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Patent GB-2411825-A (GB)
Title: A bag which may be stored in its grip portion
Inventor: CARR PATRICK JOSEPH
IPC: B65D30/00
Filed: 2004-03-12
Abstract: A device for carrying goods comprises a bag B having a tubular grip portion into which the bag may be inserted when not in use, the bag being attached to the grip portion by a pair of handles H1,H2 extending therefrom, the handles having respective bodies 14,20 for retention within the grip portion 22. The grip portion is open at both ends and the respective bodies are preferably balls.
Patent GB-2402133-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing distillate fuel blend containing alkylaromatics as seal-swell improvers
Inventor: O'REAR DENNIS J
IPC: C10L1/16
Filed: 2002-10-07
Abstract: A process for preparing a distillate fuel blend having a nitrile O-ring seal volume increase of more than 0.2% measured according to ASTM D471, comprising: <SL> <LI>a) subjecting reformable Fischer-Tropsch products to catalytic reforming to produce distillate-boiling alkylaromatics; <LI>b) catalytically isomerising distillate-boiling Fischer-Tropsch products to form a highly paraffinic distillate fuel; <LI>c) blending the alkylaromatics and paraffinic distillates to form a fuel blend. </SL> A portion of the alkylaromatic may be hydrogenated to form an alkylcycloparaffin. Preferablythe alkylaromarics are prepared by alkylating aromatics with Fischer-Tropsch derived olefins and alcohols.
Patent GB-2416665-A (GB)
Title: Mobile phone accessory
Inventor: GRANT GEORGINA
IPC: A44C15/00
Filed: 2004-07-28
Abstract: A device for a mobile phone (200, fig.2) comprises an item for attachment to the phone and a fastening mechanism 20 to connect the item to the mobile phone. The accessories 4 may be decorative, such as a piece of jewellery, and may hang from the phone, to visually enhance the phone. The releasable connection mechanism 20 may be a sterling silver necklace closure 21 with a hooked outer member 22 and a retractable lug 24 which closes a gap G across the hooked member 22. The lug is movable into and out of a sleeve portion 26 of the outer member by a protruding end lever 28 which is pressed by hand against the action of an internal spring (not shown) to withdraw the lug into the sleeve and open the gap G. The device may be attached to an eye (42, fig.2) integral with the back (44, fig.2) of the phone.
Patent GB-2401798-A (GB)
Title: Explosion bonded laminated face inserts for golf clubs
Inventor: MAHAFFEY STEVEN J
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: Laminated striking face inserts for golf clubs are characterized by explosion bonding of the layers of the laminate. The outer layers (61, 71, 81) are of a substantially high strength and density material and the center layer (65) is of relatively lower strength and density material. Explosion bonding results in a laminated face plate or insert (60) in which the yield strength of the laminate is similar to the full strength characteristics of the materials used in the laminate.
Patent GB-2406228-A (GB)
Title: Memory card connector with side mounted grounding terminal
Inventor: LIN TUNG-CHANG
IPC: H01R13/658
Filed: 2004-09-14
Abstract: A memory card connector 8 has a ground terminal which is situated in the longitudinal or side wall of the connector. The terminal has a body portion 31, a plurality of fixing tabs 32 which attach it to the wall of the connector, an elastic contact arm 33 which extends from the body portion and is aligned as so to engage the grounding portion of the memory card and a grounding portion 34 extending as so make connection with the grounding trace on the printed circuit board. The memory connector itself has insulated housing 11, an opening 16, a receiving space 18 and a plurality of conductive terminals 20 situated furthest from the opening of the housing.
Patent GB-2408514-A (GB)
Title: Method for HVOF or LPPS restoration coating repair of a nickel based superalloy article
Inventor: BUDINGER DAVID EDWIN
IPC: C23C4/12
Filed: 2004-11-04
Abstract: A method for repairing a nickel-based superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud (50 fig 3) having flowpath cooling holes (64 fig 3) therein that has previously been in service, includes the steps of providing the surface of a nickel-based superalloy article that has previously been in service with a restoration coating. A restoration nickel-base alloy preferably having no more than about 15 weight percent chromium and no more than about 0.01 percent yttrium is applied to the surface of the article by a hyper-velocity oxyfuel metal spray process or a low-pressure plasma spray process, and thereafter the article is heated to a sufficiently high temperature to diffusion bond the restoration coating to the surface of the article. The article is then returned to service.
Patent GB-2420124-A (GB)
Title: Fibre drafting apparatus
Inventor: IYPE CHERIAN
IPC: D01H5/26
Filed: 2004-11-11
Abstract: A drafting assembly for drafting a fibre web, the drafting assembly comprising ```a lower rear apron 28 having a first support surface; ```an upper rear apron 27 having a second support surface; ```the first and second support surfaces being arranged to grip the fibre web and transport the web from a rear entrance to a rear nip point on displacement of the rear aprons ```upper and lower front aprons 29, 30 having third and fourth support surfaces respectively being arranged to grip the fibre web and transport the web from a front nip point to an exit on displacement of the front aprons ```the aprons being arranged such that the front nip point receives fibre web which exits the rear nip point to draft the fibre web. The drafting assembly may be associated with a carding machine.
Patent GB-2404966-A (GB)
Title: A noise attenuation panel
Inventor: WILSON ROBERT SAMUEL
IPC: F02C7/045
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: A noise attenuation panel 33 used to attenuate noise in aircraft engines includes a cellular core 35 and a facing sheet 36 formed with an array of holes 31. The holes 31 may be laser drilled, and provide holes inclined in a direction normal to the facing sheet (fig 8). The hole inclination may be provided to prevent clogging of the holes with debris. Alternatively, the facing component may be fibre reinforced and the holes 31 have a polygonal cross-section with sides arranged parallel to the reinforcing fibres.
Patent GB-2423270-A (GB)
Title: Device for breaking glass
Inventor: WISBEY STEVE
IPC: A62B3/00
Filed: 2005-02-17
Abstract: A device for breaking glass that may be attached directly to the glass and operated remotely to break said glass is described. The device has an assembly that, in function, charges, stores and releases energy, and transfers said energy to a tip, held in adjustable and self correcting contact with the glass surface. In use, a trigger pawl 1 is actuated and subsequently rotates a firing pawl 11 which charges energy to an extension spring 21. At a given point during the actuation process, the pawls 1 and 11 become disengaged, returning to their respective start positions. The energy stored in the extension spring 21 is transferred to the glass surface via an impacting shaft 21, a tip holder 25, and finally a diamond point 23. If the glass initially fails to shatter then the device may be repeatedly fired without returning to it.
Patent GB-2415869-A (GB)
Title: User plane link exchange in response to network conditions
Inventor: OGURA DAISUKE
IPC: H04W92/12
Filed: 2005-05-06
Abstract: A data transfer system and its method, in which a plurality of U-plane controllers are connected to one C-plane controller and the number of the U-plane controllers is increased or decreased to realize a network structure of a low cost and to meet various conditions and requirements. Each U-plane controller sends at least one of network traffic conditions, resource using conditions within itself and trouble conditions to the C-plane controller. The C-plane controller selects an optimum U-plane link for providing a user terminal with services and requests a core network to carry out a U-plane link exchange via an optimum U-plane controller. The core network carried out the U-plane link exchange.
Patent GB-2424673-A (GB)
Title: Articulated poppet valve assembly and operating system
Inventor: MA THOMAS TSOI HEI
IPC: F01L3/06
Filed: 2005-05-12
Abstract: A poppet-type valve assembly for controlling the flow of gases entering or leaving the combustion chamber of an i.c. engine via a respective intake or exhaust port, comprising a valve head 10 connected articulately to at least two separate valve stems 12,14 and characterised in that when the valve head 10 is lifted off its seat 22 by one or more of the valve stems 12,14 during the valve opening period of the engine cycle, the angular orientation of the valve head 10 relative to its seat 22 in the port is variable by differential movement of the separate valve stems 12,14 so as to vary the relative height of the lift opening of the valve at different points around the valve seat and thereby vary the main direction of gas flow entering or leaving the combustion chamber. The angular orientation of the valve head 10 may be adjusted to optimise charge tumble or swirl at different engine speeds and loads. The engine may have side-entry intake ports switchable to operate in 4-stroke or 2-stroke mode, with forward tumble, high swirl or high volumetric efficiency in 4-stroke mode and with reverse tumble in 2-stroke mode.
Patent GB-2410552-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic devices to measure ultrasound velocity in drilling mud
Inventor: HASSAN GAMAL A
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 2003-11-18
Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for measuring ultrasound drilling mud velocity downhole in real time. One or more generated acoustical pulses are detected upon traversing two separate path lengths, and ultrasonic velocity is determined from differences in the pulses upon traversing their respective path lengths. Alternately, a single measurement can be made using an acoustic pulse traversing a specified path length. A transducer is discussed having a piezoelectric crystal, a backing material having matching impedance, and a facing material disposed between the crystal and the fluid having an impedance intermediate to crystal and fluid. A concave front face of the crystal increases sensitivity to off-axis signals. Improved signal resolution can be achieved using a controlled shape input pulse optimized for certain drilling conditions. A method of echo detection using wavelet analysis is preferred.
Patent GB-2428224-A (GB)
Title: Motorcycle anti-theft device
Inventor: DENIGAN RAYMOND
IPC: B62H5/14
Filed: 2005-07-09
Abstract: An anti-theft device for a motorcycle has a base plate 1 which can be concreted into the ground. The base plate is provided with a pair of slots into which L-shaped brackets 2, 3 can be inserted, such that they depend upwardly from the upper surface of the base plate. A motorcycle wheel can be secured in the channel formed by the brackets and the base by means of a locking pin 4 inserted through holes in the brackets and through the wheel. The bracket 2 may have guide rails protecting the head of the locking pin and the other bracket 3 may have a lock mechanism encased in a steel box. The device anchors the motorcycle to the ground and prevents it being lifted into a waiting vehicle. When not in use, the brackets can be removed so that the device does not present a trip hazard. A second motorcycle can be secured to the device by the use of optional brackets (5, 6, fig 2) and locking pin (7, fig 2).
Patent GB-2421100-A (GB)
Title: Patient healthcare information system
Inventor: DVORAK CARL DAVID
IPC: G16H10/60
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: A process for allowing interchange of healthcare information among communicating computer systems includes a get updates interface and a get detail interface that includes a data table e.g. in HTML format.
Patent GB-2416763-A (GB)
Title: Plastic ring pull removable closure
Inventor: HEKAL IHAB
IPC: B65D47/10
Filed: 2005-07-28
Abstract: A container closure (10) including a peripheral ring member (20) for securing the closure to a container or can body (not shown), and including a molded, polymer ring member (14) and central end panel (12) that are removable from the peripheral ring member for opening the end of the container or can body. The polymer ring member is adhesively bonded to a vertical wall portion (24) of the peripheral ring member and includes an integral lip portion (28) for covering a raw terminal edge of wall portion 24. The adhesive is formulated so that the bond fails cohesively during removal of the polymer ring member. The polymer ring member contains an oxygen-scavenging additive for reducing oxygen inside the container and reducing oxygen ingress into the closed container. The ring member 14 includes an integral pull-tab or ring pull 16 for aiding removal of ring member 14 and the central panel 12 from the container.
Patent GB-2429152-A (GB)
Title: Electrochemically activated water for use as a virucide
Inventor: MEAKIN NICK
IPC: A61K33/00
Filed: 2005-08-19
Abstract: The use of a solution comprising electrochemically activated water to kill or destroy a virus, preferably an avian virus such as avian influenza, infective bronchitis, Gumboro disease, chick anaemia or Marek's disease, is disclosed. The solution preferably comprises both the anolyte and the catholyte solution of electrochemically activated water, and may further comprise an antibiotic agent or drug. The solution may be administered orally, such as in the patient's food or drink.
Patent GB-2429788-A (GB)
Title: Car radio power supply and speaker tester
Inventor: MORTON MARK ANTHONY
IPC: G01R31/00
Filed: 2005-08-31
Abstract: A car radio tester comprises a box 4 and light emitting diodes (LED) that can indicate faults of wiring connection to speakers 14,16,26,28, negative supply 18, permanent supply 22 accessory supply 20 and illumination 24. The radio testing apparatus may also comprise a socket 8 to mate with a plug (fig 3,10) of the vehicle wiring loom and the socket may be an ISO socket. The circuit of the tester may comprise diodes (fig 4, D1,D2,D3,D4) to enable power to be drawn from either of an accessory supply or a permanent supply and resistors (fig 4, 100 ohm) in series with speakers and LEDs. When a LED illuminates it indicates a good circuit.
Patent GB-2431052-A (GB)
Title: Unwrapping phase values for an antenna array
Inventor: BRANDWOOD DAVID HERBERT
IPC: H01Q3/26
Filed: 2005-12-02
Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for the unwrapping of a set of phase values observed for an incoming signal on a phased array antenna. The difference between values observed on adjacent elements in the array forms a first data set. The differences between adjacent ordinates in the first data set forms a second data set. The values in the second data set are rounded to the nearest whole multiple of one complete cycle before the differencing process is reversed to provide the values (representing a whole number of complete cycles) which are added to the observed phase values to provide the unwrapped phase values.
Patent GB-2417573-A (GB)
Title: Flow conditioner
Inventor: HILL JAMES A
IPC: F15D1/04
Filed: 2004-05-11
Abstract: A flow conditioner includes a body composed of an array of vanes generally parallel to the direction of fluid flow. The vanes create a plurality of chambers to effectively reduce large scale vortices in the flow. The vanes have surfaces with perforations to allow pressure regulation between chambers to effectively reduce asymmetric flow and reduce drag. Additional preferred features include an acoustic choke created by a reduction in cross-sectional flow area at the entrance and the exit of the flow conditioner with circular plates. The plates have rough edges to increase production of micro-vortices.
Patent GB-2434912-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor X-ray detector device structure
Inventor: BASU ARNAB
IPC: H01L31/0248
Filed: 2005-12-21
Abstract: A bulk semiconductor crystal detector layer (eg CdTe, CdZnTe) 300 of thickness of up to 11mm is grown by a bulk vapour deposition method on a substrate 100 comprising, for example, Si or GaAs, and on which electronic circuitry is provided. An intermediate lattice matching layer(s) 200 is/are provided between the substrate and the detector layer.
Patent GB-2421450-A (GB)
Title: Centrifuge rotor with container securing device
Inventor: EIGEMEIER FRANK
IPC: B04B7/08
Filed: 2005-12-23
Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor 10 for laboratory centrifuges which is designed to accommodate at least one centrifugation container 5. The rotor 10 has at least one hold-down element 20 by which the at least one centrifugation container 5 is held in the rotor 10 and protected from axial displacement. In addition a contact pressure may be produced on the at least one centrifugation container 5 in the rotor 10. The hold-down element 20 may take the form of a rotary or swivel lock, or may be self locking. The hold-down element 20 may be driven by a pneumatic, spring or electromotor drive. Alternatively the hold-down element 20 may be a friction fit in the rotor 10.
Patent GB-2433910-A (GB)
Title: Combined handle/holder for hexagonal key wrenches
Inventor: CHANG HUNG-MING
IPC: B25B15/00
Filed: 2006-01-05
Abstract: A hexagon key wrench handle/holder combination comprises first and second latching elements 10, 20 which are pivotally coupled and hollow. The open edges of the first and second latching elements 10, 20 include a plurality of concave edges 11, 21 corresponding to different hole diameters. The opposing concave edges 11, 21 form an inserting hole (a; Figure 3) which can clamp a hexagon key wrench (30 Figure 4). A casing 40 is latched onto the first and second latching elements 10, 20. The casing 40 has a latching portion 42 on each side for fixing a sheath 50. The sheath 50 includes holes 53 of different diameters for inserting a plurality of different sized hexagon key wrenches 30. The first and second latching elements 10, 20 combine to form a handle for providing a comfortable turning effect (Figure 5).
Patent GB-2422606-A (GB)
Title: Method of in vitro protein evolution to improve stability
Inventor: BUCHANAN ANDREW
IPC: C12N15/10
Filed: 2006-01-05
Abstract: A method of providing a subject polypeptide variant with improved stability compared with a parent subject polypeptide, employing translation and selection using an RNA expression system, wherein two or more stability selection pressures are applied simultaneously during translation, two or more stability selection pressures are applied simultaneously during selecting, or at least one stability selection pressure is applied during translation and continues to be applied during selecting, and at least one further stability selection pressure is applied during selecting.
Patent GB-2435978-A (GB)
Title: Processing of voice messages in a communication system
Inventor: PEARCE DAVID JOHN BENJAMIN
IPC: H04M1/65
Filed: 2006-03-06
Abstract: A communication system comprises an apparatus, such as a voicemail server (111), for processing voice messages. The apparatus (111) comprises a network interface (201, fig 2) which receives voice messages, such as voicemail messages. A speech recogniser (205) performs speech recognition on the voice message to generate topic data, such as keywords, for the voice message. A categorisation processor (207) determines if the voice message corresponds to an excluded category for the recipient of the voice message. This is determined in response to the topic data and specifically a statistical pattern matching between keywords of the voice message and of keywords of the excluded category may be used. A discard processor (209) discards the voice message if the voice message corresponds to the excluded category. The invention may reduce the number of unwanted voice messages provided to a user, particularly in a voice over IP (VoIP) network.
Patent GB-2437086-A (GB)
Title: Door edge protector
Inventor: MCLOUGHLIN JOHN
IPC: E06B3/88
Filed: 2006-04-13
Abstract: A door edge protector 1 is provide for attachment to a vertical edge of a door 2 and in particular to the vertical edge of a swing door. The protector 1 comprises an elongate member with a U shaped cross section formed by a pair of spaced parallel limbs 3 interconnected with a web 4. Each limb 3 is connected via a hinge 5 to a wing 6 that can be rotated relative to its respective limb so that in use the free edge of the wing 6 can form a close fit against an underlying door leaf 2 or against a kick plate 7 fitted to the door. Preferably the hinge is formed by a portion of material with a reduced thickness. Recesses 17 may be provided to accommodate a length of adhesive tape. The free edge of the wings may have a lip13.
Patent GB-2422480-A (GB)
Title: Direct operation of low temperature solid oxide fuel cells using oxygenated fuel
Inventor: MURRAY ERICA
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2004-10-22
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a solid oxide fuel cell having an anode (16) and a cathode (18) using a methyl ether. The method of this embodiment comprises forming a first mixture comprising molecular oxygen and the methyl ether. The first reaction mixture is then heated to a sufficient temperature to form a second mixture comprising carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen. Finally, the anode of a solid oxide fuel cell is in contact with the second gaseous mixture. In another embodiment, the invention provides a fuel cell system that utilizes the methods of the invention.
Patent GB-2429618-A (GB)
Title: Providing mouse button functions for a touch panel having both pointer and keyboard modes
Inventor: SAICH WILLIAM G
IPC: G06F3/038
Filed: 2006-08-14
Abstract: A user interface for a computer having a central processing unit and a monitor/visual display unit (4, fig 2) has a touch panel 3 separate from the display 4, the touch panel serving both as a keyboard 7 and as a pointer control device for a cursor displayed on the display 4. The touch panel is arranged to display or have printed a pattern of keys for a keyboard of a selected form, x and y co-ordinates of a position on the panel touched by a users finger or a pointer are identified as a particular key by a code converter (16, fig 2). The user may switch between a keyboard mode and a pointer mode in which a pointer control region 8 controls a cursor displayed on display 4, points on the pointer control region mapping to display 4. Many touch panels cannot accurately report simultaneous touches at different points on the panel, so one embodiment has buttons 11 or keys 14 located outside the pointer control region 8 that function as mouse buttons in the pointer mode; another embodiment interprets a sharp tap on the touch screen 4 in the pointer mode as operation of a mouse button at the tapped position. Keystroke orders in the keyboard mode are given to allow shifted keys or break codes to be input.
Patent GB-2441315-A (GB)
Title: Slit hinge book binders
Inventor: GABRIEL ALBERT DENROY
IPC: B42B5/00
Filed: 2006-08-31
Abstract: A slit hinge book binders for manual book binding of pages without machines comprising a peel-off backing sheet 2 with self adhesive rectangular labels 3 having a plurality of pre-cut parallel horizontal slits 4 across half the width of each label to form multiple hinged page binding leaves 5, the uncut half of the label forming a communal page binding leaf 6 and the binders being packaged with user instructions for binding sets of pages into a book. The labels 3 may be constructed from a variety of materials in various colours. Preferably each label 3 has five slits 4 forming six page binding leaves 5 plus one communal leaf 6 for binding a total of seven pages. The labels 3 may be pre-creased along the hinge axis 1f and supplied on sheets, strips or rolls of backing paper 3.