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Patent GB-2401438-A (GB)
Title: Isolator test device
Inventor: DEVINE CHRIS
IPC: G01R31/327
Filed: 2003-03-14
Abstract: An isolator test device generates a high voltage injection across an isolator for test purposes. A detector picks up any leakage current that flows though the isolator and reports a fault. Before and after testing the isolator the isolator test device performs a self test by connecting a test pathway around the isolator under test. A test voltage is applied across the isolator and a current is detected that flows through the test pathway. The test pathway has known impedance so for a given test voltage the detector should detect a known current. An incorrect current, or no current, generates an alarm to indicate failure of the isolator test device. The isolator test device operates fully automatically. The preferred sequence of operations is to test the isolator test device, test the isolator, and re-test the isolator test device. All three tests must pass for the isolator to be passed as safe.
Patent GB-2422892-A (GB)
Title: Condensing boiler with diverter
Inventor: BOSWORTH JOHN FREDERICK MICHAE
IPC: F24H8/00
Filed: 2005-02-04
Abstract: An oil- or gas-fired condensing boiler 10 has a condensing heat exchanger 12 through which the exhaust gases normally pass to an exhaust flue 20. The boiler 10 includes a control arrangement which performs an ignition sequence for initial firing of the boiler. A diverter 13,21 is disposed at an inlet 23 to the condensing heat exchanger and is operated at the commencement of an ignition sequence to direct exhaust gases from the boiler to the flue 20 so by-passing the condensing heat exchanger. Once combustion is established, the diverter 21 is returned to its normal setting to direct the exhaust gases through the condensing heat exchanger 12.
Patent GB-2414165-A (GB)
Title: Electric fryer
Inventor: WANG DONG-LEI
IPC: A47J36/00
Filed: 2005-03-10
Abstract: An all disassembleable electric-heating apparatus such as a fryer comprising a shell 1, a cover 2, a reservoir 3 installed inside said shell, an electric heater 6 installed inside said reservoir and immersed in the liquid contents of said reservoir in working mode, and control elements including a control box 5 and thermo-elements 521, 522; wherein, said thermo-elements include electrical elements such as a thermistor and fuse said electrical elements are peripherically electric-insulated and sealed, so as to be immersed in the liquid contents of said reservoir in working mode and be taken out for cleaning after use.
Patent GB-2416455-A (GB)
Title: Method for coding a moving picture
Inventor: JEON BYEONG-MOON
IPC: H04N19/134
Filed: 2003-01-07
Abstract: A moving picture coding method to enhance the coding efficiency of a moving picture coding sequence by inter mode and direct mode in a B picture using a long-term reference picture. A P picture is coded in inter mode according to scene change. The direct mode motion vectors are calculated and coded according to the kind of the reference picture pointed to by a motion vector of a co-located block in the specified picture. A motion vector for a current block in direct mode is determined by obtaining a reference picture index indicating a reference picture referenced by a block co-located with a current block, and determining a motion vector of the current block on a basis of the reference picture index.
Patent GB-2421777-A (GB)
Title: A sensor system for an in-line pipe inspection tool
Inventor: COUCHMAN PETER
IPC: F16L101/30
Filed: 2005-12-05
Abstract: In an in-line pipe inspection tool, sensors (12f; figures 2 and 3) for inspecting the pipe are mounted on sensor blocks 12 moveable relative to the body 10 of the tool. However, when the sensor blocks 12 move radially to conform to different pipe diameters, the circumferential distances between the sensors changes. To ameliorate the effect of this, the sensor blocks 12 have a shape such that one axial edge of each sensor block circumferentially overlaps the opposite edge of an adjacent sensor block. With such an arrangement, when the sensor blocks 12 are operating at minimum diameter, part of one sensor block 12 will overlap an adjacent block 12, in the circumferential direction. As the diameter of the pipeline in which the pig is used increases, the degree of overlap will reduce, and may even reduce to zero, but there will still be no overall axial gaps between the sensor blocks. Thus, by suitable shaping of the sensor blocks the tool can be used with a wide range of pipe diameters. In a further aspect, the sensor blocks 12 are mounted on a carrier, which preferably comprises a plurality of support parts 14 connected by a deformable link 15. The carrier has a variable circumferential length, thereby accommodating variation of the circumferential spacing between the spacer blocks 12 with different pipe diameters.
Patent GB-2434353-A (GB)
Title: Soluble tablet container
Inventor: KNOPP HANNAH E GILES
IPC: B65D51/28
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: A soluble tablet container includes a top part having a screw top and a detachable tear off foil top 1, a compartment holding a soluble tablet 2 and a bottom part holding a quantity of water 4. Arranged between the water and the tablet is a breakable foil seal 3. In use the tear off foil top is removed and the tablet is pushed through the breakable foil seal into the water below. The screw top is then replaced and the contents is shaken to assist dissolving of the tablet.
Patent GB-2436588-A (GB)
Title: Door lock with securing means
Inventor: BRUNSKILL DAVID EDWIN
IPC: E05B17/20
Filed: 2006-03-29
Abstract: A cylinder door lock assembly comprising a cylinder door lock 2 and a securing device 20, the cylinder lock 2 having a body 4 in which is located a locking cam member 10 an opening 18 and at least one locking aperture 16. The securing device 20 is received in the at least one locking aperture 16 and to extend out of the body 4 of the cylinder lock 2 wherein the securing device secures at least one portion of the cylinder lock 2 in fixed position in part of the door when the lock is broken. Preferably, the securing device 20 passes through the locking aperture 16 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder lock 2. The securing device 20 may comprise a rod and a cap or a rod and a face (see Figures 2a, 5 and 6). A screw may also be used to hold the cap or face in place.
Patent GB-2422037-A (GB)
Title: Method and system to provide expert support with a customer interaction system
Inventor: JOYCE ROBERT
IPC: H04M7/00
Filed: 2003-10-17
Abstract: A method and apparatus to is provided to respond to a customer query received at a customer interaction system. The method includes communicating at least one expert group to an agent; receiving a selection from the agent that identifies an expert group from the at least one expert group, the selection triggering a first immediate message that includes a request for assistance from the expert group; identifying at least one expert that is associated with the expert group; and establishing an immediate message connection between the at least one expert and the agent, wherein the immediate message connection enables the exchange of immediate messages between the at least one expert and the agent so the agent may respond to the customer query.
Patent GB-2429728-A (GB)
Title: Detection of formation fluid properties from an evaluation flowline and a cleanup flowline
Inventor: ZAZOVSKY ALEXANDER F
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 2006-08-24
Abstract: A method of evaluating a fluid from a subterranean formation drawn into a downhole tool involves drawing fluid into an evaluation flowline and drawing fluid into a cleanup flowline. A property of the fluid in the evaluation flowline, such as the optical density, can be measured and from this a stabilisation point D1 of the fluid property is detected; that is, the point where the fluid can be considered to be an acceptable virgin formation fluid, uncontaminated, pure or connate. The same property can be measured on the fluid of the cleanup flowline and from this a combined flowline can be deduced. The properties of the fluid in the flowlines can be used to predict or estimate the future fluid properties. The cleanup flowline reduces the level of contaminants in a sample received by the evaluation flowline (for example, see figure 9). A further method determines for a combined cleanup and evaluation flowline a virgin fluid break through property and uses this to project future evaluation flowline fluid properties and determine contamination levels of the various flowlines.
Patent GB-2432395-A (GB)
Title: Walkway structure for a building
Inventor: CURTIS DAVID
IPC: E04G3/20
Filed: 2006-11-20
Abstract: The walkway structure, for attachment to a portal frame building, comprises a plurality of clamping devices 3a, 3b, each of which are securely engageable with an exposed portion of a corresponding girder 6d. The structure includes a plurality of projecting beams 2a, 2b each of which are detachably engageable with and extend, in use, from the plurality of clamping devices. The structure features a platform 11 which rests upon and is secured to the plurality of projecting beams 2a, 2b. In line with safety requirements, the walkway includes one or more handrails 15, 16 which are held in place by a plurality of upright members 14 which are connected to the platform 11. Also defined is a method for attaching the walkway structure to a portal frame building, and a kit of parts required for assembling the walkway structure.
Patent GB-2448112-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing apparatus with dose counter
Inventor: CATTERMOLE JOHN
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2007-01-16
Abstract: Dispensing apparatus comprising a casing for housing a metering container, a counter member 30 comprising a series of teeth 36 and a series of indicator markings, and an actuator member reciprocally moveable relative to the counter member for actuating said metering container. The actuator member comprises a driver 56 for engaging on each reciprocal movement of the actuator member a driven tooth of the series of teeth of the counter member so as to advance the counter member in a first sense; wherein the dispensing apparatus further comprises a ramp 19b for deflecting the driver during the reciprocal movement of the actuator member to selectively engage the driver with the series of teeth of the counter member for only a portion of the reciprocal movement.
Patent GB-2430289-A (GB)
Title: Selective execution of deferred instructions
Inventor: CHAUDHRY SHAILENDER
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2005-05-11
Abstract: A system which selectively executes deferred instructions following a return of a long-latency operation in a processor that supports speculative-execution. When the processor encounters a long-latency operation, the processor records the long-latency operation in a long-latency scoreboard, wherein each entry in the long-latency scoreboard includes a deferred buffer start index. Upon encountering an unresolved data dependency, the processor performs a checkpointing operation and executes subsequent instructions in an execute-ahead mode, wherein instructions that cannot be executed because of the unresolved data dependency are deferred into a deferred buffer, and wherein other non-deferred instructions are executed in program order. Upon encountering a deferred instruction that depends on a long-latency operation within the long-latency scoreboard, the processor updates a deferred buffer start index associated with the long-latency operation to point to position in the deferred buffer occupied by the deferred instruction. When a long-latency operation returns, the processor executes instructions in the deferred buffer starting at the deferred buffer start index for the returning long-latency operation.
Patent GB-2446122-A (GB)
Title: Person hot air drier with vortices
Inventor: AHMED SYED
IPC: A45D20/00
Filed: 2007-01-31
Abstract: A full body drying apparatus 2,34 has one or more vortex generators 4, exiting at nozzles 6, blower means 12 to blow air into the vortex generators 4, and control means 8 to control the operation of the apparatus 2. The apparatus 2 is such that the vortex generators 4 generate a plurality of air vortices which strike a body part to be dried such that water and/or moisture is blown off the part, remaining water and/or moisture on the part is evaporated. The water and/or moisture blown off the part is broken up into droplets thereby facilitating their evaporation before they fall to a floor on which the person or animal is standing. The device may find particular application as a replacement for towels, in establishments which use a lot of towels, such as gymnasia, and old persons homes.
Patent GB-2432592-A (GB)
Title: A method of forming a CVD diamond material
Inventor: GODFRIED HERMAN PHILIP
IPC: C23C16/27
Filed: 2003-11-20
Abstract: A method of producing a CVD diamond material which comprises providing a source gas, dissociating the source gas to produce a synthesis atmosphere which contains 300 ppb to 5 ppm nitrogen, calculated as molecular nitrogen, and allowing homoepitaxial diamond growth on a substrate surface. The substrate could be a natural diamond or a HPHT synthetic diamond. The CVD diamond material is produced in the presence of a controlled low level of nitrogen to control the development of crystal defects and thus achieve a diamond material having key characteristics for optical applications.
Patent GB-2447673-A (GB)
Title: Identification of multiplexed multimedia broadcast multicast service from a central node to a UMTS evolved Node B (eNB)
Inventor: RANDALL DAVID
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 2007-03-21
Abstract: The eNB segments and concatenates IP packets received from a central node, which packets may relate to more than one MBMS service multiplexed together. Multiplexing more than one service together, before segmentation and concatenation, achieves a data stream with less variant bit rate. The eNB uses the service identity information received from the central node with each IP packet to label each packet transmitted on the air interface, using the MAC information elements. The service identity in incorporated into the MAC headers of the transport blocks in order to transmit the MBMS services.
Patent GB-2448153-A (GB)
Title: Coated Implantable Medical Devices
Inventor: SYMONS GERHARD ANTHONY
IPC: A61F2/06
Filed: 2007-04-04
Abstract: Coated implantable medical devices where the surface can be both hydrophobic and oleophobic. Device such as catheter, vascular graft, cardiac pacer lead, heart diaphragm suture, needle, angioplasty device, artificial joint heart valve, neurological stimulators or drug pump, stents with biofilm, sirolimus-eluting stent, paclitaxel-eluting stent and device reducing thrombosis. Repellent coating such as calixarenes and resorcarene can be used.
Patent GB-2434671-A (GB)
Title: Global asset risk management system and methods
Inventor: MEYER MARK GREGORY
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2007-04-23
Abstract: A method and system for providing a risk assessment are disclosed. The method includes receiving intelligence from at least one intelligence source, and generating a risk assessment report based on the intelligence.
Patent GB-2444146-A (GB)
Title: A method for recipe, dietary options
Inventor: ESCRIBANO SOPHIE MARIE PONS
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2007-11-19
Abstract: A method of generating one or more data outputs (e.g. recipe, dietary suggestions) based on a user input (e.g. ingredients) comprises obtaining items of information from a user, each item of information relating to a pre-selected user variable, wherein at least one pre-selected user variable comprises data identifying a plurality of food ingredients and at least one pre-selected user variable comprises information relating to a predetermined application. The predetermined application comprises one or more of a recipe request, a meal planner request, a request for additional ingredients, a budgeted suggestion, a dietary requirement, a meal request and/or a source suggestion. The method further comprises searching a database for associated data relating to the pre-selected user variables based on the information obtained from the user and generating one or more data outputs relating to the pre-selected user variables. Outputs may be sent using internet, email, SMS, MMS, WAP, website, URL. The invention may be implemented using a computer, mobile telephone, PDA.
Patent GB-2444394-A (GB)
Title: Delivery device activated by user exhalation
Inventor: DJUPESLAND PER GISLE
IPC: A61M15/08
Filed: 2007-11-28
Abstract: A delivery device for delivering a metered amount of substance in response to exhalation by a user, the delivery device comprising: a mouthpiece 5 through which the user in use exhales; an outlet 53 from which substance is delivered; and a dispensing unit 41 which is operable to dispense a metered amount of substance through the outlet in response to exhalation by the user through the mouthpiece 5, wherein the dispensing unit 41 comprises a body member which includes a cavity 39 for containing a metered amount of substance, an outlet nozzle which is fluidly connected to the cavity 39 from which substance is in use delivered, and a dispensing member 41 which is movably disposed in the cavity and configured to be driven through the cavity 39 by a driving pressure created by exhalation of the user, such as to cause substance to be delivered from the outlet nozzle 53. The dispensing member 41 may be a ball and the outlet member 53 may be a nosepiece.
Patent GB-2459089-A (GB)
Title: Tray for holding liquid dispensing vessels
Inventor: NIVEN NORMAN
IPC: B65D1/36
Filed: 2008-04-07
Abstract: A container for discretely packaging liquid or solid medication, or other substances, comprising a tray 10 with individual compartments 12 each containing a removable pot 17 and a perforated sealed sheet 21 enabling individual pots to be removed from the tray 10 for dispensing of its contents. The perforated sealed sheet 21 is of laminated construction and comprises an upper layer 30 of CPET which is surface-treated to be ink jet printable, an intermediate layer 33 bonded to the layer 30 and sealingly attachable to the tray 10. A removable paper backing layer 34 provides sufficient structural rigidity to enable the flexible laminated sheet 21 to pass through an ink yet printer whereby details of the intended contents of the pots 17 may be printed on the sheet 21. Preferably the perforated sheet 21 is adhered both to the removable pots 17 and the tray 10, such that the sheet secures the pots within the tray 10.
Patent GB-2445518-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary care bed for bedfast patients
Inventor: PAGDEN KENNETH LINDSAY
IPC: A61G7/02
Filed: 2008-05-01
Abstract: This invention provides a bed for a patient including a patient lifting means; and a length of moveable sheet material, wherein a first portion of the sheet material is aligned below the patient support, and the sheet material is moveable such that the portion is no longer aligned below the patient and is replaced with a second portion of the sheet material.
Patent GB-2451161-A (GB)
Title: Cardiac pump
Inventor: FERNQUEST KEVIN
IPC: A61M60/174
Filed: 2008-06-11
Abstract: The pump is suitable for implantation into the human heart or vascular system, and is an axial flow rotary pump having an elongate tubular casing 1 with an electric stator 4 defining an inlet 2 for blood and an outlet 3 for blood longitudinally spaced from the inlet. Within the casing is a rotatable element 9 arranged to be driven within the casing. A substantially axial primary blood flow path 10 extends from the inlet to the outlet and a secondary blood flow path 17 flows in spacing between an outer surface of the rotatable element and an inner surface of the outer casing. The rotatable element has an electric rotor portion 12 arranged to be rotatably driven by the electric stator, and an impeller 11 axially spaced from the rotor portion. Part of the casing 6 and a corresponding part of the rotatable element 14 is flexible and in use inwardly compresses so that the outside diameters of the casing and the rotatable element can be constricted during implantation and then allowed to expand upon reaching its implantation destination.
Patent GB-2448090-A (GB)
Title: Automobile surface protector having adjustable width
Inventor: BREEN GRAEME
IPC: B60N3/04
Filed: 2006-12-20
Abstract: A surface protector for the cargo area of a vehicle. The protector includes a roller assembly formed by a pair of tubular slides, one received in the other, so that the length of the roller assembly can be adjusted. Flexible sheets are attached to the slides and are able to move with respect to each other during adjustment of the length of the roller assembly. This provides a corresponding adjustment of the width covered by the sheets. The slides are mounted on a mounting assembly which includes feet to bear against opposing walls of a vehicle cargo area.
Patent GB-2463658-A (GB)
Title: Fat-based confectionery material containing liquid filled bubbles
Inventor: WALKER JOHN HOWARD
IPC: A23G1/50
Filed: 2008-09-19
Abstract: A fat-based confectionery material with a continuous fat phase is disclosed as being dispersed with bubbles containing a liquid filling. The liquid filling may be an aqueous solution or an oil-in-water suspension. Also disclosed are several methods of creating the material including introducing discrete droplets of a liquid filling into a flow of fat-based confectionery material and solidifying the material. A further method discloses introducing discrete droplets of a cold liquid filling into such a flow. Another method discloses adding pieces of crystallized sucrose fondant containing invertase into a continuously stirred container of fat-based confectionery material, solidifying the material and allowing the solid fondant pieces to be converted to liquid by the invertase.
Patent GB-2465404-A (GB)
Title: Plural antenna elements with a switching arrangement and method
Inventor: BREMNER DUNCAN
IPC: H01Q3/24
Filed: 2008-11-18
Abstract: An antenna arrangement comprises two or more antenna elements 3, a transmitter 9 and a receiver 7. A first switch S1t— S6tis connected between each respective antenna element 3 and the transmitter 9 and a second switch S1r—S6ris connected between each respective antenna element 3 and the receiver 7. An integrated circuit comprising a transmitter 9, a receiver 7 and first and second switches S associated with each of two or more antenna elements 3 may be provided. The first switch may connect the antenna element 3 to the transmitter 9 and the second switch may connect the antenna element 3 to the receiver 7. Alternatively, an integrated circuit merely comprising first and second switches S may be used in such an antenna arrangement. Further, an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of transceivers 9 and a plurality of respective switches S or comprising a switch S and a transmitter 9 or a receiver 7 may be employed. Also disclosed is a method of operating an antenna arrangement which involves providing a first switch between an antenna element 3 and a transmitter 9 and a second switch between the antenna element 3 and a receiver 7 and where the first and second switches are in a parallel arrangement.