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Patent GB-2527628-A (GB)
Title: An open refrigerated display case and a flow stabilising device
Inventor: WIRTH NICHOLAS JOHN PETER
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 2015-02-10
Abstract: An open refrigerated display case comprises a refrigerated display area 15 having one or more shelves, an air outlet 20 and an air inlet 18 opening into the display area and spaced from one another. A duct fluidically couples the inlet to the outlet and directs air flow out of the outlet across the display area and toward the inlet to form an air curtain across the display area. Each of the one or more shelves are provided with a flow stabilising device 28 comprising a pair of transparent stabilising beams (38a, 38b, fig 2) which are spaced from one another so as to define an innermost beam (38b) and an outermost beam (38a). A first slot 39a is formed between the innermost and the outermost beams and extends transversely across the display area and perpendicular to the direction of the air curtain. The first slot has a stabilising inlet, a stabilising outlet and a stabilising throat disposed therebetween and receives the air curtain. The innermost beam is spaced from the adjacent shelf to form a second slot 39b. Each stabilising device may be pivotably connected to a shelf.
Patent GB-2523905-A (GB)
Title: Supported catalyst and active form thereof, and preparation method and use
Inventor: DAI WEI
IPC: C07B35/06
Filed: 2013-08-06
Abstract: A supported catalyst and preparation method thereof, the catalyst comprising an organic polymer material carrier, and Raney alloy particles supported on the organic polymer material carrier; basically all of the Raney alloy grains are partially embedded in the organic polymer material carrier. The catalyst can be used in hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, amination, dehalogenation or desulfurization reactions.
Patent GB-2519476-A (GB)
Title: Cable connection apparatus and system
Inventor: PATEL MANIISH
IPC: H01R101/00
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: A system for connecting apparatus to an electric supply employs wire termination devices (10) that provide electrical connection to a single stripped end of a wire or cable via a contact channel (42) that can be slipped upon a protruding connecting rod on a wire termination assembly device such as a an electrical junction box, an electrical consumer unit, an electrical socket or an electrical switch. The contact channels (42) can allow more than one wire termination device (10) to be slipped there over at one time. Wire termination devices (10) can be fixed together and the connected assembly slipped over spaced arrays of protruding connecting rods. A wire stripping and insertion tool (64) is used to make safe and secure electrical connection of an individual wire or cable to a wire termination device. (10). The tool (64) accepts insertion of a cut end of a wire or cable, strips bother inner and outer insulating sheaths from the cable or wire The tool then inserts the stripped bare wire end into a wire termination device (10) that has been removeably inserted and held in the tool, either singly of fixed in groups. The tool then causes electrical affixing of the bare wire end into the contact channel (42) of the wire termination device (10), and then releases the held wire termination device (10) or group of mutually attached wire termination devices (10), each with a safely insulated wire connection that can be inserted without personal risk onto a protruding connecting rod. The tool (64) stores stripped sheaths within itself, or automatically ejects striped sheaths.
Patent GB-2536941-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing an array of tows
Inventor: ANDREW HULL
IPC: D04C3/12
Filed: 2015-04-01
Abstract: An eleven strand three-core flat braid (90, Figure 2) which comprises core tows 31-33 of a six-strand round braid made up of four filaments around a core of two parallel filaments, is produced on a braiding machine with an arcuate track 50 with ten consecutive loops 60 around a haul-off position 40. Each of the eleven strands 80 is dispensed from respective, equally spaced, bobbins 70 which in a cycle meander alternate sides of neighbouring loops 60 of the track 50 between one end and another of the track and then meander back along the track between the other and one ends along the opposite sides of each loop of the track. During each cycle each strand 80 passes around each of the core-tows 31-33. The bobbins pass each other in opposite directions to braid their respective strands. Haul-off speed may be adjusted to vary braiding density along the length. A severed length of the flat braid with a higher braid density at its ends may be folded back on itself and stitched, whipped and lashed to form an artificial ligament, ligament augmentation device or delivery device for autologous grafts.
Patent GB-2537817-A (GB)
Title: Smart meridian tapper
Inventor: CAROL SU LIN GOH
IPC: A61H39/04
Filed: 2015-04-20
Abstract: A smart tapper or a beater for tapping body meridian points counts and digitally records the number of taps or beats, with each count being reflected on an LCD display screen 14. The smart tapper is rechargeable and data can be wirelessly transmitted to electronic device hardware and corresponding software applications (or apps) download of count data for personal health tracking and monitoring purposes, for sharing of data via social media or for use in games playable on mobile platforms found in smart-phones or tablet PCs. The tapping count data could also be captured by a local or cloud server for data analysis and targeted marketing. The tapper has an interchangeable conical tapping head 3, massage heads 6, microphone 10, audio speaker output 13, micro USB port 15 and an electronic unit 11 including for example an accelerometer, memory, audio output, sensor and vibrator in the handle 9.
Patent GB-2526926-A (GB)
Title: Ceiling light fixture designed as a wall-wash fixture
Inventor: MASKOS JORG
IPC: F21V13/04
Filed: 2015-04-22
Abstract: A light fixture 1 that may be used as either a wall-wash or ceiling-wash fixture has a lighting unit 14 with a light source 15 held by a mounting frame 7 that frames an aperture 8. The lighting unit 14 has optics 16 for focusing the light emitted from the light source 15. Light passes through a distribution plate 19 and a reflector 21 reflects the emitted light. The lighting unit 14 is mounted eccentrically so that its optical axis 20 is angled with respect to the mounting axis 9 of the mounting frame 7. The reflector 21 extends over a fraction of the inner circumference of the light exit aperture 8 and is situated on the side of the mounting frame 7 to which the lighting unit 14 has been eccentrically displaced.
Patent GB-2540386-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for adjusting magnetic field homogeneity of an actively shielded cylindrical superconducting magnet
Inventor: JONATHAN NOYS
IPC: G01R33/421
Filed: 2015-07-15
Abstract: A method for adjusting the magnetic field homogeneity of an actively-shielded cylindrical superconducting magnet, comprising an inner magnet assembly (21) itself comprising end coils (10) and inner coils (14) aligned on a common axis (A-A) between the end coils, said inner coils and said end coils defining a bore (18); and one or more shield coils (12) of greater diameter than the end coils (10) and inner coils (14). The method comprises the steps of: applying electric current to the shield coils, the inner coils and the end coils to generate a magnetic field within an imaging region (20) defined within the bore (18); measuring a homogeneity of the magnetic field within the imaging region (20) and adjusting a position of at least one of the shield coils (12) with respect to the inner magnet assembly (21). Alternatively the shield coils can be removed or replaced in order to change constructional details such as the number of coil turns or diameter, or in the case of coil defects.
Patent GB-2531856-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive modification of content presented in electronic forms
Inventor: ANMOL DHAWAN
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium having program code stored thereon are provided for intelligently adapting content presented in electronic forms. Upon determining that insufficient data exists in a data source for a data category, access is provided to a plurality of instances of a first version of an electronic form by a first plurality of clients, where in the first version of the e-form includes content for soliciting data associated with this category. When it is determined that sufficient data exists for a data category, based on responsive communications received, access is provided to a plurality of instances of a second version of an electronic form, where the second version omits or replaces the content associated with soliciting the data associated with the data category. Such a system may be used in the gathering of comprehensive customer feedback through an online customer survey.
Patent GB-2538117-A (GB)
Title: An improved temperature control system
Inventor: DAVID TURNER
IPC: F25B27/02
Filed: 2015-09-29
Abstract: A temperature control system 10 includes a compressor 1, condenser 4, expansion valve 5, and evaporator 6 connected in series by refrigerant pipes 21. At least one heat exchanger 3, located between the compressor 1 and condenser 4 transfers heat energy from an external heat source 2 to the refrigerant leaving the compressor 1. One or more flow control members 7 may direct the refrigerant either through one of the heat exchangers 3 or to bypass the heat exchanger 3 to go directly from compressor 1 to condenser 4. The system may comprise an array (203, Fig. 3) of heat exchangers (233, Fig. 3) where at least two of the heat exchangers (233, Fig. 3) are in series or parallel. The heat exchanger 3 may comprise pipes containing a heated fluid over which the refrigerant is passed, a tank containing heated fluid and submerged refrigerant pipes (422, Fig. 5), or a solar panel. The system 10 may comprise a 4-way valve (1101, Fig. 11) to direct the flow of refrigerant in a cooling or heating direction. Methods of heating and cooling an environment using the system are also claimed.
Patent GB-2543338-A (GB)
Title: Detector access chamber
Inventor: MICHAEL MCGEE
IPC: H05K5/00
Filed: 2015-10-15
Abstract: A detector access chamber 10 for a wireless directional detector 40. The detector access chamber may be submergible for use in a road carriageway. It comprises a hollow body 12 having an open upper end 20 and a lower end 24 at an opposing end. It also comprises a lid 16 engageable with the open upper end 20 of the body 12 and preferably adapted to accommodate at least a 40 tonne vehicular load. It further comprises a detector holder 38 within the body 12 to hold a wireless directional detector 40. The lid 16 and the detector holder 38 together define a volume adapted to constrain an orientation of the wireless directional detector 40 caused by vibrations. The detector access chamber may further comprise a base which is releasably engageable to the lower end of the hollow body. The detector holder may be formed as one piece with the base.
Patent GB-2545746-A (GB)
Title: Differential protection device
Inventor: NEIL DUDLEY
IPC: H02H7/06
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: An electronic current comparison device has filtering circuitry, 601, for high pass filtering the output signal of a first current transformer, CT1, and filtering circuitry, 602, for high pass filtering the output of a second current transformer, CT2. Once the signals have been filtered, current comparison circuitry, 141, compares the signal inputs to determine a differential current between the two signals. In the event that the differential current between the filtered signals from each of the current transformers meets a predetermined condition, a trip signal may be sent in order to deactivate a contactor (switch / circuit breaker), 120, thereby deenergising a generator. The high-pass filter circuits may each comprise an operational amplifier (op-amp, opamp). The device may have a fault detector for identifying faults in the filter circuits. The device may form part of a differential protection system for an AC power system. The AC power system may be used for a vehicle and said vehicle may be an aircraft (e.g. airplane, aeroplane).
Patent GB-2546536-A (GB)
Title: Computer-implemented phoneme-grapheme matching
Inventor: MATTHEW BRADSHAW
IPC: G10L15/18
Filed: 2016-01-22
Abstract: In a text-to-speech synthesizer or speech recognition system, a predetermined sequence of phonemes is matched with a predetermined sequence of graphemes representing one or more words via a probability algorithm derived from a set of previously matched phonemes and graphemes in a database according to a threshold score and eg. a phoneme type (vowel, consonant etc.). Associating single phonemes with single graphemes allows eg. non-dictionary words to be synthesized or recognised, as well as words which have more written letters than phonemes (eg. phoneme a in word eight).
Patent GB-2546784-A (GB)
Title: A steam trap
Inventor: JEREMY MILLER
IPC: F16T1/02
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: A steam trap 2 comprises an inlet 6 for receiving a flow of steam and condensate, and a collection chamber 4 to receive the steam and condensate and defining a collection volume. A valve 12 is provided in a wall of the collection chamber 4. A first sensor 8 determines the temperature of the steam at the inlet 6 and a second sensor 10 determines the temperature of the condensate in the collection volume. A controller 16 controls the valve to maintain a difference in the temperature of the steam at the inlet and the temperature of the condensate in the collection volume at a predefined subcool value setpoint. The controller 16 further determines the quantity of condensate discharged from the collection volume using a flow rate calculation for a choked flow of vaporizing liquid.
Patent GB-2547286-A (GB)
Title: Production system for individual freshly cooked meals
Inventor: VIRGIL NASLENAS
IPC: F24C1/00
Filed: 2016-03-02
Abstract: A food preparation system 1 comprises a plurality of ingredient delivery stations 310 to deliver ingredients to a cooking vessel receiving area 301. A cooking vessel 200 is transferred from the cooking vessel receiving area 310 to a further ingredient delivery station 311 and then to one of a plurality of heating stations 101. The vessel 200 is then transferred to a service position 75 where the cooked ingredients are transferred to a serving vessel. The cooking vessel 200 is transferred between the ingredient delivery station 310, the heating station 101, the user station 76, and the service position 75 by automated transfer means (20, 30, 50, Fig. 1). The system may also have an automated cooking vessel washing station (80, 90, Fig. 1). The automated transfer means may be a robotic arm (20, Fig. 1). An automatic controller may operate the system 1 by receiving recipe data from a memory. The system is particularly suitable for the simultaneous production of individually specified dishes.
Patent GB-2549532-A (GB)
Title: Merging audio signals with spatial metadata
Inventor: JUHA TAPIO VILKAMO
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2016-04-22
Abstract: Apparatus for mixing at least one first audio signal with at least one other audio signal. The audio signals are associated with respective first and second parameters at least, which may comprise metadata relating to spatial information such as directions or signal energy information. A processor 161 generates a combined parameter output based on the associated parameters, for example by appending a direction and/or spectral band portion associated with the first audio signal to a direction and/or spectral band portion associated with the other audio signal(s). A mixer 163 generates a combined audio signal based on the audio signals; the combined audio signal having an equal or fewer number of channels than the at least one audio signal. A spatial audio analyser 157 may be user to determine one or more of the parameters. The first audio signal may be radio transmitted from a microphone array 145, while the other audio signal may represent an audio object 181. Applications include virtual reality audio.
Patent GB-2544363-A (GB)
Title: Prismatic accumulator cell and accumulator pack
Inventor: GUENTER SCHLEMMER
IPC: H01M50/553
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A prismatic accumulator cell 2 comprises a cuboid-shaped housing 4 and electrodes 10 arranged therein, the electrodes 10 for intake and release of energy of the accumulator cell 2 being electrically connected to terminal connections 18, the housing 4 having a top cover region 24 which includes the terminal connections 18 and which has at least one region with an insulating material environment 26. The accumulator cell 2 has at least one metallic contact pin 28 which is electrically connected to one of the two electrodes 10 and is led through the insulating material environment 26. An accumulator pack with a plurality of prismatic accumulator cells 2 of this kind is also provided (fig.3), with adjacent cells 2 being connected in series and/or parallel using cell connectors 20, which are electrically connected to the terminal connections 18. Preferably, the metallic contact pin 28 is arranged in a plug housing 30, and two such pins 28 may be provided for connection to each electrode 10 in the cell 2. The metallic contact pins 28 are preferably connected to measuring lines of a battery management system.
Patent GB-2552840-A (GB)
Title: Synthesis of and uses of alkaline earth metal stannates
Inventor: DAVID CROSSLEY
IPC: C10M103/06
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: An alkaline earth metal stannate or hydroxystannate having a B.E.T. surface area from 20 200 m2/g, where the metal is one of magnesium, calcium or barium. The surface area is more preferably 50 90 m2/g and the metal more preferably calcium. A method of making the above calcium stannate comprising: Providing an agitated solution of calcium salt at 20 50 wt% at between 25 and 40 ºC Introducing, preferably below the solution surface, an approximately molar equivalent of alkali metal stannate at between 35 and 45 ºC Completing introduction with agitation over a period of 1 5 hours Subsequently adjusting pH to between 6 and 7 using the acid equivalent of the calcium salt; said acid at a concentration of 10 30 wt% to precipitate the stannate.  Preferably the pH is adjusted to between 6.5 and 6.7. The alkali metal stannate is preferably at 40ºC +/- 3. Also included are claims to a polymer comprising such and alkali earth metal stannate or hydroxystannate as above for lubricating a polymer extrusion process in injection molding and a masterbatch of polymer including such stannate or hydroxystannate and the use of such.
Patent GB-2554403-A (GB)
Title: A lamp assembly for an automobile, a headlamp comprising such a lamp assembly, and an automobile comprising such a lamp assembly
Inventor: JAMES ESDERS
IPC: F21S41/24
Filed: 2016-09-26
Abstract: A lamp assembly 200 for an automobile 222 comprising an at least partially transparent lens or lens cover 202, and a light source 204. A first light redirector 206 redirects at least some of the light produced by 5 the light source 204, such that at least a portion of the redirected light is repeatedly reflected along at least one curved surface of the lens or lens cover 202. A second light redirector 208 redirects at least some of the reflected light such that it exits the lens or lens cover 202. The redirectors may be reflectors, diffractors or refractors and may be adjacent to or contacting the lens. The redirectors may be moulded, machined or otherwise form part of the lens. The light may exit the lens at 45° degrees to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. Also claimed is a headlamp comprising the lap assembly and an automobile comprising the lamp assembly, where the lamp assembly may be a parking light, turn indicator, tail light or a stop or brake light.
Patent GB-2555140-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for sealing a pipe
Inventor: BRUCE MCGARIAN
IPC: F16L55/128
Filed: 2016-10-21
Abstract: A sealing device 1 for sealing a free end of a tubular object 26 comprising a main body comprising a sleeve which surrounds the free end of the tubular object, a grip arrangement 17, and a grip drive arrangement operable to drive the grip arrangement radially with respect to the central axis of the main body, towards the surface of the generally tubular object. A seal may form a seal between the tubular object and the sealing device and may be formed with the grip arrangement. The seal and grip arrangement may feature a tapered surface. The sealing device may be used to seal a casing of an abandoned subsea wellhead. A pressure gauge may be provided on the cap. Alternative inventions are defined featuring actuators to drive the grip drive arrangement, a retainer to hold the grip drive arrangement in place, an aperture through the cap or a flow diverter for use with two concentric casings. Alternatively, the sealing device is a plug comprising a protrusion for insertion into a tubular object.
Patent GB-2543184-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic calipering and analysis of annulus materials
Inventor: BATAKRISHNA MANDAL
IPC: E21B47/08
Filed: 2014-07-15
Abstract: An apparatus and method may operate to mount acoustic sensors, azimuthally offset from each other, to the exterior of a casing. After the casing and acoustic sensors are in the borehole, signals are provided to the acoustic sensors to cause the acoustic sensors to emit acoustic signals into the annulus around the casing. The method further includes detecting reflected compression waves, shear waves or a combination or conversion thereof at the acoustic sensors to generate a set of two]way travel times of the acoustic signals. The method can further include generating distance measurements of a distance between corresponding acoustic sensors and points on the borehole wall, based on the two]way travel times, to determine a position of the casing within the borehole. The method can further include identifying fluids based on the two]way travel times. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2559200-A (GB)
Title: Stereo audio signal encoder
Inventor: ADRIANA VASILACHE
IPC: G10L19/24
Filed: 2017-01-31
Abstract: An adaptive stereo audio signal encoder/decoder receives multichannel audio frames, determines difference parameters (553, eg. gain, interphase difference, residual prediction gain), and adaptively encodes (454) an initial scalar quantized parameter (451) to generate a mono channel 555. Adaptive remapping 453 (based on eg. previous symbols and Golomb-Rice encoding 455) and bitstream indicators (456) of fixed vs. variable rate coding or sub-band zero values allow efficient voice coding of the single (mono) channel, and subsequent decoding (figs 9 & 10)
Patent GB-2560529-A (GB)
Title: Water tank
Inventor: NICHOLAS HUMPISH
IPC: B67D7/08
Filed: 2017-03-13
Abstract: A liquid tank 100, preferably for a mobile cement mixer (Fig 1), has an overflow tube / pipe 108 extending between two walls each with an opening 104, 106, and a flange tube 112 extending from outside the tank and over part of the overflow tube 108. Opening 106 has a greater diameter than opening 104 and a chamber 120 is defined between cover 114 and the upper end of flange tube 112. Single inlet/outlet pipe 2012 is positioned at the lowest end of tank 100. Other shown components include overflow opposing ends 108a, 108b, concentric outer flange 110 with a plurality of apertures (Fig 4). The walls of tank 100 have planar central portions 150 with a disc / plate 152 and an annulus 153 of container which is made of plastic.
Patent GB-2561248-A (GB)
Title: Record cleaner & groove corrector
Inventor: DAVID GOWLER HART
IPC: G11B3/58
Filed: 2017-04-07
Abstract: A record cleaner and groove corrector comprises a cantilever arm with a contoured diamond tip. The arm is weighted to maintain contact with the floor of the groove. The chassis may be made of wood or plastic, and the arm may be made of aluminium. As the record turns the tip moves along the groove, bulldozing the debris out of the groove and smoothing scratches on the sides of the grooves. The cleaner works at any speed.