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Patent GB-2495870-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cleaning of knives, crockery or other kitchenware.
Inventor: ERLICHMAN MATTHEW JAMES EDWARD
IPC: A47J47/16
Filed: 2012-05-24
Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning of knives, crockery or other kitchenware items that comprises a washing up bowl that has a plurality of grooves formed in the floor of the bowl to facilitate drainage. The grooves may provide raised edges to catch the edge of crockery so that crockery may be stood on edge in the bowl for draining/ drying, whereby the washing up bowl may be both a washing up bowl and a drainage rack for draining/ drying a plurality of plates, bowls, glasses or other kitchen items. The grooves may be continuous channels in the bowl floor; the grooves may take an intermittent form; the grooves may be formed from an array of raised hemispherical bumps. The bowl may have a water release opening in a side and/or the floor and there may be a moveable closure means for selectively closing the opening. The movable closure means may be adapted to twist, turn, tilt, rock, lift, slide or pivot between open and closed states and there may be a magnetic interface to facilitate holding the opening open or closed.
Patent GB-2499117-A (GB)
Title: Collet for holding woodworking tool
Inventor: PROCTOR PHILIP
IPC: B23B29/04
Filed: 2013-01-30
Abstract: The collet 10 is for use with a tool handle 1 having a circular recess 7 to receive a circular tang of a tool 5. The collet includes a non-round bore (13, Figure 3) to receive a correspondingly non-round tang 16 of the tool. The handle may include a locking means 4 for locking the cutting tool to the handle. Part of the collet may be removed to form a slot 11 to expose a bore 12 of the collet. The locking means may include an end cap 6 with a central circular bore and two locking screws 8 to bear on the tang. The collet may be used for woodturning or woodworking tools with square or rectangular tangs that traditionally have been permanently fitted to a handle.
Patent GB-2510579-A (GB)
Title: Lockable slider for zipper
Inventor: THEOBALD JAMES
IPC: A44B19/30
Filed: 2013-02-07
Abstract: A slider 14 for a zipper, the slider comprising a control member 58 and a casing 18, 40, 46, the control member 58 being moveable between a locking position and an unlocking position. When the control member 58 is in the locking position the casing 18, 40, 46 at least partially encloses the control member 58 to prevent the application of a contact force to the control member 58. The control member 58 is formed of a material that ensures it can be moved from the locking position to the unlocking position by application of a magnetic force to the control member 58. The slider may have means for resiliently urging the control member into the locking position using a spring 64,72. The locking member preferably has a pivot portion 52 and a pin portion 56. Also claimed is a security bag closed by a zipper having such a slider.
Patent GB-2510634-A (GB)
Title: Methods of monitoring hydraulic fluid levels in an aircraft
Inventor: HORABIN ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B64C13/40
Filed: 2013-02-12
Abstract: A method 100 of monitoring hydraulic fluid levels in an aircraft includes identifying segments of operation where the aircraft meets predetermined stability criteria 102 and receiving output from a fluid sensor 104. Hydraulic fluid levels within the at least one hydraulic storage tank 106 are then calculated. A hydraulic fluid value indicative of the amount of hydraulic fluid in the aircraft is determined based on at least the calculated hydraulic fluid level 108. An indication of the hydraulic fluid value 110 is then provided.
Patent GB-2500976-A (GB)
Title: Simulating And Controlling Flow Through A Network
Inventor: CHENG XU
IPC: G05B17/00
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: A pressure and flow calculation technique that efficiently solves for pressures and flows within a process network uses both a simultaneous and a sequential solving method. The calculation technique first determines a flow conductance for each of the process network elements based on the current state of that element, linearizes pressure and flow relationships in each flow path of the process network by determining a linearized flow conductance for each process element and then determines a composite process network having a linearized, composite process component in each flow path to produce a simplified process network. A simultaneous solving method is then used to simultaneously solve for the pressures and flows at each of a set of junction nodes of the simplified process network and thereafter a sequential solving method is applied to determine the pressures and flows at the other nodes of the process network based on the pressures and flows determined for the junction nodes. Alternatively the process network is an electrical network in which electricity flows and the characteristics being voltage and current flow.
Patent GB-2512047-A (GB)
Title: Positive Expiratory Pressure Device With Electronic Monitoring
Inventor: HELLER BENJAMIN WOLF
IPC: A61B5/087
Filed: 2013-03-15
Abstract: An electronic device for monitoring the passage of air through a positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device 100 comprises a sensor, such as a pressure transducer (206, figure 2), positioned within a housing 109 and configured to identify a change in pressure corresponding to the start or end of a breath exhaled into the device. A data recorder automatically logs pressure and time and may increase the sampling rate when a breath is detected. The duration of each breath is measured and recorded. The monitoring device may be incorporated into a detachable mouthpiece 101. The mouthpiece (figure 2) is divided into a first airway portion (201) and a second measurement portion (211) by a wall. An opening in the wall is sealed by a flexible diaphragm (204) and covered by a cap to form a chamber (203). A conduit (208) connects the chamber to the pressure transducer (206) which is mounted on a microcontroller (207) itself mounted on a PCB (212).
Patent GB-2498476-A (GB)
Title: Grommet
Inventor: KANAI MARY
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 2011-03-28
Abstract: A grommet configured so that, even if the front end of a corrugated tube installed over a wire harness led out of the grommet strikes the grommet, deformation such as tilt does not occur in the grommet. An engagement tube section which is bent and has an elliptic cross-section is interconnected with the front end of a small-diameter tube section through which a wire harness is inserted so as to be in close contact with the small-diameter tube section. A vehicle body engagement recess having an annular shape is provided in the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the engagement tube section. Circular arc-side reinforcement sections which protrude in the radial direction are provided at the positions of the connection between the peripheral wall of the small-diameter tube section and the circular arc-shaped peripheral walls of the engagement tube section, the circular arc-shaped peripheral walls facing each other in the long-dimension direction. The thickness of the circular arc-side reinforcement sections is set to be greater than the thickness of the positions of the connection between the peripheral wall of the small-diameter tube section and the rectilinear peripheral walls which face each other in the short-dimension direction.
Patent GB-2499157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to inkjet printers
Inventor: WATTS STEPHEN
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2011-11-21
Abstract: The invention provides an adaptor for mounting a pump directly to the ink circulation system of an inkjet printer. By incorporating an adaptor and providing a selection of adaptors, a variety of pumps can be fitted to the ink circulation system without the need for pipes and pipe connectors.
Patent GB-2516105-A (GB)
Title: Classification of a basestation
Inventor: BURLEY SIMON
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2013-07-12
Abstract: A method 100 for classifying a base station comprises obtaining an identifier 102, such as a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) or a Physical Layer Cell Identity (PCI), used by the base station and a frequency 106 on which the base station is operating, and identifying the base station as belonging to a class of base stations 118 if the identifier is in a reserved pool of identifiers 110 and the frequency is in a pool of frequencies 114 used by the class of base stations. An alternative method for classifying a base station comprises receiving a broadcast from the base station including an attribute of the base station and identifying the base station as belonging to the class of base stations if the received cell attribute falls within an attribute value range corresponding to the class of base stations. A further method for identifying a base station comprises receiving a message from the base station, analysing the message content and identifying the base station as belonging to a class of base stations based on the message content. The invention has particular relevance to the deployment and self-configuration of small cell base stations, e.g. Home Node B (HNB), and seeks to prevent misclassifying neighbour base stations, particularly in the case of neighbour base stations that are part of a different PLMN to the small cell base station.
Patent GB-2518161-A (GB)
Title: Engine-pump support unit
Inventor: SCHINO MARC DI
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 2013-09-11
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adaptor 108 for mounting a pump (104, fig.1) to an engine flywheel casing (106, fig.1). Conventional mounting structures included a main portion, a beam and a yoke leading to cumbersome and expensive designs. The adaptor 108 provides a light-weight and cost effective design, which occupies less space and provides required stiffness for the attachment of the pump (104) to the engine flywheel casing (106). The adaptor 108 has a wall 206 projecting from the pump side 204 and extending around at least part of the outer periphery of the main body 202, and may also include features such as ribs 232 to provide improved mechanical support and stiffness, pockets 226 or depressions in locations of low mechanical stress, webs 224 to locate the pump, a through hole 218 to receive a shaft for coupling the pump to the engine, and a foot mounting portion 216 on an outer face 217 of the wall 206.
Patent GB-2507874-A (GB)
Title: Comparing man-hours for manual and automated testing
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI ATSUJI
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: A selection apparatus selects advantageous software testing from automated testing and manual testing. The selection apparatus includes an estimator to estimated man-hours for writing and modifying test codes for the automated testing, estimated man-hours for preparing and modifying written procedures for the manual testing, and performing the manual testing, and to select the advantageous software testing based on the comparison of the estimated man-hours for the automated testing with the estimated man-hours for the manual testing, and a presenter to present the advantageous software testing. This may be useful in waterfall and agile project methodology for program development, and the cost-effectiveness of time spent modifying test codes manually.
Patent GB-2519162-A (GB)
Title: Printing system, printing apparatus, mobile device and method of printing from a mobile device
Inventor: PARKS BENJAMIN JOHN
IPC: G06F3/12
Filed: 2013-10-14
Abstract: A printing system comprises a mobile device 1, such as a mobile phone, and a printing apparatus 2. The mobile device comprises a printing application (68) and an email application (67). The email application (67) is operable to forward an email for printing to an email address associated with the printing apparatus 2, and the printing application is operable to send an instruction to print an email to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus 2 comprises a printer-side application (55) operable, in response to the instruction, to retrieve an email for printing from the email address associated with the printing apparatus and to cause printing of the retrieved email. In other embodiments the email application (67) is further operable to receive identifying information in response to the sent email, and to pass the identifying information to the printing application (68). In further embodiments the printer-side application (55) is configured to generate identifying information that identifies a received email, and is operable to retrieve an email for printing from the email address associated with the printing apparatus 2 and to cause printing of the retrieved email upon an instruction to print.
Patent GB-2519553-A (GB)
Title: Optical assembly of an alert light
Inventor: YEH NENG-CHEN
IPC: G02B27/09
Filed: 2013-10-24
Abstract: An optical assembly of alert light 1 has two optical halves 10A, 10B obtained by symmetrically dividing the optical assembly 1 along an optical reference plane. Each optical half 10A, 10B has a base 11 with one side corresponding to the optical reference plane and having a junction surface 112. A light entrance portion 12 and a light exit portion 13 are on two sides of the base 11. The two optical halves 10A, 10B are assembled to form the optical assembly 1 with the junction surfaces 112 of the two optical halves 10A, 10B attached to each other. Preferably the halves contain complimentary jointing members 14, 15 and the optical assembly 1 may contain multiple LED cases 111 or be arranged in a wavy form or in a circle with the light entrance and exit portions on the inner and outer circumferences respectively.
Patent GB-2503632-A (GB)
Title: Avoiding non-posted request deadlocks in devices
Inventor: HANSCOM JEFFREY CHARLES
IPC: G06F13/364
Filed: 2012-05-09
Abstract: Processing within a device is controlled in order to avoid a deadlock situation. A local request engine of the device determines prior to making a request whether the port of the device that is to service the request is making forward progress in processing other requests. If forward progress is being made, then the request is forwarded to the port. Otherwise, the request is held. This avoids a deadlock situation and allows the device to remain operative even in partial recovery situations.
Patent GB-2512163-A (GB)
Title: Device for supplying and distributing fluid
Inventor: BELMONTE OLIVIER
IPC: B64C11/38
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: Â A device 18 is intended to supply fluid to a rotating linear displacement actuator capable of controlling the pitch of the blades of a propeller. The device is located between a rotary power assembly and the actuator, along a longitudinal axis A and is connected in rotation therewith. The device comprises means 20 for supplying fluid interacting with said power assembly and defining as many supplies as there are operating states of the actuator and also a fluid distributor 21 to which said supplies are connected. The fluid distributor has separate channels for transporting the fluid in the direction of the actuator according to the operating states by means of tubular equipment 25 connected to the distributor.
Patent GB-2528302-A (GB)
Title: Ostomy bag
Inventor: SMITH RORY JAMES MAXWELL
IPC: A61F5/445
Filed: 2014-07-17
Abstract: The invention provides an ostomy bag assembly comprising outer 2 and inner 4 bags secured to one side of an adhesive flange 6; the adhesive flange 6 having means defining an orifice to enable bodily waste from a stomal opening to be received by the inner bag; wherein the adhesive flange is of laminar construction and comprises, in sequence, from a body-contacting surface outwards: (a) a bioadhesive layer 10 for securing the flange to a body surface of a patient about the stomal opening; (b) a first polymeric support layer 8 attached to the bioadhesive layer (a); (c) a heat sealable layer 16 having a heat sealable adhesive surface which releasably bonds the heat sealable layer to the first polymeric support surface; (d) a second polymeric support layer 14 bonded to the heat sealable layer; (e) a weldable polymeric layer 18 to which the inner and outer bags are attached, the weldable polymeric layer being bonded to the second polymeric support layer; the adhesive flange having an annular channel 20 which surrounds the means defining the orifice and extends through layers (c), (d) and (e) so as to form radially inner 22 and outer 24 attachment zones separated by the annular channel 20, the inner bag 4 being attached to the radially inner attachment zone 22 and outer bag 2 being attached to the radially outer attachment zone 24; and wherein the inner and outer bags 4,2, together with attached portions of layers (c), (d) and (e) can each be peeled away from the first polymeric support layer (b). Also provided by the invention are adhesive flange blanks from which the ostomy bag assemblies can be manufactured, as well as methods for the manufacture of the ostomy bag assemblies and the adhesive flange blanks.
Patent GB-2527866-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for converting or absorbing energy from a moving body of water
Inventor: GRASSI MICHELE
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2014-11-13
Abstract: An apparatus for absorbing or converting energy from waves or currents in water comprises an energy capture element 3 which moves in response to movement of the water. The energy capture element 3 is constrained to move along a track defined by horizontal elongate guide elements 1. The energy capture element 3 may be able to vary the effect of water movement by turning, inflatable parts, or by using movable flaps. The height and orientation of the guide elements 1 may be controlled, and the system may be mounted on a submerged or floating platform. The energy capture element may be a hollow bluff body and may house power take-off equipment.
Patent GB-2519489-A (GB)
Title: Fan rotor, in particular for a turbo engine
Inventor: LEFEBVRE OLIVIER
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 2013-08-29
Abstract: A fan rotor, in particular for a turbo engine. The invention concerns a fan rotor for a turbo engine comprising a disk (1) carrying blades, a substantially frustoconical cover (20) mounted on the disk (1), and means for axially retaining the blades comprising a ring (11) mounted in an annular groove (5) of the disk (1) and forming a support for the blade roots. The ring (11) is scalloped or crenellated and engages with a scalloped annular radial rim (7) of the disk (1). The rotor also comprises at least one axial tooth (16) inserted into hollow portions of the rim (7) of the disk (1) and of the ring (11). Two coaxial parts (37, 38) disposed radially inside the disk (1) respectively comprise first and second attachment flanges (39, 40) for attachment to the disk (1), interposed axially between the cone (20) and the disk (1), circumferentially offset from each other, and secured independently of one another to the disk (1).
Patent GB-2521554-A (GB)
Title: Method and system
Inventor: GEORGIOU ARCHIVEADES
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2010-08-16
Abstract: A noise cancellation method comprising providing a first non-audio signal representative of a desired sound to be listened to, providing a second non-audio signal derived from ambient sound, altering the phase of the second signal to provide a substantially fully-cancelling non-audio signal and a partially-cancelling non-audio signal, and combining the first non-audio signal with the substantially fully-cancelling and partially-cancelling non-audio signals to provide a sound to be heard. Selective sound cancellation may differentiate between wanted and unwanted sounds and the noise-cancelling signals may be chosen from a range of differing preset non-audio signals with sound-cancelling parameters such as phase shift amount, time delay, frequencies, volume, equaliser, compression, gating, spectral enhancement, threshold, range, gain, ratio, attack, release, minimum, maximum, sensitivity, vocal or reverberation. The phase-shift for the partially-cancelled sound may be between 1 and 179 degrees, and preferably 45 degrees. The present invention allows the user to hear a desired sound, such as a stored audio file whilst still being able to be aware of ambient sound such as police sirens, fire alarms and doorbells. The system and method may be part of a software app for use with a phone.
Patent GB-2524196-A (GB)
Title: Restoring a previous version of a virtual machine image
Inventor: UTHE ROBERT
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2013-08-07
Abstract: An approach is provided to apply a virtual machine (VM) image to a computer system. In the approach, implemented by an information handling system, a detection is made that a current VM image executing on the computer system is experiencing a problem. In response, prior VM images are analyzed, with each of the prior VM images being an image that was previously executed on the computer system. Based on the analysis, one of the prior VM images is selected and the selected image is used to replace the current VM image on the computer system.
Patent GB-2530625-A (GB)
Title: Automatically deployed bicycle support
Inventor: LIPPMAN MARK ALLAN
IPC: B62H1/10
Filed: 2015-07-23
Abstract: An automatically deployable bicycle stand features a friction wheel 190 in contact with one of the bicycle wheels 20, driving a planetary gearing system with a disengaged mode, and a lower bicycle wheel rotational speed threshold, below which the gearing system engages to rotationally deploy a deployable support arm. The support arm is further retracted above the speed threshold. In this manner the support arm deploys at low speeds, for example 3 mph or lower to support the bicycle when the rider is going slowly, or about to stop. The stand may also be applied to motorcycles, scooters and electric cycles.
Patent GB-2534031-A (GB)
Title: Swings
Inventor: PHILIP JEREMY WELBY
IPC: A63G9/10
Filed: 2016-01-06
Abstract: A swing comprises a seat 10 pivotally coupled to a head portion 14 that has a handgrip formation 13 projecting from each side thereof at a position above the level of the seat 10, a footrest 23 projecting from each side of the head portion 14, a frame, and suspension means 11, 12 suspending the seat 10 from the frame. The head portion 14 comprises two parallel plastic mouldings (15, figure 2) formed with openings for connection of the handgrip formations 13 and the footrests 23, the two plastic mouldings (15) being spaced apart with a soft toy 24 located with a push-fit engagement between the two mouldings. The soft toy 24 may be in the form of an animal and increases the attraction of the swing as well as acting to provide a cushioning action reducing the likelihood of injury to a young child riding on the swing.
Patent GB-2547029-A (GB)
Title: Methods of manufacturing electrodes by in-situ electrodeposition and devices comprising said electrodes
Inventor: JONATHAN PILLOW
IPC: H01L51/10
Filed: 2016-02-05
Abstract: This invention relates to a method for fabrication of electrode material in electronic devices by in situ-electrodeposition of metal or metalloid ions that are present in the device. Furthermore, the present invention further relates to a method of enhancing charge injection in an electronic device or charge storage device comprising the steps of: pre-assembling an electronic device or charge storage device and subsequently applying an electric field to effect electrodeposition of an electrode layer in situ by reducing the metal or metalloid ions to a non-ionic state. The electrodeposition layer 5, under a voltage applied between the anode layer 6 and charge collection layer 4, separates into an electrode layer 5a and n-type electroactive layer 5b. The method could be used to manufacture batteries, light emitting diodes or electrochemical cells. The n-type electroactive material may contain polyethylene oxide, PEO, polyethylene glycol, PEG, polypropylene oxide, PPO.