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Patent GB-2453565-A (GB)
Title: A device for connection to an inlet of a fuel tank to prevent incorrect filling
Inventor: JOY ANTHONY
IPC: B60K15/00
Filed: 2007-10-11
Abstract: A device for connection to an inlet of a fuel tank, the device comprising a body including a passage for receiving a fuel dispenser nozzle, a blocking member which includes at least one arcuate wall 35, 36, at least a portion of the blocking member being positioned in the passage of the body, and being engageable by a fuel dispenser nozzle 20, such that the blocking member inhibits insertion of an incompatible dispenser nozzle into the passage beyond a predetermined position, and a connection member 44 for connecting the blocking member to the body, wherein at least a portion of the blocking member is receivable in a delivery end of a compatible fuel dispenser nozzle 20, the wall of the blocking member comprising an opening 37 in which a barrier member of a non-drip compatible fuel dispenser nozzle 20 is receivable. The external diameter of the blocking member may be smaller that the nominal internal diameter of a compatible nozzle.
Patent GB-2444818-A (GB)
Title: Line swapping scheme to reduce back invalidations in a snoop filter
Inventor: CHINTHAMANI SUNDARAM
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 2007-11-28
Abstract: A snoop filter 103 is provided in a hub controller (101, see fig 1) which manages the movement of data between multiple processors (107, 111, see fig 1) and system memory (105, see fig 1). The snoop filter comprises a cache state storage structure 209 which is logically or physically subdivided into a number of affinities 211A-211D in which one affinity may be provided for each processor in the system. When a request for data is received from a processor of the plurality of processors, a cache entry location is determined based, at least in part, on the request. The request may contain a way number or way hint. The data is then stored in a cache corresponding to the processor at the cache entry location, and a coherency record corresponding to the data is stored in the affinity corresponding to the cache. Storing the coherency record in an affinity may comprise storing the record at a randomly selected location or at a location selected in accordance with a way-hint replacement policy. The method may additionally determine an occurrence of a cache hit at another cache entry location of another cache in which case storing the coherency record involves swapping the coherency record with the coherency record in the affinity corresponding to the other cache. Invalidation messages are sent to processors when entries in the affinities corresponding to the processors caches must be evicted to provide for the storage of a new coherency record.
Patent GB-2455743-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system expansion tank
Inventor: HUTCHINS WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: B01D19/00
Filed: 2007-12-20
Abstract: An expansion tank 21 for an engine cooling system comprises a housing 24 forming a main chamber 25 and a swirl chamber 26, the swirl chamber being defined by a cylindrical wall 27, part of which separates the swirl chamber from the main chamber with the remainder forming part of an outside wall 28. An inlet connection 35 discharges through an inlet orifice 36 into the swirl chamber in a direction tangential to the cylindrical wall towards a collector duct 38 having an entrance 39. From the inlet orifice the coolant is directed as a stream or jet along the adjacent surface of the cylindrical wall towards the entrance of the collector duct. The coolant may be guided by circumferential ribs 46. Preferably, the kinetic energy of the stream is converted into pressure energy so that the pressure delivered from an outlet connection 37 is slightly above the pressure at the top of the swirl chamber, above the level of liquid. The swirl chamber pressure may be set by the relief pressure allowed by a filler cap (33, fig. 1), the gain in pressure helping to avoid cavitation in a coolant circulation pump (12, fig. 1).
Patent GB-2455984-A (GB)
Title: Wound dressing kit
Inventor: HILL JUSTIN ANTHONY
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 2007-12-24
Abstract: A wound dressing kit comprising an adhesive backing sheet 12 substantially completely covered by a releasable cover sheet 4,5 and a wound contacting sheet 8 which is separate to the backing sheet 12. The wound contact sheet 8 can be an absorbent island 11 than can be cut to shape from a square absorbent sheet 8. The backing sheet 12 can similarly be cut to shape to leave an adhesive coated margin of backing sheet 12 around the absorbent island 11.
Patent GB-2446691-A (GB)
Title: Method for starting a direct injection internal combustion engine comprising adjusting a number of injections per combustion cycle
Inventor: STORHOK ERIC MATTHEW
IPC: F02N19/00
Filed: 2008-01-25
Abstract: A method for starting an internal combustion engine having direct fuel injection, comprising of adjusting a number of direct injections per combustion cycle based on a cylinder event number from a first cylinder event. The timing of the injections may also be modified. The number and timing of injections may be based on temperature, whether the start is after idle operation or a vehicle shutdown, or the time since vehicle shutdown. Injection may be changed from partial compression injection to partial intake stroke injection. Adjustment of the number of injections may become independent of cylinder event number after a predetermined event occurs.
Patent GB-2446297-A (GB)
Title: Visual Presenter with pivotable support
Inventor: SUKENARI KAZUHIRO
IPC: H04N1/195
Filed: 2008-02-01
Abstract: A visual presenter 1 comprising a camera head 17 supported on the distal end of an upright support column 13 extending from a base 3, the support column 13 being bent such that it has a vertical portion 13a and a horizontal portion 15, the horizontal portion 15 protruding away from or in front of the base 3 and the vertical portion 13a having a pivot 121 such that the column twists or rotates such that the horizontal portion 15 moves horizontally (figs 5, 6). The column may also pivot vertically (fig 10) and the camera head may be rotatable about the support (fig 6). The base 2 may be magnetically attached to a placement surface 101 using magnetic positioners (6, 7, 102, 104 fig. 11). A return spring (37, fig. 3) and stopper (42, fig 3) may control the vertical movement of the column 13 such that it can be positioned at any tilt angle i.e. they provide free stop motion.
Patent GB-2448230-A (GB)
Title: Through-riser installation of tree block
Inventor: CHRISTIE DAVID S
IPC: E21B43/013
Filed: 2008-04-03
Abstract: A subsea wellassembly has a tubing hanger (33) that lands and seals in a wellhead housing (11). A tree block (47) is lowered through the drilling riser (21) into engagement with the tubing hanger (33). The tree block (47) has a lower portion that inserts and latches into the bore (19) of the wellhead housing. The drilling riser (21) is disconnected, and a module (67) is lowered onto the tree block (47), the module having a choke and controls for controlling the well. The master valve for production is the downhole safety valve (35) in the tubing. The wing production valve is a ball valve (55) located in the flow passage of the tree block (47).
Patent GB-2461896-A (GB)
Title: Antenna assembly for a motor vehicle
Inventor: HARDING GARY
IPC: H01Q1/32
Filed: 2008-07-17
Abstract: An antenna assembly or a method of its installation comprises an antenna on a flexible circuit board 14 mounted on the front surface of a support structure 12 formed of dielectric material. The rear surface of the support structure 12 includes at least one mounting element 17 extending away from the rear surface. The mounting element 17 is used to secure the antenna in a spaced manner relative to a motor vehicle body 52 and a signal cable 18 extends through the support 12 and is connected to the circuit board 14. The front surface of the support 12 may be curved to conform to the space available and for a constant gap between the antenna and the vehicle body. Buttresses and bump stops 26 and a foam sealing strip may be arranged between the antenna and an external vehicle component such as a bumper 54. The support structure 12 may be formed as a one piece moulding which includes web, reinforcing ribs, fins and buttresses. The flexible circuit board 14 may be covered and sealed by a film of material secured to the board 14 by an adhesive and/or fasteners. The signal cable 18 may extend into the body of the vehicle to be connected to an amplifier 56 which is in the proximity of the antenna assembly.
Patent GB-2461952-A (GB)
Title: Fuel filler cap
Inventor: BROWN BARRY COLIN
IPC: B60K15/04
Filed: 2008-07-23
Abstract: A fuel filler cap 14 and method of opening, the fuel filler cap comprising a nozzle engagement structure 20 for engaging with a fuel pump nozzle (2, figure 1) or a key having a substantially similar cross section as a fuel pump nozzle, whereby the fuel pump nozzle is provided with a sensing port (12). A torque may be applied to the nozzle, when engaged to the nozzle engagement structure, such that the torque is transferred to the fuel filler cap through the nozzle engagement means. The nozzle engagement means may further comprise a sensing port engagement means such that the torque transferred from the fuel pump nozzle to the fuel filler cap is transferred through the sensing port and sensing port engagement means. The fuel filler cap may comprise a threaded section 16 for screwing into a fuel filling receptacle and a cap body 18 from which the nozzle engagement structure extends. The sensing port engagement means may comprise one or more indentations for engaging with a side of the sensing port.
Patent GB-2452141-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle propulsion system and energy source prioritisation
Inventor: BRIGHAM DAVID
IPC: B60K6/20
Filed: 2008-08-12
Abstract: A propulsion system for a vehicle 2 includes a controller 14 electrically connected to a motor 8 and an engine 10 capable of selecting the propulsion component and an appropriate fuel source from a number of factors. The system also has a hydrogen production system having an electrolyser 30, a water source 32, a hydrogen dispensing and loading system 28 and a connection 34 to an electricity grid for producing and storing hydrogen in a tank 26 to be selectively used by the engine 10. The vehicle may comprise a fuel cell (52 see fig 2). The vehicle may start to move using a first energy source combination until depleted and then continue using a second energy source combination. An algorithm may determine priority scores for different combinations of energy sources and propulsion components. A third combination may include an energy source for long range use. The engine 10 may be fuelled with hydrogen, gasoline or a blend of hydrogen and a gaseous hydrocarbon. The vehicle addresses needs such as that for reduction in gasoline use.
Patent GB-2451604-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for estimating injector fuel temperature
Inventor: BARNES TRAVIS E
IPC: F02D41/38
Filed: 2007-04-17
Abstract: A fuel system (12) for an engine (15) is disclosed. The fuel system has a source (32) of pressurized fuel, a plurality of fuel injectors (26), and a common manifold (28) configured to distribute pressurized fuel from the source to the plurality of fuel injectors. The fuel system also has a first sensor (60) located upstream of the common manifold, and a second sensor (64) associated with the engine. The first sensor is configured to generate a first signal indicative of a fuel temperature. The second sensor is configured to generate a second signal indicative of a speed of the engine. The fuel system further has a controller (54) in communication with the first and second sensors. The controller is configured to estimate a fuel temperature at each of the plurality of fuel injectors based on the first signal, the second signal, and the position of the plurality of fuel injectors along the common manifold.
Patent GB-2452651-A (GB)
Title: A wellbore valve system responsive to a pressure and time signal transmitted downhole
Inventor: HROMAS JOE C
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2007-04-23
Abstract: A wellbore system comprises an interventionless valve system 40 that can be actuated in a wellbore. The interventionless valve system comprises a valve 64 controlled by an activation device 62 responsive to a pressure and time signal transmitted downhole to the activation device. The device may respond to a series of low pressure pulses applied according to a predetermined sequence.
Patent GB-2465828-A (GB)
Title: Combined equalizer and calibrator for audio system
Inventor: LIU MAO-LIANG
IPC: H03G5/02
Filed: 2008-12-03
Abstract: An audio system includes a test signal generator (22, fig.2), an equalizer 23 and an input 40 for a microphone. Calibration is carried out before reproduction of audio. In calibration mode, the test signal generator generates test frequencies that are produced by a loudspeaker of the audio system. A microphone connected to the microphone input 40 picks up these test frequencies. The signal level from the microphone is displayed on a display 45. It is thus possible to adjust the equaliser 23 to take account of the effects of a listening space, such a room, on the sound spectrum. Also disclosed are Wien Bridge oscillator circuits (for generating test tones), level indicator circuits and filter circuits (fig.4).
Patent GB-2452216-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for blind transport format detection using discontinuous transmission (DTX) detection
Inventor: CARMON RAFAEL
IPC: H04W76/04
Filed: 2006-08-09
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for blind transport format detection using Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) detection. According to one aspect of the invention, the transport format that was used to transmit information is determined by identifying a transition between a Discontinuous Transmission segment and a data segment included in the transmitted information; and determining the transport format based on a location of the transition of the Discontinuous Transmission segment. A cyclic redundancy check can optionally be performed for a plurality of possible transport formats, and then the step of identifying a transition can be limited to those transport formats having a valid cyclic redundancy check.
Patent GB-2467324-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring digital media content access using audio loopback
Inventor: FALCON FERNANDO
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2009-01-28
Abstract: A system for monitoring a user's access to media content on a digital media terminal 101 uses loopback circuitry 124 to return a terminal output audio signal 104 to a terminal audio input 106. The terminal is provided with media content identification software which analyses the returned audio signal to determine media content identity. The system may be implemented in a device which directly connects neighbouring audio ports on the terminal. The terminal may include a desktop, laptop or handheld PC, mobile communications device or a media player. Content identification may be achieved by audio signature or fingerprint matching, extraction of embedded audio codes or features. The system may be used to monitor media content access across a wide variety of platforms and devices, including internet and mobile networks.
Patent GB-2453507-A (GB)
Title: Slurry blasting apparatus fo removing scale from sheet metal
Inventor: VOGES KEVIN
IPC: B24C1/08
Filed: 2007-08-27
Abstract: An apparatus and method of removing scale from the surfaces of processed sheet metal (16) employs a scale removing medium (104) propelled by counter-rotating pairs of wheels positioned in close proximity to the sheet metal surfaces.
Patent GB-2460537-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic vacuum cleaner with improved filter cartridge
Inventor: GRIFFITH AARON P
IPC: A47L9/10
Filed: 2009-06-04
Abstract: An upright cyclonic vacuum cleaner comprises juxtaposed first and second filters 110 and 12 for filtering a working airstream on both the inlet and outlet sides 92 and 96 of a vacuum motor 20. The first filter can comprise a different filtering material than the second filter and the filters can be mounted in a common frame 100 in the upright housing of the vacuum cleaner, juxtaposed to each other. The filter compartment 88 has a dividing wall 90 that divides the compartment into an inlet region 92 and an outlet region 96 that is separate from the inlet region.
Patent GB-2464198-A (GB)
Title: Determining how long a customer has waited without ordering
Inventor: RIDDIFORD MARTIN
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2007-12-13
Abstract: An interactive food and/or drink ordering system is able to determine how long a customer has waited without interacting with the system, for example without ordering anything. The system can then prompt a customer if he has not interacted with the system within a defined time. The defined time can be dynamically adjustable depending on the level of demand for food and/or drink.
Patent GB-2474676-A (GB)
Title: Power Interrupt Apparatus for controlling supply of power to a welding set
Inventor: WILSHART ANTHONY GEORGE
IPC: B23K9/10
Filed: 2009-10-22
Abstract: A power interrupt apparatus for controlling supply of power to a welding set including a welding trigger 14 coupled to a welding rectifier, the power interrupt apparatus comprising a timer control unit 110 arranged: when in an active configuration to enable supply of power to the welding rectifier 12 ; when in an inactive configuration to enable interruption of supply of power to the welding rectifier; and to switch from the active configuration to the inactive configuration after a time delay, characterised in that when the timer control unit is in the inactive configuration it is operatively coupled to the welding trigger such that operation of the welding trigger causes the timer control unit to switch to the active configuration. The power interrupt apparatus as described can reduce energy consumption in welding sets which are not being used while conveniently enabling welding operations to be restarted after the timer control unit has adopted the inactive configuration.
Patent GB-2466372-A (GB)
Title: Security device preventing unauthorised removal of knives from a storage block
Inventor: BROUGH MICHAEL WINSTON
IPC: A47G21/14
Filed: 2009-12-15
Abstract: A knife storage block comprises a housing block 1 with one or more apertures for accommodating a knife blade; and a security device 2. The security device, which may be a plate containing apertures 3 of the same size and shape as those of the housing block, is movable from a first, opened position, in which knives can be removed from the block and second, closed position, in which knives cannot be removed. Locking means may be provided to prevent the movement of the security device. A knife storage assembly may comprise such a knife block along with one or more knives. The assembly may be designed so that the knives and the security device cooperate to secure the knives in place. The knives may include a projection which cooperates with the security device. The system prevents the unauthorised removal of knives from the block — for example, by a child.
Patent GB-314926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with cutter-crush or other embossing machines
IPC: B26F1/44
Filed: 1928-04-03
Abstract: 314,926. Walpole, G. S. April 3, 1928. Embossing-machines; embossing-surfaces.-In an embossing-machine particularly for cuttercrush embossing, the table 1 is provided with means for securing the card to be embossed in the desired position, and has a bar for aligning the type on the card slidably mounted thereon. The type-alignment bar may be constructed as described in Specifications 213,376 and 245,585 or may be adapted to slide between side fences on the edges of the table. As shown the alignment bar 11 is of U-shape with side flanges which engage the edges of the table. A member shaped as a T-square may be used for aligning type perpendicularly to the bar 11, and its blade may be curved or inclined to the edge of the table. A jaw 3 mounted on a spring-controlled rod 6 pivoted in brackets 4 fixed to the table clamps the card which is aligned against a bar 2 on the clamp preferably having a steel facing- strip. A stop 9 adjustable by means of a setscrew 10 along a bar 16 mounted on the clamp serves for positioning a succession of cards in the same position on the table. Additional clamps may be provided on other edges of the table if desired. Graduations are provided on the table, bar 2, and alignment bar to facilitate the positioning of the type and card. An operating lever 5 integral with the jaw 3 and a handle 8 integral with the fixed part of the clamp may serve for moving the table 1, which is slidable on the lower pressure-member of the machine so as to carry the work between the pressure members and remove it after the embossing operation.
Patent GB-714063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to foundry sand ramming machines
IPC: B22C15/20
Filed: 1951-04-30
Abstract: 714,063. Moulding-machines. FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT, Ltd., and BEECH, A. S. April 29, 1952 [April 30, 1951], No. 10051/51. Class 83 (1). [Also in Group XXX] A foundry sand-ramming machine comprises a ramming unit 33, consisting of a ramming head 90 and a motor 89, pivoted on an arm 25, a hollow column 20 pivotally-supporting the arm, Fig. 2, a pedestal. 11 below the column, and electrical supply connections leading from the pedestal, through the arm to the motor. Sand is supplied to the head 90 from a hopper 72 carried by a frame 14, 15, 70 which also supports the pedestal 11. The sand is fed from the hopper beneath a gate 81, Fig. 5, by a belt-conveyer 73 driven by an electric motor 74 and a chain gear in a casing 75. The height of the gate 81 above the conveyer belt may be adjusted between two positions by a fluid-pressure jack 131, and the motor may have two speeds to regulate the discharge of sand. A valve 137 controls the supply of compressed air to the jack according to the operation of two push-buttons on the head which release the pressure at one or other end of the valve-slide and so cause the slide to move towards the end where the pressure has been released. Alternatively, the gate 81 may have five settings controlled by a handlever. The conveyer 73 discharges the sand past a rubber guard 66 to a belt-conveyer 50 on the arm 25 and having walls in contact with the belt 53 to prevent the sand from flowing over the edges of the belt. The latter, made of rubber and canvas, is driven by a motor 48 on rails 62 on the conveyer unit so that it can be adjusted by screws 63 to tension the driving belt. A rubber hood 65 at the end of the conveyer directs the sand on to a further conveyer on the ramming unit 33 which is the same as that described in Specification 714,064. The ramming unit is mounted on a pivot 32 on the arm which may be attached to the column. If the arm is fixed to the column, the latter is arranged to pivot in bearings 16, 19, 22 in the pedestal 11 and is provided with a number of slip-rings 41 which co-operate with brushes 76 on the pedestal to transmit current to a terminal plate from which a conduit 47 conveys the current to the motor 48 and a conduit 49 supplies the motor 89 and a control panel 80 for the machine. Alternatively, if the arm rotates relatively to the column 20, the brushes would be mounted on the arm. The pedestal may be positioned far enough from the posts 15 to enable the arm 25 to be rotated through a complete revolution in operating on moulding stations arranged in a circle. Of the buttons on the panel 80, one starts the motor 74, another the motors 48, 89 and a third stops all the motors.