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Patent GB-2579187-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for destroying parasites on fish
Inventor: RORY CASEY
IPC: A01K61/13
Filed: 2018-11-22
Abstract: Apparatus for the treatment of parasites on fish comprises a conduit 100 having first and second open ends and an internal passage for accommodating a fish 101, a light source 103 adapted to illuminate a section of the internal passage radially inwardly from substantially all sides simultaneously, and providing light of wavelength lethal to parasites but harmless to fish and a detecting means 102 for detecting the fish The detecting means is operationally associated with the light source by a control means and is configured such that the light source is activated when the eyes of the fish are not within the region of exposure to the light source. The light source is static so as to avoid the need for moving parts, and covers a substantial portion of the conduit so as to provide indiscriminate exposure to a substantial portion of the body of the fish, avoiding the need for a means to detect the parasites on the body of the fish. The controls means if configured to activate the light source when a fish is detected by the detecting means. Means to count the fish and image capture means may also be provided.
Patent GB-2570559-A (GB)
Title: Turbine distributor sector for an aircraft turbine engine
Inventor: JOSSERANDN JACQUES ANDRE BASSERY
IPC: F01D25/24
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: Turbine distributor sector 118 for an aircraft turbine engine, with an outer platform 138 and an inner platform (36, fig. 2) connected by hollow, air-cooled blade assemblies (20, fig. 2), wherein the outer platform comprises integral ducts 206 guiding cooling air from the external surface 178 of the platform into inner cavities (46, fig. 2) of the blades. Each duct may extend at least partially into a corresponding boss 176 protruding over the external surface of the outer platform. Preferably the duct air inlets 206b are located on the external surface of an annular L-shaped rim 198 of the outer platform. The rim preferably serves to attach the distributor sector to a turbine casing 22 with an annular row of orifices 208 aligned with the duct inlets for the supply of air thereto. The rim’s cylindrical wall 198b may be connected to the bosses by regions with excess thickness of material 202. The duct air outlets 206a are preferably of elongate shape and substantially parallel to the outer platform. An upstream end 182 of the outer platform may have a bifurcated or C-shaped axial cross section with an outer 186 and inner 188 rim, the latter serrated (190, fig. 7).
Patent GB-2580156-A (GB)
Title: A slide
Inventor: MATTHEW JAMES WITHINGTON
IPC: A63G21/18
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: A slide 1 comprising a handrail 7, 8 and a chute 3, wherein the slide comprises a water cooling conduit 41,42 configured such that water passing through the conduit acts to cool the handrail 7, 8 and wherein the water cooling conduit is connected to the chute 3 to convey water from the water cooling conduit to the chute 3.
Patent GB-2592841-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of carbon dioxide containing materials with algae
Inventor: DAVID MORRIS
IPC: C12M1/107
Filed: 2019-01-18
Abstract: Microalgae may sequester carbon, creating biomass. Algae may remove CO2 from raw biogas. Biomethane/biogas 1 and/or CO2 can be injected into a gas dissolver 2 containing algae. The liquid (containing algae) can be saturated with carbon dioxide, and held in an absorption tank 4, before entering digester 5. Methane may be vented. Light in the digester 5 can allow the microalgae in the liquid to grow, digesting the carbon dioxide, forming biomass. Recycled liquid can be fed back into the gas dissolver 2. Harvested biomass from the outlet 6 can be used for biofuel production. The gas absorber 2 may have a rotating cylinder within a sealed tube (figure 2), creating high shear in the gas and liquid mixture, increasing gas/algae interaction. A second gas dissolver may be used to remove more carbon dioxide. Output may include protein and lipids. The liquid may be water.
Patent GB-2580924-A (GB)
Title: A method of inhibiting stopping of an engine
Inventor: GARY DAVID PAISLEY
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2019-01-30
Abstract: A method of inhibiting stopping of an engine (10, Fig 1) of a motor vehicle (5) having a stop in gear stop-start system, an accelerator pedal (18) and a manual multi-speed transmission (11). A driver operated clutch pedal (25) selectively disengages a clutch interposed between the engine and the multi-speed transmission. The method comprises steps of checking whether the accelerator pedal is being pressed 205 and, if the accelerator pedal is not being pressed, setting a first test period of time when the multi-speed transmission is in neutral. A second test period of time is set when the multi-speed transmission is not in neutral and checking whether the accelerator pedal is pressed during the first test period of time when the multi-speed transmission is in neutral and checking whether the accelerator pedal is pressed during the second test period of time 220 when the multi-speed transmission is not in neutral. If the accelerator pedal is pressed during the respective period of time the automated stopping of the engine is prevented. A vehicle and method of starting and stopping the engine of a motor vehicle are also claimed.
Patent GB-2575715-A (GB)
Title: Plumbing assembly
Inventor: ANDREW ROBERT BEEVER
IPC: F16L25/00
Filed: 2019-05-21
Abstract: The plumbing assembly 110 comprises a plumbing fitting 112 having a body with a socket 114, and a tubular member having a free end 118 received within the socket, the socket having a first formation 120 against which a second formation 122 on the free end is driven to produce tactile or audible feedback when the free end is received in a desired location within the socket, the second formation defining an axially re-entrant configuration with respect to the free end. A boundary wall may encircle the second formation. The second formation may comprise a circumferential array of peaks and troughs, and be part of an insert or attachment 136 fitted at the free end. The insert may have a body 138 which fits in the free end and a head 140 which extends from the free end. There may be a shoulder 142 between the body and the head having a radially outer region defining an annular chamfer. The body may have splines for engaging a radially inner surface of the tubular member. The body may have a depressed annular recess retrieval surface 156 for removing the insert from the fitting. The first formation may comprise axial projections.
Patent GB-2577153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to building structures
Inventor: Luciano Berlani
IPC: E04C2/06
Filed: 2018-06-04
Abstract: The wall comprises inner 2 and outer 1 surfaces with a support structure made of components 5 which space the surfaces. The void between the surfaces is filled with cellular lightweight concrete (CLC). The surfaces may be formed from glass fibre reinforced concrete boards. The surfaces may be attached to or spaced from the support structure. A wall may be formed from a number of adjacent sheets (Figure 7). The sheets may have widened regions at their ends. The support may be made from light gauge steel. The walls may be formed in situ where panels are coupled such that the concrete forms a continuous core between panels. The walls may also form a continuous CLC core with a floor or ceiling.
Patent GB-2587323-A (GB)
Title: Computer-Implemented system and method
Inventor: IVAN REEDMAN
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2019-08-22
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to computer-implemented security methods, protocols and apparatus for controlling access to a resource, and for secure user authentication. It is suitable for remote. wireless/keyless access to a controlled resource. A challenge stream (CS) is sent from a primary resource (e.g. vehicle) to a client resource (e.g. fob/token). Upon receipt. the client generates a response stream (RS) such that symbols in the RS stream which match symbols in the corresponding CS are echoed back while the timing of non-matching symbols are stretched or contracted. Upon receipt of the RS, the primary resource adds any matching symbols to a timing set which is then used to calculate a Time of Flight (ToF) calculation. If the ToF falls outside an acceptable range, access to the controlled resource is prohibited, otherwise access is granted.
Patent GB-2577635-A (GB)
Title: Arc-extinguishing grid plate, arc-extinguishing apparatus including arc-extinguishing grid plate, and switch including arc-extinguishing apparatus
Inventor: GONG ZHU
IPC: H01H73/18
Filed: 2017-06-17
Abstract: An arc-extinguishing grid plate, belonging to the field of electrical devices, and being provided with a mounting portion used for mounting and a receiving portion used for receiving an electric arc, the receiving portion being provided with a flow-dividing portion (1) used for splitting the electric arc, the flow-dividing portion (1) comprising a through hole (3) passing through the receiving portion and an oblique tongue (2) protruding out from the receiving portion, the oblique tongue (2) being arranged at the side of the through hole (3) away from an electric arc inlet end and extending towards the electric arc inlet end, the angle between the oblique tongue (2) and a surface of the receiving portion being an acute angle, a root portion of the oblique tongue (2) being continuous with the receiving portion, the receiving portion being provided with one or a plurality of flow-dividing portions (1) along the propagation direction of the electric arc. The beneficial effects of the present solution are: 1. a long arc is split into a plurality of short arcs within the same space; 2. the arc gap voltage is sharply decreased, significantly reducing the chance of an arc gap electric arc restarting; 3. only the flow-dividing portions (1) need to be arranged on the arc-extinguishing grid plate in order to implement highly effective switch arc-extinguishing performance, without the addition of other arc-extinguishing pieces; 4. the flow-dividing portions (1) are completed together during an arc-extinguishing grid plate punching and forming process, with almost no increase in costs; 5. the overall size of an existing switch need not be changed in order to upgrade the arc-extinguishing performance of the switch.
Patent GB-2588109-A (GB)
Title: An emergency release barrier system
Inventor: Peter James Crawley
IPC: E01F13/02
Filed: 2019-10-07
Abstract: The system 10 comprises a post 11 having at least one retainer 12 and a barrier tape 20 having an attaching part 21 formed at an outer end of the tape. The retainer is open at an upper end and has a first 13 and second 14 retaining wall at a first and second side respectively and a vertically extending opening 15 formed between the retaining walls. A vertical extending retaining volume 16 is formed between an inner wall 17 of the retainer and retaining walls. A maximum width of the retaining volume is greater than that of the opening. The attaching part of the tape is cooperatively shaped to be removably mounted in and retained in the retaining volume of the retainer, characterised in that an outer end of the attaching part is formed of a first 22 and second 23 flexible wing on a respective first and second side with the flexible wings being compressible in a direction towards one another. The attaching part is formed such that when the attaching part is located within the retaining volume the flexible wings engage with the retaining walls and the flexible wings can be compressed towards one another such that a maximum width of the attaching part becomes less than the width of the opening.
Patent GB-2583158-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner head
Inventor: ALEXANDER ANTHONY DENNY BASSETT
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2019-11-11
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner head comprises an elongate suction mouth 12 on its underside, through which dirt and dust is drawn in to the vacuum cleaner during use, the vacuum cleaner head comprising an elongate floor cleaning roller 13 mounted across or adjacent the suction mouth, means for rotating the roller about its longitudinal axis and an elongate roller cleaning member 190, wherein the head has a first mode of operation in which the roller is rotated in a first direction with the elongate roller cleaning member in contact therewith, and a second mode of operation in which the roller is rotated in an opposite second direction with the elongate roller cleaning member in contact therewith. The second mode of cleaning may be a roller cleaning mode and in the second mode the speed of rotation of the roller is preferably different to the speed of the roller in the first mode.
Patent GB-2588947-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing solid state battery cathodes for use in batteries
Inventor: Robert Ian Joseph Gruar
IPC: H01M4/04
Filed: 2019-11-15
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a layer of cathode for a solid-state battery comprises generating a plasma B remote from one or more cathode material sputter targets 104, generating sputtered material from the target or targets using the plasma and depositing sputtered material on a substrate 128. The plasma may be generated using a remote plasma generator 106 comprising two pairs of radio frequency (RF) antennae 116. The deposited material is preferably crystalline and may comprise lithium and one or more transition metals, selected from cobalt, nickel and manganese. The substrate is preferably in the form of a continuous flexible polymer web that is moved past the sputter target or targets from a first to a second roller or drum. The maximum temperature reached by the substrate, as measured on the surface opposite to the deposition surface, may be less than 200 degrees C. A method for producing a solid-state battery cell is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2581561-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic agents containing a combination of at least two different active ingredients
Inventor: INGA KERSTIN VOCKENROTH
IPC: A61Q15/00
Filed: 2019-12-12
Abstract: A cosmetic agent comprises ethylenediamine-N,N’-disuccinic acid (EDDS; and/or its salts) and at least one benzalkonium chloride from about 0.5 to 5% by weight. Preferably, the cosmetic agent is free from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The cosmetic agent may be used for reducing body odour.
Patent GB-2581026-A (GB)
Title: Shower hose
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHNSON CHALLIS
IPC: E03C1/06
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: A shower hose 1 formed of a polymeric material and which is helical and returns to shape once an applied tension is removed. The hose may be formed from an elastomer such as thermoplastic polyurethane and it may be opaque or black which harms microorganisms that benefit from light. It may have fittings 2 and 3 at both ends which may be integral to the hose or metallic. The inlet fitting may be for attaching to a shower outlet; the outlet fitting may be for attachment to a shower head. The hose is used for a method of showering an invalid where a tension is applied to the hose to at least partially straighten it and where the turns of the hose move towards one another when the tension is released. A use of the hose is also for disrupting or preventing a biofilm on an internal surface of the hose.
Patent GB-2579999-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for saving power
Inventor: JOSE PICCOLOTTO
IPC: G09G3/20
Filed: 2012-03-25
Abstract: A method for controlling a display 30 of a data processing system 8 comprises using a camera 20 and an eye detection service 62 of the data processing system to determine whether a user is looking at the display during periods when the user is not actively interacting with the system. In response to a determination that the user is not looking at the display, the display is automatically powered off. In response to the user's resumption of looking at the display, the display may be automatically powered back on.
Patent GB-2585123-A (GB)
Title: Contact layer on the surface of a metal element in relative movement against another metal element, and articulatioon link provided with such a contact layer
Inventor: AZEEZ ABDUL
IPC: F16C33/14
Filed: 2020-03-24
Abstract: A ball joint 1 which comprises an internal ring 3 and an external ring 7 made of a titanium alloy, a nickel alloy or steel. A sliding contact layer 8 is applied to the spherical inner surface of the external ring 7 by centrifugal casting where the rotating speed of the ring is progressively increased during casting. This layer 8 can be a copper-aluminium-nickel-iron alloy, a copper-nickel-tin alloy, a tin-antimony-copper alloy or sequentially a copper alloy and a tin alloy. A sliding contact layer 4 can also be applied to the spherical outer surface of the internal ring 4. This layer can be a layer of plasma sprayed (e.g. HVOF) or cold sprayed tungsten carbide-cobalt cermet, a layer of chromium nitride, a layer of diamond-like carbon formed by PVD or gaseous phase condensation or a layer of diamond-like carbon 41 deposited on layer 6 of chromium nitride or a layer comprising chromium, titanium or silicon.
Patent GB-2594754-A (GB)
Title: Equipment for services interconnections of tractor-trailer combinations
Inventor: EDWARD PAUL TURLEY
IPC: B62D63/08
Filed: 2020-06-11
Abstract: Equipment for services interconnection of a tractor trailer combination comprising a services plate 11 slidably mounted to a beam arm 8, the beam arm being slidably mounted to a rail 5 which in use is mounted to the front wall of a trailer TY. In use the services plate slides back and forth transversely of the front of the trailer intermediate the sides of the trailer 3,4 during transit of the tractor-trailer combination. The beam arm is selectively deployable while the tractor-trailer combination is stationary to locate the services plate projecting beyond one side of the trailer so as to enable change of the service lines (SL, Fig.3) inter-connections 12 to be made from ground-level (see Fig.5). The equipment further comprises a latch 20 mounted to the beam arm and operative automatically to permit or block movements of the services plate in dependence upon deployment or otherwise of the beam arm. The apparatus may further comprise a lock (62,63, Fig.13) to lock the latch. A spring-mounted return bearing (31, Fig.6) may be used to pull the services plate back towards a centre of the slide rail through tension in a bungee cord (33).
Patent GB-2602289-A (GB)
Title: Improved contact surface of the spark plug jacket
Inventor: INIGO GUISASOLA
IPC: H01T13/56
Filed: 2020-12-22
Abstract: A spark plug jacket 10, comprising a contact surface 12 for contacting a support surface of a cylinder head of a combustion engine, wherein in a first state, when a spark plug is not mounted in the that is jacket, at least a portion of the contact surface of the jacket defines a first angular offset to a contact surface direction defined by the support surface of the cylinder head and, in a second state, when the spark plug is mounted to jacket, said portion defines a second angular offset, wherein the first angular offset is larger than the second angular offset. The entire contact surface may have an angular offset to a radial direction of the spark plug jacket in the unmounted state where the offset may be continuous and correspond to the first angular offset for the entire contact surface. The portion of the surface may define an outer diameter 16 and an inner diameter 14 where the surface comprises a longitudinal offset 24 between the inner and outer diameter. The offset may be between 1 and 30 micrometres. The portion may comprise a conical shape facing the combustion area of the cylinder head. The contact surface of the jacket is modified by applying a biasing element into the thread of the jacket and applying a compression force that may be a controlled by plunge turning.
Patent GB-2596185-A (GB)
Title: Drive system
Inventor: SNIR ZEEV BENEDEK
IPC: B62D7/15
Filed: 2021-04-14
Abstract: A modular drive system 2, a vehicle 1A, and a method of providing a drive system. The modular drive system 2 can be used with vehicles such as robotic and guided vehicles, and lightweight vehicles such as personal mobility devices. The modular drive system 2 has a plurality of wheels 10a-d attached, in use, to a vehicle 1A; selectively-driveable wheels 10a-d, each driven wheel 10a-d having an integrated hub motor apparatus 30a-d with a motor, such as a Halbach array motor, and associated controller. The drive system also has a controller 100 with a memory containing profiles for different vehicle configurations; and a processor 110 configured to: receive vehicle movement instructions, select the profile based on the vehicle configuration, and use it to calculate required wheel drive commands which are then issued to the motor (controller) of the driven wheel(s) 10a-d. The motor may be a Halbach array motor.
Patent GB-2591958-A (GB)
Title: Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus
Inventor: IVAN MARK WILDS
IPC: C10M175/00
Filed: 2019-05-03
Abstract: Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus (10) includes: an intake arrangement (40) for metal working fluid (42); a pump (16) for providing, in use, flow pressure to the metal working fluid (42); 5 a decontaminator (50) for reducing contamination in the metal working fluid (42); and an outlet arrangement (34) for the metal working fluid. The decontaminator comprises: an ultraviolet (UV) light treatment arrangement (20); a bypass flow line (48), to permit the metal working fluid to bypass the UV light 10 treatment arrangement, and a bypass control valve arrangement (58) for switching flow of the metal working fluid between a treatment condition, in which the metal working fluid flows through the UV light treatment arrangement, and a bypass condition, in which the metal working fluid flows through the bypass flow line. The decontaminator includes a pH monitor 15 (30D) and a bypass controller (72) which receives a pH signal from the decontaminator pH monitor. The bypass controller sends control signals to the bypass control valve arrangement to switch the flow between the treatment condition and the bypass condition. The switching is dependent on the monitored value of the pH at the decontaminator pH monitor relative 20 to a predetermined pH control value.
Patent GB-2597832-A (GB)
Title: Testing method and apparatus
Inventor: SIMON JACKSON
IPC: G01N33/579
Filed: 2021-06-16
Abstract: The testing method for use in undertaking a test upon a sample for the presence of a specific microbiological material, comprising the steps of: combining the sample with a viability-preserving medium; undertaking a selection process to select the specific microbiological material; and testing the selected material for the presence of the specific microbiological material. The medium may comprise an enrichment medium that promotes growth and/or reproduction, such as a phosphate-buffered saline solution or a modified tryptone soy broth supplemented with antibiotics. The selection process may involve separation using a suitable antibody material provided on magnetic beads. The detection method may detect the presence of lipoteichoic acid or peptidoglycan, fungal material or gram-negative or gram-positive bacteria. The testing method may be a beta-glucan test. The detection method may be LAL or TAL based. Also claimed is an apparatus adapted for use in the method.