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Patent GB-2363257-A (GB)
Title: Printed circuit board
Inventor: MORI SHIGERU
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2001-03-22
Abstract: A printed circuit board (1) is formed by a substrate (2) having a plurality of wiring layers, and a thermal expansion buffering sheet (3) having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the substrate, which is integrally laminated on a surface of the printed wiring substrate. A component (100) is mounted on the board (1) by way of solder balls (110) and electrodes (41). The buffering sheet has a thermal expansion coefficient (  a  2) between that of the component (100) (  a  1) and the substrate (2) (  a  3) such that when temperature changes cause the assembly to expand and contract, less stress is placed on the electrodes (41) thereby preventing fatigue breakdown of the component connections.
Patent GB-2376425-A (GB)
Title: Colander which can serve as a bowl
Inventor: PATEMAN TAMARA ANNE
IPC: A47J43/24
Filed: 2001-05-10
Abstract: A colander is provided with means operable to prevent flow of liquid through the holes, so that liquid can be poured into it and retained for a while, before being released. The colander consists of two colanders one inside the other, joined at the base by a bolt, each colander having a handle. When the handles are together (Fig 2), the holes in each colander are misaligned and the utensil acts as a bowl and retains the liquid. When the handles are rotated in opposite directions, as shown, the holes become aligned and the liquid is released. This allows vegetables to be strained from stock without using another saucepan.
Patent GB-2364536-A (GB)
Title: Fireproofing between wooden joists
Inventor: PARKS LIONEL FREDERICK
IPC: E04B5/12
Filed: 2001-06-12
Abstract: Sections of fire-resistant laminated mineral slab 16 are snugly fitted between wooden floor joists 12 and held in place from above by brackets 62 and helical fixings 54. A fire-resistant adhesive may be used to provide a better smoke and fire seal between adjoining panels 16.
Patent GB-2376542-A (GB)
Title: Scheduling execution of activities
Inventor: MACLELLAN SCOT
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2001-06-15
Abstract: An estimated duration of each job is predicted as a running average of the measured durations of completed instances of the job executed previously. Historical data is used to identify repeatable patterns for the job duration; for example, a decision tree is inducted using the completed instances of the job as training examples. The decision tree is applied for classifying each new instance of the job to be executed, according to its planned time of execution; the estimated duration of the job is revised using an adjustment factor associated with the class assigned to the new instance of the job.
Patent GB-2374137-A (GB)
Title: Decorative lamp
Inventor: LIN YU CHUAN
IPC: F21S10/00
Filed: 2001-08-08
Abstract: A decorative lamp includes a decorative member 7 disposed on a plate 2. One or more lighting devices 5 light the decorative member 7, and a fan (3, fig. 2) blows the decorative member 7. A housing 21 may form one or more air passages 22 to direct air to the decorative member 7.
Patent GB-2371663-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: KANG BYUNG JOO
IPC: G11C11/408
Filed: 2001-10-30
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array for storing data, a row buffer for storing data of a row of the memory cell array, and a state machine for controlling the semiconductor memory device to firstly store data of the row determined by an input address signal from the memory cell array in the row buffer when a predetermined external command is input, and then to output a part of the data according to the address signal from the row buffer to the external in a predetermined time delay. A further aspect relates to a memory having a command decoder 330, a mode decoder 360, a control block 400, and address latch unit 350 and a clock buffer 320.
Patent GB-2384414-A (GB)
Title: Mounting heater assemblies
Inventor: GURR RAYMOND PETER
IPC: F24C7/04
Filed: 2002-01-17
Abstract: The heater apparatus of an al fresco heater station of the kind comprising a central post 11 supporting the capacious canopy of an umbrella, comprises two casing segments 13a 13b each of which carries electric heater units 17a, 17b, the segments being adapted, jointly, to engirdle the post and to be releasably secured thereto by nut and bolt fasteners 15, operation of which serves to the clamp the heater apparatus firmly but releasably to the post. Lamp units 39 may be mounted on the segments.
Patent GB-2374973-A (GB)
Title: Multipurpose keyboard with strap
Inventor: O'CONNER RICHARD KEVIN
IPC: G10H1/32
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: This invention is a portable multipurpose musical keyboard assembly with a shoulder strap. Extra equipment such as sound producing modules, sampler, sequencer, hand held computer, CD player, MP3 player, lighting control unit and/or radio transmitter, battery supply may be attached to the case. The portable multipurpose keyboard consists of a previously constructed box mounted keyboard with straps attached to allow wearing of the keyboard in the same way as a guitar with strap over the shoulder of the performer. Attached to the same side as the playing keys on upper most surface of the boxed keyboard there may be two parallel threaded holed strips of material -2- to allow further fixing to the keyboard of additional hardware consisting base plate and backing support member. The additional hardware allows the fixing of sound module/equipment by use of base plate which supports the sound module/equipment. Eight screws located in pairs at each corner of the sound module equipment can be located at many different positions on the base plate thereby allowing a large variety of different dimension of sound modules/equipment to be fixed to the portable keyboard. The base plate is fixed to the two parallel holed strips of material -2- by a hinge which allows folding down of the base plate when the keyboard and equipment is not in use. In addition to mechanical fixing of music equipment there may be a facility to allow supply of various DC voltage sources all originating from a common rechargeable battery on board the keyboard.
Patent GB-2388669-A (GB)
Title: A tee-square with a sliding section
Inventor: PESKETT MICHAEL
IPC: B25H7/02
Filed: 2002-05-16
Abstract: A tee-square comprises a main tee body 1 with a longitudinal slot 4, a sliding member 2 and a locking device 3; the main tee body 1 having metric and imperial measurement scales on each of two elongate edges. The sliding section 2 is attached to the main tee body 1 by the engagement of the locking device 3 in the slot 4, and has a vee and small groove cut into both edges to accommodate either a pencil or a craft knife. The sliding section 2 also includes two viewing slots which permit the reading off of the scales on the main tee body 1.
Patent GB-2373061-A (GB)
Title: Process for manufacturing a magnetically sensitive component
Inventor: HAAS GUNTHER
IPC: G01R33/09
Filed: 2000-10-13
Abstract: A magnetically sensitive component 30 has at least two magnetoresistive layer systems 20 that exhibit a GMR or TMR effect. Each layer system 20 comprises a reference layer 2, 2', a detection layer 1 and an intermediate layer 3. The reference layer comprises a magnetic layer 2a and an antiferromagnetic layer 2b. To manufacture the magnetically sensitive component a sacrificial layer (12, fig 4a) is deposited on the intermediate layer 3, and the reference layer 2 of the first layer system is deposited at least in a region not occupied by the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is then removed, for example in a lift off process, and the reference layer 2' of the second layer system is deposited in regions previously occupied by the sacrificial layer. The magnetic layers 2a, 2a' of the reference layers are given opposite directions of magnetisation in the two layer systems, as indicated by the arrows. This is done by the application of an external field H during the manufacturing process.
Patent GB-2391022-A (GB)
Title: Transportable buildings which can interlink
Inventor: CINIGLIO ALEXANDER JAMES
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2002-06-21
Abstract: Transportable building units 120 can be linked together. They may link directly at an entranceway 169, via a passageway 168 or via a meeting room 180 or the like. Such buildings are commonly used for toilets, stores, offices, mess rooms, food booths, roadside caf’s, restrooms and recording booths. The units could also be used for temporary accommodation, such as for disaster recovery purposes.
Patent GB-2390075-A (GB)
Title: Compartmentalised bag producing method/apparatus
Inventor: NEWTON IAN
IPC: B65B9/20
Filed: 2002-06-25
Abstract: A forming, filling and sealing operation incorporates a method of producing bags with multiple compartments in which the size and/or number of compartments in each bag can be changed during the production cycle. The positions of the transverse seals 12, 14, 16 on the bag material 5 are varied relative to one another to produce different sized compartments 15a, 15b. A cut 17 can be made across one of the seals to produce a bag 20 with more than one compartment. The process of varying the compartment lengths/numbers can be controlled by computer.
Patent GB-2379824-A (GB)
Title: Displaying still images on a divided screen
Inventor: LEE TAE-HEE
IPC: H04N5/45
Filed: 2002-07-19
Abstract: The method for reproducing still pictures contained on each of a plurality of disk tracks in an optical disk reproducing system, includes reproducing a disk and detecting information on the number of still pictures contained in the disk track, dividing one or more displays into a plurality of sections, the number of sections depending on the number of still pictures, scaling the still pictures in accordance with the sizes of the sections of the divided display and sequentially mapping them to the divided display, and if a particular display is selected out of the mapped displays, restoring the display to a display having a predetermined resolution. The selected image may be highlighted.
Patent GB-2394843-A (GB)
Title: Charge and data transfer by the same means
Inventor: CHENG LILY KA LAI
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 2002-10-28
Abstract: A portable device which is recharged without an electrical contact (e.g. inductively) senses when it's proximity to a recharging station. When the portable device detects that it is near enough to the recharging station, a control means changes the state of the device, for example it may begin recharging. The portable device has a memory containing data, and when the device detects a close proximity to the charging station, it may begin transmission, reception or synchronisation of data with another unit. The change of state effected by the control means may also be dependent on the orientation or positioning of the portable device relative to the recharger.
Patent GB-2377811-A (GB)
Title: System and method for play while recording processing
Inventor: CHASEN JEFFREY M
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 2001-04-13
Abstract: A system and method of the present invention allow the playback of recorded data as the data is being recorded. Data is read from a source location (120), convened into an encoded format (140) and stored in a database (130). At the same time, the stored data is read from the database (130), and played (150) as the data is being recorded (140).
Patent GB-2383338-A (GB)
Title: Ceramic thermal barrier containing angled columnar grains
Inventor: MURPHY KENNETH S
IPC: C23C14/08
Filed: 2002-12-23
Abstract: A ceramic thermal barrier coating on a substrate comprises primary columnar grains that extend transversely of a surface of the substrate and also includes integral secondary columnar grains extending laterally therefrom relative to a respective column axis. The secondary columnar grains typically extend from the primary columnar grains at an acute angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the column axis of the primary columnar grains. The coating structure exhibits reduced thermal conductivity as compared to a conventional thermal barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating preferably comprises zirconia. The substrate may have a metallic bondcoat thereon and an aluminium oxide layer on the bondcoat. The ceramic thermal barrier coating is produced by an electron beam evaporation technique in which the pressure of the gas is controlled at a high enough level to form the required columnar structure.
Patent GB-2397528-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for treatment of skin conditions
Inventor: JONES GARETH
IPC: F21V29/00
Filed: 2003-01-24
Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the cosmetic appearance of a region of skin 11 affected by Acne Vulgaris, Rosacea or similar skin condition by means of directing light radiation 12 from an illuminating device 1 on to the skin 11. The apparatus 10 comprises a control unit 9 that operates one or more LEDs 7 (light emitting diodes) of the illuminating device 1. Each dose of light radiation 12 lasts for at least 100ms, during which time the skin 11 receives light energy from the LED(s) 7, which causes a photochemical reaction that stimulates the production of free radicals (singlet oxygen) that react with, and at least partially disable or destroy, bacteria that contribute to the symptoms of the skin condition. The light energy directed on to the skin 11 during any given period of 10s is less than 0.5 Jcm<-2>, and during any given period of 100ms is less than 5 Jcm<-2>. Substantially no beneficial photo-thermal reaction occurs within the skin 11. Light having wavelengths around 405nm and/or 585nm is used. The duration of a single dose may be much longer than 100ms and can last up to 10 hours (for overnight treatment).
Patent GB-2389695-A (GB)
Title: Real-time charging electronic watthour meter
Inventor: JANG MOON-JONG
IPC: G01R21/133
Filed: 2002-10-30
Abstract: Disclosed is a real-time charging electronic watt-hour meter, which includes an electric power sensor for sensing the quantity of electric power used, a card reader into/from which a prepayment card is inserted/ejected, and a rate charging processor for calculating the power rate using the quantity of power used and a predetermined charging program and for deducting the power rate from the amount of the prepayment card, thereby charging the power rate in real time.
Patent GB-2402475-A (GB)
Title: Analyte assay reading providing prompt result declaration
Inventor: SHARROCK STEPHEN PAUL
IPC: G01N21/77
Filed: 2003-06-04
Abstract: An assay result reading device measures analyte concentration optically using LEDs 10, photodiodes 12 and a lateral flow assay test-strip having a plurality of zones. The signal intensity due to the presence or absence of an analyte is determined and this signal accumulation value is compared with upper and lower thresholds (figure 3). An early detection signal is provided if the signal accumulation value exceeds the upper threshold, is below lower threshold, or it is predicted that it is unlikely to exceed the lower threshold before completion of the assay. The signal accumulation value may be either a rate of change of signal intensity or an absolute value of signal intensity. Also disclosed is the provision of different combinations of optical sources and detectors. The embodiment shows the use of three LEDs and two detectors, the detectors being common to more than one zone of the test strip.
Patent GB-2403868-A (GB)
Title: Content transfer
Inventor: AALTONEN JANNE LA
IPC: H04M1/72412
Filed: 2003-06-30
Abstract: A terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) receiver in the form of a set-top box transmits an electronic service guide (ESG) to a mobile terminal in the form of a mobile telephone handset. A user can browse the ESG using the mobile telephone handset and select content to record. The mobile telephone handset transmits an instruction to the set-top box to record content. The set-top box records the content. The content is transferred to the mobile telephone handset when a personal area network connection between the set-top box and handset is established. Different content transfer modes may be specified. Content transfer or the timing of content transfer may be made conditional on the location of the mobile telephone handset, the type of connection available and the amount of content to be transferred. Content recovery may be used to help provide robust content transfer.
Patent GB-2402375-A (GB)
Title: Chain and flight conveyor with swivel links
Inventor: O'NEILL MICHAEL L
IPC: B65G19/08
Filed: 2003-08-04
Abstract: A conveyor chain and flight assembly 18 comprises two link assemblies 26, 30 and a swivel assembly 62 connecting the link assemblies. The link assemblies each comprise two spaced apart drive plates 46 with drive pins 34 between. The swivel assembly comprises a swivel pin 66, and male and female connecting lugs. The male connecting lug comprises a base with a horizontal bore running through, and a tongue connected to the base. The bore receives one of the drive pins of the first link assembly. The female connecting lug comprises a base with a horizontal bore running through, and spaced apart upper and lower lips connected to the base. The bore of the female lug receives one of the drive pins of the second link assembly. The male connecting tongue extends between the spaced apart lips, and the tongue and the lips have openings that form a bore 98 which receives the swivel pin. Flights are connected to both sides of one of the link assemblies. The chain is driven by two spaced apart sockets.
Patent GB-2406022-A (GB)
Title: Method for releasing resources at SIP handover
Inventor: AKRAM AMMAD
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-09-15
Abstract: When mobile communication is handed over from a first link to a second link, in order to relinquish resources as soon as possible, the release of resources allocated to the first link is initiated in response to the generation of the ACK signal by the mobile node, rather than waiting for a refresh command to time out. The embodiment describes a dual mode mobile node which hands over from a WLAN network to a UMTS network. Release of resources is triggered by reception of the ACK at a correspondent node or a SIP proxy server. The signal may be relayed to the QoS manager of the first network.
Patent GB-2397069-A (GB)
Title: A process for adsorptive desulfurization of light oil distillates
Inventor: ZONG BAONING
IPC: B01J8/18
Filed: 2002-08-12
Abstract: A process for adsorptive desulfurization of gasoline or diesel oil or aromatic lower than C12 containing organic sulfide impurities, wherein these feedstocks contact with a amorphous alloy adsorbent comprising nickel as a major active component in a fluidized bed reactor or magnetic-stabilized fluidized bed reactor or a slurry bed reactor. There is only a single diffuse peak at 2  r  =45{ in the 2  r  range from 20{ to 80{ in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the adsorbent. The adsorbent consists of 50-95 wt% of nickel, 1-30 wt.% of aluminum, 0-35 wt.% of iron, and 0-10 wt.% of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of copper, zine, molybdenum, chromium, and cobalt.
Patent GB-2397417-A (GB)
Title: Method for taking a sample from a system
Inventor: FUEHRER THOMAS
IPC: G16H10/40
Filed: 2002-09-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for taking a sample from a system. A user (1) enters an analysis request to a computer system (4), whereupon a connection is established between the computer system and a databank. As a result of the analysis request an information catalogue is generated from the databank, from which the at least one sample holder (13) to be used is suggested or provisionally selected for the user (1) by means of a input and/or output device (5). The invention further relates to a method for production of a request data set for a sample for analysis. An information catalogue, corresponding to an entered analysis request is proposed to the user (1), the data of which from the information catalogue for the entered analysis request may be optionally added to or edited by the user (1). From said data, test conditions for the sample to be analysed are generated and processed with the holder data, a system identification number and a request number to give a uniform machine-processable request data set which is transmitted to the laboratory (2) engaged for the above.
Patent GB-2416477-A (GB)
Title: Jewellery and its manufacture
Inventor: BIRT GEOFFREY
IPC: A44C27/00
Filed: 2004-07-24
Abstract: A method of manufacturing jewellery including the steps of <SL> <LI>(a) providing a sheet 15 of two-layer metallic material 10 comprising a layer of precious metal 11, such as silver, bonded by an adhesive 12 onto a layer of non-precious metal 13, such as copper, <LI>(b) photo-etching a plurality of patterns 14 onto said sheet 15, and <LI>(c) cutting the photo-etched sheet into a plurality of separate elements (18, fig.3) by a wire erosion technique, such as electrical discharge machining by emission of an electrical discharge through a continuously fed wire, preferably performed under water. </SL> The separate elements (18, fig.3) may then be bent into a desired shape to form an item of jewellery such as an arcuate bracelet or bangle 20, which may then be polished and /or finished.
Patent GB-2416728-A (GB)
Title: Garden shear
Inventor: LIN MING-LING
IPC: B26B13/28
Filed: 2004-08-06
Abstract: A shear, containing a first blade 15, a second blade 20, a first controlling pole 30, and a second controlling pole 40. While the first and second controlling poles are respectively connected with a spindle 41 to the first blade 10, the second controlling pole 40 is also spindly connected to the second blade 20. A gear part is set at the point where the first controlling pole 30 meets the second blade 20. The gear part can disperse the force and resistance when cutting branches bore by the few connections.
Patent GB-2400974-A (GB)
Title: Redox flow battery
Inventor: SAMUEL JOHN MICHAEL GLEN
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2003-02-13
Abstract: A redox flow battery (1) has a stack of individual cells, shown diagrammatically as a single cell (1), with anolyte and catholyte compartments (2,3) divided from each other by an ionically selective and conductive separator (4) and having respective electrodes (4,5). The battery has anolyte and catholyte tanks (6,7), with respective pumps (8,9) and a pipework (10,11). In use, the pumps circulate the electrolytes An,Ca to and from the tanks (8,9), to the compartments (2,3) and back to the tanks. Electricity flows to a load L. The electrolyte lines are provided with tappings (21,22) via which fresh electrolyte F can be with added and further tappings (23,24) via which spent electrolyte S can be withdrawn, the respective tappings being for anolyte and catholyte. On recharging, typically via a coupling (25) for lines (26) to all the tappings, a remote pump (27) pumps fresh anolyte and fresh catholyte from remote storages (28) and draws spent electrolyte to other remote storages (29). This electrolyte is, typically by a conventional fuel cell recharging method, recharged and passed back to the storages (28).
Patent GB-2403552-A (GB)
Title: Airborne vector magnetic surveys
Inventor: DRANSFIELD MARK
IPC: G01R33/025
Filed: 2003-02-10
Abstract: An aircraft equipped for airborne vector magnetic exploration surveys comprising three magnetometers orthogonally mounted to measure the components of the earth's vector magnetic field; two rotation sensors mounted to measure the angular orientation of the aircraft; and a recording system to record the measurements of the magnetometers and rotation sensors. The measured angular orientation is used to orientate the measured components of the earth's vector magnetic field to derive true vector aero-magnetic (VAM) data from airborne surveys. Also disclosed is a method for processing magnetic data by removing the permanent, induced, and eddy-current magnetic effects of the aircraft from the magnetic data.