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Patent GB-2574379-A (GB)
Title: Parcel storage box
Inventor: LAUREN ELIZABETH CHAPMAN
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2018-05-30
Abstract: A parcel storage box 10 comprises a base 12, a side wall 14 and a roof 16 joined to form a box 18. A parapet 28 is provided on an upper surface of the roof, the parapet enclosing a volume for planting plants. An opening 20 is provided in the side wall and a door 22 is hinged to the side wall to close the opening. A lock 24 is provided for locking the door. An internal barrier 42 is provided on the base and extends between opposite sides of the side wall. The barrier has a front surface 44 for contacting a rear surface of the door and an upper surface 46 which is sloped relative to the base. The upper surface is closer to the base at a front edge of the barrier. The parapet may comprise at least one drainage aperture 32 and a channel may be provided in the upper surface of the roof extending to the aperture(s). An authentication key may be provided on the interior of the box for scanning by a delivery operative to verify delivery of a parcel. The box may further comprise a camera 50.
Patent GB-2564947-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle partition
Inventor: SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN
IPC: B60R21/02
Filed: 2018-06-08
Abstract: A vehicle 10 includes a floor 34 having a front portion 36, a rear portion 40, and a middle portion between the front and rear portions. A partition 50 is supported on the floor between the front and middle portion 34, extending in a cross-vehicle direction. An airbag housing 58 supported by the partition 50 has an airbag (Fig 4b, 60) inflatable from the housing to an inflated position. In the inflated position, the airbag extends from the housing in a vehicle-rearward direction. A further features can include retaining covers (fig 4b, 84 & 86) to cover cargo and a portion of the front floor 36.
Patent GB-2561761-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for unloading a cargo container
Inventor: NICHOLAUS A JONES
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: The unpacked depth of a cargo container is automatically measured as the items are removed therefrom. Information regarding where the unpacked items are to be placed is automatically presented using an active display and determined as a function, at least in part, of the measured unpacked depth. By one approach the foregoing includes using received information that correlates particular items with corresponding packed locations within the cargo container.
Patent GB-2570176-A (GB)
Title: Radar systems
Inventor: ANTHONY KINGHORN
IPC: G01S13/48
Filed: 2018-07-27
Abstract: A radar system suitable for air area surveillance comprises a transmitter with a transmitting aperture to provide a transmitting beam which is relatively small compared to the area of space to be surveyed, the transmission signal having a duty cycle greater than fifty percent. A receiver with a receiving aperture larger than the transmitting aperture includes a device for forming multiple receiving beams configured to collectively match the angular area of the transmitting beam. The transmitting and receiving apertures are separate and may operate simultaneously. The system includes a device or mechanism to scan the transmitting beam over an area of space to be surveyed and to scan the multiple receive beams over the area of space so as to match the scanning of the transmitting beam. In a first mode of operation the transmitter may transmit a continuous signal to be received after reflection by the receiver. The system may include a further receiver sharing an aperture with the transmitter and operable in a second mode to transmit a pulsed signal to be received after reflection by the further receiver.
Patent GB-2576515-A (GB)
Title: Desiccant dehumidifier
Inventor: STEPHEN LILLY
IPC: F24F3/14
Filed: 2018-08-21
Abstract: A desiccant dehumidifier comprises a rotary bed 6 containing a thermally regenerable desiccant material, a process segment 7 and a regeneration segment 8. An air-to-air heat exchanger A has first and second channels A1 and A2. A process air channel 20 conducts air from process air inlet 2 via the process segment of the rotary bed and heat-exchange channel A1 to process air outlet 3. A cooling air channel 22 conducts air from cooling air inlet 4a via flow control means 12 and heat-exchange channel A2 to exhaust air outlet 5a without passing through the rotary bed. A regeneration air channel 26 conducts air from regeneration air inlet 4b via heater 9 and the regeneration segment of the rotary bed to exhaust air outlet 5b. The flow control means may comprise a controller 24 for adjusting a fan 12. The desiccant dehumidifier may comprise a second heat exchanger B. The cooling air and regeneration channels may share an inlet 4a, 4b and outlet 5a, 5b.
Patent GB-2577511-A (GB)
Title: A reactor assembly
Inventor: DAVID MCNAMARA
IPC: F23G7/12
Filed: 2018-09-26
Abstract: A reactor assembly 200 for heating plastic material comprises a reactor vessel 1 comprising a central axis and an agitator 3 mounted within the reactor vessel, wherein the agitator comprises one or more blades 34 distal from the central axis (X) for mixing contents of the reactor vessel and one or more wearing parts 36 mounted to the blades to extend from the blades. A method of maintaining a maximum thickness of coking on an internal surface of a reactor vessel comprises providing a reactor vessel with an agitator rotatable about a central axis therein, the agitator comprising one or more radially outermost wearable parts a distance from the internal surface of the reactor vessel, operating the reactor vessel for a number of cycles such that the rotating wearable parts remove caking from the internal surface of the reactor vessel, stopping the reactor vessel and adjusting the wearable parts to maintain the distance from the internal surface of the reactor vessel following any wear of the parts during operation.
Patent GB-2582147-A (GB)
Title: Extension of direct electrical heating systems
Inventor: ATLE HARALD BØRNES
IPC: H05B3/40
Filed: 2019-03-12
Abstract: A method of providing direct electrical heating, (DEH), to one or more of at least three subsea pipelines 120, 122, 123, 124attached to a common structure 220 and a first set of DEH cables 140, 150, associated with a first subsea pipeline 120 terminates at or near the structure, the terminal ends of are coupled into an input 610 of a switching device 600. Terminal ends of sets of DEH cables respectively associated with further pipelines are coupled to respective outputs 620, 622, 626 of the switching device. The switching device couples the terminal ends of the first set of DEH cables either together or to terminal ends of the one or more further sets of DEH cables, so that the device can switch between providing DEH to only the first pipeline and providing DEH to the first pipeline and the further sets of pipelines.
Patent GB-2577766-A (GB)
Title: Colourant
Inventor: KEVIN MORGAN
IPC: C09C1/00
Filed: 2019-03-06
Abstract: The present invention relates to a colourant for darkening the colour tone of a target polymer or of a colourant for addition to a polymer. The present invention comprises a black colourant being a mixture comprising a carrier material and a first pigment comprising at least black shade manganese oxide and at least one additional pigment. The first pigment and at least one additional pigment are selected such that in combination with the carrier material they produce a substantially black colour tone. This colour tone is then transferred to a target polymer or polymer colourant.
Patent GB-2585366-A (GB)
Title: Compression of Ultrasound Data in Fluid Conduits
Inventor: STEVE WRINCH
IPC: G01V1/52
Filed: 2019-06-24
Abstract: A device 10 and method used to image cylindrical fluid conduits, such as pipes, wellbores and tubulars 2, with ultrasound transducers then compress that data for storage or visualization. The compressed images may be stored on the tool and / or transmitted over telemetry, enabling the device 10 to inspect and record long pipes 2 or wells in high resolution on a single trip. This allow the ultrasound imaging tool to record much longer wells in higher resolution than would otherwise be possible. An outward-facing radial array of ultrasound transducers 13 captures cross-sectional slices of the conduit to create frames from scan lines. The frames are compressed by applying a demodulation process and spatial conversion process to the scan lines. Video compression is applied to the to the demodulated, spatially converted ultrasound images to return compressed images.
Patent GB-2574944-A (GB)
Title: Methods and compositions for the treatment of pain and/or inflammation
Inventor: PETER GHOSH
IPC: A61P29/00
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions for oral administration comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one coxib together with a therapeutically effective amount of pentosan polysulfate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are described. The compositions have application for the prophylaxis or treatment of pain and/or inflammation. There is also described a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one coxib. The compositions in at least some forms may be lactose free and/or provided in a non- gelatin capsule. Further, there are provided methods for administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one coxib in combination with pentosan polysulfate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of pain and/or inflammation.
Patent GB-2574743-A (GB)
Title: Soft tissue comprising synthetic fibers
Inventor: THOMAS GERARD SHANNON
IPC: D21H27/00
Filed: 2017-02-22
Abstract: The present application provides a tissue product comprising at least about 10 weight percent high coarseness fibers, from about 1.0 to about 10 weight percent synthetic fibers and less than about 10 weight percent long, low-coarseness cellulosic fibers. The high coarseness fibers may be cellulosic fibers having an average fiber length greater than about 2.0 mm and a coarseness greater than 17 mg/100 m, such as Southern softwood kraft pulp fibers (SSWK) derived from a pine in the Pinus subgenus, and the synthetic fiber is a non-cellulosic, thermoplastic fiber such as non-fibrillated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers. In certain embodiments the tissue products may be substantially free from long, low coarseness cellulosic fibers, yet provide satisfactory strength, such as a geometric mean tensile from about 500 to about 1,200 g/3", and softness, such as a TS7 less than about 11.0.
Patent GB-2591487-A (GB)
Title: An instrument air supply system for an offshore plant and a method for supplying instrument air to an offshore plant
Inventor: Håvar Forsell Ohma
IPC: H01B7/14
Filed: 2020-01-30
Abstract: An instrument air supply system (1) for supplying instrument air to an offshore platform, comprising an onshore air supply station (2) adapted to supply dry, compressed instrument air, an offshore plant (3) adapted to receive the instrument air, and a submarine cable (4) connecting the onshore air supply station (2) to the offshore plant (3), where the submarine cable comprises a plurality of electrical conductors (10, Fig 2) and an air conduit (14, Fig 2). In this way, instrument air can be supplied to an offshore plant through the umbilical for an extended period during a gas leakage at the offshore plant. The instrument air may be for pressurised explosion protection (Ex-p rated). The air pressure may be between 8 and 18 bar, and the air flow may be 4-8kg/h. The cable may be at least 100km long, and the air conduit may have a diameter of at least 25mm. The offshore plant may be an offshore platform for oil or gas extraction.
Patent GB-2591763-A (GB)
Title: An electrolyte solution
Inventor: Jonathon Mitchell-Smith
IPC: B23H9/16
Filed: 2020-02-05
Abstract: An electrolyte solution is provided for an electrochemical machining process. The electrolyte solution includes a substantially water-free ionic solvent, an ionisable material in the form of an inorganic salt, and a viscosity modifier. The electrolyte has a viscosity in the range of 1 to 50 mPas at 20°C, preferably 10 to 15 mPas. The viscosity modifier may be a saturated water-based inorganic salt solution and may make up less than 50 wt% of the electrolyte. Preferably the solvent comprises a polyol, such as ethylene glycol and/or glycerol, and may further comprise a quaternary ammonium salt, such as choline chloride, tetraethylammonium chloride and/or tetramethylammonium chloride. Preferably, the solvent is be a deep eutectic solvent comprising ethylene glycol and choline chloride. Preferably the electrolyte is used in an electrochemical machining process using a portable device comprising a nozzle 24 configured for dispensing a jet of electrolyte solution 26 toward a surface 12. Wherein the process applies a current density preferably in the range of 25 to 100 A/cm2.
Patent GB-2592914-A (GB)
Title: Multi-button lamp power supply or controller
Inventor: CHENGQIAN PAN
IPC: H05B47/10
Filed: 2020-03-04
Abstract: A multi-button lamp power supply or controller for connection to a set of LED string lights or tape lights comprises a housing 1, 2 and a circuit board 3 arranged inside the housing. First and second mode switching components, such as first and second push buttons 4, 5, are arranged in the housing and communicate with the circuit board, e.g. to change the flash mode, emitted colour, dimming level, timer operation etc. of a lamp connected to an output connector 7 of the power supply or controller. Various different configurations of buttons and housing styles are disclosed (figures 4 to 30).
Patent GB-2584016-A (GB)
Title: Iterative estimation hardware
Inventor: Thomas Michael Rose
IPC: G06F7/552
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: Disclosed is an iterative hardware logic unit that produces an estimation Xn+1 of the reciprocal of the 3th root of an input number d. That is the unit produces X = 1/3√d as its output. The unit has inputs for the input value d, and for an initial estimate of the value X, i.e. X1 of Xn and in output for the next value Xn+1 which is an improved estimation of the initial value of X. The logic consists of multiplier and addition blocks configured to implement an m order polynomial to determine the improved estimate, with m order convergence. The polynomial can be expressed as: Where m is a natural number, greater than 2.
Patent GB-2594718-A (GB)
Title: Pram frame
Inventor: MATTHEW KARL TUTT
IPC: B62B7/04
Filed: 2020-05-04
Abstract: A pram frame 200 comprising a first roller attachment point 221 configured to engage with a first roller set (121, see fig.1) and a mechanism 231 configured to engage with the first roller set 121 via the first roller attachment point. The mechanism is configured to provide driven steering of the first roller set when a user steers the pram frame. The pram frame may comprise a second roller attachment 222 configured to engage with as second roller set (122), where the mechanism may engage with the second roller set via the second roller attachment point. The mechanism may be configured to also provide driven steering of the second roller set when a user steers the pram frame. They mechanism may be configured to select which roller set to steer depending on user input. The first roller may be a ball. The ratio between steering of the front and rear steering can be set differently. Finally, the mechanism may comprise one or more actuators for interacting with at least one of the first or second roller attachment points.
Patent GB-2582475-A (GB)
Title: Method for processing projection-based frame that includes projection faces packed in cube-based projection layout with padding
Inventor: Ya-Hsuan Lee
IPC: H04N19/597
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A video processing method includes: obtaining a plurality of square projection faces from an omnidirectional content of a sphere according to a cube-based projection, scaling the square projection faces to generate a plurality of scaled projection faces, respectively, creating at least one padding region, generating a projection-based frame by packing the scaled projection faces and said at least one padding region in a projection layout of the cube-based projection, and encoding the projection-based frame to generate a part of a bitstream.
Patent GB-2596836-A (GB)
Title: A vizor and item of personal protection equipment incorporating a vizor
Inventor: ALAN NEIL RUSSELL STANNAH
IPC: A42B3/28
Filed: 2020-07-08
Abstract: A PPE visor 5 comprising a screen 7 configured to at least partly over lie, but be spaced from, a wearer’s 6 face, wherein the vizor further includes an air inlet 11 positioned to deliver air to a wearer and at least one extraction aperture 16 positioned apart from the air inlet through which exhaled air may be extracted. The visor may be provided with an input pump 20 that delivers air to the air inlet and an extraction pump 22 that extracts air out of the at least one extraction aperture. The inlet pump and outlet pumps may be provided with filters. The visor may be provided with heat transfer means to either cool or heat the air supplied through the air inlet.
Patent GB-2598300-A (GB)
Title: Cross-linking method and applications in bioconjugation
Inventor: ANDREW WHITING
IPC: C07C311/36
Filed: 2020-08-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a vinyl disulfone compound of general formula I: I wherein X, which may be present or absent, is an organic moiety comprising from 1 to 16 carbon atoms; Y is a fluorophore or biomolecule; R1 is an organic moiety comprising from 1 to 16 carbon atoms, together with Y forms part of the fluorophore or biomolecule, or R1 corresponds to X-Y as defined previously; R2 is a C1-C3 alkyl; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, an alkyl group or an aryl group. Preferably, R1 together with Y forms part of a cell-killing fluorophore, R2 is methyl, R3 and R4 are both H. The vinyl group can act as a Michael-like acceptor to react with a fluorophore or biomolecule comprising a nucleophilic group. Preferably the biomolecule is an oligopeptide which reacts with the vinyl group via the sulfur atom in a cysteine side chain of said oligopeptide. The invention also relates to methods of preparing bioconjugates using the compound of formula I, and bioconjugates prepared thereby.
Patent GB-2601497-A (GB)
Title: Radio frequency distance determination
Inventor: Daniel James Ryan
IPC: G01S13/08
Filed: 2020-12-01
Abstract: A method of determining a distance between a radio frequency device 2 and a target 18 is provided in which the radio frequency device receives a radio frequency signal from the target. The method further comprises determining a time domain channel response from the received radio frequency signal, determining an amplitude of a largest peak in the time domain channel response, determining an amplitude of a second, earlier, peak in the time domain channel response, comparing the second peak amplitude to a threshold based on the largest peak amplitude, identifying the largest peak as a shortest path peak if the second peak amplitude is less than the threshold, identifying the second peak as a shortest path peak if the second peak amplitude is greater than the threshold, and calculating the distance between the radio frequency device and the target based on a time corresponding to the shortest path peak.
Patent GB-2602969-A (GB)
Title: Power management
Inventor: JIHONG WANG
IPC: H02J3/14
Filed: 2021-01-20
Abstract: A device for demand-side power management 6 includes a power management controller, at least one communications interface for receiving information about total power supplied to a power network 5 and for communicating with a plurality of demand-side controllers 9, wherein each demand side controller is for measuring and controlling power supplied to a respective load 8. The power management controller is configured to calculate, based on the total power supplied to the power network 5 and on a plurality of power demand measurements from the demand-side controllers, a power imbalance in the power network. The power management controller is also configured to select, based on the power imbalance, at least one load to manage, and to generate and cause transmission of a control signal to at least one demand-side controller. The control signal is indicative of an amount by which a voltage supplied to the load is to be varied by the demand-side controller.
Patent GB-2588566-A (GB)
Title: JMZ-5 and JMZ-6, zeolites having an SZR-type crystal structure, and methods of their preparation and use
Inventor: HAI-YING CHEN
IPC: C01B39/48
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: JMZ-5, an aluminosilicate having an SZR framework type and a sea-urchin type morphology is described, together with a calcined product, JMZ-5C, formed from JMZ-5. JMZ-6, an aluminosilicate having an SZR framework type and a needle-aggregate morphology is also described, together with a calcined product, JMZ-6C, formed from JMZ-6. Methods of preparing these zeolites and their metal-containing calcined counterparts are described along with methods of using these zeolites and their metal-containing calcined counterparts in treating exhaust gas. In particular, a method of making the JMZ-5C comprises forming a reaction mixture comprising a source of alumina, a source of silica and a structure directing agent (SDA) comprising tetraethylammonium cations, N’,N’,N’,N’,N’,N’-hexaethylpentanediammonium cations or quinuclidine, and adding calcined aluminosilicate molecular sieve seed crystals to the reaction mixture. The seed crystals are a non-SZR type and specifically comprise calcined silica LTA. Crystals comprising an SZR type framework and the SDA are formed, and molecular sieve crystals comprising JMZ-5 are recovered from the mother liquor before calcination takes place.
Patent GB-2599755-A (GB)
Title: A stability system for a vehicle
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN HALL
IPC: B66C23/80
Filed: 2021-04-29
Abstract: A stability system 10 comprises an actuator unit 200, centred on a longitudinal axis 202, with a housing 300; a support leg 400 and a foot unit 500. The support leg has a head end 402 located within the housing and a foot end 404, the support leg extends out of an opening 310 in the housing. The support leg and housing are slideable relative to each other along the longitudinal axis. The foot unit has a coupling portion 502 coupled to the foot end of the support leg and a free end 504 distal to the coupling portion. The foot unit and support leg are moveable relative to one another along the longitudinal axis such that the distance between the head end of the support leg and the free end of the foot unit are between set limits, d1 and d2, which may be determined, in part, by the length of the resilient member 410, which may be a spring. A sensor 102 may be used to determine between a loaded and unloaded condition of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2606374-A (GB)
Title: Air quality sensor device
Inventor: MATTHEW EDWARD THOMAS WHITE
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 2021-05-05
Abstract: An air quality sensor device 10 comprises a housing 12 having an air flow path defined by a first end portion 50 having an air inlet (18, fig 1), a first housing chamber (96, fig 12), a second housing chamber (98), and a second end portion 50 which is opposite the first end portion and having an air outlet (20). A fan 32 is located in the first housing chamber communicating air from the air inlet through the first housing chamber into the second housing chamber to the air outlet. An airflow director (94) directs air from the first housing chamber into the second housing chamber so as to enter the second housing chamber, and at least one air quality sensor (52a, 52b, fig 4) is mounted in the second housing chamber in the air flow path. A plurality of sensors may be used. A filter 48 upstream of the second housing chamber may be used. The inlet and outlet may comprise removable end caps 14 received in end cap locators 36a, 36b. Air quality monitored may include carbon dioxide, pollutants and level of particulate matter. The device may be used to wirelessly communicate with other ventilation and filtration systems for a room.