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Patent GB-2422553-A (GB)
Title: Drain tube and body attachment
Inventor: IBRAHIM KAMAL
IPC: A61M27/00
Filed: 2006-01-27
Abstract: A drain tube assembly for draining a body cavity, the assembly comprising a flexible drain tube having a distal end for insertion into the body cavity and a proximal end, the distal end having at least one drainage hole therein, and at least one attachment ring 36 so as to provide an attachment for suture, the attachment ring being connected to the drain tube by a flexible arm 38 permitting rotational movement of the attachment ring relative to the drain tube. The attachment ring or rings 36 may be on a collar 34 formed of two interlocking halves 40, 42. The drain tube may have an anchor piece with a collar tightly fitted around the drain tube at a selected longitudinal position.
Patent GB-2436683-A (GB)
Title: U-shaped anvil for wood chipper
Inventor: BRAY GREVILLE GEORGE
IPC: B27L11/00
Filed: 2006-04-01
Abstract: A stationary anvil 1 for a wood chipper has a smooth U-shape with sides 9 tangential to its base. The anvil may be made from metal, with several fixing points located about it. The sides of the anvil may have an angle between them of between 0{ and 160{. A transitional edge 6 may be provided to help eliminate snags as the wood makes contact with the anvil.
Patent GB-2425303-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible container with latch
Inventor: SMYERS JUSTIN M
IPC: B65D6/26
Filed: 2006-04-13
Abstract: A collapsible container 10 includes a plurality of collapsible walls 14, 16, each pair of adjacent walls 14, 16 connected by a latch 34. Each latch 34 can be selectively actuated from contact with the latch 34 both from inside and the outside of the container 10, and further by inwardly directed force to the outside wall first to collapse. Preferably the latch 34 includes a recess 36 into which the adjacent wall 36 is disposed when the latch 34 is in the latched position. Preferably, the latch 34 is unlatched by flexing the latch away from the adjacent wall 16 by application of force on an inner release surface 40, inward of the recess 36 or by actuation of an outer release surface 44, outward of the recess 36, or by the application of an inwardly directed force to the walls 16 that are first to collapse.
Patent GB-2423324-A (GB)
Title: Fracturing of subterranean formations
Inventor: FLETCHER PHILIP
IPC: C09K8/68
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: Fracturing of a subterranean formation may be achieved using hydrogel. The gel is formed from a gel . precursor formulation which comprises an aqueous formulation of poly (1,4-di(4-(Nmethylpyridinyl))-2, 3-di(4-(1-formylphenyl) butylidene), poly (vinyl alcohol) and a suitable proppant, in the presence of an acid catalyst. The gel may be prepared at the surface with a viscosity of greater than (200) cp measured at (100)s-1 and then injected into the subterranean formation under high pressure to fracture the formation.
Patent GB-2439755-A (GB)
Title: Electrical teaching machine, in particular for teaching reading / spelling
Inventor: SEXTON PETER JAMES
IPC: G09B7/00
Filed: 2006-07-06
Abstract: Items such as letters, groups of letters and pictures, are printed on a paper roll (b) which is driven through a machine. A card is fixed on a panel above the roll. On this card is a column of five groups of letters. Apertures are cut in the programme card so that parts of the paper roll are visible. When the letter groupings of roll and card combine to form words, the paper stops moving. Blackened pads on the paper roll cause the motors to stop due to sensors which, when covered by blackened pads, cut off power to the motors. The five groups of letters are either words or nonsense. A pupil identifies the words and pushes corresponding buttons. His actions are indicated by red and green LEDS and his performance is measured by a data recorder.
Patent GB-2433140-A (GB)
Title: Business website
Inventor: CHIU FU-SHENG
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2006-07-20
Abstract: A business method involves dividing a website into a number of subregions and running business modules, such as a customer service module, in each of the subregions. A real time audio and video feed is used to allow a customer to communicate with a business representative or other customers 2230 regarding a product. The method also allows for customers to get bonuses and promotional items through their interaction with the site and with other customers 2260.
Patent GB-2427914-A (GB)
Title: Method And System For Image Processing For Profiling With Uncoded Structured Light
Inventor: RODRIGUES MARCOS A
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2005-02-03
Abstract: A 3D scanning apparatus configured to image a physical entity comprises a radiation projector for projecting a plurality of radiation stripes onto the physical entity, a detector for detecting striped radiation received from the physical entity; and a data storage device for storing the received radiation as a pixellated bitmap image, the apparatus characterised in that the physical entity, the radiation projector and the detector are geometrically arranged to constrain the number of times that each received stripe is permitted to occur in a given pixel row of the bitmap, the geometrica) constraint determining a stored occlusion classification comprising a plurality of types of occlusions and the apparatus additionally comprising an occlusion type processing means configured to utilise the classification for detecting the various types of occlusions in said received image data.
Patent GB-2441154-A (GB)
Title: Measuring Brillouin backscatter from an optical fibre using channelisation
Inventor: HARTOG ARTHUR H
IPC: G01L1/24
Filed: 2006-08-24
Abstract: A method for measuring Brillouin backscattering e.g. in a distributed optical fibre sensor using optical time domain reflectometry, comprises obtaining a signal representative of backscattered Brillouin light received from a deployed optical fibre 18, and dividing the signal into a plurality of signal components each having a different frequency band. Each signal component is delivered to one of a plurality of parallel detection channels 30a, 30b, 30c, in which the components are detected, and the signal generated by the detection is sampled using an analog-to-digital converter 38. The samples are then processed by a processor 44 to determine one or more properties of the Brillouin spectral line. Detection may be optical (figure 3), wherein the backscattered light is dispersed into a plurality of optical frequency components using a dispersive optical device (50), or electrical, wherein the backscattered light on path 16b is first frequency mixed in a beam combiner 20 to downconvert the frequency to the microwave regime.
Patent GB-2429540-A (GB)
Title: A method of obtaining a snapshot of a process control simulation system
Inventor: NIXON MARK
IPC: G06F9/45
Filed: 2003-10-20
Abstract: A simulation system attaches to a configuration database for one or more fully configured nodes of a process control system and copies the modules within those nodes into one or more simulation computers as simulation modules. The simulation system includes an algorithm that, during or after the copying process, automatically creates a reference parameter module for each of the copied nodes that stores a reference parameter for each of the inputs, outputs or other references to signals external to the nodes, such as input/output blocks, other function blocks in other nodes, transmitter blocks in field devices, etc. In the case of Fieldbus function blocks, the simulation system automatically creates a function block within the simulation workstation in the protocol of the controller node which mimics the operation of the Fieldbus function block, and then creates the simulation system having those mimicked Fieldbus function blocks operating as if they had originally been configured to be in the controller being simulated, instead of within a field device external to the controller.
Patent GB-2442505-A (GB)
Title: A display with a primary light source for illuminating a nanophosphor re-emission material
Inventor: ROSHAN RAKESH
IPC: G02F1/13357
Filed: 2006-10-04
Abstract: A display comprises a light source and an image display panel (2) disposed in an optical path from the light source. The light source comprises a primary light source (6) for illuminating a re-emission material (7) which comprises at least a first nanophosphor material that, when illuminated by light from the primary light source (6), re-emits light in a first wavelength range different from the emission wavelength range of the primary light source. The image display panel (2) comprises a first filter (9G) having a first narrow passband or a first narrow absorption band, the first narrow passband or first narrow absorption band being aligned with the first wavelength range. The re-emission material may comprise up to six different nanophosphor materials which re-emit light at different wavelengths to each other and to the primary light source (6). The wavelength of the primary light source (6) is preferably in the UV range, while the wavelength of emitted light through the nanophospher materials lies within the visible spectrum.
Patent GB-2443208-A (GB)
Title: Textile pressure sensor
Inventor: SANDBACH DAVID LEE
IPC: D03D15/00
Filed: 2006-10-27
Abstract: Textile pressure sensing elements are constructed from electro-conductive yarns 102, 103, 106, 107 (e.g. woven or knitted) as a single sheet of fabric. The elements include multiple compressible junctions, each junction comprising two overlapping electro-conductive yarns 102, 106 separated by a gap. The gap is filled with a resilient compressible material. The sensor may be a capacitive sensor where the gap is filled with a dielectric material (e.g. as an insulating sleeve 201 around the yarn, or applied locally (305, figure 3) to separate zones on the textile). By measuring the capacitance of the overlapping conductors the size of the gap, and thus the force applied to the junction is measured in order to determine pressure. Alternatively the sensor may be a resistive sensor where the gap is filled with a compressible conductive material whose resistance varies with compression, and resistance is measured to determine applied force. The textile sensor may be used in medical applications, such as for measuring pressure under a bandage (701, figure 7).
Patent GB-2444308-A (GB)
Title: Synchronising transceivers, with uplink data rate being different form downlink data rate.
Inventor: MASSAM PETER DAVID
IPC: H04L7/00
Filed: 2006-12-01
Abstract: The synchronisation between two communicating radio stations (first and second stations) is configured on the basis of timing information derived from a preamble portion of a given frame that is transmitted from a first station to a second. According to the invention, synchronization is achieved even although the data transmitted from the first station (e.g. a base station) is transmitted at a first data rate, the data transmitted from the second station (e.g. an outstation) is transmitted at a second data rate, and the second data rate is lower than the first data rate. The second station synchronises its clock with that of the first station and can then control the timing of its uplink slots to ensure that data received on the uplink is synchronised with timing characteristics of the first station. This obviates transmission of a separate synchronization word. The invention finds particular application in asymmetric low data rate RF telemetry systems.
Patent GB-2430526-A (GB)
Title: Method for Imaging with an Imaging Apparatus that Facilitates the use of a Starter Cartridge
Inventor: ADKINS ALAN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B41J2/195
Filed: 2005-06-17
Abstract: A method for imaging with an imaging apparatus includes the steps of designating a supply item for use in the imaging apparatus as one of a first cartridge type and a second cartridge type; establishing for the imaging apparatus a first operational state and a second operational state, the first operational state corresponding to a first period of imaging apparatus use when the imaging apparatus is new, and the second operational state corresponding to a second period of imaging apparatus use following the first period of imaging apparatus use; and determining whether the imaging apparatus is operating in the first operational state, the imaging apparatus accepting the first cartridge type for imaging only if the imaging apparatus is operating in the first operational state.
Patent GB-2445788-A (GB)
Title: Reverse-distorting graphics applied to thermoformable plastic to remove distortions
Inventor: BARWICK IAN
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2007-01-16
Abstract: The relative movement of parts of the surface of flat plastic during a thermo-forming process to form cavities is modelled. The model is then used to create an image distortion mapping to reverse distort the printed image so that after printing, during heat forming, the image is transformed back to its original design. The plastic is to be used as packaging. The printing may utilise heat resistant ink and may include conducting an initial test grid from which reverse-distortion is calculated.
Patent GB-2446632-A (GB)
Title: Transmission of audio signals over a fibre optic cable using pulse width modulation or pulse density modulation
Inventor: HOLMES DAVID
IPC: H04B10/00
Filed: 2007-02-13
Abstract: At a transmitting end of the system, an electrical signal having baseband audio content is input 11. The audio signal may for example be produced by a guitar or another audio sound source. The audio signal is converted to a pulse width modulation (PWM) 13, 15 or pulse density modulation signal (33, 35 Fig. 3) and is transmitted optically over an optical fibre 16. At a receiving end of the system (Fig. 2) the optical signal is demodulated to an analogue electrical audio signal and forwarded to an audio receiving device such as a mixing desk or an amplifier. The demodulation may be performed using a low pass filter (23, Fig. 2). Pulse density modulation may be performed using a sigma-delta modulator. A signal conditioning circuit 12, such as an impedance matching circuit, may be provided at the transmitting end between the audio input and the modulation means. The audio signals lie in the frequency range of human hearing (20Hz- 20kHz).
Patent GB-2457216-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger comprising a heat transfer restrictor
Inventor: HUTCHINS WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: B60K11/04
Filed: 2007-03-19
Abstract: A heat exchanger 11 comprises a heat exchanger matrix 12, header tanks 13, 14 and a side plate 16 arranged at the upper of a pair of opposite side edges 17 of the matrix. The matrix comprises tubes 18 which extend in a parallel array between the header tanks and cooling fins (19, fig.2). In use, air flows not only between adjacent pairs of tubes but also between the side plate and its adjacent tube. A heat transfer restrictor, such as a restrictor plate 21, is arranged on the side plate 16 to restrict the flow of air between the side plate and the adjacent, uppermost, tube 18A. Preferably, the restrictor plate is in the form of a rectangular blanking plate which blocks the flow of air between the side plate and the uppermost tube over part of its length and allows air to flow through cut-out gaps or castellations 22 over the remainder. This reduces heat transfer through the fins above the uppermost tube by blocking the air flow over part of their length. The restrictor plate may alternatively comprise a perforated blanking plate or a strip of constant width extending the length of the side plate. The restrictor plate is preferably attached to, or forms part of, a cooling fan cowl. In use, the heat exchanger is designed to prevent the tubes which are adjacent to the side plates from being overcooled. The reduced heat transfer allows for an even temperature distribution in the uppermost tube 18A and the tube 18B below and thus reduces the stress from thermal expansion; this reduces the risk of coolant loss due to stress cracking of the tubes or tube to header tank joint. The heat exchanger may be arranged as a cross-flow radiator for an engine cooling system.
Patent GB-2452243-A (GB)
Title: Door stand with three separate pieces
Inventor: CAULTON GRAHAM
IPC: B25B11/00
Filed: 2007-06-23
Abstract: A door stand comprises three separate pieces. The three pieces may be separable to facilitate easy storage. Two stands may be used to hold a door on its edge, to allow for the cutting of hinge recesses and mortise locks.
Patent GB-2450682-A (GB)
Title: Use of benzyl protection in the synthesis of 5-n-alkylresorcinols
Inventor: TYMAN JOHN HENRY PAUL
IPC: C07C37/11
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: 5-n-Alkylresorcinols, i.e. 5-N-alkyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzenes, are synthesised by Wittig or Grignard reactions of 8-(3,5-dibenzyloxyphenyl)octanal followed by dehydration (for Grignard reactions) and catalytic reduction/hydrogenolysis. 8-(3,5-dibenzyloxyphenyl)octanal is prepared by ozonolysis of the dibenzyl ether of cardol, which may be obtained by benzylating cardol from cashew nutshell liquid with benzyl bromide. Alternatively, 5-n-alkylresorcinols may be prepared by Wittig or Grignard-type reactions of 3,5-dibenzyloxybenzaldehyde followed by hydrogenolysis. Removal of the benzyl protection of the hydroxy groups is accomplished at the same time as the reduction step that completes the introduction of the alkyl group. 5-n-Pentaeicosylresorcinol may be synthesized from 7-(3,5-dibenzyloxyphenyl)heptanal by Wittig or Grignard reactions based on the use of 1-bromooctadecane.
Patent GB-2452060-A (GB)
Title: Decoration of surfaces with apertures to receive electrical boxes
Inventor: MCCOY JAMES GERARD
IPC: E04F13/06
Filed: 2007-08-22
Abstract: A device for assisting in the decoration of an aperture to receive an electrical box for a plug socket or light switch has a substantially planar main body in the form of a square frame having an outer edge 3 and an inner edge 6 defining a central aperture 2. The main body has an anchoring arrangement into or around which a setting substance such as plaster may flow to allow the device to be firmly embedded. A flange protrudes inwardly from the inner edge and away from the plane of the main body at around 45 degrees to its plane. The device may be fixed to the wall by adhesive. Adhesive and/or plaster flow into and around cutout portions 4 and apertures 5 to anchor the device. Alternatively, it may be anchored by projections. It may be made from sturdy plastic, ceramic or steel. A skirt (16, figure 5) may run around its inner edge.
Patent GB-2443902-A (GB)
Title: A method of reinforcing a seam
Inventor: GLENN ROBERT ARTHUR
IPC: B29C65/50
Filed: 2007-08-31
Abstract: A method of reinforcing a seam 10 in a garment or other textile article comprises adhering a layer of substantially unidirectionally extensible elastic material along the length of the seam 10 such that the material straddles the seam and the direction of extensibility is aligned with the elongate direction C of seam 10. The seam may be stitched and/or ultrasonically or adhesively bonded. The elastic material may be a strip 30 secured by hot melt or pressure adhesive or by fusible yarns woven or knit into the strip, such that the strip to each side of the seam is adhered to the textile. The strip preferably includes elastic woven or knitted warp yarns which allow stretch of the strip along the seam and inelastic weft yarns which resist extension in the width direction. This allows the strip to protect the seam form forces which would otherwise tend to pull it apart. The strip may be applied to the seam in a tensioned state along at least part of the seam such that on release of the tension a ruched effect is produced. The strip may be located inside a garment for comfort or outside for decorative effect.
Patent GB-2453112-A (GB)
Title: Reversible polymeric gelation for oilfield applications
Inventor: ROBINSON KAY
IPC: C08F222/04
Filed: 2007-09-25
Abstract: The synthesis and use in oilfield applications of copolymers which can undergo the Diels-Alder reaction to form a gel. Under appropriate conditions, the retro Diels-Alder reaction can take place to provide for decreasing the viscosity of the aforementioned gel. Also disclosed is method of preparing the copolymers.
Patent GB-2456767-A (GB)
Title: Providing aquatic animal feed in a water soluble capsule
Inventor: BUTLER CLEM LEWIS
IPC: A01K61/02
Filed: 2008-01-22
Abstract: An article 10 of aquatic animal feed is provided comprising a predetermined quantity of one or more aquatic animal foodstuffs 18, 20, 22 or 24 enclosed within a water-soluble capsule 14 and 16. The capsule forms a barrier around said foodstuff during storage and dissolves when placed in water to allow dispersal of the foodstuff therefrom in use. The capsule may take the form of a hollow casing which encloses the foodstuff The capsule may comprise a gelling agent formed from a plant based material and may comprise a starch or cellulose based material or may comprise gelatin. The capsule and its contents may have a combined buoyancy less than water such that the article floats during use or it may have a combined density greater than water such that it sinks during use.
Patent GB-2446519-A (GB)
Title: Method of enabling a user to interact with content received from a remote server
Inventor: BRAMLEY LEI
IPC: H04M1/72469
Filed: 2008-02-11
Abstract: A user interacts with content received from a remote server 20; content (e.g. feeds from social networking sites, advertisements) is received over a wireless network at a mobile telephone, which then automatically displays a specific item of the content on the mobile telephone, without the user explicitly requesting the display of that specific item of content. In response to the user selecting or highlighting the displayed specific item of content, the mobile telephone lists multiple options that, if individually selected, each initiate an associated action that corresponds to a particular way of responding to or interacting with the specific item of content. Content is stored on a cache memory 23 of the telephone and is presented via an appropriate client application 26.
Patent GB-2444661-A (GB)
Title: Transport and erection of very large vessels
Inventor: KOPER EDWARD LUDOVICUS
IPC: B01J8/00
Filed: 2006-07-31
Abstract: A method of preparing a very large vessel for transportation and/or erection includes at least partially filling the vessel with a flowable filler material which is, or which can be made to be, substantially solid, in order to stiffen the vessel for purposes of transportation and/or erection.
Patent GB-2458473-A (GB)
Title: 3'-O-allyl- and 3'-O-carboxymethyl- 2'-aminosaccharide derivatives, & amides thereof with peptides, as adjuvants
Inventor: MILLER ANDREW
IPC: A61K31/70
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: Compounds of formulae I and II: wherein: <DL TSIZE=22 COMPACT=COMPACT> <DT>R1, R4, R5, R6 and R7<DD>are H, acetyl, "hydrocarbyl", "lipid" and -CO-"lipid"; <DT>R2<DD>is -OH, "hydrocarbyl", "lipid" and -CO-"lipid"; <DT>R3 and R8<DD>are acetyl, "hydrocarbyl", "lipid" and -CO-lipid"; <DT>X<DD>is a peptide chain consisting of one or more optionally substituted natural or unnatural amino acids, the peptide comprising normal and/or abnormal peptide links; and "hydrocarbyl" is any group comprising H and C (which optionally includes heteroatoms, cyclic structures and substitution); provided at least one "hydrocarbyl", "lipid" or -CO-"lipid" moiety is present; </DL> may be used as an adjuvant. Such normuramylglycopeptides can be located in (proteo)-liposomes and micelles and can function a simmunomodulators, along with a desired antigen (or DNA coding for the antigen) in (e.g. DNA) vaccines. Compounds of formula are provided, wherein: <DL TSIZE=4 COMPACT=COMPACT> <DT>R13<DD>is acetyl, -CO-O-CH2-CCl3 or -CO-CH[-(CH2)13-Me]2; and <DT>R14<DD>is -CH=CH2, -COOH, -COO-Me, -CO-X-OH, -CO-X-O-Bn or -CO-X-O-Q; and <DT>Q<DD>is a solid support carrier; as further defined in the specification in respect of formulae XIII and XVI; </DL> and compounds of formulae XII, XV and XIV: X-L-Lys(Dde)-O-Q```XIV where R15 is -X-OH or -X-O-Q.