are organically combined together, and hydrocarbons such as alkanes, alkyl side chains in the feedstocks for catalysis are selectively cracked and isomerized. Meanwhile, aromatics in the feedstocks, which enter into the diesel fraction, are minimized, and the retention of other components in the diesel fraction by the production of aromatics via the reaction such as aromatization and the like is avoided. While the feedstocks are converted into high cetane number diesel and propylene, the yields of dry gas and coke are significantly reduced, and the breaking tendency and consumption of the catalyst are decreased.
Patent GB-2477831-A (GB)
Title: Ion guide array
Inventor: HOYES JOHN BRIAN
IPC: G01N27/64
Filed: 2009-09-17
Abstract: A ion mobility spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion guide array having first and second ion guide sections 1 and 2 and optionally further ion guide sections. Each ion guide section 1,2 comprise a plurality of electrodes having an aperture through which a first and second plurality of ions are transmitted in use. A transfer section is arranged between first and second ion guide sections 1 and 2 and ions are transmitted radially therebetween. The electrodes 1b, 2b in the transfer section may have a radial aperture enabling ions to be transmitted radially therebetween. First and second transient DC voltages means are used to apply first and second transient voltages/waveforms to at least some of the electrodes of the first and second ion guide sections in order to propel at least some of the first or second plurality of ions along at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% of the length of the first and second ion guide sections.
Patent GB-2473767-A (GB)
Title: Wearable panel for carrying armour
Inventor: BATEMAN PAUL
IPC: F41H1/02
Filed: 2009-12-23
Abstract: A wearable panel 2 for carrying soft armour plating comprises an internal cavity for receiving and releasably retaining soft armour plating. The cavity extends up to shoulder portions 4 of the panel 2 to receive respective shoulder strap extension of the armour plating. The shoulder portions 4 of the panel 2 include regions of hook and loop fastening material 12 adapted for engaging with respective tabs of the armour plating.
Patent GB-2472756-A (GB)
Title: Improved column installed condenser
Inventor: DALY PHILLIP F
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 2009-06-22
Abstract: A reactor-installed or column-installed vertical plate heat exchanger having channels for flow of cooling fluid and vertical passageways between the cooling fluid channels for flow of product. A divider is located between a first fraction and a second fraction of the product vertical passageways and a vapor product inlet communicates with the tops of the product vertical passageways in the first fraction. A product collection volume communicates with the bottoms of the product vertical passageways and an outlet communicates with the product collection volume for recovering condensed product. An uncondensed vapor outlet communicates with the tops of the vertical passageways in the second fraction for removing uncondensed vapor from the heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2487539-A (GB)
Title: Valve
Inventor: GOULDIN ROBERT
IPC: F16K17/30
Filed: 2011-01-25
Abstract: A valve which may be calibrated to close when a minimum predetermined mains water pressure is reached, comprises a water inlet 1, outlet 2, calibration knob 3, shaft 4 attached to a spring 5, and closure bung 7. In use water pressure keeps the closure bung 7 closed, and once the water pressure reduces below a user-calibrated level the spring 5 opens the valve. The valve prevents the possibility of water left in the plumbing of a home or mobile home over a winter period freezing and expanding, cracking pipes, by draining all residual water out of the system.
Patent GB-2477219-A (GB)
Title: A bottle adapted to thermally condition and filter consumable beverages
Inventor: ROTH DONNA
IPC: A45F3/16
Filed: 2010-01-26
Abstract: A bottle 10 adapted to thermally condition and filter consumable beverages includes: a container 12 configured to hold a consumable beverage, the container defining a mouth 14 and a cavity for storing the beverage. The bottle also has a lid 26 detachably secured to the bottle to cover the mouth 14. A drinking spout is provided on the lid 26. A filter 70 and a thermal energy storage member 46 are located in the cavity, with the thermal energy storage member 46 being located between the filter 70 and the lid 26. The thermal storage member having first and second ends, the first end being detachably engageable with the lid and the second end being detachably engageable with the filter.
Patent GB-2479076-A (GB)
Title: A transmission power control scheme for transmissions via uplink shared and control channels
Inventor: KELA PETTERI KALLE
IPC: H04W52/00
Filed: 2011-05-03
Abstract: There is provided a mechanism for uplink transmission power control in a communication network. An uplink transmission power for a transmission from a communication network element to a communication network control element is calculated. When a transmission power control (TPC) command from the communication network control element is received instructing e.g. an increase of the uplink transmission power or a decrease of the uplink transmission power, it is checked whether the calculated uplink transmission power is above a maximum transmission power of the communication network element or below a minimum transmission power of the communication network element. If this is the case, and the transmission power control command instructs a change in the opposite direction, power control adjustment is conducted by determining and conducting a correction for immediately compensating for a difference between the calculated uplink transmission power and the maximum/minimum transmission power, wherein an actual transmission power is set on the basis of the correction parameter considering the received transmission power control command. Consequently, a UE will be able to immediately react to TPC commands also when a threshold such as an uplink transmission power limit is reached.
Patent GB-2496428-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for detecting the position of a sports projectile in a scene
Inventor: DANIELS ANTHONY
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 2011-11-11
Abstract: The apparatus comprises: an interface for receiving a plurality of images of the scene, in which the plurality of images are captured substantially simultaneously by a plurality of cameras 100, each camera having a different field of view; a memory module for storing information on the surface pattern 502 of the projectile (e.g. a football 500); a pattern detection unit which, for each of the images, uses the data from the pattern memory module to identify at least a part of the sports projectile within the image and thus produce position and orientation data for the projectile within the image; a position detection unit operable to determine the position of the projectile within the scene on the basis of the position and orientation data within each of the images, and the relative positions of the cameras. The surface pattern information may be removable and may be read in from an external source. The method could find application in football or soccer where the position of the ball can be used to decide whether or not a goal has been scored.
Patent GB-2482643-A (GB)
Title: System for generating pressure waves in an underwater environment
Inventor: CARCATERRA ANTONIO
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2010-05-14
Abstract: System for generating pressure waves for deep seismic surveys operating in an underwater environment below the surface, suitable for investigating subcrustal objectives for prospecting purposes in the search for hydrocarbons and/or minerals. The system comprises one or more autonomous underwater vehicles organized in swarms, independent and coordinated, each housing one or more autonomous acoustic sea sources with self- propelled striker pistons. This system is served by a system of supporting surface stations, for reprovisioning, recovery actions, checking the well- being of the single vehicles and swarms and maintenance. The system is capable of using both conventional and non- conventional self-charged acoustic sea seismic sources. The system is capable of replicating the effect of a conventional source operated from the surface. The seismic sea source of the non- conventional acoustic type, proposed herein, can release a high- intensity pressure wave produced by a system of two striker pistons, which does not consume air when operating as it does not disperse air or another gas in water and does not produce mass variations of the device during its functioning and allows the amplitude and duration of the sound wave emitted and characteristics of the emission spectrum, to be regulated.
Patent GB-2483194-A (GB)
Title: Write-erase endurance lifetime of memory storage devices
Inventor: ELEFTHERIOU EVANGELOS
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2010-07-26
Abstract: A memory management system and method for managing memory blocks of a memory device of a computer. The system includes a free block data structure (12) including free memory blocks (14) for writing, and sorting the free memory blocks in a predetermined order based on block write-erase endurance cycle count and receiving new user-write requests to update existing data and relocation write requests to relocate existing data separately, a user-write block pool (IS) for receiving youngest blocks holding user-write data (i.e., any page being updated frequently) from the free block data structure, a relocation block pool (20) for receiving oldest blocks holding relocation data (i.e., any page being updated infrequently) from the free block data structure, and a garbage collection pool structure (24) for selecting at least one of user-write blocks and relocation blocks for garbage collection, wherein the selected block is moved back to the free block data structure upon being relocated and erased.
Patent GB-2485704-A (GB)
Title: A chest exercise device
Inventor: YOUNANE PAUL PETER MAROON
IPC: A63B21/02
Filed: 2010-08-13
Abstract: A chest exercise device that includes two arms (1, 2), each outwardly extending from a central pivot axis (X). Each arm has a handle (1a, 2a) so that a user can grip the device as an exercise is performed. A resistance means (30) is provided which is preferably adjustable to enable a user to choose a desired level of difficulty.
Patent GB-2489569-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for marking material fix level control in printing apparatus
Inventor: BREWINGTON GRACE T
IPC: B41F33/00
Filed: 2012-03-21
Abstract: An apparatus includes a media transport 110 configured to transport a media sheet 112 having marking material 114 on at least a first side of the media sheet 112 and a media sheet rub module 120 configured to rub a rub material 121 against the first side of the media sheet 112; a sensor 130 senses marking material 114 rubbed from the first side of the media sheet 112 onto the rub material121; a controller 140 determines a fix level of marking material 114 on the media sheet 112 based on the sensed marking material 114 on the rub material 121, the fix level indicating how well the marking material 114 is affixed to the media sheet 112. The apparatus is preferably a printing apparatus and a method of determining a fix level is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2492492-A (GB)
Title: Sliding member
Inventor: YASUI MIKIHITO
IPC: C25D7/10
Filed: 2011-02-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding member (11) that has a base section (12) and an overlay layer (13) provided on the base section (12). The overlay layer (13) has Bi or a Bi alloy as the base, and contains Sn or an Sn alloy. The average particle size of Sn-based particles (15) distributed within the overlay layer (13) is no more than 5% of the average particle size of Bi-based particles (14) distributed within the overlay layer (13).
Patent GB-2504959-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen generators and methods of generating dry hydrogen
Inventor: DEAN WILLIAM FRANCIS HOULTON
IPC: C25B9/17
Filed: 2012-08-14
Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes a composite electrolytic cell comprising a pair of membrane electrode assemblies 1, 17 each incorporating a solid polymer electrolyte 2a polarised so as to generate hydrogen from water at a cathode and oxygen at an anode, the electrode assemblies dividing the interior of the generator into three successive chambers 11, 12, 23 including a common chamber 11 in which the respective cathode surfaces of the two electrode assemblies face each other, wherein the only external supply of liquid water 2 is to the chamber 12 bounded by the anode surface of the first electrode assembly 1. The polymer electrolyte is preferably a proton conducting polymer. The generator may comprise a comparator for measuring the ratio of respective currents passing through the first and second electrode assemblies. Also disclosed is a method of generating dry hydrogen using the generator of the invention, in which both cathodes generate hydrogen in the common chamber from water passing through the first electrode assembly.
Patent GB-2505495-A (GB)
Title: Multiple path, high gain antenna array arrangement.
Inventor: MANNAN MICHAEL
IPC: H01Q1/38
Filed: 2012-09-03
Abstract: An antenna comprises: a pair of fed, electrically conducting elements 3, 5, disposed in a first plane 1, where the conducting elements 3, 5 are spaced from one another and are arranged symmetrically with a line of symmetry on the plane 1. At least one further electrically conducting element 11, 13 is disposed in a second plane and electrically isolated from the previously mentioned conductive elements 3, 5. The further conducting elements 11, 13 may be symmetrically arranged about the same line of symmetry relating to the conducting elements 3, 5. All of the conducting elements may be located on the same plane or the further conducting elements 11, 13 may be on a plane which is at an angle or orthogonal to that of the first plane 1. Further conductive elements may be used on further planes. The conductive elements may be rectangular or trapezoidal in shape and made from a thin sputtered hot foil blocked element attached to a non-conducting sheet of material and coated with an insulating material. The conductive elements may be formed in or on a television (TV) receiver, a TV wall mounting bracket and/or a TV stand. The elements may be capacitively fed. The antenna may provide a high gain and multiple direction operation.
Patent GB-2507946-A (GB)
Title: Appetite-suppressant composition
Inventor: BEER FRANCO
IPC: A23L33/00
Filed: 2012-09-13
Abstract: An appetite-suppressant composition comprises an ileal brake activator and dietary fibre. The ileal brake activator helps to suppress appetite and is preferably in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion of a triglyceride-containing oil. The oil-in-water emulsion may contain a galactolipid emulsifier comprising fractionated oat oil. In one embodiment the ileal brake activator comprises 50-80% dehydrated corn syrup, 25-40% palm oil, 15-35% oat oil, up to 5% water and up to 10% silicon dioxide. Preferably the dietary fibre comprises a water soluble polysaccharide, in particular konjac glucomannan. The appetite suppressant composition may be incorporated into a drink, soup, dessert, ready meal, cereal bar or porridge, or may be supplied as a pharmaceutical composition.
Patent GB-2501335-A (GB)
Title: Performance improvements for rf-only quadrupole mass filters and linear quadrupole ion traps with axial ejection
Inventor: KENNY DANIEL JAMES
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2012-09-17
Abstract: A RF only quadrupole rod set mass filter, mass analyser or linear quadrupole ion trap with axial ejection are disclosed. The rod set comprises a first pair of rod electrodes, a second pair of rod electrodes and an energy filter. The first pair of rod electrodes is longer than the second pair of rod electrodes. Ions having desired mass to charge ratios experience fringing fields at an exit region which results in the ions possessing sufficient axial kinetic energy to be transmitted by the energy filter. Other ions possess insufficient axial kinetic energy to be transmitted by the energy filter and are attenuated. Other than having differing lengths, the physical differences between the poles can also be their profile or radius.
Patent GB-2498433-A (GB)
Title: A polymer based piezoelectric fibre
Inventor: SIORES ELIAS
IPC: H01L41/08
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: A piezoelectric fibre comprising a conductive core 17, a polymer based piezo active layer 18 and an electrolyte based outer layer 19. The method of producing such a fibre includes the steps of: melting the polymer; extruding the polymer through a die at a set speed; feeding conductive material through the same die at a faster speed; drawing and poling the fibre; and passing the fibre through an electrolyte solution to create an outer electrode. Also disclosed is a fabric comprising such a fibre, and uses of such a fibre. The polymer may be poly(vinylide fluoride) (PVDF) or other like polymers. The fibre generates a voltage when a mechanical or vibrational force is given to the fibre.