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Patent GB-2425999-A (GB)
Title: Moulded platform and method of making a moulded platform
Inventor: LOFTUS STEPHEN CLIVE
IPC: B29C45/00
Filed: 2005-05-14
Abstract: A moulded platform 2, such as a pallet or dolly, comprising a support structure including ground engaging elements for supporting a load bearing deck 8 and moulded reinforcing elements for increasing the strength and rigidity of the deck 8, the moulded reinforcing elements including box girder elements 26 that extend through the platform in a direction substantially parallel to the load supporting surface 8. The box girder elements can be further reinforced with ribs (fig.13, 36) and diaphragms (fig.13, 34). Further disclosed is a method of making such a moulded platform 2, where the core element (fig.13, 50) for forming the moulded reinforcing element 26 is removed prior to opening the mould and releasing the moulded platform from the mould tool.
Patent GB-2426341-A (GB)
Title: Measuring nano-scale mechanical displacements by the compression or expansion of a compliant insulator
Inventor: DORRESTIJN MARKO
IPC: B81B3/00
Filed: 2005-05-19
Abstract: A sensor measuring nanometre-scale mechanical displacements, such as those used in readout mechanisms for MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) and NEMS (Nano-Electro-Mechanical System). The sensor uses a compliant insulator 3 located between a translating member 6 and a pickup member 5 of the device, whereby the insulator 3 is compressed or expanded respectively when the translating member 6 moves. A measuring device determines the change in an electrical value of the insulator 3 upon its compression or expansion, for example by measuring the capacitance or the tunnel current through the insulator 3. The translating member 6 may comprise a sharp tip for use as an atomic force microscope or may comprise a sensitive detection layer for sensing chemical or physical properties.
Patent GB-2418297-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle immobiliser with an antenna printed on a circuit board arrangement
Inventor: GHABRA RIAD
IPC: H01F38/14
Filed: 2005-09-08
Abstract: A circuit board assembly 10 for a vehicle immobiliser system comprises an antenna trace 22 printed on a circuit board 12 where the circuit board 12 has an aperture 18 for insertion of an ignition switch 36. The aperture 18 may be circular, elliptical, square, rectangular or triangular. The antenna trace 22 may be arranged proximate to the perimeter of the aperture 18 and may be of a similar shape. The antenna trace 22 may comprise multiple circular or spiral turns formed on at least three separate circuit board layers which are interconnected using conductive via formations. The antenna trace 22 may be coplanar with the circuit board 12. The circuit board assembly 10 may include at least one passive component, an integrated circuit immobiliser, a microprocessor and a communication bus connection member which are coupled to one another on the circuit board 12. The integrated antenna and transceiver circuit board assembly may be mounted in an interior portion of a vehicle and provide a simple, cheap, compact and efficient arrangement for a vehicle immobiliser system.
Patent GB-2416364-A (GB)
Title: Method for improved vertical sweep of oil reservoirs
Inventor: STONE HERBERT L
IPC: E21B43/16
Filed: 2004-05-10
Abstract: In a WAG flood oil is displaced from a subterranean formation by injecting water alternately with gas into a single injection completion per pattern. The ratio of water to gas injected is the WAG ratio. In this invention, two separate injection completions (14, 16) are used in each pattern, with one placed directly above the other. A very low WAG ratio is used for injection into the bottom extremity of the formation. A very high WAG ratio is injected into the upper interval, at as high a rate can safely be used without fracturing the formation. In the preferred embodiment, two horizontal well bores (14, 16) serve as the two completion intervals. Proper design of this method gives a vertical sweep efficiency of the gas that is several-fold greater than the best of previous WAG flood designs, especially in thin formations.
Patent GB-2432054-A (GB)
Title: Portable ground mount for offset satellite dish
Inventor: WATKIN JOHN CYRIL
IPC: H01Q1/12
Filed: 2005-11-01
Abstract: A portable offset satellite antenna system which is easily collapsed for transportation. The basis of the system is a lightweight framework, which when attached to an offset satellite dish at either end of its vertical axis, transforms the combination into a self-supporting, free-standing antenna system, fully adjustable for azimuth, signal elevation of between 5{ to 90{ and sloping ground in any plane. The frame comprises a plurality of members whereby adjacent members are adjustably fixed to one another by a thumbscrew. The antenna elevation is adjusted by means of an elevation arm comprising a telescopic unit. The frame can be secured to the ground.
Patent GB-2433833-A (GB)
Title: Micro-cavity OLED layer structure with transparent electrode
Inventor: FODEN CLARE
IPC: H01L51/52
Filed: 2005-12-28
Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent device, OLED, comprises a transparent substrate, such as glass 10 coated with a transparent anode 12, such as ITO, and a final top light reflective cathode, such as Al or Ag overlying an electron injection layer 20, such as BaO. Layer 14 is a hole injection layer, 16 a hole transport layer, and layer 18 is an organic electroluminescent material. The thickness and refractive index of the layers 20,18,16,14,12 between the two electrodes is chosen to provide a microcavity about the active recombination region 24 so that thicknesses x and y relative to the emission wavelength L are chose to give a total thickness T of T=(L/4n) + (aL/2m) +/- 40nm where n,m are the average refractive indexes of the x and y regions and a is zero or a positive integer, preferably a=0, 1, 2.
Patent GB-2419911-A (GB)
Title: Acidizing stimulation method using a pH buffered acid solution
Inventor: RAE PHILIP J
IPC: E21B37/00
Filed: 2004-07-14
Abstract: A method for removing carbonate materials or scale deposition from a subterranean formation of an oil or gas well which comprises introducing into the well a buffered acid solution containing an organic acid and void of hydrofluoric acid or a hydrofluoric acid precursor wherein the pH of he buffered acid solution is generally between from about 1.9 to about 4.8.
Patent GB-2435357-A (GB)
Title: Satellite radio navigation receivers
Inventor: KALE IZZET
IPC: G01S5/02
Filed: 2006-02-15
Abstract: In a satellite radio navigation receiver receiving a transmitted signal having I and Q components, a method of removing I/Q-mismatches in the received signal, comprising: resolving the received signal into I and Q signal components, and providing them as inputs to a demixing stage, the demixing stage including first and second cross-coupled adaptive filters, whose coefficients are updated by the outputs of the demixing stage, the outputs of the demixing stage representing an IQ mismatch corrected signal. The coefficients are updated only by the polarity values of the outputs, resulting in great simplification. The receiver may be a zero-IF or low-IF receiver, and may operate on time domain or frequency domain signals.
Patent GB-2437063-A (GB)
Title: A process for oxide gas capture
Inventor: KONGSHAUG KJELL OVE
IPC: B01D53/02
Filed: 2006-04-10
Abstract: The invention provides a process for oxide gas capture which process comprises contacting a gas comprising an oxide with a metal-organic framework wherein a metal-coordinating organic component carries a non-metal-coordinating electron pair donor group, and optionally releasing captured gas from said metal-organic framework by raising temperature and/or reducing pressure. The gas comprising an oxide is a carbon-dioxide containing and the non-metal-coordinating electron pair donor group is an amine group. In particular the process is used in exhaust gas treatment of a hydrocarbon fuelled engine.
Patent GB-2434497-A (GB)
Title: Selecting a data stream for transmission or storage from multiple compressed data streams having different compression ratios or types
Inventor: CHANG SHIH-CHENG
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2006-05-02
Abstract: A system for processing multimedia data, such as video or audio data, comprises a compressor which converts a received signal into multiple digital data streams with different compression ratios or compression types. The system chooses a digital data stream with a suitable compression ratio or compression type according to the storage space of a receiving device or the bandwidth limitations of the transmission path and the selected digital data stream is stored or transmitted. The system may include a user interface, such as a website or software program, for configuring the multiple digital data streams. The compressor may be an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a digital signal processor (DSP).
Patent GB-2438871-A (GB)
Title: Heating and cooking appliance comprising an air extractor
Inventor: POLLAK DAVID
IPC: F24C15/32
Filed: 2006-06-09
Abstract: An oven comprises an appliance housing and a door, together defining an inner cooking compartment 2. An air extracting machine 1 is attached to the compartment for drawing out air from the compartment. An opening 12 in the compartment allows a stream of air 10 to flow into the compartment across the heating elements 3, thus bringing the heat produced by the heating elements across the whole compartment. A space is provided in the compartment to accommodate a product 5 to be cooked between the extractor and the heating element, where the stream of air flows through the space where the product is located. The air extractor may comprise a pump or fan 11 which when activated sucks air out from the compartment at very high speed so as to produce a high speed flow of hot air. The heating element may include a means to both heat and cool. The appliance brings a double advantage to the heating of a cooking object whereby the air in the chamber reaches a far higher temperature than standard ovens because the hot air surrounding the heating element is drawn all through the chamber and as a result of the high speed hot air stream the cooking object is heated more rapidly.
Patent GB-2439761-A (GB)
Title: Phase shifting unit using mutually movable sections to vary path length
Inventor: FOX ANDREW JOHN
IPC: H01P1/18
Filed: 2006-07-05
Abstract: A phase shifting device has, mounted on a first unit, a signal input point and first and second signal output points. Mounted on a second unit, there is a conductive path having first, second and third end points, and including at least one impedance matching region. The second unit is held adjacent to the first unit such that a first signal path is established between the signal input, the first and second end points on the second unit, and the first signal output point, and a second signal path is established between the signal input, the first and third end points on the second unit, and the second signal output point. The second unit is movable relative to the first unit in order to vary the relative lengths of the first signal path and the second signal path. Multiple phase shifting devices can be connected together, such that the respective second units of the phase shifting devices move relative to the respective first units in different ways, such that the relative variations in the first and second signal path lengths differ between the phase shifting devices. This is achieved using a rod which has threaded sections of different coarsenesses.
Patent GB-2427866-A (GB)
Title: Pentathienyl-fluorene copolymer
Inventor: BRENNAN DAVID J
IPC: H01L51/30
Filed: 2005-03-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pentathienyl-fluorene copolymer having structural units represented by formula (I): here R and R' are each independently a substituent or H. The invention also relates to a transistor containing this copolymer. The present invention addresses a problem in the art by providing an electroactive device with exceptionally low hysteresis.
Patent GB-2433555-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine blade root improvements
Inventor: MCCANN MICHAEL EDWARD
IPC: F04D29/34
Filed: 2006-10-16
Abstract: A gas turbine engine blade 10 includes an airfoil section 12 and a dovetail root section 16 disposed opposite the airfoil section 12. The dovetail root section 16 has an outer surface (44, figure 4), at least a portion of which has residual compressive stresses resulting from a plurality of peening operations. The dovetail section 16 also includes a copper-nickel-indium wear coating layer (42, figure 4) disposed over the outer surface 44, having residual compressive stresses, and a lubricant coating layer (46, figure 4) disposed over the copper-nickel-indium wear coating layer 42, wherein the lubricant coating layer 46 is lead-free. The blade 10 may be a fan or compressor blade, and may be made from titanium or a titanium alloy.
Patent GB-2429948-A (GB)
Title: Co-cured stringers and associated mandrel and fabrication method
Inventor: ENGWALL DWIGHT L
IPC: B64C3/18
Filed: 2005-03-01
Abstract: A co-cured composite stringer and associated apparatus and method are provided. The co-cured composite stringer includes a stringer and a mandrel positioned within a channel defined in the stringer. A plurality of strips are positioned within an opening of the mandrel, and a substrate layer, such as aircraft skin, is positioned adjacent to the stringer. During application of the substrate layer to the stringer, the mandrel and plurality of strips support the stringer.
Patent GB-2429334-A (GB)
Title: Thermo-electric cooler
Inventor: HEALY DAVID
IPC: H01S3/04
Filed: 2003-09-13
Abstract: A thermo-electric cooler comprises a pair of parallel electrically insulating and thermally conducting plates 4, 17, 21 and an array of thermo-electric elements 6 arranged between the plates. A pair of contact pads are provided on an upper surface of the lower plate 4. The upper plate 17, 21 is suitable for optical and/or electro-optical components to be mounted thereon. The upper plate 17,21 has a structure 20, 22 providing rigidity to the upper plate 17, 21. The structure may be a flange 20 projecting in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the upper plate 17. Alternatively, the structure may be one or more rods embedded in the upper plate 21. The alignment of optical and/or electro-optical devices mounted on the upper plate is thus maintained by the rigid upper plate 17, 21.
Patent GB-2428420-A (GB)
Title: Multi-compartment container
Inventor: BERRYSMITH ASHLEY FRANCIS
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2005-05-20
Abstract: A multi compartment food container (5) suitable for housing a salad and a salad dressing comprising a food storage compartment (6) and a food dressing storage compartment (7) wherein said compartments are operatively linked by a communication means (9) adapted to allow mixing of a salad dressing stored in the food dressing compartment with a food stored in the food storage compartment if the container is shaken.
Patent GB-2446823-A (GB)
Title: Formulation of lipid bilayers
Inventor: SANGHERA GURDIAL SINGH
IPC: B01J19/00
Filed: 2007-02-20
Abstract: A method for forming a lipid bilayer across an aperture, comprises: (a) providing a cell having a chamber adjacent to a septum comprising a membrane having an aperture capable of supporting a lipid bilayer; (b) depositing one or more lipids on an internal surface of the chamber; (c) introducing an aqueous solution into the chamber to cover the aperture and the internal surface and to form an interface between the solution and lipids; and (d) moving the interface past the aperture at least once to form a lipid bilayer across the aperture. Also claimed is the device for forming a lipid bilayer.
Patent GB-2446777-A (GB)
Title: A tray for the collection of nails during a nail cutting procedure
Inventor: MCGLADE SEAN
IPC: A45D29/00
Filed: 2007-02-22
Abstract: A device with raised surround to capture cut nails during a pedicure/manicure procedure. The tray may be fan-shaped with an open end 1 for the disposal of the nail clippings, after use. It may have a battery-powered light 2 at the broader end to permit clearer viewing of the digits.
Patent GB-2436947-A (GB)
Title: Anaesthetic vaporiser
Inventor: FIEDOROWICZ RICHARD JOHN
IPC: A61M16/18
Filed: 2003-11-11
Abstract: A reservoir (18, Fig. 3) of the anaesthetic vaporiser 1 is adapted to hold a supply of liquid anaesthetic agent. A plurality of channels 7 are connected to define a path for carrier gas being passed through the vaporiser. Each channel is provided with a wick 3 extending into the reservoir so as to permit flow of liquid anaesthetic agent from the reservoir, via the wick, to the carrier gas. The carrier gas is directed alternately upwardly and downwardly along successive channels and the channels are connected in series to form an unbranched path for the carrier gas. The reservoir may be connected to the wicks by a second wick which extends into the reservoir and contacts each wick. The vaporiser may comprise a second carrier gas path avoiding contact between the carrier gas and the anaesthetic agent, and a temperature sensitive valve (30, Fig. 7) adapted to regulate the proportion of carrier gas flowing through each path. The vaporiser may further comprise a third cater gas path having an exit connected to an entry of the first gas path and extending adjacent thereto so that heat may flow from the carrier gas in the third path to replace that lost be evaporation of anaesthetic into carrier gas in the first path. The vaporiser can also include buffer means in the form of an elongate indirect carrier gas path to obviate the effects of back pressure.
Patent GB-2449288-A (GB)
Title: Pouch container with two compartments separated by a fluid-tight weak bond
Inventor: JOHNSON ELIZABETH
IPC: B65B29/10
Filed: 2007-05-18
Abstract: A pouch container for a food product, a filled container, and a method of filling are described. The container comprises a sheet containment material configured surroundingly and sealingly to define a food containment volume, at least one closure seam provided within the volume between paired opposing surfaces of the said sheet containment material to divide the containment volume into two food compartments suitable to contain food product in use, wherein the said closure seam has a pressure sensitive apertured portion adapted to be closed at ambient pressure but to open when an internal pressure differential between the compartments reaches a predetermined point.
Patent GB-2437675-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for expanding a tubular member
Inventor: DELUCIA FRANK
IPC: E21B23/01
Filed: 2007-08-01
Abstract: A method and apparatus for expanding a tubular member.
Patent GB-2454882-A (GB)
Title: A support for a shaping block during the construction of concrete structures
Inventor: MCCOY JAMES GERALD
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 2007-11-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a support for holding and maintaining the position of a shaping block used to form a right angle join between the floor and the wall of a building whilst concrete is poured and sets. The support comprises a bracing arrangement fixed to a substantially cylindrical member i.e. rebar at a desired location along the length of the member. The bracing arrangement has a trough shaped elongate bracing member 1 which is placed in contact with the cylindrical member so that the bracing member 1 lies along a length of the cylindrical member. The bracing member 1 has a support portion 13 with a free end 15 and a first cantilevered support surface 16 on which the shaping block is supported. One embodiment relates to a method of using said support. A further embodiment relates to a support comprising an elongate bracing member with a support portion comprising first and second support elements disposed at an angel to each other. The first support element has a free end and presents a first cantilevered support surface and the second support element is positioned substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the bracing member.
Patent GB-2444469-A (GB)
Title: Electrosurgical apparatus with fluid flow regulator
Inventor: WOLOSZKO JEAN
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2006-11-07
Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument comprising a shaft that includes a distal end section and a distal tip. Near the distal tip is an active electrode and a fluid collection chamber. The fluid collection chamber comprises an ingress port for suctioning a fluid flow over the active electrode and into the fluid collection chamber; a regulator adapted to adjust the fluid flow through the ingress port; and an aspiration port for exhausting the fluid from the fluid collection chamber, and a method thereof.
Patent GB-2453055-A (GB)
Title: A waste cart with identification means
Inventor: MARTIN ROBERT LEE JR
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2008-09-24
Abstract: A trackable cart 10 having an identifier 30, 32 and comprising a body 14 connected via a hinge 22 to a lid 18. The identifier 30, 32 may be contained within the hinge member 22 which preferably comprises a cylindrical member which receives at least one pin. The cart may have at least one wheel 34 on a lower rear portion of the body. The identifier may be a radio frequency identification tag (RFID). There is a further independent claim for a cart which also comprises a handle and a third independent claim for a method of assembling a cart by securing a non-optical identifier to a cart already having an optical identifier, reading the non-optical identifier and associating the two.
Patent GB-2468272-A (GB)
Title: Chassis structure for mid-wheel drive power wheelchair
Inventor: ROYCROFT LAWRENCE WILLIAM ANTHONY
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 2009-02-27
Abstract: A chassis structure for a mid-wheel drive power wheelchair comprising a frame 1, front wheels 33, rear wheels 73, driving wheels 43, a pair of driving units 4, a pair of connecting racks 5 and press cylinders 53. The chassis structure further includes a pair of restricting racks 6 each having a first restricting plate 61 and a second restricting plate 62. Each restricting plate has a slot at a central portion thereof. A first fixing member 63 is inserted through one end of the first restricting plate 61 and the slot of the second restricting plate 62, and a second fixing member 63 is inserted through one end of the second restricting plate 62 and the slot of the first restricting plate 61, so that the two restricting plates overlap to extend and restrict with each other for maintaining a steady and balancing ride.
Patent GB-2462695-A (GB)
Title: Sunshade for motor vehicle window
Inventor: GLASER CARSTEN
IPC: B60J1/20
Filed: 2009-04-07
Abstract: A protective sunshade arrangement 40 for the windowpane (26, Figure 1) of a motor vehicle. A frame 42 has two opposing longitudinal struts 44, 46 for guiding a cover 48 that can be extracted in an extracting direction 4 from a cover roller 54 arranged between the longitudinal struts 44, 46. According to the invention, the frame 42 furthermore features at least one first transverse strut 50 that extends between the longitudinal struts 44, 46 and a second transverse strut 52 may be present. The transverse struts 50, 52 may be on opposite sides of roller 54. A U-shaped strut 60 may be present on the first longitudinal strut 50 and may have locking section 62 and locking projection 68 with an actuating means 70. Mounting depressions 74, 76 may be present on the transverse 50, 52 and U-shaped 58 struts. The roller 54 may be held in receptacle space 32 in roof console 34.