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Patent GB-2461760-A (GB)
Title: Floor conveyor and separate working means for operating the floor conveyor
Inventor: HAELBICH ROLF-PETER
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 2008-11-11
Abstract: A floor conveyor 10 and a separate working means for the operation of the floor conveyor, wherein the floor conveyor has an access control system (40, figure 3) with an identification station and a first operational control element connected thereto for unblocking the operation of the floor conveyor, wherein an accommodation means 28 is arranged on the floor conveyor, which is designed to accommodate the working means (not shown), a locking element for the accommodation means is provided which unblocks the access to the accommodation means in the opened position, an actuation device for the locking element is provided, and that either the actuation device or a second operational control element is connected to the access control system, such that the actuation device unblocks the locking element only after the actuation of the first or the second operational control element. The locking element may be a locking bolt biased into the locking position by a spring, and actuated to unlock by the actuation device operated by an electric line. The access control system may be connected to a stationary central computer in order to receive a signal disabling access after a preset time interval.
Patent GB-2454806-A (GB)
Title: Remote controlled swivellable tripod head
Inventor: THOMA GEORG
IPC: F16M11/04
Filed: 2008-11-18
Abstract: A manually-activated swivellable tripod head for a television, film or video camera (1) is converted into a remote controlled tripod head by rigidly connecting a rotating element (12,12') with the respective axis of rotation (X or Y) to the tripod head, and a remotely controlled motor module (14, 14') which drives a driven shaft (16, 16') parallel to the respective axis of rotation (X or Y), and a power transmission link (17, 18, 12; 17', 18', 12') between the rotating element (12, 12') and the driven shaft (16, 16') of the motor module (14, 14') which positively or non-positively co-operators essentially play free with the rotating element and the driven shaft respectively. The rotating element is preferably a toothed wheel, and the driven shaft of the motor module preferably has a toothed wheel provided and the power transmission link is preferably a toothed belt which, preferably winds around the two toothed wheels, which are preferably located in the same plane. The motor modules can be remotely controlled by an electronic servo and possibly further peripheral control devices.
Patent GB-2452681-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for remotely testing a digital subscriber line access multi-plexer
Inventor: GIBALA JEFFREY
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: A system and method for testing a modem of a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a pair of modems communicatively coupled to each other by way of a communications path that includes a first DSL communication medium connected to one modem, a second DSL communication medium connected to the other modem, which is part of the DSLAM, and an Ethernet medium connected between the first and second DSL modems. DSL signals can be dispatched from the first (or second) modem via the first (or second) DSL communication medium for receipt by the second (or first) DSL modem via the second (or first) DSL communication medium, whereupon, DSL signals passing from the first DSL communication medium to the second DSL communication medium, or vice versa, are converted into Ethernet packets for transmission over the Ethernet medium and then back into DSL signals.
Patent GB-2454608-A (GB)
Title: Delaying swelling in a downhole packer element
Inventor: WOOD EDWARD T
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2007-07-05
Abstract: A swelling element rate regulation technique and product features an outer coating on a core of an element. The core is reactive to hydrocarbons or water depending on how it is configured. The surrounding coating is preferably formed of fine ground particles of a non-swelling polymer mixed in a solvent such as methyl-ethyl-ketone that is applied in a thin layer to the core exterior. This uncured outer layer is then contacted by a patterned surface. The patterned surface is pressed firmly against the uncured polymer/solvent mixture and transfers an inverse of the pattern to the surface of the coating. As pressure is applied, heat may also be applied to cure the coating. The resulting pattern is designed such that openings in the coating are created that regulate infiltration of water or other fluids through it and, as a result, the rate of swelling in the wellbore. Swell rate in governed in part by the ratio of the exposed area of the swelling compound to the total volume of the swelling compound. The smaller this ratio, the slower the rate of swell. The pattern created in the non-sweliing layer may also provide limited mechanical restraint of the swelling element, further slowing the process.
Patent GB-2468124-A (GB)
Title: Exercising footstool or footrest
Inventor: NEWTON ALAN
IPC: A47C16/02
Filed: 2009-02-25
Abstract: An exercising footstool or footrest comprises a body 10, right and left foot engagement sockets 11 attached to extension lines 12, which in turn are each connected to a pre-tensioned constant load cassette 13 (for example, using constant load springs) anchored to the body 10 of the footstool or footrest. The footstool or footrest may have an inclined top surface or a horizontal top surface (see figure 5). The footstool or footrest may be used with the user standing thereon (figure 5) or used in a seated position (figure 6). Exercise is the result of the user extending each foot engagement socket 11, one at a time, and returning it into the stowed position (see figure 2). The physical effort required to overcome the pre-tensioned load stimulates circulation in the user's legs, assisting those recovering from injuries and helping to avoid possible medical conditions resulting from sitting for long periods without exercise.
Patent GB-2469641-A (GB)
Title: A seal for sealing two pipes capable of relative rotation in an abutting relationship
Inventor: CHALABI RIFAT A
IPC: F16L19/00
Filed: 2009-04-21
Abstract: A seal for sealing together first and second tubular members 12, 14 rotatable relative to one another comprises first and second sealing portions 18, 20 secured respectively to first and second tubular members and having first and second abutment surfaces 40,26 in sliding engagement with one another, wherein an axial force on one of the tubular members would cause one of the sealing portions to bend / deflect axially. Ideally the tubular members are pipes carrying gas, with one pipe comprising an external flange and the other comprising a deflectable internally extending flange / diaphragm. The pipe diaphragm is resiliently flexible and the abutment portion 40 which caters for wear during rotation and seals against abutment portion 20. The diaphragm / flange 40 is preferably made of sheet metal.
Patent GB-2471096-A (GB)
Title: Laminated composites based on natural materials
Inventor: SWEATMAN TIMOTHY
IPC: B32B5/24
Filed: 2009-06-16
Abstract: A laminated composite material comprises a first layer formed from granulated cork and a binder, and second and optional third layers each comprising a network of plantderived natural fibres, the first layer being sandwiched between and bonded to the second and the optional third layers. The binder used to bind the granulated cork in the first layer is a flame-retardant binder, e.g. a plant-derived material such as a furan resin. The second and third layers are bonded to the first layer by a binder component, typically a furan resin. The plant-derived natural fibres may be hemp, jute, ramie, kenaf, rattan, soya bean fibre, okra fibre, cotton, vine fibre, peat fibre, kapok fibre, sisal fibre or banana fibre. The composite may be used for constructional, acoustical control, fire safety or thermal insulation purposes in buildings or vehicles.
Patent GB-2462380-A (GB)
Title: Neural-network based surrogate model construction methods and applications thereof
Inventor: CHEN DINGDING
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2008-03-13
Abstract: Various neural-network based surrogate model construction methods are disclosed herein, along with various applications of such models. Designed for use when only a sparse amount of data is available (a "sparse data condition"), some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods: create a pool of neural networks trained on a first portion of a sparse data set; generate for each of various multi-objective functions a set of neural network ensembles that minimize the multi-objective function; select a local ensemble from each set of ensembles based on data not included in said first portion of said sparse data set; and combine a subset of the local ensembles to form a global ensemble. This approach enables usage of larger candidate pools, multi-stage validation, and a comprehensive performance measure that provides more robust predictions in the voids of parameter space.
Patent GB-2463593-A (GB)
Title: Analytical methods and software product for automated health care imformation systems
Inventor: MANSOUR RICHARD P
IPC: G16H15/00
Filed: 2008-06-06
Abstract: A computer software application and methods for facilitating analysis of clinical data (e.g., patient or patient care information) stored in a clinical database is disclosed. The application includes a process extracting clinical data from the clinical database and loading the extracted data into an analytics database. The application further configures the analytics database in accordance with a data model that is optimized for business intelligence reporting tools, e.g., in the form of multidimensional data cubes which can be derived from tables of data. The application further includes procedures (e.g., SQL procedures) for applying clinically related logical rules to the clinical data and storing flags associated with the logical rules in the analytics database.
Patent GB-460685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the reproduction of sound films
IPC: G11B7/28
Filed: 1936-04-04
Abstract: 460,685. Copying sound-records. JOST, C. April 4, 1936, No. 10032. Convention date, April 5, 1935. [Class 98 (i)] Apparatus for copying sound-records from standard on to narrow film is characterized in that a slit is imaged on the standard film by an optical reducing device, the width of the slit being equal to the width of the sound-record on the standard film, for instance 2À5 mm., and the height being equal to the height of the slit required for the narrow film in accordance with its running speed, for instance 9 microns, multiplied by the ratio of the widths of the sound-records on the two films, for instance 1À5: 1, and further by an optical reducing device for projecting the slit image from the standard on to the narrow film reduced by the same ratio. As shown in Fig. 1, the standard film 4 passes through a gate 5 and is illuminated by the lamp 1, condenser 2 and slit diaphragm. 6. The diaphragm 6 may be replaced by a diaphragm 6<1>. The line of light produced is imaged on the narrow film 9 in the gate 8 by an objective 7 adjustable along a slider 12. The driving sprockets 13, 14 are on a common shaft 15 driven by a motor 16. The gate 8 may be replaced by a drum 19, Fig. 2, frictionally driven by the film 9, and the light is reflected on to the film 9 by a mirror or prism 20. The drum 19 may be the outer element of a roller bearing, and is narrower than the film 9, printing being effected on the projecting edge of the film 9. The drum 19 has a flange 22 on the opposite side, and the projecting edge is located by a block. In a modification, the light path may be twice deflected through 90‹, and focusing effected by movement of the deflecting mirrors by a slider. In a further modification, the arrangement of the previous modification is combined with the drum and reflecting mirror, and the drum 19 is coupled to a flywheel by a pinion.
Patent GB-911958-A (GB)
Title: 3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxybenzylthio compounds
IPC: C10L1/24
Filed: 1961-03-20
Abstract: Liquid fuels such as kerosine and gasoline, hydrocarbon oils and greases, petroleum waxes and natural waxes are stabilized against oxidative deterioration by the presence of a minor proportion of any of the compounds A2S, A2S2 and H-, R- or Acyl-S-A, wherein A is 3:5-dialkyl-4-hydroxybenzyl, R is alkyl of at least eight carbon atoms and the acyl radical has not more than twenty carbon atoms.  In Example IX the following compounds were used to stabilize commercial gasoline of a stated composition:-3:5-di-tert. amyl-4-hydroxybenzyl mercaptan; 3-ethyl-5-tert. butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl nonadecyl sulphide; 3:5-di-cyclohexyl-4-hydroxybenzyl thiobutyrate; bis(3-isopropyl-5-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) sulphide; 3:5-di-ter. butyl-31:51-diisopropyl-4:41-dihydroxydibenzyl sulphide; bis(3:5-diisopropyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) disulphide.ALSO:Polyolefins and natural or synthetic rubbers are stabilized against oxidative deterioration by the presence of a minor proportion of any of the compounds A2S, A2S2 and H-, R- or Acyl-S-A, wherein A is 3:5-dialkyl-4-hydroxybenzyl, R is alkyl of at least eight carbon atoms and the acyl radical has not more than twenty carbon atoms.  In Examples:-(VI) polypropylene was stabilized with 3:5-di-tert.-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl mercaptan and the corresponding disulphide and the S-acetyl and -dodecyl derivatives; (VII) polyethylene with bis(3:5-di-tert.-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) sulphide, and (VIII) a synthetic polyisoprene rubber with 3-methyl-5-tert.-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl n-hecadecyl sulphide, 3:5-diisopropyl-4-hydroxybenzyl thiopropionate, 3-sec.-butyl-5-tert.-octyl-4-hydroxybenzyl mercaptan and bis-(3:5-di-tert.-amyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)sulphide.  Stabilization of SBR and polybutadiene is also mentioned.ALSO:The invention comprises compounds of formulae A2S, A2S2 and H-, R- or Acyl-S-A, wherein A is 3 : 5-dialkyl-4-hydroxybenzyl, R is alkyl of at least eight carbon atoms and the acyl radical has not more than twenty carbon atoms. Specifically claimed are 3 : 5-di-tertbutyl-4-hydroxybenzyl mercaptan, the corresponding sulphide and disulphide and the S-n-dodecyl and -acetyl derivatives.  The various types are prepared as follows:- ASH and ASR by reaction of AX (X = halogen) with a metal hydrosulphide and mercaptide, respectively, in liquid phase at ambient temperature; AS-Acyl by reaction of ASH with an organic acid anhydride in pyridine; A2S2 by oxidation of ASH with iodine in a liquid solvent medium; A2S either by reaction of ASH with AOH in presence of strong acid or by reaction of a 2 : 6-dialkylphenol with bis(chloromethyl) sulphide.  The compounds of the invention are used to stabilize organic materials subject to oxidative deterioration (see also Groups III and IV(a)), e.g. polymerizable liquid unsaturated monomers such as vinylbenzenes, acrylates and methylacrylates.
Patent GB-498659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to refrigerating systems
IPC: F25B39/02
Filed: 1938-04-01
Abstract: 498,659. Valve accessories. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. April 1, 1938, No. 10049. Convention date, April 1, 1937. [Class 135] [Also in Group XIII] The formation of ice in the float-operated expansion valve 30 of the refrigerating machine of a cabinet is prevented by U-shaped heatconducting fins 40 welded &c. to the duct 29 connecting the condensate collector 18 to the evaporator inlet pipe 21 which may also be provided with fins 41. The valve link 37 and the duct 29 are made of a metal of low heat conductivity such as that known under the Registered Trade Mark "Monel." Specification 409,601, [Group VIII], is referred to.
Patent GB-166654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical switching apparatus of the kind comprisinga conducting liquid jet
IPC: H02M1/30
Filed: 1920-04-10
Abstract: 166,654. Hartmann, J. F. G. P. April 10,1920. Commutator switching-arrangements.-A mercury-jet switch or interrupter which may be arranged as a. current converter consists of a liquid jet passing through a magnetic field and means for sending current through the part of the jet which crosses the field to produce an oscillatory or a deflecting movement of the jet, the jet being throughout its movement in permanent contact with one or more electrodes so that electric connections can be made between the permanent electrodes and other electrodes through parts of the jet lying outside the magnetic field. As shown in Fig. 1, the column S impinges on the wedgeshaped insulating partition P<1> between the electrodes E, E<1> and divides the column into two parts bridging the electrodes. The column carries current and moves through a magnetic field which causes it to bend as described in Specification 102,977. In the present arrangement the column is caused to bend in the plane of the wedge-shaped partition so that the conducting bridge is always maintained between two sides of the partition, one of which may be regarded as a single permanent electrode and the other may be divided up. Rectifying alternating currents. An element as shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 8 may be used for converting an alternating current into a pulsating direct current. The source of alternating current V, Fig. 6, is connected to the electrode E and the current is commutated by the automatic movement of the jet so that the circuits b<1>, b<2> carry the upper or the lower halves of the current wave only. A grating or thread net may be used for rectifying polyphase currents by the arrangement shown in Fig. 29. The grating and jet are supplied with direct current and the jet flows through a. rotating field causing it to undergo a rotary movement over the threepart electrode, giving a rectified current in the connection a, b. The grating which serves only as a fixed electrode in permanent contact with the jet may be replaced by a film of mercury ejected from a nozzle, the jet passing through the film undisturbed.
Patent GB-584911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wet spun artificial filaments
IPC: D01F2/28
Filed: 1942-07-22
Abstract: Fireproof filaments are formed by wet-spinning a concentrated syrupy aqueous solution of a salt of a cellulose hydroxy fatty acid into an aqueous solution of an aluminium salt adapted to coagulate the filament and replace the cation of the cellulosic salt by aluminium. A salt of the necessary solubility and viscosity may be prepared by etherifying alkali cellulose in more than one stage, e.g. first with 3/4 mols. sodium chloracetate and then with 3/4 mols. ethyl chloracetate. The viscosity should be such as to permit of spinning at a concentration of not less than 15 per cent, and the pH of the solution should be brought to 5.5 to 8, for example, by the addition of nitric acid.  The deaerated solution is passed through a filter to a spinneret and into a coagulating bath containing aluminium sulphate and sodium sulphate maintained at a pH of from 3 to 5 and a temperature of 55-60 DEG  C.  A succession of coagulating baths may be employed.
Patent GB-1241764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the steering and propulsion of marine vessels
Inventor: CHRISTIAN EWAN
IPC: B63H25/38
Filed: 1969-02-26
Abstract: 1,241,764. Rudders. HYDROCONIC Ltd. 28 Jan., 1970 [26 Feb., 1969], No. 10296/69. Heading B7V. In a marine propulsion and steering system, e.g. for a tug, comprising a plurality of shutter rudders 12, 13, 15, 16 at the entry and exit of a propulsion nozzle 11 surrounding a propeller 20, with the steering in its straight ahead setting, the leading edges of the entry rudders spaced from the nozzle axis are toed outwards, e.g. 1 to 7 degrees, and the trailing edges of the exit rudders spaced from the nozzle axis are toed outwards, e.g. 1 to 3 degrees. The entry rudders 12 spaced furthest from the nozzle axis are toed out more, e.g. 3 to 7 degrees, than the inner rudders 13, e.g. 1 to 3 degrees. The toeing out of the rudders is such that they substantially conform with the entry and exit flow lines of the nozzle.
Patent GB-329455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gramophones and like sound reproducing devices
IPC: G10K13/00
Filed: 1929-04-03
Abstract: 329,455. Streete, C. M., and Dickason, E. E. G. April 3, 1929. Loud-speakers. - A gramophone or loudspeaker horn 1 is supported immovably within a cabinet and clear of the sides and bottom thereof by loops 2, 3 of webbing, leather or like pliable non-resonant material. Bent-over lugs 6. 6<1> on the horn secure the loops to the horn. The upper end of the horn may be steadied by webbing strips 7, 8. Bars 9 on the cabinet sides bear against the upright sides of the Baring portion of the horn at 10 or at other points of great vibration. The horn may be connected to the tone arm 11 by rubber tubing 12.
Patent GB-288320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to safety razors
IPC: B26B21/12
Filed: 1928-04-05
Abstract: 288,320. Pujol, E. April 8, 1927, [Convention date]. Razors, safety.-A safety razor serving alternatively as a hair-trimming device is provided with combs or guards 'having dissimilar teeth and formed with elongated or multiple openings so that they may be assembled in different positions relatively to the blade-edges. The combs are formed with long teeth 10 for hair cutting and shorter teeth 11 for shaving and are pierced with a number of juxtaposed holes 12 arranged in a straight line or the arc of a circle &c., providing definite positions of adjustment, or the holes may be merged to form slots allowing adjustment to any position. A blade L, Fig. 15, may be arranged on one or each side of the comb, which is mounted on pins 5, 6 on a holder 2, the pin 5 being notched to receive a spring or other clamping plate 7 secured by a sliding sleeve 8. The comb teeth may be curved off equally or unequally or may be flat on one face. A groove 16 may be formed therein close to the blade edge. Alternative positions are shown in Figs. 16 and 19.
Patent GB-105598-A (GB)
IPC: B41J3/01
Abstract: 105,598. Fairweather, W. C., (Underwood Typewriter Co.). April 15, 1916. Machines w i t h two sets of type.- In machines in which two typewriters are e arranged side by side and the platen-carriage travels across both machines, the letter-spacing mechan,isms are arranged so that the platen-carriage is spaced to the left, for writing languages such as English, on one typewriter and to the right, for writing languages such as Hebrew, on the other typewriter. In the machine shown, the carriage 6 runs on rails 4, 5 across typewriters 1, 2 provided with typelevers 21, 17 respectively for printing Hebrew and English. The spring drums 22, 32 are provided with bands 23, 33 which are automatically coupled to the carriage in the manner described below, and the carriage is provided with two racks 24, 40 adapted to engage with the escapement pinions 25, 41 respectively, the teeth of the pinion 41 and the rack 40 facing in the opposite direction from the teeth on the pinion 25 and the rack 24. The bands 23, 33 pass through brackets 36 and are each provided with a slotted hook 38 or 34 adapted to engage a shaped lug 39 or 35 on the carriage. When the carriage is in the field of the typewriter 2, it is propelled to the left by the band 33, the hook 38 then engaging the lug 39. On the carriage being moved out of the field of typewriter 2, the hook 39 is arrested by the bracket 36 and disconnected, and the lug 35 enters the hook 34 and is thus coupled to the band 33. The carriage is moved to line-commencing position on typewriter 1 and is then spaced to the right during the operation of this typewriter. Carriage-releasing arrangements. - The feedracks 24, 40 are secured to a pivoted frame 45 which can be rocked by a finger 47 for carriagerelease. Carriage scales: carriage stops.-The scales 65, 62 on the typewriters 1, 2 read to the right and to the left respectively. Adjustable margin stops 63, 59, set by the scales 62, 65 are provided for limiting the extreme movements of the carriage.