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Patent GB-2463437-A (GB)
Title: System, method and apparatus for acid fracturing with scale inhibitor protection
Inventor: VICTORIO MARIELIZ GARCIA-LOPEZ DE
IPC: C09K8/528
Filed: 2008-07-23
Abstract: A method for treating a subterranean formation includes forming a treatment fluid including a carrier fluid, a solid acid-precursor, and a solid scale inhibitor. The solid acid- precursor includes a material that forms an acid at downhole conditions in the subterranean formation. The method further includes adding a solid acid-responsive material into the treatment fluid, where the solid acid-responsive material enhances formation of acid from the solid acid-precursor in acidic conditions. The method includes performing an acid fracture treatment and inhibiting scale formation within the subterranean formation. The solid scale inhibitor allows for long-term scale inhibition after the treatment.
Patent GB-2478006-A (GB)
Title: An engine intake tumble flow plate
Inventor: ROTHENBERGER PETER
IPC: F02B31/06
Filed: 2010-02-23
Abstract: An air intake system 51 for combustion engines and more particularly for the generation of tumble flow 59 for good fuel-air mixing homogeneity via continuous adjustment of a shutoff plate 53 from a plurality of tumble configurations to a non-tumble configuration, in which the shutoff plate 13 is fully retracted from the air intake system 51, so that no unwanted flow losses occur. Adjustment of the plate 53 may be via an up-down or sideway movement wherein the actuator 54 may take the form of an eccentric pin 55 driven by a rotatable disc or a tiltable pin connected to a rotatable shaft. The rotatable shaft or disc being driven by an electric motor, a pneumatic or hydraulic device, a Bowden cable or memory metal.
Patent GB-2465912-A (GB)
Title: Process for preparing powder of niobium suboxides or niobium
Inventor: SHI WENFENG
IPC: B22F9/20
Filed: 2008-08-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing powders of niobium suboxides or niobium, wherein the process comprising: mixing the niobium oxides as raw material with reducing agent, conducting a reaction at a temperature in the range of 600~1300°C in an atmosphere of vacuum or inert gas or hydrogen gas, leaching the reaction product to remove the residual reducing agent and the oxides of the reducing agent and other impurities, heat treating at a temperature of the range of 1000~1600°C in an atmosphere of vacuum or inert gas, and screening to obtain the powders of niobium suboxide or niobium of capacitor grade. According to the present invention, the niobium oxides were directly reduced into capacitor grade niobium suboxides or niobium with reducing agents which can be easily removed by mineral acids, wherein the speed of the reaction can be controlled and the reaction can directly reduce the niobium oxides into capacitor grade niobium suboxides or niobium powder. According to the present invention, the process is simple with high yield and high productivity. The products obtained have good flowability, low impurities, uniform distribution of oxygen, and have good electrical properties.
Patent GB-2470514-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for processing waste material
Inventor: CHALABI RIFAT A
IPC: B09B3/00
Filed: 2010-08-27
Abstract: A processing container (100) is provided for processing waste material. The processing container has a housing (150) and a processing zone (152) in said housing for containing waste material to be processed. The housing (150) has a portion (154) directed inwardly of said container to form an opening (160) for the charging and discharging of said processing container. The processing container is rotatable about its axis in a first direction to enable charging of said container through said opening and in a second opposite direction to enable discharging of said container through said opening. The processing chamber is used in an apparatus (10) for processing waste material. The apparatus also includes an oven (12) that contains the processing chamber (14); a gas inlet (200) for introducing said hot gasses into the oven; and a gas outlet (202) for extracting gas from said oven. The processing container (100) is mounted for rotation in said oven.
Patent GB-2474323-A (GB)
Title: PCM current differential relay
Inventor: ADACHI KEIGO
IPC: H02H1/00
Filed: 2010-08-27
Abstract: A pulse code modulation (PCM) current differential relay at each end of a power transmission line transmits and receives current data attached to a PCM signal to and from a relay at the other end. The current is sampled at a timing synchronized with a global positioning system (GPS) signal. If the GPS signal becomes abnormal at any end the relay at the end where the signal is still normal continues to sample current synchronised with the GPS signal. Meanwhile the relay at the end having the abnormal signal synchronises current sampling with the sample timing of the relay having the normal signal, based on a transmission delay time between the relays that is notified from the relay having the normal GPS signal. Each relay can be switched between a master mode and a slave mode in accordance with the GPS signal receiving state, the relay having the normal GPS signal being set as the master while that having the abnormal GPS signal is set as the slave. When the GPS signal returns to normal the sampling timing is promptly synchronised with the GPS signal.
Patent GB-2483293-A (GB)
Title: Steam flow meter with thermoelectric power source
Inventor: SINGH RAJAN DEEP
IPC: G01F15/00
Filed: 2010-09-03
Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the flow of steam through a steam line 16 comprises a flow meter 12 and a power source 14. The power source 14, in use, generates electricity from energy within the steam. The power source may comprise a thermoelectric device and may charge a re-chargeable battery to ensure that the flow meter will operate even if the supply of steam fails.
Patent GB-2472545-A (GB)
Title: System and methods for food processing
Inventor: GARCIA JORGE
IPC: A47J36/32
Filed: 2009-05-12
Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to methods of operating a food processing device. The food processing device may comprise a blade configured to rotate about a vertically oriented axis. The methods may comprise performing a plurality of rotation cycles. Each rotation cycle may comprise a first period during which the blade is rotated at a first rotation speed and a second period during which the blade is rotated at a second rotation speed. The first rotation speed may increase between successive rotation cycles, while the second rotation speed may be constant across the plurality of rotation cycles. Also, all values of the first rotation speed may be greater than the second rotation speed.
Patent GB-2476366-A (GB)
Title: Tilting Fan Stand
Inventor: GAMMACK PETER DAVID
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 2009-03-04
Abstract: A fan assembly 10, comprising a base 38,40 and a body 42 which can tilt relative to the base, the base 38,40 and body 42 each having an outer surface shaped so that adjoining portions thereof are substantially flush when the body 42 is in an untilted position. The stand supports an air outlet 14 of the fan assembly 10. The base 38,40 and body 42 may be substantially cylindrical and have interlocking means for retaining the body 42 on the base 40. Biasing means may be provided to urge the interlocking means together to resist movement of the body 42 from a tilted position. The fan assembly 10 also comprises means for creating an air flow through the fan assembly, and the air outlet 14 comprises a nozzle having a mouth for emitting an airflow, the nozzle extending about an opening through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by the airflow emitted from the mouth.
Patent GB-2489739-A (GB)
Title: Improved flanged transportation drum
Inventor: DROOG JOHN
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 2011-04-07
Abstract: A drum 10 suitable for transporting cable, wire, rope or tube comprises two substantially parallel, circular end pieces 12a, 12b connected by a substantially cylindrical crosspiece or barrel 14, the circular end pieces each comprising an outer flange or wheel (13a, 15a fig. 2), an inner flange or wheel (13b, 15b fig. 2) and a liner 19 secured to the inner flange (13b, 15b fig. 2), each outer flange (13a, 15a fig. 2) being formed around two centre members or spokes (25, 125 fig. 3) of comparable dimension to the diameter of the drum 10 set at 90 degrees to the other to form a cross and the outer flange (13a, 15a fig. 2) and the inner flange (13b, 15b fig. 2) are each comprised of a layer of circumferentially arranged planar segments (40a, 40b, 41a, 41b, 42a, 42b, 140a, 140b, 141a, 141b, 142a, 142b figs. 4 & 5), with each layer offset by 90 degrees to the other layer and forming the circumference of the drum 10 and wherein the circumferentially arranged planar segments link the two centre members to form the wheel or flange. The liner 19 may be made from plywood and may include a central cut out (22 fig 6) by which the barrel 14 is secured to the liner 19. The end pieces may be assembled using bright wire nails and screws. The barrel 14 may be made by joining the ends of a rectangular sheet of plywood and the flanges may be made from timber. Four steel tubes 95 may pass through the barrel 14.
Patent GB-2482763-A (GB)
Title: Energy management system determining load shedding and establishment
Inventor: FRANCINO PETER NICHOLAS
IPC: G05B13/04
Filed: 2011-07-08
Abstract: An energy management system 10 for use in operating a plant has a numerical solver 14 which determines an optimal plant operating configuration of various interconnected energy consumption 20, producing 22 and storage 24 units that best satisfies an objective function 46. The objective function considers cost of energy creation and usage of a plurality of energy producing units associated with different operational configurations. An expert engine 12 outputs signals indicative of load shedding or load establishment to implement the optimal plant configuration. The energy management system operates the various components of the plant to minimize the cost of energy over time, or at various different times, while still meeting certain constraints or requirements within the operational system, such as producing a certain amount of heat or cooling, a certain power level, a certain level of production. In some cases, the energy management system may cause the operational equipment of the plant to produce unneeded energy that can be stored until a later time and then used, or that can be sold back to a public utility.
Patent GB-2483157-A (GB)
Title: Wear Part
Inventor: TANK KLAUS
IPC: B05B1/00
Filed: 2011-08-23
Abstract: A tool component comprises a wear part 2 such as a silicon carbide cemented diamond (SCD) pick secured to a connection member 10 such as a steel cup which covers at least part of a surface of the wear part 2. The wear part 2 has a specified hardness and comprises a ceramic, a cermet or a superhard material or a composite of a superhard material with a ceramic or cermet, and the connection member 10 comprises a metal or alloy. The surface of the wear part 2 includes one or more depressions or projections such as grooves 8 and the connection member is pressed against that surface and follows the profile of the wear part so that relative movement between the wear part 2 and connection member 10 is substantially prevented at least during operation of the tool component. A braze alloy insert 15 between the pick body 13 and the steel cup 10 absorbs energy, improving impact resistance of the pick. Tool components described include picks, bearings and nozzles. A method of making such a tool component and also a segmented tool component such as a nozzle comprising adjacent tool components secured together are also described.
Patent GB-2481157-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for alternating use of frequency converters in a wind power plant
Inventor: BJORK MIKAEL
IPC: H02J3/46
Filed: 2010-03-23
Abstract: An electric power generating device comprising a wind power plant (1) with a rotatably turbine shaft (2), a generator (3) connected to a power grid (5), means for rotating the turbine shaft within the generator thus generating AC electrical power, a plurality of frequency converters (4) for converting the frequency of the AC electrical power to the frequency of the power grid, wherein the plurality of frequency converts are electrically connected in parallel in between the generator and the power grid wherein the power generating device further comprises means (48) for registering the amount of power generated in the generator, and means (10) for registering data in the form of the temperature and utilization of each frequency converter respectively, and means for using the registrated data for automatically bringing each of the frequency converters online sequentially and/or means for automatically alternating the order in which the frequency converters are brought online.
Patent GB-2496837-A (GB)
Title: Bulk bag
Inventor: PATERSON MICHAEL HAIG
IPC: B65D88/16
Filed: 2011-10-13
Abstract: A bulk bag comprises elongate tine receiving formations 14 formed of woven material suitable for receiving and retaining the tine of a forklift and located adjacent the edge of the first or second side panels 8, 10 opposed to a support panel (2, figure 2b). The tine receiving formations 14 comprise one or more folds 22, which biases them to an open configuration allowing easier access of a forklift tine. The fold may be formed from material extending beyond the front and back panels and may be strengthened by a flexible material strip incorporated into fold. A lining material (18, figure 2a) may be incorporated into the formations 14. In use the bag is filled with bulk material to a level just below the formations so that when bags are located alongside each other or alongside, for example, a wall, the formations 14 may displace towards the centre of the bag and remain biased open. Each tine receiving formation is formed by forming a tubular loop in a region of material of each side panel which extends beyond the front and back panels. Each tubular loop is creased 24 to form the formations.
Patent GB-2485446-A (GB)
Title: Motor monitoring and control
Inventor: KITCHING KEVIN
IPC: G05B19/042
Filed: 2011-10-28
Abstract: A motor control system includes at least one monitoring unit 1 configured to monitor at least one physical characteristic of a motor system 9. Means 12 for communicating the output of the monitoring unit to a supervisory computer 14 is provided, as well as a reporting system 15. A sensor 10 may be provided to sense the physical characteristic. The physical characteristic may be temperature, vibration, pressure, voltage, current or humidity. A plurality of monitoring units and/or supervisory computers may be provided. Each supervisory computer may communicate with a number of monitoring units. The means for communicating between the monitoring units and the supervisory computer may be wireless. The monitoring unit may be located in a disconnection switch for the motor.
Patent GB-2500567-A (GB)
Title: Operating software and associated policy rules to carry out data search in order to identify missing or incomplete data
Inventor: FORDHAM DEREK
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2012-02-01
Abstract: Input data is parsed to generate one or more key data items or identifiers which are matched to a policy rule. Output is generated based on each policy rule, the output varying according to the proximity of the key data or identifier to other designated content in the vicinity. Key data, vicinity data, policy rules and output are displayed to a system user particularly in order to identify missing or incomplete data and suggest changes to the user. Equivalent search terms can particularly be searched for in a thesaurus. The vicinity data will particularly establish whether it is within a specified distance or proximity to the key data.
Patent GB-2494486-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring self service cash register
Inventor: TASAKI TSUYOSHI
IPC: G01S3/786
Filed: 2012-03-20
Abstract: A monitoring device includes an indicating unit in the form of the face of doll which can turn to point in the direction of an object to be monitored. A camera acquires a time-series of images e.g. of a user scanning produce at the register and from these a predicting unit predicts the position of destination of the characteristic points e.g. the users    hands in the images. A detecting unit then detects, based on the difference between images, a changed area in the time series and calculates the position of the center of gravity of the changed area which is likely to be the users    torso. A determining unit then determines the positions of destination of the characteristic points as an indicating position when the representative amount of movement is larger than a first threshold value potentially indicating a user has taken an item and not scanned it or determines the position of center of gravity as the indicating position when the representative amount of movement is smaller than the first threshold value indicating for example that an item has been scanned and packed. A control unit then controls the dolls    face to turn in the direction of the determined indicating position. The aim of the application is to ensure the honesty of users by shaming them if they are perceived to be taking goods without paying when using the cash register.
Patent GB-2487702-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing an integrally bladed rotor using arcuate friction welding, device for carrying out said method,and rotor produced by means of said method
Inventor: STIEHLER FRANK
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 2010-11-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an integrally bladed rotor, in particular a gas turbine rotor, by means of joining, comprising the following steps: - providing a blade (12) having a lower blade root which has a joining surface (18); - retaining the blade (12) in a retaining unit; and - exciting the blade (12) so that the blade oscillates about a rotational axis. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out the method, comprising a retaining unit, in which the blade (12) can be rigidly clamped, an oscillating unit (24) which transmits translational oscillations in a plane extending substantially parallel to the joining surface (18) to the retaining unit, and a fixing unit (30) for establishing the rotational axis.
Patent GB-2499060-A (GB)
Title: A user terminal used when performing cash transactions
Inventor: KORALA ARAVINDA
IPC: G07F19/00
Filed: 2012-06-18
Abstract: A user terminal for performing a cash transaction comprises: a reader for reading a user device, such as a card; a processing resource configured to obtain from the user device account data representative of an account associated with the user device and to receive a user request for a cash transaction in respect of the account; and an output device configured to issue a token, such as a printed voucher or coupon, in response to the user request for a cash transaction. The transaction may be a cash withdrawal or cash deposit transaction and the token may be exchangeable for cash for a withdrawal transaction or encode deposit details such as the amount of cash or a deposit party for a deposit transaction. The user terminal may be a reduced ATM, not having cash handling functions i.e. is cashless. The cash can be obtained or deposited in the shop or store with the clerk or cashier using the POS system or cash register to either provide cash to the user or keep the deposited cash. The invention may be used in bank agencies in developing countries, rural areas where a full bank network is not available, or a retail environment.
Patent GB-2502640-A (GB)
Title: Particle separation device
Inventor: PESETSKY SERGE
IPC: B01D21/26
Filed: 2012-07-16
Abstract: A particle separation device 8 comprises a particle separation member 10 having a plurality of conical cavities 12 each having a narrow open end 16 and a wide open end 14 for separating particles from unclean liquid such as water, a fluid distribution member 70 for distributing the liquid to the cavities, a particle collection member 30 for collecting particles and a fluid guiding member 50 for guiding cleaned liquid from the particle separation member 10 to an outlet 54 of the device. The particle collection member 30 includes a chamber 34 and a magnet 32 for holding particles inside the chamber. A vortex finder 82 can be disposed in each of the cavities. The vortex finder has a skirt portion and a distal end 84 having a reduced wall thickness.
Patent GB-2504673-A (GB)
Title: Publish and subscribe messaging system wherein transmission from broker to subscribers is phased over time
Inventor: LEVELL JONATHAN
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2012-08-03
Abstract: A publish and subscribe (Pub/Sub) messaging system where messages from message brokers to subscribers are not simultaneously transmitted. Message scheduling requirements may be included in the messages and published and handled by a message manager in the broker. The scheduling of messages may depend upon subscriber location, network characteristics/resources and/or subscriber importance. There may be a transmission timetable intended to ensure that all messages are delivered before a specified deadline. Subscriber may be split into groups for scheduling purposes.The system may be used for delivery of firmware updates.
Patent GB-2508357-A (GB)
Title: Aerodynamic drag reduction device for vehicle rear
Inventor: ELIAS EDWARD WALID ANTOINE
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2012-11-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a removable device for improving the aerodynamic profile of road vehicles to reduce aerodynamic drag and save fuel. The device comprises of a three sided air guiding member that extends from the rearward-facing surface 2 of the vehicle and preferably is adjustable and includes vortex generators 10, fixing hooks 12 and straps 11 or alternatives such as suction cups. The device follows the shape of the rear outline of the vehicle with the face of each side angled towards the centreline of the vehicle following the principles of a Kamm Tail. The top edge 1 of the device extends across the width of the vehicle roof with the sides 6 extending some of the way down the vehicle height. The trailing edges of the device can also be shaped to incorporate vortex generators into their form which will have an additional contributing factor to the drag reduction.
Patent GB-2499725-A (GB)
Title: Cavity filter with dielectric rod attached to a wall of the cavity housing via securing means
Inventor: GUESS MICHAEL
IPC: H01P1/208
Filed: 2013-02-21
Abstract: The filter apparatus includes a housing having one or more cavities defined therein with one or more dielectric rods located therein. An end of said one or more dielectric rods is attached to or detachably attached to a wall of the cavity of the filter housing via securing means. Aspects of the invention include: the securing means includes a body portion with an outwardly extending flange portion or protrusion means; wherein the securing means includes location means for the location of an end of the dielectric rod in use; wherein at least one recess, slot, groove or aperture is defined in a wall of the filter housing cavity to allow an end of the securing means to be located therein in use. The resonator rod of the invention is arranged in the filter cavity in such a manner so as to be able to compensate for mechanical tolerances when the filter is assembled and in use. In a preferred embodiment an end or the second end of the dielectric rod is soldered to the securing means and the securing means are then attached or detachably attached to a wall of the filter housing cavity.