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Patent GB-2380873-A (GB)
Title: Motor control circuit interrupts motor winding current when it exceeds a threshold value
Inventor: STRIKE NIGEL DAVID
IPC: H02H7/08
Filed: 2001-10-05
Abstract: A motor control circuit comprising a microcontroller 4 operable to provide a driving current to the windings 1 of a motor having an interrupt input 13 which when triggered ceases the driving current to the windings. A threshold circuit is provided to determine a reference level 10 which is compared to a signal indicative of the motor winding current 9 by comparator 8. If the winding current 9 exceeds the threshold value 10 the interrupt input 13 is triggered. The threshold value may be variable being controlled by software which adjusts the frequency or mark space ratio waveform, of output 16, in conjunction with a low pass filter 14 and 15. Alternatively the threshold value 10 may be fixed and determined by resistors 11 and 12.
Patent GB-2401540-A (GB)
Title: Swivel wheel assembly with locking means to prevent swivelling
Inventor: CHEN SHUN-MIN
IPC: B62B9/00
Filed: 2003-05-13
Abstract: A swivel wheel assembly having a seat [101, Figure 1] and wheel frame 102 comprises a locking pin 103 mounted on the seat and which is biassed, e.g. spring 112, to engage openings 115,116 in the frame thereby preventing the frame 102 from swivelling relative to the seat. A sliding member 104 which is movably mounted on the seat has a wedge shaped surface 120 which may be manually driven between a cap of the pin 111 and the seat to force the pin to move against the spring bias such that the pin is released from engagement with the frame [see Figure 3]. Once the pin has been release from engagement with the frame, the frame is able to swivel relative to the seat. The swivel assembly may be mounted on a child's pushchair or stroller.
Patent GB-2391591-A (GB)
Title: A door seal arrangement for armoured vehicles
Inventor: CARROLL KEVIN FRANCIS
IPC: B60J10/08
Filed: 2003-07-04
Abstract: A door seal arrangement 310 includes a debris retention member 314 used in conjunction with a hard intrusion blocking member 312 to absorb the energy of bullets and blast material and to retain the debris of impact within the material from which the debris retention member 314 is made. This reduces the risk of hot metal splash from entering a protected space such as an interior space of an armoured vehicle. The debris retention member 314 includes a flange 315 onto which a conventional elastomeric door seal is fitted.
Patent GB-2393482-A (GB)
Title: Oil diverted to motor protector in scroll compressor
Inventor: HUGENROTH JASON
IPC: F04C28/06
Filed: 2003-08-26
Abstract: A scroll compressor has lubricant flow 42 which communicates lubricant onto a motor protector 28 when adverse conditions are present causing the motor protector to trip the motor and stop further rotation. Lubricant is returned to sump through a return path which may have an outlet 40 above the motor protector such that lubricant will fall onto the motor protector when adverse conditions e.g. loss of charge are present. When running normally lubricant flow is deflected from the protector by mass flow 52 of working fluid. A funnel and tubing may divert oil to the motor protector under adverse conditions. Alternatively, a passage communicating with a return tube is blocked when an adverse condition such as excessive temperature or pressure is present and lubricant is forced into an alternative oil path above the motor protector.
Patent GB-2406100-A (GB)
Title: Antimicrobial testing device
Inventor: OLIVER ALBERT JOHN
IPC: C12M1/34
Filed: 2003-09-18
Abstract: A device for determining the inhibitory effect of one or more compounds on the growth of a micro-organism, the device comprising two or more discrete portions having a surface on which one or more compounds is releasably bound, said portions being coupled to each other by one or more connecting members, and each said portion having at least one measuring means attached thereto and a method of determining the inhibitory effect of two or more compounds on the growth of a micro-organism by using the device.
Patent GB-2406998-A (GB)
Title: The use of mobile telephone communication technology in air traffic control
Inventor: HALLIWELL TERENCE
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2003-10-08
Abstract: In the present system each aircraft is considered as a single mobile telephone. On approaching an Air Traffic Control area, or before take-off, the pilot of the aircraft dials up the Air Traffic Controller. The mobile telephone will then transmit continuous information from the aeroplane, e.g. aircraft identification, height, airspeed, location, etc. This then enables the Air Traffic Control computer to transmit instructions automatically to the pilot (e.g. climb, turn, increase speed) to avoid keep the aircraft on course without the need for human intervention.
Patent GB-2407228-A (GB)
Title: A method of selectively transferring a call
Inventor: NIKOLAKAROU MARINA
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 2003-10-14
Abstract: A method of selectively transferring an incoming call from a first terminal (11) to a second recipient (13) in a communication system, the method comprising setting a plurality of terminals (12, 13, 14) in a group to indicate a call simultaneously; connecting the call to the first terminal (13) of the group to pick up; and stopping the call indication at the remaining terminals (12, 14) as soon as the first picks up.
Patent GB-2394535-A (GB)
Title: Light fitting
Inventor: TILLOTSON ROBERT HENRY
IPC: F21V9/40
Filed: 2003-06-12
Abstract: A fluorescent lamp 10 is located within a coloured sleeve 12, the body of the latter being made of translucent material. A drive cap 14 of the sleeve 12 is driven by a belt 16, movement of which causes rotation of the sleeve over the fluorescent lamp 10 to produce variable colour lighting.
Patent GB-2397725-A (GB)
Title: Wireless video monitoring/cordless phone system
Inventor: TISCHLER RALPH
IPC: H04M1/725
Filed: 2003-12-16
Abstract: A multimode cordless telephone system that can be used for remote video monitoring. The system includes a base station, at least one camera that is in wireless communication, at least periodically, with the base station, and a cordless handset, having a viewing screen, also in wireless communication, at least periodically, with the base station, the cordless handset having a first mode that is operable when the cordless handset is within a predetermined range of the base station wherein the cordless handset operates in conjunction with the base station to provide telephonic communication and image monitoring of images captured by the cameras, and a second mode that is operable when the cordless handset is beyond the predetermined range of the base station wherein the cordless handset communicates with the base station over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to monitor images captured by the cameras.
Patent GB-2396811-A (GB)
Title: Compositions comprising plant extract and sugar for use in inhibiting bacterial proliferation
Inventor: CLAYTON PAUL
IPC: A61K31/7004
Filed: 2003-12-19
Abstract: A composition comprising an extract from a plant that is a member of the Ericaceae, Rosaceae, Pinaceae or Vitaceae family and at least one sugar that is not metabolised or is only partly metabolised by the human or animal body. The sugar is preferably a monosaccharide such as L-arabinose, L-fucose, D-mannose, L- rhamnose, L-xylose, lyxose or galactose. A preferred composition comprises an extract of cranberry with D-mannose. These compositions may be used to treat bacterial infection caused by E. coli, particularly urinary tract infections (UTIs). Compositions comprising an anthocyanidin or a proanthocyanidin and at least one sugar that is not metabolised or is only partly metabolised by the human or animal body are also described.
Patent GB-2398654-A (GB)
Title: Information system management
Inventor: TRACEY DAVID CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G06F9/00
Filed: 2003-12-31
Abstract: A provider module provides an interface between an object manager CIMOM or object handler CIMOH and each of a plurality of management modules. The provider module can include a register manager operable to maintain a register of interfaced management modules and a router operable to use the register to provide routing of a management request to a management module appropriate to process the management request. Sharing the provider module between a plurality of management modules facilitates the creation and integration of the management modules and provides a dynamic management system.
Patent GB-2397005-A (GB)
Title: Polytunnel system
Inventor: CORBETT THOMAS ROBERT
IPC: A01G9/00
Filed: 2004-01-05
Abstract: A polytunnel system for use in the cultivation of crops comprising a plurality of cover support members 14, a series of leg members 12 and a cover, Each cover support member is supported by an associated leg member. The cover support members are securable to the leg members at a plurality of different heights via a bracket thus allowing the polytunnel to be raised and lowered over the crop.
Patent GB-2397300-A (GB)
Title: Making a large diameter optical waveguide preform
Inventor: DOWD MICHAEL EDWARD
IPC: C03B37/012
Filed: 2004-01-06
Abstract: A method for making a preform for a large diameter optical waveguide such as a cane waveguide. includes inserting a preform into a glass tube to serve as cladding that provides a thickened preform, fusing and stretching the thickened preform, placing the streched preform into a second tube to provide a second sleeved preform and fusing and stretching the second sleeved preform to provide an even further thickened preform. The drawing apparatus can be configured to work with the preform disposed either horizontally or vertically and usually includes a graphite resistance furnace. Typically, the drawing apparatus is an upper portion of a draw tower used for drawing an optical fiber from an optical fiber preform. The draw tower includes a tractor pulling mechanism that can adjust to grip a wide range of diameters.
Patent GB-2413563-A (GB)
Title: Composition comprising a biocide encapsulated within a fungal cell
Inventor: NELSON GORDON
IPC: A01N25/28
Filed: 2004-04-27
Abstract: A composition comprising at least one biocidally active compound encapsulated within an adjuvant, where the adjuvant comprises a fungal cell or fragment thereof. Preferably, the biocide is lipophilic and may be an essential oil, antibiotic, fungicide, bacteriocide, antifungal, antimicrobial or antibacterial, agent, eg mupirocin, gentamicin, fucidin, triclosan, quaternary ammonium compound etc. Preferably the fungal cell is yeast, (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) but can be Candida albicans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, Penicillium marneffei or fungi of the genus Ascomycotina. The fungal cell may be alive, or dead (a ghost cell) and the composition may be a pharmaceutical composition used as a medicament in therapeutic methods to treat microbial infections. Examples relate to the antifungal activity of econazole encapsulated within yeast against C. albicans.
Patent GB-2404046-A (GB)
Title: Margin testing in an electronic system, e.g. a computer system
Inventor: ROBERTSON NAYSEN JESSE
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2004-06-16
Abstract: The present invention provides a margin testing system, incorporated in an electronic system [10] (e.g., a computer system), that includes a controller [14], a frequency control module [36], and a voltage control module, and a fault bypass module. In response to commands from the controller [14], the frequency control module [36] and/or the voltage control module can set a test clock frequency and/or a test voltage for application to one or more components [28] of the electronic system [10] to elicit system response to these test values. The response of the system [10] at each test value can be monitored, e.g., by executing a diagnostics software, and analyzed. The fault bypass module can mask fault signals during margin testing to ensure that these signals will not disrupt margin testing of the system [10].
Patent GB-2409791-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for testing multiple networks
Inventor: RICHARDSON ANTHONY
IPC: H04B17/00
Filed: 2004-07-12
Abstract: An apparatus for testing multiple mobile communication network comprises an antenna; first and second testing units, each unit comprising radio transceiver circuitry for communicating with a respective one of the multiple mobile communication networks; means for retaining a network authentication device for the respective network; control circuitry for (i) maintaining a call over the respective network using the antenna and the respective radio transceiver circuitry; and (ii) measuring the performance of the respective network during the call; wherein the apparatus comprises means for controlling the first and second test units to maintain a call over their respective networks and to measure the performance of their respective networks at substantially the same time.
Patent GB-2405165-A (GB)
Title: Safety valve having extension spring closure mechanism
Inventor: VICK JAMES D
IPC: F16K15/03
Filed: 2004-07-30
Abstract: A safety valve (10) for use in a subterranean well has an extension spring (36) as its closure mechanism. The spring (36) urges a beam (22) against a flapper valve (16). As the flap (16) opens, the beam (22) is moved downward extending spring (36). As the flap (16) closes it pivots about a pin (28) and a moment arm (M) increases which tends to compensate for a reduced force from the spring (36) as it reaches its relaxed state. The beam (22) can have a bent form (figures 4-7) so that it flexes as the flap (16) is opened thereby providing further force to urge the flap (16) shut.
Patent GB-2419623-A (GB)
Title: Parapet upright
Inventor: COPELAND DARREN
IPC: E01F15/04
Filed: 2004-10-27
Abstract: The parapet upright, for use on bridges etc. to prevent vehicles crashing over an edge, comprises a base plate 16 and an upstanding column 22 for supporting one or more rails off a front face of the column, wherein the upright includes an L-shaped gusset 26 having a substantially horizontal arm 28 welded to the base plate and a substantially vertical arm 30 welded to the front face, and wherein the vertical arm of the gusset extends less that 100mm above the base plate. The gusset preferably has a width which is slightly less than a width of the front face of the column and, where the vertical and horizontal arms of the gusset meet a chamfered edge 32 is provided to allow for a weld fillet between the column and the base to pass underneath the gusset. The upright is preferably tapered from close to the base plate towards the top of the column, and may have an inclined back face and a substantially vertical front face. Also claimed is a parapet rail supporting cleat and a parapet rail support system.
Patent GB-2419690-A (GB)
Title: A control system for an engine cooling fan with a fluid coupling
Inventor: HUTCHINS WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: F16D48/06
Filed: 2004-10-30
Abstract: A control system for an engine cooling fan which is mechanically driven by the engine through a viscous coupling. The viscous coupling is electrically controlled by means of a fan controller which controls the coupling torque by comparing an actual fan speed signal with a required fan speed signal. The control system generates a fan demand signal according to the cooling demands of the engine as determined by an engine control unit (ECU) in accordance with signals representing ambient temperature and coolant temperature and according to additional cooling demands such as the vehicle air conditioning and transmission oil cooler. The fan demand signal is moderated by a moderator (e.g. look-up table or map) which calculates the required fan speed (no) from instantaneous values of the fan demand signal (df) and the coupling input speed (ni). The demands of fan speed are kept close to the speeds that can be matched by the coupling so that a reduction in engine speed, particularly a return from a cruise speed to an idle speed, does not result in a rapid filling of the coupling.
Patent GB-2405722-A (GB)
Title: Assessment of railway track geometry
Inventor: GILBERT DAVID
IPC: B61K9/08
Filed: 2003-06-20
Abstract: The quality of a railway track (11), and how different vehicles will react to it, may be assessed with a track recording vehicle (10). This generates data streams representing short wavelength (high frequency) and long wavelength (low frequency) variations, for example alignment and curvature, which have been filtered in a way that introduces phase shifts. The data streams are subjected to a complementary filtration process (14) using both the high frequency and low frequency data streams, to obtain phase corrected data. The corrected data is supplied to a plurality of vehicle dynamics simulators (22) operating in parallel, the simulators being programmed to predict vehicle responses for different vehicles and/or at different speeds, and to operate substantially in real-time.
Patent GB-2420582-A (GB)
Title: Sealing and guiding assembly
Inventor: MAAS KLAUS PETER
IPC: B60J10/04
Filed: 2005-04-04
Abstract: A sealing or guiding assembly for a corner of a closure member such as a window 109 in a vehicle has strips 91 of flexible material extending towards and meeting at the apex of the corner and are shaped to seal and guide the window. A flap 170 of flexible material is joined to the strips 91 and bridges the corner. Strips 91 have an inner lip 102 to seal against the closure and which also conceals the join 160 between the flap and the strips. Also disclosed is a further lip 103 joined to the flap and bridging the corner.
Patent GB-2409554-A (GB)
Title: A financial management system
Inventor: LOVESY HUGH OWEN
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2003-09-29
Abstract: A financial management system including presentation means for presenting financial information to a user wherein at least some of the financial information is represented by at least one graphic, manipulation means for manipulating the at least one graphic in response to an action of a user, and modifying means for modifying the financial information based on the manipulation of the at least one graphic.
Patent GB-2428008-A (GB)
Title: Brainwave resonance unit for stimulating people in a persistent vegetative state
Inventor: YAN WU
IPC: A61M21/00
Filed: 2005-05-11
Abstract: A brainwave resonance unit which uses resonance to stimulate people in a persistent vegetative state by resourcing, collecting, extracting and radiating brainwaves. The brainwave resonance unit may also be used as an alarm clock or for hypnosis treatment.
Patent GB-2428737-A (GB)
Title: Rolling barrier
Inventor: WARD DEREK ALFRED
IPC: E06B9/72
Filed: 2005-08-02
Abstract: The present invention also seeks to provide a fire barrier or curtain in the form of a rolling barrier, wherein the fire barrier or curtain is automatically activated in response to a signal indicative of the presence of smoke and/or fire. The rolling barrier assembly comprises an elongate tubular housing around which there may be wound a material sheet and a motor for rotating the housing, a major part of the motor being located within the housing at one end.
Patent GB-2417961-A (GB)
Title: Cryopreservation of human blastocyst-derived stem cells by use of a closed straw vitrification method
Inventor: SJOEGREN ANITA
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2004-05-10
Abstract: An improved method for vitrification of biological cells, especially blastocyst-derived stem cells (BS cells). The method is very mild for the cells that remain viable after they have been thawed. The method comprises, i) transfer of the cells to a first solution (solution A), ii) optionally incubation of the cells in the first solution, iii) transfer the cells obtained in step i) or ii) to a second solution (solution B), iv) optionally incubation of the cells in the second solution, v) transfer of the cells obtained from step iii) or iv) into one or more closed straws with dimensions that allow a volume of at least 20 žl to be contained in them vi) sealing the one or more closed straws, and vii) vitrification of the one or more closed straws. An important feature of the present invention is the use of closed straw and that relatively large volumes can be efficiently vitrified and subsequently thawed.
Patent GB-2418693-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for formation testing
Inventor: MEISTER MATTHIAS
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2004-06-17
Abstract: An apparatus and method for isolating a downhole tool section from hydraulic and mechanical noise. Anchoring grippers are used in conjunction with a fluid diverter valve to anchor the tool section to a borehole wall and divert fluid flowing in the drill string a way from sensitive test equipment during formation testing.
Patent GB-2438672-A (GB)
Title: A cleaning glove
Inventor: SHAFFI FAISAL
IPC: A46B5/04
Filed: 2006-04-22
Abstract: A cleaning glove that has cleaning material e.g. sponges and/or scourers (17, Fig 1) or brushes , attached to the exterior of the glove, a reservoir to store cleaning fluid, and multiple release points/apertures (16, Fig 3) on the underside/ of the glove, the cleaning fluid is released from the release points/apertures when pressure is applied to the reservoir by the wearer's hand from within the glove. The reservoir may be formed between an outer and an inner layer of the glove, so that the reservoir covers the entire glove, and filled from a bottle 13 via an opening 14 on the exterior of the glove that has a sealable lid. The sponges and/or scourers or brushes may be permanently attached or detachable attached to the palm side of the glove, e.g. to the fingers, thumb and palm area, and absorb the cleaning fluid that is released from the multiple apertures. Preferably the glove is made from a flexible durable material such as soft rubber or plastic and may be transparent in parts to allow the wearer to identify and monitor the cleaning fluid stored in the reservoir. Alternatively the glove may not have the cleaning fluid reservoir.
Patent GB-2422837-A (GB)
Title: Transcriptional regulators and methods thereof
Inventor: ODOM DUNCAN T
IPC: C12N5/071
Filed: 2004-11-23
Abstract: The invention relates to transcriptional regulators and related methods thereof. The invention further relates to the identification of genes regulated by transcriptional regulators, to the treatment of diseases associated with abnormal function of a transcriptional regulator and to the modulation of gene expression, including genes expressed in hepatocytes or pancreatic cells, through the modulation of transcriptional regulator activity.
Patent GB-2439141-A (GB)
Title: Inorganic agglutination compound
Inventor: MOODY JOHN RUTHERFORD
IPC: B09B3/00
Filed: 2006-06-14
Abstract: A process for making an inorganic agglutination compound comprises mixing waste mineral fines (such as chromite or coal fines) with finely ground waste quartz and treating the mixture with an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide at an elevated temperature. The product may be subsequently treated to produce blocks, pellets or lumps.
Patent GB-2424044-A (GB)
Title: Lubricating oil balance equipment and one shaft equipped with the same
Inventor: ZHENG HONGZHUAN
IPC: F16N1/00
Filed: 2004-12-29
Abstract: This invention relates to a lubricating oil balance equipment, which includes a main body forming a non-closed loop and one extending part which extends from said main body along axis direction. This structure can make the lubricating oil entered the open end of said main body flow out from the extending part. Lubricating oil cap be supplied to other parts only when it reaches the highest level of the main body and flows through the extending part, this structure can ensure the uniformity of oil in different parts, which is beneficial to lubricate bearings and extend the life of bearings.