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Patent GB-2358429-A (GB)
Title: Lock having grooved latch bolt to prevent unauthorised opening
Inventor: BEATTIE KEVIN
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 2000-01-21
Abstract: A lock 30 has a slidable latch bolt 12 operable by turning knob 19 or a key inserted in a keyhole on the other side of the lock.. The latch bolt 12 is provided with one or more grooves 23, 27 on its tapered side to prevent it being moved by the insertion of a flexible sheet, such as a credit card, between the door 13 and door frame 17. The grooves 23,27 may be saw tooth shaped.
Patent GB-2358639-A (GB)
Title: A cleaning and polishing composition
Inventor: BRAITHWAITE JEAN
IPC: C09G1/12
Filed: 2000-01-27
Abstract: A cleaning and polishing composition for porous surfaces comprises 1 to 10% weight/weight silicone oil; 0.1 to 0.5 %w/w wax; 0.2 to 5.0 %w/w surfactant; 0.01 to 2.0 %w/w of a compound selected from a fluaro aliphatic polymeric ester, a substituted dimethyl polysiloxane or an alkyl amide derivative of a pertifluaro polyether, and 5 to 20 %wt/wt solvent, the balance of the composition being water.
Patent GB-2348251-A (GB)
Title: Shape of a moulded plastic fan centre bowl
Inventor: LUCBERNET BRUNO
IPC: F04D29/32
Filed: 2000-02-09
Abstract: A fan (20, fig 3) has a central bowl 22 and blades 26 connected to an exterior peripheral surface SE of the bowl. The peripheral surface SE has an upstream zone Z1 and a downstream zone Z2 separated axially by the blades 26. The upstream zone Z1 is divergent with respect to an operational airstream flow direction. Adjacent to upstream zone Z1 is a zone, having a surface shape which is not of revolution. In the illustrated embodiment this adjacent zone is downstream zone Z2, or it may be an additional zone (Z3, fig 9). A line L, which is common to two adjacent zones, may represent a parting line of a mould, so that adjacent zones meet without a shoulder, thus improving aerodynamic performance and release of the fan from the mould after manufacture. The fan may be used in a motor vehicle.
Patent GB-2361341-A (GB)
Title: Document creation and delivery
Inventor: BOWDEN PAUL
IPC: G06F17/24
Filed: 2000-03-03
Abstract: Creating and delivery a document in a computer system comprising a host server (50, Fig. 1) and a remote client terminal (10, Fig. 1) connected e.g. via the Internet. The host server transmits prompts for guiding a user located at the client terminal through a document creation process. The user enters information identifying the nature of the required document, i.e. a relevant template 93, and document data e.g. clauses and user specific data 97 for populating the document. A complete document is then created automatically at the host server, and transmitted to the remote client terminal, either in XML format or after conversion. Documents can be linked. Each document template (65, Fig 5) comprises a plurality of sections (67, Fig. 5) for storing content objects (63, Fig. 5), each corresponding to a document component. Information as to the sections and content objects are stored for each complete document, in association with a client identifier, version identifier and time stamp, and an identifier for other documents in a suite (81, Fig. 5). Source documents can be converted into XML and deconstructed for storage in the same way.
Patent GB-2360828-A (GB)
Title: A fluid pipework system including a shunt reservoir
Inventor: GOLDSMITH FRANK
IPC: F24D17/00
Filed: 2000-03-09
Abstract: A pipework system (1) includes a fluid reservoir (10) containing a volume of fresh fluid (20), an outlet valve in the form of a tap (30), and connecting pipework (40) extending between the fluid reservoir (10) and the tap (30) which contains a residual volume of fluid (50). Adjacent the tap (30) a shunt reservoir (60) is connected to the connecting pipework (40) via a mouth (65). The shunt reservoir (60) has a volume at least equal to or greater than the residual volume (50) of the connecting pipework (40). When a discharge from tap (30) is required the shunt reservoir (60) is first used to remove the residual volume of fluid (50) from the pipework (40). The movement of a piston (70) draws the residual volume (50) into the shunt reservoir (60) and fresh fluid (20) is drawn into the pipework (40) to the tap (30).
Patent GB-2362062-A (GB)
Title: Network management apparatus with graphical representation of monitored values
Inventor: STEVENSON DAVID JAMES
IPC: H04Q3/00
Filed: 2000-04-13
Abstract: A network management apparatus (3A) and method for processing network management data receives values for a monitored characteristic of a part of a network (1). Each time a new value for the monitored characteristic is received, a statistical value representing a level of the monitored characteristic over time is calculated. In one embodiment, the statistical value is a statistical average of received values over time, and in another embodiment the statistical value is the number of times the value of the monitored characteristic exceeds a predetermined threshold, for instance indicating high stress. The statistical value is then used to determine a graphical representation of the part of the network. For instance, an icon representing a device on the network has a size in proportion with the statistical value. Similarly, a line representing a link on the network has a thickness depending upon the statistical value. The determined graphical representation is then used in the display of a network map (17A)(Fig.3). Alternatively, the colour of an icon may change in dependance upon the statistical value.
Patent GB-2352353-A (GB)
Title: Tone dependent plane dependent error diffusion halftoning
Inventor: SCHRAMM MORGAN THOMAS
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2000-04-18
Abstract: Tone dependent plane dependent error diffusion halftoning takes into account multiple color planes, such as cyan and magenta, when determining the placement of a dot in any of the color planes. The combined tones of the correlated color planes is used to determine the threshold levels (64) against which the combined tones and the accumulated errors for the correlated color planes is compared. Further, tone dependent error weightings are determined based on the combined tones of the correlated color planes (64). The tone dependent error weightings are used to diffuse the final accumulated errors for each color plane (72). A prerendered mid-tone bitmap may be used to break up any structured patterns that occur in the mid-tones. Using this technique, printed dots of two or more colors are dispersed so as to avoid noticeable clumping of dots of two or more colors to provide a more uniform pattern and to avoid the unintentional overlapping of colors. This technique can be used to augment any existing error diffusion method.
Patent GB-2363325-A (GB)
Title: Target apparatus for a urinal
Inventor: SHIRES JEREMY DAVID
IPC: A47K17/00
Filed: 2000-05-10
Abstract: A urinal 10 generally comprises a receptical having enclosing walls to holes which are arranged to direct the liquid downwardly and towards a drainage aperture. The target apparatus comprises a target 16 which is supported by a bracket 18 such that the target is located within the urinal 10 and spaced from the walls 12 of the urinal. The target 16 may provide a display area for displaying advertising or promotional material which is directed specifically towards the typical users, for example, in pub toilets to advertise products such as beer or cigarettes. The target apparatus is arranged to reduce any hygenic problems that may occur. For example, the target apparatus does not interfere with the cleaning of the urinal. In addition, since the target is spaced from the walls of the urinal the target allows the self flushing mechanism to operate effectively.
Patent GB-2350459-A (GB)
Title: Assembling and printing compound documents
Inventor: WIECHERS ALEJANDRO
IPC: G06F17/24
Filed: 2000-05-19
Abstract: A system for assembling the various pieces of a complex document that may be created in different file formats by different document generating application programs (16), while preserving the integrity of those individual file formats, and printing the fully assembled complex document, arranges individual document files created by different document generating application programs (16), in different file formats in the order that they will appear in the compound document and then launches the corresponding document generating application program to print each file in the arranged order and thereby print the compound document. Each individual document file may be printed by its respective application program (16) to a page description language (PDL) file (rather than being sent directly to the printer), the individual PDL files being then grouped into a single print job and sent to the printer.
Patent GB-2355437-A (GB)
Title: Anchorage locked by rotation
Inventor: MASON STUART LESLIE
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2000-09-13
Abstract: An anchorage, for example for securing a wheelchair within a vehicle, comprises two members 1,2 one of which is adapted for the attachment of an element to be secured. The first member 2 is a stud formation with a head 8 which engages with a generally U-shaped channel 4 defined by the periphery of the second member 1. The engagement of the two members is only possible when the first member 2 has a first orientation about its axis 5 with respect to the second member 1, the members when engaged being mutually rotatable about said axis to a second orientation so as to prevent the two members being disengaged. The disengagement of the two members when in the second orientation may be prevented by protrusion 7 and slot 14, or by the first member 2 being located within a recess so as to be surrounded by a wall (17 in figures 6 to 8). The first member 2 may be biased by its own weight or by a spring (32 in figure 15) so that it lies against the mouth of a socket (29) in surface 11.
Patent GB-2372729-A (GB)
Title: Thrust reverser arrangement with means for reducing noise
Inventor: HOCKING BARRY NORMAN
IPC: F02K1/72
Filed: 2001-03-03
Abstract: A thrust reverser unit comprises a plurality of blocker doors 42, and an actuation mechanism comprising a sleeve 40, which can be translated to expose a cascade structure 38, is arranged in conjuction with a strut 46, to move the blocker doors 42, between a first deployed position, substantially obturating the flow of exhaust gases, and a second non-deployed position wherein the blocker doors 42, define exhaust noise reduction means. For this purpose, the blocker doors may be provided with tabs 18, which may comprise shape memory material.
Patent GB-2373119-A (GB)
Title: Viewing digital images via a games console
Inventor: PILU MAURIZIO
IPC: G06F3/0484
Filed: 2001-03-07
Abstract: A digital image viewing system 10 comprises a gaming console 14 for playing a video game, a domestic television 12 for displaying the video game to a user when connected to the console 14, and a CD 18 including a user's digitised photographic images 24 and a viewing application program 26. The viewing application program 26 is arranged to configure the console to display the images on the television when the CD has been read by the gaming console. The system 10 may also be configured to permit simultaneous viewing of the images at remote locations connected by a wide area network such as the internet 126.
Patent GB-2368721-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit with damascene structure and capacitor
Inventor: CHITTIPEDDI SAILESH
IPC: H01L23/52
Filed: 2001-06-12
Abstract: The circuit comprises a layer with a dual damascene structure and a capacitor with first and second conductors formed in the layer. The layer may include a stop layer and the damascene structure can include at least a groove and a via where the bottom portion of the groove includes at least a top portion of the stop layer. The stop layer may be formed between the first and second conductors.
Patent GB-2364398-A (GB)
Title: Compensating for systematic errors in an air/fuel control system
Inventor: KERNS JAMES MICHAEL
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2001-06-27
Abstract: A method and system is provided for improving the adjustment of fuel levels delivered to an internal combustion engine. A controller 15 calculates commanded air-fuel levels to deliver to the engine 13 based on a plurality of control signals, including air-fuel ratio signals measured by an air-fuel sensor 54 in the exhaust stream downstream of the engine 13. Systematic errors that reduce the accuracy of the commanded air-fuel level, including systematic errors associated with air-fuel ratio measurements, are identified and compensated for according to the present invention. Statistical methods and known operational characteristics of the air-fuel sensor are used to attribute a portion of the total system fuel error to air-fuel ratio measurement errors and such errors are compensated for to permit the calculation of a more accurate commanded air-fuel level.
Patent GB-2361525-A (GB)
Title: Improved system for processing , storing and transporting liquefied natural gas
Inventor: WOODALL ROBERT M
IPC: F17D1/08
Filed: 1998-06-18
Abstract: A container 32 is provided for storing pressurized liquefied natural gas at a pressure of about 1035 kPa (150 psia) to about 7590 kPa (1100 psia) and at a temperature of about -123{C (-190{F) to about -62{C (-80{F). The container is constructed from an ultra-high strength, low alloy steel containing less than 9 wt% nickel and having a tensile strength greater than 830 MPa (120 ksi) and a DBTT lower than about -73{C (-100{F). Systems and methods for processing and transporting the pressurized liquefied natural gas including marine vessels 30 are disclosed.
Patent GB-2365822-A (GB)
Title: Preventing overheating of an ink jet print head by limiting printing to a subset of row segments of a swath if a cumulative sum of pixels exceeds a threshold
Inventor: COX ROGER T
IPC: B41J2/505
Filed: 2001-08-02
Abstract: A method of printing includes receiving print data for a swath 62 to be printed. The swath has a matrix 54 of pixels arranged in rows 56 and columns 60. For a succession of adjacent row segments of the swath, a cumulative total of pixels to be printed is calculated (step 76,Fig.4). If the cumulative total exceeds a preselected threshold (step 84) upon inclusion of row segment, printing is limited (step 86) to a limited subset of row segments of the swath. The method may be used to prevent overheating of a thermal ink print head (26,Fig. 1).
Patent GB-2366643-A (GB)
Title: Compressing instructions for processors
Inventor: TOPHAM NIGEL PETER
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2000-05-25
Abstract: A compressed program is produced by converting (S1) a sequence of original instructions of the program into a corresponding sequence of such compressed-form instructions. The original instructions are assigned (S2) imaginary addresses at which the instructions are considered to exist when held in decompressed form in the instruction cache. The compressed program, comprises the compressed-form instructions together with imaginary address information specifying the assigned imaginary address of at least one original instruction (S3). Accordingly, when the compressed-form instructions are decompressed and loaded by the processor into the instruction cache, the processor can allocate the assigned imaginary addresses to the decompressed instructions based on the imaginary address information.
Patent GB-2373871-A (GB)
Title: Planar microlens array and holed guide substrate for optic fibres
Inventor: NAKAMA KENICHI
IPC: G02B6/36
Filed: 2002-03-05
Abstract: An optical module comprises a planar microlens array 1, a transparent substrate 2 for adjusting a conjugate ratio of the optical module, and a guide substrate 3 for optical fibers 4. The planar microlens array 1 consists of a planar transparent substrate, in one surface thereof a plurality of circular microlenses 11 are formed and arrayed. The transparent substrate includes a plurality of micro fitting recesses 21 formed and arrayed in another surface thereof. The guide substrate includes a plurality of micro guide holes 31 opened therethrough. Adhesive 5 is shown.
Patent GB-2379047-A (GB)
Title: System and method for providing temporary access to content
Inventor: MORIMOTO NOBUYOSHI
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2002-04-25
Abstract: A system for providing temporary access to content during shipping may include a retail web site configured to allow a user to purchase one or more content items via the Internet. The system may also include a temporary content server (214) storing digital copies of at least a portion of at least a subset of the one or more content items. A network interface (234) may be used to connect the temporary content server to the Internet (232). The temporary content server (214) may be configured to provide the user with temporary access to selected portions of the stored digital copies. The selected portions correspond to the content items purchased by the user. The temporary content server (214) is configured to prevent the user from accessing the stored digital copies once the server has detected that the user has received the ordered content items.
Patent GB-2388585-A (GB)
Title: Dosing system with multi-spout nozzle
Inventor: TODD JEFFREY
IPC: B67C3/20
Filed: 2002-05-17
Abstract: There are practical difficulties in dosing a component of a composition into its container, such as a personal care product into a hand-holdable dispenser 9 on a filling line, due in part to the short time that is available for the operation. The difficulties can be ameliorated or overcome by employing dosing apparatus in which a metering pump 4 feeds a flowable material such a liquid through a dosing nozzle 5 positioned above a container 9 intended to receive a charge, the nozzle 5 having a plurality of individual spouts 7 spaced apart from each other so as to prevent their individual streams coalescing and the spouts extending sufficiently below its support to prevent droplets from adjacent spouts coalescing. For example, the nozzle 5 may have an overall diameter of 11mm with thirteen parallel individual spouts 7 each depending by about 5mm from a flat support surface 24 and spaced from neighbouring spouts by 2-3mm.
Patent GB-2389574-A (GB)
Title: Collator
Inventor: YATES KEITH JOHN
IPC: B65H39/043
Filed: 2002-06-14
Abstract: A document collator comprises a conveyor system, a prime document feeder station D and a plurality of enclosure document feeder stations A,B,C arranged at spaced locations along the conveyor system, a collation station located downstream of the feeder stations at one end of the conveyor system, and control means 31. Included are means for determining which one of the plurality of feeder stations is the prime feeder station, the control means controlling each feeder station independently to ensure that the documents from each of the enclosure document feeder stations which are located upstream of and including the prime feeder station are stacked one on top of each other with the prime document on top to form a prime document package, and the documents from each of the feeder stations downstream of the prime feeder station are stacked one on top of each other to form an enclosure document package. The prime document package is transported along the conveyor system at a predetermined distance from and upstream of the enclosure document package. The collator further comprises means for holding the enclosure package in the collation station and feeding the upstream prime document package onto the top of the downstream enclosure package with the prime document on top.
Patent GB-2380411-A (GB)
Title: Breast pumps
Inventor: KUESTER STEPHEN MICHAEL
IPC: A61M1/06
Filed: 2002-08-06
Abstract: The outlet 5 of the milk-collection funnel 4 of a diaphragm breast-pump is angled out of axial alignment with the breast-receiving bell 7 of the funnel 4, and is rotatable coaxially within an input socket 6 to the pump body 1, to enable adjustment of the funnel-orientation relative to the pump body 1 for user-comfort. The funnel-outlet 5 is retained detachably within the socket 6 with air and liquid sealing by a chamfered ring, and a hand-operable lever 3 of the pump is hinged detachably to the body 1. The pump-diaphragm 12 is retained interlinked with the lever 3 so as to be withdrawn with it when the lever 3 is unclipped from its hinge 13 for cleaning.
Patent GB-2396526-A (GB)
Title: Mobile station and method for selecting a radio frequency for call set-up
Inventor: AFKIR MOHAMED
IPC: H04W8/18
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: A mobile station (2), for use in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells (10), the mobile station being adapted to communicate with other mobile stations (4, 6) via a radio link to a base station (8), the mobile station (2) comprising: a controller (20); user interface circuitry (34,42,44); a first memory (50) divided into a plurality of areas (52,54,56,58) and adapted, in use, to store (52) the communication frequency (f) in use by the mobile station (2) in the present serving cell (10) and store records (54, LL) of the communication frequencies (f) used in previous serving cells; a second memory (60); means (20) for transferring the records from first memory (50) into second memory (60), thereby creating accumulated totals of the records, which are returned to the first memory; the mobile station (2) accessing different parts of the first memory (50) in a pre-determined sequence, in order to select one or more frequencies on which to attempt to set up a communication link with a base station. The invention allows rapid call set-up in a mobile communications network.
Patent GB-2385334-A (GB)
Title: Connected washers to facilitate automatic tufting
Inventor: DIXON HOWARD MARTIN
IPC: B68G7/08
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: The invention provides a plurality of upholstery washers 2 which are connected together so that it is easier for a tuft insertion machine to insert the upholstery tuft and washer(s). The machine may have means (fig 8) to feed and align the washers, as well as a cutting blade (59) to separate the leading washer from the plurality of connected washers. Separation of the washer may be actuated by the tufting machine, which may be pneumatically operated. Means for feeding the tufts are also described (figs 4-7).
Patent GB-2389731-A (GB)
Title: Preview function in a digital data preservation system
Inventor: ABHYANKAR VISHWAS G
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: A digital preservation system (10) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen (80), for writing the data record in human-readable form onto a preservation-quality medium (210), for storage of the medium (210), and for retrieval of the data record from the medium (210). The digital preservation system (10) preserves a data record in human-readable form, along with an associated metadata record, allowing the human-readable preserved data record to be readable in the distant future, independent of specific reading hardware. A preview function allows an operator to specify storage and retrieval characteristics, such as quality level, for the data record.
Patent GB-2402812-A (GB)
Title: A cool air supplying device for a computer
Inventor: CHEN YU
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 2003-06-09
Abstract: A cool air supplying device for a computer comprises a casing 18 and a cooling module 24. The computer may be a laptop 10 which sits on top of the cool air supplying device. The casing 18 has an air intake vent 20 and air outlet vent 22. The cooling module 24 comprises a first fan 30 and a second fan 36. The second fan sucks air into the casing and the first fan blows the cooled air out of the casing and into the computer via air intake vent 14 on the computer housing 12. The cooling module further comprises a thermoelectric cooler 28 for cooling a refrigerant and two heat pipes 26 for transferring the cooled refrigerant to the outlet vent 22.