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Patent BR-PI0800071-A (BR)
Inventor: ANTENSTEINER PETER
IPC: D21D1/30
Filed: 2008-01-31
Abstract: A refiner plate for mechanical refining of lingocellulosic material, the refiner plate including: a refining surface including bars (31,32) and grooves (34,36), wherein the bars each have an upper section (42) including a leading edge and a lower section (44) including a root at a substrate of the plate; the upper section of the bars has a narrow width and a draft angle less than five degrees, and the lower section of the bars has a wide width greater than the narrow width of upper section and a draft angle of at least five degrees on at least one sidewall of the bar.
Patent BR-PI0800634-A (BR)
Title: sistema e método de distribuição de conteúdo, e aparelho servidor e aparelho receptor usados neste sistema de distribuição de conteúdo
Inventor: OSAKI YOSHIRO
IPC: H04N21/2312
Filed: 2008-03-12
Abstract: SISTEMA E MéTODO DE DISTRIBUIçãO DE CONTEúDO, E APARELHO SERVIDOR E APARELHO RECEPTOR USADOS NESTE SISTEMA DE DISTRIBUIçãO DE CONTEúDO. A presente invenção refere-se ao aparelho servidor que inclui uma memória (11) que armazena uma tabela de gerenciamento referente à informação de identificação de conteúdo para especificar o conteúdo e uma solicitação de execução de truques e dados de execução de truques, e um transmissor (12) que recorre à tabela de gerenciamento baseada na informação de identificação de conteúdo e na solicitação de execução de truques, que lê os dados de execução de truques correspondentes da tabela de gerenciamento de acordo com o resultado de referência, para transmitir os dados de execução de truques para o aparelho receptor (RS1 a RSn) a partir da posição de partida de reprodução especificada.
Patent GB-2465947-A (GB)
Title: A method and arrangement for user validation
Inventor: COLE STEVEN MICHAEL
IPC: G06F21/20
Filed: 2008-07-04
Abstract: A controlled access storage device includes a resource store storing two or more resources, the resource store having two or more levels of administration, wherein at least a first administration level is adapted to provide exclusive access to at least a first resource. The system includes an access control server (102) or validation terminal, an educational course server or resource server (104) including a resource database, a registration terminal (106) and fingerprint reader (110), and one or more user terminals (116) with associated user terminals fingerprint reader (118), and one or more registration terminals. The fingerprint readers has a "swipe pad" (112) with a line scanner (114) adapted to record characteristics of the fingerprint as it is swiped across the reader across. The various terminals and servers are interconnected via a communication network (120), such as the internet.
Patent GB-2469401-A (GB)
Title: Lick deterrent tubing
Inventor: MINICK CHRIS
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 2009-01-22
Abstract: A deterrent apparatus having a non-conductive tubing (12) having a length, an outer surface (12b) and an inner surface (12a) defining a lumen, and at least a first electrical conductor (14a) and a second electrical conductor (14b) present on the outer surface of the non-conductive tubing. A power source (16) comprising a battery having a first terminal and a second terminal is connected to the conductors so that the first terminal is electrically connected to the first conductor and the second terminal is electrically connected to the second conductor. The deterrent apparatus is suitable for use on medical tubing or veterinary tubing, for example, to deter animals from chewing or biting at the tubing.
Patent GB-2481624-A (GB)
Title: Controller and piezoelectric actuator provides pressure ripple compensation in chromatographic pump drive
Inventor: MUELLER JOCHEN
IPC: F04B11/00
Filed: 2010-07-01
Abstract: A fluid pump for a fluid separation system for separating compounds of a fluidic sample in a mobile phase comprises a reciprocatable piston 1, a piston drive and a control unit 150 controlling the pump drive so that pressure ripples in a pressure profile of the fluid pump are at least partially compensated to bring the output pressure profile to target characteristic. The drive may be all piezoelectric or a mechanical base drive, e.g. a motor and gear driven ball screw or an eccentric driven crank, and a piezoelectric actuator 72 of low mass for making rapid compensating adjustments. Control is achieved by providing ripple-inverse pulses to the piezo actuator and may be based on an output sensor 58 detecting irregular ripples and/or a stored pump characteristic for compensating regular artifacts e.g. valve closures or base drive irregularities
Patent GB-2474128-A (GB)
Title: Derivation of email addresses and determining of relationships
Inventor: RASHAD TAMER
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2010-09-29
Abstract: A method, system, apparatus and software allows a user to search email data for relationships without knowing the actual email address of a target individual. The method comprises receiving a query comprising at least one name of a target individual. The method further comprises determining a plurality of email addresses. Each of the determined email addresses has a respective prefix based upon the at least one name of the target individual, and the determination is based at least in part upon statistical data regarding common syntaxes for email addresses. The method further comprises determining email traffic for the determined email addresses and then determining one or more relationships of the target individual based upon the email traffic. Information about the relationships can then be displayed 530 including name, role and volume of email of the parties in the relationship and whether the target individual appears in the contacts database.
Patent GB-2484120-A (GB)
Title: A cylinder type cleaning appliance
Inventor: DYSON JAMES
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 2010-09-30
Abstract: A cleaning appliance of the cylinder type includes separating apparatus 12 for separating dirt from a dirt-bearing fluid flow, a floor engaging rolling assembly 20 comprising means for drawing the fluid flow through the separating apparatus, a chassis 32 connected to the rolling assembly 20 and comprising at least one floor engaging support member 40, and a duct 28 for conveying the fluid flow to the separating apparatus 12. At least part of the duct 28 is connected to the chassis 32 for pivoting movement relative to the chassis 32. Biasing means (74, 76, fig 4) are provided for engaging the duct 28 to urge the pivoting part of the duct 28 towards a rest position relative to the chassis 32.
Patent GB-2471634-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for accelerated stream processing
Inventor: INDECK RONALD
IPC: G06F15/78
Filed: 2009-05-13
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for hardware-accelerating various data processing operations in a rule-based decision-making system such as a business rules engine, an event stream processor, and a complex event stream processor. Preferably, incoming data streams are checked against a plurality of rule conditions. Among the data processing operations that are hardware-accelerated include rule condition check operations, filtering operations, and path merging operations. The rule condition check operations generate rule condition check results for the processed data streams, wherein the rule condition check results are indicative of any rule conditions which have been satisfied by the data streams. The generation of such results with a low degree of latency provides enterprises with the ability to perform timely decision-making based on the data present in received data streams.
Patent GB-2485973-A (GB)
Title: Multi-zone audio-visual system
Inventor: HAMILTON KEITH ALISTAIR
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 2010-11-24
Abstract: A multi-room audio visual system comprising one or more AV devices such as a TV, a set-top box associated with each AV device, a router, an Ethernet network connection between the router and STB(s), and a control server which receives and records data from the router that indicates the operating status (on/off) of each AV device, the operating configuration, which may be the TV channel, and the time of each change of status and configuration. Each AV device may have at least two synchronised remote control human interface devices (HIDs). A web server, accessible using an internet browser, may store usage information about each AV device and generate control signals which are polled by one or more STBs and/or HIDs to change the operation of one or more source devices, such as a DVD player, camera, CCTV system or domestic appliance. A content server may operate to receive status and configuration data from the control server and responds by generating information data, such as advertisements, at selected operating conditions of the AV devices.
Patent GB-2489726-A (GB)
Title: Impregnating a silicon wafer with impurities for a high frequency electronic circuit
Inventor: WILSHAW PETER
IPC: H01L21/22
Filed: 2011-04-06
Abstract: A method of processing a silicon wafer (4, fig.1), a device manufacturing method (e.g. for high frequency integrated circuits) or a silicon wafer (4, fig.1) substrate for an electronic circuit wherein the silicon wafer (4, fig.1) is impregnated with impurities (e.g. gold, silver, chromium, cobalt, palladium, vanadium and manganese with concentration of 1013-1018 cm-3) that form one or more deep energy levels, wherein at least one of said deep energy levels is positioned at least 0.3eV away from the conduction band or the valence band wherein the ratio between the maximum concentration of said impurities in said silicon wafer (4, fig.1) and the average concentration of said impurities in said silicon wafer (4, fig.1) is less than 7:1. A device layer (8, fig.1) and a diffusion barrier layer (6, fig.1) may be formed on the wafer (4, fig.1). The impregnating step may comprise in-diffusion whereby a source S504 (16, fig.6) is brought into contact with a diffusion-inhibiting layer S502 (18, fig.6) on the surface of the silicon wafer (4, fig.6) surface and annealing S506 is performed. The silicon wafer (4, fig.1) may be Czochralski silicon and may be shallow n-doped or p-doped.
Patent GB-2490169-A (GB)
Title: Garment support apparatus with marker
Inventor: WARREN MICHAEL
IPC: A47G25/14
Filed: 2011-04-21
Abstract: A garment support apparatus 101 comprises a garment hanger 102 and a marker 103. The garment hanger comprises a hook 105 and a support member 104, the support member has a boss 301 with the hook being joined to the support member through the boss. The marker is generally U-shaped and comprises a body 206, a first arm 204 and a second arm 205, each arm being joined to the body at its proximal end and a first retaining member 207 at the distal end of the first arm. The boss has at least a first indentation 302 suitable for receiving the first retaining member such that, in use, the marker can be fitted to the garment hanger with the first arm on a first side of the boss and the second arm on a second side of the boss opposite to the first side, so that portions of the first and second arms extend beyond the boss and the first retaining member is at least partially contained within the first indentation. The second arm may be provided with a second retaining member and 208 and the boss may have a second indentation 303. The marker may of the kind commonly used to indicate the size of the garment on the garment support apparatus. In use, the marker may be readily fitted and/or removed by mechanical means making the garment support apparatus more convenient to use.
Patent GB-2490689-A (GB)
Title: Tamper evident closure to prevent refilling
Inventor: HINKLE JAY
IPC: B65D41/04
Filed: 2011-05-10
Abstract: A closure (10) is provided and comprises a base (15) attachable to a container. The closure comprises an engagement insert (250) receivable in the base and including screw thread formations (255) for engaging corresponding formations on a container neck. The base and insert comprising a co-operating uni-directional rotation arrangement (171, 265) which prevents rotation in a direction of screwing onto a container neck but allows relative rotation in a direction of unscrewing, whereby to prevent unscrewing of the closure. Inner skirt (170, fig 9) and outer skirt (165, fig 9) may be provided and a top deck (160, fig 12), including an annular notch (165, fig 12) of material thinning may be provided, if an attempt is made to remove the closure defamation/and or breakage of the top deck occurs.
Patent GB-2478248-A (GB)
Title: Valve-controlled downhole motor
Inventor: DOWNTON GEOFFREY
IPC: E21B4/02
Filed: 2009-11-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling downhole motors. One aspect of the invention provides a valve-controlled downhole motor (202) including: a downhole motor and a spool valve (204). The downhole motor includes a sealed chamber having a first port (220) and a second port (228), a stator (210) received within the sealed chamber, and a rotor received within the stator. The spool valve includes a barrel and a spool (238) received within the barrel. The barrel includes an inlet port (226), an exhaust port, a first feed port (230), a second feed port (232), a first return port (234), and a second return port (236). The inlet port is located in proximity to the first feed port and second port. The exhaust port is located in proximty to the first return port and the second return port. The spool includes a first gland (240) and a second gland (242).
Patent GB-2479294-A (GB)
Title: Test strips containing Trimethylglycine and its use in low glucose products
Inventor: ARBAB TARIG SAYED MUSTAFA
IPC: A23L33/20
Filed: 2008-12-04
Abstract: The invention relates to a glucose test strip containing an organic compound called Trimethylglycine, also called TMG. Such strips can be used to measure glucose in a patient sample such as urine or blood. Additionally, Trimethlglycine for use to make low glucose food and drink or to lower glucose levels in food and drink is claimed. Another aspect of the claimed invention relates to Trimethylglycine and Amzylite for use to make low glucose food and drinks or to lower the glucose level in food and drinks.
Patent GB-2493335-A (GB)
Title: Photographic platform with rotating frame containing a camera.
Inventor: CHILCOTT STEVEN JOHN
IPC: F16M11/08
Filed: 2011-07-26
Abstract: A fixed platform 1 upon which an object can be placed to be photographed from multiple angles without the need to move the object. A frame attached to the platform has a camera mount 2, and can be rotated around the platform 1 to take photographs from any point around a circumference of the platform 1. A background panel 3 is attached to the frame directly opposite the camera, so moving with the camera to provide an identical background for each photograph.
Patent GB-2483784-A (GB)
Title: Ramp opens closure in response to pressure from above
Inventor: COOPER SHAUN RICHARD
IPC: B65F1/16
Filed: 2011-09-14
Abstract: A closure 16 is opened by the force A of an article upon a ramp 52. In a preferred embodiment the pedal of a pedal bin 10 is replaced by a pin 64 about which is hinged a pair of sloped surfaces 59 which engage the ground. The device preferably allows a wheel such as that of a disabled personâ  s wheel chair to roll up the ramp and actuate the bins opening mechanism 18. Ideally two inclined hinges 54, 56 would allow a wheel chair to approach from either direction.
Patent GB-2483401-A (GB)
Title: Pivoting deck vessel for allowing transfer to a fixed structure
Inventor: ARMSTRONG DAVID
IPC: B63B3/48
Filed: 2009-11-05
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel 1 comprising a deck (6, Fig 1a) including a pivoting portion 8. The pivoting portion has a pivot end 10 connected to the rest of the deck by a pivot having its axis transverse to the bow to stern axis of the vessel. The pivoting portion can rotate about the bow to stern axis (32, Fig 3b) of the vessel and pivot about the axis transverse to the bow to stern axis. The vessel has a docking end 12, at or projecting beyond either the bow or the stern of the vessel, the docking end is distal to the pivot end, and is formed and arranged for connecting to a structure 18 in use of the vessel. The pivoting portion of the deck allows the vessel of the invention to connect with or dock to a structure, such as, for example the mast of an offshore wind turbine device and can allow safer transfer of personnel or equipment from the vessel to the structure.
Patent GB-2499637-A (GB)
Title: Time lapse photography apparatus
Inventor: ALLEN ROBERT
IPC: G03B17/40
Filed: 2012-02-23
Abstract: A time lapse photography apparatus (10) has a controller (18) which includes a processor (20), a clock/calendar module (22) and a radio transceiver module (24). The radio transceiver module (24) is configured to receive commands from a user of the controller to program or reprogram a shooting schedule and a shooting interval. The processor (20) receives a signal from the clock/calendar module (22) and outputs a trigger signal to trigger as shutter of a camera (16) in accordance with the programmed schedule and interval. The use of a radio transceiver module (24) in the controller (18) facilitates remote programming and reprogramming of the shooting schedule and shooting interval.
Patent GB-2500178-A (GB)
Title: Grouping wireless communication devices based on downlink quality
Inventor: WESTMAN TAPANI
IPC: H04L5/00
Filed: 2012-03-09
Abstract: In a system of groups of wireless WLAN stations (fig. 1) communicating with an Access Point (AP 20), a new device (10) selects a group to join according to the APs downlink characteristics and a Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). A contention factor Qn and deferral period Tn is determined for each group (302) according to a beacon frame (figure 2), the group interference measured (304) during the DCF contention period, the group with the minimum average or worst-case interference selected (306) during the Association Request, and an indication for the selected group compiled and included in the next uplink transmission or Association frame (308). This dynamic grouping accounts for changing channel conditions which may render the initial grouping non-optimal.
Patent GB-2501481-A (GB)
Title: Cable unrolling device with freely rotating roller in reel core
Inventor: JACOBSON MELVIN
IPC: B65H49/26
Filed: 2012-04-24
Abstract: A cable unrolling device comprises a roller 1 designed to be inserted into the core of a cable reel 5 and to be mounted onto recessed cups on a frame 4 so as to enable the roller 1 to rotate freely. The device also comprises a tension/feeder assembly for the unrolled cable 3, which may comprise a pair of rollers 8 connected with plates 7 that are mounted on swivel arms 6 attached to frame 4. The tension/feeder assembly guides the cable 3 as it is unrolled from the reel 5, and may exert a light tension on the cable 3. The device can unwind cable 3 smoothly even if it is dislodged from reel 5.
Patent GB-2501905-A (GB)
Title: Improved methods for producing OLED materials
Inventor: KOCH GENE CARL
IPC: C07C67/39
Filed: 2012-05-10
Abstract: Methods of producing organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials containing fluorene ring systems in which two alkyl substituents at the 9-position of fluorene ring are alkyl substituted through key intermediates generically represented by the formula: where X represents a substituent that increases the acidity of the hydrogen atoms on the adjoining methylene group (which is immediately adjacent the fluorene ring systems 9-position), preferably an electron-withdrawing group such as alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, 1,3-oxazol-2-yl, 1,3-thiazol-2-yl, 1,3-benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl or most preferably 1,3-benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl. Alternatively, fluorene-9,9-diacetic acid, dimethyl ester is claimed as a per se compound. The compounds of formula 1 can be deprotonated using a base, followed by dialkylation to form a second intermediate, which can itself be further deprotonated using a base and then further dialkylated. The improved methods give OLED materials with higher yields.
Patent GB-2493816-A (GB)
Title: Support brassieres for use following breast augmentation
Inventor: BURCH LOUISE ANNE
IPC: A41C3/00
Filed: 2012-07-05
Abstract: A brassiere for use after surgery comprises two encapsulation cups 18 having means to attach padding material on the inside thereof. The padding material is preferably a gel or gel-like material and may be a silicone gel, an aerogel or a hydrogel. Gel pads 20 may be attached to the inside of each cup at a location that, in use, overlaps the scar or scars of a wearer or the areola of each breast of a wearer or both. The attachment means may comprise a hook and loop strip. One or more gel pads may be provided on the inner surface of the strap 22 extending between the cups. The brassiere may be used to support the breasts of a woman who has undergone breast augmentation.
Patent GB-2493656-A (GB)
Title: A fishing rod or pole support system comprising a deformable strip
Inventor: CALVERT KEVIN
IPC: A01K97/10
Filed: 2012-10-11
Abstract: A fishing rod or pole support system comprises a deformable strip member 1 and at least two belt sets 2a, 2b, each of them being either closeable or sealable, for fixing the strip member to the users legs. The deformable strip member may include a central part 3, two side parts 4a, 4b and two tunnels 5a, 5b made in the lines where the central part 3 and the side parts border 4a, 4b. The fishing rod or pole support system may further comprise two rods 6a, 6b, each of them positioned, along a part of its length, inside one of one of the tunnels, whereby the rods are connected with a strip 7 at their distal ends. The system moves the weight of the fishing rod or pole from the upper part of the body to the legs to prevent discomfort to the abdomen and also allows hands-free fishing or pole support.
Patent GB-2509121-A (GB)
Title: Hot blast stoves where cold blast air has been passed through a heat exchanger
Inventor: GEACH MARK
IPC: C21B9/10
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: Apparatus for supplying blast to a blast furnace 1 comprises a plurality of hot blast stoves 4-6 with each stove 4-6 comprising a cold blast inlet 38, a fuel inlet 37, an air supply, a hot blast outlet 39 and a waste gas outlet 23. The apparatus further comprises a waste heat recovery unit 30 connected to a fuel supply 22b, the stove fuel inlets 37, the stove cold blast inlets 38 and the stove waste gas outlets 23. Blast is supplied to a blast furnace 1 from the apparatus by feeding stove waste gas from a first stove 5 and fuel in the form of blast furnace top gas to the heat recovery unit 30 where the stove waste gas heats the fuel. The stove waste gas is then fed to a second stove 4 as a cold blast where it is heated and then supplied to the blast furnace 1 while the fuel is fed to the first stove.
Patent GB-2495449-A (GB)
Title: An asset management system and a method for enabling a person to find a location within an area of space
Inventor: TURNER ANDREW
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2011-06-27
Abstract: A method for enabling a person to find a first location within an area of space. The method comprising the steps of dividing an area into a plurality of distinguishable sub-areas, dividing each sub-area into a grid, providing a person with information concerning the distribution of the sub-areas within the area, providing the person with information concerning a first sub-area in which a first location resides within the area, and providing the person with information concerning the grid reference of the first location within the first sub-area. An asset management system is also disclosed that preferably incorporates the above grid reference system.