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Patent GB-2388566-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for delivering blanks to a processing station
Inventor: WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER J
IPC: B23K26/08
Filed: 2002-08-29
Abstract: Blanks are transferred one at a time to the upstream end 62a of a conveyor 62 using a pickup unit 200, for transport to a processing station 50 near the downstream end 62b of the conveyor. At least one sensor 246 detects whether more than one blank has been picked up, and if this is the case, the blanks are transferred instead to a reject location 210. The sensor 246 is preferably a magnetic flux sensor. The pickup unit 200 preferably includes a plurality of engaging members, which may be suction devices 244, attached to a frame 242 and coupled to a robot arm 220 for engaging the blank. The pickup unit 200 may further include supplemental engagement devices, which may be magnets 248 when the blanks are ferromagnetic, to accommodate the extra mass of the additional blank(s) for transfer to the reject location 210. Two sets of blanks may be picked up from two separate storage locations 204a,204b using two separate pickup units. The processing station may be a shearing station 50 to cut ends of the blanks prior to delivery to a laser welding station 9 to weld together the sheared ends. A laser welding system and method in which upstream and downstream clamps are used to align and retain blanks during welding, and a conveyor system and method for aligning blanks to be delivered to a processing station are also described.
Patent GB-2390107-A (GB)
Title: Flapper valve sealing surface arrangement
Inventor: READ DENNIS M
IPC: F16K15/03
Filed: 2003-06-26
Abstract: A flapper valve 10, such as for deployment as a subsurface safety valve in a wellbore, comprises a flapper 14 hinged 24 onto a housing having a bore 18 and seat 16. The flapper 14 and seat 16 each have cooperating and conforming sealing surfaces 28,30 respectively which are correspondingly sloped or angled such that a bearing force from the flapper 14 onto the seat 16, such as from wellbore fluid pressures, has a component acting radially inward on the seat, radially outward on the seat, or a combination of radially inward and outward components acting on the seat. The flapper 14 may be curved, giving undulating sealing surfaces 28,30 with crests 32 and valleys 34 on the seat 16, and the angles of slope of the sealing surfaces may be selectively varied to provide mutual support between the flapper and seat against radially inward deflection caused by fluid pressure, to maintain seal integrity under higher pressures. The flapper 14 may have an orienting finger 26 opposite hinge 24.
Patent GB-2389905-A (GB)
Title: Diagnostic
Inventor: PETYAEV IVAN MIKHAILOVICH
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: A method of assessing the risk of an individual of suffering from atherosclerosis wherein the method comprises: a) removing anti-lipoprotein immune complexes from a sample from the individual; b) measuring the level of cholesterol/lipoprotein associated with said anti-lipoprotein immune complexes; and c) determining thereby the risk of atherosclerosis in the individual.
Patent GB-2406008-A (GB)
Title: A multiple feedback bit-flipping sigma-delta modulator for a class D audio amplifier
Inventor: MAGRATH ANTHONY JAMES
IPC: H03M7/32
Filed: 2003-09-15
Abstract: Bit-flipping sigma-delta modulator (BF SDM) class-D amplifiers are especially suitable for audio hi-fi and personal music systems because selective output bit inversion can reduce the idling output switching frequency, thereby cutting switching losses and improving efficiency. The modulator comprises a quantiser Q feeding a bit-flipper BF, a look-ahead quantiser Q1a to predict the next quantiser output, and a bit-flipping control unit to determine if the bit-flipper should be activated. The modulator comprises compensation means to adjust the state of at least one integrator (figure 8c) in the modulator to correct for the effect of bit flips. The compensation means adjusts the input to the quantiser Q to correspond to an input having feedback from an unflipped quantiser output. A tri-level output feeding a bridge (figure 12) may be used instead of a binary output. Bit flipping may be inhibited if the incurred baseband noise penalty is estimated to be too large.
Patent GB-2407012-A (GB)
Title: Speech communication unit and method of level adjustment therein
Inventor: COHEN UZI
IPC: H03G3/30
Filed: 2003-09-27
Abstract: A speech communication unit (200) comprises a transmitter for transmitting speech signals and/or a receiver for receiving speech signals. The transmitter and/or receiver comprises a speech processor (209) and a signal level adjustment circuit (226), operably coupled to the speech processor (209), for adjusting an amplitude level of a speech signal. The speech processor (209) calculates a number of clipped speech samples in a first period of time; and adjusts a gain level of the signal level adjustment circuit (226) in a second period of time, in response to the number of clipped speech samples. A method of adjusting a level of a speech signal in a speech communication unit is also described. In this manner, a speech communication unit is able to track rapidly changing saturated speech signals, and adjust gain/attenuator levels in a receiver or transmitter chain in response thereto.
Patent GB-2391372-A (GB)
Title: Lost and found system and method with optional product warranty registration
Inventor: KLEIN ELLIOT
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2001-05-26
Abstract: A method and computer system for facilitating return of lost products, optionally obtaining warranty registration of products, and expediting warranty service on defective products comprising providing a unique identifier on or within each product; comprising marking each product with return instructions and a reward offer to any person who finds said product after it has been lost; and offering to return each product to a registered owner in the event said product is lost and returned by said person who finds it if said owner provides data comprising owner identification and date said product was purchased at retail; optionally providing said data to a manufacturer or other warrantor in order to register said warranty. The reward offer preferably instructs the finder to return the object to a courier service which can automatically obtain the owner's identity and location, can ship the object to the owner, and automatically charge the owner's credit card for the reward and the shipping service.
Patent GB-2408656-A (GB)
Title: Radio Resource Management
Inventor: WALLINGTON JONATHAN
IPC: H04B7/005
Filed: 2003-11-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to radio resource management in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a method of managing downlink radio resources for a multi-sector base transceiver site in which power can be shared between the sectors in which radio resource management decisions are made on the basis of modified reported power measurements.
Patent GB-2392579-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic device
Inventor: HARRIS NEIL
IPC: H04R7/04
Filed: 2002-07-24
Abstract: Acoustic device (1) comprising a panel-form member (2) capable of supporting bending wave vibration and having a frequency distribution of resonant bending wave modes, the member (2) being of substantially triangular form with the parameters of the member (2) being selected so as to provide a desired frequency distribution of resonant modes, wherein the parameters are selected from the ratio of the effective lengths of two of the sides (12, 14) of said triangular form, the effective angle (10) between at least two of the sides of said triangular form and the curvature of at least one side.
Patent GB-2414967-A (GB)
Title: A v-shaped oil containment boom
Inventor: SAMSOM MARK
IPC: E02B15/04
Filed: 2004-04-28
Abstract: A method of removing oil from flowing water consists of positioning a V-shaped boom 100 positioned with its open end facing the direction of flow of the water and collecting oil from the apex 104 of the V-shaped boom. A boom assembly for achieving this also is disclosed. The boom comprises two longitudinally extending chambers 103, including a plurality of attachment points 105 for mooring lines 106, disposed along the chambers. The mooring lines are attached to at least two anchor means 107. A secondary boom 108 may be provided behind the apex of the V-shaped boom to provide a collection chamber 109.
Patent GB-2404778-A (GB)
Title: CD storage and retrieval device
Inventor: COLLIN IAN KENNETH
IPC: G11B33/04
Filed: 2004-08-04
Abstract: A storage device 2 for CDs comprises a housing 4 with receiving means for receiving a CD located through a slot 16. The device includes movement means having a grabbing means (101), for moving the CD from the receiving means to storage area in the housing. The device also includes a microprocessor for allocating the CD to a defined location in the storage area, thereby allowing the CD to be stored and subsequently retrieved from the storage area when requested by a user. The receiving means can include a carriage movable on guide rails.
Patent GB-2420081-A (GB)
Title: Golf tee composed of two magnetic parts
Inventor: YANG LIEN-CHUAN
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2004-11-15
Abstract: A golf tee (1) includes a lower part (2) and a top part (3) which is connected to the lower part by a flexible wire (5) which extends through the top part (3) and is fixed to the lower part (2). Two magnetic members (41,42) are respectively received in the top part (3) and the lower part (2) so as to easily connect the two parts. The top part (3) can be separated from the lower part (2) in any direction when the top part (3) is hit by a golf club while the two parts are still connected by the flexible wire (5).
Patent GB-2415501-A (GB)
Title: A distance measuring detector which determines the distance between a surface of an object to an indicating laser beam
Inventor: LIU CARL Y
IPC: G01S15/00
Filed: 2004-12-24
Abstract: A distance measuring device 18 comprising: A housing 1 which holds a distance measuring detector (2, fig. 3); a calculating circuit, and laser indicating device (3, fig. 3) to projects indicating laser beams 322, 302 from the housing. The circuit calculates the distance between an object surface 19 to the indicating laser beam 322, 302. The circuit may do such calculations when the laser indicating .device is not switched on. The measuring device 18 may project a measuring signal to the surface of the object and measure its reflection. The measuring signal may be projected in a direction perpendicular to the indicating laser beam(s) 322, 302. Laser indicating beam(s), forming a visible reference line, may be projected traverse to the measuring signals. The measuring signal may be projected from the bottom of the housing, wherein the laser indicating beam may be projected from the side of the housing. The device 18 may have a horizontal indicating device, and it may comprise a removable pedestal (9, figs. 4-5).
Patent GB-2417095-A (GB)
Title: Drive mechanism of at least three group zoom lens with springs
Inventor: NOMURA HIROSHI
IPC: G02B7/10
Filed: 2005-08-12
Abstract: A drive mechanism of a zoom lens includes three movable members (35,36,37) which support optical elements LG1, LG2, LG3, including a front movable member (37), an intermediate movable member (35) and a rear movable member (36); a common driving member (31) including a driving device for moving the three movable members independently; and a biasing member including first and second spring members (38,39) which bias the three movable members to remove backlash. One of the front movable member and the rear movable member serves as a common-engaging spring support member to which one end of each of the first and second spring members are connected, and the other of the front movable member and the rear movable member, and the intermediate movable member serve as two single-engaging spring support members to which the other ends of the first spring member and the second spring member are connected, respectively.
Patent GB-2429218-A (GB)
Title: Barrier or partition
Inventor: SYMONS PAUL STANLEY
IPC: E04H17/16
Filed: 2005-08-20
Abstract: A barrier or partition is formed from barrier units, each unit comprising at least one panel <B>4</B> and interlocking means <B>6, 8</B> for interlocking with an adjacent barrier unit. When so connected the barrier or partition formed presents a continuous uninterrupted face. Each barrier unit may comprise a frame <B>2, 5, 7, 9</B> supporting the panel <B>4</B>. The interlocking means may comprise at least one each of male <B>8</B> and female <B>6</B> connectors. The male connector <B>8</B> may be provided at a first edge of the barrier unit and the female connector <B>6</B> on a second edge opposite the first edge. The female connector <B>6</B> may be a channel and the male connector <B>8</B> may be provided by part of the frame <B>7</B>. A stabiliser to tie the barrier unit to a ground surface may be provided. The frame <B>2, 5, 7, 9</B> may be of tubular steel and the panels <B>4</B> may be of wood.
Patent GB-2429145-A (GB)
Title: A food tray container
Inventor: MILNER BART
IPC: B65D25/06
Filed: 2005-08-20
Abstract: A food tray container includes a cover 1 attached to a base 3 via latches 4 to form a container, inside the container is a shelved stand 8, the container is suspended from a handle 2 on the cover 1. The shelved stand 8 may be detachable attached to the base 3 via lugs or latches to prevent movement of the stand during transit or when the cover is removed. The shelved stand may have a larger cross-section at the base than at the top with detachable shelves 9 that may be positioned at varying heights on supporting ledges in order to accommodate food vessels 10 of varying dimensions.
Patent GB-2419502-A (GB)
Title: Human machine interface for measurement instruments and method to configure measurement instruments
Inventor: SELLEY GEOFF
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2005-09-02
Abstract: A measuring instrument with a human-machine interface (HMI or GUI) comprising a visual display and selection means associated with the visual display (4), and a method to configure the instrument using the visual display and a plurality of selection means or buttons(5, 6). In other aspects of the invention a computer program and graphic user interface for carrying out the method are provided.
Patent GB-2430149-A (GB)
Title: Folding chair
Inventor: DAVIS ANTONY BRYAN
IPC: A47C4/04
Filed: 2005-09-19
Abstract: A folding seat comprising a plurality of flat panels 3-8, with hinges that couple adjoining panels so that they are foldable to define the folding seat. The front 7 and back 4 panels of the base are linked on each side by a pair of adjoining panels inwardly hinged to define two juxtaposed V seat supports 5 and 6, 3 and 8 and a seat panel 12-14 which hinges off the back panel into an a position where it is supported by the V seat supports. There may be locking flaps to hold the seat together when constructed (see 9 and 15 figure 1). Preferably the seat panel has two flaps 13 14 that fold off the side of the seat panel to reinforce it. Preferably, the back panel extends above the other panels to form a backrest 16. The seat may be constructed from cardboard or a plastics material.
Patent GB-2430653-A (GB)
Title: Caravan and towing vehicle with linked accommodation
Inventor: WIGLEY VICTOR JOSEPH
IPC: B60P3/38
Filed: 2005-09-27
Abstract: A towing vehicle and trailer which combine such that the towing vehicle provides integrated and integral accommodation with the trailer. When separated the towing vehicle can be internally transfigured to provide additional passenger seating or loading space.
Patent GB-2419049-A (GB)
Title: A current mirror with fast turn-on, for a magnetic disc gated read amplifier
Inventor: FISCHER JONATHAN H
IPC: H03K17/0412
Filed: 2005-09-28
Abstract: A switched current mirror provides bias currents for a magnetic disc read preamplifier. The preamplifier may be turned on rapidly from a disabled state. The switched current mirror comprises input and output transistors Q1 and Q2, and is enabled when the signal READ is asserted. When M30 is disabled, the reference current Iref3 is diverted from Q1 to the dummy circuit Q10 so that the capacitor C0 has a potential slightly less than its potential when the mirror is switched on. The transistor M0 is always on, but does not conduct when the mirror is off. The mirror turns on rapidly, with no overshoot.
Patent GB-2419562-A (GB)
Title: Honing blind bores
Inventor: BROWN THOMAS
IPC: B24B33/02
Filed: 2005-11-28
Abstract: A method of honing a blind bore 2 using a mandrel 3 comprising a shaft 4, one or more honing elements 9 at or adjacent one end of the shaft 4, one or more rubbing elements 6 provided on the shaft 4 and an adjustment mechanism 13 at least partially located in a longitudinal groove (7, fig. 2) extending along the shaft 4 and by which the honing element(s) 9 can be radially moved relative to the shaft 4. The end of the shaft 4 with the honing element(s) 9 is inserted into the bore 2 with the honing element(s) adjacent its blind end. Then the adjustment mechanism 13 is operated to move the honing element(s) 9 into contact with the bore wall. The mandrel 3 is then rotated and simultaneously withdrawn. If necessary these steps are repeated until a desired bore diameter is achieved.
Patent GB-2432737-A (GB)
Title: Continuous image recording
Inventor: JACKSON STEPHEN GUY LACEY
IPC: H04N5/76
Filed: 2005-11-28
Abstract: An image recording device 1 comprises a CCD array 3, which supplies digital image data to processor 2. Images are continuously written to a digital storage medium 22, such as a memory card which is connected to an interface 4. The device may also include display 8 and loudspeaker 9. Upon discovery that the memory card 22 is full, the processor may continue to store images on the card by overwriting the earliest recorded images, thereby enabling continuous image recording. The device therefore enables the user to continuously capture images without requiring constant intervention, for example in various sports applications, and may be employed as a vehicle 'black box' to ensure images prior to an accident are captured.
Patent GB-2419875-A (GB)
Title: A disc holder
Inventor: NUDELMAN-KLEPFISH MARINA
IPC: G11B23/03
Filed: 2004-08-23
Abstract: A disc storage and transport assembly comprising two or more inter-connected disc retaining units characterised in that; the disc retaining units are hinged and the hinges incorporate locking means to form an assembly of parallel spaced compartments in which the discs are stored and wherein the hinged sections of the disc retaining units are designed to encourage the disc retaining units to be readily detached and re-attached to allow the insertion and/or removal of the disc retaining units.
Patent GB-2435525-A (GB)
Title: A viewfinder unit for a camera
Inventor: BRADLEY JONATHAN
IPC: G03B13/00
Filed: 2006-02-24
Abstract: A viewfinder unit comprising a light source utilises the existing mirror and lens of a camera to project a frame onto the object to be photographed. The viewfinder unit may comprise the following: an image focussing cue unit (e.g. an infra-red dispersal system), a holographic (e.g. laser) raster scan system, light exposure reading equipment. The unit may be self powered. The unit may be shut off by an internal mechanism.
Patent GB-2425734-A (GB)
Title: Analog stick input
Inventor: OLSEN MICHAEL
IPC: G06F3/023
Filed: 2006-05-03
Abstract: An interactive game programmed according to game rules including at least some game rules for mapping analog input movement to character actions for a character controlled by a player, the interactive game including program code to effect game state changes corresponding to moves made by a character controlled by the user, database or tables of operations wherein an operation represents a series of actions taken by a character in response to a particular user input using the analog input control, program code for processing the particular user input from the analog input control including representing input movement as a sequence of one or more sector visits, comparing the particular sector visit sequence with the database of operations to find matching character actions for the particular sector visit sequence or defined variation thereof, program code for effecting, where a match or defined variation thereof is found in the database of operations, the operations in sequence according to an associated series of actions of the found match and the like.
Patent GB-2430309-A (GB)
Title: Built-in antenna module
Inventor: SUNG JAE SUK
IPC: H01Q5/371
Filed: 2006-08-29
Abstract: A built-in antenna module 100 comprises at least a first radiator 110, suitable for base station communications, and at least a second radiator 120, suitable for Bluetooth (RTM) communications. The radiators 110, 120 are mounted on an outer surface of a base member 130 where the base is mounted on a circuit board M such that electrical connections are made between the board M and the radiators 110, 120. A Bluetooth (RTM) circuitry unit 140 is fixed to the base 130 and electrically connected to the second radiator 120. The planar radiators 110, 120 may be detachably assembled with holes 115, 125 which engage with protrusions 135 on the outer surface of the base 130 or they may be printed on the surface of the base 130. The Bluetooth (RTM) circuitry 140 may be shielded and bonded to or clipped into fastenings at a surface located in a recess extending upward or downward into the base 130. A flexible circuit 141 may be used to connect the Bluetooth (RTM) circuitry 140 to the circuit board M. Bent resilient contact members may extend from the radiators which may make contact with pads 145, 105 on the Bluetooth (RTM) circuitry and/or the circuit board when the module is assembled. The base 130 may include resilient hook members 139 which can latch with the circuit board to secure it in an upper position in a wireless communication terminal. The module provides a compact antenna operating in base station and Bluetooth (RTM) frequencies with high sensitivity.
Patent GB-2430260-A (GB)
Title: Estimating drill noise source signature using an array of seismic receivers located near the source
Inventor: HALDORSEN JAKOB B U
IPC: G01V1/42
Filed: 2006-09-01
Abstract: A first array of seismic receivers 52 and a second array of seismic receivers 56 simultaneously receiving drill 74 noise seismic energy produced as a wellbore 76 is drilled. The first array 52 is closer to the source of the drill noise seismic energy than the second array 56. The first array 52 may be located in a borehole 54 or, in the case of a marine seismic survey, suspended beneath a buoy or on the seabed. The second array 56 may be on the earth's surface, or towed behind a vessel or on the seabed. The drill noise source signature is estimated from the seismic data acquired by the first array 52 and used as a deconvolution operator when processing the data acquired by the second array 56.
Patent GB-2429121-A (GB)
Title: Fiber optic deployment apparatus and method
Inventor: BLACKLAW DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2004-11-11
Abstract: A head member (22) having a piston (26) provided thereon is connected to an elongate tube such as a micro-tube (16). The micro-tube (16) contains one or more optical fibres (14) suspended therein by a protective fluid such as a scavenging gel (18). The head member (22) is inserted into a conduit (12) and fluid is pumped along that conduit (12) behind the piston (26) such that the head member (22) and attached micro-tube (16) and optical fiber(s) (14) are inserted into the conduit.