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Patent GB-2417063-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for dispensing beverages
Inventor: ROBINSON MICHAEL
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2004-08-13
Abstract: A beverage font (1) comprising a housing (4) for mounting to a bar or similar surface, one or more taps (2) for dispensing beverage, one or more beverage lines (3) routed through said housing for supplying said taps with beverage, and a cooling line (9) located in thermal contact with the housing through which, in use, a cooling medium can flow so as to cool the housing so as to form condensation, frost or ice on at least a portion of an exterior of the housing.
Patent GB-2408797-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for determination of atherosclerotic plaque type by measurement of tissue optical properties
Inventor: TEARNEY GUILLERMO J
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2002-05-01
Abstract: Methods for diagnosing vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque using optical coherence tomography to measure tissue optical properties, including backreflectance of heterogeneous layers, such as plaque cap, lipid pool composition and macrophage presence. Methods also include measurement of spatially and temporally dependent reflectance, measurement of multiple wavelength reflectance, low coherence interferometry, polarization and quantification of macrophage content.
Patent GB-2413030-A (GB)
Title: Event processing system
Inventor: TUTCHER BENOMY
IPC: H04Q7/38
Filed: 2004-09-07
Abstract: Processing network events in a telecommunications network particularly for use in controlling operation of a plurality of service nodes, each of which is arranged to provide a particular network service in a mobile or fixed network or a combination of both. Managing registration of service nodes within the network, and providing apparatus for processing service registration request messages in a call processing system, each said service registration request message including registration data identifying a service node, a service initiation trigger and a subscriber in respect of whom the registration request relates, the apparatus being connectable to a serving node in a network involved in call processing and to a service node from which a subscriber is able to receive service during call processing, the serving node being capable of transmitting a plurality of service initiation request messages to said apparatus, each service initiation request message corresponding respectively to a different service initiation trigger, ```wherein the apparatus is responsive to receipt of one of said service registration request messages sent from a registering service node to store registration data indicative of the registered service node and corresponding service initiation trigger in association with the subscriber, said registration data being for use in processing service initiation request messages sent from said serving node in respect of the subscriber, ```the apparatus being arranged to store registration data for a plurality of service registration request messages each identifying a different service node and the same subscriber, ```wherein the apparatus is arranged to define an order of precedence between said different service nodes after said registration data have been received.
Patent GB-2406919-A (GB)
Title: Scented spectacle retainer
Inventor: LESLIE ANN MARY
IPC: G02C11/00
Filed: 2004-10-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a spectacle retainer comprising a cord which is impregnated or treated with an odiferous substance. The odiferous substance comprises one or more volatile chemicals which is readily detectable by the wearer and which may act as an insect repellant and/or a mood enhancer. The spectacle retainers may comprise a stretchable cord which prevents damage to spectacles when suspended from the wearer's neck. Then cord may be formed with loops 230 and may also comprise springs 240 and or beads 250.
Patent GB-2406911-A (GB)
Title: Aeration sensing device
Inventor: WAKEMAN RUSSELL JOHN
IPC: G01N27/22
Filed: 2004-10-06
Abstract: A system for detecting the aerated condition of a fluid, such as lubricant for an engine, includes a sensor having a pair of spaced apart concentric rings (22,23) forming a first capacitor through which the fluid flows, and a capacitor segment (51) forming a second capacitor with the outer ring. The capacitors are connected in a balanced bridge circuit, and the second capacitor is constructed to remove gas entrapped in the lubricant present in the second capacitor so that the bridge becomes unbalanced indicating gas entrapped in the lubricant flowing through the first capacitor. The capacitor rings are mounted on a non-conducting body (11) through which the fluid flows to and from a filter (14).
Patent GB-2409727-A (GB)
Title: Combining density and dielectric measurements to determine downhole resevoir fluid volumes
Inventor: FREEDMAN ROBERT
IPC: G01R33/44
Filed: 2003-07-28
Abstract: A method for evaluating formation fluids of a gas-bearing formation comprises acquiring a bulk density measurement, acquiring a dielectric measurement, and determining a gas-corrected fluid volume from the two measurements. The gas -corrected fluid volume may be gas corrected porosity.
Patent GB-2408000-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for processing material laden fluid
Inventor: SEYFFERT KENNETH WAYNE
IPC: B01D33/048
Filed: 2003-06-16
Abstract: An apparatus for processing material laden fluids, said apparatus comprising a screen conveyor (20), characterised in that said screen conveyor (20) comprises a plurality of spaced-apart rods (22) and a plurality of wires (29), at least one wire of the plurality of wires wrapped around at least one rod (22) of the plurality of rods (22), such that said wires are movable about said rods (22), portions of said rods (22) and portions of said wires defining openings through which the fluid is passable and through which the at least a substantial portion of said material is not passable.
Patent GB-2409215-A (GB)
Title: Wire fencing
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID MARK
IPC: E04H17/16
Filed: 2003-09-03
Abstract: The invention relates to wire fencing and particularly the attachment of a wire mesh panel to a post. The object of the invention is to provide a means of attachment of a wire mesh panel to a support post that improves on known location means, an objective met by a construction comprising a post-like member a location means on the post to at least one side adapted to accept an endmost vertical wire of a wire mesh fence panel, and a locking member adapted to engage at least the endmost vertical wire by one end, and engage a location means on the post by its other end, the arrangement being such that the locking member is placed under compression when in place.
Patent GB-2407903-A (GB)
Title: Gaming device having a randomly selected symbol elimination game
Inventor: GERRARD PETER
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2003-08-25
Abstract: This PCT Application to be published without Abstract.
Patent GB-2427058-A (GB)
Title: System for detecting objects in a roadway and providing a warning to drivers.
Inventor: ROSSI ALBERTO
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: A system for detecting and warning drivers of objects in a roadway consists of complimentary pairs of transmitters (101) and receivers (201) spaced apart along the roadway and connected to a controller (2). The controller comprises means for interpreting the signals and operating a warning means (4) located at a predetermined distance before the detectors. Devices may operate with an individual controller or be linked to a main controller (3). The detectors may be photo cell sensing devices and preferably operate in the infra-red band. The signalling devices may comprise one or more lamps, an acoustic emitter or radio transmitter, preferably operating in the FM band, mounted on a pole. Timers may also be used to operate the sensors, with sensors being activated a predetermined time after the previous sensor pair has detected the presence of an object.
Patent GB-2416043-A (GB)
Title: Optical beam splitting device with reflectors on rotatable arm
Inventor: THOMAS MARTIN
IPC: G02B26/08
Filed: 2005-06-14
Abstract: An optical imaging device (18) for splitting an initial image into at least two images with different optical characteristics. The device may comprise a dichroic mirror (32) to create first and second optical pathways respectively incident on first and second mirrors (41, 41') carried on a centrally pivoted 44 rotatable arm, characterised in that the first and second reflective means are moveable along the arm (42) whilst held in fixed relationship to each other, thereby to adjust separation of the first and second optical pathways. A third mirror (46) in fixed relationship to the beam splitter (32) may be positioned adjacent where the first and second optical pathways intersect, or just before the intersection of the first and second optical pathways, or just after the point of intersection. Central track or slot 43, carriage 45, input image plane 31 and output image plane 37 are shown. The beam splitter may be a polarising beam splitter. Microscope 14 is shown.
Patent GB-2428785-A (GB)
Title: Pen like optical mouse
Inventor: CHANG KUO-WEN
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2005-07-27
Abstract: A pen like optical mouse 100 includes a pen like mouse main body 10, first and second printed circuit boards 20a, 20b disposed on two sides of the interior of the main body and in a direction parallel to the central axis O of the main body 10 respectively, a light emitting element 30 mounted on the first printed circuit board 20a, a sensor die 40 mounted on the second printed circuit board 20b, and an imaging system 50 for guiding light emitted from the light emitting element 30 to be irradiated onto and reflected by a work surface 200 and then guiding the reflected light so as to be imaged and incident on the sensor die 40. As the light emitting element 30 and the sensor die 40 are arranged on two separate printed circuit boards 20a, 20b, light emitted from the light emitting element 30 is prevented from being directly incident on the sensor die 40 so as not to reduce the contrast of images.
Patent GB-2417077-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus of measuring the amount of radioactive material in a matrix
Inventor: RONALDSON JOHN PAUL
IPC: G01T/
Filed: 2004-02-27
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for measuring emissions from radioactive material in a matrix. Consideration is made in the variation in counts observed at different rotational positions of the body of material so as to establish the information about the position of the radioactive material within the matrix.
Patent GB-2419759-A (GB)
Title: Laser scanning surveying and measuring system
Inventor: HARKNESS PAUL IAN
IPC: G01S17/86
Filed: 2003-07-11
Abstract: A surveying system 10 is disclosed for surveying and measuring the position of objects along a surveyed route. The system 10 comprises a laser scanner 20 and a data analyser 5. The data analyser 5 analyses data signals 102/108 from the scanner 20 to determine distance, and presence of an object A from the scanner 20. The system 10 further comprises navigational position finding units 35 such as a GPS unit 16 and an IMU 17 which determine position data, and a clock 200 which provides a common clock signal to the scanner 20, navigational position finding units 35 and data analyser 5. The data analyser uses the common clock signal from the clock 200 to correlate the determined data relating to the distance of detected objects A from the scanner 20 with the positional information from the navigational position finding units 35. The system may be used to measure and survey a railway track and trackside objects such as bridges, platforms, signals and tunnel walls.
Patent GB-2432913-A (GB)
Title: A switching arrangement for a storage receptacle of a motor vehicle
Inventor: POPHAM THOMAS
IPC: H03K17/955
Filed: 2005-12-02
Abstract: A storage receptacle 13 arranged in an inner door trim panel 10 of a motor vehicle has an access opening 9 an illumination device 15, and a switching arrangement 16 for sensing a hand entering within the receptacle. The switching arrangement 16 comprises a sensing electrode 17 a capacitance measuring means 19 comprising a frequency generator 18 connected to the sensing electrode 17, a switching device 20 arranged to operate in response to a change in the capacitance sensed by the measuring means and a shielding electrode 23 arranged on the receptacle 13. The shielding electrode 23 is connected to have the same electrostatic potential as the sensing electrode. The arrangement 16 is such that the shielding electrode 23 prevents operation of the switching device 20 by an object in or adjacent the receptacle 13 except by a hand moving towards or away from the access opening 9. Further shield electrodes may be placed on the rear side 12 of the door panel.
Patent GB-2423892-A (GB)
Title: Point to multipoint voice operation in an ad-hoc wireless network
Inventor: NERSES ANNITA
IPC: H04B7/155
Filed: 2006-02-24
Abstract: The invention employs a TDMA reservation technique to transmit voice traffic to multiple destinations and a CSMA/CA contention scheme to supped data traffic, operates over a link-state based routing protocol that reliably floods routing and resource reservation information to network nodes, and is suitable for general networking applications that require QoS for multimedia traffic in a mobile, Ad-Hoc network. It enables conference calls to be established and operated in that type of network under various conditions. Moreover, the invention capitalizes on certain properties of a radio, such as a RAKE type receiver, that sums up multiple, identical transmissions from multiple sources, in addition it enables roaming between and/or within a group or island of the network.
Patent GB-2420505-A (GB)
Title: Swivel retractor blade assembly
Inventor: PHILLIPS BURNS P
IPC: A61B17/02
Filed: 2004-06-21
Abstract: A retractor clamp assembly includes a clamp positionable about a support ring. A retractor shaft extends from the clamp and has a connector at the end with a retractor blade connected thereto by a stem. The connector is preferably equipped with a first slot limiting the side to side angular range of motion of the retractor blade stem relative to the retractor shaft, and a second slot limiting the top to bottom range of motion of the retractor blade stem relative to the retractor shaft. This allows the retractor blade to be maintained and/or positioned in an optimum position relative to retracted tissue while allowing the retractor shaft to be selectively positioned by a user.
Patent GB-2423763-A (GB)
Title: Controlling the folder of a printing press by comparing a printed fold mark to the actual fold position and then automatically setting the folder.
Inventor: THOMA AUGUST
IPC: B41F13/54
Filed: 2006-02-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling or regulating a folding mechanism 10 in a printing press. A fold control mark 29, 30, 31 is applied to a the printed copy 18 or printed material web before and/or after folding. The fold control mark is measured and the actual fold value is then compared with the fold setpoint value to get an error value. The folding mechanism is then automatically adjusted as function of the error value, in such a way that the actual fold position corresponds to the fold setpoint value. At least one fold control mark may be printed onto the printed copy before and/or after each folding stage. The first control mark may be printed by the printer and subsequent marks printed in the folding mechanism. The control marks may be printed in invisible ink eg fluorescent ink. The folding mechanism may be a folding former, blade cylinder, jaw cylinder, gripper or a folding table. At least three fold control marks may be made on the printed copy, each referring to a different fold.
Patent GB-2420608-A (GB)
Title: Cladding
Inventor: TYRER ANDREW CHARLES RATCLIFFE
IPC: F16L1/12
Filed: 2004-09-09
Abstract: There is disclosed a cladding section (8) for mounting upon an elongate underwater member and suppressing vortex induced vibration of it, the section comprising a unitary plastics moulding shaped to provide a tubular (10) portion for receiving the member, the tubular portion being split along its length at (14) and being deformable to permit the member to be introduced into the tubular portion, and the cladding section having at its exterior at least one feature (12) shaped to suppress vortex induced vibration. Rotational moulding of the cladding section is disclosed. The cladding section has an outer layer (24) incorporating anti-fouling material upon an inner structural layer (26).
Patent GB-2440565-A (GB)
Title: A car nose for fixing to the radiator grill of a vehicle
Inventor: POLE ADRIAN RAMON
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 2006-07-29
Abstract: A dome shaped object is provided for fixing by way of four holes to the radiator grill of a vehicle as if a nose. A red cross representing an England flag is provided on the dome along with the word England. A representation of football stitching and pentagon panels is also provided.
Patent GB-2442445-A (GB)
Title: Slip-resistant floor covering including clear coated particles
Inventor: PEACE RICHARD
IPC: C09D7/62
Filed: 2006-09-04
Abstract: The slip-resistant floor covering includes particles 213 on the upper surface of a plastic layer 207. The inorganic particles 213 are coated with a transparent material. Preferably the clear plastic layer 207 is cured after the particles 213 have been applied. Preferably an adhesion or tinted coating is applied to the quartz, glass or aluminium oxide particles 213. Preferably the floor includes a design layer 217 on a see through base layer 203. Preferably the plastic layer 207 comprises a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastisol or plasticised acrylic.
Patent GB-2442466-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing antibodies against toxins
Inventor: HOLLEY JANE LOUISE
IPC: A61K39/395
Filed: 2006-10-06
Abstract: A method of producing an antibody which binds specifically to a target toxin comprises administering to a population of animals an effective amount of an antigen and an adjuvant, extracting a sample of blood from the animals and measuring the levels of toxin-specific antibody, selecting those animals which produce the highest levels of antibody, repeating these steps until a sufficiently high quantity of antibody is measured, and extracting a production bleed from the selected animals. The method produces high antibody titres such that no further processing steps, such as affinity purification are required. Preferably, the toxin is ricin, the animals are sheep and the adjuvant is Freund's Complete Adjuvant.
Patent GB-2444515-A (GB)
Title: Foreign currency trading game
Inventor: GREEN PAUL
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2006-12-05
Abstract: A system for playing a foreign currency trading game in which financial data, eg exchange rates, is fed to two or more user devices, users trade currencies over the system and at the end of the game the user device with the best performance is selected based upon criteria and financial data stored on the system. The connection to the system may be through a dedicated connection or through a network such as the Internet. The financial data may be real or generated by the system. The user device may be a desktop computer, a mobile device, a PDA or any other suitable device. The game may alternatively involve the trading of commodities, shares or other financial entities.
Patent GB-2434575-A (GB)
Title: Aisle access control for a mobile storage system
Inventor: BOURKE BRIAN P
IPC: A47B53/02
Filed: 2007-01-25
Abstract: A mobile storage system includes movable storage units 22 that define a maximum aisle space that forms a single aisle between an adjacent pair of storage units, or a number of aisles 36, 38 between several adjacent pairs of storage units by distributing the maximum aisle space MAS between one or two aisles. A control arrangement (fig 12) controls the position of the storage units, in response to user commands, so as to form the aisles. The control arrangement may be configured such that, when a pair of aisles are present between two pairs of storage units, one of the aisles is closed based on certain criteria when a command to open a different aisle is initiated. The criteria may be user defined, or may be a characteristic such as the frequency of use of the aisles such that the more frequently used aisle remains open and the less frequently used aisle is closed. A surveillance unit (60 fig 12) may monitor the presence of an object within the aisles and prevent movement of the units when an object is present.
Patent GB-2432304-A (GB)
Title: A portable cleaning machine
Inventor: STEPHENS RONALD J
IPC: B08B5/04
Filed: 2004-06-28
Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface is provided. The cleaning apparatus comprises a base 44, a handle moveably connected to the base 44 and a recovery system which includes a recovery tank 64 removably mounted to the base 44, a suction nozzle 62 selectively mounted to the base 44 and usable in both and attached position and in a detached position for cleaning said surface and a suction source 46 for drawing liquid and dirt from the surface through the nozzle 62 and into the recovery tank 64. The handle 104 is preferably telescopic and maybe moveable between a first position in which it is used to propel the cleaner (fig 1), and a second position (fig 3) such that the cleaner can be used as a hand-held cleaning machine.
Patent GB-2447029-A (GB)
Title: Sintered steel component with layer of Fe3O4
Inventor: SANCHEZ ISRAEL GARCIA
IPC: B22F3/24
Filed: 2007-03-02
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a moving part capable of providing a liquid seal by forming the part from sintered steel and forming a layer of Fe304 on the sintered steel. The iron oxide layer is formed by steam treatment. Parts made by this process can include a coupling for a vehicle engine fuel injector, a viscous fan for an internal combustion engine cooling system, an oil seal retainer for end sealing a vehicle crankshaft, differential transmission, gearbox, axle, driveshaft, hub or transfer case, or a vacuum pump in a vehicle braking system.
Patent GB-2433915-A (GB)
Title: A deformable substrate and a method of configuring the substrate to reduce the propagation of stress along a fold line thereon
Inventor: CONRAD WAYNE ERNEST
IPC: B44C5/02
Filed: 2007-04-13
Abstract: A non-cellulose based deformable substrate having at least one fold line is configured to be able to be directly mounted on a frame or included in a publication. The substrate is configured to reduce the propagation of stress along the at least one fold line.
Patent GB-2442576-A (GB)
Title: Optical imaging device comprising beam splitter and magnification correcting lens
Inventor: MARTIN THOMAS
IPC: G02B26/08
Filed: 2007-10-01
Abstract: There is provided an optical imaging device 40 for splitting an initial image into at least two images with different optical characteristics, wherein the device comprises a beam splitter 32 to create first and second optical pathways 33, 34 respectively incident on first and second reflective means 41', 41, and a light converging element 50 or a light diverging element 51 is interposed in one of the first and second optical pathways in a position such that it changes the focus while at the same time compensating for the magnification changes in that optical pathway. The device may have a further beam splitter 47 to create a third optical pathway.
Patent GB-2454477-A (GB)
Title: Seat cover
Inventor: GOODE MATTHEW
IPC: A47C7/74
Filed: 2007-11-07
Abstract: A portable, heatable seat cover intended for use with stadia seating has a base portion 4 which has an internal pouch in which a reuseable heating pad 16 is inserted, the heating pad being activated, in use, to provide heat to the user sitting on the base portion. The heating pad can be removed from the pouch to enable it to be regenerated for re-use. The seat cover also includes a flap 18 for retaining the back support portion 6 on a backrest of the seat. The base portion and the back support portion are connected to each other by a hinge about which the base portion and back support portion may mutually pivot. When not in use the seat cover folds about the hinge into a portable configuration with a carry strap.