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Patent GB-2395545-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerator and neck tube arrangement for cryostatic vessel
Inventor: DANIELS PETER DEREK
IPC: F17C3/08
Filed: 2003-11-19
Abstract: A cryogenic chamber comprising an outer vacuum vessel (9), an inner cryogen vessel (11), a turret (40) housing a neck tube (8) itself providing external access to the inner cryogen vessel (11), and a pulse tube refrigerator (20) itself comprising at least one pulse tube (2,5) and at least one regenerator tube (3,4). The pulse tube refrigerator is located within a vacuum contained between the outer vacuum vessel (9) and the inner cryogen vessel (11) and the pulse tube refrigerator (20) and the neck tube (8) share a single turret (40). The cooling stage(s) (6, 7) of the pulse tube refrigerator (20) is/are rigidly mechanically connected to the neck tube (8) by highly conductive thermal links. The pulse tube(s) (2,5) and regenerator tube(s) (3,4) are displaced away from the neck tube (8) from each other.
Patent GB-2397700-A (GB)
Title: High temperature pothead
Inventor: EBNER PAUL
IPC: F04D29/42
Filed: 2003-11-26
Abstract: The present invention provides a high temperature pothead used to connect a power cable to a submersible motor. Conductor tubes welded into the pothead flange are adapted to receive the cable conductors there through. After removing their lead jackets back to an appropriate position, the cable conductors are soldered to the inside of conductor tubes. Lead splice tubes are placed around and over the junctions between the conductor tubes and the lead jackets of the cable conductors. The lead splice tubes are soldered in place at both ends. The present invention does not require elastomeric sealing elements.
Patent GB-2395671-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for making crackers.
Inventor: PILLINGER DAVID
IPC: B65B15/04
Filed: 1999-08-10
Abstract: Apparatus for making cracker comprises three distinct sections. In the first section cracker snaps are assembled into bandoliers (Figs. 2, 3), in the second section the snaps are glued to cracker blanks (Figs. 4-6) and in a third operation the blanks are formed into cylinders (Figs. 7, 8). To assemble the snaps into a bandolier, they are laid between projections (16, Fig. 3) and sandwiched between tapes (20, 22, Fig. 3) moved round on a cylindrical carrier (13, Fig. 3). Such a bandolier is fed to another cylindrical carrier (38, Fig. 6) and the leading snap is severed to drop between fingers (40, Fig. 6) of the carrier. Each snap is brought to the bottom of the carrier where a blank is raised so that the ends of the snap adhere to the blank. The blank with its snap is moved on underneath a tubular mandrel 50 which is lowered to bend the blank into U-section. Suction through apertures 51 in the mandrel retain the edge portions of the blank to the tube as they are successively bent over by arms 61 with rollers 65 to adhere together. The mandrel is then raised and the now cylindrical blank is removed by an endless belt 55 co-operating with the glued seam.
Patent GB-2400781-A (GB)
Title: Improving the processing of video signals by using common symbols to represent signals.
Inventor: PAULSEN ARND
IPC: H04N5/268
Filed: 2004-03-22
Abstract: In a method for controlling a device for the distribution and processing of video signals, the device having a number of inputs and outputs, signal processing stages for processing the input signals are optionally switched into the signal paths. The method comprises the following steps: input signals are represented on a display with an input symbol 32a; when common properties are present, the relevant input sources are assigned input symbols which have a common color property and/or graphical property; the relations between a specific input symbol and the assigned input signal and the relevant input are stored; an output of the device is assigned an output symbol 34, which represents the desired properties of the output signal in the same way as the input symbols 32a represent the properties of the input signals; and finally, an output symbol 34 is assigned to an input symbol, whereupon the relevant input is connected to the relevant output.
Patent GB-2400699-A (GB)
Title: Secure provision of data using trusted authorities and encryption
Inventor: GOH CHEH
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2004-04-02
Abstract: To control access to target data whilst relieving the data provider (30) of policing obligations, the data provider (30) provides the target data in encrypted form to a requesting party (20) as part of a data set with which first and second trusted authorities (40,45) are associated in a non-subvertible manner. Recovery of the target data in clear by the party (20) requires the first trusted authority (40) to verify that a specific individual is a professional accredited with it, the second trusted authority (45) to verify that a particular organisation (50) is accredited with it, the particular organisation (50) to verify that the specific individual is engaged by it, and at least one of the particular organisation (50) and the first trusted authority (40) to verify that the party (20) is the specific individual. Various ways of encrypting the target data are provided, the preferred ways being based on Identifier-Based Encryption schemas.
Patent GB-2414073-A (GB)
Title: Gap scanning system with unequal numbers of emitters and receivers
Inventor: COLLINS PETER RALPH
IPC: B66B13/26
Filed: 2004-05-14
Abstract: A gap scanning system wherein a plurality of emitters 38 of beams of electromagnetic radiation, such as of infra red, are directed from one side of a gap 33 of variable size to the other side where a beam from one emitter in the plurality can be received by a complementary receiver or detector in a plurality 36 thereof; the gap providing for access through the gap; characterised in that the number of emitters in the plurality thereof differs from the number of receivers in the plurality thereof. Typically the number of emitters in the plurality thereof is greater than the number of receivers in the plurality thereof. The invention further comprises a lift or elevator installation with a lift door system incorporating a gap scanning system as hereinbefore described. The gap is scanned to detect whether something is intruding into or there is an obstruction in the gap.
Patent GB-2403427-A (GB)
Title: Wagering game with electromechanical award display
Inventor: JAFFE JOEL R
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: A gaming apparatus 10 for conducting a wagering game comprises an electro-mechanical award display 16 including a plurality of physical elements 38. A processor is operative to record a wager to play the wagering game and, in response to a predetermined criterion, move the physical elements between an extended position and a retracted position to indicate a game outcome.
Patent GB-2408150-A (GB)
Title: Ultra-wideband pseudo-self-complementary antenna
Inventor: SAITOU AKIRA
IPC: H01Q9/28
Filed: 2004-10-19
Abstract: The antenna comprises antenna elements 1, 2 formed upon one side of a dielectric substrate (11 figs 2, 5) and connected to feed conductors 3,4 provided either on the same side of the substrate (fig 2) or on the opposite side (fig 5) to the antenna elements. A line of symmetry AS exists between the antenna elements and the feed elements. A point of rotational symmetry PS for the antenna elements exits close to the feed connection point. The antenna elements are separated at point PS by a gap whose size is no more that 1/10 of the free space wavelength of an operating signal of the antenna. Impedance matching to external circuitry may be achieved by tapering the width of the feed conductors which may lie on the substrate (fig 12a,b).
Patent GB-2419857-A (GB)
Title: Transparent instument panel
Inventor: BLACKHURST THOMAS SMITH
IPC: B60K35/00
Filed: 2004-11-04
Abstract: A transparent instrument panel includes an instrument panel in the mirror image with indicators of light reflecting colours on a dark none reflecting background, which is placed near the edge of the wind screen or guard or shield at an angle to the screen to give a reflection of the instrument panel in both light and in darkness without obscuring vision through the screen.
Patent GB-2408641-A (GB)
Title: A pulse generator providing short clock-derived activation pulses for a pulsed latch
Inventor: KIM MIN-SU
IPC: H03K5/13
Filed: 2004-11-29
Abstract: A pulsed latch (figure 9-12) is more compact and is faster than a master-slave flip-flop but requires the generation of short sampling pulses from a clock waveform. A self-terminating pulse generator for producing short sampling pulses comprises a NAND gate 302 with clock input, an inverter 302 and a delay unit 306 with feedback to the gate 302 to terminate the short complementary output pulses which are available at the outputs of 302 and 304. The delay unit may comprise an n-channel pull-down transistor controlled by the output of inverter 304 and a p-channel pull-up transistor controlled by the clock input signal. The inverter 307 and transistor 308 maintain a stable low level at the output of the delay unit when this node has been pulled low briefly during output of the pulses.
Patent GB-2422815-A (GB)
Title: Laminae handling apparatus
Inventor: MORGAN ALEX
IPC: B65C9/18
Filed: 2005-02-08
Abstract: An apparatus 31 for handling flexible laminae includes a laminae receiving surface 30 having a plurality of openings which are connected to a negative pressure source, means to feed a lamina across the laminae receiving surface 30 in a feed direction such that the lamina is retained by suction afforded by the negative pressure acting on a part of the lamina which overlies at least some of the openings of the surface 30, characterised in that the laminae receiving surface 30 includes first and second parts 30a, 30b which are relatively inclined to one another about a line 42 which extends generally in the direction of laminae feed. Conveying apparatus including the laminae handling apparatus and a method of handling laminae are also claimed.
Patent GB-2423807-A (GB)
Title: Water tap assembly
Inventor: MCGUIGAN MARTIN
IPC: F16K27/12
Filed: 2005-03-02
Abstract: A water tap assembly for exterior use comprises a tap body 4 having an inlet 5 connectable to a water supply, an outlet 8, a flow path between the inlet and outlet and a valve member 11 within the tap body. The valve member 11 is moveable between closed and open positions. A removable key 15 is insertable into a receiving aperture 16 in the tap body 4 whereby the key can be manipulated to move the valve member between its open and closed positions to operate the tap. The removable key 15 and the receiving aperture 16 have co-operating formations whereby removal and insertion of the key is only possible when the valve member is in its closed position.
Patent GB-2424765-A (GB)
Title: Dipole antenna with an impedance matching arrangement
Inventor: HO JIMMY
IPC: H01Q5/42
Filed: 2005-03-29
Abstract: A dipole antenna 10 comprises two dipole halves 12, 14 which extend away from each other and are parallel to an axis 13, where the dipole halves 12, 14 are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the said axis 13 such that the input impedance of the dipole 10 matches that of a feed line 34 connected to the dipole. The dipole antenna 10 maybe used in a crossed dipole formation where the dipole halves 12, 14 each comprise an L-shaped planar member projecting from a conductive base plane. Each of the dipole halves 12, 14 may have a hole in it and a stub projecting from its distal end. A feed line 34 may be directly electrically connected to and integrated with a dipole halve 12. The dipole halves 12, 14 may have a space between them in the range of 0.0015   g  to 0.02   g  with a length of   g  /4 where   g  is the mean operating wavelength of the dipole antenna. The dipole arrangement may be used in an antenna array which includes isolation means between crossed dipole elements. The antenna array may have antenna elements which operate at different frequencies and these antenna elements may have different spacing between other elements according to their intended operational frequency. The antenna may be used in mobile telecommunication systems to provide a good standing wave ratio performance over a wide bandwidth with good signal isolation.
Patent GB-2414006-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible fluid container
Inventor: MOOR TIMOTHY NICHOLAS
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 2005-05-10
Abstract: A collapsible fluids container which may be used as a disposable babies' bottle comprises a flexible bag or pouch 12 hermetically sealed to a cover 7 and provided with an opening for filling and means such as a non-return valve 8 to seal the container. The container is preferably supplied in a sterilised, flat packed, evacuated and/or folded hermetically packaged form. Alternatively, the container may be used in the preparation and/or consumption of fluids, disposal of fluids or the capture of samples.
Patent GB-2411797-A (GB)
Title: Improved wireless network repeater
Inventor: PROCTOR JR JAMES A
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2003-12-16
Abstract: A frequency translating repeater (250) for use in a time division duplex radio protocol communications system includes a processor (260), a bus (261), a memory (262), an RF section (264), and an integrated station device (264). An access point (210) is detected based on information transmitted frequency channels using a protocol. Detection is initiated automatically during a power-on sequence or by activating an input device such as a button. Frequency channels are scanned for a beacon signal and an access point chosen as a preferred access point based on a metric such as power level.
Patent GB-2421832-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display device using in-plane switching mode
Inventor: PARK JONG-JIN
IPC: G02F1/1343
Filed: 2005-06-20
Abstract: An in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device is described which does not contain a common electrode. In the IPS mode LCD device. In the IPS display device, a pixel is defined by gate lines and data lines (401, 402a, 402b) that cross each other. One or more switching devices (410, 420) are formed at the pixel. First and second electrodes (404, 405) are disposed at the pixel. The first electrode (404) is connected with one of the data lines (402a) through the switching device (410) and the second electrode (405) is connected with another of the data lines (402b) through another switching device (420). The other switching device (420) is formed at the pixel or in an alternative embodiment (fig 7) formed at an adjacent pixel. The data lines (402a, 402b), and thus the first and second electrodes (404, 405), have different potentials applied thereto, thereby forming an electric field without using a common electrode.
Patent GB-2427979-A (GB)
Title: A radiotelephone with weighing means
Inventor: HOLLAND PHILIP
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2005-06-30
Abstract: A radiotelephone 10 includes object receiving means 16 for receiving an object 18 to be weighed, means, preferably in the form of a processor 22, for determining the weight of an object 18 placed on the object receiving means 16, and weight indication means 24 for indicating the weight of an object 18 to a user.
Patent GB-2416392-A (GB)
Title: Portable lamp
Inventor: YUEN JOHN SE-KIT
IPC: F21L2/00
Filed: 2005-07-18
Abstract: A rechargeable halogen lamp comprises supporting means that can be adjusted so as to lock the position of the rotatable supporting legs. The lamp may be provided with a heat sink.
Patent GB-2422743-A (GB)
Title: Reducing artifacts in compressed images
Inventor: SAMADANI RAMIN
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2004-09-29
Abstract: Systems and methods of reducing artifices in compressed images (12) are described. In one aspect, spatially-shifted forward transforms or the input image (12) are computed to generate respective sets of forward transform coefficients (C1, C2, ..., CK). Nonlinear transforms (T1, T2, ...,TK) are applied to the forward transform coefficients of each set (C1, C2, ..., CK). Inverse transforms (C'1, C'2 ..., C'K)of the sets of nonlinearly transformed forward transform coefficients are computed to generate respective intermediate images (I1, I2, ..., IK). Respective measures of local spatial intensity variability are computed for pixels of each of the intermediate images (I1, I2, ..., IK). An output image (40) is computed with pixel values computed based at least in part of the competed measures of the local spatial intensity variability.
Patent GB-2425525-A (GB)
Title: Sleeve member and blank for forming the same
Inventor: ROBINSON RODNEY
IPC: B65D75/06
Filed: 2006-04-21
Abstract: A sleeve member 2 is provided for use with a container or article 4, preferably the container or article 4 is a ready-meal/ food tray. The sleeve member 2 includes a body portion 6 having a front surface 8 and a rear surface 10 and at least one side and/ or end wall 12 protruding from the rear surface 10 of said body portion 6. The side and/ or end wall 12 has engagement means 22 associated therewith for allowing engagement of the sleeve member 2 to the container or article 4 in use. The at least one side and/ or end wall 12 protrudes at an acute angle with respect to the rear surface 10 of said body portion 6. Preferably the engagement means 22 includes one or more apertures or slots 22 in which a flange or lip 24 of the container or article 4 engages in use. Packages consisting of a container 4 contained within a sleeve 2 may be stacked one upon another, and wrapped in cellophane/ polythene.
Patent GB-2425628-A (GB)
Title: Programming distributed system using data flow diagrams
Inventor: DREZET PIERRE MARC LUCIEN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2006-04-26
Abstract: The operations to be performed by one or more devices are defined using a data flow diagram. The diagram may comprise functional icons connected by data and event links. The diagram is then converted into sets of system description data. Each set of data is downloaded to one of the devices. The data is parsed on each station to create a data table and an event table. The events are scheduled using the data in the tables and executed according to the schedule. The data flow diagram may be partitioned into sections corresponding to the different devices. The links between sections may be mapped to communication links between the devices. The system description data may include information about the execution of functions, input and output data locations and event signalling. The devices may be manufacturing or test stations.
Patent GB-2438382-A (GB)
Title: Scratch card security
Inventor: MOULD EDWARD
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 2006-05-23
Abstract: A substrate for a tamper proof scratch card 10 has a patch on which information is printed and concealed by a scratch-off cover layer 26. The patch comes away from the substrate with the scratch-off cover layer when the scratch-off cover layer is peeled from the card rather than scratched off. The scratch card may be a telephone account card with a PIN number printed on the patch. If a purchaser of the card tries to lift the scratch cover to reveal the PIN number, the scratch cover and the patch come away together and the PIN number is not readable. The PIN number is only readable when the scratch cover has actually been scratched off. This overcomes the problem of tampering with prior art telephone cards where the scratch off cover can be lifted, the PIN number read and used and the card then returned for a refund.
Patent GB-2431943-A (GB)
Title: System and method for controlling actuation of tools in a wellbore
Inventor: CONTANT MATTHE
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2006-06-02
Abstract: Operation of each fluid actuated well tool 38 in a completion 22 deployed in a wellbore 26 is controlled by an associated electronic trigger system 42 in response to a unique series of pressure pulses. Each electronic trigger system 42 has an internal power source 60, such as a battery, and comprises an electronics system 58 which decodes the pressure pulse signal detected by a pressure sensor 56 and initiates a low power actuator 54 to open and close a valve 44 which controls fluid flow to the associated well tool 38. The components of the electronic system 42 may be assembled in a space efficient manner, such as in a relatively small diameter elongate cylindrical body 64.
Patent GB-2425616-A (GB)
Title: Method And Apparatus For Angled Fiber Optical Attenuation
Inventor: KOSHINZ DENNIS G
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 2004-10-13
Abstract: Opto-electronic array modules using a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) and photodiode arrays (110) have polished fiber end face (115, 215) angles varying from a 45 degree angle to attenuate the amount of light entering the fiber in order to eliminate saturation of the opto-electronic receiver in a fiber optic transceiver system. Varying angles may be used when coupling light between the fiber and an active device to adjust the attenuation.
Patent GB-2439940-A (GB)
Title: Spray bottle with compartment for cloth
Inventor: WONG SHEFFIELD WAI MUN
IPC: B65D23/12
Filed: 2006-07-07
Abstract: A spray bottle 11 for a fluid cleanser for spectacle lenses has an integral compartment 15 for a lens cleaning cloth 17. The cloth 17 is maintained free of dirt and contamination, and accordingly there is a reduced risk of scratching or otherwise damaging spectacle lenses. The compartment 15 may be located in the bottom of the bottle 11 and is closable by means of screw threading or snap fitting closure 16. The closure 16 may be tethered to the bottle 11 or may take the form of a door which is integral with the bottle 11.
Patent GB-2440788-A (GB)
Title: Fragmented data storage in peer to peer networks
Inventor: MANNING CHUCK
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2006-08-10
Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing data fragments comprises sending a first request for data and receiving one or more data structures for accessing a first plurality of data fragments. These data structures are used to create and send second requests for data fragments. The data fragments are used to construct a first data file but not all fragments are stored. The data fragments may be requested in parallel and may be distributed across a plurality of distribution apparatuses (for example peers in a P2P network). Administrative apparatus i.e. servers, could be used to handle the requests. This invention eases the bandwidth bottleneck associated with traditional client-server systems but also increases control of files as no one peer would store entire files. Also disclosed are methods for: repeatedly informing a server of the peer status and receiving first and second data fragments; fragmenting data and dispersing over a network; and, enabling a peer to obtain data fragments plus become a distribution apparatus for a sub-set of data fragments.
Patent GB-2430930-A (GB)
Title: Closure with a projection having an angled surface
Inventor: DOUGLAS KEITH
IPC: B65D41/04
Filed: 2006-08-25
Abstract: A closure 2 for closing an opening of a container 22, The closure comprising attachment means for attaching, in use, the closure to the container, a sealing surface 12 inclined to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the closure, and located such that when the closure is attached to the container by the attachment means the sealing surface is engageable with the container. The angled sealing surface 12 may be provided on a projection 10 which extends from a top 4 of the closure 2. The angled surface 12 may also have an arcuate profile. In another embodiment a closure is formed from a thermoplastic polymeric material comprising polylactic acid or a derivative thereof, and wherein the thermoplastic polymeric material is amorphous or at least partially amorphous. In a further embodiment (see figures 7 and 8) a closure may be provided with a thread or groove for engaging with a corresponding portion of a container, wherein the closure is deformable on engagement with the container wherein the container can flatten a curved external surface of the closure.