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Patent GB-2510582-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible umbrella stored in handle
Inventor: EDWARDS BARNABY BEVAN
IPC: A45B19/04
Filed: 2013-02-07
Abstract: A collapsible umbrella 10 comprises a handle 16, a collapsible shank 7, a canopy 17 and a cap 15. The handle defines an internal volume 11 of space into which the canopy may be retracted when the umbrella is closed. The cap 15 is connected to the shank 7 and is engaged with the handle 16 upon retraction of the canopy 17. The cap 15 is rotatable relative to the handle 16, and a sealing element 2 is provided on the cap 15. The sealing element 2 is compressed between the cap 15 and the handle 16 to provide a substantially water-tight volume of space in which to store the wet canopy 17. The cap 15 is preferably rotatable relative to the shank 7. The cap 15 and the handle 16 are preferably configured for threaded engagement. The cap may comprise a lid (1, fig.14) and an inner lid cover (3, fig 14) and the sealing assembly 2 may be held in position between the lid (1, fig.14) and the inner lid cover (3, fig.14).
Patent GB-2510831-A (GB)
Title: Dual Orientation Fixed ID Holder
Inventor: HUGHES HARRY
IPC: G09F3/20
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: An identification badge holder has allocated space for both a portrait or landscape orientation identification card. The holder is further provided with separate openings to allow the ID badge to be inserted either horizontally or vertically. It may be made from flexible material and attached to a garment, e.g. by gluing or by sewing.
Patent GB-2498887-A (GB)
Title: Cereal powder and application food
Inventor: TSUMURAYA YOICHI
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 2011-10-25
Abstract: Provided are a cereal powder, which sustains the natural composition of the edible parts of a cereal as far as possible, holds the health functional components contained in the cereal and can be produced at a low cost, and an application food using the cereal powder, said application food having good appearance and good taste. The powder comprises ground grains of at least one kind of cereal selected from the group consisting of barley and oat. In the cereal powder, the average grain diameter is in the range of 40-100 Î¼m, the content of grains having a grain diameter less than 20 Î¼m is not greater than 20 mass%, the content of grains having a grain diameter in the range of 20-100 Î¼m is in the range of 20-60 mass%, the content of grains having a grain diameter greater than 100 Î¼m and not greater than 500 Î¼m is in the range of 20-60 mass%, and the content of grains having a grain diameter greater than 500 Î¼m is not greater than 5%. The food is produced from a starting material which contains at least 5% of the aforesaid cereal powder. A method for producing the aforesaid cereal powder, said method comprising a step for grinding cereal grains into a coarse powder and a step for finely grinding the thus obtained coarse powder, wherein the fine grinding is conducted by air-stream fine grinding at a material temperature of 50oC or lower.
Patent GB-2517696-A (GB)
Title: Nanodevice assemblies
Inventor: RAINO GABRIELE
IPC: H01L45/00
Filed: 2013-08-27
Abstract: A plurality of nano devices 2 arranged with nanoscale spacing and a thermal deflector 10 located between at least one pair of the nano devices 2. The deflector 10 or thermal heat sink is adapted to deflect thermal near-field radiation emanating from one nano device of the pair away from the other nano device of the pair. The deflector may comprise at least one nanoelement 11 arranged 10 to deflect the thermal near-field radiation. The nanoelement may comprise a discrete region of material, for example a quantum dot 11 having a plasmon-polariton frequency tuned in dependence on the thermal near-field radiation to be deflected. The discrete region may comprise a two dimensional electron gas, whilst the material may comprise a doped semiconductor for example including silicon. The deflector may comprise at least one chain of nano elements arranged to transport thermal energy due to the thermal near-field radiation along the chain. The nano element resonant frequency may vary along the chain. The nano device may comprise a phase change memory cell arranged in an array and in particular adapted to deflect thermal near field radiation during a RESET operation. The nano device may comprise TiN electrodes 4,5 and SiN insulating walls surrounding the phase change material (PCM) 3 which may be a chalcogenide.
Patent GB-2508707-A (GB)
Title: X-ray generating tube comprising a permanent focusing magnet
Inventor: HORVARTH MARTIN
IPC: H01J35/08
Filed: 2013-10-08
Abstract: An X-ray generating apparatus 100 comprises a permanent magnet lens 120 to focus an electron beam e1, a correction coil 130 to correct a focus position in a travelling direction of the electron beam e1, and a target 150 onto which the focused electron beam e1 is applied to generate X-rays x1. The correction coil 130 is provided between the permanent magnet lens 120 and the electron beam e1, and may be used for fine adjustments of the intensity of the magnetic field. The electron beam e1 may be incident at a glancing angle of incidence to the target 150 to spread the beam obliquely on the target 150. An X-ray extraction window 160 may be installed where the X-ray take off angle is the same as the angle of incidence. The target 150 may be a thin metal film (255, fig 8) formed on a diamond substrate (256, fig 8).
Patent GB-2505129-A (GB)
Title: Distributed fabric protocol (DFP) switching network architecture
Inventor: LEU DAR-REN
IPC: H04L49/111
Filed: 2012-04-19
Abstract: A switching network includes an upper tier including a master switch and a lower tier including a plurality of lower tier entities. The master switch includes a plurality of ports each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of lower tier entities. Each of the plurality of ports includes a plurality of virtual ports each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of remote physical interfaces (RPIs) at the lower tier entity coupled to that port. Each of the plurality of ports also includes a receive interface that, responsive to receipt of data traffic from a particular lower tier entity among the plurality of lower tier entities, queues the data traffic to the virtual port among the plurality of virtual ports that corresponds to the RPI on the particular lower tier entity that was the source of the data traffic. The master switch further includes a switch controller that switches data traffic from the virtual port to an egress port among the plurality of ports from which the data traffic is forwarded.
Patent GB-2525668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to production of chocolate shells
Inventor: GUSTAV THORSTEN
IPC: A23G1/21
Filed: 2014-05-02
Abstract: A stamp 100, suitable for use in a cold stamping operation in the production of chocolate shells (400, figure 2), includes first and second tapering portions. In use, a chocolate mix is added to the mould 200 and the stamp 100 inserted into a mould 200 along an insertion axis (180, figure 1). The first tapering portion (110, figure 1a) is arranged to deviate from the insertion axis at a first angle and to be substantially parallel with a corresponding internal surface 210 of the mould 200, while the second tapering surface (130, figure 1a) is arranged to deviate from the insertion axis at an angle greater than the first angle, such that when the stamp 100 is inserted into the mould 200, an aperture is formed around a rim of the mould 200 which is smaller than a distance between the stamp and the mould.
Patent GB-2526117-A (GB)
Title: Foot rake
Inventor: WHITE RICHARD JAMES
IPC: A61B17/54
Filed: 2014-05-14
Abstract: The Foot rake is a device that consists of a handle 1, a head 2 and an abrasive rake portion 5 which is used to remove thick skin build up from the soles of feet in an effective and safe manner. The foot rake may preferably have interchangeable rake strips, constructed from different parts or be a whole unit. The foot rake may typically be 20 to 30 cm long and be constructed from a variety of material such as wood, bamboo, metal or any composition/combination of these materials. The foot rake may also be extendable.
Patent GB-2527564-A (GB)
Title: Photonic circuit device with reduced losses caused by electrical contact pads
Inventor: HOFRICHTER JENS
IPC: H01S5/343
Filed: 2014-06-26
Abstract: A photonic circuit device 100, comprising: a light-generating structure, comprising: a n-doped semiconductor layer 32; a p-doped semiconductor layer 37; and an active gain section 34, wherein the active gain section 34 comprises layers stacked along a stacking direction (Ds); is arranged between the n-doped semiconductor layer 32 and the p-doped semiconductor layer 37, and is coupled in the device for generating light propagating along a given propagation direction (Dp); and at least two electrical contact pads including an n-contact electric pad 31 and a p-contact electric pad 38, in electrical contact with the n-doped semiconductor layer 32 and the p-doped semiconductor layer 37, respectively, where one 38 of the electrical contact pads, at least, is in direct contact with the light-generating structure and wherein a ratio between a width Wc of said one 38 of the electrical contact pads to the width WL of the active gain section 34 is between 1.35 and 3.85, each of said widths Wc and WL measured in a same direction (Dw) that is orthogonal to each of the stacking direction (Ds) and said given propagation direction (Dp). Said one 38 of the electrical pads may be stacked onto the light-generating structure in the stacking direction (Ds) and may have cantilevered overhangs extending beyond the width WL of the gain section 34. The gain section may comprise a stack of InAlGaAs layers of alternating thicknesses and the n-doped and p-doped semiconductor layers may comprise InP.
Patent GB-2515667-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of well tools with matrix materials
Inventor: THOMAS JEFFREY G
IPC: E21B10/44
Filed: 2012-05-30
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a well tool can include loading a matrix material into a mold, then sintering the matrix material in the mold; and then loading another matrix material into the mold. A well tool can include a longitudinal axis, an erosion resistant layer exposed to one or more erosive factors when the well tool is installed in a well, and a support layer which supports the erosion resistant layer. The erosion resistant and support layers can include respective matrix materials, and the erosion resistant layer can extend greater than approximately 1.27 cm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. Another method of manufacturing a well tool can include forming a rigid layer from a powdered matrix material; and then infiltrating both that matrix material and another matrix material with a hot liquid binder material.
Patent GB-2514699-A (GB)
Title: Optical sensor and method of use
Inventor: FARHADIROUSHAN MAHMOUD
IPC: G01H9/00
Filed: 2010-05-27
Abstract: An interferometer apparatus for an optical fibre sensing system, the apparatus comprising an optical coupler with first and second ports connected to first and second optical paths which have a path length difference that defines a spatial resolution of the system and where a third coupler port receives an input from an optical source and further comprises first, second and third photodetectors coupled to the respective ports. Preferably an optical circulator is coupled to the third coupler port and there may be an optical amplifier and filter configured to filter out Amplified Spontaneous Emission noise. Preferable is the introduction of third and fourth optical paths with a plurality of optical switches arranged to change and/or select different combinations of the paths to provide multi-spatial resolution. Also an interferometer system comprising a plurality of interferometer apparatus 602-605 arranged in series or parallel or a combination of both, where the interferometers may have different path-length differences to provide multi-spatial resolution. Also an optical-fibre sensing system comprising: a pulsed-light source, an optical-fibre, an interferometer apparatus or system and a processor thats time synchronised with the light-source and arranged to determine any optical-phase modulation in received light to identify acoustic perturbations along the optical-fibre.
Patent GB-2531993-A (GB)
Title: Description of image composition with HEVC still image file format
Inventor: FRANCK DENOUAL
IPC: H04N21/84
Filed: 2014-10-14
Abstract: Encapsulating an encoded bitstream representing one or more images by providing description of images and/or sub-image pictures identifying portions of the bitstream representing said images and/or sub-images of said images; providing description of at least one composite picture formed by one or more images and/or sub-image pictures and outputting said bitstream together with said provided composite picture description as an encapsulated data file. Preferably the provided composite picture description is listed in a metadata box and is signalled by a composite picture item. Preferably reference information is provided, linking said composite picture description to said images and/or sub image pictures forming the composite picture and being output with the bitstream. Preferably the reference information comprises information which indicates if image and/or sub-image pictures forming part of the composite picture are spatial parts or based on images. Also disclosed is the processing of said encapsulated bitstream. Also disclosed is the encapsulating of an encoded bitstream representing one or more images by outputting the bitstream with cropped picture information and also the processing of this encapsulated bitstream.
Patent GB-2533343-A (GB)
Title: Greenhouse covering systems and methods
Inventor: IAN WOLFENDEN
IPC: A01G9/14
Filed: 2014-12-17
Abstract: A greenhouse covering system comprising a connection member 300 configured to be connected to a frame of a greenhouse and a plastics sheet 200 suitable for a greenhouse covering, which plastics sheet is configured to be connected to the connection member by sliding engagement therewith. The plastic sheet may have a profile 206 on at least one edge for connection to the connection member. The plastic sheet may comprise two layers which form a closed pocket and the system may further include a blower port for inflating the inflating the two-layer sheet. A method of covering a greenhouse may include attaching the sheet to an existing sheet on the greenhouse frame and pulling the sheet onto the frame by pulling the existing sheet off.
Patent GB-2518108-A (GB)
Title: High structure carbon blacks
Inventor: DIKAN ANDREW P
IPC: C09D11/02
Filed: 2013-07-12
Abstract: Disclosed herein are high structured carbon blacks, methods of synthesis and treatment, and dispersions and inkjet ink formulations prepared therefrom. The carbon black can have the following properties: OAN > 170 mL/lOOg; and STSA ranging from 160 to 220 m2/g- The carbon black can also have the following properties: OAN > 170 mL/lOOg; and a ratio of STSA/BET surface area ranging from 0.7 to 1.
Patent GB-2534180-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for applying forces to a pelvis of a person
Inventor: ANDREW JAMES MILLS
IPC: A61F5/02
Filed: 2015-01-15
Abstract: An apparatus 101, 201 for applying forces to a pelvis of a person is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a garment 102, 202 e.g. shorts, having at least a pelvic portion for location around the pelvis of a person, and a belt 103, 203 comprising a fastening member 104, 204A, 204B for fastening together two different parts of the belt when the belt surrounds the garment. The apparatus also comprises a first attachment mechanism 106, 206A configured to fix a first part of the belt 103, 203 at a first location 107, 207A on the pelvic portion of the garment 102, 202 to prevent the first part of the belt from sliding in any direction from the first location 107, 207A. The attachment mechanism may comprise a hook and loop part. The attachment mechanisms may be configured to provide attachment of at least one strap at various angles to the garment.
Patent GB-2524176-A (GB)
Title: Determining associations and alignments of process elements and measurements in a process
Inventor: BLEVINS TERRENCE LYNN
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2015-03-05
Abstract: Techniques for automatically determining, without user input, one or more sources of a variation in the behaviour of a target process element operating to control a process in a process plant include using a process element alignment map to determine process elements upstream of the target process element in the process; performing a data analysis on data corresponding to the upstream elements with respect to the target element to determine behaviour time offsets, strengths of impact, and impact delays; and determining the source(s) based on the data analysis outputs. Techniques include automatically defining the process element alignment map by obtaining and processing data from a plurality of diagrams or data sources of the process and/or plant. The techniques are performed during plant run-time by any high-volume, high density device such as centralized or embedded big data appliances, controllers, field or I/O devices, and/or by an unsupervised application.
Patent GB-2520464-A (GB)
Title: Conjugated polymers
Inventor: MITCHELL WILLIAM
IPC: H01L51/05
Filed: 2013-07-10
Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
Patent GB-2537361-A (GB)
Title: A Water Immersible Detector
Inventor: MARK JULIAN STOCKDALE
IPC: G01N33/18
Filed: 2015-04-10
Abstract: Apparatus for detecting the presence of gaseous analytes in water comprises a submersible housing 10 enclosing a waterproof sensing chamber 20 having a wall 22 made of material transparent to UV light from source 12 and a wall 18 of a gas permeable membrane for admitting into the chamber gas dissolved in water in which the housing is immersed, first and a second spaced sensing electrodes 24, 26 within the chamber, and a circuit connected to the electrodes for measuring current flowing through the sensing electrodes from ionisation of a gas in the chamber by UV light, characterised in that a third electrode 28 is in the sensing chamber and the circuit applies a sufficient voltage across the third electrode and the first sensing electrode 24 to reduce condensation within the sensing chamber by hydrolysing condensation in electrical contact with the first and third electrodes.
Patent GB-2539907-A (GB)
Title: Liquid container
Inventor: ALISON WELLS
IPC: B65D5/40
Filed: 2015-06-30
Abstract: A liquid container 2 comprises a rigid planar material defining first 8 and second 10 faces interconnected by at least two connecting edges 12, 16, 20, each face having an inner surface and an outer surface, the container configured to be converted, upon application of opposing forces to two sides of the container, from a flat configuration, in which the inner surfaces of the two faces are adjacent, to an open configuration, in which the inner surfaces of the two faces are spaced apart defining a volume for containing liquid. Preferably the first and second faces are formed of a single piece of material joined by a folded edge (see figure 8). Preferably each face comprises multiple folding sections 62, 64, 104 such that when the container is in the deployed state portions of the inner surface of the first face are adjacent and portions of the inner surface of the second face are adjacent. The device is suitable for use as a urinal.
Patent GB-2533032-A (GB)
Title: A holder suitable for holding paper receipts
Inventor: Sean Montague Edwin Paul
IPC: B42F23/00
Filed: 2015-10-16
Abstract: A holder 1 for paper receipts 2 comprises an elongate member curved to substantially form a loop portion 3 having first and second ends 4, 5. Each of the ends is adapted to pierce a paper receipt for attachment on the loop portion, the loop portion having a substantially constant circular cross-section along its length between the first and second ends to enable receipts attached on the loop portion to be freely moved between the ends. A closure means 8 is provided for connecting the ends together to close the loop, the loop portion and the closure means forming a substantially annular configuration when the ends are connected together. A pair of stoppers removably engages the loop portion so as to prevent receipts attached on the loop portion from becoming detached via the open ends when the closure means is opened, unless the stoppers are disengaged from the loop portion.
Patent GB-2544056-A (GB)
Title: Blocking chimneys for smoke testing
Inventor: DAVID WOODMAN
IPC: F23J11/00
Filed: 2015-11-03
Abstract: A device generally for use in smoke testing or for work on chimneys comprising a means for blocking a chimney from underneath, together with a means for raising this means into position and a means for operating the device. The device may be inflatable or resilient. The inflatable embodiment comprises a bag 1 which is positioned in the flue and then inflated to block the chimney. The resilient or elastic embodiment comprises a flexible member which is placed in the flue and compressed between two elements (fig 8, 12) by a spring element (fig 8, 13) causing it to expand radially and seal the chimney. The arrangement preferably includes ducts (fig 3, 14) or arms (fig 9, 18) to create gaps (fig 9, 21) to allow limited passage of air past the sealing device.
Patent GB-2539298-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for delivering chemicals to a well head
Inventor: FRANK JOSEPH PRINEPPI
IPC: E21B43/16
Filed: 2015-06-30
Abstract: A method is described of delivering a required amount of chemical to a well head 1 from a chemical storage tank 2 having an associated chemical volume gauge graduated to provide an indication of volume of chemical deliverable to the well head via an associated displacement pump. The method includes the steps of disconnecting the chemical storage tank from the gauge, taking a reading of the gauge as to quantity of chemical in the gauge and thereafter activating the pump for a given number of pump strokes. Thereafter taking another reading of the gauge to determine the volume of chemical remaining in the gauge and hence quantity of chemical delivered to the well head per stroke from the gauge. Thereafter reconnecting the chemical storage tank to the pump and sequentially delivering the required volume of chemical to the well head at predetermined intervals by reference to pump strokes over time.
Patent GB-2538835-A (GB)
Title: Device for data transmission
Inventor: MICHAEL GERLING
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2016-02-23
Abstract: A device comprising a SFP interface 1, a wire-connected data transmission interface 2 and a conversion circuit 3,4,5 to convert signals between the two interfaces. The interface 2 may be Ethernet, VDSL2, SHDSL or G.fast. The interfaces 1,2 and the conversion circuit 3,4,5 may be provided by conventional semiconductor components mounted on a single printed circuit board (PCB) 6 arranged within a housing. The physical SFP interface may be comprised of conductor tracks on the PCB that form a male connector. The conversion circuit 3,4,5 may comprise of a SGMII interface circuit to provide signals to the SFP interface and a xDSL chip and memory to provide a xDSL interface.