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Patent GB-2425255-A (GB)
Title: A mat with electric brushes and cleaning fluid dispenser
IPC: A47G27/02
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: A mat fitted with motorised rotating brushes which are cleaned by contacting the surface of a reservoir of antiseptic chemical liquid detergent. The brushes are mounted on shafts which are oriented in a substantially horizontal axis and which are driven by an electric motor connected with drive belts. The cleaning fluid tank is fitted with a screwed cover plug which allows for the liquid to be replaced. The device may be automated by the use of a photo-electric cell.
Patent GB-2425372-A (GB)
Title: Precise handling of exceptions during program code conversion
Inventor: BARRACLOUGH GAVIN
IPC: G06F9/318
Filed: 2005-04-20
Abstract: Precise exception handling relies on a precise subject state including an accurate program counter and register values of a subject processor. Subject code (17) is translated into target code (21) executable by a target processor (13). The generated target code (17) includes counterpart target instructions (214) associated with fault-vulnerable subject code instructions (174). Further, each of the counterpart target code instruction (214) is associated with recovery information (195). When an exception (e.g. a fault) occurs, the recovery information (195) is retrieved and used to recover a precise subject state, in particular by taking account of optimizations to generate the common-case target code (21). The precise subject state is then used to precisely handle the exception. Interupts to the target code execution may be handled by continuing execution until a target instruction, which corresponds to a potentially faulting subject instruction, and using the associated recovery information to handle the interrupt (figures 10 and 11).
Patent GB-2416909-A (GB)
Title: Wound simulation device
Inventor: GARDNER WAYNE G
IPC: G09B23/28
Filed: 2005-07-27
Abstract: A wound simulation device suitable for use in testing absorbent dressing is comprises a chamber 4 for a liquid and a porous member 6 with a wound simulation surface 8 which forms part of the exterior of the device. The wound simulation surface 8 has a plurality of pores which are in fluid communication with the chamber 4. A pressurisation device 14 is used to apply pressure to liquid in the chamber 4, thereby causing liquid to emerge from pores in the wound simulation surface 8. The dimensions of the pores can be chosen such that substantially no liquid emerges from the pores unless a pressure is applied to liquid in the chamber 4. This allows the wound simulation device to be used in various orientations, including vertical, and allows the wound simulation surface to be convex if required.
Patent GB-2414251-A (GB)
Title: Roof structure
Inventor: MCVEIGH DAVID CREIGHTON
IPC: E04H15/52
Filed: 2004-04-06
Abstract: A retractable roof structure for covering a storage space bounded by walls. The structure has a pair of parallel rails 14 mounted on two parallel walls 12. Roof trusses 20 each having a car at each end slide or roll on the rails and a flexible waterproof membrane 22 covers the trusses to provide a continuous, impermeable covering for the roof. The roof trusses and the rails are arranged so that the trusses can all be slid to one end of the rails, to retract the roof, and can be spaced apart along the rails, with the membrane taut between them, when the roof is extended.
Patent GB-2420578-A (GB)
Title: Compression-set plug including an outer soft material which has a removable cover to protect the soft material during running in
Inventor: INCORPORATED BAKER HUGHES
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2003-07-31
Abstract: A high expansion packer or bridge plug is described. It features an external portion of a soft material 28 that flows into spiral exterior leak paths 30 formed when the sealing element 20 is subjected to longitudinal compression. Preferably, the sealing element is an elastomer such as cured rubber, while the outer material 28 is a soft uncured or somewhat cured rubber. The outer covering 28 may itself be covered for protection when running in with such protective covering 36 breaking or otherwise getting out of the way during the element compression process. As a result of compression, the soft material occupies the exterior helical or other leak paths for a sufficient length along the scaling element to withstand high differential pressures, without leakage.
Patent GB-2421742-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable structural arrangement
Inventor: HAMPL FRANK
IPC: E04H15/20
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: A dome shaped structure (10) comprising a framework of elongate inflatable members (12) in a skin (14). The skin (14) defines second inflatable members between the first inflatable members, which second members are held at below ambient pressure. A pressure distributor (18) provides above ambient pressure in the elongate members (12) and below ambient pressure in the second inflatable members.
Patent GB-2435208-A (GB)
Title: Hair accessories with an insecticidal infusion
Inventor: PRICE KATHLEEN MARY
IPC: A45D8/00
Filed: 2006-02-16
Abstract: Hair accessories, including hair bands, scrunchies, slides and combs, which have an infusion of insecticide to control infestations of head lice. Other devices, such as head bands, sweat bands, hair nets, necklaces or jewellery, may also be impregnated with an anti louse medication. Similarly impregnated strips may be produced for insertion into hats and caps.
Patent GB-2424519-A (GB)
Title: Switch and method of making a switch
Inventor: MA KUIXIANG
IPC: H01H29/06
Filed: 2006-03-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a switch (100) having first and second mated substrates (102, 104) defining therebetween a number of cavities (106). A plurality of wettable surfaces (402-406) is deposited in one or more of the cavities (106). A switching fluid, held within one or more of the cavities (106), serves to connect and disconnect at least a pair of the wettable surfaces (402-406) in response to forces that are applied to the switching fluid. The wettable surfaces (402-406) are formed at least in part of a material that does not form alloys with the switching fluid.
Patent GB-2423426-A (GB)
Title: Using feedback to select transmitting voltage
Inventor: SCHOENBORN THEODORE ZALE
IPC: H04L1/16
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters to provide transmit signals to chip interfaces and voltage control circuitry to control voltages of the transmit signals. The chip further includes receivers to receive external signals from another chip. The chip also includes evaluation circuitry to determine whether the transmit signals were usable by the other chip based on an evaluation of at least one of the received external signals and to provide a usability indicating signal to the voltage control circuitry indicative of whether the transmit signals were usable by the other chip. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Patent GB-2437790-A (GB)
Title: Entertainment machine having first and second displays
Inventor: MURRAY IAN
IPC: G07F17/34
Filed: 2006-05-04
Abstract: A coin-operated entertainment machine has a display (3) on which is shown a number of sets of first elements (7, 8, 9), and a number of sets of second elements (10, 11, 12). A game is played in which successive stakes are credited to effect progression through the successive second sets of elements (10, 11, 12). An award is made available dependent on the ranking of the combination of one first element (7) with the second elements (10, 11, 12) compared with the combination of the other elements (8, 9) with the second elements (10, 11, 12). The elements (7-12) may represent playing cards and the combinations may be evaluated in accordance with the poker game Texas Holdem.
Patent GB-2425031-A (GB)
Title: Position Monitoring With Regard To Bottom Contact
Inventor: SKJOLD-LARSEN HENNING
IPC: A01K75/00
Filed: 2005-02-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring the position of guiding modules for fishing gear with regard to bottom contact, comprising taking measurements of a first angle for the guiding module, calculating average and standard deviation for the angle measurements, based on the average and standard deviation, providing a position indication for the guiding module with regard to bottom contact. The invention also relates to an apparatus for position monitoring.
Patent GB-2441009-A (GB)
Title: Passenger screening device, pulse rate security and terror alarm
Inventor: WATMOUGH DAVID JOHN
IPC: A61B5/024
Filed: 2006-08-17
Abstract: The device is able to screen large numbers of people by an automatic system which does not need substantial manpower and which does not slow down the flow of the bone tide travelling public. Each passenger puts his or her hand into a slot in a box in which heart rate and skin temperature are measured in a very few seconds. Logic circuitry within the box activates an alarm or bars entry via the locking mechanism of a gate or door. The concept is to set off an alarm or bar from entry to an airport or railway station those individuals identified as being of high risk of being terrorists, i.e. the passenger's 'test parameters ' exceed preset thresholds. An additional benefit of employing the device is the identification of drug couriers and smugglers many of whom will be agitated at the fear of being caught and whose parameters such as heart rate and levels of perspiration will be elevated. The devices situated prominently in airports and entrances to stations may deter the criminals.
Patent GB-2441824-A (GB)
Title: Immunoassay method
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN FORSYTH RUSSELL
IPC: G01N33/53
Filed: 2006-09-13
Abstract: A method for detecting a disease state or susceptibility comprising: (a) preparing two or more dilutions of a test sample and for each dilution: (i) contacting the test sample with a plurality of different amounts of an antigen specific for said antibody and (ii) detecting the amount of specific binding between the antibody and the antigen for each amount of antigen used in (i); (b) plotting or calculating a curve of the amount of specific binding versus amount of antigen for each dilution used in (a), and (c) determining the presence or absence of a disease state or susceptibility based upon the amount of specific binding between the antibody and the antigen for each dilution and amount of antigen tested.
Patent GB-2433579-A (GB)
Title: Means for stabilizing a projectile during flight
Inventor: ROSE MICHAEL T
IPC: F42B12/44
Filed: 2005-03-14
Abstract: A projectile 102 is disclosed comprising a rear housing portion 110 defining a cavity 112, the cavity 112 being open at the forward end of the rear housing portion 110. A reactive material 114 is disposed within the cavity 112 which is closed by a tip 116 at its forward end. The interior of the cavity 112 is formed with surface features such as recesses or flutes 126 which interact with the reactive material 114 in the cavity 112 to resist a change in the angular velocity of the reactive material 114 relative to the angular velocity of the housing 110.
Patent GB-2449925-A (GB)
Title: Simulated fire comprising a demountable front panel
Inventor: BETZ MARTIN
IPC: F24B1/18
Filed: 2007-06-08
Abstract: A simulated fire apparatus 10 comprises a casing 12 having opposed side walls (20, 22; fig.3), a top wall 14, a bottom wall 16 and a rear wall 18 together defining an internal cavity 24, where the casing has an open front. A burning fuel and/or flame simulating means 26 is arranged, at least partially, within the cavity. A detachable front panel 46 is mounted to the front of the casing and comprises an aperture 48 or window through which a user may observe the simulated burning fuel and/or flame. A mounting means comprising co-operating engagement formations 56, (60, fig.3) is arranged respectively on the front panel and the casing so as to enable the front panel to be mounted and retained at the casing front. The mounting means are configured for mounting the front panel without access by an operator to the cavity. Preferably the front panel is made of wood, metal, glass or plastic. The apparatus may comprise a fan convection heater 50 to provide space heating.
Patent GB-2440829-A (GB)
Title: Float valve for humidification chamber
Inventor: PAYNE SIMON ROBERT
IPC: F16K31/28
Filed: 2007-08-10
Abstract: A valve for controlling the level of liquid within a chamber 10 comprises a liquid inlet 30 and a primary float 40 that is movable in response to a change in the level of liquid 20 within the chamber 10 between an open configuration, in which liquid 20 is able to flow through the liquid inlet 30 into the chamber 10 when the liquid 20 within the chamber 10 is below a predetermined acceptable level, and a closed configuration, in which liquid 20 is prevented from flowing through the liquid inlet 30 into the chamber 10 when the liquid within the chamber 10 is at or above the predetermined acceptable level. A secondary float 50 is movable in response to an increase in the level of liquid within the chamber 10 above the predetermined acceptable level from an inoperative configuration to an operative configuration where the secondary float 50 imparts a force upon the primary float 40 to urge the primary float 40 towards its closed configuration.
Patent GB-2454258-A (GB)
Title: Multi purpose driver seat cover
Inventor: MERCER RAYMOND
IPC: A45F4/02
Filed: 2007-11-03
Abstract: A Multi Purpose Driver Seat Cover comprising of a seating area at 1 with storage facilities either side designed into the seat cover, which storage facilities can be fully secured by use of a fastener 3. Once fitted to a driver's seat, the correct placing of the seat cover allows for easy access to any objects or materials stored within the storage areas. The seat cover is also fully transportable between vehicles as it folds up into a holdall with a built in shoulder strap.
Patent GB-2441687-A (GB)
Title: Transport seating
Inventor: HANKINSON CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B60N2/01
Filed: 2007-12-10
Abstract: Seats (11) face in alternate directions in their rows. They have cushions (12), backrests (13), arm rests (14). The shoulder widths (16) of these seats are conventional. However, the conventional seats have their shoulder width extending to the centre of the arm rests of their seats. In other words, the arms rests are at the seat lateral pitch (5). In Figure 3, the shoulder width extends to the full width of the arm rests. In other words, the arm rests are set in and are arrange at a reduced pitch (15), which is the seat lateral pitch. This is of no inconvenience to the passengers, in that the latter are widest at their shoulders and there is room for their hips between the set in arm rests. The rows are set at a longitudinal pitch (17), shown as the distance between central axes of interdigitated parts of the seat cushions. The seat backs are set on two lines (19), parallel with but spaced from the axes (18).
Patent GB-2442686-A (GB)
Title: Resonant inverter
Inventor: HU AIGUO
IPC: H02M3/338
Filed: 2006-08-03
Abstract: A resonant inverter includes inductive elements (L1, L2) that allow the number of magnetic components in the inverter to be reduced. The elements (L1, L2) may be designed with a leakage inductance to eliminate the need for a large DC inductor. They may also perform the function of a current splitting transformer. The inverter switches may also be driven directly from the inverter circuit without a separate controller being required.
Patent GB-2451039-A (GB)
Title: Improved cutter
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN ALUN HARRIS
IPC: B26B19/24
Filed: 2007-04-24
Abstract: The present invention provides a cutter blade (40) for an animal hair cutting apparatus. The blade (40) has a plurality of teeth (18) each of which extend from a base portion (20) of the blade (40). The blade (40) comprises a plate (12) substantially defining the shape of the base (20) and teeth (12), and a wall (14) projecting from an edge of the plate (12) and extending at least partially around the periphery of the plate (12). The plate (12) and wall (14) co-operate to define a recess (16) on the underside of the blade (40). The blade (40) is further provided with an interior rib (46), which extends across the recess (16).
Patent GB-2465359-A (GB)
Title: Protective jacket accessory for a portable audio player
Inventor: VADGAMA PRASHANT
IPC: G11B33/02
Filed: 2008-11-13
Abstract: A method of attaching accessories or peripherals to a portable audio player device to provide a mechanically stable connection and to provide protection for the player and its data connector, using a wrap-around design into which the player is inserted. The jacket wraps around the portable player while allowing functional parts of the player to be accessible. The jacket accessory can also have a pass through data connector.
Patent GB-2457597-A (GB)
Title: Hand truck with active identifier
Inventor: RICHARD ANDREW P
IPC: B62B1/00
Filed: 2009-02-24
Abstract: A hand truck 10 for carrying and transporting loads includes a frame 14, one or more wheels 24, and one or more active identifiers 12. Wheels 24 are connected to the frame for moving the hand truck from place to place. The active identifier includes a housing with a base connected to the frame and with a cover removably connected to the base. The active identifier includes one or more light sources supported by the housing and enclosed by the cover. The active identifier includes a power source 32 supported by the housing in order to provide power to the light source.
Patent GB-2470713-A (GB)
Title: Handheld navigation device presenting recorded media content associated with user selected targets
Inventor: MADDISON IAN CLIVE
IPC: G01C21/20
Filed: 2009-04-03
Abstract: A navigation device 100 comprises an orientation unit 120 for generating orientation information, a display screen 101, and a processor 110 arranged to provide and update image information on the display screen 101 based on the orientation information. The image information comprises selectable targets 130 at locations displayed on the display screen 101. The selectable targets 130 are associated with recorded media content presentable after selection of an associated target. The recorded media may comprise recorded dialogue, photographic slides, images and/or video. The orientation unit 120 may comprise a digital compass, a Hall effect probe, a gyro, or an accelerometer. The navigation device may further comprise a location determining unit such as a GPS receiver. The navigation device is particularly suited such that a user may scan a 360 degree environment so that their actual physical orientation, and therefore their point of view, is displayed on the screen 101.
Patent GB-2472221-A (GB)
Title: Streaming priority in communications systems
Inventor: LI ZHAOJUN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2009-07-28
Abstract: A system of streaming data, preferably control plane data, between two network entities of a wireless communication system, preferably a 3GPP LTE system, comprising: transmitting data from a first network entity, preferably a eNodeB, to a second network entity, preferably a MME, in a stream including a designated stream portion indicating a stream priority; and processing the stream in the second and preferably the first network entity in accordance with the stream priority. The stream priority may influence at least one of: service level; order of transmission; response stream priority; and probability of the data being discarded during congestion. The control portion is preferably within a data chunk of a stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) stream and more preferably in a control field. The stream priority may be specified as a function of a protocol layer. First and second network entities may exchange supported priorities during association initialisation preferably using INIT and INIT ACK chunks.
Patent GB-2472576-A (GB)
Title: A keyboard combinable with an electronic device
Inventor: WANG TSUNG-HAN
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2009-08-10
Abstract: A detachable keyboard 10 combinable with an electronic device (e.g. one with a touch screen/panel) comprises keyboard body 100 and frame 200. The body has two opposite side walls each defining an elongate slot 101; top surface with stop flanges 102 along portion of a circumference thereof; and signal output structure 104 electrically engageable with the electronic device. The frame comprises two side blocks 210 each fitted into an elongate slot and moveable frontward and backward along the slot; two extension arms 220 each pivotally jointed to a slide block by a hinge device 230, the extension arms being rotatable around the hinge devices; and tubular outer frame member 240 (which may be U-shaped) telescopically fit over the extension arms 220. The outer frame member has a surface with stop flange 242, and a plurality of retention hooks on the inside face 243 of a rear wall of the flange. The stop flanges of the keyboard and the outer frame member define a receptacle that can receive the electronic device, such that the retention hooks retain and fix the electronic device and the electronic device can move in unison with the outer frame member [Fig. 4].
Patent GB-2472593-A (GB)
Title: Swash plate reactive hydraulic transmission for wave energy converter
Inventor: SKINNER NIALL
IPC: F03B13/18
Filed: 2009-08-11
Abstract: A hydraulic transmission or power take off (PTO) device e.g. for a wave energy converter (WEC) 14 includes a reactive hydraulic power transformer 16 for converting periodic and variable hydraulic energy into coherent hydraulic energy. The converter supplies at least part of the energy back through the transmission to control the phase or position of the energy capture device 14, for tuning the WEC. The converter may comprise a swish plate motor-pump unit 16 driven by the WEC 14, and provide power to a generator 20 via motor 110. An accumulator 18 may be provided for storing and selectively discharging the captured energy.
Patent GB-749494-A (GB)
Title: Styrene grafted polymers and method of making same
IPC: C08F279/02
Filed: 1954-04-06
Abstract: A rubber-like resinous styrene-grafted butadiene-styrene copolymer containing for each 100 parts butadiene-styrene copolymer between 3 and 100 parts of grafted styrene, the butadienestyrene copolymer having an innate styrene content of between 3 and 50 per cent, and preferably less than 25 per cent, is prepared by heating, preferably in an inert atmosphere, the butadiene-styrene copolymer with at least two-thirds of its weight of styrene, at the polymerization temperature of styrene, until the weight of solid reaction products formed is from 1 2/3 to 5 times the weight of the original copolymer, the solid reaction products being a mixture of solid polystyrene with the grafted copolymer.  The polymerization may take place in aqueous emulsion using a catalyst, e.g. potassium persulphate, or in bulk. The grafted copolymer may be separated from the polystyrene by dispersing in a solvent capable of dissolving only the polystyrene, but the mixture of grafted copolymer and polystyrene may be used as a plasticised polystyrene for toys, telephone housings, shot-gun shells, battery cases, horns for carbon dioxide fire extinguishers and flashlight cases.