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Patent GB-2499383-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing Apparatus
Inventor: TARRANT STEPHEN
IPC: A01C23/04
Filed: 2012-02-07
Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a measured amount of a first fluid into a flow of a second fluid comprises a main fluid flow conduit through which the second fluid flows, drive means mounted at least partially in the conduit such that the flow of the second fluid acts on a portion of the drive means, and pump means connected to and driven by the drive means, the pump being arranged to dispense an amount of the first fluid into the conduit, wherein the amount of the first fluid that is dispensed by the pump means in a given time is dependent on the flow rate of the second fluid acting on the drive means. The drive means maybe a wheel 20 having a plurality of blades 26. The pump means may comprise a cylinder and piston and the drive means may comprise a gear and crank to convert the rotational movement of the wheel into linear motion.
Patent GB-2497829-A (GB)
Title: Electrical roadway having theft prevention system
Inventor: DAMES ANDREW
IPC: B60L5/00
Filed: 2012-05-04
Abstract: A theft prevention system 230 for an electrical roadway apparatus is provided. The electrical roadway apparatus provides inductive power coupling to one or more vehicles travelling on the roadway . The electrical roadway apparatus includes one or more drive units for exciting one or more drive coil arrangements 40 disposed in the roadway 220. The theft prevention system includes a sensing arrangement for detecting abrupt changes in one or more electrical characteristics of cables 310 employed to implement the drive coil arrangements, and a theft detection and notification arrangement for receiving signals from the sensing arrangement for detecting and notifying an event of theft to a security facility 100 for summoning assistance. Low frequency signal interrogation of the cables may be used to determine the electrical characteristics. The antitheft arrangement may comprise a conductor 320 running spatially concurrent with the drive coil conductors. The sensing arrangement may sense the Q factor and/or the resistance of the cable. The theft detection and notification arrangement may indicate the location of the affected cable and/or whether it has been affected by theft or failure.
Patent GB-2502782-A (GB)
Title: Selection of terminal device to operate as an access point
Inventor: BAGAYOKO ABDOULAYE
IPC: H04W48/20
Filed: 2012-06-06
Abstract: A communication entity for a communication system is described in which terminal devices communicate with one another via a base station using a radio access technology. The communication entity (e.g. a WLAN manager) determines, for each terminal device, a respective characteristic value associated with communicating using at least one communication channel in at least one communication link between each terminal device and each other terminal device. The characteristic values are properties and measurements performed ordinarily by the mobile terminals, and available before transmission in a WLAN commences, rather than values acquired by an access point, after transmission in a WLAN commences. The entity selects a terminal device and communication channel to operate as an access node of a local area network based on the characteristic values. This allows an approximate quality of service to be predicted before transmission in a WLAN commences, resulting in reduced network set up times.
Patent GB-2489156-A (GB)
Title: Walkaway vsp calibrated sonic logs
Inventor: HORNE STEPHEN ALLAN
IPC: G01V1/40
Filed: 2011-01-05
Abstract: Methods and related systems are described relating to processing subsurface sonic and seismic data. The described techniques use anisotropy estimates derived from a walkaway VSP to calibrate elastic properties derived from sonic logs. An empirical relationship between the sonic derived anisotropy parameters is modified until the upscaled elastic properties from the sonic log data best matches the anisotropy parameters measured with the walkway VSP. The result is a set of elastic constants consistent with the walkaway VSP measurements.
Patent GB-2504551-A (GB)
Title: Gelled food concentrate comprising low-methoxy pectin
Inventor: BOTT KATIE
IPC: A23L29/231
Filed: 2012-08-03
Abstract: A food concentrate in the form of a gel for use in stock, soup, sauce, gravy or as a seasoning ingredient is substantially free of syneresis and does not require ingredients containing either calcium or polyols. Once the gel has been diluted in an aqueous liquid in a ratio of 1:10 to 1:100 under the application of heat, it will not skin or re-gel, even when completely cold. The concentrate may contain 30-60% water, 5-15% common salt, 1-8% low-methoxy pectin and 20-64% of taste-imparting components. The high salt concentration is believed to aid the gel formation. The concentrate has a percentage equivalent of sucrose less than 10%. A method of producing the gelled food concentrate comprises fully dissolving the low-methoxy pectin in hot water, optionally adding sugar, maltodextrin and taste imparting components and allowing the mix to homogenise, adding salt, re-homogenising and cooling and filling the cooled concentrate into a mould or consumer ready packaging to set. Non heat-tolerant ingredients such as vegetable or fruit pieces, herbs, flavourings, probiotics or vitamins may be added to the cooled concentrate before it sets.
Patent GB-2505460-A (GB)
Title: A coupling mechanism and catch
Inventor: BROWNING CHARLES
IPC: A01B59/06
Filed: 2012-08-30
Abstract: A coupling mechanism allowing for yaw motion between first and second vehicle body portions comprises first and second legs 11b which separately comprise first 13b, second 14b and third 15b pivotal couplings, each coupling having an axis of rotation in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of motion, the first coupling of each leg being arranged for coupling an upper end of the respective leg to the second body portion 120, the second coupling of each leg being arranged for coupling a lower end of the respective leg to the second body portion the third coupling of each leg being arranged for coupling the respective leg to the first body portion 110, the axis of rotation of the first coupling of each leg being translatable in the direction of motion, and the axis of rotation of the second coupling of each leg being translatable in the vertical direction. Also disclosed is a catch for locking the second body portion in a raised position
Patent GB-2494544-A (GB)
Title: Laminated non-woven fabric comprising meltblown and spunbond layers, used as roofing underlay
Inventor: AVRIL DAVID JOHN
IPC: B32B5/02
Filed: 2012-09-12
Abstract: The laminate comprises a melt-blown layer 22 and at least one spun-bond layer 24, 26, preferably as an SMS laminate. The melt blown layer 22 has a basis weight   ² 35 (25-34) g/m2 and comprises fibres having a diameter   ² 2.5 (2.2-2.4) Âµm. Preferably the laminate has a hydrostatic head > 100 cm and air permeability > 20 l/m2/s. Preferably, the melt blown and spun bond layers comprise polyolefin, especially polypropylene fibres. The preferred spun bond layers 24, 26 have basis weight = 15-150 g/m2. The preferred laminate, containing fluorocarbon hydrophobic melt additive, UV absorber, flame retardant, pigment or plasticiser, is point bonded with heated calender rollers. The laminate is used with an unsupported or fully supported roof.Â Â
Patent GB-2498031-A (GB)
Title: Turbine engine comprising a contra rotating propeller receiver supported by a structural casing
Inventor: GALLET FRANCOIS
IPC: F01D25/28
Filed: 2012-10-19
Abstract: An open rotor type aircraft turbine engine 1, comprising a contra rotating propeller receiver 30 and a dual-body gas generator 14 located upstream of the receiver. The gas generator includes a low-pressure compressor 16 and a high-pressure compressor 18 separated by an intermediate housing 27. There is a structural casing 50 for supporting the receiver 30, surrounding the gas generator 14 and having a downstream end 50a attached to said receiver and an upstream end 50b attached to said intermediate housing 27. A connection means 60 between the structural supporting casing and the gas generator is located between the upstream and downstream ends of the casing and arranged to enable relative movement between the support casing and the gas generator. Preferably the connection means is formed of a plurality of connecting rods with ball joints at their ends.
Patent GB-2507770-A (GB)
Title: Downhole activation tool
Inventor: CRAIGON ALAN
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2012-11-08
Abstract: The invention relates to an activation apparatus 10 for activating a downhole tool, preferably comprising a top sub 12, a bottom sub 14, an outer sleeve 16 with a port 18 and an inner sleeve 20 with a port 22. The apparatus 10 is configurable between a run-in configuration in which the ports 18, 22 are not aligned and an activated configuration in which the ports 18, 22 are aligned and permit lateral passage of fluid through the apparatus 10. The activation apparatus 10 is configured such that application of at least two forces to the activation apparatus 10 transitions the activation apparatus 10 from the run-in configuration to the activated configuration. A later embodiment relates to a method of preventing or reducing the risk of premature activation of a downhole tool caused by an inadvertent application force or pressure spike.
Patent GB-2501151-A (GB)
Title: A storage enclosure and a method of accessing storage media within a storage enclosure
Inventor: HARVILCHUCK LAURENCE A
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 2013-01-23
Abstract: A drawer/rack style data storage system comprises data storage enclosures in the form of slidable drawers within a housing. Each drawer comprises a pivotably mounted midplane 16, which may be a PCB substrate, having components 12 which can include storage media such as solid state drives, SCSI components such as SAS expanders and controllers 18 coupled to both the upper side and the underside. The midplane pivots about a shaft 26 between a first, closed configuration in which the midplane is flat within the housing, and a second open configuration, in which the midplane is pivoted to extend out of the housing to enable access to components on both surfaces of the midplane. The midplane can be spring-biased to the second open configuration and can be locked in either position. The midplane may include cooling fans (Fig. 3C; 14) and heat exchangers (Fig. 7A; 28).
Patent GB-2503533-A (GB)
Title: Uplink transmit antenna selection for a UE on the basis of downlink fading conditions or motion characteristics of the UE
Inventor: ROUSU SEPPO
IPC: H04B7/04
Filed: 2013-01-28
Abstract: At user equipment (UE), at least two radio wave signals are received 102, preferably on different respective UE antennas. Fading conditions in relation to the received signals are detected 104 or one or more motion related characteristics are detected 100. This detection information is transmitted to a network entity such as a base station (BTS). The network entity also extracts network reception information from an uplink signal transmitted by the UE. For example, the network reception information could take the form of a measurement of uplink signal quality 108. Closed-loop uplink transmit antenna selection for the UE is performed by a network entity such as a BTS on the basis of the detection information and the network reception information.
Patent GB-2505581-A (GB)
Title: Protective case and methods of making
Inventor: WYNER DANIEL M
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 2012-04-13
Abstract: Disclosed is a protective case for an electronic device. The protective case has two layers, an inner cushion insert that surrounds a portion of the electronic device and an outer elastomeric shell. The cushion insert includes raised impact portions that extend through the cover, and that are capable of absorbing shocks from impacts.
Patent GB-2504430-A (GB)
Title: Tandem solar cell with improved tunnel junction
Inventor: ABOU-KANDIL AHMED
IPC: H01L31/075
Filed: 2012-06-05
Abstract: A photovoltaic device and method for fabricating a photovoltaic device include forming a light-absorbing semiconductor structure on a transmissive substrate including a first doped layer (406) and forming an intrinsic layer (410) on the first doped layer, wherein the intrinsic layer includes an amorphous material. The intrinsic layer is treated (412) with a plasma to form seed sites. A first tunnel junction layer is formed (414) on the intrinsic layer by growing microcrystals from the seed sites.
Patent GB-2520949-A (GB)
Title: Trustworthiness of processed data
Inventor: PIPES STEPHEN DAVID
IPC: G06N5/02
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: A method for indicating the trustworthiness of data processed in accordance with a processing rule whereby a first trust weight is assigned to a data item to be processed to provide a weighted data item, the first trust weight representing a level of trust in the data item, and second trust weight is assigned to the processing rule to provide a weighted processing rule, the second trust weight representing a level of trust in the processing rule. The weighted data item is processed in accordance with the weighted processing rule to generate a data output and an indication of a level of trust in the data output.
Patent GB-2520970-A (GB)
Title: Collecting a urine sample
Inventor: OLDHAM JAMES DAVID
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 2013-12-05
Abstract: An inlet or funnel section receives expelled urine. A first exit 203 directs the expelled urine towards a collection receptacle 202, which cooperates with a valve 201 to close off the receptacle 202 after being filled with an initial flow. A second exit 206 expels excess urine after the receptacle 202 has been filled. The funnel may have a deflector to direct urine to the first exit 203 rather than the second exit 206. The receptacle 202 may be detachable from the collector by means of a screw thread. The valve 201 may be a hollow ball valve.
Patent GB-2510701-A (GB)
Title: Detecting malware code injection by determining whether return address on stack thread points to suspicious memory area
Inventor: SUOMINEN MIKKO
IPC: G06F12/14
Filed: 2013-12-23
Abstract: Suspicious executable memory areas assigned to a process are identified (box 1). Typically, a first list is collected of memory areas containing modules loaded to the process (box 1.1, fig. 2). A second list is collected of executable memory areas for the process that are not in the first list (box 1.2, fig. 2) and memory areas in this second list are suspicious. For each thread in the process (boxes 2-4), a stack associated with the thread is inspected to identify (box 2) a potential return address. It is determined (box 3) whether or not the potential return address is located within a suspicious memory area. If the address is so located, it is determined (box 4) whether or not the instruction at the address preceding the potential return address is a function call. If the instruction is a function call then, it is determined (box 4 Yes) that the potential return address is a true return address and the thread and its associated code are identified as suspicious.
Patent GB-2530033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Relating to ophthalmoscopes
Inventor: SWAN DEREK
IPC: A61B3/12
Filed: 2014-09-09
Abstract: An ophthalmoscope 10 comprises a light source 12, a first scanner 14, a first scan transfer element 16, a second scanner 18, and a second scan transfer element 20, which provide a two-dimensional scan of incident light from an apparent point source at a pupillary point of an eye 22 onto the fundus of the eye, and which descan a two-dimensional scan of return light from the fundus of the eye to provide return light from an apparent point source at the first scanner. The first scan transfer element 16 comprises a free-form element which has a shape defined to provide aberration correction of the return light from the fundus of the eye. The free-form element may be a reflective, static element having a curvature along two orthogonal axes (x, y, see figure 2), one (y) defined by an ellipse and the other (x) defined by a polynomial function. Methods of defining the shape of the free-form element are also provided.
Patent GB-2526387-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus
Inventor: O'NEILL RICHARD
IPC: G09F15/00
Filed: 2014-10-28
Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display board formed by a plurality of planar elements 102 connected together. The display apparatus includes a box 106 configured to support the display board in a substantially vertical position and to enable the plurality of planar elements to be packed inside the box for storage when collapsed. Two posts 107, 108 may be provided for further supporting the display board and the box may be provided with stand legs 110,111. Display elements may be attached to the display board, e.g. by magnetism. The display elements may take the form of water wall toy components 103, 104, 105.
Patent GB-2532263-A (GB)
Title: A pumping apparatus
Inventor: JEREMY MILLER
IPC: F04F1/18
Filed: 2014-11-13
Abstract: A pumping apparatus 50 for a heat engine 10 e.g. using an Organic Rankine Cycle, uses working fluid extracted from the working circuit. A fraction of the working fluid is extracted in extraction line 60 after the main heat exchanger 14 and is further heated in a pumping heat exchanger 52 before being compressed in a compressor 54. Low pressure liquid is admitted to pumping chambers 62, 64 via non-return valves 78, and the compressed pumping fluid is alternately admitted to pumping chambers 62, 64 to pump the liquid by direct contact.
Patent GB-2518566-A (GB)
Title: Cursor movement device
Inventor: HADDON JOHN
IPC: G06F3/038
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: The position of a symbol presented on a visual display unit is selectively controlled by either physical movement information (e.g. mouse movement) or the user's gaze position. Rapid and/or significant change in determined gaze position to a position on the visual display unit followed by the determined gaze position lingering at the position will cause the system to use the user's gaze position to move the symbol else the physical movement information is used.
Patent GB-2535783-A (GB)
Title: Key for operating a lock mechanism
Inventor: SEAN EDWARDS
IPC: E05B19/18
Filed: 2015-02-27
Abstract: A key 101 includes a shank 105 and a blade 107 having a lock operating bit portion 111. The blade is movable, e.g. folded, relative to the shank between an operative position and a non-operative position. The blade (107) is disposed alongside the shank (105) in said non-operative position. Preferably a pivotal link 121 pivotally couples the blade and shank, the link being pivoted by 90 degrees relative to the shank and the blade is pivoted by 90 degrees to the link enabling total 180 degrees. There may be a pivotal handle 109 of U-shape, C-shape or L-shape cross section. The blade may be spring biased into the deployed position and include a retaining mechanism retaining the blade in the operative position. The key may be stowed inside a vehicle key fob. Also claimed is a key having a blade pivoted to a shank and when the key is inserted into a lock a portion of the pivot coupling is within the barrel of the lock.
Patent GB-2538710-A (GB)
Title: Surgical robot driving mechanism
Inventor: KEITH MARSHALL
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: A surgical robot arm terminated at its distal end with a drive assembly 400 for driving a surgical instrument having an articulation 103 for articulation of an end effector. The articulation is driven by at least first and second rods E3,E4, each of which terminate in a sliding block 407,408 respectively. The longitudinal axes of the blocks are parallel to the longitudinal axes of the rods to which they are attached; linear movement of a block along its longitudinal axis causes its rod to be tensioned or compressed. The assembly comprises a first U shaped drive element 418, which engages with a first and a second coupling member 411,412 protruding in a direction transverse to its respective block. The drive element 418 engages both the first and second coupling members such that: when the drive element moves linearly, both first and second coupling member move in the same linear direction; and when the drive element rotates, the first and second coupling members move reciprocally in opposing linear directions, driving the first and second coupling members in opposing directions. The first and second coupling elements may be encompassed in a foam roller 416,417, each foam roller engaging with the drive element.
Patent GB-2540431-A (GB)
Title: A combined clamping and supporting ring for a reaction vessel
Inventor: Mark Gilligan
IPC: B01L9/04
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: A combined clamping and supporting ring for a reaction vessel having a radial flange at a junction between a vessel body and a vessel lid. The ring is capable of clamping around the flange to clamp the lid to the body and support the reaction vessel and is closed with a screw threaded fastener. The ring comprises a two-part collar 20, 21 comprising a U-shape main portion 20 wide enough at one end to receive the flange of the reaction vessel in a direction parallel to the plane of the ring and a closure portion 21 moveable with respect to the main portion to close the collar. The collar has at least one support 26 that fits under the flange of the reaction vessel to support the reaction vessel, and at least one clamping member 23 that is arranged to engage above and below the flange to clamp the lid to the body when the collar is closed. At least two supports 26 are provided in the main portion, one on each side of the U-shaped main portion. These supports extend to in front of the centre of the ring towards one end such that they are positioned in front of a notional median plane perpendicular to the direction of insertion through the centre of the reaction vessel in the clamped position.
Patent GB-2536516-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore fluids comprising mineral particles and methods relating thereto
Inventor: DALE E JAMISON
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2014-03-03
Abstract: Mineral particles may provide for wellbore fluids with tailorable properties and capabilities. Such wellbore fluids may be included in systems that comprise a pump in fluid communication with a wellbore via a feed pipe; and a wellbore fluid disposed in at least one selected from the group consisting of the pump, the feed pipe, the wellbore, and any combination thereof, wherein the wellbore fluid comprises a base fluid, a plurality of first mineral particles, and a plurality of second mineral particles such that the first mineral particles and the second mineral particles having a multiparticle specific gravity of about 3 to about 20.