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Patent GB-2525289-A (GB)
Title: Coin counting apparatus
Inventor: Chen tai-hui
IPC: G07D9/04
Filed: 2015-02-18
Abstract: A coin counting apparatus includes a mounting unit 3 with a base plate 32 and a guiding unit 6 connected to the mounting unit. The guiding unit includes a rotary coin guiding member 61 connected to the base plate; a cover member 62 cooperating with the base plate to define a coin guiding space 600; an adjustment plate 64 connected to the base plate; a pivotable swing arm 65 with a positioning bolt 66. The positioning bolt of the pivotable swing arm extends through sliding grooves or slots 63 within the base plate and the cover member and the positioning bolt 661 is slidable along the sliding grooves 63. The adjustment plate 64 is moveable with respect to the base plate 32 and can limit the movement of the swing arm 65and the positioning bolt 66 along the sliding grooves. A coin that is ejected from the rotary guiding member will contact the positioning bolt and force it to slide in the sliding groove until the bolt abuts the adjustment plate. The use of the adjustment plate means that the coin counting apparatus can easily be adapted to be used with coins of different diameters which might otherwise cause the apparatus to jam.
Patent GB-2540729-A (GB)
Title: Superconducting magnet
Inventor: Timothy hollis
IPC: G01R33/3815
Filed: 2015-05-01
Abstract: A superconducting magnet for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or spectroscopy (MRS) has a plurality of discrete Niobium-Titanium superconductor coils 10 and at least two Niobium-Tin superconducting coils 16 arranged longitudinally along a common central axis 20. The Niobium-Titanium superconductor coils generate a first magnetic field having high field regions of at least 5 Tesla radially inward of the discrete coils. The Niobium-Tin coils are located in the high field regions of the first magnetic field and generate a second magnetic field which combines with the first magnetic field to produce a resultant magnetic field which is of higher field strength than that of the first magnetic field at a location on the common central axis. The magnet is arranged to have a radial separation between each Niobium-Tin coil and the closest Niobium-Titanium coil, and there is an axial bore 21 through the coils having a diameter of at least 150mm.
Patent GB-2526696-A (GB)
Title: Underreamer for increasing a wellbore diameter
Inventor: HU JIANBING
IPC: E21B10/32
Filed: 2013-11-12
Abstract: An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. A sleeve is arranged and designed to move a first axial distance within the body. A cutter block is movably coupled to the body. The cutter block is arranged and designed to move at least the first axial distance with respect to the body to contact the sleeve in response to hydraulic pressure in the bore. The cutter block moves from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter as the cutter block moves the first axial distance.
Patent GB-2531847-A (GB)
Title: Improved quadrupole robustness
Inventor: JASON LEE WILDGOOSE
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: An apparatus for filtering ions comprises: a separation device for separating ions temporally according to a first physico-chemical property; a filtering device for filtering ions according to a second physico-chemical property and comprising a first filter, the filtering device being downstream of the separator; and a control system arranged and adapted during a single cycle of separation to: operate the filtering device in a first resolving mode of operation where ions of interest are selected by the first filter; and (ii) operate the filtering device in a second non-resolving or transmission mode of operation at separation times when substantially no ions of interest are present. Also disclosed is an apparatus as above, where the first filter is a first quadrupole rod set 1 for filtering ions according to their mass to charge ratio. Also disclosed is an apparatus as above, where the filtering device comprises a pre-filter quadrupole rod set 2 and an analytical quadrupole rod set 1. Further disclosed are methods of filtering ions as performed by the above apparatuses. The apparatus for filtering ions may form part of a mass spectrometer. The present invention reduces the quantity of ions entering the analytical quadrupole and therefore reduces the contamination of the quadrupole electrode rods by filtered-out ions to the rods.
Patent GB-2525515-A (GB)
Title: Run/walk with visible progress marking
Inventor: SNYDER TRAVIS L
IPC: G09F21/02
Filed: 2013-12-16
Abstract: A run/walk may include visible progress marking of participants. The run/walk may be marked including marking one or more color zones and marking a start line and a finish line. A start to the run/walk may be signaled. The participants may traverse the run/walk including traversing the color zones. At each color zone, a quantity of a colored substance may be propelled at the participants as they traverse the color zone. Each color zone may be associated with a color, and colored substance propelled at the participants in each color zone may include the associated color. After the run/walk is complete, markings for the run/walk may be removed. An article of clothing may include the visible progress markings after receiving the propelled quantity of the colored substance. The markings may be preserved on the article of clothing by adding vinegar and hot pressing the article of clothing.
Patent GB-2524684-A (GB)
Title: Bi-directional pressure equalization valve
Inventor: KUCERA SAMUEL C
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 2013-12-11
Abstract: A valve for enabling communication between a first pressure and a second pressure including a piston member arranged in a housing. The piston member is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration for selectively enabling communication between the first and second pressures. A control assembly is included for moving the valve to the open configuration. A first net pressure area is exposed to the first pressure and operatively arranged to urge the valve in a closing direction in response to the first pressure when the valve is in a closed configuration. A second net pressure area is exposed to the second pressure and operatively arranged to urge the valve in the closing direction in response to the second pressure when the valve is in a closed configuration. A method of operating a valve system is also included.
Patent GB-2535819-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring network conditions
Inventor: VENU ANNAMRAJU
IPC: H04L49/9023
Filed: 2015-07-31
Abstract: A method of identifying a network condition between a pair of network devices, wherein one of the devices comprises a jitter buffer for storing packets received via a network, the method comprising: monitoring a measure of delay in receiving media packets over the network; monitoring a size of the jitter buffer; and identifying a network condition in dependence on a change in the measure of delay and a variation in the size of the jitter buffer. Packet delay is determined by measuring a first time period between timestamps of a first-received packet in a first frame and a first-received packet of a second frame, measuring a second time period between arrival times of the two packets, and determining a difference between the two time periods.
Patent GB-2528205-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods to detect rare mutations and copy number variation
Inventor: TALASAZ AMIR ALI
IPC: G06F19/22
Filed: 2014-03-15
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease.
Patent GB-2532368-A (GB)
Title: Emergency shelter
Inventor: DAVID MAURICE WATSON
IPC: E04H9/00
Filed: 2014-10-31
Abstract: A transportable deployable building with a collapsed, compact form (200, Fig. 8) and an assembled deployed form 201, having a plurality of roof 211, wall 215 and floor 239 panel elements with hinges 219 connecting one or more of them, and the deployed form having a rigid medial support panel element 203 extending from the floor, roof and gable wall elements 225, 227. The medial support may have an upper ridge 209 which the roof panels are hingedly mounted to and a central floor element 237 to which the floor panels are hingedly mounted. One or more building systems may be provided in a shipping container. The building system is intended to provide readily assembled, cost effective but robust shelters to disaster zones capable of withstanding severe weather events such as hurricanes. Also disclosed is a building that may be configured between a first normal configuration and a second wind-resistant configuration.
Patent GB-2537042-A (GB)
Title: Grilling device with warming cabinet
Inventor: MICHAEL COLSTON
IPC: F24C15/18
Filed: 2016-03-17
Abstract: A grilling device 100 includes an oven section 110 and a warming cabinet 180 in thermal communication with the oven section 110 to receive heat energy by conduction and radiation. Food may be warmed before cooking, or kept warm after cooking. The oven section 110 may be directly heated by a heating mechanism partially disposed within the oven 110, but the warming cabinet 180 may be heated indirectly by heat from the oven section 110. The warming cabinet 180 may be disposed adjacent or below the oven section 110 such that heat from the oven section 110 may be transferred additionally via forced air convection as an air moving element forces air past an optional heat sink and/or other heating component(s) and into the warming cabinet by vents 190,194 possibly a permanent vent and a selectable vent, with a louver having a closed and plurality of open positions. The air moving element may also provide air to ignite and maintain a burning fuel source of the heating mechanism. The grill 100 can include a utility shelf disposed below the warming cabinet 180. Fuel used may be wooden pellets.
Patent GB-2537237-A (GB)
Title: Light-emitting diode lighting system
Inventor: CHUENCHIU LAU
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2014-09-01
Abstract: The present application discloses a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system, including: a toroidal transformer comprising a pair of input terminals and a pair of output terminals; and an illuminant comprising an LED circuit; wherein the illuminant is electrically connected to the pair of output terminals of the toroidal transformer. The present application uses a toroidal transformer to simplify a circuit and reduce the number of electronic parts used. On one hand, a service life of a product can be prolonged, and on the other hand, costs can be reduced and a recycling rate is high, which is beneficial to environmental protection.
Patent GB-2536163-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for detecting an abdominal electrophysiological signal
Inventor: BARRIE HAYES-GILL
IPC: A61B5/024
Filed: 2013-10-17
Abstract: A multi-electrode patch 150 for abdominal electrophysiological detection comprises a flexible substrate 100 interconnecting a plurality of electrodes 1-5 and a module unit 16 for removably engaging with an electronic readout device for detecting fetal electrophysiological signals from the electrodes, wherein the module unit comprises a mechanical means for removable mechanical engagement with a housing of the readout device, and an electrical connection between the electrodes and the readout device, wherein engaging the patch with the readout device comprises engaging both the mechanical means and the electrical connection. The electrode may comprise a plurality of biocompatible needles, configured to penetrate the stratum corneum of the abdomen of a pregnant human. The position of each electrode may be adjustable by deforming the flexible substrate. The signals detected may be at least one of fetal heart rate, fetal ECG, maternal heart rate, maternal, ECG and uterine activity. The patch may be stuck to the subject such that the subject can stand and move around freely.
Patent GB-2552150-A (GB)
Title: Augmented reality system and method
Inventor: PHILIP CAMP
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: An augmented reality system having a video camera to capture video images of a real-world scene at a first frame rate, a display operable in a real-time mode and a slow-motion mode and a sensor to detect the orientation of the display. The real-time mode may display live footage, and the slow-motion mode displays the real-world images at a second frame rate slower than the first frame rate. The slow motion images are cropped and are less than the full captured images and the displayed slow motion image is responsive to the detected orientation of the display. In the slow motion mode, live footage may be stored in a buffer. The application states that: In principle it is not possible to provide the ability to look around in the slow-motion mode because the slowed down video can no longer track the users movements in real time; therefore the perceived advantages of the system are that the cropped images displayed in the slow motion mode allow a degree of head movement whilst in the slow motion mode within the limits of the cameras field of view at the corresponding time when the footage was captured.
Patent GB-2540678-A (GB)
Title: Bioremediation system
Inventor: DAVID ATTWELL MOORHEAD
IPC: C02F3/02
Filed: 2016-07-13
Abstract: A system for recovering bioremediation material comprises a series of tanks 40, 30, 20, each with a lip on one edge of the settlement tank, forming weirs 28 for conveying bioremediation material and pollutants from one settlement tank to the next in series. An input 14 is provided to the first settlement tank. The final settlement tank in the series may have a weir or lip 88 to a tank, which can include an adjustable skimmer 50 feeding a funnel and out of the tank. The tanks may be emptied onto inclined ramps 29 on which grit and heavy hydrocarbons are deposited, as material is conveyed from one tank to the next. A further weir may extend upwards from the bottom of the tank over which recovered bioremediation material flows as the first tank fills, to a further tank. The further tank may have a further weir leading to a third tank 40. The bio-remediation method may involve applying a surfactant and a hydrocarbon to a polluted surface such as a car in a carwash, and subsequently applying a bioremediation material before entering input 14.
Patent GB-2536838-A (GB)
Title: System for automated detection in beverage dispensing machines
Inventor: KLABBERS BRAM
IPC: A47J31/40
Filed: 2014-12-29
Abstract: A system for automated detection in beverage dispensing machines suitable for receiving at least a first and second type of exchangeable supply pack (9; 113) adapted to contain a product to be supplied in the operation of the system equipped with means (1) for automatically performing presence of supply detection. More particularly, the detection of the presence and the contents of exchangeable supply packs (9; 113) in beverage dispensing machines is automated. A pack-in-place detection is provided by emitting light and measuring the presence of the emitted light on one light detector (7, 75), the system determines the absence or the correct/incorrect placement of the supply pack. A product availability detection is provided by detecting the intensity of light coming through a transparent element in the first type of supply pack (9) by another light detector (5; 65, 69; 143, 145), the system identifies the degree of product presence in the first type of supply pack (9), while with the second type of supply pack (113) the product availability is not detected and assumed to be available.
Patent GB-2543938-A (GB)
Title: Single-trip casing cutting and bridge plug setting
Inventor: ADAM M BENNETT
IPC: E21B33/134
Filed: 2015-03-31
Abstract: A downhole tool may include a bridge plug releasably coupled to a casing cutting tool. The bridge plug may be set within a wellbore and the casing cutting tool may be used in a milling or perforating operation during a single downhole trip of the downhole tool. A method for using a downhole tool may include setting the bridge plug in a wellbore and performing a casing cutting operation during a same downhole trip. The casing cutting tool may be a section mill and a section milling operation may be performed before or after uncoupling the bridge plug from the section mill while downhole. The section milling operation may remove an entire portion of casing within a region of the wellbore for receiving a cement plug. The casing cutting too may be a perforation tool and perforating may be used to remove portions of casing.
Patent GB-2555813-A (GB)
Title: Locating a railway vehicle within a railway network
Inventor: SIMON CHADWICK
IPC: B61L25/02
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: Method and system for locating a railway vehicle in a railway network 2, wherein the railway network comprises track sections 4, bordered by at least two axle counter detection points 6. The position (18,Fig2) of the vehicle is determined on the basis of combining a first (14,Fig2) and second (16,Fig2) set of information, where the first depends on the location of the train and the second on the route travelled and are detected by means of axle counter points 6. The first information may be determined by means of an on-board device of the railroad vehicle and may use satellite navigation such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Global Positioning system (GPS); the first information may comprise a distance from a reference point which may be recorded using an odometer, speedometer, and/or an acceleration sensor. The second information may comprise track section occupation, last encountered axle counter location, and direction data for the vehicle and could be determined by a landside evaluation unit 10. The final position of the railway vehicle could be determined by either a landside control centre 13 or the on-board evaluation device of the railway vehicle.
Patent GB-2558001-A (GB)
Title: Seal ring and joint
Inventor: NICHOLAS LONG
IPC: F16L23/18
Filed: 2016-12-21
Abstract: A seal ring 1 comprises an inner sealing portion 2 connected by a radially extending annular web 3 to an outer sealing portion 4. Both inner and outer annular sealing portions have a pair radially outwardly facing annular sealing lips 5, 6, 7, 8. In use, the sealing portions 2, 4 contact corresponding inwardly facing annular contact surfaces on adjacent conduit joint components 9, 10, providing inner and outer seals against internal bore pressure. The seal ring 1 is provided with an annular slot 11 extending through the outer sealing portion 4 and into said annular web 3. When external pressure is greater than internal pressure, the annular groove 11 is forced open and the outer sealing lips 7, 8 are forced apart, strengthening the seal against external pressure, e.g. hyperbaric pressure at a subsea location. A bore, somewhere on the periphery of the annular slit 11, provides easier ingress for external pressure fluid.
Patent GB-2542524-A (GB)
Title: Module component and display device
Inventor: YU-CHUN HSIAO
IPC: G02F1/1333
Filed: 2014-07-07
Abstract: A module component. The module component comprises a backboard (101), a heating assembly (102) and a thermal expansion assembly (103), wherein the heating assembly (102) is fixed on a first surface of the backboard (101), the thermal expansion assembly (103) is fixed on the heating assembly (102), the thermal expansion assembly (103) is provided with a first thermal expansion coefficient, the heating assembly (102) is used for providing heat for the thermal expansion assembly (103), and the thermal expansion assembly (103) is used for generating first deformation according to the heat so that the backboard (101) generates second deformation, which enables a display panel (104) to form a required curved surface display effect.
Patent GB-2558914-A (GB)
Title: Thermal management unit and system
Inventor: BEN JARDINE
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2017-01-19
Abstract: The thermal management unit provides cooling or heating to regions of a vehicle. The unit comprises a housing 11 containing: a compressor 13 and a first evaporator 14 of a refrigerant system; a pump 36, heater 37 and first radiator 39 of a heating system; and a blower 17. The blower forces air over the first evaporator and first radiator to cool or heat the air. The housing has an airflow outlet 21 and an airflow inlet 47, a first refrigerant outlet port 16 through which refrigerant compressed by the compressor passes out of the housing, and a first refrigerant inlet port 31 through which refrigerant returns into the housing. The first refrigerant inlet port returns refrigerant to the first evaporator. A thermal management system 10 comprising the unit is also claimed that also includes a condenser 27 disposed outside the housing. Ideally the airflow outlet is connected by ducting 46 to battery packs 104,105 of an electric vehicle in which the unit is installed. The system may include a second evaporator 22, second radiator 41 and a second blower 24 to cool or heat a passenger cabin. A vehicle is also claimed.
Patent GB-2549377-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous occupant attention-based control
Inventor: PAUL PERKINS
IPC: B60W50/08
Filed: 2017-02-23
Abstract: An autonomous vehicle and an occupant attention-based control method are provided. Signals are received from a plurality of data collectors 110, representing aspects of the vehicle 101, a vehicle operator, and an environment surrounding the vehicle 101. An alertness factor and a readiness factor are developed based on the signals, and input to a computing device 105. Control of the vehicle 101 is transitioned between levels of autonomous control, which may include an autonomous, a semi-autonomous and a manual level of control, based at least in part on the alertness factor and the readiness factor.
Patent GB-2545828-A (GB)
Title: Refrigeration cycle device and air-conditioning device
Inventor: YUSUKE TASHIRO
IPC: F25B47/02
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device configured so as to be equipped with: a refrigeration circuit having a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a throttle device, and an outdoor heat exchanger, which are connected by refrigerant piping; an outside air temperature sensor used for detecting the outside air temperature; and a control device that executes a defrosting operation on the basis of the detection result from the outside air temperature sensor. The control device is equipped at least with a combined defrosting mode, wherein a hot gas defrosting operation is executed by supplying hot gas to the outdoor heat exchanger, said hot gas being discharged from the compressor without passing through the indoor heat exchanger, after which a reverse defrosting operation is performed to supply refrigerant that has passed through the indoor heat exchanger from the compressor to the outdoor heat exchanger. When the detection result from the outside air temperature sensor satisfies a preset condition, the combined defrosting mode is executed.