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Patent GB-2393933-A (GB)
Title: Gusseted paper bag production process
Inventor: WALSH DESMOND
IPC: B31B19/36
Filed: 2002-09-23
Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of gusseted paper bags having a handle. A web of paper 21 is delivered from a Station 1, through rollers to a printing station 2, where the web of paper 21 is printed. Then the web 21 is led to an edge gluing station 3, where a thin line of adhesive is placed on the paper. The web of paper 21 is then fed to a tube folding station 4, where arcuate guide bars bend the paper 21 to form an open unsealed tube. The unsealed tube is led over plates between idler wheels 33, which gradually cause a gusseted side to be formed. The tube is then flattened by rollers to form a gusseted flat tube, which is delivered, to a cutting station 7 where it is cut into lengths. The lengths of tube are delivered onto a conveyor belt where an air sucker grips the top sheet of the tube. As the conveyor draws the tube forwards, the air sucker peels back the top sheet to form an open mouth. The tube is then sent between folding plates, and is folded along a central line and the upstanding sides are folded inwards and downwards. The flattened tube is delivered to a gluing station 10 and then to folding stations 11,12,13, for folding and securing together glued edges of the tube to form the base of a bag. Then the bags are delivered to the stacking station 14. Each bag is then delivered through apparatus for forming a handle on a bag.
Patent GB-2395688-A (GB)
Title: Multi removable layered decorative wall or floor coverings
Inventor: PIROUET LISA
IPC: E04F15/16
Filed: 2002-11-09
Abstract: Wallpaper, floor coverings or borders which comprise of layers (1) that are each backed with adhesive plastic or polythene (2). The top layer is removed to reveal another layer below, which may be identical or differ in material, colour or design (1). The number of layers may also vary from 2 to 6.
Patent GB-2380344-A (GB)
Title: Very fast time resolved imaging in multiparameter measurement space
Inventor: GLECKLER ANTHONY D
IPC: G01S17/89
Filed: 2001-04-26
Abstract: Plural electronic or optical images are provided in a streak optical system, as for instance by use of plural slits instead of the conventional single slit, to obtain a third, fourth, etc. dimension - rather than only the conventional two, namely range or time and azimuth. Such additional dimension or dimensions are thereby incorporated into the optical information that is to be streaked and thereby time resolved. The added dimensions may take any of an extremely broad range of forms, including wavelength, polarization state, or one or more spatial dimensions - or indeed virtually any optical parameter that can be impressed upon a probe beam. Resulting capabilities remarkably include several new forms of lidar spectroscopy, fluorescence analysis, polarimetry, spectropolarimetry, and combinations of these, as well as a gigahertz wavefront sensor.
Patent GB-2396019-A (GB)
Title: Testing of multicore cables
Inventor: WOOD JEFFREY
IPC: G01R31/02
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: Testing apparatus for testing the condition of the cores of a multicore cable comprises a main unit which has a testing device (14) for supplying test signals to the cores and a control unit (10) for controlling automatic application of the test signals to the cable cores. The unit can carry out an insulation test by measuring resistance of each core insulation between it and earth and between it and other cores. The results can be recorded by a computing device (16) such as a portable computer and displayed as a spreadsheet. A slave unit (20) can also be provided for carrying out a continuity test. In use, the cores of the multicore cable are connected to the testing apparatus via relays 28 and relay drivers 26.
Patent GB-2397285-A (GB)
Title: Gate for use in packaging/stacking
Inventor: GROOM FRANK
IPC: B65D90/58
Filed: 2003-01-20
Abstract: A shutter transfer system includes two blades 2 which are moveable between a first position in which opposing edge portions of the blades are closely spaced to a second position in which opposing edges of the blade are separated. The blades are moveable between the first and second positions by linear movement in horizontal, parallel, mutually opposite directions. This allows an article item 15 to sit on the blades and fall through the gap in blades without tilting or twisting. A succession of such systems may be provided one above another so that a stack may be formed, Figure 1. The blades 2 may be moved by a servo motor via a pinion 12 and racks 13, 14. Vertical guide plates (6) on the blades 2 may position items thereon.
Patent GB-2399073-A (GB)
Title: Interchangeable sealer cartridge nozzles
Inventor: BANNER PHILIP CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B05C17/005
Filed: 2003-03-04
Abstract: A sealer nozzle comprises a main body with female threads at each end for connection to a sealer cartridge and interchangeable tip sections. The tips include a straight nozzle, forty five and ninety degree angled nozzles and an end cap for air tight sealing of the main body.
Patent GB-2387877-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic actuator with deep drawn filled piston and swivel attached rod
Inventor: KOBERSTEIN RALF
IPC: F16D65/22
Filed: 2003-03-05
Abstract: A pressure cylinder for a hydraulic actuation device e.g. a vehicle brake slave cylinder comprising a housing 3 having an inner cylinder wall 3, a piston 6 displacable therein for forming a pressure space for pressure fluid, a spring arranged in the pressure space and a rod 7 swivellably connected to the piston via a part hemi-spherical cap 8 engaging a hemi-spherical pan 10 on the piston. The piston is a deep drawn, cup-shaped metal part with a plastics filler piece 13 adhered to its inside. An annular space 15 is formed on a filler piece surface facing the pressure space and accommodates the spring when the piston is fully retracted. The recess has an opening angle 21 forming a ventilation cone.
Patent GB-2388251-A (GB)
Title: Piezoelectric activated relay
Inventor: WONG MARVIN GLENN
IPC: H01L41/09
Filed: 2003-03-12
Abstract: A piezoelectrically actuated relay 100 that switches and latches by means of a liquid metal 190 operates by means of a plurality of shear mode piezoelectric elements 170 used to cause a pressure differential in a pair of fluid chambers 175. Differential pressure is created in the chambers 175 by contracting and expanding the chambers 175 due to action by the piezoelectric elements 170. The differential pressure causes the liquid metal drop 190 to overcome the surface tension forces that would hold the bulk of the liquid metal drop in contact with the contact pad or pads 200 near the actuating piezoelectric element 170. The switch 100 latches by means of surface tension and the liquid metal 190 wetting to the contact pads 200.
Patent GB-2402651-A (GB)
Title: Liferaft system having a hatch for facilitating servicing
Inventor: SCOTT TOMMY
IPC: B63C9/04
Filed: 2003-06-11
Abstract: A liferaft system comprises a container 10 containing an inflatable liferaft 24 in a hermetically sealed first bag 23 and an emergency pack 29 connected to the liferaft, such that upon inflation of the liferaft, the emergency pack is automatically drawn into the liferaft. The container is separable to allow deployment of the liferaft and includes a hatch 33 and 34 through which the emergency pack can be removed and replaced. The first sealed bag may include an inflation system 25 and 26 for the liferaft while the emergency pack may be provided in a second bag 30 connected to the liferaft and being openable to allow removal and replacement of the emergency pack. A method for the servicing of the emergency pack of the liferaft system is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2390378-A (GB)
Title: Deposition method and apparatus
Inventor: RICH PAUL
IPC: H01J37/34
Filed: 2003-06-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a thin film on a substrate. The method involves locating the substrate in a first rotational position a location opposed to a process station. The process station has a first axis and is arranged for processing the substrate about that axis. The substrate location is symmetrical about a second axis parallel to but offset from the first axis. The substrate is rotated about an axis generally orthogonal and passing through the wafer location to a second rotational position after an initial process and further processing takes place when the substrate is in the second rotational position.
Patent GB-2391161-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary underpants
Inventor: IKIC RENATA
IPC: A61F13/74
Filed: 2003-07-29
Abstract: A pair of underpants 1 comprises a crotch portion having at least two superposed layers of fabric 6, 7, between which one or more adhesive wings 21 of a sanitary product such as a sanitary towel 20, can be concealed. The underpants may be a standard pair of ladies' briefs having an additional layer attached to the inside or the outside of the crotch portion. The additional layer may comprise more than one layer of fabric and may be stitched to the crotch portion in such a way that leaves an opening for the wings between the two layers along the leg openings. Also claimed is a 'feminine hygiene pack' comprising one or more pairs of the said underpants and a plurality of replacement sanitary towels.
Patent GB-2404602-A (GB)
Title: System of protecting compressor from water in lubricating oil
Inventor: NICHOL PHILIP
IPC: F04C18/16
Filed: 2003-08-01
Abstract: There is disclosed a compressor arrangement 10 comprising a compressor 11 for compressing a gas, separating means 13 for separating oil from a compressed gas before its discharge from the compressor, a reservoir 14 for receiving the separated oil 16, means 19 for measuring a parameter of fluid resting at a lower end of the reservoir, means 21 for removing water collected in the lower end of the reservoir and control means 20 for activating the water removal means 21 when the measured parameter of the fluid differs from a predetermined value, and deactivating the water removal means when the measured parameter of the fluid substantially matches the predetermined value.
Patent GB-2396333-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for passing rigid medium under image-forming mechanism having absorbing mechanism to absorb image-forming substance
Inventor: BUIBAS MARIUS
IPC: B41J13/00
Filed: 2003-10-28
Abstract: A mechanism (100) for passing a rigid medium (104) under an image-forming mechanism (124). The mechanism includes a conveyor belt (106) and a number of rollers (108, 110, 112). The rigid medium travels on the conveyor belt under the image-forming mechanism, for image formation on the rigid medium. The rollers move the conveyor belt. The mechanism may comprise an image-forming substance-absorbing mechanism (114) under the image-forming mechanism (124) e.g. an absorbant foam pad to absorb ink. Furthermore, the plurality of rollers (108,110,112) may guide the conveyor belt (106) away from the substance-absorbing mechanism (114) so as to prevent substance contamination of the conveyor belt (106).
Patent GB-2401977-A (GB)
Title: Surveillance of an area
Inventor: STAVELY DONALD J
IPC: G08B13/194
Filed: 2004-05-04
Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for facilitating surveillance of an area. In one embodiment, a system and a method comprise capturing images of the area under surveillance using a portable digital camera (402), detecting motion occurring within the area under surveillance (512, 706), and storing images of the area under surveillance captured by the digital camera (404).
Patent GB-2414960-A (GB)
Title: Heat retaining fabric
Inventor: SALTMARSH TIMOTHY AUSTEN
IPC: A41D31/02
Filed: 2004-06-08
Abstract: A protective, heat-retaining fabric comprises at least a high durability layer 1, typically a nylon or polyester sheet; a heat-reflecting layer 2, typically a metallised thermoplastic sheet or film; and an insulating comfort layer 3, preferably a woven layer such as a fleece, all laminated or bonded to each other. The fabric may incorporate fixings 8 for carrying or for securing to a stretcher or carrying frame. The fabric may be made into a protective garment or body bag.
Patent GB-2415382-A (GB)
Title: Wound dressings for vacuum therapy
Inventor: WATT PAUL WILLIAM
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 2004-06-21
Abstract: A wound dressing for vacuum therapy comprising: a cover 1 configured for placement over the wound to maintain a reduced pressure over the wound and adapted for communication via tube 2 with a source of vacuum, and a screen structure 4 for placement between the cover and the wound, wherein the screen structure is adapted to remove or inactivate undesirable components from the wound environment and/or to concentrate desirable components present in the wound environment. Also provided are kits for the assembly of such wound dressings, and systems comprising the wound dressings in combination with a source of vacuum. The screen may remove or inactivate endogenous proteases; remove water; find growth factors; or remove or inactivate micro-organisms / bacteria.
Patent GB-2417176-A (GB)
Title: Mouse cursor display
Inventor: MENDEL GILI
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: The present invention displays status information with the mouse symbol. The status information relates to an operation being performed with a mouse cursor. For example, the status information may provide position co-ordinates relating to the cursor symbol.
Patent GB-2419581-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible cable drum support stand
Inventor: LEDGEWAY ALAN
IPC: B65H75/40
Filed: 2004-10-30
Abstract: A device to support one or more drums of cable comprises a pair of side panels 2 and one or more detachable spacing elements 6, the or each spacing element being arranged in use such that it extends between the side panels and has at least one drum of cable mounted there upon and the or each spacing element being detachable from the side panels for transportation in a case formed by the pair of side elements being connected directly to one another (figure 7). The device may comprise a handle 3 by which it may be carried and the side portions may comprise recesses to hold the spacing elements when the side panels form the storage or transportation case.
Patent GB-2408429-A (GB)
Title: Radio message extensions for protocol revisions
Inventor: VAN LIESHOUT GERARDUS JOHANNES
IPC: H04W28/06
Filed: 2004-11-19
Abstract: A radio message format for communicating between a mobile terminal and a radio access network (RAN), such as the UMTS terrestrial RAN (UTRAN), according to a radio protocol, such as the radio resource control (RRC) protocol. The radio message comprises a basic message portion 101 corresponding to a first version of the radio protocol, blocks of extension data 102-105 each relating to subsequent versions of the protocol, and an extension container 130 including extension blocks 132-134 relating to more than one subsequent version of the protocol. As the radio protocol is developed and improved, all late protocol extensions 132-134 introduced after the subsequent protocol release is frozen are stored in the single variable length extension container (VLEC) 130 in order according to the date of introduction of the extensions. By using a single VLEC for all late extensions, the overhead from multiple VLECs is avoided.
Patent GB-2421011-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle with a castor wheel
Inventor: FIRTH DAVID CHARLES
IPC: B62B3/14
Filed: 2004-12-10
Abstract: A shopping trolley includes a frame 2, and a castor wheel arrangement 16 comprising a roller 28 turnable about a horizontal first axis, a bracket 26 mounting the roller 28 and turnable about an upwardly extending second axis perpendicular to the first axis and provided by a metal bearing pin 30 forming part of the bracket 26, a metal housing 18 mounting the bearing pin 30 and turnable about a horizontal third axis substantially perpendicular to the second axis and fixed relative to the frame, the housing 18 being of a non-circular internal cross-section. The third axis is provided by a metal pivot pin 20 which extends transversely of the bearing pin 30 through a lateral recess in the bearing pin 30 and is carried by the housing 18 and serves to abut against the lower longitudinal end of the recess, there being an anti-friction bearing member fixed to the bearing pin 30 and of an external cross-section substantially corresponding to the internal cross-section of the housing 18 and serving to prevent turning of the bearing pin 30 relative to the pivot pin 20 to the extent that the pin 30 contacts the pin 20.
Patent GB-2413680-A (GB)
Title: Electro-luminescence display device
Inventor: CHUNG HOON JU
IPC: G09G3/30
Filed: 2004-12-30
Abstract: An electro-luminescence display device for reducing the number of output channels of a data driver is disclosed. An electro-luminescence (EL) display device according to the present invention includes an EL display panel (116) having a plurality of pixels (PE); m data electrode lines (DL) (wherein m is an integer) and a plurality of scan electrode lines (SL) in the EL display panel (116), the data electrode lines (DL) and the scan electrode lines (SL) defining the pixels; a data driver (120) having a plurality of output channels for supplying data signals to the m data electrode lines (DL); and a multiplexer (MUX) for connecting each output channel of the data driver (120) to k data electrode lines (DL) (wherein k is an integer greater than 2).
Patent GB-2417441-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic dust-collecting apparatus
Inventor: OH JANG-KEUN
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2005-02-23
Abstract: A cyclonic dust-collecting apparatus has a cyclone body (110) has an air inlet (111) for drawing in dust-carrying air, and an air outlet (112) connected with a suction source. The vacuum provided by the suction source draws air from the air outlet (112) after it has passed through the cyclone body (110) from the air inlet (111). As the air flows through the cyclone body (110), it forms a whirling stream in the cyclone body. The whirling stream creates a centrifugal force on dust particles that are suspended in the air, which, because of their greater mass, causes them to become separated from the air that is drawn out of the whirling stream and into the air outlet (112) by the suction source. The air outlet (112) is provided with a passage guide member (113) that reduces the speed of air discharged via the air outlet and also guides a streamlined flow of air therethrough. The passage guide member (113) reduces the pressure loss which would otherwise be produced by a turbulent flow generated during discharge of cleaned air, such that the load on the suction source decreases, and the power consumption for operating the cyclonic dust-collecting apparatus is reduced. The passage guide member is preferably curved such that the portion closest to the cyclone (210a) is roughly transverse to the air flow and the portion furthest from the cyclone (210b) is parallel to the air flow. In an alternate embodiment the passage guide member consists of a number of 'S'-shaped vanes (220) where the 'S'-shape is transverse to the air flow.
Patent GB-2423599-A (GB)
Title: Personal print mailbox
Inventor: PARKS BENJAMIN JOHN
IPC: G06F21/60
Filed: 2005-02-25
Abstract: A personal print mailbox software application for printing or peripheral device, such as a photocopier or printer, is disclosed. Documents received on the printing device have associated information sent with them identifying the user logged in on the workstation that sent them. Documents from various users are collected in a common storage area or mailbox on the printing device. When a user visits the printing device to select documents of his or hers to print the user logs in to the photocopier. The application verifies the log in against the same user identity / security system, such as Windows Active Directory, that was used to log the users into their workstations. The application then presents the user with a list of his or her documents only, from which he or she may select documents, for example, to print.
Patent GB-2412317-A (GB)
Title: Solid dosage form for treatment of infections of a body cavity, especially bacterial and fungal infections of the vaginal cavity
Inventor: HUTMAN HERBERT W
IPC: A61K9/64
Filed: 2005-03-23
Abstract: A method of treating a vaginal infection (eg a fungal or yeast infection) may be treated by inserting a solid dosage form comprising an anti-fungal or anti-bacterial effective amount of an anti-fungal or anti-bacterial active ingredient into the vagina at any time after the patient awakens until thirty minutes prior to the patient either retiring for the night, or lying prone for a period of time more than one hour. The solid dosage form may be a solid gelatin capsule, or a suppository. The anti-fungal active ingredient is preferably miconazole nitrate, and the anti-bacterial active ingredient is preferably metronidazole. An external cream containing an anti-fungal or anti-bacterial active ingredient may also be applied at least once per day for at least five days after insertion of said solid dosage form. Vigorous movement subsequent to inserting the solid dosage form is advantageous in the treatment. Such compositions may also comprise one or more probiotics. Also disclosed are solid dosage forms comprising an anti-viral agent. Each of the compositions above may be used to treat an infection of a body cavity in general.
Patent GB-2413020-A (GB)
Title: High speed CMOS flip-flops and clocked logic gates
Inventor: MIN-SU KIM
IPC: H03K3/3562
Filed: 2005-04-08
Abstract: A fast CMOS flip-flop comprises first and second cascade-connected latch stages each with an input section having only two NMOS transistors in series, thereby allowing rapid discharge of the nodes N301 and N304. The first and second input sections comprise transistors 301-303 and 304-306 respectively. The clock pulse CKP is narrow. Alternative circuits using a second clock signal are disclosed (figure 9). Clocked logic gates based on the fast flip-flops are disclosed (e.g. figures 6 and 11).
Patent GB-2425602-A (GB)
Title: Determining an energy efficiency rating of a building
Inventor: CULBERT JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2005-04-26
Abstract: A building energy survey tool 1 comprises a processing module 2 (such as a personal digital assistant (PDA)), and a number of measurement devices (a laser range finder device 11, an electronic compass 12 and an electronic dampness meter 13) providing inputs to the processing module 1. The processing module 2 prompts a user to input required data (such as building dimensions, building materials, building insulation) or to operate the measurement devices to input the required data and determined an energy efficiency rating for the building. It may also generate a floor plan based on the input data. A method of determining an energy efficiency rating of a dwelling is claimed in addition to the survey tool 1.
Patent GB-2425625-A (GB)
Title: Database performance analysis
Inventor: GRAY JON
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2005-04-28
Abstract: A system for and method of processing information relating to the execution of instructions by a database management system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an instruction; receiving execution information relating to the execution of the instruction by the database management system; comparing the instruction to one or more previously received instructions and determining whether, according to a predetermined equivalence criterion, the instruction matches one of the previously received instructions; and, if the instruction matches a previously received instruction, combining the execution information with execution information relating to the matching one of the previously received instructions to produce aggregate execution information. The aggregate information may be used, for example, in analysing and optimizing performance characteristics of the database management system, the databases under its control, and individual instructions. The instructions are preferably queries and the execution information are preferably performance measurements.