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Patent GB-2460676-A (GB)
Title: Cable and terrestrial broadcasts using the same data language
Inventor: WALLER ARTHUR SIMON
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 2008-06-04
Abstract: A digital television receiver-decoder apparatus 1 selectively receives and decodes terrestrial 5 and cable 16 television signals, the signals comprising broadcast transport streams which comprise video, audio and data packets, the data packets carrying a program which, when executed, supplies video on demand (VOD) in the case where cable broadcast is being received, these data packets being in a language used to provide interactive television applications for terrestrial broadcasts, for example MHEG. The apparatus may also include an IP interface 21 for connecting to a network such as the internet. This may be built into a television set having a display 2, or may be provided in a set top box.
Patent GB-2452228-A (GB)
Title: Iron-based brazing foils
Inventor: HARTMANN THOMAS
IPC: B23K35/30
Filed: 2008-06-11
Abstract: A first amorphous, ductile brazing foil comprises (in atomic %): Ni 0-25 %, Cr 0-15 %, Si 1-10 %, B 4-15 %, P 1-9 %, impurities 0-5 %, with the balance being iron and where the amount of Si+P is 2-10 atomic % and the amount of Si+B+P is 15-22 atomic %. A second amorphous, ductile brazing foil comprises (in atomic %): the same amounts of Ni, Cr, Si, B and P, but also comprises Mo >0-3 %, Cu 0-3 %. The foils are made by solidification of a melt on a cooling surface at a rate of at least 105 {C/s. The foils are used to join heat exchanger, exhaust gas recirculation cooler and oil cooler components and can be used with components made of austenitic stainless steel, nickel alloys and chromium alloys.
Patent GB-2448270-A (GB)
Title: Circuit board and radiating heat system for circuit board
Inventor: LEE KI-GEON
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2007-02-07
Abstract: A circuit board and a heat radiating system of the circuit board. In the circuit board, a plurality of conductive layer regions coated with a conductor are separately formed on both sides of an insulating substrate, the conductive layer region formed on either side of an insulating region on each of the both sides of the insulating substrate, the plurality of the conductive layer regions includes a plurality of through holes which penetrate through the insulating substrate and are coated with a conductor over an inner wall, the conductor in the through hole electrically conducts the coated conductor of the plurality of the conductive layer regions, one of the lead pins is connected to one of the separated conductive layer regions on the both sides based on the insulating region, and the other lead pin is connected to the other conductive layer region. Accordingly, the efficient heat radiation of the circuit board can prevent the component malfunction, the lifespan reduction, the power consumption increase, and the illuminance drop.
Patent GB-2454091-A (GB)
Title: An articulated arm awning with vertical awning and attachable stand
Inventor: WESSELS BERNHARD
IPC: E04F10/02
Filed: 2008-10-23
Abstract: An awning 10 comprising two extendable articulated arms 12 with a drop profile 16 arranged on the free outer ends, where the drop profile is provided with a vertical awning that can be extended downwards which also has a drop profile 3 provided at its lower end and where the lower drop profile can be inserted into a base with a U-profile 1. The U-profile may be a horizontal or vertical rail with an introduction funnel but preferably it is a vertical rail that is mounted on a stand 4 about a horizontal pivot pin 7 that has a resetting device to return it to the pivoted-out state. The stand may include a base plate 6 and a vertical strut 5 that has a lengthened upper end with a locking device to secure a side awning to it. The vertical strut may also be lengthened enough to allow the articulated arm drop profile to fit within a recess at the top of the strut, where the recess has a guide funnel. The vertical struts may have devices such as radiators, lights, loudspeakers etc attached.
Patent GB-2458355-A (GB)
Title: Chemical heat pad for insect trap
Inventor: SMITH COLIN
IPC: A01M1/02
Filed: 2008-10-27
Abstract: A chemical heat pad 12 for an insect trap 10. The pad comprises an air tight protective packaging surrounding a chemical heat pad. The chemical heat pad comprises a semi-permeable membrane which is filled with chemicals, which on activation by oxygen, following the removal of the protective packaging cause both, heat, including infrared heat, and water vapour to be generated. The pad will, over at least an 8 hour operating span, maintain a pad surface temperature at between 40 {C and 20 {C and a relative humidity at least 10% higher than the prevailing humidity. The pad is used within an insect trap to mimic the characteristics of mammalian bodies and is used in particular to attract bed bugs. The pad may contain iron powder, activated carbon, sodium chloride and a bound source of water.
Patent GB-2467139-A (GB)
Title: Needle Holder
Inventor: BRABRAND KNUT
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 2009-01-22
Abstract: A needle holder for use in an image guided intervention procedure comprises a clip 3 for holding a needle 6 and a guide arrangement 2, 5 for supporting the clip 3 and directing the needle 6 at a desired angle relative to the patient's body. The holder also comprises a base 1 which is placed on a body surface. The clip 3 includes a releasable connection which allows the needle 6 to be disengaged from the guide arrangement 2,_5 by a lateral movement of the clip 3 or the guide arrangement 2, 5 relative to the longitudinal axis of the needle. There may be at least two connectors, with one connector using longitudinal movement and the second using lateral movement. Preferably the first connector comprises a ridge or slot and engages a corresponding ridge or slot on a rail portion of the guide arrangement. The second connector engages the needle, where the needle is received in a channel. The first connector may have a channel which intersects with a channel from the second connector, forming a recess for the needle. This allows the needle to be moved even when the first connector is fixed into place on the guide arrangement. The clip may be connectable to the needle and guide arrangement in two orientations.
Patent GB-2461621-A (GB)
Title: Support frame construction
Inventor: BROBST THOMAS J
IPC: B65G21/02
Filed: 2009-07-01
Abstract: A support frame features slotted 120 bars 102,104,106, brackets 128,130,136,138 and fastening members 110. Each fastening member 110 being capable of being accommodated, at one end, in the slot 120 of a bar 102. In this manner a frame which is not reliant upon the manual lining up of holes on different bars to be bolted together, can be quickly and easily assembled. This quick installation mounting structure is used for barcode scanning tunnels or conveyor systems (Fig. 1.).
Patent GB-2472379-A (GB)
Title: Topical cosmetic formulation comprising MSM, a vitamin and a carbohydrate
Inventor: CLEEVE GEORGINA
IPC: A61K8/46
Filed: 2009-07-15
Abstract: A topical cosmetic formulation comprising methylsulfonylmethane, a vitamin selected from vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin B3, a carbohydrate selected froth biolin, sodium hyaluronate, ribose and FucogelRTM, and a cosmetically-acceptable excipient. Preferred formulations further comprise a proteinaceous compound such as ozone stressed yeast lysate; zinc-glycine complex; or cytokine mimetic milk peptide and optionally a Beauty Active such as Swiss Apple cells; Immortelle Bleue Extract; Galactoarabinan; Arnica; Laminaria; or Butterbur. Further embodiments include methods of enhancing the appearance of skin by oral administration of methylsulfonylmethane concurrently with the use of such a topical formulation.
Patent GB-2458618-A (GB)
Title: Measurements of rock parameters
Inventor: HANSEN BRIKT RATHOUR
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 2008-02-04
Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus to measure physical parameters such as density and porosity of the rock matrix in a near wellbore area. This is achieved by a borehole tool comprising a number of transducer elements in a transducer array placed at an outermost surface of the borehole tool and capable of emitting focused beams of high frequency ultra-sound into the rock matrix in the near wellbore area. The transducer array may be placed on the ribs or stabilizers of the borehole tool, and/or on a sleeve with a lower rotational speed, and may comprise a fronting material with similar acoustic impedance as the rock matrix. The invention further relates to a method for measuring physical parameters of the rock matrix in a near wellbore area where a focused beam of high frequency ultrasound is emitted into the rock matrix in the near wellbore area from one or more transducer arrays placed on a borehole tool. The beam is given a focal point position, frequency, and amplitude, and the amplitude of the reflected signal and the time of the largest amplitude in the reflected signal are measured. The density of the rock matrix is then determined using the laws of reflection and/or a number of 2D and/or 3D pictures of the forma-tion are generated based on which the porosity of the rock matrix is determined.
Patent GB-2473272-A (GB)
Title: Bedcover with thin film Peltier device temperature control
Inventor: BIDDELL MIKE
IPC: A47C21/04
Filed: 2009-09-08
Abstract: A bedcover or blanket 1, composed of a "solid state" fabric created from an insulating layer sandwiched between two layers of a thermally conducting fabric, is fitted with an array of thin film Peltier devices 3, wired in parallel, which transfer heat across the insulating layer from one surface of the blanket to the other. A programmable control device 7 and thermostat 6 may be used to control the temperature of the interior as well as the operation of the devices, to minimise power consumption, and may comprise a control to allow the reversal of the DC polarity, changing from a cooling function to a warming function and vice versa. The blanket uses no moving parts, and operates by low voltage DC power, reducing the risks to the user, and increasing the efficiency of the heat transfer.
Patent GB-2473274-A (GB)
Title: Variable geometry turbine
Inventor: GARRETT STEPHEN
IPC: F01D17/14
Filed: 2009-09-08
Abstract: A variable geometry turbine comprises a turbine wheel 12 supported in a housing for rotation about a turbine axis. An exhaust gas inlet passageway 21 is defined between a shroud and a wall of a nozzle ring 23. The shroud is moveable in the axial direction to vary the size of the inlet passageway 21. The nozzle ring 23 has an array of vanes 26 that extends across the inlet passageway. 21 An array of openings is provided in the shroud for receipt of the array of vanes. The shroud is part of a substantially annular axially moveable sleeve 25 that is slidably disposed on an annular supporting wall 33. At least one biasing member, such as a piston ring (50, fig.2), is disposed between the moveable sleeve and the support and is designed to apply circumferentially distributed force in the radial direction so as to maintain concentric alignment of the supporting wall and the sleeve. The turbine may form part of a turbocharger.
Patent GB-2463372-A (GB)
Title: Method for laying network cable within a pre-existing pipe.
Inventor: THOMAS ELFED
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2009-09-11
Abstract: A building 1 is situated in the vicinity of a public roadway 2 along which is laid a trunk cable 4. An individual property water supply pipe (6, figure 2) branches off the water main to enter the building 1. A water supply pipe (6) is provided at the time of construction of the building 1 and is an underground pipe. It is conventional to provide a dedicated (and usually underground) conduit for a branch cable. This can however be expensive and disruptive. In the present invention the branch network cable is laid along water supply pipe (6). This allows the cable to cross between the trunk cable 4 and the building 1 with minimal disturbance of the ground there between and avoids the need to dig a trench. This is achieved by introducing cable to pipe (6) by use of a suitable Y-junction at location (10a) and removing the cable from the pipe (6) by use of a second such Y-junction at location (10b). The Y-junction has open ended legs attached to either aperture made in the original pipe with the remaining leg closed having a cable passage provided.
Patent GB-2460205-A (GB)
Title: Movable furniture
Inventor: HANKINSON CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A47B23/04
Filed: 2008-04-02
Abstract: An aircraft seat cubicle (1) has a seat (2) convertible to a bed, a foot rest or ottoman (3), a table (4) and a light (6), each movable lengthways L of the cubicle. The table has a leg (41), with a wheel (42) for support of one side of the table off the floor (7) of the cubicle. On the other side, the cubicle has a shelf (9) with a track (43) for support of this side of the table set inside a side panel (10) at a slot (11). The track has a rail (44) mounted on a support angle (45). The table has a tongue (46), which extends into the slot to the track, with a bearing extrusion (47) of low friction material engaged on the rail. It has a drive connection flange (48) fixed on its side away the slot. The flange has a depending lug (49). At the end of the support angle remote from the seat, a free running pulley (50) is provided with its top in line with the lug. At the opposite end of the support angle, a further pulley (51) is provided with a reduction drive motor (52). The motor is connected to a controller and is operated by a user via a control panel (11). A drive cable (53) passes around the two pulleys and is attached to the lug (49). The table can be driven towards or away from the seat. When the motor is stopped, the reduction gearing associated with the motor keeps the table in position. However, a tension spring (54) is connected in line with the cable at the lug (49), between the lug and the motor pulley (51). This arrangement is such that pushing of the table away from the seat stretches the spring, with concomitant relaxing of the tension in the run of the cable to the other pulley (50) and back to the return side of the pulley (51). This relaxation releases the capstan effect on the cable, with the result that the cable can slip on the pulley. Thus the table can be pushed away from the seat.
Patent GB-2464186-A (GB)
Title: Telecommunications patching system with vertically-oriented patching modules
Inventor: KEITH SCOTT MARTIN
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2009-10-01
Abstract: A telecommunications patching system comprises a carrier (22, Fig. 1) having a horizontally disposed member 23 with longitudinal slots 28. The system also comprises at least one patching module 30 comprising a generally vertically disposed main panel 32, a plurality of connectors 36 mounted on the main panel 32, the connectors 36 configured to receive and interconnect patch cords 54, and a guide member 46 connected with the main panel 32 and received in one of the longitudinal slots 28 of the carrier. The module 30 is slidable relative to the carrier 22 along a path defined by the slot 28 between an access position in which a front portion 42 of the main panel 32 slides forward so that the plurality of connectors 36 are accessible to a technician, and a non-access position, in which the plurality of connectors are not accessible to a technician. The horizontally disposed member 23 may be located above the patching module 30 such that the patching module 30 is suspended from the horizontally disposed member 23.
Patent GB-2462949-A (GB)
Title: System and method for monitoring and controlling production from wells
Inventor: THIGPEN BRIAN L
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2008-04-18
Abstract: A system and method for obtaining enhanced production from a well is provided. The system includes a processor (150) that processes instructions contained in a computer program, which includes instructions to monitor actual flow rate of the fluid from each production zone (52a, 526) of a well over a time period corresponding to a first setting of the flow control devices and to employ a nodal analysis on a plurality of inputs from downhole sensor measurements, surface sensor measurements, one or more current positions of the devices to determine one or more new settings that will provide enhanced production from the well.
Patent GB-2461677-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing audio-visual programming with alternative content
Inventor: SCHWARTZ RICHARD T
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2008-05-02
Abstract: A system for presenting audio-video programming with alternative content comprises a first input port for receiving a first signal containing at least one audio- video program, the at least one audio-video program having at least one default component associated therewith and a second input port for receiving a selected alternative content stream, the selected alternative content stream selected from a plurality of available alternative content streams. The system further comprises a first output port for transmitting a modified audio-video program to an output device, and at least one controller in communication with the first input port, the second input port and the first output port. The at least one controller is operative to (i) synchronize the at least one audio-video program and the selected alternative content stream to form the modified audio-video program and (ii) transmit the modified audio-video program via the first output port.
Patent GB-2475845-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for measuring the elongation of a chain
Inventor: LOSANO FIORELLO
IPC: G01M13/02
Filed: 2009-12-01
Abstract: A method for measuring the elongation of a chain 11 belonging to a chain gearing 10 of a vehicle, wherein the chain transmission comprises at least: a first rotating shaft 13 having first reference means 130 placed on it, first stationary means 150 for cooperating with the first reference means 130 when the latter is in a predetermined angular position. A second rotating shaft 12 includes second reference means 120 placed on it, and second stationary means 140 for cooperating with the second reference means 120, when the latter is in a predetermined angular position; wherein the chain 11 is provided for connecting the first and second rotating shafts 13, 12, so that the first reference means 130 is expected to be in a given angular position when the second reference means 120 is in the angular position in which they cooperate with the second stationary means 140. The method comprises the operational steps of: determining the actual angular position of the first reference means 130 when the second reference means 120 is in the angular position in which they cooperate with the second stationary means 140; determining the deviation between the actual angular position and the expected one; and calculating the chain elongation as a function of the deviation between the actual position with the expected position.
Patent GB-199529-A (GB)
Title: A mechanical signalling bell
IPC: G10K1/34
Filed: 1922-04-08
Abstract: 199,529. Williams, E. April 8, 1922. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bell-operating mechanism, mechanical.-A bell for mines, quarries and the like is operated by mechanism comprising a bell-crank lever to the arm A of which is attached a pull wire, while the other arm engages the cam-shaped end E of the striker.
Patent GB-450569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the reinforcement of asbestos cement or similar sheets
IPC: B28B1/42
Filed: 1935-03-30
Abstract: 450,569. Asbestos - cement sheets. UNIVERSAL ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., Handcraft Works, Tolpits, Watford, Hertfordshire, and HURDEN, E., The Gables, Harefield, Middlesex. March 30, 1935, No. 10017. [Class 87 (i)] [See also Group V] Asbestos-cement or similar sheets are reinforced by feeding threads, wires J, or strips along with the material D on to the usual making-roll F of an asbestos-cement or millboard machine, so that the threads &c. lie between every two adjacent laminations of the material. The threads &c. may be straight and parallel, or they may be reciprocated so that they are put into the material in wavy lines.
Patent GB-916160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to frequency discriminator circuits
Inventor: DOUGHARTY WALTER
IPC: H03D3/08
Filed: 1958-03-29
Abstract: 916,160. Frequency discriminators. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. April 29, 1959 [March 29, 1958], No. 10163/58. Class 40 (5). A frequency discriminator of linear output about the centre frequency comprises a pair of off-tuned circuits 4, 5 with symmetrical frequency response outputs which are rectified and differentially combined, and each offtuned circuit comprises two tuned circuits of equal tuning and bandwidth inductively, but less than critically, coupled. The tuned circuits may be damped by shunt resistors 14. In modifications the tuned circuits are coupled by inductances 13 forming a T or a #-network. Also, each off-tuned branch may be fed in parallel from a single amplifier.
Patent GB-928095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in domestic fire grates
Inventor: WARREN ARTHUR WYATT
IPC: F24B13/02
Filed: 1961-03-21
Abstract: 928,095. Fire grates. RYLAND (MANCHESTER) Ltd. April 3, 1962 [March 21, 1961], No. 10187/61. Class 126. In a night-burning fire grate fire bars B are supported at their front ends on studs or pins b projecting from the side cheeks of the grate and at their rear ends on a leg or legs b<SP>3</SP> adjustable in height so that the rear surface of the grate may be aligned to lay substantially flush with a back flue a whilst the grate front A is provided below the level of the fire bars with an air flow controlling closure formed by a plate C pivoted horizontally along its upper edge and provided with notched brackets at each end to engage stops a<SP>2</SP> on the grate front. The grate front is also provided with a plate D with side flanges, said plate resting on top of a fret portion C<SP>1</SP> and being located thereon by vertical pins d<SP>2</SP> on the fret. The plate may be mounted so that it either rests approximately vertically on the fret to restrict the air entering the front of the grate as desired for night-burning conditions or may be mounted horizontally for daytime turning being located by the pins projecting from the fret in both cases. In its horizontal position the plate D serves as a trivet.
Patent GB-313248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electric lighting, heating or power systems
IPC: H02J7/04
Filed: 1928-04-04
Abstract: 313,248. Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., and Sanderson, E. R. April 4, 1928. Drawings to Specification. Supplying consuming devices; charging batteries.-An emergency battery is automatically switched into and out of use on a supply system, or on an emergency circuit, for lighting, heating or power, and means are provided for charging the battery at high and trickle rates from the normal supply or through a rectifier. The high rate charging means may be automatically disconnected according to the state of charge, as by a single revolution ampere hour meter or a constant voltmeter, and the emergency circuit may be similarly rendered inoperative when the battery is fully discharged. Means may be incorporated whereby the battery is charged in two parallel sections discharged in series. A time switch may be employed to open the emergency circuit when an electric supply is unnecessary. The battery may be arranged to discharge at a voltage lower than the normal supply, giving a reduced but sufficient illumination.
Patent GB-143693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to sparking plugs
IPC: H01T13/16
Filed: 1919-04-24
Abstract: 143,693. Griesbach, H. Singleton-. April 24, 1919. Sparking-plugs.-The insulation C, which is exposed to the atmosphere as far as possible. is retained by a slotted screwed cap B allowing access of air to the ribbed outer portion F of the body of the plug. Marks are provided on the casing and insulation to indicate the relative positions of the sparking-terminals.