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Patent GB-2441447-A (GB)
Title: Holographic display with improved signal-to-noise ratio
Inventor: BUCKLEY EDWARD
IPC: H04N5/213
Filed: 2006-06-29
Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for improved techniques for holographic image display systems using a hologram display device provided with a phase mask 25. The method comprising inputting 102 image data for display in a replay field of phase holograms, modulating (24) said hologram display device and calculating hologram data for display on said hologram display device to generate said holographic image in said replay field. The calculation of said hologram data further comprises compensating for a degradation of signal-to-noise ratio of said holographic image resulting from said phase mask by controlling a spatial distribution of errors in said replay field defined by said hologram data to move a proportion of said errors outside a window in said replay field to thereby increase a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) a region of said displayed image inside said window as compared with an SNR of a region of said displayed image outside said window.
Patent GB-2450185-A (GB)
Title: A domed steel roof frame
Inventor: ELLEN MURRAY
IPC: E04B1/32
Filed: 2007-10-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a domed steel roof frame 12. The frame 12 comprises at least three corners and has an outwardly convex shape with an uppermost apex 20. The frame 12 comprises at least three steel interior members 18, at least three interior cable retainers and at least three interior cables. The at least three steel interior members 18 each extend from one of each of the corners to the apex 20. The at least three interior cable retainers are each attached to, or form part of, and extend substantially along each of the respective interior members 18. The at least three interior cables are each inserted through each of the respective interior cable retainers. The frame 12 also comprises means to tension each of the interior cables relative to their respective interior cable retainers and means to maintain each of the interior cables tensioned relative to their respective interior cable retainers. Later embodiments relate to a method of building a domed steel roof using said frames.
Patent GB-2448082-A (GB)
Title: Beverage property measurement
Inventor: TIDMARSH JOLYON RICHARD
IPC: B67D1/12
Filed: 2008-03-31
Abstract: A method and system for characterizing a beverage, such as beer, flowing through a conduit, for example in a dispensing system, in which an optical characteristic of the flowing beverage, such as transmissivity and/or scattering, is determined using a light source OT and one or more light detectors OR1, OR2. Another characteristic of the beverage, in particular its electrical conductivity, may also be measured using electrodes placed in the flow. Measurements of the characteristics of the beverage are made only during flow of the beverage through the conduit.
Patent GB-2464131-A (GB)
Title: Lowering i/o power of a computer system by lowering code switching frequency
Inventor: SHEN WEN BO
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2008-10-06
Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for lowering l/O power of a computer system. The method comprises: buffering a plurality of ways of data to be sent to a bus; encoding each of the plurality of ways of buffered data from n bits to n+m bits based on an encoding rule, wherein n and m are both integers larger than or equal to 1, and wherein the encoding rule is used to lower code switching frequency; and sending the plurality of ways of encoded data to the bus. The workload of the bus may be monitored before encoding, and each of the plurality of ways may be encoded when the workload of the bus is below threshold. An encoding rule may be selected based on the workload of the monitored bus. After receiving the encoded n+m bit data from the bus, the data may be decoded into n bit data.
Patent GB-2465983-A (GB)
Title: Detachable caster
Inventor: CHIU MING-TSUNG
IPC: B60B33/00
Filed: 2008-12-03
Abstract: A caster device with detachable casters has a base 10, multiple positioning assemblies 20 formed on the base 10, each positioning assembly 20 comprising a holder (21 Fig 6). Caster 30 is then slidably and detachably mounted within an elongate channel between the positioning assemblies 20 and the holder. The base may also have a perimeter edge, multiple mounting holes 12 and a locking protrusion 23 wherein the locking protrusion has a proximal edge 232, a distal surface 231 and a guiding surface 233 extending between the two. When the caster is slid into place the locking protrusion moves into the mounting hole 12 and then returns into position (Fig 5) locking the caster in place. A positioning device may include a resilient member, for example a spring (223 Fig 6) which is provided with a positioning ball (224) that engages indentation (311) on the mounting panel. The caster device can be used with a portable dehumidifier.
Patent GB-2453285-A (GB)
Title: Variable gearing with gears having individual pivoting teeth
Inventor: PATEL HITESH DHANJI
IPC: F16H3/00
Filed: 2006-02-06
Abstract: In order to provide a variable gear with a variable velocity ratio, the gear comprises an input 14, an output 16, positive gearing 12 from the input to the output, and a means 18 to vary the velocity ratio between the input and output, the variable gear comprising a first gear member 22 engagable with an engaging gear member 26. The first gear member 22 has movable, separately mounted teeth 28, wherein the movable teeth 28 are such that they are individually rotatable about a pivot and a variable number of the teeth 28 can sit between successive teeth 32 of an engaging gear member 26 or a variable number of teeth of the movable teeth 28 of the first gear member 22 can engage a variable number of teeth 32 of the engaging gear member 26. In each case the gear member can engage the engaging gear member positively with variable velocity ratio.
Patent GB-2459558-A (GB)
Title: License plate assembly
Inventor: MCGROUTHER DAVID ALEXANDER
IPC: B60R13/10
Filed: 2009-04-21
Abstract: A license plate assembly 10 for attachment to the exterior of a vehicle. The license plate assembly 10 comprises a paper license 16 and a license holder, which in turn comprises front and rear plate members 12, 14 and a watertight sealing means 18. The watertight sealing means 18 defines a sealable enclosed volume between the front plate member 12, the rear plate member 14 and the sealing means 18. The license plate assembly 10 has a closed position, in which the paper license 16 is sealed within the enclosed volume, and an open position, in which the rear plate member 14 is reversibly removed from the front plate member 12 to allow access to the paper license 16. The license plate holder may also have a readable/writable RFID chip 40 located in the enclosed volume or on the license plate mount. The RFID chip 40 may be charged from a solar panel, or may be charged by movements of the chip 40 relative to the vehicle. A hire vehicle, a method of creating a licence plate assembly 10 and a method of obtaining information about a vehicle are also described.
Patent GB-2465644-A (GB)
Title: Flexible plastic shuttering for manhole construction
Inventor: SHAW DAVID
IPC: E02D29/12
Filed: 2009-06-02
Abstract: A manhole chamber is formed from a liner 3 comprising a plurality of rigid concrete sections which are placed in an excavation to define the walls of the manhole chamber, and the sections are held together by an outer layer of concrete 4 which is cast around the liner in situ to hold the sections together. The Concrete 4 is cast in an annular gap between the liner 3 and shuttering 21 which is assembled from a plurality of substantially flat shuttering sections of resiliently flexible plastics which are joined together at opposite edges so that the inherent resilience of the sections causes them to conform to a cylindrical shape. The shutter sections may be formed from a fluted or sandwich type sheet and have slots and lugs for joining their edges.
Patent GB-2458868-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of protein aggregation diseases
Inventor: WILSON STUART MARK
IPC: A61K31/137
Filed: 2008-01-30
Abstract: Prevention or treatment of protein aggregation diseases such as Alzheimer's disease is conducted using a combination of a phenothiazine such as fluphenazine to impede aggregation of amyloid protein and a tricyclic antidepressant such as trimipramine to disaggregate already formed protein aggregations.
Patent GB-2465463-A (GB)
Title: A pivotable handle for the floor of a cargo space
Inventor: HUCK HARDY
IPC: B60R5/04
Filed: 2009-11-12
Abstract: A cargo floor handle has a handle shell 3, enclosing a grasping opening 4, having a handling surface 10. The grasping opening is closed using a handle opening flap 5, which is mounted so it is pivotable on the handle shell on a rotational axis. The handle flap may be pivotable out of its closure position against the force of a spring, and said flap may form the floor of the handle shell. The handle shell may be anatomically formed and it and the handle flap may be manufactured from plastic or light metal. The cargo floor handle may be located in the floor of a luggage compartment of a motor vehicle.
Patent GB-2476309-A (GB)
Title: Touch screen with scrolling functions
Inventor: REIGNEAU MATHIEU
IPC: G06F3/042
Filed: 2009-12-21
Abstract: Disclosed is a scrolling input device in the form of a touch screen, with an image sensor, an optical waveguide layer and a substrate layer between the optical waveguide layer and the image sensor. The device also has a light source transmitting light into the optical waveguide so that it undergoes total internal reflection. The optical waveguide is placed sufficiently close to the imaging surface such that an object brought into contact with the user surface causes frustrated total internal reflection results in an image pattern on the imaging surface. The device also has a collimated layer, such as an array of micro-lenses or an array of micro optical fibres, is placed between the image sensor and the substrate or itself forms the substrate. The waveguide and the substrate may be polymer or metal oxide layers.
Patent GB-2476492-A (GB)
Title: Anchoring device
Inventor: PAICE GREGORY PHILLIP
IPC: E02D5/80
Filed: 2009-12-23
Abstract: An anti theft device for anchoring an object to a substrate such as the ground G comprises a screw member 2, having a helical portion 4 with a pointed end 6 at one end for screwing into the substrate and a plate 10 with loop 12 at the other, and a rotation-preventing member 20 in the form of a ground plate with ground engaging spikes 24 and a slotted hole (22, fig 2) shaped to receive the loop 12 of the screw member and prevent it from rotating and being unscrewed from the substrate. The screw member 2 and the rotation-preventing member 20 are provided with means for attachment to the object to be secured and are configured so as to be releasably lockable one to the other, such as by means of a padlock.
Patent GB-464368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bomb-proof and gas-proof shelters
IPC: E04H9/12
Filed: 1936-04-04
Abstract: 464,368. Bomb-proof and gas-proof shelters. LAST, H. A. P. April 4, 1936, No. 10036. [Class 20 (i)] A bomb-proof and gas-protection shelter is constructed of reinforced concrete below the ground surface and is covered by layers of wire mesh in loose material such as sand. The shelter is formed of double reinforced-concrete walls a, b, floor c, and roof m, and access is provided by means of protected stairways f provided with double-doors d e, r s forming locks. The upper protection for the stairways may be provided with air inlet and outlet conduits g h leading to pipes j, k extending above the lower layers of external air. The roof and sides are covered with sand n reinforced with meshwork layers and a ridge roof o with its sides depending below the eaves of the roof m encloses the whole. The roof may have a metal ridge plate. The remainder of the hollow containing the shelter is filled in with sand p reinforced with meshwork q. The shelter may enclose fans for supplying fresh, and ejecting used, air, and these fans may be caused to direct jets of air converging on the entrances to prevent the entrance of gas.
Patent GB-807213-A (GB)
Title: Printer
IPC: G06K1/12
Filed: 1955-05-03
Abstract: 807,213. Selective printing. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. May 3, 1955 [May 13, 1954], No. 10074/57. Divided out of 807,212. Drawings to Specification. Class 100(4) A printing machine identical to that described in Specification 807,212 but the claims or directed to the sheet feeding mechanism.
Patent GB-527097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electron discharge devices
IPC: H01J21/20
Filed: 1939-03-31
Abstract: 527,097. Discharge apparatus. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Ltd. March 31, 1939, No. 10104. Convention date, March 31, 1938. [Class 39 (i)] An electrode assembly for an electron discharge device comprises a pair of parallel insulating spacers, a cathode supported at its ends in apertures in the spacers, and a tubular anode surrounding the cathode, which anode has (i) a flange with ears for securing the anode between the spacers and (ii) remote from the tubular portion fins extending perpendicularly to the flange with lugs on their ends between which lugs the ends of the spacers are embraced. In the form shown, the mica spacers 4 have perforations to receive the cathodes 6 and transverse shield 7. Each anode 5 has a longitudinal flange 10 formed by two flaps 8 welded together. Ears 11 integral with the flaps 8 are inserted through perforations in the spacers and are opened to engage the spacers with the ends of the flaps 8. Lugs 13 on the fins 12 engage the spacers to prevent rotation of the flange about an axis through the ears. The shield 7 is preferably of metal. The anodes may be made from a sheet of metal, such as nickel, and may have stiffening ribs or channels pressed lengthwise along the flange. The flange 10 may be slightly longer than the anode to provide a clearance between the two. The distance between the lugs 12 may be slightly less than the width of the spacer ends to give a good grip.
Patent GB-1347023-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic systems
IPC: B60P1/02
Filed: 1971-04-20
Abstract: 1347023 Hydraulic motor control circuits JOSEF HAAMANN FREUDENBERGER WINDENUND HEBEZEUGFABRIK 20 April 1971 [21 April 1970] 10144/71 Heading F1P In a gantry-type load lifting vehicle formed of two gantries joined together by girder systems and having a retractable swivel arm G only one of which is shown carrying a wheel R mounted at the foot of each gantry post Pf so that each wheel R can be swung out to the travelling position to raise its associated gantry off the ground, a supply of hydraulic fluid for driving (a) a plurality of load lifting members I..IV (b) a wheel driving motor 60, (c) a vehicle steering motor 60, (d) a vehicle steering motor 50 and (e) a swivel arm operating motor 37..40 comprises a pump P having as many separate outlets 1 to 4 as there are load-raising members and each leading to a two-position selector valve 5..8 which in the positions shown connect each pump outlet 1..4 separately to an associated load raising member through pressure lines 14<SP>1</SP> ..14<SP>4</SP> and which valves 5..7 when in their other position connect pump outlets 1 to 3 collectively through lines 31..33 to the wheel-driving motor 60, whilst valve 8 when in its other position connects pump outlet 4 either to the steering motor 50 or to motors 37..40 according to the setting of a distributing valve 44. To retract say the loading lifting rod 25 of say member II, a distributing valve 16 is moved so that pressure line 14<SP>2</SP> is connected through a pilot operated check valve 19 to the lower cylinder space 20. During rod extension the valve 19 is held open by pressure from an auxiliary pump 27 in a line 28' and this line pressure may be used to adjust the position of rod 25 by means of an adjacent valve 29. To transport the gantry each valve 5..8 is moved to its other position, a valve 44 in outlet 34 of valve 8 is moved to the left whereby each of the four arms G is swung down by an associated motor 37 so that wheels R are grounded and posts Pf raised. Valve 44 is then moved back to the position shown to supply a steering valve 35 whilst a steering valve 52 in the combined output lines 31-33 serves to control the wheeldriving motor 60. In a modification the output of all four valves 5..8 may be collected and fed to the driving motor 60 and the auxiliary pump may also be fed to the steering motor 50 and the motors 37.. 40.
Patent GB-1325644-A (GB)
Title: Scoring equipment for sporting contests
IPC: A63B71/06
Filed: 1972-03-03
Abstract: 1325644 Selective signalling E J SWEENY 3 March 1972 [3 March 1971] 10160/72 Heading G4H [Also in Division A6] Scoring equipment for sporting contests involving two or more contestants comprises a plurality of judging stations from which the contest may be seen, each judging station having means for awarding points to each contestant to produce electric signals indicative of the points, first counting means for each contestant for totalling the points awarded, and a scoreboard for displaying the totals, whereby spectators can follow the progress of the contest. Three judging stations for a boxing match are sound-proofed boxes facing respective sides of the boxing ring, and each containing a toggle switch for each boxer. A control console includes six counters with display, i.e. one per judging station per boxer to total the pulses from the respective toggle switch. The pulses to a given counter also advance a respective steping switch. The three stepping switches for a given boxer each connect up to three equal resistors in series into one arm of an electrical bridge respective to the boxer, so that when a total of three pulses has been received, an SCR detector across the bridge supplies a pulse to increment the scoreboard display and reset the stepping switches. The scoreboard shows the scores on arrays of lamps, and may have four sides. The round and time are similarly displayed under control of switches on the console and a horn is also provided. Lights on two of the ring corner posts may be lit when only a predetermined amount of time remains in the round, and may flash on and off even closer to the end of the round. Application to wrestling, diving and precision figure skating is also mentioned.
Patent GB-177068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to variable-speed gearing
IPC: F16D21/04
Filed: 1921-04-06
Abstract: 177,068. Thomas, F. G. April 6, 1921. Variable - speed and reversing gearing suitable for motor vehicles is of the kind in which speed changes are effected by clutch dogs within a shaft which are thrust out by springs when an aperture in a sliding sleeve is brought over a selected dog. The clutch dogs 22 are in the driven shaft 2 and are released singly by a sleeve 7 slid axially on keys 8 by a lever 26. Loose gears 15, 19, 20, 21 on the shaft 2 mesh constantly with gears 14, 16, 17, 18 fast on a driving-shaft 1, which passes into a casing 3 and through a partition 9 in the casing. Each loose gear has a tapered recess 25 for engaging a dog 22. A sleeve 15<1> fixed on the shaft 1 passes through the partition 9 and carries at one end the low-speed pinion 14, and at the other a pinion 12 for reversed driving. A pair of idlers 11 connect the pinion 12 to a fifth loose gear 13 on the shaft 2.
Patent GB-1512112-A (GB)
Title: Stall for penning an animal
IPC: A01K1/00
Filed: 1976-03-15
Abstract: 1512112 Constraining animals M LERISSON 15 March 1976 [14 March 1975] 10331/76 Heading AIM [Also in Division A5] Cattle stalls are defined on one side by a fixed bail 3, 4 against which a rear flank of an animal is held by a chain 13 stretched between the fixed bail and a telescopic end 11 of a bail 7, so that the rear end is accessible for milking or veterinary purposes. The telescopic bails can be extended into alignment with the fixed bails to allow the animals freedom of movement within the stalls. Buffers 5 on vertical stanchions of the fixed and telescopic bails engage the animal's shoulders to limit its forward movement but permit its head and neck to pass therebetween to allow feeding from a manger M. The stalls may be provided in pairs having a telescopic bail in common which has a drinking trough A fixed thereto. A dung channel E is provided at the rear of the stalls. A vacuum line S and a milk transfer line L are secured to the bails.
Patent GB-126293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lock Nuts.
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1919-04-28
Abstract: 126,293. Evertite Nut Corporation, (Assignees of Williams, C. C.). April 9, 1918, [Convention date]. Locking nuts.-In a nutlock of the type in which a spring - pressed ball is arranged in a passage in the nut tangential to the threads, the diameter of the ball 8 is not less than one and one-quarter times the thickness of the screwthread. In a hexagon nut of standard dimensions, the hole or passage 9 is drilled in one face 4 of the nut near to, but not intersecting, a corner 5 and at an angle of 69 to 75 degrees to the face, such hole breaking into the bolt hole substantially tangential to the tips or ridges of the threads and terminating at a point 6 less than one diameter beyond the tangent point. The ball 8 is preferably roughened and is acted upon by a spring 10 abutting against a plug formed by a ball 11 held in place by forcing in the metal of the nut about the hole. The spring is of such length that it is not under compression in the position shown in the drawing. The locking-ball may be forced out of engagement with the bolt by a pin entered through a hole in the nut breaking into the passage 9.
Patent GB-659212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to sheet metal fasteners
IPC: F16B37/04
Filed: 1949-04-20
Abstract: 659,212. Anchor nuts and screws; fastenings. TINNERMAN PRODUCTS, Inc. April 20, 1949, No. 10513. Convention date, July 26, 1948. [Classes 44 and 89(i)] A sheet metal fastener for securing a nut N, Fig. 4, to a supporting member P comprises a box 11 seating round an aperture 1 on the member P and having arms 12 bent over at 13 to hold the nut. Arms 18 extend from the arms 12 through the aperture and are bent at 19 to engage the underside of the support. Lugs 15 on the base confine the nut between the arms 12 and flanges 16 locate the fastener on the support. When intended to hold rivets o-,- like headed studs the lugs 15 are omitted. In a modification the flanges 13 are omitted also and the flanges 16 have inclined notched tongues extending inwards to engage the thread of the bolt or the shank of the stud.
Patent GB-105447-A (GB)
IPC: E04D1/34
Abstract: 105,447. Setchell, W. T., and Monks, J. May 26, 1916. Roofs and roofing.-In a fastener for securing slates, tiles, &c. to purlins, comprising a headed shank or stem passing through a hole in the slate &c. and a clip having a hook for engaging with the purlin and an arm engaging with the shank or stem, the arm b<2> of the clip b is formed as a tongue and passed through a hole or slot a<1> in the shank or stem a and then bent or clinched to secure it. The head a<2> of the shank is formed by splitting it and bending the split portions in opposite directions. The whole is preferably made of sheet metal.
Patent GB-1330082-A (GB)
Title: Pumps
IPC: F04C5/00
Filed: 1972-03-07
Abstract: 1330082 Rotary positive displacement pumps ALFA LAVAL AB 7 March 1972 [16 March 1971] 10640/72 Heading F1F A pump comprises a part-spherical chamber 2 in which is mounted a rotor 5, a diaphragm 7 being urged into contact with rotor 5 by an air cushion 8 in a diaphragm retaining member 9. Vanes 6 of the rotor 5 have circular edges conforming to the chamber wall and extend obliquely of the rotor axis. Sealing between the inlet 3 and outlet 4 is effected by the engagement of vanes 6 with casing 1 and the engagement of diaphragm 7 with rotor 5.