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Patent GB-2517200-A (GB)
Title: Screwdriver
Inventor: LAI JIN-TSAI
IPC: B25B23/00
Filed: 2013-08-16
Abstract: A screwdriver includes a grip 1 with at least one snap piece 15, a connection member 2 with a protrusion 23, an adjustment member 3 with at least one rib 31 and a bit 6. The grip has a recessed area 10 with engaging groove 11 and a room 12 communicates with the recessed area. A round passage 13 is defined in the grip and in communication between the room and a space 14 in which the connection member is received. A securing member 4 is received in the room and has a polygonal securing hole 40. A cover 5 is engaged with the recessed area of the grip. The bit has a metal shank 60 which has a round insertion section 66 which is inserted into the round passage of the grip and has a polygonal securing section 67 which is engaged with the polygonal securing hole of the securing member. The bit is secured to the grip and able to be easily replaced. The bit, except the work end 61, is coated in an isolation material 63.
Patent GB-2509383-A (GB)
Title: Display colour conversion based on grey scale region
Inventor: PARK ILKWON
IPC: G09G3/32
Filed: 2013-11-20
Abstract: A method for driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, with intersecting data and gate lines, comprises: converting first digital image data including a plurality of colour digital data into any one of: second digital image data including the plurality of colour digital data and first white digital data, and third digital image data including a plurality of colour conversion digital data that converts the plurality of colour digital data and second white digital data, according to whether the first digital image data is included in a first greyscale region or a second greyscale region higher (e.g. above a greyscale level threshold) than the first greyscale region; second digital image data is converted into data voltages, supplied to display data lines, and synchronised gate pulses are sequentially supplied to the gate lines. Thus, colour temperature is uniformly maintained in all gray scale levels, reducing power consumption. A minimum, average or median value of colour digital data of the first image data, or luminance, may be calculated as a representative value.
Patent GB-2506560-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for measuring expended energy
Inventor: SPEARS IAIN R
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2012-06-18
Abstract: A method of measuring expended energy of a moving body, comprising the steps: i) providing at least one first sensor for measuring position data and/or orientation data and/or dynamic data of a first part of the moving body; ii) providing at least one second sensor for measuring relative position data and/or orientation data and/or dynamic data of a second part of the moving body, wherein the second part is moveable relative to the first part and connected to the first part by a first resistive deformable element; iii) using the at least one first sensor to make a first measurement of the position and/or orientation and/or dynamics of the first part over a period of time and subsequently calculating a global expended energy of the first part relative to a reference frame from the first measurement; iv) using the at least one second sensor to make a second measurement of the position and/or orientation and/or dynamics of the second part over said period of time and subsequently calculating a relative expended energy of the second part relative to the first part from the first and second measurements, wherein the calculation includes the energy required to deform the first resistive deformable element when moving the second part relative to the first part; and v) calculating the total expended energy of the moving body by summing the global expended energy with the relative expended energy; wherein the at least one first sensor comprises a global positioning system (GPS) sensor and/or an inertial measurement unit and/or a first plurality of reference indicia measurable by an image capture device; and the at least one second sensor comprises an inertial measurement unit and/or a second plurality of reference indicia measurable by an image capture device.
Patent GB-2523124-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for engine
Inventor: BARR WILLIAM GERALD
IPC: F02M25/07
Filed: 2014-02-12
Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus comprising a supercharger, which may be a turbocharger, and a heater adjacent to a compressor of the supercharger configured to reduce condensation or desublimation of substances in the gas entering the compressor. Preferably, the heater is located on or in an exhaust or air passage connected to an exhaust gas inlet of the compressor, or is integral to the inlet. The heater may comprise an annular collar and a mesh, and may be electric, use a combustible fuel source or use heat generated by an engine. The compressor preferably comprises an air inlet. The apparatus preferably comprises a heated flow valve and a control unit configured to control the power to the heater based on the temperature recorded by a temperature sensor. Also claimed is an engine system comprising the apparatus and a method of recirculating exhaust gas. The apparatus is particularly suitable for low pressure EGR systems comprising a particulate filter.
Patent GB-2513465-A (GB)
Title: Mop bucket
Inventor: HOWARD MICHAEL
IPC: A47L13/58
Filed: 2014-03-06
Abstract: A mop bucket 100 having a side and a detachable wringer 112. Part of the side extends into the bucket 100 to form a support 108 for the detachable wringer 112 and wherein, in use, the bucket 100 provides support for the detachable wringer 112. The side may be the base (102, fig 2) of the bucket 100. The wringer support 108 may have a cavity that is accessible from the side and which is shaped to receive a corresponding support 108 on a corresponding bucket 100. The detachable wringer 112 may be shaped to receive the support 108 when in storage. The bucket 100 can be nested or stacked (fig 9) with another bucket 100 with the wringer 112 being inverted and arranged between part of the support 108 of one bucket 100 and part of the support 108 of another bucket 100. The wringer 112 is preferably supported above the bucket 100.
Patent GB-2516731-A (GB)
Title: Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
Inventor: ABE HIDETO
IPC: B65H37/04
Filed: 2014-05-14
Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus such as a copying machine, laser beam printer or facsimile apparatus includes a staple-free binding unit 102 for binding a sheet bundle (P fig 20B) without staples, the binding unit 102 being configured to nip a sheet bundle (P fig 20B) between a first portion 10214 and a second portion 10210 to deform the sheet bundle (P fig 20B) in a thickness direction to bind the sheet bundle (P fig 20B) and a detachment unit 10215 configured to push the bound sheet bundle (P fig 20B) toward the second portion 10210 to detach the bound sheet bundle (P fig 20B) from the first portion 10214. The first and second portions may be upper and lower teeth 10214, 10210. The detachment unit may detach the sheet bundle (P fig 20B) from the first portion 10214 as the first and second portions 10214, 10210 move apart. It may be an elastic member such as a detachment plate spring 10215 with tip portions 102151, a wire spring (10215D fig. 21) or a detachment pin (10215C fig. 20B) moved vertically by a solenoid (10216 fig. 20B).
Patent GB-2528721-A (GB)
Title: Data processing systems and methods
Inventor: NEWBURN MARK FRANK
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2014-07-30
Abstract: A data processing method for a machine 202 comprising a storage manager (data base management system) 234 to access or store local data 226, further comprising a browser 216, having a restricted or secure computing environment 222 for at least controlling access to the local data, a registry 225 to associate a first universal resource indicator URI 216-1, or protocol data, with an application, such as internet protocol hander 223, for accessing the local data accessible to the machine such that invoking the first universal resource indicator executes the application; the local data being accessible to, or stored externally to, the secure environment. When the browser 216 processes a URI the operating system 212 executes or launches the internet protocol handler 223. The messaging service 232 supports data exchange between the retrieved resource, such as the web application 210, and a data base management system 234 that manages the local data 226, i.e. operating as an intermediary for exchanging data between the web application and the data base management system. Also disclosed is a method of augmenting a received resource/web application with retrieved supplementary data.
Patent GB-2519628-A (GB)
Title: Data processing systems
Inventor: PERSSON H KAN
IPC: G06F21/74
Filed: 2014-08-15
Abstract: A data processing system (DPS) 1 comprises protected memory 8 and non-protected (unprotected, un-trusted) memory 9. In normal, non-secure mode, the operating system (OS) 3 of the DPS cannot read from protected memory but does have read-access to non-protected memory and may have write access to protected (trusted) memory. An accelerator of the DPS, typically a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 5, can be switched between normal and protected operating modes. When in normal, non-protected mode, the accelerator has read-access and write-access to non-protected memory but has no access or write-only access to protected memory. When in protected mode, to perform protected processing of data, the accelerator has read and write-access to protected memory but has read-only access to non-protected memory. Memory access restrictions may be provided by bus transaction filtering, preferably via a firewall (40, fig. 3) between accelerator and memory. Alternatively, restrictions may be provided by memory address virtualisation mapping in a memory management unit (MMU, 50, fig. 4), preferably using the same MMU stage two page tables for both normal and protected mode; page table access permissions are interpreted differently according to mode. The system is typically used in Digital Rights Management.
Patent GB-2530095-A (GB)
Title: Mid-infrared sensor
Inventor: JONES TIMOTHY
IPC: G01N33/38
Filed: 2014-09-15
Abstract: Sensor and method of use thereof, comprising an internal reflection (IR) window configured in use to contact a fluid, a mid-infrared light source 1 configured to direct a beam 3 of mid-IR onto the window 4 to produce an internally reflected beam of mid-infrared radiation, a narrow bandpass filter 5 configured to filter the internally reflected mid-IR, the narrow bandpass filter preferentially transmitting mid-IR over wavelength band corresponding to an absorbance peak of species. Wherein narrow bandpass filter is configured such that its wavelength transmission band is substantially temperature invariant over temperatures in the range from about 25-150ËC, an infrared detector 6 configured to detect filtered mid-IR returned through the narrow bandpass filter and a processor 7 coupled to the infrared detector and configured to measure an intensity of the detected mid-infrared radiation returned through the narrow bandpass filter and determine an amount of a species in the fluid.
Patent GB-2518757-A (GB)
Title: Process for the production of packaging material
Inventor: SMITH JEREMY
IPC: B29C44/44
Filed: 2014-09-26
Abstract: Process for the production of packaging material having a high amount of recycled expanded polystyrene (REPS) and the packaging material produced by the process. The process comprising the following steps: (a) arranging in a mould a pre-packaging material comprising a first fraction comprising expanded and/or virgin polystyrene (EPS or VPS) and a second fraction comprising REPS, the mould comprising means operable to apply compression to the material; (b) applying a vacuum to the material within the mould; (c) applying steam to the material within the mould up to a pressure of below 0 bar; (d) applying steam to the pre-packaging material within the mould to a pressure of above 0 bar; (e) decompressing the material. Wherein the pre-packaging material is compressed along at least one dimension within the mould during the moulding process, wherein the compression along the dimension is at least 5 mm. The process may comprise a further vacuum step after step (e). The REPS fraction may be of a different colour to the material of the first fraction.
Patent GB-2522530-A (GB)
Title: SCR catalyst
Inventor: CHEN HAI-YING
IPC: C01B39/48
Filed: 2014-12-03
Abstract: A copper CHA framework zeolite catalyst composition, comprising a zeolite with a CHA framework, a molar silica-to-alumina ratio (SAR) of at least 40, and an atomic copper-to-aluminium ratio of at least 1.25 is disclosed. Also disclosed, is a method and a system for treating an exhaust gas containing NOx with the catalyst composition.
Patent GB-2523241-A (GB)
Title: Selective catalytic reduction processes using doped cerias
Inventor: COLLIER JILLIAN ELAINE
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: A catalyst comprises at least 80 wt.%, and preferably 91 or 95 wt.%, of ceria (cerium oxide, CeO2) and 0.1-20 wt.%, preferably 1-15, 1-5 or 0.1-9 wt.%, of niobia (niobium oxide, Nb2O5) or tantala (tantalum oxide, Ta2O5) doped on the ceria, and the catalyst is calcined (fired) at a temperature of 600-1000ÂºC, preferably 700-950Â°C. A process may comprise selectively reducing (SCR) a gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the presence of a reductant (e.g. ammonia) and the catalyst at a temperature of 100-650ÂºC. The catalyst may be provided on inlet and/or outlet surfaces of a diesel particulate filter (DPF). The catalyst may be prepared by impregnating ceria with an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble niobium or tantalum salt before calcining. The catalyst may be prepared by co-precipitating a mixture comprising a cerium hydroxide and a niobium or tantalum hydroxide from an aqueous solution of soluble cerium and niobium or tantalum salts, and washing the resulting precipitate before calcining.
Patent GB-2517388-A (GB)
Title: Container, container blank, and filling apparatus
Inventor: DARBY IAN
IPC: B67C3/24
Filed: 2013-05-23
Abstract: A self-supporting container having at least one wall, a base and a top, the top having a closable spout, the wall being made of plastics material and including at least one wall air chamber (26) and a base air chamber (34,38) in which the top (42) is seamless and has a spout assembly (50), the spout assembly (50) comprising a substantially rigid base part upon which is mounted a spout (54) and an air or gas valve (56), the top being formed from a continuous blank which also provides the wall(s) and base of the container.
Patent GB-2520452-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing network access to electronic devices
Inventor: GOSSAIN HRISHIKESH
IPC: H04W88/06
Filed: 2011-06-15
Abstract: The mobile multi-mode wireless device acquires information from one or more network servers about network connectivity options at a current location of the wireless device. The network information is based on a plurality of device parameters, network parameters and regulatory requirements that govern the operation of the wireless device. The network servers also provide a repeat request threshold, informing the mobile terminal when to request updated network availability information from the server. This threshold information assists the mobile terminal in remaining connected to a preferable network. The threshold information may be calculated in dependence of one or more of throughput, cost of network access, power consumption, quality of service, mobile terminal speed and/or direction.
Patent GB-2536683-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle equipment control
Inventor: ALAN GLAISTER
IPC: B60W10/30
Filed: 2015-03-26
Abstract: A method for controlling on-board vehicle equipment, typically automatic wipers and/or automatic lights, is provided. The method comprises: obtaining on­board information from one or more sensors associated with a vehicle; obtaining off-board information from one or more units remote from the vehicle; and determining, based on the on-board information and off-board information, a probability for at least one event. A control setting for controlling on-board vehicle equipment is derived from the determined probability and used for subsequently controlling the on-board vehicle equipment. A controller 100 for controlling on-board vehicle equipment is also disclosed, as is a vehicle incorporating relevant sensors and such a controller.
Patent GB-2541158-A (GB)
Title: Composition
Inventor: BALU
IPC: A61Q7/00
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: A composition for stimulating hair growth comprises coconut oil, Phyllanthus emblica extract, Camellia sinensis leaf extract and Murraya koenigii stem extract, wherein the coconut oil is present in an amount of at least 50wt% relative to the total weight of the composition. The composition may further comprise one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of Trigonella Foenum-Graecum seeds, Ocimum sanctum extract, Aloe Barbadensis extract, Citrus limon juice extract, Rosa canina L. Extract, Acorus calamus rhizome extract, Terminalia Catappa leaf extract, sesame oil (e.g. Sesamum indicum oil), Berberis lyceum extract, Adhatoda vasica extract, Cuscuta reflexa extract, cuminum cyminum oil, Crataegus laevigata extract and mixtures thereof. A process for preparing the composition comprising (i) mixing coconut oil, Phyllanthus emblica extract, Camellia sinensis leaf extract and Murraya koenigii stem extract; and (ii) heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 50oC is provided. Preferably the composition is administered topically for the treatment of hair loss wherein a mild irritant (e.g. onion juice) is administered prior to each administration of the composition.
Patent GB-2540795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to construction
Inventor: ALAN BRODIE ROBB
IPC: E04C2/296
Filed: 2015-07-28
Abstract: The panel 100a, 100b comprises a thermal insulating sheet 200 secured to a carrier board 300, the thermal insulating sheet having a side region 212 not covered by the carrier board. The carrier board may be primed or painted in use. The border may receive a joint filler in use. The side region may form a continuous border. The thermal insulating sheet may be expanded polystyrene. The carrier board may be cellulose fibre cement. Edges of adjacent panels may interlock in use. Also claimed is a panel comprising a thermal insulating sheet secured to a carrier board, a region of the thermal insulation sheet not being covered by the carrier board, part of the carrier board being removable to extend the uncovered region. Also claimed is a panel comprising a thermal insulating sheet and a cellulose carrier board. Also claimed is a method of cladding a wall using the panels, and a building cladded using the method.
Patent GB-2543048-A (GB)
Title: Estimating flow rate at a pump
Inventor: KJETIL FJALESTAD
IPC: G01F1/86
Filed: 2015-10-05
Abstract: A method for determining an estimated flow rate of fluid flow in a pump comprises: obtaining measurements of the pressure and temperature of fluid at the intake to the pump, the pressure and temperature of the fluid at the discharge from the pump, and the electrical power supplied to the pump; determining values representing either the density of the fluid and the specific heat capacity of the fluid, or the specific fluid enthalpy based on measurements and/or historical data, and calculating an estimated efficiency of the pump and an estimated flow rate of the fluid based on the measured electrical power. the measured temperatures, the measured pressures, the determined value for density and the determined value for specific heat capacity or the determined value for specific fluid enthalpy. The pump may be a centrifugal pump, the pump may be an electrical submersible pump. The method may be used to estimate flow rates for multiphase fluids in the oil and gas industry. Also disclosed is an apparatus for estimating flow rate at a pump comprising a data processing device and a computer program product.
Patent GB-2536761-A (GB)
Title: Speaker identification using spatial information
Inventor: SHEN HUANG
IPC: H04M3/56
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to speaker identification using spatial infbmiation. A method of speaker identification for audio content being of a format based on multiple channels is disclosed. The method comprises extracting, from a first audio clip in the format, a plurality of spatial acoustic features across the multiple channels and location information, the first audio clip containing voices from a speaker, and constructing as first model for the speaker based on the spatial acoustic features and the location information, the first model indicatin:4 a characteristic of the voices from the speaker. The method father comprises identifying whether the audio content contains voices from the speaker based on the first model. Corresponding system and computer pro-am product are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2545688-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft jet pump
Inventor: JAY WHEELWRIGHT
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 2015-12-22
Abstract: An aircraft jet pump 100 in an aircraft fuel system comprises a suction fluid inlet 102, a motive fluid inlet 104 arranged circumferentially around the suction fluid inlet 102, a converging/diverging chamber 106 in communication with both the suction 102 and motive 104 fluid inlets and a jet pump outlet 108 in communication with the converging/diverging chamber 106. In use, motive fluid passes through the motive fluid inlet 104 such that suction fluid is drawn in and entrained through the suction fluid inlet 102 and converging/diverging chamber 106 and directed though the outlet 108. The cross sectional area of the motive fluid inlet 104 may narrow in the direction of motive fluid flow. The suction fluid inlet 102 may comprise a wall 109 extending into the motive fluid inlet 104 and defining an orifice 110. The motive fluid inlet 104 may comprise a circumferential nozzle 112 which may be defined by the wall 109. The circumferential nozzle 112 may be an annular nozzle arranged circumferentially around the wall 109. The suction fluid inlet 102, converging/diverging chamber 106 and outlet 108 may be arranged along a common axis. This arrangement may be less susceptible to blockage by foreign object debris.
Patent GB-2549255-A (GB)
Title: A post clamp and a post support system
Inventor: LEE GORMAN
IPC: E04H17/22
Filed: 2016-03-24
Abstract: The post clamp 100 comprises plates 30, 40, 50, 60 which connect to form a tube and encompass an end of a post and clamp it in packed gravel. There may be a hinged joint 32, 42, 52, 62 between two of the plates so they disconnect and reconnect to one another. The hinges may comprise removable hinge pins 85, 95, 105, 115 which disconnect two of the plates when removed thereby releasing the post by reducing compaction of the gravel. The hinge pins may have a spike 87, 97, 107 for fixing in the ground. The tube may be triangular. The tube may have an even number of four or more plates which collapse into a flat stack while remaining connected. Also claimed is a post support system comprising a post, gravel, and the clamp, wherein the plates are connected to form the tube and the tube encompasses the gravel and the post to thereby support the post upright. Pea shingle may be used as gravel.
Patent GB-2551983-A (GB)
Title: Perimeter encryption
Inventor: ROGER NEAL
IPC: H04L12/58
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: Encryption keys for an enterprise are stored at a perimeter device such as a electronic mail gateway, and rules are applied at the network perimeter to control whether and how these keys are used for cryptographic processing of communications passing through the perimeter device. The encrypted status of communications, e.g. whether and how files are encrypted with the encryption keys, may also be used to assist in selecting appropriate security handling and routing of the communications. The gateway may decrypt an encrypted attachment in order to scan the contents for potential malware, viruses and the like.