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Patent GB-2450337-A (GB)
Title: Cell culture and mixing vessel
Inventor: AUTON KEVIN ANDREW
IPC: B01F33/40
Filed: 2007-06-19
Abstract: A mixing vessel (10) for containing a liquid, comprises a chamber having a lower chamber portion and an upper chamber portion wider than the lower portion, gas inlet means (14) for supplying gas to the lower portion, liquid circulation inducing means (17) and an inclined abutment (24), such that, when gas is supplied via the gas inlet means gas in the form of bubbles initially rises substantially vertically in liquid and is redirected in a substantially horizontal direction by the abutment. The inclined abutment is a non-vertical section of the rear wall and the circulation inducing means is a mixing impeller located adjacent the gas inlet. The widening of the vessel with respect to height is asymmetric.
Patent GB-2450896-A (GB)
Title: Separating apparatus and method for assaying
Inventor: MCINTOSH KEITH SHEARER
IPC: B01D17/00
Filed: 2007-07-10
Abstract: Separating apparatus comprises a separating vessel 10, which defines an interior cavity 12, for receiving a fusion of collector material and slag, and which further defines an outlet duct 18, disposed at the lower extremity of the separating vessel; a collector mould 20, disposed co-axially below the outlet duct for receiving the collector material; and a movable gate 22, disposed intermediate the separating vessel and the collector mould for controlling the flow of molten material from the separating vessel into the collector mould. The gate is movable between a first position in which it seals the outlet duct, and a second position in which it permits collector material to drain into the collector mould. A method of separating molten collector material and a molten slag with use of the separating apparatus is disclosed. Advantageously the separating apparatus is used in assaying mineral ore samples, inter alia to determine the concentration of gold and platinum group metals in such samples. In particular, the invention concerns separating molten collector material and a molten slag during such assay analysis.
Patent GB-2451624-A (GB)
Title: Construction kit with edge connectors
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: A63H33/10
Filed: 2007-08-04
Abstract: A construction kit comprises a plurality of planar Maraldi rhombi <B>10</B> and a plurality of connecting rods <B>20</B>. The rhombi may have "U" shaped recesses <B>13A, B, C, D</B> along at least two sides in which the connecting rods <B>20</B> fit enabling the joining of two or more rhombi <B>10</B>. Opposing sides of the recesses may have lugs <B>14A</B> which engage with the connecting rod <B>20</B> which may have a concave domed end. The kit may further comprise other structures such as rectangles or triangles. The triangles when used may be half Maraldi rhombi having a minor Maraldi angle of 70.529{ (figure 4A) or major angle of 190.471{ (figure 4B).
Patent GB-2440457-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing high extract vinegar
Inventor: MUROKI FUMIE
IPC: A23L27/24
Filed: 2007-10-02
Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a high extract vinegar having preferred flavor as a vinegar while maintaining the taste of a raw material under a high extraction condition. The invention provides a method for producing a vinegar having an extract concentration of 6.0% by weight/volume or more and 55.0% by weight/volume or less, characterized in that in a method for producing a vinegar by deep fermentation, using a fermentation liquid in which acetic acid fermentation is continuously carried out at an extract concentration of 0.1% by weight/volume or more and less than 6.0% by weight/volume and at an acetic acid producing rate of 0.5 g/L hr or more, acetic acid fermentation is carried out while increasing the extract concentration of the fermentation liquid to 6.0% by weight/volume or more and 55.0% by weight/volume or less, and there is no lag phase or the lag phase is controlled to be within 10 hours.
Patent GB-2453606-A (GB)
Title: Solar power source
Inventor: LAI JAMES CHYI
IPC: H01L31/058
Filed: 2008-01-28
Abstract: A solar power source includes a solar panel 120 and a "magnetic capacitor" 140. The solar panel receives solar energy, and the capacitor stores energy and provides electricity. The solar panel has a first side 121 facing the sun, and the capacitor is attached to a second side 122 of the solar panel. The capacitor has a high value of capacitance to handle the charge generated by the solar panel, and includes a barrier to leakage current, so that storage time is increased. The solar power source is applicable for many applications and has low energy transport costs. Two methods of manufacturing the solar power source are also provided.
Patent GB-2444887-A (GB)
Title: Airship for lifting heavy loads & methods of operation
Inventor: COLTING HOKAN S
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 2006-10-20
Abstract: This invention relates to the field of buoyant aircraft and operation thereof, in particular, airships for lifting heavy and/or oversized loads. According to the present invention it would be advantageous to provide a airship that can lift heavy and/or oversized loads of several tons or more. The present invention is directed to an airship that will be able to load and unload heavy or oversized loads or payloads. The purpose of the airship of the present invention is to transport heavy and/or oversized payloads or act as a flying crane that requires a minimal infrastructure on the ground. The airship of the present invention uses the leverage of positive buoyancy to lift and transport payloads; using a fraction of the energy that a Vertical take off and landing aircraft ("VTOL"), such as a helicopter, would for the same payload weight. The airship of the present invention may also be able to lift far heavier loads than any existing helicopter.
Patent GB-2452794-A (GB)
Title: Base station having means for indicating its data capacity
Inventor: THIEL STEFAN ULRICH
IPC: H04W48/08
Filed: 2008-05-15
Abstract: A telecommunications system includes a radio access network having a plurality of network elements configured to communicate wirelessly with one or more mobile terminals, one of those network elements being a micro base station having a backhaul connection to a core component of the system. The micro base station is adapted to determine the resources available to it, and to transmit an indication of those resources to the user terminal. Preferably the resource indication is determined using a cost-function that includes terms representative of backhaul capacity and radio conditions. In this way the network capacity can be maximised by steering mobile terminals away from cells which have a reduced capacity, or a capacity not suited to the mobile terminals communication requirements. The cost function provides an indication of a micro base station's available capacity based upon the resources currently available to them.
Patent GB-2460237-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle kinetic energy recovery system
Inventor: GREENWOOD CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B60K6/10
Filed: 2008-05-20
Abstract: The invention concerns a kinetic energy recovery system for use in a vehicle driveline. The system has a flywheel 24 serving to store energy. A continuously variable transmission 32 serves to transfer drive between the flywheel and a driveline of the vehicle at a steplessly variable CVT speed ratio. The continuously variable transmission has a variator 34 which has a rotary variator input 40 and a rotary variator output 42. The variator serves to transfer drive between its input and output at a continuously variable variator speed ratio. The continuously variable transmission further comprises a shunt gear arrangement 36 having a first rotary shunt input which is drivably coupled to the rotary variator input, a second rotary shunt input which is drivably coupled to the rotary variator output, and a shunt rotary output which is drivably coupled to the flywheel.
Patent GB-2451785-A (GB)
Title: Medical graft having regions of different matrix structure
Inventor: MCALEXANDER CHAD S
IPC: A61F2/06
Filed: 2005-03-29
Abstract: A remodelable graft 1, preferably of extracellular matrix material, has at least one region 10 having a more collapsed matrix structure and at least one region 2 having a more open matrix structure. The collapsed region is less porous and may be lattice shaped, surrounding the regions of higher porosity. The more porous regions are more quickly colonised and resorbed by a patient's cells. Preferably, the matrix is porcine small intestine submucosa and may contain a bioactive agent such as basic fibroblast growth factor; it may be multilaminate. The graft material can be made into a urethral sling, where the collapsed portions form the centre of the sling and the more open portions form the arms of the sling. Alternatively, the graft may be used to repair a hernia.
Patent GB-2456055-A (GB)
Title: Product authentication using bi-directional communication between a mobile phone and a tag
Inventor: TSURIA YOSSI
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2007-11-27
Abstract: A system for determining the authenticity of a product selected from a group products includes a product tag including information relating to the identity of a product, a remote server storing details on at least some of the products in the group, and a cellular phone programmed to communicate data between the tag (eg RFID) and the server, wherein the phone transfers the identity information on the tag to the server and the server is adapted to invoke a bidirectional interrogation session with the tag through the cellular phone so as to verify authenticity of the product. Alternatively an application may be activated on a mobile phone which in turn contacts a tag associated with a product and asks from the ID, the phone forwards the ID to a server which selects and sends a challenge via the phone to the tag, the response of the tag being used by the server to authenticate the product. Alternatively a cellular phone contacts a server to retrieve a challenge which it forwards to a tag which then sends a response plus ID to the server so as to authenticate the product, the tag being powered by the cellular transmission. Also described are, a plurality of secret sets of numbers, each set comprising a challenge portion and a response portion for authenticating products ; a system in which cellular transmission is used to power an electronic tag attached to the product; and a system in which full database is divided into separate databases, possibly related to product vendor, such that an authentication process can be performed without the need to access an entire database of products.
Patent GB-2455955-A (GB)
Title: Improving image mask
Inventor: WILENSKY GREG D
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2007-09-20
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, feature receiving an image mask (1020) where the image mask identifies a first opacity value of pixels in a raster image (1010). The first opacity value ranges between a value representing foreground and a value representing background. Each pixel in the image has a color. A first boundary pixel is identified in the image. A second opacity value for the first boundary pixel is determined using a first local color model of opacity. The first local color model of opacity is determined based on the colors of the pixels in the image within a local neighborhood of the first boundary pixel.
Patent GB-2464213-A (GB)
Title: Anode installation clamp
Inventor: ENDAL GEIR
IPC: C23F13/00
Filed: 2009-10-07
Abstract: A device for connecting at least one sacrificial anode to a sub-sea pipeline 1 in a cathodic protection system. The device comprises a clamp body 3 and a plurality of inwardly extending pipe engaging members 4 that are supported by the clamp body 3 such that the pipe engaging members 4, or the pipe engaging members 4 and a portion of the clamp body 3, are arranged to provide mutual support for each other as they contact the pipeline 1. The pipe engaging members contact the surface of the pipeline 1 to form an electrical connection between the pipeline and a sacrificial anode, and may comprise pins which penetrate the protective coating 2 which surrounds the pipeline 1. In use, the clamp body 3 is arranged such that it does not surround the entire circumference of the pipeline 1 and may be U-shaped or C-shaped. In addition, isolating means such as grease-filled bellows 9 may be provided around at least one of the pipe engaging members 4.
Patent GB-2474275-A (GB)
Title: A method of modeling production from a wellbore and surrounding formation.
Inventor: CHAVEZ MARIA ALEJANDRA JIMENEZ
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2009-10-09
Abstract: The method comprises determining one or more zones in hydrocarbon formation 14, whereby each zone surrounds a wellbore 12, and then associating a particular viscous resistance with each zone 16, 18 and 20. The viscous resistance may be derived from a formation sample material having been subjected to formation damage (e.g. from the permeability of the formation sample material having been subjected to formation damage from perforation tunnels 24 and fractures 26). The method comprises modeling the production through the one or more zones into the wellbore using the associated viscous resistance with computational fluid dynamics techniques. Modeling also takes account of production liner 30 and layer of mud cake 28 within annular region 32.There is also described a method of determining the viscous resistance.
Patent GB-2474424-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing apparatus
Inventor: WONNACOTT PAUL
IPC: A61L9/14
Filed: 2009-10-09
Abstract: A dispensing apparatus 1 for dispensing material comprising a container 9 of material to be dispensed, at least one sensor 13 for sensing a presence in the vicinity of the apparatus, and a controller for monitoring and/or controlling the apparatus which is arranged to actuate release of a dose of material in response to sensing a presence In the vicinity of the apparatus and also to periodically actuate release of a maintenance dose of material independently of the or each sensor wherein the controller controls the frequency of the periodic maintenance doses according to a preset lifespan of the material in the container and the frequency of actuation in response to the or each sensor.
Patent GB-1525441-A (GB)
Title: Thickened disinfectants
IPC: A01N25/24
Filed: 1977-03-11
Abstract: 1525441 Disinfectants JEYES GROUP Ltd 11 March 1977 [12 March 1976] 10030/76 Headings A5B and A5E A disinfectant or antiseptic composition comprises a phenolic germicide, an organic solvent therefor, an anionic emulsifying agent, water, and a viscosity increasing agent which is a stable polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or amide thereof. The solvent may be an oil e.g. jasmine or pine oil, terpinolene or terpineol, and/or ethanol or isopropanol. The emulsifier may be a soap e.g. from castor oil and tall oil, or an alkali metal alkyl sulphate or alkyl benzene sulphonate. The polymer may comprise acrylic or methacrylic acid, acrylamide or methacrylamide, and alkyl acrylate and methacrylate units. The germicide may be chlorinated.
Patent GB-1497363-A (GB)
Title: Method of aggregating sand
IPC: C09K17/20
Filed: 1976-03-12
Abstract: 1497363 Stabilising sands REVERTEX (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) Ltd 12 March 1976 [21 March 1975] 10034/76 Heading E1F A method of stabilizing sand comprises applying to the sand an aqueous polymer emulsion in an amount from 5 to 25 litres/m<SP>2</SP>, the ratio of dry polymer to sand being less than 3:100. The polymer emulsion may be stabilised with a colloid stabiliser, e.g. gums, celluloses, or polyvinyl alcohol, and the polymer may be a polyvinylacetate homopolymer, a vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer or an acrylic-acrylic copolymer. The sand particles may be rendered water repellant by a pre-treatment with a composition comprising a polymer in an amount to provide 0.01-0.5 parts of polymer to 100 parts of sand.
Patent GB-569483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to attachments of leaf springs
IPC: B60G11/107
Filed: 1943-06-22
Abstract: 569,483. Laminated spring connections. BALLAMY, L. M., and SHEEPSHANKS, R. H. June 22, 1943, No. 10078. [Class 108 (iii)] In a connection device for a leaf spring comprising a pair of parallel rollers mounted on a support, the spring extending between the rollers which have rolling contact with opposite surfaces of the spring, each roller comprises a bush of rubber or like soft resilient material interposed between an outer metal tube and the corresponding roller spindle. As shown, the support comprises L-shaped metal brackets 10, 11, the horizontal limbs 12, 13 of which are adapted to be secured to a vehicle body 15 &c. while the rollers consist of outer metal tubes 24, 25 mounted, with the interposition of rubber &c. bushes 26, 27 on inner metal tubes 18, 19 which bear against wear-resisting plates 22, 23 on the brackets 10, 11 and are secured in place by bolts 16, 17. The rubber bushes 26, 27 are compressed prior to insertion between the tubes. The distance between the rollers when assembled is less than the combined thickness of the spring leaves 28, 29, the projecting ends 28a, 29a of which are forced between the rollers which thus exert a pinching pressure on the leaves. To enable the rollers to have slight axial freedom and angular movement, the tubes 24, 25 are slightly shorter than the tubes 18, 19. In another construction for connecting together a pair of leaf springs, the end of one spring engages between a pair of rollers which are mounted on a U-shaped bracket secured to the end of the other spring. The rollers may engage the spring at positions other than the free end.
Patent GB-218250-A (GB)
Title: Method to prevent injurious reaction between a centrifugally treated liquid and the atmospheric air
IPC: B04B15/08
Filed: 1924-04-23
Abstract: 218,250. Aktiebolaget Separator. June 29, 1923, [Convention date]. Grant of Patent refused. Preventing atmospheric reaction on liquid discharged from bowl.-In order to prevent harmful physical or chemical reactions' between the air and a liquid flowing from a centrifugal bowl into a receiver, an inert gas or va.pour, for example, carbonic-acid gas or aqueous vapour, is introduced into the receiver.
Patent GB-1502696-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of cloth-covered buttons
IPC: A44B1/12
Filed: 1976-11-30
Abstract: 1502696 Covered button WATSON & EWEN Ltd 30 Nov 1976 [15 March 1976] 10197/76 Heading A3H The free edge 11 of the flange 2 of the metal cap 1 of a covered button is turned inwardly to prevent cutting of the covering material 3 when the flange is deformed by a convergent die surface 5 to grip the material 3 between the flange and the back of the button.
Patent GB-378363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in automatic de-clutching devices for the feed mechanism of drilling machines
IPC: B23B47/18
Filed: 1932-04-11
Abstract: 378,363. Drilling-machines. SCHOENING, H., 23, Franziskanerweg, Frohnau, Berlin.-(Assignee of Raboma Maschinenfabrik, H. Schoening; 51, Spandauerstrasse, Borsigwalde, Berlin.) April 11, 1932, No. 10325. Convention date, April 24, 1931. [Class 83 (iii).] A declutching device for the feed of a drilling machine comprises a series of separately rotatable rings with abutments arranged to come into operation in succession, the feed shaft rotating the first ring which then rotates the second and so on, the last ring actuating a declutching member. A shaft b carries a pinion 2 meshing with a rack on the drill holder 1b so as to feed the drill. A worm d mounted on a shaft 3 drives a worm wheel c rotatablv mounted on the shaft b and fixed to one member f of a clutch, the other member g of which is slidably splined to the shaft b and is operated by levers i, i1. The member g has a lug n projecting into a circular channel in a driving ring o rotatably mounted on the shaft ; this lug n engages a member p carried by the ring o so as to rotate the latter. The member p then engages a boss s on a lug t carried by a second driving ring r also rotatably mounted on the shaft b. The lug t is thus rotated into engagement with an arm u mounted on a shaft v which carries a cam w; this cam actuates a clutch z1 on the shaft 3 so as to discontinue the feed. The cam w is so shaped that it will operate when the shaft b is rotated in either direction. A ring k rotatably mounted on the clutch member g can be fixed thereto by a pin l, and carries a pin m which will actuate the declutching member u when the shaft b has completed a desired fraction of a revolution. A spring u1 maintains the arm u in its normal inoperative position.
Patent GB-900007-A (GB)
Title: Button stitching machines
IPC: D05B85/00
Filed: 1961-03-21
Abstract: 900,007. Sewing machines. AMERICAN MACHINE & FOUNDRY CO. March 21, 1961 [April 5, 1960], No. 10336/61. Class 112. In a sewing machine having a double-pointed needle which is passed back and forth through the work by a pair of opposed needle bars, each needle bar has operatively associated therewith a rotary thread-puller for alternately pulling the loose end of the stitching thread out of the work. As shown, the machine is a modification of the button-sewing machine described in Specification 712,548. The needle 36 is alternately gripped by respective upper and lower reciprocating needle bars 16 and 18. When the upper needle bar descends slightly from the top of its stroke to throw a thread loop, the latter is seized by a beak 102 at the end of a rotary arm 41, and the loose end of the thread is thereby carried into and through an arcuate tubular channel 104 formed with an arcuate slot 112 through which the shank of beak 102 projects. Arm 41 is adjustably fixed to an arm 80 rigid with a shaft 82 driven from the main shaft 64 via a train of gearing 62, 94, 92, 88, 86, 84. Channel 104 is fixed to a bracket 108 which is hinged to the doffer arm 110 of the machine and is provided with a guard plate 109. The loop thrown by the lower needle bar is seized by a beak 70 on a rotary arm 39, to carry the loose end of the thread through a fixed arcuate tubular channel 72 formed with an arcuate slot 78 for the shank of beak 70. Arm 39 is adjustably fixed to an arm 42 rigid with a shaft 44 driven from the main shaft 64 via a train of gearing 62, 60, 58, 54, 52, 50. The needle is supported in its downward stroke by the curved end 119 of an oscillating arm 118 rigid with a shaft 120. An arm 122 on the latter has a forked end 124 embracing a roller 126 on one arm 128 of a double-armed lever, the other arm 130 of which carries a roller 132 biased by a spring 138 against a cam 134 on the rotary shaft 82.
Patent GB-237841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to shock absorbers and the like or means for damping the movement of oscillatory bodies
IPC: F16F7/06
Filed: 1925-04-21
Abstract: 237,841. Smith, H. April 21, 1925. Vibration-dampers.-In apparatus as described in Specification 229,215, the whole of the inner surface 5b of the casing 5 is eccentric to the drum 4 instead of only portions of it. The drum 4 is provided with more than one keyway so that it may be moved round the shaft 1 in order to bring a fresh friction surface into action. The tubular guides 7 are welded or brazed to the casing 5 and various parts of the device may be die-cast.
Patent GB-161526-A (GB)
Title: Spinning nozzles for artificial threads
IPC: D01D4/02
Filed: 1921-04-08
Abstract: Spinning-nozzles for artificial filaments are formed of phenol-formaldehyde condensation products.  A mould containing a handle of parallel wires is filled with the condensation product, which is then hardened in the usual manner; the block is subdivided transversely into plates, from which the wires, for example of copper, are removed by solution in acid or alkali, or by electrolysis.  The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) refers also to the employment of wires of aluminium and zinc. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.