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Patent GB-2445029-A (GB)
Title: Fuel effect fire with upward heated air flow
Inventor: STONIER CHRISTOPHER SIMON
IPC: F24B1/18
Filed: 2006-12-22
Abstract: A fire 10 has simulated fuel 22, a pressure creating means 34, such as a fan, for creating a flow of air, a heating means 40, which may be electric heating elements, to heat the air flow and a passage 36 to direct the heated air upwards. The fire may have two housing sections 13, 14, the ducting 36 being telescopically adjustable so that the two housing sections can be adjusted with respect to one another. The upper housing 13 may have a light source 18, flicker element 20 and simulated fuel 22. The lower housing may house the fan 34, heating means 40 and controls for the fire 58. A grate or lip 46 may be provided in the ducting 36 to prevent objects falling into the duct. There may be a deflector 26 to deflect the flow of heated air.
Patent GB-2431280-A (GB)
Title: Organic el panel
Inventor: KIMURA HIROSHI
IPC: H05B33/14
Filed: 2005-08-02
Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide an organic EL panel in which contrast ratio and emission efficiency when lighted can be prevented from lowering at a segment display section employing a CCM method or color filter method. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In an organic EL panel comprising a substrate and a segment display section provided on the substrate, the segment display section comprises an organic EL light-emitting section and plural kinds of color modulating sections. The organic EL light-emitting section comprises a single reflective electrode, an organic EL layer, a shadow mask having a plurality of openings, and a single transparent electrode. The plural kinds of color modulating sections are arranged adjacently to the substrate, and each of the color modulating sections is divided into a plurality of subsections.
Patent GB-2446565-A (GB)
Title: Gripping food products in slicing machines
Inventor: CULLING ALAN
IPC: A22C17/02
Filed: 2007-02-15
Abstract: An apparatus is described for gripping food products such as bacon, cheese or cooked meat in a slicing machine, together with methods of operation thereof. The gripper apparatus comprises hooks (6,7) for gripping one end of the food product. During slicing, the slicing machine cuts slices from the other end of the food product. Two sets of hooks are present and each set of hooks is moveable between a retracted inoperative position and an extended product-gripping position, independently of the other set. The second set (7) of hooks, when in their extended position, projects for a distance greater than the first set (6) of hooks. Both sets of hooks occupy their extended positions during initial stages of slicing and the second set of hooks is withdrawn to their retracted position during a final stage of slicing so that more of the remaining end of the product can be sliced. The hooks of the first and second sets are curved and occupy parallel planes when in their extended positions, with the planes occupied by the first set of hooks being orthogonal to the planes occupied by the second set of hooks.
Patent GB-2446592-A (GB)
Title: Rubber recycling
Inventor: KIND ROBERT
IPC: B09B3/00
Filed: 2007-02-16
Abstract: A method of recycling rubber comprises mixing recycled rubber crumb and/or granulate in a high shear mixer (such as an internal mixer) with virgin rubber to provide a mix. Typically, the crumb and/or granulate is present in an amount of above 60 wt.% of the mix. Mixing may take place for 20 minutes or less. The materials may be exposed to a temperature of up to 200{C in the high shear mixer. A cure system forming less than 5 wt.% of the mix may be added into one or more of the mix, the rubber crumb and/or granulate, the virgin material, or the high shear mixer. A rubber composition comprising an aggregate 10A of used rubber crumb and/or granulate 2 in a virgin rubber matrix 5 is also disclosed. A composition containing more than 80 wt.% used rubber is further claimed. The compositions are used to form truck tyres or acoustic sheets.
Patent GB-2436693-A (GB)
Title: Depolarising a WDM signal by passing it through a differential group delay element
Inventor: DESBRULAIS STEPHEN
IPC: H04B10/2507
Filed: 2007-03-15
Abstract: A device for depolarising channels in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signal is provided. A polarisation maintaining multiplexer 102 combines a plurality of optical signals 101 to form a polarised multiplexed signal comprising a plurality of channels. The multiplexed signal is then passed through a differential group delay (DGD) element 103 adapted to modify the polarisation state of one or more optical signals within the multiplexed signal and thereby to at least partially depolarise the multiplexed signal. However, each channel of the multiplexed signal retains a substantial time-averaged degree of polarisation, preferably exceeding 0.7. The multiplexed signal may include data signals and loading channel signals. Depolarising the loading channel signals in this way ensures that the data channels do not suffer from the effects of Polarisation Hole Burning. The DGD element may be a birefringent element such as a polarisation maintaining fibre with fast and slow axes at 45 degrees to the polarisation state of the input multiplexed signals. The DGD element may act to ensure that at least one channel exits the DGD element with polarisation orthogonal to that of at least one other channel.
Patent GB-2461241-A (GB)
Title: An elasticated band which may be attached to the base of the legs of a highchair to catch food or utensils accidentally dropped by a child in the highchair
Inventor: MARROITT SARAH
IPC: A47D15/00
Filed: 2007-03-22
Abstract: An elasticated band is disclosed which may be expanded to fit over the base of the legs of a highchair or chair to catch any food or utensils accidentally dropped by a child in the highchair. In use the band, which may be formed of plastic to allow for washing, retracts and tightens around the legs to surround the base of the chair and may be held in place by way of a velcro (RTM) attachment. The base of the catcher may include a scooped edge to catch any food or utensils dropped by a child in the chair.
Patent GB-2438070-A (GB)
Title: Determining energy consumption during exercise from respiratory frequency derived from heart rate measurements
Inventor: MARTIKKA MIKKO
IPC: A61B5/346
Filed: 2007-05-08
Abstract: The physiological state of a person (e.g. energy consumption during exercise) is monitored by measuring the heartbeat of the person to obtain a pulse signal 101. A respiration parameter (e.g. respiratory frequency) is derived directly from the measured pulse rate by considering the contribution of respiration to the pulse rate signal. The periodicity of the temporal variation of the pulse signal is determined using time stamps and the respiratory parameter is determined from the pulse rate periodicity. In particular the pulse rate signal is time stamped 103 and these time stamps used to create a series 104 , the period of which is related to the respiration frequency. Energy consumption is calculated from respiration frequency and other parameters (e.g. person's weight). The calculated energy consumption may be corrected for variations in rhythm of performance.
Patent GB-2449679-A (GB)
Title: A drive mechanism for driving an electrical generator
Inventor: THOMPSOM MARK
IPC: F03G1/00
Filed: 2007-06-01
Abstract: A drive mechanism for driving an electrical generator (25, 37) comprising at least one resilient means (11, 19, 29, 31) coupled to a drive shaft of a generator (25, 37) via at least one torque converter (13, 21, 33) and a clutch mechanism (23, 35) and means for introducing stored kinetic energy into the resilient means, whereby to cause a mechanical reaction in the resilient means (11, 19, 29, 31) which, in use, is relayed to the drive shaft of the generator (25, 37) by means of the torque converter (21, 33) and the clutch mechanism (23, 35) whereby to drive the generator (25, 37).
Patent GB-2439886-A (GB)
Title: Product packaging having a remanent value
Inventor: BRICKWOOD MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: B65D17/28
Filed: 2007-10-26
Abstract: A packaging material is provided in a continuous roll for forming into a channel shaped receptacle for receiving and supporting a structure such as a food product to be packaged by an over-wrap material. The packaging material is formed from two substrate sheets connected together along side edges to form a coextensive laminate defining a center portion and two side strip portions where the center portion has a width arranged to form the bottom wall and the two side strip portions each have a width arranged to form a respective one of the upstanding side walls. The center portions can be separated and exposed by tearing away the side and end portions and the inside surface of the center portions carries printed indicia providing a remanent value therefor, such as a scratch-off type lottery game or a collectible card.
Patent GB-2455773-A (GB)
Title: Energy Recovery System
Inventor: VEREY HUGH BREEDEN
IPC: F24V50/00
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: An energy recovery system (10) including a greenhouse (12) including at least a boundary (14) area made of a material which is substantially transparent to solar radiation, thus to capture solar energy in the internal environment of the greenhouse (12), a heat pump (15) including a closed fluid circuit which includes a first source heat exchanger (18) in which heat from the internal environment of the greenhouse (12) is transferred to the fluid, a second sink heat exchanger (20) in which heat from the fluid is transferred to a heat energy store (24), and an impeller (22) for moving the fluid from the first heat exchanger (18) where the fluid is at a generally lower pressure to the second heat exchanger (20) where the fluid is at a generally higher pressure, power to drive the impeller (22) being derived solely from the energy stored.
Patent GB-2456010-A (GB)
Title: Brush assembly for chain cleaning
Inventor: YU MING-CHI
IPC: B60S3/04
Filed: 2007-12-29
Abstract: A brush assembly 3 includes a base 31 and a cover 32 which is mounted on the base 3. A plurality of first brushes 41 are removably received in the base 31 and a plurality of second brushes 42 are connected to an under side of the cover 32. An extension pipe 323 is connected to the underside of the cover 32 and a plurality of outlet tubes 324 extend from the extension pipe 323. An inlet pipe 322 is connected to the cover 32 and communicates with the extension pipe 323 so as to intrusion detergent into the extension pipe and spread from the outlet pipes 324 to which the second brushes 42 are connected. Fixing members 6 hold the brush assembly in place, when in use and the arrangement means the detergent is equally distributed around the chain for better cleaning.
Patent GB-2442181-A (GB)
Title: Implantable graft assembly and aneurysm treatment
Inventor: VONDERWALDE CARLOS
IPC: A61F2/82
Filed: 2007-02-04
Abstract: Disclosed is an implantable graft assembly comprising a graft secured to a expandable tubular frame, the graft only partially covering the frame and the use of the graft assembly in treating an aneurysm, especially a cerebral aneurysm. Disclosed is also a method of treating an aneurysm by deploying an implantable graft assembly. Disclosed is also the use of serous tissue for the preparation of a cerebrovascular implant, especially as a graft, especially as a component of a cerebrovascular implantable graft assembly.
Patent GB-2448020-A (GB)
Title: A Solid Electrolytic Capacitor with a Barrier Layer.
Inventor: BILER MARTIN
IPC: H01G9/025
Filed: 2008-02-14
Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor contains an anode with a dielectric oxide layer; a solid electrolyte layer overlying the said oxide and a barrier layer that overlies the solid electrolyte to help protect the capacitor from its working environment. The barrier layer further includes a polymer three-dimensional crosslinked network that provides excellent adhesion to the underlying layers The polymer having a repeating unit with a functional hydroxyl group such as polyurethane, polyester and a crosslinking agent such as a nitrogen-containing polymer such as aziridine group, a polyalkleneimine, a polyamide, polyethyleneimine, a polyamideimide. The barrier layer exhibits an ESR less than 1000 milliohms operating at a frequency of 100 kHz, after being aged for 1000 hours at a temperature of 85 degrees Celsius and a relative humidity of 85%.
Patent GB-2460023-A (GB)
Title: Control of egress of gas from a cryogen vessel
Inventor: MANN NICHOLAS
IPC: F17C3/08
Filed: 2008-05-12
Abstract: A method for controlling egress of gas from a cryogen vessel 12 housing a superconducting magnet 10 is presented. A controller 30 receives data indicative of gas pressure within the cryogen vessel and a controlled valve 40 controls the escape of cryogen gas from the cryogen vessel. Data is provided to the controller, indicating a state of the magnet. Release of cryogen gas from the cryogen vessel is controlled by operation of the controlled valve by the controller in response to the available data indicating a state of the magnet. Preferably, during ramping of current into the magnet, gas venting from the cryogen vessel is controlled to provide additional cooling by reducing the gas pressure within the cryogen vessel. In response to the data indicating onset of a magnet quench the controller may control the controlled valve so that it stays closed, with cryogen venting through a parallel quench valve (64, fig.3). The controller may be connected to a telecommunications network to enable data indicating that a service operation is to be performed to be received from a remote location, thus allowing the controlled valve to be remotely controlled.
Patent GB-2460075-A (GB)
Title: Display screen mount
Inventor: ABRAM RICHARD
IPC: F16M1/00
Filed: 2008-05-15
Abstract: A display screen mount 10 for mounting a display screen 23 to a vehicle dashboard has a generally planar portion 24 the generally planar portion having attachment features 26A, 26B, 27A, 27B, 28A, 28B, 29 and 30 for receiving a display screen on a first side, the display screen mount further including at least one mounting arm 54 projecting away from the generally planar portion on a second side of the generally planar portion.
Patent GB-2454051-A (GB)
Title: Detachable dust collecting unit with handle
Inventor: YOO DONG-HUN
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2008-08-18
Abstract: A dust collection unit 100 is rotably attachable to, and detachable from, a vacuum cleaner body 13, and has a handle 150 extending from a support structure (fig.5) under the dust collection unit.
Patent GB-2463022-A (GB)
Title: Correcting cylinder unbalancing in an internal combustion engine
Inventor: FAZIO TOMMASO DE
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2008-08-28
Abstract: The method uses crankshaft or engine speed signal while a fuel injector is energized for a determined period of time in which all other fuel injectors are de-energized, generates a square wave signal by scanning markings on a detector 3,4, the signal having a predetermined period (102, fig 3), performs a first period-summing step 10 to obtain first segments (104, fig3) of the periods (102, fig 3), performs a digital anti-aliasing filtering 12 of the first segments (104, fig 3), performs a segment-summing step 14 to obtain second, larger segments (106, fig 3), performs a band-pass filtering step 16 on predetermined harmonic components to obtain intermediate values 17, creates filtered correction values 25 representing an ideal crankshaft wheel speed signal, corrects the intermediate values 17 using the filtered correction values 25 to obtain final values 30, performs a proportional and integral control on the final values 30, sums 34 all the harmonic components values to obtain a fuel quantity correction value 35 and corrects cylinder unbalancing by controlling the fuel injectors (I1-I4, fig 1) according to the fuel quantity correction value 35.
Patent GB-2448656-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for tracking position
Inventor: SHARP IAN
IPC: G01S1/04
Filed: 2007-03-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for tracking position of an object in a multipath environment (for example, inside a building) using radio signals. In order to provide an accurate Time of Arrival (TOA) estimate in a multipath environment, a wide bandwidth signal (providing a sharp rise time pulse) is required. Only a limited bandwidth is available in the radio spectrum, however. Further, installations for position tracking which generate wide bandwidth signals require expensive and complex radios. In the present invention, a number of narrow bandwidth signals are generated by a transmitter and combined together at a receiver to provide an effective wideband position location signal. Only relatively narrow bandwidth signals have to be transmitted, therefore, but accurate position can still be determined. Further, transmission of narrow bandwidth signals enables the use of relatively inexpensive radio transmitters.
Patent GB-2463948-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle lubricating apparatus
Inventor: STEWART BARRY
IPC: B62J31/00
Filed: 2008-10-06
Abstract: An apparatus and method for lubricating a vehicle mechanical system, in particular for lubricating a motorbike chain drive system 4 comprises a vibration sensor (76, figure 2), a controller 10 and a lubricant dispenser system 53, wherein the vibration sensor (76) is adapted to sense vehicle vibrations and the controller 10 is adapted to operate the lubricant dispenser 53 according to the vehicle vibrations. The controller 10 may be adapted to distinguish vehicle vibrations sensed during vehicle motion from vehicle vibrations sensed when an engine of the vehicle is operating and the vehicle is stationary, and the controller 10 is adapted to operate the lubricant dispenser system so as to lubricate the vehicle mechanical system only when the vehicle is in motion. The apparatus and method thus ensures that the vehicle mechanical system remains lubricated during vehicle motion whilst avoiding lubricant wastage and lubricant build-up associated with lubrication of the vehicle mechanical system when the vehicle is stationary.
Patent GB-2464139-A (GB)
Title: Jewellery assembly
Inventor: JOSEPH URIEL
IPC: A44C9/00
Filed: 2008-10-06
Abstract: A jewellery assembly comprises a shank 30 and a collet 10 and a locking element 48 on each of the collet and shank shaped such they mechanically cooperate to hold the collet and shank in a predetermined relative position. The locking element may comprise two protrusions of square section diametrically opposed on the collet which cooperate with corresponding holes in the shank. The collet may be removeably mounted on the shank such that the jewellery assembly is capable of being worn with different collets or the shank may be joined to the collet by soldering or welding. A collet comprising support arms may be used and in such circumstances the shank may further comprise a support bar (100).
Patent GB-2454842-A (GB)
Title: Method for logging after drilling
Inventor: BELL JOHN W
IPC: E21B17/02
Filed: 2007-08-21
Abstract: A method for logging a downhole formation in a wellbore. The method comprises drilling a wellbore with a drill bit coupled to a disconnect device (20). The disconnect device is then actuated to detach the drill bit from a portion of a conveyance (40). A logging operation is then performed between two portions of the disconnect device. The disconnect device may then be reattached.
Patent GB-2455022-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for replacing old underground pipes
Inventor: SCHAUERTE MANFRED
IPC: E21B7/04
Filed: 2007-09-07
Abstract: In a method and a device for replacing old underground pipes (4), the old pipe (4) is first of all exposed with the aid of a ground-drilling apparatus (8) with an overdrilling head and then, in turn, a new pipe (5) is drawn in with the aid of the drilling linkage (7) and - in a uniform operation - the old pipe is drawn out of the ground at the same time.
Patent GB-2455468-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for and method of detecting a conductive object
Inventor: CRAWFORD THOMAS MAXTON
IPC: G01V3/10
Filed: 2007-08-31
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for detecting a conductive object (5). The apparatus comprises at least one transmitting device (2), which is operative to generate a first changing magnetic flux (11, 12), and at least one receiving device (10), which is operative, in use, to receive a second changing magnetic flux (9) generated by the conductive object (5) in dependence upon the first changing magnetic flux. In addition, the at least one transmitting device and the at least one receiving device are disposed in relation to each other so as to attenuate the first changing magnetic flux (11, 12) received directly by the at least one receiving device (10) from the at least one transmitting device (2).
Patent GB-2460189-A (GB)
Title: System and method for performing oilfield drilling operations using visualization techniques
Inventor: REPIN DMITRIY
IPC: E21B43/00
Filed: 2008-01-29
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of performing a drilling operation for an oilfield, which has a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs. The method includes collecting oilfield data, at least a portion of the oilfield data being generated from a wellsite of the oilfield, selectively manipulating the oilfield data for real-time analysis according to a defined configuration, comparing the real¼ time drilling data with oilfield predictions based on the defined configuration, and selectively adjusting the drilling operation based on the comparison.
Patent GB-2476027-A (GB)
Title: Display privacy image processing method to emphasise features of a secondary image
Inventor: KAY ANDREW
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2009-09-16
Abstract: Private display image processing method comprising receiving a main image 103 and a side image 101 and mapping 104 the image pixel data to produce an average on-axis luminance dependent on the main image and an average off-axis luminance dependent on the side image, then processing 102 the side image to emphasise features that might otherwise be perceived as being de-emphasised as a result of the mapping. The two processing steps may be performed in different respective colour spaces with a colour quantisation step to reduce the bit depth of each colour component to the bit depth required for mapping. A third processing step may comprise spatially resampling the side image to provide the required number of pixels in the correct aspect ratio for mapping. Features including an edge feature, tonal or spatial contrast, or saturation may be emphasised using an unsharp mask filter, bilinear filter or spatial filter. This method creates a high quality restricted-view display without image degradation and without the cost of hardware modifications.
Patent GB-1419842-A (GB)
Title: Device for the uniform distribution of a granular substance for  example fertilizer
IPC: A01C15/00
Filed: 1973-03-02
Abstract: 1419842 Fertilizer distributors H VISSERS NV 2 March 1973 [12 May 1972] 10170/73 Heading AID  A fertilizer distributor comprises a horizontally-oscillated spreader pipe 8 provided with slots 9 and with a deflector strip 10. The strip 10 is convex towards the pipe 8 and has one or more elongated holes 11. The top edges of the slots 9 are above the upper edge of the strip 10.
Patent GB-309036-A (GB)
Title: Dump-car body tilting mechanism
IPC: B61D9/02
Filed: 1929-04-02
Abstract: 309,036. Pressed Steel Car Co., (Assignees of Burner, W. L.). April 3. 1928, [Convention date]. Tipping carts.-In vehicles in which the tipping apparatus comprises a piston and pressure cylinder a lever is fulcrummed at the side of the cylinder and members are mounted on the body and on the piston which are comnected to the lever to the body. As shown, the lever 7 is fulcrummed at 12 and is connected at the other end by a link 8 to the piston 6. A projection 10 on the lever 7 is adapted, on the lever being raised by the piston, to engage the member 9 to tip the body 1 about the tipping pivot 2.