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Patent GB-2482978-A (GB)
Title: Device for supporting a tapered post
Inventor: LEE JAMES ROTHWELL
IPC: E01F9/011
Filed: 2011-08-17
Abstract: The device for supporting a tapered post 4 comprises a tubular body portion 1 with an open end 3, where the body portion is for installing in the ground 2, a collar portion 5, a positioning plate 11 seated in the collar portion with an opening 12 having a smaller diameter than the tubular body portion, a sealing ring 6 and a retention ring 7. The retention ring has a chamfered profile 10 that acts against the sealing ring such that the chamfer forces the sealing ring towards the post when it is mounted in the body portion to retain the post in tight engagement. A centring ring may be positioned in the body portion to locate the post. The retention ring may be a single piece or in two or more sections and is secured by bolts or screws. The sealing ring may be a deformable plastic material.
Patent GB-2484573-A (GB)
Title: Rocking Joint Assembly
Inventor: HOFBAUER PETER
IPC: F02B25/08
Filed: 2011-09-23
Abstract: Reciprocating motion can be converted to rotary motion through a crankshaft and a connecting rod. In a rocking joint 30 between a connecting rod and a piston 12, the connecting rod rocks with respect to the piston. In some situations, the connecting rod 32 is a pullrod always in tension or a pushrod always in compression making it difficult to lubricate the bearing surfaces. A joint 30 is disclosed in which the bearing surfaces (Fig.5, 166 & 164) rock with respect to each other with no sliding between the surfaces. The connecting rod 32 has a bearing surface that is part of a cylinder having a radius equal to a distance between a central axis of the journal to which the connecting rod 32 is coupled and the bearing surface 64. The non-circular pin 44 has a convexly- or concavely-curved bearing surface and the local radius is based on material properties and the local peak force that the rocking joint is designed to transmit.
Patent GB-2496857-A (GB)
Title: A method and device for dispensing detergent in a washing machine
Inventor: MCKENNA SHAUNA
IPC: A47L15/42
Filed: 2011-11-22
Abstract: A method of dispensing a plurality of treating composition into a multistage automatic washing machine, such as a dishwasher, comprises operating a device in the machine. The device comprises at least two chambers, each chamber containing a treating composition, wherein the chambers are activated in response to input from a sensor, and the device has an associated reservoir for collection of the liquor. The sensor is preferably disposed within the reservoir and the treating compositions in each chamber may be different, one chamber may include a pre-rinse segment which contains an enzymatic detergent, a second chamber may contain hypohalite/peroxygen detergent for a wash segment while another chamber may comprises a rinse agent. There are preferably ten chambers in total.
Patent GB-2491218-A (GB)
Title: Timing based positioning
Inventor: ROUSU SEPPO
IPC: G01S19/23
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling improvements in timing-based positioning accuracy_ Such measures may comprise determining a delay value of a receiver path, via which a positioning-related signal is received, on the basis of at least one reception parameter, measuring a timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of the received positioning-related signal, and correcting the measured timing value on the basis of the determined delay value of the receiver path. The delay associated with a receiver path may be determined from the receiver path configuration and a look up table or on the basis of a mathematical model and performance measurement results.
Patent GB-2501941-A (GB)
Title: Connecting a polymeric soil reinforcement strip to a segmental block in a retaining wall
Inventor: MARTIN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E02D29/02
Filed: 2012-05-11
Abstract: A means 1 of connecting polymeric soil reinforcements 2 to segmental blocks, the connecting means being shaped like a letter D. The reinforcements may be strips, and the strip may be passed around the connection means, the connecting means a strip may then be received in a cavity in a block. Subsequent courses of block are laid to build a retaining wall. The block may be made by pultrusion or moulding, using a single fibre type or mixture of fibres, or may be made from reinforced concrete or cement. The connecting means may be made of metal, ceramic, or plastics.
Patent GB-2499064-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for removing wall covering
Inventor: FAZAL IRFAN ALI
IPC: B44C7/00
Filed: 2012-08-13
Abstract: An apparatus for removing a wall covering e.g. wallpaper, posters, display materials, comprises a steam head adapted to receive steam from a steam generator. The steam head comprises a shell having a sidewall defining a recess forming a steam enclosure; an inlet through which steam may pass into the steam enclosure; and one or more cutting means located within the recess and projecting beyond the sidewall so as to impinge on the surface of the wall covering in use. The cutting means may be scraper blade for removal of the wall covering and/or a scoring means adapted to cut or score the surface of the wall covering allowing the steam to penetrate through the outer layer of a wall covering. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises both a scoring means and a scraper blade.
Patent GB-2499488-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cell system
Inventor: CARRE MAXIME
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2012-12-07
Abstract: A fuel cell system 10 comprises a fuel cell 12 with an anode (62, fig 2) to which fuel gas is supplied and a cathode (60, fig 2) to which an oxygenic gas is supplied, and a recirculation unit 30, 34 in which at least some exit gas 28 from the anode can be re-supplied to the anode. The system also includes a control unit to control the recirculation unit 30, 34, the control unit being operated on the basis of the fuel utilisation of the fuel gas supplied to the anode and/or on the basis of an oxygen-to-carbon ratio (O/C) of the fuel gas supplied to the anode. The fuel utilisation is stated to be the ratio of the quantity of gas converted within the anode (62, fig 2) to the quantity of gas supplied overall to the anode, while the oxygen-to-carbon ratio (O/C) is stated to be the ratio of the sum of free and bound oxygen to the sum of free and bound carbon of a fuel gas supplied to the anode. The fuel utilisation and/or the oxygen-to-carbon ratio can be determined from (i) the temperature (Tan) prevailing in the anodic region of the fuel cell 12 (fig 3), (ii) an absolute moisture value (aH) to be assigned to the fuel gas supplied to the anodic region (fig 4), and/or on the basis of an electric current (I) available at the fuel cell 12 (fig 5). Control of the recirculation unit 30, 34 may additionally be effected using the composition of the fuel gas supplied to the anodic region of the fuel cell 12.
Patent GB-2512564-A (GB)
Title: Modular assay system
Inventor: WONG KEN JIN
IPC: B01L7/00
Filed: 2013-01-16
Abstract: A system 12 for conducting an assay comprises a power source 16, a controller 13 and a plurality of assay units 14 connected to one another such that the controller can communicate with the assay units. Each assay unit is a module and ideally comprises a drawer 20 which holds an assay device 22 which is in the form of a disc 24. Each unit maybe connected to another unit by a plug and socket and the units maybe stacked to form a tower. The assay device 22 comprises a disc 24 having a plurality of chambers in fluid communication and a central hub 200 having a sample inlet for receiving a sample wherein the central hub is rotated relative to the disc and inlet to seal the sample within the disc. The assay device may further comprise an identification means such as a bar code which is read by reader 15 of the system. Once placed in an assay unit, the assay device is subjected to rotational movement and perhaps temperature conditions to subject the sample in the device to a treatment or process.
Patent GB-2512383-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for building a lined shaft
Inventor: QUINN MICHAEL
IPC: E21D1/08
Filed: 2013-03-28
Abstract: A jacking ram apparatus 140, for use in the sinking of a shaft lining, comprising a ram 146 supported by a stanchion 144 and a base 142 having a channel (254) along which a carriage 152 may be slid, the stanchion is mounted on the carriage and braced by brace 148. The carriage may be slid in the channel between an extended position in which the ram 146 is held clear of the base and a retracted position in which the ram is held over the base. A hydraulic cylinder 446 may be provided to enable the carriage to be slid between the two positions.
Patent GB-2515259-A (GB)
Title: Lamp holder, lamp assembly and bulb
Inventor: JONES MARK
IPC: H01R13/46
Filed: 2013-04-16
Abstract: An LED lamp holder 40 comprises a base (41, Fig 4) from at least a portion of which a peripheral wall (42, Fig 4) extends. An LED lamp 60 comprises one or more LEDs 62, a circuit board 63 and a conductive plate 61. An LED lamp assembly 50 comprises such a LED lamp holder and an LED lamp located in the receptacle in the lamp holder, together with electrical conductors 51. The holder thus provides a physical and electrical barrier around the lamp. The assembly can be placed in a housing (71, Fig 7) to make an LED bulb (70, Fig 8).
Patent GB-2514112-A (GB)
Title: Valve Arrangement
Inventor: LUCAS NATHAN J
IPC: F16K31/363
Filed: 2013-05-13
Abstract: A valve arrangement 60 for a hydraulic system 30 for raising and lowering a component (such as a boom of a loader) of a work machine comprises an inlet 61 and an outlet 62. A pilot operated load control valve 63 is fluidly connected between the inlet 61 and the outlet 62. The load control valve 63 has an energized unidirectional state allowing hydraulic fluid to pass from the outlet 62 to the inlet 61 and a de-energized unidirectional state allowing hydraulic fluid to pass from the inlet 61 to the outlet 62. A pilot conduit 65 directs pilot hydraulic fluid to actuate the load control valve 63. A connecting conduit 67 connects the pilot conduit 65 to the inlet 61 and has a flow restriction 68 and a check valve 69 configured to allow hydraulic fluid to flow only in the direction from the pilot conduit 65 towards the inlet 61. The valve arrangement prevents the component from dropping uncontrollably under a hose burst condition.
Patent GB-2516083-A (GB)
Title: Virtual Machine Backup
Inventor: NORTH GERAINT
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2013-07-11
Abstract: A system comprises a processor running a hypervisor for virtual machines (VMs), a cache, e.g. a write-back cache, and a memory storing VM images for a differential check-pointing failover technique. The cache comprises rows having a memory address, a cache line, and an image modification flag. The modification flag is set (430) when a cache line is modified (420) by a backed-up VM (425), for which an image is saved in memory, while hypervisor actions in privilege mode do not set the flag. Flagged cache lines addresses are written in a log of the memory upon eviction (440) or during periodic checkpoints. Replication of the VM image in another memory can be obtained by fetching the cache lines stored at the logged addresses. Using the modification bit flag instead of dirty bit tags ensures that modified cache lines are written to the log without being flushed at the same time.
Patent GB-2516656-A (GB)
Title: A control apparatus for controlling fuel injection into an internal combustion engine
Inventor: MELIS MASSIMILIANO
IPC: F02D41/40
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling fuel injection into an internal combustion engine 110, the engine 110 having an injector 160 connected to a rail 170, a fuel pressure sensor 500, and is controlled by energizing a control valve 517. The control apparatus comprising an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) 450, connected to the fuel pressure sensor 500, and configured to : monitor a fuel pressure signal value in the injector 160; determine an actual quantity of fuel (Qinj, fig.4) injected into the cylinder 125 as a function of the signal value; determine a target value (Q T, fig.4) of a quantity of fuel to be injected; calculate a difference (Qcorr, fig.4) between the target value (QT) and the actual quantity of fuel (Qinj) and calculate a corrected value (ETcorr, fig.4) of an energising time of the injector 160 as a function of the difference (Qcorr). The method provides real time quality control of the injected fuel allowing for variations in the manufacturing and/or the effects of aging related wear and tear.
Patent GB-2504011-A (GB)
Title: Precision marking of subsurface locations
Inventor: CHEN SONGHUA
IPC: E21B47/08
Filed: 2012-02-27
Abstract: A method for performing a downhole operation includes marking at least one location in a wellbore using a magnetized material. The magnetized material may generate a magnetic field stronger than a magnetic field generated in the wellbore by a surrounding formation.
Patent GB-2518361-A (GB)
Title: Hydroponic growing system, apparatus and method
Inventor: COOTE JONATHAN
IPC: A01G31/04
Filed: 2013-09-18
Abstract: A gondola 100 for an aerial conveyor, the gondola comprising a support frame 110 configured to carry at least one hydroponic growing tray and a connector 150 configured to couple the support frame to the aerial conveyor, the connector configured to allow rotation of the support frame about a substantially vertical axis relative to the aerial conveyor such plants in the hydroponic growing trays may be exposed to substantially uniform lighting. The support frame may be configured to carry trays on either side of the support frame. The trays may comprise at least one internal divider to isolate a first region inside the tray from a second region. Also disclosed is a method of growing plants hydroponically.
Patent GB-2518624-A (GB)
Title: Water tank with a limiting assembly
Inventor: CHIU MING-TSUNG
IPC: H01H35/18
Filed: 2013-09-25
Abstract: A water tank has a container (20), a microswitch (30), a limiting assembly (40) and a float (50). The float (50) is mounted slidably in the container (20). The limiting assembly (40) has an actuating rod (41) that slides in a direction perpendicular to the sliding path of the float (50). An inclined guiding track (42) is mounted between the float (50) and the actuating rod (41) to convert the moving direction. Since the actuating rod (41) utilizes the movement to switch the micro switch (30) on and off, the actuating rod (41) and the micro switch (30) need no abutting structures. When the actuating rod (41) is moved by an accidental force, the actuating rod (41) self-moves back to its original position once the accidental force is removed, then the microswitch (30) is switched on again so that the household appliance is restarted.
Patent GB-2509377-A (GB)
Title: Subsea wellbore construction method and apparatus
Inventor: HASLER THOMAS
IPC: E21B21/08
Filed: 2012-04-13
Abstract: A method and system for constructing a subsea well in a subterranean formation is described. A tubular in a subsea well defines a main wellbore, and a fluid circulation path from the main wellbore to an outlet is formed via the wellbore annulus between the tubular and the subterranean formation. A cement slurry flows from the main wellbore along the wellbore annulus towards the outlet, causing fluid to be displaced from the annulus through the outlet. A controllable subsea choke in fluid communication with the fluid circulation path generates a backpressure in the fluid circulation path using the controllable subsea choke. In a preferred embodiment, the controllable subsea choke is part of a subsea pressure regulation system which also comprises a subsea pump.
Patent GB-2520962-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a container of pressurised fluid
Inventor: HARRIS DAVID STUART
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a package of pressurised fluid, comprising: providing a sealed container holding a first fluid; compressing a first portion of thecontainer, the first portion of the container having a least one deformable wall, to force fluid out of the first portion into a second portion of the container; and sealing the first portion from the second portion. The first portion may comprise a first chamber 12 and the second portion a second chamber 14.
Patent GB-2524821-A (GB)
Title: Sleeping bag
Inventor: STANHOPE JULIET
IPC: A47G9/08
Filed: 2014-04-04
Abstract: A sleeping bag comprises first and second panels 12, 14 each having a head edge 12a,14a, a foot edge 12b, 14b and side edges 12c, 12d, 14c, 14d. The first and second panels 12, 14 are secured together along the foot edges 12b, 14b and the side edges 12c, 14c, 12d, 14d to form a bag portion 18 having a mouth 20 which provides access to an interior of the bag portion 18. A side tuck panel or flap 16 extends from the first panel 12 at an upper side edge region 26 adjacent to the head edge 12a of the first panel 12 and the first panel 12 is not secured to the second panel 14 along the upper side edge region 26. The first 12 and second 14 panels may be rectangular and form an L-shaped top panel. The second panel 14 may have an upper panel section extending beyond the head edge of the first panel 12a.
Patent GB-2516767-A (GB)
Title: Turbine
Inventor: BYWATER JOHN
IPC: F02B37/18
Filed: 2014-07-11
Abstract: Disclosed is a turbine 32 comprising a turbine housing 5 defining a turbine inlet 9 upstream of a turbine wheel 4 and a turbine outlet 10 downstream of the turbine wheel. The turbine also comprises a wastegate passage 34 connecting the turbine inlet and the turbine outlet to bypass the turbine and a wastegate valve comprising a movable valve member, poppet valve 36. The wastegate valve has an open state in which gas may pass between the turbine inlet and turbine outlet via the wastegate passage and a closed state in which the valve member substantially prevents gas from passing between the turbine inlet and the turbine outlet via the wastegate passage. The valve member is mounted to an actuation member 39, the actuation member passing through an actuator conduit 40 of the turbine housing. The turbine further comprises a sealing arrangement, annular seal ring 44, configured to provide a seal arranged to substantially prevent gas passing from the turbine outlet into the actuator conduit. The sealing arrangement is degradable such that when the sealing arrangement is subjected to a first environment, such as a cold environment, in which an initial turbine performance test is conducted the sealing arrangement substantially does not degrade and when the sealing arrangement is subjected to a second environment, for example a hot environment, in which the turbine normally operates the sealing arrangement degrades. The seal may comprise a wax, paper or cardboard sealing part.
Patent GB-2514498-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine control system with gas monitor
Inventor: BRIDGE KEITH HERBERT
IPC: F02K3/00
Filed: 2013-03-18
Abstract: A gas turbine engine (100) configured to operate using a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel may include a combustor system (20) fluidly coupled to a compressor system (10) and a turbine system (70). The gas turbine engine may also include a control system (60) configured to selectively direct the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel to the combustor system based on a concentration of a constituent in the gaseous fuel.
Patent GB-2529714-A (GB)
Title: Dust boot for a damper of a vehicle suspension system
Inventor: HERNANDEZ SERGIO
IPC: F16F9/38
Filed: 2014-09-01
Abstract: A dust boot 26 for a damper 10 of a vehicle suspension system is provided. The dust boot 26 includes an elongated body portion 32 having a central longitudinal axis L and including compressible and extensible upper and lower convoluted sections 48, 50 and an intermediate section 52 extending between the upper and lower convoluted sections 48, 50. The upper and lower convoluted sections 48, 50 of the body portion 32 of the dust boot 26 include a plurality of annular convolutions and the intermediate section 52 includes smooth inner and outer surfaces. References are also made to a vehicle suspension system incorporating such a dust boot, and to a vehicle including such a suspension system.
Patent GB-2518302-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for protecting devices downhole
Inventor: CARTELLIERI ANSGAR
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: An apparatus and method conducting downhole measurement operations in a borehole penetrating an earth formation. The apparatus may include a module configured to be conveyed in a borehole and to receive at least one device. The module may receive the device internally or in one or more recessed areas. A housing with at least one opening may encompass the exterior of the module. The apparatus may have a first position that allows access to the module through the at least one opening, and a second position that isolates the module from the exterior of the housing. The method may include conducting downhole measurement related operations using the apparatus. The method may include moving the housing and module between the first position and the second position.
Patent GB-2519436-A (GB)
Title: Disk drive with different synchronization fields and synchronization marks in the data sector preambles in adjacent data tracks
Inventor: COKER JONATHAN DARREL
IPC: G11B20/12
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: A magnetic recording disk and disk drive has data sector preambles that allow for inter-track interference. The same data sector preamble is used for all data sectors in a track but the preamble in each track is different from the preamble in radially adjacent tracks. Each preamble includes a synchronization field (SF) and synchronization mark (SM) that are the same in each track but different from the SF and SM in radially adjacent tracks. Only two unique SFs and two unique SMs are required alternating in radially adjacent tracks but there may be three unique SMs SM1-3 and three unique SFs . The SFs may be a periodic 2T, 2.5T or 3T frequency.
Patent GB-2531309-A (GB)
Title: A method of controlling a turbocharged engine
Inventor: KEES DONATUS ANDREAS JOSEPHINE
IPC: F02D41/12
Filed: 2014-10-16
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a motor vehicle having a turbocharged internal combustion engine 9 in which deactivation of cylinders of the engine 9 is controlled to prevent the rotational speed of a turbocharger 11 of the engine 9 falling below a predefined limit. Following commencement of a coast down of the motor vehicle 5 at least one cylinder of the engine 9 is deactivated so as to maximise energy recuperation from the motor vehicle 5 by a belt integrated starter generator 10 driveably connected to the engine 9. If the speed of the turbocharger 11 reaches one of the speed limits at least one cylinder of the engine 9 is reactivated to keep the turbocharger 11 spinning. An engine using such a method is also disclosed.