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Patent GB-2487008-A (GB)
Title: Squeeze process for reactivation of well treatment fluids containing a water insoluble adsorbant
Inventor: BECKER HAROLD L
IPC: C09K8/60
Filed: 2012-03-22
Abstract: Squeeze process for reactivation of well treatment fluids containing a water insoluble adsorbant A wellbore process involves the steps of injecting an initial charge of a mixture, the mixture being formed from at least a water-insoluble adsorbent and at least one well treatment agent, into a well bore formed in the subterraneous formation so as to form a downhole matrix within the formation; and then pressurizing the well bore for a time and under conditions sufficient to reactivate the downhole matrix in the formation, so that the treatment agent activity of the matrix is increased relative to the treatment agent activity of the matrix just prior to injecting the solution. The formation may be pressurised below its fracture pressure. The matrix may be used to filter formation particles and can be deposited around a screen.
Patent GB-2502049-A (GB)
Title: Animal feed mixing and dispensing apparatus
Inventor: HUGHES SAMUEL
IPC: A01D90/04
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A feed mixing and dispensing apparatus 40 comprises at least one container 2 mountable on a transport means (3, Fig 1), the container having a longitudinal axis (4, Fig 1), a transverse axis (5, Fig 2), a vertical axis (6, Fig 1), a pair of opposing end walls 7, a pair of opposing side walls 8, a base wall 9 and a top opening 10. The longitudinal axis extends substantially parallel to the direction of travel of the container and the transverse axis is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the travel of the container. A mixing shaft 11 connected to a drive means is rotatably mounted inside the container, extending between the side walls in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container, and comprises mixing members 43 for breaking up and mixing the feed. A feed discharge arrangement (14, Fig 2) is provided for discharging the mixed feed from the container.
Patent GB-2502093-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting back off time period based on current network load
Inventor: MARTIN BRIAN ALEXANDER
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2012-05-14
Abstract: Typically, if a mobile device is unable to access a random access communication channel due to contention by other mobile devices, a random back off time is generated and the device is prevented from attempting to communicate again during this time. This may be inefficient depending on current network loading. To overcome this a mobile device can receive an indication to use a longer back off time during periods of heavy network load and a shorter time period during less congested times. Data can be maintained to be used in determination of a back-off time period by a user terminal based on current loading of the communication network. The data comprises at least one extended acquisition indicator (E-AI) of a first type, the E-AI of the first type being indicative of inaccessibility of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) by the user terminal; and transmit the maintained data for use controlling access to the E-DCH by the user terminal.
Patent GB-2495843-A (GB)
Title: Child safety seat having an adjustable crotch strap
Inventor: MASON KYLE S
IPC: B60N2/26
Filed: 2012-10-18
Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having an opening 128, a crotch strap and a fixture 130. The crotch strap has a first end portion 112A, a second end portion 112B, and an intermediate portion 112C between the first and second end portions. The first end portion is anchored with the seat shell, the second end portion extends outward through the opening, and the intermediate portion is adjustable relative to the seat shell between a first and a second position spaced apart from each other. The fixture 130 is operable to hold the intermediate portion of the crotch strap at any of the first and second positions. Also claimed is a child seat as described in which a bracket is assembled with the seat shell to hold the intermediate strap at any of the positions. Further claimed is a child seat with a seat shell, an anchor frame and a crotch strap. The strap has first and second end portions, the first end portion has a loop that wraps around the anchor frame and can move along the anchor frame to adjust the first end portion between multiple positions.
Patent GB-2507485-A (GB)
Title: Lead delivery apparatus
Inventor: OMEROD MARK
IPC: H01M50/541
Filed: 2012-10-30
Abstract: Apparatus for delivering a predetermined volume of lead into a mould 50 comprises a lead reservoir 4 with an outlet 6 in its base and a runway 30 beneath and spaced from the base. The runway 30 is parallel to the base and a block 10 having a through cavity 12 is slidably mounted between the base and the runway 30. The block 10 is reciprocable between first and second positions. In the first position (figure 1) the cavity 12 receives lead from the reservoir outlet 6 and in the second position (figure 3) the lead can be released from the cavity 12 into the mould 50. The lead flows into the mould 50 via a chute 40 which is moveable between a delivery position (figures 1-3) where a portion of the chute 40 is located over the mould 50 and a store position (figure 5) where the chute 40 is located below the plane defined by the upper surface of the mould 50. The chute 40 is moved to the store position by movement across the surface of the mould 50 and then in a direction perpendicular the plane of the mould surface.
Patent GB-2494562-A (GB)
Title: Ion mobility spectrometers
Inventor: MAKAROV ALEXANDER
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2011-12-16
Abstract: There is provided of an ion mobility spectrometer 2 for separating ions according to their ion mobility comprising, in various aspects: a drift tube 4 having a drift space 22 with at least two ion separation paths of different lengths; a straight drift tube 4 having therein a helical ion separation path; a helical ion separation path surrounding an axially extending inner electrode assembly 40; and a drift tube 4 for separating ions according to their ion mobility wherein a rotating arcuate electric field is applied in operation to separate ions having an ion mobility such that their rotational velocity in the drift tube is matched to the rotational velocity of the rotating arcuate electric field. Ions may be radially confined within the drift tube by an RF field and/or a radial DC voltage, and guided along the helical separation path by a helical potential barrier.
Patent GB-2510876-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser
Inventor: WORTHINGTON SIMON
IPC: A45D19/00
Filed: 2013-02-16
Abstract: A dispenser (figure 1, 10) for cut lengths, or strips, of a material suitable for folding or creasing, comprising a guide 18 for directing the material 16 through the dispenser, a cutter 22 for separating the material 16 into desired lengths, a folder 24 for folding an end of a strip, a link 21 to cause movement of both the cutter 22 and folder 24 when either one is moved a pre-determined distance, and a drive mechanism (figure 11, 40) to activate the cutter and/or the folder, wherein the drive mechanism can cause movement in two directions, one direction actuating cutting of the material and the other direction actuating folding. In another embodiment, the dispenser has a tray (figure 26, 68) for collecting dispensed lengths and a dabber (figure 26, 76) for selecting lengths from the tray. In a further embodiment the dispenser has two complementary reaction surfaces (33, 32), the second 32 of which can be moved towards the first into a folding position in order to sandwich and fold a strip of material. The material may be foil, and the strips may be used for colouring or highlighting hair.
Patent GB-2500787-A (GB)
Title: Hubless wheel for stroller
Inventor: HORST ANDREW J
IPC: B60B19/00
Filed: 2013-03-01
Abstract: A hubless wheel for a stroller has a rim 18 which can carry a tyre (26, Figure 4). An inner surface of rim 18 has an external sliding structure 20. The wheel also has an internal sliding structure 22 inside external sliding structure 20, and between the sliding structures 20, 22 is at least one bridging component 24, which revolves on its own axis. Sliding structures 20, 22 may be annular and contoured to fit rim 18. A cover may be disposed on bridging component 24 and may mantle over sliding structures 20, 22. The bridging component may be a T-shaped bearing assembly 36 connected to a stroller frame, or may be a concave roller (30, Figure 2) where the frame connects to internal sliding surface 22. An electric generator (42, Figure 7) may be disposed on the bridging component. The wheel may allow for adjusting ground clearance of a stroller using the wheel.
Patent GB-2498656-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser for use in protecting a surface or structure
Inventor: ORCHARD ANDREW HARRY
IPC: B60J11/08
Filed: 2009-09-23
Abstract: A dispenser for use in protecting a surface or structure. The dispenser comprises a core 1 supported between a pair of end caps and a cylindrical roll of a plastic film 2 wound onto the core 1. One side of the film 2 has an adhesive coating afforded by a solvent-based acrylic adhesive. The plastic film 2 is formed with a plurality of spaced transversely extending rows of perforations. Two spaced resilient rollers 5, 5A extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the core 1 and enable the user to apply a resilient load to the plastic film 2 as it is being applied to the surface or structure. Also claimed is means for applying a plastic film to a vehicle window, the applying means comprising the features as described above.
Patent GB-2504625-A (GB)
Title: Capillary fluid flow control
Inventor: ROBERTSON PHILIP
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2012-03-15
Abstract: A fluid flow control device controls flow of fluid in a capillary pathway device having a first capillary passage with an inlet and an outlet and a fluid application region for receiving a liquid sample for entry to the capillary passage via the inlet, with the fluid flow control device comprising first sealing means operable for releasably sealing the outlet of the first capillary passage.
Patent GB-2523845-A (GB)
Title: Equipment for preparing potable water
Inventor: SCOTT LIONEL
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 2014-03-07
Abstract: Equipment 10 for preparing potable water comprises a treatment vessel 11 for water tobe treated and a microwave generator 13 arranged externally of the vessel and operable todirect microwave radiation into the vessel for microbiocidal treatment of the water therein by heating. A stirrer 14 agitates the water undergoing treatment in the treatment vessel so as to homogenise the water temperature. A storage vessel 12 stores disinfected water from the treatment vessel. The equipment includes a feed system 18, 19, 22 and 23 for feeding water to the treatment vessel in successive batches for batch-by-batch treatment and transferring each treated batch to the storage vessel. Preferably, the stirrer comprises an impeller and may be rotatable by an electromagnetic field. Suitably, an electromagnetic field generator 15 is arranged externally of the treatment vessel and is operable to generate an electromagnetic field which penetrates into the interior of the treatment vessel. A first valve 22 may control the flow of water through an inlet 18 into the treatment vessel, whilst a second valve 23 can control flow of water through an outlet 19 from the treatment vessel. Preferably, the storage vessel has an air vent 17.
Patent GB-2510291-A (GB)
Title: Tools apparatus system and method of use
Inventor: LAWTON CHRIS
IPC: B25B23/144
Filed: 2012-11-13
Abstract: A system, and a method of using a system, for controlled tool operation. The method includes providing a tool used in a force application such as a such torque application. The tool communicates with a controller which can communicate with the tool, and to a display in communication with the tool and the controller. The controller can be programmed with operational information about a tool operation. Information related to the operational information is displayed to a user during use. Service information including at least information about an amount of force applied during use is recorded and stored in the controller. Also disclosed is a computerized system for controlled tool operation which sends operational instructions to the tool before use and retrieves service information from the tool after use.
Patent GB-2510079-A (GB)
Title: Flexible scratch resistance film for display devices
Inventor: PETCAVICH ROBERT J
IPC: C08J7/046
Filed: 2012-06-12
Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a transparent, scratch resistant film, comprising: (1) cleaning a surface of a flexible substrate; (2) altering the surface energy of the surface of the flexible substrate; (3) coating the surface of the flexible substrate with a transparent, scratch resistant coating comprising functionalized group monomers and a solvent; (4) wetting the transparent, scratch resistant coating; and (5) forming a cross-linked polymer structure by curing the transparent, scratch resistant coating.
Patent GB-2517036-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for reading machine readable codes
Inventor: CLARKE PAUL
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2014-05-30
Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile device for optically reading a machine-interpretable code 18 (e.g. a barcode), used for example in an order picking systems. The device includes a head-mountable scanner 12 with a code reader and a control unit 42 controlling the scanner to switch the code reader between a detection mode and a reading mode. In the detection mode, the code reader operates in a low power mode sufficient to detect the presence of a machine-interpretable code. The control unit switches the code reader into the higher-powered reading mode when the code is detected to optically read the code. A wireless communication device may also be provided to wirelessly transmit information corresponding to the scanned code to a remote receiving unit for storage and/or data processing. The code reader could include a camera (34, Fig. 3), and/or a rangefinder device. The device could also use information about the inclination of the device in deciding whether to switch modes.
Patent GB-2527320-A (GB)
Title: Container
Inventor: SCOTT JO
IPC: B65D81/02
Filed: 2014-06-17
Abstract: A one-part clip and hinged plastic container specifically designed to house four breadsticks, providing protection during transportation of this portable snack. Each breadstick is placed in its individual curved channel 1. One side of the container is permanently hinged (2) and the other side has clips (3) for fastening the container in a closed position (see figure 3).
Patent GB-2527529-A (GB)
Title: A device controller and method for performing a plurality of write transactions atomically within a non-volatile data storage device
Inventor: JONG IRENÃ US JOHANNES DE
IPC: G11C16/06
Filed: 2014-06-24
Abstract: A non-volatile memory, such as a flash memory, uses an address translation map to map logical block addresses to physical block addresses. The host sends the memory a sequence of write operations, to be executed atomically. The physical address corresponding to each of the logical addresses in the write operations is found. If there is valid data at any of the physical addresses, a new mapping to an unused block is created for the corresponding logical address. The data is then written to the physical blocks identified by the new mappings. Once all the data has been written, the address translation map is updated with the new mappings. The write operations may be identified as atomic using an intent operation. Multiple atomic write operations may be merged into a single atomic write operation. There may be an upper bound to the number of writes that can be performed atomically.
Patent GB-2528876-A (GB)
Title: A roof light guard
Inventor: HALLWOOD MICHAEL THOMAS
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2014-08-01
Abstract: The rooflight guard comprises at least one platform 18 and a plurality of legs 28, with one or more of the legs 28 being adjustable to allow the distance between the legs to be varied. The legs may have feet which comprise elongate members 32, and there may be crosspieces 32 connecting two or more legs and/or feet. The platform may be generally square or rectangular with the legs being located on opposing sides of the platform. Interchangeable legs may be provided to allow the height of the platform to be varied. The bases of the legs may be provided with anti-slip material, preferably formed from rubber and silicone. A number of guards may be connected together by slidably interengaging male and female parts.
Patent GB-2513785-A (GB)
Title: Integrated seismic monitoring system and method
Inventor: MAAS STEVEN JAMES
IPC: G01V8/02
Filed: 2013-03-05
Abstract: An integrated seismic system and method for monitoring seismic parameters of a subsurface structure is provided. The integrated seismic system includes a plurality of mobile satellite nodes, a seismic cable and a base station. Each of the mobile satellite nodes has sensor stations operatively connectable thereto for collecting seismic data from the subsurface structure. The seismic cable operatively links the plurality mobile satellite nodes and the sensor stations. The base station includes a seismic acquisition unit for receiving seismic signals from the mobile satellite nodes via the seismic cable and generating seismic parameters therefrom.
Patent GB-2520128-A (GB)
Title: Method of Calibrating A geologic Model
Inventor: BERG THOMAS
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2014-09-03
Abstract: Method of providing a geologic model 1' representing a geologic feature based on geologic measurement data, such as seismic or electromagnetic data. The method comprises the following steps determining an initial model estimate. Further the method comprises, by means of a metric function, comparing features of a plurality of candidate traces 19 with known features of a model control point 3. For the candidate traces 19 where the metric function returns a similarity value above a similarity metric threshold, a model guide point 9 is arranged on the candidate trace(s) 19 in question. The geologic model 1 is adjusted towards or onto such model guide points 9, resulting in adjusted geological model 1. The initial model estimate may be a geometric surface, a geologic surface or a geologic model. Determining the initial model estimate may comprise determining a data search window (7, Fig.5) enveloping the initial model estimate.
Patent GB-2531071-A (GB)
Title: A domestic cyclonic vacuum cleaner
Inventor: ANDREW JAMES BOWER
IPC: B04C5/28
Filed: 2014-10-10
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a suction inlet 3a fluidly connected in series to a vacuum motor 9 for drawing a dirty airflow in through the suction inlet 3a. The suction inlet 3a is fluidly connected downstream to both a first cyclonic separator 5 and also to a flow device 7 via a flow junction 11, the flow junction 11 being configured for dividing the dirty airflow into two separate airflows, a first airflow Q1 passing through the first cyclonic separator 5 and a second airflow Q2 passing through the flow device 7. The flow device 7 is either a second dust separator, an air filter or an air turbine. A screening member 19 is provided upstream of the flow device 7 for screening out the coarse dirt particles from the second airflow Q2 so that the coarse dirt particles are retained instead in the first airflow Q1, thus "concentrating" the coarse dust loading in the first airflow.
Patent GB-2531258-A (GB)
Title: Method and data processing device for detecting a load distribution in a roller bearing
Inventor: THOMSON ALLAN
IPC: G01M13/04
Filed: 2014-10-13
Abstract: Method for detecting a load distribution in a roller bearing having at least one row of rollers (10, Fig.1) and a strain sensor (14, Fig. 1) attached to a first ring, wherein the first ring is configured to rotate relative to a second ring. The method comprises the steps of detecting peak heights and peak positions in roller load induced strain signals obtained from the strain sensor, and of calculating a load acting on at least one angle range or sector of the second ring using peak heights of a plurality of peak positions falling in said angle range. There may be a plurality of sectors equally positioned around the circumference of the bearing second ring. The method may use high-pass or band pass filtering to remove background noise. Peak strain heights and troughs may be compared to threshold values and mapped onto angular positions of second ring. A wireless transmitter may be employed to communicate bearing condition.
Patent GB-2531313-A (GB)
Title: Powered furniture system
Inventor: SIRS ROBIN ADRIAN
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2014-10-16
Abstract: A powered furniture system comprising an item of furniture 7, which may be a desk, table, seat or workstation, and a power unit 5 that can fit inside the furniture item (see figure 1A, 15) where the power unit 5 comprises a rechargeable power source such as a battery and at least one power outlet for providing power from the rechargeable power source 5 to a portable electronic device when the power unit 5 is inserted into the furniture item 7. The powered furniture system may include a locking mechanism for lockable engagement of the power unit and furniture item, which may be a lock operated by a key, a code or a combination lock. The rechargeable power module 5 may be a removable battery. A rechargeable power module including a wireless inductive power charging pad and a rechargeable power module comprising a solar panel are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2515699-A (GB)
Title: Device for propelling and turning hull
Inventor: SONG GYUNG JIN
IPC: B63H25/46
Filed: 2013-06-26
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for propelling and turning a hull, wherein the resistance acting on the stem of the hull is converted and the hull can be moved not only in the forward and backward directions but also in the left and right directions so as to improve the mobility and evasion capacity of the hull. The device for propelling and turning a hull comprises: a manifold arranged in the lengthwise direction in the lower portion of the hull so as to discharge the water introduced at the stem side toward the stern side; a propelling means, the top of which is rotatably connected to the stern side end of the manifold, the propelling means being arranged so as to jet water in a lateral direction; and a steering means, which is rotatably coupled to the stern side end of the propelling means such that the steering means rotates the propelling means in a given direction by means of rotating force applied from an external source.
Patent GB-2523883-A (GB)
Title: Controlling access to traversal using relays around network address translation (turn) servers using trusted single-use credentials
Inventor: YOAKUM JOHN H
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: TURN (Traversal Using Relays around Network address translation (NAT)) requires authentication to access the relay server, typically using user IDs and passwords. The invention proposes that the user authenticates themselves to an authentication agent which returns a one-time credential ticket/token if successful. The credential may then be used to authenticate the user to the relay server. Credentials may include domain addresses, nonces, expiration times, signatures and/or policy instructions and may be encrypted. In other claims a single use credential may be comprised in a user ID and password.