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Patent GB-2548951-A (GB)
Title: Temperature measuring device for outer wall surface of pipelines of a nuclear power plant
Inventor: HONG TAO LIU
IPC: G21C17/02
Filed: 2016-12-15
Abstract: The invention provides a temperature measuring device for outer wall surface of pipelines of a nuclear power plant, including: a thermocouple 10, a fixing ring 20 configured to fix the thermocouple to the pipeline to be measured 60 and a protection device configured to protect the thermocouple. The fixing ring includes a soft metal film 22 and a fastening assembly 24 arranged at two ends of the soft metal film. The thermocouple is welded on the outer wall of the soft metal film. The protection device is arranged above the thermocouple. In use, two ends of the soft metal film are connected to each other via the fastening assembly to make the soft metal film into a ring shape, and the inner wall of the soft metal film abuts tightly against an outer wall surface of the pipeline to be measured. The temperature measured by the thermocouple is the temperature of the outer wall surface of the pipeline to be measured. The fastening assembly may be provided with a compression spring to prevent slackening due to change of temperature of the pipeline to be measured. The protection device may comprise an annular protection cover 30 and support posts 40. The annular protection cover may comprise two rigid semicircles 32 connected together by fastening assembly 34.
Patent GB-2545374-A (GB)
Title: An inclusion containing proteinaceous meat analogue having an improved texture and an extended shelf life
Inventor: ANDREAS REDL
IPC: A23J3/22
Filed: 2015-09-07
Abstract: The invention concerns an extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue wherein said meat analogue comprises at least one inclusion included in a matrix which comprises vegetable proteins among which at least wheat gluten and a plasticizer said proteinaceous meat analogue having a water content of less than 20% (w/w) and a torque value at 10mn of at least 6 gram meter (g*m), as determined by a test A. The invention is further about a method for obtaining an extended shelf- life proteinaceous meat analogue comprising the step of (i) mixing vegetable proteins among which at least vital wheat gluten and a plasticizer for obtaining a dough, (ii) shaping said dough by at least cutting the dough in dough pieces and agglomerating said dough pieces with at least one inclusion to obtain an agglomerate, and (iii) heating said agglomerate wherein said extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue has a water content of less than 20% (w/w). The invention also concerns a foodstuff comprising said extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue and the method for obtaining said foodstuff.
Patent GB-2563380-A (GB)
Title: A method of fabricating a field-effect transistor
Inventor: MANOJ CHANDRIKA REGHUNATHAN
IPC: H01L29/78
Filed: 2017-06-05
Abstract: A first well 210 of a first doping polarity type is formed in the substrate and a gate 245 is arranged on the first well, a second well 215 of a second doping polarity type is formed in the first well by implanting ions in the first well, the second well extending under a portion of the gate. A source or drain 225 of the first doping polarity type is formed in the second well, thereby defining a channel of the transistor under the gate. A drain of the first doping polarity type is formed in the first well. The second well may be formed by means of a two-step implant comprising a vertical implant followed by an implant using an angled beam of ions / tilt implant. Both edges of the channel may be self-aligned with respect to the gate.
Patent GB-2565281-A (GB)
Title: A transportable communications module
Inventor: RICHARD ALISTER MCLEOD ALLEN
IPC: H01Q1/12
Filed: 2017-08-01
Abstract: A transportable communications device and a method of using such a device, comprises: a directional beam communications antenna 12 which is adjustably mounted to a platform 14 to adjust the beam direction and a visual indicator 16 which indicates, to a user, the beam pointing direction for transmitting or receiving communication signals. The device and method may be used in a visual method or means of identifying the location of an intended communication target and if there is any obstruction in the line-of-sight between a portable antenna 12 and the said target. Light emitting diodes (LED’s) 16 may be arranged around the circumference of the antenna base platform 14 to provide a 360° antenna azimuth direction visual indication and a further matrix of LED’s may be provided on the surface of a protective dome 18 to indicate the elevation direction of the antenna. The antenna 12 may be a satellite dish with a protective radome 18 mounted on a vehicle or a vehicle trailer. The antenna 12 may be easily repositioned when an obstruction is identified such that the antenna can avoid signal obstructions. Other location and orientation information from, for example, GPS or compass systems, may also be used.
Patent GB-2559687-A (GB)
Title: Tornado detection systems and methods
Inventor: ALEXANDER BRUDER
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2018-02-05
Abstract: A method comprises receiving data from a sensor 402, which may be a LIDAR, a radar, or a camera, mounted to a vehicle. The received data is analysed using a deep neural network 404. A tornado detection system in the vehicle determines whether a tornado is identified in the received data 406. When a tornado is identified in the received data, a trajectory of the tornado is determined 410. A path for the vehicle orthogonal to or leading away from the tornado trajectory may be determined. Driving commands to drive the vehicle along the path may be generated 414. Alternatively, a path for the vehicle may be determined based on the trajectory of the tornado, the speed of the tornado, a geographic location of the tornado, and map data. The location and trajectory of the tornado may be reported to nearby vehicles or an infrastructure-based system 416. Audible or visual warnings indicating the tornados existence may be generated. Audible or visual driving instructions to manoeuvre the vehicle to avoid the tornado may be generated.
Patent GB-2570882-A (GB)
Title: Token sorting apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW MICHAEL SAUNDERS
IPC: G07D3/00
Filed: 2018-02-06
Abstract: A token or chip sorting apparatus 26 for use with a game that has a plurality of stages, the sorting apparatus comprising an entry aperture 28 arranged to accept gaming tokens; a sorting mechanism arranged to sort gaming tokens according to a predetermined characteristic of the gaming tokens; a displacement member 40 arranged to urge gaming tokens accepted by the entry aperture to the sorting mechanism; a camera 46 arranged to obtain an image of the sorting mechanism and the displacement member; a display member in digital communication with the camera, the display member arranged to display the image to a user; and a signalling member 30 arranged to provide a signal to the user, the signal being arranged to indicate a stage of the game or a status of the game.
Patent GB-2574574-A (GB)
Title: Inspection method and associated apparatus
Inventor: DANIEL ALEXANDER CONSTANTINIS
IPC: G01N21/954
Filed: 2018-04-11
Abstract: A method for inspecting at least a portion 10 of a pressure system comprises analysing data to predict a property 12 of the portion of the pressure system, such as pipework thickness, in an erosional environment and hence determining an amount of data that should be collected at a next inspection of the portion of the pressure system. The amount of data collected is preferably sufficient to confirm that the property is modelled sufficiently well that the property is predicted with a minimum required certainty and has a value above a minimum safety threshold.
Patent GB-2561740-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning indoor unit
Inventor: SHINGO IWATSUKI
IPC: F24F13/22
Filed: 2016-01-15
Abstract: This air conditioning indoor unit comprises: a heat exchanger for a refrigerant circuit; a drain pan disposed below the heat exchanger; a blower for delivering air to the heat exchanger; a control box for accommodating a controlling component for operatively controlling the blower, etc.; and a housing. The heat exchanger, the drain pan, the blower, and the control box are accommodated within the housing. The housing has formed therein a drain pan extraction/insertion opening. A hinge is provided on a side plate of the housing, and the control box is connected to the housing through the hinge so that the control box can be stowed into and extracted from the drain pan extraction/insertion opening of the housing. As a result of this configuration, the drain pan can be mounted in and removed from the housing only by removing in-unit wiring from the control box without removing the control box from the housing.
Patent GB-2562634-A (GB)
Title: Subsea oil storage tank pre-separation
Inventor: ALAN ROBERTS
IPC: E21B43/36
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: A subsea oil over water storage tank, having one or multiple of high dynamic range, gas-liquid separators, which first receive oil well fluids, and cyclically depressurize and release free and solution gas to surface, and then expel unseparated liquids to the subsea storage tank, where the oil and water may be further separated by gravity separation, providing a means of separating stabilising crude oil.
Patent GB-2578794-A (GB)
Title: A permanent magnet generator
Inventor: José Soler
IPC: H02K21/14
Filed: 2018-11-09
Abstract: A generator 200 driven by an aircraft engine, the generator comprising: a stator 201, having a substantially annular core 202 and plurality of longitudinally extending slots 208 for receiving conductor windings 204a, 206a; a plurality of power channels 204, 206, wherein each channel comprises a set of windings having at least a first phase winding, the first phase comprising a first set of coils comprising a plurality of conductors wound in a lap winding configuration, the first sets having a split phase belt such that the first set comprises at least a first and second coil, the first coil being mechanically shifted with respect to the second coil by a predetermined number of stator slots; and a rotor 210, wherein the rotor comprises a permanent magnet 804a-d adapted to reduce eddy-current losses. The number of slots may be defined by the size of the phase belt, and the first coil may be wound around a first set of slots in a first direction, and the second coil is wound around a second set of slots in a second opposite direction. The slots may be grouped and conductors may occupy a same slot in an overlapping configuration. The rotor magnet may be segmented or laminated extending in a radial or longitudinal direction. The generator may be used for aircraft propulsion.
Patent GB-2585326-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program for erasing data stored on a storage device
Inventor: GARETH OWEN
IPC: G06F16/16
Filed: 2018-12-01
Abstract: A portable device has allocated memory for computer software capable of erasing data from a storage device. Preferably the apparatus erases data on an analogue level by means od a procedure incorporating digital and logical data erasure algorithms and cryptographic algorithms. Preferably the device is a memory stick designed in the shape of a key. The device may be capable of overwriting and/or encrypting sectors on a storage device.
Patent GB-2568207-A (GB)
Title: Pothead cable seal for electric submersible motors
Inventor: ADAM MICHAEL ZUGELDER
IPC: H02K5/132
Filed: 2017-12-09
Abstract: A pothead cable seal for electric submersible motors. An electric submersible motor pothead system including a pothead that couples a power cable to an electric submersible motor operable in well fluid, the pothead including a finger seal including a finger around each phase of the power cable and a radial flange, a compression plate that exerts a radial force on each phase from an axial load provided by the compression plate against the radial flange, a seal seat including sockets that receive each finger; a space extending between a portion of an outer diameter of each finger and a flared inner diameter of the socket of the seal seat, and a seal ring extending circumferentially around an outer diameter of each finger and tangent to the flange, the seal ring contacting the flared inner diameter of the seal seat and closing the space to the ingress of well fluid.
Patent GB-2583695-A (GB)
Title: Mosquito control
Inventor: AMBIKA RAO
IPC: A01P19/00
Filed: 2019-03-18
Abstract: An ovitrap and method, incorporating cow urine for the control of mosquito populations. The term cow urine, as used herein, includes products derived from cow urine including liquid concentrates and solid forms e.g. powders or tablets, more preferably presented in a unit dosage form, for ease of use. The product may additionally include instructions for dosing at a given larvicidal concentration for an ovitrap to be filled with a known volume of water. The cow urine may be derived from Bos indicus or Zebu cattle. Further components may include urea, minerals, salt, hormones and enzymes. The mosquito family targeted is one of Anophelinae and Culicinae, preferably an Aedini, more preferably an Aedes sp or a Culicini, more preferably a Culex sp.
Patent GB-2582567-A (GB)
Title: Fixture for additive manufacturing and heat treatment
Inventor: ANDREW HENSTRIDGE
IPC: C21D9/50
Filed: 2019-03-25
Abstract: A fixture suitable for use in an additive layer manufacturing (ALM) and heat treatment process, comprising; i) a tool with an upper surface and a lower surface, and, ii) an attachment system configured to releasably secure a substrate to the upper surface of the tool, wherein the tool comprises a body with an upper face and a lower face and a reinforcement layer (which may be a superalloy) cladding the upper or lower face (or optionally both faces) of the body. The reinforcement layer(s) may have a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the body, and optionally may be bonded to the body. The fixture may comprise a reinforcement layer with a Young’s modulus which reduces by less than 30% between 93oC and 649oC, or a reinforcement layer with a Young’s modulus at 500oC which is greater than 100 GPa. Additional aspects are directed towards a method of manufacturing the fixture according to the first aspect, and a method of additive manufacturing an article using the fixture of the first aspect.
Patent GB-2585826-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for activating functionality
Inventor: Jordan De Laune
IPC: H04W4/30
Filed: 2019-07-11
Abstract: Activating functionality of either a first or second device via a server 118 wherein the server receives a notification that a sensor 110 has detected the first device, a communication session between the server and either the first or second device is initiated, thereby transmitting instructions to either the first or second device to activate a function of either the first or second device. The first device may be a client device 102. The second device may be a third party server 128 or user device. The sensor, and a zone in which the sensor is located, may comprise unique identifiers 116, 124. The sensor may receive an activation response message from the device comprising signal strength information. The sensor may be a wireless charging device. The activation instructions may comprise application software associated with an identified environment which may comprise a third party. The device may perform a security handshake with the sensor.
Patent GB-2585693-A (GB)
Title: A battery mounting arrangement and a vehicle
Inventor: STEPHEN NICHOLLS
IPC: B60L50/64
Filed: 2019-07-12
Abstract: A battery mounting arrangement 101 for a vehicle comprising first and second supporting structures 102, 103 and at least one battery cell container 104 supported by the supporting structures, the at least one battery cell container having a first and second end face 107, 108 facing the first and second supporting structures respectively. The stiffness of the at least one battery cell container compared to the second supporting structure is sufficiently large to enable deformation of the second support structure under a force provided by the at least one battery cell container due to a force applied to the first end face. Preferably, the stiffness of the container compared to the first supporting structure is sufficient to enable deformation by compression of the first structure between an applied force and a reaction force provided by the container. A second independent claim discloses a battery mounting arrangement for a vehicle comprising first and second supporting structures, and a plurality of tubes extending laterally across the vehicle having end faces adjacent to the first and second supporting structures. Battery cells are located within the tubes.
Patent GB-2588084-A (GB)
Title: A wheeled propulsion and directional control system
Inventor: STEVE RANDLE
IPC: B62D61/06
Filed: 2019-09-24
Abstract: The system (100 fig 1) provides a support mechanism for a movable apparatus such as a vehicle body. A drive mechanism causes a wheel of a rotatable wheel assembly to rotate on a surface around a main axis of a central shaft (2 fig 1). A mechanism comprising steering links (6,7 fig 1) varies the orientation of the wheel assembly as the wheel (3 fig 1) rotates, with periodic variation of orientation according to a full passage around the axis. This variation generates varying lateral force between the wheel (3) and the surface. There may be three wheels (3) connected to a rotating carriage (1 fig 1) and there may be plural assemblies and support mechanisms to support the vehicle body. The forces may be perpendicular to the direction of travel of a wheel (3) resulting in a net propulsive force for propelling the movable apparatus.
Patent GB-2588142-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic waveguides
Inventor: MARK ALEXANDER DODD
IPC: H04R1/34
Filed: 2019-10-09
Abstract: A method of designing an acoustic waveguide in which acoustic waves travelling along the waveguide are treated as exhibiting single parameter behaviour, and in which the waveguide has two substantially parallel primary surfaces spaced apart a distance less than a wavelength of a high frequency acoustic wave to provide boundaries confining the acoustic waves. The primary surfaces may be planar, curved, or a combination of planar portions and curved portions. The method involves deforming the primary surfaces by the introduction of corrugations or undulations so as to equalize propagation distances.
Patent GB-2590441-A (GB)
Title: Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance
Inventor: MICHAEL JOSEPH MATHERS
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2019-12-18
Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance comprises a main body (12, fig 2) defining an agitator chamber 34 having an interior surface 50 and an agitator assembly 36 supported within the agitator chamber. The agitator assembly comprises an elongate body 42 configured to rotate about its longitudinal axis, an agitator formation 44 comprising at least one agitator row 46 extending from an outer surface 48 of the elongate body 42 for engaging a surface to be cleaned during use and a compressor formation 56. The compressor formation 56 comprising at least one compressor element 58 extending from the outer surface 48 of the elongate body 42 such that a radial distance defined between the at least one compressor element 58 and the interior surface 50 of the agitator chamber 34 is less than a radial distance defined between the outer surface 48 of the elongate body 42 and the interior surface 50 of the agitator chamber 34. The compressor element compresses or displaces air within the agitator chamber.
Patent GB-2590928-A (GB)
Title: Charger for electric vehicles
Inventor: JOSEPH A ENGEL
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2020-01-07
Abstract: Electrical vehicle charger comprising a normally live input line 12b and normally neutral input line 13b that connects a power grid 10 to vehicle charging circuitry (main power stage) 19, 20 via a configurable switching stage (15, 16, Fig. 2&3), 33, 34. The switching stage can selectively connect the first or second input lines to the first and first and second charging terminals 19, 20. The input terminals (lines) may be formed in a plug. The configurable switching stage may comprise relay switches that can connect the first or second input lines to the first and first and second charging terminals. The vehicle charger may comprise a voltage sensor 14 to detect voltage the input lines. When the voltage sensor detects that the plug is connected the correct way, relay command interface 21 closes switches (15 and 16, Fig. 2) and opens switches 33, 34. When the plug is inserted the wrong way, switches (15 and 16, Fig. 2) may be opened and switches 33, 34 closed. This ensures that the correct polarity is output to the charger.
Patent GB-2584941-A (GB)
Title: Screen printing apparatus and method
Inventor: LLOYD PEARCE
IPC: B41M1/12
Filed: 2020-03-24
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a layer of a silicone material comprises delivering the silicone material from a reservoir 13, 14 to a dispensing nozzle 26 at a print head 16 whilst the silicone material is a liquid or flowable gel; dispensing the silicone material onto a template 28 having at least one aperture to allow the silicone material to pass through the template; depositing the silicone material from the aperture onto a substrate 11; and allowing the silicone material to cure on the substrate as a layer. The reservoir comprises a first reservoir 13 and a separate second reservoir 14, both the first and second reservoirs being connected to a mixing body 15 that is connected to the dispensing nozzle. The mixing body may be a static mixer such as an Archimedes type screw mixer. The substrate may be a polyurethane (PU) film provided on a paper carrier. The apparatus may include a flat bed dryer 18 and tower dryer 20. The apparatus may include different units of a process line including a screen printing station 12, heating/curing unit 18, a drying unit 20, web tensioner 21 and a lamination unit 22.
Patent GB-2596506-A (GB)
Title: Tundishes
Inventor: GARY PERRY
IPC: E03C1/10
Filed: 2020-04-03
Abstract: A tundish 100 comprises a liquid inlet connector 120 at an upper portion 122 of the tundish, a liquid outlet connector 130 at a lower portion 124 of the tundish along a longitudinal axis and a chamber 150 between the inlet and outlet connectors. A bottom edge of the inlet connector comprises a liquid port into the chamber, which is at least in part defined by a peripheral wall 152 that includes a plurality of longitudinally extending apertures 154-155 a-c arranged at different circumferential positions about the longitudinal axis. The peripheral wall is angled outwardly relative to the longitudinal axis from the inlet connector towards the lower portion. An air gap 140 is defined between a bottom edge and a top edge of the apertures, and an internal fin 180 is located radially inwardly of each aperture, providing a convoluted air flow path into the chamber through the aperture past the associated fin. By having multiple angled slot-like apertures arranged at different circumferential positions, in combination with associated fins to shield, the risk of scalding from hot splashes escaping the chamber are reduced and direct access to the interior of the tundish and thus to the water supply is hindered. The upper portion may be a transparent material.