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Patent GB-2505982-A (GB)
Title: Sheet stacking apparatus laterally shifting sheets dependent upon sheet length
Inventor: TAKEMASA RIKIYA
IPC: B65H31/34
Filed: 2013-05-29
Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a shift unit such as aligning plates 541, 542 arranged to shift a sheet to be stacked S1, S2, S3 or S4 in the sheet width direction such that the sheet is stacked at a position in the sheet width direction dependent upon whether the length of the sheet is equal to or more than a predetermined length in the sheet conveyance direction or shorter than that predetermined length. This can avoid the problem where a larger sheet or bundle of sheets S3 or S4 on a stack tray 504 overlies and obscures a smaller sheet or bundle of sheets S1 or S2 when viewed from a direction (A fig. 7B) in which the sheets are to be removed from the stack tray 504 or a take-out port side (A fig. 7B). The apparatus may include an intermediate processing tray 540 on which a sheet conveyed by a discharge roller 508 is stacked, a proximal aligning plate 541 and a distal aligning plate 542 moving in a sheet width direction for aligning the sheet conveyed onto the intermediate processing tray 540, and a finisher controller (636 fig. 5) for moving and controlling the aligning plates 541 and 542 to align the sheet shorter than the predetermined length in the sheet conveyance direction at a position shifted nearer to the take-out port side (A fig. 7B) in the sheet width direction than a position in the sheet width direction at which is aligned a sheet having a length equal to or more than the predetermined length.
Patent GB-2500527-A (GB)
Title: Anchoring system and method
Inventor: HARMON STEPHEN K
IPC: E21B23/06
Filed: 2013-06-20
Abstract: An anchor system 210 includes an anchoring device having a cone (28, fig 3) and a bottom sub 270. A load isolation device 246 is in operable communication with the anchoring device and is releasably affixed to the bottom sub by a releasable member 248. The anchoring system actuates only upon reaching a setting location by requiring the load isolation device to release and shift before actuation of the anchoring device can occur. Preferably, actuation is achieved via shoulder (50, fig 2) of the load isolation device contacting shoulder (52, fig 2) of the cone to provide load to actuate the anchor. The anchor system also includes a hydraulic actuation configuration, which may consist of a hydraulic fluid pathway 272, port 274 and chamber 276. A method of setting an anchoring device is also provided.
Patent GB-2506483-A (GB)
Title: Anti-fatigue elastic fabric
Inventor: SHI DENNIS
IPC: D04B21/18
Filed: 2013-07-23
Abstract: In an elastic fabric a first type 1 of filamentary yarn, such as polyester or polyamide, and a second type of elastic yarn 2 are interlooped to form a plurality of locking nodes. The second type of yarn forms a plurality of locking points with a third type of elastic yarn 3 through melting of those yarns during a heating process. The fabric may be formed by knitting together the three types of yarn, the knitting process forming the inter-looping of the first and second types of yarn, and the third type of yarn may effectively be a weft insertion yarn not forming any loops. Subsequent heating of the knitted fabric to 80-220 degrees centigrade, for 1-2 minutes, causes the second and third types of yarn to melt and adhere to each other and possibly to other yarns. The second and third types of elastic yarn may be made from the same or different materials and each may be spandex and may be of different fibre densities. The first yarn may adopt a six row pillar stitch with open and closed loops. The second yarn type may adopt a single variable pillar stitch with open loops. The fabric exhibits anti-fatigue characteristics against stretching and washing actions and may be used for underwear or sports-wear.
Patent GB-2508562-A (GB)
Title: Site management method and site management device
Inventor: SEKI HIROSHI
IPC: G06Q50/08
Filed: 2011-10-03
Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to enable easy acquisition of an element other than design data. When generating work site management information used in managing a work site, a site management device (1) is characterized by: acquiring measurement data that is 3D shape data measured by a measuring device (2); and extracting non-design data that is an element other than design data from the measurement data by means of comparing the design data created by a designer with the acquired measurement data. Moreover, scaffold/tool data and temporary-state design data parts are extracted as non-design data, and statuses of said data are analyzed and displayed in a display section (50).
Patent GB-2514659-A (GB)
Title: Backup control system
Inventor: AVRITCH STEVEN A
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2014-03-26
Abstract: An aircraft control system (10, Fig. 1) includes an effector module 30 connected to a control input 122, suitably from a manual control or an autopilot, and a primary control module (40, Fig. 3) comprising a microprocessor and connected to an input and an output of the effector module 30. A microprocessor 120 in the effector module 30 provides a backup control path 118 to control an actuator (50, Figure 50) bypassing the primary control module when the primary control module has failed. The microprocessors in the primary control module and effector module are preferably digital controllers and preferably have distinct architectures. Effector module 30 may also have inputs from flight-critical and non-flight-critical sensors. A second control input, effector module and primary control module may also be provided, and may control the same actuator. Redundancy may be provided without independent backup control paths, thus reducing weight.
Patent GB-2517254-A (GB)
Title: Data processing apparatus having SIMD processing circuitry
Inventor: LUTZ DAVID RAYMOND
IPC: G06F15/80
Filed: 2014-06-05
Abstract: A data processing apparatus has permutation circuitry for performing a permutation operation for changing a data element size or data element positioning of at least one source operand to generate first and second S1MD operands, and SIMD processing circuitry for performing a SIMD operation on the first and second SIMD operands. In response to a first SIMD instruction requiring a permutation operation (50), the instruction decoder controls the permutation circuitry to perform the permutation operation to generate the first and second SIMD operands and then controls the SIMD processing circuitry to perform the SIMD operation using these operands. In response to a second SIMD instruction not requiring a permutation operation (52), the instruction decoder controls the SIMD processing circuitry to perform the SIMD operation using the first and second SIMD operands identified by the instruction, without passing them via the permutation circuitry.
Patent GB-2518480-A (GB)
Title: Hob assembly for range cookers
Inventor: COLLINS PATRICK JAMES
IPC: F24C15/10
Filed: 2014-06-10
Abstract: A hob assembly for a range cooker comprises a heating zone 8 heated by at least one electric heating element. A thermally-insulated lid is movable between a closed position in which it covers the zone and permits a controlled amount of heat to escape through the lid and an open position. A controller regulates the amount of electrical power supplied to the at least one element when the zone is switched on. When the lid is closed the controller applies current to the at least one element to maintain the temperature of the zone at a predefined value for cooking. When the lid is opened the controller increases the current supplied to the at least one element to maintain the temperature of the zone at the predefined value. Ideally the at least one element comprises two 200 watt elements 14a-b arranged in parallel and one 2000 watt element 15, and the controller is a thermostat arranged between a power supply and the elements that only supplies power to the 2000W element when the lid is open and the temperature of the zone is below the predefined value. A heating element module for use in a hob assembly is also claimed.
Patent GB-2530799-A (GB)
Title: Fixing
Inventor: LOVEDAY PETER JOHN
IPC: F16B13/06
Filed: 2014-10-03
Abstract: A child's construction toy comprises a plurality of plastics construction elements 1,2 and a plurality of plastics fixings. The construction elements 1,2 are formed with similar through apertures 3,4 therein bounded by internal walls. The fixings are adapted for coupling the elements together with at least one aperture of one element aligned with at least one aperture of another element. Each fixing is formed from two members 7,8 both of which are adapted for insertion into a pair of aligned apertures from one side of the elements to couple the elements together without need for access to the other side of the elements. One of the two members 7 comprises an internally threaded split sleeve 9 having an external wall 10. The other of the two members 8 comprises a threaded shank 11. Threaded insertion of the shank 11 into the sleeve 9 has the effect of expanding the sleeve 9 within the aligned apertures to bring the external wall of the sleeve into firm contact with the internal walls of the aligned apertures.
Patent GB-2515979-A (GB)
Title: Mop material, a mop pad, a mop, and a method of manufacturing mop material
Inventor: YOUNG RONALD ALEXANDER SCOT
IPC: A47L13/258
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: Mop material comprising: a first material (11a); and a reinforcement material (14), wherein substantially all of an operative part (13) of the first material (11a) is covered by the reinforcement material (14) and the reinforcement|material includes a plurality of strands (14), such that the reinforcement|material at least partially protects the first material (11a) from wear through|contact with a surface to be cleaned and/or dried.
Patent GB-2527392-A (GB)
Title: Improved sewage removal device
Inventor: ARMSTRONG RAYMOND
IPC: E03F5/12
Filed: 2015-03-09
Abstract: A sewage filtration device 101 comprises first 103 and second 105 perforated filters, the second downstream of the first, wherein the perforations 121 on the second 105 are smaller than those 113 on the first 103, i.e. the second filter has a finer mesh, or grid, than the first. Each filter may comprise a basket having side portions 109,11,117,119 and a perforated base 107,115. Sewage may enter the first basket 103 through one or two channels 123,125. In the latter case, the first basket 103 may have two compartments 103a,b. The filters 103,105 may comprise perforated plates 213,215, i.e. sieves, placed parallel to each other in an open-top channel 203. Elongate baskets 220,224,228,230,232, e.g. perforated, may extend across the top of the filter plates 213,215 and walls 205,207,209,211, e.g. perforated, of the channel 203. Also claimed is a sewer (Fig. 6) having a perforated reservoir into which sewage can flow if a portion of the sewer becomes blocked.
Patent GB-2538745-A (GB)
Title: Method of assembly
Inventor: STEPHEN PIMBLOTT
IPC: F28D7/10
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A method comprising providing a series of plate support structures 32 and loading a plate or baffle (24, figure 3a) onto each plate support structure, wherein each plate comprises a plurality of holes or apertures (26 figure 3a). A tube (28, figure 3b) is fed through each hole of the plates, each tube passing through respective holes in each plate of the series as to create a tube bundle. A shell (22, figure 2) is provided and moved relatively towards the bundle. The plates are progressively released from the support structures by collapsing the support structures such that as the shell moves relative to the bundle so that it may be installed within the shell. The collapsed support structures provide no obstruction to the shell during bundle installation. The plate support structures and/or the shell may be provided on a rail arrangement. The plate support structures may comprise vertically adjustable arms 32 which may pivot in direction R and slide along slots 38 as to avoid causing obstruction.
Patent GB-2528575-A (GB)
Title: Powered air purifying respirator
Inventor: BOFFEY JOHN ROBERT
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2015-06-30
Abstract: A personal powered air respirator, for example use in welding or spraying, comprises a helmet 10 with a vision panel 12 and a remote controller 30 for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the helmet and a means of displaying information regarding said parameter in, on or adjacent the interior of the vision panel 12 of the helmet. The helmet is suitable for connection to a source of clean air 41 and a power supply. The remote controller may communicate with the helmet wirelessly and may be adapted for attachment to clothing, (e.g. a belt, glove or pocket) or may be incorporated into equipment for use with the helmet. The vision panel of the helmet may comprise an auto darkening filter for welding where the sensitivity, shade or delay time of the filter is adjustable via the controller.
Patent GB-2540206-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for executing instruction using range information associated with a pointer
Inventor: SIMON JOHN CRASKE
IPC: G06F12/14
Filed: 2015-07-10
Abstract: Data processing apparatus 2 comprises bounded pointer storage register 60 storing pointer 62 and associated range information 64. Processing circuitry 4 identifies register 60 and performs predetermined operations for a target range of addresses based on range information 64 in response to a first type of instructions specifying pointer register 60. For example, clean and invalidate operations walk through each entry of caches 20, 24, 36, 52 comparing corresponding tags against the range of addresses 64 and performing cache maintenance if the tags lie within the range. Other examples comprise setting, copying, and searching instructions operating upon the target range of addresses. Second types of instructions use the range to protect against unauthorized access, e.g. in capability-based addressing. They trigger errors if pointer 62 is set or offset outside the allowable range. Restriction information 66 is also used to define capabilities within which pointer 62 can be used.
Patent GB-2528791-A (GB)
Title: Road warning system and method
Inventor: HILTON ANDREW STEVEN
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2015-08-06
Abstract: A road warning system 101 for a road user comprises a first portion 103 configured to generate a first detection zone 111, a second portion 105 configured to be detected by the first portion and a third portion 115 operatively connected to the first portion 103, wherein the third portion is configured to provide a first indication (217a, figure 3C) to the road user when the first portion detects that the second portion is in the first detection zone. The first portion is preferably provided on a first vehicle that may be a lorry and the second portion is preferably provided on a second vehicle that may be a bicycle. The first indication may be provided when the first portion detects that the second portion is in the detection zone and the controller determines a change in the operational state of the first vehicle for example a change in the direction of the first vehicle. Also provided is a method of warning a road user using the road warning system of the invention.
Patent GB-2542768-A (GB)
Title: Aerodynamic vehicle structure
Inventor: ANDREAS KREMHELLER
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: The present invention provides a roof structure for a vehicle having a roof length between a front edge and a rear edge. The roof structure comprises a convex portion extending in a rearward direction from the front edge; a concave portion located rearwards of the convex portion; and a substantially flat portion located rearwards of the concave portion to the rear edge; wherein the convex portion A. has a length that is approximately 40% to 50% of the roof length, the concave portion B. has a length that is approximately 30% to 50% of the roof length and the substantially flat portion C. has a length that is approximately 10% to 20% of the roof length.
Patent GB-2544313-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing a design object
Inventor: BONGCHULL SHIN
IPC: B44F1/06
Filed: 2015-11-12
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a design object 10 from a plurality of glass sheets 20. The method comprises cutting a hole (23, Fig.1B) in one or more of the plurality of glass sheets 20 to form a first void glass sheet, applying a transparent adhesive layer 30 or a coloured epoxy layer (40, Fig.3A) to at least one surface of the first void glass sheet 20, and applying at least one of a further one of the plurality of glass sheets or a further void glass sheet to the glued side of the first void glass sheet 20 to form the design object 10. There is also provided a design object 10 made from a plurality of glass sheets 20 with one or more holes (23, Fig.1B) and glued together by a substantially bubble free adhesive layer 30. The cutting may be carried out by water jetting. A protective film (15, Fig.2B) may be applied to both sides of the glass prior to cutting and removed afterwards.
Patent GB-2531663-A (GB)
Title: Temperature controlled casting process
Inventor: ALUN RODGE
IPC: B22D17/20
Filed: 2015-12-02
Abstract: A method of casting by passing molten material through a mould 5 and once a desired mould temperature is achieved, the molten material is prevented from flowing out of the mould 5 whereby the mould 5 is at least partially filled by the molten material. Mould heating can be controlled by measuring the temperature of the mould 5 or by determining when a desired mass and/or volume of molten material has flowed out of the mould 5. If prevention of material flow is based on the volume of material which has flowed through the mould 5 then a sump for containing said material can be used. The material which flows through the mould 5 can be reheated and subsequently reintroduced into the mould 5. The method can be used for sand casting, gravity casting or pressure die casting
Patent GB-2530233-A (GB)
Title: Mineral winning pick, pick holder, and combination
Inventor: DELGARDO ROBERTO DE JESUS TORRES
IPC: E21C35/19
Filed: 2014-06-18
Abstract: An improved pick and pick holder assembly for use in mineral winning and the like. The improved pick and pick holder increases the effective life of a tool and pick holder by minimizing the shifting of the pick within the pick holder. The movement of the pick is minimized by front and rear bearing surfaces that remain positively engaged with front and rear bearing surfaces of the pick holder for loads applied to the pick that are predominantly inward and predominantly rearward.
Patent GB-2546810-A (GB)
Title: Sparse rendering
Inventor: MICHAEL WORCESTER
IPC: G06T15/60
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: A graphics processing method comprises subdividing 300 a first (light source) view of a scene into a plurality of tiles and generating 302 a list of primitives associated with each tile. The lists of primitives are analysed 304 to identify a subset of tiles which have at least a predetermined number of primitives (wherein the predetermined number may be equal to or greater than one). The identified subset of tiles are individually allocated 306 to memory and rendered 308 with the rendering result being stored to the memory allocated for that tile. The scene may be rendered 310 from a second (camera) view in which the texture applied is a shadow map.
Patent GB-2550113-A (GB)
Title: Crankcase oil catcher
Inventor: IAN GRAHAM PEGG
IPC: F01M11/00
Filed: 2016-05-03
Abstract: A crankcase oil catcher 100 positioned above a crankshaft 6 and below an associated piston 12, the invention having one or more surfaces 102, 104 to catch dispersed oil 26 in a crankcase 2 and direct the oil along the surfaces of the device away from a crankcase casing wall 18, 22 and towards a crank sump 24. There is an aperture for a connecting rod 7 of the associated piston to pass through, and a seal around the aperture. The aperture may have a width that is equal to or greater than the width of the engine cylinder. There may be a fist lip or sealant around the aperture that partially forms a seal. Fixing mounts may span the gap between the device and the crankcase casing wall. This gap may be between 4 and 10mm. There may be second lips on one or more edges of the devices surfaces. The device may be made in part from a thermal insulator, plastic, nylon or closed cell foam. The device may be part of an engine or vehicle.
Patent GB-2539089-A (GB)
Title: Welding method
Inventor: THOMAS FLINT
IPC: B23K31/12
Filed: 2016-05-04
Abstract: Method of completing a partial weld includes determining geometrical dimensions, material properties 64, velocity and voltage 66 of the weld torch used to form the partial weld and determining the expected residual stress by determining the expected heat flux distribution 67 that has to be generated in the partial weld, where the heat flux distribution is constrained to be ellipsoidal in an initial weld region and conical in the remainder of the weld. The expected residual stress is compared to threshold 69, and the components are scrapped 76 if the stress is above the predetermined threshold, or heat treated 70 if the stress is below the predetermined threshold. The optimised weld torch velocity and voltage may be determined using a trained neural network or by selecting an iteration parameter of weld torch velocity and voltage, and calculating an expected heat flux distribution that will be generated in components (Fig 1; 12) during welding. The components (Fig 1; 12) may be joined using arc, electron beam or laser welding. The method may also comprise analytically computing a transient thermal field as a function of the heat flux distribution. Further aspects of the invention include apparatus to perform the method of welding.
Patent GB-2534804-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid controls architecture
Inventor: MARTIN T BOOKS
IPC: B60W20/13
Filed: 2014-11-21
Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for hybrid powertrain control are disclosed. Certain example embodiments control an internal combustion engine and a motor/generator of a hybrid electric powertrain. Example controls may determine a total output demanded of a powertrain based at least in part upon an operator input, a battery output target based upon a battery state of charge and independent of the operator input, and an engine output target based upon the total output demanded and the battery output target. Such example controls may further determine a constrained engine output target, a modified battery output target based upon the total output demanded and the constrained engine output target, and a constrained battery output target based upon the modified battery output target and a battery constraint. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and figures.
Patent GB-2552824-A (GB)
Title: Fish cradle
Inventor: MATTHEW ROBERT WOODS
IPC: A01K97/20
Filed: 2016-08-11
Abstract: A fish cradle comprising an open receptacle being configured to be selectively moved from an assembled to a stored configuration. The cradle comprising a base (1), a jaw-like frame and a rigid bracing member (10). The base (1) comprises a generally planar receiving area having a pair of opposing side edges defining a longitudinal axis, and a pair of opposing end edges. The base (1) is configured to be selectively folded about a generally central axis (2) orthogonal to said longitudinal axis. The jaw-like frame defining a pair of hood members and comprising a pair of substantially rigid, generally C-shaped frame members (5). Each frame member having a pair of spaced apart distal ends hingedly mounted at a respective side edge of said base (1). A flexible cover member is affixed between each frame member and the respective end and side edges of said base (1) to form respective end walls (6). The rigid bracing member (10) is releasably affixed between an edge of said base (1) and a frame member to retain the receptacle in said assembled configuration. The base (1) may be a flexible mat. Flexible wall members (9) may extend between each hood member.