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Patent GB-2537348-A (GB)
Title: User input mechanism
Inventor: EAMON TUHAMI
IPC: G06F3/0484
Filed: 2015-03-23
Abstract: At a device with a display 400 and input, an input range 401, or slider bar, is displayed with a virtually moveable indicator 404 defining a value within the range. An input event comprising user movement is detected, and in response the indicator is moved to modify the value within the range. The indicator is moved at a first constant speed when the speed of the user movement is above a threshold, and the indicator is moved at a second constant speed, which is slower than the first constant speed, when the speed of the user movement is below a threshold. The input may be a touchscreen and the input event may be a touch event. The device may be a watch wherein the input is a crown and the input event is rotation of the crown. In another embodiment, at a device with a touchscreen, an input range is displayed with a virtually moveable indicator defining a value within the range. An input event comprising user movement is detected, and in response the indicator is moved to modify the value within the range. The input range is displayed within a gauge curved in a U-shape.
Patent GB-2541418-A (GB)
Title: Slide fastener reinforcing strap
Inventor: JOHN GORDON
IPC: A44B19/36
Filed: 2015-08-18
Abstract: A slide fastener reinforcing strap (50a) for securing across an opening formed between the first tape (16a) and second tape (16b) of a slide fastener (10). The reinforcing strap (50a) extends from a first end (54a) to a second end (56a) along a centreline (58a). The strap includes a first protrusion (60) between the first and second ends extending perpendicularly from the centreline (58a) to a free end (60a). The protrusion prevents the strap snagging on or jamming in the slider (11). The strap is particularly useful for watertight slider fasteners or a zip fastener on a tight-fitting article, such as a wetsuit, a drysuit, or a dress. The strap may have an additional second protrusion (64) extending in the opposite direction to the first. The strap may be generally planar and be formed from a flexible material and may also have pre-folds to allow it to be folded into a U-shape. The width (W) of the protrusion (60) may be greater than the width of the first arm (36a) and the second arm (36b) of the Y-shaped channel of the slider (11) to prevent the protrusion (60) jamming in either of the arms.
Patent GB-2526999-A (GB)
Title: Capillary barriers for staged loading of microfluidic devices
Inventor: SANTIAGO JUAN G
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatuses for interacting a first liquid and a second liquid in one or more fluidic channels of a capillary structure. The methods and apparatuses can include providing at least one capillary barrier that positions a meniscus of the first liquid at a fluid-interface region using capillary forces within the capillary structure. Additionally, a path is provided along one of the channels for the second liquid to flow toward the fluid-interface region. Additionally, gas pressure is released, via a gas-outflow port, from the fluid-interface region while flow of the first liquid is arrested. Further, the first liquid and the second liquid contact in the fluid-interface region with the capillary barrier holding the first liquid at the fluid-interface region.
Patent GB-2529112-A (GB)
Title: Methods for maintaining zonal isolation in a subterranean well
Inventor: BULTE-LOYER HELENE
IPC: C09K8/467
Filed: 2014-05-22
Abstract: A cement for use in wells in which hydrogen sulfide is present, comprises polymer particles. In the event of cement-matrix failure, or bonding failure between the cement/casing interface or the cement/borehole-wall interface, the polymer particles swell when contacted by hydrogen sulfide. The swelling seals voids in the cement matrix, or along the bonding interfaces, thereby restoring zonal isolation.
Patent GB-2547702-A (GB)
Title: Roof tile with sealing strip
Inventor: ALAN MARK SEDDON
IPC: E04D1/36
Filed: 2016-02-28
Abstract: A roofing tile may be made from a plastic or polymer material and may be affixed to roof battens (Fig 2, 5). Each tile may have resilient plastic projections (Fig 1, 3) located on the upper (in situ) lengthways edge of the tile that abuts an adjacent tile (Fig 2, 4). A soft plastic rim 2 may be provided around the upper part of the perimeter edge of the tile. As the tiles overlap one another in adjacent rows the rim 2 lies below an upper row and may deform to match the angle of the upper tile. The rim creates a seal past which water 8 may not be blown. Tiles 7 are located higher up the roof than tiles 6.
Patent GB-2539305-A (GB)
Title: Articles of clothing and method of producing articles of clothing
Inventor: DAVID CHAMBE
IPC: A41D23/00
Filed: 2016-03-09
Abstract: An article of clothing 2 comprising a first portion 8 to cover a wearer in use and a second portion 10 connected to the first portion 8 and serving as a fastening system to hold the first portion 8 on the wearer. The first portion 8 or second portion 10 has at least one opening 34 and are connected at a point 16. In use, the first 8 or second portion 10 can be passed through the opening 34 to cause the first portion 8 to encircle the wearer (figure 2). The first and second portions 8, 10 are connected by being part of a single continuous piece of material separated by a slit 6.
Patent GB-2546122-A (GB)
Title: Door panel device
Inventor: Hsiang-Kai Chuang
IPC: H05B6/64
Filed: 2016-03-21
Abstract: A door panel device is adapted to be mounted to a casing 1 of a household appliance such as a microwave oven or refrigerator, for removably covering an opening of the casing, and includes a panel unit comprising a panel module 22 having a display region 223 that is for image display, and an observation region 224 that is configured to be light-transmissive for observation of a receiving space. A backlight unit is provided and includes a backlight module co-movably mounted to the panel unit and disposed corresponding in position to the panel module for providing light to the display region of the panel module.
Patent GB-2533519-A (GB)
Title: Method for minimizing cell aging of a battery and/or battery comprising an apparatus for minimizing cell aging of the battery
Inventor: ANDRE BOEHM
IPC: H02J7/04
Filed: 2014-09-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for minimizing cell aging of a battery (1) and/or a battery (1) comprising an apparatus for minimizing cell aging of the battery (1). For this the following is performed: detection of battery parameters which describe the present state of the battery (1); checking, on the basis of a preset aging model and the battery parameters, whether the state of the battery (1) is an aging state in which the cell aging of the battery (1) is less pronounced in the case of cyclic charging or discharging than in a quiescent state in which there is no charging or discharging of the battery (1); and cyclic partial discharging and partial charging of the battery (1) if the battery (1) is in such an aging state. The method according to the invention and/or the battery (1) according to the invention are characterized by reduced cell aging. This means that such a battery (1) and/or a battery (1) to which the method is applied has an extended life. This results in particular in cost advantages, ecological advantages and improved user friendliness.
Patent GB-2552962-A (GB)
Title: Composition for use in a machine dishwasher
Inventor: ALIAS AL-BAYATI
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 2016-08-15
Abstract: A composition for use as a machine dishwashing detergent or additive, preferably a rinse aid, comprising a vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer with a high degree of hydrolysis such that at least 85 mol% of the monomer units are vinyl alcohol units; a polyhydric alcohol; and a first active agent. The polyhydric alcohol may be glycerol. The first active agent is a polymer comprising a monomer having at least one carboxylic acid, imine group of aspartic acid group or a salt or ester thereof. The copolymer may have a degree of hydrolysis of 95 to 99% and may have an average molecular weight of 30000 to 90000 g mol-1. The first active agent may be controllably released into wash water over the course of a plurality of dishwashing programs such that no more than 25 wt% of the composition is dissolved during the first dishwasher program. The composition may comprise a second active agent which may be a surfactant, a bleach catalyst or an enzyme. The composition may further comprise a dye or a pigment. The composition may be in the form of an extrudate.
Patent GB-2556333-A (GB)
Title: A method of designing a garment and a garment designed by such a method
Inventor: JAMES BROWN MCFARLANE
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2016-09-15
Abstract: A client requests a template identifying a garment e.g. style, size etc, and is presented with two dimensional templates corresponding to panels which make up the clothing. The client adds a graphical element e.g. a design, image or logo, to the outer face of the panels and a server connects the panel templates together forming a three dimensional representation of the garment for return to the customer. The client may adjust the graphics and submit the amended order to the server multiple times before placing the final order. The returned 3D representation may be a model the user can manipulate or a series of images from different angles. The panels may indicate an edge or area where the graphic will be lost due to seams etc on the finished garment (Figure 3).
Patent GB-2540489-A (GB)
Title: Killswitch
Inventor: JONATHAN BOYS
IPC: G01S15/04
Filed: 2009-06-25
Abstract: An ultrasonic killswitch system for an operator-controlled powered apparatus such as a boat includes ultrasonic sensor units for scanning a search area to detect the presence or absence of objects, including the operator (driver, pilot), in the search area. A controller is programmed to generate a killswitch signal in response to a reading or signal from the sensor units indicative of the absence of an operator within the search area which automatically cuts the power to apparatus. A calibration mode uses multiple scanning operations to identify permanent and non-permanent objects within the search area, by creating a virtual map of reflective responses to ultrasonic pulses from the sensor units, both with an operator present and with them absent. The results in each case are compared with results obtained subsequently to determine the presence or absence (or likelihood (probability) of presence / absence) of the operator.
Patent GB-2550057-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for cooling a cutting tool using super critical carbon dioxide
Inventor: John C Musil
IPC: B23Q11/10
Filed: 2017-04-11
Abstract: A tool holder 10 and method for implementing Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL). The tool holder comprises a pocket assembly having a nest 20 and clamp section 24, and an inverted nest 22 which comprises a pocket for mounting a cutting insert 50. The clamping section will have a clamp that engages the insert. The inverted nest will comprise one or more coolant grooves that supply the cutting interface of the insert with supercritical carbon dioxide. A further embodiment details the inverted nest and comprises top, bottom and side surfaces, a forward nose portion having an insert receiving pocket for holding a cutting insert by means of a three point contact, and a top wall having at least one coolant groove that corporates with the cutting insert for directing carbon dioxide to the tool/work piece interface. The method comprises directing carbon dioxide to the cutting insert/work piece interface by mounting an inverted nest in a nest section of a pocket of the tool holder, mounting a clamping wedge to engage with the cutting insert wherein the inverted nest has one or more coolant grooves that direct the carbon dioxide to the tool/ work piece interface.
Patent GB-2551879-A (GB)
Title: Degradable plug device for a pipe
Inventor: MARTIN GEORGE BRUCE
IPC: F16L55/42
Filed: 2017-04-26
Abstract: A degradable plug device 12 for a pipe 10 has an outer plug body 16 and an inner plug 14 which prevents fluid flow through the pipe 10 until it has been removed from its first position in the outer plug body 16. The outer 16 and inner plug 14 are formed of a degradable material, such as magnesium. The inner plug 14 has a chamber 22 and in one aspect it has a port 24 connecting it to the exterior of the plug. The exposed surfaces of the plug 14, 16 have a protective layer to prevent degradation. The plug undergoes a degradation initiation operation, such that fluid is able to enter the chamber 22 to initiate corrosion or dissolution of the inner plug 14 from inside the chamber 22. The degradation initiation operation may comprise moving the inner plug 14 relative to the outer plug body 16 to a second position, where fluid is able to enter the chamber 22. The outer 16 and inner plug 14 bodies can be connected with a shear device, which can be a shear ring, pin or sleeve.
Patent GB-2562530-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for viewing and editing 3D designs within a virtual environment
Inventor: Michael Calver
IPC: G06T19/20
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: Master data representing a 3D design located in a virtual environment is stored in a location 102, 104 accessible by a central host 100; view data corresponding to a copy of a portion of the master data which corresponds to a region of the 3D design to be viewed on a virtual reality display device 118 is generated; a filter is applied to generate view data; the filtered view data is received at a display component of a virtual reality display device and an image of the 3D design corresponding to the filtered view data is displayed. The virtual reality display device may be wearable, for example a virtual reality headset. The filter may simulate conditions influencing a users eyesight such as: retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and colour-blindness. The filter may simulate the effect of: different locations of light sources, different levels of light, different weather conditions, and seasonal variations. The 3D design may be that of a new building.
Patent GB-2555527-A (GB)
Title: Current Control
Inventor: MATTHEW JAMES HAYES
IPC: H05B1/00
Filed: 2016-11-01
Abstract: An apparatus and method for current control in an array of resistive elements (60, Fig. 8) where the elements are individually addressable at the intersections between row lines and column lines. A column of resistive elements is provided with two or more current sources 70, 72 switched, by a timing control circuitry, so that while one current source 70 is providing current to the column line 66 of a selected element, another source 72 has its current adjusted. The resistive elements may each be arranged in series with a diode (62, Fig. 8). The apparatus may comprise row select circuitry to select a row of elements at a given frequency, the timing control circuitry switching between current sources at said frequency. The timing control circuitry may perform pulse width modulation of a switching signal for selecting whether a given current source is coupled to the selected column line. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring the resistance of a resistive element (4, Fig. 3) in series with a diode (10, Fig. 3) by supplying three different currents.
Patent GB-2568540-A (GB)
Title: System and method for image warp correction for magnetic resonance imaging
Inventor: ALEXANDER GYLES PANTHER
IPC: G01R33/565
Filed: 2015-04-27
Abstract: A method of correcting warping of an acquired image in an MRI system, caused by non- linearities in gradient field profiles of gradient coils is set forth, comprising a) constructing a computer model representing conducting pathways for each gradient coil in said MRI system; b) calculating a predicted magnetic field at each point in space for each said gradient coil in said model; c) measuring actual magnetic field at each point in space for each said gradient coil in said MRI system; d) verifying accuracy of said model by comparing said predicted magnetic field to said actual magnetic field at each said point in space and in the event said model is not accurate then repeating a) - d), and in the event said model is accurate then; constructing a distortion map for mapping coordinates in real space to coordinates in warped space of said acquired image based on deviations of said predicted magnetic field from linearity; and unwarping said warping of the acquired image using said distortion map.
Patent GB-2555321-A (GB)
Title: Quality control preparations and process of their development
Inventor: CSABA VAGVOLGYI
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2015-05-06
Abstract: The invention is a method for the use of a microorganism preparation, preferably a yeast cell preparation, in an assay for the quantitative measurement of the biochemical function of animal cells assayed in an in vitro assay, for the quality control of a reagent or reagent kit used in the assay, wherein the yeast cell preparation shows a predetermined level of the biochemical function to be measured quantitatively, said level - in case of the appropriate/perfect quality of the reagent or reagent kit - giving the quality control target value, and the yeast cells are auxotrophic for at least one biochemical substance vital for the yeast cells. The invention also relates to the use of the preparation as a quality control and to reagent kits containing the preparations.
Patent GB-2557117-A (GB)
Title: Medical tubes and methods of manufacture
Inventor: ELMO BENSON STOKS
IPC: F16L11/118
Filed: 2012-05-30
Abstract: A composite tube (201, figure 2A) for use in medical circuits carrying gases is made from two separate elongate members joined together. The first elongate member is a hollow body (203) spirally wound to form in part an elongate tube comprising a lumen and a hollow wall. The second elongate member (205) is spirally wound between the adjacent turns of the first and has a longitudinal cross-section that is wider proximal the lumen and narrower at a radial distance from the lumen; it may carry conductive filaments and have a cross-section that is triangular (figure 3G), or T-shaped or Y-shaped, with the conductive filaments (215) embedded on opposite sides of the member. The second elongate member may be solid and formed from a single material. The tube is manufactured by spirally wrapping the second elongate member onto a mandrel and then spirally wrapping the first elongate member around the second.
Patent GB-2573740-A (GB)
Title: Lamp adjustment mechanism
Inventor: THOMAS LEWIS HEATH
IPC: F21V21/26
Filed: 2018-04-09
Abstract: An adjustable lamp stand has a first arm 5 extending up from a base 3 and a pivotally mounted second arm 7 provides a simplified and reliable means by which a desk lamp 9 may be adjusted between different angles. This is achieved by way of an angle adjustment arrangement comprising an elongate cogged member 15 on the second arm 7 which may releasably engage with an engagement member (27, Fig. 2) disposed on the first arm 5 at a predefined distance from a pivot point 11, which in an engaged configuration inhibits relative movement of the first arm 5 and second arm 7 about the pivot point 11.
Patent GB-2566825-A (GB)
Title: On-board device, automatic toll collection machine, toll collection system, and toll collection method
Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kitajima
IPC: G07B15/06
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: The on-board device (10) is equipped with: an RFIC (100) which has an activation processing part (100b) for outputting an activation signal upon receiving a radio wave for RFID communication and an RF tag function part (100c) for reading prerecorded tag information; an IC card processing part (121) which is activated on the basis of the activation signal when electric power is supplied thereto from a power supply circuit (140), and which reads and writes IC card information from and to an IC card (40); and a communication part/unit (100a, 110) which transmits the tag information and/or the IC card information to an external device.
Patent GB-2566378-A (GB)
Title: Modular inflatable docking station and method of construction therefor
Inventor: CLAY LIVINGSTONE BUILDER
IPC: B63C1/12
Filed: 2016-11-03
Abstract: A modular inflatable docking station comprises an inflatable tube 250, configurable to form an open ended area to receive a water-based motorised device. The inflatable tube, includes: at least one first strap 990 fixedly located to the inflatable tube at a first end point 996 and attachable to a second strap 998 at a second end point of the at least one first strap, for example by a D-ring 994. The at least one second strap is detachably located to the at least one first strap at a first end point of the at least one second strap and attachable to a buckle 992 at a second end point of the at least one second strap. The buckle is additionally connected to a length adjustable, self-attaching, strip to loop around a fixing point of an inflatable water-based motorised device when located in the inflatable water-based motorised device docking station. I
Patent GB-2578931-A (GB)
Title: Test apparatus
Inventor: STANISLAW ZUREK
IPC: H02M7/79
Filed: 2019-01-28
Abstract: A switched mode power supply 300 comprising: an inductive element 310; a switching element 340; an impedance element 350 with non-linear DC impedance characteristics; and a control circuit 360 configured to control the switching element in response to a voltage across the impedance element. The impedance element may comprise: at least one diode 354 in parallel with a resistor 352; or at least two diodes (710, 712, 714, Fig. 7C) in parallel with the resistor (720, Fig. 7C). The diodes may be Schottky or Zener diodes. The inductive element 310 may be a transformer primary coil 312; the switching element and the impedance element in series therewith. The inductive element (410, Fig. 4) may be an inductor; the switching element and the impedance element in series therewith. The inductive element may be a primary coil of a coupled inductor; the switching element and the impedance element are in series therewith. The switched mode power supply may be in an instrument for testing resistance.
Patent GB-2572885-A (GB)
Title: Diaper pants having a partial non-overlapping waist panel structure free of inner material and elastics
Inventor: SANG HYUN LEE
IPC: A61F13/513
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a front region, a back region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front region and the back region; a front panel in the front region, wherein the front panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; a back panel in the back region, wherein the back panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the front panel; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the back panel; and a single-layer zone in one of the front and back panels, wherein the single-layer zone is free of the inner layer and elastic layer.