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Patent GB-2591648-A (GB)
Title: Improved crimping
Inventor: ANDREW BENJAMIN SIMPSON BROWN
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2019-08-16
Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide improved techniques for crimping a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wire to ensure that electrical connections between a crimp and SMA actuator wire are made in a controlled manner.
Patent GB-2591649-A (GB)
Title: Fibers for non-woven fabrics having blends of polymers with high and low melt flow rates
Inventor: PRASAD S POTNIS
IPC: D04H3/018
Filed: 2019-09-12
Abstract: A spunbond non-woven fabric includes a plurality of fibers. The fibers are formed from a polymer blend that includes at least one first polymer and at least one second polymer. A melt flow rate of the at least one first polymer is greater than a melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer, and the melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer is about 9 g/10 min to less than 18 g/10 min. The blend may include a percentage by weight of the second polymer that is greater than a percentage by weight of the first polymer.
Patent GB-2593980-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for water processing
Inventor: Igor Vozyakov
IPC: C02F103/08
Filed: 2021-03-16
Abstract: A method of dissolving an insoluble substance in a liquid, e.g. water, comprises forming a flow with toroidal vortices in the liquid such that the liquid is exposed to alternating flow velocities and alternating pressures, thereby initiating dissolution of the insoluble substance. Suitably, the insoluble substance is a gas, such as air or oxygen. The method may generate singlet oxygen. The method can disinfect or purify contaminated water. The water treated by the method can be provided into a deep point of a body of water, e.g. a lake, pond, tailing pond, holding pond, reservoir, well, river, stream, wetland, ocean or sea. The flow may comprise high-frequency alternating flow velocities and/or high-frequency alternating pressures, preferably wherein the high frequency is at least 500 Hz. An apparatus for dissolving an insoluble substance in a liquid is also claimed, which comprises a flow generator adapted to perform the method. Suitably, the flow generator comprises a notched rotor 108 rotatable in cooperation with a notched stator 114 to block and open cyclically a plurality of passages for a fluid to form the flow. A nozzle 212 for injecting the insoluble substance to the flow may be arranged downstream of the rotor-stator assembly.
Patent GB-2608130-A (GB)
Title: A method for separating adeno-associated virus capsids, compositions obtained by said method and uses thereof
Inventor: JEAN-LUC MALOISEL
IPC: C12N7/02
Filed: 2021-06-22
Abstract: A method comprising the following steps: a) adding a liquid sample comprising adeno-associated virus capsids to a chromatography material, wherein the liquid sample comprises adeno-associated virus capsids of a purity of at least 90% and of a concentration of at least 1012 adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids/ml, of which at least 10% of the adeno-associated virus capsids are adeno-associated virus capsids fully packaged with genetic material, wherein the chromatography material comprises a ligand for binding the AAV capsids which is: i. a weak cation exchange chromatography material; or ii. a multimodal anion exchange chromatography material comprising hydrophobic groups; b) eluting the AAV capsids fully packaged with genetic material from the chromatography material; wherein the adeno-associated virus capsids eluted in step (b) are eluted into eluate fractions, which when combined comprise at least 50% of the adeno-associated virus capsids of the sample added in step (a), and of which at least 60% of the AAV capsids are fully packaged with genetic material. Further disclosed are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, obtained by said separation method, as well as uses of such compositions. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to separation and uses of capsids of adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) or a variant thereof.
Patent GB-2600809-A (GB)
Title: A system and method for spraying the internal surface of a bottle
Inventor: BENJAMIN RHYS WILLIAMS
IPC: B05B13/06
Filed: 2020-12-08
Abstract: A system for coating the internal surface of a container 15, particularly a bottle with a shoulder and neck, having a plurality of internal radii, the system having a controller configured for: inserting a first lance 19 comprising a first spray nozzle 10 into a container 15; spraying a coating against an internal side wall while extracting the spray nozzle and whilst varying the flow rate of coating, determined by reference to radii, the flow rate being higher at a larger internal radius and lower at a smaller internal radius; inserting a second lance 16 comprising a second nozzle; coating an internal base wall 17 of the container 15; and extracting the second lance 16. There may be means of causing rotation of the container 15 and/or first 19 and second 16 lances, about its longitudinal axis during spraying; the first spray nozzle 10 may be a two-phase internal mixing, radially firing nozzle; and the second spray nozzle may be downward firing. The system may include indexing means, transport means and drying means.
Patent GB-2615833-A (GB)
Title: Container lid and related drying methods
Inventor: LUIS ASENSIO COTILLAS
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 2022-02-22
Abstract: A container lid 107 for transporting dry goods, comprising water guides 200 on the underside thereof configured to guide water centrifugally and to discharge said water during rotation of the lid. The water guides may comprise radially extending ribs 120 that may extend from the centre of the lid and may branch out. The guides may also comprise one or more sloping surface portions 115 that may be planar and may be provided peripherally. The water guides may lead to drainage channels 118 that may be near the border or corner of the lid, may extend away from the lid border with an outward slant, and may have a U-shaped cross section. The lid may be rectangular, comprise an outer skirt 117, and be made of rigid plastics and formed as a single injection mould. The lid may also be adapted to fit a collapsible container body or foldable large container 100 (figure 4). A collapsible container assembly using said lid is also described, as well as the method for discharging water in a container using said lid.
Patent GB-2616307-A (GB)
Title: A support frame assembly for mounting a working platform to a building structure
Inventor: CHUN YIU LEE
IPC: E04G3/18
Filed: 2022-03-04
Abstract: The support frame assembly 10 includes first and second frame members 12, 14 that are laterally spaced apart and are intended to be positioned substantially upright within the building structure, and third and fourth frame members 16, 18 are connected to the first and second frame members 12, 14, respectively, and arranged substantially perpendicularly to the first and second frame members. Third and fourth frame members extend through an opening of the building. Fifth and sixth frame members 20, 22 connected to the third and fourth frame members 16, 18, respectively, and arranged perpendicularly to said third and fourth frame members, so as to be parallel to the first and second frame members. The fifth and sixth frame members are positioned outside of the building structure, in use, and are configured for mounting a working platform therebetween. The support frame assembly has a mounting arrangement 24, 36 connected to the first and second members to mount the support frame assembly to a surface within the building structure, in use.
Patent GB-2605276-A (GB)
Title: Methods and compositions for genomic integration
Inventor: DANIEL GETTS
IPC: C12N15/90
Filed: 2020-09-03
Abstract: Methods and composition for modulating a target genome and stable integration of a transgene of interest into the genome of a cell are disclosed.
Patent GB-2616859-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for droplet deposition
Inventor: RENZO TRIP
IPC: B41J2/045
Filed: 2022-03-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for depositing droplets of fluid onto a medium, particularly in the field printing. The apparatus 10 comprises an array of chambers including a first plurality of chambers 12 arranged to selectively deposit droplets of fluid and a second plurality of chambers 13 not configured for selective deposition of droplets of fluid. The plurality of first chambers 12 are arranged in pairs separated from adjacent pairs by at least one chamber 13 of the second plurality of chambers. Each chamber is separated from adjacent chambers by walls 14, the walls 14 being actuable to eject droplets of fluid from the chambers 12. Each active chamber has a first electrode 1a on a surface of the second wall 14-2 internal to the active chamber 12 and a second electrode 1b on an opposed surface of the second wall, external to the active chamber; and a surface of the first wall 14-1 located internally to the active chamber, the surface of the first wall having either no electrode thereon or having a third electrode thereon.
Patent GB-2602236-A (GB)
Title: An acoustic device and method for amplifying and imprinting information on an interrogating signal
Inventor: Odd Trandem
IPC: H04B11/00
Filed: 2020-09-09
Abstract: An acoustic transponder (10) providing information related to the transponder (10) when it is receiving an acoustic interrogating signal. The transponder (10) comprises a power supply (20), an electronic circuit (30) connected to the power supply (20) and one or more transducers (40) receiving the acoustic signal. The electronic circuit (30) comprises a sequence generator (50) and an amplification and modulation unit (60). These are configured to modulate the received acoustic signal according to a sequence generated by the sequence generator (50) and to amplify the modulated signal before transferring the amplified modulated signal through the one or more transducers (40) of said transponder (10) and/or through another transducer.
Patent GB-2604473-A (GB)
Title: Ingress-barrier assembly for use with pressure-operated downhole equipment
Inventor: Matthew Scott Gray
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 2019-12-05
Abstract: An ingress-barrier assembly for use with pressure-operated downhole equipment can be used to limit hydraulic fluid flow in a wellbore environment for completions and operations through the life of a well. An assembly can comprise a first port to communicate hydraulic fluid with a first fluid conveyance line. The assembly can include a second port to communicate hydraulic fluid with a second fluid conveyance line. The assembly can further include a first-end stop, a second-end stop, and a moveable seal. The moveable seal can move within a bore of the assembly between the first-end stop and the second-end stop to communicate pressure between the first port and the second port.
Patent GB-2620544-A (GB)
Title: A bistable compressor driven with shape memory alloys for refrigerator
Inventor: MIHAIL YORDANOV KOSTOV
IPC: F04B9/00
Filed: 2022-05-23
Abstract: A compressor, a refrigeration system and a method of compressing a fluid are disclosed. The compressor 100 comprises a housing 1, having a fluid inlet 28 and outlet 31, connected to a cylinder 7 having a moveable member 6 and arranged to receive fluid from the housing 1. A rocker 8 moveable between first and second stable states such that movement of the rocker 8 actuates the piston 6. One or more shape memory alloy (SMA) elements 9,10 is coupled to the pivot 8 and is actuatable between a first and second shape to drive the rocker 8. The refrigeration system comprises a condenser 106 to receive vapour from the compressor 100 and an evaporate 110 to receive liquid and provide cooled vapour to the compressor. The disclosed method provides a cooled fluid to the housing of the compressor and from this to the cylinder for compression. The cooled fluid shortens the cooling time of the idle SMA wires and allows for an increased triggering frequency of the bistable mechanism.
Patent GB-2612159-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for dynamically maintained redundancy and load balancing in software defined control systems for industrial process plants
Inventor: ANTHONY JR AMARO
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2022-06-15
Abstract: A software defined distributed control system (SDCS) in a process plant includes an application layer that includes a plurality of containers instantiated in a data cluster. Each of the containers is an isolated execution environment executing within the local operating system of a respective computing node. The containers cooperate to facilitate execution of a control strategy in the SDCS, and includes a hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) operating across the data cluster, which HCI is configured to communicate with the application layer via an adapter service. The HCI includes software-defined (SD) compute resources, SD storage resources, SD networking resources, and an orchestrator service. The orchestrator service is programmed to configure a first container to include a service executing within the first container. It also assigns the first container to execute on an available hardware resource to control a plurality of field devices operating in the process plant.
Patent GB-2609310-A (GB)
Title: Drug-eluting surgical articles and related methods
Inventor: KHATIJA PINKY ALI
IPC: B33Y80/00
Filed: 2019-12-20
Abstract: A biomaterial comprising a plurality of geometric elements and a therapeutic agent. The biomaterial comprises a first geometric element formed by a porous border, wherein the porous border comprises a polymer and the therapeutic agent. The biomaterial comprises a second geometric element comprising a border, wherein the therapeutic agent cannot diffuse into the second geometric element. A portion of the first porous border is adjacent to a portion of the border. The biomaterial can comprise a third geometric element formed by a second porous border comprising the polymer and therapeutic agent. The biomaterial can comprise a fourth geometric element formed by a third porous border comprising the polymer and therapeutic agent, and a solid region comprising the polymer. The geometric elements can comprise solid regions. The therapeutic agent can be an anti-cancer agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic, an analgesic or 5-fluorouracil. The polymer can be polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA), Poly L-lactide-glycolic acid (PLGA) or polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA). The first porous border can comprise a porogen (e.g., bioactive glass). The solid regions can comprise a porogen. The biomaterial can be biodegradable. A portion of the second geometric element can comprise the polymer.
Patent GB-2607816-A (GB)
Title: Composite material blade, rotating machine, and method for molding composite material blade
Inventor: MASAMI KAMIYA
IPC: F01D5/28
Filed: 2021-02-22
Abstract: This composite material blade, which is formed using a composite material including reinforcing fibers and resin, and which has a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface, is provided with a ventral part, being the part on the positive pressure surface side in a blade thickness direction, which is the direction joining the positive pressure surface and the negative pressure surface, a dorsal part, being the part on the negative pressure surface side in the blade thickness direction, and a metal shield portion which is provided on the leading edge side, being the upstream side in a flow direction in which a fluid flows, wherein: the metal shield portion includes a main body portion provided on the leading edge side, and an embedded portion which is provided on the trailing edge side, being the downstream side in the flow direction, of the main body portion, and which is provided between the ventral part and the dorsal part; and the plate thickness of the metal shield portion in the blade thickness direction decreases from the main body portion toward the embedded portion.
Patent GB-2613435-A (GB)
Title: Child safety lock
Inventor: JESPER ANDERSEN
IPC: E05C19/18
Filed: 2022-09-29
Abstract: The child safety lock, for use with a piece of furniture comprising a movable door or drawer and a fixed frame member 45, comprises: a latch member 23, a rail attachment member 42, a fixing screw and a catch member. In use the latch member is fitted on the frame member using the rail attachment member and fixing screw. The latch member includes a tongue 33 insertable in a groove housing 51 of the rail attachment member. A fixing screw may be screwed into the groove housing through a central hole 35 in the tongue. A C-shaped clamp 44 fits around the frame member and rail attachment means. The latch part may include a latching protrusion orthogonal to the tongue, optionally including a further through hole for receiving part of the catch member. The rail attachment member may include an insert section 43 shaped to correspond to a frame member in the form of a U-shaped rail.
Patent GB-2611901-A (GB)
Title: Thermally conductive phase-change composition, methods of manufacture thereof, and articles including the composition
Inventor: KUITIAN TAN
IPC: C09K5/14
Filed: 2021-07-15
Abstract: A thermally conductive phase-change composition includes a mixture of 5 to 25 weight percent thermoplastic polymer; 20 to 45 weight percent phase-change material; and 30 to 65 weight percent thermally conductive particles, wherein weight percent is based on the total weight of the composition and totals 100 weight percent, and wherein thermal conductivity of the composition is at least 3.0 W/m-K at a temperature below the transition temperature of the phase change material and thermal conductivity of the composition is at least 2.0 W/m-K at a temperature above the transition temperature of the phase change material, wherein thermal conductivity is determined in accordance with ASTM E1530. The phase-change compositions are reworkable and can be easily and cleanly removed from a device for maintenance and repair and repositioned without causing damage to the device.
Patent GB-2615017-A (GB)
Title: Determining peripheral device position relative to a primary display
Inventor: COLIN IAN HOLYOAKE
IPC: G06F3/14
Filed: 2021-10-19
Abstract: A computer apparatus is provided for determining one or more peripheral device positions. A primary display of the computer apparatus may be provided with two or more signal receivers disposed at different locations in relation to the primary display and may be configured to receive signals from a signal transmitter at a peripheral device. The computer apparatus may include a processor and a memory configured to provide computer program instructions to the processor to execute a method of: determining a distance from the signal transmitter to each of the two or more signal receivers based on a strength of the received signal; using positioning determination to determine a direction and/or distance to a position of the signal transmitter from the primary display; and configuring the peripheral device based on the determined direction and/or distance.
Patent GB-2620010-A (GB)
Title: Recycling of catalyst coated membrane components
Inventor: Shireen Kaur Basra
IPC: C22B11/02
Filed: 2023-04-25
Abstract: A method of recycling a waste catalyst coated ionomer membrane, the catalyst comprising iridium and at least one of platinum, palladium and/or ruthenium using the following steps: (a) treating with a heated solution comprising an acid and an oxidant, whereby platinum, palladium and/or ruthenium is leached into solution which is separated from the remaining solid components; (b) treating with a solvent to disperse the ionomer membrane and recovery of the dispersed ionomer; and at least one of (c)(i) separating the remaining solid iridium containing catalyst from the dispersion of ionomer after leaching Pt/Pd/Ru or (c)(ii) treating with a heated solution comprising an acid and a reducing agent whereby iridium is leached into solution which is separated from the remining solid components. The acid can be hydrochloric acid, the oxidant a chlorate salt or chlorine gas and the reducing agent hydrazine, NaBH4 or ammonium oxalate. Membranes used in fuel cells and hydrogen producing water electrolysers can be processed.
Patent GB-2618278-A (GB)
Title: Dense 3-D occupancy mapping
Inventor: JUAN J TARRIO
IPC: G06T7/579
Filed: 2022-01-27
Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided, for building and updating a 3-D occupancy map of occupied and unoccupied spaces in a 3-D environment. A plurality of overlapping sub-maps are defined. Each sub-map describes a different volumetric region of the 3-D environment. Two or more of the sub-maps are updated based on a 2-D depth image and associated pose estimate.
Patent GB-2620524-A (GB)
Title: Supervised machine learning-based wellbore correlation
Inventor: MARC PAUL SERVAIS
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2021-07-16
Abstract: A method for performing wellbore correlation across multiple wellbores includes predicting a depth alignment across the wellbores based on a geological feature of the wellbores. Predicting a depth alignment includes selecting a reference wellbore, defining a control point in a reference signal of a reference well log for the reference wellbore, and generating an input tile from the reference signal, the control points, and a number of non-reference well logs corresponding to non-reference wellbores. The well logs include changes in a geological feature over a depth of a wellbore. The input tile is input into a machine-learning model to output a corresponding control point for each non-reference well log. The corresponding control point corresponds to the control point of the reference log. Based on the corresponding control points output from the machine-learning model, the non-reference well logs are aligned with the reference well log to correlate the multiple wellbores.