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Patent GB-2366582-A (GB)
Title: Three-dimensional steering tool for controlled downhole extended-reach directional drilling
Inventor: MOORE N BRUCE
IPC: E21B23/08
Filed: 2000-04-14
Abstract: A steering tool (20) for extended-reach directional drilling in three dimensions comprises a mud pulse telemetry section (22), a rotary section (24), and a flex section (26) assembled as an integrated system in series along the length of the tool (20). The flex section (26) comprises a flexible drive shaft (120) and a deflection actuator for applying hydraulic pressure along the length of the shaft (120) for bending the shaft (120) when making inclination angle adjustments during steering. The rotary section (24) comprises a rotator housing coupled to the deflection housing for rotating the deflection housing for making azimuth angle adjustments during steering. The onboard mud pulse telemetry section (22) receives inclination and azimuth angle steering commands together with actual inclination and azimuth angle feedback signals during steering for use in controlling operation of the flex section (26) and rotary section (24) for steering the tool along a desired course. The steering tool (20) can change inclination and azimuth angles either simultaneously or incrementally while rotary drilling.
Patent GB-2376496-A (GB)
Title: Method for removing a thoroughfare marking
Inventor: BRIGGS PETER
IPC: E01C23/08
Filed: 2002-02-07
Abstract: The method, primarily for use with markings formed of thermoplastic materials on thoroughfares such as roads, parking lots, aircraft runways etc., is characterised in that keying elements 200c are introduced to the marking 206 to soften the marking and create a bond with the marking which is stronger that the bond between the marking and the thoroughfare. Alternatively, the keying element may be located between the marking and a hot pliable material 254 that is compatible with the marking so that the bond created by the pliable material and the keying element with the marking is stronger than the bond between the marking and the thoroughfare. The keying element is preferably pressed into the marking and may comprise a flexible foraminous material, a woven material, a coiled wire or a cable.
Patent GB-2377255-A (GB)
Title: Screw fed pump
Inventor: FOKENBERG KLEMENZ
IPC: F04C15/00
Filed: 2002-03-13
Abstract: An eccentric spiral (or mono) pump comprises a stator 1, a rotor 2, a drive shaft 3, a coupling rod 4 between the drive shaft 3 and the rotor 2, a pump housing 5 with a filling hopper 6, and a feed screw 8, which surrounds the coupling rod 4 and which passes through the filling region 7, for the material to be conveyed, with the feed screw 8 surrounding the coupling rod 4 as a hollow screw at a predetermined radial spacing A and being drivable independently of the rotor.
Patent GB-2387134-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing metal gutters
Inventor: WEARE ROLAND ANTHONY
IPC: E04D13/064
Filed: 2002-04-02
Abstract: A metal gutter (10a; 10b; 10a'; 10b') is formed from a spin-cast, hollow, cylindrical pipe (10'; 10, ), by parting the pipe along two lines (11, 12) that are mutually circumferentially spaced on the pipe (10'; 10, 110, ) and extend parallel to its longitudinal axis. The pipe (10'; 10, ) is parted using a plasma cutter head to cut the pipe along the lines (11, 12). A programmable support jig supports and positions the pipe (10'; 10, ) during the cutting operations.
Patent GB-2389354-A (GB)
Title: A tray construction
Inventor: JONES JEFF
IPC: B31B17/00
Filed: 2002-06-06
Abstract: A tray comprises a first base member 4, a second base member 5 and a wall member 6 including an upstanding portion and a flange 9 arranged inwardly thereof, wherein the flange 9 which comprises a series of spaced tabs 10, is disposed between the first and second base members 4,5 and adhesively joined thereto. The first and second base members 4,5 are preferably different sizes so that one of the base members 4,5 extends beyond the wall 6 to define a rim. The first and second base members 4,5 may also include apertures which preferably contain a transparent patch, thus forming windows 16. While a single tray may be used to package a product if an open-top container is required, two trays may be used to define the lid and base of a box. The method and apparatus for forming the tray are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2374542-A (GB)
Title: A training device
Inventor: VAN EEDEN CHRISTIAAN HIERONYMA
IPC: A63B69/34
Filed: 2000-08-11
Abstract: The invention provides a training device (10). The device (10) includes a tackling target having a three-dimensional body. The tackling target is supported in a rest position by support means from which position it is displaceable to a displaced position. The device has resistance means operatively associated with the target whereby displacement of the target from its rest position is resisted.
Patent GB-2378772-A (GB)
Title: Tonometer with improved viewing system
Inventor: MATTHEWS JAMES ROBERT ARNOLD
IPC: A61B3/16
Filed: 2002-08-13
Abstract: A puff tonometer in which the eyepiece (46) and objective lens form a simple telescope which is capable of presenting to the user an in-focus image of distant objects, as well as an image of light reflected by an eye (52) under test at close quarters when viewed through the eyepiece. A Pechan-Schmidt prism (48) may invert the image and presents to the user an image of the patient's eye which is correctly oriented and handed in a vertical and horizontal sense. The focal length of the eyepiece typically lies in the range 62-100mm, preferably 80mm.
Patent GB-2383808-A (GB)
Title: Wooden beam with curved web
Inventor: MCREADY ANDREW MICHAEL
IPC: E04C3/16
Filed: 2003-01-06
Abstract: A beam comprises a pair of parallel elongate wooden members 10, 11 connected by a curved web 12 which may be in the form of a sinusoidal wave and may be fabricated from plywood. The web is bonded into regularly spaced rebates in the opposed faces of the wooden members using glue. Service pipes and cables may be passed between the wooden members. Gusset plates (13, Fig 2) may be provided at the ends of the wooden members.
Patent GB-2398259-A (GB)
Title: Sander with platen having an adjustable profile
Inventor: BONE DANIEL
IPC: B24D15/04
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: A sander has a platen composed of a stack of members 3, an edge of each member 3 providing a surface on which a sheet of abrasive 15 is supported. The members 3 are slidable relative to the other members 3 in order to conform to the surface of a workpiece to be sanded. Attachment means 4 are provided on a plurality of the edges for removable attachment of a sheet of abrasive 15. These attachment means 4 may be of the hook and loop type, with the corresponding part 17 on the abrasive sheet 15. The members 3 are fixed in position by means of a clamp (5, Fig. 1). The apparatus may comprise biassing means such as springs (10, Fig. 2) for baising the members 3 towards a rest position. The edges of the abrasive sheet either terminate near the outermost members 3 or are secured to the housing 2 in which the stack of members 3 are received (Fig. 7B).
Patent GB-2380593-A (GB)
Title: Signage system
Inventor: DOBBINS MERVYN E
IPC: G09F15/00
Filed: 2001-05-29
Abstract: A signage system (10) for displaying a visual image. The signage system (10) comprises a support structure (11) such as a pole for installation at a display site. The support structure (11) is adapted to support display means (40) for presenting the visual image. The visual image displayed by the display means (40) is selectively changeable. The support structure (11) may also support a plurality of devices selected from a group comprising: signage; lighting apparatus; surveillance apparatus; communications apparatus; monitoring apparatus; and signalling apparatus.
Patent GB-2382073-A (GB)
Title: Kaolin products and their production
Inventor: JOHNS PHILIP KENNETH
IPC: C09C1/42
Filed: 2001-08-17
Abstract: A method of producing a kaolin particulate material suitable for use as improved SC filler includes the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous feed suspension of kaolin; (b) treating the kaolin of the feed suspension by attrition grinding in a grinding vessel using grinding media granules; (c) delivering an aqueous suspension of the kaolin ground in step (b) to a particle size classifier and separating the kaolin of the suspension into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction; (d) returning an aqueous suspension of the coarse fraction produced in step (c) to the grinding vessel to be further attrition ground; and (e) extracting an aqueous suspension of the fine fraction produced in step (c) as a product suspension; wherein the kaolin of the feed suspension in step (a) is such that not more than 30 % by weight has a particle size less than 2 m and not more than 30 % by weight has a particle size greater than 10 m and wherein the kaolin of the product suspension produced in step (e) is such that not more than 10 % by weight has a particle size greater than 10 m and not more than 10 % by weight has a particle size less than 0.25 m.
Patent GB-2387010-A (GB)
Title: Gaming device having related symbol selection game
Inventor: BAERLOCHER ANTHONY J
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: A reel type gaming device comprises a bonus game which involves the selection of a target symbol from one or more sets of selectable symbols. Upon making the first selection cues are given to help the player in the next selection. The target symbols may be in the form of a list of numbers, wherein the value of the target symbol relates to a prize awarded, and the cues may be "higher" or "lower" directions. The player is given a limited number of picks with which to locate the target symbol and consequently win a prize.
Patent GB-2386083-A (GB)
Title: Honeycomb body having a segmented sheathing tube
Inventor: BRUECK ROLF
IPC: B01D53/86
Filed: 2001-08-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a honeycomb body (1) held inside a housing (2), whereby the honeycomb body (1) has an axial (5) length (6) and is surrounded by segments (9) that are interspaced (8) in a circumferential direction (7). Each of the segments is joined to the housing (2) in at least one partial section (10) and to the honeycomb body (1) in at least one partial area (11) by using joining techniques, and the at least one partial section (10) and the at least one partial area (11) are axially (5) interspaced (30). The inventive honeycomb body that is held inside a housing can thermally expand in relation to the housing in a nearly unimpeded manner, whereby a long-lasting fixing of the honeycomb body is ensured inside the housing, in particular, inside the housing of an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine. The invention is particularly important for honeycomb bodies having a high channel density of 800 cpsi and sheet metal thicknesses of thinner than 0.025 mm.
Patent GB-2400371-A (GB)
Title: Metal flake pigment composition
Inventor: WHEELER IAN ROBERT
IPC: C09D11/02
Filed: 2003-04-04
Abstract: A process for producing a low volatility metal flake pigment composition comprises milling metal powder in a non-aqueous, non-hydrocarbon, low volatility milling fluid. The composition may further comprise additives such as lubricant and/or corrosion inhibitor e.g. fatty acid. After milling the composition may be concentrated to a metal pigment paste and further converted to a granule by the incorporation of an organic binder. Examples of the non-aqueous, non-hydrocarbon milling fluid include pentyl alcohol, tetrahydropyran, ethylene glycol and glycerol.
Patent GB-2405173-A (GB)
Title: Hand rail support bracket
Inventor: HARPER STANLEY E
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2003-05-07
Abstract: A hand rail support bracket is shaped to fit as a saddle on the top of a wall. Welded to the bracket is a support structure to accommodate the upright member of a hand rail or safety barrier. Alternatively the support structure welded to the bracket may be fixed so as to accommodate a horizontal scaffold rail.
Patent GB-2404305-A (GB)
Title: Security for mobile communications device
Inventor: ROBERTSON IAN M
IPC: H04M1/724
Filed: 2003-07-22
Abstract: A mobile communication device that contains a security feature whereby, if the device is lost, the information stored on the device is protected or deleted to stop unauthorised users gaining access to it. A security action is automatically activated (e.g. deleting, blocking or encrypting stored data) if a trigger condition is activated and no bypass user input is detected. The trigger condition can be, e.g. loss of network communication for a predetermined time, lack of keyboard activity, volume of data transfer etc. Examples of the bypass condition can be reestablishing communications with the network or entering a password. Entering of the bypass condition can be prompted by the device, or by the expectation that the user will recognise the trigger condition and enter the bypass condition unprompted.
Patent GB-2392036-A (GB)
Title: Sport analysis system and method
Inventor: MYLVAGANAM RAM
IPC: G06T7/20
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: A method and systems for obtaining data relating to the performance of a participant in a sporting event held on a playing surface. The method comprises the steps of determining the position of the participant on the playing surface at different times from an indication of the location of the participant in a calibrated video image of the playing surface captured at different times. Position data indicating the position of the participant at different times is stored.
Patent GB-2392282-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for upgrading managed application state for a java based application
Inventor: SHARMA RAHUL
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: An invention is disclosed for performing online upgrades of applications, including the managed application state, without disrupting the functionality of the application during the upgrade process. A Java module is executed on a server, where the Java module includes at least one original entity bean and at least one original state object in communication with the original entity bean. The original state object stores a state of the original entity bean. Then, an upgraded state object stores object is generated and the state stored in the original state object is transferred to the upgraded state object. In this manner, state management for the original entity bean can be provided using the upgraded state object.
Patent GB-2394357-A (GB)
Title: Thin-channel electrospray emitter
Inventor: VAN BERKEL GARY J
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2002-07-19
Abstract: An electrospray device having an inlet (115), a high voltage electrode chamber (110), and a planar electrode (102) where a fluid is passed over the planar electrode to impart a charge to the fluid for the creation of charged droplets.
Patent GB-2411121-A (GB)
Title: Portable ventilating apparatus
Inventor: FENTON PAUL
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 2004-02-19
Abstract: Portable mechanical ventilating apparatus comprising a hollow, flexible dome 2 mounted on a base 3 forming a gastight chamber for containment of breathable gas which is manually compressible to expel the gas into a patient's lungs. Preferably a flexible bellows 4 is mounted on the base 3 inside the dome 2 forming one cavity 5 within the bellows 4 and another cavity between the bellows 4 and dome 2. The bellows 4 may move independently from the dome 2 and may contain a recoil device 6, preferably in the form of a spring to return it to the extended position. The bellows 4 and spring 6 may also be depressed by a pressurised driving gas 10 entering the cavity between the bellows 4 and dome 2. The dome 2 may be transparent and may include a handle for manual compression and a shoulder strap.
Patent GB-2412469-A (GB)
Title: Mobile Data Processing Handsets
Inventor: NEWMAN YONA
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2004-03-26
Abstract: A handset, e.g. a barcode scanner, for data entry and communication includes a body having user operable control buttons on a front face thereof and is adapted to allow a user to hold the handset by hand, wherein the body has a hole extending through the body and at least one function button is located on the front face adjacent to the hole whereby when the body is held by a hand of a user the function button is operable by the user's finger or thumb of that hand extending through the hole. The handset may include, attached to the body, a handle which is adapted to be held by the hand of a user whilst a finger or thumb of a user is extendible through the hole to contact the function button. The handle may be pivotable.
Patent GB-2413005-A (GB)
Title: UV light source
Inventor: LITTLE RICHARD
IPC: H01J7/46
Filed: 2004-04-07
Abstract: A UV generator comprising a longitudinally extensive inner element 4, an outer conductor 6 arranged around the inner element 4 and one or more electrodeless UV bulbs 2 arranged generally radially around the inner element 4 and within the outer conductor 6. The inner element 4 and the outer conductor 6 being arranged for direct coupling to a microwave source 10 such as a magnetron and the outer conductor being further arranged to be transmissive to UV light. This UV generator is particularly suitable for submerged use in water purification.
Patent GB-2404025-A (GB)
Title: Removing ghosts and multiples in dual sensor marine seismic data
Inventor: VAAGE SVEIN TORLEIF
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2004-06-15
Abstract: A method for deghosting or attenuating water surface multiples in marine seismic data comprises actuating a seismic source at a plurality of positions in a body of water, measuring parameters related to pressure and parameters related to vertical particle motion (eg velocity, acceleration) at a plurality of sensors pairs on a towed streamer or ocean bottom cable (OBC), decomposing the measurements into up-going and down-going components in the spatial frequency domain and determining a multiple-free wavefield from the decomposed components.
Patent GB-2413327-A (GB)
Title: Fusion proteins comprising E. coli antigens
Inventor: PYO SUHK-NEUNG
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2004-08-05
Abstract: A recombinant DNA which is prepared by linking a gene encoding an antigenic determinant of Escherichia coli to a CTXA2B (cholera toxin) gene of Vibrio cholerae. Also a recombinant DNA prepared by linking an antigenic determinant of Escherichia coli to a LTXA2B (heat labile enterotoxin) of E. coli. The CTXA2B domain is non-toxic and preferably the antigenic determinant is the FimH adhesin. The CTXA2B and LTXA2B moieties of the chimaeric proteins serve as adjuvants stimulating a mucosal immune response. The recombinant DNA's may be present in expression vector plasmids eg pMAL-p2E, used to transform host cells and produce fusion proteins which may be used as vaccines against uropathogenic E. coli in the treatment of urinary tract infections.
Patent GB-2419424-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for estimating the amount of supercharging in a formation
Inventor: HAMMOND PAUL S
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2004-10-22
Abstract: A method is provided for estimating the amount of supercharging in a formation penetrated by a wellbore. According to the method, pressure fluctuation measurements are obtained at a position in the formation accessible from the well bore and at an adjacent position in the wellbore, and a model is provided which relates variations in pressure with time at these positions to one or more adjustable parameters from which the amount of supercharging can be estimated. The or each parameter is then adjusted to optimise the fit between the pressure variations predicted by the model and the measured pressure fluctuations, and the amount of supercharging is estimated from the adjusted parameter(s).
Patent GB-2407388-A (GB)
Title: Method of designing asymmetric radio frequency coils for magnetic resonance
Inventor: CROZIER STUART
IPC: G01R33/34
Filed: 2001-09-10
Abstract: Time harmonic methods for designing asymmetric radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance applications are described. Such methods can also be used to design symmetrically positioned RF coils in MRI machines. In addition, methods for converting complex current density functions into discrete capacitive and inductive elements are provided. An open ended rf coil system which provides an asymmetric rf field comprising inductive and capacitive elements is presented.
Patent GB-2411968-A (GB)
Title: Eye cup adjustment means
Inventor: YAMAMOTO MITSUO
IPC: G02B7/06
Filed: 2005-03-03
Abstract: An eyepiece member comprises an eye cup 20 provided on the outer circumference of an eyepiece barrel 30 that holds an eyepiece lens G1,G2,G3, the eye cup being movable relative to the eyepiece barrel along the direction of the optical axis of the eyepiece lens. Positioning members for the eye cup are provided on at least one of a portion of the eyepiece barrel and a portion of the eye cup that are opposed to each other. Intervals of the positioning members are relatively smaller in the eye cup pull-out side, in which the eye cup is pulled toward the user when used, than in the eye cup push-in side.
Patent GB-2424290-A (GB)
Title: Managing printing devices at distributed sites
Inventor: SWIFT STEVEN
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2005-03-10
Abstract: Managing printing devices at distributed sites, comprising providing a database portal accessible continuously, the portal giving a visual display (shown) of cost efficiency and performance of the printing devices and associated services, compared with predetermined targets for key performance indicators, such as: cost base and actual volumes for printed documents produced; actual versus target costs; average up-time percentage; average service response time; average service repair time. Meters resembling those on the dashboard of a car may be used in the display to maximise the visual impact and readability of the data presented on the screen. The monitored cost efficiency and performance can be used to recommend then implement changes to optimise the fleet of printing devices. Various business processes of preparing for and implementing a contract for managing printing devices located at distributed sites are also described.
Patent GB-2424671-A (GB)
Title: Dummy and teething ring strap
Inventor: HENRY DIANA
IPC: A44B18/00
Filed: 2005-04-01
Abstract: A dummy and teething ring strap has a single strap 1a. It may have two strips of hook and loop fastener 1b1, 1b2, which can join the ends of the strap to create a large loop to hang a dummy or teething ring. Alternatively, it may have four strips of hook and loop fastener, of which two 1c2, 1d2 allow a dummy or teething ring to be attached to one end of the strap and two 1c1, 1d1 can create a larger loop at the other end of the strap, allowing the strap to be hung from a pushchair, cot or highchair etc.
Patent GB-2425905-A (GB)
Title: Resolving ambiguity for moving targets in synthetic aperture radar
Inventor: VIGURS GORDON
IPC: G01S13/90
Filed: 2005-05-07
Abstract: A method of resolving ambiguity in the detection and location of moving targets in a pulse synthetic aperture radar (SAR) by deliberately forcing the phase histories from a target with radial velocity to be different from a target with cross-range (i.e. azimuthal or along-track) displacement. One approach is to deliberately accelerate the phase centre of the SAR either electronically or physically by accelerating the SAR antenna mounting or the platform on which it is carried. A novel processing technique allows the separation of these different phase histories so that a target's velocity can be distinguished from its cross-range displacement and hence a correct image can be formed. This method does not require a special transmitter, receiver or antenna hardware, and can be applied to all existing SAR systems. As this technique exploits the movement of the phase centre of a SAR antenna it allows the platform to move along any trajectory, including planned and unplanned manoeuvres.