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Patent GB-2516836-A (GB)
Title: Improved cyanoacrylate compositions
Inventor: HYNES STEPHEN
IPC: C09J171/02
Filed: 2013-07-31
Abstract: A cyanoacrylate composition comprises (a) at least one 2-cyanoacrylate and (b) at least one monoether of a hydroxyl-terminated ethylene glycol-propylene glycol copolymer. The 2-cyanoacrylate may be a C4-30 alkyl 2-cyanoacrylate, with 2-octyl 2-cyanoacrylate being especially preferred. The monoether of a hydroxyl-terminated ethylene glycol-propylene glycol copolymer may be a monoalkyl ether, especially a C2-10 alkyl monoether, such as monobutyl ether. The copolymer is preferably a random copolymer with a weight average molecular weight of 250-4500 g/mol. The composition may contain 60-99.9 wt.% 2-cyanoacrylate and 0.1-20 wt.% copolymer and may be in sterile form. The invention extends to the use of the copolymer to simultaneously increase the polymerisation of the cyanoacrylate and the flexibility of the polymerised product. A method of closing a wound by applying the composition to the wound is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2518672-A (GB)
Title: A drum tuning apparatus
Inventor: READ PHILIP
IPC: G10D13/16
Filed: 2013-09-30
Abstract: A drum tuning apparatus 20, for use with a drum comprising a drumhead 30 and drumshell 40, includes the following features: a support frame 50 attachable to the drumshell; a tensioner 90 coupled to the support frame and disposed adjacent to the drumhead; and an actuator 110 coupling the support frame and tensioner. Operation of the actuator causes the tensioner to move relative to the support frame to alter the tension of the drumhead. Preferably, the apparatus is operated via a foot pedal 150 and includes a pivotable arm to couple the actuator and support frame or tensioner. The tensioner preferably comprises a spoked wheel with an elongate guide member 80 attached to its centre, which is movable along the central axis of the drum to contact the underside of the drumhead. A method of using the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus provides a drum 10 that may be tuned during playing such that a melody may be played.
Patent GB-2522857-A (GB)
Title: Hammock
Inventor: HAUG JONAS
IPC: A45F3/22
Filed: 2014-02-05
Abstract: A hammock 20 is described which comprises a pair of suspension points 22 on opposed sides that the hammock 20 is arranged to be suspended from in use. The hammock has a mid-section 25 for supporting a user's body in a direction perpendicular to a line (24, fig 2A) between the suspension points 22. The mid-section 25 suspends from a pair of wings 29 extending outwardly from opposing lateral edges (28, fig 2A) of the mid-section 25 to the suspension points 22. On each side of the hammock 20 there may be provided a line of adjustable length 34 for raising a first portion of the mid-section 25, for example, for inclining the back of the hammock. Second lines of adjustable length 34 may be provided for raising a second portion of the mid-section to change the shape of the hammock further, for example raising the knees of the user to bring him or her into a fully-seated position. The hammockmay further include a flysheet 40 to protect the user from the elements.
Patent GB-2507457-A (GB)
Title: Detection of suspect wireless access points
Inventor: HLBERG MIKA STA
IPC: H04W12/10
Filed: 2012-08-07
Abstract: According to aspects of the present invention there are provided methods and apparatus for detecting a suspect wireless access point in a communication network including a plurality of wireless access points (110), (114) providing access services to client devices (106), (112). Identity information associated with the wireless access points is collected from a multiplicity of client devices (106), (112); (A1). A reputation request is received from a client device (A2), the request including identity information of an available wireless access point (A3). The received identity information is compared with the collected identity information (A4) for determining an indication of trust of the available wireless access point (A5). The indication of trust of the available wireless access point is transmitted to the client device (A6). The wireless access points may include a cellular wireless access point or base station, wireless access point, a Wi-Fi access point, or a femto-cell access point.
Patent GB-2524496-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic tracking and control of passenger travel progress
Inventor: JOBLING DANIEL
IPC: G06Q10/04
Filed: 2014-03-24
Abstract: A system and method for dynamic travel path planning are disclosed. The system retrieves data defining a customers journey including at least one scheduled flight to or from a configured airport terminal that includes a plurality of customer locating means, which may include mobile device sensors 13 and beacons 15. Planning data is received from a plurality of predefined data sources, including customer location data 29 and environment data 25, such as traffic and weather data. The system determines schedule data defining a dynamic travel path for the customers journey based on received planning data. The system identifies a disruption to the dynamic travel path based on received planning data and updates the schedule data by adjusting the timing parameters of affected journey segments and key events based on received planning data. The schedule data is transmitted to the customers mobile device 21 for display as an interactive interface, which may include a mobile app. A system and method for updating schedule data based on a selection of one of a plurality of tiered travel paths of varying complexity is also claimed.
Patent GB-2525847-A (GB)
Title: Axially rotating cap and multiple chamber bottle
Inventor: MCKEOWN ALEXANDER MICHAEL
IPC: B65D47/00
Filed: 2014-04-03
Abstract: A bottle with two or more liquid-holding compartments either in a single unit with a barrier between chambers, or as two separate compartments 3 that sit in a sleeve 2 in a cohesive bottle shape. The lid of the multi-chamber bottle attaches to the bottle section with a threaded connection system 4 that is consistent around the two liquid holding compartments when assembled, and screws on the neckpiece 5. The selector cap 1 has a snap fit 6 into the neckpiece, allowing it to rotate. The selector valve 7 has slits that can be moved into position to select one liquid compartment, or multiple liquid compartments allowing the liquids flow through the aligned windows and mix in the mouthpiece 13. The mouthpiece can move vertically to open or close the fluid output channel, with protrusions 14 that seal the fluid output when the mouthpiece is down.
Patent GB-2517040-A (GB)
Title: Video tagging for dynamic tracking
Inventor: RAMALINGAMOORTHY MUTHUVEL
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2014-06-05
Abstract: A method includes the steps of: showing a field of view of a camera that protects a secured area of the surveillance system; placing a graphical indicator within the display for detection of an event within the field of view of the camera; and detecting the event based upon a moving object within the field of view interacting with the received graphical indicator. A descriptive indicator is entered by the surveillance operator adjacent the moving object on the display through the user interface and the moving object is tracked through the field of view of another camera. The descriptive indicator adjacent the moving object within the field of view of the other camera is displayed on a display of another surveillance operator. The graphical indicator may be: a line, rectangle, or pair of parallel lines. The descriptive indicator may be, for example the word visitor or comprise a type of suspicious activity. Movement of the object in relation to the graphical indicator may trigger an alert or audible warning.
Patent GB-2526822-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger
Inventor: HESJEVIK SVEN MORTEN
IPC: F28F21/08
Filed: 2014-06-03
Abstract: A heat exchanger for use in a subsea environment comprises a vessel bound by a steel wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. In use the inner surface is in contact with a fluid wherein heat is transferred across the steel wall from the inner surface to the outer surface. The outer surface is in contact with sea water. The outer surface is coated with an aluminium coating layer and is provided with a sacrificial anode. The aluminum coating acts as a corrosion protector and the anode has an electrode potential slightly lower than the coating so that the difference in PH generated during oxidation at the anode is small and calcerous deposits are not generated on the aluminium coating. The alumiium coating may be applied by thermal spraying. The coating may be porous and sealed with a siloxane sealant. The heat exchanger may be an electrical component such as variable speed drive, transformer, capacitor, or switch gear requiring cooling and comprises an outer metallic surface with the aluminium coating and anode.
Patent GB-2533357-A (GB)
Title: Heat transfer in an energy recovery device
Inventor: RONAN BYRNE
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2014-12-17
Abstract: An energy recovery device comprises an engine driven by first and second cores of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) or Negative Thermal Expansion (NTE) elements A, B. The SMA or NTE cores are housed in respective immersion chambers which are sequentially filled with fluid for heating and/or cooling of the NTE or SMA cores. The first and second cores are in communication with each other via an energy storage element such as a relaxation spring. This prevents overstraining of a core, as a cooling core cannot be forceably returned to its starting position until it is sufficiently relaxed to accept the transformation (e.g. as the phase changes from austenite to martensite).
Patent GB-2533427-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for providing a personalized experience to a user in a medical environment
Inventor: RAZVAN GABRIEL IORDACHE
IPC: G06Q50/22
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: A system and method for providing a personalized experience in a medical environment which comprises a downloadable application which enables a personal profile comprising user specific information, such as user identification information, to be created on a user device 31, 32, 33, 34. A data server 25 is configured to provide content data comprising a plurality of ambient parameters for at least one medical environment on the application which may be selected by the user. The selected ambient parameters are associated with the user identification data and a controller provides the selected ambient parameter at the medical environment. The user may be automatically identified at the environment by detection of a radio frequency (RFID) transponder 38 and ambient parameters may include, visual, audible, tactile, olfactory and/or gustative or taste stimuli. Content data may also be stored at the server including administrative data, medical data, X-ray imaging data which can be displayed at the medical environment. The personal profile may be assigned to an individual user via an authentication process in order to establish the user as a member of a social network.
Patent GB-2533770-A (GB)
Title: Polyethylene for pipes
Inventor: TORE DRENG
IPC: C08L23/08
Filed: 2014-12-22
Abstract: A multimodal polyethylene prepared by polymerising ethylene and optionally alpha-olefin in a first stage to produce a lower molecular weight ethylene (LMW) polymer, and polymerising ethylene and optionally alpha olefin in the presence of ethylene polymer from the first stage, in a second polymerisation stage to produce a first higher molecular weight ethylene polymer (HMW1), and polymerising ethylene and optionally alpha olefin in a third polymerisation stage to produce a second higher molecular weight ethylene polymer (HMW2), wherein the polymerisation stages are carried out in the presence of an unsupported metallocene catalyst, and the multimodal polyethylene has a molecular weight of at least 50,000 g/mol and preferably a bulk density of at least 250 g/dm3. Also disclosed is a metallocene multimodal polyethylene, and extruding the metallocene multimodal polyethylene to produce a pipe.
Patent GB-2534396-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling a turbine rotor
Inventor: MATTHEW HARRISON
IPC: F03D7/04
Filed: 2015-01-22
Abstract: A method of controlling a turbine rotor, such as a wind or water turbine rotor, to mitigate wake flow disturbance effects 5 in operation comprises modifying a parameter of the turbine rotor at one or more specific rotor azimuth angles for each rotation of the rotor. Preferably the parameter of the turbine rotor comprises turbine speed, turbine torque or blade pitch angle. The method may further comprise obtaining load fluctuation data in the rotor during each rotation of the rotor; deriving recurring load fluctuations present over the rotations, together with a rotor azimuth angle at which the fluctuations occur; and modifying the parameter at the one or more rotor azimuth angles. The parameters may be modified and then the above process may be repeated. The invention is intended to mitigate the effects of the change in a fluid stream in the zone of the wake of the turbines supporting tower 1.
Patent GB-2525707-A (GB)
Title: Letter plate assembly
Inventor: CARPENTER STUART
IPC: A47G29/126
Filed: 2015-01-29
Abstract: A letter plate assembly for comprises a letter plate and a shaft member 16 which supports the letter plate for pivotal movement. The shaft member has first 18 and second 20 parts connected to each other by a rotationally fast connection 22 there between. The connection, which may be biased 56, is configured such that the first and second members may be moved towards and away from each other so as to facilitate installation of the letter plate.
Patent GB-2527201-A (GB)
Title: Bias member for reducing ratcheting arc
Inventor: THOMPSON CHRISTOPHER D
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 2015-05-15
Abstract: The tool 100 includes a ratchet gear 108 disposed in a first drive end 104 and a receiving portion 176 adapted to engage and provide torque to a work piece such as a fastener. First and second pawls 120, 122 each include pawl teeth 146, 148 which are selectively engageable with the ratchet gear. The pawls each include a relief portion (156, Figure 3) on a side opposite to the teeth. A first bias member 132 is engaged with the relief portions and limits movement of the pawls away from the ratchet gear during use of the tool, thereby reducing an amount of the ratcheting arc of the tool.
Patent GB-2541361-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to enable smartphones and computer tablet devices to communicate with interactive devices
Inventor: THOMAS JOSEPH EDWARDS
IPC: H04B10/11
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: Apparatus to enable smartphones and computer tablet devices to communicate using light emitted from one or more pixels of a display screen, directed through an optical structure 115a to a photodetector, to a device adapted to resolve the optical signal. The communication may be between two or more processor-controlled devices such as a smartphone 802 and a tablet 801, or between a processor-controlled device and simple electromechanical objects, or in one embodiment the communication technique may be applied to a single smart device, having an optical waveguide directing light from the display to the photodetector. The enabled optical communication allows smart devices to indicate their position, identity and orientation relative to a receiving device. The optical structure may be a waveguide, mirror or prism, or similar. The photodetector may be the integrated camera of a device, or another light sensor. There is an independent claim for a method of establishing communication between a first and a second device based on the relative position of the second device found through optically broadcast communication. The optical communication may be used in the context of a video game utilising the relative position of two smart devices in gameplay.
Patent GB-2543815-A (GB)
Title: Three dimensional centrifuge
Inventor: JAMES BRIAN DUFFUS LEGGAT
IPC: B04B5/08
Filed: 2015-10-30
Abstract: A spherical centrifuge has two concentric spheres with axes of rotation perpendicular to each other. The inner sphere 6 is connected by a shaft 5 along its axis of rotation through the body of the outer sphere 4 to a bevelled rotating gear 7. The outer sphere is connected by a shaft 2 along its axis of rotation to a motor 1 on one side and a second, identical but stationary bevelled gear 8 on the other. The gears engage each other perpendicularly to ensure that both spheres rotate simultaneously at the same rate. In embodiments it is suggested the centrifuge may be used to generate an aether vacuum as a means of generating energy, e.g. as a nuclear fusion, fission or disintegration reactor.
Patent GB-2546817-A (GB)
Title: Animating a virtual object in a virtual world
Inventor: ALBERTO AGUADO
IPC: G06T13/40
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: Method used in animating parts of a virtual object, the method comprises obtaining joint data for each of a chain of joints A-C associated with parts of a virtual object, the data including length data defining a length, corresponding to a length of a part, for a vector from the joint to a next joint, the data for at least one joint includes data defining a rotational constraint for the vector. Data for a target curve 300 defining target locations for the joints is obtained and the joint data is processed to rotate the vector for a joint towards a target location X on the curve for a next joint in the chain. If a constraint for the joint prevents the rotated vector from reaching the target location, the vector angle for the joint is set at an angle dependent on the rotational constraint, and an immediately preceding joint in the chain is rotated to move the joint vector towards the target location. All the joints in the chain may be processed to align them close to target locations on the curve. This may be used to match skeleton joints to a curve as part of an inverse kinematics process.
Patent GB-2548904-A (GB)
Title: Educational and/or entertainment product
Inventor: RAOUL GOMEZ JOHNSON
IPC: G09B5/02
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: A product comprising a book 11 and an entertainment device 12; the book comprising covers 13, 14 one of which is provided with a housing defining a cavity; the device received in the cavity and comprising a video unit 18 with display screen 19, a memory 20 for storing the recording, a sound output means 21, control means 23 for controlling operation of the video unit, a rechargeable power source 24 and means 25 for transmitting power from a port 28 to the power source; where the entertainment device is enclosing in the housing and the housing has a window towards the pages through which the screen is visible. Preferably the port also passes data signals to save data to the memory. Preferably the video unit is able to be switched on and off by movement of the cover relative to the pages. The device provides multimedia content to the reader.
Patent GB-2548921-A (GB)
Title: Winch
Inventor: JOSEPH ANTHONY DONBAVAND
IPC: F16G11/04
Filed: 2016-04-01
Abstract: A linear winch comprises a grip box 30 with split wedges 33, 35 for gripping a cable 5 when the cable 5 is located within the grip box 30, the split wedges 33, 35 comprise two or more components, which may include a wedge component 33 and a spacer component 35 and which can be separately removed from the grip box 30 to allow an increased diameter portion 7 of cable 5 to pass through the grip box 30. A pair of split wedges 33, 35 may grip the cable 5 between them. The increased diameter portion 7 may be spelter socket or other component joining two lengths of cable 5 together. A primary actuation means may move the grip box 30 relative to a winch frame. An elevating support table (40 fig. 4a) may support the split wedge components 33, 35 outside the grip box 30. The linear winch may be a continuous liner winch with two grip boxes (30, 300 fig. 3a). Bearings 37 may be provided between the split wedge components 33, 35 and/or between the side walls of the grip box 30 and the split wedge components 33, 35.
Patent GB-2534106-A (GB)
Title: Blue fluorescent organic material and light emitting diode panel
Inventor: XUHUI ZHU
IPC: H01L51/50
Filed: 2013-12-23
Abstract: A blue fluorescent organic material comprises an organic compound with a formula (I) structure. In the formula (I) structure, R is C1-C20 alkyl groups, C1-C20 alkoxy groups or C1-C20 aromatic groups containing substituent groups; Ar1 is H, a phenyl group, a fused ring aryl group; and Ar2 is a functional group of (a) or (b).
Patent GB-2559107-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning appliance
Inventor: ROBERT LAWRENCE TWEEDIE
IPC: A61C17/36
Filed: 2016-11-04
Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance for delivering a burst of working fluid through a nozzle 36 to the teeth of a user includes a fluid delivery system having a contact member, which may be the nozzle itself which moves relative to the handle or which may be a separate contact member (262, Fig 21) which moves relative to the nozzle as the appliance is moved along the teeth of the user. A control circuit actuates a delivery of working fluid to the teeth of the user depending on the variation of the output from a sensor output, such as the movement of a magnet 252 on a pivoted arm linked to the nozzle which is detected by a Hall Effect sensor 250, and is configured to adjust a parameter of the delivery to the teeth of the user, such as the volume or number of bursts of working fluid within a delivery, depending on the variation with time of the magnitude and/or rate of change of the output from the sensor.
Patent GB-2557608-A (GB)
Title: A wet wipe for babies
Inventor: ANNE ISOBELL HAWKINS
IPC: A61Q19/10
Filed: 2016-12-11
Abstract: A fabric wetwipe for cleaning a baby may be made from a spunlace nonwoven material. The material may be impregnated with coconut oil, coconut water and fruit extract which may be apple. All products may be organic. The product is intended to cleanse and rehydrate the infants skin.
Patent GB-2545570-A (GB)
Title: Method of imaging defects using an electron microscope
Inventor: ATSUFUMI HIROHATA
IPC: H01J37/28
Filed: 2016-12-12
Abstract: Scanning electron microscope (SEM), for imaging atomic level defects associated with interfaces between different materials comprises iteratively adjusting the impact energy of an electron beam 20 incident on a sample, 12 in a region proximal to the sample being imaged, and assessing a simulated back-scattered electron image 48 for each adjustment until a plane of origin of defects is located. The back scatter may be simulated though electron flight simulation software. The iterative adjustment of the electron energy may be continued until the electron beam energy matches the energy of a defect associated with an interface between materials. The electron energy may be adjusted by applying a bias voltage to the sample. Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis may also be used to identify the composition of the defects. Quantitative analysis may also be undertaken of a total area covered by defects. Energy filtering may be undertaken with respect to the electrons generated form the sample.