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Patent GB-2405448-A (GB)
Title: A closed cycle energy recovery system
Inventor: BIDDLE RICHARD JAMES
IPC: F01D25/22
Filed: 2003-08-27
Abstract: A closed cycle system for extracting energy from a source of waste heat. The system comprises a main heat exchanger 102, which transfers the waste heat to a working fluid, which drives a turbine 114. The turbine 114 is mechanically connected to an electromechanical conversion unit 120, 150 to produce electricity. The output of the turbine 114 flows through a cooling system 126, 134 before being fed back through the main heat exchanger 102. The cooling system 126, 134 may comprise a secondary heat exchanger 126, and may further comprise a condensing unit 134. A pump 144 may be positioned between the condenser 134 and secondary heat exchanger 126. The turbine 114 shaft may be mounted on a bearing (figs 3-5), which may be lubricated by the ingress of working fluid. The electromechanical conversion unit 120, 150 may comprise an alternator 120, and an electrical conditioning unit 150 may be attached to the alternator output 122.
Patent GB-2405741-A (GB)
Title: DVD Recorder for simultaneous recording of multiple audio and video signals
Inventor: HORN DAVID
IPC: G11B7/20
Filed: 2003-09-05
Abstract: A device for recording two or more video and audio signals onto recordable DVD media contemporaneously with the events to be recorded (i.e. 'on the fly') to make use of the multiple camera angle facilities of the DVD-Video format. MPEG2 data steams from two or more hardware MPEG2 encoders are re-organised in real time prior to recording by means of hardware or software implementation to create the data structures required for a multi-camera angle DVD recording. In addition, for applications where interview material is recorded for evidence in judicial proceedings the MPEG2 data streams can be analysed during this re-organisation to ensure that an appropriate signal is connected to the video or audio inputs, thus giving a confidence indication that the material has been successfully recorded.
Patent GB-2402019-A (GB)
Title: Telephone unit having telephone directory with picture data
Inventor: FUKUDA MICHIKO
IPC: H04M1/27475
Filed: 2001-11-07
Abstract: When a telephone unit communicates with a communication party using a television telephone function, a receiving portion 15 of the telephone unit receives compressed moving picture data from the communication party 2 having a moving picture encoder 18 through a communication network 16. While the received moving picture compressed data is successively decoded by a moving picture decoder 13 and displayed on a displaying device or the like, when the user of the telephone unit performs an inputting or selecting operation equivalent to a shutter operation, one frame of decoded picture data is supplied to a still picture encoder 11 and encoded as still picture compressed data. In addition, a communication party telephone number detecting portion 14 detects the telephone number of the communication party and stores it to a telephone directory 10 along with the compressed still picture data.
Patent GB-2407109-A (GB)
Title: Downhole sampling and separation of clean and contaminated formation fluid
Inventor: NOGUEIRA MATHEUS
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2004-10-12
Abstract: Contaminated formation fluid is drawn through a probe 26 and fluid analyser 32 by a pump 30 in a downhole sampling system 18 and then collected in a sample chamber 28B where it is separated, by means of settling, centripetal force (if in a drilling tool, Fig 6), using pebbles (50, Fig 7) or chemical additives, into contaminated 37 and clean formation fluid 39, portions of which may be selectively removed using a snorkel 44, or other flowline for subsequent storage in chamber 28a or for analysis and discharge through dump line 34 into the borehole.
Patent GB-2419129-A (GB)
Title: Nestable bottle carrier
Inventor: JONES STUART TERRY
IPC: B65D71/52
Filed: 2004-10-14
Abstract: A receptacle carrier, particularly for bottles, comprises at least one but, preferably, a plurality of discrete receptacle receiving stations 1 positioned symmetrically either side of a centrally mounted handle 2, all of which upstand from a common base 3. The sides of the receiving stations are angled from the vertical so that they splay outwardly from the base as their height increases. The floors of the receiving stations are also inclined to the horizontal, such that the receptacles are also retained at a corresponding angle to the vertical. The handle 2 tapers inwardly as its height increases. The combination of these features allow empty carriers to nest inside each other with the nesting height being significantly less than the height of the receptacle receiving stations.
Patent GB-2420179-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle speed detection in a navigation system
Inventor: CHEN STEPHEN
IPC: G01P7/00
Filed: 2004-11-11
Abstract: A vehicle speed detection device derives vehicle speed from engine revolution speed which is detected by measuring the frequency of noise in a vehicle power supply. An accelerometer is also provided to detect changes in direction, allowing a vehicle navigation system to continue to function when a GPS signal is interrupted. The measured noise may originate from an alternator and may be detected through connection to a cigarette lighter socket. The device is able to learn the relationship between engine speed and vehicle speed by comparison with a vehicle speed derived from GPS signals, when these are available.
Patent GB-2415245-A (GB)
Title: Heat Resistant Casing
Inventor: RAWLINS KARL JUSTIN
IPC: F21V25/00
Filed: 2005-03-02
Abstract: A casing 10 (fire hood) for an electrical fitting comprises a top 11 of heat resistant material provided with at least one aperture and supporting a side wall 12. The housing encloses an electrical fitting 19 attached to the housing by attachment means, and within the housing is a first solid fire-resistant intumescent material 17 positioned between the interior surface of the top 11 and electrical fitting 19. Intumescent material 17 is provided with at least one aperture and is spaced from the interior surface of top 11. The housing is further provided with a collar of a second solid fire-resistant intumescent material 15 extending around the exterior surface of side wall 12. In the event of fire or significant temperature increase, intumescent material 17 and 15 expand to around nine times their original volume, filling the gap 16A between the top 11 and plate 16, together with the apertures in the top 11, and the space between the housing and the surrounding structure e.g. a ceiling or wall. These expansions help to prevent a fire from spreading.
Patent GB-2414873-A (GB)
Title: Battery charger with disconnection
Inventor: OSSWALD ALEXANDER
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 2005-04-22
Abstract: A charging device for a rechargeable battery (4) comprises a circuit (5) connectable to a supply voltage (V) and supplying the charging current for the battery (4), and a circuit (6) connected in a circuit parallel to the circuit (5) and required for regulating the charging current. A switch (7) is provided in the parallel circuit and interrupts the parallel circuit when the charging device (1) is disconnected from the supply voltage (V). It is thereby avoided that a leakage current flows from the battery (4) via the parallel circuit and thereby discharges the battery (4) when the charging device (1) is disconnected from the supply voltage (V).
Patent GB-2411678-A (GB)
Title: Orienting and locating a well operation in a borehole
Inventor: DEWEY CHARLES H
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2002-05-02
Abstract: An orientation and locator system 11 includes a receiver sub 10 disposed in and installed with a casing string 16 in a borehole. The receiver sub 10 has azimuth and depth profiles 26, 28 for locating a predetermined position in a borehole. The profiles 26, 28 are within the inside diameter of the casing string 16 so as not to restrict fluid flow. The locator system further includes a locator sub 50 attached to a well tool and adapted to engage the casing receiver sub 10 to orient and locate the well tool. The locator sub 50 has an alignment key 66 and a plurality of dogs 72 for engaging the azimuth and depth profiles 26, 28 respectively. The alignment key 66 guided in to place by a slot with opposed cam surfaces In figures 7 to 11 the orientation and locator system 11 is shown in use locating and orientating a whipstock assembly for lateral drilling.
Patent GB-2415161-A (GB)
Title: Hand-held power tool with slip clutch
Inventor: FRAUHAMMER KARL
IPC: F16D43/206
Filed: 2005-05-25
Abstract: A hand-held power tool 10 in the form of a rotary and/or impact hammer comprises an electric drive motor 12, a gear mechanism 13, and a rotating sleeve 15 rotationally driven via a drive gear 14. An impact mechanism 18 is arranged within the rotating sleeve, and a safety clutch 23 is arranged between the drive gear and the rotating sleeve, which is disconnected when a torque limit is exceeded. This is configured as a slip clutch positioned on the rotating sleeve with two axially adjacent clutch parts in positive engagement by means of torque transmitting transmission means 28 and releasable against an axially acting spring 29 when the torque limit is exceeded. One clutch part 26 is a part associated with the drive gear and is rotatable relative to the rotating sleeve, and the other clutch part 27 is positively coupled directly with the rotating sleeve, or indirectly in a torque transmitting manner.
Patent GB-2416972-A (GB)
Title: Selecting portion of a graph, and network analyzing apparatus
Inventor: BENNETT TIMOTHY MARK
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2005-05-26
Abstract: Inflowing data is summarized in real time. The summarized data is displayed as a graph in real time. A portion of the graph is selected using dual sliders (42-45). Data that was summarized in real time and represented by the selected graph portion is operated on. Operating on the data that was summarized involves displaying components of the data and/or exporting the data Displaying components of the data involves displaying components of the data that was summarized in one or more new graphs and/or displaying components of the data that was summarized in tabular form.
Patent GB-2415627-A (GB)
Title: Electro-optical air purifier
Inventor: YUEN SE KIT
IPC: F24F8/80
Filed: 2005-06-20
Abstract: An air purifier comprising a housing 1, 2, the housing having a plurality of air inlets 5 and a plurality of air outlets 3, an ultraviolet radiation tube means 21 located within said housing between said air inlets and air outlets for generating ultraviolet rays, at least one extractor fan means 8 drawing air into said housing through said air inlet, over the ultraviolet radiation means and out of the housing through the air outlet. An air collector 27 is provided between said extractor fan and said housing. A high negative voltage discharge/carbon fibre 10 is located between the ultraviolet radiation tube and the air outlet to produce and increase the quantity of anions. The purifier may be provided with protection means to prevent extreme ultraviolet radiation being emitted from the housing to protect the eyes of the user. The system may emit ultraviolet radiation at a wavelength of 253.7nm. The UV tube may be replaceable and the system may be placed in an air-conditioning device. Also claimed is an air purifier comprising inlets and outlets, a filter (6, 7), an ultraviolet radioactive ray chamber for housing an ultraviolet radiation means, a carbon fibre for regenerating anions, the housing including a rectangular hole-site which fastens an external power line, the air purifier further comprising a switch to turn the power on or off.
Patent GB-2431743-A (GB)
Title: System design utilising spreadsheet
Inventor: TOFTS CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2005-10-28
Abstract: A method of system design and manufacture includes entering system details in a first user interface program 100. A transfer file 110 defining a spreadsheet including cells representing the system is created and transferred to a spreadsheet 120. The transfer file is arranged to define component count spreadsheet cells to permit user input to vary the numbers of at least some components of the system, and calculation cells to calculate the properties of the system for the component counts entered into the component count cells. The user can then adjust the spreadsheet to obtain a desired result, output the final configuration as output file 130 and pass the file to a manufacturing facility 140 to produce the designed system. The system designed and manufactured may be a computer system with many components.
Patent GB-2420802-A (GB)
Title: Measuring borehole profile and steering a drill string
Inventor: MARTINEZ RUBEN
IPC: G01B7/13
Filed: 2005-11-24
Abstract: A while-drilling calliper tool 300 comprises arms 208 which hinge away from the body of the tool to contact a wall of a borehole. A sprung biasing means 212 is provided to urge the arms 208 laterally outward (an alternative embodiment biases the arms inward). A proximity sensor 220 measures how far the arm 208 is extended; magnetometers and accelerometers determine the relative rotational position of the arms and the orientation of the tool and from this the diameter and profile of the borehole can be determined. The arms 208 can be used to steer the drill by providing a hydraulic mechanism 218 to selectively push the arms positively against the borehole wall.
Patent GB-2433444-A (GB)
Title: Artificial teeth
Inventor: TYRRELL RICHARD JOHN
IPC: A61C13/113
Filed: 2005-12-21
Abstract: In a set of artificial teeth comprising a maxillary unit and a mandibular unit, each having at least two posterior teeth formed as a one-piece unit, the teeth of the maxillary unit are moulded such that the spacing between each corresponding cusp of immediately adjacent ones of the said maxillary posterior teeth is substantially uniform for each of the said maxillary posterior teeth, the teeth of the mandibular unit are moulded such that the spacing between each corresponding cusp of immediately adjacent ones of the said mandibular posterior teeth is substantially uniform for each of the said mandibular posterior teeth, and the cusp spacings of the maxillary posterior teeth are substantially the same as those of the mandibular posterior teeth. Alternatively, or in addition, the teeth of the maxillary unit are moulded such that the or each cusp has an articulating surface which is inclined at an angle which is substantially the same as the angle of inclination of the corresponding articulating surface of the corresponding cusp of the or each immediately adjacent one of the said maxillary posterior teeth, the teeth of the mandibular unit are moulded such that the or each cusp has an articulating surface which is inclined at an angle which is substantially the same as the angle of inclination of the corresponding articulating surface of the corresponding cusp of the or each immediately adjacent one of the said mandibular posterior teeth, and the cusp angles of the maxillary posterior teeth are substantially the same as those of the mandibular posterior teeth. Preferably, the fossa spacings of the maxillary and mandicular posterior teeth are substantially elongate.
Patent GB-2421749-A (GB)
Title: Fluid delivery system for milling head
Inventor: GILLIES IAN ALEXANDER
IPC: E21B7/06
Filed: 2005-12-30
Abstract: A fluid delivery system suitable for a milling a whipstock system comprises a fluid inlet vessel 21, an anchor fluid delivery vessel 26 connected to the inlet vessel and defining an anchor flow path to supply fluid to an anchor and a milling head delivery vessel 23 also connected to the inlet vessel. A barrier 24 is located between the inlet vessel 21 and the milling head fluid delivery vessel 23, the barrier 24 adapted to open when exposed to fluid under a predetermined pressure to allow fluid to flow from the inlet vessel 21 along the milling head flow path 23. The barrier 24 may be a rupture disc. Also disclosed is a whipstock having a deflection face inclined at less than 10 degrees. Also disclosed is a whipstock adapted to be connected to a milling head by a pair of tines.
Patent GB-2421435-A (GB)
Title: Insect attracting device
Inventor: CASAGRANDE ENZO DOMENICO
IPC: A01N25/34
Filed: 2004-10-29
Abstract: A substantially biodegradable device for sustained release of an insect attractant, the device comprising a blend of: a substantially biodegradable or bio-erodable polymer, or a polymer which is bioerodable when contained in the blend; a cellulose filler material; and an insect affecting material.
Patent GB-2438254-A (GB)
Title: System for the reconstruction of three dimensional shape and texture
Inventor: PASSALIS GEORGIOS
IPC: G02B30/10
Filed: 2006-05-10
Abstract: The hardware setup of Figure 1 extends the utility of flatbed scanners for the reconstruction of three dimensional shape and texture. This setup, in its basic form, includes a flatbed scanner 3 and a lens array 1 which is placed on the scanning area 2 of the flatbed scanner. The hardware setup can produce integral photography image(s) of objects placed in front of the lens array, without the need of an objective lens. An algorithmic method reconstructs three dimensional shape and texture from the integral photography image(s). To this effect the algorithmic method solves the correspondence problem for a number of pixels in each elemental image. For a specific pixel of an elemental image, the correspondence problem is solved multiple times (using multiple neighboring elemental images), thus increasing the accuracy of the three dimensional reconstruction.
Patent GB-2438405-A (GB)
Title: Underwater trenching and excavation apparatus
Inventor: SILLS NICHOLAS VICTOR
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 2006-05-22
Abstract: An underwater trenching and excavation apparatus that is neutrally buoyant in water and can be manoeuvred and operated in a free flying mode when attached to a remotely operated vehicle. The apparatus uses arrays of water jets 13 mounted on articulating jetting swords 12 or static jetting swords 35 to excavate the seabed or dig trenches for pipelines in the seabed and has retro jets that counter balance the reaction or thrust forces generated by the excavating water jets. The apparatus has sets of wheels 22 on opposite sides of the apparatus that when articulated can close around a pipeline to clamp the apparatus to the pipeline and when the wheels are rotated can drive the apparatus along the pipeline. All rotating and reciprocating parts are powered by pressurised water. The apparatus is deployed on drill string and receives pressurised water through a flexible umbilical hose 20.
Patent GB-2430448-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead choke valve with flow ports on only one side of the flow trim for aligning with a side bore
Inventor: BOHAYCHUK LARRY J
IPC: F16K3/26
Filed: 2006-07-19
Abstract: A choke valve, for use in a wellhead or manifold, has a T-shaped bore 3,4,5 and a flow trim 7 positioned in the T-shaped bore. The flow trim 7 includes a tubular cage 16 which is provided with a flow port 18 or a plurality of flow ports (figure 3) in its side wall 17; each of the ports 18 can align with the side opening 3 of the T-shaped bore. An external flow collar 15 or an internal plug can slide along the cage to throttle the flow port 18. Where there is a plurality of flow ports (figure 3) these can be arranged in series of different sizes to reduce the erosive effects of jetting in the trim. The flow trim 7 can be housed within a cartridge 6 of a removable insert 1; the insert 1 can have an alignment means (figure 4) to align the flow port 18 of the trim, a port 14 of the cartridge and the side opening 3 of the T-shaped bore. In a reverse flow mode in the valve body, fluid can enter the cage 16 from a lower opening 4 and exit through the flow port 18 directly into the body side opening. Erosion of the choke valve assembly is reduced.
Patent GB-2435936-A (GB)
Title: Combination square
Inventor: MARCUS HOWARD
IPC: G01B3/56
Filed: 2006-09-07
Abstract: Novel combination squares for magnetically retaining a magnetic rule-type blade (4) in a blade retaining slot (6). Novel combination squares including an L-shaped rule-type blade.
Patent GB-2444249-A (GB)
Title: Tipping truck manufacture
Inventor: KELLY JAMES
IPC: B60P1/04
Filed: 2006-12-27
Abstract: The present invention comprises a process of manufacturing a tipping truck, and a truck manufactured as a result. The process includes: forming metal structural elements and assembling the elements to form a floor panel 14 with a pair of parallel spaced-apart longitudinal runners 15 with tapered side walls on an underside of the floor panel; mounting side walls 38, front board 40 and a back gate 42 upstanding around the floor panel; aligning the same and welding in position to form a rigid tipping body; hingedly mounting (70-72 figure 12) the tipping body on the longitudinal chassis members (25) of a truck chassis; connecting (56 figure 9) a ram (55) between the chassis and a front of the tipping body; and mounting guide arms (65) at the front end of the chassis of complementary shape to the runners on the underside of the floor panel of the tipping body, the guide arms extending upwardly and outwardly of the chassis for engaging and securing the runners on the chassis when the tipping body is in a lowered position. Various finishing operations are then carried out such as insulating the walls of the tipping body, and providing a gate locking mechanism and a cover.
Patent GB-2433281-A (GB)
Title: Lubrication of interacting surfaces of an expansion tool and a tubular to be expanded
Inventor: SHUSTER MARK
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2004-01-26
Abstract: A tribological system of lubricating an interface between an expansion device 12 and a tubular member 16 during a radial expansion and plastic deformation of the tubular member 16 comprises a first lubricating film 300 coupled to the surface of the expansion device 12 which has a surface texture 12a; a second lubricating film 302 coupled to an interior surface 16a of the tubular member 16; and a lubricating material 306 disposed within an annulus 304 defined between the expansion device and the tubular member. The first lubricating film 300 can have a greater resistance to abrasion than the second film 302. The lubricant films are defined as having maximum thicknesses and variances of those thicknesses as measured in nanometres (nm). The first lubricant 300 can comprise chromium nitride; the second lubricant 302 can comprise PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). The co-efficient of friction for the interface can be less than or equal to 0.125 or around 0.06.
Patent GB-2438876-A (GB)
Title: Visual presenter with synchronzied support arm setup
Inventor: SUKENARI KAZUHIRO
IPC: G03B21/30
Filed: 2007-02-01
Abstract: A visual presenter 1 includes a camera support arm 4 comprising a pivot support arm 31 pivotally supported on a base 2 and having an interior cavity, and a slide support arm 33 which is inserted into the interior cavity of the pivot support arm 31 so as to be slidable and having a distal end on which an image pickup camera 3 is mounted. When the pivot support arm 31 is caused to pivot from a storage location where the camera support arm 4 lies flat, to a setup location where the camera support arm 4 stands up, the slide support arm 33 is pushed out of the pivot support arm 31 by a sliding mechanism (35) so that the image pickup camera is set up at a predetermined location.