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Patent GB-2366203-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent tissues providing skin barrier enhancement
Inventor: KRZYSIK DUANE GERARD
IPC: A61Q19/00
Filed: 2000-04-20
Abstract: A skin barrier-enhancing tissue product, such as facial tissue, bath tissue or paper towels and the like, can be made by applying, on the surface(s) of the tissue, a lipid-enriched melted oil based-hydrophobic composition comprising a natural fat or oil, a sterol or sterol derivative, an emulsifying surfactant having an HLB range from about 3 to about 6, a humectant, an emollient, a wax, and a viscosity enhancer, and thereafter resolidifying the composition to form a distribution of solid composition on the surface(s) of the tissue.
Patent GB-2381604-A (GB)
Title: Database storage method
Inventor: HSIEH MING-HSIAO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: Method for storing records in database or reading the same therefrom comprising editing data of non-indexed field of a conventional database as a string of comment characters through a conversion table so as to store the same in a remark field of the database of the invention; and showing contents of data of the non-indexed field on a screen of the database by referring to the conversion table in reading the string of comment characters contained in the remark field of the database.
Patent GB-2386246-A (GB)
Title: Electron beam tube apparatus
Inventor: WILCOX DAVID
IPC: H01J25/00
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: An electron beam tube apparatus comprises a plurality of electron beam tubes 21, 22 having a common output cavity 25. Power is coupled to the common cavity from the resonant cavities 23, 24 of the beam tubes, and is then fed to an output line 29. This arrangement permits the outputs of two or more beam tubes to be combined in a compact arrangement with little rf power loss. Previously, the signals from the output lines of respective beam tubes were combined. The output line may be transmission line or waveguide. The means 26, 27, 28 for coupling signals between the cavities may comprise loops or irises, both of which may be selectively adjustable.
Patent GB-2371991-A (GB)
Title: Surgical device suitable for removing tissue during laparoscopic surgery
Inventor: PAGEDAS ANTHONY CONSTANTINE
IPC: A61B17/30
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: A surgical device comprising an elongated rod 18 having a handle portion 24 at its back end and a flexible portion 22, the flexible portion having a pivot end 20 and a second end 21 connecting to the handle portion, an elongated wand 12 coupled at its front end to the pivot end of the flexible portion, a means of slidably connecting the handle portion to the back end of the wand and a bag 50 coupled to the rod and wand. The means of slidably connecting the handle portion to the wand comprises a tubular collar 66 which surrounds and slidably receives the wand and rod and is moveable from a first position to a second position relative to the wand. The leading edge of the collar is located at a transition point 26 for the second end of the flexible portion. The wand and rod are each comprised of two individual coaxial sections, each section being arranged for disengageable end-to-end attachment with one another, and there are means for detachably securing the respective wand and rod sections in an end-to-end relationship. The device is useful for safely manipulating and retrieving tissue from a body cavity in laparoscopic surgery.
Patent GB-2367670-A (GB)
Title: Peer-to-peer hosting of intelligent field devices
Inventor: ADAMS LLOYD
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2000-06-12
Abstract: Device configurations are stored in a system including at least two intelligent field devices (IFDs) connected by a communications connection. A configuration for a first IFD is stored in the first IFD, and a backup of the configuration for the first IFD is stored in at least one other IFD. Storing a configuration for the first IFD may include having the first IFD request a configuration from at least one other IFD using the communications connection, an IFD having a stored backup of the configuration for the first IFD transmitting the backup to the first IFD using the communications connection, and the first IFD receiving the transmitted backup and storing the received backup in the first IFD as the configuration for the first IFD. Storing a backup of the configuration for the first IFD may include having the first IFD transmit a backup of the configuration for the first IFD to at least one other IFD using the communications connection, and having the at least one other IFD receive and store the backup of the configuration.
Patent GB-2383603-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder lock with magnetic key element
Inventor: CHAO SHUI SHAN
IPC: E05B27/10
Filed: 2001-12-29
Abstract: A cylinder lock has a core 11 rotatably mounted in a casing 12 with core passages 115 containing first pins 17 aligned with passages 122 in a casing extension 121 containing second pins 18 biassed by springs 19. A further core passage contains a blocking piece 15 biassed by spring 14 to lie across the core/casing boundary. A key 20 has recesses 23 (to receive pins 17 and align the junction of pins 17 and 18 with the boundary) and a magnetic element 240 which attracts piece 151 away from the boundary.
Patent GB-2376174-A (GB)
Title: Table top cooking appliance
Inventor: SIU ANGEL MEI LIN
IPC: A47J37/06
Filed: 2002-01-08
Abstract: A removable platen (12, 13) for a sandwich maker or fryer is heated by an electric heating element (19, 18) embedded in a supporting platform (15). The platform has an upstanding channel that surrounds the electric heating element and the platen has an integrally formed footprint (23) that fits snugly against the upstanding channel. This provides a good heat exchanging contact surfaces for conducting heat from the heating element to the platen in use, even though the platen can be removed for cleaning and washing.
Patent GB-2385752-A (GB)
Title: Communication controller interface providing protocol conversion
Inventor: DOYLE JOHN
IPC: H04L12/747
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: An apparatus and method for communicating information in a number of protocols within a network having one or more communication buses (5,6,7,8), consisting of one or more elements (20,30,40) to maximise throughput and minimise CPU involvement by executing the following. Compare incoming message identifiers (14) against a set of predetermined identifiers (22). Transpose data sets (12) within the incoming message data frame and where necessary, save and/or transmit new frames as defined by operations dependent upon the incoming identifier. By utilising an optimal set of operands the memory requirement is satisfied by a minimal size of standard type.
Patent GB-2388771-A (GB)
Title: Stackable modular storage racks
Inventor: TULLY RUSSELL JAMES
IPC: A47B73/00
Filed: 2002-05-24
Abstract: A plurality of modular storage structures are stackable to form a rack capable of storing a plurality of products. The diagram shows two wine rack modules (10, Fig 1) each constructed from a continuous piece of wire. Each module comprises a pair of longitudinally extending members 11 shaped for holding bottles. The ends of these members are formed such as to make U-shaped bends 12 with feet 13. Connected with these feet are inverted U-shaped end pieces comprising upright members 14 and horizontal members 15. The modules are stackable by the the U-shaped bends 12 of an upper module clipping onto the horizontal members 15 of the lower module. This is effected by resilient deformation of the upright portions of the lower module. The modules are arranged such that they can be nested together when not in use (Fig 3). It is intended that other products could be stored in similar modular racks which have longitudinal members shaped for the particular product such as CD's, DVD's, audio and video cassettes, shoes, vegetables and bathroom products.
Patent GB-2389032-A (GB)
Title: Grill device having a restricting unit to prevent upward movement of an upper grill unit relative to a lower grill unit
Inventor: TSAN-KUEN WU
IPC: A47J37/06
Filed: 2002-05-31
Abstract: A grill device 1 includes a connecting unit which pivotally connects upper and lower grill units 4, 3. A restricting unit 5 includes a spring-biased restricting element 52 disposed movably in the connecting unit, and is movable between a limiting position, in which, the restricting element 52 is disposed above and is vertically aligned with pivots 433 of the upper grill unit 4 so as to prevent vertical movement of the upper grill unit 4 relative to the lower grill unit 3, and a non-limiting position, in which, the upper grill unit 4 is permitted to move vertically relative to the lower grill unit 3.
Patent GB-2389553-A (GB)
Title: A lathe steady
Inventor: DEEGAN ANDREW
IPC: B23Q1/76
Filed: 2002-06-15
Abstract: A lathe steady 3 comprises a body 5 adapted to be used with a lathe, and a plurality of work piece supports 15 accommodated in the body, wherein all the work piece supports are adjustable from one side of the lathe. At least one of the work piece supports may be provided with an adjustment mechanism 29 that straddles the longitudinal centre line of the lathe. The adjustment mechanism may include a drive shaft 31 journalled for rotation in one or more bearing blocks 33, and the adjustment mechanism may include a drive mechanism 35 by which drive is transferred from the drive shaft to said one work piece support.
Patent GB-2379652-A (GB)
Title: Lifting mechanism
Inventor: GAFFNEY MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: A01B63/10
Filed: 2002-06-27
Abstract: A lifting mechanism (1, fig 1) for connecting an equipment carrier 20 to the front or rear of a prime mover such as tractor (3) comprises a linkwork 24 connected between a support frame 5 and a mount 21 for the carrier 20. The frame 5 is connected eg by tractor top link 12 and hitch 17 to the tractor and carries a main link 30 raised and lowered by a ram on the vehicle eg via bottom links (37, Fig 1) of the tractor three point hitch and connecting links 33. The main links 30 move intermediate links 47 whose path is constrained by links 50 pivotally joined to the support frame 5. The constraining links 50 act to cause a movement of the mechanism towards the frame 5 during initial raising such that items can be picked up adjacent a wall without the linkwork hitting the wall. Between the intermediate links 47 and the carrier mount 21 two pairs of parallel links 43 and 45 are provided. The parallel part of the frame is raised further by rams 55 and 62. Rams 55 are connected through to link (44, Fig 1) of part 43 from the frame 5 and rams 62 are connected between link (40, Fig 1) of part 45 and constraining link 50. The other part of 45 comprises a tilt ram 39. Finally, the carrier 20 can be tilted by ram 75.
Patent GB-2375085-A (GB)
Title: Engine arrangement
Inventor: HAMEL KARIM EL
IPC: B64D27/12
Filed: 2001-02-07
Abstract: An engine arrangement (14) comprises a gas turbine engine unit (16) and first and second support members (18, 20). The support members (18, 20) extend from a structural component (24) of the engine casing (22) to support the engine unit in a position spaced from the body or airframe of the aircraft.
Patent GB-2377408-A (GB)
Title: Generating a non-reproducible printed image
Inventor: TAME GAVIN RANDALL
IPC: G07D7/12
Filed: 2001-03-14
Abstract: A method of generating a non-reproducable printed image, for example on a cheque, involves printing a first, background layer of ink on the document, and then printing data on top of the background layer. The ink used to print the background layer is reflective of light of a predetermined wavelength, typically in the infra red spectrum. The ink used to print the data is visually indistinguishable from the first ink, but absorbs light in the infrared spectrum, so that when the printed image is illuminated with infra red light, the image can be discerned. The image typically comprises an encrypted symbolic image and is used for security purposes.
Patent GB-2390987-A (GB)
Title: A carbon containing filtration medium
Inventor: RAVIKUMAR DHULIPALA
IPC: B01D24/02
Filed: 2002-12-17
Abstract: The invention provides a particulate carbon block filtration medium which is suitable for use in gravity fed filters and which comprises powdered activated carbon (PAC) having a particle size in the range of 6 to 325 mesh, and a hydrophilic binder material, in which the effective carbon surface area masked by the binder is less than 10%. The filtration medium of the invention is preferably used in conjunction with a washable or replaceable sediment filter and is capable of achieving a high flow rate in gravity fed applications as well as the removal of particulate contaminants including biological contaminants such as cysts.
Patent GB-2385511-A (GB)
Title: Curtain hanger
Inventor: GRUETZNER HANS
IPC: A47H13/12
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: A curtain hanger comprises a glider head 5 for attachment to a glide rail 1 and a fixing part 9 for attaching to a curtain. The head 5 has two upwardly projecting arms 6 defining a recess 8 between them and having catches 7 formed on the outer sides of the arms. When the hanger is pushed into the slot (4, fig 1b) of a guide rail 1 the arms are resiliently deformed towards each other until the catches 7 pass above the edges 18 of the rail at which point the arms assume their normal position with the lower faces 7a of the catches engaging with the edges 18. Faces 7a are angled such that on sufficient downward force being applied to the hanger it will be released from the rail. The glider head may be disc-shaped 12. The hanger may itself separate into two parts when force is applied to the curtain leaving one part attached to the rail and another part attached to the curtain.
Patent GB-2388345-A (GB)
Title: Stroller with drop-down basket
Inventor: ESPENSHADE GREGG R
IPC: B62B7/14
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: A foldable stroller with a basket, the basket having a frame (102) with left and right side legs (106) pivotally mounted to the stroller frame (100) for movement between an upper position and a lower position. The legs (106) of the basket frame (102) are supported on side members (150) of the stroller frame (100) that pivot as the stroller frame (100) moves between its folded and open positions, so that folding or unfolding of the stroller frame (100) effects pivotal movement of the basket frame (102) between its lower and upper positions. In another form (figure 30), a stroller with a basket has handle-operated support members for the side legs (606) of the basket frame (602) that selectively support the basket frame (602) in an upper position, and allow the basket frame to drop to a lower position for easier access to basket interior through the upper opening of the basket.
Patent GB-2403281-A (GB)
Title: Giving feel to a driving simulator brake pedal with a compressible stop
Inventor: NICHOLSON DAVID A
IPC: A63F13/06
Filed: 2003-06-21
Abstract: A pedal assembly (e.g. as a brake input into a computer driving simulation game) has a pedal head 101 linked to a potentiometer, with maximum travel stops 106,305, restoring means (e.g. elastomer or spring 200) and at least one adjustable compressible stop 104,303 to give feel to the pedal. The stops may be adjusted with e.g. a screw tread, slidable mountings, adhesive or hook and loop fastenings. Compressible stops may have rubber portions that are tapered (fig 4a); rounded or flat (fig 4b); cylindrical (fig 4c) or of an elongate wedge shape (fig 4c), and engage a profiled pedal arm (102, fig 5). A cable adjuster 203 may also adjust the feel, and the pedal may slide rather than pivot. Three pedals may be adjustably mounted in a frame (fig 6) to simulate accelerator, brake and clutch pedals.
Patent GB-2395904-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for volatilising a decontamination agent
Inventor: LEMKE KUNO
IPC: A61L9/03
Filed: 2003-12-01
Abstract: An apparatus for volatilising a decontamination agent comprising a compressed air source 12 and a compressed air line leading to at least one decontamination agent vaporiser 74. The compressed air line opens up into a venturi nozzle 14 to which is connected the decontamination agent line which is connected to a decontamination agent storage vessel 20. A filter 16 may be arranged in the compressed air line upstream from the venturi nozzle. An auxiliary venturi nozzle (31, Fig. 2) may be connected upstream of the filter into which nozzle opens a branch (32, Fig. 2) of the decontamination line. A filter (41, Fig. 3) may be arranged between the venturi and the vaporiser. The decontamination storage vessel may be equipped with a quantity analysis device 21, such as a load cell, which cooperates with a metering device 22. A lifting cylinder 23 may be provided for immersing a line in the decontamination storage vessel and removing it therefrom. The venturi nozzle may have a textured surface and may comprise a diffuser nozzle which is at least in part controllable via a temperature sensor (78, Fig. 6). The decontamination agent may be hydrogen peroxide.
Patent GB-2399821-A (GB)
Title: Production of lube bases by fractionation, hydroisomerisation and dehazing
Inventor: MILLER STEPHEN J
IPC: C10G/
Filed: 2004-02-26
Abstract: A method for producing lubricant base oils comprises (a) separating a paraffinic feedstock into a light lubricant base oil fraction and a heavy fraction; (b) hydroisomerizing the fractions over a medium pore size molecular sieve catalyst under hydroisomerization conditions to produce an isomerized light lubricant base oil fraction a desired pour point or and an isomerized heavy fraction having a desired pour point and a desired cloud point; and (c) dehazing the isomerized heavy fraction to provide a heavy lubricant base oil having a pour point less than or equal to the desired pour point of the lubricant base oils and a cloud point less than or equal to the desired cloud point of the lubricant base oils. The desired pour point is <-9{C, preferably -10{C to -24{C. The desired cloud point is < 0{C, preferably 0{C to -20{C. Preferably the paraffinic feedstock is Fischer-Tropsch derived.
Patent GB-2395891-A (GB)
Title: Rotary light source system for detecting an obstruction in a space for use in a mobile storage system.
Inventor: GUNSEOR LARRY A
IPC: G01V8/22
Filed: 2001-10-29
Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of an object in a space 26 i.e. such as an aisle of a mobile storage system 10 comprises positioning a light beam emitter 30a, 30b at a first location outside of the space; rotating the light beam emitter across the space and sensing the passage of the light beam (140a, 140b figure 2) across the space, wherein the presence of an object (A figure 2) within the space obstructs the light beam and indicates the presence of an object within the space. At least one of the first and second sides may be defined by a movable storage unit where movement of the unit is prevented by the presence of an object within the space. A first light beam emitter 30a may be mounted outside the first side of the space 12a and a second light beam emitter 30b may be mounted outside the second side of the space 12b. A series of reflectors 32a, 32b and receivers (130 figure 9a) may be positioned at the first and second sides of the space where each receiver is positioned adjacent to one of the emitters. The emitter and receiver may be a combination unit (98 figure 6) mounted within a housing (84 figure 6) that is rotatable.
Patent GB-2401452-A (GB)
Title: Generating transaction identifiers
Inventor: ADKISSON RICHARD W
IPC: G06F13/36
Filed: 2004-04-27
Abstract: Systems (10) and methods (250, 280, 320) generate transaction identifiers (ID A, ID B, ID C, ID D). A plurality of available transaction identifiers (ID A, ID B) are generated (324) for use in identifying future transactions (100, 108) from a first bus (14). A new transaction identifier (ID C) is generated (326) upon receipt of each received transaction (100) from the first bus. One of the available transaction identifiers is assigned (328) to each received transaction prior to generation of the new transaction identifier (ID C) so that the received transaction (100) communicated on a second bus (18) is identified by the one transaction identifier (ID A).
Patent GB-2401715-A (GB)
Title: CPP giant magnetoresistive element
Inventor: SAITO MASAMICHI
IPC: G01R33/09
Filed: 2004-05-11
Abstract: A CPP giant magnetoresistive element 1 includes a multilayer film T1 including a lower pinned magnetic layer 40 having a laminated ferrimagnetic structure including a lower first pinned magnetic sublayer 41 , a lower nonmagnetic intermediate sublayer 42 , and a lower second pinned magnetic sublayer 43 ; a lower nonmagnetic layer 50 ; a free magnetic layer 60 ; an upper nonmagnetic layer 70 ; and an upper pinned magnetic layer 80 having a laminated ferrimagnetic structure including an upper second pinned magnetic sublayer 81 , an upper nonmagnetic intermediate sublayer 82 , and an upper first pinned magnetic sublayer 83 disposed in that order. Each of the free magnetic layer and the lower and upper second pinned magnetic sublayers is composed of a NiFeX alloy or NiFeCoX alloy, X being an element which decreases the saturation magnetization of a NiFe or NiFeCo base. X can be Cu, Au, Ag, Zn, Mn, Al, Cd, Zr or Hf.
Patent GB-2397545-A (GB)
Title: Method for laser machining a workpiece with laser spot enlargement
Inventor: CUTLER DONALD R
IPC: H05K3/00
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: An fast steering mirror (30) , such as a PMN actuated minor, is positioned in a beam path (18) of a stage-based positioning system (40) to continuously move a laser beam (46) in a high speed prescribed pattern about a nominal target position (60) to spatially separate focused laser spots (48) generated at a high laser repetition rate and thereby create geometric features having dimensions greater than those of the focused laser spot (48). A series of laser spots (48) at a given repetition rate appear as a series of larger diameter laser spots at a lower pulse rate without beam quality problems associated with working out of focus.
Patent GB-2398472-A (GB)
Title: Bird control device
Inventor: DAVIE ALLAN
IPC: A01M29/06
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: A bird control device, which has the appearance of a bird of prey, is disclosed. The device has various moveable parts and a synthetic bird call which can be remotely activated to animate the device and to simulate the behaviour of a real bird. In a preferred arrangement remote activation of the bird, as well as remote monitoring, is performed using a WAP enabled mobile phone.
Patent GB-2406394-A (GB)
Title: Methods for responding to sensor failures on EGR/VGT engines
Inventor: LONGNECKER JOHN E
IPC: F02M25/07
Filed: 2004-09-27
Abstract: Methods for controlling an internal combustion engine 12 in the face of sensor failures and mechanical faults include generating accurate substitute values for use by the engine control logic when variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) 52 and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) 66 system related sensors are diagnosed as having failed during operation. A sensor for which a substitute value is generated may include barometric pressure 84. The value of barometric pressure may be obtained by commanding the VGT to zero boost whilst the engine is idling and using the boost pressure sensor 76 reading as the value of barometric pressure in the control logic. Further sensors for which substitute values may be generated include boost pressure 76, turbo speed 82, compressor inlet temperature 80, compressor outlet temperature 78. The mechanical fault may be with an EGR valve.