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Patent GB-2578106-A (GB)
Title: Variable demand fuel pump
Inventor: JOHN PARKER
IPC: F02C9/46
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: A pump has a sensor for detecting output pressure of the pump and a controller for controlling pump speed depending on the detected output pressure, so as to maintain the output pressure at a desired level. The output pressure may be sensed directly by a pressure sensor or indirectly by a flow rate sensor. Preferably the pump has a sensor for detecting pump motor power. An aircraft is disclosed having multiple engines and the pump associated with each engine. Each pump supplies fuel to its associated engine and is also arranged to supply fuel to another engine if the pump associated with that other engine fails. A method of operating a pump comprising the steps of sensing a pump output pressure and controlling pump speed to maintain the pressure at a desired level is disclosed.
Patent GB-2578312-A (GB)
Title: Rodent trap and rodent management
Inventor: Matthew Varghese Kaye
IPC: A01M23/38
Filed: 2018-10-22
Abstract: A rodent trap 10 comprises a housing 12 comprising a kill compartment 14 with at least one electric shocking device (16a, 16b, 16c, fig 2B), an entrance tunnel 18 at a first end 20 of the kill compartment, and a door 22 at the other end. The entrance tunnel is of a length (I) and shape (s) so as to prevent an operative accidentally inserting a hand into the kill compartment. The entrance tunnel may comprise a sensor 30, and the trap may comprise a power source, an interface and a printed circuit board (28; 34; 44b, fig 2A). A method of managing rodent control comprises the use of the trap and the steps of identifying a rodent in the trap, determining that an electric shocking device (16) has triggered and confirming that the rodent has not subsequently departed from the trap within a defined time period.
Patent GB-2565697-A (GB)
Title: Explosive booster
Inventor: SIDNEY ALFORD
IPC: F42D1/04
Filed: 2017-06-05
Abstract: An explosive booster is provided and comprises a generally tubular elongate housing which provides confinement in order to cause initiation. At one end of the housing a length of detonating cord is inserted so as to extend into the housing, and the housing contains explosive material. The end of the cord is retained in or by the housing so as to be adjacent the explosive material or inserted therein. The interface between the cord end and the material is confined by the housing so that the explosive material can be initiated directly by the cord.
Patent GB-2579414-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining a position of a vehicle
Inventor: ANDREW BATCHELOR
IPC: G01C21/30
Filed: 2018-11-30
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of determining a position of a vehicle within a transport network includes the steps of obtaining track geometry data related to part of a transport network. The track geometry data may be related to constraints imposed by the transport network on the vehicle. A determination is made that the vehicle is approaching a junction and a plurality of route options are obtained based upon the track data. A plurality of Bayesian estimation filter algorithms are generated which are each associated with a respective one of the route options and are configured to estimate a position of the vehicle. The algorithms output data indicative of probabilities that the vehicle takes the associated route options, the output being monitored as the vehicle passes through the junction. The route option is determined based upon the route option which presents the highest probability based on the output of the filter algorithms.
Patent GB-2582543-A (GB)
Title: Degassing apparatus
Inventor: OLIVER PETSCHENYK
IPC: F01P7/02
Filed: 2019-03-12
Abstract: An apparatus for degassing cooling circuits and comprises at least two chambers 210, 211, each chamber having a fluid inlet 207, fluid outlet 209 and an opening 206 through which gasses can escape and is in communication with a common fluid reservoir 203. The at least two chambers can be a first chamber connected to a first cooling circuit and a second chamber connected to a second circuit. The two chambers may be of different sizes or include an internal baffle system. The second chamber may be located either under or next to the first chamber. The openings can be located either side of a central axis 216, or one opening can be located on said central axis. The apparatus might also include an expansion tank with the fluid reservoir and forming an integrated tank with the chambers.
Patent GB-2582963-A (GB)
Title: Method of flying an aircraft
Inventor: PAUL BROOKS
IPC: B64C39/02
Filed: 2019-04-11
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of flying a solar-powered aircraft 100, comprising controlling the aircraft to leave the ground immediately prior to a period of substantial darkness and, without landing the aircraft after it leaves the ground, maintaining flight of the aircraft through the period of substantial darkness until a period of substantial light, such that at least one battery is used to power the aircraft for a greater duration at the beginning of the flight than in the middle or at the end of the flight. The present invention also provides a control system for performing the method. The aircraft may leave the ground in autumn, with the period of darkness being winter, with the aircraft flying into the spring or summer. The aircraft may be a high altitude long endurance (H.A.L.E) aircraft. The aircraft may be a balloon. The aircraft may be a spacecraft.
Patent GB-2584658-A (GB)
Title: Support for an anatomical structure
Inventor: Edgar Mark Williams
IPC: A61B17/90
Filed: 2019-06-07
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a plurality of mini-plates 202 and a frame or jig bar 204 which connects to each of the plates in a predetermined orientation and separation. The apparatus may comprise spurs 210 with separation portions 208 providing break points between the frame and the plates such that, in use, the plates are fixed to the anatomical structures and then the frame removed. The apparatus may provide structural support to a plurality of bone fragments 104, 106. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the apparatus comprising receiving a model of the apparatus which is based on image data of an anatomical structure and manufacturing the apparatus using an additive manufacture process.
Patent GB-2589286-A (GB)
Title: Method
Inventor: ANTHONY ROBERT MILNES COATES
IPC: C12Q1/18
Filed: 2019-07-22
Abstract: The method for validating an antimicrobial combination for drug-resistant bacteria comprises identifying a combination of two or more antimicrobial agents with synergistic activity; an in vitro resistance study; an in vivo efficacy study; an in vivo toxicity study; and a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study with humans. The method may comprise a checkerboard assay or a time-kill assay. The in vivo studies may use a murine model or rats. The bacteria may show resistance in patients from the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere. The bacteria may be colistin-resistant, and the combination may include colistin. The bacteria may be multi-drug resistant. Also claimed is an antimicrobial combination obtained from the method.
Patent GB-2578352-A (GB)
Title: Flanged bearing outer ring unit
Inventor: REMI SARLIN
IPC: F16C23/04
Filed: 2019-08-06
Abstract: A flanged bearing outer ring unit 16 and a method of manufacturing such a unit are provided. The flanged bearing outer ring unit 16 comprises: an outer ring 2 made of metal and a flange 4 which is attached to a sliding interface 6 of the outer ring 2. The flange 4 is made of a polymeric material, typically a thermoplastic such as ployether ether ketone (PEEK), and is attached to the sliding inter-face 6 by injection moulding. The flanged bearing outer ring unit 16 is produced by placing the outer ring 2 in a cavity within a moulding form 1 that comprises first and second moulding parts 8, 10 and filling the cavity of the moulding form 1 by injecting polymeric material into an opening 12.
Patent GB-2586482-A (GB)
Title: Modified ball valve
Inventor: CHARANJIT SINGH BATH
IPC: F24D19/08
Filed: 2019-08-20
Abstract: A ball valve 10 comprises a body 11 having first 18, second 19, third 21 and fourth 23 connectors. The first 18 and second connectors 19 are each adapted for connection to a respective element of a fluid circulation system. A ball valve member 30 is enclosed internally within the body 11 and is arranged for selective rotation between a range of positions. First 31, second 32 and third 33 apertures are provided in the ball valve member 30 and arranged in a configuration so as selectively to permit fluid communication between at least two of said first 18, second 19 and third 21 connectors in each of said range of positions of the ball valve member 30. The ball valve member 30 further comprises a conduit (35, Fig. 2) to permit fluid communication between said fourth connector 23 and at least two of said first 18, second 19 and third 21 connectors in each of said range of positions of the ball valve member 30.
Patent GB-2589181-A (GB)
Title: A spectroscopy and imaging system
Inventor: OLIVER GREENWOOD
IPC: H01J49/48
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: An apparatus for characterisation of a sample comprises a toroidal capacitor type electrostatic energy analyser 110, e.g. an electrostatic hemispherical analyser. The analyser has two entrance apertures (112, 114). Charged particles (for example ions or electrons) emitted from a sample 130 and passing through a first entrance aperture traverse a first trajectory 132 through the energy analyser to be incident at a first detector 126, and charged particles emitted from the sample and passing through the second entrance aperture traverse a second trajectory 134 through the energy analyser to be incident at a second detector 128. A deflection assembly 136 arranged between the sample and the analyser directs charged particles emitted from the sample towards the first and/or second entrance aperture of the analyser, such that charge particles may selectively pass through the first or second trajectory. The first detector may be for imaging and the second detector may be for spectroscopy. The apparatus is suitable for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
Patent GB-2584240-A (GB)
Title: Vortex Fountain
Inventor: DAVID R MAI
IPC: E03B9/20
Filed: 2019-02-08
Abstract: A vortex fountain or waterer that incorporates measures to induce swirl in liquid moving toward a drain opening of the fountain to inhibit the accumulation of debris is provided. The fountain may have a bowl including a base surface having a slope that is configured to create a vortex in the liquid flowing toward the drain opening to induce movement of a quantity of water, where the bowl is located above a basin configured to hold the liquid. The fountain may also include a pump outlet jet that can be positioned about the bowl to induce swirl about the bowl. The fountain may also include a drain tube located beneath the drain opening, and an extended guide tube extending downwardly towards the bottom of the basin. When the liquid passes through the drain, drain tube, and guide tube, oxygen is incorporated into the liquid as the liquid reaches the basin.
Patent GB-2589448-A (GB)
Title: Temporary scaffolding rest
Inventor: Mikael Fejrskov
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2020-09-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a temporary scaffolding rest which temporarily supports a standby scaffolding component upon a scaffolding upright in a first temporary disconnected position which is laterally offset from the scaffolding upright for subsequent installation of said standby scaffolding component to a portion of said upright in a second installed position which is laterally inset from the first temporary disconnected position. The temporary scaffolding rest includes a temporary connector for temporarily connecting the temporary scaffolding rest to said portion of said scaffolding upright, and an elongated rest which extends laterally from the temporary connector in order to temporarily support a portion of said standby scaffolding adjacent said portion of said scaffolding upright in said first temporary disconnected laterally offset position ready for subsequent installation to said portion of said scaffolding upright in said second installed position. A method of erecting a row of scaffolding which is higher than the row of scaffolding upon which an installer is positioned is also provided. An installation arm is also disclosed
Patent GB-2605346-A (GB)
Title: Hair steamer
Inventor: MWANGO SITHEMBILE HWALIMA
IPC: A46B11/08
Filed: 2020-10-28
Abstract: A hair steamer 10 for handheld use, the hair steamer 10 comprising a housing 12 which includes a curved hand-sized side 12a for fitting within a person’s hand, a reservoir 18 within the housing, a filling aperture or conduit (12d, 19f, Fig. 2) connected to the reservoir for filling it with water, a heating element (40, Fig. 2) for generating steam from the reservoir, and a brush (42, Fig. 2) on the housing which includes a base (42a, Fig. 2) for receiving steam generated by the heating element, the base being disposed opposite the hand-sized side of the housing, a plurality of spaced bristles (44, Fig. 2) extending from the base in a direction away from the housing, and a plurality of apertures (42b, Fig. 2) in the base for releasing steam from the base during use. A handle 26 may be present and may have a stem 26a and a cap 26b. A steam control means may comprise a valve and a rotatable dial (22, 32, Fig. 2), which may be located on the handle cap. The apertures may be coaxial with the bristles and both bristles and apertures may be present on raised areas of the base.
Patent GB-2587994-A (GB)
Title: Pre-printed and pre-selected lottery tickets for point-of-sale purchase
Inventor: RICHARD ALAN GOTLIEB
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2019-05-10
Abstract: A method including receiving an activation request including an identifier uniquely identifying the pre-printed lottery ticket for a pre-printed lottery ticket from a point-of-sale terminal, accessing a record associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket, determining if the activation request is valid, determining a set of attributes associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket based upon the identifier uniquely identifying the pre-printed lottery ticket, determining a central gaming system responsible for administering a lottery with which the pre-printed lottery ticket is associated, and enrolling the set of attributes associated with the pre-printed lottery ticket in the lottery with the central gaming system.
Patent GB-2591178-A (GB)
Title: Machine learning based imaging method of determining authenticity of a consumer good
Inventor: JONATHAN RICHARD STONEHOUSE
IPC: G06K19/06
Filed: 2020-11-20
Abstract: Method of determining counterfeit consumer products using a machine learning classification model, comprising: inputting an image of the consumer good into the model 11 and outputting a classification from the model indicating a likelihood that the consumer good is authentic or non-authentic 76. The model is trained with images from a plurality of different camera types thereby avoiding camera bias in the trained model. Images of authentic products comprise a visible steganographic feature (Fig. 2) and/or a manufacturing line variable printing (batch) code (Fig. 3). The steganographic features may comprise differing font styles and/or a change in location of a character or punctuation (25-37, Fig. 2A-H). The Manufacturing Line Variable Printing Code may comprise: alphanumeric characters, non-alphanumeric characters; pattern boxes; and/or dotted columns (41, 43, 45, Fig. 3 respectively). A product specification for an authentic item may comprise: production codes; batch codes; brand name; product line label; artwork, ingredient list; and/or usage instructions. The training dataset may be spatially manipulated, by geometric or colour distortion, before training the machine learning classifier (Fig. 7). The image of the consumer product to be authenticated may be spatially manipulated before classification.
Patent GB-2589482-A (GB)
Title: Secure asset supply cabinet
Inventor: DEAN CHARLES HENRY
IPC: G07C9/37
Filed: 2018-05-03
Abstract: A secure asset supply cabinet 1200 comprises bins 1102 for holding assets 1110 and a programmable lock 1214. The programmable lock comprises a short range wireless interface (e.g. RFID or NFC) and a physical lock 1216 actuatable by processing circuitry. The programmable lock receives an unlock code via the short range wireless interface, e.g. by a user entering credentials on a portable wireless device. The received unlock code is authenticated based on an authentication or lock code. If the unlock code is authentic, the physical lock is actuated to unlock the asset supply cabinet. Each bin may have a wireless asset tag 602 on its surface. Each tag may comprise a user-actuatable button and be encoded with a unique ID. When a user performs a predetermined gesture with the button, such as holding it or pressing it twice, a restock message including the ID is transmitted to a wireless access point. The asset tag may have a visual indicator (e.g. an LED) which illuminates in different colours to indicate different stock statuses. The asset tag may include a write switch which copies the unique ID to a passive wireless interface before turning off the passive interface.
Patent GB-2591049-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of modification of stored data
Inventor: JOSHUA RANDALL
IPC: G06F12/0831
Filed: 2019-08-27
Abstract: A requester master processing device (205) has an associated private cache storage (215) to store data for access by the requester master processing device. The requester master processing device is arranged to issue a request to modify data that is associated with a given memory address and stored in a private cache storage (220) associated with a recipient master processing device (210). The private cache storage associated with the recipient master processing device is arranged to store data for access by the recipient master processing device. One of the recipient master processing device and its associated private cache storage is arranged to perform the requested modification of the data while the data is stored in the cache storage associated with the recipient master processing device.
Patent GB-2600786-A (GB)
Title: Primer composition
Inventor: KOMKRIT SAJJAANANTAKUL
IPC: C09D175/14
Filed: 2021-03-19
Abstract: An aqueous conductive primer composition comprises 5-10 wt.% surface-functionalised carbon filler, 10-20 wt.% water-miscible organic solvent, 5-15 wt.% acrylic binder, and 0.5-5 wt.% crosslinking agent. The carbon filler may comprise carbon black, acetylene black, or graphene with a particle size of <10 microns and may be functionalised with hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amine, or amide groups. The organic solvent may be a C1-5 alcohol, e.g. ethanol or isopropanol and the crosslinking agent may be an epoxy silane. The acrylic binder is preferably a (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylamide, or urethane-acrylate. The composition may also include 40-50 wt.% water and 10-20 wt.% viscosity modifier, e.g. ethylene glycol. A method of preparing the primer composition is also claimed. In another aspect, a coated article comprises a layer of the dried primer composition on a substrate. Preferably, the substrate is a plastics material, such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and the coating typically comprises 10-33 wt.% surface-functionalised carbon filler in a crosslinked acrylic binder matrix.
Patent GB-2612090-A (GB)
Title: A modular article
Inventor: Bas Bruining
IPC: G07F19/00
Filed: 2021-10-21
Abstract: A modular article 100 comprises a core module 101 including a back panel 103 and an internal compartment 105 to house one or more internal modules 117 and one or more modular devices. The modular article 100 comprises a door (301, Fig 3B) to the internal compartment coupled to the core module and including an aperture (303, Fig 3B) allowing use of the modular devices in the internal compartment 105. The article also includes an interface portion coupled to the core module 101, the interface portion having a first portion (201, Fig 2A) and a second portion (203, Fig 2A), each of the first and second portions being configured to receive one or more modular interface devices (205, Fig 2A). The internal devices include a computer, batteries, mains power adapter or an IP power bar. Modular devices may include a bag tag printer, boarding pass printer or a receipt printer. The modular interface devices may include a passport scanner, a display, a card reader, a PINpad, an NFC reader, fingerprint scanner, a camera or a barcode reader. The article is preferably a self-service check-in kiosk for a transportation hub in which modules can be easily updated or replaced as required.
Patent GB-2615598-A (GB)
Title: Attesting to a set of unconsumed transaction outputs
Inventor: STEVEN PATRICK COUGHLAN
IPC: H04L9/00
Filed: 2022-02-15
Abstract: A set of unconsumed outputs of blockchain transactions is determined, and a hash tree to attest to the set is formed; wherein a leaf node 302 can each either A) designate Hi a corresponding subset the unconsumed outputs or B) comprise a placeholder value ø. At least one update to the set is determined and the hash tree is recomputed to reflect the update, wherein on at least one occasion the update involves removal of an output and on at least one occasion it involves addition of a new output. When an output is removed, the leaf node designating the removed output may be replaced with a new leaf node which either: A) designates an updated subset of one or more unconsumed outputs not including the removed output, or B) comprises a placeholder value. When a new output is added, a new leaf node may be inserted in the tree in place of a replaceable leaf node that either: A) designates an output being removed, or B) comprises a placeholder value. If no replaceable leaf node is available, the tree is expanded to accommodate the new leaf node. Affected values of the tree up the root 304 may be recomputed.
Patent GB-2607153-A (GB)
Title: Selecting a neural network based on an amount of memory
Inventor: DONG YANG
IPC: G06T7/10
Filed: 2022-03-03
Abstract: Select a neural network using an amount of memory to be used. In at least one embodiment, a processor includes one or more circuits to cause one or more neural networks (Fig 41A, 4100) to be selected from a plurality of neural networks based, at least in part, on an amount of memory to be used by the one or more neural networks (Fig 41A, 4100). A further embodiment discloses the storage of parameters of the neural networks in memories. Another further embodiment discloses the neural networks to be performing the task of medical image segmentation. The chosen neural networks satisfy a memory constraint 4304, and the network may be chosen using topology search space and cell search space identifications. Connection patterns of neural network layers and their probabilities may be used to perform the searches.
Patent GB-2605330-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing access security in a process control
Inventor: AARON CHRISTOPHER JONES
IPC: G06F21/32
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: A method for operating a process control system comprises comparing current biometric data with previously identified biometric data to determine if there is a match. In response to determining there is a match, current electronic signature data is compared with previously identified electronic signature data to determine if there is a match. The electronic signature data represents a gesture of a user. In response to determining the current electronic signature data matches the previously identified electronic signature data, a user access level is determined. The user of the process control system is provided access based on the user access level. The user access level may depend at least in part on the gesture of the user, such that different gestures of the user provide different levels of authorisation. The process control system may be used in controlling an industrial process, e.g. a refinery, a drug manufacturing process, or a power plant.