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Patent GB-101034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Filling Receptacles with Measured Quantities of Liquids.
Inventor: FALKINER EDWARD JOHN
IPC: G01F11/28
Filed: 1915-08-19
Abstract: 101,034. Falkiner, E. J. Aug. 21, 1914, [Convention date]. Fixed-chamber apparatus for liquids; varying quantity measured in.-In apparatus for filling receptacles with measured or equal quantities of liquids, fermented, the liquid is supplied to a tank 56, Fig. 1, and flows through a depending pipe 57 into a tank 62. A number of pipes 63 extend upwards into the liquid in this tank and are provided with openings 75, which may be arranged in a screwed top portion so that the openings may be adjusted to ensure an equal delivery through the pipes 63. A definite quantity of liquid is allowed to flow from the upper tank into the tank 62, which is then discharged to the level of the openings 75, either directly into bottles &c. 66, as shown in Fig. 1, or into fixed measuring-chambers 67, Fig. 2, having their upper edges projecting into an overflow tank 68, or into an adjustable tank 75, Fig. 4, fitted with adjustable measuring-chambers 76. The measuring-chambers 76 comprise an outer part fixed to the tank 75, and a plunger part 78, Figs. 4 and 7, adjustable on a part 79 secured to the bottom of the tank 62. The liquid passes from the tank 75 through pipes 80 into the spaces between the outer parts and the plungers 78, the capacities of the spaces being adjusted by raising or lowering the tank 75 and with it the outer parts of the measuring-chambers. Air is admitted to the chambers through openings and tubes, Fig. 7, in the plungers. The arrangement of the pipes 57, 63 prevents turbulence and frothing of the liquid. The discharge from the tank 62, Fig. 1, and from the measuring-chambers 67, 76, Figs. 2 and 4, is controlled by taps 77, which may be connected to a common actuating-lever 65. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the bottles &c. may be carried on a tray 70 on a movable platform 72, while in the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the bottle or other platform may be raised and lowered by bevel and screw gearing. The tank 75, Fig. 4, is adjusted by screw and rack gearing 92, 90, 88 operated externally.
Patent GB-2480272-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum operated haemostatic valve
Inventor: NIELSEN ARNE MOLGAARD
IPC: A61M39/06
Filed: 2010-05-11
Abstract: The haemostatic valve assembly (10) includes a housing (14) with a chamber (16) therewithin. A flexible valve element (26) is located in the chamber (16) and supported by the housing (14). A resilient element (21), for example of foam, is located in the chamber (16) and applies a constant closing biasing force on the valve element (26). The valve (10) can be opened by aspirating fluid held within the chamber (16), for example by means of a pump or syringe, thereby to create a vacuum therein which compresses the resilient element (21). Removal of the vacuum allows the resilient element (21) to expand again and to close the valve (10). A method of operation is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2473692-A (GB)
Title: Displaying air traffic control information for aircraft in a combined airspace sector.
Inventor: PEMBER STEPHEN JAMES
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2010-06-18
Abstract: An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each under the control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated or bandboxed into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighbouring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector. In operation the central computer transmits to each planning controller first aircraft interactions predicted to occur in a first sector. Second aircraft interactions predicted to occur in other tactical sectors within the combined sector are then selected for display according to a predetermined criterion. The method reduces the amount of information displayed on the screen and allows the tactical controller to retain control of an aircraft after it has left their sector but remains in the combined sector.
Patent GB-2475115-A (GB)
Title: Chair with adjustable backrest
Inventor: ADDISON LYDIA MARIE
IPC: A47C1/024
Filed: 2010-07-01
Abstract: An adjustable chair comprises a backrest 3 or lumbar support which is adjustable relative to a seat portion 2 to vary the height and simultaneously to adjust the position of the backrest along the seat portion, thereby varying the depth of the seat portion. The backrest is adjusted by moving it along an angle or incline. The seat portion may also be height adjustable. The seat portion may be mounted on a framework 4 including two similar, opposed tubular members 4a, 4b of low friction material, mounted at a slope relative to the seat. An adjusting mechanism for the backrest is described which may be in the form of a ratchet or rack and pinion. A method for using the chair is also described.
Patent GB-2483243-A (GB)
Title: Device holder for an adhesive roller in a contact cleaning apparatus
Inventor: HAMILTON SHEILA
IPC: A47L25/00
Filed: 2010-09-01
Abstract: A device holder 124, 126 for an adhesive roller in a contact cleaning apparatus 100 comprises a recess 156 extending from one side of the device holder to another and capable of receiving an end of a shaft assembly 180 containing an adhesive roller 110, and at least one notch 158 located on the recess. The end of the shaft assembly is capable of snap fitting into the notch. Also disclosed is a contact cleaning apparatus comprising a contact cleaning roller 112 capable of removing contaminating debris from a substrate surface and an adhesive roller 110 mounted on ends of a shaft assembly 180 and capable of removing debris from the contact cleaning roller. The ends of the shaft assembly are capable of snap fitting into a notch in a recess of the device holder 124, 126.
Patent GB-2483484-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning module suitable for being suspended and spaced from a ceiling
Inventor: AINLEY MICHAEL
IPC: F24F1/01
Filed: 2010-09-09
Abstract: The air conditioning module 70 comprises a mount member 32 to suspend the air conditioning module from a ceiling 12 so as to, in use, lie spaced from the ceiling. At least one heat exchanger 34 is secured to the mount member and has an upstream side 36 facing the mount member and a downstream side 38 lying opposite the upstream side. The module includes a primary air chamber 40 having a plurality of primary air discharge ports 42 in fluid communication with the downstream side of the or each heat exchanger that directs primary air across the downstream side of the or each heat exchanger. The upstream side of the or each heat exchanger may be substantially exposed and have a thermal coating such as a cathodic electro coating of an epoxy polymer so as to, in use, maximise radiant heat exchange between the or each heat exchanger and the ceiling. The air conditioning module may include a radiator to provide radiant heating or cooling, the radiator being disposed on an opposite side of the primary air chamber to the or each heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2485377-A (GB)
Title: A peel-open sterilisable pouch
Inventor: LEONARD GARY
IPC: A61B19/02
Filed: 2010-11-11
Abstract: A peel-open sterilisable pouch (1) comprises a front panel (2) and an associated rear panel (3) joined together by an outer peelable seal (4) to define a pocket between the panels (2, 3). A centrally located opening (7) is provided in the front panel (2) and a gas permeable membrane patch (8) is mounted across the opening (7) on a rear face of the front panel (2) and is secured to the front panel (2) by an annular patch seal (10). An outer periphery of the gas permeable membrane patch (8) is located inboard of the outer peelable seal (4) joining the panels (2, 3). The gas permeable membrane allows sterilisation of the pouch contents (15) after it has been placed in the pouch.
Patent GB-2485785-A (GB)
Title: A fire appliance vehicle comprising a flow recording system
Inventor: MALLON JOHN
IPC: A62C27/00
Filed: 2010-11-23
Abstract: A fire appliance vehicle comprises at least one pump for delivering a fluid, suitably water, to a fire and a flow recording system. The flow recording system comprises a controller having at least one local interface for interfacing with devices locally on the vehicle, and at least one flow meter for measuring flow being delivered to an outlet of the fire appliance, said flow meter being configured to provide flow information to the controller via the at least one interface. The controller is configured to obtain a measurement from the at least one flow meter on a periodic basis, and to store said measurement and the time of measurement. The controller may be configured to estimate a volume of fluid delivered past the at least one flow meter. A system is also disclosed comprising at least one fire appliance vehicle of the invention and an external server having a communications interface configured to receive measurement information from the at least one vehicle, and a database for storing said information. Further disclosed is an automated method of recording a flow event on a flow recording system on a fire appliance (figure 5).
Patent GB-2487387-A (GB)
Title: A vacuum cleaner
Inventor: WEI AILA
IPC: A47L5/24
Filed: 2011-01-19
Abstract: A hand-held vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a flap (14, fig 1) on its underside which forms the bottom wall of a dust collection chamber 15. In use, the flap (14, fig 1) can be released to empty the chamber 15 of accumulated dirt and dust. The flap (14, fig 1) acts as a chute to help convey the dust to a suitable disposal receptacle. Also disclosed is a vacuum cleaner that comprises a filter 17 inside the collection chamber 15 that separates dirt and dust from the induced airflow. The filter 17 can be cleaned occasionally by operating a motor 36 which causes rotation of the filter 17 relative to a cleaning member, preferably in the form of a brush 39 disposed in engagement with the exterior of the filter17.
Patent GB-2488155-A (GB)
Title: Driveline transition based on wheel slip
Inventor: STARES PETE
IPC: B60K23/08
Filed: 2011-02-18
Abstract: A motor vehicle 1 having a prime mover 11; at least first 12, 13 and second 14, 15 groups wheels and a driveline to connect the prime mover to the first and second groups of wheels so the first group of wheels 12, 13 is driven by the prime mover 11 when the driveline is in a first mode and the second group of wheels 14, 15 is additionally driven by the prime mover 11 when the driveline is in a second mode. In the first mode the driveline is operable to transition to the second mode responsive to either a reactive evaluator 43 or a predictive evaluator 45. The reactive evaluator 43 output being responsive to a determination whether an amount of wheel slip has exceeded a first threshold, the predictive evaluator 45 output being responsive to a determination that one or more conditions of one or more operating parameters indicate that the amount of wheel slip may be about to exceed a second threshold when the amount of wheel slip is below the first threshold.
Patent GB-2491911-A (GB)
Title: Terminal handover in machine-to-machine cellular networks
Inventor: WEBB WILLIAM
IPC: H04W4/70
Filed: 2011-09-08
Abstract: In a high latency, delay and error-tolerant machine-to-machine cellular network (104, fig. 1) in which eg. vehicle or home appliance terminals (106) transmit user data to, and receive upgrades from, a base station (105), overloaded base stations request that the terminal handover to less congested base stations to load-balance the service. The terminal then decides independently whether to accede to that request after a random time if there will be an improvement in eg. signal level or data rate. Load balancing may also be applied between different carrier frequencies from the same base station, and the handover process can be used to calculate the terminalâ  s location.
Patent GB-2481943-A (GB)
Title: Advertising system and method for digital devices running applications
Inventor: CHOPRA VINAY
IPC: H04W4/00
Filed: 2010-08-13
Abstract: A system and method for allowing users to download modified software applications for digital devices, such as mobile phones, computers, electronic devices and mobile devices capable of wireless communication by the provision by the user of an authentication code that is validated to determine that the user is permitted to download and use a modified software application for the digital device. The system authorizes the user to download and use a modified software application and provides advertisements, directly associated with the campaign's authentication code(s), to the modified software application as it runs on the digital device, where the modified software application has been modified to accept and display advertisements on the digital device. The invention further includes allocating credits to authentication codes and deducting credits based on a credit value assigned to each modified software application and/or digital product, such as a digital song. The invention further includes the capability to track the usage of such modified software applications based on the authentication codes.
Patent GB-2485478-A (GB)
Title: De-Blurring a Blurred Frame Using a Sharp Frame
Inventor: WANG JUE
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2011-11-11
Abstract: Sharp and blurred image frames are detected (300) and a blur kernel is estimated (302) which represents a motion-transform between their common regions. The kernel may be a point spread function describing camera motion during exposure of the blurred frame, and estimates how the frame is blurred. Using the kernel, a static region measure (e.g. static region mask) for the sharp and the blurred frame is estimated (304). A de-blurred frame is generated by replacing (306) one or more pixels of the blurred frame as indicated by the static region measure. A replacement pixel for the blurred frame may be calculated as a composite of a first pixel from the sharp frame occurring before the blurred frame and a second pixel from a second sharp frame occurring after the blurred frame. The static region measure may be generated by identifying areas of motion between the sharp and the blurred frames by comparing the blurred frame to a simulated blurred frame generated as a product of the sharp frame and the blur kernel, and may use an energy minimization function. Feature points may detect the sharp frame, e.g. using an estimation of homography.
Patent GB-2485316-A (GB)
Title: System and method for minimizing the amount of data being sent on a network for supervised security systems
Inventor: FRENETTE STEPHAN
IPC: G08B25/00
Filed: 2010-07-29
Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for communicating heartbeat signals representative of the condition of a security system to a monitoring station. A controller is provided that transmits a heartbeat signal to a monitoring station within a given time period and awaits an acknowledgement signal from the monitoring station. If an acknowledgement signal is received within a time interval from the transmission of the heartbeat signal, then the time period is reset and another heartbeat signal is not sent until the next time period. If an acknowledgement signal is not received by the controller within a few seconds of transmitting the heartbeat signal, then another heartbeat signal is sent from the controller to the monitoring station. Heartbeat signals are only transmitted from the controller if an acknowledgement signal is not received from the monitoring station. In this manner, the amount of data sent over a communication link is reduced.
Patent GB-2500669-A (GB)
Title: Hose with power/data transmission cable
Inventor: PRYCE TIMOTHY DENZIL
IPC: B64D39/04
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: A hose 1 has a wall defining a fluid carrying tube 12 and a power and/or data transmission cable 9 is integrated into the wall. Also disclosed is a user definable module (11 figure 2) that is removably attachable to the distal end of the hose. The hose being connectable to a fluid receiving entity. The user definable module is connectable to the cable and has components to measure at least one parameter at the end of the hose and/or provide electrical connection between the cable and the fluid receiving entity for the transmission of data and/or power along the hose. Also disclosed is a method of configuring a hose for fluid transfer. The method includes the step of selecting a user definable module and attaching the selected module to a distal end of the hose prior to connecting said hose to a fluid receiving entity. The hose is particularly suitable for in-flight re-fueling of aircraft.
Patent GB-2489183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to systems for laparoscopic surgery
Inventor: BLACKHURST MICHAEL JOSEPH
IPC: A61B18/00
Filed: 2010-12-20
Abstract: This invention relates to a surgical smoke evacuation system for use in removing gases and smoke created in surgical procedures from within an insufflated surgical cavity. Such a system comprises a discharge assembly adapted to form a gases path, and having an end which in use is located within said surgical cavity so that gases and/or surgical smoke inside said cavity can pass out of said cavity and through said discharge assembly along said gases path, a flexible discharge limb having an operational site end and an outlet end, and a self-supporting wall defining a gases flow passage between said operational site end and said outlet end, in use said open operational site end sealingly connected to said discharge assembly so that said gases and/or surgical smoke can pass out of said discharge assembly and into said discharge limb, a filter connected in use to the outlet end of the discharge limb, at least part of said wall of the discharge limb formed from a breathable material, said breathable material allowing the passage of water vapour through the wall of the discharge limb without allowing the passage of liquid water or surgical smoke or other gases.
Patent GB-2505510-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle cooling system including a flow distribution manifold with outlets to engine cooling channels and heat exchangers
Inventor: LOSANO FIORELLO
IPC: F01P5/10
Filed: 2012-09-03
Abstract: The system comprises a plurality of cooling channels 750 in the engine, heat exchangers 315, 620, 770, a coolant pump 710 and a distribution manifold 740. The manifold comprises an outlet 745 in communication with the cooling channels and one or more additional outlets 755, 760, 765 in communication with a heat exchanger. The manifold is included in the external housing of the pump and has valves to regulate flow through the outlets. A valve may cooperate with either a single outlet or two at the same time. The inlet of the pump is connected to a radiator which is linked to the channels and heat exchangers. The pump is separated from the engine and is made from plastic and may be driven by the engine or by a dedicated electric motor. The heat exchangers may be oil, exhaust gas or electric machinery coolers or a cabin heater.
Patent GB-2494538-A (GB)
Title: Human stress detection system
Inventor: MASCIA FRANCESCO
IPC: A61B5/16
Filed: 2012-09-07
Abstract: The present invention concerns a human stress detection system. Said system comprises a plurality of accelerometers 14, 16, 17 designed to be attached to the body of a person 11 and a processing unit 18 configured to detect a level of stress of said person 11on the basis of the accelerations measured by said accelerometers 14, 16, 17. In particular accelerometer 14 is located on the head and accelerometers 16 and 17 are located on the back and/or shoulders. The signals are processed to obtain data indicative of vibrations of the head with respect to the shoulders and/or back.
Patent GB-2510092-A (GB)
Title: Touchscreen keyboard predictive display and generation of a set of characters
Inventor: GRIFFIN JASON TYLER
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2011-11-10
Abstract: A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display.
Patent GB-2491537-A (GB)
Title: Lifting frame device
Inventor: SALTHAMMER JA RN
IPC: B63B27/00
Filed: 2011-03-31
Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting device (1) for handling and/or moving loads, the lifting device comprising two vertical booms (2) which via one of their ends are pivotally connected to a base and via their opposite end are pivotally connected to a horizontal beam (3), forming a frame for the lifting device (1), wherein at least one cylinder (5) is connected to each of or one of the vertical booms (2), so as to be able to turn the lifting device (1) around the pivot point. The horizontal beam (3) is further pivotally connected to at least one tension rod (6). The vertical booms (2), the tension rods (6) and the horizontal beam (3) will then be pivotal in relation to each other. By means of the present invention, a less torque-critical lifting device is provided, as the vertical booms (3), when handling and/or moving a load, will take up compressive forces, whilst the tension rods (6) will take up tensile forces.
Patent GB-2514076-A (GB)
Title: Publishing of an application program interface
Inventor: LOVEGROVE WILLIAM
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-10-05
Abstract: A method comprising creating and publishing an application program interface (API) enabling access to a dataset from a source data file; determining, by an application, a type of change (E) that has occurred to the source data file; and in dependence at least on a result of said determining, taking at least one action relating to permitting subscriber access to the dataset of the changed source data file. The at least one action may comprise permitting subscriber access to the dataset from the changed source data file either: in place of the dataset from the source data file, using the API; or by creating and publishing a new API. The permitting access to the dataset may also be in dependence on subscriber access controls and/or publication controls under the control of a publishing entity. Changes to datasets may be provided to the application by a file synchronisation system.
Patent GB-2508650-A (GB)
Title: Insulated flashing construction
Inventor: BROWN LIAM
IPC: E04B1/78
Filed: 2012-12-07
Abstract: A flashing construction for forming a weatherproof seal at the junction of a wall and a roof comprising a first layer (14) formed from a sheet of deformable weatherproof material, and a second layer (12) formed from a thermally insulating material, said first layer (14) defining an outer layer of the flashing construction and at least a portion of said first layer being bonded to the second layer (12), wherein said first layer (14) extends beyond said second layer (12) at an upper edge (16) thereof to enable said first layer (14) to be anchored to a wall. The insulating layer may be an aerogel, polyisocyanurate or phenolic resin.