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Patent NO-20022630-D0 (NO)
Inventor: DEBAIL BERNARD
IPC: H04M1/60
Filed: 2002-06-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to an echo reduction method implemented with a multi-sensor sound pickup device (8) forming an antenna (10), and a sound playback device (13). The method consists in subjecting the output signals ym(t) from the sensors (11m) to complex weights w(f), said weights w(f) being calculated by maximizing the directivity factor Fd(f) under constraints at low frequencies and in the near field. The invention also provides an echo reduction apparatus (6). The apparatus comprises: a multi-sensor sound pickup device (8) forming an antenna (10); means for calculating a first constraint; and means for calculating a second constraint.
Patent NO-20032676-D0 (NO)
Inventor: GANESAN KRISHNAMURTHY
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2003-06-12
Abstract: A packager packages digital content for a user and a licensor issues a digital license to the user for the content such that the user renders the content only in accordance with the license. The licensor and packager share a Secret to allow the packager and the licensor to calculate a content key (KD) for the content. To package the content for the user, the packager calculates a content key (KD) based on the shared Secret and a content ID and encrypts the content according to (KD). To issue a license to the user for the content, the licensor also calculates (KD) based on the shared Secret and the content ID, encrypts (KD) according to a public key of the user to form the license, and sends the license to the user. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-201001486-D0 (GB)
Title: A steam generation unit
Filed: 2010-01-29
Abstract: A steam generation unit comprising a heat exchange duct for the passage of hot gas therethrough; a heat exchange array located within the heat exchange duct, the heat exchange array comprising at least one helically coiled tube, a feedwater inlet to the heat exchange array, a steam outlet from the heat exchange array.
Patent GB-201005800-D0 (GB)
Title: Memory aid
Filed: 2010-04-07
Abstract: A device for aiding the user with their memory is provided, the device comprising a body 4; and a plurality of members 12 retained by the body 4; each member 12 having a first condition to 12a provide a first indication to the user and a second condition 12b to provide a second indication to the user, each member 12 being operable by the user to reversibly and repeatedly change the condition of the member 12 between the first condition 12a and the second condition 12b. In one arrangement, the device is in the form of a card with domes 12 of deformable plastic. In a second arrangement, the members (120, 240, Figs 2 and 5) are moveable or removable with respect to the body 4, the position and/or orientation of the members (120, 240, Figs 2 and 5) indicating the condition. The first and second conditions may be indicated visually and/or by touch to the user.
Patent GB-201109208-D0 (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for combining laser beams of different polarization
Filed: 2011-06-01
Abstract: The present invention provides a light source apparatus (10) for use with a projector (80) and a method for combining laser beams of different polarization characterized in that an overall efficiency for the reflection and transmission exceeding 97% is achieved. A first white laser light beam (18) having a first polarization is combined with a second white laser light beam (28) having a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization by utilizing a multi narrow-band polarizing beam splitter (20) positioned to receive the first and the second white laser light beams (18, 28). Embodiments of the present invention utilize two laser light sources (12, 22) emitting two sets of laser light beams with multiple wavelengths (14, 15, 16 and 24, 25, 26).
Patent GB-201110790-D0 (GB)
Title: 'Hessix' natural fibre laminate
Filed: 2011-06-27
Abstract: A natural fibre laminate which is a low cost laminate material with properties such as high tensile strength, excellent impact resistance and blast absorption It is lightweight and is easier to work with, all of which can be beneficial in a wide variety of applications and replace fibreglass/GPR and carbon fibre laminates. The laminate is made from layering or "sandwiching" natural fibres (such as hemp, linen, bamboo, coco fibre, palm leaves, cotton, silk, jute or hessian) with a core mesh material made from metal or other man-made materials. The layers are bound with a resin such as phenol resin, epoxy resin, fluorine resin, or acrylic resin. Oil-free or recycled resins may be used.
Patent GB-201114810-D0 (GB)
Title: An efficient location referencing method
Filed: 2011-08-26
Abstract: A method of encoding a continuous path within a road network is described, the path being completely represented within a digital map and expressible as a path list of lines and/or segments existing in said digital map and consecutively ordered, wherein said lines and/or segments have one or more attributes associated therewith. The method involves storing a start position in a route search list, and determining a path from the start node of the start position and including said start position to an end node of the last line or segment in the path list within said digital map. The path is determined according to an algorithm utilising an attribute of said lines or segments. The attribute may be a lowest functional road class (LFRC) of the path to be encoded or a part thereof.
Patent GB-201207025-D0 (GB)
Title: Reinforced container
Filed: 2012-04-23
Abstract: A reinforced container comprising: a container portion 10 having a floor and a plurality of container portion walls 16 having respective container portion sealing edges and respective container portion lips 18; a cover 12 having a top 28 and a plurality of cover walls 30 corresponding to container portion walls having respective cover sealing edges and respective cover lips 32, the cover for covering and sealing the container portion; a reinforcement mechanism; and a closure mechanism attached to the reinforcement mechanism for securely closing the cover onto the container portion, wherein the reinforcement mechanism comprises: container portion reinforcement bars 22 respectively attached to the container portion walls and respectively abutting the container portion lips; and cover reinforcement bars 32 respectively attached to the container portion walls and respectively abutting the container portion lips. The closure mechanism may include handle (40, fig 2), pairs of brackets (42, fig 2) and lock-down lever (38, fig 2). Wheels 60 may be provided and the container may also include an intermediate height extension (see fig 6) member, which is attachable to the walls of the container.
Patent GB-201209254-D0 (GB)
Title: Waste disposal system
Filed: 2012-05-25
Abstract: A waste disposal device for sealing waste and a cassette for dispensing film are disclosed. A cassette 400 comprises first and second portions 402,404 comprising respective first and second film dispensers. The first portion 402 is mechanically connected to the second portion 404. The cassette is moveable between a first, compact configuration and a second, extended configuration. The waste disposal device comprises first and second rollers 600, 602, each comprising first and second end portions and a joining portion 608 therebetween. The end portions of the first and second rollers 600,602 are arranged to receive and seal first and second film portions therebetween as the first and second rollers rotate. The joining portions of the first and second rollers 600,602 are arranged to define an aperture 606 for receiving waste in a first rotary configuration of the rollers and to seal the first and second film portions therebetween in a second rotary configuration of the first and second rollers.
Patent GB-201210268-D0 (GB)
Title: Emitting coherent output from multiple threads for print
Filed: 2012-06-11
Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for emitting coherent output from multiple threads for the printf( )function. Additionally, parallel (not divergent) execution of the threads for the printf( )function is maintained when possible to improve run-time performance. Processing of the printf( )function is separated into two tasks, gathering of the per thread data and formatting the gathered data according to the formatting codes for display. The threads emit a coherent stream of contiguous segments, where each segment includes the format string for the printf( )function and the gathered data for a thread. The coherent stream is written by the threads and read by a display processor. The display processor executes a single thread to format the gathered data according to the format string for display.
Patent GB-201212092-D0 (GB)
Title: Collapsible ladder
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: An extendable ladder 10 has a collapsed mode and an extended mode. When the ladder is transformed from the collapsed mode to the extended mode, at least one ground stabiliser 32 extends laterally from the ladder to widen the footprint of the ladder. Preferably the ladder is of the telescopic type. The action of extending the ladder may pull a pin 52 out of a spring-loaded mechanism 46 to automatically deploy the stabiliser. The stabiliser may be damped. The ladder may form part of a platform assembly.
Patent GB-201212364-D0 (GB)
Title: A cushioning device inspection port, a device for inspection of a cushioning device and a cushioning device inspection method
Filed: 2012-07-11
Abstract: A port 3 being adapted for connection to a cushioning device 2 and removably engagable with a sampling device (18, Fig. 8), having means for attaching the port to the cushioning device 4 and means for containing air within the cushioning device (11, Fig. 6) until such time as an inspection of the contents is carried out. The invention also provides a cushioning device comprising a port adapted for connection to a cushioning device and removably engagable with a sampling device, a sampling device for extracting a sample of air from inside a sealed cushioning device, the device having a nozzle (23, Fig. 8) removably engagable with a port on the sealed cushioning device, an auditing system comprising a device for sampling and a port adapted to be secured on a cushioning device, and a method for sampling air from the interior of a mattress by means of providing the mattress with a port through which air may be sampled, and using a pump or blower to extract air from said port for sampling; optionally the method includes the step of extracting air from the mattress to allow sampling of air from within the mattress core.
Patent GB-201300351-D0 (GB)
Title: Apparatus for generating electricity from solar energy
Filed: 2013-01-09
Abstract: Apparatus (2) for generating electricity from solar energy, which appa ratus (2) comprises an array of photovoltaic cells arranged to generate the electricity from the solar energy, and means for establishing an external field able to enhanc e the operation of the array of photovoltaic cells such that the array of photovoltaic cells produce more electricity than would be the case without the presence of the external field. The external field may be an electric field, a magnetic field, an electrostatic field, a static field, a dynamic field, an oscillatory field, a high frequency field, a low frequency field. Polarisation means may be included for linear or elliptical polarization of light incident on the PV array. A concentrating means may be included to concentrate light onto the PV array.
Patent IT-FI20000123-D0 (IT)
Inventor: ADAMI MAURO
IPC: B31B50/20
Filed: 2000-05-31
Abstract: The device comprises a plurality of lengthwise cutting tools (25; 25B), a transverse trimmer (100) and, downstream of said lengthwise cutting tools, at least two separate paths (PA, PB) for the strips cut from the weblike material. An auxiliary lengthwise cutting tool (51) is provided to generate, on the occasion of a job change, an auxiliary lengthwise cut in a transition zone (J0) to join central cutting lines of two successive jobs. <IMAGE>
Patent DE-2961999-D1 (DE)
Title: Insulating material and method for the production thereof
Inventor: FIRTH THIERRY BENEDICT
IPC: C04B26/04
Filed: 1979-11-14
Granted: 1982-03-11
Abstract: 1. Process of manufacture of an insulating and noncombustible product comprising particles, an organic binder constituted by a film-forming agent and a coagulation agent for the film-forming agent and, optionally, pigments and filters, characterized in that the following operations are carried out : (a) a colloidal solution in a solvent of the film-forming agent is projected on to an support ; (b) the colloidal solution is projected on to the support so coated and simultaneously a mixture of particles and the coagulation agent and, optionally, pigments and filters is projected.
Patent DE-3063004-D1 (DE)
Title: Mixing valve for fluids
Inventor: LORCH WERNER
IPC: F16K11/087
Filed: 1980-01-26
Granted: 1983-06-16
Abstract: This mixing valve has a spherical plug to be operated by an operating rod, having communicating inlets and outlets which differ from one another each as to number and arrangement, formation and/or in size, so that the operating direction for varying the mixing ratio is reversed when the plug is rotated 180 DEG .
Patent DE-3063874-D1 (DE)
Title: Emulsifier and its use for the manufacture of an emulsion in mineral oil
Inventor: HELLSTEN KARL MARTIN EDVIN
IPC: C10L1/32
Filed: 1980-06-18
Granted: 1983-07-28
Abstract: Emulsifier containing a mixture of
 a) a nonionic surface active ethylene oxide adduct having the general formula
 R(OC2H4)nOH
 in which R is an alkylphenyl group with 12 - 30 carbon atoms and n is an integer so chosen that the polyethylene glycol chain represent 50 - 60% by weight of the ethylene oxide adduct and
 b) the calcium salt of dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid. 
<??>The weight ratio between the nonionic surface active ethylene oxide adduct and the calcium salt of dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid is from 80:20 to 40:60. The emulsifier is used to emulsify 1 - 10% by weight of water in mineral oil.
Patent DE-3065846-D1 (DE)
Title: Method of reducing corrosion damages
Inventor: PINI GIANCARLO DR
IPC: C23F11/00
Filed: 1980-11-29
Granted: 1984-01-12
Abstract: 1. A method of reducing corrosion damage in closed rooms equipped with fire-alarm and/or fire-fighting systems, characterized in that during and/or after the fire fighting, vapour-phase corrosion inhibitors in finely-divided form are distributed in the room (30).
Patent DE-3165559-D1 (DE)
Title: Process for the preparation of cold liquid gelatin solution and gelatin solution obtained by such process
Inventor: VENDITTI GAETAN
IPC: C09H5/00
Filed: 1981-07-07
Granted: 1984-09-20
Abstract: 1. A method for preparing in liquid gelatin in the cold state, characterised in that it consists in adding to a gelatin a quantity of sodium benzoate which is sufficient to affect the point of gelation and the concentration of which enables the point of gelation to be regulated.
Patent DE-3166416-D1 (DE)
Title: Heat exchanger for exploiting heat from the ambient air
Inventor: WEGNER GUNTHER
IPC: F24J2/00
Filed: 1981-04-16
Granted: 1984-11-08
Abstract: 1. Heat exchanger for exploiting heat from the ambient air which is designed freely mountable and comprising a plurality of superposed spaced apart plate-like heat exchange elements (4; 7) arranged on a support (2) and provided with an inlet and an outlet duct for the circulation of a heat support medium, the surface of said elements being exposed to a flow of air, characterized in that heat exchange elements (4; 7) are designed conically in the form of a pyramid or in the form of a circular disk and comprising at their center an aperture (5) for the passage of centrally mounting air and for receiving support (2).
Patent DE-3169279-D1 (DE)
Title: Mercury dispenser for electric discharge lamps, article and method for manufacturing such a dispenser and electric discharge lamp provided therewith
Inventor: GRENFELL JULIAN PASCOE
IPC: H01J61/28
Filed: 1981-10-19
Granted: 1985-04-18
Abstract: A mercury dispenser for electric discharge lamps consists of welding a small metallic member (16) in the form of a <<patch>>, to a portion of the surface of the cathode disintegration shield (10) and trapping a predetermined volume of mercury under the <<patch>>. A dimple (17) may be formed in the shield (10) or in the member (16). The shield (10) may be formed from a continuous strip which is dimpled at a predetermined pitch, the dimples filled with mercury and the <<patches>> (16) welded over the dimples. The strip can then be cut into discrete <<patched>> sections to be bent into shields and assembled with the cathode structure. The mercury is liberated from unter the <<patch>> by heating and vaporisation, the vapour pressure forcing the <<patch>> open.
Patent DE-3265835-D1 (DE)
Title: Herbicidally active monoesters and diesters of n-alkyl substituted amino methyl phosphonic acid and process for preparing same
Inventor: PURDUM WILLIAM RONALD
IPC: C07F9/40
Filed: 1982-06-17
Granted: 1985-10-03
Abstract: Monoesters and diesters of N-alkyl-substituted amino methyl phosphonic acid of the formula <CHEM> wherein a + b = 2 and a is 0 or 1, Z, R and R1 have various values, representative compounds being the ethyl, 2-chloroethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl and pentyl esters of N[(1-cyanoethoxy)hydroxyphosphinyl]methylglycine, are made by reacting a phosphite of the formula P(OR1)3, water and a trisubstituted hexahydro1,3,5-triazine of the formula <CHEM>   Compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
Patent DE-3279243-D1 (DE)
Title: Shock inducing pod for causing flow separation
Inventor: VANDERHOEVEN ANTONIUS
IPC: B64C7/02
Filed: 1982-09-30
Granted: 1989-01-05
Abstract: The swept wing aircraft includes an elongate pod (30) extending chordwise in the form of a protuberance from a wing's upper surface, to reduce occurrence of an abrupt, unstable, pitching moment due to loss of outboard wing section lift. The pod forms a shock in the air flow over the wing upper surfaces. The pod-formed shock is at such an angle of attack as to counteract the loss of outboard wing section lift. The pod can be faired into the wing upper surface, and is disposed alongisalongside the upper portion of a support strut (26) for a propulsion unit (29).
Patent DE-3361375-D1 (DE)
Title: Ultrasonic transducer
Inventor: ZURINSKI VIKTOR
IPC: B06B1/06
Filed: 1983-03-16
Granted: 1986-01-16
Abstract: 1. An ultrasonic applicator having an ultrasonic head which comprises a plurality of transducer elements arranged one after another or beside one another in at least one row in a predetermined configuration on a carrier component, where for the contact of the reflecting and counter-surface each transducer element carries at least one contact plate for each of these surfaces and where for the contact of the counter-surfaces along the respective transducer element arrangement at least the contact plates are consecutively arranged in the form of a comb so as to point away from the counter-surfaces at a predetermined angle, characterised in that the comb (6; 23 to 25; 43; 71 to 79; 96) consisting of contact plates (7; 49; 80) is arranged on the counter-surfaces (4; 42) of the individual transducer elements (1; 41; 70) so as to extend approximately along the centres thereof, whereas on the reflecting surfaces (3; 44) contact plates (10, 11; 28, 29; 45, 46; 87 to 93) are arranged and aligned in the form of a comb, or in the form of a common continuous baffle plate, or in a mixed form of the two, in such a manner that they extend parallel to the reflecting surfaces of the transducer elements or upwardly bent against the reflecting direction at a predetermined angle.
Patent DE-3366478-D1 (DE)
Title: Method of preparing a supported ziegler-catalyst for the polymerisation of alpha-olefins
Inventor: INVERNIZZI RENZO
IPC: C08F10/00
Filed: 1983-11-08
Granted: 1986-10-30
Abstract: Method of preparing a supported Ziegler-catalyst active in the polymerisation of alpha-olefins to polymers particularly suited to working by blow-moulding, by reacting:A) an organometallic compound of aluminium andB) the product of the reaction of titanium and vanadium halides with a solid support obtained by the spray drying of magnesium chloride in a mixed solution of ethanol and methanol, the support containing both ethanolic and methanolic alcoholic hydroxyl groups.
Patent DE-3366838-D1 (DE)
Title: Pharmaceutical composition
Inventor: HORROBIN DAVID FREDERICK
IPC: A61K31/785
Filed: 1983-02-08
Granted: 1986-11-20
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises one or more essential fatty acids such as  gamma -linolenic acid in conjunction with a bile salt binder or niacin or both. The compositions may be administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
Patent DE-3367895-D1 (DE)
Title: Valve for the escape of vapour from a container
Inventor: HORVATH LASZLO SANDOR
IPC: B65D81/34
Filed: 1983-03-04
Granted: 1987-01-15
Abstract: A vapor outlet valve for packages, consisting of a valve film welded to the inner surface of the capping film of the package in such a way that it is exposed when a predetermined section of the capping film is torn off.
Patent DE-3374885-D1 (DE)
Title: Concrete strengthening members, particularly prestressing tendons, having improved corrosion resistance and/or bonding characteristics, and methods relating thereto
Inventor: HUNT FREDERICK F
IPC: B05D7/14
Filed: 1983-10-21
Granted: 1988-01-21
Abstract: Concrete strengthening members, particularly prestressing tendons such as strands of steel wire, are provided with a strongly adherent plastic coating which may be substantially impermeable for improved corrosion resistance, and/or which may have embedded therein abrasive or grit-form particles to provide improved bond with the concrete, and particularly to provide controllable bond transfer in prestressing tendons of the pretensioned type. The plastic coating preferably is applied electrostatically in powder form, and fusion bonded by heat. The abrasive can be applied by spraying during a viscous state of the heated resin, and can be varied as to size and spacing density so as to control the surface condition and the bonding effect. Fusion and curing heat may come from preheating of the member before application of the resin powder, which preferably is a heat curable, thermosetting epoxy. Coating thickness and grit application are readily variable to meet particular requirements. Particularly advantageous results are achievable for high strength steel strands for prestressing concrete by pretensioning, facilitating their use where previously considered impractical or impossible.
Patent DE-3375639-D1 (DE)
Title: Hard endoscope of the oblique viewing type
Inventor: HASHIGUCHI TOSHIHIKO
IPC: A61B1/06
Filed: 1983-04-29
Granted: 1988-03-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to hard endoscopes of the oblique viewing type, and provides an even illumination over the field of view, with reduced outer dispersion by precise design of an output port from which illuminating light is projected at the tip of the endoscope, which output port is defined by peripheral surfaces (26a, 37a), one on the outer tip of the tube containing the optical system (22), and-one on the inner tip of the insertion sheath (13) that houses both the optical system tube and a light-guide transmitting light to said output port from an external source, at least one surface being substantially cylindrical, and preferably both, with each respective radius of curvature and angle of inclination with respect to the longitudinal axis being selected in the various embodiments described, to provide even and efficient illumination of the fold of view in differing operational cirumstances.