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Patent GB-2558443-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: LAURENT JAMES PETERS
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2016-01-22
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclonic separating unit comprising a cyclonic separator 18 having a separator axis and an end wall 32 which is openable for the removal of dirt from the cyclonic separator 18, a screen (40, fig 3) disposed within the cyclonic separator 18 such that it extends in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator 18, wherein the cyclonic separator 18 is movable relative to the screen (40, fig 3) between a first position and a second position in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator 18, a catch 36 arranged to secure the openable end wall in a closed position and an actuator 39 which is actuable to release the catch 36, wherein the actuator 39 is arranged such that movement of the cyclonic separator 18 into the second position actuates the actuator 39 thereby releasing the catch 36 and opening the end wall 32 for emptying.
Patent GB-2556847-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic capacity ranges for workforce routing
Inventor: STUART THOMPSON
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2016-10-07
Abstract: A system and method for workforce scheduling using dynamic capacity ranges are provided. A capacity model associates distances of locations within a service area from a depot with a series of appointment time windows such that appointment time windows having a relatively greater amount of available worker capacity are associated with a greater range of distances than appointment time windows having a relatively smaller amount of available worker capacity. After a distance from the depot to a location of an appointment to be scheduled is determined, appointment time window suggestions are automatically produced based on which appointment time windows as defined in the capacity model are associated with the location of the appointment to be scheduled. As capacity changes due to bookings, the capacity model is dynamically updated. A system and method for workforce routing, based at least in part on using dynamic capacity ranges, are also provided.
Patent GB-2573138-A (GB)
Title: Containers for sandwiches and blanks for containers
Inventor: ROLAND WILLIAM PAGE
IPC: B65D5/20
Filed: 2018-04-25
Abstract: A blank 1 for a triangular prism-shaped container (figure 4) for a food product, such as a sandwich, comprising a lid 7 with an aperture 26, frame members 27, 28, a flange 8 and a see-through sheet providing a window. The see-through sheet, which may be compostable, extends at least partially, but preferably fully, across an inner surface of the two frame members and the flange. The aperture could extend across the entire width of the lid and may be rectangular. The flange may comprise cut out portions 29, 30 that conform to the shape of the second side wall (5, figure 4) making the flange of isosceles trapezoid shape. The flange may comprise tongues 9, 10 that may be narrower in width than the lid frame members 27, 28. Each side wall 4, 5, may comprise smaller triangular portions 20-25. Adhesive may be applied on the inner surface of triangular surfaces 21, 24 and /or 20, 23 or to the flange. The walls may be formed of carton board and a blister coating. The container is also claimed and it may have an adhesive tag.
Patent GB-2564544-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning appliance
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM VINCENT
IPC: A61C17/36
Filed: 2016-09-26
Abstract: A pump assembly for a dental cleaning appliance includes a reciprocating piston or diaphragm which is driven in a fluid chamber. A magnetic coupling 86,98 between the piston and the drive comprises a first ferromagnetic material coupling member 86' around which extends a coil 130, and a second permanent magnet coupling member 98' retained within a magnet holder 100'. The piston is retracted linearly against the return force of a spring to draw fluid into the fluid chamber until it reaches a selected position at which point the coil 130 is energized by a control circuit 66 to generate a magnetic field which interferes with the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet and reduces the force of magnetic attraction between the coupling members until he spring force causes the magnets to pull apart and decouple, disconnecting the pump from the drive and converting potential energy into kinetic energy as the spring returns the piston and forces a burst of fluid from the fluid chamber.
Patent GB-2575255-A (GB)
Title: System and method for regularizing data between data source and data destination
Inventor: Ankur Zilpelwar
IPC: G06F16/25
Filed: 2018-06-30
Abstract: A system for regularising data transferred between a data source and data destination wherein the data corresponds to a data category and has specific data fields. The system comprises a data fetching module for fetching data from the source 102, a data transformation module for comparing data formats of values of data fields of the fetched data to pre-defined data formats and transforming the data format to the corresponding pre-defined format based on a determined deviation from said pre-defined format 104-110, a data validation module to receive the pre-defined data formats and either the transformed or fetched data to confirm is the data formats match the pre-defined formats and transmit the data onto the data destination 112-116. The destination is implemented using a database arrangement. The validation module may generate an error log when the data formats do not match. There may be a data regularisation module which receives data from the validation module, determines a variance of the data from the pre-defined format, identifies a solution involving changing the data formats of the data fields and transmitting the resolved data to the transformation module. The data source may be a database. The data fetching module may be a web-crawler.
Patent GB-2578720-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for forming springs
Inventor: SIMON PAUL SPINKS
IPC: B21F35/00
Filed: 2018-11-02
Abstract: A spring forming apparatus 200 comprises a spring-medium feeder and a device for forming an irregularity, such as a partial cut, indent, nick, deformity or weakness in the fed medium 220. When the irregularity reaches a deflector of the spring former the medium fractures at the irregularity such that the spring formed ahead if the irregularity is separated from the medium. The irregularity may be formed by passing the medium through a pair of opposed rollers 240 one of which has an anvil 248 for forming the irregularity. Alternatively, an energy source such as and electric arc or laser may form the irregularity. The apparatus may be computer controlled. The irregularities may be pre-formed on another device prior to introduction of the medium to the spring former. The process may be continuous without the need for the medium to be momentarily halted for detachment of the formed spring. Also claimed is a method of forming a spring with the apparatus.
Patent GB-2576794-A (GB)
Title: A solar power plant and method of installing a solar power plant
Inventor: BØRGE BJØRNEKLETT
IPC: H02S20/00
Filed: 2018-11-08
Abstract: The solar power plant comprises a pliable mat 2 having photovoltaic modules 1 fixed thereon by an elongate attachment module profile 10,12 secured to an edge of the PV module, and a corresponding elongate profile 13 attached to the mat, and the profiles are configured such that the PV module is secured to the mat by bringing the module profile into sliding contact with the corresponding mat profile.
Patent GB-2579587-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for improving wired data communication in near field RF communications enabled device with auxiliary functionality
Inventor: VICTOR DIAZ
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: The invention relates to smartcard circuitry for providing a radio frequency (RF), interface between an inductive coupler 1016 of the smartcard 1000 and its near field RF communicator 1014. The circuitry comprises: an input signal connection for connecting to the inductive coupler to obtain an RF electrical input signal; an RF electrical output signal connection for providing a part of the input signal to the near field RF communicator; an auxiliary rectifier 1004, separate from the near field RF communicator, and coupled to the input signal connection, and configured to provide a DC output for powering an auxiliary circuit 1006, wherein the DC output is based on the input signal; a data communications connection for connecting to a wired data communications interface of said near field RF communicator, and a bandpass filter 1008 connected between the data communications connection and a reference voltage provided by the DC output of the auxiliary rectifier. The circuitry could also contain a splitter 1002. The aim of the invention is to reduce signal noise in wired connections in near field RF communications systems.
Patent GB-2571625-A (GB)
Title: Medicament dispenser simulator
Inventor: IAIN ROBERT MORTIMER
IPC: G09B23/28
Filed: 2019-01-22
Abstract: A device 10 for simulating dispensing medication into a nasal passage, device 10 comprising: a body 12; a nozzle 14 for nasal insertion; and an activation mechanism 16 movable from a start position seen in Fig.4 to a dispensed position seen in Fig.5. Activation-mechanism 16 comprises a button 18 in telescopic relationship with body 12, button 18 being biased to the start position by a biasing mechanism 24. Activation-mechanism 16 further comprises an engaging member 50 that engages an activation profile 26 when moving from start to dispensed positions. In the dispensed position, engaging member 50 and activation profile 26 engagingly latch prevents activation mechanism 16 moving back to the start position. Activation mechanism 16 is returned from the dispensed position back to the start position through manual rotation of the nozzle 14 relative to the body 12, which rotates the engagement member 50 to a disengaged position 56,Fig.3. Preferably device 10 comprises a damping mechanism 20 to resist movement of activation mechanism 16. Another device for simulating the dispensing of medication into a nasal passage comprising: a body that defines an extending nozzle portion; an activation mechanism movable from start to dispensed positions that’s biased to the start position.
Patent GB-2570058-A (GB)
Title: Caesium iodide (Csl) materials
Inventor: DUNCAN MARSHALL
IPC: G01T1/20
Filed: 2016-09-01
Abstract: A method for producing a Cesium Iodide (CsI) film comprising providing a substrate comprising a layer of flexible material having a surface; forming a layer of CsI on said surface of the flexible material (for example by physical vapour deposition); placing the CsI coated flexible material CsI-side down on a flat surface; and removing the layer of flexible material from the CsI layer to provide a CsI film. The flexible material may be aluminium, copper, polymer or plastic.
Patent GB-2581404-A (GB)
Title: System for testing wireless communication equipment employing antennas
Inventor: KALATZIS CHARALAMPOS
IPC: H04B7/06
Filed: 2017-01-25
Abstract: A system 100 for testing wireless communication equipment 110, which is configured to transmit a wave in the microwave or millimetre wave band, that includes a beamforming antenna 120. The system 100 comprises a probe 160, for coupling an antenna element 122 of the beamforming antenna 120 of the wireless communication equipment 110 to a test and measurement unit 140, and a lid 180 to cover the beamforming antenna 120. The lid 180 is provided with a port 182 for receiving the probe 160 such that the probe 160 aligns with the antenna element 122. The lid 180 may be provided with a material 183 that absorbs electromagnetic radiation. In one arrangement, the system (200 fig.2) may comprise a plurality of probes (260, 270 fig.2) and the lid (280 fig.2) is provided with a plurality of ports (282, 284 fig.2) for receiving the probes (260, 270 fig.2) such that each of the probes (260, 270 fig.2) couples to a different antenna element (222, 224 fig.2) of the beamforming antenna (220 fig.2).
Patent GB-2572266-A (GB)
Title: Fixing device and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: CLIVE ELLAM
IPC: F16B13/08
Filed: 2017-11-10
Abstract: There is provided a fixing device arranged to be secured into and/or around an aperture in a support surface. The device includes a body portion (3) and an anchor portion (5), the anchor portion (5) arranged to anchor the device to a rear face of the support surface. The anchor portion (5) comprises at least one anchor member (7) provided to have a length or dimension, in at least one direction, greater than a length or dimension of the body portion (3) in the same direction, and further said body portion (3) and/or anchor portion (5) includes connection means for attaching or connecting the body portion (3) to the anchor portion (5).
Patent GB-2569743-A (GB)
Title: High flow screen system with degradable plugs
Inventor: MICHAEL LINLEY FRIPP
IPC: E21B43/08
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: An apparatus and method according to which a zone of a wellbore that traverses a subterranean formation is completed. The apparatus includes a flow joint including a first internal flow passage, and a plurality of openings formed radially therethrough, a plurality of plugs disposed within the plurality of openings to form a fluid and pressure tight seal with the flow joint, thus impeding fluid flow through the plurality of openings, and a screen disposed exteriorly about the flow joint and axially along the plurality of openings, and thus also along the plurality of plugs, wherein, when the plurality of plugs are exposed to a downhole fluid, the plurality of plugs are adapted to degrade so that fluid flow is permitted through the plurality of openings. The plurality of plugs may include protective layers adapted to be damaged or removed to expose the plurality of plugs to the downhole fluid.
Patent GB-2579109-A (GB)
Title: Liquid level detection system and liquid level detection method
Inventor: LI YANG
IPC: G01F23/292
Filed: 2019-05-14
Abstract: A liquid level detection system comprises a light source 1, a light guiding medium 2, a photoelectric conversion receiver 3 and a processing module 4. The light guiding medium has an incident surface 21, a first reflection surface 22, and an exiting surface 23. The first reflection surface 22 comprises a first sub-reflection surface 22a and a second sub-reflection surface 22b, with a liquid surface 90 as a boundary line. When the light beam is incident on the first and second sub-reflection surfaces, 22a and 22b, at the same angle, the refraction angle and light intensity loss is different, so there is an abrupt change in the generated light intensity image. The position of the abrupt change is the position of the liquid surface 90. The position of the liquid surface is determined by determining the position of abrupt change in light intensity after the light beam passes through the light guiding medium. The light source may be fixed relative to the light guiding medium, fig. 1, or the light source may be movable, fig. 4. The detector may be fixed relative to the light guiding medium, fig. 1, or the detector may be movable, fig. 4. The light guiding medium may be a prism. An alternative arrangement is shown in fig. 5.
Patent GB-2586258-A (GB)
Title: Efficient processor machine instruction handling
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER KIRKSHAW WATTS
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2019-08-15
Abstract: A computer system comprising a processing unit configured to process the machine instructions comprised in an instruction set architecture of the processing unit. Each machine instruction comprises at least one computer operation, each computer operation having an operation frequency, wherein each operation is classified, by its operation frequency, into one of a plurality of subsets of operations, subsets of operations corresponding to ranges of operation frequencies. One or more opcode fields are present in each machine instruction, each opcode field corresponding to one of the plurality of subsets of operations and being configured to identify either an operation in the corresponding subset of operations or a reserved value.
Patent GB-2586493-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for shimming a superconducting magnet
Inventor: MICHAEL JOHN DISNEY MALLET
IPC: G01R33/3873
Filed: 2019-08-21
Abstract: Ferromagnetic material e.g. iron, deposited on a support surface of a superconducting magnet correcting magnetic field inhomogeneities. Iron may be welded to a bore of the magnet using the methods of Metal Inert Gas (MIG) 30 or rotary friction welding. The regions of deposited ferromagnetic material may comprise weld pools 34. The iron may be contained within a thermosetting resin. Iron may also be deposited using adhesive containing iron or pieces of iron can be bonded to the support surface. The support surface on which the iron is deposited may be the inside or outside of a bore tube 12a of an outer vacuum container, or on the outside of a bore tube thermal radiation shield or cryogen vessel. The ferromagnetic material may be applied in a pattern using a robot 32. Instructions for location and quantity of ferromagnetic material may be obtained from a computer algorithm determining where the material needs to be applied to correct for the non-uniform magnetic field.
Patent GB-2587191-A (GB)
Title: Resource access control
Inventor: ALI SAJJAD
IPC: H04W12/08
Filed: 2019-09-12
Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method for accessing a resource at a computing device, as well as for controlling access to a resource by a computing device. The method for accessing the resource, receives a policy indicating a set of conditions under which access to the resource is permitted, determines whether each of the conditions are initially present based on an output of one or more sensors of the device, and monitors the one or more sensors to detect a change in the presence of one or more of the conditions. In response to detecting the change in the presence of one or more of the conditions, the method determines whether each of the conditions are present. In response to determining that each of the conditions is present, access to the resource is enabled. In response to determining that at least one of the conditions is not present, access to the resource is prevented.
Patent GB-2588466-A (GB)
Title: Tuneable ophthalmic lens
Inventor: IAN BRUCE
IPC: G02C7/08
Filed: 2019-10-25
Abstract: A tuneable ophthalmic lens (300) comprises a central chamber (308). The ophthalmic lens (300) also comprises a first fluid reservoir (306) in fluid communication with the central chamber (308). The first fluid reservoir (306) contains a first fluid (306a) of a first refractive index. The ophthalmic lens (300) further comprises a second fluid reservoir (310a) in fluid communication with the central chamber (308). The second fluid reservoir (310) contains a second fluid (310a) of a second refractive index. At least one fluid reservoir (306, 310) includes a pumping mechanism (358) for pumping each of the first and second fluids (306a, 310a) between the central chamber (308) and the first and second fluid reservoirs (306, 310) respectively. The first and second fluids (306a, 310a) are immiscible. A method of tuning an ophthalmic lens (300) is also specified. The method comprises pumping first and second fluids (306a, 310a) between first and second reservoirs (306, 310) and the central chamber (308) to achieve a selected lens power.
Patent GB-2581934-A (GB)
Title: Multi-cavity all-glass interferometric sensor for measuring high pressure and temperature
Inventor: DAN RAYMOND PROVENZANO
IPC: G01L19/00
Filed: 2018-10-15
Abstract: An apparatus for sensing pressure and temperature includes: a hollow glass tube; a first optical fiber having an end disposed into a first end of the tube; a second optical fiber being disposed in a second end of the tube, the second optical fiber having a first solid core section followed by a hollow core section followed by a second solid core section, a first gap formed between the first and second optical fibers, a length of the first solid core section forming a second gap, and a length of the hollow core section forming a third gap; an optical interrogator that transmits light at various wavelengths and measures an intensity of reflected light due to the first gap, second gap, and third gap as a function of frequency to provide interrogation data; and a processor that matches the interrogation data to reference data to estimate the pressure and/or temperature.
Patent GB-2598591-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectrometer and method
Inventor: JOHN BRIAN HOYES
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2020-09-03
Abstract: A charge detection mass spectrometer (CDMS) comprises an electrostatic sector field ion trap 40 and an inductive image charge detector 400, which may comprise two charge detector tubes 410A, 410B. The electrostatic sector field ion trap 40 may comprise mutually opposed cylindrical, toroidal or spherical electrostatic sectors 41A, 41B, and is configured to define, at least in part, an ion path through the inductive charge detector 400. A set of shunts 42A, 42B may be arranged to delimit a field due to the electrostatic sectors. The electrostatic sector field ion trap may be isochronous. The closed looped ion path or ion orbit may be in two or three mutually-orthogonal dimensions and may include a crossover. A lift device (99, figure 9) may be configured to increase the ion energy of ions introduced into the ion path. The invention may provide an ion trap geometry which eliminates the requirement for an upstream energy filter or selector while improving isochronicity of ion oscillation periods, for example by reducing dependency on ion initial conditions.
Patent GB-2588036-A (GB)
Title: Sound monitoring system and method
Inventor: PAUL MOORHEAD
IPC: G10L25/78
Filed: 2017-06-28
Abstract: A method of monitoring sounds in an environment in which sound recognition is performed on audio signals produced by microphones to produce detected sound data representing recognised sound events. If the detected sound events indicate that there is abnormal activity in the monitored environment, an alert message may be sent to, for example, a carer of a patient. Determinating if detected sound data is indicative of abnormal activity involves identifying an absence of an expected sound event. Audio signal processing technology is used to recognise, classify, and identify patterns in household noises such that the occurrence of noises consistent with illness, or increases/changes in such noises consistent with deterioration in an existing condition, may be identified and made known to the carer. The method may also include recognizing human speech and /or utterances.
Patent GB-2592721-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-powered torque wrench with fluid pump controls
Inventor: BARRY FALLON
IPC: F16P3/22
Filed: 2020-12-17
Abstract: A control assembly 11 is for a fluid-operated tool 20 having a housing and a drive mechanism selectively driven by a fluid pump to drive an output member 24. The assembly includes a handle assembly 34 with a second handle portion movably connected to a first handle portion, the assembly removably connectable to the housing. Pump controls (36, Figure 3) are operable to control the pump to drive the drive mechanism and output member. The pump controls include a first pump control operable by a digit of an operator’s first hand on the first handle portion, the first pump control in communication with the pump when the handle assembly is both connected to, and disconnected from, the housing. A second pump control is operable by a digit of an operator’s second hand on the second handle portion, the second pump control in communication with the pump when the handle assembly is both connected to, and disconnected from, the housing. Operation of the pump requires the operator’s first hand on the first handle portion and the operator’s second hand on the second handle portion. The control assembly is part of a tool such as a torque wrench.