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Patent GB-2581018-A (GB)
Title: Measurement of susceptibility to diabetic foot ulcers
Inventor: MARTIN F BURNS
IPC: G01R27/26
Filed: 2018-02-02
Abstract: The apparatus has multiple electrodes which are embedded on a substrate. The electrodes 120 can form a capacitive sensor configured to measure a first capacitance or sub-epidermal moisture level (SEM) of a first region of tissue, a second capacitance or SEM of a second region. If the difference is greater than a threshold, a signal is provided. In embodiments, temperature can also be measured at the first and second locations, the signal may only be provided if both the capacitance or SEM difference and the temperature difference is greater than a threshold. The invention finds suitable use in assessing tissue for diabetic foot ulcers.
Patent GB-2589880-A (GB)
Title: Refuse collection container
Inventor: William Brodribb Di San Marzano
IPC: B65F3/06
Filed: 2019-12-10
Abstract: A refuse collection container 201 with a floor and side walls containing a controllable mechanically movable 209 bin 300 holder 206 accessible by a side wall aperture. There may also be a door 205 which in combination with the walls fully encloses the mechanism so that it cannot be seen from outside. The mechanism can include a chamber 912 with upper and side apertures to receive a bin which moves along a rotational, curvilinear or translational path to pivot 924 it relative to a frame 805 over an obtuse angle. The walls and floor can be lined with sound deadening layer such as plastic, rubber, fibreglass or foam. The power can derive from a hydraulic ram 209, a pneumatic ram, an electric ram, a rotary actuator, an electric motor and gear set and/or a linear fluidic cylinder connected to a lever 922. The controller can prevent movement of the mechanism based on input from sensors such as one to detect presence of a bin, one to detect obstacles, one to detect if the door is open. The door is electrically lockable. The container can be mounted on a vehicle.
Patent GB-2598270-A (GB)
Title: Even temperature profile of polymer flow from extruder to spin blocks
Inventor: Fabio Zampollo
IPC: D01D5/00
Filed: 2019-12-23
Abstract: Equipment for manufacture of fibres or filaments from polymeric material which is preferably non-synthetic polyester, most preferably PLA and/or PHA. The equipment comprising an extruder and a spin block, the piping connecting the two components characterised by existing at least a section of non-circular cross section, preferably rectangular, oval or elliptical. Exhibiting width W and height H with a ratio of W/H or at least 3, preferably more than 5, most preferably between 15 and 20. Also included is equipment for forming a web using such a system, and a process for forming fibres and webs as such.
Patent GB-2579002-A (GB)
Title: Selective dosing module control system
Inventor: RAFAEL NUNEZ
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2014-12-19
Abstract: A system 110 for dosing reductant into an exhaust system 190 comprises first and second dosing modules 112 and a controller 120. An amount of reductant is determined based on data indicative of a dosing rate of the first dosing module or of an exhaust gas temperature. A decomposition delay time is determined. The first dosing module is selectively activated at a first time and the second dosing module is selectively activated at a second time. The second time is based on the first time and the decomposition delay time. The reductant may be diesel exhaust fluid. The dosing modules may dose reductant into a decomposition chamber 104 upstream of an SCR catalyst 106. The sum of a first amount of reductant dosed by the first doser and a second amount of reductant dosed by the second doser may equal the determined amount of reductant. A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that cause one or more processors to perform the method.
Patent GB-2582865-A (GB)
Title: Biopolymer synthesis system and method
Inventor: PAUL DABROWSKI
IPC: C40B50/14
Filed: 2018-09-10
Abstract: Provided are automated systems and methods for synthesis of biopolymers including DNA and RNA. The system comprises: a reagent supply system; a first manifold coupled to the reagent supply system; a plurality of reaction vessels coupled to the first manifold, where each reaction vessel of the plurality of reaction vessels comprises a first porous membrane, a second porous membrane, and a region disposed between the first porous membrane and second porous membrane for containing a solid support medium; a reagent control system coupled to the plurality of vessels, wherein the reagent control system is configured to selectively deliver reagent originating from the reagent supply system to a first subset of the plurality of reaction vessels; and an outlet port coupled to the first manifold; wherein the system is configured such that reagent from the reagent supply system passes through the system to the outlet port without contacting the ambient environment.
Patent GB-2591528-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power outlet
Inventor: BRENDAN WHITE
IPC: H01R13/713
Filed: 2020-05-06
Abstract: An electrical power outlet unit for supplying power to equipment in an office or educational environment and comprising a socket in an exposed surface of the unit. The socket has an over-current protection device that includes a button 60 that is moveable between an active position and a tripped position in response to detection of an overcurrent. The button 60 is resettable from the tripped position to the active position by insertion of a reset tool 64 into an aperture 62. The button 60 may be obscured. The reset button 60 may be visible through, but not protruding from, the aperture 62 in the exposed surface of the unit when the button 60 is in the tripped position. The aperture 62 may have a size that is too small for insertion of a human finger. The over-current protection device may comprise a thermal reset device.
Patent GB-2595847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to organic material
Inventor: BARRY PETER HALL
IPC: D06N7/00
Filed: 2020-06-01
Abstract: An embossed synthetic slip-resistant floor covering comprising a decorative layer, a substantially transparent wear coat which comprises to or more wear layers of transparent synthetic material, at least one upper wear layer comprising one or more embedded non-slip particles and at least one lower wear layer containing part of one or more of the embedded particles. There may be an optional protective layer atop the wear layers which comprise exposed non-slip particles. The floor covering may also have a fabric layer forming a lower surface of the covering material. A lower foam layer may also bee included. The decorative layer may comprise a printing layer and a printed design layer. The printing layer being suitable for receiving a printed design or having such a design applied by digital or gravure printing. The embossing may be done chemically. Also included is a claim to a method of forming such a flooring material by providing the particles only in the upper transparent layer such that embossing pushes them in to the lower transparent layer but not to the design layer below.
Patent GB-2584963-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool with fuel system
Inventor: JAMIE OAG
IPC: E21B29/02
Filed: 2020-06-19
Abstract: A tool (1) for manipulating a material, includes a body (4) defining a chamber (6). At least one source (8) of a pressurised fuel and oxidant mixture (9) or of a monopropellant is in communication with a chamber via an injector device. At least one mechanism (18) for igniting the fuel and oxidant mixture or for initiating decomposition of the monopropellant is provided. Upon ignition of the fuel and oxidant mixture or initiation of the decomposition of the monopropellant, a combustion jet (20) or a decomposition product jet is formed in the chamber which, in use, flows out through a nozzle outlet (28) towards, and into engagement with, a material to be manipulated. Methods of using the tool and fuel and oxidant compositions are also described. The fuel may contain ionic liquids, perchlorate salts, quaternary ammonium salts, nitrates, hydrocarbons, aluminium, iron, boron. The fuel, oxidant or monopropellant may be a gel. The fuel and oxidant may be mixed at or before the point of ignition.
Patent GB-2587078-A (GB)
Title: Cover hood for a door or window drive
Inventor: ROLAND BUESS
IPC: E05F3/22
Filed: 2020-06-23
Abstract: A cover hood for a door or window drive 11, which is U-shaped in cross-section, having a front plate 1 forming the base of the U and two side plates 2,3 each forming a leg of the U. A receiving space for the drive is formed between the side plates. The two side plates are each articulated to the front plate. The front and side plates may be attached by moulded connecting elements 4,5 which interact as a swivel joint. The side plates may be pivotable relative between a compact, easily transportable, position parallel to the front plate and a mounting position at right angles to the front plate. The side plates may be detachable. There may be a locking device comprising grooves 17,18 and a rib 16 (fig.7). The hood may use a transport lock 47 (fig.10) to prevent the plates shifting relative to each other when folded.
Patent GB-2584025-A (GB)
Title: Humidification system
Inventor: JOHN JAMES JACKSON
IPC: A61M16/16
Filed: 2014-09-15
Abstract: The assembly 2900 comprises a heater plate (2903, fig 29C) a heating element (2930) and a heater plate set 2925 having one or more insulation layers located between the plate and element. The heater plate may be mounted on springs allowing the assembly to be depressed during installation of a humidification chamber. The assembly may comprise a back plate and a back plate set 2920 comprising at least one insulation layer located between the back plate and the opposite side of the heating element. The assembly may comprise two wires and insulation pieces 2915 to insulate the wires from the back plate. The heating element may comprise a flat filament wound around a non-conductive core.
Patent GB-2586105-A (GB)
Title: Quality review management system
Inventor: JOSHUA BRIAN KIDD
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2019-04-18
Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
Patent GB-2589244-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for processing purchase transactions using a mobile device
Inventor: PAVAN AGARWAL
IPC: G06Q20/34
Filed: 2019-06-20
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enabling an ecommerce purchase transaction on a mobile device without requiring a user to enter payment card information during each transaction. A payment card token may be generated by the mobile payment application in response to receiving payment card information associated with a payment card. A unique user code associated with the payment card token may be generated. A payment card token may be communicated via a magnetic stripe reader communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The ecommerce purchase transaction may be completed by sending the payment card token from the mobile device to an online merchant upon entering the requisite unique user code.
Patent GB-2598975-A (GB)
Title: Flood protection
Inventor: DAVID CURTIN
IPC: E06B9/00
Filed: 2021-01-29
Abstract: The flood protection system comprising: a frame-attachment area on a building 1 a water impermeable membrane 30, and a second frame 2. The second frame magnetically 14 couples to the frame-attachment area with the membrane between the frame and the frame attachment area. Seals between the frame-attachment area and a first side of the membrane and between the second frame and the second side of the membrane prevent water ingress. The membrane may be larger than the second frame such that it extends beyond the borders of the second frame. The membrane may be a rubber sheet. Also claimed are a kit and method of flood protection.
Patent GB-2592755-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for updating barcode readers
Inventor: ANDREW CORNELL
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2019-07-11
Abstract: An apparatus and method for updating features on an image scanning apparatus has a client computing device capture and decode an image of a first symbol that encodes data that identifies the image scanning apparatus, request a server to enable a feature on the image scanning apparatus, receive activation data from the server to enable the feature, and generate an image of a second symbol on a display of the client computing device that encodes the activation data. The image scanning apparatus captures and decodes an image of the second symbol, and uses the decoded activation data to enable a feature resident on the image scanning apparatus or to request a download of the feature from the client computing device if the feature is not resident on the image scanning apparatus. The client computing device downloads the feature from the server, and uploads the feature to the image scanning apparatus.
Patent GB-2607070-A (GB)
Title: A hair styling appliance
Inventor: Joseph Timm
IPC: H05B6/62
Filed: 2021-05-27
Abstract: A hair styling appliance has a plurality of projections 24 and one or more channels 26, each channel being located between adjacent projections. Each of the projections includes an electrode 44 and the appliance includes a drive unit for applying an alternating voltage to the electrodes to heat dielectrically hair within the channels. The projections preferably extend normal to the longitudinal axis of the device. Hair is gripped between arm 30 and prong 23 in the closed position. The gripping portion 32 may be formed from resiliently deformable material. The electrodes 44 may be spaced a fixed distance apart. A further electrode (45, fig.13) may be located above each electrode 44 to attenuate a fringe field from the electrode 44. The hair styling appliance may take the form of a body with bristles as shown in figure 14.
Patent GB-2612360-A (GB)
Title: Laser welding apparatus
Inventor: ALEX O'FARRELL
IPC: B23K26/16
Filed: 2021-11-01
Abstract: A laser welding apparatus comprising an evacuatable chamber 12, with a transparent region 16 through which laser radiation 14 is transmissible to weld a workpiece 32, 30. An ionisation means 33 and a deflection means 34,70 are disposed within the chamber 12 to ionise any particles emitted from the weld region 32 and deflect them away from the transparent region 16. The ionisation means 33 may comprise first and second electrodes arranged to generate a high voltage arc across the laser beam, and the deflection means 34, 70 may comprise electrostatic or magnetic field generation means. The ionisation and deflection means 33, 34, 70 can be positioned between the weld region 32 and transparent region 16, with the ionisation means 33 positioned nearer to the weld region 32.
Patent GB-2612769-A (GB)
Title: Authenticating a device
Inventor: Nils Poschke
IPC: H04L9/40
Filed: 2021-11-03
Abstract: A method 10 for authenticating a device using a distributed ledger (e.g. a blockchain). An authentication request, including data indicating one or more steps of an authentication method, is received from the device at a node of a distributed ledger 30. The device is authenticated across a plurality of nodes of the distributed ledger, with each of the nodes following the authentication steps indicated by the received data 40. The authentication may be unsuccessful unless a majority of the nodes involved in the authentication authenticate the device. The data indicating the steps of the authentication method may be included in a header of the request. The steps of the authentication method may indicate an authentication protocol of a plurality of authentication protocols. The device may select the authentication method from a plurality of authentication methods available to it before generating the authentication request, including data indicating one or more steps of the selected authentication method 20.
Patent GB-2612789-A (GB)
Title: Damper, damping assembly, gas generator, assembly, and disassembly method
Inventor: UDO SELZER
IPC: F16M7/00
Filed: 2021-11-10
Abstract: Damper 10 and damping assembly 100 for use with a gas generator or gas engine, an assembly and disassembly method are also disclosed. The present invention pertains to a damper for a damping assembly comprising a bottom part 12 configured to be assembled to a generator base plate 210 and a top part 14 configured to be assembled to a generator footplate 220, wherein the bottom part comprises a protruding portion 16 protruding towards the top part 14 such that a bottom open cavity 18 is formed. The bottom part 12 and top part 14 are configured to be engageable such that they can be set at a clamped distance Dc The present invention further pertains to a damping assembly of a gas generator unit 200, comprising at least one damper 10 and a generator base plate 210, wherein the generator base plate 210 comprises a service opening configured to insert the clamping means in a state when the damper is assembled to the base plate. In an assembled state, each damper is assembled to the generator footplate via an assembling screw 222 threadably engaging the top part of the damper. The invention further pertains to a disassembly method for removing the damper from a gas generator unit and to an assembly method for assembling a damper to a gas generator unit.
Patent GB-2612799-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft electrical system
Inventor: JULIAN GUY
IPC: H04L67/125
Filed: 2021-11-11
Abstract: A method of configuring an aircraft (e.g. an airplane/aeroplane, a helicopter) electrical system 100 based on a response to a connection point identification request. The aircraft electrical system 100 has a plurality of electronic modules 103a, 103b, 103c (e.g. lighting devices, sensors, heating and/or cooling modules, passenger control units) and a wiring harness 101 with a plurality of connection points 107a, 107b, 107c. To configure the electrical system, a connection port identification request is sent from a first electronic module 103a, and in response an identifier of a first connection port 107a connecting the first electronic module to the wiring harness, is transmitted from the wiring harness to the first electronic module. Configuration data for the first electronic module is determined based on the received identifier, and the operation of the first electronic module is configured in accordance with this data. The received identifier may indicate that the first electronic module is connected to an unsuitable connection port and an alert may be generated. The electrical system may comprise an aircraft cabin avionics network and each of the connection points may be associated with a different position within the aircraft cabin.
Patent GB-2614750-A (GB)
Title: A support bracket
Inventor: MARTIN EGAN
IPC: E04G23/02
Filed: 2022-01-18
Abstract: A support bracket 99 for supporting a prop on a wall, the support bracket comprises a tongue 3 and a coaxial plate which includes a prop engagement pad 1 having a lip 2 formed thereon. The coaxial plate and tongue extend in opposing directions, and a supporting brace 10 extends orthogonal to the coaxial plate and when deployed is located between the prop engagement pad and the tongue. The supporting brace has a flat rear face 7 facing towards the tongue. A support 6 extends below the prop engagement pad 1 when deployed, such that a foot of a prop is held within the prop engagement pad 1 by the lip when the prop is in contact with the prop engagement pad, and the tongue is adapted to be inserted into a wall with the rear face of the supporting brace bracing against the wall.
Patent GB-2603330-A (GB)
Title: Heterocyclic THR-# receptor agonist compound and preparation method and use therefor
Inventor: SHANGHAI YU
IPC: C07F9/6574
Filed: 2020-10-19
Abstract: A chemical compound shown in formula (I) below and an isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound improves THR-β agonistic activity while also improving selectivity for THR-α, thereby improving pharmaceutical quality.
Patent GB-2614096-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust system, controller and method for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: ADAM MOORCROFT
IPC: F02M26/13
Filed: 2022-03-29
Abstract: An exhaust system 607 for exhausting combustion gases from an internal combustion engine 101, comprising an exhaust conduit 615, a catalytic converter 609 for treating the exhaust gases; and a particulate filter 614 for filtering particulates from the exhaust gases conveyed by the exhaust conduit 615, the particulate filter 614 being disposed downstream of the catalytic converter 609; An exhaust gas recirculation conduit 637 is provided for recirculating exhaust gases to the internal combustion engine 101; A supply inlet 616 is arranged to introduce gas into the particulate filter 614 to promote regeneration, the supply inlet 616 being disposed upstream of the particulate filter 614 and downstream of the catalytic convertor 609, a control valve 618 is provided for controlling the supply of gas to the particulate filter 614 to control regeneration; The supply inlet 616 is connected to the exhaust gas recirculation conduit 637; The supply inlet 616 enables gas to be supplied directly to the particulate filter 614 to promote regeneration, bypassing other aftertreatment systems.
Patent GB-2617381-A (GB)
Title: Engineered photosynthetic organisms
Inventor: IAN HU
IPC: C12N15/79
Filed: 2022-04-07
Abstract: A single-celled photosynthetic organism is engineered with an exogenous nucleic acid sequence comprising a coding sequence for a fatty acid transporter operationally linked to a promoter. The fatty acid transporter may be localised in the cytoplasmic membrane when expressed and capable of transporting fatty acids across the membrane from inside the cell. The transporter may be ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG11, ABCG15, or fatty acid transport protein 1 (FATP1). A selection marker and/or terminator sequence may also be included. The organism may be an oleaginous algae such as Chlamydomonas. The organism may be capable of transporting fatty acids into a culture medium in which it is grown. These engineered organisms can be used to produce large amounts of fatty acids at scale without the need for an energy-intensive disruption step to harvest the fatty acids. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs for producing such engineered organisms. The invention further provides methods of culturing such organisms in a medium suitable for growing them in order to produce fatty acids.
Patent GB-2606075-A (GB)
Title: Booster seats
Inventor: NICHOLA LEANNE HARGREAVES
IPC: A47D1/10
Filed: 2018-06-25
Abstract: The booster seat for a child has a footprint and a base 28. The base 28 includes height increasing feet 64-70 to raise the base 28, moved by an actuator between a retracted position and a height increasing position in which the base 28 is raised. The actuator may move all feet 64-70 simultaneously and may have a camming device and track to move said feet 64-70. The base 28 may have a set of stabilising feet 50-56 moved by the actuator to be either laterally extending, broadening the footprint, or retracted. The actuator may be a rotary dial that when turned in a first direction deploys the stabilising feet 50-56 and when tuned in a second direction deploys the height adjusting feet 64-70. The height increasing feet 50-56 may be biased to be retracted and may be partially housed within the stabilising feet 64-70.