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Patent GB-2514530-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for providing refrigeration and utilising operation converter means
Inventor: GREEN CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: F25B9/00
Filed: 2013-02-20
Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus 2 in which at high ambient conditions the apparatus operates as a primary and secondary cascade refrigeration system with a carbon dioxide refrigeration circuit 3 providing the secondary refrigeration circuit, and at low ambient conditions the carbon dioxide refrigeration circuit operates in a subcritical mode and provides the primary refrigeration circuit. The refrigeration apparatus adapts between the high ambient temperature condition and the low ambient temperature condition by use of a converter to convert between the single stage subcritical CO2 refrigeration system and the multistage/cascade primary and secondary cascade refrigeration system, and the converter may be a switch to switch off the second stage of the apparatus or may be a flow diverter to divert the carbon dioxide flow. When in cascade mode, the primary refrigeration system 5 may use propane as the refrigerant, and the circuit may include a compressor 14, a condenser 16, an expansion device 18 and an evaporator 20, and the secondary refrigeration system has the CO2 refrigerant and includes a compressor 4, a condenser 6, an expansion device 8, an evaporator 10 and a cooler 12.
Patent GB-2501007-A (GB)
Title: Methods and uses for enhancing flowability or dust control of seed for sowing
Inventor: JESSOP NICHOLAS HUGH HYLTON
IPC: A01C1/06
Filed: 2013-04-03
Abstract: Methods and uses of controlling the flowability of a population of field crop plant seeds and dust drift therefrom by placing individual seeds in contact with particles of a flowability enhancing agent that is made up of at least one species electrets particle made up of a wax that adheres more firmly to the said crop plant seeds than a compound or composition that comprises a substance that is or includes a mineral earth component. The wax may comprise at least one species of wax selected from carnuba wax, montan wax, and paraffin wax or a mixture of two or more thereof.
Patent GB-2498481-A (GB)
Title: Server management using baseboard management controller to establish wireless network
Inventor: ZHANG BINQI
IPC: H04W4/50
Filed: 2011-09-09
Abstract: The present invention discloses a server management system, an interface server and a method for server management, wherein said server management system comprises baseboard management controllers located at each server, and each of the baseboard management controllers comprises: a connection establishment interface means that is configured to establish connection with one processing device in response to a request of establishing connection with said processing device and to receive a server management instruction from said processing device; and a wireless network communication means that is configured to enable the baseboard management controllers of said plurality of servers to establish a wireless network through the wireless network communication means on them; wherein, the server that establishes connection with said processing device is designated as an interface server of said server management system, and the wireless network communication means of the baseboard management controller of said interface server is further able to broadcast the server management instruction received by said connection establishment interface means to managed servers via the established wireless network.
Patent GB-2508270-A (GB)
Title: Side mounted laser diode on a thermal assisted magnetic recording head
Inventor: TOMIYAMA TADAAKI
IPC: G11B5/31
Filed: 2013-09-24
Abstract: A magnetic data recording system employs a slider 113 having a laser diode 302 mounted to a side surface 304 of the slider rather than to a back surface opposite the air bearing surface ABS. The laser diode provides a light source for thermal assisted recording. Locating the laser diode at the side surface eliminates the possibility of contact between laser diodes of adjacent sliders and allows larger, more powerful laser diodes to be employed. In addition, placing the laser diode at the side allows a piezoelectric micro actuator 322(a), 322(b) to be attached to the back side surface of the slider, thereby allowing both thermally assisted recording and micro -actuation to be used in the same recording system. The side surface may be a trailing end surface. The slider may have a magnetic head structure that includes a waveguide 318 with a bend and a spot size converter 316.
Patent GB-2519129-A (GB)
Title: Pumping Apparatus
Inventor: LIBERMAN BORIS
IPC: F02C6/18
Filed: 2013-10-10
Abstract: A pumping apparatus 10 for a water treatment plant comprises a fuel supply 15 and at least one engine or turbine 11 connected to the fuel supply, wherein the engine(s) or turbine(s) is/are connected to drive at least one primary pump 12. A steam source, such as a waste heat boiler 26, has a feed water input. The apparatus further comprises a distillation apparatus 28 which receives exhaust steam 28a and untreated water 30, wherein the distillation apparatus operates to provide feed water 29 to the steam source. Preferably, the waste heat boiler has an exhaust gas input 26a to receive exhaust gas from at least one gas turbine. A water treatment plant, preferably a reverse osmosis plant, comprising the apparatus is also claimed. A method of discharging exhaust gas 35 containing carbon dioxide is also disclosed which comprises the steps of receiving a wastewater stream 37 from a water treatment apparatus and combining the wastewater stream with the exhaust gas to dissolve the carbon dioxide in the wastewater stream.
Patent GB-2521820-A (GB)
Title: Integral subtraction differentiator
Inventor: CZIMMEK PERRY ROBERT
IPC: H01F7/18
Filed: 2013-11-22
Abstract: A differentiation signal is generated by a subtractor 203 that subtracts a mathematical integral of an original signal generated by an integral module 201 from the original signal. The differentiation signal can contain less high frequency noise than a mathematical derivative of the original signal. The original signal can be a voltage representing either the current through or the voltage across a solenoid coil such as a fuel-injector, as a function of time and be used to detect an end of motion of an armature. Integral module 201 can comprise an integrator or a low-pass filter having an optimised time constant. Subtractor 203 can comprise a differential amplifier that applies gain to the difference signal.
Patent GB-2505131-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for locating an acoustic source
Inventor: FARHADIROUSHAN MAHMOUD
IPC: E21B43/119
Filed: 2012-06-06
Abstract: A method and a system are provided, in which acoustic signals received by distributed acoustic sensors are processed in order to determine the position of a source or sources of the acoustic signals. The method and system are able to determine the position of several acoustic sources simultaneously, by measuring the corresponding several acoustic signals. Furthermore, the strength of the acoustic signal or signals can be determined. The location of the acoustic source may be overlaid on a map of an area being monitored, or be used to generate an alarm if perceived to correspond to a threat or an intrusion, for example in a pipeline monitoring application. Alternatively, the method and systems can be used to monitor a hydraulic fracturing process.
Patent GB-2521444-A (GB)
Title: Sealing arrangement
Inventor: HOLSNIJDERS JOS
IPC: F16J15/43
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: Sealing arrangement 1 for sealing first space A against second space B of machine arrangement 2 comprises first carrier element 3 which is fixed to first machine part 4 of the machine arrangement and second carrier element 5 which is fixed to second machine part 6, which may be a rotating shaft, of the machine arrangement, wherein the second machine part can rotate relatively to the first machine part. To obtain good sealing performance the invention is characterized in that at least one magnet 7 is arranged at the first carrier element, wherein magneto-rheological fluid 8,9 is arranged at at least a part of the surface of the magnet and/or the surface of a part 10 of the sealing arrangement in which a magnetic field is induced by the magnet, wherein at least part of the second carrier element is arranged in the proximity of the magneto-rheological fluid, wherein a gap 11,12,13, which may be hollow cylindrical shaped, is established between the second carrier element and a surface of the magneto-rheological fluid and wherein ferro fluid 14 is arranged in the gap.
Patent GB-2515154-A (GB)
Title: Drawer apparatus
Inventor: MASUDA YASUHISA
IPC: B60R7/04
Filed: 2014-03-25
Abstract: A drawer apparatus comprises a base member 2 having a base wall 3a and two side walls 3b that extend in the same direction from opposed ends of the base wall 3a, a drawer 4 and a guide structure (10, Figure 2) by which the drawer 4 is guided to move in the base member 2 between an open position and a storage position. A coil spring 6 that is compressed between the base wall 3a of the base member 2 and a rear wall 5a of the drawer 4 to bias the drawer 4 toward the open position, where the coil spring 6 includes continuous circular elements of which diameters gradually change in accordance with a positional change in an axial direction. Preferably the conical spring 6 takes a flat circular shape and can be flatly received in a space between the rear wall 3a and the drawer 4 when compressed in an axial direction (Figure 7). Optionally a cup holder 17 may be provided and be drawable from and retractable into the drawer.
Patent GB-2526337-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for syntax element encoding in video coding and decoding
Inventor: GISQUET CHRISTOPHE
IPC: H04N19/93
Filed: 2014-05-21
Abstract: Encoding a block of indexes 802 of an image 80 according to a palette 803 which defines a correspondence between pixel values and indexes. The block of indexes is predicted using a prediction mode, and the encoding involves selecting a function associated to the prediction mode, encoding a run-length syntax element representing the number of successive indexes having the same value, this encoding being done according to the selected function. The same function is selected for at least two different prediction modes, reducing the number of functions needed. In the embodiment the function is a CABAC context which depends on previously encoded index values. In the embodiment the function determines the binary form of flags 1852 indicating the value of the run length element 1853. A corresponding decoding method and apparatus is included. A second invention is included for encoding or decoding an image using a palette encoding mode in which prediction modes are based on a pattern of indexes which represent indexes in a neighbourhood which take the same value.
Patent GB-2528046-A (GB)
Title: Sealed container, method and apparatus for sealing a container
Inventor: SHEREGAR VENKATESH
IPC: B65D85/36
Filed: 2014-07-07
Abstract: A container body 12 has a base 14 and a side wall 16, an upper rim portion 20 of the side wall defining an opening to the interior volume of the container. The opening is closed by a membrane 42 extending across and heat sealed to the rim portion 20 to define a primary seal 46. The membrane has a peripheral skirt region extending about and heat sealed to an outer surface of the side wall adjacent the rim portion to define a secondary seal 48. The container may be a large diameter container with an opening having a maximum diameter of 150 mm or more.
Patent GB-2512780-A (GB)
Title: Editing colour values using graphical representation of the colour values
Inventor: BRYANT ANDREW
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 2012-12-28
Abstract: A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The computer program displays a graphical representation of the color values of the image. The computer program receives a set of inputs on the graphical representation. In response to the received set of inputs, the computer program determines a color space transform for mapping a set of color values defined within the color space to a different set of color values. The computer program modifies the image by using the color space transform to change the color values of the image.
Patent GB-2519835-A (GB)
Title: Calibration system
Inventor: ANNAMRAJU VENU
IPC: H04N19/85
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: The invention relates to calibrating a media encoder/decoder (codec) that encodes and decodes a media stream (such as a video stream) comprising a sequence of time-stamped frames. The codec comprises an encoder subsystem, 104, configured to perform encoding in accordance with one or more encode parameters, a decoder subsystem, 701, and a calibration system, 702. The calibration system includes a data memory, 704, that stores an encoded media stream and a calibration monitor, 703. When the codec enters a calibration mode the calibration monitor causes the decoder subsystem to decode the encoded media stream to generate a decoded media stream which is then fed back into the encoder subsystem to re-encode the decoded media stream. The re-encoded media stream is then looped back into the decoder subsystem at which point the calibration monitor, through variation of the encode parameters of the encoder subsystem, is able to identify maximal encoding parameters that correspond to the greatest steady-state demand on the media codec that permits decoding of the sequence of time-stamped frames at a rate in accordance with their associated timestamps.
Patent GB-2530481-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of contaminated gas streams produced by regeneration of absorptive media
Inventor: RUTHERFORD DAVID EDWARD
IPC: F23G7/06
Filed: 2014-08-28
Abstract: A process of treating an exhaust gaseous stream produced by a thermal regeneration process applied to an absorptive medium 20 located on a filter unit comprises feeding the exhaust gas stream 5 to the base 1 of a tower incinerator located close to the filter unit. The incinerator including, located above but relatively near the base of the tower, one or more burner heads (6, Fig 2) fed with biogas 8. The proportions of the exhaust gas and biogas feeds to the tower incinerator being such as to maintain, following ignition, stable combustion of the mixture of gas accompanied by the substantial destruction of contaminants in the exhaust gas. The flow of biogas to the burner heads is controlled by a variable flow means so as to operate the tower with no material excess of biogas over the amount required to maintain complete combustion of the gas mixture. Preferably the process includes periodically removing silica deposits from the burner heads within the tower by means of a stream of compressed air directed at the burner heads. Advantageously the process may be carried out in a biogas purification plant.
Patent GB-2520394-A (GB)
Title: Tightening and oil discharging nut, and a turbine engine
Inventor: BELMONTE OLIVIER
IPC: F01D7/00
Filed: 2014-09-18
Abstract: A device 1 for controlling the pitch of the blades of a rotor, and which includes a radial shaft 2 guided by a bearing 5 and in use, rotation of the radial shaft controls the pitch of the blades. The device has a nut 7 for clamping the bearing to the shaft along a radial axis 18, and the nut has a circumferential rib 8 and groove arrangement 10 which guide oil leaving the bearing to the outside of the nut. The groove has one or more oil discharge holes (11 fig 4) for discharging oil out of the nut. The arrangement finds application in a turbine engine with variable pitch rotor blades, and the turbine engine has an air-filled first enclosure 27 and a second pressurised enclosure 28, separated by a junction 32. In use, the oil guiding means of the nut guides oil from the junction area towards the first enclosure.
Patent GB-2531706-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: SIMON JOHN LANGDALE
IPC: F16L55/32
Filed: 2014-10-19
Abstract: A robot drive assembly 110 for moving a robot along a substantially cylindrical pipeline within the pipeline comprises first 111 and second body portions, the first body portion 111 being arranged to be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the assembly relative to the second body portion by drive means, wherein the first body portion 111 has at least one drive roller 111R coupled thereto, the robot being configured wherein rotation of the first body portion 111 relative to the pipeline and second body portion about a longitudinal axis of the first body portion causes the at least one drive roller 111R to rotate in contact with an inner wall of the pipeline about a roller axis oriented such that a resultant force acts on the first body portion in a direction to cause simultaneous rotation and translation of the first body portion with respect to the pipeline. Two such drive assemblies, 111, 111 may be used together, wherein by driving the two assemblies in opposite directions the assembly may be locked in place in the pipeline and the second body portions rotated to change their orientations in the pipeline.
Patent GB-2521058-A (GB)
Title: Accounting for bending effect in deep azimuthal resistivity measurements using inversion
Inventor: RABINOVICH MICHAEL B
IPC: G01V11/00
Filed: 2013-05-06
Abstract: An apparatus and method for estimating a parameter of interest of an earth formation involving alignment information between non-collocated oriented receivers and their corresponding non-collocated oriented transmitters. The method may include generating signal responses indicative to energy transmitted into an earth formation; estimating differences in alignment between transmitters and receivers; using the estimated differences in alignment to compensate for misalignment; and estimating a parameter of interest using the misalignment compensated signals. The misalignment estimate may include an inversion of at least one measurement from an alignment sensor. The apparatus may include a bottom hole assembly with oriented transmitters, oriented receivers, one or more alignment sensors, and at least one processor configured to compensate for misalignment using information about difference in alignment between at least one oriented transmitter and at least one oriented receiver.
Patent GB-2527194-A (GB)
Title: Automated shade control system utilizing brightness modeling
Inventor: BERMAN JOEL
IPC: G05B17/02
Filed: 2013-10-23
Abstract: Automated shade systems comprise motorized window coverings, sensors, and controllers that use algorithms to control operation of the automated shade control system. These algorithms may include information such as: 3-D models of a building and surrounding structures, shadow information, reflectance information, lighting and radiation information, ASHRAE clear sky algorithms, log information related to manual overrides, occupant preference information, motion information, real-time sky conditions, solar radiation on a building, a total foot-candle load on a structure, brightness overrides, actual and/or calculated BTU load, time-of-year information, and microclimate analysis. Modeled brightness information may be utilized to control shades.
Patent GB-2537692-A (GB)
Title: Detection circuit for detecting a supply voltage
Inventor: JAMES FRANKLAND
IPC: H02J9/06
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: A ballast having a detection circuit for detecting characteristics of at least two different voltages supplied to independent input terminals of the ballast, wherein the detection circuit comprises a rectifying unit 1 that comprises a first input terminal for applying a first externally supplied voltage (VAC1) and a second externally supplied voltage (VAC2), wherein the first voltage (VAC1) is a switched AC and the second voltage (VAC2) is an AC voltage. The detection circuit further comprises an evaluating unit (2), which is configured to provide a detection signal that indicates whether the first voltage (VAC1) is present; and whether the second voltage (VAC2) is present or replaced by a DC voltage. The rectifying unit 1 may comprise a single full wave rectifier for rectifying both the first voltage (VAC1) and the second voltage (VAC2). The first voltage may be fully rectified by means of the full wave rectifying unit 12 and the second voltage may be half rectified by a sub section of the full wave rectifier 11.
Patent GB-2545389-A (GB)
Title: Security mechanism
Inventor: DON TALBOT
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 2015-09-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder lock to prevent intrusion into a property following a lock snapping attack. The cylinder lock comprises a body and a turnable plug 16a. The body comprises a remainder part 21 and a sacrificial part 20 to break from the remainder part 21 during a lock snapping attack. A security device 40 is located in the remainder part and comprises an immobiliser 52 actuatable to hinder movement of the plug 16a relative to the remainder part. The immobiliser 52 activates upon breaking away of the sacrificial part 21. By immobilising the plug 16a, lock snapping intrusions are impeded.
Patent GB-2542346-A (GB)
Title: Anthrathiophene derivatives with transverse solubilising units and their applications as organic semiconductors
Inventor: NAZRUL ISLAM
IPC: H01L51/00
Filed: 2015-09-14
Abstract: Anthrathiophene derivatives as represented in formula (I) wherein R1-R10 are as defined in claim 1, comprise transverse solubilising groups at transversal positions relative to the longitudinal axis of the anthracene core. These compounds enable preferential molecular stacking and a high field effect mobility and at the same time show improved solubility as compared to known benzothiophene based materials. In addition, organic thin films comprising these derivatives, their use in electronic devices and components, such as organic thin film transistors, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed.
Patent GB-2542777-A (GB)
Title: A first apparatus for controlling a second apparatus
Inventor: NIGEL STUART MOORE
IPC: H04N21/422
Filed: 2015-09-28
Abstract: A first apparatus such as a smartphone or tablet 204, for controlling a second apparatus such as a television 100. The first apparatus has a camera for capturing an image of the second apparatus and circuitry to: detect a predetermined object in the captured image and request & receive object information from the second apparatus. The object information has an identifier of the predetermined object which relates to a user interface (UI) element. The first apparatus has display and transmission circuitry to display the UI element and transmit user input commands to the second apparatus. The first and second apparatuses may be used in a system such that a smartphone may take an image of a TV having an on-screen keyboard 106 and use the image to generate an on-screen keyboard on the smartphone to allow a user 500 to control a TV remotely from the smartphone.