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Patent GB-2445375-A (GB)
Title: Display
Inventor: SIKHARULIDZE DAVID
IPC: G02F1/167
Filed: 2007-01-05
Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a method of recording an image (28) comprising: ```providing a display cell (4) having a first cell wall (6) and a second cell wall (8) opposed to the first cell wall, the cell walls enclosing a layer of a display medium (10) comprising a liquid crystal material (12) having finely-divided pigment particles (14) dispersed therein, each cell wall (6,8) including an electrode (16,18) for applying an electric field across the display medium (10); ```applying via the electrodes (16,18) a first electric field of a first polarity and of sufficient magnitude and duration to cause the particles (14) to migrate and accumulate at the first cell wall (6); ```illuminating at least some of the particles (14) with an image to be recorded; and ```applying via the electrodes (16,18) a second electric field of opposite polarity to the first polarity and of sufficient magnitude and duration to cause some but not all particles (14) to migrate from the first cell wall (6) so as to produce a recorded image (28). Other aspects of the invention include a display device (2) for use with the method, and a display cell (4) having a recorded image (28). The invention uses optical addressing to control the electrophoretic migration of the pigment particles to produce a bistable display.
Patent GB-2446820-A (GB)
Title: Method for providing a supply of a heated fluid
Inventor: COLLINS MARK
IPC: F24V30/00
Filed: 2007-02-23
Abstract: A method for providing a supply of a heated fluid comprises passing a fluid through a heat exchanger element 6, dosing a controlled amount of a first and second reactant into a reaction chamber 4 via at least one inlet 7, 9 so that they react exothermically with each other to produce a required level of heating whereby the heat produced is exchanged with the fluid passing through the heat exchanger element 6, and removing spent reactant from the reaction chamber 4 via at least one outlet 16 of the chamber 4 The fluid may be gas or water for use in a domestic heating system. Heat exchanger element 6 may be a pipe. First and second reactants may be dosed via a hoppers 12, 14. First reactant may be a citric acid and the second reactant may be a base amine in the form of aqueous solution or gel. One or more dosing sensors 13, 15 may monitor the amount of reactant entering the chamber 4, and a pH sensor 18 at the outlet may measure the pH of the reaction.
Patent GB-2439790-A (GB)
Title: Solar air conditioning system
Inventor: ROBINSON NICHOLAS PAUL
IPC: F24F5/00
Filed: 2007-04-23
Abstract: A solar air conditioning system comprises of at least four inflatable chambers 9 - 12 disposed opposite and adjacent one another, opposite chambers 9, 10 being separated by a flexible and pivoting spine 14, adjacent chambers 10, 11 on one side of the spine 14 are in communication with each other and are filled with a first refrigerant and are mounted facing the sun 4, the chambers 9, 12 on the opposite side of the spine 14 are mounted facing the shade and are in communication with each other and filled with a second refrigerant. The spine 14 and chambers 9 - 12 are housed in a semi-closed venturi manifold providing simultaneous bi-directional pumping of chilled and exhaust air over multiple stages in and out of a multi-storey building (fig 3). Flexing of the spine 14 is powered by differential solar heating and cooling of the first refrigerant held in the sun facing chambers 10, 11, which may be concave and convex. This creates a differential greenhouse heating effect in the sun facing of the manifold in alternate stages, and is assisted by opening louvers (43, 44, fig 2) and reversible powered refrigerant pumping 6 and chilling of the second refrigerant in the shade side chambers 9, 12 under sequential control. Heat is exchanged between the refrigerants on alternate sun and shade sides through the spine 14 as it undergoes flexing.
Patent GB-2441608-A (GB)
Title: Glove with anti-slip cuff
Inventor: DAY JONATHAN
IPC: A41D19/00
Filed: 2007-05-24
Abstract: A glove comprises a hand portion and a wrist portion extending from the hand portion and terminates in a hand insertion opening. The wrist portion includes anti-roll down/ anti-rucking means in the form of a band of friction enhancing material provided on a surface which, in use, will form the inside of the glove, whereby, in use, the friction enhancing portion contacts the sleeve of a garment worn by the user so as to increase friction against the wrist portion of the glove, thereby preventing roll-down/rucking of the glove. The friction enhancing material is applied prior to any finishing operation(s) which reduce(s) the residual tack of the glove material and is selected from a group of materials whose tack is substantially unaffected by the finishing operation. Also provided is a glove and gown assembly and method of forming the glove.
Patent GB-2452056-A (GB)
Title: Pocket
Inventor: PICKERSGILL DAVID
IPC: B42F7/02
Filed: 2007-08-22
Abstract: A pocket for a legal document file comprises front and back panels sealed together and having an openable edge 11 for access into an internal region between the panels. The internal region is suitable for receiving a data carrier such as a video tape, an audio tape or an optical disc. At least two apertures 13 are formed substantially centrally in the front panel through which a ribbon may be threaded to secure the pocket to the remainder of the legal document file.
Patent GB-2439011-A (GB)
Title: A cover for an airbag comprising a variable thickness hinge
Inventor: YAMADA SATOSHI
IPC: B60R21/205
Filed: 2005-05-27
Abstract: A cover for an air bag apparatus includes: a resin outer panel 101 and an inner panel 105 disposed on the back side of the outer panel and softer than the outer panel so that it is deformable, wherein the outer panel comprises an expected door portion 101a as an expansion portion opposing the air bag and a closed loop shaped fracture portion which sections between the expected door portion and a non-expansion portion 101b and is fractured at the time of the expansion of the air bag; wherein the inner panel comprises a fixing portion 105b to be fixed to the non-expansion portion, door reinforcement portions 105f, 105g to be fixed to the expected door portion and a hinge portion 105d which is deformable and transverses the fracture portion to join the fixing portion with the door reinforcement portion integrally; and wherein the hinge portion is expanded in a direction of leaving the outer panel and formed to be thinned gradually (T1 to T2) from the side of the fixing portion to the side of the door reinforcement portion. The cover may form part of a vehicle trim panel such as an instrument panel.
Patent GB-2442571-A (GB)
Title: Spectrum-sensing algorithms and methods
Inventor: LEE CHANG-HO
IPC: H04B17/00
Filed: 2007-10-01
Abstract: Spectrum-sensing algorithms and methods may be provided for use in cognitive radios and other applications. The spectrum-sensing algorithms and methods may include receiving an input spectrum having a plurality of channels, performing a coarse scan of the plurality of channels of the input spectrum to determine one or more occupied candidate channels and vacant candidate channels, where the coarse scan is associated with a first resolution bandwidth and a first frequency sweep increment, performing a fine scan of the occupied candidate channels and the vacant candidate channels to determine actually occupied channels and actually vacant channels, where the fine scan is associated with a second resolution bandwidth and a second frequency sweep increment, and storing an indication of the actually occupied channels and the actually vacant channels.
Patent GB-2450946-A (GB)
Title: Cyclic olefin polymer containing fluoroalkyl groups
Inventor: CHEN JEN-LUAN
IPC: C08F8/24
Filed: 2007-11-07
Abstract: A graft polymer comprises a fluorocarbon alkyl group grafted onto a cyclic olefin polymer and has a glass transition temperature of 60-250{C and a molecular weight of 400-300000. The fluoroalkyl group may be grafted onto a monomer segment of the cyclic olefin polymer, wherein the monomer segment may include ethylene, propylene,   a  -olefin, or cyclic olefin monomers (such as bicycloheptene, tricyclodecene, and tetracyclododecene). Chlorine and/or oxygen atoms may be grafted onto the cyclic olefin polymer and the fluoroalkyl group. In another aspect, a particular polymer containing norbornene units substituted with a hydrocarbon chain bearing a C1-30 fluorocarbon alkyl group is disclosed. Preferably, the fluoroalkyl group comprises a C1-12 chain. Compositions comprising 10-99.95 wt.% of a thermoplastic resin and 0.05-90 wt.% of any of the aforementioned polymers are further claimed. Electret films comprising a parylene film over a layer of any of the above polymers are disclosed.
Patent GB-2444601-A (GB)
Title: A holding clamp for holding a gear of an engine stationary relative to the engine block
Inventor: MITCHELL DAVID
IPC: B25B27/00
Filed: 2007-11-12
Abstract: A holding clamp 1 for holding a gear 60 rotationally stationary relative to an engine block comprises a body 2 having a threaded passage, a projection 4 extending laterally from the body 2 and adapted to engage the teeth 62 or the recess 63 between teeth of the gear, a hooked portion 31, 32 adapted to (i) extend between the gear and the engine block and (ii) hook behind the teeth of the gear 60, and a jacking screw 5 extending through the threaded passage and rotatable relative to the body such that an end 53 of the jacking screw 5 engages the engine block and moves the hooked portion 3 into firm engagement with the gear 60. The body of the holding device may be cylindrical and of unitary construction, and preferably does not touch the gear. This device is ideally used to lock the camshaft gears in a valve train of an engine during belt / chain replacement.
Patent GB-2457035-A (GB)
Title: Swinging waist-twisting fitness equipment
Inventor: CHOU MING-FU
IPC: A63B23/02
Filed: 2008-01-30
Abstract: A swinging waist-twisting fitness equipment comprises a main frame 10 with a stand 11 and a vertical rack 12,13; a hand rest 20; a vertical-swing frame 30 assembles on the vertical rack 12,13 of the main frame with the upper end of the vertical-swing frame 30 linked to the vertical rack 12,13 via a pivots 31 and a rotary user support pad 40 mounted onto the lower end 32 of the vertical-swing frame 30. The user support pad 40 is able to swing about the horizontal axis of the pivots 31 and rotate about a substantially vertical axis parallel to arms 34,35 of the swing frame 30. With this swinging waist-twisting fitness equipment, swinging and waist-twisting movement can be achieved simultaneously to provide a better fitness and amusement effect.
Patent GB-2457065-A (GB)
Title: A collapsable portable paddling pool
Inventor: YU TERESA
IPC: A47D13/06
Filed: 2008-01-31
Abstract: A portable paddling pool 1, configurable between stored and erected conditions, comprises a base 4, one or more sides 5, a resilient frame 2,3 and one or more spacing members 6. The base 4 and the one or more sides 5 comprise a flexible material. The resilient frame is located at the interface of the base 2 and one or more sides, and is connected to the flexible material to provide a shape to the base in the erected condition. The one or more spacing members 6 support the flexible material of the one or more sides in a raised manner in the erected condition so as to form a container for receiving the water, bounded by the flexible material of the base and sides. Wherein the resilient frame is bendable and the one or more spacing members are foldable to allow the portable paddling pool to adopt its stored condition, wherein bending of the resilient frame and/or folding of the spacing members provides energy for moving the portable paddling pool from the stored condition to the erected condition.
Patent GB-2446967-A (GB)
Title: System for evaluating a parts carrier
Inventor: DIETZ MARK
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: A method (300) is disclosed for evaluating a parts carrier (10) that is operatively associated with a material handling process is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of parts (50) to be processed, determining (304) one or more types of the plurality of parts to be processed, and determining (304) a quantity of the parts to be processed. The method also includes virtually comparing (306) one or more parts of the plurality of parts with at least one of a length, width, or height of one or more envelopes (20). The method further includes selecting (310) one of the one or more envelopes as a function of one of the percentage of the types of parts capable of being accommodated with the one or more envelopes or the percentage of the quantity of parts capable of being accommodated within the one or more envelopes.
Patent GB-2458347-A (GB)
Title: Tracking device incorporated within a golf club
Inventor: OUGHTON PAUL
IPC: A63B53/00
Filed: 2008-03-17
Abstract: A golf club 2, which may be a usable club or a dummy club, has a head 4 and a hollow shaft 6. Within the head is a tracking device 8 which includes a battery and a lead 10 extending through the shaft to a charging socket 12 located within the top of the shaft at the handle or grip to receive a charging plug to recharge the battery. The club may be tracked via internet mapping solutions or a mobile phone network and the tracker may comprise GPS or GPRS or GSM means.
Patent GB-2460831-A (GB)
Title: A geometrical method for scaling radiographs
Inventor: COOK FRANK
IPC: A61B5/103
Filed: 2008-06-09
Abstract: A calibrated ruler allows the magnification of a radiograph or x-ray examination to be determined immediately, as the radiograph is taken. The method may find particular application in an anterio-posterior pelvic radiograph used when carrying out measurements for hip prosthetics. The method is based on magnification factors that are calculated from simple geometry and the distances that characterize both the set up of the x-ray machine and the patient's body. A ruler is provided which is placed against the body, and the scaling factor is read directly from the ruler. The method does not require a radio opaque marker to be placed within the x-ray field.
Patent GB-2461946-A (GB)
Title: Swimming distance counter
Inventor: BHOPAL KAREN
IPC: A63B31/10
Filed: 2008-07-22
Abstract: A device for providing an indication or measure of the number of units of distance swam by a swimmer comprises means 18 for incrementing the number of units of distance, which may operated by the swimmer while swimming, the device is preferably includes a wrist strap 12a, 12b and a separate finger mounted button or sensor 23, the counting means 18 may be formed of a display and the device may further comprise a heart rate monitor and/or a timer function.
Patent GB-2451958-A (GB)
Title: Riser connector with heave compensation
Inventor: SORENSON BJORN BRO
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2008-08-15
Abstract: A connector assembly for use on a vessel to eliminate relative vertical movement (heave) between the vessel and a riser (20, fig 4) attached to a sub-sea well, includes a first connector part 4 to be secured to the riser (20, fig 4) and a second connector part 3 to be secured to the vessel. The second connector part 3 is connectable to the first connector part 4 without relative axial movement and disconnectable from the first connector part 4 to allow relative axial movement between the first 4 and second 3 connector parts. There is also an alignment mechanism 30 which, when the first 4 and second 3 connector parts are disconnected, maintains the connector parts 4, 3 in axial alignment and spaced apart in a non-sealed manner by a gap the size of which varies with relative axial movement of the first 4 and second 3 connector parts.
Patent GB-2451048-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for monitoring non-occurring events
Inventor: MASKALL BRIAN
IPC: G06F11/32
Filed: 2007-06-14
Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for monitoring objects relating to event may include receiving an event message; filtering the event message to identify at least one object; comparing a current status of the object with an expected status for the object; and identifying a non-occurrence of an event associated with the object based at least in part on the step of comparing. In addition, the method and system may further provide generating a notification message identifying the non-occurrence; and sending the notification message to an intended recipient via a preferred mode of communication.
Patent GB-2457130-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous ocean bottom seismic node recording device
Inventor: RONEN JOSHUA
IPC: G01V1/16
Filed: 2007-09-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved autonomous node seismic recording device having an integrated modular design and one or more features that assist coupling of the unit to the sea floor in order to improve the vector fidelity of seismic signal measurement.
Patent GB-2469841-A (GB)
Title: Construction blocks
Inventor: RINGROSE PAUL
IPC: A63H33/04
Filed: 2009-04-29
Abstract: A combination of a construction block and at least one fascia component for use in building structures, the block comprises side walls and a top surface, the top surface having formations provided thereon to engage, in use, with an adjacent or succeeding block, wherein the at least one fascia component covers at least a part of one wall of the block. The block is preferably transparent but may be clear, translucent or opaque. The block may be hollow. The block may have a rectangular plan.
Patent GB-2473273-A (GB)
Title: Urinal insert
Inventor: READ MATT
IPC: E03D13/00
Filed: 2009-09-08
Abstract: The invention relates to an insert for a urinal, wherein the insert comprises a number of pebble features 102, each having a domed top and steep sloping sides. The features are connected by spacers 104 that leave gaps 112 between them which allows the liquid to flow between the features. The features are preferably arranged in a configuration to fit a urinal interior. The insert further comprises a support 108 under the pebble features. The support may comprise four curved legs to support the pebble features in the urinal. The insert serves to minimize splashing.
Patent GB-2460382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the game of blackjack and apparatus therefore
Inventor: COHEN ODED
IPC: A63F1/00
Filed: 2009-10-12
Abstract: Apparatus for playing a multi-player blackjack-type card game, comprises a playing table having three or more, particularly four, delineated play regions, each assigned a different winning ratio. The regions are elongated to accommodate several players, and are additional to an incidental dealer region for use by a dealer player. There are one or more decks of playing cards, a set of counters, having stake values and for placing as desired on the regions. The user places counters on the regions of the table with a view to increasing his number of counters. At each play a final number of counters per player is calculated depending on an initial number placed on the first region, a blackjack result per player against the dealer using the cards and the respective first region winning ratio, the final number of counters further being modified by a number of said counters placed on one or more of the additional delineated play regions, modified by an outcome achieved by a dealer player, and a respective winning ratio of said additional region.
Patent GB-2476508-A (GB)
Title: Voltage compensation system for photovoltaic modules
Inventor: HARGIS COLIN
IPC: H02J1/10
Filed: 2009-12-23
Abstract: A voltage compensation system for photovoltaic modules includes a photovoltaic module biasing means 15 connected in series with a series string 11 of photovoltaic modules 10. The biasing means 15 may be a dc-dc converter. It is operable to generate a controllable bias voltage for modulating an output voltage of the photovoltaic modules 10 to produce the compensated voltage output. An MPP tracking algorithm may control the dc-dc converter. The voltage at terminals 12A and 12B remains largely constant under the control of inverter 16. Each string 11 therefore operates at an optimum do voltage according to string conditions to improve efficiency.
Patent GB-715294-A (GB)
Title: A blade for a reciprocating saw
IPC: B23D51/10
Filed: 1952-04-22
Abstract: 715,294. Sawing. SCINTILLA, Ltd. April 22, 1952 [April 27, 1951], No. 10113/52. Class 145(2) The teeth of a blade adapted to be clamped at one end to a reciprocatory sawing machine are arranged along a straight line 10, or along a concave or convex curve, and the line 10, or a tangent at the midpoint of the curve, is at a divergent angle A to the line of movement 5 of the blade so that the application of feed during the idle stroke is facilitated since the teeth are withdrawn from the work during at least part of the idle stroke. One end of the blade is secured in a holder 1 by a bayonet joint and a screw 3 and the back of the blade is supported by a roller 4 mounted on the sawing machine. The back of the blade is parallel to the line 5 over the portion on which the roller bears but the outer portion converges on the line 5 to reduce the width of the blade and make it easier to saw curves.
Patent GB-125431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines.
IPC: F42B22/16
Filed: 1916-07-19
Abstract: 125,431. Vickers, Ltd., and North, T. K. July 19, 1916. Mincs, marine.-Relates to mines anchored automatically at a given depth under the control of a plummet, and consists in releasing the plummet from the anchor after a given number of revolutions of the anchor cable drum by means actuated by the rotation of the drum. In the form shown, the plummet A is held to the anchor X by a hook M, which is locked by the toe I' of a lever I connected to a rod H. This rod is normally held up as shown by a nut G on the screw-threaded end F of the spindle of the cable drum D; and this nut at the same time depresses a spring plunger O, holding the pawl C away from the toothed wheel Q of the drum. When the mine is laid, the anchor sinks and pays out the cable, and at the same. time drives the nut G to the right, liberating the rod H and spring plunger O. The plummet then falls off, and when it touches bottom, the pawl C locks the wheel Q.