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Patent GB-2507865-A (GB)
Title: Bird feeder with rotatable perch
Inventor: VAUGHN WILLIAM RAY JR
IPC: A01K39/012
Filed: 2013-09-13
Abstract: A bird feeder 10 is provided having a seed reservoir 12 with a side wall 14 that has at least one seed access opening 20 and an adjustable feed port assembly 22. The feed port assembly includes a base 24 mounted to the side wall in a fixed relationship thereto and having a central opening 26 in communication with the seed in the reservoir. Fitted to the base is a rotatable insert 28 having a perch (52, Fig 3a) coupled thereto in fixed relationship so that the perch and insert rotate as a unit. The insert is rotatable between two positions, an upright position in which the perch is below the base central opening enabling birds to feed while standing on the perch, and an upside down position in which the perch is above the base central opening, requiring birds to hang upside down from the perch to feed.
Patent GB-2521113-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchangers
Inventor: BOND ALAN
IPC: F28F9/02
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising at least one first conduit section 108 suitable for the flow of a first fluid in heat exchange with a second fluid in a flow path which passes the at least one first conduit section, each first conduit section comprising flow path via at least one tube 120 from an inlet to an outlet, and an intermediate header 440 is provided in the flow path between the inlet 106 and outlet 110. The inlet and outlet may comprise a header that may be straight. The first conduit section may comprise a plurality of first tubes between the inlet and intermediate header and a plurality of second tubes between the intermediate and outlet header. The first conduit section may comprise spiral sections that may spiral inside one another
Patent GB-2510662-A (GB)
Title: A fuel metering valve system for a gas turbine engine
Inventor: KEMMERER ALAN JAMES
IPC: F02C7/22
Filed: 2013-11-05
Abstract: A fuel metering valve system for use with a flow of fuel in a gas turbine engine 10 includes a number of orifice plate lines 150 positioned in a parallel arrangement, a number of differently sized orifice plates 300, and a number of orifice plate line valves 440. One of the orifice plate line valves 440 opens and closes one of the orifice plates on the orifice plate lines. An inlet manifold 140 may be placed in communication with the orifice plate lines. A pressure/temperature sensor 120 may be arranged upstream of the orifice plate lines. An outlet manifold 580 may be placed in communication with the orifice plate lines. A pressure/temperature sensor 130 may be arranged downstream of the orifice plate lines. The orifice plate line valves may comprise solenoid valves 450. A first plurality of orifice plates may comprise a first size and a second plurality of orifice plates may comprise a second size; the second size being twice the first size.
Patent GB-2520247-A (GB)
Title: Edge Detector
Inventor: JONES ALAN RICHARD
IPC: G01H1/00
Filed: 2013-11-12
Abstract: An edge detector for determining the axial position Y of the leading 30 or trailing edge of a rotating blade within rotating machinery includes a set 38 of axially spaced tip detection probes locatable within a casing 24 of the machinery. Each probe is arranged to detect whether or not the blade tip 28 passes over that probe. The edge detector determines the axial position of the edge of the blade as the position of the boundary between those tip detection probes which detect passage of the blade tip thereover and those tip detection probes which detect no passage of the blade tip thereover. The axial position of the edges of the blade can be used in a blade tip timing system in which a set of blade tip timing probes 34 can only be installed at one of the blade edges due to the casing design. Alternatively the edge detection method can be useful in validation of the axial pitching configuration of a compressor.
Patent GB-2504906-A (GB)
Title: Distributed electricity metering system
Inventor: SHAMIR ADI
IPC: G01R15/18
Filed: 2012-01-10
Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for the measurement of a power factor at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. Accordingly, means 1010 are provided for measurement of a power factor for each electrical sub-network that is controlled by a circuit breaker. Each apparatus 1010-1 is enabled to communicate its respective data, in an environment of a plurality of such apparatuses 1010-1 through 1010- N, to a management unit 1050 which is enabled to provide finer granularity power factor profiles.
Patent GB-2514903-A (GB)
Title: Repair of pipes and pipelines
Inventor: POTTER MARK THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: F16L55/18
Filed: 2012-06-20
Abstract: A protective sheath 40 suitable for use when inserting and positioning apparatus for pipe repair of the type comprising an absorbent patch 10 impregnated with a curable resin fitted around a substantially cylindrical inflatable bladder 20. The sheath comprises a tube provided with a series of eyelets around each open end, the eyelets at the first end 41 being reinforced, the eyelets at the second end 42 not being reinforced. The eyelets as the first end may be reinforced by bonding an additional layer of material to the sheath around the eyelets. The additional layer may be the same material as the remainder of the sheath. The additional layer may be a different material as the rest of the sheath. The sheath may be transparent. The sheath may be formed of a plastic material. The sheath may be formed of a soluble material such as Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). A tie may be threaded through the eyelets of the second end of the sheath and tightened to secure the sheath to the bladder.
Patent GB-2524995-A (GB)
Title: French braid fingers
Inventor: AKHTAR KINIZ
IPC: A45D2/00
Filed: 2014-04-08
Abstract: A hair braiding aid that assists the user to braid hair, the aid has three coloured arms each with a clamp for holding a section of hair. The arms move in a manner that allows the hair sections to be braided when the user manually moves the arms in a selected manner. The clamps may have rubber (2, fig 2) or plastic teeth to grip the hair and may be released by a button (4, fig 3) on the device. Preferably the device has a comb (5, Fig 4) that is detachably attached to the base of the device to allow hair to be dividing prior to placing the divided hair in one of the clamps. The bottom of the device may have a rubber or velvet panel to prevent the device from slipping when it is placed on the head of the person whose hair is being braided. The aid may also have four fingers grips 1 in the form of dents or holes.
Patent GB-2510073-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device caching
Inventor: BOTT ROSS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2013-01-07
Abstract: A method of managing user interactions with an application on a mobile device are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method of mimicking, remote from the mobile device, timing characteristics of user activity with the mobile client, polling a content source on behalf of the mobile application based on the timing characteristics or pattern of the user interaction, and allowing responses cached on the mobile device from the user activity to be used until a change at the content source is detected, remote from the mobile device. In such an arrangement a proxy server and mobile device proxy client may be employed wherein a pattern associated with user interaction 2302 with a mobile client may be detected and determined 2306 by the local proxy and the pattern is notified 2310 to the proxy server which mimics or simulates 2312 the user activity and polls the content source on behalf of the mobile device using the pattern to save cellular resources and battery of the mobile device. The mobile device may use 2322 locally cached response data in response to a content request from the mobile application until such stored response data is either invalid 2314 (as it has changed at the content source as detected by the polling made by the proxy server) or has reached is time-to-live (or life-time). The time-to-live (or life-time) of the cached response may be at least in part based on the frequency that the content changes (or is updated) at the server.
Patent GB-2511008-A (GB)
Title: Sample Holder
Inventor: MULLEN STEVEN F
IPC: A01N1/02
Filed: 2013-03-12
Abstract: A sample holder comprises: an exterior container 500, 510; and a plurality of interior tubes, wherein the plurality of interior tubes includes: a shorter tube 504 with a closed bottom and a top opening (Figure 11, 508) for receiving a biological sample support device (BSSD) and at least one taller tube 502, said taller tube having a bottom opening and an aperture (506, fig 11) located above a top opening (508, fig 11) in the shorter tube. The exterior container has a bottom portion with openings therein to permit the passage of cryogenic fluid, through the bottom of the at least one taller tube, and through the aperture in the at least one taller tube and into the top opening in the shorter tube. The sample holder may be used to retain specimens, such as embryos or unfertilized eggs. A soft, cushioning material, such as cotton, may be provided between the tubes and a wall of the bottom portion to ensure a snug fit.
Patent GB-2527809-A (GB)
Title: A turbocharger system
Inventor: TRASATTI PHILIP SILVIO JUNIOR
IPC: F02D23/00
Filed: 2014-07-01
Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a variable geometry turbine (VGT), an actuator (256, fig.4) having a rotating shaft (257, fig.3), an angular position sensor (259, fig.5) coupled to the shaft, and an electronic control unit (ECU) to execute a learning procedure (605). The learning procedure provides for the ECU to: operate (610) the actuator to rotate the rotating shaft ; sample (615) a signal generated by the position sensor; use (620) the sampled values of the signal to calculate a variation rate of the signal during the rotation of the rotating shaft; identify (625) a sensor fold-back, if the signal variation rate changes sign; correct (630) the signal values sampled after the identification of the sensor fold-bade using an offset value; stop (635) the learning procedure, when the signal variation rate is zero, and identify (640) the last corrected signal value before the stopping of the learning procedure, as a reference signal value indicative of the mechanical-end-stop position of the VGT.
Patent GB-2528951-A (GB)
Title: Speed monitor using hall effect devices
Inventor: WEYGANG JAMES
IPC: F16P7/02
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A conveyor system features a driven drive shaft, or other shaft, to which is mounted a speed sensor 20, made up of a plurality of Hall Effect sensors 24. A magnet 22 may feature at the centre of the shaft. The system finds application in the measuring of low speed conditions, around the 3-5 rpm mark, which may indicated a problem in the mechanical operation of the conveyor, upon which a control signal from a controller, may shut down operation of the conveyor.
Patent GB-2515938-A (GB)
Title: A multi-layer system for symbol-space based compression of patterns
Inventor: RAICHELGAUZ IGAL
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2013-06-17
Abstract: A method and apparatus for symbol-space based compression of patterns are provided. The method comprises receiving an input sequence, the input sequence being of a first length and comprising a plurality of symbols; extracting all common patterns within the input sequence, wherein a common pattern includes at least two symbols; generating an output sequence responsive of the extraction of all common patterns, wherein the output sequence has a second length that is shorter than the first length; and storing in a memory the output sequence as a data layer, wherein the output sequence is provided as a new input sequence for a subsequent generation of a data layer.
Patent GB-2524361-A (GB)
Title: Materials for hydrophilic interaction chromatography and processes for preparation and use thereof for analysis of glycoproteins and glycopeptides
Inventor: LAUBER MATTHEW A
IPC: C08L83/10
Filed: 2014-12-22
Abstract: The invention relates to porous materials comprising a co-polymer comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer and a poly-amide bonded phase, wherein the average pore diameter is greater than or equal to about 200 Ã
. The porous material may comprise porous particles or a porous monolith comprising said copolymer, whrerein said particles can have an average diameter from about 0.1 Âµm and about 500 Âµm. The hydrophilic polymer preferably comprises monomers having di or tri alkoxy silanes. The poly-amide bonded phase may comprise acrylamides, acrylates, acrylonitriles, and preferably poly(divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam). The porous material may comprise a second poly-amide bonded phase. The material can have a median pore diameter of about 100 Ã
 to about 1000 Ã
 and a nitrogen content from about 0.5% to about 20%. Methods using said porous material for isolating, analysing and determining levels of a component from a mixture are disclosed, particularly via hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). Methods are directed towards the separation of proteins and glycosylated proteins, due to improved pore diffusion arising from increased average pore size. The porous material may be used in a separationdevice, such as chromatographic columns, cartridges, thin layer chromatographic plates.
Patent GB-2526925-A (GB)
Title: Information processing terminal and control method
Inventor: FUNANE NAO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: A web browser has a function of storing, as local storage data, data designated by a website. Local storage data is extracted from local storage as a deletion candidate according to one or more conditions, preferably as regards whether there is sufficient capacity in the local storage data area. Another condition may be that the local storage data has been pre-fetched and has no browsing history. The deletion candidate or candidates are presented to the user on screen for the user to instruct deletion. The invention may be applied to local WebStorage afforded by HTML5.
Patent GB-2537859-A (GB)
Title: Electric vehicle battery safety
Inventor: JUHA TUOMOLA
IPC: B60L50/64
Filed: 2015-04-28
Abstract: An electrical energy supply system for use in an electric vehicle comprises a tank 1 and a detector. The tank 1 contains a multiplicity of batteries 3 which are not fastened to each other, and configured to deliver electrical energy from the batteries 3 to other systems of the vehicle. The tank 1 includes a release system configured to release the batteries 3 from the tank 1 and from the vehicle. The detector is configured to detect a condition of the vehicle and/or the batteries 3 which could cause the batteries 3 to become hazardous, and to cause the release system to release the batteries 3 in response to detecting the hazardous condition. The detector may comprise any one or more of: an accelerometer configured to detect a collision involving the vehicle; a temperature sensor to monitor temperature of the batteries 3 and/or the tank; a smoke detector; an airbag control unit (ACU); and a monitor for monitoring electrical inputs to and/or outputs from the tank. The detector may detect thermal runaway of the batteries 3.
Patent GB-2524669-A (GB)
Title: A self-propelled flying device to simulate a hostile firing action
Inventor: CHESTER-PARSONS JOHN
IPC: F42B8/24
Filed: 2015-06-12
Abstract: A self-propelled device for testing the defensive countermeasures of an aircraft. comprises a housing and propulsion means within said housing. One or more infra-red (IR) emitters 17 is mounted to the housing. The device also includes one or more infra-red sensors 18. The device also includes a controller governing the emission pattern IR emitters 17 and a power source to provide electric power to the controller and emitters. One or more ultra-violet (UV) emitters 16 may be provided. The propulsion means may be a rocket.
Patent GB-2540178-A (GB)
Title: Method, system and building control centre for connecting smart devices in a building
Inventor: JEFFREY HEATHCOTE
IPC: H04W76/02
Filed: 2015-07-08
Abstract: The system comprises at least two bridging devices ZBR, each proximate to and wirelessly connected, eg by ZigBee, to at least one smart device EM1, IHD1 etc, the respective smart devices located at different places in a building. The bridging devices inter-communicate via a broadband network and a building control centre BCC. A first smart device, perhaps display IHD1, broadcasts a request to join a personal area network (PAN) established, and maybe coordinated, by a second smart device, perhaps smart meter EM1. A first bridging device ZBR receives the message and passes it to building control centre BCC, which identifies the second bridging device ZBR and sends the message to it; the second bridging device ZBR passes the message to the second smart device EM1. Building control centre BCC is informed of and stores in memory a routing table comprising MAC addresses of smart devices and identities of associated bridging devices and PANs, and a processor in the building control centre may update white lists held by bridging devices ZBR.
Patent GB-2541899-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle imaging system and method
Inventor: JEREMY GREENWOOD
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2015-09-02
Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a vehicle imaging apparatus (2), comprising; determining the relative location (10) of a remote imaging apparatus (3) by receiving a tracking signal (S2); the remote imaging apparatus transmits image data (DT) to a receiver (7); an image processor (5) processes the image data (DT) in dependence upon the determined location of the remote imaging apparatus. Two further embodiments of the invention are remote imaging apparatus for mounting to a trailer, one of which is configured to be coupled to a vehicle, comprising; a camera (CT); an image transmitter, which transmits image data generated by the camera. One of these embodiments further comprises a tracking module (15), with a remote transmitter, which transmits a tracking signal, while the other embodiment comprises; a locating receiver configured to receive at least a first and second signal from respective first and second vehicle mounted transmitters; a processor to determine the location of the imaging apparatus relative to the two vehicle mounted transmitters. A final embodiment of the invention is a method for modifying image data, comprising; determining relative location of the imaging apparatus; receiving generated image data; processing image data in dependence upon relative location of imaging apparatus.
Patent GB-2527003-A (GB)
Title: Golf club heads with optimized characteristics and related methods
Inventor: SCHWEIGERT BRADLEY D
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
Patent GB-2544070-A (GB)
Title: Speech processing system and method
Inventor: Thomas William John Ash
IPC: G10L21/12
Filed: 2015-11-04
Abstract: A speech processing system (for eg. assessing fluency and proficiency) includes a word alignment unit 23 which takes extracted acoustic features from buffer 17 and aligns possible acoustic model matches (27 for known prompts, 39 for free speech) with each utterance, along with possible skipped words, repeated words or extra inserted words (er, um etc.), such possibilities for each utterance being stored in a multiple pronunciation dictionary 31. The word alignment unit output also includes a time aligned sequence of phonemes 25 corresponding to the determined sequence of words in order to finally output the speech score 35.
Patent GB-2538029-A (GB)
Title: Density measurement using a piezoelectric sensor in a non-compressible medium
Inventor: VERNON CHRONISTER
IPC: G01N9/00
Filed: 2015-02-05
Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for determining a parameter of a fluid is disclosed. Measurements are obtained of a temperature of the fluid and a pressure of the fluid. A material is disposed in the fluid, and an actuator applies a stimulation pulse at a selected frequency to the material to generate an oscillation in the material. A measurement device measures a parameter of oscillation of the material in response to the stimulation pulse, the parameter of oscillation being affected by the fluid in which the material is disposed. A processor determines the parameter of the fluid from the measured parameter of the oscillation, the temperature measurement and the pressure measurement.
Patent GB-2544865-A (GB)
Title: Situationally suspending wakeup word to enable voice command input
Inventor: ARNOLD S WEKSLER
IPC: G10L15/22
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: Voice commands inputs comprise wakeup words spoken to a microphone. Depending on situations indicated by sensor inputs, enabling of voice commands through wake-up words can be suspended and voice commands can be immediately processed instead. For example, a camera (300), microphone, Bluetooth (RTM), vehicle occupant sensor, motion sensor, or thermal imager may indicate the user being alone or the presence of multiple people (302). In the first case voice commands are executed by enabling wake up words (306), while in the second they are executed without receiving wake-up words (304). Uses comprise smart TVs, internet-enabled TVs, desktops, tablets, laptops, and smart phones.
Patent GB-2555821-A (GB)
Title: Seismic acquisition and processing method
Inventor: KURT EGGENBERGER
IPC: G01V1/28
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: The invention is a method for simultaneous source (sim-source) separation based on signal apparition. The method comprises recording wavefield data and applying a process to it such that the effective numerical support of a representation of the wavefield data is narrowed in the frequency-wavenumber domain (fk domain). Such narrowing increases the useful application of the apparition technique. The applied process may be a ground roll attenuation, a harmonics attenuation, a modification of emitted source signatures to account for source statics, or may involve a wavefield separation. The method may be applied to seismic data.
Patent GB-2541826-A (GB)
Title: Ostomy pouch support kit, system and method
Inventor: BRADLEY J GALINDO
IPC: A61F5/449
Filed: 2014-08-20
Abstract: An ostomy support system, retrofit kit and deployment method may involve an ostomy pouch subsystem, a belt ring and a belt. The ostomy pouch subsystem includes a pouch, a wafer and a junction portion therebetween. The belt ring includes a junction-engagement aperture and first and second lateral securement portions disposed laterally of the aperture. The belt ring is configured to be repeatedly placed into and out of mounted engagement with the ostomy pouch subsystem. When the belt ring is in such mounted engagement, the aperture is in receipt of the junction portion and axially retained between the pouch and wafer. The belt includes two end portions configured for securement to respective belt securement portions. One or both end portions may be releasably securable to its respective belt securement portion by way of hook and loop fastener surfaces. Methods are also provided to deploy the ostomy support system on a wearer.