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Patent BR-9913676-A (BR)
Title: Dispositivo de suspensão sensivelmente vertical de carcaças de pneumáticos, e, processo de confecção de pneumático
Inventor: GUIDE JEAN-PIERRE
IPC: B29D30/08
Filed: 1999-09-13
Abstract: "DISPOSITIVO DE SUSPENSãO SENSIVELMENTE VERTICAL DE CARCAçAS DE PNEUMáTICOS, E, PROCESSO DE CONFECçãO DE PNEUMáTICO". Dispositivo de suspensão sensivelmente vertical de carcaças de pneumáticos, que compreende vários suportes (3,4) articulados, esses útlimos sendo suscetíveis de se apoiar no interior de uma carcaça de pneumático. De acordo com a invenção, cada um dos ditos suportes também compreende uma superfície de apoio (101,101') convexa de comprimento dado, própria para tomar uma pluralidade de posições angulares. A invenção também se refere a um processo de confecção de um pneumático no qual uma das etapas consiste em dispor e/ou em retirar a dita carcaça em um dispositivo de suspensão deslocando para isso a dita carcaça de modo a que seu eixo seja sensivelmente confundido com o eixo do dito dispositivo de suspensão.
Patent CH-527781-A (CH)
Title: Lower alkyl-4-hydroxyethoxybenzoates - prepd from lower alkyl-4-hydroxybenzoates and ethylene oxide
Inventor: RYUZO UENO
IPC: C07C41/02
Filed: 1970-08-14
Abstract: alkyl esters of 4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-benzoic acid, which are starting materials for synthetic fibres and films, are produced economically in high yields by dissolving or suspending a mixture of (I) an alkali salt of a lower alkyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and (II) a lower alkyl 4-hydroxybenzoate in an inert organic solvent and contacting the resulting solution or suspension with ethylene oxide. The proportion of (I) to (II) is pref. 1 : 1 to 1 : 50, esp. 1 : 2 to 1 : 20, and the reaction temperature is pref. 70 - 100 degrees C.
Patent GB-2349224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the monitoring of reinforcing tendons
Inventor: BLOOR ALAN STUART
IPC: G01N27/20
Filed: 2000-03-02
Abstract: A method of and apparatus for monitoring the integrity of reinforcing tendons includes the steps of applying a current or a signal to an electrical circuit including the tendon 2, the tendon either being electrically conductive or incorporating a conductor embedded therein, and measuring the resistance and/or the distributed capacitance and/or the distributed inductance of the circuit, changes in these parameters being indicative of deformation or failure of the tendon. The circuit may include a resistor to allow detection of failure modes in which there exists a short-circuit between the tendon and a sensing conductor 4 of the circuit.
Patent GB-2350432-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for tracing a gas leak
Inventor: SHAN QING
IPC: G01M3/04
Filed: 2000-05-24
Abstract: A portable apparatus is disclosed for identifying the likely location of a gas leak source, the apparatus comprising a gas detector 14 for detecting for the presence of a gas and a wind direction indicator 15. Methods are also disclosed for operating the portable apparatus to find the most likely gas leak locations. Figure 3 shows a portable embodiment including a trolley 20 having wheels 22.
Patent GB-2363081-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing a game
Inventor: PARKER KEVIN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2000-06-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to (with reference to Figure 1) apparatus for playing a game. Each player of the game uses a personal computer (11, 12, 13, 14) to access via the Internet a game server (10) and to buy and sell shares in a number of entities each of which has a website hosted on one of a plurality of servers (15, 16, 17). The game server (10) has means for monitoring popularity of the websites hosted by the servers (15, 16, 17), the popularity of each website being determined by the number of hits on the website in a certain time period. The value of dividends paid in respect of shares in an entity is calculated from the popularity of the website associated with the entity.
Patent GB-2351536-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical shaft to housing seal
Inventor: DIXON ROLAND THOMAS
IPC: F16J15/34
Filed: 2000-06-30
Abstract: A mechanical seal (1) provides fluid sealing at an interface between a housing (2) and an axially extending shaft (4) where the shaft (4) enters a through hole (6) in the housing (2). The housing (2) forms part of a grinding mill (not shown), ad the shaft (4) provides torque from an external power source such as an electric or diesel motor (not shown). The seal (1) includes a shaft seal (8) disposed on the shaft (4) for rotation therewith. Preferably, the shaft seal includes a first seal portion (10) and a second seal portion (12), upon which are formed first and second sealing surfaces (14, 16) respectively. The first sealing surface (14) extends substantially axially, whilst the second sealing surface (16) extends radially. The first and second seal portions (10, 12) are affixed to the shaft (4) in such a way that they rotate when the shaft (4) rotates. This can be achieved by means of a tight interference fit between the shaft (4) and each of the first and second seal portions (10, 12) respectively.
Patent GB-2365157-A (GB)
Title: Information retrieval system
Inventor: KENNEDY ANDREW
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2000-07-28
Abstract: A network (for example: the Internet) based information retrieval system is associated with a plurality of users, each user being associated with none, one or more other users. The system includes memory means, which may be in the form of a distributed memory, which stores a table of associations between respective users and a constellation of data divided into items of information. Each user has a portion of the data within the constellation associated with them. A specific user accesses the memory means and selects an alphanumeric data string to be searched. The system identifies from the table of associations those users, if any, associated with the specific user; and identifies within the constellation occurrences, if any, of the selected data string in data associated with the specific user or with any users associated with the specific user. Each information item within which a said occurrence is identified is then displayed and/or printed.
Patent GB-2356349-A (GB)
Title: Syringe actuator assembly
Inventor: DAWE ANDREW TIMOTHY
IPC: A61M5/168
Filed: 2000-10-06
Abstract: A syringe actuator assembly 1 comprising driver means 3 and sensor means 7, the driver means being capable of controlled translational movement so as to drive a syringe plunger 9 into a syringe body 15 and the arrangement being such that, in use, the sensor means 7 is positioned in the force path between the driver means 3 and the syringe plunger so as to provide an indication of the force applied by the driver means to the syringe plunger. Since the sensor means 7 is located in the force path between the driver means and the syringe plunger, an accurate indication of the force applied by the carriage 3 to the plunger is provided. Thus, should the pressure sensed by sensor means exceed a predetermined value (for example because of an occlusion in the administration line) suitable control means is arranged to halt the drive means and activate an alarm.
Patent GB-2371286-A (GB)
Title: Container having means for adding a fluid to a bulk liquid
Inventor: KNIGHT DUDLEY JOHN TRAVERS
IPC: B65D51/28
Filed: 2001-01-16
Abstract: For adding a fluid to a bulk liquid in a container, a closure cap (11) is provided with a mounting sub-assembly (12), which engages as an interference fit in an outlet of the container when initially applied, and a receptacle (13) for the fluid. On raising the cap (11), a projection (14) of the receptacle (13) engages the bottom of the mounting sub-assembly (12), causing the receptacle (13) to be disengaged from the cap (11) and fall into the liquid in the container.
Patent GB-2373073-A (GB)
Title: Process and system for developing validated and optimised object-oriented software
Inventor: CROCKER DAVID
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2001-03-08
Abstract: A process and a system are used to verify that an object-oriented software component described in an extended programming language behaves correctly with respect to an abstract data model and specifications of the operations that may be performed on it. The process and system also verify for an assembly of components that whenever an operation on a component is invoked, the correct conditions specified for that operation and component exist, and that specified properties hold for a component of the assembly.
Patent GB-2366901-A (GB)
Title: Liquid Crystal Display
Inventor: PARK JEONG KI
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2001-04-11
Abstract: An LCD provided with an electrostatic protecting circuit 5 includes a plurality of signal lines 3a, 3b formed at constant intervals, a common electrode 4 arranged in vertical direction to the signal lines, a plurality of first electrostatic protecting circuits 5 respectively arranged at one side of the common electrode between adjacent first and second signal lines in pairs to be connected with the first signal lines of the respective pairs and the common electrode, and a plurality of second electrostatic protecting circuits arranged at the other side of the common electrode to be connected with the second signal lines of the respective pairs and the common electrode. Thus, a narrow space of the signal lines can efficiently be used and the LCD of high resolution can be obtained.
Patent GB-2359055-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for installation of plate anchors
Inventor: TREU JOHANNES JACOBUS
IPC: B63B21/26
Filed: 1999-11-12
Abstract: In a method of and apparatus for anchor installation, a plate anchor (42) is mounted at the bottom of a suction follower (22) comprising a hollow cylinder having an open lower insertion end (24) and a closable upper suspension end (26). The suction follower (22) and the anchor (42) secured thereto are engaged with the sea floor, wherein water is pumped out of the suction follower (22) causing the suction follower (22) and the plate anchor (42) to penetrate into the sea floor to a predetermined depth. The anchor (42) is then disengaged from the suction follower (22), wherein water is pumped into the suction follower (22) to disengage the suction follower (22) from the sea floor for recovery to the surface, leaving the anchor (42) embedded in the sea floor.
Patent GB-2365449-A (GB)
Title: Dual discharge valve
Inventor: FROST DOUGLAS ROBERT DAVID
IPC: E03D1/14
Filed: 2001-06-22
Abstract: A dual discharge valve being a device for immersion in fluid, in a cistern (14), comprises a housing having an upper portion (8) and a lower portion; an upwardly movable main valve assembly (30) within the housing and forming therewith a variable volume upper chamber (11) and lower chamber, a first vent means (9) between the upper and lower chambers and an outlet (32) leading down from the lower housing portion, which portion contains a seat (24) for the main valve assembly at the entry to the outlet so that in the lowered position of the main valve assembly the outlet is blocked against the ingress of fluid in which the device is immersed; a central stem (19) extending upwardly from the main valve assembly and actuable by a first operating means (20) remotely from the upper housing to raise the main valve assembly off its seat, the wall of the lower portion of the housing above the seat having apertures, whereby on raising the main valve assembly immersion fluid can enter the outlet, the net upward force acting on the assembly thereby causing it to rise to the top of the upper chamber and permit full flow of the immersion fluid through the outlet and, on its substantially complete discharge, the cessation of flow causing the main valve assembly to revert to its seated position, a second vent means (16, 17) being provided in the upper housing for ejection of fluid from the upper chamber by the rising main valve assembly whereby air can penetrate into the upper chamber via the first and second vent means during descent of the main valve assembly, the upper housing portion having a central hollow boss (28) through which the central stem (19) extends and an annular pocket (12) being formed as a recess bound by a wall (12A) extending downwardly from the upper surface (26) of the main valve assembly and joined at its lower end to the stem, the boss extending into this pocket, which acts as a water trap labyrinth, and having a second operating means (21, 47), also actuable remotely from the upper housing, to separately raise the main valve assembly off its seat and then to exert or enable to be exerted a downward force on the main valve assembly, sufficient to exceed water level dependent flow reaction and pressure forces acting upwards on the curved surface (4) underneath the main valve assembly, so that at a predetermined intermediate water level (36) in the cistern during discharge, the main valve assembly re-seats.
Patent GB-2363911-A (GB)
Title: Printed multi-band patch antenna
Inventor: YING ZHINONG
IPC: H01Q5/10
Filed: 1999-12-16
Abstract: The present invention provides a miniature, built-in multi-band antenna which is suitable for use in future compact mobile terminals. According to exemplary embodiments, a built-in patch antenna is provided which includes patch elements of different sizes and capable of being tuned to different frequency bands. On each patch element is formed a slot which divides the patch element into sub-parts. Each sub-part of a patch element is structured so as to be resonant at a frequency in the same frequency band to which the patch element is tuned. As a result, a high efficiency, broad band, multi-band, and surface mountable low profile antenna can be realized.
Patent GB-2379350-A (GB)
Title: Generation and delivery of personalised image diary product
Inventor: BATTLE STEVEN ANDREW
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2001-09-04
Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for collection of a series of images at a venue such as a theme park or exploratory, in which images are automatically collected at a series of scenes, showing a visitor in those scenes. The visitor can access a console, at which the set of images are displayed in a sequence following the series of scenes. The visitor can arrange and manipulate the sequence of images, adding text or effects where desired. The sequence of images can be arranged into a plurality of different arrangements and printed out as a poster memento of the visitors visit to the venue.
Patent GB-2379554-A (GB)
Title: Thin chip microspray system for coupling with high resolution electrospray mass spectrometers
Inventor: REYMOND FREDERIC
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2001-09-06
Abstract: An electrospray system for the coupling of a microscale fluid handling device to a high resolution mass spectrometer comprises one or more micro-structures 3 formed in a polymer substrate 1 for handling liquid samples in said substrate. The micro-structure(s) 3 is/are connected to a sample introduction means 5, closed by a sealing layer 4, and terminate in at least one outlet 2, which has a diameter smaller than 300 micrometers and which is made of walls exhibiting at least one angle smaller than 90 degrees in order to destabilise the liquid/air interface. Electrical means 6 generate the spray of the sample solution into the mass spectrometer.
Patent GB-2389558-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of insulating panels
Inventor: MCDONALD PATRICK
IPC: B23D47/06
Filed: 2002-06-10
Abstract: A cleaning carriage 50 is mounted for vertical movement and is also movable transversely of separated panels 10, 12 along tracks 51 for movement of the carriage 50 across the gap between the separated panels 10, 12. The carriage 50 is moved from a raised inactive position to an extended or lowered active position and is then driven across the gap created between the panels 10, 12 to clean and de-burr the end faces 11, 13. Material removed on cleaning is collected in hoppers 52 to prevent contamination in the region of the panels. To clean the upper and lower faces 70, 71 of a panel 10, the panel is led over a lower face cleaning brush 80 and under an upper face cleaning brush 81 at a panel face cleaning station 85. The brushes 80, 81 are provided in the form of belts that brush across the faces 70, 71 of the panel 10 as the panel travels along a conveyer 86. Debris is brushed into inlets 87 of a vacuum removal system 88.
Patent GB-2393250-A (GB)
Title: PCR assay
Inventor: PULFORD DAVID JAMES
IPC: C12Q1/6858
Filed: 2002-09-17
Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of a target DNA sequence in a sample and/or determining whether said sequence contains a polymorphism, said method comprising subjecting the sample to an amplification reaction in the presence of a first and a second primer which bind to said target DNA, and a third primer which binds to a sequence intermediate said first and second primers and has at the 3'end thereof, a base or region which binds a known polymorphism, and detecting the presence of one or two amplification products in the thus formed reaction mixture. Kits for carrying out the method are also described and claimed. The method may be used for the amplification of old world orthopoxviruses, with the third primer being specific for a variola virus sequence.
Patent GB-2393494-A (GB)
Title: Pressure control valve
Inventor: LENG JOHN LESLIE
IPC: F16K31/06
Filed: 2002-09-28
Abstract: A pressure control valve 10 for controlling fluid pressure in a fluid pressure actuated circuit, the valve 10 having a fluid inlet 14 and a fluid outlet 16 and comprising a spool 18, a sleeve 20 having a bore 22 in which the spool 18 is slidably received, and actuator means for positioning the sleeve 20 relative to the spool 18. The spool 18 having an internal chamber 26 in fluid communication with the fluid inlet 14, a channel 28 which is formed in the outer surface 30 of the spool 18 and which is in fluid communication with the spool chamber 26 and the fluid outlet 16. A shoulder 32 is formed adjacent to the spool channel 28, and the sleeve bore 22 has a flared portion 44 at the end 46 adjacent to the spool shoulder 32. In use, when the flared portion 44 of the sleeve 20 is positioned adjacent to the channel 28 by an urging force of the actuator means to define a fluid metering area, the fluid passing through the fluid metering area to the fluid outlet 16 is directed by the spool channel 28 and the flared portion 44 of the sleeve 20 to impinge on the spool shoulder 32, resulting in a reaction force being generated to counteract the flow force of the fluid to thereby decrease the tendency for the fluid force to reduce the fluid metering area by closing the spool channel 28 and to decrease the urging force required to be exerted on the sleeve or the spool by the actuator means, which may be electromagnetic.
Patent GB-2382010-A (GB)
Title: Rearranging bits of different reliability on retransmission in a CDMA system
Inventor: YOON JAE-SEUNG
IPC: H04J13/00
Filed: 2002-10-16
Abstract: Disclosed is a transmitting/receiving apparatus for packet retransmission in a mobile communication system. Upon a retransmission request by a receiver, a transmitter rearranges coded bits and maps the rearranged bits to modulation symbols. The modulation symbols of a retransmission are transmitted with different reliabilities from those of an initial transmission. A receiver demodulates received data and rearranges the coded bits in an original order before decoding if the coded bits have been retransmitted. The embodiment is a CDMA system which maps the rearranged bits to modulation symbols using QAM or PSK.
Patent GB-2397364-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable steering column electrical clamping mechanism actuated with an operating lever
Inventor: COOPER MAGNUS
IPC: B62D1/184
Filed: 2003-01-16
Abstract: An electrically operated clamping mechanism for an adjustable steering column is actuated by a mechanical actuating lever or handle. The lever moves a slider 3 carrying ramped guide surfaces 10 which deflect a boss 9 of a resilient beam 6 to act on electric switches 4,5 also carried on the slider to momentarily operate a clamping motor (figs 4-8). A barb (13, fig 4) prevents returning the lever to the locked position without actuating the clamping switch 5. The slider is sprung to prevent burning out the motor, and is held in the unclamped position by a detent (15, fig 4). Thus a mechanical actuating lever system can be replicated with a very simple electrical mechanism.
Patent GB-2399776-A (GB)
Title: Cyclical heating and cooling device and associated methods
Inventor: NEUDECK THOMAS
IPC: B01L7/00
Filed: 2003-03-24
Abstract: A cyclical heating and cooling apparatus comprises a heating cycle of denaturing t1 annealing t2 and extension t3 phases, a detector 12 able to detect the amplification of a polymerase chain reaction process at a plurality of times during each heating cycle, and a monitor, which may monitor 18 the detector 12, at a plurality of times. The detector 12 may be a light detector 12, and the monitor 18 may be a data acquisition unit 18. A fluorescent marker may be placed within the polymerase chain reaction, and may provide differing levels of fluorescence during the heating cycle, which changes may be detected 12, and monitored 18. Also disclosed are two associated methods, consistent with normal usage of the above described device in which DNA may be amplified by a polymerase chain reaction.
Patent GB-2391969-A (GB)
Title: Method of blocking requests to a bus from a master device by a target device
Inventor: LIN RUEI-LING
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2003-05-14
Abstract: A method for blocking requests from a master device to a bus includes the steps of, assigning bus ownership to a target device by an enable signal on a bus priority line, inhibiting any request from the target device to the bus, while blocking any request from the master device in response to the enable signal. The master device could be the central processing unit (CPU), the target device could a bridge control chip and the bus could be the front side bus with the priority signal line being the BPRI in the computer. This means that a request from the CPU can be blocked without the use or presence of a Block Next Request (BNR) line. In one embodiment the method is used to prevent the overload of a target device, by detecting the number of requests to be processed, assigning bus ownership to a target device by rendering a first status of a bus priority line when the number of requests reaches a threshold value and blocking and inhibiting as before. Bus ownership is retrieved from the target device when the number of requests falls below the threshold value, by rendering a second status of the bus priority line and allowing the master device to output the next request.
Patent GB-2390688-A (GB)
Title: System for estimating turbocharger compressor outlet temperature
Inventor: WANG Y YUE
IPC: F02B37/18
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: A system for estimating turbocharger compressor outlet temperature includes an engine controller responsive to any two of corrected turbocharger speed, corrected fresh mass air flow and turbocharger compressor pressure ratio (compressor outlet pressure/compressor inlet pressure) to compute compressor outlet temperature based on a corresponding compressor outlet temperature model.
Patent GB-2404298-A (GB)
Title: Use of saliency in media editing
Inventor: CHEATLE STEPHEN PHILIP
IPC: G11B27/031
Filed: 2003-07-24
Abstract: An image signal V from a still and/or video camera recording is edited to provide a programme. A multi-valued saliency signal S accompanies the image signal or is generated therefrom, and a user specifies the value of at least one characteristic of the programme as a whole. An editing signal indicative of selected portions of the image signal having higher saliency values is generated at least partly in response to the signal S so that the value of the programme characteristic(s) equals or approximates the specified value. As shown for a video signal V, a variable saliency threshold T is set so that portions CA to CF are selected having a total length equal to a specified programme length. The vertical lines in plot S indicate adjustment of portion lengths so that no selected portion lies outside a specified length range.