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Patent GB-2380553-A (GB)
Title: Medical testing system with an illuminating component
Inventor: MIKULA PATRICIA JANE
IPC: G06N3/063
Filed: 2002-07-24
Abstract: A medical testing system includes an instrument for measuring the electrical activity of a patient's heart, for example ECG or EKG signals. The instrument includes a work surface, and a keypad 34 whose keys are illuminated with, for example, LEDs. The system also includes a display 28 for displaying patient information and supporting components 30, 32. The system may also include a means for printing (36) a graphical waveform representing the ECG. The system is mounted on a trolley or cart for manoenverability.
Patent GB-2381899-A (GB)
Title: Electronic rights management
Inventor: ERICKSON JOHN S
IPC: G06F21/10
Filed: 2002-08-08
Abstract: A proxy service provides a point of intervention for applying information handling policies, especially copyright enforcement. A proxy server 12 accesses a rights management file, drm, when a client 10 wishes to send or request information, and forwards or obtains the information by contacting a further server according to the file contents, thus enforcing the policies. This arrangement is particularly useful where users with heterogeneous viewing environments need policies applied in a flexible and uniform way. Mechanisms of user authentication and authorisation are kept separate from the policy enforcement process.
Patent GB-2391532-A (GB)
Title: Water-soluble container with spacer between compartments
Inventor: BOURGOIN PHILIPPE
IPC: B65D65/46
Filed: 2002-08-07
Abstract: A water-soluble container 10 which comprises two compartments 12, 14 has a rigid spacer 16 located in either one or both compartments to prevent contact between the walls 18 of either compartment. The first compartment 12 may enclose more than 30%, or more than 50% of the surface area of the second compartment 14. The compartments can be made of poly(vinyl alcohol) by thermo-forming, and the second compartment 14 may be incorporated in a sealing member with which the first compartment 12 is sealed. The compositions contained in either compartment can be either liquid, possibly transparent, or solid, possibly a compressed solid or a particulate solid. The composition in the second compartment 14 may be moisture-sensitive. The spacer 18 can be substantially spherical, and may be a composition enclosed in a water-soluble polymer, possibly applied by spray-coating. More than one spacer may be used. A process for manufacturing said container is also claimed.
Patent GB-2396482-A (GB)
Title: Heat sink for CPU comprising resilient mounting
Inventor: HUANG YU FU
IPC: H01L23/40
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: A carrier structure supporting a CPU heat dissipating device includes a heat. sink 1 a socket 2 and a plurality of connecting members 3. The heat sink has a plurality of through holes 13. The socket is mounted under the heat sink, and includes a plurality of receiving openings 22 respectively communicating with the through holes 13. The connecting members are respectively mounted in the receiving openings. Each of the connecting members has a resilient element 30 a sleeve 31 and a screwing element 32. The sleeve is placed inside the spring and the screw is placed inside the sleeve. A flange 33 is further formed on a top of the sleeve for pressing against the resilient element. The screwing element is longer than the sleeve. The heatsink 1 further includes a heating tube 10 and a plurality of fins 12.
Patent GB-2397513-A (GB)
Title: A storage device for use in conjunction with a hand tool.
Inventor: ROBSON NIGEL
IPC: B25F5/02
Filed: 2003-01-25
Abstract: A storage device 11,14 for at least one interchangeable working member 22 for a tool 2 comprises a body portion having at least one recess 20,16,28 which receives the at least one interchangeable working member and at least one resilient portion 18 for removably attaching the storage device to the tool. The storage device may be resiliently engageable with the housing of a tool and may be fabricated from a resilient material such as rubber or the like. The storage device may receive a plurality of elongate working members which may be stored substantially parallel to one another. The elongate working members may be drill bits, screwdriver bits, saw blades or a mixture thereof The housing of a toll adapted fro use with the storage device may be provided with a complementary, resiliently deformable portion to allow resilient engagement of the storage device.
Patent GB-2396050-A (GB)
Title: Variable bit rate video recording.
Inventor: OKUYAMA NOBUTAKA
IPC: H04N21/482
Filed: 2003-05-22
Abstract: A video recording apparatus varies the bit rate of recording according to the program content and the viewer's program usage history. Less favoured programs are recorded at a lower bit rate than those usually watched. The apparatus may comprise a de-multiplexer 11 and multiple rate converters 11a - 11c so that all received programs may be recorded with only favourite programs being recorded at high bit rates thus optimising space in the recording media 13, 13'. Some programs may be recorded at high bit rate irrespective of their content, bit rates may be changed for a particular scene, and bit rate may be lowered when a commercial is detected. Detecting a lowered bit rate may allow a commercial to be skipped on reproduction. Program information may be acquired from the internet. The apparatus may further create a program guide of programs recorded, based on one or more viewers' preference.
Patent GB-2406304-A (GB)
Title: Cutting an elongate metal article
Inventor: CAPUZZA ROSSANO
IPC: B23D45/10
Filed: 2003-06-09
Abstract: A method of cutting an elongate metal article, comprising the steps of:- ```positioning two rotary cutting elements 14,16, each having a periphery adapted to cut the article, spaced from one another and lying substantially in the same plane as one another; and ```effecting relative movement between the two rotary cutting elements 14,16 and the article to be cut, such that the article engages with the rotary elements, along a plane which intersects both rotary cutting elements 14,16, between the respective centres of rotation thereof, so that the cutting of the article is shared between the two rotary cutting elements.
Patent GB-2404009-A (GB)
Title: Vapour Cooling of an Electronic Component
Inventor: JONES GARETH
IPC: H01L23/373
Filed: 2003-07-17
Abstract: In a cooling system 1, an electronic component 2 transfers heat to a porous material 4 which is cooled by vaporisation of a coolant. The coolant may be applied to the interior and/or external surface of the porous material by spraying a jet 11, and the coolant may be delivered from a dispenser 5 which includes a valve 5a, in a pulsed flow, controlled by a control unit 8. The coolant delivery may be controlled by a temperature monitoring circuit 9 and/or dependant on the power driving the electronic component. The coolant may be a gas at ambient temperature, but stored under pressure 7, and may be delivered to the porous material from the dispenser 5 at less than ambient temperature. The porous material may be foam, which is made from or comprise a metal such as copper or aluminium, or a non-metal such as carbon or silicon, or a mixture of metal and non-metal. The foam may have a porosity of between 4 and 40 pores per centimetre which may retain coolant. Heat may be conducted from the electronic component to the porous material by a heat transfer member 3. The gas may be carbon dioxide, or a hydrofluorocarbon. The electronic component may be a semiconductor device, which may be radiation emitting, such as an optoelectronic laser or an LED.
Patent GB-2405111-A (GB)
Title: Providing fluoropolymer coatings on elongate objects
Inventor: JOYCE DAVID N
IPC: B05D1/26
Filed: 2003-08-22
Abstract: A fluoropolymer coating is provided on an elongate metal object (1), such as fuser or pressure roller for photocopiers, by applying a first fluoropolymer coating (2) on to the object using a powder or dispersion coating process, heating the object to a temperature sufficient to melt the applied coating, and passing the object and its melted coating through an extruder head 95) for applying a second fluoropolymer coating (7). In one embodiment the fluoropolymer is selected from the group consisting of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), perfluoroalkoxyethylene (PFA) and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE). A fluoropolymer coating may also be formed on an elongate object having an an elastomeric surface comprises modifying the elastomeric surface to receive an intermediate adhesive bonding layer such as polyethylene, applying the bonding layer and extruding the fluoropolymer coating onto the bonding layer.
Patent GB-2394121-A (GB)
Title: Circuit board support arrangement
Inventor: DOBBS ROBERT W
IPC: H05K1/14
Filed: 2003-09-23
Abstract: A circuit board support arrangement (100) comprises a first circuit board (103) and a second circuit board (106) that is attached to a pivot joint (113). The second circuit board (106) is juxtaposed over and pivotal relative to the first circuit board (103), and, an electronic coupling (136) is attached between the first circuit board (103) and the second circuit board (106). This facilitates hot-plug access to components (129) in a server, computer system or other device.
Patent GB-2399662-A (GB)
Title: Data processing unit for inserting event data representing an asynchronous event into a synchronous data stream
Inventor: HOLDEN ROGER JOHN
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-10-08
Abstract: A data processing unit for processing a synchronous data stream has conversion logic for receiving an asynchronous event or interrupt signal. The conversion logic creates event data representing the asynchronous event, which can be transmitted in the data stream. The unit may comprise control logic able to receive and store data from the conversion logic for subsequent transmission. The control logic may have a buffer for storing synchronous data representing synchronous events and may have queue logic. The queues may have pointers identifying the location of data stored in the buffer logic. The unit may comprise interface logic for retrieving data from the control logic. The interface logic may transmit data in the synchronous data stream according to a priority given to the data. The interface may have two elements for transmitting data in the data stream, one for the synchronous data and a second for the event data. The synchronous data and the event data may be data packets. The main embodiment is in a mobile cellular telecommunications network.
Patent GB-2391923-A (GB)
Title: Projectile with fin deployment mechanism
Inventor: ALCULUMBRE MICHAEL
IPC: F42C15/24
Filed: 2002-04-08
Abstract: A projectile (10) for a weapon comprises an axially movable firing pin (18), an initiator actuable when impinged by the firing pin, a plurality of external peripheral fins (13) movable from a radially inward position to a radially outward position when the projectile leaves the weapon, fin engaging means (30) for moving each fin from the radially inward position to the radially outward position and for maintaining each fin in the radially outward position, and internal actuating means (44) for actuating the fin engaging means to engage and thereby move the fins to deploy from the radially inward to the radially outward position as the projectile leaves the weapon.
Patent GB-2409018-A (GB)
Title: Child proof safety lighter
Inventor: GUAN JIEMING
IPC: F23Q2/16
Filed: 2003-12-09
Abstract: A pocket lighter comprises a fuel reservoir 1, a valve 7, having an outlet port 3 for regulating the opening and closing of said reservoir 1, a rotatable toothed wheel 5 adapted to produce speaks in combination with a pyrophoric stone 9 and a push button 2. The push button 2 featuring a first end 2a resiliently biased by a spring board 6 and a second end 2b operatively linked with the outlet port 3. In use the depression of the first end 2a results in the raising of the opposite end 2b of button 2 to open the valve outlet 3. The lighter features safety means with button 2, spring board 6 and valve outlet 3 so arranged that button 2 has two stages of operation. In the first stage of operation when the first end 2a of the button 2 is depressed the user meets a resistive force due to the spring board 6 and the valve outlet 3 is not opened. In the second stage of operation the user must overcome this resistive force to depress the first end 2a of the button 2 further in order to open the valve outlet port 3 (status C, fig. 8).
Patent GB-2396564-A (GB)
Title: Fence support for use in equestrian sports
Inventor: DUNLOP ROBIN
IPC: A63K3/04
Filed: 2003-12-23
Abstract: Equestrian sporting apparatus comprising two elements. A second element 14 co-operates with and is slidably moveable with relation to a first element 10 to allow placement of the second element 14 at different position with respect to the first element 10, said second element 14 being removably retained in the required position by means of a retractable lug 28 formed in the second element 14 which is received in a corresponding aperture 12 formed in the first element 10. The apparatus being used in the construction of fences for sporting events such as cross country, show jumping or the like, or any equestrian event which requires obstacles such as fences.
Patent GB-2393680-A (GB)
Title: Flatwire cutting device
Inventor: ZHOU HONG
IPC: B26D1/08
Filed: 2002-07-31
Abstract: A device for cutting a flatwire 10 or like cable comprises a means for aligning a cutting tool 30 along the flatwire 10 at a cut zone, whereby the flatwire 10 is then cut transverse to its axis. One embodiment features a cutting blade 32 that cuts the flatwire using a guillotine action; whereas a further embodiment shows a cutting tool 30'' comprising a slot 82 in which a cutting block 86 and cutter blade 90 is slidably guided.
Patent GB-2398241-A (GB)
Title: Particle formation
Inventor: KORDIKOWSKI ANDREAS
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 2004-01-07
Abstract: Method for preparing a target substance in particulate form, by introducing into a particle formation vessel, through separate first and second fluid inlets respectively, (a) a solution or suspension of the target substance in a fluid vehicle (the "target solution/suspension") and (b) a compressed fluid anti-solvent for the substance, and allowing the anti-solvent to extract the vehicle from the target solution/suspension so as to form particles of the target substance, wherein the target solution/suspension enters the vessel downstream of the point of entry of the anti-solvent and at a point which lies on or close to the main axis of anti-solvent flow, and wherein the anti-solvent has a sub-sonic velocity as it enters the particle formation vessel. The anti-solvent is preferably a super critical or near super critical fluid.
Patent GB-2400417-A (GB)
Title: A radial piston motor having a free rotation valve
Inventor: LAMPINEN MIKA
IPC: F04B1/04
Filed: 2004-03-19
Abstract: The invention relates to a radial piston hydraulic motor (100) and to a method in the control of a radial piston hydraulic motor. The radial piston hydraulic motor (100) includes a free rotation valve (50) which is built inside it and includes a spindle (19). The spindle (19) is disposed in a spindle cavity (20) and it is movable in the spindle cavity (20) such that, in a free rotation situation, shoulders of the spindle (19) block the inlet and outlet passages of working pressure. In a free rotation situation, springs (U1, U2...) press pistons (13a1, 13a2...) and press rollers (14a1, 14a2...) associated therewith to a bottom position and out of contact with a cam ring (11).
Patent GB-2412563-A (GB)
Title: Tempering frozen foods
Inventor: GROFFILS CARLO
IPC: A23L13/00
Filed: 2004-03-29
Abstract: An method for tempering or softening frozen foodstuffs comprises cooling the surface with non polar non ionic cooling media during microwave radiation. The temperature at the surface may be as low as -40{C to prevent surface thawing. The coolant may be carbon dioxide, nitrogen or argon.
Patent GB-2401891-A (GB)
Title: Method for reservoir navigation using formation pressure testing measurement while drilling
Inventor: CHEMALI ROLAND E
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: A formation pressure testing while drilling device on a bottomhole assembly (21) makes measurements of fluid pressure during drilling of a borehole (15). Based on the pressure measurements, drilling direction can be altered to maintain the wellbore (15) in a desired relation to a fluid contact. Acoustic transmitters and/or receivers (59,61) on the bottombole assembly can provide additional information about bed boundaries, faults and gas-water contacts.
Patent GB-2405681-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle chain cleaner fitted on a spray can
Inventor: BARBIERI ADRIANO
IPC: B60S3/00
Filed: 2004-08-04
Abstract: A bicycle chain cleaner is fitted on a spray can B of cleaning and lubricant solution by a ring 16 having a screw 19 engaging below an upper edge of the spray can B. The chain cleaner comprises a lower half shell 2 and an upper half shell 3 which are articulated around pivot 4. A chain is placed between the two half shell 2, 3 and trigger 15 is operated by a user so that the two half shell 2, 3 close around the chain and are locked in place by sides (5-12, fig 2) that are formed with mutually engaging interlocking contours. The half shells 2, 3 are provided with rotating brushes (29, 30) with tufts 31 which penetrate, when the chain advances in the half shells 2, 3, between links of the chain. Half shells 2, 3 are provided with a flat elongated tray which collect and covers regions where a sprayed solution is dispensed.
Patent GB-2419522-A (GB)
Title: Bed table
Inventor: RICHARDSON GERESE ODETTE
IPC: A47B23/02
Filed: 2004-10-27
Abstract: A bed table which is movably and detachably attached to a bed frame comprises a base 1 for attachment to the bed frame, a revolving and telescopic stand 5, and a table top which is mounted to the stand by a hinge 6. The table top is movable in a horizontal plane along a beam 4 and/or detachable from the beam 4 and convertible into a separate stand-alone table using folding legs 12. The base comprises a clamp portion that is provided with a number of ball bearings 2 that allow the base to slide along a bed frame.
Patent GB-2403880-A (GB)
Title: Non-repudiation of service agreements
Inventor: BLOM ROLF
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2003-06-04
Abstract: The invention generally relates to efficient non-repudiation of service agreements between a user (10) and a service provider (20) in a communication system. An additional trusted party (30), a so-called service agreement manager is introduced, and the invention is based on the idea that the service agreement manager (30) shares a secret key (Ki) with a user terminal (10) and that the service provider (20) has a trust relation with the service agreement manager (30). The non-repudiation scheme proposed by the invention is furthermore based on preparation of relevant service agreement information, cryptographic processing (14/34) of this information based on the shared secret key (Ki) in order to generate user-signed service agreement verification information. The user-signed verification information is subsequently forwarded to the service provider (20) to enable verification (26/36) of the service agreement based on the trust relation between the service provider (20) and the service agreement manager (30).
Patent GB-2422622-A (GB)
Title: Method For Locating Casing Joints Using A Measurement While Drilling Tool
Inventor: MCELHINNEY GRAHAM A
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2005-01-31
Abstract: A method for locating casing string 165 joints using a measurement while drilling tool is disclosed. The method includes deploying an MWD tool 100, in a wellbore and measuring the magnetic field along a length of the wellbore. Changes in the magnetic field 120 along the length of the wellbore are evaluated to determine the location of at least one casing joint. Embodiments of this invention may be advantageously utilized, for example, in sidetracking operations to avoid milling through a casing joint (180, Figure 5). Use of this invention may obviate the need for a separate wireline run to locate the casing joints.
Patent GB-2424682-A (GB)
Title: Plural power path gearbox.
Inventor: MADGE JOHN GORDON
IPC: F16H3/091
Filed: 2005-04-01
Abstract: A plural power path gearbox has a rotating input shaft 12, rotatably mounted onto which are a number of drive gears 180,182,184,186,188. The drive gears 180 etc are drivingly connected to the drive shaft 12 by clutch members. The clutch members may take the form of a dog tooth ring (38, fig 6), a splined ring (42, fig 6) and a clutching ring (46, fig 6). Each of the drive gears 180etc are drivingly connected to two separate driven gears, 162a, 162b, 164a, 164b, 166a,166b,168a,168b, which themselves are mounted on one of two output shafts 14a,14b. The drive from each of the output shafts 14a,14b is brought together via gears (20a,20b, fig 2) mounted on the output shafts 14a,14b and a combining gear (22, fig 2) mounted on a final output shaft 24. This whole arrangement can be coplanar, or the final output shaft 24 may be arranged at an angle, for example to drive a differential.
Patent GB-2418156-A (GB)
Title: Pressurized gas-water mixer
Inventor: HSU MAXWELL
IPC: C02F1/78
Filed: 2005-06-29
Abstract: A pressurized gas-water mixer, utilized in a multifunctional oxygenated water machine, is disclosed. The pressurized gas-water mixer has a hollow main body which has an inlet for entering the water and the ozone gas and an outlet for flowing out a product. The water and the gas flow into the hollow main body in the same direction to make them come across at a narrow portion so as to form a pressure difference between the both, and then the ozone gas is attracted into the hollow main body when the water flows out so as to produce an attraction. Consequently, the water and the ozone gas can flow quickly and smooth and mix with each other quickly.
Patent GB-2413295-A (GB)
Title: Coating system for protective layer forming material
Inventor: NAGASE BANSEI
IPC: B05B13/04
Filed: 2004-02-20
Abstract: A coating system (10a), comprising a first coating station (ST1), a second coating station (ST2), and a third coating station (ST3) which are arranged in order from the upstream side of vehicles (14) in the carrying direction, wherein a plurality of robots (16) are disposed in each of these stations. In the first coating station (ST1), a protective layer forming material is supplied mainly onto the entire upper surfaces of the vehicles (14) and rough coating is performed, in the second coating station (ST2), the rough rough coated protective layer forming material is extensively spread for further coating, and in the third coating station (ST3), the finish coating of the protective layer forming material is performed.
Patent GB-2432108-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning tool with removable pad
Inventor: WOOLFORD PETER MARK
IPC: A47L13/28
Filed: 2005-11-10
Abstract: A cleaning tool comprises a housing 11 adapted to accommodate a cleaning pad, and a handle 10, where the cleaning pad is provided from a push-out centre of an industrial cleaning pad. The cleaning pad may be replaceable and circular, and the housing may be provided with retention means to retain the pad. The retention means may be a series of inwardly depending teeth located in an outer rim 22 of the housing. The handle may be pivotally connected to the housing, and may be detachably mounted to the housing using a ferrule to attach the handle. The pivot may be a living hinge 14. A locking member 15 may be provided to limit pivoting of the handle.