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Patent GB-2396314-A (GB)
Title: Separating bio-substances for mass spectrometric analysis
Inventor: BLUEGGEL MARTIN
IPC: C07K1/22
Filed: 2003-10-13
Abstract: A method for separating bio-substances for mass spectrometric analysis comprises at least first and second fractionations, each fractionation comprising applying a solution containing bio-substances to a binding surface, removing the solution and any unbound bio-substances from the binding surface, collecting said unbound bio-substances, applying a solvent composition to the bound bio-substances and collecting them and ten applying different solvents as required so as to remove target bio-substances from the binding surface. The bio-substances may be a mixture of proteins and/or protein conjugates. The binding surface may be a selective binding surface, an affinity coating or a solid phase usable in liquid chromatography. The method may be carried out by a pipetting robot. A microtitration plate 1 suitable for the method comprises microvessels 2 having binding surfaces which are sealed with a piercable foil. A kit for carrying out the method comprises a microtitration plate and at least one pipette tip 5 for piercing the foil, which may be profiled so as to correspond to the shape of a microvessel on the microtitration plate.
Patent GB-2407226-A (GB)
Title: Preserving intentional movement information while correcting for unintentional movement of an imaging device
Inventor: PILU MAURIZIO
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 2003-10-18
Abstract: A method for processing an image sequence captured using an image capture device, wherein a captured sequence to be stabilised is processed in order to abstract intentional movement data. The processed sequence is stabilised, and abstracted movement data is reintroduced into the sequence to form an output sequence. In this manner intentional movement information can be preserved while correcting for unitentional movement such as, for example, camera shake.
Patent GB-2395470-A (GB)
Title: Carrier with supporting wheels for a bicycle
Inventor: LUNDY JAMES JOSEPH
IPC: B62K27/12
Filed: 2003-11-15
Abstract: An apparatus for modifying a bicycle, for example a standard tourer type bicycle or mountain bike, comprises a frame 1 arranged to support a load carrier 2 and a pair of wheels 3, 4, the frame 1 being attachable to a bicycle, such that the pair of wheels 3, 4 are in contact with the ground 11, one on each side of the bicycle such that a load placed on the load carrier 2 is at least partially supported by the pair of wheels. The load carrier may be a container, a child seat or a trailer, and the apparatus may have attachment bolts 22,23 for attaching a second bicycle to form a tandem bicycle.
Patent GB-2391733-A (GB)
Title: Mine detector and inspection apparatus
Inventor: INOUE YOSHITAKA
IPC: F41H11/12
Filed: 1999-10-20
Abstract: A mine detector is provided for detecting buried land mines safely and promptly. A sensor head 12 is connected to a detector body 1 through hinges 11-1 to 11-4 and arms 12-1 to 12-3. The sensor head 12 includes a transmitting and receiving means for emitting electromagnetic impulses to the ground within a range of detection of land mines. When the transmitting and receiving means receives electromagnetic waves reflected from a land mine, information on the three dimensional structure of the land mine buried under the ground is generated on the basis of the time of arrival of the reflected wave, the level of the reflected wave, and the x and y co-ordinates of the transmitting and receiving means, and the information is displayed on a display 1. The material of the land mine positioned in the ground may further be determined based on a signal corresponding to the level of the reflected wave and different materials may be indicated using different colours on the display 1. The detector may also be used for inspecting steel rods and bars for concrete reinforcement.
Patent GB-2407566-A (GB)
Title: Unclogging of homogeniser valve by periodic opening
Inventor: JENSEN SOREN GREVE
IPC: C02F1/36
Filed: 2004-01-26
Abstract: The gap defined by the homogeniser valve is periodically temporarily increased, to allow accumulated particles to pass through the valve. The valve is used in a system for treating liquids containing particulate, especially sludge in a waist water facility. Preferably the valve is moved by an integral hydraulic or pneumatic actuator. Preferably the control system opens the valve at set intervals and when it detects (102, 103, figure 1) a blockage. Preferably the valve is open for less than 5% of the time but the gap increases at least 200 fold. Ideally the facility also includes a screen, sedimentation and aeration tanks, decanter, classifier and digester.
Patent GB-2400858-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing blended lubricant base stock
Inventor: O'REAR DENNIS J
IPC: C10G2/00
Filed: 2002-10-07
Abstract: The invention provides methods for preparing a blended lube base oils comprising at least one highly paraffinic Fischer Tropsch lube base stocks and at least one base stock composed of alkylaromatics, alkylcycloparaffins, or mixtures thereof. The use of base stocks composed of alkylaromatics, alkylcycloparaffins, or mixtures thereof improves the yield of lube base oils from Fischer Tropsch facilities, as well as provides moderate improvements in physical properties including additive solubility. The invention provides processes for obtaining such blended lube base oils using the products of Fischer Tropsch processes.
Patent GB-2405435-A (GB)
Title: Door protector
Inventor: NEALE BRIAN
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 2004-08-27
Abstract: A door protector comprises a body <B>14</B> rotatable between a first, non-protecting, position when the door <B>12</B> is closed and a second, protecting, position (shown in the figure) when the door <B>12</B> is open. The body <B>14</B> may rotate about a fixed axis <B>16</B> relative to the door <B>12</B>. In its first position the body <B>14</B> may be received in an end of the door <B>12</B> and in its second position the body <B>14</B> may protrude outside of the door <B>12</B>. The body <B>14</B> may be arranged to move to its second position during opening of the door <B>12</B> and to its first position during closing of the door <B>12</B>. The body <B>14</B> may be U-shaped. The body <B>14</B> may be mechanically linked to a moveable mechanism of the door <B>12</B>. The body <B>14</B> may be arranged so that the movement between first and second positions takes place during movement of the door <B>12</B> between first and second predetermined angles relative to a closed position of the door <B>12</B>. The door <B>12</B> may be a vehicle door.
Patent GB-2418226-A (GB)
Title: Worktop joint comprising bolt held in place by clips
Inventor: PICIORUS VICTOR
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 2004-09-18
Abstract: A worktop joint assembly comprising a bolt 3 held in a slot formed in the underside of a worktop. The bolt 3 may be held in place by clips 1, 2 provided on each end of the bolt. A nut 5 may also be provided on one end of the bolt, which may be tightened to clamp the assembly in position. The clips 1, 2 may comprise arms that press against the wall of the slot to hold the bolt in position and prevent the bolt from rotating. This enables one-handed operation of the bolt.
Patent GB-2419249-A (GB)
Title: Watermarking an audiovisual product by selecting and reproducing a sequence of watermark characters upon playback
Inventor: GREEN STUART
IPC: G06T1/00
Filed: 2004-10-15
Abstract: An audiovisual product is recorded with a set of watermark characters, F1-F7, J1-J7, M1-M7, Y1-Y7, as video or audio objects, A-Z. A sequence of the watermark characters is selected and reproduced upon playback to uniquely identify a particular playback instance. Ideally, a user identity code is received upon playback amongst a predetermined set of user identity codes, and the sequence of watermark characters is selected and replayed according to the received user identity code. The sequence of watermark characters allows the user identity code to be traced should the audio and/or visual output of the audiovisual product be recorded such as with a video cassette recorder (VCR). Alternatively, a recorded navigational structure of the audiovisual product may be used to select and replay the sequence of watermark characters.
Patent GB-2410852-A (GB)
Title: Manipulation of video compression
Inventor: SNELL VIOLET
IPC: H04N7/50
Filed: 2003-09-12
Abstract: A method of compressing a picture sequence in which a first set of pictures in the sequence, and a second set of pictures interleaved with the first set of pictures in the sequence are identified, and in which the first set of pictures are coded to a high coding quality and the second set of pictures are coded to a quality determined by the remaining bitrate resources. Downstream the first set of pictures can be extracted to produce a separate high quality picture sequence. The compression coding is preferably MPEG based, and control of the coding quality may be achieved by varying quantizer weighting matrix values in a linear combination of a flat matrix and a default non-flat matrix.
Patent GB-2419735-A (GB)
Title: Four-mode stabilized solid-state gyrolaser without blind region
Inventor: SCHWARTZ SYLVAIN
IPC: G01C19/66
Filed: 2005-03-11
Abstract: The invention concerns solid-state gyrolasers used to measure rotation speeds or relative angular positions. This type of equipment is used, in particular, in aeronautical applications. The purpose of the invention is to complete the optic devices required to control the instability of ring-shaped solid-state lasers using specific optic devices that eliminate the blind region without adding a measurement bias. In this way, a "fully optic" solid-state laser is obtained, without moving parts, stable, and without blind region. These devices comprise in particular polarization separation optical devices (8, 9), reciprocal (4) and nonreciprocal (5, 13) optical rotators arranged so that four linearly polarized optical modes travel in the cavity (1) at sufficiently different frequencies to avoid mode locking.
Patent GB-2435261-A (GB)
Title: A material treatment heater tube with anisotropic thermal conduction properties
Inventor: CLARK RICHARD
IPC: B01J3/06
Filed: 2005-04-04
Abstract: A material treatment heater tube is disclosed in which the axial thermal conductivity 4 is less than 10% of the circumferential thermal conductivity 3. The tube may be formed from an anisotropic material such as annealed or highly oriented pyrolytic graphite or it may be formed from a laminated material. The tube may form part of an apparatus for diamond synthesis.
Patent GB-2411027-A (GB)
Title: Control of access to a memory by a device
Inventor: WATT SIMON CHARLES
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 2003-10-27
Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for controlling access to a memory. The data processing apparatus has a secure domain and a non-secure domain, in the secure domain the data processing apparatus having access to secure data which is not accessible in the non-secure domain. The data processing apparatus comprises a device coupled to a memory via a device bus, and operable, when an item of data in the memory is required by the device, to issue onto the device bus a memory access request pertaining to either the secure domain or the non-secure domain. The memory is operable to store data required by the device, and contains secure memory for storing secure data and non-secure memory for storing non-secure data. In accordance with the present invention, the data processing apparatus further comprises partition checking logic coupled to the device bus and operable whenever the memory access request as issued by the device pertains to the non-secure domain, to detect if the memory access request is seeking to access the secure memory and upon such detection to prevent the access specified by that memory request. This approach significantly improves the security of data contained within a secure portion of memory.
Patent GB-2425852-A (GB)
Title: Voltage regulator for a battery
Inventor: BROUGHTON DAVID
IPC: G05F1/573
Filed: 2005-05-05
Abstract: A voltage regulator for supplying a rated load current has a pair of input terminals 4A, 4B for connection to a voltage supply eg a battery. A pair of output terminals 5A, 5B supply power to a circuit at a predetermined maximum supply voltage. A voltage regulator circuit connecting input and output terminals is arranged to limit the voltage at the output terminals to the predetermined maximum supply voltage when the voltage on the input terminals is above the predetermined maximum supply voltage. If the voltage at the input terminals goes below the predetermined maximum supply voltage (eg due to low battery charge) then less that 4% of the predetermined maximum supply voltage is dropped across the regulator when supplying the rated load current. When the regulator is not supplying current though the output terminals and the voltage on the input terminals is below the predetermined maximum supply voltage, the regulator circuit draws less than 0.1% of the rated load current as a quiescent current. The voltage regulator includes an active component such as a FET 8 and a feedback loop 9.
Patent GB-2414049-A (GB)
Title: Bearing device and ventilating device
Inventor: FRAUHAMMER KARL
IPC: F04B17/00
Filed: 2005-05-11
Abstract: A bearing device comprises a fastening element 10 for rotatably mounting a drive shaft 12 of a hand-tool appliance, wherein the fastening element has heat-conducting means 14 for dissipating heat away from a mounting region 16 of the fastening element 10 into a ventilating region 18 of the fastening element 10. The heat-conducting element preferably includes a metallic sub-region which is cooled by a flow of air directed of the ventilating region 18. A clamping element 22 may also be present for clamping the fastening means 10 in a housing 24 and the bearing device is intended to form part of a labyrinth fan 20. A ventilating device having a fan wheel 26 for cooling a heat-conducting means 14 is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2425441-A (GB)
Title: Customised visual and audible alerts from a mobile phone
Inventor: SPITTLE MARK CHARLES
IPC: H04M1/72427
Filed: 2005-11-18
Abstract: In a mobile telephone numbers for various contacts are stored. The phone also stores a plurality of audio and visual assets, which may be downloaded from a server. When an incoming call from an identified number is received, a set of assets are derived from the number and played. For example if the last four digits of the number are 4352, image background number 4, character number 3, text phrase number 5 and ring tone number 2 are selected and combined to provide a unique audio-visual display on the phone. The originally filed disclosure also describes a method of allotting attributes to game characters dependent of subsets of numbers or letters of contact information e.g. telephone numbers or names, stored in the phone. The attributes may be applied to characters in a game played on a mobile phone or hand held device, where those attributes are compared to determine a winner.
Patent GB-2432295-A (GB)
Title: Foldable footwear
Inventor: EVANS SIMON JOSEPH
IPC: A43B3/00
Filed: 2005-11-22
Abstract: Footwear with an elasticated upper 4, a fixed heel unit 3 and a partly fixed sole unit 1 with an adjustable flexible arch 2 that allows the length of the footwear to be adjustable thereby allowing different sized feet to be accommodated and for the footwear to be foldable to allow easy storage of the footwear. One end of the adjustable arch 2 is fixed to the heel unit while the other can freely slide back and forth between the sole base unit 1 and the elasticated upper 4, thereby allowing the length of the footwear to be altered to accommodate different sized feet. To prevent the adjustable arch from sliding out from between the sole base unit and the elasticated upper, the adjustable arch may have a bulbous end. The arch is also flexible enough to bend back on itself to allow the footwear to be folded in half. To secure the footwear in the folded position the elasticated upper is preferably folded back over it's self to encase the folded footwear (Fig 5 and 6). Preferably the footwear has a foam cushioned inlay 6.
Patent GB-2417711-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of gravure printing rollers
Inventor: FRANKLIN CHARLES JEREMY
IPC: B29C31/04
Filed: 2004-04-30
Abstract: A gravure printing roller is manufactured by mounting a core (10), of steel, cardboard or plastics material for rotation, and moving a dispensing head (11) relatively to the core (10) to build up a body (14) of a polyurethane material on the core, and then machining the body (14) to accord with a required diameter. The mixing head combines at least two components of a syntactic or non-syntactic polyurethane immediately before application to the core, and fast reacting amines may be used to produce a gel-like intermediate to aid retention on the core, before complete curing of the polyurethane takes place in the body (14).
Patent GB-2421856-A (GB)
Title: Spring adapted to hold electronic device in a frame
Inventor: BARSUN STEPHAN KARL
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2005-12-06
Abstract: An assembly 100 comprises a frame adapted to mount an electronic device (204 or 254) having a thickness within a range of thicknesses. The frame is adapted to assemble to a heat sink assembly after the electronic device is mounted. The assembly 100 further comprises at least one spring 104 adapted to secure the electronic device to the frame 102. The assembly can comprise a field replaceable unit 106 comprised of the frame 102 and the spring 104. The electronic device can be a processor.
Patent GB-2423227-A (GB)
Title: Spray apparatus
Inventor: KNIGHT BRIAN GEORGE
IPC: A01M7/00
Filed: 2006-01-19
Abstract: Spray apparatus of the kind having a liquid feed line connecting a supply of spray liquid and at least one spray nozzle, a return line from the spray nozzle to the supply and a pump for moving spray liquid from the supply to the at least one spray nozzle and for returning spray liquid from the at least one spray nozzle to the supply when the liquid is not being sprayed, characterised in that the liquid return line serves as at least a portion of the feed line when spraying.
Patent GB-2434611-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable window frame
Inventor: BATES BARRY
IPC: E06B1/20
Filed: 2006-01-30
Abstract: A door or window frame for an opening 2, the frame having a first 5 and second section 11 which are situated on either side of the opening, the first and second section are connected together, with an inter-engageable latch 7 13. This allows the frame to be mountable in walls of varying thickness. There may be an intumescent strip 22a/b inside a hollow in the frame, the strip may be in a region that engages with the door or window or may be in a position inside the frame structure. The frame may also have a bead 24. The frame may be manufactured from metal, preferably aluminium.
Patent GB-2424525-A (GB)
Title: Television simulating system
Inventor: RAFTER PAUL
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2006-03-22
Abstract: A television simulating device 1 comprises an array of eight blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) 5 on an LED mounting 2. The LEDs 5 are controlled by an LED control circuit (11, see figure 7) to flash or pulsate in a random fashion to simulate the lighting effect of television. A timer 3 is coupled with a transformer 4. A method of deterring intruders by providing such a television simulating device 1 in a room in a building is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2425078-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic separator with noise reducing feature
Inventor: SONG HWA-GYU
IPC: B04C5/12
Filed: 2005-04-14
Abstract: A cyclonic separating apparatus (300) includes a cyclone body (310) having a cyclone chamber (313) and a dust-collecting chamber (315). A cover unit (330) is connected to an upper portion of the cyclone body (310), and an openable door unit (350) is mounted to a lower portion of the cyclone body At least one noise-reducing rib (317, fig.3) is provided in an air discharge pipe (314, fig.3) of the cyclone chamber (313). The noise-reducing rib is preferably configured to be curved (as depicted in fig. 4) and also serves to convert the swirling motion of the air into a straightened flow.
Patent GB-2437507-A (GB)
Title: Energy efficient rowing oarlock with bearings
Inventor: MEEHAN SEAN
IPC: B63H16/06
Filed: 2006-04-26
Abstract: A rowing and sculling oarlock (gate) that includes an inner body 5 and ball bearings 3. Stoppers 4 and 6 restrict the rotation of the aforementioned inner body 5 which is a safety feature. The ball bearings 3 facilitate a smooth rotation which helps the rowing stroke become more efficient. The inner body 5 holds the oar and prevents 'oar/blade slip' which is a hydrodynamic inefficiency. Teflon (RTM) coated plastic may also be used to facilitate the oars rotation. A locking arm 1 may be provided to stop the oar from coming out during rowing.
Patent GB-2424895-A (GB)
Title: Polymer light-emitting material and polymer light-emitting device
Inventor: NAKATANI TOMOYA
IPC: G02F1/13357
Filed: 2004-09-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer light-emitting material which contains a polymer compound composed of repeating units represented by the formula (1) or (2) below and having a number-average molecular weight of 10<3>-10<8> based on polystyrene standards, and exhibits light emission from the triplet excited state. (1) [In the formula, Ar<1> and Ar<2> independently represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; X<1> and X<2> independently represent O, S, C(=O), S(=O), SO2, C(R<1>)(R<2>) Si(R<3>)(R<4>), N(R<5>), B(R<6>), P(R<7>) or P(=O)(R<8>); X<1> and Ar<2> are bonded with adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar<1>; and X<2> and Ar<1> are bonded with adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar<2>.] (2) [In the formula, Ar<3> and Ar<4> independently represent a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a trivalent heterocyclic group; X<3> and X<4> independently represent N, B, P, C(R<9>) or Si(R<10>); X<3> and Ar<4> are bonded with adjacent atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar<3>; and X<4> and Ar<3> are bonded with adjacent atoms in the aromatic ring of Ar<4>.]
Patent GB-2424068-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for automatic vision inspection and classification of microarray slides
Inventor: CHING WEE SOON
IPC: G06V20/50
Filed: 2004-10-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a unique low cost vision inspection and classification system and methods for automatic inspection and classification of a microarray slide without manual intervention. The method first performs morphological dilation operation several times such that internal microarray spots are merged as a big connected component; then, the orientation of the merged spots, with respect to the X-axis and Y-axis is computed by computing the angle of the external boundaries of the connected component using Sobel XY operators for both edges and orientation determination, or using the moment-based algorithm for direct orientation determination; and the translational offset is determined by finding the X and Y centroids of the connected component. Moreover, the present invention provides threshold methods for classifying spots into normal spots, weak spots, missing spots, or overlapping spots.
Patent GB-2439152-A (GB)
Title: Winding device for a loading strap
Inventor: CARDONA JOSEPH
IPC: B60P7/08
Filed: 2006-06-16
Abstract: A winding device 10 for coiling a loading strap 80 comprises a cranked winding handle with a handle portion 30 and an axle portion 40, the axle portion having a fixed engagement portion that in use releasably receives one end of a strap to be wound by the device, the fixed engagement portion comprising a plate extending from the axle portion. The winding device may be removably mounted upon a bracket 20. The plate may have a contoured portion for engagement with the hooked portion 90 of a loading strap. The winding device may have a water repellent coating.