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Patent GB-2487786-A (GB)
Title: A voice activated infra red remote control which is also a digital photograph frame.
Inventor: BARTLEY MICHAEL
IPC: G08C23/04
Filed: 2011-02-07
Abstract: A remote control for audio visual equipment which converts the users' speech or sounds into infra red signals for controlling audio visual equipment. The photo remote can also be used as a digital photo frame thus providing an unobtrusive speech or sound operated device for controlling audio visual equipment. Additionally, an alarm on the remote control can be activated by a usersâ   voice to aid the user in finding the remote control if it is lost. Speech or sound control can be deactivated and then the digital photograph frame can function as a touch screen operated device.
Patent GB-2489993-A (GB)
Title: Pyrotechnic propellant composition
Inventor: STRIDE TREVOR WILLIAM
IPC: C06B31/04
Filed: 2011-04-15
Abstract: A pyrotechnic composition with similar burning properties to black powder consists of lithium, sodium, potassium or ammonium nitrate, sulphur, a phenol/formaldehyde or phenol/resorcinol/formaldehyde resin and (optionally) a catalyst containing a transition metal to improve burn rate. The nitrate, sulphur and catalyst are milled separately from the resin to improve safety of manufacture, and when the milled dry components are mixed with the resin the resulting paste can be extruded to give a defined product particle size.
Patent GB-2490149-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic gearbox with gas bearings
Inventor: REED JULIAN OLIVER
IPC: E21B4/00
Filed: 2011-04-20
Abstract: A magnetic change speed gearbox 16 for use in a downhole assembly having a shaft supported by a gas bearing 28, 30. The downhole assembly may be one comprising a motor 14 driving a compressor 12 by way of a step-up magnetic gearbox 16 or one comprising a gas turbine driving a pump by way of a step-down magnetic gearbox.
Patent GB-2480563-A (GB)
Title: Cyclone vacuum cleaner
Inventor: MAKAROV SERGEY V
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2007-05-18
Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a housing and a nozzle base having a main suction opening. The housing is pivotally mounted on the nozzle base. The housing has cyclonic separator including a dirty air inlet and a sidewall. A dust collector section is located beneath the separator. A perforated tube is disposed within the separator. Support ribs (90) extend outwardly from the outer surface of the separator sidewall in order to support the separator. The separator sidewall may be the outermost surface of the vacuum cleaner or there may be an additional container (250).
Patent GB-2495156-A (GB)
Title: A baby's bib with back straps which cross over
Inventor: MOORE HELEN
IPC: A41B13/10
Filed: 2011-10-24
Abstract: A baby   s bib comprising a main bib body and a pair of straps which extend from the upper corners of the bib body wherein one of the straps has a slit 4 through which the other strap can pass and fastening arrangements 5 and 6 are provided to allow the straps to fasten to bottom corners of the bib body on the opposite side to which they are attached at the upper end. The fasteners 5 and 6 can be poppers or a hook and loop arrangement and the bib may be made from a single piece of stretchy and absorbent fabric. The strap arrangement is provided to secure the bib in place during use.
Patent GB-2489578-A (GB)
Title: System and method for controlling a temperature of a generator
Inventor: SRIDHARAN BALAMURUGAN
IPC: G05D23/19
Filed: 2012-03-23
Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature of a generator 102 comprises a coolant fluid supply in fluid communication with the generator 102 and a heat exchange apparatus (e.g. plate and frame apparatus) 112,114 in fluid communication with the coolant fluid supply 106, the generator and a heat exchanger cooling fluid source 116. The system also includes a first sensor module 122 configured to determine a first temperature (Tin) of a fluid flowing from the heat exchange apparatus to the generator, a second sensor module124 configured to determine a second temperature (Tout) of the fluid flowing from the generator to the fluid supply 106 and a controller 120 configured to continuously determine, at a selected frequency, an operating limit temperature (Tlimit) for the fluid based on the determined first and second temperatures. Additionally the sensor modules may include sensors for measuring conductivity and pressure. Reaching the operational limit causes the generator to trip, an alarm sounding at, for example, five degrees below the limit temperature. The alarm may also be triggered by the conductivity measurements. In fig 2, Tboil and Kbulk are constants relating to the boiling point of the coolant and the properties of the generator stator windings.
Patent GB-2501245-A (GB)
Title: Solid state ion detection system
Inventor: KOROCHKINA TATYANA
IPC: G01N27/327
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: The present invention discloses an ion detection system for measuring target ion concentration and a method for fabricating the same. The system generally shown as 100 in Figure 1 includes a pair of electrodes which are a working electrode 1 and a reference electrode 2. Each electrode includes a substrate 3; an electrically conductive layer 4 supported on a surface of the substrate; and an intermediate electrically and ionically conductive layer 5 in contact with the electrically conductive layer. The working electrode includes an ion-selective membrane layer 7 within a boundary formed by a barrier layer 6a and the reference electrode includes a non-selective membrane 8 within a boundary formed by a barrier layer 6b. The conductive layer may include metal/metal salts or may be silver/silver chloride and there may be no salt bridge between the working and reference electrodes.
Patent GB-2492272-A (GB)
Title: Moth Attractant Composition
Inventor: CORK ALAN
IPC: A01N27/00
Filed: 2012-09-17
Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a moth attractant composition comprising phenylacetaldehyde for trapping moths. The composition may include salicylaldehyde and optionally at least one of: methyl-2-methoxybenzoate, linalool and limonene. Preferably, the moths are of the order Diaphania indica or Helicoverpa armigera. Alternatively, the composition can be used in the capture of Lepidopterous moth families Noctuidae and/or Pyralidae. In another aspect, a moth attractant composition comprises phenylacetaldehyde and salicylaldehyde, wherein phenylacetaldehyde comprises between 40 and 97% of the total weight of the composition. Suitably, the salicylaldehyde comprises between 3 and 60% of the total weight of the composition. The composition can further comprise one or more of: peppermint, tea tree oil, cinnamon, bitter almond, lemon oil, vanilla or citronella. An insect lure comprising the composition is also claimed. There is also disclosed a method of controlling moth pests amongst a crop, which comprises capturing said moths within said crop using the compositions. The crop can be selected from chickpea, lablab bean or tomato crops.
Patent GB-2495394-A (GB)
Title: Chevron shaped seal elements
Inventor: GALLE GARY L
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2012-10-02
Abstract: A seal assembly 100 is inserted within an annulus 101 between inner and outer coaxially disposed annular members 103, 105 having a common axis. The seal assembly 100 includes a seal stack 115 having a compliant element 139" sandwiched between two anti-extrusion elements 139' that contain the flow of the compliant element 139". The compliant element    139    engages the annular members 103 when subject to axial pressure. Also claimed is: a seal assembly having upper and lower activation rings coaxial with a seal stack where the activation rings form an angle to the axis of the assembly different from the adjacent surface of the seal stack. (Fig 8A); A seal assembly having first and second seal stacks where the first seal stack has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the second seal stack; and a method for sealing comprising providing a sealing ring 139 and coupling a locking ring 117 to the sealing ring 139 and moving an energising ring 119 to act on the locking ring 117 and sealing ring 139 to deform the sealing ring 139.
Patent GB-2507274-A (GB)
Title: Providing information to mobile device
Inventor: SHOLAPURKAR YOGESH
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-10-23
Abstract: A system and method for the delivery and display of information to a handheld device is disclosed. The system includes an information inventory 11 containing information to be delivered, an information serving engine 3, a targeting engine 2, a subscriber database10 and a subscriber-information matching arrangement 12. A method comprises storing information to be delivered, and information regarding subscribers and then identifying which information is to be delivered to which subscribers and at what time and/or date they are to be displayed, based on the stored information; information to be delivered for a certain period is determined and the determined information is delivered to the subscribers by transmitting the information to respective handheld devices during a time of low network usage. The information is displayed to the subscriber on the handheld at the set time and/or date. The information may include a flag which causes the information to be displayed when the handheld device is unlocked, immediately after the lock screen is dismissed. The delivered information may be adverts, a software update or a news alert.
Patent GB-2493306-A (GB)
Title: Podiatrists' nail nippers with shock absorbing handles
Inventor: BAILEY TIMOTHY
IPC: A45D29/02
Filed: 2012-10-31
Abstract: Podiatrists' nail nippers, clippers, cutters or the like 11 comprise pivoted metal blade 12 and handle members 13, the handle members having shock absorbing cushioning at least 3mm thick (and preferably 4-5mm thick) provided by elements 14 formed from a polymer that is suitable for heat sterilization in an autoclave. The polymer is preferably ethylene vinyl acetate. The podiatristsâ   nippers, clippers, cutters or the like may be supplied in a sterilised pack with other podiatry supplies.
Patent GB-2509321-A (GB)
Title: Planar board exercise apparatus
Inventor: MASON JULIA
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 2012-12-28
Abstract: An exercise apparatus is provided comprising a planar board 11 having an upper surface 13 constructed of a material having a low coefficient of friction for a user to slide thereon, and an end bumper 17 connectable to an end of the planar board. The end bumper includes an inclined surface relative to the planar board, and a connector 23 configured for removable connection to a complimentary connector on an external end bumper. Optionally the end bumper can be mounted at an angle to the end of the board. Preferably the length of the board is 1.5-3 metres and the width is 0.4-0.7 m.
Patent GB-2511484-A (GB)
Title: Lace manufacturing method
Inventor: GAURET YANN
IPC: D04B21/10
Filed: 2013-01-21
Abstract: A lace making machine comprises a ground thread delivery system 12a, 18a, a pattern thread delivery system 12b, 18b-e and a needle bar 22 comprising a plurality of spaced needles. The pattern thread delivery system comprises two pattern forming jacquard guide bars 18b, 18c, each having a plurality of thread guide elements 20, 21 mounted along its length. The jacquard guide bars move in opposing directions in use. The machine allows lace patterns to be formed in a manner which reduces the conformity of the pattern to a rigid design, to give a desirable appearance or feel akin to hand-made or traditional lacework. Each jacquard may have its own mounting, each being individually actuable in a shog direction and the jacquard guide bars may follow a sequence of out-of-phase shogging motions. A plurality of elastic-yarn carrying guide bars may be provided which are actuable in opposing shog directions.
Patent GB-2498130-A (GB)
Title: Downhole multiple well
Inventor: LAU HON CHUNG
IPC: E21B17/18
Filed: 2011-10-26
Abstract: An offshore oil production system, comprising a structure in a body of water, having a portion extending above a surface of the body of water; a wellhead located at a bottom of the body of water; a riser extending from the wellhead to the portion extending above the surface; a primary wellbore extending into a subsea formation beneath the body of water; and at least two secondary wellbores extending further into the subsea formation beneath the body of water and beneath the primary wellbore.
Patent GB-2498295-A (GB)
Title: Spray booths
Inventor: WILLIAMS MICHAEL
IPC: F24F11/72
Filed: 2011-01-31
Abstract: A control system for a spray booth is disclosed. The control system includes a controller 150 operable to control input air handling equipment to provide a first predetermined airflow into the air input region, the predetermined airflow having a desired volumetric flow rate, and operable to control such a plurality of air extraction units, so as to produce a predetermined air temperature distribution and a predetermined air flow distribution in the work space.
Patent GB-2499532-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for universal logical operations
Inventor: FORSYTH ANDREW T
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2011-09-23
Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for performing arbitrary logical operations specified by a table. For example, one embodiment of a method for performing a logical operation on a computer processor comprises: reading data from each of two or more source operands; combining the data read from the source operands to generate an index value, the index value identifying a subset of bits within an immediate value transmitted with an instruction; reading the bits from the immediate value; and storing the bits read from the immediate value within a destination register to generate a result of the instruction.
Patent GB-2513317-A (GB)
Title: Failsafe mechanism
Inventor: STEPHEN ROBERT
IPC: F16L23/00
Filed: 2013-04-22
Abstract: A failsafe mechanism for a tool is described, such as a lifting or separating wedge. It comprises a housing 5 for an actuator rod and an actuator rod 10, which is preferably a piston. The actuator rod 10 is adapted to change repeatedly between active and inactive configurations to activate and deactivate the tool in response to a control mechanism. The actuator rod or piston 10 has a deformation region 15 which can change between an operative configuration and an inoperative configuration. In the operative configuration the actuator rod 10 can change repeatedly between active and inactive configurations, and in the inoperative configuration this change is resisted or prevented. In the event of a load being applied to the actuator rod 10 in excess of a load limit, the actuator rod 10 deforms preferentially at the deformation region 15, which is adapted to change from the operative configuration to the inoperative configuration to resist activation of the tool.
Patent GB-2514122-A (GB)
Title: Fruit and Vegetable Peeler
Inventor: STUBBS MATTHEW JONATHAN
IPC: A47J25/00
Filed: 2013-05-13
Abstract: A fruit and vegetable corer unit 1 comprises a wheeled housing, a waste container 8, a gearbox 4 mechanically linking to an axle of the wheeled housing, a fruit and vegetable retainer 3 , a cutting unit 9, a peeler (13, figure 3) and a corer (14, figure 3). In use, a food item, such as an apple, is located on the retainer 3 and the wheeled housing is moved along a surface causing the wheels 6 to rotate and in turn drive the gearbox 4, the food retainer 3 and the screw 7 rotate drawing in the sliding cutting unit 9. When the food item meets the sliding cutting unit the food item is peeled, cored and cut into spirals. The peel and any juice is collected in the waste container / peel tray 8, which may be removed for cleaning.
Patent GB-2514184-A (GB)
Title: Method for determining a direction of at least one sound source from an array of microphones
Inventor: CITERIN JOHANN
IPC: G01S3/808
Filed: 2013-05-17
Abstract: A direction of at least one sound source (S1,S2 fig 1) from an array of microphones (300, fig 3) is determined by obtaining a plurality of solutions sets (at step 410) from audio signals acquired from the microphones array, each solutions set being obtained by applying a sound source localization (SSL) method to the audio signals, each solution defining a sound direction candidate (possible direction). Then, solutions are grouped into groups of solutions and at least one of the groups is removed (at step 430), based on a criterion of disparity between the solutions sets. The direction of said at least one sound source from directions associated with the remaining groups is obtained.
Patent GB-2501418-A (GB)
Title: An automatically adjusting spring to mass gravity-equalised support arm
Inventor: HARPER-MEARS CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16F3/02
Filed: 2013-07-11
Abstract: A parallel support arm 2 is attached to a fixed structure 1. At the other end of the arm 2 there is a vertically sliding hook 6 which slides within a vertical end bar 3. The end bar remains vertical throughout the range of movement of the support arm 2 about the two fixed pivot points. The hook is held in place by a spring 7, attached to the end bar 3. One end of a zero-free-length spring 4 is attached to the underside of the support arm 2, and the other end of the zero-free-length spring 4 is attached to the sliding hook 6. With no supported mass attached, the spring 7 will fully retract the sliding hook 6, and the vertical attachment point of the zero-free-length spring 4 will be raised and the support arm 2 will be in balance. On picking up an object, the weight of the object will proportionally stretch the spring 7, which will, in turn, lower the effective vertical attachment point 5 of the zero-free-length spring 4 to maintain balance.
Patent GB-2521824-A (GB)
Title: Rolling dry mop
Inventor: YUNUS ANWAR HUSSAIN
IPC: A47L13/20
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: A mop comprises a mobile mounted liquid absorbing surface 2 such as a roller, a mounting 5, an elongate handle 1 and a reservoir 6, wherein the absorbing surface 2 is capable of passing absorbed liquid to the reservoir 6. The reservoir 6 is preferably detachable so that it can be emptied and part of the mounting 5 may act to squeeze liquid from the surface 2. The mounting 5 may include a resilient blade or squeegee to squeeze the surface 2, with the user being able to control whether the blade acts to touch the surface 2.
Patent GB-2510307-A (GB)
Title: Methods and computing systems for survey data enhancement
Inventor: VERMEER PIETER LEONARD
IPC: G01V1/00
Filed: 2012-11-19
Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed to enhance surveying techniques. In one embodiment, a virtual response is estimated that corresponds to energy propagated within a subsurface region between a virtual source and a virtual source estimation receiver, wherein the subsurface region corresponds to a survey zone including: a plurality of receivers deployed within the survey zone, a first subzone having at least one actual source, a second subzone within the first subzone; the virtual source is a first receiver disposed in the second subzone; and the virtual source estimation receiver is a second receiver.
Patent GB-2528677-A (GB)
Title: Gravity supplied natural draft stove
Inventor: SKOWRON GRZEGORZ KRZYSZTOF
IPC: F24B13/04
Filed: 2014-07-26
Abstract: A gravity supplied natural draft stove for burning wood pellets consisting of a pellet storage compartment 13, a supply duct 15, a burning grate 23, a combustion chamber 17, an ash pan compartment 10 and an exhaust tunnel 16. The base of the storage compartment or hopper will be angled diagonally at a predetermined angle to create a chute for the gravitational flow of pellets. The supply duct links the hopper to the combustion chamber. A slanted burning grate is situated in the combustion chamber to provide a burning stack of pellets 25. The grate has multiple openings that facilitate airflow. The combustion chamber is situated in the lower section of the stove and has an air intake opening located above the burning grate 18. An ash pan is situated lower that the combustion chamber under the burning grate with the purpose of collecting the remains of the burning process. An outlet adjacent to the ash pan leads to an exhaust tunnel, which transfers combustion gases from the ash pan to the chimney outlet opening.
Patent GB-2529410-A (GB)
Title: Electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries
Inventor: MASON CHARLES
IPC: H01M10/0525
Filed: 2014-08-18
Abstract: A particulate material comprises a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium or a mixture thereof, wherein the porous particles have a D50 particle diameter in the range between 1-7 Î¼m, an intra-particle porosity in the range between 50-90%, and a pore diameter distribution having a peak in the range between 30-400 nm as determined by mercury porosimetry. Also provided are electrodes and electrode compositions comprising the particulate material, a rechargeable metal-ion battery comprising the particulate material, and a process for the preparation of the particulate material. This process comprises providing a plurality of alloy particles comprising 11-30 wt% Si and/or Ge and a metal matrix component, and leaching the alloy particles to remove at least part of the metal matrix component.
Patent GB-2530714-A (GB)
Title: Injection devices
Inventor: MULLER TIMOTHY
IPC: A61M5/50
Filed: 2014-08-20
Abstract: An injection device 1 for the delivery of medicament comprises a housing 10, a plunger 40 formed from two telescopic sections 42 48 slidably mounted within the housing, an actuation mechanism 30 to move the plunger 40 relative to a syringe 20, an indicator element 50 responsive to the forward movement of the plunger 40 and providing an audible and/or tactile and/or visual indication when the plunger reaches or approaches its forward position. The actuation mechanism 30 acts on the plunger 40, in use, to expand the telescopic sections and to sequentially move each of the sections forward within the housing. The indicator element 30 is responsive to the forward movement of the trailing telescopic section 48. The indicator element is preferably biased into the indicator position and is held in the retracted position by the plunger, the noise or tactile indication being caused by the impact of the released element. The indicator may be a moving shuttle (254 Fig 2) which may enter a window (246 Fig 2) for the visual indicator. Also claimed is a telescopic plunger for an injection device and having an abutment surface.
Patent GB-2531277-A (GB)
Title: Double-walled paper cup and method of manufacture thereof
Inventor: FOX TERRY
IPC: B65D81/38
Filed: 2014-10-14
Abstract: A double-walled paper cup comprises an inner cup 300 and an outer sleeve 301 attached at the top and bottom circumferential edge thereof wherein the top edge of the outer sleeve is folded inwards on itself to form a contact strip 303 for attachment to the inner cup adjacent to a lip 304. A bottom curl 302 is attached towards the bottom edge of the inner cup. The contact strip defines a gap between the inner cup and the outer sleeve that in use reduces heat transfer from the inner cup to outer sleeve and provide improved heat insulation. A method of manufacturing the paper cup comprises the use of combining a cold glue process followed by a hot melt glue process to attach the contact strip to the inner cup, resulting in improved adhesion between to the contact strip and inner cup.