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Patent GB-2357747-A (GB)
Title: Container having a recess for storing accessories
Inventor: DIJK J P VAN
IPC: B65D51/28
Filed: 1997-12-17
Abstract: A closure device 1 for the sealing closure of a container, in particular an oil or chemical drum, has a recess which projects into the interior of the container. The recess may contain accessories such as valves, drainage aids and tools. The recess may have a round, oval or rectangular shape and be tapered or widened in the direction of the interior of the container. The recess may also be provided with a lid e.g. in the form of adhesive tape which at least partially cover the recess. In addition, the recess may be compartmentalised and it may have means for receiving the accessories such as clamping means. The container closure is preferably provided with at least one and preferably two openings which may be for emptying and/or venting the container. Ideally, the recess allows accessories to be safely stored without affecting the stackability of drums.
Patent GB-2357786-A (GB)
Title: Using sensors to determine the correct depth for lateral drilling
Inventor: EDWARDS JOHN E
IPC: E21B47/04
Filed: 2000-12-13
Abstract: A method of determining a desirable depth for drilling a horizontal well within an oil reservoir includes the steps of deploying data sensors (120, 124, 128) at discrete depths in a subsurface formation penetrated by a wellbore (104); gathering formation pressure data for the discrete depths and determining the depth of a reservoir from the gathered data. Once the correct depth has been identified, the wellbore, or a lateral bore depending from the wellbore, can be steered into the reservoir. The sensors (124) are deployed in the formation from a drill collar (132) on a drill string (103) by a piston (328) that is exposed to hydraulic pressure which is communicated to piston chamber (332) from a hydraulic system (334).
Patent GB-2360567-A (GB)
Title: Automatic drain valve
Inventor: CLARKE DOUGLAS CECIL
IPC: F16T1/20
Filed: 2001-03-05
Abstract: A pneumatic system, operating at a higher than ambient air pressure, has an automatic drain comprising column element 2, having a bore 10 maintained at ambient pressure; fixed cap portion 1; float (13, Fig 1), slidingly supported for reciprocal movement on column 2; and main discharge valve (18, Fig 1) connecting the system to drain. Column 2 also has a trigger or pilot valve 22 by which main valve (18, Fig 1) is operated, and is itself operated by float (13, Fig 1). A net force that, in use, acts on float (13, Fig 1) is predetermined and set using the pressure difference between system pressure and ambient pressure. Trigger valve 22 may have a seat 6 that connects to bore 10 and the net force setting means includes elongate element 8, perhaps tubular and held by the float (13, Fig 1), is coaxially aligned with seat 6. Element 8 cooperates with chamber 7, which may be a blind bore in cap 1, in which one end 11, perhaps defining a piston, of element 8 is received as a close sliding fit. The other end of element 8 may extend through seat 6 and define a piston 12. Float (13, Fig 5) can have venting means to discharge fluid from the interior of the float (13, Fig 5). In case of a sudden drop in system pressure this comprises one-way skirts (36, Fig 5) covering apertures (34, Fig 5) in the upper surface (13a, Fig 5) of the float.
Patent GB-2372959-A (GB)
Title: "Jacob's ladder" style of foldable booklet
Inventor: YOUNG JAY
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 2001-03-08
Abstract: The booklet has a form which is similar to that of the toy called a "Jacob's ladder" where blocks tumble over one another. The booklet comprises main sheets 12, 13 and sets of pages 44 attached to these main sheets on a surface which, in the closed position, faces a consecutive main sheet. The main sheets are joined such that they can be placed in a closed position one on top of another with their edges aligned (see Fig 1) and such that consecutive main sheets are rotatable relative to each other by means of first braces 21-23 and second 32a and optionally third 32b braces. This rotation can occur about a first pair of aligned edges 120 and a second pair of aligned edges 220 opposite said first pair of aligned edges.
Patent GB-2376631-A (GB)
Title: A device for cleaning teeth
Inventor: KEAVENEY ENDA
IPC: A46B7/06
Filed: 2001-03-20
Abstract: A tooth-cleaning device 1 comprising two opposed support elements 11, 15, 16, 17 which each define a trough or valley formed to receive therein a tooth to be cleaned. The core is compressible so that when a tooth bites down into the trough the two opposed support elements move toward one another and bring respective surfaces thereof into contact with the tooth. Repeated biting effects a cleaning action of the tooth. The device is provided with support element 11 disposed on the core which are formed and arranged to support and retain a length of dental floss 23 so that the floss extends between the opposed cleaning elements. The floss may be retained within slots 14 located in the cleaning elements. The opposed cleaning surfaces of the device may also be provided with an abrasive material inserts 20, 21 or bristles (43, Figs 3-5). The inserts 20, 21 may be impregnated with toothpaste or other equivalent material.
Patent GB-2375178-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for testing immunity to and emission of electromagnetic fields
Inventor: MARSHALL RICHARD CARLILE
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 2001-03-29
Abstract: An electromagnetic compatibility test apparatus comprises a conductive boundary 2 arranged to enclose the equipment under test (EUT) 1. A cable 3 linked to the EUT 1 passes through a filter arrangement 4 before passing through the said boundary 3 as it approaches the EUT 1. Switch means 6 is arranged which can be activated to couple an element of the cable 3 to the said conductive boundary 2. The switching means 6 may then be controlled in such a manner as to quickly identify a cable connection condition which is near to that which provides the worst-case of electromagnetic coupling. The switching means 6 may be a fast acting PIN diode switch, an electromechanical relay or an electrically or optically activated transistor. The filter arrangements may involve ferrite sleeves, common mode choke arrangements, decoupling capacitor arrangements and/or one or more absorbing clamps.
Patent GB-2370137-A (GB)
Title: System, method, database server and record medium for at-home health support
Inventor: OKAMOTO KATSURO
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2001-07-17
Abstract: A health care database of an at-home health support system operated by a municipality for residents of the municipality is constructed in a server of a company that is connected to the Internet, and the municipality commissions the company to manage the health care database, whereby cost for the at-home health support system is reduced. Vital data inputted by a resident are transmitted from a resident health care terminal unit to the server via the Internet and are registered in the health care database. The municipality using a municipality terminal unit refers to the vital data in the health care database via the Internet, makes a diagnosis and/or provides advice for the vital data, and registers the diagnosis/advice in the health care database via the Internet. When the diagnosis/advice cannot be provided by the municipality, commissioned information is sent to a terminal unit of an outside medical institution via the Internet, and the outside medical institution provides the diagnosis/advice and registers the diagnosis/advice in the health care database via the Internet. Thereafter, the resident using the resident health care terminal unit has access to the server via the Internet and refers to the diagnosis/advice which has been registered in the health care database. Database management cost calculated by the server and diagnosis cost calculated by the outside medical institution terminal unit are charged to the municipality via the Internet.
Patent GB-2364084-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for protecting a sensor in a drill collar
Inventor: KRUSPE THOMAS
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2000-02-09
Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting a sensor from impact and abrasion while drilling a borehole including a drill collar having a section of electrically non-conductive material, such as a composite material. The electrically non-conductive material has a rugged structural strength for conveying required drilling operation torque and load. The sensor which, for example, induces an RF field, is located inside the drill collar within the section of electrically non-conductive material wherein the sensor is protected from impact and abrasion while drilling a borehole without interference to the electromagnetic energy. The sensor is located, for example, within a load bearing section of the drill collar. Alternatively, the sensor is located inside a removable probe positioned inside the fluid channel through the drill collar.
Patent GB-2364487-A (GB)
Title: Pilot signal acquisition in a spread spectrum communication system such as a cdma cellular telephone system
Inventor: STORM BRIAN D
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 1998-01-21
Abstract: The current invention aims to provide a fast and accurate pilot searching system. A receiver circuit for determining a timing of a pseudo random (PN) noise spreading code of a signal intended for a cellular telephone is disclosed. A first memory (202) stores digital samples of the signal at a first rate and at least one PN sequence generator produces at a second, higher rate a replica of the PN spreading code at a plurality of PN chip offsets. A multiplier (258) multiplies at the second rate, the signal, read from the first memory (202) with the replica of the PN spreading code at each of the plurality of PN chip offsets. A summing circuit (256) sums an output of the multiplier to produce correlation results and a second memory stores correlation results having highest correlation energies.
Patent GB-2368080-A (GB)
Title: Liner hanger with plurality of slips
Inventor: BAUGH JOHN L
IPC: E21B23/04
Filed: 2000-10-02
Abstract: A liner hanger comprising a body having a plurality of slips, where the slips are actuable by a bias force applied to a connected sliding sleeve, a lock selectively retaining the sleeve to the body and a release mechanism, preferably in the form of a housing with a piston (168) in a chamber, which, in use, allows the sleeve to move to set the slips, characterised in that the release mechanism is removably secured to the body by a fastener which allows different release mechanisms to be used depending on the required release force. Preferably the slips are individually supported by seats which are circumferentially spaced and secured to the body without welding.
Patent GB-2371626-A (GB)
Title: Positioning cells with high resistance seal
Inventor: OSIPCHUK YURI
IPC: C12M1/34
Filed: 2001-10-10
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a partition plate with a plurality of apertures 18, separating an extracellular compartment containing an extracellular fluid containing cells 14 from an intracellular compartment. A fluidic channel 22 is formed by spacers between plate members 24 and 26. A high resistance seal is formed between a cell and aperture 18 by withdrawing extracellular fluid from the extracellular compartment along channels 22 while preventing flow of extracellular fluid through aperture 18 by creating fluid flow in the opposite direction to arrow C. The position of the cell is monitored by determining the electrical resistance through the aperture 22, and, as the cell approaches the aperture, flow through the aperture is reversed to the direction of arrow C so as to attract the cell to the aperture and produce a high resistance seal between cell and aperture. The apparatus can be sed for patch-clamp analysis. Methods of constructing the partition plate by both assembling layers and semiconductor manufacturing techniques are described.
Patent GB-2386295-A (GB)
Title: Testing mobile telephone terminals
Inventor: FLITTON GREGORY THOMAS
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: A mobile telephone terminal is tested by a test set transmitting to the terminal on a downlink a predetermined data pattern which it recognises and which prompts it to transmit an access request on an uplink. The access request is analysed by the test set to assess the performance of the terminal without the test set otherwise responding to the access request from the terminal. Multiple different data patterns may be used such that each prompt the terminal to transmit an access request at a different power level and/or specify a different maximum number of times the terminal should send an access request if it receives a response to none of them. The predetermined data pattern may be transmitted multiple times at different power levels and the response of the terminal analysed to determine a threshold at which it fails to transmit an access request.
Patent GB-2372305-A (GB)
Title: Clutch operating device
Inventor: BERGER REINHARD
IPC: F16D7/04
Filed: 1998-07-30
Abstract: A clutch actuator has a gearbox for converting drive movement of a drive unit 102 into output movement of an output element 7. The gearbox has two parts, which may comprise a plurality of spur gear wheels 102,104,106 plus a spindle gear 110 having a threaded spindle and nut or alternatively chain wheels and a chain plus a toothed belt drive may be used. A slip clutch 108 is mounted in the force flow between the drive unit 102 and the output element, and may be mounted radially and axially within the spatial area provided for the teeth of a gearwheel of a spur wheel gear, and may have ring-shaped friction faces or contact surfaces 503,504 which are formed as axially modulated shapes or contours.
Patent GB-2378987-A (GB)
Title: An inflatable product having an air pump
Inventor: WANG CHENG-CHUNG
IPC: A47C27/08
Filed: 2002-06-20
Abstract: An inflatable product that includes a chamber 10 and an electric air pump 12 for inflating the chamber. The air pump has an air intake 121 and an air outlet 122. The air intake is connected to the outside of the chamber and the air outlet is connected to the inside of the chamber when the air pump is moved to a first position. The air intake is connected to the inside of the chamber and the air outlet is connected to the outside of the chamber when the air pump is moved to a second position. This allows the inflatable product to be both inflated and deflated. The pump may have a rolling-pin like shape. Also claimed is a pump with a switching pipe, a fan and a motor; an inflatable product with a pack containing a fan and a motor; an air mattress with a back support and inflatable product having a chamber, a valve, an air pump and a switch. The inflatable product may be an inflatable mattress, also disclosed is an inflatable umbrella.
Patent GB-2380767-A (GB)
Title: A method to verify cold start spark retard for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: DAVISON LYNN EDWARD
IPC: G01M15/04
Filed: 2002-08-08
Abstract: A method to verify cold start spark retard for an internal combustion engine comprises the steps of measuring the engine acceleration corresponding to a number of representative cylinder firings, determining an average acceleration over a series of firings of these cylinders, determining the deviation of each one from the average acceleration, and determining a variance of these acceleration deviations. This variance is then compared with a variance representative of a spark retard condition in order to confirm that the engine is operating in a spark retard mode. Also disclosed are steps of sensing a cold start condition of the engine, demanding spark retard and then confirming spark retard using the method, as well as an article of manufacture for an engine which computer control to carry out the method.
Patent GB-2374826-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing metal fiber
Inventor: PARK YANG ZA
IPC: B22D11/103
Filed: 2001-02-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing metal fiber, which can increase production efficiency of metal fiber using a metal plate, simplify manufacturing equipments and a controlling device. The method for producing metal fiber includes steps of: making a frame in a vacuum condition by removing the air; vertically inserting an end of a metal plate between two induction coils arranged horizontally at an interval in the inside of the frame and heating and melting the end of the metal plate with heat generated by the induction coils; gradually moving the metal plate downwardly and bringing the end of the metal plate into contact with blades of a rotary disk, the rotary disk being horizontally mounted at a lower portion of the induction coils in the inside of the frame and rotating in a high speed; and solidifying metal fiber separated by the blades of the rotary disk.
Patent GB-2432213-A (GB)
Title: Sonar localisation
Inventor: DOBBINS PETER
IPC: G01S15/06
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: Described herein is sonar localisation apparatus which comprises a plurality of acoustic transducers (6) arranged to define at least two end fire arrays (2, 4) each of which produces a sonar beam (10,12) suitable for the detection of objects in the near field. The apparatus may be hand held for use underwater.
Patent GB-2381809-A (GB)
Title: Template and connector providing plural flow paths at a lateral junction
Inventor: OHMER HERVE
IPC: E21B7/08
Filed: 2002-10-24
Abstract: A wellbore junction assembly comprises a template 18 having a lateral window positioned at the junction and a connector 28 that seals against the template and part of which extends through the lateral window to define a flow path in communication with the lateral bore 26. A second flow path continues through the main bore 38. In a preferred embodiment, longitudinal rails (126, figure 7C) on the connector fit into grooves (112, figure 7A) in the template. Movement of the connector along these rails forces it to bend outwards through the window in the template (figure 7D). The connector also has a window (figures 3 and 4) to create the second flow path through the main bore (figures 5 and 6). This junction arrangement does not require the use of cement and is resilient to earth movement. It is also sealed against the entry of solids into the flow of production fluids.
Patent GB-2383328-A (GB)
Title: Separation of olefins from non-olefins
Inventor: MUNSON CURTIS L
IPC: C07D233/58
Filed: 2001-05-24
Abstract: A composition comprising an ionic liquid and an olefin-complexing metal salt dissolved or dispersed in the said ionic liquid. There is also provided a solution comprising an olefin-complexing salt and an ionic liquid. Such compositions are used to separate olefins from non-olefins such as paraffins, oxygenates and aromatics.
Patent GB-2388216-A (GB)
Title: Multi-bank scheduling to improve performance on tree access in a dram based RAM subsystem
Inventor: CALLE MAURICIO
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2002-12-03
Abstract: A method and system of memory management incorporates multiple banks of memory devices organized into independent channels wherein each bank of memory devices contains duplicate data. A tree memory controller controls data read and write accesses to each of the banks in each of the channels. A bank queue for each bank in each channel keeps track of bank availability. When read or write requests are received at the tree memory controller, the controller checks the availability of each bank in a channel, identifies a first available bank, and executes the read request from the first available bank. In response to a write request, the controller blocks all read requests once it has confirmed that data to be written is complete for the selected memory word length. As soon as each bank queue for read requests is empty, the controller initiates burst mode transfer of the completed data word to all banks concurrently.
Patent GB-2384420-A (GB)
Title: A safe storage cabinet for computer equipment
Inventor: HILL PETER ANDREW
IPC: A47B96/20
Filed: 2003-01-24
Abstract: A safe storage cabinet 10 for computer equipment comprises a plurality of panels forming an enclosure, where at least one of the panels has a grille 6 of intersecting bars (1 figures 1 and 2). The grille may be formed from a plurality of rectangular cross-section shaped bars arranged parallel to one another in a first orientation and a second plurality of bars arranged parallel to one another in a second orientation and perpendicular to the first orientation of bars. The bars may have a plurality of rectangular regularly spaced cut-outs (2 figures 1 and 2) having a depth (C figure 1) equal to one half the width (B figure 2) of the bar, where the opposed end faces (3 Figure 1) of the cut-outs of the perpendicularly arranged bars are juxtaposed in use. The grille of intersecting bars may further comprise a comb structure (15 figure 5) of laterally extending spaced apart teeth (16 figure 5), where the comb structure is disposed between the grille sections or between the grill section and the side of the safe for the passage of wires or cabling and allows the computer equipment to be used within the safe.
Patent GB-2381924-A (GB)
Title: Using digital signatures to validate trading and streamline settlement of financial transaction workflow
Inventor: KLECKNER JAMES
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2001-10-09
Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses digital signatures on a novel configuration to perform validations to facilitate a trade. This system operates by receiving a quote related to the trade at a first computer system, wherein the quote includes permission information that facilitates determining permissions that have been granted to a quote maker. Upon receiving the quote, the system validates that the quote maker digitally signed the quote by using a public key of the quote maker to verify that the quote was signed by a corresponding private key belonging to the quote maker. The system also validates that the quote maker has permission to perform the trade by using a public key of a first security officer to verity that the permission information was signed by a corresponding private key belonging to the first security officer, thereby authorizing the quote maker to perform the trade. The system accepts the quote by signing the quote with a private key belonging to a quote receiver, and communicating a trade record, including the signed quote, to the quote maker.
Patent GB-2388637-A (GB)
Title: An undersea hydraulic pipe coupling having radially extending sealing surfaces
Inventor: SMITH III ROBERT E
IPC: F16L29/04
Filed: 2003-03-24
Abstract: An undersea hydraulic pipe coupling comprises a female member 20 having an internal bore 32 with a receiving chamber 34. A ring-shaped seal 50 is insertable into the receiving chamber 34 and is held between a pair of reverse inclined shoulder surfaces 61,62. The ring-shaped seal 50 has an outer circumference 66 that is thicker than its inner circumference 67 and at least two radial sealing surfaces 55,56 that extend radially inwardly from the inner circumference. The ring-shaped seal 50 preferably has a wedge-shaped cross section and a dovetail interfit with the reverse inclined shoulder surfaces 61,62. One of the reverse inclined shoulder surfaces is preferably formed on a locking member 30 that is engageable with the female member. The ring-shaped seal 50 preferably has three radial sealing surfaces (figs, 91,92,93) with one of the radial sealing surface being pressure energised. The ring-shaped seal 50 may have grooves 57,58 in its outer circumference 66 to accommodate o-rings 69, or as an alternative it may have projections extending outwardly. A metal seal 31 may also be present and is preferably held in place by a seal retainer 29. A poppet valve 28 may also form part of the coupling.