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Patent GB-2500183-A (GB)
Title: An Oil Fuel Supply Management System
Inventor: FINNEGAN BARRY
IPC: F23K5/02
Filed: 2012-03-12
Abstract: A fuel supply system 1 has a tank 2, a boiler 5, and a fuel supply pipe from the tank to the boiler with an installed flow meter 4. The system further includes a controller 6 which has an associated processor, a communication interface to the flow meter, means for uploading/downloading data to/from a server 7 and a user interface (30 fig 5). In use, the server receives data uploads from the controller and manages user accounts according to payments made and fuel usage data, and downloads commands to the controller. The controller monitors fuel usage according to the flow meter, uploads fuel usage data to the server and controls the boiler according to server download commands. The system may also include a tank fuel level sensor 3, and the controller or the server may receive fuel level data from the sensor. This allows comparison of fuel level and fuel usage data, for example during boiler operation and/or fuel delivery, from which alert/alarm conditions may be triggered.
Patent GB-2500664-A (GB)
Title: Liquid purification using ultrasound and electromagnetic radiation
Inventor: DELVES JAMES EDWARD
IPC: A61L2/025
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: A liquid purification device (A) comprises a chamber 10 for forming a vortex in a liquid, wherein the chamber comprises a wall. The wall comprises a filter 5. The device also comprises an electromagnetic radiation source and an ultrasonic source 4. The device is configured to remove pathogens from a liquid. Preferably, the device also comprises an electro-coagulation reactor. The filter may comprise a twill weaved wire mesh. An ultraviolet bulb or microwave generator can be utilised as the electromagnetic radiation source, which may be contained within a quartz tube 3 that is housed within the chamber. Suitably, the ultrasonic source is located so that liquid that has passed through the filter is exposed to ultrasound and located so that pathogens and/or particulate matter are/is displaced from the inner surface of the filter. In another aspect, a method of purifying liquid comprises the steps of applying electromagnetic radiation to the liquid, directing the liquid to flow around an electromagnetic source, exposing the liquid to silver, filtering the liquid using a filtration screen and applying ultrasound to the liquid. The device can be used in a variety of processes, e.g. to separate radioactive matter from nuclear waste.
Patent GB-2501712-A (GB)
Title: Fluid line connector
Inventor: FRY JAMES
IPC: B67D7/02
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: A fluid line connector 1 comprising a first part 2 and a second part 3 which are releasably connectable together. The first part comprises an outlet 4 controlled by a first stop valve 5 moveable between a closed position (fig.2) and an open position (fig.1), in which a first spring means (6, Fig.1) biases the first stop valve into said closed position. The first stop valve comprises a first operative surface 7 proud of said outlet, depression of which moves said first stop valve into said open position. The second part comprises an inlet 8 controlled by a second stop valve 9 moveable between a closed position (fig.2) and an open position (fig.1), in which a second spring means 10 biases the second stop valve into said closed position. The second stop valve comprises a second operative surface 11 proud of said inlet, depression of which moves said second stop valve into said open position. The first part and the second part comprise first 14 and second 13 portions respectively of a releasable connection means, the engagement of which forces both operative surfaces to act against each other such that they move to said open positions.
Patent GB-2494739-A (GB)
Title: Trench isolation structure
Inventor: VEGA REINALDO ARIEL
IPC: H01L21/762
Filed: 2012-06-13
Abstract: A trench isolation structure and method of forming the trench isolation structure and a MOSFET based thereon are disclosed. The method includes forming a generally T-shaped shallow trench isolation (STI) structure 35 having an overhang 34 and forming a gate stack 38. The method further includes forming source and drain recesses 40, which may be faceted recesses 40a, 40b, adjacent to the STI structure and the gate stack. The source and drain recesses are separated from the STI structure in the region under the overhang by substrate material 12a. Epitaxial source and drain regions 42 associated with the gate stack are formed by filling the source and drain recesses with stressor material, the substrate material 12a between the recesses and the STI structure acting as a seed layer for the stressor material.
Patent GB-2493440-A (GB)
Title: Utility meters configured to execute multiple collection agents for multiple utility suppliers
Inventor: HANLEY JAMES PATRICK
IPC: G01D4/00
Filed: 2012-07-27
Abstract: Utility meters (105) configured to execute multiple collection agents (138a-n) are provided. In this regard, communication may be facilitated with a plurality of utility providers. A utility meter (105) that includes one or more computer processors (120) may be configured to execute a first software agent (138a) configured to collect utility usage data on behalf of a first utility provider. Additionally, the utility meter (105) may be configured to execute a second software agent (138b) concurrently with the first software agent (138a). The second software agent (138b) may be configured to collect utility usage data on behalf of a second utility provider. The meter may be an electricity meter communicating with more than one energy provider over an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network.
Patent GB-2505673-A (GB)
Title: Expandable building assembly comprising outwardly moving walls.
Inventor: MARTYN DAVID
IPC: E04B1/34
Filed: 2012-09-06
Abstract: The expandable building assembly 2 comprises: a floor assembly; a roof and wall between the roof and the floor. The wall 80 comprises a member configured to pivotally rotate about an axis perpendicular to the floor between a retracted and extended configuration. In the extended configuration the member extends to define an angle between it and the edge of the floor, further expansion walls may be nested within the first expansion wall. Also claimed is a building assembly incorporating an expandable roof assembly by raising edges of the roof assembly. Also claimed is an assembly which moves from a retracted to extended configuration and all of the components movements being powered by a single source of potential energy. Also claimed is a building where expansion of a second component is powered by expansion of a first component. Also claimed is a building where components move sequentially. Also claimed is a system for deploying a load from a surface comprising leg assemblies.
Patent GB-2506173-A (GB)
Title: Strengthening the membrane of a MEMS device at its periphery
Inventor: HOEKSTRA TSJERK
IPC: B81B3/00
Filed: 2012-09-24
Abstract: The MEMS device, especially MEMS capacitive transducers e.g. a microphone, provides increased robustness and resilience to acoustic shock. The MEMS transducer 400 has at least one membrane layer 101 supported so as to define a flexible membrane. A strengthening layer 401 mechanically coupled to the membrane layer and is disposed around the majority of a peripheral area of the flexible membrane but does not extend over the whole flexible membrane. The strengthening layer 401, which in some embodiments may be formed from the same material as the membrane electrode 102 helps reduce stress in the membrane at locations that otherwise may be highly stressed in acoustic shock situations. The membrane may be supported over a substrate cavity and the strengthening layer may be provided in an area of the membrane that could make contact with the edge 202 of the substrate cavity (401a, fig 6).
Patent GB-2495390-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for enclosing bolt to be embedded in concrete
Inventor: O'GARA COLIN THOMAS
IPC: E04B1/41
Filed: 2012-10-01
Abstract: The apparatus 1 comprises two parts which move relative to each other into open and closed configurations. The apparatus is adapted to form housing suitable for enclosing an end of a bolt 110 when in the closed configuration whilst allowing the shank 120 of the bolt to extend outside the housing. Preferably the two parts are integrally hinged 11 and each comprises a notch that defines a single aperture when the two parts are closed and meet. Also claimed is a method of construction which comprises locating an apparatus which forms a housing around an end of a bolt and casting concrete around the apparatus, such that concrete is substantially prevented from entering the apparatus. The method may also include: locating a bolt relative to a washer plate and locating a sleeve around the bolt and locating a cover plate such that the shank of the bolt extends through an aperture of the cover plate. Also claimed is a housing enclosing the end of a bolt
Patent GB-2504785-A (GB)
Title: Paper shredder with thickness warning function
Inventor: Zhan jian-hua
IPC: B02C18/00
Filed: 2012-11-09
Abstract: A paper shredding apparatus (2,fig.4) has a casing (20,fig.4) an input tray 24, a shredding entrance 27, an upper cover 21, a pressing member 251 on the underside of the upper cover 21, a thickness detecting device 26, on the underside of the upper cover 21. The thickness detecting device 26 is triggered by the pressing member 251, to generate a warning signal, and possibly also cut power to a driving motor (31,fig.6), in the case that too great a thickness of paper is placed under the upper cover 21. The detecting device 26 may be such as a microswitch or light sensor. The warning signal may be delivered by a flashing light, sound, or text display.
Patent GB-2502416-A (GB)
Title: Pre-compressed seal with latch to expand seal at turbine operating temperature
Inventor: ZHENG XIAOQING
IPC: F01D11/00
Filed: 2013-03-22
Abstract: A turbine assembly includes a seal 200 between a first stationary component 102, and a second stationary component 104 positioned radially outside the first component 102. A first key feature 108 on the first stationary component 102 is configured to mate to a second key feature 110 on the second stationary component 104 and the seal assembly 200 is positioned in an axial recess in the second component 104. The seal assembly 200 includes a first e.g. V-shape member 202 and a second member 204 adjacent to the first member 202, the two members having different rates of thermal expansion. The seal assembly 200 includes a latch feature 206 which allows the seal assembly 200 to expand from a compressed state to an expanded sealing state when the seal assembly 200 is subject to an elevated temperature.
Patent GB-2513169-A (GB)
Title: A method for controlling interference cancellation
Inventor: ZHANG YUAN
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 2013-04-18
Abstract: This application is concerned with interference cancellation in an OFDM receiver affected by multi-cell interference. The claimed invention relates specifically to determining whether interference cancellation should be carried out. The receiver receives a signal containing a desired signal portion from a serving cell and an interfering signal portion from an adjacent cell. Pilot signals transmitted from the neighbouring cell may significantly interfere with data carrying resource elements of the desired signal. The receiver estimates the power in the desired signal portion and the power in the interfering signal portion, calculates the difference between the estimated and interfering power estimates and compares the difference with a threshold. Based on the result of the comparison a decision is made on whether to perform interference cancelation. In an embodiment, the power of the interference portion is estimated by generating a channel estimate from de-patterned pilot symbols, estimating pilot symbols on the basis of information relating to operating parameters of the neighboring cell and taking the product of the channel and pilot estimates. The invention may also involve estimating a bandwidth of the transmitter of the interference, or/and the number of antennas of the transmitter.
Patent GB-2514624-A (GB)
Title: Step/stair-climbing prams or like vehicles
Inventor: BRIGHT DAVID
IPC: B62B9/08
Filed: 2013-05-31
Abstract: A pram or like vehicle 10 of a kind having front and rear wheels that is adapted to carry a baby or child and to be pulled backwards up steps by a person walking with the vehicle, which comprises a wheel arrangement 12, 14 comprising two laterally spaced apart wheel devices, each device being rotary about an axis 18 and comprising at least three road wheels 20 spaced around the rotary axis, the vehicle comprising interconnecting means 16 interconnecting the two devices so that they may be moved laterally together or apart, the arrangement being located at the back of the vehicle and comprising said rear wheels and there being no such arrangement at the front of the vehicle, and where the interconnecting means is detachable from the remainder of the vehicle. Various braking mechanisms are also disclosed which may brake a wheel arrangement or an individual road wheel, and which may be automatically applied.
Patent GB-2503112-A (GB)
Title: Partial discharge sensor
Inventor: FUKASAWA TORU
IPC: G01R31/12
Filed: 2011-04-06
Abstract: The present invention obtains a partial discharge sensor which can be installed even in a small-diameter branch pipe (5) by configuring a top loading monopole antenna from a circular plate (6) and a circular column (7) and enabling the setting of a frequency band to be detected by adjusting the distance between the circular plate (6) and a structure (1).
Patent GB-2513425-A (GB)
Title: Linear transmission cylinder and driving motor thereof
Inventor: WU CHOU-HSIN
IPC: H02K7/06
Filed: 2013-06-19
Abstract: A linear transmission cylinder with a driving motor includes a case 1, and a stator 2 disposed inside the case 1 and a rotor 3 disposed inside the case 1. The case 1 includes a lower component 10 and an upper component 11. The lower component 10 includes a plurality of lower ribs 100 protruding from an internal wall thereof, a concave lower shaft seat 101 formed on a rear interior wall thereof and a lower shaft base 102 formed on a front interior wall thereof. The upper component 11 includes a plurality of upper ribs 110 protruding from an internal wall thereof, a concave upper shaft seat 111 formed on a rear interior wall thereof and an upper shaft base 112 formed on a front interior wall thereof. The lower ribs 100 and the upper ribs 110 abut an external wall of the stator 2, and the rotor 3 includes a rotary shaft 30 having a rear end supported inside the upper shaft seat 111 and the lower shaft seat 101 and a front end pivoted on the upper shaft base 112 and the lower shaft base 102.
Patent GB-2518854-A (GB)
Title: A nozzle head
Inventor: GRANT MELISSA
IPC: B05B11/00
Filed: 2013-10-02
Abstract: There is a nozzle head (100 figure 1) for a multi- compartment 1 fluid dispenser. The nozzle head comprises a displaceable nozzle arranged with a through-passage 7, for connection with plural independent fluid paths from plural independent fluid compartments. The displacement of the nozzle is in relation to at least two orthogonal directions. The nozzle may be displaced in both an axial and a rotary fashion with respect to the through passage 7. Also claimed is a dispenser using such a nozzle head.
Patent GB-2508961-A (GB)
Title: Speed limit indicating arrangement for attaching to a lamp post
Inventor: ROBINSON GERALD ROBERT
IPC: E01F9/011
Filed: 2013-10-11
Abstract: The arrangement comprises a tubular member 22 having an axial length and a slit 28 extending along the axial length to allow the arrangement to be attached to the lamp post or pole. The tubular member is preferably a sleeve designed to go around a post or pillar and is preferably made from resilient material. The ends of the tubular member may include a V shaped notch 32 at the ends of the slit. The arrangement may indicate the speed limit of a road through alpha numeric or non-alphanumeric ways. The tubular member may have a smaller diameter than the post it attaches to in order to provide a tight fit. Also claimed is a speed limit indicating system comprising a number of speed limit indicating arrangements spaced apart along a road.
Patent GB-2519157-A (GB)
Title: Robust data replication
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN PAUL
IPC: G06F11/20
Filed: 2013-10-14
Abstract: A data storage system and method for replicating data, eg. for the purposes of disaster recovery. A plurality of nodes (220) organised in groups (210), with one of the nodes acting as a coordinator node (220'), are configured to receive write requests from an external server (100) and to apply these write requests to a storage resource (230). The independent write requests are identified by a batch sequence number. Each node stores the write request in non-volatile memory with the coordinator node monitoring which batches are secured in their entirety in non-volatile memory. The coordinator node authorises all other nodes to sequentially replicate the write requests in their non-volatile memory to the storage resource for all writes up to the highest batch sequence number for which all writes have been secured in non-volatile memory. This allows for pipelining of batch replication as well as recovery from error situations without losing data consistency.
Patent GB-2504638-A (GB)
Title: Controller of an AC-DC converter for LED lighting
Inventor: SUH YOUNG SUK
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2012-04-02
Abstract: The present invention relates to a controller of an AC-DC converter, which controls LED lighting by using electricity between AC 100 V and AC 250 V used in a building or a home, and more particularly, to a controller of an AC-DC converter for LED lighting, which effectively controls the brightness of LED lighting.
Patent GB-2523550-A (GB)
Title: Water heater
Inventor: MCALPINE JAMES
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 2014-02-25
Abstract: An electrical water heater comprises an inlet 20, an outlet 17 and at least one heating tube 5 interposed between the inlet 20 and the outlet 17. The heating tube 5 comprises a tube of insulating material 11 provided with an electrical heating element. An outer water jacket 10 surrounds the heating tube 5 such that the water passes from the inlet 20, through the outer jacket 10, and through one or more heating tubes 5 to the outlet 17. The heating tube 5 may be ceramic or crystal glass with a film resistor on the tubes outer surface and contained in an outer tube 11. There may be a plurality of heating tubes 5 with the water passing through them sequentially via upper and lower manifolds (12, 13, Fig. 1). The device may comprise electronic switching means connected to an outlet water temperature sensor 15 and a water flow sensor (3a, Fig. 1) to turn off the heating element in the absence of flow.
Patent GB-2525376-A (GB)
Title: Scheduling in a communication network
Inventor: WENHAM STEVEN JAMES
IPC: H04W72/12
Filed: 2014-03-25
Abstract: Communication resources are allocated to terminals operating in a communication network comprising a plurality of cells. A macro-scheduler allocates 201, for the plurality of cells, the communication resources available to each cell between the terminals in that cell using a first scheduling algorithm. A micro-scheduler allocates 203 the communication resources available to one of the cells between the terminals in that cell using (i) the macro-scheduler's allocation of communication resources between those terminals and (ii) a second scheduling algorithm. The macro-scheduler may designate an allocation of communication resources to a terminal as mandatory or suggested such that the micro-scheduler always implements an allocation designated as mandatory and optionally implements an allocation designated as suggested. The implementation of a suggested allocation may be in dependence on the second scheduling algorithm and may not be implemented if the micro-scheduler determines that not implementing it is likely to increase performance across the one of the cells.
Patent GB-2529201-A (GB)
Title: Device and method
Inventor: BUCHBERGER HELMUT
IPC: A24F40/485
Filed: 2014-08-13
Abstract: An aerosol delivery device, or electronic cigarette, comprising an inlet 5, a flavouring reservoir 36 arranged to provide release of a flavourant to an air stream passing therethrough, an aerosol chamber 6 arranged to provide an aerosol to an air stream passing therethrough and an outlet 7, wherein the components are arranged in that order. The aerosol chamber may include an aerosol forming member 10, which can comprise a heating element arranged to generate a condensation aerosol. A switch may be incorporated to provide activation of the aerosol forming member. The flavouring material may be a compound which is insoluble in either water or glycerol. The flavour reservoir may be formed of tobacco, and may be in conductive thermal communication with the heating element of the aerosol generating member; as such it may be arranged around the aerosol chamber. The aerosol generating device may include a flow resistor located downstream of the inlet, but before the aerosol forming member, the flow resistor may be the flavour reservoir.
Patent GB-2521259-A (GB)
Title: Tracking device
Inventor: MILES RUSS
IPC: G05D1/04
Filed: 2014-10-14
Abstract: The devices comprises: a detector receiving scattered radiation indicative of the presence of an object 260; and a processor configured to calculate a positional relationship between the device and the object, receive an indication of a desired positional relation of the detector relative to the object, and generate an error signal 268 indicative of the positional relationship versus the desired positional relations so that the device is able to controlled to reduce the error signal 270. Wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the positional relationship by creating first and second images at first and second points in time, respectively, and then comparing the first 262 and second images 264 in order to calculate the positional relationship 266, also either the scattered radiation is from a radar and the first and second images are radar images, or the scattered radiation is from a LIDAR and the first and second images are LIDAR images. The first and second images can undergo scan-matching. A user may select a sub-region of the images to compare. This can be used to help prevent collisions between vessels and other vessel or stationary objects.
Patent GB-2526427-A (GB)
Title: Opthalmologic apparatus
Inventor: TANABE TAKAO
IPC: A61B3/12
Filed: 2015-04-08
Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a two-dimensional scanning optical system 20, a refractive optical system 30, and a concave mirror 40. The two-dimensional scanning optical system deflects light from a light source 11 in a first angle range. The refractive optical system deflects the light deflected by the two-dimensional scanning optical system in a second angle range that is wider than the first angle range. The concave mirror includes a reflective surface in at least part of the rotational symmetry surface and reflects the light emitted from the refractive optical system. The exit-side optical axis K of the refractive optical system substantially coincides with the rotational symmetry axis C of the rotational symmetry surface. The pupil location F1 in the refractive optical system and the exit focus of the concave mirror F2 are located at optically conjugate positions or in the vicinity of the positions. The exit focus is located at a subject's eye position. Also disclosed are preferable features including a fixation optical system 50 to project a fixation target on the subjects eye and possibly an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system 60. The concave mirror may be an ellipsoidal mirror and the concave mirror may have an adjustable surface.