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Patent GB-2433215-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mounted mixer
Inventor: ELLISON GEOFFREY KEVIN
IPC: B28C5/42
Filed: 2006-03-03
Abstract: A method of mixing a sealant or sealing material (such as bentonite clay) on site at a borehole (such as in a landfill site) to be used to seal a portion of the borehole (such as an upper portion of the annular space surrounding a tubular borehole lining tube or casing), comprises transporting to the borehole site a mixing container or vessel 7 mounted on a displacement arm of an excavator, digger or the like vehicle having a lifting or articulated arm, adding liquid (such as water) to the sealing material and mixing such together using a mixing device powered from the excavator or other vehicle (such as by means of the hydraulic system thereof) and then delivering, the mixed sealing material to the required space of the borehole using the vehicle (such as by pouring the sealing mixture from the mixing vessel with the aid of the vehicle's lifting arm or pumping such therefrom using suitable pump means powered from the excavator or other vehicle's power source or by directing such from a sluice in the bottom of the vessel). A further embodiment is directed at an apparatus in which sealing material may be mixed having a coupling which connects to the articulated arm of an excavator, digger or other vehicle. The mixing device is hydraulically driven by motor 16 via couplings to the hydraulic of the vehicle and includes a pouring lip 9 and internal graduated scale.
Patent GB-2439542-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for resealing test tubes with aluminium caps
Inventor: BONDIOLI MAURIZIO
IPC: B65B7/28
Filed: 2006-04-21
Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic machine designed to reseal test tubes 9 for clinical analyses with aluminium sealing tape housed in ready-to-use, cassette-type containers. The apparatus includes a sealing tape conveyance device or reel 1, a sealing tape cutting device such as a blade 7 adapted to form caps 20 from the sealing tape, a cap sealing device 11, which may beat the cap, and a cap forming device 12 to mold the cap around the outer surface of the test tube 9. A cassette may be provided to house the reel 1, and may be locked in place by locking teeth. The sealing tape may be a hot-melt lacquer coated aluminium.
Patent GB-2426627-A (GB)
Title: Display devices with light absorbing metal nanoparticle layers
Inventor: AZIZ HANY
IPC: G02F1/133
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: A display device 110, in particular an organic light emitting device (OLED), includes a light-absorbing layer 140 comprising metal nanoparticles within a matrix material, which helps reduce the reflection of ambient light. The metal nanoparticles may have various regular or irregular shapes with either two or three dimensional structures, and the average particle size lies between 2nm and 20nm, with a maximum particle size distribution +/-75%. The device includes an anode 120, a luminescent region 130 and a cathode 150. The light-absorbing layer may be in any of several positions within the device, including between the cathode and luminescent region, between the anode and luminescent region, within the cathode, within the luminescent region (fig 6), outside of one of the electrodes, or the cathode or the anode may alternatively serve as the light-absorbing layer (see fig 3). The layer may also have a multiple layer configuration (fig 7: 742, 744, 746). Suitable metals for the nanopartilces include those with a characteristic plasma frequency in the visible range, for example Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Ni, Cu and alloys thereof. The matrix material may be a polymeric, inorganic or organic material, and may be a metal containing compound.
Patent GB-2438882-A (GB)
Title: Assignment of a display order to images selected by a search engine
Inventor: WEST JAMES LEE
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2006-06-09
Abstract: A method is provided for assigning, to each of a plurality of images within different collections in a group of images selected by a search engine, a position within an order in which the images are to be displayed for viewing. The method comprises assigning an initial handicap value to each collection of images in the group, each collection comprising at least one image of a common origin; calculating a combined ranking score for each image in the group by combining the handicap value of the collection containing the image and a ranking value for the image; selecting, for display in the first position in the order, an image having an optimum combined ranking score relative to the combined ranking scores of the other images in the group; after such image selection step, adjusting the handicap value assigned to the collection from which the selected image has been taken so as to adjust the combined ranking score for each of the remaining images in said collection; and, after such handicap value adjustment step, selecting, for display in the next available position in the order, an image having an optimum combined ranking score relative to the combined ranking scores of the other images remaining in the group. This avoids too many similar looking images being presented in a set of search results and has the effect of spacing out images of the same supplier. This is of benefit to both customers and suppliers in that (i) customers can see images from a wide range of sources whilst any single supplier is prevented from dominating the results, and (ii) suppliers of reasonably equal ranking get a fair chance of having their images displayed in the results.
Patent GB-2427724-A (GB)
Title: High speed and low power mode multiprocessor system using multithreading processors
Inventor: MUNGER WILLIAM C
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2006-06-20
Abstract: A computer system has a number of physical processors 110, which can run a number of logical processors 210. The physical processors can be operated in a high power, high performance state or in a low power, low performance state. The system assigns highly used threads 202, 204 to logical processors on physical processors in the high performance state. In low power mode the system assigns little used threads 206 to logical processors on physical processors in the low power state and may execute the highly used threads on logical processors selected to minimise the number of physical processors operating in the high power state. In high power mode, the system runs highly used threads on logical processors running on different physical processors and may assign less used threads to any processor.
Patent GB-2430353-A (GB)
Title: Drive mechanism and slicing apparatus for food slicing machine
Inventor: BODEY TODD L
IPC: B26D1/48
Filed: 2006-08-11
Abstract: A food slicing machine 10 comprises a linear servo motor 30 mounted near the side of a carriage 20 to reciprocate a carriage holding food products, such as pepperoni sausage logs which can be dropped onto substrates such as pizza crusts or sandwich buns or plates, through a path that includes a slicing blade. It further comprises first horizontal support rollers 50, 52, 54 and 56 (figure 3) and vertical support rollers 40 and 42 on opposite sides of the carriage. The slicing apparatus 70 is a modular apparatus that can be mounted to and removed from slicing machines as a unit without the need for disassembly of the components of the slicing apparatus. An adjustment mechanism for the blade guide 84 uses two shafts 110,112 that extend from a bearing plate 80 into a finger 102 (figure 8) that is mounted to the blade guide. The lower shaft has a cam nut 111 that displaces the finger 102 (figure 6) about the upper shaft to bend the blade guide. There is also an adjustment mechanism for the idler pulley 94 of the band blade apparatus to adjust blade tension and tracking.
Patent GB-2442039-A (GB)
Title: Telecommunication Security Device
Inventor: HONDROYIANNIS NICHOLAS
IPC: H04M1/66
Filed: 2006-09-22
Abstract: A telecommunication security device 10 has a first input connectable to a first telecommunication device such as a modern capable of dialing up a telephone number. An output of the device is connected to a telecommunication line. The device comprises a switch 14 for enabling and disabling connection between the first input and output, and the switch is controlled by a processor 12 which compares a dialed signal representative of a dialed phone number with a predetermined dial signal. The processor controls the switch on the basis of the comparison. The present invention has a decoder 11 for decoding the signal received from a modem. A processor 12 is arranged to receive the decoded number from the decoder 11 and compare this number with a predetermined number stored in memory. A switching arrangement 14 is arranged to either enable or disable a call to be put through to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) as is in the normally closed position such that calls can be initiated. Only when a signal is received form the processor will a call be disconnected.
Patent GB-2436685-A (GB)
Title: Mesh fender for protecting an aircraft against foreign object damage
Inventor: GABRYS JONATHAN W
IPC: B64C25/34
Filed: 2006-10-19
Abstract: An aircraft 10 including an airframe 12 and landing gear 18 including a wheel 24 rotatably connected to the airframe e.g. via a strut 20. The landing gear further includes a fender 26 connected to the airframe adjacent and generally above the wheel wherein the fender comprises a mesh having a plurality of openings, providing a vented fender. The mesh may be made from orthogonally or diagonally intersecting elongate members or a honeycomb and may be made form stainless steel or steel and aluminium. Benefits of a mesh include: weight and drag reduction over a solid fender and easy wheel inspection. The fender may be used in an automotive vehicle.
Patent GB-2439564-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal lens and image display device including the same
Inventor: HONG HYUNG-KI
IPC: G02B30/28
Filed: 2006-12-05
Abstract: A liquid crystal lens (110) includes: a first substrate (120); a second substrate (130) disposed facing the first substrate (120) and separated from the first substrate by a predetermined distance; a first electrode (122) on an inner surface of the first substrate (120); a second electrode (132) on an inner surface of the second substrate (130), the second electrode (132) including a first opening that has a first width (d1); a third electrode (136) on the second electrode, the third electrode including a second opening that has a second width (d2); and a liquid crystal layer (140) disposed between the first (122) and third electrodes (136). The liquid crystal lens may be associated with a display device and used to switch between a 2D and a 3D display mode.
Patent GB-2432637-A (GB)
Title: A combination of an aircraft and a gas turbine engine
Inventor: PARRY ANTHONY BRIAN
IPC: F02C7/00
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: The gas turbine engine comprises an intake, and a low pressure compressor having rotor blades 42 and stator vanes 45. To balance the circumferentially varying back pressure from a pylon 46, with a circumferentially varying forward flow pressure from the intake, the stagger angles of the stator vanes at different circumferential positions are arranged to differ.
Patent GB-2434384-A (GB)
Title: A Building Flood Defence Barrier
Inventor: WILSON RICHARD
IPC: E04H9/14
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: A building flood defence barrier comprising a membrane having a first portion arranged to extend below ground level substantially around the perimeter of a building and a perimeter portion arranged, in use, to be deployed adjacent walls of the building, wherein the barrier also comprises one or more conduits passing through the membrane which are sealed to the membrane.
Patent GB-2445976-A (GB)
Title: Christmas light string with socket for connecting a further light string
Inventor: CHANG CHU-CHENG
IPC: F21S4/00
Filed: 2007-01-25
Abstract: A Christmas light string includes a plug 10, a power socket 31 on a first cord, a second cord extending from the plug and a plurality of lamps 60 electrically connected in series or parallel and mounted along the second cord. An adapter 50 provides the necessary voltage conversion for the lamps. Another Christmas light string can be plugged into branch socket 31, see figure 3. Hence, a number of Christmas light strings can be assembled together to form a lighting unit having an increased length.
Patent GB-2432178-A (GB)
Title: Hydroforming method and apparatus
Inventor: BRISCO DAVID PAUL
IPC: E21B29/10
Filed: 2007-02-28
Abstract: A hydroforming method and apparatus.
Patent GB-2437652-A (GB)
Title: Liner hanger tool with re-latchable cementing bushing
Inventor: REIMERT LARRY E
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2007-04-27
Abstract: A liner hanger assembly comprises a tool mandrel suspended on a running string, and a slip assembly for engaging a casing to support the liner hanger assembly and liner from the casing. A release assembly releases the set liner hanger from portions of the assembly to be retrieved to the surface. A cementing bushing or packoff bushing 130 is releasable and reinsertable into the liner, and includes a circumferential loading ring or C-ring 226 that occupies the majority of a circumferential groove 228 when in a loading position. The C-ring may be radially moveable for connecting the bushing body and the liner hanger. The device may further incorporate a slick joint and a plurality of buttons that a moveable radially outward to connect the bushing to the slick joint.
Patent GB-2449475-A (GB)
Title: A tool for holding and locating an isolator valve
Inventor: HILL RONALD PETER
IPC: B25B23/00
Filed: 2007-05-24
Abstract: A tool for locating and holding an isolator valve during fitting comprises a body with one end provided with a means to locate onto the isolator valve. The tool may have a partial circular section of a radius similar to that of the valve to be connected and a hole of similar diameter to the casing around the isolating screw to allow torque to be applied. The hole may be drilled at an angle to allow clearance around the main body when in use so that it can be held by hand.
Patent GB-2450507-A (GB)
Title: Method of calibrating an accelerometer based driving style monitor.
Inventor: KNIGHT IAN MELVYN
IPC: B60R16/023
Filed: 2007-06-27
Abstract: A driving style monitor that uses a tri-axual accelerometer and a microcontroller to determine if the motor vehicle is being driven economically. It notifies the driver by user adjustable visual and/or audible means. The system is intended to have a moderating effect on the driver's use of excess acceleration and as the sensitivity of a warning is adjustable and is intended to encourage an "eco-friendly" driving style. In an accelerometer based implementation of a driving style monitor, the axis of the accelerometer must be aligned with the axis of vehicle motion to be measured. Hence the unit needs to be designed to fit the target vehicle. A tri-axial accelerometer is calibrated via a short calibration drive/motion sequence. This allows the device to be installed by the general public.
Patent GB-2440239-A (GB)
Title: Method of computer-assisted assessment of seat design
Inventor: ZIOLEK SCOTT
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: A method of computer-assisted assessment of seat design is disclosed. The method being applicable to any type of seating, including but not limited to vehicle seating commonly employed in automobiles, watercraft, aircraft, etc. The method comprises overlaying a shaped data object relative to an architectural drawing in a computer assisted drawing (CAD) application in order to facilitate assessing component position and shape with desired structural boundaries. The shaped data object may comprise a seat pan conforming to, or exceeding the 'Oscar' performance requirements.
Patent GB-2458112-A (GB)
Title: Heat and Process Water Recovery System
Inventor: RENDALL MICHAEL
IPC: H01M8/06
Filed: 2008-03-03
Abstract: An integrated fuel processing and fuel cell system comprises a fuel processing device 2 for reforming a raw material fuel 3, having a reforming device 2 and a combustion unit 7 for generating the reaction heat for reforming the raw material fuel 3 and process water 42, an air intake from ambient for oxidant supply to the combustion unit 7 and to a cathode 8 of a fuel cell device 24 for generating electricity through an electrochemical reaction between the reformed fuel and the oxidant supply. In an embodiment, four heat exchangers are provided in series and a common media is circulated through the four heat exchangers to raise the temperature of the media higher than the operational temperature of the fuel cell device 24.
Patent GB-2444696-A (GB)
Title: Light weight lifting tool for subsea equipment
Inventor: MOGEDAL KNUT
IPC: B63B/
Filed: 2006-11-01
Abstract: A light weight lifting tool (10) for lowering and retrieving subsea equipment to and from the sea bed is disclosed. The equipment includes an upper coupling part in the form of a connector spool piece (15) having at least one circumferential ring groove (16) for use in making engagement with the lifting tool (10). The lifting tool (10) comprises a housing (1) designed to enclose and receive the connector spool piece (15). The lifting tool (10) further includes a number of latch segments (8) having at least one radially inwards directed projection (8) designed for engagement with said at least one ring groove (16), and an activating device (6) arranged to bring said latch segments (8) in and out of engagement with said at least one ring groove (16) by operation of the activating device (6).
Patent GB-2456844-A (GB)
Title: System and method for controlling combustion in a cremation furnace
Inventor: EGUCHI SHOJI
IPC: F23G1/00
Filed: 2008-07-01
Abstract: A system, and associated method, for controlling combustion in a cremation furnace. The system comprises a main combustion furnace 2, a recombustion furnace (7, fig.4A), an exhaust cooler (8, fig.2), a furnace exit damper (9, fig.2), an induced draft fan (12, fig.2), an exhaust stack (13, fig.2), furnace thermometers 31, (33, fig.11), an oxygen concentration meter (35, fig.8) and a smoke concentration meter (36, fig.8). The system includes a main combustion furnace temperature control for maximizing output of a main combustion burner 14 quickly while satisfying a condition that the smoke concentration is zero and the oxygen concentration is maintained to or above a predetermined value. An auxiliary control closes a main combustion furnace secondary air volume damper (37, fig.8) if the temperature of the main combustion furnace exceeds a target temperature range and opens the damper for a certain period of time if the furnace temperature falls within the target temperature range. In use, the system provides a means for performing a cremation easily, with fine combustion control to meet exhaust gas standards.
Patent GB-2463935-A (GB)
Title: An inductive assembly with a ribbon winding and an electrostatic screen and methods of its manufacture
Inventor: CROCKER TIMOTHY RICHARD
IPC: H01F27/28
Filed: 2008-10-01
Abstract: An inductive assembly and methods of forming such an assembly comprise winding together a conductive ribbon 30, an insulating tape 81 and at least one electrostatic screen 82, 83 and its associated insulation 84, 85. An electrostatic screen 82, 83 may be connected via one or more resistors to ground. A plurality of electrostatic screens 82, 83 may be used which are each connected to ground. The winding may be formed around a magnetic core of ferrite material. Further external electrostatic screening may be arranged to surround the wound ribbon coil. This screening may be in the form of a conductive bobbin arrangement and/or a conductive sheet extending around the outer circumference of the coil and where no complete conductive path is formed around the assembly. The wound ribbon coil and core may have a square, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or circular shaped cross-sectional area. The inductive assembly may be an inductor or a transformer which is suitable for use in high frequency switched mode power converters.
Patent GB-2464126-A (GB)
Title: Storage array including a local clock buffer with adjustable timing
Inventor: CARPENTER GARY DALE
IPC: G11C7/22
Filed: 2008-10-04
Abstract: A storage array is provided with a local clock buffer 18 which produces local clock signal LCLK and delayed local clock signal DELLCLK both with adjustable tunings based upon global clock signal GLK. The adjustment of the local clock signals is provided by control signal(s) ADJUST input into the array. The ADJUST control signal(s) comprise at least one, preferably three, value(s) for setting at least a timing of the local clock signal(s). The local clock buffer can independently adjust the pulse width of a local clock that controls the wordline and local bitline precharge pulses and the pulse width of a delayed clock that controls the global bitline precharge, evaluate and read data latching. The delay between the local clock and the delayed clock can also be adjusted. By varying the pulse widths of the local and delayed clock signal, along with the inter-clock delay, the timing margins of each cell in the array can be evaluated by reading and writing the cell with varying pulse width and clock delay. There is also provided a mechanism and method for evaluating circuit timing internal to the storage array by varying the control value(s) until a point of failure is reached. The resulting evaluation can be used to evaluate timing margin variation within a die, as well variation from die-to-die and under varying environments, e.g., voltage and temperature variation.
Patent GB-2454325-A (GB)
Title: A device for delivering a biomedical implant
Inventor: MISTRY VANISHA
IPC: A61B17/16
Filed: 2008-10-27
Abstract: An implant delivery device 10 comprises a barrel 20, a plunger 30, and an inner sleeve 130. The plunger 30 is adapted to fit into a central bore 55 of the inner sleeve 130 in a sliding relationship. The barrel 20 is adapted to contain an implant 100 and a volume of liquid 110. The barrel has a handle 60 at its proximal end 40, and has a distal end 50 through which the implant 100 can be discharged. In use depressing the plunger 30 exerts compression force on the liquid 110 which is transferred to the implant 100 which moves distally along the barrel 20 toward the distal end 50. Also disclosed is a process for preparing an implant, use of the delivery device, a process for discharging an implant from a barrel of a delivery device, and a method of implanting a biomedical implant into a patient.
Patent GB-2464739-A (GB)
Title: Corrugated skins for aircraft and methods of their manufacture
Inventor: POTTER KEVIN DAVID
IPC: B29C35/02
Filed: 2008-10-27
Abstract: A skin 13,14, for a morphing structure of an aircraft, comprises one or more corrugations. A corresponding method of manufacturing a skin for a morphing structure of an aircraft comprises shaping the skin to a desired form including one or more corrugations. A rod 11 may be provided in each of a plurality of corrugations and the rods 11 may be connected by connectors 12 which may be adjusted to vary the geometry of the structure. Alternatively morphing may be achieved by means of inflatable sacks disposed between corrugations. The skin may be formed by applying a resin impregnated fibre substrate to a rubber mould, placing the mould on an aluminium former and then curing the substrate. Alternatively, forming bars (eg. made of aluminium) may be sequentially introduced between folds in a resin impregnated fibre substrate prior to curing. Flap portions may be incorporated into the corrugated skin to provide a smooth surface.